Perinatal mortality is used as one of the indicators of the quality of health provided during the ante natal and perinatal period [1]. Globally about 136 million births occur every year, and of these approximately 3.7 million die during the neonatal periodand 3.3 million are stillbirths [2]. Perinatal mortality in developing countries is five times higher than in developed countries at 10 death...

Heat stress is a major constraint to wheat production and negatively impacts grain quality, causing tremendous economic losses, and may become a more troublesome factor due to global warming. At the cellular level, heat stress causes denaturation and aggregation of proteins and injury to membranes leading to alterations in metabolic fluxes. Protein aggregation is irreversible, and protection of...

Road traffic accidents account for approximately 3000 deaths on a daily basis, and 50 million injuries and 1.2 million deaths each year. In low-income and middle income countries, road traffic accidents account for 85% of deaths and 90% of annual disability. Casualties of this magnitude are a serious problem throughout the world and create a significant impact on society. In addition, neurologi...

Every 6 seconds someone is killed or seriously injured on the world's roads. With 1.3 million road deaths each year this is a global epidemic comparable to malaria or Tuberculosis. Nine in ten road deaths and injuries are in developing countries. By comparison to other global killers, road injury is neglected. Road crashes are the leading global cause of death for young people under 25 years, a...

Chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor, EF-Tu, has been implicated in heat tolerance in maize (Zea mays). Chloroplast EF-Tu is highly conserved, and it is possible that this protein may be of importance to heat tolerance in other species including wheat (Triticum aestivum). In this study, we assessed heat tolerance and determined the relative levels of EF-Tu in mature plants (at flower...

DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160107 Primary mitral valve regurgitation is the most frequent valvular pathology, affecting approximately 1.7% of the population, with prolapsed mitral as the highlighted etiology.1 In developing countries, such as Brazil, rheumatic fever is still widely prevalent (18.6/1000), and affects about 15.6 million people worldwide.2,3 Currently, the recommendation of mitral surgery...

Heat stress poses a serious threat to global crop production. In efforts that aim to mitigate the adverse effects of heat stress on crops, a variety of genetic tools are being used to develop plants with improved thermotolerance. The characterization of important regulators of heat stress tolerance provides essential information for this aim. In this study, we examine the wheat (Triticum aestiv...