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2. A bottom-up methodology for long term electricity consumption forecasting of an industrial sector - Application to pulp and paper sector in Brazil.
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Silva, Felipe L.C., Souza, Reinaldo C., Cyrino Oliveira, Fernando L., Lourenco, Plutarcho M., and Calili, Rodrigo F.
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INDUSTRIAL energy consumption , *PAPER industry , *ECONOMIC forecasting , *DATA analysis - Abstract
Long term annual electricity consumption forecasting is very important for country's energy planning. These forecasts are influenced by several factors (political, technological, social, environmental and economic), and brings with itself a high uncertainty degree in its results and difficulties in the evaluation of such factors over them. A methodology that eases to take into account these factors aiming improve the results and help understanding the electricity consumption annual trajectory till the forecast horizon is, therefore, very much useful and desired. So, we propose a modelling structure using the bottom-up approach to cope with these matters and to evaluate the trajectory of long term annual electricity consumption of a sector of the Brazilian industry up to 2050 considering energy efficiency (EE) scenarios. It is important to emphasize that Brazil is a developing country, and to build a bottom-up approach was a challenge, mainly due to the fact that this model is data intensive. In particular, this modelling was applied in the pulp and paper sector. The main goal was to consider technological diffusion scenarios in EE measures, and show the energy savings achieved. The results point an energy savings in the order of 25% when an actual scenario is considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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3. Over Three Decades of Data Envelopment Analysis Applied to the Measurement of Efficiency in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Analysis
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Pham Van, Thuan, Tran, Trung, Trinh Thi Phuong, Thao, Hoang Ngoc, Anh, Nghiem Thi, Thanh, and La Phuong, Thuy
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The higher education efficiency evaluation model using the data envelopment analysis method has interested many researchers. This paper uses bibliometric analysis on publications extracted from the Scopus database to provide a comprehensive overview of research publications on the measurement of higher education efficiency based on data envelopment analysis: its growth rate, major collaboration networks, the most important and popular research topic. A total of 169 related publications were collected and analyzed from 1988 to 2021. The analysis results show that: Publications published every year have increased sharply in the last six years; The quality of publications is relatively high as publications tend to be published in journals with high-ranking indexes; Countries with the most influence in studies on this topic are: Italy, China, Spain, the USA, and the United Kingdom; Authors with the most influence in this research direction are Agasisti T., Abbott M., Doucouliagos C., Avkiran N.K., and Johnes J.; The research cooperation among countries and among affiliations is not strong. Finally, the paper has provided recommendations for future studies based on the findings.
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- 2022
4. Sentiment Analysis of Student Surveys -- A Case Study on Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Higher Education Teaching
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Jiménez, Haydée G., Casanova, Marco A., Finamore, Anna Carolina, and Simões, Gonçalo
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Sentiment Analysis is a field of Natural Language Processing which aims at classifying the author's sentiment in text. This paper first describes a sentiment analysis model for students' comments about professor performance. The model achieved impressive results for comments collected from student surveys conducted at a private university in 2019/20. Then, it applies the model to different scenarios: (1) in-person classes taught in 2019 (pre-COVID); (2) the emergency shift to online, synchronous classes taught in the first semester of 2020 (early-COVID); and (3) the planned online classes taught in the second semester of 2020 (late-COVID). The results show that students acknowledged the effort professors did to keep classes running during the first semester of 2020, and that the enthusiasm continued throughout the second semester. Furthermore, the results show that students evaluated professors' performance for online courses better than for in-person courses. [For the full proceedings, see ED615472.]
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- 2021
5. Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (12th, Montreal, Canada, July 2-5, 2019)
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International Educational Data Mining Society, Lynch, Collin F., Merceron, Agathe, Desmarais, Michel, and Nkambou, Roger
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The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks such as writing, design, and collaborative problem solving, and it has been used in new informal contexts where student actions are at best semi-structured. This iteration of the conference includes a range of work in these and other areas. This year's conference features three invited talks: Julita Vassileva, Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Steve Ritter, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Carnegie Learning Inc., Pittsburgh; and Michael Mozer, Professor Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science University of Colorado. The number of accepted papers include 22 full papers and 42 short papers. An additional 47 papers were accepted to the poster track. The poster and demo track itself accepted 14 contributions out of 34 submissions. Together with the "Journal of Educational Data Mining" ("JEDM"), the EDM 2019 conference held a "JEDM" Track that provides researchers a venue to deliver more substantial mature work than is possible in a conference proceeding and to present their work to a live audience. The papers submitted to this track followed the "JEDM" peer review process. Two such papers are featured in the conference's program. Additionally this year, papers that were regularly published in the journal in 2018 were invited for presentation at the conference. Two authors accepted this invitation. The main conference invited contributions to an Industry Track in addition to the main track. The EDM 2019 Industry Track received eleven submissions of which six were accepted. The EDM conference continues its tradition of providing opportunities for young researchers to present their work and receive feedback from their peers and senior researchers. The doctoral consortium this year features eight such presentations. This year's conference includes also an invited talk by the authors of the 2018 winner of the EDM Test of Time Award. This year's talk is delivered by Mykola Pechenizkiy. In addition to the main program, there are three workshops: (1) Learning Analytics: Building bridges between the Education and the Computing communities; (2) Reinforcement Learning for Educational Data Mining; and (3) Workshop on EDM & Games: Leveling Up Engaged Learning with Data-Rich Analytics. Three tutorials were presented as well: (1) Sharing and Reusing Data and Analytic Methods with LearnSphere; (2) Causal Discovery with Tetrad in LearnSphere's Tigris and Designing and Developing Open; and (3) Pedagogically-Based Predictive Models using the Moodle Analytics API.
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- 2019
6. Fading out of Early Childhood Education Effects: The Role of Data Availability
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Fonseca, Gabriela, Barros, Fernando, Santos, Daniel, and Scorzafave, Luiz Guilherme
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This work investigates how data availability can lead to different conclusions about the so-called fading-out effect of early childhood education (ECE). We explore a extensive dataset from 2008 and 2012 on elementary school children from a small municipality in Brazil. This data allows us to evaluate the effect of ECE attendance on language proficiency score using either cohort-based or grade-based data. We estimate and test if there is a difference in ECE effect on proficiency between 2008 and 2012. Our results indicate no fading-out of ECE effects while using cohort-based data, but a complete fade away of effects with grade-based data. We interpret those results as a sample selection issue caused mostly by ECE effect on grade progression.
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- 2020
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7. Web Strategies for the Curation and Discovery of Open Educational Resources
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Rolfe, Vivien
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For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009-2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life science open educational resources (OER) was based on the utilisation of the WordPress.org blogging platform and search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to curate content and widen discovery. This paper outlines the approaches taken and tools used at the time, and reflects upon the effectiveness of web strategies several years post-funding. The paper concludes that using WordPress.org as a platform for sharing and curating OER, and the adoption of a pragmatic approach to SEO, offers cheap and simple ways for small-scale open education projects to be effective and sustainable.
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- 2016
8. Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (13th, Online, July 10-13, 2020)
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International Educational Data Mining Society, Rafferty, Anna N., Whitehill, Jacob, Romero, Cristobal, and Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta
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The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of presentations all paper presenters pre-recorded their presentation as a video and then hosted it on YouTube with closed-captioning (CC). The official theme of this year's conference is Improving Learning Outcomes for All Learners. The theme comprises two parts: (1) Identifying actionable learning or teaching strategies that can be used to "improve" learning outcomes, not just predict them; (2) Using EDM to promote more "equitable" learning across diverse groups of learners, and to benefit underserved communities in particular. This year's conference features three invited talks: Alina von Davier, Chief Officer at ACTNext; Abelardo Pardo, Professor and Dean of Programs (Engineering), at UniSA STEM, University of South Australia; and Kobi Gal, Associate Professor at the Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Reader at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
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- 2020
9. Application of Logistic Regression to Predict the Failure of Students in Subjects of a Mathematics Undergraduate Course
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Costa, Stella F. and Diniz, Michael M.
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The large rates of students' failure is a very frequent problem in undergraduate courses, being even more evident in exact sciences. Pointing out the reasons of such problem is a paramount research topic, though not an easy task. An alternative is to use Educational Data Mining techniques (EDM), which enables one to convert data from educational database into useful information, in order to understand and improve teaching and learning processes. In this way, the objective of this paper is to propose mathematical models based on EDM techniques to estimate the probability of a student in a mathematics degree course at IFSP (Federal Institute of São Paulo) to fail in exact sciences disciplines, and later on, indicate which aspects contribute significantly for the Students' failure rates in these branches. We present three logistic regression models that which were applied based on socioeconomic data and student performance over 4 years. For interpretation and evaluation of such models, odds ratio, ten-fold Cross Validation method and the metrics: accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and area under the ROC curve (AUC) were used. It was noted that through Cross Validation, the models achieved accuracy values accounting for over 70%, sensitivity over 70%, specificity over 60% and AUC over 0.75. Analyzing the predictive variables of these models, we identified that factors such as advantage age, rates of failure through the course and attendance in initial semesters can increase the probability of failure in exact science disciplines in the analyzed course.
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- 2022
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10. Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS)
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The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This conference aimed to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference received 98 submissions from more than 24 countries. Out of the papers submitted, 29 were accepted as full papers. In addition to the presentation of full papers, short papers and reflection papers, the conference also includes a keynote presentation from internationally distinguished researchers. Individual papers contain figures, tables, and references.
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- 2012
11. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP): A Review of Publications from 1990 to 2010
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Mangabeira, Victor, Kanter, Jonathan, and Del Prette, Giovana
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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), a therapy based on radical behaviorism, establishes the priority of the therapeutic interaction as a mechanism of change in psychotherapy. Since the first book on FAP appeared in 1991, it has been the focus of many papers and has been incorporated by the community of behavior therapists. This paper is a review of 80 international publications on FAP from 1990 to 2010, including publications from Brazil, the United States, Spain, Switzerland and Colombia. The goal was to analyze how FAP has been treated and developed across these 20 years, and also to propose some directions for further studies. The analysis suggests a diverse range of FAP publications, points to the necessity of more empirical studies with tighter control of variables and objective measurement of data to better understand FAP's process and effectiveness, and highlights the importance of increased communication between international research groups to increase the potential benefits of singular and collective research efforts on FAP. (Contains 2 tables and 7 figures.)
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- 2012
12. Investigating the 'Bolsonaro effect' on the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic: An empirical analysis of observational data in Brazil.
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Razafindrakoto, Mireille, Roubaud, François, Castilho, Marta Reis, Pero, Valeria, and Saboia, João
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COVID-19 pandemic ,SOCIAL dynamics ,SOCIAL distancing ,DATA analysis ,COVID-19 vaccines ,CONSPIRACY theories - Abstract
Brazil counts among the countries the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. A great deal has been said about the negative role played by President Bolsonaro's denialism, but relatively few studies have attempted to measure precisely what impact it actually had on the pandemic. Our paper conducts econometric estimates based on observational data at municipal level to quantitatively assess the 'Bolsonaro effect' over time from March 2020 to December 2022. To our knowledge, this paper presents the most comprehensive investigation of Bolsonaro's influence in the spread of the pandemic from two angles: considering Covid-19 mortality and two key transmission mitigation channels (social distancing and vaccination); and exploring the full pandemic cycle (2020–2022) and its dynamics over time. Controlling for a rich set of relevant variables, our results find a strong and persistent 'Bolsonaro effect' on the death rate: municipalities that were more pro-Bolsonaro recorded significantly more fatalities. Furthermore, evidence suggests that the president's attitude and decisions negatively influenced the population's behaviour. Firstly, pro-Bolsonaro municipalities presented a lower level of compliance with social distancing measures. Secondly, vaccination was relatively less widespread in places more in favour of the former president. Finally, our analysis points to longer-lasting and damaging repercussions. Regression results are consistent with the hypothesis that the 'Bolsonaro effect' impacted not only on Covid-19 vaccination, but has affected vaccination campaigns in general thereby jeopardizing the historical success of the National Immunization Program in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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13. Mathematical Modelling in Year 12 Using COVID-19 Data
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Singh, Mahua
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In 2020, Year 12 students at John Curtin College of the Arts, were required to model COVID-19 data from five different countries in order to find correlations between daily infections and unemployment rates, in order to make future predictions. Work received from students demonstrated how the task successfully provided unique learning opportunities, which are otherwise not experienced in a classroom environment under the pressures of a curriculum that is highly exam-focused and based on mechanistic algorithms. The paper also discusses some challenges faced and how they were overcome.
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- 2021
14. Is Industry-University Interaction Promoting Innovation in the Brazilian Pharmaceutical Industry?
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Paranhos, Julia and Hasenclever, Lia
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This paper analyses industry-university interaction and its characteristics in the Brazilian pharmaceutical system of innovation, taking account of the relevance of company strategies, the approach of the universities and the actions of government. By analysing primary and secondary data the authors show that, for as long as corporate investment in R&D remains rare, and government efforts to stimulate these investments are inadequate, it will be difficult to increase levels of innovative activity in industry; and especially so in the pharmaceutical sector. The paper highlights the relevance of internal R&D structures for the generation of innovation and for interaction with the academic sector; the need to improve the physical infrastructure and modernize the internal organization of research institutions; the importance of appropriate and planned government action and the establishment of an environment conducive to innovation; and the key role played by government funding and support for players in the pharmaceutical system of innovation. (Contains 14 notes and 4 tables.)
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- 2011
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15. Learning a Foreign Language with a Learner Response System: The Students' Perspective
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Cardoso, Walcir
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This paper reports the results of a study on the use of a learner response system (LRS) by a group of students of English as a foreign language (L2). Via a methodology that included the analysis of survey questionnaires and open-ended oral interviews, the study examined learners' perceptions of the use of an LRS by a group of 30 Brazilians learning English in a communicative classroom environment. Overall, the results are consistent with the consensus that students perceive the response system as a positive addition to their classes, as its use increases participation and the general enjoyment of classes, contributes to learning, fosters interactions, and allows learners to self-assess and compare their performance with that of their peers. Because research on LRS in L2 settings is still in its infancy, this paper contributes data and analysis that highlight the pedagogical benefits of the implementation of a response system in L2 pedagogy. (Contains 4 notes, 3 figures, and 4 tables.)
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- 2011
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16. Patterns of Learning Strategies of Brazilian EFL Learners
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Salies, Tania Gastao
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EFL learners from three language institutes in Brazil answered the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning--SILL--to self-report how they go about learning English. They emerged as balanced users of various strategies with a tendency to use metacognitive and social strategies to learn the language. This tendency, further reinforced by factor analysis, may derive from the need to cope with the demands of the Brazilian foreign language environment, as well as from learning patterns determined by the base-learning culture. Realistic language practice was the factor that influenced learners' answers to the self-reported questionnaire the most. Implications that are particularly relevant to EFL contexts include training learners in those strategies they report using with low frequency to provide them with a larger repertoire of tools in learning how to learn a language. (Contains 5 tables.)
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- 1995
17. Musculoskeletal symptoms and workers' perception about job factors in a pulp and paper industry.
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Coluci, Marina Zambon Orpinelli, Alexandre, Neusa Maria Costa, and de Freitas Pedrini, Thais
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BLUE collar workers ,STATISTICAL correlation ,EMPLOYEE attitudes ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,WORK-related injuries ,INDUSTRIES ,INTERVIEWING ,JOB descriptions ,RESEARCH methodology ,MUSCLE diseases ,NURSES ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,SCALES (Weighing instruments) ,STATISTICS ,U-statistics ,DATA analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SYMPTOMS - Abstract
The study aimed to conduct a literature review as a step of the development of a new questionnaire about the nursing workers' perception of job factors that may lead to musculoskeletal symptoms. An information synthesis was achieved by collecting data from studies that fitted the search criteria. The results showed that despite the existence of several job factors related to musculoskeletal symptoms, no specific questionnaire that evaluates this relationship was found. Therefore, this literature review presents important topics for developing the first questionnaire to analyze work activities that may contribute to pain and discomfort among nursing personnel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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18. The Expositive Discourse as Pedagogical Discourse: Studying Recontextualization in the Production of a Science Museum Exhibition
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Marandino, Martha
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In this paper I report on the sociological and educational particulars of "The Biodiscovery Space" exhibition of the Life Museum of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using Basil Bernstein's framework of pedagogic discourse and recontextualization. Data for analysis was obtained from interviews with the exhibition developers, field observations of museum visitors and analysis of exhibition documents. Using the ideas of power, classification and framework, among others, I analyzed the recontextualization process of the production of expositive discourse. Thus, working with Bernstein's idea of classification, I explain the relationship between the discourses of the science of biology, history of science, museology, education, and communication in order to produce an expositive discourse. I also make explicit how agents of the Official Recontextualization Field of the Museum and the Pedagogic Recontextualization Field "....of the Museum determine partly the final expositive discourse of an exhibition". Using the idea of a pedagogic discourse framework, I discuss how the constraints imposed by objects and texts in exhibitions help to create a specific manner of visitor interaction with these elements, "even if they have some autonomy". Considerations about the audience and the intended process of acquisition are presented, when I discuss the control strategies of the exhibition. I propose that the Biodiscovery Space exhibit has a visible pedagogy. Finally, using the collected data I discuss the power tensions created in the production of expositive discourse showing how distributive, recontextualization and evaluation rules work in the context of exhibitions. The study of the dynamics in forming the expositive discourse using Bernstein's framework reveals the individuals and institutions, the selection criteria, the negotiations and the power relations involved. It has the potential to assist both educators and researchers in the museum education field, as well as designers to understand the teaching and learning processes that occur during a visit and to establish relevant criteria to evaluate quality to best produce exhibitions in science museums.
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- 2016
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19. Relations between Media, Perceived Social Support and Personal Well-Being in Adolescence
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Sarriera, Jorge Castella, Abs, Daniel, Casas, Ferran, and Bedin, Livia Maria
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This paper's main objective is to show relations between interest in media, perceived social support and adolescents' personal well-being. For this purpose, 1,589 Brazilian adolescents answered a questionnaire containing Cummins' Personal Well-Being, Vaux's Social Support Appraisals and Casas' interest in media scales. The media in study are: The Internet, computer games, video games, computer, cell phone and television. For the data analysis this research used Structural Equation Modeling, a statistical methodology based on the confirmation of hypotheses previously established by theoretical frameworks on data. A final model of relations between media, support and well-being was obtained with a fit considered satisfactory by the literature. Implications of media on adolescents' well-being based on this model are considered.
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- 2012
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20. Burning bridges: The paths to increase Brazil's international status and Bolsonaro's 'new foreign policy'.
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Buarque, Daniel
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,DIPLOMACY ,GREAT powers (International relations) ,THEMATIC analysis ,DATA analysis ,PRESTIGE - Abstract
Copyright of Carta Internacional is the property of Associacao Brasileira de Relacoes Internacionais and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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21. Evidentiality in Ninam of Alto Mucajaí.
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Infante Peña, Victoria Elizabeth
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GRAMMATICAL categories ,RIPARIAN areas ,DATA analysis ,MORPHEMICS - Abstract
Copyright of LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas is the property of Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Portal de Periodicos Eletronicos Cientificos and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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22. What Does It Take to Achieve Equality of Opportunity in Education?: An Empirical Investigation Based on Brazilian Data
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Waltenberg, Fabio D. and Vandenberghe, Vincent
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Roemer's [Roemer, J. (1998). "Equality of opportunity". Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.] seminal work on equality of opportunity has contributed to the emergence of a theory of justice that is modern, conceptually clear and easy to mobilize in policy design. Inspired by Roemer's theory, this paper is fundamentally a policy-modeling exercise coupled to a micro data analysis. In a pure allocation setting, we first analyze the reallocations of educational expenditure required to equalize opportunities (taken to be test scores close to the end of compulsory education). Using Brazilian data, we find that implementing an equal-opportunity policy across pupils of different socio-economic background, by using per-pupil spending as the instrument requires multiplying by 6.8 on average the current level of spending on the lowest achieving pupils. This result is driven by the extremely low elasticity of scores to per-pupil spending. We then show that the simultaneous redistribution of monetary and non-monetary inputs, like peer group quality and school effectiveness, considerably reduces--by around 23%--the magnitude of financial redistribution needed.
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- 2007
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23. Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review.
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Aragão Silva, José Augusto, dos Santos Soares, Leonardo Moura, Ferreira, Felipe Silva, da Silva, André Bastos, and Souto, Wedson Medeiros Silva
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STATISTICS ,MEAT ,VERTEBRATES ,FOOD consumption ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MARKETING ,BUSINESS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software ,ANIMALS ,WORLD Wide Web - Abstract
Background: Bushmeat is a resource exploited by thousands of people around the world, especially in tropical and neotropical regions, constituting an important source of protein and income. But what is known, so far, about the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat (hereinafter "bushmeat") in a megadiverse country like Brazil? This question was answered through a systematic survey of publications on the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat made in Brazil between 2011 and 2021. Methods: We selected 63 scientific articles available on "Google Scholar," "Science Direct," "Scopus," " Web of Science" and "Portal de Periódico da CAPES." The articles were categorized as: exclusive to (1) consumption or (2) bushmeat trade, totals of 54 and three articles, respectively; both (3) consumption and trade bushmeat, totaling six articles. We applied a nonparametric Spearman's correlation analysis to verify the association between the number of papers and the species richness of wild vertebrates cited for consumption by Brazilian state. Results: The results revealed that the publications were concentrated in the Northeast (36), North (26) and Southeast (1) regions, distributed across 16 states of the federation. These data reinforce the need for more researches in states and other regions of the country. Our research hypothesis was confirmed, since the richness of species cited for meat consumption was positively associated with the amount of work carried out by the states of the federation. We identified a total of 321 species of wild vertebrates mentioned in the categories involving the consumption of bushmeat. We had a greater bird species richness mentioned for consumption (170) to the detriment of mammals (107), reptiles (40) and amphibians (4). Furthermore, in the articles involving the bushmeat trade categories we had 57 species of vertebrates mentioned, with mammals being the most representative in terms of species richness (29), to the detriment of birds (20) and reptiles (8). These data reinforce that birds and mammals have been the groups most used both for consumption and trade in bushmeat in the country's regions, and it is necessary to mitigate the hunting exploitation of these groups. We recorded that socioeconomic, biological, environmental and sociocultural factors were the most cited predictors of the consumption and trade of bushmeat in the articles. We identified that the bushmeat trade chain is dynamic and ramified, made up of several actors, including specialized and diversified hunters, intermediaries, market sellers, market vendors, restaurant owners and final customers. Public markets and open-air fairs were the most cited places for buying and selling wild meat in commerce. Conclusions: In general, our results indicate that we have made significant advances in publications on the consumption and trade of bushmeat in Brazil over the last few years. However, we highlight the need to better understand the patterns of consumption and trade of bushmeat in different regions of the country, as well as the factors associated with the dynamics of the trade chain and uses of wildlife by local communities. We emphasized that a multidimensional understanding of hunting activities is important to face socio-ecological problems and improve the conservation of target species which have continually been explored for uses by populations in different regions of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. What Do We Know About Plastic Pollution in Coastal/Marine Tourism? Documenting Its Present Research Status from 1999 to 2022.
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Zhang, Jiale, Quoquab, Farzana, and Mohammad, Jihad
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PLASTIC scrap ,MARINE pollution ,TOURISM research ,DATA analysis - Abstract
This study aims to present a comprehensive knowledge mapping of plastic pollution on coastal/marine tourism research. To achieve this objective, the present study employed a two-tier analysis, including a systematic review of literature and bibliometric analysis of 164 scholarly articles spanning 1999 to 2022. The results underline the multidisciplinary nature of this research domain, characterized by a significant upswing in publications. The dominant countries in this field are identified as Brazil, Australia, and the USA. A noteworthy collaboration dynamic between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, East China Normal University, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has emerged, signaling opportunities for enhanced cross-border cooperation. Jambeck, who provided data support for this research field, is found as the most cited author. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Environmental Pollution, and Science of the Total Environment are the most prolific journals discussing such topics. The primary research clusters in this field include seasonal comparison, Qinghai Lake, and small plastic debris. Additionally, scholars have recently focused on new topics such as seasonal comparison, case study, spatial pattern, and the Southern Baltic Sea in the last 3 years. This research also reports 10 articles with the highest citations and 10 highly cited papers. Not only this, the present study presents the inaugural bibliometric analysis on plastic pollution in coastal and marine tourism. To the authors' knowledge, it stands as a pioneering investigation of its nature, offering a comprehensive view on the research domain by evaluating a time span exceeding two decades, with a specific emphasis on the literature pertaining to marine tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. Socioeconomic Status of Farmers and Economic Development in Two Communities of Southern Brazil.
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Sturm, Alzemiro E. and Riedl, Mario
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This paper is concerned with the problem of social inequalities and economic development in rural communities. Two ethnically different communities were chosen in the most southern state of Brazil: Garibaldi, of descendants from Italian immigrants, and Candelaria, of descendants from German immigrants. The data were gathered through application of a questionnaire to stratified random samples, representing 4.2% of the farm owners in Candelaria and 7% in Garibaldi. The central assumption of the study was that the larger farm owners occupy the highest socioeconomic positions in the agrarian society and, therefore, have the best opportunities for economic development as indicated by correlates such as income (economic variable), education and mass media (social variables) and alienation (psychological variable). The study findings show that the economic and social development of rural communities, irrespective of ethnic origins, appears to depend on structural variables, such as the land tenure system. In terms of strategies for development, it is suggested that the inequalities that seem to exist in land ownership be corrected. Tables provide the study data, and a bibliography is included. (Author/DB)
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26. A participação dos(as) sociólogos(as) no Sistema Único de Assistência Social e na Vigilância Socioassistencial: desafios prementes.
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Moreira dos Santos, Danilo, dos Santos Oliveira, Rodrigo, Ferreira Machado, Luciana Bolognini, and Antunes de Abreu, Ricardo
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SOCIOLOGISTS ,DATA analysis ,GOVERNMENT policy ,SOCIAL systems ,LABOR market - Abstract
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27. The Prevalence of Metallo-Beta-Lactamese-(MβL)-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Dos Santos, Pabllo Antonny Silva, Silva, Marcos Jessé Abrahão, Gouveia, Maria Isabel Montoril, Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa, Quaresma, Ana Judith Pires Garcia, De Lima, Patrícia Danielle Lima, Brasiliense, Danielle Murici, Lima, Karla Valéria Batista, and Rodrigues, Yan Corrêa
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PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa ,FIXED effects model ,INFORMATION retrieval ,DATA analysis - Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to describe the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA)-producing MβL among Brazilian isolates and the frequency of bla
SPM-1 in MβL-PA-producing isolates. From January 2009 to August 2023, we carried out an investigation on this subject in the internet databases SciELO, PubMed, Science Direct, and LILACS. A total of 20 papers that met the eligibility requirements were chosen by comprehensive meta-analysis software v2.2 for data retrieval and analysis by one meta-analysis using a fixed-effects model for the two investigations. The prevalence of MβL-producing P. aeruginosa was 35.8% or 0.358 (95% CI = 0.324–0.393). The studies' differences were significantly different from one another (x2 = 243.15; p < 0.001; I2 = 92.18%), so they were divided into subgroups based on Brazilian regions. There was indication of asymmetry in the meta-analyses' publishing bias funnel plot; so, a meta-regression was conducted by the study's publication year. According to the findings of Begg's test, no discernible publishing bias was found. blaSPM-1 prevalence was estimated at 66.9% or 0.669 in MβL-PA isolates (95% CI = 0.593–0.738). The analysis of this one showed an average heterogeneity (x2 = 90.93; p < 0.001; I2 = 80.20%). According to the results of Begg's test and a funnel plot, no discernible publishing bias was found. The research showed that MβL-P. aeruginosa and SPM-1 isolates were relatively common among individuals in Brazil. P. aeruginosa and other opportunistic bacteria are spreading quickly and causing severe infections, so efforts are needed to pinpoint risk factors, reservoirs, transmission pathways, and the origin of infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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28. Matrix Approach to Accelerate Spin‐Up of CLM5.
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Liao, Cuijuan, Lu, Xingjie, Huang, Yuanyuan, Tao, Feng, Lawrence, David M., Koven, Charles D., Oleson, Keith W., Wieder, William R., Kluzek, Erik, Huang, Xiaomeng, and Luo, Yiqi
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BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycles ,CARBON cycle ,SENSITIVITY analysis ,DATA analysis ,DYNAMICAL systems ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Numerical models have been developed to investigate and understand responses of biogeochemical cycle to global changes. Steady state, when a system is in dynamic equilibrium, is generally required to initialize these model simulations. However, the spin‐up process that is used to achieve steady state pose a great burden to computational resources, limiting the efficiency of global modeling analysis on biogeochemical cycles. This study introduces a new Semi‐Analytical Spin‐Up (SASU) to tackle this grand challenge. We applied SASU to Community Land Model version 5 and examined its computational efficiency and accuracy. At the Brazil site, SASU is computationally 7 times more efficient than (or saved up to 86% computational cost in comparison with) the traditional native dynamics (ND) spin‐up to reach the same steady state. Globally, SASU is computationally 8 times more efficient than the accelerated decomposition spin‐up and 50 times more efficient than ND. In summary, SASU achieves the highest computational efficiency for spin‐up on site and globally in comparison with other spin‐up methods. It is generalizable to wide biogeochemical models and thus makes computationally costly studies (e.g., parameter perturbation ensemble analysis and data assimilation) possible for a better understanding of biogeochemical cycle under climate change. Plain Language Summary: Land carbon cycle models, a critical component of earth system models, have been developed to investigate and understand ecological responses to global changes. However, the model spin‐up process to achieve steady state are usually time‐consuming and pose great computational burden. The spin‐up problem hinders our ability to study some key issues in land carbon cycle modeling, such as sensitivity analysis. This paper applies a new SASU framework to accelerate spin‐up of Community Land Model matrix version 5. Compared with traditional native dynamic approach, SASU speeds up the spin‐up by approximately 50 times, achieving the fastest spin‐up speed than all the previously recorded methods. Our SASU method is applicable to biogeochemical models and, therefore, liberates the models for computationally costly studies, such as parameter perturbation ensemble analysis and data assimilation. Key Points: A new semi‐analytical spin‐up (SASU) framework combines the default accelerated spin‐up method and matrix analytical algorithmSASU accelerates CLIM5 spin‐up by tens of times, becoming the fastest method to our knowledgeSASU is applicable to most biogeochemical models and enables computationally costly study, for example, sensitivity analysis [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Phonological acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese: Ages of customary production, acquisition and mastery.
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Ceron, Marizete Ilha, Simoni, Simone Nicolini De, and Keske‐Soares, Márcia
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CULTURE ,STATISTICS ,AGE distribution ,ONE-way analysis of variance ,LINGUISTICS ,CROSS-sectional method ,QUANTITATIVE research ,LANGUAGE acquisition ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,PHONETICS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Background: Aims: To describe typical phonological development of Brazilian Portuguese (BP)‐speaking children, considering the following parameters: age of customary production, acquisition and mastery. Methods & Procedures: Data were collected from 857 children aged between 3 years and 8 years 11 months with typical language and speech development. The sample was grouped into 6‐month age bands. The data were analysed using one‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Games–Howell post‐hoc tests. Outcomes & Results: Stops (/p, b, t, d, k, g/), nasals (/m, n, ɲ/) and some fricatives (/f, v, s, z/) were mastered before the age of 3 years (age of mastery). The age of acquisition for phonemes /ʃ, ʒ/ was 3;6, though both were only mastered at 4;0 years. The liquid /l/ was acquired at 3;0 and mastered at age 3;6, while /x/ was acquired and mastered at age 3;6. The phoneme /ʎ/ was acquired at 7;0 and mastered at age 8;6. The tap /ɾ/ was acquired between the ages of 4;0 and 4;6, and mastered at 4;6. In coda position, /n, l/ were acquired at 3;0, while /s/ was mastered at 4;6 and /ɾ/ between 4;6 and 5;0 years. Clusters involving /ɾ/ were acquired at 6;0, while those with /l/ were acquired between the ages of 6;6 and 7;0. Conclusions & Implications: This study presented acquisition for consonants in BP and can be used as a reference for the assessment of developmental speech disorders. In this study, stops and nasals were acquired first, followed by fricatives and, lastly, liquids. This finding is corroborated by previous studies in BP and other languages. What this paper adds: What is already known on the subject: What this paper adds to existing knowledge: What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Unsupervised K-means Analysis of Tuberculosis Data in Brazil: Identifying High Prevalence States and Temporal Trends.
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Rossini, Angelo, Alves, Domingos, Cassão, Vitor, and Brandão Miyoshi, Newton Shydeo
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K-means clustering ,DATA analysis ,TRENDS ,TIME series analysis ,DATABASES ,TUBERCULOSIS - Abstract
This paper aims to demonstrate the findings obtained through the analysis and application of an unsupervised K-means algorithm on the SINAN database from 2001 to 2022 in Brazil, with the objective of understanding which states have the highest number of tuberculosis cases and identifying similarities among them that may contribute to a higher case rate relative to the local population. We will begin with a brief historical introduction, followed by an overview of the characteristics related to tuberculosis transmission. Subsequently, we will discuss the results obtained from the year-to-year analysis of the collected data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Effects of an educational playful intervention on nasal hygiene behaviors of preschoolers: a quasi-experimental study.
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Costa, Priscila, Ermini, Talita, and Sigaud, Cecília Helena de Siqueira
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PRESCHOOL education ,NOSE diseases ,CHILD care ,CHILDREN'S health ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,GAMES ,HAND washing ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH education ,HEALTH promotion ,HYGIENE ,RESEARCH methodology ,NASAL cavity ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PEDIATRIC nursing ,PLAY ,PLAY therapy ,STATISTICS ,DATA analysis ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,AT-risk people ,EDUCATIONAL outcomes ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PREVENTION - Abstract
Background: To determine the effects of an educational playful intervention on nasal hygiene behaviors among preschool (3-4 years old) children. Methods: A quasi-experimental before-after study was conducted with 39 children attending public daycare center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A group-based intervention consisted of two educational sessions to promote healthy behaviors for nasal hygiene. It was adopted playful strategies such as a story told by puppets, card games and simulation of nasal hygiene in front of the mirror. The outcome was evaluated by observing six healthy behaviors for nasal hygiene one week before and after the intervention. Differences in the outcome before and after the intervention were tested using Wilcoxon signed rank test and McNemar's test. Results: The median of healthy nasal hygiene behaviors went from 3.0 to 4.0 after the intervention, with a significant statistical difference (P=0.0004) and a difference of behaviors. After the intervention, forcing the air out of one opened nostril increased from 5.1%to 30.8% (P=0.001, CI 95%: 0-0.440), forcing the air out of the other nostril increased from 5.1% to 28.2% (P=0.003/CI 95%: 0-0.50), throwing the piece of toilet paper in the garbage increased from 53.8% to 87.21% (P=0.04, CI 95%: 0.035-0.65), and sanitizing the hands with soap and water increased from 15.4% to 43.6% (P=0.039-0.76). Conclusion: the educational playful intervention improved the autonomy of preschoolers to adopt healthy nasal hygiene behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. Interorganizational knowledge sharing in a science and technology park: the use of knowledge sharing mechanisms.
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Balle, Andrea Raymundo, Steffen, Mário Oscar, Curado, Carla, and Oliveira, Mírian
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PARK use ,RESEARCH parks ,FUZZY sets ,DATA analysis - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to uncover the combinations of knowledge sharing mechanisms that organizations in a science and technology park in Brazil use to share managerial and technical knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: This research adopts a qualitative approach that uses a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to analyze data that are gathered from 51 managers of organizations in a science and technology park. Findings: The results show that knowledge sharing happens regardless of the type of knowledge. There are more alternative paths that lead to knowledge sharing than to its absence. Regarding the type of knowledge shared, there are more alternative configurations that lead to managerial knowledge sharing than to technical knowledge sharing. Only the older organizations in the science and technology park abstain from knowledge sharing. Research limitations/implications: Due to the qualitative nature of the study, no generalization is possible. Additionally, the study's limitation is that it involves organizations from a single science and technology park. Practical implications: The results offer managers of organizations in science and technology parks to choose from alternative combinations of mechanisms to either boost their knowledge sharing or to promote knowledge protection. Originality/value: The paper provides an original contribution by identifying the combinations of mechanisms that organizations in a science and technology park use that leads to the sharing of specific knowledge types. The findings also identify the combination of mechanisms that older organizations use that prevents them from sharing knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Brazilians Speak Out about Their Schools: Adapting Inquiry to Subject Matter and Research Function.
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Feldens, Maria das Gracas F. and Duncan, James K.
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Reports on a study of the beliefs held by students, parents, and teachers regarding desirable schooling and teaching in grades one to eight in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Examines the combined use of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies; rationales and procedures of naturalistic and rationalistic inquiry; and implications for research in teacher education. (DMM)
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34. Cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento e financiamento externo para o Brasil: uma macroanálise do período entre 2000 e 2020.
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Huber Pessina, Maria Elisa, Batista Coelho, André Pires, Cavalcanti Fadul, Élvia Mirian, and de Oliveira Monteiro, Augusto
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,PUBLIC sector ,DATA analysis - Abstract
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35. RETOS ETNOGRÁFICOS: ANALIZANDO EL MOVIMIENTO SLOW FOOD EN BRASIL Y ALEMANIA.
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KALIX GARCIA, THALITA
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ETHNOLOGY ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,DATA analysis ,ACQUISITION of data ,RESEARCH methodology - Abstract
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36. UM ESTUDO SOBRE O ACENTO GRÁFICO NA AQUISIÇÃO DA ESCRITA: ORTOGRAFIA E FONOLOGIA.
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Gomes Ney, Luanda Alvariza and Moresco Miranda, Ana Ruth
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VOWELS ,DATA analysis ,DESIGN research ,PUBLIC schools ,ORTHOGRAPHY & spelling ,PHONOLOGICAL awareness - Abstract
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37. Cluster identification: A joint application of industry concentration analysis and exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA).
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Manzini, Reinaldo Belickas and Luiz, Di Serio Carlos
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GEOGRAPHIC spatial analysis ,DATA analysis ,INDUSTRIAL clusters ,ECONOMIC change ,INDUSTRIAL statistics - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to the approaches based on traditional industry concentration statistics for identifying clusters by complementing them with the techniques of exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA). Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample with 34,500 observations retrieved from the social information annual report released by Brazil Ministry of Labor and Employment, the methodology was designed to make a comparison between the application of industry concentration statistics and ESDA statistics. Findings: As the results show, the geographic distribution measures proved to be fundamental for longitudinal studies on regional dynamics and industrial agglomerations, and the local indicator of spatial association statistic tends to overcome the limitation of the industry concentration approach. Research limitations/implications: In the period considered, due to economic, structural and circumstantial questions, activities linked to the transformation industry have been losing ground in the value creation process in Brazil. In this sense, the study of other industries may generate other types of insights that should be considered in the process of regional development. Originality/value: This paper offers a critical analysis of empirical approaches and methodological advances with an emphasis on the treatment of special effects: spatial dependence, spatial heterogeneity and spatial scale. However, the regional dynamic presents a temporal dimension and a spatial dimension. The role of space has increasingly attracted attention in the analysis of economic changes. This work has identified opportunities for incorporating spatial effects in regional analysis over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Talent map: how demographic rate, human development index and birthdate can be decisive for the identification and development of soccer players in Brazil.
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Teoldo, Israel and Cardoso, Felippe
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SOCCER players ,HUMAN Development Index ,CHI-squared test ,DATA analysis - Abstract
Aim:The aim of this paper is to verify how cities' demographic rates and Human Development Index (HDI), as well as the birthdate of Brazilian elite soccer players influenced their identification and development. Methods:The sample was comprised of 5,359 players from the Brazilian Serie A Soccer Championship between 2003 and 2019. Players' birthdate and birthplace data were collected, as well as the HDI from their hometowns. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, Pearson correlation and linear regression tests were performed. Results:Results indicated that players born in the first semester of the year, in cities with a demographic rate of up to 100,000 inhabitants and HDI above 0.501, are more likely to play at the highest level (Serie A) of Brazilian soccer. Correlations were observed between birth quartile and HDI (r = −.059; se = 0.04; p < 0.001), birth quartile and demographic rates (r = −063, se = 0.03; p < 0.001), and between HDI and demographic rates (r = 0.458; se = 0.02; p < 0.001). The linear regression method yielded a valid model that included all three variables in this study (F
(2) = 9.512; p < 0.001). Conclusion:Based on these findings, it is possible to conclude that birthdate, demographic rate and HDI are important factors in the identification and development of soccer players in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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39. Base Nacional de Serviços Públicos do Brasil: sistematização e interoperabilidade de informações para o Governo Digital.
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Tavares Ávila, Thiago José, Brasileiro Lanza, Beatriz Barreto, and de Souza Valotto, Daniel
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INTERNET in public administration ,MUNICIPAL services ,CROSS-sectional method ,INFORMATION services ,DATA analysis - Abstract
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40. Computing and Oral Health: Mobile Solution for Collecting, Data Analysis, Managing and Reproducing Epidemiological Research in Population Groups.
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Cavalcante NV, Oliveira AH, Sá BVC, Botelho G, Moreira TR, Costa GDD, and Cotta RMM
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- Brazil, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diagnosis, Oral, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Reproducibility of Results, Software, Computers, Handheld, Data Analysis, Dental Health Surveys, Epidemiologic Research Design, Health Status Indicators, Mobile Applications, Oral Health
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Epidemiological inquiries study and evaluate the health status of the population. For dental caries, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the DMFT and DMFS indexes, which represent the sum of the decayed, missing and filled teeth, divided by the population studied. Traditionally these surveys are conducted using cellulose paper sheet. This study describes the development and presents the field performance of NutriOdonto, a software created for an Oral Health Survey carried out in 2018 and 2019 involving 2578 students from the municipal schools of Palmas/TO, located in the Brazilian Amazon region. This is a descriptive, applied research on the development of a software for the collecting, analysis, management and reproducibility of oral health epidemiological research. A software applied to the collecting, analysis and formation of the database was developed through the information obtained from the questionnaires applied to the participants of the study and the completion of the electronic oral examination form. Recent Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are intelligently configured to create models and mobile applications (Apps) that can be useful to manage health issues, thus broadening the perspective of service provision in this sector. Some of these mobile devices, tablets and smartphones are being developed to generate information, for collection, recording, storage and analysis of oral health epidemiological research data. NutriOdonto contributed to the rapid collection, recording and storage of information, in the construction of the database and its analysis. Replacing paper forms with electronic forms minimized possible typos, reduced the use of cellulose paper and the financial costs, among other things. This software can contribute to decision making by managers and professionals and to improving the planning and implementation of actions in health promotion and oral disease prevention.
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41. GENTRIFICAÇÃO: ASPECTOS CONCEITUAIS E PRÁTICOS DE SUA VERIFICAÇÃO NO BRASIL.
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Fidalgo Ribeiro, Tarcyla
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URBAN planning ,GENTRIFICATION ,PUBLIC spaces ,DATA analysis ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
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42. The relative validity of a food record using the smartphone application MyFitnessPal.
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Teixeira, Vitor, Voci, Silvia M., Mendes‐Netto, Raquel S., and da Silva, Danielle G.
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COLLEGE students ,RESEARCH methodology ,NUTRITIONAL assessment ,PROBABILITY theory ,REGRESSION analysis ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICS ,DATA analysis ,SMARTPHONES ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,FOOD diaries ,MOBILE apps ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Aim: The present study aimed to validate food records on the application MyFitnessPal (MFP), comparing them with paper‐based food records (P‐FR). Methods: Thirty university students, including males and females, volunteered and recorded dietary intakes on P‐FR and MFP food records (MFP‐FR). The values of energy, macronutrients and fibre from MFP‐FR were compared with data from P‐FR, calculated using Brazilian food composition tables. Adjustments for in‐person variability and energy intake were performed, and comparisons were made between each data set, using the Wilcoxon signed‐rank test, Spearman's correlation and Bland–Altman agreement plots. Results: Positive moderate correlations between P‐FR and MFP‐FR for all variables, and non‐significant associations for energy and fibre were found. The Bland–Altman plots showed tendency to underestimation and relatively narrow limits of agreement. Carbohydrate and lipids show trends of increasing the degree of overestimation with increased intake, even after data normalisation. Conclusions: MFP tends to underestimate ingestion of nutrients probably due to inadequacies in the MFP database. However, MFP showed good relative validity, especially for energy and fibre. Its use, as well as other similar applications, should be encouraged, due to ease of assessing dietary information, although careful usage is recommended because of database gaps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. A Community of Practice of primary health care occupational therapists: Advancing practice‐based knowledge.
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Marcolino, Taís Q., Kinsella, Elizabeth A., Araujo, Angélica da S., Fantinatti, Eliane N., Takayama, Gabriela M., Vieira, Natália M. U., Pereira, Ana J. A. T., Gomes, Laysla D., Galheigo, Sandra M., and Ferigato, Sabrina H.
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ACTION research ,COMMUNITY health services ,CRITICAL thinking ,PRIMARY health care ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,RESEARCH funding ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,AFFINITY groups ,DATA analysis - Abstract
Introduction: New contexts of practice demand that professionals engage in critical reflection to handle new situations and to create new knowledge that is responsive to professional practices situated in unique historical and social contexts. Community of Practice offers a framework for professions to reflect together on practice dilemmas and to generate practical solutions. Methods: This paper presents a participatory action research project that traces the trajectory of a Community of Practice made up of seven occupational therapists working in primary health care and a researcher team, in Brazil. This study mapped the Community of Practice's trajectory between 2013 and 2017 through a group timeline analysis, which occurred gradually, in a collaborative mode. Results: Three distinct phases in the trajectory of the development of the Community of Practice were identified: narrative perspectives were utilised as a means to identify dilemmas and difficulties in practice; the investigation of clients' needs and identification of issues was an ongoing process; and the generation of practice‐based knowledge through the development of instruments to sustain clinical reasoning was a creative solution to practical dilemmas. Conclusion: Three main aspects were highlighted: the partnership between researchers and practitioners as a potential avenue for the production of knowledge relevant to professional practice; the negotiation of the dilemma of "putting practice into words" in the context of constantly changing local and global perspectives; and the investigation of situated practice as an important element that can strengthen, strain, resist or even modify hegemonic perspectives of knowledge production in our field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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44. Conselhos e conferências de saúde no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa.
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Temoteo da Silva, Berenice and Sampaio Oliveira Lima, Isabel Maria
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DATA analysis ,LITERATURE reviews ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,DENSITY ,CONCEPTS - Abstract
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45. BARREIRAS NO PROCESSO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE REPOSITÓRIOS INSTITUCIONAIS NOS INSTITUTOS FEDERAIS DO BRASIL.
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Lourenco de Jesus, Deise, Sousa, Angelica, Detoni, Juliana, and Cunha, Murilo
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INSTITUTIONAL repositories ,TEAMS in the workplace ,LIBRARY personnel ,INFORMATION technology ,HUMAN resources departments ,DATA analysis ,ACADEMIC libraries - Abstract
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46. Improving health literacy among older people through primary health care units in Brazil: feasibility study.
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Serbim, Andreivna, Paskulin, Lisiane, and Nutbeam, Don
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CHI-squared test ,COMPARATIVE studies ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH promotion ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICALLY underserved areas ,METROPOLITAN areas ,PRIMARY health care ,T-test (Statistics) ,PILOT projects ,DATA analysis ,QUANTITATIVE research ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,HEALTH literacy ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
There are only a small number of reported intervention studies to improve health literacy among older populations. This paper reports on a study designed to investigate the feasibility and potential impact on health literacy and health practices of embedding an intervention programme to improve health literacy with older people through established primary health care units (PHCUs) in a disadvantaged urban community in Brazil. This investigation utilized a quasi-experimental design, with 42 participants recruited for the intervention group and comparison group. The Alfa-Health Program was offered by a nurse in a PHCU as part of the public universal health system over a period of 5 months, and was compared for its impact on a range of health literacy and self-reported health outcomes with routine health care available for older people. The intervention achieved relatively high levels of participation, and positive feedback from participants. Some improvements in vaccination rates, health literacy and reported health behaviours related to food choices and physical activity were observed. The intervention made good use of existing facilities; the content and methods were well received by the participants. However, there were some difficulties in recruitment and in retention of participants. The study has demonstrated the practical feasibility of delivering a comprehensive health education programme designed to improve health literacy in a PHCU in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. A WAVELETS-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE PHILLIPS CURVE HYPOTHESIS FOR THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY, 1980-2011.
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PIMENTEL, EDGARD ALMEIDA
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PHILLIPS curve ,WAVELETS (Mathematics) ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,STATISTICAL hypothesis testing ,DATA analysis ,ECONOMIC conditions in Brazil - Abstract
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48. Early detection of respiratory disease outbreaks through primary healthcare data.
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Cerqueira-Silva, Thiago, Marcilio, Izabel, de Araújo Oliveira, Vinicius, Veras Florentino, Pilar Tavares, Penna, Gerson O., Pereira Ramos, Pablo I., Boaventura, Viviane S., and Barral-Netto, Manoel
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RESPIRATORY diseases ,PUBLIC health surveillance ,COVID-19 ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,PRIMARY health care ,EPIDEMICS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MEDICAL appointments ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software ,EARLY diagnosis ,ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Background The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020 highlighted the relevance of surveillance systems in detecting early signs of potential outbreaks, thus enabling public health authorities to act before the pathogen becomes widespread. Syndromic digital surveillance through web applications has played a crucial role in monitoring the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. However, this approach requires expensive infrastructure, which is not available in developing countries. Pre-existing sources of information, such as encounters in primary health care (PHC), can provide valuable data for a syndromic surveillance system. Here we evaluated the utility of PHC data to identify early warning signals of the first COVID-19 outbreak in Bahia-Brazil in 2020. Methods We compared the weekly counts of PHC encounters due to respiratory complaints and the number of COVID-19 cases in 2020 in Bahia State - Brazil. We used the data from December 2016 to December 2019 to predict the expected number of encounters in 2020. We analysed data aggregated by geographic regions (n = 34) and included those where historical PHC data was available for at least 70% of the population. Results Twenty-one out of 34 regions met the inclusion criteria. We observed that notification of COVID-19 cases was preceded by at least two weeks with an excess of encounters of respiratory complaints in 18/21 (86%) of the regions analysed and four weeks or more in 10/21 (48%) regions. Conclusions Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndromic surveillance systems based on already established PHC databases may add time to preparedness and response to emerging epidemics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. Dentin Bond Strength: Influence of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG Lasers.
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Ferraz Ribeiro, Carolina, de Paiva Gonçalves, Sérgio Eduardo, Kazue Yui, Karen Cristina, Bühler Borges, Alessandra, Câmara Barcellos, Daphne, and Brayner, Ricardo
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ANALYSIS of variance ,DENTAL bonding ,DENTAL resins ,DENTIN ,LASERS ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICS ,DENTAL extraction ,DATA analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers on the shear bond strength of composite resin to dentin. The coronal portion of 56 human molars was divided into three parts, and the dentin thickness was standardized at 2 mm. A 3-mm hole was marked in the center of each tooth with sealing tape paper. The specimens (n = 14) were then divided into four groups: (1) acid etching + Single Bond (SB) (control), (2) acid etching + SB + Nd:YAG laser irradiation (before adhesive curing), (3) thermal etching with the Er:YAG laser + SB, and (4) thermal etching with the Er:YAG laser + SB + Nd:YAG laser irradiation (before adhesive curing). A composite resin cylinder was built into the delimited area for conducting the shear bond strength test on the universal testing machine. The means ± standard deviations were: group 1, 17.05 ± 4.15 MPa; group 2, 16.90 ± 3.36 MPa; group 3, 12.12 ± 3.85 MPa; and group 4, 12.92 ± 2.73 MPa. Groups 1 and 2 presented significantly higher values than groups 3 and 4. It was concluded that conventional etching with 37% phosphoric acid yielded significantly higher bond strength values compared to thermal etching with the Er:YAG laser. The Nd:YAG laser did not significantly influence the bond strength. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Temporomandibular Disorders, Sleep Bruxism, and Primary Headaches Are Mutually Associated.
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Fernandes, Giovana, Franco, Ana Lúcia, Aparecida de Godoi Gonçalves, Daniela, Geraldo Speciali, José, Bigal, Marcelo Eduardo, and Camparis, Cinara Maria
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PRIMARY headache disorders ,BRUXISM ,CHI-squared test ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,MIGRAINE ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SLEEP disorders ,TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders ,TENSION headache ,COMORBIDITY ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DISEASE complications ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Aims: To investigate the association among temporomandibular disorders (TMD), sleep bruxism, and primary headaches, assessing the risk of occurrence of primary headaches in patients with or without painful TMD and sleep bruxism. Methods: The sample consisted of 301 individuals (253 women and 48 men) with ages varying from 18 to 76 years old (average age of 37.5 years). The Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders were used to classify TMD. Sleep bruxism was diagnosed by clinical criteria proposed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and primary headaches were diagnosed according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders-II. Data were analyzed by chisquare and odds ratio tests with a 95% confidence interval, and the significance level adopted was .05. Results: An association was found among painful TMD, migraine, and tension-type headache (P < .01). The magnitude of association was higher for chronic migraine (odds ratio = 95.9; 95% confidence intervals = 12.51- 734.64), followed by episodic migraine (7.0; 3.45-14.22) and episodic tension-type headache (3.7; 1.59-8.75). With regard to sleep bruxism, the association was significant only for chronic migraine (3.8; 1.83-7.84). When the sample was stratified by the presence of sleep bruxism and painful TMD, only the presence of sleep bruxism did not increase the risk for any type of headache. The presence of painful TMD without sleep bruxism significantly increased the risk in particular for chronic migraine (30.1; 3.58-252.81), followed by episodic migraine (3.7; 1.46-9.16). The association between painful TMD and sleep bruxism significantly increased the risk for chronic migraine (87.1; 10.79-702.18), followed by episodic migraine (6.7; 2.79-15.98) and episodic tension-type headache (3.8; 1.38-10.69). Conclusion: The association of sleep bruxism and painful TMD greatly increased the risk for episodic migraine, episodic tension-type headache, and especially for chronic migraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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