RESEARCH ON MYCOFLORA PRESENT ON SOYBEAN SEEDS (GLYCINE MAX L.)

The aim of this research was to identify the associated mycoflora and to determine their incidence on soybean seeds. Untreated seeds of the varieties Onix, Sigalia and Procera 1020 have been examined. The detected mycoflora has been represented by fungi from the genera: Aspergillus spp., Rhizopus spp., Alternaria spp., Stemphylium spp., Fusarium spp. The pathogen Aspergillus spp. had the highest incidence, of 44%, in the Procera 1020 variety, followed by the Alternaria spp. and Stemphylium spp. complex, with a 33% incidence, in the Onix variety. An attack of Fusarium spp. has been detected in the Onix variety

Acute Achilles tendon rupture: percutaneous tenorrhaphy

Introduction. Acute injury of Achilles tendon represents 20% from large tendon ruptures and the incidence is 11-37 per 100 thousand people (by Park et al. 2020). Case presentation. A 43-year-old man, after a sprint, heard a crack and a sharp pain in his right ankle, on the posterior part a day ago. He went directly to the Clinical Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics. He was clinically examined where it was determined swelling of the ankle region and 1/3 of the lower back of the right leg, erasing the Achilian contour, the foot is moved sideways. Palpation of the Achilles tendon diastase. Thomson sign - positive on the right. The sonographic examination determined the Achilles tendon tears with a diastase of 4 cm. The patient was recommended surgery to repair the rupture of the Achilles tendon by percutaneous tenorrhaphy. An informed agreement was obtained after explication of the risks and benefits of the surgical treatment. Surgery was made with spinal anesthesia and fixing sterile zone, the distal and proximal ends of the Achilles tendon were drawn with a sterile marker from the visually determined and palpable injury on the skin. Percutaneous sutures were applied after Cuneo in two rows at the proximal end and one row at the distal end, through two mini-incisions, the opposite ends were adapted on the lateral and medial edge, the foot in the equine (hyperflexion), thus the final ligation of the threads was achieved. Applying the dressing. The final step is followed by the application of the leg immobilization with the foot in the equine on the right. Simple evolution of the postoperative period. After 6 weeks of immobilization, the patient starts rehabilitation. Discussion. Fresh Achilles tendon injury needs to be diagnosed primarily as early as possible, with the use of sonographic examination to confirm the clinical diagnosis allowing us to perform minimally invasive treatment such as percutaneous tenorrhaphy. Conclusion. Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon of the human body and its usual injury is caused by recreational activity. Early establishing the diagnosis of Achilles tendon injury permitted primary repairing this anatomical structure by minimally invasive technique

Psycho-Motor Skills in Swimming Among Children: Gender Differences

Psychomotricity is a broad term that encompasses different approaches to bodily action to support children and adolescents to reach their highest motor and cognitive potential. The aim of the study was to highlight gender differences in the manifestation of psychomotor behaviors in 8–9-year-old children who practice sports swimming. The subjects (N=52, 26 males, 26 females) are children aged 8.0-9.11 years (M = 8.80; SD = ±0.65) who practice swimming in one of the swimming pools of a city in Romania. They were tested, using specific instruments, to assess the level of manual dexterity, body schema, hand laterality, body balance, body balance on water/buoyancy, general coordination. For four of the variables (manual dexterity, body schema, hand laterality and spatial orientation) no statistically significant differences were found, while for the other three (body balance, body balance on water and general coordination) statistically significant differences were recorded. The results indicate differences between the two genders, girls in this age group who practice swimming having more developed psychomotor skills compared to boys.</em

Spatio-temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater-to-hypersaline, oxic-hypoxic-euxinic waters of Ursu Lake

Ursu Lake is located in the Middle Miocene salt deposit of Central Romania. It is stratified, and the water column has three distinct water masses: an upper freshwater-to-moderately saline stratum (0–3 m), an intermediate stratum exhibiting a steep halocline (3–3.5 m), and a lower hypersaline stratum (4 m and below) that is euxinic (i.e. anoxic and sulphidic). Recent studies have characterized the lake's microbial taxonomy and given rise to intriguing ecological questions. Here, we explore whether the communities are dynamic or stable in relation to taxonomic composition, geochemistry, biophysics, and ecophysiological functions during the annual cycle. We found: (i) seasonally fluctuating, light-dependent communities in the upper layer (≥0.987–0.990 water-activity), a stable but phylogenetically diverse population of heterotrophs in the hypersaline stratum (water activities down to 0.762) and a persistent plate of green sulphur bacteria that connects these two (0.958–0.956 water activity) at 3–3.5 to 4 m; (ii) communities that might be involved in carbon- and sulphur-cycling between and within the lake's three main water masses; (iii) uncultured lineages including Acetothermia (OP1), Cloacimonetes (WWE1), Marinimicrobia (SAR406), Omnitrophicaeota (OP3), Parcubacteria (OD1) and other Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria, and SR1 in the hypersaline stratum (likely involved in the anaerobic steps of carbon- and sulphur-cycling); and (iv) that species richness and habitat stability are associated with high redox-potentials. Ursu Lake has a unique and complex ecology, at the same time exhibiting dynamic fluctuations and stability, and can be used as a modern analogue for ancient euxinic water bodies and comparator system for other stratified hypersaline systems