Diet quality and associated factors in Brazilian undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Diet quality is associated with psychobiological, psychological, biological, and physiological factors of individuals, and in the context of prolonged stress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it can lead to a worsening of the quality of food for undergraduates. This study aimed to analyze diet quality and associated factors in Brazilian undergraduates. Methods: Data were collected from 4,799 undergraduate students from all Brazilian regions, from August 2020 to February 2021. The online questionnaire contained socioeconomic variables, the ESQUADA scale to assess diet quality, self-referred changes in weight, the Brazilian food insecurity scale (EBIA), sleep assessment and the perceived stress scale. Unconditional multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to study variables associated with poor and very poor diet quality. Results: Most of participants presented a good diet quality (51.7%), while 9.8% had a poor or very poor diet quality and only 1.1% had an excellent diet quality. 58.2% of undergraduates reported to have an increase in weight during the pandemic and 74.3% of the students presented elevated stress during the pandemic. Logistic regressions showed students who gained weight during the pandemic presented the highest AOR = 1.56 (95% CI = 1.12-2.20) for poor or very poor diet quality. The elevated perceived stress was also associated with a higher AOR = 2.85 (95% CI = 1.71-4.74) for poor or very poor diet quality. Conclusion: Most of the studied undergraduates presented a good diet quality. Nevertheless, poor/very poor diet quality was associated with higher perceived stress and weight gain. Our study indicated that policies should beaimed at the socioeconomically most vulnerable undergraduates, those in a situation of food and nutritional insecurity, high perceived stress, and who gained weight during the pandemic.

Updated Results of the COVID-19 in MS Global Data Sharing Initiative: Anti-CD20 and Other Risk Factors Associated With COVID-19 Severity.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Certain demographic and clinical characteristics, including the use of some disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), are associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection severity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Comprehensive exploration of these relationships in large international samples is needed. METHODS: Clinician-reported demographic/clinical data from 27 countries were aggregated into a data set of 5,648 patients with suspected/confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 severity outcomes (hospitalization, admission to intensive care unit [ICU], requiring artificial ventilation, and death) were assessed using multilevel mixed-effects ordered probit and logistic regression, adjusted for age, sex, disability, and MS phenotype. DMTs were individually compared with glatiramer acetate, and anti-CD20 DMTs with pooled other DMTs and with natalizumab. RESULTS: Of 5,648 patients, 922 (16.6%) with suspected and 4,646 (83.4%) with confirmed COVID-19 were included. Male sex, older age, progressive MS, and higher disability were associated with more severe COVID-19. Compared with glatiramer acetate, ocrelizumab and rituximab were associated with higher probabilities of hospitalization (4% [95% CI 1-7] and 7% [95% CI 4-11]), ICU/artificial ventilation (2% [95% CI 0-4] and 4% [95% CI 2-6]), and death (1% [95% CI 0-2] and 2% [95% CI 1-4]) (predicted marginal effects). Untreated patients had 5% (95% CI 2-8), 3% (95% CI 1-5), and 1% (95% CI 0-3) higher probabilities of the 3 respective levels of COVID-19 severity than glatiramer acetate. Compared with pooled other DMTs and with natalizumab, the associations of ocrelizumab and rituximab with COVID-19 severity were also more pronounced. All associations persisted/enhanced on restriction to confirmed COVID-19. DISCUSSION: Analyzing the largest international real-world data set of people with MS with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 confirms that the use of anti-CD20 medication (both ocrelizumab and rituximab), as well as male sex, older age, progressive MS, and higher disability are associated with more severe course of COVID-19.

Tendency of morbimortality from severe acute respiratory syndrome in infants in Brazil before and during the pandemic period of COVID-19

1347 Figure 1Deaths by SARS in Brazil between January 2019 and March 2021[Figure omitted. See PDF] 1347 Figure 2Percentages of the hospitalizations of infants due to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), in Brazil, between 2019-2021[Figure omitted. See PDF]ConclusionContrary to popular belief, infants are not unable to contract COVID nor develop only mild symptoNonetheless, even though there was a SARS wave in 2019, its cause was probably not SARS-COV-2. However, it is necessary to study these waves more profoundly, not only after the pandemic started, but also before it, so that we can have a better understanding on the effects of SARS in infants and the COVID particularities in this group.

Severity of COVID19 infection among patients with multiple sclerosis treated with interferon-ß.

BACKGROUND: Interferon-ß, a disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for MS, may be associated with less severe COVID-19 in people with MS. RESULTS: Among 5,568 patients (83.4% confirmed COVID-19), interferon-treated patients had lower risk of severe COVID-19 compared to untreated, but not to glatiramer-acetate, dimethyl-fumarate, or pooled other DMTs. CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to other DMTs, we did not find evidence of protective effects of interferon-ß on the severity of COVID-19, though compared to the untreated, the course of COVID19 was milder among those on interferon-ß. This study does not support the use of interferon-ß as a treatment to reduce COVID-19 severity in MS.

Effects of different light spectra on the slow-grown in vitro storage and quality of banana plantlets cv. Prata Catarina (AAB).

Continues subculturing of in vitro plant subcultures is essential for commercial micropropagation and tissue culture research. In unusual situations, the subcultures can be delayed, and the slow-growth in vitro storage technic could be applied to reduce the loss of plant material. The present study aimed to evaluate the slow-growth in vitro storage of banana plantlets ('Prata Catarina'; group AAB) under different light spectra. Shoot cultures in MS medium without plant growth regulators were maintained under blue (B), red (R), red plus blue (R2B), and white (CW) light spectra (25 °C ± 2 °C; 50 µmol m-2 s-1) for up to 140 days. The plantlets maintained under the R, CW, and R2B spectra suffered severe root damage and browning after 140 days of in vitro slow-growth storage (SGS). All plantlets maintained under the B spectrum survived after 140 days of in vitro SGS and showed little browning.

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Valentina Peleckiene and her research team observed and analyzed how economic growth of EU countries is accompanied by growth of motorization rate and fatalities during the last decades in terms of inventory number of motor vehicles and accidents in road traffic. The study by Oleksandr Klymchuk et al. highlights the historical processes, current trends, and prospects for the production and consumption of biodiesel in the world;modern approaches to the formation, development, and support of biodiesel production in the European Union are outlined;the economic efficiency of biodiesel production in Ukraine from different types of raw materials (rapeseed, sunflower, soybean) is considered, and modern approaches to efficient biodiesel production in Ukraine and perspective directions of formation of raw material base for the increase of biodiesel production are offered. The analytical study of Tetiana Prylipko's team is examining the search and development of effective ways to reduce the proportion of grain in feed due to non-grain raw materials and partial or complete replacement of such high-value ingredients as animal proteins, fats, phosphatides, macro-and micronutrients, and vitamin-mineral premixes through the use of natural resources of the local raw material base. In the research by Pavlina Fuhelo et al., an evaluation model of the sufficiency of financial support for territorial communities of Ukraine is considered and a ranked series of territorial units is constructed;the problems of the financial support system for territorial communities due to the existence of post-conflict and temporarily occupied territories are identified, and directions for improving the financial provision of territorial communities are proposed and alternative sources of funds for the budgets of territorial communities are considered.

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[...]that they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community. The Figure 5 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal. Editorial Volume 13, Issue 1 (479-487) Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1925 Stromatolites - a life form that has witnessed the entire evolution of our planet (001-036) Relly Victoria Petrescu, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1573 Strategical development of agri-food corporations in the competitive economic space of Ukraine (037-055) Andrii Hutorov, Yurii Lupenko, Mykhailo Ksenofontov, Yuriy Bakun, Tetiana Vlasenko, Olena Sirenko DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1620 Effect of foreign direct investment on gross national income in Nigeria, 2006-2017 (056071) Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Chigozie Onu DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1484 Innovation strategy in industry: case of the scheduling problem on parallel identical machines (072-084) Omar Selt DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1533 Enabling technologies daily nursing work and its practical implications (085-106) Vander Luiz Da Silva, Myller Augusto Santos Gomes, Joao Luiz kovaleski DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1525 Bone modeling for customized hybrid biological prostheses development (107-126) Raffaella Aversa, Relly Victoria V. Petrescu, Antonio Apicella, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1195 Barriers analysis of supply chain management during COVID-19 pandemic in Indian industries (127-141) Srikant Gupta DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1548 E-learning systems for teaching industrial automatism (142-153) Ala Balti, Mohamed Najeh Lakhoua, Imen Mhidhi, Cyrine Noomene DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1495 Natural fiber for reinforcement in matrix polymeric (154-167) Raimundo Nonato Alves da Silva, José Costa de Macedo Neto, Solenise Pinto Rodrigues Kimura DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1475 An overview about multiple intelligences: a comparative study with business administration students of two private universities in southern Brazil (168-184) Luís Fernando Irgang dos Santos, Nikolas Könzgen Huck, Ronaldo Ledo de Miranda, Franco da Silveira DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1552 The difficulties faced by school administrators working in disadvantaged schools and the effects of the administrator role they exhibit on the success of teachers and students (185209) Saadet Garan DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1599 The use of Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) on betawi cultural village in Setu Babakan, Jakarta, Indonesia (210-233) Samuel P. D. Anantadjaya, Timotius A. Rachmat, Irma M. Nawangwulan, P. Indra Tanaya DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1517 Port capacity expansion under real options approach: a case study in Brazil (234-257) Ana Carolina Velloso Assis, Rafael Igrejas Silva, Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes, Edson Daniel Lopes Gonçalves DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1476 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based wireless manufacturing systems, a review (258-290) Roza Dastres, Mohsen Soori, Mohammed Asamel DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1497 Integration of risk analysis methods in aerospace research projects (291-320) Sarah Francisca de Souza Borges, Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain, Moacyr Machado Cardoso Junior, Diogo Silva Castilho DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1467 Digital technologies review for manufacturing processes (321-349) Ricardo Silva Parente, Italo Rodrigo Soares Silva, Paulo Oliveira Siqueira Junior, Iracyanne Retto Uhlmann DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1516 Analysis of the possibility of reducing spare parts in the maintenance context 4.0 (350-363) Luiz Gonzaga da Costa Neto Gonzaga DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1550 Social intelligence at work and its implication for organizational identification: a sectoral comparison (364-383) Alptekin Develi, Nazmiye Ülkü Pekkan, Mustafa Fedai ÇavuŞ DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1555 Qualitative study on overcoming heterosexist harassment at work:

Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Undergraduates may face challenges to assure food security, related to economic and mental distress, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess food insecurity and its associated factors in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2020 to February 2021 with 4775 undergraduates from all Brazilian regions. The questionnaire contained socio-economic variables, the validated Brazilian food insecurity scale, and the ESQUADA scale to assess diet quality. The median age of the students was 22.0 years, and 48.0% reported income decreasing with the pandemic. Food insecurity was present in 38.6% of the students, 4.5% with severe food insecurity and 7.7% moderate. Logistic regressions showed students with brown and black skin color/race presented the highest OR for food insecurity; both income and weight increase or reduction during the pandemic was also associated with a higher OR for food insecurity, and better diet quality was associated with decreased OR for food insecurity. Our study showed a considerable presence of food insecurity in undergraduates. Policy for this population must be directed to the most vulnerable: those with brown and black skin color/race, who changed income during the pandemic, and those presented with difficulties maintaining weight and with poor diet quality.

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The given research results can be used at the formation of the current programs in branch budgetary support, concepts development in the sustainable growth of managing separate forms, creation of their key indicators for monitoring, and for increase methodological bases and principles of state regulation and other institutional factors of agricultural finance. [...]of Melnyk and her co-authors' research, there were determined that modern accounting professionals move from performing technical accounting functions (hard skills) to support the companies' management and play a significant role in improving the development of a society. [...]they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community. EDITORIAL VOLUME 11, ISSUE 9 (2542-2547) Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues, Zaneta Simanaviciene, Nataliia Semenyshena DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1424 Algorithmic Governance in Public Sector: Is Digitization a Key to Effective Management (2149-2170) Aurelija Pūraitė, Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė, Daiva Bereikienė, Tetyana Skrypko, Leonid Shmorgun DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1400 Economic Justification for the Use of Biological Fungicides and Plant Growth Stimulants for Growing Sunflower (2171-2184) Yevhenii Domaratskyi, Anastasia Kaplina, Olga Kozlova, Nonna Koval, Andrii Dobrovolskyi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1406 Energy Sector Impact on Countrys Economic Security: Baltic Sea Region EU Countries Case (2185-2214) Rima Zitkiene, Jurij Matyskevic, Inna Kremer-Matyskevic, Nataliia Korzhenivska, Svitlana Zaika DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1399 Adults as Non-traditional Students in the Tertiary Education of Denmark and Ukraine: Comparative Discourse of Structural, Psychologic and Pedagogic Peculiarities (2215-2234) Angelina Roliak, Olena Matiienko, Yuliia Koliadych, Oleg Yatsyshin, Olha Dakaliuk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1411 Computer Model of Resource Demand Planning for Dairy Farms (2235-2249) Anatolii Tryhuba, Inna Tryhuba, Iryna Mushenyk, Oksana Pashchenko, Mykola Likhter DOI: http://dx.doi.Org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1410 Logistical Component of Sustainable Development of Regions in the Context of Decentralization Processes: Ukrainian Case (2250-2274) Oksana Onyshchenko, Yevhen Yudenko, Inna Levytska, Oleksandr Rarok, Nataliia Pokotylska, Alina Korbutiak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1423 From Survival to Business Prosperity: the Financial Aspect of Managing an Organization in a Crisis (2275-2290) Nataliia Bieliaieva, Mykola Krushelnytskyi, Lesia Voliak, Nataliia Usata, Olena Sova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i9.1414 Analysis and Perspectives of the Level of Enterprises Digitalization

[Nutritional status of children of Haitian descent and their demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics in Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso (MT), Brazil]. / Estado nutricional de crianças de descendência haitiana e suas características demográficas, socioeconômicas e de saúde em Cuiabá-MT, Brasil.

The scope of this study was to analyze the distribution of anthropometric variables according to demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics among children of Haitian descent between 0 and 5 years of age living in Cuiabá-MT. It consists of a cross-sectional and census-based study with data collected between August 2016 and February 2017. The dependent variables were body mass index (BMI) and height-for-age z-score, using Student's t-Test and ANOVA in the statistical analysis. A total of 67 children, 73.2% to 24 months of age and 34.3% being male, were evaluated. There was a significant proportion of families with per capita income of less than 1/4 of the minimum wage (65.6%), with no home monitoring for the family health strategy (88.1%), and long working hours for mothers (43.3%). The onset of prenatal care until the third month of pregnancy and female sex were associated with higher BMI averages. For height-for-age, an association with lower mean values was found for households with more than one resident per room, higher age range of the child, and child-care in daycare centers. Thus, although few factors have an association with the anthropometric indications evaluated, it is necessary to consider the precarious socioeconomic conditions in which these children find themselves.

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a distribuição das variáveis antropométricas de acordo com características demográficas, socioeconômicas e de saúde em crianças, de zero a cinco anos, de descendência haitiana residentes em Cuiabá-MT, Brasil. Consiste em estudo transversal, com dados coletados entre agosto/2016 e fevereiro/2017. As variáveis dependentes foram o índice de massa corporal (IMC) e a estatura/idade em escore-z, sendo utilizado o Teste t de Student e ANOVA na análise estatística. Foram avaliadas 67 crianças, 73,2% com até 24 meses de idade e 34,3% do sexo masculino. Observou-se expressiva proporção de famílias com renda per capita inferior a 1/4 de salário mínimo (65,6%), sem acompanhamento domiciliar pela Estratégia Saúde da Família (88,1%) e elevada carga horária de trabalho das mães (43,3%). O início do pré-natal até o terceiro mês de gestação e sexo feminino foram associados a maiores médias de IMC. Quanto a estatura/idade, foi identificada associação com menores médias para domicílios com mais de um morador por cômodo, faixa etária mais elevada da criança e cuidado da criança em creches. Apesar de poucos fatores apresentaram associação com os indicadores antropométricos avaliados, é necessário atentar-se para as condições socioeconômicas precárias nas quais estas crianças estão inseridas.

COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis: A global data sharing initiative.

BACKGROUND: We need high-quality data to assess the determinants for COVID-19 severity in people with MS (PwMS). Several studies have recently emerged but there is great benefit in aligning data collection efforts at a global scale. OBJECTIVES: Our mission is to scale-up COVID-19 data collection efforts and provide the MS community with data-driven insights as soon as possible. METHODS: Numerous stakeholders were brought together. Small dedicated interdisciplinary task forces were created to speed-up the formulation of the study design and work plan. First step was to agree upon a COVID-19 MS core data set. Second, we worked on providing a user-friendly and rapid pipeline to share COVID-19 data at a global scale. RESULTS: The COVID-19 MS core data set was agreed within 48 hours. To date, 23 data collection partners are involved and the first data imports have been performed successfully. Data processing and analysis is an on-going process. CONCLUSIONS: We reached a consensus on a core data set and established data sharing processes with multiple partners to address an urgent need for information to guide clinical practice. First results show that partners are motivated to share data to attain the ultimate joint goal: better understand the effect of COVID-19 in PwMS.