Renan G. Barreto, Lucas Aversari, Cecília Neta A. P. Gomes, Natasha C. Q. Lino
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Due to the need to improve access to knowledge and the establishment of means for sharing and organizing data in the health area, this research proposes an architecture based on the paradigm of Knowledge-as-a-Service (KaaS). This can be used in the medical field and can offer centralized access...
Eliana Mara Oliveira Lippe
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Inadequate uterine vascular remodeling is associated with pregnancy complication. Pregnancy specific uterine Natural Killer (uNK) cells produce angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), nitric oxide (NO) and interferon-γ (IFNγ), but hypoxic effects of uNK cell functions are unknown....
O. P. Abioye, O. A. Oyewole, S. B. Oyeleke, M. O. Adeyem, A. A. Orukotan
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This study investigated the biosorption of lead, chromium and cadmium in tannery effluent using indigenous microorganisms. Bacteria isolated from the tannery effluent were Bacillus subtilis and B. megaterium while fungi isolated were Aspergillus niger and Penicillium sp. The microorganisms were tested for their...
Mousumi Sen
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Biological removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution was studied in batch and continuous mode of operation using the growing Aspergillus sp. Continuous removal of Cr(VI) was studied in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) maintaining the microorganism in living or biologically active state. In batch bioreactor,...
Boycen Kumira Mudzengi
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This research determined the spatial variation in soil lead pollution in the Middle Mukuvisi Catchment in Harare. Lead is one of the commonest urban pollutants and it induces negative effects on biophysical resources and humans. Part of the study area has been target of landfill programmes dating back to the...
Laís Campos Teixeira de Carvalho-Gonçalves, Krystyna Gorlach-Lira
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Lipases and biosurfactants are biocompounds produced by microorganisms involved in the metabolism of oily substrates. In this way, our study aimed to evaluate these molecules production by bacteria isolated from contaminated soil with waste vegetable oil and evaluate the optimal culture conditions for lipase...
Hélen Baptista Abud, Erick Eduardo da Silveira, Elaine Berges da Silva, Antônio Francisco da Silva Lisboa-Neto, Amilton Cesar dos Santos, Caio Biasi
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Data by the Pan-American Health Organization show that the death of about two million people a year and over 200 types of diseases are associated with increasing food contamination. Several types of technology and extensive legislation have been developed and targeted to this issue to reduce food microbiological...
Jahangir Abdullah Koka, Abdul Hamid Wani, Mohd Yaqub Bhat, Tariq Ahmad Wani, Shazia Parveen
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Antifungal activities of different solvent extracts of Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth. (Lamiale: Lamiaceae) and Iris kashmiriana Baker (Asparagales: Iridaceae) were carried out through agar well diffusion assay at three concentrations (25 µL, 50 µL and 75 µL) against seven rot causing fungi, viz. Penicillium...
Débora Tomazi Pereira, Elisa Poltronieri Filipin, Fernanda Ramlov, Marcelo Maraschin, Zenilda Laurita Bouzon, Carmen Simioni
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Pyropia represents most domesticated seaweed in the world. Therefore, we aimed to determine if cultivation of the red macroalga Pyropia acanthophora E. C. Oliveira and Coll (Rhodophyta: Bangiales) under laboratory conditions would affect the presence and concentration of secondary metabolites. To accomplish this,...
D. K. Anya, K. I. Eghianruwa
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The efficacy of concurrent diminazene and Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberales: Zingiberaceae) extract in murine Trypanosoma brucei Plimmer & Bradford, 1899 (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatida) infection was evaluated. Two infected groups were treated with extract at 400 mg.kg- ¹ (G1) and 800 mg.kg- ¹ (G2)...
Foluso Ologundudu, Oluwatoyin Ajayi, Oluwaseun Ajayi, Idowu Ajani, Seun Oladipupo
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Alternative approach to mitigate the negative consequences of aluminium toxicity on cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Fabales: Fabaceae) productivity cannot be overemphasized. The effects of aluminium toxicity on some morphological parameters of five cowpea accessions were investigated with the aim of...
Seun Olaitan Oladipupo, Chris Oluwakayode Adedire, Olahire Ayo Gbaye
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The tendency of the dried fruit beetle Carpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to occur as pests in stores and fields has necessitated investigations on its fecundity and survival on some alternative food hosts such as groundnut, cocoa, cowpea and rice. Two copulating pairs of the adult...
Olusegun Olufemi Whenu, Gabriel Olarinde Mekuleyi, Nimota Ojomu
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The morphometric and meristic characteristics of 300 fish samples of silver catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) inhabiting the Epe Lagoon, Lagos, was conducted between October 2012 and January 2013 in order to investigate the growth and health status of this species....
Daniel Silva Lula Leite, Natan Diego Alves de Freitas, Wilson Marques de Oliveira Junior, Anna Carolina Nogueira Borzani
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Southern house wren Troglodytes musculus Naumann, 1823 (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae) is widely distributed in Brazil, occurring on the edges of forests and urban areas, considerable a passeriform usually found in antropized landscape. Birds use vocal signs in diverse activities during the circadian cycle (eg.:...
Luís Miguel Lobo, Amilton Cesar dos Santos, Ricardo Alexandre Rosa, Gerlane de Medeiros Costa, Ana Flávia Carvalho, Celina Almeida Furlanetto Mançanares
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The alimentary habit reflects in the morphology of digestive organs. In this sense, microscopic studies are useful to analyze the tissue composition of each organ and allow greater comparisons with other marsupials described in the literature. For this reason, the aim of this study was realize a microscopic...
Amanda Neves da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Brito Cavalcante, Jobson dos Anjos Ferreira, Daniela Soares Leite
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The theme medication/self-diagnosis presents contrary opinions about what is right or wrong, in addition to being scarce the quantitative studies with the purpose to clarify the causes of these two dangerous practices. For both, the objective of this study was to identify the causes that influence the...
Aline Cristina Figueiredo Lima, Joaquim Nylson Santos Silva, Roseane Mara Cardoso Lima Verde, Matheus Hipólito do Nascimento, Joacilda da Conceição Nunes, Leonardo Ferreira Soares, Evaldo Hipólito de Oliveira
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. In the State of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil, the units of the Hematology and Hemotherapy Center of Piauí (HEMOPI) receive blood donations to maintain the stock of blood and its derivatives. This study aimed to obtain epidemiological data on...
Caroline Mendes Santos, Daniela Soares Leite
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Congenital syphilis (CS) is a systemic infect contagious disease, sexually transmitted, easily diagnosed, with effective and low cost treatment. Thus, the existence of a paradox is detached, once infectious diseases of greater complexity have already been controlled. In its congenital form, syphilis in Brazil...
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