Background Although aggressive multimodal treatment programs in childhood cancer have significantly increased survival rates, the morbidity caused by protein energy malnutrition related to therapy is still high.Objective To describe nutritional status changes in children with malignant solid tumors after 21 days of chemotherapy.Methods A descriptiv
In this case study, a Business Model Canvas (BMC) was used as a technique for problem identification and scoping for the introduction of a new technology or methodology for water quality assessment.Therefore, information about the Brazilian water supply sector was used for the application of a BMC based on technological innovations for coliform ana
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Cargo Control are an alternative to costly and time-consuming traditional methods to improve agricultural water management and crop productivity through the acquisition, processing, and analyses of high-resolution spatial and temporal crop data at field scale.UAVs mounted with multispectral and thermal cameras facili
BackgroundMacaque models of simian or simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SIV or SHIV) infection are critical for the evaluation of antiretroviral (ARV)-based HIV treatment and prevention strategies.However, modelling human oral ARV administration is logistically challenging and fraught by limited adherence.Here, we developed a protocol for admini
Traditional endoscopy based on flexible endoscopes is reliable and effective, but poorly tolerated by patients; it also requires extended training by Pumpkin Seeds physicians.In order to reduce the invasiveness of these procedures, wireless passive capsule endoscopy has been proposed and clinically used during the past decade.A capsule endoscope wi