Showing papers by "Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina published in 2020"
TL;DR: To assess current trajectories towards the GPW13 UHC billion target—1 billion more people benefiting from UHC by 2023—the authors estimated additional population equivalents with UHC effective coverage from 2018 to 2023, and quantified frontiers of U HC effective coverage performance on the basis of pooled health spending per capita.
304 citations
Hobart Corporation1, Ocean University of China2, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory3, Federal University of Paraná4, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina5, University of New South Wales6, University of Chile7, National University of Colombia8, Chonnam National University9, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory10, National Institute for Space Research11, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales12, National Scientific and Technical Research Council13
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the understanding of ENSO teleconnections to South America, focusing on the mechanisms and diversity of resulting Teleconnections, and outline the impacts of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation on South America. But, while the understanding has improved, with implications for prediction and projection, uncertainty remains in regards to the robustness of the impacts, interbasin climate interactions and interplay with greenhouse warming.
Abstract: The climate of South America (SA) has long held an intimate connection with El Nino, historically describing anomalously warm sea-surface temperatures off the coastline of Peru. Indeed, throughout SA, precipitation and temperature exhibit a substantial, yet regionally diverse, relationship with the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). For example, El Nino is typically accompanied by drought in the Amazon and north-eastern SA, but flooding in the tropical west coast and south-eastern SA, with marked socio-economic effects. In this Review, we synthesize the understanding of ENSO teleconnections to SA. Recent efforts have sought improved understanding of ocean–atmosphere processes that govern the impact, inter-event and decadal variability, and responses to anthropogenic warming. ENSO’s impacts have been found to vary markedly, affected not only by ENSO diversity, but also by modes of variability within and outside of the Pacific. However, while the understanding of ENSO–SA relationships has improved, with implications for prediction and projection, uncertainty remains in regards to the robustness of the impacts, inter-basin climate interactions and interplay with greenhouse warming. A coordinated international effort is, therefore, needed to close the observational, theoretical and modelling gaps currently limiting progress, with specific efforts in extending palaeoclimate proxies further back in time, reducing systematic model errors and improving simulations of ENSO diversity and teleconnections. The El Nino–Southern Oscillation exerts a strong influence on the global climate, including South America, where understanding of the phenomenon first emerged. This Review outlines the impacts of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation on South America, focusing on the mechanisms and diversity of resulting teleconnections.
256 citations
TL;DR: It is recommended that exercise should be as vigorously promoted as social distancing itself during periods of lockdown, and an in-built system of homeostasis can help rebalance activity, thought and feeling.
Abstract: To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organization and the majority of governments have recommended that the entire human population should 'stay-at-home'. A significant proportion of the population live alone or are vulnerable to mental health problems yet, in the vast majority of cases, individuals in social isolation have no access to mental healthcare. The only resource is people themselves using self-help, self-medication and self-care. During prolonged COVID-19 isolation, an in-built system of homeostasis can help rebalance activity, thought and feeling. Increased physical activity enables a reset of physical and mental well-being. During periods of lockdown, it is recommended that exercise should be as vigorously promoted as social distancing itself.
241 citations
TL;DR: A significant challenge is encountering the most suitable protein source since it depends on consumers' preferences, industrial availability, geographical location, and cultural elements, and it is possible to select a plant protein source comparing the essential amino acid composition of each source to the reference pattern.
Abstract: Background Adequate human nutrition depends on the ingestion of many nutrients present in the diet. Proteins are indispensable macronutrients, including the essential amino acids. A protein source can vary its nutritional quality in terms of digestibility, amino acid profile, and its bioavailability. There are several disadvantages claimed to livestock and traditional animal protein sources. Thus, in a continuous increasing world population, a current challenge is the consumption of proteins with low-cost and easily supply, meeting environmental and social aspects. Scope and approach Plant proteins may be a critical step for reducing animal protein dependence by humans. This critical review contributes to facilitating the choice of a plant protein source based on the amino acid composition. Additionally, this overview can give insights into the development of new food products and add value to agro-industrial wastes and by-products. Furthermore, this paper shows the wide variety of sources of plant proteins, with balanced nutritional quality and high protein content as a potential protein supply for the human population and industrial applications. Key findings and conclusion A significant challenge is encountering the most suitable protein source since it depends on consumers' preferences, industrial availability, geographical location, and cultural elements. Nevertheless, it is possible to select a plant protein source comparing the essential amino acid composition of each source to the reference pattern.
214 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the mediating role played by Organizational Learning (OL) capabilities at different contextualization levels on the association between Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies and operational performance was examined.
200 citations
University of California, Riverside1, SINTEF2, University of Toronto3, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research4, Norwegian Institute for Water Research5, ANSES6, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina7, St. John's University8, Flanders Marine Institute9, National Institute of Standards and Technology10, Hawaii Pacific University11, RMIT University12, Oregon State University13, California State University, Channel Islands14, University of Maryland, College Park15, University of Birmingham16
TL;DR: Three easy to use documents, a detailed document, a checklist, and a mind map are developed that can be used to reference the reporting guidelines quickly, that intend that these reporting guidelines support the annotation, dissemination, interpretation, reviewing, and synthesis of microplastic research.
Abstract: The ubiquitous pollution of the environment with microplastics, a diverse suite of contaminants, is of growing concern for science and currently receives considerable public, political, and academic attention. The potential impact of microplastics in the environment has prompted a great deal of research in recent years. Many diverse methods have been developed to answer different questions about microplastic pollution, from sources, transport, and fate in the environment, and about effects on humans and wildlife. These methods are often insufficiently described, making studies neither comparable nor reproducible. The proliferation of new microplastic investigations and cross-study syntheses to answer larger scale questions are hampered. This diverse group of 23 researchers think these issues can begin to be overcome through the adoption of a set of reporting guidelines. This collaboration was created using an open science framework that we detail for future use. Here, we suggest harmonized reporting guidelines for microplastic studies in environmental and laboratory settings through all steps of a typical study, including best practices for reporting materials, quality assurance/quality control, data, field sampling, sample preparation, microplastic identification, microplastic categorization, microplastic quantification, and considerations for toxicology studies. We developed three easy to use documents, a detailed document, a checklist, and a mind map, that can be used to reference the reporting guidelines quickly. We intend that these reporting guidelines support the annotation, dissemination, interpretation, reviewing, and synthesis of microplastic research. Through open access licensing (CC BY 4.0), these documents aim to increase the validity, reproducibility, and comparability of studies in this field for the benefit of the global community.
173 citations
TL;DR: Systematize knowledge on the impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic on mental health, as well as on psychological interventions related to the disease, to discuss both the potential and the challenges of practicing psychology in Brazil during the pandemic.
Abstract: Resumo A pandemia do novo coronavirus (COVID-19) e a maior emergencia de saude publica que a comunidade internacional enfrenta em decadas. Alem das preocupacoes quanto a saude fisica, traz tambem preocupacoes quanto ao sofrimento psicologico que pode ser experienciado pela populacao geral e pelos profissionais da saude envolvidos.O objetivo do presente estudo foi sistematizar conhecimentos sobre implicacoes na saude mental e intervencoes psicologicas diante da pandemia do novo coronavirus. Realizou-se revisao da literatura tecnico-cientifica produzida em diferentes paises, na perspectiva de sumarizar desenvolvimentos recentes ligados a COVID-19. Apresentam-se resultados sobre implicacoes da pandemia na saude mental, identificacao de grupos prioritarios e orientacoes sobre intervencoes psicologicas, considerando particularidades da populacao geral e dos profissionais da saude. Por fim, discutem-se potencialidades e desafios para a pratica dos psicologos no contexto brasileiro durante a pandemia.
167 citations
TL;DR: At the time of writing 124 pregnant or postpartum women in Brazil have died due to CO VID‐19 (representing a mortality rate of 12.7%), a figure that currently surpasses the total number of COVID‐19‐related maternal deaths reported throughout the rest of the world.
157 citations
TL;DR: This review highlights the exercise-induced anti-inflammatory effect on the prevention or treatment of common chronic clinical and experimental settings and suggests the use of pterins in biological fluids as sensitive biomarkers to follow the anti- inflammatory effect of physical exercise.
156 citations
TL;DR: The impact of processing on the protein digestibility and reduction of ANF is presented and several techniques, such as cooking, autoclaving, germination, microwave, irradiation, spray- and freeze-drying, fermentation, and extrusion enhanced the plant protein quality.
Abstract: Proteins are essential macronutrients for the human diet. They are the primary source of nitrogen and are fundamental for body structure and functions. The plant protein quality (PPQ) refers to the bioavailability, digestibility, and amino acid composition. The digestibility specifies the protein quantity absorbed by an organism relative to the consumed amount and depends on the protein structure, previous processing, and the presence of compounds limiting the digestion. The latter are so-called antinutritional factors (ANF), exemplified by phytates, tannins, trypsin inhibitors, and lectins. Animal proteins are known to have better digestibility than plant proteins due to the presence of ANF in plants. Thus, the inactivation of ANF throughout food processing may increase the PPQ. New food processing, aiming to increase the digestibility of plant proteins, and new sources of proteins are being studied for the animal protein substitution. Here, it is presented the impact of processing on the protein digestibility and reduction of ANF. Several techniques, such as cooking, autoclaving, germination, microwave, irradiation, spray- and freeze-drying, fermentation, and extrusion enhanced the PPQ. The emerging non-thermal technologies impact on protein functionalities but require studies on the protein digestibility. How to accurately determine and how to improve the protein digestibility of a plant source remains a scientific and technological challenge that may be addressed by novel or combining existing processing techniques, as well as by exploring protein-enriched by-products of the food industry.
132 citations
TL;DR: In early September 2019, dense crude oil began to wash the beaches of Brazil's tropical coast as mentioned in this paper, making this oil spill the most extensive and severe environmental disaster ever recorded in Brazilian history, in the South Atlantic basin and in tropical coastal regions worldwide.
TL;DR: Information is reported for the first time information regarding the valorization and application of anthocyanins from jambolan fruit as an alternative for food packaging sector.
University of New South Wales1, University of Canterbury2, Australian Institute of Marine Science3, Hobart Corporation4, Dalhousie University5, Scottish Association for Marine Science6, Barcelona Supercomputing Center7, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation8, University of Tasmania9, Aberystwyth University10, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina11, University of Washington12, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution13, University of Western Australia14, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom15
TL;DR: Most subtropical extreme marine heatwaves were triggered by persistent atmospheric high-pressure systems and anomalously weak wind speeds, associated with increased insolation, and reduced ocean heat losses, and tended to coincide with reduced chlorophyll-a concentration at low and mid-latitudes.
Abstract: Prolonged high-temperature extreme events in the ocean, marine heatwaves, can have severe and long-lasting impacts on marine ecosystems, fisheries and associated services. This study applies a marine heatwave framework to analyse a global sea surface temperature product and identify the most extreme events, based on their intensity, duration and spatial extent. Many of these events have yet to be described in terms of their physical attributes, generation mechanisms, or ecological impacts. Our synthesis identifies commonalities between marine heatwave characteristics and seasonality, links to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, triggering processes and impacts on ocean productivity. The most intense events preferentially occur in summer, when climatological oceanic mixed layers are shallow and winds are weak, but at a time preceding climatological maximum sea surface temperatures. Most subtropical extreme marine heatwaves were triggered by persistent atmospheric high-pressure systems and anomalously weak wind speeds, associated with increased insolation, and reduced ocean heat losses. Furthermore, the most extreme events tended to coincide with reduced chlorophyll-a concentration at low and mid-latitudes. Understanding the importance of the oceanic background state, local and remote drivers and the ocean productivity response from past events are critical steps toward improving predictions of future marine heatwaves and their impacts.
TL;DR: Overall, the results indicated from most studies that a diet with a lower percentage of obesogenic foods should be effective in reducing the risk of developing obesity.
Abstract: Background: Childhood overweight and obesity are recognized as predictors of the risk of obesity in adulthood. The aim of this systematic literature review was to determine the association between ...
TL;DR: In this paper, a hierarchical regression modeling was performed to verify the impact of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), population growth and the generation of renewable energies on CO2 emissions in the 50 largest world economies over the years 1990-2015.
TL;DR: This work intends to provide the foundation to facilitate the choice of support for laccase immobilization in future works and find a suitable way to immobilize this enzyme and then enable the commercialization of a stable biocatalyst, resistant to process conditions and with a long shelf life.
TL;DR: A Model Predictive Control policy to mitigate the COVID-19 contagion in Brazil, designed as optimal On-Off social isolation strategy, and results indicate a possible second peak of infections, which has a forecast to the beginning of October.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive survey of current technological challenges and prospects for 3D printing technology with concrete applied to large-scale buildings, including the role of reinforcements and inclusions.
Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive survey of current technological challenges and prospects for 3D printing technology with concrete applied to large-scale buildings. This innovative construction approach promises to revolutionize the shape of buildings with considerable time and cost savings but is still facing many technical and operational challenges. We gathered the knowledge of the most relevant and recent publications with our perception to address and discuss the main operational parameters, feasibility, and prospects for 3DPC technology. The paper is organized into five main categories: rheology of concrete for printing, effect of chemical admixtures, the role of reinforcements and inclusions, printing parameters and solutions for large-scale printers, and an analysis of economic and environmental aspects.
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the strategies used in XOS production, describing the process variables involved in xylan extraction and depolymerization, mainly for the most cited biomasses: sugarcane bagasse, corncob and wheat straw.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that, despite the recency of the subject, research in H4.0 has been conducted in an interdisciplinary way with a diversified set of applications and functionalities.
Abstract: This paper aims at examining the trends, challenges and theoretical gaps in the implementation of Healthcare 4.0 (H4.0) based on a scoping review of the literature. For that, we searched journal ar...
TL;DR: The regression model results confirm the effect of the restrictive actions in reducing consumption in non-residential categories, and indicate an increase in water consumption, which was steeper in apartment buildings than in houses, whether isolated or grouped in condominiums.
Abstract: This article aims to assess the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread-prevention actions on water consumption, based on a case study in Joinville, Southern Brazil. Residential water consumption data, obtained through telemetry in two periods (before and after a governmental action imposing quarantine and social isolation), were analyzed. Complementarily, the analyses were also applied to the commercial, industrial and public consumption categories. For the analysis, Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric tests were applied and Prais-Winsten regression models were adjusted. The results of the Wilcoxon test show that there are significant differences between the analyzed periods, indicating a water consumption drop in the commercial, industrial and public categories, and an increase in the residential category. The regression model results confirm the effect of the restrictive actions in reducing consumption in non-residential categories. The results also indicate an increase in water consumption, which was steeper in apartment buildings than in houses, whether isolated or grouped in condominiums. A weak association was found between the variation in water consumption and the spatial distribution of buildings. Understanding water consumption related aspects is important to gather essential information to ensure the urban water supply system is resilient in a pandemic situation.
TL;DR: The global repositioning of lipid-related risk, with non-optimal cholesterol shifting from a distinct feature of high-income countries in northwestern Europe, north America and Australasia to one that affects countries in east and southeast Asia and Oceania should motivate the use of population-based policies and personal interventions to improve nutrition and enhance access to treatment throughout the world.
Abstract: High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world3 and countries are using lipid-lowering medications at varying rates. These changes can have distinct effects on the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol, which have different effects on human health4,5. However, the trends of HDL and non-HDL cholesterol levels over time have not been previously reported in a global analysis. Here we pooled 1,127 population-based studies that measured blood lipids in 102.6 million individuals aged 18 years and older to estimate trends from 1980 to 2018 in mean total, non-HDL and HDL cholesterol levels for 200 countries. Globally, there was little change in total or non-HDL cholesterol from 1980 to 2018. This was a net effect of increases in low- and middle-income countries, especially in east and southeast Asia, and decreases in high-income western countries, especially those in northwestern Europe, and in central and eastern Europe. As a result, countries with the highest level of non-HDL cholesterol—which is a marker of cardiovascular risk—changed from those in western Europe such as Belgium, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Malta in 1980 to those in Asia and the Pacific, such as Tokelau, Malaysia, The Philippines and Thailand. In 2017, high non-HDL cholesterol was responsible for an estimated 3.9 million (95% credible interval 3.7 million–4.2 million) worldwide deaths, half of which occurred in east, southeast and south Asia. The global repositioning of lipid-related risk, with non-optimal cholesterol shifting from a distinct feature of high-income countries in northwestern Europe, north America and Australasia to one that affects countries in east and southeast Asia and Oceania should motivate the use of population-based policies and personal interventions to improve nutrition and enhance access to treatment throughout the world.
TL;DR: A comprehensive and in-depth systematic review of the up-to-date literature related to the application and characterization of ANN-based metamodels for BPS.
TL;DR: Findings indicate that stingless bee honey could be an important source of natural compounds presenting anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect, which could would provide health benefits when included in the diet.
10 Jul 2020
TL;DR: Proponho diferenciar pelo menos tres grandes questoes that antecedem a emergencia da pandemia, mas que se agravaram no contexto da crise sanitaria provocada pelo coronavirus.
Abstract: RESUMO Para tentar entender como foi possivel ao Brasil chegar a uma situacao que pode se caracterizar como de completo descontrole da pandemia de Covid-19, com milhares de mortes que aumentam a cada dia, proponho diferenciar pelo menos tres grandes questoes que antecedem a emergencia da pandemia, mas que se agravaram no contexto da crise sanitaria provocada pelo coronavirus. Elas sao: questoes epistemologicas vinculadas ao negacionismo cientifico; questoes etico-politicas vinculadas aos direitos humanos; estrategias biopoliticas vinculadas a razao neoliberal.
Aniruddha Deshpande1, Molly K. Miller-Petrie2, Paulina A. Lindstedt2, Mathew M. Baumann2 +702 more•Institutions (292)
TL;DR: High-resolution geospatial estimates of access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2017 identify areas with successful approaches or in need of targeted interventions to enable precision public health to effectively progress towards universal access to safe water and sanitary facilities.
TL;DR: The present results revealed an alarming level of microplastics present on Peruvian sandy beaches, but information about the sources, local dynamics and impacts ofMicroplastic pollution in this region are scarce, and thus further research is needed.
TL;DR: This paper reviews the available works considering LPV MPC design, ranging from the sub-optimal, simplified, yet Quadratic Programming (QP) algorithms, the tube-based tools, the set-constrained procedures, the Nonlinear Programming procedures and the robust ones; the main features of the recent research body on this topic are examined.
TL;DR: In this paper, two diretrizes for orientar o trabalho de gestores universitarios ao avaliarem as dificuldades e limitacoes impostas pela situacao emergencial decorrente da pandemia, bem como lidarem with elas, de maneira a promover condicoes de trabho e pedagogicas, viaveis e seguras, a professores e estudantes.
Abstract: RESUMO Instituicoes de Ensino Superior de todo o mundo foram afetadas pela pandemia da Covid-19. O prolongamento das medidas de distanciamento fisico entre pessoas impoe a adaptacao do ensino presencial ao formato remoto. Isso exige planejamento e consideracao as condicoes de estudantes e professores. Neste artigo, sao propostas diretrizes para orientar o trabalho de gestores universitarios ao avaliarem as dificuldades e limitacoes impostas pela situacao emergencial decorrente da pandemia, bem como lidarem com elas, de maneira a promover condicoes de trabalho e pedagogicas, viaveis e seguras, a professores e estudantes. Tais diretrizes sao baseadas em uma concepcao de Ensino Superior orientada para o desenvolvimento da capacidade de atuacao profissional (em oposicao a transmissao de conteudo). Sao tambem baseadas em variaveis que interferem no processo educacional.