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Audit Committee role is very important to the protection of shareholders and other stakeholders interests. This research study explores the influence of audit committee effectiveness on firm’s performance using four characteristics: independence, financial expertise, size, and meetings of the audit committee. The performance measures were…

A lymphocele is one of the known postoperative complications after surgery in the inguinal region, like lymph node resections and vascular cannulation. No standardized treatment is defined. We report a case of a patient with a lymphocele after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair and a review…

Overweight and obesity are the leading causes for the development of multiple adverse metabolic effects. Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4), a peptide secreted from adipocytes and hepatocytes, provides a new link between obesity and insulin resistance. The objective of this work is to determine RBP4…

In today's fast-globalizing world, the much-hyped concept of place branding has become critical for regions in fierce global competition to capture and secure geographically-mobile investment. In this environment, the effort to attract and promote inward investment is a challenge requiring coordination across several fronts, where…

Iatrogenic foreign bodies are rare after thoracic surgery.  We report a lung cancer patient who expectorated a piece of gauze. A video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy for lung cancer staging had been performed two years ago. We performed a rigid bronchoscopy and  gauze that was placed to…

We report an exceptionally rare case of synchronous, bilateral, peripheral, small-sized typical pulmonary carcinoid tumors. A 68-year-old man presented with three, bilateral, pulmonary nodules. These nodules were suspected to be inflammatory changes or tumor metastases; however, preoperative examinations indicated neither primary lesion nor lymphadenopathy. Wedge…

There is a paucity of publications on regional variations in seroprevalence of infectious diseases in blood donors within Brazilian states, so that suitable time trends can be derived for major demographic groups. A population study of blood donors in the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil,…

The Diabetic Foot (DF) is a very complex entity, and the imaging feet studies are an actual problem. The purpose of this work is to obtain new quantitative information by Magnetic Resonance (MR) for the evaluation of the DF Ulcers (DFU) during treatment. The procedure…

Sensorineural hearing loss, caused by the degeneration of inner ear sensory hair cells or afferent auditory neurons, is a major problem in clinical medicine. In birds and lower vertebrates, regeneration of these cells may occur but in mammals, the loss is irreversible. In this study,…

A 77-year-old man came to our hospital with purpura on lower extremities, severe gross hematuria, and acute kidney injury (AKI). On presentation, he was generally edematous and had no oliguria. Any signs of volume depletion were not detected. After the diagnosis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)…