The lamprey belongs to the phylogenetically oldest group of vertebrates that diverged from the mammalian evolutionary line 560 million years ago. A comparison between the lamprey and mammalian basal ganglia establishes a detailed similarity regarding its input from cortex/pallium and thalamus, as well as its intrinsic organisation and projections of the output nuclei. This means that the basal ...

OBJECTIVE To report the outcomes of 500 robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (RALPs), a minimally invasive alternative for treating prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 500 patients had RALP over a 30-month period. A transperitoneal six-port approach was used in each case, with the da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). Prospec...

Materials and methods: Th is is a prospective, open-label, single-centre study. Th e study involved 86 consecutive patients with nonulcer dyspepsia. All patients were randomly assigned into 2 study groups at a 2:1 ratio using random sampling numbers. Th e fi rst group of patients were administered a sequential treatment: pantoprazole 2 × 40 mg and amoxicillin 2 × 1000 mg for the fi rst 7 days a...

Zn–Ni alloys were electrodeposited on a Cu electrode at 10–500 A·m−2 and 5 × 104 C·m−2 in an unagitated zincate solution 293, 313, 333 K. The effect of temperature the electrodeposition behavior from alkaline solutions was investigated. transition current density which deposition shifted normal to anomalous co-deposition almost identical 293 313 K but increased K, due enhanced H2 evolution Ni e...

Numerous studies have tested for indirect selection on female extra-pair reproduction (EPR) by quantifying whether extra-pair young (EPY) are fitter than their within-pair young (WPY) maternal half-siblings. In contrast, the hypothesis that offspring of EPY and WPY (rather than the EPY and WPY themselves) differ in fitness has not been tested, even though inter-generational effects of parental ...

1 Pediatric Institute (IPPMG), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Send correspondence and reprint requests to: Patricia de Carvalho Padilha, Rua Gramado 475, Bloco C, Apto. 202, Campo Grande, CEP 23050-090, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Maternal and Child Health Research Group (GPSMI), Center for Micronutrient Research (NPq...

Mailing Address: Márcia Maria Carneiro Oliveira • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Rua Acajutiba, Quadra 8, Lote 13 B, Pernambués. Postal Code 41120-700, Salvador, BA – Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received June 21, 2015; revised manuscript June 26, 2015; accepted July 06, 2015.

1 Speech and Language Pathologist – Doctoral Student at Institute of Education University of Minho – Research Center in Education. Grant Researcher for the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology SFRH/BD/70351/2010, Project Co-funded by the European Social Fund. Rua Simões de Almeida no 95 casa 41, 4715 – 105 Portugal – Braga. 2 Ph.D., Associate Professor University of Minho – Institut...

1 Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Cĺınicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90035-903 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2 PPG Ciências Farmacêiticas, Universidade Federal do Piauı́, 64049-550 Terezina, PI, Brazil 3 Genetics Service, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil 4 PPG BioSaúde, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Avenida ...

We have delimited the extra sex combs (esc) gene to < 4 kb that include a single transcript and are able to rescue both the maternal and zygotic esc phenotypes. Several mutations have been identified within the esc transcript. In agreement with earlier genetic studies, esc is expressed maternally and its product is most abundant during the early embryonic stages. It encodes a protein of the WD-...