Construção e Avaliação para 15 Listas de Palavras Baseadas no Paradigma Deese-Roediger-McDermott

Based on studies conducted in accordance with the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, in which words of a list tend to evoke other related items, used in false memory research, this study produced 15 lists of semantically related words for Brazilian Portuguese. For the preparation of the lists, certain criteria were considered, such as word length and frequency of words in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus. Pre-selection guided by linguistic characteristics aimed to control possible biases among volunteers. Semantic association and concreteness tests were carried out to determine the suitability of the selected items, and a free recall test was performed to evaluate evocation characteristics. We suggest using word lists in researches that evaluate false memories.Com base nos estudos conduzidos de acordo com o paradigma Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM), em quais palavras de uma lista tendem a evocar outros itens relacionados, utilizado em pesquisas de falsas memórias, neste estudo elaborou-se 15 listas de palavras semanticamente relacionadas para o português. Para a elaboração das listas, foram considerados critérios como frequência de palavras no corpus de português brasileiro e extensão de palavras. A pré-seleção guiada por características linguísticas visava controlar possíveis vieses por parte dos voluntários. Testes de associação semântica e concretude de palavras foram realizados para apurar a conveniência dos itens selecionados, e um teste de recordação livre foi conduzido para avaliar características de evocação. Sugerimos a utilização das listas de palavras em pesquisas que avaliem falsas memórias

High-resolution laser system for the S3-Low Energy Branch

In this paper we present the first high-resolution laser spectroscopy results obtained at the GISELE laser laboratory of the GANIL-SPIRAL2 facility, in preparation for the first experiments with the S$^3$-Low Energy Branch. Studies of neutron-deficient radioactive isotopes of erbium and tin represent the first physics cases to be studied at S$^3$. The measured isotope-shift and hyperfine structure data are presented for stable isotopes of these elements. The erbium isotopes were studied using the $4f^{12}6s^2$ $^3H_6 \rightarrow 4f^{12}(^3 H)6s6p$ $J = 5$ atomic transition (415 nm) and the tin isotopes were studied by the $5s^25p^2 (^3P_0) \rightarrow 5s^25p6s (^3P_1)$ atomic transition (286.4 nm), and are used as a benchmark of the laser setup. Additionally, the tin isotopes were studied by the $5s^25p6s (^3P_1) \rightarrow 5s^25p6p (^3P_2)$ atomic transition (811.6 nm), for which new isotope-shift data was obtained and the corresponding field-shift $F_{812}$ and mass-shift $M_{812}$ factors are presented

Gestión del tiempo en alumnado universitario con diferentes niveles de rendimiento académico

Resumen En este trabajo se estudia la relación entre gestión del tiempo y rendimiento académico en el alumnado universitario. La hipótesis de partida es que los estudiantes con alto nivel de habilidades en gestión del tiempo obtienen mejores resultados de aprendizaje. Se ha utilizado una muestra de 494 estudiantes universitarios de primer año, en dos universidades colombianas. A esta muestra se administró una adaptación al español del Time Management Behavior Questionnaire (TMBQ), y se recogieron datos sobre las calificaciones académicas en su primer año en la universidad. De manera complementaria, se han celebrado cuatro grupos focales con alumnado de bajo y alto nivel de rendimiento, accediendo a sus experiencias, opiniones y valoraciones en relación con la gestión del tiempo. Los resultados obtenidos indican la existencia de una cierta relación positiva entre las dos variables analizadas, en línea con los hallazgos de estudios previos. Al comparar la gestión del tiempo entre subgrupos de estudiantes que alcanzan las mejores y peores calificaciones, se observan diferencias a favor de los primeros, particularmente en la sub-escala relativa a sus percepciones sobre el control del tiempo. Los discursos de grupo reflejan también mejores conductas autorregulatorias en el manejo del tiempo por parte del alumnado de alto nivel de rendimiento. De acuerdo con estos resultados, se hacen recomendaciones sobre el entrenamiento del alumnado universitario de primer año en estrategias para la gestión del tiempo

Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry

Chromosome 8q24 is a susceptibility locus for multiple cancers, including prostate cancer. Here we combine genetic data across the 8q24 susceptibility region from 71,535 prostate cancer cases and 52,935 controls of European ancestry to define the overall contribution of germline variation at 8q24 to prostate cancer risk. We identify 12 independent risk signals for prostate cancer (p < 4.28 × 10−15), including three risk variants that have yet to be reported. From a polygenic risk score (PRS) model, derived to assess the cumulative effect of risk variants at 8q24, men in the top 1% of the PRS have a 4-fold (95%CI = 3.62–4.40) greater risk compared to the population average. These 12 variants account for ~25% of what can be currently explained of the familial risk of prostate cancer by known genetic risk factors. These findings highlight the overwhelming contribution of germline variation at 8q24 on prostate cancer risk which has implications for population risk stratification

Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants

Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis. We observe evidence for multiple independent signals at 12 regions and 99 risk signals overall. Only 15 original GWAS tag SNPs remain among the catalogue of candidate variants identified; the remainder are replaced by more likely candidates. Biological annotation of our credible set of variants indicates significant enrichment within promoter and enhancer elements, and transcription factor-binding sites, including AR, ERG and FOXA1. In 40 regions at least one variant is colocalised with an eQTL in prostate cancer tissue. The refined set of candidate variants substantially increase the proportion of familial relative risk explained by these known susceptibility regions, which highlights the importance of fine-mapping studies and has implications for clinical risk profiling. © 2018 The Author(s).Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis. We observe evidence for multiple independent signals at 12 regions and 99 risk signals overall. Only 15 original GWAS tag SNPs remain among the catalogue of candidate variants identified; the remainder are replaced by more likely candidates. Biological annotation of our credible set of variants indicates significant enrichment within promoter and enhancer elements, and transcription factor-binding sites, including AR, ERG and FOXA1. In 40 regions at least one variant is colocalised with an eQTL in prostate cancer tissue. The refined set of candidate variants substantially increase the proportion of familial relative risk explained by these known susceptibility regions, which highlights the importance of fine-mapping studies and has implications for clinical risk profiling. © 2018 The Author(s).Peer reviewe