Primeiro registro da ocorrência de Megastigmus brasiliensis parasitando vespa-da-galha no Rio Grande do Sul

TOXIN DETECTION IN Pasteurella multocida STRAINS ISOLATED FROM SWINE LUNGS IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL DETECÇÃO DA PRODUÇÃO DE TOXINA EM AMOSTRAS DE Pasteurella multocida ISOLADAS DE PULMÕES DE SUÍNOS NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Toxin production and the presence of the toxA gene was assayed in 24 Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from pigs with pneumonia and pleuritis in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Toxigenicity was assessed through a mouse lethality test and a PCR amplification assay was used to obtain a 300 bp product from the toxA gene. In order to demonstrate that the amplified product corresponded ...

Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul Brasil

Objective: To investigate the association between aggression in the first 24 hours after admission and severity of psychopathology in psychiatric inpatients. Methods: This cross-sectional study included psychiatric patients admitted to Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, in Santa Maria, southern Brazil, from August 2012 to January 2013. At their arrival at the hospital, patients were intervi...

Waist circumference and waist circumference to height ratios of Kaingáng indigenous adolescents from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Circunferência da cintura e circunferência da cintura/estatura entre adolescentes indígenas Kaingáng do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of waist circumference (WC) and WC to height (WCTH) values among Kaingáng indigenous adolescents in order to estimate the prevalence of high WCTH values and evaluate the correlation between WC and WCTH and body mass index (BMI)-for-age. A total of 1,803 indigenous adolescents were evaluated using a school-based cross-sectional study. WCTH v...

Determinantes sociais e biológicos da mortalidade infantil em coorte de base populacional em Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul Social and biological determinants of infant mortality in population cohort in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul State

Palynological analysis of a late Holocene core from Santo Antônio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil.

A sedimentar core collected at Santo Antônio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul State, southmost Brazil, was submitted to pollen analysis to provide the vegetational history of this region, and the paleoecological and paleoclimatic changes. A total of 98 taxa of palynomorphs was identified from 35 subsamples. Three radiocarbonic datings were obtained along a section of 115 cm depth, including the b...