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Rodriguez-Muñoz MF, Radoš SN, Uka A, Marques M, Maia BR, Matos M, Branquinho M, Aydın R, Mahmoodi V, Chrzan-Dętkoś M, Walczak-Kozłowska T, Liakea I. Effectiveness of the third wave cognitive behavior therapy for peripartum depression treatment-A systematic review. Midwifery 2023; 127:103865. [PMID: 37931462 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION To investigate the effectiveness of third-wave cognitive behavior therapies in the treatment of peripartum depression. METHOD A systematic review of the effectiveness of psychological interventions in treating peripartum depression focus on the Third Wave has been conducted. The electronic databases MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Clinical Trials were searched, using a combination of different search terms. Data were independently extracted by two authors and a synthesis of the results was offered. Methodological quality was assessed by three authors, using ROBE-2 and MINORS. Search date was conducted in February 2022 and the search was re-run in November 2022 for new entries. FINDINGS Six papers were included and reported, focused on, the effectiveness of Third Wave approach interventions in reducing depressive symptoms. Papers included the following intervention approaches: Behavioral intervention (n = 2), Mindfulness (n = 2), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (n = 1) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (n = 1). All six papers were consistent in that interventions lead to a decrease in depression symptoms. However, risk of bias evaluation showed that all were critical low, but one paper was high quality. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND RESEARCH Systematic review showed that third-wave approaches are promising in effectiveness to reduce depression symptoms in peripartum women. However, more high-quality studies with follow-up are needed.
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- M F Rodriguez-Muñoz
- Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Research Center for Sustainable Development and Innovation, University College "Beder", Tirana, Albania; Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Western Balkans University, Tirana, Albania
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- Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre (CHUC), Portugal; Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Institute of Psychological Medicine (IPM), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga, Portugal
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- Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Behavioral Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Matos M. The effects of compassion and fears of compassion on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multinational study across 21 countries. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9562766 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented detrimental impact on mental health in people around the world. It is therefore important to examine factors that may buffer or heighten the risk of mental health problems in this context. Objectives This study explores the buffering effects of different flows of compassion (for self, for others, from others) and the magnifying effects of fears of compassion on the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on depression, anxiety and stress, and social safeness. Methods 4057 adult participants collected from the general community population across 21 countries from Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania, completed self-report measures of perceived threat of COVID-19, compassion, fears of compassion, depression, anxiety, stress, and social safeness. Results Self-compassion moderated the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on depression, anxiety and stress, whereas compassion from others moderated the effects of fears of COVID-19 on social safeness. Fears of compassion moderated the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on psychological distress. Only fears of compassion from others moderated the effects of fears of COVID-19 on social safeness. These effects were consistent across countries. Conclusions Our findings highlight the universal protective role of compassion, in particular self-compassion and compassion from others, in promoting resilience by buffering against the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Furthermore, our results reveal that fears of compassion have a magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Disclosure I wasn’t able to add the full list of authors above. Please add the full list as described below.
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Oliveira CC, Matos M, Azevedo R, Flores R, Medeiros P, Pires C, Mane F, Silva R, Braga C, Pereira VH. Impact of a cardio-oncology rehabilitation program in patients with breast cancer undergoing cardiotoxic treatment. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Cancer treatment–related cardiotoxicity (CTrCD) is commonly associated with anthracyclines and anti-HER2 agents which are widely used for the treatment of breast cancer. In order to mitgate CTrCD, exercise-based cardio-oncology rehabilitation (COR) involving a structured exercise program has been proposed.
Objectives
To evaluate the impact of a cardiac-rehabilitation program in breast cancer patients submitted to chemotherapy with known cardiotoxicity.
Methods
A systematic review was performed. Two databases were searched, PubMed and SCOPUS. All randomized or controlled trials and other prospective studies published between 2000 and March 2020 which evaluate the impact of an aerobic exercise program on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), health-related quality of life (QOL), vascular/endothelial function as well as cardiac assessment namely through the evaluation of left ventricular function and cardiac biomarkers in patients undergoing anthracycline and/or anti-HER2 treatments were included.
Main results
Fourteen studies were included enrolling 578 breast cancer patients with a mean age of 48.80 years. Regarding the impact of exercise in CRF, 5 studies (n=176) reported a significant improvement of VO2 max. and 4 studies of VO2max./kg (n=137). The peak power output was also improved in 4 studies (n=95) in the exercise-group. Considering the assessment of QOL, 3 studies (n=180) revealed significant differences favoring the exercise-group. The results regarding the evaluation of the LVEF were not clear: 2 studies (n=48) reported a significant decrease on LVEF when compared to baseline at the end of the intervention in both groups, despite the exercise program. However, 2 studies (n=97) showed a significant increase on LVEF in the exercise-group. Three studies (n=82) did not found significant differences in global longitudinal strain between groups. Limited evidence was found in vascular and endothelial functon. In 2 studies (n=50), endothelial function measured by brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation significantly improved in the exercise-group. Two studies (n=98) reported no significant impact of exercise on atenuating the increase of cTnI and BNP levels in the course of chemotherapy. On the other hand, when considering NT-proBNP, an increase in its levels was attenuated in the exercise-group.
Conclusions
This study confirms that exercise-based COR seems to be an effective approach to improve several cardiovascular outcomes and quality of life in breast cancer patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- University of Minho - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, Portugal
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- University of Minho - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, Portugal
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- Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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Matos M, Marefati A, Barrero P, Rayner M, Gutiérrez G. Resveratrol loaded Pickering emulsions stabilized by OSA modified rice starch granules. Food Res Int 2021; 139:109837. [PMID: 33509462 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Resveratrol is a photosensitive, bioactive molecule which has received increasing research interest during the past decade for its antioxidant properties. However, it has low solubility in water or common triglyceride oils. Resveratrol solubilization in oil can only be achieved in essential oils, such as flavour oils, but the stability of emulsions produced with this type of oils is low as they are prone to creaming phenomena and Oswald ripening. In this study, resveratrol was first dissolved in orange oil which was mixed into a medium-chain triglyceride (Miglyol) at different ratios and used as the internal phase of oil-in-water emulsions (O/W). The emulsions were stabilized by octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) modified rice starch granules using two different ratios of starch particle:oil to study the influence of interfacial coverage on the final emulsion droplet size and emulsion stability. The results of this study indicated that stable Pickering emulsions could be prepared using OSA-modified rice starch granules even at partial coverage conditions. Emulsions prepared at an oil fraction of 0.5 using 30% v/v mixture of orange oil in Miglyol as the dispersed phase seemed to be an appropriate resveratrol carrier system, obtaining encapsulation efficiency values close to 90% which results in emulsions with a resveratrol concentration of 8.45 mg/L. Hence, the emulsions prepared are suitable for food fortification applications.
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- M Matos
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.
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Gutiérrez G, Morán D, Marefati A, Purhagen J, Rayner M, Matos M. Synthesis of controlled size starch nanoparticles (SNPs). Carbohydr Polym 2020; 250:116938. [PMID: 33049850 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Starch nanoparticles (SNPs) are a promising choice for the strategic development of new renewable and biodegradable nanomaterials for novel biomedical and pharmaceutical applications when loaded with antibiotics or with anticancer agents as target drug delivery systems. The final properties of the SNPs are strongly influenced by the synthesis method and conditions being a controlled and monodispersed size crucial for these applications. The aim of this work was to synthesize controlled size SNPs through nanoprecipitation and microemulsion methods by modifying main operating parameters regarding the effect of amylose and amylopectin ratio in maize starches. SNPs were characterized by size and shape. SNPs from 59 to 118 nm were obtained by the nanoprecipitation method, registering the higer values when surfactant was added to the aqueous phase. Microemulsion method led to 35-147 nm sizes observing a higher particle formation capacity. The composition of the maize used influenced the final particle size and shape.
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- G Gutiérrez
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain; Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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Santos E, Matos M, Benito C. Isolation and characterization of a new MATE gene located in the same chromosome arm of the aluminium tolerance (Alt1) rye locus. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2020; 22:691-700. [PMID: 32141174 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aluminium (Al) toxicity is the major constraint for crop productivity in acid soils. Wild rye species (Secale spp.) exhibit high Al tolerance, being a good source of genes related to this trait. The Alt1 locus located on the 6RS chromosome arm is one of the four main loci controlling Al tolerance in rye and is known to harbour major genes but, so far, none have been found. Through synteny among the short arm of the rye chromosome 6R and the main grass species, we found a candidate MATE gene for the Atl1 locus, later named ScMATE3, which was isolated and characterized in different Secale species. The sequence comparisons revealed both intraspecific and interspecific variability, with high sequence conservation in the Secale genus. SNP with replacement substitution that changed the structure of the protein and can be involved in the Al tolerance trait were found in ScMATE3 gene. The predicted subcellular localization of ScMATE3 is the vacuolar membrane which, together with the phylogenetic relationships performed with other MATE genes of the Poaceae related to Al detoxification, suggest involvement of ScMATE3 in an internal tolerance mechanism. Moreover, expression studies of this gene in rye corroborate its contribution in some Al resistance mechanisms. The ScMATE3 gene is located on the 6RS chromosome arm between the same markers in which the Alt1 locus is involved in Al resistance mechanisms in rye, thus being a good candidate gene for this function.
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
- Faculty of Sciences, BioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
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Matos M, Duarte J, Pinto-Gouveia J. Being Afraid of Compassion: Fears of Compassion as Mediators Between Early Emotional Memories and Psychopathological Symptoms in Adulthood. Eur Psychiatry 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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IntroductionThere is evidence suggesting that for some individuals self-generating compassion and being open to compassion from others can be difficult or aversive. To date, however, no study has explored how these fears of compassion are associated with early emotional memories, such as shame or safeness memories, and to symptoms of depression and anxiety in adulthood. The current study set out to investigate the mediator effect of fears of compassion on the relationship between the traumatic and centrality features of shame memories, early memories of warmth and safeness, and symptoms of depression and anxiety.MethodIn this cross-sectional study, participants were 302 individuals (171 women; age M = 36.28; SD = 11.45) recruited from the general community population, who completed self-report measures of fears of compassion (for self, for others and from others), shame memories, safeness memories, depression and anxiety.ResultsPath analysis showed that fears of compassion for self and of receiving compassion from others mediated the effects of shame traumatic memory, centrality of shame memory and early memories of warmth and safeness on depressive and anxiety symptoms. Fear of compassion for self was the best predictor of depression and anxiety.ConclusionsFears of compassion may render an individual more vulnerable to defeat and threat responses when faced with stressful life events, which can manifest as symptoms of depression or anxiety. Clinical implications might be derived from these findings as these fears, as well as the negative emotional memories fuelling them, may need to be addressed in therapy to assist patients in self-generating and receiving compassion.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Foulon F, Ben Abdelouahed H, Bogovac M, Charisopoulos S, Matos M, Migliori A, Padilla-Alvarez R, Pessoa Barradas N, Ridikas D, Simon A, Skukan N, Sladek P, Swainson I. IAEA Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory: Support to IAEA Member States and Recent Developments. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202022510005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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As part of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Physics Section, the Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory (NSIL) helps Member States (MSs) to establish, operate and maintain various nuclear instrumentation and spectrometry techniques in support of a wide range of applications such as health care, food, agriculture, environment, forensics, cultural heritage, and materials science. NSIL is contributing to capacity building, transfer of knowledge and expertise sharing, including the development of instruments and validation of analytical methodologies. This paper describes NSIL's key activities and provides an overview of the recent developments and achievements, including the commissioning and utilization of an end-station at one of the beam lines in Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste (EST, Italy), the upgrade of an ultralight radiation monitoring system onboarded on a drone, as well as the development of a full field X-ray fluorescence analytical system for forensic applications and characterization of valuable art/archaeological objects.
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Rodriguez-Benitez RJ, Muriel F, Rivera-Aviles A, Matos M, Wojna V. Preliminary Neuropsychological Normative Data in a Healthy Sample of Puerto Rican Women. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acz029.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective
Accurate diagnosis of neuropsychological (NP) impairment in Spanish-speaking Latinx women is limited by a lack of appropriate norms. While multiple normative datasets have emerged for Mexican/Mexican-American populations, there is a particular dearth of normative options for Puerto Rican women. This study collected normative data in a sample of Spanish-speaking healthy women in Puerto Rico (PR).
Participants and Method
The sample consisted of 63 healthy, HIV-seronegative women recruited as comparison participants in a longitudinal HIV-seropositive Latinx Women Cohort study at the University of Puerto Rico during 2002-2017. The NP battery included measures from seven cognitive domains: verbal fluency, executive functioning, processing speed, learning, memory, sensory, perceptual, and motor skills.
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The sample’s age ranged from 20-77 years (M = 42.14; SD = 12.71) and education ranged from 9-18 years (M = 13.74; SD = 2.09). The NP test M and SD raw score results were: Trail Making A (M = 41.29; SD = 14.87), Trail Making B (M = 105.14; SD = 49.77), Grooved Pegs Dominant Hand (M = 78.49; SD = 31.91), Stroop Word/Color (M = 47.86; SD = 23.66), Rey Verbal Learning Test Total (M = 42.0; SD = 9.36), Verbal Fluency FAS-F (M = 11.27; SD = 4.20), FAS-A (M = 12.05; SD=4.34), FAS-S (M = 10.67; SD = 4.19), Digit Span (M = 12.16; SD = 3.28), Spatial Span (M = 10.95; SD = 3.62), Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test (M = 18.10; SD = 5.54), Finger Tapping Left (M = 50.58; SD = 7.78), Finger Tapping Right (M = 53.87; SD = 8.83), Seashore Rhythm Test (M = 23.38; SD = 3.99), and Rey Complex Figure Test Immediate (M = 13.17; SD = 6.99) and Delay (M = 13.58; SD = 7.21). The NP norms were stratified by age (10-year increments and 60+) and education (< 12 years and 12+ years).
Conclusions
This preliminary study provides initial normative data from a sample of healthy women living in PR, which can improve NP diagnostic accuracy for this population. This is particularly important given that this population experiences worse health outcomes compared to other Latinx subpopulations.
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Romero-Díez R, Matos M, Rodrigues L, Bronze MR, Rodríguez-Rojo S, Cocero M, Matias A. Microwave and ultrasound pre-treatments to enhance anthocyanins extraction from different wine lees. Food Chem 2019; 272:258-266. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Silva A, Antunes J, Peixoto J, Gonçalves M, Alves F, Silva J, Garrido N, Matos M. Domestic Violence: The Impact of a Nature-Based Holistic Development Program on Victims' Well-Being. Ecopsychology 2018. [DOI: 10.1089/eco.2018.0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- A. Silva
- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- School of Psychology & CIPsi, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Portuguese Wildlife Society, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- School of Psychology & CIPsi, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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Marefati A, Matos M, Wiege B, Haase NU, Rayner M. Pickering emulsifiers based on hydrophobically modified small granular starches Part II - Effects of modification on emulsifying capacity. Carbohydr Polym 2018; 201:416-424. [PMID: 30241837 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Small granular starches from rice, quinoa, and amaranth were modified with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) at 5 defined intervals (0-3.0%) and investigated with respect to emulsifying capacity and stability. Starch granule surfaces were characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and contact angle measurements. Emulsifying capacity was characterized by multiple light scattering (MLS) and particle size analysis. Stability towards environmental stress was characterized by centrifugation and MLS. Surface hydrophobicity and emulsifying capacity correlated with starch type and modification level. Quinoa stabilized emulsions had the smallest droplet size (e.g. 59.2 μm at 3.0% OSA) and superior stability, both before and after centrifugation, especially at the lowest modification levels. Rice and amaranth had larger droplets (99.8 and 84.1 μm at 3.0% OSA respectively). Amaranth, despite its small size showed poorer performance than quinoa, especially at lower modification levels. The higher emulsifying efficiency of quinoa starch granules attributed to the higher protein content.
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. BOX 124, SE, 221 00, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. BOX 124, SE, 221 00, Lund, Sweden; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals, Schützenberg 12, 32756, Detmold, Germany
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- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals, Schützenberg 12, 32756, Detmold, Germany
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P.O. BOX 124, SE, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
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Matos M, Laca A, Rea F, Iglesias O, Rayner M, Gutiérrez G. O/W emulsions stabilized by OSA-modified starch granules versus non-ionic surfactant: Stability, rheological behaviour and resveratrol encapsulation. J FOOD ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Seabra SG, Fragata I, Antunes MA, Faria GS, Santos MA, Sousa VC, Simões P, Matos M. Corrigendum: Different Genomic Changes Underlie Adaptive Evolution in Populations of Contrasting History. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:780. [DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marefati A, Wiege B, Haase NU, Matos M, Rayner M. Pickering emulsifiers based on hydrophobically modified small granular starches - Part I: Manufacturing and physico-chemical characterization. Carbohydr Polym 2017; 175:473-483. [PMID: 28917891 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Small granular starches from rice, quinoa and amaranth were hydrophobized by esterification with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) in an aqueous alkaline slurry to obtain series of modified starches at defined intervals (i.e. 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, 2.4, 3.0%). The physical and the physico-chemical properties of the starch particles were characterized by proximate analysis including protein level, amylose level and dry matter. The shape and size of the starch granules were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and light scattering. The gelatinization properties were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry. The degree of modification was determined by titration with NaOH. With regard to the emulsion formulation and in order to assess the emulsifying capacity of the small granular starches, the effect of starch type, degree of modification and starch concentration on the resulting emulsion droplet size were evaluated by light scattering and optical microscopy. Emulsifying properties were found to depend on the degree of substitution, size of the granules and the starch to oil ratio of the formulation. Quinoa starch granules, in general, had the best emulsifying capacity followed by amaranth and rice. However, in higher starch concentrations (>400mg/mL oil) and adequate levels of OSA (3.0%) amaranth performed best, having the smallest size of starches studied.
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- A Marefati
- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P. O. Box 124, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals, Schützenberg 12, 32756 Detmold, Germany
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- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals, Schützenberg 12, 32756 Detmold, Germany
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P. O. Box 124, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Engineering, and Nutrition, Lund University, P. O. Box 124, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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IntroductionCompassion can be defined as an intentional sensitivity to the suffering, with a motivation and commitment to try to relieve it, which can have a positive impact on individuals’ emotional and psychological well-being. The relevance of compassion focused therapies is well established and this makes the development of reliable instruments for the assessment of the different facets of compassion targeting different age groups crucial for research and clinical practice. The Compassionate Attributes and Actions Scale (CAAS) aims to assess compassion on three directions: self-compassion, compassion for others or compassion received from others. Each of the scales assesses one's compassionate attributes and compassionate actions separately when dealing with difficult or painful situations.Objective/aimThis study aimed to adapt the CAAS for adolescents and to explore its factor structure and psychometric properties in a sample of Portuguese adolescents.MethodsA total of 336 Portuguese adolescents with ages ranging from 12 to 19 years old participated in the study. Several exploratory factor analyses were conducted.ResultsExploratory factor analysis showed that, except for the attributes section of the self-compassion scale (that showed to be bi-factorial), all the other scales (and their sections) presented a single-factor structure. The three scales, and its sections, demonstrated a good reliability and excellent test-retest reliability and good convergent and discriminant validity.ConclusionResults were in line with the factor structure found in the adults’ version. The scales and its sections have shown good psychometric characteristics and constitute a useful instrument to assess and investigate the three directions of the compassion.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Matos M, Duarte J, Duarte C, Pinto-Gouveia J, Gilbert P. Cultivating the compassionate self against depression: An exploration of processes of change. Eur Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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IntroductionCompassion and self-compassion can be protective factors against mental health difficulties, in particular depression. The cultivation of the compassionate self, associated with a range of practices such as slow and deeper breathing, compassionate voice tones and facial expressions, and compassionate focusing, is central to compassion focused therapy (Gilbert, 2010). However, no study has examined the processes of change that mediate the impact of compassionate self-cultivation practices on depressive symptoms.AimsThe aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a brief compassionate self training (CST) intervention on depressive symptoms, and explore the psychological processes that mediate the change at post intervention.MethodsUsing a longitudinal design, participants (general population and college students) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: Compassionate self training (n = 56) and wait-list control (n = 37). Participants in the CST condition were instructed to practice CST exercises for 15 minutes everyday or in moments of stress during two weeks. Self-report measures of depression, self-criticism, shame and compassion, were completed at pre and post in both conditions.ResultsResults showed that, at post-intervention, participants in the CST condition decreased depression, self-criticism and shame, and increased self-compassion and openness to receive compassion from others. Mediation analyses revealed that changes in depression from pre to post intervention were mediated by decreases in self-criticism and shame, and increases in self-compassion and openness to the compassion from others.ConclusionsThese findings support the efficacy of compassionate self training components on lessening depressive symptoms and promoting mental health.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Silva S, Silva P, Oliveira H, Gaivão I, Matos M, Pinto-Carnide O, Santos C. Pb low doses induced genotoxicity in Lactuca sativa plants. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 112:109-116. [PMID: 28064118 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Soil and water contamination by lead (Pb) remains a topic of great concern, particularly regarding crop production. The admissible Pb values in irrigation water in several countries range from ≈0.1 to ≈5 mg L-1. In order to evaluate putative effects of Pb within legal doses on crops growth, we exposed Lactuca sativa seeds and seedlings to increasing doses of Pb(NO3)2 up to 20 mg L-1. The OECD parameter seed germination and seedling/plant growth were not affected by any of the Pb-concentrations used. However, for doses higher than 5 mg L-1 significant DNA damage was detected: Comet assay detected DNA fragmentation at ≥ 5 mg L-1 and presence of micronuclei (MN) were detected for 20 mg L-1. Also, cell cycle impairment was observed for doses as low as 0.05 mg L-1 and 0.5 mg L-1 (mostly G2 arrest). Our data show that for the low doses of Pb used, the OECD endpoints were not able to detect toxicity, while more sensitive endpoints (related with DNA damage and mitotic/interphase disorders) identified genotoxic and cytostatic effects. Furthermore, the nature of the genotoxic effect was dependent on the concentration. Finally, we recommend that MN test and the comet assay should be included as sensitive endpoints in (eco)toxicological assays.
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- S Silva
- Department of Chemistry, QOPNA and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology (DGB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV) and Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology (DGB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) & Department of Biology and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & GreenUP-CitabUP, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Gutiérrez G, Matos M, Barrero P, Pando D, Iglesias O, Pazos C. Iron-entrapped niosomes and their potential application for yogurt fortification. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2016.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Jimenez J, Salinero M, Pope V, Reyes L, Khanal C, Matos M, Stone E. Impact of Education Alone vs. Education and Medical Intervention vs. Standard Treatment in Re-Hospitalization for Heart Failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Santos J, Pascual M, Fragata I, Simões P, Santos MA, Lima M, Marques A, Lopes-Cunha M, Kellen B, Balanyà J, Rose MR, Matos M. Tracking changes in chromosomal arrangements and their genetic content during adaptation. J Evol Biol 2016; 29:1151-67. [PMID: 26969850 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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There is considerable evidence for an adaptive role of inversions, but how their genetic content evolves and affects the subsequent evolution of chromosomal polymorphism remains controversial. Here, we track how life-history traits, chromosomal arrangements and 22 microsatellites, within and outside inversions, change in three replicated populations of Drosophila subobscura for 30 generations of laboratory evolution since founding from the wild. The dynamics of fitness-related traits indicated adaptation to the new environment concomitant with directional evolution of chromosomal polymorphism. Evidence of selective changes in frequency of inversions was obtained for seven of 23 chromosomal arrangements, corroborating a role for inversions in adaptation. The evolution of linkage disequilibrium between some microsatellites and chromosomes suggested that adaptive changes in arrangements involved changes in their genetic content. Several microsatellite alleles increased in frequency more than expected by drift in targeted inversions in all replicate populations. In particular, there were signs of selection in the O3+4 arrangement favouring a combination of alleles in two loci linked to the inversion and changing along with it, although the lack of linkage disequilibrium between these loci precludes epistatic selection. Seven other alleles increased in frequency within inversions more than expected by drift, but were not in linkage disequilibrium with them. Possibly these alleles were hitchhiking along with alleles under selection that were not specific to those inversions. Overall, the selection detected on the genetic content of inversions, despite limited coverage of the genome, suggests that genetic changes within inversions play an important role in adaptation.
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- J Santos
- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics and IrBio, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics and IrBio, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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Matos AC, Andrade S, Figueira L, Matos M, Pires MA, Coelho AC, Pinto ML. Mesenteric lymph node granulomatous lesions in naturally infected wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Portugal--Histological, immunohistochemical and molecular aspects. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2016; 173:21-6. [PMID: 27090622 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2016.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Several studies have demonstrated that wildlife reservoirs of mycobacteria are responsible for the maintenance and spreading of the infection to livestock and wildlife counterparts. Recent data report the role of wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a reservoir for Mycobacterium bovis. This study was conducted to evaluate the chronic inflammatory response in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) of wild boar with granulomatous lymphadenitis (n=30). Morphological parameters of the lesions were recorded. The expression of CD3 and CD79α molecules was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Molecular genotyping and culture to identify mycobacteria were performed. The lesions consisted mainly of stage III and stage IV granulomas. CD3 and CD79α positive cells were observed in 15 (50%) and in 11 (36.6%) MLN, respectively. In these lesions, higher percentages of T lymphocytes were found and a limited number of animals exhibited a tendency for an increased percentage of B lymphocytes. Our results suggest that there are similar percentages and distribution patterns of CD3 and CD79α in the lesions, regardless of the presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map), M. bovis or Map-M. bovis co-infection, and confirm that wild boar is both susceptible and could be an important Map and M. bovis wild reservoir in the study area.
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- A C Matos
- CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética e Biotecnologia, Centro de Genómica e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
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- CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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Matos M, Gutiérrez G, Iglesias O, Coca J, Pazos C. Enhancing encapsulation efficiency of food-grade double emulsions containing resveratrol or vitamin B12 by membrane emulsification. J FOOD ENG 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Simões P, Fragata I, Lopes-Cunha M, Lima M, Kellen B, Bárbaro M, Santos M, Matos M. Wing trait-inversion associations in Drosophila subobscura can be generalized within continents, but may change through time. J Evol Biol 2015; 28:2163-74. [PMID: 26302686 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Clinal variation is one of the most emblematic examples of the action of natural selection at a wide geographical range. In Drosophila subobscura, parallel clines in body size and inversions, but not in wing shape, were found in Europe and South and North America. Previous work has shown that a bottleneck effect might be largely responsible for differences in wing trait-inversion association between one European and one South American population. One question still unaddressed is whether the associations found before are present across other populations of the European and South American clines. Another open question is whether evolutionary dynamics in a new environment can lead to relevant changes in wing traits-inversion association. To analyse geographical variation in these associations, we characterized three recently laboratory founded D. subobscura populations from both the European and South American latitudinal clines. To address temporal variation, we also characterized the association at a later generation in the European populations. We found that wing size and shape associations can be generalized across populations of the same continent, but may change through time for wing size. The observed temporal changes are probably due to changes in the genetic content of inversions, derived from adaptation to the new, laboratory environment. Finally, we show that it is not possible to predict clinal variation from intrapopulation associations. All in all this suggests that, at least in the present, wing traits-inversion associations are not responsible for the maintenance of the latitudinal clines in wing shape and size.
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- P Simões
- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Grup de Genòmica, Bioinformàtica i Biologia Evolutiva (GGBE), Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Matos AC, Dias AP, Morais M, Matos M, Pinto ML, Coelho AC, Figueira L. Granulomatous lymphadenitis caused by Nocardia species in hunted wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Portugal. Vet Rec 2015. [PMID: 26206972 DOI: 10.1136/vr.h3988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A C Matos
- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Pain SD, Bardayan DW, Blackmon JC, Brown SM, Chae KY, Chipps KA, Cizewski JA, Jones KL, Kozub RL, Liang JF, Matei C, Matos M, Moazen BH, Nesaraja CD, Okołowicz J, O'Malley PD, Peters WA, Pittman ST, Płoszajczak M, Schmitt KT, Shriner JF, Shapira D, Smith MS, Stracener DW, Wilson GL. Constraint of the astrophysical ^{26g}Al(p,γ)^{27}Si destruction rate at stellar temperatures. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:212501. [PMID: 26066430 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.212501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The Galactic 1.809-MeV γ-ray signature from the β decay of ^{26g}Al is a dominant target of γ-ray astronomy, of which a significant component is understood to originate from massive stars. The ^{26g}Al(p,γ)^{27}Si reaction is a major destruction pathway for ^{26g}Al at stellar temperatures, but the reaction rate is poorly constrained due to uncertainties in the strengths of low-lying resonances in ^{27}Si. The ^{26g}Al(d,p)^{27}Al reaction has been employed in inverse kinematics to determine the spectroscopic factors, and hence resonance strengths, of proton resonances in ^{27}Si via mirror symmetry. The strength of the 127-keV resonance is found to be a factor of 4 higher than the previously adopted upper limit, and the upper limit for the 68-keV resonance has been reduced by an order of magnitude, considerably constraining the ^{26g}Al destruction rate at stellar temperatures.
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- S D Pain
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Building 6008, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6374, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, PL-31342 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Building 6008, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6374, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSMCNRS/IN2P3, Boîte Postale 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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Matos M, Alves M, Ramos Pereira MJ, Torres J, Marques S, Fonseca C. Clear as daylight: analysis of diurnal raptor pellets for small mammal studies. Anim Biodiv Conserv 2015. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2015.38.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Non–invasive approaches are increasingly investigated and applied in studies of small mammal assemblages because they are more cost–effective and bypass conservation and animal welfare issues. However, pellets of diurnal raptors have rarely been used for these purposes. We evaluated the potential of marsh harrier pellets (Circus aeruginosus) as a non–invasive method to sample small mammal assemblages, by comparing the results with those of sampling using Sherman live–traps and pitfalls. The three methods were applied simultaneously in an agricultural–wetland complex in NW Portugal. Estimates of species richness, diversity, evenness, abundance, and proportion of each species within the assemblage showed significant differences between the three methods. Our results suggest that the use of marsh harrier pellets is more effective in inventorying small mammal species than either of the two kinds of traps, while also avoiding any involuntary fatalities associated with the sampling of small non–volant mammals. Moreover, the analysis of pellets was the most cost–effective method. Comparison of the two trapping methodologies showed involuntary fatalities were higher in pitfalls than in Sherman traps. We discuss the advantages and flaws of the three methods, both from technical and conservational perspectives.
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Pando D, Beltrán M, Gerone I, Matos M, Pazos C. Resveratrol entrapped niosomes as yoghurt additive. Food Chem 2015; 170:281-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.08.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pereira F, Matos M. CYBERSTALKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A NEW FORM OF HARASSMENT AND PERSECUTION? Psic , Saúde & Doença 2015. [DOI: 10.15309/15psd160107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Matos AC, Figueira L, Martins MH, Pinto ML, Matos M, Coelho AC. New Insights into Mycobacterium bovis Prevalence in Wild Mammals in Portugal. Transbound Emerg Dis 2014; 63:e313-22. [PMID: 25484245 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A survey to determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in wild mammals in Portugal was conducted by testing samples from hunted animals and those found dead between 2009 and 2013. In this study, we investigated 2116 wild mammals. Post-mortem examinations were performed, and tissues were collected from wild mammals representing 8 families and 11 different species, with a total of 393 animals analysed. Cultures were performed, and acid-fast isolates were identified by PCR. Tissues were also screened for Mycobacterium bovis by directly extracting DNA and testing for the Mycobacterium bovis-specific sequences. Mycobacterium bovis prevalence was 26.9% (95% CI: 22.8-31.5%). Mycobacterium bovis was recorded in 106 of the 393 studied species: prevalence by species were 26.9% (95% CI: 16.8-40.2%) in red foxes, 20.0% (95% CI: 7.0-45.2%) in Egyptian mongooses, 21.4% (95% CI: 16.2-27.7%) in wild boar and 38.3% (95% CI: 29.9-47.4%) in red deer. Mycobacterium bovis infection was detected in six of eight taxonomic families. For some species, the small sample sizes obtained were a reflection of their restricted range and low abundance, making estimates of infection prevalence very difficult (1 beech marten of 4; 1 Eurasian otter of 3; 2 common genet of 3). Infection was not detected in European badgers, hedgehog, wild rabbits and hare. The results of this study confirm the presence of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild carnivores in Portugal.
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- A C Matos
- Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética e Biotecnologia, Centro de Genómica e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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Fragata I, Lopes-Cunha M, Bárbaro M, Kellen B, Lima M, Santos MA, Faria GS, Santos M, Matos M, Simões P. How much can history constrain adaptive evolution? A real-time evolutionary approach of inversion polymorphisms in Drosophila subobscura. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:2727-38. [PMID: 25430492 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Chromosomal inversions are present in a wide range of animals and plants, having an important role in adaptation and speciation. Although empirical evidence of their adaptive value is abundant, the role of different processes underlying evolution of chromosomal polymorphisms is not fully understood. History and selection are likely to shape inversion polymorphism variation to an extent yet largely unknown. Here, we perform a real-time evolution study addressing the role of historical constraints and selection in the evolution of these polymorphisms. We founded laboratory populations of Drosophila subobscura derived from three locations along the European cline and followed the evolutionary dynamics of inversion polymorphisms throughout the first 40 generations. At the beginning, populations were highly differentiated and remained so throughout generations. We report evidence of positive selection for some inversions, variable between foundations. Signs of negative selection were more frequent, in particular for most cold-climate standard inversions across the three foundations. We found that previously observed convergence at the phenotypic level in these populations was not associated with convergence in inversion frequencies. In conclusion, our study shows that selection has shaped the evolutionary dynamics of inversion frequencies, but doing so within the constraints imposed by previous history. Both history and selection are therefore fundamental to predict the evolutionary potential of different populations to respond to global environmental changes.
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- I Fragata
- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Bernardes S, Marques S, Matos M. Old and in pain: Enduring and situational effects of cultural aging stereotypes on older people's pain experiences. Eur J Pain 2014; 19:994-1001. [DOI: 10.1002/ejp.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- S.F. Bernardes
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)/Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL); Lisbon Portugal
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)/Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL); Lisbon Portugal
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)/Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL); Lisbon Portugal
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Langer C, Montes F, Aprahamian A, Bardayan DW, Bazin D, Brown BA, Browne J, Crawford H, Cyburt RH, Domingo-Pardo C, Gade A, George S, Hosmer P, Keek L, Kontos A, Lee IY, Lemasson A, Lunderberg E, Maeda Y, Matos M, Meisel Z, Noji S, Nunes FM, Nystrom A, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Quinn SJ, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Siegl K, Simon A, Smith M, Spyrou A, Stevens J, Stroberg SR, Weisshaar D, Wheeler J, Wimmer K, Zegers RGT. Determining the rp-process flow through 56Ni: resonances in 57Cu(p,γ)58Zn identified with GRETINA. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:032502. [PMID: 25083636 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.032502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An approach is presented to experimentally constrain previously unreachable (p, γ) reaction rates on nuclei far from stability in the astrophysical rp process. Energies of all critical resonances in the (57)Cu(p,γ)(58)Zn reaction are deduced by populating states in (58)Zn with a (d, n) reaction in inverse kinematics at 75 MeV/u, and detecting γ-ray-recoil coincidences with the state-of-the-art γ-ray tracking array GRETINA and the S800 spectrograph at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The results reduce the uncertainty in the (57)Cu(p,γ) reaction rate by several orders of magnitude. The effective lifetime of (56)Ni, an important waiting point in the rp process in x-ray bursts, can now be determined entirely from experimentally constrained reaction rates.
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- C Langer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Matos M, Gutiérrez G, Coca J, Pazos C. Preparation of water-in-oil-in-water (W1/O/W2) double emulsions containing trans-resveratrol. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Langer C, Montes F, Aprahamian A, Bardayan DW, Bazin D, Brown B, Browne J, Crawford H, Cyburt R, Domingo-Pardo C, Gade A, George S, Hosmer P, Keek L, Kontos A, Lee IY, Lemasson A, Lunderberg E, Maeda Y, Matos M, Meisel Z, Noji S, Nystrom A, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Quinn S, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Siegl K, Simon A, Smith M, Spyrou A, Stevens J, Stroberg R, Weisshaar D, Wheeler J, Wimmer K, Zegers R. Measurement of astrophysically important excitation energies of 58Zn with GRETINA. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146607013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pimentel-Santos FM, Matos M, Ligeiro D, Mourão AF, Ribeiro C, Costa J, Santos H, Barcelos A, Pinto P, Cruz M, Sousa E, Santos RA, Fonseca JE, Trindade H, Guedes-Pinto H, Branco JC. HLA alleles and HLA-B27 haplotypes associated with susceptibility and severity of ankylosing spondylitis in a Portuguese population. Tissue Antigens 2013; 82:374-9. [PMID: 24498993 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2013] [Revised: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 is the mostly known major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Nonetheless, there is substantial evidence that other MHC genes appear to be associated with the disease, although it has not yet been established whether these associations are driven by direct associations or by linkage disequilibrium (LD) mechanisms. We aimed to investigate the contributions of HLA class I and II alleles and B27-haplotypes for AS in a case-control study. A total of 188 HLA-B27 AS cases and 189 HLA-B27 healthy controls were selected and typed for HLA class I and II by the Luminex polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific oligonucleotide probe (PCR-SSOP) method. Allelic and haplotypic distributions were estimated by maximum likelihood method using Arlequin v3.11 and statistical analysis were performed by Stata10.1. No associations were found between non-HLA-B27 loci and AS susceptibility, but several associations were observed for phenotypic features of the disease. DRB1*08 was identified as a risk factor for uveitis and DQB1*04 seems to provide protection for AS severity (functional, metrological and radiological indexes). A*02/B27/C*02/DRB1*01/DQB1*05 [P<0.0001; odds ratio (OR) = 39.06; 95% confidence interval (CI) (2.34-651)] is the only haplotype that seems to confer susceptibility to AS. Moreover, the haplotype A*02/B27/C*01/DRB1*08/DQB1*04 seems to provide protection for disease functional and radiological repercussions. Our findings are compatible with the hypothesis that other genes within the HLA region besides HLA-B27 might play some role in AS susceptibility and severity.
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- F M Pimentel-Santos
- CEDOC, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (CHLO), Hospital de Egas Moniz, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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Goh J, Mason J, Chan J, Moradi M, Berek J, Beningno B, Mileshkin L, Recio F, Tchabo N, Rossi E, Eisenberg P, Rose P, Mitchell P, Young J, Matos M, Secord A, Davy M, Gargosky S, Gray H. Study of autologous dendritic cell therapy targeting Mucin 1 as a treatment for the maintenance of ovarian cancer patients in remission. J Immunother Cancer 2013. [PMCID: PMC3991068 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-1-s1-p213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- J Goh
- Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- ScrippsCC, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- CollResGrp, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- MorristownMC, Morristown, NJ, USA
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- IndianaUni, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- ClevelandClin, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- GoldCoast, Southport, QLD, Australia
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- RAH, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- UniWashington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- A. C. Matos
- School of Agriculture; Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco; 6001-909 Castelo Branco Portugal
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- School of Agriculture; Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco; 6001-909 Castelo Branco Portugal
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- School of Agriculture; Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco; 6001-909 Castelo Branco Portugal
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Department; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto-Douro; 5001-801 Vila Real Portugal
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Department; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto-Douro; 5001-801 Vila Real Portugal
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Department; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto-Douro; 5001-801 Vila Real Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences; Veterinary and Animal Science Center; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro; 5001-801 Vila Real Portugal
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Matos M, Suárez M, Gutiérrez G, Coca J, Pazos C. Emulsification with microfiltration ceramic membranes: A different approach to droplet formation mechanism. J Memb Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Matos A, Figueira L, Martins M, Matos M, Andrade S, Álvares S, Mendes A, Sousa N, Coelho A, Pinto M. Granulomatous Lesions and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Portuguese Wild Boars (Sus scrofa). J Comp Pathol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.11.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Matos A, Figueira L, Martins M, Matos M, Pires M, Álvares S, Mendes A, Sousa N, Coelho A, Pinto M. Renal Lesions in Deer (Cervus elaphus): Involvement of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. J Comp Pathol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.11.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Matos A, Figueira L, Martins M, Matos M, Pires M, Álvares S, Mendes A, Sousa N, Coelho A, Pinto M. Diffuse Lymphadenitis and Disseminated Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection in Two Wild Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra L. 1758). J Comp Pathol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.11.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is increasing research to suggest that fears of, and resistances to, affiliative and positive emotions are linked to self-criticism and a range of psychopathologies. It is unclear how these fears and resistances are linked to each other and how these in turn are linked to psychological processes, such as abilities to be mindful and recognize and describe emotions. OBJECTIVES This research explores the relationship between fears of compassion and happiness in general, with capacities for emotional processing (alexithymia), capacities for mindfulness, and empathic abilities. To advance this research, a new scale was developed to measure general fears of positive feelings - the Fear of Happiness Scale. RESULTS The results showed that fears of compassion for self, from others and in particular fear of happiness, were highly linked to different aspects of alexithymia, mindfulness, empathy, self-criticism and depression, anxiety and stress. Especially noteworthy was the very high correlation between fear of happiness and depression (r= .70). CONCLUSION While the development of positive emotions, especially those linked to affiliation and connectedness are increasingly seen as important therapeutic targets, little research has focused on the blocks and fears to positive emotions. This study used newly developed fears of positive affect scales (e.g., compassion and happiness) to explore these aspects and found they were significantly linked to psychopathology variables self-criticism and difficulties such as alexithymia.
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- P Gilbert
- Mental Health Research Unit, Kingsway Hospital, Derby, UK.
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Santos J, Pascual M, Simões P, Fragata I, Lima M, Kellen B, Santos M, Marques A, Rose MR, Matos M. From nature to the laboratory: the impact of founder effects on adaptation. J Evol Biol 2012; 25:2607-22. [PMID: 23110657 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Most founding events entail a reduction in population size, which in turn leads to genetic drift effects that can deplete alleles. Besides reducing neutral genetic variability, founder effects can in principle shift additive genetic variance for phenotypes that underlie fitness. This could then lead to different rates of adaptation among populations that have undergone a population size bottleneck as well as an environmental change, even when these populations have a common evolutionary history. Thus, theory suggests that there should be an association between observable genetic variability for both neutral markers and phenotypes related to fitness. Here, we test this scenario by monitoring the early evolutionary dynamics of six laboratory foundations derived from founders taken from the same source natural population of Drosophila subobscura. Each foundation was in turn three-fold replicated. During their first few generations, these six foundations showed an abrupt increase in their genetic differentiation, within and between foundations. The eighteen populations that were monitored also differed in their patterns of phenotypic adaptation according to their immediately ancestral founding sample. Differences in early genetic variability and in effective population size were found to predict differences in the rate of adaptation during the first 21 generations of laboratory evolution. We show that evolution in a novel environment is strongly contingent not only on the initial composition of a newly founded population but also on the stochastic changes that occur during the first generations of colonization. Such effects make laboratory populations poor guides to the evolutionary genetic properties of their ancestral wild populations.
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- J Santos
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Campo Grande, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Miranda C, Matos M, Pires I, Correia-Neves M, Ribeiro P, Alvares S, Vieira-Pinto M, Coelho AC. Diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex in granulomatous lymphadenitis in slaughtered domestic pigs. J Comp Pathol 2012; 147:401-5. [PMID: 22784782 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare two diagnostic methods for the detection of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in lymph nodes with granulomatous lymphadenitis from slaughtered domestic pigs. Fifty affected lymph nodes were collected from 50 pigs and examined microscopically and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Microscopically, granulomatous lesions were observed in 92% of the samples, consisting mostly of central necrosis (78%) with dystrophic calcification (46%) and associated with inflammatory infiltration by epithelioid giant cells, lymphocytes, neutrophils (92%), eosinophils (60%) and Langhans-type cells (70%). In 64% of the lesions, a capsule of connective tissue was found. Acid-fast bacilli were observed in all cases. PCR detected DNA from Mycobacterium spp. in 82% (41/50) of the lymph nodes. MAC was confirmed in 58% (24/41) and M. avium avium/silvaticum subspecies in 39% (16/41). The results of this study suggest that combined histopathology and PCR of lymph nodes are useful in the diagnosis of granulomatous lymphadenitis in slaughtered pigs.
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- C Miranda
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, CECAV, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5001-801 Vila Real.
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Pessoa AS, Soares-dos-Reis R, Falcão M, Matos M, Monteiro CB, Monteiro FA, Reguenga C, Lima D. Modulation of Prrxl1 transcriptional activity by phosphorylation. BMC Proc 2012. [PMCID: PMC3426046 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-6-s4-o47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lemos G, Pinto D, Matos M, Bouzas L, Abdelhay E. Analysis of INF-γ and TNF-α, CXCL-10 Chemokine and Its Receptor CXCR-3 Expression in Skin Biopsies from Patients with Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.12.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Guimaraes R, Muzi C, Ayres A, Ribeiro M, Chagas C, Capilupi J, Salles P, Melo Z, Matos M. P2-108 Trends in mortality from breast and cervical cancer in the Brazilian capital cities, 1996-2007. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976i.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Galhardo A, Pinto-Gouveia J, Cunha M, Matos M. The impact of shame and self-judgment on psychopathology in infertile patients. Hum Reprod 2011; 26:2408-14. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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