Translations: a Movement Towards Reconciliation

This article proposes a postcolonial reading of Brian Friel’s Translations, understanding it as piece of work that presents a way out for Ireland to reconcile with England, its colonizer. It has taken the major theoreticians in postcolonial studies as premise to read the play as a place of hybridity.Keywords: Brian Friel; Translations; hybridity

Introduction

Introduction to the ABEI Journal 25.2 – Special Issue Theatre. Written by Eamonn Jordan, Alessandra Rigonato and Michelle Alvarenga

Análise sensorial: bolo sem Glúten feito da biomassa da banana verde / Sensory analysis: Gluten-free cake made from green banana biomass

Através da alta demanda de produtos isentos de glúten para portadores de intolerância e/ou celíacos, foi elaborado um bolo sem glúten da biomassa da banana verde com a intenção de apresentar uma proposta viável de consumo com boa aceitabilidade do mesmo. Os dados desta pesquisa foram coletados em um pequeno município do interior de Goiás com 53 voluntários, no qual deveriam responder um questionário através de uma escala hedônica de 5 pontos sobre o produto em questão. Os resultados foram bastantes satisfatórios quanto relacionado a preparação, com o total de 84,90% (aparência); 77,35% (consistência); 64,15% (aroma); 67,92% (coloração) e 73,58% (sabor) em relação ao quesito ‘’muito bom’’ e também se consumiriam e/ou comprariam em seu cotidiano, aproximadamente 89 e 90,56%, respectivamente, porém quando questionados sobre o glúten muitos não souberam responder. Tornando-se importante destacar que a falta de informação reduz as chances de tratamento de forma eficaz contra esta patologia

High anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroconversion rates before the second wave in Manaus, Brazil, and the protective effect of social behaviour measures: results from the prospective DETECTCoV-19 cohort

Background: The city of Manaus, Brazil, has seen two collapses of the health system due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We report anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid IgG antibody seroconversion rates and associated risk factors in Manaus residents before the second wave of the epidemic in Brazil. Methods: A convenience sample of adult (aged ≥18 years) residents of Manaus was recruited through online and university website advertising into the DETECTCoV-19 study cohort. The current analysis of seroconversion included a subgroup of DETECTCoV-19 participants who had at least two serum sample collections separated by at least 4 weeks between Aug 19 and Oct 2, 2020 (visit 1), and Oct 19 and Nov 27, 2020 (visit 2). Those who reported (or had no data on) having a COVID-19 diagnosis before visit 1, and who were positive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid IgG antibodies at visit 1 were excluded. Using an in-house ELISA, the reactivity index (RI; calculated as the optical density ratio of the sample to the negative control) for serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid IgG antibodies was measured at both visits. We calculated the incidence of seroconversion (defined as RI values ≤1·5 at visit 1 and ≥1·5 at visit 2, and a ratio >2 between the visit 2 and visit 1 RI values) during the study period, as well as incidence rate ratios (IRRs) through cluster-corrected and adjusted Poisson regression models to analyse associations between seroconversion and variables related to sociodemographic characteristics, health access, comorbidities, COVID-19 exposure, protective behaviours, and symptoms. Findings: 2496 DETECTCoV-19 cohort participants returned for a follow-up visit between Oct 19 and Nov 27, 2020, of whom 204 reported having COVID-19 before the first visit and 24 had no data regarding previous disease status. 559 participants were seropositive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid IgG antibodies at baseline. Of the remaining 1709 participants who were seronegative at baseline, 71 did not meet the criteria for seroconversion and were excluded from the analyses. Among the remaining 1638 participants who were seronegative at baseline, 214 showed seroconversion at visit 2. The seroconversion incidence was 13·06% (95% CI 11·52–14·79) overall and 6·78% (5·61–8·10) for symptomatic seroconversion, over a median follow-up period of 57 days (IQR 54–61). 48·1% of seroconversion events were estimated to be asymptomatic. The sample had higher proportions of affluent and higher-educated people than those reported for the Manaus city population. In the fully adjusted and corrected model, risk factors for seroconversion before visit 2 were having a COVID-19 case in the household (IRR 1·49 [95% CI 1·21–1·83]), not wearing a mask during contact with a person with COVID-19 (1·25 [1·09–1·45]), relaxation of physical distancing (1·31 [1·05–1·64]), and having flu-like symptoms (1·79 [1·23–2·59]) or a COVID-19 diagnosis (3·57 [2·27–5·63]) between the first and second visits, whereas working remotely was associated with lower incidence (0·74 [0·56–0·97]). Interpretation: An intense infection transmission period preceded the second wave of COVID-19 in Manaus. Several modifiable behaviours increased the risk of seroconversion, including non-compliance with non-pharmaceutical interventions measures such as not wearing a mask during contact, relaxation of protective measures, and non-remote working. Increased testing in high-transmission areas is needed to provide timely information about ongoing transmission and aid appropriate implementation of transmission mitigation measures. Funding: Ministry of Education, Brazil; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO.World Health OrganizationRevisión por pare

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection

Trajetórias da Educomunicação nas Políticas Públicas e a Formação de seus Profissionais

Esta obra é composta com os trabalhos apresentados no primeiro subtema, TRAJETÓRIA – Educação para a Comunicação como Política pública, nas perspectivas da Educomunicação e da Mídia-Educação, do II Congresso Internacional de Comunicação e Educação. Os artigos pretendem propiciar trocas de informações e produzir reflexões com os leitores sobre os caminhos percorridos, e ainda a percorrer, tendo como meta a expansão e a legitimação das práticas educomunicativas e/ou mídia-educativas como política pública para o atendimento à formação de crianças, adolescentes, jovens e adultos, no Brasil e no mundo

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

O V Fórum Gastronomia Saúde e Sociedade na avaliação dos participantes

Introdução: O “Fórum Gastronomia, Saúde e Sociedade” é uma ação de extensão da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro cadastrada na Pró-Reitoria através de edital de fluxo contínuo, com apoio do Programa Institucional de Bolsas Evento – PIBEV. Desenvolvido e realizado desde 2011 pelo Curso de Bacharelado em Gastronomia do Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, sob coordenação da Professora Nilma Morcerf de Paula, o Fórum vem consolidando-se como um espaço acadêmico destinado ao diálogo de temas relacionados à gastronomia na contemporaneidade e suas interfaces com a sociedade. Em 2014, discutindo o tema “Gastronomia e Comunicação”, sob coordenação executiva da Professora Verônica de Andrade Mattoso, o V Fórum contou com 198 participantes, maior número desde a primeira edição, o que despertou ainda mais o interesse pela opinião daquele público. Inscreveram-se previamente 355 pessoas, das quais 177 compareceram, sendo 139 estudantes e 32 profissionais (incluindo docentes), das seguintes áreas: Alimentos; Bebidas; Buffet de eventos sociais e corporativos para deficientes; Ciência da Informação; Ciência de Alimentos; Confeitaria; Consultoria; Comunicação Social; Epidemiologia Nutricional; Eventos; Gastronomia; Gestão de Eventos; Historia; Hotelaria; Jornalismo; Nutrição; Saúde Pública; Tecnologia Assistiva e Turismo. Além do município do Rio de Janeiro, também estiveram representados os municípios fluminenses de Cabo Frio, Niterói, Duque de Caxias (Xerém) e Seropédica. Ainda da Região Sudeste, houve representantes dos estados de São Paulo e Minas Gerais (Ouro Preto e Barbacena) e o Nordeste esteve representando pelo Estado da Bahia. Na data do evento, mais 21 pessoas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro que haviam ficado em lista de espera compareceram, totalizando 198 participantes. Objetivo: Na busca pela excelência do evento a cada edição com amplo alcance ao público interessado, a avaliação foi uma importante ferramenta possibilitando aos coordenadores do evento observar minuciosamente os detalhes de cada uma das etapas, do planejamento à execução, gerando grande aprendizado para todos os envolvidos. Procedimentos metodológicos: Com atividades dirigidas pela Coordenação Executiva do V Fórum, oito alunos (sendo 3 bolsistas PIBEV e 5 voluntários) participaram de todas as etapas do evento, desde a comunicação, planejamento, produção, realização e avaliação e também foram responsáveis pelo envio dos certificados, os quais foram encaminhados a todos os participantes, juntamente com um questionário que deu origem ao relatório final do evento. Principais resultados: A análise das fichas de inscrição e dos questionários de avaliação demonstrou que o “V Fórum Gastronomia, Saúde e Sociedade” rompeu fronteiras estaduais, contando também com participantes de outros estados brasileiros. Conclusão: A partir do olhar dos participantes, também foi possível constatar que o “Fórum Gastronomia, Saúde e Sociedade” consolida-se a cada edição, independente da temática a ser abordada: a divulgação do V Fórum estruturou-se no conteúdo e na programação elaborados pelo corpo docente e discente do Curso de Bacharelado em Gastronomia (contribuindo para dar visibilidade à Universidade e ao INJC) e não em elementos externos ao contexto da Unidade, como palestrantes convidados, por exemplo, somente divulgados na última semana do evento, estratégia utilizada pela Comissão Organizadora nesta 5ª edição, como mecanismo que proporcionasse maior isenção na avaliação da continuidade do evento. Para a Comissão Organizadora, o “Fórum Gastronomia, Saúde e Sociedade” consagra-se como parte da programação de eventos científicos do país