Generalized Cuts of Feynman Integrals in Parameter Space.

We propose a construction of generalized cuts of Feynman integrals as an operation on the domain of the Feynman parametric integral. A set of on-shell conditions removes the corresponding boundary components of the integration domain, in favor of including a boundary component from the second Symanzik polynomial. Hence integration domains are full-dimensional spaces with finite volumes, rather than being localized around poles.

Effects of exercise training parameters on cardiorespiratory fitness of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To assess the effects of exercise training parameters on cardiorespiratory fitness of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020210470). Searches were performed on PubMed, PEDro EMBASE, MEDLINE (Ovid), LILACS, PsycINFO, SCIELO, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library.

Impacts of co-contaminants and dilution on perchlorate biodegradation using various carbon sources.

This research investigates the biodegradation of perchlorate in the presence of the co-contaminants nitrate and chlorate using soluble and slow-release carbon sources. In addition, the impact of bio-augmentation and dilution, which results in lower total dissolved salts (TDS) and contaminant levels, is examined. Laboratory microcosms were conducted using actual groundwater and soils from a contaminated aquifer.

Maintenance of Physical Activity Behavior by Individuals with Prediabetes and Diabetes during the COVID-19 Pandemic after Completing an Exercise Intervention in Brazil.

This cross-sectional study evaluated the perception of individuals with prediabetes/diabetes about their living conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify the facilitators, barriers, and reasons to remain physically active at home and adhere to recommended exercise. It included individuals with prediabetes/diabetes who had completed an exercise intervention, which started on-site and moved to a remote home-based regime due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were advised to keep exercising at home. The outcomes were assessed by a bespoke questionnaire that was developed by the research team, the Brazilian Portuguese adapted version of the Exercise Adherence Rating scale, and the Motives for Physical Activity Measure-Revised scale.

Cardiac telerehabilitation in a middle-income country: analysis of adherence, effectiveness and cost through a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are already well established; however, such intervention has been underused, mainly in low- and middle-income countries.

Aim: To compare adherence, effectiveness, and cost of a home CR with the traditional CR (TCR) in a middle-income country (MIC).

Design: Single-blind randomized control trial.

Antioxidant system disturbances and mitochondrial dysfunction induced by 3-methyglutaric acid in rat heart are prevented by bezafibrate.

Barth syndrome (BTHS) and dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome (DCMA) are biochemically characterized by high levels of 3-methylglutaric acid (MGA) in the urine and plasma of affected patients. Although cardiolipin abnormalities have been observed in these disorders, their pathophysiology is not fully established. We evaluated the effects of MGA administration on redox homeostasis and mitochondrial function in heart, as well as on vascular reactivity in aorta of Wistar rats without cardiolipin genetic deficiency.

Assessment of V̇o and Exercise Capacity After Stroke: A Validity Study of the Human Activity Profile Questionnaire.

Objective: To investigate the concurrent validity of the Human Activity Profile (HAP) in individuals after stroke to provide the peak oxygen uptake (V̇o) and the construct validity of the HAP to assess exercise capacity, and to provide equations based on the HAP outcomes to estimate the distance covered in the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University laboratory.

Engineering Surface Architectures for Improved Durability in III-V Photocathodes.

GaInP has shown promise as the wide bandgap top junction in tandem absorber photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting devices. Among previously reported dual-junction PEC devices with a GaInP top cell, those with the highest performance incorporate an AlInP window layer (WL) to reduce surface recombination and a thin GaInP capping layer (CL) to protect the WL from corrosion in electrolytes. However, the stability of these III-V systems is limited, and durability continues to be a major challenge broadly in the field of PEC water splitting.

Behavior change interventions in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of the effects on self-management and A1c.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the characteristics of interventions employed to promote behavior change in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and their impact on disease self-management and glycated hemoglobin (A1c).

Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to guide the protocol development for this systematic review. Randomized controlled clinical trials which compared behavior change interventions to controls in adults with T2DM and investigated disease self-management and glycated hemoglobin (A1c) measured by validated methods were eligible for this study.

Brazilian Portuguese version of the Mediterranean diet scale: Translation procedures and measurement properties.

Background And Aim: The Mediterranean Diet Scale (MDS) is a questionnaire with characteristics which can contribute to the multidimensional assessment of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) by the multidisciplinary team, as well as to evaluate the effect of specific educational and nutritional interventions. The aim of this study was to translate and perform a cross-cultural adaptation of a Canadian MDS and analyze the measurement properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Mediterranean Diet Scale (MDS-Brazil) in individuals with DM in Brazil.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.

Cardiac rehabilitation availability and characteristics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Global Comparison.

Background: This study aimed to establish availability and characteristics of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where cardiovascular disease is highly prevalent.

Methods: In this cross-sectional sub-analysis focusing on the 35 LAC countries, local cardiovascular societies identified CR programs globally. An online survey was administered to identified programs, assessing capacity and characteristics.

Acute effects of expiratory positive airway pressure on exercise tolerance in patients with COPD.

Objective: To evaluate the acute effects of expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) on exercise tolerance, dyspnea, leg discomfort, and breathing pattern in patients with COPD.

Methods: Fifteen patients with COPD were assessed with the following three different protocols: EPAP of 7.5 cmHO used during a constant cycle ergometer exercise test (Protocol-1); EPAP of 7.

Ethylmalonic acid impairs bioenergetics by disturbing succinate and glutamate oxidation and induces mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening in rat cerebellum.

Tissue accumulation and high urinary excretion of ethylmalonic acid (EMA) are found in ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE), an inherited disorder associated with cerebral and cerebellar atrophy whose pathogenesis is poorly established. The in vitro and in vivo effects of EMA on bioenergetics and redox homeostasis were investigated in rat cerebellum. For the in vitro studies, cerebellum preparations were exposed to EMA, whereas intracerebellar injection of EMA was used for the in vivo evaluation.

A qualitative study of patient's perceptions of two cardiac rehabilitation models.

Background: Understanding patients' perceptions about rehabilitation can guide healthcare administrators on modifications of program elements, which can ultimately improve cardiac rehabilitation (CR) use, adherence of heart-health behaviors, and improvements in clinical outcomes.

Objective: To examine the perception of patients about their participation in CR.

Methods: Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, performed in a public CR center in Brazil.

Does the morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) clinic serve the filarial lymphedema (FLE) patients' preeminent expectation?

Advocacy and training on "Home care" for filarial lymphoedma (FLE) patients are provided through morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) clinic commonly known as filariasis clinic and clinical improvement is assessed by follow-up visits. While the physicians aim at reducing the recurrent ADL (coined as ADLA in 1997) episodes, the patients expect reduction in LE volume. The objective of the present study was to know whether the MMDP clinic serves the primary expectation of the FLE patients.

Resistance training prevents the reduction of insulin-mediated vasodilation in the mesenteric artery of dexamethasone-treated rats.

This study evaluated whether resistance training (RT) could prevent glucocorticoid-induced vascular changes. Wistar rats were divided into groups: control (CO), dexamethasone (DEX), and Dexamethasone+RT (DEX+RT). On the eighth week, dexamethasone was administered in the DEX and DEX+RT groups.

Oxidative stress in Ruditapes philippinarum after exposure to different graphene oxide concentrations in the presence and absence of sediment.

The use of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) is growing in different technological fields, raising concern on their potential impacts on the environment. Given its diverse nanothenological applications, graphene oxide (GO) stands out among the most widely used CNMs. Its hydrophilic capacity enables it to remain stable in suspension in water allowing that GO can be accessible for accumulation by aquatic organisms through ingestion, filtration and superficial dermal contact when present in aquatic ecosystems.

Effects of detraining on cardiorespiratory fitness of individuals with chronic stroke.

Background: Aerobic training can improve cardiorespiratory fitness in individuals after stroke. However, the effects of short-term and long-term detraining are not well known.

Objective: To determine the effects of short-term (1-month) and long-term (6-month) detraining on cardiorespiratory fitness (VO) of individuals after stroke, who participated in aerobic training.

Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Effectiveness in a Middle-Income Setting: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Purpose: The impact of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CCR) in Latin America is not well known. Herein, the pre-specified tertiary outcomes of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) trial are reported: disease-related knowledge, depressive symptoms, and heart-health behaviors (exercise, diet, and smoking).

Methods: This was a single-blinded, single-center (Brazil) randomized trial with three parallel arms: CCR (exercise + education) versus exercise-only CR versus wait-list control.

Physical Rehabilitation Needs in the BRICS Nations from 1990 to 2017: Cross-National Analyses Using Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.

: This study analyzes the current and evolving physical rehabilitation needs of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa), a coalition of large emergent economies increasingly important for global health. Secondary, cross-national analyses of data on Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Total physical rehabilitation needs, and those stratified per major condition groups are analyzed for the year 2017 (current needs), and for every year since 1990 (evolution over time).

Effects of aerobic training on physical activity in people with stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Individuals with stroke have low physical activity levels and spend high amount of time in low-energy expenditure activities.

Objective: To investigate the effects of aerobic treadmill training on physical activity levels and time spent in low-energy expenditure activities (primary outcomes), as well as on cardiorespiratory fitness, endurance, depression, mobility, quality of life and participation (secondary outcomes) after stroke.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial, with 22 adults with chronic stroke was performed.

Diagnosis and treatment of müllerian malformations.

Anomalies in the müllerian ducts are congenital alterations with more prevalence than it is imagined, varying from 0.5 to 6.7% in the general population and up to 16.

Health Care Administrators' Cardiac Rehabilitation Attitudes (HACRA) in North and South America and the Development of a Scale to Assess Them.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is insufficiently available; even less so in low-resource settings. Health care administrators (HAs) are responsible for ensuring CR programs are offered and resourced. This study compared HA CR attitudes in North and South America, the contextual factors associated with these attitudes, and developed a scale/survey to assess them with global applicability.