Publications by authors named "L K Teles"
Unlabelled: Dietary flexibility allows animals to respond adaptively to food pulses in the environment. Here we document the novel emergence of widespread hunting of California voles and carnivorous feeding behavior by California ground squirrels. Over two months in the twelfth year of a long-term study on the squirrel population, we document 74 events of juvenile and adult ground squirrels of both sexes depredating, consuming, and/or competing over vole prey.
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- Infections from the dengue virus, Orthoflavivirus denguei, can show no symptoms or a range of clinical signs due to its complex interactions with viral and host factors.
- The study examined specific genetic variations (SNPs) in the interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene among 333 individuals in northeastern Brazil to see how they relate to symptomatic dengue.
- Findings revealed that certain genotypes and the G allele of the -1082 A/G SNP are associated with a higher risk of developing symptomatic dengue, particularly in contrast to those with asymptomatic infections.
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- The study focuses on the rising occurrence of chylous effusion in children post-cardiac surgery, highlighting the need to understand the clinical profiles of affected patients.
- A retrospective analysis of 23 patients, mostly young (average age of 6 months) and often malnourished, revealed significant complications like lymphopenia and hypoalbuminemia at the time of diagnosis.
- The findings emphasize the importance of close clinical and laboratory monitoring post-surgery to detect early signs of chylous effusion and initiate prompt treatment to prevent adverse outcomes.
Background and aims: nutritional screening tools assess factors like weight loss, BMI, food intake, and disease severity to determine a patient's nutritional risk and needed care. Plasma transthyretin is a practical measurement used to assess nutritional evolution due to its rapid response to food intake. This study examines the relationship between nutritional scores, transthyretin protein levels, and the possibility of death.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo vertical flow constructed wetland (VFCW 1 and VFCW 2) with native macrophyte (Mart.) were operated. In VFCW 1, the substrates used were ceramic brick, washed sand, seashells (), and ceramic brick and sand in VFCW 2.
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