A meliponicultura exerce grande importância na agricultura familiar por ser fonte de renda para pequenos produtores. É uma atividade em expansão em todo território nacional pela vasta diversidade da flora e dos mais variados tipos de climas existentes no Brasil. Esse potencial produzido reflete na geração de renda do produtor e, com isso, se destaca como importante fator de inclusão social. Nos Estados da Paraíba e do Rio Grande do Norte, a criação racional de abelha sem ferrão é praticada de geração a geração, contudo não há registros precisos sobre custos de investimento e manutenção de um meliponário, tampouco sobre custos de produção. Diante do exposto, objetivou-se pesquisar meliponicultores nesses dois Estados do nordeste brasileiro, para avaliar e comparar o potencial socioeconômico da atividade de criação de abelhas sem ferrão. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida nos Estados da Paraíba (PB) e Rio Grande do Norte (RN) durante o período de maio de 2017 a maio de 2019, com levantamento de dados envolvendo temas relacionados ao processo de criação de abelhas sem ferrão, a partir de informações prestadas pelos criadores desses dois Estados. Para este estudo, foram avaliados 45 (quarenta e cinco) meliponicultores distribuídos nas quatro mesorregiões do Estado da Paraíba e do Rio Grande do Norte. De acordo com as avaliações, pode-se constatar que as espécies de abelhas sem ferrão mais criadas nos dois Estados são Abelha Jandaíra (Melipona subnitida), Uruçu Nordestina (Melipona scutellaris), Rajada (Melipona asilvae), Mandaguari (Scaptotrigona sp) e Moça Branca (Frieseomellita sp).
The objective of the study was to verify the practice of physical exercise as a protective factor for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of N=137 individuals, age (31.50 ± 13.08 years), n=45 men and n=92 women, people, answered an online questionnaire built on Google Forms, divided into five domains: 1-Data from Identification: information regarding age, sex, marital status, level of education, state of residence, whether the participant was socially isolated during the period of filling out the questionnaire; 2-Analysis of lifestyle aspects before and during the covid-19 pandemic: physical exercise (frequency, intensity, type, time); 3-Beck Anxiety and Depression Scales. Analyzes were performed using SPSS version 25. Categorical variables are described as absolute numbers and percentages, and continuous variables as mean ± standard deviation (SD) and binary logistic regression. In logistic regression analysis (expressed as odds ratio; 95% confidence interval). Sedentary individuals were more likely to have moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety (OR 2.85CI95%:1.38-5.88) and depression (OR 2.92CI95%1.41-6.04). It is concluded that the practice of physical exercise can be a protective factor for mental health in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To compare the anthropometric profile and cognitive performance of elite and non-elite beach volleyball athletes. Comparative and descriptive study. The sample was composed by 8 athletes, divided in 2 groups: elite (n = 4) and non-elite (n = 4). They were evaluated in anthropometric parameters age, weight and height, and the variables of the cognitive performance evaluated by the battery of computerized tests CogState® (Brief Battery): Detection (Simple Reaction Time); Identification (Choice Reaction Time); One Back Speed (Working Memory); One Back Acuracy (Short Term Memory). Data were classified as non-parametric with the dispersion curve analysis performed by the Shapiro Wilk test. Anthropometric profile and cognitive performance variables were compared with the Mann Whitney U test between the groups. The procedures were performed with a significance level of p < 0.05 using the Statistical Package for the Social Science - SPSS®, Version 25.0. It was observed that there was significant difference in the anthropometric profile in the variable age (sig = 0.029) and in the cognitive performance significant differences occurred in the variables Detec (sig = 0.029) and Indent (sig = 0.029) of elite and not elite athletes of the beach volleyball modality. Elite and non-elite beach volleyball athletes present significant differences in the anthropometric variable (Age) and in the variables of cognitive performance (Detection and Identification) where elite athletes have a better cognitive performance than the non- elite athletes.
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