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Background: Chronic kidney disease has a high prevalence in Brazil and worldwide, being a growing public health problem that generates disabilities, early mortality and costs for health systems, causing great harm to the patient's bone health and harming metabolic and hemodynamic control and compromised quality of life. The various functions of the kidneys are influenced by the complex process of normal aging, and the progress of this process can be influenced by overlapping diseases. Microscopically, the numbers of nephrons decrease as global glomerulosclerosis becomes more evident.

Complex defects of thoracic wall are mainly acquired after cancer resection, whose reconstruction during the same surgical time is imperative. Thoracic reconstruction aims to avoid paradoxical breathing, to protect intrathoracic organs and other noble structures, to obliterate empty spaces and, if possible, to obtain a good aesthetic. This study presents a case series of imperative reconstruction of complex defects of thoracic wall after non breast cancer (NBC) resection.

O objetivo deste artigo é descrever o processo de implementação e avaliação de um modelo de rede neural para reconhecimento deemoções a partir de biossinais. A pesquisa compreendeu etapas de concepção de um coletor de biossinais, experimentação com voluntários e implementação de uma rede neural para reconhecimento de emoções. O conjunto de emoções tratadas neste estudo englobou felicidade, raiva, tristeza e neutralidade. Foram coletados biossinais de atividade eletrodermal, temperatura periférica e volume de pulso sanguíneode um grupo amostral comporto por 15 sujeitos.

This study seeks to analyze the institute of the amicus curiae within the scope of the Brazilian class action and the principle of popular participation. The question is whether the amicus curiae is an adequate instrument to foster participation and popular control in the environmental class actions. This study takes advantage of the legal-theoretical approach and deductive reasoning, along with a bibliographic research technique.

Objective: To compare the utilization of the manual method used to document the peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement to the proposal of a computerized software tool to record the process in the hospital. Method: This is a descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach, carried out through the application of a score scale to six certified nurses in PICC introduction, who also were working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a maternal-child care reference hospital.

Introduction: Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding area, especially in recent months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolation measures resulting from the pandemic have challenged several medical specialties' performance, including forensic medicine and medical expertise. In this context, we aimed to analyze the use of the telemedicine method in forensic medicine and its applicability in damage assessment and disability evaluation.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar a relação de diferentes intervalos de recuperação no volume total de treinamento. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, aplicada, explicativa, exploratória, que investigou indivíduos experientes no treinamento de musculação (>1 ano). A amostra do tipo não-probabilística intencional, formada por 10 atletas do sexo masculino (Idade: 27,6 ± 6,5 anos., Massa corporal: 86,9 ± 11,4 kg., Tempo de prática: 6,2 ± 4,2 anos).

Worldwide, the beginning of 2020 was marked by a pandemic caused by a type of coronavirus, having its first case registered in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, province of China. by the new coronavirus, the Minas Gerais state authorities took administrative measures so that the state became alert and prepared to face the pandemic, actions such as social isolation, hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette were strengthened.

A presente revisão de literatura tem como objetivo analisar as dicotomias nas produções a respeito da lei 10.639/03 na formação de professores. Aborda como o processo histórico da construção do currículo na formação inicial dos professores, como o da educação básica, atuou no silenciamento das contribuições do pensamento social africano. Atravessa pela discussão das modificações implementadas no campo legislativo e políticas públicas educacionais, frutos da luta dos movimentos sociais.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of adding chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX) to resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) liquid on surface microhardness and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Materials and methods: Two RMGIC (Riva and Vitremer) were selected and subdivided according to CHX incorporation and storage time. CHX was incorporated into the liquid of each material at concentrations of 05%, 1% and 2%. Specimens (SP) were made with 4 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness and kept in saline solution at 37ºC for 2, 7 and 30 days with n=10.