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stiffness and pulse wave velocity / Aorta and carotid arteries 137 (0.94 to 1.01) p = 0.096; Obesity OR = 0.47 (0.29 to 1.77) p = 0.003 and Diabetes OR = 2.41 (1.15 -5.05) p = 0.020. Conclusions: According to the results obtained, genetic polymorphisms variables were not in the multivariate analysis equation to determine the increase of the PWV, which can be explained either by being included in the selected variables such as hypertension, or on the other hand, they may not have enough strength to remain in the equation. So, according to this study, PWV has much more to do with behaviors and traditional risk factors than the genetic heritage.P883 Endothelial dysfunction, pulse wave velocity and augmentation index are correlated in subjects with systemic arterial hypertension?

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SOJ Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Open Access Short Communication sepsis and osteomyelitis in dogs and cats, intracranial abscesses and/or purulent meningoencephalitis in deer, pneumonia in sea lions, and localized articular and cutaneous infections in reptiles. It was also reported a case enteritis in a bird (Swallow-tailed Hummingbird) by Serratia marcescens [2]. The clinical signs of birds infected with Serratia marcescens include vomiting, hepatitis, nephritis, and septicemia and usually leads to death [2]. Although there are reported cases of bird infections and death with Serratia marcescens, this may not happen to all species since there are also reports of isolation of these bacteria in apparently healthy birds. In fact, some species may be carriers for these bacteria and could be the source of zoonotic infections [2]. Here we analyze another Serratia marcescens bird infection that leads to the death of a wild white stork.

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In a collaborative conceptualisation process, the existence of several solutions for a given domain is a very common problem. Given this, specialists must reach a consensus on the concepts that will encompass the final solution. Therefore, this work aims to provide a tool for the integration of conceptual models in order to help specialists during the negotiation phase of developing the final shared model. This approach analyses the concepts of two models and shows the similar concepts to the specialists. The semantic similarity is obtained after three stages, namely: normalization, syntax analysis and semantic analysis. To evaluate the proposed approach, the values of precision and recall measures were calculated in two practical application scenarios. The obtained results proved to be better when compared to the existing tools when applied to semi-formal models (conceptual maps), and very close to the best tools focused on formal models (ontologies) integration.