Carências Habitacionais no Brasil e na América Latina: o papel do ônus excessivo com aluguel urbano

The last decade in Brazil was marked by substantial investments in the real state sector, including the construction of new housing units for low-income households. Despite such a significant flow of resources, an appraisal of indicators related to housing needs that have guided public policies in the sector exposes a relative persistence of the so-called housing shortage. An analysis of the housing shortage indicator between 2007 and 2014 shows that one of its four essential components, the urban rental affordability stress, was the main responsible for the observed growth tendency. In order to understand the behavior of the components of the housing shortage and, particularly, of the urban rental affordability stress, the paper brings a conceptual discussion regarding the housing shortage indicator, by means of the theoretical framework provided by urban political ecology, as well as of a comparative analysis between the different calculation methodologies for this indicator adopted by Latin American countries. The proposed debate aims to contribute to a critical review of the housing shortage indicator and the improvement of the calculation of housing needs in Brazil

Effect of acetyl resin retentive arms on the retentive force ofcircumferential clasps: an in vitro study.

PURPOSE: To compare and to evaluate the stability of the retentive force of cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) circumferential clasps (control) to those with an acetyl resin retentive arm. METHODS: Sixteen specimens with a couple of circumferential clasps were made using Co-Cr over a metal model providing 0.25 mm undercuts. Eight specimens were fabricated without the anterior retentive arm, which was made later using acetyl resin (Dental D). Insertion and removal simulation test was performed through 7250 cycles. The retentive force was recorded in Newtons (N) for periods corresponding to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years. The data were subjected to ANOVA and Tukey test to compare periods and to Student's t test to compare groups (α=0.05). RESULTS: Mean (SD) is presented for Co-Cr and resin groups, respectively: 8.09(3.05) and 2.79(1.57) in period 0; 10.48(4.25) and 3.32(1.92) in 1 year; 10.09(4.15) and 3.47(1.81) in 2 years; 9.87(4.30) and 3.46(1.87) in 3 years; 9.46(3.93) and 3.27(1.59) in 4 years; 9.63(3.79) and 3.41(1.59) in 5 years. There were significant differences for Co-Cr between periods of 0 and 1 (p0.05). Comparisons between the groups showed statistical differences for all tested periods: 0 (p=0.0012), 1 (p=0.0013), 2 (p=0.0019), 3 (p=0.0031), 4 (p=0.0027) and 5 years (p=0.0014). CONCLUSIONS: Acetyl resin retentive arms, even if only in the anterior clasps, can significantly reduce the retentive force, but this force remained stable after 5 years of simulated use

Hepatitis C Virus Infection as a Traumatic Experience

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether individuals consider their HCV infection to be a potentially traumatic experience. Additionally, we investigated its association with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the impact of PTSD diagnosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in HCV infected subjects. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 127 HCV-infected outpatients recruited at a University Hospital in Salvador, Brazil. All subjects answered an orally-administered questionnaire to gather clinical and socio-demographic data. We investigated traumatic experiences and the subject's perception of the disease using the Trauma History Questionnaire. PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses were assessed through the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Brazilian Version 5.0.0 (M.I.N.I. PLUS). HRQoL was assessed using Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Results Approximately 38.6% of the patients considered hepatitis C to be a traumatic experience. Of these, 60.7% had a PTSD diagnosis. PTSD was associated with significant impairment in quality of life for individuals in seven SF-36 domains as shown bymultivariate analysis: Role-Physical (β: −24.85; 95% CI: −42.08; −7.61), Bodily Pain (β: −19.36; 95% CI: −31.28; −7.45), General Health (β: −20.79; 95% CI: −29.65; −11.92), Vitality (β: −11.92; 95% CI: −20.74; −3.1), Social Functioning (β: −34.73; 95% CI: −46.79; −22.68), Role-Emotional (β: −26.07; 95% CI: −44.61; −7.53), Mental Health (β: −17.46; 95% CI: −24.38; −10.54). Conclusion HCV is frequently a traumatic experience and it is strongly associated with PTSD diagnosis. PTSD significantly impaired HRQoL

Oficina de Teatro Circulando:: (im)possibilidades e reinvenções em tempos de pandemia

This text presents the activities of Oficina de Teatro Circulando, conducted in the scope of Unirio theatre school's extension program in 2020 and 2021. This workshop was coordinated in collaboration with UFRJ Institute of Psychology. Due to the social distancing imposed by COVID-19, what have been used to take place only in the physical presence now it needs to be reinvented and adapted to attend a new reality. The cellphone and the computer screens allow us to continue this project, reinventing the dialogue between the areas of mental health and arts.  O texto apresenta relatos das ações extensionistas realizadas no âmbito do projeto “Oficina de Teatro Circulando” da Escola de Teatro da Unirio, que ocorreram em parceria interinstitucional com o Instituto de Psicologia da UFRJ, durante o biênio de 2020 a 2021. Com a necessidade do distanciamento social decorrente do novo coronavírus (SARS-CoV-2), responsável pela pandemia COVID-19, o que antes acontecia exclusivamente por meio presencial precisou ser reinventado para adequação ao ambiente virtual. A partir das telas de celulares e computadores, novas invenções audiovisuais vêm permitindo a continuidade do projeto Circulando e recriando o diálogo entre as áreas das Artes e da Saúde Mental

Palatal rugoscopy as a method of human identification

Objetivo: testar a aplicabilidade da fórmula na rugoscopia palatina. Metodologia: três avaliadores examinaram 30 modelos em gesso do arco superior, obtidos de estudantes de Odontologia da UFPB. As rugosidades foram classificadas em simples e compostas e em reta, curva, angular, circular, sinuosa e ponto. Resultados: o exame das rugas simples e compostas, intra avaliador, demonstrou maior percentual de coincidência para as rugas compostas (53,3 a 56,7%), assim como nos exames inter avaliadores, com acertos entre 43,3% e 55,0%, confrontando com os 5,0% e 23,3% obtidos nas rugas simples. Na análise dos tipos fundamentais observa-se que as rugas circulares apresentaram maior percentual de coincidências (95,0% a 96,7%), seguida das angulares (61,7% a 66,7%). A ruga reta demonstrou menor percentual de coincidências (11,7% a 45,0%). As coincidências inter avaliadores foi maior nas rugas circulares (93,3% a 96,7%) e menor nas rugas retas, com percentual entre 16,7% e 15,0%. O maior percentual das rugas compostas demonstra a sua boa visualização. A alta concordância dos avaliadores quanto a rugas circulares ocorre em virtude da classificação de sua ausência, pois raramente se encontra esta ruga, diferente das retas, que se confundem com as sinuosas e vice-versa, frequentemente presentes no palato. Nota-se que a rugosidade palatina como método possui uma grande quantidade de classificações, porém, com praticabilidade baixa, de difícil arquivamento e ausência de padrão universal. Conclusão: a classificação das rugosidades palatinas, por meio da fórmula rugoscópica, não é aplicável devido à subjetividade do método. Palavras-chave: Antropologia Forense; Odontologia Legal; Arcada Dentária