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\"A una edad muy temprana, Luz Rello se dio cuenta de que no aprendía al mismo ritmo que sus compañeros de clase. Algo le impedía entender lo que la profesora escribía en unas tarjetas que los demás leían con facilidad. Con el tiempo, Luz se dio cuenta de que era disléxica. Pero no desistió, aprendió a convivir con esas dificultades y acabó haciéndose toda una experta en lingüística. Ya de adulta, como investigadora, Luz ha conseguido desarrollar un test que permite detectar el riesgo de dislexia en menos de quince minutos, lo cual supone un verdadero hito mundial en el tratamiento de uno de los obstáculos más comunes al aprendizaje infantil. La historia de Luz es la de alguien que, desde muy joven, se dio cuenta de que había cosas a su alrededor que no funcionaban bien, y de que tal vez pudiera hacer algo por cambiarlas. Así que pensó en una solución, buscó compañeros de equipo para llevarla a cabo y puso en marcha un proyecto importantísimo para contribuir a un mundo mejor\"-- Publisher's website.

Bong Joon Ho's 2019 film Parasite shares significant imagery with the apocalyptic teachings in Matthew 24:36-51. Both feature oblivious carousers before a flood, sleeping homeowners, and domestic workers caught unaware by a returning homeowner. This article argues that this shared imagery gives Parasite an apocalyptic edge that intensifies the film's warnings about potential consequences of extreme economic disparities in capitalism. This article develops this argument by (1) highlighting the apocalyptic features of Matthew 24:36-51; (2) describing the convergence of imagery between Parasite and Matthew 24:36-51; and (3) exploring how the film's apocalyptic edge illuminates urgent and latent dangers of extreme economic disparities. The shared imagery functions in both similar and different ways in Parasite and Matthew 24:36-51. In both, this imagery reveals latent dangers and fosters increased attentiveness to them. While Matthew 24:36-51 envisions an external divine force meting just judgment, Parasite centers on an immanent catastrophe that injures indiscriminately. Because characters do not experience rewards or punishments in accordance with their merit, Parasite has a tragic dimension absent in Matthew 24:36-51. The competition catalyzed among those with few opportunities for economic advancement harms all involved. The dangers of extreme economic disparities lurk beneath the surface and are prone to irrupt at unexpected times. Parasite is immanently apocalyptic because dynamics intrinsic to capitalism catalyze its violent ending.

The paper aims to discuss issues on taste, value and symbolic disputes (Bourdieu, 2008; Thornton, 1996 e Frith, 1996), analyzing the discourses of participants from a Brazilian electronic music scene (Straw, 1991). In order to do so, we focus our analysis on the case of Brazilian model Jesus Luz, who was Madonna's boyfriend and later became a DJ, raising disputes related to the authenticity of his performances. The \"case\" of Jesus Luz will be treated as a controversy (Latour, 1994; 2005) that allows us to grasp the performance of taste (Hennion, 2003; 2007) of the actors \"in action\". Keywords: Music Scene. Controversy. Subcultural Capital. O artigo tem como objetivo central discutir questoes de gosto, valor, e disputas simbolicas (Bourdieu, 2008; Thornton, 1996; Frith, 1996) de atores de uma cena de musica eletronica brasileira (Straw, 1991). Para tal, focamos nossa analise no caso do modelo Jesus Luz, que namorou Madonna e posteriormente se tornou DJ, suscitando uma serie de polemicas relacionadas a autenticidade de suas performances. O caso de Jesus Luz sera tratado como uma controversia (Latour, 1994; 2005) que nos permite apreender a performance de gosto (Hennion, 2003; 2007) dos atores da cena eletronica \"em acao\". Palavras-chave: Cena Musical. Controversia. Capital subcultural.

Introduction: Photobiomodulation is a noninvasive therapy used with neonates and children, with promising results due to its analgesic, antimicrobial, and reparative actions. Objective: To describe the available evidence on the use of photobiomodulation in nursing care for neonates and children. Materials and Methods: This is a structured scoping review based on the methodological guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The PCC mnemonic was applied, where P stands for population (neonates and children), C for concept (photobiomodulation), and C for context (healthcare). The databases searched were Web of Science, Science Direct, Embase, PubMed via MEDLINE, LILACS, BDEnf, WPRIM, and IBECS via the Virtual Health Library (VHL); in addition to the repositories: Preprints bioRxiv, Thesis and Dissertation Catalog, and OpenGrey. The results followed the guidelines from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. Results: The final sample consisted of 11 studies, with a focus on diode laser application, all developed in the field of dentistry. It was evident that photobiomodulation is a promising and effective non-pharmacological method in nursing care for neonates and children. Conclusions: Photobiomodulation has a broad spectrum of action and is consolidating itself as a promising, safe, and easily applicable non-pharmacological treatment in child health care.

It is widely accepted that the main driver of the observed decline in biological diversity is increasing human pressure on Earth's ecosystems. However, the spatial patterns of change in human pressure and their relation to conservation efforts are less well known. We developed a spatially and temporally explicit map of global change in human pressure over 2 decades between 1990 and 2010 at a resolution of 10 km². We evaluated 22 spatial data sets representing different components of human pressure and used them to compile a temporal human pressure index (THPI) based on 3 data sets: human population density, land transformation, and electrical power infrastructure. We investigated how the THPI within protected areas was correlated to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) management categories and the human development index (HDI) and how the THPI was correlated to cumulative pressure on the basis of the original human footprint index. Since the early 1990s, human pressure increased 64% of the terrestrial areas; the largest increases were in Southeast Asia. Protected areas also exhibited overall increases in human pressure, the degree of which varied with location and IUCN management category. Only wilderness areas and natural monuments (management categories Ib and III) exhibited decreases in pressure. Protected areas not assigned any category exhibited the greatest increases. High HDI values correlated with greater reductions in pressure across protected areas, while increasing age of the protected area correlated with increases in pressure. Our analysis is an initial step toward mapping changes in human pressure on the natural world over time. That only 3 data sets could be included in our spatio‐temporal global pressure map highlights the challenge to measuring pressure changes over time.

Publisher Copyright: © 2025, Instituto de Ciencias Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. All rights reserved. Portugal has two paradigmatic cases of dam-induced displacement: Vilarinho da Furna, submerged in 1972, and Luz, in 2002. Although research regarding these two case-stud-ies has occasionally mentioned the existence of several other similar events, those have not yet merited dedicated research. This void in the bibliography suggests Vilarinho and Luz are isolated episodes, obscuring their place as part of a wider net-work of events. Starting with bibliography on Vilarinho and Luz, this essay identifies those other cases and proposes the submersion of villages in Portugal as a phenomenon stemming from the construction of large dams under the electrification project of Estado Novo (1933-1974).

Moonlight intensity influences the activity patterns of bats. Some bat species reduce their activity levels during brighter nights, a phenomenon known as “lunar phobia.” While lunar phobia of bats has been extensively studied in tropical regions, the same is not the case of bats in temperate regions. By using acoustic detectors, we examined differences in the activity of insectivorous bats on nights with different moonlight intensity in an agricultural landscape of central Chile. We also examined the hourly activity patterns throughout the night and how these varied between full and new moon nights. All bat species modified their activity based on the moonlight intensity; however, their effects were species-specific. The activity of Lasiurus varius, L. villosissimus, Myotis chiloensis, and Histiotus montanus was lower during bright nights, while Tadarida brasiliensis was the only species whose activity was higher during bright nights. Hourly activity throughout the night differed between full moon nights and new moon nights in most bat species. During full moon, bats concentrated their activities in the early hours of the nights; a more homogeneous activity pattern was exhibited during new moon night. Our study demonstrates that moonlight affects the activity of bats in Chile, a factor that should be considered when studying bats.

The nighttime light environment of much of the earth has been transformed by the introduction of electric lighting. This impact continues to spread with growth in the human population and extent of urbanization. This has profound consequences for organismal physiology and behavior and affects abundances and distributions of species, community structure, and likely ecosystem functions and processes. Protected areas play key roles in buffering biodiversity from a wide range of anthropogenic pressures. We used a calibration of a global satellite data set of nighttime lights to determine how well they are fulfilling this role with regard to artificial nighttime lighting. Globally, areas that are protected tend to be darker at night than those that are not, and, with the exception of Europe, recent regional declines in the proportion of the area that is protected and remains dark have been small. However, much of these effects result from the major contribution to overall protected area coverage by the small proportion of individual protected areas that are very large. Thus, in Europe and North America high proportions of individual protected areas (>17%) have exhibited high levels of nighttime lighting in all recent years, and in several regions (Europe, Asia, South and Central America) high proportions of protected areas (32–42%) have had recent significant increases in nighttime lighting. Limiting and reversing the erosion of nighttime darkness in protected areas will require routine consideration of nighttime conditions when designating and establishing new protected areas; establishment of appropriate buffer zones around protected areas where lighting is prohibited; and landscape level reductions in artificial nighttime lighting, which is being called for in general to reduce energy use and economic costs.

The scattering of light by polymeric nanoparticles is a crucial phenomenon in various applications, ranging from nanomedicine to nanophononics. This study introduces a theoretical framework for differentiating between absorption and scattering spectra in light interactions with these nanoparticles. Characteristic spectral data of nanoparticles synthesized via the reprecipitationmethod and suspended in an aqueous medium analyzed under electromagnetic radiation. These nanoparticles exhibit two primary optical phenomena: absorption and scattering. To fully understand their optical response, it is essential to separate these phenomena. This study established a relationship between wavelength variation, nanoparticle size, and radiation loss due to scatteringin an aqueous medium. Additionally, we calculated extinction efficiency and extinction factors as functions of wavelength, taking into account variations in nanoparticle radii and refractive indices. La dispersión de la luz por nanopartículas poliméricas es un fenómeno crucial en diversas aplicaciones, desde nanomedicina hasta nano fotónica. Este trabajo introduce un marco teórico para distinguir entre los espectros de absorción y dispersión en las interacciones de la luz con estas nanopartículas. Datos espectrales característicos de nanopartículas, sintetizadas mediante el método de re-precipitación y suspendidas en un medio acuoso, fueron analizados bajo radiación electromagnética. Estas nanopartículas exhiben dos fenómenos ópticos primarios: absorción y dispersión, los cuales deben separarse para comprender completamente su respuesta óptica. Se estableció una conexión entre la variación de longitud de onda, el tamaño de la nanopartícula y la pérdida de radiación atribuible a la dispersión en un medio acuoso. Además, se realizaron cálculos del factor deeficiencia de extinción y factores de extinción en función de la longitud de onda, teniendo en cuenta las variaciones en los radios de las nanopartículas e índices de refracción. A dispersão da luz por nanopartículas poliméricas é um fenômeno crucial em diversas aplicações, desde a nanomedicina até a nanofotônica. Este trabalho introduz um marco teóricio para distinguir entre os espectros de absorção e dispersão nas interações da luz com essas nanopartículas. Dados espectrais característicos de nanopartículas, sintetizadas pelo método de reprecipitação e suspensas em meio aquoso, sob radiação eletromagnética. Essas nanopartículas exibemdois fenômenos ópticos primários: absorção e dispersão, os quais precisam ser separados para uma compreensão completa de sua resposta óptica. Estabeleceu-se uma conexão entre a variação do comprimento de onda, o tamanho da nanopartícula e a perda de radiação atribuída à dispersão em meio aquoso. Além disso, foram realizados cálculos do fator de eficiência de extinção e dos fatores de extinção em função da longitude de onda, considerando as variações nos raios das nanopartículase nos índices de refração.

Anthocyanins, a class of flavonoids, are recognized for their diverse functions in plant development and beneficial effects on human health. Many of the genes encoding anthocyanin biosynthesis enzymes and the transcription factors that activate or repress them have been identified. Regulatory proteins that control anthocyanin biosynthesis by regulating the expression of different structural genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels are differentially modulated by environmental and biological factors such as light, temperature, sugar and hormones. This minireview summarizes the recent findings contributing to our understanding of the role of sugars and hormones in the modulation of the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway with emphasis on the coordinated regulation of the critical transcriptional R2R3-MYB/bHLH/WD40 (MBW) complex in Arabidopsis.