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Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), characterized by changes in brain function due to external forces, is an important challenge [...]

This study evaluates the impact of an AI chatbot as a support tool for second-year students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education program during final exam preparation. Over 1-month, 42 students used the chatbot, generating 704...

The aim of the present study is to describe the type and frequency of bladder dysfunction in a series of female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) from Rio de Janeiro, and analyze the role of the urologist in the multidisciplinary team. A team of...

Fasciculations are characterized by visible subtle and fast contractions of muscle, even wormlike in movement, by the contraction of a fascicle of muscle fibers. The authors present the case study of a 28-year-old patient with the appearance of migra...

The diagnostic assessment of patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) can be challenging due to the large number of possible causes. Moreover, the diagnostic approach can be limited by the severity of the disease, which may not allow invasive ex...

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder, widely known as causing behavioral changes, deprives many professionals—who remain capable of working—their jobs. This study aimed to investigate the use of electroencephalography exam (EEG) combined with...

Purpose: Nursing students often experience anxiety and stress when taking exams that test their fundamental nursing skills. Complementary alternative methods, such as aromatherapy and music therapy, have effectively alleviated such negative emotions...

This study examines a persistent puzzle in active learning research in education: why do pedagogically sound interventions not always translate into perceived student value? We analyzed Information and Communications (ICT) Engineering students’...

Background: Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) is recommended as a complementary exam and for coronary artery disease evaluation in patients with aortic valve IE (AVIE). We aimed to evaluate the performance of CCT in visualizing coronary arteries in p...

Background: The aim of this study was to present the clinical outcomes of IOP monitoring in and out of office time and determine its value in our clinical practice. Material and methods: We reviewed the records of 1500 patients (glaucoma suspects or...

Sleep medicine classes and teachings are usually deficient and insufficient during undergraduate medical education. In order to circumvent the educational deficits in sleep medicine, students at a Brazilian Medical School created a sleep medicine int...

This paper reports a design-rationale account of building and deploying a small ecosystem of AI-driven educational conversational agents with distinct pedagogical personas. Two strands target school contexts: (i) Talk to Bill, a historically grounded...

The skull base provides a platform for supporting the brain while serving as a conduit for major neurovascular structures. In addition to malignant lesions originating in the skull base, there are many benign entities and developmental variants that...

This study aims to report the dietary and daily management, clinical signs, complementary exams, and pathological findings related to an acute and fatal case of gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) in a captive Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Cholo...

The 38th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Surgical Research took place in La Jolla, CA, USA, on 14–16 September 2022. For more than 40 years, the Academy has promoted the advancement of professional and academic standards in education and research in...

Aims: Describing the urodynamic parameters of children aged 3 to 5 years with microcephaly related to congenital Zika syndrome and verifying the association with clinical, imaging and neurological characteristics. Methods: From October 2018 to March...

Background: microwave imaging (MWI) has emerged as a promising modality for breast cancer screening, offering cost-effective, rapid, safe and comfortable exams. However, the practical application of MWI for tumor detection and localization is hampere...

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS) is the most frequent form of TOS. It may affect both sides, but specific complementary exams are lacking. We aimed to evaluate duplex scanning results in a group of patients with unilateral or bilateral NTOS...

Immersive virtual reality (IVR) uses customized and advanced software and hardware to create a digital 3D reality in which all of the user’s senses are stimulated with computer-generated sensations and feedback. This technology is a promising t...

Integrating complementary information from many available technologies is a question of growing interest among the Cultural Heritage community, due to the complexity of the cultural assets under study and of their contexts. Recently, this need has pu...

Substance use disorder has become an epidemic in the young adult population across the United States, and these numbers rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychotherapy incorporating equine interaction has emerged to show promise in the mental health...

Lipodystrophy is a rare group of metabolic disorders characterized by the abnormal distribution of body fat, which can lead to various metabolic complications due to the body’s inability to adequately process carbohydrates and fat. We report th...

Candidemia is one of the healthcare-associated infections that has high mortality. The risk factors that predispose a patient to develop this infection are mostly found in patients of greater severity and COVID-19 contributes to the risk of death. Th...

This paper develops a quantitative partial-equilibrium overlapping-generations model to study how private tutoring regulation affects human capital formation, household welfare, educational inequality, and intergenerational mobility. The analysis is...

Background: Current surgical treatment of gliomas relies on a function-preserving, maximally safe resection approach. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a widely employed technology for this purpose. A preoperative neuropsychological eva...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of corneal in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) in the diagnostic process of small fibre neuropathy (SFN) compared to skin biopsy. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was perfor...

This article reports an exploratory, small-cohort mixed-methods case study of how an e-learning platform and a virtual reality (VR) workshop simulator can be integrated into a traditional craft apprenticeship without displacing workshop-based learnin...

Background: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin (25(OH)D) levels are inversely associated with risk of diabetes. The “free hormone hypothesis” suggests potential effects to be mainly related to concentrations of “bioavailable” and free ra...

Background and Objectives: Aortic stenosis (AS) leads to progressive left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, making early detection crucial. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is an echocardiographic marker of subclinical LV dysfunction; however, echocardio...

Candidemia is a significant cause of mortality among hospitalized patients, both worldwide and in Brazil. Prompt and appropriate treatment are essential to mitigate mortality, and clinical practice guidelines aim to optimize patient care based on the...

The priority of modern dentistry is to keep patients’ teeth for as long as possible. Tooth extraction is a procedure performed as a last resort when conservative methods and endodontic surgery procedures have not brought the expected results. A...