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Arranjos familiares e desempenho escolar de alunos do 5º e 9º anos no Brasil em 2015

Os arranjos familiares têm se transformado a partir de diversos processos dinâmicos, como a redução da fecundidade, a emancipação da mulher e sua consequente inserção no mercado de trabalho, o aumento do número de divórcios e a ampliação da expectativa de vida. Essas transformações levaram ...

Levels of BPA in makdous, a traditional Syrian food, using solid-phase extraction followed by HPLC

Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disrupter, can migrate from packaging material into food stuff. This research was designed to measure BPA levels in makdous, a traditional Syrian food. Forty three samples of makdous stored in different plastic containers (polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and unspeci...

The human-animal relationship and its influence in our culture: the case of donkeys

Donkeys (Equus asinus) face a global crisis. Their health, welfare, and even their local survival are compromised as the demand for their skins increases. Such demand for donkey skins aims to supply the ejiao industry. Ejiao is a traditional remedy made from the collagen of donkey skins. Some people beli...

Obesidade e sobrepeso em colaboradores de um Centro Universitário em Fortaleza – Ceará - Brasil: há diferença entre os sexos?

Objetivo: avaliar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade de acordo com o sexo entre os colaboradores de um centro universitário. Métodos: trata-se de um estudo transversal realizado com funcionários de um centro universitário particular, localizado na cidade de Fortaleza – Ceará – Brasil. Foram...

Population genetics of the endangered catfish Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) based on species-specific microsatellite loci

Neotrop. ichthyol; 19 (1), 2021
The Neotropical catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma comprises eight species of large size, widely distributed in South American basins. The endangered species P. magdaleniatum is endemic to Magdalena basin (Colombia), experiences high fishing pressure and its population genetics is relatively unknown. To stud...

A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with comments on the evolution and development of the trunk lateral line system in characids

Neotrop. ichthyol; 19 (2), 2021
A new species of Moenkhausia is described from the rio Machado drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. It is diagnosed from congeners by its color pattern, consisting of the concentration of chromatophores on the anterior portion of body scales, the horizontally elongate blotch on caudal peduncle, a bright golde...

Morphological divergences as drivers of diet segregation between two sympatric species of Serrapinnus (Characidae: Cheirodontinae) in macrophyte stands in a neotropical floodplain lake

Neotrop. ichthyol; 19 (2), 2021
Diet and morphology of Serrapinnus notomelas and Serrapinnus sp.1 were investigated across ontogeny, as a way to elucidate the key elements linked to the resource partitioning (a main driver for species coexistence). Fish sampling was conducted monthly between October 2010 and March 2012. Individuals wer...

Development and validation of quality of life scale for people living with HIV

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop and validate a scale to measure the quality of life of people living with HIV in Brazil. Method: methodological study conducted in a Brazilian care service specialized in sexually transmissible infections/AIDS between 2017 and 2019 addressing people living with HIV. The s...

Pathological, microbiological and immunohistochemical characterization of avian colibacillosis in broiler chickens of Mozambique

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
Avian colibacillosis is an acute and globally occurring infectious disease of domestic and wild birds caused by Escherichia coli, and it is associated with considerable economic losses mainly due to the morbidity and mortality associated. The present study aimed to describe the pathological, bacteriologi...

Medición de la percepción global de salud mediante diferentes escalas en pacientes con artritis reumatoide: propuesta de una escala combinada

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 27 (4), 2020
RESUMEN Introducción: La percepción global de la salud (PGA) es una parte de los instrumentos compuestos utilizados para determinar la actividad de la artritis reumatoide (AR). Por lo general, se mide por medio de la escala visual análoga (EVA). En nuestra práctica clínica y en la literatura se ha...