Sling transobturatório: resultados de um centro de uroginecologia em Curitiba no ano de 2004

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o resultado da colocação de sling transobturatório sintético utilizado para a correção de incontinência urinária. MÉTODO: Foram relatados os casos de sling transobturatório sintético realizados no Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba no ano de 2004. A cirurgia consiste na colocação de uma faixa de polipropileno de 20X1,5cm, sob uretra média, confeccionada manualmente a partir de uma tela de 20X20cm, por via transobturatória. RESULTADOS: A média de idade das pacientes foi de 51,4 anos. Não houve complicações no intra-operatório. Noventa e um por cento das pacientes apresentaram cura e 9% apresentaram recidiva da incontinência urinária após seis meses. Duas (4,25%) pacientes apresentaram exposição da tela para a vagina. 4/47 pacientes apresentaram infecção do trato urinário e 1/47 apresentou hematoma de sitio cirúrgico na parede vaginal posterior. CONCLUSÃO: O Sling transobturatório sintético é um procedimento efetivo para a correção de incontinência urinária de esforço após seis meses de acompanhamento. A técnica utilizada na confecção do sling mostrou-se biocompatível, com níveis de complicação e recidiva aceitáveis e comparáveis aos slings transobturatórios industrializados. Avaliações com período de acompanhamento maior se fazem necessárias para a validação dessa técnica.

Dinâmica da comunidade e populações arbóreas da borda e interior de um remanescente florestal na Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais, em um intervalo de cinco anos (1999-2004)

A dinâmica da comunidade arbórea e de 26 populações componentes foi investigada em um fragmento de floresta estacional semidecídua em Piedade do Rio Grande, Minas Gerais, com base em inventários conduzidos em 1999 e 2004 em 30 parcelas de 400 m², 12 das quais foram locadas na borda do fragmento e 18 em seu interior. O objetivo foi verificar se a comunidade e populações arbóreas (a) estavam estáveis no período, e (b) mostraram uma dinâmica mais acelerada na borda do fragmento que em seu interior. Foram obtidas taxas de mortalidade e recrutamento de árvores e taxas de ganho e perda de área basal para a amostra total, seus dois setores, classes de diâmetro e populações. A hipótese da estabilidade foi rejeitada porque, tanto na borda como no interior, as taxas de mortalidade superaram as de recrutamento, as taxas de ganho superaram as de perda de área basal e as distribuições de tamanho mudaram devido ao declínio na densidade de árvores menores. Tais mudanças gerais se relacionaram, possivelmente, (a) a efeitos de longa duração da fragmentação ainda em curso, (b) a uma fase particular de um ciclo florestal rítmico e/ou (c) à suposta aceleração global das taxas de rotatividade florestal devido ao aumento do CO2 atmosférico. Os dois setores de fato diferiram nas taxas de rotatividade mais elevadas na borda que no interior da floresta, provavelmente devido à maior abundância de luz na borda, mas também porque populações de espécies pioneiras e exigentes de luz, de rápido crescimento, são mais abundantes na borda.

Ilmanlaatu Uudellamaalla vuosina 2004 – 2013

Ilmanlaatuindeksin perusteella arvioituna ilmanlaatu oli vuosina 2004 – 2013 Uudenmaan mittauskohteissa eli Hyvinkäällä, Järvenpäässä, Keravalla, Lohjalla, Porvoossa ja Tuusulassa valtaosan ajasta hyvää tai tyydyttävää. Huonon ja erittäin huonon ilmanlaadun tunteja oli eniten Järvenpäässä vuonna 2012, Hyvinkäällä vuonna 2008 ja Porvoossa vuonna 2007. Huonon ja erittäin huonon ilmanlaadun tunnit aiheutuivat pääasiassa katujen pölyämisestä keväisin. Katupölyn haittojen vähentämiseen tulisi Uudenmaan taajamissa kiinnittää erityistä huomiota. Hengitettäville hiukkasten pitoisuuksille annetut raja-arvot eivät vuosina 2004 – 2013 ylittyneet. Hengitettävien hiukkasten vuorokausiohjearvo ylittyi kaikilla mittausasemilla. Mittausasemien sijainti on vaihtunut niin usein, että pitoisuuksien kehittymistä on mahdotonta arvioida toistaiseksi. Lohjalla mittauksia on tehty joka vuosi ja siellä pitoisuudet näyttäisivät olevan laskussa. Sekä jatkuvatoimisissa mittauksissa että passiivikeräinkartoituksissa saadut typpidioksidipitoisuudet olivat selvästi raja- ja ohjearvojen alapuolella. Pitoisuudet ovat pysyneet viimeiset kymmenen vuotta likimain ennallaan. Muutamissa mittauspisteissä pitoisuudet kuitenkin ovat laskeneet tilastollisesti merkitsevästi tai melkein merkitsevästi. Otsonipitoisuudelle vuodelle 2010 annetut tavoitearvot eivät ylittyneet. Sen sijaan terveysperusteinen pitkän ajan tavoite ylittyi joka vuosi lukuun ottamatta vuotta 2012. Kasvillisuusperusteinen pitkän ajan tavoite ylittyi vuosina 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 ja 2013. Energiantuotannon ja teollisuuden päästöjä dominoivat Inkoon voimalaitoksen, Kilpilahden teollisuusalueen ja Koverharin terästehtaan päästöt. Inkoon voimalaitoksen päästöt vaihtelevat huomattavasti vuodesta toiseen, joten myös alueen kokonaispäästöissä vuosien välinen vaihtelu on suurta eikä selviä trendejä ole havaittavissa. Uudenmaan seuranta-alueella puun pienpolton päästöt ovat ilmanlaadun kannalta merkittäviä. Pienpolton vaikutus hengitysilman laatuun korostuu, koska päästöt purkautuvat matalista piipuista asuinalueilla. Puunpolton hiukkaspäästöt olivat vuodelle 2010 arvioitujen päästömäärien perusteella noin puolet ja haihtuvien orgaanisten yhdisteiden päästöt neljänneksen alueen kokonaispäästöistä.

Food consumption by young adults living in Ribeirão Preto, SP, 2002/2004

There is evidence showing a close relationship between diet and the occurrence of non-communicable chronic diseases. The present study assessed food consumption in a 2002/2004 cohort of young adults born in 1978/79 in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. The composition of the habitual diet consumed by a sample of 2063 individuals aged 23-25 years was analyzed using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire based on studies of prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases. The Dietsys software was used for dietary calculations. In terms of WHO/2003 recommendations, there was a high mean daily consumption of energy from fat (consumption: 35.4%; recommendation: 15-30%), a low mean intake of energy from carbohydrates (47.5%; 55-75%) and a low mean consumption of total fibers (15.2 g; >25 g). Mean intake of energy from fatty acids (10%; <10%) and protein (15.6%; 10-15%) was within recommended limits. When compared to the recommendations of the food pyramid adapted to the Brazilian population, adequate intake was observed only regarding the meat group (consumption: 1.9 portions; recommended: 1-2). There was a low consumption of vegetables (2.9; 4-5), fruits (1.2; 3-5), breads (3.6; 6-9), and dairy products (1.7; 3), with excessive fat and sugar intake (5.7; 1-2). We conclude that the inadequate food consumption observed in this young population may be associated with the development of excess weight and may contribute to the triggering of non-communicable chronic diseases.

Observatorio de las exportaciones: percepción de los industriales de Bogotá sobre su actividad exportadora, 2005- 2007. No.15 Abril de 2008

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Observatorio económico de Bogotá. Comportamiento empresarial de Bogotá,2006. N. 25. Abril de 2007

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Bogotá cómo vamos : balance de la administración distrital 2004-2006. Bogotá menos pobre y más educada

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Resolución N° 87 del 10 de mayo de 2007 Frente a la celebración de dos reuniones de la misma naturaleza ¿Cual tiene tales efectos jurídicos en materia regístral?

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Resolución N° 250 del 14 de noviembre de 2007 ¿Pueden los acreedores intervenir en reformas estatutarias dentro de empresas en procesos de restructuración?

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An examination of NHL fans' reactions to the cancelled 2004-2005 season

AN EXAMINATION OF NHL FANS' REACTIONS TO THE CANCELLED 2004- 2005 SEASON Chad Asselstine Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL) stepped in front of the worldwide media on February 16, 2005 to announce that there would be no NHL games played during the 2004-2005 season. Two sides were prominent during the labour dispute; the NHL owners and the NHLP A, however a third side that became the forgotten party was the fans (NHLF A, 2005). The fans are the consumers of the NHL and all the brands associated with its franchises, they are the people who provide the revenues that allow owners to pay the players' salaries. The present study is situated within the sport marketing framework, particularly within the fan loyalty literature to provide an understanding of the impact of the 2004- 2005 lockout on the forgotten party, NHL fans. This study examines 16 fans' experiences in four stages: becoming a fan of the NHL, being a fan prior to the lockout, being a fan during the lockout including their anticipated reaction to the return of the NHL, and their actual reaction to the return of the NHL. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews with each ofthe participants, resulting in 16 fans' stories of how the lockout impacted them specifically. Through analysis of the data themes began to emerge including the fans' understanding that there was a need to restructure game play, the business operations of the NHL, a desire for service recovery strategies which would exceed fans' expectations, 4 and the desire for alternative forms of consumption including alternative hockey leagues as well as the growing popularity of poker playing. The study summarizes the effects that the NHL lockout had on the relationship between 16 individual fan~ and their favourite teams, and concludes with Suggestions for Future Research and Implications for Sport Marketers that emerged from this unique case in the history of North American professional sport.

Lini Richarda Grol Fonds, 1946-2007

Lini Richarda Grol was originally born in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1913 and immigrated to Canada in 1954 after working as a nurse in South America for three years from 1951 to 1954. She was granted her first Canadian passport in 1961 and worked full-time as nurse at the Welland County Hospital. While nursing she would enroll in writing courses at McMaster University and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, now Ryerson University. Eventually she decided to dedicate herself to her writing and artwork and began to only work as a nurse part-time and then later opened the Fonthill Studio to devote herself to her writing and artwork full-time. Her status as an immigrant and career as a nurse provided inspiration for much of her writing and she frequently tackles the experience of the female immigrant in her works. Her first publication was in 1938 in a small literary and women’s magazines in Holland and Belgium and her first work of poetry was entitled Stive Gedachten. None of these publications exist in this archive. Her most well-known publication, Liberation, centers around her experiences leading up to and after the liberation of Holland during World War II. Grol was, and continues to be a prolific writer in the Niagara Region and has been published in the Welland Tribune, Pelham Herald, Thorold News, Parent Magazine, Dunville Chronicle, and various Christian publications and literary newsletters and journals. Grol also started her own poetry magazine entitled Canadian Poets Pen Club to help aspiring writers get published. Perhaps her most recognized achievement was the inclusion of one of her poems and the recognition of her novel Liberation into the Thank You Canada Day celebration in May 1970. Grol participated in many local writers’ groups such as the Welland Writer’s Club, and the Canadian Author’s Association. Grol was membership secretary for the Canadian Author’s Association in 1984. She also founded a writer’s club in 1995 in her retirement home, Holland Christian Homes where members meet to talk about their poems and short stories either in English or Dutch. Participating in and creating a writers’ community is integral to Grol’s identity as an author and can be related to the feelings of isolation she felt as an immigrant to Canada. Grol also hosted her own television shows entitled Discovery with Lini Grol which featured guests, usually local artists and writers, and Holland en Hollanders a cultural program for Dutch immigrants. Grol’s most recent activities include the publication of a one act play entitled Peppermint Problems [1996] and a short story entitled “When our War started in Rotterdam” [2004]. In 1994, she moved to Brampton, Ontario into a Christian retirement center called Holland Christian Homes. For further biographical information about Grol see two books contained within this collection Women of Action [1976] and Something About the Author [1976].

Recension jurisprudentielle 2004 – La famille

Article publié avec l'autorisation de la Chambre des notaires du Québec

Red State, Blue State: Examining Federal Transfers to the States, 1983-2004.

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Lecture sociodémographique de l'évolution de la mortalité par suicide au Québec (1926-2004): la question de l'âge et des générations.

Depuis deux siècles, les transformations les plus remarquables du phénomène du suicide concernent la relation avec la variable âge. En effet, le suicide a longtemps progressé avec l'âge pour culminer à la vieillesse, mais le dernier quart de siècle au Québec a vu ce rapport modifié, suggérant qu'il s'agit désormais d'un phénomène de jeunes. Notre étude examine les tendances récentes de l'évolution de la mortalité par suicide au Québec du point de vue de l'âge, discute des effets respectifs possibles de l'âge, de la période et de la génération de 1926 à 2004 et offre des pistes d'interprétation sociologique. Nous présentons dans un premier temps les transformations de la société québécoise depuis 1930 ainsi qu'un bilan synthétique des connaissances sur le suicide au Québec par rapport aux tendances internationales, ceci du point de vue de différentes variables sociodémographiques. Notre étude rappelle ensuite les grandes théories et idées sur le suicide, de la littérature classique aux réflexions contemporaines. On y remarque que la variable âge est rarement au coeur de ces conceptions, mais plutôt en marge de celles-ci, médiatisées par d'autres variables sociales. Les résultats de notre analyse montrent la présence d'un net effet de génération dans l'évolution de la mortalité masculine due au suicide au Québec. Ce phénomène n'est pas présent chez les femmes. Les générations récentes adoptent toutefois un comportement différent de celles des baby-boomers et il sera intéressant de suivre leur trajectoire dans l'avenir.