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O desenvolvimento motor e emocional do feto e do neonato seguem caminhos conhecidos pelas ciências, estando em constantes atualizações. A presença de disfunções ou anomalias durante o seu desenvolvimento é passível de provocar comprometimentos de diversas ordens na evolução motora e emocional nos primeiros 365 dias de vida do bebê. Uma dessas anomalias é a anquiloglossia, uma condição que se caracteriza por uma mobilidade limitada da língua, causada por um freio lingual restritivo que se repercute em várias funções corporais, como deglutição, respiração e movimento, podendo ocasionar compensações e assimetrias. Ocasionalmente bebês típicos encontram-se nesta situação. Esta investigação tem como objetivo analisar se há associação entre a anquiloglossia e a assimetria corporal, estabelecendo ainda relação com a aquisição da psicomotricidade. Realizando um estudo epidemiológico prospectivo transversal observacional, recolher-se-ão dados de bebês típicos brasileiros e portugueses usuários de maternidades de Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brasil, e de Braga, Portugal, durante o ano de 2025. Serão instrumentos desse projeto o teste da linguinha, a escala de avaliação de Bayley, a análise de prontuário e de imagem estática nos primeiros dias de vida, sob a seguinte hipótese: a anquiloglossia poderá influenciar a postura corporal e provocar assimetrias e essas poderão repercutir-se no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor nos primeiros 365 dias de vida do bebê. Como resultado espera-se encontrar suporte material no assunto, que se confirmem as alterações motoras como assimetrias, atrasos no desenvolvimento motor global e disfunções emocionais no binômio mãe-bebê, como vínculos fracos e culpa materna provocadas pela anquiloglossia repercutindo-se no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor no primeiro ano de vida do bebê.

Pork price fluctuations are closely related to the national economy and people's livelihoods in China. Based on the monthly pork price fluctuations in China from January 2011 to August 2022, this study uses ARCH family models to assess the characteristics and laws of these fluctuations in China. The pork price fluctuations show obvious clustering, with external shock information from the previous month affecting the pork price in the following period; the pork market price is characterized by risk compensation, with the high risk of pork supply driving the pork price up. In addition, the pork price fluctuations are characterized by asymmetry, with a greater impact of good than of bad news on the pork price. Due to the pork industry' low entry threshold and the existence of sunk costs, positive information on the pork market has a stronger impact on price fluctuations than negative information. To guide pork supply, we recommend improving monitoring and earlywarning mechanisms in the pork market to identify the pork price volatility threshold and measure the price volatility. In addition, price index insurance products should be constantly strengthened, with different types of insurance products being offered to meeting the insurance demand of various sectors in the pig meat supply chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the recurrent victims of violence are indigenous women of Latin American. The films The milk of sorrow (Peru, 2009) and Ixcanul: Volcano (Guatemala, 2015) explore social representations of violence against indigenous women. Using the content analysis method, the expressions of violence in the films are revealed. These women are subject to a triple condition of asymmetry: their gender condition, the racialisation of indigenous peoples and the precariousness and social exclusion of their locations, mediated by patriarchal and colonial relations of domination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este estudo buscou demonstrar se há assimetria de informação entre o relatório dos auditores independentes e o relatório da administração/notas explicativas, com relação a menção por parte do auditor da existência de risco de continuidade operacional da empresa. Essa pesquisa caracteriza-se como qualitativa, apoiada por análise quantitativa, exploratória, documental e bibliográfica. Efetuou-se o levantamento dos dados pela internet na página das empresas e na Brasil Bolsa e Balcão (B3), com amostra delimitada às empresas que apresentaram a menção do risco de continuidade operacional no relatório de auditoria nos exercícios findos em 2019, 2020 e 2021, constituindo-se em uma mostra de 41 empresas. Utilizou-se a análise do discurso e estatística descritiva para a consecução dos resultados. Suportado pela teoria de agência, em especial no aspecto de assimetria de informações, comparou-se os relatórios das empresas examinadas, através dos quais percebeu-se que no relatório dos auditores independentes, a linguagem é clara e objetiva, apontando a razão da menção do risco de continuidade. Entretanto, nos relatórios da administração/notas explicativas, são poucas as empresas que abordam essa menção ao risco de continuidade, sendo que a maioria das empresas analisadas somente tecem argumentos que justificariam as dificuldades pelas quais essas empresas estão passando. Para dar maior robustez ao entendimento de que há assimetria de informações, este estudo utilizou como indicador de assimetria, teste t (média) das diferenças entre os retornos dos ativos pareados com o retorno do índice do mercado (IBOV), entre a data da publicação das demonstrações contábeis e a data imediatamente anterior. Conclui-se que na análise do discurso a menção ao risco de continuidade operacional indica a existência de assimetria de informações, o que pode induzir ao erro os leitores/investidores na interpretação das demonstrações contábeis dessas empresas, no entanto ao se comparar os retornos das ações com o retorno do mercado essa assimetria não se confirmou com o teste t.

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This methodological investigation aims to define a concept of asymmetry for qualitative variables, quantify it, and show its validity. A panel of five expert judges and Monte Carlo simulations were used. The statistic Mean Difference in Frequency (MDF) between pairs of categories ordered by frequency homogeneity was defined. The MDF statistic showed a behavior adjusted to expectations with different variants of the binomial distribution. The correlation between the mean skewness score of the judges and MDF was very high. To obtain interpretive guiding cutoffs, 20,000 samples of sizes 20, 40, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 were simulated, drawn from a binomial distribution. It is concluded that MDF is validity to measure asymmetry in qualitative variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

RESUMO Este artigo fornece uma visão geral dos estudos empíricos sobre padrões de financiamento corporativo e comportamento de investimento da empresa. Em um mundo sem atrito, o teorema de Modigliani-Miller é válido, assim como a teoria do investimento neoclássico. No entanto, na presença de imperfeições resultantes de assimetrias de informação, o financiamento interno costuma ser menos oneroso do que o financiamento externo. O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar como os estudos empíricos examinaram o papel das restrições financeiras e o comportamento do investimento da empresa.

This paper investigates how extraverbal aspects imply asymmetry in speech turn-taking in discursive interaction's dynamics, shedding light on ways the use of language can establish hierarchy in the social fabric. In order to do so, it analyses a conversation regarding a public-private deadlock (Teatro Oficina) through the interweaving of two approaches: the oral text analysis, as proposed by Projeto da Norma Urbana Linguística Culta, and principles of the Dialogic Discourse Analysis. Especially supported by the notion of speech turn-taking and the social orientation of the utterance, the study finds that the distribution of speech turns can be subject to the importance of socio-economic hierarchy when it comes to the way conflicts of interests are dealt with even in a democratic environment, which raises questions about the correlation between purchasing power and the right to speak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of investor sentiment on the volatility of the Brazilian stock market. Specifically, it aimed to identify if the asymmetric behavior of sentiment could be observed in emerging markets, considering companies that have characteristics that are difficult to price. Originality/value: Unlike most studies on investor sentiment, this study focuses on its impact on the stock market volatility, as well as on the characteristics of companies associated with difficult pricing. Design/methodology/approach: The volatility of the IBRX100 index was used to represent the Brazilian stock market, and as a proxy for investor sentiment it was selected Miranda's index (2018), based on market data. Data were estimated using the two-stage least squares (MQ2E) technique to address endogeneity problems. Finally, the volatility of companies with difficult-to-price characteristics was segregated to analyze their sensitivity to sentiment. Findings: The results indicate that sentiment has a negative and sig nificant relationship with the volatility of the Brazilian market, as well as evidences an asymmetrical behavior, being statistically stronger in pessimistic periods. Additional analyzes evidence that the explanatory sentiment capacity is sensitive to companies' characteristics, but only companies with a high book-to-market ratio showed asymmetric behavior, as expected by the literature. The portfolios segmented by size and illiquidity maintained an asymmetric behavior, but it was the volatility of the large companies and the less illiquid ones that were best explained by sentiment, indicating that the Brazilian market has distinctive characteristics in relation to developed markets. / Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o efeito do sentimento do investidor sobre a volatilidade do mercado acionário brasileiro. Especifi camente, buscou-se identificar se o comportamento assimétrico do sentimento pode ser observado em mercados emergentes, considerando empresas que possuem características de difícil precificação. Originalidade/valor: Diferentemente da maioria dos estudos sobre sentimento do investidor, este foca seu impacto na volatilidade do mercado acionário, assim como nas características das empresas associadas à difícil precificação. Design/metodologia/abordagem: Utilizou-se a volatilidade do índice IBRX100 para representar o mercado acionário brasileiro, e, como proxy para sentimento do investidor, selecionou-se o índice de Miranda (2018) baseado em dados de mercado. Para as estimações, adotou-se a técnica de mínimos quadrados em dois estágios (MQ2E), tendo em vista problemas com endogeneidade. Por fim, segregou-se a volatilidade das empresas em características de difícil precificação, para analisar a sensibilidade delas ao sentimento. Resultados: Os resultados indicam que o sentimento tem relação negativa e significativa com a volatilidade do mercado acionário brasileiro, bem como evidenciam um comportamento assimétrico, sendo mais forte estatisticamente em períodos pessimistas. Análises adicionais demonstraram que a capacidade explicativa do sentimento é sensível às carac terísticas das empresas, mas somente aquelas com alto book-to-market evidenciaram o comportamento assimétrico conforme esperado pela literatura. Os portfólios segmentados por tamanho e iliquidez mantiveram um comportamento assimétrico, mas a volatilidade das grandes empresas e das menos ilíquidas foi mais bem explicada pelo sentimento, indicando que o mercado brasileiro apresenta características distintivas em relação a mercados desenvolvidos.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of investor sentiment on the volatility of the Brazilian stock market. Specifically, it aimed to identify if the asymmetric behavior of sentiment could be observed in emerging markets, considering companies that have characteristics that are difficult to price. Originality/value: Unlike most studies on investor sentiment, this study focuses on its impact on the stock market volatility, as well as on the characteristics of companies associated with difficult pricing. Design/methodology/approach: The volatility of the IBRX100 index was used to represent the Brazilian stock market, and as a proxy for investor sentiment it was selected Miranda's index (2018), based on market data. Data were estimated using the two-stage least squares (MQ2E) technique to address endogeneity problems. Finally, the volatility of companies with difficult-to-price characteristics was segregated to analyze their sensitivity to sentiment. Findings: The results indicate that sentiment has a negative and significant relationship with the volatility of the Brazilian market, as well as evidences an asymmetrical behavior, being statistically stronger in pessimistic periods. Additional analyzes evidence that the explanatory sentiment capacity is sensitive to companies' characteristics, but only companies with a high book-to-market ratio showed asymmetric behavior, as expected by the literature. The portfolios segmented by size and illiquidity maintained an asymmetric behavior, but it was the volatility of the large companies and the less illiquid ones that were best explained by sentiment, indicating that the Brazilian market has distinctive characteristics in relation to developed markets. Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o efeito do sentimento do investidor sobre a volatilidade do mercado acionário brasileiro. Especificamente, buscou-se identificar se o comportamento assimétrico do sentimento pode ser observado em mercados emergentes, considerando empresas que possuem características de difícil precificação. Originalidade/valor: Diferentemente da maioria dos estudos sobre sentimento do investidor, este foca seu impacto na volatilidade do mercado acionário, assim como nas características das empresas associadas à difícil precificação. Design/metodologia/abordagem: Utilizou-se a volatilidade do índice IBRX100 para representar o mercado acionário brasileiro, e, como proxy para sentimento do investidor, selecionou-se o índice de Miranda (2018) baseado em dados de mercado. Para as estimações, adotou-se a técnica de mínimos quadrados em dois estágios (MQ2E), tendo em vista problemas com endogeneidade. Por fim, segregou-se a volatilidade das empresas em características de difícil precificação, para analisar a sensibilidade delas ao sentimento. Resultados: Os resultados indicam que o sentimento tem relação negativa e significativa com a volatilidade do mercado acionário brasileiro, bem como evidenciam um comportamento assimétrico, sendo mais forte estatisticamente em períodos pessimistas. Análises adicionais demonstraram que a capacidade explicativa do sentimento é sensível às características das empresas, mas somente aquelas com alto book-to--market evidenciaram o comportamento assimétrico conforme esperado pela literatura. Os portfólios segmentados por tamanho e iliquidez mantiveram um comportamento assimétrico, mas a volatilidade das grandes empresas e das menos ilíquidas foi mais bem explicada pelo sentimento, indicando que o mercado brasileiro apresenta características distintivas em relação a mercados desenvolvidos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este artigo apresenta uma nova fórmula de detecção de outliers via Análise Exploratória de Dados, levando em conta a assimetria dos dados, e também estuda o efeito da remoção dos outliers dos dados originais. Aplica-se a fórmula para três conjuntos de dados publicados na literatura de estudos métricos da informação. O primeiro conjunto de dados apresenta cinco outliers inferiores. A média, dos dados agregados, conduz à falsa impressão de que 40 universidades, de um total de 49, estão acima da média. A remoção dos cinco outliers inferiores conduz a uma nova média em que somente 22 universidades estão acima da média. No segundo conjunto de dados há a presença de cinco outliers inferiores e um outlier superior. Neste caso, o outlier superior ameniza o efeito dos outliers inferiores. No terceiro conjunto de dados, detectam-se cinco outliers superiores e um outlier inferior. A média, dos dados agregados, aponta que dez universidades estão acima da média. Removendo-se os seis outliers dos dados originais, encontra-se que 28 universidades estão acima do novo valor da média. Para os três conjuntos de dados analisados o trabalho também demonstra o efeito dos outliers na estimativa intervalar (inferência estatística): a remoção dos outliers gera valores mais representativos tanto para a média como para o desvio padrão da amostra analisada. Portanto, evidencia-se como outliers podem afetar resultados e conclusões nos estudos métricos da informação. Todavia, a fórmula para a detecção de outliers apresenta-se aberta para futuras pesquisas.

O artigo discute as proposições de reforma da ordem mundial postuladas por Keynes, sustentando que as interpretações que tomam esse economista como um reformador utópico, tais como Belluzzo (2004) e Markwell (2006), devem ser qualificadas. A preocupação de Keynes sempre foi lidar com a realidade capitalista e, nesse esforço, ele apreendeu o caráter hierárquico e assimétrico das relações econômicas internacionais. Foi com base nessa constatação que ele defendeu a instituição da Clearing Union, um arranjo multilateral para a compensação dos pagamentos entre países e com poder de emitir a moeda universal, chamada de bancor. Além disso, muitos dos problemas apontados por Keynes acentuaram-se nas últimas décadas em virtude da dinâmica acicatada pelos mercados financeiros globalizados, revelando a contemporaneidade de suas reflexões.

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The article analyses the decentralised international co-operation between Brazil and Europe, focusing on two specific issues that are not the main objectives of the literature specialised in paradiplomacy studies: first, how international co-operation can be used as a tool for power projection and second, the effects that the economic, political and institutional asymmetry among the actors involved in co-operation arrangements produces on the co-operation outcomes. For that, a wide range of documents and data was used (interviews, official documents, minutes of meetings and data collected with a survey applied to public managers) related to the international co-operation developed between Brazil and European countries. The conclusions are that even in decentralised co-operation arrangements, power relations matter to the results of co-operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Athletes have been submitted to functional assessments that seek to analyze movement patterns and occurrence of asymmetries in order to assist in training planning aiming to reduce the risk of injury and improve performance. This study aimed to evaluate the functional performance of track and field, swimming and rowing athletes through the Functional Movement Screen (FMS®). Forty subjects of both genders (22.0 ± 4.7 years), athletes of track and field (n = 14, all runners), swimming (n = 13) and rowing (n = 13) performed the seven FMS® tests. Total and partial scores were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and the Chi-square tests, respectively (p <0.05). The total score was 15.3 ± 1.7 points for runners, 15.2 ± 1.3 points for swimmers and 14.4 ± 1.8 points for rowers, and no significant difference was found between groups (p=0.412). There was a significant association between modality and score only for the in-line lunge test (χ2 = 7.193, p = 0.007; Tau-c = -0.24); in pairwise comparison, runners performed significantly better than rowers in this test (χ 2 = 4.786, p = 0.029, Tau-c = -0.34). In the active straight leg raise test, the presence of asymmetry between the dominant and non-dominant limb was higher in rowers. Although the total FMS® score was similar between runners, swimmers and rowers, there was a difference in performance in specific tests. This suggests the need to consider, in addition to the total score, the partial scores for the planning of personalized training programs that meet the demands of each individual / modality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prospective studies have indicated that assessing muscle function by the isokinetic test in the preseason is able to identify muscle strength variables that can be associated with injuries in the hamstring muscles of professional soccer players. However, the results are conflicting and could be related to the different cutoff points for the categorization of athletes in asymmetric or symmetric. Based on these conflicting results, the present study aims to: i) Identify the cutoff points of lateral asymmetry (LA) of the 95% confidence interval for the peak torque in soccer players, evaluated by the isokinetic test, taking into consideration the mean population value; ii) Compare LA between 15% cutoff point proposed in literature and the upper limit of 95% confidence interval (UP) of the study population. Sixty-four professional soccer players performed five knee flexion and extension repetitions at rate of 60°/s, with a one-minute interval. To determine the cutoff point for strength asymmetries, the UP was used, and for the purpose of diagnostic concordance of information among the different values, the McNemar’s χ² test was applied. The proportion between symmetric and asymmetric athletes was not different from the 15% cutoff point and the general population, both for knee flexors (χ² = 0.5, p = 0.250) and the knee extensors (χ² = 2.0, p = 0.125). It was concluded that the cutoff point of 15% referenced in literature for the general population provides similar diagnostic information for the classification of professional soccer players.

O planejamento cirúrgico constitui uma das etapas mais importantes na cirurgia ortognática. Quando há presença de assimetrias faciais aumentam as dificuldades encontradas no planejamento convencional, baseado em radiografias, traçados predictivos e cirurgias de modelo, uma vez que a simulação do movimento cirúrgico e sua repercussão nos tecidos moles nestas condições são planejadas em apenas duas dimensões e a realização de cirurgias de modelo de gesso para confecção do guia cirúrgico podem levar a distorções indesejadas. Os exames de imagem tridimensionais, conseguidos por meio de tomografias computadorizadas de face e scaneamento de modelos de gesso, na última década vêm permitindo a realização de planejamentos virtuais de cirurgia ortognática, o que proporciona um aumento na precisão do diagnóstico e implementação de um planejamento cirúrgico mais específico. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo relatar um caso de cirurgia ortognática realizada para correção de deformidade dento facial e assimetria facial na qual foi empregado planejamento virtual, revisando a literatura científica a respeito dos benefícios associados ao planejamento virtual, seus avanços e limitações.

Apresenta fórmulas, para dados univariados, de detecção de outliers que levem em conta a assimetria dos dados, tanto positiva como negativa. A nova formulação, proveniente da Análise Exploratória de Dados, é simulada comparando os resultados com a proposta oriunda da Análise Exploratória de Dados, presente na maioria dos livros-textos de estatística e softwares estatísticos, mas que se aplica somente para distribuições normais ou gaussianas, ou seja, simétricas ou com leve assimetria. Para a simulação, são utilizados dados reais publicados por dois trabalhos na área de métricas científicas. Para assimetrias positivas (negativas) moderadas ou fortes, a nova formulação detecta menor (maior) quantidade de outliers superiores que a proposta clássica. É importante levar em conta a existência de outliers nos dados bibliométricos, pois recomendase quantificar a influência dos mesmos nos cálculos estatísticos, tais como média e desvio padrão.

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This paper presents a new formula for detecting outliers through Exploratory Data Analysis, while taking data asymmetry into account. The effect of removing outliers from the original dataset was also assessed. The new formula was applied on three datasets published in the literature on metric studies of information. The first dataset presented five lower outliers. The average of aggregate data conveyed a false impression that 40 universities, from a total of 49, were above average. The removal of the five lower outliers leads to a new average in which only 22 universities were above average. In the second dataset, there were five lower outliers and one upper outlier. In this case, the upper outlier eventually weaken the effect of the lower outliers. In the third dataset, five upper outliers and one lower outlier are detected. The average of aggregate data revealed that 10 universities were above average. Removing the six outliers from the original dataset, it was found that 28 universities were above the new average score. For the three datasets analyzed, the assessment demonstrated the effect of the outliers on the interval estimation (statistical inference): the removal of outliers generated a mean and standard deviation that were more representative of the sample analyzed. Therefore, became evident how outliers could influence results and conclusions in metric studies of the information. However, the formula for outliers' detection is open for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses policies, discourses and practices involving the internationalization of the Portuguese language from a critical perspective. To do so, initially, we present an overview of the linguistic situation of some countries whose official language is Portuguese - Angola, Mozambique, East Timor, Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau - pointing to the heterogeneity and the asymmetries involving languages and their speakers in these contexts. Next, we discuss some institutionalized policies - based on CPLP and Brazilian and Portuguese governments - involving the diffusion and normalization of Portuguese. Finally, we point to the power relations that involve the practices and discourses of internationalization of the Portuguese language that, in general, have prioritized some to the detriment of others, echoing a colonial Lusophone framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Cerebral hemispheres, although similar, are neither completely symmetrical in structure nor equivalent in function. EEG asymmetry studies have been directed more to frequency than to amplitude analysis. Objective Better definition of normal amplitude asymmetry values on the classical EEG frequency bands. Results EEG amplitude asymmetry index (AAI) is physiologically low in normal adults, differences usually lesser than 7%. Conclusion Persistent or intermittent amplitude asymmetry regional differences higher than 7% may be suggestive of pathology after adequate correlation with clinical data and EEG classical visual analysis.

Resumo O artigo examina o processo de institucionalização das ciências sociais em São Paulo privilegiando o entrelaçamento entre disputas acadêmicas e assimetrias de gênero. O fio condutor é a reconstituição das trajetórias de quatro professoras da primeira geração de intelectuais universitários entre 1934 e 69: Gilda de Mello e Souza, Gioconda Mussolini, Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz e Paula Beiguelman. Apesar da maior inserção profissional das mulheres nas novas instituições de ensino superior, a progressão de suas carreiras foi tortuosa e difícil. Sob a lógica patriarcal do regime de cátedras, elas estiveram em desvantagem, ocupando geralmente posições inferiores e de maior insegurança na hierarquia acadêmica.

O mercado acionário pode reagir de diferentes maneiras aos choques do preço do petróleo. De acordo com a maioria dos estudos essa relação pode ser diretamente proporcional ou não. Porém, algumas pesquisas apontam que esta relação é assimétrica, e ainda propõem uma série de características capazes de interferir nessa relação. Considerando esta perspectiva, este artigo propõe uma estratégia empírica alternativa para analisar o impacto dos choques do preço do petróleo sobre o retorno no mercado de ações. Em contraste com os aspectos tradicionais, baseados na premissa de um ajuste simétrico entre as variáveis, os resultados deste estudo indicam que os choques assimétricos do preço do petróleo ocorrem principalmente quando o desempenho dos mercados acionários se torna melhor ou pior. Isso indica que a relação entre o preço do petróleo e o retorno no mercado de ações está mais relacionada às expectativas de otimismo e pessimismo dos investidores do que a outras características sugeridas previamente pela literatura.

The probability density functions (fdp's) describe a diametric structure of the forest populations, allowing to occur and obtain probability of trees within the diameter classes. The objective of this work was to determine the best function, by adjusting the probability density functions to describe two Cerrado areas: Cerrado sensu stricto (3.89 ha) and Ciliary Forest (2.1 ha) for a total of 6.0 ha. For the adjustment of the functions, data of diameter at breast height (DBH = 6 cm) and total height measured in meters were obtained from a temporary systematic forest inventory. Data tabulation and determination of descriptive statistics were performed using the Excel version 2016 software and for determination of frequency distribution, adjustment and selection of mathematical equations, construction of frequency histograms and residue analysis graphs were used the software FitFD and SigmaPlot version 13.0, later the test of Kolmogorov - Sminorv was used to prove the adherence of the data. The best functions found were of the exponential type for Cerrado sensu stricto and hyperbolic for Ciliary Mata, 1 Exp + C e Straight/parabol - 2. Test X2 showed that the fdp's selected for the estimation of DAPs are accurate and can be used in other areas of this same plant typology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introdução: A prática desportiva de competição pode integrar o conjunto dos fatores de risco associados às alterações posturais em crianças e jovens. Objetivo: Pretendeu-se estimar a prevalência de assimetrias posturais em crianças e jovens praticantes de futebol de competição. Métodos: Estudo seccional observacional. A amostra foi composta por 47 praticantes de futebol do sexo masculino entre 9 e 16 anos (13,02 ± 2,51), pertencentes aos escalões de juniores B, C, D e E. Recorreu-se a procedimentos cinemétricos e técnicas de fotogrametria com recurso do programa computacional SAPo para averiguar a prevalência de alterações posturais. Para analisar as diferenças entre a prevalência de assimetrias entre os escalões utilizou-se o teste de Kruskall-Wallis e de Dunn. O nível de confiança foi de 95%. Resultados: Verificaram-se assimetrias posturais no alinhamento vertical dos acrómios (72%), das linhas articulares do joelho (87%), nos pontos médios das patelas (89%), nas tuberosidades das tíbias (91%), maléolos laterais (87%) e mediais (77%). Na coluna vertebral, verificou-se a prevalência de escolioses, sobretudo torácicas (79%, T3-T7) e de prevalência mais baixa lombares (64%, L1-L5). Observou-se uma tendência para a diminuição dos desalinhamentos das tuberosidades das tíbias e dos maléolos laterais com a idade. Também foi verificado um aumento das escolioses e das assimetrias ao nível da linha média da perna. Conclusão: Houve diferenças significativas na prevalência de assimetrias posturais entre escalões em tuberosidades tibiais, maléolos laterais, linha média da perna e escolioses nas vertebras C7-L1 e L1-L5. As exigências próprias da modalidade de futebol podem estar associadas a um perfil postural do jovem futebolista. Prevalence of Postural Changes in Youth Soccer Players: A Descriptive StudyIntroduction: Competitive sport practice can be a potential risk factor for postural changes in children and young people. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of postural asymmetries in children and adolescents practicing competitive football. Methods: This was a sectional observational study. The sample consisted of 47 male soccer practitioners aged between 9 and 16 years (13.02 ± 2.51), belonging to the junior, B, C, D and E scalons. We used procedures and techniques of photogrammetry using SAPo software to assess the prevalence of postural changes. The Kruskall-Wallis and Dunn tests were used to analyze the differences on prevalence of asymmetries between the ranks. The confidence level was 95%. Results: Posterior asymmetries were observed in the vertical alignment of the acromion (72%), the knee joint lines (87%), the middle points of the patellae (89%), the tibial tuberosities (91%), the lateral (91%) and medial (77%) malleoles. In the vertebral column, the prevalence of scoliosis, mainly thoracic (79%, T3-T7) and lower lumbar prevalence (64%, L1-L5) was observed. Tibial tuberosities and lateral malleoli assimetries prevalence tends to reduce with age. In counterpart, scoliosis and leg medial line assimetries tends to increase with age. Conclusion: The prevalence of postural alterations ranged from tibial tuberosities, lateral malleoli, midline of the leg and scoliosis in vertebrae C7-L1 and L1-L5. The sports competition in youths can be a risk factor for postural changes in young players.

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Gender stereotypes have largely been discussed in the occurrence of marital violence, mainly in international literature. The objective was to map and analyze scientific literature, published between 2010 and 2015, using the databases ISI Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, Medline Complete, PsycInfo e Scielo. Strings used were: a) first search strategy - "intimate partner violence" AND "gender symmetry"; b) second search strategy - "intimate partner violence" AND "gender asymmetry". We analyzed 48 journal articles entirely available online. Most publications are from The United States (60.41%) and use quantitative research designs (60.41%). The most frequently used instrument was the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2), even though criticized because of its checklist structure. Disagreement remains about gender a/symmetry in conjugal violence, however, an emerging perspective affirms that these cases should not be generalized and each couple's specificities must be assessed. National studies are necessary to contemplate different aspects of this phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: the cases of facial asymmetry are considered the most complex within the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery due to skeletal-morphological changes in the three planes of space (Pitch, Yaw and Roll). These plans were brought from the position of an aircraft in space to the world of surgery, specifically the virtual planning to break the limitations of manual planning and Erickson platform, used for decades to fix not only simple cases involving purê bone's movements as well as asymmetries. Today it is known that manual planning is still used, however, it has fallen into disuse because of its limitations. Virtual surgery is gaining a lot of space and surpassing every day. Objective: this article aims to report a case of orthognathic surgery in which the patient had facial asymmetry, planned manually (traditional) and the errors found after 04 years, leading to a virtual planning-based re-operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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