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Rio 2016 unveils innovative Olympic torch

The innovative design, which is _________________ by the warmth of the Brazilian people, features moveable segments that expand vertically to reveal the colours of Brazil when the Olympic flame is passed from one torchbearer to another. The triangular shape of the torch, meanwhile, alludes to the three Olympic Values of excellence, friendship and respect, while the floating effect of its different segments represents the efforts of the athletes. 

Acesso em: 28.07.2015. Adaptado.

 

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World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony

 

Representatives of more than 170 countries endorse Paris agreement to cut carbon emissions, with France’s president saying: ‘There is no turning back’

Suzanne Goldenberg at the United Nations

and Arthur Neslen in Brussels

Friday, April 22nd 2016

More than 170 governments declared an end to the fossil fuel era

on Friday, using the signing ceremony for the landmark Paris

agreement as an occasion to renew their vows to fight climate

change.

The outpouring of support – the largest ever single-day turn-out for

a signing ceremony – underscored strong international commitment

to deliver on the promises made in Paris last December to avoid a

climate catastrophe, the leaders said.

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said signatories to the deal

were embracing “a new covenant of the future”. Leonardo

DiCaprio, a UN climate ambassador, likened efforts against climate

change to the campaign to end slavery.

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous women’s leader from

Chad, called on countries to following through on their promises.

Temperatures in her country were already a blistering 48C (118F),

she said, and climate change threatened to obliterate billions spent

on development aid over recent decades. “Climate change is adding

to poverty every day,” she said.

[…]

But the turnout – including the presence of about 60 presidents and

prime ministers – and stirring rhetoric were seen as an important

measure of the momentum behind efforts to bring the Paris

agreement into force earlier than originally thought, possibly even

this year. Leaders also reaffirmed previous commitments to help

poor countries protect their people from climate change.

Early implementation would prevent the drift that set in with the

Kyoto protocol in the 1990s and – crucially with Donald Trump’s

ascendancy in the Republican presidential primaries – impose a

four-year delay on any future leaders seeking to exit the agreement.

But as the leaders noted, events on the ground are moving fast. Last

year was the hottest year on record – and so were the first three

months of this year. Temperatures at the North Pole rose above

freezing last December, the depths of the polar night; and

temperatures there were 30C (54F) above normal. […]

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/22/un-climatechange-signing-ceremony?CMP=share_btn_link. on April 24th, 2016)

 

The description as “the largest ever singleday turn-out for a signing ceremony” (lines 5 and 6) is due to the presence of:

North Carolina and Mississippi See Tourist Backlash After L.G.B.T. Laws

The reaction has been swift.

 

The singer Bryan Adams canceled his concert

in Mississippi in protest against what he called an "anti-

L.G.B.T". law, and the actress Sharon Stone decided not

to film a movie there. In North Carolina, Bruce

Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam and Ani

DiFranco have canceled shows in response to a law

regulating trasgender bathroom access.

________ the celebrity response is drawing considerable

attention, the travel industry in each state in more 

concerned about lower-profile visitors: the everday

tourists _______ have already begun canceling trips or

planning vacations elsewhere.

[...]

The damaging impact is already being felt in North

Carolina, _______ last month passed a law that limits

transgender people to using bathrooms that match the 

sex on their birth certificates. Tourism is a curcial driver

of the economy in the state, the sixth most-visited in the

country, ________ domestic travelers spent a record $21.3

billion in 2014, according to Visit North Carolina, the

state´s tourist board.

[...]

Regardless of the locus of the political tensions, the

cancellations are being reported statewide. Marriott

International, with 134 properties across its portifolio of

Worldwide, with 20, are also seeing canceled 

reservations.[...]

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/travel/north-carolina-mississippi-lgbt-gay-richts-travel.html. Access on April, 22nd, 2016)

 

The best definition for the expression "Backlash" in the title of the article is:

North Carolina and Mississippi See Tourist Backlash After L.G.B.T. Laws

The reaction has been swift.

The singer Bryan Adams canceled his concert

in Mississippi in protest against what he called an "anti-

L.G.B.T". law, and the actress Sharon Stone decided not

to film a movie there. In North Carolina, Bruce

Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam and Ani

DiFranco have canceled shows in response to a law

regulating trasgender bathroom access.

________ the celebrity response is drawing considerable

attention, the travel industry in each state in more 

concerned about lower-profile visitors: the everday

tourists _______ have already begun canceling trips or

planning vacations elsewhere.

[...]

The damaging impact is already being felt in North

Carolina, _______ last month passed a law that limits

transgender people to using bathrooms that match the 

sex on their birth certificates. Tourism is a curcial driver

of the economy in the state, the sixth most-visited in the

country, ________ domestic travelers spent a record $21.3

billion in 2014, according to Visit North Carolina, the

state´s tourist board.

[...]

Regardless of the locus of the political tensions, the

cancellations are being reported statewide. Marriott

International, with 134 properties across its portifolio of

Worldwide, with 20, are also seeing canceled 

reservations.[...]

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/travel/north-carolina-mississippi-lgbt-gay-richts-travel.html. Access on April, 22^nd, 2016)

Select the alternative that adequetely fills in the blanks in lines 9, 12, 16 and 20, respectively.

[1] Juliano Pinto, a 29-year-old with complete

paralysis of the lower trunk, performed the

symbolic kick-off at the Corinthians Arena in Sao

Paulo, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Using his

[5] robotic suit, Mr Pinto kicked the official ball a short

distance along a mat laid down by the touchline.

His robotic exoskeleton was created by

a team of more than 150 researchers led by

Brazilian neuroscientist Dr Miguel Nicolelis. The

[10] neuroscientist, who is based at Duke University

in the US, is a leading figure in the field of

brain-machine interfaces. In breakthrough work

published in 2003, he showed that monkeys could

control the movement of virtual arms on an avatar

[15] using just their brain activity.

Dr Nicolelis had been training eight patients

at his lab in Sao Paulo, all of whom were over 20

years of age, with the oldest about 35. "It\'s the first

time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain

[20] activity and offered feedback to the patients,"

Dr Nicolelis said. "Doing a demonstration in a

stadium is something very much outside our

routine in robotics. It\'s never been done before."

The exoskeleton uses a cap placed on the

[25] patient\'s head to pick up brain signals and relay

them to a computer in the exoskeleton\'s backpack.

This then decodes the signals and sends them to the

legs. The robotic suit is powered by hydraulics, and

a battery in the backpack allows for approximately

[30] two hours of use. "The basic idea is that we are

recording from the brain and then that signal is

being translated into commands for the robot to

start moving," Dr Gordon Cheng, a member of the

team, told the BBC.

[35] Dr Cheng led the development of a form of

artificial skin for the exoskeleton. This skin consists

of flexible printed circuit boards, each containing

pressure, temperature and speed sensors.

It is applied on the soles of the feet and allows

[40] the patient to receive tactile stimulation when

walking with the exoskeleton. When the robotic suit

starts to move and touches the ground, signals are

transmitted to an electronic vibration device on the

patient\'s arm, which stimulates their skin.

[45] After lots of practice, the brain starts associating

the movements of the legs with the vibration in the

arm. In theory, the patient should start to develop

the sensation that they have legs and that they are

walking.

[50] The suit has been named Bra-Santos Dumont,

which combines the three-letter designation for

Brazil and Alberto Santos Dumont, the aviation

pioneer who was born in the country\'s southern

state of Minas Gerais.

MARTINS, Alejandra; RINCON, Paul. Paraplegic in robotic suit kicks off World Cup. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 20 ago. 2015. Adaptado.

 

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

[1] Juliano Pinto, a 29-year-old with complete

paralysis of the lower trunk, performed the

symbolic kick-off at the Corinthians Arena in Sao

Paulo, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Using his

[5] robotic suit, Mr Pinto kicked the official ball a short

distance along a mat laid down by the touchline.

His robotic exoskeleton was created by

a team of more than 150 researchers led by

Brazilian neuroscientist Dr Miguel Nicolelis. The

[10] neuroscientist, who is based at Duke University

in the US, is a leading figure in the field of

brain-machine interfaces. In breakthrough work

published in 2003, he showed that monkeys could

control the movement of virtual arms on an avatar

[15] using just their brain activity.

Dr Nicolelis had been training eight patients

at his lab in Sao Paulo, all of whom were over 20

years of age, with the oldest about 35. "It\'s the first

time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain

[20] activity and offered feedback to the patients,"

Dr Nicolelis said. "Doing a demonstration in a

stadium is something very much outside our

routine in robotics. It\'s never been done before."

The exoskeleton uses a cap placed on the

[25] patient\'s head to pick up brain signals and relay

them to a computer in the exoskeleton\'s backpack.

This then decodes the signals and sends them to the

legs. The robotic suit is powered by hydraulics, and

a battery in the backpack allows for approximately

[30] two hours of use. "The basic idea is that we are

recording from the brain and then that signal is

being translated into commands for the robot to

start moving," Dr Gordon Cheng, a member of the

team, told the BBC.

[35] Dr Cheng led the development of a form of

artificial skin for the exoskeleton. This skin consists

of flexible printed circuit boards, each containing

pressure, temperature and speed sensors.

It is applied on the soles of the feet and allows

[40] the patient to receive tactile stimulation when

walking with the exoskeleton. When the robotic suit

starts to move and touches the ground, signals are

transmitted to an electronic vibration device on the

patient\'s arm, which stimulates their skin.

[45] After lots of practice, the brain starts associating

the movements of the legs with the vibration in the

arm. In theory, the patient should start to develop

the sensation that they have legs and that they are

walking.

[50] The suit has been named Bra-Santos Dumont,

which combines the three-letter designation for

Brazil and Alberto Santos Dumont, the aviation

pioneer who was born in the country\'s southern

state of Minas Gerais.

MARTINS, Alejandra; RINCON, Paul. Paraplegic in robotic suit kicks off World Cup. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 20 ago. 2015. Adaptado.

 

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