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

Prevalência do papilomavírus humano (HPV) em Belém, Pará, Brasil, na cavidade oral de indivíduos sem lesões clinicamente diagnosticáveis

Trata-se de um estudo transversal com o objetivo de verificar a prevalência do HPV na cavidade oral de indivíduos sem lesões clinicamente diagnosticáveis e quais são os tipos encontrados neles. Foram analisadas 166 amostras em pacientes maiores de 18 anos de idade, residentes no Estado do Pará, Brasil. As amostras foram coletadas por meio de raspado com escova estéril na cavidade oral. Para a detecção da presença do HPV, foi utilizada a técnica da reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR). As amostras infectadas pelo HPV foram tipadas para HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 52 e 58. Os resultados encontrados indicaram a presença de HPV em 40 amostras (24,1%). Três amostras (7,5%) foram positivas para HPV 6; cinco (12,5%), para HPV 18; e uma (2,5%), para HPV 58

ATENÇÃO FISIOTERAPÊUTICA EM DUAS UNIDADES BÁSICAS DE SAÚDE EM UM MUNICÍPIO DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: UM CONTATO HUMANIZADO

Introdução: A busca pela qualidade de vida e por um paciente ativo permeou as realidades fisioterapêuticas em todos os aspectos. Ainda, a promoção e a prevenção deixaram de ser coadjuvantes e adentraram fielmente nos atendimentos de base da fisioterapia na atenção primária. Visto isso, o objetivo deste trabalho é relatar as experiências vividas por graduandos e professores de graduação em Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN/FACISA) na disciplina aplicada de Atenção Fisioterapêutica em Cardiologia e Pneumologia e ainda de promover o enfoque da fisioterapia na vida da comunidade. Desenvolvimento: as atividades foram realizadas na escola, com professores (motivacional e dinamizado) e estudantes (lúdico e participativo), e na unidade básica de saúde na sala de espera (palestras educativas) e com os agentes comunitários de saúde (capacitação e importância do trabalho em grupo). Ainda foram realizadas atividades em praça pública (prática de pressão arterial e glicemia) e promovidos atendimentos domiciliares ao longo da disciplina. Conclusão: a fisioterapia se insere integralmente na atenção básica com políticas principais de promoção de qualidade de vida e prevenção de agravos. Para tanto, faz-se necessário um atendimento humanizado e global, garantindo todos os pilares de construção do SUS

Dental Caries Prevalence in the Children of the District of Mosqueiro in the City of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil

Objective: The study had the objective to check the dental caries prevalence in the children attend by the communitarian agents of health of the Program Health of the Family of the District of Mosqueiro, City of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil, with the purpose of subsidizing the projection of the actions of promotion, prevention and treatment of the staff of oral health. Method: 887 children were examined in the age groups from 18 to 36 months, 5 years and 12 years of age in accordance with the standards recommended by the WHO, checking the events of the caries in the studied population. Results: The caries prevalence in the population of the district of Mosqueiro to 18-36 months of age was 31.68%, progressing in spite of passing the ages, brought near attacking 63.69% of the 12-year-old children. The decayed, to be extracted, filled index (DEF index) to five years found in Mosqueiro went of 3.57 and the decayed, missing, filled index (DMF index) to 12 years went of 1,80. Regarding the marks proposed by the World Health Organization for the year of 2000, the reached only one was in the age of 12-year-old children, in which the DMF index of 1,80 was less than three. Conclusion: The caries prevalence in the population of Mosqueiro is due to implement effective actions for the control of the disease in this territory

Atenção em saúde bucal na creche Sorena: Relato de experiência de 17 anos promovendo saúde em pré-escolares

This paper aims to report the experience of 17 years of the extension project "Integral Attention to Oral Health in Sorena Day Care Center" which provides activities to improve oral health of preschool children since 2001. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee 044/2007 FO-UFPA. The activities have being developed by 3 pediatric dentists, 1 undergraduate scholarship holder, 12  undergraduate students, through volunteer work, and 3 professors, members of the School of Dentistry from Federal University of Pará. The activities aim to provide learning about oral health as well as health prevention and treatment to preschoolers from 2 to 5 years of age through actions of oral health promotion, prevention and treatment. It were carried out through recreational activities such as games, puppets, storytelling and lectures in order to construct knowledge. It is possible to conclude that during 17 years the project has being achieving positive results. The experiences of the ones that take part in the project, the perception of the preschool children, their parents and/or guardians, teachers and day care staff were reported in a reflexive manner, demonstrating the importance of creating new possibilities to health education. It was possible to note that the activities developed to welcome preschoolers kept them calmer and as a result the dental procedures were less traumatic to them.O objetivo deste artigo é relatar a experiência de 17 anos de atividades de promoção de saúde bucal realizadas com pré-escolares inseridos no Projeto de Extensão “Atenção Integral em Saúde Bucal na Creche Sorena”, desenvolvido a partir de 2001. O Projeto foi aprovado pelo Parecer de Ética 044/2007 FO-UFPA. As atividades executadas por 3 cirurgiãs dentistas odontopediatras, 1 aluna bolsista, 12 alunos voluntários e 3 docentes da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Pará visam promover o aprendizado em saúde bucal e proporcionar a prevenção e recuperação da saúde nos pré-escolares de 2 a 5 anos por meio de ações de promoção, prevenção e recuperação de saúde bucal. Atividades lúdicas como jogos, fantoches, contação de estórias e palestras foram realizadas para promover a construção de conhecimentos. O projeto, no decorrer de 17 anos, obteve resultados positivos. As experiências vivenciadas por seus integrantes, a percepção dos pré-escolares, seus pais e/ou responsáveis, professores e funcionários da creche foram relatadas de maneira reflexiva, demonstrando a importância de manter atividades de educação em saúde. Os trabalhos desenvolvidos para acolhimento dos pré-escolares refletiram em um comportamento mais tranquilo e menos traumático, perceptível visualmente durante os atendimentos odontológicos