Catarina Macedo Francisco, João Sérgio Neves, Inês Falcão‐Pires, Adelino Leite‐Moreira,
Adiponectin is the most abundant adipokine and exhibits anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic and antidiabetic properties. Unlike other adipokines, it inversely correlates with body weight and obesity-linked cardiovascular complications. Diastolic dysfunction is the main mechanism responsible for approximately half of all heart failure cases, the so-called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but therapeutic strategies specifically directed towards these patients are still lacking. ...
Tópico(s): Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
2016 - Springer Science+Business Media | Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Ana Guerrero, C. Sañudo, M.M. Campo, J.L. Olleta, E. Muela, Rosa Maria Gomes de Macedo, Francisco Assis Fonseca de Macedo,
The effects of linseed supplementation level (LSL: 5%, 10% or 15%) and feeding duration (FD: 30, 50 or 70 days) were analysed on productive, carcass and meat quality parameters using 72 cull ewes (n = 8 for each group), to improve their commercial value and meat quality. Both LSL and FD influenced productive parameters, carcass and meat quality. Feeding duration affected final body condition score (P<0.001), which increased up to 50 days of supplementation, keeping constant afterwards. Carcass yield (P < ...
Tópico(s): Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
2018 - Elsevier BV | Small Ruminant Research
J. Xavier‐Filho, Francisco Campos, Maria B. Ary, Carlos P. Silva, Marta M. M. Carvalho, Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Francisco José Alves Lemos, George Grant,
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTPoor correlation between the levels of proteinase inhibitors found in seeds of different cultivars of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and the resistance/susceptibility to predation by Callosobruchus maculatusJ. Xavier-Filho, F. A. P. Campos, Maria B. Ary, C. Peres Silva, Marta M. M. Carvalho, Maria Ligia R. Macedo, F. J. A. Lemos, and G. GrantCite this: J. Agric. Food Chem. 1989, 37, 4, 1139–1143Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1989Publication History Published ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural safety and regulations
1989 - American Chemical Society | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Morgane Henry, Brian Leung, Ross N. Cuthbert, Thomas W. Bodey, Danish A. Ahmed, Elena Angulo, Paride Balzani, Elizabeta Briski, Franck Courchamp, Philip E. Hulme, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Chunlong Liu, Rafael Lacerda Macêdo, Francisco J. Oficialdegui, David Renault, Ismael Soto, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Anna J. Turbelin, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Phillip J. Haubrock,
Abstract Background Biological invasions threaten the functioning of ecosystems, biodiversity, and human well-being by degrading ecosystem services and eliciting massive economic costs. The European Union has historically been a hub for cultural development and global trade, and thus, has extensive opportunities for the introduction and spread of alien species. While reported costs of biological invasions to some member states have been recently assessed, ongoing knowledge gaps in taxonomic and ...
Tópico(s): Biological Control of Invasive Species
2023 - Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Sciences Europe

Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro, Wanessa Teixeira Bellíssimo-Rodrigues, Mariama Gentil Mussolin, Lara Maria Alencar Ramos Innocentini, Adriano Tadeu Dias Marangoni, Leandro Dorigan de Macedo, Francisco Barbosa-Júnior, Hayala Cristina Cavenague de Souza, Mayra Gonçalves Menegüeti, Ana Paula Sulino Pereira, Gilberto Gambero Gaspar, André Schmidt, Carlos Henrique Miranda, Wilson José Lovato, Marcelo Lourencini Puga, Maria Auxiliadora‐Martins, Aníbal Basile-Filho, Fernando Bellissimo‐Rodrigues,
Tópico(s): Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
2022 - Elsevier BV | American Journal of Infection Control
Indira Maria Estolano Macêdo, Francisco Rodolfo Ferreira Lima, Giselly Maria de Sá Santana Lima, Fábio Henrique Portella Corrêa de Oliveira, Moacyr Cunha Filho, Neide Kazue Sakugawa Shinohara,
A avaliação da qualidade da água de consumo na produção e comercialização de alimentos é de extrema importância sanitária, ser monitorada semestralmente, para garantir produto final seguro, minimizando assim riscos de contaminação cruzada. O objetivo foi estudar variáveis de qualidade da água de estabelecimentos produtores e/ou comercializadores de alimentos em municípios da Grande Recife/PE. As amostras de água foram oriundas de distribuição pública (AP) e mista (AM) do sistema público e água tratada ( ...
Tópico(s): Food Safety and Hygiene
2021 - Brazilian Journal of Development | Brazilian Journal of Development

Juliene da Câmara Rocha, Jaciara da Silva Araújo, Wilza Kímilly Vital de Paiva, Ellane Sabryna Sena Ribeiro, Carlos Eduardo de Araújo Padilha, Cristiane Fernandes de Assis, Everaldo Silvino dos Santos, Gorete Ribeiro de Macêdo, Francisco Canindé de Sousa Júnior,
Pectinases are enzymes responsible for cleaving pectin and other pectic polysaccharides in galacturonic acid monomers. They are widely applied in industrial sectors. In this context, the present study evaluated polygalacturonase (PG), pectin lyase (PMGL) and FPase production by Aspergillus niger IOC 4003 in solid-state fermentation using yellow mombin pulp residue as substrate. Three parameters were investigated for extraction of PG such as temperature, pH stability and ionic strength. The action ...
Tópico(s): Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
2020 - Elsevier BV | Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Paulo Wagner Linhares Lima Filho, Adriano José Maia Chaves Filho, Charliene Freire Xavier Vieira, Tatiana de Queiroz Oliveira, Michelle Verde Ramo Soares, Paloma Marinho Jucá, João Quevedo, Tatiana Barichello, Danielle S. Macêdo, Francisco das Chagas Medeiros,
Endometriosis is a gynecological condition affecting 10% of women in reproductive age. High rates of depression and anxiety are observed in these patients. The mechanisms underlying endometriosis-induced behavioral alterations are still elusive. Animal models provide a useful tool to study the temporal sequence and biological pathways involved in this disease and comorbid states. Here, we sought to characterize time-related behavioral alterations in rats submitted to endometriosis model (EM) induced ...
Tópico(s): Uterine Myomas and Treatments
2019 - Springer Science+Business Media | Metabolic Brain Disease
Carlos Alves, Ana Filipa Macedo, Francisco Batel Marques,
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical studies and practices
2013 - Springer Science+Business Media | European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Giovani dos Santos Cunha, Victor Barbosa Da Silva, Kleiber Bessa, Marco A. Bitencourt, Ulisvaldo Brunno de Oliveira Macedo, Francisco Paulo Freire‐Neto, Rand Randall Martins, Cristiane Fernandes de Assis, Telma Maria Araújo Moura Lemos, Maria das Graças Almeida, Analía V. Freire,
Abstract Schistosomiasis is caused by Schistosoma mansoni and is a public health problem in Brazil. The typical granulomatous lesion is associated with the increase in the oxidative damage by generation of free radicals. The aim of this work was to correlate some oxidative stress markers with the worm burden on carriers of schistosomiasis (n = 30) in the acute phase in comparison to healthy subjects (n = 30). The pro-oxidant parameter used was the colorimetric quantification of reactive substances to ...
Tópico(s): Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
2012 - Springer Science+Business Media | Acta Parasitologica

Tauily Claussen D'Escragnolle Taunay, Eva Dias Cristino, Myrela O. Machado, F.H. Rola, José Wellington Oliveira Lima, Danielle S. Macêdo, Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, Alexander Moreira‐Almeida, André F. Carvalho,
The role of religious involvement in mental health has been increasingly investigated in psychiatric research; however, there is a shortage of scales on religiousness in Portuguese. The present study aimed to develop and validate a brief instrument to assess intrinsic religiosity (Intrinsic Religiousness Inventory - IRI) in two Brazilian samples. The initial version was based on literature review and experts' suggestions. University students (sample 1; n = 323) and psychiatric patients (sample 2; n = 102) ...
Tópico(s): Religion and Society Interactions
2012 - Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry

Edilberto Chacón Marcheco, Fernando Macedo, Francisco Velázquez, Samuel Rezende Paiva, E. Pérez Pineda, Concepta McManus,
In this work, linear body measures were taken and production indices calculated for 100 Cuban Creole goats and 100 crossbred goats in order to aid in the characterization of animal genetic resources in Cuba. Low variation was found for all indices of the Creole goats, showing homogeneity between the groups of animals studied. Most of the functional indices are related to the milk biotype which is in agreement the possible origin of the breed from animals of the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands. ...
Tópico(s): Metallurgy and Material Forming
2011 - Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

José Eduardo Trevizoli, Raissa de Paula Menezes, Lara Franciele Ribeiro Velasco, Regina Maria Santos de Amorim, Mauro Birche de Carvalho, Liliana Sampaio Costa Mendes, Columbano Junqueira Neto, JoseCombining Acute Accent Roberto de Deus Macedo, Francisco de Assis, Rocha Neves,
The severity of liver disease among hepatitis C patients on hemodialysis is controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical, biochemical, and liver histologic characteristics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in hemodialysis patients and in those with normal renal function.A case-control study was carried out with 36 HCV patients on hemodialysis and 37 HCV patients with normal renal function matched for gender, age at infection, and estimated time of infection.HCV patients on hemodialysis ...
Tópico(s): Hepatitis B Virus Studies
2008 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Ana Filipa Macedo, Francisco Batel Marques, Carlos Ribeiro,
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical studies and practices
2006 - Adis, Springer Healthcare | Drug Safety

Nelson Venturin, Patrícia Aparecida de Souza, Renato Luiz Grisi Macedo, Francisco Dias Nogueira,
Com o objetivo de avaliar os aspectos nutricionais e os efeitos da omissão de nutrientes no desenvolvimento de plântulas de candeia (Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) McLeish), foi conduzido um experimento em casa-de-vegetação. Como substrato foi utilizado um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo, de baixa fertilidade natural, coletado no município de Itumirim (MG), a uma profundidade de 20 a 40 cm. Foram utilizados 10 tratamentos dispostos em delineamento de blocos inteiramente casualizados, com cinco repetições ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural and Food Sciences
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | FLORESTA
Ana Filipa Macedo, Francisco Batel Marques, Carlos Ribeiro, Frederico Teixeira,
Purpose To compare the results of causality assessments of reported adverse drug reactions (ADR's) obtained from decisional algorithms with those obtained from an expert panel using the WHO global introspection method (GI) and to further evaluate the influence of confounding variables on algorithms ability in assessing causality. Method Two hundred sequentially reported ADR's were included in this study. An independent researcher used algorithms, while an expert panel assessed the same reports using ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
2005 - Wiley | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Ana Filipa Macedo, Francisco Batel Marques, Carlos Ribeiro, Frederico Teixeira,
To evaluate agreement between causality assessments of reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) obtained from decisional algorithms, with those obtained from an expert panel using the WHO global introspection method (GI), according to different levels of imputability and to evaluate the influence of confounding variables.Two hundred reports were included in this study. An independent researcher used decisional algorithms, while an expert panel assessed the same ADR reports using the GI, both aimed at ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
2003 - Wiley | Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Marcelo Pereira Macedo, Francisco Stéfano Wechsler, Alcides de Amorim Ramos, Jackson Barros do Amaral, Júlio César de Souza, Flávio Dutra de Resende, José Victor de Oliveira,
O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar os componentes físico-químicos e a produção do leite de búfalas da raça Mediterrâneo criadas no Oeste do Estado de São Paulo. Utilizaram-se 1438 controles provenientes de 152 lactações, controladas no período de 1985 a 1995, na Estação Experimental de Zootecnia de Andradina. Os dados foram analisados por meio do procedimento GLM do Programa SAS. O modelo estatístico para produção de leite teve como fontes de variação (FV) os efeitos fixos de mês do controle ...
Tópico(s): Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
2001 - Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Catherine Teixeira de Carvalho, Sérgio Dantas de Oliveira Júnior, Wildson Bernardino de Brito Lima, Fábio Gonçalves Macêdo de Medeiros, Ana Laura Oliveira de Sá Leitão, Everaldo Silvino dos Santos, Gorete Ribeiro de Macêdo, Francisco Canindé de Sousa Júnior,
The present study evaluated the co-production of β-galactosidase and ethanol by Kluyveromyces marxianus ATCC 36907 and Kluyveromyces lactis NRRL Y-8279 using as carbon source the lactose found on "coalho" cheese whey. Cheese whey was subjected to partial deproteinization, and physicochemical parameters were assessed. Cultivations were carried out in an shaker to evaluate two carbon/nitrogen (C:N) ratios. The best C:N ratio (1.5:1) was carried to 1.5-L bioreactor cultivation in order to increase co- ...
Tópico(s): Enzyme Production and Characterization
2020 - Taylor & Francis | Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology
João L. Pippi Salle, Armando J. Lorenzo, Lisieux Eyer de Jesus, Bruno Leslie, Abdulnasser AlSaid, Francisco Nicanor Macedo, Venkata R. Jayanthi, Roberto De Castro,
... Lorenzo, Lisieux E. Jesus, Bruno Leslie, Abdulnasser AlSaid, Francisco Nicanor Macedo, Venkata R. Jayanthi, and Roberto de Castro João ... Surgery, Sulaibikat, Kuwait More articles by this author Francisco Nicanor Macedo Hospital Jesus, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rio de ...
Tópico(s): Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
2012 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Journal of Urology

Vitor Troccoli Ribeiro, Estéfani Alves Asevedo, Luan Tales Costa de Paiva Vasconcelos, Marcos Antônio Oliveira Filho, Jaciara Silva de Araújo, Gorete Ribeiro de Macêdo, Francisco Canindé de Sousa Júnior, Everaldo Silvino dos Santos,
Tópico(s): Insect Resistance and Genetics
2019 - Springer Science+Business Media | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Francisco Macedo, Fátima Baltazar, Paulo Roberto Carvalho de Almeida, Fábio Távora, Francisco Valdeci Ferreira, Fernando Schmitt, Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Ronaldo A. Ribeiro,
Tópico(s): Mast cells and histamine
2007 - Springer Science+Business Media | Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Helena Aguiar Ribeiro do Nascimento, Maria Augusta Visconti, Paulo de Tarso Silva de Macêdo, Francisco Haiter‐Neto, Deborah Queiroz Freitas,
Tópico(s): Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
2014 - Springer Science+Business Media | Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Senei da Rocha Henrique Macedo, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda, João Mário Pessoa Júnior, Vannucia Karla de Medeiros Nóbrega,
Objetivou-se apreender as representações sociais de adolescentes sobre sexualidade, a partir de suas experiências pessoais. De natureza qualitativa e representacional, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida junto a treze adolescentes numa unidade de educação de jovens e adultos, tendo como instrumento de coleta de dados a entrevista semiestruturada e o grupo focal. Verificou-se a coexistência de dúvidas quanto à sexualidade e sua relação ao ato sexual propriamente dito; ausência de diálogos entre pais e filhos ...
Tópico(s): Gender, Sexuality, and Education
2013 - Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

Leandro Chambrone, Sergio Bassit Macedo, Francisco Cardoso Ramalho, Eduardo Trevizani Filho, Luiz Armando Chambrone,
O objetivo deste estudo foi coletar dados sobre a prevalência e severidade de gengivite em uma amostra de crianças em idade escolar, bem como sua relação com possíveis fatores de risco locais. Duzentos e seis indivíduos foram examinados, sendo 107 meninos e 99 meninas, com idades entre 7 e 14 anos; foram coletados dados referentes ao índice de placa (IP), índice gengival (IG) e profundidade clínica de sondagem (PCS). Entre os parâmetros clínicos observados, as médias referentes a PCS, IP e IG encontradas ...
Tópico(s): Oral health in cancer treatment
2010 - ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Tauily Claussen D'Escragnolle Taunay, Eva Dias Cristino, Myrela O. Machado, F.H. Rola, José Wellington Oliveira Lima, Danielle S. Macêdo, Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, Alexander Moreira‐Almeida, André F. Carvalho,
The role of religious involvement in mental health has been increasingly investigated in psychiatric research; however, there is a shortage of scales on religiousness in Portuguese. The present study aimed to develop and validate a brief instrument to assess intrinsic religiosity (Intrinsic Religiousness Inventory - IRI) in two Brazilian samples. The initial version was based on literature review and experts' suggestions. University students (sample 1; n = 323) and psychiatric patients (sample 2; n = 102) ...
Tópico(s): Religion and Society Interactions
2012 - Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry

Raony Môlim de Sousa Pereira, Mônica Danielle Ribeiro Bastos, Maíra Peres Ferreira, Osvaldo de Freitas, Leandro Dorigan de Macedo, Harley Francisco de Oliveira, Hilton Marcos Alvez Ricz, Ana Carolina Fragoso Motta, Ana Paula Macedo, Camila Tirapelli, Vinícius Pedrazzi,
Abstract Objective To evaluate a pilocarpine spray as a treatment for xerostomia in patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancer (HNC). Methods This was a placebo‐controlled, double‐blind, crossover clinical trial of patients complaining of dry mouth after RT for HNC. Forty patients were randomly assigned to either placebo or pilocarpine (1.54%) spray and instructed to use three times a day for 3 months. After 1‐month washout period, patients were crossed over to receive placebo ...
Tópico(s): Oral health in cancer treatment
2020 - Wiley | Oral Diseases
Francisco Macedo, Rui Valadas, Eunice Carrasquinha, M. Rosário Oliveira, António Pacheco,
Feature selection has been recognized for long as an important preprocessing technique to reduce dimensionality and improve the performance of regression and classification tasks. The class of sequential forward feature selection methods based on Mutual Information (MI) is widely used in practice, mainly due to its computational efficiency and independence from the specific classifier. A recent work introduced a theoretical framework for this class of methods which explains the existing proposals ...
Tópico(s): Text and Document Classification Technologies
2022 - Elsevier BV | Neurocomputing
Michel Pompeu Sá, Xander Jacquemyn, Jef Van den Eynde, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Ozgun Erten, Serge Sicouri, Francisco Macedo, Tilak Pasala, Ryan Kaple, Alexander Weymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Marie‐Annick Clavel, Philippe Pîbarot, Basel Ramlawi,
Paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is frequent and the impact of mild PVL on outcomes remains uncertain. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact of PVL on TAVI outcomes.To analyze late outcomes of patients after TAVI according to the presence and severity of PVL, PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE and Google Scholar were searched for studies that reported rates of all-cause mortality/survival and/or rehospitalization and/or cardiovascular mortality accompanied by at least ...
Tópico(s): Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
2022 - Elsevier BV | Structural Heart

Janaína de Cássia Orlandi Sardi, Diego Romário Silva, Paula Cristina Aníbal, Julianna Joanna Carvalho Moraes de Campos Baldin, Suellen Rodrigues Ramalho, Pedro Luiz Rosalen, Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, José Francisco Höfling,
Tópico(s): Nail Diseases and Treatments
2021 - Springer Science+Business Media | Current Fungal Infection Reports