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Self-management of chronic pain is a complex and demanding activity. Multidisciplinary pain management programs are designed to provide patients with the skills to improve, maintain functioning and self-manage their pain but gains diminish in the long-term due to lack of support from clinicians. Sensing technology can be a cost-effective way to extend support for self-management outside clinical settings but they are currently under-explored. In this paper, we report studies carried out to investigate how Personal Informatics Systems (PIS) based on wearable body sensing technology could facilitate pain self-management and functioning. Five roles for PIS emerged from a qualitative study with people with chronic pain and physiotherapists: (i) assessment, planning and prevention (ii) a direct supervisory and co-management role, (iii) facilitating deeper understanding, (iv) managing emotional states, and (v) sharing for social acceptability. A web-based survey was conducted to understand the parameters that should be tracked to support self-management and what tracked information should be shared with others. Finally, we suggest an extension to previous PIS models and propose design implications to address immediate, short-term and longterm information needs for personal use of people with chronic pain and for sharing with others.

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Morphometric studies of fruits and forest seeds may indicate the presence of variability among individuals of the same species. The objective of this study was to investigate the morphometric diversity of fruits and seeds of Swietenia macrophylla in 20 individuals belong to the Parakanã Indigenous Land, PA, Brazil. The following characteristics of the fruits, wingless seeds, and seeds without testa of the 20 trees were evaluated. Analysis of variance was performed on the collected data, followed by test of the means by Scott-Knott test. Genetic dissimilarity was assessed through means of the Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA) grouping technique and canonical variables (CV). The results indicate high phenotypic diversity among mahogany fruits and seeds and the grouping of trees regardless is of the location of the indigenous village. Thus, mahogany trees have high genetic potential for germplasm conservation, seed harvesting, and breeding programs.

Biometric studies of fruits and seeds can detect phenotypic variability among individuals of the same species and it be applied in breeding programs. Besides, they contribute to the selection of seeds with a higher standard of biophysical quality to be used for the seedlings production. The objective of this study was to evaluate the fruit and seeds biophysical traits and emergency of "jutaí-açú" (Hymenaea courbaril L.) seedlings from different provenance. The fruits and seeds come from the municipalities of Ananindeua and Portel, Pará. For biometric evaluation of fruits and seeds and fresh mass, 50 and 100 units were used, respectively. Additionally, the moisture content and number of seeds per fruit were evaluated. The emergency test was performed in a completely randomized design, consisting four replicates of 25 seeds each. The percentage of emergency (E), emergency speed index (ESI) and average time of emergency (ATE) were evaluated. Ananindeua provenance showed higher averages for length, thickness and number of seeds per fruit. In contrast, the Portel provenance showed the highest averages for length and seed thickness. Ananindeua provenance was higher physiologically in relation to the Portel provenance, with E equal to 73 and 21%, respectively; the TME was 14.86 and 23.03, respectively; and the IVE was 1.27 and 0.23 respectively. The results showed variations between the biophysical and physiological attributes of the two provenances.

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