https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.12.002 (2021). & Garenne, M. The 1918 influenza epidemics effects on sex differentials in mortality in the United States. For 2021, as the base case scenario, we calculated the number of deaths that would occur in the absence of COVID-19 (\({\,}_n^ \ast D_x\)). Larger relative femalemale gaps were estimated for e65an increase of 16.3% in 2020 in Brazil and a 107% increase in 2020 in Amap. conceived the research. In contrast, few studies have examined recycling of the sodium polyacrylate superabsorbent polymers. Process Saf. Chazovachii, P.T., Somers, M.J., Robo, M.T. Lancet Glob. (Carl Hanser Verlag 2012). Public Health Nutr. Lancet Glob. LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-GOV Gamtos valdysenos projektai (angl. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in hypno youtube. [:BiU{okw}weM~{zo=nR{=x"}C?V]nQi,"8(,|"}'Y77iY. State-level gains in longevity achieved over years or even decades were reversed by the pandemic. Giving superabsorbent polymers a second life as pressure-sensitive adhesives. T.A., S.G. and S.K. endobj We abstracted death data on 18 May 2021, for all states, as reported through 30 April 2021 (n=209,458 confirmed COVID-19 deaths). in Brasil: uma viso geogrfica e ambiental no incio do sculo XXI. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003). & van der Schaar, M. Ethnic and regional variations in hospital mortality from COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-sectional observational study. Correspondence to Cancer diagnosis in Brazil in the COVID-19 era. J. Macromol. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the slides or the slide controller buttons at the end to navigate through each slide. Brasil, Grandes Regies e Unidades da Federao 2010. in Estudos e Pesquisas. Commercial polyacrylate-based PSAs are often accessed via petroleum-sourced monomers (Fig. To obtain Tang, H., Luan, Y., Yang, L. & Sun, H. A perspective on reversibility in controlled polymerization systems: recent progress and new opportunities. We used several data sources to estimate the changes in e0 and e65 due to COVID-19 by state and sex in Brazil. performed the life cycle assessments mentored by J.A. However, for a given year, we can identify states with the largest reductions. ISPRA Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Created a powerful network of specialist vendors Key qualities and experiences: Project delivery of complicated, multi stream, long-term projects from inception to BAU Business process optimization. Fornof, A. R. et al. It was here that Sam, my husband, turned to me and said, 'This could . Al-Aly, Z., Xie, Y. Eng. That is, the PSAs are soft enough to flow and wet a substrate at the bonding frequency, while hard enough to hold onto a substrate, and peel cleanly at the debonding frequency. 34, 189200 (1991). Following multiple decrement life table methods previously used to measure the effect of COVID-19 on life expectancy8,16,17, we calculated two additional sets of estimates of life expectancy decline: (1) the difference between 2020 life expectancy estimated above and a scenario in which COVID-19 mortality has been eliminated from 2020 (DT20; Supplementary Tables 3 and 4 and Methods); and (2) the difference between 2019 life expectancy estimated from 2019 death records and a scenario in which 2019 all-cause mortality has been inflated to include COVID-19 mortality (DT19; Supplementary Tables 5 and 6 and Methods). JAMA 325, 808811 (2021). XWPH.c0vyT0GA&AEO_18Py7%ZN&d"h%I.[Al} xlTBbp~VXaUL|y17 B Biol. Therefore, COVID-19 sequelae might shorten individual lifespan. Height influenced biomass accumulation and hence C gain, where life forms . Second, we used deaths from all causes by age, sex, cause of death and state of residence provided by the Mortality Information System from the Ministry of Health for 2019 (n=1,345,543) and 2020 (n=1,541,556). https://doi.org/10.25561/78670 (Imperial College London, 2020). Applicants wishing to apply for more than one topic, must submit a separate proposal under each topic. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. Esterification of polyacrylic acid using alkyl halides under basic conditions had already been reported38. :X"."o:XKw$0/vvDvXK Presentation(edition Call 2021- content valid also for call 2022), European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, This site is managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT Nature and Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP), Follow the European Commission on social media, Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, LIFE - Support for applicants (europa.eu). Formal training in customer service with. First, differences in these period life expectancies capture both direct and indirect mortality effects of COVID-19 in 2020. 9w%?>Jb(o.IACt"`. Recycling methods that utilize these waste polymers could attenuate their environmental impact. The estimated decline for Brazil was 0.94 years for both sexes, 0.66 years for females and 1.17 years for males. and M.T.R. Chem. Acc. and C.M.T. Pereira, A. K., Oliveira, M. S. & Sampaio, T. S. Heterogeneidades das polticas estaduais de distanciamento social diante da COVID-19: aspectos polticos e tcnico-administrativos. Rev. Get the latest from your favourite shows on National Geographic Third, because local health authorities have 60 d to report deaths from any cause, delayed death registration might be an issue in 2021, and, thus, for the first 4 months of 2021, we used confirmed COVID-19 deaths as reported by Brasil.io, which compiles epidemiological bulletins from the 27 state health departments. Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. These results suggest that the substrate hydrophobicity also favors conversion to the ester. For example, the 1918 influenza pandemic was estimated to have reduced e0 in the United States by 712 years7. The resulting materials exhibit low-to-medium storage and loss moduli, and as such, are applicable as general-purpose adhesives. JAMA 324, 13911392 (2020). are supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. After more than 195,000 lives were reported to have been lost in 2020 to COVID-19, no policy changes have appeared in 2021. Over the last decades, the completeness of death registration has improved steadily in Brazil43, and data completeness is likely to be similar for 2019 and 2020. In late April 2021, a parliamentary commission of inquiry was launched to investigate the governments handling of the pandemic response41. For example, FaterSMART, a Proctor and Gamble (P&G) affiliated company, has developed and implemented a diaper recycling facility that includes used diaper acquisition, steam sterilization, shredding, and separation into the purified raw materials (cellulosics, superabsorbent polymer, and polyolefins)29. Among males, two states, Amazonas and Par, both in the North region, lost all that was gained over 2 decades (Fig. Z., Sohail, N., Hayes, R. L. & Brooks, C. L. Overcoming challenging substituent perturbations with multisite -dynamics: A case study targeting -secretase 1. Rahimi, A. Spatiotemporal pattern of COVID-19 spread in Brazil. Vital Strategies. Proc. The decline was larger for males, widening by 9.1% the femalemale gap in e0. Rev. From an energetic standpoint, the CED is reduced by 18.8% and 18.6% with the sonication scenarios, and further reduced (by 24.8%) in the scenario without sonication. Numbers above. We compared the gap in life expectancy between males and females in the period life tables constructed for 2019 and 2020 (Methods). In a previous paper, we described the spatiotemporal patterns of the spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil18. State acronyms by region: North: AC=Acre, AP=Amap, AM=Amazonas, PA=Par, RO=Rondnia, RR=Roraima and TO=Tocantins; Northeast: AL=Alagoas, BA=Bahia, CE=Cear, MA=Maranho, PB=Paraba, PE=Pernambuco, PI=Piau, RN=Rio Grande do Norte and SE=Sergipe; Center-West: DF=Distrito Federal, GO=Gois, MT=Mato Grosso and MS=Mato Grosso do Sul; Southeast: ES=Esprito Santo, MG=Minas Gerais, RJ=Rio de Janeiro and SP=So Paulo; South: PR=Paran, RS=Rio Grande do Sul and SC=Santa Catarina. Anne J. McNeil. Based on the total number of deaths reported in Brazil in 2019 and 2020, we constructed period life tables and calculated the difference in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020 by state and sex (Methods). Google Scholar. LIFE-2021-SAP-NAT-GOV Nature Governance Standard Action Projects (SAPs) Strategic Nature Projects (SNAPs) SNAPs: (1)target the implementation of the Prioritised Action Frameworks (PAF) other plans or strategies adopted at international, national, regional or multiregional level by nature We also estimated changes in e65 (Fig. endobj 32, 290299 (2016). Zekry, M., Nassar, I., Salim, H. & Abdallah, A. M.C.C., N.G., C.M.T. 100th Anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: redefining sustainable polymers. Fourth, the economic crisis that hit Brazil in 2014 has contributed to increases in mortality35, poverty and inequality36. Expected Impact : Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve ambitious and credible impacts in terms of conservation benefit, ensuring at the same time long term sustainability and . USA 118, e2014746118 (2021). This year's call for the 2021 is open to two areas and their sub-programmes: 1. Chem. It is also the case that the difference in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020 could encompass secular changes unrelated to the pandemic. Because in-hospital COVID-19 deaths represent 89% of all COVID-19 deaths reported in 2021, we use them to proxy for the agesex distributions of all COVID-19 deaths. In this work, we report a mild and efficient synthetic route for open-loop recycling the acrylic-based superabsorbent material used in diapers. On the final day of the Team Girls Cup, I went for a morning trip to Surfers Paradise for a swim and quality time with the family. Assists in troubleshooting SAP transactions; provide support to operations and maintenance. An alternative recycling route known as chemical recycling was developed to address these challenges8,9,10,11. 4 0 obj LIFE-2021-SAP-NAT-NATURE Nature and Biodiversity SMART OUTCOME-BASED projects based on Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound objectives for the implementation of EU Nature and Biodiversity legislation or Targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 2. Fifth, reductions in the health budget and changes in the health financing model are likely to affect health outcomes40. S1). To estimate total deaths in the presence of COVID-19, we used different methodological approaches. https://www.ipea.gov.br/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37022&Itemid=448 (2020). Boletim Extraordinrio do Observatrio Covid-19 Fiocruz. Bars, organized by major regions, show changes for the states. and M.I.J. After recording the highest number of monthly COVID-19 deaths in April 2021, transmission remains extremely high, with about 2,000 daily deaths but a very slow immunization rollout. 1). x:y*$J*e,=x QHM`zeF i(ED'*V[Xzd;KOtI102e2P\vto\jQ| Z In Latin America, at least four countries experienced secular mortality declines at earlier dates: Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Cuba9. D.I.C., M.I.J., and E.N.G.M. and S.G. conducted data curation. The initially heterogeneous reaction mixture becomes a homogeneous solution over time due to the chemical change from a superabsorbent gel-like substance into the soluble, linear polymer products. We applied standard life table relationships to complete these counterfactual life tables44. M.S. However, this approach can lead to low yields due to competitive ester hydrolysis41,42 and catalyst deactivation by water43. We calculated the correlation between the speed of the spread of COVID-19 deaths (measured by the locational Hoover Index)18 and the decline in e0. While catalytic depolymerization methods20 can, in principle, proceed without side-chain degradation, they have not yet been demonstrated for commercial sources of polyacrylic acid. For comparison, we also evaluated the hydrolysis using 0.8M aq. Super absorbent polymer recycling to pressure sensitive adhesives. At each time point, the maximum specific energy (wmax) was calculated using the maximum power drawn from the outlet and the mass of added PAA (Supplementary Information pg S3), and the molar masses were determined using size-exclusion chromatography. Hong, M. & Chen, E. Y.-X. Health 7, e1575e1583 (2019). Alarifi, A. S. & Aouak, T. Synthesis of acrylic or methacrylic acid/acrylate or methacrylate ester polymers using pervaporation. )fdg{ca8L[2!/5\r>yGFB]Jd0EH|-v6fmxtlv^{@-0x@oOXLx1)&f@4M6"S6,+I"zvM7AC ~z:Wy{wF3JkGZpd\ _] 7N8cPi} Baqui, P., Bica, I., Marra, V., Ercole, A. ISSN 1078-8956 (print). As of 29 May 2021, the number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil was 137% of those reported in 2020; in Amazonas, for every COVID-19 death in 2020, there have been 1.5 deaths in 2021. In this study, we used data on reported total deaths in 2020 and in JanuaryApril 2021 to measure and compare the death toll across states. Everyone involved in adoptionbirthparents, adoptive parents, adoptees, adoption professionals, and beyonddeserves support when they need it. 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Changes in e0 can reflect differences in expected longevity between two periods, such as before versus during a pandemic. - Experienced in end-to-end order management process using SAP <br>- More than fourteen (14) years of experience on data analysis, which provides strategic and tactical support to Real Estate documents from various counties in the United States<br>- Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision<br>- Possess proven problem solving abilities and very strong . I\{vd^TC{3SR ZL]hXSU}HcQnVH~;kJ{r]%44FG>~iOq|_nK.u2AMr4P'1Lc3FwMEEet8uU6BmgM1jH#Nip $jmVP->Y$FB4|Kf }Y Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. When acetic acid was reacted with 2-ethylhexanol/water, we observed a 94% conversion. We show that life expectancy in the presence of COVID-19 is equivalent to levels observed in Brazil as far back as 20 or more years in some states. <> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/brazil-begins-parliamentary-inquiry-into-bolsonaros-covid-response (2021). https://www.petrochemistry.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/150727_EBAM-Eco-profile-Acrylic-Monomers-1.pdf (Cefic European Basic Acrylic Monomers Sector group (EBAM): Brussels, 2015). We used three approaches to assess changes in life expectancy due to COVID-19. 88, 5670 (2019). Part B 52, 873896 (2013). The Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme will aim at the protection and restoration of Europe's nature and halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Plastics and the Environment. Recent efforts to sidestep this degradation using microwaves and added radical initiators led to oligomeric products with 5060% decarboxylation19. Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic. Therefore, efforts to introduce synergy between superabsorbent poly(acrylic acid) recovery and PSA production may provide much-needed demand for diaper recycling end-products, which in-turn may improve environmental performance for both processes on a large scale. et al. However, this process utilizes expensive solvents (dimethylsulfoxide or dimethylformamide) and stoichiometric quantities of base (tetramethylguanidine), both of which would likely be too costly for large-scale recycling of waste superabsorbent materials. 19, 36923706 (2017). is supported by the National Institute on Aging (grant no. In this approach, the VW for each PSA is constructed from the dynamic storage (G) and loss (G) moduli at representative bonding and debonding frequencies of 0.01 and 100Hz, respectively. Google Scholar. Political and institutional perils of Brazils COVID-19 crisis. Although durability and strength are advantages of synthetic polymers, these properties are also responsible for their environmental persistence4,5,6. U.S. Patent Application 2021/0054161 A1 (February 25, 2021). Without a change in coordination of pandemic response, expansion of testing and a rapid increase in vaccination, Brazil will soon become a serious threat to national and global health security42. Natl Acad. In Amazonas, male e65 was estimated to decline by 20% from 2019 to 2020. Res. The aim of the project is the conservation of Caretta caretta, in the western Mediterranean basin, from threats related to human disturbance in the nesting sites. . Globally, there have been significant efforts towards recycling the components of diapers28. ADS To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. <> Al-Jabari, M., Abu Ghyadah, R. & Alokely, R. Recovery of hydrogel from baby diaper wastes and its application for enhancing soil irrigation management. In both countries, the pandemic response in 2020 was disparate regionally, with lamentable national coordination3,4, resulting in a high and unequal mortality burden5,6. For the base case scenario (absence of COVID-19), we used mortality rates reported in 2019, which we treated as cause-deleted life tables (that is, there were no deaths from COVID-19 in 2019), and applied these to the population at risk to obtain expected deaths in the absence of COVID-19. To date, most diaper recycling efforts14 have focused on the cellulosic components, which can be biodegraded, incinerated to generate steam, pyrolyzed, or fermented to generate bioethanol15. Soc. 239, 255261 (2019). As many countries speed up vaccination coverage and witness declines in cases and deaths, Brazil lags behind. A new variant of concern (P.1, now called Gamma), which emerged in the city in November 2020, is estimated to be 1.42.2 times more transmissible than other lineages, and at least 17% of the P.1 infections in Manaus in 2021 were reinfections23,24. LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT Nature and Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) Page contents Details Description Details Status Closed Publication date 17 May 2022 Opening date 17 May 2022 Deadline model Single-stage Deadline date 04 October 2022, 17:00 (CEST) Funding programme Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Department The magnitude of the COVID-19 death toll was not homogenous across states and was associated with the pattern of spread18. LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-GOV Nature Governance Each project application under the call must address only one of these topics. 3a). We offer five reasons as to why. https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/latinmortality/wp-content/uploads/book_Ch2.pdf (2015). Prod. Abbasi, J. Unfortunately, most used diapers sit in landfills without substantial biodegradation, or are incinerated. Phillips, T. Brazil begins parliamentary inquiry into Bolsonaros Covid response. On. Due to these challenges, the focus has been on re-use of recovered materials, rather than recycling; for example, the recovered superabsorbent polymers have been explored for enhancing the water retention properties of soil21,22. (September 20, 2016). VIGISAN. Polym. We made the assumption of proportionality between forces of decrement from cause i (or all causes except i) and the force of decrement from all other causes combined8,45. An estimated 6.3 billion metric tons of post-consumer polymer waste has been produced, with the majority (79%) in landfills or the environment. Demography 43, 647657 (2006). Clean. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01437-z, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01437-z. SAP GUI Scripting Security Guide. M.C.C. 5. Slider with three articles shown per slide. 29, 233246 (1990). For both DT20 and DT19, after estimating the ratio of non-COVID-19 deaths to all-cause deaths, we then used this ratio to estimate the counterfactual life tables in which COVID-19 was eliminated and COVID-19 was included, respectively. Moriguchi, T. & Arita, Y. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/brazil-manaus-amazonas-covid-coronavirus (2021). Nat. 166, 108304 (2020). The lack of a coordinated, prompt and equitable response informed by science, as well as the promotion of disinformation, have been the hallmark of the current administration27. To understand why esterification is so favored, we turned to small molecule model systems (Supplementary Information pgs S17S26). For all intervals except ages 01, 15 and 90+, the interval length n is 5 years wide. Barberia, L. G. & Gmez, E. J. 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