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    Comparação da taxa de lotação em piquetes de Panicum maximum cv. Tazania irrigado e sequeiro com suplementação.

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    O presente trabalho teve como objetivo comparar a taxa de lotação em pastagem de Panicum maximum " cv. Tanzânia, irrigada e em sequeiro, de acordo com o consumo de forragem de vacas em lactação, da raça holandesa preta e branca, suplementadas com concentrado de acordo com suas produções, predicto pelo programa de Cornell 3.0

    Efeito da irrigação sobre a taxa de lotação em pastagens de capim-tânzania utilizadas para produção de leite em São Carlos, SP.

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    Factorial Economic Planning Applied to Agricultural Experimentation

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    Innovation may be limited by the scarceness of resources, such as financial, homogeneous area, skilled labor or other research needs, for example the difficulty in experimental control of large areas in the field. In research areas such as chemistry and physics, designs are used in such a way that when compared to the agronomic designs, they result in a reduced number of experimental units, which in this work are called economic designs. Thus, the objective of this study was to identify significant factors and effects (p-valu

    Exercise intolerance at high altitude (5050 m): critical power and W'

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    The relationship between work rate (WR) and its tolerable duration (t(LIM)) has not been investigated at high altitude (HA). At HA (5050 m) and at sea level (SL), six subjects therefore performed symptom-limited cycle-ergometry: an incremental test (IET) and three constant-WR tests (% of IET WR(max), HA and SL respectively: WR(1) 70±8%, 74±7%; WR(2) 86±14%, 88±10%; WR(3) 105±13%, 104±9%). The power asymptote (CP) and curvature constant (W') of the hyperbolic WR-t(LIM) relationship were reduced at HA compared to SL (CP: 81±21 vs. 123±38 W; W': 7.2±2.9 vs. 13.1±4.3 kJ). HA breathing reserve (estimated maximum voluntary ventilation minus end-exercise ventilation) was also compromised (WR(1): 25±25 vs. 50±18 l min(-1); WR(2): 4±23 vs. 38±23 l min(-1); WR(3): -3±18 vs. 32±24 l min(-1)) with near-maximal dyspnea levels (Borg) (WR(1): 7.2±1.2 vs. 4.8±1.3; WR(2): 8.8±0.8 vs. 5.3±1.2; WR(3): 9.3±1.0 vs. 5.3±1.5). The CP reduction is consistent with a reduced O(2) availability; that of W' with reduced muscle-venous O(2) storage, exacerbated by ventilatory limitation and dyspnea. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

    Rede de cuidado em saúde mental: visão dos coordenadores da estratégia saúde da família

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    RESUMO Objetivo Objetivou-se analisar a visão de coordenadores da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) sobre a conformação da rede de saúde mental no município de Pelotas/RS. Método Estudo descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa, realizado com seis coordenadores de ESF no ano de 2012. Para a coleta dos dados, foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada, e os resultados foram avaliados por análise temática. Resultados A rede construída pelos coordenadores é composta por poucos serviços formais e focada no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS), e a rede informal é descrita com maiores pontos de cuidado. As trocas de corresponsabilidade no cuidado em rede ocorrem de forma frágil, sem o diálogo necessário. Conclusão Os coordenadores demonstram pouco conhecimento da rede formal de cuidado e uma atenção focada nos serviços da ESF e no CAPS. Reconhecem a importância de haver políticas públicas que valorizem e ampliem os espaços informais de cuidado no território

    24-Hour Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Tolerability of Preservative-Free Tafluprost-Timolol Fixed Combination in Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertensive Patients Previously Treated with Preserved Latanoprost

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    Francesco Oddone,1 Lucia Tanga,1 Sara Giammaria,1 Lorenzo Sabbatini,2 Alfonso Strianese,2 Manuela Ferrazza,1 Luca Mario Rossetti2 1IRCCS - Fondazione Bietti, Rome, Italy; 2Eye Clinic, ASST Santi Paolo E Carlo, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence: Francesco Oddone, Glaucoma Unit IRCCS Fondazione Bietti, Via Livenza 3, Roma, 00198, RM, Italy, Tel +39-06-85356727 ; +39-3291921575, Email [email protected]: The effectiveness, safety and tolerability of the preservative-free fixed combination of tafluprost and timolol (PF-TTFC) were evaluated over the 24-h in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension showing signs and symptoms of Ocular Surface Disease (OSD) and uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on prior benzalkonium chloride (BAK) – Latanoprost monotherapy.Methods: In this multi-center, prospective, interventional, non-comparative clinical trial, patients treated with BAK-Latanoprost underwent 24-h IOP measurements (8 am, 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm, 11 pm, 2 am, 5 am) at baseline and after 3 months from switch to PF-TTFC. Mean 24-h IOP and daytime (8 am– 8 pm) vs nighttime (11 pm – 5 am) IOP were compared. Changes in OSD signs and symptoms, quality of life (QoL) and in-vivo corneal confocal microscopy (IVCM) were also evaluated.Results: Thirty-eight patients were analyzed. The mean 24-h IOP significantly decreased after 3 months from 17.8 mmHg (95% CI: 17.1– 18.6) to 15.3 mmHg (95% CI: 14.6– 16.1, p < 0.001). IOP was significantly reduced both at daytime (p < 0.001) and nighttime (p < 0.001), with better IOP control at night [− 2.9 (95% CI: − 3.5 to − 2.1) mmHg vs − 2.3 (95% CI: − 2.9 to − 1.6) mmHg]. In 20 patients (52.6%), corneal fluorescein staining improved, whereas in 4 patients (10.5%) it worsened. Hyperemia has improved in 24 (63.3%) patients and worsened in 2 (5.3%). Breakup time, Schirmer test and QoL scores showed no changes. At IVCM, the mean corneal wing-cell size was found significantly decreased (p < 0.005).Conclusion: The switch from BAK-Latanoprost to PF-TTFC significantly reduced IOP over the 24-h and improved OSD signs and symptoms.Keywords: glaucoma, tafluprost-timolol fixed combination, preservative free, BAK, prostaglandins, 24-h effectiveness, ocular surface diseas

    A Serum Resistin and Multicytokine Inflammatory Pathway Is Linked With and Helps Predict All-cause Death in Diabetes

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    Context: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) shows a high mortality rate, partly mediated by atherosclerotic plaque instability. Discovering novel biomarkers may help identify high-risk patients who would benefit from more aggressive and specific managements. We recently described a serum resistin and multicytokine inflammatory pathway (REMAP), including resistin, interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha, that is associated with cardiovascular disease.Objective: We investigated whether REMAP is associated with and improves the prediction of mortality in T2D.Methods: A REMAP score was investigated in 3 cohorts comprising 1528 patients with T2D (409 incident deaths) and in 59 patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy (CEA; 24 deaths). Plaques were classified as unstable/stable according to the modified American Heart Association atherosclerosis classification.Results: REMAP was associated with all-cause mortality in each cohort and in all 1528 individuals (fully adjusted hazard ratio [HR] for 1 SD increase=1.34, P&lt;.001). In CEA patients, REMAP was associated with mortality (HR=1.64, P=.04) and a modest change was observed when plaque stability was taken into account (HR=1.58; P=.07). REMAP improved discrimination and reclassification measures of both Estimation of Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetic Patients and Risk Equations for Complications of Type 2 Diabetes, well-established prediction models of mortality in T2D (P&lt;.05-&lt;.001).Conclusion: REMAP is independently associated with and improves predict all-cause mortality in T2D; it can therefore be used to identify high-risk individuals to be targeted with more aggressive management. Whether REMAP can also identify patients who are more responsive to IL-6 and IL-1 beta monoclonal antibodies that reduce cardiovascular burden and total mortality is an intriguing possibility to be tested

    Evidence for t\bar{t}\gamma Production and Measurement of \sigma_t\bar{t}\gamma / \sigma_t\bar{t}

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    Using data corresponding to 6.0/fb of ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF II detector, we present a cross section measurement of top-quark pair production with an additional radiated photon. The events are selected by looking for a lepton, a photon, significant transverse momentum imbalance, large total transverse energy, and three or more jets, with at least one identified as containing a b quark. The ttbar+photon sample requires the photon to have 10 GeV or more of transverse energy, and to be in the central region. Using an event selection optimized for the ttbar+photon candidate sample we measure the production cross section of, and the ratio of cross sections of the two samples. Control samples in the dilepton+photon and lepton+photon+\met, channels are constructed to aid in decay product identification and background measurements. We observe 30 ttbar+photon candidate events compared to the standard model expectation of 26.9 +/- 3.4 events. We measure the ttbar+photon cross section to be 0.18+0.08 pb, and the ratio of the cross section of ttbar+photon to ttbar to be 0.024 +/- 0.009. Assuming no ttbar+photon production, we observe a probability of 0.0015 of the background events alone producing 30 events or more, corresponding to 3.0 standard deviations.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure

    Precision Top-Quark Mass Measurements at CDF

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    We present a precision measurement of the top-quark mass using the full sample of Tevatron s=1.96\sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV proton-antiproton collisions collected by the CDF II detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.7 fb1fb^{-1}. Using a sample of ttˉt\bar{t} candidate events decaying into the lepton+jets channel, we obtain distributions of the top-quark masses and the invariant mass of two jets from the WW boson decays from data. We then compare these distributions to templates derived from signal and background samples to extract the top-quark mass and the energy scale of the calorimeter jets with {\it in situ} calibration. The likelihood fit of the templates from signal and background events to the data yields the single most-precise measurement of the top-quark mass, \mtop = 172.85 \pm0.71(stat) 0.71 (stat) \pm0.85(syst)GeV/c2. 0.85 (syst) GeV/c^{2}.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
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