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Darcio Abrantes Sarmento Jose, Ligia Dantas de Morais Patricia, Israel de Souza Francisco, Raquel Alcantara de Miranda Maria,
Ximenia americana popularly known as wild plum grow wildly in Brazilian semiarid region and its fruit were harvested in two maturity stages and evaluated for quality. The experimental design was completely randomized with three treatments (immature, mature pulp and seeds), and treatment effect was evaluated for pulp fraction (composed of both mesocarp and exocarp or peel) in maturation stages: immature (largest size with green colored peel), mature (largest size with yellow colored peel) and seeds of ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural and Food Sciences
2015 - Academic Journals | AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Taciane Barbosa Henriques, Diandra Zipinotti dos Santos, Isabella dos Santos Guimarães, Nayara Gusmão Tessarollo, Paulo Cilas Morais Lyra-Junior, Patrícia Mesquita, Diana Pádua, Ana Luísa Amaral, Bruno Cavadas, Luı́sa Pereira, Ian Victor Silva, Raquel Almeida, Letícia Batista Azevedo Rangel,
... dos Santos Guimarães, Nayara Gusmão Tessarollo, Paulo Cilas Morais Lyra-Junior, Patricia Mesquita, Diana Pádua, Ana Luisa Amaral, Bruno Cavadas, ...
Tópico(s): Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
2021 - Impact Journals LLC | Aging
Mónica Morais, Patrícia Patrício, António Mateus‐Pinheiro, Nuno Dinis Alves, A.R. Machado-Santos, Joana Sofia Correia, Jorge Mota-Pereira, Luísa Pinto, Nuno Sousa, João M. Bessa,
Abstract Depression is a prevalent psychiatric disorder with an increasing impact in global public health. However, a large proportion of patients treated with currently available antidepressant drugs fail to achieve remission. Recently, antipsychotic drugs have received approval for the treatment of antidepressant-resistant forms of major depression. The modulation of adult neuroplasticity, namely hippocampal neurogenesis and neuronal remodeling, has been considered to have a key role in the therapeutic ...
Tópico(s): Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
2017 - Springer Nature | Translational Psychiatry
Eduarda S. Morais, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Jorge F. J. Coelho, Mara G. Freire, Carmen S. R. Freire, João A. P. Coutinho, Armando J. D. Silvestre,
Abstract This work contributes to the development of integrated lignocellulosic‐based biorefineries by the pioneering exploitation of hardwood xylans by solubilization and extraction in deep eutectic solvents (DES). DES formed by choline chloride and urea or acetic acid were initially evaluated as solvents for commercial xylan as a model compound. The effects of temperature, molar ratio, and concentration of the DES aqueous solutions were evaluated and optimized by using a response surface methodology. ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
2018 - Wiley | ChemSusChem
Raquel Bezerra de Sá de Sousa Nogueira, Natália Melo, Hélder Novais Bastos, Natália Martins, Luís Delgado, António Morais, Patrícia Caetano Mota,
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated syndrome triggered by inhalation of a wide variety of allergens, to which an individual has previously been sensitized. More than 200 agents responsible for the disease have already been identified; however, HP occurs only in a small number of individuals exposed to causal antigens. The present report provides an overview of the role of antigen role in HP, highlighting its diversity, research methods, and prevention strategies, as well as the ...
Tópico(s): Occupational exposure and asthma
2018 - Elsevier BV | Pulmonology
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Karini Freire da Rocha, Célia Araújo, Inês Lança de Morais, Patrícia Padrão, Pedro Moreira, Karla Danielly da Silva Ribeiro,
Considering the negative impact of the consumption of ultra-processed foods on health, the current study assessed the availability and nutritional profile of commercial ultra-processed foods for infants in Natal, Brazil.A cross-sectional exploratory study.Foods targeted at children under the age of 36 months sold in retail establishments located in high- and low-income areas of the one capital city of Brazil.1645 food products consisting of ninety-five different types of food were available. The ...
Tópico(s): Nutritional Studies and Diet
2021 - Cambridge University Press | Public Health Nutrition
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Luís César Ferreira Motta Barbosa, Otávio José de Oliveira, Márcio Cardoso Machado, Ana Clara Tomaz Morais, Patrícia Maria Bozola, Gilberto Santos,
Purpose This study used a qualitative approach on five case studies in Brazilian industrial companies. The research used interviews, document analysis and on-site visits to collect and analyze data. The companies were selected based on the following criteria: operating in the industrial sector, updating their quality management system (QMS) process to ISO 9001: 2015 and agreeing to participate in this study. Design/methodology/approach This article aims to investigate the strategies of industrial ...
Tópico(s): Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
2021 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Benchmarking An International Journal
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Héctor H. F. Koolen, Elzalina Ribeiro Soares, Felipe M. A. da Silva, Antônia Queiroz Lima de Souza, Afonso Duarte Leão de Souza, Edson Rodrigues‐Filho, Richardson Alves de Almeida, Ismael Alexandre Ribeiro, Cláudia Pessoa, Manoel Odorico de Morais, Patrícia Marçal da Costa, Afonso Duarte Leão de Souza,
From an endophytic strain of Gliocladium sp. isolated from the Amazonian plant Strychnos cf. toxifera, we obtained the diketopiperazine alkaloid cyclo-(glycyl-L-tyrosyl)-4,4-dimethylallyl ether (1), the steroids ergosterol (2), ergosterol peroxide (3), cerevisterol (4) and the citric acid (5). The AcOEt extract of the fermented broth by Gliocladium sp. showed potent activity against the cancer cell lines MDA-MB435 (human breast cancer cells), HCT-8 (human colorectal cancer cells) and SF-295 (human glioblastoma ...
Tópico(s): Marine Sponges and Natural Products
2011 - Taylor & Francis | Natural Product Research
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F. Breseghello, Orlando Peixoto de Morais, Patricia Pinheiro, Ana Carolina Simões Silva, Emilio Castro, E. P. Guimarães, Adriano Pereira de Castro, J. A. Pereira, Altevir de Matos Lopes, M. M. Utumi, Jaison Pereira de Oliveira,
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to estimate the results of the upland rice ( Oryza sativa L.) breeding program conducted by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and collaborators over the period of 1984 to 2009 covering 25 annual steps of improvement. The best lines generated by this program are evaluated in “value for cultivation and use (VCU) trials.” This study used data from 603 VCU trials conducted in seven Brazilian States. The group of lines entering VCU in each year ...
Tópico(s): Genetics and Plant Breeding
2011 - Wiley | Crop Science
Víctor Morais, Patrícia Berasain, Silvana Ifrán, Santiago Carreira, María Noel Tortorella, Alba Negrín, Hugo Massaldi,
Snake envenomation and its treatment cause the entry of two kind of foreign antigens into the human body: snake toxins and antivenom from animal origin. Samples of patients bitten by snakes in Uruguay were assayed to determine levels of human antibodies against venom and antivenom. The ELISA results showed that most of the patients presented an important increase of IgG and IgM antibodies against antivenom at day 15 post accident. Antibodies were reactive against both equine immunoglobulin chains ...
Tópico(s): Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
2011 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Rui Gaspar, Susana Rodrigues, Marco Silva, Pedro Costa‐Moreira, Rui Morais, Patrícia Andrade, Hélder Cardoso, Andreia Albuquerque, Rodrigo Liberal, Guilherme Macedo,
Complications of cirrhosis are one the major causes of hospital admission associated with high morbimortality rates and social and economic charges. The aims of this study were to evaluate hospital readmission and mortality rates and predictive factors for hospital readmission and mortality.Patients with decompensated cirrhosis admitted to our institution between 2008-2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Included 427 admissions from 177 patients with cirrhosis with mean age of 59.0 ± 12.3 years. The ...
Tópico(s): Liver Diseases and Immunity
2019 - Elsevier BV | Digestive and Liver Disease
Cecília Pedro, Natália Melo, Hélder Novais Bastos, Adriana Magalhães, Gabriela Fernandes, Natália Martins, António Morais, Patrícia Caetano Mota,
The diagnosis of sarcoidosis relies on clinical and radiological presentation, evidence of non-caseating granulomas in histopathology and exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous inflammation. Currently, a proper diagnosis, with a high level of confidence, is considered as key to the appropriate diagnosis and management of the disease. In this sense, this review aims to provide a brief overview on the role of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of thoracic sarcoidosis, incorporating newer techniques ...
Tópico(s): Sinusitis and nasal conditions
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Emanuelli Mancio Ferreira da Luz, Oclaris Lopes Munhoz, Bruna Xavier Morais, Patrícia Bitencourt Toscani Greco, Silviamar Camponogara, Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago,
Objetivo: Refletir sobre distanciamento, isolamento social e quarentena como medidas de prevenção da infecção em massa pelo SARSCoV-2, vírus responsável pela COVID-19. Métodos: Ensaio teórico reflexivo, embasado em ideias de estudiosos do tema, mediante levantamento bibliográfico no Google Acadêmico, na PUBMED/MEDLINE, em site oficial e jornais online, selecionados a partir das palavras-chave “COVID-19”, “distanciamento social”, “isolamento social”, “quarentena” e suas combinações. Resultados e Discussão: ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 and Mental Health
2020 - | Revista de Enfermagem do Centro-Oeste Mineiro
Ana Lucia Ferreira de Morais, Patrícia Rijo, Belén Batanero, Marisa Nicolai,
Over recent three decades, the electrochemical techniques have become widely used in biological identification and detection, because it presents optimum features for efficient and sensitive molecular detection of organic compounds, being able to trace quantities with a minimum of reagents and sample manipulation. Given these special features, electrochemical techniques are regularly exploited in disease diagnosis and monitoring. Specifically, amperometric electrochemical analysis has proven to ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Biosensors
Tito Palmela Leitão, Miguel Miranda, Joana Polido, João Morais, Patrícia Corredeira, Patrícia Alves, T. Oliveira, Ricardo Pereira e Silva, Ricardo M. Fernandes, João J. Ferreira, José Palma dos Reis, Tomé Lopes, Luís Costa,
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have a potential role as the missing renal cell carcinoma (RCC) biomarker. However, the available evidence is limited, and detection methods lack standardization, hindering clinical use. We performed a systematic review on CTC enrichment and detection methods, and its role as a biomarker in RCC. Full-text screening identified 54 studies. Reviewed studies showed wide heterogeneity, low evidence level, and high risk of bias. Various CTC detection platforms and molecular ...
Tópico(s): Cancer Cells and Metastasis
2021 - Elsevier BV | Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
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Gilberto Santos Morais, Patrícia Shu Kurizky, Selma Regina Penha Silva Cerqueira, Daniel Holanda Barroso, Heidi Luise Schulte, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque, Eliana Teles de Gois, Laila Salmen Espíndola, Jaime M. Santana, Izabela Marques Dourado Bastos, Carla Nunes de Araújo, Lícia Maria Henrique da Mota, Otávio Tolêdo Nóbrega, Ciro Martins Gomes,
Experts have called attention to the possible negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cytokine storm syndrome on the progression of leprosy-related disabilities. We assessed the frequency of reactional states in patients co-infected with Mycobacterium leprae and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We consecutively included patients during the first peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and analyzed the expressions of genes encoding ...
Tópico(s): Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
2021 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
José Pedro Cidade, Luís Coelho, Vasco Costa, Rui Morais, Patrícia Moniz, L. L. MORAIS, Pedro Fidalgo, António Tralhão, Maria Carolina Paulino, David Nora, Bernardino Valério, Vítor Mendes, Camila Tapadinhas, Pedro Póvoa,
COVID-19 is a new form of acute respiratory failure leading to multiorgan failure and ICU admission. Gathered evidence suggests that a 3-fold rise in D-dimer concentrations may be linked to poor prognosis and higher mortality.To describe D-dimer admission profile in severe ICU COVID19 patients and its predictive role in outcomes and mortality.Single-center retrospective cohort study. All adult patients admitted to ICU with COVID19 were divided into 3 groups: (1) Lower-values group (D-dimer levels < ...
Tópico(s): Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
2022 - SAGE Publishing | Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Mariana Morais, Patrícia Coimbra, M. E. Pina,
The visual impairment that often leads to blindness causes a higher morbidity rate. The goal of this work is to create a novel biodegradable polymeric implant obtained from coaxial fibers containing the dispersed drug-acetazolamide-in order to achieve sustained drug release and increase patient compliance, which is of the highest importance. Firstly, during this work, uncoated implants were produced by electrospinning, and rolled in the shape of small cylinders that were composed of uniaxial and ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Pharmaceutics
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Otávio Bastos Azevedo, Felipe de Morais, Patrícia A. Jaques,
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have shown to be almost as effective as one-to-one tutoring. Nonetheless, the students' improper use of the ITS help system and its intelligent assistance, i. e. gaming the system or help refusal, can impair learning. This paper presents the use of gamification elements, more specifically, points and difficulty levels, as an approach to prevent the behaviors of gaming the system (help abuse and trial-and-error) and help refusal. This system was integrated into a ...
Tópico(s): Teaching and Learning Programming
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lecture notes in computer science
Mariana Andrade, Ketlyn Oliveira, C Morais, Patrícia Abrantes, Constança Pomba, Adriana E. Rosato, Isabel Couto, Sofia Santos Costa,
Coagulase-positive staphylococci (CoPS) account for most bacteria-related pyoderma in companion animals. Emergence of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP), Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Staphylococcus coagulans (MRSC), often with multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotypes, is a public health concern. The study collection comprised 237 staphylococci (S. pseudintermedius (n = 155), S. aureus (n = 55) and S. coagulans (n = 27)) collected from companion animals, previously characterized ...
Tópico(s): Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Antibiotics
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Candida Barreto, Guilherme Augusto Zimeo Morais, Patrícia Vanzella, João Ricardo Sato,
Tópico(s): Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Experimental Brain Research
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Marcos Morais Soares, Patrícia Marluci da Conceição, Denise Cunha Fernandes dos Santos Dias, Eveline Mantovani Alvarenga,
As pesquisas realizadas têm mostrado que o teste de germinação nem sempre revela diferenças de desempenho entre lotes de sementes, assim, tem-se estudado métodos que permitam diferenciar os lotes utilizando-se os testes de vigor. Assim, conduziu-se este trabalho, com o objetivo de estudar a eficiência de diferentes testes de vigor na avaliação da qualidade fisiológica de sementes de sorgo, cultivar CMSXS 222, bem como avaliar o efeito do volume de água e do período de embebição na sensibilidade ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE LAVRAS | Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Rosani Santos Reis, Rodrigo Almeida‐Paes, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Patrícia Morais e Silva Tavares, Paulo Monteiro, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Maria Clara Gutierrez‐Galhardo, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira,
An epidemic of sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycosis caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, is ongoing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in which cases of human infection are related to exposure to cats. In an attempt to demonstrate the zoonotic character of this epidemic using molecular methodology, we characterised by DNA-based typing methods 19 human and 25 animal S. schenckii isolates from the epidemic, as well as two control strains. To analyse the isolates, the random amplified polymorphic DNA ( ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
2009 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Rosali Maria Ferreira da Silva, Flávia Patrícia Morais de Medeiros, Ticiano Gomes do Nascimento, Rui Oliveira Macêdo, Pedró José Rolim Neto,
Tópico(s): Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
2009 - Springer Science+Business Media | Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Rodrigo de Almeida Paes, Patricia Morais E Silvatavares, Araceli Monzón, Emilia Mellado, Juan L. Rodrı́guez-Tudela, Manuel Cuenca‐Estrella,
Since 1998 a cat-transmitted epidemic of sporotrichosis has been observed in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. Besides the lymphocutaneous and fixed forms, other presentations, such as disseminated cutaneous and mucosal involvement, as well as for the first time, erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme have been reported associated with sporotrichosis. This study investigates the phenotypes and genotypes of Sporothrix schenckii isolates recovered from different clinical forms of the disease noted as ...
Tópico(s): Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
2008 - Oxford University Press | Medical Mycology
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Virgínia Bodelão Richini‐Pereira, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco, Juliana Griese, Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro, Severino Assis Da Graça Macoris, Reinaldo José da Silva, Lígia Vizeu Barrozo, Patrícia Morais e Silva Tavares, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira, Eduardo Bagagli,
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infections have been little studied in wild and/or domestic animals, which may represent an important indicator of the presence of the pathogen in nature. Road-killed wild animals have been used for surveillance of vectors of zoonotic pathogens and may offer new opportunities for eco-epidemiological studies of paracoccidiodomycosis (PCM). The presence of P. brasiliensis infection was evaluated by Nested-PCR in tissue samples collected from 19 road-killed animals; 3 Cavia ...
Tópico(s): Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
2008 - Oxford University Press | Medical Mycology
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Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Patrícia Morais e Silva Tavares, Wieland Meyer, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira,
Histoplasma capsulatum is very prevalent in the environment and is one of the most common causes of mycoses in humans and diverse animals in Brazil. Multiple typing methods have been developed to study H. capsulatum epidemiology; however, there is limited information concerning comparisons of results obtained with different methods using the same set of isolates. To explore the diversity of H. capsulatum in Brazil and to determine correlations between the results of three different molecular typing ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
2010 - American Society for Microbiology | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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Marcelle de F. Mouchalouat, Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira, Paulo Cezar Monteiro Fialho, Janice Mery Chicarino de Oliveira Coelho, Patrícia Morais Silva Tavares, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Valle,
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic subcutaneous mycosis caused by dematiaceous fungi.We described epidemiological data, clinical presentation, and treatment of 18 cases of CBM diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Diagnosis was obtained by mycological, histopathological findings demonstrating typical muriform cells with confirmation of isolated by DNA sequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer.The majority of patients were male (72.2%) ranging from 39 to 83 years old, farm laborers ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
2011 - Wiley | International Journal of Dermatology
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Carina Franciscato, Sônia Terezinha dos Anjos Lopes, Jânio Morais Santúrio, Patrícia Wolkmer, Roberto Marinho Maciel, Maribel Trindade de Paula, Bruna Carolina Garmatz, Márcio Machado Costa,
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as concentrações séricas de minerais e as funções hepática e renal de frangos de corte intoxicados, experimentalmente, com 3 ppm de aflatoxina, e submetidos a diferentes concentrações de montmorilonita sódica na dieta. Foram utilizados 720 frangos, machos, da linhagem Cobb, divididos em seis tratamentos: T1, dieta normal; T2, dieta com aflatoxina (3 ppm); T3, dieta com montmorilonita sódica (0,25%); T4, dieta com aflatoxina (3 ppm) + montmorilonita sódica (0,25%); ...
Tópico(s): Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
2006 - Embrapa Informação Tecnológica | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Fátima Rodrigues de Paula, Luci Fuscaldi Teixeira‐Salmela, Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais Faria, Patrícia Rocha de Brito, Francisco Cardoso,
We evaluated changes in different domains of quality of life (QL) for persons with Parkinson's disease after a program of physical activity. Twenty subjects with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease classified as Stages 1 to 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale and with a mean age of 61.5 ± 9.8 years participated in 36 group sessions of a combined group program of aerobic conditioning and muscular strengthening. QL was investigated by the Nottingham Health Profile, a generic questionnaire composed of six domains. ...
Tópico(s): Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
2006 - Wiley | Movement Disorders