THE USE OF MEDICAL AND PHYTOTHERAPIC PLANTS IN BRAZILIAN PUBLIC HEALTH.

Medicinal plants are used for the purpose of promoting quality of life, even from primordial times. This paper aimed to present the importance of the use of herbal medicines in the network public health. The practice and consumption of herbal medicines has been growing every year, with the emergence of Ordinance No. 971 of May 3, 2006 approving the National Policy for Integrative and Complementary Practices (PNPIC) in Unified Health System (SUS). But there is still a big factor to be overcome, the high requirement of the National Agency Health Surveillance Authority (ANVISA), for the production, marketing and distribution of herbal medicines in the SUS. THE Ordinance GM / MS No. 533 of March 28, 2012 (National List of Essential Medicines - RENAME), cast herbal medicines in Primary Care, consists of only 12 plant species of interest of SUS, considered low due to Brazil being considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world. The main problems that hindering the advances of herbal products in the SUS are the lack of state and municipal public policies and the lack of of interest of the managers of these secretariats in complying also with the federal legislation in force.Medicinal plants are used for the purpose of promoting quality of life, even from primordial times. This paper aimed to present the importance of the use of herbal medicines in the network public health. The practice and consumption of herbal medicines has been growing every year, with the emergence of Ordinance No. 971 of May 3, 2006 approving the National Policy for Integrative and Complementary Practices (PNPIC) in Unified Health System (SUS). But there is still a big factor to be overcome, the high requirement of the National Agency Health Surveillance Authority (ANVISA), for the production, marketing and distribution of herbal medicines in the SUS. THE Ordinance GM / MS No. 533 of March 28, 2012 (National List of Essential Medicines - RENAME), cast herbal medicines in Primary Care, consists of only 12 plant species of interest of SUS, considered low due to Brazil being considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world. The main problems that hindering the advances of herbal products in the SUS are the lack of state and municipal public policies and the lack of of interest of the managers of these secretariats in complying also with the federal legislation in force

Caracterização dos pacientes com diagnóstico de Transtorno do Espectro Autista atendidos no Núcleo de Odontologia Hospitalar do Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago – HU - UFSC

TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.A sobrecarga sensorial e o perfil neuropsicológico específico que caracteriza o paciente diagnosticado com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA), pode complicar um simples atendimento odontológico e, como resultado disso, o tratamento sob anestesia geral é amplamente utilizado. O objetivo deste trabalho foi carcterizar os pacientes com diagnóstico de TEA atendidos no Núcleo de Odontologia Hospitalar do HU /UFSC para, em trabalho sequencial, aplicar um roteiro visual pedagógico como estrategia facilitadora para o atendimento odontológico. Foi realizado um levantamento de dados nos prontuários, no período de 2012 à 2017, determinando procedência, sexo, faixa etária, comorbidades, experiência odontológica prévia com ou sem o uso de sedação ou anestesia geral e diagnóstico do TEA, de acordo com a classificação do DSM-5. Do total de pacientes atendidos, 53 eram do sexo masculino (média de 16 anos) e 15 do sexo femino (média de 18,9 anos), a maioria proveniente da micro região da Grande Florianópolis. Foram identificadas vinte diferentes condições associadas ao TEA, das quais as mais prevalentes foram deficiência intelectual, síndrome de Down e epilepsia. Do total 16,2% (n=11) permitiu atendimento odontológico, sem necessidade de técnicas de sedação ou anestesia geral (Grupo 1); 77,9% (n=53) necessitou de sedação leve e/ou moderada (Grupo 2) e apenas 5,9% (n=4) necessitaram de anestesia geral (Grupo 3), com diferença estatisticamente significante entre o grupo 2 em relação aos grupos 1 e 3 (p<0,0001, Q2 de Pearson). De acordo com o DSM-5 apenas 2 (3%) foram diagnosticados com Distúrbio Global do Desenvolvimento e, 66 (97%) foram diagnosticados com Autismo. Não foi encontrado na amostra, pacientes com diagnóstico de Síndrome de Asperger e Transtorno Desintegrativo da Infância. A capacitação do Cirurgião-Dentista, bem como o condicionamento gradual do paciente, podem ser ferramentas valiosas para melhorar a qualidade dos atendimentos odontológicos, tornando a sedação desnecessária.Sensory overload and neuropsychological specific profile that characterizes the patient diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may imply a simple dental consult and, as a result, treatment under general anesthesia is widely used. The goal of this work being to identify, through a data survey in patient charts, characteristics and number of patients diagnosed with ASD attended in the “Núcleo de Odontologia Hospitalar HU-UFSC” to, in a sequential work, apply one visual and pedagogic script to favor dental consultation in ASD patients. Data collection was performed in the medical recordos from 2012 to 2017. It was determining the origin, sex, age, comorbidities, previous dental experience and the diagnosis of ASD, according to the classification of the DSM-5. At the closure of the survey, we have identified 68 ASD patients, of whom 53 were males and 15 females, the majority coming from the micro region of Grande Florianopolis. Twenty different conditions associated with ASD were identified. The most prevelante were intellectual disability, Down syndrome and epilepsy. Of the total 16.2% (n=11) allowed dental care without the need for sedation or general anesthesia (Group 1); 77.9% (n=53) required mild and/or moderate sedation (Group 2) and only 5.9% (n=4) required general anesthesia (Group 3). It was statistically significant difference between the Group 2 with the Groups 1 and 3 (p<0.0001, Q2 Pearson´s Test). According to DSM-5 only 2 (3%) were diagnosed with Developmental Disorder and 66 (97%) were diagnosed with Autism. Patients with a disgnosis of Asperger´s Syndrome and Childhood Desintegrative Disorder were not found in the sample. To capacitate dental surgeon, as gradual condition of patients during treatment may be used as valuables tools to enhance dental consultations quality, turning sedation unnecessary

Thermal requirements and development of 'Niagara rosada' grapes grown in the North of Minas Gerais

A videira 'Niagara Rosada' tem-se destacado como alternativa para a diversificação de espécies frutíferas cultivadas nos perímetros irrigados do semiárido brasileiro. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar e comparar a duração em dias e as exigências térmicas em graus-dia, considerando doze subperíodos do seu ciclo fenológico. O estudo foi conduzido no vinhedo Santa Catarina, município de Janaúba, região semiárida de Minas Gerais. As plantas, enxertadas sobre o porta-enxerto IAC 572 'Jales', foram conduzidas no sistema de irrigação por microaspersão. O acúmulo em dias e a exigência térmica (graus-dia) foram determinados em duas safras consecutivas da data da poda até a colheita, adotando-se a temperatura de 10°C como temperatura de base. O acúmulo em dias, da poda à colheita, foi de 116 para a poda realizada em janeiro e de 123 dias para a poda em julho. Na poda de janeiro, as plantas acumularam 1.838 graus-dia, enquanto na poda de julho o acúmulo foi de 1.766 graus- dia.The 'Niagara Rosada' grape has been highlighted as an alternative to the diversification of fruits growing in irrigated areas of the semi-arid Brazilian regions. The objective of this research was to characterize and compare the length of time in days and the thermal requirements in degree-days, taking in account twelve sub-periods of their phenological cycle, from pruning to harvesting. The study was carried out in the vineyard Santa Catarina, in the county of Janaúba, north of Minas Gerais - Brazil. Grapevines, grafted on the rootstock IAC 572 'Jales' were irrigated by microaspersion. The amount of days and the thermal requirement were determined in the same plants on two consecutive pruning dates. The total length of the cycle, varied from 116 days for the grape pruned in January, and 123 days for those pruned in July. The base temperature used for the study was 10° C. The total amount of degree days for the grape pruned in January was 1838; while for the ones pruned in July were 1766

Experimental assessment of IAQ improvement in naturally ventilated educational buildings

Indoor environmental conditions in classrooms, in particular temperature and indoor air quality, influence students’ health, attitude and performance. In recent years several studies regarding indoor environmental quality of classrooms were published and natural ventilation proved to have great potential, particularly in southern European climate. This research aimed to evaluate indoor environmental conditions in 8 schools and to assess their improvement potential by simple natural ventilation strategies. Temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide concentration were measured in 32 classrooms. Ventilation performance of the classrooms was deeply characterized by tracer gas measurements of the air change rate assuming different windows related boundary conditions. A total of 110 tracer gas measurements were made. The complete characterization of the classrooms ventilation performance was relevant for the definition of the ventilation protocol since air change rate helped to pinpoint the best ventilation strategy for each case study. The results of the ventilation protocol implementation were very encouraging and, globally, a significant decrease on the CO2 concentration was observed without modifying the comfort conditions. This paper presents and discusses the main conclusions of the measurements campaign performed in the referred classrooms

Interferência do feijão-de-porco na dinâmica de plantas espontâneas no cultivo do milho orgânico em sistemas de plantio direto e convencional.

Objetivou-se avaliar a dinâmica populacional de plantas espontâneas durante quatro anos agrícolas no cultivo de milho exclusivo e consorciado com feijão-de-porco no sistema de plantio direto orgânico, intermediado por um plantio convencional. Os tratamentos foram: plantio direto com composto orgânico e aplicação de herbicidas (PDT); plantio direto com composto orgânico e utilização da roçada como método de controle das plantas espontâneas (PDO1); plantio direto com composto + feijão-de-porco na densidade de três plantas por metro linear e o controle das daninhas com a roçada (PDO2) e plantio direto com composto + feijão-de-porco na densidade de seis plantas por metro linear e o manejo das plantas espontâneas com a roçada (PDO3). Concluiu-se que o consórcio milho com seis plantas de feijãode- porco proporcionou maiores diferenças na composição da comunidade de plantas espontâneas e proporcionou redução na importância relativa das espécies Artemisia verlotorum, Bidens pilosa e Digitaria sp

Are male soccer players accumulating sufficient load across varying microcycle structures? Examining the load, wellness and training/match ratios of a professional team

Professional soccer involves varying numbers of training sessions and matches each week, which can influence load distribution. Understanding the exact distribution may allow appropriate load periodisation and planning for players. Thus, this study aimed to (i) compare accumulated load and wellness between weeks with different numbers of training sessions and (ii) compare training/match ratio (TMr) of external and internal load between weeks with different numbers of training sessions. Ten players with a minimum of 45 minutes of weekly match-play were analysed over 16 weeks. The microcycle structures consisted of three (3dW), four (4dW), five (5dW) and six (6dW) training sessions plus match-day per week. The following measures were used for analysis: duration, fatigue, quality of sleep, muscle soreness, stress, mood, rating of perceived exertion (RPE), session-RPE (s-RPE), high-speed running distance (HSR), sprint distance (SPD), number of accelerations (ACC) and decelerations (DEC). Accumulated wellness/load were calculated by adding all training and match sessions, while TMr was calculated by dividing accumulated load by match data. The main results showed that accumulated wellness and load were significantly different, with moderate to very large effect sizes, except regarding mood, duration, s-RPE, SPD during 5dW vs. 6dW and s-RPE, HSR, SPD, ACC and DEC during 3dW vs. 4dW (all p > 0.05). Moreover, 6dW was significantly higher than 4dW regarding TMr of duration (p < 0.05, moderate effect size), RPE, HSR and SPD (all p < 0.05 with very large effect sizes) and for 3dW of HSR and ACC (p < 0.05 with very large effect sizes). This study showed that 5dW and 6dW had higher training measures than 3dW or 4dW. Additionally, higher wellness was presented in the microcycles with higher training frequencies. These findings suggest that physical load and wellness were not adjusted according to the number of training sessions within a microcycle.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Effect of Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis (DC) in inflammatory bowel disease

Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis (DC) is a plant generally associated as an ingredient in the Mediterranean diet. The polyphenols present in this plant provide pharmacological and nutritional properties. C. cardunculus L. has been used throughout animal studies, which demonstrated an anti-inflammatory effect. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Since there is not a known cure, the research of new possible pharmacological approaches is essential. This study aims to evaluate the effect of an aqueous extract of C. cardunculus L. dry leaves in a 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis model. Methods: CD-1 mice with TNBS-induced colitis received an intraperitoneal (IP) administration of C. cardunculus L. once per day for 4 days. Results: The C. cardunculus L. demonstrated a beneficial effect in this experimental model of IBD with anti-inflammatory action through the reduction of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels. It also demonstrated a beneficial influence on the extra-intestinal manifestations related to IBD, with the absence of significant side effects of its use. Conclusions: The extract of C. cardunculus L. dry leaves can become an interesting tool for new possible pharmacological approaches in the management of IBD.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Urban, traffic- related particles and lung tumors in urethane treated mice

OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of urban, traffic-related, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on mice lung tumorigenesis under controlled exposure conditions. METHODS: Four groups of female Swiss mice were treated with intraperitonial injections of urethane and saline solution. Urethane was used to start the carcinogenesis process. The animals were housed in two chambers receiving filtered and polluted air. In the polluted air chamber, pollutant levels were low. After two months of exposure, the animals were euthanized and lung tumoral nodules were counted. RESULTS: Saline-treated animals showed no nodules. Urethane-treated animals showed 2.0+2.0 and 4.0+3.0 nodules respectively, in the filtered and non-filtered chambers (p = 0.02), thus showing experimental evidence of increased carcinogenic-induced lung cancer with increasing PM2.5 exposure. CONCLUSION: Our data support the concept that low levels of PM2.5 may increase the risk of developing lung tumors

A Case Study of Wavelets and SVM Application in Coffee Agriculture: Detecting Cicadas Based on Their Acoustic and Image Patterns

One of the main problems in agriculture is crop pest management, which causes financial damage to farmers. This management is traditionally performed with pesticides; however, with a large area of application, it would be more economically viable and more environmentally recommended to know precisely the regions where there is concrete infestation. In coffee farms, cicada makes a distinctive sound when it hatches after years of underground nymph-shaped living. One possibility of contributing to its management would be the development of a device capable of capturing the sound of the adult cicada in order to detect its presence and to quantify crop insects. This device would be spread across the coffee plots to capture sounds within the widest possible area coverage. With monitoring and quantification data, the manager would have more input for decision-making and could adopt the most appropriate management technique based on concrete information on population density separated by crop region. Thus, this chapter presents an algorithm based on wavelets and support vector machines (SVMs), to detect acoustic patterns in plantations, advising on the presence of cicadas