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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7511123.v1
title: Effect of Age on Tapering and Assortment in Araucaria angustifolia Stands

description: The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of age on adjust taper functions and evolution of the assortment of male and female trees of Araucaria angustifolia stands. Sixty trees were sampled in a plantation located in the municipality of Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná state, Brazil. The fifth degree polynomials were adjusted to the whole data set, and they were stratified into age classes. The evolution of the tapering and assortment of trees was analyzed with age. The results showed a slight advantage in the use of equations adjusted for age classes and a significant improvement in the stem form with increasing age. The female trees presented higher growth (0.9975 m3) than the male trees (0.9384 m3) at 30 years of age. Volumes for the noblest assortments are produced only when the stand reaches the age class of 11 to 15 years.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9870590.v1
title: PET-Health/GraduaSUS in the perspective of service and teaching actors: contributions, limits, and suggestions

description: ABSTRACT This manuscript presents the results of an online survey conducted with the project and group coordinators of the last edition of the Education through Work for Health Program (PET-Health/GraduaSUS), which sought to identify the results achieved and to point out the limits and contributions of such edition for the production of changes. The survey was carried out in March and April 2018, with 445 coordinators, whose quantitative data were treated statistically; and qualitative data by content analysis, giving rise to four categories: The positive repercussions of PET-Health/GraduaSUS; The negative aspects of PET-Health/GraduaSUS; The coordination of the projects by the health service: controversial point; and Suggestions for changes. It was found that the PET-Health/GraduaSUS contributed to the professional development, expansion and diversification of the learning scenarios, strengthening primary care and interprofessional education in the curricula and benefited the local community. The main positive aspects of the edition were the coordination of the project by the health service and the reports of experiences in the Community of Practices; the numerical and uniprofessional composition of the groups, however, was pointed as a negative aspect.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6967892.v1
title: Viability of creating a water agency in the Grande river basin, Bahia

description: ABSTRACT The work was developed from the analysis of the viability of creating a water agency in the Grande river basin, located in western Bahia, Brazil. The charging mechanisms of five different water agencies in Brazil were applied to the basin. The simulations showed the possibility of an average annual collection in the basin of over R$ 2.2 million, which would provide a median value above R$ 160,000 per year for administrative costs of the agency. Thus, considering that the median value of the annual administrative cost to state agencies is close to R$ 300,000, the collection provided by the mechanisms studied would not initially allow the creation of a water agency for the Grande river basin. However, the adoption of one of the existing water agencies would be a more appropriate alternative for the implementation during a shorter period of time, given the technical and operational structure within which the current agencies function.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7510628
title: Design of an allele-specific PCR assay to genotype the rs12255372 SNP in a pilot study of association between common TCF7L2 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes in Venezuelans

description: Objective The global burden of diabetes mellitus will impact strongly American countries in the coming decades. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease and the basis for its genetic susceptibility remains not fully understood. Different population studies have demonstrated that variants of the TCF7L2 gene are strongly associated with an increased risk of T2DM. Moreover, institutions or countries with limited budget to conduct genetic research need cost effective methods for detecting DNA variants. Subjects and methods We standardized a rapid and simple allele-specific PCR method for genotyping the rs12255372 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a pilot study exploring the association of three TCF7L2 polymorphisms (rs7903146, rs12255372 and DG10S478) with T2DM in 70 patients and 73 controls from Venezuela. Results The performance of the designed allele-specific PCR reaction for rs12255372 genotyping was reliable and accurate. Patients carrying the TCF7L2 rs7903146 T allele (CT + TT genotypes) and heterozygous CT genotype had a significantly higher risk for T2DM (OR = 2.9 and 2.3, respectively). Although rs12255372 and DG10S478 risk alleles predominated in T2DM group no statistical significance was found. Conclusions We developed a novel allele-specific PCR method for easier and rapid detection of rs12255372 polymorphism without the use of expensive instrumentation and reagents. Our study in a relatively small sample of the Venezuelan population replicated the association of the rs7903146 SNP with T2DM. Further studies with larger sample size and more biochemical data should be conducted to explore the genetic basis of T2DM susceptibility in Venezuela.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7514459
title: Chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils to the green-aphid Schizaphis graminum (Rondani, 1852)

description: The aim of this study was to assess the chemical composition of essential oils of Illicum verum, Ageratum conyzoides,Piper hispidinervumand Ocotea odorífera, as well as their toxicity to the green-aphid Schizaphis graminum. Compound identification was carried out with gas chromatography + mass spectrometry, and quantification with gas chromatography + flame ionization detector, both with DB5 column. The hydrodistillation process promoted oil yield of 3.81% for I. verum; 0.46% for A. conyzoides; 2.85 % for P. hispidinervum;and 0.68 % for O. odorífera. The major components from the oils of A. conyzoides was precocene (87.0%) and (E)-caryophyllene (7.1%); (E)-anethol (90.4%), limonene (2.6%) and methyl-chavicol (1.3%) for I. verum; methyleugenol (81.2%) and safrole (10.6%) for O. odorifera; and safrole (82.5%) and α-terpinolene (13.4%) for P. hispidinervum. The acute toxicity test (24 hours) performed by contact in sorghum leaves or contaminated filter-paper showed that the higher toxicity occur with essential oils of A. conyzoides, with LC50of 7.01 and 7.01 µg oil/cm2, respectively; followed by O. odorifera, with LC50 of 17.10 and 66.70 µg oil/cm2, respectively; I. verum, with LC50of 66.40 and 65.40 µg oil/cm2, respectively; and low toxicity was observed for the P. hispidinervum essential oil, with LC50 of 64.00 and 143.00 oil/cm2, respectively. With the results obtained in this research, we can state that the use of these essential oils can be a new tool in integrated pest management.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9870590
title: PET-Health/GraduaSUS in the perspective of service and teaching actors: contributions, limits, and suggestions

description: ABSTRACT This manuscript presents the results of an online survey conducted with the project and group coordinators of the last edition of the Education through Work for Health Program (PET-Health/GraduaSUS), which sought to identify the results achieved and to point out the limits and contributions of such edition for the production of changes. The survey was carried out in March and April 2018, with 445 coordinators, whose quantitative data were treated statistically; and qualitative data by content analysis, giving rise to four categories: The positive repercussions of PET-Health/GraduaSUS; The negative aspects of PET-Health/GraduaSUS; The coordination of the projects by the health service: controversial point; and Suggestions for changes. It was found that the PET-Health/GraduaSUS contributed to the professional development, expansion and diversification of the learning scenarios, strengthening primary care and interprofessional education in the curricula and benefited the local community. The main positive aspects of the edition were the coordination of the project by the health service and the reports of experiences in the Community of Practices; the numerical and uniprofessional composition of the groups, however, was pointed as a negative aspect.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11351030
title: Radiographic analysis and performance of coffee seeds

description: Abstract: Radiographic analysis has been efficient in identifying the main changes in the internal morphology of seeds, being increasingly used in quality control programs due to their practicality, objectivity and speed in obtaining the results. Despite these advantages, there are still no studies proving the efficiency of these techniques for coffee seed analysis. Thereby, the aim of this research was to evaluate the internal morphology of coffee seeds (Coffea arabicaL.) through the analysis of radiographic images and their relation with germination performance. Radiographic images of seeds of the cultivars Bourbon and Catucaí 20/15, each represented by six lots, were examined and the seeds were seeded and seedling emergence, shoot length, stem diameter and shoot dry mass were evaluated. Seeds of Bourbon presented high percentage of intact seeds, as well as better performance in the germination of the lots compared to Catucaí 20/15, which presented more incidence of damaged seeds and lower germination. The radiographic images allowed identifying seeds with malformations, tissue deterioration and damage caused by the coffee borer. This non-destructive imaging technique is efficient in identifying intact seeds, with potential to germinate and produce vigorus seedlings.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6083456
title: Analysis of the effects of the stream confluence on the Alagoas Aqueduct

description: ABSTRACT The project of the Canal do Sertão (Alagoas Aqueduct) is an important step toward social and economic development in the semiarid region of Alagoas State in Brazil. Therefore, a hydrodynamic assessment in the canal is necessary due to a complex drainage system under parameters that were not considered during the project design and execution, mainly along the reach km 67, where it is located a convergent confluence and an overchute structure. The analysis conducted in this study addressed three main aspects: i) verify possible risks to the water quality of the canal, pumped from São Francisco River; ii) evaluate scenarios with risks to the canal structure due a convergent confluence between Riacho Seco and the stream of the tributary basins, which flows over a drainage structure crossing the canal at km 67.28; and iii) analyze the water level elevation into the overchute structure, submerged during flood events, and the water level elevation in the upstream reach of the confluence of the Riacho Seco, with a length of 620 m parallel to the canal and separate by a distance of 80 m from each other, where the level may rise reaching the left levee of the canal. Thus, were assessed the potential effect of the Riacho Seco confluence with the flow discharge of the tributary basins on the overchute structure at km 67.28 of the Canal do Sertão. The analysis of the water elevation and its possible risks to the water quality and the canal structure for different flood scenarios were performed by using the hydrodynamics models HEC-HAS. It was noticed that there is an elevation of the water surface of the tributary streams in the upstream reaches of the convergent confluence and that the drainage structure over the canal do Sertão fails for flow discharge with a return period of 50 years or more, overflowing the water from the drainage system into the channel.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7510628.v1
title: Design of an allele-specific PCR assay to genotype the rs12255372 SNP in a pilot study of association between common TCF7L2 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes in Venezuelans

description: Objective The global burden of diabetes mellitus will impact strongly American countries in the coming decades. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease and the basis for its genetic susceptibility remains not fully understood. Different population studies have demonstrated that variants of the TCF7L2 gene are strongly associated with an increased risk of T2DM. Moreover, institutions or countries with limited budget to conduct genetic research need cost effective methods for detecting DNA variants. Subjects and methods We standardized a rapid and simple allele-specific PCR method for genotyping the rs12255372 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a pilot study exploring the association of three TCF7L2 polymorphisms (rs7903146, rs12255372 and DG10S478) with T2DM in 70 patients and 73 controls from Venezuela. Results The performance of the designed allele-specific PCR reaction for rs12255372 genotyping was reliable and accurate. Patients carrying the TCF7L2 rs7903146 T allele (CT + TT genotypes) and heterozygous CT genotype had a significantly higher risk for T2DM (OR = 2.9 and 2.3, respectively). Although rs12255372 and DG10S478 risk alleles predominated in T2DM group no statistical significance was found. Conclusions We developed a novel allele-specific PCR method for easier and rapid detection of rs12255372 polymorphism without the use of expensive instrumentation and reagents. Our study in a relatively small sample of the Venezuelan population replicated the association of the rs7903146 SNP with T2DM. Further studies with larger sample size and more biochemical data should be conducted to explore the genetic basis of T2DM susceptibility in Venezuela.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7514459.v1
title: Chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils to the green-aphid Schizaphis graminum (Rondani, 1852)

description: The aim of this study was to assess the chemical composition of essential oils of Illicum verum, Ageratum conyzoides,Piper hispidinervumand Ocotea odorífera, as well as their toxicity to the green-aphid Schizaphis graminum. Compound identification was carried out with gas chromatography + mass spectrometry, and quantification with gas chromatography + flame ionization detector, both with DB5 column. The hydrodistillation process promoted oil yield of 3.81% for I. verum; 0.46% for A. conyzoides; 2.85 % for P. hispidinervum;and 0.68 % for O. odorífera. The major components from the oils of A. conyzoides was precocene (87.0%) and (E)-caryophyllene (7.1%); (E)-anethol (90.4%), limonene (2.6%) and methyl-chavicol (1.3%) for I. verum; methyleugenol (81.2%) and safrole (10.6%) for O. odorifera; and safrole (82.5%) and α-terpinolene (13.4%) for P. hispidinervum. The acute toxicity test (24 hours) performed by contact in sorghum leaves or contaminated filter-paper showed that the higher toxicity occur with essential oils of A. conyzoides, with LC50of 7.01 and 7.01 µg oil/cm2, respectively; followed by O. odorifera, with LC50 of 17.10 and 66.70 µg oil/cm2, respectively; I. verum, with LC50of 66.40 and 65.40 µg oil/cm2, respectively; and low toxicity was observed for the P. hispidinervum essential oil, with LC50 of 64.00 and 143.00 oil/cm2, respectively. With the results obtained in this research, we can state that the use of these essential oils can be a new tool in integrated pest management.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11351030.v1
title: Radiographic analysis and performance of coffee seeds

description: Abstract: Radiographic analysis has been efficient in identifying the main changes in the internal morphology of seeds, being increasingly used in quality control programs due to their practicality, objectivity and speed in obtaining the results. Despite these advantages, there are still no studies proving the efficiency of these techniques for coffee seed analysis. Thereby, the aim of this research was to evaluate the internal morphology of coffee seeds (Coffea arabicaL.) through the analysis of radiographic images and their relation with germination performance. Radiographic images of seeds of the cultivars Bourbon and Catucaí 20/15, each represented by six lots, were examined and the seeds were seeded and seedling emergence, shoot length, stem diameter and shoot dry mass were evaluated. Seeds of Bourbon presented high percentage of intact seeds, as well as better performance in the germination of the lots compared to Catucaí 20/15, which presented more incidence of damaged seeds and lower germination. The radiographic images allowed identifying seeds with malformations, tissue deterioration and damage caused by the coffee borer. This non-destructive imaging technique is efficient in identifying intact seeds, with potential to germinate and produce vigorus seedlings.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12127290
title: I DEDICATE YOU: HISTORY, EDUCATION AND SENSITIVITIES IN THE DEDICATIONSOF BOOKS OF A PROFESSOR IN SANTA CATARINA (1940-1980)

description: ABSTRACT The article aims to inventory and analyze dedications that are found in books belonging to professor catarinense Victor Márcio Konder (1920-2005) whose personal library ispreserved in the Institute of Research and Documentation in Science Human (IDCH) linked to UDESC/SC/Brazil. The analysis highlights the dedications as indicative of circuits of sociabilities and as a way to identify circulation, possession and consumption of books. The dedications are treated as acts of language that extrapólate the communicative function and connect to the intentions of the subjects to assign authority to what they write, produce sensitivities in their interlocutors and thus create symbolic boundaries of personal and affective integration. The study dialogues with personal libraries as historical-educational heritage and photographic images are recorded in such a way that the work developed is visibly supported.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6083456.v1
title: Analysis of the effects of the stream confluence on the Alagoas Aqueduct

description: ABSTRACT The project of the Canal do Sertão (Alagoas Aqueduct) is an important step toward social and economic development in the semiarid region of Alagoas State in Brazil. Therefore, a hydrodynamic assessment in the canal is necessary due to a complex drainage system under parameters that were not considered during the project design and execution, mainly along the reach km 67, where it is located a convergent confluence and an overchute structure. The analysis conducted in this study addressed three main aspects: i) verify possible risks to the water quality of the canal, pumped from São Francisco River; ii) evaluate scenarios with risks to the canal structure due a convergent confluence between Riacho Seco and the stream of the tributary basins, which flows over a drainage structure crossing the canal at km 67.28; and iii) analyze the water level elevation into the overchute structure, submerged during flood events, and the water level elevation in the upstream reach of the confluence of the Riacho Seco, with a length of 620 m parallel to the canal and separate by a distance of 80 m from each other, where the level may rise reaching the left levee of the canal. Thus, were assessed the potential effect of the Riacho Seco confluence with the flow discharge of the tributary basins on the overchute structure at km 67.28 of the Canal do Sertão. The analysis of the water elevation and its possible risks to the water quality and the canal structure for different flood scenarios were performed by using the hydrodynamics models HEC-HAS. It was noticed that there is an elevation of the water surface of the tributary streams in the upstream reaches of the convergent confluence and that the drainage structure over the canal do Sertão fails for flow discharge with a return period of 50 years or more, overflowing the water from the drainage system into the channel.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12127290.v1
title: I DEDICATE YOU: HISTORY, EDUCATION AND SENSITIVITIES IN THE DEDICATIONSOF BOOKS OF A PROFESSOR IN SANTA CATARINA (1940-1980)

description: ABSTRACT The article aims to inventory and analyze dedications that are found in books belonging to professor catarinense Victor Márcio Konder (1920-2005) whose personal library ispreserved in the Institute of Research and Documentation in Science Human (IDCH) linked to UDESC/SC/Brazil. The analysis highlights the dedications as indicative of circuits of sociabilities and as a way to identify circulation, possession and consumption of books. The dedications are treated as acts of language that extrapólate the communicative function and connect to the intentions of the subjects to assign authority to what they write, produce sensitivities in their interlocutors and thus create symbolic boundaries of personal and affective integration. The study dialogues with personal libraries as historical-educational heritage and photographic images are recorded in such a way that the work developed is visibly supported.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7186727
title: Association between undercarboxylated osteocalcin, bone mineral density, and metabolic parameters in postmenopausal women

description: ABSTRACT Objective: Osteocalcin has been associated with several effects on energy and glucose metabolism. However, the physiological role of undercarboxylated osteocalcin (U-osc; the hormonally active isoform of osteocalcin) is still controversial. To correlate the serum levels of U-osc with bone mineral density (BMD) values and metabolic parameters in postmenopausal women. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional study including 105 postmenopausal women (age 56.5 ± 6.1 years, body mass index [BMI] 28.2 ± 4.9 kg/m2) grouped based on the presence of three or less, four, or five criteria of metabolic syndrome according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). The subjects underwent dualenergy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for the assessment of body composition and BMD and blood tests for the measurement of U-osc and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP) levels. Results: The mean U-osc level was 3.1 ± 3.4 ng/mL (median 2.3 ng/mL, range 0.0-18.4 ng/mL) and the mean BSAP level was 12.9 ± 4.0 ng/mL (median 12.1 ng/mL, range 73-24.4 ng/mL). There were no associations between U-osc and BSAP levels with serum metabolic parameters. Lower fasting glucose levels were observed in participants with increased values of U-osc/femoral BMD ratio (3.61 ± 4 ng/mL versus 10.2 ± 1.6 ng/mL, p = 0.036). When the participants were stratified into tertiles according to the U-osc/ femoral BMD and U-osc/lumbar BMD ratios, lower fasting glucose levels correlated with increased ratios (p = 0.029 and p = 0.042, respectively). Conclusion: Based on the ratio of U-osc to BMD, our study demonstrated an association between U-osc and glucose metabolism. However, no association was observed between U-osc and metabolic parameters.The U-osc/BMD ratio is an innovative way to correct the U-osc value for bone mass.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14270114
title: Eugenia connection with issues bioethical: an integrative review

description: The objective of the study is analyzing the scientific productions that deal about binding- the eugenics with the bioethical issues. This is an integrative literature review. The data were collected in Lilacs and SciELO, through descriptors: eugenics, ethnicity and health, ethics and bioethics. For later analysis and synthesis of the synoptic articles a figure was used. It was found that eugenics violates human rights, contradicts with the principle of solidarity and endangers human diversity. It was concluded that there were articles addressing bioethical issues related to eugenics, thus, this study may contribute to the reflection on this articulation deficit.