Avaliação microbiológica e físico-química de açúcares mascavo comerciais.

Este trabalho teve como objetivos analisar parâmetros microbiológicos e físico-químicos de 31 marcas de açúcares mascavos. Foram realizadas as análises microbiológicas (bactérias mesófi las totais, bolores e leveduras, coliformes totais, Escherichia coli e Salmonella) e físico-químicas (polarização, umidade, cinzas condutimétricas, cor ICUMSA, açúcar redutor, açúcar redutor total e pH). Os resultados microbiológicos indicaram que houve resultados acima do limite do of ?National Food Canners and Processors? apenas para bactérias mesófi las totais. A legislação brasileira estabelece o teor mínimo de 90oS para sacarose como único parâmetro para avaliação do açúcar mascavo, sendo que apenas sete amostras atendiam ao padrão. Os resultados de umidade variaram de 2,13 a 6,02% para cinzas; de 1,15 a 3,45%;açúcares redutores; de 1,17 a 8,51%, redutores totais de 68,90 a 98,21%; pH de 5,24 a 7,8 e cor ICUMSA de 174,6 a 574,5 U.I indicando que os açúcares mascavos comercializados no Brasil não possuem padrão de produção, armazenamento e qualidade fi nal, indicado pelas diferenças dos parâmetros avaliados

Individual patient data meta-analysis of organ failure in acute pancreatitis : protocol of the PANCREA II study

Context Organ failure is a major determinant of mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis. These patients usually requireadmission to high dependency or intensive care units and consume considerable health care resources. Given a low incidence rate of organ failure and a lack of large non-interventional studies in the field of acute pancreatitis, the characteristics of organ failure that influence outcomes of patients with acute pancreatitis remain largely unknown. Therefore, the Pancreatitis Across Nations Clinical Research and Education Alliance (PANCREA) aims to conduct a meta-analysis of individual patient data from prospective non-interventional studies to determine the influence of timing, duration, sequence, and combination of different organ failures on mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis. Methods Pancreatologists currently active with acute pancreatitis clinical research will be invited to contribute. To be eligible for inclusion patients will have to meet the criteria of acute pancreatitis, develop at least one organ failure during the first week of hospitalization, and not be enrolled into an intervention study. Raw data will then be collated and checked. Individual patient data analysis based on a logistic regression model with adjustment for confounding variables will be done. For all analyses, corresponding 95% confidence intervals and P values will be reported. Conclusion This collaborative individual patient data meta-analysis will answer important clinical questions regarding patients with acute pancreatitis that develop organ failure. Information derived from this study will be used to optimize routine clinical management and improve care strategies. It can also help validate outcome definitions, allow comparability of results and form a more accurate basis for patient allocation in further clinical studies

Diversidade genética em germoplasma internacional de pinhão-manso.

O pinhão-manso (Jatropha curcas L.) é uma oleaginosa em potencial, que tem despertado ointeresse de produtores, governos e instituições de pesquisa, visando aodesenvolvimento de tecnologia que possibilite sua utilização como cultura agroenergética

Middle ear microbiome differences in indigenous Filipinos with chronic otitis media due to a duplication in the A2ML1 gene

Middle ear microbial profiles of indigenous Filipinos with chronic otitis media. All panels compare carriers with non-carriers of the A2ML1 duplication variant. Panel description: (A) ι-diversity by observed OTUs; (B) ι-diversity by the Shannon diversity index; (C) β-diversity from unweighted UniFrac principal coordinate analysis; (D) β-diversity from weighted UniFrac principal coordinate analysis. (PDF 1019 kb

Circulating Zonulin, a Marker of Intestinal Permeability, Is Increased in Association with Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance

Zonulin is the only physiological mediator known to regulate intestinal permeability reversibly by modulating intercellular tight junctions. To investigate the relationship between intestinal permeability and obesity-associated metabolic disturbances in humans, we aimed to study circulating zonulin according to obesity and insulin resistance. Circulating zonulin (ELISA) was measured in 123 caucasian men in association with inflammatory and metabolic parameters (including minimal model-measured insulin sensitivity). Circulating zonulin increased with body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), fasting insulin, fasting triglycerides, uric acid and IL-6, and negatively correlated with HDL-cholesterol and insulin sensitivity. In multiple regression analysis, insulin sensitivity (p = 0.002) contributed independently to circulating zonulin variance, after controlling for the effects of BMI, fasting triglycerides and age. When circulating IL-6 was added to this model, only BMI (p = 0.01) contributed independently to circulating zonulin variance. In conclusion, the relationship between insulin sensitivity and circulating zonulin might be mediated through the obesity-related circulating IL-6 increase