Clinical course of physiotherapy treatment response in patients with chronic low back pain- a prospective cohort study with survival analysis

Trabalho apresentado 10th Congress of European Pain Federation (EFIC), 6-9 setembro de 2017, Copenhaga, DinamarcaN/

ENZYMATIC MONITORIZATION OF MURAL PAINTINGS BIODETERIORATION

Biodeterioration of mural paintings by microorganisms is an important research field that needs novel approaches to fully understand the mechanisms and effects. In this work, the presence of microorganisms and their biological activity were investigated by extra and intracellular enzymatic monitorization. The enzymes arylsulphatase, β-glucosidase, dehydrogenase and phosphatase were used as biomarkers of the microbial metabolic activity, and the viability cellular assays revealed a relationship with the degradation levels of the paintings. In this way, the metabolic activity of the microbial population can be correlated with the contamination levels detected and with biodeterioration status of the paintings. Therefore, enzymatic approaches constitute good biomarkers to be applied in this research field and are useful to detect biodeteriogenic agents

Successful pain relief in chronic low back pain patients undergoing multimodal physiotherapy are associated with an early response to treatment

Trabalho apresentado no 10th Congress of European Pain Federation (EFIC), 6-9 setembro 2017, Copenhaga, DinamarcaN/

Métodos de avaliação do desempenho ambiental de inovações tecnológicas agroindustriais.

A avaliação de desempenho ambiental (ADA) de inovações é uma ferramenta importante na busca do desenvolvimento sustentável. No presente trabalho, analisam-se métodos de ADA de inovações tecnológicas agroindustriais, discutindo-se aspectos relacionados a seus escopos, estruturas conceituais e operacionais, bem como seus potenciais para apoio ao processo de inovação tecnológica. Equipes de pesquisa e desenvolvimento podem se beneficiar deste estudo quando da escolha de métodos de avaliação ambiental de inovações agroindustriais

And after the Sensory Processing Disorders? - What answers does the DSM-5 have

Introduction: From the question of whether the diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) should have classification matching in the DSM-5 or whether it constitutes a pre-morbid condition for other pathologies, a retrospective study was conducted in 2016 titled Regulatory Disturbances: The Return to the Past - Conditioners of Evolution. The study did not show a significant association between the abnormal results obtained in the SDQ scale by children with PRPS and therapeutic intervention, which allowed us to conclude that it is imperative to rethink the intervention of these cases. From these results and the lack of corresponding diagnosis in DSM-5, the present study intends to understand what possible diagnoses these children have in the latency / adolescence and adult age and what are the therapeutic interventions required. Objectives: Characterize the sample of children diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder who used the psychiatry consultation at the unity of infant mental health (UPI) between 2006-2013; characterize the results obtained at the follow-up; check current medical status, pharmacological therapy, other therapeutic interventions, and if they present another corresponding diagnosis in the DSM-5. Methods: Retrospective and follow-up study using the Clinical Processes of the first consultations performed between the years 2006 and 2013 at the UPI. Evaluation of the current state was made by telephone through a structured interview to the main caregivers and the application of the SDQ. The information will be submitted to statistical processing (in SPSS®), with descriptive analysis and correlation of variables. The sample is of Convenience. Results: 55 children with SPD (N=55), 47 of their caregivers answered a telephone interview (n=47). No statistically significant association was found between any SPD type and current diagnosis of ADHD nor parental perception of current state. Significant association between SPD diagnosis and abnormal results in subscales of hyperactivity (p = 0.027) and behavior problems (p = 0.017) of the SDQ. Discussion and Conclusion: The wide dispersion of diagnoses found may pose two hypotheses: SPD should be considered as an independent diagnostic category; symptomatology (alterations in the SP) can be common to different pathologies. It is important to carry out prospective studies in children diagnosed with SPD, in order to determine if it may be a future diagnostic category in the DSM.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio