Publications by authors named "A C Branco"
Objective: To map postoperative nursing care for critically ill adult and older patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after cytoreduction surgery with hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
Method: TScoping review according to the JBI methodology, with articles extracted from databases and gray literature, with no language or publica-tion date delimitation. The studies selection and results extraction process was carried out by two independent reviewers, using the soft-ware EndNote® and Rayyan®.
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- * Maxillary central incisors were used, with color changes measured before and after treatment, plus after a year of storage, revealing that color became more yellow over time.
- * Results indicated that neither the sealing method nor the access approach influenced tooth discoloration significantly, though more voids were noted with the Bio-C sealer when using minimally invasive access.
Due to the increasing prevalence of articular cartilage diseases and limitations faced by current therapeutic methodologies, there is an unmet need for new materials to replace damaged cartilage. In this work, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels were reinforced with different amounts of Nomex (known for its high mechanical toughness, flexibility, and resilience) and sterilized by gamma irradiation. Samples were studied concerning morphology, chemical structure, thermal behavior, water content, wettability, mechanical properties, and rheological and tribological behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have historically been associated with signalling events driven from the plasma membrane. More recently, signalling from endosomes has been recognized as a feature of internalizing receptors. However, there was little consideration given to the notion that GPCRs can be targeted to distinct subcellular locations that did not involve an initial trafficking to the cell surface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiplopods are terrestrial arthropods important for the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the reasons for that can be their low predation rate due to their defensive secretion. Thus, Orthoporus fuscipes, a species belonging to this group and endemic to northeastern Brazil, was investigated as to its population structure and chemical constituents of defensive secretion.
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