Over the past decade, significant data have shown that obese men experience a survival detriment after treatment for prostate cancer.While methods to combat obesity are of utmost importance for the prostate cancer patient, newer data reveal here the overall metabolic improvements that accompany increased activity levels and intense exercise beyond
Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention among gynecologists about recommendations of the Total Acceleration of Postoperative Recovery (ACERTO, in the Playing Cards Portuguese acronym) project derived from the solid foundations of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines to optimize hospital care for
Polylactic acid (PLA)/linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) blend nanocomposites based on two different commercial-grade nanoclays, Cloisite® 30B and Cloisite® 15A, were produced via different melt mixing procedures in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder.The effects of mixing sequence and clay type on morphological and rheological be
This article describes two digital assignments that ask students to imaginatively embody characters from eighteenth-century texts written by women in order to cultivate a greater awareness of the critical role of gender and gender critique in these works.The first click here of these assignments, “Arabella’s Valentines,” asks students to tran
BACKGROUND: Carbon dioxide (CO(2)) therapy refers to the transcutaneous administration of CO(2) for therapeutic purposes.This effect has been explained by an increase in the pressure of O(2) in tissues known as the Bohr effect.However, there have been no reports investigating the oxygen dissociation of haemoglobin (Hb) during transcutaneous applica