EUCALYPTUS RESPONSE TO THE APPLICATION OF LIMESTONE, GYPSUM, AND LIME MUD IN HUMIC CAMBISOL

Eucalyptus response to limestone, gypsum, and lime mud application in Humic Cambisol. This study aimed to evaluate the development of Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden in Humic Cambisol in the Santa Catarina. Individuals were treated with doses and application forms of dolomitic limestone, gypsum, and lime mud. The experiment was conducted in the field, testing the following treatments: T1 – control; T2 – 3.5 t ha-1 of limestone in total area; T3 – 1.75 t ha-1 of limestone in the planting strip; T4 – 3.5 t ha-1 of limestone in the planting strip; T5 – 3.5 t ha-1 of lime mud in the planting strip; T6 – 3.5 t ha-1 of limestone + 2.75 t ha-1 of gypsum in the planting strip; T7 – 1.75 t ha-1 of limestone in the furrow; T8 – 1.75 t ha-1 of limestone + 1.38 t ha-1 of gypsum in the furrow; T9 – 1.38 t ha-1 of gypsum in the furrow. The treatments were applied in April 2016, six months after the seedlings were planted. In total, four forest inventories were carried out, measuring plant height and diameter, from 2019 to 2022. Soil samples up to a depth of 0.40 meters were collected at 31 and 56 months after application of treatments, determining the relationships Ca/Mg and Mg/K. None of the variables, measured or calculated, of the plants were significantly altered as a function of the treatments. Ca/Mg ratios were higher under lime mud and gypsum, whereas Mg/K ones, under treatments with dolomitic limestone

Pulmonary function after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and abbreviated anesthetic-surgical time

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a função pulmonar pós-colecistectomias laparoscópicas. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo, onde se avaliaram espirometrias pós-operatórias de 15 pacientes submetidas à colecistectomias laparoscópicas por meio de um tempo anestésico-cirúrgico abreviado. Os dados pós-operatórios foram comparados aos pré-operatórios RESULTADOS: Existiram diferenças significativas para as variáveis Capacidade Vital Forçada (p=0,020) e Volume Expiratório Forçado no 1º segundo (p=0,022) no pré e pós-operatório imediato, indicando distúrbios ventilatórios restritivos. CONCLUSÃO: Foram observados distúrbios ventilatórios restritivos leves pós-colecistectomias laparoscópicas, com rápida recuperação da função pulmonar, o que pode diminuir a morbidade pulmonar pós-operatória.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pulmonary function after laparoscopic cholecystectomies. MEHTODS: Prospective study, in which the post-operative spirometries of 15 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomies with abbreviated anesthetic-surgical time were analyzed. RESULTS: Significant differences existed for the Forced Vital Capacity variable (p=0,020) and Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (p=0,022) between pre- and immediate post-operative, indicating restrictive ventilatory disturbances. CONLCUSION: Light restrictive laparoscopic post-cholecystectomy ventilatory disturbances were observed, with rapid recovery of pulmonary function, which may lower post-operative pulmonary morbidity

Current Elective Surgical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing world-wide and most patient will require some surgical treatment once in life. IBD surgical patients are a challenge to surgeons. Main goals of surgical treatment are (1) to preserve the small bowel integrity because many resections may lead the patient to a small bowel short syndrome and (2) restore normal function as they have absorption disturbances. IBD patients may present mal-nutrition status and/or immunosuppression at the time of surgery. Types of surgery range from a simple plasty in Crohn disease to a total proctocolectomy in Ulcerative Colitis. For Crohn disease most procedures avoid resection and use diseased segments to prevent disabsorption. Herein we describe the most currently used techniques to treat IBD patients, when to indicate surgery and how to prepare them to less outcomes. Patients with Crohn disease with high risk for short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure should be submitted to Strictureplasty otherwise, Bowel Resection is the favored surgical technique for the management of fibrostenotic. Bowel Resection is associated with lower recurrence rate and longer recurrence-free survival

Ansiedade em técnicos de enfermagem da atenção básica

Objective: To evaluate the level of anxiety in nursing technicians of the Family Health Strategy, emphasizing the determinant aspects for the emergence of anxiety.Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative approach, consisting of 28 Nursing Technicians, using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) as an instrument for data collection.Results: Eight nursing technicians presented levels of high anxiety and 20 of low anxiety. There was an increase in the S-Anxiety Scale score during the activities, with statistical difference in relation to the moment before. The low remuneration, work overload and professional devaluation were pointed out as factors responsible for provoking the appearance of anxiety within the scope of work.Conclusion: The study evidences a predominance of low anxiety among the study population; however, it was possible to detect factors triggering the anxiety, pointing out that such aspects may come to harm the peculiarity of the assistance to the user.Objetivo: Evaluar el nivel de ansiedad en el personal de enfermería de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia, con énfasis en los aspectos clave para la aparición de la ansiedad.Método: Estudio descriptivo, enfoque cuantitativo transversal, constituido por 28 técnicos de enfermería, mediante el Inventario de Ansiedad Traço-Estado (IDATE) como una herramienta para la recolección de datos.Resultados: 8 técnicos de enfermería mostraron niveles de alta ansiedad alta 20 baja ansiedad. Hubo un aumento en la puntuación en el IDATE-E en el momento durante la realización de actividades, con diferencia estadísticamente significativa en relación al momento antes. Los bajos salarios, la carga de trabajo y la devaluación profesional fueron identificados como factores responsables de causar la aparición de la ansiedad en el contexto del trabajo.Conclusión: El estudio muestra un predominio de baja ansiedad entre la población estudiada, sin embargo, fue posible detectar factores desencadenantes de ansiedad, lo que indica que estos aspectos pueden dañar la peculiaridad de la asistencia a los usuarios.Objetivo: Avaliar o nível de ansiedade em técnicos de enfermagem da Estratégia de Saúde da Família, enfatizando os aspectos determinantes para o surgimento da ansiedade. Método: Estudo de característica descritiva, transversal, abordagem quantitativa, constituído por 28 Técnicos de Enfermagem, utilizando o Inventário de Ansiedade Traço-Estado (IDATE) como instrumento para a coleta de dados.Resultados: 8 técnicos de enfermagem apresentaram níveis de alta ansiedade e 20 de baixa ansiedade. Houve um aumento no escore no IDATE-E no momento durante a realização das atividades, com diferença estatística em relação ao momento antes. A baixa remuneração, sobrecarga de trabalho e desvalorização profissional foram apontados como fatores responsáveis por provocar o aparecimento da ansiedade no âmbito de trabalho. Conclusão: O estudo evidencia uma predominância da baixa ansiedade entre a população estudada, porém, foi possível detectar fatores desencadeadores da ansiedade, apontando de que tais aspectos podem vir a prejudicar a peculiaridade da assistência ao usuário

Heuristic and Hierarchical-Based Population Mining of Salmonella enterica Lineage I Pan-Genomes as a Platform to Enhance Food Safety

The recent incorporation of bacterial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) into Public Health laboratories has enhanced foodborne outbreak detection and source attribution. As a result, large volumes of publicly available datasets can be used to study the biology of foodborne pathogen populations at an unprecedented scale. To demonstrate the application of a heuristic and agnostic hierarchical population structure guided pan-genome enrichment analysis (PANGEA), we used populations of S. enterica lineage I to achieve two main objectives: (i) show how hierarchical population inquiry at different scales of resolution can enhance ecological and epidemiological inquiries; and (ii) identify population-specific inferable traits that could provide selective advantages in food production environments. Publicly available WGS data were obtained from NCBI database for three serovars of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica lineage I (S. Typhimurium, S. Newport, and S. Infantis). Using the hierarchical genotypic classifications (Serovar, BAPS1, ST, cgMLST), datasets from each of the three serovars showed varying degrees of clonal structuring. When the accessory genome (PANGEA) was mapped onto these hierarchical structures, accessory loci could be linked with specific genotypes. A large heavy-metal resistance mobile element was found in the Monophasic ST34 lineage of S. Typhimurium, and laboratory testing showed that Monophasic isolates have on average a higher degree of copper resistance than the Biphasic ones. In S. Newport, an extra sugEgene copy was found among most isolates of the ST45 lineage, and laboratory testing of multiple isolates confirmed that isolates of S. Newport ST45 were on average less sensitive to the disinfectant cetylpyridimium chloride than non-ST45 isolates. Lastly, data-mining of the accessory genomic content of S. Infantis revealed two cryptic Ecotypes with distinct accessory genomic content and distinct ecological patterns. Poultry appears to be themajor reservoir for Ecotype 1, and temporal analysis further suggested a recent ecological succession, with Ecotype 2 apparently being displaced by Ecotype 1. Altogether, the use of a heuristic hierarchical-based population structure analysis that includes bacterial pan-genomes (core and accessory genomes) can (1) improve genomic resolution for mapping populations and accessing epidemiological patterns; and (2) define lineage-specific informative loci that may be associated with survival in the food chain

Pharmacological Actions of Citrus Species

The genus Citrus belongs to family Rutaceae, which is characterized by trees and bushes. Citrus species are extensively cultivated throughout the world because of their multiple health benefits for humans and their applications in pharmaceutical and food industries. This chapter is a survey covering in vitro and in vivo studies that demonstrate the pharmacological activities of various Citrus species. The species Citrus aurantium, Citrus sinensis, Citrus limon, and Citrus bergamia are well known and several studies have been carried out to evaluate the pharmacological effects of their extracts, essential oils, and isolated constituents. These studies have found that they possess anxiolytic, anti‐inflammatory, hypoglycemic, anthelmintic, anticancer, and anti‐infective properties

Anxiolytic Effect of Citrus aurantium

The objective of this study was to investigate the anxiolytic effects of the essential oil (EO) of Citrus aurantium L. in patients experiencing crack withdrawal. This was developed with internal users in therapeutic communities in Paraíba, Brazil. The test population consisted of 51 volunteers, subdivided into three groups. To elicit anxiety, the Simulated Public Speaking (SPS) method was used. Physiological measures were assessed at specific phases during the experiment using appropriate equipment. Psychological measures of anxiety were assessed using the Trait-State Anxiety Inventory (IDATE) and the Analog Smoke Scale (HAS). EO was administered by nebulization. The experiment was developed in individual sessions and consolidated to four phases. The results demonstrated that the test subjects in the groups that were given the EO maintained controlled anxiety levels during SPS, when compared to the Control Group (no treatment). Subjects who used the EO also maintained levels of “discomfort” and “cognitive impairment” during SPS. It was concluded that individuals who are experiencing internal crack cocaine withdrawal present high anxiety traits and that nebulization of the EO of Citrus aurantium L. provided an acute anxiolytic effect in crack cocaine users exposed to SPS

HISTIOCITOSE DE CÉLULAS DE LANGERHANS

The authors report a case of a young male patient who presented with erythematous and descamative lesions, with maceration, in the axillary and inguinal region, associated with erythematous ulcerated plaques in the perianal region. Histopathological examination was compatible with Langerhans cell histiocytosis, with immunohistochemical positivity for CD1a and S100, thus confirming the diagnosis. Systemic investigation revealed an extra-axial mass in supra-sellar region; he underwent chemotherapy, with a significant improvement of the cutaneous lesions. He keeps his follow-up by the Dermatology, Hematology and Endocrinology Units.Os autores descrevem o caso de um paciente masculino, jovem, apresentando lesões eritemato-descamativas, maceradas, nas regiões axilares e inguinais bilateralmente, além de placas eritematosas exulceradas no sulco interglúteo. O exame histopatológico da lesão cutânea foi compatível com histiocitose de células de Langerhans, com imuno-histoquímica positiva para CD1a e S100, confirmando o diagnóstico. Na investigação de doença sistêmica, foi observada lesão nodular extra-axial na cisterna suprasselar. O paciente foi submetido à quimioterapia sistêmica, com resolução das lesões cutâneas. Atualmente, mantém acompanhamento multidisciplinar pela Dermatologia, Hematologia e Endocrinologia