Utilização de SIG “open source” no ordenamento apícola.

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica - Recursos Agro-Florestais e Ambientais.A apicultura assume um papel indispensável no ambiente pois as abelhas, para além de produzirem mel, própolis, geleia real e apitoxina assumem-se como principais polinizadores em diversos ecossistemas. O ordenamento do espaço rural de um modo geral e especificamente o ordenamento apícola é uma temática multidisciplinar, dado que envolve o conhecimento da apicultura e dos seus regulamentos, da economia, da modelação espacial, e da saúde pública. Neste estudo foi abrangida a área controlada da Associação dos Apicultores do Parque Natural de Montesinho; a área controlada da Meltagus, Associação de apicultores do Parque Natural do tejo internacional; e a área controlada da Apilegre, Associação do Apicultores do Nordeste do Alentejo. Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver uma metodologia para avaliar o potencial apícola com recurso a Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) open source. A avaliação do potencial apícola foi realizada através de análise multicritério espacial integrando um conjunto dados espaciais: fontes emissoras de radiação eletromagnética, ocupação do solo, radiação solar, rede hidrográfica, e rede viária. A produção da carta de potencial apícola permite avaliar a localização dos apiários atuais e selecionar as zonas para instalação e ou deslocalização de apiários. Neste sentido, foi demonstrada a capacidade dos SIG no apoio à tomada de decisão no ordenamento apícola.Abstract The beekeeping has an imperative role in the environment because the bees besides the production of honey, propolis, royal jelly and apitoxin they are assumed as the main pollinators on several ecosystems. The rural planning in general and the beekeeping planning in particular is an multidisciplinary subject, due it involves the knowledge of beekeeping and his regulations, economics, space modulation and public health. The study area included the controlled area of the Association of Beekeepers of the Natural Park of Montesinho; the controlled area of Meltagus, Beekeepers Association of the international Tejo Natural Park and the controlled area of Apilegre, Beekeepers Association of Northeast of Alentejo. The purpose of this work is developing a methodology to evaluate the beekeeping suitability with open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS). For the evaluation of beekeeping suitability, was used, spatial multicriteria analysis analysis integrating a series of space data: electromagnetic radiation sources, soil occupation, solar radiation, hydrographic system and road network. The beekeeping suitability map, allows the evaluation the degree of compliance of the apiaries located. In this sense, the potential of GIS in Apiculture, in the context of beekeeping planning, is evidenced in order to optimize the location of apiaries

Modelling maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) spatial distribution and productivity in Portugal : tools for forest management.

Research Highlights: Modelling species’ distribution and productivity is key to support integrated landscape planning, species’ afforestation, and sustainable forest management. Background and Objectives: Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) forests in Portugal were lately affected by wildfires and measures to overcome this situation are needed. The aims of this study were: (1) to model species’ spatial distribution and productivity using a machine learning (ML) regression approach to produce current species’ distribution and productivity maps; (2) to model the species’ spatial productivity using a stochastic sequential simulation approach to produce the species’ current productivity map; (3) to produce the species’ potential distribution map, by using a ML classification approach to define species’ ecological envelope thresholds; and (4) to identify present and future key factors for the species’ afforestation and management. Materials and Methods: Spatial land cover/land use data, inventory, and environmental data (climate, topography, and soil) were used in a coupled ML regression and stochastic sequential simulation approaches to model species’ current and potential distributions and productivity. Results: Maritime pine spatial distribution modelling by the ML approach provided 69% fitting efficiency, while species productivity modelling achieved only 43%. The species’ potential area covered 60% of the country’s area, where 78% of the species’ forest inventory plots (1995) were found. The change in the Maritime pine stands’ age structure observed in the last decades is causing the species’ recovery by natural regeneration to be at risk. Conclusions: The maps produced allow for best site identification for species afforestation, wood production regulation support, landscape planning considering species’ diversity, and fire hazard mitigation. These maps were obtained by modelling using environmental covariates, such as climate attributes, so their projection in future climate change scenarios can be performed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Species ecological envelopes under climate change scenarios: a case study for the main two wood-production forest species in Portugal

Species ecological envelope maps were obtained for the two main Portuguese wood-production species (Eucalyptus globulus Labill. and Pinus pinaster Aiton) and projected future climate change scenarios. A machine learning approach was used to understand the most influential environmental variables that may explain current species distribution and productivity. Background and Objectives: The aims of the study were: (1) to map species potential suitability areas using ecological envelopes in the present and to project them in the future under climate change scenarios; (2) to map species current distributions; (3) to map species current productivity; and (4) to explore the most influential environmental variables on species current distribution and productivity. Materials and Methods: Climate, elevation data, and soil data sets were used to obtain present and future species ecological envelopes under two climate change scenarios. The o cial land cover maps were used to map species distributions. Forest inventory data were used to map the species productivity by geostatistical techniques. A Bayesian machine learning approach, supported by species distributions and productivity data, was used to explore the most influential environmental variables on species distribution and productivity and to validate species ecological envelopes. Results: The species ecological envelope methodology was found to be robust. Species’ ecological envelopes showed a high potential for both species’ a orestation. In the future, a decrease in the country’s area potentiality was forecasted for both species. The distribution of maritime pine was found to be mainly determined by precipitation-related variables, but the elevation and temperature-related variables were very important to di erentiate species productivity. For eucalypts, species distribution was mainly explained by temperature-related variables, as well as the species productivity. Conclusions: These findings are key to support recommendations for future a orestation and will bring value to policy-makers and environmental authorities in policy formulation under climate change scenariosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Processos de trabalho no Programa Saúde da Família: atravessamentos e transversalidades

A pesquisa teve o objetivo de compreender os desafios éticos da implantação do Programa usando a abordagem qualitativa e discussão focal em grupo. A amostra foi intencional, com integrantes das diferentes equipes PSF do município de Campo Bom (RS): 3 médicos, 3 enfermeiras, 2 técnicas e 4 agentes comunitários de saúde. Foram criadas 8 situações de discussão sobre diferentes aspectos do PSF. O artigo é um recorte da pesquisa, tendo como objetivo específico os estrangulamentos nos processos de trabalho do PSF. O referencial teórico são os conceitos de atravessamento e transversalidade e a proposta da clínica ampliada. Os resultados foram classificados segundo os diferentes atores envolvidos nos processos de trabalho: usuários, agentes comunitários de saúde, profissionais, gestores e sistema de saúde. Os resultados apontam que os estrangulamentos nestes processos têm a sua origem na reprodução de procedimentos e de práticas hospitalares na atenção básica, levando a desconsiderar as dimensões subjetivas e sociais do processo saúde/doença. A proposta da clínica ampliada poderia ser uma resposta, porque defende que os itinerários terapêuticos precisam ser frutos de uma pactuação entre usuário e profissional.The study was performed with the objective to understand the ethical challenges of implementing the Program, using a qualitative approach and focal group discussion. The study included members from different FHP teams in the city of Campo Bom (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): three physicians, three nurses, two technicians, and four community health agents. Eight situations were created to discuss different aspects of the FHP. This article is an excerpt of the study, addressing the bottleneck effects in the FHP work process. The theoretical framework included concepts of crossing and transverse and the amplified clinic proposition. The results were categorized according to the individuals involved in the work processes: users of the health system, community health agents, professionals, administrators, and health system. The bottleneck effect in these processes originates in the repetition of primary care procedures and hospital practices, disregarding the subjective and social dimensions of the health/disease process. The amplified clinic proposition could be an answer since it holds that the therapeutic plans should result from an agreement between the health system user and the professional.La investigación tuvo el objetivo de comprender los desafíos éticos de la implantación del Programa usando el abordaje cualitativo y la discusión focal en grupo. La muestra fue intencional, con integrantes de los diferentes equipos PSF del municipio de Campo Bom (RS): 3 médicos, 3 enfermeras, 2 técnicas y 4 agentes comunitarios de la salud. Fueron creadas 8 situaciones de discusión sobre diferentes aspectos del PSF. El artículo es una parte de la investigación, teniendo como objetivo específico los estrangulamientos en los procesos de trabajo del PSF. El marco teórico es el concepto de transversalidad y la propuesta de la clínica ampliada. Los resultados fueron clasificados según los diferentes actores que participaron en los procesos de trabajo: usuarios, agentes comunitarios de salud, profesionales, gestores y sistema de salud. Los resultados apuntan que los estrangulamientos en estos procesos tienen su origen en la reproducción de procedimientos y de prácticas hospitalarias en la atención básica, llevando a desconsiderar las dimensiones subjetivas y sociales del proceso salud/enfermedad. La propuesta de la clínica ampliada podría ser una respuesta, porque defiende que los itinerarios terapéuticos precisan ser fruto de un pacto entre usuario y profesional

Bioclimatic modeling in the Last Glacial Maximum, Mid-Holocene and facing future climatic changes in the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.)

Research ArticleIncreasing forest wildfires in Portugal remain a growing concern since forests in the Mediterranean region are vulnerable to recent global warming and reduction of precipitation. Therefore, a long-term negative effect is expected on the vegetation, with increasing drought and areas burnt by fires. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) is particularly used in Portugal to produce a spirit by processing its fruits and is the main income for forestry owners. Other applications are possible due to the fruit and leaves’ anti-oxidant properties and bioactive compounds production, with a potential for clinical and food uses. It is a sclerophyllous plant, dry-adapted and fire resistant, enduring the Mediterranean climate, and recently considered as a possibility for afforestation, to intensify forest discontinuity where pines and eucalypts monoculture dominate the region. To improve our knowledge about the species’ spatial distribution we used 318 plots (the centroid of a 1 km2 square grid) measuring the species presence and nine environmental attributes. The seven bioclimatic variables most impacting on the species distribution and two topographic features, slope and altitude, were used. The past, current and future climate data were obtained through WorldClim. Finally, the vulnerability of the strawberry tree to the effects of global climate change was examined in the face of two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and 8.5), to predict distribution changes in the years 2050 and 2070, using a species distribution models (MaxEnt). The reduction of suitable habitat for this species is significant in the southern regions, considering the future scenarios of global warming. Central and northern mountainous regions are putative predicted refuges for this species. Forest policy and management should reflect the impact of climate change on the usable areas for forestry, particularly considering species adapted to the Mediterranean regions and wildfires, such as the strawberry tree. The distribution of the species in the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and Mid-Holocene (MH) agrees with previous genetic and paleontological studies in the region, which support putative refuges for the species. Two in the southern and coastal-central regions, since the LGM, and one in the eastcentral mountainous region, considered as cryptic refugiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

PREVALÊNCIA E CORRELAÇÃO ENTRE OBESIDADE, HIPERTENSÃO ARTERIAL E A PRÁTICA DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA

In the recent decades, obesity and overweight, important risk factors for the cardiovascular disease development, had a significant increase being the sedentarism one of the most important causes. Considering it, this study aims at analysing the prevalence of obesity and hypertension in users of CEAFiR, besides correlating BMI with SBP and DBP. For that, weight and height were collected to calculate BMI and BP of 163 subjects (114 women and 49 men) whose average age was 53.0 ± 16.1 years old. The results showed that 30.1% were classified as obese and 43.6% as overweight. Regarding to HA, 22,7% were classified in 1, 2 or 3 stages of hypertension and 7.4% as isolated systolic hypertension. Therefore, 73,7% were classified as overweight and 30.1% with hypertension. This result reinforces the importance of preventional programs aiming at orient the population, promoting positive changes in lifestyle

Novel and revisited approaches in nanoparticle systems for buccal drug delivery

The buccal route is considered patient friendly due to its non-invasive nature and ease of administration. Such delivery route has been used as an alternative for the delivery of drugs that undergo first-pass metabolism or are susceptible to pH and enzymatic degradation, such as occurs in the gastrointestinal tract. However, the drug concentration absorbed in the buccal mucosa is often low to obtain an acceptable therapeutic effect, mainly due to the saliva turnover, tongue and masticatory movements, phonation, enzymatic degradation and lack of epithelium permeation. Therefore, the encapsulation of drugs into nanoparticles is an important strategy to avoid such problems and improve their buccal delivery. Different materials from lipids to natural or synthetic polymers and others have been used to protect and deliver drugs in a sustained, controlled or targeted manner, and enhance their uptake through the buccal mucosa improving their bioavailability and therapeutic outcome. Overall, the main aim of this review is to perform an overview about the nanotechnological approaches developed so far to improve the buccal delivery of drugs. Herein, several types of nanoparticles and delivery strategies are addressed, and a special focus on pipeline products is also given.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

"(Re) Construção de Percursos Formativos ao Longo da Vida: o caso dos Cursos de Educação e Formação de Adultos”

Livro que reúne comunicações da IV edição do “Aprender no Alentejo”- Encontro Regional de Educação, realizado na Universidade de Évora

Curso de Licenciatura em Acupuntura: a construir o futuro no IPS

Poster apresentado no 2º Congresso Politécnico de Setúbal: 40 anos a construir o futuro, outubro 2019, Setúbal. PortugalN/

Influence of diabetes on autonomic function in children: analysis through the geometr ic indices

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 1 has been established as one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children, diabetic autonomic dysfunction presenting as one of its most frequent complications, however, few studies have evaluated autonomic modulation through heart rate variability in diabetic children. Objective: To analyze the autonomic modulation in children with diabetes mellitus type 1. Methods: Data from 36 children of both sexes were analyzed, who were divided into two groups: Diabetes mellitus type 1, n = 13 (11.62 ± 2.18) with a diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus type 1 and control, n = 23 (11.04 ± 1.02) without the disease. Initially personal data, weight, height, heart rate and blood pressure were collected. Subsequently, for the analysis of autonomic modulation, the heart rate beatto-beat was captured using a heart rate monitor in the supine position for 30 minutes. The geometric indices (RRtri, TINN, Poincaré plot) were calculated to analyze autonomic modulation. The Student t test for parametric data or the Mann-Whitney test for nonparametric data, with a 5% signifi cance level, were used for comparison between groups. Results: The results demonstrated a reduction in RRtri, TINN, SD1 and SD2 in diabetic children. The SD1/SD2 ratio was similar between groups. In the qualitative analysis of the Poincaré plot, the children with Diabetes mellitus type 1 presented a fi gure with less dispersion of the points when compared to the control children. Conclusion: Children with diabetes mellitus type 1 have reduced overall variability and parasympathetic modulation