We present the case of a 49-year-old woman, with previous clinical antecedents of recent hepatic metastasis, who was admitted to the ICU due to respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability.She was found to have purulent pericarditis complicated by pericardial tamponade and pleural effusion, as well as surgical #syd-hill-oilskin-Full Length site
Researching sensitive topics poses multiple methodological and ethical challenges.To overcome these, this contribution proposes the method of cartoon elicitation, inspired by photo-elicitation and based on framing #syd-hill-oilskin-Full Length theory.The impersonality and satire of cartoons and the distance made between a sensitive topic and real l
Purpose: This research aimed to estimate the Mass Attenuation Coefficient (MAC) for the various nanoparticles in diagnostic imaging in order to assess and compare the changes in a bulk state.Materials and Methods: To Using Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended (MCNPX) code, nanoparticles were simulated in the target in order to compute the MAC considerin
The present study aims to discriminate four semi-arid grassland habitats in a Mediterranean Natura 2000 site, Southern Italy, involving 6210/E1.263, 62A0/E1.55, 6220/E1.434 and X/E1.61-E1.C2-E1.C4 (according to Annex I of the European Habitat Directive/EUropean Nature Information System (EUNIS) taxonomies).For this purpose, an intra-annual time-ser