Protective Effects of Spondias mombin L. Juice Alone or in Combination With Lactobacillus acidophilus in 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Experimental Intestinal Mucositis.

Background: Evaluate the impact of Spondias mombin L. juice (SM), alone and in combination with Lactobacillus acidophilus, in an experimental model of intestinal mucositis.

Methods: Swiss mice were orally administered with saline, SM, or SM combined with L.

Dermatopathological findings of Bothrops atrox snakebites: A case series in the Brazilian Amazon.

Background: Bothrops venom consists primarily of metalloproteinase and phospholipase A2 toxins, which are responsible for the acute inflammatory, coagulant and hemorrhagic action following snakebite. The local effects of snakebite envenomation by Bothrops species are particularly prevalent yet poorly studied, but include pain, edema, erythema, blistering, bleeding, and ecchymosis.

Methods And Findings: In this study, we describe the dermatopathological findings observed in a series of 22 patients diagnosed with Bothrops envenomation treated in a tertiary hospital of Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon.

Systematic review on the effectiveness of Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 vaccine strains in field studies.

Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 are the most used vaccines to control bovine brucellosis worldwide; therefore, this study aimed to perform a systematic review on the effectiveness of these two vaccine strains in field studies. The literature review was conducted on April 3rd 2020 on six databases (CABI, Cochrane, PubMed, Scielo, Scopus and Web of Science) and included papers published between 1976 and 2016. The search strategy recovered a total of 5846 papers on databases and 6 papers were included due to specialists' suggestions.

Fast embedded tube-based MPC with scaled-symmetric ADMM for high-order systems: Application to load transportation tasks with UAVs.

One of the most significant advantages of Model Predictive Control (MPC) is its ability to explicitly incorporate system constraints and actuator specifications. However, a major drawback is the computational cost associated with calculating the optimal control sequence at each sampling time, posing a substantial challenge for real-time implementation in high-order systems with fast dynamics. Additionally, uncertainties are inherently present in dynamic systems, requiring a robust formulation that accounts for these uncertainties.