Efecto de la suplementación con vitamina E natural en el agua de bebida sobre el nivel sérico de tocoferol y actividad antioxidante en lechones tras el destete

En el presente trabajo se estudió la influencia de la suplementación de vitamina E natural (D-α - tocoferol) en el agua de bebida administrada simultáneamente con la forma sintética en pienso a cerdas durante el periodo de lactación y/o a los lechones tras el destete, sobre la concentración de α-tocoferol en el suero del lechón así como su poder antioxidante. Los lechones suplementados con vitamina E natural en el agua de bebida, que nacieron de las madres que se suplementaron con la misma forma de vitamina E (S-Cerda-Lechón) tuvieron la más alta concentración de α-tocoferol a los 5 días post-destete, mientras que la más baja concentración de tocoferol fue encontrado en el grupo que consumió la forma sintética (α- tocoferol acetato) y que nacieron de las madres que consumieron esta misma forma de vitamina E (Control). El FRAP del suero se afectó de forma significativa por la suplementación con vitamina E natural de los lechones (P=0.037). Los efectos observados fueron debidos principalmente a la suplementación de los lechones

Eumycetoma caused by Diaporthe phaseolorum (Phomopsis phaseoli): a case report and a mini-review of Diaporthe/Phomopsis spp invasive infections in humans

AbstractDiaporthe phaseolorum (syn. Phomopsis phaseoli) is a frequent fungal parasite of plants, present on all continents around the world. It has rarely been involved in human diseases. We report a case of eumycetoma with osteomyelitis of the forefoot caused by this fungus and diagnosed by molecular biology. The patient had positive HTLV-1 serology and was a farmer from French Guiana who walked barefoot. He was successfully treated with long-term oral itraconazole (400 mg/day). A review of the literature underlines the essential roles of plants and host immunosuppression in this infection and the favourable outcome with a triazole antifungal treatment

Rethinking the employability of international graduate migrants: reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England

The last decade has seen the rise of literatures that have focused on the rapid expansion of the numbers of international students in higher education globally and the growing policy discourse around improving graduate employability. However, both, inevitably, have limitations. Together, they tend to homogenise international learners and see them narrowly as simply economic actors. More recently, however, there have been signs of important new developments in both literatures, drawing on interactive employability and capability accounts that stress both agency and structure in more satisfactory ways. We seek to further the development of an account that bridges the new wave of student mobility research and the capability-employability account. In doing so, we offer two further elements to the literature. First, we aim to bridge the gap between international higher education accounts and those of migration and diasporic studies. Second, we deliberately focus on a group that is marginal to the mainstream discourse but who are migrants that have engaged in international higher education in order to improve their labour market prospects, amongst other motivations. We do this through examining the stories of five Zimbabweans who embarked on additional higher educational studies in England after migrating to the country. Through this unique approach, we offer an important new perspective on how the debates on international higher education, employability and migration can be taken forward through closer articulation between these accounts