All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil.

Importance: Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) can lead to a range of developmental and neurological issues, which increases the risk of early death. However, the all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children with CZS in the first 5 years of life remain unknown.

Objective: To compare the hazard of all-cause and cause-specific mortality before age 5 years among children with and without CZS in Brazil.

Tactile, thermal and gustatory stimulation therapy in the treatment of post-stroke oropharyngeal dysphagia: a scoping review.

Purpose: To map in the literature the effects of tactile, thermal and/or gustatory stimulation on oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) post-stroke.

Methods: This scoping review was conducted following the recommendations of PRISMA- ScR and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), registered on the Open Science Framework and developed without language or publication period restrictions. Different databases and grey literature were used for article selection, and the PCC mnemonics constructed the research question ad eligibility criteria, thus including clinical studies involving adults (over 18 years old) diagnosed with OD post-stroke, who received tactile-thermal (TTS) and/or taste-gustatory (TGS) and/or tactile-thermal-gustatory stimulation for treatment, and had their effect measured through examinations, scales, or clinical assessment.

Rare Oncological Diseases and Their Large Slice in Demands to the Brazilian Government for Health Technologies Over 12 Years Since the Creation of CONITEC: Doenças Oncológicas Raras e Sua Grande Parcela Nas Demandas Por Tecnologias em Saúde ao Governo Brasileiro ao Longo de Doze Anos Desde a Criação da CONITEC.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of the demands for health technologies submitted to the Brazilian Government.

Methodology: A descriptive analysis was carried out by surveying the reports produced by the National Committee for the Incorporation of Health Technologies since its creation in Brazil until 2023. The extracted data were tabulated in 3 domains: identification of demand, epidemiological profile of the disease, and clinical evidence and economic assessment.

Shaping Ability of XP-Endo Shaper Files with Extended Use Time and Reciproc Blue 40.06 in Oval Canals: A Micro-Computed Tomography Study in Contralateral Premolars.

Introduction: This study evaluated the shaping ability of the single-file XP-endo Shaper (XP-S) system, employing an extended working time, and the Reciproc Blue #40/.06 (REC) instrument during the preparation of oval-shaped canals.

Methods: Eleven pairs of contralateral premolars with a single canal were divided into two groups (n = 11) according to the canal preparation protocol: XP-S (with an additional 45 seconds of instrumentation) and REC.

Physicochemical Profile of Canastra Cheese Inoculated with Starter Cultures of and .

Canastra cheese, an artisanal cheese produced in Serra da Canastra-Brazil, has great cultural importance. Furthermore, this cheese has nutritional and sensory attributes that make it of great economic importance. Its microbiota is composed of different bacteria and yeasts.