Sensory processing and environmental oppotunities for babies development

O objetivo foi caracterizar o processamento sensorial e as oportunidades ambientais de bebês. A pesquisa foi submetida à avaliação para o Comitê de Ética, tendo parecer favorável. A coleta de dados foi realizada durante visitas domiciliares e participaram da pesquisa 21 bebês e seus responsáveis. Foi utilizado o Perfil Sensorial 2 do Bebê e da Criança Pequena para avaliar o processamento sensorial e o Affordances in the home environment for motor development para avaliar as oportunidades ambientais. Após a análise dos instrumentos, os dados foram compilados no programa Microsoft Excel© e posteriormente foi realizada a análise descritiva. Os resultados evidenciaram que, mesmo avaliando bebês sem diagnóstico que interferisse no desenvolvimento infantil, em alguns casos, apresentaram alterações no processamento sensorial. Em relação às oportunidades ambientais, foram encontradas residências com a classificação “fraca” e “muito fraca”. Foi concluído que há a necessidade do monitoramento do desenvolvimento de bebês pela Atenção Primária em Saúde, mesmo sem o indicativo de atraso no desenvolviment.  The aim of the study was to characterize the sensory processing and environmental opportunities of babies. The research was submitted to evaluation by the Ethics Committee, having a favorable opinion. Data collection was performed during home visits and 21 babies and their guardians participated in the research. The Baby and Toddler Sensory Profile 2 was used to assess sensory processing and Affordances in the home environment for motor development to assess environmental opportunities. After the analysis of the instruments, the data were compiled in the Microsoft Excel© program and later a descriptive analysis was performed. The results showed that, even evaluating babies without a diagnosis that interfered with child development, in some cases, presented altered sensory processing. Regarding environmental opportunities, residences with the classification “weak” and “very weak” were found. It was concluded that there is a need for monitoring on the development of babies by Primary Health Care, even without the indication of developmental delay

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others