Estudio de perfiles evolutivos en la lectura : validación y revisión del test individual de diagnóstico de errores en lectura (TIDEL).

Llegar al proceso evolutivo del aprendizaje de la lectura sirviéndose de un instrumento diagnóstico que permitiera realizar un análisis de errores que parecía aislar con suficiente nitidez su naturaleza evolutiva con relación a este proceso de aprendizaje. Como objetivos más específicos se pretendía: extraer de la lectura oral errores de diferente calidad y cantidad en distintas etapas del desarrollo de la lectura, sistematizar un registro de errores objetivo y contextualizar al máximo la observación de la lectura oral, acercándola a la realidad del aula. Se han tenido en cuenta dos criterios en la selección: los sujetos y las conductas. En la selección de sujetos se centró en niños con problemas de aprendizaje de la lectura. Partiendo de un total de 41612 sujetos de primer curso y 43036 de segundo curso de Educación Primaria para el curso académico 1995-96, con una ratio alumnos/unidad (aula) respectivamente de 22.12 y 21.33. Se trata de un muestreo no probabilístico del tipo 'muestras de juicio, de casos típicos' con 1102 casos. En la selección de conductas el criterio de muestreo inicial fue libre dado que utiliza como unidades de muestra de conductas, todas las ocurrencias o gama de ellas a lo largo de la grabación. En primer lugar se concretó el problema y se elaboró en reactivo, atendiendo a tres criterios contextuales, metodológicos y para el muestreo observacional. Las fases de investigación fueron tres: recogida inicial de la información, con registro de grabaciones y observación cualitativa, categorización de errores y elaboración del primer cuestionario de errores; después se hizo una aplicación piloto del cuestionario, con registro de grabaciones, análisis cuantitativo y formulación del test individual de diagnóstico de errores en lectura (TIDEL) ; y la tercera fue la aplicación del TIDEL. Después hubo un análisis de datos, mediante un análisis descriptivo, seguido de un análisis y validación teniendo en cuenta las evidencias. Sigue la fase de análisis e interpretación de resultados de los perfiles de errores. Finalmente se exponen las conclusiones. Textos de lectura, hojas de observación para registrar los resultados y datos identificativos, encuestas para diferenciar entre los textos que los sujetos conocían realmente, de los que les sonaban, discusiones en grupo para determinar la categorización de los errores. El instrumento más importante fue el TIDEL (Test Individual de Diagnóstico de Errores en Lectura), que permite detectar errores en la lectura. Se recogieron diversos tipos de errores: falta de integración de las palabras, confusión de letras por la forma, deformación y cambio de elementos, doble/triple consonante e inversiones, en las reglas convencionales, reiteración-relectura-inhibición proactiva, variantes y anticipación con sentido, inmadurez en la pronunciación, y cadencia-entonación-gestos marginales, entre otros. Se infiere un proceso determinado en el desarrollo lector, en el sentido de que un descenso progresivo de los errores elementales del perfil urgente pude facilitar, en un segundo perfil atendible, las primeras tentativas de búsqueda del significado, que se hacen más patentes en el perfil aceptable, con la mayor probabilidad de aparición de los errores de 'anticipación del significado' y 'variantes con sentido'. Se produce una preponderancia de los errores elementales y otros producidos por convenciones idiomáticas. En una segunda etapa será vital la transición y salto al sentido, donde se cometen errores anticipatorios relacionados con el contenido del texto. Así pues, la evolución de la habilidad lectora escalaría dos niveles de la inteligencia que irían de la combinatoria -forma de las letras y su sonido-, al sentido (semántico). Una fase posterior de la lectura encajaría con el razonamiento.

Individual differences in the effects of perceived controllability on pain perception: critical role of the prefrontal cortex

The degree to which perceived controllability alters the way a stressor is experienced varies greatly among individuals. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural activation associated with individual differences in the impact of perceived controllability on self-reported pain perception. Subjects with greater activation in response to uncontrollable (UC) rather than controllable (C) pain in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (pACC), periaqueductal gray (PAG), and posterior insula/SII reported higher levels of pain during the UC versus C conditions. Conversely, subjects with greater activation in the ventral lateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) in anticipation of pain in the UC versus C conditions reported less pain in response to UC versus C pain. Activation in the VLPFC was significantly correlated with the acceptance and denial subscales of the COPE inventory [Carver, C. S., Scheier, M. F., & Weintraub, J. K. Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 267–283, 1989], supporting the interpretation that this anticipatory activation was associated with an attempt to cope with the emotional impact of uncontrollable pain. A regression model containing the two prefrontal clusters (VLPFC and pACC) predicted 64% of the variance in pain rating difference, with activation in the two additional regions (PAG and insula/SII) predicting almost no additional variance. In addition to supporting the conclusion that the impact of perceived controllability on pain perception varies highly between individuals, these findings suggest that these effects are primarily top-down, driven by processes in regions of the prefrontal cortex previously associated with cognitive modulation of pain and emotion regulation.

Effects of variation in the palm stearin: palm olein ratio on the crystallisation of a low-trans shortening

Changes in the theological properties during crystallisation and in the crystal size and morphology of blends containing rapeseed oil with varying percentages of palm stearin (POs) and palm olein (POf) have been studied. The crystals formed from all three blends were studied by confocal laser scanning microscopy, light microscopy and environmental scanning electron microscopy, which revealed the development of clusters of 3-5 individual elementary "spherulites" in the early stages of crystallisation. The saturated triacylglycerol content of the solid crystals separated at the onset of crystallisation was much greater than that in the total fat. Fat blends with a higher content of palm stearin had a more rapid nucleation rate when observed by light microscopy, and this caused an earlier change in the rheological properties of the fat during crystallisation. Using a low torque amplitude (0.005 Pa, which was within the linear viscoelastic region of all samples studied) and a frequency of 1 Hz, the viscoelastic properties of melted fat during cooling were studied. All samples, prior to crystallisation, showed weak viscoelastic liquid behaviour (G '', loss modulus >G', storage modulus). After crystallisation a more "solid like" behaviour was observed (G' similar to or greater than G ''). The blend having the highest concentration of POs was found to have the earliest onset of crystallisation (27% w/w POs; 12 mins, 22% w/w POs; 13.5 mins, 17% w/w POs, 15 mins, respectively). However, there were no significant differences in the time to the point when G' became greater than G' among the three blends. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Evolutionary genomics of the Fox genes: origin of gene families and the ancestry of gene clusters

Over the past decade genomic approaches have begun to revolutionise the study of animal diversity. In particular, genome sequencing programmes have spread beyond the traditional model species to encompass an increasing diversity of animals from many different phyla, as well as unicellular eukaryotes that are closely related to the animals. Whole genome sequences allow researchers to establish, with reasonable confidence, the full complement of any particular family of genes in a genome. Comparison of gene complements from appropriate genomes can reveal the evolutionary history of gene families, indicating when both gene diversification and gene loss have occurred. More than that, however, assembled genomes allow the genomic environment in which individual genes are found to be analysed and compared between species. This can reveal how gene diversification occurred. Here, we focus on the Fox genes, drawing from multiple animal genomes to develop an evolutionary framework explaining the timing and mechanism of origin of the diversity of animal Fox genes. Ancient linkages between genes are a prominent feature of the Fox genes, depicting a history of gene clusters, some of which may be relevant to understanding Fox gene function.

Frying of potato chips in a blend of canola oil and palm olein: changes in levels of individual fatty acids and tocols

The changes occurring in the levels of nutritionally relevant oil components were assessed during repeated frying of potato chips in a blend of palm olein and canola oil (1:1 w/w). The blend suffered minimal reductions in omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. There was no significant difference between the fatty acid composition of the oil extracted from the product and that of the frying medium, in all three cases. The blend also contained a significant amount of tocols which add a nutritional value to the oil. The concentration of the tocols was satisfactorily retained over the period of oil usage, in contrast to the significant loses observed in the case of the individual oils. The blend also performed well when assessed by changes in total polar compounds, free fatty acids, p-anisidine value. When fried in used oil, the product oil content increased progressively with oil usage time. This study shows that blended frying oils can combine good stability and nutritional quality

Individual assets, market structure and the drivers of return

Much UK research and market practice on portfolio strategy and performance benchmarking relies on a sector‐geography subdivision of properties. Prior tests of the appropriateness of such divisions have generally relied on aggregated or hypothetical return data. However, the results found in aggregate may not hold when individual buildings are considered. This paper makes use of a dataset of individual UK property returns. A series of multivariate exploratory statistical techniques are utilised to test whether the return behaviour of individual properties conforms to their a priori grouping. The results suggest strongly that neither standard sector nor regional classifications provide a clear demarcation of individual building performance. This has important implications for both portfolio strategy and performance measurement and benchmarking. However, there do appear to be size and yield effects that help explain return behaviour at the property level.

The old metal-poor open cluster ESO 92-SC05: accreted from a dwarf galaxy ?

The study of old open clusters outside the solar circle can bring constraints on formation scenarios of the outer disc. In particular, accretion of dwarf galaxies has been proposed as a likely mechanism in the area. We use BVI photometry for determining fundamental parameters of the faint open cluster ESO 92-SC05. Colour-magnitude diagrams are compared with Padova isochrones, in order to derive age, reddening and distance. We derive a reddening E(B - V) = 0.17, and an old age of similar to 6.0 Gyr. It is one of the rare open clusters known to be older than 5 Gyr. A metallicity of Z similar to 0.004 or [M/H] similar to -0.7 is found. The rather low metallicity suggests that this cluster might be the result of an accretion episode of a dwarf galaxy.

Metallicity gradients at large galactocentric radii using the near-infrared Calcium triplet

We describe a new spectroscopic technique for measuring radial metallicity gradients out to large galactocentric radii. We use the DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS) on the Keck telescope and the galaxy spectrum extraction technique of Proctor et al. We also make use of the metallicity sensitive near-infrared Calcium ii triplet (CaT) features together with single stellar population models to obtain metallicities. Our technique is applied as a pilot study to a sample of three relatively nearby (< 30 Mpc) intermediate-mass to massive early-type galaxies. Results are compared with previous literature inner region values and generally show good agreement. We also include a comparison with profiles from dissipational disc-disc major merger simulations. Based on our new extended metallicity gradients combined with other observational evidence and theoretical predictions, we discuss possible formation scenarios for the galaxies in our sample. The limitations of our new technique are also discussed.

Signature of the interaction between dark energy and dark matter in galaxy clusters

We investigate the influence of ail interaction between dark energy and dark matter upon the dynamics of galaxy clusters. We obtain file general Layser-Irvine equation in the presence of interactions, and find how, in that case. the virial theorem stands corrected. Using optical, X-ray and weak lensing data from 33 relaxed galaxy clusters, we put constraints on the strength of the coupling between the dark sectors. Available data Suggests that this coupling is small but positive, indicating that dark energy might be decaying into dark matter. Systematic effects between the several mass estimates, however, should be better known, before definitive conclusions oil the magnitude and significance of this coupling could be established. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Impacto da tecnologia da informação sobre o processo de trabalho individual : estudo em um grande banco brasileiro

As tecnologias que criaram as ferrovias, a concentração de mercados urbanos, o surgimento da produção em massa, a eletrificação e a introdução do motor de combustão interna compuseram uma longa cadeia de forças responsáveis pelo impacto na reestruturação dos negócios, na economia política como um todo e, naturalmente, na relação do homem com o seu trabalho. A tecnologia da informação (TI) pode ser considerada a mais recente e influente das tecnologias inseridas na sociedade, trazendo consigo uma série de impactos bem como a necessidade de pesquisas para o melhor entendimento desse novo fenômeno. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a percepção de bancários em relação ao impacto da TI sobre seu trabalho. Para tanto, foi adaptado e validado para o contexto brasileiro um instrumento de pesquisa criado por Torkzadeh e Doll capaz de medir a percepção do usuário em relação ao impacto da TI sobre seu trabalho individual e, para ampliar os estudos sobre o impacto da TI, foi elaborada e validado um instrumento de avaliação do impacto da TI sobre o processo decisório individual. A pesquisa classifica-se como um estudo exploratório descritivo, utilizando o método estatístico no que se refere à obtenção, ao processamento e à validação dos dados. A coleta de dados obedeceu à concepção dos estudos transversais, ao passo que a estratégia para a obtenção dos mesmos baseou-se na realização de 411 entrevistas com funcionários do banco que se encontravam trabalhando, durante o período da pesquisa (dezembro de 2002), na rede de agências ou na sede administrativa de dez capitais brasileiras, selecionadas para esta survey. A presente pesquisa obteve como resultado do instrumento adaptado de Torkzadeh e Doll (1999) uma significante diferença estatística entre as médias das variáveis de análise e confirmou a percepção de que a TI causa impacto em primeiro lugar na produtividade; em segundo, na satisfação dos clientes; em terceiro, no controle gerencial; e, por último, na inovação. O instrumento sobre processo decisório demonstrou uma diferente e maior percepção de impacto da TI sobre a fase denominada concepção e uma semelhante e menor percepção de impacto sobre as demais fases do processo (implementação, inteligência e escolha).

Entre o individual e o coletivo: carisma, memória e cultura

Embora já se tenha passado muito tempo, ainda hoje me recordo de minha avó dizendo com orgulho que em nossa família não havia “flamenguistas”, e nem “lacerdistas”. Símbolo de uma época em que a política tinha quase o mesmo poder de identificação do futebol, Carlos Lacerda teve como contraponto na acirrada política carioca dos anos 60 a figura de Leonel Brizola. Se o Fla-Flu enchia o Maracanã e inflamava as torcidas, não menos inflamado era o discurso que então alimentava a rivalidade entre lacerdistas e brizolistas na antiga capital federal. O objetivo do artigo é analisar a maneira pela qual Carlos Lacerda e Leonel Brizola se constituíram como lideranças carismáticas no Rio de Janeiro, procurando relacionar esse processo com a cultura política de uma cidade que por mais de um século fora capital do país.

Estilo de vida individual de universitários jovens com excesso de peso da Universidade Católica de Murcia-Espanha

Individual lifestyle includes health and risk behaviors that can altar health status. Excess weight is a public health problem of modern civilization and there is an estimated mean prevalence of 45% in European countries. In Spain, the Murcia Region is an area of high morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disorders. In this study we assess the differences in health and risk behaviors in ove/weight and normal weight undergraduates at the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM). Methods: Transversal design of parallel groups (overweight - cases and normal weight - control) , formed using the anthropometric technique. A questionnaire applied to a sample of 471 undergraduates of either sex, between the ages of 18 and 29 years, enrolled in 4 bachelor degree courses (ADE, CA, PER, PUB) at UCAM. We performed a standardized measurement of body mass (weight in kg), height (in meters) using a Seca® scale with calibrated stadiometer, waist and hip circumferences (in cm) with an inelastic tape and skinfolds thickness (triceps and subscapular in mm) with a Holtain® caliper, to calculate body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and the sum of skinfolds (SSF). We applied a lifestyle questionnaire about alcohol and tobacco consumption, knowledge and behaviors related to health indicators (arterial pressure and cholesterol), diet and physical activity. The information was collected in April and May, 2001 at the UCAM laboratory of Applied Nutrition. Statistical analysis: analysis of independent groups, contingency tables that reveal which qualitativa variables show differences and associations between the groups, Pearson's chi-square,and a significance levei of p < 0.05 followed by a residual analysis (1.96). Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were used to establish the two groups: case and contrai with 65 men and 26 women each who had BMI < 25 kg/m2. Results: A total of 65 of the men assessed (14%) and 26 (6%) of the women were overweight. Mean body mass index of the case group was 27. 78 ±: 2.83 kg/m2 in the men and 26.26 ± 1.37 kg/m2 in the women, while contrai group men had mean BMI of 22.36 ± 1.72 kg/m2, while for the women it was 20.76 ±: 2.13 kg/m2. The self-declared values of weight and height were underestimated, but with high accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. Thus, these can be used to calculate the BMI of overweight Spanish undergraduates. Regular vigorous physical activity was observed only in normal weight men. The analysis showed the following significant differences for the qualitativa variables of the two groups. The contrai group was interested in arterial hypertension, believed that they were not overweight, that they had no abdominal fat, and had not considered controlling 'fatty food consumption. Those who thought of controlling it sometimes, did so without professional help. However, part of the overweight group believed that they were overweight and had abdominal fat between average and considerable, had often or always considered controlling fatty foods and had often or always tried to control consumption with the help of professionals. They had always thought of engaging in physical activities, unlike the normal weight individuals. Nearly all (95%) of the overweight undergraduates and most (75%) of the normal weight group reported that they sometimes or always controlled fatty food ingestion. Mean physical activity was nearly twice as high in the summer than in the winter. Conclusions: The overweight undergraduates in this sample displayed a lifestyle with a greater number of healthy behaviors when compared to normal weight individuals

Desempenho, rendimento de carcaça e excreção de cálcio de frangos de corte alimentados com diferentes níveis de aminoácidos e cálcio no período de 22 a 42 dias de idade

Um experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar diferentes níveis de aminoácidos e de cálcio para frangos de corte no período de 22 a 42 dias de idade. Avaliou-se o desempenho, o rendimento de carcaça e a excreção de cálcio. Foram utilizadas 540 aves, machos, da marca comercial Cobb, distribuídas em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 3x2, ou seja, 3 níveis de aminoácidos (metionina, metionina+cistina, lisina e treonina - 100%, 125% e 150% NRC,1994) e 2 níveis de cálcio (75% e 100% NRC,1994), com 3 repetições de 30 aves cada. Os aminoácidos estudados foram metionina, metionina+cistina, lisina e treonina. O desempenho das aves foi avaliado pelo peso vivo, ganho de peso, consumo de ração e conversão alimentar. O rendimento de carcaça e a percentagem de cada parte foram avaliados de 2 aves de cada repetição, escolhidas ao acaso, perfazendo um total de 6 animais por tratamento. O rendimento de carcaça foi realizado após o abate levando-se em consideração a percentagem de peito, pernas (coxa+sobrecoxa), asas, dorso, cabeça+pescoço e pés em relação à carcaça eviscerada. Além disso, analisou-se o cálcio excretado pelas aves. Para tanto, utilizou-se 72 aves, alojadas em gaiolas, seguindo o mesmo delineamento descrito anteriormente. Não houve interação entre os fatores estudados para as características avaliadas. As que consumiram dietas com 125% e 150% de aminoácidos apresentaram melhor conversão alimentar. O rendimento de peito foi afetado pelos níveis de cálcio.

Fatores socioeconômicos contextuais associados à condição bucal de adolescentes no Brasil

Many surveys are conducted comparing oral health conditions with individual variables, such as socioeconomic and demographic factors. However, in the same way that individuals differ among themselves, the groups also have their own characteristics and the effects of this differentiation must be researched. Brazil, despite being one of the major economic powers of the world and shows an improvement in the average value of its health indicators, is also one of the most unequal and remains among the countries with the greatest health inequities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of social determinants on the contextual level oral health among Brazilian adolescents, population not much researched by the literature. The research was made using an ecological approach in order to identify possible inequalities between cities and capitals. Using data from SBBrasil 2010 it was evaluated less common outcomes (loss of first molar, dental care index and T-Health) which provide information on the degree of morbidity of caries and health level of dental tissues, in addition to analyze the related services. The association of these oral health indicators with socioeconomic factors such as income, employment, education and inequality, collected from Census 2010, was analyzed by simple and multiple linear regressions. The study included the 27 state capitals and four clusters representing the municipalities of the country. It was possible to see better access to services in locations with better income distribution. However, the strong association of contextual factors related to poverty, low levels of education and poor housing and jobs with poorer levels of oral health in adolescents seems to overshadow the effects of income inequalities on dental caries in the country. In some locations, particularly within the North and Northeast, whichever one keeps dentistry mutilating, whose effects are already noticeable in its adolescent population. Access to restorative services in Brazil remains limited and unequal. The results of this study highlight the inequities in oral health in the country and show the need of the inclusion of new perspectives on the traditional approach of Preventive Dentistry and education models in Dentistry. Tackling health inequalities in oral health in the country requires the cooperation of various actors involved in the process and the inclusion of oral health in the context of overall health. The social determinants approach, as well as evaluating the distribution of oral diseases in the country and its inclusion in the context of overall health, should guide the implementation of programs and oral health practices in order to contribute to the reduction of inequalities