Linking head and heart health: the association between psychiatric outcomes for patients with major depressive disorder and myocardial ischemia - a systematic review.

Introduction: The development of depression after myocardial infarction is associated with a 2- to 2.5-fold increased risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular events. The objective of this study was to investigate, through a broad search of the literature, whether major depression is associated with worse psychiatric outcomes in middle-aged patients with myocardial ischemia.

Comparative Fitness of Isolates with Multiple Fungicide-Resistant Phenotypes.

This study characterized 52 isolates of from peach and nectarine orchards for their multiresistance patterns to thiophanate-methyl (TF), tebuconazole (TEB), and azoxystrobin (AZO) using in vitro sensitivity assays and molecular analysis. The radial growth of isolates was measured on media amended with a single discriminatory dose of 1 μg/ml for TF and AZO and 0.3 μg/ml for TEB.

Influence of CK2 protein kinase activity on the interaction between Trypanosoma cruzi and its vertebrate and invertebrate hosts.

Chagas disease, endemic from Latin America, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted by triatomine feces. This parasite undergoes complex morphological changes through its life cycle, promoted by significant changes in signal transduction pathways. The activity of protein kinase CK2 has been described in trypanosomatids.