Preschool Hearing Screening: Nineteen Years of the Coração Delta Project in Campo Maior, Portugal.

: Preschool hearing screening is justified by the risk of late onset hearing loss, the high prevalence of otitis media with effusion in school-aged children, and the critical timing just before children begin formal reading and learn to write. This study describes the results of the annual preschool hearing screening program in Campo Maior from 2007 to 2025 (nineteen years) and correlates the audiological referral to the otoscopy findings by the otolaryngologists. : Retrospective study using clinical records from nineteen years of preschool hearing screening.

Visual vertigo in children: Adaptation and validation of the visual vertigo analogue scale to European Portuguese.

Background: Visual vertigo occurs after vestibular and non-vestibular pathology and can be present in children and adolescents. It can be assessed by "the Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale" (VVAS), a questionnaire with a Portuguese version for adults.

Objectives: To perform the adaptation to pediatric age and validation of VVAS in European Portuguese.

Peach palm flour: production, hygroscopic behaviour and application in cookies.

In this work, two types of flour from peach palm fruits () were prepared to be used to produce cookies: one with the whole fruit (pulp + peel) and another one with only the pulp. Analyses of proximate composition, physicochemical and hygroscopic behaviour were carried out in both flour, as well as sensory analysis of the produced cookies. Both the types of flour did not differ statistically in total lipids, total carbohydrates and ashes ( > 0.

Epidemiological, pathological and immunohistochemical aspects of 125 cases of feline lymphoma in Southern Brazil.

A retrospective study compiling cases of feline lymphoma diagnosed during 12 years (2004-2016) in Southern Brazil was performed. A total of 125 cases of lymphoma diagnosed in cats were reviewed, and information including age, breed, sex and tumour topography were collected. FeLV and FIV immunohistochemical tests were performed, as well as immunophenotyping of lymphomas.