Thoughts, beliefs and concepts concerning infectious childhood diseases of physicians practicing homeopathic, anthroposophic and conventional medicine – a qualitative study

Background: Physicians who include complementary medicine in their practice are thought to have an understanding of health and disease different from that of colleagues practicing conventional medicine. The aim of this study was to identify and compare the thoughts and concepts concerning infectious childhood diseases (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis and scarlet fever) of physicians practicing homeopathic, anthroposophic and conventional medicine. Methods: This qualitative study used semistructured interviews. Participating physicians were either general practitioners or pediatricians. Data collection and analysis were guided by a grounded theory approach. Results: Eighteen physicians were interviewed (6 homeopathic, 6 anthroposophic and 6 conventional). All physicians agreed that while many classic infectious childhood diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella are rarely observed today, other diseases, such as chickenpox and scarlet fever, are still commonly diagnosed. All interviewed physicians vaccinated against childhood diseases. A core concern for physicians practicing conventional medicine was the risk of complications of the diseases. Therefore, it was considered essential for them to advise their patients to strictly follow the vaccination schedule. Homeopathic-oriented physicians viewed acute disease as a biological process necessary to strengthen health, fortify the immune system and increase resistance to chronic disease. They tended to treat infectious childhood diseases with homeopathic remedies and administered available vaccines as part of individual decision-making approaches with parents. For anthroposophic-oriented physicians, infectious childhood diseases were considered a crucial factor in the psychosocial growth of children. They tended to treat these diseases with anthroposophic medicine and underlined the importance of the family's resources. Informing parents about the potential benefits and risks of vaccination was considered important. All physicians agreed that parent-delivered loving care of a sick child could benefit the parent-child relationship. Additionally, all recognized that existing working conditions hindered parents from providing such care for longer durations of time. Conclusions: The interviewed physicians agreed that vaccines are an important aspect of modern pediatrics. They differed in their approach regarding when and what to vaccinate against. The different conceptual understandings of infectious childhood diseases influenced this decision-making. A survey with a larger sample would be needed to verify these observations

Caracterização de espécies silvestres de maracujazeiro por meio de descritores relacionados ao desenvolvimento de frutos e sementes.

As espécies de maracujazeiro são, em sua maioria, originárias da América Tropical, e pelo menos um terço tem seu centro de origem no Brasil, o que representa aproximadamente 130 espécies. A caracterização dos recursos genéticos é fundamental para a utilização da diversidade genética em programas de melhoramento genético e permite o estabelecimento de estratégias eficientes para sua conservação e uso

Estádios de maturação do fruto na emergência de plântulas de Passiflora suberosa.

Passiflora suberosa L. ou maracujazinho-cortiça-preto é uma espécie tropical que ocorre no oeste da Índia, em muitas partes do México e nas Américas Central e do Sul. É uma espécie que apresenta boas características para utilização como ornamental cultivada em vaso, pelo hábito de crescimento e pela beleza de suas folhas e frutos

Caracterização de espécies silvestres de maracujazeiro por meio de descritores relacionados ao desenvolvimento de frutos e sementes.

As espécies de maracujazeiro são, em sua maioria, originárias da América Tropical, e pelo menos um terço delas tem seu centro de origem no Brasil (MELETTI et al., 2007), o que representa aproximadamente 130 espécies (BERNACCI et al., 2005). A caracterização dos recursos genéticos é fundamental para a utilização da diversidade genética disponível nos bancos de germoplasma em programas de melhoramento genético e permite o estabelecimento de estratégias eficientes para sua conservação e uso. A Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura possui atualmente 323 acessos de maracujazeiro com dados de passaporte, sendo parte deles pertencentes às espécies silvestres. As espécies silvestres podem ser utilizadas como fontes de resistência às principais doenças do maracujazeiro, para fins ornamentais, fitoterápicos ou como alimentos funcionais

Estádios de maturação do fruto na emergência de plântulas de Passiflora alata.

O maracujazeiro-doce, Passiflora alata Curtis, é uma espécie nativa do Brasil e tem importância econômica como fruto para consumo ao natural, também sendo utilizada como ornamental. Suas folhas possuem maracujina e passiflorina; ambas com propriedade de atuar como tranqüilizante e as sementes trituradas têm ação anti-helmíntica (VASCONCELLOS; CEREDA, 1994; OLIVEIRA et al., 1994). De sua casca podem ser elaborados doces, geleias e sorvetes. Tem ampla distribuição no território brasileiro, podendo ser encontrada desde o Amazonas, até o Rio Grande do Sul

Temperatura e conteúdo de água na conservação de sementes de maracujá-doce.

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Experimental study of fragmentation products in the reactions 112Sn + 112Sn and 124Sn + 124Sn at 1 AGeV

Production cross-sections and longitudinal velocity distributions of the projectile-like residues produced in the reactions 112Sn + 112Sn and 124Sn + 124Sn both at an incident beam energy of 1 AGeV were measured with the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer, the Fragment Separator (FRS) of GSI. For both reactions the characteristics of the velocity distributions and nuclide production cross sections were determined for residues with atomic number Z $\geq$ 10. A comparison of the results of the two reactions is presented.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figure

Photodissociation of p-process nuclei studied by bremsstrahlung induced activation

A research program has been started to study experimentally the near-threshold photodissociation of nuclides in the chain of cosmic heavy element production with bremsstrahlung from the ELBE accelerator. An important prerequisite for such studies is good knowledge of the bremsstrahlung distribution which was determined by measuring the photodissociation of the deuteron and by comparison with model calculations. First data were obtained for the astrophysically important target nucleus 92-Mo by observing the radioactive decay of the nuclides produced by bremsstrahlung irradiation at end-point energies between 11.8 MeV and 14.0 MeV. The results are compared to recent statistical model calculations.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, Proceedings Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics II, May 16-20, 2005, Debrecen, Hungary. The original publication is available at www.eurphysj.or

Total Photoabsorption Cross Sections of A=6 Nuclei with Complete Final State Interaction

The total photoabsorption cross sections of 6He and 6Li are calculated microscopically with full inclusion of the six-nucleon final state interaction using semirealistic nucleon-nucleon potentials. The Lorentz Integral Transform (LIT) method and the effective interaction approach for the hyperspherical formalism are employed. While 6Li has a single broad giant resonance peak, there are two well separated peaks for 6He corresponding to the breakup of the neutron halo and the alpha core, respectively. The comparison with the few available experimental data is discussed.Comment: LaTeX, 8 pages, 3 ps figure