Mudanças fonológicas obtidas no tratamento pelo Modelo de Oposições Múltiplas Phonological Changes obtained in the treatment based on the Multiple Opposition Approach

OBJETIVO: analisar as mudanças fonológicas decorrentes da aplicação do Modelo de Oposições Múltiplas no que se refere ao Percentual de Consoantes Corretas-Revisado (PCC-R), no número de fonemas adquiridos no inventário fonológico e nos tipos de generalização. MÉTODO: o grupo pesquisado foi constituído por cinco sujeitos com desvio fonológico. Foram realizadas avaliações fonoaudiológicas e complementares. Os dados da fala foram coletados e analisados por meio da avaliação fonológica pré e pós-tratamento. Os sujeitos foram submetidos à terapia pelo Modelo de Oposições Múltiplas. RESULTADOS: constatou-se que houve diferença estatisticamente significante no que tange ao PCC-R, ao número de fonemas adquiridos, à generalização a itens lexicais não utilizados no tratamento, para outra posição da palavra e para outras classes de sons. Não houve diferença estatística para a generalização dentro de uma classe de sons, porém, observou-se um aumento do percentual no pós-tratamento. CONCLUSÃO: o Modelo de Oposições Múltiplas foi efetivo para o tratamento desses sujeitos falantes do Português Brasileiro, pois proporcionou mudanças no PCC-R, no número de fonemas adquiridos e algumas generalizações (a itens lexicais não utilizados no tratamento, para outra posição na palavra, dentro de uma classe de sons, para outras classes de sons).<br>PURPOSE: to analize the phonological changes resulting from the application of the Multiple Opposition Approach concerning the Percentage of Consonants Correct - Revised (PCC-R), on the number of phonemes that were acquired in the phonological inventory and on the types of generalization. METHOD: the researched group included five subjects with phonological disorders. It was carried out phonological and complementary assessments. The speech data were transcribed and analyzed through the phonological assessment pre and post-treatment. The subjects underwent the treatment based on the Multiple Opposition Approach. RESULTS: an increase in PCC-R, number of acquired phonemes and presence of different types of generalization in the final assessment, which was statistical difference, except the results of the generalization within sound class were not statistical difference in the pos-treatment. CONCLUSION: the Multiple Oppositions Approach was effective for the treatment of Brazilian Portuguese speakers because the model provided changes in the PCC-R, number of acquired phonemes and some generalizations (to lexical items non used during treatment, to another position of the word, inside a sound class and to other sound class)

TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM SPECTRUM OF NEUTRAL ELECTROMAGNETIC PARTICLES PRODUCED AT THE CERN PROTON ANTI-PROTON COLLIDER

Forward shower counters equipped with position detectors able to locate to +/- 2mm have been used to measure an inclusive p_t distribution in the rapidity range 1.6&lt;|y|&lt;2.5 for neutral electromagnetic particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt(s)=540 GeV. The covered p_t range extends up to 12 GeV/

Experimental observation of isolated large transverse energy electrons with associated missing energy at s=540 GeV

The aim of this study was to determine the association of hormone levels with the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain. Men ages 40 to 79 years were recruited from population registers in 8 European centres. Subjects were asked to complete a postal questionnaire, which enquired about lifestyle and the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain over the past month. Total testosterone (T), oestradiol (E2), luteinising hormone (LH), and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were assayed from a fasting blood sample. The association between pain status and hormone levels was assessed using multinomial logistic regression with results expressed as relative risk ratios (RRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). A total of 3206 men had complete data on pain status. Of these, 8.7% reported chronic widespread pain (CWP), whereas 50% had some pain although not CWP and were classified as having some pain. T and E2 were not associated with musculoskeletal pain, whereas significant differences in LH and FSH levels were found between pain groups. After adjustment for age and other possible confounders, the association between pain status and both LH and FSH persisted. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of LH, those in the highest tertile were more likely to report some pain (vs no pain, RRR = 1.28; 95% CI 1.09 to 1.50) and also CWP (vs no pain, RRR = 1.51; 95% CI 1.10 to 2.07). Similar results were found for FSH. Gonadotrophins, but not sex steroid hormone levels, are associated with musculoskeletal pain in men. Higher levels of gonadotrophins but not androgens were significantly associated with musculoskeletal pain in men. Alterations in hypothalamic–pituitary–testicular feedback mechanisms may play a role in the onset of chronic widespread pain

Search for massive e?? and ??? final states at the CERN super proton synchrotron collider

The observation of an apparent excess of radiative Z0 decays into e+e-γ and μ+μ-γ has prompted the search for massive eνγ and μνγ final states containing an energetic photon. No events were found other than those consistent with QED radiative effects in leptonic W decays. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 0.136 pb-1 produced at the CERN super proton synchrotron (SPS) collider. An upper limit on the occurrence of such events is given. © 1984

Comparison of three-jet and two-jet cross sections in pp? collisions at the CERN SPS pp? collider

Results are presented on two-jet and three-jet cross sections, measured in the UA1 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) pp̄ Collider, at the highest available subprocess cms energies ( s ̂&gt;150 GeV). Precise measurements of the two-jet angular distribution are consistent with previous results but show significant scale-breaking effects. The three-jet Dalitz plot and the three-jet angular distributions show evidence for final- and initial-state bremsstrahlung processes, in agreement with the leading-order QCD predictions. A comparison of the yield of wide-angle three-jet events with the yield of two-jet events at smaller scattering angles gives for the strong interaction coupling constant: αs( K3J K2J)=0.16±0.02±0.03 at Q2≈4000 GeV2, where the factor K3J K2J may plausibly be assumed to be close to unity. © 1985