scholarly journals A cultura como valor na imagem de lugares: a influência cultural do Brasil

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-246
Author(s):  
Ernani Coelho Neto ◽  
Fernando Antônio de Melo Pereira Lhamas ◽  
Fábio Almeida Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Wharton School ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cluster A ◽  
World Report

Este artigo visa posicionar o Brasil do ponto de vista de sua influência cultural. Para tanto, utilizamos dados de estudo viabilizados pela parceria entre o BAV Group, a Wharton School da Universidade da Pensilvânia e o U.S. News & World Report. A partir desses dados, procedeu-se com uma análise de cluster que colocou a influência cultural do Brasil em perspectiva e em relação aos países do estudo original, ao cluster a que o Brasil pertence e à América do Sul, destacando os elementos em que o país teve melhor ou pior desempenho. Os resultados foram confrontados com alguns dos conceitos discutidos na revisão de literatura, que focou nas discussões sobre as imagens de lugar e de cultura como valores, isto é, meios de exploração da conexão entre as conclusões e as possibilidades de desenvolvimento para o Brasil.

Characterizing cognitive heterogeneity on the schizophrenia–bipolar disorder spectrum

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1848-1864 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Rheenen ◽  
K. E. Lewandowski ◽  
E. J. Tan ◽  
L. H. Ospina ◽  
D. Ongur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Cognitive Profiles ◽  
Cognitive Differences ◽  
Cognitive Risk ◽  
Average Analysis ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cluster A ◽  
Cognitive Heterogeneity

BackgroundCurrent group-average analysis suggests quantitative but not qualitative cognitive differences between schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). There is increasing recognition that cognitive within-group heterogeneity exists in both disorders, but it remains unclear as to whether between-group comparisons of performance in cognitive subgroups emerging from within each of these nosological categories uphold group-average findings. We addressed this by identifying cognitive subgroups in large samples of SZ and BD patients independently, and comparing their cognitive profiles. The utility of a cross-diagnostic clustering approach to understanding cognitive heterogeneity in these patients was also explored.MethodHierarchical clustering analyses were conducted using cognitive data from 1541 participants (SZn= 564, BDn= 402, healthy controln= 575).ResultsThree qualitatively and quantitatively similar clusters emerged within each clinical group: a severely impaired cluster, a mild-moderately impaired cluster and a relatively intact cognitive cluster. A cross-diagnostic clustering solution also resulted in three subgroups and was superior in reducing cognitive heterogeneity compared with disorder clustering independently.ConclusionsQuantitative SZ–BD cognitive differences commonly seen using group averages did not hold when cognitive heterogeneity was factored into our sample. Members of each corresponding subgroup, irrespective of diagnosis, might be manifesting the outcome of differences in shared cognitive risk factors.

scholarly journals U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. e46-e50
Author(s):  
John C. Lin ◽  
Allison J. Chen ◽  
Ingrid U. Scott ◽  
Paul B. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
H Index ◽  
News Ranking ◽  
Group A ◽  
World Report ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Group B ◽  
Nih Funding

Abstract Introduction Despite the wide usage of U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) rankings of ophthalmology hospitals among the public, residency applicants, and ophthalmologists, there is disagreement in the literature on the role of quality of care, research productivity, and other factors in the ranking system. This study investigated the association of U.S. News ranking of ophthalmology hospitals and objective measures of research productivity. Methods The 2020 U.S. News “Best Hospitals for Ophthalmology” ranking lists 38 hospitals by reputation score and numerically ranks the top 12 institutions. For our analysis, top 12 hospitals were classified as group A and the remaining 26 as group B. The Clinicaltrials.gov, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER), and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) were systematically searched for total clinical trials, NIH funding, and the National Eye Institute (NEI) funding for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. Faculty size and the number of publications by ophthalmology faculty per hospital were recorded from a previous study in 2016. Results Independent measures of research productivity significantly associated with group A status after multivariate logistic regression analysis were mean faculty Hirsch's index (h-index) over 15 (odds ratio [OR]: 6.13, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.14–32.94]) and conducting five or more total clinical trials (OR: 8.77, 95% CI: [1.39–55.16]). Conclusion This study suggests that the reputation-based U.S. News ranking may serve as a proxy for an ophthalmology department's contribution to research measured by mean faculty h-index and number of clinical trials.

Electron microscopic radioautographic studies on the incorporation of 3H proline in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) in antistreptococcal-cell-membrane (SCM) injected mice

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 188-189
Author(s):  
R.P. Nayyar ◽  
C.F. Lange ◽  
J. L. Borke
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
Mesangial Matrix ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Group A ◽  
Injection Protocol

Streptococcal cell membrane (SCM) antiserum injected mice show a significant thickening of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and an increase in mesangial matrix within 4 to 24 hours of antiserum administration (1,2,3). This study was undertaken to evaluate the incorporation of 3H proline into glomerular cells and GBM under normal and anti-SCM induced conditions. Mice were administered, intraperitoneally, 0.1 ml of normal or anti-SCM serum followed by a 10 µC/g body weight injection of 3H proline. Details of the preparation of anti-SCM (Group A type 12 streptococcal pyogenes) and other sera and injection protocol have been described elsewhere (2). After 15 minutes of isotope injection a chase of cold proline was given and animal sacrificed at 20 minutes, 1,2,4,8,24 and 48 hours. One of the removed kidneys was processed for immunofluorescence, light and electron microscopic radioautographic studies; second kidney was used for GBM isolation and aminoacid analysis.

An ultrastructural study of sertoli cells in two geographically isolated populations of Aphanius dispar

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 548-549
Author(s):  
Taber A. Ba-Omar ◽  
Philip F. Prentis
Keyword(s):  
Ultrastructural Level ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Freshwater Teleost ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
En Bloc ◽  
The North ◽  
Group A ◽  
Ultrathin Sections ◽  
Group B ◽  
Geographically Isolated

We have recently carried out a study of spermiogenic differentiation in two geographically isolated populations of Aphanius dispar (freshwater teleost), with a view to ascertaining variation at the ultrastructural level. The sampling areas were the Jebel Al Akhdar in the north (Group A) and the Dhofar region (Group B) in the south. Specimens from each group were collected, the testes removed, fixed in Karnovsky solution, post fixed in OsO, en bloc stained with uranyl acetate and then routinely processed to Agar 100 resin, semi and ultrathin sections were prepared for study.

Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) Into Hindi

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 3974-3981
Author(s):  
Ashwini Joshi ◽  
Isha Baheti ◽  
Vrushali Angadi
Keyword(s):  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Weak Correlation ◽  
Voice Assessment ◽  
Perceptual Evaluation ◽  
Severity Grade ◽  
Normal Voice ◽  
Group A

Aim The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the reliability of a Hindi version of the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V). Reliability was assessed by comparing Hindi CAPE-V ratings with English CAPE-V ratings and by the Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia and Strain (GRBAS) scale. Method Hindi sentences were created to match the phonemic load of the corresponding English CAPE-V sentences. The Hindi sentences were adapted for linguistic content. The original English and adapted Hindi CAPE-V and GRBAS were completed for 33 bilingual individuals with normal voice quality. Additionally, the Hindi CAPE-V and GRBAS were completed for 13 Hindi speakers with disordered voice quality. The agreement of CAPE-V ratings was assessed between language versions, GRBAS ratings, and two rater pairs (three raters in total). Pearson product–moment correlation was completed for all comparisons. Results A strong correlation ( r > .8, p < .01) was found between the Hindi CAPE-V scores and the English CAPE-V scores for most variables in normal voice participants. A weak correlation was found for the variable of strain ( r < .2, p = .400) in the normative group. A strong correlation ( r > .6, p < .01) was found between the overall severity/grade, roughness, and breathiness scores in the GRBAS scale and the CAPE-V scale in normal and disordered voice samples. Significant interrater reliability ( r > .75) was present in overall severity and breathiness. Conclusions The Hindi version of the CAPE-V demonstrates good interrater reliability and concurrent validity with the English CAPE-V and the GRBAS. The Hindi CAPE-V can be used for the auditory-perceptual voice assessment of Hindi speakers.

A Test of Satiation as a Function of Adaptation in Stuttering

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. Peterson ◽  
Mary Beth Rieck ◽  
Rita K. Hoff
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Repeated Readings ◽  
Group A ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

To test the relationship of adaptation and satiation as hypothesized by Jakobovits, satiation of meaning as a function of repeated readings for adaptation was measured in the performance of 14 male stutterers. The subjects as a group exhibited both satiation and adaptation, but the two phenomena did not occur simultaneously in a significant number of the members of the group. A reduction in meaningfulness, as measured by the semantic differential, was not shown to be a significant factor in the reduction of stuttering frequency for the individuals in the group. Satiation and adaptation were not established as the same phenomenon, although the two may still be related through another factor.

Fanconi anaemia group A (FANCA) mutations in Israeli non-Ashkenazi Jewish patients

2000 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tamary ◽  
R. Bar-Yam ◽  
L. Shalmon ◽  
G. Rachavi ◽  
M. Krostichevsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fanconi Anaemia ◽  
Ashkenazi Jewish ◽  
Group A
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