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Práctica 4. Exploración clínica arterial
2011
La exploración clínico-funcional aporta las claves para el diagnóstico de la patología vascular periférica. La Anamnesis detallada y la exploración física completa constituyen los pilares básicos en su detección. A esto se le deben sumar exploraciones complementarias que permitirán establecer el diagnóstico definitivo, así como la localización exacta de la lesión. L’exploració clínico-funcional aporta les claus per al diagnòstic de la patologia vascular perifèrica. L’Anamnesi detallada i l’exploració física completa constitueixen els pilars bàsics en la seua detecció. A més, cal afegir exploracions complementàries que perpetran establir el diagnòstic definitiu, així com la localització exac…
Chemical communication in termites: syn-4,6-Dimethylundecan-1-ol as 3 trail-following pheromone, syn-4,6-dimethylundecanal and 4 (5E)-2,6,10-trimethy…
2011
The trail-following pheromone and sex pheromones were investigated in the Indomalayan termite Hodotermopsis sjoestedti belonging to the new family Archotermopsidae. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) after solid phase microextraction (SPME) of the sternal gland secretion of pseudergates and trail-following bioassays demonstrated that the trailfollowing pheromone of H. sjoestedti was syn-4,6-dimethylundecan-1-ol, a new chemical structure for termite pheromones. GC-MS after SPME of the sternal gland secretion of alates also allowed the identification of sex-specific compounds. In female alates, the major sex-specific compound was identified as (5E)-2,6,10-trimethylundeca-…
Identification of the Trail-Following Pheromone of the Pest Termite Amitermes evuncifer (Isoptera : Termitidae)
2010
International audience; Amitermes evuncifer (Termitidae, Termitinae) is a pest termite in several countries of Africa, damaging crops and buildings. The trail-following pheromone of this termite was isolated from worker sternal glands and identified by GC-MS after solid phase microextraction (SPME). The pheromone is composed of (3Z,67,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol (dodecatrienol) and neocembrene acting in synergy, neocembrene being 5-10 times more abundant than dodecatrienol. Dodecatrienol alone is able to elicit trail-following in workers, whereas neocembrene alone is inactive. However, the association of both components induces a significantly higher trail-following activity. Multicomponent…
Immunological and ultrastructural characterization of spirotrichonymphid flagellates from Reticulitermes grassei and R. flavipes (syn. R. santonensis…
2006
AbstractFive species of spirotrichonymphids representing three genera have been studied by light and immunofluorescence microscopy, and by transmission electron microscopy. The genus Spirotrichonympha, represented by S. flagellata from Reticulitermes grassei, is characterized by a compound axostyle composed of several fibers or subaxostyles. The genus Spironympha, represented by S. kofoidi from Reticulitermes flavipes (syn. R. santonensis) and by the two new species S. verticis and S. lanceata, is characterized by flagellar lines restricted to the anterior area and a simple, tubular axostyle. Spironympha verticis and S. lanceata are mainly distinguished by ultrastructural details of their f…
The nasus gland: A new gland in soldiers of Angularitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)
2015
Termites have developed many exocrine glands, generally dedicated to defence or communication. Although a few of these glands occur in all termite species, or represent synapomorphies of larger clades, others are morphological innovations of a single species, or a few related species. Here, we describe the nasus gland, a new gland occurring at the base of the nasus of Angularitermes soldiers. The nasus gland is composed of class 1, 2, and 3 secretory cells, a rare combination that is only shared by the sternal and tergal glands of some termites and cockroaches. The ultrastructural observations suggest that the secretion is produced by class 2 and 3 secretory cells, and released mostly by cl…
Estudio comparativo de la combinación de diferentes modos de administración de anestésicos locales en la analgesia del parto
2020
La analgesia epidural es una de las técnicas más demandadas y por ello dicha analgesia ha ido evolucionando en los últimos años. Recientemente se ha desarrollado el modo PIEB (Programmed Intermittent Epidural Boluses) que puede reducir el consumo de anestésico local y así minimizar consecuencias indeseables tales como la cardio o la neurotoxicidad. En el año 2012 la compañía Smiths Medical lanzó al mercado un sistema de infusión ambulatoria CADD®-Solis versión software 3.0 de la generación de bombas de infusión CADD® que permite combinar varios modos de administración del anestésico local en el espacio epidural, hasta ahora no utilizados juntos ya que no existía en el mercado una bomba con …
Biodeterioration of the Wooden Roof of the Phnom Penh National Museum
2017
Within the framework of a training program in Cambodia, during a visit to the National Museum in Phnom Penh, the most important in the Kingdom of Cambodia, the authors noted the presence of some signs of a termite attack in the secondary elements of the roof of an inner garden. Following this observation, a further investigation was performed in order to evaluate the phytosanitary condition of the wooden bearing element of the roof. The inspection highlighted the presence of severe decay, constituting a real danger for the integrity of the roof; consequently, an intervention of restoration, conservation and safeguard was considered to be necessary and urgent. This paper presents the results…