Training University Psychology Students to Teach Multiple Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Unlabelled: Training people interested in implementing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) interventions to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is important to promote skill gains. A recommended training package is called behavioral skills training (BST), which involves four components (didactic instruction, modeling, role-play, and performance feedback).

Background/objectives: The purpose was to assess the effects of BST on the accurate teaching of multiple skills via DTT by six psychology university students to a confederate and six children diagnosed with ASD.

Brazilian Amazon indigenous territories under deforestation pressure.

Studies showed that Brazilian Amazon indigenous territories (ITs) are efficient models for preserving forests by reducing deforestation, fires, and related carbon emissions. Considering the importance of ITs for conserving socio-environmental and cultural diversity and the recent climb in the Brazilian Amazon deforestation, we used official remote sensing datasets to analyze deforestation inside and outside indigenous territories within Brazil's Amazon biome during the 2013-2021 period. Deforestation has increased by 129% inside ITs since 2013, followed by an increase in illegal mining areas.

Ellagic Acid prevents vascular dysfunction in small mesenteric arteries of ovariectomized hypertensive rats.

Cardiovascular diseases rank the top causes of death worldwide, with a substantial increase in women compared to men. Such increase can beexplained by the drastic decrease in 17-β-estradiol hormone during menopause and associated with endothelium-dependent vascular dysfunction. The current treatments for cardiovascular diseases (e.

Audiological and noise exposure findings among members of a Brazilian folklore music group.

Background: Musicians and dancers can be considered an at-risk population for developing noise-induced hearing loss.

Objectives: To determine the audiological profile of members of a folklore-related music group and quantify noise exposure at their rehearsal venue.

Methods: This was a quantitative and descriptive study.

Identification and seasonality of rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in asthmatic children in tropical climate.

Introduction: Asthma is a disease that has been associated with the presence of different genetic and socio-environmental factors.

Objective: To identify and evaluate the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human rhinovirus (RV) in asthmatic children and adolescents in tropical climate, as well as to assess the socioeconomic and environmental factors involved.

Methods: The study was conducted in a referral hospital, where a total of 151 children were recruited with a respiratory infection.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) for use in Brazilian Portuguese: questionnaire validity study.

Background: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) is a questionnaire that was developed by Finnish researchers to track the risk of diabetes.

Objective: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the FINDRISC for use in Brazilian Portuguese.

Design And Setting: Questionnaire validity study conducted at a private university.

Hospitalisations for mycoses as an indicator of socio-environmental vulnerability in the Brazilian Amazon-Savanna transition region.

Background: The infections caused by fungi represent a global concern and an important cause of hospital admissions in endemic areas. The influence of socio-environmental factors in infectious diseases has been documented; however, this phenomenon remains unclear regarding mycoses.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyse the spatio-temporal dynamics of hospitalisations for mycoses (HM) and the association with socio-economic and climate data in the Amazon-Savanna Transition Region in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.

Sickle Cell Anaemia Prevalence Among Newborns in the Brazilian Amazon-Savanna Transition Region.

Sickle cell anaemia is one of the most common hemoglobinopathies worldwide and an important public health problem in Brazil. This study evaluated the prevalence of sickle cell anaemia and its traits in newborns from the Amazon-Savanna Transition Region in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out, based on data from neonatal screening tests performed in 2013-2015 in Maranhão.

Exercise training improves vascular reactivity in ovariectomized rats subjected to myocardial infarction.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of exercise training (ET) on the aortic vascular reactivity of ovariectomized and infarcted rats. The animals were divided into 5 groups: Control, Ovariectomized + SHAM sedentary (OVX+SHAMSED), OVX+SHAM and ET (OVX+SHAMET), OVX + Myocardial Infarction sedentary (OVX+MISED), and OVX + MI and ET (OVX+MIET). ET protocol (60 minutes/day, 5x/week) in a motorized treadmill began 15 days after MI and lasted 8 weeks.

Natriuretic Peptide and Clinical Evaluation in the Diagnosis of Heart Failure Hemodynamic Profile: Comparison with Tissue Doppler Echocardiography.

Background: Physical examination and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been used to estimate hemodynamics and tailor therapy of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients. However, correlation between these parameters and left ventricular filling pressures is controversial.

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination, chest radiography (CR) and BNP in estimating left atrial pressure (LAP) as assessed by tissue Doppler echocardiogram.

Effects of treatment with chemotherapy and/or tamoxifen on the biomarkers of cardiac injury and oxidative stress in women with breast cancer.

There has been an increase in deaths from cardiovascular diseases following breast cancer therapy. Evidence has shown that this outcome is, in part, associated with cardiotoxicity induced by the chemotherapeutic drugs and the increase in oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemotherapy and hormone therapy with tamoxifen on the biomarkers of cardiac injury and oxidative stress in women with breast cancer.

Sex hormones in the cardiovascular system.

Gender-associated differences in the development of cardiovascular diseases have been described in humans and animals. These differences could explain the low incidence of cardiovascular disease in women in the reproductive period, such as stroke, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. The cardiovascular protection observed in females has been attributed to the beneficial effects of estrogen on endothelial function.

Resistance to clopidogrel: prevalence and associate variables.

Background: The dual antiplatelet therapy with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and clopidogrel is the cornerstone of treatment for patients undergoing angioplasty with coronary stent implantation. However, some of these patients, despite the use of aspirin and clopidogrel, are not effectively anti-aggregated, a phenomenon known as resistance to antiplatelet agents. Its prevalence, as well as the conditions associated with it, is unknown in our country.

Summary of the II Brazilian Guideline update on Acute Heart Failure 2009/2011.

In the past two years we observed several changes in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of patients with acute heart failure (acute HF), which led us to the need of performing a summary update of the II Brazilian Guidelines on Acute Heart Failure 2009. In the diagnostic evaluation, the diagnostic flowchart was simplified and the role of clinical assessment and echocardiography was enhanced. In the clinical-hemodynamic evaluation on admission, the hemodynamic echocardiography gained prominence as an aid to define this condition in patients with acute HF in the emergency room.

Tamoxifen alters the plasma concentration of molecules associated with cardiovascular risk in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of tamoxifen on blood markers that are associated with cardiovascular risk, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo-A), and apolipoprotein B-100 (Apo-B), in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Methods: Over a period of 12 months, we followed 60 women with breast cancer. The women were divided into the following groups: a group that received only chemotherapy (n = 23), a group that received chemotherapy plus tamoxifen (n = 21), and a group that received only tamoxifen (n = 16).

[Value of [18F]-FDG-PET/CT as a predictor of cancer in solitary pulmonary nodule].

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using fluorine-18-deoxyglucose ([18F]-FDG) for the evaluation of a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).

Methods: Prospective analysis of 53 consecutive patients submitted to PET/CT between March 2005 and May 2007 for the evaluation of an SPN. Of those, 32 met the criteria for inclusion in the present study.