Morphometric analysis of a population of diplopods of the genus Rhinocricus Karsch, 1881.

Diplopods belonging to the subclass Helminthomorpha may present one or both leg pairs of the seventh diplosegment modified into structures that aid copulation, called gonopods. These structures are used as a taxonomic trait for the description of most species. In the genus Rhinocricus these structures are closely similar, so that it is difficult to distinguish species only on the basis of this trait. Two species, R. padbergi and R. varians, are found in the same habitat and present gonopods practically identical in shape; together they present a broad colour gradient, ranging from dark brown to light beige. Morphometric data for individuals of the experimental group were submitted to ANOVA and MANOVA, using Hotelling-Lawley Trace and generalized Mahalanobis distances (D2) tests. The results demonstrated a relationship between size and colour, with darker individuals being larger. On the basis of this preliminary analysis, we may suggest that the two species are distinct since dark individuals are distant from medium- and light-coloured individuals according to the D2 values. This seems to indicate a possible polymorphism of individuals belonging to R. padbergi which present close proximity in the values obtained. In all analyses, we observed that the main variables were diameter, length and telson size.

[Aspects of the social reintegration of stoma patients]. / Aspectos da reinserção social do ostomizado.

The social rehabilitation represents a challenge to ostomy patient and a concern for health professional team. This study intends to verify the difficulties related to returning to the daily domestic, leisure, job and sexual activities showed by 45 ostomizeds after hospital discharge in different periods of late post operative. The data was obtained from patients assisted by two Outpatient Services of São Paulo city, through the interviews. The patients were selected by previous established criteria agreement and then subdivided in three groups as the post operative period. It's possible to verify that the majority of the clients didn't returned totally or returned only partially to the daily activities like before the disease or surgery, specially in the sexual area. They justified these difficulties by physical problems, insecurity and the use of inadequate appliances.