Satisfação dos usuários e qualidade dos tratamentos protéticos realizados nos centros de especialidades odontológicas da grande Natal RN

Aim: To evaluate user satisfaction and quality of prosthetic treatments performed in specialized dental clinics (CEOs) of Natal Metropolitan Region - RN. Methods: Cross-sectional study with subjects who underwent prosthetic CEOs in the cities of Natal, Macaíba, Parnamirim and Sao Goncalo do Amarante in the period 2007 to 2009. Data collection was performed by questionnaire, clinical examination of the oral cavity and examination of fabricated denture. This analysis involved the following aspects: retention, stability, aesthetics and prosthesis fixation. The variables are presented by means of absolute numbers and proportions. The determination of the association between the independent and dependent variables was conducted by the association of Chi-square test and Fisher exact test. Results: A total of 149 users, totaling 233 conventional dentures (148 upper and 85 lower). Most patients (56.4%) were rehabilitated with conventional complete dentures. The technical quality of the denture was regarded as satisfactory in the majority (52.7%), whereas the inferior dentures were rated as unsatisfactory in 90.5% of cases. Satisfaction with the prosthesis was 69.1% (N = 103). The average time to begin treatment was 3 months to receive while the prosthesis was 4 months old. The presence of injury from the upper prosthesis occurred in 21.5% of cases (N = 32), candidiasis being the most frequent (N = 18). The technical quality of the upper prosthesis (p=0,041), as well as retention (p=0,002) and stability (p<0,001) were significantly associated with user satisfaction. Conclusions: The specialized Dental clinics has been fulfilling its role of providing treatment of intermediate complexity for low-income population with the majority of satisfield patients, even when their dentures have problems of technical quality

Avaliacão da satisfação do usuário e da qualidade dos tratamentos endodônticos em Centros de Especialidades Odontológicas da Grande Natal-RN

Objective: To evaluate the degree of users satisfaction and technical quality of endodontic treatment in specialized dental clinics (CEO) of Grande Natal / RN between 2006 and 2008. Methodology: evaluated 282 endodontically treated teeth in CEOs through clinical and radiographic examinations. A questionnaire about the clinical condition of the tooth, evaluation of care and satisfaction with treatment was applied. Data on pre-and trans-operative were noted by the patient's clinical record. Endodontically treated teeth were examined by a specialist in endodontics, which compared with previous radiographs and current ones. The collected datas were presented descriptively by absolute numbers, percentages, averages. To determine the association between the independent and dependent variables was carried out through the bivariate association test Chi-square and Fisher exact test. Results: 79.8% presented with radiographic normal and 84.4% without pain symptoms. 8.2% of the teeth were fractured and 3.2% extracted. The persistence of the periapical lesion was associated with initial periapical status (p <0.05). 91.5% of patients are satisfied with the outcome of treatment. Such satisfaction is associated with absence of pain and an adequate esthetic tooth position (p <0.05). Conclusion: endodontic treatment in specialized dental clinics have an adequate technical quality, resulting in the success of endodontic therapy performed in these centers and that users are satisfied with the treatment

Global dynamics of stationary solutions of the extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation

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Patch-size and isolation effects in the Fisher-Kolmogorov equation

We examine the classical problem of the existence of a threshold size for a patch to allow for survival of a given population in the case where the patch is not completely isolated. The surrounding habitat matrix is characterized by a non-zero carrying capacity. We show that a critical patch size cannot be strictly defined in this case. We also obtain the saturation density in such a patch as a function of the size of the patch and the relative carrying capacity of the outer region. We argue that this relative carrying capacity is a measure of the isolation of the patch. Our results are then compared with conclusions drawn from observations of the population dynamics of understorey birds in fragments of the Amazonian forest and shown to qualitatively agree with them, offering an explanation for the importance of dispersal and isolation in these observations. Finally, we show that a generalized critical patch size can be introduced resorting to threshold densities for the observation of a given species.

Incidência e evolução da polipose nasal em crianças e adolescentes com fibrose cística

Nasal polyps are a clinical sign of alert for investigating Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Aims: To study the incidence of nasal polyps in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, its possible association with age, gender, clinical manifestations, genotype and sweat chlorine level, and its evolution with topical steroid therapy. Methods: Clinical symptoms, sweat chlorine level and genotype were studied in 23 cystic fibrosis patients. Nasal polyps were diagnosed by nasal endoscopy and treated with topical steroids during 6 months, followed by a second nasal endoscopy. Fisher test was used for statistical analysis. Results: Nasal polyps were found in 39.1% of the patients (five bilateral, four unilateral), all older than six years, recurrent pneumonia in 82.6%, pancreatic insufficiency in 87% and malnutrition in 74%. No association was seen between nasal polyps and sweat chlorine level, genotype, clinical sings of severity and nasal symptoms. Seven patients improved in their nasal polyps with topical steroids, six showed complete resolution. Conclusion: The study showed a high incidence of nasal polyps in older children, who span the entire range of clinical severity, even in the absence of clinical nasal symptoms. Topical steroid therapy showed good results. An interaction among pediatricians and otolaryngologists is necessary for diagnosis and follow-up. 2008 © Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia. All Rights reserved.

Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai Castroviejo-Fisher, Padial, Chaparro, Aguayo and de la Riva, 2009: First country record, Brazil

We present the first Brazilian record of the recently-described glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai Castroviejo-Fisher, Padial, Chaparro, Aguayo and de la Riva, 2009. This species, previously known in Peru and Bolivia, was collected at two localities at the municipality of Aripuanã, northern state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. © 2010 Check List and Authors.

Anna dos 6 aos 18 anos

Pós-graduação em Artes - IA

Desenvolvimento de aplicativo para o método de discriminação de Fisher e seu uso na experimentação agronômica: Carlos Roberto Pereira Padovani. -

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Poesia em tempos de mal-estar: Charles Simic e Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Santa-Anna Nery: um propagandista “voluntário” da Amazônia (1883-1901)

A presente dissertação analisa sob o ponto de vista histórico, as obras Folclore Brasileiro e O País das Amazonas do intelectual amazônico Frederico de Santa-Anna Nery (1848-1901), procurando discutir a atuação política do autor durante o final do século XIX, abordando especificamente, seu papel na divulgação de uma identidade amazônica positiva no exterior, a qual estava atrelada a um processo maior de construção de identidades regionais e a um processo de modernização da Amazônia, elaborados pelas elites das quais o autor fazia parte.

O arraial do espiritismo: a médium Anna Prado, positivistas, espíritas e católicos em Belém (1918-1923)

Este trabalho teve como principal objetivo discutir e analisar a repercussão das atividades fenomênicas da médium Anna Prado durante os anos de 1918-1923, sua importância na popularização do Espiritismo e os acirrados debates motivados pelos fenômenos. Para fundamentar a discussão e a analise, é avaliada a bibliografia produzida sobre o espiritismo e a médium Anna Prado, os artigos jornalísticos que se ocuparam em divulgar e debater os fenômenos e a atuação da elite letrada em expor suas convicções acerca dos acontecimentos, contribuindo para a produção de mais de uma interpretação específica sobre os eventos mediúnicos.

Anna Turan Machado Falcão (1862-1940): a pioneira médica esquecida da Amazônia

O artigo esboça uma biografia de Anna Turan Machado Falcão. Nascida em 1862, em Igarapé Miri, Estado do Pará, foi a primeira médica paraense, formada em 1887, nos Estados Unidos da América. Após retornar ao Brasil e revalidar seu diploma na Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, exerceu sua profissão no Pará, no Acre e em São Paulo, onde faleceu, em 1940.

Vozes do desterro: a Literatura de Exílio alemã em seus periódicos e na obra de Anna Seghers

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Fatores maternos associados à realização de cesárea eletiva e resultado perinatal segundo tipo de parto: estudo populacional desenvolvido em município de médio porte do interior paulista

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Modelo de Fisher-Kolmogorov em dinâmica populacional com capacidade de suporte espacialmente dependente

Pós-graduação em Física - IFT