Molecular characterization of juvenile fish from the Amazon estuary using DNA barcoding approach.

The efficiency of the DNA barcoding relies on sequencing fragment of the Cytochrome C Subunit I (COI) gene, which has been claimed as a tool to biodiversity identification from distinct groups. Accordingly, the goal of this study was to identify juvenile fish species along an estuary of Caeté River in the Brazilian Blue Amazon based on. For this purpose, we applied the DNA barcoding and discuss this approach as a tool for discrimination of species in early ontogenetic stages.

Comparison of glass and digital slides for cervical cytopathology screening and interpretation.

Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer and a leading cause of premature death among women aged 15 to 44 worldwide. In Brazil, there is a high prevalence of infection by the human papillomavirus - HPV. Digital pathology optimizes time and space for reading cervicovaginal cytology slides.

First record of rainbow shrimp, exotic species Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862), in the Brazilian coastal amazon, validated by DNA barcode.

Background: This is the first record of the alien shrimp Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis in Brazil. The invasion was detected within Marine Extractive Reserves based on eight specimens accidentally caught by local fishermen using trawlnets focused on fisheries of native species. These specimens were transported to the Laboratory of Applied Genetics and morphologically identified as Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis (rainbow shrimp).

Automatic segmentation of retinal layers in OCT images with intermediate age-related macular degeneration using U-Net and DexiNed.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that can cause visual impairment and affects the elderly over 50 years of age. AMD is characterized by the presence of drusen, which causes changes in the physiological structure of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the boundaries of the Bruch's membrane layer (BM). Optical coherence tomography is one of the main exams for the detection and monitoring of AMD, which seeks changes through the evaluation of successive sectional cuts in the search for morphological changes caused by drusen.

Interferometer eye image classification for dry eye categorization using phylogenetic diversity indexes for texture analysis.

Background and Objective Dry eye syndrome disease negatively impacts many people in various ways. Several tests are required to diagnose it for evaluating different physiological characteristics. One of the most applied tests for this is the manual classification of tear film images captured with Doane interferometer.