Paulo Sampaio, Pedro Saraiva, António Guimarães Rodrigues 1*. Researcher, PhD, University of Minho, Production and Systems Department, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal, Phone: +351 253 604 756, [email protected] 2. Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Chemical Engineering Department, Pólo II Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal. 3. Full Professor, University...

Positions, Guidelines and Standardizations. Vehicles of Assistance to Medical Practice Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa,1,2 Claudio Pereira da Cunha,3 Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha Magalhães,4 Sergio Emanuel Kaiser,5 José Francisco Kerr Saraiva6 Departamento de Medicina e Núcleo de Pós graduação em medicina da Universidade Federal de Sergipe;1 Centro de Ensino e Pesquisa da Fundação São Lucas,2 Aracaj...

Professor, Department of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes, 2227, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil Graduate student, Department of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Professor, Department of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Visiting Professor, Department ...

Charles R. Anderson, Jr., Trophy Game Section, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, WY 82520, USA Keith Aune, Research and Technical Services, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, MT 59620, USA Kim Barber, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Shoshone National Forest, Cody, WY 82414, USA Dan Bjornlie, Trophy Game Section, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, WY 82520, ...

The purpose of this study is to propose a GIS-based mechanism for diagnosing karst rocky desertification (KRD) ecosystem health. Using the Huajiang Demonstration Area in Guizhou Province as a case study, this research offers a multi-factor indicator system for diagnosing KRD ecosystem health. A set of geologic, environmental, and socio-economic health indicators were developed based on remote s...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is among the most lethal of all infectious diseases in the Americas. In Mexico, the disease was first described during the early 1940s by scientists who carefully documented specific environmental determinants responsible for devastating outbreaks in several communities in the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango...

INTRODUCTION Kawasaki disease is an idiopathic acute systemic vasculitis of childhood. Although it simulates the clinical features of many infectious diseases, an infectious etiology has not been established. This is the first reported case of Kawasaki disease following Rocky Mountain spotted fever. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with fever and petechi...

Determining the magnitude of climate change patterns across elevational gradients is essential for an improved understanding of broader climate change patterns and for predicting hydrologic and ecosystem changes. We present temperature trends from five long-term weather stations along a 2077-meter elevational transect in the Rocky Mountain Front Range of Colorado, USA. These trends were measure...