Avaliação experimental do comportamento dinâmico de um edifício do século XIX: aplicação à calibração de modelos numéricos

Trabalho de Dissertação de natureza científica para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil na Área de Especialização em Estruturas

Diagnóstico de estruturas de madeira em serviço num palacete do século XIX

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil na Área de Especialização em Edificações

Longitudinal anthropometric assessment of infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers, Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the growth parameters in infants who were born to HIV-1-infected mothers. METHODS: The study was a longitudinal evaluation of the z-scores for the weight-for-age (WAZ), weight-for-length (WLZ) and length-for-age (LAZ) data collected from a cohort. A total of 97 non-infected and 33 HIV-infected infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers in Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil, between 1995 and 2003 was studied. The average follow-up period for the infected and non-infected children was 15.8 months (variation: 6.8 to 18.0 months) and 14.3 months (variation: 6.3 to 18.6 months), respectively. A mixed-effects linear regression model was used and was fitted using a restricted maximum likelihood. RESULTS: There was an observed decrease over time in the WAZ, LAZ and WLZ among the infected infants. At six months of age, the mean differences in the WAZ, LAZ and WLZ between the HIV-infected and non-infected infants were 1.02, 0.59, and 0.63 standard deviations, respectively. At 12 months, the mean differences in the WAZ, LAZ and WLZ between the HIV-infected and non-infected infants were 1.15, 1.01, and 0.87 standard deviations, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The precocious and increasing deterioration of the HIV-infected infants' anthropometric indicators demonstrates the importance of the early identification of HIV-infected infants who are at nutritional risk and the importance of the continuous assessment of nutritional interventions for these infants.

Maternal mental health and nutritional status of six-month-old infants

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze if maternal mental health is associated with infant nutritional status at six month of age. METHODS A cross-sectional study with 228 six-month-old infants who used primary health care units of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Mean weight-for-length and mean weight-for-age were expressed in z-scores considering the 2006 World Health Organization reference curves. Maternal mental health was measured by the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. The following cutoff points were used: ≥ 3 for common mental disorders, ≥ 5 for more severe mental disorders, and ≥ 9 for depression. The statistical analysis employed adjusted linear regression models. RESULTS The prevalence of common mental disorders, more severe mental disorders and depression was 39.9%, 23.7%, and 8.3%, respectively. Children of women with more severe mental disorders had, on average, a weight-for-length 0.37 z-scores lower than children of women without this health harm (p = 0.026). We also observed that the weight-for-length indicator of children of depressed mothers was, on average, 0.67 z-scores lower than that of children of nondepressed women (p = 0.010). Maternal depression was associated with lower mean values of weight-for-age z-scores (p = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS Maternal mental health is positively related to the inadequacy of the nutritional status of infants at six months.

Risk factors for recurrent wheezing in infants: a case-control study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between recurrent wheezing and atopy, the Asthma Predictive Index, exposure to risk factors, and total serum IgE levels as potential factors to predict recurrent wheezing. METHODS A case-control study with infants aged 6-24 months treated at a specialized outpatient clinic from November 2011 to March 2013. Evaluations included sensitivity to inhalant and food antigens, positive Asthma Predictive Index, and other risk factors for recurrent wheezing (smoking during pregnancy, presence of indoor smoke, viral infections, and total serum IgE levels). RESULTS We evaluated 113 children: 65 infants with recurrent wheezing (63.0% male) with a mean age of 14.8 (SD = 5.2) months and 48 healthy infants (44.0% male) with a mean age of 15.2 (SD = 5.1) months. In the multiple analysis model, antigen sensitivity (OR = 12.45; 95%CI 1.28–19.11), positive Asthma Predictive Index (OR = 5.57; 95%CI 2.23–7.96), and exposure to environmental smoke (OR = 2.63; 95%CI 1.09–6.30) remained as risk factors for wheezing. Eosinophilia ≥ 4.0% e total IgE ≥ 100 UI/mL were more prevalent in the wheezing group, but failed to remain in the model. Smoking during pregnancy was identified in a small number of mothers, and secondhand smoke at home was higher in the control group. CONCLUSIONS Presence of atopy, positive Asthma Predictive Index and exposure to environmental smoke are associated to recurrent wheezing. Identifying these factors enables the adoption of preventive measures, especially for children susceptible to persistent wheezing and future asthma onset.

A segurança alimentar no consumo de pescado cru com valência para a produção de sushi

Dissertação apresentada para a obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar, pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

“Gente preta” - África na literatura portuguesa do século XIX

Este artigo analisa brevemente a imagem de África nos escritores portugueses de oitocentos, particularmente em Eça de Queirós e João de Deus.

Análise sísmica e proposta de reforço de uma estrutura do séc. XIX sujeita a uma reabilitação parcial

Trabalho final de Mestrado para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Engenharia Civil

Evolução das freguesias da cidade de Lisboa ao longo do século XIX – SIGMA, SIG e Modelação de Dados Aplicados à História de Portugal

As freguesias de Lisboa sofreram profundas alterações ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX. Não só foram alteradas em número, mas também na sua dimensão geográfica. A última grande reforma, datada de 1959, modificou de tal forma os contornos das freguesias lisboetas que inviabiliza a utilização dos contornos actuais para a realização de estudos no passado. Procurando dar resposta a esta problemática e com base em cartografia histórica, foram desenhadas as freguesias em três períodos (1826, 1852 e 1909) sendo incluídas num sistema de informação geográfica, o que possibilita não só a análise da evolução administrativa da capital, mas também o estudo de muitas variáveis históricas, de base paroquial, para todo o século XIX e início do século XX.

Religiosidade e mobilidade da população portuguesa no início do século XIX: as faltas à desobriga pascal em 1801

Os dados do Censo de 1801 referentes à população que faltou à desobriga, ou seja, aqueles paroquianos que não cumpriram o preceito obrigatório da confissão por altura da Páscoa, proporcionam uma visão geral da quase totalidade do país, possibilitando o estudo das mentalidades religiosas, mas também do fenómeno migratório em Portugal, nos finais do Antigo Regime. No início do século XIX a quase totalidade da população portuguesa cumpria a sua obrigação pascal. Contudo, neste verdadeiro inquérito social que eram os róis de confessados havia uma pequena franja de homens e mulheres que, por motivos diversos, escapava à malha do enquadramento social, moral e religioso exercido pela Igreja. O Censo revela ainda a importância de uma mobilidade que levava um razoável número de pessoas a percorrer, na maioria, curtas distâncias, motivadas, em grande medida, por razões de subsistência e profissionais. Fosse para trabalhos agrícolas ou para exercer os mais diversos ofícios, passando inclusive pelas actividades comerciais, a mobilidade da população portuguesa, no início do século XIX, era um facto.

Modelos de representação literária e realidade social nos relatos alemães sobre Portugal em meados do século XIX

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Aerobic bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis, Pneumocystis carinii and Cytomegalovirus as agents of severe peneumonia in small infants

The authors studied 58 infants hospitalized for pneumonia in a semi-intensive care unit. Age ranged from 1 complete to 6 incomplete months. The infants were sent from another hospital in 20 cases and from home in a further 38. Pulmonary involvement, which was alveolar in 46 cases and interstitial in 12, was bilateral in 31 children. The investigation was carried out prospectively on the etiological agents associated with respiratory infection to look for evidence of aerobic bacteria (blood cultures), Chlamydia trachomatis and Cytomegalovirus (serology), and Pneumocystis carinii (direct microscopy of tracheal aspirated material). The following infectious agents were diagnosed in 21 children (36.2%): Aerobic bacteria (8), Chlamydia trachomatis (5), Pneumocystis carinii (3), Cytomegalovirus (3), Cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia trachomatis (1), Aerobic bacteria and Cytomegalovirus (1). Seven cases of infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Cytomegalovirus were diagnosed out of the 12 cases with pulmonary interstitial involvement.

LEITURA FEMININA NA SEGUNDA METADE DO SÉCULO XIX EM PORTUGAL: TESTEMUNHOS E PROBLEMAS

TRABALHO DE PROJECTO APRESENTADO PARA CUMPRIMENTO DOS REQUISITOS NECESSÁRIOS À OBTENÇÃO DO GRAU DE MESTRE EM EDIÇÃO DE TEXTO