Unraveling the difference of sensitivity to ozone between non-hybrid native poplar and hybrid poplar clones: A flux-based dose-response analysis.

Poplars are economically important tree crops and biologically important model plants, which are known to be sensitive to ozone (O). Although surface O is considered as a significant global environmental issue because of its phytotoxicity and greenhouse effect, the knowledge of the dose-response (DR) relationships in poplars for the assessment of O risk is still limited. Hence, this study aimed at collecting data of studies with manipulative O exposures of poplars within FACE (Free Air Concentration Enhancement) and OTC (Open-Top Chamber) facilities.

Ozone risk assessment with free-air controlled exposure (FACE) experiments: A critical revisit.

Since risk assessments of tropospheric ozone (O) are crucial for agricultural and forestry sectors, there is a growing body for realistic assessments by a stomatal flux-based approach in Free-Air Controlled Exposure (FACE) facilities. Ozone risks are normally described as relative risks (RRs), which are calculated by assuming the biomass or yield at zero O dose as "reference". However, the estimation of the reference biomass or yield is challenging due to a lack of O-clean-air treatment at the FACEs and the extrapolation without data in a low O range increases the bias for estimating the reference values.

An assessment of ozone risk for date palm suggests that phytotoxic ozone dose nonlinearly affects carbon gain.

Tropospheric ozone (O) is a significant phytotoxic air pollutant that has a negative impact on plant carbon gain. Although date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a globally important crop in arid or semi-arid regions, so far O risk assessment for this species has not been reported.

The magpie and the grapes: increasing ozone exposure impacts fruit consumption by a common corvid in a suburban environment.

Background: The Eurasian magpie Pica pica is a resident bird species able to colonize farmlands and anthropized environments. This corvid shows a wide trophic spectrum by including fruits, invertebrates, small vertebrates and carcasses in its diet. A camera-trap experiment was carried out to test the effect of different ozone (O) concentrations on potted Vitis vinifera plants, which resulted in different grape consumption rates by suburban birds.

A three-year free-air experimental assessment of ozone risk on the perennial Vitis vinifera crop species.

Tropospheric ozone (O) is an oxidative air pollutant that promotes damage to several crops, including grapevine, which is considered moderately resistant to O stress. To study the O effect on this perennial crop species under realistic environmental conditions, a three-year experiment was performed using an innovative O-FACE facility located in the Mediterranean climate region, where the target species, Vitis vinifera cv. "Cabernet sauvignon", was exposed to three O levels: ambient (AA), 1.

A qualitative analysis of child protection professionals' challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: Child Protection Professionals (CPPs) play a key role in providing insights into the child protection system and how it can best support children's right to personal security, particularly during trying times like the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative research provides one potential tool to tap into this knowledge and awareness. This research thus expanded earlier qualitative work on CPPs' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on their work, including potential struggles and barriers, into the context of a developing country.

Unveiling resilience mechanisms of Quercus ilex seedlings to severe water stress: Changes in non-structural carbohydrates, xylem hydraulic functionality and wood anatomy.

Over the last few decades, extensive dieback and mortality episodes of Quercus ilex L. have been documented after severe drought events in many Mediterranean forests. However, the underlying physiological, anatomical, and biochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood.

A Preliminary Psychometric Case Study of the Music in Dementia Assessment Scales: European Portuguese Version (Midas-PT).

Introduction: Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS) is a standardized outcome measure aiming to capture the effects of music-based interventions in patients with dementia. It is a unique instrument regarding its specificity, with the potential to enhance research in the field of music in dementia care. The aim of this study was to report a preliminary psychometric study of the translated and adapted instrument to European Portuguese (MiDAS-PT).

Ozone Impact on Emission of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in Three Tropical Tree Species From the Atlantic Forest Remnants in Southeast Brazil.

Plants emit a broad number of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) that can impact urban ozone (O) production. Conversely, the O is a phytotoxic pollutant that causes unknown alterations in BVOC emissions from native plants. In this sense, here, we characterized the constitutive and O-induced BVOCs for two (2dO) and four (4dO) days of exposure (O dose 80 ppb) and evaluated the O response by histochemical techniques to detect programmed cell death (PCD) and hydrogen peroxide (HO) in three Brazilian native species.

Intra-urban differentials of fetal mortality in clusters of social vulnerability in São Paulo Municipality, Brazil.

This study aimed to analyze the distribution of stillbirths by birth weight, type of death, the trend of Stillbirth Rate (SBR), and avoidable causes of death, according to social vulnerability clusters in São Paulo Municipality, 2007-2017. Social vulnerability clusters were created with the k-means method. The Prais-Winsten generalized linear regression was used in the trend of SBR by < 2500 g,  ≥ 2500 g, and total deaths analysis.

Experimental assessment of ozone risk on ecotypes of the tropical tree Moringa oleifera.

Ozone (O) is an oxidative air pollutant that affects plant growth. Moringa oleifera is a tree species distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions. This species presents high morphological plasticity, which increases its ability to tolerate stressful conditions, but with no O risk assessment calculated so far.

Music-based interventions for people living with dementia, targeting behavioral and psychological symptoms: A scoping review.

Introduction: Dementia care is a major public health issue worldwide. The management of behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) is one of the hardest challenges in this context. Non-pharmacological strategies, like music-based interventions (Mbi), seem promising options, being considered low-risk, widely available and inclusive.

Foliage visible injury in the tropical tree species, Astronium graveolens is strictly related to phytotoxic ozone dose (PODy).

The present study evaluates the development of visible injury related to phytotoxic ozone dose (PODy) in native tropical species Astronium graveolens Jacq. (Anacardiaceae) and validates the symptoms using structural markers attributed to oxidative burst and hypersensitive responses. Increasing POD was associated with increasing O visible injury using different metrics as the incidence (INC = number of injured plants/total number of plants × 100), severity (SF = number of injured leaves/total number of leaves on injured plant × 100), and severity leaflet (SFL = number of injured leaflets/total number leaflets injured plant × 100).

Evaluation of the retinal vasculature of patients with branch retinal vein occlusion using optical coherence tomography angiography.

Purpose: To evaluate vascular density in super-ficial and deep capillary plexuses of the retina, measured using optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion. Affected eyes were compared with the contralateral eye of the same patient and both were compared with normal eyes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study including 16 previously untreated patients with branch retinal vein occlusion.

Factors associated with hospitalization and neonatal mortality in a cohort of newborns from the Unified Health System in São Paulo.

Introduction: Newborn care is an important factor associated with hospitalization and neonatal mortality.

Objective: To analyze factors associated with hospitalization and neonatal mortality of newborns (NBs) admitted to the Unified Health System (SUS), São Paulo, 2012.

Methods: A cohort of NBs from the SUS was obtained by linking data: SUS Hospital Information System, Live Birth Information System, Mortality Information System and National Health Facility Registry.

Phenotypic plasticity of two ecotypes from different climatic zones under water stress and re-watering.

is a fast-growing hygrophilic tree native to a humid sub-tropical region of India, now widely planted in many regions of the Southern Hemisphere characterized by low soil water availability. The widespread cultivation of this plant worldwide may have led to populations with different physiological and biochemical traits. In this work, the impact of water stress on the physiology and biochemistry of two populations, one from Chaco Paraguayo (PY) and one from Indian Andhra Pradesh (IA) region, was studied in a screenhouse experiment where the water stress treatment was followed by re-watering.

CYP1B1 Gene and Phenotypic Correlation in Patients From Northeastern Brazil With Primary Congenital Glaucoma.

Purpose: To identify variants in the CYP1B1 gene in northeastern Brazilian patients with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and possible genotype-phenotype correlations.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study of 17 nonrelated patients with PCG, performed at the Altino Ventura Foundation, Recife, Brazil, between December 2017 and February 2018. All patients underwent an examination, including gathering information from their medical records, slit-lamp examination, fundoscopy, tonography, and measuring corneal diameter and thickness.

KIR and HLA ligands demonstrate genetic inheritance diversity in Japanese descendants from Paraná, Brazil.

In order to investigate killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their ligands, human leukocyte antigen (HLA), diversity in the Brazilian population influenced by migrations, unrelated Brazilian Japanese descendants were selected and genotyped for the KIR genes and HLA class I allele groups. Genetic heterogeneity in Brazil Paraná Japanese was observed for KIR genes, whose frequency distributions demonstrated similarity with mixed Brazilian populations and with the Japanese population, suggesting gene flow. The data contributed to the identification of the genetic constitution of the Brazilian population influenced by immigrations and two new genotypes were defined.