Análise de séries temporais da Q7 em duas estações fluviométricas da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Araguari, em Minas Gerais

The grows of the population and consequently the demand for natural resources promote constant concern, how far do environmental limits go? Therefore, it becomes necessary to create management and monitoring mechanisms that are able to ensure the supply of the needs of current and future generations, human and animal. One of these mechanisms is the granting of water use, which, in the state of Minas Gerais, is based on the value of Q7,10, minimum flow of seven days in duration and ten years of recurrence. In this sense, the present work sought to make a comparison between the evolution of land use and occupation through digital image processing of the drainage areas of two fluviometric monitoring stations, and the analysis of their respective historical flow series through the minimum average of seven days, applying the Durbin-Watson aucorrelation and Mann-Kendall stationarity tests. The analyzed stations are located in the Araguari River Basin. The dry period of each year was considered, starting in the 70's until the present day. As a result, it was possible to identify a downward trend in the Q7 lines annually only for the month of September, in which there was a 53.5% drop in the value between the years 1974 and 2018, evidenced by the regression line, which has an angular coefficient equal to -0.0268, as well as in the ground cover by dense vegetation, which reached a loss of 67.5% for the area of one of the analyzed stations.Pesquisa sem auxílio de agências de fomentoTrabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação)O crescimento da população e consequentemente da demanda por recursos naturais promovem uma preocupação constante, até onde vão os limites ambientais? Dessa forma torna-se necessário criar mecanismos de gestão e monitoramento que sejam capazes de garantir o suprimento das necessidades das atuais e futuras gerações, humana e animal. Um desses mecanismos consiste na outorga de uso da água, a qual, no estado de Minas Gerais, baseia-se no valor da Q7,10, vazão mínima de sete dias de duração e dez anos de recorrência. Nesse sentido o presente trabalho buscou fazer uma comparação entre a evolução do uso e ocupação do solo através do processamento digital de imagem das áreas de drenagem de duas estações de monitoramento fluviométrico, e a análise das suas respectivas séries históricas de vazão através da média mínima de sete dias, aplicando os testes estatísticos de aucorrelação de Durbin-Watson e de estacionaridade de Mann-Kendall. As estações analisadas estão localizadas na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Araguari. Foi considerado o período seco de cada ano, iniciando-se na década de 70 até os dias atuais. Com isso foi possível identificar uma tendência de diminuição nas linhas de Q7 anualmente apenas para o mês de setembro, em que houve uma queda de 53,5% no valor entre os anos de 1974 e 2018, evidenciado pela linha de regressão, a qual possui um coeficiente angular igual a -0,0268, bem como na cobertura do solo por vegetação densa, a qual chegou ter uma perda de 67,5% para a área de uma das estações analisadas

PARP-14 Promotes Survival of Mammalian α but Not β Pancreatic Cells Following Cytokine Treatment

PARP-14 (poly-ADP Ribose Polymerase-14), a member of the PARP family, belongs to the group of Bal proteins (B Aggressive Lymphoma). PARP-14 has recently appeared to be involved in the transduction pathway mediated by JNKs (c Jun N terminal Kinases), among which JNK2 promotes cancer cell survival. Several pharmacological PARP inhibitors are currently used as antitumor agents, even though they have also proved to be effective in many inflammatory diseases. Cytokine release from immune system cells characterizes many autoimmune inflammatory disorders, including type I diabetes, in which the inflammatory state causes β cell loss. Nevertheless, growing evidence supports a concomitant implication of glucagon secreting α cells in type I diabetes progression. Here, we provide evidence on the activation of a survival pathway, mediated by PARP-14, in pancreatic α cells, following treatment of αTC1.6 glucagonoma and βTC1 insulinoma cell lines with a cytokine cocktail: interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Through qPCR, western blot and confocal analysis, we demonstrated higher expression levels of PARP-14 in αTC1.6 cells with respect to βTC1 cells under inflammatory stimuli. By cytofluorimetric and caspase-3 assays, we showed the higher resistance of α cells compared to β cells to apoptosis induced by cytokines. Furthermore, the ability of PJ-34 to modulate the expression of the proteins involved in the survival pathway suggests a protective role of PARP-14. These data shed light on a poorly characterized function of PARP-14 in αTC1.6 cells in inflammatory contexts, widening the potential pharmacological applications of PARP inhibitors

Modulation of pain perception by transcranial magnetic stimulation of left prefrontal cortex

Evidence by functional imaging studies suggests the role of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in the inhibitory control of nociceptive transmission system. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is able to modulate pain response to capsaicin. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of DLPFC activation (through rTMS) on nociceptive control in a model of capsaicin-induced pain. The study was performed on healthy subjects that underwent capsaicin application on right or left hand. Subjects judged the pain induced by capsaicin through a 0–100 VAS scale before and after 5 Hz rTMS over left and right DLPFC at 10 or 20 min after capsaicin application in two separate groups (8 subjects each). Left DLPFC-rTMS delivered either at 10 and 20 min after capsaicin application significantly decreased spontaneous pain in both hands. Right DLPFC rTMS showed no significant effect on pain measures. According to these results, stimulation of left DLPFC seems able to exert a bilateral control on pain system, supporting the critical antinociceptive role of such area. This could open new perspectives to non-invasive brain stimulation protocols of alternative target area for pain treatment

Sudden Unexpected Deaths and Vaccinations during the First Two Years of Life in Italy: A Case Series Study

Background The signal of an association between vaccination in the second year of life with a hexavalent vaccine and sudden unexpected deaths (SUD) in the two days following vaccination was reported in Germany in 2003. A study to establish whether the immunisation with hexavalent vaccines increased the short term risk of SUD in infants was conducted in Italy. Methodology/Principal Findings The reference population comprises around 3 million infants vaccinated in Italy in the study period 1999–2004 (1.5 million received hexavalent vaccines). Events of SUD in infants aged 1–23 months were identified through the death certificates. Vaccination history was retrieved from immunisation registries. Association between immunisation and death was assessed adopting a case series design focusing on the risk periods 0–1, 0–7, and 0–14 days after immunisation. Among the 604 infants who died of SUD, 244 (40%) had received at least one vaccination. Four deaths occurred within two days from vaccination with the hexavalent vaccines (RR = 1.5; 95% CI 0.6 to 4.2). The RRs for the risk periods 0–7 and 0–14 were 2.0 (95% CI 1.2 to 3.5) and 1.5 (95% CI 0.9 to 2.4). The increased risk was limited to the first dose (RR = 2.2; 95% CI 1.1 to 4.4), whereas no increase was observed for the second and third doses combined. Conclusions The RRs of SUD for any vaccines and any risk periods, even when greater than 1, were almost an order of magnitude lower than the estimates in Germany. The limited increase in RRs found in Italy appears confined to the first dose and may be partly explained by a residual uncontrolled confounding effect of age

Peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in neonates and infants: NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe: A prospective European multicentre observational study

BACKGROUND: Little is known about current clinical practice concerning peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in neonates and small infants. Guidelines suggest transfusions based on haemoglobin thresholds ranging from 8.5 to 12 g dl-1, distinguishing between children from birth to day 7 (week 1), from day 8 to day 14 (week 2) or from day 15 (≥week 3) onwards. OBJECTIVE: To observe peri-operative red blood cell transfusion practice according to guidelines in relation to patient outcome. DESIGN: A multicentre observational study. SETTING: The NEonate-Children sTudy of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE) trial recruited patients up to 60 weeks' postmenstrual age undergoing anaesthesia for surgical or diagnostic procedures from 165 centres in 31 European countries between March 2016 and January 2017. PATIENTS: The data included 5609 patients undergoing 6542 procedures. Inclusion criteria was a peri-operative red blood cell transfusion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary endpoint was the haemoglobin level triggering a transfusion for neonates in week 1, week 2 and week 3. Secondary endpoints were transfusion volumes, 'delta haemoglobin' (preprocedure - transfusion-triggering) and 30-day and 90-day morbidity and mortality. RESULTS: Peri-operative red blood cell transfusions were recorded during 447 procedures (6.9%). The median haemoglobin levels triggering a transfusion were 9.6 [IQR 8.7 to 10.9] g dl-1 for neonates in week 1, 9.6 [7.7 to 10.4] g dl-1 in week 2 and 8.0 [7.3 to 9.0] g dl-1 in week 3. The median transfusion volume was 17.1 [11.1 to 26.4] ml kg-1 with a median delta haemoglobin of 1.8 [0.0 to 3.6] g dl-1. Thirty-day morbidity was 47.8% with an overall mortality of 11.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate lower transfusion-triggering haemoglobin thresholds in clinical practice than suggested by current guidelines. The high morbidity and mortality of this NECTARINE sub-cohort calls for investigative action and evidence-based guidelines addressing peri-operative red blood cell transfusions strategies. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT02350348

Encapsulation in fusogenic liposomes broadens the spectrum of action of vancomycin against Gram-negative bacteria

International audienceMany antibacterial agents, including the glycopeptides, are inactive against Gram-negative bacteria because of their inability to cross the outer membrane of these cells. Different chemical and technological approaches have been described to circumvent such limitation. In this study, we aimed to apply the strategy of fusogenic liposomes, up to now used to carry biological compounds and materials inside cells, to localise a glycopeptide antibiotic, vancomycin (VAN), to the periplasmic space, thus allowing it to exert its bactericidal activity. Small unilamellar liposome vesicles were prepared by an extrusion procedure (SUVETs) from a phospholipid-cholesterol hemisuccinate mixture known for its fusogenic properties with the eukaryotic cell membrane. VAN was loaded with high efficiency into these vesicles and in microbiological experiments in vitro was shown to be able to inhibit to a different extent the growth of wild and standard Gram-negative bacterial strains. Minimum inhibitory concentrations as low as 6mg/L were observed, for instance against clinical isolates of and . In comparison, neither the free antibiotic nor VAN-loaded 'classical' (non-fusogenic) liposomes showed any activity against the same bacteria. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy studies allowed confirmation that the produced SUVETs were able to adhere to and fuse with the external membrane of . According to preliminary experiments, this technological strategy can be proposed as a potentially successful way to enlarge the spectrum of activity of VAN

Characterisation of Kupffer cells in some Amphibia

A study on the Kupffer cells (KCs) of Amphibia was undertaken in order to compare these cells with those of endothermic animals. Liver tissue and isolated and cultured KCs were studied by light microscopy and by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. We have shown that amphibian KCs can be divided into 2 principal types: ‘small’ and ‘large’. Both cell types possess the distinctive KC morphology. They show nonspecific esterase activity, weak endogenous peroxidase activity in the nuclear envelope and in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, and the ability to engulf naturally present cell debris or experimentally administered zymosan or latex particles. The principal difference between the small and the large cells consists in the substantial quantity of inclusion bodies that exist only in the latter. We conclude that amphibian KCs, apart from their ability to build melanosomes and synthesise melanins, are very similar to mammalian KCs