scholarly journals Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo J. P. S. Guimarães ◽  
Corina C. Freitas ◽  
Luciano V. Dutra ◽  
Carlos A. Felgueiras ◽  
Sandra C. Drummond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Indicator Kriging ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
And Control

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are composed of useful tools to map and to model the spatial distribution of events that have geographic importance as schistosomiasis. This paper is a review of the use the indicator kriging, implemented on the Georeferenced Information Processing System (SPRING) to make inferences about the prevalence of schistosomiasis and the presence of the species ofBiomphalaria, intermediate hosts ofSchistosoma mansoni, in areas without this information, in the Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The results were two maps. The first one was a map ofBiomphalariaspecies, and the second was a new map of estimated prevalence of schistosomiasis. The obtained results showed that the indicator kriging can be used to better allocate resources for study and control of schistosomiasis in areas with transmission or the possibility of disease transmission.

scholarly journals In vitro identification and control of Pestalotiopsis longisetula fungus, pathogens strawberry crop

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoel Araujo Teixeira ◽  
Rúbia Marcia Siqueira Martins ◽  
Rosana Faria Vieira ◽  
Carlos Ivan Aguilar Vildoso ◽  
Angélica Aparecida Vieira Adami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Present Experiment ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Pathogen Identification ◽  
The South ◽  
Biological Products ◽  
The Past ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Pathogen Control ◽  
And Control

Over the past seven years, pestalotiopsis has been the main strawberry disease found all over the crops located in the south of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The leaves of the plants were severely attacked by an uncommon fungus in the regional crops, mainly in 2005 and 2006. The non-immediate identification of the microorganism resulted in catastrophic pathogen control processes performed by farmers who, eagerly trying to save their crops ended up using a series of toxic agrochemicals that had been previously purchased for the control of other types of diseases. Due to these events, the present paper aims at identifying the pathogen and put chemical as well as biological products into test that might help control the disease. Results showed that no fungicide under test in the present experiment was able to inhibit the isolate at a 100% rate, even under in vitro conditions. Pathogen identification revealed a fungi known as Pestalotiopsis longisetula.

Security Early Warning Assessment Program of Hazardous Sources Based on Early Warning Information Processing Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 756-759 ◽  
pp. 804-809
Author(s):  
Ling Jia
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Processing System ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Information Processing Model ◽  
Assessment Program ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
And Control

The early warning can constantly improve the monitoring and management of the hazardous sources to realize advance prevention and control. Many early warning methods do not predict and imitate the hazard sequel and the early warning information in incomplete. This essay analyzes and studies the early warning process of the hazardous sources, hazard assessment techniques and analyzes the hazardous sources quantitatively and qualitatively. This essay combines effectively the imitation of the hazard sequel and the early warning technology, proposes hazardous sources security early warning procedure information processing system structure and designs models for processing early warning information of the hazardous sources, improving the early warning of the hazardous sources and increasing the accuracy and efficiency of the prior warning. Combining with cases, it performs imitation of the hazard sequel of leakage accident. Practices have shown that the proposed imitated early warning structure and methods are efficient. The imitation result is nearly matched with the fact. The early warning gets satisfied effect having certain practical value.

scholarly journals Redes de pendularidade estudantil dos polos sub-regionais do interior de Minas Gerais

GeoTextos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Santiago Soares ◽  
Carlos Lobo ◽  
Isabela Lopes Meneses
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Patterns Of Distribution ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Absolute Growth ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
National Growth

<p>No interior do estado de Minas, o crescimento total bruto de matrículas no ensino superior, entre 1991 e 2010, foi de 371,82%, relativamente maior do que o nacional (309,41%). Cabe, portanto, uma análise sobre as formas de polarização e as características da mobilidade pendular de estudantes na rede de centros regionais no estado. Neste artigo, avaliam-se os fluxos e os padrões de distribuição das redes de pendularidade de estudantes entre os centros regionais do interior do estado de Minas Gerais, tendo como base os dados do Censo Demográfico de 2010. Foram analisados os movimentos de pendularidade de estudantes de vinte e dois centros considerados de alta centralidade, aqui denominados sub-regionais. A interpretação foi elaborada por meio da avaliação das redes de distribuição espacial, conjugada com a mensuração de indicadores como a Distância Média ponderada (DMp) e a Razão de pendularidade escolar (RPe), o que permitiu a distinção dos movimentos estudantil e laboral. Os resultados indicam a magnitude de deslocamentos intrarregionais e maior abrangência espacial de polarização de cinco sub-centros regionais. Quinze municípios apresentaram RPe maior que um, ou seja, possuem a prevalência na atração da pendularidade estudantil, o que mostra a relevância do papel das instituições de ensino na atração populacional.</p><p><span>Abstract</span></p><p>NETWORKS OF STUDENTS’ PENDULAR MOVEMENTS FOR THE SUBREGIONAL POLES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF MINAS GERAIS</p><p>In the countryside of Minas Gerais state (MG), the absolute growth in the period between 1991 and 2010 was of 371,82%, which is a bit higher than the National growth (309,41%). Such context raises questions about the forms of polarization and the students’ pendular fluxes between regional centres. In this article I evaluate these fluxes and the patterns of distribution of the networks of students’ pendular motion among the regional centres of the countryside of MG based on the data of the Demographic Census of 2010. I analysed students’ pendular movements from 22 centres located in the exact centre of the state, which I named “subregionals” for the purposes of this paper. My interpretation was built through the evaluation of the networks of spatial distribution compared with the measurement of the Average Weighed Distance (DMp in Portuguese) and with the Rate of Students’ Pendular Movements (RPe in Portuguese), which allowed me to distinguish between the students’ and workers’ movements. The results I obtained reveal the magnitude of the interregional movements and a higher spatial encompassment of the polarization of five regional centres, seats of Federal Universities. Fifteen municipalities have shown an RPe higher than 1, which means they present a prevalence of students’ pendular movements, revealing the importance of theeducational institutions’ role in the spatial dynamics of the population.</p>

scholarly journals Spatial distribution of Megalancistrus barrae (Steindachner 1910), and first record on the high stretch of São Francisco basin

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1695
Author(s):  
Gilberto N. Salvador ◽  
Gustavo R. Rosa ◽  
Gabriel Caetano Guimarães Mello ◽  
Fábio Firpe
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
River Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sao Francisco River ◽  
São Francisco River ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Megalancistrus barrae is a species endemic to the São Francisco River basin that has not previously been recorded from the Upper São Francisco basin.The present work increases the known distribution of the species by reporting new collections from two different regions in the Upper São Francisco basin: one in the Pará River and the other in the São Francisco River, downstream Três Marias dam, Minas Gerais state. In addition, this study compiles distributional data on Megalancistrus barrae from museums. 

scholarly journals Modeling the spatial distribution of wood volume in a Cerrado Stricto Sensu remnant in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (125) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliny Aparecida dos Reis ◽  
Juliana Maria Ferreira de Souza Diniz ◽  
Fausto Weimar Acerbi Júnior ◽  
José Marcio de Mello ◽  
Anderson Pedro Bernardina Batista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Wood Volume ◽  
Minas Gerais State

scholarly journals Anaplasma phagocytophilum direct detection and exposure evidence in equines from two breeding farms from Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luan Gavião Prado ◽  
Maristela Silveira Palhares ◽  
Camila Valgas e Bastos ◽  
Júlia Angélica Gonçalves da Silveira ◽  
Álvaro Augusto Ramos Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Buffy Coat ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Breeding Farms

ABSTRACT: Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis is caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a gram negative, obligatory intracellular bacterium, member of Anaplasmataceae family, included in the Rickettsiales order. Little is known about the disease, transmission dynamics, genetic diversity and prevalence in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This work aimed to do a serosurvey using indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA) test and evaluation of buffy coat smears, and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as diagnostic methods, to determine the disease situation in horses from two manga-larga marchador breeding farms located in the municipalities of Ataléia e São Vicente de Minas, in Minas Gerais state. It was found that 76% (131/172) of the animals were considered reactive for IFA test, and the total of 12.8% was positive at buffy coat smears analysis. At PCR analysis, it was found 1.94% of the samples positive to the infection. Those samples were sequenced and showed 96% of similarity to A. phagocytophilum from a Ixodes ricinus tick. There is a high frequency of animals with the evidence of contact to A. phagocytophilum on the two evaluated properties in this study, which was proved by positiveness in PCR analysis. New researches must be carried out to better understand the epidemiologic and clinical dynamic of the disease in the state of Minas Gerais.

scholarly journals A Year Trend Analysis and Spatial Distribution of COVID-19 Cases in Nepal

2021 ◽  
pp. 101053952110122
Author(s):  
Buddha Bahadur Basnet ◽  
Ramesh Raj Pant ◽  
Kiran Bishwakarma ◽  
Sudip Paudel ◽  
Nashib Pandey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Chronic Kidney Diseases ◽  
And Control

This study analyzes the trend and spatial distribution of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases with geographic information systems approach from January 23, 2020, to January 1, 2021. The prevalence of COVID-19 on the tested population, the case fatality rate, and cured rate in Nepal was ~13.00%, ~0.71%, and ~96.97%, respectively. The prevalence (~1.87) and death rate (~1.28 times) were higher among men than women and ~68% of fatal cases were with comorbidities—distinctly hypertension and chronic kidney diseases. The distribution of COVID-19 cases was heterogeneous across all administrative regions, mainly in Kathmandu valley and Bagmati Province. Confirmed and cured cases showed an upward trend till the end of October 2020 followed by a downward trend as of January 1, 2021. In the present scenario of the ongoing pandemic in Nepal, one of the better strategies to prevent and control the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) could be monitoring using geographic information systems and spatial analysis.

scholarly journals Data control method, which presented by code of non-positioning system of deduction class calculation

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Residue Class ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Processing System ◽  
System Control ◽  
Data Processing System ◽  
Class System ◽  
Data Control ◽  
Code Structure ◽  
And Control

The paper proposes a new method of monitoring data presented in non-positional residue class system. For code in residue class system, test bases are included in the general code structure of data containing a set of information bases. In this case, the balances that represent operations for informational and control grounds simultaneously and independently participate in the process of information processing. The result of the information processing can be monitored either step by step or at the end of all calculations, since the error that occurred in any residue, does not apply (does not “multiply”) to the remaining residues. The control method proposed based on the principle of comparison, further creates prerequisites for developing effective methods for diagnosing and correcting errors in deduction class. The disadvantage of the proposed method is the relatively low control efficiency. This circumstance makes it necessary to increase the efficiency of data processing system control in deduction class by reducing the execution time of the above operations by developing and using, for example, methods and means for implementing the positional features of the non-positional deduction class code.

scholarly journals EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HEAD LICE IN CHILDREN ATTENDED TO AT A PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN UBERLÂNDIA, MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Messias Marinho ◽  
Beatriz Araújo Milan ◽  
Raquel Borges-Moroni ◽  
Julio Mendes ◽  
Fábio Tonissi Moroni
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Pediculosis Capitis ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
And Control

Pediculosis capitis is a public health problem not only in Brazil, but also in many countries worldwide. Children are the most likely population group to be infested. The purpose of this study was to verify the prevalence of head lice in children seen at the public hospital in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, and factors associated with ectoparasitosis in this group. In addition, data about the transmission, prevention and control were obtained from the children’s parents or guardians. The scalp and hair of every child aged 2 to 12, attended to at the hospital pediatric outpatient clinic from 2015 to 2017, were examined. Questionnaires and characterization sheets were also used to obtain and record the information. The overall prevalence rate observed was 2.8%. The highest prevalence rates were observed in girls with medium length hair. Children presented a relatively low prevalence of head lice in the parasitological examinations. However, the answers to the questionnaires indicated that this ectoparasitosis is common in this population group. All the children examined were of school age, and their parents or guardians indicated the school environment as the main source of infestations. The responses to the questionnaires also highlighted evidence of negligence on the part of guardians of positive children regarding the occurrence of this ectoparasitosis. The information obtained indicates that authorities should design/improve their plans of action regarding guidelines for parents or guardians for adequate prevention and control of this ectoparasitosis.

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