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The Interaction Among Capital Structure, Dividend Policy and Ownership Structur...

The objective of this study is to explore the interrelationship among ownership structure, capital structure and dividend policy, because prior empirical studies analysed the capital structure or the dividend policy in isolation, but these two corporate finance decisions can be interrelated, affecting each other. Finding this gap, this paper analyses the interrelationship among ownership structure, capital stru...

Posteromedial Bowing of the Tibia: A Rare Anomaly

Evaluation protocol of sound localization

Objective: To explore evaluation tests of the sound localization and to appreciate their use in daily clinical practice. Study Design: prospective study. Material and methods: The authors propose a protocol for the evaluation of sound localization for patients proposed to auditory implantation, in order to evaluate the integration of binaural information. Seven loudspeakers were used, arranged in a radius of 18...

PERCEPÇÃO DA POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A PARTICIPAÇÃO DOS POMBOS (COLUMBA LIVIA DOMESTICA...

Os pombos (Columba livia domestica) estão entre os animais de maior adaptação nos centros urbanos, sendo responsáveis por uma série de incômodos. Eles representam um potencial risco para saúde pública, devido à possibilidade de transmissão de zoonoses. Este trabalho avaliou a percepção da população sobre a participação destas aves como fontes de infecção de zoonoses, através da aplicação de 215 questionários na...

Hypofractionation in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: “Flash” Scheme

Introduction: Breast cancer is a major cause of death in our country. The Department of Radiation Oncology of Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Coimbra are using a scheme of hypofraccionation called “Flash” as a treatment option for elderly patients or low performance status, with locally advanced breast cancer, or with stage IIb or IV, as a neoadjuvante or palliative aim. Objectives: Evaluation of the therap...

Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy and Hormonotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: ...

Introduction: Breast cancer is a health problem of great magnitude. In recent years we have seen an increasing incidence anddecreasing mortality from this disease due to implementation of campaigns for early diagnosis and the effectiveness of existing treatments.For more than a century that we know the evidence that growth and development of some tumours depends in part on hormonalstimuli, and the purpose of ho...

O brincar da criança em idade pré-escolar

Introdução: Brincar é um direito da criança que nem sempre é respeitado. Na sociedade actual, o tempo para brincar de forma espontânea tem sido progressivamente substituído por actividades planeadas, em horários rígidos e preenchidos. Existem poucos estudos em relação aos hábitos de brincar das crianças portuguesas. Conhecer a  nossa realidade é essencial para estabelecer estratégias eficazes de aconselhamento ...

Implementação do rastreio auditivo neonatal universal de surdez no Hospital CUF...

A incidência de perda auditiva bilateral é de 1 a 3 por cada recém-nascidos saudáveis e de 30 a 40 por 1000 recém-nascidos de risco. No Hospital Cuf Porto (HCP) o Rastreio Auditivo Neonatal Universal (RANU) teve inicio em Dezembro de 2010 em paralelo com abertura dos serviços de Obstetrícia / Neonatologia. As otoemissões acústicas (OEA) são o teste utilizado pois são reconhecidas como um método de rastreio audi...

Endocarditis in the right chambers valves: the importance of echocardiography i...

Endocarditis affecting the valves of the heart right chambers is a rare entity. It usually occurs in parenteral drug addicts, pacemaker (PMD) carriers, in patients with prosthetic heart valves and with central venous catheters and, also, in congenital cardiac diseases.Echocardiography is the gold standard to identifying the structure(s) involved enabling therapeutic orientation.Although it is a rare disease, it...

Obesity in preschool age - too early to be too heavy!.

Portugal is at the second position of childhood obesity prevalence, among the 7-9-year-old children. There are few national studies about obesity in pre-school age, although international data point to the increase of overweigh in this age, and the beginning of obesity by the age of 3 years. The knowledge of risk factors is determinant to establish preventive measures. Objectives: To identify the prevalence of ...