abstract：:Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) are mutualistic associations between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and the roots of many plant species. AMF spores give rise to filaments that develop in the root system of plants and contribute to the absorption of water and some nutrients. This article introduces a semi-automated cou...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Melo CAO,Lopes JG,Andrade AO,Trindade RMP,Magalhães RS

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Several parasitoids attacking the same host may lead to competition. Adult parasitoids' abilities to find, parasitize and defend hosts determine resource's retention potential. In soybean, two egg parasitoid species, Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus urichi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), compete on the egg masses of Pie...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cingolani MF,Barakat MC,Liljesthröm GG,Colazza S

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:the aim of this study is to map thermal stress risks for human health at the São Francisco River Basin (SFRB) in the Semiarid region, for climatic scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5. METHODS:The heat stress conditions were defined by the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) indicator and by the average number of annual ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Oliveira BFA,Silveira IH,Feitosa RC,Horta MAP,Junger WL,Hacon S

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: Riostegotherium yanei from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil, is the oldest known Xenarthra. This paper aims to describe the internal morphology of the osteoderms of Riostegotherium yanei from the perspective of histology and micro-CT approaches, expanding the available data on cingulate osteoderm microstructure. ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bergqvist LP,Pereira PVLGC,Machado AS,Castro MC,Melki LB,Lopes RT

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aquatic environment presents daily and/or seasonal variations in dissolved oxygen (DO) levels. Piava faces different DO levels in the water due to its distributional characteristics. The goal of this study was to describe the effects of low DO levels on plasma ion, biochemical and oxidative variables in piava juve...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Copatti CE,Bolner KCS,Londero ÉP,Rosso FL,Pavanato MA,Baldisserotto B

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates 30 plant bugs species associated with 50 records of prey and six records of mycophagy for Brazil. The data were compiled from Schuh's Catalog, the literature, specimens deposited in entomology museums and exemplars from different regions of Brazil sent for identification. Some of the dat...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Nogueira BCF,Ferreira PSF,Coelho LA,Martins DS,Barcellos BD

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the increasingly tenuous relationship between ourselves and the finite resource base upon which we depend for all sustenance, an exploration of recent history and basic human behavior is warranted. An attempt is made to shed light on how short-term economic demands have come to take priority over nearly ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Swing K

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We used skeletochronology to compare age, size, reproductive parameters and growth patterns of two related, anuran amphibians from Northern Argentina: Leptodactylus bufonius (n=69) and L. latinasus (n=56), in order to better understand their coexistence in syntopy. Previous studies showed that the two species overlap ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Marangoni F,Courtis A,Piñeiro JM,Ingaramo MDR,Cajade R,Stănescu F

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental heterogeneity is a factor which can help explain the higher local species richness. The objective of this study was to test if richness and composition of anurans species are related to available microhabitats and landscape type of sampled sites. We assume that a higher number of microhabitats increase e...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Figueiredo GT,Storti LF,Lourenço-DE-Moraes R,Shibatta OA,Anjos LD

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:This study investigated the physiological effects of a pesticide based on Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel-WP®) added in the water and diet of Piaractus mesopotamicus during 24 and 48 h. It was added 0.13 g of de B. thuringiensis per kg of commercial feed; and for the fish subjected to the biopesticide in the water of th...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mariano WS,Azevedo SB,Gomes FL,Lima LBD,Moron SE,Tavares-Dias M

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering holds as a prominent technique to repair or replace the damaged human parts to recreate its native function. In this research, a novel scaffold based on polyurethane (PU) comprising megni oil was electrospun for tissue engineering applications. The obtained polyurethane blended with megni oil nanofi...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Jaganathan SK,Mani MP,Supriyanto E

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the production performance of Nile tilapia post-larvae and fingerlings fed with increasing levels of alcoholic extract of propolis into diets. In Experiment 1, 1800 post-larvae were distributed in 30 tanks, in a completely randomized design with five treatments composed by the inc...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos LDD,Zadinelo IV,Silva LCRD,Zilli RL,Barreiros MAB,Mauerwerk MT,Meurer F

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of hyperferritinemia in metabolic syndrome patients represents a diagnostic challenge, but it is essential for the identification of individuals with iron overload. Hepcidin negatively regulates iron absorption and release. An increase in hepcidin occurs when iron levels are sufficient or in inflammatory...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rauber MR,Pilger DA,Cecconello DK,Falcetta FS,Marcondes NA,Faulhaber GAM

更新日期：2019-05-13 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：:Urotrema scabridum Braun 1900 and Urotrema macrotestis Mané-Garzón and Telias 1965 are reported from the small intestine of Eumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843). The species were differentiated by the body width, the size and position of acetabulum, the size of testis, the caecal termination, and the distribution of vitell...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mello ÉM,Rabelo ÉML,Silva RJD

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A multivariable deterministic extremum seeking (ES) is being evaluated to construct an adaptive Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control law for the functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) of stroke patients. The developed scheme is applied to control the position of the patient's arm so that move...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Roux-Oliveira T,Costa LR,Pino AV,Paz P

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of Leptogium collected in ten localities from the State of Rio Grande do Sul were studied. Sixteen species were found of 28 records mentioned to the state, which represents around 57% of the Leptogium diversity known for Rio Grande do Sul. Leptogium exaratum is proposed as a new species. Leptogium atlanticum...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Kitaura MJ,Koch NM,Lucheta F,Käffer MI,Schmitt JL,Pedroso J,Martins SA,Rodrigues AS,Canêz LS

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay discusses the problem of the lack of dialogue between theory/empirical reality in the construction of the theoretical structure of dissertations and doctorates in Human Sciences in Brazil; taking Geography as an example, Santos (2000) observed this problem, which persists at the national level. The proposal...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Gomes RD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike the majority of the nudibranchs, Glaucidae lives adrift at the sea surface within Tropical and Subtropical ocean basins, feeding on cnidarians or using them to attach their egg strings as a reproductive strategy. The latitudinal distribution of Glaucus atlanticus throughout the Brazilian Province is influenced ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pinotti RM,Bom FC,Muxagata E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to measure the wildlife consumption of Euterpe edulis fruit and use this data to discuss management possibilities. To estimate infructescence fruit volume consumed, collectors were installed in fruit-bearing palms. To characterize consumption from the ground, samples were placed next to fruiting palms...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva JZD,Reis MSD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a dentary of a new titanosaur sauropod, Baalsaurus mansillai, gen. et sp. nov. from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. The material comes from the Portezuelo Formation, Neuquén Group. Titanosaur sauropods lower jaws are scarce and only nine taxa with dentaries have been described. There are two t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Calvo JO,Riga BG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought is a natural and recurrent phenomenon. It is considered 'a natural disaster' whenever it occurs in an intensive manner in highly populated regions, resulting in significant damage (material and human) and loss (socioeconomic). This paper presents the efforts developed to monitor the impact of drought in the se...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Alvalá RCS,Cunha APMA,Brito SSB,Seluchi ME,Marengo JA,Moraes OLL,Carvalho MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes 1836, Hypostomus cordovae (Günther 1880) and Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann 1907) have been little studied since their original descriptions. This study shows a comprehensive review of these species from the Lower La Plata Basin, including their taxonomic history, distribution, color...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cardoso YP,Brancolini F,Protogino L,Paracampo A,Bogan S,Posadas P,Montoya-Burgos JI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of stocking density and dietary supplementation of probiotic (Lactobacillus) on growth, traits of carcass, lymphoid organs and intestinal microbial count of Japanese quail. Quail chicks (one week old) were randomly allotted to 6 groups in a 2×3 factorial experiment included 2 levels...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mahrose KM,Elhack MEA,Mahgoub SA,Attia FAM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pterosaurs possess skeletal pneumatization, which can be assessed externally through the observation of pneumatic foramina. These foramina vary in position, shape, and number among taxa. Here we propose new characters referring to the position and number of pneumatic foramina present in cervical and dorsal vertebrae o...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Buchmann R,Rodrigues T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological capability evaluation is referred to as evaluation of potential capability of land and determination of its natural land use. In this paper, ecological capability of Lille Basin in Lahijan was evaluated for afforestation and forest expansion using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). For this purpose, in...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Hashemi SA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piper betle L., is an evergreen perennial creeper belonging to family Piperaceae and is known to possess numerous medicinal properties. Current study focuses on evaluating antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of betel leaf. For the present study, distilled water, hexane, acetone and ethanolic extracts of two variet...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sarma C,Rasane P,Kaur S,Singh J,Singh J,Gat Y,Garba U,Kaur D,Dhawan K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicoverpa gelotopoeon is an endemic pest of South America that affects soybean and other important crops. Life tables are a fundamental tool used to study insect populations, resulting in crucial information for integrated pest management programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the biotic potentia...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Herrero MI,Dami LC,Fogliata SV,Casmuz AS,Gómez DRS,Gastaminza GA,Murúa MG

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broomrapes (Orobanche sp.) are root holoparasitic plants causing severe damage to various families of horticultural crops. A Preliminary survey was carried in tomato fields infested with orobanche in Potohar plateau of Pakistan. Results indicated that each planting bed comprising10-12 tomato plants contained 7-8 paras...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ahmad T,Ahmad B,Tariq RMS,Syed MZ,Ahmad Z

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The jelly palm plant [Butia capitata (Martius) Beccari] is a native palm of the Cerrado biome used for many purposes in northern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Dormancy is common in palm seeds, resulting in slow and uneven germination that may take years to complete. Modification in the growth pattern, anatomical paramet...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Costa BNS,Costa IJS,Souza GA,Santos DND,Silveira FAD,Melo ET,Martins AD,Pasqual M,Setotaw TA,Rodrigues FA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this trial was to evaluate the behavioral patterns and performance of lactating sows and their litters under the effect of artificial vocalization. Twenty-eight sows and their litters were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 2x2 factorial scheme (artificial vocalization x lactation week...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Moreira RHR,Oliveira RF,Palencia JYP,Lemes MAG,Silva MD,Garbossa CAP,Abreu MLT,Moura GB,Ferreira RA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of Aspergillus niger was investigated on the strength of cotton textile specimens impregnated with nano-wollastonite, and then compared with normal specimens. Cotton strips were cut and prepared in warp and wept directions according to the standard specifications ASTM D-5035. Results showed that incubation of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Taghiyari HR,Majidinajafabadi R,Vahidzadeh R

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:The objective was to evaluate the influence of calving and postpartum characteristics, measured in different genetic predominance, on the postpartum rebreeding. Were evaluated 437 partum from cows that received feeding management consisting of a forage base of the native field and the mating season consisted of 90 day...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Joner G,Alves Filho DC,Brondani IL,Borchate D,Klein JL,Domingues CC,Rodrigues LS,Machado DS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arithmetic map operations are very common procedures used in GIS to combine raster maps resulting in a new and improved raster map. It is essential that this new map be accompanied by an assessment of uncertainty. This paper shows how we can calculate the uncertainty of the resulting map after performing some arithmet...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Yamamoto JK,Kikuda AT,Rampazzo GJ,Leite CBB

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidneys in two viviparous species of Neotropical lizards, Notomabuya frenata and Aspronema dorsivittatum (Mabuyidae), were investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy in order to determine the presence of the sexual segment of the kidney (SSK) and to study its morphology. The individuals used in this st...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Novelli IA,Oliveira PR,Castañon MCMN,Silva PC,Sousa BM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genera Hemigrammus and Moenkhausia have been traditionally diagnosed mainly by the former having lateral line completely pored whereas the latter having a lateral line with a few pored scales. Those features have been used to diagnose species of both genera in the upper Paraná River floodplain. Specimens with the ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mota TFM,Fabrin TMC,Deprá GC,Gasques LS,Oliveira AV,Pavanelli CS,Prioli SMAP,Prioli AJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary supplements in many countries such as the USA do not require registration prior to commercialization. The Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) registers substances with functional properties as foods. Lutein is a carotenoid with antioxidant activity available on the market. However, no regulatory ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Anselmo CS,Mendes TC,Cabral LM,Sousa VP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new discrete distribution is introduced. The distribution involves the negative binomial and size biased negative binomial distributions as sub-models among others and it is a weighted version of the two parameter discrete Lindley distribution. The distribution has various interesting properties, such as bathtub sha...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bakouch HS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00