Since computed tomography (CT) was developed and its resolution, sensitivity, and scan speed rapidly improved, the use of CT in the diagnosis of hepatic disease has been evaluated by various investigators. In particular, liver-specific X-ray CT imaging has attracted much attention in cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment because liver metastases are a common occurrence in the history of a patie...

This study illustrates the use of corre s p o nd e n c e analysis to identify distinct profiles chara c t e rizing hormone replacement therapy (HRT ) users and non-users, a l l owing the visualization of concurrent characteristics associated with this self-selection pro c e s s . We analyze d c ross-sectional information provided by 195 women re p o rting natural menopause, a m o n g 2,240 part...

I t is a gender read ing of F lorence N ight ingale 's ma in work, "Notes on N u rs ing : what is and what isn 't" , a book which brings together the pr inc ip les and essential e lements of modern n u rs ing , professional ized i n England i n the second ha lf of the X IX centu ry and the way the profession was constituted i n Brazi l , as expl icited i n the work of Glete de Alcantara : "Mode...