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Rui Barbosa

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” O homem que não luta pelos seus direitos não merece viver”

Rui Barbosa

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Marii Freire

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Santarém, Pá 2 de junho de 2022

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Frontiers | Inhalational monkeypox virus infection in cynomolgus macaques | Cellular and Infection Microbiology

…When developing an animal model, it is important that the experimental route of infection be the same or similar to the anticipated route of infection in human disease. Transmission of smallpox occurs from aerosols from close contact with an infected individual. These infectious droplets can implant onto the nasal, oral, or pharyngeal mucous membranes or in the alveolar space of the lung and cause disease (Fenner et al., 1988)…

…The intratracheal method of exposing cynomolgus macaques to MPXV was recently described (Stittelaar et al., 2006Goff et al., 2011). This approach attached a microsprayer to a bronchoscope for intratracheal infection. Kramski infected marmosets with cowpox virus that had been isolated from a lethal orthopox virus outbreak in New World monkeys, termed calpox. Calpox was lethal not only via the intravenous route but also by the intranasal route, and the marmosets reproducibly develop symptoms resembling smallpox in humans (Kramski et al., 2010). Small particle aerosols containing MPXV have been used to infect the lower respiratory tracts of cynomolgus macaques (Zaucha et al., 2001Nalca et al., 2010) via an inhalational route. These studies were able to replicate the severe symptoms observed in intravenous infections, but required specialized equipment to generate aerosols containing MPXV…

…Multiple objectives were fulfilled from these tests. An aerosol exposure system was characterized using aerosolized MPXV, and it was shown that gelatin filters and impingers of type model 7541 generated equivalent enumeration results when sampling the MPXV aerosol. Following characterization of the aerosol exposure system, an NHP inhalation study determined a lethal exposure dose of MPXV, and an inhalation cynomolgus macaque model of MPXV infection was developed. Actual NHP exposures were performed with high precision relative to target dose, and the lesions and lethality were similar to the previously published data for the cynomolgus monkey (Zaucha et al., 2001Nalca et al., 2010)…

 

Source: Frontiers | Inhalational monkeypox virus infection in cynomolgus macaques | Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Sydney Opera House

One of the most beautiful buildings ever… Recall seeing it from the harbor when it was under construction.

Senioren um die Welt

Wohl jeder kennt die markante Architektur des weltberühmten Opernhauses von Sydney, das zu den bemerkenswertesten Bauwerken des 20. Jahrhunderts zählt. Das Sydney Opera House fasziniert vor allem durch seine raffinierte Dachkonstronstruktion und die einzigartige Lage direkt am Port Jackson. Der futuristische Bau zählt zu den spektakulärsten architektonischen Zeugnissen des modernen Australiens.


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Marii Freire

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

É importante que antes da violência física, a mulher saiba identificar os sinais da violência psicológica e sexual. É necessário que, ao invés de manter o silêncio, ela saiba se posicionar diante de uma situação de abuso por parte do agressor.

Marii Freire

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem & criação: Marii Freire

Santarém, Pá 2 de junho de 2022

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Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison | OPA | Department of Justice

Anthony Jones, 38, of Wilmington, Delaware, was convicted by a federal jury in April 2019 following a 14-day trial. Jones was found guilty of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors by force, fraud or coercion, and of sex trafficking three minors by force, fraud or coercion. According to evidence presented at trial and court documents, Jones and his codefendants – Dkyle Bridges and Kristian Jones – ran a prostitution enterprise in which girls and young women were sex trafficked throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and elsewhere. Bridges was the violent ringleader who used force and threats to cause the victims to engage in commercial sex acts. Kristian and Anthony Jones helped Bridges run the ring, including by providing security and reserving hotel rooms. The investigation began in November 2016 when local police rescued minors who had been advertised for prostitution on Backpage.com, and subsequent investigation uncovered additional victims.

Jones was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $15,160 in restitution to the victims.

Bridges was sentenced in March 2021 to 35 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $53,000 in restitution to the victims. Kristian Jones was sentenced in June 2021 to 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $15,160 in restitution to the victims.

 

Source: Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison | OPA | Department of Justice

‘Absolutely massive’ impact of climate change on the Alps visible from space! – Study Finds

Researchers from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel used satellite data to show that vegetation above the tree line has increased in nearly 80 percent of the mountains famous for ski holidays. Snow cover is also decreasing, but only slightly so far.

Source: ‘Absolutely massive’ impact of climate change on the Alps visible from space! – Study Finds

California rejects sweeping pesticide program | Pesticide Action Network

PAN joined 10 other public health, conservation and food-safety organizations, as well as the City of Berkeley, to sue the state over this program. The court ruling found CDFA “significantly” understated the amount of pesticide it uses. CDFA also failed to provide protections for waterways, bees, and other pollinators  and the agency didn’t properly inform the public about the risks of spraying.

Source: California rejects sweeping pesticide program | Pesticide Action Network