The most common surgical techniques performed for gluteal augmentation employ the use of implants and a combination of liposuction/lipo-injection procedures. We review the major literature concerning this subject with emphasis on gluteal implants, the various indications, surgical techniques and complications are discussed and we present some of our cases. Contour reconstruction, indications su...

BACKGROUND Despite multiple advantages of fat grafting for calf augmentation and re-shaping over traditional silicone calf implants, few reports have been published. OBJECTIVES To report our technique and results with autologous fat grafting for calf augmentation and reshaping. METHODS A retrospective review of the senior author's (JEV) experience with autologous fat grafting for calf augme...

Thysanoplusia orichacea multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (ThorMNPV) carrying an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene expression cassette (vThGFP) was used to study host-range mechanisms. Infection kinetics showed that vThGFP replication in Sf21 cells was too slow to suppress cell growth. Wide-host-range Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV) could speed up vThGFP infection and enhance t...

This paper aims at presenting a personal experience in teaching the HCI course at the Computer Science Department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. The course syllabus, how theory and practice are integrated in the course, and the experience to integrate the course work and the Evaluation Competition category available at the Brazilian Symposium of Human Factors in Computing...

This paper presents the results of a qualitative research that investigates the presence of HCI disciplines in the Public Universities of Paraná State. Among the results, the research presents a comparison of the syllabus proposed by the Brazilian educational institutions with the syllabus offered by the HCI disciplines investigated. Information about the number of students, the period when the...

Background: Formaldehyde (FA) is a suspected reproductive toxicant, which may cause significant adverse effects on human reproductive system. Given to its widespread use in occupational setting, and more recently, in several industries related to construction and household products, everyone may be exposed to FA. This study was designed to determine the effect of FA and to investigate possible ...

this study investigated the effects of five levels of galanin on plasma concentrations of growth hormone , triiodothyronine, thyroxine and milk fat in dairy goat breed was sannan .15 breeds of dairy goats sannan all about the same age and weight were selected for this study and were randomly divided into five treatments ( three replicates per treatment ). levels of the hormone injection of gala...

This paper presents a HCI teaching experience in a Software Engineering specialization course. In this course, the disciplines are connected directly or indirectly through a common project in which the practical activities should be conducted in a constructive way. The HCI discipline, with 24 hours, aims to train students for understanding users and their needs, and for prototyping solutions. S...

The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) aspects concerning education, research and development are increasing due to this area importance in the development of interactive systems. An HCI discipline is being considered as one of the most important for undergraduate computing courses. This paper aims to present an analytic report of activities performed in two Brazilians universities. We present th...

Although epidemiological and experimental studies have indicated a strong relationship between types and amount of dietary fat and colon tumorigenesis, the modulating effects of these nutritional factors at the molecular level have not been fully elucidated. Transforming proteins encoded by activated ras genes have been implicated in the etiology of many human malignancies, including colon canc...