Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Effect of Prophylactic Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Surgical Site Infection After Emergency Laparotomy: An Updated Meta‐Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis

ABSTRACT Introduction Patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are at high risk of surgical site infections (SSI), which contribute substantially to postoperative morbidity. Incisional negative pressure wound therapy (iNPWT) has been shown to reduce the incidence of SSI following...

A factor-based importance–satisfaction discrepancy approach for smart campus evaluation: evidence from comparative exploratory factor analyses

Abstract Smart campus evaluation commonly relies on descriptive satisfaction scores or importance-performance indicators, yet less is known about whether users organise satisfaction, perceived importance, and respondent-level importance–satisfaction discrepancies through equivale...

Microencapsulation of Araucaria angustifolia bract extract: protection and bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds in chitosan-based systems

Abstract Purpose Native to South America, Araucaria angustifolia bracts (an underutilized by-product of seed processing) account for nearly 80% of the pinecone and are commonly discarded. The lyophilized aqueous extract obtained from these residues is rich in phenolic compounds (...