As alterações provocadas pelo homem nas formas de relevo têm sido dinamizadas durante o processo expansão da mancha urbana vários municípios, acarretando distintos prejuízos ambientais, com destaque a intensificação dos processos erosivos, ao assoreamento cursos fluviais e consequentemente ocorrência enchentes. Dessa forma, objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as do pela município Araras (SP) ver...

EditoriaL 666 Virulence Volume 4 issue 8 Influenza virus is a small virus with a negative stranded segmented RNA genome that causes infections of the respiratory tract in many species, commonly known as " the flu ". 1 The clinical spectrum of influenza infection ranges from a self-limited febrile respiratory illness to severe outcomes, including respiratory failure and death. 2 On average from ...

Introduction: Le mobilier scolaire et la posture assise en classe sont souvent impliqués dans l'apparition des douleurs rachidiennes, influant de fait sur la qualité des tâches réalisées par les apprenants. Aucune étude n'a encore vérifié le degré d'adéquation entre les caractéristiques du mobilier et celles des écoliers au Bénin. L'objectif de cette étude transversale est donc de déterminer la...

Background. In Mexico, there is a limited number of studies describing the characteristics of hospitalized HIV-infected patients and exploring the risk factors for mortality in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods. 85% of the data were collected from a prospective database and 15% were collected retrospectively. All HIV-infected patients hospitalized from April 2007 to February 2013...

From hardening of marshmallow to graining of hard candies, moisture plays a critical role in determining the quality and shelf life of sugar-based confections. Water is important during the manufacturing of confections, is an important factor in governing texture, and is often the limiting parameter during storage that controls shelf life. Thus, an understanding of water relations in confection...

PURPOSE To investigate whether the alterations of the diverted colon segment mucosa, evidenced in fecal colitis, would be able to alter Bacterial Translocation (BT). METHODS Sixty-two Wistar male rats ranging from 220 to 320 grams of weight, were divided in two groups: A (Colostomy) and B (Control), with 31 animals each one. In group A, all animals underwent end colostomy, one stoma, in ascen...

Background: Lycium barbarum increased the postprandial energy expenditure (PPEE). Negative energy balance caused by the systematic procedure (TAIslim ® System), including increasing metabolic rate through physical activity, use of Lycium barbarum-containing TAIslim (Product A), and decreasing caloric intake by consuming a chewable confection (TAIslim SKINNY=Product B), and a meal replacement sh...

O trauma orofacial esportivo em pacientes ortodônticos fixos poderá implicar lesões com diferentes graus de severidade, reversíveis e irreversíveis, podendo acometer tanto tecidos bucais moles quanto duros. As lesões, normalmente, ocorrem pelo contato destes o agente traumatizante próprio do aparelho os intrabucais. Portanto, sob tratamento ortodôntico fixo, a recomendação uso protetor bucal de...

La fracture de jambe à fibula intact (FJFI) est caractérisée par un potentiel de déplacement minime ainsi le pronostic semble bon, souvent associées à des difficultés de réduction de consolidation ou de cal vicieux. Notre but est de comparer les résultats du traitement orthopédique et de l'enclouage centromédullaire (ECM). Entre janvier 2006 et janvier 2011, on a traité 60 fractures de jambe à ...