39 research outputs found
Changes in the fecal concentrations of cortisol and androgen metabolites in captive male jaguars (Panthera onca) in response to stress
Indicador de vulnerabilidade socioambiental na Amazônia Ocidental. O caso do município de Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil
The program for biodiversity research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation
The Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) is an innovative program designed to integrate all biodiversity research stakeholders. Operating since 2004, it has installed long-term ecological research sites throughout Brazil and its logic has been applied in some other southern-hemisphere countries. The program supports all aspects of research necessary to understand biodiversity and the processes that affect it. There are presently 161 sampling sites (see some of them at Supplementary Appendix), most of which use a standardized methodology that allows comparisons across biomes and through time. To date, there are about 1200 publications associated with PPBio that cover topics ranging from natural history to genetics and species distributions. Most of the field data and metadata are available through PPBio web sites or DataONE. Metadata is available for researchers that intend to explore the different faces of Brazilian biodiversity spatio-temporal variation, as well as for managers intending to improve conservation strategies. The Program also fostered, directly and indirectly, local technical capacity building, and supported the training of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. The main challenge is maintaining the long-term funding necessary to understand biodiversity patterns and processes under pressure from global environmental changes
v-TerraFly: large scale distributed spatial data visualization with autonomic resource management
Guidance to 2018 good practice : ARIA digitally-enabled, integrated, person-centred care for rhinitis and asthma
AimsMobile Airways Sentinel NetworK (MASK) belongs to the Fondation Partenariale MACVIA-LR of Montpellier, France and aims to provide an active and healthy life to rhinitis sufferers and to those with asthma multimorbidity across the life cycle, whatever their gender or socio-economic status, in order to reduce health and social inequities incurred by the disease and to improve the digital transformation of health and care. The ultimate goal is to change the management strategy in chronic diseases.MethodsMASK implements ICT technologies for individualized and predictive medicine to develop novel care pathways by a multi-disciplinary group centred around the patients.StakeholdersInclude patients, health care professionals (pharmacists and physicians), authorities, patient's associations, private and public sectors.ResultsMASK is deployed in 23 countries and 17 languages. 26,000 users have registered.EU grants (2018)MASK is participating in EU projects (POLLAR: impact of air POLLution in Asthma and Rhinitis, EIT Health, DigitalHealthEurope, Euriphi and Vigour).Lessons learnt(i) Adherence to treatment is the major problem of allergic disease, (ii) Self-management strategies should be considerably expanded (behavioural), (iii) Change management is essential in allergic diseases, (iv) Education strategies should be reconsidered using a patient-centred approach and (v) Lessons learnt for allergic diseases can be expanded to chronic diseases.Peer reviewe
Influence of epipregnanolone on the modulation of rapid tolerance to ethanol by neurosteroids
The proximate composition of three marine pelagic fish: blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), boarfish (Capros aper) and Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
peer reviewedThis study presents data from an in-depth proximate compositional analysis of three marine fish species: blue
whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), boarfish (Capros aper) and Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). These fish
contained significant amounts of protein (16–17%), lipids (4–11%) and minerals (2–6% ash). The proteins, particularly
from boarfish, had close to optimum amino acid profiles for human and fish nutrition. They compared favourably
with other fish species in terms of total lipids and relative concentration of the omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic
acid and eicosapentaenoic acid (11.8–13.3% and 5.9–8.1% in triacylglycerols [TG] and 24.6–35.4% and 5.8–12.0% in
phospholipids [PL]). Atlantic herring had the highest lipid content among the three fish and was found to contain
high levels of PL poly-unsaturated fatty acids, including omega-3 fatty acids. Minerals detected in the fish included
calcium (272–1,520 mg/100 g), phosphorus (363–789 mg/100 g), iron (1.07–2.83 mg/100 g), magnesium (40.70–62.10
mg/100 g), potassium (112.00–267.00 mg/100 g), selenium (0.04–0.06 mg/100 g), sodium (218.00–282.00 mg/100 g)
and zinc (1.29–5.57 mg/100 g). Boarfish had the highest ash fraction and also the highest levels of all the minerals,
except potassium. Atlantic herring had considerably lower mineral content compared with the other two species
and, levels detected were also lower than those reported in previously published studies. Heavy metals contents
were quantified, and levels were significantly below the maximum allowable limits for all elements except arsenic,
which ranged from 1.34 to 2.44 mg/kg in the three fish species. Data outlined here will be useful for guiding product
development. Future studies would benefit from considering catch season, sex and developmental stage of the fish