Simultaneous removal of E1, E2, EE2 and levonorgestrel from water using TiO catalyst anchored on activated carbon: Processes optimization, materials characterization, and assessment of the estrogenicity reduction.

Removal of estrogen hormones from water matrices is crucial owing to its adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems and human health. The present investigation applies an advanced approach to assess the effectiveness of combined processes (adsorption and visible-light-driven photo-degradation) for simultaneous removal of estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), and levonorgestrel (LEVO) in water, applying TiO-activated carbon composite selected through design of experiment (DoE) for process optimization. Based on a central composite rotatable design (CCRD), composites were synthesized with percentages of activated carbon (AC) ranging from 2.

Research Trends in the Relationship Between Orofacial Cleft and Cancer: A Bibliometric and Network Visualization Study.

Objective: To use the bibliographic data of publications regarding the association between orofacial cleft (OC) and cancer to examine the implications of publication growth, co-citation, co-words, and authorship networks using bibliometric indicators and network visualization.

Methods: Bibliometric study analyzed documents related to the association between OC and cancer. Data were obtained in October 2023 from the Scopus, Pubmed, Web of Science.

Sanguinarine: an alkaloid with promising in vitro and in vivo antiparasitic activity against different developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni and in silico pharmacokinetic properties (ADMET).

The objective of the study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo schistosomicidal activity of sanguinarine (SA) on Schistosoma mansoni and its in silico pharmacokinetic parameters. ADMET parameters and oral bioavailability were evaluated using the PkCSM and SwissADME platforms, respectively. The activity of SA in vitro, at the concentrations of 1.

Genetic and environmental contributions for the relationship between tooth loss and oral potentially malignant disorders and oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: To investigate the association between tooth loss and oral potentially malignant disorders and oral squamous cell carcinoma, focusing on epidemiological factors and genetic variants.

Methods: Case-control study, including histologically confirmed oral potentially malignant disorders and oral squamous cell carcinoma cases and healthy controls. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for this association were calculated.

Polymorphisms associated with oral clefts as potential markers for oral pre and malignant disorders.

Objective: To investigate whether genes in the Wnt pathway, which have been previously associated with both oral clefts and oral squamous cell carcinoma, are also associated with oral potentially malignant disorders (leukoplakia, erythroplakia and lichen planus).

Materials And Methods: Case-control study: Dataset consisted of clinical information linked to DNA samples from affected subjects diagnosed with oral potential malignant disorders and oral cancer and their matched controls. Individual samples, clinical history, and potential risk factors were obtained through the Dental Registry and DNA Repository project of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.

More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia.

Indigenous societies are known to have occupied the Amazon basin for more than 12,000 years, but the scale of their influence on Amazonian forests remains uncertain. We report the discovery, using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) information from across the basin, of 24 previously undetected pre-Columbian earthworks beneath the forest canopy. Modeled distribution and abundance of large-scale archaeological sites across Amazonia suggest that between 10,272 and 23,648 sites remain to be discovered and that most will be found in the southwest.

Plumbagin: A Promising In Vivo Antiparasitic Candidate against and In Silico Pharmacokinetic Properties (ADMET).

Schistosomiasis, a potentially fatal chronic disease whose etiological agents are blood trematode worms of the genus spp., is one of the most prevalent and debilitating neglected diseases. The treatment of schistosomiasis depends exclusively on praziquantel (PZQ), a drug that has been used since the 1970s and that already has reports of reduced therapeutic efficacy, related with the development of -resistant or -tolerant strains.

Coast-or Inland Residence and Differences in the Occurrence of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate.

Objetive: To analyze if differences in lifestyle and environment between coastal and inland areas are associated with differences in frequency of orofacial cleft types.

Design: Populational cross-sectional study.

Setting: All live borns with orofacial cleft registered at Brazilian Live Birth Information System between 1999 and 2020.

Epidemiologic profile and prevalence of live births with orofacial cleft in Brazil: a descriptive study.

Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and prevalence of live births with orofacial clefts in Brazil between 1999 and 2020.

Methods: Descriptive study. The population corresponded to live births with isolated orofacial clefts in Brazil registered in the Live Birth Information System between 1999 and 2020.

Salivary biomarkers to evaluate psychological disorders in oral lichen planus: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Objective: To analyze the use of salivary biomarkers to identify psychological disorders (anxiety, depression, and stress) in individuals with oral lichen planus (OLP).

Materials And Methods: The search was made in Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Virtual Health Library, ProQuest, and by cross-reference. Original case-control, cross-sectional, and cohort studies, in human subjects (age ≥18 years) with clinical and histopathological diagnosis, with or without the use of psychometric scales, published until June 2021, were included.

Toxic, cytotoxic and genotoxic effect of plumbagin in the developmental stages of Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818-intermediate host) and cercaricidal activity against the infectious agent of schistosomiasis mansoni.

Background: Snails of the genus Biomphalaria are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, the main etiological agent of schistosomiasis mansoni, which affects about 236.6 million people in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The World Health Organization recommends the population control of vector snails as one of the strategies to reduce the prevalence and incidence of schistosomiasis.

Logical model of telenursing program of a high complexity oncology care center.

Objective: To develop the logical model of the Alô Enfermeiro program aiming at elucidating the existing structure, activities carried out, and expected results, allowing the program implementation systematic evaluation.

Method: This is an evaluative study with a qualitative approach. The development of the logical model was based on systematic methodologies, constituted from the analysis of institutional documents, literature review, search for essential elements that supported the implementation of the program, and the participation of stakeholders for discussion and validation of the data obtained.

Features to consider for mimicring tissues in orofacial aesthetics with optimal balance technology and non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (Restylane®): The MIMT concept.

Nonsurgical cosmetic treatments have significantly increased over the last decade. Therefore, this study aims to review the features that should be considered in orofacial esthetic procedures, thorough of a proposal of a new concept called the tissue mimicry concept (MIMT concept) and filling techniques. The MIMT concept described in this article comprises knowledge about anatomy of the face and associated structures, understanding of aging and how this process affects the facial tissues interactions (skin, subcutaneous tissues, muscles, and bones), interpretation of facial analysis, comprehension of dermal fillers characteristics and discernment of the correct filling technique for each region.

Prevalence of symptoms and quality of life of cancer patients.

Objectives: to analyze the prevalence of symptoms and their relationship with the quality of life of cancer patients.

Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 107 patients evaluated using a sociodemographic instrument, the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and the quality of life scale (EORTC-QLQ-C30). Pearson's correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between symptoms and quality of life.

Postural control at posturography with virtual reality in the intercritical period of vestibular migraine.

Introduction: Vestibular migraine is a condition that associates headache and vestibular symptoms.

Objective: To evaluate body-balance with virtual reality posturography in vestibular migraine.

Methods: A total of 26 patients in the intercritical period of vestibular migraine were compared by means of the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (Medical/Interacoustics) posturography with 30 controls, paired for age and gender.

Body balance at static posturography in vestibular migraine.

Introduction: Migraine is one of the most frequent and incapacitating headaches, with a high degree of impairment in quality of life. Its association with vestibular symptoms is common, including imbalance and postural instability.

Objective: To evaluate the body balance of patients with vestibular migraine through a static posturography test.

First New World Primate Papillomavirus Identification in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil: Alouatta guariba papillomavirus 1.

We report here the complete genome sequence of the first papillomavirus detected in a New World primate, howler monkey, Alouatta guariba clamitans papillomavirus 1 (AgPV1), from the Atlantic Forest in São Paulo State, Brazil.

Dizziness Handicap Inventory and Visual Vertigo Analog Scale in Vestibular Dysfunction.

Introduction: Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms among the population, producing numerous consequences for individual's quality of life. There are some questionnaires that can trace the patient's profile and quality of life impairment from dizziness, including the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and the Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS).

Objective: This study aims to correlate the results of the DHI and VVAS in patients with vestibular dysfunction.

Detection of bacteria and fungi and assessment of the molecular aspects and resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from confiscated passerines intended for reintroduction programs.

Many native bird species are currently considered rare in Brazil because they have been indiscriminately collected by animal traffickers and commercialized, leading to dwindling numbers in their natural habitats. Confiscated animals are at times destined for reintroduction programs that must ensure these animals do not pose a risk to native populations. Healthy or sick wild passerines may carry a great diversity of microorganisms.

Immediate improvements in activation amplitude levels of the deep abdominal muscle following a sacroiliac joint manipulation during rapid upper limb movement.

Objective: To assess the immediate effects on the electrical activity of the transversus abdominis/internal oblique (TrA/IO) muscle during rapid voluntary upper limb movements before and after a sacroiliac joint (SIJ) manipulation.

Methods: Twenty healthy subjects who had innominate fixation, assessed by standing flexion test, were recruited. All subjects were submitted to SIJ manipulation and the TrA/IO muscles were evaluated bilaterally, before and after the procedure, through surface electromyography while ten random rapid upper limb flexions or abductions were performed.

Validation of an instrument to assess factors associated with adherence to standard precautions among dentists in primary healthcare.

Accidents with biological material are a reality in dental practice. The use of preventive measures such as the adoption of Standard Precautions (SP) is essential, thus this study aims to validate an instrument to check factors associated with adherence to SP among dentists. The scales of psychosocial and organizational factors that influence adherence to SP were the starting point.

Diagnosis of gastric cryptosporidiosis in birds using a duplex real-time PCR assay.

Three species and several genotypes of Cryptosporidium can infect the epithelial surface of the bursa of Fabricius, the respiratory tract, the proventriculus, the intestine, and the urinary tract in birds. There is reason to believe that gastric cryptosporidiosis in birds is caused by Cryptosporidium galli and Cryptosporidium avian genotype III, resulting in a chronic illness of the proventriculus that can lead to a debilitating and fatal clinical condition in birds of the orders Passeriformes and Psittaciformes. The objectives of the present study were to develop a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that targets the 18S rRNA gene to simultaneously detect C.

[Adherence to standard precautions of nurses working in intensive care at a university hospital].

This study evaluated individual factors relating to work and the organization, related to adherence to standard precautions for nurses working in intensive care. It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a large hospital with 178 professionals. For data collection, Likert-type psychometric scales were used.

Proteomic approaches identify members of cofilin pathway involved in oral tumorigenesis.

The prediction of tumor behavior for patients with oral carcinomas remains a challenge for clinicians. The presence of lymph node metastasis is the most important prognostic factor but it is limited in predicting local relapse or survival. This highlights the need for identifying biomarkers that may effectively contribute to prediction of recurrence and tumor spread.

FGFR4 profile as a prognostic marker in squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth and oropharynx.

Background: Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) is a member of a receptor tyrosine kinase family of enzymes involved in cell cycle control and proliferation. A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) Gly388Arg variant has been associated with increased tumor cell motility and progression of breast cancer, head and neck cancer and soft tissue sarcomas. The present study evaluated the prognostic significance of FGFR4 in oral and oropharynx carcinomas, finding an association of FGFR4 expression and Gly388Arg genotype with tumor onset and prognosis.