Survival Of Women With Ovarian Carcinomas And Borderline Tumors Is Not Affected By Estrogen And Progesterone Receptor Status.

To examine the patterns of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression in borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) and ovarian carcinomas. We also assessed the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in women with ovarian carcinoma, in relation to ER and/or PR expression. We examined ER/PR expression in 38 BOTs and 172 ovarian carcinomas removed from patients treated at the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP (Brazil), from 1993 to 2008 and followed for up to 60 months using tissue microarray-based immunohistochemistry. Twenty-eight (73.7%) mucinous and 10 (26.3%) serous BOTs were included. Ovarian carcinomas consisted mainly of 79 (46.0%) serous, 44 (25.5%) mucinous, 17 (9.8%) endometrioid, 10 (5.8%) clear-cell types. There was no significant difference of the ER/PR expression between BOT and ovarian carcinoma (p=0.55 for ER alone, 0.90 for PR alone, and 0.12 for combined expression). The level of ER/PR expression in BOTs was significantly higher in serous than in mucinous tumors (p<0.01). In carcinomas, ER/PR was higher in serous tumors than in mucinous (p<0.01) and clear cell tumors (p=0.02), and higher in endometrioid tumors than in mucinous tumors (p<0.01). DFS was affected neither by the clinical characteristics nor by combined steroid receptor status. OS was found to be significantly worse (p<0.01) only in women with stages II-IV tumors and those with residual disease after surgery (p<0.01). Overall, serous and endometrioid tumors were predominantly ER/PR positive, whereas mucinous and clear-cell tumors were preponderantly ER/PR negative. DFS and OS were not affected by ER/PR expression.24167-7

Physiological quality of corn seeds reinoculated with diazotrophic bacteria

This work aimed to evaluate physiological characteristics of corn seeds provenient from cultivation associated with Azospirillum brasilense and Herbaspirillum seropedicae and reinoculated with Azospirillum brasilense. The seeds were coming from cultivation in field conditions, and the treatments were: T1 - control; T2 - 60 kg hectare-1 N, T3 - inoculation (Azospirillum brasilense - AbV5); T4 - inoculation (Azospirillum brasilense) + 60 kg hectare-1 N; T5 - inoculation (Herbaspirillum seropedicae - SMR1) and T6 - inoculation (Herbaspirillum seropedicae) + 60 kg hectare-1 N. The treatments were divided in two separate blocks, being one reinoculated with A. brasilense (AbV5). The experimental design was completely randomized, in factorial scheme (6x2), being six treatments inoculated and reinoculated. The seeds reinoculated showed greater length, volume and dry matter of root and aerial part, concluding that the seeds reinoculation promotes an increase in initial seedling growth.O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade fisiol&oacute;gica de sementes de milho provenientes do cultivo associado com Azospirillum brasilense e Herbaspirillum seropedicae e reinoculadas com A. brasilense. As sementes utilizadas foram provenientes de cultivo em condi&ccedil;&otilde;es de campo, sendo os tratamentos: T1 - testemunha; T2 - 60 kg hectare-1 de N; T3 &ndash; inocula&ccedil;&atilde;o (Azospirillum brasilense - AbV5); T4 - inocula&ccedil;&atilde;o (Azospirillum brasilense) + 60 kg hectare-1 de N; T5 - inocula&ccedil;&atilde;o (Herbaspirillum seropedicae - SmR1) e T6 - inocula&ccedil;&atilde;o (Herbaspirillum seropedicae) + 60 kg hectare-1 de N. Foram separados dois lotes dos tratamentos, sendo um reinoculado com A. brasilense (AbV5). O delineamento foi inteiramente ao acaso com esquema fatorial (6x2), sendo seis tratamentos; com inocula&ccedil;&atilde;o e reinoculadas. As sementes reinoculadas apresentaram maiores comprimentos, volumes e mat&eacute;ria seca de ra&iacute;zes e parte a&eacute;rea, concluindo que a reinocula&ccedil;&atilde;o com sementes promove um incremento no desenvolvimento inicial das pl&acirc;ntulas

O PERFIL DE SENSIBILIZAÇÃO ACERCA DO DESCARTE E REUTILIZAÇÃO DE RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS NA CIDADE UNIVERSITÁRIA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO MARANHÃO.

An important aspect the still absent in many universities is planning of disposal, storage and reuse of solid waste. The identification ofsituations faced by academic community regarding generation of waste is essential to the elaboration of programs, projects, systems andpolicies for sustainable management of generated waste. This study aimed to understand how aware of this issue is academic communityof the University City, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), through a profile of the production of solid waste and its impacts on theenvironment. The methodology was based on the application of 509 questionnaires during the year 2011 in four different campuses centers,including 33 undergraduate and graduate departments from various fields, and six administrative centers. The questionnaires consisted ofquestions about recycling policies and waste sorting. According to our results, 67.97 % of respondents know the 3Rs (reduce, reuse andrecycle) and 92.32 % said they would participate in a program for waste management if the university were to do so. However, over 60 % ofrespondents do not separate their household waste. Thus, it is important to note that, although encouraged by the university administration,an effective campaign should include the individual awareness of the academic body.Identificar situações com as quais a comunidade acadêmica se defronta quanto à geração de resíduos é imprescindível para que haja uma elaboração de programas e políticas de gestão sustentável em universidades. Este trabalho visou compreender como se dá a sensibilização da comunidade acadêmica da Cidade Universitária/ UFMA, acerca da produção de resíduos sólidos e seus devidos impactos ambientais. A metodologia baseou-se na aplicação de 509 questionários, com perguntas acerca de políticas de reciclagem e coleta seletiva, abrangendo 33 cursos de graduação e pós-graduação de diversas áreas e seis instâncias administrativas. De acordo com os resultados, 67,97% dos entrevistados conhecem as políticas de reaproveitamento, reutilização e reciclagem de resíduos e 92,32% afirmou que participaria de um programa interno caso houvesse incentivo para tal. Assim, é importante ressaltar que ainda que incentivado pelas instâncias administrativas, uma campanha efetiva deve incluir a sensibilização dos integrantes da comunidade acadêmica em questão

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

PESQUISA DE VITIMIZAÇÃO LABORAL: IDENTIFICAÇÃO E COMPREENSÃO DAS SITUAÇÕES SOCIAIS DE RISCO, ASSOCIADAS À VIOLÊNCIA E À INSEGURANÇA, VIVENCIADAS PELOS FUNCIONÁRIOS DA ENEL/BR

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TÓPICOS SOBRE SENSUALIDADE, SEXUALIDADE E EMANCIPAÇÃO: UM SURVEY SOBRE AS MULHERES NEGRAS.

African-brazilian women have been excluded from society and research projects. This study points out the social inequality survey in Rio de Janeiro and its impact on the health status of African-brazilian woman. A survey was conducted with a population of 1.172 people and the 297 (25.3%) women compound the sample. The results revealed that 46.5% are unsatisfied with her own appearance; the majority is married, has less than a high school degree, has an income inferior than R$151 (US$ 75,5). We concluded that the lower socioeconomic status has its roots on racial discrimination which is a chronic and persistent stressor to the health of African-brazilian women. We suggest the further research on the responses of African-women to the health problems could help clarify the racism as a etiologic factor of many conditions