OBJECTIVE To identify whether flight training activities cause postural changes in cadets and pilots of the Brazilian Air Force Academy (AFA). METHODS Eighty subjects were assessed through photographic images in anterior and right side views. Four groups of cadets (n=20 per group) divided according to the year since enlistment and a fifth group of fifteen pilots from the Air Demonstration Squ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the effect of combining two potent carbohydrate-binding agents (CBAs) with a complementary resistance profile (based on different N-glycan deletion selections in the HIV envelope glycoprotein gp120) on drug resistance development and viral fitness. METHODS A long-term selection procedure was used to obtain virus strains resistant to the mannose-specific Hippeastrum ...

PURPOSE Telehealth has emerged as an innovative approach to aid older individuals in managing chronic diseases in their homes and avoid hospitalizations and institutionalization. However, the sustainability of home telehealth programs remains a major challenge. This qualitative study explored the reasons for the initial adoption and the eventual decline of a decade-long home telehealth program ...

It has been shown that the extent of methylation of cytosine in vertebrate DNA is inversely correlated with gene expression. We studied cytosine methylation in and around the homologous human growth hormone (GH) and chorionic somatomammotropin (CS) genes to determine if these genes are undermethylated in DNA from tissues in which they are expressed (pituitary and placenta, respectively) compare...

In this study we developed and evaluated a Brugia Hha I repeat loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of Brugia genomic DNA. Amplification was detected using turbidity or fluorescence as readouts. Reactions generated a turbidity threshold value or a clear visual positive within 30 minutes using purified genomic DNA equivalent to one microfilaria. Similar res...

We evaluated the Plasmodium vivax polymorphism by studying the Pvmsp-3alpha gene's polymorphic region by PCR-RFLP in 55 samples from patients living in Tierralta, Colombia. Three different sizes of the Pvmsp-3 alpha gene were found, type A (1,900 bp), type B (1,500 bp) and type C (1,100 bp); most of the samples were type A (96.4 %). The Pvmsp-3alpha gene exhibited high polymorphism. Seven restr...

Administrative and proJessional issues Jor the occupational therapist working in home health care include contractual relationships, reJerral systems, third-party reimbursement, documentation, equipment, and ethics. In this paper, the regulations Jor third-party reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Jor occupational therapy in home health care are explained, including the Medicare...