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Objective: to produce a predictive model for the incidence of COVID-19 cases, severity and deaths in Ponta Grossa, state of Paraná. Methods: this is an ecological study with data from confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported between March 21, 2020 and May 3, 2020 in Ponta Grossa and proportion of severity, hospitalization and lethality in the literature. A susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) epidemic model was developed, and reproduction rate (R0), duration of epidemic, peak period, number of cases, hospitalized patients and deaths were estimated. Deaths were calculated by age group and in three scenarios: at day 24, at day 34, and at day 44 of the epidemic. Results: in the three scenarios assessed in this study, the variation in the number of cases was explained by an exponential curve (r2=0.74, 0.79 and 0.89, respectively, p

In health area, academic leagues, as outreach project, develop extracurricular activities for medical education, scientific research and health promotion. It provides, especially in Medicine, opportunity for personal and professional improvement, and has a positive effect on their education. For this reason, this article aims to report the experiences of “The Academic League of Gastrointestinal Tract and Metabolic Diseases” during the first year of its existence as an outreach project, analyzing and understanding, through the activities developed, its role in students’ education, its inclusion as an important health care agent in the city and its role in the community. Thus, it highlights the importance of academic leagues to the education of health care professional as well as having a positive influence on community.

O mosquito Aedes aegypti é o principal vetor das doenças Zika, Dengue, Chicungunha e Febre Amarela. Este artigo descreve a pesquisa em simulação computacional sobre o comportamento deste mosquito e sobre a eficácia de armadilhas em um certo cenário geográfico predefinido. A simulação computacional modela três aspectos fundamentais: (i) a reprodução dos mosquitos em focos, (ii) o crescimento da população de mosquitos, e (iii) o combate do vetor através de armadilhas. O objetivo principal desta simulação é a verificação dos locais mais adequados para a implantação de armadilhas com o propósito de combater os mosquitos, diminuindo as possibilidades de uma epidemia. Como resultado do trabalho foi desenvolvida uma ferramenta que contribui para o planejamento do combate ao vetor, melhorando a eficácia das ações de prevenção.

Este artigo apresenta a construcao de um prototipo voltado a educacao em saude, para auxilio no tratamento de pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2. O prototipo, feito com hardware de codigo aberto, foi construido baseado em pesquisas que indicam a capacidade das tecnologias interativas em fornecer medidas alternativas para a promocao da autogestao de doencas cronicas. Tambem evidenciam que ha baixa adesao ao tratamento por parte dos pacientes diabeticos. Os autores esperam contribuir para que o usuario tenha uma melhor compreensao das peculiaridades do cuidado em saude e para promover maior adesao ao tratamento.

Materials and methods A prototype with four main components has been prepared: an Arduino Mega 2560 with a microcontroller board to prototype the device hardware and program components, an LCD display with integrated resistive touchscreen, used to make the interaction with the user, a buzzer tone generator for audible alert and AA batteries as a power source. Based on the Tamagotchi’s method of use, toy which creates a virtual pet, a virtual pet has been created called “Togushi” for user interaction.