Um caso do Corno Cutâneo triquilémico

Trichilemmal horn or trichilemmal keratosis is a benign neoplasm, that occurs more frequently in females and in the age group over 50 years old. Clinically, it presents as a cutaneous horn and histologically shows trichilemmal keratinization at the base of the lesion.As an uncommon pathology, in this case report, we will present the case of a young man (14 years old), presenting a keratotic lesion on the forehead for eight months, which revealed the diagnosis of trichilemmal horn after lesion exeresis and anatomopathological analysis.O corno triquilemal ou ceratose triquilemal é uma neoplasia benigna, que ocorre com maior frequência no sexo feminino e na faixa etária acima de 50 anos. Clinicamente, apresenta-se como um corno cutâneo e histologicamente mostra ceratinização triquilemal na base da lesão. Como patologia incomum, neste relato de caso, apresentaremos o caso de um jovem (14 anos), apresentando lesão ceratótica na fronte com oito meses de evolução, cujo estudo anatomopatológico revelou o diagnóstico de corno triquilemal após exérese da lesão

Contact Failure Identification in Multilayered Media via Artificial Neural Networks and Autoencoders

The estimation of defects positioning occurring in the interface between different materials is performed by using an artificial neural network modeled as an inverse heat conduction problem. Identifying contact failures in the bonding process of different materials is crucial in many engineering applications, ranging from manufacturing, preventive inspection and even failure diagnosis. This can be modeled as an inverse heat conduction problem in multilayered media, where thermography temperature measurements from an exposed surface of the media are available. This work solves this inverse problem with an artificial neural network that receives these experimental data as input and outputs the thermalphysical properties of the adhesive layer, where defects can occur. An autoencoder is used to reduce the dimension of the transient 1D thermography data, where its latent space represents the experimental data in a lower dimension, then these reduced data are used as input to a fully connected multilayer perceptron network. Results indicate that this is a promising approach due to the good accuracy and low computational cost observed. In addition, by including different noise levels within a defined range in the training process, the network can generalize the experimental data input and estimate the positioning of defects with similar quality.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES, Finance Code 001), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)Grant CAPES/PrInt No. 88887.469279/2019-00PID2020-112754 GB-I00 (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and funds from the European Regional Developement Fund, ERDF)B-TIC-640-UGR20 (Regional Govern of Andalusia, Spain

Efeitos Cutâneos da Iontoforese com Água Não Mineral no Tratamento da Hiperidrose Palmar: Relato de Caso

Excessive sweating, either isolated or associated with other symptoms, characterizes hyperhidrosis. It commonly occurs on the forehead, hands, feet and armpits. It affects about 1% of the general population, both men and women of all ages. Although sweating represents an indispensable thermoregulatory skin function, excessive sweating is a benign disease that causes significant impact on quality of life and career of patients. Diagnosis is, essentially clinical and treatment can be either conservative or surgical. We describe the case of a 27-years-old female patient with palmar hyperhidrosis from adolescence who, after several therapeutic failures and difficulties, achieved excellent clinical response to iontophoresis with tap water. The patient has been at least one year without clinical treatment.A sudorese excessiva, isolada ou associada, caracteriza a hiperidrose, que comumente ocorre na fronte, mãos, pés e axilas. Atinge cerca de 1% da população geral acometendo homens e mulheres de todas as idades. Apesar de sua função termorregulatória indispensável, o suor excessivo causa impacto significativo na qualidade de vida pessoal e profissional dos pacientes. É uma doença benigna, de diagnóstico essencialmente clínico, onde o tratamento pode ser conservador ou cirúrgico. Descrevemos o caso de uma paciente mulher, 27 anos, que apresentava hiperidrose palmar desde início da adolescência e que após diversos insucessos e dificuldades terapêuticas, obteve excelente resposta clínica à iontoforese com água não mineral. A paciente estava há pelo menos um ano sem tratamento clínico

Popularização de artrópodos como instrumento de ampliação da percepção ambiental na ecologia da paisagem em agroecossistemas.

A presente obra descreve uma metodologia que pretende promover o controle biológico conservativo pela perspectiva ecossistêmica, apresentando aos participantes diversos agentes de controle biológico locais e suas relações ecológicas básicas. Considerada aqui parte essencial dessa metodologia, a leguminosa multifuncional C. argentea é apresentada como planta bioindicadora de qualidade ambiental por abrigar, nutrir e permitir a multiplicação desses organismos benéficos, além de muitas espécies de abelhas.bitstream/item/222910/1/CIT-271.pd

Are Strength Indicators and Skin Temperature Affected by the Type of Warm-Up in Paralympic Powerlifting Athletes?

(1) Background: the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of different types of warm-ups on the strength and skin temperature of Paralympic powerlifting athletes. (2) Methods: the participants were 15 male Paralympic powerlifting athletes. The effects of three different types of warm-up (without warm-up (WW), traditional warm-up (TW), or stretching warm-up (SW)) were analyzed on static and dynamic strength tests as well as in the skin temperature, which was monitored by thermal imaging. (3) Results: no differences in the dynamic and static indicators of the force were shown in relation to the different types of warm-ups. No significant differences were found in relation to peak torque (p = 0.055, F = 4.560, η2p = 0.246 medium effect), and one-repetition maximum (p = 0.139, F = 3.191, η2p = 0.186, medium effect) between the different types of warm-ups. In the thermographic analysis, there was a significant difference only in the pectoral muscle clavicular portion between the TW (33.04 ± 0.71 °C) and the WW (32.51 ± 0.74 °C) (p = 0.038). The TW method also presented slightly higher values than the SW and WW in the pectoral muscles sternal portion and the deltoid anterior portion, but with p-value > 0.05. (4) Conclusions: the types of warm-ups studied do not seem to interfere with the performance of Paralympic Powerlifting athletes. However, the thermal images showed that traditional warm-up best meets the objectives expected for this preparation phase.post-print1305 K

The invasive red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), in Brazil: range extension and arrival into the most threatened area, the Northeast Region.

Na publicação: Denise Navia; Elisangela G. F. de Morais

Expression profile of genes associated with mastitis in dairy cattle

In order to characterize the expression of genes associated with immune response mechanisms to mastitis, we quantified the relative expression of the IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNF- α genes in milk cells of healthy cows and cows with clinical mastitis. Total RNA was extracted from milk cells of six Black and White Holstein (BW) cows and six Gyr cows, including three animals with and three without mastitis per breed. Gene expression was analyzed by real-time PCR. IL-10 gene expression was higher in the group of BW and Gyr cows with mastitis compared to animals free of infection from both breeds (p < 0.05). It was also higher in BW Holstein animals with clinical mastitis (p < 0.001), but it was not significant when Gyr cows with and without mastitis were compared (0.05 < p < 0.10). Among healthy cows, BW Holstein animals tended to present a higher expression of all genes studied, with a significant difference for the IL-2 and IFN- γ genes (p < 0.001). For animals with mastitis no significant difference in gene expression was observed between the two breeds. These findings suggest that animals with mastitis develop a preferentially cell-mediated immune response. Further studies including larger samples are necessary to better characterize the gene expression profile in cows with mastitis