scholarly journals Plant extracts in agriculture and their applications in the treatment of seeds

2022 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo da Silva Carvalho ◽  
Mariana Altenhofen da Silva ◽  
Maria Teresa Mendes Ribeiro Borges ◽  
Victor Augusto Forti
Keyword(s):  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Resistance Induction ◽  
Phytopathogenic Microorganisms ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Alternative Solutions ◽  
Current Science ◽  
Harmful Effects

ABSTRACT: The harmful effects caused by the use of toxic substances in agriculture have led to the development of alternative solutions, and researchers have focused on understanding the effectiveness and potential of plant extracts in agriculture. The aim of this systematic review was to understand the situation of research and scientific dissemination, as well as how current science has approached the use of plant extracts in agriculture, especially in seed applications. There is potential on the use of plant extracts in agriculture, demonstrated by a high number of publications over the last ten years, especially in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and Brazil stands out as the main country on this research area. Control of phytopathogenic microorganisms, insect control, biostimulant effect, resistance induction and herbicide effect have been the main themes explored for use in agriculture. The direct application of plant extracts is centered on plants and seeds, being this latter mainly focused on the control of phytopathogenic organisms and biostimulating effect.

Perception of the risk of contamination through feeding in pregnant and breastfeeding women

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Company-Morales ◽  
A Fontalba-Navas ◽  
M F Rubio-Jimenez ◽  
V Gil-Aguilar ◽  
J P Arrebola
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
The Body ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Large Fish ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chemical Substances ◽  
Synthetic Chemicals ◽  
Harmful Effects

Abstract Introduction Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) are substances that are characterized by the cumulative effect at low doses inside the body. Exposure to PTS in pregnant and breastfeeding women, through food consumption, shows various harmful effects on the health of the mother, the fetus and the baby. The objective of this article is to analyze how pregnant and breastfeeding women perceive the presence of chemical substances in food and reflect on the accumulation, transmission and elimination of these substances. Methodology Descriptive and interpretive study under the qualitative research paradigm following a phenomenological and ethnographic perspective. As instruments to obtain the primary data we rely on 111 semi-structured interviews with pregnant and breastfeeding women, 4 focused ethnographies, 8 focus groups (63 women), 71 feeding diaries, 71 free listings. To encode the content of the speeches of pregnant and nursing women we rely on the N-Vivo 12 software. Results Pregnant and breastfeeding women are concerned about food quality controls. Women trust on local and seasonal foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables from non-extensive crops and close to their home. Foods that produce distrust in women are processed, packaged foods, red meat and large fish. The latter foods promote in women a perception of risk of contamination by chemical substances, manifesting a defenseless situation to maintain a diet without contaminants. Conclusions Pregnant and breastfeeding women in Spain have no information on the risk and danger of synthetic chemicals or PTS, with the exception of certain toxic substances such as mercury present in large fish. Women maintain a duality in their own care and that of the fetus or child. This circumstance implies that the women interviewed believe that PTS and synthetic chemicals may have different harmful effects on the mother and the degree of growth of the fetus and, subsequently, of the baby. Key messages Future mothers are worried about the type of product they eat, knowing that food influences healthy growth and development of the fetus. Pregnant and breastfeeding women often distrust “processed” or “industrial” foods, which they tend to associate with low quality and large amounts of additives and chemical substances.

scholarly journals Trends in Scientific Production on Food Dyes and Genetic Damage in the Last 10 Years

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Amanda Fernandes Costa ◽  
Emannuele Naves Silva ◽  
Gabriella Bueno De Abreu ◽  
Rayane Rodrigues da Cunha Silva ◽  
Flávia Melo Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Genetic Damage ◽  
Indocyanine Green Dye ◽  
Chemical Toxicology ◽  
Food Dyes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Harmful Effects

Abstract: The studies on artificial dyes and their harmful effects on health are still being produced in small quantities, and this lack of theoretical background can cause the contradiction existent among them. The goal of this work was to characterize the scientific production about genetic damages associated with the use of food colorings. In this study a survey was carried out in the Scopus database with the following keywords: food dyes, mutatios and câncer, in the title, summary or keywords of the article, from the period of 2006 to 2015, in the areas of Health and life sciences. After data collection and tabulation, a descriptive statistics analysis was performed. The year with the greatest number of publications was 2013, but the number of articles have not increased over the years (p = 0.0632). Only one author stood out, Shibutani, M. with 5 publications and medicine was the area of knowledge that most published about the subject, with 30.63%. A greater number of original articles were observed (72%) and the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology published more articles in the period studied. Only eleven institutions published three or more articles and the United States was the country with the largest number of publications (62), and the most used language in the studies was English (93%), the indocyanine green dye appeared in a greater number in the studies (20%), followed by curcuminoids (17%). The low number of publications on food colorings associated with cancer demonstrates that more studies should be developed in the area, given the importance to human health, since there is an overuse of these additives in food in general. Keywords: Carcinogenesis. Genotoxic. Mutagenesis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tendências na Produção Científica sobre Corantes Alimentares e Danos Genéticos nos Últimos 10 Anos Resumo: Os estudos sobre os corantes artificiais e seus efeitos nocivos à saúde são ainda produzidos em pequenas quantidades e essa falta de embasamento teórico pode causar a contradição da compreensão dos danos causados por eles. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar a produção científica sobre danos genéticos associados ao uso de corantes alimentares. Neste estudo foi feito um levantamento na base de dados Scopus com as seguintes palavras-chave: food dyes, mutations and câncer, no título, resumo ou palavras-chave do artigo, no período de 2006 a 2015, nas áreas de ciências da saúde e ciências da vida. Após o levantamento e tabulação dos dados foi realizada uma análise de estatística descritiva e análise de correlação de Spearman. O ano com maior número de publicações foi 2013, mas o número de artigos não aumentou ao longo dos anos (p= 0,0632). Apenas um autor se destacou, Shibutani, M. com 5 publicações e medicina foi a área do conhecimento que mais publicou sobre o assunto, com 30,63%. Observou-se um maior número de artigos originais (72%) e o periódico Food and Chemical Toxicology publicou mais artigos no período estudado. Apenas onze instituições publicaram três ou mais artigos e os Estados Unidos foi o país com o maior número de publicações (62), sendo que o idioma mais utilizado nos estudos foi o inglês (93%), o corante verde de indocyanina apareceu em maior número nos estudos (20%), seguido pelos curcuminóides (17%). O baixo número de publicações sobre corantes alimentares associados a câncer demonstra que mais estudos deveriam ser desenvolvidos na área, dada a importância para a saúde humana, uma vez que há um uso excessivo desses aditivos nos alimentos em geral. Palavras-chave: Carcinogênese. Genotóxico. Mutagênese. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ■ Text in Portuguese

An Analysis of the Structure and Evolution of the Distance Education Research Area Community in Terms of Coauthorships

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Richard Gomes ◽  
Marcelo Werneck Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Topological Properties ◽  
Coauthorship Networks ◽  
Centrality Metrics ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Near Future

This article aims at characterizing the research community of Distance Education (DE) with respect to coauthorship, a special kind of collaboration among researchers, according to publications of 11 relevant DE journals. This article identified who the central researchers are, the topological properties of the coauthorship networks analyzed, the coauthorship patterns of each journal and the evolution of the DE community in the last 30 years. In order to achieve these goals, Social Network Analysis (SNA) was used, deriving centrality metrics, which depict the importance of researchers in the networks. This study found out that researchers who publish more papers are not necessarily the ones considered more central according to SNA. Besides, promising researchers, those linked to central researchers and are considered more likely to coauthor papers in the near future. Different coauthorship patterns among journals are described. Finally, a steep increase in the number of publications and coauthorships in the last decades was observed.

A brief overview of Materials Science in Uruguay

MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (61) ◽  
pp. 3535-3541
Author(s):  
Ivana Aguiar ◽  
Livia Arizaga ◽  
Santiago Botasini ◽  
María Andrea De León ◽  
Sofia Favre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Steady State Regime ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
State Regime ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Funding Opportunities

ABSTRACTMaterials science is a growing research area in Uruguay. In order to obtain a brief overview of the research done we collected information about research in this field. As a starting point, we searched in the Scopus database for the keywords: affiliation country: “Uruguay” and subject: “Materials Science” (using the “Timbó” platform). We inspected the records and we analyzed them to construct a timeline. The data show that we are in a steady state regime of number of publications that we expect to increase together with the number of students in the area, with the generation of long term policies (grants, funding opportunities), and, if we get involved in a community that promotes this area of interest.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Analysis of Moxibustion Research Trends Over the Past 20 Years

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyejin Park ◽  
In-Seon Lee ◽  
Hyangsook Lee ◽  
Younbyoung Chae
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Journal Title ◽  
Link Strength ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Objectives: A bibliometric approach using network analysis was applied to identify the development and research trends for moxibustion. This study also examined the network hub of moxibustion research by investigating the collaborative work of organizations and authors. Methods: Academic articles on moxibustion research published from 2000 to 2019 were retrieved from the Web of Science database. Extracted records were analyzed according to publication year, research area, journal title, country, organization, and authors. The VOSviewer program was utilized to visualize the trends in moxibustion research and to explore the influential organizations and authors. Results: Analyses of 1146 original and review articles written in English demonstrated that the number of publications related to moxibustion research has increased consistently over the last 20 years. China issued the most articles in this field, and the most represented research area was integrative complementary medicine. A network analysis based on the co-occurrence and publication year of keywords identified the relevant characteristics and trends of moxibustion research. By assessing the total link strength of organizations and authors, influential organizations and authors who have contributed to moxibustion research were identified. Conclusions: The current study examined research on moxibustion using bibliometric analysis and identified a time-based development of moxibustion research and a global network hub of moxibustion research.

scholarly journals Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-523
Author(s):  
Gilton Jose Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Joao Antonio Belmino dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Formal Definition ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Number Of Publications

Smart Cities belong to a multidisciplinary research area, which does not yet have a formal definition and may have different meanings depending on the context. In view of this, the objective of this work is to map the term "Smart City" in the scientific field. For such, the scientific publications present in Scopus' data base, accessed by the Periodicals portal of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES), were researched. As results, 61,435 publications were found, which after the inclusion criteria, 632 publications remained to be analyzed. China was the country that presented the largest number of publications with a total of 94 documents. The analysis of annual publications showed that there was an increase in the number of publications over the years, especially between 2018 and 2019. The main contributions of this work were the provision of a knowledge base that can be used by both scientists and researchers and developers of the organizations, identifying gaps and opportunities to be explored.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship and regional development. A bibliometric analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-287
Author(s):  
Mihaela-Cornelia Dan ◽  
Simona Irina Goia
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business Economics ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Published Research

Abstract Entrepreneurial initiatives and actions are considered main triggers of economic and social development as well as important factors in order to achieve more cohesion among various countries and regions within the European Union. The main goal of the present paper consists in analyzing the scientific literature on entrepreneurship and its influences on regional development. In the first section of the paper the concepts of entrepreneurship and regional development are broken down from the perspective of various researchers. Next the link between entrepreneurship and regional development is established and it is analyzed how the two terms are interconnected: entrepreneurship might have a positive contribution to the development of a region and in the same time some regions are more attractive for entrepreneurs than others. In the last section of the paper a bibliometric analysis is conducted, which aims at establishing the interest existing in the scientific literature for this research topic based on different criteria such as: number of publications, language of publication, journals where articles have been published, areas of knowledge in which authors have published research on entrepreneurship and regional development etc. The analysis was conducted based on scientific literature published between 2001 and 2017 and indexed in the Web of Science - Core Collection. It is highlighted that most of the publications on entrepreneurship and regional development are articles, published in English in the field of Business economics. Overall, the positive trend regarding the number of publications on this topic reveals a growing interest for this research area.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic Related Research in Africa: Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Output, Collaborations and Scientific Leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7273
Author(s):  
Maxime Descartes Mbogning Fonkou ◽  
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi ◽  
Emmanuel Kagning Tsinda ◽  
Yagai Bouba ◽  
Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
North African Countries

Scientometrics enables scholars to assess and visualize emerging research trends and hot-spots in the scientific literature from a quantitative standpoint. In the last decades, Africa has nearly doubled its absolute count of scholarly output, even though its share in global knowledge production has dramatically decreased. The still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the way scholarly research is conducted, published, and disseminated. However, the COVID-19-related research focus, the scientific productivity, and the research collaborative network of African researchers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remain to be elucidated. This study aimed to clarify the COVID-19 research patterns among African researchers and estimate the strength of collaborations and partnerships between African researchers and scholars from the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, collecting data from electronic scholarly databases such as Web of Science (WoS), PubMed/MEDLINE and African Journals OnLine (AJOL), the largest and prominent platform of African-published scholarly journals. We found that COVID-19-related collaboration patterns varied among African regions. For instance, most of the scholarly partnerships occurred with formerly colonial countries (such as European or North-American countries). In other cases, scholarly ties of North African countries were above all with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In terms of number of publications, South Africa and Egypt were among the most productive countries. Bibliometrics and, in particular, scientometrics can help scholars identify research areas of particular interest, as well as emerging topics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. With a specific focus on the still-ongoing viral outbreak, they can assist decision- and policy-makers in allocating funding and economic-financial, logistic, organizational, and human resources, based on the specific gaps and needs of a given country or research area.

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