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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38612650/chagas-disease-a-silent-threat-for-dogs-and-humans
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João Durães-Oliveira, Joana Palma-Marques, Cláudia Moreno, Armanda Rodrigues, Marta Monteiro, Graça Alexandre-Pires, Isabel Pereira da Fonseca, Gabriela Santos-Gomes
Chagas disease (CD) is a vector-borne Neglected Zoonotic Disease (NZD) caused by a flagellate protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi , that affects various mammalian species across America, including humans and domestic animals. However, due to an increase in population movements and new routes of transmission, T. cruzi infection is presently considered a worldwide health concern, no longer restricted to endemic countries. Dogs play a major role in the domestic cycle by acting very efficiently as reservoirs and allowing the perpetuation of parasite transmission in endemic areas...
March 29, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38612593/convergent-mutations-and-single-nucleotide-variants-in-mitochondrial-genomes-of-modern-humans-and-neanderthals
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Renata C Ferreira, Camila R Rodrigues, James R Broach, Marcelo R S Briones
The genetic contributions of Neanderthals to the modern human genome have been evidenced by the comparison of present-day human genomes with paleogenomes. Neanderthal signatures in extant human genomes are attributed to intercrosses between Neanderthals and archaic anatomically modern humans (AMHs). Although Neanderthal signatures are well documented in the nuclear genome, it has been proposed that there is no contribution of Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA to contemporary human genomes. Here we show that modern human mitochondrial genomes contain 66 potential Neanderthal signatures, or Neanderthal single nucleotide variants (N-SNVs), of which 36 lie in coding regions and 7 result in nonsynonymous changes...
March 28, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611864/a-scoping-review-on-carotenoid-profiling-in-passiflora-spp-a-vast-avenue-for-expanding-the-knowledge-on-the-species
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REVIEW
Marina de Macedo Rodrigues Leite, Daniele Bobrowski Rodrigues, Raquel Brison, Fernanda Nepomuceno, Maria Lua Bento, Lívia de Lacerda de Oliveira
The Passiflora genus is recognised for its ethnopharmacological, sensorial, and nutritional significance. Yet, the screening of its dietary and bioactive molecules has mainly targeted hydrophilic metabolites. Following the PRISMA-P protocol, this review assessed the current knowledge on carotenoid composition and analysis within Passiflora , examining 968 records from seven databases and including 17 studies focusing on carotenoid separation and identification in plant parts. Those publications originated in America and Asia...
April 2, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611856/an-approach-for-engineering-peptides-for-competitive-inhibition-of-the-sars-cov-2-spike-protein
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ana Paula de Abreu, Frederico Chaves Carvalho, Diego Mariano, Luana Luiza Bastos, Juliana Rodrigues Pereira Silva, Leandro Morais de Oliveira, Raquel C de Melo-Minardi, Adriano de Paula Sabino
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for a respiratory disease called COVID-19 that devastated global public health. Since 2020, there has been an intense effort by the scientific community to develop safe and effective prophylactic and therapeutic agents against this disease. In this context, peptides have emerged as an alternative for inhibiting the causative agent. However, designing peptides that bind efficiently is still an open challenge. Here, we show an algorithm for peptide engineering. Our strategy consists of starting with a peptide whose structure is similar to the interaction region of the human ACE2 protein with the SPIKE protein, which is important for SARS-COV-2 infection...
April 1, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611662/age-estimation-in-brazilian-adults-using-the-pulp-tooth-ratio-of-the-maxillary-canine-and-mandibular-second-premolar
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ismar Nery-Neto, Orlando Aguirre Guedes, Lucas Rodrigues de Araújo Estrela, Luciano Tavares Angelo Cintra, Cyntia Rodrigues de Araújo Estrela, Carlos Estrela
(1) Background/Objectives: Accurate determination of chronological age is crucial in legal dental identification. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of different formulas in estimating the age of a Brazilian subpopulation by analyzing the pulp/tooth ratio of the maxillary canine and mandibular second premolar in panoramic and periapical radiographs. (2) Methods: The sample consisted of panoramic and periapical radiographs of 247 individuals. The file of each radiograph was opened in the Adobe Photoshop CS4® program to outline and obtain values in pixels for calculating the pulp/tooth ratio...
March 31, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611615/the-influence-of-pericardial-fat-on-left-ventricular-diastolic-function
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Patrícia Coelho, Hugo Duarte, Carlos Alcafache, Francisco Rodrigues
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide; left ventricular diastolic dysfunction plays a leading role in this clinical context. Diastolic dysfunction may be predisposed by increased abdominal fat and, consequently, increased pericardial and epicardial adiposity. This study aimed to determine whether pericardial fat (PF) and epicardial fat (EF) are associated with left ventricular diastolic function. METHODS: A total of 82 patients had their abdominal circumference measured and underwent transthoracic echocardiography to measure the thickness of PF and EF and assess the left ventricular diastolic function...
March 27, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611562/low-diversity-and-high-genetic-structure-for-platonia-insignis-mart-an-endangered-fruit-tree-species
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caroline Bertocco Garcia, Allison Vieira da Silva, Igor Araújo Santos de Carvalho, Wellington Ferreira do Nascimento, Santiago Linorio Ferreyra Ramos, Doriane Picanço Rodrigues, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Flaviane Malaquias Costa, Alessandro Alves-Pereira, Carlos Eduardo de Araújo Batista, Dario Dantas Amaral, Elizabeth Ann Veasey
Platonia insignis is a fruit tree native to Brazil of increasing economic importance, with its pulp trading among the highest market values. This study aimed to evaluate the structure and genomic diversity of P. insignis ( bacurizeiro ) accessions from six locations in the Brazilian States of Roraima, Amazonas, Pará (Amazon biome), and Maranhão (Cerrado biome). A total of 2031 SNP markers were obtained using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), from which 625 outlier SNPs were identified. High genetic structure was observed, with most of the genetic variability (59%) concentrated among locations, mainly between biomes (Amazon and Cerrado)...
April 6, 2024: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611392/functional-foods-from-black-rice-oryza-sativa-l-an-overview-of-the-influence-of-drying-storage-and-processing-on-bioactive-molecules-and-health-promoting-effects
#28
REVIEW
Lázaro Cañizares, Silvia Meza, Betina Peres, Larissa Rodrigues, Silvia Naiane Jappe, Paulo Carteri Coradi, Maurício de Oliveira
Black rice (Oryza sativa ) stands out for its high content of bioactive compounds with functional properties that play an important role in health benefits. The phytochemical level is affected by industrial processing due to its instability to the hydrothermal process. Studies about the influence of industrial processing on the phytochemical profile of black-rice-based foods are still scarce. This study carried out a comprehensive review of the influence of industrial applications on the bioactive compounds in food products based on black rice and their health-promoting effects...
April 2, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38611080/unlocking-overexpressed-membrane-proteins-to-guide-breast-cancer-precision-medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Júlia Badaró Mendonça, Priscila Valverde Fernandes, Danielle C Fernandes, Fabiana Resende Rodrigues, Mariana Caldas Waghabi, Tatiana Martins Tilli
Breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent form of cancer affecting women worldwide. However, the effectiveness of current BC drugs is limited by issues such as systemic toxicity, drug resistance, and severe side effects. Consequently, there is an urgent need for new therapeutic targets and improved tumor tracking methods. This study aims to address these challenges by proposing a strategy for identifying membrane proteins in tumors that can be targeted for specific BC therapy and diagnosis. The strategy involves the analyses of gene expressions in breast tumor and non-tumor tissues and other healthy tissues by using comprehensive bioinformatics analysis from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), UALCAN, TNM Plot, and LinkedOmics...
April 3, 2024: Cancers
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38610309/integrating-modular-pipelines-with-end-to-end-learning-a-hybrid-approach-for-robust-and-reliable-autonomous-driving-systems
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Luis Alberto Rosero, Iago Pachêco Gomes, Júnior Anderson Rodrigues da Silva, Carlos André Przewodowski, Denis Fernando Wolf, Fernando Santos Osório
Autonomous driving navigation relies on diverse approaches, each with advantages and limitations depending on various factors. For HD maps, modular systems excel, while end-to-end methods dominate mapless scenarios. However, few leverage the strengths of both. This paper innovates by proposing a hybrid architecture that seamlessly integrates modular perception and control modules with data-driven path planning. This innovative design leverages the strengths of both approaches, enabling a clear understanding and debugging of individual components while simultaneously harnessing the learning power of end-to-end approaches...
March 25, 2024: Sensors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38610092/camera-trap-surveys-of-atlantic-forest-mammals-a-data-set-for-analyses-considering-imperfect-detection-2004-2020
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ingridi Camboim Franceschi, Rubem Augusto da Paixão Dornas, Isabel Salgueiro Lermen, Artur Vicente Pfeifer Coelho, Ademir Henrique Vilas Boas, Adriano Garcia Chiarello, Adriano Pereira Paglia, Agnis Cristiane de Souza, Alana Rafaela Borsekowsky, Alessandro Rocha, Alex Bager, Alexander Zaidan de Souza, Alexandre Martins Costa Lopes, Aloysio Souza de Moura, Aluane Silva Ferreira, Alvaro García-Olaechea, Ana Cláudia Delciellos, Ana Elisa de Faria Bacellar, Ana Kellen Nogueira Campelo, Ana Maria Oliveira Paschoal, Anderson Claudino Rolim, André Luiz Ferreira da Silva, Andre Monnerat Lanna, André Pereira da Silva, Andresa Guimarães, Ângela Cardoso, Angelica Soligo Cassol, Anna Ludmilla da Costa-Pinto, Ariel Guilherme Santos do Nascimento, Arthur Soares Fernandes, Aryanne Clyvia, Aureo Banhos Dos Santos, Barbara Lima-Silva, Beatriz de Mello Beisiegel, Beatriz Fernandes Lima Luciano, Bernardo de Faria Leopoldo, Bruna Nunes Krobel, Bruno Busnello Kubiak, Bruno Henrique Saranholi, Bruno Senna Correa, Caio Sant Anna Teixeira, Camila Rezende Ayroza, Camila Righetto Cassano, Camilo Benitez-Riveros, Carla Cristina Gestich, Carla Denise Tedesco, Carla Gheler-Costa, Carla Grasiele Zanin Hegel, Carlito da Silva Evangelista Junior, Carlos Eduardo Morando Faria Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle, Carolina Franco Esteves, Caroline da Costa Espinosa, Caroline Leuchtenberger, Catalina Sanchéz-Lalinde, Cauanne Iglesias Campos Machado, Cecilia Andreazzi, Cecília Bueno, Cecilia Cronemberger de Faria, Claudio Novaes, Cynthia Elisa Widmer, Cyntia Cavalcante Santos, Daniel da Silva Ferraz, Daniel Galiano, Daniela Aparecida Savariz Bôlla, Daniela Behs, Daniele Pereira Rodrigues, Danielle Picão de Melo, Déborah Maria Soares Ramos, Denise Lidório de Mattia, Diego Dias Pavei, Diogo Loretto, Douglas da Silva Huning, Douglas de Matos Dias, Éder Ricardo Paetzhold, Elaine Rios, Eleonore Zulnara Freire Setz, Eliana Cazetta, Emanuel Giovani Cafofo Silva, Emanuelle Pasa, Erica Naomi Saito, Erick Francisco Silva de Aguiar, Érika Paula Castro, Ernesto Bastos Viveiros de Castro, Ezequiel Pedó, Fabiane de Aguiar Pereira, Fábio Bolzan, Fábio de Oliveira Roque, Fábio Dias Mazim, Fábio Henrique Comin, Fábio Maffei, Felipe Bortolotto Peters, Felipe Moreli Fantacini, Felipe Pessoa da Silva, Felipe Santana Machado, Felipe Vélez-Garcia, Fernanda Stussi Duarte Lage, Fernando Araújo Perini, Fernando Camargo Passos, Fernando Carvalho, Fernando Cesar Cascelli de Azevedo, Fernando Ferreira, Fernando Ferreira de Pinho, Flávia Guimarães Chaves, Flavia Regina Miranda, Flavio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid, Francisco Homem Gabriel, Franco Leandro de Souza, Fred Victor de Oliveira, Gabriel Cupolillo, Gabriela de Araújo Pires Moreira, Gabriela Mette, Gabriela Teixeira Duarte, Gabrielle Beca, Gilberto Corso, Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Glauber Henrique Borges de Oliveira Souto, Glenda Jéssica da Silva Vilarroel, Graziele O Batista, Guilherme Braga Ferreira, Gustavo Alves da Costa Toledo, Gustavo Senger, Helena de Godoy Bergallo, Hellen Cristina Pinheiro Dos Santos, Humberto Angelo Gazola, Isabel Melo, Ismael Verrastro Brack, Iuri Veríssimo, Ivan Réus Viana, Izabela Costa Laurentino, Jaime Luis Diehl, Jairo José Zocche, Jimi Martins-Silva, João Paulo Gava Just, Jorge José Cherem, Jorge Luiz Nascimento, Jorge Reppold Marinho, José Oliveira Dantas, Jose Roberto de Matos, José Salatiel Rodrigues Pires, Josi Fernanda Cerveira, Juan Ruiz-Esparza, Juliana Paulo da Silva, Juliano André Bogoni, Karina Theodoro Molina, Karla Dayane de Lima Pereira, Karoline Ceron, Kristel de Vleeschouwer, Laís Lautenschlager, Larissa Bailey, Larissa Fornitano, Lilian Elaine Rampim, Lorena Sforza, Luan Gonçalves Bissa, Luca Mattos Santucci, Lucas Gonçalves da Silva, Lucas Neves Perillo, Lucas Ribeiro Correa, Ludmila Hufnagel, Luis Fernando Alberti, Luis Jose Recalde Mello, Luis Renato Rezende Bernardo, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, Luiza Neves Guimarães, Maíra Benchimol, Manuela Catharina Twardowschy, Marcela Ferreira-Riveros, Marcelo da Silva, Márcia Maria de Assis Jardim, Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes, Marcos Adriano Tortato, Marcos Tadeu do Nascimento, Margareth Lumy Sekiama, Maria Clara Nascimento-Costa, Maria Ester Bueno Dos Santos, Maria Santina de Castro Morini, Mariana Baldy Nagy-Reis, Mariane da Cruz Kaizer, Mariano José Ribeiro da Silva Sant'Anna, Marilia Teresinha Hartmann, Marina Ochoa Favarini, Marina Oliveira Olivo, Martín Alejandro Montes, Martin Roberto Del Valle Alvaréz, Matheus Feldstein Haddad, Maurício Djalles Costa, Maurício Eduardo Graipel, Mauricio Quoos Konzen, Mauro Galetti, Meyline de Oliveira Souza Almeida, Michel Barros Faria, Micheli Ribeiro Luiz, Michelle Noronha da Matta Baptista, Miguel Ângelo Marini, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Natalie Olifiers, Natasha Moraes de Albuquerque, Nicolás Cantero, Nivaldo Peroni, Noeli Zanella, Olívia Mendonça-Furtado, Olivier Pays, Orlando Ednei Ferretti, Oscar Rocha-Barbosa, Paloma Marques Santos, Patrícia Menegaz de Farias, Patrício Adriano da Rocha, Paul François Colas-Rosas, Paula Ribeiro-Souza, Paula Ferracioli, Paulo Afonso Hartmann, Paulo de Tarso Zuquim Antas, Paulo Ribeiro, Paulo Tomasi Sarti, Paulo Ivo Mônico, Pedro Volkmer de Castilho, Peônia Brito de Moraes Pereira, Peter Gransden Crawshaw, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Rafael Spilere Romagna, Rafael Turíbio Moraes de Sousa, Raíssa Soares Spagnol, Raone Beltrão-Mendes, Ravi Fernandes Mariano, Renata Reinoso Rocha, Renata Sousa-Lima, Renata Valls Pagotto, Rhayssa Terra de Faria, Ricardo Corassa Arrais, Ricardo Moratelli, Ricardo Sartorello, Rita de Cassia Bianchi, Roberto de Carvalho Guimarães, Rodrigo Lima Massara, Romulo Theodoro Costa, Rosane Vera Marques, Ruan Márcio Ruas Nunes, Sandra Maria Hartz, Saulo Meneses Silvestre de Sousa, Saulo Ramos Lima, Sergio Lutz Barbosa, Silvia Neri Godoy, Stephen Francis Ferrari, Talita Guimarães de Araújo-Piovezan, Talita Laura Góes, Tatiane Campos Trigo, Thales R O de Freitas, Thiago Bernardes Maccarini, Thiago Marcial de Castro, Thiago Ribas Bella, Tonny Marques de Oliveira Junior, Uslaine Maciel Cunha, Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, Vera Pfannerstill, Victor Siqueira Pimentel, Vilmar Picinatto Filho, Vinícius Nunes Alves, Viviana Rojas-Bonzi, Viviane Mottin, Vlamir José Rocha, Andreas Kindel, Igor Pfeifer Coelho
Camera traps became the main observational method of a myriad of species over large areas. Data sets from camera traps can be used to describe the patterns and monitor the occupancy, abundance, and richness of wildlife, essential information for conservation in times of rapid climate and land-cover changes. Habitat loss and poaching are responsible for historical population losses of mammals in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot, especially for medium to large-sized species. Here we present a data set from camera trap surveys of medium to large-sized native mammals (>1 kg) across the Atlantic Forest...
April 12, 2024: Ecology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38610046/cryopreservation-of-sessile-oak-quercus-petraea-matt-liebl-plumules-using-aluminium-cryo-plates-influence-of-cryoprotection-and-drying
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Urszula Wasileńczyk, Mikołaj Krzysztof Wawrzyniak, João Paulo Rodrigues Martins, Paulina Kosek, Paweł Chmielarz
BACKGROUND QUERCUS: seeds that are recalcitrant to desiccation and freezing temperatures cannot be stored in gene banks under conventional conditions. However, the germplasm of some recalcitrant seeded species can be stored in liquid nitrogen (-196 °C). Unfortunately, for many species, among them for almost the whole genus Quercus, an effective cryostorage method is still unknown. In this study, we propose a successful cryostorage protocol for Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. germplasm using plumules (a shoot apical meristem of an embryo) frozen on aluminium cryo-plates...
April 12, 2024: Plant Methods
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38609468/coping-and-emotions-of-global-higher-education-students-to-the-ukraine-war-worldwide
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Daniela Raccanello, Roberto Burro, Aleksander Aristovnik, Dejan Ravšelj, Lan Umek, Giada Vicentini, Rob Hall, Chiara Buizza, Muhammad Ayub Buzdar, Surobhi Chatterjee, Nicola Cucari, Beata Dobrowolska, Ana Teresa Ferreira-Oliveira, Thais França, Alberto Ghilardi, Fany Inasius, Sujita Kumar Kar, Konstantinos Karampelas, Andrii Kuzyshyn, Florin Lazăr, Juan D Machin-Mastromatteo, Maria Malliarou, Bertil P Marques, Silvia Mariela Méndez-Prado, Cristina Mollica, Alka Obadić, Olawale Festus Olaniyan, Ana Sofia Rodrigues, Giulio Sbravati, Aleksandra Vasić, Ana-Maria Zamfir, Nina Tomaževič
Trauma scientists have raised the alarm about the devastating consequences of the Ukraine war on mental health. We examined how higher education students-as indirect victims-coped with this conflict and how they emotionally reacted during 2022. We involved 2314 students from 16 countries through an online survey. A structural equation model indicated significant relations between war-related worry about military and macroeconomics domains and two coping strategies (opposition, support giving), in turn significantly linked with six emotions...
April 12, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38609406/evaluating-the-agronomic-efficiency-of-alternative-phosphorus-sources-applied-in-brazilian-tropical-soils
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Lucas Jónatan Rodrigues da Silva, Aline da Silva Sandim, Ana Paula Rodrigues da Silva, Angélica Cristina Fernandes Deus, João Arthur Antonangelo, Leonardo Theodoro Büll
Understanding the efficacy of alternative phosphorus (P) sources in tropical soils is crucial for sustainable farming, addressing resource constraints, mitigating environmental impact, improving crop productivity, and optimizing soil-specific solutions. While the topic holds great importance, current literature falls short in providing thorough, region-specific studies on the effectiveness of alternative P sources in Brazilian tropical soils for maize cultivation. Our aim was to assess the agronomic efficiency of alternative P sources concerning maize crop (Zea mays L...
April 12, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38609323/cohort-profile-update-2015-pelotas-brazil-birth-cohort-study%C3%AF-follow-ups-from-2-to-6-7-years-with-covid-19-impact-assessment
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Joseph Murray, Otavio Amaral de Andrade Leão, Thaynã Ramos Flores, Flavio Fernando Demarco, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, Isabel O Oliveira, Adriane Arteche, Cauane Blumenberg, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Mariangela Freitas Silveira, Pedro Curi Hallal
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April 11, 2024: International Journal of Epidemiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38609179/predictors-of-nutritional-recovery-time-in-children-aged-6-59%C3%A2-months-with-severe-acute-malnutrition-in-sofala-province-mozambique-survival-analysis-approach
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Audêncio Victor, Bélio Castro Antônio, Ana Raquel Manuel Gotine, Manuel Mahoche, Sancho Pedro Xavier, Osiyallê Akanni Silva Rodrigues, Andrêa J F Ferreira, Patrícia H Rondó
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a public health problem that affects physical and psychosocial well-being. It manifests as a rapid deterioration in nutritional status and bilateral edema due to inadequate food intake or illness. METHODS: This study is a retrospective cohort of 1208 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Sofala Province from 2018 to 2022. It includes hospitalized children aged 6-59 months with SAM and related complications. The dependent variable is recovery, and the independent variables include age, sex of the child, vomiting, dehydration, hypoglycemia, nutritional edema and anthropometry...
April 11, 2024: Journal of Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38609069/mercury-distribution-bioaccumulation-and-biomagnification-in-riparian-ecosystems-from-a-neotropical-savanna-floodplain-araguaia-river-central-brazil
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lucas Cabrera Monteiro, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, José Vicente Elias Bernardi, Maria Cristina Nery do Nascimento Recktenvald, Adriely Ferreira da Costa Nery, Iara Oliveira Fernandes, Vinicius Lima de Miranda, Dulce Maria Sucena da Rocha, Ronaldo de Almeida, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos
Litterfall is the main source of dry deposition of mercury (Hg) into the soil in forest ecosystems. The accumulation of Hg in soil and litter suggests the possibility of transfer to terrestrial vertebrates through environmental exposure or ingestion of plant tissues. We quantified total mercury (THg) concentrations in two soil layers (organic: 0 - 0.2 m; mineral: 0.8 - 1 m), litter, fresh leaves, and terrestrial invertebrates of the Araguaia River floodplain, aiming to evaluate the THg distribution among terrestrial compartments, bioaccumulation in invertebrates, and the factors influencing THg concentrations in soil and invertebrates...
April 10, 2024: Environmental Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38608938/energy-requirement-for-primiparous-holstein-%C3%A3-gyr-crossbred-dairy-cows
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
J P Sacramento, A S Oliveira, A E Leao, A P Fonseca, S G Coelho, T R Tomich, F S Machado, A L Ferreira, M M Campos, R R Silvi, J E Rowntree, J P P Rodrigues, L G R Pereira
Our objective was to estimate the requirements of metabolizable energy (ME) and net energy for the maintenance (NEm ) of lactating and dry cows, the efficiency of ME utilization for milk production (kl ) and tissue gain (kg ), and the use of body energy mobilization for milk production (kt ) throughout the lactation of primiparous crossbred Holstein × Gyr cows, using open-circuit respiration chambers. Twenty-nine primiparous Holstein × Gyr crossbred cows with an initial BW averaging 563 ± 40...
April 10, 2024: Journal of Dairy Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38608740/cannabidiol-improves-maternal-obesity-induced-behavioral-neuroinflammatory-and-neurochemical-dysfunctions-in-the-juvenile-offspring
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Fernanda da Silva Rodrigues, Jeferson Jantsch, Gabriel de Farias Fraga, Vitória Luiza de Camargo Milczarski, Victor Silva Dias, Camila Scheid, Josias de Oliveira Merib, Marcia Giovernardi, Renata Padilha Guedes
Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder in the offspring. While numerous studies focus on preventive measures targeting the mothers, only a limited number provide practical approaches for addressing the damages once they are already established. We have recently demonstrated the interplay between maternal obesity and treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) on hypothalamic inflammation and metabolic disturbances, however, little is known about this relationship on behavioral manifestations and neurochemical imbalances in other brain regions...
April 10, 2024: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38608720/high-fidelity-simulation-versus-case-based-discussion-for-training-undergraduate-medical-students-in-pediatric-emergencies-a-quasi-experimental-study
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Nathalia Veiga Moliterno, Vitor Barreto Paravidino, Jaqueline Rodrigues Robaina, Fernanda Lima-Setta, Antônio José Ledo Alves da Cunha, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Maria Clara de Magalhães-Barbosa
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of high-fidelity simulation of pediatric emergencies compared to case-based discussion on the development of self-confidence, theoretical knowledge, clinical reasoning, communication, attitude, and leadership in undergraduate medical students. METHODS: 33 medical students were allocated to two teaching methods: high-fidelity simulation (HFS, n = 18) or case-based discussion (CBD, n = 15). Self-confidence and knowledge tests were applied before and after the interventions and the effect of HFS on both outcomes was estimated with mixed-effect models...
April 9, 2024: Jornal de Pediatria
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