Parental reports of preschoolers’ lexical and syntactic development: validation of the CDI-III for European Portuguese

This study presents the validation analysis of the European Portuguese version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory III (CDI-III-PT). The CDI-III-PT is a parental report measure allowing researchers to assess expressive vocabulary and the syntactic abilities of children aged 2;6–4;0. In this study, we present a version comprising a lexical subscale which follows the Swedish adaptation and an original syntactic subscale allowing us to include language-specific structures. The reports of 739 children were collected; in addition, a standardized measure of language was also administered to a sub-sample of these children and the reports of preschool teachers were collected for another sub-sample. The results indicate a high internal consistency of the lexical and syntactic subscales. As for sociodemographic variables often found to be predictors of language development, as measured by this type of instrument, the results indicate that age and maternal education are significant predictors of the scores, and that first-born children attain higher scores in vocabulary than later born children, but no significant gender differences were found. The scores of the CDI-III-PT are positively correlated with the ones obtained in the standardized languagemeasure, thus supporting their validity. A high agreement between the reports of parents and teachers was also found. These findings indicate that the CDI-III-PT has adequate psychometric properties and that it can be a useful tool for research and clinical practice. The age-based norms that are now provided can be used to evaluate whether a child is performing poorly compared to their peers.This work was financially supported by Portuguese national funds through the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) within the framework of the CIEC (Research Center for Child Studies of the University of Minho) projects under the references UIDB/00317/2020 and UIDP/00317/2020

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from Southern Brazil

Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii has reached extremely high levels worldwide and class D OXA-type carbapenemases are the main associated mechanism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the phenotypic and molecular profile of clinical carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAb) isolates from a southern Brazilian border region. A. baumannii species was identified by the presence of the blaOXA-51 gene and the susceptibility profile was determined by broth microdilution. The main carbapenemases were investigated by PCR and the typing of the CRAb isolates was performed by PFGE. During the study period, a total of 36 CRAb were recovered, 71.4% from respiratory tract samples from ICU patients. High level resistance to aminoglycosides and fluroquinolones were found in contrast to polymyxin B, for which all of CRAb were susceptible. The blaOXA-23 gene was present in 34 isolates and was the only one detected other than blaOXA-51. Molecular typing revealed the presence of four clonal strains, two of them endemic throughout the study period. To the best of our knowledge, our study brings the first data about resistance profile in Acinetobacter in the western border of south of Brazil and make aware of endemic clones of CRAb-producing-OXA-23 in this region of state, contributing for the construction of the national epidemiologic scenario of CRAb

Expectativa de enfermeros sobre la sucesión de liderazgos en el contexto hospitalario

Objetivo: analisar a expectativa de enfermeiros acerca da sucessão de lideranças no contexto hospitalar. Método: estudo descritivo e exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, realizado com 36 enfermeiros de um hospital público universitário selecionados a partir da técnica da bola de neve. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas que foram gravadas e analisadas a partir dos pressupostos da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo, modalidade Temática. Os critérios éticos foram devidamente atendidos. Resultados: os relatos compuseram duas categorias centrais, “Quem vai ocupar o meu lugar?” e “Potencial e abertura para planejar a sucessão de liderança em Enfermagem”, essa última dividida em duas subcategorias: “A liderança de Enfermagem no hospital daqui a cinco anos” e “Fortalezas para a implementação de um plano de sucessão de lideranças”. Conclusão: a partir dos resultados, foram verificados aspectos positivos do diagnóstico do perfil da liderança existente na instituição que favorecem o desenvolvimento do planejamento de sucessão. Além disso, foi possível perceber a necessidade do desenvolvimento desse planejamento no hospital e sua importância para a sucessão de liderança em Enfermagem. Nesse contexto, este estudo apresenta-se com caráter inovador por expor uma temática que tem por objetivo potencializar o futuro da Enfermagem.Objetivo: analizar la expectativa de enfermeros acerca de la sucesión de liderazgos en el contexto hospitalario. Método: estudio descriptivo exploratorio de abordaje cualitativo realizado con 36 enfermeros, en un hospital público universitario, seleccionados a partir de la técnica bola de nieve. La recogida de datos fue realizada por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas que fueron grabadas y analizadas a partir de los presupuestos de la técnica de análisis de contenido, modalidad temática. Los criterios éticos fueron debidamente atendidos. Resultados: los relatos compusieron dos categorías centrales: “¿Quién va a ocupar mi lugar?” y “Potencial y abertura para planificar la sucesión de liderazgo en enfermería”, esa última dividida en dos subcategorías “El liderazgo de enfermería en el hospital dentro de cinco años” y “Fortalezas para la implementación de un plan de sucesión de liderazgos”. Conclusión: a partir de los resultados fueron verificados aspectos positivos del diagnóstico del perfil del liderazgo existente en las instituciones que favorecen el desarrollo de la planificación de la sucesión. Además de eso, fue posible percibir la necesidad del desarrollo de esa planificación en el hospital y su importancia para la sucesión de liderazgo en enfermería. En ese contexto, este estudio se presenta con carácter innovador por presentar una temática que tiene por objetivo potencializar el futuro de la enfermería.Objective: to analyze the expectation of nurses about the succession of leaders in the hospital context. Method: a descriptive and exploratory study of a qualitative approach carried out with 36 nurses from a public university hospital selected using the snowball technique. The data collection was done through semi-structured interviews that were recorded and analyzed based on the assumptions of the Content Analysis technique, Thematic modality. Ethical criteria were adequately met. Results: the reports comprised two central categories, “Who Will Take My Place?” and “Potential and Openness to Plan the Succession of Leadership in Nursing,” the latter being divided into two subcategories: “Nursing leadership in the hospital five years from now” and “Strengths for the implementation of a leadership succession plan”. Conclusion: from the results, positive aspects of the diagnosis of the leadership profile in the institution that favor the development of succession planning were verified. In addition, it was possible to perceive the necessity of the development of this planning in the hospital and its importance for the succession of leadership in Nursing. In this context, this study presents itself with an innovative character for exposing a theme that aims to potentiate the future of Nursing

Application of hormonal subdoses at acupoint Hou Hai in estrus synchronization protocols of goats

The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of hormonal subdoses at acupoint Hou Hai in estrus synchronization of goats. Sixty-nine females goats received intravaginal sponges containing 60 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate for seven days and were randomly distributed among three treatments: T1 (n = 23): application of 125 ?g of PGF2? on the sixth day (D6) and 300 UI of eCG on the seventh day (D7), both intramuscularly (IM); T2 (n = 23) and T3 (n = 23): application 37.5 ?g of PGF2? at D6 and 90 UI of eCG at D7, applied by Hou Hai acupuncture and false acupuncture (IM), respectively. The goats were subjected to hormonal protocol and monitored for the coverage and evaluation of reproductive parameters. The data were subjected to normality analysis, followed by appropriate statistical tests for each variable. Greater numbers of estrus goats were obtained in treatments one (T1 = 100%) and three (T3 = 91.3%) (p 0.05) for sponge removal intervals at the beginning (35.9 h) and end (59.8 h) of estrus, and for the duration of estrus (24.7 h), gestation rate at 30 (77%) and 60 (76.7%) days, and prolificacy (1.9). The use of PGF2? and eCG in subdoses applied to the Hou Hai acupoint or false acupoint was efficient in synchronizing estrus in goats, based on the rate of gestation and prolificity of the animals

Estudos Artísticos

A edição número 17 da revista Gama apresenta 15 artigos originais que se debruçam sobre a obra de artistas contemporâneos ou mais antigos numa perspetiva de revisitação reapreciadora das suas obras promovendo-se assim um olhar de resgateinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Information and communication technology for obstetric good practices

Objective: to investigate the use of information and communication technologies in good obstetrical practices. Results and Discussion: the studies found have dealt with the use of different information technologies, demonstrating that they are essential to good obstetrical practices because they provide security and greater access to information, as well as provide a more efficient diagnosis and consequently an adequate treatment. Conclusion: It is essential to use the technologies to achieve good obstetric practices throughout the health team. However, it is still necessary to carry out studies, as well as the creation of software that gives greater security to the welfare practices.   Descriptors: Information Technology; Obstetrics; Software; Professional Practice