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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137400
title: Knowledge of pelvic floor disorders in young women: a cross-sectional study

description: Abstract Introduction: Young women’s knowledge about pelvic floor function and dysfunction are poor. Objective: To identify the level of knowledge of young women about pelvic floor muscles (PFM) anatomy and function, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction (PFMD), pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and sexual dysfunction (SD). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Two hundred forty-two (242) young women from first to the third year of high school from ten public schools, in geographically disparate areas of a Brazilian county serving economic minority student populations, participated in the study. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). The categorical data were expressed as absolute and relative frequency. Results: Only 28% of the young women knew PFM, and 26% answered to be able to contract these muscles. The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 16%, while 5% reported fecal incontinence. The previous knowledge about POP was similar between bladder and uterus prolapse, 34% and 40%, respectively. SD was known by 48% of the young women. Seventy-seven young women (31.8%) declared to have had sexual intercourse. Ten percent declared difficulties to allow vaginal penetration, and 48% of those who were able to have penetration declared that they experienced pain and discomfort. Conclusion: Young women have little knowledge about the PFM anatomy and function, PFMD, POP, and SD. In addition, they have complaints related to sexual practice, such as difficulty during vaginal penetration and pain.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137400.v1
title: Knowledge of pelvic floor disorders in young women: a cross-sectional study

description: Abstract Introduction: Young women’s knowledge about pelvic floor function and dysfunction are poor. Objective: To identify the level of knowledge of young women about pelvic floor muscles (PFM) anatomy and function, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction (PFMD), pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and sexual dysfunction (SD). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Two hundred forty-two (242) young women from first to the third year of high school from ten public schools, in geographically disparate areas of a Brazilian county serving economic minority student populations, participated in the study. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). The categorical data were expressed as absolute and relative frequency. Results: Only 28% of the young women knew PFM, and 26% answered to be able to contract these muscles. The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 16%, while 5% reported fecal incontinence. The previous knowledge about POP was similar between bladder and uterus prolapse, 34% and 40%, respectively. SD was known by 48% of the young women. Seventy-seven young women (31.8%) declared to have had sexual intercourse. Ten percent declared difficulties to allow vaginal penetration, and 48% of those who were able to have penetration declared that they experienced pain and discomfort. Conclusion: Young women have little knowledge about the PFM anatomy and function, PFMD, POP, and SD. In addition, they have complaints related to sexual practice, such as difficulty during vaginal penetration and pain.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137403
title: Communicative distortions in sustainability reports: an analysis based on habermasian thinking

description: Abstract Sustainability reports are ways of expressing what organizations understand by sustainability. Critical perspectives have pointed to the possible manipulative use of reporting practices. Based on Jürgen Habermas’ thought, this research applies the notion of communicative distortion to analyze sustainability reports of 4 corporations listed in the ISE 2020 portfolio, scrutinizing distortions of 4 orders: truth, sincerity, legitimacy, and intelligibility. The results alert to the risk that the reports can instrumentalize the idea of sustainability, printing the corporate vision on it. This way of proceeding, dismissing mutual understanding, removes sustainability from the discursive (Habermasian) scope, draining it of meaning.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137403.v1
title: Communicative distortions in sustainability reports: an analysis based on habermasian thinking

description: Abstract Sustainability reports are ways of expressing what organizations understand by sustainability. Critical perspectives have pointed to the possible manipulative use of reporting practices. Based on Jürgen Habermas’ thought, this research applies the notion of communicative distortion to analyze sustainability reports of 4 corporations listed in the ISE 2020 portfolio, scrutinizing distortions of 4 orders: truth, sincerity, legitimacy, and intelligibility. The results alert to the risk that the reports can instrumentalize the idea of sustainability, printing the corporate vision on it. This way of proceeding, dismissing mutual understanding, removes sustainability from the discursive (Habermasian) scope, draining it of meaning.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137405
title: The evolution and function of the PSEUDO RESPONSE REGULATOR gene family in the plant circadian clock

description: Abstract PSEUDO-RESPONSE PROTEINS (PRRs) are a gene family vital for the generation of rhythms by the circadian clock. Plants have circadian clocks, or circadian oscillators, to adapt to a rhythmic environment. The circadian clock system can be divided into three parts: the core oscillator, the input pathways, and the output pathways. The PRRs have a role in all three parts. These nuclear proteins have an N-terminal pseudo receiver domain and a C-terminal CONSTANS, CONSTANS-LIKE, and TOC1 (CCT) domain. The PRRs can be identified from green algae to monocots, ranging from one to &gt;5 genes per species. Arabidopsis thaliana, for example, has five genes: PRR9, PRR7, PRR5, PRR3 and TOC1/PRR1. The PRR genes can be divided into three clades using protein homology: TOC1/PRR1, PRR7/3, and PRR9/5 expanded independently in eudicots and monocots. The PRRs can make protein complexes and bind to DNA, and the wide variety of protein-protein interactions are essential for the multiple roles in the circadian clock. In this review, the history of PRR research is briefly recapitulated, and the diversity of PRR genes in green and recent works about their role in the circadian clock are discussed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137405.v1
title: The evolution and function of the PSEUDO RESPONSE REGULATOR gene family in the plant circadian clock

description: Abstract PSEUDO-RESPONSE PROTEINS (PRRs) are a gene family vital for the generation of rhythms by the circadian clock. Plants have circadian clocks, or circadian oscillators, to adapt to a rhythmic environment. The circadian clock system can be divided into three parts: the core oscillator, the input pathways, and the output pathways. The PRRs have a role in all three parts. These nuclear proteins have an N-terminal pseudo receiver domain and a C-terminal CONSTANS, CONSTANS-LIKE, and TOC1 (CCT) domain. The PRRs can be identified from green algae to monocots, ranging from one to &gt;5 genes per species. Arabidopsis thaliana, for example, has five genes: PRR9, PRR7, PRR5, PRR3 and TOC1/PRR1. The PRR genes can be divided into three clades using protein homology: TOC1/PRR1, PRR7/3, and PRR9/5 expanded independently in eudicots and monocots. The PRRs can make protein complexes and bind to DNA, and the wide variety of protein-protein interactions are essential for the multiple roles in the circadian clock. In this review, the history of PRR research is briefly recapitulated, and the diversity of PRR genes in green and recent works about their role in the circadian clock are discussed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137408
title: STAPLED HEMORRHOIDOPEXY: RESULTS, LATE COMPLICATIONS, AND DEGREE OF SATISFACTION AFTER 16 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP

description: ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy has been widely used for the treatment of hemorrhoids, but concerns about complications and recurrences after prolonged follow-up are still under debate. AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate the very long-term results of the stapled hemorrhoidopexy technique. METHODS: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy was performed on 155 patients between 2000 and 2003, and the early results have already been published. In this study, we evaluated the same patients after a very long follow-up. Data were collected with regard to late complications, rate and timing of recurrences, and patients’ degree of satisfaction. RESULTS: From a total of 155 patients, 98 patients were evaluated: 59 (60.2%) were interviewed by telephone and 39 (39.8%) were evaluated by outpatient consultation. The mean follow-up was 193 months (range: 184-231), 52 were female, 52 were grade III hemorrhoids, and 46 were grade IV. Recurrence was higher in grade IV (26.1%) than in grade III (7.7%) (p=0.014). Recurrence after prolonged follow-up was seen in 16 patients (16.3%) and 11 (11.2%) required reoperations. The complications were skin tags (3.1%), anal sub-stenosis (2.1%), and fecal incontinence (2.1%). After a prolonged follow-up, 82.5% of patients were either very satisfied or satisfied with the surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is a safe and effective treatment for hemorrhoidal disease grades III and IV. Recurrence is higher for grade IV hemorrhoids and may occur up to 9 years of follow-up. Reoperations were infrequent and there is a high patient’s degree of satisfaction associated with this technique.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137408.v1
title: STAPLED HEMORRHOIDOPEXY: RESULTS, LATE COMPLICATIONS, AND DEGREE OF SATISFACTION AFTER 16 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP

description: ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy has been widely used for the treatment of hemorrhoids, but concerns about complications and recurrences after prolonged follow-up are still under debate. AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate the very long-term results of the stapled hemorrhoidopexy technique. METHODS: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy was performed on 155 patients between 2000 and 2003, and the early results have already been published. In this study, we evaluated the same patients after a very long follow-up. Data were collected with regard to late complications, rate and timing of recurrences, and patients’ degree of satisfaction. RESULTS: From a total of 155 patients, 98 patients were evaluated: 59 (60.2%) were interviewed by telephone and 39 (39.8%) were evaluated by outpatient consultation. The mean follow-up was 193 months (range: 184-231), 52 were female, 52 were grade III hemorrhoids, and 46 were grade IV. Recurrence was higher in grade IV (26.1%) than in grade III (7.7%) (p=0.014). Recurrence after prolonged follow-up was seen in 16 patients (16.3%) and 11 (11.2%) required reoperations. The complications were skin tags (3.1%), anal sub-stenosis (2.1%), and fecal incontinence (2.1%). After a prolonged follow-up, 82.5% of patients were either very satisfied or satisfied with the surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is a safe and effective treatment for hemorrhoidal disease grades III and IV. Recurrence is higher for grade IV hemorrhoids and may occur up to 9 years of follow-up. Reoperations were infrequent and there is a high patient’s degree of satisfaction associated with this technique.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137409
title: Prenatal and perinatal care in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

description: Abstract Introduction: Prenatal care and the procedures adopted during childbirth are essential to ensure a healthy pregnancy and delivery and prevent complications, without affecting the health of the mother and newborn. Objective: To analyze the prenatal and perinatal care provided in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and to determine whether there is an association between adequate prenatal care and socioeconomic, demographic, behavioral and reproductive factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a pre-existing database. The adequacy of prenatal care was analyzed based on three criteria: 1) onset up to the 16th week and a minimum number of checkups according to gestational age; 2) professional practices during prenatal checkups; 3) counseling given to the pregnant women by healthcare professionals. Multivariate logistic regression was used for data analysis. Results: Participants were 437 postpartum women. Prenatal care was considered adequate for 72.5, 93.1 and 50.1% of the participants based on criteria 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The pregnant women who were most likely to receive inadequate prenatal care in relation to criterion 1 were those with the lowest schooling level (OR = 1.68; p = 0.046), who were single (OR = 2.18; p = 0.002), did not work during their pregnancy (OR = 2.18; p = 0.003) and whose pregnancy was unplanned (OR = 1.76; p = 0.023). With respect to perinatal care, the presence of a birth companion and skin-to-skin contact were adequate, but breastfeeding in the first hour of life was not. Conclusion: There is a need to improve the counseling provided by healthcare professionals and include breastfeeding in the first hour of life. The results could contribute to optimizing maternal and child health services in Governador Valadares.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137409.v1
title: Prenatal and perinatal care in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

description: Abstract Introduction: Prenatal care and the procedures adopted during childbirth are essential to ensure a healthy pregnancy and delivery and prevent complications, without affecting the health of the mother and newborn. Objective: To analyze the prenatal and perinatal care provided in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and to determine whether there is an association between adequate prenatal care and socioeconomic, demographic, behavioral and reproductive factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a pre-existing database. The adequacy of prenatal care was analyzed based on three criteria: 1) onset up to the 16th week and a minimum number of checkups according to gestational age; 2) professional practices during prenatal checkups; 3) counseling given to the pregnant women by healthcare professionals. Multivariate logistic regression was used for data analysis. Results: Participants were 437 postpartum women. Prenatal care was considered adequate for 72.5, 93.1 and 50.1% of the participants based on criteria 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The pregnant women who were most likely to receive inadequate prenatal care in relation to criterion 1 were those with the lowest schooling level (OR = 1.68; p = 0.046), who were single (OR = 2.18; p = 0.002), did not work during their pregnancy (OR = 2.18; p = 0.003) and whose pregnancy was unplanned (OR = 1.76; p = 0.023). With respect to perinatal care, the presence of a birth companion and skin-to-skin contact were adequate, but breastfeeding in the first hour of life was not. Conclusion: There is a need to improve the counseling provided by healthcare professionals and include breastfeeding in the first hour of life. The results could contribute to optimizing maternal and child health services in Governador Valadares.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137411.v1
title: Does soybean sample size impact Tukey’s test for non-additivity?

description: ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the interference of sample size on Tukey’s test for non-additivity and found the sample size to optimize the test for soybean grain yield. Six experiments were conducted in a completely randomized block design with either 20 or 30 cultivars and three repetitions of each treatment. Grain yield was determined per plant, totaling 9,000 sampled plants. Next, sample scenarios up to 100 plants were simulated, estimating F statistic for a degree of freedom of the error in each scenario. After that, the optimal sample size was defined via power models and maximum curvature point. Results showed the number of sampled plants per experimental unit influences the estimates of Tukey’s test for non-additivity. Also, the sampling of 14 to 19 plants per experimental unit allows for maintaining the accuracy of the test.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137411
title: Does soybean sample size impact Tukey’s test for non-additivity?

description: ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the interference of sample size on Tukey’s test for non-additivity and found the sample size to optimize the test for soybean grain yield. Six experiments were conducted in a completely randomized block design with either 20 or 30 cultivars and three repetitions of each treatment. Grain yield was determined per plant, totaling 9,000 sampled plants. Next, sample scenarios up to 100 plants were simulated, estimating F statistic for a degree of freedom of the error in each scenario. After that, the optimal sample size was defined via power models and maximum curvature point. Results showed the number of sampled plants per experimental unit influences the estimates of Tukey’s test for non-additivity. Also, the sampling of 14 to 19 plants per experimental unit allows for maintaining the accuracy of the test.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137414
title: Alignment between thematic research methodology and the decolonial approach: a proposal for Organizational Studies

description: Abstract The denunciations promoted by the decolonial approach regarding colonial practices that remain active, even after the official end of colonialism, and the criticism that this approach makes to the universality of thought, contribute to the advance of knowledge. However, there is a gap in the decolonial approach over the most coherent methodological possibilities that can be used in decolonial research. Therefore, we seek to contribute to the expansion of choosing methodological approaches in research in the area of Organizational Studies that are epistemologically aligned with the decolonial approach; they respect the pluriversality of beings, knowledge, and territories. We point to the thematic investigation1 as a possibility of a methodology aligned with the decolonial approach. Finally, we present an example of methodological planning for research under a decolonial perspective in the area of Organizational Studies, which will use the thematic investigation as a methodology. We conclude that the thematic investigation has a perspective aligned with the decolonial approach since it respects the being and the territory, but that it should not be adopted without prior critical reflectivity, i.e., as a formula.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137414.v1
title: Alignment between thematic research methodology and the decolonial approach: a proposal for Organizational Studies

description: Abstract The denunciations promoted by the decolonial approach regarding colonial practices that remain active, even after the official end of colonialism, and the criticism that this approach makes to the universality of thought, contribute to the advance of knowledge. However, there is a gap in the decolonial approach over the most coherent methodological possibilities that can be used in decolonial research. Therefore, we seek to contribute to the expansion of choosing methodological approaches in research in the area of Organizational Studies that are epistemologically aligned with the decolonial approach; they respect the pluriversality of beings, knowledge, and territories. We point to the thematic investigation1 as a possibility of a methodology aligned with the decolonial approach. Finally, we present an example of methodological planning for research under a decolonial perspective in the area of Organizational Studies, which will use the thematic investigation as a methodology. We conclude that the thematic investigation has a perspective aligned with the decolonial approach since it respects the being and the territory, but that it should not be adopted without prior critical reflectivity, i.e., as a formula.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137415
title: The multiple roles of lipid metabolism in yeast physiology during beer fermentation

description: Abstract The ability of brewing yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pastorianus) to cope with the toxic effects of ethanol during beer fermentation depends on the modulation of lipid and lipid droplets (LDs) biosynthesis, which affects membrane fluidity. However, it has been demonstrated that lipids and LDs can modulate different biological mechanisms associated to ethanol tolerance, including proteostasis and autophagy, leading to the hypothesis that lipid and LDs biosynthesis are integrative processes necessary for ethanol tolerance in yeast. Supporting this hypothesis, a transcriptome and systems biology analyses indicated the upregulation of autophagy, lipid biosynthesis, and proteostasis (ALP)-associated genes in lager yeast during beer fermentation, whose respective proteins interact in a shortest-pathway ALP network. These results indicated a cross-communication between various pathways linked to inter-organelle autophagy, lipid metabolism, and proteostasis (ALP) during lager beer fermentation, thus highlighting the importance of lipids for beer fermentation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137415.v1
title: The multiple roles of lipid metabolism in yeast physiology during beer fermentation

description: Abstract The ability of brewing yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pastorianus) to cope with the toxic effects of ethanol during beer fermentation depends on the modulation of lipid and lipid droplets (LDs) biosynthesis, which affects membrane fluidity. However, it has been demonstrated that lipids and LDs can modulate different biological mechanisms associated to ethanol tolerance, including proteostasis and autophagy, leading to the hypothesis that lipid and LDs biosynthesis are integrative processes necessary for ethanol tolerance in yeast. Supporting this hypothesis, a transcriptome and systems biology analyses indicated the upregulation of autophagy, lipid biosynthesis, and proteostasis (ALP)-associated genes in lager yeast during beer fermentation, whose respective proteins interact in a shortest-pathway ALP network. These results indicated a cross-communication between various pathways linked to inter-organelle autophagy, lipid metabolism, and proteostasis (ALP) during lager beer fermentation, thus highlighting the importance of lipids for beer fermentation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21137420
title: Behavioral therapy in the treatment of urinary incontinence: quality of life and severity

description: Abstract Introduction: Behavioral therapy (BT) is an association of techniques that aim to minimize or abolish urinary symptoms, including urinary incontinence (UI), through education about the health condition, changes in lifestyle and nutritional habits, and bladder training. Objective: To analyze whether there is a change in the quality of life and severity of UI after group behavioral therapy in women with UI. Methods: Prospective observational study conducted in a pelvic physical therapy public service. Women with UI of any etiology, over 18 years of age, who completed a protocol of four weekly group BT meetings as the first treatment option for UI were included. Outcomes (impact of UI on QoL and classification of UI severity) were assessed before, immediately after, and one month after BT using the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) and the Incontinence Severity Index (ISI). Results: Sample of 146 participants. A reduction in the impact of UI on QoL was observed in the KHQ domains: impact of UI, physical limitations, personal relationships, emotions, general health perception (p &lt; 0.05) immediately after BT. After one month, there was a reduction in the UI impact domains, daily activity limitations, physical limitations, general health perception, emotions, and sleep (p &lt; 0.05). In addition, there was a reduction in the classification of UI severity assessed by the ISI (p &lt; 0.001). Conclusion: There was an improvement in QoL and a decrease in UI severity in women with UI who completed a BT group as the first treatment option.