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Migraine is a benign and recurrent syndrome of headache, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms of neurological dysfunctions in varying admixtures. Migraine is one of the most common and misunderstood disease encountered in general medical practice. Patients often self-diagnose and self-medicate, resulting in inadequate treatment. Modern therapies such as analgesics, muscle relaxants, steroids, physiotherapies and even operative procedures are not fulfilling the patients' goal of healthy life.

Objective: to analyze the pharmacological profile of patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRF) undergoing hemodialysis in a dialysis unit in a municipality in Rondônia, Western Amazon, Brazil. Method: It is a descriptive, applied, transversal research with a quantitative approach. The research was carried out at the Dialysis Centerof a city in the State of Rondônia, Western Amazonia Brazil. The sample included 92.3% of patients assisted at the Dialysis Center.

Este estudo objetivou reunir evidências científicas sobre a aplicação da Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental em Grupos (TCCG) online,durante a pandemia COVID-19. A revisão seguiu recomendações daPreferredReportingItems for SystematicReviewsand Meta-Analyses(PRISMA) e foram efetuadas nas bases de dados BVS Saúde; CAPES; PubMed; PsycINFO e SciELO, com descritores: CognitiveBehaviouralTherapyGroupand COVID-19 e Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental em grupos online e Covid-19, no período de 2020 a 2021.

Abstract: There is a high frequency ofE.coli genitourinary infections in patients of home care programs. The susceptibility profile of infectious agents in such patients needs to be studied toestablish effective preventive measures and treatment. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the profile of antimicrobial susceptibility of the E. coli isolated from patients assisted by a Home Care Program of health. Methods: Home visits were conducted and 112 urine samples were collected. Bacteria were isolated and identified through specific tests for each bacterial class.

Objetivo: analisar as evidências da literatura sobre os conhecimentos atitudes e práticas de gestantes para o autocuidado na prevenção da infecção por SARS-COV-2. Métodos:Revisão integrativa realizada em abril de 2021 com busca na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e nas bases de dados: SCOPUS, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) via PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane Coleboration, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINHAL), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS).

The deprivation of maternal care during the initial development period, as well as interruption of early breastfeeding, promotes changes in eating behavior, however, the underlying neuromodulatory mechanisms have not been fully understood. Studies demonstrate theimportance of the nociceptin receptor (NOP) in modulating the immediate hedonic impact and the hyperphagic effect associated with nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ or nociceptin) overexpression.

O território brasileiro possui características geográficas diversificadas, o que contribui para um potencial eólico altamente relevante, principalmente nos estados nordestinos, que apresentam juntos mais de 16 GW de potência instalada, representado um pouco mais de 88% de toda potência eólica instalada no Brasil. O objetivo desta pesquisa consiste em descrever o setor de geração de energia eólica no Estado do Ceará, desde o primeiro parque instalado até os dias atuais, e apresentar as perspectivas para o futuro desse setor no Estado.

A parada cardiorrespiratória (PCR) é definida como uma súbita cessação da atividade cardíaca que se confirma pela ausência de circulação e ventilação respiratória. Os aspectos epidemiológicos que envolvem à PCR pediátrica são pouco discutidos na literatura e diferem dos adultos quanto a etiologia e prognóstico.

This article analyzes the contributions and impacts triggered by university extension activities in the economic development environment. Based on the case of a small town, represented by the municipality of Iporá (Goiás, Brazil), we discuss how this way of interaction/relationship between university and society has an impact on the valorization of local resources and aptitudes and on the promotion of new vocations through a process of disseminating knowledge and searching for collective solutions to local problems.

This paper aims to find the Gothic elements in Rudyard Kipling, selected short story. After the first reading of the short story “My own true ghost story” gives a lot of gothic elements. The analysis of Victorian Gothic stories will give, how fragile young men as heroes suffer a lot, the contrast of both the present time and the past time, isolation, gloomy atmosphere, and the characters' language and behavior. For example in HG Wells' story, we find a young man who refuses to accept that the red room is haunting.