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

Documentos históricos do Tribunal de Justiça do Maranhão e sua representatividade na preservação da memória maranhense

Apresenta-se a importância do acervo de obras raras e sua representatividade na preservação da memória maranhense por meio do Projeto de Transcrição e Organização do Acervo Histórico do Tribunal de Justiça do Maranhão, que objetiva a transcrição, organização e elaboração de instrumentos de pesquisas dos Livros de Registros de Testamentos, configurados como escrituras testamentárias praticadas pelas famílias tradicionais dos séculos XVIII e XIX, possibilitando o acesso e a divulgação do rico acervo à disposição da comunidade acadêmica, pesquisadores e outros segmentos sociais

Qualidade de vida de pacientes em hemodiálise em um hospital público de Belém - Pará Quality of life of hemodialysis patients in a Brazilian Public Hospital in Belém - Pará

INTRODUÇÃO: A doença renal crônica (DRC) dialítica afeta a qualidade de vida do paciente, por vezes de maneira mais intensa que outras doenças crônicas, como artrite reumatóide, insuficiência cardíaca, doença arterial coronariana e doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, exercendo efeito negativo sobre os níveis de energia e vitalidade, limitando as interações sociais e prejudicando a saúde psíquica. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes com IRC em programa de hemodiálise ambulatorial em um hospital público de Belém - Pará. MÉTODO: O estudo baseou-se em dados coletados em entrevista, utilizando a versão brasileira do questionário SF-36. Foram avaliados 50 pacientes, com idade média de 48 ± 16 anos e tempo médio em hemodiálise de 3 ± 2,9 anos, 62% do sexo masculino. RESULTADOS: A dimensão mais afetada foi relativa aos aspectos físicos, com pontuação média de 36 ± 36 e 58% dos pacientes no quartil mais baixo, enquanto saúde mental e aspectos sociais demonstraram relativa preservação, com a maioria dos pacientes alocados no quartil mais elevado. A população masculina apresentou piores escores que a feminina quanto a aspectos físicos e vitalidade. A idade correlacionou-se negativamente com a capacidade funcional. Os pacientes em hemodiálise há mais de um ano apresentaram melhores níveis no domínio aspectos sociais e houve correlação positiva entre o tempo em diálise e a capacidade funcional. CONCLUSÃO: Os domínios analisados estiveram globalmente comprometidos na população estudada, em especial com relação aos aspectos físicos, sugerindo a influência negativa da presença de doença crônica, com tratamento prolongado, sobre esses âmbitos.<br>INTRODUCTION: End-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring dialysis affects the quality of life sometimes more severely than other chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exerting a negative effect on the energy and vitality levels, limiting social interactions, and hindering psychic health. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of patients with CKD on hemodialysis in a public Brazilian Amazonian hospital. METHODS: Data were collected through interview based on the Brazilian version of the SF-36 questionnaire. The study was conducted on 50 patients (mean age, 48 ± 16 years; mean hemodialysis time, 3 ± 2.9 years). RESULTS: The most affected domain was role limitations due to physical health, with a mean score of 36 ± 36, and 58% of the patients in the lowest quartile, while mental health and social functioning were relatively preserved, with most patients in the highest quartile. Men obtained poorer scores than women did for role limitations due to physical health and vitality. Age correlated negatively with physical functioning. Patients on hemodialysis for more than one year had better scores in the social functioning domain, with a positive correlation between dialysis time and physical functioning. CONCLUSIONS: The domains assessed were globally impaired in the population studied, especially regarding role limitations due to physical health, suggesting that chronic disease with prolonged treatment has a negative influence on those domains

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data