Publications by authors named "Maximiliano Silva"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates how peer-group argumentation influences the development of scientific concepts among fourth-grade students in classroom settings.
  • It involved sixty-one students and compared the effects of a specially designed lesson plan that promoted argumentation against traditional teaching methods.
  • Results indicate that while immediate test scores were similar between groups, the intervention group performed better in delayed tests, and the frequency of argumentative interactions correlated with improved understanding of the content over time.
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Patients with severe skeletal deformities are a challenging group to treat. A female, white, 35-year-old presented with right kidney stones located in renal pelvis, lower calyx, and upper ureter. She was affected by severe spinal deformity with restrictive respiratory obstruction, caused by kyphoscoliosis.

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A 67-year-old male presented with left kidney stones in renal pelvis, 15 mm length. Preoperative CT showed massive splenomegaly. Retrograde intrarenal surgery approach was decided to avoid splenic injury, achieving the absence of residual stones.

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