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Universidade Estadual de Londrina

EducationLondrina, Brazil
About: Universidade Estadual de Londrina is a education organization based out in Londrina, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Toxoplasma gondii. The organization has 13052 authors who have published 19291 publications receiving 212123 citations.


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TL;DR: PSE was more susceptible to proteolysis and protein oxidation than normal meat during succeeding chilled storage with more intense tryptophan and thiols depletion, higher protein carbonylation and more intense formation of protein cross-links.

75 citations

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TL;DR: Neither training program significantly improved time spent active or energy expenditure in daily life, but the training regimens similarly improved quality of life and functional status.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The effects of different exercise training programs on the level of physical activity in daily life in patients with COPD remain to be investigated. OBJECTIVE: In patients with COPD we compared the effects of 2 exercise/training regimens (a high-intensity whole-body enduranceand-strength program, and a low-intensity calisthenics-and-breathing-exercises program) on physical activity in daily life, exercise capacity, muscle force, health-related quality of life, and functional status. METHODS: We randomized 40 patients with COPD to perform either endurance-andstrength training (no. 20, mean SD FEV 1 40 13% of predicted) at 60–75% of maximum capacity, or calisthenics-and-breathing-exercises training (no. 20, mean SD FEV 1 39 14% of predicted). Both groups underwent 3 sessions per week for 12 weeks. Before and after the training programs the patients underwent activity monitoring with motion sensors, incremental cycle-ergometry, 6-min walk test, and peripheral-muscle-force test, and responded to questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional status (activities of daily living, pulmonary functional status, and dyspnea). RESULTS: Time spent active and energy expenditure in daily life were not significantly altered in either group. Exercise capacity and muscle force significantly improved only in the endurance-and-strength group. Health-related quality of life and functional status improved significantly in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Neither training program significantly improved time spent active or energy expenditure in daily life. The training regimens similarly improved quality of life and functional status. Exercise capacity and muscle force significantly improved only in the high-intensity endurance-and-strength group. Key words: COPD; exercise; pulmonary rehabilitation; physical activity in daily life; activities of daily living. [Respir Care 2011;56(11):1799–1807. © 2011 Daedalus Enterprises]

75 citations

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TL;DR: It is indicated that antisocial traits, especially lower levels of empathy and higher levels of Callousness, Deceitfulness, and Risk-taking, are directly associated with lower compliance with containment measures.

75 citations

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TL;DR: The TUG is valid and responsive in COPD and an abnormal result is indicative of poor health outcomes, demonstrating known-groups validity.
Abstract: We aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Timed Up & Go (TUG) test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to identify characteristics related to an abnormal TUG time and to examine the responsiveness of the TUG to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). TUG time was assessed before and after comprehensive PR in 500 COPD patients, and compared cross-sectionally in 100 non-COPD subjects. Physical health outcomes, mental health outcomes, symptom-related outcomes and multidimensional indices were assessed in COPD patients only. Good convergent and discriminant validity was demonstrated by fair-to-moderate correlation with physical health outcomes, symptom-related outcomes and multidimensional indices ( rs = 0.18-0.70) and by little correlation with mental health outcomes ( rs = 0.21-0.26). COPD patients had a worse TUG time than non-COPD subjects, demonstrating known-groups validity. A TUG time of 11.2 seconds had good sensitivity (0.75) and specificity (0.83) for identifying patients with a baseline 6-minute walk distance <350 m. TUG time improved after PR ( p < 0.0001) and a change of 0.9-1.4 seconds was identified as clinically important. The TUG is valid and responsive in COPD. An abnormal result is indicative of poor health outcomes. This simple test provides valuable information and can be adopted in clinical and research settings.

75 citations

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TL;DR: The genotoxic potential of crude extracts and fractions containing alkaloids and flavonoids from the leaves of this plant, on Salmonella typhimurium and the micronucleus test on peripheral blood cells of mice treated in vivo showed that the methanol extract of the Leaves of S. pseudoquina is mutagenic to the TA98 (-S9) and TA100 (+S9, -S9).

75 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Michael Maes11580752050
Fernando Q. Cunha8868231501
Mariangela Hungria6738915219
Petar Popovski5975621009
Waldiceu A. Verri5424910311
Thiago M. Cunha542689519
Emerson Franchini524029620
Celso Vataru Nakamura5141810908
Diego Augusto Santos Silva5138953077
Susan M. Tarlo5026310850
Paulo Caramelli453669666
Fabio Pitta4421311925
Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues432258380
Ricardo Almeida432507304
Hamilton Roschel432355894
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202324
2022151
20211,220
20201,433
20191,333
20181,308