Abstract Background and objectives Data on urine output have not been routinely presented to define cardiac surgery-related acute kidney injury (AKI). We evaluated the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery based on the AKIN and KDIGO criteria (considering serum creatinine concentration and urine output in the first 72 hours postoperatively) and compared the performance of the 2 criteria for AKI staging. Methods This was a prospective cohort study of adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve replacement, or CABG + valve replacement between October 2017 and April 2018 at a single institution. Patients were excluded if baseline creatinine concentration (measured within 7 days before surgery) was ≥ 2.5 mg.dL-1. Patients were evaluated for the development of AKI based on changes in urine output and serum creatinine concentration, measured daily from postoperative day 1 to 7, according to the AKIN and KDIGO criteria, which were then compared. Results A total of 198 patients were included. AKI occurred in 83.8% by AKIN and in 82.8% by KDIGO, when using both urine output and serum creatinine concentration as defining criteria. Using serum creatinine concentration alone, the incidence of AKI fell to 27.3% by AKIN and to 24.7% by KDIGO. A kappa coefficient of 0.98 was obtained between the AKIN and KDIGO criteria. Conclusions Almost perfect agreement was found between AKIN and KDIGO. AKI may be underdiagnosed after cardiac surgery if serum creatinine concentration is used as the only defining criterion. Our findings underscore the fundamental importance of using the urine output criterion in the assessment of patients at risk for AKI.

O Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR) faz parte do contínuo ecológico de Paranapiacaba, um dos trechos mais bem conservados de Floresta Atlântica no estado de São Paulo. Entretanto, há pouquíssimos estudos sobre a composição florística e a estrutura da vegetação dessa área, que apresenta peculiaridades como a localização sobre regiões cársticas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi mapear a vegetação e caracterizar a flora das diferentes fitofisionomias existentes no PETAR, a fim de fornecer subsídios para a elaboração do seu plano de manejo. Para isso, fez-se o mapeamento geral e detalhado do Parque por meio de interpretação de fotografias aéreas, além de levantamentos de campo e de dados secundários para a caracterização da flora. No PETAR, predomina a Floresta Ombrófila Densa (65%), com a maior parte ocorrendo nas cotas altitudinais correspondentes à Montana (78,2%) e Submontana (19,4%), sendo encontradas também pequenas áreas de Floresta Ombrófila Densa Alto-montana (0,1%) e Aluvial (1,7%). Aproximadamente 13% são ocupados por Floresta Ombrófila Aberta com bambus, onde a vegetação arbórea de porte alto dá lugar a grandes manchas de bambu e pouca regeneração natural. Trechos de vegetação secundária, que sofreram corte raso e encontram-se em regeneração, somam cerca de 17%. No detalhamento, foram mapeados 12 tipos vegetacionais, subdivididos de acordo com o porte e a densidade da cobertura vegetal. Os trechos mais conservados, com vegetação de porte arbóreo alto e estrutura de dossel fechado, compreendem aproximadamente 37% da área vegetada do Parque. A união dos registros de campo com os dados secundários resultou em uma lista de 680 espécies de plantas nativas, sendo que o levantamento de campo acrescentou 162 novos registros para o Parque. Quarenta espécies encontram-se em alguma das categorias de ameaça das listas oficiais de espécies ameaçadas de extinção no estado de São Paulo, no Brasil e no mundo. Foram identificadas 44 espécies exóticas, das quais 14 foram consideradas invasoras.

The Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park (PETAR) is part of the ecological continuum of the Paranapiacaba Range, one of the most preserved sites of the Atlantic Forest in São Paulo State. However, studies exploring its floristic structure and compostition are rare. The objective of this study was to map the vegetation and characterize the flora of the different vegetation types of PETAR to contribute to its management plan. Aerial photographs were used to produce a general and a detailed map of the park. Data collected through field surveys were combined with secondary data to characterize PETAR's flora. It was found that the Ombrophilous Dense Forest is the predominant vegetation type in PETAR (65%), which mostly occurs at elevations that correspond to the Montane (78.2%) and Lower Montane (19.4%) types. There are also areas of High Montane (0.1%) and Alluvial vegetation (1.7%). The Ombrophilous Open Forest with bamboos, where large patches of bamboos have replaced the tall closed forest, occurs in approximately 13%. Sites of secondary vegetation, which have been regenerating after past clearcuts comprise about 17%. The detailed map showed 12 different vegetation types, which were characterized according to vegetation height and density of cover. The most perserved sites, characterized by tall trees and a closed canopy structure, comprised about 37% of the park's vegetated area. Primary and secondary data were pooled and resulted in a list of 680 native plant species, with the field surveys adding 162 new records for the park. It was found that 40 species belong to some category of threat according to the official red lists of São Paulo State, Brazil, and of the world. Forty-four exotic species were identified, of which 14 were classified as invasive.

Tubos de aço são transportados diariamente em todo o mundo, por caminhão, trem ou navio. Conseqüentemente, danos de transporte, podem ocorrer com freqüência e regularidade. O tipo de dano particular selecionado para este estudo foi o de trinca por fadiga, o qual é considerado como um dos mais críticos. Neste trabalho foram estudados tubos de aço fabricados de acordo com os requisitos da norma API 5L [1]. Foram efetuadas caracterizações químicas, mecânicas e metalográficas de um tubo com diâmetro 609,6 mm e espessura 15,87 mm grau X-65. A simulação do transporte por navio de tubos de aço foi feita submetendo-se seções de tubo com comprimento igual a 0,1 metro, a ciclos de fadiga por meio de máquina servo-hidráulica. Foi possível concluir que em tubos soldados, a região adjacente ao cordão de solda é a mais crítica, e que quando o posicionamento do tubo na carga é efetuado de maneira que a solda fique apoiada sobre alguma superfície rígida, a ocorrência de trinca por fadiga torna-se possível principalmente se os procedimentos de manuseio, carregamento e transporte não forem executados da maneira como recomendada pelos fabricantes de tubos e pela norma API [2].

Steel pipes are daily transported all over the world by truck, train or ship. Consequently, shipping damages may occur frequent and regularly. The particular damage selected for this study was fatigue cracking, that is considered as the more critical one. In this job were studied steel pipes manufactured according to the requirements of the specification API 5L [1]. Chemical, mechanical and micrographic characterizations were made in a pipe size Ø 609.6 mm x 15.87 mm grade X-65. For the simulation of a ship transportation of steel pipes, pipe lengths sections of 0.1 meter were submitted to fatigue cycles from a servo-hydraulic machine. It was possible to conclude that in welded pipes, the weld region adjacent to the weld toe is the more critical and when the pipe positioning at the vessel result in to be the weld in contact with rigid surface, the occurrence of fatigue cracking is possible mainly if the handling, loading and transportation procedures were not executed as recommended by the pipe manufacturers and by the API specification.

Brazil's electric power utilities have commonly employed native timbers as the main material for manufacturing cross-arms for distribution lines. However, the increasingly high costs of these timbers and Brazil's new environmental laws have contributed to change this situation, spurring research on new materials for application in transmission and distribution systems. This paper discusses two reforested wood species, Pinus elliottii and Eucalyptus citriodora, coated with castor oil-based polyurethane resins, as an alternative material for distribution line cross-arms, from the standpoint of their mechanical and electrical properties and their low cost. Numerical simulations and a complete description of the entire coating process are also part of this work.

Foram levantadas as características da sucessão florestal após abandono de campo cultivado em agricultura de subsistência sobre solos calcários na Mata Atlântica brasileira. Este é um dos biomas mais ameaçados do mundo, que apresenta apenas 8% de remanescentes. A área de estudo está localizada sobre solo calcário no Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), sudeste do Brasil. O levantamento fitossociológico indicou padrão de sucessão dominado por Leguminosae, especialmente Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F. Macbr. Esta espécie ocorre sobre solo calcário, substituindo a espécie arbórea dominante em início de sucessão sobre solos ácidos, Tibouchina pulchra (Cham.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae), sendo que esta é a situação mais comum neste Bioma. Estes resultados são importantes para um melhor conhecimento da biodiversidade da floresta neotropical e caracteriza um banco genético único neste bioma altamente ameaçado. São também decisivos no suporte de ações de reabilitação de áreas degradadas e um instrumento potencial para manejo auto-sustentado da floresta neotropical, tanto dentro dos limites da unidade de conservação, quanto em suas áreas de entorno.

The forest succession after abandonment of slash-and-burn agriculture over calcareous soil in Brazilian Atlantic Forest was assessed. This is one of the world's most threatened Biome, with only 8% remaining. The study area is located over calcareous soil inside the Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park (PETAR), southeast Brazil. The phytossociological survey showed a successional pattern dominated by species of Leguminosae, especially Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F. Macbr. This species occurs in calcareous soils as a substitute of Tibouchina pulchra (Cham.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae) that is the most usual dominant tree species in early succession over acidic soil, which is the most common situation in this Biome. These results are important for a better understanding of Neotropical forest biodiversity and characterize a unique genetic bank in this highly endangered Biome. They are also decisive to support actions regarding rehabilitation of degraded lands and a potential tool for Neotropical forest sustainable management, both inside and around the conservation unit.