Life Sciences

Os chás são alimentos funcionais que apresentam várias propriedades benéficas à saúde, tais como para o tratamento de úlcera péptica causada por Helicobacterpylori e Doença de Alzheimer. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar in vitro e in silico as atividades inibidoras de urease e acetilcolinesterase de chás comercializados em sachês: preto (Camelliasinensis), erva doce (Pimpinellaanisum), verde (Camelliasinensis), hortelã (Menthaspicata), boldo (Peumusboldus), camomila (Matricariachamomilla), capim cidreira (Melissa officinalis) e mate (Ilexparaguariensis).

The expansion of cities has brought economic and social changes, population growth, as well as ecological, environmental and climate problems. However, for large cities such as Rio de Janeiro, research about the increase in temperature is still scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify changes in air temperature in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Two climatological periods 1961-1983 and 1991-2017 were used for analysis.

This work verified the physiological quality of seeds of two maize cultivars treated in isolation and in association with an inoculant based on Azospirillum brasilense, biostimulants and a liquid fertilizer.

Objetive: We analyzed Este artigo objetivou conhecer estudos sobre a persecução penal dos crimes contra a flora por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura. Para tanto, foi realizado no período de de junho a julho de 2021 um levantamento bibliográfico nas plataformas Capes Periódicos, SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) e no banco de dissertações do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Segurança Pública da Universidade Federal do estado do Pará-PPGSP de artigos e estudos de grande relevância publicados do ano 2011 a 2020 sobre essa temática.

Overuse injuries are common in elite athletes. The repetitive forces of sports activities lead to tendon, muscle, cartilage, bone, and nerve injuries and poor physical performance. An accurate and early diagnosis is necessary to design an objective and assertive rehabilitation program so that the athlete can return to his or her professional activities as soon as possible. This is the objective of this case report that used in a professional athlete of the Fluminense Futebol Clube, the M.A.C.

Two experiments were performed on 60 ewes and 7 Noemi rams were used. Two and 4 groups were designed in Experiment I and II respectively. Each group has 10 ewes. In experiment I, intra-vaginal sponges, containing 40 mg of FGA, were left in the vagina of groups control and G1 for 5 d.All ewes received GnRH at time of sponge insertion and time of sponge removal; ewes received prostaglandin F2α and only PMSG hormones at the doses of 500 IU in G 1. Experiment II, the protocol followed the same protocol of Experiment I for control and G1.

Despite being a complication that is commonly identified in severe patients, constipation is not a frequent topic in intensive care journals. In Brazil, little is known about constipation in critically-ill adults. The objective of this study is to assess the incidence and factors associated with constipation in critically-ill patients by means of an integrative review conducted from 2016 to 2020 in the following databases: BVS, LILACS, SciELO and PUBMED.

Introduction: Labor is a process that occurs in many types and unlike other acute and chronic pain, labor pain is not related to any disease or pathology. Stress and anxiety, prolonged labor, irregular heart rate in the fetus, increased caesarean section and a low Apgar score in the newborn are all complications of pain. Non-pharmacological applications can be performed independently by a midwife and a nurse in consultation with the pregnant woman. Acupressure is a non-invasive technique used to speed up labor, relieve pain, and shorten the time of delivery.

This article refers to an approach to the development of semi-solid formulations containing 5% caffeine for the cosmetic treatment of cellulite. In a bench analysis proposal, five formulations were developed, three emulsions and two base gels that demonstrated when incorporating caffeine, the gels showed turbidity and to correct this problem it was necessary to add cosolvent.

Anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency worldwide.It is considered a public health problem that is related to iron and infectious process. This study aimed at characterizing anemia and relating it to subclinical infection in children under the age of five years old residing in rural areas of Teresina, in Piauí state. A subsample of 103 children from 6 to 59 months, from both sexeswas evaluated. In order to diagnose anemia, a concentration of hemoglobin was used, and children were considered anemic when the values were smaller than 11mg/dL.