12 research outputs found

    Estilo de vida de adolescentes e sua relação com fatores de risco para Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica

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    Adolescents’ lifestyles have been associated with health-damaging behaviors that are directly related to lifestyle habits. This study aimed to analyze the lifestyle of adolescents and their relationship with risk factors for Systemic Arterial Hypertension, as well as to outline the sociodemographic profile; identify the main cardiovascular risk factors and investigate the lifestyle habits of adolescents related to the prevalence of SAH. It was an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative data analysis strategy, developed in a high school institution in the municipality of Crateús-CE. For this, sociodemographic, anthropometric and clinical data were collected from the study participants and the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire (QEVF) was applied. 144 students from the Manoel Mano State School of Professional Education participated in the study, where 52.77% (n = 76) were female and called themselves brown (54.86%, n = 79). The average age of the participants was 15.88 ± 0.08 years, with 35.41% (n = 51) between 16 and 17 years old. Regarding the clinical data of the study sample, it was found that the participants had an average heart rate (HR) of 84.59 ± 1.10 bpm. Considering the maximum QEVF score, it was possible to evidence satisfactory levels of quality of life, with an average of the general score of 90 ± 0.86 points. In view of the results obtained, it was possible to detect that the adolescents participating in the study presented risk factors for the development of SAH in their lifestyle: poor diet and physical inactivity. However, it was also found that the study sample had body weight and BMI within the normal range, with no evidence of obesity. Thus, the proposal of measures and actions that provide a better lifestyle to the students participating in this study should be implemented.O estilo de vida dos adolescentes tem sido associado a comportamentos prejudiciais à saúde que estão diretamente relacionados aos hábitos de vida. Esse estudo objetivou analisar o estilo de vida de adolescentes e a sua relação com os fatores de risco para Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica, bem como traçar o perfil sociodemográfico; identificar os principais fatores de risco cardiovasculares e investigar os hábitos de vida dos adolescentes relacionados à prevalência da HAS. Tratou-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo e transversal com estratégia de análise de dados quantitativa, desenvolvido em uma instituição de ensino médio no município de Crateús-CE. Para tanto, foi realizada coleta de dados sociodemográficos, antropométricos e clínicos dos participantes do estudo e aplicado o Questionário Estilo de Vida Fantástico (QEVF). Participaram do estudo 144 estudantes da Escola Estadual de Educação Profissional Manoel Mano, onde 52,77% (n=76) eram do gênero feminino e se auto denominavam de cor parda (54,86%, n=79). A idade média dos participantes foi 15,88 ± 0,08 anos, sendo que 35,41% (n=51) possuíam entre 16 e 17 anos. Com relação aos dados clínicos da amostra do estudo foi verificado que os participantes apresentaram valor médio de frequência cardíaca (FC) de 84,59 ± 1,10 bpm. Considerando a pontuação máxima do QEVF, foi possível evidenciar níveis satisfatórios de qualidade de vida, com média de escore geral de 90 ± 0,86 pontos. Face aos resultados obtidos foi possível detectar que os adolescentes participantes do estudo apresentaram em seu estilo de vida fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de HAS: má alimentação e sedentarismo. Todavia também foi verificado que a amostra em estudo apresentou peso corporal e IMC dentro da normalidade, não evidenciando índices para a obesidade. Assim, a proposição de medidas e ações que proporcionem um melhor estilo de vida aos estudantes participantes desse estudo deve ser implantada

    Implicações fisiopatológicas no sistema respiratório dos jovens usuários de cigarro eletrônico

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    A primeira geração de cigarros eletrônicos foi projetada para ser descartável e imitar a aparência dos cigarros tradicionais. No entanto, com o desenvolvimento dos dispositivos de segunda e terceira geração, os cigarros eletrônicos tornaram-se de fácil manutenção e fácil alteração por meio de cartuchos recarregáveis, onde os usuários podiam modificar o conteúdo do e-líquido, bem como alterar a potência do dispositivo e o mercado ainda oferta uma diversidade de mais de 1.000 sabores (cada um possuindo uma composição química diferente). Essa nova geração de cigarros eletrônicos são denominados “pod-devices”, são mais elegantes visualmente e os e-líquidos, contido dentro dos cartuchos móveis, são abastecidos de sais de nicotina. Tal modificação para sais de nicotina pelos fabricantes de e-líquido permite que concentrações mais altas de nicotina sejam inaladas com menor irritabilidade, pois esse forma de nicotina é emparelhada com ácido benzóico e tem um pH mais baixo. Aliado a isso, há uma adesão em massa de um público cada vez mais jovem ao uso do cigarro eletrônico, Ademais, os usuários de cigarros eletrônicos (vapers) também começaram a incorporar outras substâncias, como THCs ou óleo CBD, em e-líquidos. Em dezembro de 2019, o acetato de vitamina E (VEA), um aditivo em produtos vaping contendo THC, foi identificado como o provável agente causal do surto de EVALI. O presente estudo tentará através de materiais bibliográficos mostrar a relação entre os vapers e distúrbios no sistema respiratório

    Práticas Educomunicativas

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    Esta publicação pretende divulgar as práticas educomunicativas realizadas em diferentes regiões do país e que estão sendo implantadas por nossos associados. O e-book Práticas Educomunicativas, que visa oferecer um material de uso prático que possa servir de apoio pedagógico em diferentes contextos, escolar ou de ações junto a instituições, apresenta 20 artigos de profissionais e pesquisadores que implementam ações que inter-relacionam comunicação e educação no contexto da educação apontando as experiências e processos de educomunicação e valorizando desta forma, o trabalho realizado por cada educomunicador oferecendo, ao leitor, um material de uso prático que possa servir de apoio pedagógico em diferentes contextos

    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 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

    Educomunicação e suas áreas de intervenção: Novos paradigmas para o diálogo intercultural

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    oai:omp.abpeducom.org.br:publicationFormat/1O material aqui divulgado representa, em essência, a contribuição do VII Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação ao V Global MIL Week, da UNESCO, ocorrido na ECA/USP, entre 3 e 5 de novembro de 2016. Estamos diante de um conjunto de 104 papers executivos, com uma média de entre 7 e 10 páginas, cada um. Com este rico e abundante material, chegamos ao sétimo e-book publicado pela ABPEducom, em seus seis primeiros anos de existência. A especificidade desta obra é a de trazer as “Áreas de Intervenção” do campo da Educomunicação, colocando-as a serviço de uma meta essencial ao agir educomunicativo: o diálogo intercultural, trabalhado na linha do tema geral do evento internacional: Media and Information Literacy: New Paradigms for Intercultural Dialogue

    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

    Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

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    As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

    NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

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    Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data
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