Estudo da relação dos casos de asma e bronquite em crianças menores de 5 anos e variáveis meteorológicas no município de Uberlândia - MG

The main objective of the present study was to analyze the relationship between respiratory diseases, asthma and bronchitis in children under 5 years of age and the meteorological variables: temperature, air humidity and rainfall index in the city Of Uberlândia-MG, in the period from 2013 to 2015. A database of the meteorological variables, temperature, humidity and rainfall of the period from 2013 to 2015 provided by the Climatology Laboratory of the Federal University of Uberlândia .And monthly data on asthma and bronchitis care in children under 5 years of age in the 8 Units of Integrated Care - UIU of Uberlândia, provided by the Information Center of the Municipal Secretary of Health of Uberlândia. Using the Excell, the parametric test "Linear Correlation of Pearson" was used. In the descriptive analysis through the test it was possible to observe that the meteorological variables in Uberlândia presented a weak and very weak association with the number of attendances of asthma and bronchitis . It is recommended the implementation of the Health Surveillance of population exposed to air pollution - VIGIAR through the implementation of Sentinel Units for better monitoring of respiratory diseases and identification of other etiologies and the implementation of Atmospheric Pollutants Monitoring Laboratory.Dissertação (Mestrado)O objetivo principal do presente trabalho foi analisar as relações entre as doenças respiratórias, asma e bronquite, em crianças menores de 5 anos, e as variáveis meteorológicas: temperatura, umidade do ar e índice pluviométrico, na cidade de Uberlândia-MG, no período de 2013 a 2015. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho, foi utilizada uma base de dados das variáveis meteorológicas, temperatura, umidade e pluviosidade, do período de 2013 a 2015, fornecidos pelo Laboratório de Climatologia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, e dados mensais dos atendimentos de asma e bronquite nas 8 Unidades de Atendimento Integrado (UAI) de Uberlândia, fornecidos pelo Núcleo de Informação da Secretária Municipal de Saúde de Uberlândia, referentes a crianças na faixa etária abaixo de 5 anos. Por meio do Excel, foi utilizado o teste paramétrico “Correlação Linear de Pearson”. Na análise descritiva através do teste, foi possível observar que as variáveis meteorológicas em Uberlândia apresentaram uma associação fraca e muito fraca com número de atendimentos de asma e bronquite. Recomenda-se a implantação da Vigilância em Saúde de Populações Expostas à Poluição Atmosférica – VIGIAR – pela criação de Unidades Sentinelas, para melhor monitoramento dos agravos respiratórios e identificação de outras etiologias, e a implantação de Laboratório de Monitoramento dos Poluentes Atmosféricos

Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed by the Code has already been discussed in Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Donegan 2008, 2009; Nemésio 2009a–b; Dubois 2009; Gentile & Snell 2009; Minelli 2009; Cianferoni & Bartolozzi 2016; Amorim et al. 2016). This question was again raised in a letter supported by 35 signatories published in the journal Nature (Pape et al. 2016) on 15 September 2016. On 25 September 2016, the following rebuttal (strictly limited to 300 words as per the editorial rules of Nature) was submitted to Nature, which on 18 October 2016 refused to publish it. As we think this problem is a very important one for zoological taxonomy, this text is published here exactly as submitted to Nature, followed by the list of the 493 taxonomists and collection-based researchers who signed it in the short time span from 20 September to 6 October 2016

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