Apparent coordinated and communal hunting behaviours by Erabu sea krait Laticauda semifactiata.

Opportunistic observations of Erabu sea kraits (Laticauda semifaciata) provide evidence that this species undertake a novel foraging tactic; coordinated communal hunting. Erabu sea kraits prey on cryptic fish species in highly complex reef habitats. Intra- and interspecific cooperative hunting strategies may increase chances for all members of the hunting party to encounter and capture prey in these complex habitats. Here, we observed 52 instances of communal hunting by Erabu sea kraits with conspecifics and other predatory fishes at recreational dive sites in Southern Lombok, Indonesia. These observations highlight the potential higher cognitive capacity of sea kraits to coordinate activities around communal hunting events.

Sexual dimorphism in skull size and shape of Laticauda colubrina (Serpentes: Elapidae).

Background: Sexual dimorphism in size and shape is widespread among squamate reptiles. Sex differences in snake skull size and shape are often accompanied by intersexual feeding niche separation. However, allometric trajectories underlying these differences remain largely unstudied in several lineages. The sea krait Laticauda colubrina (Serpentes: Elapidae) exhibits very clear sexual dimorphism in body size, with previous studies having reported females to be larger and to have a relatively longer and wider head. The two sexes also differ in feeding habits: males tend to prey in shallow water on muraenid eels, whereas females prey in deeper water on congerid eels. Methods: I investigated sexual dimorphism in skull shape and size as well as the pattern of skull growth, to determine whether males and females follow the same ontogenetic trajectories. I studied skull characteristics and body length in 61 male and female sea kraits. Results: The sexes differ in skull shape. Males and females follow distinct allometric trajectories. Structures associated with feeding performance are female-biased, whereas rostral and orbital regions are male-biased. The two sexes differ in allometric trajectories of feeding-related structures (female biased) that correspond to dietary divergence between the sexes. Conclusions: Sea kraits exhibit clear sexual dimorphism in the skull form that may be explained by intersexual differences in the feeding habits as well as reproductive roles. The overall skull growth pattern resembles the typical pattern observed in other tetrapods.

Neotropical sisterhood: new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) infecting Rhamdia guatemalensis and Rhamdia laticauda (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in Mexico.

We describe two new species of monogenean parasites of the genus Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 infecting Neotropical catfishes (Siluriformes) in southern Mexico: Gyrodactylus chulini n. sp. from 'chulín', Rhamdia laticauda collected in Oaxaca; and Gyrodactylus juili n. sp. from 'juil', Rhamdia guatemalensis from Veracruz. Morphologically, both new taxa are similar to Gyrodactylus spp. infecting catfishes (Siluriformes) in South America. Sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA), the D2+D3 domains of the large ribosomal subunit (28S rDNA) and the cytochrome oxidase II (COII) gene were obtained from multiple parasite specimens and analysed using Bayesian inference. Phylogenetic hypotheses using ITS rDNA and COII genes, recovered two new Gyrodactylus species from Rhamdia spp.: G. chulini n. sp.; and Gyrodactylus juili n. sp., which are sister species to Gyrodactylus lilianae, a parasite of Rhamdia quelen in Brazil, and show strong affinity to other gyrodactytlids infecting Neotropical catfishes. This suggests that these new taxa, the first gyrodactylids described from Rhamdia spp. in Mexico, co-migrated to Tropical Middle America with their Neotropical catfish hosts, after the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama.

Redescriptions of the type specimens of synonymous nominal taxa of sea snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophis, Laticauda) at the Zoological Survey of India.

We redescribe and illustrate the type specimens of ten taxa of sea snakes of the genera Hydrophis Latreille in Sonnini Latreille, 1801 and Laticauda Laurenti, 1768 in the collections of the Zoological Survey of India. The specimens comprise holotypes and syntypes of ten synonymous nominal taxa that represent seven valid nominal taxa. We here clarify that one specimen ZSI 8278 is a syntype of Hydrophis dayanus Stoliczka, 1872, not holotype as previously stated. In one case, four holotypes of four nominal taxa are synonyms of the same taxonHydrophis cyanocinctus Daudin, 1803. Many of these type specimens are herein first depicted in photographs in a publication.

Horizontal transfer and subsequent explosive expansion of a DNA transposon in sea kraits (Laticauda).

Transposable elements (TEs) are self-replicating genetic sequences and are often described as important 'drivers of evolution'. This driving force is because TEs promote genomic novelty by enabling rearrangement, and through exaptation as coding and regulatory elements. However, most TE insertions potentially lead to neutral or harmful outcomes, therefore host genomes have evolved machinery to suppress TE expansion. Through horizontal transposon transfer (HTT) TEs can colonize new genomes, and since new hosts may not be able to regulate subsequent replication, these TEs may proliferate rapidly. Here, we describe HTT of the Harbinger-Snek DNA transposon into sea kraits (Laticauda), and its subsequent explosive expansion within Laticauda genomes. This HTT occurred following the divergence of Laticauda from terrestrial Australian elapids approximately 15-25 Mya. This has resulted in numerous insertions into introns and regulatory regions, with some insertions into exons which appear to have altered UTRs or added sequence to coding exons. Harbinger-Snek has rapidly expanded to make up 8-12% of Laticauda spp. genomes; this is the fastest known expansion of TEs in amniotes following HTT. Genomic changes caused by this rapid expansion may have contributed to adaptation to the amphibious-marine habitat.

Population history and genomic admixture of sea snakes of the genus Laticauda in the West Pacific.

Speciation in the open ocean has long been studied, but it remains largely elusive what factors promote or inhibit speciation in such an open environment. Marine amniotes, which evolved from terrestrial ancestors, provide valuable opportunities for studying speciation in the ocean because of their evident aquatic origins. Sea snakes are phylogenetically related to terrestrial elapid snakes and consist of two monophyletic groups (Hydrophiini and Laticaudini). These two groups migrated from land to water almost at the same time, but species diversities are remarkably different: there are approx. 60 species in 16 genera described for hydrophiins, whereas only eight species in the genus Laticauda are described for laticaudins. Here, we provide a high-quality reference genome assembly of a laticaudin L. colubrina with a scaffold N50 value of 40 Mbp, and focused on laticaudins to consider why they have seldom speciated. We performed whole-genome shotgun sequencing of several species of laticaudins sampled in their southmost (Vanuatu) and northmost (Ryukyu) habitats. Demographic histories of Vanuatu and Ryukyu populations suggest that populations of broadly distributed major species are geographically structured. Each species is genetically clearly distinguished, but there is a considerable amount of gene flow between two sibling species distributed sympatrically in Vanuatu. In addition, inter-species genomic admixture is ubiquitously observed among laticaudins even between phylogenetically distant species. Broad distribution of major species combined with such genetic mixability might have prevented laticaudins from genetic isolation and speciation.

Descriptions of Two Digenean Trematodes Found from a Chinese Sea Snake, Laticauda semifasciata, in Republic of Korea.

We intended to describe 2 digenean trematodes found from a Chinese sea snake, Laticauda semifasciata, as the new fauna in the Republic of Korea. The snake was caught offshore of Aewol-eup, Jeju-do, in August 2017. Two species of fluke were found in the lung and intestinal tract of the snake in the process of necropsy. They were identified as Pulmovermis cyanovitellosus Coil and Kuntz, 1960 and Harmotrema laticaudae Yamaguti, 1933, respectively based on the morphological characters. Pulmovermis cyanovitellosus showed elongated body with well-developed and elongated male genital system and compact vitelline. And H. laticaudae was characterized by linguiform body with heavily armed cirrus with excretory system. This is the first time both species have been reported and described off the Korean coast. We provide morphological descriptions with some comments on their biology and geographical distribution. In addition, the taxonomic validity of the genus Hydrophitrema Sandars, 1960 was discussed, in terms of morphological descriptions and host ranges. This study provides novel insight into digenean fluke species existing off the coast of Korea.

Development of 21 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the black-banded sea krait, Laticauda semifasciata (Elapidae: Laticaudinae), and cross-species amplification for two other congeneric species.

The genus Laticauda (Reptilia: Elapidae), commonly known as sea kraits, is venomous marine amphibious snakes distributed throughout the south and southeast Asian islands and mostly found in coastal waters. To facilitate genetic studies, we have developed microsatellite loci for L. semifasciata using the 454 GS-FLX pyrosequencing technique. A total of 65,680 sequences containing a minimum of five repeat motifs were identified from 451,659 reads. Among 80 loci containing more than nine repeat units, 34 primer sets (42.5%) produced strong PCR products, of which 21 were polymorphic among 36 samples of L. semifasciata. All loci exhibited high genetic variability, with an average of 7.38 alleles per locus, and the mean observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.73 and 0.76, respectively. The cross-species amplification of these loci in two laticaudine species, L. colubrina and L. laticaudata, revealed a high transferability (78.6%) and polymorphism (59.5%) of the loci. Our work demonstrated the utility of next-generation 454 sequencing as the rapid and cost-effective method for development of microsatellite markers. The high level of polymorphism in these microsatellite loci will be useful for the detection of population subdivision and the study of migration, gene flow, relatedness and philopatry of L. semifasciata and other laticaudine species.

Phylogenetic relationships of three representative sea krait species (genus Laticauda; elapidae; serpentes) based on 13 mitochondrial genes.

To investigate the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Laticauda to related higher taxa, we compared the sequences of four mitochondrial genes (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, ND4, Cytb) from three Laticauda species (L. colubrina, L. laticaudata, and L. semifasciata) with those of 55 Asian and Australo-Melanesian elapid species. We also characterized the complete mitogenomes of the three Laticauda species and compared the sequences of 13 mitochondrial genes from Laticauda species with five terrestrial elapid and one viperid species to estimate phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. Our results showed that the genus Laticauda is paraphyletic to terrestrial elapids and diverged from the Asian elapids approximately 16.23 Mya. The mitogenomes of the three Laticauda species commonly encoded 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs, 12S and 16S rRNAs and two control regions and ranged from 17,170 and 17,450 bp in size. The L. colubrina mitogenome was more similar to that of L. laticaudata than that of L. semifasciata. The divergence time among the three Laticauda clades was estimated at 8-10 Mya, and a close phylogenetic relationship between L. colubrina and L. laticaudata was found. Our results contribute to our understanding of the evolutionary history of sea kraits.

Decoding the molecular switches of natriuretic peptides which differentiate its vascular and renal functions.

Heart failure (HF) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Dysfunction of blood pressure and/or volume homeostatic processes result in lower perfusion and/or congestion. Treatment strategies exerting differential effects on pressure and volume mechanisms are critical in handling patients with HF. Atrial natriuretic peptides (ANPs) are a key hormone in maintaining circulation. It binds to NP receptor-A (NPR-A) on vasculature, kidneys and nervous system to lowers blood pressure and volume. It exerts a concentration-dependent pharmacological activity, and only increased renal excretion of water and sodium at low doses and vasodilation along with renal effects at slightly higher doses. Recently, we showed that K-Ring (conserved ring of krait venom NP) elicited only vasodilatory properties despite its ability to evoke NPR-A. Through systematic analysis of the structure-function relationships of K-Ring, we have delineated the molecular switches that control vasodilatory and diuretic properties of NPs in anesthetized rats. In the process, we have identified residues that - (a) differentiate vascular and renal functions, (b) affect heart rate and pulse pressure, (c) exhibit sustained effect on vasodilatory function and (d) forceful diuresis switches. Furthermore, we have shown these residues to have equivalent effects on ANP scaffold, thereby introducing modularity in designing function-based ANP analogs. By comparing the ability of designed NPs to evoke cGMP levels, we propose a hypothetical mechanism for the observed tissue-specific effects. The present study opens new avenues in the development of suitable therapeutic agents for personalized care for HF patients.

Venom proteome of the yellow-lipped sea krait, Laticauda colubrina from Bali: Insights into subvenomic diversity, venom antigenicity and cross-neutralization by antivenom.

The venom proteome of Laticauda colubrina (Bali, Indonesia) was elucidated by nano-ESI-LCMS/MS of the venom reverse-phase HPLC fractions. Altogether 31 distinct forms of proteins were identified and clustered into three toxin families: three-finger toxin (3FTX, 66.12% of total venom proteins), phospholipase A2 (PLA2, 33.26%) and cysteine-rich secretory protein (CRiSP, 0.05%). The 3FTX were α-neurotoxins (five long neurotoxins, LNTX, 48.87%; two short neurotoxins, SNTX, 16.94%) and a trace amount of two cytotoxins (CTX, 0.31%). PLA2 were present with a large diversity of homologues (≥20 forms), however none was annotated to the lethal proteoform reported previously. The venom is highly lethal in mice (LD50=0.10µg/g) and this is driven primarily by the SNTX and LNTX (LD50=0.05-0.13µg/g), since the PLA2 proteins were non-lethal up to 2µg/g (20-time the venom LD50). The SNTX and LNTX were effectively cross-neutralized by the heterologous Sea Snake Antivenom (SSAV, Australian product) (potency=0.27mg toxin per ml antivenom, and 0.40mg/ml, respectively), corroborating the cross-neutralization of the whole venom (potency=1.09mg/ml) and its antigenic immunoreactivity toward SSAV. Furthermore, compared with earlier studies, the present work reveals geographical variation of venom composition for L. colubrina which may have implication for the evolution and conservation of the species. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Laticauda colubrina (yellow-lipped sea krait) is a widely distributed, semi-aquatic venomous snake species. The venom proteome at the level of protein family is unsophisticated and consistent with its restricted prey selection. Nonetheless, the subproteomic findings revealed geographical variability of the venom for this widely distributed species. In contrast to two previous reports, the results for the Balinese L. colubrina venom showed that LNTX Neurotoxin a and Neurotoxin b were co-existent while the PLA2 lethal subtype (PLA-II) was undetected by means of LCMS/MS and by in vivo assay. This is an observable trait of L. colubrina considered divergent from specimens previously studied for the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. The stark geographical variation might be reflective of trophic adaptation following evolutionary arms race between the snake and the prey (eels) in different localities. The preferred trait would likely propagate and remain significant within the geographical population, since the strong behaviour of site fidelity in the species would have minimized gene flow between distant populations. Meanwhile, the in vivo neutralization study verified that the efficacy of the heterologous Sea Snake Antivenom (Australian product) is attributable to the cross-neutralization of SNTX and LNTX, two principal lethal toxins that made up the bulk of L. colubrina venom proteins. The findings also implied that L. colubrina, though could be evolutionarily more related to the terrestrial elapids, has evolved a much streamlined, neurotoxin- and PLA2-predominated venom arsenal, with major antigenicity shared among the true sea snakes and the Australo-Papuan elapids. The findings enrich our current understanding of the complexity of L. colubrina venom and the neutralizing spectrum of antivenom against the principal toxins from this unique elapid lineage.

Atuação do Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família: o entendimento de profissionais da estratégia de saúde da família de um município catarinense / Activities of the family health support core: the understanding of the family health strategy professionals of a municipality of santa catarina / Actividades del núcleo de apoyo a la salud de la familia: el entendimiento de profesionales de la estrategia de salud de la familia de un municipio catarinense

A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar o entendimento de profissionais da Estratégia em Saúde da Família (ESF) sobre a atuação do Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF). Configurou-se como um estudo qualitativo descritivo, realizado em um município da região serrana de Santa Catarina, em 2 unidades de saúde da família. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 12 profissionais com formação em nível superior (medicina, odontologia e enfermagem), das quatro equipes de ESF, pertencentes às 2 Unidades de Saúde da Família. Os dados coletados foram tratados por meio da análise de conteúdo, decompondo-se as falas e construindo categorias temáticas, por meio da semelhança dos conteúdos. Percebeu-se que os profissionais entendem a atuação do NASF afastada das práticas realizadas pelos profissionais da ESF, resultando no trabalho em equipe como algo desafiador para as equipes multiprofissionais. Observou-se que as práticas em saúde se mostram fragmentadas e restritas à prática clínica, dificultando o cuidado integral. Entretanto, a atuação do NASF se mostra relevante para a transformação dos processos e das práticas de trabalho nos serviços de saúde.

The current research aimed to investigate the level of understanding of the Family Health Strategy (ESF) professionals on the activities of the Family Health Support Core (NASF). Set up as a descriptive qualitative study, it was conducted in a municipality of the highland region of Santa Catarina, in 2 family health units. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 professionals with superior education degrees (medicine, dentistry and nursing), of the four teams of ESF, belonging to the 2 family health units. Collected data was subjected to content analysis, decomposing the interviews and constructing thematic categories through content likeness. It transpired that professionals understand the activities of the NASF as being separate and apart from the practices that they carry out in the ESF, resulting in challenges to achieve teamwork in multiprofessional teams. Health practices were deemed fragmented and restricted to the clinical practice, hindering integral care. However, the NASF's activities are shown to be relevant to processes and work practice transformations in the health services.

La investigación tuvo como objetivo averiguar el nivel de entendimiento de profesionales de la Estrategia de Salud Familiar (ESF) acerca de las actividades del Núcleo de Apoyo a la Salud de la Familia (NASF). Configurado como un estudio descriptivo cualitativo, se llevó a cabo en un municipio de la región serrana de Santa Catarina, en 2 unidades de salud de la familia. Se realizaron entrevistas semi-estructuradas con 12 profesionales con formación de nivel superior (medicina, odontología y enfermería), de los cuatro equipos de ESF, pertenecientes a las 2 unidades de salud de la familia. Los datos obtenidos fueron tratados mediante análisis de contenido, descomponiendo las entrevistas y construyendo categorías temáticas a través de semejanza de contenidos. Se observó que los profesionales entienden las acciones de la NASF como distanciadas de las prácticas realizadas por profesionales de la ESF, dando como resultado dificultades para conciliar el trabajo en equipo en los equipos multiprofesionales. Se observó fragmentación en las prácticas de salud, que parecen estar restringidas a la práctica clínica, lo que dificulta la atención integral. Sin embargo, las acciones de la NASF muestran relevancia en los procesos de transformación y en las prácticas de trabajo en los servicios de salud.

A Vigilância nos Ambientes e Processos de Trabalho em Palmas ­ Tocantins: diagnóstico situacional e contribuições ao setor / The Surveillance in the Environments and Work Processes in Palmas - Tocantins: situational diagnosis and contributions to the sector / La vigilar el medio ambiente y procesos de trabajo en Palmas - Tocantins: diagnóstico situacional y contribuciones a la industria

Este estudo teve como objetivo contribuir com a reestruturação do processo de trabalho do Núcleo de Vigilância nos Ambientes e Processos de Trabalho da Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador do município de Palmas ­ Tocantins, descrevendo o mesmo, identificando suas fragilidades e buscando soluções, sendo este Núcleo, portanto, o universo da pesquisa. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo tipo intervenção, constituído por quatro fases. A fase I contextualizou historicamente a Saúde do Trabalhador no município de Palmas ­ TO; A fase II descreveu o atual processo de trabalho da equipe de Vigilância em Ambientes e Processos de Trabalho; Na fase III foram identificadas as necessidades da equipe quanto às melhorias necessárias; A fase IV foi destinada à construção dos fluxos e instrumentos necessários para a estruturação do setor no planejamento e execução de suas ações. A história da Saúde do Trabalhador no município iniciouse em 2004, a partir da habilitação do CEREST Regional de Palmas, perpassando por várias fases até a habilitação do Núcleo de Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador. Foram identificadas ausência de legislações municipais para a saúde do trabalhador, da Comissão Intersetorial de Saúde do Trabalhador junto ao Conselho Municipal de Saúde e de recurso federal. Também se percebeu a informalidade nas solicitações de demandas e respostas entre os setores da Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador e um fluxo não estruturado na rotina do serviço. Desta forma, o trabalho trouxe contribuições de intervenção nesta realidade, de maneira participativa e democrática.

This study aimed to contribute to the restructuring of the work process of the Nucleus of Surveillance in the Environments and Work Processes of the Occupational Health Surveillance of the municipality of Palmas - Tocantins, describing the same, identifying its fragilities and seeking solutions, this Nucleus Therefore, the universe of research. It is a descriptive, intervention-type study, consisting of four phases. Phase I has historically contextualized the Worker 's Health in the municipality of Palmas - TO; Phase II described the current work process of the Surveillance Team in Environments and Work Processes; In phase III, the team's needs were identified for the necessary improvements; Phase IV was devoted to the construction of the necessary flows and instruments for structuring the sector in the planning and execution of its actions. The history of Workers' Health in the municipality began in 2004, starting with the CEREST Regional de Palmas accreditation, going through several phases until the Enabling Nucleus of Worker's Health Surveillance. Difficulties were identified in the absence of municipal legislation for workers' health, the Inter-Sectoral Worker's Health Committee with the Municipal Health Council and federal appeal. Informality was also perceived in the requests for demands and responses between the sectors of Occupational Health Surveillance and an unstructured flow in the routine of the service. In this way, the work brought contributions of intervention in this reality, in a participatory and democratic way.

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo contribuir a la reestructuración de la Unidad de Vigilancia del proceso de trabajo en el medio ambiente y procesos de trabajo de Vigilancia de la Salud de la ciudad de Palmas Trabajador - Tocantins, que describe el mismo, identificando sus debilidades y la búsqueda de soluciones, y este núcleo Por lo tanto, el universo de investigación. Se trata de una intervención de tipo de estudio descriptivo que consta de cuatro fases. Fase I históricamente contextualizado trabajador de la salud en la ciudad de Las Palmas - A; Fase II describe los entornos de equipo de vigilancia del proceso de trabajo actual y los procesos de trabajo; En la fase III de las necesidades del equipo han sido identificadas como las mejoras necesarias; Fase IV fue para la construcción de los flujos y las herramientas necesarias para la estructura de la industria en la planificación y ejecución de sus acciones. La historia Salud en el Trabajo en la ciudad comenzó en el año 2004, de permitir Palmas CEREST regional, pasando por varias etapas para que el Centro de Vigilancia de la Salud en el Trabajo. El desarrollo de las dificultades de la falta de legislación municipal para el trabajador de la salud, Trabajador Comisión Intersectorial de Salud con el Consejo Municipal de Salud y fondos federales. También se dio cuenta de la informalidad en las solicitudes de demandas y respuestas entre los sectores de Vigilancia de la Salud Ocupacional y corriente no estructurado de la rutina de servicio. Por lo tanto, el trabajo llevado contribuciones de intervención en esta realidad, de una manera participativa y democrática.

GTTrans: estratégia de aproximação dos múltiplos saberes sobre a saúde integral das pessoas trans em uma Universidade Pública / GTTrans: multiple knowledge approach strategy on the overall health of trans people in a public university / GTtrans: múltiple estrategia de abordaje de conocimientos sobre la salud general de las personas trans en una universidad pública

Transsexualism is still perceived as a personality disorder by classificatory systems of disease, especially by the American Psychiatric Association. In order to reflect on this classification, as well as provide care issues in health trans people, the group continued "GTTrans: Transsexuality in the agenda" came into the Extension Project on health of trans person. Open for all internal and external community to the university, it was proposed that the meeting would be an opportunity to meet the specific and general needs of transgender people in health services, proposing improvements in care network involved with the university.

A transexualidade é ainda entendida como transtorno de personalidade pelos sistemas classificatórios de doenças, especialmente pela associação americana de psiquiatria. Com o intuito de refletir sobre essa classificação, assim como apresentar questões de cuidados em saúde à pessoas trans, surgiu o grupo intitulado "GTTrans: Transexualidade em Pauta" sobre saúde da pessoa trans dentro do Projeto de Extensão da Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Prof. Antonio Garcia Filho, na cidade de Lagarto. Aberto para toda a comunidade interna e externa à universidade, propôs-se que os encontros seriam uma oportunidade d@s estudantes e comunidade em geral de conhecer as necessidades específicas e gerais das pessoas trans nos serviços de saúde, propondo melhorias na rede de atenção envolvida com a universidade.

La transexualidad es todavía entendida como trastorno de personalidad por los sistemas clasificatorios de enfermedades, especialmente por la asociación americana de psiquiatría. Con el fin de discutir sobre esa clasificación, así como presentar cuestiones de atención en salud a las personas trans, surgió el grupo continuado "GTTrans: Transexualidad en Pauta" sobre salud de la persona trans dentro del Proyecto de Extensión de la Universidad Federal de Sergipe, Campus Prof. . Antonio García Filho, en la ciudad de Lagarto. Abierto para toda la comunidad interna y externa a la universidad, se propuso que los encuentros serían una oportunidad de los estudiantes y la comunidad en general de conocer las necesidades específicas y generales de las personas trans en los servicios de salud, proponiendo mejoras en la red de salud Atención a la universidad.

Atuação como apoiadores em saúde: reflexões sobre a formação na residência multiprofissional / Acting as health supporters: reflections about graduation in multidisciplinary residence / Actuación como apoyadores en salud: pensamientos sobre la formación en la residencia multiprofesional

O estudo objetivou compreender as interfaces entre a atuação como apoiadores e a formação vivenciada na residência. Os cenários de aprendizagem, bem como as ferramentas da educação permanente, favorecem a formação de trabalhadores aptos às ações coletivas, apresentando elementos potencializadores para ambos os apoios. O projeto político pedagógico e o arranjo organizacional da residência foram elaborados de forma a favorecer o aprendizado sobre o apoio matricial. O mesmo não ocorre com relação ao apoio institucional, para o qual algumas lacunas devem ser analisadas. Discute-se a importância da aproximação entre a instituição formadora e a rede de saúde, proporcionando um aprendizado complementar entre a prática e a teoria, favorecendo a formação de trabalhadores ao Sistema Único de Saúde. Pode-se afirmar que há interface entre a formação na residência e a prática de ambos os apoios, com melhor embasamento do apoio matricial.

The study aimed to understand the interfaces between their action as supporters and their experiences during the residency. Learning scenarios as well as the tools of continue learning process create a favorable scenario for the development of workers devoted to collective action, showing synergy from both support elements. The political pedagogical project and the organizational arrangement of the residence were drawn up in order to promote learning about the matrix support. The same does not occur with the institutional support, for which some gaps should be analyzed. It discusses the importance of the close relation between the educational institution and the health system network, providing a complementary learning between practice and theory, favoring the formation of workers for the Health System. It is possible to affirm that there is an interface between training in residence and the practice, with better basis of matrix support.

El estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender las interfaces entre los partidarios y el rendimiento que experimentó en la residencia. Los escenarios de aprendizaje, así como las herramientas de educación permanente, contribuyen a la formación de trabajadores aptos para la acción colectiva, con dosis de refuerzo para ambos elementos de apoyo. El proyecto pedagógico político y la disposición de la organización de la residencia se han elaborado con el fin de promover el aprendizaje sobre el soporte de la matriz. No sucede lo mismo en relación al apoyo institucional, en la cual se deben analizar algunas lagunas. Se discute la importancia del acercamiento entre la institución educativa y la red de salud, proporcionando un aprendizaje complementario entre la práctica y la teoría, lo que favorece la formación de trabajadores del sistema de salud. Podría argumentarse que no hay interfaz entre la formación en residencia y la práctica de los dos soportes, con una mejor base de apoyo de la matriz.

Primer encuentro de grupos de investigación de la Escuela de Odontología de la Universidad del Valle construyendo estrategias de investigación. Artículo de opinión / First meeting of the research groups of School of Dentistry at the Universidad del Valle Constructing research strategies. Opinion article

Durante los 40 años de intenso recorrido de la Escuela de Odontología de la Facultad de Salud de la Universidad del Valle por los diversos campos del saber, es quizás la investigación el más importante dentro del ejercicio académico en la Universidad, porque como Universidad de Educación Superior, este campo permite diferenciar - nos de los institutos técnicos o de otras escuelas superiores de formación. Desde la creación del Departamento de Estomatología en 1970, la investigación ha estado presente en la planificación del programa, en los contenidos académicos y en el perfil profesional por parte de los gestores de nuestra Escuela, con el equipo de docentes que lo acompañaron en dicho propósito, y del Comité Universitario Pro Facultad de Odontología CUPFO...(AU)