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The white-browed guan (Cracidae: Penelope jacucaca) is an endemic bird species to the Caatinga, the largest centre of dry forest in South America. This taxon was considered Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to continued habitat loss within its distribution and intense hunting pressure that contributed to population declines. However, information on population aspects and habitat use by P. jacucaca, which is fundamental for monitoring its conservation status, is not available. We studied habitat use (analysed in a Generalized Linear Model) and population density (estimated by distance sampling) in a specific area in Northeast Brazil. Using species distribution modelling (SDM), forest cover loss data (performed in the MaxEnt program) and quantitative information about hunting, more rigorous estimates of the distribution limits, available habitat, and population declines of P. jacucaca were generated. Based on the IUCN criteria, we applied analysed data to reassess the conservation status of the white-browed guan. Local density was estimated at 13.1 individuals/km2 and the estimated number of individuals removed per year due to hunting was 121.7 in the forest cover area (110.46 km2) of the Serra de Santa Catarina. Consequently, the annual removal rate of hunted individuals in the study area corresponds to approximately 11% of the population. The habitat use analysis pointed to a strong positive association with seasonally dry deciduous forest (SDDF) vegetation and with arboreal vegetation. The SDM indicated a potential distribution (climatically favourable) area of 675,823 km2, and forest cover and loss calculations indicated a total of 81,307 km2 of available suitable habitat in 2013. Therefore, comparing these results to the IUCN criteria, we recommend that P. jacucaca remain in the Vulnerable category.

Introduction Know the additional risks associated with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, such as the use of licit and illicit substances, may contribute to the adoption of strategies that minimize adverse outcomes. Objective Estabilish the prevelence of the use of harmful substances such as alcohol, tobacco and ilicit drugs in pregnant women in relation to healthy pregnant women. Methodology A transversal study has been conducted in the prenatal and maternity of the Hospital Guilherme Alvaro from April to June 2016. 61 patients were selected, 34 from the study group and 27 from de control group. Among the patients in the study group, are included pregnant or postpartum women with hypertensive disorders, according NHBPEP 2000. In the control group, are included only pregnant or postpartum women without previous comorbidity, which gave birth to one healthy live newborn, vaginal delivery. It was applied two questionnaires, ASSIST, screening test of involvement with alcohol, tobacco and illicit substances, developed by WHO, useful for health professionals to identify the use and dependence on psychoactive substances, evaluated through a score, the answer ranges from 0 to 4 points, and the sum can range from 0 to 20, it is considered casual use 0 to 3, 4 suggestive of abuse 4–15 and suggestive of addiction 16–20. And another that evaluates epidemiological woman information, current and obstetric pregnancy as well as age, color, living city, number of consultations prenatal, site of consultations, among others. The data were passed to the Excel program and analyzed quantitatively, to compare Study and Control groups on the ASSIST score related to each psychoactive drug, we used the Student’s T Test for unrelated samples. It was considered significant samples where p Results The obtained results, shown below, do not allow to say that the groups differ, although the sample size and the low frequency of drug use in the groups studied compromise the accuracy of information. In percentage, 80.32% of all pregnant women have proved any drugs. Among the groups, the Study 70.83% have used drugs and in the control group 81.48% have used drugs. Psychoactive drugs most used by pregnant women are: alcohol 77,0% and tobacco 42,6%. In the correlation between the use of each type of drug with additional information about pregnancy and previous pregnancies – The use of tobacco, the less prenatal consultations, higher the score, in the Study group – The use of marijuana, the number of children who died (fetal or neonatal previous) was higher in the Study group – The use of cocaine, the number of children who died (fetal or neonatal previous) was higher in the Study group – The use of sedatives, the number of prenatal consultations, the highest score in the Study group SUBSTANCE Study % Control % Total % P Tobacco Alcohol Marijuana Cocaine Amphetamine Inalants Sedatives Hallucinogens Opiates. Download : Download high-res image (180KB) Download : Download full-size image Conclusion Distribution ASSIST score among these drugs was more abuse and addiction to alcohol and tobacco in the Control group compared to the Study group. Although we saw that the Hypertensive group made greater use of cocaine, amphetamine and opioids than those of the Control group. The other comparisons were not significant and the larger sample can clear the results.