Potencial predatório de Carabidae e Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) sobre a lagarta‑da‑soja

The objective of this work was to evaluate the predatory potential of adult Carabidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) beetles on fourth‑instar larvae of the velvetbean caterpillar, in the laboratory. Initially, the capacity to consume one caterpillar during 24 hours was evaluated. For species that caused ≥80% mortality of the prey, the consumption rate was determined, by offering one caterpillar during 24 hours for four consecutive days. The carabids Calosoma granulatum, Cynthidia croceipes, Odontocheila nodicornis, and Pseudabarys sp. 1; the species of the Galerita, Scarites, and Tetracha genera; and the staphylinids Eulissus chalybaeus, Glenus cyanicollis, and Xenopygus sp. 2 show great predatory potential.O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o potencial predatório de besouros adultos de Carabidae e Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) sobre lagartas de quarto instar da lagarta‑da‑soja, em laboratório. Inicialmente, avaliou-se a capacidade de consumir uma lagarta por 24 horas. Para as espécies que causaram ≥80% de mortalidade da presa, determinou-se a taxa de consumo, tendo-se oferecido uma lagarta por 24 horas, durante quatro dias consecutivos. Os carabídeos Calosoma granulatum, Cynthidia croceipes, Odontocheila nodicornis e Pseudabarys sp. 1; as espécies dos gêneros Galerita, Scarites e Tetracha; e os estafilinídeos Eulissus chalybaeus, Glenus cyanicollis e Xenopygus sp. 2 apresentam elevado potencial predatório

Plasticity in leaf-level water relations of tropical rainforest trees in response to experimental drought

Summary The tropics are predicted to become warmer and drier, and understanding the sensitivity of tree species to drought is important for characterizing the risk to forests of climate change. This study makes use of a long-term drought experiment in the Amazon rainforest to evaluate the role of leaf-level water relations, leaf anatomy and their plasticity in response to drought in six tree genera. The variables (osmotic potential at full turgor, turgor loss point, capacitance, elastic modulus, relative water content and saturated water content) were compared between seasons and between plots (control and through-fall exclusion) enabling a comparison between short- and long-term plasticity in traits. Leaf anatomical traits were correlated with water relation parameters to determine whether water relations differed among tissues. The key findings were: osmotic adjustment occurred in response to the long-term drought treatment; species resistant to drought stress showed less osmotic adjustment than drought-sensitive species; and water relation traits were correlated with tissue properties, especially the thickness of the abaxial epidermis and the spongy mesophyll. These findings demonstrate that cell-level water relation traits can acclimate to long-term water stress, and highlight the limitations of extrapolating the results of short-term studies to temporal scales associated with climate change

Latin American interventions in children and adolescents’ sedentary behavior: a systematic review

OBJECTIVE: To identify and evaluate the effects of community-based interventions on the sedentary behavior (SB) of Latin American children and adolescents. METHODS: A systematic review on community-based trials to reduce and/or control SB in Latin American countries (Prospero: CRD42017072157). Five databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, SciELO and Lilacs) and a reference lists were searched. RESULTS: Ten intervention studies met the eligibility criteria and composed the descriptive synthesis. These studies were conducted in Brazil (n=5), Mexico (n=3), Ecuador (n=1) and Colombia (n=1). Most interventions were implemented in schools (n=8) by educational components, such as meetings, lessons, and seminars, on health-related subjects (n=6). Only two studies adopted specific strategies to reduce/control SB; others focused on increasing physical activity and/or improving diet. Only one study used an accelerometer to measure SB. Seven studies investigated recreational screen time. Eight studies showed statistically significant effects on SB reduction (80%). CONCLUSIONS: Latin America community-based interventions reduced children and adolescents’ SB. Further studies should: define SB as a primary outcome and implement strategies to reduce such behaviour; focus in different SBs and settings, other than recreational screen time or at-home sitting time; and use objective tools together with questionnaires to measure sedentary behaviour in

Limited acclimation in leaf anatomy to experimental drought in tropical forest trees

Dry periods are predicted to become more frequent and severe in the future in some parts of the tropics, including Amazonia, potentially causing reduced productivity, higher tree mortality and increased emissions of stored carbon. Using a long-term (12 year) through-fall exclusion (TFE) experiment in the tropics, we test the hypothesis that trees produce leaves adapted to cope with higher levels of water stress, by examining the following leaf characteristics: area, thickness, leaf mass per area, vein density, stomatal density, the thickness of palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll and both of the epidermal layers, internal cavity volume and the average cell sizes of the palisade and spongy mesophyll. We also test whether differences in leaf anatomy are consistent with observed differential drought-induced mortality responses among taxa, and look for relationships between leaf anatomy, and leaf water relations and gas exchange parameters. Our data show that trees do not produce leaves that are more xeromorphic in response to 12 years of soil moisture deficit. However, the drought treatment did result in increases in the thickness of the adaxial epidermis (TFE: 20.5 ± 1.5 µm, control: 16.7 ± 1.0 µm) and the internal cavity volume (TFE: 2.43 ± 0.50 mm(3) cm(−2), control: 1.77 ± 0.30 mm(3 )cm(−2)). No consistent differences were detected between drought-resistant and drought-sensitive taxa, although interactions occurred between drought-sensitivity status and drought treatment for the palisade mesophyll thickness (P = 0.034) and the cavity volume of the leaves (P = 0.025). The limited response to water deficit probably reflects a tight co-ordination between leaf morphology, water relations and photosynthetic properties. This suggests that there is little plasticity in these aspects of plant anatomy in these taxa, and that phenotypic plasticity in leaf traits may not facilitate the acclimation of Amazonian trees to the predicted future reductions in dry season water availability

Avaliação da efetividade de intervenções de promoção da atividade física no Sistema Único de Saúde

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of interventions on the levels of physical activity of healthy adults, users of the Brazilian Unified Health System and attended by the Family Health Strategy. METHODS Non-randomized experimental study with 157 adults allocated in three groups: 1) physical exercise classes (n = 54), 2) health education (n = 54), 3) control (n = 49). The study lasted for18 months, with 12 months of interventions and six months of follow-up after intervention. Assessments took place at the beginning, in the 12 months, and in the 18 months of study. Physical activity has been assessed by questionnaires and accelerometry. For the analyses, we have used the intention-to-treat principle and generalized estimating equations. RESULTS After 12 months, both intervention groups have increased the minutes of weekly leisure time physical activity and annual scores of physical exercise, leisure and transport-related physical activity. The exercise class group has obtained the highest average annual physical exercises score when compared to the other groups (p < 0.001). In the follow-up period, the exercise class group reduced its annual score (average: -0.3; 95%CI -0.5–-0.1), while the health education group increased this score (average: 0.2; 95%CI 0.1–0.4). There have been no differences in the levels of physical activity measured by accelerometry. CONCLUSIONS The interventions have been effective in increasing the practice of physical activity. However, we have observed that the health education intervention was more effective for maintaining the practice of physical activity in the period after intervention. We recommend the use of both interventions to promote physical activity in the Brazilian Unified Health System, according to the local reality of professionals, facilities, and team objectives.OBJETIVO Avaliar o efeito de intervenções nos níveis de atividade física de adultos saudáveis, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde e atendidos pela Estratégia de Saúde da Família. MÉTODOS Estudo experimental, não randomizado, com 157 adultos alocados em três grupos: 1) classes de exercícios físicos (n = 54); 2) educação em saúde (n = 54); 3) controle (n = 49). O estudo teve duração de 18 meses, sendo 12 meses de intervenções e seis meses de acompanhamento pós-intervenção. As avaliações ocorreram no início, nos 12 e nos 18 meses de estudo. A atividade física foi avaliada por questionários e por acelerometria. Para as análises, utilizaram-se o princípio de intenção de tratar e equações de estimativas generalizadas. RESULTADOS Após 12 meses, ambos os grupos de intervenção aumentaram os minutos semanais de atividade física no lazer e os escores anuais de exercícios físicos, de lazer e de deslocamento. O grupo das classes de exercícios físicos obteve maior média de escore anual de exercícios físicos em comparação com os outros grupos (p < 0,001). No período pós-intervenção, o grupo de classes de exercícios físicos reduziu o escore anual de exercícios físicos (média: -0,3; IC95% -0,5–-0,1), enquanto o grupo de educação em saúde aumentou este escore (média: 0,2; IC95% 0,1–0,4). Não houve diferenças nos níveis de atividade física mensurados por acelerometria. CONCLUSÕES As intervenções foram efetivas para aumentar a prática de atividade física. No entanto, observou-se que a intervenção de educação em saúde foi mais efetiva para a manutenção da prática de atividade física no período pós-intervenção. Recomenda-se a utilização de ambas as intervenções para a promoção da atividade física no Sistema Único de Saúde, de acordo com as realidades locais de profissionais, instalações e objetivos das equipes

Assessment of the effectiveness of physical activity interventions in the Brazilian Unified Health System.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of interventions on the levels of physical activity of healthy adults, users of the Brazilian Unified Health System and attended by the Family Health Strategy. METHODS: Non-randomized experimental study with 157 adults allocated in three groups: 1) physical exercise classes (n = 54), 2) health education (n = 54), 3) control (n = 49). The study lasted for18 months, with 12 months of interventions and six months of follow-up after intervention. Assessments took place at the beginning, in the 12 months, and in the 18 months of study. Physical activity has been assessed by questionnaires and accelerometry. For the analyses, we have used the intention-to-treat principle and generalized estimating equations. RESULTS: After 12 months, both intervention groups have increased the minutes of weekly leisure time physical activity and annual scores of physical exercise, leisure and transport-related physical activity. The exercise class group has obtained the highest average annual physical exercises score when compared to the other groups (p < 0.001). In the follow-up period, the exercise class group reduced its annual score (average: -0.3; 95%CI -0.5--0.1), while the health education group increased this score (average: 0.2; 95%CI 0.1-0.4). There have been no differences in the levels of physical activity measured by accelerometry. CONCLUSIONS: The interventions have been effective in increasing the practice of physical activity. However, we have observed that the health education intervention was more effective for maintaining the practice of physical activity in the period after intervention. We recommend the use of both interventions to promote physical activity in the Brazilian Unified Health System, according to the local reality of professionals, facilities, and team objectives. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o efeito de intervenções nos níveis de atividade física de adultos saudáveis, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde e atendidos pela Estratégia de Saúde da Família. MÉTODOS: Estudo experimental, não randomizado, com 157 adultos alocados em três grupos: 1) classes de exercícios físicos (n = 54); 2) educação em saúde (n = 54); 3) controle (n = 49). O estudo teve duração de 18 meses, sendo 12 meses de intervenções e seis meses de acompanhamento pós-intervenção. As avaliações ocorreram no início, nos 12 e nos 18 meses de estudo. A atividade física foi avaliada por questionários e por acelerometria. Para as análises, utilizaram-se o princípio de intenção de tratar e equações de estimativas generalizadas. RESULTADOS: Após 12 meses, ambos os grupos de intervenção aumentaram os minutos semanais de atividade física no lazer e os escores anuais de exercícios físicos, de lazer e de deslocamento. O grupo das classes de exercícios físicos obteve maior média de escore anual de exercícios físicos em comparação com os outros grupos (p < 0,001). No período pós-intervenção, o grupo de classes de exercícios físicos reduziu o escore anual de exercícios físicos (média: -0,3; IC95% -0,5--0,1), enquanto o grupo de educação em saúde aumentou este escore (média: 0,2; IC95% 0,1-0,4). Não houve diferenças nos níveis de atividade física mensurados por acelerometria. CONCLUSÕES: As intervenções foram efetivas para aumentar a prática de atividade física. No entanto, observou-se que a intervenção de educação em saúde foi mais efetiva para a manutenção da prática de atividade física no período pós-intervenção. Recomenda-se a utilização de ambas as intervenções para a promoção da atividade física no Sistema Único de Saúde, de acordo com as realidades locais de profissionais, instalações e objetivos das equipes

Caracterização de genótipos de Coffea arabica l. em área infestada pelo nematoide Meloidogyne paranaensis

The Meloidogyne paranaensis causes serious damage to the root system of coffee; it could cause poor vegetative and reproductive development culminating in the death of plants. This trial was carried out aimed to evaluate, in naturally infested by M. paranaensis, vegetative growth, production in the first two years (2011/2012) and the population of the M. paranaensis in genotypes (GEN) Timor Hybrid UFV 408-01 pl.1 R1 GEN 5); Sarchimor pl.1 R1 (GEN 34); the Catuai Vermelho crossings x Amphillo 2161 pl.1 R1 (GEN 15); Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo x 2161 pl.3 R1 (GEN 21); Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo 2474 pl.1 R2 (GEN 22) and as standard cultivars IPR 100, Catuaí Amarelo IAC 62 and Mundo Novo 379-19. M. paranaensis population (eggs + juveniles seconds estádio.g-1 of root), production in the first two years, vegetative vigor, crown diameter, plant height and grain size, were evaluated. In area infested by M. paranaensis, GEN 15 (Catuai Red x Amphillo 2161 pl.1 R1) was the most similar to IPR 100 in assessed agronomic characteristics; GEN 21 features yield high, and population high M. paranaensis, indicating the nematode tolerance behavior, and the GEN 34 is susceptible to nematode M. paranaensis.nto vegetativo e reprodutivo culminando com a morte de plantas. Objetivou-se avaliar, em área naturalmente infestada por M. paranaensis, o crescimento vegetativo, a produção no primeiro biênio (2011/2012) e a população de M. paranaensis nos genótipos (GEN) Híbrido de Timor UFV 408-01 pl.1 R1 GEN 5); Sarchimor pl.1 R1 (GEN 34); dos cruzamentos de Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo 2161 pl.1 R1 (GEN 15); Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo 2161 pl.3 R1 (GEN 21); Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo 2474 pl.1 R2(GEN 22) e das testemunhas (cultivares IPR 100, Catuaí Amarelo IAC 62 e Mundo Novo 379-19). No trabalho avaliaram-se a população (ovos+Juvenis de segundo estádio.g-1de raiz) de M. paranaensis, produção no primeiro biênio, vigor vegetativo, diâmetro de copa, altura da planta e tamanho do grão. Os resultados permitem concluir que: em área infestada por M. paranaensis, o GEN 15 (Catuai Vermelho x Amphillo 2161 pl.1 R1) foi o mais semelhante ao IPR 100 nas características agronômicas avaliadas; o GEN 21 apresenta elevada produção, além de alta população de M. paranaensis, indicando um comportamento de tolerância ao nematoide e o GEN 34 apresenta suscetibilidade ao nematoide M. paranaensis

Plasticity in leaf-level water relations of tropical rainforest trees in response to experimental drought

The tropics are predicted to become warmer and drier, and understanding the sensitivity of tree species to drought is important for characterizing the risk to forests of climate change. This study makes use of a long-term drought experiment in the Amazon rainforest to evaluate the role of leaf-level water relations, leaf anatomy and their plasticity in response to drought in six tree genera. The variables (osmotic potential at full turgor, turgor loss point, capacitance, elastic modulus, relative water content and saturated water content) were compared between seasons and between plots (control and through-fall exclusion) enabling a comparison between short- and long-term plasticity in traits. Leaf anatomical traits were correlated with water relation parameters to determine whether water relations differed among tissues. The key findings were: osmotic adjustment occurred in response to the long-term drought treatment; species resistant to drought stress showed less osmotic adjustment than drought-sensitive species; and water relation traits were correlated with tissue properties, especially the thickness of the abaxial epidermis and the spongy mesophyll. These findings demonstrate that cell-level water relation traits can acclimate to long-term water stress, and highlight the limitations of extrapolating the results of short-term studies to temporal scales associated with climate change

Crianças e jovens e a preparação do “craque”

Os dirigentes do futebol brasileiro nunca se preocuparam com a formação dos treinadores das categorias de base. Para treinar crianças e adolescentes, a opção preferida era aproveitar ex-jogadores que precisavam continuar trabalhando para sobreviver. Entretanto, a grande experiência adquirida como profissional de futebol foi, e continua sendo, insuficiente para compreender o processo de crescimento e desenvolvimento nessa fase da vida. A frágil arquitetura que sustenta empresários ambiciosos, comissão técnica leiga e mal remunerada e garotos sonhadores, mas sem embasamento físico, técnico e emocional, nasce fadada ao insucesso. Estamos vinte anos atrasados em relação ao modelo europeu, em que a formação especializada de treinadores com competência para identificar e formar talentos é uma preocupação permanente das federações de futebol.The managers of Brazilian football have never bothered to train coaches for the grassroots leagues. To train children and teenagers, they have preferred to use former players needing to keep working to survive. However, possessing a vast experience as a professional football player has never been enough for one to understand the process of growth and development at this stage of life. The fragile architecture that supports ambitious agents, non-professional and underpaidstaff and dreaming boys, and which has no physical, technical or emotional support, is born doomed to failure. We are twenty years behind the European model, in which the specialized training of coaches capable of identifying and training new talents is a permanent concern of football federations

Monitoramento de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas por entrevistas telefônicas

OBJECTIVE: To describe methods and initial findings of a surveillance system of risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) based on telephone interviews. METHODS: Interviews undertaken in a random sample of the adult population of the Municipality of São Paulo living in households with telephone. Sampling was done in two steps and included the random selection of households and the random selection of the household member to be interviewed. The system's questionnaire investigated demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, food consumption and physical activity patterns, smoking, consumption of alcoholic beverages, recalled weight and height and reported medical diagnoses of hypertension and diabetes, among other topics. Prevalence estimates of selected risk factors for CNCDs were calculated for the adult population with telephone and for the city's entire adult population. In this last case, we applied sample weighting factors that took into account demographic and socioeconomic differences between the adult population with telephone and the entire adult population of the municipality. RESULTS: Strong differences between sexes were found for most risk factors: low consumption of fruit and vegetables, high consumption of alcohol and overweight were more frequent among men while sedentary lifestyle and hypertension were more frequent among women. Additional possibilities of stratification of risk factor prevalences allowed by the surveillance system are illustrated using age groups, schooling, and place of residence in the city. CONCLUSIONS: System performance was considered as good and was better than the performance observed in similar systems operating in developed countries when evaluated with basis on the representativeness and reliability of the estimates and on costs. The cost per concluded interview was eight times lower than the cost usually seen in similar systems in developed countries and four to eight times lower than the cost of traditional household surveys undertaken in the city of Sao Paulo.OBJETIVO: Descrever métodos e resultados iniciais de sistema de monitoramento de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis por meio de entrevistas telefônicas. MÉTODOS: Estudou-se amostra probabilística (n=2.122) da população adulta do Município de São Paulo residente em domicílios conectados à rede de telefonia fixa, com amostragem realizada em duas etapas: sorteio de linhas telefônicas e sorteio do morador do domicílio a ser entrevistado. Foi aplicado questionário para investigar características demográficas e socioeconômicas, padrão de alimentação e de atividade física, consumo de cigarros e de bebidas alcoólicas, peso e altura recordados e auto-referência a diagnóstico médico de hipertensão arterial e diabetes, entre outros quesitos. Foram calculadas estimativas sobre a prevalência de fatores de risco selecionados para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis para a população adulta com telefone e para a população adulta total do município. Neste último caso, população total, foram aplicados à amostra fatores de ponderação que levaram em conta diferenças demográficas e socioeconômicas entre a população com telefone e a população total do município. RESULTADOS: Foram observadas diferenças substanciais entre os sexos quanto à freqüência da maioria dos fatores de risco estudados, sendo significativamente mais freqüentes em homens o consumo insuficiente de frutas e hortaliças, o consumo excessivo de bebidas alcoólicas e o excesso de peso; e nas mulheres foram mais freqüentes o sedentarismo e a hipertensão. Possibilidades adicionais de estratificação da prevalência de fatores de risco permitidas pelo sistema de monitoramento foram ilustradas a partir de exemplos abrangendo faixa etária, nível de escolaridade e área de residência na cidade dos entrevistados. CONCLUSÕES: O desempenho do sistema de monitoramento, avaliado a partir da representatividade e confiabilidade das estimativas obtidas e do custo por entrevista realizada, mostrou-se adequado e, de modo geral, superior a sistemas equivalentes existentes em países desenvolvidos. O custo por entrevista realizada foi oito vezes inferior ao custo estimado por sistemas semelhantes existentes em países desenvolvidos e quatro a oito vezes inferior ao custo de inquéritos domiciliares tradicionais realizados no Município de São Paulo