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Spinal protein kinase A and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling are involved in the antinociceptive effect of phytohormone abscisic acid in rats

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (1), 2020
Abstract Objective: The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) as a signaling molecule exists in various types of organisms from early multicellular to animal cells and tissues. It has been demonstrated that ABA has an antinociceptive effect in rodents. The present study was designed to assess the possible r...

Comparison of changes in the dental transverse and sagittal planes between patients treated with self-ligating and with conventional brackets

ABSTRACT Introduction: Several advantages have been established regarding the efficiency of self-ligating brackets (SL). In spite of some controversy surrounding this question in the literature, clinical results confirm that "arch development" requires fewer extractions. Objective: The objective of t...

Tradução, adaptação transcultural e confiabilidade da escala de utilidade clínica de Tyson e Connell

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e adaptar a escala de utilidade clínica de Tyson e Connell para o português brasileiro, além de avaliar sua confiabilidade interexaminador e intraexaminador. O processo de tradução e adaptação transcultural foi desenvolvido em cinco estágios: tradução...

Comparação das respostas fisiológicas do incremental shuttle walk test e do Glittre-ADL test: instrumentos complementares para avaliação da capacidade funcional

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar e comparar respostas metabólicas, cardiovasculares e ventilatórias do incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) e do Glittre activities of daily living test (Glittre-ADL test). Trata-se de um estudo transversal, realizado com indivíduos saudáveis. A capacidade fu...

Construct and criterion validity of the postmenopause sexuality questionnaire - PMSQ

Abstract Objective To assess the construct and criterion validity of the Postmenopause Sexuality Questionnaire (PMSQ). Methods The present methodological questionnaire validation study included postmenopausal women. The construct validity was tested by factor analysis and the criterion validity was p...

Application value of magnetic resonance hydrography of the inner ear in cochlear implantation

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the application value of magnetic resonance (MR) hydrography of the inner ear in cochlear implantation. METHODS 146 patients were enrolled. MR hydrography and spiral CT examinations for the intracranial auditory canal were performed before surgery, and...

Escala de phubbing para relacionamentos amorosos: evidências de adequação psicométrica

Summa psicol. UST; 17 (1), 2020
O presente trabalho foi organizado em dois estudos e teve por objetivo adaptar e buscar evidências de validade e precisão da Escala de Phubbing para Relacionamentos Amorosos (EPRA) para o contexto brasileiro. O Estudo 1 teve a participação de 233 pessoas em relacionamento amoroso, 52,4% eram do sexo ...

Durometry as an alternative tool to the modified Rodnans skin score in the assessment of diffuse systemic sclerosis patients: a cross-sectional study

Adv Rheumatol; 60 (), 2020
Abstract Background The reproducibility and reliability of the modified Rodnan's Skin Score (mRSS) are debated due to investigator-related subjectivity. Here, we evaluate if durometry correlates with mRSS in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods This cross-sectional study was conducte...

Reproducibilidad en el diagnóstico imagenológico de periodontitis apical a partir de CBCT

Objetivo: evaluar la reproducibilidad en el diagnóstico imagenológico de Periodontitis Apical en dientes del maxilar superior, a partir de 60 CBCT tomadas en una institución clínica de Bucaramanga, Colombia. Métodos: el estudio fue realizado por dos obser-vadores, previamente calibrados, ...

Sepsis and cirrhosis in growing animals: description of a new experimental model and its pathological and immunological reliability

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: In cirrhotic children, infection events and sepsis are more frequent and more severe due to immune dysfunction. The objectives of the current study were therefore to develop an experimental model of infection and sepsis in cirrhotic weaning growing rats, by the use of bile duct ligation (BDL)...