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What is the effect of Tribulus terrestris on testicular morphology and sperm production?An experimental study in the rat model

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2024年第1期26卷 67-70页

作者： Marcello henrique Araujo Da Silva Gabriela Faria Buys-Goncalves Joao henrique Duque Reis Estrada Francisco Jose Barcellos Sampaio Diogo Benchimol de souza Urogenital Research Unit Rio de Janeiro State UniversityRio de Janeiro 20551-030RJBrazil

The objective of this study was to investigate whether treatment with Tribulus terrestris(Tt)has any impact on the testicular morphology and function in a rodent *** male rats were divided into a control group and a group receiving 100 mg kg^(-1) body weight of Tt *** 4o days of experiment,the animals were submitted to euthanasia;epididymal tail spermatozoa were collected;and spermatozoa concentration,motility,and viability were *** addition,testicles were collected and processed for histomorphometrical *** were compared using the Student's t-test and considered significant when Pdensity,seminiferous epithelium surface density,and intertubular compartment surface density were statistically similar between the ***,seminiferous epithelium height and tubular lumen surface density were augmented in animals treated with *** with Tt does not cause a major impact on testicular morphology,promoting only subtle *** difference on spermatozoa parameters was observed.

关键词： morphometry testicle Tribulus terrestris

The effectiveness of different wear indicators in quantifying wear on railway wheels of freight wagons

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Railway Engineering Science 2024年第3期32卷 307-323页

作者： Philipe Augusto de Paula Pacheco M.Magelli Matheus Valente Lopes pedro henrique Alves Correa N.Zampieri N.Bosso Auteliano Antunes dos Santos Federal Institute of the Southeast of Minas Gerais(IF Sudeste MG) Técnico PanamáStreet 45Santos DumontMG 36246-311Brazil Railway Laboratory(Lafer) Universidade Estadual de Campinas(UNICAMP)Mendeleyev Street 200CampinasSP 13083-872Brazil department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Politecnico Di TorinoC.so Duca degli Abruzzi 2410129 TurinItaly

Railway infrastructure relies on the dynamic interaction between wheels and rails;thus,assessing wheel wear is a critical aspect of maintenance and *** paper focuses on the wheel-rail wear indicator T-gamma(Tγ).Amidst its use,it becomes apparent that Tγ,while valuable,fails to provide a comprehensive reflection of the actual material removal and actual contact format,which means that using only Tγas a target for optimization of profiles is not *** this work,three different freight wagons are evaluated:a meter-gauge and a broad-gauge heavy haul vehicles from South American railways,and a standard-gauge freight vehicle operated in Europe,with different axle loads and dissimilar new wheel/rail *** vehicles are subjected to comprehensive multibody simulations on various *** simulations aimed to elucidate the intricate relationship between different wear indicators:Tγ,wear index,material removal,and maximum wear depth,under diverse curves,non-compensated lateral accelerations(A_(nc)),and *** findings showed a correlation of 0.96 between Tγand wear depth and 0.82 between wear index and material removed for the outer *** the results,the Tγis better than the wear index to be used when analyzing wear depth while the wear index is more suited to foresee the material *** results also show the low influence of A_(nc)on wear index and Tγ.By considering these factors together,the study aims to improve the understanding of wheel-rail wear by selecting the best wear analysis approaches based on the effectiveness of each parameter.

关键词： Wear index Wear volume Wear modeling Dynamic simulation

Physico-chemical characterization of acid base disorders in patients with COVID-19:A cohort study

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World Journal of Nephrology 2024年第2期13卷 16-23页

作者： Sergio Pinto de souza Juliana R Caldas Marcelo Barreto Lopes Marcelo Augusto Duarte Silveira Fernanda Oliveira Coelho Igor Oliveira Queiroz pedro Domingues Cury Rogério da Hora Passos department of Nephrology Hospital São RafaelSalvadorBA 41253190Brazil department of Nephrology D’Or Institute for Research and Education(IDOR)SalvadorBA 41253190Brazil Faculty of Medicine Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública-EBMSPSalvadorBA 40290000Brazil department of Intensive Care D’Or Institute for Research and Education(IDOR)SalvadorBA 41253190Brazil Hospital São Rafael D’Or Institute for Research and Education(IDOR)SalvadorBA 41253190Brazil department of Intensive Care Unit Hospital Israelita Albert EinsteinSao PauloSP 05652900Brazil

BACKGROUND Acid-base imbalance has been poorly described in patients with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).Study by the quantitative acid-base approach may be able to account for minor changes in ion distribution that may have been over-looked using traditional acid-base analysis *** a cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients,we looked for an association between metabolic acidosis surrogates and worse clinical outcomes,such as mortality,renal dialysis,and length of hospital *** To describe the acid-base disorders of critically ill COVID-19 patients using Stewart’s approach,associating its variables with poor *** This study pertained to a retrospective cohort comprised of adult patients who experienced an intensive care unit stay exceeding 4 days and who were diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection through a positive polymerase chain reaction analysis of a nasal swab and typical pulmonary involvement observed in chest computed tomography *** and clinical data were obtained from electronic *** variables were compared using Fisher’s exact *** data were presented as median and interquartile *** Mann-Whitney U test was used for *** In total,211 patients were *** mortality rate was 13.7%.Overall,149 patients(70.6%)presented with alkalosis,28 patients(13.3%)had acidosis,and the remaining 34 patients(16.2%)had a normal arterial pondus *** those presenting with acidosis,most had a low apparent strong ion difference(SID)(20 patients,9.5%).Within the group with alkalosis,128 patients(61.0%)had respiratory *** non-survivors were older,had more comorbidities,and had higher Charlson’s and simplified acute physiology score *** did not find severe acid-base imbalance in this *** analyzed Stewart’s variables(effective SID,apparent SID,and strong ion gap and the effect of albumin,lactate,phosphorus,and chloride)were not d

关键词： COVID-19 Physicochemical approach Acid-base status Critically ill patients Acute respiratory syndrome

In-Hospital Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: First Results in a Brazilian Single Center

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Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery 2024年第1期14卷 17-28页

作者： Daniel de Magalhães Freitas João Alberto Pansani Max Weyler Nery Stanlley de Oliveira Loyola Maurício Lopes Prudente Giulliano Gardenghi Artur henrique de souza department of Cardiovascular Surgery Encore Hospital Aparecida de Goiania Brazil Anesthesia Clinic (Clianest) Goiania Brazil

Introduction: Treatments for cardiovascular diseases have increasingly evolved with the tendency to offer minimally invasive or transcatheter procedures instead of conventional sternotomy surgery. In this context, we highlight minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS), which has been shown to be an increasingly solid option with some superior results when compared to the conventional technique: better pain control, shorter hospital stays, shorter recovery time, shorter readmission rate in the first postoperative year, better aesthetic results, and lower overall cost. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the stages of MIMVS, by primary mitral valve consultation, in our service and compare these results with data from the literature. Methods: All electronic medical records of patients who underwent MIMVS for primary mitral valve injury in the Encore Hospital from January 2020 to February 2023 were analyzed. Tabulation and statistical analysis were performed using the Microsoft Excel® program. Quantitative variables were presented as means, standard deviations. Results: 46 patients were enrolled in our study (Age: 59.1 ± 12.4 years old;60.8% Female, BMI: 26 ± 4.4 Kg/m2, Low risk STS score: 82.6%). The observed 30-day mortality was 2.1%, plastic rate of 23.9%, blood transfusion rate of 41.3%, length of stay in an intensive care bed (ICB) of 3.3 ± 3.3 days and hospital stay of 6.4 ± 5.1 days. Conclusions: We noticed that the MIMVS results carried out in our service agree with data from national and international literature with approximately 1.3 days more hospitalization in ICB.

关键词： Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Mitral Valve Outcome Assessment Health Care

decomposition and stabilization of organic matter in an old-growth tropical riparian forest:effects of soil properties and vegetation structure

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Forest Ecosystems 2021年第1期8卷 173-181页

作者： pedro henrique de Godoy Fernandes Andréa Lúcia Teixeira de souza Marcel Okamoto Tanaka Renata Sebastiani Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences Federal University of São CarlosSão CarlosSPBrazil department of Environmental Sciences(DCAm) Federal University of São CarlosSão CarlosSPBrazil department of Nature Mathematicsand Education SciencesFederal University of São CarlosSão CarlosSPBrazil

Background:Nutrient cycling in tropical forests has a large importance for primary productivity,and decomposition of litterfall is a major process influencing nutrient balance in forest *** large-scale factors strongly influence decomposition patterns,small-scale factors can have major influences,especially in old-growth forests that have high structural complexity and strong plant-soil *** we evaluated the effects of forest structure and soil properties on decomposition rates and stabilization of soil organic matter using the Tea Bag Index(TBI)in an old-growth riparian forest in southeastern *** data sets were described separately using Principal Components Analysis(PCA).The main axes for each analysis,together with soil physical properties(clay content and soil moisture),were used to construct structural equations models that evaluated the different parameters of the TBI,decomposition rates and stabilization *** best model was selected using Akaike’s ***:Forest structure and soil physical and chemical properties presented large variation among plots within the studied *** content was strongly correlated with soil moisture and the first PCA axis of soil chemical properties,and model selection indicated that clay content was a better predictor than this *** rates presented a large variation among tea bags(0.009 and 0.098 g·g^(−1)·d−1)and were positively related with forest structure,as characterized by higher basal area,tree density and larger *** stabilization factor varied between 0.211–0.426 and was related to forest stratification and soil clay ***:The old-growth forest studied presented high heterogeneity in both forest structure and soil properties at small spatial scales,that influenced decomposition processes and probably contributed to small-scale variation in nutrient *** rates were only influenced by forest structure,whereas the stabilizat

关键词： Tea bag index Forest structure Carbon fixation Nutrient cycling

Effects of Imazethapyr-Based Herbicide Formulation in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Hepatocyte Cell Line (ZF-L): Cytotoxicity and Oxidative Stress

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Journal of Environmental Protection 2024年第6期15卷 747-765页

作者： Edila Maria Kickhöfel Ferrer Milena Mattes Cerveira pedro henrique Flores Da Cruz Cleiton Jesus Andrade Pereira Lucas Moraes Berneira Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira Nathalia Stark Pedra Roselia Maria Spanevello Jean Carlos Bauer Vieira Clarissa Piccinin Frizzo Mateus Tavares Kütter Janice Luehring Giongo Rodrigo de Almeida Vaucher Center of Chemical Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences Microorganism Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory (LAPEBBIOM) Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Center of Chemical Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences Laboratory for Lipidomic and Bio-Organic Research Bioforensic Research Group Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Center of Chemical Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences Neurochemistry Inflammation and Cancer Laboratory Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Brazil department of Chemistry Heterocycle Chemistry Center (NUQUIMHE) Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) Santa Maria Rio Grande do Sul Brazil department of Microbiology and Parasitology Biology Institute Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

Seizures of agrochemical formulations have increased in Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul is among the Brazilian states with the highest number of seizures of these products obtained illicitly. The use of illicit formulations can cause significant harm to agricultural production, the environment, and non-target species. This study evaluated the cytotoxicity and oxidative stress of a seized formulation containing the herbicide imazethapyr (IMZT). Characterization of the herbicide included gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and thermal analyses (thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)). Hemolytic and cytotoxicity assays in ZF-L hepatic cells showed IC50 values of 12.75 µg/mL, 3.01 µg/mL, 2.67 µg/mL, and 1.61 µg/mL for erythrocytes, [3(4,5-dimethyl)-2 bromide-5 diphenyl tetrazolium] (MTT), neutral red (NR), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays, respectively. The median IC50 of 2.84 µg/mL was used in oxidative stress assays, revealing increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, reduced total sulfhydryl content, and decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activity. This study is the first to report in vitro oxidative stress induced by IMZT in the ZF-L cell line, emphasizing the importance of in vitro assays for assessing the toxic effects of seized agrochemicals on human health and the environment.

关键词： Agrochemical Imidazolinone Zebrafish Cell Viability Oxidative Damage

Multi-objective forest harvesting under sustainable and economic principles

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林业研究:英文版 2023年第5期34卷 1379-1394页

作者： Talles Hudson souza Lacerda Luciano Cavalcante de Jesus Franca Isáira Leite e Lopes Sammilly Lorrayne souza Lacerda Evandro OrfanóFigueiredo Bruno henrique Groenner barbosa Carolina souza Jarochinski e Silva Lucas Rezende Gomide Suzano SA Sao JoséDos CamposSao PauloBrazil Institute of Agricultural Sciences Federal University of Uberlandia–UFUMonte CarmeloMinas GeraisBrazil department of Forest Sciences Federal University of Lavras–UFLALavrasMinas GeraisBrazil Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation–EMBRAPA Rio BrancoAcreBrazil department of Systems and Automation Federal University of Lavras–UFLALavrasMinas GeraisBrazil

Selective logging is well-recognized as an effective practice in sustainable forest ***,the ecological efficiency or resilience of the residual stand is often in *** time depends on operational variables,diversity,and forest *** logging is excellent but is open to *** may be resolved by mathematical programming and this study integrates the economic-ecological aspects in multi-objective function by applying two evolutionary *** function maximizes remaining stand diversity,merchantable logs,and the inverse of distance between trees for harvesting and log landings *** Brazilian rainforest database(566 trees)was used to simulate our 216-ha *** log landing design has a maximum volume limit of 500 *** nondominated sorting genetic algorithm was applied to solve the main optimization *** parallel,a sub-problem(p-facility allocation)was solved for landing allocation by a genetic *** frontier analysis was applied to distinguish the gradientsα-economic,β-ecological,andγ-*** expected,the solutions have high diameter changes in the residual stand(average removal of approximately 16 m^(3) ha^(-1)).All solutions showed a grouping of trees selected for harvesting,although there was no formation of large clearings(percentage of canopy removaldemographic rates of the remaining *** methodology should support projects of reduced impact logging by using spatial-diversity information to guide better practices in tropical forests.

关键词： Amazon rainforest management Computational intelligence Multi-objective functions Evolutionary computing

Assessment of the Intertropical Convergence Zone over the Atlantic Ocean through an Algorithm Based on Precipitation

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Journal of Atmospheric Science Research 2024年第1期7卷 59-73页

作者： Natan Chrysostomo de Oliveira Nogueira pedro henrique Gomes Machado Michelle Simões Reboita André Luiz Reis Reis Natural Resources Institute Federal University of ItajubáItajubáMinas Gerais37500-903Brazil

The Intertropical Convergence Zone(ITCZ)is a key atmospheric system on a global scale,primarily driven by trade wind convergence near the *** ITCZ plays a crucial role in modulating the climate of the borders of tropical continental *** instance,Northeastern Brazil experiences a climate influenced by the ITCZ over the Atlantic *** some periods,the ITCZ exhibits double bands,known as the double *** the features of the ITCZ have been described using various approaches and atmospheric variables,there is still a lack of regional studies focusing on the ITCZ and double ITCZ in the Atlantic *** this context,the main goals of this study are(1)to describe a simple algorithm based on precipitation to identify the ITCZ and double ITCZ,(2)to present a climatology(1997-2022)of the position,width,and intensity of these two convective bands,and(3)to investigate variabilities in the ITCZ characteristics associated with anomalies of sea surface temperature(SST)in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic *** double ITCZ typically occurs southward of the main cloud band,and between February and April,both bands are more distant(~4.5°).In the western sector of the Atlantic Ocean,the ITCZ and its double band extend to more southerly latitudes in austral *** the entire Atlantic basin,the annual mean of the latitudinal position,width,and intensity of the ITCZ is 4.9°N,4.2°,and 11 mm/day,respectively,while for the double ITCZ,it is 0.4°N,2.6°,10.3 mm/day,*** the SST anomalies in the Pacific Ocean(El Niño and La Niña episodes)affect more the ITCZ width,the SST anomalies in the Tropical South Atlantic affect both its position and width.

关键词： Double ITCZ Precipitation Latitudinal position Northeastern Brazil Atlantic Ocean ENSO

Adipose tissue,systematic inflammation,and neurodegenerative diseases

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Neural Regeneration Research 2023年第1期18卷 38-46页

作者： Ana Paula de A.Boleti pedro henrique de O.Cardoso Breno Emanuel F.Frihling Patrícia souza e Silva Luiz Filipe R.Nde Moraes Ludovico Migliolo S-Inova Biotech Programa de Pós-Graduação em BiotecnologiaUniversidade Católica Dom BoscoCampo GrandeMSBrazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Programa de Pós-Graduação em BioquímicaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteNatalBrazil

Obesity is associated with several diseases,including mental *** tissue is distributed around the internal organs,acting in the regulation of metabolism by storing and releasing fatty acids and adipokine in the *** nutritional intake results in hypertrophy and proliferation of adipocytes,leading to local hypoxia in adipose tissue and changes in these adipokine *** leads to the recruitment of immune cells to adipose tissue and the release of pro-inflammatory *** presence of high levels of free fatty acids and inflammatory molecules interfere with intracellular insulin signaling,which can generate a neuroinflammatory *** this review,we provide an up-to-date discussion of how excessive obesity can lead to possible cognitive *** also address the idea that obesity-associated systemic inflammation leads to neuroinflammation in the brain,particularly the hypothalamus and hippocampus,and that this is partially responsible for these negative cognitive *** addition,we discuss some clinical models and animal studies for obesity and clarify the mechanism of action of anti-obesity drugs in the central nervous system.

关键词： adiposity anti-obesity drugs hypothalamic inflammation metabolic disease neurodegenerative disease neuroinflammation