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As emoções desempenham um papel central nas relações das crianças e déficits na compreensão de emoções têm sido associados a diversos transtornos neuropsiquiátricos na infância. Entretanto, verifica-se uma escassez de instrumentos psicológicos disponíveis no Brasil que avaliem esta habilidade. O presente estudo teve por objetivo adaptar transculturalmente o Teste de Conhecimento Emocional (EMT). O instrumento original foi traduzido por uma equipe de pesquisadores bilíngues e posteriormente retraduzido para o inglês. As versões preliminares foram julgadas pelos autores do instrumento e por juízes brasileiros especialistas. A versão final foi aplicada em uma amostra de 50 crianças entre três e seis anos de idade e respondida por nove juízes de três estados brasileiros. Os resultados mostram uma boa equivalência semântica, além de bons níveis de concordância quanto às respostas (κ= 0,88, Z=95,2, p<0,001). A versão final do EMT mostrou-se adequada e satisfatória...
Emotions play a central role in children's relationships. Deficits in emotional understanding have been associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders. In Brazil, however, few psychological instruments are available to assess young children's emotional development. The objective of the present study was to make a transcultural adaptation of the Emotion Matching Task (EMT). The EMT was translated and adapted by a team of bilingual researches and then back-translated to English. The preliminary versions were assessed by EMT's authors and by Brazilians specialized judges. The final version was applied in a sample of 50 children between three and six years of age and answered by nine judges in three Brazilian states. The results indicate good semantic equivalence and good agreement with the answers provided (κ= 0.88, Z=95.2, p<0.001). The final version of the EMT was considered appropriate and satisfactory...
Las emociones desempeñan un papel central en las relaciones y déficits en la comprensión de emociones ha sido asociado a diversos trastornos neurológicos y psiquiátricos en la infancia. Sin embargo, se verifica que en Brasil existen pocos instrumentos que evalúen esta habilidad. Este estudio tiene como objetivo adaptar transculturalmente el Test de Conocimiento Emocional (EMT). El instrumento original fue traducido al portugués por un equipo de investigadores bilingues y, posteriormente, retraducido al inglés. Las versiones preliminares fueron juzgadas por los autores del instrumento y por jueces brasileros especialistas. La versión final fue aplicada a una muestra de 50 niños entre tres y seis años de edad y respondida por nueve jueces de tres estados brasileros. Los resultados muestran una buena equivalencia semántica, además de buenos niveles de concordancia con las respuestas (k=0,88; Z=95,2; p<0,001). La versión final del EMT se mostró adecuada y satisfactoria...
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adaptation to Disasters , Emotions , Neuropsychological Tests , TranslatingABSTRACT
As emoções possuem papel fundamental na socialização humana e as expressões faciais são uma importante via para a sua comunicação. O objetivo deste estudo foi obter dados de padronização para população brasileira das 83 fotografias de expressões faciais de emoções básicas que compõem o Teste de Conhecimento Emocional (EMT) e compará-los com os dados da amostra estadunidense, analisando semelhanças e diferenças culturais. Participaram 80 estudantes universitários da cidade de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil). Cada fotografia, apresentada sequencialmente através de projeção visual, foi julgada em termos de qual emoção melhor correspondia à expressão facial. Os resultados mostram bom nível de concordância no julgamento das imagens. As amostras brasileira e norte-americana julgaram 95,2% das imagens como expressando a mesma emoção. O presente estudo corrobora a hipótese de universalidade das emoções básicas, fornece imagens padronizadas para uso do EMT na população brasileira e discute diferenças culturais quanto ao julgamento da intensidade das expressões emocionais...
Emotions play a significant role in human interaction and facial expressions are very important route to communicate emotion. The aims of the present study were to provide standards of the 83 photographs with facial expressions of basic emotions that compose the Emotion Matching Task (EMT) for the Brazilian population and compare the results with the standards obtained for the North-American sample, analyzing cultural similarities and differences. The subjects of this study were 80 undergraduate students from Salvador (Bahia, Brazil). Each photograph, presented sequentially through visual projection, was judged in terms of the emotion that best matched the facial expression.The results showed a good agreement level in the judgment of the photographs. The Brazilian and North-Americansamples judged 95.2% of the images as expressing the same emotion. The present study corroborates the hypothesis on the universality of basic emotions, provides standardized images or the use of the EMT in the Brazilian population and reveals cultural differences in the intensity judgment of emotional expressions...
Las emociones poseen un papel fundamental en la socialización humana y las expresiones faciales son una importante vía para comunicarlas. El objetivo de este estudio fue obtener informaciones sobre estandarización, en la población brasilera, de las 83 fotografías de expresiones faciales de emociones básicas que están presentes en el Test de Conocimiento Emocional (EMT) y comparar con los datos de la muestra estadounidense, analizando las semejanzas y diferencias culturales. Participaron 80 estudiantes universitarios de la cuidad de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil). Cada fotografía fue presentada secuencialmente a través de proyección visual y se solicitó al participante indicar cual emoción mejor correspondía a la expresión facial. Los resultados revelaron un buen nivel de concordancia en el juicio de las imágenes. Las muestras brasilera y estadounidense juzgaron 95,2% de las imágenes como expresando la misma emoción. El presente estudio proporciona evidencias en soporte a la universalidad de las expresiones faciales de las emociones básicas, fornecen imágenes estandarizadas para la población brasilera y apuntan diferencias culturales cuanto a la atribución de la intensidad de las expresiones emocionales...
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Young Adult , Emotions , Facial Expression , Psychology , PhotographyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction at diagnosis and during postoperative follow-up. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a case-control study including 19 patients with a mean age of 6.7 years and 19 matched controls. All patients presented negative voiding cystourethrography, obstructive diuretic renogram and underwent dismembered pyeloplasty. Urinary TGF-β1 and other markers were measured pre-, intra- and postoperatively. RESULTS: The mean bladder urine TGF-β1 concentration in obstructed patients prior to pyeloplasty was higher than in controls (92.5 pg/mL ± 16.8 vs. 35.8 pg/mL ± 16.2; p = 0.0001). The mean renal pelvic urine TGF-β1 concentration in the hydronephrotic kidney was higher than in the preoperative bladder urine sample (122.3 pg/mL ± 43.9 vs. 92.5 pg/mL ± 16.8; p = 0.036). Postoperative mean TGF-β1 concentration was significantly lower than preoperative TGF-β1 (48.7 pg/mL ± 13.1 vs. 92.5 pg/mL ± 16.8; p = 0.0001). CONCLUSION: TGF-β1 is a cytokine leading to renal fibrosis. The measurement of urinary TGF-β1 could become a useful tool for the diagnosis of obstructive hydronephrosis and the evaluation of the parenchyma function status, pre and postoperatively.
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Child , Female , Humans , Male , Hydronephrosis/diagnosis , Transforming Growth Factor beta1/urine , Ureteral Obstruction/diagnosis , Biomarkers/urine , Case-Control Studies , Follow-Up Studies , Hydronephrosis/urine , Kidney Pelvis , Perioperative Period , Sensitivity and Specificity , Treatment Outcome , Ureteral Obstruction/congenital , Ureteral Obstruction/surgery , Ureteral Obstruction/urine , Urinary Bladder/metabolism , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/diagnosisABSTRACT
Este artículo presenta uno de los productos de investigación aplicada "Gestión ambiental de la amalgama dental en el departamento de Antioquia", realizado entre febrero 2005 y febrero 2007 por los siguientes grupos de investigación de la Universidad de Antioquia: Ciencia y Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Materiales Preciosos (MAFRE) y Grupo de Investigaciones Pirometalúrgicas y de Materiales (GIPIMME), así como de la empresa privada New Stetic S.A. Objetivo: describir las condiciones locativas y ambientales en 30 grandes entidades odontológicas del departamento de Antioquia, definidas en el proyecto como aquellas con cinco o más sillas o unidades odontológicas en un mismo sitio de trabajo y que corresponden aproximadamente a 85% de la población de referencia. Por ello, los resultados pueden considerarse como derivados de un censo. La descripción se realiza desde una perspectiva asociada al riesgo de contaminación con mercurio del personal laboralmente expuesto. Materiales y métodos: se diseño y aplicó un instrumento de observación en cada entidad sobre características del piso y paredes, ventilación, temperatura, lugar de almacenaje de mercurio, elementos para el manejo de residuos de la amalgama (escupidera y colector) y actividades diferentes a la prestación de servicios odontológicos. Cada entidad fue visitada por un ingeniero investigador y un estudiante avanzado de ingeniería en una fecha acordada, previamente capacitados para la recolección de la información. Resultados: no todas las entidades grandes prestan los servicios en instalaciones adecuadas ni hacen un buen manejo de las variables ambientales, de tal manera que se hace imperativo emprender acciones integrales inmediatas que disminuyan el peligro de contaminación con mercurio.
This article is a product from the project "Environmental Management of Dental Amalgam in the State of Antioquia" which was carried out by the following research groups belonging to the University of Antioquia: Science and Biomedical Technology, Precious Materials, and Pirometallurgical and Materials Researches, as well as the private company New Stetic S.A., between February 2005 and February 2007. Objective: to describe the environmental conditions in 30 big dental offices of the State of Antioquia, Colombia. Those dental offices having more than five dental chairs in the same work place were defined as "big" for the purpose of this project. Due to the fact that these offices represents 85% of the population of reference, the results described in this article can be consequently considered as is they were derived from a census. The description is made bearing in mind the people who are exposed to the risk of mercury contamination due to their occupation. Materials and method: an observation tool was designed in order to be applied in each dental office. It contained aspects as floor and wall characteristics, ventilation, room temperature, storing place for mercury, elements for handling amalgam scraps, and those activities which deviate from the regular dental service in the same site. Each dental office was visited by a research engineer and an advanced engineering student on a previously defined date. The researchers were trained in advanced to collect the information. Results: it was found that some big dental offices have inadequate conditions in their premises for offering their services, and do not have a good handling of the environmental conditions. That`s why immediate actions are mandatory to minimize the risk of mercury contamination.
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Dental Waste , Environmental Statistics , Legislation, EnvironmentalABSTRACT
Se presenta una paciente de 8 años de edad, de sexo femenino, con hipertensión arterial severa secundaria a estenosis de la arteria renal izquierda. Los estudios complementarios revelaron buena funcionalidad del riñón afectado y por la ubicación de la estenosis se realizó cirugía de autotransplante con muy buena evolución posterior
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Humans , Female , Hypertension, Renovascular/surgery , Kidney Transplantation , Transplantation, Autologous , High Pressure Neurological Syndrome/etiology , Hypertension, Renovascular/drug therapy , Hypertension, Renovascular/therapy , Hypertension/complications , Renal Veins/surgery , Renin , Iliac Vein/surgeryABSTRACT
El estudio demostró que las enteroparasitosis siguen costituyendo un problema de salud en el ecosistema lacustre investigado, siendo sus causas preferentemente de orden educativo, socioeconómico y de saneamiento ambiental. Se puede inferir que una comunidad directa o indirectamente afectada por factores epidemiológicos predisponentes (clima, calidad de suelos, limitación o ausencia de vías de dispersión de formas infectantes en el ambiente), mediante medidas de control adecuadas e información sanitaria preventiva, podría neutralizar el fenómeno del parasitismo intestinal con relativa buenas expectativas de éxito haciendo participar activamente a la comunidad