Bom Jesus Research Articles

THE IMPORTANCE OF A CONTINGENCY PLAN

The dissertation titled “The Importance of a Contingency Plan: For the Residents of Vila Bom Jesus in the Municipality of Canaã dos Carajás-PA in Cases of Dam Rupture” addresses the urgent need for an effective contingency plan for this vulnerable community. The social relevance of the topic is unquestionable, given the increasing incidence of natural and technological disasters. The Brumadinho tragedy in 2019 highlighted the devastating consequences of dam failures, underscoring the importance of preventive measures. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of current contingency plans and propose recommendations to improve the preparedness and resilience of Vila Bom Jesus residents. Specific objectives include analyzing the structure of existing plans, assessing community perception, and proposing strategies for continuous improvement. The methodology used is based on a literature review, with strict inclusion and exclusion criteria to ensure the relevance and quality of the analyzed articles. The thematic analysis of the data facilitates the identification of patterns and critical elements for the development of effective plans. The results reveal that although contingency plans exist, the lack of knowledge and adequate preparation among residents compromises their effectiveness. Anderson Vasconcellos Amaral’s research highlights the transformation of Canaã dos Carajás landscapes due to mining and agriculture, and the social and environmental implications of these activities. The dissertation concludes that contingency plans need to be continuously reviewed and updated, incorporating new information and best practices. The contributions of this study are significant for the protection of vulnerable communities, providing practical guidelines that can be adapted to different contexts.

Insights on the Mesoarchean to Neoproterozoic evolution of the western Campo do Meio Shear Belt, SE Brazil, using structural, aerogeophysical and U-Pb zircon data

The Campo do Meio Shear Belt (CMSB) is an approximately 200 × 25 km transcurrent area along the south-southwest margin of the São Francisco Craton. A comprehensive review of geology was performed in the western CMSB, where rocks from the Campos Gerais and Petúnia Complexes are predominant. The Campos Gerais Complex is relatively well positioned in the geotectonic context of the region. It corresponds to an Archean granite-greenstone belt lithological association related to the south-southwest part of the São Francisco Craton. The Petúnia Complex, in contrast, is unraveled in this contribution through the integration of aerogeophysical data from the western Campo do Meio Shear Belt (CMSB) with new fieldwork observations and zircon U–Pb (LA-MC-ICP-MS) dating.The Petúnia Complex has been restricted to two Mesoarchean gneissic units – Petúnia and Ribeirão da Conquista Gneiss, with crystallization ages of 2993 ± 11 Ma and 2870 ± 9 Ma, respectively. Although the ages are broadly coincident with those found in the Campos Gerais Complex, three characteristics suggest an evolutionary independent scenario (pre-S2) during the Archean for the Petúnia and Campos Gerais Complexes: i) the sharp contrast in gamma-ray emissions between these complexes; ii) the absence of komatiite affiliation in the meta-ultramafic rocks from the Petúnia Complex; and, iii) the absence of mafic dykes in the Petúnia Complex. These two complexes also can be distinguished by the frequency of Paleoproterozoic granitoid intrusions. The Petúnia Complex has only one occurrence, the Bom Jesus da Penha Metagranite, with a crystallization age of 2004 ± 11 Ma. On the other hand, several Paleoproterozoic granitoid intrusions (2.0–1.9 Ga) have been found in the Campos Gerais Complex. These Orosirian granitoids are restricted to CMSB and younger than those in the Mineiro Belt. We suggest that these Orosirian granitoids may represent remnants of a collision event that occurred after 2.1 Ga, leading to the integration of the Petúnia and Campo Gerais Complexes into the Columbia paleocontinent. During the Neoproterozoic, the evolution in the CMSBinvolved the cratonic basement and units related to the Southernmost Brasília Orogen. This set configures a tectonic mélange that underwent progressive deformation in a non-coaxial, partitioned transpressional regime.

Innovation and management of fish farming enterprises in the western mesoregion of Maranhão, Brazil

In Brazil, fish farming has been growing in recent years, with a highlight in production and innovation in the sector. The objective was to evaluate the innovation and management of rural enterprises in the fish farming sector in the municipalities of Buriticupu and Bom Jesus das Selvas, in order to generate information that can serve as a basis for implementing actions, both in the public and private sectors, for the development of the activity and generation of income and employment. The study was conducted over a period of eight months (September 2022 to March 2023), with six fish farmers from the municipalities of Buriticupu and Bom Jesus das Selvas, located in the western region of the state of Maranhão. Ten face-to-face meetings were held, eight individual and two collective. In terms of management control, it was observed that in the initial evaluation, the enterprises scored 1.67, and in the final evaluation, 2.33. In the final management control assessment, a score of 2.33 was obtained, indicating a 39.5% increase rate after the actions taken. Regarding the improvement of the production process, it was observed that initially the score was 2.26, which implies that the producers did not prioritize the effectiveness of the processes and activities to be developed, leading to inefficiency in working time and waste of raw materials. The fish farming enterprises showed improvements in management control and production processes. The actions and tools used in this study showed good applicability on the properties, promoting such improvements and advancements, albeit small ones.

Nitrogen sources and defoliation levels in cowpea bean

This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of artificial defoliation and different nitrogen sources on production traits of cowpea using mixed generalized linear models. The experiment was developed in a 3x5x2 factorial arrangement, being: three Nitrogen sources; five levels of artificial defoliation; and two defoliation seasons, with four repetitions. The plots were distributed in the Randomized Block Design, developed in a greenhouse and in the field. The following characteristics were evaluated: number of pods produced per plant; number of grains produced per pod; number of grains produced per plant; average length of pods; average weight of 100 grains; and estimated production. The GLIMMIX procedure was used because it allows the probability distribution of the response variable to take the appropriate distribution model. Production per Hectare (PHA) of plants subjected to leaf loss area can be increased up to 50% defoliation level, the variety Tumucumaque overcompensates in productivity, with maximum yields at 27.03% of defoliation and significant decrease above 75%, regardless of phenological stage. Even with losses above these levels, this cultivar had high indexes of productivity, revealing its high resistance to leaf loss injury. The use of chemical nitrogen fertilization and inoculation of cowpea seeds, variety Tumucumaque with Bradyrhizobium is unnecessary in the edaphoclimatic conditions of Bom Jesus – PI; The use of nitrogen fertilization with ammonium sulfate and inoculation of cowpea seeds with Bradyrhizobium does not influence the resistance of the Tumucumaque variety to defoliation levels; Defoliation levels above 75% impair the performance of production traits of cowpea, Tumucumaque.

Integrating Local and Academic Expertise: A Case Study on Mangrove Restoration at Bom Jesus Cove, Fundão Island, Rio de Janeiro

Integrating Local and Academic Expertise: A Case Study on Mangrove Restoration at Bom Jesus Cove, Fundão Island, Rio de Janeiro

Epidemiological survey of accidents with venomous animals treated at the Regional Hospital of Bom Jesus, Piauí, Northeast Brazil

Aim: Venomous animals are responsible for 26.8% of all poisonings occurring in people registered in Brazil, reflecting serious economic, medical, and social public health issues in tropical countries. The objective of this work was to characterize the cases notified of accidents involving venomous animals in humans in a Public Regional Hospital located in Piauí state, Northeast Brazil. Methods: We analyzed the notification forms registered at the National Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN), provided by the Hospital Regional Manoel de Souza from July 2009 to December 2017. The data were organized in spreadsheets and were exported to SPSS v. 24 for statistical analysis. A linear regression analysis was performed, and variables were considered significant when the estimated regression model presented P ≤ 0.05. Results: From 2009 to 2017, 833 cases of accidents caused by venomous animals treated were reported on SINAN. Accidents caused by scorpions were the most frequent, accounting for 69.7% (n = 269) of cases, followed by snakes at 17.6% (n = 68) and insects at 12.7% (n = 49). The people most affected by venomous animals were men (53.9%; n = 208) between the ages of 20 and 39 (42.5%; n = 164). The most frequent bite site was on the extremities, with the feet being the most affected region at 39.3% (n = 235), followed by the hands at 25.8% (n = 154) and the legs at 8% (n = 48). The study showed that despite the Regional Hospital covering 18 cities, the municipality of Bom Jesus had the highest incidence of accidents caused by venomous animals, mainly scorpions. Therefore, this investigation is a starting point for understanding the spatial distribution of these accidents. The data show that there are still flaws in the SINAN information flow. In the serotherapy variable, for example, 51.1% of cases were not completed. Conclusion: It is necessary to provide guidance and carry out educational work in order to improve official data records, so that they can be incorporated into the care routine.

Geochemical characterization and mineral chemistry of blue tourmalines from the pegmatitic body of Bom Jesus Banabuiú-Ceará,northeaster Brazil.

Geochemical characterization and mineral chemistry of blue tourmalines from the pegmatitic body of Bom Jesus Banabuiú-Ceará,northeaster Brazil.

Techno-Economic Assessment of Concentrated Solarand Photovoltaic Power Plants in Brazil

The need for a diverse energy matrix has been promotinga favorable environment for integrating new renewable energy sources,such as Concentrated Solar Power plants (CSPs). Nonetheless, as aconsequence of the incipient solar generation via CSPs in Brazil,there is a unsatisfactory number of researches that handle technicaland economic assessments of CSP plants performance on this country.Given this scenario, this study proposes an assessment of the techno-economic viability of the implementation of 100 MW CSP plants inBrazil, considering the Solar Tower (ST) systems, Parabolic TroughCollectors (PTC), Linear Fresnel (LFR) Reflectors and Dish Stirling(DS) Systems, and comparing the results to a photovoltaic (PV) plant.This study utilizes project data of power plants collected from therelevant literature and applies it to the city of Bom Jesus da Lapa,Brazil. The CSP techno-economic viability is evaluated through theanalysis of the annual energy generated, as well as the economicviability indicators, such as the Net Present Value, the Internal Rate ofReturn, the Discounted Payback and the Levelized Cost of Energy, andthrough a single-variable sensitivity analysis. This analysis employs thediscounted cash flow model, considering the energy trade in a RegulatedContracting Environment.

Calibração e avaliação do CSM-CROPGRO-soybean para cultura da soja no cerrado do sudoeste piauiense

ABSTRACT The study aimed to calibrate and evaluate the DSSAT CSM-CROPGRO-Soybean model to simulate soybean grain yields in the Cerrado of the Southwestern region of Piaui. To parameterize the model, data from the 2019-2020 crop season was used from an experiment installed in the Serra do Quilombo, in Bom Jesus-PI (9º16'20.3'' S, 44º44'56.9'' O, and altitude 620 m). The BRS 8980 IPRO (BRS 8980), BMX 84I86 (Domínio), BMX 81I81RSF IPRO (Extrema), and BMX 8579 IPRO (Bonus) cultivars were evaluated on three sowing dates (11/29/2019, 01/14/2020, and 01/30/2020). The evaluation was conducted using soybean yield data collected in value for cultivation and use (VCU) experiments conducted by Embrapa Meio-Norte at Celeiro farm, Serra do Quilombo, Bom Jesus, PI, during four harvests and involving 61 genotypes. The best statistical indexes showing the efficiency of the calibration process were observed for the BRS 8980 (first sowing season) and Bônus (third sowing season) cultivars, with R2 and D indexes above 0.90. The total biomass production showed high agreement with the measured values, capturing the decrease in production due to the sowing date. The model captured the variability depending on the sowing dates and the yield for simulations of four other agricultural seasons, independent of the season in which the model was calibrated. It was concluded that the model satisfactorily simulated plant growth and soybean grain yield for the conditions of the Cerrado of the Southwestern region of Piaui.

Религиозная иконография и топография в европейском садовом искусстве XVI–XVII веков. Источники, интерпретация, культурный контекст

The paper analyzes gardens and landscapes of the Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque with particular attention to moral themes and Christian symbols. I follow the devel-opment of moral topography in the gardens by examples of Villa Hadriana, Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Versailles, Tsarskoye Selo, Désert de Retz, Sanspareil, Regaleira. The two types of gar-dens are identified: architectural (Castelo Branco, Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga) and land-scaping (Bomarzo, Cetinale, Esztergom, Buçaco, Kuks, Valsanzibio). The paper then turns to “sacred mountains” created in the foothills of Italian Alps as a symbolic barrier at the bor-der of Protestant lands. The interplay of gardens themselves and their descriptions, such as in “The Path of Purification”, the treatise by Francesco de’ Vieri on Pratolino, 1587 and in the inscriptions in Valsanzibio, is also discussed. Further in the paper I wonder about how moral programs of gardens can be studied and incorporated in the history of ideas and religiosity. The work is based on the materials of author’s travels and is illustrated with his photographs. Translations into Russian are by B. Sokolov.

A Presença de Emílio Biel no Santuário do Bom Jesus do Monte

The present article deals with historical facts that took place between 1879 and 1880, revealing the circumstances of the presence of Emílio Biel at the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, in Braga, as a photographer. This was possible through access to the minutes drawn up in that period and kept in the Inventory of the Confraternity of Bom Jesus do Monte. Through the reading of these minutes, the term of the contract signed between the Bureau of the Brotherhood and the house Emílio Biel & Cª was found, exposing the strict context of the clauses stipulated to the photographer. Other documents related to the contract were found, such as payment orders, bills of exchange, prints and photographic views. These documentary and photographic records are the testimonies of that historical event, that is, they are primary sources of the heritage inventory. The photographic records considered as iconography of the History of Art, reveal the various existing peculiarities and the cultural content of that historical moment.

Rhyacian to Orosirian short-lived polyphase deformation and migmatization in northernmost São Francisco Craton, Brazil

The Minas-Bahia Orogen, which is Siderian-Orosirian age, is exposed in the northern sector of the São Francisco Craton and in its African counterpart, the Congo Craton. In this sector, two orogenic domains outcrops with geological evolution and terrains with different trends: Western and Eastern Bahia. The advance of scientific knowledge in the northeast of the West Bahia Orogenic Domain has revealed the existence of more tectonic terrains than those traditionally delimited, and reveal the presence of juvenile terranes and cratonic crust separated complex zones where they interacted. The region of interaction between the Gavião and Bom Jesus da Lapa Paleoplate has been the subject of debates about the tectonic significance of granulitic rocks with Meso-Neoarchean protoliths, which are intruded by Rhyacian - Orosirian granitoids. The set of geological data presented in this article demonstrates that the metatexite migmatites with felsic granulitic paleosome and charnockitic neosome were generated during the initial phases of the collision between these two paleoplates, between 2068 and 2058 Ma. The structural mass transport is from NW to SE. The youngest migmatization event, in high amphibolite facies, occurred during NNW-SSE trending sinistral strike-slip tectonics as suggested by the emplacement of Dn+3 neosomes controlled by S/C/C' structures, in between 2049–2000 Ma. The interpreted tectonic model is complex and involves the accretion and collision among Bom Jesus da Lapa, Gavião and Jequié paleoplates during the Rhyacian-Orosirian, contributing to the advancement of knowledge of tectonic pieces and their interactions that contributed to the formation of Columbia supercontinent.

Not all supply chains are created equal: The linkages between soy local trade relations and development outcomes in Brazil

Global agricultural trade is a key driver of socioenvironmental transformations in rural areas, including development dynamics. By creating revenue and wealth opportunities, it influences the economic and social relations in a landscape. However, not all landscapes shaped by a given agricultural sector are the same: one variable is how supply chain actors and their embedded networks (including commodity traders, farmers, and input suppliers) develop, maintain, or shift relationship patterns over time. To explore the connections between development and the nature of such trade relationships, particularly between farmers and commodity traders, we take soy as an emblematic example and compare four different municipalities in Brazil. The contrasting cases are Passo Fundo (RS), an old soy-growing area in Brazil’s South, in a consolidated agricultural region with relatively persistent relationships between farmers and commodity traders; Sorriso (MT), in a more recently occupied agricultural region in the country’s Center-West, with relatively low persistence of supply-chain relations; Balsas (MA), a place with persistent supply-chain relations in the so-called Matopiba agricultural expansion frontier; and Bom Jesus (PI), also a frontier municipality but having less persistent relations. We build on quantitative assessments of supply-chain stickiness in those four municipalities, which is understood as the persistence of those commercial relationships in contrast to volatility. Analyzing qualitative data collected through over 30 field interviews with local actors, we show how soy supply-chain relations significantly differ across places. We distinguish them particularly in terms of lock-in effects on farmers and level of trust. Crucially, our findings identify supplier cooperatives as key mediating institutions in the supply chain, counterbalancing the power of commodity traders over farmers. Such cooperatives are also associated with more equitable development outcomes. Yet, they require high levels of social trust and distribute wealth primarily within the sector, leaving other farmers excluded.

PRESSURE-STATE-RESPONSE MODEL FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN SERRA DO JAPI

Serra do Japi, is located in the interior of the state of São Paulo, located in areas listed by CONDEPHAAT (Council for the Defense of Historical, Archaeological and Tourist Heritage of the State of São Paulo), being considered a remnant of the Atlantic Forest, covering the municipalities of Jundiaí, Cabreúva, Pirapora do Bom Jesus and Cajamar. The occupation of some areas and the development of human activities have changed their characteristics over the years.

Secondary instability generated on the equatorial plasma bubbles wall due to an interaction with midnight brightness wave

Interaction between Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPBs) and midnight Brightness wave (MBW) was observed over Bom Jesus da Lapa (13.3° S, 43.5° W; Quasi-Dipole geomagnetic latitude of 14.1° S), using OI 630 nm all-sky images. On the night of December 22nd, 2019, an EPB was seen propagating eastward in its fossil stage until it interacted with an MBW. After the interaction, the west walls of EPBs generated secondary instabilities that can be associated with gradient drift instability (GDI) and/or Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities (KHI). We suggest that the MBW contributed to generate a shear in the EPBs walls due to changes in the thermospheric dynamics, such as neutral wind in the F layer height. Furthermore, spectral analysis of the all-sky images suggests that GDI and/or KHI generated turbulence and helped to dissipate the EPBs.Graphical

(Un)Seeing Goa’s Bom Jesus in Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar’s This is Not the Basilica!

This article examines the interrogation of visual history associated with Goan church architectural legacies offered by Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar’s installation series, This is Not the Basilica! (2021). The artist’s subject is the 16th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus, which was built in locally domesticated Baroque style during Goa’s Portuguese colonial era and which houses the remains of the Spanish saint, Francis Xavier. Kandolkar’s work makes viewers intimate with the Basilica’s history, I contend, so as to posit the need for conservation efforts that will save the deteriorating church while also revealing its unseen aesthetic past as a symbol of still-unfolding Goan identity.

STUDY OF A SOLAR ENERGY KALINA CYCLE APPLIED IN BOM JESUS DA LAPA - BAHIA

Modern population’s needs increased demands for electricity in such a way that new energy sources were explored, in search of lower environment impacts and fossil fuels dependency. Renewable energy sources for electricity production, such as solar and wind energy, have significantly attracted attention and places as the west region of Bahia state has a good potential for its application. This location is characterized by high solar irradiance of 2136 kWh/m² a year, already having 4 photovoltaic power plants in operation and 2 more in project phases. Another possible application is the solar thermal energy and Kalina Cycle presents as a good possibility for employing it, since the non-azeotropic mixture of ammonia-water as working fluid allows low temperature heat sources utilization. Based on that, this research proposed the study of a Kalina power cycle, with steady state conditions, using thermal solar energy as low temperature heat source and applied to the solar irradiance of Bom Jesus da Lapa – BA. The thermodynamic cycle was developed and simulated with Engineering Equation Solver (EES®), thermal efficiency was analyzed by varying parameters such as: heat source temperature from 90 °C to 120 °C, high pressure line from 10 to 35 bar and ammonia mass fraction from 0.35 to 0.95. The final cycle presented a superheater before the turbine and a regenerator with poor ammonia-water mixture from the separator (as hot side) and ammonia-water mixture before entering the boiler (as cold side). Results indicated maximum efficiency of ~7.4%, with high pressure side of 35 bar, heat source temperature of 120 °C, superheater heat source temperature of 200 °C and ammonia mass fraction of 0.64 kg/kg.

Uso de plantas medicinais por moradores em uma comunidade rural no sul do Piauí

Over time populations have been using natural resources such as medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases. In recent decades, interest has been increasing in trying to understand the relationship between humans and plants. This study aimed to identify medicinal plants used by residents in a rural community in the municipality of Bom Jesus, South of Piauí. An open questionnaire with 10 questions was applied with residents in a rural community, with the objective of analyzing the main causes that motivated the use and importance of the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases. As well as the ethnobotanical aspects (popular name, used parts, forms of preparation, and therapeutic purposes), where they were obtained, where popular knowledge came from. It was possible to identify the use of 14 species, distributed in 14 genera and 11 botanical families. The family Lamiaceae with 5 species was the most cited. The most cited species were Mint, Lemon Balm, Malvão, Orange and Amburana. Leaves are the most used plant parts in the preparation of medicines (78.5%), followed by seeds (14.2%) and bark and seeds (7.1%). Most indications are for stomach and flu problems. The residents of the Eugenópolis community know a variety of medicinal plants belonging to various botanical families. The sharing of traditional knowledge about medicinal plants, forms of preparation and consumption is passed down from generation to generation.

Genetic diversity and structure of an active germplasm collection of Annona squamosa L.

The fruits of Annona squamosa L. are highly appreciated for their sweet taste and their nutritional and medicinal properties. Since the species is threatened by habitat loss, germplasm conservation is of the utmost importance. The present study aimed to characterize genetic variability among 19 accessions of A. squamosa maintained in the Active Germplasm Bank (AGB) of Embrapa Meio-Norte, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, and to determine whether the geographical distribution of the genotypes influenced population structure. The accessions were derived from populations originally located in orchards situated some 200 km apart in three municipalities in the northeast of Brazil, namely Timon, Bom Jesus and Canto do Buriti. Leaf DNA was extracted and analyzed by inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR)-polymerase chain reaction. Nine ISSR primers generated 127 scorable bands of which 101 (79.52%) were polymorphic. The within-population diversity was high (Canto do Buriti), intermediary (Timon) and low (Bom Jesus). Unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic averages and Bayesian analysis of polymorphic bands separated the genotypes into two main clusters according to genetic distance and ancestry (vegetative- and seed-propagated groups), indicating that the geographical location of the populations did not influence the genetic diversity of the accessions. While ISSR marker-based DNA fingerprinting of the 19 studied accessions revealed a degree of genetic diversity between populations, the variability detected within each population was somewhat higher. This information will contribute to a better understanding of genetic variation and population structure of the accessions of A. squamosa in the AGB of Embrapa Meio-Norte, and provide crucial information for future conservation and genetic improvement programs of the species.

THE PLAYFULNESS

This article aims to understand the role of playfulness in the Elementary School classroom - Final Years, in Bom Jesus da Lapa - Bahia, in the public educational context and has as a way of collaborating for the student’s development in the teaching and learning process. learning language skills in English, as well as offering teachers pedagogical training on the use of games and recreational activities as a tool that facilitates creativity and interest in building knowledge of a new language. Based on a bibliographic research, we used the following authors as theoretical frameworks: Kishimoto (2011), Nicholls (2001), Feijó (1992), Santos (2006). The methodology used was action research developed at Escola Municipalizada Edivaldo Boaventura. Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires with applied questions, and interpreted, in the light of systematized theoretical approaches. The research results showed a favorable acceptance of the playful methodology in the final years, due to the consensus that was presented through the games, where the student not only has fun, but also fully develops their potential.