On the occurrence and ecology of Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) along the Southwestern Atlantic coast.

abstract：:The characteristic of immersion, involvement and motivation have made serious games an important tool to be used in the medical field. However, there are people that, having some sort of physical disability, are not able to, or do not feel motivated to play. This work presents a strategy to support human- computer int...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Fernandes FG,Cardoso A,Lopes RA

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Life history traits are considered key indicators of plant invasibility. Among them, the germination behavior of seeds is of major relevance because it is influenced by environmental factors of invaded ecosystem. Here, we investigated how seed traits and seed tolerance to environmental factors on seed germination of C...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Leal LC,Meiado MV,Lopes AV,Leal IR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery calcification is an early marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, but little research has been done in asymptomatic individuals under 45 years. In this cohort study with 17 years of follow-up, 155 participants were assessed in 2016 with a coronary calcium score for the association with cardiovascular ri...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Poletto S,Schvartzman PR,Bruscato NM,Moriguchi E

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet known to science, is just one among many negative consequences of Amazon deforestation. Deforestation affects indigenous communities, rive...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ellwanger JH,Kulmann-Leal B,Kaminski VL,Valverde-Villegas JM,Veiga ABGD,Spilki FR,Fearnside PM,Caesar L,Giatti LL,Wallau GL,Almeida SEM,Borba MR,Hora VPD,Chies JAB

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the polliniferous floral sources used by Apis mellifera (L.) (africanized) in an apiary situated in Pará de Minas, Minas Gerais state, and evaluate the pollen prefences among the beehives. Two beehives of Langstroth type with frontal pollen trap collectors were used. The harves...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： da Luz CF,Bacha Junior GL,Fonseca RL,Sousa PR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ucides cordatus is a relevant fishery resource of Brazilian mangroves and requires legal normative to sustainable use based on stock assessment and management. This study evaluated some population parameters (structure, density, abundance, fishery potential and stock) of this crab species in Brazil Southeast (São Paul...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pinheiro MAA,Souza MR,Santos LCM,Fontes RFC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogue experiments were carried out to get insights into the processes governing positive inversion during the foreland propagating thrust tectonics in the southern Serra do Espinhaço, a Brasiliano/Panafrican foldthrust belt in southeast Brazil. In particular, model listric half-grabens were inverted by applying con...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Gomes CJ,Martins-Neto MA,Ribeiro VE

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Patagonia, knowledge about the interaction among tephritids and the native flora is very scarce. In this study we identified for the first time two tephritid species (Cecidochares sp. and Neosphaeniscus m-nigrum) associated with the capitula of Chuquiraga avellanedae. This is the first record of a host plant for th...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Martinez FJ,Norrbom AL,Schliserman P,Campanella MV

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of environmental factors in spatial and temporal distribution of the seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri in Santos Bay and São Vicente Estuary, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Monthly samples were obtained, from May 2008 through April 2010, from four locations in the estuary and four in the ba...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Heckler GS,Lopes M,Simões SM,Shimizu RM,Costa RC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given a montmorillonitic clay soil at high porosity and saturated by monovalent counterions, we investigate the particle level responses of the clay to different external loadings. As analytical solutions are not possible for complex arrangements of particles, we employ computational micromechanical models (based on t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Narsilio GA,Smith DW,Pivonka P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is related to lifestyle (e.g. diet, physical activity and smoking) as well as to genetic factors. This study aimed at evaluating the association between CVD risk factors and DNA damage levels in children and adolescents. Anthropometry, diet and serum CVD risk factors...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Kliemann M,Prá D,Müller LL,Hermes L,Horta JA,Reckziegel MB,Burgos MS,Maluf SW,Franke SI,Silva Jd

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on total Hg concentrations in muscle tissue from 12 fish species collected in the Itacaiúnas and Parauapebas Rivers in the Carajás region, South Pará. It is found that carnivorous species present Hg concentrations higher than herbivorous and omnivorous species. Also, large carnivorous species presen...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Lacerda LD,Bidone ED,Guimarães AF,Pfeiffer WC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to study the reduction in the capsaicin toxicity by encapsulation in liposomes. Capsaicin was extracted from peppers and characterized with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). We determined the zeta potential, polydispersivity index (PdI) and vesicle size of liposomes. Wistar ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cirino LM,Vergne DM,Santana PF,Almeida ED,Costa LP,Albuquerque-Júnior RL,Lima-Verde IB,Padilha FF,Cardoso JC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we analyzed morphological and metabolic alterations in dams nursing small litters and their consequences to offspring throughout lactation. Offspring sizes were adjusted to Small Litter (SL, 3 pups/ dam) and Normal Litter (NL, 9 pups/ dam). Body weight, food intake, white adipose tissue (WAT) cont...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Xavier JLP,Scomparin DX,Pontes CC,Ribeiro PR,Cordeiro MM,Marcondes JA,Mendonça FO,Silva MTD,Oliveira FB,Franco GCN,Grassiolli S

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult organism, angiogenesis is restricted to a few physiological conditions. On the other hand, uncontrolled angiogenesis have often been associated to angiogenesis-dependent pathologies. A variety of animal models have been described to provide more quantitative analysis of in vivo angiogenesis and to charact...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Feder D,Perrazo FF,Pereira EC,Forsait S,Feder CK,Junqueira PE,Junqueira VB,Azzalis LA,Fonseca FL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic enzymes have a fundamental role in many biological processes and are associated with multiple pathological conditions. Therefore, targeting these enzymes may be important for a better understanding of their function and development of therapeutic inhibitors. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) pe...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Carmona AK,Juliano MA,Juliano L

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of 2% L-glutamine supplementation on myenteric innervation in the ileum of diabetic rats, grouped as follows: normoglycemic (N); normoglycemic supplemented with L-glutamine (NG); diabetic (D); and diabetic supplemented with L-glutamine (DG). The ileums were su...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pereira RV,Linden DR,Miranda-Neto MH,Zanoni JN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in this paper demonstrate that mitochondrial damage associated to NAD(P)+-induced Ca2+ efflux, is the consequence of inappropriate reaction conditions. The major findings are (i) Added oxaloacetate and acetoacetate readily oxidize NAD(P)H in intact rat liver mitochondria without causing swelling or membran...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Vercesi AE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides are remarkably reactive molecules produced by a great variety of species and able to display a number of functions in uni-and multicellular organisms as mediators, agonists and regulating substances. Some of them exert cytotoxic effects on cells other than those that produced them, and may have a role in cont...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rodrigues EG,Dobroff AS,Taborda CP,Travassos LR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigeic coleopteran species are linked by complex trophic webs and implicated in several ecosystem services for agriculture. Although there are reports of ground-dwelling Coleopterans inhabiting main extensive agroecosystems, their assemblages in horticultural crops in Argentina have been little explored. We examined ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rouaux J,Cabrera N,MartÍnez AS,Posse MC,Luna MG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term potentiation (LTP) is the enhancement of postsynaptic responses for hours, days or weeks following the brief repetitive afferent stimulation of presynaptic afferents. It has been proposed many times over the last 30 years to be the basis of long-term memory. Several recent findings finally supported this hyp...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Izquierdo I,Cammarota M,Da Silva WC,Bevilaqua LR,Rossato JI,Bonini JS,Mello P,Benetti F,Costa JC,Medina JH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was carried out in two small fishing communities, Barra de Mamanguape and Tramataia, Northeastern Brazil. The aim was to study these traditional fishermen's knowledge and perception about tide and wind classifications, as well as their fishing strategies and techniques. Our research methodology involved vari...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bezerra DM,Nascimento DM,Ferreira EN,Rocha PD,Mourão JS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cariniana rubra Miers (Lecythidaceae), popularly known as "jequitibá-vermelho'', is a large Brazilian tree whose bark is used in infusion and decoction for the treatment of inflammatory conditions. This study aims to assess the anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and antipyretic effects of Cariniana rubra methanolic s...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos EN,Lima JC,Noldin VF,Cechinel-Filho V,Rao VS,Lima EF,Schmeda-Hirschmann G,Sousa PT Jr,Martins DT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to map scientists' views on media channels and explore their experiences interacting with journalists, the authors conducted a survey of about 1,000 Brazilian scientists. Results indicate that scientists have clear and high expectations about how journalists should act in reporting scientific information in t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Massarani L,Peters HP

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major memory systems have been recognized over the years (Squire 1987): the declarative memory system, which is under the control of the hippocampus and related temporal lobe structures, and the procedural or habit memory system, which is under the control of the striatum and its connections. Most if not all learn...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rossato JI,Zinn CG,Furini C,Bevilaqua LR,Medina JH,Cammarota M,Izquierdo I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-dinosaurian dinosauriform silesaurids are the closest relatives of crown-group dinosaurs and are thus, important for understanding the origins of that group. Here, we describe the limb bone histology of the Late Triassic silesaurid Sacisaurus agudoensis from the Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Veiga FH,Botha-Brink J,Ribeiro AM,Ferigolo J,Soares MB

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensification of aquaculture production systems exposes fish to numerous stressors, which may negatively affect their growth and limit profitability of aquaculture systems. This study determined effects of increasing levels of dietary mannanoligosaccharides on growth and intestine morphology of pacu. Fish (44.04 g) ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sado RY,Bicudo AJ,Cyrino JE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piper hispidinervum C. DC. is popularly known as long-pepper and it owns a commercial value due to the essential oil it produces. Long-pepper oil is rich in safrole and eugenoln components that have insecticidal, fungicidal and bactericidal activity. It has been establish that to medicinal plants light influences not ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Lima VA,Pacheco FV,Avelar RP,Alvarenga ICA,Pinto JEBP,Alvarenga AA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important for intracellular and extracellular redox regulation in signaling and defense processes. Strenuous exercise can also contribute to this imbalance, and the muscle fatigue, evidenced by impaired strength or power generation, can be caused by various rea...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Goulart MJVC,Pisamiglio DS,MÖller GB,Dani C,Alves FD,Bock PM,Schneider CD

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work analyzes the different modalities of protection of the intellectual creations in the biotechnology agricultural field. Regarding the Brazilian legislations related to the theme (the Industrial Property Law - no. 9. 279/96 and the Plant Variety Protection Law - no. 9. 456/97), and based in the internat...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rodrigues RL,Lage CL,Vasconcellos AG

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00