Two people have died and 30 are thought to be missing after a massive landslide buried a highway in Paranà state The neighbouring state of Santa Catarina has declared a state of emergency after more than 1,000 people were displaced by floods and landslides following days of heavy rain Two people have died and 1 was reported missing At least 2 people died and 30 are still missing after after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide on the BR-367 highway near Guaratuba in Paranà State on 28 November 2022 Around 21 vehicles were buried under the debris Search and rescue operations are continuing and rescue teams are using search dogs and drones with thermal cameras to locate possible survivors Poor weather conditions and the remote location have complicated search efforts teams working at the site had removed 7,000 cubic metres of mud and debris Heavy rain has affected several municipalities in the state in recent days The State Government declared an emergency situation in the eastern region of Paraná on 29 November Civil Protection report that 4,210 people have been affected and 1,152 displaced Ongoing heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides in Santa Catarina The state government declared a state of emergency on 01 December 2022 and reported at least 2 fatalities Affected cities and municipalities include Araquari Across the state a total of 1,077 people have been displaced including 688 in Joinville and 220 in São Bento do Sul State fire department (Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Santa Catarina) said they used helicopters to rescue victims trapped in flood waters in Sao Pedro de Alcantara Civil Defence reported that areas in the municipalities of São João Batista and Santo Amaro da Imperatriz in Greater Florianópolis are completely isolated Access is only possible by boat or aircraft Late on 01 December private helicopters provided support to operations in the region A firefighter was reported missing in Navegantes following flooding along the Itajaí-Açu River Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList automotive and other industries are pouring in from China Online Robotics Trade Magazine Industrial Automation If you do not have a RoboticsTomorrow partner account, please register - it's free Thierry Delmas, Managing Director | Kivnon Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are rapidly becoming adopted in industries around the world the automotive sector is an ideal setting for their use and increased efficiency and productivity through 24/7 operations selecting a simple and reliable solution is the easiest path to achieving automation goals Forvia used manually driven tractors to move parts on trolleys from its warehouse to production lines In its quest to increase safety by removing all forklifts and tractors from its production areas and to ensure it kept pace with the market by adopting new technology it looked to an AGV solution for its inbound material logistics processes It selected two heavy-duty Kivnon K11P trolley transporters The plant had to transport the necessary “inbound” parts to one of four aisles for various production process steps The automotive parts that can weigh up to 1.6t need to be located in the correct location of the warehouse With heavy materials and busy production lines transporting parts to the right areas was becoming complicated The tractors were also operating in areas where personnel were working Forvia had previously embarked on an AGV installation but found that the machines were too complex and operated at the limits of their load specification The result was less than a reliable system requiring frequent resetting and constant intervention from operators the team at Forvia was tentative about trying other AGV options Forvia was naturally skeptical based on its previous experiences and a trial was implemented for testing the K11P AGV using a demonstration model and employees were informed of the new system and the benefits making it clear that AGVs were there to support their work rather than replace workers the complete application was commissioned to prove its capability as an efficient and robust solution for transporting heavy loads The trial was highly successful and resulted in Forvia acquiring more new AGVs for its plant “The automotive sector is committed to automation and Forvia is always seeking to implement best practices,” comments Thomaz De Aquino Macedo The two new AGVs were installed and tested in the “inbound” logistics area over two weeks with engineers working around Forvia’s production schedule Personnel in the warehouse prepare trolleys and a conveyor train ready for transportation They select which aisle the AGV needs to deliver to and prepare another train in a different area while one of the AGVs carries out its mission and the AGV supplier advised of recommendations to improve the safety and efficiency of the inbound logistics process “With the implementation of this new technology we aspire to improve safety and optimize the logistics process We are always considering only the best for the staff and our facility.” The installed AGVs are designed to handle heavy loads (up to 3t) and for safety and simplicity They use line-following navigation and automatically stop if a person or obstacle is in the way It takes around 10 minutes for the parts to reach the production lines from the moment they are ordered “Working daily with the AGVs is a very straightforward and practical thing,” advises Taimo Luiz Cordeiro Fracaro “The materials arrive at the chain swiftly preventing the tug driver from being overloaded.” The personnel at the plant in Paraná are pleased with the way the AGV system is operating and are intending to look at other areas where they can automate logistics processes “The purpose of the AGV system is to improve our manufacturing process,” concludes De Aquino Macedo we intend to implement such systems in other logistics areas.” You must be logged in before you can post a comment. 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STAFF LOGIN Experimental plasma exchange therapy reduced mortality to 5% last year in São Paulo (2019) The recent sylvatic yellow fever outbreak has been the most severe in Brazil in decades. The sylvatic form of the disease is transmitted by insects of the genera Haemagogus and Sabethes, whereas the urban version is transmitted by Aedes aegypti, although the virus is the same in both cases. Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP The virus causes severe hepatitis (shown in brown, liver cells with the viral antigen)Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP “Doing sessions at shorter intervals prevented patients from bleeding between sessions as before,” explains infectious disease specialist Yeh-Li Ho, who heads the UCI for infectious diseases at the hospital and is the lead author of a paper reporting the results of the new strategy, published in May in the Journal of Travel Medicine. Furthermore, she says, the shorter sessions meant the unit was able to treat more patients. Another modification was that instead of stopping the plasma exchange sessions after three days, they were gradually diminished “until liver function was restored,” says the physician. As a result, says Ho, “we were able to contain the progression of the disease and reduce the lethality.” One of the signs that their strategy had been successful was the normalization of lipase levels, which helped to keep the pancreatitis—an inflammation of the pancreas that is one of the complications of yellow fever—from worsening. “This year, we have had no fatal cases of severe pancreatitis in yellow fever patients.” Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP Bacteria (shown in blue) spread in the lungs and cause pneumonia (images taken with a microscope)Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP Ho attributes the reduction in yellow fever mortality this year to yet another change: patients from Vale do Ribeira who presented at the regional hospital in Pariquera-Açu, 220 kilometers from São Paulo City, were promptly sent to HC for treatment on presenting with early signs of the disease—fever, body aches, nausea, and jaundice—without waiting for symptoms to worsen. Earlier this year, says Ho, physicians involved in the care of yellow fever patients in São Paulo, Rio, and Minas Gerais met to discuss new therapeutic strategies based on the experience of the two hospitals in São Paulo receiving the largest number of cases. Then, at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), they submitted to the Ministry of Health a proposed treatment protocol that, if approved, could be adopted countrywide. Léo Ramos Chaves A live attenuated vaccine is the only way to prevent infection with yellow feverLéo Ramos Chaves Recent research indicates that the virus causes more extensive damage to the body than initially thought In addition to causing direct damage to the liver it has now been shown that infection with the virus also facilitates the action of bacteria and promotes the release of toxins that damage the lungs “The yellow fever virus causes sepsis,” says pathologist Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto He has led 78 autopsies performed on yellow fever patients at the USP Autopsy Service The autopsies revealed significant disruption to the body’s defense system The virus establishes itself in the spleen and lymph nodes causing a reduction in the population of lymphocytes a type of white blood cell; in the bone marrow the disease-causing agent slows the development of these defense cells “the virus manipulates the immune system and induces the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines that suppress the body’s defenses,” says Duarte-Neto.Autopsies of four people who died after liver transplantation indicated that the virus had migrated from other parts of the body to the engrafted liver as described in a May article in Histopathology “The new liver failed to resolve the viral infection in other organs,” he says Destruction of the liver undermines the filtration of bacteria and toxins coming from the intestine through the blood These agents find their way directly into the bloodstream and are carried to the rest of the body one of the byproducts of bacterial metabolism that is no longer retained by the liver can attack neurons and other cells of the nervous system “Alterations in blood microcirculation lead to lung damage and can be induced by both cytokines and secondary bacterial infections,” says Quaresma based on studies he has conducted at USP and IEC since 2003 “Lung damage is possibly the immediate cause of death for critically ill patients.” REPRODUCED FROM OBSERVATIONS SUR LA FIÈVRE JAUNE, FAITES À CADIX, 1819 / ETIENNE PARISET AND ANDRÉ MAZET (PARIS, 1820) An illustration from 1820 depicting the four stages of yellow fever in the same individualREPRODUCED FROM OBSERVATIONS SUR LA FIÈVRE JAUNE 1819 / ETIENNE PARISET AND ANDRÉ MAZET (PARIS During the first outbreak of yellow fever on record in Brazil died from the devastating effects of the virus which struck the capital city of Pernambuco in 1685 led to the death of approximately 600 people during the first weeks The virus was probably carried by sailors from a ship that had departed from São Tomé during an outbreak that killed 5,000 of Campinas’ 15,000 residents João Guilherme da Costa Aguiar died at the age of 42 He was one of four physicians who remained in the town to treat the sick; the other 22 had left in the company of wealthy residents fleeing the city São Paulo–born oncologist Drauzio Varella contracted yellow fever in 2004 during a field trip to the Rio Negro in the Amazon and successive blood tests indicated severe hepatitis and a diagnosis of yellow fever the Brazilian Ministry of Health recorded only five cases of yellow fever was very ill and thought he was going to die,” recalls Kallas who led the medical team alongside hepatologist Flair Carrilho and a decrease in coagulation factors but no bleeding Blood tests showed a slow recovery over the space of several months Kallas attributed Varella’s recovery first to luck: “Everyone who treated him was very dedicated and collaborative.” In addition which included regular jogging—on the Sunday before his hospitalization he had run 18 kilometers and climbed the stairwell of his 14-floor apartment building—contributed to his good fortune “If he had other preexisting conditions,” says Kallas “his recovery would certainly have been much more difficult.” © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved. According to the country’s Civil Defence at least 10 people have died and over 17,500 have been displaced As reported on 02 December heavy rain caused a massive landslide along a highway near Guaratuba in Paranà state Emergency teams are still working at the site Twenty-one vehicles were buried in the slide and it was thought at least 30 people could be missing Six others were able to escape the vehicles without needing assistance Heavy rain has affected other areas of the state The number of displaced has fallen slightly over the last few days from 1,152 to 1,079 More heavy rain has fallen and the municipality of Inácio Martins recorded 88.6 mm in 24 hours to 04 December 2022 Heavy rain since late November continues to cause flooding and landslides in Santa Catarina including 10,000 in Massaranduba and 4,000 in Campo Alegre A total of 1,077 people were displaced including 688 in Joinville and 220 in São Bento do Sul The state government reported fatalities in Palhoça A firefighter is still missing Navegantes and another person was reported missing after being swept away by an overflowing river in Brusque Municipalities in a state of emergency are: Araquari Heavy rain has been falling for the last week in the state of Espírito Santo where Civil Defence reported 18 municipalities affected several of which have declared a state of emergency including Cariacica there were a total of 4,051 displaced in the state as a result of the severe weather One fatality was reported in the municipality of Viana where a total of 1,676 people were displaced Santa Teresa municipality recorded 258 mm of rain in 3 days from 01 to 03 December The Doce river at Linhares is above the orange alert level (3 metres) Authorities reported severe weather in the Norte Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro State Affected municipalities included Carapebus One person died from a lightning strike in Carapebus another was seriously injured and around 85 people were displaced after a landslide in Conceição de Macabu where 2 people died and around 1,000 families have been displaced Macaé recorded 196.6 mm of rain in 48 hours to 01 December 2022 The national Civil Defence reported a total of 16,900 people affected across 5 municipalities in the state Heavy rain has also affected areas further north At least 16 municipalities in the northeastern state of Bahia have declared a state of emergency causing flooding in Prado City where 3,000 people were displaced on 28 November The heavy rain has continued to cause problems since then and as of 04 December a total of 51 municipalities have been affected 9,281 people were displaced and 65,515 were affected according to the state’s Civil Defence There were no reports of missing persons or deaths The worst affected municipalities and those that have declared a state of emergency are: Prado On 29 November the city of Ibotirama recorded 133.4 mm of rain and Barreiras recorded 104.4 mm The following day 75 mm of rain fell in Ribeira do Amparo Amargosa recorded 84.6 mm on 01 December; Porto Seguro 90.4 mm on 02 December and Lençóis 49.5 mm on 03 December Experimental plasma exchange therapy reduced mortality to 5% this year in São Paulo The recent sylvatic yellow fever outbreak had been the severest in Brazil in decades. The sylvatic form of the disease is transmitted by insects of the genera Haemagogus and Sabethes, whereas the urban version is transmitted by Aedes aegypti, although the virus is the same in both cases. Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP Effects on the liver and lungs: The virus causes severe hepatitis (shown in brown, liver cells with virus antigen)Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP “Doing sessions at shorter intervals prevented patients from bleeding between sessions as before,” explains infectious disease specialist Yeh-Li Ho, who heads the UCI for infectious diseases at the hospital and is the lead author of a paper reporting on the results from the new strategy, published in May in the Journal of Travel Medicine. What is more, she says, the shorter sessions meant the unit was able to treat more patients. Another modification was that instead of stopping the plasma exchange sessions after three days, they were gradually diminished “until liver function was restored,” says the physician. As a result, says Ho, “we were able to contain the progression of the disease and reduce lethality.” Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP Bacteria (shown in blue) spread in the lungs and cause pneumonia (images taken with a microscope)Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto / FM-USP One of the signs that their strategy had been successful was the normalization of lipase levels, which helped to keep patients’ pancreatitis—an inflammation of the pancreas that is one of the complications of yellow fever—from worsening. “This year we have had no fatal cases of severe pancreatitis in yellow fever patients.” Ho attributes the reduction in yellow fever mortality this year to yet another change: patients from Vale do Ribeira who presented to the regional hospital in Pariquera-Açu, 220 kilometers from São Paulo City, were promptly sent to HC for treatment on presenting with early signs of the disease—fever, body aches, nausea, and jaundice—without waiting for symptoms to worsen. Earlier this year, says Ho, physicians involved in the care of yellow fever patients in São Paulo, Rio, and Minas Gerais met to discuss new therapy strategies based on the experience of the two hospitals in São Paulo receiving the largest number of cases. Then, at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), they submitted to the Ministry of Health a proposed treatment protocol which, if approved, could be adopted countrywide. He has led 78 autopsies of yellow fever patients at the USP Autopsy Service The autopsies revealed significant disruption of the body’s defense system the disease-causing agent retards the development of these defense cells “the virus manipulates the immune system and induces the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines that suppress the body’s defenses,” says Duarte-Neto Autopsies of four people who died after liver transplantation indicated that the virus had migrated from other parts of the body into the engrafted liver Reproduced from Observations Sur La Fièvre Jaune, Faites À Cadix, 1819 / Etienne Pariset and André Mazet (Paris, 1820) An illustration from 1820 depicting the four stages of yellow fever in the same individualReproduced from Observations Sur La Fièvre Jaune 1819 / Etienne Pariset and André Mazet (Paris during an outbreak that killed 5,000 of Campinas’s 15,000 residents Colleagues admitted him to the hospital and successive blood tests indicated severe hepatitis and a diagnosis of yellow fever the Brazilian Ministry of Health had recorded only five cases of yellow fever Kallas attributed Varella’s recovery first to luck: “Everyone who treated him was very dedicated and collaborative.” Also fortunate was Varella’s healthy lifestyle he had run 18 kilometers and climbed the stairwell of his 14-floor apartment building “If he had had other preexisting conditions,” says Kallas The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene