Artificial Q-Grader: Machine Learning-Enabled Intelligent Olfactory and Gustatory Sensing System
In this study, an artificial Q-grader comprising surface-engineered zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films is developed as the artificial nose, tongue, and AI-based statistical data analysis as the artificial brain for identifying both aroma and flavor chemicals in coffee beans. A poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)/ZnO thin film transistor (TFT)-based liquid sensor is the artificial tongue, and an Au, Ag, or Pd nanoparticles/ZnO nanohybrid gas sensor is the artificial nose. In order to classify the flavor of coffee beans (acetic acid (sourness), ethyl butyrate and 2-furanmethanol (sweetness), caffeine (bitterness)) and ...
Source: Adv Data - April 6, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Moonjeong Jang Garam Bae Yeong Min Kwon Jae Hee Cho Do Hyung Lee Saewon Kang Soonmin Yim Sung Myung Jongsun Lim Sun Sook Lee Wooseok Song Ki-Seok An Source Type: research
Thermosonication as an effective substitution for fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeij ão Cremoso) manufacturing: The effect of ultrasonic power on technological properties
Ultrason Sonochem. 2024 Apr 1;105:106867. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106867. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this initial study, the impact of thermosonication as an alternative to the traditional fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeijão Cremoso) manufacture was investigated. The effect of ultrasound (US) power was evaluated considering various aspects such as gross composition, microstructure, texture, rheology, color, fatty acid composition, and volatile compounds. A 13 mm US probe operating at 20 kHz was used. The experiment involved different US power levels (200, 400, and 600 W) at 85 °C for 1 min, and result...
Source: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rafaella S Moura Jonas T Guimar ães Hugo Scudino Monica Q Freitas Eliane T M ársico Erick A Esmerino Celso Sant'Anna Pedro Henrique Campelo F élix Tatiana C Pimentel Bruno N Paulino Vitoria H Cauduro Erico M M Flores Jos é Ricardo H Lopes Adriano G Cr Source Type: research
Replacement tooth in mesosaurs and new data on dental microanatomy and microstructure
Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Apr 6. doi: 10.1002/ar.25442. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Permian mesosaurs are well known for being the earliest amniotes to exhibit adaptations for living in a marine environment (Irati-Whitehill Sea). In addition to their set of skeletal features associated with aquatic dwelling life, their dentition includes important characteristics related to feeding in this habitat, which is described in this work, based on the analysis of mesosaur specimens from the Lower Permian Irati Formation of Brazil. Mesosaurs have several slender, conical teeth bordered by enamel apicobasal ridges, a feature pr...
Source: Anatomical Record - April 6, 2024 Category: Anatomy Authors: Thiago Carlisbino Brodsky Dantas Macedo de Farias Fernando Antonio Sedor Marina Bento Soares Cesar Leandro Schultz Source Type: research
COVID-19 surveillance in a bone marrow transplantation unit: experience from a Brazilian tertiary-care teaching hospital
CONCLUSION: We postulate that diagnosing these patients and isolating them outside the transplantation unit may have prevented secondary symptomatic cases.PMID:38581472 | DOI:10.1007/s00520-024-08479-2 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - April 6, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bruno A Randi Tha ís Guimarães Fernanda de S Spadao Hermes R Higashino Carolina Dos S Lazari Erick M Xavier Vanderson Rocha Silvia F Costa Source Type: research
Thermosonication as an effective substitution for fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeij ão Cremoso) manufacturing: The effect of ultrasonic power on technological properties
Ultrason Sonochem. 2024 Apr 1;105:106867. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106867. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this initial study, the impact of thermosonication as an alternative to the traditional fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeijão Cremoso) manufacture was investigated. The effect of ultrasound (US) power was evaluated considering various aspects such as gross composition, microstructure, texture, rheology, color, fatty acid composition, and volatile compounds. A 13 mm US probe operating at 20 kHz was used. The experiment involved different US power levels (200, 400, and 600 W) at 85 °C for 1 min, and result...
Source: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rafaella S Moura Jonas T Guimar ães Hugo Scudino Monica Q Freitas Eliane T M ársico Erick A Esmerino Celso Sant'Anna Pedro Henrique Campelo F élix Tatiana C Pimentel Bruno N Paulino Vitoria H Cauduro Erico M M Flores Jos é Ricardo H Lopes Adriano G Cr Source Type: research
Replacement tooth in mesosaurs and new data on dental microanatomy and microstructure
Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Apr 6. doi: 10.1002/ar.25442. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Permian mesosaurs are well known for being the earliest amniotes to exhibit adaptations for living in a marine environment (Irati-Whitehill Sea). In addition to their set of skeletal features associated with aquatic dwelling life, their dentition includes important characteristics related to feeding in this habitat, which is described in this work, based on the analysis of mesosaur specimens from the Lower Permian Irati Formation of Brazil. Mesosaurs have several slender, conical teeth bordered by enamel apicobasal ridges, a feature pr...
Source: Anatomical Record - April 6, 2024 Category: Anatomy Authors: Thiago Carlisbino Brodsky Dantas Macedo de Farias Fernando Antonio Sedor Marina Bento Soares Cesar Leandro Schultz Source Type: research
Thermosonication as an effective substitution for fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeij ão Cremoso) manufacturing: The effect of ultrasonic power on technological properties
Ultrason Sonochem. 2024 Apr 1;105:106867. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106867. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this initial study, the impact of thermosonication as an alternative to the traditional fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeijão Cremoso) manufacture was investigated. The effect of ultrasound (US) power was evaluated considering various aspects such as gross composition, microstructure, texture, rheology, color, fatty acid composition, and volatile compounds. A 13 mm US probe operating at 20 kHz was used. The experiment involved different US power levels (200, 400, and 600 W) at 85 °C for 1 min, and result...
Source: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rafaella S Moura Jonas T Guimar ães Hugo Scudino Monica Q Freitas Eliane T M ársico Erick A Esmerino Celso Sant'Anna Pedro Henrique Campelo F élix Tatiana C Pimentel Bruno N Paulino Vitoria H Cauduro Erico M M Flores Jos é Ricardo H Lopes Adriano G Cr Source Type: research
Thermosonication as an effective substitution for fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeij ão Cremoso) manufacturing: The effect of ultrasonic power on technological properties
Ultrason Sonochem. 2024 Apr 1;105:106867. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106867. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this initial study, the impact of thermosonication as an alternative to the traditional fusion in Brazilian cheese spread (Requeijão Cremoso) manufacture was investigated. The effect of ultrasound (US) power was evaluated considering various aspects such as gross composition, microstructure, texture, rheology, color, fatty acid composition, and volatile compounds. A 13 mm US probe operating at 20 kHz was used. The experiment involved different US power levels (200, 400, and 600 W) at 85 °C for 1 min, and result...
Source: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rafaella S Moura Jonas T Guimar ães Hugo Scudino Monica Q Freitas Eliane T M ársico Erick A Esmerino Celso Sant'Anna Pedro Henrique Campelo F élix Tatiana C Pimentel Bruno N Paulino Vitoria H Cauduro Erico M M Flores Jos é Ricardo H Lopes Adriano G Cr Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1643: Physicochemical Characterization, Antioxidant, and Proliferative Activity of Colombian Propolis Extracts: A Comparative Study
This study aimed to analyze propolis extracts’ phytochemical, physicochemical, and biological activities from four different biogeographic zones of the Huila region (Colombia). The raw material samples were collected by the scraping method and the ethanolic extracts (EEPs) were obtained by cold maceration with ethanol (96%). The physicochemical and sensory characterization was carried out according to the protocols recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the main components of the EEPs were identified by LC-HRMS analysis. The determination of total phenols and flavonoids was carried out using...
Source: Molecules - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Diana Marcela Buitrago Sandra J. Perdomo Francisco Arturo Silva Willy Cely-Veloza Gloria In és Lafaurie Tags: Article Source Type: research
COVID-19 surveillance in a bone marrow transplantation unit: experience from a Brazilian tertiary-care teaching hospital
ConclusionWe postulate that diagnosing these patients and isolating them outside the transplantation unit may have prevented secondary symptomatic cases. (Source: Supportive Care in Cancer)
Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - April 6, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Brazilian Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Individuals with Severe Obesity
ConclusionMuch like the YFAS 2.0 in other languages, the BR-YFAS 2.0-Obes presented adequate convergent validity, reliability, and one-factor structure results, which makes it suitable for Brazilian candidates for bariatric surgery or any individual who is within BMI > = 30 kg/m2.Graphical Abstract (Source: Obesity Surgery)
Source: Obesity Surgery - April 6, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Estimation of prevalence of chronic Chagas disease in Brazilian municipalitiesEstimaci ón de la prevalencia de la enfermedad de Chagas crónica en los municipios brasileños
CONCLUSIONS: The estimated prevalence of CCD, especially among women of childbearing age, highlights the challenge of vertical transmission in Brazilian municipalities. Mathematical projections suggest that these estimates should be included in the national program for the elimination of vertical transmission of Chagas disease.PMID:38576844 | PMC:PMC10993810 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.28 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriel Zorello Laporta Mayara Maia Lima Veruska Maia da Costa Milton Martins de Lima Neto Swamy Lima Palmeira Sheila Rodrigues Rodovalho Miguel Angel Arag ón López Source Type: research
Cost-effectiveness of early intervention in psychosis in low- and middle-income countries: economic evaluation from S ão Paulo, Brazil
CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the economic advantages of implementing EIP services in Brazil. Although cultural adaptations are required, these data suggest EIP services might be cost-effective even in less-resourced countries.PMID:38576239 | DOI:10.1017/S2045796024000222 (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - April 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: D Aceituno D Razzouk H Jin M Pennington A Gadelha R Bressan C Noto N Crossley M Prina ANDES Network Source Type: research
Effects of respiratory exercises in sleep bruxism and associated obstructive sleep apnea: a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial
CONCLUSION: Respiratory physical therapy for OSA improved awaking levels in 80 and 67% of the number of masseter muscle contractions, when compared to placebo.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (No. RBR-9F6JKM).PMID:38578211 | DOI:10.2340/aos.v83.40252 (Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica - April 5, 2024 Category: Dentistry Authors: Bianca Lopes Cavalcante-Leao Andr é Luís Porporatti Rosa C íntia Felicio Adriano Rosane Sampaio Santos Maria Isabel Vanelli Isabella Perez Cristiano Miranda de Ara újo Jos é Stechman-Neto Bianca Simone Zeigelboim Source Type: research
Gene editing as a therapeutic strategy for spinocerebellar ataxia type-3
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2024 Apr 4:S0035-3787(24)00478-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2024.03.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSpinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph disease, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by expanded polyglutamine repeats in exon 10 of the ataxin-3 gene, ATXN3. The accumulation of mutant ATXN3 protein leads to severe clinical manifestations and premature death. Clinically, SCA3 pathology is characterized by progressive ataxia leading to motor incoordination that may affect balance, gait and speech, and neuropathologically by a progressive degeneration of the spinal cord and cere...
Source: Revue Neurologique - April 5, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: N D églon Source Type: research
