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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720815
title: Effect of home vegetable gardening on the household availability of fruits and vegetables

description: ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the effect of planting herb or vegetable seeds and seedlings on the household availability of fruits and vegetables through an intervention study combining various actions (educational practices, home visits, and distribution of seeds and seedlings) for the promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption in multiple settings. Methods: Data from 70 families were analyzed. Using the stratified sampling technique, the participant families were selected from a stratum within a population of 1,743 families living in three low-income communities in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Three post-intervention groups were formed and compared: families that did not receive the seeds and seedlings during the intervention; families that received but did not plant the seeds and seedlings; families that received and planted the seeds and seedlings. Results: Among the families that did not grow their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention, those that received and planted the seeds and seedlings achieved an increase in household availability of fruits and vegetables (Δ=+5.8 percentage points) up to three times higher (p&lt;0.05) than that achieved by the families who did not receive the seeds and seedlings (Δ=+1.8 5 percentage points) and those that received but did not plant them (Δ=+2.3 percentage points). As for the families that grew their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention, the comparison between those that did not receive the seeds and seedlings, those that received and planted them, and those that received but did not plant them showed no differences in the household availability of fruits and vegetables. Conclusion: The planting of the seeds and seedlings that they received by the families that did not grow their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention contributed to a significant increase in the household availability of fruits and vegetables.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720815.v1
title: Effect of home vegetable gardening on the household availability of fruits and vegetables

description: ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the effect of planting herb or vegetable seeds and seedlings on the household availability of fruits and vegetables through an intervention study combining various actions (educational practices, home visits, and distribution of seeds and seedlings) for the promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption in multiple settings. Methods: Data from 70 families were analyzed. Using the stratified sampling technique, the participant families were selected from a stratum within a population of 1,743 families living in three low-income communities in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Three post-intervention groups were formed and compared: families that did not receive the seeds and seedlings during the intervention; families that received but did not plant the seeds and seedlings; families that received and planted the seeds and seedlings. Results: Among the families that did not grow their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention, those that received and planted the seeds and seedlings achieved an increase in household availability of fruits and vegetables (Δ=+5.8 percentage points) up to three times higher (p&lt;0.05) than that achieved by the families who did not receive the seeds and seedlings (Δ=+1.8 5 percentage points) and those that received but did not plant them (Δ=+2.3 percentage points). As for the families that grew their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention, the comparison between those that did not receive the seeds and seedlings, those that received and planted them, and those that received but did not plant them showed no differences in the household availability of fruits and vegetables. Conclusion: The planting of the seeds and seedlings that they received by the families that did not grow their own fruits and vegetables before the intervention contributed to a significant increase in the household availability of fruits and vegetables.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720812
title: LEAF AREA ESTIMATION IN LITCHI BY MEANS OF ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS

description: ABSTRACT Obtaining leaf area is critical in several agronomic studies, being one of the important instruments to assess plant growth. The aim of this study was to estimate equations and select the most appropriate in determining leaf area in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.). From the linear dimensions of length (L) and maximum width (W) of leaf limb, equations were estimated using linear, quadratic, potential and exponential models. The linear regression equation using the product of the length by maximum width, given by Y = 0.2885 + 0.662 (L.W) is the one that best expresses the leaf area estimation of litchi tree.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720812.v1
title: LEAF AREA ESTIMATION IN LITCHI BY MEANS OF ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS

description: ABSTRACT Obtaining leaf area is critical in several agronomic studies, being one of the important instruments to assess plant growth. The aim of this study was to estimate equations and select the most appropriate in determining leaf area in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.). From the linear dimensions of length (L) and maximum width (W) of leaf limb, equations were estimated using linear, quadratic, potential and exponential models. The linear regression equation using the product of the length by maximum width, given by Y = 0.2885 + 0.662 (L.W) is the one that best expresses the leaf area estimation of litchi tree.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720809
title: Scope of practice in Primary Care: physicians and nurses in five health regions in Brazil

description: Abstract Objectives: The review on scopes of practice tends to gain importance in Human Resource in Health agenda in Brazil. The aim of this study was to investigate the scope of practice of physicians and nurses who work in the Atenção Primária em Saúde (APS) (Primary Healthcare) and their main barriers. Methods: this is an exploratory qualitative study conducted in 2015 and 2016, through interviews with 26 physicians and 26 nurses who work in the APS in 12 cities distributed in five Brazilian health regions. Results: physicians and nurses in the health region of the North and Northeast performed a great number of procedures, and those physicians who work in units located in rural areas. Both professional categories indicated that they knew how to carry out several procedures that were not performed in practice. The main barriers for not performing those procedures include, lack of access to exams, materials and inadequate infrastructure, protocols and city guides restrictions, legal restrictions and lack of training. Conclusions: the results suggests the need to ease the health professionals’ attributions, facilitate the integration between the professionals’ practices and optimizing their work, especially in remote and unassisted regions, in order to be in favor of expanding the access and problem solving in APS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720809.v1
title: Scope of practice in Primary Care: physicians and nurses in five health regions in Brazil

description: Abstract Objectives: The review on scopes of practice tends to gain importance in Human Resource in Health agenda in Brazil. The aim of this study was to investigate the scope of practice of physicians and nurses who work in the Atenção Primária em Saúde (APS) (Primary Healthcare) and their main barriers. Methods: this is an exploratory qualitative study conducted in 2015 and 2016, through interviews with 26 physicians and 26 nurses who work in the APS in 12 cities distributed in five Brazilian health regions. Results: physicians and nurses in the health region of the North and Northeast performed a great number of procedures, and those physicians who work in units located in rural areas. Both professional categories indicated that they knew how to carry out several procedures that were not performed in practice. The main barriers for not performing those procedures include, lack of access to exams, materials and inadequate infrastructure, protocols and city guides restrictions, legal restrictions and lack of training. Conclusions: the results suggests the need to ease the health professionals’ attributions, facilitate the integration between the professionals’ practices and optimizing their work, especially in remote and unassisted regions, in order to be in favor of expanding the access and problem solving in APS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720806
title: Family context and fulfillment of school attendance condition in the Bolsa Família Program in Ceará

description: ABSTRACT In Brazil, low income families with children are entitled to receive a government stipend called Bolsa Família (Family Stipend), but they only receive it on condition that daily school attendance by the children is at least 85%. The objective of this research is to identify which characteristics of the families in question have a significant effect on the probability of the school attendance condition being met. A database suitable for quantitative analysis was prepared, based on data from 341 semi-structured interviews carried out in the State of Ceará in 2016. Our results indicate that the fulfillment of the school attendance condition depends mainly on the readiness of these children's mothers to help them with homework, which, in turn, depends on the mothers' education and their involvement in school activities.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720803
title: Alcohol consumption and physical violence among adolescents: which is the predictor?

description: Abstract The scope of this integrative review was to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and physical violence in the literature, with an emphasis on identifying the predictor between them. A search was conducted in the Lilacs, Medline and SciELO databases, adopting “violence,” “alcohool drinking” and “adolescent” as descriptors. It included articles published between 2005 and 2014 that analyzed the association between alcohol consumption and physical violence using multivariate analysis. Of the total of 1667 articles located, 29 met the inclusion criteria. Alcohol consumption was investigated more as a predictor of involvement in physical violence when the teenager is the perpetrator or the victim of violence, with a significant association found in 19 studies. However, when victimization was investigated as a predictor (7 studies), most of these (6) revealed no significant association with the intake of alcoholic beverages. The consumption of alcohol has proven to be the predictor of physical violence for both the teen perpetrator and for the adolescent victim of violence. However, having been the victim of violence in childhood and adolescence may also lead adolescents to alcohol consumption.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720806.v1
title: Family context and fulfillment of school attendance condition in the Bolsa Família Program in Ceará

description: ABSTRACT In Brazil, low income families with children are entitled to receive a government stipend called Bolsa Família (Family Stipend), but they only receive it on condition that daily school attendance by the children is at least 85%. The objective of this research is to identify which characteristics of the families in question have a significant effect on the probability of the school attendance condition being met. A database suitable for quantitative analysis was prepared, based on data from 341 semi-structured interviews carried out in the State of Ceará in 2016. Our results indicate that the fulfillment of the school attendance condition depends mainly on the readiness of these children's mothers to help them with homework, which, in turn, depends on the mothers' education and their involvement in school activities.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720803.v1
title: Alcohol consumption and physical violence among adolescents: which is the predictor?

description: Abstract The scope of this integrative review was to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and physical violence in the literature, with an emphasis on identifying the predictor between them. A search was conducted in the Lilacs, Medline and SciELO databases, adopting “violence,” “alcohool drinking” and “adolescent” as descriptors. It included articles published between 2005 and 2014 that analyzed the association between alcohol consumption and physical violence using multivariate analysis. Of the total of 1667 articles located, 29 met the inclusion criteria. Alcohol consumption was investigated more as a predictor of involvement in physical violence when the teenager is the perpetrator or the victim of violence, with a significant association found in 19 studies. However, when victimization was investigated as a predictor (7 studies), most of these (6) revealed no significant association with the intake of alcoholic beverages. The consumption of alcohol has proven to be the predictor of physical violence for both the teen perpetrator and for the adolescent victim of violence. However, having been the victim of violence in childhood and adolescence may also lead adolescents to alcohol consumption.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720800
title: Ways of being, subjects and affection: the participation of plants in the composition of umbanda mediuns

description: Abstract This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in an Umbanda temple placed in São Paulo city (Brazil). It analyzes the process of ‘becoming religious’ through engagement, contact and contagion that Umbanda followers set up with plants. The argument is built on reports of beginners—called ‘developing mediums’—mães and pais-de-santo and their experiences of feeling, perceiving and allowing the action of plants in the composition of their states and ways of being. The reports shared in this ethnography seek to show that, while the Umbanda followers collect, pray and prepare their plants to be used in their daily practices, as a way of self-elaboration (or, closer to the Umbanda temple language, to ‘self-develop’), the plants also develop themselves through humans: they promote meetings and constructions from their own (and autonomous) skills. In this process, it is up to humans to accept and teach the younger people a certain education and perception of affection caused by plants in the composition of what they are.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720800.v1
title: Ways of being, subjects and affection: the participation of plants in the composition of umbanda mediuns

description: Abstract This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in an Umbanda temple placed in São Paulo city (Brazil). It analyzes the process of ‘becoming religious’ through engagement, contact and contagion that Umbanda followers set up with plants. The argument is built on reports of beginners—called ‘developing mediums’—mães and pais-de-santo and their experiences of feeling, perceiving and allowing the action of plants in the composition of their states and ways of being. The reports shared in this ethnography seek to show that, while the Umbanda followers collect, pray and prepare their plants to be used in their daily practices, as a way of self-elaboration (or, closer to the Umbanda temple language, to ‘self-develop’), the plants also develop themselves through humans: they promote meetings and constructions from their own (and autonomous) skills. In this process, it is up to humans to accept and teach the younger people a certain education and perception of affection caused by plants in the composition of what they are.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720794
title: High expression of XIAP and Bcl-2 may inhibit programmed cell death in glioblastomas

description: ABSTRACT Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant glioma and represents 29% of all brain tumors. Tumorigenesis is intimately connected with characteristics acquired in the physiologic pathway of cellular death. Objective: In the present study, the expression of anti-apoptotic (XIAP and Bcl-2) and apoptotic (cytochrome C, caspase 9, APAF-1), caspase 3 and the Smac/DIABLO genes related to the apoptosis pathway were evaluated in 30 samples of glioblastoma. Methods: The gene expression was evaluated in 30 glioblastomas (WHO grade IV) and compared to 10 white matter control samples with real-time PCR. Results and Conclusion: There were higher expressions of XIAP (p = 0.0032) and Bcl-2 (p = 0.0351) in the glioblastoma samples compared to the control samples of normal brain. These results raise the question of whether Bcl-2 and XIAP genes can be responsible for the inhibition of programmed cell death in glioblastomas. Moreover, they provide additional information capable of allowing the development of new target therapy strategies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720794.v1
title: High expression of XIAP and Bcl-2 may inhibit programmed cell death in glioblastomas

description: ABSTRACT Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant glioma and represents 29% of all brain tumors. Tumorigenesis is intimately connected with characteristics acquired in the physiologic pathway of cellular death. Objective: In the present study, the expression of anti-apoptotic (XIAP and Bcl-2) and apoptotic (cytochrome C, caspase 9, APAF-1), caspase 3 and the Smac/DIABLO genes related to the apoptosis pathway were evaluated in 30 samples of glioblastoma. Methods: The gene expression was evaluated in 30 glioblastomas (WHO grade IV) and compared to 10 white matter control samples with real-time PCR. Results and Conclusion: There were higher expressions of XIAP (p = 0.0032) and Bcl-2 (p = 0.0351) in the glioblastoma samples compared to the control samples of normal brain. These results raise the question of whether Bcl-2 and XIAP genes can be responsible for the inhibition of programmed cell death in glioblastomas. Moreover, they provide additional information capable of allowing the development of new target therapy strategies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720791
title: Evaluation of Cases of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis at Universidade Estadual de Campinas in a period of 10 Years

description: Abstract Purpose To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE), as well as the rate and recurrence factors for the disease. Methods A retrospective study of 52 women with AWE was performed at Universidade Estadual de Campinas from 2004 to 2014. Of the 231 surgeries performed for the diagnosis of endometriosis, 52 women were found to have abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). The frequencies, means and standard deviations of the clinical characteristics of these women were calculated, as well as the recurrence rate of AWE. To determine the risk factors for disease recurrence, Fisher’s exact test was used. Results The mean age of the patients was 30.71 ± 5.91 years. The main clinical manifestations were pain (98%) and sensation of a mass (36.5%).We observed that 94% of these women had undergone at least 1 cesarean section, and 73% had used medication for the postoperative control of endometriosis. The lesion was most commonly located in the cesarean section scar (65%). The recurrence rate of the disease was of 26.9%. All 14 women who had relapsed had surgical margins compromised in the previous surgery. There was no correlation between recurrent AWE and a previous cesarean section (p = 0.18), previous laparotomy (p = 0.11), previous laparoscopy (p = 0.12) and postoperative hormone therapy (p = 0.51). Conclusion Women with previous cesarean sections with local pain or lumps should be investigated for AWE. The recurrence of AWE is high, especially when the first surgery is not appropriate and leaves compromised surgical margins.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720791.v1
title: Evaluation of Cases of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis at Universidade Estadual de Campinas in a period of 10 Years

description: Abstract Purpose To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE), as well as the rate and recurrence factors for the disease. Methods A retrospective study of 52 women with AWE was performed at Universidade Estadual de Campinas from 2004 to 2014. Of the 231 surgeries performed for the diagnosis of endometriosis, 52 women were found to have abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). The frequencies, means and standard deviations of the clinical characteristics of these women were calculated, as well as the recurrence rate of AWE. To determine the risk factors for disease recurrence, Fisher’s exact test was used. Results The mean age of the patients was 30.71 ± 5.91 years. The main clinical manifestations were pain (98%) and sensation of a mass (36.5%).We observed that 94% of these women had undergone at least 1 cesarean section, and 73% had used medication for the postoperative control of endometriosis. The lesion was most commonly located in the cesarean section scar (65%). The recurrence rate of the disease was of 26.9%. All 14 women who had relapsed had surgical margins compromised in the previous surgery. There was no correlation between recurrent AWE and a previous cesarean section (p = 0.18), previous laparotomy (p = 0.11), previous laparoscopy (p = 0.12) and postoperative hormone therapy (p = 0.51). Conclusion Women with previous cesarean sections with local pain or lumps should be investigated for AWE. The recurrence of AWE is high, especially when the first surgery is not appropriate and leaves compromised surgical margins.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720788
title: Estimating cosmological parameters from observational data

description: In this work, it is performed statistical analyzes capable of estimating the current value of some of the main cosmological parameters, in particular, the rate of expansion of the Universe H0(Hubble Constant), the density of matter Ω0,m, the density of dark energy Ω0,Λ, the age of the Universe t0 and the deceleration parameter q0. In addition, it is discussed important observables as the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and the Hubble Parameter, besides the Chi-square Method and some basic concepts and equations of Cosmology. From the detailed description presented it is intended to give an idea to non-specialists of how these values can be obtained from observational data available in the literature. Lastly it is performed a comparison of the results obtained in this work with those obtained by large international groups as the Planck Collaboration and the WMAP. The results are very restrictive and in agreement with those estimated by Planck Collaboration and the WMAP.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720788.v1
title: Estimating cosmological parameters from observational data

description: In this work, it is performed statistical analyzes capable of estimating the current value of some of the main cosmological parameters, in particular, the rate of expansion of the Universe H0(Hubble Constant), the density of matter Ω0,m, the density of dark energy Ω0,Λ, the age of the Universe t0 and the deceleration parameter q0. In addition, it is discussed important observables as the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and the Hubble Parameter, besides the Chi-square Method and some basic concepts and equations of Cosmology. From the detailed description presented it is intended to give an idea to non-specialists of how these values can be obtained from observational data available in the literature. Lastly it is performed a comparison of the results obtained in this work with those obtained by large international groups as the Planck Collaboration and the WMAP. The results are very restrictive and in agreement with those estimated by Planck Collaboration and the WMAP.