Preventive measures of the COVID-19 adopted by the health professional in the family coexistence / Medidas de prevenção da COVID-19 adotadas pelos profissionais de saúde no convívio familiar

Objective: analyse non-pharmacological measures of prevention of the Covid-19 adopted by health professionals in the Primary Attention to Health in family coexistence. Methods: transversal and analytical study performed with 229 health professionals of the Primary Attention. Data were collected through a virtual questionnaire in the platform SurveyMonkey. The data analysis was performed by the Chi-Square Test, exact of Fisher and logistic regression. Results: most of the professionals used hygiene measures of hands, environment cleaning, food hygiene, use of tissue masks and physical distancing of relatives. Male single/divorced health professionals have smaller chance to adopt environment cleaning, food hygiene and use of tissue masks. Conclusion: the adoption of non-pharmacological measures against Covid-19 by health professionals in family coexistence is essential for reducing contamination risk among their relatives.Objetivo: analizar las medidas no farmacológicas de prevención del Covid-19 adoptadas por los profesionales de salud en la Atención Primaria de Salud en la convivencia familiar. Métodos: estudio transversal y analítico realizado con 229 profesionales de salud de la Atención Primaria. Los datos fueron recolectados con el cuestionario virtual en la plataforma SurveyMonkey. El análisis de datos se realizó mediante el Test Chi-Cuadrado, exacto de Fisher y regresión logística. Resultados: la mayoría de los profesionales utilizó medidas de higiene de manos, limpieza ambiental, higiene alimentaria, uso de mascarillas de tejido y distanciamiento físico de familiares. Los profesionales de la salud varones solteros / divorciados tienen menos posibilidades de adoptar la limpieza ambiental, la higiene alimentaria y el uso de mascarillas de tejido. Conclusión: la adopción de medidas no farmacológicas frente al Covid-19 por profesionales de salud en la convivencia familiar es fundamental para reducir la contaminación entre sus familiares.Objetivo: analisar as medidas não farmacológicas de prevenção da Covid-19 adotadas pelos profissionais de saúde da Atenção Primária à Saúde no convívio familiar. Métodos: estudo transversal, analítico, realizado com 229 profissionais de saúde da Atenção Primária. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário virtual na plataforma Survey Monkey. Teste Qui-Quadrado, exato de Fisher e regressão logística foram utilizados para as análises de dados. Resultados: a maioria dos profissionais utilizou medidas como higiene das mãos, limpeza de ambiente, higiene dos alimentos, uso de máscaras de tecido e distanciamento físico dos familiares. Profissionais de saúde do sexo masculino e solteiros/divorciados tem uma menor chance para adotar a limpeza do ambiente, higiene dos alimentos e uso de máscaras de tecido. Conclusão: a adoção das medidas não farmacológicas contra a Covid-19 pelos profissionais de saúde em seu convívio familiar é fundamental para a diminuição do risco de contágio entre seus familiares.

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora

Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil

Abstract An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, showing an increase of 3% in its species richness in relation to 2010. The Amazon Rainforest is the richest Brazilian biome for Gymnosperms, while the Atlantic Rainforest is the richest one for Angiosperms. There was a considerable increment in the number of species and endemism rates for biomes, except for the Amazon that showed a decrease of 2.5% of recorded endemics. However, well over half of Brazillian seed plant species (57.4%) is endemic to this territory. The proportion of life-forms varies among different biomes: trees are more expressive in the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforest biomes while herbs predominate in the Pampa, and lianas are more expressive in the Amazon, Atlantic Rainforest, and Pantanal. This compilation serves not only to quantify Brazilian biodiversity, but also to highlight areas where there information is lacking and to provide a framework for the challenge faced in conserving Brazil's unique and diverse flora