Stable Isotopes Analysis of Black Lion Tamarins Reveals Increasing Arthropod Consumption When Fruit Productivity Decreases in Forest Fragments.

Given the cryptic and elusive nature of prey consumption, quantifying its contribution to the diet of free-ranging primates using behavioral methods is challenging. In this context, the use of carbon and nitrogen-stable isotopes represents a promising alternative approach. Here, we used stable isotope analysis to estimate the proportion of arthropods and fruits in the diet of black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), an endangered primate endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Abnormal uterine bleeding in reproductive age: a comparative analysis between the five Brazilian geographic regions.

Objective: This study aimed to comparatively evaluate the presence of abnormal uterine bleeding and associated factors among women from the five official Brazilian geographic regions.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, population-based, multicenter study of reproductive-age women from the five regions of Brazil. All participants answered questionnaires containing personal and socioeconomic data and information on uterine bleeding (self-perception and objective data).

International consensus on occupational therapy interventions for people with palliative care needs: A European Association for Palliative Care Group Concept Mapping study.

Background: While evidence shows that occupational therapists can play a key role in the care of people with palliative care needs, more knowledge about effective occupational therapy interventions for this group is needed.

Aim: To identify, organise and prioritise intervention components considered to be effective within occupational therapy for people with palliative care needs from the perspective of occupational therapy clinicians, managers and researchers.

Design: Group Concept Mapping utilising a mixed methods participatory approach.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Premature Ovarian Insufficiency using Hormonal Therapy.

Objective:  Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by early hypoestrogenism. An increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease is a long-term consequence of POI. A challenge of hormone therapy (HT) is to reduce the CV risk.

Differential effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive training on cool and hot inhibitory control in children and adolescents.

Inhibitory control (IC) can occur either in a neutral context (cool) or in social contexts involving emotions (hot). Cool and hot IC have specific developmental trajectories; cool IC develops linearly from childhood to adulthood, whereas hot IC follows a quadratic trajectory. Some activities can improve the IC, such as cognitive training (CT) and mindfulness meditation (MM).

Assessing a cut-off point for the diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding using the Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire (MBQ): a validation and cultural translation study with Brazilian women.

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a common condition, and the Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire (MBQ) is used for its assessment.

Objectives: To translate, assess the cut-off point for diagnosis, and explore psychometric properties of the MBQ for use in Brazilian Portuguese.

Design And Setting: Prospective cohort study including 200 women (100 with and 100 without AUB) at a tertiary referral center.

Prevalence of abnormal uterine bleeding in Brazilian women: Association between self-perception and objective parameters.

Introduction: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is the main cause of demand for gynecological care during the reproductive period, with negative consequences on women's lives. In Brazil, data on the prevalence of AUB is scarce and does not reflect the national reality.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of AUB and associated factors in Brazil.

Performance of autonomous recorders to detect a cryptic and endangered primate species, the black lion-tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus).

Information about species distribution is important for conservation but the monitoring of populations can demand a high sampling effort with traditional methods (e.g., line transects, sound playback) that are poorly efficient for cryptic primates, such as the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus).

The importance of a continuum of rehabilitation from diagnosis of advanced cancer to palliative care.

Purpose: Identifying the evidence found in the international scientific literature, referring to the concept of rehabilitation in the setting of oncologic palliative care.

Methods: Integrative literature review based on articles published in indexed journals on the electronic databases: LILACS, CINAHL and PubMed/MEDLINE, WEB OF SCIENCE, OTSEEKER and PEDRO, following the PRISMA criteria. The quantitative articles were evaluated using the McMaster form for quantitative studies and the qualitative studies were assessed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Program.

Assessment of total pain in people in oncologic palliative care: integrative literature review.

The promotion of comfort and quality of life of people with cancer in palliative care requires flawless evaluation and management of pain, understood in its multidimensionality and integrality. The objective of this study was to present an overview of the scientific production referring to evaluation of the pain and total pain of patients with advanced cancer in palliative care. The study involved an integrative literature review, searching the databases and using the descriptors , and To select the studies, the authors used the reference manager Mendeley and the application Rayyan™, as well as blind and independent peer review.

A network analysis of executive functions before and after computerized cognitive training in children and adolescents.

Executive functions (EFs) play a key role in cognitive and socioemotional development. Factor analyses have revealed an age dependent structure of EFs spanning from a single common factor in early childhood to three factors in adults corresponding to inhibitory control (IC), switching and updating. IC performances change not only with age but also with cognitive training.

Surgery vs. hormone-based treatment for pain control in deep infiltrating endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of surgical or hormone-based pharmacological treatment for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in patients with pain symptoms.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study of 122 women with DIE of the bowel was conducted: 61 women underwent surgical treatment due to poor pain control and 61 received hormone-based treatment alone for at least six months. Chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, dyschezia and dysuria were evaluated by a visual analog scale (VAS) to measure pain on a scale from 0 to 10.

Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnancies Complicated by Chronic Hypertension Followed at a Referral Hospital.

Objective:  To assess maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnancies in women with chronic hypertension (CH).

Methods:  Retrospective cohort of women with CH followed at a referral center for a 5 year period (2012-2017). Data were obtained from medical charts review and described as means and frequencies, and a Poisson regression was performed to identify factors independently associated to the occurrence of superimposed pre-eclampsia (sPE).

Correction to: Predation of treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae) with toxic skin secretions by the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus, Callitrichinae).

In the original publication of the article, the scientific name of veined treefrog.

Predation of treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae) with toxic skin secretions by the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus, Callitrichinae).

We report on the predation of a veined treefrog (Trachycephalus venulosus) and an ocellated treefrog (Itapotihyla langsdorffii), both species with noxious skin secretions, by black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus). The two predation events took place in Morro do Diabo State Park, an Atlantic Forest reserve in southeastern Brazil. The veined treefrog was removed from a tree hollow by an adult male, whereas the ocellated treefrog was caught on the ground after it jumped from the tree attempting to escape capture.

Maternal and perinatal outcomes related to superimposed pre-eclampsia in a Brazilian cohort of women with chronic hypertension.

Objective: To describe maternal and perinatal outcomes for women with chronic hypertension, comparing those with superimposed pre-eclampsia (SPE) with those without pre-eclampsia (NPE).

Methods: In a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital in Brazil, the records of women with chronic hypertension were reviewed between January 1, 2012, and May 31, 2017, in order to compare maternal and perinatal outcomes among those with and without SPE. Poisson regression was performed to investigate factors independently associated with severe pre-eclampsia.

Efficiency of CellROX deep red and CellROX orange fluorescent probes in identifying reactive oxygen species in sperm samples from high and low fertility bulls.

Detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is of great interest in semen analysis since their excess is detrimental to sperm function and male fertility. Fluorescence microscopy has achieved attention for providing broad possibilities of sperm evaluations and also for presenting substantial accessibility. In this context, this study investigated the efficiency of CellROX Deep Red and Orange probes in detecting ROS in bovine sperm cells and assessed their relationship with sperm fertility potential.

Structural Organization of Dental Biofilm Formed in situ in the Presence of Sucrose Associated to Maltodextrin.

Maltodextrins, derived from corn starch, have been added to industrialized food combined with sucrose. However it is not clear the diffusion properties of the dental biofilm matrix and the tridimensional structure of multispecies biofilms formed in the presence of these carbohydrates. Therefore, the aim of study was to investigate by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) the structural organization of the multispecies dental biofilm formed in situ under exposure to sucrose associated to maltodextrin.

Asthma and oral changes in children: Associated factors in a community of southern Brazil.

Background: Asthma is a chronic disease that involves several healthcare services that need attention in relation to its treatment and prevention.

Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate caries, erosion, and enamel defects in children with and without asthma.

Design: Cross-sectional study, with a sample of 228 children ages 6-12 years, stratified as asthmatic (n = 112) and non-asthmatic (n = 116), at two Primary Health Units of the Community Health Service, Brazil.

ATLANTIC-PRIMATES: a dataset of communities and occurrences of primates in the Atlantic Forests of South America.

Primates play an important role in ecosystem functioning and offer critical insights into human evolution, biology, behavior, and emerging infectious diseases. There are 26 primate species in the Atlantic Forests of South America, 19 of them endemic. We compiled a dataset of 5,472 georeferenced locations of 26 native and 1 introduced primate species, as hybrids in the genera Callithrix and Alouatta.