10 resultados para Dal Farra, Ricardo

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A complexidade inerente à vida humana no período contemporâneo traz à luz novos desafios para os profissionais de saúde, concernentes às inter-relações entre saúde e espiritualidade. Para além dos limites da fisiologia corporal, a consideração do ser humano do ponto de vista integral representa um aspecto importante da formação dos profissionais da área. O objetivo deste artigo é abordar as interconexões entre saúde e espiritualidade, e contribuir para as reflexões a respeito das possíveis abordagens de inclusão destas questões nos currículos

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This paper reviews the use of confocal microscopy as it pertains to the identification of G-protein coupled receptors and the study of their dynamic properties in cell cultures and in mammalian brain following their tagging with specific fluorescent ligands. Principles that should guide the choice of suitable ligands and fluorophores are discussed. Examples are provided from the work carried out in the authors' laboratory using custom synthetized fluoresceinylated or BODIPY-tagged bioactive peptides. The results show that confocal microscopic detection of specifically bound fluorescent ligands permits high resolution appraisal of neuropeptide receptor distribution both in cell culture and in brain sections. Within the framework of time course experiments, it also allows for a dynamic assessment of the internalization and subsequent intracellular trafficking of bound fluorescent molecules. Thus, it was found that neurotensin, somatostatin and mu- and delta-selective opioid peptides are internalized in a receptor-dependent fashion and according to receptor-specific patterns into their target cells. In the case of neurotensin, this internalization process was found to be clathrin-mediated, to proceed through classical endosomal pathways and, in neurons, to result in a mobilization of newly formed endosomes from neural processes to nerve cell bodies and from the periphery of cell bodies towards the perinuclear zone. These mechanisms are likely to play an important role for ligand inactivation, receptor regulation and perhaps also transmembrane signaling.

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Apresenta-se Nota preliminar de uma epidemia de dengue, ocorrida em Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, no período de novembro de 1990 a março de 1991. Descreve-se a ocorrência de um caso de "Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome" Grau II (DHF/DSS) e de dois óbitos associados ao dengue devido a síndrome de choque. Alerta clínicos e epidemiologistas quanto à possibilidade de ocorrência de casos isolados de DHF/DSS durante epidemias de dengue clássico em áreas antes indenes à doença.

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ABSTRACT The analysis of changes in species composition and vegetation structure in chronosequences improves knowledge on the regeneration patterns following land abandonment in the Amazon. Here, the objective was to perform floristic-structural analysis in mature forests (with/without timber exploitation) and secondary successions (initial, intermediate and advanced vegetation regrowth) in the Tapajós region. The regrowth age and plot locations were determined using Landsat-5/Thematic Mapper images (1984-2012). For floristic analysis, we determined the sample sufficiency and the Shannon-Weaver (H'), Pielou evenness (J), Value of Importance (VI) and Fisher's alpha (α) indices. We applied the Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) for similarity ordination. For structural analysis, the diameter at the breast height (DBH), total tree height (Ht), basal area (BA) and the aboveground biomass (AGB) were obtained. We inspected the differences in floristic-structural attributes using Tukey and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. The results showed an increase in the H', J and α indices from initial regrowth to mature forests of the order of 47%, 33% and 91%, respectively. The advanced regrowth had more species in common with the intermediate stage than with the mature forest. Statistically significant differences between initial and intermediate stages (p<0.05) were observed for DBH, BA and Ht. The recovery of carbon stocks showed an AGB variation from 14.97 t ha-1 (initial regrowth) to 321.47 t ha-1 (mature forests). In addition to AGB, Ht was also important to discriminate the typologies.

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Abstract Background: Prolonged aerobic exercise, such as running a marathon, produces supraphysiological stress that can affect the athlete's homeostasis. Some degree of transient myocardial dysfunction ("cardiac fatigue") can be observed for several days after the race. Objective: To verify if there are changes in the cardiopulmonary capacity, and cardiac inotropy and lusitropy in amateur marathoners after running a marathon. Methods: The sample comprised 6 male amateur runners. All of them underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) one week before the São Paulo Marathon, and 3 to 4 days after that race. They underwent echocardiography 24 hours prior to and immediately after the marathon. All subjects were instructed not to exercise, to maintain their regular diet, ingest the same usual amount of liquids, and rest at least 8 hours a day in the period preceding the CPET. Results: The athletes completed the marathon in 221.5 (207; 250) minutes. In the post-marathon CPET, there was a significant reduction in peak oxygen consumption and peak oxygen pulse compared to the results obtained before the race (50.75 and 46.35 mL.kg-1 .min-1; 19.4 and 18.1 mL.btm, respectively). The echocardiography showed a significant reduction in the s' wave (inotropic marker), but no significant change in the E/e' ratio (lusitropic marker). Conclusions: In amateur runners, the marathon seems to promote changes in the cardiopulmonary capacity identified within 4 days after the race, with a reduction in the cardiac contractility. Such changes suggest that some degree of "cardiac fatigue" can occur.

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Cation exchange capabilities of a Brazilian natural zeolite, identified as scolecite, were evaluated for application in wastewater control. We investigated the process of sorption of chromium(III), nickel(II), cadmium(II) and manganese(II) in synthetic aqueous effluents, including adsorption isotherms of single-metal solutions. The natural zeolite showed the ability to take up the tested heavy metals in the order Cr(III) > Cd(II) > Ni(II) > Mn(II), and this could be related to the valence and the hydration radius of the metal cations. The influence of temperature (25, 40 and 60 ºC) and initial pH value (from 4 to 6) was also evaluated. It was found that the adsorption increased substantially when the temperature was raised to 60 ºC and that maximum adsorption capacity was observed at pH 6. These results demonstrate that scolecite can be used for removal of heavy metals from aqueous effluents, under optimized conditions.

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OBJETIVO: avaliar a prevalência do HIV nas parturientes de maternidades vinculadas ao SUS, pela utilização do teste rápido. MÉTODOS: estudo transversal realizado em maternidades conveniadas ao SUS no Estado de Sergipe, após treinamento realizado com os profissionais de saúde dessas maternidades. As parturientes foram submetidas ao teste rápido imunocromatográfico para HIV, independente de já o terem realizado no pré-natal, após aconselhamento e assinatura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido. O teste utilizado foi DetermineTM - Abbott Laboratórios do Brasil. Utilizou-se o esquema de profilaxia da transmissão vertical para todos os casos, segundo o protocolo recomendado pelo Ministério da Saúde. Foi criado banco de dados no Epi-Info 2002 e calculada a prevalência em relação a todos os testes realizados no período de janeiro de 2003 a março de 2004, por meio de análise estatística descritiva. RESULTADO: após realização de 9.215 testes rápidos, foram detectadas 39 (0,42%) soropositivas para HIV, das quais 23 (59%) não conheciam a sua soropositividade. Duas gestantes que já eram sabidamente HIV positivas não relataram aos profissionais sua condição no momento da admissão. O número de parturientes que referiram ter freqüentado o serviço de pré-natal foi alto (89%), mas somente 32,5% destas foram submetidas ao teste para HIV na gestação. CONCLUSÃO: a prevalência detectada (0,42%) neste estudo é semelhante à nacional. É alta a prevalência de parturientes que desconhecem sua soropositividade para HIV, o que indica inadequado funcionamento de cuidados pré-natais dispensados. Na situação atual é necessária a triagem no momento do parto, para garantia de intervenções adequadas neste momento crucial da transmissão do HIV.

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This article critically resumes Ricardo's principle of comparative advantages pointing out internal coherence problems that have been neglected by the specialized literature. First, long-lasting disequilibria observed in the balance of trade seem incompatible with the idea that these disequilibria are caused by technical advances that change relative prices. Second, comparative advantages do not seem to work in an economy with a universally accepted commodity-money. Finally, the contradiction between the gold standard mechanisms, ruled by Smith's "Law of Reflux", and the quantitative theory of money, which is a necessary condition for the "second way" of the theory of comparative advantages.

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L'immagine del "grembo materno della natura" da cui la ragione umana si deve emancipare per guadagnare la libertà è usata da Kant in uno scritto polemico contro Herder, Mutmasslicher Anfang der Menschengeschichte (1786), che può essere considerato una risposta al libro decimo delle Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit, uscito nel 1785. Seguendo il racconto biblico, anche Kant pone la prima coppia umana in un "giardino", un luogo sicuro e ben fornito di alimenti; ma il vero inizio della storia è fatto consistere nella rottura di questo equilibrio ad opera della ragione che gradualmente si è sottratta alla tutela della natura, imparando un po' alla volta a dominarla. Kant dichiara di condividere l'ideale rousseauiano di una cultura che non neghi la natura dell'uomo ma la promuova in quella che dovrà diventare la sua condizione fondamentale di esistenza, che è la libertà. Pone tuttavia questo ideale come termine finale del processo storico, non come condizione da recuperare nella sua purezza iniziale, ritornando alle origini, come invece appariva nella visione della storia proposta da Herder, che avrebbe su questo punto frainteso il pensiero di Rousseau.