AS MODALIDADES MAIS FREQUENTES DE LICENCIAMENTO REALIZADAS EM MUNICÍPIOS DA REGIÃO NORTE DO RS

O licenciamento é um poderoso mecanismo para incentivar o diálogo setorial, rompendo com a tendência de ações corretivas e individualizadas ao adotar uma postura preventiva, mas pró-ativa, com os diferentes usuários dos recursos naturais. É um momento de aplicação da transversalidade nas políticas setoriais públicas e privadas que interfaceam a questão ambiental. A política de transversalidade para o licenciamento é, por definição, uma política de compartilhamento da responsabilidade para a conservação ambiental por meio do desenvolvimento sustentável do país. Para sua efetividade, os preceitos de proteção ambiental devem ser definitivamente incorporados ao planejamento daqueles setores que fazem uso dos recursos naturais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar as modalidades de licenciamentos emitidas com maior frequência, tanto pela secretaria do meio ambiente das prefeituras dos municípios de Ronda Alta, Rondinha, Sarandi e Três Palmeiras, como pela empresa FTS Florestal e Ambiental, a qual presta serviços de consultoria nesta região

Effect of continuous and interval exercise training on the PETCO2 response during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the following: 1) the effects of continuous exercise training and interval exercise training on the end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PETCO2) response during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease; and 2) the effects of exercise training modalities on the association between PETCO2 at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT) and indicators of ventilatory efficiency and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients (59.7 + 1.7 years) with coronary artery disease were randomly divided into two groups: continuous exercise training (n = 20) and interval exercise training (n = 17). All patients performed a graded exercise test with respiratory gas analysis before and after three months of the exercise training program to determine the VAT, respiratory compensation point (RCP) and peak oxygen consumption. RESULTS: After the interventions, both groups exhibited increased cardiorespiratory fitness. Indeed, the continuous exercise and interval exercise training groups demonstrated increases in both ventilatory efficiency and PETCO2 values at VAT, RCP, and peak of exercise. Significant associations were observed in both groups: 1) continuous exercise training (PETCO2VAT and cardiorespiratory fitness r = 0.49; PETCO2VAT and ventilatory efficiency r = -0.80) and 2) interval exercise training (PETCO2VAT and cardiorespiratory fitness r = 0.39; PETCO2VAT and ventilatory efficiency r = -0.45). CONCLUSIONS: Both exercise training modalities showed similar increases in PETCO2 levels during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease, which may be associated with an improvement in ventilatory efficiency and cardiorespiratory fitness

Effect of continuous and interval exercise training on the PETCO2 response during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the following: 1) the effects of continuous exercise training and interval exercise training on the end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PETCO2) response during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease; and 2) the effects of exercise training modalities on the association between PETCO2 at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT) and indicators of ventilatory efficiency and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients (59.7 + 1.7 years) with coronary artery disease were randomly divided into two groups: continuous exercise training (n = 20) and interval exercise training (n = 17). All patients performed a graded exercise test with respiratory gas analysis before and after three months of the exercise training program to determine the VAT, respiratory compensation point (RCP) and peak oxygen consumption. RESULTS: After the interventions, both groups exhibited increased cardiorespiratory fitness. Indeed, the continuous exercise and interval exercise training groups demonstrated increases in both ventilatory efficiency and PETCO2 values at VAT, RCP, and peak of exercise. Significant associations were observed in both groups: 1) continuous exercise training (PETCO2VAT and cardiorespiratory fitness r = 0.49; PETCO2VAT and ventilatory efficiency r = -0.80) and 2) interval exercise training (PETCO2VAT and cardiorespiratory fitness r = 0.39; PETCO2VAT and ventilatory efficiency r = -0.45). CONCLUSIONS: Both exercise training modalities showed similar increases in PETCO2 levels during a graded exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease, which may be associated with an improvement in ventilatory efficiency and cardiorespiratory fitness

Vantagem competitiva a partir de um sistema de gestão de facas para frigoríficos / Competitive advantage from a knife management system for slaughterhouses

O trabalho tem como objetivo geral analisar o diferencial competitivo mediante a possibilidade do uso da RFID (identificação por radiofrequência) em facas utilizadas em frigoríficos. Trata-se de um estudo de cunho exploratório, bibliográfico e de natureza quali-quantitativo, desenvolvido a partir da aplicação de um questionárioenviado aos funcionários de frigoríficos, com questões optativas e descritivas sobre o tema, com o propósito decompreender como funciona o processo de afiações de facas dentro de cada unidade investigada. Foram enviados 200 questionários e o retorno foi de 61 respondentes. Na visão dos clientes, o uso de RFID em facas proporciona o reconhecimento e vantagem competitiva.Com a análise das pesquisas, foi possível observar que o surgimento deste novo sistema traz benefícios tanto para a empresa quanto para os funcionários, em questões de manuseio, controle de afiações e enquadramento nos padrões da NR36, auxiliando, também, no padrão de qualidade dos produtos

Avaliação de dano estético em segunda instância contra cirurgiões-dentistas do estado do Rio Grande do Sul

The number of lawsuits filed by patients against dental surgeons is a reality that occurs in the dental profession. And legal demands related to aesthetic damage as well. The present study aims to identify whether the aesthetic damages sentenced in the first instance were maintained in the second instance. Furthermore, assess what was the most common damage in the second instance, whether moral damage, aesthetic damage or material damage. The sentences were found through an electronic search on the website of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul between the years 2011 and 2020. 200 sentences were found in the second instance, of which 58 involve aesthetic damage, with only 1 being unfavorable to the dental surgeon. The most common damage granted in the 200 sentences was moral damage. In the present work, it was possible to identify that the overwhelming majority of aesthetic damages sentenced in the first instance were not maintained in the second instance. Furthermore, it was also possible to assess that the most agreed damage in the second instance was moral damage, followed by material damage and finally aesthetic damage.A quantidade de processos de pacientes contra cirurgiões-dentistas é uma realidade que ocorre na classe odontológica. E demandas judiciais relacionadas a danos estéticos também. O presente estudo tem por objetivo identificar se os danos estéticos sentenciados em primeira instância se mantiveram em segunda instância. Além disso, avaliar qual foi o dano mais decretado em segunda instância, se dano moral, dano estético ou dano material. As sentenças foram encontradas por meio de busca eletrônica no site do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul entre os anos de 2011 a 2020. Foram encontradas 200 sentenças em segunda instância, onde destas, 58 envolvem dano estético, sendo apenas 1 desfavorável ao cirurgião-dentista. O dano mais deferido nas 200 sentenças foi o dano moral. No presente trabalho foi possível identificar que os danos estéticos sentenciados em primeira instância, em sua esmagadora maioria, não se mantiveram em segunda instância. Além disso, foi possível avaliar, também, que o dano mais acordado em segunda instância, fora dano moral, seguido de dano material e por fim dano estético

The influence of aerobic fitness status on ventilatory efficiency in patients with coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that 1) coronary artery disease patients with lower aerobic fitness exhibit a lower ventilatory efficiency and 2) coronary artery disease patients with lower initial aerobic fitness exhibit greater improvements in ventilatory efficiency with aerobic exercise training. METHOD: A total of 123 patients (61.0±0.7 years) with coronary artery disease were divided according to aerobic fitness status into 3 groups: group 1 (n = 34, peak VO2;17.5 and ;24.5 ml/kg/min). All patients performed a cardiorespiratory exercise test on a treadmill. Ventilatory efficiency was determined by the lowest VE/VCO2 ratio observed. The exercise training program comprised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise performed 3 times per week for 3 months. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02106533 RESULTS: Before intervention, group 1 exhibited both lower peak VO2 and lower ventilatory efficiency compared with the other 2 groups (

DIAGNÓSTICO DA ARBORIZAÇÃO URBANA DA RUA ARTHUR MILANI NA CIDADE DE FREDERICO WESTPHALEN-RS

A arborização urbana nos proporciona uma série de benefícios, como o bem estar às pessoas, o melhor efeito estético, reduz o calor e a poluição atmosférica, entre outras vantagens. Por essas razões, justifica-se de forma cada vez mais crescente o cultivo de plantas em áreas urbanas. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo inventariar a arborização da Rua Arthur Milani, com vistas a fornecer informações cientificamente embasadas aos nomes das plantas, bem como despertar o interesse da população local com relação à preservação de exemplos exóticos e nativos da flora regional. O estudo foi realizado na cidade de Frederico Westphalen, cidade localizada no noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Foi avaliada e reconhecida através de formulário a vegetação da rua, para todas as espécies, avaliadas a partir de uma ficha de arborização urbana. Como resultado foi identificado 25 indivíduos arbóreos, correspondendo a 6  diferentes espécies. A espécie mais freqüente foi Lagerstroenia indica (extremosa), com uma porcentagem de 52%, sendo uma espécie exótica da região

Altered Hypercoagulability Factors in Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease: Potential Biomarkers of Therapeutic. Response

Thromboembolic events were described in patients with Chagas disease without cardiomyopathy. We aim to confirm if there is a hypercoagulable state in these patients and to determine if there is an early normalization of hemostasis factors after antiparasitic treatment. Ninety-nine individuals from Chagas disease-endemic areas were classified in two groups: G1, with T.cruzi infection (n = 56); G2, healthy individuals (n = 43). Twenty-four hemostasis factors were measured at baseline. G1 patients treated with benznidazole were followed for 36 months, recording clinical parameters and performance of conventional serology, chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (trypomastigote-derived glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored mucins), quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and hemostasis tests every 6-month visits. Prothrombin fragment 1+2 (F1+2) and endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) were abnormally expressed in 77% and 50% of infected patients at baseline but returned to and remained at normal levels shortly after treatment in 76% and 96% of cases, respectively. Plasmin-antiplasmin complexes (PAP) were altered before treatment in 32% of G1 patients but normalized in 94% of cases several months after treatment. None of the patients with normal F1+2 values during follow-up had a positive qRT-PCR result, but 3/24 patients (13%) with normal ETP values did. In a percentage of chronic T. cruzi infected patients treated with benznidazole, altered coagulation markers returned into normal levels. F1+2, ETP and PAP could be useful markers for assessing sustained response to benznidazole

EQUIPE DE ROBÓTICA MÓVEL - WESTBOTS

A robótiva móvel é amplamente utilizada em situações de risco e em situações de exploração. A utilização de robôs autônomos para realização de exploração espacial, de robôs radiocontrolados para desarmar bombas e para inspeção de tubulações inacessíveis à seres humanos, são alguns dos exemplos de aplicação. Em meados do ano de 2007 professores e alunos do curso de Engenharia Elétrica iniciaram as pesquisas nesta área afim de aplicar conhecimentos de engenharia e promover o desenvolvimento tecnológico. Atualmente a equipe de robótica intitulada WestBots é composta por dois professores orientadores e por dez alunos do curso de Engenharia Elétrica. Dentre estes alunos ressalta-se que um é bolsista e os outros nove são voluntários. Desde sua criação a equipe já participou de quatro competições nacionais. A última participação aconteceu em julho de 2016 na maior competição de robótica da América Latina. O XII Winter Challenge foi realizado no instituto Mauá em São Caetano do Sul - SP. Nesta edição a equipe participou com um total de cinco robôs, sendo três na categoria Sumô Autônomo 3kg e dois robôs na categoria Seguidor de Linha Pro. Palavras-chave: Robótica Móvel. Robôs Autônomos. Engenharia Elétrica

Antimicrobial resistance among migrants in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are rising globally and there is concern that increased migration is contributing to the burden of antibiotic resistance in Europe. However, the effect of migration on the burden of AMR in Europe has not yet been comprehensively examined. Therefore, we did a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify and synthesise data for AMR carriage or infection in migrants to Europe to examine differences in patterns of AMR across migrant groups and in different settings. METHODS: For this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and Scopus with no language restrictions from Jan 1, 2000, to Jan 18, 2017, for primary data from observational studies reporting antibacterial resistance in common bacterial pathogens among migrants to 21 European Union-15 and European Economic Area countries. To be eligible for inclusion, studies had to report data on carriage or infection with laboratory-confirmed antibiotic-resistant organisms in migrant populations. We extracted data from eligible studies and assessed quality using piloted, standardised forms. We did not examine drug resistance in tuberculosis and excluded articles solely reporting on this parameter. We also excluded articles in which migrant status was determined by ethnicity, country of birth of participants' parents, or was not defined, and articles in which data were not disaggregated by migrant status. Outcomes were carriage of or infection with antibiotic-resistant organisms. We used random-effects models to calculate the pooled prevalence of each outcome. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO, number CRD42016043681. FINDINGS: We identified 2274 articles, of which 23 observational studies reporting on antibiotic resistance in 2319 migrants were included. The pooled prevalence of any AMR carriage or AMR infection in migrants was 25·4% (95% CI 19·1-31·8; I2 =98%), including meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (7·8%, 4·8-10·7; I2 =92%) and antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (27·2%, 17·6-36·8; I2 =94%). The pooled prevalence of any AMR carriage or infection was higher in refugees and asylum seekers (33·0%, 18·3-47·6; I2 =98%) than in other migrant groups (6·6%, 1·8-11·3; I2 =92%). The pooled prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms was slightly higher in high-migrant community settings (33·1%, 11·1-55·1; I2 =96%) than in migrants in hospitals (24·3%, 16·1-32·6; I2 =98%). We did not find evidence of high rates of transmission of AMR from migrant to host populations. INTERPRETATION: Migrants are exposed to conditions favouring the emergence of drug resistance during transit and in host countries in Europe. Increased antibiotic resistance among refugees and asylum seekers and in high-migrant community settings (such as refugee camps and detention facilities) highlights the need for improved living conditions, access to health care, and initiatives to facilitate detection of and appropriate high-quality treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections during transit and in host countries. Protocols for the prevention and control of infection and for antibiotic surveillance need to be integrated in all aspects of health care, which should be accessible for all migrant groups, and should target determinants of AMR before, during, and after migration. FUNDING: UK National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College Healthcare Charity, the Wellcome Trust, and UK National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimictobial Resistance at Imperial College London