Yoga in school-aged children: Impact on children's mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic – A protocol

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and the increasing burden on mental health and well- being require new ways of supporting families that have to maintain the new norms of social distancing. Many families may be under enormous amounts of stress and anxiety caused by losing their loved ones. Therefore, there is a great need to search for ways to minimize the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and well-being. The purpose of the research is to evaluate a yoga intervention offered online to school-aged children in the U.K. by Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust U.K. (PYPT) and evaluate its effectiveness by interviewing the parents of participating children. The project will seek to promote an additional tool in managing mental health and well-being in school-aged children. The research will use a mixed-methods approach. Parents will be approached by a PYPT yoga teacher and invited to complete an online survey and quantitative interview. Parents (over 18 years) of school-aged children (5-16 years) who live in the U.K. are eligible to take part. Upon gaining consent, participates will be asked to complete a parent and child characteristic questionnaire. An SDQ survey for parents via online Opinio and a subsample will be interviewed using a structured interview schedule. All analyses will be carried out in SPSS. It is intended that the research will provide an evidence base that will aid future studies and inform in developing yoga interventions that may aid in promoting child mental health and well-being. The study results will be published in peer-reviewed international journals; the researchers will also present the results at governmental conferences

Definição da posição da folha de pimenta longa para avaliação do estado nutricional.

Foram avaliadas quatro posições de amostragem de folhas de pimenta longa para fins de definição da amostragem mais adequados em estudos de nutrição de plantas desta espécie, visando subsidiar pesquisas com sua domesticação. Folhas completamente expandidas de vinte plantas de diferentes parcelas experimentais de um experimento, que receberam mesma adubação anual, foram amostradas, nas posições, do ápice para a base do galho: P1- primeira folha, P2 – segunda folha, P3 - terceira folha e P4, quarta folha, tomando-se, vinte amostras por parcela, as quais foram depois reunidas em uma amostra composta por parcela As folhas foram avaliadas para os teores de macro e micronutrientes. Foram comparadas médias e variabilidade entre as diferentes posições, com base nos teores foliares e índices DRIS multivariados. Para a maioria dos nutrientes avaliados não houve efeito da posição de amostragem, sendo que na posição P1, houve maior concordância entre o estado nutricional determinado pelo DRIS e pelo método convencional, além de menor variabilidade amostral, sendo esta a posição de amostragem indicada

Yoga in school-aged children: Impact on children's mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic – A protocol

Pre-print deposited on PsyArXiv Copyright © 2021 The Authors.Copyright © 2021 The Authors. The rapid spread of COVID-19 and the increasing burden on mental health and well- being require new ways of supporting families that have to maintain the new norms of social distancing. Many families may be under enormous amounts of stress and anxiety caused by losing their loved ones. Therefore, there is a great need to search for ways to minimize the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and well-being. The purpose of the research is to evaluate a yoga intervention offered online to school-aged children in the U.K. by Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust U.K. (PYPT) and evaluate its effectiveness by interviewing the parents of participating children. The project will seek to promote an additional tool in managing mental health and well-being in school-aged children. The research will use a mixed-methods approach. Parents will be approached by a PYPT yoga teacher and invited to complete an online survey and quantitative interview. Parents (over 18 years) of school-aged children (5-16 years) who live in the U.K. are eligible to take part. Upon gaining consent, participates will be asked to complete a parent and child characteristic questionnaire. An SDQ survey for parents via online Opinio and a subsample will be interviewed using a structured interview schedule. All analyses will be carried out in SPSS. It is intended that the research will provide an evidence base that will aid future studies and inform in developing yoga interventions that may aid in promoting child mental health and well-being. The study results will be published in peer-reviewed international journals; the researchers will also present the results at governmental conferences

Phytosociology of the herbaceous-subshrub layer of a rupestrian complex in Serra do Espinha?o, Brazil.

Rupestrian complexes of the Serra do Espinha?o are recognized for their high degree of biodiversity and endemism. However, environmental impacts, particularly from mining, have degraded these environments. The purpose of this study was to describe the herbaceous-subshrub communities that occur in quartzitic (QRC) and ferruginous (FRC) rupestrian complexes in different seasons of the year, with regard to floristic similarity and phytosociological structure. Additionally, the study aimed to identify native species with potential use for the restoration of similar degraded areas. Vegetation was sampled from plots located in the municipality of Concei??o do Mato Dentro, state of Minas Gerais. Five contiguous strata of 10 ? 50 m were demarcated in each environment, in which 12 plots of 2 ? 1 m (2 m?) were randomly distributed, for a total of 60 plots (sample units) in each physiognomy. The studied communities exhibited few similarities and lower floristic diversity than other rupestrian complexes. Detrended correspondence analysis distinguished the communities of FRC from those of QRC. The species with the highest value of importance in FRC were Bulbostylis fimbriata and Centrosema brasilianum, while in QRC Echinolaena inflexa had the highest values, thus, making them eligible for restoration programs in similar environments

Evaluation hematological and biochemical parameters of rats in the second thirds of the gestation submitted to the action of the extract methanol of Cereus jamacaru DC., Cactaceae

The effects of oral administration of methanol extract (ME) prepared from stems of Cereus jamacaru DC., Cactaceae were investigated on the biochemical and hematological parameters in pregnant adult Wistar rats. Twenty rats (n = 5 per group) have been treated orally for four consecutive days with ME in doses of 100, 250 and 500 mg/kg weight, and then, it was determined the biochemical and hematological profiles. The results showed that during the period of treatment there was no signs of toxicity or death. The hematological and biochemical parameters were not modified by oral administration of ME, except for a significant increase of 45.7% and 41.9% for alanine transaminase (ALT) in doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg in addition to the significant increase, of to 48.2%, 39.8% and 41.8% for aspartate transaminase (AST). In hematology, it was registered a fluctuation within the reference values of hemoglobin in the differential count of neutrophil and lymphocyte. In this way the administration of methanol extract of C. jamacaru does not produce toxic effects or alters the majority of biochemical and hematological studies in pregnant adult Wistar rats. However, the increase of serum ALT and AST in high doses suggests a liver overload, which must be investigated in more detail.Os efeitos da administração oral do extrato metanólico (EM) de Cereus jamacaru DC., Cactaceae, foram investigados sobre os parâmetros hematológicos e bioquímicos em ratas Wistar adultas grávidas. Vinte ratas (n = 5 por grupo) foram tratadas durante quatro dias consecutivos com EM por via oral nas doses de 100, 250 e 500 mg/kg de peso e, em seguida, determinados os perfis bioquímico e hematológico. Os resultados mostraram que durante o período do tratamento não foi observado efeitos nocivos ou óbitos. Os parâmetros hematológicos e bioquímicos não foram modificados pela administração oral do EM, excetuando-se o aumento significativo de 45,7% e de 41,9% para alanina transferase (ALT) nas doses de 250 e 500 mg/kg além do aumento significativo, respectivo de 48,2%, 39,8% e 41,8% para aspartato aminotransferase (AST). Em relação aos valores hematológicos, registrou-se flutuação dentro dos valores de referência na contagem diferencial de hemoglobina, de neutrófilo e de linfócito. Dessa forma, a administração do extrato metanólico de C. jamacaru não apresentou reações tóxicas sobre a maioria dos parâmetros hematológicos e bioquímicos estudados em ratas Wistar adultas grávidas. Entretanto, o aumento dos níveis séricos de AST e ALT em doses elevadas sugere uma sobrecargas hepática, as quais devem ser investigadas em maiores detalhes