Characteristics productive and meat quality of broiler chickens fed finisher diet without vitamin-mineral supplement or limestone and dicalcium phosphate and submitted to heat stress pre-slaughter

Search mechanisms that can reduce the cost of production of poultry is an important factor in the poultry industry. Thus the objective of this study was to evaluate the removal of vitamin and mineral supplement or limestone and dicalcium phosphate feed during the finishing phase, further of the broilers chickens to heat stress pre-slaughter. Hybro male broiler (n=108) aged 42 days old were evaluated until 49 days old to evaluate the performance, carcass and cuts yield, blood biochemistry and meat quality. The results showed that the removal of vitamin and mineral supplement or limestone and dicalcium phosphate feed during the finishing phase did not impair the performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality, as well as showing a possible mechanism to reduce production costs. While heat stress pre-slaughter provided a poor meat quality of poultry.3323371337

Understanding the clinical spectrum of complicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: a systematic review on the contributions of the Brazilian literature

The resurgence of the malaria eradication agenda and the increasing number of severe manifestation reports has contributed to a renewed interested in the Plasmodium vivax infection. It is the most geographically widespread parasite causing human malaria, with around 2.85 billion people living under risk of infection. The Brazilian Amazon region reports more than 50% of the malaria cases in Latin America and since 1990 there is a marked predominance of this species, responsible for 85% of cases in 2009. However, only a few complicated cases of P. vivax have been reported from this region. A systematic review of the Brazilian indexed and non-indexed literature on complicated cases of vivax malaria was performed including published articles, masters' dissertations, doctoral theses and national congresses' abstracts. The following information was retrieved: patient characteristics (demographic, presence of co-morbidities and, whenever possible, associated genetic disorders); description of each major clinical manifestation. As a result, 27 articles, 28 abstracts from scientific events' annals and 13 theses/dissertations were found, only after 1987. Most of the reported information was described in small case series and case reports of patients from all the Amazonian states, and also in travellers from Brazilian non-endemic areas. The more relevant clinical complications were anaemia, thrombocytopaenia, jaundice and acute respiratory distress syndrome, present in all age groups, in addition to other more rare clinical pictures. Complications in pregnant women were also reported. Acute and chronic co-morbidities were frequent, however death was occasional. Clinical atypical cases of malaria are more frequent than published in the indexed literature, probably due to a publication bias. In the Brazilian Amazon (considered to be a low to moderate intensity area of transmission), clinical data are in accordance with the recent findings of severity described in diverse P. vivax endemic areas (especially anaemia in Southeast Asia), however in this region both children and adults are affected. Finally, gaps of knowledge and areas for future research are opportunely pointed out

Is Group-Awareness Context-Awareness?

International audienceGroup awareness correspond to an important concept on Groupware applications, allowing individual users to be kept aware of group’s activities and status. Similarly, on Pervasive Computing, context is defined as any relevant information that can be used to characterize the situation of an entity [7]. In this position paper, we advocate that group awareness information should be considered as context information and handled as such. Group awareness information is often employed for decision making, contributing to users’ activities and decisions. It represents also an important clue about user’s context, characterizing individual’s actions regarding the group. As such, group awareness may be used for adaptation purposes, adapting the system behavior, the supplied content or its services. To illustrate this point, we discuss the use of a context distribution system as a group awareness distribution mechanism

Enfermagem de nível superior no Brasil e vida associativa Enfermería de nivel superior en Brasil y vida asociativa Superior Nursing in Brazil and associative life

Este estudo, de cunho histórico-crítico, discute as inter-relações entre a Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem e os cursos superiores de enfermagem na sociedade brasileira. A inserção da enfermagem na universidade brasileira iniciou-se no final da década de 30; em meados do século 20 tal movimento foi favorecido pela política federal de ensino superior, e veio a completar-se com a implantação da Reforma Universitária de 1968. O alcance de um maior grau de cientificização da enfermagem, como área de domínio do conhecimento, constituiu-se no maior desafio que a área de enfermagem teve que enfrentar para firmar sua reputação na comunidade científica nacional e internacional.<br>Este estudio, de cuño histórico crítico, discute las interrelaciones entre la Asociación Brasileña de Enfermería (Aben) y los cursos superiores de enfermería en la sociedad brasileña. La inserción de la enfermería en la universidad brasileña se inició a finales de la década del 30; a mediados del siglo 20 este movimiento fue favorecido por la política federal de la enseñanza superior, y vino a completarse con la implantación de la Reforma Universitaria de 1968. El alcance de un mayor grado científico de la enfermería, como área de dominio del conocimiento, se constituye en el mayor desafío que la area de enfermería tuve que enfrentar para signar su reputación en la comunidad científica nacional e internacional.<br>This historical-critical study discusses the interrelations between the Brazilian Nursing Association and the baccalaureate nursing courses in the Brazilian society. The insertion of nursing in Brazilian university began in the late 1930's. Such a movement was favored by the federal policy of higher education in the mid-twentieth century and it was accomplished by the University Reform of 1968. The achievement of a higher degree in scientification of nursing, as a mastery of knowledge field, had become the biggest challenge the field of nursing had to face in order to consolidate its reputation in the international and national scientific community

A participação nos conselhos de saúde e sua interface com a cultura política The participation in health councils and its interface with politics culture

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as práticas de participação presentes no Conselho Municipal de Saúde de uma capital do Nordeste brasileiro e sua relação com a cultura política local. Partiu-se do seguinte pressuposto teórico: as práticas de participação exercidas nos conselhos de saúde inauguram uma nova institucionalidade, que inclui novos sujeitos sociais - os usuários - na esfera pública. O processo de democratização da sociedade brasileira amplia essa esfera e dá visibilidade para o confronto entre uma cultura política tradicional e outra democrática. Tratase de uma pesquisa qualitativa com as seguintes técnicas de coleta de dados: análise documental, observação participante e entrevista semiestruturada. Nas evidências surgidas, identificou-se a predominância da cultura política tradicional como um dos condicionantes das práticas de participação no conselho, expressa no autoritarismo e cooptação nas relações entre os gestores municipais e os representantes da sociedade civil. A maioria dos conselheiros reconhece o frágil poder deliberativo e fiscalizador do conselho. Apesar de se constatar as fragilidades dos conselhos de saúde, reconhece-se sua importância na democratização da relação entre Estado e sociedade civil e na luta para efetivação do direito à saúde.<br>The objective of this paper is to analyse the participation of current health councils in a city in the north-eastern of Brazil and its relationship with local political culture. The following theoretical presumption served as starting point: The practices adopted by health councils initiate a new institution that involves new social actors - the users - in the public sphere. The process of democratisation in the Brazilian society expands this sphere and leads to a confrontation of traditional and democratic political cultures. This is a qualitative research with the following data collection methods: documentary analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Within the evidence emerged, the dominance of traditional political culture resulted as one of the conditioning elements of participation practices in the Council, expressed in the authoritarianism and cooptation involving municipal managers and representatives of civil society. The majority of counsellors recognises the fragile power of the Council in terms of deliberative and fiscal issues. Despite confirming the frailties of the health councils, it is obvious that their importance in the democratisation of the relationship between State and civil society in the fight for the implementation of the right to health care