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Questão 18 304478
FCM PB 2018/2TEXTO II
F.D.A. Approves First Drug Designed to Prevent Migraines
“Robin Overlock experienced frequent, debilitating migraines that would last days. After participating in a clinical trial for a new drug designed to prevent migraines, she says she now has only occasional headaches. Credit: Cheryl Senter for The New York Times”
“The first medicine designed to prevent migraines was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, ushering in what many experts believe will be a new era in treatment for people who suffer the most severe form of these headaches.
The drug, Aimovig, made by Amgen and Novartis, is a monthly injection with a device similar to an insulin pen. The list price will be $6,900 a year, and Amgen said the drug will be available to patients within a week.
Aimovig blocks a protein fragment, CGRP, which instigates and perpetuates migraines. Three other companies — Lilly, Teva and Alder — have similar medicines in the final stages of study or awaiting F.D.A. approval.
“The drugs will have a huge impact,” said Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist and migraine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. “This is really an amazing time for my patient population and for general neurologists treating patients with migraine.””
(Adapted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/health/migraines-prevention-drug)
Which alternative below has the correct synonym of the verb “instigates” (3rd paragraph)?
Questão 14 304474
FCM PB 2018/2TEXT I
“There are a trillion reasons why taking time to chill out might be the last item on your to-do list. But, here's why it should be a priority: "Being stressed will increase your susceptibility to catching a cold," says Ali. That may be because, over the long term, it leads to the ongoing release of stress hormones, such as glucocorticoids. These impede your body's ability to produce cell-signaling molecules called cytokines, which trigger a disease-fighting response from your immune system. "You're also less likely to take care of yourself — get ample sleep, eat right, exercise — when you're stressed," says Ali, which is crucial to upping your immunity.
(Adapted from: http://www.health.com/health/gallery)
Choose the most suitable title for the text.
Questão 21 303359
UPF Verão 2018Text
Brazil has opened a massive swath of the amazon to mining.
Ivana Kottasová
[1] The government has abolished a reserve that straddles the
[2] northern states of Pará and Amapá, a move that opens the vast
[3] area to mineral exploration and commercial mining. The reserve,
[4] which was established in 1984, is huge: It covers 18,000 square
[5] miles, an area twice the size of New Jersey.
[6] Brazil said that mineral extraction would only be allowed in areas
[7] where there are no conservation controls or indigenous lands. An
[8] official report from 2010 said that up to two-thirds of the reserve
[9] is subject to such protections.
[10] The government, which has previously said that the region is rich
[11] in minerals, gold and iron, framed the decision as an effort to
[12] bring new investment and jobs to a country that recently emerged
[13] from the longest recession in its history.
[14] Brazil announced a plan in July to revitalize its mining sector, and
[15] increase its share of the economy from 4% to 6%. The industry
[16] employs 200,000 people in a country where a record 14 million
[17] are out of work. The government wants to encourage more
[18] growth, and has announced plans to open 10% of all protected
[19] rainforest areas to mining. The true scale of mining in the country
[20] is unknown because small, illegal mining operations are difficult
[21] to track.
[22] The elimination of the reserve sparked an immediate backlash
[23] from activists and environmental groups. Opposition politicians
[24] called it "the biggest crime against the Amazon forest since the
[25] 1970s." World Wildlife Fund Brazil warned that deforestation
[26] would result, along with a loss of biodiversity and water
[27] resources. It said that even areas that remain under formal
[28] protection are at risk. "Opening up these areas for mining without
[29] discussing environmental safeguards is a social and
[30] environmental international affront," said Mauricio Voivodic,
[31] executive director of WWF Brazil. "A gold rush in the region will
[32] create irreversible damage to local cultures as well," he added.
[33] Deforestation and mining are destroying the rainforest at a
[34] stunning rate. The Rainforest Foundation estimates that about 1
[35] acre is wiped out every second, and an estimated 20% of the
[36] rainforest has been destroyed over the past 40 years. The
[37] Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres and produces 20% of the world's
[38] oxygen.
-- Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting.
(Retrieved and adapted from http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/investing/amazon-brazilmining/ index.html. Access on September 6th, 2017)
Answer the question according to Text.
Read these statements:
I. Brazil has created a new environmentally-safe area free of trade.
II. Brazil has given away an area in the north of the country, allowing the exploitation of minerals, although the government shows concerns about its decision.
III. The Brazilian government is worried about the national reserves, especially in the Amazon region, resulting in the prohibition of mine exploration in the area.
IV. Some people are against the government’s decisions.
According to the text:
Questão 29 303259
UNESP 2018/2When it comes to politics and ‘fake news,’
facts aren’t enough
The myth that vaccines cause autism has persisted,
even though the facts paint an entirely different story.
In today’s political climate, it sometimes feels like we can’t even agree on basic facts. We bombard each other with statistics and figures, hoping that more data will make a difference. A progressive person might show you the same climate change graphs over and over while a conservative person might point to the trillions of dollars of growing national debt. We’re left wondering, “Why can’t they just see? It’s so obvious!”
Certain myths are so pervasive that no matter how many experts disprove them, they only seem to grow in popularity. There’s no shortage of serious studies showing no link between autism and vaccines, for example, but these are no match for an emotional appeal to parents worried for their young children.
Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London, studies how our minds work and how we process new information. In her upcoming book, The Influential Mind, she explores why we ignore facts and how we can get people to actually listen to the truth. Tali shows that we’re open to new information – but only if it confirms our existing beliefs. We find ways to ignore facts that challenge our ideals. And as neuroscientist Bahador Bahrami and colleagues have found, we weigh all opinions as equally valid, regardless of expertise.
So, having the data on your side is not always enough. For better or for worse, Sharot says, emotions may be the key to changing minds.
(Shankar Vedantam. www.npr.org. Adaptado.)
O trecho do terceiro parágrafo “we weigh all opinions as equally valid, regardless of expertise” quer dizer que as pessoas
Questão 38 301784
FPP Demais Cursos 2018Look at the comic strip.
Choose the title which expresses the main idea of the comic strip.
Questão 20 301654
UNIVESP 2018/1Modern-day slavery: an explainer
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty
What is modern-day slavery?
About 150 years after most countries banned slavery – Brazil was the last to abolish its participation in the transatlantic slave trade, in 1888 – millions of men, women and children are still enslaved. Contemporary slavery takes many forms, from women forced into prostitution, to child slavery in agriculture supply chains or whole families working for nothing to pay off generational debts. Slavery thrives on every continent and in almost every country. Forced labour, people trafficking, debt bondage and child marriage are all forms of modern-day slavery that affect the world’s most vulnerable people.
How is slavery defined?
Slavery is prohibited under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude: slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”
Definitions of modern-day slavery are mainly taken from the 1956 UN supplementary convention, which says: “debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage and the delivery of a child for the exploitation of that child are all slavery-like practices and require criminalisation and abolishment”. The 1930 Forced Labour Convention defines forced labour as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily”. As contemporary systems of slavery have evolved, new definitions, including trafficking and distinguishing child slavery from child labour, have developed.
How many people are enslaved across the world?
Due to its illegality, data on modern-day slavery is difficult to collate. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that about 21 million people are in forced labour at any point in time. The ILO says this estimate includes trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The only exceptions are trafficking for organ removal, forced marriage and adoption, unless the last two practices result in forced labour. The ILO calculates that 90% of the 21 million are exploited by individuals or companies, while 10% are forced to work by the state, rebel military groups, or in prisons under conditions that violate ILO standards. Sexual exploitation accounts for 22% of slaves.
(www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/apr/03/ modern-day-slavery-explainer. Adaptado)
De acordo com o quarto parágrafo, a ILO estima que
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