Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in Athletes.

This article is an update on spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in athletes, from diagnosis to treatment, based on our service experience and a literature review.

CORRELATION BETWEEN TYPES OF MINDSET AND QUALITY OF LIFE EVALUATION IN PATIENTS WITH SCOLIOSIS.

Unlabelled: Scoliosis is a pathology with multiple etiologies that leads to aesthetic changes, increased morbidity and, especially, psychological damage.

Objective: This work aims to compare two mindset types (fixed and growth) and assess levels of quality of life in individuals with scoliosis.

Methods: Two questionnaires, Scoliosis Research Society-30 (SRS-30) and Early-Onset Scoliosis-24 Questionnaire (EOSQ-24), associated with the "Health Mindset Scale," were used.

Modification of a previously patented method to unequivocally score A2-like and A1-like bovine β-casein variants.

A growing interest in the production and commercialization of A2 cow's milk has been observed in many countries in the last few years due to the beneficial properties for human health attributed to A2 β-casein variant. Methods of varying complexity and different equipment requirements have been proposed for the determination of the β-casein genotype of individual cows. We proposed herein a modification of a previously patented method based on an amplification-created restriction site PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.

Deletion in KARLN intron 5 and predictive relationship with bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis infection phenotype.

Kalirin (gene: KALRN) is a Rho-GEF kinase linked to neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Unexpectedly, various polymorphisms in KALRN gene were previously associated with resistance to bacterial infections in ruminants. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the rs384223075 (RS-075) deletion in KALRN intron 5 on the occurrence of Mycobacterium bovis and Brucella abortus infections in cattle.

Historical Biogeography of the Group (Anura, Leptodactylidae): Identification of Ancestral Areas and Events that Modeled their Distribution.

The objective of the present study was to reconstruct the biogeographic history of the monophyletic group . We carried out two complementary historical biogeographic approaches: one estimates the ancestral areas with the statistical dispersion and vicariance method (S-DIVA). The other detects disjoint distributions among sister groups, which provides information about barriers that separate populations through a spatial analysis of vicariance (VIP method).