Acompanhamento das ações e serviços em uma equipe de saúde da família: Relato de experiência / Follow-up of actions and services in a family health team: Experience report

A estratégia de saúde da família é fundamental para reorientação da atenção básica, proposta pelo Ministério da saúde. Com isso, as unidades de saúde da família devem atuar com base nos princípios e diretrizes estabelecidos- a fim de garantir a qualidade de vida da população- como a integralidade e a territorialização, que buscam obter o diagnóstico de saúde, identificando o perfil epidemiológico e sociodemográfico das famílias, para atuar especificamente nos riscos e fragilidades do território em questão. Este estudo objetiva a descrição do acompanhamento do conjunto de ações e serviços prestados por uma equipe de saúde da família. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo do tipo relato de experiência, ocorrido em março de 2020, descrito por estudantes do primeiro período do curso de graduação em medicina da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Paraíba. Durante a vivência, os alunos realizaram visitas em domicílios e acompanharam a rotina da equipe de saúde da família em uma unidade de saúde da família do município de João Pessoa, Paraíba. Para a produção do relato foram utilizadas anotações, imagens, bem como discussão da experiência vivenciada. Tendo em vista a importância dessa vivência para a formação médica e aperfeiçoamento o conhecimento adquirido ao longo das aulas teóricas, os autores concluem que a compreensão do funcionamento das unidades de saúde por meio de atividades prática, o cotidiano e o atendimento nos territórios, que é de suma importância para o desenvolvimento acadêmico

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora