Alterações, imediatas e a longo prazo, do tratamento da maloclusão de Classe II 1ª Divisão de Angle.

OBJETIVOS:O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar as alterações dimensionais, imediatas e a longo prazo, nas arcadas dentárias de pacientes Classe II 1ª Divisão de Angle,  tratados ortodonticamente. MÉTODOS: Para avaliação das distâncias transversas, profundidade das arcadas, índice de irregularidade, sobremordida, sobressaliência e relações anteroposteriores foram utilizados modelos de gesso digitalizados de 14 pacientes. Foram realizadas medidas lineares no período pré-tratamento (T1), após o uso do aparelho extrabucal(T2), após a conclusão do tratamento com aparelho fixo (T3) e na proservação a longo prazo (T4). RESULTADOS: Houve um aumento, estatisticamente significante, nas distâncias transversas e profundidade da arcada superior, redução da sobressaliência e correção da relação de molares e caninos (p0.05) entre T1 e T2. Entre T3 e T4 houve uma redução, estatisticamente significante, das medidas transversas (com exceção dos molares), na profundidade das arcadas e aumento no índice de irregularidade (p0.05). CONCLUSÃO: Observou-se que a longo prazo ocorreu uma redução nas medidas transversas e ausência de alterações significativas na relação anteroposterior. Esta constatação revela a estabilidade da correção da Classe II.

Versão brasileira da Escala de Comprometimento do Tronco: um estudo de validade em sujeitos pós-acidente vascular encefálico

Trunk control - which is a basic motor ability to perform many functional tasks -is disrupted in most patients who have suffered a stroke. There are few foreign references and none in Portuguese dealing with the quantitative assessment of trunk control. The aim of this study was to translate, verify intra- and inter-examiner reliability, validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS). Eighteen hemiparetic, post-stroke volunteers were evaluated by means of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Functional Ambulation Classification; TIS was apllied by three experienced physical therapists; retest was carried out 48 hours later. Data analysis showed moderate intra-rater and an excellent inter-rater reliability (pO controle de tronco - uma habilidade motora básica indispensável à execução de muitas tarefas funcionais - encontra-se deficitário em pacientes que sofreram acidente vascular encefálico (AVE). Há poucas referências estrangeiras, e nenhuma em português, que focalizem a avaliação de tronco de forma quantitativa. Este estudo teve como objetivo traduzir e verificar a confiabilidade inter e intra-examinador, validade construtiva e consistência interna da versão brasileira da ECT - Escala de Comprometimento do Tronco (Trunk Impairment Scale). Em 18 voluntários com hemiparesia secundária à AVE foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: ECT, Protocolo de Desempenho Físico de Fugl-Meyer, Medida de Independência Funcional, EEB - Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg e Classificação de Deambulação Funcional. As avaliações foram realizadas por três fisioterapeutas experientes e o reteste da ECT foi realizado após 48 horas. Foram encontradas moderada confiabilidade intra-examinador e excelente confiabilidade inter-examinador (

A“Dirty” Footprint: Macroinvertebrate diversity in Amazonian Anthropic Soils

International audienceAmazonian rainforests, once thought to be pristine wilderness, are increasingly known to have been widely inhabited, modified, and managed prior to European arrival, by human populations with diverse cultural backgrounds. Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) are fertile soils found throughout the Amazon Basin, created by pre-Columbian societies with sedentary habits. Much is known about the chemistry of these soils, yet their zoology has been neglected. Hence, we characterized soil fertility, macroinvertebrate communities, and their activity at nine archeological sites in three Amazonian regions in ADEs and adjacent reference soils under native forest (young and old) and agricultural systems. We found 673 morphospecies and, despite similar richness in ADEs (385 spp.) and reference soils (399 spp.), we identified a tenacious pre-Columbian footprint, with 49% of morphospecies found exclusively in ADEs. Termite and total macroinvertebrate abundance were higher in reference soils, while soil fertility and macroinvertebrate activity were higher in the ADEs, and associated with larger earthworm quantities and biomass. We show that ADE habitats have a unique pool of species, but that modern land use of ADEs decreases their populations, diversity, and contributions to soil functioning. These findings support the idea that humans created and sustained high-fertility ecosystems that persist today, altering biodiversity patterns in Amazonia

Blood pressure control in hypertensive patients within Family Health Program versus at Primary Healthcare Units: analytical cross-sectional study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is a public health problem due to its high prevalence and long-term cardiovascular complications. In Brazil in 2005, cardiovascular diseases were responsible for 28% of all deaths. Efforts are being made within primary care to achieve adequate hypertension control. The Family Health Program (FHP) has the aims of promoting quality of life and intervening in factors that put this at risk. The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of blood pressure control among patients followed up at FHP units compared with those at primary healthcare units (PHUs). DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional study in the municipality of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, from January to December 2005. METHODS: Five hundred patients with a diagnosis of hypertension were included: 250 were being followed up at two FHP units and 250 at two PHUs. The diagnosis of hypertension was based on the Fourth Brazilian Hypertension Consensus, and the patients needed to have been under follow-up at the units for at least 12 months. Patients' blood pressure was considered to be under control if it was less than 140/90 mmHg at the last consultation. RESULTS: Blood pressure was under control in 29.2% (n = 73) at FHP units and 39.23% (n = 98) at PHUs (odds ratio = 0.64; confidence interval = 0.44-0.93; P = 0.024). CONCLUSION: Blood pressure control was better among patients followed up at PHUs than among those followed up at FHP units

Child Education in the Pedagogy Course: Lessons from the Internship

Abstract: this article presents research results comparing Federal Public Institution of Higher Education. The place of Early Childhood Education and the role of the internship in the Pedagogy course. Based on the socio-historical-dialectic perspective, we analyzed the Political-Pedagogical Project of the Course and the Supervised Internship Project in Early Childhood Education and Early Years of Primary Education, considering the possibilities of the internship in the constitution of dialogues between the formative ideology and the realization of the educational praxis in its specificities. The results show that Pedagogy courses still subordinate the pedagogical proposals and practices of Early Childhood Education to Primary School models. A Educação Infantil no curso de Pedagogia: lições do estágio Resumo: este artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisas cotejando Instituição de Ensino Superior pública federal. Problematiza-se o lugar da Educação Infantil e o papel do estágio no curso de Pedagogia. Com base na perspectiva sócio-histórico-dialética, analisamos o Projeto Político-Pedagógico do Curso e o Projeto de Estágio Supervisionado na Educação Infantil e Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, considerando as possibilidades do estágio na constituição de diálogos entre o ideário formativo e a realização da práxis educativa em suas especificidades. Os resultados evidenciam que os cursos de Pedagogia ainda subordinam as propostas e práticas pedagógicas da Educação Infantil a modelos do Ensino Fundamental