Unesp Informa, 2011, ano 2, número 21

Boletim elaborado pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Unesp Ciência, 2011, ano 2, número 21

Revista elaborada pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

The influence of count's number in myocardium in the determination of reproducible parameters in Gated-SPECT studies simulated with GATE

Myocardial Perfusion Gated Single Photon Emission Tomography (Gated-SPET) imaging is used for the combined evaluation of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular (LV). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of the total number of counts acquired from myocardium, in the calculation of myocardial functional parameters using routine software procedures. Methods: Gated-SPET studies were simulated using Monte Carlo GATE package and NURBS phantom. Simulated data were reconstructed and processed using the commercial software package Quantitative Gated-SPECT. The Bland-Altman and Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon tests were used to analyze the influence of the number of total counts in the calculation of LV myocardium functional parameters. Results: In studies simulated with 3MBq in the myocardium there were significant differences in the functional parameters: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), end-systolic volume (ESV), Motility and Thickness; between studies acquired with 15s/projection and 30s/projection. Simulations with 4.2MBq show significant differences in LVEF, end-diastolic volume (EDV) and Thickness. Meanwhile in the simulations with 5.4MBq and 8.4MBq the differences were statistically significant for Motility and Thickness. Conclusion: The total number of counts per simulation doesn't significantly interfere with the determination of Gated-SPET functional parameters using the administered average activity of 450MBq to 5.4MBq in myocardium.

Contributos para uma comparação de metodologias entre a agenda 21 local e a rede social

Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ordenamento do Território e Planeamento Ambiental

Juggling time concepts: complex metanarrative in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams

ABSTRACT - Starting with the explanation of metanarrative as a sort of self-reflexive storytelling (as defended by Kenneth Weaver Hope in his unpublished PhD. thesis), I propose to talk about enunciative practices that stress the telling more than the told. In line with some metaficcional practices applied to cinema, such as the ‘mindfuck’ film (Jonathan Eig, 2003), the ‘psychological puzzle film’ (Elliot Panek, 2003) and the ‘mind-game film’ (Thomas Elsaesser, 2009), I will address the manipulations that a narrative film endures in order to produce a more fruitful and complex experience for the viewer. I will particularly concentrate on the misrepresentation of time as a way to produce a labyrinthine work of fiction where the linear description of events is replaced by a game of time disclosure. The viewer is thus called upon to reconstruct the order of the various situations portrayed in a process that I call ‘temporal mapping’. However, as the viewer attempts to do this, the film, ironically, because of the intricate nature of the plot and the uncertain status of the characters, resists the attempt. There is a sort of teasing taking place between the film and its spectator: an invitation of decoding that is half-denied until the end, where the puzzle is finally solved. I will use three of Alejandro Iñárritu’s films to better convey my point: Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2006). I will consider Iñárritu’s methods to produce a non-linear storytelling as a way to stress the importance of time and its validity as one of the elements that make up for a metanarrative experience in films. I will focus especially on 21 Grams, which I consider to be a paragon of the labyrinth.

Agenda 21 Militar numa Unidade do Exército Português: contributos para um desenvolvimento sustentável através da liderança participativa

Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão e Políticas Ambientais

Peptic disease and Helicobacter pylori are highly prevalent in patients with the indeterminate form of chagas’ disease: report of 21 cases

Given that chagasic patients in the indeterminate form of this disease, can have abnormal motility of the digestive tract and immunologic abnormalities, we decided to assess the frequency of peptic disease and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in these individuals. Twenty-one individuals, 13 males and 8 females, mean age 37.6 ± 11.1 years, were examined. Biopsies of the duodenum, antrum, lesser and greater gastric curvature and esophagus were performed. The endoscopic findings were of chronic gastritis in 20 (95.2%) patients, duodenal ulcer in 3 (14.3%), gastric and duodenal ulcer in 3 (14.3%), gastric ulcer alone in 1 (4.8%), esophagitis in 5 (23.8%), and duodenitis in 5 (23.8%). The diagnosis of infection by the Hp was done by the urease test and histologic examination. Hp infection was found in 20 (95.2%) individuals: in 20 out of them in the antrum, in 17 in the lesser curvature, and in 17 in the greater curvature. Hp was not found in the esophagus and duodenum. The only individual with no evidence of infection by Hp was also the only one with normal endoscopic and histologic examinations. The histologic examinations confirmed the diagnoses of gastric ulcer as peptic, chronic gastritis in 20 patients, duodenitis in 14, and esophagitis in 9. In this series the patients had a high frequency of peptic disease, which was closely associated with Hp infection

Centros XXI de bairro: uma nova abordagem territorial da agenda 21 local

Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente,perfil Ordenamento do Território e Impactes Ambientais

IgG recognizing 21-24 kDa and 30-33 kDa tachyzoite antigens show maximum avidity maturation during natural and accidental human toxoplasmosis

We describe the avidity maturation of IgGs in human toxoplasmosis using sequential serum samples from accidental and natural infections. In accidental cases, avidity increased continuously throughout infection while naturally infected patients showed a different profile. Twenty-five percent of sera from chronic patients having specific IgM positive results could be appropriately classified using exclusively the avidity test data. To take advantage of the potentiality of this technique, antigens recognized by IgG showing steeper avidity maturation were identified using immunoblot with KSCN elution. Two clusters of antigens, in the ranges of 21-24 kDa and 30-33 kDa, were identified as the ones that fulfill the aforementioned avidity characteristics.

Histoplasmosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: a 21-year experience

Of 156 cases of histoplasmosis observed in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), during a 21-year period (1978-1999) 137 were included in this study. Sixty-seven per cent of the patients had hematogeneous disseminated histoplasmosis, 24% had a self-limited syndrome (acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, histoplasmoma or primary pulmonary lymph node complex), and 9 per cent had chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis. Clinical, mycological, and epidemiological data were reviewed and commented.

Desenvolvimento de um Projecto Agenda 21 Local para o Município de São Brás de Alportel

Relatório de Estágio de Mestrado em Globalização e Ambiente

Hiperplasia Congénita da Supra-Renal por Deficiência de 21 Hidroxilase. A Propósito de um Caso Clínico

A hiperplasia congénita da supra-renal (HCS) resulta, em mais de 90% dos casos, do défice de 21-hidroxilase. Este defeito condiciona um excesso de androgénios com virilização pré-natal dos fetos femininos. A terapêutica pré-natal com corticosteróides, quando iniciada precocemente (+- 6 semanas de gestação), parece prevenir ou reduzir a ambiguidade genital destes fetos. Os autores apresentam um caso clínico, com história familiar de HCS, em que a vigilância e a terapêutica foram iniciadas tardiamente (17 semanas de gestação) não tendo sido possível evitar a ambiguidade sexual. É realçada a importância do aconselhamento pré-concepcional e da terapêutica precoce das situações previamente identificadas.

Nefrectomia Radical e Nefroureterectomia Laparoscópica "Hand-Assited": a Experiência dos Primeiros 21 Casos

Objectivos: Os autores apresentam a sua casuística com os primeiros 21 casos submetidos a nefrectomia radical e nefroureterectomia laparoscópica "hand- assisted" e laparoscópica pura. Material e Métodos: Entre o período de Janeiro 2003 a Junho de 2004 procedeu-se à realização de nefrectomia radical e nefroureterectomia laparoscópica em 21 doentes com o diagnóstico clínico de carcinoma de células renais e de carcinoma de células de transição do trato urinário alto. Optámos pela assistência da mão apenas quando útil ou necessário. Realizamos 16 nefrectomias radicais laparoscopicas "hand-assisted", 2 nefroureterectomias radicais laparoscopicas "hand- assisted" com desincer- ção endoscópica do meato ureteral e 3 nefrectomias radicais laparoscopicas "puras". A idade média deste grupo foi de 62 anos.O diâmetro médio da massa renal foi de 4,8 cm. O diagnóstico anatomo-patológico revelou a existência de 17 carcinomas de células renais, 2 carcinomas de células de transição, 1 hemangioma e 1 quisto renal complicado. Tivemos uma taxa de conversão de 5%, e a duração da cirurgia foi de 1,46 horas. O follow- up destes doentes variou entre 1 e 2 anos, não se tendo verificado quaisquer recidivas. Nesta série houve um re-internamento. Conclusão: a nefrectomia radical laparoscópica "hand-assisted" e a nefroureterectomia laparoscópica "hand-assisted" são exequíveis sendo a curva de aprendizagem relativamente curta. A taxa de complicações é baixa.