As consequências da pandemia do COVID-19 na ansiedade e depressão

RESUMO: Objetivo: Observar as consequências na ansiedade e depressão ocasionados pela pandemia do COVID-19. Métodos: Estudo foi transversal, descritivo e retrospectivo, realizado através de um questionário no banco de dados do Google Forms entre o período de setembro de 2021 até fevereiro de 2022. A divulgação da pesquisa foi através de redes sociais e QR-CODE do questionário fixado nos ambientes da Faculdade de Medicina de Olinda (FMO). Foram utilizados os Softwares STATA/SE 12.0 e o Excel 2010. Resultados: Foram avaliados 357 participantes, os quais, em sua maioria, encontra-se com sintomas depressivos como ‘Dificuldade para dormir’ e ‘Irritabilidade’. Em relação aos sintomas de ansiedade, a maior prevalência foi de ‘Problemas de sono’, ‘Dificuldade de concentração’ e ‘Fadiga’. Houve correlação da ansiedade e depressão com a Pandemia do COVID-19, expressando impacto direto no agravamento de sua condição e consequência funcional nas atividades diárias. Conclusão: Esse estudo verificou que reflexos negativos na saúde mental estão associados à Pandemia, identificando a alta prevalência e agravamento de sintomas de ansiedade e depressão nos participantes durante o contexto pandêmico

FATORES QUE PODEM INVALIDAR OS RESULTADOS DA MENSURAÇÃO DOS NÍVEIS GLICÊMICOS EM CÃES UTILIZANDO O GLICOSÍMETRO PORTÁTIL

O glicosímetro portátil é uma ferramenta útil para os profissionais da área de saúde, seja humana ou veterinária, obterem informações relacionadas ao estado glicêmico dos seus pacientes. O aparelho é de fácil manuseio e ainda fornece resultados precisos, apesar da possiblidade de alguns fatores alterarem a sua acurácia. Tais fatores, portanto, devem ser evitados, para impedir que decisões terapêuticas inadequadas sejam tomadas e para que o paciente não seja exposto a situações de risco para sua saúde. Assim, neste trabalho relatam-se os principais fatores que podem alterar os resultados obtidos com um glicosímetro portátil, medinate estudo em que se utilizaram 53 animais da espécie canina. Desses, dezessete não tiveram resultados precisos, porque apresentavam baixo hematócrito, a quantidade de sangue coletado não foi suficiente ou uma parte ficou por cima da tira teste ou, ainda, a realização do teste ultrapassou os quinze segundos recomendados pelo fabricante. Conclui-se que esses fatores são passíveis de acontecerem quando se emprega o glicosímetro portátil e que os resultados alcançados nessas situações não são precisos. Diante disso, recomenda-se, ao se far um exame de glicose, repetir o teste. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Acurácia, glicemia, monitor de glicose

ATLANTIC-CAMTRAPS: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America

Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. Here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories of terrestrial mammal communities for the Neotropical region based on camera trapping studies. The dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in 144 areas by 74 studies, covering six vegetation types of tropical and subtropical Atlantic Forest of South America (Brazil and Argentina), and present data on species composition and richness. The complete dataset comprises 53,438 independent records of 83 species of mammals, includes 10 species of marsupials, 15 rodents, 20 carnivores, eight ungulates and six armadillos. Species richness averaged 13 species (±6.07 SD) per site. Only six species occurred in more than 50% of the sites: the domestic dog Canis familiaris, crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous, tayra Eira barbara, south American coati Nasua nasua, crab-eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus and the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus. The information contained in this dataset can be used to understand macroecological patterns of biodiversity, community, and population structure, but also to evaluate the ecological consequences of fragmentation, defaunation, and trophic interactions. © 2017 by the Ecological Society of Americ

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

USO DO GLICOSÍMETRO PORTÁTIL PARA DETERMINAR A CONCENTRAÇÃO DE GLICOSE NO SANGUE DE CÃES

ne of the ways of monitoring the glucose concentration in the blood is with a portable device, known as glucometer. The equipment, developed to measure the glycemia of human patients, was used in this experiment with the purpose of verifying if the results of samples of dogs’ blood are also reliable. To perform the exam a drop of capillary blood from the ear of 36 dogs was collected. The mean variation when comparing the glucometer and the laboratorial reference method was 7.90%, being this result within the patterns established by regulatory organs of the area, such as the American Diabetes Association (ADA). It was concluded that the portable glucometer is a reliable tool to dose and/or monitor dogs glycemia, having as advantages the practicality and speed for obtaining the results

ATLANTIC-CAMTRAPS: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America

Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. Here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories of terrestrial mammal communities for the Neotropical region based on camera trapping studies. The dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in 144 areas by 74 studies, covering six vegetation types of tropical and subtropical Atlantic Forest of South America (Brazil and Argentina), and present data on species composition and richness. The complete dataset comprises 53,438 independent records of 83 species of mammals, includes 10 species of marsupials, 15 rodents, 20 carnivores, eight ungulates and six armadillos. Species richness averaged 13 species (±6.07 SD) per site. Only six species occurred in more than 50% of the sites: the domestic dog Canis familiaris, crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous, tayra Eira barbara, south American coati Nasua nasua, crab-eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus and the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus. The information contained in this dataset can be used to understand macroecological patterns of biodiversity, community, and population structure, but also to evaluate the ecological consequences of fragmentation, defaunation, and trophic interactions. © 2017 by the Ecological Society of Americ

The Omicron Lineages BA.1 and BA.2 (<i>Betacoronavirus</i> SARS-CoV-2) Have Repeatedly Entered Brazil through a Single Dispersal Hub

Brazil currently ranks second in absolute deaths by COVID-19, even though most of its population has completed the vaccination protocol. With the introduction of Omicron in late 2021, the number of COVID-19 cases soared once again in the country. We investigated in this work how lineages BA.1 and BA.2 entered and spread in the country by sequencing 2173 new SARS-CoV-2 genomes collected between October 2021 and April 2022 and analyzing them in addition to more than 18,000 publicly available sequences with phylodynamic methods. We registered that Omicron was present in Brazil as early as 16 November 2021 and by January 2022 was already more than 99% of samples. More importantly, we detected that Omicron has been mostly imported through the state of São Paulo, which in turn dispersed the lineages to other states and regions of Brazil. This knowledge can be used to implement more efficient non-pharmaceutical interventions against the introduction of new SARS-CoV variants focused on surveillance of airports and ground transportation