... 1007/978-94-007-0993-5_18Adriano S. Melo, Rodrigo A. S. Pereira, Adalberto J. Santos, George J. ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
1996 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Michael T. Barbour, Jeroen Gerritsen,
... 1007/978-94-007-0993-5_21Adriano S. Melo, Rodrigo A. S. Pereira, Adalberto J. Santos, George J. ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
1996 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
... Nascimento, Érica Alessandra Rocha Alves, Celso Pinto de Melo, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira & Carlos Eduardo Calzavara-Silva2 December 2021 | ...
Tópico(s): Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
2015 - Future Medicine | Nanomedicine
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Thatiana Corrêa de Melo, Rodrigo Franco de Carvalho, J. Mazzucchelli-de-Souza, N. Diniz, Santelmo Vasconcelos, S. Assaf, Rodrigo Pinheiro Araldi, Renato M. Ruiz, Irina Kerkis, Willy Beçak, R.C. Stocco,
Bovine papillomaviruses (BPVs) are recognized as causal agents of benign and malignant tumors in cattle.Thirteen types of BPVs have already been described and classified into 3 distinct genera.Divergences in the nucleotide sequence of the L1 gene are used to identify new viral types through the employment of PCR assays with degenerated primers.In the present study, a method for identifying BPVs based on PCR-RFLP and DNA sequencing allowed the identification of a new putative Deltapapillomavirus, ...
Tópico(s): Poxvirus research and outbreaks
2014 - Research Foundation of Ribeirão Preto | Genetics and Molecular Research
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J.M.C. Lima, Ana Carolina Souza, Lilian Costa Anami, Marco Antônıo Bottıno, Renata Marques de Melo, Rodrigo Othávio de Assunção e Souza,
To determine whether the thickness, processing technique, and cooling protocol of veneer ceramic influence the flexural strength of a bilayer ceramic system. Sixty-four bar-shaped specimens (20 mm × 4 mm × 1 mm) of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Vita In-Ceram YZ, Vita) were fabricated (ISO 6872) and randomly divided into 8 groups (n = 8) according to the factors "processing technique" (P – PM9 and V – VM9), "thickness" (1 mm and 3 mm), and "cooling protocol" (S – slow and F – fast). The veneer ceramics were applied ...
Tópico(s): Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
2013 - Elsevier BV | Dental Materials
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Marcele Neves Rocha, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Cynthia Demicheli, Ludmila Gonçalvez de Oliveira, Meiriane Mariano da Silva, Frédéric Frézard, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares,
Leishmania amazonensis is the etiologic agent of the cutaneous and diffuse leishmaniasis often associated with drug resistance. Lapachol [2-hydroxy-3-(3′-methyl-2-butenyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone] displays a wide range of antimicrobial properties against many pathogens. In this study, using the classic microscopic in vitro model, we have analyzed the effects of a series of lapachol and chlorides complexes with antimony (V), bismuth (V), and tin (IV) against L. amazonensis . All seven compounds exhibited antileishmanial ...
Tópico(s): Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
2013 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Evelin Barbosa de Mélo, Rodrigo Magnabosco, Carlos de Moura Neto,
This work evaluates the phase transformations during aging of an UNS S31803 DSS at 650ºC and its influence on the DOS. The material was solution treated at 1175ºC and then aged at 650ºC for times up to 360 h. SEM-BSC images indicate the formation of Cr2N, σ and χ phases in the samples aged at 650ºC. The analysis of DL-EPR curves, obtained in a 1 M H2SO4 + 0.25 M NaCl + 0.01 M KSCN solution, shows an increase in DOS values for samples aged at 650ºC. Probably, this increase observed in DOS values is mainly ...
Tópico(s): High Temperature Alloys and Creep
2013 - Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímer | Materials Research
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Luísa Freire, Tatiane Melina Guerreiro, Arthur K.R. Pia, Estela de Oliveira Lima, Diogo Noin de Oliveira, Carlos Fernando Odir Rodrigues Melo, Rodrigo Ramos Catharino, Anderson S. Sant’Ana,
Abstract Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus niger are the main responsible fungi for the accumulation of ochratoxin A (OTA) in wine grapes. Some strains are able to convert the parent mycotoxin into other compounds by means of hydrolysis and/or conjugation reactions through their defense mechanisms and enzymatic activity, leading to the formation of a modified mycotoxin. Thus, the variability of growth and metabolite production are inherent to the strain, occurring distinctively even when submitted ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
2018 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
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Marta A. Moitinho, Laura Bononi, Danilo Tosta Souza, I. S. de Melo, Rodrigo Gouvêa Taketani,
In this study, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was used to assess bacterial diversity and dynamics throughout different stages of leaves decomposition of three plant species (Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, and Avicennia schaueriana) in three distinct mangroves of São Paulo state, Brazil. The experiments were conducted in microcosms. Phylogenetic diversity (Faiths' PD) index showed differences between samples and suggested that some treatments like R. mangle increased their bacterial diversity ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | Microbial Ecology
Joshua Tseng, Tara Cohen, Nicolas Melo, Rodrigo F. Alban,
Negative appendectomy rates (NAR) historically ranged from 15 to 25%, but have decreased recently.Using the 2016 ACS-NSQIP database, we identified patients who underwent appendectomies for appendicitis. Patients with and without appendicitis on pathology were compared. Multivariate analysis was used to identify predictors of negative appendectomies.11,841 patients underwent appendectomies, with a NAR of 4.5%. Utilization rates of US, CT and MRI were 14.9%, 86.1%, and 1.1%. NAR's of US, CT, and MRI ...
Tópico(s): Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
2019 - Elsevier BV | The American Journal of Surgery
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Simone Ladeia-Andrade, Maria José Menezes, Taís Nóbrega de Sousa, Ana Carolina Rios Silvino, Jaques F. de Carvalho, Laís Camoese Salla, Odailton Amaral Nery, Gladson Naber P. de Melo, Rodrigo M. Corder, Priscila T. Rodrigues, Marcelo U. Ferreira,
Emerging Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine (CQ) may undermine malaria elimination efforts in South America. CQ-resistant P. vivax has been found in the major port city of Manaus but not in the main malaria hot spots across the Amazon Basin of Brazil, where CQ is routinely coadministered with primaquine (PQ) for radical cure of vivax malaria.
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2019 - American Society for Microbiology | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
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Sheila López, Victor Guimarães‐Ribeiro, João Victor G. Rodriguez, Fernando A. P. S. Dorand, Tiago S. Salles, Thayane Encarnação Sá-Guimarães, Evelyn S. L. Alvarenga, Ana Claudia A. Melo, Rodrigo Volcan Almeida, Mônica F. Moreira,
Abstract Zika virus infection and dengue and chikungunya fevers are emerging viral diseases that have become public health threats. Their aetiologic agents are transmitted by the bite of genus Aedes mosquitoes. Without effective therapies or vaccines, vector control is the main strategy for preventing the spread of these diseases. Increased insecticide resistance calls for biorational actions focused on control of the target vector population. The chitin required for larval survival structures is ...
Tópico(s): Insect Resistance and Genetics
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
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Camilla Santos, Yasmine Ramos França, Carmem Duarte Lima Campos, Maria Rosa Quaresma Bomfim, Bruna Oliveira de Melo, Rodrigo Assunção Holanda, Vera Lúcia dos Santos, Sílvio Gomes Monteiro, Eduardo Buozi Moffa, Andrea Souza Monteiro, Cristina de Andrade Monteiro, Valério Monteiro‐Neto,
Candida yeasts are generally found in the vaginal microbiota; however, disruption of the balance maintained by host factors and microorganisms results in vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). This study evaluated the antagonistic activity of vaginal Lactobacillus spp. on Candida albicans to verify whether active compounds of Lactobacillus spp. had antifungal and antivirulence activity. The antagonism assay showed that 15 out of 20 Lactobacillus strains had an inhibitory effect on C. albicans. Biosurfactants ...
Tópico(s): Gut microbiota and health
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Pathogens
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Alcides J. M. da Silva, Camilla D. Buarque, Flávia V. Brito, Laure Aurelian, Luciana F. Macedo, Linda H. Malkas, Robert J. Hickey, Daniele V.S. Lopes, François Noël, Yugo L.B. Murakami, Noelson M.V Silva, Paulo A. Melo, Rodrigo Rêgo Barros Caruso, Newton G. Castro, Paulo R. R. Costa,
Seven new 1,4-naphthoquinones structurally related to lapachol were synthesized from lawsone and oxygenated arylmercurials. These compounds can also be seen as pterocarpan derivatives where the A-ring was substituted by the 1,4-naphthoquinone nucleus. Pharmacological screening provided evidence of significant biological activities, including effects against proliferation of the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line, against Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 infection, and against snake poison-induced myotoxicity. ...
Tópico(s): Synthesis of Organic Compounds
2002 - Elsevier BV | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Adriano S. Melo, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Adalberto J. Santos, George John Shepherd, Glauco Machado, Hermes Fonsêca de Medeiros, Ricardo J. Sawaya,
Comparisons of species richness among assemblages using different sample sizes may produce erroneous conclusions due to the strong positive relationship between richness and sample size. A current way of handling the problem is to standardize sample sizes to the size of the smallest sample in the study. A major criticism about this approach is the loss of information contained in the larger samples. A potential way of solving the problem is to apply extrapolation techniques to smaller samples, and ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2003 - Wiley | Oikos
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Sílvia B. Moura, Luciana Ramos Almeida, Juliana Becattini Guerra, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Andréia Maria Camargos Rocha, Fabrício Freire de Melo, Rodrigo Corrêa‐Oliveira, Paulo Fernando Souto Bittencourt, Simone Diniz Carvalho, Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz,
Helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired in childhood, and polymorphisms in the host genes coding for Toll-like receptors (TLRs) may influence the innate and adaptive immune response to the infection, affecting the susceptibility to H. pylori or the disease outcomes. Our aim was to investigate whether TLR4, TLR2, and TLR5 polymorphisms were associated with H. pylori susceptibility and risk for duodenal ulcer in children. Gastric biopsy specimens were obtained at endoscopy for evaluation of ...
Tópico(s): Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
2008 - Elsevier BV | Microbes and Infection
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Paula Góes, Ana Patrícia Souza de Lima, Iracema Matos de Melo, Rodrigo Otávio Rêgo, Vilma Lima,
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Atorvastatin (ATV) on alveolar bone loss induced in rats. Periodontitis was induced by ligature placement around the upper second left molar in a total of 24 male Wistar rats (± 200 g). Groups of 6 animals received via oral gavage either saline or ATV (1, 3 and 9 mg/kg) during 11 days. After this time, the animals were sacrificed and their maxillae were removed, defleshed, radiographed by Digora System®, and latter stained to be photographed using ...
Tópico(s): Bone Metabolism and Diseases
2010 - Fundação Odontológica de Ribeirão Preto | Brazilian Dental Journal
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Maria Rita Cabral Salles-de-Melo, Rodrigo Mendonça de Lucena, João Semir, Reginaldo de Carvalho, Rita de Cássia Araújo Pereira, Ana Maria Benko‐Iseppon,
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2010 - Springer Science+Business Media | Plant Systematics and Evolution
Maria Conceição Pereira Santos, António P. Baptista, Alcinda Campos Melo, Rodrigo Rodrigues Alves, Rui S. Soares, Elisa Pedro, Manuel Pereira Barbosa, Rui M. M. Victorino, Ana E. Sousa,
Summary Background Venom immunotherapy (VIT) induces long‐lasting immune tolerance to hymenoptera venom antigens, but the underlying mechanisms are not yet clarified. Regulatory T cells are thought to play an important role in allergic diseases and tolerance induction during specific immunotherapy. Aim Characterize longitudinally the impact of VIT on the pool of circulating regulatory T cells. Methods Fourteen hymenoptera venom‐allergic patients with severe reactions (grades III–IV) were studied before, ...
Tópico(s): Dermatology and Skin Diseases
2007 - Wiley | Clinical & Experimental Allergy
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Jonas Jardim de Paula, Larissa Pacheco Cunha Melo, Rodrigo Nicolato, Edgar Nunes de Moraes, Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho, Amer Cavalheiro Hamdan, Leandro Fernandes Malloy‐Diniz,
CONTEXTO: O Teste de Aprendizagem Auditivo-Verbal de Rey (RAVLT) é amplamente utilizado para a avaliação da memória episódica. Suas propriedades psicométricas, porém, não foram bem analisadas no Brasil. OBJETIVOS: Buscar evidências de fidedignidade e validade de construto do RAVLT e analisar a influência de idade, gênero, escolaridade e sintomas depressivos no desempenho. MÉTODOS: Cento e vinte e seis idosos saudáveis realizaram o RAVLT, o Miniexame do Estado Mental (MEEM), o Desenho do Relógio (DR) ...
Tópico(s): Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
2012 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
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Gustavo Eustáquio Brito Alvim de Melo, Rodrigo Nicolato, Antônio Carlos Pinheiro de Oliveira, Gustavo Batista Menezes, Felipe Lelis, Renato Sathler Avelar, Juliana Marques-Sá, Moisés Evandro Bauer, Bruno Rezende Souza, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Helton José Reis,
Schizophrenia is characterized by a slow deteriorating mental illness. Although the pathophysiology mechanisms are not fully understood, different studies have suggested a role for the immune system in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. To date, an altered expression or signaling of neurotransmitters receptors is observed in immune cells during psychiatric disorders. In the present study, we investigated the expression of different serotonin and dopamine receptors in T-cells of schizophrenic and ...
Tópico(s): Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
2012 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Psychiatric Research
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Carina Margonari, Júlia Alves Menezes, Marcele Neves Rocha, Kamila Nunes Maia, Michael Éder de Oliveira, Amanda Luisa da Fonseca, Fabrízio Furtado de Sousa, Eduardo de Castro Ferreira, Ana Paula Madureira, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares,
Background. Leishmaniases are diseases with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including cutaneous (CL) and visceral (VL) forms. Many factors may affect their occurrence and expansion including environmental, geographic, and social conditions. In the past two decades, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, has exhibited the potential for a disease outbreak, with the appearance of CL, and VL cases (human and canine). Hence, this study was initiated to monitor public knowledge of the disease. ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2012 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Tropical Medicine
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Márcio Gonçalves de Sousa, Juan Carlos Yugar‐Toledo, Marcelo Custódio Rubira, Sílvia Elaine Ferreira‐Melo, Rodrigo Della Méa Plentz, D. Barbieri, Fernanda Marciano Consolim‐Colombo, Maria Cláudia Irigoyen, Heitor Moreno,
To compare the acute effects of ascorbic acid on vasodilation of veins and arteries in vivo.Twenty-six healthy non-smokers and 23 healthy moderate smokers were recruited in this study. The dorsal hand vein compliance technique and flow-mediated dilation were used. Dose-response curves to bradykinin and sodium nitroprusside were constructed to test the endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxation before and after acute infusion of ascorbic acid.Smokers had an impaired venodilation with bradykinin ...
Tópico(s): Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
2005 - Springer Nature | Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
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Gabriel A. R. Melo, Rodrigo Barbosa Gonçalves,
A higher-level classification of bees, in which the entire group is treated as a single family - the Apidae - is advocated here. A total of seven subfamilies, 51 tribes and 27 subtribes are recognized. These subfamilies correspond to the families adopted in the traditional classification. Although the proposed changes do not involve any major rearrangement, basically only changing the rank given to the main groups, the new system makes the classification of bees more consistent with that adopted for ...
Tópico(s): Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
2005 - Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia | Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
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Mutlu Özcan, Renata Marques de Melo, Rodrigo Othávio de Assunção e Souza, João Paulo Barros Machado, Luiz Felipe Valandro, Marco A. Botttino,
Tópico(s): Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
2013 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
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Hudson T. Pinheiro, Fabio Di Dario, Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger, Marcelo Roberto Souto de Melo, Rodrigo L. Moura, Roberto Esser dos Reis, Fábio Vieira, Jansen Zuanon, Luiz A. Rocha,
The ongoing fiscal and political crisis in Brazil has already caused deep cuts to science and education (“Fiscal crisis has Brazilian scientists scrambling,” H. Escobar, In Depth, 28 August, p. [909][1]), and now the environment is in the crosshairs. On 2 October, the Federal Government
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2015 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science
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Thatiana Corrêa de Melo, Rodrigo Pinheiro Araldi, Natalia Pessoa, Paulo Luiz de-Sá-Júnior, Rodrigo Franco de Carvalho, Willy Beçak, R.C. Stocco,
Bovine papillomavirus (BPV) is an oncogenic virus with mucous and epithelial tropism. Possible productive virus infection in other tissues, such as blood, has been hypothesized. In order to investigate this possibility, three samples of skin papillomas and blood were collected from bovines with BPV infection and five samples of peripheral blood and one sample of normal tissue were collected from a calf without BPV infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from whole blood ...
Tópico(s): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
2015 - Research Foundation of Ribeirão Preto | Genetics and Molecular Research
Andrea A. Zaw, Jason Murry, David M. Hoang, Kevin Chen, Charles Louy, Matthew B. Bloom, Nicolas Melo, Rodrigo F. Alban, Daniel R. Margulies, Eric J. Ley,
Pain associated with rib fractures impairs respiratory function and increases pulmonary morbidity. The purpose of this study was to determine how epidural catheters alter mortality and complications in trauma patients. We performed a retrospective study involving adult blunt trauma patients with moderate-to-severe injuries from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2013. During the 10-year period, 526 patients met the inclusion criteria; 43/526 (8%) patients had a catheter placed. Mean age of patients ...
Tópico(s): Emergency and Acute Care Studies
2015 - SAGE Publishing | The American Surgeon
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Renata Marques de Melo, Rodrigo Othávio de Assunção e Souza, Elisabeth Dursun, EBC Monteiro, Luiz Felipe Valandro, Marco Antônıo Bottıno,
This article reviewed the surface treatments used most often to improve adhesion between zirconia and adhesive cements, focusing on their capacity to provide long-term bonding. Traditional and new treatments for zirconia bonding were searched. Some new treatments were discussed along with topographical views of the modified zirconia. New methods, such as selective infiltration etching and the low-fusing glassy porcelain application are promising, but more research is needed.
Tópico(s): Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
2015 - Indiana University School of Dentistry | Operative Dentistry
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Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Rafael Ramiro de Assis, Ana Cláudia Torrecilhas, Elvira M. Saraiva, Natália Lima Pessoa, Marco Antônio Campos, Eric Fabrício Marialva, Claudia María Ríos-Velásquez, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Nágila Francinete Costa Secundino, Jerônimo Nunes Rugani, Elsa Nieves, Salvatore J. Turco, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares,
The immunomodulatory properties of lipophosphoglycans (LPG) from New World species of Leishmania have been assessed in Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis, the causative agents of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, respectively. This glycoconjugate is highly polymorphic among species with variation in sugars that branch off the conserved Gal(β1,4)Man(α1)-PO4 backbone of repeat units. Here, the immunomodulatory activity of LPGs from Leishmania amazonensis, the causative agent of diffuse ...
Tópico(s): Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
2016 - Public Library of Science | PLoS neglected tropical diseases