2017 Census: are there enough anaesthesiologists in Portugal?

Introduction: The objective of this study is to identify the number of anaesthesiologists working in Portugal and to monitor the national activity of this medical specialty by comparing it with a similar Census performed in 2014.Material and Methods: Observational cross-sectional study.Data related to the month of May 2017 was collected from Anaest

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The Uyghur Minority in China: A Case Study of Cultural Genocide, Minority Rights and the Insufficiency of the International Legal Framework in Preventing State-Imposed Extinction

Raphael Lemkin, the man who founded the term ‘genocide,’ did so with a view to protecting not only physical beings from systematically imposed extinction, but also protecting their cultures from the same fate.However, in the wake of the atrocities and bloodshed of WWII, cultural genocide was omitted from the 1948 Genocide Convention, an

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The role of exosomes in liver cancer: comprehensive insights from biological function to therapeutic applications

In recent years, cancer, especially primary liver cancer (including hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma), has posed a serious threat to human health.In the field of liver cancer, exosomes play an important role in liver cancer initiation, metastasis and interaction with the tumor microenvironment.Exosomes are a class of nan

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Rare KCNQ4 variants found in public databases underlie impaired channel activity that may contribute to hearing impairment

Deafness: Missed mutations raise risk of hearing loss A gene associated with hereditary hearing loss may play a greater role than previously recognized in age-related auditory impairment.Many cases of autosomal here dominant non-syndromic hearing loss (ADNSHL) arise from defects in KCNQ4, a protein that maintains the cellular ionic conditions neede

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A comprehensive review and comparison of cooling techniques for photovoltaic panels: An emphasis on experimental setup and energy efficiency ratios

This study delves into exploring and comparing various cooling technologies for PV panels, with a special focus on revealing the harmful effect of excessive heat absorption on solar energy efficiency.Effective temperature management and dissipation of excess heat are essential to protect the integrity of PV panels and improve power generation.With

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