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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943871
title: Effect of exercise on cardiovascular parameters in search and rescue-trained dogs

description: ABSTRACT Physical activity alters the cardiovascular system of dogs, depending on the exercise characteristics and the animal’s physical conditioning. Little is known about the cardiovascular changes in rescue-trained dogs. This study evaluated the cardiovascular responses to a search and rescue exercise session to differentiate these alterations from cases of exhaustion or some possible pathology. Nine healthy rescue-trained dogs that trained for at least one year were used. Seven German Shepherds and two Belgian Shepherd Malinois were evaluated twice, immediately before exercise (M0) and immediately after a 20-minute training (M1). Electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and systemic blood pressure (SBP) measurements were performed at each evaluation. Heart rate was evaluated in three moments, M0, M1 and five minutes after the end of the physical activity (M2). The results indicated that training increased oxygen demand and significantly increased cardiac output, left ventricular volume in diastole and aortic artery diameter, and the contraction force with the increased mitral annular motion without impairing systolic and diastolic cardiac functions. Heart rate values immediately and five minutes after exercise were similar to baseline values. Training did not alter SBP and the electrocardiographic parameters. The present study indicated good cardiac performance to the physical effort of rescue-trained dogs and reduced the chances of poor performance and the occurrence of sudden death caused by exercise in response to the pattern of activity performed.
DOI: 10.5519/qd.o46ctbgp
title: Query on the Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk) (1 records)
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943868
title: EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN BRAZIL

description: Abstract The article is the result of a cross-sectional study about care in mental health with 29,778 teams from the Family Health Strategy from all over Brazil (87.1% of the total of teams), including a normative evaluation of the data of the second cycle of the National Program for the Enhancement of Access and Quality in Primary Health Care (2013-2014) in the dimensions of the profile of the professionals, promotion of mental health, management, and offer of care. The results showed that 33.8% of the interviewees had precarious labor relationships, and that 60.3% of them did not feel prepared to work in mental health. The offer of the set of actions evaluated only occurred in 9.5% of the teams in all of Brazil (2.2% in the Northern region). Around half of them did not develop strategies to promote health, and only 9.8% actually carried out the management of care. We concluded that the low percentages of implementation on the national level coexist with significant regional inequalities, with the worst results coming from the Northern region. It is necessary to strengthen the actions of promotion of health, the qualification of the teams, to reverse the precariousness of the labor relationships, and to reorganize the management of care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943871.v1
title: Effect of exercise on cardiovascular parameters in search and rescue-trained dogs

description: ABSTRACT Physical activity alters the cardiovascular system of dogs, depending on the exercise characteristics and the animal’s physical conditioning. Little is known about the cardiovascular changes in rescue-trained dogs. This study evaluated the cardiovascular responses to a search and rescue exercise session to differentiate these alterations from cases of exhaustion or some possible pathology. Nine healthy rescue-trained dogs that trained for at least one year were used. Seven German Shepherds and two Belgian Shepherd Malinois were evaluated twice, immediately before exercise (M0) and immediately after a 20-minute training (M1). Electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and systemic blood pressure (SBP) measurements were performed at each evaluation. Heart rate was evaluated in three moments, M0, M1 and five minutes after the end of the physical activity (M2). The results indicated that training increased oxygen demand and significantly increased cardiac output, left ventricular volume in diastole and aortic artery diameter, and the contraction force with the increased mitral annular motion without impairing systolic and diastolic cardiac functions. Heart rate values immediately and five minutes after exercise were similar to baseline values. Training did not alter SBP and the electrocardiographic parameters. The present study indicated good cardiac performance to the physical effort of rescue-trained dogs and reduced the chances of poor performance and the occurrence of sudden death caused by exercise in response to the pattern of activity performed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943865
title: WORKING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

description: Abstract The aim of this qualitative and quantitative research was to get to know and analyze the working conditions of the public servants who work at the National Institute of Social Security (from the Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Seguro Social) and have ties with the Social Security System in the south of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, focusing on the implications to their health. This exploratory research was performed between 2013 and 2017. The sample was composed of 165 workers from 11 agencies of the National Institute of Social Security in that region, who filled out a questionnaire with scales to rate working conditions and well-being in association with open questions. In a second moment, we adopted the narrative technique with the goal of complementing the data. The mean result of the working conditions scale (0-10) was 6.65 (SD = 1.39); as for the well-being, the mean result of the scale (0-7) was 4.99 (SD = 1.13). We observed ethical dilemmas deriving from the quality of the work, with the prioritization of the fulfillment of quantitative goals due to the introduction of the logic of the private sector within the management of the work in the public sphere. We concluded that the working conditions and well-being have negative repercussions on the health of the workers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943868.v1
title: EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN BRAZIL

description: Abstract The article is the result of a cross-sectional study about care in mental health with 29,778 teams from the Family Health Strategy from all over Brazil (87.1% of the total of teams), including a normative evaluation of the data of the second cycle of the National Program for the Enhancement of Access and Quality in Primary Health Care (2013-2014) in the dimensions of the profile of the professionals, promotion of mental health, management, and offer of care. The results showed that 33.8% of the interviewees had precarious labor relationships, and that 60.3% of them did not feel prepared to work in mental health. The offer of the set of actions evaluated only occurred in 9.5% of the teams in all of Brazil (2.2% in the Northern region). Around half of them did not develop strategies to promote health, and only 9.8% actually carried out the management of care. We concluded that the low percentages of implementation on the national level coexist with significant regional inequalities, with the worst results coming from the Northern region. It is necessary to strengthen the actions of promotion of health, the qualification of the teams, to reverse the precariousness of the labor relationships, and to reorganize the management of care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943862
title: Virtual and real experiments: a proposal to teach electricity in High School

description: Abstract We report on the elaboration and application of a guide of activities for High School teachers consisting of strategies to teach topics in electricity using real and virtual laboratories. We tested four different strategies with students in the final year of high school to figure out which would be more effective to teach about electric circuits and Ohm's law. Each strategy was characterized by a specific sequence of approaches, such as lectures, computer simulations or experiments, to present the subject. Our results indicate that the experimental approach, virtual or real, has a significant advantage over lectures, reinforcing the importance of using experimental activities in the classroom.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943865.v1
title: WORKING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

description: Abstract The aim of this qualitative and quantitative research was to get to know and analyze the working conditions of the public servants who work at the National Institute of Social Security (from the Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Seguro Social) and have ties with the Social Security System in the south of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, focusing on the implications to their health. This exploratory research was performed between 2013 and 2017. The sample was composed of 165 workers from 11 agencies of the National Institute of Social Security in that region, who filled out a questionnaire with scales to rate working conditions and well-being in association with open questions. In a second moment, we adopted the narrative technique with the goal of complementing the data. The mean result of the working conditions scale (0-10) was 6.65 (SD = 1.39); as for the well-being, the mean result of the scale (0-7) was 4.99 (SD = 1.13). We observed ethical dilemmas deriving from the quality of the work, with the prioritization of the fulfillment of quantitative goals due to the introduction of the logic of the private sector within the management of the work in the public sphere. We concluded that the working conditions and well-being have negative repercussions on the health of the workers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943859
title: PROGRAMMATIC VULNERABILITY AS A CATEGORY TO EXPLAIN ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITHIN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

description: Abstract Ethical problems in public health – especially those concerning primary health care – require a specific and adequate approach. The factor analysis of quantitative data about ethical problems in primary health care pointed to management, longitudinality, team experience, professional profile, secrecy and privacy as specific topics. In the subsequent qualitative stage, we searched for examples and solutions through a focal discussion with primary health care teams in the cities of Porto Alegre and Sapucaia do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The adopted methodological approach was the Grounded Theory. The analysis of the results had as reference points the causal and intervening conditions and the strategies for action when facing these problems. The fragmentation of care and the lack of prominence, caused by insufficient planning and permanent education, weaken the users and the professionals. The refinement of these results through selective codification reached the nuclear category of programmatic vulnerability as an explanatory category for the occurrence of ethical problems in primary health care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943862.v1
title: Virtual and real experiments: a proposal to teach electricity in High School

description: Abstract We report on the elaboration and application of a guide of activities for High School teachers consisting of strategies to teach topics in electricity using real and virtual laboratories. We tested four different strategies with students in the final year of high school to figure out which would be more effective to teach about electric circuits and Ohm's law. Each strategy was characterized by a specific sequence of approaches, such as lectures, computer simulations or experiments, to present the subject. Our results indicate that the experimental approach, virtual or real, has a significant advantage over lectures, reinforcing the importance of using experimental activities in the classroom.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943856
title: Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) evaluation in domestic ruminants

description: ABSTRACT In ruminant breeding systems, chronic anemia can lead to economic losses, resulting from iron deficiency in the organismo. When iron is unavailable for incorporation into hemoglobin, a compound called zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) is formed, may be an early marker for anemia and is useful for its diagnosis. However, for this measurement to be useful, it is necessary to know the normal values for the species. Therefore, 30 calves, 30 goats and 30 sheep, all of them healthy, to standardize the values were used. This measurement was determined on refrigerated blood samples collected with EDTA, obtaining values in red blood cells not washed and washed. The washing aimed at the elimination of interfering substances in these measures. The mean of the ZPP in the unwashed samples was 80,9µmol ZPP/mol of heme in calves; 55,09µmol ZPP/mol of heme in goats and 73,76µmol ZPP/mol of heme in sheep. After washing, the values were 61,4µmol ZPP/mol of heme; 43,92µmol ZPP/mol of heme e 59,36µmol ZPP/mol of heme, in calves, goats and sheep, respectively. Due to its practicality, the techniquecan be used for the early detection of iron deficiency anemia, recommending the previous lavage of the red blood cells.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943859.v1
title: PROGRAMMATIC VULNERABILITY AS A CATEGORY TO EXPLAIN ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITHIN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

description: Abstract Ethical problems in public health – especially those concerning primary health care – require a specific and adequate approach. The factor analysis of quantitative data about ethical problems in primary health care pointed to management, longitudinality, team experience, professional profile, secrecy and privacy as specific topics. In the subsequent qualitative stage, we searched for examples and solutions through a focal discussion with primary health care teams in the cities of Porto Alegre and Sapucaia do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The adopted methodological approach was the Grounded Theory. The analysis of the results had as reference points the causal and intervening conditions and the strategies for action when facing these problems. The fragmentation of care and the lack of prominence, caused by insufficient planning and permanent education, weaken the users and the professionals. The refinement of these results through selective codification reached the nuclear category of programmatic vulnerability as an explanatory category for the occurrence of ethical problems in primary health care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943856.v1
title: Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) evaluation in domestic ruminants

description: ABSTRACT In ruminant breeding systems, chronic anemia can lead to economic losses, resulting from iron deficiency in the organismo. When iron is unavailable for incorporation into hemoglobin, a compound called zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) is formed, may be an early marker for anemia and is useful for its diagnosis. However, for this measurement to be useful, it is necessary to know the normal values for the species. Therefore, 30 calves, 30 goats and 30 sheep, all of them healthy, to standardize the values were used. This measurement was determined on refrigerated blood samples collected with EDTA, obtaining values in red blood cells not washed and washed. The washing aimed at the elimination of interfering substances in these measures. The mean of the ZPP in the unwashed samples was 80,9µmol ZPP/mol of heme in calves; 55,09µmol ZPP/mol of heme in goats and 73,76µmol ZPP/mol of heme in sheep. After washing, the values were 61,4µmol ZPP/mol of heme; 43,92µmol ZPP/mol of heme e 59,36µmol ZPP/mol of heme, in calves, goats and sheep, respectively. Due to its practicality, the techniquecan be used for the early detection of iron deficiency anemia, recommending the previous lavage of the red blood cells.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943850
title: Analysis of Secondary Refining Slag Parameters with Focus on Inclusion Cleanliness

description: Secondary refining slag samples with different chemical compositions (45-54 % CaO, 7-13 % Al2O3, 20-29 % SiO2, 9-16 % MgO, 0-5 % CaF2) were investigated to verify the influence of their effective viscosity on inclusion cleanliness of DIN 38MnS6 in a steelmaking plant. The steel samples were collected during the production process for analysis of inclusions. Using the commercial software FactSage 6.4, thermodynamic calculations were performed to determine the effective viscosity, solid fraction, liquid fraction and MgO saturation point of these slags at 1560ºC. The results showed that all the slags were saturated in MgO, revealing a better protection of the ladle refractory. The addition of 2 to 5 % of CaF2 reduced the effective viscosity values for the analyzed slags from 0.45 Pa∙s to 0.10 Pa∙s , in comparison to the slags without the addition of CaF2, with an effective viscosity of 0.40 Pa∙s, 0.27 Pa∙s and 0.22 Pa∙s, decreasing the level of non-metallic inclusions for some of the analysed heats. However, it was detected during the manufacturing process that high slag fluidity and re-oxidation events continue to be a challenge associated with reducing the level of non-metallic inclusions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943850.v1
title: Analysis of Secondary Refining Slag Parameters with Focus on Inclusion Cleanliness

description: Secondary refining slag samples with different chemical compositions (45-54 % CaO, 7-13 % Al2O3, 20-29 % SiO2, 9-16 % MgO, 0-5 % CaF2) were investigated to verify the influence of their effective viscosity on inclusion cleanliness of DIN 38MnS6 in a steelmaking plant. The steel samples were collected during the production process for analysis of inclusions. Using the commercial software FactSage 6.4, thermodynamic calculations were performed to determine the effective viscosity, solid fraction, liquid fraction and MgO saturation point of these slags at 1560ºC. The results showed that all the slags were saturated in MgO, revealing a better protection of the ladle refractory. The addition of 2 to 5 % of CaF2 reduced the effective viscosity values for the analyzed slags from 0.45 Pa∙s to 0.10 Pa∙s , in comparison to the slags without the addition of CaF2, with an effective viscosity of 0.40 Pa∙s, 0.27 Pa∙s and 0.22 Pa∙s, decreasing the level of non-metallic inclusions for some of the analysed heats. However, it was detected during the manufacturing process that high slag fluidity and re-oxidation events continue to be a challenge associated with reducing the level of non-metallic inclusions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943841
title: Ammonium excretion, auxin production and effects of maize inoculation with ethylenediamine-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas sp.

description: ABSTRACT Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) comprise part of plant microbiome of biotechnological interest due to their potential to decrease the use of agrochemicals in agriculture. Among the commonly found PGPB species, the Pseudomonas genus is known for high competitiveness and efficiency in expressing growth-promotion traits. To increase the contribution of diazotrophic Pseudomonas sp. to the plant nitrogen nutrition, the strain AZM-01 was chemically mutagenized with methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), following the selection for resistance to ethylenediamine (EDA). From the 13 EDA-resistant mutant strains selected, four showed increased the ammonium excretion, with the highest value reaching up to 284% increase as compared to the wild strain, and six strains were found to produce significantly more auxins than the wild strain. Two independent inoculation trials with the wild and EDA-resistant Pseudomonas were performed on maize, with the objective to study the influence of bacteria on seed germination and its potential to promote maize growth under N-limiting condition. In general, Pseudomonas inoculation modified the root architecture of germinating seeds, and increased biomass of maize plants grown under N-limiting conditions. Shoot dry weight of maize was increased by inoculation with several EDA-resistant mutants as compared to the strain AZM-01, with emphasis on the EDA-5 strain which supports biomass accumulation at equivalent amount of plants grown under full N supply. Significant correlations between in vitro and in vivo parameters were found although low coefficient values predominate. The strategy of random mutagenesis was found suitable to develop PGPB strains with higher potential to supply maize plants with nitrogen.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943844
title: Methodologies for selecting cassava with resistance to dry and black root rot under controlled conditions

description: ABSTRACT Cassava root rot diseases such as dry and black root rot are listed among the major threats, since its affect the main product (tuberous roots), causing a progressive decline in yield and affecting subsequent crop cycles, being the use of resistant varieties the most reliable control measure on field level. The objective of this study was to identify inoculation methods for the early evaluation of genotypes, considering the level of resistance to dry (DRR) and black (BRR) root rot diseases. Different methodologies and plant tissues were evaluated, based on the immersion of cassava tissues (roots and stem cuttings), soil infestation, and inoculation of detached tissues (leaves, tuberous roots and stem cuttings). The following parameters were evaluated for inoculations based on tissue immersion: disease index (ω); aerial part weight (g); fresh weight of the roots (g); and volume (cm3). For the inoculations on detached tissues, the percentage of lesioned area was determined. Immersion methods for roots and lesioned stems did not show typical symptoms of DRR and BRR during the two-month evaluation period. The soil infestation method did not differ from the stem immersion method as to the reduction of aerial part weight and the disease index, whereas both can be recommended for resistance selection trials. There was a positive correlation between the BRR and DRR data for the stem inoculation (r = 0.94, p = 0.001) and for DRR in the peel and root pulp (r = 0.73, p = 0.05). Therefore, the resistance within each tissue is apparently independent and should be compared with the behavior of the genotypes in the field.