Ergonomics Analysis in the University Hospital/UFSC/Brasil

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 69-69
Author(s):  
Alessandra Fernandes de Melo ◽  
Leila Amaral Gontijo ◽  
Andre Luis Pavan ◽  
Bianca Lautenschlager
Keyword(s):  
Work Conditions ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Visual Fatigue ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The People ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Future Situation ◽  
Ergonomic Analysis ◽  
The University

As the time passes, the habits and the people's demands move. More and more, the people are complaining for better work conditions and life. (Dull and Weerdmeester, 1995). For that, its work conditions more and more need adaptations, seeking the health, the safety, the comfort, among other, that are the practical objectives of the ergonomics'. With the diffusion of the use of computers, the work positions with terminals of computers are turned frequent in industries and offices demanding like this a larger attention to the new works that it creates. (Iida, 1992). With this frequent use of the computer, it is demanded that the body adopts a static posture during the work day, with the fixed attention in the screen and the hands on the keyboard. Thus, the work in computer terminals can provoke consequences for the worker's health from the visual fatigue, muscular pains in the neck and shoulders, and pains in the tendons of the fingers, due to the ergonomic inadequacy and the demands of the task (Iida, 1992). Therefore, this article says respect to an ergonomic analysis in a work position, accomplished as requirement of the discipline of Ergonomic Engineering of the Work having been chosen the Section of General Registration (SRG) of the University Hospital (HU). It can intend the elaboration of a notebook of responsibilities of ergonomic recommendations that it will allow to establish the several specifications about the future situation, that says respect to the environmental factors and organization.

scholarly journals Ethnolinguistic and rhetorical research program into folklore discourse practices of Russian, Serbian and English ethnic groups

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Дана Тривконовна Секулич
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
English Language ◽  
The Body ◽  
Discourse Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training ◽  
Comparative Nature

Цель - охарактеризовать замысел и исследовательскую программу лингвориторического (ЛР) изучения русских, сербских и английских фольклорных дискурс-практик на примере жанров сказки и загадки, адресованных подрастающим поколениям представителей коллективных языковых личностей (ЯЛ) названных этносов. Данный вид дискурсивных процессов сферы литературно-художественной коммуникации имеет коммуникативную сверхзадачу: реализацию базовой потребности народа в выживании, развитии и процветании. Необходимо перманентное воспроизводство поколений ЯЛ данного этноса, которые впитали его культуру, вероисповедание, традиции, морально-этические нормы и установления. Детализирована система исследовательских действий в рамках двух основных направлений поиска: разработка теоретико-методологических основ ЛР исследования этнокультурной специфики фольклорного дискурса; этнолингвориторическое моделирование жанровых дискурс-практик сказок и загадок в русском, сербском и английском фольклорных дискурсах. Научная значимость предпринятого исследования обусловлена его сопоставительным характером, вводимым в научный оборот корпусом анализируемого эмпирического материала народных русско-, сербско- и англоязычных сказок, и загадок, постулированием в качестве особого научного направления этнолингвориторики. В образовательно-прикладном аспекте исследование важно для вузовской подготовки филолога как профессиональной ЯЛ. The purpose of this paper is to characterize the idea and research program of the linguistic and rhetorical (L&R) study of Russian, Serbian and English folklore discourse practices based on the example of the genres of fairy tales and riddles addressed to the younger generations of representatives of collective linguistic personalities (LP) of these ethnic groups. This type of discursive processes in the sphere of literary and artistic communication has a communicative super-task: the realization of the basic need of the people for survival, development and prosperity. It is necessary to reproduce permanently the generations of LP of this ethnic group, who have absorbed its culture, religion, traditions, moral and ethical norms and institutions. The system of research actions within the framework of two main search directions is given in detail: (1) Development of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the LR study of the ethnocultural specifics of folklore discourse. (2) Ethnolinguistic and rhetorical modeling of genre discourse practices of fairy tales and riddles in Russian, Serbian and English folklore discourses. The scientific significance of the research is determined by its comparative nature; the body of the analyzed empirical material of folk Russian-, Serbian- and English-language fairy tales and riddles introduced into scientific circulation; and the postulation of ethnolinguistic and rhetorical study as a special scientific direction. In the educational and applied aspect, the study is important for the university training of a philologist as a professional LP.

scholarly journals Hormonal, metabolic and nutritional alterations in smokers: emergency for smoking abstinence

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gláucia Renata Souza Rodrigues ◽  
Marcela Melquíades ◽  
Maria Alvim Leite ◽  
Maíra Barros Louro ◽  
Carmen Perches ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Fasting Glycemia ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the biochemical and nutritional status of smokers in treatment for smoking cessation and its association with anthropometric parameters. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with convenience sample. Adult smokers were assessed at the start of treatment in the Interdisciplinary Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CIPIT/HU-UFJF). We evaluated the body mass index (BMI), conicity index (CI); waist circumference (WC), percentage of body fat (%BF), fasting glycemia, cortisol, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), LDL-c, HDL-c, triglycerides (TG) and metabolic syndrome (MS). RESULTS: Most participants (52.2%) had MS and high cardiovascular risk. The fasting glycemia was abnormal in 30.4%. There was a significant positive correlation between BMI and WC (r = 0.90; p = 0.0001), %BF (r = 0.79; p = 0.0001), CI (r = 0.65; p = 0.0001), glycemia (r = 0.42; p = 0.04) and TG (r = 0.47; p = 0.002). The CI presented positive correction with insulin (r = 0.60; p = 0.001), glycemia (r = 0.55; p = 0.007), TG (r = 0.54; p = 0.008) and %BF (r = 0.43; p = 0.004). Patients with longer duration of smoking had a higher risk of developing MS (OR = 9.6, p = 0.016). CONCLUSION: The smokers evaluated had increased risk for developing MS, especially those with longer duration of smoking, requiring urgent smoking cessation.

Obstructive Hydrocephalus in Children: Predictive factors of ventriculocisternostomy dysfunction at the CHU of Conakry.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahima Sory Souare ◽  
Mohamed Lamine Sylla ◽  
Ibrahima Sory Jnr Souaré ◽  
Hugues Ghislain Atakla ◽  
Mohamed Cherif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Obstructive Hydrocephalus ◽  
Third Ventricle ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage ◽  
Clinical Criteria ◽  
The University ◽  
Larger Sample

Abstract Context and Objective: The treatment of hydrocephalus is surgical and uses two (2) main methods to date: ventriculoperitoneal shunt and endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy. The latter offers the advantage of avoiding the implantation of a foreign body (valve) in the body. However, there are sometimes dysfunctions that can lead to the evolutionary continuation of hydrocephalus. The objective of this study is to identify factors predictive of endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy dysfunction in cases of obstructive hydrocephalus in children at the University Hospital Center in Conakry.Methods and Materials: This is a mixed analytical study of 32 cases of children aged 0-15 years who received endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy during the study period. Outcomes were evaluated according to Drake and Canadian Pediatric Neurosurgery Group clinical criteria. Results: The hospital frequency was 17% and a sex ratio (M/F) of 1.13. Clinical signs were dominated by progressive macrocraniality (93.8%), bulging fontanel (84.4%), ectasia of scalp veins (68.8%). cerebrospinal fluid leakage (9.4%) was the most frequent post-operative complication. According to age, VCS was successful in 16 infants (55.2%) and dysfunction in 13 (44.8%) while 2 children (66.7%) were successful with VCS versus 1 (33.3%) with dysfunction. We recorded one case of death.Conclusion: The factors often associated with the dysfunction of the endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy found in this study are essentially: age, bulging fontanelle, ectasia of the scalp veins, arachnoid adhesions, closure of the Sylvius aqueduct and pulsation of the bottom of the third ventricle. In the absence of a statistically significant relationship, it would be useful to analyse these parameters closely on a much larger sample.

scholarly journals An assessment of dose indicators for computed tomography localization procedures in radiation therapy at the University Hospital Rijeka

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Diklic ◽  
Doris Segota ◽  
Ingrid Belac-Lovasic ◽  
Slaven Jurkovic
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Radiotherapy Planning ◽  
Diagnostic Reference Levels ◽  
Reference Levels ◽  
Body Regions ◽  
The University

The computed tomography has become a standard tool in radiation therapy treatment planning. Additionally, there is a growing awareness of the dose delivered to the part of the body outside the target volume. The ionizing radiation carries a stochastic risk of malignancy, therefore, the doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable in order to provide an adequate information needed for the radiotherapy planning. The objective of this work was to set up the initial diagnostic reference levels and correlate to the image quality that would be used in the future optimization of localization scans. To quantify the doses from computed tomography localization scans at the University Hospital Rijeka, local diagnostic reference levels were established for five most common procedures of different anatomical regions; head, head and neck, pelvis, breast and thorax. The Computed Tomography Dose Index volumetric and the Dose-Length Product were used as dose indicators and scanning parameters were also recorded. The image quality assessment was performed for each set of images. The results were compared to the seldom published data in order to compare the clinical practice. The image quality for almost all of the body regions are scored as acceptable in average but require improvement. It is shown that the optimization of radiotherapy protocols is required. Therefore, these results will be used as a guideline for that process. The establishment of the national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography localization procedures in radiation therapy is the next step and is currently an ongoing process.

The Selection of Judges in Chicago, and the Rôle of the Local Bar Therein

1936 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Judicial Selection ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Bar Association ◽  
The University ◽  
Democratic Procedure

For many years, the organized Bar has sought to guide the process of judicial selection. Its greatest activity has been in metropolitan communities where the choice is nominally by vote of the people. Such participation by a quasi-public group in a democratic procedure raises several pertinent questions. For example, what effect will it probably have on methods of selection now in force? Is such activity likely to become an accepted feature of our political life? Is such participation to be regarded as in the public interest? Is it a specific corrective that the body politic has developed to counterbalance too much democracy in judicial selection?To shed some light on these and related questions, the writer (as a graduate student at the University of Chicago) made a study of judicial selection in Chicago from 1870 to 1933, particular attention being given to the rôle of the Chicago Bar Association in the process.

scholarly journals Weight-gaining medications used by patients followed up at the bariatric and metabolic surgery service of a university hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 0364
Author(s):  
Layse A. SOUZA ◽  
Allan C. ARAÚJO ◽  
Ligiane L. SILVA ◽  
Poliana S. MENOLLI
Keyword(s):  
Renin Angiotensin System ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Angiotensin System ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The University ◽  
Betablocking Agents

Objective: To verify an association between weight and use of medications that lead to weight gain (MLGP) in a population of obese patients monitored in the Unified Health System. Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive sectional study with data from medical records of all patients. patients treated by the University Hospital Multiprofessional Service for obese patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery. The collection took place from January 2014 to March 2016. A weight-dependent variable, used in the body mass index (BMI) and degree of obesity and as independent variables of sex, age, education, income, number of diseases, number of drugs and number of MLGP. The association was calculated using the Ro Spearman correlation and the chi-square test. Results: 102 patients were studied, mostly women (87%), with a mean BMI of 45.9 kg / m2 (min 32.56 - maximum 70.98 kg / m2 SD = 6.43). The main comorbidities were systemic arterial hypertension (65.7%) and osteoarticular disorders (39.2%). The average number of drugs per patient was 4.3 and the most used class was for the renin-angiotensin system (67.3%). MLGP corresponds to 10.4% of the drugs used and 27.4% of the patients use them. MLGP patients used an average of 5.8 medications and the most prevalent classes were betablocking agents (60.6%), followed by medications used in diabetes (24.2%). Atenolol and a glibenclamide were the most used MLGP. The mean BMI of patients who used more than one MLGP was 51 kg / m2. Conclusion: There was no correlation between weight and the use of MLGP in this population. However, patients who used the MLGP combination had a higher BMI.

Conceptual disorganisation in paranoid schizophrenia inpatients and blood melatonin levels

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1456-1456
Author(s):  
A.L. Morera-Fumero ◽  
E. Diaz-Mesa ◽  
P. Abreu-Gonzalez ◽  
A. Jimenez-Sosa ◽  
M. Henry-Benitez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paranoid Schizophrenia ◽  
Biological Marker ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Melatonin Level ◽  
Syndrome Scale ◽  
The University

ObjectivesThe aim of this research is to study whether serum melatonin level is related with positive psychopathology in a sample of paranoid schizophrenia patients.Methods32 acutely paranoid schizophrenia patients admitted to the psychiatric ward of the University Hospital of the Canary Islands took part in the study. All patients met DSM-IV criteria for paranoid schizophrenia. 22 were males and 9 females. The mean age was 36.7 ± 10.3 (standard deviation). Blood was sampled by venipuncture at 12:00 and 24:00 hours after having rested in bed one hour. This was done to avoid the body postural effect on melatonin levels. Blood extractions were carried out during the first 48 hours after admission. Psychopathology was assessed by the positive subscale of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Melatonin serum levels were measured by ELISA techniques. Pearson correlations between melatonin serum levels and PANSS positive scores at 24:00 and 12:00 hours at admission and discharge were carried out.ResultsThe only significant correlation, with a positive sign, was the item Conceptual Disorganisation (P2) with serum melatonin at 24:00 h (r = 0.355, p < 0.046).ConclusionsSerum melatonin levels may be used as a biological marker of conceptual disorganisation in paranoid schizophrenia inpatients.AcknowledgementThis study was partly supported by a grant (PI: 08/115) of the Fundacion Canaria de Investigacion y Salud (FUNCIS).

scholarly journals The Role of Programmes of Adapted Physical Activities in Improving the Somato-Functional Parameters of the Elderly

GYMNASIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol XX (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
George Dănuț Mocanu ◽  
Florentina Cristea
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
The People ◽  
The University ◽  
Efficient Selection

An active lifestyle represents both a goal and a challenge for the people from the elderly category. The modern society is responsible for finding some optimal solutions for activating this category of the population, in view of the long term development of its potential and experience, as well as for avoiding social isolation physical activities – adapted to the specific requests and problems of this segment – may successfully contribute to optimizing the physical and mental tonus, thus enabling the improvement of the problems related to the general motricity, the body weight indicators or the functional values. The study performed on a group of students registered within the University of the Elderly of Galați emphasizes that, by the efficient selection and planning of several categories of physical exercises, the aimed results can be obtained, by aiming the specific parameters; moreover, certain limits of favourable influencing can be identified regarding other measured indicators

scholarly journals Русские говоры Терского берега Белого моря: первые результаты и перспективы исследования(Russian Dialects of the Ter Coast of the White Sea: the First Results and Perspectives for the Future)

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Tamara Lönngren
Keyword(s):  
White Sea ◽  
The Body ◽  
The White Sea ◽  
Folk Culture ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The People ◽  
The Future ◽  
First Results ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The University

The aim of this article is to present the first results of a dialectological expedition undertaken by undergraduate and postgraduate students from the University of Tromsø to the Ter Coast of the White Sea. The paper presents some historical and ethnographical facts from two small villages, Varzuga and Umba. The people in these villages speak Pomor dialects which are poorly investigated but interesting from several points of view. This paper focuses on the lexicon of these Russian dialects. The body of dialectal words and expressions still in use reflects the habits and traditions of the countryside and preserves features of the old folk culture.

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