Flavoring agents present in a dentifrice can modify volatile sulphur compounds (VSCs) formation in morning bad breath

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a flavor-containing dentifrice on the formation of volatile sulphur compounds (VSCs) in morning bad breath. A two-step, blinded, crossover, randomized study was carried out in 50 dental students with a healthy periodontium divided into two experimental groups: flavor-containing dentifrice (test) and non-flavor-containing dentifrice (control). The volunteers received the designated dentifrice and a new toothbrush for a 3 X/day brushing regimen for 2 periods of 30 days. A seven-day washout interval was used between the periods. The assessed parameters were: plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), organoleptic breath scores (ORG), VSC levels (as measured by a portable sulphide monitor) before (H1) and after (H2) cleaning of the tongue, tongue coating (TC) wet weight and BANA test from TC samples. The intra-group analysis showed a decrease in ORG, from 3 to 2, after 30 days for the test group (p < 0.05). The inter-group analysis showed lower values in ORG, H1 and H2 for the test group (p < 0.05). There was no difference between the amount of TC between groups and the presence of flavor also did not interfere in the BANA results between groups (p > 0.05). These findings suggest that a flavor-containing dentifrice seems to prevent VSCs formation in morning bad breath regardless of the amount of TC in periodontally healthy subjects

IMPASSES NO PLANEJAMENTO AMBIENTAL DA ESTÂNCIA TURÍSTICA DE SÃO PEDRO - SP

In São Pedro touristic resort, as in all other Brazilian cities in general, several aspects can be pointed out as demonstrative of the difficulties to execute an environmental planning which could guarantee the sustainable development of urban and rural areas from an environmental and social perspective. Among other observed features, there is a contrast between urban growth and environmental quality which generates inadequate settlements, suppression of riparian vegetation, forming of erosion processes and deficit in basic sanitation facilities. Since it is difficult to make use of environmental managing tools, the municipality should at least attempt to incorporate to its Master Plan a definition of its natural features and abilities so that it could aim at investing in sustainable activities which are associated to ecotourism and services, as well as valuing and caring for natural resources through a clear definition of the aims and ways of municipal development.RESUMO Na Estância Turística de São Pedro existe uma série de aspectos que demonstram, assim como os demais municípios do Brasil de um modo geral, as enormes dificuldades para colocar em prática o planejamento ambiental, garantindo o desenvolvimento sustentável nos espaços urbanos ou rurais, do ponto de vista ambiental e social. Entre outros fatores constatados, ocorre uma contraposição entre o crescimento urbano e a qualidade ambiental, gerando a ocupação indevida das terras, supressão das matas ciliares dentro e fora do perímetro urbano, formação de processos erosivos e déficit na sua estrutura de saneamento básico. Considerando-se a dificuldade de utilizar instrumentos de gestão ambiental, o município deve incorporar em seu Plano Diretor São Pedro a definição de suas vocações naturais, investindo realmente em atividades de caráter sustentável ligadas ao ecoturismo e serviços, valorizando e cuidando melhor dos recursos naturais, através de regras que definam a direção e a forma do crescimento no município. Palavras-chave: São Pedro. Planejamento Ambiental. Plano Diretor. Urbanização. Zoneamento Ambiental. Turismo. ABSTRACT São Pedro Tourist Resort, as well as other Brazilian cities in general, several aspects can be pointed out as demonstratives of the difficulties to execute an environmental planning which guarantees the sustainable development of urban and rural areas from an environmental and social perspective. Among other observed factors, there is a contraposition between urban growth and environmental quality generating inadequate settlements, suppression of the riparian vegetation, formation of erosion processes and deficit in its basic sanitation facilities. Considering the difficulty to use environmental management tools, the municipality should incorporate into its Master Plan the definition of its natural vocations, really investing in sustainable activities which are associated to ecotourism and services, better valuing and caring for the natural resources through rules that define the direction and the way of the municipal growth. Keywords: São Pedro. Environmental Planning. Master Plan. Urbanization. Environmental Zoning. Tourism. RESUMEN En la ciudad turística de São Pedro hay una serie de aspectos que demuestran, al igual de los demás municipios de Brasil en general, las grandes dificultades para poner en práctica la planificación del medio ambiente, asegurando el desarrollo sostenible en los espacios urbanos y rurales, desde el punto de vista ambiental y social. Entre otros factores constatados, ocurre una contraposición entre el crecimiento urbano y la calidad ambiental, engendrando la ocupación indebida de tierras, la eliminación de la vegetación ribereña, dentro y fuera del perímetro urbano, formación de procesos erosivos y déficit en su estructura de saneamiento básico. Teniendo en cuenta la dificultad de utilizar instrumentos de gestión ambiental, el distrito debe incorporar en su Pan Director SãoPedro la definición de sus vocaciones naturales, invirtiendo efectivamente en actividades de carácter sostenible ligadas al ecoturismo y servicios, valorando y cuidando mejor de los recursos naturales, a través de reglas que definan la dirección y la forma de crecimiento en el municipio. Palabras Clave: São Pedro. Planificación Ambiental. Plan Director. Urbanización. Zonificación Ambiental. Turismo

RESPOSTA À CALAGEM DA Brachiaria brizantha SUBMETIDA A DIFERENTES DOSES DE ADUBAÇÃO NITROGENADA

A produção de bovinos em pastagens é caracterizada no Brasil como uma condição de exploração extrativista, em solos exauridos por outras culturas, pela erosão ou de baixa fertilidade natural, ocasionando baixas produtividades. O trabalho teve objetivo principal avaliar os efeitos da calagem e da adubação nitrogenada em Brachiaria brizantha, cultivar Xaraés, avaliando a produção e a elevação dos teores de Nitrogênio e Cálcio na planta. O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação na UNOESTE, no período de agosto a novembro de 2003. Foram distribuídas 20 sementes por vaso e aos 44 dias após a semeadura aplicaram-se as doses de nitrogênio e 78 dias após o plantio realizou-se o corte da parte aérea para determinação da matéria seca. A aplicação de calcário e nitrogênio proporcionou um aumento significativo na produção da forrageira, além de elevar significativamente o teor de Nitrogênio e Cálcio na planta. Assim fica evidente a importância da adubação em culturas forrageiras para a obtenção de altas produtividades e maior lotação por hectare

PALEOTEJO, A NETWORK FOR NEANDERTHAL AND PRE-NEANDERTHAL INVESTIGATION AND HERITAGE

Since the 19th century, the Lower Tejo River (western Iberia) provide extensive evidence of Neanderthal occupation. However, due to the absence of long-term, well-funded projects and of fully-equipped research facilities, we still do not have a clear framework for the Neanderthal occupation of this crucial territory. Nowadays, probably more than ever, the increasing impact of urbanization and intensive agriculture potentiates the loss of already known and also the yet to find Paleolithic sites. Recently, grounded on the extensive work performed by Prof. Luís Raposo for 50 years, and also of decades of work from other colleagues, it was possible to put in place a network project that will integrate previous and new data on the first human communities in Portugal, both pre-Neanderthal and Neanderthal. In this contribution, we present the PaleoTejo project, highlighting the network of researchers and institutions, but also the strategy, goals and what has been achieved so far

MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in P ortugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is cru-cial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS INPORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublishedgeoreferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mam-mals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira thatincludes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occur-ring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live obser-vations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%),bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent lessthan 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrowsjsoil moundsjtunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animaljhairjskullsjjaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8),observation in shelters, (9) photo trappingjvideo, (10) predators dietjpelletsjpine cones/nuts, (11) scatjtrackjditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalizationjecholocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and100 m (76%). Rodentia (n=31,573) has the highest number of records followedby Chiroptera (n=18,857), Carnivora (n=18,594), Lagomorpha (n=17,496),Cetartiodactyla (n=11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n=7008). The data setincludes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened(e.g.,Oryctolagus cuniculus[n=12,159],Monachus monachus[n=1,512],andLynx pardinus[n=197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate thepublication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contrib-ute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting onthe development of more accurate and tailored conservation managementstrategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite thisdata paper when the data are used in publications.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Iconografia tropical: motivos locais na arte colonial brasileira

Este artigo estuda a representação visual da natureza tropical na arte sacra do período colonial brasileiro, entre os séculos XVI e XVIII, época em que as artes visuais do país se desenvolveram no contexto do barroco introduzido pelos missionários católicos. Foi na decoração das igrejas que apareceram algumas das primeiras representações artísticas de elementos da natureza local, notadamente as frutas tropicais, produzindo novas combinações junto à tradicional ornamentação fitomórfica europeia, constituída de folhas de acantos e vinhas. Após um levantamento das ocorrências dessas manifestações da temática local na decoração dos templos presentes nas regiões nordeste e sudeste do país, este trabalho aborda, nos textos dos viajantes e missionários produzidos no período, as interpretações cristãs da natureza tropical que permitiram o aproveitamento desses motivos como parte da estratégia de pregação e conversão católica por meio da alegorização moral e religiosa da natureza do Novo Mundo.This paper studies the visual representation of local nature in the sacred art developed during the colonial period of Brazilian history. In this period, between the XVIth and the XVIIIth centuries, the visual arts in the country evolved in the context of the Baroque introduced by Catholic missionaries. It was in the decoration of the churches in which the first representations of aspects of local nature, mostly the tropical fruits, appeared in Brazilian visual arts, producing new combinations together with the traditional European phytomorphic ornamentation of acanthus leaves and grapes. This research draws upon texts written by travellers and missionaries during the period to demonstrate how the Europeans interpreted and represented tropical nature and used these representations as part of the Catholic preaching strategy by means of moral and religious allegorization of the New World nature

Mammals in Portugal: a data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ~26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems functionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is crucial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublished georeferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mammals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira that includes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occurring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live observations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%), bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent less than 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrows | soil mounds | tunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animal | hair | skulls | jaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8), observation in shelters, (9) photo trapping | video, (10) predators diet | pellets | pine cones/nuts, (11) scat | track | ditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalization | echolocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and 100 m (76%). Rodentia (n =31,573) has the highest number of records followed by Chiroptera (n = 18,857), Carnivora (n = 18,594), Lagomorpha (n = 17,496), Cetartiodactyla (n = 11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n = 7008). The data set includes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened (e.g., Oryctolagus cuniculus [n = 12,159], Monachus monachus [n = 1,512], and Lynx pardinus [n = 197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate the publication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contribute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting on the development of more accurate and tailored conservation management strategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications

RESPOSTA À CALAGEM DA Brachiaria brizantha SUBMETIDA A DIFERENTES DOSES DE ADUBAÇÃO NITROGENADA

The bovine production in pastures is characterized in Brazil as a condition of extract exploration, in soils exhausted by other cultures, for the erosion or of low natural fertility, causing low productivities. The work had main objective to evaluate the effects of the acidity corection and nitrogen in Brachiaria brizantha, cv. Xaraés, evaluating the production and the elevation of the tenors of Nitrogen and Calcium in the plant. The experiment was led vegetation home in UNOESTE, in the period of august to november of 2003. 20 seeds were distributed by vase and to the 44 days after the sow the doses of nitrogen and 78 days were applied after the planting took place the cut of the aerial part for determination of the matter it evaporates. The limestone application and nitrogen provided a significant increase in the production of the forage, besides elevating the tenor of Nitrogen and Calcium significantly in the plant. It is like this evident the importance of the manuring in cultures forage for the obtaining of discharges productivities and larger capacity for hectare

Exame de compatibilidade e adequação orçamentário-financeira dos Pls 2197/2011 e 2198/2011

Consultoria de Orçamento e Fiscalização Financeira.Analisa a compatibilidade e adequação orçamentário-financeira do Projeto de Lei - PL nº 2.197, de 2011, da autoria do Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal - STF, que "Dispõe sobre o subsídio de Ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal"