A global perspective on non-autochthonous canine and feline Leishmania infection and leishmaniosis in the 21st century

Leishmaniosis is a high-burden vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania parasites that affect humans and other animals, including dogs and cats. Globalization is one of the main factors that largely contributes to the spread of leishmaniosis to non-endemic areas. A comprehensive review of scientific literature published between 2000 and 2021 was conducted to identify the epidemiological situation and clinical management of imported animal Leishmania infection and leishmaniosis as a fundamental step to better manage individual cases and traveler animal health from a global and One Health perspective. A total of 31 articles were selected, representing 1403 canine, and 25 feline imported cases. Canine and feline leishmanioses in non-endemic areas remain a challenge for veterinarians. Thus, diagnostic and management algorithms for veterinary clinical decision support are proposed. Increased surveillance of non-autochthonous cases, including relocated companion animals, could improve individual health, and mitigate the public and animal health risk of introducing Leishmania species into new areas.publishersversionpublishe

Autonomia & defensoria pública: aspectos constitucionais, históricos e processuais

- Divulgação dos SUMÁRIOS das obras recentemente incorporadas ao acervo da Biblioteca Ministro Oscar Saraiva do STJ. Em respeito à Lei de Direitos Autorais, não disponibilizamos a obra na íntegra.- Localização na estante: 347.921.8(81) A939d- Coordenado por: Bheron Rocha, Maurilio Casas Maia e Rafael Vinheiro Monteiro Barbosa

A framework for the development of biomedical text mining software tools

Over the last few years, a growing number of techniques has been successfully proposed to tackle diverse challenges in the Biomedical Text Mining (BioTM) arena. However, the set of available software tools to researchers has not grown in a similar way. This work makes a contribution to close this gap, proposing a framework to ease the development of user-friendly and interoperable applications in this field, based on a set of available modular components. These modules can be connected in diverse ways to create applications that fit distinct user roles. Also, developers of new algorithms have a framework that allows them to easily integrate their implementations with state-of-the-art BioTM software for related tasks.This work was supported in part by the research projects recSysBio (ref. POCI/BIO/60139/2004) and MOBioPro (ref. POSC/EW59899/2004) of the University of Minho, financed by the Portuguese Fundaao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia. The work of SC is supported by a PhD grant from the same institution (ref. SFRH/BD/22863/2005)

The @Note biomedical text mining workbench

[Excerpt] Biomedical Text Mining. i.e., the field that deals with the automatic: retrieval and processing of biomedical literature, is perhaps one of today's most promising research fields. The automated processing of free text is not exactly a new computational issue. Text Mining has a long experience in the retrieval and processing of general text. The development of search engines and indexed directories, the compilation of dictionaries and the automatic translation of documents have impelled the development of powerful text processing techniques. Nevertheless, biomedical texts present additional challenges: the terminology does not always follows standard nomenclatures; new terms are constantly emerging; and term homonymy and synonymy (including term variants and abbreviations) make it very difficult to accurately identify entities. [...]info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Microbial activity in a semiarid soil cultivated with Atriplex nummularia

Métodos para avaliar a atividade microbiana no solo são fundamentais no monitoramento ambiental de áreas degradadas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar a atividade microbiana de solo do semi-árido cultivado com Atriplex nummularia Lindl. em áreas que receberam rejeito salino durante um e três anos, em comparação com um solo nativo, sem cultivo e não irrigada. O solo cultivado por três anos e que recebeu rejeito salino apresentou, no período seco, valores de pH, CE e atividade de hidrólise do diacetato de fluoresceína (FDA) superiores aos das demais áreas. No entanto, foi observada correlação negativa entre o carbono microbiano e os valores do quociente metabólico (qCO2). A biomassa microbiana e a fosfatase alcalina também foram superiores no solo cultivado por três anos e que recebeu rejeito salino em relação ao solo nativo sem irrigação, confirmando o desempenho de plantas halófitas na melhoria da qualidade do solo sob condições de estresse salino. O cultivo de A. nummularia constitui uma das alternativas para utilização de rejeito salino proveniente da dessalinização por osmose reversa.Methods used to estimate the soil microbial activity are important to environmental monitoring of degraded areas. The objective of this research was to investigate the microbial activity of a semiarid soil cultivated with Atriplex nummularia Lindl. in a field receiving saline waste during one and three years, in comparison with an area without crop and irrigation. Soil cultivated during three years presented, during the dry season, values of pH, CE, and activity of FDA hydrolyses higher than those registered in other areas. However, a negative correlation between the microbial carbon and values of qCO2 was observed. The microbial biomass and the alkaline phosphates were also higher in the three years cultivated soil, in comparison with the native soil, non irrigated, confirming the role of halophytes for enhancing quality of soils under saline stress. Thus, the cultivation of A. nummularia is an alternative for using saline waste from the desalinization process

Tentativas reincidentes de autoextermínio em paciente com múltiplos transtornos psiquiátricos: entraves a um bom diagnóstico

The aim was to report the care of a patient with possible psychiatric disorders and a history of suicide attempts, in addition to evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic methods that can be used. Thus, this is a descriptive, critical-reflective and qualitative study, of the experience report type, carried out in a philanthropic hospital in the city of Caratinga, in the State of Minas Gerais. Data were collected through anamnesis and medical records of a 39-year-old female patient with major depression and bipolar affective disorder, with a history of several attempts at self-extermination. In this sense, the importance of an adequate diagnosis was evidenced in order to improve the patient's quality of life, as well as to avoid failures that harm her psychic condition. In addition, it was identified as essential the follow-up of a professional in the area who can offer appropriate support for the multiple psychiatric disorders reported.Objetivou-se relatar o atendimento à uma paciente com possíveis transtornos psiquiátricos e histórico de uma sorte de tentativas de suicídio, além de avaliar métodos de diagnósticos e terapêuticas que podem ser empregados. Destarte, trata-se de um estudo descritivo, crítico-reflexivo e qualitativo, do tipo relato de experiência, realizado em um hospital de caráter filantrópico na cidade de Caratinga, no Estado de Minas Gerais. Os dados foram coletados através de anamnese e do prontuário de uma paciente do sexo feminino, de 39 anos, com depressão maior e transtorno afetivo bipolar, com história de diversas tentativas de autoextermínio. Nesse sentido, evidenciou-se a importância de um diagnóstico adequado para que haja melhoria da qualidade de vida da paciente, bem como evitar falhas que prejudiquem sua condição psíquica. Ademais, identificou-se como essencial o acompanhamento de um profissional da área que possa oferecer suporte apropriado para os múltiplos transtornos psiquiátricos relatados