Conservation of James Sowerby’s Fungi Models

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Actualización de la prevalencia de Campylobacter ssp. en productos carneos

52 p.En Chile la pesquisa de Campylobacter spp. en productos carneos, no es obligatoria para los productos que se distribuyen a nivel nacional debido a que aun es un patógeno emergente, sin embargo, es exigida en la exportación de estos productos, ya que existe una alta incidencia de cuadros gastrointestinales, causados por esta bacteria en países desarrollados tales como USA, China y Japón donde este microorganismo esta entre los patógenos mas frecuentes incluso sobre Shigella y Salmonella, las cuales son las principales causas de enfermedad entérica en Chile Se revisara la importancia clínica de esta bacteria, la patogenia, cuales son sus características bioquímicas y morfológicas. También se revisara la importancia de los alimentos en la infección y en la diseminación de esta enfermedad. Veremos sus reservorios mas importantes y como podrían afectar al hombre. Por esto hemos decidido investigar a Campylobacter spp. en productos carneos para demostrar la importancia que puede alcanzar esta bacteria en los cuadros gastrointestinales, en nuestro país y en el resto del mundo

Home respiratory muscle training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The benefits of inspiratory muscle strength training in decreasing symptoms, disability or handicap of patients affected by COPD are not well established. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of the constant use of a new flow-volumetric inspiratory exerciser, named Respivol™, in improving respiratory functional parameters in COPD patients. Twenty consecutive ambulatory patients affected by COPD were enrolled. Each patient was assessed, before and after 3 and 6 months inspiratory exercise with Respivol™, for the following clinical parameters: maximal inspiratory pressure, maximal expiratory pressure, dyspnoea grade, quality of life by a self-administered St George questionnaire and a 6-min walking test. After a brief progressive ambulatory training programme, inspiratory exercise with Respivol™ was performed at home for 6 months. All patients used Respivol™ together with medical treatment. Maximal inspiratory pressure and maximal expiratory pressure values were significantly increased after 3 and 6 months of exercise. Dyspnoea grade was significantly reduced and the 6-min walking test showed an increase in effort tolerance, after 6 months of home training. Quality of life assessment showed an improvement, associated with a decrease of respiratory disease symptoms. Inspiratory muscle strength training with Respivol™ seems to be efficient in reducing symptoms and improving quality of life in adults with COPD

BIOGRAFIA E VISÕES ESPECULARES: BORGES E DANTE

BIOGRAFIA E VISÕES ESPECULARES: BORGES E DANT

MILITARISMO E PACIFISMO EM EUCLIDES DA CUNHA: O CASO CANUDOS

O presente ensaio discute duas noções inerentes ao pensamento de Euclides da Cunha: militarismo e pacifismo. Com base na biografia e declarações epistolares do escritor brasileiro, busca-se um modo de compreender o seu posicionamento quanto aos conflitos bélicos em geral e, mais particularmente, à guerra de Canudos. A nossa intenção, ao estabelecermos tal discussão, foi advertir possíveis intérpretes da Guerra de Canudos sobre o risco de, apressada ou imprudentemente, se concluir que Euclides abraçava o militarismo de forma cega ou definitiva. Esperamos que através de nossa análise – elencando certas figuras pacifistas dos séculos XIX e XX e, principalmente, com o apoio dos argutos comentários de José Ortega Gasset sobre as ideias de Max Scheler sobre a guerra – poder-se-á entender melhor a trajetória que percorreu o autor de Os sertões, o qual, por um lado, adere-se à ideologia do Exército num primeiro momento de sua vida adulta e, por outro, logo mais tarde renuncia-a para abraçar a das soluções pacíficas ou diplomáticas entre as nações.This essay discusses two notions inherent to Euclides da Cunha's thought: militarism and pacifism. Based on the biography and epistolary statements of the Brazilian writer, I seek a way to understand his position regarding military conflicts in general and, more particularly, the war in Canudos. My intention, in establishing such a discussion, was to warn possible interpreters of the War of Canudos about the risk of, hurriedly or recklessly, concluding that Euclides embraced militarism blindly or definitively. I hope that through our analysis and by listing certain pacifist figures of the 19th and 20th centuries and, mainly, with the support of José Ortega Gasset's acute comments on Max Scheler's ideas about war – it will be possible to better understand the trajectory which the author of Os sertões traveled, who, on the one hand, adheres to the ideology of the Army in an early moment of his adult life and, on the other, soon renounces it to embrace peaceful or diplomatic solutions between nations