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Time-motion analysis of competitive surfers: Portuguese championship

SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Time-motion analysis has been used to provide detailed insight into surfers' performance. This study evaluated surfers' activity times at the Portuguese surfing championship in order to account for the time spent in each surfing activity. METHODS: Eighty-seven individually recorded ...

The study of copy number variations in the regions of PRKAB2 and PPM1K among congenital heart defects patients

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study was to assess the genetic association of copy number variations in two genes (PRKAB2 and PPM1K) located in two regions (tetralogy of Fallot and ventricular septal defect) in a Chinese Han population. METHODS: A total of 200 congenital heart disease patients (100 tetralogy ...

Correlation between cephalic circumference at birth and ocular alterations in patients with microcephaly potentially associated with Zika Virus infection

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus isolated for the first time in 1947 and transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. In Brasil, it was first detected in May 2015. Since then, ZIKV has been identified as the etiological agent of acute exanthematous disease in Brasil, a...

Sleep quality is inversely related to body mass index among university students

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its association with sleep quality in university students from the Anhui province in China. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in China with 1328 participants. The prevalence of unde...

Comparisons between photographic equipment for dental use: DSLR cameras vs. smartphones

RFO UPF; 24 (2), 2019
Objective: to compare the image quality obtained by six cameras used for dental documentation, including four DSLR cameras and two smartphones with different sensor size. Methods: the equipment determined the groups: APSCcan18-55 – Sensor APS-C Canon (EOS T5i) + 18-55 mm lens; APSCcan100 – Sensor APS...

Estudo longitudinal da halitose por meio da cromatografia gasosa

RFO UPF; 24 (2), 2019
Objetivos: correlacionar os exames organolépticos (método subjetivo) e a cromatografia gasosa (método objetivo) para diagnóstico conclusivo da halitose e avaliar o comportamento dos compostos sulfurados voláteis (CSVs) durante o manuseio clínico desta patologia. Metodologia: estudo longitudinal com...

Resistência à flexão de duas resinas compostas diretas após diferentes métodos de polimerização

RFO UPF; 24 (2), 2019
Objetivo: avaliar a influência de diferentes modos de polimerização sobre a resistência à flexão de três pontos de duas resinas compostas. Métodos: foram confeccionadas 88 amostras, sendo divididas em dois grupos, conforme a resina composta utilizada: Filtek Z350 XT e Forma. Os grupos foram subdi...

Evaluation of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in Chilean patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: The Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQDI) is one of the main instruments used to evaluate functional status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Aim: To assess the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of HAQDI in Chilean RA population. Materials and Methods:...

Investigation of the relationship between umbilical cord pH and intraventricular hemorrhage of infants delivered preterm

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: We measured the level of pH gases in premature infants at birth, and examined the relationship between brain ultrasonography on the third and seventh day after birth. A case-control study conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Shahid Akbar Abadi Hospital, Iran, during...

Abnormal expression of b10 cell frequencies: possible relation to pathogenesis and disease severity of aplastic anemia

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Aplastic anemia (AA) is an immune-mediated disease that destroys hematopoietic cells through activated T lymphocytes. B lymphocyte-mediated humoral immunity also plays an important role in the pathogenesis of AA. Regulatory B cell (Breg) subpopulation, which is defined as "B10", secre...