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Agricultural Inspection of products of animal origin brought in the luggage of travelers to the international commercial airport network
No full textProdutos de origem animal, trazidos ao Brasil de forma irregular através da
bagagem de passageiros, podem ser a origem de epizootias e epidemias que
afetam a fauna brasileira, a população humana e a economia do país. Os principais
órgãos anuentes em um aeroporto são a Secretaria Especial da Receita Federal do
Brasil, o Sistema de Vigilância Agropecuária Internacional, a Agência Nacional
de Vigilância Sanitária e o Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos
Renováveis. A VIGIAGRO é o órgão responsável pela fiscalização da entrada de
produtos de origem animal. As bagagens de viajantes podem ser classificadas em
bagagem acompanhada ou bagagem desacompanhada que podem estar sujeitas à
inspeção física e documental a depender do critério utilizado pelo Auditor-fiscal
ou Agente responsável. A Instrução Normativa n° 11 de 09 de maio de 2019, do
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento informa uma lista de
produtos permitidos e proibidos de serem trazidos nas bagagens. Produtos que não
estejam dentro dos quesitos exigidos por lei devem ser apreendidos e destruídos.
Além de produtos eletrônicos ou com alto valor agregado, os produtos de origem
animal e vegetal também devem ser declarados como bens do viajante. A entrada
irregular de produtos não conformes pode gerar aplicação de advertência ou
multa. O objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar e conceituar as atribuições dos
órgãos anuentes, expor e elucidar o conjunto de condutas que configuram o ato da
inspeção propriamente dita. Diante deste cenário se torna indispensável o trabalho
realizado pela VIGIAGRO em conjunto com os outros órgãos anuentes,
principalmente, a Receita Federal.Animal products brought into Brazil illegally through passengers' luggage can be
the source of animal diseases and epidemics that affect Brazilian fauna, the human
population and the country's economy. The main consenting bodies at an airport
are the Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil, the International
Agricultural Surveillance System, the National Health Surveillance Agency and
the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Resources. VIGIAGRO
is the body responsible for overseeing the entry of products of animal origin.
Travelers' luggage can be classified as accompanied or unaccompanied luggage,
which may be subject to physical and documentary inspection, depending on the
criteria used by the Tax Auditor or Responsible Agent. Normative Instruction No.
11 of May 9, 2019, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply
informs a list of permitted and prohibited products to be brought in luggage.
Products that are not within the requirements required by law must be seized and
destroyed. In addition to electronic products or products with a high added value,
products of animal and vegetable origin must also be declared as the traveler's
goods. The irregular entry of non-conforming products may result in the
application of a warning or fine. The objective of this work is to demonstrate and
conceptualize the attributions of the consenting bodies, expose and elucidate the
set of conducts that configure the act of inspection itself. In view of this scenario,
the work carried out by VIGIAGRO in conjunction with the other consenting
bodies, mainly the Federal Revenue Service, becomes indispensable
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Laminitis associated with the equine metabolic syndrome: a systematic review of the risk factors and pathophysiological events
No full textA laminite é definida como afecção podal caracterizada por perda na integridade da conexão entre lâmina dérmica e epidérmica e é a segunda maior causa de óbito em equinos. A de maior ocorrência é a denominada laminite endocrinopática, a qual é marcada pela resistência à insulina dos tecidos ou hiperinsulinemia e pode ser causada pela síndrome metabólica equina (SME) ou disfunção da pars intermedia da pituitária (PPID). O objetivo desta revisão foi determinar evidências sobre os fatores de risco envolvidos no desenvolvimento da laminite associada à SME. A estratégia de busca foi realizada utilizando os termos laminitis, syndrome metabolic e equidae em sete bases de dados. Os principais critérios de elegibilidade foram estudos incluindo avaliação dos fatores de risco para a ocorrência de laminite associada a SME e descartaram disfunção da pars intermedia da pituitária nos animais avaliados. Foram encontrados 688 estudos, com 383 duplicados e excluídos. Trezentos e cindo estudos passaram por avaliação do título e resumo. A primeira seleção incluiu 85 artigos para leitura na íntegra e destes apenas 37 atenderam aos critérios de elegibilidade e foram incluídos neste estudo. Não foram encontradas evidências suficientes para determinar raça, sexo e idade como fatores de risco para laminite associada a SME. Dois estudos confirmaram o desenvolvimento da laminite a partir da indução por hiperinsulinemia. Oito estudos apresentaram evidências fortes da associação entre a concentração de insulina basal maior em animais laminíticos comparado aos não laminíticos. A obesidade foi associada a episódios de laminite em 6 estudos, encontrando também evidências de hipertrigliceridemia e hipoadponectinemia em animais laminíticos e obesos. A hiperinsulinemia na laminite endocrinopática associada à SME é o principal fator de risco desencadeante das diversas vias fisiopatológicas que ocorrem simultaneamente causando alterações no tecido laminar, confirmando mais uma vez seu papel na patogênese da doença. A obesidade se apresenta como um fator de risco por exacerbar a resistência à insulina, tornando o controle de peso e dos níveis de insulina imprescindíveis para prevenção da laminite endocrinopática. A ausência de um segundo avaliador na seleção dos estudos e a quantidade baixa de estudos epidemiológicos de laminite endocrinopática foram as principais limitações encontradas pelos autores. Esta é a primeira revisão sistemática realizada sobre o tema em questão.Laminitis is defined as a foot disease characterized by loss in the integrity of the connection between the dermal and epidermal lamina and is the second leading cause of death in horses. The one with the highest occurrence is called endocrinopathic laminitis, which is marked by tissue insulin resistance or hyperinsulinemia and can be caused by equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) or pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID). The purpose of this review was to determine evidence on the risk factors involved in the development of laminitis associated with EMS. The search strategy was performed using the terms laminitis, metabolic syndrome, and equidae in seven databases. The main eligibility criteria were studies including evaluation of risk factors for the occurrence of EMS-associated laminitis and ruled out dysfunction of the pars intermedia of the pituitary in the evaluated animals. A total of 688 studies were found, with 383 duplicates excluded. Three hundred and five studies were reviewed for title and abstract. The first selection included 85 articles for reading in full and of these only 37 met the eligibility criteria and were included in this study. There was insufficient evidence to determine race, sex and age as risk factors for EMS laminitis. Two studies confirmed the development of laminitis from hyperinsulinemia induction. Eight studies showed strong evidence of the association between higher basal insulin concentration in laminitic animals compared to non-laminitic animals. Obesity was associated with episodes of laminitis in 6 studies, also finding evidence of hypertriglyceridemia and hypoadponectinemia in laminitic and obese animals. Hyperinsulinemia in endocrinopathic laminitis associated with EMS is the main risk factor triggering the various pathophysiological pathways that occur simultaneously causing changes in laminar tissue, confirming once again its role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Obesity is a risk factor for exacerbating insulin resistance, making weight and insulin levels control essential for prevention of endocrinopathic laminitis. The absence of a second reviewer in the selection of studies and the low number of epidemiological studies of endocrinopathic laminitis were the main limitations found by the authors. This is the first systematic review performed on the topic in question.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)CAPES: 00
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Blood glucose and lactate in horses with colic
No full textParâmetros auxiliares vem sendo investigados para definição do prognóstico na síndrome cólica de equinos. Os objetivos foram avaliar a relação das concentrações sanguíneas e peritoneais da glicose e lactato na admissão com sobrevivência, tipo de tratamento (cirúrgico ou clínico) e tipo de lesão intestinal (isquêmica ou não isquêmica). Foram coletadas amostras de sangue e líquido peritoneal de 89 cavalos com cólica atendidos no Hospital Veterinário (HV) da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) da UNESP, Botucatu. As amostras foram armazenadas em microtubos e posteriormente avaliadas em analisador analítico de lactato e glicose eletroenzimático. A hiperglicemia foi observada em 41% dos cavalos com cólica desse estudo. A concentração de glicose sanguínea apresentou relação com tratamento cirúrgico (P=0,0003) e mortalidade (P=0,0372) e glicemia no líquido peritoneal foi maior nos animais encaminhados para cirurgia (P=0,0114). As concentrações de lactato sanguíneo e peritoneal apresentaram correlação forte (r=0,6879; P<0,0001) e foram relacionadas a lesões intestinais isquêmicas, mortalidade e tratamento cirúrgico. As concentrações de glicose e lactato sanguíneas apresentaram correlação forte (r= 0,5802; P< 0,0001), assim como as concentrações destes no líquido peritoneal (r=0,1959; P<0,0196). As concentrações de glicose no sangue e no líquido peritoneal também apresentaram correlação (r=0,7221; P<0,0001). A hiperglicemia foi associada a prognóstico de sobrevivência desfavorável e a indicação de tratamento cirúrgico. Os resultados deste estudo reforçam a aplicabilidade da lactatemia como indicador do prognóstico de sobrevivência, tratamento cirúrgico e presença de lesões intestinais isquêmicas.Auxiliary parameters have been investigated to define the prognosis in equine colic. The objectives were to evaluate the relation of blood and peritoneal concentrations of glucose and lactate at admission with survival, type of treatment (surgical or clinical) and type of intestinal lesion (ischemic or nonischemic). Blood and peritoneal fluid samples were collected from 89 colic horses admitted at the Veterinary Hospital (HV) of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) at UNESP, Botucatu. The samples were stored in microtubes and later evaluated in an analytical electro lactate and enzyme glucose analyzer. Hyperglycemia was observed in 41% of colic horses in this study. Blood glucose concentration was related to surgical treatment (P = 0.0003) and mortality (P = 0.0372) and blood glucose in the peritoneal fluid was higher in animals referred for surgery (P = 0.0114). Blood and peritoneal lactate concentrations showed a strong correlation (r = 0.6879; P <0.0001) and were related to ischemic intestinal injuries, mortality and surgical treatment. Blood glucose and lactate concentrations showed a strong correlation (r = 0.5802; P <0.0001), as well as their concentrations in the peritoneal fluid (r = 0.1959; P <0.0196). Glucose concentrations in blood and peritoneal fluid also showed a correlation (r = 0.7221; P <0.0001). Hyperglycemia was associated with an unfavorable survival prognosis and indication for surgical treatment. The results of this study reinforce the applicability of lactatemia as an indicator of survival prognosis, surgical treatment and the presence of ischemic intestinal lesions.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)CAPES: 00
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