Variabilidade espacial de atributos físicos do solo em terra preta de índio sob cultivo de café conilon

The conversion of natural ecosystems into agricultural systems causes significant changes in soil properties associated with the growing deforestation in the Amazon region influencing the destabilization of the ecosystem. Thus, it is aimed with this study was to evaluate the spatial variability of physical attributes of the soil in black Indian land area (ICC) under Conilon coffee cultivation. It was marked a sampling grid with dimensions of 88 × 64 m, with regular spacing of 8 m, for a total of 88 sampling points, structured and undisturbed soil samples were collected in layers of 0.00 to 0.05; 0.05-0.10; 0.10-0.20 and 0.20-0.30 m. We conducted the following physical analysis: particle size, aggregate stability, total organic carbon (TOC), carbon stock (EstC), macroporosity (MAP), microporosity (MiP), bulk density (Ds), total porosity (PT), soil penetration resistance (RP) and volumetric water content (θ). The results were submitted to descriptive statistical and geostatistical analysis. The ICC’s exhibit great potential that can support the increase in production, since they have excellent soil condition that refers to physical attributes, and evaluated in these layers exhibited no constraint and hindrance to the root culture.A conversão de ecossistemas naturais em sistemas agrícolas provoca alterações significativas nos atributos do solo, associado ao crescente desmatamento na região amazônica influenciando a desestabilidade do ecossistema. Dessa forma, objetivou-se com este estudo avaliar a variabilidade espacial dos atributos físicos do solo em área de terra preta de índio (TPI) sob cultivo de café Conilon. Foi demarcado um grid amostral com dimensões de 88 × 64 m, com espaçamento regular de 8 m, perfazendo um total de 88 pontos amostrais. Foram coletadas amostras estruturadas e indeformadas nas camadas de 0,00-0,05; 0,05-0,10; 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 m. Realizaram-se as seguintes análises físicas: granulometria, estabilidade de agregados, carbono orgânico total (COT), estoque de carbono (EstC), macroporosidade (MaP), microporosidade (MiP), densidade do solo (Ds), porosidade total (PT), resistência do solo à penetração (RP) e umidade volumétrica (θ). Os resultados foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva e geoestatística. As TPI’s apresentam grande potencial que podem subsidiar o aumento na produção, visto que estes solos apresentam excelente condição que se refere aos atributos físicos, sendo que nas camadas avaliadas estes não apresentaram nenhuma restrição e impedimento ao sistema radicular da cultura

Avaliação da variabilidade espacial da resistência a penetração e teor de água de um solo de Terra Preta Arqueológica

A região sul do estado do Amazonas vem sofrendo recentemente com a substituição de áreas de floresta por atividades agrícolas e pecuária. O avanço dessas atividades, sem levar em consideração as condições estruturais do solo, pode causar danos ao ambiente, podendo esgotá-los. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a dependência espacial da resistência à penetração e umidade em relação a profundidade do solo de Terra Preta Arqueológica sob cultivo de café Conilon no sul do estado do Amazonas. Foi delimitado uma malha amostral de 88x64 metros, com espaçamento regular de oito metros, perfazendo um total de 88 pontos amostrais. Nesses locais, foram coletadas amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0-5, 5-10 e 10-20 cm. Foram realizadas análises de textura, resistência a penetração do solo e umidade volumétrica. Os resultados das análises de solos foram submetidos à análise estatística clássica e espacial. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a resistência à penetração e umidade volumétrica do solo possuem moderada a forte dependência espacial nas profundidades de 0-5, 5-10 e 10-20 cm. O teor de água no solo afetou consideravelmente a variabilidade espacial da resistência à penetração; quanto menor o teor de água, menor foi a dependência espacial

Uso de inibidores do cotransportador sódio-glicose 2 e sua relação com infecções geniturinárias

Introdução: Os Inibidores do Cotransportador Sódio-Glicose 2 (SGLT2) representam uma classe de antidiabéticos que têm se apresentado como uma alternativa promissora para o controle glicêmico de pacientes diabéticos. Ademais, sua aplicação estende-se ao tratamento de indivíduos com insuficiência cardíaca sintomática, atribuída aos efeitos de depleção de volume e às propriedades cardioprotetoras associadas. Todavia, surge um importante questionamento clínico sobre a possível relação entre o aumento da excreção urinária de glicose e o potencial incremento nas taxas de bacteriúria, bem como outras manifestações de infecções geniturinárias, incluindo infecções do trato urinário (ITU). Objetivo: Investigar, interpretar e revisar os achados sobre o uso de inibidores do SGLT2, averiguando e quantificando a incidência de infecções geniturinárias nesses pacientes ao decorrer do tratamento. Metodologia: Utilizou-se a base Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE/PubMed), sob os descritores Urinary Tract Infection AND Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitor, com seleção de artigos de revisão e artigos originais nos últimos seis anos, seguindo os critérios de elegibilidade. Foram encontrados 93 artigos, dos quais foram selecionados 46 elegíveis. Resultados: Ao analisar os dados e evidências apresentados, infere-se que, embora haja um aumento na taxa de infecções devido à glicosúria induzida por esses agentes farmacológicos, os benefícios associados a esses inibidores emergem como elementos mais preponderantes. Os inibidores do SGLT2 demonstraram eficácia notável no controle glicêmico e na redução de eventos cardiovasculares, além de proporcionarem benefícios renais. A compreensão holística do perfil de riscos e benefícios sugere que os ganhos terapêuticos superam os potenciais riscos inerentes, consolidando assim a importância e a viabilidade do uso desses inibidores no manejo clínico de pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2

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

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. Methods We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30–79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blood pressure treatment. We defined hypertension as having systolic blood pressure 140 mm Hg or greater, diastolic blood pressure 90 mm Hg or greater, or taking medication for hypertension. We applied a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and the proportion of people with hypertension who had a previous diagnosis (detection), who were taking medication for hypertension (treatment), and whose hypertension was controlled to below 140/90 mm Hg (control). The model allowed for trends over time to be non-linear and to vary by age. Findings The number of people aged 30–79 years with hypertension doubled from 1990 to 2019, from 331 (95% credible interval 306–359) million women and 317 (292–344) million men in 1990 to 626 (584–668) million women and 652 (604–698) million men in 2019, despite stable global age-standardised prevalence. In 2019, age-standardised hypertension prevalence was lowest in Canada and Peru for both men and women; in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and some countries in western Europe including Switzerland, Spain, and the UK for women; and in several low-income and middle-income countries such as Eritrea, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Solomon Islands for men. Hypertension prevalence surpassed 50% for women in two countries and men in nine countries, in central and eastern Europe, central Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. Globally, 59% (55–62) of women and 49% (46–52) of men with hypertension reported a previous diagnosis of hypertension in 2019, and 47% (43–51) of women and 38% (35–41) of men were treated. Control rates among people with hypertension in 2019 were 23% (20–27) for women and 18% (16–21) for men. In 2019, treatment and control rates were highest in South Korea, Canada, and Iceland (treatment >70%; control >50%), followed by the USA, Costa Rica, Germany, Portugal, and Taiwan. Treatment rates were less than 25% for women and less than 20% for men in Nepal, Indonesia, and some countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. Control rates were below 10% for women and men in these countries and for men in some countries in north Africa, central and south Asia, and eastern Europe. Treatment and control rates have improved in most countries since 1990, but we found little change in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. Improvements were largest in high-income countries, central Europe, and some upper-middle-income and recently high-income countries including Costa Rica, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, and Iran. Interpretation Improvements in the detection, treatment, and control of hypertension have varied substantially across countries, with some middle-income countries now outperforming most high-income nations. The dual approach of reducing hypertension prevalence through primary prevention and enhancing its treatment and control is achievable not only in high-income countries but also in low-income and middle-income settings

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

AbstractOptimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural and urban place of residence in 200 countries and territories from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, children and adolescents residing in cities were taller than their rural counterparts in all but a few high-income countries. By 2020, the urban height advantage became smaller in most countries, and in many high-income western countries it reversed into a small urban-based disadvantage. The exception was for boys in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in some countries in Oceania, south Asia and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. In these countries, successive cohorts of boys from rural places either did not gain height or possibly became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was &lt;1.1 kg m–2 in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural areas, except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have amplified.</jats:p

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that measured height and weight in representative samples of the general population. We used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends in the prevalence of different BMI categories, separately for adults (age ≥20 years) and school-aged children and adolescents (age 5–19 years), from 1990 to 2022 for 200 countries and territories. For adults, we report the individual and combined prevalence of underweight (BMI 2 SD above the median). Findings From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity in adults decreased in 11 countries (6%) for women and 17 (9%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 that the observed changes were true decreases. The combined prevalence increased in 162 countries (81%) for women and 140 countries (70%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. In 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity was highest in island nations in the Caribbean and Polynesia and Micronesia, and countries in the Middle East and north Africa. Obesity prevalence was higher than underweight with posterior probability of at least 0·80 in 177 countries (89%) for women and 145 (73%) for men in 2022, whereas the converse was true in 16 countries (8%) for women, and 39 (20%) for men. From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of thinness and obesity decreased among girls in five countries (3%) and among boys in 15 countries (8%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80, and increased among girls in 140 countries (70%) and boys in 137 countries (69%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. The countries with highest combined prevalence of thinness and obesity in school-aged children and adolescents in 2022 were in Polynesia and Micronesia and the Caribbean for both sexes, and Chile and Qatar for boys. Combined prevalence was also high in some countries in south Asia, such as India and Pakistan, where thinness remained prevalent despite having declined. In 2022, obesity in school-aged children and adolescents was more prevalent than thinness with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 among girls in 133 countries (67%) and boys in 125 countries (63%), whereas the converse was true in 35 countries (18%) and 42 countries (21%), respectively. In almost all countries for both adults and school-aged children and adolescents, the increases in double burden were driven by increases in obesity, and decreases in double burden by declining https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/images/research_banner_face_lab_290.jpgunderweight or thinness. Interpretation The combined burden of underweight and obesity has increased in most countries, driven by an increase in obesity, while underweight and thinness remain prevalent in south Asia and parts of Africa. A healthy nutrition transition that enhances access to nutritious foods is needed to address the remaining burden of underweight while curbing and reversing the increase in obesity