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The mastery of performing musical pieces using wind instruments depends on the musician's level of preparation. The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of the teaching approach employed in wind instrument instruction on the improvement of musical technique. The study was based on the recruitment of control (Group 1) and experimental (Group 2) groups. Group 1 was taught using traditional methods, while Group 2 was taught using an updated methodology incorporating an individualized approach to instruction and the use of the Virtual Trumpet digital application. It was determined that students in the experimental group were able to achieve higher trumpet playing scores, primarily attributed to breathing technique and embouchure (p=0.05). Additionally, students in Group 2 exhibited higher endurance scores (the highest scores) compared to students in Group 1 (scores ranging from 3 to 5), attributed to the carefully designed individualized teaching approach. It was found that the overall quality of performance among students in Group 2 corresponded to grades of 4 and 5. The practical significance of this study lies in the potential for improving trumpet instruction methods by tailoring them to individual musicians' capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the prosody's most important acoustic parameters in the speech of Bogota without studies belonging to urban zone from Bogotá within the framework of AMPER-International project. The analyses were made considering the sex, modality, syntagma and the accentual typology. Principal results showed specific pattern related to fundamental frequency and duration, but not with intensity: the tonemes displayed the specific pattern described for Spanish, both for declarative (descending contour) and interrogative sentences (ascending contour); the tonal peaks were synchronized with atone vowel; tonic vowel were longer than the adjacent ones; in intensity parameter, when there were differences between tonic-posttonic contrast, tonic vowel was the strongest. In general, the acoustic parameters measures were significantly higher in female than in male voice. However, those data should be taken with caution given that this is the first study that analyzed the three acoustic parameters in Bogota voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Borges' poetry establishes a close relationship with memory. It goes over references and elements that built a specific vitality. This paper aims to reflect on three objects through the concept of intensity. The purpose here is to demonstrate how Borges' poetics is the result of an exhaustive process of creation. For this, a literature review was made from some critical and biographical sources about the treatment of the knife, the book, and the mirror with respect to memory. This approach shows a journey between lived experiences and the ways in which these objects are presented and connected to a personal or national memory. Borges raises a poetic force from allegory and memory. The intensity in the reconstruction of the object suggest a type of a reader that, far from age or time, becomes part of the poem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the present study was to analyze the myoelectric activity (EMG), the time under tension (TST) and the knee projection in the squat exercise without the use of implements (SI) and with the use of physioball (PH) and elastic band (EB) at different intensities of effort. Ten men performed the exercise in the three protocols with the intensity of 50 and 100% of 10 RM. The distance between knees in the control protocol (51.25 cm) was lower when compared to SI 50% (84.38 cm, p <0.001), with SI 100% (88.80 cm, p <0.001) and with EB 100% (67.41cm, p = 0.014). The distance between the knees was also lower for the protocols PH 100% (53.10cm, p <0.001) and EB 100% (67.41, p <0.001) compared to the SI 100% (88.80 cm) protocols. The Vasto Medial Oblique (VMO) presented greater activation in the SI 50% protocols (p = 0.035) and PH 50% (p = 0.028) when compared to the EB 50% protocol. The accomplishment of squatting with submaximal loads seems to increase and decrease the activation of VMO when performed with physioball and BE, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To describe the socioeconomic, demographic profile and pain complaints of people with HIV/AIDS. Methodology: Observational, transversal and quantitative research. It occurred from August/2016 to July/2017, in a specialized outpatient clinic for HIV/AIDS. A total of54 people participated for convenience. The data were collected through questionnaires on socioeconomic, demographic and pain data. The statistics were performed by using the Excel/2016 software. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital São José (n° 1,651,532). Results: Approximately 59.3% are male. From the total sample, 51.9% of participants reported being single, 31% having studied up to incomplete elementary school, 24.1% being working and 66.7% receiving monthly income of one to two minimum wages. The body regions with the highest intensity and prevalence of pain were the hands, lower back, knees and ankles. The withdrawal of usual and occupational activities was more frequent due to complaints of pain in the knees, ankles and wrists. Conclusion: There is a prevalence of men of middle age, low education and low income, however, with an employment relationship. The lower back and ankles were the regions with the highest prevalence of pain. As for the withdrawal of usual and occupational activities, there was a greater relationship with complaints of pain in regions of greater mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This communication is part of a doctoral research which proposes to analyze the expressions of the mystical experiences revisiting the new sight that the Analytical Psychology of Jung goes through amplifying the theme. It seeks to understand the nature and intensity of the mystical phenomena that take place when the human opens up to experience the aspects of the numinous in his becoming, finding in the primordial images - matrices of behaviors inherited by the humanmore founding experiences, with tendencies to repetitions and / or similarities. It discusses the relevance of the process of individuation that finds in the dialectic of opposites an amplification of consciousness capable of bringing it to wholeness. This understood nature and this intensity achieved with the help of living symbols enables the human to participate in a privileged coniunction (union of opposites) that helps him to reach a deeper center, as can be noticed in the lives of several mystics of Eastern and Western culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the work is to analyze the behavior of the List of Stressful Situations for Arbitration (LISEA), developed in basketball referees, when it is applied to soccer referees. A total of 111 football referees have participated, belonging to both the Technical Committee of Referees of Huelva (CA-Huelva) and Seville (CA-Seville). The test evaluates the intensity and emotional directionality related to contextual cues, in the previous moments and during the encounter. The instrument showed high reliability in the intensity condition of emotional changes (.879 before the match and .908 during the match) and directionality (.927 before the match and .947 during the match). The results indicate that the different sources of perceived stress influence significantly and differently according to the time point, with a negative correlation between the presence of informant and presence of the media and the partner of arbitration and the years of experience of the football referees. In the directionality significant correlations were found in "position occupied in the league" and "companion of arbitration". The incidence was significantly higher before the match than during the match. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) was developed by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (Ophi) in 2010. The MPI is established on indicators of health, education and standard of living. The concept of multidimensionality is anchored on the theory of poverty and human development elaborated by the indian economist Amartya Sen in the 1980s. The methodology used for the modeling of this study is based on Alkire and Foster -- AF (2011) and analyzes the incidence and intensity of poverty. The purpose of this paper focuses on the application of the MPI in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and uses the Household Sample Survey produced by João Pinheiro Foundation (FJP) in 2009, 2011 and 2013. The results indicate that the MPI is relativaly low, 0.0329 (2009), 0.0226 (2011) and 0.0155 (2013), indicating there is a tendency for decreasing along the years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the pain can have different meanings for each individual, whereas it is influenced by several factors. In this sense, it is possible to highlight the importance of instruments that can assess and measure, in a reliable way, the perception of pain in different individuals, in order to better control and manage it. Objective: the present study aimed to identify the perception of pain in patients with chronic diseases of the municipality of Santa Maria - RS. Method: the sample was composed of 52 individuals with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, 39 female and 13 male, participants of a group facility. For collection of data was used the Questionnaire McGill Pain, adapted by Dore (2006), to assess the perception of pain, through points and intensity. Results and Discussion: the results confirmed the prevalence of pain in the lumbar region. The least cited were the right elbow and left in the female group. In males, right elbow, buttocks and left foot. The intensities most cited were noticeable and moderate. The least were the unbearable in the female group and the severe and unbearable in males. Conclusion: comparing both groups, it can be observed that the female group reported feeling more pain than the male, however, men have more intensity of unbearable pain. Therefore, the healthcare professional is responsible for analyzing the data of points and intensity of pain, and should not underestimate them, because they may be related to chronic non-communicable diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this review was to analyze the studies found in national and international literature, which have some physiological indicators focus primarily related to the characterization and the intensity of efforts and the distance traveled by players in games of soccer, to support the professionals who are directly involved with this modality in the field of sports training. This objective justifies the few studies of this type and this information is essential to the planning and proper organization of the training process. The review has its foundations in metabolic variables (VO2 max, heart rate and lactate) and physiological characteristics and energy required in the efforts made during the shifts in the game. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the theme of memory in Freudian thought, based on the conception that mnemic activity can never be reduced to its representational dimension. So, we single out the intensive aspect of the memorial processes, through an examination of that which escapes the possibility of representation, linked to the order of the unspeakable ando of the underlying drivesand the afective field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The collective online shopping is a recent phenomenon in Brazil whose objective is to sell products and services for a minimum number of consumers. This study aims to investigate whether the intensity of collective online shopping is influenced by the aspects consumer interest in online collective shopping, impulse buying and insecurity. The data collection was based on a questionnaire with closed questions with multiple choices and a 5-point Likert scale. The final sample is composed of 143 respondents. Data was analyzed through the following statistic techniques: exploratory data analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and logistic regression. The results suggest that people more interest in collective shopping are more likely to make collective shopping. People who feel greater insecurity in navigating the website is less likely to make collective shopping. It was observed that there is no a positive relationship between impulse shopping and collective purchasing. Some limitations include the number of constructs and sample characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to determine the differences and similarities in intonation when producing tag questions, wh-questions, inverted questions, and repetition questions among native English speakers and ESL Spanish speakers. These differences were measured and analyzed with a computer program called Praat, and the pitch, the intensity and the intonation contour were the focus of the study. The results have shown significant differences, as well as similarities between these two languages in some questions. The implication of this study is that the obtained data can help teachers and students to identify the problems that ESL Spanish speakers can have when learning English as a L2, especially with regards to intonation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of resistance exercise intensity on the perceived DOMS. In order to investigate the hypothesis that the intensity determines the magnitude of DOMS, 40 healthy, untrained men were subjected to two bouts of resistance exercise performed at different intensities (50%-1RM (n=20) and 75%-1RM (n=20)). DOMS was assessed using visual analogue scale, 24, 48 and 72 hours after each training bout. DOMS increased after both exercise bouts (50%- 1RM and 75%-1RM) (p<0.05), peaking at 48 hours (p<0.05). However, DOMS did not differ between exercise sessions (50%-1RM and 75%-1RM) (p>0.05). The results suggested that the intensity does not seem to influence the magnitude of DOMS when the total volume of load lifted during the exercise bout is equalized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently there are no studies on the damage caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn [teleomorph Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk] on the yield components of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), therefore the aim of this study was to quantify the reduction in grain yield and its yield components caused by natural infection of web blight in different bean genetic material, in summer 2011, in Quevedo city, Los Rios, Ecuador. Were used lines Cf4 0-0-2-1, Cf6 0-0-4-9, Cf6 0-0-4-8, SER 03 and SER 08, and two varieties FTS Soberano and BRS Valente. Incidence (%) and percentage of severity and number of lesions leaflet-1 were quantified, and these values used to calculate the area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC). Also, it was quantified the number of lesions leaflet-1 during reproductive stages R7 and R8. After harvest, it was quantified the number of nodes, pods and seeds per plant, seeds per pod per plant, and yield (kg ha-1). For estimating the damage caused by the disease were used integral and critical point models, performing regression analysis between disease intensity (independent variables), and grain yield and its components (dependent variable) obtaining the equations of damage function. The results of this research showed that integral and critical point models, are an important tool for estimating damage by web blight on yield components being more evident in the number of seeds per plant (p<0.01). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the historical data of two earthquakes that caused a strong impact in Bogotá, occurred on July 12, 1785 and August 31, 1917. Besides the implications for seismic hazard in Bogota, these events are interesting because preliminary researches have located their epicenters in areas where there is no evidence of recent tectonic activity. The new historical documentary records found in this study contain data related to damage and effects in different towns, and were organized and analyzed to obtain intensity registers. The resulting intensity distribution, superimposed with the seismogenic sources, suggest new epicentral areas for these earthquakes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]