Hydrology, light and the use of organic and inorganic materials as structuring factors of biological communities in Mediterranean streams

Hydrological disturbances, light availability and nutrients are the most relevant factors determining the structure of the biological communities in Mediterranean rivers. While some hydrological disturbances are able to induce catastrophic effects, which may cause a complete reset in physical and biological conditions, continued enrichment or changes in light availability are factors leading to the progressive shift in the communities of autotrophs and heterotrophs in the systems. Primary production in Mediterranean streams shows relevant seasonal changes which mainly follows the variations in light availability. In most forested streams, the algal community is shade-adapted. Nutrient enrichment (especially phosphorus) leads to marked increases in primary production, but this increase is not lineal and there is a saturation of algal biomass even in the most enriched systems. The heterotrophs (bacteria, fungi) are related to the pattern of DOC availability (which most depends on the seasonal discharge and leaf fall dynamics) and to the available substrata in the stream. It has been repeatedly observed that shorttime increases of extracellular enzyme activities are related to the accumulation of autochthonous (algal) and/or allochthonous (leaves) organic matter on the streambed during spring and summer, this being more remarkable in dry than in wetter years. Flow reduction favours detritus concentration in pools, and the subsequent increase in the density and biomass of the macroinvertebrate community. In Mediterranean streams collectors are accounting for the highest density and biomass, this being more remarkable in the least permanent systems, in accordance with the effect of floods on the organic matter availability. Nutrients, through the effect on the primary producers, also affect the trophic food web in the streams by favouring the predominance of grazers

Fatores de risco da sepse em pacientes queimados

OBJETIVO: Os avanços no tratamento de queimados têm reduzido as taxas de mortalidade e melhorado a qualidade de vida das vítimas de queimaduras. Entretanto, a sepse continua sendo um desafio e umas das principais causas de óbito no queimado. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar, através de um estudo caso-controle, os fatores de risco da sepse em pacientes queimados. MÉTODO: O estudo caso-controle foi conduzido durante 12 meses, compreendendo os pacientes que foram tratados em regime de internação hospitalar na Unidade de Queimados do Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília-DF. RESULTADOS: Quarenta e nove (19,4%) pacientes tiveram sepse, de um total de 252 queimados internados na Unidade de Queimados durante o periodo do estudo. Eles tiveram um ou no maximo tres episodios de sepse durante a internacao, totalizando 62 episodios. Vinte e seis (53,1%) eram homens e a media de idade foi de 21,9 ± 18,9 anos (variacao de um a 89 anos). A superficie corporal queimada dos pacientes que tiveram sepse variou de sete a 84%, com uma media de 37,7 ± 18,4%, sendo significativamente superior aos controles. As principais bacterias causadoras de sepse foram Staphylococcus aureus (46,5%), Staphylococcus coagulase negativo (20,7%), Acinetobacter baumannii (12,1%) e Enterobacter cloacae (12,1%). Trinta (61,2%) pacientes tiveram seu primeiro episodio de sepse na primeira semana de internacao. Quanto aos fatores de risco para a ocorrencia de sepse, destacam-se os seguintes, conforme seu poder de associacao "odds ratio": o uso de tres ou mais cateteres, a presenca de duas ou mais complicacoes, a superficie corporal queimada > 30%, o agente chama aberta e o sexo feminino. No geral, a taxa de letalidade por sepse foi de 24,5%. CONCLUSÃO: Um melhor conhecimento dos fatores de risco da sepse no paciente queimado permite o tratamento precoce dessa complicação, com antibioticoterapia sistêmica adequada, contribuindo para reduzir a morbidade e a mortalidade desses pacientes.

Development of prebiotic food products and health benefits

In the current context from the nutritional and epidemiological point of view, it can be seen an occurrence increase of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, as well as the inflammatory ones, ordinarily associated to a wrong feed, poor in fibers and rich in fats and simple and refined carbohydrates. This view has evidenced a progressive increase of diseases, highlighting the importance of colonic microbiota as an active mechanism of infectious processes control and modulation of immunologic answer. Therefore, constant the worries related to recovering and maintenance of healthy intestines, stocked with prebiotic nutrients that support the survival of beneficial health agents. This way, researchers and the segment of food industry has encouraged the development of products with prebiotic properties, looking for the health promotion, treatment and diseases prevention, besides the strengthening on the competitive market. This article will embrace the contents about physiologic effects of the main known prebiotic, their potential in relation to fermentatives bacterias, new developed products and used methodologies to the recognition of pre and probiotic functions.

Estudio comparativo de la respuesta proliferativa de linfocitos de ratones Balb

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Inmunología) UANL

Efecto dosis-respuesta de fracciones de Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv sobre la expresión de las moléculas HLA-DR y B7 en monocitos humanos.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Inmunología) UANL

Bacteriología aeróbica y anaeróbica del aborto séptico

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología Médica) UANL

Obtención de anticuerpos monoclonales para buscar a la proteína inmunodominante de 24 kDa en la superficie de Nocardia brasiliensis

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Inmunología) UANL

Pretratamiento anaeróbico en sistemas de tratamiento biológico de aguas residuales.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Ambiental) UANL

Acciones de algunas especies de la familia enterobacteriaceae en el proceso de nitrificación de aguas residuales.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Ambiental) UANL

Diferenciación de actinomicetos mediante el análisis de ácidos micólicos

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología Médica) UANL

Estudio respirométrico de Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393 en presencia de iones Cu (II) y Zn (II)

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología Industrial) UANL

Efecto de sobrenadantes de cultivo sobre la esporulación de cepas nativas de Clostridium Perfringens tipo A

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología) UANL

Utilización de medios de cultivos líquidos para la obtención de blastoesporas y conidias de Beauveria bassiana (BALS.) Vuillemin ( Deuteromycotina: Hyphomecetes) resistentes a condiciones ambientales

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología) UANL

Determinación de la temperatura óptima de esporulación de cuatro cepas de Clostridium perfringens tipo A

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología) UANL

Epizootiología de enfermedades en camarón cultivado, Litopenaeus Vannamei Boone, 1931, (Crustácea: Decápoda) del parque acuícola El Tobari, Cajeme, Sonora, México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Biológicas) UANL