Background: People living with HIV are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular risk (CVR) prediction scores are powerful tools for individualized assessment that inform decision-making about follow-up frequency, hypolipemiant treatment intensification, and choice antiretroviral therapy. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the performance of multiple cardiovascular assessment scores in predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 5 and 10 years. Framingham (2004, 2008, and Colombia-adjusted), SCORE, PROCAM, ASCVD, and D:A:D scores were included in the analysis. Methods: Data were obtained from a medical registry of adults living with HIV attended by a teaching hospital in Colombia. All patients with complete information necessary for risk score calculations and determination of MACE at 5 and 10 years were included in the study. Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) were generated using calculations with all the aforementioned models for every individual. Differences between curves were compared with De-Long's test. Results: A total of 808 patients were included in the analysis. Mean age was 35 years, and 12% were female.The majority of subjects had low and very low CVR. Eight MACE occurred during follow-up. Area under ROC curves were: Framingham (0.90), Framingham ATP3 (0.92), Framingham calibrated for Colombia (0.90), SCORE (0.92), PROCAM (0.92), ASCVD (0.89), and D:A:D (0.92), with no statistically significant differences. Conclusions: The evaluated scores had an acceptable performance for HIV-infected patients in the studied cohort, especially for those in low and very low risk categories. (REV INVEST CLIN. [AHEAD OF PRINT]

A survey of the Cerambycinae species recorded in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, is presented. The data were based on literature, field work and in the collection of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Two hundred ninety three species of Cerambycinae are registered, and this represents about 28% of the species that occur in the Atlantic Rainforest. Nineteen new distribution records are registered. Ninety nine species are illustrated. A comparative table showing the respective number of genera and species of Cerambycinae that occur in the Neotropical Region, Atlantic Rainforest and Parque Nacional do Itatiaia is given.

RESUMO É apresentado um levantamento das espécies de Cerambycidae, Disteniidae e Vesperidae que ocorrem no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Os dados foram baseados na literatura e no acervo da coleção do Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. São registradas 229 espécies de Cerambycidae, distribuídas em cinco subfamílias. São registradas duas espécies de Disteniidae e duas de Vesperidae.

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A new species of Eclipta BAtes, 1873 from BrAzil (coleopterA, cerAmBycidAe) in honor of the lAte UBirAjArA riBeiro mArtins de soUzA lArry G. BezArk 1 dilmA solAnGe nApp jUAn pABlo Botero 2 eUGenio h. neArns mAriA helenA m. GAlileo 3 Antonio sAntos-silvA steven w. linGAfelter 4 frederick w. skillmAn jr. mArcelA l. monné 5 GérArd l. tAvAkiliAn miGUel A. monné 6 michAel c. thomAs roy f. morris, ii 7 jAmes e. wAppes ABSTRACT A new species of Eclipta Bates, 1873 from Brazil (São Paulo), E. birai, is described and illustrated. A tribute to the late Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins de Souza is provided.