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Background: Statins are themselves the most common class of drugs may be synthetic in origin or derived from microorganisms used to treat hypercholesterolemia. An increasing number of patients are turning to and using statins as to combat hypercholesterolemia. However, a comprehensive and objective examination of the merits and demerits of said use is required as to properly guide physicians and patients. Main body: In order to accomplish this, a number of published journals were examined in order to gather information and insight into the matter.

Objective: To analyze the possible association of self-reported painful spots on the face between undergraduate students with temporomandibular disorder and depression. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional, case-control study with 763 students from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Maranhão. Thirty students were diagnosed with severe TMD (case group), which were matched by age and sex in a proportion of 1:2 with the control group: people without TMD diagnosis and without symptoms of depression.

Objective: The aim of this study was to get to know the perspective of foreign students from Portuguese-speaking countries on Brazil’s healthcare services. Methodology: This is a mixed study, with a descriptive and exploratory approach, conducted in the city of Redenção-CE, at a Brazilian federal public international university. Results: A total of 152 foreign university students living in Brazil participated in the study. The participants were essentially male (65.8%), mostly within the 20–24 year age group (63.1%).

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a public health problem, sometimes under-reported due to the difficulty in its diagnosis. Therefore, health professionals seek alternative diagnostic methods based on clinical and epidemiological parameters. Here, was evaluated the predictive capacity of the anthropometric and clinical parameters of the free access database provided by Penzel et al7 and Dublin Sleep Apnea Database of the University Hospital / University College of St. Vincent in the diagnosis of OSA. The database is composed of 56 participants of both sexes, aged between 27 and 63 years.

A In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following integer sequence, called the Fibonacci sequence, and characterized by the fact that every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding ones:[1][2] 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 ................(1) Often, especially in modern usage, the sequence is extended by one more initial term: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,...........[3] (2) From the plan mathematical observation, the Fibonacci series has even-odd and difference property.

The objective of this work is to analyze the challenges involved in the generation of energy using garbage (urban solid wastes) as the main input, and understand the processes in this type of energy generation in order to estimate the energy potential of the city of Lages. Our purpose is to explain how it works and highlight its benefits to the modern society, especially in view of the growing need of sustainable technologies that lead to human development.

Camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) H.B.K.) Mc Vaugh) fruits are promising sources of various bioactive compounds such as vitamin C, phenolic compounds and carotenoids. Camu-camu is a fruit native to the Amazon region and is considered the greatest natural source of vitamin C worldwide are also good sources of dietary fiber, potassium, iron, calcium, and various kinds of amino acids such as serine, valine and leucine.

The industrial revolution marked the modernity development with its social, cultural and political changes. Its concepts are based on the online productive system "Fordism", in the systematic work way, in organization, in the determined space in industry, and in capital as the main factor of economic sustention and politics. We now live in a so-called postmodern period, where there is a refusal of long narratives about things. There is a valuation of the snapshot, of the fast, a search of the new, that is, everything that is old is bad and ugly.

Image registration has been long used as a basis for the detection of moving objects. In this method spatial information is often ignored, and different motions from multiple moving objects cannot be efficiently modeled. Moreover, image registration is not well suited to handle occlusion that can result in potential object misses. Here proposes a new approach to address these issues. Video frames are first segmented into uniform regions, followed by the construction of RAGs to represent each frame.

We assessed the effectiveness of a computerized system for the planning and execution of floral induction in mango using plant growth regulators and water stress in commercial production areas of the Brazilian semi-arid region. The Microsoft Excel was used to perform the calculations following the methodology applied in northeastern Brazil for floral induction. To assess the efficiency of the computerized system, we compared the simulated and observed values using the "d" concordance index.