9 results match your criteria: "Faculty of Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais[Affiliation]"
Monte Carlo modeling and simulation of a new 3D printed phantom for WBC calibration with ballistic gel as a tissue substitute.
Appl Radiat Isot
January 2025
Nuclear Engineering Department. Federal University of Minas Gerais, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Nuclear Technology Development Center, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Whole-body counter (WBC) systems are used for in vivo monitoring in occupational internal dosimetry, typically calibrated using physical anthropomorphic phantoms. Our research group previously 3D-printed the Reference Female Phantom for Internal Dosimetry (RFPID) without internal organs specifically designed for WBC calibration. The RFPID and it is intended to fill it homogenously with ballistic gel, which is commonly used as a tissue equivalent in ballistic studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdentifying and validating emotion regulation latent profiles and their relationship with affective variables.
J Clin Psychol
February 2022
Neuropsychological Research Laboratory, National Institute of Science and Technology of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine-Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Objective: We investigated and validated the presence of emotion regulation profiles in an adult sample.
Method: In a cross-sectional study, 1165 individuals completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), and Following Affective States Test (FAST). Sample was divided into three to establish and validate emotion regulation profiles using a latent profile analysis.
TNF, IL-6, and IL-10 cytokines levels and their polymorphisms in renal function and time after transplantation.
Immunol Res
October 2020
Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270901, Brazil.
Cytokine polymorphisms can influence their plasma levels and thus affect the immune response in renal transplantation. A total of 146 renal transplant recipients (RTR) were classified into groups according to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (R1: < 60 and R2: ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m) and time after transplantation (T1: 1 to 24, T2: 25 to 60, T3: 61 to 120, and T4: > 120 months after transplantation).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLipid Accumulation Product Index to Predict Metabolic Syndrome in People Living with HIV.
Clin Med Res
December 2020
Department of Infectology and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - Brazil.
Background: Dyslipidemia and central obesity are the main components of metabolic syndrome, which represent important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The lipid accumulation product (LAP) index has been shown in studies as an efficient marker of metabolic syndrome in general adult population and its applicability in HIV-infected population is not discussed. We aimed to assess the accuracy of the LAP index to identify metabolic syndrome in people living with HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial support for patients undergoing liver transplantation in a Public University Hospital.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
February 2018
Unit of Liver Transplantation at the State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the social support available to chronic liver disease patients waiting for transplantation and how it impacts their psychological well-being and interpersonal relationships.
- - Conducted with 119 patients at a Brazilian University Hospital, the research gathered data on demographics, clinical aspects, feelings, and social support using structured questionnaires.
- - Findings indicate younger patients receive more social support, while those with alcoholic cirrhosis reported lower support levels, highlighting significant relationships between age, disease etiology, and emotional well-being.
Cardiac sarcoidosis with severe involvement of the right ventricle: a case report.
Autops Case Rep
April 2016
Internal Medicine Department - Faculty of Medicine - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG - Brazil .
We present the case of a patient who underwent cardiac transplantation with the diagnosis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Once the explanted heart was examined, a type of granulomatous myocarditis compatible with cardiac sarcoidosis was observed. However, there was severe involvement of the right ventricle, with markedly reduced width of the muscular layer and extensive fibrofatty replacement, findings similar to the ones encountered in cases of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric emptying before and after cholecystectomy in patients with cholecystolithiasis.
Hepatogastroenterology
December 2008
Alfa Institute of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Background/aims: The objective of the present study was to measure gastric emptying time of solids and semisolids in dyspeptic individuals with cholecystolithiasis before and 6 months after cholecystectomy in order to determine whether cholecystectomy interferes with gastric emptying.
Methodology: A prospective, self-pairing study was conducted on 29 patients selected according to appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria. Gastric emptying time of solids and semisolids was determined before and six months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy by the 13C-octanoic acid and 13C-acetate breath tests, respectively.