International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025 Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement The content you are trying to view is exclusive to our subscribers You have reached the limit for gifting for this month Metrics details Applications on electromagnetic waves in the field of biotelemetry have increased in the latest years biotelemetry allows minimally invasive monitoring of the physiologic improving comfort and patient care and significantly reducing hospital costs Aiming to assist the mineral bone density classification This equipment is a combination of the application of techniques and concepts of several areas such as software potential improvements were identified to increase the stability of Osseus operation It is proposed the implementation of improvements in the antennas used by Osseus improvement in the reception of the RF signal and better stability of the equipment's operation one of which was used as a project for the second The array showed significant improvements in the radiation parameters relevant to the application being a candidate to replace the antennas currently in use at Osseus the population has not been given adequate access to early diagnosis of the disease One of the factors that lead to this is the complexity and high cost of the distribution of equipment throughout the Brazilian territory This procedure is done through the reading of a 2.45 GHz RF signal which passes through the medial phalanx of a patient's middle finger it is processed by a system that contains an embedded computational intelligence technique Analyzing the intensity of the received RF signal the system can provide a prognosis informing the necessity to refer or not the patient to perform an exam of bone densitometry which also used this frequency band to achieve all of its results in the first place we will work only according to this frequency band Several patients tested the Osseus right after doing the DEXA exam They also filled out a list with questions that we considered potentially important to produce a difference in the result of the measures of Osseus (body fat potential improvements were identified to increase the stability of the Osseus functioning The main issue was that the intensity of the RF signal varied in the same patient for several measures (and also with patients with similar characteristics and results of DEXA exam) whether due to the positioning of the patient's finger between the antennas or due to other things like the dimensions of the finger or even its composition (for patients with high or low body fat for example) Another improvement of interest was the manufacturing of equipment with smaller dimensions the physical configuration of the equipment was analyzed which in this moment were a pair of Yagi-Uda antennas it was concluded that it was necessary for the pair of antennas used in the transmission/reception to be well-calibrated and to have very similar operating characteristics in terms of signal radiation microstrip antennas were a good alternative as they are known for their miniaturization capacity and simplicity bandwidth is not a relevant parameter for this application such as impedance matching and directivity are essential for the proper functioning of the device This article presents state-of-the-art microstrip antennas used in biotelemetry applications Then we present the main improvements implemented in Osseus the design of the proposed antennas to be used in the equipment The use of antennas in biomedical applications is vast ranging from sensoring to disease diagnosis there are countless researches with proposals for microstrip antennas we try to identify the main publications in the last 4 years Various antenna parameters such as return loss The proposed antenna is fed by the coplanar waveguide method with no experimental evidence of other parameters an antenna presented low purity of polarization and omnidirectional radiation Nachiappan and Azhagarsamy9 proposed broadband and semi-flexible antenna for biomedical telemetry applications The antenna was designed in a semi-flexible RT/duroid material A conventional rectangular patch was modified by adding rectangular slits to reduce the resonance frequency and the ground plane was truncated and modified to increase the bandwidth This antenna showed a gain close to the commercial ones about 2.50 dBi at 2.4 GHz and high efficiency the antenna showed omnidirectional radiation Smida et al.10 proposed a triple-band microstrip antenna to operate on the frequencies of 434 The antenna is H-shaped and it was miniaturized which made impedance matching difficult and significantly reduced its efficiency falling below 3% in all operating frequencies the antenna featured an omnidirectional diagram A polyimide substrate material has been considered to achieve compliance The proposed radiant element was a rectangular monopolar antenna with three split-ring resonators (SRR) and with coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed The proposed antenna has an operating frequency of 2.41 GHz with a bandwidth of 810 MHz and a gain of 2.62 dBi The authors presented experimental results of the return loss and the radiation diagram Experimental results of the reflection coefficient and the axial ratio were presented The fractional bandwidth and axial ratio were 5.45% and 5.69% it is compact and loaded with a metamaterial (MTM) being suitable for biomedical applications The proposed antenna system operates in the ISM band with central frequencies of 915 MHz (902–928 MHz) and 2450 MHz (2400–2480 MHz) The integration of the antenna with the metamaterial produced an improvement in the gain and behaved as a linear to circular polarization converter The gains obtained were − 17 dBi for 915 MHz and − 10 dBi for 2450 MHz The antenna presented an omnidirectional radiation diagram Zada14 proposed a clover-shaped split antenna operating in the 2.45 GHz ISM band The proposal aimed at a miniaturized antenna with a wide bandwidth of 180 MHz The antenna achieved a maximum gain of − 6 dBi Results measured for the reflection coefficient and for the co-polarization and cross-polarization radiation diagrams were presented The antenna showed omnidirectional radiation and a very low gain All of these researches have antennas with characteristics that do not match the requirements of Osseus mainly because we need a directive antenna with a Half Power Beam Width (HPBW) lower than 70° and with a gain greater than 2.5 dBi the antenna has dimension restrictions due to the size of the equipment in this research we propose an array of two-element microstrip antennas to reduce the HPBW and provide a satisfactory gain the microstrip antenna and the microstrip antenna array simulations of the main parameters of these antennas were performed in the commercial software ANSYS HFSS as well as simulations for the old Yagi antenna too The purpose of these simulations is to compare the performance of the array with the Yagi antennas to make sure the array will be a good substitute for it the results will also include the microstrip antenna in the comparisons to verify the effect that the array has on the radiation parameters desired Reflection coefficient for the three antennas analyzed Radiation patterns: (a) co-polarization and (b) cross-polarization Input impedance at Smith chart: (a) Yagi antenna Table 1 shows the comparison between the Yagi antenna Based on the data listed in Table 1 we can see that the antenna array has a lower performance than the antenna currently in use in Osseus the proposed array has smaller dimensions than the Yagi antenna used While the array has dimensions of 3.5 cm × 7.0 cm the Yagi antenna has dimensions of 6.6 cm × 7.0 cm Both have equivalent performance in terms of directivity and front-to-back ratio but that is not relevant for the application which can promote better results and an improvement in equipment performance the way in which the coaxial cable is connected to the antenna array eliminates the instabilities found in the Yagi which can prove to be a significant improvement Another fact to be noted is that the Yagi antenna is positioned along the longest axis of the Osseus equipment while the antenna array will be placed perpendicular to that axis the antennas will operate in the distant field region This will prevent variations in the reading of the signal intensity from occurring From the decision of the antenna that would be used in the equipment, some prototypes were manufactured for experimental validation and to analyze the improvements in the equipment. Figure 4 illustrates the Yagi antenna currently in use compared in scale to the built antenna array. Yagi antenna currently in use compared in scale to the antenna array The measurement setup was set up with various equipment The Agilent two-port network vector analyzer with a measurement range from 300 kHz to 14 GHz was used Cables appropriate for this frequency range were used we used standard horn antennas model SAS-571 (double ridge guide horn antennas) We tried to measure all possible parameters The parameters measured were: the modulus of the reflection coefficient (|S11|) S11 measure for the four constructed antenna arrays. S11 for the antenna arrays 2 and 3 constructed Comparison between the simulated and measured S11 for antenna array 2 Figure 8 illustrates the measured input impedance at Smith chart. We can see a reactance greater than that obtained in the simulation, which was 7 Ω, while the measured value was 12 Ω. This difference represented in the reactance caused a reduction in the resonance frequency. Input impedance at Smith chart for constructed antenna array 2 Figure 9 shows the comparison between the simulated and measured gains for antenna array 2, near the value of maximum gain. Comparison between the simulated and measured gain for the constructed antenna array 2 Insertion of middle finger in positions: (a) correct and (b) rotated The measurement setup, taking Fig. 10 as an example which is internally revested with a microwave absorber material (Eccosorb®) fabricated by Techni3 that will mainly protect the measurements from the noise caused by reflecting waves inside the box a pair of antennas placed on both sides of the box pointing to each other and the electronic circuit that will inject the signal in the transmitting antenna and compute it after received by the receiving antenna Reading of the DC level of the received signal for the first version of the Osseus: (a) without finger, (b) with finger in the correct decision and (c) with the finger in the rotated position. Reading of the noise level in frequency domain for the first version of the Osseus: (a) without finger (b) with finger in the correct decision and (c) with the finger in the rotated position Reading of the DC level of the received signal for the second version of the Osseus: (a) without finger, (b) with finger in the correct decision and (c) with the finger in the rotated position. Reading of the noise level in frequency domain for the second version of the Osseus: (a) without finger Based on the measurements made, it was possible to obtain the signal-to-noise ratio for all situations considered, for both versions of the equipment. Table 2 illustrates the SNR values obtained for each situation considered We can observe an increase of more than 8 dB in the SNR which represents a very significant improvement The antennas of the first and second version of Osseus were characterized to find out if they were the most appropriate for the equipment The main parameters of the antenna were simulated in the HFSS software It was observed that there is no uniformity of these parameters within the entire operating range The antennas showed a satisfactory gain in the resonance frequency but this gain suffered a great variation throughout the operating range aiming to improve some performance parameters a classic design was proposed to be used in Osseus The results of a simple rectangular patch antenna with inset fed were shown an antenna array of the same geometry was designed with two microstrip patch antennas It was noticed that the array has a performance similar to the Yagi-Uda in the first version of OSSEUS the array has a lower HPBW and smaller dimensions when compared to the Yagi antenna The kind of array designed reduces the problem of connecting the coaxial cable to the antenna The main parameters of the antenna and array were simulated in the HFSS software Four prototypes of the proposed antenna array were built as well as the measurement of the antenna parameters The measurements showed that the prototypes of all antenna arrays constructed showed similar performances We selected the two best arrays to be installed in Osseus The insertion of new antennas brings significant improvements for the Osseus not only reducing the size of the Osseus box but increasing the intensity of the received signal and reducing the intensity in the noise level This is because of the small beam width combined with better directivity The signal-to-noise (SNR) increased by more than 8 dB These improvements will allow for more accurate classification of the equipment once the Osseus is now more stable and reading became independent from the position of the patient's finger The reading was dependent on the patient’s finger position The first part of the research aimed to identify possible improvements in Osseus characterizing the antennas used previously was an important action to start up this task The input impedance of the antenna is 50 Ω which allows easy matching for most of the feed networks The Yagi antenna is illustrated in Fig. 15. It has a 50 Ω single-ended feed input and this transmission line is converted into a two-wire feed through the conductive path. Connection between the coaxial cable and the Yagi-Uda antenna analyzed Another problem refers to the region in which the electromagnetic field of this application is located This type of antenna must operate in the distant field region the two antennas must be separated by a distance of 2R In which D is the largest linear dimension of the antenna and λ is the wavelength of the antenna's resonance frequency These field regions are illustrated in Fig. 17. the dimension D is 63 mm and λ is 122.45 mm the distant field region starts at approximately 65 mm which indicates that the antennas should be separated by a distance greater than about 130 mm due to a volume restriction of the equipment the antennas were separated by less than 30 mm which would make them operate in the near field region which could lead to erroneous readings of the signal intensity we must have an antenna whose HPBW is the smallest possible aiming to concentrate the RF signal as much as possible It is worth mentioning that the total volume of the equipment limits this factor as it does not allow us to have highly directive arrays we conclude that the Yagi antenna was not suitable for use in Osseus had to be proposed to meet all the criteria listed in this section From what was exposed in the previous section we listed some parameters of the antenna in use to be improved The antenna needs to be as small as possible to meet the portable device's final volume requirements The antenna feed must be done in a more consistent way The antenna needs an improvement in the gain along with a consistent way to input the signal of 2.45 GHz Initially, the dimensions of the rectangular patch15 are determined as: The next step is to design the gap in the patch which will be responsible for the impedance matching for the antenna with its microstrip feed line where G1 is the approximate conductance of one of the patch slots Rin is the approximate resistance of the patch Rin (y = y0) is the resistance of the patch after the insertion of the gaps and y0 is the length of the gap The width of the gap (YW) can be approximated by a quarter of the width of the microfiche line (Wf) that feeds the patch this value usually brings a good impedance match by finding the approximate impedance of the patch and making the resulting impedance 50 Ω for a correct match with the line of the same impedance we still need to design the microstrip line that will feed the patch It should have a total length of an odd multiple of λ/4 and a width that results in an impedance of 50 Ω: Thus, using the expressions above, the physical dimensions for the antenna are listed in Table 3 The proposed array is illustrated in Fig. 19. In this case, the impedance matching will not be done by an inset fed, but by a network feed, whose physical dimensions are determined from the desired impedance values. The elements of the array are identical to the rectangular patch antenna. Antenna array and its proposed network feed In Visser17 Whenever there is a discontinuity the same rule will be applied It is important to note that if we want to divide the signal intensity equally for both antennas we need the junction lines to have twice the impedance of the line that receives the power We can verify this through the following expressions: P2 is the power delivered to one of the elements of the array; P3 is the power delivered to the other element of the array; K is a factor that determines the proportion how the power will be divided (K=1 for equal division of power); Z0 is the characteristic impedance of the feed line; Z2 is the impedance of one of the sides of the T-junction; Z3 is the impedance of the other side of the T-junction To calculate the dimensions of the transformer we consider the length λ/4 and the width obtained from (9) knowing that the impedance of the transformer must be: in which Z01 is the impedance of the line of the T-junction and Z02 is the impedance of the antenna we completed the design of the array’s network feed by obtaining all of its physical dimensions due to the fact that some of the expressions are approximate and due to the fact that the high permissiveness we use to reduce the dimensions of the antenna causes a greater fringe effect Table 4 lists the dimensions of the network feed for this antenna array The datasets during and/or analyzed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request Medical applications of radio-frequency and microwaves sensing and diagnostics [from the guest editors’ desk] Artificial intelligence on the identification of risk groups for osteoporosis Osseus—Método baseado em inteligência artificial e ondas eletromagnéticas para o diagnóstico auxiliar de doenças osteometabólicas (in Portuguese) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte “Custo da fratura osteoporótica de fêmur no sistema suplementar de saúde brasileiro” (in Portuguese) Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia 49(6) Gastos do ministério da saúde e estimativa de idosos com osteoporose tratados no sistema Único de saúde do brasil no triênio 2008–2010 (in Portuguese) Universidade de Brasília Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde Design and development of dual-spiral antenna for implantable biomedical applications Wideband wearable antenna for biomedical telemetry applications Dielectric-loaded conformal microstrip antennas for versatile in-body applications In-vitro test of miniaturized CPW-fed implantable conformal patch antenna at ISM band for biomedical applications A Circularly polarized implantable antenna for 2.4-GHz ISM band biomedical applications Metamaterial-loaded compact high-gain dual-band circularly polarized implantable antenna system for multiple biomedical applications Design of clover slot antenna for biomedical applications RO3010 Laminates. https://www.rogerscorp.com/acs/products/39/RO3006-and-RO3010-Laminates.aspx Teoria de antenas: Análise e síntese (Livros Técnicos e Científicos Array and Phased Array Antenna Basics 1st edn Design and analysis of a compact-sized multiband spiral-shaped implantable antenna for scalp implantable and leadless pacemaker systems Download references The research that led to the writing of this manuscript is funded by the Ministry of Health of Brazil Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim & Nicolas Vinícius Rodrigues Veras Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology started the research that gave rise to this work developing the first versions of Osseus and carrying out the first tests with built prototypes In this manuscript he was also responsible for revising and writing part of the introduction built and measured all the antennas mentioned in the manuscript Participated in the writing of the entire text and performed the translation into English and also participated in the review of the manuscript he actively participated in all stages of research and writing of this manuscript guiding the main author before writing and revising after writing was responsible for all of electronic instrumentation necessary for the verification of the antennas mentioned in the manuscript carrying out the construction of a new prototype of Osseus and making use of it for the laboratory testing of the new antennas the old antennas and the comparison between them participated as an advisor for this and all other research related to Osseus leading a total of six teams for writing manuscripts in several areas that make up Osseus participated in the manuscript review meetings suggesting several improvements in the writing construction phase All authors read and approved the final manuscript The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98204-4 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Metrics details The primary objective is to test if heparin added to a standard regional anticoagulation protocol based on citrate is able to reduce dialysis circuit losses by clotting without increasing the risk of thrombocytopenia or bleeding in patients with COVID-19 with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis with two arms (ratio 1:1) comparing different continuous renal replacement therapy anticoagulation strategies All ICU patients of University of Sao Paulo General Hospital (Hospital das Clínicas) Brazil will be screened for eligibility conditions Adults (> 18 years old) with confirmed COVID-19 and acute kidney injury requiring dialysis with agreement between ICU and nephrology teams for the introduction of renal continuous replacement therapy in daily ICU rounds Continuous renal replacement therapy will be prescribed by consulting nephrologists based on standard clinical guidelines including acute kidney injury with hemodynamic instability plus hyperkalemia multiorgan failure or some combination of these factors Patients demographics and associated clinical data and comorbidities will be recorded at ICU entry Demographic information will include the patient’s age Physiological data collected by the day of CRRT start will be vital signs the arterial oxygen tension/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) index white blood cell count levels and Peak D-dimer levels Patients will be analyzed for the first 72h of CRRT and they will be evaluated regarding clinical variables filter patency and any adverse events that could be related to the anticoagulation choice as bleeding (mild or major) or low platelets counts (<100.000 ui/uL) during treatment period Mild and major bleeding will be defined by hemorrhagic event without clinical impact or hemoglobin (Hb) fall lesser than 1g/dL and hemorrhagic event with clinical impact or Hb fall higher than 1g/dL Hypersensitivity to any of the substances going to be used in the study (Citric acid dextrosol 2.2% and unfractionated heparin); Previous diagnosis of coagulopathy or thrombophilia; Contraindication to the use of unfractionated heparin; Risk of citrate poisoning - (Lactate> 30 mg/dL Total bilirubin> 15 mg/dL); Pregnancy; Patients unlikely to survive for more than 24 hours The trial is being undertaken at the University of Sao Paulo General Hospital (Hospital das Clinicas) Group A (control) - Patients on continuous renal replacement therapy (blood flow 150 ml/min dose of 30 mL/Kg/h) receiving anticoagulation with sodium citrate at 4 mmol/L Group B (experiment): Patients on continuous hemodialysis (blood flow 150 mL/min dose of 30 mL/Kg/h) receiving anticoagulation with sodium citrate at 4 mmol/L associated with unfractionated heparin at 10 U/Kg/h The percentage of clotted dialyzers within 72 hours in each of the studied groups (Primary outcome) Secondary outcomes: Number of dialyzers used in the first 72 hours of dialysis protocol Mortality in the first 72 h of dialysis protocol Bleeding events (Major or minor) in the first 72 h of dialysis protocol Thrombocytopenia (less than 50.000 platelets) proportion in the first 72 h of dialysis protocol Dialysis efficiency (Urea sieving) - variation in urea sieving between the first second and third days of dialysis protocol Continuous renal replacement therapy pressures (Arterial dialysate and pre-filter pressure) in the first 72 h of dialysis protocol RedCap→ randomization – 2 blocks randomization by D-dimer level (5000ng/dL cut-off) and catheter site (Right Internal Jugular versus other sites) with 1:1 allocation ratio Total number of patients 90 (45 per group) Estimated date for last recruitment: December 31 Responsible Party: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital (Hospital das Clinicas) ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04487990, registered July 27, 2020, ReBec www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-45kf9p/ The full protocol is attached as an additional file, accessible from the Trials website (Additional file 1) In the interest in expediting dissemination of this material the familiar formatting has been eliminated; this Letter serves as a summary of the key elements of the full protocol All the Steering Committee members and co-authors will have access to the original dataset The data will be available from the author on reasonable request by email This study was funded by Fundação Faculdade de Medicina (Clinics Hospital - University of São Paulo School Medicine Related Award) #HCCOMVIDA The funder had no role in the design and organization of the study; collection analysis and interpretation of the data; preparation analysis or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication The authors and their contributions to the manuscript are independent from the funder niversity of São Paulo – Hospital de Clínicas Victor Faria Seabra & Camila Eleuterio Rodrigues VFS and LA conceived and designed the study LGL discussed and revised the study protocol The authors read and approved the final manuscript Ethics approval protocol - 33351120.0.0000.0068 (CAAE / CONEP / CEP) – First approval on June 28 The authors certify that this trial has received ethical approval from the appropriate ethical committee as described above All eligible patients receive written or recorded phone-call information about the study before giving their written or recorded phone-call informed consent to participate in the study CER reports receiving fees for medical teaching in catheter insertion from Medtronic All other authors have nothing to disclose unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04814-0 Already a member? 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build a life-size version of the winged prince and install it in Palmas in a square to be named after his illustrious guest "I am very touched," smiled the prince who was wearing a safari shirt and Indian bead necklaces as he looked around for help from his advisers The prince's head of protocol gracefully accepted the statuette and then holding it like a plate of strange local soup walked across the wooden passageway to the royal speedboat Palmas is probably looking for some street names Some 14 years ago it was barely a dot on the map Its population is now 150,000 and it is Brazil's fastest growing town attracting those drawn to the genenerations-old dream of finding fortune at the Amazon frontier But with development comes the threat of environ mental destruction and the issue of protection was the reason for the prince's trip yesterday He visited an ecological centre on the Ilha do Bananal to be explained research on climate change and to inaugurate a turtle sanctuary that is funded by a £50,000 donation from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appear the size of a European principality since he had danced samba on the outskirts of Rio in the morning 1,000 miles away The itinerary was a type of Cannonball Run in which the royal entourage visited both the most densely populated part of South America and one of its remotest areas within the space of only a few hours The day started with a 10-mile car ride from Rio's Copacabana a municipality in the conurbation of sprawling Greater Rio - a journey from the First World to the Third Awaiting the royal cortege at a cultural centre run by the charity ActionAid was a welcoming committee of three samba dancers After leaving Sao Joao do Meriti in the morning the royal plane flew 1,000 miles north to Palmas Charles transferred to a helicopter and then to a base near Bananal Island He is due to arrive in Mexico this morning Os cariocas acabam de ganhar a primeira loja Mantiqueira em Casa O local estrategicamente escolhido foi a estação de metrô Siqueira Campos por onde passam diariamente mais de 70 mil pessoas os clientes têm acesso a todo o portfólio de ovos da marca diretamente das granjas Mantiqueira e provenientes de diferentes tipos de produção com destaque para os produzidos por galinhas criadas livremente outro diferencial está nos ovos produzidos no próprio dia como se o público estivesse na própria granja escolhendo o alimento o público também poderá degustar lanches nutritivos preparados na hora com o alimento que podem ser escolhidos no menu Eggxpress uma ótima alternativa para a rotina dos passageiros do metrô As opções são apresentadas de duas formas: “Feitos na hora” ou “Prontos para aquecer” a seção “Prontos para aquecer” do cardápio apresenta uma linha de congelados com receitas que podem ser consumidas no local ou levadas para casa “O objetivo das lojas é nos aproximarmos do público para compreender melhor seus hábitos e preferências de consumo Outra finalidade é oferecer ao consumidor a possibilidade de conhecer de perto como a Mantiqueira abrindo as portas de casa para o cliente entrar Esta aproximação também beneficiará todo o varejo aumentando ainda mais a procura por nossos produtos” A loja Mantiqueira em Casa do Rio de Janeiro é a quinta do Grupo no Brasil que já conta com unidades na capital paulista Open in Spotify Aqui você encontra dicas culturais na cidade do Rio de Janeiro Entre em contato através do contato@rotacult.com.br The spookiest night of the year is coming up and if you're looking for the perfect outfit check out these tips for masquerade costume stores in Rio A classic for all the celebrations of the year! Saara is located in the center of Rio de Janeiro and is considered the largest open-air mall in the state. There are also more than 800 stores spread all over Rua da Alfândega and the surrounding area, with lots of options for costumes, clothes, accessories, toys… You’re sure to find something amazing there! This is another place you can’t miss if you’re looking for costumes and themed decorations! The Mercadão is one of the largest and most traditional markets in the country and has stores of all kinds – really! If Halloween is your thing, the specialized stores offer the most fun costumes at very popular prices! 📌Avenida Ministro Edgard Romero, 239 – Madureira If the idea is to rent rather than buy a Halloween costume, you can also find different stores around Rio de Janeiro. One of them is Cartoon Fantasy, located in Penha. There, it’s worth investing in costumes of famous characters from TV series and films. However, there are also other simpler options for you to rock on Halloween! 📌Rua Montevidéu, 1297 – loja L. – Penha View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cartoon Fantasy Rj (@rjcartoonfantasy) If you’re looking for costume stores in the South Zone, stop by Aparatus Fantasia. The Copacabana store specializes in renting themed costumes for adults, including typical costumes and characters. What’s more, you can also have your costume adjusted, if necessary, at no extra cost. 📌Rua Siqueira Campos, 43 – Copacabana View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aparatus 💃🔝 (@aparatus_fantasias) Zé Botão is that kind of complete store: you go in to buy an accessory and leave with the whole kit! That’s because they have everything you need, from clothes to party decorations. So, for this Halloween, it’s definitely worth stopping by to rock the look. Also noteworthy are the inflatable objects, perfect for a chilling production! 📌Avenida das Américas, 2000 – Freeway Barra View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zé Botão (@zebotaofestas) Viver com Aids nos tempos atuais já não é tão difícil quanto há 30 anos quando o HIV deu início a uma epidemia que se alastraria mundo afora Fazer o teste e começar cedo o tratamento faz a diferença na vida de quem tem o vírus segundo assegura o gerente do Programa IST/Aids da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde (SES) salientando que a infecção é transmitida através das relações sexuais em acidentes com agulhas e objetos cortantes infectados na transfusão de sangue contaminado na transmissão vertical da mãe infectada para o feto durante a gestação ou o trabalho de parto e durante a amamentação Mas isso não as incapacita ou impõem-lhes uma existência de sofrimento da medicina e da tecnologia lhes garante melhor qualidade de vida mas para isso é preciso adotar os cuidados recomendados “Quem faz o teste cedo e logo inicia e faz adesão ao tratamento tem uma qualidade de vida boa Lógico que a pessoa precisa fazer o acompanhamento da carga viral (quantidade de vírus no sangue) e da imunidade (CD4) O gerente do programa salienta que antigamente só tinha acesso ao tratamento quem tinha os sintomas Atualmente está disponível para qualquer pessoa que testou positivo para o HIV.  Os testes rápidos são feitos nas unidades de saúde da Atenção Primária enfatizando que as pessoas reagentes ao vírus são encaminhadas para o serviço de referência ofertado no Centro de Especialidades Médicas (Cemar) do Siqueira Campos Para os casos de emergência há o Hospital de Urgências de Sergipe Governador João Alves Filho e Hospital Universitário (que também oferece o serviço ambulatorial) o tratamento é feito à base de medicamentos antirretrovirais que diminuem a reprodução do vírus Como resposta a essa condição orgânica o paciente se fortalece contra as infecções oportunistas como a tuberculose lesão da boca e câncer de pele praticando exercícios e mantendo o hábito de usar o preservativo nas relações sexuais” lembrando que hoje existe a Profilaxia Pré-Exposição (PrEP) destinada a pessoas que têm um parceiro HIV que não está usando camisinha Embora os avanços no enfrentamento ao HIV possa proporcionar uma vida boa para quem tem o vírus há quem abandone o tratamento no meio do caminho por razões diversas e até mesmo por uma decisão pessoal conforme disse o gerente “Quem tem o diagnóstico de HIV precisamos alertar que ele ou ela poderá ir a óbito” quem tem o HIV pode se tornar uma pessoa indetectável os antirretrovirais são tão eficazes que podem derrubar a carga viral lá pra baixo tornando-se indetectável no aparelho que a mede é que se essa pessoa tiver relações sexuais sem camisinha dificilmente infectará o parceiro Indetectável é o tema de uma exposição composta de fotos e depoimentos que será apresentada aos trabalhadores da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde nesta terça-feira “Nós ganhamos a exposição do Ministério da Saúde e pretendemos que seja itinerante para levarmos as informações e experiências de vida ao maior número de pessoas Queremos mostrar que quem está em tratamento certo a carga viral cai tanto que não é detectada Desde o primeiro caso de Aids notificado em Sergipe em 1987 até 31 de outubro de 2020 foram registrados 5.399 casos de Aids em adultos sendo 3.690 do sexo masculino e 1.709 do sexo feminino 2.869 adultos com o HIV sendo 1.924 do sexo masculino e 945 do sexo feminino foram registrados 127 casos de Aids em menores de 13 anos sendo 52 do sexo masculino e 75 do sexo feminino Também foram notificadas 98 crianças menores de 5 anos no período de 1987 até 31 de outubro de 2020 sendo 41 do sexo masculino e 57 do sexo feminino foram identificados 1.549 óbitos que tiveram a causa básica definida como “doenças pelo vírus do HIV” em adultos e 20 óbitos em crianças Considerando as pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids temos cadastrados em Tratamento Antirretroviral no Cemar (SAE – Serviço Ambulatorial Especializado) 6.185 pessoas e no Hospital Universitário de Aracaju (HU) tivemos 248 pessoas cadastradas O endereço abaixo não existe na globo.com Após emocionantes apresentações em diversas cidades do país o espetáculo “Ninguém Dirá Que É Tarde Demais” chega à sua última temporada no Rio de Janeiro Estrelada por Arlete Salles e Edwin Luisi os desafios do amor na terceira idade em tempos de pandemia a produção também conta com Alexandre Barbalho visto por mais de 300 mil pessoas nas temporadas presenciais e online que é apresentado pela Bradesco Seguros e pelo Ministério da Cultura a peça aborda o amor na terceira idade tendo como pano de fundo o isolamento social durante a pandemia o jogo cênico proposto na encenação de Amir Haddad reforça e abre espaço para atuações marcantes do casal protagonista composto pelo celebrado Edwin Luisi que acumula diversos prêmios em teatro durante seus mais de 50 anos de carreira: “O que me fez entrar nessa peça como diretor; e trabalhar com a família da Arlete Os dois trabalharam juntos há 35 anos na peça ‘Felisberto e o Café’ “Estou navegando em sentimentos diversos e emoções fortes Sinto muita felicidade e admiração em ver o meu neto se aproximando dessa profissão O teatro tem a função de iluminar as pessoas E digo para todos: ninguém dirá que é tarde demais para coisa alguma Sempre é o momento de colocar em prática o desejo” um dos diretores mais premiados e mais presentes na cena brasileira SERVIÇO: Temporada : 06 a 30 de março / Horário: quintas, sextas e sábados às 20h, domingos às 19h30 / Local: Teatro Claro Mais RJ Endereço: Rua Siqueira Campos, 143, 2º Piso – Copacabana /  LINK DE VENDAS – SITE UHUU ou na bilheteria do teatro / Classificação:12 anos / Duração:100 minutos Tiago Nacarato sobe ao palco do Teatro Claro Rio na próxima quarta-feira Sucesso no “The Voice Portugal” em 2018 Tiago é um dos cantores mais completos e coerentes da música portuguesa atual Cada vez mais consolidado no panorama musical português o cantor encerra a turnê do seu disco “Lugar Comum” no Brasil num concerto solo onde revisita alguns clássicos do MPB e Bossa Nova desvendando já algumas surpresas do seu próximo disco Tiago Nacarato teve contato com a música desde cedo Aos 18 anos inscreveu-se na escola de música Valentim de Carvalho onde teve aulas de canto O reencontro com as raízes brasileiras aconteceu uns anos depois quando se juntou à Orquestra Bamba Social como vocalista projeto que juntou músicos luso-brasileiros residentes no Porto lançaram já os temas “Sorria” e “Cadê Cascais” este último com a participação do rapper brasileiro Marcelo D2 Depois de ter passado pelo The Voice Portugal em 2018 começou a apresentar em palco o seu trabalho a solo tendo já dado concertos no Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisboa) Casa da Música (Porto) e o Convento São Francisco (Coimbra) ano em que regressou ao Brasil e passou por alguns dos maiores festivais nacionais Após emocionar mais de 150 mil espectadores em 2023 e percorrer 15 cidades em uma das maiores turnês musicais do país o espetáculo “Elas Brilham” retorna em janeiro em uma edição especial no Teatro Claro Mais RJ.   O espetáculo traz sete artistas mulheres que levam o público a uma viagem no tempo por meio da música “Elas Brilham” conta a história de grandes mulheres e leva o espectador a épocas como a era de ouro do rádio brasileiro Tudo isso com recortes tecnológicos de recursos audiovisuais de cada uma das épocas às composições autorais de Dona Ivone Lara da voz eterna de Whitney Houston ao pop da Madonna do feminejo de Marília Mendonça às novas vozes que continuam a iluminar o mundo transformam o mundo e estão representadas pela música neste espetáculo E ainda teremos a presença de ícones femininos da música brasileira tornando cada apresentação única e valorizando ainda mais nossas divas” criador do espetáculo ao lado de Marcos Nauer.  o DOC.MUSICAL é um estilo que mescla linguagens de documentário teatro e música para contar grandes acontecimentos ao longo da história da humanidade Reder e Nauer também são responsáveis pelos sucessos “60 Década do Divino Maravilhoso” e “80 A Década do Vale Tudo”.  SERVIÇO:Local: Teatro Claro Rio – Rua Siqueira Campos Temporada: 2 até 27 de janeiro.  / Horário: Segunda e sexta às 19h30 / Sábado às 17h / Domingo às 16h / Ingressos: https://uhuu.com/evento/rj/rio-de-janeiro/especial-elas-brilham-13513 / Classificação: 12 anos Após rodar o Brasil com o aclamado espetáculo “VIVER ENVELHECE” Fabiano Cambota dialoga com seu passado adolescente no novo show “DE: CAMBOTA PARA: FABIANO” O apresentador do fenômeno televisivo “A CULPA É DO CABRAL” apresenta novas passagens hilárias da sua vida fazendo um paralelo com o passado distante e pouco promissor “DE: CAMBOTA PARA: FABIANO” é o quinto show solo do humorista que desde os primórdios como vocalista da banda Pedra Letícia agrega espectadores de todas as idades e tribos Recordista de público com o show “Eternas Canções” por oito anos e considerado o “Novo Rei da Voz” o cantor Márcio Gomes estreia seu mais recente projeto estão clássicos brasileiros que vão de Chiquinha Gonzaga a Gonzaguinha além de canções internacionais que marcaram época histórias dos bastidores e convidados super especiais “Estou extremamente feliz em inaugurar este novo segmento das matinês com meu espetáculo É uma possibilidade a mais para as pessoas que não saem a noite de terem sua diversão garantida com todo o conforto e com a possibilidade de poderem se programar para todo mês terem uma nova surpresa” Depois de viralizar nas redes sociais com o vídeo intitulado “Carta para Deus” onde presta uma homenagem ao saudoso Paulo Gustavo o ator Ricardo Villardo estreia a comédia “Você Com direção geral e dramaturgia de Marcos Nauer (60 o ator busca uma resposta para a pergunta mais difícil: “quem eu sou?” “Você Não É Todo Mundo” é uma comédia quase terapêutica e que nos traz a seguinte reflexão: quem nós seríamos se não existissem nossos ídolos Ricardo passeia por toda sua história se conectando à mulheres que o transformaram na pessoa em que se tornou mas que agora sente a necessidade de buscar uma nova identidade artística a dramaturgia conta a história real da vida do ator onde já apresentava seu amor pela arte apresentando performances para seus familiares e percalços de um típico artista brasileiro quem escolheu o nome do espetáculo foi o público em uma votação aberta na rede do artista também só foi possível pela contribuição de financiamento coletivo dos fãs do ator através da plataforma Benfeitoria “Eu sempre digo que já estou vivendo o início de um dos meus maiores sonhos Quando a gente trabalha a maior parte da vida com teatro infantil Um espetáculo no qual eu pudesse levar para os quatro cantos desse país E chegou o momento desse projeto acontecer” “Você Não É Todo Mundo”  traz uma narrativa muito particular uma comédia vibrante e emocionante praticamente ao mesmo tempo Eu quero que o público saia do teatro com aquela sensação de nostalgia gostosa Sucesso de público e crítica com seu espetáculo sobre Renato Russo o ator Bruce Gomlevsky sobe ao palco do Teatro Claro Rio na próxima sexta-feira para apresentar um show onde interpreta canções do eterno líder da banda Legião Urbana ao lado da banda Arte Profana e é por isso que continua causando comoção nas gerações de hoje Sua obra gera um impacto enorme na nossa cultura” A banda Arte Profana é formada por Ziel de Castro (guitarra) Marcus Vinni (bateria) e Nicholas Gomlevsky (teclados) e acompanham há 15 anos Bruce no espetáculo “Renato Russo viajaram por mais de 50 cidades em todos Brasil contando a vida do artista ao som de clássicos de sua carreira mostrando sua trajetória desde os tempos punks de Brasília até o auge do sucesso com a banda que se tornaria uma das mais importantes do rock nacional Bruce promete relembrar os grandes sucessos de Renato Russo “ARREPIADA” é o nome do segundo disco solo de Julia Mestre que define um “grito de liberdade” da cantora O álbum marca o início desta nova fase na carreira de Julia Mestre após a projeção e a visibilidade que sua banda “Bala Desejo” ganhou sendo dez inéditas e uma releitura de Clama Floresta canção gravada por sua banda no disco “SIM SIM SIM”; e inclui um feat com com a cantora compositora e instrumentista MARO (Portugal) aclamada peça teatral dirigida por Miguel Falabella forma leve e divertida uma reflexão sobre os limites da fraqueza e da lealdade nas relações pessoais Alice surpreende o marido de sua melhor amiga com outra mulher um conflito para si: contar ou não à amiga o que viu A narrativa da peça abre um instigante diálogo sobre a verdade em um momento em que estamos sendo bombardeados por fake news traçando um paralelo com a realidade onde não se sabe mais o que é verdade e o que é mentira “A Mentira” é uma comédia sobre a arte de esconder para proteger aqueles que amamos (ou não) Falabella divide o palco com Danielle Winits  Florian Zeller escreveu seu primeiro romance “A Fascinação pelo Pior” (o vencedor do Prix Interallié de 2004) é um dos sucessos mais notáveis dos últimos anos Considerada como “A nova Peça mais aclamada da última década” foi adaptada para o cinema com Anthony Hopkins no papel principal Suas peças já foram encenadas em mais de 35 países Nicette Bruno e Suely Franco estreiam no Rio de Janeiro A montagem conta com Nicette Bruno e Suely Franco  é um reencontro de Nicette com o texto de Mário Brasini pois ela interpretava o papel de Suelly em uma produção da peça em 2004 Debruçada sobre um tom divertido de comédia lá em casa” discute a solidão e a maneira como lidamos com ela É através de Alcina (Nicette Bruno) e Laura (Suely Franco) que esse texto levanta argumentos tão pertinentes à condição humana e suas relações para abordar de maneira sensível questões relacionadas à terceira idade e as dificuldades em lidar com as gerações mais novas Alcina e Laura se reúnem todas as quartas-feiras para jogar conversa fora e tomar um chá as duas senhoras falam amenidades em assuntos relacionados à família no meio de uma dessas conversas nostálgicas elas descobrem que não sabem tanto assim uma da outra Vêm à tona um clima que oscila entre o tenso e o descontraído permeado por segredos insuspeitáveis e lembranças “apagadas” o que coloca em xeque o ”mito da melhor amiga” Outro ponto que contribui para a acalorada e divertida discussão é que as amigas uma figura ingênua e de moral conservadora exatamente como manda a “tradição” Ela tem uma personalidade mais racional e irônica e desfrutou a vida livre de preconceitos e de maneira mais independente Obs.: A estreia foi adiada e sem data determinada ainda, qualquer dúvida, favor entrar em contato com a Sympla pelo link https://www.sympla.com.br/fale-com-um-consultor, ou com o Teatro Claro Rio pelo link http://teatroclarorio.com.br/contato/