Tourism Climate Index in Tbilisi

ნაშრომში მოცემულია თბილისისათვის ტურიზმის კლიმატური პოტენციალის შეფასება სხვადასხვა ქვეყანაში ხშირად ხმარებული “ტურიზმის კლიმატური ინდექსის” შესაბამისად.

Duke Activity Status Index em Doenças Cardiovasculares: Validação de Tradução em Português

Fundamentos: O Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) avalia a capacidade funcional de pacientes com doença cardiovascular (DCV), mas não há versão validada em português para doenças cardiovasculares. Objetivos: Traduzir e adaptar culturalmente o DASI para o idioma português do Brasil, e verificar suas propriedades psicométricas na avaliação da capacidade funcional de pacientes com doenças cardiovasculares. Métodos: O DASI foi traduzido para o português, verificado pela retrotradução para o inglês e avaliado por um comitê de especialistas. A versão pré-teste foi avaliada pela primeira vez em 30 indivíduos. As propriedades psicométricas e a correlação com o teste de esforço foram verificadas em um segundo grupo de 67 indivíduos. Uma análise fatorial exploratória foi realizada em todos os 97 pacientes para verificar a validade de construto do DASI. Resultados: O coeficiente de correlação intraclasse para a confiabilidade teste-reteste foi de 0,87 e para a confiabilidade entre avaliadores foi de 0,84. O alfa de Cronbach para consistência interna foi de 0,93. A validade concorrente foi verificada por correlações positivas significativas de pontuações do DASI com o VO2 max (r = 0,51, p < 0,001). A análise fatorial mostrou dois fatores que explicaram 54% da variância total, com o fator 1 responsável por 40 % da variância. A aplicação do DASI requer entre um e três minutos e meio por paciente. Conclusão: A versão brasileira do DASI parece ser um instrumento válido, confiável, rápido e fácil de administrar para avaliar a capacidade funcional em pacientes com doenças cardiovasculares.

Left Atrial Volume Index and Prediction of Events in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Solar Registry

Background: According to some international studies, patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and increased left atrial volume index (LAVI) have worse long-term prognosis. However, national Brazilian studies confirming this prediction are still lacking. Objective: To evaluate LAVI as a predictor of major cardiovascular events (MCE) in patients with ACS during a 365-day follow-up. Methods: Prospective cohort of 171 patients diagnosed with ACS whose LAVI was calculated within 48 hours after hospital admission. According to LAVI, two groups were categorized: normal LAVI (≤ 32 mL/m2) and increased LAVI (> 32 mL/m2). Both groups were compared regarding clinical and echocardiographic characteristics, in- and out-of-hospital outcomes, and occurrence of ECM in up to 365 days. Results: Increased LAVI was observed in 78 patients (45%), and was associated with older age, higher body mass index, hypertension, history of myocardial infarction and previous angioplasty, and lower creatinine clearance and ejection fraction. During hospitalization, acute pulmonary edema was more frequent in patients with increased LAVI (14.1% vs. 4.3%, p = 0.024). After discharge, the occurrence of combined outcome for MCE was higher (p = 0.001) in the group with increased LAVI (26%) as compared to the normal LAVI group (7%) [RR (95% CI) = 3.46 (1.54-7.73) vs. 0.80 (0.69-0.92)]. After Cox regression, increased LAVI increased the probability of MCE (HR = 3.08, 95% CI = 1.28-7.40, p = 0.012). Conclusion: Increased LAVI is an important predictor of MCE in a one-year follow-up.

Ocorrência das domácias na família Rubiaceae

The author has studied the domatia appearing in the Rubiaceae family by examining 622 species distributed among 113 genera; and has verified that 88 species belonging to 35 genera have domatia fitting in the "touffe de poils", "en pertuis" and "em pochette" types according to the Chevalier's Classification. 39 species present domatia that display chamber, duct and outlet orifice. The other 46 species present domatia either as hair-agglomerates, hair-clusters or scattered hairs. The domatia in Paveta indica L. and Vangueria edulis Vahl. are in the shape of a little holow in the blade tissue and have no hairs. In Borreria verbenoides Cham & Schl. the domatia are formed by an elevation in the limb and presents abundant and short hairs. In Bqthryopora corymbosa Hook f. and Gardenia Thumbergii L. the domatia appear also in the nervure axils of several orders and also in Rudgea lanceolata Benth., Rudgea subsessilis Benth. and Rudgea gardenoides Muell. Arg. are they located7 in the axilla of the angle directed toward the leaf base.

Growth of semi-polar GaN on high index silicon (11h) substrates by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2014

Untersuchungen zum Einfluss des Body-Mass-Index auf den Verlauf biochemischer Marker bei der akuten Pankreatitis

Magdeburg, Univ., Med. Fak., Diss., 2014

Comprehensive index to the Flora of Guatemala / Terua P. Williams.

v.24:pt.13(1977)

Effects of ethephon and urea on ripening of fruits and leaf abscission of coffee (Coffea arábica L.)

A field experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of ethephon and urea on ripening of fruits and leaf abscission of coffee plant. Ethephon (2-chloroethane phosphonic acid) sprays were applied to green Coffea arábica berries 26 days before counting date in concentrations of 0.5 and 0.25 ml/1 from Ethrel (240 a.i./l). The chemical accelerated the onset of fruit ripening at both concentrations. The efficacy of ethephon was increased adding urea. Ethephon 0.5 ml/1 promoted abscission of leaves and low concentration reduced shedding of leaves. The treatments did not affect the growth and production on the next harvest.

An evaluation of natural infestation by leaf pests on soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) cultivars

Damage caused by leaf pests of soybean on five cultivars was evaluated. Afield experiment was carried out at the Piracicaba region, cultivars Davis, IAC 73-228, PI 227.687,PI 171.451, and PI 229.358 having been compared. Leaf damage was produced by natural infestation of Anticarsia gemmatalis and Plusia sp. Cultivar PI 171.451 showed lower comsumption of leaves in relation to control ('Davis') and other cultivars. Damage was more serious on IAC 73-228 than on PI 227.687 and PI 229.358.

Contents [and index] to volume 14, numbers 1 to 3, Zoological series / Wilfred H. Osgood.

Fieldiana Zoology v.14, no. 4