EXTENSÃO RURAL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE OS EXTENSIONISTAS RURAIS DO ESTADO DO PARÁ, BRASIL. : Rural Extension: a study about rural extension workers in the State of Pará, Brazil

Rural extension is a science of great relevance for rural development. In this, the rural extension worker is inserted, who is an educator in the field. Considering the changes in reality to which institutions and extension professionals are subject, this study aimed to assess the profile of rural extension workers in the state of Pará (Brazil), the role of rural extension and the adversities present in it. The study considered the perception of the extension workers of the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of the State of Pará (EMATER-PARÁ), of five regional offices, through the application of questionnaires and recording of interviews. In the state, men are the majority among extension workers, as well as those of older ages. Also, post-graduate professionals occupy 74% of the positions. It was also observed that the length of service is relatively one of the most valued issues by Emater, when hiring. For the interviewees, the biggest obstacles in the area involve the rural producer and public policies. Thus, it was possible to trace the profile of the rural extension worker in the State of Pará, highlighting the dilemmas in the area.La extensión rural es una ciencia de gran relevancia para el desarrollo rural. En este se inserta el extensionista rural, que es un educador en el campo. Considerando los cambios en la realidad a los que están sujetos las instituciones y los extensionistas, este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el perfil de los extensionistas rurales en el estado de Pará (Brasil), el papel de la extensión rural y las adversidades presentes en él. El estudio consideró la percepción de los extensionistas de la Empresa de Asistencia Técnica y Extensión Rural del Estado de Pará (EMATER-PARÁ), de cinco oficinas regionales, mediante la aplicación de cuestionarios y grabación de entrevistas. En el estado, los hombres son mayoría entre los trabajadores de extensión, así como entre los de mayor edad. Asimismo, los profesionales de posgrado ocupan el 74% de los puestos. También se observó que la duración del servicio es relativamente uno de los temas más valorados por Emater, a la hora de contratar. Para los entrevistados, los mayores obstáculos en la zona involucran al productor rural y las políticas públicas. Así, fue posible trazar el perfil del extensionista rural en el estado de Pará, destacando los dilemas de la zona.A extensão rural é uma ciência de grande relevância para o desenvolvimento rural. Nesta, insere-se o extensionista rural, que é um educador no campo. Considerando as mudanças de realidade as quais as instituições e os profissionais de extensão estão sujeitos, este estudo objetivou avaliar o perfil dos extensionistas rurais do estado do Pará (Brasil), o papel da extensão rural e as adversidades nela presentes. O estudo considerou a percepção dos extensionistas da Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado do Pará (EMATER-PARÁ), de cinco escritórios regionais, por meio da aplicação de questionários e gravação de entrevistas. No estado, homens é a maioria entre os extensionistas, assim como os de maiores idades. Ainda, os profissionais pós-graduados ocupam 74% dos cargos. Também foi observado que o tempo de serviço é relativamente uma das questões mais valorizadas pela Emater, na contratação. Para os entrevistados, os maiores obstáculos na área envolvem o produtor rural e as políticas públicas. Assim, foi possível traçar o perfil do extensionista rural do Estado do Pará, destacando os dilemas na área

Tonometria Gastrointestinal no Perioperatório do Transplante Hepático: Uma Revisão Integrativa

Introdução: A tonometria gástrica é uma ferramenta útil para examinar a perfusão esplâncnica regional por permitir o fornecimento de uma avaliação indireta do estado do enxerto hepático. Isso ocorre devido à hipoperfusão esplâncnica ser um parâmetro crítico no contexto do transplante de fígado, estando associada ao desenvolvimento de problemas como insuficiência hepática aguda e falência de múltiplos órgãos. Objetivo: Analisar os efeitos da tonometria gastrointestinal no perioperatório dos pacientes submetidos ao transplante hepático. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma Revisão Integrativa realizada nas bases de dados PubMed e BVS. Foram utilizados os descritores: “Tonometry”, “Splanchnic circulation” e “Liver transplantation”, incluindo o operador booleano “AND”, e selecionados artigos de relevância para o tema. Foram selecionados inicialmente 24 artigos, todos publicados nos últimos 20 anos, em português e/ou inglês. Após análise, seis artigos corresponderam ao objetivo proposto. Resultado: Observou-se que a diferença entre a PraCO2 no final da cirurgia e na fase anepática foi maior em pacientes sem disfunção do enxerto hepático. Foi identificada uma correlação positiva entre ΔpraCO2 e o pico de ALT após o transplante de fígado. Em outro estudo, verificou-se que a presença de enzimas hepáticas elevadas e a piora da função hepática sintética, coagulopatia e encefalopatia estava relacionada à má função do enxerto. Também foi comprovado que o pH gástrico intramucoso pode predizer a funcionalidade precoce do enxerto. Em um grupo com disfunção hepática, os pacientes apresentaram pH gástrico intramucoso abaixo de 7,3 no período perioperatório, mantendo-se baixo até a 24ª hora pós-operatória, enquanto o grupo sem disfunção apresentou pH gástrico intramucoso acima de 7,3, exceto na fase anepática, quando ficou abaixo desse valor. Conclusão: Descreve-se a utilidade da tonometria gastrointestinal para monitorar a circulação esplâncnica e a função do enxerto hepático durante o transplante hepático. Embora alguns estudos ofereçam suporte a essa afirmação, esta revisão apresenta limitações devido à quantidade restrita de artigos disponíveis, o que a impede de abranger uma ampla gama de evidências científicas

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

ATLANTIC-PRIMATES: a dataset of communities and occurrences of primates in the Atlantic Forests of South America

Primates play an important role in ecosystem functioning and offer critical insights into human evolution, biology, behavior, and emerging infectious diseases. There are 26 primate species in the Atlantic Forests of South America, 19 of them endemic. We compiled a dataset of 5,472 georeferenced locations of 26 native and 1 introduced primate species, as hybrids in the genera Callithrix and Alouatta. The dataset includes 700 primate communities, 8,121 single species occurrences and 714 estimates of primate population sizes, covering most natural forest types of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina and some other biomes. On average, primate communities of the Atlantic Forest harbor 2 ± 1 species (range = 1–6). However, about 40% of primate communities contain only one species. Alouatta guariba (N = 2,188 records) and Sapajus nigritus (N = 1,127) were the species with the most records. Callicebus barbarabrownae (N = 35), Leontopithecus caissara (N = 38), and Sapajus libidinosus (N = 41) were the species with the least records. Recorded primate densities varied from 0.004 individuals/km 2 (Alouatta guariba at Fragmento do Bugre, Paraná, Brazil) to 400 individuals/km 2 (Alouatta caraya in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Our dataset reflects disparity between the numerous primate census conducted in the Atlantic Forest, in contrast to the scarcity of estimates of population sizes and densities. With these data, researchers can develop different macroecological and regional level studies, focusing on communities, populations, species co-occurrence and distribution patterns. Moreover, the data can also be used to assess the consequences of fragmentation, defaunation, and disease outbreaks on different ecological processes, such as trophic cascades, species invasion or extinction, and community dynamics. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this Data Paper when the data are used in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using the data. © 2018 by the The Authors. Ecology © 2018 The Ecological Society of Americ