LEVANTAMENTO RETROSPECTIVO DOS ATENDIMENTOS DO AMBULATÓRIO DE FISIOTERAPIA DERMATO-FUNCIONAL DA UNIVERSIDADE POTIGUAR

A fisioterapia dermato-funcional é uma área do conhecimento em plena expansão, caracterizada por fornecer serviço nos três níveis de atenção à saúde, tratando diferentes patologiasde âmbito estético e reparador. A Universidade Potiguar (UNP) é uma instituição pioneira no estado do Rio Grande do Norte no serviço de fisioterapia dermato-funcional e oportuniza àpopulação carente o acesso a tratamentos de alto custo, com a utilização de recursos avançados neste segmento. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar as características da população atendida na Clínica Escola de Fisioterapia Dermato-Funcional da UnP. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, retrospectivo, no qual, foram analisados os prontuários de 863 pacientes que freqüentaram o serviço de fisioterapia dermato-funcional, de 2000 a 2009. Observou-se uma variação no públicode pacientes que frequentou o serviço, constatando-se que, no ano de 2001, o percentual de homens que procurou o serviço foi de, no máximo, 4,4%, aumentado para 30,27% em 2009.Foram atendidos quase 100 pacientes anualmente, tratando diferentes patologias, em destaque a adiposidade. Os pacientes realizaram, na maioria dos casos, de 01 a 05 sessões, com importante índice de abandono. Esse abandono pode estar relacionado a frequentes interrupções dosatendimentos devido ao período de férias ou mudanças na estrutura curricular semestralmente e isso pode ser considerado uma das limitações dessa assistência.Retrospective survey of the attendances outpatient physical therapy dermato-functional University PotiguarPhysical therapy is a dermato-functional knowledge area in full expansion, characterized by providing three levels of service in health care, treating different pathologies within aestheticand restorative. The University Potiguar – UNP is a pioneer institution in the state of Rio Grande 42 do Norte in the physiotherapy service dermato-functional and takes advantage of the poor access to high-cost treatments with the use of advanced features in this segment. The aim of this studywas to determine the characteristics of the population served in Clinical Dermatology, School of Physiotherapy Functional UNP. It is a descriptive, retrospective study, which analyzed the medicalrecords of 863 patients who attended physiotherapy service dermato-functional, from 2000 to 2009. There was a change in public patients attending the physiotherapy service dermato-functional, noting that in 2001 the percentage of men attending the service was up to 4.4% increased to 30.27% in 2009. We served almost 100 patients annually, treating different diseases, highlighted adiposity. Patients were, in most cases, 01 to 05 sessions, with significant dropout rate. This dropmay be related to frequent interruptions of attendance due to vacation or changes in curriculum structure every six months and may be considered one of the limitations of this assistance.Key words: Public Health. Aesthetics. Dermatology. Physical Therapy

Micrometer patterning using synchrotron radiation and the polyaniline-PVC blend

In the present work we investigated the localized photodoping process of polyaniline-emeraldine base/poly(vinylchloride) blends by high-energy photons from a synchrotron source. The doped blend was characterized using optical and electrical parameters. An abrupt increase of conductivity by four orders of magnitude (10(-10) to 10(-6) Scm(-1)) was observed using an initial dose of 500 Jcm(-3). Lithographic patterns were recorded with micrometer resolution, Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.10624124

Ionic dissociation of glycine, alanine, valine and proline as induced by VUV (21.21 eV) photons

Ionic fragmentation of the sublimated alpha-amino acids glycine, L-alanine, L-proline and L-valine has been studied using a time-off-light mass spectrometer coupled to a He I lamp (hv = 21.21 eV). Partial ion yields (branching ratios) and kinetic energy releases for the fragments have been determined. The spectra basically resemble available mass spectra obtained through electron impact (70 eV) demonstrating that the ionic dissociation of these compounds, induced by energetic electrons, is also dominated by processes involving low-energy valence-shell orbitals. A previously unreported fragment has been observed at m/z = 32 (O-2(+)) in the spectra of valine 2 and proline. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.307191