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Influence of dietary n-6 and n-3 lipids upon the development of pulmonary granulomas induced by Schistosoma mansoni eggs
Pulmonary granuloma development was studied in mice injected with 2x103
Schistosoma mansoni eggs through the main tail vein. Mice were divided
into three groups and fed with a laboratory manipulated diet differing
among them only in the source of fatty acids. Control group (CT) was
fed with a soya oil diet; n-6 deficient animals (low n-6 group)
received a supplemented coconut fat diet; and the third group, high
n-3, was fed with a cod liver oil diet. The expected anti-inflammatory
actions associated with essential fatty acids deficiency was noticed in
our system. When compared with CT, animals fed with the n-6 deficient
diet presented significantly reduced pulmonary granulomas 32 days after
egg injection. Mice fed with high n-3 diet had pulmonary granulomas
reduced as soon as 16 days post egg injection. Mean granuloma
measurements for CT at days 8, 16 and 32 were, in 103μ2,
respectively 7.52 5.92, 32.70 18.09, 32.22 19.87; for n-6 deficient
animals 17.65 18.85, 36.14 29.14, 24.45 14.06; and for high n-3 group
were 11.60 12.67, 9.97 12.34, 25.54 16.66
Quality of life of caregivers for patients of cerebrovascular accidents: association of (socio-demographic) characteristics and burden
OBJECTIVE Investigating the association between quality of life with socio-demographic characteristics and the burden of caregivers for individuals with cerebrovascular accident sequelae. METHOD A descriptive, cross-sectional study with a sample composed of 136 caregivers. For data collection, a semi-structured questionnaire, the Barthel, Burden Interview and Short-Form-36 scales were used. Correlation analysis, t-Student test and F-test were used for the analysis in order to compare averages. RESULTS Significant averages in quality of life were demonstrated in association with female caregivers and those over 60 years in the field 'functional capacity,' and in the domains of 'mental health' and 'vitality' for those with higher income. Regarding burden association, the highlighted areas were 'functional capacity,' 'physical aspects,' 'emotional aspects' and 'pain.' CONCLUSION The creation of public policies and social support to effectively reduce the burden on caregivers is a necessity
Candidiasis, Bacterial Vaginosis, Trichomoniasis and Other Vaginal Conditions Affecting the Vulva
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Study of decays to the final state and evidence for the decay
A study of decays is performed for the first time
using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0
collected by the LHCb experiment in collisions at centre-of-mass energies
of and TeV. Evidence for the decay
is reported with a significance of 4.0 standard deviations, resulting in the
measurement of
to
be .
Here denotes a branching fraction while and
are the production cross-sections for and mesons.
An indication of weak annihilation is found for the region
, with a significance of
2.4 standard deviations.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-022.html,
link to supplemental material inserted in the reference
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