Mandibular Manipulation for the Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorder

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to identify the randomized clinical studies that had investigated the following research question: Is the mandibular manipulation technique an effective and safe technique for the treatment of the temporomandibular joint disk displacement without reduction? the systematic search was conducted in the electronic databases: PubMed (Medical Publications), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), EMBASE (Excerpta Medica Database), PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), BBO (Brazilian Library of Odontology), CENTRAL (Library Cochrane), and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). the abstracts of presentations in physical therapy meetings were manually selected, and the articles of the ones that meet the requirements were investigated. No language restrictions were considered. Only randomized and controlled clinical studies were included. Two studies of medium quality fulfilled all the inclusion criteria. There is no sufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of the mandibular manipulation therapy, and therefore its use remains questionable. Being minimally invasive, this therapy is attractive as an initial approach, especially considering the cost of the alternative approaches. the analysis of the results suggests that additional high-quality randomized clinical trials are necessary on the topic, and they should focus on methods for data randomization and allocation, on clearly defined outcomes, on a priori calculated sample size, and on an adequate follow-up strategy.

Risorse intangibili e imprese familiari: principali contributi sul tema e nuove prospettive di ricerca

Intangible resources are the distinctive factors for the success of businesses (Barney, 1991) and for this reason the literature has paid particular attention to this issue (Barney, 1991; Hall, 1992,1993; Carmeli, 2004; Galbreath, 2005; Hayton, 2005; Norman, Butler, Ranft, 2013). With this thesis I will analyze existing studies on the subject with particular reference to family businesses - ideal forum for the spread of specific intangibles (Ward, 1988; Habbershon, Williams, 1999; Sirmon & Hitt, 2003; Huybrechts et al., 2011; Rose, Howorth & Discua Cruz, 2014), in order to identify the main areas of research and new research perspectives. Through a narrative review on the general theme of intangible resources, bibliometric analysis of the contributions that jointly address the intangibles and family businesses and co-citation analysis for the definition of the intellectual structure of the studies on the intangible resources in family firms is reached an in-depth study of the issue with relevant academic and practical implications.

Arborizaçao dos cafezais para proteçao contra geadas na regiao sul do Brasil

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Para lembrar do cativeiro:a memória social dos congados do Sul de Minas

Proceedings of the conference: 10 Congresso do Folclore Brasileiro

RS-0406 arrests amyloid-B oligomer-induced behavioural deterioration in vivo

Clinically accessible compounds that arrest or reverse the effects of amyloid-ß (Aß) on progressively developing behavioural symptomatology and neuropathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) have yet to become available. However, a viable strategy may be to target and neutralise soluble Aß oligomers, which have been shown to mediate synaptic dysfunction and to produce cognitive deficits in the intact organism. Inhibiting the aggregation of Aß is therapeutically attractive, as Aß aggregation is a pathological event and pharmacological interventions targeting this are likely to have a non-toxic profile. A behavioural assay, the alternating-lever cyclic-ratio schedule, was used to assess the effect of Aß oligomers and the non-peptide small molecule RS-0406 in male Sprague-Dawley rats. RS-0406 has been shown to inhibit Aß1-42 fibrillogenesis and protect against Aß1-42–induced cytotoxicity in primary hippocampal neurons. In the current study, RS-0406 ameliorated the adverse effects of secreted oligomers of human Aß on behaviour and dose dependently reduced the behavioural effects of Aß oligomers, with the highest dose, 10 µM, maintaining behaviour approximately at control levels. This effect appeared to be central; peripheral confounds having been extensively investigated. This is the first published report on the effects of RS-0406 in vivo and indicates that RS-0406 has potential as a pharmacotherapeutic intervention for behavioural deficits seen in the early stages of AD, and possibly as an intervention in the development of AD neuropathology. Indeed, an analogue of RS-0406 that could be administered peripherally might be a realistic candidate for the clinical treatment of AD.

Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of flares and rotational modulation on the RS CVn binary HR 1099 (V711 Tau) from the MUSICOS 1998 campaign

We present simultaneous and continuous observations of the Halpha, Hbeta, He I D-3, Na I D-1,D-2 doublet and the Ca II H&K lines for the RS CVn system HR 1099. The spectroscopic observations were obtained during the MUSICOS 1998 campaign involving several observatories and instruments, both echelle and long-slit spectrographs. During this campaign, HR 1099 was observed almost continuously for more than 8 orbits of 2.(d)8. Two large optical flares were observed, both showing an increase in the emission of Halpha, Ca II H K, Hbeta and He I D-3 and a strong filling-in of the Na I D-1, D-2 doublet. Contemporary photometric observations were carried out with the robotic telescopes APT-80 of Catania and Phoenix-25 of Fairborn Observatories. Maps of the distribution of the spotted regions on the photosphere of the binary components were derived using the Maximum Entropy and Tikhonov photometric regularization criteria. Rotational modulation was observed in Halpha and He I D-3 in anti-correlation with the photometric light curves. Both flares occurred at the same binary phase (0.85), suggesting that these events took place in the same active region. Simultaneous X-ray observations, performed by ASM on board RXTE, show several flare-like events, some of which correlate well with the observed optical flares. Rotational modulation in the X-ray light curve has been detected with minimum flux when the less active G5 V star was in front. A possible periodicity in the X-ray flare-like events was also found.

Nota preliminare sui nuovi scavi a Monte Ingino - La Rocca Posteriore sul Monte Ingino di Gubbio. (Campagne di scavo 1975-77):"La Nuova Italia

Flavell, P., C.A.T. Malone, and S.K.F. Stoddart, (eds.)..( ed.). G. Meloni. 1987," Editrice - Regione dell'Umbria, : Firenze - Perugia.

Structure and thermal properties of salicylate-based-protic ionic liquids as new heat storage media. COSMO-RS structure characterization and modeling of heat capacities

During this research, we present a study on the thermal properties, such as the melting, cold crystallization, and glass transition temperatures as well as heat capacities from 293.15 K to 323.15 K of nine in-house synthesized protic ionic liquids based on the 3-(alkoxymethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium salicylate ([H-Im-C₁OC_n][Sal]) with n = 3–11. The 3D structures, surface charge distributions and COSMO volumes of all investigated ions are obtained by combining DFT calculations and the COSMO-RS methodology. The heat capacity data sets as a function of temperature of the 3-(alkoxymethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium salicylate are then predicted using the methodology originally proposed in the case of ionic liquids by Ge et al. 3-(Alkoxymethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium salicylate based ionic liquids present specific heat capacities higher in many cases than other ionic liquids that make them suitable as heat storage media and in heat transfer processes. It was found experimentally that the heat capacity increases linearly with increasing alkyl chain length of the alkoxymethyl group of 3-(alkoxymethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium salicylate as was expected and predicted using the Ge et al. method with an overall relative absolute deviation close to 3.2% for temperatures up to 323.15 K.

RS DOS ESTUDANTES DO CURSO DE LICENCIATURA EM ENFERMAGEM SOBRE CUIDADOS HOSPITALARES E CUIDADOS COMUNITÁRIOS

Tema e Referencial teórico: Nas escolas, se ao nível teórico, os conceitos de holismo e cuidar, dominam as conceções subjacentes à formação dos estudantes, é o desempenho e treino de procedimentos técnico-instrumentais que é privilegiado, com os ensinos clínicos a ocorrerem maioritariamente em contextos hospitalares. A aposta nos cuidados de saúde comunitários tem um menor impacto ao nível dos currículos, quer em termos teóricos quer práticos (Correia, 2008). As RS construídas pelos estudantes expressam uma realidade simbólica, não apreensível numa primeira aproximação, mas com capacidade de mobilizar a realidade gerando e orientando comportamentos e atitudes (Formozo e Oliveira, 2010). As RS marcam o processo de construção da identidade profissional e as opções futuras pelo contexto de trabalho. Objetivos: Identificar e comparar as RS dos cuidados hospitalares e comunitários em estudantes de enfermagem do 1º e 4º ano. Metodologia: Pesquisa qualitativa orientada pela Teoria das Representações Sociais. Amostra constituída por 132 estudantes do CLE da ESESJDUE, 71 do 1º ano e 61 do 4º ano. Utilizou-se um questionário em que eram apresentados dois estímulos indutores, com recurso à técnica de Associação Livre de Palavras. Foi realizada a análise no Software IRaMuTeQ.. Salvaguardados todos os aspetos éticos relativos a estudos com seres humanos. Resultados: A partir de matrizes cruzando segmentos de texto e palavras, aplicou-se o método da Classificação Hierárquica Descendente e obtivemos 4 classes. A classe 2, remete para os cuidados hospitalares e as classes 1, 3 e 4, para um conjunto de cuidados inerentes ao processo de cuidar os utentes. Na classe 1 a palavra central é ajuda, seguida de bem-estar, cuidado e sociedade, na classe 2 é enfermeiro seguida de médicos, internamento e recurso, na classe 3 é tratamento, seguida de vacina, comunicar e rastreio e na classe 4 é ensino, seguida de urgência, prevenção e promoção. Os dois grandes eixos organizadores da RS são enfermeiro, doença e tratamento, no núcleo central – cuidados hospitalares. Na nuvem de palavras, das mais evocadas destaca-se enfermeiro, doença, tratamento, prevenção, cuidado e ajuda. Conclusões: As RS dos estudantes estruturam-se em torno do papel central do enfermeiro no processo de cuidar. São os cuidados mais próximos da intervenção hospitalar que assumem destaque e posicionam o enfermeiro no centro do processo, sendo a partir daí que se concetualizam os cuidados ao doente, através do tratamento, prevenção, cuidado e ajuda. Salienta-se que as RS remetem para a importância social e especificidade do papel do enfermeiro na sociedade, evidenciados por termos como responsabilidade, ensino, promoção, educar ou apoio. Referências Bibliográficas Brito A. M. R., et al. (2011). Representações sociais de discentes de graduação em enfermagem sobre “ser enfermeiro”. Rev Bras Enferm, Brasilia 2011 mai-jun; 64(3): 527-35. Correia, Raquel (2008). Enfermeiros recém-formados e Cuidados de Saúde Comunitários: as lógicas subjacentes à escolha. Sísifo. Revista de Ciências da Educação, 05, pp. 45-58. Consultado em [maio, 2014] em http://sisifo.fpce.ul.pt Formozo GA, Oliveira DC. (2010). “Representações sociais do cuidado prestado aos pacientes soropositivos ao HIV”Rev Bras Enferm, mar-abr; 63(2): 230-7