Dermatopolimiosite: avaliação de 63 pacientes

Sessenta e três pacientes com dermatopolimiosite são avaliados mediante exames clínico, laboratorial, eletroneuromiográfico e anatomopatológico (tecido muscular corado pela hematoxilina-eosina) e pela resposta terapêutica. Trinta e nove são do sexo feminino e 24 do sexo masculino. Média etária de 36,83 ± 15,64 anos. Duração média da doença de 3,74 ± 4,26 anos. São verificadas influências do uso de corticosteróides e ou drogas citolíticas no comportamento enzimático e resposta clínica dos pacientes. Análises são realizadas com intuito de se determinar fatores que pudessem definir os grupos quanto a resposta clínica à terapêutica empregada

Water and Glycerol as Plasticizers Affect Mechanical and Water Vapor Barrier Properties of an Edible Wheat Gluten Film

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Efficiency, Ownership and Market Structure, Corporate Control and Governance in the Turkish Banking Industry

Turkish banks are quite heterogeneous in terms of organizational form, ownership structure, size, age, portfolio concentration, growth prospects and attitude toward risk. They also exhibit strong variations in performance as measured by several efficiency indices. In the light of theoretical advances in corporate finance and financial institutions, this paper is an in-depth cross-sectional analysis of the Turkish banking sector, which explores the various bank, market and regulatory characteristics that may explain the efficiency variations across banks. Consistent with the related hypotheses investigated, the results indicate that a number of independent bank characteristics are significantly correlated with various efficiency measures. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 2003.