CONTROL OF HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN CAPTIVE HERBIVORES: AN OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE


Risk of hepatitis B virus transmission by diagnostic hysteroscopy

Few data are available in the literature concerning the efficacy of standard hysteroscope disinfection procedures to prevent hepatitis B transmission.The aim of the present study was to determine the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission during hysteroscopy among anti-HBc-seropositive women.Serum and hysteroscopic samples were collected from

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Social robots in advanced dementia

Aims: Testing the effect of the experimental robot-based therapeutic sessions for patients with dementia in: a controlled study of parallel groups of nursing home patients Socks comparing the effects of therapy sessions utilizing a humanoid robot (NAO), an animal-shaped robot (PARO), or a trained dog (DOG), with conventional therapy (CONTROL) on sy

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Gasification of Lignocellulosic Waste in Supercritical Water: Study of Thermodynamic Equilibrium as a Nonlinear Programming Problem

As one of the main industrial segments of the current geoeconomics scenario, agro-industrial activities generate excessive amounts of waste.The gasification of such waste using supercritical water (SCWG) has the potential to convert the waste and generate products with high added value, hydrogen being the product of greatest interest.Within this co

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