Avaliação das características de afetividade em crianças e jovens com síndrome de down

This work presents the processes and the results of a research concerning the affectivity in children suffering from the Down´s Syndrome (DS). The relevance of the study is justified due to the need of the development of researches, in the area of psychological evaluation of people who suffers from Down´s Syndrome (DS), that are backed by the use of appropriate instruments for such purpose. The thematic discussed focuses the characteristics of the affectivity of children suffering from Down´s Syndrome. Affectivity, conceptually, is considered a wide phenomenon, including several aspects such as emotions, passions, anxiety, anguish, sadness, happiness and even the pleasure sensations and pain. The general objective of the study consisted of investigating the manifestation of the affectivity in children and young with Down´s Syndrome and the parents´ and educators´ perception concerning the expression of the affectivity in the behavior and in the social activities. The specific objectives were: to identify the parents' perceptions about the several manifestations of indicative behaviors of affectivity; to verify in the social atmosphere, outside home, through the teachers' perception, the several forms and intensities of the expression of the affectivity; and, to make possible the use of the technique of Zulliger (Z-test) in people with Down´s Syndrome. 70 (seventy) children and young with Down´s Syndrome participated in the research, in the age group from 04 to 26 years old, which are attended by Institutions of Paraíba and of Rio Grande do Norte. The instruments used were two questionnaires, applied with the parents and teachers, and the projective technique, Z-test, applied, individually, with the children and young with Down´s Syndrome. For analysis of the data of the questionnaires, the program Trideux-Mots was used, with the intention of selecting the main outstanding words for the parents and teachers concerning the expression of the children's affectivity and young with Down´s Syndrome. For so much, it was organized a database that was processed by that program and, soon after, interpreted through the Factorial Analysis by Correspondence (AFC), looking for to clear the modalities of presented answers in an organized way, through a graph. The data of the Z-test were analyzed, taking in consideration the need to characterize the aspects of the affectivity and the elaboration of specific norms for this sample type, through normalized scores. In agreement with the data presented by Tri-deux-Mots, it was observed that in the affective behavior and in the relationship with the other, home and in the school, the children and young with Down´s Syndrome they express your affectivity through positive and negative characteristics, in the same way that any other child that doesn't have to syndrome. The Z-test made possible initial elements to work with that population, however it is necessary that grow other researches with the intention of investigating the reason of the answers they present not the specific categories that you/they are related to the affectivity, since it was well-known the diversity of affective characteristics presented by the researched group

Inflammatory cytokine mRNA detection by real time PCR in chorioamniotic membranes from pregnant women with preterm premature rupture of membranes

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

Cytokeratin Profile in Exfoliative Cytology of Smokers

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

Tendência do aleitamento materno em município da região centro-sul do estado de São Paulo: 1995-1999-2004

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a situação do aleitamento materno em 2004 no município de Botucatu, SP, e identificar sua tendência nos últimos 10 anos. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico, no qual foram comparados os resultados de 3 inquéritos populacionais transversais (1995-1999-2004), metodologicamente semelhantes, sobre a situação do aleitamento materno em crianças menores de 12 meses. Os dados foram obtidos em Campanhas de Multivacinação, a partir de questionário contendo um recordatório da alimentação das crianças no dia anterior à pesquisa. Para identificar a tendência dos diferentes tipos de aleitamento (aleitamento materno exclusivo, aleitamento materno predominante e aleitamento materno), foram comparadas as prevalências, segundo faixas etárias selecionadas (0-1 mês, 0-4 meses, 0-6 meses e 0-12 meses), nos 3 inquéritos. Os resultados foram submetidos a teste estatístico (teste z) para verificação das diferenças entre proporções. RESULTADOS: Para as crianças menores de 4 meses, houve aumento progressivo e de grande magnitude (19,1% em 1995 e 36,9% em 2004) do aleitamento materno exclusivo e diminuição do aleitamento materno predominante - diferenças estatisticamente significantes. O mesmo ocorreu para as crianças menores de 6 meses: 13,0% em aleitamento materno exclusivo em 1995, 29,6% em 2004, representando 128,0% de aumento. Com relação ao aleitamento materno, tanto para as crianças menores de 4 meses, quanto para as menores de 6 meses e de 1 ano, houve pequeno aumento de prevalência, mas as diferenças não foram estatisticamente significantes. A duração mediana do aleitamento materno exclusivo aumentou 14 dias (82,0%) e do aleitamento materno 85 dias (50,9%) no período de 10 anos. CONCLUSÃO: Com a elevação expressiva da prevalência de crianças menores de 6 meses em aleitamento materno exclusivo e o aumento da mediana da amamentação exclusiva e da amamentação, pode-se afirmar que a evolução do aleitamento no município foi favorável. Entretanto, a situação em 2004 ainda está distante das recomendações atuais sobre alimentação infantil.

Exfoliative cytology of the oral mucosa: Comparison of two collection methods

This study compared the sampling efficacy cia cytobrush and metal spatula for exfoliative cytology of the oral mucosa. Thirty students with no detectable oral alterations upon clinical examination were submitted to exfoliative cytology of the lateral border of the tongue, using a metal spatula on the left side and a cytobrush on the right side. The smears were stained using the Papanicoiaou technique and evaluated for cellularity, cell type, cell distribution, homogeneity, and cellular distortion, as well as the presence ol mucus, inflammatory infiltrate, and hemorrhage. A statistical test (Z-test) with a 95% confdence interval (Cl) showed a significant difference between the metal spatula and cytobrush in terms of cellularity (p = 0.02) and homogeneity (p = 0.01). No difference between the two methods was observed regarding cell type (p = 0.4, Z-test) or cell distribution for the 95% confidence interval (p = 0.2, Fisher's test). Cell distortion and the presence of mucus were observed in five cases that used the metal spatula and in two cases that used the cytobrush. No hemorrhage or inflammatory infItrate was detected in any of the slides. Based on the results of this study, the cytobrush produced qualitatively better smears in terms of cellularity and homogeneity compared to the metal spatula.

Avaliação do risco de cárie e microbiota fúngica em pacientes pediátricos com anemia falciforme

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Prevalência do lado preferencial mastigatório e sua relação com a alimentação, a saúde periodontal, o lado preferencial no primeiro ciclo mastigatório e a dominância lateral nas dentições decídua, mista e permanente

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Diagnóstico da paracoccidioidomicose em pacientes atendidos em serviços de rotina de hospital universitário

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação do complexo crânio-facial em indivíduos portadores de síndrome de down: um estudo radiográfico cefalométrico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Manipulação em imagens radiográficas odontológicas digitais e digitalizadas e a certificação digital

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Influência de diferentes técnicas de instrumentação no travamento e adaptação de cones de guta-percha .O4 analisados por tomografia computadorizada

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Divergent evolution and purifying selection of the H (FUT1) gene in New World monkeys (Primates, Platyrrhini)

In the present study, the coding region of the H gene was sequenced and analyzed in fourteen genera of New World primates (Alouatta, Aotus, Ateles, Brachyteles, Cacajao, Callicebus, Callithrix, Cebus, Chiropotes, Lagothrix, Leontopithecus, Pithecia, Saguinus, and Saimiri), in order to investigate the evolution of the gene. The analyses revealed that this coding region contains 1,101 nucleotides, with the exception of Brachyteles, the callitrichines (Callithrix, Leontopithecus, and Saguinus) and one species of Callicebus (moloch), in which one codon was deleted. In the primates studied, the high GC content (63%), the nonrandom distribution of codons and the low evolution rate of the gene (0.513 substitutions/site/MA in the order Primates) suggest the action of a purifying type of selective pressure, confirmed by the Z-test. Our analyses did not identify mutations equivalent to those responsible for the H-deficient phenotypes found in humans, nor any other alteration that might explain the lack of expression of the gene in the erythrocytes of Neotropical monkeys. The phylogenetic trees obtained for the H gene and the distance matrix data suggest the occurrence of divergent evolution in the primates.

Análise dos indicadores da osteogênese, citotoxicidade e genotoxicidade de substitutos ósseos em osteoblastos-like

Pós-graduação em Biopatologia Bucal - ICT

In Vivo study of an intracanal dressing of calcium hydroxide/chlorhexidine in necrotic primary teeth

AIM:To evaluate the clinical and radiographic success of endodontic treatment in human primary teeth with necrotic pulp with and without radiographically visible furcal/periapical lesion treated with a calcium hydroxide (CH) and chlorhexidine (CHX) intracanal dressing. The tested hypothesis was that there is no difference in the clinical and radiographic success in primary teeth medicated with CH pastes prepared with polyethylene glycol (PEG) or CHX.METHODS:Thirty-two teeth with necrotic pulp were used in this randomized clinical study: 12 without and 20 with lesion. Canals were prepared and medicated with CH pastes with polyethylene glycol (CH/PEG) (n=16) or 2% CHX gel (CH/CHX) (n=16). Definitive filling was done after 30 days. The teeth were clinically and radiographically examined during 12 months to determine the success of the endodontic therapy. Data from clinical and radiographic examination of the initial condition and 12 months after treatment were compared using the Z test (α = 0.05).RESULTS:There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the success rate of teeth with and without lesion medicated with CH/PEG or CH/CHX. No significant difference (p>0.05) was found between the pastes regardless of the presence of lesion.CONCLUSIONS:Combination of CHX and CH was not more effective than the CH/PEG paste, as similar clinical and radiographic success rate was observed in teeth medicated with either type of intracanal dressing.

Cephalometric analysis for the diagnosis of sleep apnea: a comparative study between reference values and measurements obtained for Brazilian subjects

OBJECTIVE: To verify if the reference values of Sleep Apnea cephalometric analysis of North American individuals are similar to the ones of Brazilian individuals presenting no craniofacial anomalies. The study also aimed to identify craniofacial alterations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) patients in relation to individuals without clinical characteristics of the disease through this cephalometric analysis. METHOD: It were used 55 lateral cephalograms consisting of 29 for the control group of adult individuals without clinical characteristics of OSAHS and 26 apneic adults. All radiographs were submitted to Sleep Apnea cephalometric analysis through Radiocef Studio 2.0. The standard values of this analysis were compared, by means of z test, to the ones obtained from the control group and these were compared to values from apneic group through Student's t test. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between values obtained from control group and standard values. On the group of OSAHS patients it was observed a decrease on the dimensions of upper airways and an increase on the soft palate length. CONCLUSIONS: The standard values of Sleep Apnea analysis can be used as reference in Brazilian individuals. Besides, through lateral cephalograms it was possible to identify craniofacial alterations in OSAHS patients.