Prediction and Analysis of Genomic Islands in .

Aeromonas are Gram-negative rods widely distributed in the environment. They can cause severe infections in fish related to financial losses in the fish industry, and are considered opportunistic pathogens of humans causing infections ranging from diarrhea to septicemia. The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of genomic islands to .

Cardiac Autonomic Modulation is a Key Factor for High Blood Pressure in Adolescentes.

Background: The interest regarding hypertension among children and adolescents has increased since the blood pressure rating system was updated to be compared with the adult rating system, changing the terminology from "normal high" to "prehypertension".

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the association between cardiac autonomic modulation and pressure levels of adolescents.

Methods: 203 adolescents were grouped according to systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP).

Cardiac autonomic modulation of adolescents with different levels of sleep quality.

Unlabelled: Evaluate the cardiac autonomic modulation of adolescents with different levels of sleep quality.

Methods: Adolescents aged 11 to 17 years who presented themselves an explanation of the project with consent form signed by participated in the study. Anthropometric and hemodynamic data collected, and questionnaires.

Obesity as an additional factor for autonomic imbalance and poor sleep behavior in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case-control study.

Objectives: We compared the autonomic modulation and sleep behavior of eutrophic and overweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: COPD participants were divided into the overweight and eutrophic groups. Pulmonary function, blood pressure, body composition, autonomic modulation, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score were assessed.

Value of adding the apparent diffusion coefficient to capsular contact for the prediction of extracapsular extension in prostate cancer.

Objective: To determine whether evaluating the mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) together with capsular contact (CC) adds value in the prediction of microscopic extracapsular extension (ECE) of prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2012 and December 2016, 383 patients underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) of the prostate. A total of 67 patients were selected for inclusion.

SWeeP: representing large biological sequences datasets in compact vectors.

Vectoral and alignment-free approaches to biological sequence representation have been explored in bioinformatics to efficiently handle big data. Even so, most current methods involve sequence comparisons via alignment-based heuristics and fail when applied to the analysis of large data sets. Here, we present "Spaced Words Projection (SWeeP)", a method for representing biological sequences using relatively small vectors while preserving intersequence comparability.

Inspiratory muscle training improves autonomic modulation and exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects: A randomized-controlled trial.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effect a regular inspiratory muscle training program on autonomic modulation measured by heart rate variability, exercise capacity and respiratory function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects (COPD).

Design: Single-center controlled study, with balanced randomization (1:1 for two arms).

Setting: A COPD reference hospital localized in Sao Luís, Brazil.

Comparative Analysis of Genomic Island Prediction Tools.

Tools for genomic island prediction use strategies for genomic comparison analysis and sequence composition analysis. The goal of comparative analysis is to identify unique regions in the genomes of related organisms, whereas sequence composition analysis evaluates and relates the composition of specific regions with other regions in the genome. The goal of this study was to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate extant genomic island predictors.

Short-term combined exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and autonomic modulation in cancer patients receiving adjuvant therapy.

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of a short-term exercise training (ET) on the cardiorespiratory fitness and autonomic modulation of women with breast cancer who were receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormonotherapy. Eighteen women previously diagnosed with breast cancer receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormone therapy were randomly allocated into breast cancer nonexercise (BC) and exercise groups (BC+Ex). Moreover, nine healthy physically inactive volunteers were recruited to compose the noncancer control group (CG).

Hypertension and Exercise Training: Evidence from Clinical Studies.

Hypertension is a worldwide prevalent disease, mostly manifested as its primary ethiology, characterized by a chronic, multifactorial, asymptomatic, and usually incurable state. It is estimated that more than one billion of the world population is hypertensive. Also, hypertension is the main cause of the two most frequent causes of death worldwide: myocardial infarction and stroke.

Effect of exercise training in heart rate variability, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in kidney recipients: A preliminary study.

The aim of this study was to compare the sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and autonomic function of a group of kidney-transplanted recipients who joined a combined exercise program (KTR) or remained sedentary (KTR). A total of 20 kidney-transplanted recipients, split into two groups (10 KTR and 10 KTR), joined the study. Heart rate variability, cardiorespiratory capacity, depression, and sleep questionnaires were evaluated.

Cardiovascular Response of an Acute Exergame Session in Prepubertal Obese Children.

Purpose: We aimed to analyze the acute autonomic response of obese and eutrophic prepubertal boys to an exergame (EXG) session.

Materials And Method: Nine eutrophic (8.89 ± 2.

Effect of exercise training and detraining in autonomic modulation and cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors.

Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Heart rate variability (HRV) has attracted scientific community attention in different pathologies, becoming thus an ultimate importance tool in both clinical and research setting, being a good predictor of cardiac events and mortality risk and also used in physical exercise and sports in general. The aim of the present study was to evaluate 12 weeks of exercise training and six weeks of detraining in cardiorespiratory capacity, and autonomic modulation in breast cancer patients.

Autonomic modulation analysis in active and sedentary kidney transplanted recipients.

Modulation of the autonomic nervous system on heart rate can be compromised in chronic kidney disease and may result in changes in the frequency and duration of the cardiac cycle. The aim of this study was to evaluate autonomic modulation in active and sedentary renal transplant recipients. Twenty renal-transplanted individuals were analyzed at the Centro de Prevenção de Doenças Renais (Kidney Disease Education Centre), in the academic hospital of Universidade Federal do Maranhão, and were divided into the active group (AG) and the sedentary group (SG).

Effects of preoperative feeding with a whey protein plus carbohydrate drink on the acute phase response and insulin resistance. A randomized trial.

Background: Prolonged preoperative fasting increases insulin resistance and current evidence recommends carbohydrate (CHO) drinks 2 hours before surgery. Our hypothesis is that the addition of whey protein to a CHO-based drink not only reduces the inflammatory response but also diminish insulin resistance.

Methods: Seventeen patients scheduled to cholecystectomy or inguinal herniorraphy were randomized and given 474 ml and 237 ml of water (CO group) or a drink containing CHO and milk whey protein (CHO-P group) respectively, 6 and 3 hours before operation.