IntroductionControl of triatomine infestation is a key strategy for the prevention of Chagas disease (CD).To promote this strategy, it is important to know which antecedents to behavioral change are the best to emphasize when promoting prevention.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine predictors for intention to prevent home infestation ba
Diabetic foot (DF) is one of the most frequent and disabling complications of diabetes mellitus 2 (DM2).This study presents the case of a 66-year-old female patient with DM2 and DF complicated by extensive infected necrosis involving more than 50% of the foot.She was not a candidate for revascularization and, due to the poorly controlled septic foc
Gastrointestinal cancers (GICs) remain the most diagnosed cancers and accounted for the highest cancer-related death globally.The Default prognosis and treatment outcomes of many GICs are poor because most of the cases are diagnosed in advanced metastatic stages.This is primarily attributed to the deficiency of effective and reliable early diagnost
To solve the optimization problem of blasting parameters and consider the influence of interaction between blastholes on the spatial distribution of surrounding rock damage, the Riedel-Hiermaier-Thoma constitutive model parameters of marble were first calibrated from numerical trial calculation and impact test.Then, the blasting excavation of a tun