TSase mutant tdzol forms elevated levels of a mutationally altered enzyme ( CRM) which retains only reaction (2) activity, and the mutant requires either indole or L-tryptophan for growth. It has been reported previously that seven independently isolated tdZo1 specific suppressors, hereafter designated sul (201 ) suppressors, are all allelic or closely linked and map in the right arm of linkage...

Along with the emergence of a new generation of multimedia applications has come a need to facilitate real-virtual teleconferences and automatic generation of contents. In this direction Java Multimedia Studio, a tool completely java-based allowing to edit, record and playback multimedia sessions over the Internet MBone, has been developed. Java Multimedia Studio is founded on a QoS centered Ja...

1 Spaulding Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, Neuropsychophysiology Laboratory, Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology (EPsi), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 3 Portucalense Institute for Human Development (INPP), Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal, 4 Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ...

Although the period following 1930 has been considered an era in which homeopathy lost ground within academia, homeopaths nevertheless were advocating for their proposals in a variety of spaces. One such instance was represented by the Homeopathic League of Rio Grande do Sul, founded in 1941, which published a journal until the 1970s, set up three free dispensaries to serve the population in Po...

Objective: to analyze the social representations of health care of the Mbyá-Guarani ethnic group by multidisciplinary teams from the Special Indigenous Health District in the south coast of Rio Grande do Sul state (Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Litoral Sul do Rio Grande do Sul), Brazil. Method: a qualitative method based on the theory of social representations was used. Data were colle...

This work addresses the context of the creation, as well as the structure and contents, of the Museum of Genetics (Museu da Genética), created in 2011 and located in the Department of Genetics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The materials available at the Museum of Genetics are a rich resource for research on t...

Salmonellosis is a significant public health concern around the world. The injudicious use of antimicrobial agents in poultry production for treatment, growth promotion and prophylaxis has resulted in the emergence of drug resistant strains of Salmonella. The current study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes from Salmonella isolated from S...

INTRODUCTION Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease, is an important public health issue in Brazil, particularly Northern Brazil. Since the first recorded occurrence of Biomphalaria glabrata in the States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, it has spread to South Brazil. METHODS Using the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN), we assessed the disease spread in Southern Brazil....

Chirlei Glienke1,*, Fabiana Tonial2, Josiane Gomes-Figueiredo1,2, Daiani Savi2, Vania Aparecida Vicente2, Beatriz H. L. N. Sales Maia3 and Yvelise Maria Possiede4 1Department of Genetics, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, Paraná, 2Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centr...

Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil . Corresponding author Cristiane B. Leitão, Serviço de Endocrinologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Prédio 12, 4o a...