Resumo As características anatômicas foliares são amplamente utilizadas para melhor compreender a taxonomia entre as angiospermas. No entanto, tais informação são escassas para a família Myrtaceae. Com o objetivo de preencher esta lacuna de conhecimento, estudamos a anatomia foliar de dez espécies do gênero Psidium: P. cattleyanum, P. cauliflorum, P. corynanthum, P. guajava, P. guineense, P. macahense, P. myrtoides, P. oligospermum, P. ovale e P. sartorianum. A epiderme unisseriada, os estômatos paracíticos, as cavidades secretoras e a hipoderme adaxial são comuns entre as espécies estudadas e são características típicas de Myrtaceae. A presença de três ou mais camadas de parênquima paliçádico e a ausência de esclerênquima são caracteres diagnósticos de P. guajava. A epiderme abaxial de Psidium cattleyanum e P. macahense possuem paredes curvas. Psidium corynanthum e P. macahense são as únicas espécies com paredes anticlinais sinuosas em ambos os lados da epiderme, sendo que todas as outras espécies têm paredes retas ou curvas. Os feixes vasculares bicolaterais abertos estão presentes em todas as espécies estudadas, exceto em P. guineense. Com exceção de P. cauliflorum, todas as espécies estudadas possuem drusas. A ausência de colênquima na face adaxial é exclusiva de P. ovale. A anatomia foliar de P. macahense, P. corynanthum, P. oligospermum e P. ovale é descrita pela primeira vez neste trabalho. angiospermas entanto Myrtaceae conhecimento P cauliflorum guajava guineense myrtoides sartorianum unisseriada paracíticos curvas drusas trabalho

Abstract Leaf anatomical features are widely used to better understand angiosperm taxonomy. However, such information is scarce for the family Myrtaceae. Aiming to fill this knowledge gap, we studied anatomical and micromorphological leaf characters of ten species of Psidium: P. cattleyanum, P. cauliflorum, P. corynanthum, P. guajava, P. guineense, P. macahense, P. myrtoides, P. oligospermum, P. ovale and P. sartorianum. Uniseriate epidermis, paracytic stomata, secretory cavities, and adaxial hypodermis are common among the studied species and are typical characteristics of Myrtaceae. The presence of three or more layers of palisade parenchyma and the absence of sclerenchyma are diagnostic characters of P. guajava. The abaxial epidermis of Psidium cattleyanum and P. macahense possess curved walls. Psidium corynanthum and P. macahense are the only species with sinuous anticlinal walls on both sides of the epidermis, with all other species having straight or curved walls. Open bicollateral vascular bundles are present in all the studied species except P. guineense. With the exception of P. cauliflorum, all the studied species possess druses. The absence of collenchyma in the adaxial face is exclusive to P. ovale. The leaf anatomy of P. macahense, P. corynanthum, P. oligospermum and P. ovale are described for the first time here. taxonomy However Myrtaceae gap P cauliflorum guajava guineense myrtoides sartorianum stomata cavities druses here

Abstract Background Cardiotoxicity is the main complication related to cancer therapy. Studies indicate that global longitudinal strain is an early detector of subclinical dysfunction of the left ventricle, preceding the decline in ejection fraction (EF). However, the reproducibility of such methodology has not been tested outside specialized centers. Objectives To assess the frequency of subclinical cardiotoxicity and to compare global longitudinal strain and EF measurements during the clinical course of patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methods This was an observational prospective study of 78 adult women who underwent serial echocardiograms (baseline and 1, 3, and 6 months after the beginning of chemotherapy), to evaluate biplane and 3D EF and global longitudinal strain. Cardiotoxicity and subclinical dysfunction were defined according to American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging criteria. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results The mean age of the patients was 50.1 ± 11.48 years. The frequency of subclinical cardiotoxicity (defined by global longitudinal strain) was 14.9% after 30 days of chemotherapy, 16.7% after 3 months, and 19.7% after 6 months, compared to 4.5%, 3%, and 6.6%, respectively, when clinical cardiotoxicity was determined according to EF. The group that developed subclinical cardiotoxicity by 30 days (group A) had a higher frequency of clinical cardiotoxicity at 3 months (p=0.028) and a lower mean biplane EF after 30 days (p= 0.036) than the group that showed no evidence of subclinical cardiotoxicity (group B). Conclusion Subclinical cardiotoxicity was frequent and began early, being associated with a drop in EF during the clinical course.

RESUMO Objetivo: O artigo teve por objetivo analisar como as lógicas effectuation e causation foram utilizadas no processo empreendedor de duas empresas mineiras. A lógica effectuation surgiu a partir de questões relacionadas à tomada de decisão do empreendedor e se contrapõe à lógica causation - que se refere aos métodos tradicionais sobre o processo de empreender baseado em planejamento e sequências determinadas. Metodologia: Foi realizado um estudo qualitativo comparativo em duas empresas mineiras. As evidências foram obtidas a partir de entrevistas com os sócios-fundadores, além de observação e documentos, sendo a análise dos dados feita a partir da análise de conteúdo. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram que, nos dois casos analisados, os empresários se basearam na lógica effectuation para criação das empresas, com pouco uso da lógica causation mas, na medida que os negócios se consolidaram e superaram a fase inicial de fundação, os empresários tomaram atitudes diferentes, baseando suas decisões e ações em maior planejamento e análise sistemática do contexto. Limitações: Alguns estudos mostram que diferenças culturais podem ter influência sobre o processo empreendedor e na forma como empreendedores tomam decisões. Essa variável não foi contemplada nesse estudo, o que representa uma limitação. Adicionalmente o estudo analisou o processo empreendedor de duas empresas mineiras, o que não permite generalização. Originalidade/contribuições: o trabalho contribui com os estudos nacionais sobre o processo empreendedor, principalmente a partir dos princípios que compõem a lógica effectuation, buscando identificar e classificar as decisões e ações dos empreendedores nas lógicas causation e effectuation.

ABSTRACT Objective: The article aimed to analyze how the effectuation and causation logics were used in the entrepreneurial process of two companies from Minas Gerais. The effectuation logic is based on issues related to the entrepreneur’s decision making and contrasts with the causation logic - which refers to traditional methods of the entrepreneurial process based on planning and determined sequences. Methodology: A qualitative comparative study was carried out in two companies from Minas Gerais. The evidence was obtained from interviews with the founding partners, in addition to observation and documents, and the data analysis was performed using content analysis. Results: The results showed that in the two cases analyzed, the entrepreneurs relied on effectuation logic for setting up the businesses, with little use of causation logic but as the businesses consolidated and moved beyond the initial founding phase, the entrepreneurs took different attitudes, basing their decisions and actions on greater planning and systematic analysis of the context. Limitations: Some studies show that cultural differences can have an influence on the entrepreneurial process and how entrepreneurs make decisions. This variable was not contemplated in this study, which represents a limitation. Additionally, the study analyzed the entrepreneurial process of two companies from Minas Gerais, which does not allow for generalization. Originality/contributions: the work contributes to the national studies on the entrepreneurial process, mainly from the principles that compose the effectuation logic, seeking to identify and classify the decisions and actions of entrepreneurs in the causation and effectuation logics.

RESUMO A variabilidade genética dentro do gênero Eucalyptus para resistência à doenças e a fatores abióticos estão presentes, particularmente, com a ferrugem do eucalipto (Puccinia psidii WINTER), cuja primeira medida de controle é evitar o plantio comercial de materiais suscetíveis. A busca de caracteres quantitativos da resistência pode levar a genótipos superiores com resistência mais durável. Por isso, este estudo objetivou identificar parâmetros monocíclicos de avaliação da ferrugem em eucalipto, mais proximamente relacionados à resistência genética e estabelecer um ranking com os genótipos de maior resistência à ferrugem para compor um programa de melhoramento genético, além de relacionar a resposta do hospedeiro às vias metabólicas de defesa. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo comparativo entre a avaliação da ferrugem no campo, com auxilio de escala qualitativa de severidade da doença com parâmetros monocíclicos quantitativos da doença em ambiente controlado. O predomínio de indivíduos suscetíveis indicou possíveis distorções de segregação nos cruzamentos, corroborando com hipóteses de estudos anteriores. Os resultados demonstraram, que o gene de resistência presente nesta população é dependente da ação de outros genes indiretamente relacionados à resistência e que participam das vias metabólicas de defesa das plantas.

ABSTRACT Genetic variability within the genus Eucalyptus for resistance to diseases and abiotic factors is present, especially for eucalyptus rust (Puccinia psidii WINTER), the first control measure of which is to prevent commercial planting of susceptible plants. Search for quantitative resistance traits can lead to superior genotypes with durable resistance. This study aimed to identify monocyclic parameters for evaluating rust in eucalyptus, most closely related to genetic resistance, and to establish a ranking of genotypes with greater resistance to rust in order to prepare a breeding program, besides relating the host response to the plant defense pathways. Therefore, a comparative study was conducted between assessment of rust in the field, based on a qualitative disease severity scale, and quantitative monocyclic parameters of the disease in a controlled environment. Prevalence of susceptible individuals indicated possible segregation distortions, corroborating hypotheses of previous studies. Results showed that the resistance gene present in this population is dependent on the action of other genes that are indirectly related to resistance and that participate in the metabolic defense pathways of Eucalyptus.

RESUMO Esta pesquisa investiga o impacto da responsabilidade socioambiental (RSA) na atração e retenção de jovens profissionais, através de dois estudos. O primeiro deles, de natureza experimental, investiga se tais práticas são um fator de atração para jovens em formação, considerando diferentes condições salariais e de desenvolvimento profissional. O segundo, uma survey, investiga o impacto da RSA na rotatividade voluntária de trainees, controlando para diferenças individuais e para o nível de satisfação com salário, crescimento e área de interesse. Os resultados sugerem que a RSA é um quesito relevante tanto na atratividade exercida por uma empresa no recrutamento de jovens profissionais, como também está estatisticamente associada com a probabilidade de eles deixarem as empresas após disputados processos seletivos e programas de treinamento.

ABSTRACT This research investigates if company social-environmental responsibility (SER) is an attraction and retention factor for young professionals in two studies. The first study, an experiment, investigates whether such practices influence the attraction exerted by the company as a prospect employer among undergraduate students, considering different wage and professional development conditions. The second study, a survey, investigates the impact of company SER on voluntary turnover among trainees, controlling for individual differences and satisfaction with income, growth and interests. The results suggest that SER is an important element in the attractiveness exercised by companies as they recruit young professionals, and in the retention of trainees, since it is statistically associated with the likelihood of them leaving their companies after disputed selection processes and expensive training programs.

Os autores descrevem um caso de paciente de 33 anos de idade com história de crises convulsivas isoladas sem qualquer antecedente, sendo diagnosticadas metástases cerebrais tendo como sítio primário um adenocarcinoma papilífero de pulmão. É enfatizada a investigação diagnóstica para metástase cerebral e avaliação prognóstica do adenocarcinoma papilífero de pulmão, além de realizar breve revisão sobre essas doenças.

The authors describe the case of a 33-year-old patient with history of seizures alone without any previous symptom, being diagnosed with brain metastases from primary papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung. Emphasis is given to the diagnostic investigation for brain metastasis and prognostic evaluation of papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung, and a brief literature review on such diseases is performed.

Work with deaf children has gained new attention since the expectation and goal of therapy has expanded to language development and subsequent language learning. Many clinical tests were developed for evaluation of speech sound perception in young children in response to the need for accurate assessment of hearing skills that developed from the use of individual hearing aids or cochlear implants. These tests also allow the evaluation of the rehabilitation program. However, few of these tests are available in Portuguese. Evaluation with the Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (FAPI) generates a child's functional auditory skills profile, which lists auditory skills in an integrated and hierarchical order. It has seven hierarchical categories, including sound awareness, meaningful sound, auditory feedback, sound source localizing, auditory discrimination, short-term auditory memory, and linguistic auditory processing. FAPI evaluation allows the therapist to map the child's hearing profile performance, determine the target for increasing the hearing abilities, and develop an effective therapeutic plan. Objective: Since the FAPI is an American test, the inventory was adapted for application in the Brazilian population. Material and Methods: The translation was done following the steps of translation and back translation, and reproducibility was evaluated. Four translated versions (two originals and two back-translated) were compared, and revisions were done to ensure language adaptation and grammatical and idiomatic equivalence. Results: The inventory was duly translated and adapted. Conclusion: Further studies about the application of the translated FAPI are necessary to make the test practicable in Brazilian clinical use.

A maior parte da comunicação humana depende da conversão de ideias em linguagem, envolvendo a interação de todos os seus componentes - fonológico, semântico, sintático e pragmático. A pragmática estuda a relação entre o significado social da linguagem e seu conteúdo semântico, manifestado pelo ato comunicativo em si. O espectro da neuropatia auditiva gera uma dessincronia na condução nervosa, contribuindo para o prejuízo na percepção da fala. Na criança deficiente auditiva, o processo de aquisição e desenvolvimento da linguagem pode ser estimulado com a intervenção. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi realizar acompanhamento longitudinal do uso das habilidades pragmáticas de comunicação por uma criança com espectro da neuropatia auditiva. A criança realizou intervenção fonoaudiológica por três anos na área de Audiologia Educacional. Foram gravadas conversações espontâneas, ao início de cada ano, transcritas e analisadas segundo protocolo de habilidades comunicativas verbais. Na gravação inicial, a criança apresentou maior número de habilidade de respostas diretas; porém, estas foram ampliadas com o fornecimento de respostas mais complexas ao longo da intervenção. Na última gravação, já propõe novos tópicos de discurso, realiza narrativas e argumentações. O surgimento de habilidades comunicativas refinadas é explicado pelo desenvolvimento da linguagem, que é potencializado pela terapia com deficientes auditivos. Pode-se concluir que para o caso apresentado a intervenção fonoaudiológica proporcionou melhora nas habilidades pragmáticas de comunicação.

Human communication depends mostly on the conversion of ideas into language, involving the interaction among all its components - phonological, semantic, syntactic and pragmatic. Pragmatics studies the relationship between the social meaning of language and its semantic content, expressed by the communicative act itself. Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder generates a dyssynchrony in nerve conduction, contributing to an impairment in speech perception. In hearing impaired children the language acquisition and development process can be stimulated with intervention. The aim of this study was to present a longitudinal follow-up of the use of pragmatic communication abilities by a child with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. The child received speech-language pathology therapy during three years in the Educational Audiology area. Video recordings of spontaneous conversation were made in the beginning of each year. These recordings were transcribed and analyzed according to the verbal communicative abilities protocol. In the initial recording, the most frequent ability presented by the child was the direct response; however these were extended to more complex responses during the intervention. In the last recording the child proposes new topics of discourse, produce narratives and arguments. The emergence of more sophisticated communication skills is justified by the language development, which benefits from language therapy with hearing impaired children. This suggests that, for the case study described, speech-language pathology therapy contributed to the improvement of pragmatic communication abilities.

RACIONAL: O megacólon é uma doença freqüente no nosso meio e abordado na urgência pelas suas complicações como fecalomas, volvos e perfurações. As úlceras de estases nos megacólons contribuem como prováveis sítios de perfurações OBJETIVO: Comparar as freqüências de úlceras de decúbito em megacólons chagásicos operados na urgência, por volvo e fecaloma, e eletivamente, objetivando melhor conduta cirúrgica na urgência MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Analisaram-se os laudos de 356 exames anatomopatológicos de ressecções colônicas de pacientes operados por megacólon chagásico na urgência (102 casos; 29%) e eletivamente (254 casos; 71%), no período de 1980 a 2000. As indicações cirúrgicas de urgência foram atribuídas a volvo (71 casos; 69,6%), fecaloma (25 casos; 24,5%), abdome agudo perfurativo após sondagem retal ou sigmoidoscopia (6 casos; 5,9%). Compararam-se as freqüências de úlceras nos dois grupos de peças cirúrgicas, com a utilização do teste do qui-quadrado RESULTADOS: Nos laudos das peças cirúrgicas obtidas nas cirurgias de urgência, constatou-se o registro de úlceras em 26 casos (25,5%); nas peças de ressecções eletivas verificaram-se úlceras em 21 casos (8,25%). A diferença observada foi estatisticamente significante. A comparação dos grupos de volvo, fecaloma e volvo com fecaloma, em separado com o grupo das cirurgias eletivas, evidenciou diferenças significantes em relação ao volvo e ao fecaloma CONCLUSÃO: A freqüência muito maior de úlceras nos megas operados em caráter de urgência enfatiza a necessidade da ressecção imediata do cólon sigmóide, ao invés da conduta conservadora de simples colostomia descompressiva, mesmo naquelas laparotomias exploradoras em que o exame macroscópico do sigmóide não mostre sinais de necrose. Desta forma, deve-se prevenir a ocorrência de perfuração do megacólon no pós-operatório mediato, com conseqüências usualmente graves.

BACKGROUD: The megacolon is a frequent disease in our emergencie hospital, and approached in the urgency by your complications as fecal impaction, volvulus and perforations. The ulcerations in the megacolons contribute as probable sites of perforations AIM: To compare the frequencies of stercoral ulceration in Chagas' megacolon operated at urgency, by volvulus or fecal impaction, and electively, aiming at a better surgical conduct in the urgency surgery METHODS: It was analyzed 356 anatomy-pathological exams from colon resection of operated patients due to Chagas' megacolon at urgency (102 cases; 29%) and electively (254 cases; 71%), from 1980 to 2000. The surgical urgency indications were attributed to volvulus (71 cases; 69,6%), fecal impaction (25 cases; 24,5%), perforated acute abdomen after rectal catheter or sigmoidoscopy (6 cases; 5,9%). The ulceration frequency was compared in both groups of resections, using chi-square RESULTS: The pathological anatomy - of surgery resection obtained at urgency surgeries, showed 26 cases of ulceration (25,5%) and in electively resections were verified 21 cases of ulceration (8,25%). The difference observed was statistically significant. The comparison among the groups of volvulus; fecal impaction and volvulus with fecal impaction, separately with electively surgery group evidenced significant differences in relation to volvulus and fecal impaction CONCLUSIONS: The higher frequency of ulcerations in the megacolon operated at urgency character emphasizes the needs of immediate resection of sigmoid colon, instead of conservative conduct of simple decompression colostomy, even in exploration laparotomy which the macroscopic examination of sigmoid does not show necrotic signs. This way, should prevent the occurrence of perforation in megacolon at mediate postoperative, with serious results.

Helicobacter pylori plays an important role in the etiology of peptic ulcer disease. Its prevalence appears to be higher in developing countries. We evaluated the seroprevalence of H. pylori and risk factors associated with infection in voluntary blood donors who attended the main blood center of the city of Salvador, Brazil. The subjects responded to an epidemiological questionnaire, with information about sex, age, race, lifestyle, social-economic level indicators, and residence and hygiene conditions. Anti-H. pylori antibody was determined by ELISA (Cobas Core, Roche). Three hundred and seven subjects were included in the study. Anti-H. pylori antibody results were indeterminate in 33 individuals (10.8%), who were excluded from analysis. Among the remaining 274 subjects, 187 (68.2%) were anti-H. pylori positive. Based on multivariate logistic regression analysis three variables were found to be significantly associated with a higher prevalence of H. pylori infection: absence of plumbing in the residence during childhood, a history of rainwater invading the dwelling during childhood, and low ingestion of milk.

Para investigar se a extensão de uma regra interfere no seguir regras, dezesseis estudantes universitários foram expostos a um procedimento de escolha segundo o modelo. Em cada tentativa, um estímulo modelo e três de comparação eram apresentados ao participante, que deveria apontar para os estímulos de comparação em seqüência. As seqüências corretas eram reforçadas. Cada condição era constituída de três sessões de trinta tentativas. As Sessões 1, 2 e 3 eram iniciadas por: Instruções mínimas na Condição I; Regras R1, R2 e R1, respectivamente, na Condição II; R2, R1 e R2, respectivamente, na Condição III, e R3, R1 e R3, respectivamente, na Condição IV. R3 era mais extensa que R2 e R2 mais extensa que R1. Os resultados mostraram que R1 e R2 foram sempre seguidas. R3 foi seguida apenas na terceira sessão da Condição IV. Sugere-se que a extensão e a complexidade de uma regra pode interferir no seguir regras.

In order to verify whether rule size affects rule following, 16 college students were exposed to a matching-to-sample procedure. Depending upon the sample three comparisons should be pointed in a different sequence. Correct sequencing was reinforced. Each condition had three sessions with 30 trials each, and started with one of three rules. Under Condition I, minimal instructions were given; under Condition II, rules R1, R2, and R1 were used, in this sequence; under Condition III, rules R2, R1, and R2 were used, in this sequence; and under Condition IV, rules R3, R1, and R3 were used, in this sequence. R3 was longer than R2, and R2 was longer than R1. Results showed that Rules 1 and 2 were always followed. Rule 3 was followed only in the third session, Condition IV. It is suggested that the size and complexity of a rule does affect rule following behavior.