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Elsberg Syndrome due to HSV-2 in Pregnancy

Elsberg syndrome is a rare, self-limiting radiculitis, often associated with HSV-2 infection. It typically presents with urinary retention and cauda equina involvement. We report a case of a 37-year-old woman, 36 weeks pregnant, who presented with fever, headache, photophobia, urinary retention, and left-leg numbness. Neurological examination suggested spinal cord involvement, despite an unremarkable magnetic r...

Unseen Impact: A Bullet Lodged in an Unexpected Location

Tracheal Surgery - a 10-year Center Experience

Background: Tracheal surgery is a specialized field in which many disciplines work jointly due to the variety of indications and the extended topography. The main indications for surgery include inflammatory (generally post-intubation), congenital or post-traumatic stenoses, benign or malignant neoplasms and tracheal lacerations, whether iatrogenic or traumatic. The purpose of this study is to review the manage...

Communication: the political correctness guideline

Political correctness, and its impact on the most diverse branches of communication, involves the inclusion of minority groups and the reduction of inequalities. In this article, I address various issues relating to the political correctness movement, including its inherent challenges, its origins and arguments for and against its use, carrying out an analysis based on news and other articles. To improve unders...

Desafios no ser e fazer docente no pós-pandemia: reflexões de professores portu...

O Covid-19 transformou os cenários educativos. Houve a necessidade de re(pensar) formas do ser e fazer docente, que perpassou pela mediação pedagógica das tecnologias digitais, adoção de novas estratégias de ensino, como o Ensino Remoto Emergencial (ERE), e, a gestão curricular. Nesse sentido, importa-nos mais do que conhecer e compreender os desafios enfrentados pelos professores portugueses e brasileiros nas ...

Third-Degree Atrioventricular Block And Asystole After Lung Resection: A Rare C...

Surgical resection remains the optimal therapeutic option for early-stage operable NSCLC. Despite significant advances in recent years related to anesthetic and surgical techniques, cardiopulmonary complications remain major causes for postoperative morbimortality.  In this paper we present a case of a patient who developed complete AV block followed by asystole after lung resection surgery. The patient un...

Changes in physical fitness parameters in a Portuguese sample of adolescents du...

Due to a worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes were imposed on individuals’ daily lives, including those related to the physical activity of children and adolescents. The present study aims to comprehend the impact of early COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on Portuguese adolescents’ physical fitness parameters during two school years. A total of 640 students from the 5th to the 12th grades par...

Self-efficacy to Regulate Eating Behaviors Scale for Children: a validation study

Self-efficacy has a strong influence on children’s eating behavior. Feeling capable of regulating one’s eating behavior is especially relevant in situations of activation while facing temptations or experiencing negative emotions. Despite the relevance, there is no validated measure to assess children’s self-efficacy to regulate eating behaviors in these domains. The present study examines the psychometric prop...

Spreading Through Air Spaces And Thinking About Lung Metastases

Introduction: Spread through air spaces (STAS) is a novel pattern of invasion in primary lung cancers, which was introduced in the 2015 World Health Organization classification. Several studies have validated STAS to be a predictor of clinical outcome in lung adenocarcinoma. However, little is known about STAS as a mode of intraparenchymal diffusion of pulmonary metastases (PMs). Objectives: The aim of this stu...

Rating and Remunerating the Load Shifting by Consumers Participating in Demand ...

Effective and active consumers providing flexibility through Demand Response (DR) programs have three important aspects: rating each consumer according to previous participation, remuneration of that participation, and determining the rebound effect of consumption after the event. In this paper, the authors design a rate to classify and select the proper participants for a DR event considering the context in wh...