Background: Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) may be a biomarker of vascular injury and pro-thrombotic tendency, while circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEP) may be an indicator for angiogenesis and vascular remodelling. However, there is not a universally accepted standardized protocol to identify and quantify these cells and its clinical relevancy remains to be established. Objectives: To quantify C...
Introduction: The esophageal stent placement is an effective procedure to restore the intake “per os” in patients with esophageal obstruction. Objectives: To describe, retrospectively, the evolution of nutritional intake, symptoms associated with food intake and anthropometry of all the patients submitted to an esophageal stent placement in IPOFG, EPE, between January 2009 and December 2010, for which the main ...
The objective of this work is the definition of an efficient biosorption system based on the ability of some microorganisms, metabolica1ly active or not, to retain heavy metals, specially the hexavalent fonn of Cr. Metallic solutions were passed through mini-colunms in which a biotilm was developed at pre-established conditions. As industrial wastewater usually contains organic and inorganic compounds, besides ...