Draft genome sequence data of strain REC01, a phytopathogen isolated from a Peruvian maize.

represents a major phytopathogenic threat to maize crops worldwide. In this study, we present genomic sequence data of a phytopathogen isolated from a maize stem that shows obvious signs of vascular rot. Using rigorous microbiological identification techniques, we correlated the disease symptoms observed in an affected maize region with the presence of the pathogen.

An Integrated Assessment of Different Depositional Paleoenvironment Using Nitrogen Markers and Biomarkers after Chromatographic Methods Optimization.

In this study, chromatographic methods were first optimized to ensure the robustness of the identification and quantification of nitrogen markers and biomarkers. Then, the optimal conditions were applied to 14 crude oil samples deposited in distinct paleoenvironments from Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia to perform an integrated geochemical assessment. Analytical standards, certified reference material, and retention indices were used to confirm the identification of biomarkers and N-markers.

A Mini Literature Review of Probiotics: Transforming Gastrointestinal Health Through Evidence-Based Insights.

As our understanding of the intricate interaction between gut bacteria and human health continues to expand, so too has interest in the ability of probiotics to manage gut microbiota and confer multiple health benefits to the host. The mini literature review focuses on the expanding potential of the use of probiotics in GI health, with a focus on probiotics' potential therapeutic advantages in a variety of gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses. Probiotics play a significant role in managing diarrhea and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) by modulating gut microbial communities.

Using Mobile Technology for Family-Based Prevention in Families with Low Incomes: Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program.

Researchers are increasingly using web-based technologies to deliver family-based, prevention programming. Few studies have examined the success of such approaches for families with low incomes. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of in-class and online engagement in a childhood obesity prevention program for parents with low incomes, to examine the demographic correlates of parent engagement, and to examine dosage effects on parental feeding outcomes as a function of online exposure.

DNA metabarcoding diet analysis in a generalist omnivore: feeding trials reveal the efficacy of extraction kits and a multi-locus approach for identifying diverse diets.

Metabarcoding-based diet analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the feeding behavior of a wide range of species. However, many studies using these methods for wild animals assume accuracy and precision without experimental evaluation with known positive control food items. Here, we conducted a feeding trial experiment with a positive control community in pasture-raised chickens and assessed the efficacy of several commonly used DNA extraction kits and primer sets.

Analysis of Fluorescent-Stained Lipid Droplets with 3D Reconstruction for Hepatic Steatosis Assessment.

Lipid droplets (LDs) are specialized organelles that mediate lipid storage and play a very important role in suppressing lipotoxicity and preventing dysfunction caused by free fatty acids (FAs). The liver, given its critical role in the body's fat metabolism, is persistently threatened by the intracellular accumulation of LDs in the form of both microvesicular and macrovesicular hepatic steatosis. The histologic characterization of LDs is typically based on lipid-soluble diazo dyes, such as Oil Red O (ORO) staining, but a number of disadvantages consistently hamper the use of this analysis with liver specimens.

Response of dung beetle diversity to remediation of soil ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Background: Efforts to alleviate the negative effects of oil spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon include remediation activities such as cleaning, reshaping, and revegetation of polluted areas. However, studies of the diversity of biological communities in these hydrocarbon-degraded ecosystems have never been carried out. Here, we evaluated the diversity of dung beetles on remediated soil ecosystems (Agricultural Soils and Sensitive Ecosystems) and on non-contaminated soils (Natural Forests and Palm Plantations).

Uncommon electrocardiographic presentation of an isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction.

Isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction is an extremely rare condition, and its diagnosis may be challenging. We present the case of a 63-year-old man who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain; electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in precordial leads, for which, the diagnosis of anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction was initially made. Coronary angiography showed diffuse coronary artery ectasia and total thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery that was treated by angioplasty and stenting, resulting in resolution of the chest pain and ST-segment elevation.

Low-Income Latina Mothers' Scaffolding of Preschoolers' Behavior in a Stressful Situation and Children's Self-Regulation: A Longitudinal Study.

Objective: Maternal control and directiveness in Latina/o families often do not show the negative associations with child adjustment seen in European American samples. This study tested the self-determination hypotheses that Latina maternal involvement and structure would be positively associated with preschool children's later self-regulation, whereas directiveness and control would show negative relations.

Design: At Time 1, 130 low-income Latina mothers were observed helping their 4- to 5-year-old children complete a stressful task.

Fatty acid binding protein 5 regulates lipogenesis and tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma.

Aims: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Unfortunately, targeted-therapies have been unsuccessful for most patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Thus, new early biomarkers and treatment options are a pressing need.

Interactive effects of multiscale diversification practices on farmland bird stress.

Farmland diversification practices (i.e., methods used to produce food sustainably by enhancing biodiversity in cropping systems) are sometimes considered beneficial to both agriculture and biodiversity, but most studies of these practices rely on species richness, diversity, or abundance as a proxy for habitat quality.

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Program to Help Latina Mothers Help Their Children Cope with Stress: Effects on Parenting, Child Coping, and Adjustment.

"Madres Apoyando el Desarrollo Emocional de Sus Hijos" ("Mothers Supporting the Emotional Development of Their Children") is a parenting education program designed to help Latina mothers help their school-age children cope with stress. A previous randomized controlled trial, with a pre-post design, showed that the program had the predicted effects on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. However, no data were collected from the children in that initial evaluation.

A trait-based framework for predicting foodborne pathogen risk from wild birds.

Recent foodborne illness outbreaks have heightened pressures on growers to deter wildlife from farms, jeopardizing conservation efforts. However, it remains unclear which species, particularly birds, pose the greatest risk to food safety. Using >11,000 pathogen tests and 1565 bird surveys covering 139 bird species from across the western United States, we examined the importance of 11 traits in mediating wild bird risk to food safety.

Implementation Science Strategies Promote Fidelity in the Food, Feeding, and Your Family Study.

Objective: Use of implementation science strategies to promote fidelity in the Food, Feeding, and Your Family study.

Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial with 3 conditions: control, in-class, or online, delivered in English or Spanish. Observations of 20% of classes.

Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Is Increased in Chagasic Cardiomyopathy.

Chagas disease (CD) mainly conveys stroke risk through structural cardiac disease. However, stroke and cognitive impairment are seen in CD independently of cardiac disease severity. Chronic inflammation may be an explanation for this association, because inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute ischemic stroke and dementia.

Child behavior during the social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To describe the daily activities performed by children from 6 to 12 years of age incomplete and analyze children's behavior during social distancing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with children in a learning stage living in Brazil. The data were collected via online form.

Determination of Cu, Ni, Mn, and Pb in diesel oil samples using reversed-phase vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction associated with energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

A method was developed based on reversed-phase vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction (RP-VALLME) combined with energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry for the determination of Cu, Mn, Ni, and Pb in diesel oil samples. In this procedure, a nitric acid solution was used as the extraction phase to isolate analytes from organic samples. After a centrifugation step, the aqueous phase was added dropwise to a filter paper disc for EDXRF determinations.

Environmental disaster in the northeast coast of Brazil: Forensic geochemistry in the identification of the source of the oily material.

The characterization of petroleum or its products spilled in the environment in relation to its source rocks is an important tool to assist in the resolution of issues of environmental impact and legal responsibility since it clarifies the possible region or the producing country of that type of petroleum. This article analyzes the application of analytical techniques for petroleum geochemistry to identify the type and origin of oily material collected from beaches in Northeast Brazil in 2019. Samples of the oily material collected on the beaches in the states of Bahia and Sergipe were analyzed and for comparison purposes, samples of crude oils produced in Brazil, Middle East, Nigeria and Venezuela were also analyzed.

lipogenesis at the mitotic exit is used for nuclear envelope reassembly/expansion. Implications for combined chemotherapy.

Mitosis has been traditionally considered a metabolically inactive phase. We have previously shown, however, that extensive alterations in lipids occur as the cells traverse mitosis, including increased fatty acid (FA) and phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) synthesis and decreased lysophospholipid content. Given the diverse structural and functional properties of these lipids, we sought to study their metabolic fate and their importance for cell cycle completion.

Cell walls of the dimorphic fungal pathogens Sporothrix schenckii and Sporothrix brasiliensis exhibit bilaminate structures and sloughing of extensive and intact layers.

Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by pathogenic species of the Sporothrix genus. A new emerging species, Sporothrix brasiliensis, is related to cat-transmitted sporotrichosis and has severe clinical manifestations. The cell wall of pathogenic fungi is a unique structure and impacts directly on the host immune response.

Occultifur plantarum f.a., sp. nov., a novel cystobasidiomycetous yeast species.

Nine strains representing a single anamorphic novel yeast species in dispersed tropical and subtropical habitats were isolated from sugarcane leaf tissue (DMKU-SE24, DMKU-SE45T, DMKU-SE129 and DMKU-SE134) and corn leaf tissue (DMKU-CE36) in Thailand, phylloplane and rhizoplane of sugarcane in Brazil (IMUFRJ 52018 and IMUFRJ 52019), bromeliad leaf tissue in Brazil (IMUFRJ 51954) and plant leaf in Japan (IPM31-24). These strains showed identical or only 1 nt substitution in the sequences of the D1/D2 region of the LSU rRNA gene and 0-5 nt substitutions in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Phylogenetic analysis based on the combined sequences of the ITS and the D1/D2 regions showed that the eight of these strains represented a single species in the genus Occultifur that was distinct from related species.

Emotion regulation strategies and childhood obesity in high risk preschoolers.

The current study examined the relationships between the specific strategies that preschool children use to regulate their emotions and childhood weight status to see if emotion regulation strategies would predict childhood weight status over and above measures of eating self-regulation. 185 4- to 5-year-old Latino children were recruited through Head Start centers in a large city in the southeastern U.S.