Distribution and composition of Dragonfly and Damselfly species (Odonata) of the upper Rio das Velhas, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

This paper describes the composition and distribution of Anisoptera and Zygoptera (Odonata) species of the upper Rio das Velhas in the municipality of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 727 specimens of 40 species were collected near water bodies over a period of 23 months between 2015 and 2017. The families with greatest species richness were Libellulidae (13 species), Coenagrionidae (12 species) and Heteragrionidae and Aeshnidae (4 species each). Notable among the species collected were Perilestes fragilis Hagen in Selys, 1862, inhabiting well-preserved forests, Minagrion waltheri Santos, 1965, pertaining a endemic genus of Brazil and the recently described Heteragrion cauei Ávila-Júnior et al., 2017, and three species recorded for the first time for the state: Elasmothemis alcebiadesi (Santos, 1945); Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942 and Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942, the latter is considered Critically Endangered (CR) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List

Semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

We present a survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Thirteen species are recorded from the area based on regular collection events, namely Brachymetra albinervus (Amyot & Serville, 1843); Cylindrostethus palmaris Drake & Harris, 1934; Halobatopsis delectus Drake & Harris, 1941; Ha. platensis (Berg, 1879); Metrobates plaumanni genikos Nieser, 1993; Neogerris kontos Nieser, 1994 (Gerridae); Hydrometra fruhstorferi Hungerford & Evans, 1934 (Hydrometridae); Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860); Rhagovelia macta Drake & Carvalho, 1955; R. robusta Gould, 1931; R. sbolos Nieser & Melo, 1997; R. triangula Drake, 1953; and R. trianguloides Nieser & Melo, 1997 (Veliidae)

Abordagens cirúrgicas em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino: aspectos técnicos e epidemiológicos em um país da América Latina

The objective of this study is to disassemble, to expose, through scientific articles and government exposure, the main surgical techniques for the treatment of cervical-uterine cancer. And as a secondary objective, to analyze the epidemiology of the disease in Brazil. An in-depth search of articles was carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and PubMed databases, with the following Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS): Uterine cancer; Neoplasm; Malignancy. Articles were selected between the periods of 2018 to 2023, in Portuguese, to increase the level of relevance and quality of the review, given the scarcity of scientific studies on the subject. It is concluded from the analysis of these studies that the early detection of cervical cancer and the appropriate treatment, according to each case, can completely solve the complications of the disease. The choice of the best surgical procedure in the context of oncological surgery should be guided by the existing conditions and attributed to adjuvant therapies, for better results.El objetivo de este estudio es desmontar, exponer, a través de artículos científicos y exposición gubernamental, las principales técnicas quirúrgicas para el tratamiento del cáncer cérvico-uterino. Y como objetivo secundario, analizar la epidemiología de la enfermedad en Brasil. Se realizó una búsqueda exhaustiva de artículos en las bases de datos Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) y PubMed, con los siguientes Descriptores de Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS): cáncer de útero; Neoplasma; Malignidad. Los artículos fueron seleccionados entre los períodos de 2018 a 2023, en portugués, para aumentar el nivel de relevancia y calidad de la revisión, dada la escasez de estudios científicos sobre el tema. Del análisis de estos estudios se concluye que la detección precoz del cáncer de cérvix y el tratamiento adecuado, según cada caso, pueden solucionar por completo las complicaciones de la enfermedad. La elección del mejor procedimiento quirúrgico en el contexto de la cirugía oncológica debe estar guiada por las condiciones existentes y atribuida a las terapias adyuvantes, para mejores resultados.Objetivo desse estudo é desmontar, é expor, por meio de artigos científicos e exposição governamentais, as principais técnicas cirúrgicas para o tratamento de câncer cérvico-uterino.  E como objetivo secundário, analisar a epidemiologia da doença no Brasil. Foi realizada uma profunda pesquisa de artigos nas bases de dados Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) e PubMed, com os seguintes Descritores em Ciências da Saúde (DeCS): Uterine cancer; Neoplasm; Malignancy. Foram selecionados artigos entre os períodos de 2018 a 2023, no idioma Português, para ampliar o nível de relevância e a qualidade da revisão, visto a escassez de estudos científicos sobre a temática. Conclui-se com a análise desses estudos que, a detecção precoce do câncer de colo de útero e o tratamento adequado, de acordo com cada caso, pode solucionar completamente as complicações da doença. A escolha do melhor procedimento cirúrgico no âmbito da cirurgia oncológica, deve ser instruída pelas condições existentes e atribuída a terapias adjuvantes, para melhores resultados

Patologias atuais: a compulsão e a sociedade dos excessos: Current pathologies: compulsion and the society of excesses

O artigo em tela tem por objetivo analisar os aspectos biopsicossociais da conduta compulsiva de consumo. Propõe-se a apresentar os elementos psicológicos contidos nesse comportamento, além de verificar quais são os resultados decorrentes dessa compulsão. O consumo compulsivo, também chamado de oniomania, é um transtorno causado pela ansiedade despertada pela necessidade de comprar e saciada, somente, quando é materializada a aquisição daquilo que se deseja comprar. O estudo em questão pode ser classificado como sendo de cunho bibliográfico, a partir da análise de documentos publicados em forma de artigos científicos e livros em formato digital

Microvelia joceliae Magalhaes & Moreira 2021, sp. nov.

<i>Microvelia joceliae</i> Magalhães & Moreira, sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1–13, 17, Table 1)</p> <p> <b>Type material examined</b>. Holotype apterous ♀: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas, Folhinha Station, 20°21’01”S, 43°29’24”W (Figs. 13, 17), 31.VIII.2018, G.L. V. Machado leg. (CEIOC 81541). Paratypes: 5 apterous ♂, 4 apterous ♀: same data as holotype (CEIOC 81542).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. This species is named in honor of Dr. Jocélia Grazia in recognition of her valuable contributions to the knowledge about Heteroptera from the Neotropical Region.</p> <p> <b>Description. Apterous female</b> (Figs. 1–4, Table 1). Head black. Base of antennomere I yellow or light-brown; apex of I and rest of antenna dark-brown. Eye dark-red (Fig. 1). Clypeus, buccula and jugum brown; labium brown, except article IV black (Fig. 3). Pronotum black with light-brown stripe adjacent to head and along midline (Fig. 1). Thoracic pleura brown, with darker areas surrounding punctures (Fig. 4). Proepisternum brown. Pro- and mesoacetabula brown laterally, dark-brown mesally; metacetabulum brown.Pro-, meso-, and metasterna dark-brown. Coxae and trochanters yellow (Fig. 2). Fore femur dorsally with proximal ~1/3 light-brown, then brown; ventrally yellow. Middle and hind femora mostly brown dorsally; base and venter yellow. Tibiae brown. Tarsi dark-brown. Abdominal mediotergite I brown centrally, light-brown and pubescent laterally, with black margins; II–III brown centrally, black laterally and on margins; visible portions of IV–VI black, covered with silvery pruinosity; visible portions of VII–VIII brown. Abdominal laterotergites brown, with black areas along sutures between segments (Fig. 1). Abdominal sterna black, with sides brown (Fig. 2). Terminalia yellow to light-brown.</p> <p>Head covered by short setae.Antenna covered by short setae, with some longer setae on the dorsum of antennomeres II–IV. Antennomere I curved laterally, wider than others; II wider than III, thicker at apex; III cylindrical, thinner than others; IV fusiform, wider than III (Fig. 1). Labium reaching anterior portion of mesosternum (Fig. 3).</p> <p>Pronotum extended posteriorly, covering almost entire thorax dorsally, leaving only metathoracic triangles exposed, subrectangular, much wider than long, with an irregularly arranged transverse row of punctures between anterior and posterior lobes; anterior lobe with transverse row of punctures adjacent to anterior margin; posterior lobe with several larger punctures (Fig. 1). Sides of thorax with greyish pruinosity and some longer setae, without glabrous area (Fig. 4). Venter of thorax without elaborated ornamentation; proepisternum with black denticles (Fig. 3); denticles absent from other areas. Legs without spines, covered by short brown setae more densely on trochanters and femora; tibiae with rows of long, thicker, brown setae ventrally.</p> <p>Dorsum and venter of abdomen covered by short, thin, golden setae. Abdominal mediotergites I–VII subrectangular; VIII with posterior margin rounded. Abdominal laterotergites strongly reflected over mediotergites, almost touching over segments V–VII (Fig. 1).</p> <p> <b>Apterous male</b> (Figs. 5–12, Table 1). Similar to apterous female in color and structure. Abdominal mediotergite IV black; V–VI black, covered with silvery pubsecence; VII black, with silvery pubescence anteriorly; VIII shiny black. Abdominal laterotergites elevated, but not reflected over mediotergites (Fig. 5). Venter of abdominal segments V–VII depressed. Abdominal segment VIII deeply inserted into abdomen (Fig. 5); dorsally exposed portion transverse and short; ventrally, posterior margin with wide medial concavity, notched on both sides. Pygophore with apex rounded (Fig. 9). Proctiger with apex rounded and barely visible dorsally, without projections, lateral margins convergent (Fig. 12). Parameres asymmetrical (Fig. 9); right thin, elongated, larger than left (Fig. 10); left short (Fig. 11); each paramere with base and apex rounded.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. <i>Microvelia joceliae</i> Magalhães & Moreira, <b>sp. nov.</b> is characterized by the pronotum of the apterous form almost completely covering the thorax dorsally (Figs. 1, 5), proepisternum with black denticles (Figs. 3, 7), male abdominal segments V–VII ventrally depressed, and female abdominal laterotergites reflected over the mediotergites and almost touching over segments V–VII (Fig. 1). Only two other species of the genus occurring in the region share the condition of the pronotum with the new species: <i>Microvelia ioana</i> Drake & Hottes, 1952 and <i>M. nelsoni</i> Moreira, Barbosa & Ribeiro, 2012. <i>Microvelia nelsoni</i> is readily distinguished from the other two by the body black with an orange mark on the pronotum and several areas of silvery pubescence (Figs. 14–15), and the female abdominal laterotergites not reflected over the mediotergites (Fig. 15). Both <i>M. ioana</i> and <i>M. joceliae</i> Magalhães & Moreira, <b>sp. nov.</b> share the general color brownish and reflected female abdominal laterotergites (Figs. 1, 16); however, the latter can be distinguished by the proepisternum with black denticles (Figs. 3, 7), which are absent in the former; the female abdominal laterotergites almost touching over mediotergites V–VII (Fig. 1), but widely separated in the former (Fig. 16); and the asymmetrical parameres (Figs. 9–11), whereas they are symmetrical in the former (Moreira & Barbosa 2011: Figs. 21–22).</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. Folhinha Station, the type locality of <i>M. joceliae</i> Magalhães & Moreira, <b>sp. nov.</b>, is a section of Velhas River at 1,108m a.s.l. This part of the river is bordered by preserved riparian Atlantic Forest on both banks and is rich in allochthonous organic matter (Fig. 17). Because most of PNMA’s vegetation has been subject to anthropogenic disturbance, the forest patches are predominantly formed by small trees with narrow trunks (IEFMG 2009).</p>Published as part of <i>Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Machado, Gustavo Lisboa Vieira, Carneiro, Marco Antonio Alves & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, A new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae from southeastern Brazil, pp. 160-166 in Zootaxa 4958 (1)</i> on pages 161-163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.10, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4691487">http://zenodo.org/record/4691487</a&gt

Outbreak of human malaria caused by Plasmodium simium in the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro: a molecular epidemiological investigation

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Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Doenças Febris Agudas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos. Teresópolis, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Doenças Febris Agudas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Laboratório de Infectologia e Parasitologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Patologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Programa Nacional de Prevenção e Controle da Malária. Brasília, DF, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Laboratório de Genoma e Biotecnologia. Goiânia, GO, Brasil / Universidade Nova de lisboa. Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. Lisboa, Portugal.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Programa Nacional de Prevenção e Controle da Malária. Brasília, DF, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos.Teresópolis, RJ, Brasil / Centro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Nagasaki University. Institute of Tropical Medicine. Department of Pathology. Malaria Unit. Nagasaki, Japan.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Background Malaria was eliminated from southern and southeastern Brazil over 50 years ago. However, an increasing number of autochthonous episodes attributed to Plasmodium vivax have recently been reported from the Atlantic Forest region of Rio de Janeiro state. As the P vivax-like non-human primate malaria parasite species Plasmodium simium is locally enzootic, we performed a molecular epidemiological investigation to determine whether zoonotic malaria transmission is occurring. Methods We examined blood samples from patients presenting with signs or symptoms suggestive of malaria as well as from local howler monkeys by microscopy and PCR. Samples were included from individuals if they had a history of travel to or resided in areas within the Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest, but not if they had malaria prophylaxis, blood transfusion or tissue or organ transplantation, or had travelled to known malaria endemic areas in the preceding year. Additionally, we developed a molecular assay based on sequencing of the parasite mitochondrial genome to distinguish between P vivax and P simium, and applied this assay to 33 cases from outbreaks that occurred in 2015, and 2016. Findings A total of 49 autochthonous malaria cases were reported in 2015–16. Most patients were male, with a mean age of 44 years (SD 14·6), and 82% lived in urban areas of Rio de Janeiro state and had visited the Atlantic Forest for leisure or work-related activities. 33 cases were used for mitochondrial DNA sequencing. The assay was successfully performed for 28 samples, and all were shown to be P simium, indicative of zoonotic transmission of this species to human beings in this region. Sequencing of the whole mitochondrial genome of three of these cases showed that P simium is most closely related to P vivax parasites from South America. The malaria outbreaks in this region were caused by P simium, previously considered to be a monkey-specific malaria parasite, related to but distinct from P vivax, and which has never conclusively been shown to infect people before. Interpretation This unequivocal demonstration of zoonotic transmission, 50 years after the only previous report of P simium in people, leads to the possibility that this parasite has always infected people in this region, but that it has been consistently misdiagnosed as P vivax because of an absence of molecular typing techniques. Thorough screening of local non-human primates and mosquitoes (Anopheline) is required to evaluate the extent of this newly recognised zoonotic threat to public health and malaria elimination in Brazil

Diretrizes para avaliação e validação do potencial doador de órgãos em morte encefálica

RESUMO O transplante de órgãos é a única alternativa para muitos pacientes portadores de algumas doenças terminais. Ao mesmo tempo, é preocupante a crescente desproporção entre a alta demanda por transplantes de órgãos e o baixo índice de transplantes efetivados. Dentre as diferentes causas que alimentam essa desproporção, estão os equívocos na identificação do potencial doador de órgãos e as contraindicações mal atribuídas pela equipe assistente. Assim, o presente documento pretende fornecer subsídios à equipe multiprofissional da terapia intensiva para o reconhecimento, a avaliação e a validação do potencial doador de órgãos

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data