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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609364
title: Use of lung expansion techniques on drained and non-drained pleural effusion: survey with 232 physiotherapists

description: Abstract Introduction: Techniques for lung expansion seem to benefit patients with drained and undrained pleural effusion, but there is a lack of evidence to indicate which technique is best in each situation. Currently, the therapeutic choices of respiratory physiotherapists serving this population are not known. Objective: To know which lung expansion techniques are chosen by chest physiotherapists who assist patients with drained and non-drained pleural effusion. Method: Through the announcement of the Federal Council, 232 physiotherapists who work in hospitals in Brazil were questioned about which techniques they apply to patients with drained and non-drained effusion. Results: Initially, 512 were questioned but 232 (45.3%) answered. The physiotherapists associate more than one technique of lung expansion in both types of patients, besides walking. Deep breathing is the most used technique in patients with drained (92%) and non-drained (77%) pleural effusion. Positive pressure exercises in the airways are chosen by 60% of the physiotherapists to treat patients with drained pleural effusion and by 34% to treat patients with non-drained pleural effusion. Yet the incentive spirometry are used with 66% of patients with drained pleural effusion and 42% with non-drained ones. Conclusion: Deep breathing is the most applied lung expansion technique in the treatment of patients with drained and non-drained pleural effusion by chest physiotherapists. In addition, there is association between greatest degree and time of professional performance and the chosen techniques.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609364.v1
title: Use of lung expansion techniques on drained and non-drained pleural effusion: survey with 232 physiotherapists

description: Abstract Introduction: Techniques for lung expansion seem to benefit patients with drained and undrained pleural effusion, but there is a lack of evidence to indicate which technique is best in each situation. Currently, the therapeutic choices of respiratory physiotherapists serving this population are not known. Objective: To know which lung expansion techniques are chosen by chest physiotherapists who assist patients with drained and non-drained pleural effusion. Method: Through the announcement of the Federal Council, 232 physiotherapists who work in hospitals in Brazil were questioned about which techniques they apply to patients with drained and non-drained effusion. Results: Initially, 512 were questioned but 232 (45.3%) answered. The physiotherapists associate more than one technique of lung expansion in both types of patients, besides walking. Deep breathing is the most used technique in patients with drained (92%) and non-drained (77%) pleural effusion. Positive pressure exercises in the airways are chosen by 60% of the physiotherapists to treat patients with drained pleural effusion and by 34% to treat patients with non-drained pleural effusion. Yet the incentive spirometry are used with 66% of patients with drained pleural effusion and 42% with non-drained ones. Conclusion: Deep breathing is the most applied lung expansion technique in the treatment of patients with drained and non-drained pleural effusion by chest physiotherapists. In addition, there is association between greatest degree and time of professional performance and the chosen techniques.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609370.v1
title: Mitochondrial genomes of genus Atta (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) reveal high gene organization and giant intergenic spacers

description: Abstract The ants of the genus Atta are considered important pests to agriculture in the Americas, although Atta species are also important contributors to ecosystem functions in the various habitats in which they occur. The aim of this study was to assemble four complete mitochondrial genomes of the genus Atta, construct the phylogenomic tree, and analyze the gene content, order, and organization. The mitogenomes of A. colombica, A. opaciceps, A. texana, and A. sexdens rubropilosa comprise 18,392, 19,257, 19,709, and 19,748 bp, respectively. The four Atta mitogenomes showed the charactistics typical of those of insects, with 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs, with genes displayed in the conventional order. Analysis for intergenic spacer regions showed that Atta intergenic spacers are larger than those of the outgroups. Phylogenomic analyses using partial cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences showed similar topologies to previous phylogenetic analyses, with high clade support values. We conclude that Atta mitogenomes are characterized by high conservation in gene order and have giant intergenic spacers in the genus Atta.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609358
title: Influence of knee osteoarthritis on functional performance, quality of life and pain in older women

description: Abstract Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common degenerative disease in older people, causing pain, stiffness and dysfunction. Objective: To determine the influence of KOA on functional performance (FP), quality of life (QoL) and pain in older women. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, in which 50 older women diagnosed with KOA and 51 without KOA participated. Participants were assessed using FP tests: Sit-to-stand (STS); Gait speed test (GST); Timed Up and Go (TUG); 6-minute walk test (6 MWT) and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Pain was assessed by the visual analog scale (VAS); quality of life by applying the SF-36; and self-perception of the disease by using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Results: No intergroup statistical differences were found in the BBS (p: 0.42), STS (p: 0.59) and 6MWT (p: 0.97). However, the KOA group showed slower GS (p &lt; 0.00) and longer time in TUG (p &lt; 0.00). They also presented higher pain levels (p &lt; 0.01), worse perceived health status regarding pain, stiffness and physical function (WOMAC) (p &lt; 0.01), as well as worse QoL indices in functional capacity, physical limitations, pain and overall health status (p &lt; 0.010). Conclusion: The results of the study demonstrate that older women with KOA showed a decline in FP, QoL and higher pain levels.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609355
title: Affective and Family Relationships of Women with Anorexia and Bulimia

description: ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the social support network of women with eating disorders, emphasizing their affective family relations. The sample consisted of 12 participants assisted at a university hospital. The instruments used were a semi-structured interview, Network's Map and Genogram. The results indicated that participant's social networks are restricted, with prominence of family members in their composition. Family relations, however oscillate between affective turbulence and detachment. The affective relationships held with parents, husbands and boyfriends are marked by disagreements and dissatisfactions. The low density of the network of friends and the impoverishment of social life result in isolation and difficulties in initiating and/or maintaining lasting affective relationships.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609358.v1
title: Influence of knee osteoarthritis on functional performance, quality of life and pain in older women

description: Abstract Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common degenerative disease in older people, causing pain, stiffness and dysfunction. Objective: To determine the influence of KOA on functional performance (FP), quality of life (QoL) and pain in older women. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, in which 50 older women diagnosed with KOA and 51 without KOA participated. Participants were assessed using FP tests: Sit-to-stand (STS); Gait speed test (GST); Timed Up and Go (TUG); 6-minute walk test (6 MWT) and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Pain was assessed by the visual analog scale (VAS); quality of life by applying the SF-36; and self-perception of the disease by using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Results: No intergroup statistical differences were found in the BBS (p: 0.42), STS (p: 0.59) and 6MWT (p: 0.97). However, the KOA group showed slower GS (p &lt; 0.00) and longer time in TUG (p &lt; 0.00). They also presented higher pain levels (p &lt; 0.01), worse perceived health status regarding pain, stiffness and physical function (WOMAC) (p &lt; 0.01), as well as worse QoL indices in functional capacity, physical limitations, pain and overall health status (p &lt; 0.010). Conclusion: The results of the study demonstrate that older women with KOA showed a decline in FP, QoL and higher pain levels.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609355.v1
title: Affective and Family Relationships of Women with Anorexia and Bulimia

description: ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the social support network of women with eating disorders, emphasizing their affective family relations. The sample consisted of 12 participants assisted at a university hospital. The instruments used were a semi-structured interview, Network's Map and Genogram. The results indicated that participant's social networks are restricted, with prominence of family members in their composition. Family relations, however oscillate between affective turbulence and detachment. The affective relationships held with parents, husbands and boyfriends are marked by disagreements and dissatisfactions. The low density of the network of friends and the impoverishment of social life result in isolation and difficulties in initiating and/or maintaining lasting affective relationships.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609352
title: Films as an Educational Resource in the Teaching of Humanistic Attitudes to Medicine Students

description: ABSTRACT Introduction Contemporary medical education prioritizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical skills, associated with professional attitudes. Attitudes are components of affective ability and influence medical practice, so they should be taught systematically during undergraduate training. The use of films as a pedagogical resource in medical training allows reflection on the biopsychosocial context in which the patient is inserted, contributing to the development of humanistic attitudes among students and future physicians. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of cinema as an educational resource in teaching humanistic attitudes to medical students. Material and Methods A cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, qualitative and quantitative study was carried out with 107 students from the first to sixth year of the medical course of the Federal University of Amapá. The Medical Students Attitude Scale (validated by the author Maria de Fátima Colares, 2002) was used before and after the exhibition of films related to relevant themes in the medical area. This psychometric scale is composed of multiple-choice Likert-type responses and aims to assess the attitudes of medical students regarding the following factors: primary health care; psychological and emotional aspects involved in diseases; ethical aspects in professional practice; mental illness, death-related situations; scientific research. The Wilcoxon Rank Test was used to compare data from paired samples. Results All the factors evaluated by the medical students attitudes scale related to relevant aspects of medical practice showed a significant increase in the frequency of positive attitudes (p &lt; 0.05) among the first- to fourth-year students following the cinema sessions. The fifth- and sixth-year students did not present significant changes in attitudes related to death, mental illness and contribution to the scientific advancement of medicine. Conclusion Cinema is an effective pedagogical tool in teaching humanistic attitudes in the preclinical series of the medical course.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609352.v1
title: Films as an Educational Resource in the Teaching of Humanistic Attitudes to Medicine Students

description: ABSTRACT Introduction Contemporary medical education prioritizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical skills, associated with professional attitudes. Attitudes are components of affective ability and influence medical practice, so they should be taught systematically during undergraduate training. The use of films as a pedagogical resource in medical training allows reflection on the biopsychosocial context in which the patient is inserted, contributing to the development of humanistic attitudes among students and future physicians. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of cinema as an educational resource in teaching humanistic attitudes to medical students. Material and Methods A cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, qualitative and quantitative study was carried out with 107 students from the first to sixth year of the medical course of the Federal University of Amapá. The Medical Students Attitude Scale (validated by the author Maria de Fátima Colares, 2002) was used before and after the exhibition of films related to relevant themes in the medical area. This psychometric scale is composed of multiple-choice Likert-type responses and aims to assess the attitudes of medical students regarding the following factors: primary health care; psychological and emotional aspects involved in diseases; ethical aspects in professional practice; mental illness, death-related situations; scientific research. The Wilcoxon Rank Test was used to compare data from paired samples. Results All the factors evaluated by the medical students attitudes scale related to relevant aspects of medical practice showed a significant increase in the frequency of positive attitudes (p &lt; 0.05) among the first- to fourth-year students following the cinema sessions. The fifth- and sixth-year students did not present significant changes in attitudes related to death, mental illness and contribution to the scientific advancement of medicine. Conclusion Cinema is an effective pedagogical tool in teaching humanistic attitudes in the preclinical series of the medical course.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609346
title: EVALUATION OF THE PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF SiO2@TiO2 HYBRID SPHERES IN THE DEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE AND HYDROXYLATION OF BENZENE: KINETIC AND MECHANISTIC STUDY

description: Abstract Silica spheres coated with titania (SiO2@TiO2) were synthesized using chitosan as template. The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms of the spheres point to meso and macroporous characteristics and the elemental mapping by EDS shows uniform distribution of Ti on the surface of the silica spheres, leading to formation of an amorphous structure (XRD). The results from the model reaction of photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) show a good stability of the spheres regarding their reuse. The tests with various additives pointed to hydroxyl radical production as the main via of MB degradation. The photocatalytic activity of the spheres in the hydroxylation of benzene to form phenol, hydroquinone and benzoquinone was assessed. The kinetic data point to the formation of phenol as the limiting step; in addition, the phenol consumption occurs by parallel and consecutive reactions producing benzoquinone.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609349
title: Prejudice Against Gender and Sexual Diversity among Medical Students from the 1st to the 8th Semesters of a Medical Course in Southern Brazil

description: RESUMO As disparidades no oferecimento de cuidado em saúde à população de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais (LGBT) são evidentes e documentadas. O preconceito molda-se na naturalização de padrões instaurados e mantidos por diversas instituições, e a literatura corrobora com a existência de preconceito contra LGBT em escolas de medicina. A educação médica, historicamente consolidada em modelo biomédico-farmacêutico, concreto, positivista, hospitalocêntrico, com enfoque em um processo saúde-doença unicausal, representa um status conservador que se mantem rígido há um século. A despeito de programas e diretrizes nacionais e internacionais que orientam medidas inclusivas e de combate à discriminação, é verificada a presença de preconceito contra LGBT na prática médica e inclusive durante o processo educacional médico, notando-se atitudes preconceituosas entre os estudantes de medicina. Objetivo analisar o perfil de atitude e o preconceito contra diversidade sexual e de gênero entre estudantes de um curso de Medicina. Métodos foram empregados questionários autoaplicáveis a 391 estudantes de primeiro ao oitavo semestre de um curso de Medicina público da região sul do Brasil no ano de 2017. Resultados obteve-se uma taxa de resposta de 85,2% dos entrevistados. O nível de preconceito com base nas assertivas variou de 69% a 89%. Entre os respondentes, 74,9% concordaram que o sexo entre dois homens é errado, 83,9% consideraram homens gays nojentos, 83,9% acreditaram que a homossexualidade masculina é uma perversão, 80,9% afirmaram que o sexo entre duas mulheres é totalmente errado, 83,9% afirmaram que as meninas masculinas deveriam receber tratamento. Em relação à comparação da distribuição dos resultados quanto ao gênero declarado dos estudantes, observou-se que os estudantes autodeclarados masculinos foram mais preconceituosos que as estudantes autodeclaradas femininas. A distribuição de preconceito entre estudantes que se autodeclararam masculinos variou entre 81,5% a 94,4%, e entre as estudantes que se autodeclararam femininas, variou entre 57,3% e 76,4%. Os dados corroboraram para a importância de integrar a temática de saúde LGBT de forma obrigatória aos currículos e de construir mecanismos de apoio à estruturação pedagógica que auxiliem as aulas e/ou disciplinas a cumprirem seu papel.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609346.v1
title: EVALUATION OF THE PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF SiO2@TiO2 HYBRID SPHERES IN THE DEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE AND HYDROXYLATION OF BENZENE: KINETIC AND MECHANISTIC STUDY

description: Abstract Silica spheres coated with titania (SiO2@TiO2) were synthesized using chitosan as template. The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms of the spheres point to meso and macroporous characteristics and the elemental mapping by EDS shows uniform distribution of Ti on the surface of the silica spheres, leading to formation of an amorphous structure (XRD). The results from the model reaction of photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) show a good stability of the spheres regarding their reuse. The tests with various additives pointed to hydroxyl radical production as the main via of MB degradation. The photocatalytic activity of the spheres in the hydroxylation of benzene to form phenol, hydroquinone and benzoquinone was assessed. The kinetic data point to the formation of phenol as the limiting step; in addition, the phenol consumption occurs by parallel and consecutive reactions producing benzoquinone.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609343
title: THE USE OF THERMOGRAPHY AND ITS CONTROL VARIABLES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

description: ABSTRACT Introduction: Muscle injuries are the most frequent cause of physical disability in sports, representing a large percentage of all sports injuries. In high-performance sports in particular, there is great interest in optimizing the process of diagnosis and rehabilitation of muscle injuries in order to reduce the amount of time taken off by athletes due to their injuries. Infrared thermography, or cutaneous thermometry, is a technique used for complementary investigation of pain. It provides thermal imaging with an infrared camera, to measure the surface temperature of the body. Objective: To conduct a systematic review of the use of thermography as a functional evaluation for the identification and prevention of muscle injuries, and of the control variables used in its applicability. Methods: A systematic review was conducted in the MEDLINE, ResearchGate and Scielo databases, using the search terms: “thermography”, “muscle injury”, “rehabilitation” and “diagnosis”, searching on articles published from 2000 to 2017, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The eligibility criteria for the studies was the use of thermography as an outcome, and the reporting of standards for evaluating skin temperature variation in athletes. Results: Following the systematic review, 94 studies were retrieved. Of these, only 12 met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Conclusion: Thermography is a suitable tool for the evaluation and prevention of muscle injuries in athletes, and care should be taken with the control variables during its use. The most efficient variables for capturing the thermographic image appear to be an environment with a temperature of between 18 and 25°C, for 15 minutes for acclimatization, and with the individual placed in a pre-determined position, depending on the body segment being evaluated, without contact with another object. Level of evidence I; Systematic review.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11609343.v1
title: THE USE OF THERMOGRAPHY AND ITS CONTROL VARIABLES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

description: ABSTRACT Introduction: Muscle injuries are the most frequent cause of physical disability in sports, representing a large percentage of all sports injuries. In high-performance sports in particular, there is great interest in optimizing the process of diagnosis and rehabilitation of muscle injuries in order to reduce the amount of time taken off by athletes due to their injuries. Infrared thermography, or cutaneous thermometry, is a technique used for complementary investigation of pain. It provides thermal imaging with an infrared camera, to measure the surface temperature of the body. Objective: To conduct a systematic review of the use of thermography as a functional evaluation for the identification and prevention of muscle injuries, and of the control variables used in its applicability. Methods: A systematic review was conducted in the MEDLINE, ResearchGate and Scielo databases, using the search terms: “thermography”, “muscle injury”, “rehabilitation” and “diagnosis”, searching on articles published from 2000 to 2017, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The eligibility criteria for the studies was the use of thermography as an outcome, and the reporting of standards for evaluating skin temperature variation in athletes. Results: Following the systematic review, 94 studies were retrieved. Of these, only 12 met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Conclusion: Thermography is a suitable tool for the evaluation and prevention of muscle injuries in athletes, and care should be taken with the control variables during its use. The most efficient variables for capturing the thermographic image appear to be an environment with a temperature of between 18 and 25°C, for 15 minutes for acclimatization, and with the individual placed in a pre-determined position, depending on the body segment being evaluated, without contact with another object. Level of evidence I; Systematic review.