ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR PLANTAR HYPERHIDROSIS: USE OF URINE THERAPY

First morning urine is the most efficacious against combating disease and maintaining optimum health. The rationale is that after the body has rested during the night, the accumulation of minerals, hormones and vital elements contained in the urine are in higher concentration, making the first morning urine the most potent elixir. This study was confined to the external application of urine and it aimed at assessing the efficacy of urine therapy as alternative treatment, compared to a control solution (25% aluminum chloride) known as a first line of treatment for plantar hyperhidrosis. This study employed a prospective-qualitative design carried among patients suffering from plantar hyperhidrosis. Severity and the initial sweat intensities of the soles were assessed by a dermatologist. The final sweat intensities of the patients were determined after the 3-week duration of treatment. The efficacy of treatments was based on self-improvement reports from the patients, and the physicians’ assessment. Result of the study revealed that urine therapy controlled hyperhidrosis in 95% of cases. The final sweat intensities were significantly reduced after 3 weeks of regular treatments. No undesirable side effects were noted. Urine as alternative treatment appears to control hyperhidrosis on the soles only if consistent treatment is practiced. Urine therapy is simple and its efficacy is comparable to topical treatment for plantar hyperhidrosis. However, a long-term maintenance therapy is proposed

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR PLANTAR HYPERHIDROSIS: USE OF URINE THERAPY

First morning urine is the most efficacious against combating disease and maintaining optimum health. The rationale is that after the body has rested during the night, the accumulation of minerals, hormones and vital elements contained in the urine are in higher concentration, making the first morning urine the most potent elixir. This study was confined to the external application of urine and it aimed at assessing the efficacy of urine therapy as alternative treatment, compared to a control solution (25% aluminum chloride) known as a first line of treatment for plantar hyperhidrosis. This study employed a prospective-qualitative design carried among patients suffering from plantar hyperhidrosis. Severity and the initial sweat intensities of the soles were assessed by a dermatologist. The final sweat intensities of the patients were determined after the 3-week duration of treatment. The efficacy of treatments was based on self-improvement reports from the patients, and the physicians’ assessment. Result of the study revealed that urine therapy controlled hyperhidrosis in 95% of cases. The final sweat intensities were significantly reduced after 3 weeks of regular treatments. No undesirable side effects were noted. Urine as alternative treatment appears to control hyperhidrosis on the soles only if consistent treatment is practiced. Urine therapy is simple and its efficacy is comparable to topical treatment for plantar hyperhidrosis. However, a long-term maintenance therapy is proposed

Aikuiskoulutuskeskuksen näyttötutkintojärjestelmän kehittäminen

Formar um bom professor não é uma tarefasimples, pois existem conceitos e até metodologias que nem sempre conseguimos trabalhar em sala de aula ou nos estágios supervisionados. São conceitos que estão mais voltados para a formação humana do que para a formaçãoacadêmica. Mesmo após o estágio supervisionado, muitas vezes o novo professor não é capaz de ser um gestor social, seja em uma situação de conflito ou em uma situação no processo ensino-aprendizagem. Além disso, os professores no ensino médio nem sempre dispõe de tempo necessário com os alunos para conseguir um melhor aproveitamento acadêmico da turma. Neste trabalho, iremos mostrar como a aproximação entrelicenciandos em física e alunos do ensino médio pode render bons frutos para ambos, num processo que aqui denominamosde «cross-fertilisation»

Rh alleles and phenotypes among Saudi women in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia

Background: The Rh system is considered as the most complex among the human blood group systems, with 61 antigens identified to date. This study aimed to provide preliminary data on the distribution of Rh alleles and phenotypes among Saudi women and compare them with other ethnic groups.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among Saudi women who visited the Maternity and Children Hospital of Hail from November 2019 to March 2020. A fully automated blood bank analyzer was used in determining the Rh subgroups (D, C, c, E, e) and phenotypes. Inferential statistics and chi-square tests were used appropriately for comparisons.Results: The study included a total of 500 Saudi female patients. The most prevalent antigen found was the “e” antigen, while phenotype CcDee has shown to have the highest frequency. A significant difference exists in comparison with the other studies from various ethnic groups.Conclusions: The prevalence and distributions of Rh alleles and phenotypes among Saudi women were revealed in this study. The findings showed that Rh alleles and phenotypes are diverse across various races and regions globally.Keywords: Rh allele; Rh phenotype; Rh system; Saudi Arabi

Master Operators Govern Multifractality in Percolation

Using renormalization group methods we study multifractality in percolation at the instance of noisy random resistor networks. We introduce the concept of master operators. The multifractal moments of the current distribution (which are proportional to the noise cumulants $C_R^{(l)} (x, x^\prime)$ of the resistance between two sites x and $x^\prime$ located on the same cluster) are related to such master operators. The scaling behavior of the multifractal moments is governed exclusively by the master operators, even though a myriad of servant operators is involved in the renormalization procedure. We calculate the family of multifractal exponents ${\psi_l}$ for the scaling behavior of the noise cumulants, $C_R^{(l)} (x, x^\prime) \sim | x - x^\prime |^{\psi_l /\nu}$, where $\nu$ is the correlation length exponent for percolation, to two-loop order.Comment: 6 page

New Pigeon Pea (\u3cem\u3eCajanus Cajan\u3c/em\u3e) Hybrids With Desirable Forage Traits

Pigeon pea is a tropical forage legume usually sown in mixed pastures with tropical forage grasses. Most of the available cultivars shows erect and tall plants with poor tillering potential, breakable thick stems, low leaf/stem ratios (fresh/dry matter) and low persistence under animal grazing. It shows a high dry matter production, due to low leaf/stem ratios (Barnes & Addo, 1997). Pigeon pea shows good crude protein levels/dry matter (ranging from 14-23%) and regular in vitro digestibility indexes (52-58%) (Karachi & Matata, 1996); animal consumption is affected by high tannin levels of young leaves. Being a self-pollinated species, the variability for forage traits occurs among cultivars available at germplasm banks. No significant variation is observed for any forage character within a given population. Effective selection and releasing of new genetic materials bearing desirable morpho-agronomic and forage traits is mostly dependent on increases of genetic variation, which may be accomplished through artificial crossings between selected parentals. This research work was aimed at the synthesis of new pigeon pea hybrids, hopefully bearing new desirable forage characters

Research Notes: Resistance of soybean lines and cultivars to the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica

In a clayed soil heavy infested with Meloidogyne javanica at Guatapara farm , state of Sao Paulo , 36 soybean cultivars and breeding lines were tested for resistance to this nematode. Plots were constituted of three rows, 3 m long and 0.60 m apart and each plot was bordered on both sides with a row of \u27Davis \u27 cv, the susceptible check. Soybeans were seeded in November, 1979, in a randomized complete block design with eight replications

Yield and Quality Parameters of an Interspecific Hybrid \u3cem\u3ePennisetum Purpureum\u3c/em\u3e Schum. (Elephant-Grass) \u3cem\u3eX Pennisetum Glaucum\u3c/em\u3e (L.) R. Br. Stuntz (Pearl Millet)

Elephant-grass is a tropical forage grass used either as a supplement fodder or for direct grazing. It usually shows regular nutritive value (6-13% crude protein, CP, and 55-60% forage digestibility) (Alcantara et al., 1981). Most of the available cultivars produce no viable seeds. On the other hand, pearl millet has high seed yielding potential along with high quality forage (\u3e15% CP and 70% forage digestibility). However, it shows poor forage production, low field persistence under grazing and low regrowth potential after cutting or grazing. During the 90\u27s, an interspecific hybrid between the two species was developed, trying to combine the elephant-grass adaaptability and forage yielding potential with the pearl millet forage quality and seed yielding potential (Schank et al., 1993; Schank, 1996). The new genetic material was able to produce viable seeds in variable amounts (Diz et al., 1995). The main aim of this research was to produce selected populations with high phenotypic uniformities, showing high average forage production and quality

Conferência de busca de futuro: relatório final.

Introdução; Metodologia; Focalizando o passado; Focalizando o presente; Focalizando o futuro; Pós-Conferência.bitstream/item/37176/1/Doc51.pd

Human cachexia induces changes in mitochondria, autophagy and apoptosis in the skeletal muscle

Cachexia is a wasting syndrome characterized by the continuous loss of skeletal muscle mass due to imbalance between protein synthesis and degradation, which is related with poor prognosis and compromised quality of life. Dysfunctional mitochondria are associated with lower muscle strength and muscle atrophy in cancer patients, yet poorly described in human cachexia. We herein investigated mitochondrial morphology, autophagy and apoptosis in the skeletal muscle of patients with gastrointestinal cancer-associated cachexia (CC), as compared with a weight-stable cancer group (WSC). CC showed prominent weight loss and increased circulating levels of serum C-reactive protein, lower body mass index and decreased circulating hemoglobin, when compared to WSC. Electron microscopy analysis revealed an increase in intermyofibrillar mitochondrial area in CC, as compared to WSC. Relative gene expression of Fission 1, a protein related to mitochondrial fission, was increased in CC, as compared to WSC. LC3 II, autophagy-related (ATG) 5 and 7 essential proteins for autophagosome formation, presented higher content in the cachectic group. Protein levels of phosphorylated p53 (Ser46), activated caspase 8 (Asp384) and 9 (Asp315) were also increased in the skeletal muscle of CC. Overall, our results demonstrate that human cancer-associated cachexia leads to exacerbated muscle-stress response that may culminate in muscle loss, which is in part due to disruption of mitochondrial morphology, dysfunctional autophagy and increased apoptosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing quantitative morphological alterations in skeletal muscle mitochondria in cachectic patients