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Abstract Objective Childhood maltreatment is extremely harmful to health, especially in relation to development of the psychiatric disorders throughout life. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence and types of maltreatment in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren and to investigate associations between maltreatment types and anxiety and depressive symptoms, sociodemographic variables, and risk behaviors. The study also identified which variables were the greatest predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study with a sample of 654 school students aged 11 to 17 years. We collected sociodemographic data and administered the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-47) to measure anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) to evaluate maltreatment and adverse experiences such as abuse and negligence during childhood and adolescence. Statistical analyses were conducted to estimate correlations between sociodemographic data, anxiety, depression, and types of maltreatment. A regression analysis was also conducted to identify maltreatment types that predict psychological symptoms. Results Emotional abuse and emotional neglect were the most prevalent types of maltreatment. Statistically, emotional abuse was the maltreatment type most strongly correlated with depression and anxiety and tended to co-occur with other types of maltreatment. Additionally, emotional and sexual abuse were the greatest predictors of anxiety and depression in adolescents. Conclusion The above results reinforce the findings of previous studies in terms of understanding the effects of maltreatment. They identify emotional abuse as the main predictor of depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Abstract Introduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the fourth most prevalent mental disorder and is a disabling condition. OCD is associated with anatomical and functional changes in the brain, in addition to dysfunctional cognitions. The treatments of choice are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and exposure and response prevention (ERP). Trial-based cognitive therapy (TBCT) is a recent and empirically validated psychotherapy with a focus on restructuring dysfunctional negative core beliefs (CBs). The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of TBCT relative to ERP for treatment of OCD. Methods A randomized, single-blind clinical trial was conducted, randomizing 26 patients for individual treatment with TBCT (n = 12) or ERP (n = 14). The groups were evaluated at baseline, at the end of 3 months (12 sessions), and at 3, 6, and 12-month follow-ups. Results Both approaches reduced the severity of symptoms with large effect sizes. These results were maintained at the 12-month follow-up assessment. Conclusion TBCT may be a valid and promising treatment for this disorder.

Abstract Introduction Few instruments are available in Brazil to evaluate psychomotor activity in psychiatric emergency, clinical, and research settings. This study aimed to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Behavioral Activity Rating Scale (BARS) into Brazilian Portuguese and assess the adapted scale’s psychometric properties. Method An expert consensus committee conducted a translation and back-translation of the original scale, resulting in the BARS-BR. Four pairs of physicians administered the BARS-BR and the Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS) to patients in a hospital psychiatry emergency room and patients in the hospital’s psychiatric wards. The BARS-BR was compared to the SAS to assess concurrent validity and internal consistency was evaluated with the Bland-Altman technique. Results In the emergency room, the correlation coefficients between the first and second assessments were rho = 0.997 and rho = 1.0, respectively. In the hospital wards, the correlation coefficient between the pair of evaluators was rho = 0.951. There were strong correlations between the BARS-BR score of the first examiner and the SAS score of the second examiner (rho = 0.903) and between the SAS score of the first examiner and the BARS-BR score of the second examiner (rho = 0.893). Conclusion The BARS-BR showed good psychometric properties, and we recommend its use because it constitutes an easy method for assessment of changes in psychomotor activity. Further studies are suggested to evaluate adoption and comprehension of the BARS-BR scale by all classes of healthcare professionals.

This report aims to provide guidance to producers on practical aspects for moving from a system with no defined breeding season to a system with a defined season. Written by Mario Binelli, Thiago Martins, Tim Wilson, Cindy Sanders, Mark Warren, Matt Hersom, and Curt Lacy, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences, revised January 2023.

Introducción: El objetivo del estudio fue comparar la densidad vascular (DV) peripapilar y macular medidos con la angiografía por tomografía óptica (OCTA) entre pacientes con glaucoma preperimétrico (GP), hipertensión ocular (HTO) y sanos. Material y métodos: Estudio transversal, de cohorte, observacional y prospectivo. Se incluyeron 90 ojos de 90 pacientes divididos en: 30 con GP, 30 con HTO y 30 sanos; durante octubre del 2020 hasta enero 2021. Se usó la OCTA de fuente de barrido (SS-DRI OCT; Triton, Topcon, Japón). Resultados: Encontramos diferencia estadísticamente significativa en la DV macular entre los 3 grupos (ANOVA p < 0.001), pero no en la DV peripapilar (ANOVA p = 0.081). En el análisis por cuadrantes de la DV macular y peripapilar, hallamos diferencias estadísticamente significativas en todos, excepto en el cuadrante temporal (ANOVA p = 0.449) y nasal (ANOVA p = 0.532) respectivamente. Todos los espesores de la capa de bras nerviosas retinales (CFNR), se redujeron significativamente en los cuadrantes temporal (ANOVA, p = 0.001) e inferior (ANOVA p = 0.011). Al correlacionar la CFNR y su correspondiente DV macular y peripapilar, no fue significativa en ninguno de los cuadrantes del grupo GP. Conclusiones: La OCTA es una tecnología prometedora que permite la visualización no invasiva de los vasos capilares peripapilares y retinianos. Existe una diferencia significativa en la densidad vascular promedio y por sectores entre los pacientes con GP, HTO y sanos. Aún no es claro si el daño estructural antecede al daño vascular.

Tradicionalmente los profesionales de la salud visual describen la visión en el glaucoma como «visión en túnel» o «ver en un popote». Sin embargo, cualquier simulador que trate de expresar o imitar los síntomas del glaucoma debe tener en cuenta un seguidor de la mirada, un tipo especifico de escotoma y la localización de los escotomas, los cuales deben ser negativos (desaparecen objetos e imágenes). En esta comunicación breve proponemos realizar ejercicios de mancha ciega como simulador fisiológico de la visión con glaucoma. Creemos que realizar estos ejercicios es importante para los profesionales de la salud, así como para los familiares de los pacientes con glaucoma, para entender qué tan confusas pueden ser las imágenes del mundo real para los pacientes con glaucoma. La visión con glaucoma, en términos de percepción, es percibida igual que la visión normal con varios síntomas subconscientes que no pueden ser atribuidos directamente a la enfermedad por parte del paciente que la sufre.

Introducción. La producción de vainilla en México ha disminuido en un 70 % en los últimos quince años, debido a la caída de sus frutos que ocurre en condiciones climáticas extremas, cuando la temperatura es mayor a 32 °C y la humedad relativa es menor a 80 %. Objetivo. El objetivo fue determinar el efecto de algunos reguladores de crecimiento (RC) comerciales sobre la retención de frutos de vainilla (Vanilla planifolia Jacks ex Andrews) cultivar Mansa. Materiales y métodos. El estudio se realizó en el 2016 en el municipio de Tecolutla, Veracruz, México. Los tratamientos evaluados fueron: clorhidrato de aminoetoxivinilglicina (AVG; 250 ppm), 1-ácido naftalenacético (ANA; 27 ppm), Benciladenina (BA; 150 ppm), Forclorfenurón (CPPU; 5 ml l-1 de agua), Ácido 2,4-diclorofenoxiacético (2,4-D; 32 ppm), 2,4-D (32 ppm) + CPPU (5 ml l-1 de agua) y testigo, que consistió en aplicar solamente un acidificante (8 ml en 10 l de agua). Los tratamientos se aplicaron en tres ocasiones en los mismos frutos a los 6, 20 y 31 días después de las últimas flores polinizadas por racimo. Resultados. Todos los RC retuvieron más frutos etiquetados que el testigo. Los tratamientos 2,4-D y 2,4-D + CPPU retuvieron más frutos por racimo y produjeron frutos significativamente más largos que el testigo. Además, la mezcla 2,4-D + CPPU produjo frutos con mayor diámetro que el testigo. Los reguladores de crecimiento AVG, ANA BA y CPPU no difirieron en el número de frutos etiquetados, frutos por racimo, longitud del fruto y diámetro del fruto. Conclusión. Los RC tuvieron un efecto positivo en la retención de frutos de vainilla, principalmente la mezcla 2,4-D + CPPU, con la cual se obtuvieron más frutos etiquetados y por racimo, con respecto al testigo. El uso de RC fue efectivo para reducir el aborto en vainilla.

Purpose To determine differences in prevalence of angle closure disease (ACD) in a glaucoma department of an ophthalmology teaching hospital before and after strategies promoting gonioscopy were implemented. To characterize patients with angle closure disease and also when divided by Foster classification in a heterogeneous Latin American population. Study design Retrospective, observational, case-control study. Material and methods We reviewed every electronic medical record from July 2010 and July 2013 from the glaucoma department at our institution. Prevalence was obtained from the diagnosis of electronic medical records and we characterized patients with general ACD and also when dividing them according to Foster ACD classification Results: We reviewed 2112 medical records from July 2010 and 2549 medical records from 2013. Angle closure disease prevalence went from 7.29% (n=154) in 2010 to 20.36% (n=519) in 2013. Prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) decreased from 23.20% to 10.84% in the same period of time. Angle closure disease characterization revealed that women are the most affected gender Conclusions: Promoting the performance of a standardized and supervised gonioscopy to all patients of a glaucoma department in an ophthalmology teaching hospital, resulted in 1.79 times more diagnosis of angle closure compared to a time when it was not compulsory. Characterization showed that angle closure patients tend to be women, with decreasing low hyperopia and normal office intraocular pressures, especially when treated with antiglaucoma medications.

This paper analyses the history of three English translations of Tirant lo Blanch which are currently available. In order to show the working method of each translator, Wittlln compares the three English versions of one of the most famous chapters of the novel, which is that of the love affair between Tirant and Carmesina in La Fontaine's, Rosenthal's and Rudder's version. The translations of Tirant lo Blanch confirm the translators' great power and the importance of their way of understanding literary works when reproducing the original aesthetic canons.

From the inventory of books that Matias Mercader possessed, Wittlin raises doubts about the role of this family as cultural mentors proposed by several crítics, and in particular he qüestions the influence this library might have had on the literary and intellectual background of Joanot Martorell.

Trabalho versa sobre / é divido em: evolução do conceito e das tábuas logarítimicas – etimologia; descoberta dos logaritmos; evolução cronológica dos logaritmos; outras tábuas de logaritmos

Francesc Eiximenis va treballar en una enciclopèdia que havia de tenir tretze volums entre els anys 1380 i 1390. En els manuscrits les formes «crestià», «crestiana», «crestianisme», etc. són freqüents i semblen justificar el títol "Crestià". El present article posa en relleu que en els manuscrits medievals aquests termes s’abreujaven d’acord amb les recomanacions de teòlegs i místics que desitjaven manifestar, a través de l’ús de lletres especials i d’abreviatures, els misteris inherents a les lletres dels noms «Jesús» i «Crist». Una abreviatura molt freqüent per «cristià» era xpa amb un signe sobre la p. Aquest signe era molt similar al signe usat per abreujar el conjunt de lletres "re" o "rest". Els copistes, després d’haver vist centenars d’abreviatures d’aquesta mena, o de paraules en què el grup "pre" s’escrivia amb una p acompanyada de l’abreviatura per "re", creient que "ia" era el final de la paraula i estan acostumats a la pronúncia dissimilada "crestià", van acostumar-se a transcriure aquestes abreviatures com "crestià", tot i que Eiximenis explica que «cristià devalla de Crist».

Oklahoma is one of 16 states electing to use an A-F letter grade as an indicator of school quality. On the surface, letter grades are an attractive policy instrument for school improvement; they are seemingly clear, simple, and easy to interpret. Evidence, however, on the use of letter grades as an instrument to rank and improve schools is scant at best. We address the gap in the literature by using student test scores to evaluate the use of Oklahoma’s A-F grades as a school quality indicator. Achievement differences between letter grades were small and in most cases not statistically significant when student and school characteristics were held constant. School grades did not reveal large achievement gaps in the highest ranked schools. Additionally, free/reduced lunch and minority students in D and F schools outperformed peers in A and B schools.

Les chapitres du Dotzè de Francesc Eiximenis analysés dans cette conférence décrivent les souffrances des soldats pendant un siège. La pire est de savoir que leur roi avait juré d’endurer tout jusqu’a la fin. Eiximenis fait énoncer a un philosophe grec immaginaire des solutions surprenantes à tous les maux et finit par réitérer trois principes: une retraite ou fuite n'est pas nécéssairement honteuse; le peuple a le droit de se soustraire à l'obéissance d'un roi devenu fou; un bon roi écoute bien ses conseillers. Nous suggérerons que ces chapitres sont un criticisme voilé du projet -toujours frustré- du roi Pierre III de se soumettre toute la Sardaigne. Eiximenis était probablement présent quand le roi annonça en 1354 son départ contre l’île. Il a certainement entendu parler des souffrances pendant le siège d’Alguer, vu que le roi les mencionne dans des douzaines de lettres -dans une il y ajouta son poème sur "l'air si bon" de la Sardaigne- et plus tard dans sa Chronique. La conquête était une idée fixe du roi, et sa persistance a certainement été louée par les orateurs lors des célébrations publiques du cinquantenaire de l'accès au trône en 1386. 1386 était l'année quand Eiximenis rédigeait le Dotzè. Il y cachait son criticisme du roi Pierre -en catalan Pere- en parlant d'un roi Pirro, mais signale au lecteur que ce nom n'est qu'un code en ajoutant I'absurdité que Pirro était roi de Rome.

Implementing a controlled breeding season to manage the length of the calving season is a cost-effective management practice. This 4-page fact sheet describes a 3- to 4-year conversion program beef cattle producers can follow. Written by Tim Wilson, Cindy Sanders, Mark Warren, Matt Hersom, and Curt Lacy, and published by the UF Department of Animal Science, August 2011. AN267/AN267: Converting the Beef Cow Herd to a Controlled Breeding Season (ufl.edu)

Resumen Los autores reportan el caso de un paciente femenino de 68 años que cursó con hipotonía y cámara plana en el postoperatorio de un implante Ex-PRESS. Tras resolverse el cuadro se observó obstrucción de la luz de entrada del implante por iris, el cuál fue liberado por medio de YAG laser. Reportamos nuestros resultados y discutimos los casos que se abordaron de manera similar en la literatura. Abstract The authors report a case of a 68-year-old woman who developed hypotony and a narrow anterior chamber after an Ex-PRESS shunt implant. After resolution, tube was obstructed by iris hanging to the end of the shunt, which was liberated using Nd:YAG laser. We discuss our results compared with others shown in the literature.

In recent years, FAES breeders have joined forces with FAES molecular geneticists. Molecular genetics can make breeding programs more efficient, accelerate progress in breeding, and enable the introduction of novel traits. This document is part of Circular 1440, a publication of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, the Agronomy Department and IFAS Communication Services, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date August 2003. Originally published as a booklet by IFAS Communication Services June 2003. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag224

Avaliação da estado-da-arte no campo da produção de informações sistemáticas sobre o meio ambiente. Discute a importância de moldura conceituai para servir de base para a produção de estatísticas consistentes e de valia para os usuários e indica as dificuldades que vêm sendo enfrentadas para se chegar a um consenso sobre essa questão no campo das informações ambientais. Comenta esforços, ainda emergentes, visando a oferecerão público, aos tomadores de decisão e à comunidade científica, de forma sistemática, um fluxo de informações para o tratamento adequado de questões relacionadas ao impacto ambiental das atividades antrópicas e à sustentabilidade do desenvolvimento. Palavras-chave Informação ambiental; Estatísticas ambientais/Referencial teórico. Present state of the systematic production of environmental information Abstract Examines the evolution of the state of the arts in the field of the systematic production of environmental information. Discusses the importance of a basic conceptual framework for the production of statistics which are consistent and of value to the users and indicates the difficulties in arriving at a consensus on the matter for the field of environmental information; reviews the still emerging efforts being made to offer the public, decision makers and the scientific community a systematic and consistent flow of data and information useful for an adequate treatment of questions related to the environmental impact of human activities and to the sustainability of development. Keywords Environmental information. Environmental statistics/Theoretical framework.

La geometría del paraboloide-hiperbólico ofreció una serie de posibilidades a los arquitectos—cuando diseñaron las dos nuevas naves de fundición de la siderurgia Lohr—para conseguir una perfecta ventilación y una buena iluminación. Dos superficies hiperbólico-parabólicas, exactamente iguales, limitadas por tres bordes rectos y dos curvos, se elevan para terminar en una pieza de transición, que forma la parte superior de la campana de ventilación cuyo alzado norte está constituido por un lucernario de forma trapecial. Cada una de las campanas, cuyas dimensiones en planta son 13,50x15,00 m, se apoya en cuatro soportes aislados, que, a su vez, y en la dirección longitudinal de la nave, sirven como apoyos de un tren de grúa móvil, de 13,50 m de luz. La parte inferior de la nave tiene una, altura de 7,50 m hasta los puntos de arranque de la lámina de cubierta; la altura total hasta el remate de la campana es de 16,30 m y, por tanto, queda una, altura de 8,80 m para la cubierta laminar. El comportamiento estático de dicha cubierta fue estudiado a base de ensayos sobre modelos reducidos, a escala 1:10. Como en el interior de las naves hay siempre un exceso de calor, no ha hecho falta ningún aislamiento en la cubierta; y aprovechando la gran impermeabilización que ofrece el hormigón de alta calidad, se ha prescindido asimismo de revestirla. En conjunto, esta, construcción industrial puede considerarse como una contribución eficaz al desarrollo de las estructuras laminares actuales.

Abstract Neuroblastoma is the most common, non-central nervous system tumor of childhood. It has the potential to synthesize catecholamines. However, the presences of hypertension are uncommon. We report the perioperative management of a 15-month-old infant with giant abdominal neuroblastoma who presented severe hypertension. The pathophysiological alterations of neuroblastoma are reviewed and perioperative management presented.