"What really matters to the patients?": assessing the impact of wound healing on the quality of life in patients undergoing incisional hernia repair.

Purpose: We aim to evaluate the impact of surgical wound complications in the first 30 postoperative days after incisional hernia repair on the long-term quality of life of patients. In addition, the impact of the surgical technique and preoperative comorbidities on the quality of life of patients will also be evaluated.

Method: Prospective cohort study, which evaluates 115 patients who underwent incisional hernioplasty between 2019 and 2020, using the onlay and retromuscular techniques.

Effects of front-of-package nutrition labelling systems on objective understanding and purchase intention in Panama: results from a multi-arm parallel-group randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effect of different front-of-package labelling (FOPL) schemes on the objective understanding of the nutritional content and intention to purchase products, in Panama.

Design: Single-blinded multi-arm parallel-group randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Supermarkets across Panama.

Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: progress and challenges in Panama.

Despite being classified as a high-income country, Panama still faces challenges in providing care for children and adolescents with cancer. Annually, 170 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed in Panama, and the survival rate is around 60%. To improve this, the establishment of a Pediatric Cancer Commission comprised of healthcare professionals and nonprofit organizations has been a critical step toward the objectives outlined in the Cure framework of the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC).

Transmission Attenuation Power Ratio Analysis of Flexible Electromagnetic Absorber Sheets Combined with a Metal Layer.

Electromagnetic noise absorber sheets have become a solution for solving complex electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems due to their high magnetic losses. This contribution is focused on characterizing a novel structure that is based on an absorber film with a metal layer attached on its top side. Two different absorber compositions were combined with Al and Cu metal layers in order to study the improvement on the performance of these structures, depending on the complex permeability, absorber film thickness, and type of metal.

Characterization of Different Cable Ferrite Materials to Reduce the Electromagnetic Noise in the 2-150 kHz Frequency Range.

The gap of standardization for conducted and field coupled electromagnetic interferences (EMI) in the 2-150 kHz frequency range can lead to Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) problems. This is caused by power systems such as Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controlled rectifiers, photovoltaic inverters or charging battery units in electric vehicles. This is a very important frequency spectral due to interferences generated in a wide range of devices and, specifically, communication problems in the new technologies and devices incorporated to the traditional grid to convert it into a Smart Grid.

Hospital-based tuberculosis control activities in five cities of Latin America.

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[Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to antituberculosis drugs].

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an important cause of disease and death worldwide. An estimated 8.8 million new cases occurred in 2005 with 1.

Geographical Distribution of Four Sugarcane yellow leaf virus Genotypes.

Specific primer pairs were designed to distinguish four genotypes (BRA for Brazil, CUB for Cuba, PER for Peru, and REU for Réunion Island) of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). A unique genome fragment was amplified from each genotype, with the exception of genotypes BRA and PER that are phylogenetically relatively close and were designated genotype BRA-PER. These RT-PCR primers were then used to identify the SCYLV genotype(s) present in 18 different sugarcane growing locations in the world, and 245 leaf samples infected by the virus were analyzed.