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Popularmente chamado de “teste do pezinho”, a triagem neonatal (TN) é um exame de rastreamento feito nos recém-nascidos (RN). Este é feito através da coleta sanguínea em papel-filtro na região do calcanhar do RN, por ser esta área bastante vascularizada. O período adequado para a coleta não deve ser inferior a 48 horas de amamentação do bebê. Constituindo um período ideal entre o 3º e o 7º dia de vida do RN. O principal objetivo do “teste do pezinho” é buscar identificar precocemente as doenças do metabolismo, antes mesmo que estas patologias comecem a apresentar os primeiros sinais e sintomas, proporcionando assim aos RN’s uma melhor qualidade de vida. As doenças preconizadas pelo Ministério da Saúde (MS) que são rastreadas através do “teste do pezinho” padrão são: fenilcetonúria, Hipotireoidismo congênito, Anemia falciforme (e outras hemoglobinopatias) e a Fibrose cística. Esta pesquisa bibliográfica tem como base metodológica características exploratórias, descritivas, qualitativas e teve como objetivo geral de verificar a importância da realização precoce do teste do pezinho. Os resultados nos mostram o enfermeiro que tem contato direto com a gestante durante o pré-natal deve enfatizar quanto às orientações sobre a importância da realização do “teste do pezinho”, devido sua grande importância.

This study aimed to investigate the neurocognitive functioning of children with developmental dyslexia (DD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Four groups of children between the ages of 8 and 10 years participated in the study: typically developing children (TDC; N = 34), children with DD-only (N = 32), children with ADHD-only (N = 32), and children with DD+ADHD (N = 18).Children with DD and ADHD exhibited significant weaknesses on almost all neurocognitive measures compared with TDC. Large effect sizes were observed for naming speed and phonological awareness. The comorbid group showed deficits consistent with both DD and ADHD without additional impairments. Results from binary logistic regression and receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses suggested that some neurocognitive measures revealed an adequate sensitivity for the clinical diagnosis of both neurodevelopmental disorders. Specifically, naming speed and phonological awareness were the strongest predictors to correctly discriminate both disorders.Taken together, the results lend support to the multiple cognitive deficit hypothesis showing a considerable overlap of neurocognitive deficits between both disorders.

This paper draws upon a wider research project examines the ways in which university teachers look at assessment in Higher Education. It focuses on their views about assessment practices in five Portuguese public universities. The main purpose is to look at the university teachers’ perceptions of assessment in higher education taking into account the assessment methods after the implementation of the Bologna process. Data were collected through questionnaires in five Portuguese Public Universities in different fields of knowledge. In this paper preliminary findings are presented. Implications of the findings for assessment, teaching and learning process are discussed., Funded by European Regional Development Funds (FEDER) through the COMPETE 2020 - Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program (POCI) with the reference PTDC/MHCCED/2703/2014.