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This paper presents an eye tracking study on the reading process of high school students while answering questions from the Enem-2017 Spanish Language Test. The research was aimed at identifying reading strategies and sources of difficulty of two groups of participants when taking the test. Group A (GA) had more previous study time in the Spanish Language and group B (GB) had less previous study time. The analyses considered eye movements (monitored during the task), accuracy and time of performance. Eye tracking data demonstrated that in both groups the preferred reading path is from the text to the multiple-choice alternatives and that textual complexity seems to affect the number and duration of fixations. There was a significant difference between the two groups, with more hits for GA than for GB. Therefore, the time devoted to studying the language seems to affect the performance of the participants in the reading comprehension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tumor cells' differential mechanisms to get energy can be diverse, as occurs in certain tumors of high biological aggressiveness, causing varying degrees of impairment in nutritional status. For the identification of malnutrition, physical, dietary, social, subjective, anthropometric, laboratory and clinical functional parameters can be applied, providing information that will enable a better assessment of nutritional status (NS). Currently researches are using the Phase Angle (PA°) and the Standardized Phase Angle (SPA) as nutritional indicators of NS and severity of the disease. However, there are few studies evaluating these parameters across different types of malignancy. This study compared the averages of PA° and SPA in lung (LC), head and neck (HNC) and colorectal cancer (CRC), crossing them with anthropometric parameters, tumor stage, and the Karnofsky Performance Status scale (KPS). The total sample comprised 276 patients, 20% (n=55) LC, 64% (n=177) HNC and 16 % (n=44) CRC. The highest percentage of severe weight loss was observed in the group of LC, followed by patients with CRC. The mean arm muscle circumference (F (2; 67), p = 0.017) and arm muscle area (F (2.59), p = 0.036) differ between men with different malignancies, as do the average resistance (p = 0.005) and reactance (F (2;214) p = 0.02). In women there was difference between the means of the AFP, (F (2; 56) p = 0.033) in different malignancies. Patients with HNC and CCR with KPS ≤ 70% had a lower average SPA (p = 0.016). The SPA showed greater association with variables of disease severity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, developed by in the framework of the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems, assess family functioning through a relational diagnosis. This instrument is subdivided into six subscales, allowing an assessment of the balanced and dysfunctional levels (extremely low and extremely high) of the dimensions of family cohesion and flexibility. The FACES IV Package also includes two scales that evaluate family communication and satisfaction. The present article analyzes the psychometric properties of the instruments included in the FACES IV Package with a sample of Portuguese adolescents in two studies. In the first study, we included a community group of 757 students and a clinical group of 67 adolescents attending psychiatric appointments. The results of this study revealed a factorial model of 24 items with satisfactory psychometric qualities, showing an acceptable adjustment to our sample. In the second study, the factorial solution obtained in the previous study was replicated with an independent sample of 707 young students. The results of this validation, show that FACES IV is a useful tool for family diagnosis among Portuguese adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper was to pre-test a set of characteristics associated with the moral dimension. For this reason, 102 characteristics associated with this dimension were evaluated in two dimensions of evaluation, desirability and uniquely humanness, by a sample of 106 university students. The means, medians, standard deviations, median absolute deviation and confidence intervals of 95% are presented for each trait in each dimension of evaluation. As are the uni-versus bi-modality of each distribution. The results allow the selection of the traits for desirability or distribution in the uniquely human dimension. We were able to verify a narrower distribution of the morality characteristics in the uniquely human dimension, contrary to what happens on the desirability dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present study was to search for evidence of validity based on external convergent-like variables for a subtest to assess figural creativity, part of a Battery for Assessment of High Abilities/Giftedness (BAAH/S). The sample consisted of 114 students of the 2nd year (n = 15) and 3rd year (n = 99) of high school, aged between 15 and 20 years (M = 17; SD = 0.85), 52 male, coming from a public school. Participants completed the Children's Figural Creativity Test (TCFI) and the Completing Figures Subtest (in validation process). Through the Pearson Correlation, factors that evaluate similar creative aspects showed positive and significant correlations (r = 0.64 between emotional factors; r = 0.60 between cognitive factors; r = 0.56 between enrichment factors ideas), indicating convergence between measures. The correlation between the isolated creative characteristics evaluated in both tests was mostly significant, with values ranging between r = 0.21 and r = 0.61. These results make it possible to confirm positive evidences of validity for the developing subtest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]