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author = "Amaral, André"

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Trace metals and over-expression of metallothioneins in bladder tumoral lesions: a case-control study

Description : Background: Previous studies have provided some evidence of a possible association between cancer and metallothioneins. Whether this relates to an exposure to carcinogenic metals remains unclear. Methods: In order to examine the association between the expression of metallothioneins and bladder tumo...
Repository : Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
Language(s) : English

Bioavailability of heavy metals and their effects on the midgut cells of a phytopaghous insect inhabiting volcanic environments

Description : Organisms living in volcanic environments are chronically exposed to metals, either as particles or associated with gases, from volcanic emissions, being therefore potential sentinels of the effects derived from such exposure. Concentrations of Ca, Cd, Cu, Mg, Mn, Pb, Rb, and Zn were measured in soi...
Repository : Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
Language(s) : English

Essential and non-essential trace metals in scalp hair of men chronically exposed to volcanogenic metals in the Azores, Portugal

Description : Volcanoes produce and release large amounts of toxicants, and the concentration of metals in hair can be used as a biomarker of exposure to trace metals. In order to investigate whether humans exposed to volcanic emissions demonstrate higher concentrations of essential and non-essential trace metals...
Repository : Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
Language(s) : English

Prevalence of Calodium hepaticum (Syn. Capillaria hepatica) in house mice (Mus musculus) in the Azores archipelago

Description : Calodium hepaticum (Syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a zoonotic liver nematode of mammals distributed worldwide. Rodents are believed to be the main reservoirs of this nematode. In this paper, prevalence of the parasite was analyzed in liver histological sections from 51 house mice (Mus musculus) caught...
Repository : Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
Language(s) : English

The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement

Description : Adverse events affect approximately 3% to 12% of hospitalized patients. At least a third, but as many as half, of such events are considered preventable. Detection of these events requires investments of time and money. A report in a recent issue of Critical Care used the medical emergency team acti...
Repository : Europe PubMed Central
Language(s) : English

A handoff is not a telegram: an understanding of the patient is co-constructed

Description : Hospital handoffs are believed to be a key locus of communication breakdown that can endanger patient safety and undermine quality of care. Substantial new efforts to better understand handoffs and to improve handoff practices are under way. Many such efforts appear to be seriously hampered, however...
Repository : Europe PubMed Central
Language(s) : English

Year in review 2005: Critical Care – resource management

Description : During 2005 Critical Care published several original papers dealing with resource management. Emphasis was placed on sepsis, especially the coagulation cascade, prognosis and resuscitation. The papers highlighted important aspects of the pathophysiology of coagulation and inflammation in sepsis, as ...
Repository : Europe PubMed Central
Language(s) : English

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