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Aulestia-Viera P, Paiva G, Lopes M, Vargas P, Machado G, Bertotti M, Mariotto L, Rocha A. Juvenile ossifying fibroma of the maxilla: a case report. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.03.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lopes M, Freitas E, Oliveira M, Dantas E, Azevedo N, Rodrigues P, Pinho J, Ferreira C. Impact of the systematic use of the Gugging Swallowing Screen in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. Eur J Neurol 2018; 26:722-726. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Berwanger E, Vieira SL, Angel CR, Kindlein L, Mayer AN, Ebbing MA, Lopes M. Copper requirements of broiler breeder hens. Poult Sci 2018; 97:2785-2797. [PMID: 29767800 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One-hundred-twenty Cobb 500 hens, 20 wk of age, were randomly allocated into individual cages with the objective of estimating Cu requirements. After being fed a Cu deficient diet for 4 wk, hens were fed diets with graded increments of supplemental Cu (0.0; 3.5; 7.0; 10.5; 14; and 17.5 ppm) from Cu sulfate (CuSO4 5H2O), totaling 2.67; 5.82; 9.38; 12.92; 16.83; and 20.19 ppm analyzed Cu in feeds for 20 weeks. Estimations of Cu requirements were done using exponential asymptotic (EA), broken line quadratic (BLQ), and quadratic polynomial (QP) models. Obtained Cu requirements for hen d egg production and total settable eggs per hen were 6.2, 7.3, and 12.9 ppm and 8.1, 9.0, and 13.4 ppm, respectively, using EA, BLQ, and QP models. The QP model was the only one having a fit for total eggs per hen with 13.1 ppm Cu as a requirement. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and serum Cu from hens had requirements estimated as 13.9, 11.3, and 18.5, ppm; 14.6, 13.0, and 19.0 ppm; and 16.2, 14.6, and 14.2 ppm, respectively, for EA, BLQ, and QP models. Hatching chick hemoglobin was not affected by dietary Cu, whereas requirements estimated for hatching chick hematocrit and body weight and length were 10.2, 12.3, and 13.3 ppm using EA, BLQ, and QP models; and 6.8 and 7.1 ppm, and 12.9 and 13.9 ppm Cu using EA and BLQ models, respectively. Maximum responses for egg weight, yolk Cu content, and eggshell membrane thickness were 14.9, 12.7, and 15.1 ppm; 15.0, 16.3, and 15.7 ppm; and 7.3, 7.8, and 14.0 ppm Cu, respectively, for EA, BLQ, and QP models. Yolk and albumen percentage were adjusted only with the QP model and had requirements estimated at 11.0 ppm and 11.3 ppm, respectively, whereas eggshell mammillary layer was maximized with 10.6, 10.1, and 14.4 ppm Cu using EA, BLQ, and QP models, respectively. The average of all Cu requirement estimates obtained in the present study was 12.5 ppm Cu.
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Lopes M, Faillot T. [Accreditation in neurosurgery]. Neurochirurgie 2018; 64:281-284. [PMID: 30195719 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2018.05.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pinto PR, Paredes AC, Moreira P, Fernandes S, Lopes M, Carvalho M, Almeida A. Emotional distress in haemophilia: Factors associated with the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms among adults. Haemophilia 2018; 24:e344-e353. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sorroche B, Lima S, Carvalho AD, Melendez M, Caravina G, Marchi PD, Gama R, Lopes M, Pinto L, Arantes L, Carvalho A. PO-382 Differentially methylated sites in histologically negative surgical margins of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Lopes M, Gonçalves L, Maciel MJ, Cunha-Ribeiro LM, Araújo F. Hyperhomocysteinemia, MTHFR C 677T Genotype and Low Folate Levels: A Risk Combination for Acute Coronary Disease in a Portuguese Population. Thromb Haemost 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pereira C, Veiga N, Lopes M, Amaral O, Coelho I, Pereira J. The therapeutic prescription among dental medicine students: a comparative stud. Eur J Public Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rafael S, Martins H, Marta-Almeida M, Sá E, Coelho S, Rocha A, Borrego C, Lopes M. Quantification and mapping of urban fluxes under climate change: Application of WRF-SUEWS model to Greater Porto area (Portugal). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 155:321-334. [PMID: 28264781 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Climate change and the growth of urban populations are two of the main challenges facing Europe today. These issues are linked as climate change results in serious challenges for cities. Recent attention has focused on how urban surface-atmosphere exchanges of heat and water will be affected by climate change and the implications for urban planning and sustainability. In this study energy fluxes for Greater Porto area, Portugal, were estimated and the influence of the projected climate change evaluated. To accomplish this, the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) were applied for two climatological scenarios: a present (or reference, 1986-2005) scenario and a future scenario (2046-2065), in this case the Representative Concentration Pathway RCP8.5, which reflects the worst set of expectations (with the most onerous impacts). The results show that for the future climate conditions, the incoming shortwave radiation will increase by around 10%, the sensible heat flux around 40% and the net storage heat flux around 35%. In contrast, the latent heat flux will decrease about 20%. The changes in the magnitude of the different fluxes result in an increase of the net all-wave radiation by 15%. The implications of the changes of the energy balance on the meteorological variables are discussed, particularly in terms of temperature and precipitation.
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Lopes M, Dussan K, Leahy J, da Silva V. Conversion of d -glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using Al 2 O 3 -promoted sulphated tin oxide as catalyst. Catal Today 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Miranda AI, Ferreira J, Silveira C, Relvas H, Duque L, Roebeling P, Lopes M, Costa S, Monteiro A, Gama C, Sá E, Borrego C, Teixeira JP. A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 569-570:342-351. [PMID: 27348699 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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When ambient air quality standards established in the EU Directive 2008/50/EC are exceeded, Member States are obliged to develop and implement Air Quality Plans (AQP) to improve air quality and health. Notwithstanding the achievements in emission reductions and air quality improvement, additional efforts need to be undertaken to improve air quality in a sustainable way - i.e. through a cost-efficiency approach. This work was developed in the scope of the recently concluded MAPLIA project "Moving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment", and focuses on the definition and assessment of emission abatement measures and their associated costs, air quality and health impacts and benefits by means of air quality modelling tools, health impact functions and cost-efficiency analysis. The MAPLIA system was applied to the Grande Porto urban area (Portugal), addressing PM10 and NOx as the most important pollutants in the region. Four different measures to reduce PM10 and NOx emissions were defined and characterized in terms of emissions and implementation costs, and combined into 15 emission scenarios, simulated by the TAPM air quality modelling tool. Air pollutant concentration fields were then used to estimate health benefits in terms of avoided costs (external costs), using dose-response health impact functions. Results revealed that, among the 15 scenarios analysed, the scenario including all 4 measures lead to a total net benefit of 0.3M€·y(-1). The largest net benefit is obtained for the scenario considering the conversion of 50% of open fire places into heat recovery wood stoves. Although the implementation costs of this measure are high, the benefits outweigh the costs. Research outcomes confirm that the MAPLIA system is useful for policy decision support on air quality improvement strategies, and could be applied to other urban areas where AQP need to be implemented and monitored.
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Lopes M, Santos C, Scigliano H, Campelos S. Atypical neuropathy in MPO-ANCA small vessel vasculitis. Rev Neurol 2016; 63:380-382. [PMID: 27699755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Rafael S, Martins H, Sá E, Carvalho D, Borrego C, Lopes M. Influence of urban resilience measures in the magnitude and behaviour of energy fluxes in the city of Porto (Portugal) under a climate change scenario. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 566-567:1500-1510. [PMID: 27317136 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Different urban resilience measures, such as the increase of urban green areas and the application of white roofs, were evaluated with the WRF-SUEWS modelling system. The case study consists of five heat waves occurring in Porto (Portugal) urban area in a future climate scenario. Meteorological forcing and boundary data were downscaled for Porto urban area from the CMIP5 earth system model MPI-ESM, for the Representative Concentration Pathway RCP8.5 scenario. The influence of different resilience measures on the energy balance components was quantified and compared between each other. Results show that the inclusion of green urban areas increases the evaporation and the availability of surface moisture, redirecting the energy to the form of latent heat flux (maximum increase of +200Wm(-2)) rather than to sensible heat. The application of white roofs increases the solar radiation reflection, due to the higher albedo of such surfaces, reducing both sensible and storage heat flux (maximum reductions of -62.8 and -35Wm(-2), respectively). The conjugations of the individual benefits related to each resilience measure shows that this measure is the most effective one in terms of improving the thermal comfort of the urban population, particularly due to the reduction of both sensible and storage heat flux. The obtained results contribute to the knowledge of the surface-atmosphere exchanges and can be of great importance for stakeholders and decision-makers.
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Ramos C, Figueiras L, Lopes M, Leal I, G. Tedeschi R. CORE BELIEFS INVENTORY: FACTOR STRUCTURE AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES ON A PORTUGUESE SAMPLE. PSICOLOGIA, SAÚDE & DOENÇAS 2016. [DOI: 10.15309/16psd170202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Garcia A, Exposto F, Prieto E, Lopes M, Duarte A, Correia da Silva R. Association of Trichomonas vaginalis with sociodemographic factors and other STDs among female inmates in Lisbon. Int J STD AIDS 2016; 15:615-8. [PMID: 15339370 DOI: 10.1258/0956462041724235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A study on STDs was conducted among 211 female inmates in a prison in Lisbon, Portugal, in order to establish possible associations between Trichomonas vaginalis infection, sociodemographic factors and other STDs. T. vaginalis was found in 31.2% of the women, from whom only 65.1% presented symptoms. It was more frequently isolated in the 20–40 year age group. On univariate analysis there was an association, although not statistically significant, between the existence of T. vaginalis, multiple sexual partners, drug addiction and no condom use. A statistically significant association was found between trichomoniasis, prostitution and other STDs. These were found in 87% of all women. T. vaginalis was detected alone in 23.8% (15/63) of all women with trichomoniasis, while 76.2% (48/63) of them had multiple infections with trichomonas and other STDs. A statistically significant association was present between trichomoniasis and Mycoplasma hominis and infection with Treponema pallidum. This study showed that the prevalence of T. vaginalis is as high as that of multiple infections with other STDs. Therefore, our findings seem to confirm that trichomoniasis serves as a marker for other STDs. Screening for STDs should then be offered to Portuguese inmates, or, at least, these women should be screened for T. vaginalis, as a marker for the other STDs.
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Valente BS, Xavier EG, Lopes M, Pereira HDS, Roll VF. Compostagem e vermicompostagem de dejetos líquidos de bovinos leiteiros e cama aviária. ARCHIVOS DE ZOOTECNIA 2016. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v65i249.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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O confinamento de animais proporciona uma maior produção de resíduos orgânicos, o que acaba causando mudanças físicas, químicas e biológicas no meio ambiente, quando disposto no solo sem um tratamento adequado. Tecnologias como a compostagem e a vermicompostagem podem ser medidas mitigadoras do impacto ambiental causados pela produção em confinamento. Objetivou-se avaliar a compostagem, a vermicompostagem e a combinação entre os dois processos no tratamento da mistura de dejetos líquidos de bovinos leiteiros e cama aviária. Na compostagem pelo método aeração passiva foi utilizada uma estrutura nas dimensões de 12 m de comprimento, 2 m de largura e 1,80 m de altura, coberta com filme de polietileno de baixa densidade e aberta nas laterais, que comportou três caixas de plástico reforçado com fibra de vidro. A compostagem pelo método aeração ativa caracterizou-se pela formação de pilha e por revolvimentos intermitentes. Na vermicompostagem foram utilizados 12 caixas de madeira, que receberam 200 minhocas da espécie Eisenia fetida. Conclui-se que a compostagem pelos métodos aeração passiva e ativa não é eficiente para promover a estabilização da mistura de dejetos líquidos de bovinos leiteiros e cama aviária. O processo de vermicompostagem promove a bioestabilização da mistura de dejetos líquidos de bovinos leiteiros e cama aviária em um período de 60 dias.
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Oudeyer PY, Gottlieb J, Lopes M. Intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and learning. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2016; 229:257-284. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Flannelly T, Lopes M, Kupiainen L, Dooley S, Leahy JJ. Non-stoichiometric formation of formic and levulinic acids from the hydrolysis of biomass derived hexose carbohydrates. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra25172a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We demonstrate that formic and levulinic acids are not formed stoichiometrically from the acid catalysed transformations of hexose carbohydrates.
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Iliou M, Corone S, Gellen B, Denolle T, Roche F, Bellemain-Apaix A, Bigot M, Lopes M, Durand S, Darné C. Sleep apneas treatment during cardiac rehabilitation can improve heart failure prognosis? SATELIT-HF. Rev Mal Respir 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2015.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ramos C, Figueiras L, Lopes M, Leal I, Tedeschi R. EVENT RELATED RUMINATION INVENTORY: PSYCOMETRIC PROPERTIES ON A PORTUGUESE SAMPLE. PSICOLOGIA, SAÚDE & DOENÇAS 2015. [DOI: 10.15309/15psd160303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Xavier C, Ferreira B, Khouri L, Lopes M, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Mavroidis P. Dose Response Relations for Xerostomia from Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lopes M, Nolasco P, Coelho C, Coelho P, Pereira M, Alves de Matos A, Carvalho P, Oliveira M. Salivary calculi morphology: SEM and mCT correlative observation. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2015.08.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lopes M, Faillot T. [Dural tears: Regarding a series of 100 cases]. Neurochirurgie 2015; 61:329-32. [PMID: 26409571 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Dural tears are a dreaded surgical incident because they are difficult to anticipate and may lead to serious complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS The French College of Neurosurgery analyzed 100 cases of dural tears declared on the physicians accreditation website from the Haute Autorité de santé (Regional Health Authority). A questionnaire on drainage, type of dural repair and bed rest duration was sent to 87 French neurosurgeons. RESULTS Thirty-six percent of patients with dural tears had a history of previous spinal surgery and the most common cause of tear was surgical fibrosis into the operative field for 30% of cases. Sixty-four percent had no history of spinal surgery and, in 33% of cases, the dural tear occurred during a surgery for herniated disc. Drainage was proposed case by case in 76% of cases, the patient was allowed to stand up at day 1 in 48% of cases. The treatment of dural tears combined different techniques including in situ injection of biological glue in 86% of cases. The most common complication was the need of wound repair procedure in 59.5% of cases, which was complicated by meningitis in 21.5% of cases. CONCLUSION This study shows the lack of formal consensus about the procedure of repair, the method of drainage or the need to keep the patient bed ridden. This study highlights a relatively high frequency of dural tears, its potentially serious complications and stresses the need for prospective studies in order to define the appropriate action to undertake when faced with this type of incident.
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Vergine P, Sousa F, Lopes M, Silva F, Gameiro T, Nadais H, Capela I. Synthetic soft drink wastewater suitability for the production of volatile fatty acids. Process Biochem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2015.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lopes M, Leite FL, Valente BS, Heres T, Dai Prá MA, Xavier EG, Roll VFB. An assessment of the effectiveness of four in-house treatments to reduce the bacterial levels in poultry litter. Poult Sci 2015. [PMID: 26217027 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pev195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although the use of quicklime (CaO) and tarping are common handling practices aimed at the reuse of litter in the Brazilian poultry industry, few scientific studies have proven the effectiveness of these methods in reducing the pathogenic microbial load during fallowing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the following litter treatments: T1 no treatment (control), T2 quicklime (300 g m(-2)), T3 tarping, T4 tarping+quicklime (300 g m(-2)). The litter samples were collected on day zero and on the sixth and twelfth days after the start of fallowing. The use of quicklime alone or quicklime+tarping was more effective (P<0.05) in reducing bacteria when compared to litter tarping. Except for the control group, all treatments resulted in a more than 84% reduction in the count of colony-forming units (CFUs) at the end of fallowing. It is concluded that the use of quicklime alone in practical terms is the most indicated treatment for the reduction of the bacterial load of poultry litter.
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