This article examines how cultural diversity is incorporated into processes of urban renewal, creating images of the city, and considering local governance actors and strategies. It adopts the concept of diversity regimes to compare the two major cities in Portugal. The two cases studied here demonstrate the multiplicity of strategies employed to accommodate immigration and cultural diversity in local political...
High anxiety levels and heightened stress are important factors for cocaine maintenance, reinforcing, and relapse. Chronic cocaine is known to result in a high prevalence of anxiety disorders. However, anxiety and poor stress coping are also relevant factors to the onset of cocaine use. Consequently, there is a strong association between cocaine, anxiety, and stress, which results from impaired functioning of t...
Introduction: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization (CRT-D) implantation in elderly patients is effective in preventing sudden death, although limited by the natural shorter life expectancy. The different device brands present very variable survival estimates and it has been discussed the availability of less expensive, less longevity generators for the elderly population. P...