Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between constructs international entrepreneurship (IE) and global mindset (GM). Method: A bibliographic investigation conducted in journals Coordination for Improvement Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Emerald Insight, Scopus, Spell, Springer Web Science. Descriptors (English Portuguese) were used databases search scientifi...

BACKGROUND Investigators in Lyon, France reported long-term outcome of 330 patients with infective endocarditis (IE). This article compares experience of the cohort to what would be expected in the general population. RESULTS Excess mortality persisted for many years following IE. Average annual mortality ratios were highest in the first and second years (4050% and 662%, respectively) and dec...

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second most common cause of cancer death in American men. Although high-risk disease accounts for less than 15% of diagnoses, high-risk prostate cancer patients have a cancer-specific mortality rate of 15% at 10 years. There is currently no consensus on the optimal management of high-risk disease because (1) there are different primary m...

The primary objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of isometric exercise (IE) as a countermeasure to hindlimb unloading (HU)-induced atrophy of the slow (soleus) and fast (plantaris and gastrocnemius) muscles. Rats were assigned to either weight-bearing control, 7-day HU (H7), H7 plus IE (I7), 14-day HU (H14), or H14 plus IE (I14) groups. IE consisted of ten 5-s maximal isom...

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged many assumptions underlying education, including those related to the qualities that are most essential being an effective teacher. We interviewed 23 state primary and secondary school teachers about what makes a great teacher during pandemic. Two themes were identified: caring for pupil wellbeing, dealing with uncertainty. Teachers reported need demonstrate...

Adequate maternal iodine consumption during pregnancy and lactation guarantees normal thyroid hormones (TH) production, which is crucial to the development of the fetus. Indeed, iodine deficiency is clearly related to maternal hypothyroidism and deleterious effects in the fetal development. Conversely, the effects of iodine excess (IE) consumption on maternal thyroid function are still controve...

Intuitive Eating (IE) and Health at Every Size (HAES) are health promotion paradigms used by dietitians in private practice more commonly than community-based where diverse vulnerable populations served. The primary objective of this study was to examine the perceived barriers facilitators that encounter when using IE HAES community nutrition settings. This phenomenological, qualitative applied...

Clinical course of infectious endocarditis (IE) was analysed for 43 intravenous drug abusers. 42 of them had primary IE, one patient--secondary. Acute course and high activity of the disease were registered in 86% of the patients. IE was provoked by Staphylococcus aureus (50%), Staphylococcus epidermidis 920%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (11%), E. coli (8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2%), Candid...