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Catálogo da exposição “Áreas Marinhas Protegidas da Costa Sudoeste”

Catálogo da exposição “Áreas Marinhas Protegidas da Costa Sudoeste”.

Integrated mineralogical and rock magnetic study of Deccan red boles

We conducted a detailed rock magnetic and mineralogical study of bole beds from the Deccan magmatic province, India. Magnetic susceptibility of 15 bole beds showed two contrasting patterns, with susceptibility values either increasing or decreasing up the profile. We then focused on two representatives red boles located in the Western Ghats, the RBB and RBAN profiles, to unravel the nature and origin of these c...

Áreas Marinhas Protegidas da Costa Sudoeste

Áreas Marinhas Protegidas da Costa Sudoeste.

Western long-term accuracy of serum pepsinogen-based gastric cancer screening

BACKGROUND: Even though mass gastric cancer screening is controversial in Western countries, diverse strategies have been proposed in intermediate-risk to high-risk areas. AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the long-term accuracy of the pepsinogen test (PG) for early diagnosis of gastric cancer. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A cohort of inhabitants from the Northern part of Portugal, aged between 40 and 74...

The Potential of Whey Protein in Food Packaging

Whey protein has great potential to produce biodegradable and edible packaging. A broader spectrum of properties, namely antioxidant and antimicrobial, can be achieved through the incorporation of substances, such as essential oils, intended to be released during food storage, as an active system.

Compliance with ESPGHAN Position on Complementary Feeding in a Multicultural Eu...

Introduction: In 2008, ESPGHAN published a position paper on complementary feeding providing recommendations to health care professionals. Cultural and socio-economic factors might affect the compliance to these orientations. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of inadequacies during complementary feeding (ESPGHAN, 2008) and its association with different ethnic backgrounds. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of a con...

Intestinal duplication. A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Duplications of the alimentary tract are rare congenital anomalies. The symptoms often mimic other surgical diseases and the diagnostic workup presents low accuracy. The charts of twelve children with intestinal duplications were reviewed. Their ages ranged from 13 days to 12 years (median: 12 months). The majority of the cases were located at ileum (n = 9). These children presented: rectal bleeding (n = 4), in...

History of the treatment of fractures of the face.

Throughout most of recorded human history, facial fractures have received either no treatment what so ever or only rudimentary surgical attention. The treatment of facial fractures has made more progress over the past two decades than in the entire two millenia before that. The authors describe how facial fractures have been treated since the New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt until today, with the methods of Stable ...

The infertile couple.

Infertility of immunologic causes.