This qualitative investigation explored the social and academic experiences of socially anxious adolescents and young adults in Portugal and the US as they lived through the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 10 Portuguese adolescents (mean age = 16.9 years; 50% female) and 7 young adults in the US (mean age = 19.67 years; 71% female; racially/ethnically diverse). Participants comp...
The non-invasive collection and inexpensive nature of saliva has made it an attractive sample for use for diagnosis and research on several diseases. Storage circumstances may affect salivary component concentrations. The objective was to analyze calcium and phosphate stability in saliva samples stored at different conditions. Saliva of healthy people was stored and analyzed by spectrophotometry under different...
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.; A iodoterapia é um tratamento feito à base do iodo radioativo, I131. Cerca de um mês depois de retirar o câncer de tireoide por meio de cirurgia, o paciente vai para um hospital onde ingere uma dose de iodo radioativo via oral. A finalidade do tratamento é eliminar qualquer resíduo de célula da tireoide que poss...