Severity of Brazilian sickle cell disease patients: severity scores and feasibility of the Bayesian network model use

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Natural and anthropogenic influence on soil erosion in a rural watershed in the Brazilian southeastern region

Human activities have been driven land cover, provoking acceleration of the erosive process and alteration on the soil characteristics. To explore the effects of human disturbance, we investigated the influences of natural and anthropogenic features on soil quality and soil erosion indicators (EI) within a Brazilian rural watershed located in Bauru Municipality, State of So Paulo. A pre-established set of soil EI was used to evaluate the influence of anthropogenic land cover categories on the presence and severity of erosion, related with spatial variations of soil attributes. On-site visits were carried out to measure the occurrence and the intensity of eleven separate EI values and to collect undisturbed topsoil samples for subsequent analyses. We registered 17 occurrences of EIs, distributed in ten locals. Occurrence and intensity of EIs were related to degree of sheet erosion. The EI qualities were more strongly associated with land cover management practices than to local topographic features. The occurrence of EIs and characteristics of soil and soil organic matter (SOM) were not significantly self-correlated. Although land cover class seems to influence soil properties and SOM attributes, we observed that the granulometric composition of the soils also contributes to the structural characteristics of the soil and consequently to the dynamic loss and gain of soil carbon. Sites covered with natural remnant vegetation (NRV) store 96.5 Mg ha(-1) of C and grassy and tilled soils stored more C than NRV, 100.1 and 142.4 Mg ha(-1), respectively. Due to the influence of soil texture over the soil C dynamic, we observe that in Bauru, pastured areas have high potential for sequestration of C if factors such as fire and/or erosion were avoided or effectively controlled. Results from this study show that human disturbance substantially affects soil properties within of southeastern region of Brazil.

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students: prevalence, severity, and correlates

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms among alcoholics in outpatient treatment: prevalence, severity and correlates

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Carga e trabalho de enfermagem em unidade de terapia intensiva especializada em queimados

Pós-graduação em Enfermagem (mestrado profissional) - FMB

Processo de renovação do auto de vistoria do corpo de bombeiros

This work deals with the stages of the process of renewal of a Notice of Inspection of Fire Department (AVCB) set of structural measures, technical and organizational integrated to ensure the building an optimum level of protection in the security segment fire and panic according to the laws of fire safety standards. The work presented all the literature about the process, their justifications to force deploy in a company to fire safety, the benefits that this standard offers, the facilities in a company that has a AVCB and the great importance in society, presents some examples where there contained the fire safety regulations and their unhappy outcomes, difficulties encountered, examples of how to proceed, step by step and the lesson that this process requires great care, dedication, professionals with the required knowledge and severity to completion

Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Effects of a multimodal exercise program on the functional capacity of Parkinson's disease patients considering disease severity and gender

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)