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  1. Estudo da emergência odontológica e traumatologia buco-maxilo-facial nas unidades de internação e de emergência dos hospitais do Município de São Paulo Study of dental morbidity in hospitals in the City of Sao Paulo

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    Olga Maria Panhoca da Silva

    2003-04-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: A odontologia atende, através de seus serviços de emergência odontológica e traumatologia buco-maxilo-facial, diversos casos dentro desse contexto e prescinde de conhecer melhor essa morbidade, uma vez que não existem estudos com abrangência populacional nessa área. Devido ao fato de a odontologia hospitalar atender casos com origem nas causas externas e também casos originados da falta de tratamento odontológico ambulatorial, a casuística encontrada é complexa. OBJETIVO: Estudar a morbidade observada através das consultas realizadas em unidades de internação e emergência, segundo sexo, idade, diagnóstico e causa externa da lesão. MÉTODO: Triaram-se as instituições que atendiam a emergência odontológica geral e a traumatologia buco-maxilo-facial, a partir das fontes de dados governamentais (SIH-SUS e SIA-SUS, tomando-se como base os meses ímpares dos anos de 1996 e 1997. Por meio de questionários, configurou-se a rede governamental para esses serviços. Para os vinte e um hospitais que atendiam esses casos elaborou-se uma amostra por conglomerado único, abrangendo 5% dos atendimentos de cada uma das instituições. RESULTADOS: Mais da metade (57% dos atendimentos está ligada à emergência odontológica comum e 34% à traumatologia buco-maxilo-facial, área na qual aparece prioritariamente o adulto jovem do sexo masculino, configurando perfil semelhante ao encontrado na mortalidade por causas externas. CONCLUSÃO: Esta análise mostra que a sociedade observada ainda apresenta problemas odontológicos básicos, como a cárie e a doença periodontal, mas já indica o impacto das lesões com origem nas causas externas. No grupo Lesões, envenenamento e algumas outras conseqüências de causas externas evidencia-se a superioridade numérica dos casos para o sexo masculino e jovens. Verifica-se concentração maior de casos para diagnósticos mais graves, como as fraturas e ferimentos, do que para os

  2. Análise retrospectiva dos traumas faciais associados aos traumas cervicais dos pacientes atendidos na área de Cirurgia Buco-maxilo-facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - UNICAMP, no período de 1999 a 2009

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    Paulo Maria Santos Rabêlo Junior

    2011-01-01

    Resumo: Este trabalho foi baseado em um estudo observacional, seccional, retrospectivo do tipo caso-controle, com o objetivo de analisar a prevalência e características epidemiológicas da associação entre traumas faciais e traumas cervicais nos pacientes atendidos pela Área de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP)-Unicamp, na cidade de Piracicaba e região, no período de abril de 1999 a dezembro de 2009. Um total de 3095 pacientes com trauma facial foi inc...

  3. Avaliação retrospectiva de oito anos dos procedimentos implantodonticos associados ou não a procedimentos reconstrutivos realizados na area de cirurgia buco-maxilo-facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba

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    Galykon Alex Vitti Stabile

    2006-01-01

    Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar por meio de um levantamento retrospectivo de oito anos um delineamento do perfil da implantodontia dentro da Área de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP-Unicamp). Foram revisados ao todo 1422 prontuários cujos pacientes deveriam ser submetidos a procedimentos reabilitadores através da instalação de implantes dentários endósseos osseointegráveis. Os pacientes em questão foram caracterizados quanto à cor, gênero...

  4. Analise retrospectiva dos traumas faciais decorrentes de acidentes de transito em pacientes atendidos pela area de Cirurgia Buco-maxilo-facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP no periodo de 1999 a 2007

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    Marcia Socorro da Costa Borba

    2010-01-01

    Resumo: O presente estudo retrospectivo teve por objetivo avaliar a complexidade dos traumatismos faciais decorrentes de acidente de trânsito considerando diagnóstico, tratamento e complicações e relacioná-los com o uso de dispositivos de segurança. Os dados foram coletados dos prontuários do arquivo da Área de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/Unicamp no período de 1999 a 2007. A amostra foi de 657 pacientes dos quais 76,7% foram vítimas de acidente automo...

  5. Correlação entre a faixa etária, gênero e trauma de face : um estudo epidemiológico retrospectivo de pacientes tratados pela área de cirurgia buco-maxilo-facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/Unicamp de 1999 a 2007

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    Mauro Luiz Travessa de Barros

    2010-01-01

    Resumo: Este estudo retrospectivo teve por objetivo avaliar as características epidemiológicas do trauma facial correlacionando-o com faixa etária, gênero, características de complexidade, etiologia e complicações advindas do trauma. Os dados utilizados foram coletados dos prontuários do arquivo da área de cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/Unicamp. De acordo com a análise estatística encontrou-se os resultados assim distribuídos: Dos pacientes do gênero mas...

  6. Avaliação epidemiológica dos traumas faciais em pacientes idosos atendidos na Área de Cirurgia Buco-maxilo-facial da FOP-UNICAMP no período de abril de 1999 à dezembro de 2012

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    Castelo Pedro Vemba Cidade

    2013-01-01

    Resumo: Estudos atuais demonstram um aumento da população idosa mundial. No Brasil os idosos representam cerca de 9% da população, sendo aproximadamente 21 milhões de pessoas com mais de 60 anos. Este trabalho analisou características epidemiológicas de pacientes idosos vítimas de trauma de face atendido pela Área de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP) - Unicamp, na cidade de Piracicaba e região, no período de abril de 1999 a dezembro de 2012. A análise...

  7. Utilización de implantes oseointegrados orales para prótesis orbitaria: Caso clínico

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    Gonzalo Borgia

    Full Text Available Resumen: La constante evolución de la Implantología en los últimos años, ha logrado que el implante oseointegrado, sea un medio de anclaje eficaz y seguro, para las prótesis buco-maxilo-faciales. Los altos índices de éxito, que surgen de los estudios clínicos, confirman que los implantes oseointegrados son el tratamiento de elección para determinados pacientes1. El objetivo de este trabajo es la presentación de un caso clínico, en el que se instalaron implantes orales, para anclaje de una prótesis orbitaria. El paciente fue atendido en la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de la República, en el Servicio de Prótesis Buco Maxilo Facial, conjuntamente con el Departamento de Implantología Oral y MaxiloFacial

  8. Prevalência de traumatismos maxilo-faciais e dentais em pacientes atendidos no pronto-socorro municipal de São José dos Campos/SP = Prevalence of maxillofacial and dental traumatisms in patients attended at the first-aid municipal clinic of São José dos Campos/SP

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    Menezes, Marcia Maciel

    2007-01-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um levantamento sobre as causas de traumatismos maxilo-faciais e dentais em pacientes atendidos no ambulatório do setor de Traumatologia Buco-Maxilo-Facial do Pronto Socorro Municipal de uma cidade do Estado de São Paulo com 600. 000 habitantes no período de janeiro de 1998 a abril de 2002. Foram selecionados 756 casos e os dados referentes ao sexo, idade, data de atendimento, causa do trauma, áreas envolvidas, envolvimento dentário e tipo de trauma dental foram anotados em uma ficha. Os resultados mostraram que: 80,29% dos traumatismos ocorreram no sexo masculino; a faixa etária mais envolvida foi 25-29 anos (51,87%; a causa mais freqüente foi acidente automobilístico/bicicleta (25,33%; a região dos ossos nasais foi a mais acometida representando 32% dos casos; os dentes permanentes anteriores os mais afetados (69,39% e o tipo de trauma dental mais freqüente foi a avulsão (35,37%. Verificou-se pelo teste qui-quadrado de aderência a uma distribuição uniforme que houve diferença estatística em todos os 6 itens analisados (p < 0,05. Concluiu-se que a ocorrência de traumatismo maxilo-facial foi mais freqüente em adultos do sexo masculino, relacionados a acidente automobilístico/bicicleta, sendo a região dos ossos nasais a área mais acometida, os dentes permanentes anteriores os mais envolvidos e a avulsão, o trauma dental mais freqüente

  9. Nero come un buco nero

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    Ioli, Elena

    2013-01-01

    L'Universo è popolato di stelle, pianeti, galassie, comete, asteroidi, ma di sicuro i suoi abitanti più misteriosi e affascinanti sono i buchi neri! Bernardo, Gregorio e i loro due amici scopriranno insieme al nonno Gino tutti i segreti di questi misteriosi oggetti celesti. Cone nasce un buco nero e cone è fatto? Cosa succede se ci cado dentro? Un buco nero è veramente nero? E che cosa c'è dall'altra parte di un buco nero? Età di lettura: da 9 anni.

  10. Aspectos da distribuição de tecidos músculo-esqueléticos de um banco de tecidos Aspects of the distribution of musculoskeletal tissues by a tissue bank

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    Roney Campos Granjeiro

    2009-01-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar as características da distribuição desses por um Banco de Tecidos no Brasil. MÉTODOS: Base de dados do Banco de Tecidos entre setembro de 2006 e junho de 2008. Características dos receptores foram tabuladas. Os tipos de tecidos processados foram: cabeças femorais, osso metafisio-epifisário, osso cortical, ossos curtos ou chatos e tendões. O destino dos enxertos foi analisado. Frequências das distribuições foram obtidas e analisadas. RESULTADOS: Foram distribuídas 734 unidades tecidos fresco-congelados, transplantadas em 683 receptores. Doadores de múltiplos órgãos originaram 97,9% dos tecidos e doadores vivos os demais. Foram transplantados 489 unidades de osso córtico-esponjoso, 137 de osso metafisio-epifisário, 44 de osso chato ou curto, 3 de tendão, 29 de osso particulado e 32 de cabeças femorais. A média de idade dos receptores foi 50,3 anos, sendo 59,5% do sexo feminino e 40,5% do masculino. Os tecidos foram destinados para uso ortopédico em 21,1% dos casos e buco-maxilo-facial, em 78,9%. CONCLUSÃO: O Banco de Tecidos aumentou o número de distribuições em resposta à demanda crescente de tecidos, principalmente para uso em cirurgia buco-maxilo-facial.OBJECTIVE: Is to evaluate the characteristics of the distribution of these grafts by a Tissue Bank in Brazil. METHODS: Tissue Bank database from September 2006 to June 2008. The characteristics of the recipients were drawn up in the table form. The types of tissue processed were: femoral heads, metaphyseal-epiphyseal bone, cortical bone, flat or short bones and tendons. The intended purpose of the grafts was analyzed, and distribution frequencies were also obtained and analyzed. RESULTS: Altogether, 734 units of fresh-frozen tissue were distributed and transplanted into 683 recipients. In terms of origin of the tissues, 97.9% came from multiple organ donors, and the remainder from living donors. A total of 489 units of cortical bone were transplanted

  11. Estado Confusional Agudo nas Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos

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    Santos, L; Alcântara, J

    1996-01-01

    As alterações do comportamento frequentemente observadas em doentes internados nas unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI), podem ser adequadamente designadas, na maioria das vezes, por estado confusional agudo, o qual se caracteriza por: flutuação do estado de vigília, distúrbio do ciclo vigília-sono, défice de atenção e concentração, desorganização do pensamento, manifestado entre outras formas por discurso incoerente, distúrbios da percepção sob a forma de ilusões e/ou alucinações, desorient...

  12. Comparando a Classificação Internacional de Doenças em Odontologia e Estomatologia (CID-OE com a Classificação Estatística Internacional de Doenças e Problemas Relacionados à Saúde (CID-10 Comparing the International Classification of Disease to Dentistry and Stomatology (ICD-DA and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10

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    Olga M. P. Silva

    2001-08-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: Nos estudos epidemiológicos de morbidade é necessário se adotar um sistema de classificação de doenças. Na odontologia e nos traumatismos buco-maxilo-faciais pode-se usar a Classificação Internacional de Doenças em Estomatologia e Odontologia (CID-OE mas, em alguns casos, esta classificação não é adequada. O objetivo deste estudo é comparar a aplicação da CID-OE com a aplicação da CID-10 na classificação de diagnósticos da área. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Foram analisados 2.372 casos atendidos em serviços de traumatismos buco-maxilo-faciais e emergências dentais no Município de São Paulo, Brasil, onde os diagnósticos encontrados foram codificados por ambas as classificações. RESULTADOS: A CID-OE especificou melhor 1.117 casos mas, em 267, não ofereceu possibilidade de codificação. Em 978 casos, o detalhamento dado pela codificação foi o mesmo em ambas as classificações.INTRODUCTION: Adopting a classification system of diseases is necessary to perform epidemiological studies of morbidity. In oral and maxillo-facial injuries and in dentistry we may use the International Classification of Diseases for Dentistry and Stomatology (ICD-DA, but the classification is not always appropriate. The objective of the study is to compare the accuracy of the ICD-DA to the International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision (ICD-10 in the classification of diagnoses. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 2,372 encounters were analyzed in oral and maxillo-facial care and in dental emergency services, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The encounters were codified by both classifications. RESULTS: 1,117 cases were better classified by the dental classification, but in 267 cases the ICD-DA does not offer a code. In 978 cases the details were the same in both classifications.

  13. Influencia de las alteraciones estéticas buco-dentales sobre la autoimagen y sociabilización en adolescentes entre 12-17 años

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    Paola Naranjo

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available El impacto que causan las patologías bucales sobre la estética facial ha sido motivo de numerosos estudios, llegando a deducir que la apariencia física es un factor trascendental a la hora de entablar relaciones sociales o simplemente para realizar una autocrítica y que la odontología estaría implicada en brindar soluciones a estos problemas. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo principal el estudio de la influencia de las alteraciones estéticas buco-dentales sobre la autoimagen y la sociabilización en los adolescentes de edades comprendidas entre 12 y 17 años pertenecientes al Instituto Tecnológico Andrés F. Córdova. Se llevó a cabo un estudio analítico, descriptivo, observacional y transversal en el cual se examinaron clínicamente a los participantes y únicamente se seleccionaron a aquellos que presentaron alteraciones patológicas buco-dentales que afectaran su estética facial, los cuales fueron 161 y posteriormente se pidió a cada uno de ellos contestar una encuesta de 15 ítems donde se valora la presencia de problemas de autocrítica o sociabilización y cuáles son sus acciones, sentimientos, manifestaciones y expectativas acerca de su problema. El estudio evidenció que los jóvenes experimentaron un impacto negativo sobre su imagen personal que influye en el desarrollo de problemas de autopercepción. Por otro lado los participantes fueron menos críticos en la evaluación de su aspecto estético en relación a lo social, ya que no hacían alusión la influencia de la afección estética buco-dental sobre la socialización.

  14. Oral and maxillofacial biopsied lesions in Brazilian pediatric patients: a 16-year retrospective study = Biópsias de lesões orais e maxilo-faciais em pacientes pediátricos brasileiros: estudo retrospectivo de 16 anos

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    Mouchrek, Monique Maria Melo

    2011-01-01

    Conclusão: Este estudo mostra uma tendência semelhante à relatada em estudos anteriores sobre as lesões mais freqüentes na região oral e maxilo-facial na população pediátrica. A maioria das lesões detectadas foram benignas, enquanto as malignas foram diagnosticadas em um número muito reduzido de pacientes

  15. UNIDADES GEOMORFOLÓGICAS DE PORTUGAL CONTINENTAL

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    Diamantino Insua Pereira

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available São representadas cartograficamente as unidades geomorfológicas identificadas para os 89015 km2 do território de Portugal Continental. A delimitação das unidades teve por base a análise dos padrões da textura fornecida por imagens SRTM, com revisão e adaptação posterior à altimetria e à geologia, para os quais foram usadas bases cartográficas digitais. Foram considerados três níveis taxionómicos que permitem descrever e caracterizar áreas homogéneas do ponto de vista geomorfológico. As três unidades de 1º nível baseiam-se nas unidades morfostruturais clássicas consideradas para a Península Ibérica. As dez unidades de 2º nível constituem, na sua maioria, divisões clássicas do relevo de Portugal Continental, agora agrupadas de acordo com a metodologia adoptada e designadas como unidades morfosculturais. As 56 unidades de 3º nível, ou subunidades morfosculturais, foram individualizadas com base nos padrões de relevo identificados nas imagens SRTM e na observação de campo e adquiriram uma designação baseada essencialmente nas geoformas que as individualizam e na toponímia local. As unidades geomorfológicas identificadas são descritas através de características do relevo, dissecação fluvial, estruturas, tipo de drenagem e base geológica, bem como de parâmetros numéricos gerados de forma automática, como classes de altitude e de declividade. Pretende-se que o mapa elaborado possa contribuir para a gestão territorial, em especial na tomada de decisões em conservação da natureza.

  16. Cuidados paliativos buco-dentales. Un campo desatendido en odontología

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    Dairo Javier Marín Zuluaga

    2017-07-01

    Full Text Available Los cuidados paliativos se dan ante la presencia de una enfermedad avanzada, progresiva e incurable, que presenta falta de posibilidades razonables de respuesta al tratamiento especí co, y está muy relacionada con la presencia, explícita o no, de la muerte. En esta situación se pueden presentar múltiples problemas o síntomas intensos, multifactoriales y cambiantes que producen gran impacto emocional en el paciente, su familia y el equipo terapéutico. Aunque las personas que reciben cuidados paliativos, presentan frecuentemente problemas buco-dentales, la salud bucal es un área regularmente descuidada y el odontólogo no participa en los equipos de trabajo de cuidados paliativos. En este marco se hace necesario que tanto el cuidador como todos los profesionales de salud conformen y trabajen en equipo, pues esto favorece al paciente. Se pueden presentar múltiples problemas para el cuidado paliativo de la boca, pues las condiciones que presenta el paciente le pueden imposibilitar colaborar con el tratamiento-. Los profesionales y/o cuidadores no siempre poseen los conocimientos requeridos, bien sobre los cuidados buco-dentales, bien sobre las patologías de base y su implicación sobre la boca y su cuidado; además los profesionales y el personal encargado del cuidado, en ocasiones no consideran importante la salud buco-dental en el contexto de la salud general y la calidad de vida. Finalmente se pueden presentar barreras administrativas, económicas o socio-culturales, que di culten o impidan la realización de los cuidados paliativos buco-dentales. En este contexto resulta fundamental que el odontólogo conozca los problemas relacionados con la enfermedad y entienda su naturaleza; pero también que el equipo de atención reconozca la importancia de la boca y su adecuado estado y funcionamiento para la salud general y la calidad de vida. Los planes de intervención deben organizarse de acuerdo al riesgo clínico, a la

  17. Avaliação de dispositivos médicos nas radiografias de tórax em unidades de terapia intensiva - tempo de prestar atenção!

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    Ana Sofia Linhares Moreira

    Full Text Available RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar e avaliar o posicionamento correto dos dispositivos médicos mais comumente utilizados, observados nas radiografias de tórax de pacientes durante a permanência em unidade de terapia intensiva de nosso centro. Métodos: Foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica quanto aos critérios utilizados para avaliar o posicionamento correto dos dispositivos médicos nas radiografias de tórax. Avaliamos todas as radiografias de tórax realizadas na unidade de terapia intensiva de nosso centro durante um período de 18 meses. Incluíram-se todas as admissões nas quais foi realizada uma radiografia do tórax na unidade de terapia intensiva, nas quais fosse identificável a presença de pelo menos um dispositivo médico. Para análise, selecionou-se uma radiografia por admissão. As radiografias foram avaliadas por um observador independente. Resultados: De um total de 2.312 radiografias analisadas, 568 foram incluídas neste estudo. Identificaram-se diversos dispositivos médicos, incluindo eletrodos de monitoramento, tubos endotraqueais, cânulas de traqueostomia, cateteres venosos centrais, marca-passos e próteses valvares cardíacas. Dentre os cateteres venosos centrais identificados, 33,6% dos subclávios e 23,8% dos jugulares estavam mal posicionados. Dentre os tubos endotraqueais, 19,9% estavam mal posicionados, enquanto todas as cânulas de traqueostomia tinham posicionamento correto. Conclusão: Frequentemente se identificam, na radiografia de tórax realizada em pacientes na unidade de terapia intensiva, cateteres venosos e tubos endotraqueais mal posicionados. Isso é importante, pois dispositivos mal posicionados podem se relacionar a eventos adversos. Estudos futuros devem investigar possíveis associações entre o mau posicionamento dos dispositivos e eventos adversos.

  18. Conocimiento sobre salud buco-dental de las embarazadas. Consultorio La California. 2012

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    Yero Mier, Ileana María; García Rodríguez, Marisel; Reytor Saavedra, Eduardo; Nazco Barrios, Lidia Ester

    2013-01-01

    Fundamento: existe desconocimiento sobre salud bucal de las embarazadas, como consecuencia acuden con frecuencia a los servicios de estomatología. Objetivo: identificar el nivel de conocimiento sobre salud buco-dental en pacientes embarazadas del Consultorio La California. 2012. Metodología: se realizó estudio observacional descriptivo. La población y la muestra fueron 93 embarazadas que asistieron a la consulta estomatológica. Se analizaron diferentes afecciones e identificación de factores ...

  19. Epidemiologia das fraturas de face em crianças num pronto-socorro de uma metrópole tropical Epidemiology of children's facial fractures in the emergency room of a tropical metropolis

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    Daniel Falbo Martins de Souza

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Realizar um estudo epidemiológico das fraturas de face em crianças em um serviço de urgência. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo de quarenta e dois pacientes com idades variando entre zero a 17 anos, portadores de fraturas de face, tratados no Setor de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Santa Casa de São Paulo, no período de janeiro de 2000 a dezembro de 2003. Os dados foram tabulados através das informações colhidas dos prontuários dos pacientes, tais como: idade, gênero, tipo de fratura, etiologia e sazonalidade. RESULTADOS: Entre os resultados encontrados, houve predominância do gênero masculino com 81% da casuística, a fratura de mandíbula foi a mais prevalente, com mais de 70% dos casos, os acidentes de trânsito e as quedas foram os agentes etiológicos que mais causaram fraturas. O verão foi a época do ano com mais casos de fratura e mais de 80% destas necessitaram de intervenção cirúrgica para o seu tratamento. CONCLUSÃO: É necessária uma política de prevenção com uma atenção especial aos acidentes de trânsito e às quedas, que foram os agentes etiológicos que mais causaram fraturas faciais.OBJECTIVE: To conduct an epidemiological study of facial fractures in children in an emergency room. METHODS: A retrospective study of forty-two patients, aged zero to 17 years, with facial fractures treated at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Santa Casa de São Paulo, from January 2000 to December 2003. The data were tabulated from information retrieved from patient files, such as age, gender, type of fracture, etiology and season of occurrence. RESULTS: Among the results were a predominance of males, accounting for 81% of all cases; jaw fracture was the most prevalent, constituting more than 70% of cases; and traffic accidents and falls were the etiologic agents that caused the most fractures. Summer was the season with the greatest number of cases of fracture and more than 80% required surgical

  20. Necesidad de prótesis buco-maxilofacial en el municipio Matanzas en el año 1999 Need for oral-maxillofacial protheses in Matanzas municipality in the year 1999

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    Evelio García Pulido

    2004-04-01

    Full Text Available Resumen Se realizó este trabajo con el objetivo de conocer la necesidad de prótesis buco-máxilo-facial en el municipio Matanzas, así como el comportamiento de estas y su relación con el sexo, la edad y la etiología. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal donde se tomó como referencia la población perteneciente a las distintas áreas de salud de este municipio. Para la obtención de la muestra se aplicó un diseño muestral estratificado por conglomerado, la cual quedó constituida por 1 937 personas, y a aquellas que reunieron los criterios de inclusión, se les aplicó la encuesta de necesidad de rehabilitación buco-maxilofacial. Se obtuvo como resultado que existía necesidad de prótesis buco-maxilofacial con preferencia por la del tipo ocular, sexo masculino y pacientes jóvenes. La etiología traumática fue la predominante como causa de lesión para ambos sexos, seguida por la oncológica. Las regiones auriculares y maxilares estuvieron afectadas en el sexo masculino en mayor cuantía que en el femenino. En las regiones orbital, nasal, mandibular y compleja no hubo afectaciones.This paper was aimed at finding out the need for oral-maxillofacial prostheses in Matanzas municipality as well as the performance of these appliances and their relation with sex, age and etiology. A cross-sectional descriptive study was made in which the population cared for by the different health care areas of this municipality was taken as reference. A stratified sampling design by conglomerates was applied to obtain a sample, finally composed of 1937 persons and those who met the inclusion criteria were administered the Oral-maxillofacial rehabilitation requirement survey. The results showed that the ocular oral maxillofacial prosthesis was the one that males and young patients preferred most. Trauma lesion was the predominant cause for both sexes followed by oncological problems. Auricular and maxillary regions were more affected in

  1. Reconhecimento materno na Unidade de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal

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    Monika Wernet

    2015-04-01

    Full Text Available RESUMO Objetivo: analisar experiências maternas em Unidade de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal, com foco nas relações de reconhecimento. Método: estudo qualitativo, desenvolvido na perspectiva da hermenêutica gadameriana, fundamentado no conceito honnethiano de reconhecimento. Foram entrevistadas, em profundidade, dez mães de crianças internadas em Unidade de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal. Resultados: há comprometimentos no processo de reconhecimento materno na unidade e, como desdobramento, surgem sentimentos de obrigação e insegurança para o cuidado do filho e fragilidades na autoestima. Conclusão: as interações com os profissionais de saúde e as normas e protocolos ali existentes promovem vulnerabilidades e comprometem o reconhecimento e a autonomia materna.

  2. Epidemiologia das fraturas zigomáticas: uma análise de 10 anos = Zygomatic fractures epidemiology: a 10-year-analysis

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    Gondola, Abdiel Ortega

    2006-01-01

    Full Text Available Devido a sua localização e projeção no complexo maxilofacial, o osso zigomático apresenta elevado índice de fratura comparando-o às demais fraturas dos ossos da face. Estudos epidemiológicos sempre são de grande importância para o cirurgião BucoMaxiloFacial, pois fornecem dados pelos quais se pode traçar o perfil das fraturas faciais e analisar a efetividade dos métodos de tratamento empregados. No presente trabalho foi realizado um levantamento epidemiológico retrospectivo de 10 anos dos pacientes atendidos no Hospital Infantil Maria Lucinda que apresentavam fratura do complexo zigomático. A amostra foi composta por 153 pacientes portadores de fratura do complexo zigomático, onde foram analisados comparativamente os indicadores gênero, faixa etária, etiologia do trauma e localização topográfica da fratura. Os resultados obtidos mostraram o gênero masculino como o mais acometido (83,6%, a faixa etária de 21 a 40 anos (71,2% mais freqüente, tendo como causa principal a queda da própria altura (39,9% e o osso zigomático esquerdo como a localização mais afetada (49,7%

  3. Estudo epidemiológico das fraturas mandibulares em hospital público da cidade de São Paulo

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    Antonio Augusto Ferreirinha Leporace

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a frequência epidemiológica de fraturas mandibulares correlacionando gênero, faixa etária, fatores etiológicos, localização anatômica, e tipos de traços de fratura. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo nos prontuários de 883 pacientes portadores de fraturas faciais, atendidos no Pronto Socorro do Hospital Geral de Vila Penteado, pelo Serviço de Cirurgia e Traumatologia Buco Maxilo Facial (São Paulo - Brasil, num período de três anos (janeiro de 2004 a dezembro de 2006. RESULTADOS: Dos 883 pacientes avaliados, 270 apresentaram fraturas mandibulares (30,5 %. O gênero masculino foi o mais acometido (76,7% na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos (33,0%, o fator etiológico de maior freqüência foi acidente com veículos automotores (35,2%, o corpo da mandíbula foi a localização anatômica mais atingida (47,4% e os traços únicos prevaleceram (76,7%. CONCLUSÃO: As fraturas, em sua maioria, foram simples (traço único, localizadas em corpo mandibular, e destacadas no sexo masculino, na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos, além do que o fator etiológico mais comum foi acidente com veículos automotores.

  4. Gestão do trabalho nas Unidades de Pronto Atendimento: estratégias governamentais e perfil dos profissionais de saúde

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    Cristiani Vieira Machado

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available Resumo No final dos anos 2000, a expansão de Unidades de Pronto Atendimento (UPA no âmbito da política brasileira de atenção às urgências implicou a contratação de muitos profissionais. O artigo analisa as estratégias de gestão do trabalho dos governos e o perfil dos profissionais das UPA no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, que tem o maior número de unidades no país. Os métodos compreenderam: análise documental; entrevistas com gestores; visitas às UPA com aplicação de questionários a coordenadores, médicos e enfermeiros. Os resultados evidenciaram que as estratégias de gestão do trabalho variaram segundo esfera administrativa (estadual ou municipal e ao longo do tempo. As Organizações Sociais se tornaram as principais contratantes de profissionais nas UPA por propiciarem flexibilidade gerencial. Porém, sobressaíram problemas de seleção e fixação, como a predominância de profissionais jovens pouco experientes e a rotatividade de médicos. A instabilidade associada à contratação por terceiros reforçou a visão da UPA como trabalho temporário.

  5. 3D-CT imaging processing for qualitative and quantitative analysis of maxillofacial cysts and tumors Processamento de imagens em 3D-TC para análise qualitativa e quantitativa de cistos e tumores maxilo-faciais

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    Marcelo de Gusmão Paraiso Cavalcanti

    2002-09-01

    Full Text Available The objective of this study was to evaluate spiral-computed tomography (3D-CT images of 20 patients presenting with cysts and tumors in the maxillofacial complex, in order to compare the surface and volume techniques of image rendering. The qualitative and quantitative appraisal indicated that the volume technique allowed a more precise and accurate observation than the surface method. On the average, the measurements obtained by means of the 3D volume-rendering technique were 6.28% higher than those obtained by means of the surface method. The sensitivity of the 3D surface technique was lower than that of the 3D volume technique for all conditions stipulated in the diagnosis and evaluation of lesions. We concluded that the 3D-CT volume rendering technique was more reproducible and sensitive than the 3D-CT surface method, in the diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation of maxillofacial lesions, especially those with intra-osseous involvement.O presente trabalho consiste em um estudo associativo e comparativo entre as técnicas de superfície e volume para a reconstrução de imagens em três dimensões (3D utilizando tomografia computadorizada (TC. Foram realizadas tomografias computadorizadas em espiral de 20 pacientes com cistos e tumores do complexo maxilo-facial para análise qualitativa e quantitativa, utilizando métodos de superfície e de volume em 3D. A comparação interexaminadores apresentou erro padrão percentual menos elevado para a técnica de volume (1,94% que para a técnica de superfície (4,38%, indicando a maior reprodutibilidade do primeiro método. As medidas obtidas pela técnica de volume foram em média 6,28% mais elevadas que as medidas obtidas pela técnica de superfície. A técnica de volume apresentou sensibilidade mais elevada que a técnica de superfície na identificação das lesões do complexo maxilo-facial. A técnica de volume em 3D-TC, utilizando a metodologia da computação gráfica, apresentou maior

  6. Patient Destination after Discharge from Intensive Care Units: Wards or Intermediate Care Units? Destino del paciente después de recibir el alta médica de la unidad de cuidados intensivos: ¿unidad de internación o intermedia? Destino do paciente após alta da unidade de terapia intensiva: unidade de internação ou intermediária?

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    Maria Claudia Moreira da Silva

    2010-04-01

    Full Text Available This study characterizes patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs of hospitals that have intermediate units (IU regarding their demographic and clinical data and identifies factors related to discharge from these units. This prospective longitudinal study involved 600 adult patients hospitalized in general ICUs in four hospitals in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Demographic and clinical characteristics were similar to those found in other studies addressing patients hospitalized in ICUs. Factors associated with discharge from ICU to IU were: age ≥60 years, diseases related to the nervous, circulatory or respiratory systems, originated from the IU, and Simplified Acute Physiologic Score II (SAPS II, Logistic Organ Dysfunction (LODS and Nursing Activities Scores (NAS at admission and discharge from the ICU. Age and risk of death at admission in the ICU, according to SAPS II, stood out as indicators of discharge to IUs in the Multiple Logistic Regression analysis.Este estudio tuvo como objetivos caracterizar a los pacientes internados en unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI de hospitales con unidades intermediarias - en lo que se refiere a los datos demográficos y clínicos - e identificar los factores relacionados con el alta médica para esa unidad. Es estudio prospectivo longitudinal, con 600 pacientes adultos, internados en UTIs generales de cuatro hospitales del municipio de Sao Paulo. En los resultados, las características demográficas y clínicas fueron similares a las descritas en otros estudios sobre pacientes en UTIs. Los factores asociados con el alta hospitalaria para la unidad intermediaria fueron: edad ≥60 años, antecedentes relacionados al sistema nervioso, circulatorio o respiratorio, procedencia de la unidad intermediaria y valores del Simplified Acute Physiologic Score II (SAPS II, Logistic Organ Dysfunction (LODS y Nursing Activities Score (NAS en la admisión y el alta de la UTI. En el análisis de regresión log

  7. Tendências de gerenciamento de unidades de saúde e de pessoas

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    Adriana Maria André

    2013-02-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Identificar que fatores produzem novas tendências no gerenciamento das unidades básicas de saúde e mudanças nos modelos de gestão. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo com dez gestores de unidades de saúde e dez especialistas da área de saúde de São Paulo, SP, em 2010. Foi adotada a metodologia Delphi. Foram utilizadas quatro rodadas para a coleta de dados, três quantitativas e a quarta qualitativa. Nas três primeiras foram levantadas as tendências de mudança nos modelos de gestão; no perfil do gestor e nas competências requeridas para a função, foi utilizado o teste estatístico de Mann Whitney. A quarta rodada ocorreu por meio de um painel com os envolvidos, tendo sido escolhida a análise temática. RESULTADOS: Foram identificados os principais fatores que estão impulsionando o gerenciamento das unidades básicas de saúde, como as mudanças nos modelos de gestão. Foi consenso de que as dificuldades no gerenciamento das equipes e nas políticas influemciam nesse processo. Verificou-se que os gestores estão a par das tendências do macrocontexto com o advento das organizações sociais de saúde, mas ainda não estão se antecipando nas ações institucionais. CONCLUSÕES: A formação acadêmica deve ser revista não só quanto aos conteúdos, mas quanto ao desenvolvimento desses profissionais. O recrutamento, a seleção, o desenvolvimento e a avaliação devem ser norteados por essas competências alinhadas à missão, à visão, aos valores e aos modelos de gestão das organizações no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde.

  8. Prevalência de interações medicamentosas em unidades de terapia intensiva no Brasil

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    Carvalho,Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de; Reis,Adriano Max Moreira; Faria,Leila Márcia Pereira de; Zago,Karine Santana de Azevedo; Cassiani,Silvia Helena De Bortoli

    2013-01-01

    OBJETIVO: Determinar a prevalência de interações medicamentosas em unidades de terapia intensiva e analisar a significância clínica das interações identificadas. MÉTODOS: Estudo multicêntrico, transversal e retrospectivo desenvolvido com 1124 pacientes em sete unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI) de hospitais de ensino no Brasil. As informações sobre os medicamentos administrados com 24 horas e 120 horas de internação foram obtidas nas prescrições. RESULTADOS: Em 24 horas 70,6% dos pacientes a...

  9. ÍNDICE DE SÍTIO PARA Pinus elliottii Engelm, EM TRÊS UNIDADES DE MAPEAMENTO DE SOLO, NAS REGIÕES DA SERRA DO SUDESTE E LITORAL, NO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL

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    Helio Tonini

    2002-06-01

    Full Text Available Realizou-se um estudo do crescimento em altura dominante de Pinus elliottii em povoamentos com idades entre 18 e 21 anos, localizados em três Unidades de Mapeamento de Solo, em quatro municípios, nas unidades de relevo Serra do Sudeste e Planície Gaúcha, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os pares de dados altura e idade, oriundos de análise de tronco, foram ajustados pelo modelo de Richards. A construção de curvas de índice de sítio para cada local, indicou que a tendência de crescimento entre os locais estudados foi semelhante, o que permitiu o seu agrupamento e a geração de um único conjunto de 9 curvas monomórficas para os índices de sítio de 6 a 30 m, tendo como idade de referência 18 anos.

  10. Democracia participativa nas comunidades carentes cariocas com Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora: Gestão e planejamento democráticos das políticas públicas urbanas

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    Marcio André Conde Martins

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    Desde o fim da era das remoções, o foco de preocupação do Estado em relação às favelas tem se deslocado da urbanização para a violência, em especial para o tráfico de drogas. A militarização da questão da violência urbana se manifesta de forma definitiva com a inauguração das Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora nas comunidades carentes cariocas. A despeito dos aspectos positivos imediatos, a ausência de participação popular no processo de ocupação pelo Estado desses espaços segregados têm levant...

  11. Índice de sítio para Pinus elliottii Engelm, em três unidades de mapeamento de solo, nas regiões da Serra do Sudeste e Litoral, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

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    Helio Tonini

    2010-08-01

    Full Text Available Realizou-se um estudo do crescimento em altura dominante de Pinus elliottii em povoamentos com idades entre 18 e 21 anos, localizados em três Unidades de Mapeamento de Solo, em quatro municípios, nas unidades de relevo Serra do Sudeste e Planície Gaúcha, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os pares de dados altura e idade, oriundos de análise de tronco, foram ajustados pelo modelo de Richards. A construção de curvas de índice de sítio para cada local, indicou que a tendência de crescimento entre os locais estudados foi semelhante, o que permitiu o seu agrupamento e a geração de um único conjunto de 9 curvas monomórficas para os índices de sítio de 6 a 30 m, tendo como idade de referência 18 anos.

  12. Dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva para adultos Dimensionamiento del personal de enfermería en una Unidad de Terapia Intensiva para adultos Sizing the nursing staff in an Intensive Care Unit for Adults

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    Kelly Cristina Inoue

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar o dimensionamento do pessoal de enfermagem da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva de Adultos (UTI-A através da aplicação do Nursing Activities Score (NAS e da Resolução COFEN n.º 293/2004. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa descritiva, exploratória realizada na UTI-A de um hospital-escola do Paraná, entre novembro/2007 e maio/2008. A população constituiu-se de 107 pacientes que permaneceram mais de 24 horas nessa unidade. RESULTADOS: De acordo com os resultados, a média do NAS (697,3 pontos aponta para alta carga de trabalho de enfermagem; a equipe de enfermagem do setor deve contar com 40 profissionais em ao invés de 28; a proporção de 35,7% de enfermeiros não corresponde com o recomendado que é de 52,5%. CONCLUSÃO: Apesar de algumas limitações do instrumento NAS para mensurar a carga de trabalho de enfermagem em UTI e do Índice de Segurança Técnica empírico, recomendado nacionalmente, concluiu-se que os dois métodos utilizados contribuem para um dimensionamento do pessoal de enfermagem mais adequado às necessidades desse serviço.OBJETIVO: Analizar el dimensionamiento del personal de enfermería de la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva para Adultos (UTI-A por medio del Nursing Activities Score (NAS y de la Resolución COFEN Nº 293/2004. MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo y exploratorio realizado en la UTI-A, de un hospital escuela de Paraná, entre Noviembre/2007 y Mayo/2008. La población estuvo constituida por 107 pacientes que permanecieron más de 24 horas en dicha unidad. RESULTADOS: De acuerdo a los resultados, la media del NAS (697,3 puntos apunta para: Una alta carga de trabajo de la enfermería; el equipo de enfermería del sector debe contar con 40 profesionales en lugar de los 28 actuales; la proporción de 35,7% enfermeros no corresponde con lo recomendado, que es de 52,5%. CONCLUSIÓN: A pesar de algunas limitaciones del instrumento NAS para medir la carga de trabajo de enfermería en la UTI-A y del Índice de Seguridad

  13. Intensidade e dinâmica da modernização agrícola no Brasil e nas unidades da Federação

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    Paulo Marcelo de Souza

    2003-12-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta um estudo cujo objetivo foi caracterizar a evolução do processo de modernização agrícola nas unidades da Federação brasileira, utilizando a análise fatorial aplicada a um conjunto de variáveis relacionadas ao emprego das principais tecnologias modernas. Os resultados permitiram concluir que a intensidade do processo de modernização foi significativamente diferente entre as unidades da Federação. Esse processo sofreu retração a partir de 1980, com a redução nos valores associados ao nível de financiamento e investimentos no setor, fenômeno relacionado à redução na oferta de crédito rural e à elevação de seu custo, e possivelmente influenciado pelos efeitos da retração do mercado, da redução das expectativas e do aumento de riscos observados na década de 1980.This paper presents a study whose goal was to characterize the evolution of the agricultural modernization process in the Brazilian states. Factor analysis was applied to a group of variables related to the use of the main modern technologies. The results have led to the conclusion that the intensity of the modernization process was significantly different among the states. Since 1980, that process is becoming less intense, with the reduction in the values associated to the financing level and investments in agriculture, phenomenon related to the decrease in the offer of rural credit and the elevation of its cost. Possibly, this was also influenced by market retraction, lower expectations and increasing risks, events observed in the 1980s.

  14. ANÁLISE DAS NORMAS BRASILEIRAS DE CONTABILIDADE APLICADAS AO SETOR PÚBLICO (NBCASP: UM ESTUDO NAS UNIDADES DA FEDERAÇÃO DO BRASIL

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    Francisca Francivânia Rodrigues Ribeiro Macêdo

    2014-06-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo é descrever a aderência das Unidades da Federação do Brasil às Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicadas ao Setor Público. A metodologia utilizada na pesquisa configura–se como descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, realizada por meio de pesquisa documental. Os dados da pesquisa revelam que no exercício de 2010, 2011 e 2012 o disclosure dos órgãos públicos do Estado no que concerne à aderência às Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicadas ao Setor Público (NBCASP que convergem com as International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS ainda é incipiente. Ressalta-se que pontos importantes constantes nas normas NBCT 16.3 e NBCT 16.8, que versam, respectivamente, sobre a divulgação do PPA, LDO e Controle Interno ainda não são respeitados, mesmo que tais itens tenham sua divulgação obrigatória exigida na Constituição Federal e pela Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal. Observou-se também que das 27 unidades federativas, apenas os Estados de Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Bahia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul não evidenciaram a conta intitulada intangível. Nenhum dos Estados evidenciou a Demonstração do Fluxo de Caixa e a Demonstração do Resultado Econômico ou se mencionou algo sobre o sistema de custos ou a avaliação das disponibilidades e direitos e títulos de crédito. Conclui-se que os Estados brasileiros ainda não estão preparados para iniciar a divulgação obrigatória segundo as NBCASP, dado o nível de disclosure evidenciado até o momento.

  15. Consumo e custo de recursos materiais em unidades pediátricas de terapia intensiva e semi-intensiva

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    Larissa Lenotti Zuliani

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available O gerenciamento de custos de materiais de consumo hospitalar é um tema atual em pesquisa, principalmente em unidades de saúde especializadas. Os enfermeiros são destacados como os principais gestores do consumo e custo de materiais hospitalares. Neste estudo, objetivou-se caracterizar unidades pediátricas semi-intensivas e intensivas de um hospital de ensino e verificar o consumo e os custos de materiais utilizados na assistência a pacientes internados nessas unidades. Estudo descritivo, exploratório, retrospectivo, com abordagem quantitativa; os dados foram obtidos do Sistema de Informação Hospitalar; analisados com base na classificação ABC. O gasto médio foi semelhante entre as UTIs cardiológica e neonatal e menor nas UTI e semi-intensiva pediátricas; houve variação significativa de consumo mensal de materiais; os materiais de maior custo tiveram mais impacto no orçamento das unidades estudadas. Os dados obtidos revelaram a importância do uso de método sistêmico de análise de consumo e gastos de materiais em unidades pediátricas e subsidiam ações administrativas de economia.

  16. Caracterización de unidades de acción facial combinando métodos kernel y análisis de componentes independientes

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    Damián Alberto Álvarez

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available El trabajo descrito en este documento presenta una metodología para la caracterización de unidades de acción facial (AUs, que representan cambios sutiles de las expresiones faciales. La metodología se basa en métodos Kernel, para realizar un mapeo no lineal de los datos y buscar las direcciones de las proyecciones de los datos en el espacio característico mediante análisis de componentes independientes (ICA. La validación se realiza sobre la base de datos Cohn-Kanade. Se hace un preprocesamiento de las imágenes a través de ecualización del histograma, un blanqueamiento de los datos con análisis de componentes principales basado en Kernel (KPCA, de esta forma el mapeo en el espacio característico busca una estructura lineal de los datos de entrada, finalmente se aplica ICA para hacer que la distribución de los datos proyectados sea lo menos Gaussiana posible. El desempeño alcanzado fue del 96.64% ±0.54 de exactitud para el reconocimiento promedio de tres combinaciones de AUs del rostro entero más rostros neutrales, se detectan principalmente cambios que ocurren entre transiciones rápidas de AUs que se manifiestan de forma instantánea. Adicionalmente la metodología planteada permite reducir el tamaño del espacio característico ya que se representan los datos en términos únicamente de sus componentes independientes (ICs de tal manera que se utilizan tan solo las variables que aportan mayor información, lo que permite disminuir la complejidad del clasificador.

  17. Mineralogía y génesis de las arcillas de las unidades del Campo de Gibraltar. IV. Unidad de Facinas

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    Ruiz Cruz, M. O.

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    Full Text Available The Facinas Unit consists of a clayed flysch facies with quartzite and sandstone centimeter layers. According to paleontological data, two beds are distinguished, one lower of Albian-Aptian age, and another, hígher, Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene in age. The mineralogy of the Facinas Unit is very monotonous through all the sequences studied, especially for the concerning to less than 2 fraction. This unít is characterized by an abundance of chlorites of different composition and genesis: Authigenic chlorites are mainly Fe-rich members, whereas chlorites of inherited origin are magnesian. On the other hand, this míneralogical study reveals a common origin and/or evolution for the two beds of the Facinas Unít.Se recogen en este trabajo los resultados obtenidos a partir del estudio mineralógico de la Unidad de Facinas, que presenta dos tramos, uno inferior Albo-Aptense y otro superior Cretácico Superior-Paleoceno. Las secuencias estudiadas muestran una gran similitud litológica y, si bien en las muestras totales se observan ciertas diferencias mineralógicas, la fracción menor de 2 micras es muy homogénea. Caracterizan a esta Unidad la abundancia de cloritas de diferente composición y génesis: cloritas autigénicas, predominantemente ferrosas y cloritas heredadas, magnesianas. Por otra parte, este estudio mineralógico permite indicar un origen y/o evolución común para los dos tramos de la Unidad de Facínas.

  18. Trauma facial: análise de 194 casos

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    Silva, Joaquim José de Lima; Lima, Antonia Artemisa Aurélio Soares; Melo, Igor Furtado Soares; Maia, Rafael Costa Lima; Pinheiro Filho, Tadeu Rodriguez de Carvalho

    2011-01-01

    INTRODUÇÃO: O trauma facial tem crescido em importância para a Cirurgia Plástica, especialmente nas últimas quatro décadas, tendo estreita relação com o aumento de acidentes automobilísticos e violência urbana. O presente estudo objetiva traçar um perfil dos pacientes que sofreram esse tipo de trauma. MÉTODO: Foram analisados 194 casos de trauma facial atendidos em serviço de referência em Fortaleza (Ceará), entre 2005 e 2009. Os dados obtidos foram entrecruzados e classificados utilizando os...

  19. Folga Organizacional em Unidades de Negócios de Empresa Descentralizada na Percepção dos Controllers

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    Ilse Maria Beuren

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    Full Text Available O estudo objetiva examinar determinantes da folga organizacional em unidades de negócios (UN de empresa descentralizada na percepção dos controllers. Pesquisa descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, foi realizada por meio de um estudo de caso em cinco UN de empresa multinacional do setor de embalagens. Entrevista estruturada foi realizada com os controllers da UN do Brasil e de quatro UN dos Estados Unidos, pautada no instrumento de pesquisa de Indjejikian e Matejka (2006. Na análise de conteúdo das respostas constata-se a existência de folga organizacional em maior ou menor proporção no alcance das metas orçamentárias; nas informações disponibilizadas sob o enfoque da assimetria entre o gerente geral da unidade e o controller corporativo; na autoridade das decisões relativas à gestão de pessoas e de mudanças nas técnicas e procedimentos contábeis; e na autonomia das UN. Conclui-se que os quatro determinantes da folga organizacional identificados na pesquisa de Indjejikian e Matejka (2006 também possuem relativa presença nas UN da empresa pesquisada, o que justifica ampliar o estudo para outras empresas e de futuras pesquisas explorar motivações para a folga organizacional e de novos determinantes.

  20. Interações Medicamentosas Potenciais em Pacientes de Unidades de Terapia Intensiva

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    Liliana Batista Vieira; Adriano Max Moreira Reis; Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho; Leila Márcia Pereira de Faria; Silvia Helena de Bortoli Cassiani

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    O objetivo do estudo é determinar a frequência de interações fármaco-fármaco em prescrições de pacientes internados em unidades de terapia intensiva e analisar os fatores associados relativos à farmacoterapia e ao paciente. O estudo descritivo transversal foi realizado em dois hospitais de ensino da região centro oeste do Brasil. As interações medicamentosas potenciais foram identificadas nas prescrições do primeiro dia (24 horas) e do quinto dia (120 horas) de interna...

  1. RecÃm-nascidos com malformaÃÃes congÃnitas: prevalÃncia e cuidados de enfermagem na unidade neonatal.

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    FabÃola Chaves Fontoura

    2012-01-01

    Os recÃm-nascidos (RN) com malformaÃÃo congÃnita (MC) requerem dos profissionais de enfermagem atenÃÃo e cuidados especÃficos e individualizados. O estudo objetivou avaliar a prevalÃncia dos recÃm-nascidos com malformaÃÃes congÃnitas em instituiÃÃes pÃblicas e a assistÃncia de enfermagem prestada a essas crianÃas internadas na Unidade Neonatal (UN) nas primeiras 24 horas de vida. Estudo descritivo, transversal, quantitativo, realizado em trÃs Unidades Neonatais de instituiÃÃes hospitalares (A...

  2. COMPARTIMENTAÇÃO DE UNIDADES GEOMORFOLÓGICAS DO MUNICÍPIO DE AGUDO-RS

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    Gerson Jonas Schirmer

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    Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta um mapeamento geomorfológico do município de Agudo-RS, onde as unidades geomorfológicas representam a integração dos elementos físicos da área de estudo, frente aos processos envolvidos na organização da paisagem local. A metodologia é fundamentada nas contribuições da ciência geográfica, utilizando como ferramenta SIGs (Sistemas de Informação Geográfica.  Através de uma representação de síntese, foram definidos cinco unidades geomorfológicas, Rampas deColúvio-Aluvio do Rio Jacuí, Rampas de Colúvio-Alúvio de Arroios, Colinas Alúvio-Coluvionar, Colinas Vulcânicas do Planalto Serra Geral e Associação de Morros e Morrotes do Rebordo do Planalto, que caracterizam a paisagem do município de Agudo.

  3. Auditorias e distorções: ênfase nas atividades de anotação de enfermagem

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    Creso Machado Lopes

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    Full Text Available Estudo junto a 34 Relatórios de Auditorias Técnico-Contábil, empreendidos em Unidades de Saúde de Rio Branco-Acre, nos anos de 1994/95, envolvendo as atividades do SIA-SIH/SUS. Como objetivo analisou-se as distorções encontradas, segundo 8 categorias em diferentes áreas de atuação, dando ênfase nas atividades de anotações de enfermagem. Estabeleceu-se também sub-categorias, as quais foram agrupadas por semelhanças de conteúdo. Nas 34 auditorias encontrou-se 491 distorções, representando uma média de 14,4 distorções por unidades. Como resultados mais significativos das categorias, destaca-se as 198(40,6% distorções em Administração; 121(24,6% em Medicina; 99(20,2% em Enfermagem e 51(10,2% em Contabilidade. Dentro das sub-categorias em Enfermagem, cita-se as 34(34,3% distorções em anotação de enfermagem e 15(15,1% na administração de medicamentos. Como conclusão encontrou-se que o pessoal de enfermagem não vem seguindo as regras de anotação de enfermagem, colocando em risco não só o paciente, como também o profissional e a própria unidade de saúde. Tais resultados, acredita-se, em muito contribuirão com os técnicos envolvidos na produção, controle e auditoria nos recursos oriundos do SUS.

  4. Levantamento das principais fontes de desperdício de unidades assistenciais de um hospital universitário

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    Valéria Castilho

    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo teve como principais objetivos levantar os diferentes tipos de desperdício, suas causas e sugestões para eliminá-los, segundo a opinião de profissionais de enfermagem e médicos atuantes em unidades de Clínica Médica, Clínica Cirúrgica, Pediatria, Alojamento Conjunto e Berçário; e estimar o custo da principal fonte de desperdício nessas unidades. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, exploratório, com abordagem quantitativa realizado no Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo. A amostra foi constituída por 189 profissionais de enfermagem e médicos. O desperdício relacionado aos materiais (36% foi o mais apontado por todas as categorias profissionais seguido pelo desperdício de estrutura física (27%. Os materiais desperdiçados mais citados foram os medicamentos, pacotes de curativo, papel sulfite e dispositivos de infusão. O custo do desperdício anual com materiais nas unidades estudadas pode girar em torno de R$ 479.262,86.

  5. Unidades de produção agrícola controlada no semiárido para o tratamento de água cinza

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    Aline Costa Ferreira

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    Full Text Available As reservas de água doce, juntamente com as limitações de lançamento de efluentes no meio ambiente, culminam para a necessidade do uso racional dos recursos hídricos de modo a reduzir os impactos negativos da geração de efluentes. Nesse contexto, o trabalho foi realizado objetivando-se implantar e monitorar eficiência do tratamento da água, para o semiárido, de unidades de produção agrícola controladas UPAC’s utilizando as águas cinzas de uma lavanderia comunitária.  A pesquisa foi desenvolvida nas instalações da Lavanderia Pública do Distrito de Ribeira no município de Cabaceiras no Estado da Paraíba. Foram implantadas oito unidades de produção agrícola controlada e os parâmetros analisados das águas cinza coletadas dos pontos de observação das unidades foram: Condutividade Elétrica (CE, pH, e Oxigênio Dissolvido (OD.  No sistema foram plantadas duas culturas com destinação à alimentação animal as quais são a mucuna-preta (Mucuna pruriens (L. e o capim elefante (Pennisetum purpureum e uma para consumo humano, o maracujá (Passiflora sp. O tratamento das águas cinzas nas Unidades de Produção Agrícola Controladas promoveu uma diminuição da CE, pH e OD das águas oriundas da lavanderia, tornando uma alternativa viável e sustentável para o tratamento de água de lavanderias como também para produzir alimentos para fins animais e humanos.

  6. ATLAS CLIMÁTICO DO TAIM: CONTRIBUIÇÃO AO ESTUDO DO CLIMA EM UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO

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    Cássio Arthur Wollmann

    2016-04-01

    Full Text Available O presente artigo consiste na apresentação de um atlas climático de definição das unidades climáticas na Estação Ecológica do Taim/RS. Para a realização desta pesquisa, necessitou-se a realização de 03 (três trabalhos de campo na ESEC Taim/RS, onde, foram instalados 06 (seis mini abrigos meteorológicos em pontos distintos, que consistem nas bases de segurança da ESEC, contendo em cada mini abrigo um Datalogger de temperatura e umidade do ar, os quais ficaram permanentemente instalados na ESEC durante a pesquisa. Mediu-se a temperatura e a umidade relativa do ar, além também da aquisição de dados de pressão atmosférica e velocidade dos ventos, disponibilizados por Santos (2012. Para a análise e definição das unidades climáticas da ESEC Taim, utilizou-se a metodologia proposta por Wollmann (2011; Serafini Jr. (2005 que definiram critérios de análise da temperatura e umidade relativa do ar, além da interpolação (mensal e sazonal das variáveis climáticas através de técnicas de geoprocessamento, para a criação das unidades climáticas. O mapa das unidades climáticas apresenta a interpolação das médias anuais de temperatura e umidade do ar, bem como, as médias para o mês mais quente e para o mês mais frio do ano, janeiro e julho, respectivamente. Após análise climática e cartográfica, viu-se que o clima é tão diverso e dinâmico quanto à natureza viva do local, especialmente nas variações térmicas e higrométricas, que nesta pesquisa, pode-se sugerir a divisão da ESEC Taim em cinco unidades climáticas, influenciadas diretamente pelos ambientes naturais, como os banhados as lagoas e as dunas eólicas, como também, pelas atividades antrópicas como a rizicultura, silvicultura e também pela BR 471 que passa dentro dos limites do Taim.

  7. Quemaduras faciales: “manejo inicial y tratamiento”

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    Dr. C. Álvaro Cuadra

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available Las quemaduras faciales constituyen un grupo dentro de las quemaduras consideradas como en zona especial dada las potenciales secuelas estéticas y funcionales que pueden resultar de su tratamiento, por este motivo, un adecuado manejo reducirá estos riesgos. La cara posee una rica irrigación de tal forma que el manejo deberá ser más conservador que en otras zonas del cuerpo. Las quemaduras superficiales requieren de un tratamiento basado en ungüentos antibióticos y cobertura con apósitos sintéticos transitorios en espera de epidermización. En quemaduras faciales profundas el tratamiento consistirá en escarectomía química y quirúrgica una vez definida la quemadura y su posterior cobertura con tejido autólogo o sustitutos dérmicos definitivos respetando las unidades estético-funcionales de la cara. Este grupo de quemadura luego de la primera atención deberá ser derivada a un centro de quemados para su manejo integral.

  8. O processo do cateterismo venoso central em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal e Pediátrica

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    Aline Veronica de Oliveira Gomes

    2013-08-01

    Full Text Available Estudo descritivo, longitudinal e abordagem quantitativa, que objetivou analisar e discutir o processo do cateterismo venoso central nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva neonatal e pediátrica; descrever as variáveis relacionadas à caracterização da população do estudo (unidade de internação, faixa etária e sexo e descrever as variáveis relacionadas ao processo do cateterismo venoso central (tipo de cateter, motivo de indicação, número de lumens, sítio de inserção, profissional que realizou o procedimento, terapêutica medicamentosa infundida via cateter, motivo de retirada, tempo de permanência e as complicações mecânicas e infecciosas. A coleta de dados foi realizada em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal e pediátrica, em 82 prontuários. As indicações dos cateteres foram, em sua maioria, para infusão medicamentosa prolongada e Nutrição Parenteral Total. A remoção foi indicada predominantemente por complicações mecânicas e infecciosas. Esse estudo viabilizou rever a prática assistencial para estabelecer o aprimoramento da assistência prestada à clientela neonatal e pediátrica.

  9. Casuística de uma unidade de Ortogeriatria

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    Mónica Brinquinho

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    Full Text Available A fratura do fémur está associada a importante morbimortalidade, sendo que menos de metade dos doentes regressam ao seu nível prévio de autonomia. Uma abordagem multidisciplinar permite uma reabilitação funcional imediata, bem como melhor gestão de comorbilidades, prevenção de fraturas secundárias e das quedas. Objetivos: apresentação da casuística de 3 meses de uma unidade de Ortogeriatria. Material e métodos: Descreve-se a demografia dos doentes admitidos, grau de dependência funcional, comorbilidades, intercorrências, tempo de internamento, mortalidade e destino à data de alta. O ganho de funcionalidade no internamento foi também avaliado. Resultados: De outubro/2015 a janeiro/2016 foram admitidos 66 doentes após cirurgia de fratura proximal do fémur. Média de idades foi 82,94±6,93 anos; 86% eram mulheres. O tempo de internamento foi de 7,8±4,68 dias, sendo o tempo médio para realizar cirurgia de 3±3,37 dias. Quanto ao grau de funcionalidade prévio 47% eram Katz A; à admissão 85% tinham mRankin ≤3. Identificaram-se várias comorbilidades em 89% dos doentes; nas intercorrências, a mais frequente foi a anemia (53%. Houve um ganho na funcionalidade relativamente à admissão na unidade de 75,8% e em relação ao estado funcional anterior ao evento de 19,7%. Setenta e um porcento dos doentes tiveram alta para o domicílio; a taxa de mortalidade foi de 1,52%. Conclusões: A unidade demonstrou eficiência no controlo das comorbilidades, reduzidas complicações e baixa mortalidade. Registou-se um ganho funcional comparando com a admissão em 3 em cada 4 doentes e em relação ao estado basal prévio em 1 em cada 5 doentes.

  10. Nível de pressão sonora em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal

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    Priscila Vendramini Peixoto

    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar o nível de pressão sonora (NPS de duas salas de Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN e identificar as suas fontes. É uma pesquisa quantitativa, descritiva, conduzida em duas salas de UTIN de hospital universitário de São Paulo - SP, Brasil. Registros de NPS foram realizados por três dosímetros, totalizando 261 horas de mensuração. Obteve-se 48 horas de registros das fontes que produzem ruídos. Os resultados indicam elevados níveis de pressão sonora nos dois ambientes. Os maiores níveis de Leq foram 71,0 dBA na sala A e 68,0 dBA na sala B. As principais fontes de ruído encontradas nas duas unidades foram ruído no corredor, trânsito e conversa entre os profissionais. Os resultados revelam que os NPS das salas da UTIN estão distantes dos recomendados pelos órgãos regulamentadores. Foi desenvolvido um protocolo e implementado um programa educativo, visando à redução dos níveis de pressão sonora.

  11. Ensino e aprendizagem como unidade dialética na atividade pedagógica

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    Maria Eliza Mattosinho Bernardes

    Full Text Available Considerar a atividade pedagógica como unidade dialética requer que sejam investigadas as condições e circunstâncias que tornam possível tal objetivação e as especificidades da mesma a partir do materialismo histórico dialético, da psicologia histórico-cultural e da teoria da atividade. Concebe-se que a correspondência entre motivos/necessidades, objetivos, ações e operações nas atividades principais dos estudantes e dos educadores cria situações favoráveis para que ocorra a aprendizagem consciente. Tal fato é dependente da consciência da função ontológica do educador e do estudante como sujeitos ativos no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Considera-se ser possível conceber a unidade dialética desde que a mesma represente uma das condições para a superação das características do sistema educacional vigente, por caracterizar-se a atividade material do homem como a que transforma o mundo material e social em mundo humano.

  12. Sinais vitais e expressão facial de pacientes em estado de coma Signos vitales y expresión facial de pacientes en estado de coma Vital signs and facial expression of patients in coma

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    Ana Cláudia Giesbrecht Puggina

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    Full Text Available O objetivo foi verificar a influência da música e mensagem oral sobre os Sinais Vitais e Expressão Facial dos pacientes em coma fisiológico ou induzido. Realizou-se um Ensaio Clínico Controlado e Randomizado. A amostra consistiu-se de 30 pacientes de Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, que foram divididos em 2 grupos: Grupo Controle (sem estímulos auditivos e Grupo Experimental (com estímulos auditivos. Os pacientes foram submetidos a 3 sessões, em dias consecutivos. Encontraram-se alterações estatisticamente significativas nos sinais vitais (saturação de O2 - sessão 1; saturação de O2 - sessão 3; freqüência respiratória - sessão 3 durante a mensagem e na expressão facial, sessão 1, durante a música e a mensagem. Aparentemente a mensagem foi um estímulo mais forte do que a música em relação à capacidade de produzir respostas fisiológicas sugestivas de audição.El objetivo era verificar la influencia de la música y del mensaje verbal en los Señales Vitales y la Expresión Facial de los pacientes en coma fisiológico o inducido. Un Ensayo Clínico Controlado y Randomizado fue echo. La muestra fue consistida en 30 pacientes de Unidad de terapia Intensiva, que fueran divididos en 2 grupos: Grupo Control (sin estímulos auditivos y Grupo Experimental (con los estímulos auditivos. Los pacientes fueran sometidos a las 3 sesiones, en días consecutivos. Los cambios estadísticamente significativos en las Señales Vitales fueran encuentrados (saturación del oxigeno - sesión 1; saturación del oxigeno - sesión 3; frecuencia respiratoria - sesión 3 durante el mensaje y en la Expresión Facial, sesión 1, durante música y el mensaje. Aparentemente el mensaje era uno estimulo más fuerte de qué la música en lo que refiere a la capacidad de producir respuestas fisiológicas de audición.The objective was to check music and voice message influence on the Vital Signals and Facial Expressions of patients in physiological or

  13. A VIVÊNCIA DO ESTRESSE PROFISSIONAL NA UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA: VOZES DE PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE NO PARÁ.

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    Tyll, Milene de Andrade Gouvea

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    O objetivo deste estudo foi compreender a vivência do estresse profissional nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva de um Hospital de referência, para identificar os principais fatores que contribuem ao estresse ocupacional e identificar o impacto subjetivo das fontes de estresse sobre o profissional e seu trabalho. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, cujo referencial metodológico foi a Teoria Fundamentada em Dados, desenvolvida em um hospital de referência na cidade de Belém, Pará...

  14. Avaliação do impacto da epizootia de Febre Amarela sobre as populações de primatas não humanos nas unidades de conservação do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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    Marcos de Souza Fialho

    2012-05-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n3p217   A Febre Amarela (FA é uma doença infecciosa aguda. No Brasil, a FA tem caráter sazonal, ocorrendo frequentemente entre os meses de janeiro a abril, quando fatores ambientais propiciam o aumento da abundância dos vetores. Há diversos relatos sobre a mortalidade de primatas devido à FA, em especial os do gênero Alouatta, mas há escassa informação disponível para verificar e quantificar os danos causados às populações de primatas por eventos desta natureza. O presente estudo busca avaliar o impacto do surto de FA ocorrido entre 2008 e 2009 sobre as populações de primatas nas unidades de conservação (UC do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. A presença dos primatas e a ocorrência do surto foram registradas por meio de observações diretas e entrevistas. Foram visitadas 11 UC e realizadas 52 entrevistas. Constatou-se que destas UC, três não abrigam primatas, três abrigam populações de Alouatta caraya e quatro de Alouatta guariba. Cebus nigritus está presente em três UC. A única unidade de conservação severamente impactada pelo surto de FA foi o Parque Estadual do Espigão Alto, embora relatos de óbitos durante o surto tenham sido obtidos para a zona de amortecimento ou entorno próximo de outras cinco UC.

  15. UTILIZAÇÃO DE SOFTWARE PARA SIMULAÇÃO DE PROCESSOS: UMA APLICAÇÃO NAS UNIDADES DE TRATAMENTO DE ÁGUAS ÁCIDAS DE REFINARIA

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    Iury Sousa e Silva

    2014-07-01

    Full Text Available As correntes de águas ácidas são águas de processo, sendo assim, águas de alto custo para uma refinaria. No processamento de petróleo essas correntes são preocupantes devido à sua composição, contendo em maior quantidade gás sulfídrico (H2S e amônia, com pequenas quantidades de outros ânions presentes como fenóis, cianetos e traços de CO2.  As unidades de tratamento de águas ácidas têm sua importância elevada devido ao impacto ambiental, pois além de remoção de contaminantes, a água tratada é reutilizada dentro da refinaria. Para simulação de unidades de processo, o software de uso comercial Aspen Plus® da Aspen Tech® é uma apropriada ferramenta de modelagem, desempenho para a indústria química. No presente trabalho foi estudado a unidade de tratamentos de águas ácidas de refinarias, analisando os efeitos das espécies eletrolíticas presentes no processo de separação, implementando e simulando a unidade de tratamento de águas ácidas de refinaria e avaliando os efeitos de variáveis pelo software de processos Aspen Plus® 7.2. Desta forma serão obtidas condições ótimas de operação das unidades de tratamento de águas ácidas em função de configurações de processo específicas, sendo possível avaliar o rendimento do tratamento das correntes.

  16. As letras como unidades históricas na construção do discurso

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    Dagoberto Buim Arena

    2013-04-01

    Full Text Available Este artigo propõe a concessão de estatuto de unidade portadora de sentido aos grafemas, constituintes de palavras em situações de construções discursivas, tal como Vigostki deu ao fonema esse estatuto na palavra oral. Procura-se analisar também essas unidades em manifestações singulares em atos de apropriação da linguagem escrita, com base em dados criados por uma criança de 6 anos, em uma situação discursiva. Para a realização da tarefa, foram importantes também os estudos bakhtinianos a respeito do papel do outro nas relações com a linguagem. Uma vez que as análises indicaram aproximações ortográficas a registros encontrados no português antigo, foram utilizadas pesquisas de gramática histórica dessa língua. As conclusões apontam a diversidade de fontes de referência para a seleção, pela criança, das letras, conforme suas funções na composição da palavra.

  17. Controles hidrogeomorfológicos nas unidades vegetacionais da planície aluvial do rio Araguaia, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i4.5871 Hydro-geomorphologic controls in the vegetation of the Araguaia river floodplain, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i4.5871

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    Samia Aquino

    2008-11-01

    Full Text Available A existência de diferentes tipologias vegetais na planície aluvial do médio Araguaia apresenta um padrão de distribuição determinado pela dinâmica fluvial do canal e pelas características morfossedimentares das unidades que formam a planície aluvial. O objetivo deste trabalho foi discutir como a dinâmica fluvial atua nos processos de sucessão vegetacional, considerando os processos de erosão e deposição, dentro de um curto intervalo temporal, e a dinâmica de cheias. O processamento de informações dos mapas das unidades morfossedimentares da planície e das unidades vegetacionais resultou no mapa de unidades morfovegetacionais. Verificou-se que as unidades vegetacionais se distribuem e compõem, de modo diversificado, um mosaico vegetacional pela planície. Entre 1965 e 1997, a ação dos processos erosivos, nas margens do canal que consomem a planície aluvial, tem removido principalmente vegetações arbóreas de grande porte, e as altas taxas de sedimentação contribuem para a formação da unidade geomorfológica mais jovem da planície, que é colonizada, sobretudo, por espécies herbáceas.The existence of different vegetable typologies in the alluvial plains of the middle Araguaia presents a pattern of distribution determined by the fluvial dynamic of the channel and the type of sediments that form different units of the alluvial plain. The purpose of this study was to discuss how the fluvial processes acts in vegetation succession, considering the erosive and sedimentary activities within a short period of time, as well as the flood dynamic. The combined information from morphosedimentary unit maps of the alluvial plain and the vegetation units allows the elaboration of the map of morphosedimentary units. It was possible to verify that the vegetation units were distributed in a diversified way along the alluvial plain, composing a vegetation mosaic. Between 1965 and 1997, the action of the erosive processes in the banks

  18. Aprendizagem e cultura organizacional na sa?de da fam?lia: an?lise e reflex?es em uma unidade docente-assistencial.

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    Moreira, Josicleide de Amorim Pereira

    2013-01-01

    A Estrat?gia Sa?de da Fam?lia enfrenta hoje o grande desafio de superar um modelo de aten??o biologicista, e consolidar-se como espa?o de cuidado integral, de inova??o, e de aprendizagem cont?nua. Reconhecer as diferentes subculturas nas organiza??es e potencializar a aprendizagem individual e coletiva ? essencial em espa?os como este. Nesta pesquisa estudamos a Aprendizagem e a Cultura Organizacional em uma unidade docente-assistencial, campo de pr?tica para alguns cursos de gradua??o...

  19. Displasia broncopulmonar: Práticas clínicas em cinco unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatais

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    Guimarães, H.; Rocha, G.; Vasconcellos, G.; Proença, E.; Carreira, M.L.; Sossai, M.R.; Morais, B.; Martins, I.; Rodrigues, T.; Severo, M.

    2010-01-01

    Resumo: Com o advento do surfactante, dos corticosteróides pré-natais e dos avanços na tecnologia, a sobrevida dos recém-nascidos de extremo baixo peso tem melhorado dramaticamente. As taxas de displasia broncopulmonar (DBP) variam amplamente entre unidades, e vários estudos, avaliando resultados de múltiplas intervenções, têm mostrado alguma melhoria na prevalência da DBP. A implementação de potenciais boas práticas na DBP tem sido adoptada por muitos serviços nas últimas déc...

  20. Interações Medicamentosas Potenciais em Pacientes de Unidades de Terapia Intensiva

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    Liliana Batista Vieira

    2012-08-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo do estudo é determinar a frequência de interações fármaco-fármaco em prescrições de pacientes internados em unidades de terapia intensiva e analisar os fatores associados relativos à farmacoterapia e ao paciente. O estudo descritivo transversal foi realizado em dois hospitais de ensino da região centro oeste do Brasil. As interações medicamentosas potenciais foram identificadas nas prescrições do primeiro dia (24 horas e do quinto dia (120 horas de internação empregando o software Drug Reax. Dos 117 pacientes do estudo, 63,2% apresentaram interações medicamentosas potenciais nas primeiras 24 horas de internação e 68,4% pacientes em 120 horas. Houve associação estatisticamente significativa entre o número de medicamentos prescritos e a ocorrência de interações medicamentosas nos dois momentos de internação. O estudo demonstrou que a prevalência de interações fármaco-fármaco foi elevada nos hospitais investigados e que a chance de interação aumentou com o número de medicamentos prescritos, número de diagnósticos e idade maior que 60 anos. O conhecimento do mecanismo farmacológico e dos fatores de risco para interações medicamentosas potenciais contribuem para aumentar a segurança e efetividade do tratamento. Para ampliar a segurança da farmacoterapia, é essencial implementar estratégias que auxiliem a equipe de saúde a identificar as interações e implementar medidas de prevenção e monitorização de pacientes em riscos de desenvolver interações medicamentosas. A atuação do farmacêutico clínico na unidade de terapia intensiva é uma ferramenta importante para a prevenção, identificação e monitorização das interações medicamentosas.

  1. Peripheral facial palsy in the past: contributions from Avicenna, Nicolaus Friedreich and Charles Bell Paralisia facial periférica nos velhos tempos: as contribuições de Avicenna, Nicolaus Friedreich e Charles Bell

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    Luiz Antonio de Lima Resende

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available This study provides historical documents of peripheral facial palsy from Egypt, Greece and Rome, through the middle ages, and the renaissance, and into the last four centuries. We believe that the history of peripheral facial palsy parallels history of the human race itself. Emphasis is made on contributions by Avicenna and Nicolaus Friedreich. Controversies about the original clinical description by Charles Bell are also discussed.Este estudo apresenta documentos de paralisia facial periférica nas artes plásticas no Egito antigo, Grécia e Roma, Idade Média, Renascimento e também dos últimos 4 séculos. Pensamos que a história da paralisia facial periférica acompanha a história da própria espécie humana. São apresentadas as contribuições de Avicenna e Nicolaus Friedreich, e são mostradas controvérsias sobre a descrição original de Charles Bell.

  2. Vivências paternas durante a hospitalização do recém-nascido prematuro na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal

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    Luciano Marques dos Santos

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo objetivou compreender as vivências paternas durante a hospitalização do recém-nascido prematuro na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal de um hospital público de Feira de Santana, Bahia. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, exploratório e qualitativo, aprovado por Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa e realizado com nove pais, na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal de um hospital público. Os dados foram analisados através da Análise de Conteúdo, os quais apontaram que os partos prematuros causam sentimentos de surpresa, angústia e medo nos pais. É preciso repensar como ocorre a inserção dos pais do prematuro no processo de hospitalização, bem como mudanças nas rotinas estabelecidas para a visita e participação paterna no contexto do cuidado ao prematuro.

  3. Celularidade do leite e Unidades Formadoras de Colônias nas mastites causadas por Staphylococcus coagulase positiva e coagulase negativa

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    Helio Langoni

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available Resumo: A mastite é a principal afecção do gado destinado à produção leiteira, que impacta significativamente a cadeia produtiva do leite, com reflexos ainda para a saúde pública. Estudou-se aspectos relacionados à etiologia, celularidade e de contagem bacteriana em 10 propriedades leiteiras, localizadas no Estado de São Paulo. Foram examinadas 1148 vacas em lactação, totalizando 4584 glândulas mamárias. Foram considerados os casos, em que houve isolamento de estafilococos coagulase positiva (SCP e estafilococos coagulase negativa (SCN. Os resultados revelaram microbiota com vários patógenos e diferentes espécies de SCN (128 casos e SCP (45, Staphylococcus aureus(90, Streptococcus agalactiae(70, Streptococcus dysgalactiae (69, Streptococcus uberis(29, Corynebacteriumspp. (230, Klebsiella pneumoniae(28, Klebsiella oxytoca(2, Escherichia coli(15, Enterobactersp. (3. Os resultados de contagem de células somáticas (CCS relacionados aos SCP e SCN não mostraram diferenças entre as propriedades avaliadas, entretanto com diferenças significantes ao se avaliar a CCS entre os dois grupos de estafilococos, como pode ser evidenciado ao comparar SCN Discreto e SCP exuberante (P<0,01, SCP Discreto e SCP exuberante (P<0,001 e SCN moderado e SCP exuberante (P<0,01. A avaliação da CCS relacionada à intensidade da infecção, considerando-se como crescimento discreto o isolamento de até nove colônias, moderado de dez a 29 colônias e exuberante, com 30 ou mais colônias, revelou para ambos os grupos de estafilococos que quanto maior o número de unidades formadoras de colônias (UFC, a CCS é mais elevada, sendo sempre maior nos casos de SCP. Conclui-se que quando há maior número de UFC, há concomitantemente maior CCS/mL de leite, no caso dos SCP e SCN, o que mostra relação direta da intensidade do processo infeccioso com a resposta da celularidade do leite, bem como pela relevância desses na etiologia das mastites e dos aspectos

  4. Scientific information and public opinion. Daily press analysis about ozone hole in the years 1996-1997; Informazione scientifica e opinione pubblica. Analisi della stampa quotidiana italiana negli anni 1996-1997 sul tema del buco dell'ozono

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    Bertuzzi, D [ENEA, Centro Ricerche E. Clementel, Bologna (Italy). Unita' Comunicazione e Informazione; Borrelli, G [ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Rome (Italy). Sezione Ambiente Globale e Clima

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    One of ENEA's many activities consists in dealing with the analysis of information strategies. In this case the analysis concerns an environmental issue, the ozone hole which, in spite of the consideration given by the media, is not sufficiently highlighted, as well as in the case of climate changes issue. A survey of the coverage of four daily newspapers was realized; the time period covered by the analysis spans form January 1996 to December 1997, 77 articles in total. The newspapers involved are: La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, L'Unita' on a national scale, and Il Resto del Carlino on a regional scale. The number of articles analyzed is divided as follows: 26 for the Repubblica, 24 for the Corriere della Sera, 21 for the Unita', 6 for the Resto del Carlino. The purpose of the work was to detect quality and quantity indicators of the Italian press about the ozone hole issue and possible environmental risks conveyed to the public, using the classical methods of the Content analysis. The analysis, carried out through a questionnaire realized for another research on climate change and daily press and appropriately readapted, consisted of 35 questions pointing out the fundamental characteristics of each article: (i) morphological characteristics; (ii) modalities describing the ozone hole; (iii) communication connotations. [Italian] Tra le attivita' dell'ENEA rientra l'analisi delle strategie dell'informazione, rivolta in questo caso ad un tema ambientale, il buco dell'ozono, che pur avendo recentemente grande rilevanza sui media, viene trattato con scarsa evidenza, cosi' come avviene, ad esempio, per i cambiamenti climatici. L'analisi presentata copre quattro testate per un arco temporale di due anni, dal gennaio 1996 al dicembre 1997, per un totale di 77 rilevati. Sono state analizzate tre testate nazionali, La Repubblica, il Corriere della Sera, l'Unita', e un giornale a carattere regionale, il Resto del Carlino. La distribuzione per testata e' stata: La

  5. Dor nas unidades de internação de um hospital universitário

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    Sonia B. Felix Ribeiro

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Estudo exploratório-descritivo, transversal, com objetivo de determinar a prevalência, caracterização, localização, mensuração e discussão de medidas farmacológicas analgésicas em dor aguda em cinco unidades de internação de um hospital universitário. MÉTODO: Participaram 856 sujeitos, dos quais 272 com dor no momento. As informações relacionadas à dor foram obtidas através de entrevista estruturada junto ao leito. Usou-se a escala numérica de dor e diagrama corporal. RESULTADOS: A analgesia foi verificada no prontuário. A prevalência geral de dor foi de 31,8%, sendo intensa em 44,2% e a média de 6,6 na escala numérica de dor. O motivo principal foi traumatismo, o local mais frequente, o abdômen. O analgésico mais usado foi a dipirona em 76,1%, com/sem associação. Opioide forte foi prescrito em 4,4%. Para 27,5% não houve melhoria. CONCLUSÃO: Conclui-se que a dor é de alta prevalência, pouco avaliada, subtratada, com uso incorreto de analgésicos.

  6. Estudo da qualidade de vida em indivíduos com paralisia facial periférica crônica adquirida Study on quality of life in subjects with acquired chronic peripheral facial palsy

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    Rayné Moreira Melo Santos

    2012-08-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: analisar a qualidade de vida em indivíduos com paralisia facial periférica crônica adquirida. MÉTODO: foram selecionados, por meio de triagem, 12 indivíduos com paralisia facial periférica adquirida na fase de sequela, com etiologias de paralisia facial de Bell e Schwannoma após exérese. Foi verificado o grau da paralisia facial periférica adquirida de acordo com House & Brackmann9, além de ter sido realizada entrevista com perguntas fechadas, para verificar se havia interferência da paralisia facial na convivência social de cada indivíduo. O tipo de estudo foi transversal e, os testes utilizados foram o não-paramétrico de Mann-Whitney e o teste exato de Fisher, com o nível de significância de 5%. RESULTADOS: os graus da paralisia facial foram divididos da seguinte forma: I-II (Normal a Disfunção leve, III-IV (Disfunção moderada a moderadamente severa e V-VI (Disfunção severa a paralisia total. Nas respostas quanto ao prejuízo nas atividades profissionais e pessoais, indivíduos com face normal a disfunção leve por paralisia facial de Bell responderam não ter prejuízo para suas atividades; na disfunção moderada a moderadamente severa todos responderam muito prejuízo e na disfunção severa a paralisia total, um indivíduo respondeu muito prejuízo. Na paralisia facial por Schwannoma no grupo classificado como disfunção leve, todos responderam nenhum prejuízo e na disfunção severa à paralisia total, um indivíduo respondeu muito prejuízo para tais atividades. CONCLUSÃO: a paralisia facial periférica crônica adquirida interferiu na qualidade de vida dos indivíduos com graus considerados mais graves.PURPOSE: to analyze quality of life in subjects with acquired chronic peripheral facial palsy. METHOD: 12 subjects with acquired facial palsy were selected through screening during the sequel, with etiologies of Bell and acoustic schwannoma after resection. The degree of acquired facial palsy was

  7. Iniciativa Unidade Basica Amiga da Amamentacao e sua relacao com o aleitamento materno exclusivo

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    Ana Lucia Naves Alves

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO : Analisar a prevalência do aleitamento materno exclusivo e sua associação com a assistência pela Iniciativa Unidade Básica Amiga da Amamentação. MÉTODOS : Estudo transversal, com dados da pesquisa sobre práticas alimentares no primeiro ano de vida conduzida nas campanhas de vacinação em Barra Mansa, RJ, em 2003 e 2006. Foram selecionadas as crianças < 6 meses, no total 589 em 2003 e 707 em 2006. Tomou-se por base o inquérito de 2006 para estimar a relação entre ser assistido pela Iniciativa Unidade Básica Amiga da Amamentação e a prática do aleitamento materno exclusivo. Variáveis de exposição que se mostraram associadas (p ≤ 0,20 ao desfecho na análise bivariada foram selecionadas para a análise múltipla. As razões de prevalência ajustadas foram obtidas por modelo de regressão de Poisson com variância robusta, segundo modelo conceitual hierarquizado. O modelo final foi composto por variáveis de exposição que obtiveram p ≤ 0,05. RESULTADOS : A prevalência do aleitamento materno exclusivo aumentou de 30,2% em 2003 para 46,7% em 2006. Baixa escolaridade materna reduziu o aleitamento materno exclusivo em 20,0% (RP = 0,798; IC95% 0,684;0,931, o parto cesariano em 16,0% (RP = 0,838; IC95% 0,719;0,976, o uso de chupeta em 41,0% (RP = 0,589; IC95% 0,495;0,701 e a prevalência de aleitamento materno exclusivo foi 1,0% menor a cada dia de vida da criança (RP = 0,992; IC95% 0,991;0,994 na análise múltipla. O acompanhamento do bebê por unidade credenciada na Iniciativa Unidade Básica Amiga da Amamentação aumentou o desfecho em 19,0% (RP = 1,193; IC95% 1,020;1,395. CONCLUSÕES : A Iniciativa Unidade Básica Amiga da Amamentação contribuiu para a prática do aleitamento materno exclusivo e para orientação de gestantes e mães quando implementada na rede primária de saúde.

  8. Unidades geomorfológicas e processos erosivos na bacia do rio Keller-PR

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    Myriam da Silveira Reis Nakashima

    2000-05-01

    Full Text Available O trabalho em pauta baseia-se na análise da Carta Geomorfológica e dos Processos Erosivos da Bacia do Rio Keller-PR Escala: 1:50.000 (Reis Nakashima, 1999. A metodologia utilizada está centrada na análise integrada da paisagem, baseada na inter-relação entre os diversos componentes constatados nas fotografias aéreas, 1: 25.000, imagens de satélite, 1: 100.000, cartas topográfica e temáticas e nos trabalhos de campo. Desta forma, obteve-se a legenda integrada da carta geomorfológica da área pesquisada (Tabela 1. O tratamento metodológico utilizado possibilitou a subdivisão da Bacia do Rio Keller em quatro unidades geomorfológicas, caracterizadas pela correlação entre as referidas unidades e as formas de relevo com os dados morfométricos, litológicos, pedológicos, de uso da terra/vegetação. Paralelamente, elaborou-se a Carta das Formas Associadas aos Processos Erosivos Atuais (Reis Nakashima, op. cit, para correlacioná-la com os resultados obtidos na Carta Geomorfológica. Esta linha de abordagem possibilita subsidiar as pesquisas pedológico-geomorfológicas, voltadas para estudos do meio ambiente e da fragilidade ambiental

  9. Alocação da equipe de enfermagem e ocorrência de eventos adversos/incidentes em unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Leilane Andrade Gonçalves

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available A segurança do paciente representa um desafio para a excelência da qualidade no setor saúde. Este estudo objetivou: verificar a adequação entre a alocação da equipe de enfermagem e as horas de cuidado requeridas pelos pacientes, bem como identificar a relação entre essa alocação com eventos adversos/incidentes (EA/I. Trata-se de pesquisa observacional, descritiva e prospectiva, desenvolvida nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Clínicas do 4º andar e 6º andar de um Hospital Universitário, do município de São Paulo, Brasil, no período de 01/11/07 a 10/12/07, com 46 pacientes. Nas UTIs 4º andar e 6º andar, respectivamente, 43,3% e 10,3% das alocações foram inadequadas (p = 0,000. Houve diferença na frequência de EA/I nas alocações adequadas e inadequadas da equipe de enfermagem da UTI 4º andar e UTI 6º andar, p = 0,0004 e p = 0,000, respectivamente. Concluiu-se que, quanto maior a diferença entre as horas disponíveis e requeridas de cuidado nas alocações de enfermagem, menor a frequência de EA/I.

  10. As unidades de conservação e a Floresta Ombrófila Mista no Estado do Paraná

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    Paulo de Tarso de Lara Pires

    2012-09-01

    Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198050986625O intenso processo de ocupação territorial, uso desordenado dos recursos naturais e destruição de áreas verdes iniciadas no século XIX, são os principais motivos da intensa devastação das Florestas com Araucárias. Como meio de efetivação da proteção e desenvolvimento florestal, o Brasil adotou em sua política ambiental a criação do Sistema de Unidades de Conservação nas categorias, de proteção integral e uso sustentável. Uma alternativa viável é a regulação dos estoques de madeira no Estado por meio de Unidade de Conservação de Uso Sustentável. O que se pretende a partir deste ponto é analisar a possibilidade da criação de regulamentação do aproveitamento dos recursos naturais em espaços naturais protegidos. Para tanto, foram selecionadas e trabalhadas duas modalidades de Unidades de Conservação (UC, já existentes, e proposta a criação de uma nova modalidade, então denominada “Reservas Particulares de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (RPDS”. As Unidades de Proteção Integral têm desempenhado papel expressivo na preservação do Bioma Florestal com Araucária. Em contrapartida, as Unidades de Conservação de Uso Sustentável são inexpressivas no Bioma e necessitam de uma efetiva regulamentação para que desempenhem sua função ecológica e social. Medidas de incentivo à conservação das florestas particulares e ao uso sustentável dos recursos madeireiros e não madeireiros, somadas ao instrumental atualmente utilizado, podem contribuir com maior efetividade na conservação e recuperação do Bioma Florestal com Araucária.

  11. Análise de custos da atenção hospitalar a recém-nascidos de risco: uma comparação entre Unidade Intermediária Convencional e Unidade Canguru Análisis de los costes de la atención hospitalaria para los recién nacidos en riesgo: una comparación entre la Unidad Intermedia Neonatal y la Unidad Canguro Cost analysis of hospital care for newborns at risk: comparison of an Intermediate Neonatal Care Unit and a Kangaroo Unit

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    Cynthia Magluta

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    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma análise comparativa entre o custo da Unidade Canguru e da Unidade Intermediária Convencional sob a perspectiva do SUS, no Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A população de referência é de recém-nascidos estáveis clinicamente, que podem receber assistência nas duas modalidades de cuidado. Um modelo de análise de decisão para uma coorte hipotética de mil recém-nascidos elegíveis foi elaborado para comparar os custos em cada estratégia avaliada. As probabilidades dos eventos e o consumo de recursos de saúde foram incorporados ao modelo com base na literatura e consulta a especialistas. O custo da diária foi de R$343,53 para a 2ª etapa da Unidade Canguru e de R$394,22 para a Unidade Intermediária Convencional. O custo para a coorte hipotética foi de R$5.710.281,66 para a assistência na 2ª e 3ª etapa da Unidade Canguru e de R$7.119.865,61 para a Unidade Intermediária Convencional. A Unidade Intermediária Convencional apresentou custos 25% superiores aos da Unidade Canguru. O estudo pode contribuir para a tomada de decisão na área da saúde, além de fornecer subsídios para pesquisas relacionadas à avaliação econômica na área neonatal.El objetivo de este estudio fue realizar un análisis comparativo entre el coste de la Unidad Canguro y la Unidad Intermedia Convencional, dentro de la perspectiva del Sistema Único de Salud (SUS en el municipio de Río de Janeiro, Brasil. La población de referencia son los recién nacidos clínicamente estables, que pueden recibir asistencia en ambas modalidades de atención. Se diseñó un modelo de análisis de decisión para una cohorte hipotética de 1.000 bebés elegibles, con el fin de comparar los costes de cada estrategia evaluada. Las probabilidades de ocurrencias y consumo de recursos sanitarios se incorporaron al modelo de la literatura y la consulta con expertos. El coste diario fue de R$343,53 en la 2ª etapa de la Unidad Canguro

  12. Importância das informações contábeis nas unidades de negócio: estudo exploratório em uma empresa de Jaraguá do Sul

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    O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a importância de informações contábeis, claras e precisas, disponíveis para as unidades estratégicas de negócios na tomada de decisões administrativas. Como as unidades de negócio são, teoricamente, em menor ou maior grau, autônomas em se tratando de gerenciamento de lucros, despesas e investimentos, é fundamental que seus gestores e executivos tenham acesso a informações contábeis precisas e detalhadas, com linguagem acessiva e co...

  13. CARACTERIZAÇÃO E SUSCEPTIBILIDADE ECOLÓGICA DOS FRAGMENTOS FLORESTAIS NAS BACIAS DO RIBEIRÃO DOURADINHO E RIBEIRÃO ESTIVA - MINAS GERAIS

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    Josimar dos Reis de Souza

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    Full Text Available Os fragmentos florestais estão sujeitos ao fenômeno conhecido como Efeito de Borda, que afeta a função ecológica dessas áreas em relação ao tamanho, formato do fragmento, matriz ao entorno e manejo das áreas de borda. Desse modo, este trabalho teve como principal objetivo discutir o grau de susceptibilidade ecológica dos fragmentos florestais das bacias do Ribeirão Douradinho e Estiva em Minas Gerais. O uso das imagens RapidEye permitiram o mapeamento das unidades de fragmentos existentes nas bacias. Sob a perspectiva da Ecometria da Paisagem, foram analisados para cada fragmento os índices: área, densidade, tamanho, borda, forma, proximidade entre os fragmentos e área central. Como conclusão do trabalho, verificou-se que o nível de fragmentação florestal é elevado, com 273 unidades, somando 76,35 km², menos de 1% da área das bacias. Os fragmentos foram agrupados em: muito pequeno 5 e 10 e 100 ha, com 15 unidades (5,5%. No geral, os fragmentos inclusos nas categorias muito pequeno e pequeno não possuem área sem influência do efeito de borda, o que dificulta a preservação da biodiversidade destes ecossistemas, ou seja, áreas susceptíveis a perda ecológica. O Ribeirão Panga, afluente do Ribeirão Douradinho, é o que possui maior índice de densidade e proximidade da distribuição dos fragmentos analisados. É também onde está localizada a Reserva de Preservação Permanente (RPPN da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, que apresentou o maior índice de circularidade.

  14. O LIVRE ACESSO À JUSTIÇA: UMA ANÁLISE DAS PORTARIAS QUE LIMITAM O INGRESSO DO JURISDICIONADO NAS UNIDADES JUDICIÁRIAS EM RAZÃO DE VESTIMENTAS

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    Lucas Brito de Oliveira

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    Full Text Available No Brasil, não raro se verifica em órgãos púbicos e, principalmente, no Poder Judiciário, portarias que impedem o ingresso de pessoas nas dependências públicas por conta da vestimenta que, segundo as autoridades responsáveis pelos atos administrativos, atentam contra a dignidade da justiça. Constitui objetivo do presente trabalho esclarecer o acesso à justiça como direito fundamental, constitucionalmente protegido, demonstrando ser inconstitucional o óbice da vestimenta no acesso do jurisdicionado aos fóruns e tribunais brasileiros. Neste artigo, empregar-se-á o método lógico dedutivo, lastreado na realização de pesquisas em livros, artigos científicos, legislação e posicionamentos dos órgãos superiores sobre o tema, além de coleta de dados em sítios estatais, permitindo uma melhor compreensão do trabalho a ser exposto, tudo por meio de proposições conclusivas, enfrentadas por oportunidade das considerações finais. Ao fim, a título de conclusão, infere-se que as portarias que, de alguma forma, impedem o acesso dos cidadãos às unidades judiciárias, ou equivalentes, e, por consequência, obstaculizam a possibilidade de realização da justiça, são eivadas de inconstitucionalidade, afigurando-se como verdadeiro atentado às máximas de justiça social e efetivação dos direitos e garantias fundamentais, o que não deve persistir em um Estado Democrático de Direito. 

  15. Diabetes mellitus e intolerância à glicose são subdiagnosticados nas unidades de terapia intensiva

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    Renata Teixeira Ladeira

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a presença de diabetes mellitus e a intolerância à glicose em pacientes internados em unidades de terapia intensiva. MÉTODOS: Foram incluídos pacientes clínicos, em pós-operatório de cirurgias eletivas e de urgência, e excluídos aqueles com história de diabetes mellitus. Para o diagnóstico de alterações prévias da glicemia, utilizou-se a dosagem da hemoglobina glicada (HbA1c na admissão do paciente, sendo classificado em normal (6,4%. Durante os 3 primeiros dias da internação, foram avaliados o controle glicêmico e as complicações clínicas. A evolução para óbito foi acompanhada por 28 dias. Para as análises estatísticas, utilizaram-se testes do qui-quadrado, ANOVA, teste t de Student, Kruskall-Wallis ou Mann Whitney. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 30 pacientes, 53% do gênero feminino, idade de 53,4±19,7 anos e APACHE II de 13,6±6,6. A maioria dos pacientes foi admitida por sepse grave ou choque séptico, seguido por pós-operatório de cirurgias eletivas, oncológicas, politraumatismo e cirurgia de urgência. Ao classificar esses pacientes segundo a HbA1c, apesar da ausência prévia de história de diabetes mellitus, apenas 13,3% tinham HbA1c normal, 23,3% tinham níveis compatíveis com o diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus e 63,3% eram compatíveis com intolerância à glicose. Houve associação significativa entre o diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus ou intolerância a glicose e o uso de droga vasoativa (p=0,04. CONCLUSÃO: Foi encontrada alta prevalência de diabetes mellitus e intolerância à glicose, sem diagnóstico prévio, em pacientes internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva geral.

  16. Visita de crianças em unidade de terapia intensiva Children visit to intensive care unit

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    Katya Masae Kitajima Borges

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    Full Text Available A maioria dos hospitais estabelece idade mínima de 12 anos para a entrada de crianças nas unidades de terapia intensiva de adultos, porém, crianças menores participativas do processo de hospitalização têm manifestado, por meio de seus familiares, o desejo de visitar seus entes hospitalizados. Essa situação suscita diferentes opiniões entre os membros da equipe de saúde, principalmente no que diz respeito a pouca orientação sobre como manejar a entrada de criança na unidade de terapia intensiva sem causar danos psicológicos. Com objetivo de ampliar e fundamentar essa prática realizou-se revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema, alinhada ao estudo das fases do desenvolvimento cognitivo e emocional da criança em relação à compreensão da morte para, em seguida, sugerir proposta para rotina de entrada de crianças em unidade de terapia intensiva adulto.Most hospitals only allow children above 12 years-old to visit adult intensive care unit patients. However, younger children participating in the hospitalization process manifest, through their family members, their willingness to visit their hospitalized relatives. This raises different health care team members' opinions on how to manage their visits to the intensive care unit and prevent psychological harm. Aiming to expand and support this practice, a literature review was conducted, and the children's cognitive and emotional development phases related to understanding of death studied. From this, a routine for children's visits to adult intensive care unit is proposed.

  17. Toward a universal, automated facial measurement tool in facial reanimation.

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    Hadlock, Tessa A; Urban, Luke S

    2012-01-01

    To describe a highly quantitative facial function-measuring tool that yields accurate, objective measures of facial position in significantly less time than existing methods. Facial Assessment by Computer Evaluation (FACE) software was designed for facial analysis. Outputs report the static facial landmark positions and dynamic facial movements relevant in facial reanimation. Fifty individuals underwent facial movement analysis using Photoshop-based measurements and the new software; comparisons of agreement and efficiency were made. Comparisons were made between individuals with normal facial animation and patients with paralysis to gauge sensitivity to abnormal movements. Facial measurements were matched using FACE software and Photoshop-based measures at rest and during expressions. The automated assessments required significantly less time than Photoshop-based assessments.FACE measurements easily revealed differences between individuals with normal facial animation and patients with facial paralysis. FACE software produces accurate measurements of facial landmarks and facial movements and is sensitive to paralysis. Given its efficiency, it serves as a useful tool in the clinical setting for zonal facial movement analysis in comprehensive facial nerve rehabilitation programs.

  18. AVALIAÇÃO DAS CONDIÇÕES HIDRODINÂMICAS DE WETLANDS DE ESCOAMENTO HORIZONTAL SUBSUPERFICIAL (UNIDADES PLANTADA E NÃO PLANTADA

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    Full Text Available 800x600 Este trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar o comportamento hidrodinâmico de duas wetlands construídas (WC de escoamento horizontal subsuperficial e analisar comparativamente os respectivos parâmetros hidrodinâmicos gerados em cada sistema. No intuito de entender esse comportamento, foi realizado um teste simultâneo com elemento traçador (82Br nas duas wetlands, uma plantada (WP e outra não plantada (WNP, recebendo efluente sanitário de reator UASB (equivalente populacional de 50 habitantes cada. Os estudos foram efetuados após as unidades estarem em operação por cerca de 2 anos e apresentando escoamento superficial indesejado no início do leito de ambas as unidades, com maior escoamento superficial na WP (aproximadamente o dobro da WNP. Nesse trabalho são apresentados resultados comparativos relacionados às condições hidrodinâmicas dos dois sistemas e seus respectivos parâmetros obtidos. As duas unidades de wetlands apresentaram tempo de detenção hidráulica (TDH médio inferior ao teórico calculado em projeto, com valor ligeiramente superior para a WNP. As duas unidades apresentaram condições hidrodinâmicas similares , com a WNP apresentando número de dispersão (d apenas um pouco inferior e número de tanques em série ligeiramente superior, comparado com a WP. Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

  19. Tendências de gerenciamento de unidades de saúde e de pessoas Tendencias de gerenciamiento de unidades de salud y de personas Health care units and human resources management trends

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    Adriana Maria André

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Identificar que fatores produzem novas tendências no gerenciamento das unidades básicas de saúde e mudanças nos modelos de gestão. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo com dez gestores de unidades de saúde e dez especialistas da área de saúde de São Paulo, SP, em 2010. Foi adotada a metodologia Delphi. Foram utilizadas quatro rodadas para a coleta de dados, três quantitativas e a quarta qualitativa. Nas três primeiras foram levantadas as tendências de mudança nos modelos de gestão; no perfil do gestor e nas competências requeridas para a função, foi utilizado o teste estatístico de Mann Whitney. A quarta rodada ocorreu por meio de um painel com os envolvidos, tendo sido escolhida a análise temática. RESULTADOS: Foram identificados os principais fatores que estão impulsionando o gerenciamento das unidades básicas de saúde, como as mudanças nos modelos de gestão. Foi consenso de que as dificuldades no gerenciamento das equipes e nas políticas influemciam nesse processo. Verificou-se que os gestores estão a par das tendências do macrocontexto com o advento das organizações sociais de saúde, mas ainda não estão se antecipando nas ações institucionais. CONCLUSÕES: A formação acadêmica deve ser revista não só quanto aos conteúdos, mas quanto ao desenvolvimento desses profissionais. O recrutamento, a seleção, o desenvolvimento e a avaliação devem ser norteados por essas competências alinhadas à missão, à visão, aos valores e aos modelos de gestão das organizações no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde.OBJETIVO: Identificar los factores que producen nuevas tendencias en el gerenciamiento de las unidades básicas de salud y cambios en los modelos de gestión. MÉTODOS: Estudio prospectivo con diez gestores de unidades de salud y diez especialistas del área de salud de Sao Paulo, SP- Brasil, en 2010. Se adoptó la metodología Delphi. Se utilizaron cuatro circulaciones para la colecta de datos

  20. Facial paralysis and vestibular syndrome in feedlot cattle in Argentina Paralisia facial e síndrome vestibular de bovinos em confinamento

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    Ernesto Odriozola

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    pares cranianos. Cultivos para bactérias ou vírus resultaram negativos. De acordo com as lesões observadas o quadro clínico foi diagnosticado como paralisia facial e síndrome vestibular associadas a lesões que ocupam espaço nas meninges e nervos cranianos VII e VIII. O confinamento é uma prática em expansão na Argentina e este é o primeiro relato, neste país, de surtos de paralisia facial e síndrome vestibular associados com lesões que ocupam espaço.

  1. Crecimiento y desarrollo de niños y jóvenes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1

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    Enrique Rotemberg Wilf

    Full Text Available Resumen La diabetes mellitus es un síndrome metabólico que se caracteriza por hiperglucemia con alteración en el metabolismo de los carbohidratos, proteínas y grasas, causada por deficiencias en la producción o en la utilización de la insulina. Es la enfermedad endocrinometabólica más frecuente de la infancia y adolescencia. La diabetes tipo 1 es una condición crónica debido a la destrucción de las células beta de los islotes de Langerhans del páncreas por enfermedad autoinmune o sin causa conocida. El crecimiento y desarrollo general y cráneo facial del individuo van a estar influenciados por distintos factores que actúan interrelacionados. Los profesionales de la salud deben controlar la evolución del niño con diabetes 1 especialmente durante la pubertad. Es probable encontrar diferencias de crecimiento y desarrollo entre jóvenes con eficaz o con pobre control glucémico, en especial si la enfermedad es de inicio prepuberal y si es o no diagnosticada en forma precoz. La diabetes mellitus tipo 1 puede afectar la salud buco-dental de niños y adolescentes, con posibles consecuencias en la vida adulta

  2. Scientific information and public opinion. Daily press analysis about ozone hole in the years 1996-1997; Informazione scientifica e opinione pubblica. Analisi della stampa quotidiana italiana negli anni 1996-1997 sul tema del buco dell'ozono

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    Bertuzzi, D. [ENEA, Centro Ricerche E. Clementel, Bologna (Italy). Unita' Comunicazione e Informazione; Borrelli, G. [ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Rome (Italy). Sezione Ambiente Globale e Clima

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    One of ENEA's many activities consists in dealing with the analysis of information strategies. In this case the analysis concerns an environmental issue, the ozone hole which, in spite of the consideration given by the media, is not sufficiently highlighted, as well as in the case of climate changes issue. A survey of the coverage of four daily newspapers was realized; the time period covered by the analysis spans form January 1996 to December 1997, 77 articles in total. The newspapers involved are: La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, L'Unita' on a national scale, and Il Resto del Carlino on a regional scale. The number of articles analyzed is divided as follows: 26 for the Repubblica, 24 for the Corriere della Sera, 21 for the Unita', 6 for the Resto del Carlino. The purpose of the work was to detect quality and quantity indicators of the Italian press about the ozone hole issue and possible environmental risks conveyed to the public, using the classical methods of the Content analysis. The analysis, carried out through a questionnaire realized for another research on climate change and daily press and appropriately readapted, consisted of 35 questions pointing out the fundamental characteristics of each article: (i) morphological characteristics; (ii) modalities describing the ozone hole; (iii) communication connotations. [Italian] Tra le attivita' dell'ENEA rientra l'analisi delle strategie dell'informazione, rivolta in questo caso ad un tema ambientale, il buco dell'ozono, che pur avendo recentemente grande rilevanza sui media, viene trattato con scarsa evidenza, cosi' come avviene, ad esempio, per i cambiamenti climatici. L'analisi presentata copre quattro testate per un arco temporale di due anni, dal gennaio 1996 al dicembre 1997, per un totale di 77 rilevati. Sono state analizzate tre testate nazionali, La Repubblica, il Corriere della Sera, l'Unita', e un giornale a carattere regionale, il

  3. Análise de carcinomas epidermóides por meio de radiografia panorâmica e tomografia computadorizada Analysis of squamous cell carcinomas by means of panoramic radiography and computed tomography

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    Amanda Cáceres PEREIRA

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    Full Text Available Este trabalho teve como objetivo correlacionar aspectos radiográficos como, localização e extensão do tumor, infiltração óssea e de tecidos moles e destruição das corticais, obtidos nas radiografias panorâmicas com os encontrados nas tomografias computadorizadas (TCs. Os aspectos radiográficos de 48 pacientes com diagnóstico histopatológico de carcinomas epidermóides, localizados em várias regiões do complexo buco-maxilo-facial, foram analisados por 4 radiologistas. As radiografias panorâmicas e as tomografias computadorizadas foram realizadas nos hospitais e clínicas da Universidade de Iowa (EUA, FUNDECTO - USP e Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (SP, Brasil. Como resultados, obtivemos a grande limitação da radiografia panorâmica em determinar a localização e extensão do tumor, com delimitações bastante imprecisas da lesão. Já as TCs ofereceram resultados mais direcionados como: invasão do tumor em direção a estruturas moles adjacentes, extensão da destruição óssea, bem como a profundidade da lesão, que foram confirmados com os achados cirúrgicos. Concluímos que a tomografia computadorizada demonstrou ser uma técnica bastante sensível na detecção do comprometimento ósseo e do envolvimento de tecidos moles, proporcionando, assim, o auxílio no diagnóstico e no planejamento do tratamento. No entanto, a radiografia panorâmica foi muito pouco sensível e eficaz, por mostrar apenas margens imprecisas e pouco nítidas da lesão, não avaliando o envolvimento de tecidos moles.The purpose of this work was to compare radiographic findings, such as localization and extension of tumors toward the bone and soft tissues, in panoramic radiography and computed tomography (CT. Four radiologists assessed the radiographic findings of 48 patients with the histopathological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma in different sites of the maxillofacial region. Panoramic radiographs and computed

  4. Sound-induced facial synkinesis following facial nerve paralysis

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    Ma, Ming-San; van der Hoeven, Johannes H.; Nicolai, Jean-Philippe A.; Meek, Marcel F.

    Facial synkinesis (or synkinesia) (FS) occurs frequently after paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve and is in most cases due to aberrant regeneration of (branches of) the facial nerve. Patients suffer from inappropriate and involuntary synchronous facial muscle contractions. Here we describe two

  5. Fendas lábio-palatinas : protocolo terapêutico

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    Trabalho final de mestrado integrado em Medicina área científica de Cirurgia Maxilo-Facial, apresentada á Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra As fendas lábio-palatinas representam a malformação congénita mais comum a nível da cabeça e do pescoço. Estas malformações assumem uma grande diversidade clínica e morfológica. As fendas lábio-palatinas apresentam uma prevalência global de 1:700, no entanto esta varia de acordo com as diferentes áreas geográficas, sendo mais frequent...

  6. Enfermagem neonatal: o sentido existencial do cuidado na unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Rita de Cássia de Jesus Melo

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    Full Text Available Entender que cuidado ao recém-nascido prematuro perpassa por diversas ações que estão, por vezes, imbricadas na rotina predominante nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, requer que profissionais compreendam a sutileza entre o cuidado no sentido de atividades e procedimentos realizados no dia-a-dia, e cuidado no sentido existencial de ser e cuidar do outro. Este estudo, na abordagem fenomenológica heideggeriana, objetivou desvelar o sentido existencial do cuidado às mães de bebês prematuros internados em UTIN. Após aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, foram realizadas entrevistas com nove mães. A análise pelo método heideggeriano desvelou que o ser-mãe, ao ser-com-o-filho, também se sente cuidada pelos profissionais que propiciam que enfrente esse momento existencial de maneira mais segura.

  7. [Facial palsy].

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    Cavoy, R

    2013-09-01

    Facial palsy is a daily challenge for the clinicians. Determining whether facial nerve palsy is peripheral or central is a key step in the diagnosis. Central nervous lesions can give facial palsy which may be easily differentiated from peripheral palsy. The next question is the peripheral facial paralysis idiopathic or symptomatic. A good knowledge of anatomy of facial nerve is helpful. A structure approach is given to identify additional features that distinguish symptomatic facial palsy from idiopathic one. The main cause of peripheral facial palsies is idiopathic one, or Bell's palsy, which remains a diagnosis of exclusion. The most common cause of symptomatic peripheral facial palsy is Ramsay-Hunt syndrome. Early identification of symptomatic facial palsy is important because of often worst outcome and different management. The prognosis of Bell's palsy is on the whole favorable and is improved with a prompt tapering course of prednisone. In Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, an antiviral therapy is added along with prednisone. We also discussed of current treatment recommendations. We will review short and long term complications of peripheral facial palsy.

  8. Um estudo empírico de um sistema de reconhecimento facial utilizando o classificador KNN

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    Fabio Abrantes Diniz

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    Full Text Available Neste artigo, apresenta-se um estudo empírico de otimização das taxas de acurácias resultantes de um sistema de reconhecimento facial baseado nas técnicas Eigenfaces e K-Nearest Neighbors. Foram investigadas as seguintes variáveis: imagens com três dimensões distintas, número de características (Eigenfaces, valores de k da técnica K-Nearest Neighbors e três medidas de distância (euclidiana, Manhattan e euclidiana normalizada. Os estudos foram importantes para entender empiricamente quais parâmetros são os mais relevantes para as técnicas analisadas e que resultam em melhores taxas de acurácias de reconhecimento facial. Os resultados dos experimentos comprovaram que as imagens com dimensões 12x9 pixels produzem as melhores taxas de acurácias de reconhecimento facial, combinando com a medida de distância euclidiana normalizada e um número de Eigenfaces igual a vinte.

  9. Sound-induced facial synkinesis following facial nerve paralysis.

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    Ma, Ming-San; van der Hoeven, Johannes H; Nicolai, Jean-Philippe A; Meek, Marcel F

    2009-08-01

    Facial synkinesis (or synkinesia) (FS) occurs frequently after paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve and is in most cases due to aberrant regeneration of (branches of) the facial nerve. Patients suffer from inappropriate and involuntary synchronous facial muscle contractions. Here we describe two cases of sound-induced facial synkinesis (SFS) after facial nerve injury. As far as we know, this phenomenon has not been described in the English literature before. Patient A presented with right hemifacial palsy after lesion of the facial nerve due to skull base fracture. He reported involuntary muscle activity at the right corner of the mouth, specifically on hearing ringing keys. Patient B suffered from left hemifacial palsy following otitis media and developed involuntary muscle contraction in the facial musculature specifically on hearing clapping hands or a trumpet sound. Both patients were evaluated by means of video, audio and EMG analysis. Possible mechanisms in the pathophysiology of SFS are postulated and therapeutic options are discussed.

  10. Variabilidade sazonal dos atributos climáticos e definição das unidades climáticas na estação ecológica do Taim, RS

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    João Paulo Delapasse Simioni

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    Full Text Available O presente trabalho consiste na análise e na definição das unidades climáticas na Estação Ecológica do Taim/RS. Para a concretização desta pesquisa, necessitou-se a realização de 03 (três trabalhos de campo na ESEC Taim/RS, onde foram instalados 06 (seis mini abrigos meteorológicos em pontos distintos, os quais consistem nas bases de segurança da ESEC. Mediu-se a temperatura e a umidade relativa do ar, pressão atmosférica e velocidade dos ventos. Para a análise e a definição das unidades climáticas da ESEC Taim, utilizou-se a metodologia proposta por Wollmann (2011; Serafini Jr. (2005. Nesta pesquisa, pode-se sugerir a divisão da ESEC Taim em cinco unidades climáticas, influenciadas diretamente pelos ambientes naturais, de banhados, lagoas e dunas eólicas, como pelas atividades antrópicas como a rizicultura, silvicultura e, também, pela BR 471, que passa dentro dos limites do Taim.

  11. Facial dynamics and emotional expressions in facial aging treatments.

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    Michaud, Thierry; Gassia, Véronique; Belhaouari, Lakhdar

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    Facial expressions convey emotions that form the foundation of interpersonal relationships, and many of these emotions promote and regulate our social linkages. Hence, the facial aging symptomatological analysis and the treatment plan must of necessity include knowledge of the facial dynamics and the emotional expressions of the face. This approach aims to more closely meet patients' expectations of natural-looking results, by correcting age-related negative expressions while observing the emotional language of the face. This article will successively describe patients' expectations, the role of facial expressions in relational dynamics, the relationship between facial structures and facial expressions, and the way facial aging mimics negative expressions. Eventually, therapeutic implications for facial aging treatment will be addressed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  12. A cultura amazônica e sua aplicação nas práticas de educação em saúde e enfermagem

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    Fabianne De Jesus De Sousa

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    Full Text Available Introdução: A ordem é viver mais, melhor com mais saúde. Apesar do aumento e acesso às informações, o usuário dos serviços de saúde continua ainda muito impotente na relação que estabelece com os profissionais da área. Objetivou-se relatar a experiência de enfermeiras em identificar como se dá aplicação da cultura amazônica nas práticas educativas com idosos da Unidade de Saúde da Família no Município de Benevides-PA e o conhecimento destas práticas na cultura amazônica. Materiais e Métodos: Trata-se de um relato de experiência, de natureza descritiva vivenciado pelas enfermeiras com um grupo de idosos em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família. Resultados: Os profissionais respeitam sua cultura amazônica através de conversas, oralidade dos mais antigos, espaços comunitários e religiosos para a transmissão dos saberes. Discussão e Conclusões: A Cultura amazônica e as práticas educativas estão presentes nas vidas dos idosos em seus ambientes familiares e comunitários, sendo levado em consideração pelos enfermeiros. Cómo citar este artículo: Sousa F, Andrade F, Silva M. A cultura amazônica e sua aplicação nas práticas de educação em saúde e enfermagem. Rev Cuid. 2015; 6(2: 1103-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v6i2.110

  13. Multiracial Facial Golden Ratio and Evaluation of Facial Appearance.

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    Full Text Available This study aimed to investigate the association of facial proportion and its relation to the golden ratio with the evaluation of facial appearance among Malaysian population. This was a cross-sectional study with 286 randomly selected from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Health Campus students (150 females and 136 males; 100 Malaysian Chinese, 100 Malaysian Malay and 86 Malaysian Indian, with the mean age of 21.54 ± 1.56 (Age range, 18-25. Facial indices obtained from direct facial measurements were used for the classification of facial shape into short, ideal and long. A validated structured questionnaire was used to assess subjects' evaluation of their own facial appearance. The mean facial indices of Malaysian Indian (MI, Malaysian Chinese (MC and Malaysian Malay (MM were 1.59 ± 0.19, 1.57 ± 0.25 and 1.54 ± 0.23 respectively. Only MC showed significant sexual dimorphism in facial index (P = 0.047; P<0.05 but no significant difference was found between races. Out of the 286 subjects, 49 (17.1% were of ideal facial shape, 156 (54.5% short and 81 (28.3% long. The facial evaluation questionnaire showed that MC had the lowest satisfaction with mean score of 2.18 ± 0.97 for overall impression and 2.15 ± 1.04 for facial parts, compared to MM and MI, with mean score of 1.80 ± 0.97 and 1.64 ± 0.74 respectively for overall impression; 1.75 ± 0.95 and 1.70 ± 0.83 respectively for facial parts.1 Only 17.1% of Malaysian facial proportion conformed to the golden ratio, with majority of the population having short face (54.5%; 2 Facial index did not depend significantly on races; 3 Significant sexual dimorphism was shown among Malaysian Chinese; 4 All three races are generally satisfied with their own facial appearance; 5 No significant association was found between golden ratio and facial evaluation score among Malaysian population.

  14. A família como unidade de serviço para a assistência de enfermagem à saúde

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    Maria Angela Alves do Nascimento

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    Full Text Available As ações básicas de saúde centradas na família como unidade de serviço em enfermagem constituem uma das estratégias para alcançar a meta de "saúde para todos no ano 2000". O reconhecimento do papel do enfermeiro como agente multiplicador de saúde e elemento intermediário entre o indivíduo, família, unidade sanitária, é o motivo principal da realização desse estudo, que tem como um dos objetivos avaliar a participação de enfermagem na assistência à saúde da família. A amostra consta de setenta e cinco famílias do bairro Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana-BA e vinte e três elementos da equipe de enfermagem que atuam nesta comunidade. Os resultados obtidos mostram o reconhecimento da família como unidade de serviço em enfermagem, visto que a família é o agente propulsor de sua própria saúde. Entretanto, há uma maior necessidade de reorientação e remotivação nas instituições de saúde, no sentido de que os programas sanitários tenham uma participação direta da Família, junto a especialistas (enfermeiros, médicos e outros, para que, num trabalho conjunto, consigam modificar as condições físicas, sociais e ambientais que influem sobre sua qualidade de vida - SAÚDE.

  15. Mulheres em idade fértil: causas de internação em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva e resultados

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    Cátia Millene Dell Agnolo

    2014-08-01

    Full Text Available Introdução: Pacientes obstétricas representam uma fração significativa das admissões em unidades de cuidado intensivo e consistem em um desafio para a equipe. Objetivo: Analisar as principais causas de internação e morte materna de mulheres em idade fértil ocorridas em unidades de terapia intensiva de hospitais de um município do Noroeste do Paraná, Sul do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo exploratório, descritivo, retrospectivo, realizado com mulheres em idade fértil (10 a 49 anos internadas em três unidades de terapia intensiva existentes em um município do Noroeste do Paraná, por causas obstétricas e não obstétricas, no período de janeiro de 2005 a dezembro de 2009. Resultados: Foram encontradas 775 internações de mulheres em idade fértil, com uma média de idade de 33,7±10,3 anos, com duração média de internação de 5,0±8,4 dias. A maior parte das mulheres era do município estudado (67,2%, com baixa escolaridade (nível primário, 68,2%. Entre as causas obstétricas de internação, a pré-eclâmpsia grave e a eclâmpsia se constituíram na principal causa (71,3%; a pielonefrite se destacou sob outras condições no período gestacional (53%. Não foi encontrada associação estatística entre internações por causas obstétricas em unidade de terapia intensiva e óbito. Conclusão: As causas não obstétricas representaram a maioria das internações de mulheres em idade fértil nas unidades de terapia intensiva do município, no período estudado e, entre as causas obstétricas, a pré-eclâmpsia grave e eclampsia constituíram a principal causa.

  16. Multiracial Facial Golden Ratio and Evaluation of Facial Appearance.

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    Alam, Mohammad Khursheed; Mohd Noor, Nor Farid; Basri, Rehana; Yew, Tan Fo; Wen, Tay Hui

    2015-01-01

    This study aimed to investigate the association of facial proportion and its relation to the golden ratio with the evaluation of facial appearance among Malaysian population. This was a cross-sectional study with 286 randomly selected from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Health Campus students (150 females and 136 males; 100 Malaysian Chinese, 100 Malaysian Malay and 86 Malaysian Indian), with the mean age of 21.54 ± 1.56 (Age range, 18-25). Facial indices obtained from direct facial measurements were used for the classification of facial shape into short, ideal and long. A validated structured questionnaire was used to assess subjects' evaluation of their own facial appearance. The mean facial indices of Malaysian Indian (MI), Malaysian Chinese (MC) and Malaysian Malay (MM) were 1.59 ± 0.19, 1.57 ± 0.25 and 1.54 ± 0.23 respectively. Only MC showed significant sexual dimorphism in facial index (P = 0.047; Pmean score of 2.18 ± 0.97 for overall impression and 2.15 ± 1.04 for facial parts, compared to MM and MI, with mean score of 1.80 ± 0.97 and 1.64 ± 0.74 respectively for overall impression; 1.75 ± 0.95 and 1.70 ± 0.83 respectively for facial parts. 1) Only 17.1% of Malaysian facial proportion conformed to the golden ratio, with majority of the population having short face (54.5%); 2) Facial index did not depend significantly on races; 3) Significant sexual dimorphism was shown among Malaysian Chinese; 4) All three races are generally satisfied with their own facial appearance; 5) No significant association was found between golden ratio and facial evaluation score among Malaysian population.

  17. Estados emocionais de enfermeiros no desempenho profissional em unidades críticas Estados emocionales de enfermeros en el desempeño profesional en unidades críticas The nurses' emotional parameters on the profissional performance at intensive care units

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    Milva Maria Figueiredo De Martino

    2004-06-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar as variáveis psicológicas de enfermeiros, obtidas por meio da Lista de Estados Emocionais LEP - cujo questionário foi respondido no início e no término do plantão. Fizeram parte da pesquisa (n=70 enfermeiros, que trabalhavam no Hospital das Clínicas / UNICAMP sob o regime de 6 e 12 horas diárias, em atividades desenvolvidas no Centro Cirúrgico (CC, Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI, Unidade Coronariana (UCO e Pronto Socorro (PS, com idade média de 33,88 anos. Os resultados permitiram constatar que o perfil emocional dos enfermeiros sofre alterações no decorrer do plantão, o que pode ser creditado ao desgaste e ao estresse próprios da atividade de prestar assistência, sobretudo nas unidades, onde há exigência de alto nível de habilidades e necessidade de respostas imediatas em emergências. O cansaço foi uma variável de intensidade forte, no final do plantão em todas as unidades.O objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar las variables psicológicas de enfermeros, obtenidas por medio de la Lista de Estados Emocionales LEP - cuyo cuestionario fue respondido al inicio y fin del turno. Hicieron parte de la investigación (n=70 enfermeros, que trabajaban en el Hospital de las Clínicas / UNICAMP bajo el régimen de 6 y 12 horas, en actividades desarrolladas en el Centro Quirúrgico (CC, Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI, Unidad Coronaria (UCO y Pronto Socorro (PS, con edad media de 33,88 años. Los resultados permitieron constatar que el perfil emocional de los enfermeros sufre alteraciones en el transcurso del turno, lo que puede deberse al desgaste y al estrés propios de la actividad de prestar asistencia, sobre todo en las unidades, donde hay exigencia de alto nivel de habilidades y necesidad de respuestas inmediatas en emergencias. El cansancio fue una variable de intensidad fuerte, al final del turno en todas las unidades.The aim of this study was to analyze the nurses

  18. Traumatic facial nerve neuroma with facial palsy presenting in infancy.

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    Clark, James H; Burger, Peter C; Boahene, Derek Kofi; Niparko, John K

    2010-07-01

    To describe the management of traumatic neuroma of the facial nerve in a child and literature review. Sixteen-month-old male subject. Radiological imaging and surgery. Facial nerve function. The patient presented at 16 months with a right facial palsy and was found to have a right facial nerve traumatic neuroma. A transmastoid, middle fossa resection of the right facial nerve lesion was undertaken with a successful facial nerve-to-hypoglossal nerve anastomosis. The facial palsy improved postoperatively. A traumatic neuroma should be considered in an infant who presents with facial palsy, even in the absence of an obvious history of trauma. The treatment of such lesion is complex in any age group but especially in young children. Symptoms, age, lesion size, growth rate, and facial nerve function determine the appropriate management.

  19. Estimativa da população em unidades de conservação na Amazônia Legal brasileira: uma aplicação de grades regulares a partir da Contagem 2007

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    Álvaro de Oliveira D'Antona

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    Full Text Available Neste artigo é testado um método para aumentar a resolução de dados censitários e apresentá-los agregados em uma grade regular. A metodologia empregada é composta pela agregação dos domicílios representados por suas coordenadas geográficas obtidas pela Contagem da População do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE de 2007 e pela desagregação dos dados por setor censitário utilizando proporcionalidade de área. Os dados assim gerados foram usados para estimar a população residente em 114 unidades de conservação da Amazônia Legal brasileira, criadas até 2006, de modo a testar a metodologia em unidades territoriais que não seguem os limites político-administrativos, nem aqueles das unidades territoriais de coleta utilizados pelo IBGE. Esta metodologia também contribui para os estudos de população em áreas protegidas, dada a escassez de estimativas do volume da população em unidades de conservação. Os resultados mostraram uma população nas unidades selecionadas de 325.398 habitantes, sendo 297.693 em unidades de Uso Sustentável e 27.705 em unidades de Proteção Integral; no entorno estimou-se uma população de 1.020.237 habitantes. Apesar de limitações inerentes ao uso da Contagem 2007, a agregação de dados em grades revela-se como uma metodologia bastante promissora, tendo em vista os avanços no emprego das geotecnologias por parte do IBGE desde então. A grade minimiza problemas observados no uso de unidades administrativas ou de coleta para a espacialização dos dados censitários e apresenta-se como uma abordagem com grande potencial de aplicação na Demografia e em outras áreas do saber.

  20. Mineralogía y génesis de las arcillas de las unidades del Campo de Gibraltar. V. Unidad de Bolonia

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    Full Text Available The mineralogical results of the Bolonia Unit are analysed in the work. The Cabrito-l section is characterized by the mineralogical association kaolinite-illite-interestratified I-S, and is similar to the section of Punta Tarifa series of the Algeciras Unit. The Pulido section, characterized by the mineralogical association (kaolinite-illite-chlorite, may be considered as the most distal zone of the «areniscoso-micaceo» flysch of the Algeciras Unit. The most significant difference between the fine fractions of these Units is the remarkable development, in the Bolonia Unit, of authigenic chlorites, whose composition shows a diagenetic environment rich in Fe and Mg. On the other hand, the mineralogical composition of the fine fraction has made possible the identification in the Bolonia Unit, not only the «areniscas del Aljibe» levels, but also clay levels of Aljibe Unit, which has not been noticed until now. These mineralogical and lithological aspects lead to consider the Bolonia Unit as an intermediate Unit between the Algeciras and the Aljibe ones.En este trabajo se recogen los resultados obtenidos a partir del estudio mineralógico de la Unidad de Bolonia. De los perfiles estudiados, el del Cabrito, caracterizado por la asociación mineralógica caolinita-ilita, interestratificados I-E, es similar en gran medida a la serie tipo punta Tarifa de la Unidad de Algeciras. El perfil del Pulido, caracterizado por la asociación (caolinita-ilita-clorita puede interpretarse como la parte más distal del flysch areniscoso-micáceo de la Unidad de Algeciras. La diferencia más notable en la mineralogía de la fracción fina entre ambas Unidades se refiere al desarrollo notable, en Bolonia, de cloritas autigénicas, cuya composición indica un medio diagenético rico en Fe y Mg. Por otra parte, la mineralogía de la fracción fina ha permitido identificar en la Unidad de Bolonia no sólo los niveles de areniscas del Aljibe sino tambi

  1. Colesteatoma causando paralisia facial Cholesteatoma causing facial paralysis

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    2003-10-01

    Full Text Available A paralisia facial causada pelo colesteatoma é pouco freqüente. As porções do nervo mais acometidas são a timpânica e a região do 2º joelho. Nos casos de disseminação da lesão colesteatomatosa para o epitímpano anterior, o gânglio geniculado é o segmento do nervo facial mais sujeito à injúria. A etiopatogenia pode estar ligada à compressão do nervo pelo colesteatoma seguida de diminuição do seu suprimento vascular como também pela possível ação de substâncias neurotóxicas produzidas pela matriz do tumor ou pelas bactérias nele contidas. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a incidência, as características clínicas e o tratamento da paralisia facial decorrente da lesão colesteatomatosa. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Clínico retrospectivo. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Estudo retrospectivo envolvendo dez casos de paralisia facial por colesteatoma selecionados através de levantamento de 206 descompressões do nervo facial com diferentes etiologias, realizadas na UNIFESP-EPM nos últimos dez anos. RESULTADOS: A incidência de paralisia facial por colesteatoma neste estudo foi de 4,85%,com predominância do sexo feminino (60%. A idade média dos pacientes foi de 39 anos. A duração e o grau da paralisia (inicial juntamente com a extensão da lesão foram importantes em relação à recuperação funcional do nervo facial. CONCLUSÃO: O tratamento cirúrgico precoce é fundamental para que ocorra um resultado funcional mais adequado. Nos casos de ruptura ou intensa fibrose do tecido nervoso, o enxerto de nervo (auricular magno/sural e/ou a anastomose hipoglosso-facial podem ser sugeridas.Facial paralysis caused by cholesteatoma is uncommon. The portions most frequently involved are horizontal (tympanic and second genu segments. When cholesteatomas extend over the anterior epitympanic space, the facial nerve is placed in jeopardy in the region of the geniculate ganglion. The aetiology can be related to compression of the nerve followed by impairment of its

  2. ENFERMAGEM DE UNIDADES CIRÚRGICAS

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    Monique Mendes Marinho

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    Full Text Available Evaluar la cultura de la seguridad del paciente desde la perspectiva de las enfermeras de las unidades de hospitalización quirúrgica de un hospital universitario del Cuestionario de Actitudes de Seguridad (SAQ. Estudio con enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo encuesta transversal, realizada en dos unidades quirúrgicas de un hospital universitario de Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Se aplicó el SAQ a 46 profesionales de enfermería. El análisis de datos utilizado la estadística descriptiva e inferencial. Los resultados muestran que todas las dimensiones de los valores medidos fueron inferiores a la cultura de seguridad mínima positiva, las dimensiones con puntuaciones más bajas fueron: “la percepción de la gestión” y las “condiciones laborales”. En cuanto a la edad de los profesionales, los más jóvenes se destacaron por obtener las puntuaciones más altas. En cuanto a las categorías profesionales, los puntajes más altos se relacionan con los auxiliares de enfermería. La evaluación de la cultura de la seguridad en las unidades de estudio demuestra debilidad en seis dimensiones evaluadas.

  3. Uso dos equipamentos de proteção individual em unidade de terapia intensiva Uso de los equipamientos de protección individual en unidad de terapia intensiva Use of personal protective equipment in the intensive care unit

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    Ellen Lucy Vale de Souza

    2011-07-01

    Full Text Available Apesar dos grandes avanços na prevenção de infeções hospitalares, a adesão aos equipamentos de proteção individual continua sendo um importante desafio entre os trabalhadores da saúde. Foi objetivo deste estudo analisar a utilização de equipamentos de proteção individual (EPIs pelos trabalhadores de enfermagem nas unidades de terapia intensiva de um hospital de emergência localizado no município de Fortaleza/CE, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo e transversal, realizado nas quatro unidades da referida instituição. A coleta de dados ocorreu nos meses de setembro e outubro de 2008, através de entrevista e observação, respeitando-se os aspetos ético-legais. Participaram do estudo 45 trabalhadores da equipe de enfermagem da UTI, nas categorias de técnico e auxiliar. Os resultados revelam que os técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem têm consciência da importância do uso de EPIs, porém não os utilizam com a devida frequência na prática de seu cotidiano laboral, devido a problemas de ordem comportamental e de logística. Os resultados deste estudo oferecem bases para uma reflexão quanto à importância da identificação de facilidades e dificuldades encontradas pela equipe na utilização dos EPIs.Apesar de los grandes avances en la prevención de infecciones hospitalarias, la adhesión a los equipamientos de protección individual sigue siendo un importante desafío entre los trabajadores de la salud. Este estudio tuvo por objetivo analizar la utilización de equipamientos de protección individual (EPIs por los trabajadores de enfermería en las unidades de terapia intensiva de un hospital de emergencia localizado en el municipio de Fortaleza/CE, Brasil. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo y transversal, realizado en las cuatro unidades de la referida institución. La recolección de datos transcurrió durante los meses de septiembre a octubre de 2008, mediante entrevista y observaci

  4. Morfologia da unidade de dispersão e germinação de Cordia sellowiana cham. e Cordia myxa l

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    2009-01-01

    As unidades de dispersão das espécies Cordia sellowiana Cham. e Cordia myxa L. (Boraginaceae Jussieu) foram estudadas com ênfase em sua morfologia e no processo de germinação. Os frutos de Cordia sellowiana e de Cordia myxa são do tipo drupóide nuculânio. A protrusão da raiz primária, na primeira espécie, ocorre através de fenda longitudinal do pirênio, e na segunda, através de abertura do opérculo. A germinação, nas duas espécies, é do tipo fanerocotiledonar epígea. As plântulas apresentam c...

  5. Caracterização do atendimento de uma unidade de hemoterapia

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    Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida

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    Full Text Available O estudo objetivou descrever as características de atendimento de uma Unidade de Hemoterapia do interior do estado de São Paulo, no ano de 2009. Seguidos os preceitos éticos, foi realizado levantamento junto ao banco de dados da Unidade. No período observado a Unidade demonstra maior índice de doadores de repetição, com baixo índice de reações adversas e 100% de satisfação dos doadores. No serviço hospitalar cliente da Unidade, a clínica médica e a unidade de terapia intensiva foram os setores com maior consumo de transfusões. A Unidade descrita é autossuficiente no gerenciamento dos seus recursos. O presente estudo aponta para a necessidade de se explorar as dimensões dos papéis profissionais em hemoterapia, as possibilidades de captação de novos doadores, os motivos que levam os pacientes a doação de sangue, características, perfil epidemiológico e satisfação dos receptores.

  6. The role of great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy in facial nerve damage.

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    Sun, Yan; Liu, Limei; Han, Yuechen; Xu, Lei; Zhang, Daogong; Wang, Haibo

    2015-01-01

    Facial nerve is easy to be damaged, and there are many reconstructive methods for facial nerve reconstructive, such as facial nerve end to end anastomosis, the great auricular nerve graft, the sural nerve graft, or hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis. However, there is still little study about great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy. The aim of the present study was to identify the role of great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy and the mechanism. Rat models of facial nerve cut (FC), facial nerve end to end anastomosis (FF), facial-great auricular neurorrhaphy (FG), and control (Ctrl) were established. Apex nasi amesiality observation, electrophysiology and immunofluorescence assays were employed to investigate the function and mechanism. In apex nasi amesiality observation, it was found apex nasi amesiality of FG group was partly recovered. Additionally, electrophysiology and immunofluorescence assays revealed that facial-great auricular neurorrhaphy could transfer nerve impulse and express AChR which was better than facial nerve cut and worse than facial nerve end to end anastomosis. The present study indicated that great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy is a substantial solution for facial lesion repair, as it is efficiently preventing facial muscles atrophy by generating neurotransmitter like ACh.

  7. Pacientes com alteração da imagem facial: circunstâncias de cuidado Pacientes con alteración de la imagen facial: circunstancias de cuidado Patients with facial image alteration: care circunstances

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    Sadja Cristina Tassinari de Souza Mostardeiro

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    Full Text Available Estudo qualitativo exploratório que objetivou compreender a percepção dos pacientes com imagem facial alterada em relação ao cuidado e as circunstâncias que podem influenciar no seu significado para esse paciente. Na coleta de dados, realizada entre agosto e outubro de 2008, foi utilizada a entrevista semi-estruturada junto aos pacientes da clínica de cabeça/pescoço internados na unidade cirúrgica do Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. As informações foram interpretadas mediante a análise de conteúdo e evidenciou as categorias: a convivência com as mudanças e circunstâncias de cuidado. Constatou-se o quanto é difícil e sofrido para os pacientes conviverem, com a alteração da imagem dos seus rostos. Percebeu-se que estes necessitam de cuidados que vão além do cuidado profissional, ou seja, aquele cuidado técnico, apoiado no princípio científico, mas também um cuidado pautado nos valores humanos, os quais devem ser sempre discutidos, estudados, respeitados e objeto de compromisso e responsabilidade da enfermagem.Estudio cualitativo exploratorio, que tuvo como objetivo comprender la percepción de los pacientes con imagen facial alterada en relación a la acción del cuidado y circunstancias que pueden influir en su significado para ese paciente. En la colección de datos ocurrió entre agosto y octubre del 2008 con pacientes de la clínica de cabeza/ cuello internados en la unidad quirúrgica del Hospital Universitario de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Fue utilizado una entrevista semi-estructurada. Las informaciones fueron interpretadas mediante análisis de contenido y mostró las categorías: convivencia con los cambios y las circunstancias del cuidado. Así constatamos cómo es difícil y sufrido para los pacientes que convivan con los cambios generados por la alteración de la imagen de sus rostros. Constatamos que necesitan de cuidados que van más allá del cuidado profesional, ou

  8. Consumo e custo de recursos materiais em unidades pediátricas de terapia intensiva e semi-intensiva Costo y consumo de recursos materiales en unidades pediátricas de terapia intensiva y semi-intensiva Costs and consumption of material resources in pediatric intensive and semi-intensive care units

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    Larissa Lenotti Zuliani

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    Full Text Available O gerenciamento de custos de materiais de consumo hospitalar é um tema atual em pesquisa, principalmente em unidades de saúde especializadas. Os enfermeiros são destacados como os principais gestores do consumo e custo de materiais hospitalares. Neste estudo, objetivou-se caracterizar unidades pediátricas semi-intensivas e intensivas de um hospital de ensino e verificar o consumo e os custos de materiais utilizados na assistência a pacientes internados nessas unidades. Estudo descritivo, exploratório, retrospectivo, com abordagem quantitativa; os dados foram obtidos do Sistema de Informação Hospitalar; analisados com base na classificação ABC. O gasto médio foi semelhante entre as UTIs cardiológica e neonatal e menor nas UTI e semi-intensiva pediátricas; houve variação significativa de consumo mensal de materiais; os materiais de maior custo tiveram mais impacto no orçamento das unidades estudadas. Os dados obtidos revelaram a importância do uso de método sistêmico de análise de consumo e gastos de materiais em unidades pediátricas e subsidiam ações administrativas de economia.La gestión de costos de materiales de consumo hospitalario es un tema actual en investigación, especialmente en unidades de salud especializadas. Los enfermeros son destacados como los principales gestores de consumo y costos de materiales hospitalarios. En este estudio, objetivó-se caracterizar Unidades Pediátricas de Terapia Intensiva (UTI y Semi-intensiva de un hospital escuela e investigar el consumo y costo de materiales utilizados en la asistencia de pacientes ingresados en esas unidades. Estudio descriptivo, exploratorio, retrospectivo, de abordaje cuantitativo. Los datos fueron obtenidos del Sistema de Información Hospitalaria y analizados de acuerdo con la clasificación ABC. El gasto medio fue semejante entre las UTIs cardiológica y neonatal, y menor en las unidades de terapia intensiva y semi-intensiva pediátricas. Hubo variaci

  9. MRI of the facial nerve in idiopathic facial palsy

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    Saatci, I.; Sahintuerk, F.; Sennaroglu, L.; Boyvat, F.; Guersel, B.; Besim, A.

    1996-01-01

    The purpose of this prospective study was to define the enhancement pattern of the facial nerve in idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy) on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with routine doses of gadolinium-DTPA (0.1 mmol/kg). Using 0.5 T imager, 24 patients were examined with a mean interval time of 13.7 days between the onset of symptoms and the MR examination. Contralateral asymptomatic facial nerves constituted the control group and five of the normal facial nerves (20.8%) showed enhancement confined to the geniculate ganglion. Hence, contrast enhancement limited to the geniculate ganglion in the abnormal facial nerve (3 of 24) was referred to a equivocal. Not encountered in any of the normal facial nerves, enhancement of other segments alone or associated with geniculate ganglion enhancement was considered to be abnormal and noted in 70.8% of the symptomatic facial nerves. The most frequently enhancing segments were the geniculate ganglion and the distal intracanalicular segment. (orig.)

  10. MRI of the facial nerve in idiopathic facial palsy

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    Saatci, I. [Dept. of Radiology, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey); Sahintuerk, F. [Dept. of Radiology, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey); Sennaroglu, L. [Dept. of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey); Boyvat, F. [Dept. of Radiology, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey); Guersel, B. [Dept. of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey); Besim, A. [Dept. of Radiology, Hacettepe Univ., Hospital Sihhiye, Ankara (Turkey)

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    The purpose of this prospective study was to define the enhancement pattern of the facial nerve in idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell`s palsy) on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with routine doses of gadolinium-DTPA (0.1 mmol/kg). Using 0.5 T imager, 24 patients were examined with a mean interval time of 13.7 days between the onset of symptoms and the MR examination. Contralateral asymptomatic facial nerves constituted the control group and five of the normal facial nerves (20.8%) showed enhancement confined to the geniculate ganglion. Hence, contrast enhancement limited to the geniculate ganglion in the abnormal facial nerve (3 of 24) was referred to a equivocal. Not encountered in any of the normal facial nerves, enhancement of other segments alone or associated with geniculate ganglion enhancement was considered to be abnormal and noted in 70.8% of the symptomatic facial nerves. The most frequently enhancing segments were the geniculate ganglion and the distal intracanalicular segment. (orig.)

  11. Facial paralysis

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    ... otherwise healthy, facial paralysis is often due to Bell palsy . This is a condition in which the facial ... speech, or occupational therapist. If facial paralysis from Bell palsy lasts for more than 6 to 12 months, ...

  12. A prospective study of dentoalveolar trauma at the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School Estudo prospectivo do trauma dento-alveolar no Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

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    Fernanda Mendes do Carmo Rezende

    2007-01-01

    Full Text Available PURPOSE: This prospective study evaluated the profile of patients with dentoalveolar trauma assisted at the emergency room of the Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma and Surgery Service at the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School (Brazil. METHODS: A prospective study by a questionnaire applied during the first attendance of those patients, in a period of eight months. RESULTS: The collected data were statistically analyzed. It was observed that 4.7% of the patients that sought treatment at the Service had sustained dentoalveolar trauma and among these 74% were male. The most affected individuals were children aged 0 to 5 years and fall was the most prevalent etiologic factor. Avulsion and coronal/crown-root fractures were the most common types of dentoalveolar traumatic injures. As the age increases, the most common etiologic factors are traffic accidents and physical assault. CONCLUSION: The incidence of dentoalveolar trauma decreased with age and the main etiologic factors in adult patients were traffic accidents and physical assault.PROPOSIÇÃO: Avaliar o perfil dos pacientes, com traumatismo dento-alveolar, atendidos no Pronto-Socorro do Serviço de Cirurgia e Traumatologia Buco-Maxilo-Facial do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Brasil. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo prospectivo, através de um questionário aplicado, durante o primeiro atendimento desses pacientes, em um período de oito meses. RESULTADOS: Os dados obtidos foram analisados estatisticamente e verificou-se que dos pacientes atendidos 4,7% apresentavam traumatismo dento-alveolar, e destes, 74% eram do gênero masculino; as crianças de 0 a 5 anos eram as mais acometidas, a etiologia mais comum foi a queda; e o tipos de traumas mais freqüentes foram a avulsão e fratura dental. A medida que a idade avança os fatores etiológicos mais comuns são os acidentes de trânsito e as agressões físicas. CONCLUSÃO: A

  13. Facial Sports Injuries

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  14. Facial Cosmetic Surgery

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    ... to find out more. Facial Cosmetic Surgery Facial Cosmetic Surgery Extensive education and training in surgical procedures ... to find out more. Facial Cosmetic Surgery Facial Cosmetic Surgery Extensive education and training in surgical procedures ...

  15. Effect of a Facial Muscle Exercise Device on Facial Rejuvenation.

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    Hwang, Ui-Jae; Kwon, Oh-Yun; Jung, Sung-Hoon; Ahn, Sun-Hee; Gwak, Gyeong-Tae

    2018-01-20

    The efficacy of facial muscle exercises (FMEs) for facial rejuvenation is controversial. In the majority of previous studies, nonquantitative assessment tools were used to assess the benefits of FMEs. This study examined the effectiveness of FMEs using a Pao (MTG, Nagoya, Japan) device to quantify facial rejuvenation. Fifty females were asked to perform FMEs using a Pao device for 30 seconds twice a day for 8 weeks. Facial muscle thickness and cross-sectional area were measured sonographically. Facial surface distance, surface area, and volumes were determined using a laser scanning system before and after FME. Facial muscle thickness, cross-sectional area, midfacial surface distances, jawline surface distance, and lower facial surface area and volume were compared bilaterally before and after FME using a paired Student t test. The cross-sectional areas of the zygomaticus major and digastric muscles increased significantly (right: P jawline surface distances (right: P = 0.004, left: P = 0.003) decreased significantly after FME using the Pao device. The lower facial surface areas (right: P = 0.005, left: P = 0.006) and volumes (right: P = 0.001, left: P = 0.002) were also significantly reduced after FME using the Pao device. FME using the Pao device can increase facial muscle thickness and cross-sectional area, thus contributing to facial rejuvenation. © 2018 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc.

  16. NGAL urinária em pacientes sem e com lesão renal aguda em unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Mirian Watanabe

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available Objetivo: Avaliar a eficácia diagnóstica e prognóstica da lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária em pacientes de unidade de terapia intensiva. Métodos: Estudo do tipo coorte, prospectivo, longitudinal desenvolvido em uma unidade de terapia intensiva clínica especializada em cardiologia. Os pacientes foram estratificados segundo os grupos sem e com lesão renal aguda, acompanhados a partir das primeiras 24 horas de internação até a alta hospitalar ou óbito. A creatinina sérica, o fluxo urinário e a lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária foram coletadas em dois períodos: 24 horas e 48 horas de admissão. Resultados: Foram avaliados 83 pacientes clínicos da unidade de terapia intensiva, com predomínio do gênero masculino (57,8%. Os pacientes foram agrupados em sem lesão renal aguda (N=18, com lesão renal aguda (N=28 ou com lesão renal aguda grave (N=37. Entre os pacientes com lesão renal aguda e lesão renal aguda grave, foram prevalentes os portadores de doenças crônicas, em uso de ventilação mecânica e em terapia de substituição renal, além daqueles com maiores taxas de permanência na unidade de terapia intensiva e hospitalar, e maior mortalidade. O grupo com lesão renal aguda não apresentou alteração significativa da creatinina sérica nas primeiras 24 horas na unidade de terapia intensiva, apesar dos níveis elevados de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofilica urinária demonstrados nos grupos com lesão renal aguda e lesão renal aguda grave (p<0,001. Níveis elevados de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária na amostra foram associados ao óbito. Conclusão: A elevação nos níveis de lipocalina associada à gelatinase neutrofílica urinária antecede as variações da creatinina sérica em pacientes com lesão renal aguda e pode ser associada ao óbito.

  17. Facial Fractures.

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    Ricketts, Sophie; Gill, Hameet S; Fialkov, Jeffery A; Matic, Damir B; Antonyshyn, Oleh M

    2016-02-01

    After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of some of the changes in aspects of facial fracture management. 2. Assess a patient presenting with facial fractures. 3. Understand indications and timing of surgery. 4. Recognize exposures of the craniomaxillofacial skeleton. 5. Identify methods for repair of typical facial fracture patterns. 6. Discuss the common complications seen with facial fractures. Restoration of the facial skeleton and associated soft tissues after trauma involves accurate clinical and radiologic assessment to effectively plan a management approach for these injuries. When surgical intervention is necessary, timing, exposure, sequencing, and execution of repair are all integral to achieving the best long-term outcomes for these patients.

  18. The Prevalence of Cosmetic Facial Plastic Procedures among Facial Plastic Surgeons.

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    Moayer, Roxana; Sand, Jordan P; Han, Albert; Nabili, Vishad; Keller, Gregory S

    2018-04-01

    This is the first study to report on the prevalence of cosmetic facial plastic surgery use among facial plastic surgeons. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency with which facial plastic surgeons have cosmetic procedures themselves. A secondary aim is to determine whether trends in usage of cosmetic facial procedures among facial plastic surgeons are similar to that of nonsurgeons. The study design was an anonymous, five-question, Internet survey distributed via email set in a single academic institution. Board-certified members of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) were included in this study. Self-reported history of cosmetic facial plastic surgery or minimally invasive procedures were recorded. The survey also queried participants for demographic data. A total of 216 members of the AAFPRS responded to the questionnaire. Ninety percent of respondents were male ( n  = 192) and 10.3% were female ( n  = 22). Thirty-three percent of respondents were aged 31 to 40 years ( n  = 70), 25% were aged 41 to 50 years ( n  = 53), 21.4% were aged 51 to 60 years ( n  = 46), and 20.5% were older than 60 years ( n  = 44). Thirty-six percent of respondents had a surgical cosmetic facial procedure and 75% has at least one minimally invasive cosmetic facial procedure. Facial plastic surgeons are frequent users of cosmetic facial plastic surgery. This finding may be due to access, knowledge base, values, or attitudes. By better understanding surgeon attitudes toward facial plastic surgery, we can improve communication with patients and delivery of care. This study is a first step in understanding use of facial plastic procedures among facial plastic surgeons. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

  19. Reproducibility of the dynamics of facial expressions in unilateral facial palsy.

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    Alagha, M A; Ju, X; Morley, S; Ayoub, A

    2018-02-01

    The aim of this study was to assess the reproducibility of non-verbal facial expressions in unilateral facial paralysis using dynamic four-dimensional (4D) imaging. The Di4D system was used to record five facial expressions of 20 adult patients. The system captured 60 three-dimensional (3D) images per second; each facial expression took 3-4seconds which was recorded in real time. Thus a set of 180 3D facial images was generated for each expression. The procedure was repeated after 30min to assess the reproducibility of the expressions. A mathematical facial mesh consisting of thousands of quasi-point 'vertices' was conformed to the face in order to determine the morphological characteristics in a comprehensive manner. The vertices were tracked throughout the sequence of the 180 images. Five key 3D facial frames from each sequence of images were analyzed. Comparisons were made between the first and second capture of each facial expression to assess the reproducibility of facial movements. Corresponding images were aligned using partial Procrustes analysis, and the root mean square distance between them was calculated and analyzed statistically (paired Student t-test, PFacial expressions of lip purse, cheek puff, and raising of eyebrows were reproducible. Facial expressions of maximum smile and forceful eye closure were not reproducible. The limited coordination of various groups of facial muscles contributed to the lack of reproducibility of these facial expressions. 4D imaging is a useful clinical tool for the assessment of facial expressions. Copyright © 2017 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  20. Diplopia após injeção de toxina botulínica tipo A para rejuvenescimento facial

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    Márcia Melo de Oliveira Rassi

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available Relato de 4 casos de pacientes encaminhadas ao serviço de Ortóptica deste Hospital, que apresentaram diplopia após a injeção de toxina botulínica tipo A para rejuvenescimento facial. Nas medidas de ângulo do estrabismo em posições diagnósticas todas apresentaram microestrabismo paralítico, sendo duas por déficit da função do músculo oblíquo inferior e duas por déficit de função de músculo reto lateral. Baseados nos casos descritos, aconselha-se aos profissionais que fazem uso desta toxina para fins de rejuvenescimento facial que estejam atentos para a diplopia como efeito colateral.

  1. The influence of different facial components on facial aesthetics.

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    Faure, J.C.; Rieffe, C.; Maltha, J.C.

    2002-01-01

    Facial aesthetics have an important influence on social behaviour and perception in our society. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of facial symmetry and inter-ocular distance on the assessment of facial aesthetics, factors that are often suggested as major contributors to

  2. Perfil das vítimas de acidentes de transporte terrestre relacionados ao trabalho em unidades de saúde sentinelas de Pernambuco, 2012 - 2014

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    Caroline Cordeiro Souto

    Full Text Available Resumo OBJETIVO: descrever o perfil das vítimas de acidentes de transporte terrestre (ATT relacionados ao trabalho, notificados nas Unidades Sentinelas de Informação sobre Acidentes de Transporte Terrestre no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil, no período 2012-2014. MÉTODOS: estudo descritivo das vítimas (fatais e não fatais de acidente de transporte terrestre relacionados ao trabalho, notificados em 21 Unidades Sentinelas de Informação sobre ATT de Pernambuco. RESULTADOS: dos 10.691 casos notificados, 87,8% ocorreram entre homens; do total dos registros, 69,0% concentraram-se na faixa etária de 20 a 39 anos; os setores com mais trabalhadores acidentados foram Transporte (24,4% e Comércio (21,3%; a maioria das vítimas eram condutores (82,0% e a motocicleta o meio de locomoção mais utilizado no momento do acidente (77,0%. CONCLUSÃO: entre as vítimas, predominaram motociclistas jovens e do sexo masculino; os achados poderão subsidiar ações intersetoriais de prevenção dos ATT relacionados ao trabalho, adequadas ao perfil das vítimas.

  3. The role of great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy in facial nerve damage

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    Sun, Yan; Liu, Limei; Han, Yuechen; Xu, Lei; Zhang, Daogong; Wang, Haibo

    2015-01-01

    Background: Facial nerve is easy to be damaged, and there are many reconstructive methods for facial nerve reconstructive, such as facial nerve end to end anastomosis, the great auricular nerve graft, the sural nerve graft, or hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis. However, there is still little study about great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy. The aim of the present study was to identify the role of great auricular-facial nerve neurorrhaphy and the mechanism. Methods: Rat models of facia...

  4. Facial soft tissue analysis among various vertical facial patterns

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    Jeelani, W.; Fida, M.; Shaikh, A.

    2016-01-01

    Background: The emergence of soft tissue paradigm in orthodontics has made various soft tissue parameters an integral part of the orthodontic problem list. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare various facial soft tissue parameters on lateral cephalograms among patients with short, average and long facial patterns. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the lateral cephalograms of 180 adult subjects divided into three equal groups, i.e., short, average and long face according to the vertical facial pattern. Incisal display at rest, nose height, upper and lower lip lengths, degree of lip procumbency and the nasolabial angle were measured for each individual. The gender differences for these soft tissue parameters were determined using Mann-Whitney U test while the comparison among different facial patterns was performed using Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: Significant differences in the incisal display at rest, total nasal height, lip procumbency, the nasolabial angle and the upper and lower lip lengths were found among the three vertical facial patterns. A significant positive correlation of nose and lip dimensions was found with the underlying skeletal pattern. Similarly, the incisal display at rest, upper and lower lip procumbency and the nasolabial angle were significantly correlated with the lower anterior facial height. Conclusion: Short facial pattern is associated with minimal incisal display, recumbent upper and lower lips and acute nasolabial angle while the long facial pattern is associated with excessive incisal display, procumbent upper and lower lips and obtuse nasolabial angle. (author)

  5. Dynamic Facial Prosthetics for Sufferers of Facial Paralysis

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    Fergal Coulter

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available BackgroundThis paper discusses the various methods and the materialsfor the fabrication of active artificial facial muscles. Theprimary use for these will be the reanimation of paralysedor atrophied muscles in sufferers of non-recoverableunilateral facial paralysis.MethodThe prosthetic solution described in this paper is based onsensing muscle motion of the contralateral healthy musclesand replicating that motion across a patient’s paralysed sideof the face, via solid state and thin film actuators. Thedevelopment of this facial prosthetic device focused onrecreating a varying intensity smile, with emphasis ontiming, displacement and the appearance of the wrinklesand folds that commonly appear around the nose and eyesduring the expression.An animatronic face was constructed with actuations beingmade to a silicone representation musculature, usingmultiple shape-memory alloy cascades. Alongside theartificial muscle physical prototype, a facial expressionrecognition software system was constructed. This formsthe basis of an automated calibration and reconfigurationsystem for the artificial muscles following implantation, soas to suit the implantee’s unique physiognomy.ResultsAn animatronic model face with silicone musculature wasdesigned and built to evaluate the performance of ShapeMemory Alloy artificial muscles, their power controlcircuitry and software control systems. A dual facial motionsensing system was designed to allow real time control overmodel – a piezoresistive flex sensor to measure physicalmotion, and a computer vision system to evaluate real toartificial muscle performance.Analysis of various facial expressions in real subjects wasmade, which give useful data upon which to base thesystems parameter limits.ConclusionThe system performed well, and the various strengths andshortcomings of the materials and methods are reviewedand considered for the next research phase, when newpolymer based artificial muscles are constructed

  6. Facial Fractures.

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    Ghosh, Rajarshi; Gopalkrishnan, Kulandaswamy

    2018-06-01

    The aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze the incidence of facial fractures along with age, gender predilection, etiology, commonest site, associated dental injuries, and any complications of patients operated in Craniofacial Unit of SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital. This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of OMFS, SDM College of Dental Sciences, Dharwad from January 2003 to December 2013. Data were recorded for the cause of injury, age and gender distribution, frequency and type of injury, localization and frequency of soft tissue injuries, dentoalveolar trauma, facial bone fractures, complications, concomitant injuries, and different treatment protocols.All the data were analyzed using statistical analysis that is chi-squared test. A total of 1146 patients reported at our unit with facial fractures during these 10 years. Males accounted for a higher frequency of facial fractures (88.8%). Mandible was the commonest bone to be fractured among all the facial bones (71.2%). Maxillary central incisors were the most common teeth to be injured (33.8%) and avulsion was the most common type of injury (44.6%). Commonest postoperative complication was plate infection (11%) leading to plate removal. Other injuries associated with facial fractures were rib fractures, head injuries, upper and lower limb fractures, etc., among these rib fractures were seen most frequently (21.6%). This study was performed to compare the different etiologic factors leading to diverse facial fracture patterns. By statistical analysis of this record the authors come to know about the relationship of facial fractures with gender, age, associated comorbidities, etc.

  7. Tipologia facial aplicada à Fonoaudiologia: revisão de literatura Facial types applied to Speech-Language Pathology: literature review

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    Rossana Ribeiro Ramires

    2010-01-01

    Full Text Available A face humana, com suas estruturas ósseas e musculares, apresenta características próprias e peculiares. Pode ser classificada em três tipos básicos, os quais têm relação com a variação do formato e da configuração craniofacial, tanto no sentido vertical como no horizontal e influenciam diretamente a oclusão dentária, harmonia facial, musculatura orofacial e funções estomatognáticas. Por essa razão, diagnosticar o tipo facial é importante para a clínica fonoaudiólogica. O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma revisão de literatura relacionada às características dos tipos faciais e apresentar as pesquisas e os estudos mais recentes sobre o tema. Para atingir tal meta, fez-se um levantamento bibliográfico nas bases de dados LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science e Google Acadêmico, além de livros, dissertações e teses sobre o assunto dos últimos dez anos. Várias pesquisas em campo comprovaram algumas características dos tipos faciais encontradas, principalmente, em referências mais antigas. Alguns aspectos, porém, foram controversos ao se comparar os tipos faciais como a atividade eletromiográfica do músculo masseter, modo respiratório e o comprimento do lábio superior e do filtro. Pôde-se constatar que conhecer o tipo facial e correlacioná-lo às funções estomatognáticas, musculatura e oclusão é um fator importante para a prática clínica, mas o profissional deve ser flexível ao comparar as características do paciente com a literatura. Dessa forma, pode-se evitar determinar uma anormalidade ou atipia quando não for o caso, e ocorrer apenas uma variabilidade ou adaptação.The human face, with its bone and muscular structures, present singular and peculiar characteristics. It may be classified in three basic types, which are related with shape variation and craniofacial configuration, both vertically and horizontally, influencing directly the dental occlusion, facial harmony, orofacial muscles and

  8. Unidad de recuperación de azufre

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    Marqués Sancho, José Miguel

    2009-01-01

    En este proyecto se trata del diseño de una unidad de recuperación de azufre, dentro de una refinería de petróleo, ubicada cerca de Tarragona. En esta unidad se pretende recuperar gran parte del azufre generado en toda la planta, para evitar que se filtre en modo de dióxido de azufre a la atmosfera, evitando así la posible creación de lluvia acida. También se pretende aprovechar el azufre en estado líquido, y el vapor sobrantes, para diversas aplicaciones, dentro y fuera de la refinería. ...

  9. Avaliação do impacto da polimedicação nas verbas de internamento nas unidades de longa duração e manutenção Evaluación del impacto de la polimedicación sobre la financiación de las unidades de hospitalización y mantenimiento a largo plazo Assessment of the impact of polypharmacy on funding for admission in a long-term care and maintenance unit

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    Nelson Manuel de Lima Ferreira

    2012-03-01

    Full Text Available Contexto: a falência dos estados de providência obriga a que seja efetuada uma reflexão e análise cuidada de todo o campo da saúde para que a sua sustentabilidade seja possível. Em Portugal verifica-se, como em toda a Europa, um progressivo envelhecimento da população, consequência do aumento da esperança média de vida e da baixa natalidade. Objetivos: avaliar o impacto da polimedicação nas verbas diárias de internamento imputadas a uma unidade de longa duração e manutenção. Método: tratou-se de um estudo de caso, de natureza exploratória, junto de 65 utentes, admitidos na Unidade de Longa Duração e Manutenção Dona Elvira da Câmara Lopes da Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Póvoa de Lanhoso. Resultados: existe polimedicação major nesta população, nomeadamente, uma média de 6 medicamentos prescritos por utente. Fazendo o cálculo, em função de 10 EUR de verba diária atribuída, obtém-se a percentagem significativa de 37% de impacto na verba imputada pelo Estado. Conclusão: é preciso compreender os padrões de prescrição noutros contextos, assim como, conhecer as razões/motivos que levam à prescrição de mais do que um fármaco.Contexto: el fracaso de los Estados sociales obliga a que se entame una reflexión y un cuidadoso análisis de todo el campo de la salud para que su sostenibilidad sea posible. En Portugal hay, como en otras partes de Europa, un progresivo envejecimiento de la población, consecuencia de la mayor esperanza de vida y baja tasa de natalidad. Objetivos: evaluar el impacto de la polimedicación en los gastos diarios de ingreso imputados a una unidad de hospitalización de Largo Plazo y de Mantenimiento. Método: se realizó un estudio de caso de carácter exploratorio, con 65 usuarios, ingresados en la unidad de hospitalización a Largo Plazo y de Mantenimiento - Dona Elvira da Câmara Lopes de la Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Póvoa de Lanhoso. Resultados: hay una mayor polimedicaci

  10. Atuação do farmacêutico em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva : impacto da farmácia clínica no acompanhamento da terapia medicamentosa

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    Resumo: Durante tratamentos oncológicos, ginecológicos e obstétricos, a mulher pode desenvolver complicações que requerem a sua admissão em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI). Neste contexto, a atuação do farmacêutico clínico nas reuniões à beira leito da equipe intensivista e a realização de intervenções farmacêuticas contribui para a otimização da terapia medicamentosa, a redução de erros de prescrição e consequentemente, para a segurança da paciente. Este estudo objetivou avaliar o imp...

  11. Adolescents with HIV and facial lipoatrophy: response to facial stimulation

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    Jesus Claudio Gabana-Silveira

    2014-08-01

    Full Text Available OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effects of facial stimulation over the superficial muscles of the face in individuals with facial lipoatrophy associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV and with no indication for treatment with polymethyl methacrylate. METHOD: The study sample comprised four adolescents of both genders ranging from 13 to 17 years in age. To participate in the study, the participants had to score six or less points on the Facial Lipoatrophy Index. The facial stimulation program used in our study consisted of 12 weekly 30-minute sessions during which individuals received therapy. The therapy consisted of intra- and extra-oral muscle contraction and stretching maneuvers of the zygomaticus major and minor and the masseter muscles. Pre- and post-treatment results were obtained using anthropometric static measurements of the face and the Facial Lipoatrophy Index. RESULTS: The results suggest that the therapeutic program effectively improved the volume of the buccinators. No significant differences were observed for the measurements of the medial portion of the face, the lateral portion of the face, the volume of the masseter muscle, or Facial Lipoatrophy Index scores. CONCLUSION: The results of our study suggest that facial maneuvers applied to the superficial muscles of the face of adolescents with facial lipoatrophy associated with HIV improved the facial area volume related to the buccinators muscles. We believe that our results will encourage future research with HIV patients, especially for patients who do not have the possibility of receiving an alternative aesthetic treatment.

  12. A facial marker in facial wasting rehabilitation.

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    Rauso, Raffaele; Tartaro, Gianpaolo; Freda, Nicola; Rusciani, Antonio; Curinga, Giuseppe

    2012-02-01

    Facial lipoatrophy is one of the most distressing manifestation for HIV patients. It can be stigmatizing, severely affecting quality of life and self-esteem, and it may result in reduced antiretroviral adherence. Several filling techniques have been proposed in facial wasting restoration, with different outcomes. The aim of this study is to present a triangular area that is useful to fill in facial wasting rehabilitation. Twenty-eight HIV patients rehabilitated for facial wasting were enrolled in this study. Sixteen were rehabilitated with a non-resorbable filler and twelve with structural fat graft harvested from lipohypertrophied areas. A photographic pre-operative and post-operative evaluation was performed by the patients and by two plastic surgeons who were "blinded." The filled area, in both patients rehabilitated with structural fat grafts or non-resorbable filler, was a triangular area of depression identified between the nasolabial fold, the malar arch, and the line that connects these two anatomical landmarks. The cosmetic result was evaluated after three months after the last filling procedure in the non-resorbable filler group and after three months post-surgery in the structural fat graft group. The mean patient satisfaction score was 8.7 as assessed with a visual analogue scale. The mean score for blinded evaluators was 7.6. In this study the authors describe a triangular area of the face, between the nasolabial fold, the malar arch, and the line that connects these two anatomical landmarks, where a good aesthetic facial restoration in HIV patients with facial wasting may be achieved regardless of which filling technique is used.

  13. Simultaneous Estimation of Hydrochlorothiazide, Hydralazine Hydrochloride, and Reserpine Using PCA, NAS, and NAS-PCA.

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    Sharma, Chetan; Badyal, Pragya Nand; Rawal, Ravindra K

    2015-01-01

    In this study, new and feasible UV-visible spectrophotometric and multivariate spectrophotometric methods were described for the simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), hydralazine hydrochloride (H.HCl), and reserpine (RES) in combined pharmaceutical tablets. Methanol was used as a solvent for analysis and the whole UV region was scanned from 200-400 nm. The resolution was obtained by using multivariate methods such as the net analyte signal method (NAS), principal component analysis (PCA), and net analyte signal-principal component analysis (NAS-PCA) applied to the UV spectra of the mixture. The results obtained from all of the three methods were compared. NAS-PCA showed a lot of resolved data as compared to NAS and PCA. Thus, the NAS-PCA technique is a combination of NAS and PCA methods which is advantageous to obtain the information from overlapping results.

  14. Estudo comparativo do consumo e gasto com medicamentos em Unidades Pediátricas de Terapia Intensiva e Semi-intensiva Estudio comparativo del consumo y gasto con medicamentos en Unidades Pediátricas de Terapia Intensiva y Semi-intensiva Comparative study of drug utilization and drug expenses in Pediatric Intensive and Semi-intensive Care Units

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    Larissa Lenotti Zuliani

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Descrever e comparar o consumo e gastos com medicamentos em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva (UTI e Semi-intensiva Pediátricas. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, exploratório, retrospectivo, com abordagem quantitativa por meio de estatística descritiva simples. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de junho de 2007 a maio de 2008 nas UTI e Semi-intensiva Pediátricas de um hospital de ensino do interior do Estado de São Paulo, utilizando-se a classificação ABC. RESULTADOS: O gasto médio/leito da Unidade Cardiológica foi de R$ 1.400,00±0,26 leito/mês e da Neonatal de R$ 1.530,00±0,27 leito/mês, sendo menor na UTI e Semi-intensiva Pediátrica (R$ 260,00±0,13 leito/mês. Houve variação significativa do gasto mensal com medicamentos independentemente da taxa de ocupação. Na Classe A, os dez medicamentos de maior custo representaram 57,1, 54,3, e 46,3% do orçamento das UTI e Semi-intensivas Cardiológica, Neonatal e Pediátrica, respectivamente. Na Neonatal, os dez medicamentos mais consumidos corresponderam à Classe C, com 6,6% do orçamento, enquanto que nas outras unidades se enquadram oito, responsáveis por 7,8% do orçamento da Cardiológica e 7,7% da Pediátrica. CONCLUSÕES: A classificação ABC permitiu conhecer o consumo e os gastos com medicamentos; esse método favorece a gestão desses recursos nas unidades avaliadas.OBJETIVO: Describir y comparar el consumo y los gastos con medicamentos en Unidades de Terapia Intensiva (UTI y Semi-intensiva Pediátricas. MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo, exploratorio, retrospectivo, con abordaje cuantitativo mediante estadística descriptiva simple. La recolección de datos ocurrió en el periodo de junio de 2007 a mayo de 2008 en las UTI y Semi-intensiva Pediátricas de un hospital de enseñanza en el interior del Estado de São Paulo, utilizándose la clasificación ABC. RESULTADOS: El gasto medio/lecho de las Unidades Cardiológicas fue de R$ 1.400,00±0,26 lecho/mes y Neonatal de

  15. [Facial nerve neurinomas].

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    Sokołowski, Jacek; Bartoszewicz, Robert; Morawski, Krzysztof; Jamróz, Barbara; Niemczyk, Kazimierz

    2013-01-01

    Evaluation of diagnostic, surgical technique, treatment results facial nerve neurinomas and its comparison with literature was the main purpose of this study. Seven cases of patients (2005-2011) with facial nerve schwannomas were included to retrospective analysis in the Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw. All patients were assessed with history of the disease, physical examination, hearing tests, computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging, electronystagmography. Cases were observed in the direction of potential complications and recurrences. Neurinoma of the facial nerve occurred in the vertical segment (n=2), facial nerve geniculum (n=1) and the internal auditory canal (n=4). The symptoms observed in patients were analyzed: facial nerve paresis (n=3), hearing loss (n=2), dizziness (n=1). Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography allowed to confirm the presence of the tumor and to assess its staging. Schwannoma of the facial nerve has been surgically removed using the middle fossa approach (n=5) and by antromastoidectomy (n=2). Anatomical continuity of the facial nerve was achieved in 3 cases. In the twelve months after surgery, facial nerve paresis was rated at level II-III° HB. There was no recurrence of the tumor in radiological observation. Facial nerve neurinoma is a rare tumor. Currently surgical techniques allow in most cases, the radical removing of the lesion and reconstruction of the VII nerve function. The rate of recurrence is low. A tumor of the facial nerve should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nerve VII paresis. Copyright © 2013 Polish Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Society. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z.o.o. All rights reserved.

  16. Contralateral botulinum toxin injection to improve facial asymmetry after acute facial paralysis.

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    Kim, Jin

    2013-02-01

    The application of botulinum toxin to the healthy side of the face in patients with long-standing facial paralysis has been shown to be a minimally invasive technique that improves facial symmetry at rest and during facial motion, but our experience using botulinum toxin therapy for facial sequelae prompted the idea that botulinum toxin might be useful in acute cases of facial paralysis, leading to improve facial asymmetry. In cases in which medical or surgical treatment options are limited because of existing medical problems or advanced age, most patients with acute facial palsy are advised to await spontaneous recovery or are informed that no effective intervention exists. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin treatment for facial asymmetry in 18 patients after acute facial palsy who could not be optimally treated by medical or surgical management because of severe medical or other problems. From 2009 to 2011, nine patients with Bell's palsy, 5 with herpes zoster oticus and 4 with traumatic facial palsy (10 men and 8 women; age range, 22-82 yr; mean, 50.8 yr) participated in this study. Botulinum toxin A (Botox; Allergan Incorporated, Irvine, CA, USA) was injected using a tuberculin syringe with a 27-gauge needle. The amount injected per site varied from 2.5 to 3 U, and the total dose used per patient was 32 to 68 U (mean, 47.5 +/- 8.4 U). After administration of a single dose of botulinum toxin A on the nonparalyzed side of 18 patients with acute facial paralysis, marked relief of facial asymmetry was observed in 8 patients within 1 month of injection. Decreased facial asymmetry and strengthened facial function on the paralyzed side led to an increased HB and SB grade within 6 months after injection. Use of botulinum toxin after acute facial palsy cases is of great value. Such therapy decreases the relative hyperkinesis contralateral to the paralysis, leading to greater symmetric function. Especially in patients with medical

  17. Rejuvenecimiento facial

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    L. Daniel Jacubovsky, Dr.

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    Full Text Available El envejecimiento facial es un proceso único y particular a cada individuo y está regido en especial por su carga genética. El lifting facial es una compleja técnica desarrollada en nuestra especialidad desde principios de siglo, para revertir los principales signos de este proceso. Los factores secundarios que gravitan en el envejecimiento facial son múltiples y por ello las ritidectomías o lifting cérvico faciales descritas han buscado corregir los cambios fisonómicos del envejecimiento excursionando, como se describe, en todos los planos tisulares involucrados. Esta cirugía por lo tanto, exige conocimiento cabal de la anatomía quirúrgica, pericia y experiencia para reducir las complicaciones, estigmas quirúrgicos y revisiones secundarias. La ridectomía facial ha evolucionado hacia un procedimiento más simple, de incisiones más cortas y disecciones menos extensas. Las suspensiones musculares han variado en su ejecución y los vectores de montaje y resección cutánea son cruciales en los resultados estéticos de la cirugía cérvico facial. Hoy estos vectores son de tracción más vertical. La corrección de la flaccidez va acompañada de un interés en reponer el volumen de la superficie del rostro, en especial el tercio medio. Las técnicas quirúrgicas de rejuvenecimiento, en especial el lifting facial, exigen una planificación para cada paciente. Las técnicas adjuntas al lifting, como blefaroplastias, mentoplastía, lipoaspiración de cuello, implantes faciales y otras, también han tenido una positiva evolución hacia la reducción de riesgos y mejor éxito estético.

  18. Quantitative facial asymmetry: using three-dimensional photogrammetry to measure baseline facial surface symmetry.

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    Taylor, Helena O; Morrison, Clinton S; Linden, Olivia; Phillips, Benjamin; Chang, Johnny; Byrne, Margaret E; Sullivan, Stephen R; Forrest, Christopher R

    2014-01-01

    Although symmetry is hailed as a fundamental goal of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, our tools for measuring this outcome have been limited and subjective. With the advent of three-dimensional photogrammetry, surface geometry can be captured, manipulated, and measured quantitatively. Until now, few normative data existed with regard to facial surface symmetry. Here, we present a method for reproducibly calculating overall facial symmetry and present normative data on 100 subjects. We enrolled 100 volunteers who underwent three-dimensional photogrammetry of their faces in repose. We collected demographic data on age, sex, and race and subjectively scored facial symmetry. We calculated the root mean square deviation (RMSD) between the native and reflected faces, reflecting about a plane of maximum symmetry. We analyzed the interobserver reliability of the subjective assessment of facial asymmetry and the quantitative measurements and compared the subjective and objective values. We also classified areas of greatest asymmetry as localized to the upper, middle, or lower facial thirds. This cluster of normative data was compared with a group of patients with subtle but increasing amounts of facial asymmetry. We imaged 100 subjects by three-dimensional photogrammetry. There was a poor interobserver correlation between subjective assessments of asymmetry (r = 0.56). There was a high interobserver reliability for quantitative measurements of facial symmetry RMSD calculations (r = 0.91-0.95). The mean RMSD for this normative population was found to be 0.80 ± 0.24 mm. Areas of greatest asymmetry were distributed as follows: 10% upper facial third, 49% central facial third, and 41% lower facial third. Precise measurement permitted discrimination of subtle facial asymmetry within this normative group and distinguished norms from patients with subtle facial asymmetry, with placement of RMSDs along an asymmetry ruler. Facial surface symmetry, which is poorly assessed

  19. Alguns métodos estatísticos voltados às Unidades de Informação

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    Adilson Luiz Pinto

    2012-04-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo visa mostrar algumas técnicas estatísticas aplicadas na gestão informacional nas unidades de informação através da utilização de métodos de mensuração e métricas quantitativas atreladas a estudos relacionados à bibliometria, cienciometria, econometria entre outros. Os estudos envolvendo estatística podem ser descritivos, para construção de indicadores, inferencial através de modelos teóricos ou empíricos. As técnicas estatísticas permitem que de base de dados sejam extraídas informações relevantes à tomada de decisão.  Assim, será brevemente explanando sobre probabilidade, distribuição de frequência, séries estatísticas, covariância e correlação, regressão linear e números índices.

  20. Asians' Facial Responsiveness to Basic Tastes by Automated Facial Expression Analysis System.

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    Zhi, Ruicong; Cao, Lianyu; Cao, Gang

    2017-03-01

    Growing evidence shows that consumer choices in real life are mostly driven by unconscious mechanisms rather than conscious. The unconscious process could be measured by behavioral measurements. This study aims to apply automatic facial expression analysis technique for consumers' emotion representation, and explore the relationships between sensory perception and facial responses. Basic taste solutions (sourness, sweetness, bitterness, umami, and saltiness) with 6 levels plus water were used, which could cover most of the tastes found in food and drink. The other contribution of this study is to analyze the characteristics of facial expressions and correlation between facial expressions and perceptive hedonic liking for Asian consumers. Up until now, the facial expression application researches only reported for western consumers, while few related researches investigated the facial responses during food consuming for Asian consumers. Experimental results indicated that facial expressions could identify different stimuli with various concentrations and different hedonic levels. The perceived liking increased at lower concentrations and decreased at higher concentrations, while samples with medium concentrations were perceived as the most pleasant except sweetness and bitterness. High correlations were founded between perceived intensities of bitterness, umami, saltiness, and facial reactions of disgust and fear. Facial expression disgust and anger could characterize emotion "dislike," and happiness could characterize emotion "like," while neutral could represent "neither like nor dislike." The identified facial expressions agree with the perceived sensory emotions elicited by basic taste solutions. The correlation analysis between hedonic levels and facial expression intensities obtained in this study are in accordance with that discussed for western consumers. © 2017 Institute of Food Technologists®.

  1. Lipoproteínas: metabolismo y lipoproteínas aterogénicas

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    Carlos Carvajal

    2014-01-01

    Los lípidos viajan en sangre en diferentes partículas conteniendo lípidos y proteínas llamadas lipoproteínas. Hay cuatro clases de lipoproteínas en sangre: quilomicrones, VLDL, LDL y HDL. Los quilomicrones transportan triglicéridos (TAG) a tejidos vitales (corazón, musculo esquelético y tejido adiposo). El hígado secreta VLDL que redistribuye TAG al tejido adiposo, corazón y músculo esquelético. LDL transporta colesterol hacia las células y HDL remueve colesterol de las células de vuelta al h...

  2. Facial exercises for facial rejuvenation: a control group study.

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    De Vos, Marie-Camille; Van den Brande, Helen; Boone, Barbara; Van Borsel, John

    2013-01-01

    Facial exercises are a noninvasive alternative to medical approaches to facial rejuvenation. Logopedists could be involved in providing these exercises. Little research has been conducted, however, on the effectiveness of exercises for facial rejuvenation. This study assessed the effectiveness of 4 exercises purportedly reducing wrinkles and sagging of the facial skin. A control group study was conducted with 18 participants, 9 of whom (the experimental group) underwent daily training for 7 weeks. Pictures taken before and after 7 weeks of 5 facial areas (forehead, nasolabial folds, area above the upper lip, jawline and area under the chin) were evaluated by a panel of laypersons. In addition, the participants of the experimental group evaluated their own pictures. Evaluation included the pairwise presentation of pictures before and after 7 weeks and scoring of the same pictures by means of visual analogue scales in a random presentation. Only one significant difference was found between the control and experimental group. In the experimental group, the picture after therapy of the upper lip was more frequently chosen to be the younger-looking one by the panel. It cannot be concluded that facial exercises are effective. More systematic research is needed. © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.

  3. Cuidados paliativos para idosos na unidade de terapia intensiva: revisão sistemática

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    Anelise Coelho da Fonseca

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: O uso de tecnologia médica intervencionista em pacientes idosos em estado terminal necessita ser associado aos cuidados paliativos como medidas de suporte clínico na terapia intensiva. Esse recurso auxilia nas decisões ao final da vida do paciente e direciona a atenção da equipe de saúde para garantir o conforto do paciente e a satisfação da família. O prolongamento da vida sem a implementação de ações que visem amenizar sintomas, como dor e dispneia, contribui para o estresse familiar e a morte com sofrimento. O objetivo deste trabalho foi conhecer os avanços no uso dos cuidados paliativos na unidade de terapia intensiva. MÉTODOS: Revisão sistemática sobre a relação entre cuidados paliativos aos idosos e a terapia intensiva nos portais Medline e Bireme. RESULTADOS: Foram analisados 29 artigos, que mostram experiências de cuidados paliativos em unidades de terapia intensiva utilizando as variáveis "satisfação da família quando participa das discussões sobre os cuidados paliativos" e "dificuldades na implementação desse tipo de cuidado por falta de capacitação técnica dos profissionais". CONCLUSÃO: O tema "cuidados paliativos" deve ser aprofundado visando melhorar a relação entre pacientes, seus familiares e a equipe de saúde. Considerando o aumento do número de idosos na terapia intensiva, é fundamental melhorar a capacitação do profissional de saúde para enfrentar os desafios que envolvem a terminalidade da vida.

  4. Los microbios en el agua de las unidades dentales

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    Chris H. Milleri

    1996-12-01

    Full Text Available Los microbios están presentes en el agua de las unidades dentales y existen en la biocapa que cubre las paredes de las tuberías de agua. El mejoramiento de la calidad microbiana del agua en las unidades dentales según estén disponibles los medios es una parte natural del mantenimiento de la calidad para la atención al paciente y al equipo de trabajo.

  5. Avaliação comparativa entre agradabilidade facial e análise subjetiva do Padrão Facial Comparative evaluation among facial attractiveness and subjective analysis of Facial Pattern

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    Olívia Morihisa

    2009-12-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: estudar duas análises subjetivas faciais utilizadas para o diagnóstico ortodôntico, avaliação da agradabilidade facial e definição de Padrão Facial, e verificar a associação existente entre elas. MÉTODOS: utilizou-se 208 fotografias faciais padronizadas (104 laterais e 104 frontais de 104 indivíduos escolhidos aleatoriamente, as quais foram submetidas à avaliação da agradabilidade por dois grupos distintos (Grupo " Ortodontia" e Grupo " Leigos" , que classificaram os indivíduos em " agradável" , " aceitável" ou " desagradável" . Os indivíduos também foram classificados quanto ao Padrão Facial por três examinadores calibrados, utilizando-se apenas a vista lateral. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÃO: após a análise estatística, verificou-se que houve associação fortemente positiva entre a agradabilidade facial e o Padrão Facial para a norma lateral, porém não para a frontal, em que os indivíduos tenderam a ser bem classificados mesmo no Padrão II.AIM: To study two subjective facial analysis commonly used on orthodontic diagnosis and to verify the association between the evaluation of facial attractiveness and Facial Pattern definition. METHODS: Two hundred and eight standardized face photographs (104 in lateral view and 104 in frontal view of 104 randomly chosen individuals were used in the present study. They were classified as " pleasant" , " acceptable" and " not pleasant" by two distinct groups: " Lay people" and " Orthodontists" . The individuals were either classified according to their Facial Pattern using lateral view images. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After statistical analysis, it was noted a strong positive concordance between facial attractiveness in lateral view and Facial Pattern, however, frontal view attractiveness classification did not have good concordance with Facial Pattern, tending to have good attractiveness classification even in Facial Pattern II.

  6. Facial trauma.

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    Peeters, N; Lemkens, P; Leach, R; Gemels B; Schepers, S; Lemmens, W

    Facial trauma. Patients with facial trauma must be assessed in a systematic way so as to avoid missing any injury. Severe and disfiguring facial injuries can be distracting. However, clinicians must first focus on the basics of trauma care, following the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) system of care. Maxillofacial trauma occurs in a significant number of severely injured patients. Life- and sight-threatening injuries must be excluded during the primary and secondary surveys. Special attention must be paid to sight-threatening injuries in stabilized patients through early referral to an appropriate specialist or the early initiation of emergency care treatment. The gold standard for the radiographic evaluation of facial injuries is computed tomography (CT) imaging. Nasal fractures are the most frequent isolated facial fractures. Isolated nasal fractures are principally diagnosed through history and clinical examination. Closed reduction is the most frequently performed treatment for isolated nasal fractures, with a fractured nasal septum as a predictor of failure. Ear, nose and throat surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons and ophthalmologists must all develop an adequate treatment plan for patients with complex maxillofacial trauma.

  7. An analysis of facial nerve function in irradiated and unirradiated facial nerve grafts

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    Brown, Paul D.; Eshleman, Jeffrey S.; Foote, Robert L.; Strome, Scott E.

    2000-01-01

    Purpose: The effect of high-dose radiation therapy on facial nerve grafts is controversial. Some authors believe radiotherapy is so detrimental to the outcome of facial nerve graft function that dynamic or static slings should be performed instead of facial nerve grafts in all patients who are to receive postoperative radiation therapy. Unfortunately, the facial function achieved with dynamic and static slings is almost always inferior to that after facial nerve grafts. In this retrospective study, we compared facial nerve function in irradiated and unirradiated nerve grafts. Methods and Materials: The medical records of 818 patients with neoplasms involving the parotid gland who received treatment between 1974 and 1997 were reviewed, of whom 66 underwent facial nerve grafting. Fourteen patients who died or had a recurrence less than a year after their facial nerve graft were excluded. The median follow-up for the remaining 52 patients was 10.6 years. Cable nerve grafts were performed in 50 patients and direct anastomoses of the facial nerve in two. Facial nerve function was scored by means of the House-Brackmann (H-B) facial grading system. Twenty-eight of the 52 patients received postoperative radiotherapy. The median time from nerve grafting to start of radiotherapy was 5.1 weeks. The median and mean doses of radiation were 6000 and 6033 cGy, respectively, for the irradiated grafts. One patient received preoperative radiotherapy to a total dose of 5000 cGy in 25 fractions and underwent surgery 1 month after the completion of radiotherapy. This patient was placed, by convention, in the irradiated facial nerve graft cohort. Results: Potential prognostic factors for facial nerve function such as age, gender, extent of surgery at the time of nerve grafting, preoperative facial nerve palsy, duration of preoperative palsy if present, or number of previous operations in the parotid bed were relatively well balanced between irradiated and unirradiated patients. However

  8. Experiências em Arqueologia da Arquitectura na Unidade de Arqueologia da Universidade do Minho

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    de Oliveira Fontes, Luis Fernando

    2004-12-01

    Full Text Available The Department of Archaeology at the Universidad de Minho develops study projects and the provision of services specializing in Archaeology of Architecture, for protocols and/or contracts signed with bodies concerned with Architectonic Heritage, particularly the IPPAR, the DGEMN and city councils. The first works began in the late 1980s, and have since taken on concepts and methodologies in the Italian tradition, filtered through Spanish experiences with CSIS researchers. The studies have taken in various experiences, whether from the institutional point of view, from the objectives which led to the interventions or in terms of the methodological resources used. Presented here are some reflections arising from the diversity of the Department of Archaeology’s experiences in Archaeology of Architecture, especially in methodological aspects and interdisciplinary relations.Na Unidade de Arqueologia da Universidade do Minho desenvolvem-se projectos de estudo e/ou de prestação de serviços especializados em Arqueologia de Arquitectura, no quadro de protocolos e/ou contratos celebrados com entidades que tutelam património arquitectónico, designadamente o IPPAR, a DGEMN e Câmaras Municipais. Os primeiros trabalhos iniciaram-se nos finais da década de 80 do século XX, adquirindo-se desde então uma bagagem conceptual e metodológica de tradição italiana, filtrada pelas experências espanholas veiculadas pelos investigadores do CSIC. Os trabalhos realizados constituíram experiências distintas, tanto do ponto de vista institucional, como dos objectivos que orientaram as intervenções ou ainda do ponto de vista dos recursos metodológicos empregues. Apresentam-se aqui algumas reflexões suscitadas pela diversidade das experiências em Arqueologia de Arquitectura da Unidade de Arqueologia, especialmente nas áreas das metodologia e relações interdisciplinares.

  9. Facial Expression Recognition

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    Pantic, Maja; Li, S.; Jain, A.

    2009-01-01

    Facial expression recognition is a process performed by humans or computers, which consists of: 1. Locating faces in the scene (e.g., in an image; this step is also referred to as face detection), 2. Extracting facial features from the detected face region (e.g., detecting the shape of facial

  10. Paralisia facial periférica idiopática de Bell: a propósito de 180 pacientes Idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell´s palsy: a study of 180 patients

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    Marcelo Moraes Valença

    2001-09-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos e evolutivos da paralisia facial periférica idiopática em 180 pacientes. Houve ligeiro predomínio do sexo feminino (66,7%. Quanto à faixa etária mais acometida, foram observados dois picos de incidência um nas terceira e quarta décadas, e o outro na sexta década de vida. Nos 180 pacientes houve 198 episódios de paralisia facial periférica, sendo 17 recorrências e em um paciente a paralisia foi de instalação inicial bilateral. Em 15 pacientes (8,3% houve recidiva da paralisia facial, em dois casos a paralisia se repetindo por mais duas vezes. Em 12 casos (70,6% a recidiva ocorreu no mesmo lado da paralisia anterior. O lado esquerdo da face estava envolvido em 55,6% dos casos. Em oito pacientes a paralisia aconteceu na gestação (n=5 ou no pós-parto (n=3. Quatro das pacientes grávidas apresentaram paralisia de Bell no terceiro trimestre. Uma paciente com 18 anos de idade desenvolveu paralisia facial do lado direito no sétimo mês da gravidez, havendo recidiva da paralisia no mesmo lado aos 23 anos de idade, no 15º dia pós-parto. Como condicões associadas encontramos hipertensão arterial sistêmica (11,7%, diabete mélito (11,1%, gravidez ou pós-parto imediato (4,4%; 6,7% nas mulheres e neurocisticercose (1,1%. Em 72,8% dos casos não encontramos associação com outras afecções. Em 22,8% dos pacientes observou-se uma das seguintes sequelas: espasmo hemifacial (12,8%, recuperação parcial do déficit motor (10,6%, síndrome das lágrimas do crocodilo (3,3%, contrações sincinéticas (2,8%, lacrimejamento (1,1% e fenômeno de Marcus Gunn invertido (1,1%. Concluíndo, no estudo foi demonstrado que a paralisia facial periférica idiopática pode provocar sequelas importantes, cosméticas ou funcionais, em mais de 20% dos pacientes.The objective of this study was to analyze some clinical and epidemiologic aspects, as well as the follow up of 180 patients

  11. UAS-NAS Stakeholder Feedback Report

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    Randall, Debra; Murphy, Jim; Grindle, Laurie

    2016-01-01

    The need to fly UAS in the NAS to perform missions of vital importance to national security and defense, emergency management, science, and to enable commercial applications has been continually increasing over the past few years. To address this need, the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) formulated and funded the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project (hereafter referred to as UAS-NAS Project) from 2011 to 2016. The UAS-NAS Project identified the following need statement: The UAS community needs routine access to the global airspace for all classes of UAS. The Project identified the following goal: To provide research findings to reduce technical barriers associated with integrating UAS into the NAS utilizing integrated system level tests in a relevant environment. This report provides a summary of the collaborations between the UAS-NAS Project and its primary stakeholders and how the Project applied and incorporated the feedback.

  12. A distanásia como geradora de dilemas éticos nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva: considerações sobre a participação dos enfermeiros La distanasia como generadora de dilemas éticos en las Unidades deTerapia Intensiva: algunos aspectos a cerca de lo envolvimiento de los enfermeros Disthanasia as an ethical dilemma at the Intensive Care Units: considerations about nurses involvement

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    Maria Cecilia Toffoletto

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    Full Text Available A distanásia apresenta-se como uma das fontes geradoras de dilemas éticos nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva (UTI. Discute-se o contexto que favorece a prática da distanásia nesse ambiente, com ênfase na utilização excessiva do suporte tecnológico. Tecemos comentários sobre a participação dos familiares e profissionais envolvidos, principalmente médicos e enfermeiros, considerando-se o papel sócio-profissional atribuído a cada um. Pretende-se com as considerações apresentadas, fornecer subsídios para a reflexão do tema, com vistas a uma participação mais ativa dos enfermeiros de UTI nos dilemas éticos relacionados à distanásia.La distanasia se presenta como una de las fuentes generadoras de los dilemas éticos en las Unidades de Terapia Intensiva (UTI Discute el contexto que favorece la práctica de la distanasia en este ambiente, con énfasis en la utilización excesiva del arsenal tecnologico. Además de los comentarios sobre la posición de los familiares y de los profesionales involucrados, principalmente los médicos y enfermeros, se consideró el papel socio-profesional que se atribuye a cada uno. Para finalizar, los profesionales del area son estimulados a refletir sobre el tema y los enfermeros a participar de manera más activa en las discusiones de los dilemas éticos relacionados a la distanasia.Disthanasia is conceptualized and presented as an ethical dilemma in Intensive Care Units (ICU. The context favoring the disthanasia practice on this environment focusing the excessive use of technological devices will be discussed. The study will approach the family, physician and nurse’s participation in the situations, considering the social and professional role of each one. This study aims to provide support for healthcare professionals to reflect on this subject, aiming the nurse’s more effective participation on ethical dilemmas related to disthanasia.

  13. Slowing down Presentation of Facial Movements and Vocal Sounds Enhances Facial Expression Recognition and Induces Facial-Vocal Imitation in Children with Autism

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    Tardif, Carole; Laine, France; Rodriguez, Melissa; Gepner, Bruno

    2007-01-01

    This study examined the effects of slowing down presentation of facial expressions and their corresponding vocal sounds on facial expression recognition and facial and/or vocal imitation in children with autism. Twelve autistic children and twenty-four normal control children were presented with emotional and non-emotional facial expressions on…

  14. Los planetas: propuesta de unidad didáctica

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    Carbonell-Cano, Marc

    2016-01-01

    El trabajo que se expone a continuación se basa en el desarrollo de una unidad didáctica sobre los planetas con la intención que ésta sea extrapolable a las aulas y pueda ser llevada a cabo por un maestro de educación infantil. Se pretende que los alumnos adquieran unos conceptos determinados sobre el espacio que les rodea y a su vez, unas habilidades y unas competencias que les permitan desarrollarlos en otros ámbitos de la vida. Para lograr esto se plantea la unidad con un enfoque global...

  15. Facial anatomy.

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    Marur, Tania; Tuna, Yakup; Demirci, Selman

    2014-01-01

    Dermatologic problems of the face affect both function and aesthetics, which are based on complex anatomical features. Treating dermatologic problems while preserving the aesthetics and functions of the face requires knowledge of normal anatomy. When performing successfully invasive procedures of the face, it is essential to understand its underlying topographic anatomy. This chapter presents the anatomy of the facial musculature and neurovascular structures in a systematic way with some clinically important aspects. We describe the attachments of the mimetic and masticatory muscles and emphasize their functions and nerve supply. We highlight clinically relevant facial topographic anatomy by explaining the course and location of the sensory and motor nerves of the face and facial vasculature with their relations. Additionally, this chapter reviews the recent nomenclature of the branching pattern of the facial artery. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  16. Diplegia facial traumatica Traumatic facial diplegia: a case report

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    Full Text Available É relatado um caso de paralisia facial bilateral, incompleta, associada a hipoacusia esquerda, após traumatismo cranioencefálico, com fraturas evidenciadas radiológicamente. Algumas considerações são formuladas tentando relacionar ditas manifestações com fraturas do osso temporal.A case of traumatic facial diplegia with left partial loss of hearing following head injury is reported. X-rays showed fractures on the occipital and left temporal bones. A review of traumatic facial paralysis is made.

  17. Noise measurement in NICUs and incubators with newborns: a systematic literature review Mensuración de ruido en unidades neonatales e incubadoras con recién nacidos: revisión sistemática de literatura Mensuração de ruído sonoro em unidades neonatais e incubadoras com recém-nascidos: revisão sistemática de literatura

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    Maria de Fátima Hasek Nogueira

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    la validez interna y externa fue observado en pocos estudios.Trata-se de revisão sistemática de literatura para avaliar a qualidade metodológica dos estudos que mediram ruído nas unidades neonatais. Após busca nas bases eletrônicas MEDLINE, SciELO, LILACS, BDENF, WHOLIS, BDTD, ScienceDirect, NCBI e Scirus, e busca manual, foram incluídos 40 estudos que atenderam o critério "mensurar ruído em unidades neonatais e/ou incubadoras". O instrumento de análise crítica foi validado por especialistas em neonatologia e acústica - nota média 7,9 (dp=1,3 - e a confiabilidade interobservador, em 18 artigos, resultou num coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (ICC de 0,89 (IC95% 0,75-0,95. Os indicadores de qualidade foram 50% melhores para os estudos que mediram somente no ambiente da unidade ao associar as estratégias de mensuração à área física. Os resultados revelaram grande variabilidade metodológica, o que dificulta a comparabilidade e, algumas vezes, representa alta probabilidade de viés. O rigor necessário para garantir a validade interna e externa foi observado em poucos estudos.

  18. Colonização nasal em profissionais de enfermagem de unidades especializadas em HIV/aids

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    Lílian Andreia Fleck Reinato

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    Full Text Available RESUMO Objetivo: investigar a presença de micro-organismos nas narinas dos profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital de ensino brasileiro. Método: estudo transversal, em duas unidades de internação especializadas em HIV/aids. Foram coletadas amostras de secreção nasal de profissionais de enfermagem no período de um mês. As amostras foram processadas no laboratório de microbiologia da instituição e a análise dos dados resultantes por meio do software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS versão 19.0. Os aspectos éticos foram contemplados. Resultados: dos 73 profissionais de enfermagem do serviço, foram coletadas amostras de secreção nasal de 61 (80,2%. Foram isolados seis tipos de micro-organismos em 22 (41,0% culturas positivas. Destaca-se que o Staphylococcus aureus representou 22,9%, sendo quatro resistentes à oxacilina (MRSA. Conclusão: o Staphylococcus aureus foi o micro-organismo de maior prevalência nos indivíduos deste estudo.

  19. Unidades de colheita: estratégia para evitar a compactação dos solos florestais

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    Full Text Available Solos com umidade ótima de compactação menor que a capacidade de campo e solos com má drenagem são mais propensos a serem compactados nas operações de exploração florestal. O conhecimento dessas variáveis permite classificar os solos quanto à sua suscetibilidade à compactação, no entanto essas determinações demandam tempo, recursos e equipamentos específicos. Utilizando 13 solos florestais com ampla variação textural, das fazendas Ariona e Santa Rosa pertencentes à Cia. Suzano de Papel e Celulose, situadas no Estado de São Paulo, desenvolveu-se um índice, denominado diâmetro médio ponderado de partículas, que permitiu estimar a umidade ótima de compactação, a capacidade de campo e o limite líquido baseado apenas na distribuição de tamanho de partículas. Com base nessas características físicas e no consumo médio diário de água de um plantio de eucalipto, foram estabelecidas unidades de colheita a partir do número de dias de repouso necessários para o teor de água de um solo ficar abaixo da umidade ótima de compactação. Tais unidades agrupam solos que precisam do mesmo número de dias após uma chuva (0 a 10 dias para poderem ser explorados, visando diminuir o impacto da colheita florestal e, em consequência, evitar a necessidade de preparo do solo para diminuir a compactação provocada por essas operações.

  20. [Peripheral facial nerve lesion induced long-term dendritic retraction in pyramidal cortico-facial neurons].

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    Urrego, Diana; Múnera, Alejandro; Troncoso, Julieta

    2011-01-01

    Little evidence is available concerning the morphological modifications of motor cortex neurons associated with peripheral nerve injuries, and the consequences of those injuries on post lesion functional recovery. Dendritic branching of cortico-facial neurons was characterized with respect to the effects of irreversible facial nerve injury. Twenty-four adult male rats were distributed into four groups: sham (no lesion surgery), and dendritic assessment at 1, 3 and 5 weeks post surgery. Eighteen lesion animals underwent surgical transection of the mandibular and buccal branches of the facial nerve. Dendritic branching was examined by contralateral primary motor cortex slices stained with the Golgi-Cox technique. Layer V pyramidal (cortico-facial) neurons from sham and injured animals were reconstructed and their dendritic branching was compared using Sholl analysis. Animals with facial nerve lesions displayed persistent vibrissal paralysis throughout the five week observation period. Compared with control animal neurons, cortico-facial pyramidal neurons of surgically injured animals displayed shrinkage of their dendritic branches at statistically significant levels. This shrinkage persisted for at least five weeks after facial nerve injury. Irreversible facial motoneuron axonal damage induced persistent dendritic arborization shrinkage in contralateral cortico-facial neurons. This morphological reorganization may be the physiological basis of functional sequelae observed in peripheral facial palsy patients.

  1. Facial Pain Followed by Unilateral Facial Nerve Palsy: A Case Report with Literature Review

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    GV, Sowmya; BS, Manjunatha; Goel, Saurabh; Singh, Mohit Pal; Astekar, Madhusudan

    2014-01-01

    Peripheral facial nerve palsy is the commonest cranial nerve motor neuropathy. The causes range from cerebrovascular accident to iatrogenic damage, but there are few reports of facial nerve paralysis attributable to odontogenic infections. In majority of the cases, recovery of facial muscle function begins within first three weeks after onset. This article reports a unique case of 32-year-old male patient who developed facial pain followed by unilateral facial nerve paralysis due to odontogen...

  2. Hortas comunitárias como atividade promotora de saúde: uma experiência em Unidades Básicas de Saúde

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    Christiane Gasparini Araújo Costa

    2015-10-01

    Full Text Available ResumoA agricultura urbana e periurbana (AUP vem sendo praticada em diferentes espaços, contribuindo para a melhoria da saúde nas comunidades e ambientes mais saudáveis. Objetivando identificar significados e repercussões da prática da AUP em Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS, enquanto uma atividade de Promoção da Saúde (PS, e em que medida sua dimensão terapêutica a caracteriza como uma atividade alinhada às práticas integrativas e complementares, foi realizado um estudo transversal com abordagem qualitativa no município de Embu das Artes, SP. Da análise, emergiram as seguintes categorias: concepção de saúde, resultados na saúde, resgate de práticas e hábitos tradicionais e reorientação dos serviços de saúde. Identificou-se a estreita ligação entre a prática das hortas e as diretrizes e campos de ação da PS como: criação de ambientes saudáveis, reforço da ação comunitária, desenvolvimento de habilidades pessoais, estímulo à autonomia e empoderamento e demandas por reorientação dos serviços. As atividades de horta instituídas nas UBS se mostraram uma estratégia de implementação das práticas integrativas e complementares (PIC. Conclui-se que as atividades de cultivo nas hortas comunitárias mostram-se como práticas promotoras da saúde que integram elementos fundamentais das PIC.

  3. Facial infiltrative lipomatosis

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    Haloi, A.K.; Ditchfield, M.; Pennington, A.; Philips, R.

    2006-01-01

    Although there are multiple case reports and small series concerning facial infiltrative lipomatosis, there is no composite radiological description of the condition. Radiological evaluation of facial infiltrative lipomatosis using plain film, sonography, CT and MRI. We radiologically evaluated four patients with facial infiltrative lipomatosis. Initial plain radiographs of the face were acquired in all patients. Three children had an initial sonographic examination to evaluate the condition, followed by MRI. One child had a CT and then MRI. One child had abnormalities on plain radiographs. Sonographically, the lesions were seen as ill-defined heterogeneously hypoechoic areas with indistinct margins. On CT images, the lesions did not have a homogeneous fat density but showed some relatively more dense areas in deeper parts of the lesions. MRI provided better delineation of the exact extent of the process and characterization of facial infiltrative lipomatosis. Facial infiltrative lipomatosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis of vascular or lymphatic malformation when a child presents with unilateral facial swelling. MRI is the most useful single imaging modality to evaluate the condition, as it provides the best delineation of the exact extent of the process. (orig.)

  4. O TRABALHO EDUCATIVO DO AGENTE COMUNITÁRIO DE SAÚDE NAS VISITAS DOMICILIARES EM DOIS MUNICÍPIOS DO BRASIL

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    Dixis Figueroa Pedraza

    Full Text Available Resumo O estudo objetivou descrever e analisar possíveis diferenças nas atividades de educação em saúde realizadas por agentes comunitários de saúde durante a visita domiciliar. Foram analisados os dados de dois estudos transversais no contexto das Unidades Básicas de Saúde da Família dos municípios de Campina Grande (2010 e Queimadas (2011, no estado da Paraíba, Brasil. Em Campina Grande, foram elegíveis mulheres com crianças menores de um ano, selecionadas por sorteio sistemático, de 30% das unidades de saúde (n= 508. Em Queimadas, foram elegíveis todas as mulheres com crianças nascidas durante o ano de 2009, residentes no município e atendidas em todas as 16 unidades de saúde (n= 204. As mães foram questionadas sobre as atividades educativas desenvolvidas pelos agentes durante as visitas domiciliares. Uma maior proporção de mulheres indicou não receber visitas domiciliares no município de Campina Grande, foram encontradas deficiências relacionadas a orientações sobre o cuidado com a saúde da criança nos dois municípios e maior frequência de atividades educativas entre os agentes de Queimadas. As diferenças relativas ao trabalho dos agentes comunitários de saúde podem envolver fatores como desvalorização profissional e precárias condições de trabalho. Destaca-se a importância da capacitação e preparação dos enfermeiros para a supervisão do trabalho dos agentes.

  5. Chondromyxoid fibroma of the mastoid facial nerve canal mimicking a facial nerve schwannoma.

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    Thompson, Andrew L; Bharatha, Aditya; Aviv, Richard I; Nedzelski, Julian; Chen, Joseph; Bilbao, Juan M; Wong, John; Saad, Reda; Symons, Sean P

    2009-07-01

    Chondromyxoid fibroma of the skull base is a rare entity. Involvement of the temporal bone is particularly rare. We present an unusual case of progressive facial nerve paralysis with imaging and clinical findings most suggestive of a facial nerve schwannoma. The lesion was tubular in appearance, expanded the mastoid facial nerve canal, protruded out of the stylomastoid foramen, and enhanced homogeneously. The only unusual imaging feature was minor calcification within the tumor. Surgery revealed an irregular, cystic lesion. Pathology diagnosed a chondromyxoid fibroma involving the mastoid portion of the facial nerve canal, destroying the facial nerve.

  6. TECNOLOGIA PARA GESTÃO DE UNIDADES DE INTERNAÇÃO HOSPITALARES

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    Jorge Lorenzetti

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available En Brasil ocurren más de 18,5 millones de internaciones anuales. Las unidades de internación carecen de tecnologías de gestión que permitan mejores experiencias para pacientes y profesionales. El sistema de gestión PRAXIS suple esa brecha, el software recibió la patente 14196-6. El próposito de este artículo es describir la tacnología del PRAXIS y su proceso de contrucción y análisis de su solitud, después de un año de uso en una unidad hospitaria.El programa fue creado con soporte en la investigación metodológica, y de la cuasi-experimental para intervención en unidad de internación. Los resultados expresan la estructura de la tecnología y efectos de su implantación. Los aspectos evidenciados son beneficios de desempeño en la unidad, con planificación participativa, gestión de procesos de atención, gestión de personal, de materiales, de calidad, y uso de panel electrónico. La tecnología recibió apreciación positiva del equipo de enfermería y la comisión externa evaluadora. El proyecto precisa maduración para constituirse en recurso valioso e innovador para desempeño en las unidades de internación.

  7. Development of the Korean Facial Emotion Stimuli: Korea University Facial Expression Collection 2nd Edition

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    Sun-Min Kim

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    Full Text Available Background: Developing valid emotional facial stimuli for specific ethnicities creates ample opportunities to investigate both the nature of emotional facial information processing in general and clinical populations as well as the underlying mechanisms of facial emotion processing within and across cultures. Given that most entries in emotional facial stimuli databases were developed with western samples, and given that very few of the eastern emotional facial stimuli sets were based strictly on the Ekman’s Facial Action Coding System, developing valid emotional facial stimuli of eastern samples remains a high priority.Aims: To develop and examine the psychometric properties of six basic emotional facial stimuli recruiting professional Korean actors and actresses based on the Ekman’s Facial Action Coding System for the Korea University Facial Expression Collection-Second Edition (KUFEC-II.Materials And Methods: Stimulus selection was done in two phases. First, researchers evaluated the clarity and intensity of each stimulus developed based on the Facial Action Coding System. Second, researchers selected a total of 399 stimuli from a total of 57 actors and actresses, which were then rated on accuracy, intensity, valence, and arousal by 75 independent raters.Conclusion: The hit rates between the targeted and rated expressions of the KUFEC-II were all above 80%, except for fear (50% and disgust (63%. The KUFEC-II appears to be a valid emotional facial stimuli database, providing the largest set of emotional facial stimuli. The mean intensity score was 5.63 (out of 7, suggesting that the stimuli delivered the targeted emotions with great intensity. All positive expressions were rated as having a high positive valence, whereas all negative expressions were rated as having a high negative valence. The KUFEC II is expected to be widely used in various psychological studies on emotional facial expression. KUFEC-II stimuli can be obtained through

  8. Caricaturing facial expressions.

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    Calder, A J; Rowland, D; Young, A W; Nimmo-Smith, I; Keane, J; Perrett, D I

    2000-08-14

    The physical differences between facial expressions (e.g. fear) and a reference norm (e.g. a neutral expression) were altered to produce photographic-quality caricatures. In Experiment 1, participants rated caricatures of fear, happiness and sadness for their intensity of these three emotions; a second group of participants rated how 'face-like' the caricatures appeared. With increasing levels of exaggeration the caricatures were rated as more emotionally intense, but less 'face-like'. Experiment 2 demonstrated a similar relationship between emotional intensity and level of caricature for six different facial expressions. Experiments 3 and 4 compared intensity ratings of facial expression caricatures prepared relative to a selection of reference norms - a neutral expression, an average expression, or a different facial expression (e.g. anger caricatured relative to fear). Each norm produced a linear relationship between caricature and rated intensity of emotion; this finding is inconsistent with two-dimensional models of the perceptual representation of facial expression. An exemplar-based multidimensional model is proposed as an alternative account.

  9. Parotidectomía y vena facial Parotidectomy and facial vein

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    F. Hernández Altemir

    2009-10-01

    Full Text Available La cirugía de los tumores benignos de la parótida, es una cirugía de relaciones con estructuras fundamentalmente nerviosas cuyo daño, representa un gravísimo problema psicosomático por definirlo de una manera genérica. Para ayudar al manejo quirúrgico del nervio facial periférico, es por lo que en el presente artículo tratamos de enfatizar la importancia de la vena facial en la disección y conservación del nervio, precisamente donde su disección suele ser más comprometida, esto es en las ramas más caudales. El trabajo que vamos a desarrollar hay que verlo pues, como un ensalzamiento de las estructuras venosas en el seguimiento y control del nervio facial periférico y de porqué no, el nervio auricular mayor no siempre suficientemente valorado en la cirugía de la parótida al perder protagonismo con el facial.Benign parotid tumor surgery is related to fundamental nervous structures, defined simply: that when damaged cause great psychosomatic problems. In order to make peripheral facial nerve surgery easy to handle for the surgeon this article emphasizes the importance of the facial vein in the dissection and conservation of the nerve. Its dissection can be compromised if the caudal branches are damaged. The study that we develop should be seen as praise for the vein structures in the follow up and control of the peripheral facial nerve, and the main auricular nerve that is often undervalued when it is no longer the protagonist in the face.

  10. Professional competences of nurse to work in Intensive Care Units: an integrative review Competencias profesionales de los enfermeros para trabajar en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos: una revisión integradora Competência profissional do enfermeiro para atuar em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva: uma revisão integrativa

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    Silvia Helena Henriques Camelo

    2012-02-01

    ão integrativa, e a coleta de dados foi realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, SciELO, BDENF, nos meses de agosto a outubro de 2011. Foram identificados 10 artigos, publicados nos últimos 12 anos, e o agrupamento dos dados possibilitou a construção de unidades temáticas relacionadas às competências dos enfermeiros: gerenciar o cuidado de enfermagem, executar o cuidado de enfermagem de maior complexidade, tomada de decisão, liderança, comunicação, educação continuada/permanente, gerenciamento de recursos humanos e de recursos materiais. As competências profissionais identificadas podem oferecer subsídios para traçar diretrizes para a construção do perfil do enfermeiro que atua em unidades de terapia intensiva e impulsionar/mobilizar as práticas de cuidado por esse profissional.

  11. Enhancing facial features by using clear facial features

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    Rofoo, Fanar Fareed Hanna

    2017-09-01

    The similarity of features between individuals of same ethnicity motivated the idea of this project. The idea of this project is to extract features of clear facial image and impose them on blurred facial image of same ethnic origin as an approach to enhance a blurred facial image. A database of clear images containing 30 individuals equally divided to five different ethnicities which were Arab, African, Chines, European and Indian. Software was built to perform pre-processing on images in order to align the features of clear and blurred images. And the idea was to extract features of clear facial image or template built from clear facial images using wavelet transformation to impose them on blurred image by using reverse wavelet. The results of this approach did not come well as all the features did not align together as in most cases the eyes were aligned but the nose or mouth were not aligned. Then we decided in the next approach to deal with features separately but in the result in some cases a blocky effect was present on features due to not having close matching features. In general the available small database did not help to achieve the goal results, because of the number of available individuals. The color information and features similarity could be more investigated to achieve better results by having larger database as well as improving the process of enhancement by the availability of closer matches in each ethnicity.

  12. Complicações crônicas dos diabéticos tipo 2 atendidos nas Unidades de Saúde da Família, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil Chronic complications of type 2 diabetic attended at Family Health Units in the City of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

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    Isabel Cristina Ramos Vieira Santos

    2008-12-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVOS: analisar as complicações associadas ao diabetes tipo 2 em pacientes atendidos pelas Unidades de Saúde da Família. MÉTODOS: estudo realizado nas Unidades de Saúde da Família dos seis distritos sanitários de Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, com uma amostra de 1374 prontuários de diabéticos cadastrados no Programa de Saúde da Família. As variáveis utilizadas foram: ocorrência de complicações macro e microvasculares, idade, sexo, anos de estudo, consumo de álcool, tabagismo, primeira e última glicemia registrada. RESULTADOS: observou-se uma freqüência de complicações mais elevada em mulheres (71,5% quando comparada a dos homens (29,5%. Do total, 58,9% apresentava pelo menos uma complicação. As complicações macrovasculares corresponderam a 95,6%. A doença vascular periférica foi responsável por 92,1%, quando considerada como complicação única. Verificou-se associação entre a faixa etária de 66 anos a mais e complicações macrovasculares, com uma prevalência de 37,8%. As complicações microvasculares nas mulheres correspondem à metade daquelas encontradas para os homens (3,6 x 6,4, sendo significante esta diferença (p=0,04. O tabagismo mostrou-se associado a complicações microvasculares (pOBJECTIVES: to analyze the complications associated with type 2 diabetes in patients seen by Family Health Units. METHODS: a study was conducted of the Family Health Units of the six health districts of the city of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, with a sample of 1374 records of diabetic patients registered on the Family Health Program. The variables used were: the occurrence of macro-and microvascular complications, age, sex, years of schooling, alcohol consumption, smoking, first and last glucose recorded. RESULTS: there was a higher rate of complications in women (71.5% compared to men (29.5%. Of the total, 58.9% had at least one complication. The macrovascular complications corresponded to 95.6%. The peripheral

  13. Facial reanimation by muscle-nerve neurotization after facial nerve sacrifice. Case report.

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    Taupin, A; Labbé, D; Babin, E; Fromager, G

    2016-12-01

    Recovering a certain degree of mimicry after sacrifice of the facial nerve is a clinically recognized finding. The authors report a case of hemifacial reanimation suggesting a phenomenon of neurotization from muscle-to-nerve. A woman benefited from a parotidectomy with sacrifice of the left facial nerve indicated for recurrent tumor in the gland. The distal branches of the facial nerve, isolated at the time of resection, were buried in the masseter muscle underneath. The patient recovered a voluntary hémifacial motricity. The electromyographic analysis of the motor activity of the zygomaticus major before and after block of the masseter nerve showed a dependence between mimic muscles and the masseter muscle. Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain the spontaneous reanimation of facial paralysis. The clinical case makes it possible to argue in favor of muscle-to-nerve neurotization from masseter muscle to distal branches of the facial nerve. It illustrates the quality of motricity that can be obtained thanks to this procedure. The authors describe a simple implantation technique of distal branches of the facial nerve in the masseter muscle during a radical parotidectomy with facial nerve sacrifice and recovery of resting tone but also a quality voluntary mimicry. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

  14. Representing affective facial expressions for robots and embodied conversational agents by facial landmarks

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    Liu, C.; Ham, J.R.C.; Postma, E.O.; Midden, C.J.H.; Joosten, B.; Goudbeek, M.

    2013-01-01

    Affective robots and embodied conversational agents require convincing facial expressions to make them socially acceptable. To be able to virtually generate facial expressions, we need to investigate the relationship between technology and human perception of affective and social signals. Facial

  15. UNIDADES DE FRIO PARA MACIEIRAS NA REGIÃO DE VACARIA – RS, BRASIL

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    LOANA SILVEIRA CARDOSO

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    Full Text Available As macieiras necessitam de um período de acumulação de frio para a quebra da dormência das gemas. Neste estudo, as unidades de frioforam quantificadas por diferentes métodos de cálculo para a região de Vacaria-RS, Brasil, a fim de compará-las com as necessidades de macieiras ‘Gala’ e ‘Fuji’. As unidades de frio foram calculadas para o período de2000/2009, através dos seguintes métodos: Horas de Frio Ponderadas, Utah, Carolina do Norte, Utah Modificado e Carolina do Norte Modificado. Na região estudada, o número de unidades de frio apresenta altavariabilidade entre os anos, independentemente dos métodos de cálculo. Mesmo em anos com alta disponibilidade de horas de frio, o número de unidades de frio necessárias para a quebra de dormência em macieiras ‘Gala’ e ‘Fuji’ não é alcançado, naturalmente. Maio, junho e julho é o principal trimestre para acumular unidades de frio, durante o período de dormência de gemas de macieira.

  16. O trabalho da enfermagem em unidades críticas e sua repercussão sobre a saúde dos trabalhadores El trabajo de la enfermería en unidades críticas y su repercusión sobre la salud de los trabajadores Nursing work in critical units and its repercussion over workers' health

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    Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck

    2006-08-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo teve como objetivo estabelecer relações entre o trabalho da enfermagem em unidades críticas e sua repercussão sobre a saúde dos trabalhadores. Foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratório-descritiva, do tipo qualitativa, que envolveu 46 trabalhadores de enfermagem (enfermeiros e auxiliares. Foram selecionados dois hospitais, um público e um filantrópico, sendo realizada a pesquisa nas unidades críticas de pronto-atendimento, unidade de terapia intensiva, unidade e ambulatório de hematoncologia e centro cirúrgico. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados utilizados foram a entrevista semi-estruturada e a observação do trabalho nos três turnos aplicadas no período de janeiro a junho de 1999. Teve como resultado o mapeamento de diversas doenças crônicas expressas por estes trabalhadores, bem como a verbalização da dificuldade dos mesmos em se cuidarem, assumindo a responsabilidade que lhes cabe sobre sua saúde.Este estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer relaciones entre el trabajo de enfermería en unidades críticas y su repercusión sobre la salud de los trabajadores. Fue realizada una investigación exploratorio-descriptiva, del tipo cualitativa, eso implicó a 46 trabajadores de enfermería (las enfermeras y ayudante. Habían sido seleccionados dos hospitales, un público y un filantrópico, siendo realizada la investigación en las unidades críticas de pronto-atención, unidad de terapia intensiva, unidad y ambulatorio de hematoncología y centro quirúrgico. Los instrumentos de colección de datos usados habían sido la entrevista semi-estructuralizada y la observación del trabajo en los tres turnos aplicadas en el período entre enero y junio de 1999. Tenía como resultado el mapeamento de las enfermedades crónicas expresas por estos trabajadores, bien como la verbalización de la dificultad de ellos a tomar cuidado de sí mismos, asumiendo la responsabilidad que cabe a ellos sobre su salud.This study had as objective

  17. Recurrent unilateral facial nerve palsy in a child with dehiscent facial nerve canal

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    Christopher Liu

    2016-12-01

    Full Text Available Objective: The dehiscent facial nerve canal has been well documented in histopathological studies of temporal bones as well as in clinical setting. We describe clinical and radiologic features of a child with recurrent facial nerve palsy and dehiscent facial nerve canal. Methods: Retrospective chart review. Results: A 5-year-old male was referred to the otolaryngology clinic for evaluation of recurrent acute otitis media and hearing loss. He also developed recurrent left peripheral FN palsy associated with episodes of bilateral acute otitis media. High resolution computed tomography of the temporal bones revealed incomplete bony coverage of the tympanic segment of the left facial nerve. Conclusions: Recurrent peripheral FN palsy may occur in children with recurrent acute otitis media in the presence of a dehiscent facial nerve canal. Facial nerve canal dehiscence should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with recurrent peripheral FN palsy.

  18. Pediatric facial injuries: It's management

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    Singh, Geeta; Mohammad, Shadab; Pal, U. S.; Hariram,; Malkunje, Laxman R.; Singh, Nimisha

    2011-01-01

    Background: Facial injuries in children always present a challenge in respect of their diagnosis and management. Since these children are of a growing age every care should be taken so that later the overall growth pattern of the facial skeleton in these children is not jeopardized. Purpose: To access the most feasible method for the management of facial injuries in children without hampering the facial growth. Materials and Methods: Sixty child patients with facial trauma were selected rando...

  19. Facial Sports Injuries

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    ... the patient has HIV or hepatitis. Facial Fractures Sports injuries can cause potentially serious broken bones or fractures of the face. Common symptoms of facial fractures include: swelling and bruising, ...

  20. Outcome of a graduated minimally invasive facial reanimation in patients with facial paralysis.

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    Holtmann, Laura C; Eckstein, Anja; Stähr, Kerstin; Xing, Minzhi; Lang, Stephan; Mattheis, Stefan

    2017-08-01

    Peripheral paralysis of the facial nerve is the most frequent of all cranial nerve disorders. Despite advances in facial surgery, the functional and aesthetic reconstruction of a paralyzed face remains a challenge. Graduated minimally invasive facial reanimation is based on a modular principle. According to the patients' needs, precondition, and expectations, the following modules can be performed: temporalis muscle transposition and facelift, nasal valve suspension, endoscopic brow lift, and eyelid reconstruction. Applying a concept of a graduated minimally invasive facial reanimation may help minimize surgical trauma and reduce morbidity. Twenty patients underwent a graduated minimally invasive facial reanimation. A retrospective chart review was performed with a follow-up examination between 1 and 8 months after surgery. The FACEgram software was used to calculate pre- and postoperative eyelid closure, the level of brows, nasal, and philtral symmetry as well as oral commissure position at rest and oral commissure excursion with smile. As a patient-oriented outcome parameter, the Glasgow Benefit Inventory questionnaire was applied. There was a statistically significant improvement in the postoperative score of eyelid closure, brow asymmetry, nasal asymmetry, philtral asymmetry as well as oral commissure symmetry at rest (p facial nerve repair or microneurovascular tissue transfer cannot be applied, graduated minimally invasive facial reanimation is a promising option to restore facial function and symmetry at rest.

  1. Does Facial Amimia Impact the Recognition of Facial Emotions? An EMG Study in Parkinson’s Disease

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    Argaud, Soizic; Delplanque, Sylvain; Houvenaghel, Jean-François; Auffret, Manon; Duprez, Joan; Vérin, Marc; Grandjean, Didier; Sauleau, Paul

    2016-01-01

    According to embodied simulation theory, understanding other people’s emotions is fostered by facial mimicry. However, studies assessing the effect of facial mimicry on the recognition of emotion are still controversial. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), one of the most distinctive clinical features is facial amimia, a reduction in facial expressiveness, but patients also show emotional disturbances. The present study used the pathological model of PD to examine the role of facial mimicry on emotion recognition by investigating EMG responses in PD patients during a facial emotion recognition task (anger, joy, neutral). Our results evidenced a significant decrease in facial mimicry for joy in PD, essentially linked to the absence of reaction of the zygomaticus major and the orbicularis oculi muscles in response to happy avatars, whereas facial mimicry for expressions of anger was relatively preserved. We also confirmed that PD patients were less accurate in recognizing positive and neutral facial expressions and highlighted a beneficial effect of facial mimicry on the recognition of emotion. We thus provide additional arguments for embodied simulation theory suggesting that facial mimicry is a potential lever for therapeutic actions in PD even if it seems not to be necessarily required in recognizing emotion as such. PMID:27467393

  2. Incongruence Between Observers’ and Observed Facial Muscle Activation Reduces Recognition of Emotional Facial Expressions From Video Stimuli

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    Tanja S. H. Wingenbach

    2018-06-01

    Full Text Available According to embodied cognition accounts, viewing others’ facial emotion can elicit the respective emotion representation in observers which entails simulations of sensory, motor, and contextual experiences. In line with that, published research found viewing others’ facial emotion to elicit automatic matched facial muscle activation, which was further found to facilitate emotion recognition. Perhaps making congruent facial muscle activity explicit produces an even greater recognition advantage. If there is conflicting sensory information, i.e., incongruent facial muscle activity, this might impede recognition. The effects of actively manipulating facial muscle activity on facial emotion recognition from videos were investigated across three experimental conditions: (a explicit imitation of viewed facial emotional expressions (stimulus-congruent condition, (b pen-holding with the lips (stimulus-incongruent condition, and (c passive viewing (control condition. It was hypothesised that (1 experimental condition (a and (b result in greater facial muscle activity than (c, (2 experimental condition (a increases emotion recognition accuracy from others’ faces compared to (c, (3 experimental condition (b lowers recognition accuracy for expressions with a salient facial feature in the lower, but not the upper face area, compared to (c. Participants (42 males, 42 females underwent a facial emotion recognition experiment (ADFES-BIV while electromyography (EMG was recorded from five facial muscle sites. The experimental conditions’ order was counter-balanced. Pen-holding caused stimulus-incongruent facial muscle activity for expressions with facial feature saliency in the lower face region, which reduced recognition of lower face region emotions. Explicit imitation caused stimulus-congruent facial muscle activity without modulating recognition. Methodological implications are discussed.

  3. Incongruence Between Observers' and Observed Facial Muscle Activation Reduces Recognition of Emotional Facial Expressions From Video Stimuli.

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    Wingenbach, Tanja S H; Brosnan, Mark; Pfaltz, Monique C; Plichta, Michael M; Ashwin, Chris

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    According to embodied cognition accounts, viewing others' facial emotion can elicit the respective emotion representation in observers which entails simulations of sensory, motor, and contextual experiences. In line with that, published research found viewing others' facial emotion to elicit automatic matched facial muscle activation, which was further found to facilitate emotion recognition. Perhaps making congruent facial muscle activity explicit produces an even greater recognition advantage. If there is conflicting sensory information, i.e., incongruent facial muscle activity, this might impede recognition. The effects of actively manipulating facial muscle activity on facial emotion recognition from videos were investigated across three experimental conditions: (a) explicit imitation of viewed facial emotional expressions (stimulus-congruent condition), (b) pen-holding with the lips (stimulus-incongruent condition), and (c) passive viewing (control condition). It was hypothesised that (1) experimental condition (a) and (b) result in greater facial muscle activity than (c), (2) experimental condition (a) increases emotion recognition accuracy from others' faces compared to (c), (3) experimental condition (b) lowers recognition accuracy for expressions with a salient facial feature in the lower, but not the upper face area, compared to (c). Participants (42 males, 42 females) underwent a facial emotion recognition experiment (ADFES-BIV) while electromyography (EMG) was recorded from five facial muscle sites. The experimental conditions' order was counter-balanced. Pen-holding caused stimulus-incongruent facial muscle activity for expressions with facial feature saliency in the lower face region, which reduced recognition of lower face region emotions. Explicit imitation caused stimulus-congruent facial muscle activity without modulating recognition. Methodological implications are discussed.

  4. Incongruence Between Observers’ and Observed Facial Muscle Activation Reduces Recognition of Emotional Facial Expressions From Video Stimuli

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    Wingenbach, Tanja S. H.; Brosnan, Mark; Pfaltz, Monique C.; Plichta, Michael M.; Ashwin, Chris

    2018-01-01

    According to embodied cognition accounts, viewing others’ facial emotion can elicit the respective emotion representation in observers which entails simulations of sensory, motor, and contextual experiences. In line with that, published research found viewing others’ facial emotion to elicit automatic matched facial muscle activation, which was further found to facilitate emotion recognition. Perhaps making congruent facial muscle activity explicit produces an even greater recognition advantage. If there is conflicting sensory information, i.e., incongruent facial muscle activity, this might impede recognition. The effects of actively manipulating facial muscle activity on facial emotion recognition from videos were investigated across three experimental conditions: (a) explicit imitation of viewed facial emotional expressions (stimulus-congruent condition), (b) pen-holding with the lips (stimulus-incongruent condition), and (c) passive viewing (control condition). It was hypothesised that (1) experimental condition (a) and (b) result in greater facial muscle activity than (c), (2) experimental condition (a) increases emotion recognition accuracy from others’ faces compared to (c), (3) experimental condition (b) lowers recognition accuracy for expressions with a salient facial feature in the lower, but not the upper face area, compared to (c). Participants (42 males, 42 females) underwent a facial emotion recognition experiment (ADFES-BIV) while electromyography (EMG) was recorded from five facial muscle sites. The experimental conditions’ order was counter-balanced. Pen-holding caused stimulus-incongruent facial muscle activity for expressions with facial feature saliency in the lower face region, which reduced recognition of lower face region emotions. Explicit imitation caused stimulus-congruent facial muscle activity without modulating recognition. Methodological implications are discussed. PMID:29928240

  5. Facial orientation and facial shape in extant great apes: a geometric morphometric analysis of covariation.

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    Neaux, Dimitri; Guy, Franck; Gilissen, Emmanuel; Coudyzer, Walter; Vignaud, Patrick; Ducrocq, Stéphane

    2013-01-01

    The organization of the bony face is complex, its morphology being influenced in part by the rest of the cranium. Characterizing the facial morphological variation and craniofacial covariation patterns in extant hominids is fundamental to the understanding of their evolutionary history. Numerous studies on hominid facial shape have proposed hypotheses concerning the relationship between the anterior facial shape, facial block orientation and basicranial flexion. In this study we test these hypotheses in a sample of adult specimens belonging to three extant hominid genera (Homo, Pan and Gorilla). Intraspecific variation and covariation patterns are analyzed using geometric morphometric methods and multivariate statistics, such as partial least squared on three-dimensional landmarks coordinates. Our results indicate significant intraspecific covariation between facial shape, facial block orientation and basicranial flexion. Hominids share similar characteristics in the relationship between anterior facial shape and facial block orientation. Modern humans exhibit a specific pattern in the covariation between anterior facial shape and basicranial flexion. This peculiar feature underscores the role of modern humans' highly-flexed basicranium in the overall integration of the cranium. Furthermore, our results are consistent with the hypothesis of a relationship between the reduction of the value of the cranial base angle and a downward rotation of the facial block in modern humans, and to a lesser extent in chimpanzees.

  6. Uma metodologia para especificação e síntese de unidades de controlo reconfiguráveis

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    Melo, Andreia Barbosa de

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    Nesta tese toma-se um circuito digital estruturado de acordo com a comum divisão em unidade operacional (datapath) e unidade de controlo, e explora-se o projecto da unidade de controlo. Em concreto, explora-se o projecto de unidades de controlo complexas, que incluam reentrância e paralelismo. Além disso, explora-se a possibilidade de utilização de estruturas reutilizáveis que possam implementar diferentes unidades de controlo. A construção de arquitecturas de implementação que suportem a res...

  7. Gestão Cooperativa, Ambiente Institucional e Sociocultural: o caso Brasil-Paraguai

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    Marcelo Resquetti Tarifa

    Full Text Available Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as influências do ambiente institucional e sociocultural na gestão cooperativista da C. Vale - Cooperativa Agroindustrial comparativamente às unidades brasileiras paranaenses mais representativas e as unidades sediadas no Paraguai. As análises do ambiente institucional tomaram como base a Nova Economia Institucional com ênfase na teoria de Douglass North (1990 sobre as instituições e ocorreram com entrevistas in loco a cada unidade cooperativa contemplada pela amostra. As análises do ambiente cultural pautaram-se na caracterização da cultura organizacional de cada unidade cooperativa, conforme o Competing Value Model desenvolvido por Cameron e Quinn (1998. As análises do ambiente social se embasaram no conceito teórico de capital social e nas respectivas características identificadas nas unidades, por meio da adaptação do modelo proposto pelo grupo de estudos do Banco Mundial (BM, elaborado por Grootaert et al. (2003, via análises de conteúdo e das entrevistas realizadas. Como resultado à problemática estabelecida, concluiu-se que, mesmo a C. Vale sendo uma única cooperativa, há influências do ambiente institucional e sociocultural no processo de gestão nas unidades cooperativas paranaenses e paraguaias. Por fim, conforme a proposta de agrupamento das unidades cooperativas com base nos dados coletados, foram identificados quatro clusters específicos.

  8. Hypoglossal-facial nerve "side"-to-side neurorrhaphy for facial paralysis resulting from closed temporal bone fractures.

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    Su, Diya; Li, Dezhi; Wang, Shiwei; Qiao, Hui; Li, Ping; Wang, Binbin; Wan, Hong; Schumacher, Michael; Liu, Song

    2018-06-06

    Closed temporal bone fractures due to cranial trauma often result in facial nerve injury, frequently inducing incomplete facial paralysis. Conventional hypoglossal-facial nerve end-to-end neurorrhaphy may not be suitable for these injuries because sacrifice of the lesioned facial nerve for neurorrhaphy destroys the remnant axons and/or potential spontaneous innervation. we modified the classical method by hypoglossal-facial nerve "side"-to-side neurorrhaphy using an interpositional predegenerated nerve graft to treat these injuries. Five patients who experienced facial paralysis resulting from closed temporal bone fractures due to cranial trauma were treated with the "side"-to-side neurorrhaphy. An additional 4 patients did not receive the neurorrhaphy and served as controls. Before treatment, all patients had suffered House-Brackmann (H-B) grade V or VI facial paralysis for a mean of 5 months. During the 12-30 months of follow-up period, no further detectable deficits were observed, but an improvement in facial nerve function was evidenced over time in the 5 neurorrhaphy-treated patients. At the end of follow-up, the improved facial function reached H-B grade II in 3, grade III in 1 and grade IV in 1 of the 5 patients, consistent with the electrophysiological examinations. In the control group, two patients showed slightly spontaneous innervation with facial function improved from H-B grade VI to V, and the other patients remained unchanged at H-B grade V or VI. We concluded that the hypoglossal-facial nerve "side"-to-side neurorrhaphy can preserve the injured facial nerve and is suitable for treating significant incomplete facial paralysis resulting from closed temporal bone fractures, providing an evident beneficial effect. Moreover, this treatment may be performed earlier after the onset of facial paralysis in order to reduce the unfavorable changes to the injured facial nerve and atrophy of its target muscles due to long-term denervation and allow axonal

  9. [Descending hypoglossal branch-facial nerve anastomosis in treating unilateral facial palsy after acoustic neuroma resection].

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    Liang, Jiantao; Li, Mingchu; Chen, Ge; Guo, Hongchuan; Zhang, Qiuhang; Bao, Yuhai

    2015-12-15

    To evaluate the efficiency of the descending hypoglossal branch-facial nerve anastomosis for the severe facial palsy after acoustic neuroma resection. The clinical data of 14 patients (6 males, 8 females, average age 45. 6 years old) underwent descending hypoglossal branch-facial nerve anastomosis for treatment of unilateral facial palsy was analyzed retrospectively. All patients previously had undergone resection of a large acoustic neuroma. House-Brackmann (H-B) grading system was used to evaluate the pre-, post-operative and follow up facial nerve function status. 12 cases (85.7%) had long follow up, with an average follow-up period of 24. 6 months. 6 patients had good outcome (H-B 2 - 3 grade); 5 patients had fair outcome (H-B 3 - 4 grade) and 1 patient had poor outcome (H-B 5 grade) Only 1 patient suffered hemitongue myoparalysis owing to the operation. Descending hypoglossal branch-facial nerve anastomosis is effective for facial reanimation, and it has little impact on the function of chewing, swallowing and pronunciation of the patients compared with the traditional hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis.

  10. The face is not an empty canvas: how facial expressions interact with facial appearance.

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    Hess, Ursula; Adams, Reginald B; Kleck, Robert E

    2009-12-12

    Faces are not simply blank canvases upon which facial expressions write their emotional messages. In fact, facial appearance and facial movement are both important social signalling systems in their own right. We here provide multiple lines of evidence for the notion that the social signals derived from facial appearance on the one hand and facial movement on the other interact in a complex manner, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes contradicting one another. Faces provide information on who a person is. Sex, age, ethnicity, personality and other characteristics that can define a person and the social group the person belongs to can all be derived from the face alone. The present article argues that faces interact with the perception of emotion expressions because this information informs a decoder's expectations regarding an expresser's probable emotional reactions. Facial appearance also interacts more directly with the interpretation of facial movement because some of the features that are used to derive personality or sex information are also features that closely resemble certain emotional expressions, thereby enhancing or diluting the perceived strength of particular expressions.

  11. Accurate landmarking of three-dimensional facial data in the presence of facial expressions and occlusions using a three-dimensional statistical facial feature model.

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    Zhao, Xi; Dellandréa, Emmanuel; Chen, Liming; Kakadiaris, Ioannis A

    2011-10-01

    Three-dimensional face landmarking aims at automatically localizing facial landmarks and has a wide range of applications (e.g., face recognition, face tracking, and facial expression analysis). Existing methods assume neutral facial expressions and unoccluded faces. In this paper, we propose a general learning-based framework for reliable landmark localization on 3-D facial data under challenging conditions (i.e., facial expressions and occlusions). Our approach relies on a statistical model, called 3-D statistical facial feature model, which learns both the global variations in configurational relationships between landmarks and the local variations of texture and geometry around each landmark. Based on this model, we further propose an occlusion classifier and a fitting algorithm. Results from experiments on three publicly available 3-D face databases (FRGC, BU-3-DFE, and Bosphorus) demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, in terms of landmarking accuracy and robustness, in the presence of expressions and occlusions.

  12. Impaired Overt Facial Mimicry in Response to Dynamic Facial Expressions in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

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    Yoshimura, Sayaka; Sato, Wataru; Uono, Shota; Toichi, Motomi

    2015-01-01

    Previous electromyographic studies have reported that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibited atypical patterns of facial muscle activity in response to facial expression stimuli. However, whether such activity is expressed in visible facial mimicry remains unknown. To investigate this issue, we videotaped facial responses in…

  13. The MPI facial expression database--a validated database of emotional and conversational facial expressions.

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    Kathrin Kaulard

    Full Text Available The ability to communicate is one of the core aspects of human life. For this, we use not only verbal but also nonverbal signals of remarkable complexity. Among the latter, facial expressions belong to the most important information channels. Despite the large variety of facial expressions we use in daily life, research on facial expressions has so far mostly focused on the emotional aspect. Consequently, most databases of facial expressions available to the research community also include only emotional expressions, neglecting the largely unexplored aspect of conversational expressions. To fill this gap, we present the MPI facial expression database, which contains a large variety of natural emotional and conversational expressions. The database contains 55 different facial expressions performed by 19 German participants. Expressions were elicited with the help of a method-acting protocol, which guarantees both well-defined and natural facial expressions. The method-acting protocol was based on every-day scenarios, which are used to define the necessary context information for each expression. All facial expressions are available in three repetitions, in two intensities, as well as from three different camera angles. A detailed frame annotation is provided, from which a dynamic and a static version of the database have been created. In addition to describing the database in detail, we also present the results of an experiment with two conditions that serve to validate the context scenarios as well as the naturalness and recognizability of the video sequences. Our results provide clear evidence that conversational expressions can be recognized surprisingly well from visual information alone. The MPI facial expression database will enable researchers from different research fields (including the perceptual and cognitive sciences, but also affective computing, as well as computer vision to investigate the processing of a wider range of natural

  14. Percepção da administração tópica ocular de drogas: aplicador facial x gotas

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    Arlindo José Freire Portes

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVOS: Avaliar por meio de questionário, qual o grau de dificuldade para aplicação tópica de medicações oculares, com ou sem o auxílio do apoio facial. Observar qual método foi tecnicamente melhor utilizado para aplicação de drogas tópicas oculares. MÉTODOS: O estudo foi um ensaio clínico controlado e randomizado, realizado em 50 pacientes no decorrer de 2009 e 2010 na Unidade de Saúde da Família - Lapa. Foi utilizado um frasco de colírio Oftane® e o mesmo foi acoplado ao dispositivo de apoio facial. Cada participante aplicou em cada um dos olhos, a solução com ou sem o uso do dispositivo, sendo que a seleção foi feita através de um processo randomizado. Foi perguntado ao paciente questões pré-formuladas sobre a praticidade de ambos os métodos. RESULTADOS: Considerando o grau de dificuldade de administração tópica ocular: 12% acharam difícil ou muito difícil a aplicação com o objeto de apoio facial e 22% sem o apoio (p=0,0024. As dificuldades descritas pelos pacientes foram relatadas por 22 % dos pacientes para aplicação com o dispositivo de apoio facial e por 46% para aplicação sem o mesmo. Já 34% dos pacientes necessitaram de mais de uma instilação para aplicação do colírio sem o apoio, enquanto que 54% dos pacientes precisaram de mais de uma aplicação para que a gota atingisse o olho com o auxílio do apoio facial (p= 0,04. Em 56% dos pacientes houve toque da ponta do colírio com os tecidos oculares, quando o objeto de apoio facial não foi usado, porém quando ele foi utilizado, apenas 2% dos pacientes observados tocaram os tecidos oculares (p=0,0001. CONCLUSÃO: É mais fácil a instilação de colírios com o auxílio do dispositivo de apoio facial. Este também dificulta o contato da ponta do frasco com os tecidos oculares, prevenindo a contaminação do frasco.

  15. Facial EMG responses to dynamic emotional facial expressions in boys with disruptive behavior disorders

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    Wied, de M.; Boxtel, van Anton; Zaalberg, R.; Goudena, P.P.; Matthys, W.

    2006-01-01

    Based on the assumption that facial mimicry is a key factor in emotional empathy, and clinical observations that children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) are weak empathizers, the present study explored whether DBD boys are less facially responsive to facial expressions of emotions than

  16. Case Report: A true median facial cleft (crano-facial dysraphia ...

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    Case Report: A true median facial cleft (crano-facial dysraphia, atessier type O) in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos. ... Patient had a multidisciplinary care by the obstetrician, Neonatologist, anesthesiologist and the plastic surgery team who scheduled a soft tissue repair of the upper lip defect, columella and ...

  17. PRÁTICAS EDUCATIVAS DOS TRABALHADORES DE ENFERMAGEM DE UM HOSPITAL DO VALE DO RIO PARDO: CLASSE, CULTURA E FORMAÇÃO NAS RELAÇÕES ENTRE OBJETIVIDADE E SUBJETIVIDADE

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    Full Text Available O artigo reflete resultados parciais da pesquisa Práticas Educativas dos Trabalhadores de Enfermagem de um Hospital do Vale do Rio Pardo: Classe, Cultura e Formação nas Relações entre Objetividade e Subjetividade, que integra as atividades do grupo de pesquisa Trabalho e Tempo Livre: Educação, Trabalho e Humanização do Mestrado em Educação da Unisc. O objetivo principal é descrever e analisar a produção de saberes que ocorre nas relações de produção e especificamente nas relações informais da prática social dos trabalhadores de enfermagem de uma unidade hospitalar. Sua relevância está associada ao significado de uma melhor compreensão das relações entre os saberes contidos nos protocolos institucionais e os que estão presentes na atividade realizada pelos trabalhadores. Buscamos apoio teórico no materialismo histórico e dialético, na psicologia do trabalho e na ergologia. A metodologia utilizada são questionários, entrevistas do tipo semiestruturada, histórias de vida e grupos de discussão.

  18. Outcome of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques

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    Mohamed, Aboshanif; Omi, Eigo; Honda, Kohei; Suzuki, Shinsuke; Ishikawa, Kazuo

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    Abstract Introduction: There is no technique of facial nerve reconstruction that guarantees facial function recovery up to grade III. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques. Methods: Facial nerve reconstruction was performed in 22 patients (facial nerve interpositional graft in 11 patients and hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer in another 11 patients). All patients had facial function House-Brackmann (HB) grade VI, either caused by...

  19. Viabilidade de unidades psiquiátricas em hospitais gerais no Brasil Viabilidad de unidades psiquiátricas en hospitales generales en Brasil Feasibility of general hospitals psychiatric units in Brazil

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    Maurício Lucchesi

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Compreender o estigma voltado aos portadores de transtornos mentais na cultura de hospitais gerais enquanto fator limitante para a implantação de unidades psiquiátricas em hospitais gerais no Brasil. PROCEDIMENTOS METODOLÓGICOS: Foi delineada uma pesquisa social, de natureza qualitativa. Adotou-se como estratégia a pesquisa-ação para a implantação de uma unidade psiquiátrica em um hospital geral em Taubaté, SP, 2005-2006. As evidências foram obtidas por meio de entrevistas, observação participante e palestras sobre o projeto da unidade psiquiátrica para o corpo clínico do hospital. RESULTADOS: O investimento do órgão gestor possibilitou que as concepções estigmatizantes presentes na cultura do hospital estudado (violência, fraqueza moral e intratabilidade fossem ressignificadas por meio de discussões clínicas e sanitárias, viabilizando a implantação da unidade psiquiátrica. A análise mostrou que essas concepções eram reatualizadas pelo contexto assistencial, no qual o acesso dos portadores de transtornos mentais era restrito. CONCLUSÕES: A postura assumida pelo órgão gestor, que decidiu pelo financiamento adequado da unidade psiquiátrica e exerceu sua ascendência sobre o hospital prestador, foi decisiva para o desfecho do caso. A principal dificuldade para a implantação das unidades psiquiátricas não é o estigma presente na cultura dos hospitais gerais, mas uma limitação de ordem estratégica: a falta de uma política afirmativa para essas unidades.OBJETIVO: Comprender el estigma dirigido a los portadores de trastornos mentales en la cultura de hospitales generales con relación al factor limitante para la implantación de unidades psiquiátricas en hospitales generales en Brasil. PROCEDIMIENTOS METODOLÓGICOS: Fue delineada una pesquisa social, de naturaleza cualitativa. Se adoptó como estrategia la pesquisa-acción para la implantación de una unidad psiquiátrica en un hospital general en

  20. Microbial biofilms on silicone facial prostheses

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    Ariani, Nina

    2015-01-01

    Facial disfigurements can result from oncologic surgery, trauma and congenital deformities. These disfigurements can be rehabilitated with facial prostheses. Facial prostheses are usually made of silicones. A problem of facial prostheses is that microorganisms can colonize their surface. It is hard

  1. [Facial tics and spasms].

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    Potgieser, Adriaan R E; van Dijk, J Marc C; Elting, Jan Willem J; de Koning-Tijssen, Marina A J

    2014-01-01

    Facial tics and spasms are socially incapacitating, but effective treatment is often available. The clinical picture is sufficient for distinguishing between the different diseases that cause this affliction.We describe three cases of patients with facial tics or spasms: one case of tics, which are familiar to many physicians; one case of blepharospasms; and one case of hemifacial spasms. We discuss the differential diagnosis and the treatment possibilities for facial tics and spasms. Early diagnosis and treatment is important, because of the associated social incapacitation. Botulin toxin should be considered as a treatment option for facial tics and a curative neurosurgical intervention should be considered for hemifacial spasms.

  2. Síndrome de dolor facial

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    DR. F. Eugenio Tenhamm

    2014-07-01

    Full Text Available El dolor o algia facial constituye un síndrome doloroso de las estructuras cráneo faciales bajo el cual se agrupan un gran número de enfermedades. La mejor manera de abordar el diagnóstico diferencial de las entidades que causan el dolor facial es usando un algoritmo que identifica cuatro síndromes dolorosos principales que son: las neuralgias faciales, los dolores faciales con síntomas y signos neurológicos, las cefaleas autonómicas trigeminales y los dolores faciales sin síntomas ni signos neurológicos. Una evaluación clínica detallada de los pacientes, permite una aproximación etiológica lo que orienta el estudio diagnóstico y permite ofrecer una terapia específica a la mayoría de los casos

  3. Outcome of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques.

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    Mohamed, Aboshanif; Omi, Eigo; Honda, Kohei; Suzuki, Shinsuke; Ishikawa, Kazuo

    There is no technique of facial nerve reconstruction that guarantees facial function recovery up to grade III. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques. Facial nerve reconstruction was performed in 22 patients (facial nerve interpositional graft in 11 patients and hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer in another 11 patients). All patients had facial function House-Brackmann (HB) grade VI, either caused by trauma or after resection of a tumor. All patients were submitted to a primary nerve reconstruction except 7 patients, where late reconstruction was performed two weeks to four months after the initial surgery. The follow-up period was at least two years. For facial nerve interpositional graft technique, we achieved facial function HB grade III in eight patients and grade IV in three patients. Synkinesis was found in eight patients, and facial contracture with synkinesis was found in two patients. In regards to hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer using different modifications, we achieved facial function HB grade III in nine patients and grade IV in two patients. Facial contracture, synkinesis and tongue atrophy were found in three patients, and synkinesis was found in five patients. However, those who had primary direct facial-hypoglossal end-to-side anastomosis showed the best result without any neurological deficit. Among various reanimation techniques, when indicated, direct end-to-side facial-hypoglossal anastomosis through epineural suturing is the most effective technique with excellent outcomes for facial reanimation and preservation of tongue movement, particularly when performed as a primary technique. Copyright © 2016 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

  4. Facial Transplantation Surgery Introduction

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    Eun, Seok-Chan

    2015-01-01

    Severely disfiguring facial injuries can have a devastating impact on the patient's quality of life. During the past decade, vascularized facial allotransplantation has progressed from an experimental possibility to a clinical reality in the fields of disease, trauma, and congenital malformations. This technique may now be considered a viable option for repairing complex craniofacial defects for which the results of autologous reconstruction remain suboptimal. Vascularized facial allotranspla...

  5. Unidad y orden metafísicos del ordenamiento jurídico

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    Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available El trabajo analiza dos características constitutivas del ordenamiento jurídico: la unidad y el orden. se trabaja desde la perspectiva de una metafísica realista, bajo el método sistemático, deductivo y cualitativo. Para el efecto, se analizan los cuatro tipos de causas que pueden fundamentar la unidad y el orden del sistema jurídico. La amplitud de este esquema posibilita ir recogiendo al paso los aciertos de los neokantianos, de Kelsen, Austin, Luhmann y otros autores que han estudiado la materia. se muestran las diferentes nociones de ordenamiento jurídico y sus características principales. se estudia cómo las cuatro causas metafísicas dan unidad al ordenamiento jurídico y cómo le confieren orden. El artículo termina con unas conclusiones sintéticas.

  6. Outcome of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques

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    Aboshanif Mohamed

    Full Text Available Abstract Introduction: There is no technique of facial nerve reconstruction that guarantees facial function recovery up to grade III. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of different facial nerve reconstruction techniques. Methods: Facial nerve reconstruction was performed in 22 patients (facial nerve interpositional graft in 11 patients and hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer in another 11 patients. All patients had facial function House-Brackmann (HB grade VI, either caused by trauma or after resection of a tumor. All patients were submitted to a primary nerve reconstruction except 7 patients, where late reconstruction was performed two weeks to four months after the initial surgery. The follow-up period was at least two years. Results: For facial nerve interpositional graft technique, we achieved facial function HB grade III in eight patients and grade IV in three patients. Synkinesis was found in eight patients, and facial contracture with synkinesis was found in two patients. In regards to hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer using different modifications, we achieved facial function HB grade III in nine patients and grade IV in two patients. Facial contracture, synkinesis and tongue atrophy were found in three patients, and synkinesis was found in five patients. However, those who had primary direct facial-hypoglossal end-to-side anastomosis showed the best result without any neurological deficit. Conclusion: Among various reanimation techniques, when indicated, direct end-to-side facial-hypoglossal anastomosis through epineural suturing is the most effective technique with excellent outcomes for facial reanimation and preservation of tongue movement, particularly when performed as a primary technique.

  7. Recognizing Facial Expressions Automatically from Video

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    Shan, Caifeng; Braspenning, Ralph

    Facial expressions, resulting from movements of the facial muscles, are the face changes in response to a person's internal emotional states, intentions, or social communications. There is a considerable history associated with the study on facial expressions. Darwin [22] was the first to describe in details the specific facial expressions associated with emotions in animals and humans, who argued that all mammals show emotions reliably in their faces. Since that, facial expression analysis has been a area of great research interest for behavioral scientists [27]. Psychological studies [48, 3] suggest that facial expressions, as the main mode for nonverbal communication, play a vital role in human face-to-face communication. For illustration, we show some examples of facial expressions in Fig. 1.

  8. Rejuvenecimiento facial en "doble sigma" "Double ogee" facial rejuvenation

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    O. M. Ramírez

    2007-03-01

    Full Text Available Las técnicas subperiósticas descritas por Tessier revolucionaron el tratamiento del envejecimiento facial, recomendando esta vía para tratar los signos tempranos del envejecimiento en pacientes jóvenes y de mediana edad. Psillakis refinó la técnica y Ramírez describió un método más seguro y eficaz de lifting subperióstico, demostrando que la técnica subperióstica de rejuveneciento facial se puede aplicar en el amplio espectro del envejecimiento facial. La introducción del endoscopio en el tratamiento del envejecimiento facial ha abierto una nueva era en la Cirugía Estética. Hoy la disección subperióstica asistida endocópicamente del tercio superior, medio e inferior de la cara, proporciona un medio eficaz para la reposición de los tejidos blandos, con posibilidad de aumento del esqueleto óseo craneofacial, menor edema facial postoperatorio, mínima lesión de las ramas del nervio facial y mejor tratamiento de las mejillas. Este abordaje, desarrollado y refinado durante la última década, se conoce como "Ritidectomía en Doble Sigma". El Arco Veneciano en doble sigma, bien conocido en Arquitectura desde la antigüedad, se caracteriza por ser un trazo armónico de curva convexa y a continuación curva cóncava. Cuando se observa una cara joven, desde un ángulo oblicuo, presenta una distribución característica de los tejidos, previamente descrita para el tercio medio como un arco ojival arquitectónico o una curva en forma de "S". Sin embargo, en un examen más detallado de la cara joven, en la vista de tres cuartos, el perfil completo revela una "arco ojival doble" o una sigma "S" doble. Para ver este recíproco y multicurvilíneo trazo de la belleza, debemos ver la cara en posición oblicua y así poder ver ambos cantos mediales. En esta posición, la cara joven presenta una convexidad característica de la cola de la ceja que confluye en la concavidad de la pared orbitaria lateral formando así el primer arco (superior

  9. Facial transplantation for massive traumatic injuries.

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    Alam, Daniel S; Chi, John J

    2013-10-01

    This article describes the challenges of facial reconstruction and the role of facial transplantation in certain facial defects and injuries. This information is of value to surgeons assessing facial injuries with massive soft tissue loss or injury. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  10. El “cuplón”; unidad funcional del acoplamiento contráctil.

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    Eduardo Rios

    2014-07-01

    Full Text Available Este artículo examina la evolución del concepto de cuplón, unidad funcional del acoplamiento contráctil, originado hace más de quince años con los colegas Gonzalo Pizarro y Michael Stern. Este examen nos permitirá poner al día avances en el estudio del acoplamiento entre la excitación de origen nervioso y la contracción muscular. Como se verá, la investigación en el tema ha tenido recientemente un claro viraje hacia la búsqueda de formas de aplicación de los conceptos básicos en la prevención y el tratamiento de varias enfermedades. A su vez, el estudio de mutaciones hereditarias en las proteínas del cuplón permitió nuevos avances en la comprensión de las interrogantes más básicas (cuáles son sus funciones y sus interacciones supramoleculares en una feliz y bastante inesperada potenciación mutua entre enfoques muy diferentes de la realidad. Este artículo sigue un desarrollo iterativo, describiendo primero los aspectos básicos del tema, pasando luego a los estudios aplicados, y a través de ellos volviendo a cuestiones fundamentales, ahora en pleno proceso de esclarecimiento.

  11. Efetividade da fonoterapia em pacientes com paralisia facial pós-parotidectomia

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    Vanessa da Hora Machado Miranda

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a efetividade da fonoterapia em pacientes com paralisia facial decorrente da manipulação do VII nervo encefálico realizada durante o tratamento cirúrgico para neoplasia de glândula parótida, assim como, identificar e promover intervenção fonoaudiológica das alterações de sucção, mastigação e deglutição. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com análise descritiva. A avaliação constou da análise da face em repouso e em movimento, documentação fotográfica, uso do Paquímetro Digital para quantificação da paralisia facial, além da avaliação das funções estomatognáticas. A fonoterapia foi definida com base nos achados da avaliação e seguiu a necessidade de cada indivíduo. Nos resultados da avaliação pós-fonoterapia em repouso houve melhora em todos os aspectos avaliados nos quatro pacientes. Na avaliação em movimento três pacientes apresentaram movimentação mais clara da pele com aumento do número e profundidade das rugas. No registro fotográfico todos os pacientes obtiveram melhora significante nos movimentos avaliados, sendo possível observar um aumento nas linhas de expressões e maior simetria entre as hemifaces. Os valores da incompetência dos movimentos, mensurados pós-fonoterapia, demonstraram melhora significante em todos os pontos medidos. A fonoterapia proposta para os casos de paralisia facial pós-parotidectomia foi eficiente na melhora da mímica facial, sobretudo para as alterações das funções estomatognáticas. É importante salientar a necessidade de novas pesquisas envolvendo um número maior de participantes para garantir a fidedignidade dos achados.

  12. Quality of life assessment in facial palsy: validation of the Dutch Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale.

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    Kleiss, Ingrid J; Beurskens, Carien H G; Stalmeier, Peep F M; Ingels, Koen J A O; Marres, Henri A M

    2015-08-01

    This study aimed at validating an existing health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with facial palsy for implementation in the Dutch language and culture. The Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale was translated into the Dutch language using a forward-backward translation method. A pilot test with the translated questionnaire was performed in 10 patients with facial palsy and 10 normal subjects. Finally, cross-cultural adaption was accomplished at our outpatient clinic for facial palsy. Analyses for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity and responsiveness were performed. Ninety-three patients completed the Dutch Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale, the Dutch Facial Disability Index, and the Dutch Short Form (36) Health Survey. Cronbach's α, representing internal consistency, was 0.800. Test-retest reliability was shown by an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.737. Correlations with the House-Brackmann score, Sunnybrook score, Facial Disability Index physical function, and social/well-being function were -0.292, 0.570, 0.713, and 0.575, respectively. The SF-36 domains correlate best with the FaCE social function domain, with the strongest correlation between the both social function domains (r = 0.576). The FaCE score did statistically significantly increase in 35 patients receiving botulinum toxin type A (P = 0.042, Student t test). The domains 'facial comfort' and 'social function' improved statistically significantly as well (P = 0.022 and P = 0.046, respectively, Student t-test). The Dutch Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale shows good psychometric values and can be implemented in the management of Dutch-speaking patients with facial palsy in the Netherlands. Translation of the instrument into other languages may lead to widespread use, making evaluation and comparison possible among different providers.

  13. Experiência existencial de mães de crianças hospitalizadas em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica Experiencia existencial de madres de niños hospitalizados en Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica Existetial experienc of mothers of hospitalized children in intensive pediatric care unit

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    Gilvânia Smith da Nóbrega Morais

    2009-09-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender a experiência existencial de mães de crianças hospitalizadas em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica (UTIP. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, consubstanciada na Teoria Humanística de Enfermagem. O cenário da investigação foi uma UTIP de um hospital público. Participaram do trabalho cinco mães de crianças hospitalizadas na referida unidade. Os dados foram analisados com base nas cinco fases da Enfermagem Fenomenológica. A partir dos discursos expressos durante a coleta de dados, emergiram as seguintes temáticas: a relação vivenciada entre as mães e os profissionais de enfermagem no momento da admissão e ao longo da hospitalização da criança na UTIP; e mães vivenciando sentimentos de medo, desespero e solidão diante do adoecimento do filho. O presente estudo ressalta a complexidade de que se reveste uma abordagem centrada nas genitoras e subsidia um novo olhar no âmbito da assistência, do ensino e da pesquisa em enfermagem.Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender la experiencia existencial de madres de niños hospitalizados en Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica (UTIP. Se trata de una investigación de naturaleza cualitativa basada en la Teoría Humanística de Enfermería. El escenario de la investigación fue una UTIP de un hospital público. Participaron del trabajo cinco madres de niños hospitalizados en la referida unidad. Los datos fueron analizados con base en las cinco fases de la Enfermería Fenomenológica. A partir de los discursos expresados durante la recolección de datos emergieron las siguientes temáticas: la relación experimentada entre las madres y los profesionales de enfermería en el momento de la admisión y a lo largo de la hospitalización del niño en la UTIP; madres experimentando sentimientos de miedo, desesperación y soledad delante de la enfermedad del hijo. El presente estudio resalta la complejidad de que se reviste un

  14. Facial nerve conduction after sclerotherapy in children with facial lymphatic malformations: report of two cases.

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    Lin, Pei-Jung; Guo, Yuh-Cherng; Lin, Jan-You; Chang, Yu-Tang

    2007-04-01

    Surgical excision is thought to be the standard treatment of choice for lymphatic malformations. However, when the lesions are limited to the face only, surgical scar and facial nerve injury may impair cosmetics and facial expression. Sclerotherapy, an injection of a sclerosing agent directly through the skin into a lesion, is an alternative method. By evaluating facial nerve conduction, we observed the long-term effect of facial lymphatic malformations after intralesional injection of OK-432 and correlated the findings with anatomic outcomes. One 12-year-old boy with a lesion over the right-side preauricular area adjacent to the main trunk of facial nerve and the other 5-year-old boy with a lesion in the left-sided cheek involving the buccinator muscle were enrolled. The follow-up data of more than one year, including clinical appearance, computed tomography (CT) scan and facial nerve evaluation were collected. The facial nerve conduction study was normal in both cases. Blink reflex in both children revealed normal results as well. Complete resolution was noted on outward appearance and CT scan. The neurophysiologic data were compatible with good anatomic and functional outcomes. Our report suggests that the inflammatory reaction of OK-432 did not interfere with adjacent facial nerve conduction.

  15. Manifestaciones bucales del maltrato físico. Reporte de caso

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    Mariana Gamboa

    2013-07-01

    Full Text Available El Odontopediatra como profesional de la salud puede detectar inicialmente signos y síntomas de maltrato físico por las lesiones buco-faciales que presente un niño. En ocasiones estas señales no pueden ser percibidas a causa de la falta de conocimiento sobre maltrato y abandono infantil. Dentro del maltrato infantil se describen manifestaciones bucales entre las cuales no se menciona la candidiasis bucal El caso clínico motivo de estudio se refiere a un lactante que presentó inicialmente una candidiasis bucal generalizada, que por su complicación derivo en hospitalización, a pesar del tratamiento intrahospitalario progresó a un absceso y posteriomente a una celulitis facial de origen desconocido. Se sospechó que la candidiasis bucal era un signo temprano de una manifestación bucal del Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH, cuyo diagnóstico fue descartado mediante pruebas de biología molecular Reacción en Cadena a la Polimerasa (PCR para VIH

  16. Facial Nerve Paralysis due to a Pleomorphic Adenoma with the Imaging Characteristics of a Facial Nerve Schwannoma.

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    Nader, Marc-Elie; Bell, Diana; Sturgis, Erich M; Ginsberg, Lawrence E; Gidley, Paul W

    2014-08-01

    Background Facial nerve paralysis in a patient with a salivary gland mass usually denotes malignancy. However, facial paralysis can also be caused by benign salivary gland tumors. Methods We present a case of facial nerve paralysis due to a benign salivary gland tumor that had the imaging characteristics of an intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma. Results The patient presented to our clinic 4 years after the onset of facial nerve paralysis initially diagnosed as Bell palsy. Computed tomography demonstrated filling and erosion of the stylomastoid foramen with a mass on the facial nerve. Postoperative histopathology showed the presence of a pleomorphic adenoma. Facial paralysis was thought to be caused by extrinsic nerve compression. Conclusions This case illustrates the difficulty of accurate preoperative diagnosis of a parotid gland mass and reinforces the concept that facial nerve paralysis in the context of salivary gland tumors may not always indicate malignancy.

  17. Advances in facial reanimation.

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    Tate, James R; Tollefson, Travis T

    2006-08-01

    Facial paralysis often has a significant emotional impact on patients. Along with the myriad of new surgical techniques in managing facial paralysis comes the challenge of selecting the most effective procedure for the patient. This review delineates common surgical techniques and reviews state-of-the-art techniques. The options for dynamic reanimation of the paralyzed face must be examined in the context of several patient factors, including age, overall health, and patient desires. The best functional results are obtained with direct facial nerve anastomosis and interpositional nerve grafts. In long-standing facial paralysis, temporalis muscle transfer gives a dependable and quick result. Microvascular free tissue transfer is a reliable technique with reanimation potential whose results continue to improve as microsurgical expertise increases. Postoperative results can be improved with ancillary soft tissue procedures, as well as botulinum toxin. The paper provides an overview of recent advances in facial reanimation, including preoperative assessment, surgical reconstruction options, and postoperative management.

  18. Unidad 4: Crear Polígonos

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    Gómez Trigueros, Isabel María

    2015-01-01

    En esta unidad aprenderéis a crear vuestros propios polígonos con Google Earth para delimitar un área geográfica. Podréis modificar el tamaño de los polígonos, el color del área y su perímetro, incluso elaborar polígonos en 3D para superponer distintas variables sobre un paisaje concreto.

  19. Prescrições de medicamentos em Unidade de Cuidados Paliativos de um hospital universitário de Porto Alegre

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    Ester Duk Schwarz

    2016-05-01

    Full Text Available Introdução: Em menos de 40 anos, o Brasil passou de um perfil de mortalidade típico de uma população jovem para um perfil caracterizado por enfermidades complexas e mais onerosas, próprias das faixas etárias mais avançadas. O controle dos sintomas de pacientes em cuidados paliativos pode melhorar a qualidade de vida desses indivíduos e até mesmo de suas famílias. A utilização de medicamentos adequados para a terapia desses pacientes é fundamental para o sucesso do tratamento, que nesse caso é o controle adequado dos sintomas. O objetivo principal do trabalho foi descrever o perfil de utilização de medicamentos em pacientes em cuidados paliativos internados no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA. Métodos: O presente estudo descritivo, exploratório tem por objetivo determinar o perfil de uma amostra de 30 pacientes internados na unidade de cuidados paliativos do HCPA com enfoque na utilização de medicamentos e também nas características demográficas e clinicas e o desfecho clínico dos pacientes. Resultados: As prescrições levantadas totalizaram 76 medicamentos diferentes; dentre estes, os mais prescritos foram morfina, dipirona, lactulose, heparina, metoclopramida, paracetamol, cloreto de sódio, ondansetron, ipratróprio, dexametasona e omeprazol. Com a possibilidade de acúmulo de patologias crônicas, a polifarmácia é inevitável. A avaliação do uso dos fármacos torna-se de grande importância para que se garanta a segurança do paciente em cuidado paliativo e o uso racional de medicamentos. Conclusão: A construção metodológica deste estudo possibilitou descrever o perfil da população de interesse, além de gerar conhecimento sobre os medicamentos utilizados na unidade de cuidados paliativos e sobre variáveis demográficas e clínicas de pacientes internados nessa unidade. Palavras chave: Cuidados paliativos; assistência farmacêutica; preparações farmacêuticas

  20. La infección nosocomial. Un reto en las unidades de cuidados intensivos

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    Edwin Javier Gordon Zamora

    2018-01-01

    Full Text Available El estudio de la infección nosocomial en las unidades de cuidados intensivos deviene eje central de la asistencia médica y, un pilar del control de su calidad. Estas unidades asumen un elevado número de pacientes críticamente enfermos con comorbilidad, compromiso inmunológico y en contacto con dispositivos invasivos, factores estos que condicionan la diseminación de bacterias multirresistentes, por lo cual se requiere vigilancia e implementación eficiente de las medidas de prevención y control. En este trabajo se intenta abrir el debate en torno a un reto en las unidades de cuidados intensivos: las infecciones nosocomiales.

  1. Computer Aided Facial Prosthetics Manufacturing System

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    Peng H.K.

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available Facial deformities can impose burden to the patient. There are many solutions for facial deformities such as plastic surgery and facial prosthetics. However, current fabrication method of facial prosthetics is high-cost and time consuming. This study aimed to identify a new method to construct a customized facial prosthetic. A 3D scanner, computer software and 3D printer were used in this study. Results showed that the new developed method can be used to produce a customized facial prosthetics. The advantages of the developed method over the conventional process are low cost, reduce waste of material and pollution in order to meet the green concept.

  2. Satisfaction with facial appearance and its determinants in adults with severe congenital facial disfigurement: a case-referent study.

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    Versnel, S L; Duivenvoorden, H J; Passchier, J; Mathijssen, I M J

    2010-10-01

    Patients with severe congenital facial disfigurement have a long track record of operations and hospital visits by the time they are 18 years old. The fact that their facial deformity is congenital may have an impact on how satisfied these patients are with their appearance. This study evaluated the level of satisfaction with facial appearance of congenital and of acquired facially disfigured adults, and explored demographic, physical and psychological determinants of this satisfaction. Differences compared with non-disfigured adults were examined. Fifty-nine adults with a rare facial cleft, 59 adults with a facial deformity traumatically acquired in adulthood, and a reference group of 201 non-disfigured adults completed standardised demographic, physical and psychological questionnaires. The congenital and acquired groups did not differ significantly in the level of satisfaction with facial appearance, but both were significantly less satisfied than the reference group. In facially disfigured adults, level of education, number of affected facial parts and facial function were determinants of the level of satisfaction. High fear of negative appearance evaluation by others (FNAE) and low self-esteem (SE) were strong psychological determinants. Although FNAE was higher in both patient groups, SE was similar in all three groups. Satisfaction with facial appearance of individuals with a congenital or acquired facial deformity is similar and will seldom reach the level of satisfaction of non-disfigured persons. A combination of surgical correction (with attention for facial profile and restoring facial functions) and psychological help (to increase SE and lower FNAE) may improve patient satisfaction. Copyright 2009 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  3. P2-28: An Amplification of Feedback from Facial Muscles Strengthened Sympathetic Activations to Emotional Facial Cues

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    Younbyoung Chae

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that feedback from cutaneous and muscular afferents influences our emotions during the control of facial expressions. Enhanced facial expressiveness is correlated with an increase in autonomic arousal, and self-reported emotional experience, while limited facial expression attenuates these responses. The present study was aimed at investigating the difference in emotional response in imitated versus observed facial expressions. For this, we measured the facial electromyogram of the corrugator muscle as well as the skin conductance response (SCR while participants were either imitating or simply observing emotional facial expressions. We found that participants produced significantly greater facial electromyogram activation during imitations compared to observations of angry faces. Similarly, they exhibited significantly greater SCR during imitations to angry faces compared to observations. An amplification of feedback from face muscles during imitation strengthened sympathetic activation to negative emotional cues. These findings suggest that manipulations of muscular feedback could modulate the bodily expression of emotion and perhaps also the emotional response itself.

  4. Exacerbation of Facial Motoneuron Loss after Facial Nerve Axotomy in CCR3-Deficient Mice

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    Derek A Wainwright

    2009-11-01

    Full Text Available We have previously demonstrated a neuroprotective mechanism of FMN (facial motoneuron survival after facial nerve axotomy that is dependent on CD4+ Th2 cell interaction with peripheral antigen-presenting cells, as well as CNS (central nervous system-resident microglia. PACAP (pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide is expressed by injured FMN and increases Th2-associated chemokine expression in cultured murine microglia. Collectively, these results suggest a model involving CD4+ Th2 cell migration to the facial motor nucleus after injury via microglial expression of Th2-associated chemokines. However, to respond to Th2-associated chemokines, Th2 cells must express the appropriate Th2-associated chemokine receptors. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that Th2-associated chemokine receptors increase in the facial motor nucleus after facial nerve axotomy at timepoints consistent with significant T-cell infiltration. Microarray analysis of Th2-associated chemokine receptors was followed up with real-time PCR for CCR3, which indicated that facial nerve injury increases CCR3 mRNA levels in mouse facial motor nucleus. Unexpectedly, quantitative- and co-immunofluorescence revealed increased CCR3 expression localizing to FMN in the facial motor nucleus after facial nerve axotomy. Compared with WT (wild-type, a significant decrease in FMN survival 4 weeks after axotomy was observed in CCR3–/– mice. Additionally, compared with WT, a significant decrease in FMN survival 4 weeks after axotomy was observed in Rag2 –/– (recombination activating gene-2-deficient mice adoptively transferred CD4+ T-cells isolated from CCR3–/– mice, but not in CCR3–/– mice adoptively transferred CD4+ T-cells derived from WT mice. These results provide a basis for further investigation into the co-operation between CD4+ T-cell- and CCR3-mediated neuroprotection after FMN injury.

  5. UNIDADE MÓVEL PARA O BENEFICIAMENTO DE TOMATE/ITINERANT UNITY FOR TOMATOES HANDLING PROCESS

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    RICARDO RODRIGUES TEIXEIRA

    2008-11-01

    Full Text Available RESUMOAs perdas pós-colheita de tomate apresentam níveis bastante elevados, sendo proporcionais ao tempo de exposição dos frutos a condições climáticas adversas no período entre a colheita e o beneficiamento. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho propõe o desenvolvimento de uma unidade móvel para o beneficiamento de tomates em campo, visando reduzir o tempo entre a colheita e o beneficiamento de tomates e, conseqüentemente, reduzir as perdas pós-colheita. Para tal, foram identificados em campo os processos e tarefas necessários para o beneficiamento de tomates, empregados como base no desenvolvimento da unidade móvel. A unidade móvel foi então montada sobre uma carroceria do tipo baú. Foram avaliados os custos para a construção da unidade móvel e custos operacionais. A unidade móvel apresentou-se como uma solução de custo relativamente baixo para a redução das perdas pós-colheita do tomate.PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Perdas pós-Colheita, Qualidade dos Frutos, Qualidade do Tomate.

  6. The MPI Facial Expression Database — A Validated Database of Emotional and Conversational Facial Expressions

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    Kaulard, Kathrin; Cunningham, Douglas W.; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.; Wallraven, Christian

    2012-01-01

    The ability to communicate is one of the core aspects of human life. For this, we use not only verbal but also nonverbal signals of remarkable complexity. Among the latter, facial expressions belong to the most important information channels. Despite the large variety of facial expressions we use in daily life, research on facial expressions has so far mostly focused on the emotional aspect. Consequently, most databases of facial expressions available to the research community also include only emotional expressions, neglecting the largely unexplored aspect of conversational expressions. To fill this gap, we present the MPI facial expression database, which contains a large variety of natural emotional and conversational expressions. The database contains 55 different facial expressions performed by 19 German participants. Expressions were elicited with the help of a method-acting protocol, which guarantees both well-defined and natural facial expressions. The method-acting protocol was based on every-day scenarios, which are used to define the necessary context information for each expression. All facial expressions are available in three repetitions, in two intensities, as well as from three different camera angles. A detailed frame annotation is provided, from which a dynamic and a static version of the database have been created. In addition to describing the database in detail, we also present the results of an experiment with two conditions that serve to validate the context scenarios as well as the naturalness and recognizability of the video sequences. Our results provide clear evidence that conversational expressions can be recognized surprisingly well from visual information alone. The MPI facial expression database will enable researchers from different research fields (including the perceptual and cognitive sciences, but also affective computing, as well as computer vision) to investigate the processing of a wider range of natural facial expressions

  7. FUNÇÕES DESEMPENHADAS PELO ENFERMEIRO EM UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA

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    Micheli Grande Cenedési

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available Estudio exploratorio, con enfoque cualitativo con objetivo general de identificar las funciones desarrolladas por enfermero en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, siguiendo el marco canadiense de función del enfermero (atención, educar, coordinar, supervisar y colaborar. Los datos fueron recolectados en 2009 mediante aplicación de cuestionario y observación sistemática de nueve enfermeros de una unidad de terapia intensiva de un hospital privado de Curitiba-PR, Brasil. Los datos obtenidos fueron clasificados por la técnica de análisis de contenido. Los resultados indican que los enfermeros son en su mayoría mujeres jóvenes, que no tienen experiencia en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. La observación de las actividades presenta que todas las funciones descritas en el marco son desarrolladas por los enfermeros del servicio, donde las funciones de coordinación, supervisión y atención técnica son las más significativas.

  8. The enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal: a new CT finding of facial nerve canal fracture

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    Gong Ruozhen; Li Yuhua; Gong Wuxian; Wu Lebin

    2006-01-01

    Objective: To discuss the value of enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal in the diagnosis of facial nerve canal fracture. Methods: Thirty patients with facial nerve canal fracture underwent axial and coronal CT scan. The correlation between the fracture and the enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal was analyzed. The ability of showing the fracture and enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal in axial and coronal imaging were compared. Results: Fracture of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal was found in the operation in 30 patients, while the fracture was detected in CT in 18 patients. Enlargement of geniculate ganglion of facial nerve was detected in 30 patients in the operation, while the enlargement of fossa was found in CT in 28 cases. Enlargement and fracture of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal were both detected in CT images in 18 patients. Only the enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal was shown in 12 patients in CT. Conclusion: Enlargement of geniculate fossa of facial nerve canal was a useful finding in the diagnosis of fracture of geniculate fossa in patients with facial paralysis, even no fracture line was shown on CT images. (authors)

  9. Higienização de unidade móvel de saúde | Hygiene mobile health unit

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    Evelise Pires Cogo Simão

    2016-07-01

    Full Text Available Introdução: Considerando a disseminação de micro-organismos no transporte e locomoção de pessoas por unidades móveis de saúde, não podemos deixar de prover a limpeza e desinfecção de todas as áreas destinadas à acomodação dos usuários e equipamentos. Objetivo: Identificar na literatura científica sobre higienização de Unidade Móvel de Saúde. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura nas bases de dados LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, PubMED, CINAHL, Embase, WoS, Scopus. A coleta de dados deu-se em março de 2015, incluindo artigos do período compreendido entre 2005 a 2015. Resultados: Foram selecionados 769 artigos. Destes, apenas seis artigos preencheram os critérios de inclusão. Ao caracterizar estes estudos percebe-se que todos descrevem estudos internacionais, dos quais três são da base de dados CINAHL, dois da Pubmed e um da LILACS. Conclusão: É necessária a realização de maiores investigações que subsidiem a higienização de unidades móveis de saúde, a partir da escolha do desinfetante adequado, frente à carga microbiana desses veículos, com o intuito de proporcionarem estratégias para prevenção da infecção relacionada à assistência à saúde, aumentando a adesão das boas práticas e inclusive elaboração de Protocolos Assistenciais ou Procedimentos Operacional Padrão (POP, no controle de infecção cruzada em unidades móveis de saúde. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction: Considering the spread of microorganisms in the transport and mobility of people in mobile health units, the cleaning and disinfec tion of all areas for accommodation of users and equipment is crucial. Objective: To identify scientific literature related to the hygiene of mobile health units. Method: This is an integrative literature review in the databases LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, WoS, and Scopus. The data collection

  10. Facial Nerve Paralysis due to a Pleomorphic Adenoma with the Imaging Characteristics of a Facial Nerve Schwannoma

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    Nader, Marc-Elie; Bell, Diana; Sturgis, Erich M.; Ginsberg, Lawrence E.; Gidley, Paul W.

    2014-01-01

    Background Facial nerve paralysis in a patient with a salivary gland mass usually denotes malignancy. However, facial paralysis can also be caused by benign salivary gland tumors. Methods We present a case of facial nerve paralysis due to a benign salivary gland tumor that had the imaging characteristics of an intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma. Results The patient presented to our clinic 4 years after the onset of facial nerve paralysis initially diagnosed as Bell palsy. Computed tomograph...

  11. Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetry of Facial Muscles in Healthy Patients with Facial Palsy

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    Volk, Gerd F.; Karamyan, Inna; Klingner, Carsten M.; Reichenbach, Jürgen R.

    2014-01-01

    Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has not yet been established systematically to detect structural muscular changes after facial nerve lesion. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate quantitative assessment of MRI muscle volume data for facial muscles. Methods: Ten healthy subjects and 5 patients with facial palsy were recruited. Using manual or semiautomatic segmentation of 3T MRI, volume measurements were performed for the frontal, procerus, risorius, corrugator supercilii, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, zygomaticus major, zygomaticus minor, levator labii superioris, orbicularis oris, depressor anguli oris, depressor labii inferioris, and mentalis, as well as for the masseter and temporalis as masticatory muscles for control. Results: All muscles except the frontal (identification in 4/10 volunteers), procerus (4/10), risorius (6/10), and zygomaticus minor (8/10) were identified in all volunteers. Sex or age effects were not seen (all P > 0.05). There was no facial asymmetry with exception of the zygomaticus major (larger on the left side; P = 0.012). The exploratory examination of 5 patients revealed considerably smaller muscle volumes on the palsy side 2 months after facial injury. One patient with chronic palsy showed substantial muscle volume decrease, which also occurred in another patient with incomplete chronic palsy restricted to the involved facial area. Facial nerve reconstruction led to mixed results of decreased but also increased muscle volumes on the palsy side compared with the healthy side. Conclusions: First systematic quantitative MRI volume measures of 5 different clinical presentations of facial paralysis are provided. PMID:25289366

  12. Investimento em unidades de cura para tabaco tipo Virginia = Investments in tobacco curing barn for Virginia variety

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    Ricardo Luiz Boettcher

    2017-01-01

    Full Text Available A fumicultura na região Sul do Brasil está fundamentada no sistema integrado de produção. Ao longo do processo produtivo, há a necessidade de utilização de unidades de cura e secagem (estufas, sendo um investimento oneroso ao produtor. Dois sistemas de estufas predominam e de funcionamento distintos, os de estufas convencionais (convecção natural do ar e com circulação forçada do ar. O sistema de circulação forçada é o modelo preferido pelos produtores que optam por fazer novos investimentos. A decisão em investir demanda criteriosa análise da viabilidade econômica por parte do produtor, para minimizar risco de endividamentos. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a viabilidade financeira de unidades de cura para tabaco nas modalidades de financiamento com juros de crédito rural e juros de crédito rural subvencionados. As ferramentas financeiras utilizadas foram Valor Presente Líquido [VPL], Taxa Interna de Retorno [TIR], payback simples e análise de sensibilidade do investimento em relação à variável produtividade (kg ha-1. Utilizando taxa mínima de atratividade [TMA] 7,16%, o investimento não apresenta viabilidade econômica nas duas modalidades de juros, considerando a produtividade média histórica, o modelo de estufa selecionado e prazo de amortização. A análise de sensibilidade confirmou a produtividade (kg ha-1 como fator determinante da viabilidade do projeto. O incremento de >10% na produtividade média, reverte o quadro e o projeto passa a ser economicamente viável nas duas modalidades de juros de amortização do investimento. = The tobacco production in the south of Brazil is based on the integrated production system. Along with this system, there is a need to use curing barn to cure and dry, bringing an expensive investment for farmers. Two distinct curing systems are predominant which are the conventional (convection and air force circulation system. The air force system is the preferred model by

  13. [Prosopagnosia and facial expression recognition].

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    Koyama, Shinichi

    2014-04-01

    This paper reviews clinical neuropsychological studies that have indicated that the recognition of a person's identity and the recognition of facial expressions are processed by different cortical and subcortical areas of the brain. The fusiform gyrus, especially the right fusiform gyrus, plays an important role in the recognition of identity. The superior temporal sulcus, amygdala, and medial frontal cortex play important roles in facial-expression recognition. Both facial recognition and facial-expression recognition are highly intellectual processes that involve several regions of the brain.

  14. MR findings of facial nerve on oblique sagittal MRI using TMJ surface coil: normal vs peripheral facial nerve palsy

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    Park, Yong Ok; Lee, Myeong Jun; Lee, Chang Joon; Yoo, Jeong Hyun

    2000-01-01

    To evaluate the findings of normal facial nerve, as seen on oblique sagittal MRI using a TMJ (temporomandibular joint) surface coil, and then to evaluate abnormal findings of peripheral facial nerve palsy. We retrospectively reviewed the MR findings of 20 patients with peripheral facial palsy and 50 normal facial nerves of 36 patients without facial palsy. All underwent oblique sagittal MRI using a T MJ surface coil. We analyzed the course, signal intensity, thickness, location, and degree of enhancement of the facial nerve. According to the angle made by the proximal parotid segment on the axis of the mastoid segment, course was classified as anterior angulation (obtuse and acute, or buckling), straight and posterior angulation. Among 50 normal facial nerves, 24 (48%) were straight, and 23 (46%) demonstrated anterior angulation; 34 (68%) showed iso signal intensity on T1W1. In the group of patients, course on the affected side was either straight (40%) or showed anterior angulation (55%), and signal intensity in 80% of cases was isointense. These findings were similar to those in the normal group, but in patients with post-traumatic or post-operative facial palsy, buckling, of course, appeared. In 12 of 18 facial palsy cases (66.6%) in which contrast materials were administered, a normal facial nerve of the opposite facial canal showed mild enhancement on more than one segment, but on the affected side the facial nerve showed diffuse enhancement in all 14 patients with acute facial palsy. Eleven of these (79%) showed fair or marked enhancement on more than one segment, and in 12 (86%), mild enhancement of the proximal parotid segment was noted. Four of six chronic facial palsy cases (66.6%) showed atrophy of the facial nerve. When oblique sagittal MR images are obtained using a TMJ surface coil, enhancement of the proximal parotid segment of the facial nerve and fair or marked enhancement of at least one segment within the facial canal always suggests pathology of

  15. Facial neuroma masquerading as acoustic neuroma.

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    Sayegh, Eli T; Kaur, Gurvinder; Ivan, Michael E; Bloch, Orin; Cheung, Steven W; Parsa, Andrew T

    2014-10-01

    Facial nerve neuromas are rare benign tumors that may be initially misdiagnosed as acoustic neuromas when situated near the auditory apparatus. We describe a patient with a large cystic tumor with associated trigeminal, facial, audiovestibular, and brainstem dysfunction, which was suspicious for acoustic neuroma on preoperative neuroimaging. Intraoperative investigation revealed a facial nerve neuroma located in the cerebellopontine angle and internal acoustic canal. Gross total resection of the tumor via retrosigmoid craniotomy was curative. Transection of the facial nerve necessitated facial reanimation 4 months later via hypoglossal-facial cross-anastomosis. Clinicians should recognize the natural history, diagnostic approach, and management of this unusual and mimetic lesion. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  16. A cisão discursiva do Pará nas campanhas televisivas do plebiscito em 2011

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    Evelyn Cristina Ferreira de Aquino

    2017-05-01

    Full Text Available O estudo observou como se engendraram os discursos sobre a extensão territorial nas campanhas televisivas das frentes pró e contra a criação dos estados do Carajás e do Tapajós no plebiscito de 2011, no Pará. O Horário Gratuito de Propaganda Eleitoral ocorreu de 11 de novembro a 7 de dezembro daquele ano. Ao todo, 80 programas foram produzidos, veiculados entre 12h e 12h10 e entre 19h30 e 19h40. Neste estudo, trabalhamos com 20 programas, vistos a partir da análise do discurso na vertente dialógica de Mikhail Bakhtin e da disputa por legitimação e descredenciamento de discursos, de Eliseo Verón. A análise mostrou que as frentes de campanhas atualizaram discursos históricos sobre o reordenamento de territórios na Amazônia, vozes que debatem a unidade territorial e a reestruturação da região para o desenvolvimento.

  17. Persistent facial pain conditions

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    Forssell, Heli; Alstergren, Per; Bakke, Merete

    2016-01-01

    Persistent facial pains, especially temporomandibular disorders (TMD), are common conditions. As dentists are responsible for the treatment of most of these disorders, up-to date knowledge on the latest advances in the field is essential for successful diagnosis and management. The review covers...... TMD, and different neuropathic or putative neuropathic facial pains such as persistent idiopathic facial pain and atypical odontalgia, trigeminal neuralgia and painful posttraumatic trigeminal neuropathy. The article presents an overview of TMD pain as a biopsychosocial condition, its prevalence......, clinical features, consequences, central and peripheral mechanisms, diagnostic criteria (DC/TMD), and principles of management. For each of the neuropathic facial pain entities, the definitions, prevalence, clinical features, and diagnostics are described. The current understanding of the pathophysiology...

  18. Computed tomography in facial trauma

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    Zilkha, A.

    1982-01-01

    Computed tomography (CT), plain radiography, and conventional tomography were performed on 30 patients with facial trauma. CT demonstrated bone and soft-tissue involvement. In all cases, CT was superior to tomography in the assessment of facial injury. It is suggested that CT follow plain radiography in the evaluation of facial trauma

  19. Facial transplantation surgery introduction.

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    Eun, Seok-Chan

    2015-06-01

    Severely disfiguring facial injuries can have a devastating impact on the patient's quality of life. During the past decade, vascularized facial allotransplantation has progressed from an experimental possibility to a clinical reality in the fields of disease, trauma, and congenital malformations. This technique may now be considered a viable option for repairing complex craniofacial defects for which the results of autologous reconstruction remain suboptimal. Vascularized facial allotransplantation permits optimal anatomical reconstruction and provides desired functional, esthetic, and psychosocial benefits that are far superior to those achieved with conventional methods. Along with dramatic improvements in their functional statuses, patients regain the ability to make facial expressions such as smiling and to perform various functions such as smelling, eating, drinking, and speaking. The ideas in the 1997 movie "Face/Off" have now been realized in the clinical field. The objective of this article is to introduce this new surgical field, provide a basis for examining the status of the field of face transplantation, and stimulate and enhance facial transplantation studies in Korea.

  20. Facial reanimation with gracilis muscle transfer neurotized to cross-facial nerve graft versus masseteric nerve: a comparative study using the FACIAL CLIMA evaluating system.

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    Hontanilla, Bernardo; Marre, Diego; Cabello, Alvaro

    2013-06-01

    Longstanding unilateral facial paralysis is best addressed with microneurovascular muscle transplantation. Neurotization can be obtained from the cross-facial or the masseter nerve. The authors present a quantitative comparison of both procedures using the FACIAL CLIMA system. Forty-seven patients with complete unilateral facial paralysis underwent reanimation with a free gracilis transplant neurotized to either a cross-facial nerve graft (group I, n=20) or to the ipsilateral masseteric nerve (group II, n=27). Commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity were measured using the FACIAL CLIMA system. Postoperative intragroup commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity means of the reanimated versus the normal side were first compared using the independent samples t test. Mean percentage of recovery of both parameters were compared between the groups using the independent samples t test. Significant differences of mean commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity between the reanimated side and the normal side were observed in group I (p=0.001 and p=0.014, respectively) but not in group II. Intergroup comparisons showed that both commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity were higher in group II, with significant differences for commissural displacement (p=0.048). Mean percentage of recovery of both parameters was higher in group II, with significant differences for commissural displacement (p=0.042). Free gracilis muscle transfer neurotized by the masseteric nerve is a reliable technique for reanimation of longstanding facial paralysis. Compared with cross-facial nerve graft neurotization, this technique provides better symmetry and a higher degree of recovery. Therapeutic, III.

  1. Are facial injuries really different? An observational cohort study comparing appearance concern and psychological distress in facial trauma and non-facial trauma patients.

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    Rahtz, Emmylou; Bhui, Kamaldeep; Hutchison, Iain; Korszun, Ania

    2018-01-01

    Facial injuries are widely assumed to lead to stigma and significant psychosocial burden. Experimental studies of face perception support this idea, but there is very little empirical evidence to guide treatment. This study sought to address the gap. Data were collected from 193 patients admitted to hospital following facial or other trauma. Ninety (90) participants were successfully followed up 8 months later. Participants completed measures of appearance concern and psychological distress (post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms). Participants were classified by site of injury (facial or non-facial injury). The overall levels of appearance concern were comparable to those of the general population, and there was no evidence of more appearance concern among people with facial injuries. Women and younger people were significantly more likely to experience appearance concern at baseline. Baseline and 8-month psychological distress, although common in the sample, did not differ according to the site of injury. Changes in appearance concern were, however, strongly associated with psychological distress at follow-up. We conclude that although appearance concern is severe among some people with facial injury, it is not especially different to those with non-facial injuries or the general public; changes in appearance concern, however, appear to correlate with psychological distress. We therefore suggest that interventions might focus on those with heightened appearance concern and should target cognitive bias and psychological distress. Copyright © 2017 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  2. Misrecognition of facial expressions in delinquents

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    Matsuura Naomi

    2009-09-01

    Full Text Available Abstract Background Previous reports have suggested impairment in facial expression recognition in delinquents, but controversy remains with respect to how such recognition is impaired. To address this issue, we investigated facial expression recognition in delinquents in detail. Methods We tested 24 male adolescent/young adult delinquents incarcerated in correctional facilities. We compared their performances with those of 24 age- and gender-matched control participants. Using standard photographs of facial expressions illustrating six basic emotions, participants matched each emotional facial expression with an appropriate verbal label. Results Delinquents were less accurate in the recognition of facial expressions that conveyed disgust than were control participants. The delinquents misrecognized the facial expressions of disgust as anger more frequently than did controls. Conclusion These results suggest that one of the underpinnings of delinquency might be impaired recognition of emotional facial expressions, with a specific bias toward interpreting disgusted expressions as hostile angry expressions.

  3. Peripheral facial palsy in children.

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    Yılmaz, Unsal; Cubukçu, Duygu; Yılmaz, Tuba Sevim; Akıncı, Gülçin; Ozcan, Muazzez; Güzel, Orkide

    2014-11-01

    The aim of this study is to evaluate the types and clinical characteristics of peripheral facial palsy in children. The hospital charts of children diagnosed with peripheral facial palsy were reviewed retrospectively. A total of 81 children (42 female and 39 male) with a mean age of 9.2 ± 4.3 years were included in the study. Causes of facial palsy were 65 (80.2%) idiopathic (Bell palsy) facial palsy, 9 (11.1%) otitis media/mastoiditis, and tumor, trauma, congenital facial palsy, chickenpox, Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, enlarged lymph nodes, and familial Mediterranean fever (each 1; 1.2%). Five (6.1%) patients had recurrent attacks. In patients with Bell palsy, female/male and right/left ratios were 36/29 and 35/30, respectively. Of them, 31 (47.7%) had a history of preceding infection. The overall rate of complete recovery was 98.4%. A wide variety of disorders can present with peripheral facial palsy in children. Therefore, careful investigation and differential diagnosis is essential. © The Author(s) 2013.

  4. Avaliação das condições de estocagem da vacina contra o sarampo nas unidades sanitárias dos municípios de Niterói e São Gonçalo, estado do Rio de Janeiro

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    Oliveira,Solange A.; Homma,Akira; Mahul,Diana C.; Loureiro,Maria L.P.; Camillo-Coura,Léa

    1991-01-01

    Com o objetivo de estudar as condições de estocagem da vacina contra o sarampo na rede de vacinação dos Municípios de Nitéroi e São Gonçalo - RJ, 22 Unidades Sanitárias foram avaliadas de acordo com as normas técnicas específicas estabelecidas pelo Programa Nacional de Imunização. Observou-se que em 86,4% das Unidades visitadas os cuidados com os refrigeradores eram adequados ou regulares mas quanto à arrumação das vacinas no interior dos aparelhos e ao controle de temperatura, estes percentu...

  5. Facial expressions and pair bonds in hylobatids.

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    Florkiewicz, Brittany; Skollar, Gabriella; Reichard, Ulrich H

    2018-06-06

    Facial expressions are an important component of primate communication that functions to transmit social information and modulate intentions and motivations. Chimpanzees and macaques, for example, produce a variety of facial expressions when communicating with conspecifics. Hylobatids also produce various facial expressions; however, the origin and function of these facial expressions are still largely unclear. It has been suggested that larger facial expression repertoires may have evolved in the context of social complexity, but this link has yet to be tested at a broader empirical basis. The social complexity hypothesis offers a possible explanation for the evolution of complex communicative signals such as facial expressions, because as the complexity of an individual's social environment increases so does the need for communicative signals. We used an intraspecies, pair-focused study design to test the link between facial expressions and sociality within hylobatids, specifically the strength of pair-bonds. The current study compared 206 hr of video and 103 hr of focal animal data for ten hylobatid pairs from three genera (Nomascus, Hoolock, and Hylobates) living at the Gibbon Conservation Center. Using video footage, we explored 5,969 facial expressions along three dimensions: repertoire use, repertoire breadth, and facial expression synchrony [FES]. We then used focal animal data to compare dimensions of facial expressiveness to pair bond strength and behavioral synchrony. Hylobatids in our study overlapped in only half of their facial expressions (50%) with the only other detailed, quantitative study of hylobatid facial expressions, while 27 facial expressions were uniquely observed in our study animals. Taken together, hylobatids have a large facial expression repertoire of at least 80 unique facial expressions. Contrary to our prediction, facial repertoire composition was not significantly correlated with pair bond strength, rates of territorial synchrony

  6. Dimensões da Qualidade de Vida e Apoio Social dos Pacientes Hospitalizados nas Unidades de Assistência à Saúde do Algarve

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    António Duarte

    Full Text Available RESUMO Este estudo avaliou a relação entre qualidade de vida e rede de apoio social dos pacientes das unidades de cuidados continuados do Algarve, através de WHOQOL-BREF e ASSIS. Participaram 92 pacientes, com idades entre 34-101 anos: muito idosos (40,2%, sexo feminino (58,7%, viúvas (40,2%, classe média-alta (46,8%, coabitando com o cônjuge (43,2%, e parcialmente dependentes (72,5%. As redes de apoio emocional, material e informativo eram compostas maioritariamente por familiares. Observamos relações significativas entre o apoio informativo e os domínios físico, relações sociais e ambiente da qualidade de vida (p<0,05. Os resultados sugerem uma percepção e satisfação com a saúde razoáveis, mas inferiores no domínio físico. A necessidade de apoio informativo esteve negativamente associada aos domínios psicológico e relações sociais da qualidade de vida.

  7. Facial talon cusps.

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    McNamara, T

    1997-12-01

    This is a report of two patients with isolated facial talon cusps. One occurred on a permanent mandibular central incisor; the other on a permanent maxillary canine. The locations of these talon cusps suggests that the definition of a talon cusp include teeth in addition to the incisor group and be extended to include the facial aspect of teeth.

  8. Imaging the Facial Nerve: A Contemporary Review

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    Gupta, S.; Roehm, P.C.; Mends, F.; Hagiwara, M.; Fatterpekar, G.

    2013-01-01

    Imaging plays a critical role in the evaluation of a number of facial nerve disorders. The facial nerve has a complex anatomical course; thus, a thorough understanding of the course of the facial nerve is essential to localize the sites of pathology. Facial nerve dysfunction can occur from a variety of causes, which can often be identified on imaging. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful for identifying bony facial canal and soft tissue abnormalities, respectively. Ultrasound of the facial nerve has been used to predict functional outcomes in patients with Bell’s palsy. More recently, diffusion tensor tractography has appeared as a new modality which allows three-dimensional display of facial nerve fibers

  9. Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma

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    Seventh cranial nerve palsy due to birth trauma; Facial palsy - birth trauma; Facial palsy - neonate; Facial palsy - infant ... An infant's facial nerve is also called the seventh cranial nerve. It can be damaged just before or at the time of delivery. ...

  10. Electrical and transcranial magnetic stimulation of the facial nerve: diagnostic relevance in acute isolated facial nerve palsy.

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    Happe, Svenja; Bunten, Sabine

    2012-01-01

    Unilateral facial weakness is common. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) allows identification of a conduction failure at the level of the canalicular portion of the facial nerve and may help to confirm the diagnosis. We retrospectively analyzed 216 patients with the diagnosis of peripheral facial palsy. The electrophysiological investigations included the blink reflex, preauricular electrical stimulation and the response to TMS at the labyrinthine part of the canalicular proportion of the facial nerve within 3 days after symptom onset. A similar reduction or loss of the TMS amplitude (p facial palsy without being specific for Bell's palsy. These data shed light on the TMS-based diagnosis of peripheral facial palsy, an ability to localize the site of lesion within the Fallopian channel regardless of the underlying pathology. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel.

  11. GERENCIAMENTO DOS RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS EM UNIDADES DE SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA

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    Full Text Available El presente estudio, de carácter descriptivo/ explorador y planteo cuantitativo, tuvo como objetivo identificar las medidas desempeñadas en las unidades de salud de la familia en el municipio de Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, respecto a la administración de los residuos sólidos. Realizado entre agosto y septiembre del 2007, se basó en la muestra de 47 enfermeros coordinadores de las unidades de salud. Para recoger datos se entrevistó a los enfermeros y se observaron las unidades. Ninguna unidad de salud presentaba el Plan de Gestión de Residuos Sólidos (PGRSS. Las dificultades mencionadas para la administración de los residuos fueron: falta de capacitación de los recursos humanos; deficiencia de material adecuado; y ausencia de sistema específico para recoger material para corte y perforación y residuos contaminados. Aunque pesquisas más exactas sean necesarias, también se plantea la necesidad de que los profesionales de la salud y los administradores adquieran más conocimientos sobre el tema.

  12. Facial Muscle Coordination in Monkeys During Rhythmic Facial Expressions and Ingestive Movements

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    Shepherd, Stephen V.; Lanzilotto, Marco; Ghazanfar, Asif A.

    2012-01-01

    Evolutionary hypotheses regarding the origins of communication signals generally, and primate orofacial communication signals in particular, suggest that these signals derive by ritualization of noncommunicative behaviors, notably including ingestive behaviors such as chewing and nursing. These theories are appealing in part because of the prominent periodicities in both types of behavior. Despite their intuitive appeal, however, there are little or no data with which to evaluate these theories because the coordination of muscles innervated by the facial nucleus has not been carefully compared between communicative and ingestive movements. Such data are especially crucial for reconciling neurophysiological assumptions regarding facial motor control in communication and ingestion. We here address this gap by contrasting the coordination of facial muscles during different types of rhythmic orofacial behavior in macaque monkeys, finding that the perioral muscles innervated by the facial nucleus are rhythmically coordinated during lipsmacks and that this coordination appears distinct from that observed during ingestion. PMID:22553017

  13. Facial Action Units Recognition: A Comparative Study

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    Popa, M.C.; Rothkrantz, L.J.M.; Wiggers, P.; Braspenning, R.A.C.; Shan, C.

    2011-01-01

    Many approaches to facial expression recognition focus on assessing the six basic emotions (anger, disgust, happiness, fear, sadness, and surprise). Real-life situations proved to produce many more subtle facial expressions. A reliable way of analyzing the facial behavior is the Facial Action Coding

  14. Pediatric facial injuries: It's management.

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    Singh, Geeta; Mohammad, Shadab; Pal, U S; Hariram; Malkunje, Laxman R; Singh, Nimisha

    2011-07-01

    Facial injuries in children always present a challenge in respect of their diagnosis and management. Since these children are of a growing age every care should be taken so that later the overall growth pattern of the facial skeleton in these children is not jeopardized. To access the most feasible method for the management of facial injuries in children without hampering the facial growth. Sixty child patients with facial trauma were selected randomly for this study. On the basis of examination and investigations a suitable management approach involving rest and observation, open or closed reduction and immobilization, trans-osseous (TO) wiring, mini bone plate fixation, splinting and replantation, elevation and fixation of zygoma, etc. were carried out. In our study fall was the predominant cause for most of the facial injuries in children. There was a 1.09% incidence of facial injuries in children up to 16 years of age amongst the total patients. The age-wise distribution of the fracture amongst groups (I, II and III) was found to be 26.67%, 51.67% and 21.67% respectively. Male to female patient ratio was 3:1. The majority of the cases of facial injuries were seen in Group II patients (6-11 years) i.e. 51.67%. The mandibular fracture was found to be the most common fracture (0.60%) followed by dentoalveolar (0.27%), mandibular + midface (0.07) and midface (0.02%) fractures. Most of the mandibular fractures were found in the parasymphysis region. Simple fracture seems to be commonest in the mandible. Most of the mandibular and midface fractures in children were amenable to conservative therapies except a few which required surgical intervention.

  15. Performance-driven facial animation: basic research on human judgments of emotional state in facial avatars.

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    Rizzo, A A; Neumann, U; Enciso, R; Fidaleo, D; Noh, J Y

    2001-08-01

    Virtual reality is rapidly evolving into a pragmatically usable technology for mental health (MH) applications. As the underlying enabling technologies continue to evolve and allow us to design more useful and usable structural virtual environments (VEs), the next important challenge will involve populating these environments with virtual representations of humans (avatars). This will be vital to create mental health VEs that leverage the use of avatars for applications that require human-human interaction and communication. As Alessi et al.1 pointed out at the 8th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (MMVR8), virtual humans have mainly appeared in MH applications to "serve the role of props, rather than humans." More believable avatars inhabiting VEs would open up possibilities for MH applications that address social interaction, communication, instruction, assessment, and rehabilitation issues. They could also serve to enhance realism that might in turn promote the experience of presence in VR. Additionally, it will soon be possible to use computer-generated avatars that serve to provide believable dynamic facial and bodily representations of individuals communicating from a distance in real time. This could support the delivery, in shared virtual environments, of more natural human interaction styles, similar to what is used in real life between people. These techniques could enhance communication and interaction by leveraging our natural sensing and perceiving capabilities and offer the potential to model human-computer-human interaction after human-human interaction. To enhance the authenticity of virtual human representations, advances in the rendering of facial and gestural behaviors that support implicit communication will be needed. In this regard, the current paper presents data from a study that compared human raters' judgments of emotional expression between actual video clips of facial expressions and identical expressions rendered on a

  16. Virtual 3-D Facial Reconstruction

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    Martin Paul Evison

    2000-06-01

    Full Text Available Facial reconstructions in archaeology allow empathy with people who lived in the past and enjoy considerable popularity with the public. It is a common misconception that facial reconstruction will produce an exact likeness; a resemblance is the best that can be hoped for. Research at Sheffield University is aimed at the development of a computer system for facial reconstruction that will be accurate, rapid, repeatable, accessible and flexible. This research is described and prototypical 3-D facial reconstructions are presented. Interpolation models simulating obesity, ageing and ethnic affiliation are also described. Some strengths and weaknesses in the models, and their potential for application in archaeology are discussed.

  17. Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving

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    Daisuke Kamide

    2012-01-01

    tympanic membrane and right facial palsy without other neurological findings. But facial palsy was disappeared immediately after myringotomy. We considered that the etiology of this case was neuropraxia of facial nerve in middle ear caused by over pressure of middle ear.

  18. Botulinum Toxin (Botox) for Facial Wrinkles

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    ... Stories Español Eye Health / Eye Health A-Z Botulinum Toxin (Botox) for Facial Wrinkles Sections Botulinum Toxin (Botox) ... Facial Wrinkles How Does Botulinum Toxin (Botox) Work? Botulinum Toxin (Botox) for Facial Wrinkles Leer en Español: La ...

  19. High-intensity facial nerve lesions on T2-weighted images in chronic persistent facial nerve palsy

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    Kinoshita, T. [Dept. of Radiology, Sendai City Hospital, Sendai (Japan); Dept. of Radiology, Tottori Univ. (Japan); Ishii, K. [Dept. of Radiology, Sendai City Hospital, Sendai (Japan); Okitsu, T. [Dept. of Otolaryngology, Sendai City Hospital (Japan); Ogawa, T. [Dept. of Radiology, Tottori Univ. (Japan); Okudera, T. [Dept. of Radiology, Research Inst. of Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita, Akita (Japan)

    2001-05-01

    Our aim was to estimate the value of MRI in detecting irreversibly paralysed facial nerves. We examined 95 consecutive patients with a facial nerve palsy (14 with a persistent palsy, and 81 with good recovery), using a 1.0 T unit, with T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. The geniculate ganglion and tympanic segment had gave high signal on T2-weighted images in the chronic stage of persistent palsy, but not in acute palsy. The enhancement pattern of the facial nerve in the chronic persistent facial nerve palsy is similar to that in the acute palsy with good recovery. These findings suggest that T2-weighted MRI can be used to show severely damaged facial nerves. (orig.)

  20. Operant conditioning of facial displays of pain.

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    Kunz, Miriam; Rainville, Pierre; Lautenbacher, Stefan

    2011-06-01

    The operant model of chronic pain posits that nonverbal pain behavior, such as facial expressions, is sensitive to reinforcement, but experimental evidence supporting this assumption is sparse. The aim of the present study was to investigate in a healthy population a) whether facial pain behavior can indeed be operantly conditioned using a discriminative reinforcement schedule to increase and decrease facial pain behavior and b) to what extent these changes affect pain experience indexed by self-ratings. In the experimental group (n = 29), the participants were reinforced every time that they showed pain-indicative facial behavior (up-conditioning) or a neutral expression (down-conditioning) in response to painful heat stimulation. Once facial pain behavior was successfully up- or down-conditioned, respectively (which occurred in 72% of participants), facial pain displays and self-report ratings were assessed. In addition, a control group (n = 11) was used that was yoked to the reinforcement plans of the experimental group. During the conditioning phases, reinforcement led to significant changes in facial pain behavior in the majority of the experimental group (p .136). Fine-grained analyses of facial muscle movements revealed a similar picture. Furthermore, the decline in facial pain displays (as observed during down-conditioning) strongly predicted changes in pain ratings (R(2) = 0.329). These results suggest that a) facial pain displays are sensitive to reinforcement and b) that changes in facial pain displays can affect self-report ratings.

  1. Reconocimiento facial

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    Urtiaga Abad, Juan Alfonso

    2014-01-01

    El presente proyecto trata sobre uno de los campos más problemáticos de la inteligencia artificial, el reconocimiento facial. Algo tan sencillo para las personas como es reconocer una cara conocida se traduce en complejos algoritmos y miles de datos procesados en cuestión de segundos. El proyecto comienza con un estudio del estado del arte de las diversas técnicas de reconocimiento facial, desde las más utilizadas y probadas como el PCA y el LDA, hasta técnicas experimentales que utilizan ...

  2. MAPEAMENTO DE UNIDADES DE RELEVO NA MÉDIA SERRA DO ESPINHAÇO MERIDIONAL - MG

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    Éric Andrade Rezende

    2011-04-01

    Full Text Available O presente trabalho propõe um mapeamento de unidades de relevo para a porção sul do terço médio da Serra do Espinhaço Meridional. As unidades de relevo foram delimitadas a partir da análise integrada de cartas temáticas e imagens de satélite que permitiram observar variações na morfologia, na altimetria, na declividade, na litoestrutura e na organização da rede de drenagem. A etapa de cartografia digital, processada no software ArcGis 9.2, se baseou na utilização de produtos SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Os procedimentos metodológicos também incluíram trabalhos de campo e pesquisa bibliográfica. Foi empregada a taxonomia do mapeamento geomorfológico proposta pelo IBGE (2009, através da qual foram individualizadas quatorze Unidades Geomorfológicas. As unidades estão distribuídas entre cinco diferentes compartimentos do seguinte modo: dois planaltos, duas escarpas, seis depressões, três conjuntos de cristas e um conjunto de patamares. Foi possível observar que a disposição geral das unidades reflete o forte controle litoestrutural imposto ao relevo regional. Destaca-se a resistência diferenciada das diversas litologias frente aos processos denudacionais e a influência da neotectônica na geomorfogênese.

  3. Facial Displays Are Tools for Social Influence.

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    Crivelli, Carlos; Fridlund, Alan J

    2018-05-01

    Based on modern theories of signal evolution and animal communication, the behavioral ecology view of facial displays (BECV) reconceives our 'facial expressions of emotion' as social tools that serve as lead signs to contingent action in social negotiation. BECV offers an externalist, functionalist view of facial displays that is not bound to Western conceptions about either expressions or emotions. It easily accommodates recent findings of diversity in facial displays, their public context-dependency, and the curious but common occurrence of solitary facial behavior. Finally, BECV restores continuity of human facial behavior research with modern functional accounts of non-human communication, and provides a non-mentalistic account of facial displays well-suited to new developments in artificial intelligence and social robotics. Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

  4. Unidades de Pediatría Ambiental

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    PARÍS M, ENRIQUE; MOLINA M, HELIA; RÍOS B, JUAN CARLOS

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    Se considera que una Unidad de Pediatría Ambiental es una estructura con roles claramente definidos, situada preferentemente en un centro de salud, especializada en afecciones pediátricas, relacionadas al ambiente. Estos centros pueden proporcionar asesoramiento, información y tratamiento, promover la investigación, entrenar a profesionales, educar al público e informar a las autoridades responsables. Su personal, especialmente entrenado en problemas ambientales, incluye: pediatras, toxicólog...

  5. Marketing e desafio profissional em unidades de informação

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    Amaral, Sueli Angélica do

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    Enfatiza a informação como recurso para o desenvolvimento sócio-econômico. Mostra a importância das unidades de informação, como organizações essenciais, com efetiva participação para promover o desenvolvimento da sociedade. Destaca a adoção de técnicas mercadológicas como uma forma de as unidades de informação serem bem sucedidas nessa efetiva participação e garantirem sua sobrevivência no futuro.Ressalta o desafio do papel do profissional da informação como agente do desenvolvimento econ...

  6. Does facial resemblance enhance cooperation?

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    Full Text Available Facial self-resemblance has been proposed to serve as a kinship cue that facilitates cooperation between kin. In the present study, facial resemblance was manipulated by morphing stimulus faces with the participants' own faces or control faces (resulting in self-resemblant or other-resemblant composite faces. A norming study showed that the perceived degree of kinship was higher for the participants and the self-resemblant composite faces than for actual first-degree relatives. Effects of facial self-resemblance on trust and cooperation were tested in a paradigm that has proven to be sensitive to facial trustworthiness, facial likability, and facial expression. First, participants played a cooperation game in which the composite faces were shown. Then, likability ratings were assessed. In a source memory test, participants were required to identify old and new faces, and were asked to remember whether the faces belonged to cooperators or cheaters in the cooperation game. Old-new recognition was enhanced for self-resemblant faces in comparison to other-resemblant faces. However, facial self-resemblance had no effects on the degree of cooperation in the cooperation game, on the emotional evaluation of the faces as reflected in the likability judgments, and on the expectation that a face belonged to a cooperator rather than to a cheater. Therefore, the present results are clearly inconsistent with the assumption of an evolved kin recognition module built into the human face recognition system.

  7. Facial skin care products and cosmetics.

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    Draelos, Zoe Diana

    2014-01-01

    Facial skin care products and cosmetics can both aid or incite facial dermatoses. Properly selected skin care can create an environment for barrier repair aiding in the re-establishment of a healing biofilm and diminution of facial redness; however, skin care products that aggressively remove intercellular lipids or cause irritation must be eliminated before the red face will resolve. Cosmetics are an additive variable either aiding or challenging facial skin health. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  8. Uso de sacarose nas soluções de manutenção de hastes florais de gérberas de corte

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    Fernanda Schmitt

    2013-02-01

    Full Text Available As flores de corte são produtos altamente perecíveis e sua vida pós-colheita deve ser prolongada ao máximo para garantir a fidelidade dos consumidores. Uma possível medida para ampliar o período pós-colheita é a adição de fontes exógenas de carboidratos na solução de manutenção das hastes florais. Neste sentido, no presente trabalho avaliou-se a resposta de hastes florais à adição de sacarose nas soluções de manutenção. Foram utilizadas hastes de gérberas (Gerbera jamesonii ‘Essandre’ colhidas em produtor comercial. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado com três repetições e cinco hastes florais por unidade sob condições ambiente de 19,4 °C e umidade relativa superior a 80% experimental. Foram aplicados tratamentos com soluções de sacarose a 2, 2,5 e 5% (p/v em recipientes de vidro (3,3 L e contendo um litro de solução. As hastes foram avaliadas para longevidade determinada pelo número de dias de qualidade comercial da flor. Determinou-se também o pH da solução, alongamento das hastes após período de vida em vaso, conteúdo de substâncias de reserva e unidades formadoras de colônia (UFC.g-1 em tecidos das hastes. A adição de sacarose não contribui para o aumento da longevidade de pós-colheita das hastes florais de gérbera ‘Essandre’. A concentração de 2,5% de sacarose resulta em maior quantidade de substâncias de reserva nas hastes florais. Não houve diferença no número de colônias bacterianas com relação a adição de sacarose. O pH das soluções com adição de sacarose apresenta uma queda, a partir do terceiro dia após o início das avaliações.

  9. Pseudotumoural hypertrophic neuritis of the facial nerve

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    Zanoletti, E; Mazzoni, A; Barbò, R

    2008-01-01

    In a retrospective study of our cases of recurrent paralysis of the facial nerve of tumoural and non-tumoural origin, a tumour-like lesion of the intra-temporal course of the facial nerve, mimicking facial nerve schwannoma, was found and investigated in 4 cases. This was defined as, pseudotumoral hypertrophic neuritis of the facial nerve. The picture was one of recurrent acute facial palsy with incomplete recovery and imaging of a benign tumour. It was different from the well-known recurrent ...

  10. Imaging of the facial nerve

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    Veillon, F. [Service de Radiologie I, Hopital de Hautepierre, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex (France)], E-mail: Francis.Veillon@chru-strasbourg.fr; Ramos-Taboada, L.; Abu-Eid, M. [Service de Radiologie I, Hopital de Hautepierre, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex (France); Charpiot, A. [Service d' ORL, Hopital de Hautepierre, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex (France); Riehm, S. [Service de Radiologie I, Hopital de Hautepierre, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex (France)

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    The facial nerve is responsible for the motor innervation of the face. It has a visceral motor function (lacrimal, submandibular, sublingual glands and secretion of the nose); it conveys a great part of the taste fibers, participates to the general sensory of the auricle (skin of the concha) and the wall of the external auditory meatus. The facial mimic, production of tears, nasal flow and salivation all depend on the facial nerve. In order to image the facial nerve it is mandatory to be knowledgeable about its normal anatomy including the course of its efferent and afferent fibers and about relevant technical considerations regarding CT and MR to be able to achieve high-resolution images of the nerve.

  11. Danos bucomaxilofaciais em mulheres: registros do Instituto Médico-legal de Ribeirão Preto (SP, no período de 1998 a 2002

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    Chiaperini, Alini

    2009-01-01

    Full Text Available Objetivo: Partindo da constatação de que a violência constitui um dos principais agravos à saúde e bem-estar das mulheres, realizou-se uma investigação para averiguar o comportamento quantitativo das lesões corporais que atingiram o complexo maxilo-mandibular em mulheres que se submeteram à perícia médico-legal no Instituto Médico Legal (IML, no município de Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, nos anos de 1998 a 2002. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo, no qual foram consultados n=28. 192 laudos periciais realizados para esclarecimento de crimes de lesão corporal e estudo baseado nos seguintes critérios: faixa etária, grupo étnico, etiologia e classificação jurídica do dano, região atingida. Resultados: A faixa etária predominante foi de 26 a 30 anos (19,9 %; o grupo étnico com maior incidência foi de mulheres brancas. Quanto à etiologia do dano, verifica-se um maior percentual nas agressões físicas (57 %; na descrição das lesões, observou-se uma maior incidência de traumas resultando em escoriação, seguida de edema e equimose. Quanto às regiões da face atingidas, a região oral foi a mais prevalente, seguida da região nasal. Conclusão: Nos crimes de lesão corporal em mulheres há um elevado comprometimento do complexo maxilo-mandibular

  12. Forensic Facial Reconstruction: The Final Frontier.

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    Gupta, Sonia; Gupta, Vineeta; Vij, Hitesh; Vij, Ruchieka; Tyagi, Nutan

    2015-09-01

    Forensic facial reconstruction can be used to identify unknown human remains when other techniques fail. Through this article, we attempt to review the different methods of facial reconstruction reported in literature. There are several techniques of doing facial reconstruction, which vary from two dimensional drawings to three dimensional clay models. With the advancement in 3D technology, a rapid, efficient and cost effective computerized 3D forensic facial reconstruction method has been developed which has brought down the degree of error previously encountered. There are several methods of manual facial reconstruction but the combination Manchester method has been reported to be the best and most accurate method for the positive recognition of an individual. Recognition allows the involved government agencies to make a list of suspected victims'. This list can then be narrowed down and a positive identification may be given by the more conventional method of forensic medicine. Facial reconstruction allows visual identification by the individual's family and associates to become easy and more definite.

  13. Magnetic resonance imaging of facial muscles

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    Farrugia, M.E. [Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford (United Kingdom)], E-mail: m.e.farrugia@doctors.org.uk; Bydder, G.M. [Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8226 (United States); Francis, J.M.; Robson, M.D. [OCMR, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (United Kingdom)

    2007-11-15

    Facial and tongue muscles are commonly involved in patients with neuromuscular disorders. However, these muscles are not as easily accessible for biopsy and pathological examination as limb muscles. We have previously investigated myasthenia gravis patients with MuSK antibodies for facial and tongue muscle atrophy using different magnetic resonance imaging sequences, including ultrashort echo time techniques and image analysis tools that allowed us to obtain quantitative assessments of facial muscles. This imaging study had shown that facial muscle measurement is possible and that useful information can be obtained using a quantitative approach. In this paper we aim to review in detail the methods that we applied to our study, to enable clinicians to study these muscles within the domain of neuromuscular disease, oncological or head and neck specialties. Quantitative assessment of the facial musculature may be of value in improving the understanding of pathological processes occurring within facial muscles in certain neuromuscular disorders.

  14. Magnetic resonance imaging of facial muscles

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    Farrugia, M.E.; Bydder, G.M.; Francis, J.M.; Robson, M.D.

    2007-01-01

    Facial and tongue muscles are commonly involved in patients with neuromuscular disorders. However, these muscles are not as easily accessible for biopsy and pathological examination as limb muscles. We have previously investigated myasthenia gravis patients with MuSK antibodies for facial and tongue muscle atrophy using different magnetic resonance imaging sequences, including ultrashort echo time techniques and image analysis tools that allowed us to obtain quantitative assessments of facial muscles. This imaging study had shown that facial muscle measurement is possible and that useful information can be obtained using a quantitative approach. In this paper we aim to review in detail the methods that we applied to our study, to enable clinicians to study these muscles within the domain of neuromuscular disease, oncological or head and neck specialties. Quantitative assessment of the facial musculature may be of value in improving the understanding of pathological processes occurring within facial muscles in certain neuromuscular disorders

  15. Unidade de Atenção ao Idoso: atividades, mudanças no cotidiano e sugestões

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    Ana Cláudia Moura Caetano

    2008-09-01

    Full Text Available Com o aumento da expectativa de vida surgem novas demandas sociais e de saúde para o atendimento à população idosa. A enfermagem deve somar esforços com a equipe multiprofissional visando contribuir com a manutenção da independência e autonomia do idoso, nos espaços sociais de promoção da saúde. Neste estudo objetivou-se descrever as características sócio-demográficas dos idosos freqüentadores da Unidade de Atenção ao Idoso (UAI, localizada no município de Uberaba-MG, bem como as atividades realizadas pelos idosos no local, identificando as mudanças ocorridas em seu cotidiano após freqüentar a UAI e sugestões de atividades. Os dados foram coletados, no período de julho e agosto do ano de 2007, junto a 39 idosos e, após, submetidos à distribuição de freqüência e análise temática segundo Bardin. A maioria dos entrevistados era do sexo feminino (87,1%; com 4 a 8 anos de estudo (66,7%, aposentados (84,7% e renda mensal individual de 1 salário mínimo (59%. As atividades realizadas são: hidroginástica (28%; dança (15,8%, ginástica (14% e alongamento (13,1%. A análise temática evidenciou as categorias: Mudanças no posicionamento social (32,1%; Melhoria nas condições de saúde (27% e Atividades na UAI (40,9%. A participação dos idosos nas atividades da UAI acarretou mudanças positivas na vida dos usuários, propiciando melhorias na sua qualidade de vida.

  16. Perceived functional impact of abnormal facial appearance.

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    Rankin, Marlene; Borah, Gregory L

    2003-06-01

    Functional facial deformities are usually described as those that impair respiration, eating, hearing, or speech. Yet facial scars and cutaneous deformities have a significant negative effect on social functionality that has been poorly documented in the scientific literature. Insurance companies are declining payments for reconstructive surgical procedures for facial deformities caused by congenital disabilities and after cancer or trauma operations that do not affect mechanical facial activity. The purpose of this study was to establish a large, sample-based evaluation of the perceived social functioning, interpersonal characteristics, and employability indices for a range of facial appearances (normal and abnormal). Adult volunteer evaluators (n = 210) provided their subjective perceptions based on facial physical appearance, and an analysis of the consequences of facial deformity on parameters of preferential treatment was performed. A two-group comparative research design rated the differences among 10 examples of digitally altered facial photographs of actual patients among various age and ethnic groups with "normal" and "abnormal" congenital deformities or posttrauma scars. Photographs of adult patients with observable congenital and posttraumatic deformities (abnormal) were digitally retouched to eliminate the stigmatic defects (normal). The normal and abnormal photographs of identical patients were evaluated by the large sample study group on nine parameters of social functioning, such as honesty, employability, attractiveness, and effectiveness, using a visual analogue rating scale. Patients with abnormal facial characteristics were rated as significantly less honest (p = 0.007), less employable (p = 0.001), less trustworthy (p = 0.01), less optimistic (p = 0.001), less effective (p = 0.02), less capable (p = 0.002), less intelligent (p = 0.03), less popular (p = 0.001), and less attractive (p = 0.001) than were the same patients with normal facial

  17. Possibilities of pfysiotherapy in facial nerve paresis

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    ZIFČÁKOVÁ, Šárka

    2015-01-01

    The bachelor thesis addresses paresis of the facial nerve. The facial nerve paresis is a rather common illness, which cannot be often cured without consequences despite all the modern treatments. The paresis of the facial nerve occurs in two forms, central and peripheral. A central paresis is a result of a lesion located above the motor nucleus of the facial nerve. A peripheral paresis is caused by a lesion located either in the location of the motor nucleus or in the course of the facial ner...

  18. Facial colliculus syndrome

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    Rupinderjeet Kaur

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available A male patient presented with horizontal diplopia and conjugate gaze palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI revealed acute infarct in right facial colliculus which is an anatomical elevation on the dorsal aspect of Pons. This elevation is due the 6th cranial nerve nucleus and the motor fibres of facial nerve which loop dorsal to this nucleus. Anatomical correlation of the clinical symptoms is also depicted in this report.

  19. Cranio-facial clefts in pre-hispanic America.

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    Marius-Nunez, A L; Wasiak, D T

    2015-10-01

    Among the representations of congenital malformations in Moche ceramic art, cranio-facial clefts have been portrayed in pottery found in Moche burials. These pottery vessels were used as domestic items during lifetime and funerary offerings upon death. The aim of this study was to examine archeological evidence for representations of cranio-facial cleft malformations in Moche vessels. Pottery depicting malformations of the midface in Moche collections in Lima-Peru were studied. The malformations portrayed on pottery were analyzed using the Tessier classification. Photographs were authorized by the Larco Museo.Three vessels were observed to have median cranio-facial dysraphia in association with midline cleft of the lower lip with cleft of the mandible. ML001489 portrays a median cranio-facial dysraphia with an orbital cleft and a midline cleft of the lower lip extending to the mandible. ML001514 represents a median facial dysraphia in association with an orbital facial cleft and a vertical orbital dystopia. ML001491 illustrates a median facial cleft with a soft tissue cleft. Three cases of midline, orbital and lateral facial clefts have been portrayed in Moche full-figure portrait vessels. They represent the earliest registries of congenital cranio-facial malformations in ancient Peru. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  20. Enfermagem e a relação com as mães de neonatos em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal

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    Ariane Thaise Frello

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available As relações estabelecidas com a enfermagem frente à experiência do nascimento prematuro de um filho influencia a vivência da mulher. O objetivo deste estudo foi delinear a relação entre a equipe de enfermagem e as mães com bebês internados na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, apresentada em artigos publicados entre 2005 e 2010. Foram utilizadas as bases de dados CINAHL, MEDLINE e LILACS, com estudos publicados entre 2005 e 2010 com os descritores: Neonatal Nursing, Premature, Mothers and Nursing Care, totalizando 21 artigos organizados nas categorias: Fases Enfrentadas pelos Pais durante a Estadia do Bebê na UTIN; Relação entre Enfermeira e Mãe; Suporte da Enfermagem; Descuidado na Relação entre Enfermeira e Mãe e Ações de Educação em Saúde. Os estudos apontam a necessidade das mães por suporte o que inclui apoio emocional, envolvimento nos cuidados ao bebê, disponibilidade para estar e conversar.

  1. [Surgical treatment in otogenic facial nerve palsy].

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    Feng, Guo-Dong; Gao, Zhi-Qiang; Zhai, Meng-Yao; Lü, Wei; Qi, Fang; Jiang, Hong; Zha, Yang; Shen, Peng

    2008-06-01

    To study the character of facial nerve palsy due to four different auris diseases including chronic otitis media, Hunt syndrome, tumor and physical or chemical factors, and to discuss the principles of the surgical management of otogenic facial nerve palsy. The clinical characters of 24 patients with otogenic facial nerve palsy because of the four different auris diseases were retrospectively analyzed, all the cases were performed surgical management from October 1991 to March 2007. Facial nerve function was evaluated with House-Brackmann (HB) grading system. The 24 patients including 10 males and 14 females were analysis, of whom 12 cases due to cholesteatoma, 3 cases due to chronic otitis media, 3 cases due to Hunt syndrome, 2 cases resulted from acute otitis media, 2 cases due to physical or chemical factors and 2 cases due to tumor. All cases were treated with operations included facial nerve decompression, lesion resection with facial nerve decompression and lesion resection without facial nerve decompression, 1 patient's facial nerve was resected because of the tumor. According to HB grade system, I degree recovery was attained in 4 cases, while II degree in 10 cases, III degree in 6 cases, IV degree in 2 cases, V degree in 2 cases and VI degree in 1 case. Removing the lesions completely was the basic factor to the surgery of otogenic facial palsy, moreover, it was important to have facial nerve decompression soon after lesion removal.

  2. Facial identity and facial expression are initially integrated at visual perceptual stages of face processing.

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    Fisher, Katie; Towler, John; Eimer, Martin

    2016-01-08

    It is frequently assumed that facial identity and facial expression are analysed in functionally and anatomically distinct streams within the core visual face processing system. To investigate whether expression and identity interact during the visual processing of faces, we employed a sequential matching procedure where participants compared either the identity or the expression of two successively presented faces, and ignored the other irrelevant dimension. Repetitions versus changes of facial identity and expression were varied independently across trials, and event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during task performance. Irrelevant facial identity and irrelevant expression both interfered with performance in the expression and identity matching tasks. These symmetrical interference effects show that neither identity nor expression can be selectively ignored during face matching, and suggest that they are not processed independently. N250r components to identity repetitions that reflect identity matching mechanisms in face-selective visual cortex were delayed and attenuated when there was an expression change, demonstrating that facial expression interferes with visual identity matching. These findings provide new evidence for interactions between facial identity and expression within the core visual processing system, and question the hypothesis that these two attributes are processed independently. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  3. Morfologia da unidade de dispersão e germinação de Cordia sellowiana cham. e Cordia myxa l Morphology of the dispersion unit nd germination of Cordia sellowiana cham. and Cordia myxa l

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    Isabel Cristina Ercolini Barroso; Fernando de Oliveira; Deborah Maria Ciarelli

    2009-01-01

    As unidades de dispersão das espécies Cordia sellowiana Cham. e Cordia myxa L. (Boraginaceae Jussieu) foram estudadas com ênfase em sua morfologia e no processo de germinação. Os frutos de Cordia sellowiana e de Cordia myxa são do tipo drupóide nuculânio. A protrusão da raiz primária, na primeira espécie, ocorre através de fenda longitudinal do pirênio, e na segunda, através de abertura do opérculo. A germinação, nas duas espécies, é do tipo fanerocotiledonar epígea. As plântulas apresentam c...

  4. Perceptually Valid Facial Expressions for Character-Based Applications

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    Ali Arya

    2009-01-01

    Full Text Available This paper addresses the problem of creating facial expression of mixed emotions in a perceptually valid way. The research has been done in the context of a “game-like” health and education applications aimed at studying social competency and facial expression awareness in autistic children as well as native language learning, but the results can be applied to many other applications such as games with need for dynamic facial expressions or tools for automating the creation of facial animations. Most existing methods for creating facial expressions of mixed emotions use operations like averaging to create the combined effect of two universal emotions. Such methods may be mathematically justifiable but are not necessarily valid from a perceptual point of view. The research reported here starts by user experiments aiming at understanding how people combine facial actions to express mixed emotions, and how the viewers perceive a set of facial actions in terms of underlying emotions. Using the results of these experiments and a three-dimensional emotion model, we associate facial actions to dimensions and regions in the emotion space, and create a facial expression based on the location of the mixed emotion in the three-dimensional space. We call these regionalized facial actions “facial expression units.”

  5. Intraoperative facial motor evoked potentials monitoring with transcranial electrical stimulation for preservation of facial nerve function in patients with large acoustic neuroma

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    LIU Bai-yun; TIAN Yong-ji; LIU Wen; LIU Shu-ling; QIAO Hui; ZHANG Jun-ting; JIA Gui-jun

    2007-01-01

    Background Although various monitoring techniques have been used routinely in the treatment of the lesions in the skull base, iatrogenic facial paresis or paralysis remains a significant clinical problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of intraoperative facial motor evoked potentials monitoring with transcranial electrical stimulation on preservation of facial nerve function.Method From January to November 2005, 19 patients with large acoustic neuroma were treated using intraoperative facial motor evoked potentials monitoring with transcranial electrical stimulation (TCEMEP) for preservation of facial nerve function. The relationship between the decrease of MEP amplitude after tumor removal and the postoperative function of the facial nerve was analyzed.Results MEP amplitude decreased more than 75% in 11 patients, of which 6 presented significant facial paralysis (H-B grade 3), and 5 had mild facial paralysis (H-B grade 2). In the other 8 patients, whose MEP amplitude decreased less than 75%, 1 experienced significant facial paralysis, 5 had mild facial paralysis, and 2 were normal.Conclusions Intraoperative TCEMEP can be used to predict postoperative function of the facial nerve. The decreased MEP amplitude above 75 % is an alarm point for possible severe facial paralysis.

  6. What do facial expressions of emotion express in young children? The relationship between facial display and EMG measures

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    Michela Balconi

    2014-04-01

    Full Text Available The present paper explored the relationship between emotional facial response and electromyographic modulation in children when they observe facial expression of emotions. Facial responsiveness (evaluated by arousal and valence ratings and psychophysiological correlates (facial electromyography, EMG were analyzed when children looked at six facial expressions of emotions (happiness, anger, fear, sadness, surprise and disgust. About EMG measure, corrugator and zygomatic muscle activity was monitored in response to different emotional types. ANOVAs showed differences for both EMG and facial response across the subjects, as a function of different emotions. Specifically, some emotions were well expressed by all the subjects (such as happiness, anger and fear in terms of high arousal, whereas some others were less level arousal (such as sadness. Zygomatic activity was increased mainly for happiness, from one hand, corrugator activity was increased mainly for anger, fear and surprise, from the other hand. More generally, EMG and facial behavior were highly correlated each other, showing a “mirror” effect with respect of the observed faces.

  7. Facial Expression Recognition Through Machine Learning

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    Nazia Perveen

    2015-08-01

    Full Text Available Facial expressions communicate non-verbal cues which play an important role in interpersonal relations. Automatic recognition of facial expressions can be an important element of normal human-machine interfaces it might likewise be utilized as a part of behavioral science and in clinical practice. In spite of the fact that people perceive facial expressions for all intents and purposes immediately solid expression recognition by machine is still a challenge. From the point of view of automatic recognition a facial expression can be considered to comprise of disfigurements of the facial parts and their spatial relations or changes in the faces pigmentation. Research into automatic recognition of the facial expressions addresses the issues encompassing the representation and arrangement of static or dynamic qualities of these distortions or face pigmentation. We get results by utilizing the CVIPtools. We have taken train data set of six facial expressions of three persons and for train data set purpose we have total border mask sample 90 and 30 border mask sample for test data set purpose and we use RST- Invariant features and texture features for feature analysis and then classified them by using k- Nearest Neighbor classification algorithm. The maximum accuracy is 90.

  8. Traumatic facial nerve palsy: CT patterns of facial nerve canal fracture and correlation with clinical severity

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    Seo, Jae Cheol; Kim, Sang Joon; Park, Hyun Min; Lee, Young Suk; Lee, Jee Young [College of Medicine, Dankook Univ., Chonan (Korea, Republic of)

    2002-07-01

    To analyse the patterns of facial nerve canal injury seen at temporal bone computed tomography (CT) in patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy and to correlate these with clinical manifestations and outcome. Thirty cases of temporal bone CT in 29 patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy were analyzed with regard to the patterns of facial nerve canal involvement. The patterns were correlated with clinical grade, the electroneurographic (ENoG) findings, and clinical outcome. For clinical grading, the House-Brackmann scale was used, as follows:grade I-IV, partial palsy group; grade V-VI, complete palsy group. The electroneuronographic findings were categorized as mild to moderate (below 90%) or severe (90% and over) degeneration. In 25 cases, the bony wall of the facial nerve canals was involved directly (direct finding): discontinuity of the bony wall was onted in 22 cases, bony spicules in ten, and bony wall displacement in five. Indirect findings were canal widening in nine cases and adjacent bone fracture in two. In one case, there were no direct or indirect findings. All cases in which there was complete palsy (n=8) showed one or more direct findings including spicules in six, while in the incomplete palsy group (n=22), 17 cases showed direct findings. In the severe degeneration group (n=13), on ENog, 12 cases demonstrated direct findings, including spicules in nine cases. In 24 patients, symptoms of facial palsy showed improvement at follow up evaluation. Four of the five patients in whom symptoms did not improve had spicules. Among ten patients with spicules, five underwent surgery and symptoms improved in four of these; among the five patients not operated on , symptoms did not improve in three. In most patients with facial palsy after temporal bone injury, temporal bone CT revealed direct or indirect facial nerve canal involvement, and in complete palsy or severe degeneration groups, there were direct findings in most cases. We believe that meticulous

  9. Intratemporal Facial Nerve Paralysis- A Three Year Study

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    Anirban Ghosh

    2016-08-01

    Full Text Available Introduction This study on intratemporal facial paralysis is an attempt to understand the aetiology of facial nerve paralysis, effect of different management protocols and the outcome after long-term follow-up. Materials and Methods A prospective longitudinal study was conducted from September 2005 to August 2008 at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of a medical college in Kolkata comprising 50 patients of intratemporal facial palsy. All cases were periodically followed up for at least 6 months and their prognostic outcome along with different treatment options were analyzed. Result Among different causes of facial palsy, Bell’s palsy is the commonest cause; whereas cholesteatoma and granulation were common findings in otogenic facial palsy. Traumatic facial palsies were exclusively due to longitudinal fracture of temporal bone running through geniculate ganglion. Herpes zoster oticus and neoplasia related facial palsies had significantly poorer outcome. Discussion Otogenic facial palsy showed excellent outcome after mastoid exploration and facial decompression. Transcanal decompression was performed in traumatic facial palsies showing inadequate recovery. Complete removal of cholesteatoma over dehiscent facial nerve gave better postoperative recovery. Conclusion The stapedial reflex test is the most objective and reproducible of all topodiagnostic tests. Return of the stapedial reflex within 3 weeks of injury indicates good prognosis. Bell’s palsy responded well to conservative measures. All traumatic facial palsies were due to longitudinal fracture and 2/3rd of these patients showed favourable outcome with medical therapy.

  10. Social Use of Facial Expressions in Hylobatids

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    Scheider, Linda; Waller, Bridget M.; Oña, Leonardo; Burrows, Anne M.; Liebal, Katja

    2016-01-01

    Non-human primates use various communicative means in interactions with others. While primate gestures are commonly considered to be intentionally and flexibly used signals, facial expressions are often referred to as inflexible, automatic expressions of affective internal states. To explore whether and how non-human primates use facial expressions in specific communicative interactions, we studied five species of small apes (gibbons) by employing a newly established Facial Action Coding System for hylobatid species (GibbonFACS). We found that, despite individuals often being in close proximity to each other, in social (as opposed to non-social contexts) the duration of facial expressions was significantly longer when gibbons were facing another individual compared to non-facing situations. Social contexts included grooming, agonistic interactions and play, whereas non-social contexts included resting and self-grooming. Additionally, gibbons used facial expressions while facing another individual more often in social contexts than non-social contexts where facial expressions were produced regardless of the attentional state of the partner. Also, facial expressions were more likely ‘responded to’ by the partner’s facial expressions when facing another individual than non-facing. Taken together, our results indicate that gibbons use their facial expressions differentially depending on the social context and are able to use them in a directed way in communicative interactions with other conspecifics. PMID:26978660

  11. Experiencia con Nexobrid® para el desbridamiento enzimático de quemaduras faciales seguido de tratamiento conservador con Medihoney®

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    José-Manuel Sampietro-De-Luis

    Full Text Available Introducción y Objetivos. El desbridamiento enzimático de las quemaduras ha sido objeto de estudio durante décadas; en este terreno, NexoBrid® (MediWound Ltd., Israel se postula como una prometedora alternativa al desbridamiento quirúrgico clásico. Por otra parte, las propiedades antibacterianas y promotoras de la cicatrización de la miel también se han evaluado recientemente con buenos resultados clínicos. Describimos nuestra experiencia preliminar con el empleo de NexoBrid® para el tratamiento de quemaduras faciales, seguido de curas tópicas con Medihoney® Wound Gel (Derma Sciences Ltd., EE.UU.. Material y Método. Incluimos en el estudio todos los pacientes atendidos en nuestra Unidad de Quemados con quemaduras faciales dérmicas o subdérmicas que afectaban a 2 o más subunidades estéticas. Realizamos desbridamiento enzimático con NexoBrid® en las primeras 24 horas. Posteriormente, llevamos a cabo tratamiento conservador con curas tópicas con Medihoney® Wound Gel. Recogimos todos los datos de calidad del desbridamiento, necesidad de desbridamiento quirúrgico, tiempo hasta epitelización completa, presencia de infección y necesidad de cirugía correctora de secuelas. Resultados. Tratamos 10 pacientes con quemaduras faciales de etiología diversa (llama, flash eléctrico, deflagración, escaldadura y química. El desbridamiento inicial fue completo en todos los pacientes. Se alcanzó la epitelización completa en una media de 13.88 días (10-20 días. Ningún paciente presentó infección clínicamente manifiesta ni precisó desbridamiento quirúrgico, cobertura mediante autoinjertos o cirugía de secuelas. Conclusiones. Nuestra experiencia preliminar indica que parece factible la aplicación de NexoBrid® y su combinación con Medihoney® para el tratamiento conservador de las quemaduras faciales.

  12. Lie. kū́nas

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    Simas Karaliūnas

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    Full Text Available LIТН. kū́nas “BODY”SummaryThe cognates of Lith. kū́nas “body” and Latv. kûnis (kи̃пе, kũņа “body; chrysalis; caterpil­lar of a butterfly; bee pupae” are supposed to be Lith. kūпа “carrion”, pa-kū́nė “sore, furuncle; upper lamella, a layer under the roots”, Latv. kипа “wart, excrescence”, kunis “bottom of a sheaf” and others. Lith. kū́nas, kūпа may represent substantivized forms of the adjective Latv. kûns“round, obese, stout”, while Latv. kûnis, kũņа, kūne seem to be derivatives of the suffixes *-o-*-ā-, *-ē-.

  13. Avaliação da construção e operação de técnicas compensatórias de drenagem urbana: o transporte de finos, a capacidade de infiltração, a taxa de infiltração real do solo e a permeabilidade da manta geotêxtil

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    Alessandro Hirata Lucas

    2015-03-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho avaliou aspectos da construção e operação de técnicas compensatórias em drenagem urbana e seu efeito na taxa de infiltração das unidades em escala real. Para tal, foram estudados dois sistemas, a saber: i filtro-vala-trincheira de infiltração (FVT e ii poço de infiltração (PI. A infiltração do solo foi avaliada por meio de ensaios de campo (ensaios de duplo anel e poço invertido e por medidas das unidades experimentais. Além disso, foram investigados o teor de material pulverulento e a permeabilidade de amostras do geotêxtil utilizado no FVT e PI, nas condições pré e pós-instalação. A despeito das proteções instaladas, houve transporte de finos para o interior das unidades e que esses influenciaram na permeabilidade da manta geotêxtil (redução de 30 a 90% para o FVT e de 40 a 70% para o PI e nas taxas de infiltração nas unidades em escala real (de 4,7 x 10-6 a 10-5 m.s-1.

  14. Enhanced MRI in patients with facial palsy

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    Yanagida, Masahiro; Kato, Tsutomu; Ushiro, Koichi; Kitajiri, Masanori; Yamashita, Toshio; Kumazawa, Tadami; Tanaka, Yoshimasa

    1991-01-01

    We performed Gd-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations at several stages in 40 patients with peripheral facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome). In 38 of the 40 patients, one and more enhanced region could be seen in certain portion of the facial nerve in the temporal bone on the affected side, whereas no enhanced regions were seen on the intact side. Correlations between the timing of the MRI examination and the location of the enhanced regions were analysed. In all 6 patients examined by MRI within 5 days after the onset of facial nerve palsy, enhanced regions were present in the meatal portion. In 3 of the 8 patients (38%) examined by MRI 6 to 10 days after the onset of facial palsy, enhanced areas were seen in both the meatal and labyrinthine portions. In 8 of the 9 patients (89%) tested 11 to 20 days after the onset of palsy, the vertical portion was enhanced. In the 12 patients examined by MRI 21 to 40 days after the onset of facial nerve palsy, the meatal portion was not enhanced while the labyrinthine portion, the horizontal portion and the vertical portion were enhanced in 5 (42%), 8 (67%) and 11 (92%), respectively. Enhancement in the vertical portion was observed in all 5 patients examined more than 41 days after the onset of facial palsy. These results suggest that the central portion of the facial nerve in the temporal bone tends to be enhanced in the early stage of facial nerve palsy, while the peripheral portion is enhanced in the late stage. These changes of Gd-DTPA enhanced regions in the facial nerve may suggest dromic degeneration of the facial nerve in peripheral facial nerve palsy. (author)

  15. Influence of gravity upon some facial signs.

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    Flament, F; Bazin, R; Piot, B

    2015-06-01

    Facial clinical signs and their integration are the basis of perception than others could have from ourselves, noticeably the age they imagine we are. Facial modifications in motion and their objective measurements before and after application of skin regimen are essential to go further in evaluation capacities to describe efficacy in facial dynamics. Quantification of facial modifications vis à vis gravity will allow us to answer about 'control' of facial shape in daily activities. Standardized photographs of the faces of 30 Caucasian female subjects of various ages (24-73 year) were successively taken at upright and supine positions within a short time interval. All these pictures were therefore reframed - any bias due to facial features was avoided when evaluating one single sign - for clinical quotation by trained experts of several facial signs regarding published standardized photographic scales. For all subjects, the supine position increased facial width but not height, giving a more fuller appearance to the face. More importantly, the supine position changed the severity of facial ageing features (e.g. wrinkles) compared to an upright position and whether these features were attenuated or exacerbated depended on their facial location. Supine station mostly modifies signs of the lower half of the face whereas those of the upper half appear unchanged or slightly accentuated. These changes appear much more marked in the older groups, where some deep labial folds almost vanish. These alterations decreased the perceived ages of the subjects by an average of 3.8 years. Although preliminary, this study suggests that a 90° rotation of the facial skin vis à vis gravity induces rapid rearrangements among which changes in tensional forces within and across the face, motility of interstitial free water among underlying skin tissue and/or alterations of facial Langer lines, likely play a significant role. © 2015 Society of Cosmetic Scientists and the Société Fran

  16. Regional Brain Responses Are Biased Toward Infant Facial Expressions Compared to Adult Facial Expressions in Nulliparous Women.

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    Li, Bingbing; Cheng, Gang; Zhang, Dajun; Wei, Dongtao; Qiao, Lei; Wang, Xiangpeng; Che, Xianwei

    2016-01-01

    Recent neuroimaging studies suggest that neutral infant faces compared to neutral adult faces elicit greater activity in brain areas associated with face processing, attention, empathic response, reward, and movement. However, whether infant facial expressions evoke larger brain responses than adult facial expressions remains unclear. Here, we performed event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging in nulliparous women while they were presented with images of matched unfamiliar infant and adult facial expressions (happy, neutral, and uncomfortable/sad) in a pseudo-randomized order. We found that the bilateral fusiform and right lingual gyrus were overall more activated during the presentation of infant facial expressions compared to adult facial expressions. Uncomfortable infant faces compared to sad adult faces evoked greater activation in the bilateral fusiform gyrus, precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, posterior cingulate cortex-thalamus, and precuneus. Neutral infant faces activated larger brain responses in the left fusiform gyrus compared to neutral adult faces. Happy infant faces compared to happy adult faces elicited larger responses in areas of the brain associated with emotion and reward processing using a more liberal threshold of p facial expressions compared to adult facial expressions among nulliparous women, and this bias may be modulated by individual differences in Interest-In-Infants and perspective taking ability.

  17. Profilaxis para sangrado por ulceras de estrés en la unidad de cuidados intensivos

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    J.M. Avendaño-Reyes

    2014-01-01

    Conclusiones: La hospitalización en la unidad de cuidados intensivos por sí sola no justifica la profilaxis. Los IBP son por lo menos tan efectivos como los H2RA. Debemos individualizar el tratamiento de cada paciente en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, determinando el riesgo y evaluando la necesidad de comenzar la profilaxis.

  18. [Idiopathic facial paralysis in children].

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    Achour, I; Chakroun, A; Ayedi, S; Ben Rhaiem, Z; Mnejja, M; Charfeddine, I; Hammami, B; Ghorbel, A

    2015-05-01

    Idiopathic facial palsy is the most common cause of facial nerve palsy in children. Controversy exists regarding treatment options. The objectives of this study were to review the epidemiological and clinical characteristics as well as the outcome of idiopathic facial palsy in children to suggest appropriate treatment. A retrospective study was conducted on children with a diagnosis of idiopathic facial palsy from 2007 to 2012. A total of 37 cases (13 males, 24 females) with a mean age of 13.9 years were included in this analysis. The mean duration between onset of Bell's palsy and consultation was 3 days. Of these patients, 78.3% had moderately severe (grade IV) or severe paralysis (grade V on the House and Brackmann grading). Twenty-seven patients were treated in an outpatient context, three patients were hospitalized, and seven patients were treated as outpatients and subsequently hospitalized. All patients received corticosteroids. Eight of them also received antiviral treatment. The complete recovery rate was 94.6% (35/37). The duration of complete recovery was 7.4 weeks. Children with idiopathic facial palsy have a very good prognosis. The complete recovery rate exceeds 90%. However, controversy exists regarding treatment options. High-quality studies have been conducted on adult populations. Medical treatment based on corticosteroids alone or combined with antiviral treatment is certainly effective in improving facial function outcomes in adults. In children, the recommendation for prescription of steroids and antiviral drugs based on adult treatment appears to be justified. Randomized controlled trials in the pediatric population are recommended to define a strategy for management of idiopathic facial paralysis. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

  19. DESENVOLVIMENTO E PROJETO DE UMA UNIDADE DE EXTRAÇÃO SUPERCRÍTICA PARA PURIFICAÇÃO DE ÓLEOS VEGETAIS

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    PENEDO Pedro L. M.

    1997-01-01

    Full Text Available Este estudo investiga os diferentes arranjos de equipamentos para o desenvolvimento de uma unidade industrial para purificação de óleos vegetais utilizando extração com CO2 sob condições supercríticas. Objetivando a concepção de uma planta comercial a partir da unidade de laboratório o estudo deve iniciar-se através da determinação de alguns parâmetros experimentais e um estudo energético do processo. Em trabalho anterior foram definidas as condições ótimas (T, P para purificação de óleos vegetais por CO2 supercrítico [7]. A etapa de otimização energética envolve um número máximo de variações possíveis nas condições de operação, visando fornecer dados adequados para a definição do rendimento e qualidade do produto, assim como do tempo de extração. A representação do processo nos diagramas de estado do solvente são muito úteis para a determinação das propriedades termodinâmicas em cada estágio do processo. Os diagramas Temperatura-Entropia (TxS são particularmente apropriados para determinação da energia requerida ou removida no processo reversível. Com a determinação das condições de operação e do tempo para cada etapa individual é possível plotar a variação da pressão e da temperatura versus tempo, assim como definir e dimensionar os equipamentos necessários para o processo de extração supercrítica.

  20. Reconstruction of facial nerve injuries in children.

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    Fattah, Adel; Borschel, Gregory H; Zuker, Ron M

    2011-05-01

    Facial nerve trauma is uncommon in children, and many spontaneously recover some function; nonetheless, loss of facial nerve activity leads to functional impairment of ocular and oral sphincters and nasal orifice. In many cases, the impediment posed by facial asymmetry and reduced mimetic function more significantly affects the child's psychosocial interactions. As such, reconstruction of the facial nerve affords great benefits in quality of life. The therapeutic strategy is dependent on numerous factors, including the cause of facial nerve injury, the deficit, the prognosis for recovery, and the time elapsed since the injury. The options for treatment include a diverse range of surgical techniques including static lifts and slings, nerve repairs, nerve grafts and nerve transfers, regional, and microvascular free muscle transfer. We review our strategies for addressing facial nerve injuries in children.

  1. Démarche estratégica em unidade materno infantil hospitalar Démarche estratégica en unidad materna infantil hospitalaria Strategic Démarche in a mother and child hospital unit

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    Maria Angélica Carvalho Andrade

    2009-02-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: O enfoque démarche estratégica problematiza a dissociação entre direção estratégica da instituição e nível operacional, em busca do planejamento contínuo e flexível de projetos. O objetivo do trabalho foi descrever a aplicação deste enfoque na avaliação de unidade hospitalar. PROCEDIMENTOS METODOLÓGICOS: Foi realizada aplicação adaptada do enfoque na unidade materno-infantil de hospital público estadual, localizado no município da Serra, ES, como análise da gestão hospitalar, com envolvimento indireto dos atores institucionais que se constituíram nos informantes-chave no período de abril a julho de 2006. Além de reuniões com atores-chave, os dados foram obtidos nas fontes: livros de registros de internações do centro obstétrico, da maternidade e do berçário, faturamento do hospital, relatório estatísitico dos resultados perinatais da unidade materno infantil; livros de atendimento do ambulatório de aleitamento materno, considerando o ano de 2005. RESULTADOS: Os segmentos mais valorizados foram: unidade intensiva neonatal, centro cirúrgico obstétrico e centro obstétrico. Também obteve alta valorização o Programa de Atenção Humanizada à Mãe e ao Recém-nascido. Os principais pontos fracos evidenciados foram: baixa articulação com a rede (parceria com a rede municipal; insuficiência de leitos e de investimento tecnológico necessários para atender a demanda; rotatividade profissional devido aos vínculos temporários; e deficiente implementação da humanização comprometendo os fatores estratégicos de êxito dos segmentos. CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados mostram o potencial do método para problematizar a missão e para a análise da gestão hospitalar apontando estratégias para melhoria da qualidade e competitividade dos segmentos e para maior inserção e integração na rede de serviços.OBJETIVO: El enfoque démarche estratégica enfoca el problema de la disociación entre direcci

  2. Supervisão da enfermeira em Unidades Básicas de Saúde Supervisión de la enfermera en Unidades Básicas de Salud Nurse supervision in Health Basic Units

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    Valesca Silveira Correia

    2006-08-01

    Full Text Available Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo sobre o padrão de supervisão das enfermeiras nas unidades básicas de saúde da sede do município de Feira de Santana - BA no período de agosto de 2001 a junho de 2002, que tem como objetivo descrever e identificar a existência da sistematização da supervisão da enfermeira. Utilizou-se o questionário como instrumento para a coleta de dados. A população em estudo constitui-se em dezesseis (16 enfermeiras que estavam em pleno exercício profissional. Utilizou-se procedimentos de estatística descritiva para análise dos dados. A partir desta análise conclui-se que 63,6% das enfermeiras realizam supervisão sistematizada e 36,4% destas não sistematizam a supervisão.El presente es un estudio cuantitativo sobre el procedimiento de supervisión de las enfermeras en las unidades básicas de salud de la municipalidad de Feira de Santana (Bahía Brasil en el período de agosto de 2001 a junio de 2002, que tiene como objetivo describir e identificar la existencia de la sistematización en la supervisión de la enfermera. Como instrumento para la adquisición de datos se usó un cuestionario. La muestra estudiada se compuso de dieciséis (16 enfermeras que estaban en pleno ejercicio profesional. Se utilizaron procedimientos de estadística descriptiva para el análisis de los datos. A partir de este análisis se pudo concluir que el 64% de las enfermeras realizan supervisión sistematizada y 36% no la sistematizan.This qualitative study intends to evaluate the pattern of supervision of the nurse in health basic units, in Feira de Santana city (Bahía Brasil, between August 2001 and June 2002. The objective was to describe the supervision and the existence of supervision systematics for the nurse. A questionnaire was used to take informations from a group of sixteen (16 nurses in actual professional work. Descriptive statistical procedures for data analysis were used. It can be concluded that systematic

  3. Nível de ruídos em uma unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos Noise level in a pediatric intensive care unit

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    Werther B. Carvalho

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Verificar o nível de ruídos em uma unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos. MÉTODOS: Estudo observacional e prospectivo realizado em uma unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos de 10 leitos de um hospital universitário da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Os níveis de ruídos foram medidos por meio de equipamento instalado no corredor de acesso à unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos, posto de enfermagem, duas salas com três e cinco leitos, bem como nas unidades de isolamento. O equipamento utilizado foi calibrado para registrar a pressão do som em dBA, durante 24 horas, por 6 dias. Os dados foram analisados de acordo com as curvas gráficas registradas pelo equipamento. RESULTADOS: Foi identificado um nível basal de ruídos de 60 a 70 dBA, com pico de 120 dBA. Os níveis mais elevados foram identificados no período diurno, decorrentes da atividade e comunicação dos profissionais. CONCLUSÃO: Os níveis de ruídos identificados excederam as recomendações do International Noise Council, da Organização Mundial da Saúde. A educação sobre os efeitos prejudiciais de ruídos na audição humana e sua relação com o estresse constituem as bases para a implementação de programas de redução de ruídos.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to verify the noise level at a PICU. METHODS: This prospective observational study was performed in a 10 bed PICU at a teaching hospital located in a densely populated district within the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Sound pressure levels (dBA were measured 24 hours during a 6-day period. Noise recording equipment was placed in the PICU access corridor, nursing station, two open wards with three and five beds, and in isolation rooms. The resulting curves were analyzed. RESULTS: A basal noise level variation between 60 and 70 dBA was identified, with a maximum level of 120 dBA. The most significant noise levels were recorded during the day and were produced by the staff

  4. Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging in facial nerve paralysis

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    Tien, R.D.; Dillon, W.P.

    1989-01-01

    GD-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging was used to evaluate 11 patients with facial nerve paralysis (five acute idiopathic facial palsy (Bell palsy), three chronic recurrent facial palsy, one acute facial palsy after local radiation therapy, one chronic facial dyskinesia, and one facial neuroma). In eight of 11 patients, there was marked enhancement of the infratemporal facial nerve from the labyrinthine segment to the stylomastoid foramen. Two patients had additional contrast enhancement in the internal auditory canal segment. In one patient, enhancement persisted (but to a lesser degree) 8 weeks after symptoms had resolved. In one patient, no enhancement was seen 15 months after resolution of Bell palsy. The facial neuroma was seen as a focal nodular enhancement in the mastoid segment of the facial nerve

  5. Análise quantitativa do palato duro em diferentes tipologias faciais de respiradores nasais e orais Quantitative analysis of the hard palate in different facial typologies in nasal and mouth breathers

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    Luana Cristina Berwig

    2012-08-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: comparar as dimensões do palato duro em diferentes tipologias faciais de crianças respiradoras nasais e orais. MÉTODO: a amostra foi constituída por 54 crianças, na faixa etária entre sete e 11 anos, distribuídas em grupos conforme o tipo facial e o modo respiratório. O tipo facial foi obtido por meio da análise cefalométrica de Ricketts, e o modo respiratório foi determinado a partir da avaliação fonoaudiológica e do diagnóstico otorrinolaringológico. Para realização de medidas transversais, verticais e do comprimento anteroposterior do palato duro, foram obtidos modelos em gesso do arco dental maxilar. Para comparação das dimensões do palato duro entre os grupos, foram utilizados testes paramétricos e não paramétricos, ao nível de significância de 5%. RESULTADOS: não foi verificada diferença estatisticamente significante nas medidas do palato duro entre as crianças braquifaciais, mesofaciais e dolicofaciais. Verificou-se diferença estatisticamente significante na distância entre os segundos pré-molares nos diferentes tipos faciais das crianças respiradoras nasais e orais, sendo que esta diferença não foi detectada nas comparações múltiplas. CONCLUSÃO: as dimensões do palato duro não diferiram quando analisadas em diferentes tipos faciais independente do modo respiratório. Porém, evidenciou-se diferença na distância entre os segundos pré-molares quando o tipo facial foi analisado nos respiradores nasais e orais.PURPOSE: to compare the hard palate dimensions in nasal and mouth breathing children of different facial typologies. METHOD: the sample comprised 54 children between seven and 11 year old, divided in two groups according to the facial type and breathing mode. The facial type was obtained through the Ricketts cephalometric analysis, and the breathing mode was determined from speech-language evaluation and otorhynolaryngologic diagnosis. In order to measure the transverse, vertical

  6. Unidades fraseológicas y variación.

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    José Juan Batista Rodríguez

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available ENGLISH: Phraseological units (PhU undoubtedly create problems in the translation of texts and they are of particular interest in the learning of a second foreign language, because they are used extensively in the spoken language. The difficulty that these PhU create during the translation from one language to another is influenced by two parameters which are their undefined origin and the diverse forms that they can take. This paper focuses on the diversities of PhU that exist in the Spanish language and how their frequent use has had an impact on their development. Their development is basically characterized by the lack, presence, integration or substitution of lexical items that can lead to the change of meaning or their disassociation from their origin. SPANISH: Las unidades fraseológicas (UFs plantean problemas en la traducción de textos ytienen un especial interés en la enseñanza del español como lengua extrajera debido a su alta frecuencia de uso en la lengua hablada. Las dificultades que presentan las unidades fraseológicas en el proceso de traducción de una lengua a otra están influidas por dos parámetros: la ausencia de relación con su fuente de origen y las diferentes variantes en las que pueden aparecer. El presente trabajo se centra en las variantes de las unidades fraseológicas pertenecientes al español y de cómo su frecuencia de uso ha impactado en su evolución. Esta evolución se caracteriza por la ausencia, presencia, incorporación o sustitución de formas léxicas que pueden conducir a un cambio de significado o a la disociación con su origen.

  7. Facial Animations: Future Research Directions & Challenges

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    Alkawaz, Mohammed Hazim; Mohamad, Dzulkifli; Rehman, Amjad; Basori, Ahmad Hoirul

    2014-06-01

    Nowadays, computer facial animation is used in a significant multitude fields that brought human and social to study the computer games, films and interactive multimedia reality growth. Authoring the computer facial animation, complex and subtle expressions are challenging and fraught with problems. As a result, the current most authored using universal computer animation techniques often limit the production quality and quantity of facial animation. With the supplement of computer power, facial appreciative, software sophistication and new face-centric methods emerging are immature in nature. Therefore, this paper concentrates to define and managerially categorize current and emerged surveyed facial animation experts to define the recent state of the field, observed bottlenecks and developing techniques. This paper further presents a real-time simulation model of human worry and howling with detail discussion about their astonish, sorrow, annoyance and panic perception.

  8. Ultraestrutura do nervo facial intratemporal em pacientes com paralisia facial idiopática: estudo de evidências de infecção viral Intratemporal facial nerve ultrastructure in patients with idiopathic facial paralysis: viral infection evidence study

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    Rosangela Aló Maluza Florez

    2010-10-01

    Full Text Available A etiologia da paralisia facial periférica idiopática (PFPI ainda é uma incógnita, no entanto, alguns autores aventam a possibilidade de ser uma infecção viral. OBJETIVO: Analisar a ultraestrutura do nervo facial procurando evidências virais que possam nos fornecer dados etiológicos. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Foram estudados 20 pacientes com PFP, com graus de moderado a severo, de ambos os sexos, entre 18-60 anos, provenientes de Ambulatório de Distúrbios do Nervo Facial. Os pacientes foram divididos em dois grupos: Estudo, onze pacientes com PFPI e Controle, nove pacientes com Paralisia Facial Periférica Traumática ou Tumoral. Foram estudados fragmentos de bainha do nervo facial ou fragmentos de seus cotos, que durante a cirurgia de reparação do nervo facial, seriam desprezados ou encaminhados para estudo anatomopatológico. O tecido foi fixado em glutaraldeído 2% e analisado em Microscopia Eletrônica de Transmissão. RESULTADO: Observamos no grupo estudo atividade celular intensa de reparação com aumento de fibras colágenas, fibroblastos com organelas desenvolvidas, isentos de partículas virais. No grupo controle esta atividade de reparação não foi evidente, mas também não foram observadas partículas virais. CONCLUSÃO: Não foram encontradas partículas virais, no entanto, houve evidências de intensa atividade de reparação ou infecção viral.The etiology of idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (IPFP is still uncertain; however, some authors suggest the possibility of a viral infection. AIM: to analyze the ultrastructure of the facial nerve seeking viral evidences that might provide etiological data. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied 20 patients with peripheral facial palsy (PFP, with moderate to severe FP, of both genders, between 18-60 years of age, from the Clinic of Facial Nerve Disorders. The patients were broken down into two groups - Study: eleven patients with IPFP and Control: nine patients with trauma or tumor

  9. Caracterização funcional da mímica facial na paralisia facial em trauma de face: relato de caso clínico Functional characterization of facial mimicry in facial paralysis of face trauma: a clinical case report

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    Leila Bonfim de Jesus

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available TEMA: mímica facial na paralisia facial ocasionada por trauma de face. PROCEDIMENTOS: estudo de caso da mímica facial de um paciente com paralisia facial periférica no lado direito com sequelas decorrente de trauma por projétil de arma de fogo, adulto jovem do sexo masculino, comerciante autônomo. Foi realizada análise documental e fotográfica por meio de anamnese, avaliação e escala de graduação de da paralisia facial House e Brackmann. RESULTADOS: na avaliação da paralisia facial em repouso encontrou-se no lado direito (lesado: desvio de comissura labial, desvio de filtro, narina mais elevada e olho mais aberto. Em movimento, ainda no lado da lesão, observou-se: abolição de rugas frontais, incompetência no fechamento ocular natural e fechamento completo ao forçar, ausência de elevação de narina, rima naso-labial mais pronunciada, protrusão labial desviada para este lado, pouca retração labial, eversão de lábio inferior, comissura labial elevada, desvio de filtro, reduzida capacidade de inflar bochechas. O paciente apresentou sincinesia de olho/lábios e contratura com hipertonia de frontal, prócero, levantador da asa do nariz, risório, zigomático maior, zigomático menor, levantador do lábio superior, depressor do lábio inferior, mentual no lado da lesão e a fratura ocorreu em côndilo direito e o paciente referiu dor orofacial ao dormir e ao mastigar no lado comprometido. CONCLUSÃO: a lesão do nervo facial associada ao trauma de face provocou a alteração da mímica facial no lado direito o que gerou desfiguramento e distúrbios da mastigação.BACKGROUND: facial mimicry in the paralysis of the face that occurs because of a trauma in the face. PROCEDURES: case study of facial mimicry of a patient with peripheral facial paralysis, on the right side of the face, with sequels that happened because of a trauma because of a fire gun projectile; a young man, a self-employed trader. A documental and photographical

  10. The identification of unfolding facial expressions.

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    Fiorentini, Chiara; Schmidt, Susanna; Viviani, Paolo

    2012-01-01

    We asked whether the identification of emotional facial expressions (FEs) involves the simultaneous perception of the facial configuration or the detection of emotion-specific diagnostic cues. We recorded at high speed (500 frames s-1) the unfolding of the FE in five actors, each expressing six emotions (anger, surprise, happiness, disgust, fear, sadness). Recordings were coded every 10 frames (20 ms of real time) with the Facial Action Coding System (FACS, Ekman et al 2002, Salt Lake City, UT: Research Nexus eBook) to identify the facial actions contributing to each expression, and their intensity changes over time. Recordings were shown in slow motion (1/20 of recording speed) to one hundred observers in a forced-choice identification task. Participants were asked to identify the emotion during the presentation as soon as they felt confident to do so. Responses were recorded along with the associated response times (RTs). The RT probability density functions for both correct and incorrect responses were correlated with the facial activity during the presentation. There were systematic correlations between facial activities, response probabilities, and RT peaks, and significant differences in RT distributions for correct and incorrect answers. The results show that a reliable response is possible long before the full FE configuration is reached. This suggests that identification is reached by integrating in time individual diagnostic facial actions, and does not require perceiving the full apex configuration.

  11. Evolution of facial color pattern complexity in lemurs.

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    Rakotonirina, Hanitriniaina; Kappeler, Peter M; Fichtel, Claudia

    2017-11-09

    Interspecific variation in facial color patterns across New and Old World primates has been linked to species recognition and group size. Because group size has opposite effects on interspecific variation in facial color patterns in these two radiations, a study of the third large primate radiation may shed light on convergences and divergences in this context. We therefore compiled published social and ecological data and analyzed facial photographs of 65 lemur species to categorize variation in hair length, hair and skin coloration as well as color brightness. Phylogenetically controlled analyses revealed that group size and the number of sympatric species did not influence the evolution of facial color complexity in lemurs. Climatic factors, however, influenced facial color complexity, pigmentation and hair length in a few facial regions. Hair length in two facial regions was also correlated with group size and may facilitate individual recognition. Since phylogenetic signals were moderate to high for most models, genetic drift may have also played a role in the evolution of facial color patterns of lemurs. In conclusion, social factors seem to have played only a subordinate role in the evolution of facial color complexity in lemurs, and, more generally, group size appears to have no systematic functional effect on facial color complexity across all primates.

  12. Control de accesos mediante reconocimiento facial

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    Rodríguez Rodríguez, Bruno

    2011-01-01

    En esta memoria expone el trabajo que se ha llevado a cabo para intentar crear un sistema de reconocimiento facial. This paper outlines the work carried out in the attempt of creating a facial recognition system. En aquesta memòria exposa el treball que s'ha dut a terme en l'intent de crear un sistema de reconeixement facial.

  13. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Clinical practices in five Portuguese neonatal intensive care units Displasia broncopulmonar: Práticas clínicas em cinco unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatais

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    H Guimarães

    2010-04-01

    Full Text Available With the advent of surfactant, prenatal corticosteroids (PNC and advances in technology, the survival rate of extremely low birth weight (ELBW infants has improved dramatically. Rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD vary widely among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs and many studies using multiple interventions have shown some improvement in BPD rates. Implementing potentially better practices to reduce BPD has been an effort made over the last few decades. Aim: To compare five Portuguese NICUs in terms of clinical practices in very low birth weight (VLBW infants, in order to developbetter practices to prevent BPD. Patients and methods: 256 preterm neonates, gestational age (GA Com o advento do surfactante, dos corticosteróides prénatais e dos avanços na tecnologia, a sobrevida dos recém-nascidos de extremo baixo peso tem melhorado dramaticamente. As taxas de displasia broncopulmonar (DBP variam amplamente entre unidades, e vários estudos, avaliando resultados de múltiplas intervenções, têm mostrado alguma melhoria na prevalência da DBP. A implementação de potenciais boas práticas na DBP tem sido adoptada por muitos serviços nas últimas décadas. Objectivo: Comparar cinco unidades portuguesas de cuidados intensivos neonatais no que se refere as práticas clínicas no tratamento dos recém-nascidos de muito baixo peso, para desenvolver e melhorar as boas práticas na prevenção da DBP. População e métodos: Foram estudados 256 recém-nascidos com a idade gestacional inferior a 30 semanas e/ou peso ao nascer inferior a 1250 g, admitidos nas cinco unidades portuguesas (centros 1 a 5 entre 1 de Janeiro de 2004 e 31 de Dezembro de 2006. Foram excluídos os recém-nascidos com malformações major, hemorragia intraventricular grau IV na primeira semana de vida e com doença metabólica ou neuromuscular. Definimos DBP como a dependência do oxigénio às 36 semanas de idade pós-concepcional. A ecessidade de melhorar

  14. Dermal fillers for facial soft tissue augmentation.

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    Dastoor, Sarosh F; Misch, Carl E; Wang, Hom-Lay

    2007-01-01

    Nowadays, patients are demanding not only enhancement to their dental (micro) esthetics, but also their overall facial (macro) esthetics. Soft tissue augmentation via dermal filling agents may be used to correct facial defects such as wrinkles caused by age, gravity, and trauma; thin lips; asymmetrical facial appearances; buccal fold depressions; and others. This article will review the pathogenesis of facial wrinkles, history, techniques, materials, complications, and clinical controversies regarding dermal fillers for soft tissue augmentation.

  15. Numerical aerodynamic simulation (NAS)

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    Peterson, V.L.; Ballhaus, W.F. Jr.; Bailey, F.R.

    1984-01-01

    The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Program is designed to provide a leading-edge computational capability to the aerospace community. It was recognized early in the program that, in addition to more advanced computers, the entire computational process ranging from problem formulation to publication of results needed to be improved to realize the full impact of computational aerodynamics. Therefore, the NAS Program has been structured to focus on the development of a complete system that can be upgraded periodically with minimum impact on the user and on the inventory of applications software. The implementation phase of the program is now under way. It is based upon nearly 8 yr of study and should culminate in an initial operational capability before 1986. The objective of this paper is fivefold: 1) to discuss the factors motivating the NAS program, 2) to provide a history of the activity, 3) to describe each of the elements of the processing-system network, 4) to outline the proposed allocation of time to users of the facility, and 5) to describe some of the candidate problems being considered for the first benchmark codes

  16. Nablus mask-like facial syndrome

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    Allanson, Judith; Smith, Amanda; Hare, Heather

    2012-01-01

    Nablus mask-like facial syndrome (NMLFS) has many distinctive phenotypic features, particularly tight glistening skin with reduced facial expression, blepharophimosis, telecanthus, bulky nasal tip, abnormal external ear architecture, upswept frontal hairline, and sparse eyebrows. Over the last few...

  17. Face Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Independent or Interactive Processing of Facial Identity and Facial Expression?

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    Krebs, Julia F.; Biswas, Ajanta; Pascalis, Olivier; Kamp-Becker, Inge; Remschmidt, Helmuth; Schwarzer, Gudrun

    2011-01-01

    The current study investigated if deficits in processing emotional expression affect facial identity processing and vice versa in children with autism spectrum disorder. Children with autism and IQ and age matched typically developing children classified faces either by emotional expression, thereby ignoring facial identity or by facial identity…

  18. Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing of photoaged facial and non-facial skin: histologic and clinical results and side effects.

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    Sasaki, Gordon H; Travis, Heather M; Tucker, Barbara

    2009-12-01

    CO(2) fractional ablation offers the potential for facial and non-facial skin resurfacing with minimal downtime and rapid recovery. The purpose of this study was (i) to document the average depths and density of adnexal structures in non-lasered facial and non-facial body skin; (ii) to determine injury in ex vivo human thigh skin with varying fractional laser modes; and (iii) to evaluate the clinical safety and efficacy of treatments. Histologies were obtained from non-lasered facial and non-facial skin from 121 patients and from 14 samples of excised lasered thigh skin. Seventy-one patients were evaluated after varying energy (mJ) and density settings by superficial ablation, deeper penetration, and combined treatment. Skin thickness and adnexal density in non-lasered skin exhibited variable ranges: epidermis (47-105 mum); papillary dermis (61-105 mum); reticular dermis (983-1986 mum); hair follicles (2-14/ HPF); sebaceous glands (2-23/HPF); sweat glands (2-7/HPF). Histological studies of samples from human thigh skin demonstrated that increased fluencies in the superficial, deep and combined mode resulted in predictable deeper levels of ablations and thermal injury. An increase in density settings results in total ablation of the epidermis. Clinical improvement of rhytids and pigmentations in facial and non-facial skin was proportional to increasing energy and density settings. Patient assessments and clinical gradings by the Wilcoxon's test of outcomes correlated with more aggressive settings. Prior knowledge of normal skin depths and adnexal densities, as well as ex vivo skin laser-injury profiles at varying fluencies and densities, improve the safety and efficiency of fractional CO(2) for photorejuvenation of facial and non-facial skin.

  19. Sympathicotomy for isolated facial blushing

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    Licht, Peter Bjørn; Pilegaard, Hans K; Ladegaard, Lars

    2012-01-01

    Background. Facial blushing is one of the most peculiar of human expressions. The pathophysiology is unclear, and the prevalence is unknown. Thoracoscopic sympathectomy may cure the symptom and is increasingly used in patients with isolated facial blushing. The evidence base for the optimal level...... of targeting the sympathetic chain is limited to retrospective case studies. We present a randomized clinical trial. Methods. 100 patients were randomized (web-based, single-blinded) to rib-oriented (R2 or R2-R3) sympathicotomy for isolated facial blushing at two university hospitals during a 6-year period...... between R2 and R2-R3 sympathicotomy for isolated facial blushing. Both were effective, and QOL increased significantly. Despite very frequent side effects, the vast majority of patients were satisfied. Surprisingly, many patients experienced mild recurrent symptoms within the first year; this should...

  20. Facial nerve paralysis in children

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    Ciorba, Andrea; Corazzi, Virginia; Conz, Veronica; Bianchini, Chiara; Aimoni, Claudia

    2015-01-01

    Facial nerve palsy is a condition with several implications, particularly when occurring in childhood. It represents a serious clinical problem as it causes significant concerns in doctors because of its etiology, its treatment options and its outcome, as well as in little patients and their parents, because of functional and aesthetic outcomes. There are several described causes of facial nerve paralysis in children, as it can be congenital (due to delivery traumas and genetic or malformative diseases) or acquired (due to infective, inflammatory, neoplastic, traumatic or iatrogenic causes). Nonetheless, in approximately 40%-75% of the cases, the cause of unilateral facial paralysis still remains idiopathic. A careful diagnostic workout and differential diagnosis are particularly recommended in case of pediatric facial nerve palsy, in order to establish the most appropriate treatment, as the therapeutic approach differs in relation to the etiology. PMID:26677445

  1. Restoring facial shape in face lifting: the role of skeletal support in facial analysis and midface soft-tissue repositioning.

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    Stuzin, James M

    2007-01-01

    Aesthetic analysis in facial rejuvenation has traditionally been subordinate to technical solutions. While concerns regarding correction of facial laxity, a reduction in the depth of the nasolabial fold, and improvement of both the jowl and the jawline are worthy goals in rhytidectomy, the aesthetic concept of restoring facial shape to a more youthful appearance is equally important. Restoring facial shape in face lifting requires an understanding of how the face ages and then the formulation of a treatment plan that is individualized for the patient. Re-establishment of facial contour is significantly influenced by the re-elevation of descended facial fat through superficial musculoaponeurotic system manipulation; it can be approached through a variety of technical solutions. Underlying skeletal support affects not only the appearance of the face in youth but also how the face ages and influences the operative plan in terms of the requirements for fat repositioning. Formulating a treatment plan that is patient specific and based on the artistic goals as influenced by skeletal support is the key element for consistency in restoring facial shape in face lifting.

  2. Facial recognition in education system

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    Krithika, L. B.; Venkatesh, K.; Rathore, S.; Kumar, M. Harish

    2017-11-01

    Human beings exploit emotions comprehensively for conveying messages and their resolution. Emotion detection and face recognition can provide an interface between the individuals and technologies. The most successful applications of recognition analysis are recognition of faces. Many different techniques have been used to recognize the facial expressions and emotion detection handle varying poses. In this paper, we approach an efficient method to recognize the facial expressions to track face points and distances. This can automatically identify observer face movements and face expression in image. This can capture different aspects of emotion and facial expressions.

  3. Three-dimensional cranio-facial computed tomography

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    Pozzi Muccelli, R; Stagul, F; Pozzi Muccelli, F; Zuiani, C; Smathers, R

    1986-01-01

    Computed tomography allows today to reconstruct three-dimensional (eD) images fram axial scans. The authors report their experience in cranio-facial pathology achived in two Departments of Radiology (University of Trieste, Italy and University of Standford, California). 3D images have been realized using two different softwares, one of which allows to reconstruct both soft tissue and bone structures. The application in maxillo-facial traumas, cranio-facial malformations and head tumours are disscussed. 3D images turned out to be very useful for the optimal visualization and for the spatial demostration of the lesion and have potential applications in cranio-facial surgery and radiotherapy.

  4. Three-dimensional cranio-facial computed tomography

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    Pozzi Muccelli, R.; Stagul, F.; Pozzi Muccelli, F.; Zuiani, C.; Smathers, R.

    1986-01-01

    Computed tomography allows today to reconstruct three-dimensional (eD) images fram axial scans. The authors report their experience in cranio-facial pathology achived in two Departments of Radiology (University of Trieste, Italy and University of Standford, California). 3D images have been realized using two different softwares, one of which allows to reconstruct both soft tissue and bone structures. The application in maxillo-facial traumas, cranio-facial malformations and head tumours are disscussed. 3D images turned out to be very useful for the optimal visualization and for the spatial demostration of the lesion and have potential applications in cranio-facial surgery and radiotherapy

  5. Diagnosis and surgical outcomes of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma showing normal facial nerve function.

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    Lee, D W; Byeon, H K; Chung, H P; Choi, E C; Kim, S-H; Park, Y M

    2013-07-01

    The findings of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) using preoperative diagnostic tools, including ultrasonography (US)-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy, computed tomography (CT) scan, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were analyzed to determine if there are any useful findings that might suggest the presence of a lesion. Treatment guidelines are suggested. The medical records of 15 patients who were diagnosed with an intraparotid FNS were retrospectively analyzed. US and CT scans provide clinicians with only limited information; gadolinium enhanced T1-weighted images from MRI provide more specific findings. Tumors could be removed successfully with surgical exploration, preserving facial nerve function at the same time. Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI showed more characteristic findings for the diagnosis of intraparotid FNS. Intraparotid FNS without facial palsy can be diagnosed with MRI preoperatively, and surgical exploration is a suitable treatment modality which can remove the tumor and preserve facial nerve function. Crown Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  6. Agency and facial emotion judgment in context.

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    Ito, Kenichi; Masuda, Takahiko; Li, Liman Man Wai

    2013-06-01

    Past research showed that East Asians' belief in holism was expressed as their tendencies to include background facial emotions into the evaluation of target faces more than North Americans. However, this pattern can be interpreted as North Americans' tendency to downplay background facial emotions due to their conceptualization of facial emotion as volitional expression of internal states. Examining this alternative explanation, we investigated whether different types of contextual information produce varying degrees of effect on one's face evaluation across cultures. In three studies, European Canadians and East Asians rated the intensity of target facial emotions surrounded with either affectively salient landscape sceneries or background facial emotions. The results showed that, although affectively salient landscapes influenced the judgment of both cultural groups, only European Canadians downplayed the background facial emotions. The role of agency as differently conceptualized across cultures and multilayered systems of cultural meanings are discussed.

  7. [Multidisciplinary approach of facial injuries

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    Dubois, L.; Schreurs, R.; Lapid, O.; Saeed, P.; Adriaensen, G.F.; Hoefnagels, F.M.; Jong, V.M. de

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    BACKGROUND: Approximately one quarter of polytrauma patients has facial injuries, which usually lead to loss of form and function. Several specialties are involved in the acute and reconstructive phases of facial injuries, such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, otorhinolaryngology, plastic surgery,

  8. Marker optimization for facial motion acquisition and deformation.

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    Le, Binh H; Zhu, Mingyang; Deng, Zhigang

    2013-11-01

    A long-standing problem in marker-based facial motion capture is what are the optimal facial mocap marker layouts. Despite its wide range of potential applications, this problem has not yet been systematically explored to date. This paper describes an approach to compute optimized marker layouts for facial motion acquisition as optimization of characteristic control points from a set of high-resolution, ground-truth facial mesh sequences. Specifically, the thin-shell linear deformation model is imposed onto the example pose reconstruction process via optional hard constraints such as symmetry and multiresolution constraints. Through our experiments and comparisons, we validate the effectiveness, robustness, and accuracy of our approach. Besides guiding minimal yet effective placement of facial mocap markers, we also describe and demonstrate its two selected applications: marker-based facial mesh skinning and multiresolution facial performance capture.

  9. Noise level in a pediatric intensive care unit

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    OBJETIVO: Verificar o nível de ruídos em uma unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos. MÉTODOS: Estudo observacional e prospectivo realizado em uma unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos de 10 leitos de um hospital universitário da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Os níveis de ruídos foram medidos por meio de equipamento instalado no corredor de acesso à unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos, posto de enfermagem, duas salas com três e cinco leitos, bem como nas unidades de isolamento. ...

  10. Computer facial animation

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    This comprehensive work provides the fundamentals of computer facial animation and brings into sharper focus techniques that are becoming mainstream in the industry. Over the past decade, since the publication of the first edition, there have been significant developments by academic research groups and in the film and games industries leading to the development of morphable face models, performance driven animation, as well as increasingly detailed lip-synchronization and hair modeling techniques. These topics are described in the context of existing facial animation principles. The second ed

  11. Os sacrifícios da carne: a morte do gado e a produção dos banquetes nas folias de Urucuia, MG

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    Luzimar Paulo Pereira

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available A morte do gado nas folias de Urucuia é um processo sacrificial e como tal realiza um duplo movimento de sacralização: de um lado, o boi é envolto por uma aura sagrada que o transforma em propriedade dos santos; de outro, suas carnes oferecidas em banquete comunicam de "cima para baixo" os poderes sagrados associados à entidade religiosa. Neste artigo, estudo os mecanismos responsáveis pela constituição da unidade sacrificial a partir das operações simbólicas ascendentes e descendentes relativas aos bois e à comida festiva. A totalidade do sacrifício se constrói a partir da ideia de carne de gado. Entidade liminar entre o animal vivo e o alimento pronto, ela realiza as mediações entre os planos naturais, sociais e sobrenaturais mobilizados durante os festejos.

  12. Measuring facial expression of emotion.

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    Wolf, Karsten

    2015-12-01

    Research into emotions has increased in recent decades, especially on the subject of recognition of emotions. However, studies of the facial expressions of emotion were compromised by technical problems with visible video analysis and electromyography in experimental settings. These have only recently been overcome. There have been new developments in the field of automated computerized facial recognition; allowing real-time identification of facial expression in social environments. This review addresses three approaches to measuring facial expression of emotion and describes their specific contributions to understanding emotion in the healthy population and in persons with mental illness. Despite recent progress, studies on human emotions have been hindered by the lack of consensus on an emotion theory suited to examining the dynamic aspects of emotion and its expression. Studying expression of emotion in patients with mental health conditions for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes will profit from theoretical and methodological progress.

  13. Facial trauma

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    Maxillofacial injury; Midface trauma; Facial injury; LeFort injuries ... Hockberger RS, Walls RM, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice . 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier ...

  14. Facial Emotions Recognition using Gabor Transform and Facial Animation Parameters with Neural Networks

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    Harit, Aditya; Joshi, J. C., Col; Gupta, K. K.

    2018-03-01

    The paper proposed an automatic facial emotion recognition algorithm which comprises of two main components: feature extraction and expression recognition. The algorithm uses a Gabor filter bank on fiducial points to find the facial expression features. The resulting magnitudes of Gabor transforms, along with 14 chosen FAPs (Facial Animation Parameters), compose the feature space. There are two stages: the training phase and the recognition phase. Firstly, for the present 6 different emotions, the system classifies all training expressions in 6 different classes (one for each emotion) in the training stage. In the recognition phase, it recognizes the emotion by applying the Gabor bank to a face image, then finds the fiducial points, and then feeds it to the trained neural architecture.

  15. A study on facial expressions recognition

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    Xu, Jingjing

    2017-09-01

    In terms of communication, postures and facial expressions of such feelings like happiness, anger and sadness play important roles in conveying information. With the development of the technology, recently a number of algorithms dealing with face alignment, face landmark detection, classification, facial landmark localization and pose estimation have been put forward. However, there are a lot of challenges and problems need to be fixed. In this paper, a few technologies have been concluded and analyzed, and they all relate to handling facial expressions recognition and poses like pose-indexed based multi-view method for face alignment, robust facial landmark detection under significant head pose and occlusion, partitioning the input domain for classification, robust statistics face formalization.

  16. Epidemiología de la sepsis en unidades de cuidado intensivo en Colombia

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    Guillermo Ortíz

    2014-03-01

    Full Text Available Introducción. Actualmente no se cuenta con muchos datos disponibles sobre la sepsis en los países en desarrollo y especialmente en América Latina. Objetivo. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la frecuencia, las características clínicas y epidemiológicas y las consecuencias de la sepsis en una población de pacientes que requirieron ingreso en algunas unidades colombianas de cuidados intensivos. Materiales y métodos. Este fue un análisis secundario de un estudio prospectivo realizado en un período de seis meses contados a partir del 1° de septiembre de 2007 hasta el 28 de febrero del 2008 en diez unidades médico-quirúrgicas de cuidados intensivos de cuatro ciudades de Colombia. Los pacientes se consideraron elegibles si tenían un diagnóstico probable o confirmado de infección según los registros médicos. Se registraron las características demográficas, los diagnósticos de primer ingreso y las enfermedades concomitantes, el estado clínico y la sepsis, sepsis grave o choque séptico. Resultados. Durante el período de estudio, 826 pacientes fueron ingresados en las unidades de cuidados intensivos seleccionadas para el estudio. De estos pacientes, 421 (51 % desarrollaron sepsis en la comunidad, 361 (44 % en la unidad de cuidados intensivos y 44 (5 % durante la hospitalización en la sala general; 253 pacientes (30,6 % presentaron afectación de un órgano del sistema: 20 % tuvo problemas respiratorios, seguido por problemas en los riñones y el sistema nervioso central con 3,4 % y 2,7 %, respectivamente. Conclusiones. En la muestra de pacientes sépticos, la prevalencia de la sepsis, así como de la mortalidad global, en los pacientes tratados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos fue similar a la reportada en otros estudios.

  17. Desarrollo de un sistema de reconocimiento facial

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    Vivas Imparato, Abdón Alejandro

    2014-01-01

    El objetivo principal alrededor del cual se desenvuelve este proyecto es el desarrollo de un sistema de reconocimiento facial. Entre sus objetivos específicos se encuentran: realizar una primera aproximación sobre las técnicas de reconocimiento facial existentes en la actualidad, elegir una aplicación donde pueda ser útil el reconocimiento facial, diseñar y desarrollar un programa en MATLAB que lleve a cabo la función de reconocimiento facial, y evaluar el funcionamiento del sistema desarroll...

  18. MR imaging of the intraparotid facial nerve

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    Kurihara, Hiroaki; Iwasawa, Tae; Yoshida, Tetsuo; Furukawa, Masaki

    1996-01-01

    Using a 1.5T MR imaging system, seven normal volunteers and 6 patients with parotid tumors were studied and their intraparotid facial nerves were directly imaged. The findings were evaluated by T1-weighted axial, sagittal and oblique images. The facial nerve appeared to be relatively hypointensive within the highsignal parotid parenchyma, and the main trunks of the facial nerves were observed directly in all the cases examined. Their main divisions were detected in all the volunteers and 5 of 6 patients were imaged obliquely. The facial nerves run in various fashions and so the oblique scan planes were determined individually to detect this running figure directly. To verify our observations, surgical findings of the facial nerve were compared with the MR images or results. (author)

  19. EquiFACS: The Equine Facial Action Coding System.

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    Full Text Available Although previous studies of horses have investigated their facial expressions in specific contexts, e.g. pain, until now there has been no methodology available that documents all the possible facial movements of the horse and provides a way to record all potential facial configurations. This is essential for an objective description of horse facial expressions across a range of contexts that reflect different emotional states. Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS provide a systematic methodology of identifying and coding facial expressions on the basis of underlying facial musculature and muscle movement. FACS are anatomically based and document all possible facial movements rather than a configuration of movements associated with a particular situation. Consequently, FACS can be applied as a tool for a wide range of research questions. We developed FACS for the domestic horse (Equus caballus through anatomical investigation of the underlying musculature and subsequent analysis of naturally occurring behaviour captured on high quality video. Discrete facial movements were identified and described in terms of the underlying muscle contractions, in correspondence with previous FACS systems. The reliability of others to be able to learn this system (EquiFACS and consistently code behavioural sequences was high--and this included people with no previous experience of horses. A wide range of facial movements were identified, including many that are also seen in primates and other domestic animals (dogs and cats. EquiFACS provides a method that can now be used to document the facial movements associated with different social contexts and thus to address questions relevant to understanding social cognition and comparative psychology, as well as informing current veterinary and animal welfare practices.

  20. Photometric analysis applied in determining facial type

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    Luciana Flaquer Martins

    2012-10-01

    Full Text Available INTRODUCTION: In orthodontics, determining the facial type is a key element in the prescription of a correct diagnosis. In the early days of our specialty, observation and measurement of craniofacial structures were done directly on the face, in photographs or plaster casts. With the development of radiographic methods, cephalometric analysis replaced the direct facial analysis. Seeking to validate the analysis of facial soft tissues, this work compares two different methods used to determining the facial types, the anthropometric and the cephalometric methods. METHODS: The sample consisted of sixty-four Brazilian individuals, adults, Caucasian, of both genders, who agreed to participate in this research. All individuals had lateral cephalograms and facial frontal photographs. The facial types were determined by the Vert Index (cephalometric and the Facial Index (photographs. RESULTS: The agreement analysis (Kappa, made for both types of analysis, found an agreement of 76.5%. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that the Facial Index can be used as an adjunct to orthodontic diagnosis, or as an alternative method for pre-selection of a sample, avoiding that research subjects have to undergo unnecessary tests.INTRODUÇÃO: em Ortodontia, a determinação do tipo facial é um elemento-chave na prescrição de um diagnóstico correto. Nos primórdios de nossa especialidade, a observação e a medição das estruturas craniofaciais eram feitas diretamente na face, em fotografias ou em modelos de gesso. Com o desenvolvimento dos métodos radiográficos, a análise cefalométrica foi substituindo a análise facial direta. Visando legitimar o estudo dos tecidos moles faciais, esse trabalho comparou a determinação do tipo facial pelos métodos antropométrico e cefalométrico. MÉTODOS: a amostra constou de sessenta e quatro indivíduos brasileiros, adultos, leucodermas, de ambos os sexos, que aceitaram participar da pesquisa. De todos os indivíduos da amostra

  1. Peripheral facial weakness (Bell's palsy).

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    Basić-Kes, Vanja; Dobrota, Vesna Dermanović; Cesarik, Marijan; Matovina, Lucija Zadro; Madzar, Zrinko; Zavoreo, Iris; Demarin, Vida

    2013-06-01

    Peripheral facial weakness is a facial nerve damage that results in muscle weakness on one side of the face. It may be idiopathic (Bell's palsy) or may have a detectable cause. Almost 80% of peripheral facial weakness cases are primary and the rest of them are secondary. The most frequent causes of secondary peripheral facial weakness are systemic viral infections, trauma, surgery, diabetes, local infections, tumor, immune disorders, drugs, degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, etc. The diagnosis relies upon the presence of typical signs and symptoms, blood chemistry tests, cerebrospinal fluid investigations, nerve conduction studies and neuroimaging methods (cerebral MRI, x-ray of the skull and mastoid). Treatment of secondary peripheral facial weakness is based on therapy for the underlying disorder, unlike the treatment of Bell's palsy that is controversial due to the lack of large, randomized, controlled, prospective studies. There are some indications that steroids or antiviral agents are beneficial but there are also studies that show no beneficial effect. Additional treatments include eye protection, physiotherapy, acupuncture, botulinum toxin, or surgery. Bell's palsy has a benign prognosis with complete recovery in about 80% of patients, 15% experience some mode of permanent nerve damage and severe consequences remain in 5% of patients.

  2. Comparison of Direct Side-to-End and End-to-End Hypoglossal-Facial Anastomosis for Facial Nerve Repair.

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    Samii, Madjid; Alimohamadi, Maysam; Khouzani, Reza Karimi; Rashid, Masoud Rafizadeh; Gerganov, Venelin

    2015-08-01

    The hypoglossal facial anastomosis (HFA) is the gold standard for facial reanimation in patients with severe facial nerve palsy. The major drawbacks of the classic HFA technique are lingual morbidities due to hypoglossal nerve transection. The side-to-end HFA is a modification of the classic technique with fewer tongue-related morbidities. In this study we compared the outcome of the classic end-to-end and the direct side-to-end HFA surgeries performed at our center in regards to the facial reanimation success rate and tongue-related morbidities. Twenty-six successive cases of HFA were enrolled. In 9 of them end-to-end anastomoses were performed, and 17 had direct side-to-end anastomoses. The House-Brackmann (HB) and Pitty and Tator (PT) scales were used to document surgical outcome. The hemiglossal atrophy, swallowing, and hypoglossal nerve function were assessed at follow-up. The original pathology was vestibular schwannoma in 15, meningioma in 4, brain stem glioma in 4, and other pathologies in 3. The mean interval between facial palsy and HFA was 18 months (range: 0-60). The median follow-up period was 20 months. The PT grade at follow-up was worse in patients with a longer interval from facial palsy and HFA (P value: 0.041). The lesion type was the only other factor that affected PT grade (the best results in vestibular schwannoma and the worst in the other pathologies group, P value: 0.038). The recovery period for facial tonicity was longer in patients with radiation therapy before HFA (13.5 vs. 8.5 months) and those with a longer than 2-year interval from facial palsy to HFA (13.5 vs. 8.5 months). Although no significant difference between the side-to-end and the end-to-end groups was seen in terms of facial nerve functional recovery, patients from the side-to-end group had a significantly lower rate of lingual morbidities (tongue hemiatrophy: 100% vs. 5.8%, swallowing difficulty: 55% vs. 11.7%, speech disorder 33% vs. 0%). With the side-to-end HFA

  3. Impacto pronóstico del momento de ingreso y egreso de la unidad de cuidados intensivos

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    Full Text Available RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar el impacto en la mortalidad del día y horario de admisión y alta de la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Métodos: Estudio prospectivo observacional, que incluyó pacientes admitidos entre abril y noviembre de 2014 en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Maciel de Montevideo. Resultados: Se analizaron 325 pacientes con una edad de 55 (36 - 71 años y un valor SAPS II de 43 (29 - 58 puntos. No se encontraron diferencias en la mortalidad en unidad de cuidados intensivos de los pacientes al comparar el momento de ingreso (35% el fin de semana versus 31% en los días laborales, p = ns ni el horario de ingreso (nocturnos 35% versus diurnos 31%, p = ns. El momento de egreso se asoció a mayor mortalidad en el hospital (57% en egresos del fin de semana versus 14% en días laborales, p = 0,000. Los factores independientemente asociados a mortalidad hospitalaria luego del alta de unidad de cuidados intensivos fueron la edad mayor de 50 años (OR 2,4; IC95%, 1,1 - 5,4 y el egreso durante el fin de semana (OR 7,7; IC95%, 3,8 - 15,6. Conclusión: Este estudio logró identificar al momento del alta de la unidad de cuidados intensivos como un factor independientemente asociado a mortalidad hospitalaria.

  4. Restorative interventions for HIV facial lipoatrophy.

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    Carey, Dianne; Liew, Steven; Emery, Sean

    2008-01-01

    Facial lipoatrophy is a common and distressing manifestation of HIV lipodystrophy. The changes in facial appearance can reduce quality of life, self esteem and antiretroviral adherence. Apart from the modest benefits of thymidine-based nucleoside analog cessation, there are no proven therapies for lipoatrophy. Management of established fat loss can be challenging as restoration of lost fat mass is extremely gradual. Plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures can restore lost facial volume. Both biodegradable and permanent filling agents have been investigated for HIV facial lipoatrophy. Biodegradable products offer a good safety profile, but maintenance of aesthetic benefits necessitates reinjection over time. Although permanent products offer longevity and lower treatment costs, adverse events should they occur can be serious and of long duration. Despite the substantial increase in options for soft-tissue augmentation in recent years, well-performed clinical studies in HIV-infected adults with facial lipoatrophy are scarce, and long-term clinical safety data are lacking. This review will summarize available efficacy and safety data of the biodegradable and permanent agents utilized for soft-tissue augmentation in this population. Difficulties associated with comparing treatment efficacy data, assessment of facial lipoatrophy presence and severity, and measurement of facial fat will be discussed. Available data indicate that in HIV-infected adults, most filling agents have short-term clinically safety, and can provide aesthetic improvement and improve well-being, social functioning and quality of life. However, well-designed studies with objectively assessed endpoints are needed to elucidate optimal treatments for this distressing condition.

  5. Facial nerve mapping and monitoring in lymphatic malformation surgery.

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    Chiara, Jospeh; Kinney, Greg; Slimp, Jefferson; Lee, Gi Soo; Oliaei, Sepehr; Perkins, Jonathan A

    2009-10-01

    Establish the efficacy of preoperative facial nerve mapping and continuous intraoperative EMG monitoring in protecting the facial nerve during resection of cervicofacial lymphatic malformations. Retrospective study in which patients were clinically followed for at least 6 months postoperatively, and long-term outcome was evaluated. Patient demographics, lesion characteristics (i.e., size, stage, location) were recorded. Operative notes revealed surgical techniques, findings, and complications. Preoperative, short-/long-term postoperative facial nerve function was standardized using the House-Brackmann Classification. Mapping was done prior to incision by percutaneously stimulating the facial nerve and its branches and recording the motor responses. Intraoperative monitoring and mapping were accomplished using a four-channel, free-running EMG. Neurophysiologists continuously monitored EMG responses and blindly analyzed intraoperative findings and final EMG interpretations for abnormalities. Seven patients collectively underwent 8 lymphatic malformation surgeries. Median age was 30 months (2-105 months). Lymphatic malformation diagnosis was recorded in 6/8 surgeries. Facial nerve function was House-Brackmann grade I in 8/8 cases preoperatively. Facial nerve was abnormally elongated in 1/8 cases. EMG monitoring recorded abnormal activity in 4/8 cases--two suggesting facial nerve irritation, and two with possible facial nerve damage. Transient or long-term facial nerve paresis occurred in 1/8 cases (House-Brackmann grade II). Preoperative facial nerve mapping combined with continuous intraoperative EMG and mapping is a successful method of identifying the facial nerve course and protecting it from injury during resection of cervicofacial lymphatic malformations involving the facial nerve.

  6. Magnetically retained silicone facial prosthesis

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    Jun 9, 2013 ... Prosthetic camouflaging of facial defects and use of silicone maxillofacial material are the alternatives to the surgical retreatment. Silicone elastomers provide more options to clinician for customization of the facial prosthesis which is simple, esthetically good when coupled with bio magnets for retention.

  7. The neurosurgical treatment of neuropathic facial pain.

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    Brown, Jeffrey A

    2014-04-01

    This article reviews the definition, etiology and evaluation, and medical and neurosurgical treatment of neuropathic facial pain. A neuropathic origin for facial pain should be considered when evaluating a patient for rhinologic surgery because of complaints of facial pain. Neuropathic facial pain is caused by vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve in the prepontine cistern and is characterized by an intermittent prickling or stabbing component or a constant burning, searing pain. Medical treatment consists of anticonvulsant medication. Neurosurgical treatment may require microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  8. Predicting facial characteristics from complex polygenic variations

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    Fagertun, Jens; Wolffhechel, Karin Marie Brandt; Pers, Tune

    2015-01-01

    Research into the importance of the human genome in the context of facial appearance is receiving increasing attention and has led to the detection of several Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) of importance. In this work we attempt a holistic approach predicting facial characteristics from...... genetic principal components across a population of 1,266 individuals. For this we perform a genome-wide association analysis to select a large number of SNPs linked to specific facial traits, recode these to genetic principal components and then use these principal components as predictors for facial...

  9. TAXAS DE INFECÇÃO HOSPITALAR EM UMA UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA NEONATAL

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    Waleska de Oliveira Bittencourt

    2009-09-01

    Full Text Available Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva quantitativa que teve o seguinte objetivo: identificar as taxas de infecção hospitalar relacionadas ao trato vascular em recém-nascidos hospitalizados na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal de um Hospital Universitário localizado no estado do Rio de Janeiro no período de 2005 a 2007. A amostra foi constituída todos os recém-nascidos internados em 2005 e 2007. Os resultados indicaram que, embora a taxa de infecções hospitalares em 2007 seja menor que no ano de 2005, a proporção de infecções relacionadas ao trato vascular sofreu um discreto aumento considerando as demais topografias. Embora a educação continuada seja empregada na unidade, acredita-se que fatores como a alta rotatividade de profissionais e o uso de mais cateteres venosos centrais na rotina reduzam sua efetividade. Desta forma, foram elaboradas algumas propostas para a redução das infecções hospitalares na unidade estudada.

  10. Small vestibular schwannomas presenting with facial nerve palsy.

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    Espahbodi, Mana; Carlson, Matthew L; Fang, Te-Yung; Thompson, Reid C; Haynes, David S

    2014-06-01

    To describe the surgical management and convalescence of two patients presenting with severe facial nerve weakness associated with small intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas (VS). Retrospective review. Two adult female patients presenting with audiovestibular symptoms and subacute facial nerve paralysis (House-Brackmann Grade IV and V). In both cases, post-contrast T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enhancing lesion within the internal auditory canal without lateral extension beyond the fundus. Translabyrinthine exploration demonstrated vestibular nerve origin of tumor, extrinsic to the facial nerve, and frozen section pathology confirmed schwannoma. Gross total tumor resection with VIIth cranial nerve preservation and decompression of the labyrinthine segment of the facial nerve was performed. Both patients recovered full motor function between 6 and 8 months after surgery. Although rare, small VS may cause severe facial neuropathy, mimicking the presentation of facial nerve schwannomas and other less common pathologies. In the absence of labyrinthine extension on MRI, surgical exploration is the only reliable means of establishing a diagnosis. In the case of confirmed VS, early gross total resection with facial nerve preservation and labyrinthine segment decompression may afford full motor recovery-an outcome that cannot be achieved with facial nerve grafting.

  11. Do Dynamic Compared to Static Facial Expressions of Happiness and Anger Reveal Enhanced Facial Mimicry?

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    Krystyna Rymarczyk

    Full Text Available Facial mimicry is the spontaneous response to others' facial expressions by mirroring or matching the interaction partner. Recent evidence suggested that mimicry may not be only an automatic reaction but could be dependent on many factors, including social context, type of task in which the participant is engaged, or stimulus properties (dynamic vs static presentation. In the present study, we investigated the impact of dynamic facial expression and sex differences on facial mimicry and judgment of emotional intensity. Electromyography recordings were recorded from the corrugator supercilii, zygomaticus major, and orbicularis oculi muscles during passive observation of static and dynamic images of happiness and anger. The ratings of the emotional intensity of facial expressions were also analysed. As predicted, dynamic expressions were rated as more intense than static ones. Compared to static images, dynamic displays of happiness also evoked stronger activity in the zygomaticus major and orbicularis oculi, suggesting that subjects experienced positive emotion. No muscles showed mimicry activity in response to angry faces. Moreover, we found that women exhibited greater zygomaticus major muscle activity in response to dynamic happiness stimuli than static stimuli. Our data support the hypothesis that people mimic positive emotions and confirm the importance of dynamic stimuli in some emotional processing.

  12. Disponibilidad de medicamentos esenciales en unidades de primer nivel de la Secretaría de Salud de Tamaulipas, México

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    Reséndez Cristela

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    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Generar un diagnóstico sobre la disponibilidad de algunos medicamentos esenciales del Cuadro Básico de Insumos (CBI en las unidades de primer nivel de atención de la Secretaría de Salud en el estado de Tamaulipas, México. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Entre septiembre y octubre de 1998 se llevó a cabo una encuesta en todas las unidades de primer nivel de tres jurisdicciones sanitarias de Tamaulipas. La disponibilidad de medicamentos se estudió en todas las unidades de dichas jurisdicciones sanitarias. Como instrumento de medición se utilizó una guía de verificación con una lista de 56 medicamentos y 10 insumos diversos. Para cada medicamento e insumo se calculó el número absoluto y la proporción de unidades que al momento de la verificación no contaban con dicho recurso. En las unidades con disponibilidad de medicamentos se estimó la mediana de la distribución. Como medida de resumen se estimó la mediana del total de medicamentos esenciales disponibles en todas las unidades. Posteriormente, se realizó este mismo ejercicio diferenciado por tipo de unidad. Se hicieron comparaciones directas entre la ausencia de uno o más medicamentos en las unidades y la disponibilidad de los mismos en los almacenes. Todo el proceso de análisis se realizó con el paquete estadístico Stata versión 5.0. RESULTADOS: Ninguna de las unidades visitadas contaba con ejemplares de todos los medicamentos incluidos en la lista. La unidad que más se acercó al total tenía 84% de los medicamentos y la que más se alejó contó apenas con 32%. Los problemas de disponibilidad de antibióticos, antihipertensivos, hipoglucemiantes y medicamentos para el tratamiento de deficiencias de hierro fueron particularmente significativos. En contraste, la disponibilidad de sales de rehidratación oral y métodos anticonceptivos y biológicos fue aceptable. CONCLUSIONES: Las instituciones de salud deberán generar alternativas para mejorar el acceso a los

  13. O estresse de enfermeiros atuantes no cuidado do adulto na unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Vinícius Rodrigues de Souza

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    Full Text Available A Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI mesmo havendo a centralização de recursos materiais e humanos com elevados padrões de qualidade, é um setor marcado por imprevistos e incertezas que possam ocasionar o estresse. O estudo objetivou descrever os fatores estressantes que prejudicam a saúde dos enfermeiros que atuam no cuidado do adulto nas UTI, e possíveis medidas para reduzir esses estresses apontados pela literatura. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza descritiva realizada através de revisão bibliográfica sistematizada utilizando-se de artigos publicados na Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde e em demais bibliotecas: Lilacs, Bdenf e Scielo entre os anos 2004 e 2010. Os resultados mostraram que os fatores predisponentes ao estresse foram: escassez de recursos humanos e materiais, sobrecarga de trabalho, desvalorização profissional, insatisfação no trabalho, falta de trabalho em equipe, baixos salários, dentre outros. Conclui-se que é de extrema importância para o enfermeiro saber identificar os possíveis fatores estressores vivenciados por ele e sua equipe, providenciando medidas que amenizam o estresse como provar para as chefias que para se prestar uma boa assistência necessita-se ter em mãos recursos humanos e matérias favoráveis, um ambiente adequado, uma valorização profissional e trabalho em equipe, evitando assim uma sobrecarga de trabalho.

  14. SISTEMA DE GERENCIAMIENTO DE SALUD Y SEGURIDAD DEL TRABAJADOR EN LAS UNIDADES ODONTOLÓGICAS

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    Lourdes Melina Aragón Zamata

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    Partiendo del supuesto de que toda organización necesita implementar un adecuado sistema de gestión de salud y seguridad del trabajador para buscar reducir el número de accidentes, se torna necesario el conocimiento de dicho sistema. Este artículo tiene como objetivo, entonces, describir determinadas normas y procedimientos para el correcto gerenciamiento de la seguridad y salud del trabajador en unidades de servicio odontológico. Este estudio fue conducido a través de una revisión de literatura sobre el asunto, culminando por permitir la construcción de una secuencia de especificaciones para el gerenciamiento de unidades de servicio odontológico, adaptadas a partir de la OHSAS 18001. Se considera que este estudio contribuirá a el establecimiento o adaptación de determinadas políticas de gestión en estas unidades, buscando alcanzar sus objetivos.

  15. Ansiedad percibida por los pacientes hospitalizados por quemaduras, en una Unidad de Quemados

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    M. Alcázar-Gabás

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    Full Text Available El presente trabajo, pretende describir el estado de ansiedad que experimentan los pacientes ingresados en una Unidad de Quemados. Uno de los factores clave en los cuidados del paciente quemado es una buena atención psicológica. La realidad demuestra que es el profesional de enfermería quien observa los síntomas emocionales durante los primeros días de ingreso y trata de responder a esa demanda de cuidado. Pretendemos, a través de la medición del nivel de ansiedad que perciben los pacientes ingresados en la Unidad de Quemados elegida para nuestro estudio durante el primer semestre del año 2009, identificar a aquellos que estén en riesgo de padecer mayores niveles de ansiedad durante su hospitalización, para así poder establecer un plan de cuidados adaptado a las necesidades emocionales de cada uno. Los resultados obtenidos nos permiten concluir que los pacientes quemados ingresados en la Unidad de Quemados presentaron niveles elevados de ansiedad que son superiores entre la población femenina, así como en aquellos pacientes con lesiones de mayor extensión. Determinamos también que los pacientes ingresados por quemaduras en la Unidad de Quemados a estudio fueron mayoritariamente varones, de nacionalidad española, residentes en medio urbano con una media de edad de 50 años, siendo las quemaduras producidas por llama en accidentes domésticos la causa más frecuente.

  16. Sexualidade, um direito (secundário? Atravessamentos entre sexualidade, socioeducação e punição

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    Luisa Bertrami D'Angelo

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    Full Text Available Este artigo faz parte da pesquisa sobre sexualidade e juventude realizada de março 2015 a outubro de 2016, em três unidades de internação do Departamento Geral de Ações Socioeducativas do Rio de Janeiro, sendo duas unidades masculinas e a única unidade feminina do estado. A partir da perspectiva metodológica da cartografia, acompanhamos durante esses anos diversos processos nas unidades, entrevistando jovens e profissionais de diferentes segmentos. Apresentamos aqui reflexões sobre os debates que suscitamos no campo a respeito da sexualidade na socioeducação, procurando englobar as experiências e percepções dos/as jovens, dos/as agentes socioeducativos/as, do corpo de profissionais técnicos/as, do quadro docente e da direção, articulando os dispositivos de gênero, classe social, geração e raça para pensar nas produções de tecnologias e mecanismos de controle e na lógica punitiva que parece reger o cotidiano institucional. Pensando, assim, nas tensões que movimentam (ou cristalizam os debates sobre sexualidade nestes contextos, propomos algumas reflexões a respeito de como a sexualidade é, também, alvo destas políticas punitivas e de contenção, uma vez que é classificada, hierarquizada, cerceada, vigiada e limitada nestes espaços.

  17. Creación de unidades de formación con apoyo en la planeación prospectiva

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    Teresa del Socorro Flórez-Peña

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    Full Text Available Este artículo ilustra la versatilidad de la planeación prospectiva como herramienta para la creación de unidades académicas dentro de instituciones universitarias. Se deriva del proyecto denominado Fundamentación de la Facultad de Educación de la Policía Nacional en donde se trabajaron las etapas 1 y 3 de la metodología mencionada: La etapa 1 - Análisis de la situación actual que incluyó definición de la unidad de análisis, detección de factores de cambio y revisión del marco contextual. La etapa 3 - Propuesta de un escenario futuro que incluyó definición de fundamentos, lineamientos y características organizacionales de la unidad. Se determinó la necesidad de diseñar en la Policía Nacional de Colombia una Unidad de Formación Profesional y Especializada en la Dirección Nacional de Escuelas (DINAE. El proceso permitió la revisión de unidades de formación de formadores de orden nacional e internacional y, en consecuencia, el diseño de un escenario conformado por los elementos pedagógicos, curriculares y organizacionales, en consonancia con las directrices de la Policía.

  18. Identification of facial shape by applying golden ratio to the facial measurements: an interracial study in malaysian population.

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    Packiriswamy, Vasanthakumar; Kumar, Pramod; Rao, Mohandas

    2012-12-01

    The "golden ratio" is considered as a universal facial aesthetical standard. Researcher's opinion that deviation from golden ratio can result in development of facial abnormalities. This study was designed to study the facial morphology and to identify individuals with normal, short, and long face. We studied 300 Malaysian nationality subjects aged 18-28 years of Chinese, Indian, and Malay extraction. The parameters measured were physiognomical facial height and width of face, and physiognomical facial index was calculated. Face shape was classified based on golden ratio. Independent t test was done to test the difference between sexes and among the races. The mean values of the measurements and index showed significant sexual and interracial differences. Out of 300 subjects, the face shape was normal in 60 subjects, short in 224 subjects, and long in 16 subjects. As anticipated, the measurements showed variations according to gender and race. Only 60 subjects had a regular face shape, and remaining 240 subjects had irregular face shape (short and long). Since the short and long shape individuals may be at risk of developing various disorders, the knowledge of facial shapes in the given population is important for early diagnostic and treatment procedures.

  19. Perception of global facial geometry is modulated through experience

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    Meike Ramon

    2015-03-01

    Full Text Available Identification of personally familiar faces is highly efficient across various viewing conditions. While the presence of robust facial representations stored in memory is considered to aid this process, the mechanisms underlying invariant identification remain unclear. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that facial representations stored in memory are associated with differential perceptual processing of the overall facial geometry. Subjects who were personally familiar or unfamiliar with the identities presented discriminated between stimuli whose overall facial geometry had been manipulated to maintain or alter the original facial configuration (see Barton, Zhao & Keenan, 2003. The results demonstrate that familiarity gives rise to more efficient processing of global facial geometry, and are interpreted in terms of increased holistic processing of facial information that is maintained across viewing distances.

  20. A small-world network model of facial emotion recognition.

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    Takehara, Takuma; Ochiai, Fumio; Suzuki, Naoto

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    Various models have been proposed to increase understanding of the cognitive basis of facial emotions. Despite those efforts, interactions between facial emotions have received minimal attention. If collective behaviours relating to each facial emotion in the comprehensive cognitive system could be assumed, specific facial emotion relationship patterns might emerge. In this study, we demonstrate that the frameworks of complex networks can effectively capture those patterns. We generate 81 facial emotion images (6 prototypes and 75 morphs) and then ask participants to rate degrees of similarity in 3240 facial emotion pairs in a paired comparison task. A facial emotion network constructed on the basis of similarity clearly forms a small-world network, which features an extremely short average network distance and close connectivity. Further, even if two facial emotions have opposing valences, they are connected within only two steps. In addition, we show that intermediary morphs are crucial for maintaining full network integration, whereas prototypes are not at all important. These results suggest the existence of collective behaviours in the cognitive systems of facial emotions and also describe why people can efficiently recognize facial emotions in terms of information transmission and propagation. For comparison, we construct three simulated networks--one based on the categorical model, one based on the dimensional model, and one random network. The results reveal that small-world connectivity in facial emotion networks is apparently different from those networks, suggesting that a small-world network is the most suitable model for capturing the cognitive basis of facial emotions.

  1. Planejamento das Atividades de Auditoria Interna na UFSC

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    Platt Neto, Orion Augusto; Vieira, Audí Luiz

    2006-01-01

    Este artigo aborda o planejamento das unidades de auditoria interna que integram o sistema de controle interno do Poder Executivo Federal junto às instituições Federais de Ensino Superior (IFES). O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar noções e instrumentos do planejamento das atividades nas unidades de auditoria interna vinculadas às IFES. Neste sentido, apresenta-se o embasamento normativo, as competências e as atividades das unidades de auditoria interna. Para auxiliar a consec...

  2. [Presurgical orthodontics for facial asymmetry].

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    Labarrère, H

    2003-03-01

    As with the treatment of all facial deformities, orthodontic pre-surgical preparation for facial asymmetry should aim at correcting severe occlusal discrepancies not solely on the basis of a narrow occlusal analysis but also in a way that will not disturb the proposed surgical protocol. In addition, facial asymmetries require specific adjustments, difficult to derive and to apply because of their inherent atypical morphological orientation of both alveolar and basal bony support. Three treated cases illustrate different solutions to problems posed by pathological torque: this torque must be considered with respect to proposed surgical changes, within the framework of their limitations and their possible contra-indications.

  3. Pattern of facial palsy in a typical Nigerian specialist hospital.

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    Lamina, S; Hanif, S

    2012-12-01

    Data on incidence of facial palsy is generally lacking in Nigeria. To assess six years' incidence of facial palsy in Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, Nigeria. The records of patients diagnosed as facial problems between January 2000 and December 2005 were scrutinized. Data on diagnosis, age, sex, side affected, occupation and causes were obtained. A total number of 698 patients with facial problems were recorded. Five hundred and ninety four (85%) were diagnosed as facial palsy. Out of the diagnosed facial palsy, males (56.2%) had a higher incidence than females; 20-34 years age group (40.3%) had a greater prevalence; the commonest cause of facial palsy was found out to be Idiopathic (39.1%) and was most common among business men (31.6%). Right sided facial palsy (52.2%) was predominant. Incidence of facial palsy was highest in 2003 (25.3%) and decreased from 2004. It was concluded that the incidence of facial palsy was high and Bell's palsy remains the most common causes of facial (nerve) paralysis.

  4. Planejamento da qualidade nas unidades de saúde da família, utilizando o Desdobramento da Função Qualidade (QFD Quality planning of Family Health Units using Quality Function Deployment (QFD

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    Luciana Fernandes Volpato

    2010-08-01

    Full Text Available A qualidade é um requisito indispensável na área da saúde, e sua procura se faz presente em virtude da necessidade de atender as exigências de uma população ciente de seus direitos, da essência das boas relações no trabalho e diminuição dos custos tecnológicos. Assim, a qualidade envolve todos que fazem parte do processo (usuários e profissionais, deixando de ser um atributo do serviço. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo verificar a possibilidade de planejar a qualidade nas unidades de saúde da família, por meio do Desdobramento da Função Qualidade (QFD. Este planeja a qualidade segundo a satisfação do usuário, envolvendo os profissionais da instituição e identificando novos caminhos para aperfeiçoar os processos de trabalho. A construção da matriz, denominada Casa da Qualidade, é o aspecto mais importante desse método. Os resultados mostram que há similaridade entre a qualidade exigida pelos usuários e a qualidade planejada pelos profissionais. O presente estudo comprovou que a ferramenta QFD constitui-se em instrumento eficiente no planejamento da qualidade nos serviços públicos de saúde.Quality is an indispensible requirement in the health field, and its pursuit is necessary in order to meet demands by a population that is aware of its rights, as part of the essence of good work relations, and to decrease technological costs. Quality thus involves all parties to the process (users and professionals, and is no longer merely an attribute of the health service. This study aimed to verify the possibility of quality planning in the Family Health Units, using Quality Function Deployment (QFD. QFD plans quality according to user satisfaction, involving staff professionals and identifying new approaches to improve work processes. Development of the array, called the House of Quality, is this method's most important characteristics. The results show a similarity between the quality demanded by users and the quality

  5. Facial Palsy Following Embolization of a Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma.

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    Tawfik, Kareem O; Harmon, Jeffrey J; Walters, Zoe; Samy, Ravi; de Alarcon, Alessandro; Stevens, Shawn M; Abruzzo, Todd

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    To describe a case of the rare complication of facial palsy following preoperative embolization of a juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA). To illustrate the vascular supply to the facial nerve and as a result, highlight the etiology of the facial nerve palsy. The angiography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of a case of facial palsy following preoperative embolization of a JNA is reviewed. A 13-year-old male developed left-sided facial palsy following preoperative embolization of a left-sided JNA. Evaluation of MR imaging studies and retrospective review of the angiographic data suggested errant embolization of particles into the petrosquamosal branch of the middle meningeal artery (MMA), a branch of the internal maxillary artery (IMA), through collateral vasculature. The petrosquamosal branch of the MMA is the predominant blood supply to the facial nerve in the facial canal. The facial palsy resolved since complete infarction of the nerve was likely prevented by collateral blood supply from the stylomastoid artery. Facial palsy is a potential complication of embolization of the IMA, a branch of the external carotid artery (ECA). This is secondary to ischemia of the facial nerve due to embolization of its vascular supply. Clinicians should be aware of this potential complication and counsel patients accordingly prior to embolization for JNA.

  6. 3D-Ultrasonography for evaluation of facial muscles in patients with chronic facial palsy or defective healing: a pilot study.

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    Volk, Gerd Fabian; Pohlmann, Martin; Finkensieper, Mira; Chalmers, Heather J; Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando

    2014-01-01

    While standardized methods are established to examine the pathway from motorcortex to the peripheral nerve in patients with facial palsy, a reliable method to evaluate the facial muscles in patients with long-term palsy for therapy planning is lacking. A 3D ultrasonographic (US) acquisition system driven by a motorized linear mover combined with conventional US probe was used to acquire 3D data sets of several facial muscles on both sides of the face in a healthy subject and seven patients with different types of unilateral degenerative facial nerve lesions. The US results were correlated to the duration of palsy and the electromyography results. Consistent 3D US based volumetry through bilateral comparison was feasible for parts of the frontalis muscle, orbicularis oculi muscle, depressor anguli oris muscle, depressor labii inferioris muscle, and mentalis muscle. With the exception of the frontal muscle, the facial muscles volumes were much smaller on the palsy side (minimum: 3% for the depressor labii inferior muscle) than on the healthy side in patients with severe facial nerve lesion. In contrast, the frontal muscles did not show a side difference. In the two patients with defective healing after spontaneous regeneration a decrease in muscle volume was not seen. Synkinesis and hyperkinesis was even more correlated to muscle hypertrophy on the palsy compared with the healthy side. 3D ultrasonography seems to be a promising tool for regional and quantitative evaluation of facial muscles in patients with facial palsy receiving a facial reconstructive surgery or conservative treatment.

  7. Nerve crush but not displacement-induced stretch of the intra-arachnoidal facial nerve promotes facial palsy after cerebellopontine angle surgery.

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    Bendella, Habib; Brackmann, Derald E; Goldbrunner, Roland; Angelov, Doychin N

    2016-10-01

    Little is known about the reasons for occurrence of facial nerve palsy after removal of cerebellopontine angle tumors. Since the intra-arachnoidal portion of the facial nerve is considered to be so vulnerable that even the slightest tension or pinch may result in ruptured axons, we tested whether a graded stretch or controlled crush would affect the postoperative motor performance of the facial (vibrissal) muscle in rats. Thirty Wistar rats, divided into five groups (one with intact controls and four with facial nerve lesions), were used. Under inhalation anesthesia, the occipital squama was opened, the cerebellum gently retracted to the left, and the intra-arachnoidal segment of the right facial nerve exposed. A mechanical displacement of the brainstem with 1 or 3 mm toward the midline or an electromagnet-controlled crush of the facial nerve with a tweezers at a closure velocity of 50 and 100 mm/s was applied. On the next day, whisking motor performance was determined by video-based motion analysis. Even the larger (with 3 mm) mechanical displacement of the brainstem had no harmful effect: The amplitude of the vibrissal whisks was in the normal range of 50°-60°. On the other hand, even the light nerve crush (50 mm/s) injured the facial nerve and resulted in paralyzed vibrissal muscles (amplitude of 10°-15°). We conclude that, contrary to the generally acknowledged assumptions, it is the nerve crush but not the displacement-induced stretching of the intra-arachnoidal facial trunk that promotes facial palsy after cerebellopontine angle surgery in rats.

  8. Estimador de calidad en sistemas de reconocimiento facial

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    Espejo Caballero, Daniel

    2015-01-01

    El fin de este proyecto es conseguir obtener una estimación de la calidad de una imagen facial, a partir del estudio y extracción de características obtenidas, a partir de las imágenes faciales. The goal of this project is get a quality estimation of a facial image, using the extraction and learning of the differents features that we can extract from a facial image.

  9. Recognizing Facial Slivers.

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    Gilad-Gutnick, Sharon; Harmatz, Elia Samuel; Tsourides, Kleovoulos; Yovel, Galit; Sinha, Pawan

    2018-07-01

    We report here an unexpectedly robust ability of healthy human individuals ( n = 40) to recognize extremely distorted needle-like facial images, challenging the well-entrenched notion that veridical spatial configuration is necessary for extracting facial identity. In face identification tasks of parametrically compressed internal and external features, we found that the sum of performances on each cue falls significantly short of performance on full faces, despite the equal visual information available from both measures (with full faces essentially being a superposition of internal and external features). We hypothesize that this large deficit stems from the use of positional information about how the internal features are positioned relative to the external features. To test this, we systematically changed the relations between internal and external features and found preferential encoding of vertical but not horizontal spatial relationships in facial representations ( n = 20). Finally, we employ magnetoencephalography imaging ( n = 20) to demonstrate a close mapping between the behavioral psychometric curve and the amplitude of the M250 face familiarity, but not M170 face-sensitive evoked response field component, providing evidence that the M250 can be modulated by faces that are perceptually identifiable, irrespective of extreme distortions to the face's veridical configuration. We theorize that the tolerance to compressive distortions has evolved from the need to recognize faces across varying viewpoints. Our findings help clarify the important, but poorly defined, concept of facial configuration and also enable an association between behavioral performance and previously reported neural correlates of face perception.

  10. Transformación de un área de servicios corporativos en unidad de negocios

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    Bustamante Álvarez, América; Echeverri Granada, Lina María

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    Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. –ISA– en su estrategia de internacionalización, ha identificado la necesidad de transformar la Gerencia Proyectos de Infraestructura (hasta ahora Área de Servicios Corporativos) en Unidad de Negocios -- Esta transformación tiene implicaciones en las personas, los procesos, la estructura y la cultura -- Por lo anterior, se propone un procedimiento que pueda servir de orientación, para construir el sistema de gestión de la nueva unidad de negocios, partiendo de ...

  11. [The history of facial paralysis].

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    Glicenstein, J

    2015-10-01

    Facial paralysis has been a recognized condition since Antiquity, and was mentionned by Hippocratus. In the 17th century, in 1687, the Dutch physician Stalpart Van der Wiel rendered a detailed observation. It was, however, Charles Bell who, in 1821, provided the description that specified the role of the facial nerve. Facial nerve surgery began at the end of the 19th century. Three different techniques were used successively: nerve anastomosis, (XI-VII Balance 1895, XII-VII, Korte 1903), myoplasties (Lexer 1908), and suspensions (Stein 1913). Bunnell successfully accomplished the first direct facial nerve repair in the temporal bone, in 1927, and in 1932 Balance and Duel experimented with nerve grafts. Thanks to progress in microsurgical techniques, the first faciofacial anastomosis was realized in 1970 (Smith, Scaramella), and an account of the first microneurovascular muscle transfer published in 1976 by Harii. Treatment of the eyelid paralysis was at the origin of numerous operations beginning in the 1960s; including palpebral spring (Morel Fatio 1962) silicone sling (Arion 1972), upperlid loading with gold plate (Illig 1968), magnets (Muhlbauer 1973) and transfacial nerve grafts (Anderl 1973). By the end of the 20th century, surgeons had at their disposal a wide range of valid techniques for facial nerve surgery, including modernized versions of older techniques. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

  12. Positive facial expressions during retrieval of self-defining memories.

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    Gandolphe, Marie Charlotte; Nandrino, Jean Louis; Delelis, Gérald; Ducro, Claire; Lavallee, Audrey; Saloppe, Xavier; Moustafa, Ahmed A; El Haj, Mohamad

    2017-11-14

    In this study, we investigated, for the first time, facial expressions during the retrieval of Self-defining memories (i.e., those vivid and emotionally intense memories of enduring concerns or unresolved conflicts). Participants self-rated the emotional valence of their Self-defining memories and autobiographical retrieval was analyzed with a facial analysis software. This software (Facereader) synthesizes the facial expression information (i.e., cheek, lips, muscles, eyebrow muscles) to describe and categorize facial expressions (i.e., neutral, happy, sad, surprised, angry, scared, and disgusted facial expressions). We found that participants showed more emotional than neutral facial expressions during the retrieval of Self-defining memories. We also found that participants showed more positive than negative facial expressions during the retrieval of Self-defining memories. Interestingly, participants attributed positive valence to the retrieved memories. These findings are the first to demonstrate the consistency between facial expressions and the emotional subjective experience of Self-defining memories. These findings provide valuable physiological information about the emotional experience of the past.

  13. [Changes in facial nerve function, morphology and neurotrophic factor III expression following three types of facial nerve injury].

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    Zhang, Lili; Wang, Haibo; Fan, Zhaomin; Han, Yuechen; Xu, Lei; Zhang, Haiyan

    2011-01-01

    To study the changes in facial nerve function, morphology and neurotrophic factor III (NT-3) expression following three types of facial nerve injury. Changes in facial nerve function (in terms of blink reflex (BF), vibrissae movement (VM) and position of nasal tip) were assessed in 45 rats in response to three types of facial nerve injury: partial section of the extratemporal segment (group one), partial section of the facial canal segment (group two) and complete transection of the facial canal segment lesion (group three). All facial nerves specimen were then cut into two parts at the site of the lesion after being taken from the lesion site on 1st, 7th, 21st post-surgery-days (PSD). Changes of morphology and NT-3 expression were evaluated using the improved trichrome stain and immunohistochemistry techniques ,respectively. Changes in facial nerve function: In group 1, all animals had no blink reflex (BF) and weak vibrissae movement (VM) at the 1st PSD; The blink reflex in 80% of the rats recovered partly and the vibrissae movement in 40% of the rats returned to normal at the 7th PSD; The facial nerve function in 600 of the rats was almost normal at the 21st PSD. In group 2, all left facial nerve paralyzed at the 1st PSD; The blink reflex partly recovered in 40% of the rats and the vibrissae movement was weak in 80% of the rats at the 7th PSD; 8000 of the rats'BF were almost normal and 40% of the rats' VM completely recovered at the 21st PSD. In group 3, The recovery couldn't happen at anytime. Changes in morphology: In group 1, the size of nerve fiber differed in facial canal segment and some of myelin sheath and axons degenerated at the 7th PSD; The fibres' degeneration turned into regeneration at the 21st PSD; In group 2, the morphologic changes in this group were familiar with the group 1 while the degenerated fibers were more and dispersed in transection at the 7th PSD; Regeneration of nerve fibers happened at the 21st PSD. In group 3, most of the fibers

  14. Hypoglossal-facial-jump-anastomosis without an interposition nerve graft.

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    Beutner, Dirk; Luers, Jan C; Grosheva, Maria

    2013-10-01

    The hypoglossal-facial-anastomosis is the most often applied procedure for the reanimation of a long lasting peripheral facial nerve paralysis. The use of an interposition graft and its end-to-side anastomosis to the hypoglossal nerve allows the preservation of the tongue function and also requires two anastomosis sites and a free second donor nerve. We describe the modified technique of the hypoglossal-facial-jump-anastomosis without an interposition and present the first results. Retrospective case study. We performed the facial nerve reconstruction in five patients. The indication for the surgery was a long-standing facial paralysis with preserved portion distal to geniculate ganglion, absent voluntary activity in the needle facial electromyography, and an intact bilateral hypoglossal nerve. Following mastoidectomy, the facial nerve was mobilized in the fallopian canal down to its bifurcation in the parotid gland and cut in its tympanic portion distal to the lesion. Then, a tensionless end-to-side suture to the hypoglossal nerve was performed. The facial function was monitored up to 16 months postoperatively. The reconstruction technique succeeded in all patients: The facial function improved within the average time period of 10 months to the House-Brackmann score 3. This modified technique of the hypoglossal-facial reanimation is a valid method with good clinical results, especially in cases of a preserved intramastoidal facial nerve. Level 4. Copyright © 2013 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.

  15. Extra Facial Landmark Localization via Global Shape Reconstruction

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    Shuqiu Tan

    2017-01-01

    Full Text Available Localizing facial landmarks is a popular topic in the field of face analysis. However, problems arose in practical applications such as handling pose variations and partial occlusions while maintaining moderate training model size and computational efficiency still challenges current solutions. In this paper, we present a global shape reconstruction method for locating extra facial landmarks comparing to facial landmarks used in the training phase. In the proposed method, the reduced configuration of facial landmarks is first decomposed into corresponding sparse coefficients. Then explicit face shape correlations are exploited to regress between sparse coefficients of different facial landmark configurations. Finally extra facial landmarks are reconstructed by combining the pretrained shape dictionary and the approximation of sparse coefficients. By applying the proposed method, both the training time and the model size of a class of methods which stack local evidences as an appearance descriptor can be scaled down with only a minor compromise in detection accuracy. Extensive experiments prove that the proposed method is feasible and is able to reconstruct extra facial landmarks even under very asymmetrical face poses.

  16. Mensuração da evolução terapêutica com paquímetro digital na Paralisia Facial Periférica de Bell

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    Claudia Hosana da Maceno Salvador

    2013-06-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: avaliar o uso do paquímetro digital na mensuração dos movimentos da mímica facial em diferentes momentos do tratamento fonoaudiológico. MÉTODO: estudo longitudinal prospectivo, em 20 sujeitos com idade entre 07 e 70 anos, sendo 13 do genero feminino e 07 masculino, com diagnóstico de paralisia facial periférica de Bell, atendidos no Ambulatório de Paralisia Facial, da disciplina de otorrinolaringologia de um Hospital Público Universitário. Neste estudo foi adotado o uso de um medidor paquímetro digital da marca Digimess 100.174BL, instrumento com resolução de 0,00mm/152,78mm. As medições foram realizadas no movimento da mímica facial, sempre partindo de um ponto fixo para o ponto móvel nas estruturas: tragus e comissura labial, canto externo do olho e comissura labial e também canto interno do olho e asa do nariz, sendo realizadas pré e pós tratamento fonoaudiológico. A quantificação da incompetência do movimento foi mensurada por meio de porcentagem simples. Foi aplicado teste dos Postos Sinalizados de Wilcoxon, para verificar possíveis diferenças entre ambos os momentos considerados (com e sem movimentos, como as variáveis de interesse. RESULTADOS: as mensurações tiveram um resultado estatisticamente significante (p<0,05 em todas as estruturas medidas propostas (tragus e comissura labial, canto externo do olho e comissura labial e canto interno do olho e asa do nariz, demonstrando que há possibilidades de se fazer medições de movimento e de ausência de movimento utilizando o paquímetro digital. CONCLUSÃO: o paquímetro mostrou ser um instrumento útil que permitiu comparar, de forma objetiva, a evolução da reabilitação da mímica facial na Paralisia Facial Periférica de Bell na amostra estudada.

  17. Masseteric-facial nerve transposition for reanimation of the smile in incomplete facial paralysis.

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    Hontanilla, Bernardo; Marre, Diego

    2015-12-01

    Incomplete facial paralysis occurs in about a third of patients with Bell's palsy. Although their faces are symmetrical at rest, when they smile they have varying degrees of disfigurement. Currently, cross-face nerve grafting is one of the most useful techniques for reanimation. Transfer of the masseteric nerve, although widely used for complete paralysis, has not to our knowledge been reported for incomplete palsy. Between December 2008 and November 2013, we reanimated the faces of 9 patients (2 men and 7 women) with incomplete unilateral facial paralysis with transposition of the masseteric nerve. Sex, age at operation, cause of paralysis, duration of denervation, recipient nerves used, and duration of follow-up were recorded. Commissural excursion, velocity, and patients' satisfaction were evaluated with the FACIAL CLIMA and a questionnaire, respectively. The mean (SD) age at operation was 39 (±6) years and the duration of denervation was 29 (±19) months. There were no complications that required further intervention. Duration of follow-up ranged from 6-26 months. FACIAL CLIMA showed improvement in both commissural excursion and velocity of more than two thirds in 6 patients, more than one half in 2 patients and less than one half in one. Qualitative evaluation showed a slight or pronounced improvement in 7/9 patients. The masseteric nerve is a reliable alternative for reanimation of the smile in patients with incomplete facial paralysis. Its main advantages include its consistent anatomy, a one-stage operation, and low morbidity at the donor site. Copyright © 2015 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  18. What does facial symmetry reveal about health and personality?

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    Švegar Domagoj

    2016-09-01

    Full Text Available Over the last two decades, facial symmetry has been intensively researched. The present article aims to summarize empirical research concerning relations between facial symmetry and health and facial symmetry and personality. A systematic review of the literature shows that facial symmetry is one of the most influential visual markers of attractiveness and health, important for mate selection, while asymmetry can be considered a consequence of an individual’s inability to resist environmental and genetic stressors during development of the organism. However, in spite of evidence suggesting that preferences for facial symmetry are deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, a strong connection between facial symmetry and health is demonstrated only in studies measuring perceived health, while there is only scarce evidence corroborating the link between symmetry and actual health. The interconnections between facial symmetry and personality have not yet been extensively researched. Less than a dozen studies have addressed that issue and they have reached different conclusions. Some evidence suggests that facial symmetry signals personality attributes that indicate good psychological health, while other findings imply that pro-social personality traits negatively correlate with facial symmetry.

  19. The Association Between Men's Sexist Attitudes and Facial Hair.

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    Oldmeadow, Julian A; Dixson, Barnaby J

    2016-05-01

    Facial hair, like many masculine secondary sexual traits, plays a significant role in perceptions of an array of sociosexual traits in men. While there is consensus that beards enhance perceptions of masculinity, age, social dominance, and aggressiveness, the perceived attractiveness of facial hair varies greatly across women. Given the ease with which facial hair can be groomed and removed entirely, why should some men retain beards and others choose to remove them? We hypothesized that men with relatively sexist attitudes would be more likely to allow their facial hair to grow than men with less sexist attitudes. Men from the USA (n = 223) and India (n = 309) completed an online survey measuring demographic variables, ambivalent sexism, and facial hair status. After controlling for demographic variables, men with facial hair were significantly higher in hostile sexism than clean-shaven men; hostile sexism was a significant predictor of facial hair status over and above demographic variables; and facial hair was more frequent among ambivalent and hostile sexists than among benevolent and non-sexists. It is suggested that sexist men choose to grow facial hair because it maximizes sexual dimorphism and augments perceived masculinity and dominance.

  20. DISCUSION SOBRE EL NÚMERO DE UNIDADES MUESTRALES Y TAMAÑO DE UNIDAD MUESTRAL PARA LA ESTIMACIÓN DE VALORES DE DENSIDAD DE MACROINVERTEBRADOS BENTÓNICOS EN AMBIENTES LÓTICOS

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    Oyague-Passuni, Eduardo; Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Perú).

    2009-01-01

    En este documento se discute sobre el número apropiado de Unidades Muestrales y el Tamaño Mínimo de Unidad Muestral (TUM) recomendable, para la estimación más precisa posible de un valor referencial de la densidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos. El enfoque del análisis está referido a secciones con parámetros homogéneos en cuanto a fisiografía y características generales de hábitat, en ambientes lóticos en selva de montaña. Se analizaron datos provenientes de un muestreo intensivo mediante ...

  1. Looking with different eyes: The psychological meaning of categorisation goals moderates facial reactivity to facial expressions

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    van Dillen, L.F.; Harris, L.T.; van Dijk, W.W.; Rotteveel, M.

    2015-01-01

    In the present research we examined whether the psychological meaning of people's categorisation goals affects facial muscle activity in response to facial expressions of emotion. We had participants associate eye colour (blue, brown) with either a personality trait (extraversion) or a physical

  2. Annabela Rita, Fernando Cristóvão (e ds., Daniela Marcheschi (Prefácio. Fabricar a Inovação – O Processo Criativo em Questão nas Ciências, nas Letras e nas Artes

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    Luísa Marinho Antunes

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    Full Text Available Recensione del volume Annabela Rita e Fernando Cristóvão (eds. Fabricar a Inovação – O Processo Criativo em Questão nas Ciências, nas Letras e nas Artes, coord. Prefácio Daniela Marcheschi. Lisboa: Gradiva, 2016. Stampa (pp.396 seguita dalla versione italiana della Prefazione.

  3. Facial nerve problems and Bell's palsy

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    Sala, DV; Venter, C; Valenas, O

    2015-01-01

    Bell's palsy is paralysis or weakness of muscle at the hemifacial level, a form of temporary facial paralysis, probable a virus infection or trauma, to one or two facial nerves. Damage to the facial nerve innervating the muscles on one side of the face result in a flabby appearance, fell the respective hemiface. Nerve damage can also affect the sense of taste and salivary and lacrimal secretion. This condition begins suddenly, often overnight, and usually gets better on its own within a few w...

  4. [Measuring impairment of facial affects recognition in schizophrenia. Preliminary study of the facial emotions recognition task (TREF)].

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    Gaudelus, B; Virgile, J; Peyroux, E; Leleu, A; Baudouin, J-Y; Franck, N

    2015-06-01

    The impairment of social cognition, including facial affects recognition, is a well-established trait in schizophrenia, and specific cognitive remediation programs focusing on facial affects recognition have been developed by different teams worldwide. However, even though social cognitive impairments have been confirmed, previous studies have also shown heterogeneity of the results between different subjects. Therefore, assessment of personal abilities should be measured individually before proposing such programs. Most research teams apply tasks based on facial affects recognition by Ekman et al. or Gur et al. However, these tasks are not easily applicable in a clinical exercise. Here, we present the Facial Emotions Recognition Test (TREF), which is designed to identify facial affects recognition impairments in a clinical practice. The test is composed of 54 photos and evaluates abilities in the recognition of six universal emotions (joy, anger, sadness, fear, disgust and contempt). Each of these emotions is represented with colored photos of 4 different models (two men and two women) at nine intensity levels from 20 to 100%. Each photo is presented during 10 seconds; no time limit for responding is applied. The present study compared the scores of the TREF test in a sample of healthy controls (64 subjects) and people with stabilized schizophrenia (45 subjects) according to the DSM IV-TR criteria. We analysed global scores for all emotions, as well as sub scores for each emotion between these two groups, taking into account gender differences. Our results were coherent with previous findings. Applying TREF, we confirmed an impairment in facial affects recognition in schizophrenia by showing significant differences between the two groups in their global results (76.45% for healthy controls versus 61.28% for people with schizophrenia), as well as in sub scores for each emotion except for joy. Scores for women were significantly higher than for men in the population

  5. Eagle's syndrome with facial palsy

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    Mohammed Al-Hashim

    2017-01-01

    Full Text Available Eagle's syndrome (ES is a rare disease in which the styloid process is elongated and compressing adjacent structures. We describe a rare presentation of ES in which the patient presented with facial palsy. Facial palsy as a presentation of ES is very rare. A review of the English literature revealed only one previously reported case. Our case is a 39-year-old male who presented with left facial palsy. He also reported a 9-year history of the classical symptoms of ES. A computed tomography scan with three-dimensional reconstruction confirmed the diagnoses. He was started on conservative management but without significant improvement. Surgical intervention was offered, but the patient refused. It is important for otolaryngologists, dentists, and other specialists who deal with head and neck problems to be able to recognize ES despite its rarity. Although the patient responded to a treatment similar to that of Bell's palsy because of the clinical features and imaging, ES was most likely the cause of his facial palsy.

  6. Facial Scar Revision: Understanding Facial Scar Treatment

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    ... keep the head elevated when lying down, to use cold compresses to reduce swelling, and to avoid any activity that places undue stress on the area of the incision. Depending on the surgery performed and the site of the scar, the facial plastic surgeon will explain the types of activities to ...

  7. A statistical method for 2D facial landmarking

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    Dibeklioğlu, H.; Salah, A.A.; Gevers, T.

    2012-01-01

    Many facial-analysis approaches rely on robust and accurate automatic facial landmarking to correctly function. In this paper, we describe a statistical method for automatic facial-landmark localization. Our landmarking relies on a parsimonious mixture model of Gabor wavelet features, computed in

  8. Valproic Acid Promotes Survival of Facial Motor Neurons in Adult Rats After Facial Nerve Transection: a Pilot Study.

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    Zhang, Lili; Fan, Zhaomin; Han, Yuechen; Xu, Lei; Liu, Wenwen; Bai, Xiaohui; Zhou, Meijuan; Li, Jianfeng; Wang, Haibo

    2018-04-01

    Valproic acid (VPA), a medication primarily used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder, has been applied to the repair of central and peripheral nervous system injury. The present study investigated the effect of VPA on functional recovery, survival of facial motor neurons (FMNs), and expression of proteins in rats after facial nerve trunk transection by functional measurement, Nissl staining, TUNEL, immunofluorescence, and Western blot. Following facial nerve injury, all rats in group VPA showed a better functional recovery, which was significant at the given time, compared with group NS. The Nissl staining results demonstrated that the number of FMNs survival in group VPA was higher than that in group normal saline (NS). TUNEL staining showed that axonal injury of facial nerve could lead to neuronal apoptosis of FMNs. But treatment of VPA significantly reduced cell apoptosis by decreasing the expression of Bax protein and increased neuronal survival by upregulating the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43) expression in injured FMNs compared with group NS. Overall, our findings suggest that VPA may advance functional recovery, reduce lesion-induced apoptosis, and promote neuron survival after facial nerve transection in rats. This study provides an experimental evidence for better understanding the mechanism of injury and repair of peripheral facial paralysis.

  9. Facial Nerve Trauma: Evaluation and Considerations in Management

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    Gordin, Eli; Lee, Thomas S.; Ducic, Yadranko; Arnaoutakis, Demetri

    2014-01-01

    The management of facial paralysis continues to evolve. Understanding the facial nerve anatomy and the different methods of evaluating the degree of facial nerve injury are crucial for successful management. When the facial nerve is transected, direct coaptation leads to the best outcome, followed by interpositional nerve grafting. In cases where motor end plates are still intact but a primary repair or graft is not feasible, a nerve transfer should be employed. When complete muscle atrophy h...

  10. Delayed facial nerve decompression for Bell's palsy.

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    Kim, Sang Hoon; Jung, Junyang; Lee, Jong Ha; Byun, Jae Yong; Park, Moon Suh; Yeo, Seung Geun

    2016-07-01

    Incomplete recovery of facial motor function continues to be long-term sequelae in some patients with Bell's palsy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of transmastoid facial nerve decompression after steroid and antiviral treatment in patients with late stage Bell's palsy. Twelve patients underwent surgical decompression for Bell's palsy 21-70 days after onset, whereas 22 patients were followed up after steroid and antiviral therapy without decompression. Surgical criteria included greater than 90 % degeneration on electroneuronography and no voluntary electromyography potentials. This study was a retrospective study of electrodiagnostic data and medical chart review between 2006 and 2013. Recovery from facial palsy was assessed using the House-Brackmann grading system. Final recovery rate did not differ significantly in the two groups; however, all patients in the decompression group recovered to at least House-Brackmann grade III at final follow-up. Although postoperative hearing threshold was increased in both groups, there was no significant between group difference in hearing threshold. Transmastoid decompression of the facial nerve in patients with severe late stage Bell's palsy at risk for a poor facial nerve outcome reduced severe complications of facial palsy with minimal morbidity.

  11. Facial biometrics of peri-oral changes in Crohn's disease.

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    Zou, L; Adegun, O K; Willis, A; Fortune, Farida

    2014-05-01

    Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory condition which affects any part of the gastrointestinal tract. In the oro-facial region, patients can present peri-oral swellings which results in severe facial disfigurement. To date, assessing the degree of facial changes and evaluation of treatment outcomes relies on clinical observation and semi-quantitative methods. In this paper, we describe the development of a robust and reproducible measurement strategy using 3-D facial biometrics to objectively quantify the extent and progression of oro-facial Crohn's disease. Using facial laser scanning, 32 serial images from 13 Crohn's patients attending the Oral Medicine clinic were acquired during relapse, remission, and post-treatment phases. Utilising theories of coordinate metrology, the facial images were subjected to registration, regions of interest identification, and reproducible repositioning prior to obtaining volume measurements. To quantify the changes in tissue volume, scan images from consecutive appointments were compared to the baseline (first scan image). Reproducibility test was performed to ascertain the degree of uncertainty in volume measurements. 3-D facial biometric imaging is a reliable method to identify and quantify peri-oral swelling in Crohn's patients. Comparison of facial scan images at different phases of the disease revealed precisely profile and volume changes. The volume measurements were highly reproducible as adjudged from the 1% standard deviation. 3-D facial biometrics measurements in Crohn's patients with oro-facial involvement offers a quick, robust, economical and objective approach for guided therapeutic intervention and routine assessment of treatment efficacy on the clinic.

  12. Ethnic differences in the structural properties of facial skin.

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    Sugiyama-Nakagiri, Yoriko; Sugata, Keiichi; Hachiya, Akira; Osanai, Osamu; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Kitahara, Takashi

    2009-02-01

    Conspicuous facial pores are one type of serious aesthetic defects for many women. However, the mechanism(s) that underlie the conspicuousness of facial pores remains unclear. We previously characterized the epidermal architecture around facial pores that correlated with the appearance of those pores. A survey was carried out to elucidate ethnic-dependent differences in facial pore size and in epidermal architecture. The subjects included 80 healthy women (aged 30-39: Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics and African Americans) living in Dallas in the USA. First, surface replicas were collected to compare pore sizes of cheek skin. Second, horizontal cross-sectioned images from cheek skin were obtained non-invasively from the same subjects using in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and the severity of impairment of epidermal architecture around facial pores was determined. Finally, to compare racial differences in the architecture of the interfollicular epidermis of facial cheek skin, horizontal cross-sectioned images were obtained and the numbers of dermal papillae were counted. Asians had the smallest pore areas compared with other racial groups. Regarding the epidermal architecture around facial pores, all ethnic groups observed in this study had similar morphological features and African Americans showed substantially more severe impairment of architecture around facial pores than any other racial group. In addition, significant differences were observed in the architecture of the interfollicular epidermis between ethnic groups. These results suggest that facial pore size, the epidermal architecture around facial pores and the architecture of the interfollicular epidermis differ between ethnic groups. This might affect the appearance of facial pores.

  13. Mirroring Facial Expressions and Emotions in Dyadic Conversations

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    Navarretta, Costanza

    2016-01-01

    This paper presents an investigation of mirroring facial expressions and the emotions which they convey in dyadic naturally occurring first encounters. Mirroring facial expressions are a common phenomenon in face-to-face interactions, and they are due to the mirror neuron system which has been...... and overlapping facial expressions are very frequent. In this study, we want to determine whether the overlapping facial expressions are mirrored or are otherwise correlated in the encounters, and to what extent mirroring facial expressions convey the same emotion. The results of our study show that the majority...... of smiles and laughs, and one fifth of the occurrences of raised eyebrows are mirrored in the data. Moreover some facial traits in co-occurring expressions co-occur more often than it would be expected by chance. Finally, amusement, and to a lesser extent friendliness, are often emotions shared by both...

  14. Prevalência e fatores associados ao ganho de peso gestacional excessivo em unidades de saúde do sudoeste da Bahia

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    Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available RESUMO: Objetivo: Determinar a prevalência do ganho de peso semanal excessivo em gestantes e verificar a associação com fatores demográficos, socioeconômicos, obstétricos, antropométricos e comportamentais. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo transversal realizado com 328 gestantes assistidas em todas as unidades de saúde da zona urbana de Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. Os dados foram coletados no período de maio de 2010 a junho de 2011. O ganho de peso semanal foi avaliado de acordo com as recomendações atuais do Institute of Medicine (IOM. A associação entre os fatores em estudo e o ganho de peso semanal excessivo foi verificada nas gestantes, no segundo e terceiro trimestres, por meio da análise de regressão de Poisson com variância robusta. Resultados: A prevalência de ganho de peso semanal excessivo nas gestantes do segundo e terceiro trimestres foi de 42,5%. Os fatores determinantes do ganho ponderal semanal excessivo foram: renda familiar < 1 salário mínimo (RP: 2,65; IC95% 1,18 - 4,83 e estado nutricional pré-gestacional sobrepeso/obesidade (RP: 1,33; IC95% 1,01 - 1,75. Conclusão: Os resultados do estudo reforçam a importância do monitoramento do ganho de peso durante a gestação. A avaliação do ganho de peso semanal possibilita a realização de intervenções precoces visando a prevenção do ganho de peso total excessivo e suas consequências para a mãe e para a criança.

  15. Delineation of facial archetypes by 3d averaging.

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    Shaweesh, Ashraf I; Thomas, C David L; Bankier, Agnes; Clement, John G

    2004-10-01

    The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of creating archetypal 3D faces through computerized 3D facial averaging. A 3D surface scanner Fiore and its software were used to acquire the 3D scans of the faces while 3D Rugle3 and locally-developed software generated the holistic facial averages. 3D facial averages were created from two ethnic groups; European and Japanese and from children with three previous genetic disorders; Williams syndrome, achondroplasia and Sotos syndrome as well as the normal control group. The method included averaging the corresponding depth (z) coordinates of the 3D facial scans. Compared with other face averaging techniques there was not any warping or filling in the spaces by interpolation; however, this facial average lacked colour information. The results showed that as few as 14 faces were sufficient to create an archetypal facial average. In turn this would make it practical to use face averaging as an identification tool in cases where it would be difficult to recruit a larger number of participants. In generating the average, correcting for size differences among faces was shown to adjust the average outlines of the facial features. It is assumed that 3D facial averaging would help in the identification of the ethnic status of persons whose identity may not be known with certainty. In clinical medicine, it would have a great potential for the diagnosis of syndromes with distinctive facial features. The system would also assist in the education of clinicians in the recognition and identification of such syndromes.

  16. Sad Facial Expressions Increase Choice Blindness

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    Yajie Wang

    2018-01-01

    Full Text Available Previous studies have discovered a fascinating phenomenon known as choice blindness—individuals fail to detect mismatches between the face they choose and the face replaced by the experimenter. Although previous studies have reported a couple of factors that can modulate the magnitude of choice blindness, the potential effect of facial expression on choice blindness has not yet been explored. Using faces with sad and neutral expressions (Experiment 1 and faces with happy and neutral expressions (Experiment 2 in the classic choice blindness paradigm, the present study investigated the effects of facial expressions on choice blindness. The results showed that the detection rate was significantly lower on sad faces than neutral faces, whereas no significant difference was observed between happy faces and neutral faces. The exploratory analysis of verbal reports found that participants who reported less facial features for sad (as compared to neutral expressions also tended to show a lower detection rate of sad (as compared to neutral faces. These findings indicated that sad facial expressions increased choice blindness, which might have resulted from inhibition of further processing of the detailed facial features by the less attractive sad expressions (as compared to neutral expressions.

  17. Sad Facial Expressions Increase Choice Blindness.

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    Wang, Yajie; Zhao, Song; Zhang, Zhijie; Feng, Wenfeng

    2017-01-01

    Previous studies have discovered a fascinating phenomenon known as choice blindness-individuals fail to detect mismatches between the face they choose and the face replaced by the experimenter. Although previous studies have reported a couple of factors that can modulate the magnitude of choice blindness, the potential effect of facial expression on choice blindness has not yet been explored. Using faces with sad and neutral expressions (Experiment 1) and faces with happy and neutral expressions (Experiment 2) in the classic choice blindness paradigm, the present study investigated the effects of facial expressions on choice blindness. The results showed that the detection rate was significantly lower on sad faces than neutral faces, whereas no significant difference was observed between happy faces and neutral faces. The exploratory analysis of verbal reports found that participants who reported less facial features for sad (as compared to neutral) expressions also tended to show a lower detection rate of sad (as compared to neutral) faces. These findings indicated that sad facial expressions increased choice blindness, which might have resulted from inhibition of further processing of the detailed facial features by the less attractive sad expressions (as compared to neutral expressions).

  18. Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates.

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    Santana, Sharlene E; Lynch Alfaro, Jessica; Alfaro, Michael E

    2012-06-07

    The rich diversity of primate faces has interested naturalists for over a century. Researchers have long proposed that social behaviours have shaped the evolution of primate facial diversity. However, the primate face constitutes a unique structure where the diverse and potentially competing functions of communication, ecology and physiology intersect, and the major determinants of facial diversity remain poorly understood. Here, we provide the first evidence for an adaptive role of facial colour patterns and pigmentation within Neotropical primates. Consistent with the hypothesis that facial patterns function in communication and species recognition, we find that species living in smaller groups and in sympatry with a higher number of congener species have evolved more complex patterns of facial colour. The evolution of facial pigmentation and hair length is linked to ecological factors, and ecogeographical rules related to UV radiation and thermoregulation are met by some facial regions. Our results demonstrate the interaction of behavioural and ecological factors in shaping one of the most outstanding facial diversities of any mammalian lineage.

  19. Análisis facial en ortodoncia

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    Mendoza Corbetto, Marco

    2004-01-01

    Las consideraciones sobre estética facial han sido conceptos inseparables de los principios y de la práctica de la ortodoncia y hoy en día se hace necesario enfatizar la importancia del análisis facial como examen complementario indispensable para el diagnóstico y planeamiento ortodóntico, resaltando que la mejora de la morfología facial debe ser el objetivo del tratamiento de las maloclusion es. Según Baldwin 5 el paciente busca en un tratamiento ortodóntico la ...

  20. Heartbeat Rate Measurement from Facial Video

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    Haque, Mohammad Ahsanul; Irani, Ramin; Nasrollahi, Kamal

    2016-01-01

    Heartbeat Rate (HR) reveals a person’s health condition. This paper presents an effective system for measuring HR from facial videos acquired in a more realistic environment than the testing environment of current systems. The proposed method utilizes a facial feature point tracking method...... by combining a ‘Good feature to track’ and a ‘Supervised descent method’ in order to overcome the limitations of currently available facial video based HR measuring systems. Such limitations include, e.g., unrealistic restriction of the subject’s movement and artificial lighting during data capture. A face...

  1. Total Facial Nerve Decompression for Severe Traumatic Facial Nerve Paralysis: A Review of 10 Cases

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    Sertac Yetiser

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available Management of traumatic facial nerve disorders is challenging. Facial nerve decompression is indicated if 90–95% loss of function is seen at the very early period on ENoG or if there is axonal degeneration on EMG lately with no sign of recovery. Middle cranial or translabyrinthine approach is selected depending on hearing. The aim of this study is to present retrospective review of 10 patients with sudden onset complete facial paralysis after trauma who underwent total facial nerve decompression. Operation time after injury is ranging between 16 and105 days. Excitation threshold, supramaximal stimulation, and amplitude on the paralytic side were worse than at least %85 of the healthy side. Six of 11 patients had HBG-II, one patient had HBG-I, 3 patients had HBG-III, and one patient had HBG-IV recovery. Stretch, compression injuries with disruption of the endoneurial tubules undetectable at the time of surgery and lack of timely decompression may be associated with suboptimal results in our series.

  2. Dermatological Feasibility of Multimodal Facial Color Imaging Modality for Cross-Evaluation of Facial Actinic Keratosis

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    Bae, Youngwoo; Son, Taeyoon; Nelson, J. Stuart; Kim, Jae-Hong; Choi, Eung Ho; Jung, Byungjo

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    Background/Purpose Digital color image analysis is currently considered as a routine procedure in dermatology. In our previous study, a multimodal facial color imaging modality (MFCIM), which provides a conventional, parallel- and cross-polarization, and fluorescent color image, was introduced for objective evaluation of various facial skin lesions. This study introduces a commercial version of MFCIM, DermaVision-PRO, for routine clinical use in dermatology and demonstrates its dermatological feasibility for cross-evaluation of skin lesions. Methods/Results Sample images of subjects with actinic keratosis or non-melanoma skin cancers were obtained at four different imaging modes. Various image analysis methods were applied to cross-evaluate the skin lesion and, finally, extract valuable diagnostic information. DermaVision-PRO is potentially a useful tool as an objective macroscopic imaging modality for quick prescreening and cross-evaluation of facial skin lesions. Conclusion DermaVision-PRO may be utilized as a useful tool for cross-evaluation of widely distributed facial skin lesions and an efficient database management of patient information. PMID:20923462

  3. People with chronic facial pain perform worse than controls at a facial emotion recognition task, but it is not all about the emotion.

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    von Piekartz, H; Wallwork, S B; Mohr, G; Butler, D S; Moseley, G L

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    Alexithymia, or a lack of emotional awareness, is prevalent in some chronic pain conditions and has been linked to poor recognition of others' emotions. Recognising others' emotions from their facial expression involves both emotional and motor processing, but the possible contribution of motor disruption has not been considered. It is possible that poor performance on emotional recognition tasks could reflect problems with emotional processing, motor processing or both. We hypothesised that people with chronic facial pain would be less accurate in recognising others' emotions from facial expressions, would be less accurate in a motor imagery task involving the face, and that performance on both tasks would be positively related. A convenience sample of 19 people (15 females) with chronic facial pain and 19 gender-matched controls participated. They undertook two tasks; in the first task, they identified the facial emotion presented in a photograph. In the second, they identified whether the person in the image had a facial feature pointed towards their left or right side, a well-recognised paradigm to induce implicit motor imagery. People with chronic facial pain performed worse than controls at both tasks (Facially Expressed Emotion Labelling (FEEL) task P facial pain were worse than controls at both the FEEL emotion recognition task and the left/right facial expression task and performance covaried within participants. We propose that disrupted motor processing may underpin or at least contribute to the difficulty that facial pain patients have in emotion recognition and that further research that tests this proposal is warranted. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  4. Spontaneous and posed facial expression in Parkinson's disease.

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    Smith, M C; Smith, M K; Ellgring, H

    1996-09-01

    Spontaneous and posed emotional facial expressions in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD, n = 12) were compared with those of healthy age-matched controls (n = 12). The intensity and amount of facial expression in PD patients were expected to be reduced for spontaneous but not posed expressions. Emotional stimuli were video clips selected from films, 2-5 min in duration, designed to elicit feelings of happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, or anger. Facial movements were coded using Ekman and Friesen's (1978) Facial Action Coding System (FACS). In addition, participants rated their emotional experience on 9-point Likert scales. The PD group showed significantly less overall facial reactivity than did controls when viewing the films. The predicted Group X Condition (spontaneous vs. posed) interaction effect on smile intensity was found when PD participants with more severe disease were compared with those with milder disease and with controls. In contrast, ratings of emotional experience were similar for both groups. Depression was positively associated with emotion rating but not with measures of facial activity. Spontaneous facial expression appears to be selectively affected in PD, whereas posed expression and emotional experience remain relatively intact.

  5. Advances in face detection and facial image analysis

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    Celebi, M; Smolka, Bogdan

    2016-01-01

    This book presents the state-of-the-art in face detection and analysis. It outlines new research directions, including in particular psychology-based facial dynamics recognition, aimed at various applications such as behavior analysis, deception detection, and diagnosis of various psychological disorders. Topics of interest include face and facial landmark detection, face recognition, facial expression and emotion analysis, facial dynamics analysis, face classification, identification, and clustering, and gaze direction and head pose estimation, as well as applications of face analysis.

  6. Idiopathic ophthalmodynia and idiopathic rhinalgia: two topographic facial pain syndromes.

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    Pareja, Juan A; Cuadrado, María L; Porta-Etessam, Jesús; Fernández-de-las-Peñas, César; Gili, Pablo; Caminero, Ana B; Cebrián, José L

    2010-09-01

    To describe 2 topographic facial pain conditions with the pain clearly localized in the eye (idiopathic ophthalmodynia) or in the nose (idiopathic rhinalgia), and to propose their distinction from persistent idiopathic facial pain. Persistent idiopathic facial pain, burning mouth syndrome, atypical odontalgia, and facial arthromyalgia are idiopathic facial pain syndromes that have been separated according to topographical criteria. Still, some other facial pain syndromes might have been veiled under the broad term of persistent idiopathic facial pain. Through a 10-year period we have studied all patients referred to our neurological clinic because of facial pain of unknown etiology that might deviate from all well-characterized facial pain syndromes. In a group of patients we have identified 2 consistent clinical pictures with pain precisely located either in the eye (n=11) or in the nose (n=7). Clinical features resembled those of other localized idiopathic facial syndromes, the key differences relying on the topographic distribution of the pain. Both idiopathic ophthalmodynia and idiopathic rhinalgia seem specific pain syndromes with a distinctive location, and may deserve a nosologic status just as other focal pain syndromes of the face. Whether all such focal syndromes are topographic variants of persistent idiopathic facial pain or independent disorders remains a controversial issue.

  7. Categorical Perception of Affective and Linguistic Facial Expressions

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    McCullough, Stephen; Emmorey, Karen

    2009-01-01

    Two experiments investigated categorical perception (CP) effects for affective facial expressions and linguistic facial expressions from American Sign Language (ASL) for Deaf native signers and hearing non-signers. Facial expressions were presented in isolation (Experiment 1) or in an ASL verb context (Experiment 2). Participants performed ABX…

  8. Factors contributing to the adaptation aftereffects of facial expression.

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    Butler, Andrea; Oruc, Ipek; Fox, Christopher J; Barton, Jason J S

    2008-01-29

    Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of adaptation aftereffects for facial expressions. Here we investigated which aspects of facial stimuli contribute to these aftereffects. In Experiment 1, we examined the role of local adaptation to image elements such as curvature, shape and orientation, independent of expression, by using hybrid faces constructed from either the same or opposing expressions. While hybrid faces made with consistent expressions generated aftereffects as large as those with normal faces, there were no aftereffects from hybrid faces made from different expressions, despite the fact that these contained the same local image elements. In Experiment 2, we examined the role of facial features independent of the normal face configuration by contrasting adaptation with whole faces to adaptation with scrambled faces. We found that scrambled faces also generated significant aftereffects, indicating that expressive features without a normal facial configuration could generate expression aftereffects. In Experiment 3, we examined the role of facial configuration by using schematic faces made from line elements that in isolation do not carry expression-related information (e.g. curved segments and straight lines) but that convey an expression when arranged in a normal facial configuration. We obtained a significant aftereffect for facial configurations but not scrambled configurations of these line elements. We conclude that facial expression aftereffects are not due to local adaptation to image elements but due to high-level adaptation of neural representations that involve both facial features and facial configuration.

  9. Variant facial artery in the submandibular region.

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    Vadgaonkar, Rajanigandha; Rai, Rajalakshmi; Prabhu, Latha V; Bv, Murlimanju; Samapriya, Neha

    2012-07-01

    Facial artery has been considered to be the most important vascular pedicle in facial rejuvenation procedures and submandibular gland (SMG) resection. It usually arises from the external carotid artery and passes from the carotid to digastric triangle, deep to the posterior belly of digastric muscle, and lodges in a groove at the posterior end of the SMG. It then passes between SMG and the mandible to reach the face after winding around the base of the mandible. During a routine dissection, in a 62-year-old female cadaver, in Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, an unusual pattern in the cervical course of facial artery was revealed. The right facial artery was found to pierce the whole substance of the SMG before winding around the lower border of the mandible to enter the facial region. Awareness of existence of such a variant and its comparison to the normal anatomy will be useful to oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

  10. Unsupervised learning of facial emotion decoding skills.

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    Huelle, Jan O; Sack, Benjamin; Broer, Katja; Komlewa, Irina; Anders, Silke

    2014-01-01

    Research on the mechanisms underlying human facial emotion recognition has long focussed on genetically determined neural algorithms and often neglected the question of how these algorithms might be tuned by social learning. Here we show that facial emotion decoding skills can be significantly and sustainably improved by practice without an external teaching signal. Participants saw video clips of dynamic facial expressions of five different women and were asked to decide which of four possible emotions (anger, disgust, fear, and sadness) was shown in each clip. Although no external information about the correctness of the participant's response or the sender's true affective state was provided, participants showed a significant increase of facial emotion recognition accuracy both within and across two training sessions two days to several weeks apart. We discuss several similarities and differences between the unsupervised improvement of facial decoding skills observed in the current study, unsupervised perceptual learning of simple stimuli described in previous studies and practice effects often observed in cognitive tasks.

  11. Mothers' pupillary responses to infant facial expressions.

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    Yrttiaho, Santeri; Niehaus, Dana; Thomas, Eileen; Leppänen, Jukka M

    2017-02-06

    Human parental care relies heavily on the ability to monitor and respond to a child's affective states. The current study examined pupil diameter as a potential physiological index of mothers' affective response to infant facial expressions. Pupillary time-series were measured from 86 mothers of young infants in response to an array of photographic infant faces falling into four emotive categories based on valence (positive vs. negative) and arousal (mild vs. strong). Pupil dilation was highly sensitive to the valence of facial expressions, being larger for negative vs. positive facial expressions. A separate control experiment with luminance-matched non-face stimuli indicated that the valence effect was specific to facial expressions and cannot be explained by luminance confounds. Pupil response was not sensitive to the arousal level of facial expressions. The results show the feasibility of using pupil diameter as a marker of mothers' affective responses to ecologically valid infant stimuli and point to a particularly prompt maternal response to infant distress cues.

  12. Facial soft tissue changes after orthodontic treatment | Aksakalli ...

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    Objectives: To successfully meet expectations on facial esthetics, it is important to understand normal craniofacial growth and the impact of orthodontic treatment thereon. To date, there have been few studies documenting changes in facial esthetics through photography. The objective of this study was to compare facial soft ...

  13. [A text-book case of tropical facial elephantiasis].

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    Dilu, N-J; Sokolo, R

    2007-02-01

    Tropical facial elephantiasis is a nosological entity which can arise from various underlying causes: von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis, lymphatic and cutaneodermal filarioses, deep mycosis. We report an exceptional case of tropical facial elephantiasis caused by onchocercosis and entomophtoromycosis (rhinophycomycosis). The patient's facial morphology was noted "hippopotamus-face" or "dog-face". Onchocercosis and entomophtoromycosis are two diseases known to cause facial elephantiasis. We have not however been able to find any case report in the literature of co-morbidity nor any information on factors predictive of concomitant occurrence.

  14. CHECK LIST DO CREA-RN APLICADO A FISCALIZAÇÃO DAS ATIVIDADES: ESTUDO DE CASO NA VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS (UNIDADE MACAIBA - RN

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    Mauro Froes Meyer

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    Full Text Available Assim como toda atividade baseada na extração de recursos naturais, as pedreiras também causam extremos impactos ambientais desde a fase de abertura da mina até sua exaustão. O material produzido nas pedreiras destina-se exclusivamente ao ramo da construção civil. Por isso, estas empresas necessitam situar-se próximas a centros urbanos para que o custo de transporte do material não seja inviável. Entretanto, o crescimento desordenado das cidades, devido á falta de planejamento urbano, por vezes, acaba por acentuar os impactos ambientais gerados pela atividade, causando conflitos entre as comunidades que circundam a mina e donos do empreendimento. Com o propósito de testar e aperfeiçoar o check-list elaborado pelo CREA para fiscalizar empresas de mineração foi realizado um estudo de caso na unidade Macaíba da Votorantim Cimentos segundo todos os aspectos contidos nesse check-list como geologia, lavra e beneficiamento o que proporcionou a ampliação do mesmo, incluindo questões que ainda não haviam sido abordadas, bem como sua maior eficácia.

  15. Dynamic facial expression recognition based on geometric and texture features

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    Li, Ming; Wang, Zengfu

    2018-04-01

    Recently, dynamic facial expression recognition in videos has attracted growing attention. In this paper, we propose a novel dynamic facial expression recognition method by using geometric and texture features. In our system, the facial landmark movements and texture variations upon pairwise images are used to perform the dynamic facial expression recognition tasks. For one facial expression sequence, pairwise images are created between the first frame and each of its subsequent frames. Integration of both geometric and texture features further enhances the representation of the facial expressions. Finally, Support Vector Machine is used for facial expression recognition. Experiments conducted on the extended Cohn-Kanade database show that our proposed method can achieve a competitive performance with other methods.

  16. Some Aspects of Facial Nerve Paralysis

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    Jan 20, 1973 ... the facial nerve has tremendous regenerative ability. The paretic, or flaccid, ... fresh axoplasm moving into it from the cell-body. Only when the axon .... tivity of the ear to sound, homolateral to the facial paralysis. The cause is ...

  17. Neural Correlates of Facial Mimicry: Simultaneous Measurements of EMG and BOLD Responses during Perception of Dynamic Compared to Static Facial Expressions

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    Rymarczyk, Krystyna; Żurawski, Łukasz; Jankowiak-Siuda, Kamila; Szatkowska, Iwona

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    Facial mimicry (FM) is an automatic response to imitate the facial expressions of others. However, neural correlates of the phenomenon are as yet not well established. We investigated this issue using simultaneously recorded EMG and BOLD signals during perception of dynamic and static emotional facial expressions of happiness and anger. During display presentations, BOLD signals and zygomaticus major (ZM), corrugator supercilii (CS) and orbicularis oculi (OO) EMG responses were recorded simultaneously from 46 healthy individuals. Subjects reacted spontaneously to happy facial expressions with increased EMG activity in ZM and OO muscles and decreased CS activity, which was interpreted as FM. Facial muscle responses correlated with BOLD activity in regions associated with motor simulation of facial expressions [i.e., inferior frontal gyrus, a classical Mirror Neuron System (MNS)]. Further, we also found correlations for regions associated with emotional processing (i.e., insula, part of the extended MNS). It is concluded that FM involves both motor and emotional brain structures, especially during perception of natural emotional expressions. PMID:29467691

  18. El fisioterapeuta como miembro del equipo multidisciplinar de la Unidad de Grandes Quemados: Técnicas específicas de tratamiento

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    González Fraile, Laura

    2014-01-01

    El trabajo en la Unidad de Grandes Quemados del Hospital Río Hortega es altamente especializado. Desde que se creó esta Unidad se incluyó la figura del fisioterapeuta como miembro del equipo multidisciplinar (médicos intensivistas, cirujanos plásticos, personal de enfermería, etc…) que atiende diariamente a este tipo de pacientes. Se describe la estructura y funcionamiento de la Unidad, el equipo multidisciplinar que en ella trabaja, así como consideraciones médicas y quirúrgicas que el fi...

  19. Automated facial acne assessment from smartphone images

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    Amini, Mohammad; Vasefi, Fartash; Valdebran, Manuel; Huang, Kevin; Zhang, Haomiao; Kemp, William; MacKinnon, Nicholas

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    A smartphone mobile medical application is presented, that provides analysis of the health of skin on the face using a smartphone image and cloud-based image processing techniques. The mobile application employs the use of the camera to capture a front face image of a subject, after which the captured image is spatially calibrated based on fiducial points such as position of the iris of the eye. A facial recognition algorithm is used to identify features of the human face image, to normalize the image, and to define facial regions of interest (ROI) for acne assessment. We identify acne lesions and classify them into two categories: those that are papules and those that are pustules. Automated facial acne assessment was validated by performing tests on images of 60 digital human models and 10 real human face images. The application was able to identify 92% of acne lesions within five facial ROIs. The classification accuracy for separating papules from pustules was 98%. Combined with in-app documentation of treatment, lifestyle factors, and automated facial acne assessment, the app can be used in both cosmetic and clinical dermatology. It allows users to quantitatively self-measure acne severity and treatment efficacy on an ongoing basis to help them manage their chronic facial acne.

  20. Botulinum toxin in the management of facial paralysis.

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    Cabin, Jonathan A; Massry, Guy G; Azizzadeh, Babak

    2015-08-01

    Complete flaccid facial paralysis, as well as the synkinetic and hyperkinetic sequelae of partial recovery, has significant impact on quality of life. Patients suffer from functional deficiencies, cosmetic deformity, discomfort and social consequences leading to emotional distress. Despite an extensive and sophisticated array of available interventions for facial reanimation, most patients have persistent issues that require consistent follow-up. In long-term management, botulinum toxin (BT) injection remains a critical tool in the treatment of the facial paralysis patient, particularly in the case of synkinesis, hyperkinesis and imbalance. We review the recent scientific literature and highlight key principles and developments in the use of BT in the management of facial paralysis, including less common applications for acute facial paralysis, hyperlacrimation and pseudoptosis. We reviewed the literature for the latest advances in the use of BT in facial paralysis, including applications and technique, as well as measurement tools and adjunct exercises. We also share our experience in treating our own patient population. BT continues to be a well tolerated and effective tool in the long-term management of facial paralysis, specifically in treating synkinesis, imbalance and hyperkinesis, as well as hyperlacrimation and pseudoptosis. Consistent measurement tools and adjunct neuromuscular retraining are crucial in the successful deployment of BT. Controversy exists as to whether BT should be used to manage facial paralysis during the acute phase, and whether BT application to the nonparalyzed face can improve long-term recovery in the paralyzed side.

  1. Trisomy 21 and facial developmental instability.

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    Starbuck, John M; Cole, Theodore M; Reeves, Roger H; Richtsmeier, Joan T

    2013-05-01

    The most common live-born human aneuploidy is trisomy 21, which causes Down syndrome (DS). Dosage imbalance of genes on chromosome 21 (Hsa21) affects complex gene-regulatory interactions and alters development to produce a wide range of phenotypes, including characteristic facial dysmorphology. Little is known about how trisomy 21 alters craniofacial morphogenesis to create this characteristic appearance. Proponents of the "amplified developmental instability" hypothesis argue that trisomy 21 causes a generalized genetic imbalance that disrupts evolutionarily conserved developmental pathways by decreasing developmental homeostasis and precision throughout development. Based on this model, we test the hypothesis that DS faces exhibit increased developmental instability relative to euploid individuals. Developmental instability was assessed by a statistical analysis of fluctuating asymmetry. We compared the magnitude and patterns of fluctuating asymmetry among siblings using three-dimensional coordinate locations of 20 anatomic landmarks collected from facial surface reconstructions in four age-matched samples ranging from 4 to 12 years: (1) DS individuals (n = 55); (2) biological siblings of DS individuals (n = 55); 3) and 4) two samples of typically developing individuals (n = 55 for each sample), who are euploid siblings and age-matched to the DS individuals and their euploid siblings (samples 1 and 2). Identification in the DS sample of facial prominences exhibiting increased fluctuating asymmetry during facial morphogenesis provides evidence for increased developmental instability in DS faces. We found the highest developmental instability in facial structures derived from the mandibular prominence and lowest in facial regions derived from the frontal prominence. Copyright © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  2. Unidades didácticas de matemáticas /

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    2011-01-01

    La autora considera importante que se tenga en cuenta como docentes que no se debe únicamente fomentar la capacidad cognitiva del alumnado, ya que, las personas nos desarrollamos en más ámbitos que el estrictamente cognitivo. Por ello a la hora de diseñar unidades didácticas, especialmente de matemáticas, se deben tener en cuenta todos los aspectos que pueden influir, de una forma u otra, en nuestro alumnado.

  3. Long-Term Facial Nerve Outcomes after Microsurgical Resection of Vestibular Schwannomas in Patients with Preoperative Facial Nerve Palsy.

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    Mooney, Michael A; Hendricks, Benjamin; Sarris, Christina E; Spetzler, Robert F; Almefty, Kaith K; Porter, Randall W

    2018-06-01

    Objectives  This study aimed at evaluating facial nerve outcomes in vestibular schwannoma patients presenting with preoperative facial nerve palsy. Design  A retrospective review. Setting  Single-institution cohort. Participants  Overall, 368 consecutive patients underwent vestibular schwannoma resection. Patients with prior microsurgery or radiosurgery were excluded. Main Outcome Measures  Incidence, House-Brackmann grade. Results  Of 368 patients, 9 had confirmed preoperative facial nerve dysfunction not caused by prior treatment, for an estimated incidence of 2.4%. Seven of these nine patients had Koos grade 4 tumors. Mean tumor diameter was 3.0 cm (range: 2.1-4.4 cm), and seven of nine tumors were subtotally resected. All nine patients were followed up clinically for ≥ 6 months. Of the six patients with a preoperative House-Brackmann grade of II, two improved to grade I, three were stable, and one patient worsened to grade III. Of the three patients with grade III or worse, all remained stable at last follow-up. Conclusions  Preoperative facial nerve palsy is rare in patients with vestibular schwannoma; it tends to occur in patients with relatively large lesions. Detailed long-term outcomes of facial nerve function after microsurgical resection for these patients have not been reported previously. We followed nine patients and found that eight (89%) of the nine patients had either stable or improved facial nerve outcomes after treatment. Management strategies varied for these patients, including rates of subtotal versus gross-total resection and the use of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with residual tumor. These results can be used to help counsel patients preoperatively on expected outcomes of facial nerve function after treatment.

  4. Sepse tardia em pré-termos de uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: análise de três anos

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    Brunnella Alcantara Chagas de Freitas

    2012-03-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência, os fatores e os agentes etiológicos associados à sepse neonatal tardia em pré-termos de uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, de dados secundários de prontuários de pré-termos admitidos em uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal, no triênio 2008-2010. Caracterizou-se a variável desfecho sepse neonatal tardia pelos critérios da Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária. Empregaram-se os testes do Qui-quadrado de Pearson, exato de Fisher ou Qui-quadrado de tendência linear para as variáveis qualitativas. Considerou-se significante p<0,05. Realizaram-se análises bivariadas e multivariadas entre as variáveis independentes e a dependente, obtendo-se como medida de efeito as razões de prevalências, considerando-se p<0,20. RESULTADOS: Participaram do estudo 267 prematuros. Destes, 28,5% evoluíram com sepse tardia, com positividade de hemocultura em 17,1%. Evoluíram a óbito 8,2% dos pré-termos e, destes, 68,2% eram do grupo sepse. Associaram-se à hemocultura positiva três óbitos, todos com a participação de Gram-negativos. Na análise bivariada para o desfecho sepse tardia observou-se que, à medida que decresceram a idade gestacional e o peso ao nascer, houve aumento de sua prevalência. A duração de ventilação mecânica e de cateter central de inserção periférica por períodos iguais ou superiores respectivamente a 10 e 11 dias se associaram ao desfecho sepse neonatal tardia em 80,8% e 76,2% dos pré-termos. Na análise multivariada, permaneceu como fator associado à sepse tardia o tempo de cateter central de inserção periférica igual ou superior a 11 dias. Houve maior participação dos Gram-negativos como agentes etiológicos, sendo mais frequentes a Klebsiella pneumoniae e a Escherichia coli. CONCLUSÕES: A sepse tardia mantém-se uma preocupação por sua prevalência nas unidades de terapia intensiva e pela associação a procedimentos

  5. Refeições servidas em unidade de alimentação e nutrição: uma avaliação da saúde dos trabalhadores

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    Priscila de Lima Batista

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    Full Text Available Objetivo: Avaliar a composição nutricional das refeições servidas em uma Unidade de Alimentação e Nutrição em relação aos parâmetros nutricionais estabelecidos pelo Programa de Alimentação do Trabalhador e avaliar os fatores de risco associados às Doenças Crônicas Não Transmissíveis existentes nos beneficiados. Métodos: Realizou-se estudo observacional, transversal e descritivo em uma Unidade de Alimentação e Nutrição, localizada em uma empresa do setor de prestação de serviços automotivos, no município de Curitiba-PR, em outubro de 2014. Para a coleta de dados, obtiveram-se informações referentes à composição nutricional das refeições servidas no período do almoço, durante um mês. Realizou-se avaliação antropométrica e aplicou-se um questionário para avaliar o estilo de vida de 19 funcionários da empresa. Resultados: Na média geral, o valor energético total (1.311,7 Kcal, proteínas (19%, gorduras totais (32%, fibras (21,14 g, sódio (1828,6 mg e o percentual proteico-calórico (12% das refeições estavam acima dos limites estabelecidos pelo Programa de Alimentação do Trabalhador. Constatou-se que 53% dos funcionários estavam com sobrepeso, 21% eram fumantes, 58% não praticavam atividade física e 32% apresentavam alguma patologia, sendo o diagnóstico de hipertensão arterial relatado por todos os funcionários. Conclusão: As refeições servidas na Unidade de Alimentação e Nutrição avaliada estavam inadequadas aos parâmetros estabelecidos para a alimentação do trabalhador, o que pode acarretar prejuízo à saúde dos beneficiários quando associado aos principais fatores de riscos encontrados, como sobrepeso, sedentarismo e prevalência de hipertensão arterial, além do não cumprimento à legislação trabalhista brasileira.

  6. Peripheral facial nerve dysfunction: CT evaluation

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    Disbro, M.A.; Harnsberger, H.R.; Osborn, A.G.

    1985-06-01

    Peripheral facial nerve dysfunction may have a clinically apparent or occult cause. The authors reviewed the clinical and radiographic records of 36 patients with peripheral facial nerve dysfunction to obtain information on the location of the suspected lesion and the number, sequence, and type of radiographic evaluations performed. Inadequate clinical evaluations before computed tomography (CT) was done and unnecessary CT examinations were also noted. They have suggested a practical clinical and radiographic scheme to evaluate progressive peripheral facial dysfunction with no apparent cause. If this scheme is applied, unnecessary radiologic tests and delays in diagnosis and treatment may be avoided.

  7. Facial Expression at Retrieval Affects Recognition of Facial Identity

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    Wenfeng eChen

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available It is well known that memory can be modulated by emotional stimuli at the time of encoding and consolidation. For example, happy faces create better identity recognition than faces with certain other expressions. However, the influence of facial expression at the time of retrieval remains unknown in the literature. To separate the potential influence of expression at retrieval from its effects at earlier stages, we had participants learn neutral faces but manipulated facial expression at the time of memory retrieval in a standard old/new recognition task. The results showed a clear effect of facial expression, where happy test faces were identified more successfully than angry test faces. This effect is unlikely due to greater image similarity between the neutral learning face and the happy test face, because image analysis showed that the happy test faces are in fact less similar to the neutral learning faces relative to the angry test faces. In the second experiment, we investigated whether this emotional effect is influenced by the expression at the time of learning. We employed angry or happy faces as learning stimuli, and angry, happy, and neutral faces as test stimuli. The results showed that the emotional effect at retrieval is robust across different encoding conditions with happy or angry expressions. These findings indicate that emotional expressions affect the retrieval process in identity recognition, and identity recognition does not rely on emotional association between learning and test faces.

  8. A Deep Learning Perspective on the Origin of Facial Expressions

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    Breuer, Ran; Kimmel, Ron

    2017-01-01

    Facial expressions play a significant role in human communication and behavior. Psychologists have long studied the relationship between facial expressions and emotions. Paul Ekman et al., devised the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to taxonomize human facial expressions and model their behavior. The ability to recognize facial expressions automatically, enables novel applications in fields like human-computer interaction, social gaming, and psychological research. There has been a tremend...

  9. Magnetic resonance imaging of facial nerve schwannoma.

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    Thompson, Andrew L; Aviv, Richard I; Chen, Joseph M; Nedzelski, Julian M; Yuen, Heng-Wai; Fox, Allan J; Bharatha, Aditya; Bartlett, Eric S; Symons, Sean P

    2009-12-01

    This study characterizes the magnetic resonance (MR) appearances of facial nerve schwannoma (FNS). We hypothesize that the extent of FNS demonstrated on MR will be greater compared to prior computed tomography studies, that geniculate involvement will be most common, and that cerebellar pontine angle (CPA) and internal auditory canal (IAC) involvement will more frequently result in sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Retrospective study. Clinical, pathologic, and enhanced MR imaging records of 30 patients with FNS were analyzed. Morphologic characteristics and extent of segmental facial nerve involvement were documented. Median age at initial imaging was 51 years (range, 28-76 years). Pathologic confirmation was obtained in 14 patients (47%), and the diagnosis reached in the remainder by identification of a mass, thickening, and enhancement along the course of the facial nerve. All 30 lesions involved two or more contiguous segments of the facial nerve, with 28 (93%) involving three or more segments. The median segments involved per lesion was 4, mean of 3.83. Geniculate involvement was most common, in 29 patients (97%). CPA (P = .001) and IAC (P = .02) involvement was significantly related to SNHL. Seventeen patients (57%) presented with facial nerve dysfunction, manifesting in 12 patients as facial nerve weakness or paralysis, and/or in eight with involuntary movements of the facial musculature. This study highlights the morphologic heterogeneity and typical multisegment involvement of FNS. Enhanced MR is the imaging modality of choice for FNS. The neuroradiologist must accurately diagnose and characterize this lesion, and thus facilitate optimal preoperative planning and counseling.

  10. Significado atribuído por trabalhadores da saúde de Belo Horizonte-MG ao princípio da resolutividade nas ações cotidianas

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    Lilian Machado Torres

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    Full Text Available Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, fundamentado na sociologia compreensiva, cujo objetivo foi o de compreender o significado atribuído pelos profissionais da rede hierarquizada de saúde de Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil, ao princípio da resolutividade nas ações cotidianas de saúde. Trinta e dois trabalhadores foram os informantes desta pesquisa. Foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada e a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Profissionais descrevem o que é resolutividade e fatores que dificultam sua concretização. Percebem, também, que os pacientes nem sempre saem das Unidades com a resposta que desejam; e que o serviço é resolutivo no que corresponde ao seu nível de atenção, embora para a população e alguns gerentes seja o inverso. Conclui-se que se torna premente a reorganização de aspectos relacionados a este princípio doutrinário do SUS.

  11. Facial trauma among victims of terrestrial transport accidents.

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    d'Avila, Sérgio; Barbosa, Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega; Bernardino, Ítalo de Macedo; da Nóbrega, Lorena Marques; Bento, Patrícia Meira; E Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira

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    In developing countries, terrestrial transport accidents - TTA, especially those involving automobiles and motorcycles - are a major cause of facial trauma, surpassing urban violence. This cross-sectional census study attempted to determine facial trauma occurrence with terrestrial transport accidents etiology, involving cars, motorcycles, or accidents with pedestrians in the northeastern region of Brazil, and examine victims' socio-demographic characteristics. Morbidity data from forensic service reports of victims who sought care from January to December 2012 were analyzed. Altogether, 2379 reports were evaluated, of which 673 were related to terrestrial transport accidents and 103 involved facial trauma. Three previously trained and calibrated researchers collected data using a specific form. Facial trauma occurrence rate was 15.3% (n=103). The most affected age group was 20-29 years (48.3%), and more men than women were affected (2.81:1). Motorcycles were involved in the majority of accidents resulting in facial trauma (66.3%). The occurrence of facial trauma in terrestrial transport accident victims tends to affect a greater proportion of young and male subjects, and the most prevalent accidents involve motorcycles. Copyright © 2015 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

  12. Frame-Based Facial Expression Recognition Using Geometrical Features

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    Anwar Saeed

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    Full Text Available To improve the human-computer interaction (HCI to be as good as human-human interaction, building an efficient approach for human emotion recognition is required. These emotions could be fused from several modalities such as facial expression, hand gesture, acoustic data, and biophysiological data. In this paper, we address the frame-based perception of the universal human facial expressions (happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, with the help of several geometrical features. Unlike many other geometry-based approaches, the frame-based method does not rely on prior knowledge of a person-specific neutral expression; this knowledge is gained through human intervention and not available in real scenarios. Additionally, we provide a method to investigate the performance of the geometry-based approaches under various facial point localization errors. From an evaluation on two public benchmark datasets, we have found that using eight facial points, we can achieve the state-of-the-art recognition rate. However, this state-of-the-art geometry-based approach exploits features derived from 68 facial points and requires prior knowledge of the person-specific neutral expression. The expression recognition rate using geometrical features is adversely affected by the errors in the facial point localization, especially for the expressions with subtle facial deformations.

  13. Orientations for the successful categorization of facial expressions and their link with facial features.

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    Duncan, Justin; Gosselin, Frédéric; Cobarro, Charlène; Dugas, Gabrielle; Blais, Caroline; Fiset, Daniel

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    Horizontal information was recently suggested to be crucial for face identification. In the present paper, we expand on this finding and investigate the role of orientations for all the basic facial expressions and neutrality. To this end, we developed orientation bubbles to quantify utilization of the orientation spectrum by the visual system in a facial expression categorization task. We first validated the procedure in Experiment 1 with a simple plaid-detection task. In Experiment 2, we used orientation bubbles to reveal the diagnostic-i.e., task relevant-orientations for the basic facial expressions and neutrality. Overall, we found that horizontal information was highly diagnostic for expressions-surprise excepted. We also found that utilization of horizontal information strongly predicted performance level in this task. Despite the recent surge of research on horizontals, the link with local features remains unexplored. We were thus also interested in investigating this link. In Experiment 3, location bubbles were used to reveal the diagnostic features for the basic facial expressions. Crucially, Experiments 2 and 3 were run in parallel on the same participants, in an interleaved fashion. This way, we were able to correlate individual orientation and local diagnostic profiles. Our results indicate that individual differences in horizontal tuning are best predicted by utilization of the eyes.

  14. LA DECENA A TRAVÉS DE MATERIALES MANIPULATIVOS Propuesta de Unidad Didáctica

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    Moreno-Fernández, Mª del Mar

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    Este Trabajo de Fin de Grado se realiza en el marco del Grado de Maestro en Educación Primaria de la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. Se plantea como una unidad didáctica enfocada al uso de materiales de carácter manipulativo para el aprendizaje del concepto de la decena en alumnos de primer curso de Educación Primaria. El trabajo consta de una primera parte de contextualiza-ción teórica y de una segunda parte formada por la propuesta de unidad didáctica, donde se deta-llan competencias...

  15. Incidência de constipação intestinal em uma unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Guerra, Tatiana Lopes de Souza; Mendonça, Simone Sotero; Marshall, Norma Guimarães

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    OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a incidência de constipação em pacientes críticos em uso de nutrição enteral internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva e correlacioná-la a variáveis encontradas em pacientes críticos. MÉTODOS: Estudo de caráter retrospectivo analítico, realizado na unidade de terapia intensiva do Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (DF), por meio da análise de prontuários de pacientes internados no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2011. Foram coletados e analisados dados referentes a incidê...

  16. Makey Makey y su posible aplicación en unidades de información

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    Itza Chaves Arias; Jonathan Esquivel Guillén; Ana Cristina Jiménez Varela; Hannia Sánchez López

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    Esta revisión bibliográfica presenta el Makey Makey como un dispositivo que forma parte del Maker Movement y que puede utilizarse en las unidades de información. Por ello, se realizó una revisión de literatura que revisa el contexto histórico sobre el surgimiento de este recurso tecnológico; de hecho, en el apartado de Makey Makey se describen las principales características y usos del dispositivo; además, en la sociedad y en las unidades de información, el Makey Makey tiene diferentes caract...

  17. Measurement of facial movements with Photoshop software during treatment of facial nerve palsy*

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    Pourmomeny, Abbas Ali; Zadmehr, Hassan; Hossaini, Mohsen

    2011-01-01

    BACKGROUND: Evaluating the function of facial nerve is essential in order to determine the influences of various treatment methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate and assess the agreement of Photoshop scaling system versus the facial grading system (FGS). METHODS: In this semi-experimental study, thirty subjects with facial nerve paralysis were recruited. The evaluation of all patients before and after the treatment was performed by FGS and Photoshop measurements. RESULTS: The mean values of FGS before and after the treatment were 35 ± 25 and 67 ± 24, respectively (p Photoshop assessment, mean changes of face expressions in the impaired side relative to the normal side in rest position and three main movements of the face were 3.4 ± 0.55 and 4.04 ± 0.49 millimeter before and after the treatment, respectively (p Photoshop was more objective than using FGS. Therefore, it may be recommended to use this method instead. PMID:22973325

  18. Measurement of facial movements with Photoshop software during treatment of facial nerve palsy.

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    Pourmomeny, Abbas Ali; Zadmehr, Hassan; Hossaini, Mohsen

    2011-10-01

    Evaluating the function of facial nerve is essential in order to determine the influences of various treatment methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate and assess the agreement of Photoshop scaling system versus the facial grading system (FGS). In this semi-experimental study, thirty subjects with facial nerve paralysis were recruited. The evaluation of all patients before and after the treatment was performed by FGS and Photoshop measurements. The mean values of FGS before and after the treatment were 35 ± 25 and 67 ± 24, respectively (p Photoshop assessment, mean changes of face expressions in the impaired side relative to the normal side in rest position and three main movements of the face were 3.4 ± 0.55 and 4.04 ± 0.49 millimeter before and after the treatment, respectively (p Photoshop was more objective than using FGS. Therefore, it may be recommended to use this method instead.

  19. Facial Affect Displays during Tutoring Sessions

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    Ghijsen, M.; Heylen, Dirk K.J.; Nijholt, Antinus; op den Akker, Hendrikus J.A.

    2005-01-01

    An emotionally intelligent tutoring system should be able to provide feedback to students, taking into account relevant aspects of the mental state of the student. Facial expressions, put in context, might provide some cues with respect to this state. We discuss the analysis of the facial expression

  20. Greater perceptual sensitivity to happy facial expression.

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    Maher, Stephen; Ekstrom, Tor; Chen, Yue

    2014-01-01

    Perception of subtle facial expressions is essential for social functioning; yet it is unclear if human perceptual sensitivities differ in detecting varying types of facial emotions. Evidence diverges as to whether salient negative versus positive emotions (such as sadness versus happiness) are preferentially processed. Here, we measured perceptual thresholds for the detection of four types of emotion in faces--happiness, fear, anger, and sadness--using psychophysical methods. We also evaluated the association of the perceptual performances with facial morphological changes between neutral and respective emotion types. Human observers were highly sensitive to happiness compared with the other emotional expressions. Further, this heightened perceptual sensitivity to happy expressions can be attributed largely to the emotion-induced morphological change of a particular facial feature (end-lip raise).

  1. Misinterpretation of facial expression: a cross-cultural study.

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    Shioiri, T; Someya, T; Helmeste, D; Tang, S W

    1999-02-01

    Accurately recognizing facial emotional expressions is important in psychiatrist-versus-patient interactions. This might be difficult when the physician and patients are from different cultures. More than two decades of research on facial expressions have documented the universality of the emotions of anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise. In contrast, some research data supported the concept that there are significant cultural differences in the judgment of emotion. In this pilot study, the recognition of emotional facial expressions in 123 Japanese subjects was evaluated using the Japanese and Caucasian Facial Expression of Emotion (JACFEE) photos. The results indicated that Japanese subjects experienced difficulties in recognizing some emotional facial expressions and misunderstood others as depicted by the posers, when compared to previous studies using American subjects. Interestingly, the sex and cultural background of the poser did not appear to influence the accuracy of recognition. The data suggest that in this young Japanese sample, judgment of certain emotional facial expressions was significantly different from the Americans. Further exploration in this area is warranted due to its importance in cross-cultural clinician-patient interactions.

  2. Facial attractiveness, symmetry and cues of good genes.

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    Scheib, J E; Gangestad, S W; Thornhill, R

    1999-09-22

    Cues of phenotypic condition should be among those used by women in their choice of mates. One marker of better phenotypic condition is thought to be symmetrical bilateral body and facial features. However, it is not clear whether women use symmetry as the primary cue in assessing the phenotypic quality of potential mates or whether symmetry is correlated with other facial markers affecting physical attractiveness. Using photographs of men's faces, for which facial symmetry had been measured, we found a relationship between women's attractiveness ratings of these faces and symmetry, but the subjects could not rate facial symmetry accurately. Moreover, the relationship between facial attractiveness and symmetry was still observed, even when symmetry cues were removed by presenting only the left or right half of faces. These results suggest that attractive features other than symmetry can be used to assess phenotypic condition. We identified one such cue, facial masculinity (cheek-bone prominence and a relatively longer lower face), which was related to both symmetry and full- and half-face attractiveness.

  3. Do facial movements express emotions or communicate motives?

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    Parkinson, Brian

    2005-01-01

    This article addresses the debate between emotion-expression and motive-communication approaches to facial movements, focusing on Ekman's (1972) and Fridlund's (1994) contrasting models and their historical antecedents. Available evidence suggests that the presence of others either reduces or increases facial responses, depending on the quality and strength of the emotional manipulation and on the nature of the relationship between interactants. Although both display rules and social motives provide viable explanations of audience "inhibition" effects, some audience facilitation effects are less easily accommodated within an emotion-expression perspective. In particular, emotion is not a sufficient condition for a corresponding "expression," even discounting explicit regulation, and, apparently, "spontaneous" facial movements may be facilitated by the presence of others. Further, there is no direct evidence that any particular facial movement provides an unambiguous expression of a specific emotion. However, information communicated by facial movements is not necessarily extrinsic to emotion. Facial movements not only transmit emotion-relevant information but also contribute to ongoing processes of emotional action in accordance with pragmatic theories.

  4. The reconstruction of male hair-bearing facial regions.

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    Ridgway, Emily B; Pribaz, Julian J

    2011-01-01

    Loss of hair-bearing regions of the face caused by trauma, tumor resection, or burn presents a difficult reconstructive task for plastic surgeons. The ideal tissue substitute should have the same characteristics as the facial area affected, consisting of thin, pliable tissue with a similar color match and hair-bearing quality. This is a retrospective study of 34 male patients who underwent reconstruction of hair-bearing facial regions performed by the senior author (J.J.P.). Local and pedicled flaps were used primarily to reconstruct defects after tumor extirpation, trauma, infections, and burns. Two patients had irradiation before reconstruction. Two patients had prior facial reconstruction with free flaps. The authors found that certain techniques of reconstructing defects in hair-bearing facial regions were more successful than others in particular facial regions and in different sizes of defects. The authors were able to develop a simple algorithm for management of facial defects involving the hair-bearing regions of the eyebrow, sideburn, beard, and mustache that may prospectively aid the planning of reconstructive strategy in these cases.

  5. A dynamic appearance descriptor approach to facial actions temporal modeling

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    Jiang, Bihan; Valstar, Michel; Martinez, Brais; Pantic, Maja

    Both the configuration and the dynamics of facial expressions are crucial for the interpretation of human facial behavior. Yet to date, the vast majority of reported efforts in the field either do not take the dynamics of facial expressions into account, or focus only on prototypic facial

  6. ORIGIN OF THE FACIAL ARTERY FROM THE LINGUAL-FACIAL TRUNK AND ITS COURSE THROUGH THE SUBMANDIBULAR SALIVARY GLAND: A CASE REPORT. Origen de la arteria facial desde el tronco lingual-facial y su curso a través de la glándula salival submandibular: informe

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    Full Text Available La disección cuidadosa del tercio posterior de la parte superficial de la glándula salival submandibular es uno de los pasos quirúrgicos esenciales en la extirpación endoscópica glandular, evitando daños en la arteria facial. Un buen conocimiento de la poco común relación entre la arteria facial y la glándula salival submandibular es de vital importancia para llevar a cabo de forma eficiente y segura la extirpación de la glándula submandibular. Las variaciones del patrón de ramificación de la arteria facial son bien conocidas y han sido expuestas en el pasado. Sin embargo, las variaciones en su origen y trayectoria son poco frecuentes. Durante una rutinaria disección de cabeza y cuello para los estudiantes universitarios de Medicina, observamos la inusual trayectoria de la arteria facial en el triángulo digástrico derecho en un cadáver de un varón de origen indio de aproximadamente 60 años. La arteria facial derecha se originó de la común lingual-facial del tronco por encima del nivel del asta mayor del hueso hioides, y luego atravesar a través de la sustancia de la parte superficial de la glándula submandibular, sin la formación de un bucle. Después la arteria entraba en la cara por el ángulo anteroinferior del masetero. A continuación, en su trayectoria intraglandular, esta arteria mostraba pequeñas ramificaciones glandulares.  Careful dissection of the posterior one third of the superficial part of the submandibular salivary gland is one of the essential surgical steps in endoscopic glandular excision, to avoid injury to the facial artery. A sound knowledge of unusual relationship of the facial artery with the submandibular salivary gland is essentially important to perform the safe and efficient submandibular gland excision. Different types of variations in the branching pattern of the facial artery have been reported in the past. However, variations in the origin and course of the facial artery are very rare

  7. Avaliação de processos nas linhas de beneficiamento e classificação de batatas Process evaluation on potato packing lines

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    Marcos David Ferreira

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    ensaque. Nas unidades A, B e D as maiores médias de G ocorreram nas etapas iniciais de lavagem, apresentando valores próximos de 140 G (m/s².Potatoes are one of the most important vegetable crops in Brazil, and are especially important in São Paulo State. After harvesting, potatoes are sorted and classified in a packinghouse, then shipped to consumers. The goal of this research was to describe the main features and working systems used in a potato packing line. Therefore, the material type used was identified taking into account the dimensions of the equipments, brushes rotation on receiving belts and sorting lines, average velocity, tuber displacement velocity and rotation, and employee daily yield. The critical points for drop impact were measured using an instrumented sphere (70 mm, Techmark, Inc. Lansing, Michigan, USA. Results for maximum Acceleration (G and velocity changes (deltav were found. This research was done in five packinghouses of São Paulo State. A variation occurred in length among the lines, of about 26,5%. The water consuption varied among the units based on the washing system used, and volume dispended varied from 15,4 to 168 thousand liters/hour. The main brushing composition used on the washing brushes were nylon and coconut fiber, and brushes of animal origin were not used. The average rotation observed on the washing step was 157 ppm, with a variation of 75% (112-196 rpm. For the drying step, the average rotation was 122 rpm, varying from 68 to 210 rpm. The critical points that showed high G were the transfer points (washing entrance and packing. At units A, B and C the high G values were at the initial washing steps, closely to 140 G (m/s².

  8. Unsupervised learning of facial emotion decoding skills

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    Jan Oliver Huelle

    2014-02-01

    Full Text Available Research on the mechanisms underlying human facial emotion recognition has long focussed on genetically determined neural algorithms and often neglected the question of how these algorithms might be tuned by social learning. Here we show that facial emotion decoding skills can be significantly and sustainably improved by practise without an external teaching signal. Participants saw video clips of dynamic facial expressions of five different women and were asked to decide which of four possible emotions (anger, disgust, fear and sadness was shown in each clip. Although no external information about the correctness of the participant’s response or the sender’s true affective state was provided, participants showed a significant increase of facial emotion recognition accuracy both within and across two training sessions two days to several weeks apart. We discuss several similarities and differences between the unsupervised improvement of facial decoding skills observed in the current study, unsupervised perceptual learning of simple stimuli described in previous studies and practise effects often observed in cognitive tasks.

  9. Fusiform Correlates of Facial Memory in Autism

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    Nicholas Lange

    2013-07-01

    Full Text Available Prior studies have shown that performance on standardized measures of memory in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD is substantially reduced in comparison to matched typically developing controls (TDC. Given reported deficits in face processing in autism, the current study compared performance on an immediate and delayed facial memory task for individuals with ASD and TDC. In addition, we examined volumetric differences in classic facial memory regions of interest (ROI between the two groups, including the fusiform, amygdala, and hippocampus. We then explored the relationship between ROI volume and facial memory performance. We found larger volumes in the autism group in the left amygdala and left hippocampus compared to TDC. In contrast, TDC had larger left fusiform gyrus volumes when compared with ASD. Interestingly, we also found significant negative correlations between delayed facial memory performance and volume of the left and right fusiform and the left hippocampus for the ASD group but not for TDC. The possibility of larger fusiform volume as a marker of abnormal connectivity and decreased facial memory is discussed.

  10. Soccer-Related Facial Trauma: A Nationwide Perspective.

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    Bobian, Michael R; Hanba, Curtis J; Svider, Peter F; Hojjat, Houmehr; Folbe, Adam J; Eloy, Jean Anderson; Shkoukani, Mahdi A

    2016-12-01

    Soccer participation continues to increase among all ages in the US. Our objective was to analyze trends in soccer-related facial injury epidemiology, demographics, and mechanisms of injury. The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was evaluated for soccer-related facial injuries from 2010 through 2014. Results for product code "soccer" were filtered for injures to the face. Number of injuries was extrapolated, and data were analyzed for age, sex, specific injury diagnoses, locations, and mechanisms. In all, 2054 soccer-related facial trauma entries were analyzed. During this time, the number of injures remained relatively stable. Lacerations were the most common diagnosis (44.2%), followed by contusions and fractures. The most common sites of fracture were the nose (75.1%). Of fractures with a reported mechanism of injury, the most common was head-to-head collisions (39.0%). Patients soccer-related facial trauma has remained stable, but the severity of such injuries remain a danger. Facial protection in soccer is virtually absent, and our findings reinforce the need to educate athletes, families, and physicians on injury awareness and prevention. © The Author(s) 2016.

  11. Stability of Facial Affective Expressions in Schizophrenia

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    H. Fatouros-Bergman

    2012-01-01

    Full Text Available Thirty-two videorecorded interviews were conducted by two interviewers with eight patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Each patient was interviewed four times: three weekly interviews by the first interviewer and one additional interview by the second interviewer. 64 selected sequences where the patients were speaking about psychotic experiences were scored for facial affective behaviour with Emotion Facial Action Coding System (EMFACS. In accordance with previous research, the results show that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia express negative facial affectivity. Facial affective behaviour seems not to be dependent on temporality, since within-subjects ANOVA revealed no substantial changes in the amount of affects displayed across the weekly interview occasions. Whereas previous findings found contempt to be the most frequent affect in patients, in the present material disgust was as common, but depended on the interviewer. The results suggest that facial affectivity in these patients is primarily dominated by the negative emotions of disgust and, to a lesser extent, contempt and implies that this seems to be a fairly stable feature.

  12. Discrimination of gender using facial image with expression change

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    Kuniyada, Jun; Fukuda, Takahiro; Terada, Kenji

    2005-12-01

    By carrying out marketing research, the managers of large-sized department stores or small convenience stores obtain the information such as ratio of men and women of visitors and an age group, and improve their management plan. However, these works are carried out in the manual operations, and it becomes a big burden to small stores. In this paper, the authors propose a method of men and women discrimination by extracting difference of the facial expression change from color facial images. Now, there are a lot of methods of the automatic recognition of the individual using a motion facial image or a still facial image in the field of image processing. However, it is very difficult to discriminate gender under the influence of the hairstyle and clothes, etc. Therefore, we propose the method which is not affected by personality such as size and position of facial parts by paying attention to a change of an expression. In this method, it is necessary to obtain two facial images with an expression and an expressionless. First, a region of facial surface and the regions of facial parts such as eyes, nose, and mouth are extracted in the facial image with color information of hue and saturation in HSV color system and emphasized edge information. Next, the features are extracted by calculating the rate of the change of each facial part generated by an expression change. In the last step, the values of those features are compared between the input data and the database, and the gender is discriminated. In this paper, it experimented for the laughing expression and smile expression, and good results were provided for discriminating gender.

  13. [Neural representations of facial identity and its associative meaning].

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    Eifuku, Satoshi

    2012-07-01

    Since the discovery of "face cells" in the early 1980s, single-cell recording experiments in non-human primates have made significant contributions toward the elucidation of neural mechanisms underlying face perception and recognition. In this paper, we review the recent progress in face cell studies, including the recent remarkable findings of the face patches that are scattered around the anterior temporal cortical areas of monkeys. In particular, we focus on the neural representations of facial identity within these areas. The identification of faces requires both discrimination of facial identities and generalization across facial views. It has been indicated by some laboratories that the population of face cells found in the anterior ventral inferior temporal cortex of monkeys represent facial identity in a manner which is facial view-invariant. These findings suggest a relatively distributed representation that operates for facial identification. It has also been shown that certain individual neurons in the medial temporal lobe of humans represent view-invariant facial identity. This finding suggests a relatively sparse representation that may be employed for memory formation. Finally, we summarize our recent study, showing that the population of face cells in the anterior ventral inferior temporal cortex of monkeys that represent view-invariant facial identity, can also represent learned paired associations between an abstract picture and a particular facial identity, extending our understanding of the function of the anterior ventral inferior temporal cortex in the recognition of associative meanings of faces.

  14. Automatic facial animation parameters extraction in MPEG-4 visual communication

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    Yang, Chenggen; Gong, Wanwei; Yu, Lu

    2002-01-01

    Facial Animation Parameters (FAPs) are defined in MPEG-4 to animate a facial object. The algorithm proposed in this paper to extract these FAPs is applied to very low bit-rate video communication, in which the scene is composed of a head-and-shoulder object with complex background. This paper addresses the algorithm to automatically extract all FAPs needed to animate a generic facial model, estimate the 3D motion of head by points. The proposed algorithm extracts human facial region by color segmentation and intra-frame and inter-frame edge detection. Facial structure and edge distribution of facial feature such as vertical and horizontal gradient histograms are used to locate the facial feature region. Parabola and circle deformable templates are employed to fit facial feature and extract a part of FAPs. A special data structure is proposed to describe deformable templates to reduce time consumption for computing energy functions. Another part of FAPs, 3D rigid head motion vectors, are estimated by corresponding-points method. A 3D head wire-frame model provides facial semantic information for selection of proper corresponding points, which helps to increase accuracy of 3D rigid object motion estimation.

  15. Post traumatic facial nerve palsy without temporal bone fracture

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    Scuotto, A.; Cappabianca, S.; Capasso, R.; Porto, A.; D'Oria, S.; Rotondo, M.

    2016-01-01

    Facial nerve injury following head trauma is a frequent event with or without temporal bone fractures. Computed tomography is the imaging modality of choice for assessing the possible bone disruption of the facial nerve canal. Magnetic resonance is helpful in presence of a facial nerve paralysis, unexplained by computed tomography findings. We present a case of delayed post-traumatic facial nerve palsy without radiological evidence of temporal bone fractures, in which magnetic resonance was crucial for diagnosing the nerve impairment. Radiological findings in accordance both with electrodiagnostic tests and clinical presentation suggested the successful conservative management. - Highlights: • Facial nerve is more prone to damage than any other cranial nerve after trauma. • Facial nerve trauma is usually associated with temporal bone fractures. • MRI is mandatory in case of no evidence of bone disruption at CT.

  16. Facial expression system on video using widrow hoff

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    Jannah, M.; Zarlis, M.; Mawengkang, H.

    2018-03-01

    Facial expressions recognition is one of interesting research. This research contains human feeling to computer application Such as the interaction between human and computer, data compression, facial animation and facial detection from the video. The purpose of this research is to create facial expression system that captures image from the video camera. The system in this research uses Widrow-Hoff learning method in training and testing image with Adaptive Linear Neuron (ADALINE) approach. The system performance is evaluated by two parameters, detection rate and false positive rate. The system accuracy depends on good technique and face position that trained and tested.

  17. Stop staring facial modeling and animation done right

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    Osipa, Jason

    2010-01-01

    The de facto official source on facial animation—now updated!. If you want to do character facial modeling and animation at the high levels achieved in today's films and games, Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right, Third Edition , is for you. While thoroughly covering the basics such as squash and stretch, lip syncs, and much more, this new edition has been thoroughly updated to capture the very newest professional design techniques, as well as changes in software, including using Python to automate tasks.: Shows you how to create facial animation for movies, games, and more;

  18. Pediatric facial fractures: evolving patterns of treatment.

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    Posnick, J C; Wells, M; Pron, G E

    1993-08-01

    This study reviews the treatment of facial trauma between October 1986 and December 1990 at a major pediatric referral center. The mechanism of injury, location and pattern of facial fractures, pattern of facial injury, soft tissue injuries, and any associated injuries to other organ systems were recorded, and fracture management and perioperative complications reviewed. The study population consisted of 137 patients who sustained 318 facial fractures. Eighty-one patients (171 fractures) were seen in the acute stage, and 56 patients (147 fractures) were seen for reconstruction of a secondary deformity. Injuries in boys were more prevalent than in girls (63% versus 37%), and the 6- to 12-year cohort made up the largest group (42%). Most fractures resulted from traffic-related accidents (50%), falls (23%), or sports-related injuries (15%). Mandibular (34%) and orbital fractures (23%) predominated; fewer midfacial fractures (7%) were sustained than would be expected in a similar adult population. Three quarters of the patients with acute fractures required operative intervention. Closed reduction techniques with maxillomandibular fixation were frequently chosen for mandibular condyle fractures and open reduction techniques (35%) for other regions of the facial skeleton. When open reduction was indicated, plate-and-screw fixation was the preferred method of stabilization (65%). The long-term effects of the injuries and the treatment given on facial growth remain undetermined. Perioperative complication rates directly related to the surgery were low.

  19. Prevalência de potenciais interações medicamentosas droga-droga em unidades de terapia intensiva

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    Hammes,Jean André; Pfuetzenreiter,Felipe; Silveira,Fabrízio da; Koenig,Álvaro; Westphal,Glauco Adrieno

    2008-01-01

    OBJETIVOS: Interações medicamentosas ocorrem quando os efeitos e/ou a toxicidade de um fármaco são alterados pela presença de outro. São geralmente imprevistas e indesejáveis. Realizado estudo com objetivo de verificar a prevalência e o valor clínico das interações medicamentosas potenciais em unidades de terapia intensiva. MÉTODOS: Incluídos todos pacientes de três unidades de terapia intensiva em um período de 2 meses, analisados transversalmente. Foram excluídos aqueles com tempo de perman...

  20. Fragilidade física em unidades de conservação: estudo de caso da Reserva Ecológica Itaytyba – RPPN1 / Physical fragility in conservation units: a case study of the Itaytyba Ecological Reserve - RPPN

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    Marcos Antonio Miara

    2008-09-01

    Full Text Available A utilização irracional dos recursos naturais aliada ao lançamentoindiscriminado de dejetos na superfície terrestre potencializou, nas últimasdécadas, impactos de ordem ambiental. Tal realidade despertou a necessidadede criação e implementação de medidas e estratégias de combate a talsituação. Assim, a legitimação de Unidades de Conservação por meio doSistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação - SNUC surgiu com talpropósito. No entanto, questões como regulamentação fundiária, falta derecursos fi nanceiros e humanos nos processos de gestão e manejo de Unidadesde Conservação e de análises específi cas sobre cada área, são fatores quecomprometem a funcionalidade e o objetivo preservacionista dessas unidades.Nesse contexto, priorizando a preservação do ambiente, este trabalho temcomo objetivo a análise da fragilidade física ambiental como medida basepara a preservação da natureza. A pesquisa ocorreu na Reserva Particulardo Patrimônio Natural - RPPN Reserva Ecológica Itaytyba, localizada nomunicípio de Tibagi (PR. Este estudo fundamentou-se numa metodologia que prioriza uma análise conjunta e integrada das variáveis físicas, gerandouma identifi cação de diferentes classes de fragilidade. Esses procedimentos possibilitaram a identificação de locais com diferenciados graus desusceptibilidade aos impactos ambientais dentro da área de estudo. Dessaforma, a avaliação e a correlação destas variáveis certifi caram o manejo dapropriedade, além de fundamentar tecnicamente sua manutenção ambiental.

  1. Paralisia facial periférica

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    José Jarjura Jorge Jr.

    2007-05-01

    Full Text Available Os autores fazem uma revisão sobre o anatomo fisiologia, os diagnósticos clinico e eletrofisiológico da Paralisia Facial Periférica assim como relacionam as afecções envolvidas no processo, discutindo seu tratamento clinico e cirúrgico. Em seguida relatam 5 casos de diversas etiologias tratados no ambulatório de Paralisia Facial da Disciplina de Otorrinolaringologia da FCMB da PUC-SP.

  2. Diferential diagnosis in atypical facial pain: a clinical study Diagnóstico diferencial em dor facial atípica: estudo clínico

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    José Cláudio Marinho Nóbrega

    2007-06-01

    Full Text Available OBJETIVE: To evaluate a sample of patients with atypical facial pain (AFP in comparison to patients with symptomatic facial pain (SFP. METHOD: 41 patients with previous diagnostic of AFP were submitted to a standardized evaluation protocol, by a multidisciplinary pain team. RESULTS: 21 (51.2% were considered AFP and 20 (48.8% (SFP received the following diagnosis: 8 (40.0% had temporomandibular disorders (TMD; 3 (15.0% had TMD associated to systemic disease (fibromyalgia, systemic erythematosus lupus; 4 (20.0% had neuropathy after ear, nose and throat (ENT surgery for petroclival tumor; 2 (10.0% had Wallenberg syndrome; 1 (5.0% had intracranial tumor; 1 (5.0% had oral cancer (epidermoid carcinoma, and 1 (5.0% had burning mouth syndrome (BMS associated to fibromyalgia. Spontaneous descriptors of pain were not different between AFP and SFP groups (p=0.82. Allodynia was frequent in SFP (p=0.05 and emotion was the triggering factor most prevalent in AFP (p=0.06. AFP patients had more traumatic events previously to pain (p=0.001. CONCLUSION: AFP patients had more: a traumatic events previously to pain onset, and b emotions as a triggering factor for pain. These data support the need of trained health professionals in multidisciplinary groups for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of these patients.OBJETIVO: Avaliar uma amostra de pacientes com dor facial atípica (DFA e compará-la a outra com dor facial sintomática (DFS. MÉTODO: 41 pacientes com diagnóstico prévio de DFA foram submetidos a um protocolo padronizado de avaliação aplicado por uma equipe multidisciplinar. RESULTADOS: 21 (51,2% foram mantidos com o diagnóstico de DFA e 20 (48,8% (DFS receberam os seguintes diagnósticos: 8 (40.0% tinham disfunções temporomandibulares (DTM; 3 (15,0% tinham DTM associada a doença sistêmica (fibromialgia, lupus eritematoso sistêmico; 4 (20,0% tinham neuropatia após cirurgia otorrinolaringológica (ORL para tumor petroclival; 2 (10,0% tinham s

  3. The effects of facial adiposity on attractiveness and perceived leadership ability.

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    Re, Daniel E; Perrett, David I

    2014-01-01

    Facial attractiveness has a positive influence on electoral success both in experimental paradigms and in the real world. One parameter that influences facial attractiveness and social judgements is facial adiposity (a facial correlate to body mass index, BMI). Overweight people have high facial adiposity and are perceived to be less attractive and lower in leadership ability. Here, we used an interactive design in order to assess whether the most attractive level of facial adiposity is also perceived as most leader-like. We found that participants reduced facial adiposity more to maximize attractiveness than to maximize perceived leadership ability. These results indicate that facial appearance impacts leadership judgements beyond the effects of attractiveness. We suggest that the disparity between optimal facial adiposity in attractiveness and leadership judgements stems from social trends that have produced thin ideals for attractiveness, while leadership judgements are associated with perception of physical dominance.

  4. Computed tomography of the facial canal

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    Kiuchi, Sousuke

    1983-01-01

    The radiological details of the facial canal was investigated by computed tomography. In the first part of this study, dry skulls were used to delineate the full course of the facial canal by computed tomography. In the second part of this study, the patients with chronic otitis media and secondary cholesteatoma were evaluated. The labyrinthine and tympanic parts of the canal were well demonstrated with the axial scanning, and the mastoid part with the coronal scanning. Moreover, computed tomography showed excellent delineation of the middle ear contents. In patients with secondary cholesteatoma, the destructions of the intratympanic course of the bony facial canal were also assessed preoperatively. (author)

  5. Fusing Facial Features for Face Recognition

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    Jamal Ahmad Dargham

    2012-06-01

    Full Text Available Face recognition is an important biometric method because of its potential applications in many fields, such as access control, surveillance, and human-computer interaction. In this paper, a face recognition system that fuses the outputs of three face recognition systems based on Gabor jets is presented. The first system uses the magnitude, the second uses the phase, and the third uses the phase-weighted magnitude of the jets. The jets are generated from facial landmarks selected using three selection methods. It was found out that fusing the facial features gives better recognition rate than either facial feature used individually regardless of the landmark selection method.

  6. Analysis of Facial Expression by Taste Stimulation

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    Tobitani, Kensuke; Kato, Kunihito; Yamamoto, Kazuhiko

    In this study, we focused on the basic taste stimulation for the analysis of real facial expressions. We considered that the expressions caused by taste stimulation were unaffected by individuality or emotion, that is, such expressions were involuntary. We analyzed the movement of facial muscles by taste stimulation and compared real expressions with artificial expressions. From the result, we identified an obvious difference between real and artificial expressions. Thus, our method would be a new approach for facial expression recognition.

  7. Case report of a patient with peripheral facial nerve palsy

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    Rysová, Jana

    2013-01-01

    Title of bachelor's thesis: Case report of a patient with peripheral facial nerve palsy Summary: Teoretical part of bachelor's thesis contains theoretical foundation of peripheral facial nerve palsy. Practical part of bachelor's thesis contains physiotherapeutic case report of patient with peripheral facial nerve palsy. Key words: peripheral facial nerve palsy, casuistry, rehabilitation

  8. Detección facial y reconocimiento anímico mediante las expresiones faciales

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    BARTUAL GONZÁLEZ, RAQUEL

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    The project is based on the software development elaborated with the program LabView. The mentioned program aims to detect people's faces in a video, as well as their genre and mood state. El proyecto se basa en el desarrollo de un software elaborado con el programa LabView. Dicho programa pretende detectar la cara de las personas en un vídeo, así como su género y su estado de ánimo. Bartual González, R. (2017). Detección facial y reconocimiento anímico mediante las expresiones faciales...

  9. Fatores associados à morte materna em unidade de terapia intensiva

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    Suzanne Vieira Saintrain

    Full Text Available RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar os fatores associados à morte materna em pacientes internadas em unidade de terapia intensiva. Métodos: Estudo do tipo transversal realizado em unidade de terapia intensiva materna. Foram selecionados todos os prontuários de pacientes admitidas no período de janeiro de 2012 a dezembro de 2014. O critério de inclusão foi todas as pacientes obstétricas e puérperas, e o de exclusão as com diagnóstico de mola hidatiforme, gravidez ectópica e anembrionada, e as internadas por causas não obstétricas. Foi realizada análise comparativa entre os desfechos óbito e alta hospitalar. Resultados: Foram incluídas 373 pacientes, com idade entre 13 a 45 anos. As causas de internação na unidade de terapia intensiva foram síndromes hipertensivas relacionadas à gestação, cardiopatias, insuficiência respiratória e sepse; as complicações foram lesão renal aguda (24,1%, hipotensão (15,5%, hemorragia (10,2% e sepse (6,7%. Ocorreram 28 óbitos (7,5%. As causas de óbito foram choque hemorrágico, falência múltipla de órgãos, insuficiência respiratória e sepse. Os fatores de risco independentes para óbito foram lesão renal aguda (OR = 6,77, hipotensão (OR = 15,08 e insuficiência respiratória (OR = 3,65. Conclusão: A frequência de óbitos foi baixa. Lesão renal aguda, hipotensão e insuficiência respiratória foram os fatores de risco independentes associados à mortalidade materna.

  10. Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma: Report of two cases

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    Seyyed Basir Hashemi

    2008-07-01

    Full Text Available Introduction: Intra parotid facial nerve schowannoma is a rare tumor. Case report: In this article we presented two cases of intra parotid facial nerve schowannoma. In two cases tumor presented with asymptomatic parotid mass that mimic pleomorphic adenoma. No preoperative facial nerve dysfunction in cases is detected. Diagnostic result and surgical management are discussed in this paper.  

  11. Bases para la elaboracion de unidades didacticas de calidad en el area de ciencias (Fisica y Quimica 3 deg ESO)

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    Maccioni, Elena Lucia

    Este Trabajo Fin de Master tiene como objeto, el estudio previo de la educacion de la ciencia en la actualidad y mas destacable, del diseno de las unidades didacticas segun las metodologias mas frecuentes aplicadas por los diferentes sistemas educativos en el area de las Ciencias teniendo en cuenta la importancia y el efecto de la psicologia del alumnado y todo ello como no puede ser de otro modo bajo el corse de la Legislacion aplicable, Estatal, Autonomica y europea. Con estos antecedentes, se extrae cuales son las preguntas que deben contestarse en la elaboracion de una unidad didactica de calidad en el contexto, generacional (edad y sexo), del Proyecto Educativo de Centro, y de la Programacion del Departamento, discutiendo y justificando cada uno de los apartados en que estructuradamente dividiremos dicha Unidad, con un formato manejable, util, y dinamico en el tiempo que sea un verdadero instrumento educativo de aula. Teniendo en cuenta estas premisas, se procede a hacer una recopilacion de una misma unidad didactica publicada por diferentes editoriales, elegidas no al azar, sino en funcion de su penetracion editorial en nuestros centros de ESO, siendo las elegidas (SM y Oxford). Las diferentes unidades seleccionadas son analizadas de forma critica, atendiendo a los criterios generales de calidad bajo parametros cientificos y normativos, concluyendo con la aportacion final que es la redaccion de unas pautas cientifico-pedagogicas, para redactar unidades didacticas de calidad en el area de la Ciencias, en concreto en la Asignatura de Fisica y Quimica de 3º de ESO.

  12. Comparison of hemihypoglossal nerve versus masseteric nerve transpositions in the rehabilitation of short-term facial paralysis using the Facial Clima evaluating system.

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    Hontanilla, Bernardo; Marré, Diego

    2012-11-01

    Masseteric and hypoglossal nerve transfers are reliable alternatives for reanimating short-term facial paralysis. To date, few studies exist in the literature comparing these techniques. This work presents a quantitative comparison of masseter-facial transposition versus hemihypoglossal facial transposition with a nerve graft using the Facial Clima system. Forty-six patients with complete unilateral facial paralysis underwent reanimation with either hemihypoglossal transposition with a nerve graft (group I, n = 25) or direct masseteric-facial coaptation (group II, n = 21). Commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity were measured using the Facial Clima system. Postoperative intragroup commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity means of the reanimated versus the normal side were first compared using a paired sample t test. Then, mean percentages of recovery of both parameters were compared between the groups using an independent sample t test. Onset of movement was also compared between the groups. Significant differences of mean commissural displacement and commissural contraction velocity between the reanimated side and the normal side were observed in group I but not in group II. Mean percentage of recovery of both parameters did not differ between the groups. Patients in group II showed a significantly faster onset of movement compared with those in group I (62 ± 4.6 days versus 136 ± 7.4 days, p = 0.013). Reanimation of short-term facial paralysis can be satisfactorily addressed by means of either hemihypoglossal transposition with a nerve graft or direct masseteric-facial coaptation. However, with the latter, better symmetry and a faster onset of movement are observed. In addition, masseteric nerve transfer avoids morbidity from nerve graft harvesting. Therapeutic, III.

  13. Meta-Analysis of the First Facial Expression Recognition Challenge

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    Valstar, M.F.; Mehu, M.; Jiang, Bihan; Pantic, Maja; Scherer, K.

    Automatic facial expression recognition has been an active topic in computer science for over two decades, in particular facial action coding system action unit (AU) detection and classification of a number of discrete emotion states from facial expressive imagery. Standardization and comparability

  14. Contralateral reinnervation of midline muscles in nonidiopathic facial palsy.

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    Gilhuis, H.J.; Beurskens, C.H.G.; Vries, J. de; Marres, H.A.M.; Hartman, E.H.M.; Zwarts, M.J.

    2003-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to analyze contralateral reinnervation of the facial nerve in eight patients with complete facial palsy after surgery or trauma and seven healthy volunteers. All patients had contralateral reinnervation of facial muscles as demonstrated by electrical nerve stimulation

  15. Automatic Generation of Facial Expression Using Triangular Geometric Deformation

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    Jia-Shing Sheu; Tsu-Shien Hsieh; Ho-Nien Shou

    2014-01-01

    This paper presents an image deformation algorithm and constructs an automatic facial expression generation system to generate new facial expressions in neutral state. After the users input the face image in a neutral state into the system, the system separates the possible facial areas and the image background by skin color segmentation. It then uses the morphological operation to remove noise and to capture the organs of facial expression, such as the eyes, mouth, eyebrow, and nose. The fea...

  16. ESTRESSE E COPING ENTRE ENFERMEIROS DE UNIDADE HEMATO-ONCOLÓGICA

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    Juliane Umann

    2013-01-01

    Full Text Available Se analizaron estrés y estrategias de enfrentamiento utilizadas por enfermeros de Unidad de hematoncológicas de Hospital Universitario del Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Estudio descriptivo, transversal, cuantitativo, llevado a cabo entre marzo y abril de 2010. Se aplicaron formulario para caracterización sociodemográfica, el Inventario de Estrés en Enfermeras y la Escala de Afrontamiento Ocupacional en 18 enfermeras. Se identificaron 55,55% de enfermeros bajo estrés. Los "Factores intrínsecos al trabajo" y "Sentir tensión emocional con el trabajo" representaron mayor estrés a los enfermeros. Control fue el factor más utilizado para administrar los estresores y, en este factor, "Trato de hacer lo que creo que se espera de mí" la acción más utilizada para eso. Los enfermeros utilizaban estrategias centradas en el problema, consideradas las más efectivas para afrontar los estresores. Por eso, pueden tener evaluado el trabajo de unidad hematoncológicas como de baja tensión.

  17. The effect of facial expressions on respirators contact pressures.

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    Cai, Mang; Shen, Shengnan; Li, Hui

    2017-08-01

    This study investigated the effect of four typical facial expressions (calmness, happiness, sadness and surprise) on contact characteristics between an N95 filtering facepiece respirator and a headform. The respirator model comprised two layers (an inner layer and an outer layer) and a nose clip. The headform model was comprised of a skin layer, a fatty tissue layer embedded with eight muscles, and a skull layer. Four typical facial expressions were generated by the coordinated contraction of four facial muscles. After that, the distribution of the contact pressure on the headform, as well as the contact area, were calculated. Results demonstrated that the nasal clip could help make the respirator move closer to the nose bridge while causing facial discomfort. Moreover, contact areas varied with different facial expressions, and facial expressions significantly altered contact pressures at different key areas, which may result in leakage.

  18. Altering sensorimotor feedback disrupts visual discrimination of facial expressions.

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    Wood, Adrienne; Lupyan, Gary; Sherrin, Steven; Niedenthal, Paula

    2016-08-01

    Looking at another person's facial expression of emotion can trigger the same neural processes involved in producing the expression, and such responses play a functional role in emotion recognition. Disrupting individuals' facial action, for example, interferes with verbal emotion recognition tasks. We tested the hypothesis that facial responses also play a functional role in the perceptual processing of emotional expressions. We altered the facial action of participants with a gel facemask while they performed a task that involved distinguishing target expressions from highly similar distractors. Relative to control participants, participants in the facemask condition demonstrated inferior perceptual discrimination of facial expressions, but not of nonface stimuli. The findings suggest that somatosensory/motor processes involving the face contribute to the visual perceptual-and not just conceptual-processing of facial expressions. More broadly, our study contributes to growing evidence for the fundamentally interactive nature of the perceptual inputs from different sensory modalities.

  19. Genetics Home Reference: oral-facial-digital syndrome

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    ... related conditions that affect the development of the oral cavity (the mouth and teeth), facial features, and digits ( ... this disorder involve problems with development of the oral cavity , facial features, and digits. Most forms are also ...

  20. High electron mobility in Ga(In)NAs films grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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    Miyashita, Naoya; Ahsan, Nazmul; Monirul Islam, Muhammad; Okada, Yoshitaka; Inagaki, Makoto; Yamaguchi, Masafumi

    2012-01-01

    We report the highest mobility values above 2000 cm 2 /Vs in Si doped GaNAs film grown by molecular beam epitaxy. To understand the feature of the origin which limits the electron mobility in GaNAs, temperature dependences of mobility were measured for high mobility GaNAs and referential low mobility GaInNAs. Temperature dependent mobility for high mobility GaNAs is similar to the GaAs case, while that for low mobility GaInNAs shows large decrease in lower temperature region. The electron mobility of high quality GaNAs can be explained by intrinsic limiting factor of random alloy scattering and extrinsic factor of ionized impurity scattering.

  1. Facial attractiveness, symmetry, and physical fitness in young women.

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    Hönekopp, Johannes; Bartholomé, Tobias; Jansen, Gregor

    2004-06-01

    This study explores the evolutionary-based hypothesis that facial attractiveness (a guiding force in mate selection) is a cue for physical fitness (presumably an important contributor to mate value in ancestral times). Since fluctuating asymmetry, a measure of developmental stability, is known to be a valid cue for fitness in several biological domains, we scrutinized facial asymmetry as a potential mediator between attractiveness and fitness. In our sample of young women, facial beauty indeed indicated physical fitness. The relationships that pertained to asymmetry were in the expected direction. However, a closer analysis revealed that facial asymmetry did not mediate the relationship between fitness and attractiveness. Unexpected problems regarding the measurement of facial asymmetry are discussed.

  2. EXPRESS METHOD OF BARCODE GENERATION FROM FACIAL IMAGES

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    G. A. Kukharev

    2014-03-01

    Full Text Available In the paper a method of generating of standard type linear barcodes from facial images is proposed. The method is based on use of the histogram of facial image brightness, averaging the histogram on a limited number of intervals, quantization of results in a range of decimal numbers from 0 to 9 and table conversion into the final barcode. The proposed solution is computationally low-cost and not requires the use of specialized software on image processing that allows generating of facial barcodes in mobile systems, and thus the proposed method can be interpreted as an express method. Results of tests on the Face94 and CUHK Face Sketch FERET Databases showed that the proposed method is a new solution for use in the real-world practice and ensures the stability of generated barcodes in changes of scale, pose and mirroring of a facial image, and also changes of a facial expression and shadows on faces from local lighting. The proposed method is based on generating of a standard barcode directly from the facial image, and thus contains the subjective information about a person's face.

  3. Enlarged facial pores: an update on treatments.

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    Dong, Joanna; Lanoue, Julien; Goldenberg, Gary

    2016-07-01

    Enlarged facial pores remain a common dermatologic and cosmetic concern from acne and rosacea, among other conditions, that is difficult to treat due to the multifactorial nature of their pathogenesis and negative impact on patients' quality of life. Enlarged facial pores are primarily treated through addressing associative factors, such as increased sebum production and cutaneous aging. We review the current treatment modalities for enlarged or dense facial pores, including topical retinoids, chemical peels, oral antiandrogens, and lasers and devices, with a focus on newer therapies.

  4. 3D Facial Pattern Analysis for Autism

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    2010-07-01

    et al. (2001) proposed a two-level Garbor wavelet network (GWN) to detect eight facial features. In Bhuiyan et al. (2003) six facial features are...Toyama, K., Krüger, V., 2001. Hierarchical Wavelet Networks for Facial Feature Localization. ICCV’01 Workshop on Recognition, Analysis and... pathological  (red) and normal structure (blue) (b)  signed distance map (negative distance indicates the  pathological  shape is inside) (c) raw

  5. Interacciones de las proteínas disulfuro isomerasa y de choque térmico Hsc70 con proteínas estructurales recombinantes purificadas de rotavirus

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    Luz Y. Moreno

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    Full Text Available Introducción. La entrada de rotavirus a las células parece estar mediado por interacciones secuenciales entre las proteínas estructurales virales y algunas moléculas de la superficie celular. Sin embargo, los mecanismos por los cuales el rotavirus infecta la célula diana aún no se comprenden bien. Existe alguna evidencia que muestra que las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus VP5* y VP8* interactúan con algunas moléculas de la superficie celular. La disponibilidad de las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus recombinantes en cantidad suficiente se ha convertido en un aspecto importante para la identificación de las interacciones específicas de los receptores virus-célula durante los eventos tempranos del proceso infeccioso. Objetivo. El propósito del presente trabajo es realizar un análisis de las interacciones entre las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus recombinante VP5*, VP8* y VP6, y las proteínas celulares Hsc70 y PDI utilizando sus versiones recombinantes purificadas. Materiales y métodos. Las proteínas recombinantes de rotavirus VP5* y VP8* y las proteínas recombinantes celulares Hsc70 y PDI se expresaron en E. coli BL21 (DE3, mientras que VP6 se expresó en células MA104 con virus vaccinia recombinante transfectada. La interacción entre el rotavirus y las proteínas celulares se estudió mediante ELISA, co-inmunoprecipitación y SDS-PAGE/ Western. Resultados. Las condiciones óptimas para la expresión de proteínas recombinantes se determinaron y se generaron anticuerpos contra ellas. Los resultados sugirieron que las proteínas virales rVP5* y rVP6 interactúan con Hsc70 y PDI in vitro. También se encontró que éstas proteínas virales recombinantes interactúan con Hsc70 en las balsas lipídicas (“Rafts” en un cultivo celular. El tratamiento de las células, ya sea con DLP o rVP6 produjo significativamente la inhibición de la infección por rotavirus. Conclusión. Los resultados permiten concluir que r

  6. O empowerment na administração de unidades de informação

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    Raquel Rutina

    Full Text Available Apresento estudo do Administração em Unidades de Informação, enfocando o lado humano dos gestores de informação, envolvendo as dimensões psicológica e sociológica de seu trabalho. Objetiva evidenciar um panorama da gestão de recursos humanos de forma estratégica, desenvolver uma nova visão no gerenciamento de pessoas, que possibilite satisfazer suas necessidades e crescimento pessoal e grupai e analisar a prática gerencial corrente levando-se em consideração os desafios que o futuro exige das empresas/unidades de informação triunfadoras.

  7. Sex differences in attention to disgust facial expressions.

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    Kraines, Morganne A; Kelberer, Lucas J A; Wells, Tony T

    2017-12-01

    Research demonstrates that women experience disgust more readily and with more intensity than men. The experience of disgust is associated with increased attention to disgust-related stimuli, but no prior study has examined sex differences in attention to disgust facial expressions. We hypothesised that women, compared to men, would demonstrate increased attention to disgust facial expressions. Participants (n = 172) completed an eye tracking task to measure visual attention to emotional facial expressions. Results indicated that women spent more time attending to disgust facial expressions compared to men. Unexpectedly, we found that men spent significantly more time attending to neutral faces compared to women. The findings indicate that women's increased experience of emotional disgust also extends to attention to disgust facial stimuli. These findings may help to explain sex differences in the experience of disgust and in diagnoses of anxiety disorders in which disgust plays an important role.

  8. Overview of Facial Plastic Surgery and Current Developments

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    Chuang, Jessica; Barnes, Christian; Wong, Brian J. F.

    2016-01-01

    Facial plastic surgery is a multidisciplinary specialty largely driven by otolaryngology but includes oral maxillary surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, and plastic surgery. It encompasses both reconstructive and cosmetic components. The scope of practice for facial plastic surgeons in the United States may include rhinoplasty, browlifts, blepharoplasty, facelifts, microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck, craniomaxillofacial trauma reconstruction, and correction of defects in the face after skin cancer resection. Facial plastic surgery also encompasses the use of injectable fillers, neural modulators (e.g., BOTOX Cosmetic, Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Westport, Ireland), lasers, and other devices aimed at rejuvenating skin. Facial plastic surgery is a constantly evolving field with continuing innovative advances in surgical techniques and cosmetic adjunctive technologies. This article aims to give an overview of the various procedures that encompass the field of facial plastic surgery and to highlight the recent advances and trends in procedures and surgical techniques. PMID:28824978

  9. Enhanced subliminal emotional responses to dynamic facial expressions

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    Wataru eSato

    2014-09-01

    Full Text Available Emotional processing without conscious awareness plays an important role in human social interaction. Several behavioral studies reported that subliminal presentation of photographs of emotional facial expressions induces unconscious emotional processing. However, it was difficult to elicit strong and robust effects using this method. We hypothesized that dynamic presentations of facial expressions would enhance subliminal emotional effects and tested this hypothesis with two experiments. Fearful or happy facial expressions were presented dynamically or statically in either the left or the right visual field for 20 (Experiment 1 and 30 (Experiment 2 ms. Nonsense target ideographs were then presented, and participants reported their preference for them. The results consistently showed that dynamic presentations of emotional facial expressions induced more evident emotional biases toward subsequent targets than did static ones. These results indicate that dynamic presentations of emotional facial expressions induce more evident unconscious emotional processing.

  10. Centralization or decentralization of facial structures in Korean young adults.

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    Yoo, Ja-Young; Kim, Jeong-Nam; Shin, Kang-Jae; Kim, Soon-Heum; Choi, Hyun-Gon; Jeon, Hyun-Soo; Koh, Ki-Seok; Song, Wu-Chul

    2013-05-01

    It is well known that facial beauty is dictated by facial type, and harmony between the eyes, nose, and mouth. Furthermore, facial impression is judged according to the overall facial contour and the relationship between the facial structures. The aims of the present study were to determine the optimal criteria for the assessment of gathering or separation of the facial structures and to define standardized ratios for centralization or decentralization of the facial structures.Four different lengths were measured, and 2 indexes were calculated from standardized photographs of 551 volunteers. Centralization and decentralization were assessed using the width index (interpupillary distance / facial width) and height index (eyes-mouth distance / facial height). The mean ranges of the width index and height index were 42.0 to 45.0 and 36.0 to 39.0, respectively. The width index did not differ with sex, but males had more decentralized faces, and females had more centralized faces, vertically. The incidence rate of decentralized faces among the men was 30.3%, and that of centralized faces among the women was 25.2%.The mean ranges in width and height indexes have been determined in a Korean population. Faces with width and height index scores under and over the median ranges are determined to be "centralized" and "decentralized," respectively.

  11. FACIAL PAIN·

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    -As the conditions which cause pain in the facial structures are many and varied, the ... involvement of the auriculo-temporal nerve and is usually relieved by avulsion of that .... of its effects. If it is uspected that a lesion in the po terior fossa ma ...

  12. Botulinum toxin treatment for facial palsy: A systematic review.

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    Cooper, Lilli; Lui, Michael; Nduka, Charles

    2017-06-01

    Facial palsy may be complicated by ipsilateral synkinesis or contralateral hyperkinesis. Botulinum toxin is increasingly used in the management of facial palsy; however, the optimum dose, treatment interval, adjunct therapy and performance as compared with alternative treatments have not been well established. This study aimed to systematically review the evidence for the use of botulinum toxin in facial palsy. The Cochrane central register of controlled trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE(R) (1946 to September 2015) and Embase Classic + Embase (1947 to September 2015) were searched for randomised studies using botulinum toxin in facial palsy. Forty-seven studies were identified, and three included. Their physical and patient-reported outcomes are described, and observations and cautions are discussed. Facial asymmetry has a strong correlation to subjective domains such as impairment in social interaction and perception of self-image and appearance. Botulinum toxin injections represent a minimally invasive technique that is helpful in restoring facial symmetry at rest and during movement in chronic, and potentially acute, facial palsy. Botulinum toxin in combination with physical therapy may be particularly helpful. Currently, there is a paucity of data; areas for further research are suggested. A strong body of evidence may allow botulinum toxin treatment to be nationally standardised and recommended in the management of facial palsy. Copyright © 2017 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  13. ACESSIBILIDADE DO USUÁRIO HIPERTENSO À UNIDADE DE SAÚDE E ADESÃO AO TRATAMENTO

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    Natasha Marques Frota

    2013-01-01

    Full Text Available El objetivo fue analizar la accesibilidad de usuario hipertenso a servicios de salud con enfoque en la adherencia al tratamiento. Estudio transversal, cuantitativo, en cuatro Unidades Primarias de Salud de la Familia de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Muestra de 400 usuarios. La recogida de los dados ocurrió a través de formulario, de mayo a agosto de 2011. Cerca de 97,5% usuarios tenían más de 40 años y de estos 67,2% eran mujeres. La accesibilidad al servicio ocurrió en 47,2% en la atención secundaria, de los cuales 101 (25,2% fueron remitidos a las Unidades de Emergencia y 88 (22,0% en Unidades de Internación. La mayoría de los hipertensos adhiere bien a hábitos saludables, excepto en el uso de edulcorantes dietéticos (36,0% y ejercicio físico (35,0%. Los hipertensos presentaran buena adherencia al tratamiento y dificultad de accesibilidad no que se refieren a la contra-referencia de servicios de atención secundaria y terciaria.

  14. The influence of context on distinct facial expressions of disgust.

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    Reschke, Peter J; Walle, Eric A; Knothe, Jennifer M; Lopez, Lukas D

    2018-06-11

    Face perception is susceptible to contextual influence and perceived physical similarities between emotion cues. However, studies often use structurally homogeneous facial expressions, making it difficult to explore how within-emotion variability in facial configuration affects emotion perception. This study examined the influence of context on the emotional perception of categorically identical, yet physically distinct, facial expressions of disgust. Participants categorized two perceptually distinct disgust facial expressions, "closed" (i.e., scrunched nose, closed mouth) and "open" (i.e., scrunched nose, open mouth, protruding tongue), that were embedded in contexts comprising emotion postures and scenes. Results demonstrated that the effect of nonfacial elements was significantly stronger for "open" disgust facial expressions than "closed" disgust facial expressions. These findings provide support that physical similarity within discrete categories of facial expressions is mutable and plays an important role in affective face perception. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

  15. Automatic three-dimensional quantitative analysis for evaluation of facial movement.

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    Hontanilla, B; Aubá, C

    2008-01-01

    The aim of this study is to present a new 3D capture system of facial movements called FACIAL CLIMA. It is an automatic optical motion system that involves placing special reflecting dots on the subject's face and video recording with three infrared-light cameras the subject performing several face movements such as smile, mouth puckering, eye closure and forehead elevation. Images from the cameras are automatically processed with a software program that generates customised information such as 3D data on velocities and areas. The study has been performed in 20 healthy volunteers. The accuracy of the measurement process and the intrarater and interrater reliabilities have been evaluated. Comparison of a known distance and angle with those obtained by FACIAL CLIMA shows that this system is accurate to within 0.13 mm and 0.41 degrees . In conclusion, the accuracy of the FACIAL CLIMA system for evaluation of facial movements is demonstrated and also the high intrarater and interrater reliability. It has advantages with respect to other systems that have been developed for evaluation of facial movements, such as short calibration time, short measuring time, easiness to use and it provides not only distances but also velocities and areas. Thus the FACIAL CLIMA system could be considered as an adequate tool to assess the outcome of facial paralysis reanimation surgery. Thus, patients with facial paralysis could be compared between surgical centres such that effectiveness of facial reanimation operations could be evaluated.

  16. Posterior fossa gangliocytoma with facial nerve invasion: case report

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    Koerbel Andrei

    2003-01-01

    Full Text Available A 5 year-old boy with a cerebellar gangliocytoma with a peripheral right facial paresis and ataxia is presented. His MRI showed a heterogenous, diffuse lesion, isointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2-weigthed sequences, involving the right cerebellar hemisphere with direct extension into the right facial nerve. The present case is the first description of a gangliocytoma with direct facial nerve invasion, as demonstrated for the facial nerve paresis and supported by MRI and surgical inspection.

  17. Preliminary cephalometric study of the relationship between facial morphology and sex

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    Alhassan Kadri

    2018-06-01

    Full Text Available Morphology of the face depends on many factors, such as sex, ethnicity, race, climate, nutrition, genetic constitution and socio-economic status. In the developed countries, there is well established database on facial anthropometry and for the purpose of identification. In Ghana however, there is very little documented information on cephalometric indices for biometric and forensic purposes. This study therefore, aimed at establishing baseline data to assess the relationship between sex using upper, lower and total cephalometric indices. One hundred participants made up of sixty males and forty females from KNUST were recruited for the study. Linear facial anthropometry were taken using calibrated Shahe digital calipers whiles participants sat with head in natural position. The facial anthropometric measurements were generally higher in males than in females. Upper facial height, facial width, nasal width, biocular diameter, lower facial height, lip length and total facial height were statistically significant and (p < 0.05. The present study shows the existence of statistically significant sexual dimorphism in the study population using cephalo-facial dimensions. Keywords: Cephalometry, Facial height, Facial width, Nasal width, Biocular diameter, Sexually dimorphic

  18. Association of impaired facial affect recognition with basic facial and visual processing deficits in schizophrenia.

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    Norton, Daniel; McBain, Ryan; Holt, Daphne J; Ongur, Dost; Chen, Yue

    2009-06-15

    Impaired emotion recognition has been reported in schizophrenia, yet the nature of this impairment is not completely understood. Recognition of facial emotion depends on processing affective and nonaffective facial signals, as well as basic visual attributes. We examined whether and how poor facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia is related to basic visual processing and nonaffective face recognition. Schizophrenia patients (n = 32) and healthy control subjects (n = 29) performed emotion discrimination, identity discrimination, and visual contrast detection tasks, where the emotionality, distinctiveness of identity, or visual contrast was systematically manipulated. Subjects determined which of two presentations in a trial contained the target: the emotional face for emotion discrimination, a specific individual for identity discrimination, and a sinusoidal grating for contrast detection. Patients had significantly higher thresholds (worse performance) than control subjects for discriminating both fearful and happy faces. Furthermore, patients' poor performance in fear discrimination was predicted by performance in visual detection and face identity discrimination. Schizophrenia patients require greater emotional signal strength to discriminate fearful or happy face images from neutral ones. Deficient emotion recognition in schizophrenia does not appear to be determined solely by affective processing but is also linked to the processing of basic visual and facial information.

  19. MANEJO INTEGRAL DE LA PARÁLISIS FACIAL

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    DRA. Susana Benítez S.

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available La parálisis facial afecta la musculatura de la mímica facial, generando alteraciones estéticas, funcionales y psicosociales. El manejo multidisciplinario es clave para lograr los mejores resultados, especialmente como apoyo a la cirugía reconstructiva. La estrategia de tratamiento está basada en un enfrentamiento sistemático de acuerdo a las características semiológicas y electromiográficas de cada paciente, lo que permite agruparlos de acuerdo a la reversibilidad y severidad de su patología. Los métodos de reconstrucción quirúrgica pueden ser estáticos o dinámicos (injerto cruzado de nervio sural, colgajo muscular libre con injerto de nervio sural ipsilateral o cruzado y colgajo mini-temporal. Incorporar la terapia física dentro del protocolo quirúrgico puede lograr mayor activación muscular, mayor simetría facial y reducir molestias postoperatorias como el edema facial, manejo de cicatrices, entre otros. Aunque existe reconocimiento sobre el impacto que posee el tratamiento de la parálisis facial, no existe a la fecha amplio consenso sobre cuál es el óptimo manejo de esta condición, y a pesar de los avances reportados durante los últimos años y la cantidad de técnicas propuestas en la literatura, la reanimación facial sigue siendo un desafío en cirugía reparadora.

  20. Decoding Facial Expressions: A New Test with Decoding Norms.

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    Leathers, Dale G.; Emigh, Ted H.

    1980-01-01

    Describes the development and testing of a new facial meaning sensitivity test designed to determine how specialized are the meanings that can be decoded from facial expressions. Demonstrates the use of the test to measure a receiver's current level of skill in decoding facial expressions. (JMF)