Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-04-05T19:15:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Luana Priscila de Carvalho Pereira.pdf: 1129568 bytes, checksum: 6b12f4f6e3ee122c2cacabbf7752a126 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-05T19:15:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Luana Priscila de Carvalho Pereira.pdf: 1129568 bytes, checksum: 6b12f4f6e3ee122c2cacabbf7752a126 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-26 / CAPES / Tropical forests have been recognized as the biome of the planet that has the highest species richness and high endemism. The Amazon forest is part of this scenario and its high diversity has not been fully identified, as well as the patterns that govern it. Although research on the biodiversity of this biome have advanced in recent years, certain groups still have limited knowledge about their geographical and seasonal distribution or even ignored in studies about monitoring, conservation and management. In this sense, the main objective of this study was to determine the composition, richness and rarity of poneromorph ants using different sampling techniques, as well as investigate the effect of seasonality and certain environmental factors in the community. The ants were collected in the National Forest Tapirap?-Aquir? in July 2009, January and July 2010 and January 2011 in three different areas (A1, A2 and A3). In areas A1 and A2 were determined four sampling points inside the forest where they were made two transects of 100 meters and installed every 10 meters a pitfall trap and attractive sardine baits on the undergrowth vegetation and soil. The pitfall was active for 48 hours and baits for an hour. In the A3 was determined only one distance into the woods where it was made the same sampling procedures. We found 46 species of poneromorph ants, belonging to eight genera. The sampling technique that was more effective against the richness of the ant fauna found was the pitfall, which recorded 44 species (95.7% of total) and included all the genera found. Then the bait on the soil showed the richness of 19 species (41.3% of total) and the bait on vegetation presented species richness of six (13% of total). All ants found belong to two sub-families, which were Ponerinae and Ectatominae. The species Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, and Pachycondyla unidentata 1883 (Mayr, 1862) were found only in the bait on vegetation, they are absent on the ground baits and pitfall throughout sampling. The results for the composition of the poneromorph ant fauna and its seasonal distribution do not show a clear stratification in the community, and the ant species that occurred in the dry and rainy seasons do not form distinct groups in the three sampled areas. Statistical tests to evaluate the influence of environmental variables on the distribution of poneromorfas ants species revealed no association patterns. The identification of the species found has special relevance because contribute to the consolidation of the knowledge of the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest poneromorfas ants and allow comparative studies with other tropical forest regions. / As florestas tropicais tem sido reconhecidas como o bioma do planeta que possui a maior riqueza de esp?cies, al?m de elevado endemismo. A floresta amaz?nica faz parte desse cen?rio e sua alta diversidade ainda n?o foi totalmente identificada, assim como os padr?es que a regulam. Embora as pesquisas sobre a biodiversidade desse bioma tenham avan?ado nos ?ltimos anos, determinados grupos ainda apresentam conhecimento restrito sobre sua distribui??o geogr?fica e sazonal ou at? mesmo s?o ignorados em estudos de monitoramento, conserva??o e manejo. Nesse sentido, o objetivo principal desse estudo foi conhecer a composi??o, riqueza e raridade das esp?cies de formigas poneromorfas utilizando diferentes t?cnicas de amostragem, assim como investigar o efeito da sazonalidade e de determinados fatores ambientais na comunidade. As formigas foram coletadas na Floresta Nacional Tapirap?-Aquir? em julho de 2009, janeiro e julho de 2010, e janeiro de 2011 em tr?s ?reas distintas (A1, A2 e A3). Nas ?reas A1 e A2 foram determinados quatro pontos de amostragem no interior da mata onde foram feitos dois transectos de 100 metros e instalada a cada 10 metros uma armadilha tipo pitfall e iscas atrativas de sardinha sobre a vegeta??o subarbustiva e no solo. O pitfall permaneceu ativo por 48 horas e as iscas durante uma hora. Na ?rea A3 foi determinada apenas uma dist?ncia dentro da mata onde foram realizados os mesmos procedimentos de amostragem. Foram encontradas 46 esp?cies de formigas poneromorfas, pertencentes a oito g?neros. A t?cnica de amostragem que teve maior efic?cia em rela??o a riqueza da mirmecofauna encontrada foi o pitfall, que registrou 44 esp?cies (95,7% do total) e incluiu todos os g?neros encontrados. Em seguida, a isca no solo apresentou riqueza de 19 esp?cies (41,3% do total) e a isca sobre a vegeta??o apresentou riqueza de seis esp?cies (13% do total). Todas as formigas encontradas pertencem a duas sub-fam?lias, sendo elas Ponerinae e Ectatomminae. As esp?cies Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1883 e Pachycondyla unidentata (Mayr, 1862) foram encontradas apenas nas iscas sobre a vegeta??o, estando ausentes nas iscas no solo e no pitfall em toda amostragem. Os resultados para composi??o da fauna de formigas poneromorfas e sua distribui??o sazonal indicam n?o haver uma clara estratifica??o na comunidade, sendo que as esp?cies de formigas que ocorreram na esta??o seca e na esta??o chuvosa n?o formam grupos distintos nas tr?s ?reas amostradas. Os testes estat?sticos aplicados para avaliar a influ?ncia das vari?veis ambientais medidas sobre a distribui??o das esp?cies de formigas poneromorfas n?o revelaram padr?es de associa??o. A identifica??o das esp?cies encontradas tem especial relev?ncia pelo fato de contribuir para a consolida??o do conhecimento da biodiversidade de formigas poneromorfas na Floresta Amaz?nica e permitir estudos comparativos com outras regi?es de floresta tropical.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T15:01:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006-Roney Rodrigues Guimaraes.pdf: 1366984 bytes, checksum: a3849d32ef332f39a6a2b06635783317 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-17 / Among the dipterans of medic-sanitary interest the blowfly families Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae are distinguished. Its occurrence, distribution and predominance in metropolitans areas are factors of great importance to the Public Health, because the adults are vectors of pathogens for the man and its larvae attack the man in such a way as animal domestic servants. The capture of the calliphorid fauna with traps, bait with viscera cool of chicken, in three distinct ecotypes (agricultural, urban and forest). 31.480 califor?deos dipterans distributed in the following species had been captured: Chrysomya megacephala (54,45%), C. putoria (11,18%), C. albiceps (13,63%), Phaenicia eximia (5,90%), P. cuprina (1,07%), Cochliomyia macellaria would (9,06%), C. hominivorax (0,53%), Hemilucilia segmentaria would (0,80%), H. semidiaphana (1,40%), Mesembrinella bellardiana (1,24%), Eumesembrinella sp. (0,51%), Chloroprocta idioidea (0,09%) and P. sericata (0,13%). The Sinanthropy Index and Seasonal Fluctuation and the Coefficient of Constancy of the species between the autumn of the 2002 and summer of 2004 had been determined. C. albiceps had the highest Sinanthropy Index (IS = + 41,7) conferring to this species was has Preference for Inhabited Areas. Also C. megacephala (IS = +33.01), C. putoria (IS = +25.1), C. hominivorax (IS = +24.1), C. macellaria would (IS = +21,14), P. cuprina (IS = +18,78), P. eximia (-9,67) species with Preference for Inhabited Areas and finally H. segmentaria, H. semidiaphana, M. bellardiana, Eumesembrinella sp., C. idioidea, P. sericata all pertaining to the group, according to data, that possess Complete Absence in Inhabited Areas (IS = -100). The microhimenopteran parasitoids are important tools in the biological control of flies of economic importance that cause damages to the health of human being and other animals. The captures had occurred between january and december of 2004 in urban, rural and forest area. 1.528 larvae of C. hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) had been used as bait, 505 in the urban one, 556 in agricultural and the 467 in the forested one. The Sinanthropy Index, Coefficient of Constancy, the risk of parasitism (Odds Ratio) between the areas had been calculated, prevalence and parasitic intensity. The percentage was 46,6%. Aphaereta laeviuscula (Spinola, 1851) was captured only in agricultural environment, its indices had been: Sinanthropy I. = +50, C. constancy =25%, prevalence =0,72% and I. parasitoid =44,5; on the other hand Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836) was captured in the areas agricultural and urban and the indices had been: Sinanthropy I. = +98, C. constance =58.3%, Odds Ratio = IC95% = 0,025 < > 0,27, p<0,05, prevalence= 3,2% and I. parasitoid =7,35. The risk of parasitism for N. vitripennis in urban areas is high. It was registered the occurrence of A. laeviuscula as parasite of C. hominivorax in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Blowfly, Parasitoids, Sinanthropy, Seasonal Variation. / Entre os d?pteros de interesse m?dico-sanit?rio destacam-se as moscas varejeiras das fam?lias Calliphoridae e Sarcophagidae. Sua ocorr?ncia, distribui??o e predomin?ncia em ?reas metropolitanas s?o fatores de grande import?ncia na Sa?de P?blica, pois os adultos s?o vetores de pat?genos para o homem e suas larvas atacam tanto o homem como animais dom?sticos. A captura da fauna califor?dica foi realizada atrav?s de armadilhas, iscadas com v?sceras frescas de frango, em tr?s ec?topos distintos (rural, urbano e de floresta). Foram capturados 31.480 d?pteros califor?deos distribu?dos nas seguintes esp?cies: Chrysomya megacephala (54,45%), Chrysomya putoria (11,18%), Chrysomya albiceps (13,63%), Phaenicia eximia (5,90%), Phaenicia cuprina (1,07%), Cochliomyia macellaria (9,06%), Cochliomyia hominivorax (0,53%), Hemilucilia segmentaria (0,80%), Hemilucilia semidiaphana (1,40%), Mesembrinella bellardiana (1,24%), Eumesembrinella sp. (0,51%), Chloroprocta idioidea (0,09%) e Phaenicia sericata (0,13%). Foram determinados os ?ndices de Sinantropia e Flutua??o Sazonal e o Coeficiente de Const?ncia das esp?cies entre o outono de 2002 e o ver?o de 2004. C. albiceps teve o mais alto ?ndice de Sinantropia (IS= + 41,7) conferindo a esta esp?cie, a seguinte classifica??o de acordo com Ferreira (1978 e 1983): esp?cie que tem Prefer?ncia por ?reas Habitadas. Tamb?m C. megacephala (IS= +33,01), C. putoria (IS= +25,1), C. hominivorax (IS= +24,1), C. macellaria (IS= +21,14), P. cuprina (IS= +18,78), P. eximia (-9,67) esp?cie com Prefer?ncia por ?reas Habitadas e finalmente H. segmentaria, H. semidiaphana, M. bellardiana, Eumesembrinella sp. C. idioidea, P. sericata todas pertencentes aos grupos, segundo os dados obtidos, que possuem Completa Aus?ncia em ?reas Habitadas (IS= -100). Os microhimen?pteros parasit?ides s?o ferramentas importantes no controle biol?gico de moscas de import?ncia econ?mica e causadora de danos ? sa?de humana e de outros animais. As capturas ocorreram entre janeiro e dezembro de 2004 em ?rea urbana, rural e florestal. 1.528 larvas de Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) foram usadas como iscas, 505 na urbana, 556 na rural e 467 na florestada. Foram calculados os ?ndices de Sinantropia, Coeficiente de Const?ncia, o risco (Odds Ratio) de parasitismo entre as ?reas, preval?ncia e intensidade parasit?ria. O percentual de emers?o foi de 46,6%. Aphaereta laeviuscula (Spinola, 1851), foi capturada apenas em ambiente rural, seus ?ndices foram: I. sinantropia= +50, C. const?ncia=25%, preval?ncia=0,72% e I. parasit?ria=44,5; j? Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836) foi capturada nas ?reas rural e urbana e os ?ndices foram: I. sinantropia= +98, C. const?ncia=58,3%, Odds Ratio= IC95%= 0,025 <?> 0,27, p<0,05, preval?ncia, =3,2% e I. parasit?ria=7,35. O risco de parasitismo por N. vitripennis em ?reas urbanas ? alto. Registra-se a ocorr?ncia de A. laeviuscula como parasito de C. hominivorax no Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-03-21T18:57:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SephoraLouyseSilvaDeAquino_DISSERT.pdf: 1193820 bytes, checksum: 6fae5e7a49aca61ea1d816758627555e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-28T00:43:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 SephoraLouyseSilvaDeAquino_DISSERT.pdf: 1193820 bytes, checksum: 6fae5e7a49aca61ea1d816758627555e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-28T00:43:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SephoraLouyseSilvaDeAquino_DISSERT.pdf: 1193820 bytes, checksum: 6fae5e7a49aca61ea1d816758627555e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-22 / O risco de s?ndrome metab?lica pode ser influenciado pelo status inadequado de vitamina D, sendo a exposi??o ? luz solar a principal fonte externa desta vitamina. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a influ?ncia dos fatores ambientais, biol?gicos e nutricionais em fun??o das esta??es do ano no status de 25OHD em pacientes com s?ndrome metab?lica. Estudo transversal desenvolvido com 180 indiv?duos adultos e idosos com idade entre 18-80 anos, ambos os sexos, com diagn?stico de s?ndrome metab?lica, segundo os crit?rios do National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III). Foi considerada como vari?vel dependente a concentra??o de 25OHD; e como vari?veis independentes: idade, sexo, cor da pele, uso de filtro solar, fototipo de pele, escore de exposi??o solar, ?ndice de radia??o ultravioleta (IRUV), localiza??o geogr?fica, esta??es do ano, ?ndice de massa corporal (IMC), rela??o cintura-quadril (RCQ), circunfer?ncia da cintura (CC), paratorm?nio (PTH), c?lcio total s?rico, al?m do c?lcio e vitamina D da dieta. Potenciais preditores para a magnitude do status de 25OHD foram investigados por meio de 16 modelos de regress?o linear univariado, e sete modelos de regress?o m?ltipla. Foram estabelecidas medidas de associa??o e correla??o. O n?vel de signific?ncia adotado foi 5%. O status de 25OHD foi significativamente diferente entre inverno e ver?o (P=0,017). A m?dia de 25OHD indicou insufici?ncia no inverno (25,89ng/mL+7,61) e sufici?ncia no ver?o (31,81ng/mL+10,22), com aumento de 5,59ng/mL no ver?o. No modelo de regress?o linear simples, a concentra??o de 25OHD associou-se significativamente com o ver?o (P=0,003), de modo que a vari?vel esta??o do ano explicou 4,2% da variabilidade do status de 25OHD. O escore de exposi??o solar foi significativamente associado com a concentra??o de 25OHD (P=0,008), explicando 3,4% da variabilidade. No modelo de regress?o m?ltipla, sexo (P=0,027), RCQ (P=0,027), escore de exposi??o solar (P=0,006) e inverno vs. ver?o (P=0,004), explicaram 10,4% da varia??o da concentra??o de 25OHD. Os homens tiveram a concentra??o de 25OHD 3,71ng/mL maior do que as mulheres. O aumento de 1,0 unidade no escore de exposi??o solar, resultou no acr?scimo de aproximadamente 0,16ng/mL na concentra??o de 25OHD. A RCQ teve associa??o inversa com a concentra??o de 25OHD. A esta??o do ano ver?o e a exposi??o solar influenciaram no status de 25OHD dos indiv?duos com s?ndrome metab?lica residentes de uma regi?o do Brasil com elevados ?ndices de radia??o ultravioleta. / The risk of metabolic syndrome can be influenced by inadequate vitamin D levels, and exposure to sunlight is the main external source of vitamin D. This study assessed the influence of environmental, biological and nutritional factors as a function of seasons on the 25OHD status among individuals with metabolic syndrome. A cross-sectional study was developed with 180 adult and elderly individuals of both genders, between 18-80 years of age, with metabolic syndrome according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria. The 25OHD concentration was considered dependent variable; the independent variables were age, gender, skin color, use of sunscreen, skin type, sun exposure score, ultraviolet index (UVI), geographic location, season, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), parathyroid hormone (PTH) level, total serum calcium level, and diet levels of calcium and vitamin D. The potential predictors for the 25OHD levels were investigated using 16 univariate linear regression models and seven multiple regression models. Measures of association and correlation were established and statistical significance was assumed for P < 0.05 (5%). The 25OHD status differed significantly between winter and summer (P = 0.017). The average 25OHD level was insufficient during the winter (25.89 ? 7.61 ng/mL) and sufficient during the summer (31.81 ? 10.22 ng/mL), with an increase of 5.59 ng/mL in the summer. In the simple linear regression model, 25OHD concentration was significantly associated with the summer season (P = 0.003); the season variable explained 4.2% of the variability in 25OHD concentration. The sun exposure score was significantly associated with 25OHD concentration (P = 0.008), explaining 3.4% of the variability. In the multiple regression model, gender (P = 0.27), WHR (P = 0.27), sun exposure score (P = 0.006), and winter vs. summer (P = 0.004) explained 10.4% of the variation in 25OHD concentration. Men had a 25OHD concentration 3.71 ng/mL higher than that of women. An increase of 1.0 unit in the sun exposure score resulted in an increase of approximately 0.16 ng/mL on 25OHD concentration. WHR showed an inverse association with the 25OHD concentration. The summer season and sun exposure influenced the 25OHD status in individuals with metabolic syndrome living in a region of Brazil with a high ultraviolet radiation index.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:33:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucianaLFL.pdf: 2263314 bytes, checksum: 031f7f356fbeb6a00725098fb2fbe8c6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Tropical environments often face strong seasonal variations in climate, such as alternate periods of dry and rain, that may often be important influence in the annual X the organisms lives. Here we assess how population dynamics of two butterfly species (Heliconius erato and Heliconius mepomene) respond to environmental and seasonal variations. A mark-release-recapture study carried out in an Atlantic forest reserve, 15 Km from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, for 3 years, during the dry and rainy season, with three visits weekly done. Information such as species, wing lenght, site of capture, pollen load and phenotype (number of spots) (in H. erato only) were noted for each capture. Seasonal variation exists in capture rates of the two species, with great capture rates during the rainy season. Despite finding differences in the mean density of individuals of the two species among the different collection areas, this difference was only significant between floodplain and central areas, and no influence of seasonality was observed in the mean density between the areas. Seasonality in wing size was only observed for H. erato, with larger wings during the rainy season. Females carried larger pollen loads than males both species, but species were similar. Only males differed seasonally, with larger pollen loads during the rainy season. The distribution of the number of wing spots did not vary between the dry and rainy seasons, and the number of spots in males and females was similar. Therefore, we conclude that there was a strong influence of seasonal variation in the population dynamic of the two Heliconius species, as well as in several aspects of their biology / Ambientes tropicais, assim como temperados, costumam se deparar com fortes varia??es sazonais em seus regimes clim?ticos, manifestadas atrav?s de per?odos alternados de seca e chuva, que podem ter pronunciada influ?ncia em diversos aspectos da vida dos organismos que neles habitam. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar como a din?mica populacional de duas esp?cies de borboleta (Heliconius erato e Heliconius melpomene) responde ?s varia??es ambientais sazonais por elas enfrentadas. Um trabalho de marca??o e recaptura das esp?cies foi realizado em uma reserva de mata Atl?ntica localizada cerca de 15 km da cidade de Natal (RN), durante um per?odo de tr?s anos, nos meses mais secos e chuvosos do ano, com tr?s visitas semanais. Informa??es como esp?cie, comprimento alar, local de captura, idade, tamanho da carga pol?nica coletada e fen?tipo (n?mero de manchas na por??o ventral das asas anteriores) em H. erato foram obtidas para cada captura. Observou-se varia??o sazonal nas taxas de captura das duas esp?cies, com maior incid?ncia nos per?odos mais chuvosos, e baixa taxa de recaptura, principalmente nos per?odos mais secos. Apesar de encontrada diferen?a na densidade m?dia de indiv?duos das duas esp?cies entre as diferentes ?reas de coleta, esta foi significativa somente entre as ?reas de v?rzea e central, e n?o foi observada influ?ncia da sazonalidade na densidade m?dia entre as ?reas. O efeito da sazonalidade sobre o comprimento alar somente foi observado para H. erato, com indiv?duos coletados nos per?odos de chuva apresentando tamanhos superiores. F?meas coletaram maiores cargas pol?nicas do que machos nas duas esp?cies, mas n?o houve diferen?a quando comparadas as esp?cies entre si. Quando analisada a influ?ncia sazonal na obten??o de p?len, somente os machos apresentaram diverg?ncias entre as esta??es, com indiv?duos capturados nos per?odos mais chuvosos coletando maiores cargas pol?nicas. Quanto ? varia??o fenot?pica em H. erato, a distribui??o do n?mero de manchas n?o variou entre as esta??es seca e chuvosa, assim como n?o houve diferen?a no n?mero de manchas entre machos e f?meas. Podemos ent?o concluir que houve forte influ?ncia da varia??o sazonal na din?mica populacional das duas esp?cies de Heliconius, bem como em v?rios aspectos de sua biologia