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Purpose: Beneficial bacteria contribute significantly to host-plant adaptive capacities. Lilacs are common shrubs of urban areas in a northern climate. Their buds are the primary material for the Syringa aseptic micropropagation using a Murashige and Skoog medium (MS). As opposed to considering bud-associated bacteria as just contaminants, the search for plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) provides a potential tool for better lilac-microbial co-cultivation. Methods: In total, six cultivars of Siringa vulgaris were studied for the bacterial diversity of their roots and buds. By scanning electron microscopy, the localization of microorganisms was studied. The composition of bacterial communities was analyzed by Illumina Miseq new generation sequencing (NGS). Culturable bacteria of rhizoplane and surface-sterilized buds were isolated and compared. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production under different cultivation conditions was studied colorimetrically among bud-associated bacteria capable of growing in MS medium. Results: Pseudomonadota and Bacillota phyla dominated among cultivable bacteria; Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteriota, Verrucomicrobiota, Bacteroidota, and Crenarchaeota were detected by NGS. The endophytic communities differed at the genus level with dominating non-pathogenic Curtobacterium and Pseudomonas. Attached bacteria on the non-sterilized and surface-sterilized buds were observed. Bud-associated Methyllobacterium and Paenibacillus showed tryptophan-dependent biosynthesis of auxins. It strongly depended on the medium, with the lower IAA production in MS. Conclusion: Lilacs maintain a wide diversity of root-associated bacteria with a number of beneficial strains. The endophytic community is limited and varies among the cultivars. Bud-associated PGPB may survive during sterilization and reveal their growth-promoting activity by producing auxins, though optimization of plant-microbial interactions is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La revista Oncología (Ecuador) es una revista médica de acceso abierto que se publica cuatrimestralmente por la Sociedad de Lucha contra el Cáncer del Ecuador (SOLCA). La revista fue fundada en 1993 y publica artículos originales, revisiones bibliográficas, artículos especiales, casos clínicos y cartas al editor en el campo de la oncología. La revista Oncología (Ecuador) está indexada en las siguientes bases de datos: Latindex, LILACS, DOAJ, tiene un comité editorial internacional que está compuesto por expertos en oncología de todo el mundo. Los manuscritos enviados a la revista son revisados por pares. La revista Oncología (Ecuador) es una importante fuente de información para los profesionales de la salud que trabajan en el campo de la oncología.

The study describes that gender conceptions, understanding what is considered masculine or feminine, have impacted the women's activity named entrepreneurship. Attention is drawn to the fact that in Latin languages, such as the Portuguese language, there is a predominance of grammatical sexism, using male predicates to indicate male gender as well as human gender. In that scenario, this paper presents a literature review focused on female entrepreneurship in Brazil by gathering 88 articles in English and Portuguese from the following bibliographic sources: ProQuest, Web of Science, and Lilacs. The data were categorised and analysed using R, a software environment for statistical computing. In that regard, a text-mining analysis has been carried out by adopting the statistical package Iramuteq for performing assisted lexicometrical analysis. The overall frequency of linguistic utterances (explorative statistics), a simplified factor analysis about absolute frequency (word cloud), and a hierarchical descendant classification of stable lexical classes are used. Results indicate that even when the topic is women's entrepreneurship, female terms are not mentioned or considered when discussing entrepreneurship and its professional aspects. It seems that it is necessary to listen to the voice of women if the literature intends to produce knowledge about entrepreneurship in Brazil in the way it promotes impact and social relevance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La región de América Latina y el Caribe cuenta con una base de datos especializada en el área de salud y la producción técnico científica denominada LILACS, creada en los años 80 como el índice más importante para la gestión de la información de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, con un alcance temático en lenguaje documental apoyado de los Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS), vocabulario utilizado para indización y recuperación de los documentos ingresados en las bases de datos.

Lilacs (Syringa spp.), a genus of trees and shrubs in the Oleaceae, are known for their beautiful, fragrant flowers and are widely cultivated as ornamentals. In September 2017, a new leaf spot disease was observed on S. oblata in the Sui and Tang Ruins Dynasties Botanical Garden in Luoyang, Henan Province, China. Leaf symptoms appeared as small brown lesions at earlier stages, which with age turned into suborbicular brown, faintly zonate and depressed. Fully mature lesions were mostly irregular to circular, concentric rings with taupe and dark brown bands. A total of 12 monoconidial isolates were obtained from S. oblata showing leaf symptoms. Colonies were grey to light brown and darker underneath on potato dextrose agar. Based upon morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic analyses using ITS, TEF1 and RPB2 loci, isolates were identified as Corynespora cassiicola. Pathogenicity tests on leaves produced symptoms matching those described above and the fungus was re‐isolated, confirming Koch's postulates. This study represents the first report of C. cassiicola on lilacs in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introducción: El objetivo de publicar anualmente la lista de Revisores es una normativa internacional que rige a nuestro centro Repositorio LILACS, a partir del mes de Octubre del 2020 entró en vigencia los nuevos cambios realizado en consenso por los editores de revistas de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Dentro de los cambios solicitados es citar al Editor encargado en cada artículo, normativa que nuestra revista sigue desde Diciembre del 2020 y adicionalmente la lista de los Revisores que participaron en el proceso de publicación de los artículos publicados.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of the literature on the psychometric characteristics of different versions of the Personality Inventory for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (PID-5) and to integrate the current findings with those of previous reviews by Al Dajani and colleagues (2015) and Watters and Bagby (2018). Methods: This studywas conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews andMeta-analyses protocol. PubMed, PsycINFO, SciELO, Web of Science, and LILACS were searched using two keywords: personality AND DSM-5. Studies published from 2015 to 2018 were included. Results: Sixty-four new studies were evaluated. The PID-5-self-report form (SRF) was concluded to have a factorial structure consisting of five factors and 25 facets, aswell as excellent indicators of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity with different personality instruments and with other clinical constructs. The form also has predictive and discriminative potential, warranting further exploration in studies with samples of personality disorders in relation to different parameters and not only the diagnostic algorithm of DSM-5 Section III. The brief and informant versions, although less studied, also showed good psychometric indicators, comparable to the original version. Conclusions: The PID-5 showed psychometric suitability for use in different cultures and contexts. The form's use in clinical practice and as a means of operationalizing the diagnostic evaluation of the DSM-5 dimensional model is promising and should be encouraged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose. To establish the reasons of submitting not highly decorative lilac hybrids to state variety testing so that unpromising varieties and look-alikes can be sometimes included in the world collection, and focus on solving this situation. Methods. Analytical approach. Results. It was established why and how unoriginal hybrids were submitted to state variety testing that for several reasons can allow them to obtain the status of variety. Conclusions. In order to prevent obtaining the status of variety by some low decorative lilac hybrids, it is necessary that both a breeder and testing stations employer should use known presentable collections of identified varieties for evaluation of real value of a new hybrid. In Ukraine, there is such a collection at N. N. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine where more than 130 varieties and 21 species of the genus Syringa occupies the area of 2.35 ha. It is desirable to compare not only with the check variety that the breeder selected for his hybrid among such, but, if it is possible, with all varieties in the collection close to it by decorative effect. The problem is that the author of a hybrid, sometimes ignorantly or for some other reason, selects a check variety for his hybrid that is not the most decorative one among such, against which a candidate for variety status will be more attractive during its evaluation. In such a case, the breeder should change a check variety that permits to estimate really the decorative effect of a submitted hybrid.

Introduction: Knowledge of the geographical distribution of Leishmania species allows guiding the sampling to little studied areas and implementing strategies to define risk zones and priority areas for control. Given that there is no publication that collects this information, the search, review and compilation of the available scientific literature that has identified species in Colombia is presented in this paper. Materials and methods: A bibliographic search was performed in PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Google Scholar, SciELO and LILACS with the terms "(Leishmania OR Leishmaniasis) AND species AND Colombia", without restrictions on publication year, language or infected organism; records of national scientific events and repositories of theses from Colombian universities were also included. Results: Eighty five scientific documents articles published between 1985 and 2017 were found in which the species of Leishmania spp. and their geographical origin were indicated. The species reported, in descending order of frequency were: Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis, L. (V.) braziliensis, L. (V.) guyanensis, L. (Leishmania) infantum, L. (L.) amazonensis, L. (L.) mexicana, L. (V.) colombiensis, L. (V.) lainsoni and L. (V.) equatorensis; the 3 last ones were found with the same frequency. Leishmania species were reported from 29 departaments. Conclusion: Information on the distribution of Leishmania species in Colombia is limited; therefore, it is necessary to gather existing data and propose studies that consolidate the distribution maps of Leishmania species in Colombia. This would allow the identification of areas where species have not been identified and would allow the comparison of existing parasite and vector distributions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To investigate evidence on the use of social networks to collect data in scientific productions in the health area. Material and method: An integrative literature review from primary studies indexed in the SciELO, PubMed, LILACS, Scopus, and Web of Science platforms. Results: 16 scientific articles were selected, of which nine focused on the use of WhatsApp; five, on the use of Facebook; and two, on employing Twitter to collect data in scientific productions. Growth was noted on the number of investigations associated to the use of social networks, although an important paradigm still exists related to the use to generate scientific evidence, resulting in a still low number of investigations on this theme. Conclusions: The health area needs to approach evermore the development of research associated to social networks, given that this would enable a viable and rapid intervention in obtaining responses, besides being a low cost and very promising tool for data collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective. To determine the prevalence of clinical trial registration in the International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) for studies from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and to identify the key characteristics that lead to prospective and retrospective registration. Methods. A cross-sectional study identified published, clinical trial studies through a search of PubMed, LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Studies were included if published on 1 January - 31 December 2015, at least one author was affiliated with at least one LAC country, the clinical trial was conducted in at least one LAC site, and the full text of the article was available. A manual search of reference lists was also conducted. ICTRP registration information and key trial characteristics were compared. Results. Of 1 502 CT references that met inclusion criteria, 297 were randomly-selected, 90.9% of which were published in English, 65% from Brazil, and 76.8% had a LAC author as the first author. The proportion of CT registered in the ICTRP was 59.9 %, of which 51.7% were registered prospectively. Clinicaltrials.gov was most frequently used registry (84.8%), followed by the Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Cl'nicos and the Registro P'blico Cubano de Ensayos Clínicos. Key characteristics that favored registration were being in study phase 3 or 4 or being a multi-center study. Data was compared to a similar study from 2013 that reported a registration rate of only 19.8%. Conclusions. Registration adherence and prospective registration have increased in LAC in recent years, but the proportion of unregistered CT remains high. While there are still many challenges to overcome, the adherence strategies implemented in recent years have proven effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Disseminated histoplasmosis, a disease that often resembles and is mistaken for tuberculosis, is a major cause of death in patients with advanced HIV disease. Histoplasma antigen detection tests are an important addition to the diagnostic arsenal for patients with advanced HIV disease and should be considered for inclusion on the World Health Organization Essential Diagnostics List. Objective: Our objective was to systematically review the literature to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Histoplasma antigen tests in the context of advanced HIV disease, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Methods: A systematic review of the published literature extracted data on comparator groups, type of histoplasmosis, HIV status, performance results, patient numbers, whether patients were consecutively enrolled or if the study used biobank samples. PubMed, Scopus, Lilacs and Scielo databases were searched for published articles between 1981 and 2018. There was no language restriction. Results: Of 1327 screened abstracts we included a total of 16 studies in humans for further analysis. Most studies included used a heterogeneousgroup of patients, often without HIV or mixing HIV and non HIV patients, with disseminated or non-disseminated forms of histoplasmosis. Six studies did not systematically use mycologically confirmed cases as a gold standard but compared antigen detection tests against another antigen detection test. Patient numbers were generally small (19–65) in individual studies and, in most (7/10), no confidence intervals were given. The post test probability of a positive or negative test were good suggesting that this non invasive diagnostic tool would be very useful for HIV care givers at the level of reference hospitals or hospitals with the infrastructure to perform ELISA tests. The first results evaluating point of care antigen detection tests using a lateral flow assay were promising with high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusions: Antigen detection tests are promising tools to improve detection of and ultimately reduce the burden of histoplasmosis mortality in patients with advanced HIV disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A vacuum microwave-mediated method was used to extract syringoside and oleuropein from Syringa oblata twigs. The optimal extraction conditions were an ethanol volume fraction of 40%, a liquid-solid ratio of 17 mL/g, 1 h of soaking time, −0.08 MPa of vacuum, a microwave irradiation power of 524 W, and a microwave irradiation time of 8 min. Under optimal parameters, the maximum yields of syringoside (5.92 ± 0.24 mg/g) and oleuropein (4.02 ± 0.18 mg/g) were obtained. The proposed method is more efficient than conventional methods for extracting syringoside and oleuropein from Syringa oblata. Moreover, less energy and time were required. The results implied that vacuum microwave-mediated extraction is a suitable method for the extraction of thermosensitive glycosides such as syringoside and oleuropein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim of the study: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of phytochemically characterized extracts connected with the traditional use (infusions and ethanolic extracts) of different parts of Syringa vulgaris (common lilac) on the pro-inflammatory functions of neutrophils. Active compounds were isolated from the most promising extract(s) using bioassay-guided fractionation, and their activity and molecular mechanisms of action were determined. Methods: The extracts were characterized using a HPLC-DAD- MSn method. The effects on ROS, MMP-9, TNF-α, IL-8, and MCP-1 production by neutrophils were measured using luminol-dependent chemiluminescence and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods. The effects on p38MAPK, ERK1/2, JNK phosphorylation, and NF-κB p65 translocation were determined using western blots. Results: The major compounds detected in the extracts and infusions belong to structural groups, including caffeic acid derivatives, flavonoids, and iridoids. All extracts and infusions were able to significantly reduce ROS and IL-8 production. Bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of the following secoiridoids: 2''-epiframeroside, oleonuezhenide, oleuropein, ligstroside, neooleuropein, hydroxyframoside, and framoside. Neooleuropein appeared to be the most active compound in the inhibition of cytokine production by attenuating the MAP kinase pathways. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that common lilac, which is a traditionally used medicinal plant in Europe, is a valuable source of active compounds, especially neooleuropein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new 7, 9′-epoxylignan, alashinol H ( 1 ), which features a rare six-membered cyclic hemiacetal, was isolated from the stem barks of Syringa pinnatifolia . The structure was elucidated based on spectroscopic data including HRESIMS and NMR. Its absolute configuration was resolved by GIAO NMR shifts and ECD calculations. A putative biosynthetic pathway of this compound is proposed. Alashinol H showed a moderate inhibitory effect against NO production in BV-2 murine microglia cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the ninth most common cancer in men, and the 14th most common cancer in women. It has been reported that the incidence of RCC is rising. These changes are more common in developed countries because of better screening programs and disease registry. The aim of this article is to review the epidemiology of RCC around the world. Methods: A literature review of four databases was performed: PubMed, Embase, Lilacs, and Scielo. Studies of incidence, prevalence, mortality, and survival of RCC were taken from different countries. Studies included were published in the last 10 years. Two reviewers independently selected the studies. Results: A total of 5275 references were reviewed by title and abstract. In the end, 42 references were selected for full-text review. The global incidence and prevalence of cancer vary. The highest incidence was described in North America and Northern Europe. In Canada, by 2007 the incidence was 17.9/100 000 and 10.3/100 000 in males and females, respectively. Developing countries like Colombia have fewer incidence rates, with less information in poor-income areas. Conclusions: We have seen a rise in the incidence and mortality of RCC globally. There is an association between RCC and smoking, obesity, hypertension, and socioeconomic status. Seeing the epidemiological data from some regions in developing countries and the lack of specialists in those places, it can be deduced there is underreporting of the disease that reveals the need to improve both surveillance and disease registration programs, especially in these countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Common lilac ( Syringa vulgaris L.) is a popular ornamental shrub which under natural conditions of the temperate zone blooms for ca three weeks in May. Forcing procedures may extend the flowering period to 6 months in autumn and winter. Temperatures required to begin the forcing cycle range from 37 °C in November to 16 °C in March. Forcing lilac at 15 °C in November is also effective but longer than in the standard method, used by most growers. This study compared vase life and certain senescence-related processes in cut flowers of common lilac harvested from shrubs flowering under different conditions, i.e. outdoors under ambient temperature, forced in a greenhouse under 37 °C (the standard method) or 15 °C (the alternative method), and held in water or two vase solutions containing either nanosilver (NS) or 8-hydroxiquinoline citrate (8-HQC) as biocides and supplemented with 2% sucrose. The highest influence on vase life of cut lilacs had growing conditions. The vase life of cut lilacs obtained by the alternative forcing method – regardless of a holding solution – was significantly higher than those obtained by the standard forcing or blooming naturally. The highest H 2 O 2 content and proteolytic activity were usually observed in flowers collected from stems held in water. MDA content varied depending on flowering conditions and holding solutions. Its relatively low content was observed in the alternatively forced lilacs held in both preservatives which also prolonged the vase life relative to water, decreased the H 2 O 2 content and delayed nuclei degradation in petals. The activity of chosen antioxidant enzymes varied depending on the flowering conditions and generally remained unaffected by the preservatives. The effects of nanosilver with sucrose on cut lilac senescence were comparable to the action of the standard preservative containing 8-HQC, therefore this solution may also be recommended as an efficient preservative delaying senescence and prolonging vase life of cut lilacs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two powdery mildews,Erysiphe syringaeand the previously undescribedPhyllactinia syringae, sp. nov., occur on lilac in western North America.Phyllactinia syringaeis found on common lilac, whereasE. syringaeis found on Chinese lilac and, occasionally, common lilac. Infection byP. syringaeis extremely unobtrusive until formation of a hypophyllous mycelial mat with chasmothecia in late fall. Infection byE. syringaein late summer is conspicuous, with its thick, superficial mycelial mat on the leaf upper surface detracting from the aesthetic appearance of the bush. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The influences of solar activity and large-scale climate modes (e.g. the El Niño/Southern Oscillation — ‘ENSO’) have been identified in many geophysical processes. However, few studies have attempted to investigate the frequency characteristics and corresponding spatial patterns of the interannual influence of either solar activity or large-scale climate modes on phenology. In this study, the influences of solar activity (represented by sunspot number ‘SSN’) and ENSO on the first leaf and bloom dates of the common lilac and cloned lilac in the United States were analyzed for time series spanning ≥ 33 years using the wavelet coherence method. The spatial patterns in the influence of ENSO on the first leaf and bloom dates were investigated for different times and periodicities, using time series of ≥ 20 years. The combined influences of solar activity and ENSO on the first leaf and bloom dates of lilacs were identified for most of the stations with records spanning ≥ 33 years. In the 11-year band, both increasing solar activity (SSN) and El Niño caused delays in the first leaf and bloom events of the cloned lilac during the 1980s in the northeastern United States. The frequency characteristics and the spatial patterns of the influence of ENSO on the first leaf day and first bloom day were essentially consistent, and such spatial patterns vary with time and periodicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Syringin, a major active substance isolated from Eleutherococcus senticosus , has been found to have anti-inflammatory effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects and underlying mechanisms of syringin on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. Methods We established an LPS-induced ALI model in mice. We also detected the lung wet-to-dry ratio, myeloperoxidase activity, and inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 to estimate the index of lung injury in mice. Furthermore, the expression of nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2), heme oxygenase-1, and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) was detected by Western blot analysis. Results The results showed that the increases in lung wet-to-dry ratio, myeloperoxidase activity, malondialdehyde content, and levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-1β, and IL-6 induced by LPS were significantly inhibited by treatment of syringin. The phosphorylation of IκB-α and p65 NF-κB caused by LPS was inhibited by syringin. Furthermore, syringin was found to upregulate the expression of Nrf2 and heme oxygenase 1. Conclusions In conclusion, the results suggest that syringin protects against LPS-induced ALI by activating Nrf2 and inhibiting NF-κB signaling pathway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]