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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7865780
title: The Relational Aspects of Luxury Consumption in Brazil: The development of a Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale and the Analysis of Brand Personality Influence on Relationship Perception on Luxury Fashion Brands

description: ABSTRACT The main objective of this article is to develop a scale to measure relationship perception among customers of luxury fashion brands in Brazil. We followed Churchill's (1979) and Rossiter's (2002) guidelines on scale development, emcompassing interviews and the creation of a pilot version of the scale, that went through two purification processes - exploraroty and confirmatory factor analysis. The Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale is a 20 items instrument composed by three primary factors (brand experience, customer loyalty and brand image) and a second order factor (customer relationship perception), with good psychometric indices. As a secondary objective, we tested the relation between the dimensions of brand personality on relationship perception in the luxury context, confirming a prediction relation between these variables. Regarding our contributions, we propose a new metric for marketing literature, which enables future relational studies with other consumer behavior constructs. Then, we empirically show the impact of brand personality on relationship perception, filling a gap on literature that can also help the research on the antecedents of relationship marketing. Lastly, we analyse luxury consumption in an emerging country, a topic of growing interest in literature, bringing out the aspects of the relationship between luxury brands and Brazilian customers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7865780.v1
title: The Relational Aspects of Luxury Consumption in Brazil: The development of a Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale and the Analysis of Brand Personality Influence on Relationship Perception on Luxury Fashion Brands

description: ABSTRACT The main objective of this article is to develop a scale to measure relationship perception among customers of luxury fashion brands in Brazil. We followed Churchill's (1979) and Rossiter's (2002) guidelines on scale development, emcompassing interviews and the creation of a pilot version of the scale, that went through two purification processes - exploraroty and confirmatory factor analysis. The Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale is a 20 items instrument composed by three primary factors (brand experience, customer loyalty and brand image) and a second order factor (customer relationship perception), with good psychometric indices. As a secondary objective, we tested the relation between the dimensions of brand personality on relationship perception in the luxury context, confirming a prediction relation between these variables. Regarding our contributions, we propose a new metric for marketing literature, which enables future relational studies with other consumer behavior constructs. Then, we empirically show the impact of brand personality on relationship perception, filling a gap on literature that can also help the research on the antecedents of relationship marketing. Lastly, we analyse luxury consumption in an emerging country, a topic of growing interest in literature, bringing out the aspects of the relationship between luxury brands and Brazilian customers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14272782
title: The normal and the pathological in the outlook of aging: an integrative review

description: The present study aims to discuss the normal and the pathological into the literature about aging, from the perspective of Canguilhem. To that end, an integrative review was performed by means of text searching in the Virtual Library of Health, from 2002 to 2012, whose works about the normal and the pathological, in the outlook of aging, were envisaged. The final sample has resulted in six texts related to Canguilhem's notions, that have emerged in the following categories: the normative perspective on the aging process; the normal and the pathological, and the anatomopathological medicine. It was evident, therefore, the growth of plastic surgery in relation to the changes of body image that society embodies as true, and that slows aging, conforming to Canguilhem's speech, wich reflects about the bodily changes, as well as the aging related therapies, in order to delay this process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14272784
title: Transformistas vs Travestis: transgender experiences inside the Miss Gay Internacional by Theatron

description: Abstract: This article takes as its starting point the Miss Gay Internacional by Theatron beauty contest, organized by a night club in Bogota, Colombia. The text examines this event and finds a complex and discordant reality between the vision of the organizers, according to whom the competition functions as a platform for transformista artistic performances, and that of some LGBT activists, for whom the event is discriminatory, to the extent that its producers limit the participation of transgender women. In contrast to a global atmosphere conducive to renewal of this type of show, the competition analyzed seems to present resistance to changes related to gender binarity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14272784.v1
title: Transformistas vs Travestis: transgender experiences inside the Miss Gay Internacional by Theatron

description: Abstract: This article takes as its starting point the Miss Gay Internacional by Theatron beauty contest, organized by a night club in Bogota, Colombia. The text examines this event and finds a complex and discordant reality between the vision of the organizers, according to whom the competition functions as a platform for transformista artistic performances, and that of some LGBT activists, for whom the event is discriminatory, to the extent that its producers limit the participation of transgender women. In contrast to a global atmosphere conducive to renewal of this type of show, the competition analyzed seems to present resistance to changes related to gender binarity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507475
title: Squatter settlements in Brazil and in São Paulo: improvements in the analyzes from the 2010 Census Territorial Reading

description: Abstract In light of the forms of access to housing for low-income population in Brazil, this paper analyzes, specifically, the living conditions of slum dwellers using available census data. It evaluates the meaning of living in a slum in Brazil during the first decade of the 21st century according to some key issues: was there an increase in the number of slum dwellers in Brazil? Where was this increase most significant? Was this increase produced by new slums or by the increase in slums’ population density? What are the characteristics of slum households? Was there any improvement in infrastructure-related indicators? The paper is also an unprecedented effort to analyze the 2010 Census "Territorial Reading", a single database for slum households.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507475.v1
title: Squatter settlements in Brazil and in São Paulo: improvements in the analyzes from the 2010 Census Territorial Reading

description: Abstract In light of the forms of access to housing for low-income population in Brazil, this paper analyzes, specifically, the living conditions of slum dwellers using available census data. It evaluates the meaning of living in a slum in Brazil during the first decade of the 21st century according to some key issues: was there an increase in the number of slum dwellers in Brazil? Where was this increase most significant? Was this increase produced by new slums or by the increase in slums’ population density? What are the characteristics of slum households? Was there any improvement in infrastructure-related indicators? The paper is also an unprecedented effort to analyze the 2010 Census "Territorial Reading", a single database for slum households.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7390607
title: Environmental Configuration and Innovation: Different Impacts in the Measurement of the Innovative Process in Brazil and in its States

description: ABSTRACT This article aims to demonstrate that environmental variables can assume differentiated values over a given period and associate themselves to form configurations of different contexts. Knowing the possible configurations of the organizational environment, we are able to identify which indicators are most appropriate to measure innovation, thus meeting the basic condition to manage innovation: to measure accurately the phenomenon under analysis. Thus, with the empirical data analysis from Brazil and the states of São Paulo, Paraná and Sergipe, we are able to highlight and characterize the different environmental configurations and their reflexes for the innovation measurement process. It should be emphasized that the environmental configuration appears as a relevant factor that must be considered in the process of measurement and management of innovation aiming at competitiveness.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507436
title: Anthelmintic activity of Cratyliamollis leaves against gastrointestinal nematodes in goats

description: SUMMARY The present study assessed the in vivo anthelmintic activity of the C. mollis leaf decoction extract when administered orally to naturally infected goats with gastrointestinal nematodes. To this, animals were randomized into three groups:non-treated, control (treated with doramectin 1mL/50 kg b.w.) and C. mollis extract treated groups (2.5mg/kg b.w.). Blood and faecal samples were collected from each animal at day 0, and 30th day posttreatment to monitor immunological and parasitological parameters. A significant faecal egg reduction (61.1%) and an increase in IgA and eosinophils levels were observed in the C. mollis extract treated group, in comparison to the untreated and doramectin groups. Considering that gastrointestinal nematode infections in small ruminants are serious problems in the world, causing economic losses worldwide, associated to high anthelmintic cost, resistance to available anthelmintics and residue problems in meat and milk for human consumption, the plant extract use is an area of interest to search new anthelmintic agents. Thus, Cratyliamollis Mart. Ex Benth, an important medicinal plant from Brazilian Northeast semiarid region, is used to treat different types of diseases, and as forage supplementation. Therefore, the data indicated the potential anthelmintic activity of C. mollis extract; further research is thereby warranted to assess its value for therapeutic purposes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507436.v1
title: Anthelmintic activity of Cratyliamollis leaves against gastrointestinal nematodes in goats

description: SUMMARY The present study assessed the in vivo anthelmintic activity of the C. mollis leaf decoction extract when administered orally to naturally infected goats with gastrointestinal nematodes. To this, animals were randomized into three groups:non-treated, control (treated with doramectin 1mL/50 kg b.w.) and C. mollis extract treated groups (2.5mg/kg b.w.). Blood and faecal samples were collected from each animal at day 0, and 30th day posttreatment to monitor immunological and parasitological parameters. A significant faecal egg reduction (61.1%) and an increase in IgA and eosinophils levels were observed in the C. mollis extract treated group, in comparison to the untreated and doramectin groups. Considering that gastrointestinal nematode infections in small ruminants are serious problems in the world, causing economic losses worldwide, associated to high anthelmintic cost, resistance to available anthelmintics and residue problems in meat and milk for human consumption, the plant extract use is an area of interest to search new anthelmintic agents. Thus, Cratyliamollis Mart. Ex Benth, an important medicinal plant from Brazilian Northeast semiarid region, is used to treat different types of diseases, and as forage supplementation. Therefore, the data indicated the potential anthelmintic activity of C. mollis extract; further research is thereby warranted to assess its value for therapeutic purposes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6992729
title: Association between use of licit and illicit drugs, sex, and socioeconomic status among 12-year-old adolescents

description: Abstract Background Drug use among adolescents is on the rise, and the habit has been taking root at an increasingly early age. Objective Investigate the correlation between use of licit and illicit drugs, sex, and socioeconomic conditions among 12-year-old adolescents. Method Cross sectional study conducted with a representative sample of adolescents enrolled in public and private schools in the urban area of Diamantina, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Consumption of drugs was investigated using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) instrument. School type, family income, and maternal education were used to investigate socioeconomic condition. Associations were tested using the Pearson’s chi-square and Fisher's exact tests (p &lt; 0.05). Results The following drug consumption prevalence values were found: alcohol, 45.6% (260/588); marijuana, 1.5% (9/588), cocaine, 0.3% (2/588); inhalants, 1.7% (10/588). The male gender was statistically associated with consumption of marijuana (p = 0.018) and alcohol (p = 0.012), but not with use of inhalants (p = 0.536). No statistically significant correlation was observed between consumption of licit and illicit drugs and the socioeconomic indicators adopted. Alcohol consumption was associated with use of marijuana (p = 0.013) [OR:9.814 (1.220 to 78.984)]. Conclusion Alcohol consumption and use of marijuana were statistically associated with the male gender, but not with socioeconomic indicators.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6992729.v1
title: Association between use of licit and illicit drugs, sex, and socioeconomic status among 12-year-old adolescents

description: Abstract Background Drug use among adolescents is on the rise, and the habit has been taking root at an increasingly early age. Objective Investigate the correlation between use of licit and illicit drugs, sex, and socioeconomic conditions among 12-year-old adolescents. Method Cross sectional study conducted with a representative sample of adolescents enrolled in public and private schools in the urban area of Diamantina, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Consumption of drugs was investigated using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) instrument. School type, family income, and maternal education were used to investigate socioeconomic condition. Associations were tested using the Pearson’s chi-square and Fisher's exact tests (p &lt; 0.05). Results The following drug consumption prevalence values were found: alcohol, 45.6% (260/588); marijuana, 1.5% (9/588), cocaine, 0.3% (2/588); inhalants, 1.7% (10/588). The male gender was statistically associated with consumption of marijuana (p = 0.018) and alcohol (p = 0.012), but not with use of inhalants (p = 0.536). No statistically significant correlation was observed between consumption of licit and illicit drugs and the socioeconomic indicators adopted. Alcohol consumption was associated with use of marijuana (p = 0.013) [OR:9.814 (1.220 to 78.984)]. Conclusion Alcohol consumption and use of marijuana were statistically associated with the male gender, but not with socioeconomic indicators.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7390607.v1
title: Environmental Configuration and Innovation: Different Impacts in the Measurement of the Innovative Process in Brazil and in its States

description: ABSTRACT This article aims to demonstrate that environmental variables can assume differentiated values over a given period and associate themselves to form configurations of different contexts. Knowing the possible configurations of the organizational environment, we are able to identify which indicators are most appropriate to measure innovation, thus meeting the basic condition to manage innovation: to measure accurately the phenomenon under analysis. Thus, with the empirical data analysis from Brazil and the states of São Paulo, Paraná and Sergipe, we are able to highlight and characterize the different environmental configurations and their reflexes for the innovation measurement process. It should be emphasized that the environmental configuration appears as a relevant factor that must be considered in the process of measurement and management of innovation aiming at competitiveness.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7511234
title: Likelihood of malignancy in thyroid nodules according to a proposed Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) classification merging suspicious and benign ultrasound features

description: ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to describe the ultrasound features of benign and malignant thyroid nodules and evaluate the likelihood of malignancy associated with each feature according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology and histopathology. With this analysis, we propose a new TI-RADS classification system. Materials and methods The likelihood of malignancy from ultrasound features were assessed in 1413 thyroid nodules according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology and histopathological findings. A score was established by attributing different weights to each ultrasound feature evaluated. Results Features positively associated with malignancy in bivariate analysis received a score weight of +1. We attributed a weight of +2 to features which were independently associated with malignancy in a multivariate analysis and +3 for those associated with the highest odds ratio for malignancy (&gt; 10.0). Hence, hypoechogenicity (graded as mild, moderate or marked, according to a comparison with the overlying strap muscle), microcalcification and irregular/microlobulated margin received the highest weights in our scoring system. Features that were negatively associated with malignancy received weights of -2 or -1. In the proposed system a cutoff score of 2 (sensitivity 97.4% and specificity 51.6%) was adopted as a transition between probably benign (TI-RADS 3) and TI-RADS 4a nodules. Overall, the frequency of malignancy in thyroid nodules according to the categories was 1.0% for TI-RADS 3, 7.8% for TI-RADS 4a, 35.3% for TI-RADS 4b, and 84.7% for TI-RADS 5. Conclusion A newly proposed TI-RADS classification adequately assessed the likelihood of malignancy in thyroid nodules.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7511234.v1
title: Likelihood of malignancy in thyroid nodules according to a proposed Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) classification merging suspicious and benign ultrasound features

description: ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to describe the ultrasound features of benign and malignant thyroid nodules and evaluate the likelihood of malignancy associated with each feature according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology and histopathology. With this analysis, we propose a new TI-RADS classification system. Materials and methods The likelihood of malignancy from ultrasound features were assessed in 1413 thyroid nodules according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology and histopathological findings. A score was established by attributing different weights to each ultrasound feature evaluated. Results Features positively associated with malignancy in bivariate analysis received a score weight of +1. We attributed a weight of +2 to features which were independently associated with malignancy in a multivariate analysis and +3 for those associated with the highest odds ratio for malignancy (&gt; 10.0). Hence, hypoechogenicity (graded as mild, moderate or marked, according to a comparison with the overlying strap muscle), microcalcification and irregular/microlobulated margin received the highest weights in our scoring system. Features that were negatively associated with malignancy received weights of -2 or -1. In the proposed system a cutoff score of 2 (sensitivity 97.4% and specificity 51.6%) was adopted as a transition between probably benign (TI-RADS 3) and TI-RADS 4a nodules. Overall, the frequency of malignancy in thyroid nodules according to the categories was 1.0% for TI-RADS 3, 7.8% for TI-RADS 4a, 35.3% for TI-RADS 4b, and 84.7% for TI-RADS 5. Conclusion A newly proposed TI-RADS classification adequately assessed the likelihood of malignancy in thyroid nodules.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7513706.v1
title: Evaluation of friction produced by self-ligating, conventional and Barbosa Versatile brackets

description: Abstract Introduction The Barbosa Versatile bracket design may provide lower frictional force and greater sliding. However, no in vitro studies have shown its sliding mechanisms and frictional resistance, particularly in comparison with other self-ligating or conventional brackets. Objective To compare the frictional resistance among self-ligating brackets (EasyClip/ Aditek, Damon MX/ Ormco and In Ovation R/ GAC); conventional brackets (Balance Roth/ GAC, and Roth Monobloc/ Morelli); and Barbosa Versatile bracket (Barbosa Versatile/ GAC) with different angles and arch wires. Material and method Brackets were tested with the 0.014", 0.018", 0.019"×0.025" and 0.021"×0.025" stainless steel wires, with 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 degree angulations. Tying was performed with elastomeric ligature for conventional and Barbosa Versatile brackets, or with a built-in clip system of the self-ligating brackets. A universal testing machine was used to obtain sliding strength and friction value readouts between brackets and wires. Result Three-way factorial ANOVA 4×5×6 (brackets × angulation × wire) and Tukey tests showed statistically significant differences for all factors and all interactions (p&lt;0.0001). Static frictional resistance showed a lower rate for Barbosa Versatile bracket and higher rates for Roth Monobloc and Balance brackets. Conclusion The lowest frictional resistance was obtained with the Barbosa Versatile bracket and self-ligating brackets in comparison with the conventional type. Increasing the diameter of the wires increased the frictional resistance. Smaller angles produced less frictional resistance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7187237.v1
title: Study on the gravitational flow directions of the Maracangalha Formation (Early Cretaceous), Bom Despacho, NNE area of Itaparica Island, Bahia, Brazil

description: ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to interpret the direction of gravitational sedimentary flows in the turbidite deposits of the Maracangalha Formation (Recôncavo Basin), indicating their source areas. Thus, the indicative deformational structures existing in the formation were analyzed. The structures observed ranged from brittle to highly ductile and viscous states, with a diversity of deformational styles. A total of 284 planar and linear measurements was collected in three distinct subareas, separated according to their degree of deformation. The structures found were separated into four groups according to their formation process: (i) pre-deformation structures; (ii) plastic deformation structures; (iii) intrusion structures (fluidization), related to either early or syn-sedimentation events; and finally (iv) brittle deformation structures, with late sedimentation. Some structures were observed to be good indicators of apparent mass movement direction, which yielded predominantly SSW directions, suggesting a partially confined flow, parallel to the main axes of Recôncavo Basin, towards its depocenter.