Análise da relação entre a activação electromiográfica do quadricípite e a posição articular da anca durante a extensão do joelho

Introdução: A avaliação da força muscular é um parâmetro importante para a área de atuação da Fisioterapia como meio de diagnóstico, prognostico, planeamento de tratamentos e avaliação das intervenções terapêuticas. Objetivo: Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo determinar qual a melhor posição da anca para que haja a produção do máximo momento de força muscular e a sua relação com o maior sinal electromiográfico. Participantes: A realização do presente estudo contou com a participação de 30 indivíduos saudáveis, correspondendo a 60 membros inferiores, de ambos os sexos com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e 22 anos sem restrição quanto à prática ou não de atividade física. Metodologia: O protocolo experimental que decorreu no laboratório de fisioterapia da ESTeSC, constou na recolha de informação acerca de parâmetros eletromiográficos de três porções musculares do quadricípite e de picos de momento de força durante as contrações isométricas. A tarefa consistiu na extensão do joelho, numa posição fixa de 5º de flexão, com a anca posicionada em três ângulos clínicos de 25º, 55º e 85º de flexão contra uma resistência externa, oferecida pelo dinamómetro isocinético Biodex System 3. Resultados/Conclusão: Verificou-se que o quadricípite manifestou um maior momento de força na posição de 25º de flexão da anca. Observou-se que apenas a porção muscular do Reto Femoral foi influenciada pela variação da posição articular da anca, manifestando uma maior percentagem de sinal electromiográfico na posição de 25º de flexão da anca e que a relação eletromiográfica/força teve valores mais elevados na posição de 25º de flexão da anca.

Bcl-xL (S49) and (S62) sequential phosphorylation/dephosphorylation during mitosis prevents chromosome instability and aneuploidy

Une caractéristique intéressante de la protéine Bcl-xL est la présence d'un domaine en boucle non-structurée entre les hélices α1 and α2 de la protéine. Ce domaine protéique n'est pas essentiel pour sa fonction anti-apoptotique et absent chez CED-9, la protéine orthologue chez Caenorhabditis elegans. A l'intérieur de ce domaine, Bcl-xL subit une phosphorylation et déphosphorylation dynamique sur les résidus Ser49 et Ser62 en phase G2 du cycle cellulaire et lors de la mitose. Lorsque ces résidus sont mutés et les protéines exprimées dans des cellules cancéreuses, les cellules démontrent plusieurs défauts mitotiques liés à l'instabilité chromosomique. Pour analyser les effets de Bcl-xL Ser49 et Ser62 dans les cellules normales, les présentes études ont été réalisées dans des cellules diploïdes humaines normales, et in vivo chez Caenorhabditis elegans. Dans une première étude, nous avons utilisé la lignée cellulaire de cellules fibroblastiques diploïdes humaines normales BJ, exprimant Bcl-xL (type sauvage), (S49A), (S49D), (S62A), (S62D) et les double (S49/62A) et (S49/62D) mutants. Les cellules exprimant les mutants de phosphorylation ont montré des cinétiques de doublement de la population cellulaire réduites. Ces effets sur la cinétique de doublement de la population cellulaire corrèle avec l'apparition de la sénescence cellulaire, sans impact sur les taux de mort cellulaire. Ces cellules sénescentes affichent des phénotypes typiques de sénescence associés notamment à haut niveau de l'activité β-galactosidase associée à la sénescence, la sécrétion d' interleukine-6, l'activation de p53 et de p21WAF1/ Cip1, un inhibiteur des complexes kinase cycline-dépendant, ainsi que la formation de foyers de chromatine nucléaire associés à γH2A.X. Les analyses de fluorescence par hybridation in situ et des caryotypes par coloration au Giemsa ont révélé que l'expression des mutants de phosphorylation de Bcl-xL provoquent de l'instabilité chromosomique et l'aneuploïdie. Ces résultats suggèrent que les cycles de phosphorylation et déphosphorylation dynamiques de Bcl-xL Ser49 et Ser62 sont importants dans le maintien de l'intégrité des chromosomes lors de la mitose dans les cellules normales. Dans une deuxième étude, nous avons entrepris des expériences chez Caenorhabditis elegans pour comprendre l'importance des résidus Ser49 et Ser62 de Bcl-xL in vivo. Les vers transgéniques portant les mutations de Bcl-xL (S49A, S62A, S49D, S62D et S49/62A) ont été générés et leurs effets ont été analysés sur les cellules germinales des jeunes vers adultes. Les vers portant les mutations de Bcl-xL ont montré une diminution de ponte et d'éclosion des oeufs, des variations de la longueur de leurs régions mitotiques et des zones de transition, des anomalies chromosomiques à leur stade de diplotène, et une augmentation de l'apoptose des cellules germinales. Certaines de ces souches transgéniques, en particulier les variants Ser/Ala, ont également montré des variations de durée de vie par rapport aux vers témoins. Ces observations in vivo ont confirmé l'importance de Ser49 et Ser62 à l'intérieur du domaine à boucle de Bcl-xL pour le maintien de la stabilité chromosomique. Ces études auront une incidence sur les futures stratégies visant à développer et à identifier des composés qui pourraient cibler non seulement le domaine anti-apoptotique de la protéine Bcl-xL, mais aussi son domaine mitotique pour la thérapie du cancer.

Mutation in NDUFA13/GRIM19 leads to early onset hypotonia, dyskinesia and sensorial deficiencies, and mitochondrial complex I instability

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Informe de práctica rotatoria: manejo clínico de la enfermedad articular degenerativa en felinos

Tesis (Médico Veterinario). -- Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Programa de Medicina Veterinaria, 2014

Is the meander growth in the Brazil Current system off Southeast Brazil due to baroclinic instability?

Temporally-growing frontal meandering and occasional eddy-shedding is observed in the Brazil Current (BC) as it flows adjacent to the Brazilian Coast. No study of the dynamics of this phenomenon has been conducted to date in the region between 22 degrees S and 25 degrees S. Within this latitude range, the flow over the intermediate continental slope is marked by a current inversion at a depth that is associated with the Intermediate Western Boundary Current (IWBC). A time series analysis of 10-current-meter mooring data was used to describe a mean vertical profile for the BC-IWBC jet and a typical meander vertical structure. The latter was obtained by an empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis that showed a single mode explaining 82% of the total variance. This mode structure decayed sharply with depth, revealing that the meandering is much more vigorous within the BC domain than it is in the IWBC region. As the spectral analysis of the mode amplitude time series revealed no significant periods, we searched for dominant wavelengths. This search was done via a spatial EOF analysis on 51 thermal front patterns derived from digitized AVHRR images. Four modes were statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. Modes 3 and 4, which together explained 18% of the total variance, are associated with 266 and 338-km vorticity waves, respectively. With this new information derived from the data, the [Johns, W.E., 1988. One-dimensional baroclinically unstable waves on the Gulf Stream potential vorticity gradient near Cape Hatteras. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 11, 323-350] one-dimensional quasi-geostrophic model was applied to the interpolated mean BC-IWBC jet. The results indicated that the BC system is indeed baroclinically unstable and that the wavelengths depicted in the thermal front analysis are associated with the most unstable waves produced by the model. Growth rates were about 0.06 (0.05) days(-1) for the 266-km (338-km) wave. Moreover, phase speeds for these waves were low compared to the surface BC velocity and may account for remarks in the literature about growing standing or stationary meanders off southeast Brazil. The theoretical vertical structure modes associated with these waves resembled very closely to the one obtained for the current-meter mooring EOF analysis. We interpret this agreement as a confirmation that baroclinic instability is an important mechanism in meander growth in the BC system. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Low cost 3D global instability analysis and flow sensitivity based on dynamic mode decomposition and high-order numerical tools

We explore the recently developed snapshot-based dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) technique, a matrix-free Arnoldi type method, to predict 3D linear global flow instabilities. We apply the DMD technique to flows confined in an L-shaped cavity and compare the resulting modes to their counterparts issued from classic, matrix forming, linear instability analysis (i.e. BiGlobal approach) and direct numerical simulations. Results show that the DMD technique, which uses snapshots generated by a 3D non-linear incompressible discontinuous Galerkin Navier?Stokes solver, provides very similar results to classical linear instability analysis techniques. In addition, we compare DMD results issued from non-linear and linearised Navier?Stokes solvers, showing that linearisation is not necessary (i.e. base flow not required) to obtain linear modes, as long as the analysis is restricted to the exponential growth regime, that is, flow regime governed by the linearised Navier?Stokes equations, and showing the potential of this type of analysis based on snapshots to general purpose CFD codes, without need of modifications. Finally, this work shows that the DMD technique can provide three-dimensional direct and adjoint modes through snapshots provided by the linearised and adjoint linearised Navier?Stokes equations advanced in time. Subsequently, these modes are used to provide structural sensitivity maps and sensitivity to base flow modification information for 3D flows and complex geometries, at an affordable computational cost. The information provided by the sensitivity study is used to modify the L-shaped geometry and control the most unstable 3D mode.

Dificultades para articular los registros, gráfico, algebraico, tabular: el caso de la función lineal

Se reportan en este artículo los primeros resultados de una investigación en curso sobre algunas dificultades de aprendizaje relacionadas con el concepto de función lineal. La investigación está basada en los aportes teóricos de R. Duval sobre registros de representación semiótica y tiene dos propósitos: se trata de detectar las dificultades enfrentadas por los estudiantes para transformar una representación en otra (de una función lineal) y además diseñar una serie actividades didácticas que les ayuden a superar las dificultades detectadas. Los resultados reportados aquí provienen de la aplicación de un cuestionario a nueve estudiantes de segundo semestre de licenciatura del área económico administrativa. Se expone el cuestionario aplicado, las respuestas de los estudiantes y se analizan estas respuestas a la luz de la teoría de Duval.

Actividad física en adultos mayores residentes de estancia permanente efectos en la capacidad funcional, riesgo de caída, movilidad articular y calidad de vida

Introducción. El envejecimiento y la falta de actividad física (AF) suponen un aumento en las limitaciones de salud y se convierten en factores determinantes en la pérdida de capacidades funcionales (CF) físicas y mentales que afectan el estado de salud del adulto. Objetivo. Se evaluó la efectividad de un programa de actividad física (PAF), implementado en (3 sesiones/45 min/12 semanas), con la finalidad de mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas mayores en residencias de estancia permanente en Chihuahua, México. Diseño y Método. Mediante un diseño cuasiexperimental, longitudinal “Grupo experimental vs. Control, Pretest-Postest”, se seleccionó una muestra aleatoria de 28 adultos mayores. Experimental (n=17, 79±10 años) y control (n=11, 77±11años), se evaluó el PAF por medio de los siguientes instrumentos y pruebas de CF: Índice de Katz (IK), escala Tinetti (ET), calidad de vida (SF36) y movilidad articular (MA) goniómetro Sahen 360; hombro (MH), codo (MC), cadera (MCA) y rodilla (MR). Las comparaciones se realizaron con análisis de frecuencia. Resultados. Con el PAF se logró una mejoría en la vitalidad y función/rol físico (SF36, p=0.01), independencia funcional (IK, p0.05) pero si en(ET, p>0.10). El PAF también mejoró la MA de codos y hombros (p=0.05), la función social y emocional (SF36, p=0.01) y la salud mental (p<0.05) y general (p<0.001). Conclusión. El programa de actividad física, mejoró no solo las capacidades físicas y mentales sino también la movilidad articular, salud general y calidad de vida de los participantes

Is financial instability male-driven? Gender and cognitive skills in experimental asset markets

The hypothesis that price stability would reliably increase with the fraction of women operating in financial markets has been frequently suggested in policy discussions. To test this hypothesis we conducted 10 male-only, 10 female-only and 10 mixed-gender experimental asset markets, and compared the effects of gender composition, confidence, risk attitude and cognitive skills. Male and female markets have comparable volatility and deviations from fundamentals, whereas mixed-gender markets are substantially more stable. On the other hand, higher average cognitive skills of the group are associated with reduced market volatility. Individual-level analysis shows that subjects with higher cognitive skills trade at prices closer to fundamental values and earn significantly higher profits; similarly, mixed markets exhibit lower mispricing, particularly for traders with lower cognitive skills. Our results are demonstrated to hold in other experimental asset market studies, suggesting that a mixed-gender composition reduces mispricing across different types of asset markets.

Mathematical models for cellular aggregation: the chemotactic instability and clustering formation

In this thesis we present a mathematical formulation of the interaction between microorganisms such as bacteria or amoebae and chemicals, often produced by the organisms themselves. This interaction is called chemotaxis and leads to cellular aggregation. We derive some models to describe chemotaxis. The first is the pioneristic Keller-Segel parabolic-parabolic model and it is derived by two different frameworks: a macroscopic perspective and a microscopic perspective, in which we start with a stochastic differential equation and we perform a mean-field approximation. This parabolic model may be generalized by the introduction of a degenerate diffusion parameter, which depends on the density itself via a power law. Then we derive a model for chemotaxis based on Cattaneo's law of heat propagation with finite speed, which is a hyperbolic model. The last model proposed here is a hydrodynamic model, which takes into account the inertia of the system by a friction force. In the limit of strong friction, the model reduces to the parabolic model, whereas in the limit of weak friction, we recover a hyperbolic model. Finally, we analyze the instability condition, which is the condition that leads to aggregation, and we describe the different kinds of aggregates we may obtain: the parabolic models lead to clusters or peaks whereas the hyperbolic models lead to the formation of network patterns or filaments. Moreover, we discuss the analogy between bacterial colonies and self gravitating systems by comparing the chemotactic collapse and the gravitational collapse (Jeans instability).

Os efeitos imediatos da aplicação de Kinesiotape no complexo articular do ombro no desempenho do nadador de competição

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia

Análise da força e amplitude articular de rotação do ombro e avaliação da performance do remate em atletas de andebol masculino

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia

A influência do treino e de um protocolo preventivo no complexo articular do ombro em voleibolistas da I Divisão

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia

Influência de três protocolos de fadiga (isométrico, excêntrico e concêntrico) dos rotadores externos do ombro no senso de posição articular ativo do ombro em indivíduos saudáveis

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciado em Fisioterapia

Análise do efeito da fadiga muscular no senso de posição articular do joelho

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia