Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a strategy to improve annatto (Bixa orellana L. ) growth

This study aimed to assess the occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in annatto (Bixa orellana L.) cultivars and their response to AMF inoculation using biometric parameters. The occurrence surveys were conducted in annatto fields in three municipalities from Pernambuco Forest Zone: Lagoa de Itaenga, Gloria de Goitá, and Vitoria de Santo Antão, and in four cultivars (Red Piave, Green Piave, Red Peruvian Paulista, and Green Peruvian Paulista). In a greenhouse, biometric parameters of annatto seedlings of Red Piave, Red Peruvian Paulista, Embrapa-36, and Embrapa-37 cultivars inoculated with AMF isolated from annatto fields. The Red Piave cultivar exhibited greater root colonization than the Green Peruvian Paulista in the Lagoa de Itaenga and Vitoria de Santo Antão municipalities. The cultivar Red Piave showed a more beneficial association with AMF in plants and soil than cultivar Green Peruvian Paulista did, in both Lagoa de Itaenga and Vitoria de Santo Antão. AMF inoculation was effective in promoting the growth of annatto plants, particularly those inoculants with S. heterogama and C. etunicatum.

Assessing the scientific research productivity of a Brazilian healthcare institution: a case study at the heart institute of São Paulo, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: The present study was motivated by the need to systematically assess the research productivity of the Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.OBJECTIVE: To explore methodology for the assessment of institutional scientific research productivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bibliometric indicators based on searches for author affiliation of original scientific articles or reviews published in journals indexed in the databases Web of Science, MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS and SciELO from January 2000 to December 2003 were used in this study. The retrieved records were analyzed according to the index parameters of the journals and modes of access. The number of citations was used to calculate the institutional impact factor. RESULTS: Out of 1253 records retrieved from the five databases, 604 original articles and reviews were analyzed; of these, 246 (41%) articles were published in national journals and 221 (90%) of those were in journals with free online access through SciELO or their own websites. Of the 358 articles published in international journals, 333 (93%) had controlled online access and 223 (67%) were available through the Capes Portal of Journals. The average impact of each article for InCor was 2.224 in the period studied. CONCLUSION: A simple and practical methodology to evaluate the scientific production of health research institutions includes searches in the LILACS database for national journals and in MEDLINE and the Web of Science for international journals. The institutional impact factor of articles indexed in the Web of Science may serve as a measure by which to assess and review the scientific productivity of a research institution.

Linguagem metodológica: parte 2 / Methodological language: part 2

A posicao de nosso país no cenário mundial vem se destacando e a medicina brasileira acompanha este desenvolvimento. Para isso, cabe a todos nós profissionais de ciências humanas, a adocao dos princípios modernos que regem a elaboracao e a publicacao de trabalhos científicos e dentre estes princípios deverao ser seguidos, critérios metodológicos de qualidade. Com esse intuito esse grupo interdepartamental e interprofissional da Faculdade de Medicina da USP apresenta à Acta Ortopédica Brasileira um glossário de termos que sao mais usados em metodologia científica e áreas afins como epidemiologia, estatística e biblioteconomia, acrescido de alguns nomes ou siglas de órgaos referidos nos programas de pesquisa. Esta mescla de palavras, títulos e siglas, deverao ser de muita ajuda a todos que, conhecendo-os, terao sua aproximacao com a comunidade científica facilitada pelo convívio, pela participacao, pela discussao e entrosamento, o que levará à maior compreensao e objetivará o aprimoramento de seus projetos e publicacoes.

Aspectos psicossociais e estigmatizantes da leishmaniose cutâneo-mucosa / Psychosocial aspects and stigmatizing of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Os autores selecionaram 15 pacientes portadores de leishmaniose cutâneo-mucosa (LCM) forma grave, onde buscaram, através de entrevista psicológica, conhecer aspectos da vida de cada um, antes de contrair a doença, no decorrer e após o tratamento. Concomitantemente, realizaram 25 entrevistas com a comunidade onde residem os pacientes, com a intençäo de avaliar as reaçöes da mesma ao doente com leishmaniose. Constataram que entre os pacientes entrevistados: 14(93,3%) referiram algum tipo de modificaçäo no decorrer da doença; 11(73,3%) perceberam-se marginalizados; 9(60%) sentiram-se afastados do convívio da sociedade; 10(66,6%) tiveram dificuldade de retornar ao trabalho. Na comunidade, 11(44%) associam o portador da LCM a indivíduos que apresentam deformaçöes no corpo, 8(32%) têm receio de contrair a doença pelo caráter destrutivo das lesöes, 24(96%) referiram que os pacientes têm problemas de relacionamento social