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Claudio Carneiro,1,2 Mario Chaves,2 Gustavo Verardino,2 Ana Paula Frade,3 Pedro Guimaraes Coscarelli,4 Washington Alves Bianchi,5,6 Marcia Ramos-e-Silva,3 Sueli Carneiro2,3 1Health Ministry, 2Sector of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences and University Hospital, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 3Sector of Dermatology, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 4General Medicine Department, University Hospital and School of Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 5Sector of Rheumatology, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, 6University Hospital and School of Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Background: Psoriatic arthritis is associated with psychosocial morbidity and decrease in quality of life. Psychiatric comorbidity also plays an important role in the impairment of quality of life and onset of fatigue.Objectives: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of fatigue in psoriatic arthritis patients and to correlate it to quality of life indexes, functional capacity, anxiety, depression and disease activity.Patients and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on outpatients with psoriatic arthritis. Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue (FACIT-F; version 4) was used to measure fatigue; 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) to measure quality of life; Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) to assess functional capacity; Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale to measure anxiety and depression symptoms; Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) to evaluate clinical activity.Results: In all, 101 patients with mean age of 50.77 years were included. The mean PDI score was 8.01; PASI score, 9.88; BASDAI score, 3.59; HAQ score, 0.85; HAD – Anxiety (HAD A) score, 7.39; HAD Depression (HAD D) score, 5.93; FACIT–Fatigue Scale (FACIT-FS) score, 38.3 and CDAI score, 2.65. FACIT-FS was statistically associated with PASI (rs –0.345, p

The allis shad (Alosa alosa) and the twaite shad (Alosa fallax) are anadromous migratory species, which are threatened not only in Portugal but also in most of their geographic area of distribution. Overfishing and illegal fishing, pollution, physical barriers and river-bed changes seem to be the main reasons for the populations gradual decline. The progressive reduction in the numbers of anadromous fish registered in the last decades in some Portuguese river basins requires urgent action, namely the implementation of measures to promote the recovery of those populations. The current status of shads populations in Portugal is discussed, and the distribution along the main Portuguese watersheds and major threats to these species are presented, as well.

C10H24BrN2NaO5, monoclinic, C121 (no. 5), a = 9.108(2) Å, b = 6.531(1) Å, c = 13.306(2) Å, β = 105.11(2)°, V = 764.2 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.032, wRref(F2) = 0.092, T = 293 K.

Irineu Ribeiro De Melo Jnr,1 Wilson Takashi Hida,1– 3 Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici,4,5 Cesar Vilar,1,2 Antonio Francisco Pimenta Motta,1 Andre Lins de Medeiros,1 Mario Augusto Pereira Dias Chaves,1 Jonathan Clive Lake,1 Walton Nose,4 Pedro Carlos Carricondo3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Oftalmológico De Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Renato Ambrosio Eye Research Center, Brasília, DF, Brazil; 3Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 5Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Visão Laser, Santos, SP, BrazilCorrespondence: Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici, Email bernardokaplan@yahoo.com.brPurpose: Validate a novel approach for assessing residual astigmatism’s impact on visual acuity in pseudophakic patients using defocus curves and spherical equivalent compensation.Materials and Methods: Thirteen patients over 40 with cataracts and normal ophthalmological examinations were enrolled in a prospective, non-randomized cohort study. The defocus curve method was employed, wherein visual acuity was measured with spherical lenses ranging from − 2.50 to +2.50 diopters in 0.5 diopter increments based on subjective refraction. Cylindrical lenses (+1, +2, and +3 diopters) were introduced at each spherical diopter’s 90° and 180° axes. Curves’ results were compared at each defocus point to assess the impact of astigmatism. The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to determine if astigmatism significantly affected visual acuity post-phacoemulsification surgery with intraocular lens implantation.Results: Significant p-values were observed only for defocus curve points of − 0.5, 0, +0.5, and +1, indicating rejection of the hypothesis of no difference between the 90° and 180° groups at these points. Although statistical significance was not achieved, the against-the-rule (ATR) group was inclined toward improved near and intermediate visual acuity. In contrast, the with-the-rule (WTR) group tended to enhance distance visual acuity and myopic tolerance.Conclusion: This novel methodology is both reproducible and valuable. It offers potential insight into residual astigmatism tolerance in pseudophakic patients. Its application may aid in surgical planning and intraocular lens decision-making.Keywords: cataract, astigmatism, visual acuity, treatment result