ABSTRACT
This study aimed to evaluate the extract of Aloe vera (AV) associated or not with 10% Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in cryopreservation of tambaqui semen. For the formation of the pools (n= 14), 30 males were hormonally induced twice. Each pool had the objective motility, curvilinear velocity, straight-line velocity, average path velocity and morphology analyzed before and after cryopreservation of semen. The means for cryopreservation were constituted of Powder Coconut Water-104 diluent added DMSO and/or AV (5 or 10%). After cryopreservation, motility, velocities and morphology were reduced significantly when compared to fresh semen. For sperm motility the best treatment was that using only DMSO (20,86±8,31) and DMSO + 5% AV (15.71±9.77). For the velocities, the worse treatment was DMSO+10% AV. Treatment with only the addition of DMSO had a significantly higher effect than others on percentage of morphologically normal sperm. The mean correlation found was between motilityand the rate of morphologically normal sperm (r = 0.687). In conclusion, the addition of AV does not provide greater protection for spermatozoa during cryopreservation.
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Animals , Aloe/embryology , Characiformes , Cryoprotective Agents/analysis , Semen Preservation/veterinary , Cryopreservation/veterinary , Fishes/embryology , Sperm Capacitation , Sperm MotilityABSTRACT
O questionario de qualidade de vida Medical Outcome Study Short From -36 (MOS SF-36) permite monitorar condicao de saude antes e apos o tratamento instituido, sendo sencivel a melhora clinica. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes submetidos a cirurgia de revascularizacao do mocardio e que participaram de um programa de reabilitacao cardiaca, atraves da aplicacao do questionario MOS SF-36. Metodologia: foram incluidos nesse estudo 24 individuos de ambos os sexos (15 homens e 9 mulheres) na faixa etaria entre 23 e 77 anos (idade media 58+-6 anos) submetidos a cirurgia de revascularizacao do miocardio, com quadro clinico estavel e que participem de uma programa de reabilitacao cardiaca fase I. O questionario foi aplicado em tres momentos antes, no 5º dia do pos-operatorio e 2 meses apos a cirurgia. Para analise estatistica foi utilizado o teste de wilcoxon para amostras pareadas. Resultados Observou-se queda dos seguintes parametros Funcionamento do Organismo (p=0,000), Limitacao por Disturbios fisicos (p=0,002), vitalidade (p=0,003) e dor (p=0,000) apos a cirurgia, havenso recuperacao significativa 2 meses apos (p=0,008, p=0,000,p=0,000 e p=0,000 respectivamente).Este estudo sugere que o questionario MOS SF-36 permite avaliar os beneficios da reabilitacao cardiaca fase I a qual propocionou autoconfianca e retorno as atividades diarias