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Pseudoappendicitis due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis: A Case Report with a Fat...

Yersinia species often cause enterocolitis or pseudoappendicitis. Yersiniosis is mostly transmitted by raw or undercooked foods, namely pork. Clinical severity is related to states of immunosuppression or iron overload. We present the clinical case of a 79-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes, who was admitted to the emergency department for right low back pain with anterior irradiation to t...

Conhecimentos e práticas das amas acerca da alimentação infantil

Linking Brand Experience and Brand Love to Word-of-Mouth in Food Retail

Brand love is associated with consumer behavior that affects organizational performance. This article examines the relationship between brand experience and brand love and between brand love and positive word-of-mouth among Portuguese consumers in the context of the international food retail chain LIDL. Specifically, it analyzes how brand experience contributes to consumers' love for the LIDL brand and how this...

The use of vasopressors during anaesthesia for caesarean section: a retrospecti...

Epidural top-up for caesarean section: a retrospective observational study

The Protective Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Perfectionis...

Recent studies have documented the high prevalence of burnout among medicine and dentistry students, with potentially catastrophic consequences for both students and patients. Both environmental and personality factors play a part in burnout; perfectionism, a common trait in medicine students' personalities, has been linked to psychological distress and increasing students' vulnerability to burnout. Self-compas...

Portuguese Version of the Stigma Scale: Preliminary Psychometric Characteristics

Introduction: Stigma is associated with poor prognosis of illness and reduced help-seeking behavior, self-esteem and treatment compliance. The aims of this study were to study the reliability and construct validity of the King’s et al Stigma Scale, and its association with Illness and Help-Seeking Behaviors scale (IHSBS) scores.Material and Methods: One hundred and forty mental health patients filled out the St...

Evaluating the make-to-order performance of production control systems in a re-...

In the current Industry 4.0 era, simulation, along with approaches for dealing with production activity control, is considered of the utmost importance, for instance, in cyber-physical production systems, but also in any other traditional manufacturing environment. In this context, there are varying kinds of production activity control mechanisms that can be explored, and a wide range of contributions are alrea...

Metronidazole delivery nanosystem able to reduce the pathogenicity of bacteria ...

Metronidazole (MTZ) is a drug potentially used for the treatment of intestinal infections, namely, the ones caused by colorectal surgery. The traditional routes of administration decrease its local effectiveness and present off-site effects. To circumvent such limitations, herein a drug delivery system (DDS) based on MTZ-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) immobilized at the surface of electrospun fibrous meshes is prop...

Direct Restorations for Anterior Esthetic Rehabilitation and Smile Symmetry Rec...

Esthetics is an increasing concern for patients, particularly in anterior teeth. The current approaches to manage the esthetic demands include options such as prosthodontic rehabilitation, orthodontic treatment, and direct restorations. Direct restorative procedures for anterior teeth have become a reliable alternative, since current composite materials can mimic teeth’s esthetics and function perfectly. This a...