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The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift

The Miocene was a key time in the evolution of African ecosystems witnessing the origin of the African apes and the isolation of eastern coastal forests through an expanding arid corridor. Until recently, however, Miocene sites from the southeastern regions of the continent were unknown. Here, we report the first Miocene fossil teeth from the shoulders of the Urema Rift in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. W...

Indicadores Estatísticos para as Bibliotecas das Instituições de Ensino Superio...

O projeto Indicadores BES visa a aplicação de indicadores estatísticos comuns às Bibliotecas das Instituições de Ensino Superior de Portugal com o objetivo específico de descrever quantitativamente as atividades, equipamentos, serviços, recursos e produtos das Bibliotecas, relatando a realidade nas Bibliotecas de Ensino Superior portuguesas. Este trabalho pretende apresentar os desenvolvimentos na implementação...

Determinants of food consumption in a university context

The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift

The Miocene was a key time in the evolution of African ecosystems witnessing the origin of the African apes and the isolation of eastern coastal forests through an expanding arid corridor. Until recently, however, Miocene sites from the southeastern regions of the continent were unknown. Here, we report the first Miocene fossil teeth from the shoulders of the Urema Rift in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. W...

Plataforma online para visualização de tendências e opiniões de eventos desport...

Data extraction and processing of social media are complementary and sometimes fundamental to support decision making in several businesses. Sports events are no exception and can benefit from these techniques. In this context, sports clubs can take advantage of the information obtained from social media during events to support decisions that can improve the spectator experience and thus attract more audiences...

Analysis of the Decrease of the Patients’ Pain After Regional Block in Post-ana...

Scrapie at Abattoir: monitoring, control, and differential diagnosis of wasting...

Wasting disease in small ruminants is frequently detected at slaughterhouses. The wasting disorder is manifested by the deterioration of the nutritional and physiological state of the animal indicated by thinness, emaciation, and cachexia. Evidence of emaciation and cachexia, alone, are pathological conditions leading to carcass condemnation during an inspection. Several diseases are associated with a wasting c...

A temporary corneal ectasia following airbag trauma

Purpose: To report a case of a temporary corneal ectasia induced by airbag trauma. Observations: A patient who suffered a road traffic accident with deployment of the frontal airbag and presented a corneal ectasia in both eyes after 3 months, without changes in visual acuity. After 9 months, he presented a significantly improvement, achieving his basal parameters in pentacam. Conclusions and importance: This is...

A robotização de processos no contexto da gestão financeira da Força Aérea

As atuais dificuldades de recrutamento e retenção da Força Aérea obrigam a uma reflexão e reestruturação dos processos e métodos de trabalho, por forma a otimizar os recursos humanos disponíveis. A tecnologia sempre se constituiu como uma forma de impulsionar a eficiência e produtividade das organizações, e a sua evolução é alimentada pela constante necessidade de eliminação do desperdício. Num cenário de recur...

Repair of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Experimental study.

Intraoperative lesions of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) are rare, but have serious consequences. The authors present a new technique for repairing the RLN based on an experimental study using a vein-muscle graft between the tops of the RLN. The goal is to restore normal movements of the vocal cord. Nine animals were operated on, six in the nerve reconstruction group (NRG) and three in the control group (C...