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152. International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Torres, Antoni, Niederman, Michael S., Chastre, Jean, Ewig, Santiago, Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia, Hanberger, Håkan, Kollef, Marin, Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Luna, Carlos M., Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Artur Paiva, J., Read, Robert C., Rigau, David, Francois Timsit, Jean, Welte, Tobias, Wunderink, Richard, Torres, Antoni, Niederman, Michael S., Chastre, Jean, Ewig, Santiago, Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia, Hanberger, Håkan, Kollef, Marin, Li Bassi, Gianluigi, Luna, Carlos M., Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Artur Paiva, J., Read, Robert C., Rigau, David, Francois Timsit, Jean, Welte, Tobias, and Wunderink, Richard
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The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studies of epidemiology, diagnosis, empiric treatment, response to treatment, new antibiotics or new forms of antibiotic administration and disease prevention have changed old paradigms. In addition, important differences between approaches in Europe and the USA have become apparent. The European Respiratory Society launched a project to develop new international guidelines for HAP and VAP. Other European societies, including the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, were invited to participate and appointed their representatives. The Latin American Thoracic Association was also invited. A total of 15 experts and two methodologists made up the panel. Three experts from the USA were also invited (Michael S. Niederman, Marin Kollef and Richard Wunderink). Applying the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology, the panel selected seven PICO (population-intervention-comparison-outcome) questions that generated a series of recommendations for HAP/VAP diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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153. Infections, antibiotic treatment and mortality in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered to have high levels of antibiotic resistance compared to those with low levels
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Michalopoulos, A., Groeneveld, J., Lev, A., Sprung, C., Vakalos, A., Kotanidou, A., Zakynthinos, E., Filos, K., Pneumatikos, I., Moraiti, A., Clouva-molyvdas, P., Mandragos, K., Kyriazopoulos, G., Karampela, I., Koulenti, D., Myrianthefs, P., Ioannidou, E., Mouloudi, E., Chalkiadaki, A., Bitzani, M., Routsi, C., Armaganidis, A., Sofianos, E., Harjola, V., Berezowicz, P., Jacobsen, K., Espersen, K., Fogh, B., Betsch, H., Vincent, Jean-Louis, Vanhems, Philippe, Walther, Sten M., Sakr, Yasser, Rello, Jordi, Leone, Marc, Pickkers, P., Lipman, Jeffrey, Holmbom, Martin, Antonelli, Massimo, Hanberger, Håkan, Kocak, S., Ulger, F., Guven, H., Turkmen, A., Dogruer, K., Adanir, T., Demirkiran, O., Tugrul, S., Cakar, N., Akinci, I., Uzel, N., Togal, T., Topeli, A., Turkoglu, M., Guven, M., Akan, M., Bodur, H., Bosnak, M., Kizilkaya, M., Ozgencil, E., Kaya, A., Fistikci, H., Ates, C., Atalan, K., Jacobson, S., Owall, A., Kokinsky, E., Rudenstam, J., Häggqvist, J., Hulting, J., Sellgren, J., Arvidsson, S., Schindele, M., Hammarskjöld, F., Friberg, H., Petersson, J., Paulsson, A., Lindström, I., Stiernstrom, H., Peterzén, B., Blomqvist, H., Petersen, P., Soto Ibáñez, J., González, J., Izura, J., Corcobado Márquez, C., Rico-Feijoo, J., Sierra, R., Rello, J., Posada, P., Briones Lopez, M., Jara, R., Luis, V., Maria Jesus, H., de la Torre-Prados, M., Felices, F., Sanchez Garcia, M., Macias Pingarrón, J., Garcia-Fuentes, C., Cerdá, E., Serrano, N., Barcenilla-Gaite, F., Sirvent, J., Montejo González, J., Guerrero Gomez, F., Amador Amerigo, J., Borges, M., Sánchez-Olmedo, J., López Ciudad, V., Moreno, M., Esteban, E., Vallés, J., De Rojas Román, J., Yuste, I., Ugarte Peña, P., Sole-violán, J., Bustinza, A., Albaya, A., Latour-Perez, J., Navarro, J., Garcia, F., Martin Delgado, M., Rovira, A., Ramos-gómez, L., Garro, P., Silva, J., Iglesias, L., María Jesús, L., Pueyo, L., Lorente, C., Martinon-Torres, F., Aguilar, G., Martinez-Sagasti, F., Blesa Malpica, A., Valencia, M., Zavala, E., Bustamante Munguira, E., Arribas, M., Insausti, J., Vegas Pinto, R., Bocero, L., Estella, A., Esteban-Reboll, F., Lopez Camps, V., Antón Caraballo, E., Muñoz, E., Olaechea, P., Escriba, A., Santos, I., Campiñez, Burgueño., Moreira, P., Pizzamiglio, M., Conti, V., Kahveci, A., Nydahl, A., Lind, D., Caballero Zirena, A., Guerrero, F., Palomar, M., Einar, V., Agvald-Ohman, C., Wyon, N., Johansson, L., Gil, B., Mariscal, F., Galvan, B., Espinosa, E., Lesmes Serrano, A., Mesalles Sanjuan, E., Manzano Ramirez, A., Quintana Tort-Martorell, E., Monton Dito, J., Ibañez, A., Garcia del Valle, S., Alemparte-Pardavila, E., Monedero, P., Naveira-Abeigón, E., Jorda, R., Alvarez, M., Rubio, O., Bouw, M., Afonso, Susana, Matos, Ricardo, Carneiro, A., Amaro, P., Ribeiro, R., Paiva, J., Galdos-Anuncibay, P., Nieto, M., Ruiz, J., Perez Calvo, C., Mañez, R., França, C., Moreno, R., Dias, C., Sousa, A., Rezende, A., Mourão, L., Ponce, P., Oliveira, T., Esteves, F., Den Boer, S., Bakker, J., Van Berkel, G., Borg, M., Gullo, A., Gianesello, L., Martinelli, L., Antonelli, M., Bassetti, M., Telo, L., Alves, M., Almeida, E., Leite, A., Pádua, F., Costa, H., Póvoa, P., Lopes, V., Carmo, E., Febra, C., Martins, A., Castelo-Branco Sousa, M., Bártolo, A., Junker, A., Erno, P., Klepstad, P., Loevstad, R., Bergmans, D., Rodgers, M., Pham, C., Speelberg, B., Wesselink, R., Ammann, J., Vet, J., Gille, A., Kuiper, M., Kieft, H., Blom, H., Vogelaar, J., Corsten, S., Ten Cate, J., Rosseel, P., De Pont, A., Della Rocca, G., Biancofiore, G., Morelli, A., Ranieri, MV., Cotogni, P., Alessandro, D., Clementi, S., Ferraro, F., Giuseppe, N., Sforza, D., Castiglione, G., Marino, G., Fumagalli, R., Santagostino, G., De Negri, P., De Gasperi, A., Oggioni, R., Conte, V., Sicignano, A., Marri, I., Locicero, M., Guadagnucci, A., Chieregato, A., Fiore, G., Sorbara, C., Munch, C., Ruatti, H., Lorella, P., Borrelli, F., Panella, L., De Blasi, R., Ceriani, R., Colonna, S., Abbruzzese, C., Rosano, A., Caspani, M., Emmi, V., Stelian, E., Scolz, S., Guberti, A., Margarit, O., Giarratano, A., Rosi, R., Marzorati, S., De blasio, E., Minerva, M., Petrucci, N., Mangani, V., Lazzero, A., Sapuppo, M., Cecilia, P., Borelli, M., Greco, S., Vesconi, S., Sofer, S., Cohen, J., Kishinevsky, E., Selçuk Üniversitesi, Hanberger, H, Antonelli, M, Holmbom, M, Lipman, J, Pickkers, P, Leone, M, Rello, J, Sakr, Y, Walther, S, Vanhems, P, Vincent, J, Betsch, H, Fogh, B, Espersen, K, Jacobsen, K, Berezowicz, P, Harjola, V, Sofianos, E, Armaganidis, A, Routsi, C, Bitzani, M, Chalkiadaki, A, Michalopoulos, A, Mouloudi, E, Ioannidou, E, Myrianthefs, P, Koulenti, D, Karampela, I, Kyriazopoulos, G, Mandragos, K, Clouva molyvdas, P, Moraiti, A, Pneumatikos, I, Filos, K, Zakynthinos, E, Kotanidou, A, Vakalos, A, Sprung, C, Lev, A, Kishinevsky, E, Cohen, J, Sofer, S, Vesconi, S, Greco, S, Borelli, M, Cecilia, P, Sapuppo, M, Lazzero, A, Mangani, V, Petrucci, N, Minerva, M, De blasio, E, Marzorati, S, Rosi, R, Giarratano, A, Margarit, O, Guberti, A, Scolz, S, Stelian, E, Emmi, V, Caspani, M, Rosano, A, Abbruzzese, C, Colonna, S, Ceriani, R, De Blasi, R, Panella, L, Borrelli, F, Lorella, P, Ruatti, H, Munch, C, Sorbara, C, Fiore, G, Chieregato, A, Conti, V, Guadagnucci, A, Pizzamiglio, M, Locicero, M, Marri, I, Sicignano, A, Conte, V, Oggioni, R, De Gasperi, A, De Negri, P, Santagostino, G, Fumagalli, R, Marino, G, Castiglione, G, Sforza, D, Giuseppe, N, Bassetti, M, Ferraro, F, Clementi, S, Alessandro, D, Cotogni, P, Ranieri, M, Martinelli, L, Gianesello, L, Gullo, A, Morelli, A, Biancofiore, G, Della Rocca, G, Borg, M, De Pont, A, Rosseel, P, Ten Cate, J, Van Berkel, G, Corsten, S, Bakker, J, Vogelaar, J, Blom, H, Kieft, H, Kuiper, M, Gille, A, Vet, J, Ammann, J, Den Boer, S, Wesselink, R, Speelberg, B, Pham, C, Rodgers, M, Bergmans, D, Groeneveld, J, Loevstad, R, Klepstad, P, Erno, P, Junker, A, Bártolo, A, Castelo Branco Sousa, M, Esteves, F, Martins, A, Oliveira, T, Ponce, P, Mourão, L, Febra, C, Carmo, E, Lopes, V, Póvoa, P, Rezende, A, Costa, H, Moreira, P, Pádua, F, Leite, A, Almeida, E, Alves, M, Sousa, A, Telo, L, Dias, C, Paiva, J, Ribeiro, R, Amaro, P, Carneiro, A, Moreno, R, Matos, R, Afonso, S, Bouw, M, França, C, Rubio, O, Mañez, R, Campiñez, B, Alvarez, M, Jorda, R, Naveira Abeigón, E, Monedero, P, Alemparte Pardavila, E, Garcia del Valle, S, Perez Calvo, C, Palomar, M, Guerrero, F, Caballero Zirena, A, Arribas, M, Bustamante Munguira, E, Ruiz, J, Iglesias, L, Zavala, E, Valencia, M, Blesa Malpica, A, Martinez Sagasti, F, Nieto, M, Aguilar, G, Martinon Torres, F, Lorente, C, Insausti, J, Vegas Pinto, R, Santos, I, Escriba, A, Olaechea, P, Muñoz, E, Antón Caraballo, E, Galdos Anuncibay, P, Lopez Camps, V, Esteban Reboll, F, Estella, A, Bocero, L, Ibañez, A, Pueyo, L, María Jesús, L, Silva, J, Garro, P, Ramos gómez, L, Rovira, A, Martin Delgado, M, Monton Dito, J, Garcia, F, Navarro, J, Latour Perez, J, Albaya, A, Bustinza, A, Sole violán, J, Ugarte Peña, P, Yuste, I, De Rojas Román, J, Vallés, J, Esteban, E, Quintana Tort Martorell, E, Moreno, M, López Ciudad, V, Manzano Ramirez, A, Sánchez Olmedo, J, Borges, M, Amador Amerigo, J, Guerrero Gomez, F, Montejo González, J, Sirvent, J, Mesalles Sanjuan, E, Barcenilla Gaite, F, Serrano, N, Cerdá, E, Lesmes Serrano, A, Garcia Fuentes, C, Macias Pingarrón, J, Espinosa, E, Sanchez Garcia, M, Felices, F, de la Torre Prados, M, Maria Jesus, H, Luis, V, Jara, R, Briones Lopez, M, Posada, P, Galvan, B, Mariscal, F, Gil, B, Sierra, R, Rico Feijoo, J, Corcobado Márquez, C, Izura, J, González, J, Soto Ibáñez, J, Petersen, P, Johansson, L, Blomqvist, H, Peterzén, B, Wyon, N, Stiernstrom, H, Lindström, I, Paulsson, A, Agvald Ohman, C, Petersson, J, Friberg, H, Einar, V, Hammarskjöld, F, Schindele, M, Arvidsson, S, Sellgren, J, Hulting, J, Häggqvist, J, Rudenstam, J, Lind, D, Kokinsky, E, Owall, A, Jacobson, S, Nydahl, A, Atalan, K, Ates, C, Kahveci, A, Fistikci, H, Kaya, A, Ozgencil, E, Kizilkaya, M, Bosnak, M, Bodur, H, Akan, M, Guven, M, Turkoglu, M, Topeli, A, Togal, T, Uzel, N, Akinci, I, Cakar, N, Tugrul, S, Demirkiran, O, Adanir, T, Dogruer, K, Turkmen, A, Guven, H, Ulger, F, Kocak, S, İç Hastalıkları, and OMÜ
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Male ,Pediatrics ,Cross-sectional study ,health care facilities, manpower, and services ,Antibiotics ,Resistance ,lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4] ,Prevalence ,Drug Resistance ,law.invention ,Medical microbiology ,law ,Pathologie maladies infectieuses ,Antibiotic ,Critically ill ,Infection ,Aged ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Bacteria ,Bacterial Infections ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Europe ,Female ,Hospitalization ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Treatment Outcome ,Drug Resistance, Bacterial ,Intensive Care Units ,Infectious Diseases ,Critically ill -- Care ,Mortality rate ,Bacterial ,Intensive care unit ,SAPS II ,Beta lactam antibiotics ,Research Article ,Human ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Intensive Care Unit ,Bacterial Infection ,Antibiotic resistance ,Internal medicine ,Settore MED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIA ,Anti-Bacterial Agent ,medicine ,Cross-Sectional Studie ,business.industry ,Aminopeptidases -- Analysis ,Klinisk medicin ,Polypeptides ,Bacterial diseases -- Diagnosis ,Antibiotics -- Therapeutic use ,Clinical Medicine ,business - Abstract
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing concern in ICUs worldwide. Infection with an antibiotic resistant (ABR) strain of an organism is associated with greater mortality than infection with the non-resistant strain, but there are few data assessing whether being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with high levels of antimicrobial resistance is associated with a worse outcome than being admitted to an ICU with low rates of resistance. The aim of this study was, therefore, to compare the characteristics of infections and antibiotic treatments and patient outcomes in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having high levels of antibiotic resistance and those admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having low levels of antibiotic resistance.Methods: Data from the large, international EPIC II one-day point prevalence study on infections in patients hospitalized in ICUs were used. For the current study, we compared the data obtained from patients from two groups of countries: countries with reported MRSA rates of ≥ 25% (highABR: Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey) and countries with MRSA rates of < 5% (lowABR: Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden).Results: On the study day, 1187/2204 (53.9%) patients in the HighABR ICUs were infected and 255/558 (45.7%) in the LowABR ICUs (P < 0.01). Patients in the HighABR ICUs were more severely ill than those in the LowABR ICUs, as reflected by a higher SAPS II score (35.6 vs 32.7, P < 0.05) and had longer median ICU (12 days vs 5 days) and hospital (24 days vs 16 days) lengths of stay. They also had higher crude ICU (20.0% vs 15.4%) and hospital (27.0% vs 21.5%) mortality rates (both P < 0.05). However, after multivariable adjustment and matched pair analysis there were no differences in ICU or hospital mortality rates between High or LowABR ICU patients overall or among those with infections.Conclusions: Being hospitalized in an ICU in a region with high levels of antimicrobial resistance is not associated per se with a worse outcome., 0, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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154. International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Torres, Antoni, primary, Niederman, Michael S., additional, Chastre, Jean, additional, Ewig, Santiago, additional, Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia, additional, Hanberger, Hakan, additional, Kollef, Marin, additional, Li Bassi, Gianluigi, additional, Luna, Carlos M., additional, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, additional, Paiva, J. Artur, additional, Read, Robert C., additional, Rigau, David, additional, Timsit, Jean François, additional, Welte, Tobias, additional, and Wunderink, Richard, additional
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155. Enfermedad celíaca del adulto
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Quintana V., C., primary, Paiva J., V., additional, and Pérez C., L., additional
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- 2017
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156. Common snook fed in alternate and continuous regimens with diet supplemented with Bacillus subtilis probiotic
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NOFFS, A. P., TACHIBANA, L., SANTOS, A. A., RANZANI-PAIVA, J. T., ANDRÉ PEDRO NOFFS, Instituto de Pesca, LEONARDO TACHIBANA, Instituto de Pesca, ANTENOR AGUIAR SANTOS, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo, and MARIA JOSÉ TAVARES RANZANI-PAIVA, Instituto de Pesca.
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Respiratory burst ,Piscicultura marinha ,Exploração respiratória ,Centropomus undecimalis ,Imunoestimulante ,Immunostimulant ,Marine aquaculture ,Hematologia ,Hematology ,Bacillus subtilis - Abstract
The objective of this work was to evaluate the addition of Bacillus subtilis probiotic to the feed of common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) fingerlings, in alternate and continuous regimens. Six hundred and sixty fish, with verage length of 5.90±0.88 cm and weight of 1.92±0.28g, were stocked in 12 cages of 1.0 m 3 , with 55 fish each. The experimental design was completely randomized, with three treatments and four replicates. The treatments consisted of diet with the addition of probiotic, provided in alternate regimen for 7 days and in continuous regimen; besides a control without probiotic in the feed. Zootechnical performance, body composition, immune response, and blood parameters were evaluated. No significant differences were observed in zootechnical performance indexes and in body composition of fish treated with probiotic, when compared to the control. Fish from the alternate regimen showed an increment in respiratory burst and a lower total erythrocyte count than fish from the continuous regimen and the control. Fish from the continuous regimen did not differ from those of the control. The addition of Bacillus subtilis does not increase growth rates of common snook fingerlings; however, it has an immunostimulant action when supplied in alternate regimen. Título em português: Robalo?flecha alimentado em regimes alternado e contínuo com dieta suplementada com o probiótico Bacillus subtilis.
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157. The INFAUCI study
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Gonçalves-Pereira, J., Pereira, J. M., Ribeiro, O., Baptista, J. P., Froes, F., Paiva, J. A., NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM), and Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC)
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Microbiology (medical) ,Infectious Diseases ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Antibiotics ,Epidemiology ,Intensive Care Unit ,Process of care ,Infection ,Outcome - Abstract
Funding Information: Financial support: this work was supported by an unrestricted grant from GIS (Grupo de Infecção e Sepsis, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal). Publisher Copyright: © 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases2012 December 2014 10.1111/1469-0691.12738 Original Article INFECTIOUS DISEASES Original Articles © 2014 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. A prospective, cohort, clinical, observational study was performed in 14 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to evaluate the contemporary epidemiology, morbi-mortality and determinants of outcome of the population with an infection on admission. All 3766 patients admitted during a consecutive 12-month period were screened. Their median age was 63 [26-83], 61.1% were male and 69.8% had significant comorbidities. On admission to the ICU 1652 patients (43.9%) had an infection, which was community acquired in 68.2% (one-fifth with healthcare-associated criteria) and ward-acquired in the others. Roughly half presented to the ICU with septic shock. As much as 488 patients with community-acquired infections were deemed stable enough to be first admitted to the ward, but had similar mortality to unstable patients directly admitted to the ICU (35.9% vs. 35.1%, p 0.78). Only 48.3% of this infected population had microbiological documentation and almost one-quarter received inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy. This, along with comorbidities, was a main determinant of mortality. Overall, infected patients on admission had higher mortality both in the ICU (28.0% vs. 19.9%, p
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158. Epigenética: mecanismos, herança e implicações no melhoramento animal.
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Paiva, J. T., Resende, M. D. V., Resende, R. T., Oliveira, H. R., Silva, H. T., Caetano, G. C., Lopes, P. S., and Silva, F. F.
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Epigenetics can be defined as changes in gene expression that can be inherited and do not alter the DNA sequence. There are two main epigenetic mechanisms, DNA methylation and histone modification. Genomic imprinting is a process of gene regulation in which only one allele is expressed. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is defined as the inheritance of epigenetic marks through germ cells, which controls the gene expression patterns and are passed down from one generation to another. In the animal breeding program it is important to access the extent that the transgenerational epigenetic inheritance also affects the efficiency of genetic selection. A better understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms and their transgenerational effects on the performance of the animals may allow greater gains in economic important traits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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159. Estudo comparativo da resistência à flexão da Madeira Plástica, Fibra de Madeira de Densidade Média, Pinus e Polipropileno submetidos aos condicionamentos de secagem, saturação de umidade e radiação UV.
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Rossino, L. S., de Oliveira, R. C., Ferreira, R., Moreto, J. A., Manfrinato, M. D., and de Paiva, J. M. F.
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160. Therapeutic management of peritonitis: a comprehensive guide for intensivists
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Montravers, P, Blot, S., Dimopoulos, G., Eckmann, C., Eggimann, P., Guirao, X., Paiva, J. A., Sganga, Gabriele, De Waele, J., Sganga, Gabriele (ORCID:0000-0001-5079-0395), Montravers, P, Blot, S., Dimopoulos, G., Eckmann, C., Eggimann, P., Guirao, X., Paiva, J. A., Sganga, Gabriele, De Waele, J., and Sganga, Gabriele (ORCID:0000-0001-5079-0395)
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Purpose: The management of peritonitis in critically ill patients is becoming increasingly complex due to their changing characteristics and the growing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Methods: A multidisciplinary panel summarizes the latest advances in the therapeutic management of these critically ill patients. Results: Appendicitis, cholecystitis and bowel perforation represent the majority of all community-acquired infections, while most cases of healthcare-associated infections occur following suture leaks and/or bowel perforation. The micro-organisms involved include a spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as anaerobes and fungi. Healthcare-associated infections are associated with an increased likelihood of MDR pathogens. The key elements for success are early and optimal source control and adequate surgery and appropriate antibiotic therapy. Drainage, debridement, abdominal cleansing, irrigation, and control of the source of contamination are the major steps to ensure source control. In life-threatening situations, a "damage control" approach is the safest way to gain time and achieve stability. The initial empirical antiinfective therapy should be prescribed rapidly and must target all of the micro-organisms likely to be involved, including MDR bacteria and fungi, on the basis of the suspected risk factors. Dosage adjustment needs to be based on pharmacokinetic parameters. Supportive care includes pain management, optimization of ventilation, haemodynamic and fluid monitoring, improvement of renal function, nutrition and anticoagulation. Conclusions: The majority of patients with peritonitis develop complications, including worsening of pre-existing organ dysfunction, surgical complications and healthcare-associated infections. The probability of postoperative complications must be taken into account in the decision-making process prior to surgery.
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161. Infections, antibiotic treatment and mortality in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered to have high levels of antibiotic resistance compared to those with low levels
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Hanberger, H. Antonelli, M. Holmbom, M. Lipman, J. Pickkers, P. Leone, M. Rello, J. Sakr, Y. Walther, S.M. Vanhems, P. Vincent, J.-L. Betsch, H. Fogh, B. Espersen, K. Jacobsen, K. Berezowicz, P. Harjola, V. Sofianos, E. Armaganidis, A. Routsi, C. Bitzani, M. Chalkiadaki, A. Michalopoulos, A. Mouloudi, E. Ioannidou, E. Myrianthefs, P. Koulenti, D. Karampela, I. Kyriazopoulos, G. Mandragos, K. Clouva-molyvdas, P. Moraiti, A. Pneumatikos, I. Filos, K. Zakynthinos, E. Kotanidou, A. Vakalos, A. Sprung, C. Lev, A. Kishinevsky, E. Cohen, J. Sofer, S. Vesconi, S. Greco, S. Borelli, M. Cecilia, P. Sapuppo, M. Lazzero, A. Mangani, V. Petrucci, N. Minerva, M. De blasio, E. Marzorati, S. Rosi, R. Giarratano, A. Margarit, O. Guberti, A. Scolz, S. Stelian, E. Emmi, V. Caspani, M. Rosano, A. Abbruzzese, C. Colonna, S. Ceriani, R. De Blasi, R. Panella, L. Borrelli, F. Lorella, P. Ruatti, H. Munch, C. Sorbara, C. Fiore, G. Chieregato, A. Conti, V. Guadagnucci, A. Pizzamiglio, M. Locicero, M. Marri, I. Sicignano, A. Conte, V. Oggioni, R. De Gasperi, A. De Negri, P. Santagostino, G. Fumagalli, R. Marino, G. Castiglione, G. Sforza, D. Giuseppe, N. Bassetti, M. Ferraro, F. Clementi, S. Alessandro, D. Cotogni, P. Ranieri, MV. Antonelli, M. Martinelli, L. Gianesello, L. Gullo, A. Morelli, A. Biancofiore, G. Della Rocca, G. Borg, M. De Pont, A. Rosseel, P. Ten Cate, J. Van Berkel, G. Corsten, S. Bakker, J. Vogelaar, J. Blom, H. Kieft, H. Kuiper, M. Gille, A. Pickkers, P. Vet, J. Ammann, J. Den Boer, S. Wesselink, R. Speelberg, B. Pham, C. Rodgers, M. Bergmans, D. Groeneveld, J. Loevstad, R. Klepstad, P. Erno, P. Junker, A. Bártolo, A. Castelo-Branco Sousa, M. Esteves, F. Martins, A. Oliveira, T. Ponce, P. Mourão, L. Febra, C. Carmo, E. Lopes, V. Póvoa, P. Rezende, A. Costa, H. Moreira, P. Pádua, F. Leite, A. Almeida, E. Alves, M. Sousa, A. Telo, L. Dias, C. Paiva, J. Ribeiro, R. Amaro, P. Carneiro, A. Moreno, R. Matos, R. Afonso, S. Bouw, M. França, C. Rubio, O. Mañez, R. Campiñez, M. Alvarez, M. Jorda, R. Naveira-Abeigón, E. Monedero, P. Alemparte-Pardavila, E. Garcia del Valle, S. Perez Calvo, C. Palomar, M. Guerrero, F. Caballero Zirena, A. Arribas, M. Bustamante Munguira, E. Ruiz, J. Iglesias, L. Zavala, E. Valencia, M. Blesa Malpica, A. Martinez-Sagasti, F. Nieto, M. Aguilar, G. Martinon-Torres, F. Lorente, C. Insausti, J. Vegas Pinto, R. Santos, I. Escriba, A. Olaechea, P. Muñoz, E. Antón Caraballo, E. Galdos-Anuncibay, P. Lopez Camps, V. Esteban-Reboll, F. Estella, A. Bocero, L. Ibañez, A. Pueyo, L. María Jesús, L. Iglesias, L. Silva, J. Garro, P. Ramos-gómez, L. Rovira, A. Martin Delgado, M. Monton Dito, J. Garcia, F. Navarro, J. Latour-Perez, J. Albaya, A. Bustinza, A. Sole-violán, J. Ugarte Peña, P. Yuste, I. De Rojas Román, J. Vallés, J. Esteban, E. Quintana Tort-Martorell, E. Moreno, M. López Ciudad, V. Manzano Ramirez, A. Sánchez-Olmedo, J. Borges, M. Amador Amerigo, J. Guerrero Gomez, F. Montejo González, J. Sirvent, J. Mesalles Sanjuan, E. Barcenilla-Gaite, F. Serrano, N. Cerdá, E. Lesmes Serrano, A. Garcia-Fuentes, C. Macias Pingarrón, J. Espinosa, E. Sanchez Garcia, M. Felices, F. de la Torre-Prados, M. Maria Jesus, H. Luis, V. Jara, R. Briones Lopez, M. Posada, P. Galvan, B. Mariscal, F. Gil, B. Sierra, R. Rico-Feijoo, J. Corcobado Márquez, C. Izura, J. González, J. Soto Ibáñez, J. Petersen, P. Johansson, L. Blomqvist, H. Peterzén, B. Wyon, N. Stiernstrom, H. Lindström, I. Paulsson, A. Agvald-Ohman, C. Petersson, J. Friberg, H. Einar, V. Hammarskjöld, F. Schindele, M. Arvidsson, S. Sellgren, J. Hulting, J. Häggqvist, J. Rudenstam, J. Lind, D. Kokinsky, E. Owall, A. Jacobson, S. Nydahl, A. Atalan, K. Ates, C. Kahveci, A. Fistikci, H. Kaya, A. Ozgencil, E. Kizilkaya, M. Bosnak, M. Bodur, H. Akan, M. Guven, M. Turkoglu, M. Topeli, A. Togal, T. Uzel, N. Akinci, I. Cakar, N. Tugrul, S. Demirkiran, O. Adanir, T. Dogruer, K. Turkmen, A. Guven, H. Ulger, F. Kocak, S. the EPIC II Group of Investigators
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Background: Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing concern in ICUs worldwide. Infection with an antibiotic resistant (ABR) strain of an organism is associated with greater mortality than infection with the non-resistant strain, but there are few data assessing whether being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with high levels of antimicrobial resistance is associated with a worse outcome than being admitted to an ICU with low rates of resistance. The aim of this study was, therefore, to compare the characteristics of infections and antibiotic treatments and patient outcomes in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having high levels of antibiotic resistance and those admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having low levels of antibiotic resistance.Methods: Data from the large, international EPIC II one-day point prevalence study on infections in patients hospitalized in ICUs were used. For the current study, we compared the data obtained from patients from two groups of countries: countries with reported MRSA rates of ≥ 25% (highABR: Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey) and countries with MRSA rates of < 5% (lowABR: Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden).Results: On the study day, 1187/2204 (53.9%) patients in the HighABR ICUs were infected and 255/558 (45.7%) in the LowABR ICUs (P < 0.01). Patients in the HighABR ICUs were more severely ill than those in the LowABR ICUs, as reflected by a higher SAPS II score (35.6 vs 32.7, P < 0.05) and had longer median ICU (12 days vs 5 days) and hospital (24 days vs 16 days) lengths of stay. They also had higher crude ICU (20.0% vs 15.4%) and hospital (27.0% vs 21.5%) mortality rates (both P < 0.05). However, after multivariable adjustment and matched pair analysis there were no differences in ICU or hospital mortality rates between High or LowABR ICU patients overall or among those with infections.Conclusions: Being hospitalized in an ICU in a region with high levels of antimicrobial resistance is not associated per se with a worse outcome. © 2014 Hanberger et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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162. EP-1416: Analysis of childhood brain tumours treated with radiosurgery/stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy
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Paiva, J., primary, Santana, T., additional, Zaccariotti, V., additional, Arruda, J., additional, Oliveira, L., additional, Araújo, V., additional, and Goulart, L., additional
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163. DUNGEONS & ALCHEMIST: Jogando com Saber
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SANTOS, R. P., primary, PAIVA, J. G., additional, MORAIS, P. G., additional, SANTOS, L. O., additional, and SILVA, S. S., additional
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164. New national and regional bryophyte records, 45
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Ellis, L. T., Ah-Peng, C., Aranda, S. C., Bednarek-Ochyra, H., Borovichev, E. A., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Duarte, M. C., Enroth, J., Erzberger, P., Fedosov, V., Fojcik, B., Gabriel, R., Coelho, M. C. M., Henriques, D. S. G., Ilina, O. V., Gil-Novoa, J. E., Morales-Puentes, M. E., Gradstein, S. R., Gupta, R., Nath, V., Asthana, A. K., Koczur, A., Lebouvier, M., Mesterhazy, A., Mogro, F., Mezaka, A., Nemeth, Cs., Orgaz, J. D., Sakamoto, Y., Paiva, J., Sales, F., Pande, N., Sabovljevic, M. S., Pantivic, J., Sabovljevic, A. D., Perez-Haase, A., da Costa, D. Pinheiro, Plasek, V., Sawicki, J., Szczecinska, M., Chmielewski, J., Potemkin, A., Schaefer-Verwimp, A., Schofield, W. B., Sergio, C., Sim-Sim, M., Sjögren, S., Spitale, D., Stebel, A., Stefanut, S., Suarez, G. M., Flores, J. R., Thouvenot, L., Vana, J., Yoon, Y. -J, Kim, J. H., Zubel, R., Ellis, L. T., Ah-Peng, C., Aranda, S. C., Bednarek-Ochyra, H., Borovichev, E. A., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Duarte, M. C., Enroth, J., Erzberger, P., Fedosov, V., Fojcik, B., Gabriel, R., Coelho, M. C. M., Henriques, D. S. G., Ilina, O. V., Gil-Novoa, J. E., Morales-Puentes, M. E., Gradstein, S. R., Gupta, R., Nath, V., Asthana, A. K., Koczur, A., Lebouvier, M., Mesterhazy, A., Mogro, F., Mezaka, A., Nemeth, Cs., Orgaz, J. D., Sakamoto, Y., Paiva, J., Sales, F., Pande, N., Sabovljevic, M. S., Pantivic, J., Sabovljevic, A. D., Perez-Haase, A., da Costa, D. Pinheiro, Plasek, V., Sawicki, J., Szczecinska, M., Chmielewski, J., Potemkin, A., Schaefer-Verwimp, A., Schofield, W. B., Sergio, C., Sim-Sim, M., Sjögren, S., Spitale, D., Stebel, A., Stefanut, S., Suarez, G. M., Flores, J. R., Thouvenot, L., Vana, J., Yoon, Y. -J, Kim, J. H., and Zubel, R.
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165. The ecosystem engineer Crassostrea gigas affects tidal flat morphology beyond the boundary of their reef structures
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Walles, B., Salvador de Paiva, J., Van Prooijen, B., Ysebaert, T., Smaal, A.C., Walles, B., Salvador de Paiva, J., Van Prooijen, B., Ysebaert, T., and Smaal, A.C.
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Ecosystem engineers that inhabit coastal and estuarine environments, such as reef building oysters, do not only stabilise the sediment within their reefs, but their influence might also extend far outside their reefs, affecting tidal flat morphology and protecting the surrounding soft-sediment environment against erosion. However, quantitative information is largely missing, and the spatially extended ecosystem engineering effects on the surrounding soft-sediment largely unstudied. To quantify this, we measured elevations around eleven natural Crassostrea gigas reefs occurring on tidal flats in the Oosterschelde estuary (the Netherlands). These tidal flats experience strong erosion as a consequence of human interventions in the system. Various reef sizes were chosen to test the proportional effects of reefs on tidal flat morphology. Measurements were used to create 3-dimensional surface maps to obtain properties of the reefs and the surrounding soft-sediment environment. The area of the oyster reefs ranged from 2 to 1,908 m2. Reef length varied between 1 and 61 m, reef width between 1 and 45 m, and reef height between 0.20 and 1.08 m. Reefs varied in shape, going from round shape structures to more elongated ones. We observed elevated areas (>5 cm elevation from the background intertidal slope) on the lee side of all reefs, caused by the interaction between the reef’s structure and locally prevailing wave conditions. The elevated area (i.e. the spatially extended ecosystem engineering effect) affected by the reef was of the same order of magnitude as the reef area. The elevated area was related to reef properties such as reef length, width, and height. Reef length, however, appeared to be the best predictor. These findings contribute to management solutions for coastal adaptation and protection. Our study clearly showed that oyster reefs not only protect the tidal flat under their footprint, but as well an area beyond the boundary of the reef
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166. New national and regional bryophyte records, 45
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Ellis, L.T., Ah-Peng, Claudine, Aranda, Silvia C., Bednarek-Ochyra, H., Borovichev, E.A., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Duarte, M.C., Enroth, J., Erzberger, P., Fedosov, V., Fojcik, B., Gabriel, R., Coelho, M.C.M., Henriques, D.S.G., Ilina, O.V., Gil-Novoa, J.E., Morales-Puentes, M.E., Gradstein, S.R., Gupta, R., Nath, V., Asthana, A.K., Koczur, A., Lebouvier, M., Mesterházy, A., Mogro, F., Mež aka, A., Németh, C.S., Orgaz, J.D., Sakamoto, Y., Paiva, J., Sales, F., Pande, N., Sabovljević , M.S., Pantivić , J., Sabovljević , A.D., Pérez-Haase, A., Pinheiro da Costa, D., Pláš ek, V., Sawicki, J., Szczeciń ska, M., Chmielewski, J., Potemkin, A., Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Schofield, W.B., Sérgio, C., Sim-Sim, M., Sjögren, S., Spitale, D., Stebel, A., Ellis, L.T., Ah-Peng, Claudine, Aranda, Silvia C., Bednarek-Ochyra, H., Borovichev, E.A., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Duarte, M.C., Enroth, J., Erzberger, P., Fedosov, V., Fojcik, B., Gabriel, R., Coelho, M.C.M., Henriques, D.S.G., Ilina, O.V., Gil-Novoa, J.E., Morales-Puentes, M.E., Gradstein, S.R., Gupta, R., Nath, V., Asthana, A.K., Koczur, A., Lebouvier, M., Mesterházy, A., Mogro, F., Mež aka, A., Németh, C.S., Orgaz, J.D., Sakamoto, Y., Paiva, J., Sales, F., Pande, N., Sabovljević , M.S., Pantivić , J., Sabovljević , A.D., Pérez-Haase, A., Pinheiro da Costa, D., Pláš ek, V., Sawicki, J., Szczeciń ska, M., Chmielewski, J., Potemkin, A., Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Schofield, W.B., Sérgio, C., Sim-Sim, M., Sjögren, S., Spitale, D., and Stebel, A.
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Anastrophyllum michauxii is a montane subcircumpolar species (Damsholt, 2002). The present record probably represents its northernmost occurrence, being a species new to the Republic of Karelia. In Russia, A. michauxii has been found generally in southern mountainous areas (Konstantinova et al., 2009). The nearest locations in Europe are known from southern Finland (Laaka-Lindberg et al., 2009), Leningrad Province (Potemkin et al., 2008; Kushnevskaya & Potemkin, 2014), Vologda Province (Ellis et al., 2012d) and Komi Republic (Dulin, 2007).
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167. Avaliação dos níveis plasmáticos do peptídeo natriurético NT-proBNP em cães da raça Poodle em diferentes estágios da doença valvar crônica mitral.
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Santana, C. G. P., Paiva, J. P., Mucha, C. J., and Alencar, N. X.
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168. Transgenerational epigenetic variance for body weight in meat quails.
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Paiva, J. T., de Resende, M. D. V., Resende, R. T., de Oliveira, H. R., Silva, H. T., Caetano, G. C., Lopes, P. S., and Silva, F. F.
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Summary: We aimed to estimate transgenerational epigenetic variance for body weight using genealogical and phenotypic information in meat quails. Animals were individually weighted from 1 week after hatching, with weight records at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 days of age (BW7, BW14, BW21, BW28, BW35 and BW42, respectively). Single‐trait genetic analyses were performed using mixed models with random epigenetic effects. Variance components were estimated by the restricted maximum likelihood method. A grid search for values of autorecursive parameter (λ) ranging from 0 to 0.5 was used in the variance component estimation. This parameter is directly related to the reset coefficient (ν) and the epigenetic coefficient of transmissibility (1‐ν). The epigenetic effect was only significant for BW7. Direct heritability estimates for body weight ranged in magnitude (from 0.15 to 0.26), with the highest estimate for BW7. Epigenetic heritability was 0.10 for BW7, and close to zero for the other body weights. The inclusion of the epigenetic effect in the model helped to explain the residual and non‐Mendelian variability of initial body weight in meat quails. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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169. Avaliação da imobilidade tônica em codornas de corte via análise de sobrevivência.
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Caetano, G. C., Silva, F. F., Silva, L. P., Paula, C., Silva, H. T., Paiva, J. T., Soares, A. C. C., and Mariano, W. H.
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170. Safety and Efficacy of a Salmonella Gallinarum Delta cobS Delta cbiA Strain with Potential to Prevent Chicken Infections by Salmonella Gallinarum and Salmonella Enteritidis
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Paiva, J. B., Penha Filho, R. A. C., Moura, B. S., Berchieri Junior, A., and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T16:37:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-04-01 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) New vaccine design techniques have allowed the development of effective vaccine strains against Salmonella infections in which the risks of reversion to the wild type and virulence is null. The mutant strain Salmonella Gallinarum Delta cobS Delta cbiA was previously shown to be avirulent in chickens. In this study, this strain was tested as a vaccine against Salmonella Gallinarum (SG) and S. Enteritidis (SE) infections, and its protection levels, safety and possible risks of reversion to virulence after vaccination of layers were evaluated. Birds were vaccinated at five days of age or at five and 25 days of age. At 45 days of age, brown and white layers were challenged with SG and SE wild strains, respectively. Two assays to test the possibility of reversion to virulence were performed. Five successive bacterial passages in brown layers were carried out in the first assay. In the second assay, brown layers received a ten-fold concentrated inoculum of the SG Delta cobS Delta cbiA strain and were evaluated for clinical signs and mortality. In both experiments, no birds that received the inoculation of the attenuated strain died. Additionally, the use of the mutant strain as a vaccine provided good protection levels against both challenge strains.
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171. Efficacy and safety of anidulafungin in elderly, critically ill patients with invasive Candida infections: A post hoc analysis
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Dimopoulos, G. Paiva, J.-A. Meersseman, W. Pachl, J. Grigoras, I. Sganga, G. Montravers, P. Auzinger, G. Sá, M.B. Miller, P.J. Marček, T. Kantecki, M. Ruhnke, M.
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Post hoc analysis of a non-comparative, prospective, multicentre, phase IIIb study was performed to compare efficacy and safety of anidulafungin in elderly (≥65 years) versus non-elderly (
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172. Métodos de avaliaçao do estado de conservaçao de edifícios desenvolvidos no LNEC: Características e possibilidades de aplicaçao
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Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vilhena, A., and Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.
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173. Métodos de avaliação do estado de conservação de edifícios desenvolvidos no LNEC
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Branco Pedro, J., Vilhena, A., Paiva, J. A. V. de, GOMES, J. F. Silva, ANTÓNIO, Carlos C., AFONSO, Clito F., and MATOS, António S
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Edifícios ,Portugal ,Métodos de avaliação ,Patologia da construção ,Estado de conservação - Abstract
RESUMO: Nesta comunicação são descritos e comparados três métodos de avaliação do estado de conservação dos edifícios, desenvolvidos no LNEC na última década: «Metodologia de certificação das condições mínimas de habitabilidade» (MCH), «Método de avaliação do estado de conservação dos imóveis» (MAEC) e «Método de avaliação das necessidades de reabilitação de edifícios» (MANR). Em complemento, apresenta-se uma análise prospectiva das possibilidades de aplicação destes métodos. Verifica-se que os métodos proporcionam perspectivas complementares sobre as condições de edifícios existentes: a MCH serve para verificar a existência de condições mínimas de habitabilidade, o MAEC permite avaliar o estado de conservação, e o MANR visa estimar a profundidade da intervenção de reabilitação necessária para assegurar condições mínimas de habitabilidade. As características gerais dos métodos são idênticas. A avaliação baseia-se numa inspecção visual durante a qual são identificadas de forma sistemática as anomalias que afectam cada elemento funcional da construção. Os resultados obtidos são facilmente compreensíveis por todos os intervenientes envolvidos. Os principais instrumentos desenvolvidos para aplicar cada um dos métodos foram uma ficha de avaliação e as respectivas instruções de aplicação. Estes instrumentos são objectivos e quantitativos e podem ser aplicados à generalidade dos tipos de edifícios. Durante a fase de desenvolvimento, os métodos foram discutidos com os vários intervenientes envolvidos e foram realizadas aplicações experimentais para testar e validar os instrumentos. Os métodos podem ser aplicados por arquitectos ou engenheiros civis com formação adequada no método que está a ser aplicado. O tempo, meios e encargos necessários para aplicar qualquer um deles são considerados socialmente aceitáveis. As principais limitações dos métodos são: poderem existir anomalias construtivas não detectadas pela inspecção visual; a qualidade dos resultados depender da correcta aplicação dos instrumentos pelos técnicos avaliadores; e o diagnóstico das causas das anomalias e a definição de trabalhos correctivos obrigarem a eventuais vistorias mais detalhadas por técnicos especializados e recorrendo a sondagens ou equipamento apropriado. Para além das aplicações para as quais os métodos foram especificamente concebidos, podem perspectivar-se outras utilizações. O domínio geral de aplicação dos métodos apresentados é informar e fundamentar processos de tomada de decisão relativos à gestão de imóveis isolados ou parques imobiliários. As suas aplicações privilegiadas são verificar a necessidade de realizar intervenções de manutenção/reparação, apoiar a definição do valor do imóvel em transacções imobiliárias, avaliar danos em imóveis devido a acções imprevistas e informar a elaboração de programas de manutenção preventiva. Entende-se que esta comunicação pode ser útil para entidades gestoras de parques imobiliários e para técnicos e investigadores que actuem na área da inspecção, diagnóstico, conservação e reabilitação da construção. 10 fig. 2 quadros 29 p. DED/NAU 2011 29 de Agosto a 2 de Setembro
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174. Main functional elements having defects of illegal residential buildings: The case of Cova da Moura district
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Vilhena, A., Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Baptista Coelho, A., and Vasconcelos Paiva, J.
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The purpose of the paper is to describe the main functional elements with defects in illegal residential buildings. Three research questions are addressed: What are the main functional elements with defects in buildings and in dwellings? What are the main defects found? In which way these defects affect the use of buildings? The defects were identified during a survey to the building stock of the Cova da Moura District (Amadora, Portugal), carried out in 2008. This district is made of illegal constructions, occupies an area of 16.5 ha and has approximately 5,000 inhabitants. During the survey 833 buildings and 1884 units were inspected. The main results are: a) only 13% of these building presented defects in the building structure; b) about 60% of the buildings have defects in the roofing systems (e.g., damp and mould, infiltrations); c) more than 84% of the dwellings have defects in the technical installation such as gas or electrical installations most of them classified as severe defects. The main conclusion is that most of the defects detected configure serious risk scenarios, particularly in terms of the minimum habitability conditions and fire safety. However, defects related to structural stability were not as serious as expected for this kind of construction.
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175. Main spatial defects of illegal residential buildings: The case of Alto da Cova da Moura districts
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Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vilhena, A., Baptista Coelho, A., Vasconcelos Paiva, J., and Cruz, C.
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building pathology ,illegal buildings ,Portugal ,spatial defects ,Bairro do alto da cova da moura - Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to describe the main spatial defects in illegal residential buildings. Three research questions are addressed: What are the main spatial defects of the dwellings? What are the main spatial defects in the relation between buildings? What is the impact of spatial defects to the minimum habitability conditions of dwellings? The defects were identified during a survey of the buildings of the Alto da Cova da Moura District (Amadora, Portugal), carried out in 2008. This district is made-up of illegal constructions, covers an area of 16.5 ha and has approximately 5,000 inhabitants. During the survey 833 buildings and 1,884 units were inspected. The main results are: a) 65% of buildings have problems with windows; b) about 20% of buildings have spatial defects in common stairways; and c) more than 50% of dwellings have spatial defects. The main conclusion is that the lack of urban planning, the confinement of the terrain and the continuous arrival of new residents have led to an overcrowded and disordered urban fabric. Furthermore, buildings are mainly self-built by residents without design and do not comply with recognized technical good practices. As a result, there is a general lack of habitability and a quick decay of buildings' condition.
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176. Main spatial defects of illegal residential buildings: The case of Cova da Moura District
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Branco Pedro, J., Vilhena, A., Baptista Coelho, A., Paiva, J. A. V. de, and Cruz, C.
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Portugal ,Spatial defects ,Building pathology ,Bairro do alto da cova da moura ,Illegal buildings - Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to describe the main spatial defects in illegal residential buildings. Three research questions are addressed: What are the main spatial defects of the dwellings? What are the main spatial defects in the relation between buildings? What is the impact of spatial defects to the minimum habitability conditions of dwellings? The defects were identified during a survey of the buildings of the Alto da Cova da Moura District (Amadora, Portugal), carried out in 2008. This district is made-up of illegal constructions, covers an area of 16.5 ha and has approximately 5,000 inhabitants. During the survey 833 buildings and 1,884 units were inspected. The main results are: a) 65% of buildings have problems with windows; b) about 20% of buildings have spatial defects in common stairways; and c) more than 50% of dwellings have spatial defects. The main conclusion is that the lack of urban planning, the confinement of the terrain and the continuous arrival of new residents have led to an overcrowded and disordered urban fabric. Furthermore, buildings are mainly self-built by residents without design and do not comply with recognized technical good practices. As a result, there is a general lack of habitability and a quick decay of buildings' condition. 8 fig. 3 tabelas 1215-1222 p. DED/NAU 2011 12-15 de Abril
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177. Método de avaliação das necessidades de reabilitação: Desenvolvimento e aplicação experimental
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Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vilhena, A., and Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.
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178. Método de avaliação das necessidades de reabilitação. Desenvolvimento e aplicação
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Pedro, João Branco, Antonio Vilhena, Paiva, J. Vasconcelos, and Universidade do Minho
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179. Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: analysis of the extended prevalence of infection in intensive care unit study
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Amador Amerigo, J, Guerrero Gomez, F, Montejo González, J, Sirvent, J, Pujol, I, Mesalles Sanjuan, E, Barcenilla Gaite, F, Serrano, N, Cerdá, E, Lesmes Serrano, A, Garcia Fuentes, C, Macias Pingarrón, J, Espinosa, E, Sanchez Garcia, M, Felices, F, de la Torre Prados, M, Maria Jesus, H, Luis, V, Jara, R, Briones Lopez, M, Posada, P, Galvan, B, Mariscal, F, Rello, J, Gil, B, Sierra, R, Rico Feijoo, J, Izura, J, González, J, Soto Ibáñez, J, Agabani, H, Petersen, P, Johansson, L, Blomqvist, H, Peterzén, B, Wyon, N, Lindström, I, Paulsson, A, Agvald Ohman, C, Petersson, J, Friberg, H, Einar, V, Hammarskjöld, F, Schindele, M, Arvidsson, S, Sellgren, S, Hulting, J, Häggqvist, J, Rudenstam, J, Lind, D, Kokinsky, E, Owall, A, Jacobson, S, Stiernstrom, H, Nydahl, A, Eggimann, P, Stocker, R, Loderer, G, Loetscher, R, Heer, K, Zender, H, Cottini, S, Pagnamenta, A, Eich, G, Felleiter, P, Marco, M, Pugin, J, Shu Hui, W, Hsieh, K, Toomtong, P, Khwannimit, B, Kietdumrongwong, P, Khaldi, A, Messadi, A, Labbene, I, Frikha, N, Atalan, K, Ates, C, Kahveci, A, Ozgencil, E, Kizilkaya, M, Bosnak, M, Bodur, H, Akan, M, Guven, M, Turkoglu, M, Topeli, A, Togal, T, Uzel, N, Akinci, I, Cakar, N, Tugrul, S, Demirkiran, O, Adanir, T, Dogruer, K, Turkmen, A, Guven, H, Ulger, F, Kocak, S, Nalapko, Y, Rady, S, Alsabbah, A, Elahi, N, Al rahma, H, Rahman, M, Kashef, S, Cuthbertson, B, Gunning, K, Myint, Y, Bewley, J, Burnstein, R, Haji Michael, P, Wrathall, D, Folan, L, Nesbitt, I, Ratnaparkhi, A, Pambakian, S, Booth, M, Watters, M, Sherry, T, Buehner, U, Barrera Groba, C, Bothma, P, George, N, Frater, J, Hollos, L, Mclellan, S, Hunter, J, Garrioch, M, O'Keeffe, N, Divekar, N, Eggert, S, Smith, S, Vincent, A, Withington, P, Macmillan, C, Webster, R, Vuylsteke, A, Appadu, B, Barrera groba, C, Mcquillan, P, Blunt, M, Parekh, N, William, D, Jones, C, Krige, A, Schuster Bruce, M, Boyden, J, Boulanger, C, Swann, D, Walker, J, Wigmore, T, Law, R, Baldwin, F, Muench, C, Robinson, S, Crerar Gilbert, A, Rhodes, A, Mahambrey, T, Cameron, L, Thornton, J, Stotz, M, Russell, M, Longmate, A, Kitson, R, Browne, B, Thorniley, A, Gonzalez, I, Swart, M, Singer, M, Gautam, N, Prasad, V, Watson, D, Szakmany, T, Cardy, J, Binning, A, Loveland, R, Gannon, J, Martinelli, G, Nightingale, P, Howes, J, Steingrub, J, Ammons, L, Fisher, M, Gandhi, N, Martin, G, Deutschman, C, Dean, N, Michetti, C, Belzberg, H, Hutchinson, K, Van der kloot, T, Afessa, B, Kaufman, D, Iqbal, J, Ost, D, Afifi, S, West, M, Wunderink, R, Stein, S, Hagg, D, Jimenez, E, Blosser, S, Chhangani, S, Kleinpell, R, Reich, H, Fields, E, Willms, D, Castellanos Mateus, P, Melnik, L, Oud, L, Chi, E, Halfon, R, Badr, A, Restrepo, M, Pohlman, A, Branson, R, Simpson, S, Kett, D, Jacobs, T, Park, P, Wahl, W, Patricia, C, Hammersley, J, Papadimos, T, Sawyer, R, Freire, A, Rodriguez, W, Ryan, A, Margolis, B, Groth, M, Escanda, H, Baraibar, J, Paciel, D, Bagnulo, H, Hitta, F, Nadales, P, Albornoz, H, Salmen, Z, Pacheco, C, Bui, T, Potie, F, and Nguyen Huu, C.
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180. Assessment method for buildings' Rehabilitation needs: Development and application
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Vilhena, A., Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., and Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.
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The purpose of this study was to develop an assessment method of a building rehabilitation needs. It was considered that a building needs rehabilitation if it would not comply with the functional requirements defined in Portuguese legislation or determined by good practices of design and construction. The functional requirements considered were: safety requirements, health and comfort requirements and use adequacy requirements. Functional requirements may not be satisfied due to design problems, building defects, lack of maintenance or inappropriate use. It was developed in the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) the Assessment Method for Building Rehabilitation Needs (MANR). The following tasks were carried out: analysis of Portuguese and foreign assessment methods for buildings condition; definition of assessment criteria; selection of functional elements of dwellings and buildings; establishment of weighting coefficients for the functional elements; definition of results calculation formula; development of a computer tool; and carry out of a pilot test. After the development phase the method was used to assess a neighbourhood of about 2000 dwellings. This application was done with the support of LNEC, which included the following tasks: training courses to evaluators, accompanying the field work and supervising the results. The results of this study were: a checklist to register the information obtained during inspections; instructions on how to conduct the inspection and fill in the checklist; a computer tool to record the checklists and suggest the rehabilitation needs in a three level scale (minor, medium or severe rehabilitation). The main conclusions drawn from the study were: the method is applicable to different dwellings and buildings regardless of use, construction date or construction process; it can be applied by evaluators who receive a short training course; it delivers results that correctly convey the rehabilitation level
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181. Método de avaliação do estado de conservação de imóveis - Compilação de pareceres e memorandos elaborados pelo LNEC de 2007 a 2010
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Branco Pedro, J., Vilhena, A., and Paiva, J. A. V. de
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Este registo pertence ao Repositório Científico do LNEC O Regime de Arrendamento Urbano aprovado pela Lei n.º 6/2006, de 27 de Fevereiro, fez depender a actualização extraordinária do valor das rendas de contratos antigos, entre outros factores, da prévia avaliação do estado de conservação do imóvel. Para classificar o estado de conservação dos locados foi desenvolvido pelo Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) o «Método de avaliação do estado da conservação de imóveis» (MAEC). Este método foi publicado pela Portaria n.º 1192-B/2006, de 3 de Novembro, que definiu os critérios de avaliação, estabeleceu as regras necessárias à determinação do nível de conservação e do coeficiente de conservação e aprovou o modelo de ficha de avaliação. As instruções relativas ao preenchimento da ficha e ao procedimento de vistoria foram remetidas na Portaria para documento disponibilizado na Internet no «Portal da Habitação». O desenvolvimento do método compreendeu duas partes. A primeira parte teve lugar entre Setembro de 2005 e Junho de 2006 por solicitação do Gabinete do Secretário de Estado Adjunto e da Administração Local e visou a concepção, discussão e aplicação experimental do MAEC. A segunda parte foi realizada entre Fevereiro e Julho de 2007 por solicitação do Instituto Nacional de Habitação (actual Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana) e visou a revisão e ilustração das instruções de aplicação do MAEC. Desde a publicação da Portaria n.º 1192-B/2006, de 3 de Novembro, o LNEC tem apoiado a implementação do método, dando respostas a dúvidas colocadas pelas Comissões Arbitrais Municipais e pela Ordem dos Arquitectos. Algumas dessas respostas foram enviadas para as entidades que colocaram as dúvidas como pareceres e memorandos do LNEC. Este relatório apresenta uma compilação dos pareceres e memorandos elaborados pelo LNEC no âmbito do apoio à aplicação do MAEC, nos anos de 2007 a 2010. O relatório está organizado nos seguintes capítulos: antecedentes, apoio à aplicação do MAEC, divulgação de resultados e notas finais. Em anexo são apresentados os pareceres e memorandos. 86pp NÃO CONFIDENCIAL DED/NAU
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182. New national and regional bryophyte records, 45
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Ellis, L. T., primary, Ah-Peng, C., additional, Aranda, S. C., additional, Bednarek-Ochyra, H., additional, Borovichev, E. A., additional, Cykowska-Marzencka, B., additional, Duarte, M. C., additional, Enroth, J., additional, Erzberger, P., additional, Fedosov, V., additional, Fojcik, B., additional, Gabriel, R., additional, Coelho, M. C. M., additional, Henriques, D. S. G., additional, Ilina, O. V., additional, Gil-Novoa, J. E., additional, Morales-Puentes, M. E., additional, Gradstein, S. R., additional, Gupta, R., additional, Nath, V., additional, Asthana, A. K., additional, Koczur, A., additional, Lebouvier, M., additional, Mesterházy, A., additional, Mogro, F., additional, Mežaka, A., additional, Németh, Cs., additional, Orgaz, J. D., additional, Sakamoto, Y., additional, Paiva, J., additional, Sales, F., additional, Pande, N., additional, Sabovljević, M. S., additional, Pantivić, J., additional, Sabovljević, A. D., additional, Pérez-Haase, A., additional, da Costa, D. Pinheiro, additional, Plášek, V., additional, Sawicki, J., additional, Szczecińska, M., additional, Chmielewski, J., additional, Potemkin, A., additional, Schäfer-Verwimp, A., additional, Schofield, W. B., additional, Sérgio, C., additional, Sim-Sim, M., additional, Sjögren, S., additional, Spitale, D., additional, Stebel, A., additional, Ştefănuţ, S., additional, Suárez, G. M., additional, Flores, J. R., additional, Thouvenot, L., additional, Váňa, J., additional, Yoon, Y.-J., additional, Kim, J. H., additional, and Zubel, R., additional
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183. Infections, antibiotic treatment and mortality in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered to have high levels of antibiotic resistance compared to those with low levels
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Hanberger, H, Antonelli, M, Holmbom, M, Lipman, J, Pickkers, P, Leone, M, Rello, J, Sakr, Y, Walther, S, Vanhems, P, Vincent, J, Betsch, H, Fogh, B, Espersen, K, Jacobsen, K, Berezowicz, P, Harjola, V, Sofianos, E, Armaganidis, A, Routsi, C, Bitzani, M, Chalkiadaki, A, Michalopoulos, A, Mouloudi, E, Ioannidou, E, Myrianthefs, P, Koulenti, D, Karampela, I, Kyriazopoulos, G, Mandragos, K, Clouva molyvdas, P, Moraiti, A, Pneumatikos, I, Filos, K, Zakynthinos, E, Kotanidou, A, Vakalos, A, Sprung, C, Lev, A, Kishinevsky, E, Cohen, J, Sofer, S, Vesconi, S, Greco, S, Borelli, M, Cecilia, P, Sapuppo, M, Lazzero, A, Mangani, V, Petrucci, N, Minerva, M, De blasio, E, Marzorati, S, Rosi, R, Giarratano, A, Margarit, O, Guberti, A, Scolz, S, Stelian, E, Emmi, V, Caspani, M, Rosano, A, Abbruzzese, C, Colonna, S, Ceriani, R, De Blasi, R, Panella, L, Borrelli, F, Lorella, P, Ruatti, H, Munch, C, Sorbara, C, Fiore, G, Chieregato, A, Conti, V, Guadagnucci, A, Pizzamiglio, M, Locicero, M, Marri, I, Sicignano, A, Conte, V, Oggioni, R, De Gasperi, A, De Negri, P, Santagostino, G, Fumagalli, R, Marino, G, Castiglione, G, Sforza, D, Giuseppe, N, Bassetti, M, Ferraro, F, Clementi, S, Alessandro, D, Cotogni, P, Ranieri, M, Martinelli, L, Gianesello, L, Gullo, A, Morelli, A, Biancofiore, G, Della Rocca, G, Borg, M, De Pont, A, Rosseel, P, Ten Cate, J, Van Berkel, G, Corsten, S, Bakker, J, Vogelaar, J, Blom, H, Kieft, H, Kuiper, M, Gille, A, Vet, J, Ammann, J, Den Boer, S, Wesselink, R, Speelberg, B, Pham, C, Rodgers, M, Bergmans, D, Groeneveld, J, Loevstad, R, Klepstad, P, Erno, P, Junker, A, Bártolo, A, Castelo Branco Sousa, M, Esteves, F, Martins, A, Oliveira, T, Ponce, P, Mourão, L, Febra, C, Carmo, E, Lopes, V, Póvoa, P, Rezende, A, Costa, H, Moreira, P, Pádua, F, Leite, A, Almeida, E, Alves, M, Sousa, A, Telo, L, Dias, C, Paiva, J, Ribeiro, R, Amaro, P, Carneiro, A, Moreno, R, Matos, R, Afonso, S, Bouw, M, França, C, Rubio, O, Mañez, R, Campiñez, B, Alvarez, M, Jorda, R, Naveira Abeigón, E, Monedero, P, Alemparte Pardavila, E, Garcia del Valle, S, Perez Calvo, C, Palomar, M, Guerrero, F, Caballero Zirena, A, Arribas, M, Bustamante Munguira, E, Ruiz, J, Iglesias, L, Zavala, E, Valencia, M, Blesa Malpica, A, Martinez Sagasti, F, Nieto, M, Aguilar, G, Martinon Torres, F, Lorente, C, Insausti, J, Vegas Pinto, R, Santos, I, Escriba, A, Olaechea, P, Muñoz, E, Antón Caraballo, E, Galdos Anuncibay, P, Lopez Camps, V, Esteban Reboll, F, Estella, A, Bocero, L, Ibañez, A, Pueyo, L, María Jesús, L, Silva, J, Garro, P, Ramos gómez, L, Rovira, A, Martin Delgado, M, Monton Dito, J, Garcia, F, Navarro, J, Latour Perez, J, Albaya, A, Bustinza, A, Sole violán, J, Ugarte Peña, P, Yuste, I, De Rojas Román, J, Vallés, J, Esteban, E, Quintana Tort Martorell, E, Moreno, M, López Ciudad, V, Manzano Ramirez, A, Sánchez Olmedo, J, Borges, M, Amador Amerigo, J, Guerrero Gomez, F, Montejo González, J, Sirvent, J, Mesalles Sanjuan, E, Barcenilla Gaite, F, Serrano, N, Cerdá, E, Lesmes Serrano, A, Garcia Fuentes, C, Macias Pingarrón, J, Espinosa, E, Sanchez Garcia, M, Felices, F, de la Torre Prados, M, Maria Jesus, H, Luis, V, Jara, R, Briones Lopez, M, Posada, P, Galvan, B, Mariscal, F, Gil, B, Sierra, R, Rico Feijoo, J, Corcobado Márquez, C, Izura, J, González, J, Soto Ibáñez, J, Petersen, P, Johansson, L, Blomqvist, H, Peterzén, B, Wyon, N, Stiernstrom, H, Lindström, I, Paulsson, A, Agvald Ohman, C, Petersson, J, Friberg, H, Einar, V, Hammarskjöld, F, Schindele, M, Arvidsson, S, Sellgren, J, Hulting, J, Häggqvist, J, Rudenstam, J, Lind, D, Kokinsky, E, Owall, A, Jacobson, S, Nydahl, A, Atalan, K, Ates, C, Kahveci, A, Fistikci, H, Kaya, A, Ozgencil, E, Kizilkaya, M, Bosnak, M, Bodur, H, Akan, M, Guven, M, Turkoglu, M, Topeli, A, Togal, T, Uzel, N, Akinci, I, Cakar, N, Tugrul, S, Demirkiran, O, Adanir, T, Dogruer, K, Turkmen, A, Guven, H, Ulger, F, Kocak, S, Kocak, S., FUMAGALLI, ROBERTO, Hanberger, H, Antonelli, M, Holmbom, M, Lipman, J, Pickkers, P, Leone, M, Rello, J, Sakr, Y, Walther, S, Vanhems, P, Vincent, J, Betsch, H, Fogh, B, Espersen, K, Jacobsen, K, Berezowicz, P, Harjola, V, Sofianos, E, Armaganidis, A, Routsi, C, Bitzani, M, Chalkiadaki, A, Michalopoulos, A, Mouloudi, E, Ioannidou, E, Myrianthefs, P, Koulenti, D, Karampela, I, Kyriazopoulos, G, Mandragos, K, Clouva molyvdas, P, Moraiti, A, Pneumatikos, I, Filos, K, Zakynthinos, E, Kotanidou, A, Vakalos, A, Sprung, C, Lev, A, Kishinevsky, E, Cohen, J, Sofer, S, Vesconi, S, Greco, S, Borelli, M, Cecilia, P, Sapuppo, M, Lazzero, A, Mangani, V, Petrucci, N, Minerva, M, De blasio, E, Marzorati, S, Rosi, R, Giarratano, A, Margarit, O, Guberti, A, Scolz, S, Stelian, E, Emmi, V, Caspani, M, Rosano, A, Abbruzzese, C, Colonna, S, Ceriani, R, De Blasi, R, Panella, L, Borrelli, F, Lorella, P, Ruatti, H, Munch, C, Sorbara, C, Fiore, G, Chieregato, A, Conti, V, Guadagnucci, A, Pizzamiglio, M, Locicero, M, Marri, I, Sicignano, A, Conte, V, Oggioni, R, De Gasperi, A, De Negri, P, Santagostino, G, Fumagalli, R, Marino, G, Castiglione, G, Sforza, D, Giuseppe, N, Bassetti, M, Ferraro, F, Clementi, S, Alessandro, D, Cotogni, P, Ranieri, M, Martinelli, L, Gianesello, L, Gullo, A, Morelli, A, Biancofiore, G, Della Rocca, G, Borg, M, De Pont, A, Rosseel, P, Ten Cate, J, Van Berkel, G, Corsten, S, Bakker, J, Vogelaar, J, Blom, H, Kieft, H, Kuiper, M, Gille, A, Vet, J, Ammann, J, Den Boer, S, Wesselink, R, Speelberg, B, Pham, C, Rodgers, M, Bergmans, D, Groeneveld, J, Loevstad, R, Klepstad, P, Erno, P, Junker, A, Bártolo, A, Castelo Branco Sousa, M, Esteves, F, Martins, A, Oliveira, T, Ponce, P, Mourão, L, Febra, C, Carmo, E, Lopes, V, Póvoa, P, Rezende, A, Costa, H, Moreira, P, Pádua, F, Leite, A, Almeida, E, Alves, M, Sousa, A, Telo, L, Dias, C, Paiva, J, Ribeiro, R, Amaro, P, Carneiro, A, Moreno, R, Matos, R, Afonso, S, Bouw, M, França, C, Rubio, O, Mañez, R, Campiñez, B, Alvarez, M, Jorda, R, Naveira Abeigón, E, Monedero, P, Alemparte Pardavila, E, Garcia del Valle, S, Perez Calvo, C, Palomar, M, Guerrero, F, Caballero Zirena, A, Arribas, M, Bustamante Munguira, E, Ruiz, J, Iglesias, L, Zavala, E, Valencia, M, Blesa Malpica, A, Martinez Sagasti, F, Nieto, M, Aguilar, G, Martinon Torres, F, Lorente, C, Insausti, J, Vegas Pinto, R, Santos, I, Escriba, A, Olaechea, P, Muñoz, E, Antón Caraballo, E, Galdos Anuncibay, P, Lopez Camps, V, Esteban Reboll, F, Estella, A, Bocero, L, Ibañez, A, Pueyo, L, María Jesús, L, Silva, J, Garro, P, Ramos gómez, L, Rovira, A, Martin Delgado, M, Monton Dito, J, Garcia, F, Navarro, J, Latour Perez, J, Albaya, A, Bustinza, A, Sole violán, J, Ugarte Peña, P, Yuste, I, De Rojas Román, J, Vallés, J, Esteban, E, Quintana Tort Martorell, E, Moreno, M, López Ciudad, V, Manzano Ramirez, A, Sánchez Olmedo, J, Borges, M, Amador Amerigo, J, Guerrero Gomez, F, Montejo González, J, Sirvent, J, Mesalles Sanjuan, E, Barcenilla Gaite, F, Serrano, N, Cerdá, E, Lesmes Serrano, A, Garcia Fuentes, C, Macias Pingarrón, J, Espinosa, E, Sanchez Garcia, M, Felices, F, de la Torre Prados, M, Maria Jesus, H, Luis, V, Jara, R, Briones Lopez, M, Posada, P, Galvan, B, Mariscal, F, Gil, B, Sierra, R, Rico Feijoo, J, Corcobado Márquez, C, Izura, J, González, J, Soto Ibáñez, J, Petersen, P, Johansson, L, Blomqvist, H, Peterzén, B, Wyon, N, Stiernstrom, H, Lindström, I, Paulsson, A, Agvald Ohman, C, Petersson, J, Friberg, H, Einar, V, Hammarskjöld, F, Schindele, M, Arvidsson, S, Sellgren, J, Hulting, J, Häggqvist, J, Rudenstam, J, Lind, D, Kokinsky, E, Owall, A, Jacobson, S, Nydahl, A, Atalan, K, Ates, C, Kahveci, A, Fistikci, H, Kaya, A, Ozgencil, E, Kizilkaya, M, Bosnak, M, Bodur, H, Akan, M, Guven, M, Turkoglu, M, Topeli, A, Togal, T, Uzel, N, Akinci, I, Cakar, N, Tugrul, S, Demirkiran, O, Adanir, T, Dogruer, K, Turkmen, A, Guven, H, Ulger, F, Kocak, S, Kocak, S., and FUMAGALLI, ROBERTO
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Background: Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing concern in ICUs worldwide. Infection with an antibiotic resistant (ABR) strain of an organism is associated with greater mortality than infection with the non-resistant strain, but there are few data assessing whether being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with high levels of antimicrobial resistance is associated with a worse outcome than being admitted to an ICU with low rates of resistance. The aim of this study was, therefore, to compare the characteristics of infections and antibiotic treatments and patient outcomes in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having high levels of antibiotic resistance and those admitted to ICUs in countries considered as having low levels of antibiotic resistance.Methods: Data from the large, international EPIC II one-day point prevalence study on infections in patients hospitalized in ICUs were used. For the current study, we compared the data obtained from patients from two groups of countries: countries with reported MRSA rates of ≥ 25% (highABR: Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey) and countries with MRSA rates of < 5% (lowABR: Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden).Results: On the study day, 1187/2204 (53.9%) patients in the HighABR ICUs were infected and 255/558 (45.7%) in the LowABR ICUs (P < 0.01). Patients in the HighABR ICUs were more severely ill than those in the LowABR ICUs, as reflected by a higher SAPS II score (35.6 vs 32.7, P < 0.05) and had longer median ICU (12 days vs 5 days) and hospital (24 days vs 16 days) lengths of stay. They also had higher crude ICU (20.0% vs 15.4%) and hospital (27.0% vs 21.5%) mortality rates (both P < 0.05). However, after multivariable adjustment and matched pair analysis there were no differences in ICU or hospital mortality rates between High or LowABR ICU patients overall or among those with infections.Conclusions: Being hospitalized in an ICU in a region with high level
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184. STEADY STATE FIXED BED COMBUSTION OF WOOD PELLETS. A SIMPLE THEORETICAL MODEL
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Pinho, C., primary, Ferreira, T., additional, Marques, E., additional, Almeida, D., additional, Pereira, C., additional, and Paiva, J. M., additional
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185. Método de Avaliacão do Estado de Conservacão de Imóveis. Análise de dois anos de aplicacão
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Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vilhena, A., and Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.
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O Regime de Arrendamento Urbano aprovado pela Lei n.º 6/2006, de 27 de Fevereiro, permite a actualização extraordinária do valor das rendas. O valor máximo de actualização depende do valor patrimonial tributário e de um coeficiente de conservação. Este coeficiente deve reflectir o estado de conservação do locado e a existência de infra-estruturas básicas. Para determinar o coeficiente de conservação foi desenvolvido no LNEC o "Método de avaliação do estado da conservação de imóveis" (MAEC). O método foi publicado pela Portaria n.º 1192-B/2006, de 3 de Novembro, que aprovou o modelo de ficha de avaliação, definiu os critérios de avaliação e estabeleceu as regras necessárias para a determinação do coeficiente de conservação. As instruções relativas ao preenchimento da ficha de avaliação e ao procedimento de vistoria foram remetidas na Portaria para documento disponibilizado na Internet. Nesta comunicação é analisada a experiência de aplicação dos primeiros dois anos de vigência do MAEC. Apresenta-se uma análise crítica da implementação, identificam-se algumas restrições de aplicação e perspectivam-se possíveis desenvolvimentos futuros.
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186. Método de avaliacão das necessidades de reabilitação: Desenvolvimento e metodologia de aplicação
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Vilhena, A., Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vasconcelos de Paiva, J., Coelho, A.B., and Bento, J.
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habitabilidade ,avaliação ,anomalias ,edifícios ,estado de conservação - Abstract
O Método de Avaliação das Necessidade de Reabilitação (MANR) estabelece um conjunto de procedimentos que permite determinar as necessidades de reabilitação de um edifício de modo a dotá-lo de características que assegurem a satisfação das exigências funcionais num nível não inferior ao estabelecido na legislação aplicável ou convencionado pelas regras da boa prática. A satisfação das exigências funcionais pode estar comprometida por anomalias construtivas e/ou espaciais. Da aplicação do método resulta informação que permite avaliar a viabilidade de cada edifício. O MANR foi desenvolvido no Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil no âmbito da iniciativa “Bairros Críticos”. Nesta comunicação apresentam-se o modelo de avaliação, os critérios de avaliação, a fórmula de cálculo e os instrumentos de aplicação do MANR.
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187. Infinitesimal Systolic Rigidity of Metrics all of whose Geodesics are Closed and of the same Length
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Paiva, J. -C. ��lvarez and Balacheff, F.
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Mathematics - Differential Geometry ,Differential Geometry (math.DG) ,Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry ,FOS: Mathematics ,Symplectic Geometry (math.SG) ,Computer Science::Programming Languages ,Quantum Physics ,Computer Science::Computational Complexity ,53C23, 53C22, 53C60, 37G05 - Abstract
The results of this paper have been greatly superseded by those in the paper "Contact geometry and isosystolic inequalities" (arXiv:1109.4253) by the same authors., Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure; The results of this paper have been greatly superseded by those in the paper "Contact geometry and isosystolic inequalities" (arXiv:1109.4253) by the same authors
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- 2009
188. Método de Avaliacão do Estado de Conservacão de Imóveis. Análise de dois anos de aplicacão
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Edifícios, Avaliação, Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A., Vilhena, A., and Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.
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O Regime de Arrendamento Urbano aprovado pela Lei n.º 6/2006, de 27 de Fevereiro, permite a actualização extraordinária do valor das rendas. O valor máximo de actualização depende do valor patrimonial tributário e de um coeficiente de conservação. Este coeficiente deve reflectir o estado de conservação do locado e a existência de infra-estruturas básicas. Para determinar o coeficiente de conservação foi desenvolvido no LNEC o "Método de avaliação do estado da conservação de imóveis" (MAEC). O método foi publicado pela Portaria n.º 1192-B/2006, de 3 de Novembro, que aprovou o modelo de ficha de avaliação, definiu os critérios de avaliação e estabeleceu as regras necessárias para a determinação do coeficiente de conservação. As instruções relativas ao preenchimento da ficha de avaliação e ao procedimento de vistoria foram remetidas na Portaria para documento disponibilizado na Internet. Nesta comunicação é analisada a experiência de aplicação dos primeiros dois anos de vigência do MAEC. Apresenta-se uma análise crítica da implementação, identificam-se algumas restrições de aplicação e perspectivam-se possíveis desenvolvimentos futuros.
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- 2009
189. A Boundary Element - Differential Equation Method Coupling for Plate-Beam Interaction
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Paiva, J. B. and Mendonça, A. V.
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- 2009
190. Método de Avaliação do Estado de Conservação de Imóveis. Análise de dois anos de aplicação
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Branco Pedro, J., Vilhena, A., Paiva, J. A. V. de, and Actas
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Edifícios ,Novo regime do arrendamento urbano ,Estado de conservação ,Anomalias ,Avaliação - Abstract
O Regime de Arrendamento Urbano aprovado pela Lei n.º 6/2006, de 27 de Fevereiro, permite a actualização extraordinária do valor das rendas. O valor máximo de actualização depende do valor patrimonial tributário e de um coeficiente de conservação. Este coeficiente deve reflectir o estado de conservação do locado e a existência de infra-estruturas básicas. Para determinar o coeficiente de conservação foi desenvolvido no LNEC o "Método de avaliação do estado da conservação de imóveis" (MAEC). O método foi publicado pela Portaria n.º 1192-B/2006, de 3 de Novembro, que aprovou o modelo de ficha de avaliação, definiu os critérios de avaliação e estabeleceu as regras necessárias para a determinação do coeficiente de conservação. As instruções relativas ao preenchimento da ficha de avaliação e ao procedimento de vistoria foram remetidas na Portaria para documento disponibilizado na Internet. Nesta comunicação é analisada a experiência de aplicação dos primeiros dois anos de vigência do MAEC. Apresenta-se uma análise crítica da implementação, identificam-se algumas restrições de aplicação e perspectivam-se possíveis desenvolvimentos futuros. 525-530 p. DED/NAU 2009 18 a 20 de Março
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- 2009
191. O LNEC e a Reabilitação Urbana e dos Edifícios
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Paiva, J. A. V. de and FEUP, UPC, EPUSP, CIB
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Reabilitação urbana ,Edifícios ,Investigação ,Reabilitação - Abstract
A reabilitação urbana e dos edifícios constitui um domínio de actividade que, pela sua relevância estratégica, suscita o interesse de todos os sectores da Sociedade, desde os decisores políticos aos cidadãos comuns, passando pelos agentes económicos e sociais. A identificação e a resolução dos complexos problemas que lhe estão associados e que assumem em Portugal alguma gravidade necessitam de se apoiar em bases sólidas, para cujo estabelecimento os estudos de investigação, muitos dos quais de natureza interdisciplinar, dão uma contribuição insubstituível. A existência de diferentes áreas disciplinares e valências no LNEC tem-lhe permitido desenvolver desde há muito um largo espectro de estudos e actividades devidamente estruturados naquele domínio. Apresentam-se sinteticamente as principais linhas de essa actividade, privilegiando-se naturalmente a mais recente. 5-10pp DED CH 2009 18 a 20 de Março de 2009
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- 2009
192. Influência de porta-enxertos na resistência de mudas de cajueiro ao estresse salino
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FERREIRA-SILVA, S. L., VOIGT, E. L., VIÉGAS, R. A., PAIVA, J. R. de, SILVEIRA, J. A. G., Sérgio Luiz Ferreira-Silva, UFC, Eduardo Luiz Voigt, UFC, Ricardo Almeida Viégas, UFCG, João Rodrigues de Paiva, CNPAT, and Joaquim Albenísio Gomes Silveira, UFC.
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Enxertia ,Anacardium Occidentale ,Estresse salino ,Solutos orgânicos - Published
- 2009
193. Seleção simultânea para produção, adaptabilidade e estabilidade genotípicas em clones de cajueiro, via modelos mistos
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MAIA, M. C. C., RESENDE, M. D. V. de, PAIVA, J. R. de, CAVALCANTI, J. J. V., BARROS, L. de M., Maria Clideana Cabral Maia, CPAFAC, Marcos Deon Vilela Resende, CNPF, João Rodrigues de Paiva, CNPAT, José Jaime Vasconcelos Cavalcante, CNPAT, Levi de Moura Barros, CNPAT., MARIA CLIDEANA CABRAL MAIA, CPAF-AC, MARCOS DEON VILELA DE RESENDE, CNPF, JOSÉ JAIMA VASCOCELOS CAVALCANTI, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, JOÃO RODRIGUES DE PAIVA, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, and LEVI DE MOURA BARROS, CNPAT.
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Genotype-environment interaction ,Seleção genótipa ,Características Agronômicas ,Enfermedades y desórdenes de las plantas ,Melhoramento genético vegetal ,Variedade resistente ,Variación clonal ,Estabilidade ,Cashew fruit ,Heritability ,Produtividade da planta ,Heredabilidad ,Interacción genotipo-ambiente ,Plant diseases and disorders ,Crop yield ,Anacardium Occidentale ,Caju ,Interação genótipo-ambiente ,Variação clonal ,Adaptabilidade ,Clonal variation ,Marañón ,Cajueiro anão precoce ,Metodologia REML/BLUP ,Hereditariedade ,BLUP/REML ,Plant adaptation ,Anacardium occidentale ,Interação genótipo x ambiente ,Agronomic traits ,Adaptación de las plantas ,Rendimiento de los cultivos - Abstract
Este trabalho visou a estudar a interação entre genótipos e ambientes, com auxílio do procedimento BLUP/REML, para avaliação de clones de cajueiro-anão precoce, com a finalidade de identificar genótipos que reúnam, simultaneamente, alta produtividade, adaptabilidades e estabilidades genotípicas. Os experimentos envolveram onze tratamentos e foram conduzidos em delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com três repetições e cinco plantas por parcela. Os resultados mostraram que ocorreu uma alteração no ordenamento dos clones, nos diferentes ambientes, como reflexo da correlação genotípica de média magnitude (0,58). A herdabilidade de clones apresentou magnitude moderada a alta, para os diferentes caracteres, fato que indica excelentes possibilidades para a seleção, permitindo acurácia seletiva da ordem de 83%. Os métodos MHVG, PRVG e MHPRVG podem fazer parte de critérios seletivos no programa de melhoramento do cajueiro.
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- 2009
194. Método de avaliação do estado de conservação de imóveis. Desenvolvimento e aplicação
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Branco Pedro, J., Vilhena, A., Paiva, J. A. V. de, and Paulo A. A. Pereira
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Edifícios ,Novo regime do arrendamento urbano ,Estado de conservação ,Anomalias ,Avaliação - Abstract
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195. Portuguese method for building condition assessment
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Branco Pedro, J., Paiva, J. A. V. de, Vilhena, A., and Mike Hoxley
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Portugal ,Tenancy ,Buildings ,Building conservation ,Urban areas ,Quality assessment - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss a method for assessing the condition of buildings. The method was developed in Portugal as part of a new Urban Tenancy Regime approved in 2006. Design/methodology/approach – The method was developed in six phases, namely: definition of objectives; analysis of existing instruments; formulation of the proposal; discussions with organisations in the rented sector; pilot; and technical presentations of the final version. Findings – The method is viable and adequate, since a balance was achieved between the accuracy of the results in view of their importance for the contractual relationship between landlord and tenant, and feasibility in terms of human and financial resources available for its implementation. Research limitations/implications – The method has been in use for two years. Further research is needed to confirm the accuracy of the results. Practical implications – The results are used to determine the maximum annual rent value and to summon landlords to carry out repairs if the state of the building falls short of the required standard of maintenance. In a broader perspective the method is also used to assess of rented stock condition of large property owners and, in an adapted form, to assess buildings viability and determine repair needs. Originality/value – This paper is relevant because it describes the assessment method; the previous methods for assessing the condition of Portuguese buildings were too simplistic and lacked the accuracy, transparency and independence required. 3 fig. 2 tabelas p. 322-335 (14) Vol. 26, No. 4 DED/NAU Structural Survey
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- 2008
196. Acerola plant selection and breeding value prediction in second selection cycle progenies
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Paiva, J. R., Cordeiro, E. R., Corrêa, M. C. D. M., Resende, M. D. V., João Rodrigues de Paiva, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Everton Rabelo Cordeiro, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Márcio Cleber de Medeiros Corrêa, Universidade Federal do Ceará, and Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende, Embrapa Florestas.
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Programa de melhoramento ,Acerola ,Índice de Seleção ,Parâmetro Genético ,Malpighia emarginata - Abstract
Since 1996, plants were selected and genetic parameters estimated in 64 second selection cycle progenies as part of an acerola population improvement program of Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical. The variance components, genetic parameters and genetic values were obtained by the individual REML/BLUP procedure. Results indicate that plant selection based on only one fruit harvest is not advisable. The selection encompassed 39% of the progenies (selection among progenies) and 11% of the plants (selection within progenies). This led to the selection of the best 25 progenies for the traits yield, vitamin C, total soluble solids and mean fruit size. In the end, 38 plants were selected and vegetatively propagated to establish a seed orchard to supply commercial seed. Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-27T04:14:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 acerolaplantselectionandbreeding.pdf: 292447 bytes, checksum: 95f99220b42329acb4b08fedd80a82a2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-23
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- 2007
197. Seleção de clones de cajueiro comum pelo método em 'Tandem' e índice de classificação
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PAIVA, J. R. de, CAVALCANTI, J. J. V., BARROS, L. de M., CORRÊA, M. C. de M., MAIA, M. C. C., COSTA FILHO, A. B., JOÃO RODRIGUES DE PAIVA, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, LEVI DE MOURA BARROS, CNPAT, MARIA CLIDEANA CABRAL MAIA, CPAF-AC, ALANO BASTOS COSTA FILHO, CNPq., MÁRCIO CLEBER DE MEDEIROS CORRÊA, Universidade Federal do Ceará, and JOSE JAIME VASCONCELOS CAVALCANTI, CNPA
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Fitomejoramiento ,Cashew nuts ,Tandem method ,Caju ,Rank index ,Clone ,Melhoramento genético vegetal ,Ceará ,Nuez de marañón ,Castanha de caju ,Clones ,Marañón ,Métodos de selección ,Plant breeding ,Cashew fruit ,Seleção genética ,Método Tandem ,Anacardium occidentale ,Selection methods ,Índice de classificação ,Beberibe (CE) - Abstract
Com o objetivo de selecionar clones de cajueiro comum e avaliar a eficiência da metodologia do índice da soma de classificação no melhoramento da cultura foi instalado, em 1999, um experimento em área de produtor, no município de Beberibe, CE, no delineamento de blocos ao acaso com 40 clones, três repetições e cinco plantas por parcela, no espaçamento de 10 m x 10 m. Os clones foram avaliados, durante cinco anos, para altura de planta (m) e diâmetro da copa (m). A avaliação da produção de castanha (kg/planta/safra) foi feita em três safras. A maior produtividade de castanha foi para o clone Comum 30, com 885 kg.ha-1 e 1.117 kg.ha-1, respectivamente na primeira e segunda safra, enquanto que o clone Comum 21 se destacou no terceiro ano de produção com 1.299 kg.ha-1. Pela avaliação conjunta do porte das plantas, produção de castanha, performance fenotípica do clone e características tecnológicas da amêndoa, os clones Comum 18, Comum 21, Comum 28, Comum 30, Comum 31 e Comum 36 foram selecionados para teste em larga escala. A seleção de clones de cajueiro comum através do índice da soma de classificação revelou-se inapropriada quando comparada ao método em "tandem".
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198. Genetic control of quantitative traits and hybrid breeding strategies for cashew improvement
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CAVALCANTI, J. J. V., RESENDE, M. D. V. de, CRISÓSTOMO, J. R., PAIVA, J. R. de, José Jaime Vasconcelos Cavalcanti, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende, Embrapa Florestas, João Ribeiro Crisóstomo, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Levi de Moura Barros, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, and João Rodrigues de Paiva, E.
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Caju ,Programa de melhoramento ,Anacardium Occidentale - Abstract
Knowledge about genetic parameters and trait control is fundamental for the success of any breeding program. This study aimed to estimate genetic parameters in an interpopulation of cashew using the REML/BLUP methods for vegetative growth, yield and nut quality traits. Results showed that plant height, canopy diameter, kernel weight and nut weight are under strong additive genetic control and do not present heterosis. The heritability of nut number and yield were higher in the broad than in the narrow sense. This indicates dominance and heterosis of these traits that should be adequately exploited in cashew breeding programs. Therefore, the best-suited breeding strategy to exploit heterosis is reciprocal recurrent selection using individual crosses between parents with high mean genotypic performance and high specific combining ability.
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- 2007
199. Volumes on normed and Finsler spaces. A sampler of Riemann-Finsler geometry
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C. Álvarez Paiva, J., Thompson, C.A., Laboratoire Paul Painlevé (LPP), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Laboratoire Paul Painlevé - UMR 8524 (LPP)
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ComputingMilieux_GENERAL ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge
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- 2004
200. PREVALENCE OF PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES
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Martins, L, primary, Paiva, J, additional, Freitas, A, additional, Miguel, L, additional, Andrade, A, additional, Neto, FAltermann, additional, Bacha, A, additional, Dalenogare, L, additional, Menezes, WV, additional, Silva, A, additional, Bolze, MA, additional, and Maia, F, additional
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- 2014
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