Padrões espaciais e temporais da mortalidade de motociclistas em estado do nordeste brasileiro no século XXI / Spatial and temporal patterns of mortality among motorcyclists in a State of the Brazilian Northeast in the 21st century

Resumo Este trabalho objetivou analisar a tendência e a distribuição espacial da mortalidade de motociclistas em acidentes de transporte no estado de Alagoas. Trata-se de um estudo ecológico referente a todos os óbitos decorrentes de acidentes motociclísticos no estado no período 2001-2015. Os dados de mortalidade foram obtidos do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM). As taxas de mortalidade foram calculadas e estratificadas por sexo. Para a análise de tendência, foi empregado o modelo de regressão por pontos de inflexão. Calculou-se a Variação Percentual Anual (VPA). Significância de 5%. Para a análise espacial, aplicou-se modelagem bayesiana empírica local, estatística de Moran e estatística de varredura espacial. Foram registrados 1.458 óbitos de motociclistas no período estudado, sendo 91,3% homens. Três comportamentos temporais foram observados nessa população: crescimento (2001-2005), padrão estacionário (2005-2013) e declínio a partir de 2013. As maiores taxas foram observadas no agreste e sertão. Cinco aglomerados espaciais foram evidenciados no que se refere à mortalidade geral e masculina, todos situados no agreste e sertão alagoanos. A modelagem mostrou redução da mortalidade a partir de 2013 e a análise espacial evidenciou que o problema é mais grave no interior do estado.

Abstract The scope of this work was to analyze the trend and distribution of mortality among motorcyclists in traffic accidents in the State of Alagoas. It involved an ecological study relating to all deaths resulting from motorcycle accidents in the state in the period from 2001 to 2015. Mortality data were obtained from the Mortality Information System (MIS). Mortality rates were calculated and stratified by gender. The joinpoint regression model was used for trend analysis and the Annual Percentage Variation (APV) was calculated with a significance rate of 5%. For the spatial analysis, local empirical Bayesian modeling and Moran statistics and spatial scanning statistics were applied. There were 1,458 deaths of motorcyclists in the period studied, 91.3% of which were men. Three temporal behaviors were observed in this population group: growth (2001-2005), stationary pattern (2005-2013) and decline from 2013 onwards. The highest rates were observed in the 'agreste' and 'sertão' regions of the state of Alagoas. Five spatial clusters were revealed with relation to general and male mortality, all located in the 'agreste' and 'sertão' hinterlands of Alagoas. The modeling showed a reduction of mortality from 2013 onwards and the spatial analysis revealed that the problem is more acute in the interior of the state.

Apoio ao processo de avaliação do serviço de abastecimento de água no Rio Grande do Norte: uma abordagem multicritério / Support to the assessment process of the water supply service in Rio Grande do Norte State: a multicriteria approach

RESUMO O abastecimento de água e o saneamento são dois serviços essenciais para a sociedade, ainda mais no Brasil, onde há, historicamente, um déficit desses serviços básicos. Além disso, também se sabe que tais serviços envolvem muitos atores, que muitas vezes possuem perspectivas conflitantes, características de problemas multicriteriais. Diante disso, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o serviço de abastecimento de água de oito municípios do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (RN). Para tanto, foram selecionados 11 critérios, levando-se em consideração aspectos operacionais, financeiros e de qualidade da água, e foi adotado o método de apoio multicritério à decisão TOPSIS. Também foi utilizado o procedimento da entropia para a obtenção dos pesos de cada critério. Os resultados apontaram o município de Lagoa Nova como a alternativa com melhor serviço de abastecimento de água entre as opções estudadas. Em contrapartida, Santana do Matos foi o município com a pior avaliação do conjunto de alternativas estudadas.

ABSTRACT Water supply and sewage are two essential services to society, especially in Brazil, where historically there has been a deficit of these crucial services. Moreover, it is also known that such services involve many actors who often have conflicting perspectives, characteristics of multicriteria problems. Thus, this paper aimed to evaluate the water supply service in eight cities of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. Eleven criteria were selected, considering operational, financial and water quality aspects. We adopted the TOPSIS method to support the multicriteria decision. In addition, the entropy method was used to obtain the weights for each criterion. The results showed the city of Lagoa Nova as the alternative with the best water supply service of the alternatives studied. In contrast, Santana do Matos was the city with the worst water supply assessment of all the studied alternatives.

Absence of detection of Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv. Malvacearum in cotton seeds used in the northeast region of Mato Grosso do Sul in a three-based crop season study / Ausência de detecção de Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv. Malvacearum em sementes de algodoeiro usadas na região nordeste de Mato Grosso Do Sul, em um estudo de três safras agrícolas

The aim of this work was to evaluate the presence of the causal agent of angular leaf spot, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum, in 38 cotton seeds samples with or without linter used in the northeast region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, during the crop seasons of 2008/09, 2009/10 e 2010/11. It was used the semi selective culture media MSSXAN (beef extract - 3 g, peptone - 5 g, soluble starch - 10 g, sucrose - 5g; Tween 80 - 10 mL; CaCl2 - 0.25 g; crystal violet solution at 1% - 150 mL; cephalexin - 50 mg; chlorothalonil - 10 mg; methyl thyophanate - 10 mg; agar ­ 15 g; sterile distilled water - 1000 ml) for the isolation of the bacteria and the suspect colonies of being X. axonopodis pv. malvacearum were purified and submitted to the Gram stain, potassium hydroxide and pathogenicity tests in the leaves of cotton plants of the susceptible genotype NC 53345. The presence of X. a. pv. malvacearum was not detected in the evaluated seed samples.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a presença do agente causal da mancha-angular, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum, em 38 amostras de sementes de algodoeiro com ou sem línter utilizadas na região nordeste de Mato Grosso do Sul nas safras 2008/09, 2009/10 e 2010/11. Foi empregado o meio de cultura semi-seletivo MSSXAN (extrato de carne - 3 g; peptona - 5 g; amido solúvel - 10 g; sacarose - 5g; Tween 80 - 10 mL; CaCl2 - 0,25 g; solução de cristal violeta a 1 % - 150 µL; cefalexina - 50 mg; clorothalonil - 10 mg; tiofanato metílico - 10 mg; ágar - 15 g; água destilada esterilizada - 1.000 mL) para o isolamento da bactéria nas sementes dos diferentes lotes e colônias suspeitas de serem X. axonopodis pv. malvacearum foram purificadas e posteriormente submetidas à coloração diferencial de Gram, teste de KOH e patogenicidade em folhas de plântulas suscetíveis de algodoeiro, genótipo NC 53345. Não foi constatada a presença de X. a. pv. malvacearum nas amostras de sementes analisadas.

Short-term therapy with simvastatin reduces inflammatory mediators and heart inflammation during the acute phase of experimental Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi infection induces progressive cardiac inflammation that leads to fibrosis and modifications in the heart architecture and functionality. Statins, such as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors, have been studied due to their pleiotropic roles in modulating the inflammatory response. Our goal was to evaluate the effects of simvastatin on the cardiac inflammatory process using a cardiotropic strain of T. cruzi in a murine model of Chagas cardiomyopathy. C57BL/6 mice were infected with 500 trypomastigotes of the Colombian strain of T. cruzi and treated with an oral dose of simvastatin (20 mg/Kg/day) for one month and inflammatory and morphometric parameters were subsequently evaluated in the serum and in the heart, respectively. Simvastatin reduced the total cholesterol and inflammatory mediators (interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, CCL2 and CCL5) in the serum and in the heart tissue at 30 days post-infection. Additionally, a proportional reduction in heart weight and inflammatory infiltration was observed. Simvastatin also reduced epimastigote proliferation in a dose-dependent manner in vitro and was able to reduce blood trypomastigotes and heart amastigote nests during the acute phase of Chagas disease in vivo. Based on these data, we conclude that simvastatin exerts a modulatory effect on the inflammatory mediators that are elicited by the Colombian strain of T. cruzi and ameliorates the heart damage that is observed in a murine model of Chagas disease.