Background: Prostate cancer is the second most incident of the male population in Brazil. The aim of this study is to analyze the frequency of risk factors associated to the evolution of the prostate cancer and the impact of conducting examinations in the age range (55-69 years old), in assisting health professionals to manage and prevent the disease. Methods: A case-control study was performed on patients from 2011 to 2016 in Criciúma – SC, Brazil. The sample was divided into two groups, one with biopsy for prostate adenocarcinoma (case; n = 124) and the other with a negative biopsy (control; n = 251). The following variables were compared between the two groups: age, family history of prostate cancer, prostate specific antigen, and altered digital rectal examination. Results: In the case group, ranging between 55-69 years old, there was a significant higher of altered digital rectal examination (p < 0.001, odds ratio 15.5 and positive predictive value 91.3%), prostate-specific antigen ≥ 4 ng/mL (p < 0.001, odds ratio 7.02 and positive predictive value 56.2%) and when both exams were altered (p < 0.001, odds ratio was 19.63 and the positive predictive value was 90.5%). Conclusion: This findings show that, mainly between 55-69 years old, there is a significant correlation between positive biopsy, altered digital rectal examination, and PSA ≥ 4 ng/mL.
AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) tool stands out for its reliability and effectiveness, therefore, the objective of this research was to identify the scientific productions found in the electronic databases chosen by the author on the AHP tool. The date of publication covered by the survey comprises the periods from April 1992 to January 2018. The electronic bases used for the research were Scopus, Web of Science and Scielo, which after filtering only articles that mentioned the method in the title or abstract totaled in 178 articles. The year 2013 was the most productive with 24 articles (13.48%) published. Eight researchers appeared to be more productive because they had more than one published article. The International Journal of Production Research was the most productive periodical (5.62%), China the country with the largest number of publications (34.26%) and four universities had the largest number of articles published (6.74%) and the words that more appeared in article were process, hierarchy, analytic, fuzzy and production. It is concluded that the AHP tool still has great relevance in decision support methods even after 46 years of its creation, and that its potential continues to be promising for the analysis and solution of problems.
Industrial and urban development, together with population growth, has contributed to the increase of atmospheric pollution, and causes the air of urban centers to present more and more substances that are harmful to living beings. In southern Santa Catarina, Morro da Fumaça and Sangão are the highlights in the production of red ceramics (bricks and tiles), these industries use combustion processes for the manufacture of their product and releases air pollutants.The exposure period of the organism was from June to October 2015, at Points A and B in Morro da Fumaça and C, D and E in Sangão. Collections of the young inflorescences of the exposed plants were carried out weekly. After collection, inflorescences were fixed in ethanol / glacial acetic acid solution (3: 1) for 24 hours, transferred to 70% ethanol solution and stored under refrigeration. These were submitted to staining with acetic carmine and the number of micronuclei in 300 tetrads was quantified for each inflorescence, and blades with 5 inflorescences / week were made for each point studied. The results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation and median and range. In the present study it can be verified that the bioindicator Tradescantia pallida shows to be a highly sensitive plant and an excellent test organism, considered an essential tool in the biomonitoring of polluted environments. The results show that in the month of August, the frequency of micronuclei was significantly higher in the plants of the sampling points.
Abstract-In the current scenario of Production
Stranding is the event in which a marine animal comes ashore after death or comes and is unable to return to the sea, which may occur due to natural, spatial tendencies and anthropic actions. It occurs in many countries, several of which have created formal programs to monitor. Mammals are at the top of the food chain, suffering more from changes in the environment, which is why they indicate the quality of the ecosystem. In the southern region of Brazil, inventories of marine mammal biodiversity emerged in the 1980s. Registering stranded data makes it possible to discover important information about marine animals and the oceans. This work aimed to collect information to identify the composition and abundance of strandings of marine mammals. The studied area is located on the southern coast of Santa Catarina, between the municipality of Jaguaruna and Passo de Torres. Data refer to collections made by the Zoology Museum Morgana Cirimbelli Gaidzinski , from the University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina (UNESC), during the period from 2003 to 2016, through third-party activations and systematic monthly monitoring. The stranding frequency in this period was 344 mammals, belonging to 15 species, 10 genera, six families and two different orders. The occurrence of rare and unpublished animals was observed, such as Balaenoptera physalus, Kogia breviceps and Arctocephalus gazela.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.