Práticas mágicas são produtos religiosos semióticos e semanticamente sincréticos, articuladas com aspectos específicos das práticas religiosas populares. No Islamismo, a magia se manifesta por meio de amuletos e talismãs, contendo os nomes de Deus e trechos do Alcorão. O objetivo deste artigo é delimitar práticas mágicas muçulmanas. Foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica nas plataformas LILACS, Google Scholar ...
ABSTRACT: The use of geothermal resources for power production on São Miguel Island has almost 40 years of accumulated experience. In the last decade, the stable power output from Pico Vermelho and Ribeira Grande geothermal plants have been providing up to 44% of the electricity needs of São Miguel Island. Throughout the history of the project, EDA RENOVÁVEIS has been carefully monitoring the Ribeira Grande res...
ABSTRACT: The use of geothermal resources for power production on São Miguel Island has almost 40 years of accumulated experience. In the last decade, the stable power output from Pico Vermelho and Ribeira Grande geothermal plants have been providing up to 44% of the electricity needs of São Miguel Island. Throughout the history of the project, EDA RENOVÁVEIS has been carefully monitoring the Ribeira Grande res...
Corneal transplantation is a procedure indicated for surgical treatment of several corneal diseases, requiring replacement of the affected tissues1,2,3,4. A dog of undefined breed, 5 years old, revealed on ocular examination, a deep corneal ulcer and a Descemet\'s membrane (DM) exposure. Aiming at corneal repair, the surgical technique of lamellar corneal transplantation was used. The perimeter of the transplan...
IFNA is a safe diagnostic technique that allows diagnostic of neoplastic and inflammatory processes of the eye1. In cats melanoma is common in the eye, skin and oral cavity2. In the eyep, local infiltration to systemic metastases may occur2. Being, the IFNA a method that assists in the diagnosis and therapeutics1,3,4,5. An european female cat, seven years old, was presented to consultation with brown patches of...
INTRODUÇÃO O coloboma ou agenesia palpebral é um raro defeito de origem embrionária, ocasionada pela ausência de todas as camadas da pálpebra, podendo acometer pálpebra superior, inferior, uni ou bilateralmente. Podem estar associados a outras anomalias, como microftalmia, persistência da membrana pupilar, entre outras alterações. Sendo nos felinos o coloboma de pálpebra superior, são mais expressivos. Podendo ...
A Síndrome de Horner é uma alteração que decorre de uma interrupção na inervação simpática para o globo ocular, esta alteração não é necessariamente uma doença, mas uma manifestação que pode ser secundária a outras enfermidades1,2,3. É uma disfunção neurológica que pode expressar diversos sinais clínicos3. Esta síndrome pode ser classificada como de primeira ordem, segunda ordem ou terceira ordem, variando com ...
Introduction: Adenosine test has been increasingly used to confirm pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients undergoing ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, its impact on the success of ablation remains unknown. Purposes: To evaluate the results of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) test in patients undergoing PVI and assess the success of ablation related to the use of this test (adenosine-guided PVI ...
Introduction: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity is a growing concern. The true cardiotoxic impact of new drugs such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors is unknown, especially the ones used for chronic myeloid leukaemia. We aim to evaluate nilotinib and imatinib induced cardiotoxicity. Methods: Single-center prospective study of consecutive patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibit...
Introduction: Brugada syndrome (BrS) patients (pts) with spontaneous type 1 electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern (sT1ECGp) have a greater arrhythmic risk compared to those with fleicainide-induced type 1 ECG pattern (iT1ECGp). However, when the analysis is restricted to asymptomatic pts, the type 1 spontaneous pattern loses its independent prognostic value. Late potentials (LP) obtained by signal-averaged ECG (SA...