17 research outputs found
PROJETOS PEDAGĂGICOS PROMOTORES DA IGUALDADE DE GĂNERO EM ESCOLAS DO DISTRITO FEDERAL
Apesar da discussĂŁo de gĂȘnero e sexualidade ser um tema previsto nas disciplinas do ensino fundamental, conforme previsto pelos ParĂąmetros Curriculares Nacionais, a violĂȘncia de gĂȘnero e contra a população LGBT ainda persiste nas escolas brasileiras. No entanto, apesar das crĂticas Ă formação carente dos/as professores/as frente Ă essa temĂĄtica, sabe-se que esforços tĂȘm sido feitos por educadores/as que buscam promover a igualdade entre homens e mulheres em suas salas de aula. Buscando valorizar açÔes bem sucedidas de promoção Ă igualdade de gĂȘnero, entrevistaram-se, individualmente, seis professores/as de escolas pĂșblicas do Distrito Federal que trabalham ou trabalhavam Ă Ă©poca da pesquisa com projetos pedagĂłgicos promotores da igualdade de gĂȘnero. Os/as participantes foram selecionados/as via rede social do pesquisador. ApĂłs a transcrição das entrevistas, elaboraram-se quatro categorias analĂticas, a saber: 1) diretrizes legais que pautam os projetos, 2) receptividade e efetivação dos projetos, 3) impacto dos projetos nas escolas e 4) perfil dos professores e inspiração para os projetos. Notou-se que nĂŁo hĂĄ clareza nos marcos legais que pautam os projetos, se por um lado, eles sĂŁo justificados, por outro hĂĄ um prejuĂzo em sua efetivação. Com a exceção de um deles, os projetos nĂŁo se efetivaram nas escolas e permaneceram ligados ao/Ă professor/a, mesmo estando no Projeto PolĂtico PedagĂłgico das escolas. Inclusive, alguns que foram premiados as escolas nĂŁo consideraram como algo que devesse ter continuidade. A maioria dos agentes escolares mostrava-se duvidosa sobre a necessidade dos projetos e muitos desmereciam tais esforços, jĂĄ os/as alunos/as demonstraram engajamento com as atividades propostas. Os projetos em sua maioria eram realizados por professores/as jovens, com formação acadĂȘmica nas ĂĄreas humanas e sociais, atuantes em escolas de periferia e que jĂĄ presenciaram cenas de violĂȘncia contra as mulheres ou jovens LGBT nas escola
Patient-physician discordance in assessment of adherence to inhaled controller medication: a cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts
We aimed to compare patient's and physician's ratings of inhaled medication adherence and to identify predictors of patient-physician discordance.(SFRH/BPD/115169/2016) funded by Fundação
para a CiĂȘncia e Tecnologia (FCT); ERDF (European Regional
Development Fund) through the operations: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029130
('mINSPIRERSâmHealth to measure and improve adherence to medication
in chronic obstructive respiratory diseasesâgeneralisation and evaluation
of gamification, peer support and advanced image processing technologies')
cofunded by the COMPETE2020 (Programa Operacional Competitividade e
Internacionalização), Portugal 2020 and by Portuguese Funds through FCT
(Fundação para a CiĂȘncia e a Tecnologia).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Morphological and Postural changes in the foot during pregnancy and puerperium : a longitudinal study
The aim of this study is to observe the morphological and postural changes to the foot that take place during pregnancy and the puerperium. Method: In this descriptive, observational, longitudinal study, we analysed 23 pregnant women, with particular attention to morphological and postural aspects of the foot, at three time points during and after pregnancy: in weeks 9-13 of gestation, weeks 32-35 of gestation and weeks 4-6 after delivery. The parameters considered were changes in foot length, the Foot Posture Index (FPI) and the HernĂĄndez Corvo Index, which were analysed using a pedigraph and taking into account the Body Mass Index (BMI). The same procedure was conducted in each review. Results: The statistical analyses obtained for each foot did not differ significantly between the three measurement times. A pronator-type footprint was most frequently observed during the third trimester of pregnancy; it was predominantly neutral during the postpartum period. Statistically significant differences between the measurement times were obtained in the right foot for cavus vs. neutral foot type (between the first and third trimesters and also between the first trimester and the puerperium) (in both cases, p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Foot length increases in the third trimester and returns to normal in the puerperium. According to FPI findings, the third trimester of pregnancy is characterised by pronation, while the posture returns to neutrality during the postpartum period. During pregnancy, the plantar arch flattens, and this persists during the puerperium. The incidence of cavus foot increases significantly in the third trimester and in the puerperium
Identification of clusters of asthma control: A preliminary analysis of the inspirers studies
This work was funded by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) through the operations: POCI- -01-0145-FEDER-029130 (âmINSPIRERSâmHealth to measure and improve adherence to medication in chronic obstructive respiratory diseases - generalisation and evaluation of gamification, peer support and advanced image processing technologiesâ) co-funded by the COMPETE2020 (Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização), Portugal 2020 and by Portuguese Funds through FCT (Fundação para a CiĂȘncia e a Tecnologia).© 2020, Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clinica. All rights reserved. Aims: To identify distinct asthma control clusters based on Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) and to compare patientsâ characteristics among these clusters. Methods: Adults and adolescents (â„13 years) with persistent asthma were recruited at 29 Portuguese hospital outpatient clinics, in the context of two observational studies of the INSPIRERS project. Demographic and clinical characteristics, adherence to inhaled medication, beliefs about inhaled medication, anxiety and depression, quality of life, and asthma control (CARAT, >24 good control) were collected. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed using CARAT total score (CARAT-T). Results: 410 patients (68% adults), with a median (percentile 25âpercentile 75) age of 28 (16-46) years, were analysed. Three clusters were identified [mean CARAT-T (min-max)]: cluster 1 [27(24-30)], cluster 2 [19(14-23)] and cluster 3 [10(2-13)]. Patients in cluster 1 (34%) were characterised by better asthma control, better quality of life, higher inhaler adherence and use of a single inhaler. Patients in clusters 2 (50%) and 3 (16%) had uncontrolled asthma, lower inhaler adherence, more symptoms of anxiety and depression and more than half had at least one exacerbation in the previous year. Further-more, patients in cluster 3 were predominantly female, had more unscheduled medical visits and more anxiety symp-toms, perceived a higher necessity of their prescribed inhalers but also higher levels of concern about taking these inhalers. There were no differences in age, body mass index, lung function, smoking status, hospital admissions or specialist physician follow-up time among the three clusters. Conclusion: An unsupervised method based on CARAT--T, identified 3 clusters of patients with distinct, clinically meaningful characteristics. The cluster with better asthma control had a cut-off similar to the established in the validation study of CARAT and an additional cut-off seems to distinguish more severe disease. Further research is necessary to validate the asthma control clusters identified.publishersversionpublishe
SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal
Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal was rapidly implemented by
the National Institute of Health in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic, in collaboration
with more than 50 laboratories distributed nationwide.
Methods By applying recent phylodynamic models that allow integration of individual-based
travel history, we reconstructed and characterized the spatio-temporal dynamics of SARSCoV-2 introductions and early dissemination in Portugal.
Results We detected at least 277 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions, mostly from
European countries (namely the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, and Switzerland),
which were consistent with the countries with the highest connectivity with Portugal.
Although most introductions were estimated to have occurred during early March 2020, it is
likely that SARS-CoV-2 was silently circulating in Portugal throughout February, before the
first cases were confirmed.
Conclusions Here we conclude that the earlier implementation of measures could have
minimized the number of introductions and subsequent virus expansion in Portugal. This
study lays the foundation for genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal, and highlights the need for systematic and geographically-representative genomic surveillance.We gratefully acknowledge to Sara Hill and Nuno Faria (University of Oxford) and
Joshua Quick and Nick Loman (University of Birmingham) for kindly providing us with
the initial sets of Artic Network primers for NGS; Rafael Mamede (MRamirez team,
IMM, Lisbon) for developing and sharing a bioinformatics script for sequence curation
(https://github.com/rfm-targa/BioinfUtils); Philippe Lemey (KU Leuven) for providing
guidance on the implementation of the phylodynamic models; Joshua L. Cherry
(National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health) for providing guidance with the subsampling strategies; and all
authors, originating and submitting laboratories who have contributed genome data on
GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org/) on which part of this research is based. The opinions
expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the view of the
National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the
United States government. This study is co-funded by Fundação para a CiĂȘncia e Tecnologia
and AgĂȘncia de Investigação ClĂnica e Inovação BiomĂ©dica (234_596874175) on
behalf of the Research 4 COVID-19 call. Some infrastructural resources used in this study
come from the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184), supported by
COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation
(POCI), Lisboa Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa2020), Algarve Portugal
Regional Operational Programme (CRESC Algarve2020), under the PORTUGAL
2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF), and by Fundação para a CiĂȘncia e a Tecnologia (FCT).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
A building automation case study setup and challenges
Smart buildings will play a fundamental role in ensuring comfort while reducing the energy required. However, due to the lack of knowledge about the operation of the smart controllers, the occupants can unintentionally increase the energy spent. Nevertheless, there is evidence that the informed and motivated user will actually cooperate with the system. Some of the issues associated with researching control systems in the context of building automation are difficult to address, because of the chronic lack of effective laboratory settings for experimentation. In this paper, we describe a system representative of the usual complexity found in cyber-physical systems, whose purpose is to address the needs for experimenting with building automation, with a focus on control systems and gamification. Designed with pragmatic concerns, this system presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities to research a new generation of software control systems, and supporting interfaces, that leverage the occupants' behaviour.publishersversionpublishe
Effect of drying, pelliculation and storage on the physiological quality of eggplant seeds
The use of methods and technologies such as drying and film coating can bring significant contributions to the farmer. This experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of drying and film coating on the physiological quality of eggplant seeds during storage. Hybrid seeds UGA MS1 produced by the company Hortiagro - Ijaci, MG were used. Seeds were subjected to two types of drying: slow (room temperature) and quick (oven with forced air circulation at 35 ÂșC). The chemical treatment was performed with the Captan product at a dose of 250 grams per 100 kilograms of seed and for the recoating were used three doses of polymer: (0, 3 and 6 mL.kg-1 of seeds). The physiological quality of seeds was evaluated every three months until reaching the period of nine months using germination test, seedling emergence test and seedling establishment. There is a reduction of physiological seed quality during the storage. The slow drying of eggplant seeds results in better quality seeds. The use of polymer reduces the germination percentage, germination speed index and the percentage of seedling emergence
Effect of water aerobics on the functional autonomy of the elderly population
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of water aerobics exercise on the functional autonomy of the elderly.
METHODS: Thirty-eight elderly subjects (aged 60-75 years) were randomly selected and divided into two groups: sedentary elderly subjects (GIS N = 19) and elderly subjects who practiced water aerobics three times a week, 50 minutes per session, for six months (GIH; N = 19). The subjects in GIS did not participate in any activity during this period. Physical aptitude was assessed using a battery of tests from the Latin American Development Group for the Elderly (LADGE), which measure activities of daily life: a 10-min walk (10mW), getting up from a seated position (GSP), getting up from the prone position (GPP), getting up from a chair and moving around (GCM), and putting on/taking off a shirt (PTS). All data are expressed in seconds. Differences between groups were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (SPSS software, version 16.0 for Windows).
RESULTS: The level of functional autonomy was higher in G1 than in G2 (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: We found that practice of water aerobics contributes to the improvement and maintenance of functional autonomy of the elderly. Increased autonomy positively affects self-esteem and ultimately enhances the quality of life of the elderly.</p