Tradução e adaptação transcultural do Minnesota Handwriting Assessment para aplicação no Brasil

Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Humano e Tecnologias - IBRC

A produção gráfica e escrita: focalizando a variação da produção de força

Pós-graduação em Ciências da Motricidade - IBRC

Translation and cultural adaptation of Brazilian Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting: conceptual and semantic equivalence

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

Estudo das competências grafomotoras em crianças no 3º ano de escolaridade, na região de Lisboa

A escrita é uma atividade complexa que envolve a interação constante de processos cognitivos e motores. As crianças passam grande parte do tempo a escrever em contexto escolar, aplicando também esta habilidade noutros contextos. As dificuldades de escrita ao nível da legibilidade e velocidade possuem um impacto negativo nos diferentes contextos de vida das crianças. Esta tese teve como objetivo estudar as competências de escrita em crianças no 3º ano de escolaridade, período em que é alcançada uma automatização da escrita. Começou-se por traduzir, adaptar culturalmente e validar para o Português Europeu dois instrumentos que são internacionalmente utilizados no diagnóstico da Disgrafia e da Perturbação do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (PDC): Movement Assessment Battery for Children – 2nd edition (MABC-2) e Echelle d’évaluation rapide de l’écriture chez l’enfant (BHK). Os instrumentos revelaram ser fidedignos e com solidez suficiente para a sua aplicação. Prosseguiu-se com a exploração da relação entre as competências de escrita e a coordenação motora. Não foi encontrada relação entre qualidade e velocidade de escrita e coordenação motora fina, nem qualquer associação entre qualidade e velocidade de escrita. Na diferença de desempenhos entre rapazes e raparigas, estas revelaram melhores resultados apenas na tarefa de colocação de pinos com a mão preferida. Verificou-se que a formação de letras é o fator que mais contribui para explicar os desempenhos na qualidade de escrita. Através de análise computacional conseguiu-se dar os primeiros passos para o estabelecimento de um padrão de legibilidade, com a caracterização espacial das letras. No entanto, não foi encontrada relação entre as características espaciais e a qualidade de escrita. No final desta tese, relatam-se as limitações dos procedimentos adotados e sugerem-se futuros desafios de investigação dos fenómenos inerentes a esta temática.

Adaptação cultural do Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH) para escolares de ensino público

Pós-graduação em Fonoaudiologia - FFC

Rainfall-runoff relationships and water-quality assessment of Coon Creek watershed, Anoka County, Minnesota /

Bibliography: p. 71-73.

The use of life-cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impacts of growing genetically modified, nitrogen use-efficient canola

Agriculture, particularly intensive crop production, makes a significant contribution to environmental pollution. A variety of canola (Brassica napus) has been genetically modified to enhance nitrogen use efficiency, effectively reducing the amount of fertilizer required for crop production. A partial life-cycle assessment adapted to crop production was used to assess the potential environmental impacts of growing genetically modified, nitrogen use-efficient (GMNUE) canola in North Dakota and Minnesota compared with a conventionally bred control variety. The analysis took into account the entire production system used to produce 1 tonne of canola. This comprised raw material extraction, processing and transportation, as well as all agricultural field operations. All emissions associated with the production of 1 tonne of canola were listed, aggregated and weighted in order to calculate the level of environmental impact. The findings show that there are a range of potential environmental benefits associated with growing GMNUE canola. These include reduced impacts on global warming, freshwater ecotoxicity, eutrophication and acidification. Given the large areas of canola grown in North America and, in particular, Canada, as well as the wide acceptance of genetically modified varieties in this area, there is the potential for GMNUE canola to reduce pollution from agriculture, with the largest reductions predicted to be in greenhouse gases and diffuse water pollution.

Classification of handwriting patterns in patients with Parkinson´s disease, using a biometric sensor

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

Reducing the Public Health Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis by Controlling Disease Transmission Between Cattle and White-Tailed Deer in Northwestern Minnesota

Bovine tuberculosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis, is a re-emerging zoonotic disease. It has staged a comeback by establishing infections in wildlife and cattle, creating the potential for human disease in locations where it was thought to be under control. In northwestern Minnesota, infected cattle and white-tailed deer were first discovered in 2005. A major bovine tuberculosis eradication campaign is underway in the state, with multiple efforts employed to control M. bovis infection in both cattle and deer populations. In order to effectively eradicate bovine tuberculosis in Minnesota, there is a need for better understanding of the factors that increase the risk of deer and cattle interacting in a way that facilitates tuberculosis transmission. By reducing the risk of disease transmission within the animal populations, we will also reduce the risk that bovine tuberculosis will again become a common disease in human populations. The purpose of this study is to characterize the risk of interactions between cattle and white-tailed deer in northern Minnesota in order to prevent M. bovis transmission. A survey originally developed to assess deer-cattle interactions in Michigan was modified for use in Minnesota, introducing a scoring method to evaluate the areas of highest priority at risk of potential deer-cattle interaction. The resulting semi-quantitative deer-cattle interaction risk assessment was used at 53 cattle herds located in the region adjacent to the bovine tuberculosis “Core Area”. Two evaluators each scored the farm separately, and then created a management plan for the farm that prioritized the areas of greatest risk for deer-cattle interactions. Herds located within the “Management Zone” were evaluated by Minnesota Board of Animal Health staff, and results from these surveys were used as a point of comparison.

Older Breast Cancer Survivors: Geriatric Assessment Domains Are Associated With Poor Tolerance of Treatment Adverse Effects and Predict Mortality Over 7 Years of Follow-Up

Purpose To evaluate geriatric assessment (GA) domains in relation to clinically important outcomes in older breast cancer survivors. Methods Six hundred sixty women diagnosed with primary breast cancer in four US geographic regions (Los Angeles, CA; Minnesota; North Carolina; and Rhode Island) were selected with disease stage I to IIIA, age ≥ 65 years at date of diagnosis, and permission from attending physician to contact. Data were collected over 7 years of follow-up from consenting patients' medical records, telephone interviews, physician questionnaires, and the National Death Index. Outcomes included self-reported treatment tolerance and all-cause mortality. Four GA domains were described by six individual measures, as follows: sociodemographic by adequate finances; clinical by Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and body mass index; function by number of physical function limitations; and psychosocial by the five-item Mental Health Index (MHI5) and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS). Associations were evaluated using t tests, χ2 tests, and regression analyses. Results In multivariable regression including age and stage, three measures from two domains (clinical and psychosocial) were associated with poor treatment tolerance; these were CCI ≥ 1 (odds ratio [OR] = 2.49; 95% CI, 1.18 to 5.25), MHI5 score less than 80 (OR = 2.36; 95% CI, 1.15 to 4.86), and MOS-SSS score less than 80 (OR = 3.32; 95% CI, 1.44 to 7.66). Four measures representing all four GA domains predicted mortality; these were inadequate finances (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.89; 95% CI, 1.24 to 2.88; CCI ≥ 1 (HR = 1.38; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.88), functional limitation (HR = 1.40; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.93), and MHI5 score less than 80 (HR = 1.34; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.85). In addition, the proportion of women with these outcomes incrementally increased as the number of GA deficits increased. Conclusion This study provides longitudinal evidence that GA domains are associated with poor treatment tolerance and predict mortality at 7 years of follow-up, independent of age and stage of disease.

NAEP 1996 mathematics state report for Minnesota /

"NCES 97-974 MN"--P. [4] of cover.

Assessment of year-round and holiday ride service programs. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Consideration of problem formulation and option assessment (PFOA) for environmental risk assessment: Bt cotton in Vietnam.

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