Growing healthy is fun! A co-creation nutrition intervention to children aged 3-6 years

In order to promote healthier eating habits and consequently lower obesity levels, that it is important for children to have knowledge of diet and nutrition. Objectives: Increase nutritional knowledge about healthy eating and Portuguese food wheel in children aged 3-6years. Methods: Our group developed the Growing Healthy is Fun! to 3-6 years old children, at the Kindergarten of Obra Kolping. Several funny activities were planned, in order to instill knowledge about healthy eating and Portuguese food wheel, leading to best eating practices and adequate nutritional status. Structured interviews were conducted with the children pre and post the intervention for all children that parents or guardian delivered a written informed consent. Results: At pre intervention, the percentages of children that considered the example food as healthy food are: 100% for apple, beans, carrots and unflavored milk; 57.1% for fish; 28.6% for chocolate and cake. At post intervention the results are: 100% for apple, beans, carrots and unflavored milk; 85,7% for fish; and 0% for chocolate, cake and pizza. About Portuguese food wheel knowledge, at pre intervention, all children indicated cauliflower and banana, 71.4% considered olive oil and plain milk, 42.9% considered cake, and 28.7% considered egg and candy as foods belonging to the wheel. In post intervention, 100% of children considered egg, olive oil, cauliflower and bananas as food belonging to the wheel and 71.4% of them considered milk as belonging to the food wheel. Chocolate, candies, hamburger and cake were not classified as part of the food wheel.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Perfil e nível de resiliência dos cuidadores informais de idosos com Alzheimer

Os objetivos do estudo foram identificar o perfil dos cuidadores de idosos com Alzheimer e o nível de resiliência. Foram realizadas entrevistas e aplicação da Escala de Resiliência com 10 cuidadores informais. A maioria dos cuidadores era de mulheres, a idade média do doente era de 84 anos, o tempo médio de diagnóstico era de 03 anos. Sete cuidadores eram casados, escolaridade entre os níveis superior e médio completos. Seis entrevistados contavam com a ajuda de ao menos uma pessoa. Metade dos idosos permanecia parte do dia no centro de convivência. Os cuidadores apresentaram nível de resiliência alto. Negligenciavam cuidados com a própria saúde e não pensavam na possibilidade de institucionalização do idoso. Concluiu-se que, receber a ajuda de pessoas, manter atividades de interesse pessoal, além de contar com um local que ofereça assistência profissional são fatores que contribuem para o melhor enfrentamento da situação pelo cuidador

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN TEACHERS AND THEIR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON QUALITY OF LIFE

O sofrimento psíquico no trabalho tem sido apontado por estudiosos como uma variável que pode influenciar no adoecimento. A carreira docente, tida como uma das categorias profissionais mais populosas do país, possui características e processos de trabalho peculiares, que se somados a fatores subjetivos e emocionais, podem se relacionar ao surgimento de diversos sintomas psicopatológicos como, por exemplo, os que configuram o quadro depressivo. Do mesmo modo, os fatores laborais que compõe o universo de trabalho do professor podem estar atrelados à sua percepção da qualidade de vida. O objetivo desta pesquisa consistiu em investigar as possíveis relações entre a incidência de sintomas depressivos e impactos na qualidade de vida dos professores da cidade de São Paulo. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza descritiva e de abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa realizado com 41 docentes dos seguintes níveis de ensino: infantil, fundamental, médio e superior. Foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: Questionário sociodemográfico, Inventário de Beck e o World Health Organization Quality of live – bref. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram maior prevalência de sintomatologia depressiva em docentes do sexo feminino e níveis de qualidade de vida inferiores aos do sexo masculino em todos os domínios de vida avaliados. Evidenciou-se também que as seguintes variáveis: sexo feminino, atuar no nível de ensino infantil (pré-escola), possuir entre 06 e 10 anos de experiência na profissão, idade entre 20 e 29 anos, ter uma carga horária de 30 horas semanais e atuar exclusivamente como professor operam como fatores de risco para o adoecimento da categoria docente.Psychic suffering at work has been pointed by scholars as a variable that can influence illness. The teaching career, considered one of the most populous professional categories in the country, has peculiar characteristics and work processes, which if added to subjective and emotional factors, can be related to the emergence of several psychopathological symptoms, such as those that configure the work. depressive condition. Similarly, the labor factors that make up the teacher's universe of work may be linked to his perception of quality of life. The objective of this research was to investigate the possible relationships between the incidence of depressive symptoms and impacts on the quality of life of teachers in the city of São Paulo. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative and qualitative approach conducted with 41 teachers from the following levels of education: kindergarten, elementary, middle and higher. The following instruments were used: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Beck Inventory and the World Health Organization Quality of Live - Bref. The results showed a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms in female teachers and lower quality of life levels than male in all domains of life evaluated. It was also evidenced that the following variables: female gender, working at the kindergarten level (preschool), have between 6 and 10 years of experience in the profession, age between 20 and 29 years, have a workload of 30 hours per week and acting exclusively as a teacher operate as risk factors for the illness of the teaching category

Nitrogen and phosphorus balance in soil with organic cultivation of legumes after incorporation of pigeonpea biomass

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram avaliar os efeitos de faixas de guandu (Cajanus cajan) e da incorporação da biomassa proveniente de sua poda na fertilidade do solo e na produtividade de três hortaliças sob cultivo orgânico. O delineamento usado foi de blocos casualizados completos em esquema de parcelas subsubdivididas com três repetições. As produtividades de beterraba, cenoura e feijão-de-vagem não foram afetadas pelos tratamentos. Nas parcelas onde não houve incorporação da biomassa de guandu, o balanço de nitrogênio no sistema foi negativo, ao passo que com a incorporação, esse balanço foi positivo. Embora tenha ocorrido balanço positivo para o fósforo nas parcelas sem a incorporação de biomassa de guandu, houve um aumento significativo na absorção desse elemento pelas hortaliças quando o material foi incorporado. O sistema de cultivo em aléias de guandu pode representar uma prática vantajosa para os produtores orgânicos, por contribuir na manutenção da fertilidade do solo.The objectives of this study were to evaluate the efficiency of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) biomass incorporation to the soil as well as the effect of presence or absence of pigeonpea hedgerows on soil fertility and productivity of three vegetables, beet, carrot and dwarf green bean. Samples were randomly taken in a block design with three replications for each crop. In the field, no other fertilization treatment was applied. In plots without biomass incorporation, nitrogen showed negative balance, whereas in the field with biomass incorporation a high positive N-balance was found. Concerning phosphorus, positive balances were determined in plots without biomass incorporation, however, the uptake of P increased significantly after biomass incorporation in all crops used. The results indicate that pigeonpea alley cropping system may represent an advantageous option for organic farmers to maintain or to improve soil fertility

Balanço do nitrogênio e fósforo em solo com cultivo orgânico de hortaliças após a incorporação de biomassa de guandu.

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram avaliar os efeitos de faixas de guandu (Cajanus cajan) e da incorporação da biomassa proveniente de sua poda na fertilidade do solo e na produtividade de três hortaliças sob cultivo orgânico. O delineamento usado foi de blocos casualizados completos em esquema de parcelas subsubdivididas com três repetições. As produtividades de beterraba, cenoura e feijão-de-vagem não foram afetadas pelos tratamentos. Nas parcelas onde não houve incorporação da biomassa de guandu, o balanço de nitrogênio no sistema foi negativo, ao passo que com a incorporação, esse balanço foi positivo. Embora tenha ocorrido balanço positivo para o fósforo nas parcelas sem a incorporação de biomassa de guandu, houve um aumento significativo na absorção desse elemento pelas hortaliças quando o material foi incorporado. O sistema de cultivo em aléias de guandu pode representar uma prática vantajosa para os produtores orgânicos, por contribuir na manutenção da fertilidade do solo

Ataxin-3 phosphorylation decreases neuronal defects in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 models

Different neurodegenerative diseases are caused by aberrant elongation of repeated glutamine sequences normally found in particular human proteins. Although the proteins involved are ubiquitously distributed in human tissues, toxicity targets only defined neuronal populations. Changes caused by an expanded polyglutamine protein are possibly influenced by endogenous cellular mechanisms, which may be harnessed to produce neuroprotection. Here, we show that ataxin-3, the protein involved in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, also known as Machado-Joseph disease, causes dendritic and synapse loss in cultured neurons when expanded. We report that S12 of ataxin-3 is phosphorylated in neurons and that mutating this residue so as to mimic a constitutive phosphorylated state counters the neuromorphologic defects observed. In rats stereotaxically injected with expanded ataxin-3–encoding lentiviral vectors, mutation of serine 12 reduces aggregation, neuronal loss, and synapse loss. Our results suggest that S12 plays a role in the pathogenic pathways mediated by polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-3 and that phosphorylation of this residue protects against toxicity

Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above 4×10184{\times}10^{18} eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding $4{\times}10^{18}$ eV is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers with zenith angles greater than $60^{\circ}$ detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013. The measured spectrum confirms a flux suppression at the highest energies. Above $5.3{\times}10^{18}$ eV, the "ankle", the flux can be described by a power law $E^{-\gamma}$ with index $\gamma=2.70 \pm 0.02 \,\text{(stat)} \pm 0.1\,\text{(sys)}$ followed by a smooth suppression region. For the energy ($E_\text{s}$) at which the spectral flux has fallen to one-half of its extrapolated value in the absence of suppression, we find $E_\text{s}=(5.12\pm0.25\,\text{(stat)}^{+1.0}_{-1.2}\,\text{(sys)}){\times}10^{19}$ eV.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO

Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. These observations are compared to the data of the surface detector stations of the Observatory, which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations in the 30 to 80 MHz regime has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of the incoming electric field. For the latter, the energy deposit per area is determined from the radio pulses at each observer position and is interpolated using a two-dimensional function that takes into account signal asymmetries due to interference between the geomagnetic and charge-excess emission components. The spatial integral over the signal distribution gives a direct measurement of the energy transferred from the primary cosmic ray into radio emission in the AERA frequency range. We measure 15.8 MeV of radiation energy for a 1 EeV air shower arriving perpendicularly to the geomagnetic field. This radiation energy -- corrected for geometrical effects -- is used as a cosmic-ray energy estimator. Performing an absolute energy calibration against the surface-detector information, we observe that this radio-energy estimator scales quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy as expected for coherent emission. We find an energy resolution of the radio reconstruction of 22% for the data set and 17% for a high-quality subset containing only events with at least five radio stations with signal.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO

Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy

We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8 \pm 0.7 (stat) \pm 6.7 (sys) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principle calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI. Supplemental material in the ancillary file