109 research outputs found
Significados atribuídos ao envelhecimento ativo e saudável em um grupo de pessoas vivendo em comunidade idosos
Indexación: Scopus.Objetivo:
conocer e interpretar las experiencias y los significados que le atribuyen al envejecimiento activo y saludable un grupo de personas mayores de 64 años que viven en comunidad en la ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Método:
se optó por el método cualitativo con enfoque hermenéutico dialéctico. La recolección de datos se realizó a través de entrevistas en profundidad a 11 personas mayores de 64 años de la ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Resultados:
el análisis de los datos permitió construir las categorías de: desarrollo personal, alteración del estado físico, pérdidas, cambios del rol social, falta de reconocimiento, actividades de recreación.
Conclusión:
se identificaron aspectos relevantes sobre las necesidades de sentirse útiles para la sociedad y familia, reconocen que su capacidad funcional ha disminuido, sienten limitaciones físicas. Se devela el sentimiento de las pérdidas, tanto económicas, como físicas y laborales. Manifiestan que una fortaleza es su salud mental la que los mantiene vivos y activos.Objective: to find out and interpret the experiences and meanings attributed to the active and healthy aging of a group of elderly people over 64 living in community in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. Method: we chose the qualitative method with dialectical hermeneutic approach. Data collection occurred through in-depth interviews with 11 elderly people aged 64 or more in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. Results: data analysis allowed us to construct the categories personal development, physical state changing, losses, social role changes, lack of recognition, recreation activities. Conclusion: we identified relevant aspects on the need to feel useful for society and family; they recognize that their functional capacity has decreased; they feel physical limitations. Feelings of economic, physical and labor losses showed up in the study. They point out that their mental health is their strength that keeps them alive and active.http://ref.scielo.org/zq7wr
Assessing sea grass meadows condition at “El Río” Special Area of Conservation off “La Graciosa e Islotes del Norte de Lanzarote” Marine Reserve
Cymodosea nodosa meadows, known as ‘sebadales’ or ‘manchones’ at Canary Islands, represent EUNIS
habitat type code A5.5311, called Macaronesian Cymodocea beds. As it’s described at European
Union Habitats Directive (92/43/CEE) Annex 1, sea grass meadows belong to 1110 Sandbanks which
are slightly covered by seawater all the time, within Natura 2000 Network.
Several ‘sebadales’ throughout the archipelago are included in this Network as Special Areas of Conservation.
Cymodosea nodosa is regionally included within the Canary Islands Protected Species List
(Ley 4/2010), as a species ‘of interest to ecosystems of Canary Islands”, is usually found at a narrow
depth range (10 to 20 m of depth) and, on the whole, best structured meadows are settled at sheltered
bays, away from wave and current beating, flimsier at exposed areas. Deeper meadows are also sparser,
being C. nodosa replaced by green algae Caulerpa prolifera and Caulerpa racemosa, although mixed
algae-sea grass meadows are often found at different depths.
The project Assessment of marine flora (‘sebadal’, ma¨erl, ‘mujo’) of ‘La Graciosa e Islotes del Norte
de Lanzarote’ Marine Reserve, funded by ‘Viceconsejer´ıa de Pesca y Aguas de la Consejer´ıa de Agricultura,
Ganader´ıa, Pesca y Aguas’, Canary Islands Government, has had the aim of assessing sea grass
meadows condition and distribution at ‘El R´ıo’ Natura 2000 Network Special Area of Conservation, the
channel between La Graciosa and Lanzarote. ‘LA GRACIOSA 1311’ cruise was performed within the
framework of the project.
First of all previous information on sea grass shallow distribution (up to a depth of 20 m) in the study
area was reviewed. Afterwards, a tugged underwater video camera was used onboard of the Marine
Reserve Surveillance Vessel to update cartographic info performing a grid of sampling stations, covering
previously known distribution limits and verifying current presence/absence data and density.
Furthermore, population parameters were obtained in order to assess ‘sebadal’ condition. Fixed stations
were selected in regards to this process, and methodology applied on them was as follows: five radial
arranged transects were performed, identifying fragmentation (it estimates meadow continuity regarding
observed cover), density (mean value of several shoots number counts with 20 x 20 cm grids placed every
2 m), height (mean value in cm of 10 independent samples by transect) and fish and macroinvertebrate
species richness for each transect.
Graphic picture of sea grass density was made depending on two levels: low density level transects (
10 shoots/grid ( 50 shoots/m2) and medium density level transects ( 10 shoots/grid ( 50 shoots/m2).
Main study result is an estimate for the study region (‘El R´ıo’) and time of year of Cymodocea nodosa
population total distribution cover which comes to 1.640.076 m2, including a higher density ‘sebadal’ of
178.256 m2
Effects of the anthropogenics pressures (marine litter) on the coastal ecosystems of the Marine Reserve “Isla de La Graciosa e islotes del norte de Lanzarote”
The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC) considers marine litter as one of its
environmental descriptors, requiring the development and standardization of criteria and methodologies
for its use to test the good environmental status of marine conditions. The assessment of the impact
caused by litter accumulation in the shoreline lacked specific monitoring planning and had not been
systematically performed to date in Canary Islands.
During the project ”Evaluation of the effect of the anthropogenic pressures (marine litter in beaches and
alteration of shallow seabed by boats anchoring) on the coastal ecosystems of the “Marine Reserve of Isla
de La Graciosa e islotes del norte de Lanzarote (MRLG)” developed with the financial help of the Canary
Islands Government (Council of Agriculture, Ranching, Fishing and Waters), two surveys were carried
out, ”LA GRACIOSA 1310” and “LA GRACIOSA 1311”, both developed at MRLG and its vicinities.
The aim has been to depict MRLG shoreline and to locate marine litter accumulation points the most,
contributing with some tools to assess and manage the coastal ecosystems of the marine reserve.
Total shoreline sampled at both surveys together was 38326 m, 1834 m at Alegranza, 1366 m at Monta˜na
Clara, 24656 m at La Graciosa Island, and the rest, 10470 m, at the Lanzarote’s shoreline portion bathed
by MRLG waters. Shoreline sampling was made qualitatively sorting the sampling stations, according
to litter presence and distribution, by means of a upward numerical coding related to the type of waste
or garbage found. Moreover, each station was additionally depicted according to the type of substrate as
well as to the prevailing type of waste, defining what we named “transects”.
To validate methodology to European standards, a more exhaustive experimental sampling was made
in four transects identified as high density or high concentration of marine litter, following guidelines
of a method developed for OSPAR maritime area during the first half of 2000 decade (OSPAR, 2007).
It involves evaluating the possibilities and needs of adjustment of this methodology to the particular
conditions of our region (Gonz´alez, et al., 2013 a and b).
As preliminary results, the spatial distribution of garbage coastal accumulation will be shown in a cartographic
base, expressed as relative abundance by island, according to a 4 degrees scale (no litter, low,
medium and high litter presence) and according to the dominant kind of garbage in each transect. An
example with one of the most densely occupied with trash transects is shown to illustrate a sampling
method without the requirement of trash collection. This method uses a sampling unit of 1x1 m grid,
divided in 10x10 cm subgrids. This grid is set parallel to sampling direction repeatedly. Distance between
grids is determined by a randomizing software. Sampling direction zigzags from sea border to
beach back shore, making 45° degrees angles. Subgrids occupied by trash are counted once the grid is
set. Waste is depict and identified following a guide developed for this purpose by OSPAR in 2010
Evaluating the probability of avoiding disease-related extinctions of Panamanian amphibians through captive breeding programs
Amphibians around the world are declining from threats that cannot currently be mitigated, making it impossible to safeguard some species in their natural habitats.
Amphibians in the mountainous neotropics are one example where severe diseaserelated declines prompted calls for the establishment of captive assurance colonies to avoid extinctions. We surveyed experts in Panamanian amphibians to determine
the probability of avoiding chytridiomycosis-related extinctions using captive breeding programs. We ranked Panamanian amphibian species by perceived susceptibility to chytridiomycosis, then calculated the likelihood of avoiding extinction as the
product of three probabilities, which include (1) finding sufficient founder animals,
(2) successfully breeding these species in captivity and (3) becoming extinct in the wild. The likelihood of finding enough animals to create a captive founding population was low for many rare species, especially for salamanders and caecilians. It
was also low for frogs which were once regularly encountered, but have already disappeared including Atelopus chiriquiensis, Craugastor emcelae, C. obesus, C. punctariolus, C. rhyacobatrachus, Ecnomiohyla rabborum, Isthmohyla calypsa and Oophaga speciosa. Our results indicate that captive breeding could improve the odds of avoiding extinction for species that have severely declined or are likely to decline due to chytridiomycosis including Atelopus certus, A. glyphus, A. limosus, A. varius, A. zeteki, Anotheca spinosa, Gastrotheca cornuta, Agalychnis lemur and Hemiphractus fasciatus. Priority species that experts predicted were highly susceptible to chytridiomycosis that might also benefit from ex situ management include Craugastor tabasarae, C. azueroensis, C. evanesco, Strabomantis bufoniformis and Colostethus panamansis. In spite of high levels of uncertainty, this
expert assessment approach allowed us to refine our priorities for captive amphibian programs in Panama and identify priority conservation actions with a clearer understanding of the probability of success.Amphibians around the world are declining from threats that cannot currently be mitigated, making it impossible to safeguard some species in their natural habitats.
Amphibians in the mountainous neotropics are one example where severe diseaserelated declines prompted calls for the establishment of captive assurance colonies to avoid extinctions. We surveyed experts in Panamanian amphibians to determine
the probability of avoiding chytridiomycosis-related extinctions using captive breeding programs. We ranked Panamanian amphibian species by perceived susceptibility to chytridiomycosis, then calculated the likelihood of avoiding extinction as the
product of three probabilities, which include (1) finding sufficient founder animals,
(2) successfully breeding these species in captivity and (3) becoming extinct in the wild. The likelihood of finding enough animals to create a captive founding population was low for many rare species, especially for salamanders and caecilians. It
was also low for frogs which were once regularly encountered, but have already disappeared including Atelopus chiriquiensis, Craugastor emcelae, C. obesus, C. punctariolus, C. rhyacobatrachus, Ecnomiohyla rabborum, Isthmohyla calypsa and Oophaga speciosa. Our results indicate that captive breeding could improve the odds of avoiding extinction for species that have severely declined or are likely to decline due to chytridiomycosis including Atelopus certus, A. glyphus, A. limosus, A. varius, A. zeteki, Anotheca spinosa, Gastrotheca cornuta, Agalychnis lemur and Hemiphractus fasciatus. Priority species that experts predicted were highly susceptible to chytridiomycosis that might also benefit from ex situ management include Craugastor tabasarae, C. azueroensis, C. evanesco, Strabomantis bufoniformis and Colostethus panamansis. In spite of high levels of uncertainty, this
expert assessment approach allowed us to refine our priorities for captive amphibian programs in Panama and identify priority conservation actions with a clearer understanding of the probability of success
RICORS2040 : The need for collaborative research in chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent and poorly known killer. The current concept of CKD is relatively young and uptake by the public, physicians and health authorities is not widespread. Physicians still confuse CKD with chronic kidney insufficiency or failure. For the wider public and health authorities, CKD evokes kidney replacement therapy (KRT). In Spain, the prevalence of KRT is 0.13%. Thus health authorities may consider CKD a non-issue: very few persons eventually need KRT and, for those in whom kidneys fail, the problem is 'solved' by dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, KRT is the tip of the iceberg in the burden of CKD. The main burden of CKD is accelerated ageing and premature death. The cut-off points for kidney function and kidney damage indexes that define CKD also mark an increased risk for all-cause premature death. CKD is the most prevalent risk factor for lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the factor that most increases the risk of death in COVID-19, after old age. Men and women undergoing KRT still have an annual mortality that is 10- to 100-fold higher than similar-age peers, and life expectancy is shortened by ~40 years for young persons on dialysis and by 15 years for young persons with a functioning kidney graft. CKD is expected to become the fifth greatest global cause of death by 2040 and the second greatest cause of death in Spain before the end of the century, a time when one in four Spaniards will have CKD. However, by 2022, CKD will become the only top-15 global predicted cause of death that is not supported by a dedicated well-funded Centres for Biomedical Research (CIBER) network structure in Spain. Realizing the underestimation of the CKD burden of disease by health authorities, the Decade of the Kidney initiative for 2020-2030 was launched by the American Association of Kidney Patients and the European Kidney Health Alliance. Leading Spanish kidney researchers grouped in the kidney collaborative research network Red de Investigación Renal have now applied for the Redes de Investigación Cooperativa Orientadas a Resultados en Salud (RICORS) call for collaborative research in Spain with the support of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, Federación Nacional de Asociaciones para la Lucha Contra las Enfermedades del Riñón and ONT: RICORS2040 aims to prevent the dire predictions for the global 2040 burden of CKD from becoming true
Search for strong gravity in multijet final states produced in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
A search is conducted for new physics in multijet final states using 3.6 inverse femtobarns of data from proton-proton collisions at √s = 13TeV taken at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with the ATLAS detector. Events are selected containing at least three jets with scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT) greater than 1TeV. No excess is seen at large HT and limits are presented on new physics: models which produce final states containing at least three jets and having cross sections larger than 1.6 fb with HT > 5.8 TeV are excluded. Limits are also given in terms of new physics models of strong gravity that hypothesize additional space-time dimensions
Measurement of the correlation between flow harmonics of different order in lead-lead collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Correlations between the elliptic or triangular flow coefficients vm (m=2 or 3) and other flow harmonics vn (n=2 to 5) are measured using √sNN=2.76 TeV Pb+Pb collision data collected in 2010 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 7 μb−1. The vm−vn correlations are measured in midrapidity as a function of centrality, and, for events within the same centrality interval, as a function of event ellipticity or triangularity defined in a forward rapidity region. For events within the same centrality interval, v3 is found to be anticorrelated with v2 and this anticorrelation is consistent with similar anticorrelations between the corresponding eccentricities, ε2 and ε3. However, it is observed that v4 increases strongly with v2, and v5 increases strongly with both v2 and v3. The trend and strength of the vm−vn correlations for n=4 and 5 are found to disagree with εm−εn correlations predicted by initial-geometry models. Instead, these correlations are found to be consistent with the combined effects of a linear contribution to vn and a nonlinear term that is a function of v22 or of v2v3, as predicted by hydrodynamic models. A simple two-component fit is used to separate these two contributions. The extracted linear and nonlinear contributions to v4 and v5 are found to be consistent with previously measured event-plane correlations
Measurements of fiducial cross-sections for t\bart production with one or two additional b-jets in pp collisions at √s =8 TeVusing the ATLAS detector
Fiducial cross-sections for production with one or two additional
-jets are reported, using an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb of
proton--proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the Large
Hadron Collider, collected with the ATLAS detector. The cross-section times
branching ratio for events with at least one additional -jet is
measured to be 950 70 (stat.) (syst.) fb in the
lepton-plus-jets channel and 50 10 (stat.) (syst.) fb in
the channel. The cross-section times branching ratio for events with at
least two additional -jets is measured to be 19.3 3.5 (stat.)
5.7 (syst.) fb in the dilepton channel (,\,, and \,) using a
method based on tight selection criteria, and 13.5 3.3 (stat.) 3.6
(syst.) fb using a looser selection that allows the background normalisation to
be extracted from data. The latter method also measures a value of 1.30
0.33 (stat.) 0.28 (syst.)\% for the ratio of production with
two additional -jets to production with any two additional jets.
All measurements are in good agreement with recent theory predictions.Comment: 41 pages plus author list + cover page (58 total), 9 Figures, 16
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