Imagining with the body in analytical psychology. Movement as active imagination: an interdisciplinary perspective from philosophy and neuroscience.

This article explores how the body and imagination operate as pathways of knowledge through the use of Movement as Active Imagination in clinical practice. This method activates the transcendent function, thus encouraging new therapeutic responses. A philosophical perspective (Spinoza, Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty) and some concepts from neuroscience (embodied cognition, somatic markers, image schema, mirror neurons, neuronal plasticity) will accompany us throughout this work, illustrated with a clinical vignette. Three levels of integration: 1) body, 2) body-emotion, 3) body-emotion-imagination are proposed: these mark a progressive sense of articulation and complexity. Finally the relation between creativity and neuronal plasticity will be considered.

The ethical dimension of analytical psychology.

The centrality of the ethical dimension in Carl Gustav Jung's analytical psychology is demonstrated through careful reference to fundamental moments in the Jungian text. Tracking Jung's statements about the primacy of the 'moral function' (or 'moral factor') in the cure of neurosis as well as in the process of individuation, the ethical nature of the psychotherapeutic praxis proposed by Jung is highlighted. This allows us to see the ethical aspect of psychological conflicts, and thus to understand better why individuation can be seen as a 'moral achievement'. Finally, the intelligible ethical structure of Jungian psychotherapeutic praxis is exposed.

Ar seco e aquecido no processo de dormência e germinação de sementes de Urochloa humidicola / Dry and heated air in the process of dormancy overcoming and germination of Urochloa humidicola

O ácido sulfúrico (H2SO4) mostra-se eficaz na superação da dormência em sementes, porém trazendo riscos efetivos aos trabalhadores e ambiente. O objetivo do trabalho foi estudar a efetividade do tratamento com ácido sulfúrico, preconizado pelas RAS, e o emprego de ventilação com ar seco e aquecido na superação da dormência e desempenho germinativo de sementes de seis lotes de Urochloa humidicola cv. Tully. Os efeitos fisiológicos entre tratamentos térmicos (45, 55, 65 e 75 ºC), por 24 ou 48 h, a escarificação com H2SO4 concentrado por 10 min e um controle, foram comparados pela germinação, o índice de velocidade de germinação, o teste de tetrazólio e a massa seca das plântulas. O uso de temperaturas variadas e controladas e de H2SO4 são mecanismos de superação de dormência, porém em lotes com maior vitalidade os resultados foram similares ao H2SO4, podendo ser considerado uma alternativa. De maneira geral, o trabalho não indicou o melhor período (24 ou 48 h), para emprego da ventilação com ar seco, entretanto a temperatura de 60 °C, para os lotes de maior vitalidade (L1, L3 e L5), pode ser recomendada. O H2SO4 nos lotes com maior vitalidade não mostrou significância estatística em relação à testemunha, porém para os lotes com menor vitalidade ocorreu deterioração fisiológica das sementes.(AU)

Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) has shown effectiveness in overcoming dormancy, but its use carries effective workers and environmental risks. The objective of this work was to study the sulfuric acid treatment effectiveness, recommended by the RAS, and the use of ventilation with dry, heated air to overcome the dormancy and germination performance of six seed lots Urochloa humidicola cv. Tully. Comparison between the physiological effects of heat treatments at 45, 55, 65 and 75 ºC, with periods 24 and 48 h and chemical scarification (immersion in concentrated H2SO4) for 10 min, constituting eight treatments and two controls was performed. The seed germination, the germination velocity index, the tetrazolium test and seedling dry weight was evaluated. The use of controlled temperatures and of H2SO4 are mechanisms to overcome dormancy, but in lots with greater vitality were equal to conventional treatment with sulfuric acid results and can be considered as an alternative. In general, the work did not show the best indicated time (24 or 48 h) for use with dry air ventilation, however a temperature of 60 °C for lots of high vitality (L1, L3 and L5) might be recommended. The H2SO4 in plots with high vitality was not statistically significant compared to control, but for lots with less vitality occurred physiological deterioration of seeds.(AU)

Ar seco e aquecido no processo de dormência e germinação de sementes de Urochloa humidicola / Dry and heated air in the process of dormancy overcoming and germination of Urochloa humidicola

O ácido sulfúrico (H2SO4) mostra-se eficaz na superação da dormência em sementes, porém trazendo riscos efetivos aos trabalhadores e ambiente. O objetivo do trabalho foi estudar a efetividade do tratamento com ácido sulfúrico, preconizado pelas RAS, e o emprego de ventilação com ar seco e aquecido na superação da dormência e desempenho germinativo de sementes de seis lotes de Urochloa humidicola cv. Tully. Os efeitos fisiológicos entre tratamentos térmicos (45, 55, 65 e 75 ºC), por 24 ou 48 h, a escarificação com H2SO4 concentrado por 10 min e um controle, foram comparados pela germinação, o índice de velocidade de germinação, o teste de tetrazólio e a massa seca das plântulas. O uso de temperaturas variadas e controladas e de H2SO4 são mecanismos de superação de dormência, porém em lotes com maior vitalidade os resultados foram similares ao H2SO4, podendo ser considerado uma alternativa. De maneira geral, o trabalho não indicou o melhor período (24 ou 48 h), para emprego da ventilação com ar seco, entretanto a temperatura de 60 °C, para os lotes de maior vitalidade (L1, L3 e L5), pode ser recomendada. O H2SO4 nos lotes com maior vitalidade não mostrou significância estatística em relação à testemunha, porém para os lotes com menor vitalidade ocorreu deterioração fisiológica das sementes.

Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) has shown effectiveness in overcoming dormancy, but its use carries effective workers and environmental risks. The objective of this work was to study the sulfuric acid treatment effectiveness, recommended by the RAS, and the use of ventilation with dry, heated air to overcome the dormancy and germination performance of six seed lots Urochloa humidicola cv. Tully. Comparison between the physiological effects of heat treatments at 45, 55, 65 and 75 ºC, with periods 24 and 48 h and chemical scarification (immersion in concentrated H2SO4) for 10 min, constituting eight treatments and two controls was performed. The seed germination, the germination velocity index, the tetrazolium test and seedling dry weight was evaluated. The use of controlled temperatures and of H2SO4 are mechanisms to overcome dormancy, but in lots with greater vitality were equal to conventional treatment with sulfuric acid results and can be considered as an alternative. In general, the work did not show the best indicated time (24 or 48 h) for use with dry air ventilation, however a temperature of 60 °C for lots of high vitality (L1, L3 and L5) might be recommended. The H2SO4 in plots with high vitality was not statistically significant compared to control, but for lots with less vitality occurred physiological deterioration of seeds.

Fish farm and water quality management / Piscicultura e manejo da qualidade da água

Fish farms water quality management is analyzed with regard to the management employed and the different trophic states are compared within the system during the dry and rainy seasons. Six sites were marked two in the water supply (P1 and P2), and four within the fish farm (P3 to P6). Whereas sites P1 and P2 (water supply) were characterized as oligotrophic, the others were mesotrophic and eutrotrophic sites. Environmental variables, mainly nutrients, conductivity, COD, BOD5 and TSS tended to increase as from P3 due to management and fertilization. Greater impact has been registered in the fish farm under analysis for variables COD, ammonia, total phosphorus and TSS during the discharge and pond emptying period. Frequent monitoring of water quality should be undertaken in fish breeding and plankton production ponds, especially in those close to P3 and P4. Removal of sediment in decantation lake or P5 is also recommended to decrease nutrient concentrations, especially phosphorus, accumulated on the bottom soil.(AU)

Este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade da لgua em uma piscicultura em funçمo do manejo adotado e comparar os diferentes graus de trofia dentro deste sistema nas estaçُes de seca e chuva. Seis pontos foram delimitados sendo dois na لgua de abastecimento (P1 e P2) e quatro dentro da piscicultura (P3 ao P6). Os pontos P1 e P2 foram caracterizados como oligotrَficos e os demais como mesotrَficos e eutrَficos. Houve tendência das variلveis ambientais principalmente, nutrientes, condutividade, DQO, DBO5 e STS aumentarem a partir do P3 em funçمo do efeito do manejo e fertilizaçمo. As variلveis DQO, amônia, fَsforo e STS foram de grande impacto dentro da piscicultura estudada, principalmente, no perيodo de descarga e esvaziamento dos viveiros e tanques. Frequente monitoramento da qualidade da لgua deve ser realizado nos viveiros de criaçمo de peixes e nos tanques de produçمo de plâncton, especialmente naqueles prَximos aos pontos P3 e P4. Outra recomendaçمo a ser adotada é a remoçمo do sedimento na lagoa de decantaçمo (P5) devido ao grande acْmulo de fَsforo neste local.(AU)