Evaluation of Cuspidaria pulchra and its Isolated Compounds Against Schistosoma mansoni Adult Worms

The present study has investigated the chemical composition of the bioactive EtOAc fraction of Cuspidaria pulchra aerial parts, as well as its schistosomicidal activities against Schistosoma mansoni adult worms in vitro. To this end, the crude ethanol extract obtained from the aerial parts of C. pulchra (Bignoniaceae) was partitioned with n-hexane, EtOAc, and n-BuOH. The EtOAc fraction was purified by preparative HPLC, which afforded 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (1), p-coumaric acid (2), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (3), ursolic acid (4), and oleanolic acid (5). The bioassay results indicated that the crude ethanol extract and the EtOAc fraction at 100 µg/mL killed the adult schistosomes in vitro. Compounds 1 and 3 at 100 µm were only able to separate coupled S. mansoni adult worms

Renovación urbana : globalización y patrimonio

256 p.El presente libro analiza los fenómenos que acompañan los procesos de renovación urbana partiendo del reconocimiento de la diferencia entre la ciudad -entendida como un conjunto de edificios, equipamientos e infraestructuras y lo urbano, concepto que alude a una forma de vida que se manifiesta culturalmente en el ejercicio de valores e imaginarios comprometidos con determinadas maneras de organización social, política, ambiental, cultural y económica. Formula la distinción entre la gestión urbana. la gestión de la ciudad, tomando en cuenta Ia propia diferencia que existe entre renovar la imagen física -compromiso de la gestión de la ciudad- y renovar su dinámica estructural, responsabilidad de la gestión urbana propiamente dicha. Así mismo, frente a los procesos de desconfiguración territorial y expulsión de población que frecuentemente acompañan las llamadas "operaciones de renovación urbana", presenta una reflexión crítica y propositiva, dirigida a los investigadores especializados y a las autoridades en la materia, para ofrecer posibles alternativas de prevención y mitigación de sus efectos, en la perspectiva de proponer la construcción-apropiación de una ciudad de todos y todas.This book analyzes different phenomena that accompany urban renewal processes, based on a recognition of the difference between “the city”—understood as a set of buildings, facilities, and infrastructures —and “the urban”, a concept that alludes to a way of life that culturally manifests itself in the exercise of values and imaginaries that are committed to certain ways of social, political, environmental, cultural, and economic organization. It proposes a distinction between urban management and city management, taking into account the very divergence between renewing the city’s physical image —a commitment undertaken by city management— and renewing its structural dynamics, which is the responsibility of urban management. Likewise, in the face of processes of territorial deconfiguration and the expulsion of populations that frequently accompany the so-called “urban renewal operations,” the study presents a critical and proactive reflection, aimed at researchers and authorities specialized in the field, in order to offer possible alternatives for the prevention and mitigation of their effects in a specific situation, seeking to propose the construction-appropriation of a city by all.CAPÍTULO 1 Renovación urbana y patrimonio: Líneas convergentes y divergentes Introducción CAPÍTULO 2 Pensando la renovación urbana en el contexto de la ciudad latinoamericana Referencias CAPÍTULO 3 Renovación urbana. De la certeza a las incertidumbres Introducción Parte 1. Historia crítica de la renovación urbana Parte 2. Situación actual y perspectivas de la renovación urbana Referencias CAPÍTULO 4 Globalización, patrimonio, turismo: una aproximación desde la renovación urbana Introducción Patrimonio: esencia y políticas la globalización como motor de cambios patrimonio y centros históricos Reflexiones finales Referencias CAPÍTULO 5 Patrimonio urbano e a producáo de lugares se consumo Referencias CAPÍTULO 6 Renovación urbana y políticas publicas en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México Introducción Renovación urbana y proyecto urbano Proyecto urbano Características del proyecto urbano El Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México Políticas públicas y Plan de Manejo del Centro Histórico El Plan Integral de Manejo del Centro Histórico (2011-2016) Intervenciones recientes (resumen) Conclusiones Referencias CAPÍTULO 7 tejidos y entretejidos Granada siglo XXI Introducción Un poco de historia Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, arquitecto y granadino de adopción "Vivo en el mundo, pero duermo en Granada" El centro José Guerrero la muralla nazarí en el Alto Albaicín la estación Alcázar Genil Referencias CAPÍTULO 8 Políticas de renovación, rehabilitación y desarrollo urbano en Buenos Aires. Una revisión crítica Introducción Consideraciones teóricas las estrategias de renovación, rehabilitación y redesarrollo urbano en el contexto de la globalización las estrategias de renovación, rehabilitación urbana en Buenos Aires 1996-2016 Reflexiones finales Referencias CAPÍTULO 9 Tendencias globales, incomprensiones locales: las renovaciones de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Introducción la tendencia global de la renovación contra las identidades glocales Estrategia emergente de cambio en la política del turismo dominicano la gran intervención en el centro histórico El proyecto de la discordia: las ruinas del monasterio de San Francisco Referencias CAPÍTULO 10 La transformación de las ciudades ante las condiciones sociales del estado de Guerrero en México Introducción la sociedad mesoamericana antes de la llegada de los españoles la casa mesoamericana Época colonial Época independiente Condiciones de seguridad en las poblaciones hasta mediados del siglo XX Casas típicas de arquitectura vernácula en las zonas del estado de Guerrero El arribo de intereses internacionales: la política, la economía, el narcotráfico Situación de la transformación urbana y el cambio de actitud ante las condiciones de inseguridad en el sur de México Impactos de la globalización en la imagen de la ciudad, aspectos contradictorios Retos del gobierno y sociedad, escenarios posibles Reflexiones finales Referencias CAPÍTULO 11 ¿ Tiene futuro el pasado? La renovación urbana en tiempos de qlobalízación Referencias CAPÍTULO 12 Renovación urbana y control social Consideraciones propositivas para articular modelo de ciudad y modelo de gobierno Introducción Una mirada transversal Control social y participación ciudadana a articulación entre modelo de ciudad y modelo le gobierno: un reto para la renovación urbana que de tal forma renueva, también, la idea de administración y ordenamiento del territorio APÉNDICE Apego al lugar de residencia, construcción de identidad y calidad de vida Introducción El concepto de Lugar El concepto de Apego Teoría sobre Apego al Lugar El apego en los procesos de renovación urbana Conclusiones Referencias1a ed

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Porcine follicular fluid concentration of free insulin-like growth factor-I collected from different diameter ovarian follicles

The study aimed to quantify the concentrations of free IGF-I in serum and fluid of ovarian follicles in pre-pubertal gilts and describe the ovarian morphology by measuring the size of the ovaries and counting the number of surface follicles. Ovaries (n=1,000) from pre-pubertal gilts were obtained immediately after slaughter. A total of 10 samplings were performed, with ovaries obtained from 50 females for each collection. The follicles situated on the surface of each ovary were classified as small (SFs, 2 to 5mm in diameter) or large (LFs 6 to 10mm in diameter) and the follicular fluid was obtained by follicle aspiration. The collection of serum samples was performed after the gilts exsanguination using sterile tubes. From the pool of serum and follicular fluid obtained from 50 females, the concentration of free IGF-I was determined in each sample using an enzyme immunoassay kit (ELISA). The description of ovarian morphometry was performed in 100 ovaries from randomly selected gilts. The larger and smaller lengths of ovaries were measured, and the total number of SFs and LFs present on the surface of each ovary were also counted. The IGF-I concentration was greater (P<0.05) in LFs (170.92±88.29 ng/mL) compared with SFs (67.39±49.90ng/mL) and serum (73.48±34.63ng/mL). The largest and smallest length of the ovaries was 26.0±3.0 and 19.0mm ±2.0mm, respectively. The number of SFs (70.86±25.76) was greater (P<0.01) than LFs (6.54±5.26). The study concluded that LFs present greater levels of IGF-I when compared with SFs and blood, which is related to increased activity of the LFs and its differentiation to ovulation. In addition, ovaries of pre-pubertal gilts have a higher number of SFs compared to LFs. Therefore, our study demonstrated unique data regarding the physiological concentration of free IGF-I in ovarian follicles, that can be used in future research to evaluate the addition of this hormone in the in vitro production media of porcine embryos with the goal to improve the technique efficiency

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a pantropical tree inventory database from closed canopy forests, consisting of 657,630 trees belonging to 11,371 species, we use a fitted value of Fisher’s alpha and an approximate pantropical stem total to estimate the minimum number of tropical forest tree species to fall between ∼40,000 and ∼53,000, i.e. at the high end of previous estimates. Contrary to common assumption, the Indo-Pacific region was found to be as species-rich as the Neotropics, with both regions having a minimum of ∼19,000–25,000 tree species. Continental Africa is relatively depauperate with a minimum of ∼4,500–6,000 tree species. Very few species are shared among the African, American, and the Indo-Pacific regions. We provide a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa

Familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescents from 48 countries: a cross-sectional study

Background: Approximately 450 000 children are born with familial hypercholesterolaemia worldwide every year, yet only 2·1% of adults with familial hypercholesterolaemia were diagnosed before age 18 years via current diagnostic approaches, which are derived from observations in adults. We aimed to characterise children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) and understand current approaches to the identification and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia to inform future public health strategies. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, we assessed children and adolescents younger than 18 years with a clinical or genetic diagnosis of HeFH at the time of entry into the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration (FHSC) registry between Oct 1, 2015, and Jan 31, 2021. Data in the registry were collected from 55 regional or national registries in 48 countries. Diagnoses relying on self-reported history of familial hypercholesterolaemia and suspected secondary hypercholesterolaemia were excluded from the registry; people with untreated LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) of at least 13·0 mmol/L were excluded from this study. Data were assessed overall and by WHO region, World Bank country income status, age, diagnostic criteria, and index-case status. The main outcome of this study was to assess current identification and management of children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolaemia. Findings: Of 63 093 individuals in the FHSC registry, 11 848 (18·8%) were children or adolescents younger than 18 years with HeFH and were included in this study; 5756 (50·2%) of 11 476 included individuals were female and 5720 (49·8%) were male. Sex data were missing for 372 (3·1%) of 11 848 individuals. Median age at registry entry was 9·6 years (IQR 5·8-13·2). 10 099 (89·9%) of 11 235 included individuals had a final genetically confirmed diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia and 1136 (10·1%) had a clinical diagnosis. Genetically confirmed diagnosis data or clinical diagnosis data were missing for 613 (5·2%) of 11 848 individuals. Genetic diagnosis was more common in children and adolescents from high-income countries (9427 [92·4%] of 10 202) than in children and adolescents from non-high-income countries (199 [48·0%] of 415). 3414 (31·6%) of 10 804 children or adolescents were index cases. Familial-hypercholesterolaemia-related physical signs, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease were uncommon, but were more common in non-high-income countries. 7557 (72·4%) of 10 428 included children or adolescents were not taking lipid-lowering medication (LLM) and had a median LDL-C of 5·00 mmol/L (IQR 4·05-6·08). Compared with genetic diagnosis, the use of unadapted clinical criteria intended for use in adults and reliant on more extreme phenotypes could result in 50-75% of children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolaemia not being identified. Interpretation: Clinical characteristics observed in adults with familial hypercholesterolaemia are uncommon in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolaemia, hence detection in this age group relies on measurement of LDL-C and genetic confirmation. Where genetic testing is unavailable, increased availability and use of LDL-C measurements in the first few years of life could help reduce the current gap between prevalence and detection, enabling increased use of combination LLM to reach recommended LDL-C targets early in life

Canagliflozin and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide, but few effective long-term treatments are available. In cardiovascular trials of inhibitors of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), exploratory results have suggested that such drugs may improve renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS In this double-blind, randomized trial, we assigned patients with type 2 diabetes and albuminuric chronic kidney disease to receive canagliflozin, an oral SGLT2 inhibitor, at a dose of 100 mg daily or placebo. All the patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 30 to &lt;90 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 of body-surface area and albuminuria (ratio of albumin [mg] to creatinine [g], &gt;300 to 5000) and were treated with renin–angiotensin system blockade. The primary outcome was a composite of end-stage kidney disease (dialysis, transplantation, or a sustained estimated GFR of &lt;15 ml per minute per 1.73 m2), a doubling of the serum creatinine level, or death from renal or cardiovascular causes. Prespecified secondary outcomes were tested hierarchically. RESULTS The trial was stopped early after a planned interim analysis on the recommendation of the data and safety monitoring committee. At that time, 4401 patients had undergone randomization, with a median follow-up of 2.62 years. The relative risk of the primary outcome was 30% lower in the canagliflozin group than in the placebo group, with event rates of 43.2 and 61.2 per 1000 patient-years, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59 to 0.82; P=0.00001). The relative risk of the renal-specific composite of end-stage kidney disease, a doubling of the creatinine level, or death from renal causes was lower by 34% (hazard ratio, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.53 to 0.81; P&lt;0.001), and the relative risk of end-stage kidney disease was lower by 32% (hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.86; P=0.002). The canagliflozin group also had a lower risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (hazard ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.67 to 0.95; P=0.01) and hospitalization for heart failure (hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.80; P&lt;0.001). There were no significant differences in rates of amputation or fracture. CONCLUSIONS In patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular events was lower in the canagliflozin group than in the placebo group at a median follow-up of 2.62 years