HARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND THE SUBJECTIVITY OF NURSING WORKERS

Objetivos: identificar a opinião dos trabalhadores de enfermagem sobre o uso da tecnologia dura no cotidiano de trabalho e descrever as repercussões do uso da tecnologia dura na dimensão subjetiva destes trabalhadores. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva e qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados no período de setembro e outubro de 2010, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e as informações foram tratadas pelo método de análise temática de conteúdo. Participaram do estudo 05 enfermeiros e 05 técnicos de enfermagem. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram aspectos positivos e negativos do uso da tecnologia dura e o impacto do uso desta tecnologia no contexto da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Conclusão: Concluí-se que as repercussões são multifatoriais na subjetividade do trabalhador e objetivamos que este trabalho impulsione novas pesquisas envolvendo a tecnologia dura e a saúde do trabalhador. Descritores: Enfermagem do trabalho, Terapia intensiva, Tecnologia

HARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND THE SUBJECTIVITY OF NURSING WORKERS

Objetivos: identificar a opinião dos trabalhadores de enfermagem sobre o uso da tecnologia dura no cotidiano de trabalho e descrever as repercussões do uso da tecnologia dura na dimensão subjetiva destes trabalhadores. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva e qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados no período de setembro e outubro de 2010, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e as informações foram tratadas pelo método de análise temática de conteúdo. Participaram do estudo 05 enfermeiros e 05 técnicos de enfermagem. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram aspectos positivos e negativos do uso da tecnologia dura e o impacto do uso desta tecnologia no contexto da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Conclusão: Concluí-se que as repercussões são multifatoriais na subjetividade do trabalhador e objetivamos que este trabalho impulsione novas pesquisas envolvendo a tecnologia dura e a saúde do trabalhador. Descritores: Enfermagem do trabalho, Terapia intensiva, Tecnologia

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. Methods We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30–79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blood pressure treatment. We defined hypertension as having systolic blood pressure 140 mm Hg or greater, diastolic blood pressure 90 mm Hg or greater, or taking medication for hypertension. We applied a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and the proportion of people with hypertension who had a previous diagnosis (detection), who were taking medication for hypertension (treatment), and whose hypertension was controlled to below 140/90 mm Hg (control). The model allowed for trends over time to be non-linear and to vary by age. Findings The number of people aged 30–79 years with hypertension doubled from 1990 to 2019, from 331 (95% credible interval 306–359) million women and 317 (292–344) million men in 1990 to 626 (584–668) million women and 652 (604–698) million men in 2019, despite stable global age-standardised prevalence. In 2019, age-standardised hypertension prevalence was lowest in Canada and Peru for both men and women; in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and some countries in western Europe including Switzerland, Spain, and the UK for women; and in several low-income and middle-income countries such as Eritrea, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Solomon Islands for men. Hypertension prevalence surpassed 50% for women in two countries and men in nine countries, in central and eastern Europe, central Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. Globally, 59% (55–62) of women and 49% (46–52) of men with hypertension reported a previous diagnosis of hypertension in 2019, and 47% (43–51) of women and 38% (35–41) of men were treated. Control rates among people with hypertension in 2019 were 23% (20–27) for women and 18% (16–21) for men. In 2019, treatment and control rates were highest in South Korea, Canada, and Iceland (treatment >70%; control >50%), followed by the USA, Costa Rica, Germany, Portugal, and Taiwan. Treatment rates were less than 25% for women and less than 20% for men in Nepal, Indonesia, and some countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. Control rates were below 10% for women and men in these countries and for men in some countries in north Africa, central and south Asia, and eastern Europe. Treatment and control rates have improved in most countries since 1990, but we found little change in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. Improvements were largest in high-income countries, central Europe, and some upper-middle-income and recently high-income countries including Costa Rica, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, and Iran. Interpretation Improvements in the detection, treatment, and control of hypertension have varied substantially across countries, with some middle-income countries now outperforming most high-income nations. The dual approach of reducing hypertension prevalence through primary prevention and enhancing its treatment and control is achievable not only in high-income countries but also in low-income and middle-income settings

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions

Rhetorical move detection in English abstracts:multi-label sentence classifiers and their annotated corpora

The relevance of automatically identifying rhetorical moves in scientific texts has been widely acknowledged in the literature. This study focuses on abstracts of standard research papers written in English and aims to tackle a fundamental limitation of current machine-learning classifiers: they are mono-labeled, that is, a sentence can only be assigned one single label. However, such approach does not adequately reflect actual language use since a move can be realized by a clause, a sentence, or even several sentences. Here, we present MAZEA (Multi-label Argumentative Zoning for English Abstracts), a multi-label classifier which automatically identifies rhetorical moves in abstracts but allows for a given sentence to be assigned as many labels as appropriate. We have resorted to various other NLP tools and used two large training corpora: (i) one corpus consists of 645 abstracts from physical sciences and engineering (PE) and (ii) the other corpus is made up of 690 from life and health sciences (LH). This paper presents our preliminary results and also discusses the various challenges involved in multi-label tagging and works towards satisfactory solutions. In addition, we also make our two training corpora publicly available so that they may serve as benchmark for this new task

A tecnologia dura na unidade de terapia intensiva e a subjetividade dos trabalhadores de enfermagem

Objetivos: Identificar los puntos de vista del personal de enfermería sobre el uso de la tecnología en el trabajo duro todos los días y describir el impacto del uso de la tecnología en la dimensión subjetiva de las trabajadoras. Método: Estudio descriptivo y cualitativo. Los datos fueron recogidos entre septiembre y octubre de 2010, a través de entrevistas semi-estructuradas y que la información haya sido procesada por el método de análisis de contenido temático. En el estudio participaron 05 enfermeras y 05 técnicos de enfermería. Resultados: Los resultados mostraron aspectos positivos y negativos del uso de la tecnología y el impacto severo de la utilización de esta tecnología en el contexto de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Conclusión: Se concluye que los efectos son multifactoriales en la subjetividad del trabajador y que este trabajo tuvo como objetivo impulsar la investigación con las nuevas tecnologías y la salud del trabajador duro.Objectives: To identify the views of nursing staff on the use of technology in everyday hard work and describe the impact of technology use in the subjective dimension of these hard workers. Method: descriptive and qualitative. Data were collected between September and October 2010, through semi-structured interviews and the information has been processed by the method of thematic content analysis. The study included 05 nurses and 05 nursing technicians. Results: The results showed positive and negative aspects of technology use and the harsh impact of the use of this technology in the context of the Intensive Care Unit. Conclusion: It is concluded that the effects are multifactorial in the subjectivity of the worker and that this work aimed to boost research involving new technology and hard worker health.Objetivos: identificar a opinião dos trabalhadores de enfermagem sobre o uso da tecnologia dura no cotidiano de trabalho e descrever as repercussões do uso da tecnologia dura na dimensão subjetiva destes trabalhadores. Método: Pesquisa descritiva e qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados no período de setembro e outubro de 2010, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e as informações foram tratadas pelo método de análise temática de conteúdo. Participaram do estudo 05 enfermeiros e 05 técnicos de enfermagem. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram aspectos positivos e negativos do uso da tecnologia dura e o impacto do uso desta tecnologia no contexto da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Conclusão: Concluí-se que as repercussões são multifatoriais na subjetividade do trabalhador e objetivamos que este trabalho impulsione novas pesquisas envolvendo a tecnologia dura e a saúde do trabalhador