AVALIAÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO DE FORMANDOS EM ODONTOLOGIA SOBRE A INFECÇÃO PELO VÍRUS HTLV-1 E SUAS COSEQUÊNCIAS SOBRE A SAÚDE BUCAL

O vírus linfotrópico humano de células T do tipo 1 (HTLV –1) é prevalente em Salvador/Bahia/Brasil. Indivíduos infectados podem desenvolver xerostomia, hipossalivação, Síndrome de Sjögren e levar ao agravamento da doença periodontal. Os medicamentos para o controle da doença podem apresentar efeitos colaterais sobre a cavidade bucal. Este estudo avaliou o conhecimento de formandos em Odontologia de Salvador sobre a infecção pelo HTLV – 1 e suas conseqüências sobre a saúde bucal. Foi elaborado um questionário contendo dados sócio-demográficos dos participantes e questões objetivas sobre a infecção e sua relação com a saúde bucal. Participaram 51 estudantes, 23 de uma faculdade particular e 28 da estatal.  Os resultados mostraram que aproximadamente 70% dos entrevistados ouviram falar no vírus, porém apenas 30% sabiam sobre sua prevalência em Salvador. Sobre transmissão, prevenção e manifestações associadas à infecção, os alunos estavam mal informados e a maioria desconhecia sua influência na saúde bucal. Sabiam que portadores do vírus são considerados como pacientes especiais e todos opinaram que os cirurgiões dentistas devem estudar a doença e suas consequências na saúde bucal.  Conclui-se que mais informação deveria ser dada aos graduandos em Odontologia, considerando que irão atuar em área endêmica para o HTLV-1.

COVID-19 and lockdown, as lived and felt by university students

© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).In the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, forcing the closure of universities, among other unusual measures in recent history. (1) Background: This work is based on the study HOUSE-ULisbon, a survey carried out during the second confinement (March-May 2021) in Portugal with the collaboration of all the Faculties of the University of Lisbon (UL). The present work aims to explore gender differences in how first-year college students experienced and felt COVID-19 and the second confinement. (2) Methods: A questionnaire was carried out. In total, 976 university students (19.66 years (SD = 4.033); Min = 17 and Max = 65) from the first year of the UL were included, of which 69.5% (n = 678) were female, and 30.5% were male (n = 298). SPSS v. 26 was used for quantitative data and MAXQDA 2020 for qualitative data. (3) Results: Overall, students reported various symptoms of physical and mental discomfort (especially females). Statistically significant differences were found in the problems that could arise from the pandemic, such as the prevalence of higher anxiety and worries by females, and online gaming by males. In coping strategies, differences were found in leisure and family relationships, with greater difficulty on the female side. Social interaction was perceived as difficult or very difficult by both genders. As strategies for future pandemics, they highlighted a concerted effort between the government and media in the transmission of messages to the population, facilitating information, knowledge and adoption of protective behaviors. (4) Conclusions: These results are important data for activating or maintaining resources and services for first-year university students, who in some university institutions were supported during the pandemic by psychological, material (e.g., computers, internet), and financial support measures, which are now diminished or extinct. The impacts on their lives will certainly not be extinguished post-pandemic, and health, education, and public policy measures should be prioritized for this group. These results are important data for activating resources and services for students, informing health and education professionals, and supporting public policies.Ana Cerqueira—Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/148403/2019); Fábio Botelho Guedes—Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/148299/2019).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Os adolescentes portugueses dormem pouco e bem, ou pouco e mal? E então?

The objective of this study is to analyse the characteristics of the sleep of young people and their role in the perception of health, satisfaction with life, pressure with school work and school competence. A total of 5695 Portuguese adolescents were included in the study of Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46.1% boys), 8th, 10th and 12th grades in Portugal. We identified associations between all variables related to sleep quality and physical and psychological well-being, as well as the online contact with the close friends and satisfaction with the life of the young people. Variables related to disturbed sleep indicate that the majority of adolescents show a pattern of late sleep and reduced sleep duration at a stage of life where it is fundamental to the good performance of the daily activities of young people related to their school activities and social. The quality and quantity of sleep, as well as its consequences, have been aggravated by the often problematic use of screens, an increasingly salient and focused problem, and with worries that adolescents refer and can not manage.O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as carateristicas do sono dos jovens e seu papel na perceção de saúde, satisfação com a vida, pressão com os trabalhos da escola e capacidade escolar. Foram incluido 5695 adolescentes portugueses no âmbito do estudo do Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46,1% rapazes), do 8º, 10º e 12º anos de escolaridade de Portugal Continental. Foram identificadas associações entre todas as variáveis relacionadas com a qualidade do sono e bem--estar físico e psicológicos, assim como o contacto online com os amigos chegados e satisfação com a vida dos jovens. As variáveis relacionadas com um sono perturbado indicam que a maioria dos adolescentes mostra um padrão de sono tardio e redução da duração do sono numa fase da vida em que este é fundamental para o bom desempenho das atividades diárias dos jovens, relacionadas com as suas atividades escolares e sociais. A qualidade e quantidade do sono, assim como as suas consequências, têm vindo a agravar-se com o uso muitas vezes problemático de ecrãs, um problema cada vez mais saliente e focado, e com as preocupações que os adolescentes apresentam e não conseguem gerir.Cátia Branquinho é apoiada pela Bolsa da ULisboa (BD Nº 800178). Gina Tomé é apoiada pela Bolsa FCT (SFRH/BPD/108637/2015). Diego Gómez-Baya é apoiado pela Beca Iberoamerica Santander Investigacion/FMH/UL.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Efeito da temporada de basquetebol profissional sobre o perfil lipídico

The aim of the present study was to verify the effect of the professional basketball season on the lipids profile. Seven professional players (age: 23.6±4.3 years; body mass: 110.2±17.5 kg; height: 195.4±10.3 cm) were evaluated before and after a period ranging 4 moths, during national professional basketball season (2 games per week, 2 to 3 tactical and technical exercise workout, 2 to 3 strength exercise workout, 1 to 2 recuperative workout and 1 day of passive rest, all of then as a median per week). Blood samples and anthropometric measures were taken. The first visit was made before the beginning of the season and the second visit two days (48 hours) after the ending of the last game of the season. The lipids profile (triglyceride, VLDL, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and total cholesterol) was analyses by commercial kits (Labtest®, Brazil). The comparison between the results (before and after) was carried through by non-parametric Wilcoxon pair test. The level of significance of 5% was used (p < 0.05). After basketball season, a reduction in the LDL-cholesterol plasma concentrations was demonstrated (before: 111.40±9 mg/dL after: 84.60±8.50 mg/dL; p < 0.05), as well as in total cholesterol (before: 171.20±6.44 mg/dL after: 148.20±6.37 mg/dL; p < 0.05). Besides, increase in rate the HDL/total cholesterol was found (before: 0.22±0.03 after: 0.27±0.06; p < 0.05). The results herein found indicate that the basketball season may induce changes in LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol and in rate the HDL/total cholesterol concentrations, suggesting a modulatory effect on the lipid profile in professional basketball player after 4 moths season.O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar o efeito da temporada de basquetebol profissional sobre o perfil lipídico. Sete jogadores profissionais (idade: 23,6±4,3 anos; massa corporal: 110,2±17,5 kg; estatura: 195,4±10,3 cm) foram avaliados antes e após um período de 4 meses, relativos a uma temporada nacional de basquetebol profissional (2 partidas por semana, 2 a 3 sessões de treinos técnicos e tático, 2 a 3 sessões de treino de musculação, 1 a 2 sessões de treino regenerativo e 1 dia de descanso passivo, sendo todos a média por semana) . Os jogadores foram submetidos a analise antropométrica e coleta sangüínea. A primeira visita foi feita antes do início da temporada e a segunda visita dois dias (48 horas) após o término da última partida da temporada. Foram realizadas análises do perfil lipídico (triacilglicerol, VLDL, LDL-colesterol, HDL-colesterol, e colesterol total) por kits comerciais (Labtest®, Brasil). A comparação entre os resultados foi realizada pareadamente (antes e depois o início da temporada) por teste não paramétrico de Wilcoxon. Utilizou-se o nível de significância de 5% (p < 0,05). Após a temporada, foi demonstrada diminuição nas concentrações da LDL-colesterol (pré: 111,40±9 mg/dL vs pós: 84,60±8,50 mg/dL; p < 0,05), bem como do colesterol total (pré: 171,20±6,44 mg/dL vs pós: 148,20±6,37 mg/dL; p < 0,05). Além disso, foi encontrado aumento na taxa HDL/colesterol total (pré: 0,22±0,03 vs pós: 0,27±0,06; p < 0,05). Os resultados indicam que a temporada de basquetebol profissional pode induzir alterações na concentração de LDL-colesterol, de colesterol total e na taxa HDL/colesterol total, sugerindo um efeito modulador sobre o perfil lipídico de jogadores profissionais de basquetebol após uma temporada de 4 meses

Os adolescentes portugueses dormem pouco e bem, ou pouco e mal? : e então?

Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - V. 10, n. 1 (Janeiro-Dezembro 2019). - p. 159-171.O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as carateristicas do sono dos jovens e seu papel na perceção de saúde, satisfação com a vida, pressão com os trabalhos da escola e capacidade escolar. Foram incluido 5695 adolescentes portugueses no âmbito do estudo do Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46,1% rapazes), do 8º, 10º e 12º anos de escolaridade de Portugal Continental. Foram identificadas associações entre todas as variáveis relacionadas com a qualidade do sono e bem--estar físico e psicológicos, assim como o contacto online com os amigos chegados e satisfação com a vida dos jovens. As variáveis relacionadas com um sono perturbado indicam que a maioria dos adolescentes mostra um padrão de sono tardio e redução da duração do sono numa fase da vida em que este é fundamental para o bom desempenho das atividades diárias dos jovens, relacionadas com as suas atividades escolares e sociais. A qualidade e quantidade do sono, assim como as suas consequências, têm vindo a agravar-se com o uso muitas vezes problemático de ecrãs, um problema cada vez mais saliente e focado, e com as preocupações que os adolescentes apresentam e não conseguem gerir.The objective of this study is to analyse the characteristics of the sleep of young people and their role in the perception of health, satisfaction with life, pressure with school work and school competence. A total of 5695 Portuguese adolescents were included in the study of Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46.1% boys), 8th, 10th and 12th grades in Portugal. We identified associations between all variables related to sleep quality and physical and psychological well-being, as well as the online contact with the close friends and satisfaction with the life of the young people. Variables related to disturbed sleep indicate that the majority of adolescents show a pattern of late sleep and reduced sleep duration at a stage of life where it is fundamental to the good performance of the daily activities of young people related to their school activities and social. The quality and quantity of sleep, as well as its consequences, have been aggravated by the often problematic use of screens, an increasingly salient and focused problem, and with worries that adolescents refer and can not manage

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

Variações da imagem de Apolo Citaredo nas cerâmicas grega e de influência grega – produzidas na Campânia – entre os séculos V E III A.C.

O trabalho a ser apresentado está inserido no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da UFPel e vinculado à área de Arte e Conhecimento Histórico. Uma forte evidência da importância da música na sociedade grega antiga e suas diversas funções individuais e coletivas está na sua representação em iconografia cerâmica. As imagens encontradas retratam desde cenas do cotidiano da pólis até a influência mítico-ritualística na vida social. A temática pode ser encontrada não só na cerâmica genuinamente grega, mas também influenciou a produção das oficinas das colônias da Magna Grécia. Esta pesquisa visa abordar comparativamente a representação dada a Apolo citaredo na iconografia da cerâmica grega proveniente de Atenas e a cerâmica italiota da Península Itálica, com forte influência grega, sobretudo na produção campaniana, datadas entre o século V a.C. e III a.C