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The Bauru Basin bears one of the best sampled tetrapod paleofaunas of Brazil, with about 70% of this diversity collected from its deposits in São Paulo. Its fossils are known since the beginning of the 20th century, coming from all stratigraphic units of the Basin cropping-out in the state, i.e., Santo Anastácio, Araçatuba, Adamantina (alternatively divided into Vale do Rio do Peixe, Presidente Prudente, and São José do Rio Preto formations), and Marília formations. Identified taxa include rare anurans, mammals, and squamates, an important set of testudines, theropods (including birds), and sauropods, in addition to one of the most diverse crocodyliform faunas known worldwide. This congregates more than fifty unique taxonomic entities, including 42 formally described species. Based on biostratigraphic correlations (including tetrapods), on few absolute ages, and other sources of evidence, the Bauru Basin deposits in São Paulo seem to be chronologically restricted to the Late Cretaceous, but further investigation is much needed. Finally, the history of research with such fossils highlights the importance of public funding for research and decentralization of university education for the advancement of science.

Objetivo: Compreender como os idosos institucionalizados na Casa do Idoso de Gurupi - TO vivenciam as perdas naturais decorrentes do processo de envelhecimento. Método: a pesquisa foi realizada durante período aproximado de 02 meses, totalizando 05 encontros, um com cada idoso. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa. Os critérios de inclusão foram: institucionalização na Casa do Idoso de Gurupi - TO no período mínimo de seis meses; compreensão do que ouve e capacidade de verbalizar; assinatura do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido – TCLE; e capacidade de conclusão da entrevista. Excluíram-se do estudo os idosos que não estiveram em conformidade com os critérios de inclusão. Resultados: Compreendeu-se que os idosos da instituição, vivenciando o luto diante dos declínios físicos, cognitivos e sociais, reconhecem a importância dos cuidados oferecidos pela equipe multiprofissional local, tais como auxílio na alimentação e administração de medicamentos. Porém, notam a falta da assistência familiar, desconhecem a sua medicação, sentem sofrimento físico, psíquico e sentimentos de invalidez. Conclusão: Esta pesquisa possibilitou compreensão sobre a percepção do idoso acerca das perdas naturais decorrentes do processo do envelhecimento. Sugere-se pesquisas sobre o processo do envelhecimento afim de contribuir para realização de ações voltadas à promoção do envelhecimento ativo.

According to WHO (World Health Organization) quality of life can be defined as “the individual's perception of” his or her position in life, in the context of the culture and value system in which he lives and in relation to his goals, expectations, standards and concerns'. Quality of life is a progressive concern in society and can be measured in various contexts and populations, including medical students. Higher medical education is both a fulfillment and a dream scenario, but also a place for academics to encounter stressors that require harsh adaptation processes. The study aimed to conduct a survey in the national and international literature about the quality of life in medical students and point out the most used instruments for its measurement. The articles were consulted in the PubMed, SciELO and Lilacs databases. We used articles written in English, Portuguese and Spanish published in the last 120 months, ie, from 2009 to 2019. We included 18 articles in the study. The articles included in this review show that the quality of life has a direct influence on the personal and professional behavior of the student, emphasizing the relevance of the theme and its consequences. In this sense, it was found that the most used instruments to measure the quality of life of this population were: Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire (EVT), (Whoqol-100), Whoqol-bref, HRQOL short form-36.

Bufonidae is a cosmopolite and speciose clade that is currently hypothesized to have originated in Gondwana around 78–99 Ma (Pramuk et al. 2008). The systematics of the family was assessed using morphological and molecular data, alone or in a total evidence analysis (Pramuk 2006; Pramuk et al. 2008; Bocxlaer et al. 2010; Pyron & Wiens 2011). Due to taxonomic changes, most of the South American species of Bufo Garsault were relocated to the genus Rhinella Fitzinger, currently the second most speciose genus with 92 scientifically named and valid species (Frost 2020). The species in the genus are arranged in six taxonomic groups (crucifer, granulosa, margaritifera, marina, spinulosa, veraguensis species groups [Frost 2020]); the Rhinella marina group is characterized by specimens with well-ossified and exostosed skull, ornamented with deep striations, pits, and rugosities (Maciel et al. 2010). The Rhinella marina group includes eleven living species, distributed in two main clades named after their geographical distribution: the north-central clade and south-central clade. The south-central clade bears the species: R. achavali (Maneyro, Arrieta & de Sá), R. arenarum (Hensel), R. icterica (Spix), and R. rubescens (Lutz). The north-central clade bears the species: R. cerradensis Maciel, Brandão, Campos & Sebben, R. horribilis (Wiegmann), R. jimi (Stevaux), R. marina (Linnaeus), R. poeppigii (Tschudi), R. schneideri (Werner), and R. veredas (Brandão, Maciel & Sebben).

We describe a new fossil species of Ceratophrys from cave sediments in Brazil tentatively assessed as late Pleistocene–early Holocene in age. The specimen consists of a nearly complete skull that is missing only the right premaxilla and the right columella. A detailed description and comparative analysis, which considers both living and fossil species, supports the conclusion that the specimen represents a previously unknown, extinct species of Ceratophrys. Poorly represented and assessed characters, paleodistribution of Ceratophryidae, and the taxonomic rectification of the Ceratophrys fossil specimens described by Günther (1859) are also discussed. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:17DCC830-93AB-4FB6-9377-0467E8F3BDF9

No Brasil, existem diversas regiões endêmicas simultaneamente para leishmaniose e doença de Chagas e como os agentes causadores pertencem ambos à mesma família, Trypanosomatidae, eles compartilham diversos antígenos, que no momento do diagnóstico sorológico, podem promover reações cruzadas. Diversos autores avaliaram a reação cruzada Chagas/leishmaniose em cães, entretanto poucos trabalhos fizeram este questionamento em humanos. O objetivo do presente estudo foi identificar a possibilidade de reação cruzada para o diagnóstico da doença de Chagas em pacientes com leishmaniose visceral curada. Para tanto, foram analisadas 30 amostras de soro de pacientes com leishmaniose visceral curada atendidos no Ambulatório de Infectologia do Hospital Regional de Presidente Prudente, São Paulo. As amostras foram avaliadas em duplicata através de três kits sorológicos para o diagnóstico da doença de Chagas: ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA), imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) e hemaglutinação indireta (HAI). Das 30 amostras analisadas, apenas o soro de um paciente mostrou-se reagente na IFI, entretanto, a duplicata avaliada não foi positiva, assim como os resultados de ELISA e HAI. No presente estudo, devido à reatividade para a IFI apresentar apenas um T. cruzi marcado, com a sua duplicata e outros testes sorológicos (ELISA e HAI) negativos, podemos concluir que o paciente com leishmaniose visceral apresentou uma reação cruzada para o diagnóstico da Doença de Chagas.

Soft drinks are industrialized unfermented beverages, free of alcohol, carbonated, rich in artificial flavors and sugar. The intense consumption of such beverages can be related to not inheritable diseases such as caries, allergy, cellulite and stretch marks, gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes and cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of different concentrations of soft drinks produced in the Uberlândia city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by means of Epithelial Tumor Detection Test using Drosophila melanogaster as a model. Third stage larvae descendants of crosses between D. melanogaster virgin females wts/TM3, sb¹ and males mwh/mwh were treated with different concentrations (0.83, 1.66 or 3.33 mL/g) of cola, diet cola, orange or lemon soft drinks. The total epithelial tumor rate observed in flies treated with 3.33 mL/g of cola and orange soft drinks was higher than the negative control. The diet cola and lemon caused no significant increase in the overall frequency of epithelial tumors in D. melanogaster. In conclusion, in these experimental conditions, the cola and orange base soft drinks demonstrated carcinogenic potential in somatic cells of D. melanogaster in the concentration of 3.33 mL/g. Soft drinks are industrialized unfermented beverages, free of alcohol, carbonated, rich in artificial flavors and sugar. The intense consumption of such beverages can be related to not inheritable diseases such as caries, allergy, cellulite and stretch marks, gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes and cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of different concentrations of soft drinks produced in the Uberlândia city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by means of Epithelial Tumor Detection Test using Drosophila melanogaster as a model. Third stage larvae descendants of crosses between D. melanogaster virgin females wts/TM3, sb¹ and males mwh/mwh were treated with different concentrations (0.83, 1.66 or 3.33 mL/g) of cola, diet cola, orange or lemon soft drinks. The total epithelial tumor rate observed in flies treated with 3.33 mL/g of cola and orange soft drinks was higher than the negative control. The diet cola and lemon caused no significant increase in the overall frequency of epithelial tumors in D. melanogaster. In conclusion, in these experimental conditions, the cola and orange base soft drinks demonstrated carcinogenic potential in somatic cells of D. melanogaster in the concentration of 3.33 mL/g.