Editorial: Emerging unconventional plants for derived food products and ingredients

The “Emerging Unconventional Plants for Derived Food Products and Ingredients” Frontiers in Nutrition Research Topic aimed to address innovative solutions to ensure food security, such as nutrient-rich alternatives, sustainable agriculture, and advanced industrial technologies, by exploring Unconventional Edible Plants for developing new, nutritious, and safer food products. This Topic falls in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, driven by societal, economic, and environmental factors, to eliminate world hunger and poverty. Research on sustainable agriculture, nutritional profiling, and innovative food development holds promise in integrating these unconventional plants into daily base diets worldwide, a perspective that has been shared in academia, not only for food purposes (1) but also medicine (2). The present Research Topic gathered 41 authors from China, Israel, India, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia that provided in-depth scientific knowledge regarding the potentiality of unconventional plants to be applied as functional ingredients in food and pharmaceutical formulations. The use of Unconventional Plants has been carried out for hundreds of years by local populations, who, knowing their attributes, use them in their daily lives for various purposes. By applying state of the art technologies and methodologies in the studies mentioned above, we have clear examples of the practicality of this topic at an economic level, but above all at a social level.The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. To the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), P.I. (FCT, Portugal) for the financial support through national funds FCT/MCTES to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020 and UIDP/00690/2020), SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2021) and UIDB/50006/2020. National funding by FCT, P.I., through the institutional scientific employment program contract for MD (10.54499/CEECINST/00016/2018/CP1505/CT0004), CP (10.54499/CEECINST/00016/2018/CP1505/CT0010), and individual contract of JP (10.54499/CEECIND/01011/2018/ CP1578/CT0002). RC is a research grant recipient of Cesumar Institute of Science Technology and Innovation (ICETI).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

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A autoavaliação pode ser uma iniciativa, em sala de aula, que proporciona pensar acerca de como ocorre a aprendizagem e como podemos regulá-la. Neste contexto, este artigo apresenta um estudo a respeito da percepção de estudantes do Ensino Médio em relação à aprendizagem em Química, com base em análises de autoavaliações. Trata-se de uma investigação predominantemente qualitativa, respaldada nos pressupostos metodológicos da análise de conteúdo. As respostas às questões propostas foram analisadas buscando identificar as percepções manifestadas pelos estudantes a respeito de sua aprendizagem em Química, bem como suas facilidades e/ou dificuldades e principais estratégias utilizadas para resolverem algumas tarefas. Mediante as análises realizadas, chegamos aos seguintes resultados: os diversos aspectos apontados pelos estudantes quando questionados sobre a aprendizagem em Química abrangem desde fatores relacionados ao conteúdo científico, até aspectos comportamentais, tais como necessidade de maior organização nos estudos e maior foco nas aulas. Os estudantes indicaram também estratégias que podem ser eficazes para a superação de suas dificuldades, como revisar os conteúdos, dedicar mais tempo aos estudos, definir horários para estudar em casa, tirar dúvidas com o professor e com os colegas, resolver exercícios e, por fim, dispensar mais atenção e concentração durante as aulas e na execução das tarefas propostas. Desse modo, destacamos que as questões propostas na autoavaliação possibilitaram uma experiência metacognitiva que propiciou, em termos de estratégias, vir à tona o processo reflexivo e metacognitivo da aprendizagem..

Relatos de Extensão: um projeto online com práticas do yoga

This experience report summarizes the activities developed in an University Extension Project, held in six online meetings organized by servers of a technological educational institution, students and people from the external community. The proposal was a demand of students who participated in presential modality of the referred project. We aim to promote Yoga as a healthy exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, through weekly practices whose themes were pointed out by the group during the meetings: what is Yoga; concentration; learning; positivity; Yoga at work; the importance of breathing. Registration and classes were carried out in virtual platforms with open access to the community. The registration form allowed to outline the health habits and perceptions of the participants regarding the pandemic moment and their expectations in relation to Yoga. We present the development process, the records of each meeting and the reflections on this extension activity. The results indicated that Yoga is an important element for extension activities, as it promoted a healthy action, bringing servers, students, and the external community closer together in a unique context of illness.Este relato de experiência sintetiza as atividades desenvolvidas em um projeto de Extensão, realizado em seis encontros on-line organizados por servidoras de uma instituição tecnológica de ensino, discentes e pessoas da comunidade externa. A proposta foi demanda de estudantes que participaram da modalidade presencial do referido projeto. Objetivamos a divulgação do Yoga enquanto exercício saudável durante a pandemia de COVID-19, em 2020, através de práticas semanais cujos temas foram apontados pelo grupo ao longo dos encontros: o que é o Yoga; concentração; aprendizagem; positividade; Yoga laboral; a importância da respiração. As inscrições e aulas foram realizadas em plataformas virtuais abertas para a comunidade. O formulário de cadastro permitiu delinear os hábitos de saúde e as percepções dos/as participantes quanto ao momento pandêmico e as suas expectativas em relação ao Yoga. Apresentamos o processo de desenvolvimento, os registros de cada encontro e as reflexões sobre essa atividade de Extensão. Os resultados indicaram que o Yoga é um elemento importante para atividades extensionistas, na medida em que promoveu uma ação saudável, aproximando servidores/as, estudantes e comunidade externa num contexto ímpar de adoecimento.

Women in primary health care: physical exercise, lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors

Lifestyle disorders are related to inappropriate habits. Exercise programs can reduce the risk of to be affected by them. To evaluate and compare the effects of two programs on some of the parameters that determine the health of women attended at a Unidade Básica de Saúde (community health center), 54 women aged from 40 to 80 were grouped together into two groups: G1 (n = 26) to exercise the standard program (walking) and G2 (n = 28) to do the exercises of an alternative program (calisthenics + walking). The sessions for sixty minutes occurred four times a week for 16 weeks. The G1 and G2 participants exhibited loses (p <0.05) weight, reduced their body mass index, body fat percentage and blood pressure, as well as higher speed and higher oxygen consumption. G1 exhibited reduced diastolic blood pressure, increased forced vital capacity, and reduced cholesterol. G2 showed reduction of the total cholesterol level, the triglycerides levels and the VLDL. Our conclusion is that the programs showed similar positive results, in spite of superiority of the results presented by G2. However, they did not reduce cardiovascular risk

Nursing Care Approach Towards an Alcoholic Patient Bearing the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome: Case Study / Cuidados de Enfermagem a um Paciente Alcoolista Portador Da Síndrome de Wernicke-Korsakoff: Estudo de Caso

Introdução: A síndrome de Wernicke-Korsakoff (SWK) é uma das mais graves consequências do abuso de álcool. O impacto cognitivo da patologia é derivado da neurotoxicidade alcóolica e deficiência de tiamina, podendo progredir para estupor, coma e morte. Objetivo: Realizar um estudo de caso de paciente alcoolista portador de SWK e construir um plano de assistência de enfermagem. Métodos: Estudo de caso com abordagem qualitativa. O estudo foi realizado no Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz (HUOC), em Recife, Brasil, fevereiro a março de 2016. Resultados: Identificamos 14 diagnósticos de enfermagem: confusão crônica/memória prejudicada/processos do pensamento perturbados/ comunicação verbal prejudicada; deambulação prejudicada/risco de quedas; déficit no autocuidado; nutrição desequilibrada menor que as necessidades/fadiga; volume excessivo de líquido/integridade tissular prejudicada; risco de sangramento; integridade da pele prejudicada; perfusão tissular ineficaz. Conclusão: A enfermagem tem especial importância na execução das ações de educação em saúde e tratamento de alcoolistas prevenindo as complicações da doença

Quality assessment of jabuticabas (cv. sabará), submitted to refrigerated storage and conditioned in different packaging

A jabuticaba [Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell) Berg] ‘Sabara’ é um fruto muito apreciado in natura, pelo seu sabor adocicado, porém é extremamente perecível. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar embalagens para a conservação dos frutos sob refrigeração. Os frutos foram colhidos no ponto de consumo, lavados, higienizados, acondicionados nas embalagens PET com tampa Neoform N-90©; PVC 12 micras; PD- 900®; PEBD 15 micras; PP 10 micras; Controle (sem embalagem) e armazenados em câmara fria a 12º 1ºC e 85 5%UR. As embalagens reduziram a perda de massa e mantiveram a firmeza das jabuticabas. O filme de PVC proporcionou melhor conservação de ácido ascórbico e luminosidade dos frutos. A atmosfera passiva no interior das embalagens PEBD e PP apresentaram as maiores concentrações de CO2 e menores de O2 do que as outras embalagens, afetando de maneira negativa a conservação das jabuticabas. A embalagem PVC de 12 micras, associada à refrigeração apresentou bons resultados para conservação das jabuticabas ‘Sabará’. Palavras-chave: Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell) Berg, embalagem, refrigeração.The jabuticaba [Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell) Berg] ‘Sabará’ is a very popular fruit in natura, because its sweet taste, however it is extremely perishable. The aim of this study was to evaluate packages for storing fruit under refrigeration. The fruit was harvested at the point of consumption, washed, cleaned and stored in packages of PET with cover of Neoform N-90©; PVC 12 micron; PD- 900®; PEBD 15 micron; PP 10 micron; Control (without package) and stored in chamber at 12º 1ºC e 85 5% RH. The packages reduced the weight loss and contributed to maintenance the good appearance of jabuticabas. The PVC film showed better retention of ascorbic acid, appearance and brightness. The passive atmosphere inside the packages PEBD and PP showed the highest concentrations of CO2and O2, negatively affecting the conservation of jabuticabas.The package PVC with 12 micron associated with cooling showed promising results for conservation of jabuticabas ‘Sabará’. Keywords: Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell) Berg, packages, refrigeration. &nbsp

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