Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3278/1510045
Body Adiposity of Young Male Rats Fed a Diet Containing Flaxseed Flour during Lactation or in Post-Weaning Period
Carlos Alberto Soares da Costa, Maíra Duque Coutinho de Abreu, Letícia Rozeno Pessoa, Bianca Ferolla da Camara Boueri, Carolina Ribeiro Pessanha, Aline de Sousa dos Santos, Aline D’Avila Pereira, Danielle Cavalcante Ribeiro, Celly Cristina Alves do Nascimento-Saba and Gilson Teles Boaventura
Article Type: Brief Report | First Published: October 15, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate, at 90 days, the adipose tissue in young male rats fed with flaxseed flour during lactation or during post weaning period. At birth, Wistar rats were assigned to two groups, whose dams fed with control (C) or flaxseed flour (F) diet during lactation. At 21 day, pups were weaned and fed control (CC and FC) or experimental diet containing flaxseed flour (CF). At 90 days, food and energy intake, body mass and length, body fat composition by dual-energy X-ray ab...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510169
Probable Factors Contributing to the Fast Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ethiopia
Tekalign Kejela, Ph.D
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 17, 2020
The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been a major public health trait across the world since its first emergence in Wuhan, China in 29th December 2019. The fact that the disease is new little has been known about the virus and factors contributing to the fast spread of the virus. WHO recommendations to control the spread of the virus are universal and needs contextualization further analysis of contributing factors at country level. Hence, countries across the globe implemented different control...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510168
Exposure Incidents and Outcome of Lassa Fever Virus (LASV) Infection among Healthcare Workers in Nigeria, 2019
Muhammad Saleh, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Winifred Ukponu, Sandra Mba, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Adunola Oyegoke, Usman Adekanye, Moses Tuko, Lateefat Amao, Adebola Olayinka, Lois Olajide, Osahogie Edeawe, Ibrahim Maigari, Patrick Echekwube Damian Nwidi, John Oladejo, Elsie Ilori and Chikwe Ihekweazu
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 15, 2020
Lassa fever (LF) is a zoonotic disease endemic in Nigeria. Primary infection through exposure to excreta, urine or saliva of infected rodents is the most common mode of infection. There is documented evidence of human to human (HTH) transmission, especially among healthcare workers (HCWs) who are more at risk of nosocomial transmission in a hospital environment. In the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, eight percent of all cases occurred among HCWs. This paper describes the patterns of expos...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510167
An Examination of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers in a Highly Affected Region of the Bronx, New York City
Adetokunbo Obayemi, MD, Rita Roure, MD, Brittany Taylor, MD, Brian Altonen, MS, MPH, Akinola Fisher, MD and Victoria E Banuchi, MD, MPH
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 07, 2020
Health care workers (HCWs) have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but this specific population’s infection risk remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of COVID-19 infection and associated predictors among select hospital staff in the Bronx, New York City. 919 SARS-CoV2 RT-PCR results were retrospectively reviewed from 890 HCWs seeking testing between March 18th and April 24th, 2020. Demographic data, job title, clinical history, PCR r...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5750/1510090
Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Profile of Genodermatoses in Mali
Karabinta Y, Gassama M, Diakité B, Guindo B, Keita A, Thiam H, Savané M, Sylla O, Dicko A, Kanouté A and Faye O
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 06, 2020
Long considered as orphan diseases because of their poorly estimated frequency. Genodermatoses are more and more encountered in the world. They have been reported in all ethnic groups, including African blacks. In Mali, ethnic diversity and the frequency of consanguineous marriage justify the interest of this study. To determine the prevalence of genodermatoses in Mali, to describe their clinical and therapeutic aspects. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study of all cases of genodermatoses d...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510058
Fixing a Broken Heart: Two for the Price of One
Filipa Cardoso, Joana Marques, Tiago Pereira, Marco Mendes and Fernando Nolasco
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2020
Although widely recognized and with increasing incidence, cardiorenal syndrome management remains a challenging topic. We report the case of a 49-year-old man with progressive chronic heart failure of ethanolic and valvular aetiology, further complicated by kidney disease, admitted with cardiogenic shock which resulted in acute kidney injury evolving into renal replacement therapy dependency. After 3 months on dialysis, the patient was submitted to a bioprosthetic mitral valve implantation and t...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510076
Liver Abscess and Portal Vein Thrombosis Complicating TACE for HCC: Case Study and Literature Review
El Hassani Younes, Janati Idrissi Karim, Haloua Meriem, Alami Badreeddine, Hafidi Youssef, Boubbou Meryem, Maaroufi Mustapha and Alaoui Lamrani Moulay Youssef
Article Type: Case Study | First Published: October 09, 2020
Major complications after TACE for HCC occur approximatively in 2.7 to 5% of patients. The main complications can be vascular: Within the access artery or the hepatic artery, or non-vascular: Post-embolization syndrome (PES), biliary tract injuries, non-target regional or distant (cerebral or pulmonary) embolization, intra- or extrahepatic infection, TACE induced hepatic failure, hepatic rupture and many others. The incidence of liver abscess in literature varies between 0.2% and 2%. It is stati...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510177
Warm-up or Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation are Unnecessary before Anaerobic or Aerobic Power Exercise?
Carlos Alexandre Fett, Karla Regia Ferreira Viana Figueiredo, Almir de Franca Ferraz, Fabíula Lebbeck, Camila Fernanda and Waléria Christiane Rezende Fett
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 19, 2020
Preparatory activities for physical exercise and/or sports competition are carried out with the improving performance and preventing injuries. Traditional Warm-up (TW), such as jogging and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) stretching, are two examples of activities used for this purpose. However, there is no consensus in the literature about their efficacy, and which of them is the best. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of TW and PNF on anaerobic power (AnP) and Aer...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510176
Distinct Recovery Length and Multiple 1-RM Attempts for Both Upper and Lower Body Exercises
Estevao Scudese, Adolf Grotz, Cristiano Queiroz de Oliveira, Fabiana Rodrigues Scartoni, Alan Bruno Silva Vasconcelos, Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas and Gilmar Weber Senna
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 02, 2020
The present study aims to verify the responses of different rest period lengths on multiple attempts of the 1-RM (repetition maximal) in the Bench Press (BP) and Leg-Press (LP) exercises. Fifteen trained men (83.38 ± 10.89 kg, 179.40 ± 6.70 cm, 22.40 ± 2.52 years, 11.93 ± 3.51% BF, 1.23 ± 0.16 kg relative strength [maximum bench press load]\kg [body weight]-1) performed a test and retest for load evaluation in both exercises. After load determination, subjects performed four more visits, wi...