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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227598
title: Characteristics of the Atmosphere in the Austral Spring During the El Niño 2015/2016

description: Abstract The El Niño (EN) is characterized by an anomalous warming of the central and eastern surface of the Tropical Pacific Ocean waters, which affects global and regional climate through the circulation anomalies in the atmosphere. The EN 2015/2016 was classified as very strong. Therefore, this study aims to show the atmospheric characteristics during the occurrence of this event in September, October and November of 2015. Among the results, there are the shift to eastern of the zonal Walker Cell, the intensification of the subtropical and polar jets, the presence of positive anomalies of geopotential height in the Pacific ocean near the southern of South America and negative anomalies in the south and southeast of the continent and the Atlantic ocean. Moreover, there is an increase of the cyclone frequency in the subtropical latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean, and convergence of vertically integrated flux moisture on the southeastern South America. These characteristics contribute to precipitation anomalies and air temperature in South America.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227601
title: Health, aesthetics, and efficiency: relationships between women’s eating practices and their bodies

description: Abstract Research on food and body in the consumer society presents an increasing interest from academics in various fields. The aim of this paper is to understand the relationships between women’s food consumption practices and their bodies. The authors use the perspective of the Theory of Practice to access the components of food consumption practices. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty female informants, residents of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, who said that their bodies were central in food consumption practices. These practices are regulated by rules that take into account the distinction between nourishment, needed for surviving, and eating, a pleasure action, and women’s strategies in combining short-term (pleasure) and long-term (body) goals. Food consumption involves commitments to health, associated with clinical aspects of food and body maintenance; aesthetics, which present the food as a way of molding the body within patterns of beauty; and efficiency, which orient eating towards the professional performance of the woman’s body.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227604.v1
title: Proposal of integrated urban waters management as a strategy to promote water security: the Fortaleza case

description: ABSTRACT The study proposes the use of integrated urban water-management models as a strategy to promote water security and drought preparedness. It was developed in two stages: assessment of water system’s vulnerability; proposition of the integrated urban water management model. In the first step, a flow network model was used to simulate the water system. In the second stage, the inductive method was applied after conducting an exploratory research. The assessment of the water vulnerabilities revealed a deficit in Fortaleza’s water supply in 2.56% of the simulated period and the complete emptying of Castanhão’s reservoir in 6.52% of the months. The integrated urban water management model is based on the management of water supply and water demand. In the first case, it is proposed that Fortaleza’s supply system be constituted by conventional water sources (surface waters) and by alternative sources (groundwater, rainwater, desalination of sea water). For the management of demand, it is pointed out the use of water saving plumbing fixtures and financial mechanisms. This model presents a more robust matrix of water supply sources, which increases the water security of urban centers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227598.v1
title: Characteristics of the Atmosphere in the Austral Spring During the El Niño 2015/2016

description: Abstract The El Niño (EN) is characterized by an anomalous warming of the central and eastern surface of the Tropical Pacific Ocean waters, which affects global and regional climate through the circulation anomalies in the atmosphere. The EN 2015/2016 was classified as very strong. Therefore, this study aims to show the atmospheric characteristics during the occurrence of this event in September, October and November of 2015. Among the results, there are the shift to eastern of the zonal Walker Cell, the intensification of the subtropical and polar jets, the presence of positive anomalies of geopotential height in the Pacific ocean near the southern of South America and negative anomalies in the south and southeast of the continent and the Atlantic ocean. Moreover, there is an increase of the cyclone frequency in the subtropical latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean, and convergence of vertically integrated flux moisture on the southeastern South America. These characteristics contribute to precipitation anomalies and air temperature in South America.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227601.v1
title: Health, aesthetics, and efficiency: relationships between women’s eating practices and their bodies

description: Abstract Research on food and body in the consumer society presents an increasing interest from academics in various fields. The aim of this paper is to understand the relationships between women’s food consumption practices and their bodies. The authors use the perspective of the Theory of Practice to access the components of food consumption practices. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty female informants, residents of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, who said that their bodies were central in food consumption practices. These practices are regulated by rules that take into account the distinction between nourishment, needed for surviving, and eating, a pleasure action, and women’s strategies in combining short-term (pleasure) and long-term (body) goals. Food consumption involves commitments to health, associated with clinical aspects of food and body maintenance; aesthetics, which present the food as a way of molding the body within patterns of beauty; and efficiency, which orient eating towards the professional performance of the woman’s body.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227607.v1
title: Trends in Extreme Climate Indices for Pará State, Brazil

description: Abstract The present study aimed to analyze trends in air temperature and rainfall for 13 locations in the state of Pará using nonparametric tests. Daily data of maximum and minimum air temperatures and precipitation covering the period 1970-2006, collected by the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET) have been used. From the results obtained it was observed that the number of warm days and nights per year has increased, thereby providing a significant reduction in the number of cool days and nights in the state. Due to the high space-time variability of precipitation, few localities showed statistically significant trends for indices of extremes dependent on this variable. The days and nights in Belém have been hotter in the last two decades. Therefore, these results are important for future planning of public health and energy for the state of Para, which must adapt to future warming scenarios sectors.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227589
title: Radioprotective Effect of Sodium Selenite on Mandible of Irradiated Rats

description: Abstract The purpose of this study was to test the radioprotective effect of selenium in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated rats mandibles. Forty rats were separated into 4 groups with 10 animals: control group (CG), irradiated group (IG), sodium selenite group (SSG) and sodium selenite irradiated group (SSIG). A single dose of 0.8 mg/kg sodium selenite was administered intraperitoneally in the SSG and SSIG groups. One hour later, animals of IG and SSIG groups were irradiated with 15 Gy of x-rays. Forty days after radiation a bilateral extraction of the mandibular first molars was performed. After the extraction procedure, five rats were killed after fifteen days and others five after thirty days. Micro- computed tomography was used to evaluate cortical and trabecular bone of each rat. The mean and standard deviation of each bone microarchitecture parameter were analyzed using the statistical test of two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). At 15 days, the bone volume presented higher values in the CG and SSG groups (p=0.001). The same groups presented statistically significant higher values when bone volume fraction (p&lt;0.001) and trabecular thickness (p&lt;0.001) were analyzed. At 30 days, it was observed that in relation to the bone volume fraction, SSG group presented the highest value while SSIG group had the lowest value, with statistically significant difference (p=0.016). Sodium selenite demonstrated a median radioprotective effect in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated mandibles, which indicates the substance may be a potential radioprotective agent against chronic effects of high doses of ionizing radiation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227592
title: Synoptic and Energetic Analysis of a Cutoff-Low That Caused Precipitation Over the Atacama Desert in March, 2015

description: Abstract Subtropical cutoff-lows (COLs) are low pressure systems at middle and upper atmospheric levels, with a cold core and are detached equatorward from the jet streams. The mass divergence downstream of COLs can organize ascendant movement and provoke precipitation. Due to the COLs contribution to weather changes and few studies found in literature, the purpose of this study is to describe the synoptic and energetic evolution of the COL that caused extreme rainfall over the Atacama Desert between March 24th and 26th, 2015. For the study, we used the reanalysis from NCEP-DOE, the precipitation data from TRMM and satellite information from GOES-13. From the results, we note that the horizontal advection of anticyclonic relative vorticity is important in amplifying the ridge that enters the southwest/south sector of the trough at 300 hPa causing the cold air to become trapped in lower latitudes, thereby contributing to the formation of the COL. Lorenz's energetic cycle showed that the environment, into which the COL was inserted, was important to the lifecycle of COL. For example, in the COL phase, the baroclinic and barotropic processes and flow in boundary acted as a source of kinetic energy (KE).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227595
title: Post-fire consequences for leaf breakdown in a tropical stream

description: Abstract Aim Wildfire is a natural pulsed disturbance in landscapes of the Savannah Biome. This study evaluates short-term post-fire effects on leaf litter breakdown, the invertebrate community and fungal biomass of litter from three different vegetal species in a tropical stream. Methods Senescent leaves of Inga laurina, Protium spruceanum and Rircheria grandis (2 ± 0.1 g dry mass) were individually placed in litter bags (30 × 30 cm: 10 mm coarse mesh and 0.5 mm fine mesh) and submerged in the study stream before and after fire. Replicate bags (n = 4; individually for each species, sampling time, fire event and mesh size) were then retrieved after 20 and 40 days and washed to separate the invertebrates before fire event and again immediately after fire. Disks were cut from leaves to determine ash-free dry mass, while the remaining material was oven-dried to determine dry mass. Results The pre-fire mean decomposition coefficient (k = -0.012 day-1) was intermediate compared to that reported for other savannah streams, but post-fire it was lower (k = -0.007 day-1), due to decreased allochthonous litter input and increased autochthones production. Intermediate k values for all qualities of litter post-fire may indicate that fire is equalizing litter quality in the stream ecosystem. The abundance of scrapers was found to be more important than fungal biomass or shredder abundance, probably due to their functioning in leaf fragmentation while consuming periphyton growing on leaf litter. Conclusions Theses results indicate that fire can modify the relationships within decomposer communities in tropical stream ecosystems.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227595.v1
title: Post-fire consequences for leaf breakdown in a tropical stream

description: Abstract Aim Wildfire is a natural pulsed disturbance in landscapes of the Savannah Biome. This study evaluates short-term post-fire effects on leaf litter breakdown, the invertebrate community and fungal biomass of litter from three different vegetal species in a tropical stream. Methods Senescent leaves of Inga laurina, Protium spruceanum and Rircheria grandis (2 ± 0.1 g dry mass) were individually placed in litter bags (30 × 30 cm: 10 mm coarse mesh and 0.5 mm fine mesh) and submerged in the study stream before and after fire. Replicate bags (n = 4; individually for each species, sampling time, fire event and mesh size) were then retrieved after 20 and 40 days and washed to separate the invertebrates before fire event and again immediately after fire. Disks were cut from leaves to determine ash-free dry mass, while the remaining material was oven-dried to determine dry mass. Results The pre-fire mean decomposition coefficient (k = -0.012 day-1) was intermediate compared to that reported for other savannah streams, but post-fire it was lower (k = -0.007 day-1), due to decreased allochthonous litter input and increased autochthones production. Intermediate k values for all qualities of litter post-fire may indicate that fire is equalizing litter quality in the stream ecosystem. The abundance of scrapers was found to be more important than fungal biomass or shredder abundance, probably due to their functioning in leaf fragmentation while consuming periphyton growing on leaf litter. Conclusions Theses results indicate that fire can modify the relationships within decomposer communities in tropical stream ecosystems.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227583
title: Sedentary behavior among university students: a systematic review

description: Abstract Estudos sobre o tema do comportamento sedentário (SB) em universitários têm sido publicados, diante disso o conhecimento sobre os métodos adotados torna-se importante para a ciência, e a caracterização das prevalências e fatores associados a esse atributo são essenciais no âmbito das políticas de saúde para esse grupo. Assim, o objetivo do presente estudo foi descrever as prevalências e os fatores associados, e as características metodológicas empregadas nas pesquisas sobre o SB em universitários. Uma busca nas bases de dados National Library of Medicine (PUBMED), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e SCOPUS foi realizada. Este estudo adotou os itens e recomendações do Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), e os artigos selecionados foram analisados conforme as características metodológicas, além das prevalências e os fatores associados ao SB. Dos 1.740 artigos encontrados nas bases de dados, 23 fizeram parte dessa revisão. Foram observadas prevalências para o tempo sentado de 34,0% a 90,2%. O uso de definições operacionais e pontos de corte foram diversificados, além do uso de variados instrumentos para estimar o SB. Foi observada a falta de padronização entre os pontos de corte para determinação do SB e das definições operacionais, como uso de instrumentos não validados. Dentre os fatores associados com maiores prevalências, destacaram-se o excesso de peso e os sintomas depressivos. Conclui-se que as prevalências de SB foram elevadas em domínios não relacionados ao tempo dedicado aos estudos e características biológicas e psicológicas representaram atributos mais associados ao SB.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227586
title: Endophytic microorganisms and nitrogen levels on rice plant growth

description: ABSTRACT Endophytic microorganisms can stimulate growth depending on the interaction between the host plant and soil nutrients availability. This work aimed to evaluate the growth of rice BRS Tropical plants cultivated with endophytic microorganisms and nitrogen levels in greenhouse. The experimental design was 4 x 4 factorial scheme completely randomized, corresponding to four treatments (control - without fungal inoculum and three mycorrhizal isolates: UFLA351 - Rhizoglomus clarum, UFLA372 - Claroideoglomus etunicatum and UFLA401 - Acaulospora morrowiae) and four doses of urea (0, 100, 300 and 600 mg Kg-1 N), with four replications. Rice BRS Tropical plants were colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and endophytic fungi dark septate (DSE). Nitrogen fertilization based on urea does not influenced colonization by UFLAs and by endophytic fungi DSE in rice plants. Nitrogen fertilization inhibited the formation of hyphae, but does not the production of vesicles and arbuscules of the UFLAs isolates. Mycorrhizal sporulation was inhibited by nitrogen fertilization, depending on the fungi isolate. The control treatment rice plants colonization by endophytic fungi DSE, without AMF, was inhibited by nitrogen fertilization. The colonization by endophytic fungi DSE do not interfered in the mycorrhizal colonization by UFLA isolates. Rice BRS Tropical plants were responsive to the inoculation of isolates UFLA351 and UFLA401 with 600 mg Kg-1 N. Rice BRS Tropical plants cultivated without AMF and with 600 mg Kg-1 N were responsive to nitrogen fertilization.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227592.v1
title: Synoptic and Energetic Analysis of a Cutoff-Low That Caused Precipitation Over the Atacama Desert in March, 2015

description: Abstract Subtropical cutoff-lows (COLs) are low pressure systems at middle and upper atmospheric levels, with a cold core and are detached equatorward from the jet streams. The mass divergence downstream of COLs can organize ascendant movement and provoke precipitation. Due to the COLs contribution to weather changes and few studies found in literature, the purpose of this study is to describe the synoptic and energetic evolution of the COL that caused extreme rainfall over the Atacama Desert between March 24th and 26th, 2015. For the study, we used the reanalysis from NCEP-DOE, the precipitation data from TRMM and satellite information from GOES-13. From the results, we note that the horizontal advection of anticyclonic relative vorticity is important in amplifying the ridge that enters the southwest/south sector of the trough at 300 hPa causing the cold air to become trapped in lower latitudes, thereby contributing to the formation of the COL. Lorenz's energetic cycle showed that the environment, into which the COL was inserted, was important to the lifecycle of COL. For example, in the COL phase, the baroclinic and barotropic processes and flow in boundary acted as a source of kinetic energy (KE).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227589.v1
title: Radioprotective Effect of Sodium Selenite on Mandible of Irradiated Rats

description: Abstract The purpose of this study was to test the radioprotective effect of selenium in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated rats mandibles. Forty rats were separated into 4 groups with 10 animals: control group (CG), irradiated group (IG), sodium selenite group (SSG) and sodium selenite irradiated group (SSIG). A single dose of 0.8 mg/kg sodium selenite was administered intraperitoneally in the SSG and SSIG groups. One hour later, animals of IG and SSIG groups were irradiated with 15 Gy of x-rays. Forty days after radiation a bilateral extraction of the mandibular first molars was performed. After the extraction procedure, five rats were killed after fifteen days and others five after thirty days. Micro- computed tomography was used to evaluate cortical and trabecular bone of each rat. The mean and standard deviation of each bone microarchitecture parameter were analyzed using the statistical test of two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). At 15 days, the bone volume presented higher values in the CG and SSG groups (p=0.001). The same groups presented statistically significant higher values when bone volume fraction (p&lt;0.001) and trabecular thickness (p&lt;0.001) were analyzed. At 30 days, it was observed that in relation to the bone volume fraction, SSG group presented the highest value while SSIG group had the lowest value, with statistically significant difference (p=0.016). Sodium selenite demonstrated a median radioprotective effect in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated mandibles, which indicates the substance may be a potential radioprotective agent against chronic effects of high doses of ionizing radiation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227577
title: Change and Actor-Network Theory: Humans and Non-Humans in Controversies for Implementing a Shared Services Center

description: Abstract In flow ontology, reality is change, while formal organizations are attempts to organize this flow, by working to stabilize controversies from the viewpoint of the Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Considering this approach, where social is a collectivity of humans and non-humans into networks, this study aims to grasp how agency by non-humans and humans takes place, as well as agency through their association, in change procedures having a non-technological focus. To do this, a longitudinal qualitative case study design was adopted, conducted from April 2011 to July 2012, at Company X, a provider of public services in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, where the implementation of a Shared Services Center (SSC) was in progress. For data construction, participatory observation, focus group, interviews, documents, and audiovisual materials were used, aiming at multivocality. Given the controversies' cartography, supported by dynamic network softwares, charts, and mental maps, the SSC implementation is described, on three scales, with various ranges, covering seventeen years of Company X. Controversies were mapped by themes, arguments, actants, and the positions they have taken, highlighting the agency of non-humans serving as mediators. Out of the forty most significant controversies, only 13 turned into black boxes, leading the SSC to be non-punctualized in the end of the research. The main contributions of the study are related to discussing control in change procedures, usually regarded by companies as planned episodic changes, as well as to the methodology for approaching the attempt to organize the ongoing change process that constitutes organizations.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8227580
title: Evidence-based public health: concepts, principles and applications to promote physical activity in the Brazilian context

description: Abstract The aim of this study was to present the Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH), describing its concept, principles, application, and relate these theoretical elements for the promotion of Physical Activity (PA) in Brazil. A narrative research on EBPH was conducted in books and in the PUBMED database in 2017. EBPH stages comprise aspects widely disseminated in the public health area, which are beginning to be used for the promotion of PA in Brazil. The use of these concepts can improve Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) through various aspects, including greater access to key scientific evidence, communication between those responsible for EBDM and researchers, in addition to investments in qualification of health professionals.