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Almeida OGG, Pereira MG, Bighetti-Trevisan RL, Santos ES, De Campos EG, Felis GE, Guimarães LHS, Polizeli MLTM, De Martinis BS, De Martinis ECP. Investigating luxS gene expression in lactobacilli along lab-scale cocoa fermentations. Food Microbiol 2024; 119:104429. [PMID: 38225038 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104429] [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: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Previous metagenomic analyses have suggested that lactobacilli present potential for Quorum Sensing (QS) in cocoa fermentation, and in the present research, laboratory scale fermentations were carried out to monitor the expression of luxS, a universal marker of QS. For that, 96 h-fermentations were studied, as follows: F0 (non inoculated control), F1 (inoculated with yeasts, lactic acid bacteria, and acetic acid bacteria), F2 (inoculated with yeasts and acetic acid bacteria), F3 (inoculated with yeasts only). The parameters evaluated were: plate counting, quantification of key enzymes and analysis of volatile organic compounds associated with key sensory descriptors, using headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Furthermore, QS was estimated by the quantification of the expression of luxS genes by Reverse Transcriptase Real-Time PCR. The results demonstrated that microbial succession occurred in pilot scale fermentations, but no statistical differences for microbial enumeration and α-diversity index were observed among experiments and control. Moreover, it was not possible to make conclusive correlations of enzymatic profile and fermenting microbiota, likely due to the intrinsic activity of plant hydrolases. Regarding to the expression of luxS genes, in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum they were active along the fermentation, but for Limosilactobacillus fermentum, luxS was expressed only at early and middle phases. Correlation analysis of luxS expression and production of volatile metabolites evidenced a possible negative association of Lp. Plantarum with fermentation quality. In conclusion, these data corroborate former shotgun metagenomic analysis by demonstrating the expression of luxS by lactobacilli in pilot scale cocoa fermentation and evidence Lp. Plantarum is the main lactic acid bacteria related to its expression.
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- O G G Almeida
- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Brazil
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- Universidade Do Estado de Minas Gerais, Unidade Passos, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia Básica e Oral, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Brazil
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- Appalachian State University, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, Boone, NC, United States; Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Química, Brazil
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- University of Verona, Department of Biotechnology, Verona, Italy
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Química, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Brazil.
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Pereira MG, Assumpção DD, Barros MBDA, Zangirolani LTO. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and associated factors in adults: evidence from the 2008-2009 Campinas Health Survey. Cien Saude Colet 2021; 26:3815-3824. [PMID: 34468675 DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232021269.2.31062019] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed (UP) foods and associated factors among adults. We used cross-sectional data on 947 adults from the 2008-2009 Campinas Health Survey. Food consumption data were collected using the 24-h dietary recall method and food items were classified according to NOVA classification based on the nature, extent and purpose of industrial processing. Linear regression models were run to evaluate the association between the consumption UP foods and predictor variables with a 5% significance level. The average daily energy intake per capita was 2000.6 kcal and UP foods represented 24.1% of this intake. UP food consumption was higher among women and increased with the increase in schooling. Consumption was also higher among young adults between 20 and 29 years old as well as ex-smokers and individuals who were physically active at leisure. The results show that there is still time to intervene in favor of the health of the adult population. Thus, studies dedicated to the investigation of food intake from the perspective of the NOVA classification, the possible repercussions for health and the evaluation of food and nutrition actions and policies should be prioritized in the current context of Brazil.
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- Mayara Gonçalves Pereira
- Curso de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). R. Silva Jardim 136, Vila Mathias. 11015-020 Santos SP Brasil.
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- Centro Colaborador em Análise de Situação de Saúde, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campinas SP Brasil
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- Centro Colaborador em Análise de Situação de Saúde, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campinas SP Brasil
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- Laboratório de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional e Políticas Públicas, Departamento de Políticas Públicas e Saúde Coletiva, UNIFESP. Santos SP Brasil
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Erthal FS, Bastos AF, Vaccariello C, Madeira ATS, Santos TS, Stariolo JB, Oliveira L, Pereira MG, Calaza KC, Hedin-Pereira C, Volchan E. Towards diversity in science - a glance at gender disparity in the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 54:e11026. [PMID: 34287580 PMCID: PMC8289346 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x2020e11026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gender equity is far from being achieved in most academic institutions worldwide. Women representation in scientific leadership faces multiple obstacles. Implicit bias and stereotype threat are considered important driving forces concerning gender disparities. Negative cultural stereotypes of weak scientific performance, unrelated to true capacity, are implicitly associated with women and other social groups, influencing, without awareness, attitudes and judgments towards them. Meetings of scientific societies are the forum in which members from all stages of scientific careers are brought together. Visibility in the scientific community stems partly from presenting research as a speaker. Here, we investigated gender disparities in the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC). Across the 15 mandates (1978-2020), women occupied 30% of the directory board posts, and only twice was a woman president. We evaluated six meetings held between 2010 and 2019. During this period, the membership of women outnumbered that of men in all categories. A total of 57.50% of faculty members, representing the potential pool of speakers and chairs, were female. Compared to this expected value, female speakers across the six meetings were scarce in full conferences (χ2(5)=173.54, P<0.001) and low in symposia (χ2(5)=36.92, P<0.001). Additionally, women chaired fewer symposia (χ2(5)=47.83, P<0.001). Furthermore, men-chaired symposia had significantly fewer women speakers than women-chaired symposia (χ2(1)=56.44, P<0.001). The gender disparities observed here are similar to those in other scientific societies worldwide, urging them to lead actions to pursue gender balance and diversity. Diversity leads not only to fairness but also to higher-quality science.
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- F S Erthal
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
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- Vice-Presidência de Pesquisa e Coleções Biológicas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Calheiros T, Pereira MG, Nunes JP. Assessing impacts of future climate change on extreme fire weather and pyro-regions in Iberian Peninsula. Sci Total Environ 2021; 754:142233. [PMID: 32920419 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Weather conditions play an important role in wildfire activity. In many regions, future climate could lead to different fire weather, with impacts on the ignition, behaviour, and suppression of wildfires, which may, therefore, force new fire regimes. This study aimed to assess the evolution of fire weather indices and the Number of Extreme Days (NED) in the context of climate change. We estimated the impact of these changes on monthly Normalized Burnt Area (NBA) and in the spatial distribution of Pyro-Regions (PR), using a recently identified relationship between NED and NBA intra-annual patterns. The components of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System (CFFWIS) in the Iberian Peninsula were analysed for present-day conditions and future climate scenarios, using daily data from ERA-Interim (1980-2014) and an ensemble of simulations from 11 EURO-CORDEX high spatial resolution models, for two future periods (2041-2070 and 2071-2100) and scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). Results suggest a significant increase in future fire weather risk, especially in late spring and early autumn, and also in southern and eastern Iberian Peninsula. NED is expected to strongly increase in summer months in the four PRs, but also to decrease in March and April in the northwestern and southwestern PR. This could change the spatial distribution of PRs, with a general northwards movement: the northern PR is expected to disappear except north of the Cantabrian Mountains, being replaced by the northwestern PR; the southwestern PR is expected to grow and occupy part of the area currently in the northwestern PR; and a new PR could appear in parts of the current eastern PR. These PR changes follow the projected modifications in the major climate regions. Results suggest different fire regimes in the future, with higher fire weather risk, and a longer and harsher fire season.
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- T Calheiros
- cE3c: centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biológicas (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; IDL, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- cE3c: centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Santos BD, Moreira CS, Vilaça M, Carvalho E, Pereira MG. Dyadic Adjustment and Sexual Satisfaction in HPV Diagnosed Portuguese Women: A Longitudinal Study. J Sex Marital Ther 2020; 46:564-575. [PMID: 32400292 DOI: 10.1080/0092623x.2020.1761495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study examined the relationship between dyadic adjustment and sexual satisfaction, in Portuguese women diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV), using a 1-year longitudinal design. Women were assessed at the beginning of the study (N = 209), six months after (N = 178) and twelve months later (N = 105). A better dyadic adjustment predicted more sexual satisfaction but the inverse was not observed. Younger women (< 40 years) showed greater difficulties in dyadic adjustment, while older women (> 40 years) reported lower sexual satisfaction. Findings highlight the importance of intervening with couples, using different intervention programs according to women's age.
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- B D Santos
- School of Psychology, University of Minho, Minho, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sciences and Centre of Mathematics, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Psychology, University of Minho, Minho, Portugal
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- School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Psychology, University of Minho, Minho, Portugal
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Parente J, Amraoui M, Menezes I, Pereira MG. Drought in Portugal: Current regime, comparison of indices and impacts on extreme wildfires. Sci Total Environ 2019; 685:150-173. [PMID: 31174114 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In Portugal, drought characterizes the climatic variability, contributes to the increase of fire risk and its duration and intensity are expected to increase in future climate. Surprisingly, the quantitative and objective analysis to characterize the drought regime in current climate conditions as well as its influence on the occurrence of large wildfires (LW) has never been done for Portugal, which are the main objectives of this study. We assessed drought regime for recent past climate conditions (1981-2017), using four different drought indices, namely SPI, SPEI, RDI and VCI, and assessed the influence of drought in LW occurrence. Results include the characterization of drought number, duration, severity, intensity, extension, intra- and inter-annual variability for different classes of severity and the space-time distribution of LW in drought periods and affected area. Our main findings include 67% of the study period were drought months; regions with higher drought duration and severity assessed with SPI and SPEI for general drought conditions evolves from north to south with the increase of drought assessment period; drought characteristics present low intra - annual and inter - annual variability but are clearly associated to the temporal and spatial distribution of LW. In fact, all LW occurred during drought assessed with SPI or SPEI, almost all LW (97% to 95%) and corresponding burnt area (98% to 97%) occurred during drought assessed with SPI and SPEI. The relationship between drought and fire incidence is statistical significant for 3 - month SPI, 3 - and 6 - month SPEI, and is particularly strong for Moderate and Severe drought. 85% and 87% of LW occurred in area affected by drought assessed with SPI or SPEI, respectively. It is not clear which is the best index, but drought plays a fundamental role in the occurrence of large wildfires in Portugal.
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- J Parente
- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.
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- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.
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- ICAAM, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal; DREAMS, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal; Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Objective: This study examined the contribution of age, type of human papillomavirus (HPV), attachment, sexual satisfaction, and spirituality in dyadic adjustment in women with HPV from diagnosis to one year later. Method: This is a longitudinal study with three assessment moments: (T1) at the diagnosis appointment, (T2) six months after, and (T3) 12 months after the diagnosis. Participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire as well as several other measures: HPV Knowledge Questionnaire (HPVQ), Papanicolaou Exam Knowledge Questionnaire (PEK-Q), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS), Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Experiences in Close Relationship Scale-Short Form (ECR-S), Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing With Illness (SpREUK), and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS). Results: Age showed a positive impact on sexual dissatisfaction at T2. Sexual dissatisfaction at T1 predicted sexual dissatisfaction at T2 and dyadic adjustment at T3. Spirituality and insecure attachment at T1 negatively predicted insecure attachment at T2, and the latter predicted dyadic adjustment at T3. Conclusions: The results corroborate the need to assess the dyad when women are diagnosed with HPV. Only then it will be possible to design differentiated intervention programs that take into consideration women's age, attachment style, and sexual satisfaction. Interventions should also include women's partners to promote dyadic adjustment in this population.
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Parente J, Pereira MG, Amraoui M, Tedim F. Negligent and intentional fires in Portugal: Spatial distribution characterization. Sci Total Environ 2018; 624:424-437. [PMID: 29268215 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the European context, Portugal is the country with the highest number of wildfires and the second with more burnt area. The vast majority of these events are of human origin, whether caused by accident, negligence or arson, reason why it is particularly important to know the regime of these wildfires for forest and wildfire management activities. The study focuses on the most recent years of 2001-2014, when wildfire ignition's coordinates are known, and aims to identify and characterize the wildfire incidence spatial patterns of variability as well as their main drivers. After grouping wildfires with human cause into negligent and intentional, we studied their spatial distribution in terms of normalized number of wildfires (NNF) and burnt area (NBA) in the five Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics II regions of mainland Portugal. Results disclose an uneven spatial distribution of the fire incidence, characterized by a south-north gradient, much higher values in Norte region and more evident for intentional than for negligent wildfires. Human and biophysical drivers strongly influence NNF and NBA, at regional and national scales. Distribution patterns at regional scale, for negligent and intentional wildfires are quite different from entire mainland and all wildfires. Drivers' influence is higher for intentional than for negligent wildfires, for southern than for northern regions and for NBA than for NNF. The leading drivers of NNF are distance to roads (d) population density (pd) and altitude (h) while of NBA are h, d, slope and pd, and this influence is higher for intentional than for negligent wildfires.
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- J Parente
- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.
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- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.
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- Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.
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- Centre of Studies on Geography and Spatial Planning, CEGOT, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal; Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
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Campanati-Palhares L, Simoncini TC, da Silva Augusto PG, Masi Galhardo FD, Pereira MG, Vian BS, Mazzali M. Effects of a Physiotherapeutic Protocol in Respiratory Function, Aerobic Capacity and Quality of Life After Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:750-753. [PMID: 29661429 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic kidney disease can lead to dysfunction of the respiratory, cardiac, and musculoskeletal systems, altering the body's metabolism. Renal transplantation and hospital physiotherapy, through specific protocols, can improve these dysfunctions. OBJECTIVES This study evaluates the impact of a hospital physiotherapeutic protocol in quality of life (QoL), respiratory muscle strength, peak expiratory flow, and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in the preoperative, first, and fifth days after renal transplantation. METHODS We evaluated 39 patients who received a renal transplant at Clinics Hospital of University of Campinas for respiratory muscle strength, expiratory peak flow, and functional capacity by the 6MWT. The short form-36 quality of life questionnaire was applied to 12 patients. RESULTS We observed a significant reduction in respiratory muscle strength and peak expiratory flow in the first postoperative day. On postoperative day 5, there was improvement in respiratory muscle strength and expiratory peak flow. However, aerobic capacity measured by 6MWT remained below predicted. Analysis of QoL showed an improvement in almost all analyzed domains after transplantation. CONCLUSION A specific physiotherapeutic protocol applied early after transplantation provided recovery of respiratory muscle strength and QoL. However, longer training is necessary to obtain adequate aerobic rehabilitation.
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- L Campanati-Palhares
- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Division, Clinics Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Renal Transplant Unit, Laboratory of Transplant Investigation (LINT), Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Silva R, Pizato N, da Mata F, Figueiredo A, Ito M, Pereira MG. Mediterranean Diet and Musculoskeletal-Functional Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Nutr Health Aging 2018; 22:655-663. [PMID: 29806854 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-017-0993-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [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] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Population aging is increasing and this process together with its characteristics influence the prevalence and incidence of chronic conditions and musculoskeletal-functional outcomes such as frailty, functional disability and sarcopenia. Nutritional strategies focused on dietary patterns, such as a Mediterranean diet, can be protective from these outcomes. PURPOSE To investigate the association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and frailty, functional disability and sarcopenia in community-dwelling older people. METHODS We systematically reviewed electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, and others) and grey literature for articles investigating the relationship between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and frailty, functional disability and sarcopenia in community-dwelling people aged 60 and over. Study selection, quality of study assessment and data extraction were conducted independently by two authors. Random effects meta-analyses were performed, and pooled Odds Ratios (OR) were obtained. RESULTS After the literature search, screening and eligibility investigation, we included 12studies, with a total of 20,518 subjects. A higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was found to be inversely associated with frailty (OR 0.42, 95% CI: 0.28-0.65, I2=24.9%, p=0.262) and functional disability (OR 0.75, 95% CI: 0.61-0.93, I2=0.0%, p=0.78). Highly different study characteristics prevented us from performing a meta-analysis for sarcopenia. Cohort data indicated no association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and sarcopenia; however, cross-sectional results showed a positive relationship. CONCLUSION A Mediterranean diet is protective of frailty and functional disability, but not of sarcopenia. More longitudinal studies are needed to understand the relationship between a Mediterranean diet and sarcopenia.
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- R Silva
- Roberta Silva, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil, ;
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Vittorazzi C, Amaral Junior AT, Guimarães AG, Viana AP, Silva FHL, Pena GF, Daher RF, Gerhardt IFS, Oliveira GHF, Pereira MG. Indices estimated using REML/BLUP and introduction of a super-trait for the selection of progenies in popcorn. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-03-gmr.16039769. [PMID: 28973748 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16039769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Selection indices commonly utilize economic weights, which become arbitrary genetic gains. In popcorn, this is even more evident due to the negative correlation between the main characteristics of economic importance - grain yield and popping expansion. As an option in the use of classical biometrics as a selection index, the optimal procedure restricted maximum likelihood/best linear unbiased predictor (REML/BLUP) allows the simultaneous estimation of genetic parameters and the prediction of genotypic values. Based on the mixed model methodology, the objective of this study was to investigate the comparative efficiency of eight selection indices estimated by REML/BLUP for the effective selection of superior popcorn families in the eighth intrapopulation recurrent selection cycle. We also investigated the efficiency of the inclusion of the variable "expanded popcorn volume per hectare" in the most advantageous selection of superior progenies. In total, 200 full-sib families were evaluated in two different areas in the North and Northwest regions of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The REML/BLUP procedure resulted in higher estimated gains than those obtained with classical biometric selection index methodologies and should be incorporated into the selection of progenies. The following indices resulted in higher gains in the characteristics of greatest economic importance: the classical selection index/values attributed by trial, via REML/BLUP, and the greatest genotypic values/expanded popcorn volume per hectare, via REML. The expanded popcorn volume per hectare characteristic enabled satisfactory gains in grain yield and popping expansion; this characteristic should be considered super-trait in popcorn breeding programs.
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- C Vittorazzi
- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Melhoramento Genetico Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia Agropecuária, , , Brasil
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Santos PHD, Carvalho BM, Aguiar KP, Aredes FAS, Poltronieri TPS, Vivas JMS, Dias VM, Bezerra GA, Pinho DB, Pereira MG, Silveira SF. Phylogeography and population structure analysis reveals diversity by mutations in Lasiodiplodia theobromae with distinct sources of selection. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-02-gmr.16029681. [PMID: 28437560 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16029681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a plant pathogen with a worldwide distribution, with low host specificity, causing stem cankers, dieback diseases, and fruit rot in several species of plants. In coconut, this pathogen is reported as the etiological agent of "coconut leaf blight" (CLB) disease, causing several losses in fruit production. The CLB is an important disease for this crop in Brazil. In our study, we used a phylogeographic approach through the molecular characterization of the translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1-α) to elucidate the pathogen distribution in Brazil and other countries, besides, search information about diversity sources of this pathogen in coconut palm tree at Brazilian northern, northeast, and southeast. We found that L. theobromae diversity is within populations (locations), and populations that are located closest to the center of the tropical zone have more variability as Central Africa, Brazilian Southeast, and Northeast. The widespread distribution could be in part related with long-distance dispersal via global trade of plants and plant products. The entrance route of L. theobromae in Brazil probably occurred from Africa route and not occurred once. In Brazil, the diversity of this pathogen in coconut tree could be linked to two agents of selection: high host diversity (in Northeast) and distinct management measures adopted in Southeast. These different sources of selection, mainly the mutations, could be one of the reasons that we found distinct reactions to "coconut leaf blight" chemical control in these regions.
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- P H D Santos
- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Solos, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade de Brasília, DF, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, , , Brasil
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da Costa AF, Teodoro PE, Bhering LL, Tardin FD, Daher RF, Campos WF, Viana AP, Pereira MG. Molecular analysis of genetic diversity among vine accessions using DNA markers. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-02-gmr.16029586. [PMID: 28407189 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16029586] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Viticulture presents a number of economic and social advantages, such as increasing employment levels and fixing the labor force in rural areas. With the aim of initiating a program of genetic improvement in grapevine from the State University of the state of Rio de Janeiro North Darcy Ribeiro, genetic diversity between 40 genotypes (varieties, rootstock, and species of different subgenera) was evaluated using Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) molecular markers. We built a matrix of binary data, whereby the presence of a band was assigned as "1" and the absence of a band was assigned as "0." The genetic distance was calculated between pairs of genotypes based on the arithmetic complement from the Jaccard Index. The results revealed the presence of considerable variability in the collection. Analysis of the genetic dissimilarity matrix revealed that the most dissimilar genotypes were Rupestris du Lot and Vitis rotundifolia because they were the most genetically distant (0.5972). The most similar were genotypes 31 (unidentified) and Rupestris du lot, which showed zero distance, confirming the results of field observations. A duplicate was confirmed, consistent with field observations, and a short distance was found between the variety 'Italy' and its mutation, 'Ruby'. The grouping methods used were somewhat concordant.
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- A F da Costa
- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Centro Regional de Desenvolvimento Rural, Centro Serrano, Domingos Martins, ES, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biometria, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biometria, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Núcleo de Desenvolvimento de Cultivares, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Sinop, MT, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, , , Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, , , Brasil
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Poltronieri TPS, Silveira SF, Vivas M, Santa Catarina R, Cortes DFM, Azevedo AON, Pereira MG. Selecting black-spot resistant papaya genotypes derived from backcrossing and hybrids. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-01-gmr.16019401. [PMID: 28252169 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16019401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Papaya crop is important to Brazilian agribusiness. However, the expansion of papaya cultivation in the country is affected by the absence of commercial cultivars presenting good disease resistance. The black-spot caused by the fungus Asperisporium caricae is the most damaging foliar disease affecting Brazilian papaya crops. The use of genetically resistant cultivars is a promising strategy to reduce the dependence of papaya crops on fungicides. A field split-plot experiment was carried out in the municipality of Linhares, Espírito Santo State, and included 20 hybrids derived from the cross between 14 superior lines and four elite genotypes ('SS72/12', 'SEKATI', 'JS/12' and '41/7'), two commercial cultivars ('Golden' and 'Tainung 01'), and the superior line '36/7', which were evaluated for resistance to black-spot in the fruits and leaves. The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with six repetitions of three plants per plot. The incidence and severity of black spot in the fruits and leaves were evaluated at three different times in the 2015-2016 crop season. Lines 4, 9, 21, and the parent SEKATI were notable for their capacity to reduce disease severity in the leaves and fruits. Lines 1, 2, 9, 16, and 19, and the parents 'SEKATI' and 'SS-72/12' had reduced disease incidence in their fruits. The most resistant hybrids 'SS-72/12 X 4', 'SS-72/12 X 6', 'SEKATI X 1', 'SEKATI X 2', 'SEKATI X 6', 'SEKATI X 9', and 'SEKATI X 20' presented negative heterosis values for improved black-spot resistance. The current study allowed the selection of black-spot resistant genotypes and hybrids, which presented a significantly reduced disease index in the field.
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- T P S Poltronieri
- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Volchan E, Rocha-Rego V, Bastos AF, Oliveira JM, Franklin C, Gleiser S, Berger W, Souza GGL, Oliveira L, David IA, Erthal FS, Pereira MG, Figueira I. Immobility reactions under threat: A contribution to human defensive cascade and PTSD. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 76:29-38. [PMID: 28131873 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [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: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Violence exacts a burden on public health. Gun violence is a major trigger for motor defensive reactions in humans and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is its main psychiatric sequela. However, studies of the human defensive cascade, especially the motor reactions, are at an early stage. This review focuses on studies that employ stabilometry, a methodology that assesses whole body motor reactions, to address defensive behaviors to violence-related threats. Special attention is given to three reactions: "attentive immobility", "immobility under attack" and "tonic immobility", with emphasis on the latter - a peritraumatic reaction which has been strongly associated with the severity of PTSD. These reactions are characterized by reduced body sway and bradycardia, except tonic immobility that presents robust tachycardia. The advances made by investigations into the immobility reactions of the human defensive cascade contribute to helping to bridge the gap between human and non-human species. Furthermore, progresses in basic research to objectively monitor motor defensive reactions under threat can help to develop a dimensional, trans-diagnostic approach to PTSD.
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- E Volchan
- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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do Amaral Júnior AT, Dos Santos A, Gerhardt IFS, Kurosawa RNF, Moreira NF, Pereira MG, de A Gravina G, de L Silva FH. Proposal of a super trait for the optimum selection of popcorn progenies based on path analysis. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-04-gmr.15049309. [PMID: 28002606 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15049309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A challenge faced by popcorn breeding programs is the existence of a negative correlation between the two main traits, popping expansion and yield, which hinders simultaneous gains. The objective of this study was to investigate the use of a new variable or super trait, which favors the reliable selection of superior progenies. The super trait 'expanded popcorn volume per hectare' was introduced in the evaluation of 200 full-sib families of the eighth recurrent intrapopulation selection cycle, which were arranged in randomized blocks with three replicates in two environments. Although the inability to obtain simultaneous gains through selection via popping expansion or yield was confirmed, the super trait was positively associated with both yield and popping expansion, allowing simultaneous gains via indirect selection using 'expanded popcorn volume per hectare' as the main trait. This approach is recommended because this super trait can be used in breeding programs to optimize selective gains for the crop.
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- A T do Amaral Júnior
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Engenharia Agrícola do Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agropecuária da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Freitas Neto M, Pereira TNS, Geronimo IGC, Azevedo AON, Ramos SRR, Pereira MG. Coconut genome size determined by flow cytometry: Tall versus Dwarf types. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr7470. [PMID: 26909966 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15017470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.) are tropical palm trees that are classified into Tall and Dwarf types based on height, and both types are diploid (2n = 2x = 32 chromosomes). The reproduction mode is autogamous for Dwarf types and allogamous for Tall types. One hypothesis for the origin of the Dwarf coconut suggests that it is a Tall variant that resulted from either mutation or inbreeding, and differences in genome size between the two types would support this hypothesis. In this study, we estimated the genome sizes of 14 coconut accessions (eight Tall and six Dwarf types) using flow cytometry. Nuclei were extracted from leaf discs and stained with propidium iodide, and Pisum sativum (2C = 9.07 pg DNA) was used as an internal standard. Histograms with good resolution and low coefficients of variation (2.5 to 3.2%) were obtained. The 2C DNA content ranged from 5.72 to 5.48 pg for Tall accessions and from 5.58 to 5.52 pg for Dwarf accessions. The mean genome sizes for Tall and Dwarf specimens were 5.59 and 5.55 pg, respectively. Among all accessions, Rennel Island Tall had the highest mean DNA content (5.72 pg), whereas West African Tall had the lowest (5.48 pg). The mean coconut genome size (2C = 5.57 pg, corresponding to 2723.73 Mbp/haploid set) was classified as small. Only small differences in genome size existed among the coconut accessions, suggesting that the Dwarf type did not evolve from the Tall type.
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- M Freitas Neto
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Pacheco FAL, Santos RMB, Sanches Fernandes LF, Pereira MG, Cortes RMV. Controls and forecasts of nitrate yields in forested watersheds: A view over mainland Portugal. Sci Total Environ 2015; 537:421-440. [PMID: 26284895 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A study on nitrate yields was conducted in forested watersheds of mainland Portugal. The prime goal was to rank parameters in descending order of their contribution to the export of nitrate towards streams and lakes. To attain the goal, variables like soil loss, rainfall intensity, topography, soil type, forest composition and environmental disturbances such as hardwood harvesting or wildfires were organized in a conceptual yield model. Because some parameters were potentially collinear, a robust multivariate statistical technique was selected to execute the conceptual model and perform the aforementioned ranking, namely Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression. This technique was tested with a sample of 60 forested watersheds (>70% of forest occupation), being subject to a double-validation process to ensure prediction capability. According to final regression coefficients, soil erosion seems to regulate nitrate distribution across the basins, because soil loss and type, rainfall intensity and topography explained around 60% of nitrate yield variance. The major importance of erosion is followed by a moderate role of biochemical processes such as nitrification or nutrient uptake, which accounted for approximately 15% of nitrate yield variance. In this case, deciduous forests and scrubland seem to behave as net sinks of nitrate while coniferous and mixed forests seem to act dually, as net sources or sinks. The least important parameters are the environmental disturbances, explaining no more than 5% of nitrate yield variance. The results of PLS regression were coupled in a scenario analysis with measures designed to protect soil from erosion and surface water from eutrophication. These interventions are to be implemented until 2045, according to regional plans of forest management. Considering the key role of erosion in explaining nitrate dynamics across the catchments, it was not surprising to verify that soil protection measures may reduce nitrate yields by some 35% of their current values.
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- F A L Pacheco
- Chemistry Research Centre, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Geology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Engineering, UTAD, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Dom Luiz Institute, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, UTAD, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture, UTAD, Portugal
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Santos RMB, Sanches Fernandes LF, Pereira MG, Cortes RMV, Pacheco FAL. Water resources planning for a river basin with recurrent wildfires. Sci Total Environ 2015; 526:1-13. [PMID: 25918888 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 02/21/2015] [Revised: 04/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Situated in the north of Portugal, the Beça River basin is subject to recurrent wildfires, which produce serious consequences on soil erosion and nutrient exports, namely by deteriorating the water quality in the basin. In the present study, the ECO Lab tool embedded in the Mike Hydro Basin software was used for the evaluation of river water quality, in particular the dissolved concentration of phosphorus in the period 1990-2013. The phosphorus concentrations are influenced by the burned area and the river flow discharge, but the hydrologic conditions prevail: in a wet year (2000, 16.3 km(2) of burned area) with an average flow of 16.4 m(3)·s(-1) the maximum phosphorus concentration was as low as 0.02 mg·L(-1), while in a dry year (2005, 24.4 km(2) of burned area) with an average flow of 2 m(3)·s(-1) the maximum concentration was as high as 0.57 mg·L(-1). Phosphorus concentrations in the water bodies exceeded the bounds of good ecological status in 2005 and between 2009 and 2012, water for human consumption in 2009 and water for multiple uses in 2010. The River Covas, a right margin tributary of Beça River, is the most appropriate stream as regards the use of water for human consumption, because it presents the biggest water potential with the best water quality. Since wildfires in the basin result essentially from natural causes and climate change forecasts indicate an increase in their frequency and intensity in the near future, forestry measures are proposed to include as a priority the conversion of stands of maritime pine in mixed stands of conifer and hardwood species.
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- R M B Santos
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Dom Luiz Institute, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, UTAD, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture, UTAD, Portugal
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- Chemistry Research Centre, Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Geology, UTAD, Portugal.
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Galvão KSC, Ramos HCC, Santos PHAD, Entringer GC, Vettorazzi JCF, Pereira MG. Functional molecular markers (EST-SSR) in the full-sib reciprocal recurrent selection program of maize (Zea mays L.). Genet Mol Res 2015. [PMID: 26214413 DOI: 10.4238/2015.july.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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This study aimed to improve grain yield in the full-sib reciprocal recurrent selection program of maize from the North Fluminense State University. In the current phase of the program, the goal is to maintain, or even increase, the genetic variability within and among populations, in order to increase heterosis of the 13th cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection. Microsatellite expressed sequence tags (EST-SSRs) were used as a tool to assist the maximization step of genetic variability, targeting the functional genome. Eighty S1 progenies of the 13th recur-rent selection cycle, 40 from each population (CIMMYT and Piranão), were analyzed using 20 EST-SSR loci. Genetic diversity, observed heterozygosity, information content of polymorphism, and inbreeding co-efficient were estimated. Subsequently, analysis of genetic dissimilarity, molecular variance, and a graphical dispersion of genotypes were conducted. The number of alleles in the CIMMYT population ranged from 1 to 6, while in the Piranão population the range was from 2 to 8, with a mean of 3.65 and 4.35, respectively. As evidenced by the number of alleles, the Shannon index showed greater diversity for the Piranão population (1.04) in relation to the CIMMYT population (0.89). The genic SSR markers were effective in clustering genotypes into their respective populations before selection and an increase in the variation between populations after selection was observed. The results indicate that the study populations have expressive genetic diversity, which cor-responds to the functional genome, indicating that this strategy may contribute to genetic gain, especially in association with the grain yield of future hybrids.
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- K S C Galvão
- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminence, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Santos RMB, Sanches Fernandes LF, Varandas SGP, Pereira MG, Sousa R, Teixeira A, Lopes-Lima M, Cortes RMV, Pacheco FAL. Impacts of climate change and land-use scenarios on Margaritifera margaritifera, an environmental indicator and endangered species. Sci Total Environ 2015; 511:477-488. [PMID: 25574975 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, we assess the impacts of future climate and land-use in the Beça River (northern Portugal) under different scenarios and how this will translate into the conservation status of the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). This species is currently present in several stretches of the Beça River that still hold adequate ecological conditions. However, the species is threatened by projected declines in precipitation for the 21st century, with implication on the river flows and water depths that might decrease below the species requisites. This situation could be especially critical during summer conditions since the ecological flows may not be assured and several river stretches may be converted into stagnant isolated pools. The habitat connectivity will also be affected with reverberating effects on the mobility of Salmo trutta, the host of M. margaritifera, with consequences in the reproduction and recruitment of pearl mussels. In addition, human-related threats mostly associated with the presence of dams and an predicted increases in wildfires in the future. While the presence of dams may decrease even further the connectivity and river flow, with wildfires the major threat will be related to the wash out of burned areas during storms, eventually causing the disappearance of the mussels, especially the juveniles. In view of future climate and land-use change scenarios, conservation strategies are proposed, including the negotiation of ecological flows with the dam promoters, the replanting of riparian vegetation along the water course and the reintroduction of native tree species throughout the catchment.
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- R M B Santos
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Dom Luiz Institute, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- CBMA - Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, P 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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- Mountain Research Centre, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Ap. 1172, 5301-854 Bragança, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, P 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Chemistry Research Centre, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Ap. 1013, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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Vivas M, Silveira SF, Viana AP, Amaral AT, Cardoso DL, Pereira MG. Efficiency of circulant diallels via mixed models in the selection of papaya genotypes resistant to foliar fungal diseases. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:4797-804. [PMID: 25062415 DOI: 10.4238/2014.july.2.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Diallel crossing methods provide information regarding the performance of genitors between themselves and their hybrid combinations. However, with a large number of parents, the number of hybrid combinations that can be obtained and evaluated become limited. One option regarding the number of parents involved is the adoption of circulant diallels. However, information is lacking regarding diallel analysis using mixed models. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the method of linear mixed models to estimate, for variable resistance to foliar fungal diseases, components of general and specific combining ability in a circulant table with different s values. Subsequently, 50 diallels were simulated for each s value, and the correlations and estimates of the combining abilities of the different diallel combinations were analyzed. The circulant diallel method using mixed modeling was effective in the classification of genitors regarding their combining abilities relative to the complete diallels. The numbers of crosses in which each genitor(s) will compose the circulant diallel and the estimated heritability affect the combining ability estimates. With three crosses per parent, it is possible to obtain good concordance (correlation above 0.8) between the combining ability estimates.
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- M Vivas
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Goldberg LR, Dooner MS, Johnson KW, Papa EF, Pereira MG, Del Tatto M, Adler DM, Aliotta JM, Quesenberry PJ. The murine long-term multi-lineage renewal marrow stem cell is a cycling cell. Leukemia 2013; 28:813-22. [PMID: 23989430 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Prevailing wisdom holds that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are predominantly quiescent. Although HSC cycle status has long been the subject of scrutiny, virtually all marrow stem cell research has been based on studies of highly purified HSCs. Here we explored the cell cycle status of marrow stem cells in un-separated whole bone marrow (WBM). We show that a large number of long-term multi-lineage engraftable stem cells within WBM are in S/G2/M phase. Using bromodeoxyuridine, we show rapid transit through the cell cycle of a previously defined relatively dormant purified stem cell, the long-term HSC (LT-HSC; Lineage(-)/c-kit(+)/Sca-1(+)/Flk-2(-)). Actively cycling marrow stem cells have continually changing phenotype with cell cycle transit, likely rendering them difficult to purify to homogeneity. Indeed, as WBM contains actively cycling stem cells, and highly purified stem cells engraft predominantly while quiescent, it follows that the population of cycling marrow stem cells within WBM are lost during purification. Our studies indicate that both the discarded lineage-positive and lineage-negative marrow cells in a stem cell separation contain cycling stem cells. We propose that future work should encompass this larger population of cycling stem cells that is poorly represented in current studies solely focused on purified stem cell populations.
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- L R Goldberg
- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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Pinto FO, Pereira MG, Luz LN, Cardozo DL, Ramos HCC, Macedo CMP. Use of microsatellite markers in molecular analysis of segregating populations of papaya (Carica papaya L.) derived from backcrossing. Genet Mol Res 2013; 12:2248-59. [PMID: 23884768 DOI: 10.4238/2013.july.8.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Brazil is the world leader in papaya production. However, only a small number of cultivars are registered for commercial planting, mainly owing to delays in obtaining cultivars and the high costs of the field phase of breeding programs. These costs can be reduced when molecular tools are combined with conventional breeding methods. In the present study, we conducted a molecular analysis of a self-fertilized population of a first backcrossing generation of BC1S1 papaya plants via microsatellite markers both to monitor the level of homozygosity and the gene/allele transfer that confers the Golden trait (fruit color) and to assess the parental genomic proportion in the genotypes studied. Based on the analysis of 20 polymorphic microsatellite loci, 19 genotypes with the Golden trait belonging to BC1S1 were evaluated in addition to the parental genotypes. Genetic distance was estimated through weighted index. The genotypes were then grouped using the hierarchical nearest neighbor method, and the analysis of principal coordinates was used to measure the proportion of parental genomes in the segregating genotypes. The mean value of the inbreeding coefficient was 0.36. The analysis of the principal coordinates revealed that on average, 64% of the recurrent parent genome was present in the population. Together, the analyses allowed the selection of 3 individuals for the next backcross cycle (33BC1S1-18, 34BC1S1-16, and 37BC1S1-10). These individuals had a higher proportion of the recurrent parent and were grouped close to the recurrent parent in the cluster analysis.
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- F O Pinto
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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de Souza EO, Tricoli V, Bueno Junior C, Pereira MG, Brum PC, Oliveira EM, Roschel H, Aoki MS, Urginowitsch C. The acute effects of strength, endurance and concurrent exercises on the Akt/mTOR/p70(S6K1) and AMPK signaling pathway responses in rat skeletal muscle. Braz J Med Biol Res 2013; 46:343-7. [PMID: 23598645 PMCID: PMC3854410 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20132557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The activation of competing intracellular pathways has been proposed to explain the
reduced training adaptations after concurrent strength and endurance exercises (CE).
The present study investigated the acute effects of CE, strength exercises (SE), and
endurance exercises (EE) on phosphorylated/total ratios of selected AMPK and
Akt/mTOR/p70S6K1 pathway proteins in rats. Six animals per exercise
group were killed immediately (0 h) and 2 h after each exercise mode. In addition, 6
animals in a non-exercised condition (NE) were killed on the same day and under the
same conditions. The levels of AMPK, phospho-Thr172AMPK (p-AMPK), Akt,
phospho-Ser473Akt (p-Akt), p70S6K1,
phospho-Thr389-p70S6K1 (p-p70S6K1), mTOR,
phospho-Ser2448mTOR (p-mTOR), and phospho-Thr1462-TSC2
(p-TSC2) expression were evaluated by immunoblotting in total plantaris muscle
extracts. The only significant difference detected was an increase (i.e., 87%) in Akt
phosphorylated/total ratio in the CE group 2 h after exercise compared to the NE
group (P = 0.002). There were no changes in AMPK, TSC2, mTOR, or p70S6K1
ratios when the exercise modes were compared to the NE condition (P ≥ 0.05). In
conclusion, our data suggest that low-intensity and low-volume CE might not blunt the
training-induced adaptations, since it did not activate competing intracellular
pathways in an acute bout of strength and endurance exercises in rat skeletal
muscle.
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- E O de Souza
- Escola de Educação Física e Esporte, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Pereira MG, Lee M, Bramel-Cox P, Woodman W, Doebley J, Whitkus R. Construction of an RFLP map in sorghum and comparative mapping in maize. Genome 2012; 37:236-43. [PMID: 18470074 DOI: 10.1139/g94-033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An F2 population derived from a cross between Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor ('CK60') and Sorghum bicolor ssp. drummondii ('PI229828') was used to develop an RFLP genetic linkage map of sorghum. The map consists of 201 loci distributed among 10 linkage groups covering a map distance of 1530 cM, with an average 8 cM between adjacent loci. Maize genomic probes (52), maize cDNA probes (124), and sorghum genomic probes (10) were used to define the loci (55, 136, and 10, respectively). Ninety-five percent of the loci fit expected segregation ratios. The loci with distorted segregation ratios were confined almost exclusively to a region of one linkage group. Comparison of sorghum and maize maps indicated high correspondence between the two genomes in terms of loci order and genetic distance. Many loci linked in maize (45 of 55) were also linked in sorghum. Instances of both conserved and rearranged locus orders were detected.
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da Cunha KS, Pereira MG, Gonçalves LSA, Berilli APCG, de Oliveira EC, Ramos HCC, do Amaral Júnior AT. Full-sib reciprocal recurrent selection in the maize populations Cimmyt and Piranão. Genet Mol Res 2012; 11:3398-408. [PMID: 23079833 DOI: 10.4238/2012.september.25.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We estimated the genetic gains of the 12th cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection for maize traits of agronomic interest. We used 23 ISSR molecular markers in an attempt to maximize genetic variability among and within populations based on selection of S(1) progenies. To this end, 138 full-sib families were evaluated in a randomized block design in two environments (the municipalities of Campos dos Goytacazes and Itaocara, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), with replications within sets. Direct selection for grain yield was used for the selection of the families. To assess genetic diversity among and within populations, we examined plants produced from part of the S(1s) seeds from the parents that originated the 42 full-sib families that were selected from the agronomic traits. Direct selection for grain yield provided good gains for the traits evaluated, with estimated improvement of -0.87 days for days to flowering, 0.35 plants, 1.79 ears per plot, 0.58 g per 100-grain weight, 308.21 g ear weight per plot, and 261.83 kg/ha grain yield. Application of molecular markers at the stage of superior progeny selection led to increased genetic distance among populations, which is a very important factor for utilization of heterosis and providing greater longevity to the reciprocal recurrent selection program.
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- K S da Cunha
- Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Ramos HCC, Pereira MG, Gonçalves LSA, Berilli APCG, Pinto FO, Ribeiro EH. Multivariate analysis to determine the genetic distance among backcross papaya (Carica papaya) progenies. Genet Mol Res 2012; 11:1280-95. [PMID: 22614357 DOI: 10.4238/2012.may.14.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Morpho-agronomic and molecular (RAPD and ISSR markers) data were used to evaluate genetic distances between papaya backcross progenies in order to help identify agronomically superior genotypes. Thirty-two papaya progenies were evaluated based on 15 morpho-agronomic characteristics, 20 ISSR and 19 RAPD primers. Manhattan, Jaccard and Gower distances were used to estimate differences based on continuous and binary data and combined analyses, respectively. Except for production, there were significant differences in the continuous variables among the genotypes. The molecular analysis revealed 193 dominant markers (ISSR and RAPD), being 53 polymorphic loci. Among the various clusters that were generated, the one based on a combined analysis of morpho-agronomic and molecular data gave the highest cophenetic correlation (0.72) compared to individual analysis, consistently allocating the progenies into six groups. We found that the Gower algorithm was more coherent in the discrimination of the genotypes, demonstrating that a combination of molecular and agronomic data is valuable for studies of genetic dissimilarity in papaya.
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- H C C Ramos
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Berilli APCG, Pereira MG, Gonçalves LSA, da Cunha KS, Ramos HCC, Souza Filho GA, do Amaral Júnior AT. Use of molecular markers in reciprocal recurrent selection of maize increases heterosis effects. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:2589-96. [PMID: 22057955 DOI: 10.4238/2011.october.25.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We examined the effect of incorporation of molecular markers on variability between and within populations in order to maximize heterotic effects and longevity of a maize reciprocal recurrent selection program. Molecular variability was quantified by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers between and within the maize populations Cimmyt and Piranão in the 10th cycle of a reciprocal recurrent selection program. Forty-two S(1) progenies of each population were analyzed, these being families of full-sibs selected according to their agronomic traits. Thirteen primers were selected, which produced 140 bands; 114 of them were polymorphic and 26 monomorphic. Based on UPGMA grouping analysis and by genetic distances, it was possible to identify "contaminant" progenies. These progenies belong to the Piranão or Cimmyt groups, but cluster in the opposite heterotic group. Identification of "contaminant" progenies is relevant for selection, because, besides identifying genotypes that should be eliminated at the recombination stage, it allows increased heterosis expression in crosses between more genetically distinct individuals. After the elimination of the "contaminant" progenies and those that were allocated between the heterotic groups, a new statistical analysis was carried out, which demonstrated increased genetic distances between the populations. It was concluded that the application of molecular markers in reciprocal recurrent selection programs allows the optimization of the monitoring of genetic variability within and between populations, favoring recombination between more distant progenies, besides ensuring increased longevity of the reciprocal recurrent selection program.
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- A P C G Berilli
- Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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de Lima RSN, Daher RF, Gonçalves LSA, Rossi DA, do Amaral Júnior AT, Pereira MG, Lédo FJS. RAPD and ISSR markers in the evaluation of genetic divergence among accessions of elephant grass. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:1304-13. [PMID: 21751156 DOI: 10.4238/vol10-3gmr1107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Considering the expected genetic variability of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), due to its cultivation in different continents, we characterized and estimated the genetic divergences between 46 accessions of elephant grass with different edaphoclimatic adaptations, using RAPD and ISSR markers. We evaluated, comparatively, the consistency of the information achieved with these markers. Twenty-six RAPD and 25 ISSR primers were employed. The RAPD markers produced 185 bands, 72% of which were polymorphic, with a mean of 5.11 polymorphic bands per primer. The 25 ISSR starters produced 216 bands; 76% were polymorphic, with a mean of 6.56 polymorphic bands per primer. The correlation between the genetic distances achieved by the RAPD and ISSR markers was 0.76, which is highly significant by the Mantel test. Based on UPGMA grouping, considering the point of sudden change, five and six groups were formed for the data from the RAPD and ISSR markers, respectively. These markers provided partially concordant groups, indicating that these techniques can provide consistent information and consequently could be used in studies of genetic diversity among accessions.
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- R S N de Lima
- Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil
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Ramos HCC, Pereira MG, Silva FF, Gonçalves LSA, Pinto FO, de Souza Filho GA, Pereira TSN. Genetic characterization of papaya plants (Carica papaya L.) derived from the first backcross generation. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:393-403. [PMID: 21425089 DOI: 10.4238/vol10-1gmr1004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The limited number of papaya varieties available reflects the narrow genetic base of this species. The use of backcrossing as a breeding strategy can promote increases in variability, besides allowing targeted improvements. Procedures that combine the use of molecular markers and backcrossing permit a reduction of the time required for introgression of genes of interest and appropriate recovery of the recurrent genome. We used microsatellite markers to characterize the effect of first-generation backcrosses of three papaya progeny, by monitoring the level of homozygosity and the parental genomic ratio. The homozygosity level in the population ranged from 74 to 94%, with a mean of 85% for the three progenies (52-08, 52-29 and 52-34). The high level of inbreeding found among these genotypes increases the expectation of finding more than 95% fixed loci in the next generation of self-fertilization of superior genotypes. The mean proportion of the recurrent parent genome found in first-generation backcross progeny was 50.1%; 52-34 had a larger genomic region in common with the recurrent genitor and the lowest level of homozygosity. The progeny 52-08 was genetically closest to the donor genitor, and it also had the highest level of homozygosity. We found that linking conventional procedures and molecular markers contributed to an increase in the efficiency of the breeding program.
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- H C C Ramos
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil.
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Oliveira EC, Amaral Júnior AT, Gonçalves LSA, Pena GF, Freitas Júnior SP, Ribeiro RM, Pereira MG. Optimizing the efficiency of the touchdown technique for detecting inter-simple sequence repeat markers in corn (Zea mays). Genet Mol Res 2010; 9:835-42. [PMID: 20449816 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-2gmr767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We evaluated the efficiency of the touchdown method to determine the ideal PCR conditions for distinct inter-simple sequence repeat primers for processing DNA from common corn, popcorn, sweet corn, and a Tripsacum-maize hybrid. Genomic DNA was extracted from eight accessions of corn: two of the dent type, one Tripsacum-maize hybrid, one sweet corn, one flint-type corn, and three popcorn. Fifteen inter-simple sequence repeat primers were used: (CT)(8)RC, (CT)(8)TG, (GA)(8)T, (GA)(8)YC, (CTC)(5)RC, (GTC)(6), (GA)(6)CC, (GT)(6)CC, (CAC)(3)GC, (AG)(8)YT, (AC)(8)T, (AC)(8)YG, (CT)(8)RG, (GGAT)(3)GA, and (GAA)(6)AA. The annealing temperature and the melting temperature for each primer were estimated using a formula for RW Genes products, or we used the temperatures indicated by the manufacturer (Invitrogen). The touchdown method was then applied to each primer, varying the number of final cycles (10 or 12) and the decrease in temperature (0.5 degrees or 1.0 degrees C intervals). The gels were compared, considering the revelation quality, band sharpness and the number of bands visualized. The touchdown-PCR method was more efficient for band amplification for most of the primers, especially at higher annealing temperatures. This type of system is useful for reducing the resources, time and effort needed for optimizing temperature conditions for a group of representative primers.
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- E C Oliveira
- Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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Nascimento BEM, Oliveira L, Vieira AS, Joffily M, Gleiser S, Pereira MG, Cavalcante T, Volchan E. Avoidance of smoking: the impact of warning labels in Brazil. Tob Control 2008; 17:405-9. [PMID: 18849316 DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.025643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Research on human emotion shows that pictures drive the activity of specialised brain networks affecting attitude and behaviour. Pictorial warnings on cigarette packages are considered one of the most effective ways to convey information on the health consequences of smoking. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of warning labels to elicit avoidance of smoking. OBJECTIVES To investigate the impact of pictorial health warnings conveyed by the Brazilian tobacco control programme through a well-established psychometric tool designed for studies on emotion and behaviour. METHODS Graphic Brazilian cigarette warnings labels were evaluated. They consisted of the two sets of warning pictures displayed in 2002-4 (n = 9) and 2004-8 (n = 10). Pleasant, unpleasant and neutral pictures selected from a standard catalogue were used as controls. Undergraduate students (n = 212, 18% smokers) evaluated the emotional content of each picture in two affective dimensions: hedonic valence and arousal. Participants were not provided with the sources of distinction between control and warning pictures. RESULTS The judgements of hedonic content of the warning pictures ranged from neutral to very unpleasant. None was classified as highly arousing. Smokers judged warning pictures representing people smoking significantly more pleasant than pictures without smoking scenes, and significantly more so than non-smokers. No significant differences between smokers and non-smokers were found for warning pictures without these smoking scenes. CONCLUSION Previous studies have shown that the most threatening and arousing pictures prompt the greatest evidence of defensive activation. Emotional ratings of Brazilian warning pictures described them as unpleasant but moderately arousing. To intensify avoidance of the packages, future graphic warnings should therefore generate more arousal. The ratings for the Brazilian warning pictures indicated that, except for those depicting people smoking, judgements by smokers and non-smokers were similar, suggesting a potential applicability in both prevention and cessation. Smoking cues, however, should be avoided.
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Ferreira BS, Branco AT, de Oliveira MA, Pereira MG, de Souza Filho GA. Methodological improvements on extraction of nuclear proteins and its preliminary analysis during the maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm development. Protein Pept Lett 2007; 13:981-4. [PMID: 17168819 DOI: 10.2174/092986606778777470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A procedure to obtain endosperm protein extracts was standardized. After confirming the enrichment with nuclear proteins by immunodetection, the protein profiles of extracts from different seed development stages were compared by SDS-PAGE that showed the existence of several differentially expressed proteins.
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- B S Ferreira
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro / Av. Alberto Lamego 2000-CEP 28015-602-Campos dos Goytacazes- RJ-Brasil. ferreirabs@uenf
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dos Santos EF, Lauria-Pires L, Pereira MG, Silva AE, Rodrigues IP, Maia MO. Use of antibacterial agents in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Brazil. Braz J Infect Dis 2007; 11:355-9. [PMID: 17684639 DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000300011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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It is essential to monitor the utilisation of antibacterial drugs in order to establish appropriate measures for their control. The pattern of usage of antibacterial drugs, and its association with indicators of hospital infection, has been investigated in a non-specialized adult intensive care unit (ICU) located in Santa Luzia Hospital (Brasília, DF, Brazil). The study was conducted between January 2001 and June 2004. Data concerning the utilisation of systemic antibacterial drugs, classified according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DDD) system, and indicators of hospital infection, defined according to the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) system, were obtained from appropriate hospital archives. During the study period, the average utilisation of antibacterial drugs was 1918.5 DDD units per 1000 patient-day (DDD(1000)). The three most used drugs were penicillins/beta-lactamase inhibitors (535.3 DDD(1000)), third generation cephalosporins (239.1 DDD(1000)) and quinolones (212.5 DDD(1000)). The total utilisation of antibacterial drugs was correlated significantly with the incidence of hospital infection (R = 0.62; p < 0.01) and the index of invasive procedures (R = 0.41; p < 0.01). Furthermore, the latter two indicators were significantly and positively correlated with the use of recently commercialized, broad spectrum antibacterial drugs (except for carbapenems). It is concluded that improved infection control procedures, together with more rigorous criteria regarding the use of invasive procedures, should be implemented by the ICU studied in order to diminish the utilisation of antibacterial drugs.
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Requião-Moura LR, Durão MS, Tonato EJ, Pereira MG, Wroclawski ER, Matos ACC, Pacheco-Silva A. Effect of Thymoglobulin in Graft Survival and Function 1 Year After Kidney Transplantation Using Deceased Donors. Transplant Proc 2006; 38:1895-7. [PMID: 16908315 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED This study evaluated 1-year graft function and survival among kidney transplantations from deceased donors using thymoglobulin (Thymo) as an induction strategy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-seven percent of patients were men and overall mean age was 42 +/- 15 years. Cold ischemia time was 20.1 +/- 4.8 hours. The primary outcome was defined as survival not censored for death after 1 year. The secondary outcome was defined as a comparison of function and survival among patients who received more or less then six doses of Thymo. RESULTS Four patients experienced acute rejection episodes and the other three died during follow-up. One-year graft survival was 91% with a mean serum creatinine of 1.28 +/- 0.43 mg/dL. Cytomegalovirus infection occurred in 56%. Forty-two (64%) patients displayed acute tubular necrosis of mean duration of 6.89 +/- 7.48 days. Patients who received lower doses showed better serum creatinine values 3 months (1.45 vs 1.86 mg/dL, P = .013) and 12 months (1.05 vs 1.50 mg/dL, P = .04). The difference was probably due to acute tubular necrosis that produced a RR of 1.7 (P = .02; CI 1.04-2.97) when compared with patients with Scr values above 1.30 mg/dL. When censored for death, graft survival was not different between the two groups (< or =6 doses 93% vs >6 doses 97%, P = .43). CONCLUSION Immunologic induction with Thymo produced excellent graft survival after 1 year with preservation of graft function. Delayed graft function was the most important determinant of graft function after 1 year.
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- L R Requião-Moura
- Division of Nephrology, São Paulo Federal University, Rua Botucatu 740, Vila Clementino, 04023-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Holanda ML, Melo VMM, Silva LMCM, Amorim RCN, Pereira MG, Benevides NMB. Differential activity of a lectin from Solieria filiformis against human pathogenic bacteria. Braz J Med Biol Res 2005; 38:1769-73. [PMID: 16302091 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005001200005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A lectin isolated from the red alga Solieria filiformis was evaluated for its effect on the growth of 8 gram-negative and 3 gram-positive bacteria cultivated in liquid medium (three independent experiments/bacterium). The lectin (500 microg/mL) stimulated the growth of the gram-positive species Bacillus cereus and inhibited the growth of the gram-negative species Serratia marcescens, Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus sp, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa at 1000 microg/mL but the lectin (10-1000 microg/mL) had no effect on the growth of the gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and B. subtilis, or on the gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The purified lectin significantly reduced the cell density of gram-negative bacteria, although no changes in growth phases (log, exponential and of decline) were observed. It is possible that the interaction of S. filiformis lectin with the cell surface receptors of gram-negative bacteria promotes alterations in the flow of nutrients, which would explain the bacteriostatic effect. Growth stimulation of the gram-positive bacterium B. cereus was more marked in the presence of the lectin at a concentration of 1000 microg/mL. The stimulation of the growth of B. cereus was not observed when the lectin was previously incubated with mannan (125 microg/mL), its hapten. Thus, we suggest the involvement of the binding site of the lectin in this effect. The present study reports the first data on the inhibition and stimulation of pathogenic bacterial cells by marine alga lectins.
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- M L Holanda
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Rua Dr. Gilberto Studart 2155/302A, 60190-750 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
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Pereira MG, Volchan E, Oliveira L, Machado-Pinheiro W, Rodrigues JA, Nepomuceno FVP, Pessoa L. Behavioral modulation by mutilation pictures in women. Braz J Med Biol Res 2004; 37:353-62. [PMID: 15060703 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2004000300011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Previous studies have shown that women are more emotionally expressive than men. It is unclear, however, if women are also more susceptible to the emotional modulation of behavior imposed by an affective stimulus. To investigate this issue, we devised a task in which female subjects performed six sequential trials of visual target detection following the presentation of emotional (mutilation and erotic) or neutral pictures (domestic utensils and objects) and compared the data obtained in the present study with those described in a previous study with male subjects. The experiment consisted of three blocks of 24 pictures and each block had an approximate duration of 4 min. Our sample consisted of 36 subjects (age range: 18 to 26 years) and each subject performed all blocks. Trials following the presentation of mutilation pictures (283 ms) had significantly slower reaction times than those following neutral (270 ms) pictures. None of the trials in the "pleasant block" (271 ms) was significantly different from those in the "neutral block". The increase in reaction time observed in the unpleasant block may be related in part to the activation of motivational systems leading to an avoidance behavior. The interference effect observed in this study was similar to the pattern previously described for men. Thus, although women may be more emotionally expressive, they were not more reactive to aversive stimuli than men, as measured by emotional interference in a simple reaction time task.
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- M G Pereira
- Departamento de Neurobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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Moret MA, Zebende GF, Nogueira Júnior E, Pereira MG. Fluctuation analysis of stellar x-ray binary systems. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2003; 68:041104. [PMID: 14682920 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.041104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 03/29/2003] [Revised: 07/31/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study time series of x-ray sources of 129 stellar binary systems present in the public data collected by the instrument All Sky Monitor on board of the satellite Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer. The light time series was analyzed by applying detrended fluctuation analysis to estimate the long-range power-law correlation exponents alpha. The scaling exponent was calculated for all systems and its value indicated a signature of each kind of system, i.e., whether flare takes place (with alpha=1.22) or not (with alpha=0.64). As a consequence, our results may identify the stability of the systems from the scaling exponent alpha value, for instance, if alpha approximately 0.5 (white noise) the system is stable and unstable when alpha not equal to 0.5 (long-range power-law correlation).
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- M A Moret
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 3, BR116, Campus Universitário, 44031-460 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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Jordão CP, Pereira MG, Bellato CR, Pereira JL, Matos AT. Assessment of water systems for contaminants from domestic and industrial sewages. Environ Monit Assess 2002; 79:75-100. [PMID: 12381024 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020085813555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The State of Minas Gerais represents one of Brazil's most outstanding mining resources. The contamination of river water from kaolin processing activities may be harmful to people in the way of slow but chronic poisoning. On the other hand, the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated domestic sewage into aquatic environments can also cause deleterious effects to the health. However, no reliable figures are available for pollutant occurrences in river water. This draws attention to the very precarious situation that exists with respect to pollution by organic and inorganic toxic wastes, especially with respect to humans and fauna in all its expressions. Thus, with the purpose of establishing a preliminary report to trace out industrialisation outcomes, samples of river water, vegetation and fish were collected and analysed to detect pollutant inputs. The concentration of metals was determined in suspended particle, vegetation and fish, while those of nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and chloride were determined in river water samples. The concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) was measured in river water at the time of collection. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) were also determined. Metal inputs in the samples analysed appeared to be related to effluent discharges into the rivers. The suspended particles showed high concentrations (in mg kg(-1)) of zinc (62 600) and aluminium (559 000), while vegetation samples collected near rivers were heavily contaminated with iron (7680). The fishes examined were contaminated with chromium (1.5 mg kg(-1)). In general, the concentrations of nitrite, nitrate, chloride, phosphate and BOD in river water were lower than the maximum values established by the Brazilian Environmental Standards.
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- C P Jordão
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Neto D, Pereira MG. [Phases of treatment for alcoholic patients]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 2001; 14:349-55. [PMID: 11552333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Alcoholism remains a controversial area, concerning both theoretical definitions and modalities of clinical intervention. In spite of this, and perhaps as a consequence, it stands as a huge public health problem, consuming a large amount of resources (and mental health services resources in particular). Some clinical issues in this area are reviewed, according to the authors' personal experience. Data related to clinical work in an alcohology centre (South Regional Alcohology Centre-CRAS) are presented. Based in a previous model of Sequential Combined Treatment of Heroin Addicted Patients with Naltrexone and Family Therapy, the authors outline some basic principles of a similar intervention designed for alcoholic patients and their families, which includes, when possible, a family integrated with an individual approach, an emphasis on normativity, on firmness and on self help groups. They revise, on the light of these concepts, the chain of medical care to these kind of patients, outpatient and inpatient, and the role of the medical doctor, which must not be confounded with the family system.
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- D Neto
- Centro Regional de Alcoologia do Sul, Lisboa
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Viana JS, Pereira MG, Lozano L, Vieira H, Palmeiro A, Lourenço M, Tavares CA, Seco C, Neves S, Bento C, Perdigoto R, Ferrer-Antunes C, Craveiro AL, Furtado L. Thrombelastographic evidence of hyperfibrinolysis during liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy ATTR met 30. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2645-6. [PMID: 11134740 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01820-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J S Viana
- Department of Transplantation, Department of Anesthesiology, and Hematology Laboratory, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Atwill ER, Johnson EM, Pereira MG. Association of herd composition, stocking rate, and duration of calving season with fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in beef herds. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999; 215:1833-8. [PMID: 10613218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of herd demographics, parturition variables, stocking rate, and rotational grazing practices with the probability of fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum from beef cow-calf herds in California. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SAMPLE POPULATION 38 beef cow-calf operations. PROCEDURE Fecal specimens were collected and examined for C parvum oocysts, using immunofluorescent microscopy. Association between various demographic and management factors and the probability of shedding C parvum were statistically evaluated. RESULTS Adjusted for age and month of collection of a fecal sample, cattle from herds with a high number of young calves (< or = 2 months old) on the day of sample collection, a high stocking rate (No. of cattle/acre/mo), or a longer calving season were more likely to shed C parvum oocysts, compared with cattle from herds with fewer young calves, a lower stocking rate, or a shorter calving season. Cattle from herds with a higher number of older calves (> 2 months old) on the day of sample collection were less likely to shed C parvum oocysts, compared with cattle from herds with fewer older calves. Using our multivariate model, rotational grazing systems or season of onset of calving were not associated with shedding status for C parvum oocysts. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Reproductive management that would result in a shorter calving season and use of a lower stocking rate for cattle may be associated with reduced risk of C parvum shedding. Intensive rotational grazing systems and time of year for onset of calving season apparently have little effect on reducing prevalence of oocyst shedding.
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- E R Atwill
- Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Tulare 93274, USA
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Pereira MG, Braga J, Jablonski F. The Orbital Period of the Accreting Pulsar GX 1+4. Astrophys J 1999; 526:L105-L109. [PMID: 10550289 DOI: 10.1086/312368] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report strong evidence for a approximately 304 day periodicity in the spin history of the accretion-powered pulsar GX 1+4 that is most probably associated with the orbital period of the system. We have used data from the Burst and Transient Source Experiment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory to show a clear periodic modulation of the pulsar frequency from 1991 to date, in excellent agreement with the ephemeris proposed by Cutler, Dennis, & Dolan in 1986. Our results indicate that the orbital period of GX 1+4 is 303.8+/-1.1 days, making it the widest known low-mass X-ray binary system by more than 1 order of magnitude and putting this long-standing question to rest. A likely scenario for this system is an elliptical orbit in which the neutron star decreases its spin-down rate (or even exhibits a momentary spin-up behavior) at periastron passages due to the higher torque exerted by the accretion disk onto the magnetosphere of the neutron star. These results are not inconsistent with either the X-ray pulsed flux light curve measured by BATSE during the same epoch or the X-ray flux history from the All-Sky Monitor on board the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer.
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Pereira MG, de Almeida JM. [The repercussions of mental disease in the family. A study of the family members of psychotic patients]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 1999; 12:161-8. [PMID: 10481317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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UNLABELLED Caregiving and related concepts such as family or caregiver burden have been widely discussed in recent literature. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample (n = 80) of primary caregivers to severe mental patients (diagnosed schizophrenia, chronic psychosis or affective disorder). OBJECTIVES To describe the caregivers' and corresponding patients' sample, as well as the nature of existing relationships. Levels of caregiver burden and psychological distress were evaluated and a preliminary analysis conducted on objective and subjective burden correlation. METHODS Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and a semi-structured interview designed for this purpose. RESULTS The extent of burden was found significant in this sample, being unevenly distributed in its components (e.g. tension, worrying or financial burden). Forty-one percent of caregivers experienced minor psychiatric morbidity. Measures of objective and subjective burden were moderately correlated. The same applied to magnitude of associations between each of them and distress parameters. Higher levels of burden were found in groups of caregivers to more severely ill or disabled patients, while diagnosis was not important for this purpose. CONCLUSIONS Most relatives remain highly involved. These results suggest the need to implement specific interventions addressing psychotic patients as well as their families.
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- M G Pereira
- Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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The kappa coefficient has been the measurement preferred by epidemiologists for reliability studies. Various articles have demonstrated that the use of the kappa coefficient may have some undesirable features in certain contexts. Recently, methodologies using an ordinal scale for the modelling of interobserver agreement have been developed as an alternative to kappa. To show that there is a class of log-linear statistical models that when analyzed sequentially can be used to rate the patterns of agreement and disagreement. Using data on the comparability of primary and proxy respondent reports with respect to the frequency of alcoholic consumption and its correlation to coronary diseases a nested set of log-linear models was adjusted to find the "best" model. Computed odds ratios to determine the measure of agreement were also computed. The weight kappa was equal 0.685 with 95% CI (0.638-0.732) showing a good agreement. But it does not give any information about the structure of the agreement and disagreement. Among the sequence of models analyzed, the one with the best adjustment showed an agreement estimated at 0.4454 with 95% CI (0.1300-0.7608) and an association estimated at 1.3309 with 95% CI (0.9649-1.6978). The measure tau for adjacent categories was 9.2 with 95% CI (6.0-14.2). Thus, evidence shows that the observers tended to rate many phenomena similarly. Furthermore, high (or low) ratings made by primary respondents tended to be associated with high (or low) ratings made by the proxy respondents. Log-linear models can give us a more informative and more complete analysis with respect to the rating of matched pairs of observers than that given by kappa. In conclusion, the indiscriminate use of kappa as the only agreement index must be questioned. The appendix demonstrates how to use PROC GENMOD in SAS to fit these models.
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- E F da Silva
- Departamento de Estatística, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil.
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Atwill ER, Sweitzer RA, Pereira MG, Gardner IA, Van Vuren D, Boyce WM. Prevalence of and associated risk factors for shedding Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia cysts within feral pig populations in California. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:3946-9. [PMID: 9327560 PMCID: PMC168707 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3946-3949.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Populations of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) may serve as an environmental reservoir of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts for source water. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of and associated demographic and environmental risk factors for the shedding of C. parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts. Feral pigs were either live-trapped or dispatched from 10 populations located along the coastal mountains of western California, and fecal samples were obtained for immunofluorescence detection of C. parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts. We found that 12 (5.4%) and 17 (7.6%) of 221 feral pigs were shedding C. parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts, respectively. The pig's sex and body condition and the presence of cattle were not associated with the probability of the shedding of C. parvum oocysts. However, younger pigs (< or = 8 months) and pigs from high-density populations (> 2.0 feral pigs/km2) were significantly more likely to shed oocysts compared to older pigs (> 8 months) and pigs from low-density populations (< or = 1.9 feral pigs/km2). In contrast, none of these demographic and environmental variables were associated with the probability of the shedding of Giardia sp. cysts among feral pigs. These results suggest that given the propensity for feral pigs to focus their activity in riparian areas, feral pigs may serve as a source of protozoal contamination for surface water.
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- E R Atwill
- Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 93274, USA.
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Himathongkham S, Pereira MG, Riemann H. Heat destruction of Salmonella in poultry feed: effect of time, temperature, and moisture. Avian Dis 1996; 40:72-7. [PMID: 8713051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Salmonella enteriditis in poultry feed declines with increasing time of exposure to heat. The interactions of temperature, time, and moisture and their effect on the thermal death of S. enteriditis were established in a factorial randomized experiment. Two other serotypes were tested, and though there was some variation, the thermal death rate followed the same basic pattern. A number of samples of poultry feed were collected and dried. After drying, the water was added back to give specific percentages of moisture contents. The feed was then inoculated with salmonella and heated at specific temperatures, with samples being removed at certain time intervals. These samples were then cultured, and the surviving salmonella were counted. A linear relationship was obtained when the logarithm of survivors was plotted against the logarithm of exposure time. These results permitted the construction of a graph depicting that the rate of reduction in numbers of S. enteriditis when plotted against increasing temperatures is linear. This linear relationship is apparent for other salmonella serotypes such as S. typhimurium and S. haardt. Our results show that the thermal death rate of salmonella in poultry feed can now be predicted at varying time, temperature, and moisture contents.
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- S Himathongkham
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Pereira MG, Lee M. Identification of genomic regions affecting plant height in sorghum and maize. Theor Appl Genet 1995; 90:380-8. [PMID: 24173928 DOI: 10.1007/bf00221980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/1993] [Accepted: 05/17/1994] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The objective of this study was to use restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) to determine the genetic location and effects of genomic regions controlling plant height in sorghum. F2 plants (152) from the cross CK60 x PI229828 were used. Genomic and cDNA clones (106) identified 111 loci distributed among ten linkage groups covering 1299 cM. Interval mapping identified four regions, each in a separate linkage group. These regions may correspond to loci (dw) previously identified by alleles with qualitative effects. Also, these regions identified in sorghum may be orthologous to those previously reported for plant height in maize. Gene effects and gene action varied among genomic regions. In each region, PI229828 alleles resulted in increased plant height. Each region accounted for 9.2-28.7% of the phenotypic variation. Positive, additive effects ranged from 15 to 32cm. Tallness was dominant or overdominant and conferred by alleles from PI229828 for three quantitative trait loci (QTL). At the fourth QTL, PI229828 contributed to increased plant height, but short stature was partially dominant. One digenic interaction was significant. The presence of a PI229828 allele at one region diminished the effects of the other region. A multiple model indicated that these four regions collectively accounted for 63.4% of the total phenotypic variation. The utility of this information for germplasm conversion through backcross breeding is discussed.
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- M G Pereira
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA
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Garrison JL, Pereira MG. [Cross infection in a high risk nursery: comparison of two epidemiologic surveillance methods]. AMB Rev Assoc Med Bras 1991; 37:15-21. [PMID: 1658861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Two methods of surveillance for nosocomial infection--routine notification and active case finding--were compared during three consecutive months at the high risk newborn unit of the Hospital de Base of the Federal District, involving 66 newborns, which represented 93% of the total patient population referred to that unit for specialized care. Our purpose was to measure the efficiency of routine notification. While this method involved infection notification forms routinely filled by the physician at discharge time, active surveillance consisted of physical examination and chart review of all the newborns, carried out, independently, twice a week: routine notification estimated a 27.3 per cent prevalence rate, versus a 30.3 per cent by active-case finding, considered by the authors a superior surveillance method. Although infection rates were similar, routine surveillance resulted in many false-positive and false-negative notifications, reaching a sensitivity of 60.0 per cent and a specificity of 86.9 per cent. The resulting positive predictive value was 66.7 per cent and negative, 83.3 per cent. The data collected by routine notification was often incomplete and inconsistent. In conclusion, the results seem to indicate that control programs based solely on routine surveillance could be producing inaccurate nosocomial infection rates and, consequently inadequate control measures.
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