Agaricoid fungi from the argentinean Yungas: Key to genera

Las Yungas argentinas constituyen una ecorregión que si bien no abarca más del 2% de la superficie de Argentina, presenta más del 50% de la biodiversidad de nuestro país. Esto también se ve reflejado en la diversidad de hongos, y principalmente en la de hongos agaricoides (Basidiomycota). En base a la cantidad de especies de hongos agaricoides conocidas para las Yungas argentinas, realizamos un listado de los géneros conocidos para el área, y presentamos una clave para separarlos, resultando un total de 108 géneros.The argentinian Yungas is an eco region that although it reaches less than 2% of the Argentinian territory; it bears more than 50 % of biodiversity of the country. This also occurs regarding fungal diversity, mainly concerning the agaricoid fungi (Basidiomycota). Based on species described from the argentinian Yungas, we made a check list of genera described for the area. We proposed a key to separate them, resulting in a total of 108 genera.Fil: Niveiro, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (i); ArgentinaFil: Zuliani, Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (i); ArgentinaFil: Ramírez, Natalia Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (i); ArgentinaFil: Popoff, Orlando Fabian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (i); ArgentinaFil: Alberto, Edgardo Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas - Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas (sede Chascomús); Argentin

serum soluble tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis inducing ligand levels in older subjects with dementia and mild cognitive impairment

Background: The tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been involved in both physiological and pathological conditions, including va

Maize landraces characterization using Generalized Procrustes analysis and Multiple factor analysis

El establecimiento de relaciones entre taxones es un paso esencial en el proceso de catalogación y evaluación del material conservado en un Banco de Germoplasma. Existen distintos métodos de evaluación en función del tipo de caracteres estudiados. Cuando el registro de caracteres se repite en el tiempo y en distintos ambientes, se debe separar la variabilidad intrínsecamente genética entre los taxones de aquella que se debe al ambiente, y más aún, de la posible variabilidad debida a la interacción genotipo*ambiente para el posterior establecimiento de relaciones puramente filogenéticas. En el presente trabajo se estudia comparativamente la factibilidad de aplicación de dos estrategias de análisis estadístico para dar solución a este problema. La primera corresponde al análisis tradicional donde se realiza un Análisis de Componentes Principales sobre los caracteres promedios a lo largo de los diferentes ambientes; y la segunda son métodos más complejos en los cuales cada dato es originado por tres modos: individuos, variables y condiciones ambientales, tales como el Análisis Factorial Múltiple y el Análisis de Procrustes Generalizado. Si bien las configuraciones resultantes fueron todas equivalentes, los métodos de tres vías permiten la interpretación de la interacción genotipo*ambiente.The establishment of relationships among taxa is an essential step in the process of cataloging and evaluation of material conserved in a germplasm bank. There are several evaluation methods according to the types of the characters in the study. When the registration of the characters should be repeated in diverse environments and times, it is necessary to separate the genetic variability of the taxa from the variability due to the environment, and from the possible genotype*environment interaction variability. Consequently, pure phylogenetic relationships may be established. In this work, the feasibility of application of two strategies of statistical analysis to give solution to this problem is studied comparatively. The first one is a traditional Principal Component Analysis applied on the average characters. The second one is a set of more complex methods where each datum is originated by three ways: individuals, variables and environmental conditions, as the Multiple Factorial Analysis and the Generalized Procrustes Analysis. While the resulting configurations were all equivalent, three-way methods allow the interpretation of genotype *environment.Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestale

Lack of cross-reactivity between anti-A IgG isoagglutinins and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies

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"Delirium Day": A nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool

Background: To date, delirium prevalence in adult acute hospital populations has been estimated generally from pooled findings of single-center studies and/or among specific patient populations. Furthermore, the number of participants in these studies has not exceeded a few hundred. To overcome these limitations, we have determined, in a multicenter study, the prevalence of delirium over a single day among a large population of patients admitted to acute and rehabilitation hospital wards in Italy. Methods: This is a point prevalence study (called "Delirium Day") including 1867 older patients (aged 65 years or more) across 108 acute and 12 rehabilitation wards in Italian hospitals. Delirium was assessed on the same day in all patients using the 4AT, a validated and briefly administered tool which does not require training. We also collected data regarding motoric subtypes of delirium, functional and nutritional status, dementia, comorbidity, medications, feeding tubes, peripheral venous and urinary catheters, and physical restraints. Results: The mean sample age was 82.0 ± 7.5 years (58 % female). Overall, 429 patients (22.9 %) had delirium. Hypoactive was the commonest subtype (132/344 patients, 38.5 %), followed by mixed, hyperactive, and nonmotoric delirium. The prevalence was highest in Neurology (28.5 %) and Geriatrics (24.7 %), lowest in Rehabilitation (14.0 %), and intermediate in Orthopedic (20.6 %) and Internal Medicine wards (21.4 %). In a multivariable logistic regression, age (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.05), Activities of Daily Living dependence (OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.12-1.27), dementia (OR 3.25, 95 % CI 2.41-4.38), malnutrition (OR 2.01, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), and use of antipsychotics (OR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.45-2.82), feeding tubes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI 1.11-5.66), peripheral venous catheters (OR 1.41, 95 % CI 1.06-1.87), urinary catheters (OR 1.73, 95 % CI 1.30-2.29), and physical restraints (OR 1.84, 95 % CI 1.40-2.40) were associated with delirium. Admission to Neurology wards was also associated with delirium (OR 2.00, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), while admission to other settings was not. Conclusions: Delirium occurred in more than one out of five patients in acute and rehabilitation hospital wards. Prevalence was highest in Neurology and lowest in Rehabilitation divisions. The "Delirium Day" project might become a useful method to assess delirium across hospital settings and a benchmarking platform for future surveys