INTRODUCTION The incidence of cancer is increasing worldwide and with it the prevalence of malnutrition, which is responsible for the death of almost 20% of cancer patients. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with malnutrition in hospitalized cancer patients. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with 277 hospitalized patients in the Institute of Integrative ...

The Lancet of August 27, 2005 featured a cluster of articles highly critical of homeopathy which attracted considerable media attention. The media reports echoed The Lancet’s press release: ‘homeopathy is no better than placebo’. The centerpiece was a meta-analysis of clinical trials of homeopathy compared with clinical trials of allopathy (conventional medicine) (1). The first author is Aijing...

Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) have been presented as materials that possess properties are comparable to conventional building materials, while also being more sustainable. This study describes the material and its compares using a life-cycle assessment (LCA) modelling approach. The objective of this paper is perform cradle-to-grave (from resource extraction disposal stage) analysis pultruded...

Background: There exists few scientific reports on the quality of digitally reproduced dental arches, even though digital devices have been used in dentistry for many years. This study assesses accuracy standard arch model reproduction using both traditional and methods. Methods: The full upper by physical models obtained through methods was compared: gypsum (SGM) printed from data an intraoral...