Kamdem, Jean Paul Roos, Daniel Henrique Sanmi, Adekunle Adeniran Calabró, Luciana Abolaji, Amos Olalekan de Oliveira, Cláudia Sirlene Barros, Luiz Marivando Duarte, Antonia Eliene Barbosa, Nilda Vargas Souza, Diogo Onofre
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Science and engineering ethics
In Brazil, the CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) provides grants, funds and fellowships to productive scientists to support their investigations. They are ranked and categorized into four hierarchical levels ranging from PQ 1A (the highest) to PQ 1D (the lowest). Few studies, however, report and analyse scientific...
Vanz, Samile Andréa de Souza Franz Hoppen, Natascha Helena Santin, Dirce Maria Vargas Corrêa, Maurício de
As Ciências Biomédicas constituem um importante campo de pesquisa no Brasil, tanto pelo estudo de doenças locais típicas quanto pelo enfoque em temas de interesse universal. Este estudo faz inicialmente um levantamento da institucionalização das Ciências Biomédicas no Brasil e, depois, analisa a distribuição geográfica da produção e da colaboração ...
Gwathmey, TanYa M Tallant, E Ann Howlett, Allyn C Diz, Debra I
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Journal of best practices in health professions diversity : research, education and policy
To improve overall healthcare and to reduce health disparities, efforts must focus on increasing the diversity of personnel trained in the biomedical sciences. Here, we describe the development, implementation, and relative outcomes of three pipeline training programs in biomedical sciences research designed to increase workforce diversity institut...
Schaffer, Sally Menzies, Victoria
Nursing students used GoSoapBox, a web-based student response system to poll responses to multiple choice questions (MCQs) presented during bioscience lectures. Participation in GoSoapBox appears to have facilitated student engagement, interaction and learning. The majority of students surveyed appreciated the immediate feedback to the student resp...
FLORENTINO, IZIARA F. NASCIMENTO, MARCUS VINÍCIUS M. GALDINO, PABLINNY M. BRITO, ADRIANE F. DE ROCHA, FABIO F. DA TONUSSI, CARLOS R. LIMA, THEREZA CHRISTINA M. DE PAULA, JOSÉ R. DE COSTA, ELSON A.
The Hydrocotyle umbellata L. is a specimen of the Araliaceae family popularly known as acariçoba. Its indications in folk medicine include treatment of skin ulcers, and rheumatism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the ethanolic extract from acariçoba's underground parts (EEA). EEA reduced...
Green Etxabe, Amaia
Chelura terebrans is a widely distributed wood boring amphipod belonging to the little studied family Cheluridae. Previous studies have hinted that C. terebrans belongs to a small number of animals capable of degrading lignocellulose without the aid of symbiotic gut microorganisms. This study utilises a broad range of techniques to gain a better un...
Bradley, Victoria
United Kingdom
Boadi, Samuel
Background: Giardiasis is an intestinal diarrhoeal illness caused by the flagellate protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis (synonymous with Giardia lamblia and Giardia duodenalis). Traditionally, giardiasis has been diagnosed in patients using faecal concentration and microscopy techniques. Non-microscopy based tests available for the laboratory d...
Houweling, Taco
Rationale: The prevalence of low back pain and associated costs to society are high. Despite this, the number of studies investigating observational data on the quality and costs of care in routine health care services, such as chiropractic, is relatively small in comparison to the clinical trial evidence available on the effectiveness and cost-eff...
Khan, Azra
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is globally recognised as a major causative organism of hospital acquired infection (HAI) and continues to present many challenges for infection prevention and control. Once established within hospitals and healthcare centers, the control of spread of MRSA and therapy is difficult due to resistance ...
