Publications by authors named "M E Almada"
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- Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) are evaluated for their effectiveness in correcting distortions in Magnetic Resonance (MR) images using a virtual phantom and Control Points (CPs).
- The study involved creating distorted MR images and applying TPS, with findings showing that distortion caused median deviations of 1.8 mm, which were reduced to 0.6 mm after correction.
- Structural Similarity Metric (SSIM) tests indicated significant improvements in image quality, with the TPS successfully reducing distortions to levels acceptable for radiosurgery.
Porcine kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (pkBADH) uses NAD as a coenzyme to convert betaine aldehyde to glycine betaine. In previous studies we described the impact of potassium on the affinity of pkBADH for NAD, the effect on the tertiary and secondary structure, and changes in the flexibility of the amino acids involved in the formation of the pkBADH-NAD. However, there are still unanswered questions about how K influences the folding and maintenance of the quaternary structure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Quality of life (QoL) significantly improves in the short term after bariatric surgery (BS). However, evidence on the long-term QoL of patients with BS is limited.
Aim: To analyze the long-term QoL of patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG).
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- - Sewage surveillance is a useful method for detecting viruses in local communities and can help track outbreaks and emerging health threats, as demonstrated in Belo Horizonte, Brazil through the detection of the Mpox virus in wastewater samples over 9 months.
- - The study found varied detection rates of MPXV DNA, with higher rates in hospital wastewater (40%) compared to municipal wastewater (13.3%), likely influenced by the low number of reported MPXV cases and dilution from large populations served by wastewater treatment plants.
- - In addition to MPXV, nine other virus families were identified, including SARS-CoV-2, highlighting the potential of genomic sewage surveillance as a key public health tool for monitoring diverse viral activity in both hospital and community settings
Climate change and rapid population ageing pose challenges for communities and public policies. This systematic review aims to gather data from studies that present health indicators establishing the connection between climate change and the physical and mental health of the older population (≥ 65 years), who experience a heightened vulnerability to the impacts of climate change when compared to other age cohorts. This review was conducted according to the PICO strategy and following Cochrane and PRISMA guidelines.
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