The role of environmental temperature on movement patterns of giant anteaters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline GIROUX ◽  
Zaida ORTEGA ◽  
Alessandra BERTASSONI ◽  
Arnaud Léonard Jean DESBIEZ ◽  
Danilo KLUYBER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Movement Patterns

scholarly journals The Role of Movement Patterns in Epidemic Models on Complex Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Ruiz-Herrera ◽  
Pedro J. Torres
Keyword(s):  
Complex Networks ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Diffusion Rate ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Epidemic Models ◽  
Simplifying Assumptions ◽  
The Common

AbstractIn this paper, we analyze the influence of the usual movement variables on the spread of an epidemic. Specifically, given two spatial topologies, we can deduce which topology produces less infected individuals. In particular, we determine the topology that minimizes the overall number of infected individuals. It is worth noting that we do not assume any of the common simplifying assumptions in network theory such as all the links have the same diffusion rate or the movement of the individuals is symmetric. Our main conclusion is that the degree of mobility of the population plays a critical role in the spread of a disease. Finally, we derive theoretical insights to management of epidemics.

scholarly journals Inanimate Objects and the Environment Are Far From Contributing to COVID-19 Spread

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha ◽  
Josilene Pinheiro ◽  
Thamilin Costa Nakamura ◽  
José Domingos Santos da Silva ◽  
Beatriz Gonçalves Silva Rocha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Market Area ◽  
P Gene ◽  
Human Rnase ◽  
Reference Hospital ◽  
Market Areas ◽  
Rule Out

Abstract It is not clear if COVID-19 can be indirectly transmitted. It is not possible to conclude the role of environment in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 without studying areas in which people transit in great amounts, such as market areas. In this work we aimed to better understand the role of environment in the spread of COVID-19. We investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in inanimate objects as well as in the air and in the sewage using RT-qPCR. We studied both, a reference market area and a COVID-19 reference hospital at Barreiras city, Brazil. We collected and analyzed a total of 268 samples from mask fronts, cell phones, paper moneys, card machines, sewage, air and bedding during the ascendant phase of the epidemiological curve of COVID-19 in Barreiras. As a result, we detected the human RNAse P gene in most of samples, which indicates the presence of human cells in specimens. However, we did not detect any trace of SARS-CoV-2 in all samples analyzed. To rule out the possibility of problems in sampling method we tested detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in laboratory conditions to reproduce environmental temperature and humidity. As a result, we showed detection of the virus in different conditions. We conclude that our sampling method reliable and that, strikingly, the environment and inanimate materials do not have an important role in COVID-19 transmission.

scholarly journals THE MAIN EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THYROID GLAND (LITERATURE REVIEW)

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 760-765
Author(s):  
О.І. Tiron
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Gland ◽  
Thermal Injury ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Environmental Chemicals ◽  
The Body ◽  
Endogenous Factors ◽  
Temperature Irradiation ◽  
Excessive Consumption ◽  
And Function

Despite the important role of the thyroid gland in regulating the functions of the body, the gland is quite sensitive to the adverse effects of various factors on the body. The purpose of the work is to analyze modern sources of scientific literature devoted to the study of the influence of exo- and endogenous factors on the morpho-functional properties of the thyroid gland. Literary data on the influence on the thyroid gland of various environmental chemicals, insufficient or excessive consumption of iodine and selenium, vitamin D deficiency, exposure to pharmaceuticals, smoking, environmental temperature, irradiation, infections, stress, as well as factors of the internal environment, such as atherosclerosis and pregnancy. There are a small number of modern scientific studies concerning the influence on the structure and function of the thyroid gland consequences of thermal injury of the skin.

The Relationship of Environmental Temperature to the Incidence and Outcome of Schizophrenia

1992 ◽  
Vol 160 (6) ◽  
pp. 788-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunjai Gupta ◽  
Robin M. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Climatic Variables ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Outcome Study ◽  
Daily Range ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents new analyses of data from two multicentre studies carried out by the WHO. The morbid risk of developing schizophrenia, as broadly defined by the Determinants of Outcome Study, was positively related to the mean daily range of temperature. The outcome of schizophrenia, as determined by the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia, was found to be positively related to mean environmental temperature. Further studies are needed to examine the relationship of geographical and climatic variables to schizophrenia in order to complement what is already known about the role of sociocultural factors.

Role of ascorbic acid in chicks exposed to high environmental temperature

1985 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1511-1516 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Pardue ◽  
J. P. Thaxton ◽  
J. Brake
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Sheep Erythrocyte ◽  
Plasma Potassium ◽  
Temperature Plasma ◽  
High Environmental Temperature ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
And Control

This study was conducted to determine if ascorbic acid (AA) 1) increases resistance to high environmental temperature in young chickens and 2) alters heat-induced changes in several physiological responses. Groups of male chicks received either a standard ration containing 1,000 mg/kg (ppm) of AA or the ration without AA. Chicks were brooded for 3 wk and then maintained at 22 +/- 0.8 degrees C. At 4 wk of age, both AA-supplemented and control chicks were exposed to 30 min of heating (43 +/- 0.1 degrees C and 40 +/- 2% rh) on each of 3 consecutive h in an environmentally controlled chamber. Chicks were challenged with sheep erythrocytes (1 ml, 10(5) cells, iv) 12 h postheating. Heating reduced plasma potassium, body weight gain, relative bursa and spleen weights, and anti-sheep erythrocyte levels. Heating increased cloacal temperature, plasma protein, corticosteroid levels, and mortality. AA ameliorated many of these stress-related responses.

Towards swarm level optimisation: the role of different movement patterns in swarm systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-259
Author(s):  
Daniela Kengyel ◽  
Payam Zahadat ◽  
Franz Wotawa ◽  
Thomas Schmickl
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns

The Role of Movement Patterns in Development

1965 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S. Kestenberg
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns

scholarly journals The role of thermoregulatory thermogenesis in the development of obesity in genetically-obese (ob/ob) mice pair-fed with lean siblings

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Thurlby ◽  
P. Trayhurn
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Excess Energy ◽  
Energy Gain ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Metabolic Efficiency ◽  
Obese Mice ◽  
Increasing Temperature ◽  
Environmental Temperatures

1. In order to quantitatively assess the energetic significance of reduced thermoregulatory thermogenesis in the accumulation of excess body fat in genetically-obese (ob/ob) mice experiments have been conducted at four environmental temperatures (17, 23, 28 and 33°) in which young growing obese animals were pair-fed for 10 d to the ad lib. intake of lean siblings.2. The food intake of the lean mice increased with decreasing environmental temperature: at 17° the intake was 86% higher than that at 33°.3. The estimated gain in carcass energy of lean mice rose with increasing temperature, from 82 kJ at 17° to 150 kJ at 33°. The energy gain of the pair-fed obese mice was higher than that of the lean at all temperatures but showed a slight decrease with increasing temperature, from 231 kJ at 17° to 191 kJ at 33°.4. Environmental temperature affected the ‘excess’ energy gain of the obese mice. At 17° the obese mice deposited 182% more energy than the lean but this difference decreased progressively with increasing temperature to 127, 62 and 27% more energy at 23, 28 and 33° respectively.5. At all environmental temperatures the pair-fed obese mice deposited considerably less protein than their lean controls. The deposition ranged from 32% (at 17°) to 56% (at 28°) of that of the lean mice.6. It is concluded that environmental temperature plays a major role in determining the excess energy gain of ob/ob mice receiving the same amount of food as lean controls, and that the low energy expenditure and consequent high metabolic efficiency of this mutant is due primarily to reduced thermoregulatory thermogenesis.

scholarly journals Role of Environmental Temperature on the Attack rate and Case fatality rate of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1792620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad M. Hassan ◽  
Mohamed E. El Zowalaty ◽  
Shahneaz A. Khan ◽  
Ariful Islam ◽  
Md. Raihan K. Nayem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attack Rate ◽  
Case Fatality Rate ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Fatality Rate
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