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    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    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

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    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    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

    Reabilitação com mantenedor de espaço estético-funcional na perda precoce de dente decíduo – Relato de caso clínico

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    Reabilitação com mantenedor de espaço estético-funcional na perda precoce de dente decíduo – Relato de caso clínic

    Atividades de educação em saúde dos estudantes de nutrição nos cenários de prática no município de Cabedelo (Paraíba) – Relato de experiência

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    Trata-se de um relato de experiência das práticas dos estudantes de Nutrição na Estratégia de Saúde da Família. O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever atividades de educação em saúde nas práticas dos estudantes de Nutrição, na Área de Saúde Coletiva, através dos estágios desenvolvidos junto às Unidades Básicas de Saúde, entendendo a necessidade de modificação do perfil de formação dos profissionais de saúde. Os estudantes realizam visitas domiciliares para aqueles usuários que necessitam de atendimento nutricional e que possuem alguma dificuldade de locomoção, aconselhamento dietético junto à nutricionista durante o atendimento às gestantes e puericultura. Planejam a realização de atividades educativas e oficinas com a própria comunidade. Através de práticas desenvolvidas por esses alunos na Estratégia Saúde da Família, a troca de saberes entre profissionais e a comunidade vem enriquecendo e modificando o perfil dos nossos profissionais de saúde

    Prevalência e preditores antropométricos de pressão arterial elevada em escolares de João Pessoa - PB

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    FUNDAMENTO: A hipertensão arterial pertence ao grupo de doenças cardiovasculares de maior mortalidade no mundo e pode se iniciar na infância. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência de níveis pressóricos elevados em crianças da rede pública de ensino e sua associação com indicadores antropométricos. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, composto por uma amostra aleatória de 750 escolares, entre 6-9 anos de idade, da rede de ensino municipal de João Pessoa, Paraíba. Os dados foram coletados por uma equipe previamente treinada. A pressão foi aferida com técnica auscultatória com auxílio de estetoscópio e esfigmomanômetro aneroide. Os dados antropométricos coletados foram as medidas do peso, da estatura e da circunferência abdominal. Foram feitos testes de associação qui-quadrado e t de Student para comparações de médias, ambos com nível de significância de 5,0%. Foram construídos três modelos de regressão logística, relacionando nível pressórico elevado com as variáveis antropométricas para encontrar um melhor modelo de predição. RESULTADOS: A prevalência de níveis pressóricos elevados foi de 13,6%. A variável índice de massa corporal (IMC) apresentou associação significativa com o aumento da pressão arterial (p < 0,0001) e a maior razão de chances (OR = 1,17). A elevação dos níveis pressóricos também ocorreu com o aumento do peso (p < 0,0001) e da circunferência abdominal (p < 0,0001). CONCLUSÃO: A associação do excesso de peso com a elevação da pressão arterial identificada destaca a necessidade de intervenção e medidas de controle do estado nutricional, como educação alimentar, para prevenção e tratamento da obesidade como fator de risco das doenças cardiovasculares na faixa etária pediátrica e futura. (Arq Bras Cardiol 2010; 95(5): 629-634

    Risk and protection factors for self-reported hypertension and diabetes in João Pessoa, Brazil. The VIGITEL survey, 2014. A cross-sectional study

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    ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic diseases are the main cause of death among adults and are responsible for most outpatient and hospital care expenses in Brazil. The objective here was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and to analyze the associations with risk and protection factors among adults. DESIGN AND LOCAL: Cross-sectional study in a state capital in northeastern Brazil. METHODS: Data on adults of both sexes aged ≥ 45 years who were interviewed in the Vigitel telephone survey in 2014 were analyzed. Prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regression, to identify associated factors. RESULTS: Among women, the prevalence of hypertension was 48.4% and of diabetes, 12.7%; among men, the prevalences were 41.9% and 13.8%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that for women, age group ≥ 65 years, overweight, self-assessed poor health and dyslipidemia remained associated with higher prevalence of hypertension. For men, overweight and self-assessed poor health remained associated with higher prevalence of hypertension. Regarding diabetes, in the multivariate model for women, age group 55-64 years, schooling level between zero and four years and no regular consumption of beans remained associated with higher prevalence. For men, age groups 55-64 years and ≥ 65 years and being married or in a stable partnership were associated with higher prevalence of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that the prevalences of hypertension and diabetes were high and that preventable factors were associated with this situation, thus providing support for public policies aimed towards coping with this
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