Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly: Comparative Analysis of Two Five-year Periods

Background:Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Brazil. The better understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution of mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the Brazilian elderly population is essential to support more appropriate health actions for each region of the country.Objective:To describe and to compare geospatially the rates of mortality from cardiovascular disease in elderly individuals living in Brazil by gender in two 5-year periods: 1996 to 2000 and 2006 to 2010.Methods:This is an ecological study, for which rates of mortality were obtained from DATASUS and the population rates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). An average mortality rate for cardiovascular disease in elderly by gender was calculated for each period. The spatial autocorrelation was evaluated by TerraView 4.2.0 through global Moran index and the formation of clusters by the index of local Moran-LISA.Results:There was an increase, in the second 5-year period, in the mortality rates in the Northeast and North regions, parallel to a decrease in the South, South-East and Midwest regions. Moreover, there was the formation of clusters with high mortality rates in the second period in Roraima among females, and in Ceará, Pernambuco and Roraima among males.Conclusion:The increase in mortality rates in the North and Northeast regions is probably related to the changing profile of mortality and improvement in the quality of information, a result of the increase in surveillance and health care measures in these regions.

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Five Decades of More Light and Less Shadows

Abstract Casual blood pressure measurements have been extensively questioned over the last five decades. A significant percentage of patients have different blood pressure readings when examined in the office or outside it. For this reason, a change in the paradigm of the best manner to assess blood pressure has been observed. The method that has been most widely used is the Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring - ABPM. The method allows recording blood pressure measures in 24 hours and evaluating various parameters such as mean BP, pressure loads, areas under the curve, variations between daytime and nighttime, pulse pressure variability etc. Blood pressure measurements obtained by ABPM are better correlated, for example, with the risks of hypertension. The main indications for ABPM are: suspected white coat hypertension and masked hypertension, evaluation of the efficacy of the antihypertensive therapy in 24 hours, and evaluation of symptoms. There is increasing evidence that the use of ABPM has contributed to the assessment of blood pressure behaviors, establishment of diagnoses, prognosis and the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy. There is no doubt that the study of 24-hour blood pressure behavior and its variations by ABPM has brought more light and less darkness to the field, which justifies the title of this review.

A comparative study on production of five soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) cultivars

Under greenhouse conditions cultivars Davis, IAC 73-228, PI 227.687, PI 171.451, and PI 229.358 of soybean were compared. PI 171.451 showed lower dry weight of stem in relation to Davis. Higher pod numbers produced by PI 227-687, IAC 73-228, and PI 229. 358 as compared to Davis were observed. Cultivars PI 227.687 and IAC 73-228 produced larger seed numbers. A larger weight of 100 seeds in Davis, PI 229.358, and PI 171. 45I cultivars was observed. The last two cultivars are sources of resistance against pests of soybean.

Five new species of Brunfelsia from South America (Solanaceae) / Timothy Plowman.

n.s. no.8(1981)

Insect-musicians and cricket champions of China / by Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology. 12 plates in photogravure.

no.22(1927)

The Ovimbundu of Angola / by Wilfrid D. Hambly --. Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to West Africa, 1929-30. 84 plates in photogravure and 1 map. Berthold Laufer -- editor.

v.21:no.2(1934)

Report on excavations at Jemdet Nasr, Iraq / by Ernest Mackay; with preface by Stephen Langdon; 18 plates. Field Museum-Oxford University joint expedition. Berthold Laufer --, editor.

v.1:no.3(1931)

Ostrich egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia and the ostrich in ancient and modern times / by Berthold Laufer. 9 plates and 10 text-figures.

no.23(1926)

Descriptions of five new Indo-Chinese birds, by Outram Bangs and Josselyn Van Tyne.

v.18:no.1(1930)

Five new Brazilian species of the genus Trybliophorus (Orthoptera, Romaleidae)

The new species Trybliophorus amazonicus, T. nigrus, T. rubricerus, T. olivaceus and T. paraensis from Amazonian region are described. Illustrations of male and female genitalia, as well as a map showing the geographical distribution of the species are included.

The beginnings of porcelain in China, by Berthold Laufer... with a technical report by H.W. Nichols... Twelve plates and two text-figures...

v.15:no.2(1917)

Egyptian stelae in Field Museum of Natural History / by Thomas George Allen, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Archaeology. 43 plates and 43 copies of inscriptions in the text. Paul S. Martin, Curator, Department of Anthropology, editor.

v.24:no.1(1936)

The domestication of the cormorant in China and Japan / by Berthold Laufer, Curator, Department of Anthropology. 4 plates in photogravure.

v.18:no.3(1931)

The Indian tribes of the Chicago region, with special reference to the Illinois and the Potawatomi / by William Duncan Strong -- Former Assistant Curator of North American Ethnology and Archaeology. 8 plates.

no.24(1926)