Forest vegetation management in Europe: current practice and future requirements

The book provides a record of the co-operation within Europe in the field of forest vegetation management through the Cost Action E47. The aims are: i)to provide a summary of the current state of the art' as it applies to forest vegetation management in Europe for scientists, practitioners and policymakers, affiliated to state, non-governmental or private commercial organizations; ii)to document existing forest weed control practices across Europe, and hence provide a resource of alternative solutions for individual countries sharing similar conditions and challenges; and iii)to identify common information gaps and future research needs, and hence potential future areas of collaboration for forest vegetation management scientists across Europe, along with barriers that may need to be overcome to achieve that aim.FORET;PEUPLEMENT FORESTIER;VEGETATION;CONCURRENCE VEGETALE;LUTTE;MODE DE TRAITEMENT;COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE;RECHERCHE DEVELOPPEMENT;DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE;AMENAGEMENT FORESTIER;MAUVAISE HERBE;CONTROLE DE LA VEGETATION;PESTICIDE;LUTTE PHYTOSANITAIRE;IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT;DYNAMIQUE DE VEGETATION;HERBICIDE;BIODIVERSITE;ECOSYSTEME;HISTOIRE;GESTION FORESTIERE;EUROPE;VEGETATION FORESTIERE;ADVENTICE;ALTERNATIVES AUX HERBICIDES;

Motor recovery after acute ischemic stroke: a metabolic study

The metabolic changes occurring after ischaemic stroke were measured to investigate the functional anatomy of clinical motor recovery. Positron emission tomography (PET) and the steady-state 15O technique was used to compare resting relative metabolic distributions at the onset of functional deficit with those following recovery. Ten patients were studied with repeat scans. Motor recovery was associated in some patients with an increase of relative oxygen metabolism in anatomical structures normally involved in motor function in the affected hemisphere, particularly in the cortical motor areas. In those patients without such metabolic changes in the cortex of the diseased hemisphere, relative increases in cortical metabolism in the contralateral hemisphere were associated with better motor recovery than in patients with no relative cortical metabolic increase in either hemisphere. There was no correlation between the degree of improvement in motor function and the severity of motor deficit at onset, the size and site of the lesion and the metabolic changes in the infarcted zone. No particular pattern of global metabolic changes was observed after recovery. Thus different relative patterns of metabolic recovery were seen in patients with different lesions and evidence was found for the participation of contralateral structures in the recovery process in some patients

INTERAÇÕES ENTRE ENFERMEIRAS E PAIS DE CRIANÇAS HOSPITALIZADAS

With the purpose of supplying subsidies to nurses who work in pediatric wards, and using observation as method, the author attempts to analise and comment the interactions that occur between nurses and parents of hospitalized children in different, but usual situations during the hospitalization of children.Com a finalidade de oferecer subsidios às enfermeiras de unidades pediátricas e utilizando a observação como método, a autora procura analisar e comentaras interações que ocorrem entre enfermeiras e pais de crianças hospitalizadas em diferentes situações que são comuns à hospitalização de crianças

A EXPERIÊNCIA DE ACOMPANHAR UM FILHO HOSPITALIZADO: SENTIMENTOS, NECESSIDADES E EXPECTATIVAS MANIFESTADOS POR MÃES ACOMPANHANTES

This work had the finality of searching elements to improve the living-in mothers assistance in our hospitals. The population under study included accompanying mothers in two different pediatric units. The differences between the two units were with respect to room accomodations for mothers and stipulations as to the type of disease pathology being treated. The data was collected by way of interviews in which a questionnaire of open questions was used. Results showed that the rooming-in mothers of the sample felt more discomfort than confort in the hospital, due to many different aspects of the hospital situation; the principal need of the studied mothers was to be able to give care to their children, while others needs related to receiving information about their child's condition. The living-in mothers expected to have personal contact with the hospital health team while the hospital personnel would be giving assistance to the children. Many reasons were given for the varying needs and expectations of the rooming-in mothers, showing the individuality of these women and the different ways in which a living-in experience affect different mothers.Este trabalho, realizado para atender uma motivação pessoal da autora, teve como finalidade a de encontrar elementos que permitissem melhorar a assistência à mãe acompanhante em nosso meio. A população constou de mães que acompanhavam seus filhos internados em duas unidades pediátricas que apresentavam sistema de internação conjunta de características diferentes, bem como diferenças quanto ao tipo de patologia assistida. Os dados foram colhidos por meio de entrevista, utilizando-se um formulário com perguntas abertas. Verificou-se que as mães acompanhantes sentem mais mal-estar do que bem-estar no hospital e que elas justificam seu mal-estar principalmente através de uma gama de razões relacionadas à situação hospitalar; que a principal nececessidade das mães na situação estudada é dar cuidados ao filho, além de apresentarem necessidades como informações; que as mães acompanhantes esperam contatos pessoais da equidpe hospitalar e que o pessoal hospitalar dê assistência às crianças. Constatou-se também uma grande variedade de motivos determinando tanto as necessidades quanto as expectativas das mães, motivos esses que evidenciam a individualidade das mães e dos significados únicos que a experiência de acompanhar um filho hospitalizado têm para cada uma delas