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Observations on the ecology and behavior of the giant river otter Pteronura brasiliensis in Suriname
L'écologie et le comportement de la Loutre géante du Brésil
Pteronura brasiliensis ont été étudiés de juillet 1977 à mars 1978 au Suriname.
L'espÚce est diurne et grégaire, formant des groupes familiaux
durables qui défendent certaines portions de leur domaine vital
contre les incursions de leurs congénÚres.
Pteronura brasiliensis est piscivore. Les modalités de reproduction
et les déplacements saisonniers des poissons Characoides
qui forment l'essentiel de son régime ont une influence profonde
sur l'Ă©cologie de cette loutre. Pendant la saison des pluies, par
exemple, les Pteronura suivent leurs proies dans la forĂȘt inondĂ©e,
abandonnant temporairement leurs « bivouacs » et taniÚres habituels.
La reproduction a lieu d'août à octobre. Les jeunes loutres
restent avec leurs parents quand naĂźt la portĂ©e suivante, peut-ĂȘtre
mĂȘme jusqu'Ă leur propre maturitĂ©. Le rĂ©pertoire comportemental de Pteronura brasiliensis est
décrit et comparé avec celui des Lutra solitaires.
Lutra enudris peut cohabiter avec Pteronura dans certains
cours d'eau de Suriname. Ses moeurs solitaires, son activité surtout
crépusculaire et la taille moyenne de ses proies, tout comme le fait
qu'elle peut Ă©galement habiter dans les marais cĂŽtiers et les petites
riviĂšres de la grande forĂȘt, minimisent les chances d'une Ă©ventuelle
compétition avec Pteronur
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Vocal repertoire of the social giant otter
According to the âsocial intelligence hypothesis,â species with complex social interactions have
more sophisticated communication systems. Giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) live in groups
with complex social interactions. It is likely that the vocal communication of giant otters is more
sophisticated than previous studies suggest. The objectives of the current study were to describe the
airborne vocal repertoire of giant otters in the Pantanal area of Brazil, to analyze call types within
different behavioral contexts, and to correlate vocal complexity with level of sociability of mustelids
to verify whether or not the result supports the social intelligence hypothesis. The behavior of
nine giant otters groups was observed. Vocalizations recorded were acoustically and statistically
analyzed to describe the speciesâ repertoire. The repertoire was comprised by 15 sound types emitted
in different behavioral contexts. The main behavioral contexts of each sound type were significantly
associated with the acoustic variable ordination of different sound types. A strong
correlation between vocal complexity and sociability was found for different species, suggesting
that the communication systems observed in the family mustelidae support the social intelligence
hypothesis
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Effect of Hydrocortisone on Mortality and Organ Support in Patients With Severe COVID-19: The REMAP-CAP COVID-19 Corticosteroid Domain Randomized Clinical Trial.
Importance: Evidence regarding corticosteroid use for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is limited. Objective: To determine whether hydrocortisone improves outcome for patients with severe COVID-19. Design, Setting, and Participants: An ongoing adaptive platform trial testing multiple interventions within multiple therapeutic domains, for example, antiviral agents, corticosteroids, or immunoglobulin. Between March 9 and June 17, 2020, 614 adult patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 were enrolled and randomized within at least 1 domain following admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) for respiratory or cardiovascular organ support at 121 sites in 8 countries. Of these, 403 were randomized to open-label interventions within the corticosteroid domain. The domain was halted after results from another trial were released. Follow-up ended August 12, 2020. Interventions: The corticosteroid domain randomized participants to a fixed 7-day course of intravenous hydrocortisone (50 mg or 100 mg every 6 hours) (nâ=â143), a shock-dependent course (50 mg every 6 hours when shock was clinically evident) (nâ=â152), or no hydrocortisone (nâ=â108). Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary end point was organ support-free days (days alive and free of ICU-based respiratory or cardiovascular support) within 21 days, where patients who died were assigned -1 day. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model that included all patients enrolled with severe COVID-19, adjusting for age, sex, site, region, time, assignment to interventions within other domains, and domain and intervention eligibility. Superiority was defined as the posterior probability of an odds ratio greater than 1 (threshold for trial conclusion of superiority >99%). Results: After excluding 19 participants who withdrew consent, there were 384 patients (mean age, 60 years; 29% female) randomized to the fixed-dose (nâ=â137), shock-dependent (nâ=â146), and no (nâ=â101) hydrocortisone groups; 379 (99%) completed the study and were included in the analysis. The mean age for the 3 groups ranged between 59.5 and 60.4 years; most patients were male (range, 70.6%-71.5%); mean body mass index ranged between 29.7 and 30.9; and patients receiving mechanical ventilation ranged between 50.0% and 63.5%. For the fixed-dose, shock-dependent, and no hydrocortisone groups, respectively, the median organ support-free days were 0 (IQR, -1 to 15), 0 (IQR, -1 to 13), and 0 (-1 to 11) days (composed of 30%, 26%, and 33% mortality rates and 11.5, 9.5, and 6 median organ support-free days among survivors). The median adjusted odds ratio and bayesian probability of superiority were 1.43 (95% credible interval, 0.91-2.27) and 93% for fixed-dose hydrocortisone, respectively, and were 1.22 (95% credible interval, 0.76-1.94) and 80% for shock-dependent hydrocortisone compared with no hydrocortisone. Serious adverse events were reported in 4 (3%), 5 (3%), and 1 (1%) patients in the fixed-dose, shock-dependent, and no hydrocortisone groups, respectively. Conclusions and Relevance: Among patients with severe COVID-19, treatment with a 7-day fixed-dose course of hydrocortisone or shock-dependent dosing of hydrocortisone, compared with no hydrocortisone, resulted in 93% and 80% probabilities of superiority with regard to the odds of improvement in organ support-free days within 21 days. However, the trial was stopped early and no treatment strategy met prespecified criteria for statistical superiority, precluding definitive conclusions. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02735707
Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19.
Objective To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) initiation improves outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In an ongoing, adaptive platform randomized clinical trial, 721 critically ill and 58 nonâcritically ill hospitalized adults were randomized to receive an RAS inhibitor or control between March 16, 2021, and February 25, 2022, at 69 sites in 7 countries (final follow-up on June 1, 2022).
INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomized to receive open-label initiation of an ACE inhibitor (nâ=â257), ARB (nâ=â248), ARB in combination with DMX-200 (a chemokine receptor-2 inhibitor; nâ=â10), or no RAS inhibitor (control; nâ=â264) for up to 10 days.
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was organ supportâfree days, a composite of hospital survival and days alive without cardiovascular or respiratory organ support through 21 days. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model. Odds ratios (ORs) greater than 1 represent improved outcomes.
RESULTS On February 25, 2022, enrollment was discontinued due to safety concerns. Among 679 critically ill patients with available primary outcome data, the median age was 56 years and 239 participants (35.2%) were women. Median (IQR) organ supportâfree days among critically ill patients was 10 (â1 to 16) in the ACE inhibitor group (nâ=â231), 8 (â1 to 17) in the ARB group (nâ=â217), and 12 (0 to 17) in the control group (nâ=â231) (median adjusted odds ratios of 0.77 [95% bayesian credible interval, 0.58-1.06] for improvement for ACE inhibitor and 0.76 [95% credible interval, 0.56-1.05] for ARB compared with control). The posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitors and ARBs worsened organ supportâfree days compared with control were 94.9% and 95.4%, respectively. Hospital survival occurred in 166 of 231 critically ill participants (71.9%) in the ACE inhibitor group, 152 of 217 (70.0%) in the ARB group, and 182 of 231 (78.8%) in the control group (posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitor and ARB worsened hospital survival compared with control were 95.3% and 98.1%, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this trial, among critically ill adults with COVID-19, initiation of an ACE inhibitor or ARB did not improve, and likely worsened, clinical outcomes.
TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT0273570
Observations on the ecology and behavior of the Giant River Otter Pteronura brasiliensis in Suriname
LâĂ©cologie et le comportement de la Loutre gĂ©ante du BrĂ©sil Pteronura brasiliensis ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©s de juillet 1977 Ă mars 1978 au Suriname.
LâespĂšce est diurne et grĂ©gaire, formant des groupes familiaux durables qui dĂ©fendent certaines portions de leur domaine vital contre les incursions de leurs congĂ©nĂšres.
Pteronura brasiliensis est piscivore. Les modalitĂ©s de reproduction et les dĂ©placements saisonniers des poissons Characoides qui forment lâessentiel de son rĂ©gime ont une influence profonde sur lâĂ©cologie de cette loutre. Pendant la saison des pluies, par exemple, les Pteronura suivent leurs proies dans la forĂȘt inondĂ©e, abandonnant temporairement leurs «bivouacs » et taniĂšres habituels.
La reproduction a lieu dâaoĂ»t Ă octobre. Les jeunes loutres restent avec leurs parents quand naĂźt la portĂ©e suivante, peut-ĂȘtre mĂȘme jusquâĂ leur propre maturitĂ©. Le rĂ©pertoire comportemental de Pteronura brasiliensis est dĂ©crit et comparĂ© avec celui des Lutra solitaires.
Lutra enudris peut cohabiter avec Pteronura dans certains cours dâeau de Suriname. Ses mĆurs solitaires, son activitĂ© surtout crĂ©pusculaire et la taille moyenne de ses proies, tout comme le fait quâelle peut Ă©galement habiter dans les marais cĂŽtiers et les petites riviĂšres de la grande forĂȘt, minimisent les chances dâune Ă©ventuelle compĂ©tition avec Pteronura.Duplaix Nicole. Observations on the ecology and behavior of the Giant River Otter Pteronura brasiliensis in Suriname. In: Revue d'Ăcologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 34, n°4, 1980. pp. 495-620
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Duplaix Nicole. Fayard, A. (Editeur). â Atlas des mammifĂšres sauvages de France. Ouvrage collectif rĂ©alisĂ© sous la direction de Armand Fayard, pour le compte du MinistĂšre de lâEnvironnement, avec la participation du SecrĂ©tariat de la Faune et de la Flore. Paris, 1984, SociĂ©tĂ© Française pour lâEtude et la Protection des MammifĂšres. In: Revue d'Ăcologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 40, n°2, 1985. pp. 276-277
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