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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982198
title: Subjective impacts of computerized cognitive training for healthy older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

description: Abstract Background Computerized cognitive training programs may have benefited the self-assessment of memory, quality of life, and mood among older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Objective To determine the subjective impacts of computerized cognitive training on mood, frequency of forgetfulness, memory complaints, and quality of life in the elderly using an online platform. Methods In total, 66 elderly participants of USP 60 +, a program for the elderly offered by Universidade de São Paulo, who voluntarily enrolled in the study were selected and randomized with an allocation ratio of 1:1 into 2 groups: the training group (n = 33) and the control group (n = 33). After signing the free and informed consent form, they answered a protocol which included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Memory Complaints Questionnaire (MAC-Q), the McNair and Kahn’s Frequency of Forgetfulness Scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), and the Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization, and Pleasure (CASP-19) questionnaire. The training cognitive game platform aimed to stimulate various cognitive aspects, including memory, attention, language, executive functions (reasoning, logical thinking), and visual and spatial skills. Results The participants of the training group showed a reduction in the MAC-Q, MacNair and Kahn, and GAI scores in the pre- and posttest comparison. Significant differences were identified between the groups regarding the total scores of the MAC-Q in the post-test, which was also evidenced by the logistic regression. Conclusion Participation in a computerized cognitive intervention promoted reductions in memory complaints, frequency of forgetfulness, and anxiety symptoms, in addition to improving self-reported quality of life.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982198.v1
title: Subjective impacts of computerized cognitive training for healthy older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

description: Abstract Background Computerized cognitive training programs may have benefited the self-assessment of memory, quality of life, and mood among older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Objective To determine the subjective impacts of computerized cognitive training on mood, frequency of forgetfulness, memory complaints, and quality of life in the elderly using an online platform. Methods In total, 66 elderly participants of USP 60 +, a program for the elderly offered by Universidade de São Paulo, who voluntarily enrolled in the study were selected and randomized with an allocation ratio of 1:1 into 2 groups: the training group (n = 33) and the control group (n = 33). After signing the free and informed consent form, they answered a protocol which included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Memory Complaints Questionnaire (MAC-Q), the McNair and Kahn’s Frequency of Forgetfulness Scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), and the Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization, and Pleasure (CASP-19) questionnaire. The training cognitive game platform aimed to stimulate various cognitive aspects, including memory, attention, language, executive functions (reasoning, logical thinking), and visual and spatial skills. Results The participants of the training group showed a reduction in the MAC-Q, MacNair and Kahn, and GAI scores in the pre- and posttest comparison. Significant differences were identified between the groups regarding the total scores of the MAC-Q in the post-test, which was also evidenced by the logistic regression. Conclusion Participation in a computerized cognitive intervention promoted reductions in memory complaints, frequency of forgetfulness, and anxiety symptoms, in addition to improving self-reported quality of life.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982203
title: Brazilian consensus for diagnosis, management and treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy: second edition

description: Abstract Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is an autosomal dominant inherited sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy with over 130 pathogenic variants identified in the TTR gene. Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy is a disabling, progressive and life-threatening genetic condition that leads to death in ~ 10 years if untreated. The prospects for ATTRv-PN have changed in the last decades, as it has become a treatable neuropathy. In addition to liver transplantation, initiated in 1990, there are now at least 3 drugs approved in many countries, including Brazil, and many more are being developed. The first Brazilian consensus on ATTRv-PN was held in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, in June 2017. Given the new advances in the area over the last 5 years, the Peripheral Neuropathy Scientific Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology organized a second edition of the consensus. Each panelist was responsible for reviewing the literature and updating a section of the previous paper. Thereafter, the 18 panelists got together virtually after careful review of the draft, discussed each section of the text, and reached a consensus for the final version of the manuscript.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982203.v1
title: Brazilian consensus for diagnosis, management and treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy: second edition

description: Abstract Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is an autosomal dominant inherited sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy with over 130 pathogenic variants identified in the TTR gene. Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy is a disabling, progressive and life-threatening genetic condition that leads to death in ~ 10 years if untreated. The prospects for ATTRv-PN have changed in the last decades, as it has become a treatable neuropathy. In addition to liver transplantation, initiated in 1990, there are now at least 3 drugs approved in many countries, including Brazil, and many more are being developed. The first Brazilian consensus on ATTRv-PN was held in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, in June 2017. Given the new advances in the area over the last 5 years, the Peripheral Neuropathy Scientific Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology organized a second edition of the consensus. Each panelist was responsible for reviewing the literature and updating a section of the previous paper. Thereafter, the 18 panelists got together virtually after careful review of the draft, discussed each section of the text, and reached a consensus for the final version of the manuscript.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982209.v1
title: PRODUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC articles: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTION OF THE STUDENTS OFACADEMIC MASTERS

description: ABSTRACT: This research aimed to analyze the perception of 90 students of the Academic Master Program of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) from the poles 'Social Demand' and 'Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia from Goiás (IFGO) and Espírito Santo (IFES)', about the processes of producing and submitting scientific articles to journals. Furthermore, we wanted to check the knowledge gained after some training on these processes. It was a qualitative-quantitative study with training workshops and the application of questionnaires to raise students' perceptions. As a training result, we perceived an average knowledge gain of 53.86%, an average of 60.80% for Social Demand, 46.53% for IFGO, and 54.26% for IFES. Regarding the students' initial perception, the average was 23.06% for Social Demand, 36.40% for IFGO, and 29.86% for IFES. As for the final perception, the average was 82.93% for Social Demand, 82.93% for IFGO, and 84.13% for IFES. These numbers reflect the ineffectiveness of institutional actions to teach a research methodology encompassing the processes studied here, showing that the subject is complex and that better planning should be conducted for more effective training.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982209
title: PRODUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC articles: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTION OF THE STUDENTS OFACADEMIC MASTERS

description: ABSTRACT: This research aimed to analyze the perception of 90 students of the Academic Master Program of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) from the poles 'Social Demand' and 'Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia from Goiás (IFGO) and Espírito Santo (IFES)', about the processes of producing and submitting scientific articles to journals. Furthermore, we wanted to check the knowledge gained after some training on these processes. It was a qualitative-quantitative study with training workshops and the application of questionnaires to raise students' perceptions. As a training result, we perceived an average knowledge gain of 53.86%, an average of 60.80% for Social Demand, 46.53% for IFGO, and 54.26% for IFES. Regarding the students' initial perception, the average was 23.06% for Social Demand, 36.40% for IFGO, and 29.86% for IFES. As for the final perception, the average was 82.93% for Social Demand, 82.93% for IFGO, and 84.13% for IFES. These numbers reflect the ineffectiveness of institutional actions to teach a research methodology encompassing the processes studied here, showing that the subject is complex and that better planning should be conducted for more effective training.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22268699
title: Historical highlights regarding glanders, from 2007 to 2017, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil

description: ABSTRACT: Glanders is an infectious disease of equids caused by Burkholderia mallei, a facultative intracellular non-mobile Gram-negative bacterium that can be transmitted to other animals and humans. This study described glanders cases reported in the state of Maranhão, located within an Amazon-Cerrado transition region in northeastern Brazil, from 2007 to 2017. A database in an electronic spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 2010) was developed containing information on the number of positive animals according to age, sex, purpose, year and month, municipality and mesoregion of origin of the animal. The descriptive analyzis was performed on data provided by the State Agency for Agricultural and Livestock Protection of the state of Maranhão (AGED), and by the official private laboratory. As the database did not have information data about negative animals, possible risk factors could not be evaluated. Among the total of 62,555 equids were evaluated by means of the complement fixation test (CFT), 59,036 were horses, 2,981 mules and 538 donkeys. Thirty-five samples (0.06%) reacted in the CFT. Five additional samples were by the western blot technique and three of them were positive. All the reactive horses (Equuscaballus) were from rural areas. Results presented here indicate that glanders may be endemic in the state of Maranhão and is a public health concern.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22268699.v1
title: Historical highlights regarding glanders, from 2007 to 2017, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil

description: ABSTRACT: Glanders is an infectious disease of equids caused by Burkholderia mallei, a facultative intracellular non-mobile Gram-negative bacterium that can be transmitted to other animals and humans. This study described glanders cases reported in the state of Maranhão, located within an Amazon-Cerrado transition region in northeastern Brazil, from 2007 to 2017. A database in an electronic spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 2010) was developed containing information on the number of positive animals according to age, sex, purpose, year and month, municipality and mesoregion of origin of the animal. The descriptive analyzis was performed on data provided by the State Agency for Agricultural and Livestock Protection of the state of Maranhão (AGED), and by the official private laboratory. As the database did not have information data about negative animals, possible risk factors could not be evaluated. Among the total of 62,555 equids were evaluated by means of the complement fixation test (CFT), 59,036 were horses, 2,981 mules and 538 donkeys. Thirty-five samples (0.06%) reacted in the CFT. Five additional samples were by the western blot technique and three of them were positive. All the reactive horses (Equuscaballus) were from rural areas. Results presented here indicate that glanders may be endemic in the state of Maranhão and is a public health concern.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982218
title: Challenges to implement laparoscopic appendectomy as the first-line treatment for acute appendicitis: a fifteen-year experience in a tertiary hospital in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Background: the barriers to implement emergency laparoscopy in public teaching hospitals involve issues such as resident learning curves and resource costs and availability. This study was designed to describe the issues facing the implementation of laparoscopic approach for acute appendicitis over 15 years in a single academic center in Brazil. Materials and Methods: retrospective study of patients undergoing emergency appendectomy from 2004 to 2018. Clinical data were compared to four major actions implemented in the emergency surgical service: minimally invasive surgery training for residents (2007), laparoscopic stump closure using metal clips (2008), 24/7 availability of laparoscopic instruments for emergency surgeries (2010), and third-party contract for maintenance of the laparoscopic instruments and implementation of polymeric clips for stump closure (2013). We evaluated the increase in laparoscopic appendectomy after the implementation of those major changes. Results: we identified 1168 appendectomies during the study period, of which 691 (59%), 465 (40%), and 12 (1%) were open, laparoscopic, and converted, respectively. The implementation of the major changes since 2004 resulted in an increase of laparoscopic appendectomies from 11% in 2007 to 80% in 2016. These actions were decisive in the widespread use of laparoscopy for acute appendicitis (p&lt;0.001). The standardization of the hem-o-lok clip in the treatment of the appendiceal stump made the procedure more feasible, reducing the surgical time using laparoscopic access and increasing the team’s adherence, so that this became the route of choice in about 85% of cases in the period from 2014 to 2018, 80% performed by 3rd year resident physicians. No intraoperative complications were noted related to laparoscopic access, even in more complicated appendicitis. There was no mortality reported, no reoperations or readmissions to hospital during a 30-day postoperative period. Conclusion: the development of a feasible, reproducible, and safe technical standardization, associated with continuous cost optimization, are the cornerstones for a consistent and viable change in the current practice for appendectomies in middle and lower-income countries.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982218.v1
title: Challenges to implement laparoscopic appendectomy as the first-line treatment for acute appendicitis: a fifteen-year experience in a tertiary hospital in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Background: the barriers to implement emergency laparoscopy in public teaching hospitals involve issues such as resident learning curves and resource costs and availability. This study was designed to describe the issues facing the implementation of laparoscopic approach for acute appendicitis over 15 years in a single academic center in Brazil. Materials and Methods: retrospective study of patients undergoing emergency appendectomy from 2004 to 2018. Clinical data were compared to four major actions implemented in the emergency surgical service: minimally invasive surgery training for residents (2007), laparoscopic stump closure using metal clips (2008), 24/7 availability of laparoscopic instruments for emergency surgeries (2010), and third-party contract for maintenance of the laparoscopic instruments and implementation of polymeric clips for stump closure (2013). We evaluated the increase in laparoscopic appendectomy after the implementation of those major changes. Results: we identified 1168 appendectomies during the study period, of which 691 (59%), 465 (40%), and 12 (1%) were open, laparoscopic, and converted, respectively. The implementation of the major changes since 2004 resulted in an increase of laparoscopic appendectomies from 11% in 2007 to 80% in 2016. These actions were decisive in the widespread use of laparoscopy for acute appendicitis (p&lt;0.001). The standardization of the hem-o-lok clip in the treatment of the appendiceal stump made the procedure more feasible, reducing the surgical time using laparoscopic access and increasing the team’s adherence, so that this became the route of choice in about 85% of cases in the period from 2014 to 2018, 80% performed by 3rd year resident physicians. No intraoperative complications were noted related to laparoscopic access, even in more complicated appendicitis. There was no mortality reported, no reoperations or readmissions to hospital during a 30-day postoperative period. Conclusion: the development of a feasible, reproducible, and safe technical standardization, associated with continuous cost optimization, are the cornerstones for a consistent and viable change in the current practice for appendectomies in middle and lower-income countries.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982138
title: Tables

description: Tables shows the results of the projects
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982138.v1
title: Tables

description: Tables shows the results of the projects
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982228
title: The development of robotic skills and inventions for social impacts in the context of Mathematics Education

description: Abstract: We aim to identify and understand the process of developing mathematical skills during the production of robotic devices for Parkinson's disease. Based on qualitative methodology, data were collected with high school students, with recorded videos, photographs, field notes, computer programs and interviews. Such data were analyzed in light of the theoretical assumptions of Constructionism and organized into sections that correspond and thematize the inventions developed. The results point to the development of reasoning, argumentation, communication, representation, and engagement among the students. Such mathematical skills are idiosyncratically constituted by the actions and intellectual productions in an environment of mathematical training that favors autonomy and non-hierarchical dialogue. The skills are understood in three dimensions: Technique, Conceptual and Behavioral. Data also show a process characterized by the non-linear and organic dynamics of training, pointing to the rupture of the content-example-exercise triad and the counterproductive bureaucracies of the classroom.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982228.v1
title: The development of robotic skills and inventions for social impacts in the context of Mathematics Education

description: Abstract: We aim to identify and understand the process of developing mathematical skills during the production of robotic devices for Parkinson's disease. Based on qualitative methodology, data were collected with high school students, with recorded videos, photographs, field notes, computer programs and interviews. Such data were analyzed in light of the theoretical assumptions of Constructionism and organized into sections that correspond and thematize the inventions developed. The results point to the development of reasoning, argumentation, communication, representation, and engagement among the students. Such mathematical skills are idiosyncratically constituted by the actions and intellectual productions in an environment of mathematical training that favors autonomy and non-hierarchical dialogue. The skills are understood in three dimensions: Technique, Conceptual and Behavioral. Data also show a process characterized by the non-linear and organic dynamics of training, pointing to the rupture of the content-example-exercise triad and the counterproductive bureaucracies of the classroom.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982233
title: Meta-analysis of meat quality of cattle slaughtered with different subcutaneous fat thicknesses

description: Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate, through meta-analysis, the impact of subcutaneous fat thickness on beef qualitative traits. Combined data from 13 studies were used, comprising 245 carcasses of male bovines slaughtered in Brazil. Effect size for all parameters was calculated as mean difference or standardized mean difference, at 95% probability. The meta-analysis of random and fixed effects was carried out when I2&gt;50% and I2&lt;50%, respectively, for each indicator separately, with means for fat thickness, classified in the “control” (3–6 mm), “low” (&lt;3 mm), and “high” (&gt;6 mm) groups. Carcasses in the “high” group showed greater intramuscular fat deposition, whereas those in the “low” group presented an intramuscular fat deposition similar to that of the control. When the fat thickness was below the recommended threshold of 3 mm, shear force increased. Subcutaneous fat thickness values greater than 6 mm induced a positive change in the perception of tenderness by the panel of evaluators. Beef carcasses with a subcutaneous fat thickness over 6 mm tend to accumulate more intramuscular fat content and are tenderer for consumers’ acceptance. Carcasses with a fat thickness less than 3 mm produce tougher meat.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982240
title: CHARACTERIZATION OF SOURCES, USES AND PERCEPTION OF WATER QUALITY BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN TANGARÁ DA SERRA

description: The individual’s perception is tied to their identity, which is woven throughout life and involves all the dimensions of the being. In Indigenous communities, such perception is part of multiple dimensions. Considered the fundamental universal solvent to the existence of all forms of life, water—its quality and quantity—is often the subject of discussions involving problems of modern society. But these debates give little to no emphasis on the quality of water used in traditional and Indigenous communities. This paper reflects on how the indigenous group Haliti in the Rio Formoso Indigenous Land, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, perceive the quality of water. Data were collected by direct observation and the application of questionnaires in four villages. Results show that water quality is perceived from visual appearance (color), olfactory (odor) and palatable (taste) characteristics, ignoring the artificial water treatment methods.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22982240.v1
title: CHARACTERIZATION OF SOURCES, USES AND PERCEPTION OF WATER QUALITY BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN TANGARÁ DA SERRA

description: The individual’s perception is tied to their identity, which is woven throughout life and involves all the dimensions of the being. In Indigenous communities, such perception is part of multiple dimensions. Considered the fundamental universal solvent to the existence of all forms of life, water—its quality and quantity—is often the subject of discussions involving problems of modern society. But these debates give little to no emphasis on the quality of water used in traditional and Indigenous communities. This paper reflects on how the indigenous group Haliti in the Rio Formoso Indigenous Land, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, perceive the quality of water. Data were collected by direct observation and the application of questionnaires in four villages. Results show that water quality is perceived from visual appearance (color), olfactory (odor) and palatable (taste) characteristics, ignoring the artificial water treatment methods.