Á ALGUNS ANOS -e posso precisar a data em 1992, não apenas porque registrei o fato em meu diário, mas porque sei que estava convalescendo, num processo de tratamento de uma doença grave que dividiu minha vida em antes e depois -eu estava numa manhã de julho em casa em Manguinhos, sozinha com Luísa, minha filha, então com nove anos. Era um dia frio, nublado e com muito vento. Estávamos na beira do mar, mas era impossível ir à praia. Diante do computador, eu trabalhava. Mas a Luísa, restava o jardim. De repente, ela me chamou com voz vibrante para ver alguma coisa. Aquele tom de voz inconfundível, de maravilhamento, com que nossos filhos tantas vezes nos presenteiam. Parei o que estava fazendo e fui até o quintal encontrá-la.Num dos canteiros, entre uma longa folha lanceolada de um lírio rajado e um galho fino e espinhento de uma buganvília, esticava-se um único fio, tênue, transparente, quase invisível. Por ele andava uma aranha.Luísa me explicou: -Mãe, eu vi a hora em que ela começou. Pensei que ela estava caindo, porque aranha não voa. Mas ela estava presa no fio e pulou até bem longe, como se estivesse voando, pendurada... Nesse momento, não caía mais. Subia pelo fio. Até certo ponto, apenas. De repente parou e se jogou de novo no espaço, agora para cima, mais uma vez deixando um fio no seu rastro, mas numa direção completamente diferente. Até alcançar outra folha. Depois voltou novamente pelo fio e retomou o processo. Percorria uma certa distância, mudava de direção, lançava-se no vazio secretando das entranhas o fiapo que a sustentava, fixava-o em algum ponto de apoio, retomava parcialmente o caminho percorrido... Seguia com firmeza um plano matemático rigoroso, como quem não tem dúvida alguma sobre o que está fazendo.Luísa e eu ficamos assistindo, maravilhadas. De início, manifestávamos nossa admiração com alguns comentários exclamativos. Mas logo nos sentamos no chão e apenas ficamos lado a lado em silêncio, como quem reza ou medita. Durante quase uma hora. Até termos diante dos olhos a geometria exata e rigorosa de uma teia de aranha completa.
Frequent monitoring of emerging viruses of agricultural crops is one of the most important missions for plant virologists. A fast and precise identification of potential harmful viruses may prevent the occurrence of serious epidemics. Nowadays, high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies became an accessible and powerful tool for this purpose. The major discussion of this strategy resides in the process of sample collection, which is usually laborious, costly and nonrepresentative. In this study, we assessed the use of sewage water samples for monitoring the widespread, numerous, and stable plant viruses using HTS analysis and RT-qPCR. Plant viruses belonged to 12 virus families were found, from which Virgaviridae , Solemoviridae , Tymoviridae , Alphaflexiviridae , Betaflexiviridae , Closteroviridae and Secoviridae were the most abundant ones with more than 20 species. Additionally, we detected one quarantine virus in Brazil and a new tobamovirus species. To assess the importance of the processed foods as virus release origins to sewage, we selected two viruses, the tobamovirus pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) and the carlavirus garlic common latent virus (GarCLV), to detect in processed food materials by RT-qPCR. PMMoV was detected in large amount in pepper-based processed foods and in sewage samples, while GarCLV was less frequent in dried and fresh garlic samples, and in the sewage samples. This suggested a high correlation of virus abundance in sewage and processed food sources. The potential use of sewage for a virus survey is discussed in this study. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40858-023-00575-8.
A team from the University of Coimbra is partnering with the producers of Inanimate Alice to present a distinctive vision of interactive storytelling in education. In this article, we will discuss the origins of the series, the vision of the creators and how technological developments have added to the user experience. Uniquely, this transmedia narrative demonstrates the progressive complexity of life in the digital age with Perpetual Nomads, the latest adventure, providing a narrative experience in Virtual Reality. The goal of the Portuguese translation is to introduce the reading of Inanimate Alice in elementary and secondary schools. It will be the first digital-born text to be read in Portuguese schools so, concurrently, we have been translating the pedagogical guidelines. Consequently, we intend presenting both the results of our work and the main challenges faced during preparation of the translations, especially focusing on intercultural analysis.
This article seeks to describe the development of the project “Inanimate Alice: translating digital literature in an educational context”, of the Centre for Portuguese Literature at the University of Coimbra. We will address the different stages of the project and the processes involved, namely, the translation of the first five episodes of the series, the translation and the creation of pedagogical materials adapted to the Portuguese curriculum, the applied research with episodes 1 and 2 of Alice Inanimada in two Portuguese schools, the data collection and analysis relating to the experience and reception of the work by students and teachers, and the teacher training course created to respond to the challenges of teaching a digital literary work, in partnership with the Portuguese National Reading Plan – PNL2027, thereby filling a gap in this area, in Portugal. In addition to a reflection on all the research stages, we will present the plans for the future of the project.
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