1. The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child growth and development: a systematic review

Abstract Objective This was a systematic review of studies that examined the impact of epidemics or social restriction on mental and developmental health in parents and children/adolescents. Source of data The PubMed, WHO COVID-19, and SciELO databases were searched on March 15, 2020, and on April 25, 2020, filtering for children (0-18 years) and humans.

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.). Publicado em: 2021-08

2. THE HARSANYI-RAWLS DEBATE: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AS DECISION THEORY UNDER UNCERTAINTY

Abstract Social decisions are often made under great uncertainty - in situations where political principles, and even standard subjective expected utility, do not apply smoothly. In the first section, we argue that the core of this problem lies in decision theory itself - it is about how to act when we do not have an adequate representation of the context of

Manuscrito. Publicado em: 2021-06

3. COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing: economic, psychological, family, and technological effects

Abstract Introduction The concept of social isolation is currently understood as a measure of epidemiological containment that aims to reduce the speed of spread of the disease, enabling health services to prepare their resources to cope with the likely increase in demand, while also seeking to provide additional protection to groups considered to be at hig

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.. Publicado em: 2021-06

4. Erectile function after partial penectomy for penile cancer

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the erectile function in patients who underwent partial penectomy and identify factors associated with penile functional status. Materials and Methods: We identified patients who underwent partial penectomy due to penile cancer between 2009 and 2014. Clinical and pathological characteristics included patient age at the time of

Int. braz j urol.. Publicado em: 2021-06

5. Re-do Boari flap for recurrent ureteric stricture

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the erectile function in patients who underwent partial penectomy and identify factors associated with penile functional status. Materials and Methods: We identified patients who underwent partial penectomy due to penile cancer between 2009 and 2014. Clinical and pathological characteristics included patient age at the time of

Int. braz j urol.. Publicado em: 2021-06

6. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil: a multicenter, prospective cohort study

Abstract Objective To describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics, as well as the outcomes of children with MIS-C. Method Multicenter, prospective cohort study, conducted in 17 pediatric intensive care units in five states in Brazil, from March to July 2020. Patients from 1 month to 19 years who met the MIS-C diagnostic criteria wer

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.). Publicado em: 2021-06

7. ENERGY STUDY OF A GREENHOUSE AND OPTIMISATION OF THE CHOICE OF SHAPE AND COVERING MATERIAL: BASED ON AN IMPROVED STATIC MODEL

ABSTRACT This paper presents a new approach to properly estimate energy consumption inside a greenhouse. In this study, we have adopted improved classical modelling to evaluate the energy balance of a greenhouse with a higher precision. While the traditional classical model focuses mainly on the cooling and heating (and denies the deep influence of lighting

Eng. Agríc.. Publicado em: 2021-05

8. COVID-19: long-term respiratory consequences

BACKGROUND: Growth in aging of the population has led to increasing numbers of elderly people presenting cognitive impairment and evolution to dementia. There is still no consensus within primary care on the best strategy for screening for cognitive impairment among elderly people. Standardization of a simple but reasonably accurate instrument for a brief c

Sao Paulo Med. J.. Publicado em: 2021-05

9. Fare etnografia delle migrazioni ai tempi della pandemia. Note di ricerca dal confine franco-italiano nel primo lockdown

Abstract The Covid-19 emergency and the legislation issued by European governments have a deep impact on the contemporary migratory dimension, as well on the forms and ways of studying it. This contribution, the result of a “quarantine research”, is contextualized in the first phase of the outbreak of the pandemic in Italy and France (late February - ear

REMHU, Rev. Interdiscip. Mobil. Hum.. Publicado em: 2021-04

10. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Diseases: Programming and Reprogramming

Abstract The Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) is an area of science dedicated to studying the processes by which insults during critical periods of mammals development leading to physiological changes resultig in diseases throughout life. Studies point to a complex interaction between nutritional status in early life and cardiovascular syst

Int. J. Cardiovasc. Sci.. Publicado em: 2021-04

11. GASES DE NITROGÊNIO REATIVO COMO PRECURSORES DO AEROSSOL ATMOSFÉRICO: REAÇÕES DE FORMAÇÃO, PROCESSOS DE CRESCIMENTO E IMPLICAÇÕES AMBIENTAIS

The increased emissions of reactive nitrogen gases from anthropogenic sources to the atmosphere has been pointed out as responsible for triggering a series of environmental problems at the local, regional, and global scale. Among the many consequences associated with the excess of reactive nitrogen in the environment is the increase of atmospheric aerosol fo

Quím. Nova. Publicado em: 2021-04

12. The future of precision medicine in opioid use disorder: inclusion of patient-important outcomes in clinical trials

Opioid use has reached an epidemic proportion in Canada and the United States that is mostly attributed to excess availability of prescribed opioids for pain. This excess in opioid use led to an increase in the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) requiring treatment. The most common treatment recommendations include medication-assisted treatment (MAT) co

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 2021-04