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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226782
title: Constraint-induced movement therapy in a patient with ataxia after cerebellar tumor resection

description: Abstract Introduction: Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a very modern method used in rehabilitation to treat individuals with functional impairment of the upper limbs. Objective: To apply the CIMT method and evaluate its effects in a patient with ataxia after removal of a cerebellar tumor. Method: This is a longitudinal interventional study of the case report type. The participant complained of tremors and difficulty writing and typing with the right hand as a result of the cerebellar tumor’s removal. She was subjected to CIMT daily in three-hour sessions for 10 days. The participant was evaluated with the Motor Activity Log (MAL) and the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT). Results: There was an improvement in the quantity, quality, speed, accuracy and strength with which the participant performed the tasks according to the MAL and WMFT scales. Improvement in writing was also identified and the report of better use of the member for daily tasks demonstrated the patient’s satisfaction after the end of therapy. Conclusion: This case report demonstrated the benefits of the application of the CIMT method in a patient with ataxia as a consequence of a rare cerebellar tumor, improving task execution time, strength and functional improvement of the affected upper limb.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226785.v1
title: Physiological response of marandu grass seeds exposed to NPK fertilizer

description: ABSTRACT: To facilitate seeding process of forage species, a common practice is to mix seeds with fertilizers in monocropping and intercropping or in implementing integrated livestock production systems. However, in prolonged periods of contact, the fertilizer’s salinity and acidity negatively affect the seeds’ physiological quality. Therefore, this study intends to verify the effect of ten periods (0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours) of exposure to granular NPK fertilizer 04-30-16 on the vigor and germination of Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu seeds. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with three replication. The fertilizer and seed mixture registered a negative effect on seed moisture content, electrical conductivity, emergence, emergence speed index, and seedling and radicle length as the period of exposure to the fertilizer increased from 3 to 120 hours.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226776
title: Evolutionary study of potentially zoonotic hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from swine in Northeast Brazil

description: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), an emerging virus associated with acute hepatic disease, leads to thousands of deaths worldwide. HEV has already been reported in Brazil; however, there is a lack of epidemiological and molecular information on the genetic variability, taxonomy, and evolution of HEV. It is thus unclear whether hepatitis E is a neglected disease in Brazil or it has low relevance for public health in this country. Here, for the first time, we report the presence of HEV in Northeast Brazil. A total of 119 swine faecal samples were screened for the presence of HEV RNA using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and further confirmed by conventional RT-PCR; among these, two samples were identified as positive. Molecular evolution analyses based on capsid sequences revealed that the samples had close proximities to HEV sequences belonging to genotype 3 and were genetically related to subtype 3f isolated in humans. Parsimony ancestral states analysis indicated gene flow events from HEV cross-species infection, suggesting an important role of pig hosts in viral spillover. HEV’s ability for zoonotic transmission by inter-species host switching as well as its possible adaptation to new animal species remain important issues for human health.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226782.v1
title: Constraint-induced movement therapy in a patient with ataxia after cerebellar tumor resection

description: Abstract Introduction: Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a very modern method used in rehabilitation to treat individuals with functional impairment of the upper limbs. Objective: To apply the CIMT method and evaluate its effects in a patient with ataxia after removal of a cerebellar tumor. Method: This is a longitudinal interventional study of the case report type. The participant complained of tremors and difficulty writing and typing with the right hand as a result of the cerebellar tumor’s removal. She was subjected to CIMT daily in three-hour sessions for 10 days. The participant was evaluated with the Motor Activity Log (MAL) and the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT). Results: There was an improvement in the quantity, quality, speed, accuracy and strength with which the participant performed the tasks according to the MAL and WMFT scales. Improvement in writing was also identified and the report of better use of the member for daily tasks demonstrated the patient’s satisfaction after the end of therapy. Conclusion: This case report demonstrated the benefits of the application of the CIMT method in a patient with ataxia as a consequence of a rare cerebellar tumor, improving task execution time, strength and functional improvement of the affected upper limb.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226770
title: Reflections on green and sustainable consumption in contemporary society

description: Abstract The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one can perceive the existence of two opposite models concerning the forms of thinking and acting. While the former is configured as a model of consumption imposed by capitalism itself, and essentially resigns its practices and adopts a discourse that is to some extent convenient, the latter positions itself in a critical way and counts on essentially transformative logic. This reflection, however, does not deal with a comprehensive or definitive view on the subject. It is an exercise that starts from an interdisciplinary reading about the main points shownin the literature. Thus, the texts chosen for the preparation of this work serve not as a systematic review on the subject but, as it were, as inspirers of a reflection that seeks to better understand the issue of consumption in our contemporary society. The points of convergence and divergence in the chosen texts will be duly pointed out in the sense of drawing a path that highlights the understanding of the nature of consumption, especially sustainable consumption.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226776.v1
title: Evolutionary study of potentially zoonotic hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from swine in Northeast Brazil

description: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), an emerging virus associated with acute hepatic disease, leads to thousands of deaths worldwide. HEV has already been reported in Brazil; however, there is a lack of epidemiological and molecular information on the genetic variability, taxonomy, and evolution of HEV. It is thus unclear whether hepatitis E is a neglected disease in Brazil or it has low relevance for public health in this country. Here, for the first time, we report the presence of HEV in Northeast Brazil. A total of 119 swine faecal samples were screened for the presence of HEV RNA using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and further confirmed by conventional RT-PCR; among these, two samples were identified as positive. Molecular evolution analyses based on capsid sequences revealed that the samples had close proximities to HEV sequences belonging to genotype 3 and were genetically related to subtype 3f isolated in humans. Parsimony ancestral states analysis indicated gene flow events from HEV cross-species infection, suggesting an important role of pig hosts in viral spillover. HEV’s ability for zoonotic transmission by inter-species host switching as well as its possible adaptation to new animal species remain important issues for human health.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226770.v1
title: Reflections on green and sustainable consumption in contemporary society

description: Abstract The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one can perceive the existence of two opposite models concerning the forms of thinking and acting. While the former is configured as a model of consumption imposed by capitalism itself, and essentially resigns its practices and adopts a discourse that is to some extent convenient, the latter positions itself in a critical way and counts on essentially transformative logic. This reflection, however, does not deal with a comprehensive or definitive view on the subject. It is an exercise that starts from an interdisciplinary reading about the main points shownin the literature. Thus, the texts chosen for the preparation of this work serve not as a systematic review on the subject but, as it were, as inspirers of a reflection that seeks to better understand the issue of consumption in our contemporary society. The points of convergence and divergence in the chosen texts will be duly pointed out in the sense of drawing a path that highlights the understanding of the nature of consumption, especially sustainable consumption.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226758
title: Analysis of inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in patients submitted to abdominoplasty after bariatric surgery

description: Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the serum variations of Interleukins (Il) and CPR of abdominoplasties in post-bariatric patients and, to equate the homeostasis (HOMA) from the variations of glycemia and insulin to evolute the metabolic modifications. Methods: Fourteen women were submitted to abdominoplasties with weight loss after a gastroplasty. Levels of IL4, IL6, IL10, CRP, glycemia and insulin were obtained during the pre-operative, trans-operative, 24 hours post, 7th and 14th postoperative days. Results: The IL4 was higher at 24 hours post-surgery, and after a moderate decrease, it remained high until the 14th day. The IL6 and CRP had an expressive increase during the trans-operative period. The CRP remained high, and the IL6 decreased on the 7th and 14th days. The IL10 increased during the transoperative period, and it posteriorly decreased to lower levels in comparison to the pre-operative period. The already increased glycemia during the pre-operative period was even higher during the trans-operative and then, returned to preliminary values on the 7th and 14th days after surgery. The HOMA accompanied the insulin. Conclusion: The inflammatory and glycemic serum levels decrease after abdominiplasty in obese post-bariatric patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226752
title: Mesoescale Models Analysis to Characterize of the Wind Power over Paraíba State

description: Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of mesoescale numerical models to simulate wind conditions in the state of Paraiba-BRA. For this a case study was conducted for the month of September 2010, which compared data of wind speed collected from sensors installed on towers anemometric standard for wind studies with simulated data by BRAMS and WRF models. The towers are located in the regions of Agreste, Borborema and Sertão from the Paraíba-BRA. The results reveal that for the locality analyzed in Agreste the WRF accompanying variations in average wind speed more concisely, while for the locations situated in the Borborema and Sertão cycles played by BRAMS showed up closer to the observed cycles. According to the greatest statistical errors were found for the location in Borborema and lower for the wild both to the results of the WRF. In general, the observed and simulated by the models show a strong correlation with statistical significance of 99% according to the statistical test.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226758.v1
title: Analysis of inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in patients submitted to abdominoplasty after bariatric surgery

description: Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the serum variations of Interleukins (Il) and CPR of abdominoplasties in post-bariatric patients and, to equate the homeostasis (HOMA) from the variations of glycemia and insulin to evolute the metabolic modifications. Methods: Fourteen women were submitted to abdominoplasties with weight loss after a gastroplasty. Levels of IL4, IL6, IL10, CRP, glycemia and insulin were obtained during the pre-operative, trans-operative, 24 hours post, 7th and 14th postoperative days. Results: The IL4 was higher at 24 hours post-surgery, and after a moderate decrease, it remained high until the 14th day. The IL6 and CRP had an expressive increase during the trans-operative period. The CRP remained high, and the IL6 decreased on the 7th and 14th days. The IL10 increased during the transoperative period, and it posteriorly decreased to lower levels in comparison to the pre-operative period. The already increased glycemia during the pre-operative period was even higher during the trans-operative and then, returned to preliminary values on the 7th and 14th days after surgery. The HOMA accompanied the insulin. Conclusion: The inflammatory and glycemic serum levels decrease after abdominiplasty in obese post-bariatric patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226743
title: Detectability of Middle Mesial Canal in Mandibular Molar After Troughing Using Ultrasonics and Magnification: An Ex Vivo Study

description: Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of the identification of middle mesial (MM) canals in extracted permanent first and second mandibular molars before and after executing a troughing technique with high magnification. Sample consisted of 105 mandibular molars. After gaining access to the pulp chamber and cleaning the chamber floor, root canals were detected in three different stages. The initial location was performed under direct viewing without magnification. In the second stage, a dental operating microscope was employed at 12 magnification. If the MM canal was not observed, a standardized troughing technique was executed with the use of an ultrasonic tip between the mesiobuccal and mesiolingual canals under magnification. Statistical differences in the frequency of MM canals before and after troughing were determined using McNemar’s test, with the significance level set at 5%. No significant increase in the identification of the MM canal was found when comparing observations before (9.52%) and after (12.38%) the troughing technique under high magnification. However, viewing under magnification and the execution of troughing significantly increased the location of the MM canal (12.38%) when compared to viewing without magnification (3.81%) (p&lt;0.01). The troughing technique with the aid of a dental operating microscope significantly improved the identification of MM canals compared to viewing without magnification. Troughing is a safe, minimally invasive procedure that benefits the treatment of mandibular molars.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226749
title: Spatial-Temporal Evolution of the Degradation Risk of Vegetable Coverage of Petrolina-PE

description: Abstract The availability of satellite images at different spatial, temporal, radiometric and spectral resolutions is being used to monitor large areas of the various biomes in the world. The orbital image monitoring allows to detect, analyze and infer about changes in the surface of the Earth caused by natural or anthropic processes. The objective of this study was to monitor and analyze spatial and temporal evolution in land use and occupation in the Municipality of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil, using surface data and Landsat-8 images for the years 2013 to 2015. Remote sensing techniques were used to estimate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), surface albedo (α) and Mobile Standard Deviation Index (MDSI). The technique of detection of change and the classification by decision tree based in predefined rules in the NDVI, MSDI and surface albedo were applied to infer about occupation and land use. The results showed that the vegetations indexes and degradation monitoring and change detection techniques satisfactorily identified the behavior of the surrounding vegetation in the Municipality of Petrolina, highlighting the indicators of degraded areas in the semiarid region. It was concluded that the technique of detection of change and classification by decision tree were efficient in the identification of anthropic areas during the three years studied.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226752.v1
title: Mesoescale Models Analysis to Characterize of the Wind Power over Paraíba State

description: Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of mesoescale numerical models to simulate wind conditions in the state of Paraiba-BRA. For this a case study was conducted for the month of September 2010, which compared data of wind speed collected from sensors installed on towers anemometric standard for wind studies with simulated data by BRAMS and WRF models. The towers are located in the regions of Agreste, Borborema and Sertão from the Paraíba-BRA. The results reveal that for the locality analyzed in Agreste the WRF accompanying variations in average wind speed more concisely, while for the locations situated in the Borborema and Sertão cycles played by BRAMS showed up closer to the observed cycles. According to the greatest statistical errors were found for the location in Borborema and lower for the wild both to the results of the WRF. In general, the observed and simulated by the models show a strong correlation with statistical significance of 99% according to the statistical test.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226746
title: Recycling of éther-amines, used in iron ore flotation, by adsorption

description: ABSTRACT The present work has the objective of investigating the possible recycling route for ether-amines, used for improving the efficiency of the process of iron ore’s reverse flotation. A physical-chemical separation method has been studied using TANFLOC as flocculant. The wastewater contains, mainly, amine and silica, and the objective of this method was to separate the silica from the waste by flocculation. However, this method was not effective, as flocculation was not able to flocculate only silica, but also part of the ether-amine. Furthermore, the process of adsorption was assessed, and for this it was used as materials adsorbents Angelim’s sawdust and sugar cane bagasse, both in natura, with which it was possible to remove approximately 95 and 90% of ether-amines, with adsorptive capacity of 4,2 and 2,7 mg.g-1, respectively, by using a mass of 1.5 g and a settling time of 30 minutes. It was verified that the removal efficiency is greater at a pH around 10. Thermodynamic studies were carried out and they were able to state, for sawdust, that this process is thermodynamically favorable and exothermic. In the case of sugar cane bagasse, it was not possible to analyze its thermodynamic behavior. In addition, the use of desorption revealed the possibility of regaining around 80% of the ether-amines. This proved that it is possible to recycle ether-amines by the adsorption mechanism.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226740
title: Decision Under Weather Uncertainty and Infrastructure Protection for Alcantara Launch Center

description: Abstract Decision-making using weather information is often a complex and high impact process, and in some situations, can disturb the functioning of technological facilities. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to present a decision support approach for infrastructure protection under weather uncertainty at the Alcântara Launch Center, in Brazil. From an operational demand, a weather index was developed to identify the decision maker's attitude about the three characteristics of meteorological information: a) weather forecast probability; b) lead time of the information; c) value of a meteorological variable. As a case study, we analyzed a real decision-making problem for the protection of an aerospace vehicle and integration tower in the Brazilian space center. Through the development of an index with the users, it was concluded that for low probabilities (&lt; 20%) or extended lead time (&gt; 24 h), the group of users do not use weather information to make decisions, even with a prognosis of extreme conditions. The quantitative results showed that the decision model managed to incorporate the attitude of non-meteorologist users regarding the handling of uncertainty in weather forecasts.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226743.v1
title: Detectability of Middle Mesial Canal in Mandibular Molar After Troughing Using Ultrasonics and Magnification: An Ex Vivo Study

description: Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of the identification of middle mesial (MM) canals in extracted permanent first and second mandibular molars before and after executing a troughing technique with high magnification. Sample consisted of 105 mandibular molars. After gaining access to the pulp chamber and cleaning the chamber floor, root canals were detected in three different stages. The initial location was performed under direct viewing without magnification. In the second stage, a dental operating microscope was employed at 12 magnification. If the MM canal was not observed, a standardized troughing technique was executed with the use of an ultrasonic tip between the mesiobuccal and mesiolingual canals under magnification. Statistical differences in the frequency of MM canals before and after troughing were determined using McNemar’s test, with the significance level set at 5%. No significant increase in the identification of the MM canal was found when comparing observations before (9.52%) and after (12.38%) the troughing technique under high magnification. However, viewing under magnification and the execution of troughing significantly increased the location of the MM canal (12.38%) when compared to viewing without magnification (3.81%) (p&lt;0.01). The troughing technique with the aid of a dental operating microscope significantly improved the identification of MM canals compared to viewing without magnification. Troughing is a safe, minimally invasive procedure that benefits the treatment of mandibular molars.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8226746.v1
title: Recycling of éther-amines, used in iron ore flotation, by adsorption

description: ABSTRACT The present work has the objective of investigating the possible recycling route for ether-amines, used for improving the efficiency of the process of iron ore’s reverse flotation. A physical-chemical separation method has been studied using TANFLOC as flocculant. The wastewater contains, mainly, amine and silica, and the objective of this method was to separate the silica from the waste by flocculation. However, this method was not effective, as flocculation was not able to flocculate only silica, but also part of the ether-amine. Furthermore, the process of adsorption was assessed, and for this it was used as materials adsorbents Angelim’s sawdust and sugar cane bagasse, both in natura, with which it was possible to remove approximately 95 and 90% of ether-amines, with adsorptive capacity of 4,2 and 2,7 mg.g-1, respectively, by using a mass of 1.5 g and a settling time of 30 minutes. It was verified that the removal efficiency is greater at a pH around 10. Thermodynamic studies were carried out and they were able to state, for sawdust, that this process is thermodynamically favorable and exothermic. In the case of sugar cane bagasse, it was not possible to analyze its thermodynamic behavior. In addition, the use of desorption revealed the possibility of regaining around 80% of the ether-amines. This proved that it is possible to recycle ether-amines by the adsorption mechanism.