Therapeutic Environment and Premature newborns Development

Introduction: Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, however, the survival of preterm infants is guaranteed. Prolonged exposure to numerous sensory stimuli during early neonatal intensive care units contributes to the increased likelihood of organic and/or psychological sequelae. Objectives: Identify the best measures to minimize the impact that the sensorial environment of neonatal intensive care units has on the development of premature newborns. Methods: An integrative literature review was carried out in CINAHL, PubMed and MEDLINE databases, according to the PICOD methodology (participants, intervention, context, results and design). Results: The analysis of the 6 articles included in the study showed a set of environmental measures to be included in the care of premature newborns. The main recommendations mentioned were organized into categories, namely, physical environment, sensory environment, technology and parental training. Conclusion: From this review emerges the need to define consistent and consensual strategies for the optimization of the therapeutic environment in neonatal intensive care units

Facultative secondary lecithotrophy in the megalopa of the shrimp Lysmata seticaudata (Risso, 1816) (Decapoda : Hippolytidae) under laboratory conditions

Certain decapod crustaceans can catabolize internal reserves to undergo partial or full larval development. This feature is termed secondary lecithotrophy, if energy used results from plankton derived organic matter accumulated Ig earlier larval stages. The present work reports the ability of Lysmata seticaudata megalopa to moll to the first juvenile stage in the absence of food. Unlike previous records of secondary lecithotrophy displayed by nonfeeding last larval stages of hermit crabs and spiny lobsters, the megalopa of L. seticaudata retains its feeding capacity. This is the first time such a feature has been reported in decapods, and the term facultative secondary lecithotrophy is proposed. The build up of energy reserves continues during the last zoeal stage of L. seticaudata, with starved zoea IX failing to molt to megalopa. Energy reserves that enable starved megalopa to molt to juvenile seem to be partially depleted, with starved juveniles produced either from, starved or fed megalopae being unable to molt to the next juvenile stage. The longer resistance of starved juveniles produced from fed megalopae (nine days), compared to that of starved juveniles produced from starved megalopae (five days), indicates that some energy reserves may pass to juvenile, not being totally depleted at metamorphosis.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Impact of the Nursing Home Visit to the newborn/ infant/family

Objective: To identify the impact of the home visit to the newborn/infant/family, when performed by nurses, on the health and well-being of the child and family. Methodology: A systematic review of the literature was carried out following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, based on a research on the EBSCO and pubmed platform, and bibliographical references of the articles found, with the chronological frieze 2010 and 2017. Were included Randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of the home visit of nursing performed when they were newborns/infants, in the health and wellbeing of the child and family, in children/adolescents/families. Results: We selected 11 articles, randomized controlled trials, 7 experimental and 4 follow-up. The data systematization process was carried out using tables that facilitated the analysis of the studies. We have found studies that evaluate the impact of the home visit to the newborn/infant/family in the short (2) and long (9) term, developed with great heterogeneity in the intervention of the home visit performed and evaluated impacts, but the results show gains in the well-being of children and families. Conclusions: It is evident from the results found that the home visit of the newborn/ infant/family, performed by nurses, has a positive impact on the health and well-being of the child and the family

Nursing care needs for the family of the child with chronic illness

From the birth of a child with a chronic and/or complex disease, there is a need at an all priorities level within the family and/or the primary caregivers of these children. A chronic illness is a condition that interferes with the day-to-day functioning of the child and their caregivers. As such, the purpose of this integrative review is to identify the needs of nursing care for parents/caregivers or family of children with chronic or complex illnesses. Methods: The research was carried out on the EBSCO platform, and all databases were selected using the descriptors needs, parents, pediatrics and nursing. Taking into account the research delimiters and the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final sample of eight articles was obtained, which were analyzed. Results: The results were obtained from a free reading/analysis of the articles selected from the research in the databases, leading to the extraction of results that addressed the needs of nursing care to the parents/caregivers/family of children with chronic diseases. Conclusions: Families and/or caregivers of children with chronic diseases and/or complex diseases circumvent many barriers and many of them difficult to overcome, but never giving up because they have many skills and power to deal with them

Impact of soil tillage and land use on soil organic carbon decline under Mediterranean conditions

Soils under Mediterranean climate conditions frequently have low to very low levels of soil organic matter (SOM), as a result of low biomass production under the predominantly rainfed conditions and the intensive tillage operations commonly practiced. In order to assess both short and long-term impacts of soil tillage and land use on soil organic carbon, two sets of experiments were performed. One consisted in the identification and soil analysis of 3 pairs of sites under different soil types and land use over 5 to 30 years; in the second experiment a long-term fallow area was repeatedly submitted to different types of soil tillage management (mouldboard plough + disc harrow; non-inversion tine cultivation; no-till) over 3 years. Soil texture, bulk density and SOM were analysed along the whole soil profile in the first experiment, whereas bulk density and SOM to a depth of 30 cm was measured before the first tillage operations and at the end of the observation period in the second experiment. The results clearly indicate that tillage based land use, irrespective of the type of land use, caused a considerable decline in SOM content in the tilled soil layer. Very small and inconsistent differences in SOM between paired soil profiles were observed in the lower part of the profiles. In the second experiment with three types of tillage systems, SOM content decreased with tillage intensity. Avoidance of soil disturbance is an important step towards halting SOM decline under Mediterranean climate conditions

LUTAS DE CLASSES E PROCESSOS DE APASSIVAMENTO: Das organizações classistas aos “Novos movimentos”

Resumo: No presente artigo realizamos uma breve análise sobre as formas de organização da classe trabalhadora sincronizada ao capitalismo contemporâneo pós anos 70, em particular no Brasil. Buscamos desvelar se o capital depende de forma estrutural das dominações especificas para sua sobrevivência ou, se por outro lado, apenas faz uso desses fenômenos em momentos conjunturais. A escolha por esse período histórico se refere às metamorfoses na forma de trabalho concreto, em razão da inserção crescente da força de trabalho feminina. Procuramos, portanto, apreender e desvelar as imbricadas articulações entre a universalidade do fenômeno – o capital e a particularidade da questão aqui tratada – os novos movimentos e as bandeiras reivindicadas. Nesse sentido e partindo da ideia de que o capitalismo necessita revolucionar-se constantemente como forma de garantir sua hegemonia, procuramos entender de que maneira as “reformas possíveis” são utilizadas pelo capital no seu movimento de expansão permanente