216 research outputs found
OCCURRENCE OF Calodium hepaticum (BANCROFT, 1893) MORAVEC, 1982 EGGS IN FECES OF DOGS AND CATS IN LAGES, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL
Prevalência de Talassemia Alfa em População com Microcítose e Hipocromia
Resumo: a anemia ferropênica, anemia das doenças crônicas, talassemias (alfa e beta) e associações com as hemoglobinas variantes constituem importante causas de anemias microcíticas e hipocrômicas. A talassemia alfa é uma síndrome que envolve genes produtores de globina alfa e representa um grave problema de saúde global. O objetivo do presente estudo foi determinar a prevalência de talassemia alfa como causa de anemia microcítica e hipocrômica, utilizando-se os métodos laboratoriais clássicos de diagnóstico.
Palavras-chave: Hemoglobinopatia. Talassemia. Microcitose. Hipocromia. Goiás
Dissemination of information on visceral leishmaniasis from schoolchildren to their families: a sustainable model for controlling the disease
Variability of the perception of dyspnea in healthy subjects assessed through inspiratory resistive loading
Shaking table tests and numerical analyses on a scaled dry-joint arch undergoing windowed sine pulses
The damages occurred during recent seismic events have emphasised the vulnerability of vaulted masonry structures, one of the most representative elements of worldwide cultural heritage. Although a certain consensus has been reached regarding the static behaviour of masonry arches, still more efforts are requested to investigate their dynamic behaviour. In this regard, the present paper aims to investigate the performance of a scaled dry-joint arch undergoing windowed sine pulses. A feature tracking based measuring technique was employed to evaluate the displacement of selected points, shading light on the failure mechanisms and gathering data for the calibration of the numerical model. This was built according to a micro-modelling approach of the finite element method, with voussoirs assumed very stiff and friction interface elements. Comparisons with existing literature are also stressed, together with comments about scale effects.This work was partly financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme-COMPETE and by national funds through FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Effects of peritoneal lavage with lidocaine on survival of rats with fecal peritonitis
IL-17 Produced during Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Plays a Central Role in Regulating Parasite-Induced Myocarditis
Chagas disease is caused by the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. This infection has been considered one of the most neglected diseases and affects several million people in the Central and South America. Around 30% of the infected patients develop digestive and cardiac forms of the disease. Most patients are diagnosed during the chronic phase, when the treatment is not effective. Here, we showed by the first time that IL-17 is produced during experimental T. cruzi infection and that it plays a significant role in host defense, modulating parasite-induced myocarditis. Applying this analysis to humans could be of great value in unraveling the elements involved in the pathogenesis of chagasic cardiopathy and could be used in the development of alternative therapies to reduce morbidity during the chronic phase of the disease, as well as clinical markers of disease progression. The understanding of these aspects of disease may be helpful in reducing the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and costs to the public health service in developing countries
Effects of salt stress on plant growth, stomatal response and solute accumulation of different maize genotypes
Cone beam computed tomography study of apical root resorption induced by Herbst appliance
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