The routine and mental health of hospitalized children with cancer: family perspectives.

Objective: To understand the routine and implications on the mental health of hospitalized children with cancer, from the perspective of family members.

Method: Qualitative research, carried out with 11 relatives of children hospitalized in an oncopediatric inpatient unit, during the month of September 2022. The information was produced through semi-structured interviews and was analyzed according to Minayo's Thematic Analysis, emerging two categories: "The child's routine during hospitalization" and "The child's mental health during hospitalization".

Pathological analysis and etiological assessment of pulmonary lesions and its association with pleurisy in slaughtered pigs.

The intensification of pig farming has posed significant challenges in managing and preventing sanitary problems, particularly diseases of the respiratory complex. Monitoring at slaughter is an important control tool and cannot be overstated. Hence, this study aimed at characterizing both macroscopical and microscopical lesions and identifying the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo), and Pasteurella multocida (PM) associated with pleurisy in swine.

Anemia in canine chronic kidney disease is multifactorial and associated with decreased erythroid precursor cells, gastrointestinal bleeding, and systemic inflammation.

Objective: Compare erythropoiesis-related factors between different stages of canine chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Animals: 8 healthy adult dogs (controls), and 24 dogs with CKD, equally divided into 3 groups based on International Renal Interest Society-CKD Guidelines (stage 2, 3, and 4) were recruited between December 2012 and December 2014.

Methods: The following were assessed in all dogs and then compared between groups: bone marrow cytology, CBC, reticulocyte count, urinalysis, serum biochemistry, blood pressure, occult gastrointestinal bleeding, and serum concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH), erythropoietin, interleukin-1β, interleukin-3, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), and interferon-γ.

The mental health of nurses who are women and mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To reflect on the mental health of nurses who are women and mothers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Theoretical-reflective study based on scientific literature, supported by national and international scientific literature, in addition to a critical analysis by the authors.

Results: Reflections on the subject go beyond the impact of motherhood on these women's lives, as it portrays a gender issue and the role of women within society.

Associations between Pleurisy and the Main Bacterial Pathogens of the Porcine Respiratory Diseases Complex (PRDC).

Porcine Respiratory Diseases Complex (PRDC) is a multifactorial disease that involves several bacterial pathogens, including , , , , and In pigs, the infection may cause lesions such pleurisy, which can lead to carcass condemnation. Hence, 1015 carcasses were selected from three different commercial pig farms, where the respiratory conditions were evaluated using slaughterhouse pleurisy evaluation system (SPES) and classified into five groups. In total, 106 pleural and lung fragments were collected for qPCR testing to identify the five abovementioned pathogens.

One year of pandemic: how is the mental health of nursing professionals?

Objective: To reflect on the mental health of nursing professionals one year after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Method: Theoretical-reflective study based on evidence found in national and international scientific literature, on the discursive elaboration on the theme and including the authors' perception and critical analysis.

Results: After one year facing the pandemic, nursing professionals experienced a worsening of their mental health, given the persistence and also the deterioration of the health system scenario, high risk of contamination and repercussions of the disease in professional and personal lives.

Bacterin Vaccination Decreases Shedding and Colonization of Typhimurium in Pigs.

Since the occurrence of swine salmonellosis has increased over time and control strategies other than biosecurity are highly recommended, the present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of vaccination with Choleraesuis and Typhimurium bacterins in pigs. Two experimental groups were formed: G1, animals immunized with two doses of a commercial vaccine ( = 20); G2, control group ( = 20). After vaccination, all pigs were orally challenged (D0) with 10 CFU of Typhimurium and evaluated for 40 days.

Pleasure and suffering in the work of nurses at the oncopediatric hospital unit: qualitative research.

Objective: To analyze the experiences that generate pleasure and suffering in the work of nurses in an oncopediatric inpatient unit.

Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study. Data collection took place from March to May 2018, through interviews with eight nurses in an oncopediatric inpatient unit.

Comparative Analysis Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Highlights a Potential Transmission of Between Asymptomatic Buffaloes and Pigs in a Single Farm.

Buffaloes and pigs play an important epidemiological roll in the infection cycle, and asymptomatic animals can act as key component in the dissemination of the disease by horizontal, vertical, and cross-species transmission. Our study aimed and was able to confirm evidences of a cross-species transmission of Agona between asymptomatic buffaloes and pigs. Also, we described infection within the pig production phases, involving serotypes Agona, Senftenberg and Schwarzengrund.

Nursing and mental health: a reflection in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Objective: To reflect on the mental health of Nursing professionals in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

Method: This is a theoretical-reflective study based on the discursive formulation on the theme and supported by the national and international scientific literature and by the authors' critical analysis.

Results: The analyzed studies, along with the care practice, showed that Nursing professionals are susceptible to the exacerbation of symptoms such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, anguish, and stress in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, in view of their exhaustive work shifts, patients' deaths, risk of infecting themselves and their families, and social isolation.

Passive Immunity Transfer in Water Buffaloes ().

This study aimed to evaluate passive immunity transfer in healthy buffalo calves. Colostrum samples from heifers (without previous calving) and primiparous and pluriparous dams and blood samples from their offspring were obtained at calving, before colostrum intake, and at 24, 48, and 72 h after calving for determination of serum activities of gammaglutamyltransferase and alkaline phosphatase and serum concentrations of total protein (TP), immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG, and lactoferrin. The results were analyzed as repeated measures, and differences were considered statistically significant at ≤ 0.

Blood serum acute phase proteins and iron dynamics during acute phase response of Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin experimentally infected buffalo calves.

The study aimed to evaluate clinical signs, blood serum acute phase proteins (APP) and iron dynamics during the acute phase response (APR) of Salmonella Dublin experimentally infected Murrah buffalo calves. Six buffalo calves constituted the control group (CNT) and six were orally inoculate with 10 CFU of S. Dublin (INF).

Blood gas and serum biochemical RIs for healthy newborn Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis).

Background: There is a lack of published work on RIs for newborn buffaloes. Establishing blood gas and serum biochemical RIs for newborn buffaloes is important for monitoring health.

Objectives: This study establishes blood gas and serum biochemical RIs of newborn buffaloes.

High-resolution computed tomography and histopathological findings in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a pictorial essay.

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a diffuse interstitial and granulomatous lung disease caused by the inhalation of any one of a number of antigens. The objective of this study was to illustrate the spectrum of abnormalities in high-resolution computed tomography and histopathological findings related to hypersensitivity pneumonitis. We retrospectively evaluated patients who had been diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (on the basis of clinical-radiological or clinical-radiological-pathological correlations) and had undergone lung biopsy.

Diversity of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Leishmaniasis is a complex of zoonotic diseases that are endemic to many Brazilian states. They are transmitted to the vertebrates by the bite of the hematophagous female sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) vectors. Despite the increasing occurrence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in large urban centers, their transmission continues to occur primarily in a wild environment and may be associated with professional activities, ecotourism activities, or both.

[Tuberculosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients: the difficulty in making the diagnosis of latent infection].

Since the beginning of the use of anti-TNF in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis have been reported in patients receiving such treatment. In most cases, the disease develops by the time the patient has received the sixth infusion. Every patient should be evaluated for latent tuberculosis infection prior to the use of a TNF inhibitor.

Hard metal pneumoconiosis with spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax.

Hard metal pneumoconiosis, first described in 1964, is a diffuse disease caused by the inhalation of cobalt particles. The disease can manifest as occupational asthma, interstitial disease or allergic alveolitis. We report the case of a young male, working as a tool sharpener, who presented with dry cough and progressive dyspnea for one year, as well as with spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax at admission.

Comparative study of respiratory symptoms and lung function alterations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to the exposure to wood and tobacco smoke.

Objective: To describe and analyze clinical symptoms and spirometric alterations of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and history of exposure to wood and tobacco smoke.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated data related to 170 patients distributed into 3 groups: 34 exposed only to wood smoke, 59 patients exposed only to tobacco smoke and 77 patients exposed to both.

Results: The groups did not differ significantly in terms of age (p = 0.

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities of N-quinolin-8-yl-arylsulfonamides.

In the present paper 12 N-quinolin-8-yl-arylsulfonamides synthesized by coupling 8-aminoquinolines with various arylsulfonylchlorides were assayed in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis, Leishmania chagasi and Trypanosoma cruzi strains. This series of new compounds were found to be selective for Leishmania spp. promastigote and amastigote forms.