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Universidade Positivo
Education•Curitiba, Brazil•
About: Universidade Positivo is a education organization based out in Curitiba, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 1290 authors who have published 1237 publications receiving 9335 citations. The organization is also known as: Positive University.
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TL;DR: Evaluating the profile and severity of age-related macular degeneration in ophthalmology ambulatory of Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil found a higher proportion of advanced cases of AMD comparing with literature was found and most of the patients were European descendants.
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the profile and severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in ophthalmology ambulatory of Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with data collected among the 6155 outpatients ophthalmic appointments (november 2011 to november 2013). In this 6155 patients, a total of 346 patients had retinal diseases and were screened by two retinal specialists for signs of AMD. If present, they were submitted to a protocol including a new ophthalmic evaluation comprising visual acuity, tonometry, biomicroscopy, dilated fundus examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Results: A total of 6155 patients underwent ophthalmologic evaluation for several reasons. Three hundred and forty six patients had retinal diseases (incidence of 5.6%) and 68 of these (incidence of 19.6% in retinal patients) had AMD. The mean age of all patients was 53 years and in retinal patients was 60 years. In AMD patients mean age was 73 years. Ethnicity, body-mass index (BMI) and smoking habits were evaluated in the 68 patients diagnosed with AMD (34 exudative and 34 non-exudative) but none of those parameters were statistically significant comparing exudative and non-exudative forms. Conclusion: Most of the patients were European descendants. A higher proportion of advanced cases of AMD comparing with literature was found (50% of exudative form). Regarding ethnicity, iris color, smoking habit and BMI, there was no difference comparing exudative and non-exudative forms. These results may be compared to available AMD studies, since there is little information about AMD in Brazil.
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01 Jan 2018TL;DR: In this paper, a coleta das especies Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791), Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765), Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) and a camada superficial de sedimento marinho em quatro pontos ao redor da ilha de Itacolomi no litoral do Parana.
Abstract: O presente trabalho teve como objetivo fazer um diagnostico inicial da presenca de cadmio (Cd), aresenio (As), mercurio (Hg) e chumbo (Pb) na ilha de Itacolomi no litoral do Parana. A analise foi feita a partir da coleta das especies Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791), Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765), Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) e a camada superficial de sedimento marinho em quatro pontos ao redor da ilha de Itacolomi. As amostras foram abertas utilizando a digestao acida e analisadas em um espectrometro de absorcao atomica. As concentracoes medias obtidas no presente estudo foram de 0,435 µg.g-1 para o Cd, 0,296 µg.g-1 para o Hg; o As nao foi detectado e o Pb ficou abaixo do limite de quantificacao para o tecido muscular da especie H. adscensionis . Para a especie A. surinamensis , as concentracoes medias foram de 0,785 µg.g-1 para o As, enquanto para os metais Cd, Hg e Pb, as medias ficaram abaixo do limite de quantificacao, tambem para o tecido muscular. No ourico do mar E. lucunter o tecido gonadal apresentou as medias de 6,118 µg.g-1 para o As, 0,205 µg.g-1 para o Hg, enquanto o Cd e o Pb apresentaram medias abaixo do limite de quantificacao. Na analise da presenca de metais pesados no sedimento superficial, ficou evidenciado um valor medio de 0,5047 µg.g-1 para o Cd, valor medio de 3,2752 µg.g-1 para o As, 0,2235 µg.g-1 para o Hg e 0,4038 µg.g-1 para o Cu. Os resultados apresentados neste trabalho, demonstraram a presenca de metais pesados abaixo dos limites estabelecidos para consumo humano (Cd e As= 1 µg.g-1; Hg = 0,5 µg.g-1; Pb = 2 µg.g-1) .
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20 Dec 2017TL;DR: A case of implant-supported rehabilitation of an atrophic anterior maxilla using the split crest technique with insertion of 4 immediate implants is reported, showing the effectiveness of the technique.
Abstract: Introduction: The rehabilitation of atrophic anterior maxilla can be done by different techniques. Among the procedures for bone augmentation, we can use block grafting, guided bone regeneration, and split crest technique (SCT). SCT consists in bone crest osteotomy, followed by manual/mechanical expansion up to the splitting of the buccal plate from the lingual/palatal plate through greenstick fracture. SCT advantage is the possibility of simultaneously installing a dental implant. However, SCT planning should consider the remaining bone width and the the flap type to obtain success. Objective: To report a case of implant-supported rehabilitation of an atrophic anterior maxilla using the split crest technique with insertion of 4 immediate implants, showing the effectiveness of the technique.
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09 Mar 2021TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed evolutionary stages of organizational ambidexterity and proposed the degree of maturity of ambidextrous organizations in higher education institutions (HEI).
Abstract: Purpose – The general objective of the research was to propose evolutionary stages of organizational ambidexterity. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology was classified as an exploratory and descriptive study, whose method of data collection was through a questionnaire, the sample was census by adherence, from a population of 110 higher education institutions (HEI), participating in the study 79 cases, distributed throughout the Brazilian territory. Findings – It is noteworthy that HEI are part of the same economic group, and even though 96% of the cases were classified as ambidextrous organizations, there was a great dispersion between them, suggesting some heterogeneity of the investigated cases. Originality – With the findings, the proposition of the existence of different levels of ambidexterity arose. This phenomenon, in a preliminary way, was labeled as the Degree of Maturity of Ambidextrous Organizational
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16 Jun 2020TL;DR: O Covid-19 conhecido como coronavirus, e um virus RNA, envelopado com alta transmissibilidade, foi detectado pela primeira vez em Whuhan, na China, em dezembro de 2019.
Abstract: O Covid-19 conhecido como coronavirus, e um virus RNA, envelopado com alta transmissibilidade Ele foi detectado pela primeira vez em Whuhan, na China, em dezembro de 2019 Em 17 de Abril de 2020 foram confirmados mais de dois milhoes de casos da pandemia de coronavirus em 181 paises, sendo que 153822 pessoas morreram em decorrencia deste virus Os primeiros casos de coronavirus em humanos foram identificados e isolados em 1937 Comumente, as infeccoes pelo SARS-CoV-2 causam sintomas respiratorios, febre, tosse, falta de ar e dificuldades respiratorias, embora algumas pessoas infectadas tenham sido declaradas assintomaticas Em casos mais graves, a infeccao pode causar pneumonia, sindrome respiratoria aguda grave, insuficiencia renal e ate a morte, com impacto extraordinario em termos de saude publica A maioria das pessoas se infecta com os coronavirus comuns ao longo da vida, o coronavirus apresenta um periodo de incubacao entre 2 a 14 dias A transmissao ocorre apenas durante a persistencia dos sintomas e esta relacionada a contaminacao por goticulas respiratorias ou contato atraves de goticulas de saliva, espirro, tosse, catarro, contato pessoal proximo, como toque ou aperto de mao, contato com objetos ou superficies contaminadas, seguido de contato com a boca, nariz ou olhos, a transmissao ocorre em media de 7 dias apos o inicio dos sintomas, mas pode ocorrer mesmo sem a sintomatologia tipica Diante dessa pandemia o objetivo desse relato de caso e discutir a problematica crescente de contaminacao, demonstrada pelo caso descrito alem de trazer a experiencia de uma pessoa infectada pelo virus e os cuidados adotados, focando essencialmente no contagio, sintomatologia e exames laboratoriais O combate a pandemia e de carater coletivo para se evitar a contaminacao e o desenvolvimento de sintomas que podem ser inexistentes, leves, mas tambem pode se agravar levando a morte E dessas informacoes a populacao e profissionais da saude estarao embasadas em informacoes confiaveis e informados quanto ao melhor procedimento diante de suspeita do coronavirus
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Felix Sharipov | 41 | 176 | 5258 |
Paolo R. Salvalaggio | 31 | 92 | 3344 |
Vanete Thomaz Soccol | 30 | 119 | 5773 |
Vanete Thomaz-Soccol | 27 | 118 | 2990 |
Erika Calvano Küchler | 22 | 184 | 1992 |
Susan Grace Karp | 22 | 63 | 2379 |
Gisele Maria Correr | 21 | 118 | 1504 |
Luciano Rossoni | 21 | 96 | 2012 |
Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva | 20 | 48 | 972 |
Carla Castiglia Gonzaga | 20 | 153 | 1692 |
Renato Nisihara | 19 | 141 | 1400 |
Juliana Rodrigues | 19 | 59 | 1709 |
Juliana Feltrin de Souza | 19 | 77 | 1237 |
Luiz Gustavo Lacerda | 18 | 58 | 768 |
Adilson Yoshio Furuse | 18 | 94 | 985 |