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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243499
title: Effects of combined oral doxycycline and topical cyclosporine treatment on ocular signs, symptoms, and tear film parameters in rosacea patients

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This study reports the effects of combined use of oral doxycycline and topical cyclosporine on ocular signs, symptoms, and tear film parameters in rosacea patients. Methods: Fifty-four right eyes of 54 patients were included in this study. All patients underwent full ophthalmologic examination-including best corrected visual acuity measurement, slit-lamp anterior segment and fundus examination, tear film break-up time, and Schirmer test-before treatment and six months post-treatment. Patients were divided into two treatment groups. The first group was treated with oral doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for the first month and once daily for the following two months. The second group received topical 0.05% cyclosporine emulsion drops twice daily for six months in addition to the oral doxycycline treatment regimen. All patients received preservati ve-free artificial tear drops, warm compress, eyelash cleaning, and topical corticosteroid drops three times daily for one month. Results: A significant improvement in ocular signs and symptoms was recorded for all patients in groups 1 and 2 after treatment. There was not a significant difference in terms of itching, burning, meibomian gland inspissation, corneal neovascularization, and conjunctival hyperemia score changes between groups 1 and 2. The increases in Schirmer test and break-up time scores were significantly higher in group 2 than in group 1. Conclusions: Our results support the finding that topical cyclosporine in addition to the standard regimen improves tear function, as shown by Schirmer test and break-up time scores, in ocular rosacea patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243499.v1
title: Effects of combined oral doxycycline and topical cyclosporine treatment on ocular signs, symptoms, and tear film parameters in rosacea patients

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This study reports the effects of combined use of oral doxycycline and topical cyclosporine on ocular signs, symptoms, and tear film parameters in rosacea patients. Methods: Fifty-four right eyes of 54 patients were included in this study. All patients underwent full ophthalmologic examination-including best corrected visual acuity measurement, slit-lamp anterior segment and fundus examination, tear film break-up time, and Schirmer test-before treatment and six months post-treatment. Patients were divided into two treatment groups. The first group was treated with oral doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for the first month and once daily for the following two months. The second group received topical 0.05% cyclosporine emulsion drops twice daily for six months in addition to the oral doxycycline treatment regimen. All patients received preservati ve-free artificial tear drops, warm compress, eyelash cleaning, and topical corticosteroid drops three times daily for one month. Results: A significant improvement in ocular signs and symptoms was recorded for all patients in groups 1 and 2 after treatment. There was not a significant difference in terms of itching, burning, meibomian gland inspissation, corneal neovascularization, and conjunctival hyperemia score changes between groups 1 and 2. The increases in Schirmer test and break-up time scores were significantly higher in group 2 than in group 1. Conclusions: Our results support the finding that topical cyclosporine in addition to the standard regimen improves tear function, as shown by Schirmer test and break-up time scores, in ocular rosacea patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243496
title: Symbolic capital of the work of the female health visitors of the Public Health Service Foundation in the State of Alagoas, Brazil

description: Abstract This study of a historical nature analyzes the work of health visitors of the Public Health Service Foundation in Alagoas between 1960 and 1990 and the symbolic capital attributed to them. Documental and oral sources were used, the latter produced in interviews conducted using thematic oral history, given by the visitors, the physician and nurse. The information was analyzed based on the concepts of habitus, field, symbolic capital and distinction of Pierre Bourdieu, and revealed that health visitors were relevant in the healthcare of the communities where they worked with distinctive approaches to inculcate health practices through home visits and authority to reconfigure the hygienic habitus of families. This activity gave them symbolic power and capital legitimized by the community.
DOI: 10.7284/136046
title: Multibeam Echosounder data collected during research cruise SKQ201921S using a Kongsberg EM302 instrument system onboard the platform RV Sikuliaq

description: Original (unprocessed) data collected during a Field_expedition
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243493
title: Hot water treatment effect in the elephant grass ashes calcinated at different temperatures

description: ABSTRACT In recent years, agro-industrial residues have focused attention in the scientific community as a new source of pozzolans. In Brazil, for example, one of the wastes generated from agro-industrial activities comes from elephant grass that is cultivated as biomass for energy cogeneration. This study evaluated the effect of hot water treatment on the crystalline structure of elephant grass ashes calcinated in two different temperature (700 and 900°C). To study the chemical structure and the composition of the ashes the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffractions (XRD) analyses were carried out. The results achieved in the present work shown that, elephant grass ashes meet the ASTM C-618 standard, for the minimum sum content of the silica (SiO2), aluminum (Al2O3) and iron (Fe2O3) oxides, of 50% to be considered as a pozzolanic material. The presence of an amorphous phase has been detected in all XRD patterns. The ashes calcinated at 700°C showed lower crystallinity and the treatment with hot water decreased crystallite size, i.e., the material became more amorphous. On the other hand, the ashes calcinated at 900°C, less reactive, had a lower content of K2O. Therefore, the hot water treatment was effective to reduce the potassium content in the ashes. Additionally, it contributed to reduce the crystallite size of silica in the ash calcinated at 700°C, while the effect is contrary to the ash calcinated at 900°C.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243493.v1
title: Hot water treatment effect in the elephant grass ashes calcinated at different temperatures

description: ABSTRACT In recent years, agro-industrial residues have focused attention in the scientific community as a new source of pozzolans. In Brazil, for example, one of the wastes generated from agro-industrial activities comes from elephant grass that is cultivated as biomass for energy cogeneration. This study evaluated the effect of hot water treatment on the crystalline structure of elephant grass ashes calcinated in two different temperature (700 and 900°C). To study the chemical structure and the composition of the ashes the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffractions (XRD) analyses were carried out. The results achieved in the present work shown that, elephant grass ashes meet the ASTM C-618 standard, for the minimum sum content of the silica (SiO2), aluminum (Al2O3) and iron (Fe2O3) oxides, of 50% to be considered as a pozzolanic material. The presence of an amorphous phase has been detected in all XRD patterns. The ashes calcinated at 700°C showed lower crystallinity and the treatment with hot water decreased crystallite size, i.e., the material became more amorphous. On the other hand, the ashes calcinated at 900°C, less reactive, had a lower content of K2O. Therefore, the hot water treatment was effective to reduce the potassium content in the ashes. Additionally, it contributed to reduce the crystallite size of silica in the ash calcinated at 700°C, while the effect is contrary to the ash calcinated at 900°C.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243496.v1
title: Symbolic capital of the work of the female health visitors of the Public Health Service Foundation in the State of Alagoas, Brazil

description: Abstract This study of a historical nature analyzes the work of health visitors of the Public Health Service Foundation in Alagoas between 1960 and 1990 and the symbolic capital attributed to them. Documental and oral sources were used, the latter produced in interviews conducted using thematic oral history, given by the visitors, the physician and nurse. The information was analyzed based on the concepts of habitus, field, symbolic capital and distinction of Pierre Bourdieu, and revealed that health visitors were relevant in the healthcare of the communities where they worked with distinctive approaches to inculcate health practices through home visits and authority to reconfigure the hygienic habitus of families. This activity gave them symbolic power and capital legitimized by the community.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243487
title: Dendroecology of Macrolobium acaciifolium (Fabaceae) in Central Amazonian floodplain forests

description: ABSTRACT The forest dynamics in the Amazonian floodplains is strongly triggered by the flood pulse. Trees respond to unfavorable growth conditions during the flood period by cambial dormancy, which results in the formation of annual growth rings. We determined tree age and compared the mean annual rates of increase in the diameter of Macrolobium acaciifolium with hydrological and climatic factors in three regions of central Amazonian floodplain forest. A wood sample was obtained from each tree using an increment borer. Ring growth was assessed by marginal parenchyma bands to determine tree age and the mean diameter increment. Ring widths were indexed to construct cross-dating chronologies and correlated with climatic and hydrological variables. The analyses demonstrate that the mean annual diameter increment did not differ between the three study sites. The chronologies correlated significantly with the terrestrial phase. There was no significant difference in the ring-width index between El Niño years and other years, and between La Niña and other years. These results show that the hydrological variables can be considered crucial to the rates of tree growth and diameter increment in floodplains, and El Niño signals were not detected in the tree-ring chronologies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243490
title: Use of a Natural Sorbent as Alternative Solid-Phase Microextraction Coating for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

description: In this study, the use of bracts as a natural sorbent in solid-phase microextraction was exploited for use in the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples with separation/detection performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fiber-to-fiber reproducibility was evaluated and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was lower than 14%. Optimizations were performed using both the proposed and DVB/Car/PDMS (divinylbenzene/carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane) fibers. The optimum extraction conditions were 80 min of extraction at 50 ºC with 12% (m/v) NaCl for the bract fiber, and 100 min of extraction at 80 ºC for the commercial fiber. The limits of detection and quantification for the proposed fiber were, respectively, 0.003 and 0.01 µg L-1 for fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene and pyrene, and 0.03 and 0.1 µg L-1 for acenaphthylene, benzo(a)anthracene and chrysene. The method using bract fiber provided relative recoveries ranging from 68 to 117%, intraday and interday precisions lower than 17 and 19%, respectively, and extraction efficiency similar to that of the DVB/Car/PDMS fiber.
DOI: 10.7284/136047
title: Multibeam Echosounder data collected during research cruise SKQ201921S using a Kongsberg EM302 instrument system onboard the platform RV Sikuliaq

description: Original (unprocessed) data collected during a Field_expedition
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243487.v1
title: Dendroecology of Macrolobium acaciifolium (Fabaceae) in Central Amazonian floodplain forests

description: ABSTRACT The forest dynamics in the Amazonian floodplains is strongly triggered by the flood pulse. Trees respond to unfavorable growth conditions during the flood period by cambial dormancy, which results in the formation of annual growth rings. We determined tree age and compared the mean annual rates of increase in the diameter of Macrolobium acaciifolium with hydrological and climatic factors in three regions of central Amazonian floodplain forest. A wood sample was obtained from each tree using an increment borer. Ring growth was assessed by marginal parenchyma bands to determine tree age and the mean diameter increment. Ring widths were indexed to construct cross-dating chronologies and correlated with climatic and hydrological variables. The analyses demonstrate that the mean annual diameter increment did not differ between the three study sites. The chronologies correlated significantly with the terrestrial phase. There was no significant difference in the ring-width index between El Niño years and other years, and between La Niña and other years. These results show that the hydrological variables can be considered crucial to the rates of tree growth and diameter increment in floodplains, and El Niño signals were not detected in the tree-ring chronologies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243490.v1
title: Use of a Natural Sorbent as Alternative Solid-Phase Microextraction Coating for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

description: In this study, the use of bracts as a natural sorbent in solid-phase microextraction was exploited for use in the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples with separation/detection performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fiber-to-fiber reproducibility was evaluated and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was lower than 14%. Optimizations were performed using both the proposed and DVB/Car/PDMS (divinylbenzene/carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane) fibers. The optimum extraction conditions were 80 min of extraction at 50 ºC with 12% (m/v) NaCl for the bract fiber, and 100 min of extraction at 80 ºC for the commercial fiber. The limits of detection and quantification for the proposed fiber were, respectively, 0.003 and 0.01 µg L-1 for fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene and pyrene, and 0.03 and 0.1 µg L-1 for acenaphthylene, benzo(a)anthracene and chrysene. The method using bract fiber provided relative recoveries ranging from 68 to 117%, intraday and interday precisions lower than 17 and 19%, respectively, and extraction efficiency similar to that of the DVB/Car/PDMS fiber.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243481
title: PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME: WHAT IS THE GENERAL PEDIATRICIAN SUPPOSED TO DO? - A REVIEW

description: ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a review about Prader-Willi Syndrome based on the most recent data about the subject and to give recommendation for the general pediatricians for early diagnoses and follow-up. Data sources: Scientific articles in the PubMed and SciELO databases. The research was not limited to a specific time period and included all articles in such databases. Data synthesis: The Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder resulting from the loss of imprinted gene expression within the paternal chromosome 15q11-q13. PWS is characterized by endocrine abnormalities, such as growth hormone (GH) deficiency, obesity, central adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism and complex behavioral and intellectual difficulties. PWS individuals also may present other comorbidities, such as sleep disorders, scoliosis, constipation, dental issues and coagulation disorders. The follow-up protocol of the Children’s Institute at Universidade de São Paulo is based on four main pillars: diet, exercise, recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy and behavioral and cognitive issues. The diet must include a caloric restriction of 900 kcal/day, according to the Prader-Willi Eating Pyramid and exercise plan is focused on daily aerobic exercises and postural therapy. The rhGH therapy is highly recommended by the international scientific literature and must be started as soon as the diagnostic is made. The management of behavioral issues is based on strategies to establish routine and rules. Conclusions: If the general pediatrician becomes more familiar with PWS, the diagnosis and treatment will start earlier, which is essential to improve the quality of life and care for these individuals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243484
title: Morphological characteristics and culinary quality of cassava ethnovarieties at different harvesting times

description: Abstract Cassava roots are rich in carbohydrates and widely consumed throughout the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological and culinary characteristics of four cassava ethnovarieties (Cacau branca, Cacau roxa, Cacau amarela and Mandioca pão) at different harvesting times. The characteristics evaluated were: root shape, peel colour, epidermis texture, cortex colour, pulp colour, removal of the peel and cortex, cooking time, standard cooked mass and post-harvest root deterioration. The ethnovarieties exhibited phenotypic variation of the morphological characteristics. Cacau branca and Cacau roxa were easy to peel in the first three harvesting seasons. The cooking time ranged from 'good' to 'bad' amongst the ethnovarieties, Cacau roxa showing the shortest cooking time (15 min) in the sixth month and Cacau amarela showing the longest cooking time (35 min) in the tenth and twelfth months of harvest. Cacau branca and Cacau roxa showed high average values for cooked mass, showing that they were more suitable for use as table cassava. As for the cooking time and cooked mass quality, the roots of the four ethnovarieties, harvested in the six and eight months after planting, were ideal for table consumption. The cooking time increased according to the permanence of the plants in the field. The Cacau amarela and Mandioca pão ethnovarieties were the most suitable for commercial crops because they showed lower susceptibility to deterioration in all harvest seasons.
DOI: 10.7284/136037
title: Radiometer data collected during research cruise SKQ201921S using a RMR Co. PRP instrument system onboard the platform RV Sikuliaq

description: Original (unprocessed) data collected during a Field_expedition
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243481.v1
title: PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME: WHAT IS THE GENERAL PEDIATRICIAN SUPPOSED TO DO? - A REVIEW

description: ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a review about Prader-Willi Syndrome based on the most recent data about the subject and to give recommendation for the general pediatricians for early diagnoses and follow-up. Data sources: Scientific articles in the PubMed and SciELO databases. The research was not limited to a specific time period and included all articles in such databases. Data synthesis: The Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder resulting from the loss of imprinted gene expression within the paternal chromosome 15q11-q13. PWS is characterized by endocrine abnormalities, such as growth hormone (GH) deficiency, obesity, central adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism and complex behavioral and intellectual difficulties. PWS individuals also may present other comorbidities, such as sleep disorders, scoliosis, constipation, dental issues and coagulation disorders. The follow-up protocol of the Children’s Institute at Universidade de São Paulo is based on four main pillars: diet, exercise, recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy and behavioral and cognitive issues. The diet must include a caloric restriction of 900 kcal/day, according to the Prader-Willi Eating Pyramid and exercise plan is focused on daily aerobic exercises and postural therapy. The rhGH therapy is highly recommended by the international scientific literature and must be started as soon as the diagnostic is made. The management of behavioral issues is based on strategies to establish routine and rules. Conclusions: If the general pediatrician becomes more familiar with PWS, the diagnosis and treatment will start earlier, which is essential to improve the quality of life and care for these individuals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243484.v1
title: Morphological characteristics and culinary quality of cassava ethnovarieties at different harvesting times

description: Abstract Cassava roots are rich in carbohydrates and widely consumed throughout the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological and culinary characteristics of four cassava ethnovarieties (Cacau branca, Cacau roxa, Cacau amarela and Mandioca pão) at different harvesting times. The characteristics evaluated were: root shape, peel colour, epidermis texture, cortex colour, pulp colour, removal of the peel and cortex, cooking time, standard cooked mass and post-harvest root deterioration. The ethnovarieties exhibited phenotypic variation of the morphological characteristics. Cacau branca and Cacau roxa were easy to peel in the first three harvesting seasons. The cooking time ranged from 'good' to 'bad' amongst the ethnovarieties, Cacau roxa showing the shortest cooking time (15 min) in the sixth month and Cacau amarela showing the longest cooking time (35 min) in the tenth and twelfth months of harvest. Cacau branca and Cacau roxa showed high average values for cooked mass, showing that they were more suitable for use as table cassava. As for the cooking time and cooked mass quality, the roots of the four ethnovarieties, harvested in the six and eight months after planting, were ideal for table consumption. The cooking time increased according to the permanence of the plants in the field. The Cacau amarela and Mandioca pão ethnovarieties were the most suitable for commercial crops because they showed lower susceptibility to deterioration in all harvest seasons.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7243475
title: Postharvest longevity of 'BRS Vitória' seedless grapes subjected to cold storage and acibenzolar-S-methyl application

description: Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate cold storage periods and postharvest longevity of the seedless table grape 'BRS Vitória' subjected to the application of the disease-resistance inducer acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM). Bunches were treated or not with 1% ASM, placed individually in plastic clamshell trays and stored in a cold chamber at 2±1ºC, at a high relative humidity, for three periods (30, 45, and 60 days), followed by a 5-day period of shelf life in plastic clamshells, at 22±2ºC. After each storage period, gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) incidence was evaluated, and the physicochemical analysis was performed. A completely randomized design, with four replicates, was used in two 2x3 factorial arrangements: one evaluating ASM application and cold storage periods; and another, ASM and cold storage + shelf-life periods. ASM did not change the physicochemical characteristics of the bunches, and the incidence of gray mold was lower than 1% in all treatments. Water loss from bunches increased with storage periods. Even without ASM application, 'BRS Vitória' grape can preserve its postharvest quality for up to 60 days of cold storage, plus five days of shelf life in plastic clamshells.