É sobejamente conhecido que as doenças cardiovasculares (DCV) constituem a principal causa de mortalidade e morbilidade nos países desenvolvidos e em vias de desenvolvimento, com consideráveis custos sociais e económicos associados, sendo por isso consideradas um importante problema de saúde pública a que urge dar resposta1--3. De acordo com um recente relatório da Organização Mundial de Saúde ...

Optimal building ventilation control is achieved combining demand controlled ventilation (DCV) and economizer control. The control instability during the transition processes between different control modes is among the major difficulties faced when combining DCV control with economizer control in applications. A robust control strategy, using “freezing”, gain scheduling, I-term reset and feedb...

OBJECTIVE To explore the effective isolation method for preantral follicles from human frozen-thawed ovarian tissue. METHODS The ovarian cortical tissue was frozen by direct cover vitrification (DCV). The frozen-thawed ovarian tissue was used for isolation of preantral follicles with collagenase combined with mechanical method and mechanical method alone, respectively. RESULTS 1. There was ...

Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), 17,5 milhões de pessoas morrem todos os anos vítimas de doenças cardiovasculares (DCV), que constituem a primeira causa de morte no mundo. Um dos fatores de risco das DCV é a alimentação inadequada, que tem aumentado nos últimos anos1--5, e várias organizações, inclusive a OMS e a American Heart Association, têm recomendado uma diminuição no consumo...

BACKGROUND Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) dramatically improve the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. However, the effects of DAAs on extra-hepatic manifestations such as HCV-associated glomerulonephritis, especially in cases with renal dysfunction, are not well elucidated. CASE PRESENTATION A 69-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed as having chronic hepatitis C, genotype 1b a...