Adult females of most black flies species (Diptera, Simuliidae) exhibit a blood-sucking habit. Immature stages develop in water courses and are important the ecology lotic environments. We aim to understand distribution immature simuliids hydrographic sub-basin Comandaí river, Northwest Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. For that purpose, were sampled three stretches (source, intermediate mouth) nine s...

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the effect of controlled mouth breathing during the resting state using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods: Eleven subjects participated in this experiment in which the controlled “Nose” and “Mouth” breathings of 6 s respiratory cycle were performed with a visual cue at 3T MRI. Voxel-wise seed-to-voxel maps and whole-brain region of i...

Cancers of the oral cavity (lip, tongue, salivary glands, and other sites in the mouth) and pharynx account for about 3% of the cancers diagnosed in the United States each year. About 30,000 new cases are diagnosed and over 8,000 people die from the disease each year (1). The 1990-1994 mortality rate for oral cancers was 2.5 per 100,000, ranking Oregon 37th among the states. Overall, the five-y...

mouth breathing might not always result in hypoxia, but can contribute to it. the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of mouth breathing on hypoxia. based on a pilot study, 323 patients with mouth breathing were selected. assessment of mouth breathing was based on clinical examination and questionnaires filled out by patients and their companions. the patients were also examine...

candida exists as a normal flora on skin and mucosa. the prevalence of candida-induced infections specially mucosal and vaginal infections have been raised in the world in last decade due to increase in predisposing factors. c.albicans is the major etiological agent of candidiasis, but infections due to other species have been increasing. the aim of this study was to determine candida species b...