Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú

About: Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú is a education organization based out in Sobral, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Chalcone & Health promotion. The organization has 205 authors who have published 234 publications receiving 1901 citations.

Polymorphisms of leptin, β-lactoglobulin and pituitary transcription factor have no effect on milk characteristics in crossbred cows

Abstract: Milk production systems installed in the Brazilian semiarid region are used on a large scale, in which the European breeds specialized in milk production are hybridized with zebu breeds more suited to a climate with semiarid conditions (Façanha et al., 2017). The result of this crossbreeding produces animals that are less productive, although better adapted to the tropics, which has increased the productivity and viability of dairy farming in the semiarid northeast. Allelic identification of the different genotypes of dairy cows, using molecular biology techniques, is used to make adjustments in genetic improvement programs, directing crosses of different genetic groups for more efficient gains in animal production systems. 

Sheep manure fertilization in Mimosa caesalpiniifolia in an Albaquult

Abstract: The use of organic fertilizers can increase the production of forest species for the extraction of wood from monoculture stands or integrated systems. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of applying doses of sheep manure on the biometric traits of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia (‘sabia’) in a silviculture system in an area previously occupied by native degraded pasture in an Albaquult. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four repetitions, with treatments corresponding to five doses of sheep manure per plant: 0, 2, 4, 8, and 12 kg in the first year, while in the second year the double of the doses (0, 4, 8, 16 and 32 kg per plant) were applied as topdressing under the canopy. The following biometric variables were evaluated: height (H); root collar diameter (RCD); diameter at breast height (DBH); above-ground dry weight (AGDW); accumulation of nutrients (aerial part); and soil fertility. The plants were responsive to the organic fertilization regarding the variables H, DBH, and AGDW. The sheep manure increased the mean values of pH, P, K, Ca, Mg, SB, CEC, BS, S-SO4 2- and Zn, and reduced the potential acidity in the 0-0.20 m soil layer. The organic matter variable increased up to the dose of 13.70 kg per plant. The accumulation rates of macro and micronutrients in the ‘sabia’ plants were N > Ca > K > Mg > P > S and Fe > Mn > B > Zn > Cu, respectively.

Notes on the critical analysis of discourse in qualitative studies in the field of health

Abstract: A emergencia de sistemas de saude ancorados em uma concepcao ampliada de saude, pressupondo, em seu ideario, dimensoes que interrogam a compreensao das acoes nesse campo capazes de articular estrutura e sujeito, vem impulsionando pesquisas avaliativas como modalidade de investigacao, notadamente propostas metodologicas orientadas pelo enfoque qualitativo. Falar em pesquisa qualitativa e aludir a epistemologia qualitativa, tradicao composta por numerosas vertentes, oriundas de paradigmas e campos disciplinares diversos, que carecem de aprofundamento, na perspectiva de desvelar, para cada uma delas, sua vinculacao ontologica, epistemologica e, por extensao metodologica, incluindo o plano operacional. Tal empreendimento ainda e muito escasso na literatura especializada sobre o tema, verificando-se nas publicacoes o predominio de estudos empiricos, convivendo com uma notavel escassez de discussoes epistemologicas e teorico-metodologicas atinentes aos modelos avaliativos operacionalizados. Ante essa configuracao, este artigo se propoe a colocar em relevo alguns elementos conceituais inerentes a analise, entendida como etapa epistemologica central no enfoque (critico) interpretativo. Na sequencia, o texto focaliza uma vertente especifica – a Analise Critica do Discurso – com o intuito de recuperar alguns fundamentos e registrar aspectos operacionais que vimos empregando em pesquisas qualitativas em saude.

Brazilian women living in Portugal: work and quality of life

Abstract: This article is organized around the axes migratory process, work, and quality of life. Two objectives were outlined: characterizing the socio-demographic aspects of Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal; and analyzing their situation and characteristics of work and quality of life. The study started from two working hypotheses: the first on the relation between unemployment and low quality of life; and the second on the relation between high workload and low quality of life of immigrant women. Cross-sectional study conducted from July to September 2016, in Portugal, with 682 Brazilian immigrant women over 18 years of age who lived in the country for more than 3 months. The instruments used were a socio-demographic questionnaire and the questionnaire ‘Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey’ (SF-36). The results showed a predominance of women in the age group from 18 to 38 years; married or living in a marriage-like relationship; with formal education mostly at the graduate level; with child(ren); and living in a family unit. The first study hypothesis was confirmed and the second study hypothesis was refuted.