A SAPA Project Update: On the Structure of phrased Self-Report Personality Items

8 pagesTwo large samples were collected to evaluate the structure of traits in the temperament domain. In both samples, participants were administered random subsets of public-domain personality items from a larger pool of approximately 700 items. These data broadly cover the most widely used, public-domain measures of personality (though this breadth is not likely free of theoretical bias). When combined with a third, previously-shared dataset that used the same methodological design [4], the sample includes more than 125,000 participants from more than 220 countries and regions. Re-use potential includes many types of structural, correlational, and network analyses of personality and a wide range of demographic and psychographic constructs. The data are available in both rdata and csv formats

A SAPA Project Update: On the Structure of phrased Self-Report Personality Items

Two large samples were collected to evaluate the structure of traits in the temperament domain. In both samples, participants were administered random subsets of public-domain personality items from a larger pool of approximately 700 items. These data broadly cover the most widely used, public-domain measures of personality (though this breadth is not likely free of theoretical bias). When combined with a third, previously-shared dataset that used the same methodological design, the sample includes more than 125,000 participants from more than 220 countries and regions. Re-use potential includes many types of structural, correlational, and network analyses of personality and a wide range of demographic and psychographic constructs. The data are available in both rdata and csv formats

Selected personality data from the SAPA-Project: 26Jul2014 to 22Dec2015

These data were collected to evaluate the structure of personality constructs in the temperament domain. In the context of modern personality theory, these constructs are typically construed in terms of the Big Five (Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extraversion) though several additional constructs were included here. Approximately 55,000 individuals were administered random subsets of 696 items from more than 92 public-domain personality scales using the Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment method between July 26, 2014 and Dec 22, 2015. The data are available in rdata format and are accompanied by documentation stored as a text file. Re-use potential include many types of structural and correlational analyses of personality

Selected personality data from the SAPA-Project: 22Dec2015 to 07Feb2017

These data were collected to evaluate the structure of personality constructs in the temperament domain. In the context of modern personality theory, these constructs are typically construed in terms of the Big Five (Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extraversion) though several additional constructs were included here. Approximately 48,000 individuals were administered random subsets of 696 items from more than 92 public-domain personality scales using the Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment method between December 22, 2015 and February 7, 2017. The data are available in rdata format and are accompanied by documentation stored as a text file. Re-use potential include many types of structural and correlational analyses of personality

The NIH Toolbox: Overview of Development for Use with Hispanic Populations

ObjectiveHispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States. To facilitate appropriate outcome assessment of this expanding population, the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function® (NIH Toolbox®) was developed with particular attention paid to the cultural and linguistic needs of English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos.MethodsA Cultural Working Group ensured that all included measures were appropriate for use with Hispanics/Latinos in both English and Spanish. In addition, a Spanish Language Working Group assessed all English-language NIH Toolbox measures for translatability.ResultsMeasures were translated following the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) translation methodology for instances where language interpretation could impact scores, or a modified version thereof for more simplified translations. The Spanish versions of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery language measures (i.e., Picture Vocabulary Test, Oral Reading Recognition Test) were developed independently of their English counterparts.ConclusionsThe Spanish-language version of the NIH Toolbox provides a much-needed set of tools that can be selected as appropriate to complement existing protocols being conducted with the growing Hispanic/Latino population in the United States

A importância da inclusão do profissional fisioterapeuta na atenção básica de Saúde

O Sistema Único de Saúde foi criado a partir da Constituição de 1988, como um modelo de política pública de saúde, destinada a fornecer assistência em saúde à população. Como profissional autônomo, qualificado e generalista vê-se a necessidade do fisioterapeuta estar inserido nos diversos níveis de complexidade em que o usuário está. Este trabalho tem como objetivo discutir a inclusão do profissional fisioterapeuta nos programas de saúde pública em nível de atenção básica. Caracteriza-se como uma revisão de literatura, onde se utilizou para construção artigos de bases de dados, como LILACS e SciELO, livros e periódicos afins ao tema abordado, sendo consultados os que foram publicados no período de 2001 a 2013, utilizando para a pesquisa descritores predeterminados. Pelo estudo pode-se perceber que o profissional fisioterapeuta poderá trazer inúmeros benefícios em sua intervenção na atenção básica de saúde, como estabelecer avaliações específicas, realizar diagnóstico fisioterapêutico, proporcionar medidas de promoção à qualidade de vida, favorecendo, assim, o bem-estar do usuário e assegurando a articulação entre prevenção e promoção à saúde. Conclui-se que a atuação fisioterapêutica é de grande valia para a individualidade e a coletividade dos que usufruem desses serviços, contribuindo para melhoria da qualidade de vida e longevidade dos usuários

Os benefícios da fisioterapia ginecológica para as profissionais do sexo: uma revisão de literatura

O presente artigo tem como objetivos demonstrar a anatomia e fisiologia do assoalho pélvico, relatar a historicidade e legalidade da prostituição, apontar as disfunções do assoalho pélvico nas profissionais do sexo e abordar a importância do tratamento e dos exercícios fisioterapêuticos para estas profissionais. Caracteriza-se como uma revisão de literatura, sendo consultadas as que foram publicadas no período de 2000 a 2012 e utilizados critérios quali-quantitativos para a escolha das mesmas, onde foram utilizados para a pesquisa descritores pré-determinados. Adicionamos a intervenção fisioterapêutica e os seus recursos que resultaram em benefícios satisfatórios. Há escassez na literatura atual sobre a área da fisioterapia ginecológica

Molecular mechanisms for subtelomeric rearrangements associated with the 9q34.3 microdeletion syndrome

We characterized at the molecular level the genomic rearrangements in 28 unrelated patients with 9q34.3 subtelomeric deletions. Four distinct categories were delineated: terminal deletions, interstitial deletions, derivative chromosomes and complex rearrangements; each results in haploinsufficiency of the EHMT1 gene and a characteristic phenotype. Interestingly, 25% of our patients had de novo interstitial deletions, 25% were found with derivative chromosomes and complex rearrangements and only 50% were bona fide terminal deletions. In contrast to genomic disorders that are often associated with recurrent rearrangements, breakpoints involving the 9q34.3 subtelomere region are highly variable. Molecular studies identified three regions of breakpoint grouping. Interspersed repetitive elements such as Alu, LINE, long-terminal repeats and simple tandem repeats are frequently observed at the breakpoints. Such repetitive elements may play an important role by providing substrates with a specific DNA secondary structure that stabilizes broken chromosomes or assist in either DNA double-strand break repair or repair of single double-strand DNA ends generated by collapsed forks. Sequence analyses of the breakpoint junctions suggest that subtelomeric deletions can be stabilized by both homologous and nonhomologous recombination mechanisms, through a telomere-capture event, by de novo telomere synthesis, or multistep breakage-fusion-bridge cycles