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Para perceber  o nível de informação e detectar as influências de familiares, amigos e mídia para a decisão   do   tipo   de   parto,   realizaram­se   entrevistas   quinzenais   com   dez   gestantes   durante   período intermediário   do   acompanhamento   pré­natal.   Os   resultados   evidenciaram   que,   quanto   ao   nível   de informação, as gestantes apresentaram situações díspares, com gestantes considerando­se devidamente informadas e outras não. No que se refere às influências, tanto a família e o seu meio social quanto a mídia, especialmente a local, revelaram­se importantes no processo de tomada de decisão. Conclui­-se que ocorre uma fragilidade na transmissão da informação, gerando uma aparente insegurança na tomada de decisão. Também se deduziu que é preciso difundir a informação adequada via mídia, que abarque a sociedade como um todo, especialmente a família, pelo grau de influência sobre as gestantes detectado nesses agentes.

Striving toward a better understanding of how the global spread of creationist ideology may impact biology teachers and teaching worldwide, this study comparatively examines how biology teachers from three Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay) conceive the origin of humankind. It is reported that teachers from Uruguay (the most secular country) and Argentina (a country with intermediate religiosity) more frequently associated humankind origin with scientific terms Evolution, Natural selection, and Australopithecus. In contrast, Brazilian teachers stood out as those most frequently associating humankind’s origin to the religious term “God” alongside scientific terms. This study underscores the importance of the interplay of social factors (societal religiosity) and psychological factors (e.g., personal commitment) when considering the impact of teacher exposure to creationist ideology. It also highlights the need for biology teachers (particularly those in more religious countries) to undergo professional development.

The present study reports associations between feather mites (Astigmata) and birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Rio Grande do Norte state, in Brazil. In the laboratory, mites were collected through visual examination of freshly killed birds. Overall, 172 individuals from 38 bird species were examined, between October 2011 and July 2012. The prevalence of feather mites was 80.8%, corresponding to 139 infested individuals distributed into 30 species and 15 families of hosts. Fifteen feather mite taxa could be identified to the species level, sixteen to the genus level and three to the subfamily level, distributed into the families Analgidae, Proctophyllodidae, Psoroptoididae, Pteronyssidae, Xolalgidae, Trouessartiidae, Falculiferidae and Gabuciniidae. Hitherto unknown associations between feather mites and birds were recorded for eleven taxa identified to the species level, and nine taxa were recorded for the first time in Brazil. The number of new geographic records, as well as the hitherto unknown mite-host associations, supports the high estimates of diversity for feather mites of Brazil and show the need for research to increase knowledge of plumicole mites in the Neotropical region.

american-journal-of-medicine-defende-tratamento-preventivo-para-covid. Accessed January 15, 2021.

Background Scientific denialism has always had harmful consequences for humanity, but with the advent of the pandemic these effects seem to have been accentuated. Main body Unwillingness to accept the facts about the COVID-19 pandemic ascertained by scientists and public health authorities has led to widespread scientific denialism, including the emergence of conspiracy theories of all sorts. Examples are diverse, reaching both developed and developing countries, arriving through populist leaders and the spread of conspiracy theories through social media. Short conclusion It is important to pay attention to the risk of the extremes of this denialism and the possible repercussions, especially in countries that have leaders who agree with these conceptions, such as Brazil and the USA.

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