Characterization of weight-bearing compensation in dogs with bilateral hip osteoarthritis

Área de pesquisa: Veterinary SciencesTo describe the weight-bearing compensation in working dogs with bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA), 50 police working dogs were evaluated with a weight distribution platform at the initial evaluation and after intra-articular treatment (a negative control 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl), a platelet concentrate, Hylan G-F 20, triamcinolone hexacetonide or stanozolol). Six evaluation sessions were performed, over a 180-day period. Results were compared by breed, age, sex, weight and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals hip grade scores with the Independent Samples T-Test, repeated samples Analysis of variance and Pearson correlation coefficient, P < .05. Animals had a mean age of 6.5 § 2.4 years and a bodyweight of 26.7 § 5.2kg. No significant differences were observed when comparing weight-bearing for different breeds, sex, hip grades or weight during the initial evaluation. Significant differences were observed in deviation (P < .01) and symmetry index (P < .01) between the control and treatment groups during the follow-up period. A weight shift from pelvic to thoracic limbs was observed, with a weak, although a significant, correlation between a pelvic limb and the opposing contralateral thoracic limb. Labrador Retrievers showed higher symmetry index and deviation from normal values during the follow-up period than German Shepherd Dogs and Dutch Shepherd Dogs. Male dogs also showed higher symmetry index and deviation compared with females. At this period, the symmetry index showed a weak, although significant, correlation with body weight. Weight-bearing of all limbs correlated with the remaining limbs, reflecting a more balanced weight distribution than the initial evaluation. The weight distribution platform can be used to evaluate patients, at the initial presentation and during the assessment of response to treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Estratégias defensivas no ambiente laboral da enfermagem nas instituições de longa permanência para idosos

Objetivo: Descrever as estratégias defensivas utilizadas pelos trabalhadores de enfermagem das Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos perante o sofrimento laboral.Metodologia: Pesquisa descritiva, exploratória e qualitativa, realizada com 27 trabalhadores de enfermagem de Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos, por meio de entrevistas entre abril e setembro de 2013. Utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo e a teoria Psicodinâmica do Trabalho para analisar os dados.Resultados: As estratégias utilizadas foram considerar a morte do idoso como algo natural, perceber o óbito daquele em condição crítica como encerramento do sofrimento, compreender os comportamentos resistentes dos idosos como sintomas de doenças e da senilidade, limitar os problemas do trabalho na vida pessoal e restringir o envolvimento afetivo com os idosos.Conclusão: Os profissionais de enfermagem indicaram desenvolver estratégias defensivas de âmbito individual que podem ser agrupadas entre medidas de proteção, adaptação e exploração para conviver com as situações geradoras de sofrimento laboral.Palavras-chave: Enfermagem. Instituição de longa permanência para idosos. Saúde do trabalhador. Satisfação no emprego

Evaluation of four clinical metrology instruments for the assessment of osteoarthritis in dogs

Research Areas: Agriculture; Veterinary Sciences; ZoologyOsteoarthritis (OA) is the most commonly diagnosed joint disease in companion animals, and proper tools are necessary to assess patients and response to treatment. We aimed to perform the psychometric evaluation of several clinical metrology instruments (CMI), developed to evaluate pain and assess outcome. Fifty police working dogs with bilateral hip OA were assessed in a prospective, randomised, double-blinded study. Patients were evaluated using a stance analyser in six different moments divided over a 180-day period. Pedometer step count, weight-bearing symmetry index and deviation from normal weight-bearing were calculated and used for criterion validity. In each evaluation moment, a copy of the Hudson Visual Analogue Scale (HVAS), Canine Brief Pain Inventory (CBPI), Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs (LOAD) and Canine Orthopaedic Index (COI) were completed by the dogs’ handlers. Correlations between CMIs were evaluated as construct validity. Further evaluation was performed with the Kaiser–Meyer–Olin measure of sampling adequacy, Eigenvalue and scree-plot analysis. Internal consistency was tested with Cronbach’s α. Significant weak correlation was found between all CMIs and stance analysis symmetry index measure and deviation, indicating criterion validity. Significant weak correlation was also found between pedometer count and LOAD plus COI. Cronbach’s α was 0.80 for HVAS, 0.98 for CBPI, 0.97 for LOAD and 0.98 for COI. Significant strong correlation was observed between CMIs, indicating construct validity. We present criterion and construct validity of these CMIs, which are able to capture various dimensions of OA. They can be used for the evaluation of osteoarthritis and response to treatment in dogs.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Characterization of Weight-bearing Compensation in Dogs With Bilateral Hip Osteoarthritis

To describe the weight-bearing compensation in working dogs with bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA), 50 police working dogs were evaluated with a weight distribution platform at the initial evaluation and after intra-articular treatment (a negative control – 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl), a platelet concentrate, Hylan G-F 20, triamcinolone hexacetonide or stanozolol). Six evaluation sessions were performed, over a 180-day period. Results were compared by breed, age, sex, weight and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals hip grade scores with the Independent Samples T-Test, repeated samples Analysis of variance and Pearson correlation coefficient, P < .05. Animals had a mean age of 6.5 ± 2.4 years and a bodyweight of 26.7 ± 5.2kg. No significant differences were observed when comparing weight-bearing for different breeds, sex, hip grades or weight during the initial evaluation. Significant differences were observed in deviation (P < .01) and symmetry index (P < .01) between the control and treatment groups during the follow-up period. A weight shift from pelvic to thoracic limbs was observed, with a weak, although a significant, correlation between a pelvic limb and the opposing contralateral thoracic limb. Labrador Retrievers showed higher symmetry index and deviation from normal values during the follow-up period than German Shepherd Dogs and Dutch Shepherd Dogs. Male dogs also showed higher symmetry index and deviation compared with females. At this period, the symmetry index showed a weak, although significant, correlation with body weight. Weight-bearing of all limbs correlated with the remaining limbs, reflecting a more balanced weight distribution than the initial evaluation. The weight distribution platform can be used to evaluate patients, at the initial presentation and during the assessment of response to treatmen

EL IMPACTO DE LA PLUSVALÍA EN GANANCIA

A partir de 2005, as entidades com valores admitidos à negociação nos mercados regulamentados da União Europeia (UE) passaram a apresentar as suas demonstrações financeiras consolidadas segundo as Normas Internacionais de Relato Financeiro (NIRF) adotadas pela UE. Em resultado desta alteração, surgiram novas regras de reconhecimento e mensuração do goodwill pelo que tem sido desenvolvido diversos estudos que procuram avaliar a seu impacto nos resultados e os comportamentos na preparação da informação financeira por parte das empresas. A presente investigação pretende aferir de que forma é efetuado o reconhecimento e como é divulgado o goodwill. Para atingir tal fim analisámos uma amostra de empresas cotadas na Euronext Lisbon, onde identificámos os ajustamentos efetuados, avaliámos a realização de testes de imparidade, por forma a averiguar se os mesmos tinham impacto nos resultados. Concluímos que existem falhas por parte das empresas no tratamento do goodwill e que ao longo do período em estudo poucas foram as empresas que evoluíram significativamente. O reconhecimento de perdas por imparidade nos testes realizados, nem sempre refletem na redução do resultado líquido.Since 2005, entities with securities admitted to trading on regulated markets in the European Union (EU) started to present their consolidated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU's financial statements. Because of this change, new rules on recognition and measurement of goodwill so many studies that seek to evaluate their impact on results and behaviors in the preparation of financial information by firms has been developed emerged. This research aims to assess how it is made and how the recognition goodwill is disclosed. To achieve this end we analyzed a sample of companies listed on Euronext Lisbon, which identified the adjustments made, we evaluated the performance of impairment tests in order to ascertain whether they had an impact on results. We conclude that there are failures by firms in the treatment of goodwill and that throughout the period under study were few companies which have evolved significantly. Recognition of impairment losses in the tests do not always reflect the reduction in net incomeDesde 2005, las entidades con valores admitidos a negociación en mercados regulados en la Unión Europea (UE) comenzaron a presentar su consolidado de acuerdo con Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF) adoptadas por los estados financieros de la UE. Como resultado de este cambio, surgieron nuevas normas sobre el reconocimiento y medición de la plusvalía tantos estudios que tratan de evaluar su impacto en los resultados y comportamientos en la preparación de la información financiera de las empresas se ha desarrollado. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo evaluar cómo se hace y cómo se da a conocer la buena voluntad de reconocimiento. Para lograr este fin, se analizaron una muestra de empresas que cotizan en Euronext Lisboa, que identificó a los ajustes realizados, se evaluaron los resultados de las pruebas de deterioro a fin de determinar si tenían un impacto en los resultados. Llegamos a la conclusión de que hay fallos en las empresas en el tratamiento del fondo de comercio y que durante todo el período objeto de estudio fueron pocas las empresas que han evolucionado de manera significativa. El reconocimiento de las pérdidas por deterioro en las pruebas no siempre refleja la reducción en la utilidad neta

Uso teatral do espaço urbano: experiências do Grupo ZAP 18 e companhia candongas

Este trabalho busca analisar e compreender o uso teatral do espaço urbano com estudo de caso dos grupo ZAP 18 e Companhia Candongas de Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), visando estudar e compreender as relações destes grupos com seu espaço cênico no âmbito do teatro mineiro. O interesse principal é relacionar as formas de apropriação espacial que predominam nestes casos, com vistas a estabelecer relações entre as utilizações do espaço com outras dimensões da atividade grupal (política, social), de forma a relacionar o espaço urbano com a construção de um novo olhar sobre a metrópole

Linking biogeochemical variability and microbial community structure in forest soils: Abies pinsapo-fir forests as a study case

Tradicionalmente, los estudios biogeoquímicos consideraban el suelo como una "caja negra", conectada con el resto del ecosistema mediante flujos de entrada y de salida de nutrientes, en la que éstos experimentan transformaciones mediadas en gran parte por microorganismos desconocidos. El desarrollo de nuevas técnicas moleculares ha incrementado el conocimiento sobre las comunidades microbianas del suelo. Estudios recientes han puesto de manifiesto correspondencias entre la variabilidad de la disponibilidad de nutrientes y la estructura de la comunidad microbiana en suelos forestales. A este respecto, hemos empleado bosques de Abies pinsapo como modelo ya que muestran una gran variabilidad biogeoquímica asociada a diferencias litológicas y sucesionales, mientras que la estacionalidad mediterránea provoca una alta variabilidad intra anual en la disponibilidad de nutrientes. Además, existen pinsapares sujetos a limitación o a saturación de nitrógeno. Mediante análisis del polimorfismo de longitud de fragmentos de restricción terminal (T-RFLP), hemos puesto de manifiesto que los patrones de variabilidad biogeoquímica descritos en los pinsapares se corresponden con cambios en la composición y estructura de sus comunidades bacterianas.Traditionally, soil has been considered as a "black box", connected to the rest of the ecosystem by input and output fluxes, where nutrients are transformed mainly through processes controlled by unknown microorganisms. The development of new molecular techniques has increased our knowledge about microbiological soil communities. Recent studies reveal that change in nutrient availability in forest soils is associated with shifts in the soil community structure. We have used Abies pinsapo fir forests as a model case to this regard, since they show a marked among-sites biogeochemical variability due to changes in lithology and successional status, while Mediterranean seasonality determines high intra-year variability in nutrients availability. Moreover, A. pinsapo forests that are either N-limited or N-saturated do exist. Using terminal restriction fragments length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis we have demonstrated that these patterns of biogeochemical variability are associated with shifts in the structure of the soil bacterial communities

Thermographic imaging of police working dogs with bilateral naturally occurring hip osteoarthritis

This is the first study that describes digital thermography’s diagnostic use to evaluate working dogs with naturally occurring HOA, comparing two different views. Future studies should address each one’s value in the diagnosis and response to treatment of this disease

Evaluation of Four Clinical Metrology Instruments for the Assessment of Osteoarthritis in Dogs

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most commonly diagnosed joint disease in companion animals, and proper tools are necessary to assess patients and response to treatment. We aimed to perform the psychometric evaluation of several clinical metrology instruments (CMI), developed to evaluate pain and assess outcome. Fifty police working dogs with bilateral hip OA were assessed in a prospective, randomised, double-blinded study. Patients were evaluated using a stance analyser in six different moments divided over a 180-day period. Pedometer step count, weight-bearing symmetry index and deviation from normal weight-bearing were calculated and used for criterion validity. In each evaluation moment, a copy of the Hudson Visual Analogue Scale (HVAS), Canine Brief Pain Inventory (CBPI), Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs (LOAD) and Canine Orthopaedic Index (COI) were completed by the dogs’ handlers. Correlations between CMIs were evaluated as construct validity. Further evaluation was performed with the Kaiser–Meyer–Olin measure of sampling adequacy, Eigenvalue and scree-plot analysis. Internal consistency was tested with Cronbach’s α. Significant weak correlation was found between all CMIs and stance analysis symmetry index measure and deviation, indicating criterion validity. Significant weak correlation was also found between pedometer count and LOAD plus COI. Cronbach’s α was 0.80 for HVAS, 0.98 for CBPI, 0.97 for LOAD and 0.98 for COI. Significant strong correlation was observed between CMIs, indicating construct validity. We present criterion and construct validity of these CMIs, which are able to capture various dimensions of OA. They can be used for the evaluation of osteoarthritis and response to treatment in dogs