Emoções e promoção da saúde

Ser capaz de gerir os próprios afectos bem como as relações inter-sociais ao longo do tempo, são a proposta do estudo que a seguir se apresenta. Parte-se do pressuposto que uma das formas mais profundas de assegurar a Promoção da Saúde intra e interpessoal, é aprender a tornar-se emocionalmente competente (Veiga Branco, 2004; 2007). Ser emocionalmente competente é ser capaz de encontrar soluções, a partir de recursos internos que emergem das emoções, e substancialmente da gestão das emoções e da automotivação que os sujeitos podem encontrar. Este conjunto de destrezas parece potencializar a percepção de uma vida psicoafectiva à qual parecem estar ligados o êxito social, individual, sucesso profissional e felicidade conjugal (Goleman, 1995; 2000). A Promoção e Educação para a Saúde insere o bem-estar da pessoa como um todo, o que envolve: o homem é razão, mas também emoção. Métodos Estudo exploratório, quantitativo e transversal. Utiliza o instrumento desenvolvido para estudos anteriores “Escala Veiga de Competência Emocional” (EVCE), (Veiga Branco, 2004, a),b) e 2007), cujas respostas – submetidas à Análise de Componentes Principais e analisadas por Alpha de Cronbach – foram tratadas através do programa SPSS 13.0. A amostra do estudo é constituída por 183 sujeitos, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e77 anos, residentes em Bragança. Destes, 58 eram do sexo masculino e 125 do sexo feminino. Objectivos: Conhecer e analisar o perfil de Competência Emocional de uma amostra da população de Bragança; Identificar as diferenças entre os estudos apresentados no construto e os dados recolhidos no trabalho empírico.Resultados Qual é o Perfil de Competência Emocional encontrado? Verifica-se que os estudantes Pouco Frequentemente vivem a Auto-consciência de Fenómenos Emocionais. Também fazem a Gestão de Emoções com Pouca Frequência tal como a Auto motivação. Mas têm a percepção que Por Norma, vivem a Empatia e a Gestão de Emoções em Grupo. Todavia é preocupante que ocorram frequentemente Alterações relacionadas e racionais (x 3,80+ dp1.6); e que Por norma, 25% dos estudantes vivam uma Percepção negativa de si: ruminação e absorção emocional (x 3.17+ dp 1,53); e sobretudo que 20% dos estudantes adopte por norma as Estratégias: isolamento, intrusão, explosão e percepção de perigos (x 3,27+ dp 1,60); e ainda que 20% se sintam Iliteratos e manipulados por pensamentos negativos (x 3,07+ dp 1,50). Estes resultados apontam para alguma necessidade de intervenção em Educação Emocional

A Complex Case of Cholestasis in a Patient with ABCB4 and ABCB11 Mutations

The low-phospholipid-associated cholelithiasis (LPAC) syndrome is a form of symptomatic cholelithiasis occurring in young adults, characterized by recurrence of symptoms after cholecystectomy and presence of hepatolithiasis. The case refers to a healthy 39-year-old Caucasian male who presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. His blood tests showed conjugated hyperbilirubinemia and elevated liver enzymes (total bilirubin 6.65 mg/dL, γ-glutamyltransferase 699 IU/L) and abdominal computed tomography revealed dilation of common bile duct and left intrahepatic ducts. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography identified choledocholithiasis, retrieved by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, after which there was a worsening of jaundice (total bilirubin 23 mg/dL), which persisted for several weeks, possibly due to ciprofloxacin toxicity. After an extensive workup including liver biopsy, the identification of two foci of hepatolithiasis on reevaluation abdominal ultrasound raised the hypothesis of LPAC syndrome and the patient was started on ursodeoxycholic acid, with remarkable improvement. Genetic testing identified the mutation c.1954A>G (p.Arg652Gly) in ABCB4 gene (homozygous) and c.1331T>C (p.Val444Ala) in ABCB11 gene (heterozygous). In conclusion, we describe the unique case of an adult male with choledocholithiasis, hepatolithiasis, and persistent conjugated hyperbilirubinemia after retrieval of stones, fulfilling the criteria for LPAC syndrome and with possible superimposed drug-induced liver injury, in whom ABCB4 and ABCB11 mutations were found, both of which had not been previously described in association with LPAC.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Avaliação participativa de adubos verdes em assentamentos de reforma agrária de Corumbá, MS: resultados preliminares.

O texto relata o resultados preliminares do processo de avaliação participativa de Unidades de Observação de oito espécies de adubos verdes implantadas em 03 assentamentos de reforma agrária, no Município de Corumbá, MS. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento de blocos ao acaso, onde cada bloco foi instalado em uma propriedade diferente juntamente com um grupo de agricultores. Além da avaliação estatística convencional foi feita uma avaliação qualitativa por técnicos e agricultores mediante um questionário com a definição de 13 critérios. O último critério referiu-se a nota geral para cada espécie, numa escala de 1 a 10, cujos resultados serão aqui discutidos. Com pequenas diferenças a avaliação dos técnicos foi coincidente com a dos agricultores. This work presents the preliminary results of a participative evaluation of eight green manure species in three land reform settlements, in Corumbá, MS. The experiment was performed in randomized blocs design, with each bloc installed in a different farm, together with a group of farmers. Beside a quantitative statistical evaluation, I was made a qualitative evaluation by technicians and farmers by a list of 13 criteria. The last criteria was a general prefernce note for each specie, with a scale varies from 1 to 10, and which results are discussed in this work. With little differences the technicians preferences were coincident with there from the farmers

Doença Mineral e Óssea (DMO) num Transplantado Renal

A 50-year-old post-menopausal recipient of a kidney allograft with bone pain, osteoporosis, persistent hypercalcaemia and elevated parathormone (PTH) levels, despite a satisfactory graft function, was treated with bisphosphonates and cinacalcet starting, respectively, 5 and 6 months after renal transplantation (RT). Sixteen months after treatment, there was improvement of bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). A bone biopsy was taken, unveiling a surprising and worrisome result. Post-RT bone disease is different from classic CKD-MBD and should be managed distinctly, including, in some difficult cases, an invasive evaluation through the performance of a bone biopsy, as suggested in the KDIGO guidelines

A life cycle inventory of microalgae-based biofuels production in an industrial plant concept

6th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEERMicroalgae have been reported as a promising alternative for biofuels production. However, the use of microalgae for biofuels is still a challenge due to the intense energy use and the generation of a significant amount of biomass residues in the process. In order to analyze the environmental impacts of different technological processes for the production of biodiesel from microalgae, several studies have been published making use of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, which allows the recognition of the process bottlenecks and supports the identification of alternatives for a more efficient use of the feedstock. Therefore, in this study, a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) is compiled, based on real pilot-scale process data, which was scaled-up to a microalgae biomass industrial plant for biofuel production. Values of energy, nutrients, water, and materials consumption are used to create an inventory of inputs and outputs for biomass cultivation and biodiesel production, in order to acquire data to conduct a complete LCA modeling in future studies. According to this model, to produce 1 kg of biodiesel it is necessary about 12 kg of dried algae biomass. This study supports the decision-making process in biofuel production to promote the development of sustainable pilot and large-scale algae-based industry, through the identification of critical factors.This work was funded by: project IF/01093/2014/CP1249/CT0003 and research grants IF/01093/2014 and SFRH/BPD/112003/2015 funded by national funds through FCT/MCTES, Portugal, and project UID/EQU/00305/2013 – Center for Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology – CIETI. This work was financially supported by: project UID/EQU/00511/2019 – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy – LEPABE funded by national funds through FCT/MCTES, Portugal (PIDDAC); Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939 (Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy – LEPABE, UID/EQU/00511/2013) funded by FEDER through COMPETE2020-POCI and by national funds through FCT, Portugal ; Project “LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION” – NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005, funded by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Program (NORTE 2020), under PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) . Authors also acknowledge the “Grupo Interdisciplinario de Biotecnología Marina (GIBMAR) and “Convenio de Desempeño Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Bioeconomía” from University of Concepción, Chile, for supporting the experimental data collection at the pilot-plant in Concepción, Chile, during the Research Visit of M. Branco-Vieira.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at \sqrt{s}=7\TeV

A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs(\ttbar) in $pp$ collisions at \sqrt{s}=7 \TeV is presented using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected in two different topologies: single lepton (electron $e$ or muon $\mu$) with large missing transverse energy and at least four jets, and dilepton ($ee$, $\mu\mu$ or $e\mu$) with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. In a data sample of 2.9 pb-1, 37 candidate events are observed in the single-lepton topology and 9 events in the dilepton topology. The corresponding expected backgrounds from non-\ttbar Standard Model processes are estimated using data-driven methods and determined to be $12.2 \pm 3.9$ events and $2.5 \pm 0.6$ events, respectively. The kinematic properties of the selected events are consistent with SM \ttbar production. The inclusive top quark pair production cross-section is measured to be \sigmattbar=145 \pm 31 ^{+42}_{-27} pb where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The measurement agrees with perturbative QCD calculations.Comment: 30 pages plus author list (50 pages total), 9 figures, 11 tables, CERN-PH number and final journal adde

Inclusive search for same-sign dilepton signatures in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

An inclusive search is presented for new physics in events with two isolated leptons (e or mu) having the same electric charge. The data are selected from events collected from p p collisions at root s = 7 TeV by the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 34 pb(-1). The spectra in dilepton invariant mass, missing transverse momentum and jet multiplicity are presented and compared to Standard Model predictions. In this event sample, no evidence is found for contributions beyond those of the Standard Model. Limits are set on the cross-section in a fiducial region for new sources of same-sign high-mass dilepton events in the ee, e mu and mu mu channels. Four models predicting same-sign dilepton signals are constrained: two descriptions of Majorana neutrinos, a cascade topology similar to supersymmetry or universal extra dimensions, and fourth generation d-type quarks. Assuming a new physics scale of 1 TeV, Majorana neutrinos produced by an effective operator V with masses below 460 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level. A lower limit of 290 GeV is set at 95% confidence level on the mass of fourth generation d-type quarks

Standalone vertex finding in the ATLAS muon spectrometer

A dedicated reconstruction algorithm to find decay vertices in the ATLAS muon spectrometer is presented. The algorithm searches the region just upstream of or inside the muon spectrometer volume for multi-particle vertices that originate from the decay of particles with long decay paths. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated using both a sample of simulated Higgs boson events, in which the Higgs boson decays to long-lived neutral particles that in turn decay to bbar b final states, and pp collision data at √s = 7 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC during 2011

Caraterização das explorações de caprinos da raça serrana, ecótipo ribatejano, na região do Oeste

O trabalho carateriza o efetivo e as condições de exploração da raça caprina Serrana, ecótipo Ribatejano, na região do Oeste. Baseia-se em registos disponibilizados pelas entidades que gerem o Livro Genealógico da raça, e inquéritos realizados junto dos caprinicultores. Obtiveram-se ainda dados relativos à qualidade higiénica do leite, junto das entidades responsáveis pela sua recolha. Atualmente, existem vinte e três criadores com animais inscritos no Livro Genealógico desta raça, na região do Oeste, com um efetivo total de 3997 animais. As explorações são do tipo familiar com efetivos médios de 182 animais. Maioritariamente, utilizam para alojamento dos animais estruturas improvisadas, por reconversão de edifícios antigos, e dispõem de ordenha mecânica. A principal fonte de rendimento dos caprinicultores resulta da venda do leite para a indústria de transformação, sendo a receita da exploração complementada com a venda dos cabritos e o prémio atribuído aos caprinos. A produção de leite, total e corrigida para 150 dias de lactação, em média de 234,4 L e 200,4 L, respetivamente, encontra-se abaixo do valor padrão da raça Serrana, ecótipo Ribatejano. A qualidade higiénica do leite é deficiente na generalidade das explorações, ultrapassando os valores de referência recomendadosThis study describes the population and production systems of the Serrana goat breed Ribatejana branch, in the Oeste region of Portugal. It is based on data supplied by ACRO – Ribatejo e Oeste Goat, Sheep and Cattle Breeders’ Association, and on a questionnaire to the herdbook breeders from the same association. Milk quality data have also been obtained from Queijo Saloio S.A. and Santiago & Santiago S.A.. There are twenty three herdbook breeders, with a total of 3997 animals. Farms are family owned. Average herd size is 182 head. Housing is mostly adapted old buildings. Machine milking is dominant. The main source of income is the sale of milk to the dairy industry. Kid sales and farm subsidies are complementary income sources. Average total and 150 days lactation yields are 234.4 L and 200.4 L, respectively. These values are lower than the Serrana breed, Ribatejana sub-breed averages. Milk hygiene quality is poor in most farms, with bacterial counts exceeding recommended values.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio