cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7420739
title: Frequency of antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora caninum in domestic cats in the state of Bahia, Brazil

description: Sarcocystis neurona is the major agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. It infects several mammalian species in the Americas, where the definitive hosts, marsupials of the genus Didelphis (D. virginiana and D. albiventris) are found. Domestic cats are one of the confirmed intermediate hosts of the parasite; however, antibodies against S. neurona had never before been demonstrated in Brazilian cats. The aim of this study was to determine whether cats in Bahia, Brazil, are exposed to the parasite. A total of 272 feline serum samples (134 from feral and 138 from house cats) were subjected to an indirect fluorescent antibody test using cultured merozoites of S. neurona as antigen. Positivity was detected in 4.0% (11/272) of the tested samples, with titers ranging from 25 to 800. The feline sera were also tested for antibodies against the protozoan Neospora caninum, with an observed antibody frequency of 2.9%. To the author's knowledge, this is the first study to report antibodies against S. neurona in Brazilian cats. We conclude that cats are exposed to the parasite in the region of this study. Further investigations are needed to confirm the role of cats in the transmission cycle of S. neurona in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7420739.v1
title: Frequency of antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora caninum in domestic cats in the state of Bahia, Brazil

description: Sarcocystis neurona is the major agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. It infects several mammalian species in the Americas, where the definitive hosts, marsupials of the genus Didelphis (D. virginiana and D. albiventris) are found. Domestic cats are one of the confirmed intermediate hosts of the parasite; however, antibodies against S. neurona had never before been demonstrated in Brazilian cats. The aim of this study was to determine whether cats in Bahia, Brazil, are exposed to the parasite. A total of 272 feline serum samples (134 from feral and 138 from house cats) were subjected to an indirect fluorescent antibody test using cultured merozoites of S. neurona as antigen. Positivity was detected in 4.0% (11/272) of the tested samples, with titers ranging from 25 to 800. The feline sera were also tested for antibodies against the protozoan Neospora caninum, with an observed antibody frequency of 2.9%. To the author's knowledge, this is the first study to report antibodies against S. neurona in Brazilian cats. We conclude that cats are exposed to the parasite in the region of this study. Further investigations are needed to confirm the role of cats in the transmission cycle of S. neurona in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7420031
title: Endoparasites of horses from the Formiga city, located in center-west region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

description: With the aim of studying the endoparasite fauna of horses from the Formiga city, located in center-west region of the state of Minas Gerais, 25 animals that were naturally infected with helminths were evaluated. By means of parasitological necropsies, different endoparasites were found. The subfamily Cyathostominae presented the highest incidence, followed by Trichostrongylus axei, Oxyuris equi, Triodontophorus serratus, Strongyloides westeri, Strongylus edentatus, Habronema muscae, Parascaris equorum, Probstmayria vivipara, Strongylus vulgaris, Gasterophilus nasalis, Anoplocephala magna and Anoplocephala perfoliata. In the present study, if the species Probstmayria vivipara was not considered in the prevalence, the frequency of Cyathostominae was equivalent to 94.85%. The results obtained in this study allowed us to detect and identify different species of helminths in horses, and confirmed the high incidence of nematodes belonging to the subfamily Cyathostominae in the center-west region of Minas Gerais.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7420031.v1
title: Endoparasites of horses from the Formiga city, located in center-west region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

description: With the aim of studying the endoparasite fauna of horses from the Formiga city, located in center-west region of the state of Minas Gerais, 25 animals that were naturally infected with helminths were evaluated. By means of parasitological necropsies, different endoparasites were found. The subfamily Cyathostominae presented the highest incidence, followed by Trichostrongylus axei, Oxyuris equi, Triodontophorus serratus, Strongyloides westeri, Strongylus edentatus, Habronema muscae, Parascaris equorum, Probstmayria vivipara, Strongylus vulgaris, Gasterophilus nasalis, Anoplocephala magna and Anoplocephala perfoliata. In the present study, if the species Probstmayria vivipara was not considered in the prevalence, the frequency of Cyathostominae was equivalent to 94.85%. The results obtained in this study allowed us to detect and identify different species of helminths in horses, and confirmed the high incidence of nematodes belonging to the subfamily Cyathostominae in the center-west region of Minas Gerais.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6626445
title: Dynamic data of body weight and feed intake in fattening pigs and the determination of energetic allocation factors using a dynamic linear model

description: This is the R script (DLM_script.R) to characterize the evolution of the energetic allocation factor (α<sub>t</sub>) which represents the link between the cumulative net energy available (estimated from feed intake) and cumulative weight gain during fattening period. The data for the 100 fattening pigs are stored in the csv file (DataAxiom.csv) and structured as follows: ID: pig identification number; Fattening_group.Pen : fattening group and pen number for a given ID; t (day): time in days since the transfer to fattening room; Wt (kg) : median weight in kg at day t for a given ID; FIt (kg day-1) : total feed intake in kg at day t for a given ID. For detail description of the procedure please see article.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6557770
title: Dynamic data of body weight and feed intake in fattening pigs and the determination of energetic allocation factors using a dynamic linear model

description: This is the R script (DLM_script.R) to characterize the evolution of the energetic allocation factor (α<sub>t</sub>) which represents the link between the cumulative net energy available (estimated from feed intake) and cumulative weight gain during fattening period. The data for the 100 fattening pigs are stored in the csv file (DataAxiom.csv) and structured as follows: ID: pig identification number; Fattening_group.Pen : fattening group and pen number for a given ID; t (day): time in days since the transfer to fattening room; Wt (kg) : median weight in kg at day t for a given ID; FIt (kg day-1) : total feed intake in kg at day t for a given ID. For detail description of the procedure please see article.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036093
title: CHild education Final file 11.22.sav

description: This file explains all keywords mentioned in the SPSS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036093.v1
title: CHild education Final file 11.22.sav

description: This file explains all keywords mentioned in the SPSS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022992
title: RSP_lagoon

description: Monthly Chlorophyll-a data Monthly_averaged outputs from high-resolution simulation of a coastal model
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20000408
title: VCF from 600k SNP array data and phenotypic grouping table of sperm storage capacity of Chinese Jinghong chiken

description: These are a VCF file from 600k SNP array data and phenotypic grouping table of sperm storage capacity of 96 Chinese Jinghong hens.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20000408.v1
title: VCF from 600k SNP array data and phenotypic grouping table of sperm storage capacity of Chinese Jinghong chiken

description: These are a VCF file from 600k SNP array data and phenotypic grouping table of sperm storage capacity of 96 Chinese Jinghong hens.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6624467
title: Metabonomics data

description: The uploaded files are metabolomics data.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6624466
title: Metabonomics data

description: The uploaded files are metabolomics data.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036345
title: EX-POST EVALUATION OF MEAN-VARIANCE CARTEL FILTERS

description: ABSTRACT This study provides an ex-post evaluation of selected filters to find cartels. We evaluate whether filters incurred in type I errors, i.e., failing to recognize the presence of a cartel. We use seven cartel cases in the retail fuel sector in Brazil, for which detailed local price and gross retail margins are available. Cartel cases provided 14 fuel-location events. The evaluated methods include GARCH-based and structural break methods from the international literature and three filters associated with Brazilian antitrust and regulation authorities (ANP, SBDC, and local correlation). All methods are based on an analytical framework which considers cartels as periods of higher average prices (margins) and lower price (margin) variance. Our results indicate that our filters failed to correctly signal most fuel-location cartel events, even using endogenous model-based price changes dates. The problems filters show of detecting actual cartels may be due to difficulties dating cartels or the possibly inappropriate use of price mean-variance markers to evaluate cartel behavior.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036345.v1
title: EX-POST EVALUATION OF MEAN-VARIANCE CARTEL FILTERS

description: ABSTRACT This study provides an ex-post evaluation of selected filters to find cartels. We evaluate whether filters incurred in type I errors, i.e., failing to recognize the presence of a cartel. We use seven cartel cases in the retail fuel sector in Brazil, for which detailed local price and gross retail margins are available. Cartel cases provided 14 fuel-location events. The evaluated methods include GARCH-based and structural break methods from the international literature and three filters associated with Brazilian antitrust and regulation authorities (ANP, SBDC, and local correlation). All methods are based on an analytical framework which considers cartels as periods of higher average prices (margins) and lower price (margin) variance. Our results indicate that our filters failed to correctly signal most fuel-location cartel events, even using endogenous model-based price changes dates. The problems filters show of detecting actual cartels may be due to difficulties dating cartels or the possibly inappropriate use of price mean-variance markers to evaluate cartel behavior.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036348
title: The Pharmacy of the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Policy of the 9th Regional Health Department of the State of Paraná and the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

description: Abstract The objective of this study was to trace the profile of patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis treated at the Pharmacy of the 9th Regional Health Department of Paraná and evaluate the relationship between pharmacological treatment, quality of life and disease activity index of these patients. Data collection was performed through interviews, application of BASDAI index and the ASQoL questionnaire. Male patients presented better rates (ASQoL 7.78 ± 6.04, BASDAI 4.26 ± 2.40) than female patients (ASQoL 12.08 ± 4.74, BASDAI 6.25 ± 2.43; p &lt;0.05). Retired patients had higher disease activity and lower quality of life (BASDAI 6.59 ± 1.53, ASQoL 14 ± 2.89) than those who still worked (BASDAI 4.59 ± 2.87, ASQoL 7.68 ± 5.74); p &lt;0.05), and the quality of life of patients with comorbidity (ASQoL 11.60 ± 5.47) was lower when compared to those without comorbidity (ASQoL 6.83 ± 4.90, p &lt;0.05). Patients who used immunobiological drugs had better results (ASQoL 9.07 ± 5.86, BASDAI 4.73 ± 2.55) than those who used other drugs (ASQoL 13.08 ± 3.7, BASDAI 6.88 ± 2.15, p &lt;0.05), and patients who used adalimumab showed better rates (ASQoL 7.42 ± 4.81, BASDAI 4.26 ± 2.47; p &lt;0.05) when compared to other pharmacological treatments. Male patients showed a better response when compared to the female counterparts. Patients using adalimumab had a better quality of life and disease activity index than patients using other pharmacological treatments.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036348.v1
title: The Pharmacy of the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Policy of the 9th Regional Health Department of the State of Paraná and the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

description: Abstract The objective of this study was to trace the profile of patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis treated at the Pharmacy of the 9th Regional Health Department of Paraná and evaluate the relationship between pharmacological treatment, quality of life and disease activity index of these patients. Data collection was performed through interviews, application of BASDAI index and the ASQoL questionnaire. Male patients presented better rates (ASQoL 7.78 ± 6.04, BASDAI 4.26 ± 2.40) than female patients (ASQoL 12.08 ± 4.74, BASDAI 6.25 ± 2.43; p &lt;0.05). Retired patients had higher disease activity and lower quality of life (BASDAI 6.59 ± 1.53, ASQoL 14 ± 2.89) than those who still worked (BASDAI 4.59 ± 2.87, ASQoL 7.68 ± 5.74); p &lt;0.05), and the quality of life of patients with comorbidity (ASQoL 11.60 ± 5.47) was lower when compared to those without comorbidity (ASQoL 6.83 ± 4.90, p &lt;0.05). Patients who used immunobiological drugs had better results (ASQoL 9.07 ± 5.86, BASDAI 4.73 ± 2.55) than those who used other drugs (ASQoL 13.08 ± 3.7, BASDAI 6.88 ± 2.15, p &lt;0.05), and patients who used adalimumab showed better rates (ASQoL 7.42 ± 4.81, BASDAI 4.26 ± 2.47; p &lt;0.05) when compared to other pharmacological treatments. Male patients showed a better response when compared to the female counterparts. Patients using adalimumab had a better quality of life and disease activity index than patients using other pharmacological treatments.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036357
title: Prepartum supplementation of soybean oil as an energy source for sows and their litters

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-farrowing lipid supplementation for three days on performance parameters of sows and piglets and the survival rate of litters. Four hundred hyperprolific sows were randomly distributed in blocks according to their body condition score, weight, and parity order. Three levels of soybean oil were added on top at the time of feed supply and compared to the control treatment. The levels were: 250 mL, 500 mL, and 1,000 mL, in addition to the control that contained only the crude fat present in the feed (5.04%). Sows were weighed and evaluated for their body condition score at the beginning and end of the lactation period, and their piglets were weighed at birth, after 24 h, and at weaning to determine colostrum yield of the sow and daily weight gain of piglets during the lactation period. Survival rate of litters was also evaluated. Weight loss of gilts decreased linearly as the level of supplemented oil increased. The other parameters evaluated were not affected by treatments, suggesting that the supplemented soybean oil was used for growth rather than milk production of gilts. Additionally, it had no effect on the performance of multiparous females. Under the experimental conditions of this study, soybean oil supplementation for gilts in the first three days before farrowing decrease their weight loss but does not change their body condition score, colostrum yield, and performance and survival of their litters.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036357.v1
title: Prepartum supplementation of soybean oil as an energy source for sows and their litters

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-farrowing lipid supplementation for three days on performance parameters of sows and piglets and the survival rate of litters. Four hundred hyperprolific sows were randomly distributed in blocks according to their body condition score, weight, and parity order. Three levels of soybean oil were added on top at the time of feed supply and compared to the control treatment. The levels were: 250 mL, 500 mL, and 1,000 mL, in addition to the control that contained only the crude fat present in the feed (5.04%). Sows were weighed and evaluated for their body condition score at the beginning and end of the lactation period, and their piglets were weighed at birth, after 24 h, and at weaning to determine colostrum yield of the sow and daily weight gain of piglets during the lactation period. Survival rate of litters was also evaluated. Weight loss of gilts decreased linearly as the level of supplemented oil increased. The other parameters evaluated were not affected by treatments, suggesting that the supplemented soybean oil was used for growth rather than milk production of gilts. Additionally, it had no effect on the performance of multiparous females. Under the experimental conditions of this study, soybean oil supplementation for gilts in the first three days before farrowing decrease their weight loss but does not change their body condition score, colostrum yield, and performance and survival of their litters.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036358
title: Motherhood and Retirement in the RGPS: How are Women with Children Affected by the Pension Reform of the Constitutional Amendment 103/2019?

description: Abstract This paper analyzes how retirement can be affected by motherhood, as it can affect the flow of income, contributions and benefits, using an actuarial model with contribution densities differentiated by income level. As the number of contributions varies depending on these densities, retirement age is calculated endogenously, through a set of simulations. Five pension indicators were calculated in different scenarios, given by combinations of the motherhood event, age at birth of the child, duration of absence from the labor market and salary on return to the labor market. Calculations were made for the old rule of the RGPS, which was in force until 2019 and the new rule, which came into effect in 2020, after the approval of Constitutional Amendment 103/2019. There is a decrease in the progressive aspects of RGPS old-age benefits due to the 2019 reform. There is a reduction in most indicators, particularly in the internal rate of return. However, the replacement rate may increase for some groups due to the extension of the contribution period. Childless workers and those who do not leave the labor market due to motherhood are affected in a similar way by the reform. Workers who need to leave the labor market are more affected, with a reduction in indicators that depend on the period of receiving the retirement benefit.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036358.v1
title: Motherhood and Retirement in the RGPS: How are Women with Children Affected by the Pension Reform of the Constitutional Amendment 103/2019?

description: Abstract This paper analyzes how retirement can be affected by motherhood, as it can affect the flow of income, contributions and benefits, using an actuarial model with contribution densities differentiated by income level. As the number of contributions varies depending on these densities, retirement age is calculated endogenously, through a set of simulations. Five pension indicators were calculated in different scenarios, given by combinations of the motherhood event, age at birth of the child, duration of absence from the labor market and salary on return to the labor market. Calculations were made for the old rule of the RGPS, which was in force until 2019 and the new rule, which came into effect in 2020, after the approval of Constitutional Amendment 103/2019. There is a decrease in the progressive aspects of RGPS old-age benefits due to the 2019 reform. There is a reduction in most indicators, particularly in the internal rate of return. However, the replacement rate may increase for some groups due to the extension of the contribution period. Childless workers and those who do not leave the labor market due to motherhood are affected in a similar way by the reform. Workers who need to leave the labor market are more affected, with a reduction in indicators that depend on the period of receiving the retirement benefit.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036370
title: CONSTITUTION AND INEQUALITY: RIGHT TO PROPERTY AND LAND REFORM IN BRAZIL

description: Abstract This article analyzes the law on the right to property and land reform as an exemplary case for understanding the mechanisms by which the constitutional system affects the distribution of wealth in Brazil. The research examines the inclusion of provisions aiming to protect the interests against land redistributive policies and the use of the Judiciary Branch as a veto point for operationalizing these provisions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036370.v1
title: CONSTITUTION AND INEQUALITY: RIGHT TO PROPERTY AND LAND REFORM IN BRAZIL

description: Abstract This article analyzes the law on the right to property and land reform as an exemplary case for understanding the mechanisms by which the constitutional system affects the distribution of wealth in Brazil. The research examines the inclusion of provisions aiming to protect the interests against land redistributive policies and the use of the Judiciary Branch as a veto point for operationalizing these provisions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20036378.v1
title: Breed and heterosis effects on reproduction and production traits of Girolando cows

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the breed and heterosis effects on reproductive traits, test-day milk yield, and 305-day milk yield in different lactations of crossbred Girolando cows. Data consisted of test-day milk yield records of first (118,831 records), second (63,227), and third lactation (44,512) and their relative productive (test-day milk yield, 305-day milk yield, and lactation length) and reproductive (age at first calving, calving interval, days open, and dry period) records of 35,582 Girolando cows from Brazil, collected from 1998 to 2014. The heterosis effect of the evaluated traits in Girolando cattle was estimated by MIXED procedure in SAS. Girolando cows showed a negative (favorable) and significant heterosis effect for reproductive traits. The dry periods between the first and second calving and between the second and third calving showed the greatest gains in heterosis (21.93 and 10.41%, respectively). All the evaluated productive traits showed a significant and similar heterosis effect between the three lactations. The use of crossbreeding strategies between the Holstein and Gyr breeds, instead of using the pure breed, is indeed a good alternative to increase the economic efficiency of the dairy activity in the different production systems in tropical environments.