ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to monitor the presence of females of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) on the Seropédica municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, from 2010 to 2013. For this purpose, the Intelligent Dengue Monitoring (IM-Dengue) and Intelligent Virus Monitoring (IM-Virus) developed by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Ecovec – Minas Gerais, Brazil), were used. IM-Dengue is a tool that allows achieving a weekly overview of A. aegypti infestation, while IM-Virus is another tool that allows detecting dengue virus directly from the mosquito, by Real Time-PCR. Both tools were developed for diagnosis in a prepathogenesis period of the disease, before infection occurrence. Traps were distributed in 19 locations inside the municipality and the bugs were collected weekly during the years of the research. As a result, the presence of 163 females of A. aegypti was recorded over the period; there was no circulation of the virus in the municipality. In one of the 19 study sites, a high degree of disease transmission risk was verified. The study concluded that the municipality, as a whole, showed no risk of disease transmission throughout the field research period.

An exploratory research was fulilled - Ubacyt project - with the aim of describing daily life social representations constructed by young people, ages between 20 and 30 years old, belonging different socioeconomical levels, through a social representation´s processual approach (Jodelet, 1984, 2006; Moscovici. 1961, 1984, 2001; Banchs, 2000) and a structural one (Abri, 1994). This paper presents the results related to self descriptions, constructed through discourse, by the exploration of their daily life social representation. Depth interviews were carried on which were analized through the construction of emergent categories used to identify the participants´way to deine themselves in the different social positions they belong to. The results show that the participants deine themselves through similarities and differences with other people, and the internalization of values and social hierarchies.

Se realizó una investigación exploratoria - Proyecto UBACyT- con el objetivo de describir la representación social de la vida cotidiana que construyen jóvenes de entre 20 y 30 años, de distintos niveles socio-económicos, combinando un abordaje procesual (Jodelet, 1984, 2006; Moscovici, 1961; 1984, 2001; Banchs, 2000) y otro estructural (Abric, 1994) de las representaciones sociales. Este trabajo presenta los resultados vinculados a la descripción de las concepciones del sí mismo, a partir de la exploración de su representación social de vida cotidiana. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad, que se analizaron a través de la construcción de categorías emergentes, con las que se identificó el modo en que los participantes se deinen, en función de las posiciones sociales que asumen. Se encontró que se deinen a sí mismos a partir de similitudes y diferencias con los otros, interiorizando los valores y jerarquías sociales.

Os parâmetros do ciclo biológico de Argas (Persicargas) miniatus, fase adulta, foram estudados em condições controladas (27±1°C e 80±10% UR) e em condições ambientais não controladas (ambiente de laboratório nas estações chuvosa e seca). Nessas condições, os machos se originaram preferencialmente de N2 e as fêmeas de N3. As fêmeas realizaram até 18 posturas (em condições controladas), enquanto que as fêmeas mantidas nas estações chuvosa e seca realizaram até 9 e 12 posturas, respectivamente. O número total de ovos foi 1350 (em condições controladas), 443 ovos na estação chuvosa e 894 ovos na estação seca. Em jejum, os carrapatos machos sobreviveram por 165 dias (condições controladas) e 135 dias em ambiente de laboratório; as fêmeas sobreviveram por 300 dias em condições controladas e 240 dias no ambiente de laboratório. Nas condições ambientais não controladas, os parâmetros biológicos do estágio adulto de Argas (Persicargas) miniatus sofreram alterações negativas, principalmente durante a estação chuvosa.

The life cycle of Argas (Persicargas) miniatus in adult stage was studied in controlled conditions (27±1°C and 80±10% RH) and uncontrolled temperature and humidity conditions (room conditions during wet and dry season). Males originated preferentially from N2 and females from N3. Females in controlled conditions laid eggs up to 18 times, while females in uncontrolled room conditions, during wet and dry seasons, laid eggs 9 to 12 times, respectively. In controlled conditions, females laid 1350 eggs, whereas in uncontrolled conditions females laid 443 eggs during the wet season and 894 eggs during the dry season. Male ticks survived without feeding for 165 days in controlled conditions and 135 days in uncontrolled conditions, while females survived for 300 days in controlled conditions and 240 days in uncontrolled conditions. In ambient conditions, biological parameters of Argas (Persicargas) miniatus adult stage were negatively affected especially during the wet season when compared with adult stage kept in controlled condition.

This article describes everyday life social representations of young people, ages between 20 and 30 years old, of different social-economic levels, combining a processual and a structural approach. Preliminary results about the identification of the structure - the central core and the periphery elements - of everyday life social representation are presented. A sociodemographic data questionnaire constructed ad hoc, an hierarchical words evocation and a Likert scale on everyday life, constructed starting from depth interviews fulfilled in the first research stage, were administered. Free hierarchical associations were analyzed with the SPSS 11.5 software. The results show the centrality of family and near affective bonds social representations. The activities indicate the existence of contradictions between different social levels. There is a higher dispersion of individual judgments with opposite semantic associations which show the presence of minority groups and polemic social representations.

Este artículo describe la representación social de la vida cotidiana de jóvenes entre 20 y 30 años, de distintos niveles socio-económicos, combinando un abordaje procesual y otro estructural. Se presentan resultados preliminares sobre la estructura -núcleo central y elementos periféricos- de la representación social de vida cotidiana. Se administró un cuestionario de datos sociodemográficos construido ad hoc, la evocación jerarquizada de palabras y una escala Likert sobre vida cotidiana, realizada a partir de las entrevistas en profundidad de la primera etapa de la investigación. Las asociaciones libres jerarquizadas se analizaron a través del software SPSS 11.5. Los resultados indican la centralidad de la representación social de la familia y de los vínculos afectivos cercanos. Las actividades denotan la existencia de contradicciones entre diferentes niveles sociales, teniendo mayor dispersión las calificaciones individuales con asociaciones semánticamente opuestas que pueden responder a la presencia de grupos minoritarios y representaciones sociales polémicas.

Os aspectos biológicos de ninfas de primeiro e segundo instares de Argas (Persicargas) miniatus quando submetidas a diferentes períodos de jejum (15, 30 e 60 dias), foram estudados em estufa climatizada (27 ± 1 ºC e 80 ± 10% de umidade relativa) e em ambiente de laboratório. Ninfas de primeiro instar que foram submetidas a um período de jejum de 15 e 30 dias mudaram para ninfas de segundo e terceiro instar, em ambas as condições estudadas. No período de 60 dias de jejum verificou-se mortalidade de 28 e 37% das ninfas de primeiro instar, em estufa climatizada e em ambiente de laboratório, respectivamente. As ninfas sobreviventes não se fixaram sobre os hospedeiros. As ninfas de segundo instar, após 60 dias de jejum, desenvolveram-se em ninfas de terceiro instar ou machos, quando alimentadas em Gallus gallus. Ainda neste grupo, as ninfas de terceiro instar mudaram para adultos (42,42 e 40,54% machos; 36,36 e 48,65% fêmeas, nas condições ambiente de laboratório e estufa climatizada, respectivamente) e o restante desenvolveu-se em ninfas de quarto instar que por sua vez mudaram para fêmeas. Então, a situação de jejum (60 dias) em que as ninfas foram submetidas determinou o número de ninfas no ciclo biológico de A. miniatus, sob as condições experimentais estudadas.

The current study investigated the biology of nymphs of the first and second instars of Argas (Persicargas) miniatus. Nymphs were deprived of food for 15, 30 or 60 days and held at 27 ± 1 ºC and 80 ± 10% relative humidity (controlled conditions) or at room conditions of temperature and relative humidity. Nymphs of first instar deprived of food for 15 or 30 days molted to second and third instars in both controlled and room conditions. Nymphs of the first instar deprived of food for 60 days had 28 and 37% mortality in controlled and room conditions, respectively; and survivors did not attach to the host. Nymphs of the second instar, deprived of food for 60 days, molted either to the third instar or to males after feeding on Gallus gallus, and the nymphs of the third instar developed to adults (42.42% males and 36.36% females when nymphs were held in controlled temperature and humidity conditions, and 40.54% males and 48.65% females when nymphs were held in room conditions). The remainder of the nymphs molted to the fourth instar and then molted to females. In conclusion, the nymphal starvation period of 60 days determined the number of nymph instars in the life cycle of A. miniatus under the experimental conditions studied.

An exploratory research was carried on - UBACYT project - with the aim of describing daily life social representations which young people, in ages between 20 and 30 years old, of different socio-economical levels construct. A combinated study is performed between the procesual (Jodelet, 1984, 2006; Moscovici, 1961, 1984, 2001; Banchs, 2000) and the structural (Abric, 1994) approaches in social representations. In this paper there is a presentation of preliminary results. There were fulfilled interviews which were analized in order to identify what and how the participants report as their daily life. Emergent categories were constructed and related to the theoretical dimensions about daily life. The data show that the themata inside/outside is relevant and expands itself to other oppositions: familiar/new, forseen/unforseen, other significants/choir, wellbeing/malaise and public/private. In terms of objectivation and anchorage, "house" and "work" show up to be figures that make the social representation concrete and anchored.

Se realizó una investigación exploratoria - Proyecto UBACyT- con el objetivo de describir la representación social de la vida cotidiana que construyen jóvenes de entre 20 y 30 años, de distintos niveles socio-económicos. Combina un abordaje procesual (Jodelet, 1984, 2006; Moscovici,1961, 1984, 2001; Banchs, 2000) y otro estructural (Abric, 1994) de las representaciones sociales. En el presente trabajo se presentan resultados preliminares. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad, luego analizadas a partir de identificar cómo y qué es lo que los participantes relatan como vida cotidiana. Se construyeron categorías emergentes que se articularon con dimensiones de conceptualizaciones teóricas sobre vida cotidiana. Los datos evidencian como la themata adentro/afuera aparece con mayor relevancia, expandiéndose en otros pares antitéticos: familiar/novedoso, previsible/no previsible, otros significativos/coro, bienestar/malestar y público/ privado. En términos de objetivación y anclaje, la "Casa" y el "Trabajo" aparecen respectivamente como imágenes que concretizan y anclan dicha representación social.

An exploratory research was performed with the aim of characterizing differences in the social representation of crisis according to gender. Standardized and ad hoc instruments were utilized in an intentional sample by quota of gender and educational level of 203 young people, ages between 20 and 30 years old. For the actual paper we analyzed two questions of a questionnaire referring to what a crisis is for the interviewed people and which had been the crisis or the most important change in his or her life. Data yielded from the free association technique with the stimulus word "crisis" were analyzed. The data were studied qualitatively with the use of the software Atlas.ti through the codifying of the material and the description of the themes or emergent categories. The results show that men relate crisis to social and /or economic difficulties and women refer to personal and/ or family issues. That is to say that it is possible to identify a public and a private dimension related to the concept of crisis which reproduces the separation between work and family. The results show the successful socialization in the gender premises established in the process of symbolic elaboration of the crisis with the persistence of cultural meanings which are related to the gender stereotypes.

Se realizó una investigación exploratoria con el objetivo de caracterizar las diferencias en la representación social de crisis, desde una perspectiva de género. Se aplicaron instrumentos estandarizados y otros elaborados ad hoc a una muestra intencional por cuotas de género y nivel educativo de 203 jóvenes de entre 20 y 30 años. Para el presente trabajo, se analizaron dos preguntas de un cuestionario referidas a qué era una crisis para el entrevistado y cuál había sido la crisis o el cambio más importante de su vida. Asimismo, fueron analizados los datos obtenidos a partir de la técnica de asociaciones libres para la que se utilizó la palabra estímulo "crisis". Los datos fueron analizados cualitativamente y se recurrió al software Atlas.ti para codificar el material y describir los temas o categorías emergentes. Los datos evidencian que los hombres relacionan las crisis con dificultades sociales y/o económicas, mientras que las mujeres refieren situaciones personales y/o familiares. Es decir, que se puede identificar una dimensión pública y otra privada en relación al concepto de crisis, las cuales reproducen la separación entre el trabajo y la familia, respectivamente. Los resultados muestran la socialización exitosa de las premisas de género establecidas en los procesos de elaboración simbólica de la crisis, persistiendo los significados culturales que remiten a los estereotipos de género.

Neste relato, destacamos a experiência e a evolução da assistência de enfermagem no serviço ambulatorial do Hospital de Pesquisa e Realibilitação de Lesões Lábio Palatais da Universidade de São Paulo, em Bauru-SP, que visa obter os resultados mais adequados possíveis a níveis estético, funcional e psico-social na reabilitação do portador de fissura de lábio e/ou palato. Ressaltamos também a importância da participação ativa do cliente e família no conhecimento de seus problemas de saúde para uma completa reabilitação.

In this report, we detach the experience and the evolution of the nursery assistence in the ambulatorial service in the HPRLLP-USP-Bauru-SP, which aims to reach the most eficcient results in the aesthetic, functional and pshicosocial rehabilitation of those who have cleft lip or palate. We stand out the importance of active participation of the pacient and his family on the knowledgement of his health problems in order to improve a complete rehabilitation.

In this report, we detach the experience and the evolution of the nursery assistence in the ambulatorial service in the HPRLLP-USP-Bauru-SP, which aims to reach the most eficcient results in the aesthetic, functional and pshicosocial rehabilitation of those who have cleft lip or palate. We stand out the importance of active participation of the pacient and his family on the knowledgement of his health problems in order to improve a complete rehabilitation.

Neste relato, destacamos a experiência e a evolução da assistência de enfermagem no serviço ambulatorial do Hospital de Pesquisa e Realibilitação de Lesões Lábio Palatais da Universidade de São Paulo, em Bauru-SP, que visa obter os resultados mais adequados possíveis a níveis estético, funcional e psico-social na reabilitação do portador de fissura de lábio e/ou palato. Ressaltamos também a importância da participação ativa do cliente e família no conhecimento de seus problemas de saúde para uma completa reabilitação.