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Aim: Assessing the oral and systemic health of patients hospitalized in intensive care units. Methods: Cross-sectional study focused on examining the oral health and associated systemic conditions, as well as general data collected from medical records of a convenience sample encompassing 175 critical patients. Procedures were performed by a single examiner for 21 months. Collected data were recorded in individualized forms for further tabulation (Excel software) and descriptive statistical analysis in percentages (R software).

O objetivo foi avaliar o efeito da idade, escolaridade e Exercício Físico, na memória, atenção seletiva, em mulheres idosas fisicamente ativas. Metodologia: A pesquisa contou com 50 idosas acima de 60 anos ativas matriculadas no projeto Universidade Aberta de Terceira Idade (UniATI). Para a coleta de dados foram aplicados os testes MEMO, STROOP e VELOTESTE. Foi utilizado ANOVA one-way, Post-hoc e Correlação de Pearson. Resultado: Foi constatado que as idosas com idade média de 62.36±1.02, apresentaram melhores resultados nos testes de memória e atenção seletiva.

Objective: To describe the Tuberculinic test yield, between contacts of Tuberculosis treated in a Basic Health Unit. Methodology: It is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out in a Basic Health Unit, in the capital of a state in the Brazilian Northeast. Data collection was of the secondary type, using forms from the Health Department of the municipality, which was under the study, when the contacts of Tuberculosis performed the Tuberculinictest, in local action. Results: One hundred and thirty-three contacts were examined, of which 62.4% were households.

In the presence of dental caries, there may be an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the ability of antioxidant enzymes to eliminate them, defined as oxidative stress, which can cause tissue damage. Several biomarkers have been used to assess oxidative stress, such as the antioxidant capacity of saliva (CAT) and salivary uric acid (SUA). The objective of this work was to evaluate the relationship between the antioxidant capacity of saliva (CAT) and salivary uric acid (SUA) with dental caries.

The incidence of vaginal prolapse in sows is low and their predisposition may be associated with the delivery process, while uterine torsion is rare and can lead to fetal death. The article describes the procedure performed on a sow that presented with vaginal prolapse. During transvaginal palpation there was a cervical opening, but palpation was prevented at some point. This led to the suspicion of uterine torsion and an emergency cesarean section surgery was performed, where the diagnosis was confirmed. Seven piglets were born with life and a mummified fetus.

The vicious circle due to COVID-19 is making grave havoc all over the world. The immense suffering and unimaginable financial catastrophe with loss of million lives and more millions infected, the world seemed trembling tremendously. In addition to this, concurrent wild fires in USA, Brazil and Australia, and frequent floods & hurricanes with vigorous thunderstorms must make people of the world to think otherwise. There is no explanations about why all these happenings at a time. The Holy Scriptures mention answer.

The premise that deficits in social skills (HS) repertoires are predictive factors for behavior problems in schoolchildren is supported in the scientific literature. HS programs have been shown to be effective in maximizing protection factors for students' personal development and learning. This work is justified by the relevance of HS in personal development and in the influence on mental health and quality of life of adolescents.

Este artigo teve como objetivo caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico e epidemiológico dos trabalhadores de enfermagem do Pronto Socorro (PS) de um Hospital Universitário. É um estudo epidemiológico, descritivo e quantitativo realizado em julho de 2017. Foram 144 profissionais de enfermagem envolvidos no estudo, com amostra de 105 participantes. Os resultados evidenciaram taxa 31,4% de acidentes, predominando o sexo feminino, 72,7% entre os acidentados, dos quais 66,6% eram casados ou em união estável, com média de idade de 38,6 anos.

It is considered that any teaching-learning activity must be ethically conducted, and for that, efforts are necessary to create an environment conducive to the assimilation of the concepts, theories and methods considered indispensable for good coexistence in a democratic, secular and plural society. This perspective is extremely important, as current research aimed at machine learning tries to build intelligent systems, without prejudice, preventing them, for example, from behaving in a racist, sexist or speciesist manner. The discussion of these questions is the aim of this essay.

Exercise programs in rats, such as aerobic exercise and swimming are widely used to identify the benefits of this therapy for the cardiovascular system, this condition implies the need for records that seek evidence of cardiovascular adaptations in animals submitted to physical training. The influence of aquatic therapy on morphological and structural alterations in cardiac my ocytes and electrophysiological and hemodynamic characteristics are not yet clarified in the literature.