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Santos BS, Marques MP, Ceríaco LMP. Lack of country-wide systematic herpetology collections in Portugal jeopardizes future research and conservation. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2024; 96:e20230622. [PMID: 38451598 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202420230622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Natural History Collections (NHCs) represent the world's largest repositories of long-term biodiversity datasets. Specimen collection and voucher deposition has been the backbone of NHCs since their inception, but recent decades have seen a drastic decline in rates of growth via active collecting. Amphibians and reptiles are amongst the most threatened zoological groups on the planet and are historically underrepresented in most worldwide NHCs. As part of an ongoing project to review the Portuguese zoological collections in the country's NHCs, herpetological data from its three major museums and smaller collections was gathered and used to examine the coverage and representation of the different taxa extant in Portugal. These collections are not taxonomically, geographically, or temporally complete. Approximately 90% of the Portuguese herpetological taxa are represented in the country's NHCs, and around half of the taxa are represented by less than 50 specimens. Geographically, the collections cover less than 30% of the country's territory and almost all of the occurring taxa have less than 10% of their known distribution represented in the collections. A discussion on the implications for science of such incomplete collections and a review of the current status of Portuguese NHCs is presented.
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- Bruna S Santos
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boavista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal
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Ceraco LMP, Santos BS, Semedo TBF, Garcia LC, Moreira CR. The fish collection of Jos Mariano da Conceio Veloso (17421811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens. Zootaxa 2023; 5391:1-85. [PMID: 38220996 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5391.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Two Portuguese institutions, the Museu Maynense da Academia das Cincias de Lisboa (ACL), and the Museu da Cincia da Universidade de Coimbra (MCUC), house a collection of 85 dried fish specimens prepared in what can be called a fish-herbaria following a process similar to that developed by the Dutch naturalist Johan Frederic Gronovius (16901762). These specimens date back to the late eighteenth century and represent Brazilian taxa. Previous authors assumed that they were part of the collections amassed by the Brazilian-Portuguese naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (17561815) during his philosophical voyage to the Amazon. Here we present a review of these specimens, suggesting that they belonged to Friar Jos Mariano da Conceio Veloso (17421811) and describe the history of dispersal of these collections up the present day. A total of 58 species in 50 genera, 32 families and 19 orders are represented in the collection. Only 8.6% of these specimens represent freshwater species, while 91.4% are marine or brackish water species. The present known distribution of these taxa is focused on southwestern Brazil, which agrees with the area where Veloso collected natural history specimens. A good percentage of the species were undescribed at the time Veloso collected them, and had they been published by him, would have had priority over species described decades later by famous eighteenth and nineteenth century ichthyologists. We also present a brief discussion on the challenges and opportunities of studying historical natural history specimens, with special focus on those amassed during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century by Brazilian-Portuguese naturalists.
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- Luis M P Ceraco
- CIBIO; Centro de Investigao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genticos; InBIO Laboratrio Associado; Campus de Vairo; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairo; Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics; Biodiversity and Land Planning; CIBIO; Campus de Vairo; 4485-661; Vairo; Portugal; Departamento de Vertebrados; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Quinta da Boavista; So Cristvo; 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro; Brasil; Section of Amphibians and Reptiles; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; 4400 Forbes Avenue; Pittsburgh PA; 15213; USA.
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- CIBIO; Centro de Investigao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genticos; InBIO Laboratrio Associado; Campus de Vairo; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairo; Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics; Biodiversity and Land Planning; CIBIO; Campus de Vairo; 4485-661; Vairo; Portugal; Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre 1021; 4169-007 Porto; Portugal.
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- CIBIO; Centro de Investigao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genticos; InBIO Laboratrio Associado; Campus de Vairo; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairo; Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics; Biodiversity and Land Planning; CIBIO; Campus de Vairo; 4485-661; Vairo; Portugal; Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre 1021; 4169-007 Porto; Portugal.
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- Departamento de Vertebrados; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Quinta da Boavista; So Cristvo; 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro; Brasil.
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- Departamento de Vertebrados; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Quinta da Boavista; So Cristvo; 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro; Brasil.
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Engel MS, Ceríaco LMP, Daniel GM, Dellapé PM, Löbl I, Marinov M, Reis RE, Young MT, Dubois A, Agarwal I, Lehmann A. P, Alvarado M, Alvarez N, Andreone F, Araujo-Vieira K, Ascher JS, Baêta D, Baldo D, Bandeira SA, Barden P, Barrasso DA, Bendifallah L, Bockmann FA, Böhme W, Borkent A, Brandão CRF, Busack SD, Bybee SM, Channing A, Chatzimanolis S, Christenhusz MJM, Crisci JV, D’elía G, Da Costa LM, Davis SR, De Lucena CAS, Deuve T, Fernandes Elizalde S, Faivovich J, Farooq H, Ferguson AW, Gippoliti S, Gonçalves FMP, Gonzalez VH, Greenbaum E, Hinojosa-Díaz IA, Ineich I, Jiang J, Kahono S, Kury AB, Lucinda PHF, Lynch JD, Malécot V, Marques MP, Marris JWM, Mckellar RC, Mendes LF, Nihei SS, Nishikawa K, Ohler A, Orrico VGD, Ota H, Paiva J, Parrinha D, Pauwels OSG, Pereyra MO, Pestana LB, Pinheiro PDP, Prendini L, Prokop J, Rasmussen C, Rödel MO, Rodrigues MT, Rodríguez SM, Salatnaya H, Sampaio Í, Sánchez-García A, Shebl MA, Santos BS, Solórzano-Kraemer MM, Sousa ACA, Stoev P, Teta P, Trape JF, Dos Santos CVD, Vasudevan K, Vink CJ, Vogel G, Wagner P, Wappler T, Ware JL, Wedmann S, Zacharie CK. The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zool J Linn Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Michael S Engel
- Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, The National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
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- División Entomología, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Biosecurity Surveillance & Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team, Ministry for Primary Industries, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação, Luanda, Angola
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- Federated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (IDEAus-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Soft Technologies, Valorization, Physico-Chemistry of Biological Materials and Biodiversity, Faculty of Science, University M’hamed Bougara of Boumerdes, Boumerdes, Algeria
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- Department of Biology, FFCLRP/ Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Section of Herpetology, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- 691-8th Ave SE, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 2C2, Canada
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- Research and Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, USA
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK; Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- División Plantas Vasculares, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET,Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gantz Family Collection Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
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- Undergraduate Biology Program & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl, Raya Jakarta Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Departmento Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Institut Agro, Univ Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Entomology Research Collection, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Tropical Herpetology Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Sanda, Japan
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- Centre for Functional Ecology. Science for People and the Planet, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva ‘Claudio J. Bidau’, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile,Valdivia, Chile
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- Agrotechnology Study Program. Banau Tertiary Institute of Agricultural Enterprise, West Halmahera, Indonesia
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- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departament de Botànica i Geologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València,Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Palaeontology and Historical Geology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Grutas da Moeda e Fátima Lda., São Mamede, Batalha, Portugal
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- National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR MIVEGEC, Dakar, Senegal
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, Attapur, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Pest-management and Conservation, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Senckenberg Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt/M., Germany
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- Laboratory of Herpetology, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, Centre of Research in Natural Sciences at Lwiro, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Santos BS, Marques MP, Bauer AM, Ceraco LMP. Herpetological results of Francisco Newtons Zoological Expedition to Angola (19031906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection. Zootaxa 2021; 5028:1-80. [PMID: 34811149 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
Francisco Newtons zoological expedition to Angola undertaken between 1903 and 1906 is one of the least studied of the naturalists life. Only three major papers regarding the herpetofauna collected in this expedition have been published, and a significant part of the specimens remains unstudied since the 1900s. Here we review the extant herpetological specimens of this expedition, present an updated taxonomic revision, and provide new insights on their taxonomic status. The extant collection is constituted by 329 specimens (155 amphibians and 174 reptiles), corresponding to 73 species, 39 genera and 22 families, and it is presently housed in the Museu de Histria Natural e da Cincia da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP).
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- Bruna S Santos
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal .
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- Centro de Investigao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genticos (CIBIO - (InBIO), University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, Vairo, 4485-661 Porto, Portugal. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de Histria Natural e da Cincia, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politcnica 56-58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085-1699, USA.
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- Museu de Histria Natural e da Cincia da Universidade do Porto, Pra Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de Histria Natural e da Cincia, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politcnica 56-58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal .
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Bártolo I, Santos BS, Fontinha D, Machado M, Francisco D, Sepodes B, Rocha J, Mota-Filipe H, Pinto R, Figueira ME, Barroso H, Nascimento T, Alves de Matos AP, Alves AJS, Alves NG, Simões CJV, Prudêncio M, Pinho e Melo TMVD, Taveira N. Spiro-β-lactam BSS-730A Displays Potent Activity against HIV and Plasmodium. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:421-434. [PMID: 33395253 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The high burden of malaria and HIV/AIDS prevents economic and social progress in developing countries. A continuing need exists for development of novel drugs and treatment regimens for both diseases in order to address the tolerability and long-term safety concerns associated with current treatment options and the emergence of drug resistance. We describe new spiro-β-lactam derivatives with potent (nM) activity against HIV and Plasmodium and no activity against bacteria and yeast. The best performing molecule of the series, BSS-730A, inhibited both HIV-1 and HIV-2 replication with an IC50 of 13 ± 9.59 nM and P. berghei hepatic infection with an IC50 of 0.55 ± 0.14 μM with a clear impact on parasite development. BSS-730A was also active against the erythrocytic stages of P. falciparum, with an estimated IC50 of 0.43 ± 0.04 μM. Time-of-addition studies showed that BSS-730A potentially affects all stages of the HIV replicative cycle, suggesting a complex mechanism of action. BSS-730A was active against multidrug-resistant HIV isolates, with a median 2.4-fold higher IC50 relative to control isolates. BSS-730A was equally active against R5 and X4 HIV isolates and displayed strong synergism with the entry inhibitor AMD3100. BSS-730A is a promising candidate for development as a potential therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent against HIV and Plasmodium.
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- Inês Bártolo
- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC), Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1648-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1648-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1648-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC), Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC), Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC), Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1648-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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Silva CAL, Azevedo Filho CA, Pereira G, Silva DCN, Castro MCAB, Almeida AF, Lucena SCA, Santos BS, Barjas-Castro ML, Fontes A. Vitamin E nanoemulsion activity on stored red blood cells. Transfus Med 2017; 27:213-217. [PMID: 28230298 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stored red blood cells (RBCs) undergo numerous changes that have been termed RBC storage lesion, which can be related to oxidative damage. Vitamin E is an important antioxidant, acting on cell lipids. Thus, this study aimed to investigate vitamin E activity on stored RBCs. METHODS We prepared a vitamin E nanoemulsion that was added to RBC units and stored at 4 °C. Controls, without vitamin E, were kept under the same conditions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was monitored for up to 35 days of storage. RBC elasticity was also evaluated using an optical tweezer system. RESULTS Vitamin E-treated samples presented a significant decrease in ROS production. Additionally, the elastic constant for vitamin E-treated RBCs did not differ from the control. CONCLUSION Vitamin E decreased the amount of ROS in stored RBCs. Because vitamin E acts on lipid oxidation, results suggest that protein oxidation should also be considered a key factor for erythrocyte elastic properties. Thus, further studies combining vitamin E with protein antioxidants deserve attention, aiming to better preserve overall stored RBC properties.
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- C A L Silva
- Departamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida (Asces - Unita), Caruaru, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, Campus de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Enfermagem, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães - CPqAM, FIOCRUZ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- INCTS - Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Sangue, Hemocentro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Constantino-Santos MA, Basiao ZU, Wade CM, Santos BS, Fontanilla I KC. Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other nematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila. Trop Biomed 2014; 31:327-335. [PMID: 25134902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Accidental infection occurs by consumption of contaminated intermediates, such as the giant African land snail, Achatina fulica. This study surveyed the presence of A. cantonensis juveniles in A. fulica populations from 12 sites in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines using the SSU rDNA. Fourteen distinct sequences from 226 nematodes were obtained; of these, two matched A. cantonensis and Ancylostoma caninum, respectively, with 100% identity. Exact identities of the remaining twelve sequences could not be determined due to low percent similarities. Of the sequenced nematodes, A. cantonensis occurred with the highest frequency (139 out of 226). Most of these (131 out of 139) were collected in just one area in Quezon City. Nematode infection of A. fulica in this area and two others from Makati and another area in Quezon City, respectively, were highest, combining for 95% of the total infection. Ancylostoma caninum, on the other hand, was detected in four different sites. A. caninum is a canine parasite, and this is the first report of the nematode in A. fulica. These results cause public health concerns as both A. cantonensis and A. caninum are zoonotic to humans.
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- M A Constantino-Santos
- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
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- School of Biology, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
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- Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
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Vila Nova MX, Leite NGA, Houllou LM, Medeiros LV, Lira Neto AC, Hsie BS, Borges-Paluch LR, Santos BS, Araujo CSF, Rocha AA, Costa AF. Genetic variability and resistance of cultivars of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] to cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus Fabr.). Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:2323-32. [PMID: 24737480 DOI: 10.4238/2014.march.31.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus Fabr.) is the most destructive pest of the cowpea bean; it reduces seed quality. To control this pest, resistance testing combined with genetic analysis using molecular markers has been widely applied in research. Among the markers that show reliable results, the inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSRs) (microsatellites) are noteworthy. This study was performed to evaluate the resistance of 27 cultivars of cowpea bean to cowpea weevil. We tested the resistance related to the genetic variability of these cultivars using ISSR markers. To analyze the resistance of cultivars to weevil, a completely randomized test design with 4 replicates and 27 treatments was adopted. Five pairs of the insect were placed in 30 grains per replicate. Analysis of variance showed that the number of eggs and emerged insects were significantly different in the treatments, and the means were compared by statistical tests. The analysis of the large genetic variability in all cultivars resulted in the formation of different groups. The test of resistance showed that the cultivar Inhuma was the most sensitive to both number of eggs and number of emerged adults, while the TE96-290-12-G and MNC99-537-F4 (BRS Tumucumaque) cultivars were the least sensitive to the number of eggs and the number of emerged insects, respectively.
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- M X Vila Nova
- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Santos BS, Pinho e Melo TMVD. Synthesis of Chiral Spirocyclopentenyl-β-lactams through Phosphane-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of Allenoates with 6-Alkylidenepenicillanates. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ma-Hock L, Brill S, Wohlleben W, Farias PMA, Chaves CR, Tenório DPLA, Fontes A, Santos BS, Landsiedel R, Strauss V, Treumann S, Ravenzwaay BV. Short term inhalation toxicity of a liquid aerosol of CdS/Cd(OH)₂ core shell quantum dots in male Wistar rats. Toxicol Lett 2011; 208:115-24. [PMID: 22027348 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Colloidal quantum dots (QD) show great promise as fluorescent markers. The QD used in this study were obtained in aqueous medium rather than the widely used colloidal QD. Both methodologies used for the production of QD are associated with the presence of heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd). Here we investigate the short-term inhalation toxicity of water-soluble core-shell CdS/Cd(OH)₂ QD. Male Wistar rats were head-nose exposed for 6 h/day on 5 days at the technically maximum concentration (0.52 mg Cd/m³). Histological examination was performed directly after the last exposure. Additional rats were used for Cd organ burden determinations. Clinical parameters in blood, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung tissue were determined 3 days after the last exposure. To analyze the reversibility or progression of effects, the examinations were performed again after a recovery period of 3 weeks. The results of the study indicate that CdS/Cd(OH)₂ QD caused local neutrophil inflammation in the lungs that partially regressed after the 3-week recovery period. There was no evidence that QD were translocated to the central nervous system nor that a systemic acute phase response occurred.
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- L Ma-Hock
- BASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Santos BS, Dias P, Silva S, Ferreira C, Madeira J. Integrating user studies into computer graphics-related courses. IEEE Comput Graph Appl 2011; 31:14-17. [PMID: 24808187 DOI: 10.1109/mcg.2011.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This paper presents computer graphics. Computer graphics and visualization are essentially about producing images for a target audience, be it the millions watching a new CG-animated movie or the small group of researchers trying to gain insight into the large amount of numerical data resulting from a scientific experiment. To ascertain the final images' effectiveness for their intended audience or the designed visualizations' accuracy and expressiveness, formal user studies are often essential. In human-computer interaction (HCI), such user studies play a similar fundamental role in evaluating the usability and applicability of interaction methods and metaphors for the various devices and software systems we use.
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Santos BS, Cardoso AL, Matos Beja A, Ramos Silva M, Paixão JA, Palacios F, Pinho e Melo TMVD. Diastereoselective Aza-Baylis-Hillman Reactions: Synthesis of Chiral α-Allenylamines and 2-Azetines from Allenic Esters. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200901415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lopes SMM, Santos BS, Palacios F, Melo TMVDPE. Microwave-assisted reactions of allenic esters: [3+2] annulations and allenoate-Claisen rearrangement. ARKIVOC 2009. [DOI: 10.3998/ark.5550190.0011.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Álvaro VF, Brigas AF, Derouane EG, Lourenço JP, Santos BS. Mild liquid-phase Friedel-Crafts acylation of heteroaromatic compounds over zeolite Beta. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- C E L Esbérard
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
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Consoli RA, Carvalho-Pinto CJ, Oliveira MA, Santos BS, Lamounier MA, Alves RS, Silva CM, Rabinovitch L. Some environmental and biological factors influencing the activity of entomopathogenic Bacillus on mosquito larvae in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1995; 90:121-4. [PMID: 8524073 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761995000100023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The influence of environmental and biological factors on the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and B. sphaericus as mosquito larvicides are reviewed. The importance of strain dependence, cultivating media/methods, mosquito species/specificity, formulations and their relation to mosquito feeding habits, as well as temperature, solar exposure, larval density and concomitant presence of other aquatic organisms are addressed with reference to the present status of knowledge in Brazil.
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- R A Consoli
- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Cônsoli RA, Williams P, Moreno EC, Santos BS. Features of reproduction in laboratory-reared Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz, 1904) (Diptera: Culicidae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1983; 78:37-47. [PMID: 6645946 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761983000100005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Observations were made on 100 female Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz) maintained individually from the first blood meal onwards and allowed one blood meal during each oviposition cycle, 5% dextrose solution been supplied throughout life. The average length of live was 49.9 ± 17.8 days; the logarithm of the mortality rate increased proportionately to physiological age. The insects took an average of 7.3 ± 3.2 blood meals and produced a mean of 7.9 ± 3.7 clutches of eggs. There was a progressive decrease, proportional to advancing physiological age, in the mean numbers of eggs laid in successive oviposition cycles, in the intervals between blood feeding oviposition, and in the numbers of larvae that hatched. Delayed oviposition, transient sterility and a total loss of fertility were also recorded.
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