Utilizando o Body painting no processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos músculos da expressão facial/ Using Body painting in the teaching and learning process of facial expression muscles

O body painting é definido como projeção de estruturas anatômicas através da arte em superfícies de humanos vivos. Com a evolução da arte humana, a relação entre a arte e a ciência, utilizando componentes como cor e reprodução visual possibilitando o ensino e a aprendizagem da anatomia humana através do body painting. Diante disso, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a aprendizagem dos músculos da expressão facial através do body painting. A metodologia consistiu no desenho dos músculos da expressão facial através da pintura facial, com tintas não toxicas e indicadas para face, com duas cores e pincéis de diferentes tamanhos. O método body painting, quando utilizado para ensino e aprendizagem em estudo anatômico, permite que os alunos aprendam de maneira descontraída e envolvente, havendo um benefício para o desenvolvimento de outras possíveis formas de comunicação associadas. Obtendo-se como resultados, a aceitação do body painting e melhor retenção de conhecimento, devido ser um método integrativo e divertido. Somando-se a isso a utilização do body painting houve participação mais ativa dos alunos, como também uma aprendizagem mais eficiente

Qualidade de vida de pacientes acometidos por fissuras labiopalatinas sob a visão do cuidador / Quality of life of patients affected by labiopalatine fissures under the career's view

Introdução: As fissuras labiopalatinas (FLP) são anomalias craniofaciais congênitas que acometem 1:700 nascidos vivos e possuem características que podem influenciar a função e estética, causando interferência na Qualidade de Vida (QV) dos pacientes. Ao perceber a necessidade de avaliar os possíveis danos decorrentes na QV destes portadores de FLP, foi constatada a importância da execução deste estudo. Objetivo: Avaliar a QV de pacientes portadores de FLP, sob a visão dos cuidadores.  Metodologia: O estudo foi realizado em um serviço de apoio a estes pacientes, situado em Fortaleza-Ce, através da aplicação do questionário PedsQLTM 4.0 na versão para cuidadores com 34 acompanhantes de crianças entre 04 a 18 anos, que aguardavam atendimento. Resultados: Através dos dados analisados, pode-se notar a influência da FLP sob a QV. O questionário é dividido em domínios (Físico, Emocional, Social e Escolar) .Observou-se que houve diferença estatisticamente significativa no domínio Escolar do grupo de pacientes de 13-18 anos (63,46±23,03) quando comparadas as faixas etárias de 04-12 anos (77,26±16,95)  em relação a QV conferindo interferência negativa neste parâmetro.  Conclusão: Dentro da metodologia estudada constatou-se que houve influência negativa da QV do paciente portador de FLP. As informações obtidas proporcionam o conhecimento ao cirurgião-dentista sobre a importância do tratamento multidisciplinar desta alteração, tornando-o um agente de mudança da QV desses pacientes

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Evaluation of oral halitosis parameters in patients submitted to the head and neck radiotherapy

O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as relações entre os parâmetros de halitose e sialometria em pacientes submetidos à radioterapia de cabeça e pescoço, avaliando a presença de saburra, classificada em termos de peso seco, fluxo salivar, teste BANA e halimetria oral e comparar os resultados entre os grupos. Foram examinados 48 pacientes divididos em três grupos. O grupo 1 (\"saúde\") foi constituído de pacientes que haviam terminado o tratamento na Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB), sem queixa de halitose e com íntegra saúde oral; o grupo 2 (\"N. O.\") por indivíduos com necessidades odontológicas e o grupo 3 (\"radio\") pacientes que haviam sido submetidos à radioterapia na região de cabeça e pescoço. Foram avaliadas as concentrações bucal de Compostos Sulfurados Voláteis (CSVs) através do monitor portátil de sulfetos HalimeterTM, os valores relacionados à taxa de fluxo salivar em repouso e estimulado, teste BANA com material proveniente da saburra lingual e peso seco da mesma. Os resultados foram analisados utilizando o teste de análise de variância que quantificaram o hálito antes e após a remoção da saburra. As relações entre halimetria bucal, peso seco da saburra, fluxo salivar com e sem estímulo, e a relação entre fluxo salivar em repouso e estimulado foram feitas através do teste de correlação de Pearson. Para verificar correlações entre halimetria bucal inicial e teste BANATM foi utilizado o teste \"t\" de Student. Os resultados mostraram que houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre a halimetria oral nos grupo \"saúde\" e \"radio\" e, nos grupos \"saúde\" e \"N.O.\" Pode-se observar também que houve relação entre a presença de saburra e os níveis de CSVs. Em relação ao fluxo salivar, foi observada uma redução estatisticamente significante entre o grupo \"radio\" e os outros dois. Nas condições dessa pesquisa, foi constatado que a halitose pode ser considerada um efeito adverso da radioterapia, vinculada à hipossalivação e saúde oral deficiente.The aim of this study was to verify the halitosis parameters in patients who had received head and neck radiotherapy. The degree of halitosis was determined through the presence of tongue coating, classified according to its dry weight; the salivary flow rate, the BANATM test and HalimeterTM oral measurements. A total of 48 subjects were examined, which were divided into three groups. Group 1 was consisted for patients with good oral health and no complains of bad breath; Group 2 consisted of patients with bad oral health condition and Group 3 comprised individuals who had received head and neck radiotherapy. The concentration of Volatile Sulfur Compounds (VSC) was assessed by means of a portable sulfide monitor (HalimeterTM) and the values were correlated to the resting and stimulated salivary flow rate and to the BANATM test with material collected from the tongue coating and its dry weight. Halitosis was quantified before and after the removal of the tongue coating and the data was analyzed by means of the ANOVA test. The correlation among salivary flow rate, weight of the tongue coating and HalimeterTM oral measurements was evaluated by the Pearson test. The results showed a statistically significant difference between group 1 and 3, and between groups 1 and 2. A relationship between the presence of tongue coating and the VSC levels was also demonstrated. In concerning to the salivary flow rate, there was a statistically significant reduction between group 1 and 3, and group 2 and 3. In the accordance of this study, halitosis can be considered a side effect of radiotherapy, tied with the hyposalivation and deficient oral health

Evaluation of simulated mandibular condyle bone using cone beam computed tomography

Orientador: Frab Norberto BóscoloTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de PiracicabaResumo: A Tomografia Computadorizada (TC) de feixe cônico é indicada para avaliar a morfologia óssea da articulação têmporomandibular (ATM). O objetivo dessa pesquisa é avaliar diferentes protocolos de aquisição no diagnóstico de alterações ósseas da ATM através da TC de feixe cônico. A amostra foi constituída de 30 cabeças de mandíbula. Perfurações foram confeccionadas em diferentes regiões (medial, central e lateral) das superfícies das cabeças de mandíbulas, variando no tamanho, que simulam alterações ósseas na ATM. Essas mandíbulas foram submetidas à exame de TC feixe Cônico (Cone Beam i-Cat Imaging Sciences International, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, EUA) no protocolo de aquisição 1 (voxel de 0,4mm, tempo 20 segundo, FOV de 6cm, 18,45mAs e 120Kvp) e 2 (voxel 0,25mm, tempo de exposição 40 segundo, FOV 6 cm, 36,12 mAs e 120Kvp) As imagens foram formatadas, impressas em filme e avaliadas por dois examinadores. Foi aplicado a estatística de Kappa e teste de validade (especificidade e sensibilidade). Os resultados foram obtidos com a comparação entre as avaliações dos examinadores e os defeitos confeccionados. Os valores de Kappa encontrados, independente da área, no protocolo 2 (Kappa=0,241; Kappa=0,109) foram maiores que no protocolo 1 (Kappa=0,221; Kappa=0,058) para os dois examinadores, mas sem diferenças estatísticas significantes. Quando se avaliou as regiões separadamente, a maior concordância observada foi na região central, nos dois examinadores, no protocolo 1 (Kappa=0,378 e Kappa=0,270) e no protocolo 2 (Kappa=0,426 e 0,379). Concluíu-se que os protocolos avaliados podem ser usados para a observação de alterações na cabeça da mandíbula, contudo o protocolo 2 pode ser indicado para avaliação mais detalhada dos defeitos ósseos e que houve dificuldade em detectar defeitos muito pequenos, menores ou igual a 0,9mmAbstract: Cone beam computed tomography (CT) is recommended to assess TMJ bone morphology. The aim of the present study was to evaluate different acquisition protocols of cone beam CT for the evaluation of simulated mandibular condyle bone lesions. Thirty macerated condyle were used. Spherical lesions were created in different regions (medial, central and lateral) of the condyles' surface, varying in size, which simulated bone changes in the TMJ. Condyles were submitted to cone beam computed tomography (Cone Beam i- Cat Imaging Sciences International, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA). The images were formatted and printed on film and subsequently evaluated by two examiners. The statistical tests used were the Kappa statistics and test validity (sensitivity and specificity). It was observed that when comparing the examiners with the gold standard, regardless of the area, the Kappa values observed for Protocol 2 (Kappa = 0.241, Kappa = 0.109) were higher than those for protocol 1 (Kappa = 0.221, Kappa = 0.058 ) for both examiners, but were not statistically different. When evaluating the individual regions, the highest agreement between both examiners was observed in the central region in protocol 1 (Kappa = 0.378 and kappa = 0.270) and protocol 2 (Kappa = 0.426 and 0.379). It can be concluded that both protocols evaluated proved to be reliable for the observation of defects in the condyle. However, protocol 2 can be recommended for further evaluation of bone defects, and very small defects, 0.9mm or smaller, were difficult to detect with this techniqueDoutoradoRadiologia OdontologicaDoutor em Radiologia Odontológic

Comparison of halitosis parameters and sialometry between patients subjected to headand neck radiotherapy and patients with periodontal disease

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate halitosis parameters and sialometry in patients subjected to head and neck radiotherapy compared to patients with periodontal disease, establishing a relationship between oral concentration of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) and tongue coating presence, salivary flow rate and BANATM test. Methods: Thirty-eight patients were examined and divided into 2 groups: group I: patients with chronic generalized periodontal disease previously diagnosed and not treated; group II: patients subjected to head and neck radiotherapy. All volunteers were subjected to halitosis measurements through a sulphide monitor, evaluation of tongue coating weight, stimulated and non-stimulated sialometry and BANATM test. Results: The results were analyzed by analysis of the variance, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Student’s t-test, showing that both groups presented halitosis. There was also a relationship between tongue coating presence and VSC levels in both groups and the irradiated patients showed lower salivary flow rates. Conclusions: Under the tested conditions, it may be concluded that halitosis can be considered as an adverse effect of radiotherapy, associated with low salivary flow and poor oral health, which seems to be the main contribution to bad breath, since patients with periodontal disease also showed halitosis

Comparison of halitosis parameters and sialometry between patients subjected to head and neck radiotherapy and patients with periodontal disease

e aim of this study was to evaluate halitosis parameters and sialometry in patients subjected to head and neck radiotherapy compared to patients with periodontal disease, establishing a relationship between oral concentration of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) and tongue coating presence, salivary flow rate and BANATM test. Methods: Thirty-eight patients were examined and divided into 2 groups: group I: patients with chronic generalized periodontal disease previously diagnosed and not treated; group II: patients subjected to head and neck radiotherapy. All volunteers were subjected to halitosis measurements through a sulphide monitor, evaluation of tongue coating weight, stimulated and non-stimulated sialometry and BANATM test. Results: The results were analyzed by analysis of the variance, Pearsons correlation coefficient and Students t-test, showing that both groups presented halitosis. There was also a relationship between tongue coating presence and VSC levels in both groups and the irradiated patients showed lower salivary flow rates. Conclusions: Under the tested conditions, it may be concluded that halitosis can be considered as an adverse effect of radiotherapy, associated with low salivary flow and poor oral health, which seems to be the main contribution to bad breath, since patients with periodontal disease also showed halitosis