SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Nikbakhtzadeh,MR; Akbarzadeh,K; Tirgari,S.

The genus Pachycondyla is a large group of ants in the Ponerini tribe, known mostly from tropical and subtropical regions. Pachycondyla sennaarensis, the so-called Samsum ant in the Middle East, is distributed throughout the African tropics, Arabian Peninsula and Iran, where it is responsible for many cases of insect-induced dermal lesions and systemic reactions in humans. Populations of P. sennaarensis were studied in two regions of Iran and some aspects of their biology, ecology and medical importance are herein presented. Colonies of P. sennaarensis contain less than 850 workers that live in complicated underground galleries approximately one meter deep. Because of the harsh weather conditions of southern Iran, they can survive only in human disturbed...

Building multiple sequence alignments with a flavor of HSSP alignments.

Palavras-chave: Samsum ant; Sting; Ants; Formicidae; Ponerinae; Pachycondyla.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992009000300012

HIGA, R. H.; CRUZ, S. A. B. da; KUSER, P. R.; YAMAGISHI, M. E. B.; FILETO, R.; OLIVEIRA, S. R. de M.; MAZONI, I.; SANTOS, E. H. dos; MANCINI, A. L.; NESHICH, G..

The present study describes the processing used for building SH2QS as well as a comparison of the degree of residue conservation reported by SH2QS and HSSP. The comparison of the profiles from two alignments is also presented.

Electrostatic potential calculation for biomolecules - creating a database of pré-calculated values reported on a per residue basis for all PDB protein structures.

Palavras-chave: Bioinformática; Estrutura secundária de proteínas; Sting; Multiple sequence alignment; Residue conservation; Relative entropy; Bioinformatics; Protein structure; Protein secondary structure.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/8262

ROCCHIA, W.; NESHICH, G..

Abstract. STING and JavaProtein Dossier provide a collection of physical-chemical parameters, describing protein structure, stability, function, and interaction, considered one of the most comprehensive among the available protein databases of similar type. Particular attention in STING is paid to the electrostatic potential. It makes use of DelPhi, a well-known tool that calculates this physical-chemical quantity for biomolecules by solving the Poisson Boltzmann equation. In this paper, we describe a modification to the DelPhi program aimed at integrating it within the STING environment. We also outline how the "amino acid electrostatic potential" and the "surface amino acid electrostatic potential" are calculated (over all Protein Data Bank (PDB)...

Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae): three cases of stings in northwestern Italy

Palavras-chave: Bioinformática; Biomoléculas; Banco de dados; Electrostatic potential of biomolecules; Protein structure analysis; Sting; Proteína; Bioinformatics; Protein structure.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/899

Dutto,M; Dutto,L; Scaglione,N; Bertero,M.

In the period between June 2008 and August 2009, three cases of stings of Euscorpius scorpions indigenous to Italy were treated at two different emergency departments (ED) in hospitals of the Piedmont region, northwest Italy: Santa Croce e Carle General Hospital in Cuneo, and Santissima Annunziata Hospital in Savigliano. Scorpion stings in Italy are rare and not well documented in the literature; this situation may raise doubts among medical personnel as to how such lesions are best treated. Analysis of the incidents confirms that the venom of Euscorpius do not provokes systemic poisoning in humans and in these cases even dermatological reactions were not significant.

HERITABILITY OF STING CHARACTERS IN AFRICANIZED HONEYBEES

Palavras-chave: Euscorpius; Scorpion; Sting; Scorpionism; Venom; Poisoning; Italy.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000400018

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins

MELO,A.; MALASPINA,O.; DINIZ-FILHO,J. A. F..

In this paper we proposed to estimate the heritability of seven morphological characters that compose the sting apparatus of the Africanized honeybee workers. An experimental design to estimate genetic parameters was based on the method developed by Oldroyd and Moran(9). This method was modified to eliminate within-colony environmental effects associated with the additive genetic variance. The estimated h<img SRC="http:/img/fbpe/jvat/v3n2/image1800.gif"> values ranged from 0.17 ± 0.11 (maximum width of bulb of sting stylet and height of the valve of right lancet) to 0.74 ± 0.30 (length of the lancet).

Injuries by marine and freshwater stingrays: history, clinical aspects of the envenomations and current status of a neglected problem in Brazil

Palavras-chave: Apis mellifera; Honeybees; Heritability; Sting.

Ano: 1997

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301997000200003

Junior,Vidal Haddad; Cardoso,João Luiz Costa; Neto,Domingos Garrone.

Stingrays are a group of rays – cartilaginous fish related to sharks – that have whiplike tails with barbed, usually venomous spines and are found around the world, especially the marine species. Despite recent reports of accidents involving these fish, they are not aggressive, reacting only when stepped on or improperly handled. Injuries by stingrays are seldom mentioned by historians, although they have always been present in riverine communities of inland waters and in South American coasts. Indeed, envenomations by stingrays are quite common in freshwater and marine fishing communities. Although having high morbidity, such injuries are neglected because they have low lethality and usually occur in remote areas, which favor the use of folk remedies. In...

Lesions caused by Africanized honeybee stings in three cattle in Brazil

Palavras-chave: Sting; Freshwater stingrays; Marine stingrays; Venomous animals; Venomous fish.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100202

Caldas,Saulo Andrade; Graça,Flávio Augusto Soares; de Barros,Júlia Soares Monteiro; Rolim,Márcia Farias; Peixoto,Tiago da Cunha; Peixoto,Paulo Vargas.

We report three cases of stings by Africanized bees in cattle in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Erythema, subcutaneous edema, necrosis accompanied by skin detachment, and subsequent skin regeneration were observed, especially on the head and dewlap. Histopathological examinations performed 45 days later revealed complete skin reepithelialization with moderate dermal fibrosis. The clinical picture and differential diagnosis are discussed in the present manuscript, with a focus on photosensitization, which causes cutaneous lesions on the head (sequela) with cicatricial curving of the ears and can be very similar to what is observed in cattle attacked by swarms of bees. The distinction between photosensitization and bee sting lesions can be made with a...

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report

Palavras-chave: Cattle; Bees; Sting; Poisoning; Accidents.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100502

Massive attack by honeybees in a German shepherd dog: description of a fatal case and review of the literature

Mughal,Mudassar Niaz; Abbas,Ghazanfar; Saqib,Muhammad; Muhammad,Ghulam.

In the present study, a fatal case caused by honeybee (Apis cerana) stings was documented in a female German shepherd dog that was presented at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Characteristic clinical signs included hematuria, hematemesis, incoordination and convulsions along with evidence of massive honeybee attack supported the diagnosis of envenomation. The dog was treated with dexamethasone and diphenhydramine, but it did not respond to therapy and died. This outcome could be avoided if we had a bee antivenom available for treating envenomated patients.

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report

Palavras-chave: German shepherd; Honey bee; Sting.

Ano: 2014

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200510

Some toxinological aspects of Aurelia aurita (Linné) from the Mexican Caribbean

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins

Segura-Puertas,L.; Avila-Soria,G.; Sánchez-Rodríguez,J.; Ramos-Aguilar,M. E.; Burnett,J. W..

Aurelia aurita is a scyphozoan, abundant in the Mexican Caribbean during summer. Although usually innocuous, there is evidence of it causing harm to humans. This work investigates the biological activities of crude and fractionated extracts of A. aurita. Live specimens were collected between July and September 1999 from the Mexican Caribbean. The tentacular margin was dissected immediately and frozen at -50ºC. A nematocyst suspension was prepared, discharged, and the supernatants lyophilized. Hemolytic assay was performed with lyophilized crude extract on bovine, sheep, and human red blood cells. Erythrocyte sensitivity to the toxin was ranked in descending order: human, sheep, and bovine. Toxic activity on Artemia nauplii was evaluated using the same...

STING Millennium: a web-based suite of programs for comprehensive and simultaneous analysis of protein structure and sequence.

Palavras-chave: Aurelia aurita; Sting; Hemolytic activity; Crustacean lethality; Venom.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79302002000200007

NESHICH, G.; TOGAWA, R. C.; MANCINI, A. L.; KUSER, P. R.; YAMAGISHI, M. E. B.; PAPPAS JUNIOR, G.; TORRES, W. V.; CAMPOS, T. F. e; FERREIRA, L. L.; LUNA, F. M.; OLIVEIRA, A. G.; MIURA, R. T.; INOUE, M. K.; HORITA, L. G.; SOUZA, D. F. de; DOMINIQUINI, F.; ÁLVARO, A.; LIMA, C. S.; OGAWA, F. O.; GOMES, G. B.; PALANDRANI, J. F.; SANTOS, G. F. dos; FREITAS, E. M. de; MATTIUZ, A. R.; COSTA, I. C.; ALMEIDA, C. L. de; SOUZA, S.; BAUDET, C.; HIGA, R. H..

Sting Millennium suite intrinsics. SMS organization. Sting Millennium Modes. Sting Millennium Modules. Millennium Features. Example of Sting Millennium Application.

Sting Millennium Suite: integrated software for extensive analyses of 3d structures of proteins and their complexes.

Palavras-chave: Sting.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/8858

HIGA, R. H.; TOGAWA, R. C.; MONTAGNER, A. J.; PALANDRANI, J. C. F.; OKIMOTO, I. K. S.; KUSER, P. R.; YAMAGISHI, M. E. B.; MANCINI, A. L.; NESHICH, G..

The integration of many aspects of protein/DNA structure analysis is an important requiremeni for sofcware products in general área of structural bioinformatics. In fact, there are too few software packages on the internet which can be described as successful in this respect. We might say that what is still missing is publicly available, web based software for interactive analysis of the sequence/structure/function of proteins and their complexes with DNA and ligands. Some of existing software packages do have certain level of integration and do offer analysis of several structure related parameters, however not to the extent generally demanded by a user.

Stings from Euscorpius flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778) (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) during pregnancy: a clinical case report

Palavras-chave: Sting Millennium Suite; Sting.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/9093

T25: Multiple Structures - Selected Parameter (MSSP) 2D Plot.

Dutto,M; Dutto,L; Bertero,M; Goyffon,M.

We report a case in which a 21-week pregnant woman was stung by a Euscorpius flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778) scorpion. Symptoms and signs experienced by the patient were the same as those documented in the literature and with no ill-effects for the pregnancy. Envenoming was local and of low degree of intensity. It is important to emphasize that the patient was stung in her home, which differs from stings in most other parts of the world, in which scorpionism is mostly a risk in outdoor areas.

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report

Palavras-chave: Euscorpius flavicaudis; Sting; Scorpionism; Pregnant woman; Clinical; Symptoms.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992012000400018

The Star STING server: a multiplatform environment for protein structure analysis.

NESHICH, G..

The Multiple Structures - Single Parameter 2D module allows a user to compare, in a simple yet intuitive 2D plot, any one of the 150 different sequence, structure, function and stability parameters / descriptors, stored in STING_DB, for any protein structure deposited in the PDB. The 2D plot shows (for a selected parameter / descriptor) the numerical values in the Y-axis and the sequence residue numbers for structurally aligned proteins, in the X-axis. The MSSP module is a part of the improved Blue Star STING protein structure analysis computer interface and DB (which contains per-residue-reported descriptors (available for display both numerically and graphically) for either the public protein data base (the PDB)) or local files. The MSSP allows a user to...

Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)

Palavras-chave: Sting; Estrutura de proteínas; Protein structure.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/876488

NESHICH, G.; MAZONI, I.; OLIVEIRA, S. R. M.; YAMAGISHI, M. E. B.; KUSER-FALCÃO, P. R.; BORRO, L. C.; MORITA, D. U.; SOUZA, K. R. R.; ALMEIDA, G. V.; RODRIGUES, D. N.; JARDINE, J. G.; TOGAWA, R. C.; MANCINI, A. L.; HIGA, R. H.; CRUZ, S. A. B.; VIEIRA, F. D.; SANTOS, E. H.; MELO, R. C.; SANTORO, M. M..

ABSTRACT. Star STING is the latest version of the STING suite of programs and corresponding database. We report on five important aspects of this package that have acquired some new characteristics, designed to add key advantages to the whole suite: 1) availability for most popular platforms and browsers, 2) introduction of the STING_DB quality assessment, 3) improvement in algorithms for calculation of three STING parameters, 4) introduction of five new STING modules, and 5) expansion of the existing modules. Star STING is freely accessible at: http://sms.cbi.cnptia.embrapa.br/SMS/, http://trantor.bioc.columbia.edu/SMS, http://www.es.embnet.org/SMS/, http://gibk26.bse.kyutech.ac.jp/SMS/ and http://www.ar.embnet.org/SMS.