What movie will I watch today? The role of online review ratings, reviewers’ comments, and user’s gratification style

Browsing online ratings and viewers’ comments is an integral part of the experience of choosing and watching a movie. Current theories have broadened the concept of entertainment beyond amusement (hedonic motives) to include experiences of meaning, value, and self-development (eudaimonic motives). With a between-subjects design, we examined the role of the reviewer’s rating (medium rating vs high rating), comments (hedonic vs. eudaimonic), and participant’s gratification style on their interest in watching a movie. Results showed that participants (N = 383) reported a higher preference for the high rating movie. Results also revealed a match between comment type and individual gratification style, with participants with hedonic motives reporting more interest in the movie with hedonic comments, and those reporting eudaimonic motives for the movie with eudaimonic comments.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Searching, navigating, and recommending movies through emotions: A scoping review

Movies offer viewers a broad range of emotional experiences, providing entertainment, and meaning. Following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, we reviewed the literature on digital systems designed to help users search and browse movie libraries and offer recommendations based on emotional content. Our search yielded 83 eligible documents (published between 2000 and 2021). We identified 22 case studies, 34 empirical studies, 26 proof of concept, and one theoretical paper. User transactions (e.g., ratings, tags) were the preferred source of information. The documents examined approached emotions from both categorical (n=35) and dimensional (n=18) perspectives, and nine documents offer a combination of both approaches. Although there are several authors mentioned, the references used are frequently dated, and 12 documents do not mention the author or the model used. We identified 61 words related to emotion or affect. Documents presented on average 1.36 positive terms and 2.64 negative terms. Sentiment analysis () is frequently used for emotion identification, followed by subjective evaluations (n= 15), movie low-level audio and visual features (n = 11), and face recognition technologies (n = 8). We discuss limitations and offer a brief review of current emotion models and research.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Hypersensitivity in Pediatric Patients with Asthma

Introdução: Os dados publicados sobre a frequência de hipersensibilidade (HS) a anti-inflamatórios não esteróides (AINEs) em doentes asmáticos são discrepantes, sendo escassos na população pediátrica. O objectivo deste estudo foi avaliar a frequência de HS a AINEs, reportada por inquérito telefónico em doentes asmáticos com idade pediátrica. Métodos: Incluíram -se os doentes com idades entre 6 e 17 anos com clínica de asma confirmada por prova de broncodilatação positiva, realizada no período entre 1 de Agosto de 2008 e 30 de Novembro de 2010. Aplicou-se um inquérito telefónico para questionar sobre alguma reacção adversa a fármacos, nomeadamente a AINEs. Perante o reportar de reacção adversa a AINEs, detalhava-se fármaco envolvido, idade na primeira reacção, manifestações clínicas, intervalo entre a toma e o início da reacção, reprodutibilidade, evicção do fármaco implicado e tolerância de fármacos alternativos. Resultados: Foram selecionados, por prova de broncodilatação positiva, 184 doentes. Foi possível aplicar o inquérito a 111/184 (60,3%). A maioria (59,4%) era do género masculino, com 11 ± 3,1 anos. Nove doentes (8,1%) reportaram reacção de HS a AINEs, reprodutível em três. A primeira reacção ocorreu com uma idade mediana de 2 anos (P25:1,8; P75:5,75), abaixo dos 10 anos em todos os doentes. O ibuprofeno foi o fármaco implicado em todos os casos, sendo o paracetamol usado em alternativa. Todos descreveram reacções imediatas, com as seguintes manifestações: respiratória (7), cutânea (3), gastrintestinal (1). A frequência reportada de sintomas respiratórios como manifestação de reacção de HS a AINEs nesta amostra de doentes asmáticos foi de 6,3% (7/111). Quatro doentes (3,6%) estavam sob evicção de AINEs apesar de negarem qualquer reacção de HS prévia. Conclusões: A frequência reportada de HS a AINEs contraria os dados que descrevem estas reacções como infrequentes abaixo dos 10 anos de idade. O paracetamol parece ser uma alternativa segura

Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in an Infant Undergoing Milk Oral Immunotherapy - A Case Report

Although the standard of care for cow’s milk (CM) allergy is strict food avoidance, oral immunotherapy (OIT) is being widely investigated as an alternative management option in certain cases. Immediate adverse reactions to OIT have been described, but its long-term effects are much less often reported. We present the case of a girl diagnosed with IgE-mediated CM allergy that was proposed for our CM OIT protocol at the age of 3 years. The first sessions (dose escalation up to 5 ml) were well tolerated, however eight hours after her daily morning dose of 5ml CM the child developed late episodes of vomiting. No other symptoms, particularly immediately after CM ingestion, were reported. These episodes became progressively worse and on the third day she presented mild dehydration and blood eosinophilia. After OIT interruption, a progressive clinical improvement was observed. An esophageal endoscopy was performed, showing signs of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) with peak 20 eosinophils/hpf. After treatment with topical swallowed fluticasone (500 mcg bid) and a CM-free diet for 4 months, the child was asymptomatic and endoscopy and biopsy findings were normal. The long-term effects of milk OIT are still in part unknown. We hypothesize that eosinophilic esophagitis may have been a consequence of OIT in this case. The findings seem to indicate that food allergy may play a role in the pathogenesis of esophageal eosinophilia and stress the importance of a well programmed long-term follow-up of patients that have undergone milk OIT

Polysensitization to Pollens Analyzed and Re-interpreted with ImmunoCAP ISAC®

Introdução: O ImmunoCAP ISAC® visa a detecção in vitro de IgE específica sérica (IgEe) para múltiplos alergénios moleculares. Objectivos: Analisar os resultados do ImmunoCAP ISAC® (ISAC) em doentes com alergia respiratória e aparente polissensibilização a pólenes. Métodos: Seleccionámos 34 doentes com alergia respiratória e testes cutâneos por picada (TC) positivos para extractos de 2 ou mais pólenes. Foi determinada a IgEe para alergénios moleculares por ISAC. Analisámos os resultados obtidos para os pólenes testados pelos dois métodos (gramíneas, parietária, artemísia, salsola, oliveira, plátano, bétula). Resultados: A mediana de idades é de 18 anos (56% sexo masculino). Nos TC o maior número de positividades verifica -se para gramíneas (n=33) e o menor para bétula (n=10). Por ISAC, o maior número de positividades observa -se para gramíneas (n=31 doentes), surgindo a bétula em segundo (n=20) e o plátano em último (n=6). O número de resultados positivos é, em geral, maior nos TC do que no ISAC. A concordância entre os métodos é elevada para gramíneas (91%), variando entre 79% e 47% para os restantes pólenes. À excepção da bétula, os casos discordantes resultam sobretudo de positividade nos TC com resultado negativo no ISAC; para a bétula, resultam da situação oposta. Nos casos de discordância entre os métodos a frequência de sensibilização a panalergénios (Phl p 7, Phl p 12, Bet v 2, Bet v 4) é superior. Discussão: A melhor concordância entre os métodos verificou -se para as gramíneas. Para os restantes pólenes há um número considerável de doentes em que, apesar de TC positivos, o ISAC é negativo para os respectivos pólenes. Numa percentagem elevada, este fenómeno surge associado à sensibilização a panalergénios, podendo esta ser responsável por resultados falsamente positivos nos TC, causando um padrão de polissensibilização aparente. O ISAC dá um contributo útil para a discriminação entre polissensibilização e reactividade cruzada em alguns doentes, permitindo reformular a estratégia terapêutica

Drug Provocation Tests to Betalactam Antibiotics: Experience in a Paediatric Setting

Background: Few studies have been performed in children withs uspected betalactam allergy.We aimed to assess the role of the drug provocation test(DPT)with betalactams in a paediatric setting and to study the association between allergy to betalactam antibiotics and other allergic diseases. Methods:We included all the patients under 15 years old who were consecutively referred to the Immunoallergy Department, Dona Estefânia Hospital,Portugal(January 2002 to April 2008)for a compatible history of allergic reaction to betalactam. All were submitted to a DPT.Children were proposed to performs kintests(ST)to betalactam antibiotics followed by DPT. If they decline ST,a DPT with the culprit drug was performed. Results: We studied 161 children,60%were boys,with a median age of 5years old at the time of the DPT.Thirty-three patients(20.5%)had an immediate reaction and 33(20.5%)a non-immediate reaction. These verity of there porte dreactions was low in most cases. Skin tests to betalactams were performed in 47 children and were positive in 8.DPT was positive inonlyone(3.4%)of the patients skin tested and in 11(13.4%)of those not skin tested. These verity of the DPT reaction was low.Asthma and food allergy were associated with a positive DPT in the later group. Conclusions: DPT seems a safe procedure even in the absence of ST in non-severe cases. This could be a practical optionin infants and pre-school children,where ST are painful and difficult to perform.Additional caution should be taken in children with asthma and food allergy

Why do we watch? The role of emotion gratifications and individual differences in predicting rewatchability and movie recommendation

Background: The present study’s main aim was to determine the predictors of movie rewatchability and recommendations. Methods: Using a sample of 318 participants, we first tested the structure of a gratification scale from watching a movie. Then, we examined the role of age, need for cognition, need for affect, extraversion, and emotional gratifications, in predicting individuals’ interest in rewatching the movie and in making recommendations. Results: As in the original proposal of the emotional gratification scale, the following dimensions were identified: fun, thrill, empathic sadness, release of emotions, social sharing, contemplative experiences, and character engagement, with acceptable model fit and reliability, convergent and divergent validity. Social sharing, contemplate experiences, need for affect and age were significant predictors of movie recommendation; whereas social sharing, thrill, extraversion, and age contributed most to explaining rewatching interest. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of considering distinct gratifications and individual differences in predicting rewatching and movie recommendation.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Accidental Exposures in Food Allergy

Introdução: A recomendação habitual no tratamento da alergia alimentar é a evicção completa, até à aquisição de tolerância. É importante perceber em que situações ocorrem falhas na evicção, de forma a orientar o melhor possível o doente com alergia alimentar. Objectivo: Conhecer a frequência e caracterizar as exposições acidentais, num grupo de doentes com alergia alimentar. Material e métodos: A partir dos registos do Serviço de Imunoalergologia do Hospital Dona Estefânia, foram seleccionados doentes com idade ≤ 10 anos com alergia às proteínas do leite de vaca, ovo, peixe, amendoim ou frutos secos. Os pais/prestadores de cuidados responderam a um inquérito telefónico referente ao alimento implicado, falhas na dieta e sintomas. Resultados: Contactou -se um grupo de 65 doentes com idade média de 4,3 anos (63% do sexo masculino), totalizando 69 casos de alergia alimentar – cerca de 42 casos de alergia ao leite, 11 casos de alergia ao peixe, 10 de alergia ao ovo, 5 de alergia aos frutos secos e 1 de alergia ao amendoim. Na maioria dos casos a primeira reacção foi desencadeada por ingestão (95,6%) e foi imediata (78,3%), manifestando -se por sintomas mucocutâneos (MC) em 75,4%, gastrintestinais em 33,3% e respiratórios em 23,2%. Ocorreu anafilaxia em 17%. Houve falhas na dieta em 68,1% dos casos, que contabilizaram um total de 68 eventos de exposição acidental, na maioria (87,1%) com sintomas. Destes 68 eventos de exposição acidental, em 69,1% (n=47) o leite foi o alimento implicado, em 14,7% (n=10) foi o ovo, em 13,2% (n=9) o peixe e em 2,9% (n=2) os frutos secos. As manifestações clínicas mais frequentes foram MC (55,9,9%), seguindo -se as do tracto respiratório (25%) e as do tracto gastrointestinal (23,5%). Em 20,5% dos eventos de exposição acidental, ocorreu reacção anafiláctica. A maior parte das ingestões/exposições acidentais ocorreram em casa (36,8%) e na escola (29,4%). Perante a reacção foi administrada terapêutica em 41,2%, aguardaram resolução espontânea 38,2% e recorreram ao serviço de urgência 20,6% dos casos. Conclusões: As falhas na dieta de evicção foram frequentes, a maioria com sintomas. Aconteceram maioritariamente em casa e na escola, o que pode sugerir lacunas no conhecimento dos pais/prestadores de cuidados. A caracterização das exposições acidentais nos doentes com alergia alimentar poderá ajudar a optimizar a transmissão de informação, a estes e aos seus responsáveis, relativamente à prevenção de situações de risco

Relational Job Characteristics and Well-Being of Brazilian K-12 Teachers

A teacher’s relationship with students can be a source of more than stress. The attributes of relational jobs either promote positive (e.g., work engagement) or inhibit negative (e.g., exhaustion) psychological states that constitute potential predictors of teachers’ general well-being (e.g., health perception). The present study tests hypotheses regarding the relationships between the psychological effects of relational job characteristics and teachers’ work-related and context-free well-being indicators. Preschool, primary, and secondary Brazilian school teachers (n = 2205) responded to a cross-sectional survey. Data were analyzed by multiple mediator structural equation modeling. The psychological effects of relational job characteristics predicted exhaustion, engagement, and health perception. Findings support indirect effects on health perception of exhaustion and engagement. Data were interpreted according to the job demands-resources model, where the relational job characteristics constitute essential resources that foster work engagement, diminish burnout, and indirectly affect more generalized well-being states such as general health. Possible explanations for the relationships are discussed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Brief review on the limit state function of dynamic scour protections

Offshore foundations, namely for offshore wind, wave and tidal applications, often require the use of scour protections. Rip-rap scour protections are an important element of the foundation to ensure that the natural frequency stays within the design limits. Scour protection design still presents a remarkable empirical nature, which typically leads to uncertainty on their behaviour under extreme met-ocean conditions. Therefore, reliability assessment of scour protections has been seen as a possibility to account for design uncertainty and to optimise the scour protections. However, the definition of a suitable limit state function is still a matter of research focus, namely, regarding the proper definition of the acceptable damage level for dynamic scour protections. This research provides a brief review on the recent studies related to both the limit state function and the calculation of damage numbers through bathymetric data. A discussion is raised on how the methodologies for calculating the damage number may influence the limit state function and a theoretical example is given to assess the effects on the probability of failure. Results have shown that the acceptable damage number requires a clearer definition, which should be based on the number of layers of rock material and the area of filter exposure. In addition, this research highlights the need for alternative ways to assess damage