1 Pedro Lamas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, [email protected] Abstract The Bologna Process assigns new challenges in higher education and in geotechnical engineering courses in particular. The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a program study, implies reduction of contact hours between tea...

End-to-end anastomosis in the A.Carotis communis of rats (average diameter 0,8-1,Omm) was achieved using Nd-YAG laser, Morphological and histological findings of laser anastomosis and suture anastomosis specimens were compared by the LAMA technique, The rats were examined 1 day. 1 month and 2 months postoperatively. Macroscopic. angiographic. histological and SEM studies showed no development o...

• An estimated three million people die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) every year, and the prevalence of COPD is increasing. By 2020, COPD is expected to become the third-leading cause of death worldwide. • The burden of illness associated with COPD is high. Both the disease itself and common comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes and mental health prob...

C. Adler,11 Z. Ahammed,23 C. Allgower,12 J. Amonett,14 B. D. Anderson,14 M. Anderson,5 G. S. Averichev,9 J. Balewski,12 O. Barannikova,9,23 L. S. Barnby,14 J. Baudot,13 S. Bekele,20 V. V. Belaga,9 R. Bellwied,30 J. Berger,11 H. Bichsel,29 L. C. Bland,12 C. O. Blyth,3 B. E. Bonner,24 R. Bossingham,15 A. Boucham,26 A. Brandin,18 R. V. Cadman,1 H. Caines,20 M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez,31 A. Ca...

Thanks to their name recognition and popularity, celebrities play an important role in American politics. Celebrity endorsements could add to the momentum of a politician’s campaign and win the candidate extensive media coverage. There is one caveat though: the political preference of celebrity followers might differ from that of the celebrity. In this paper we explore that possibility. By care...

It has been shown recently that heuristic and width-based search can be combined to produce planning algorithms with a performance that goes beyond the state-of-the-art. Such algorithms are based on best-first width search (BFWS), a plain best-first search set with evaluations functions combined lexicographically to break ties, some of which express noveltybased preferences. In BFWS(f5), for ex...

South American Camelids have an increasing relevance in local economies, worldwide. These animals are bred for their meat, fur and as companion and therapy animals. Thus, their sanitary status should be well-established. According to the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health), respiratory infections mainly produced by Pasteurella spp. have been reported for camelids. It has been stated that...

OBJECTIVE To assess radiologically the caudal vertebrae of a male alpaca with an abnormal tail, and nine of his offspring. PROCEDURE Right lateral and ventrodorsal radiographs were taken of the caudal vertebrae. RESULTS The caudal vertebral abnormalities in these alpacas included vertebral subluxation, hemivertebrae, wedge hemivertebrae and block vertebrae. CONCLUSION These malformations ...

Received: Revised: Accepted: August 02, 2013 August 25, 2013 August 29, 2013 This report documents clinical manifestation of anemia associated with Haemonchus spp. in naturally infected llamas from Argentina. Infected animals presented conjunctival pallor, discolored coat, edema in the submandibular area, weakness, lack of exercise tolerance, sternal recumbence and emaciation. The range of hema...

Body and carcass composition were studied on 10 male and 10 female naturally reared llamas (Lama glama). Half the animals were young (9-12 months) and the other half adult (>3 year). The average live weights for young and adult males were 104.4 and 100.6kg, and for females 67.6 and 104.6kg, respectively. Average carcass weights for the four groups were 58.9, 56.2, 36.8 and 56.7kg, respectively....