Health Sciences

The covid-19 pandemic and the impact on individuals with mental disorders: an integrative review

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the mental health of the general population and of people with previous mental disorders. Objective: to verify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of individuals with preexisting mental disorders. Method: integrative review, performed through the search in the databases Virtual Health Library (VHL), Medical Publications (PubMed), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), American Psychological Association (PsycINFO), Scopus (Elsevier), SciELO, Portal CAPES and Medline.

Inspiratory muscle training in patients with covid-19: evaluation of clinical practice

The disease caused by SARS VOC 2, called COVID 19, is an infectious disease of the respiratory tract and may vary from mild symptoms to conditions severe, requiring hospitalization hospital with significant mortality rate Physical therapy has the aim of limiting the after-effects of the virus and hospital stay, promoting functional recovery and optimization high hospital. The Training Inspiratory Muscle (TMI) is a technique physiotherapy c om order to strengthen and optimize the respiratory muscle strength and endurance through devices with resistive loads.

O treinamento muscular inspiratório em pacientes cardiopatas induzida pelo covid-19: uma avaliação da prática clínica

Em novembro de 2019 foi registrado o primeiro caso da infecção pela corona vírus, em Wuhan, na China. Como consequência da COVID-19, além de problemas respiratórios, também apresentam doenças cardiovasculares, como miocardite e arritmias graves, propícia à resposta imunológica exacerbada, hipoxemia grave decorrente da lesão pulmonar ou lesão viral direta aos cardiomiócitos. Assim, existe uma necessidade do treinamento muscular inspiratórioque é um tipo de terapêutica eminente para o ganho da pressão inspiratória máxima.

Sistema de governo da república democrática de Timor-Leste

Sistema de Governo da República Democrática de Timor-Leste, uma explicação dos problemas do sistema de Governo, uma vez que entrou em vigor a 20 de Maio de 2002, no entanto, na administração do Estado o governo tem vivido vários problemas constitucionais por resolver, o que levou a vários pontos de vista que Os países da RDTL usam uma variedade de sistemas de governo, mas é claro que Timor-Leste na prática usa um sistema semi-presidencialista de governo por normas constitucionais que é um sistema parlamentar.

Genetic heterogenecity of MTHFR C677T allele modulate hormonal dysfunction associated risk factors in the cases of male infertility

Male infertility is a serious problem in the developing world. Spermatogenesis is highly sensitive phenomenon due to involvement of environmental and genetic factors. The present study has been designed with the aim to evaluate the frequency of MTHFR C677T gene polymorphism, DNA copy number variations, hormone profile changes, and karyotypic alterations to evaluate the ‘risk factor’ in male infertility. Blood samples (n=72) were collected from clinically diagnosed cases of non obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and sever oligozoospermic patients with respective control.

Antioxidant activity and evaluation of lysing cell efficiency from different fractions of lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM®

Several investigations have shown that Lactobacillus acidophilus has antioxidant systems, both in its whole cell and in extract of cell lysate. Thus, this study aimed at evaluating the efficiency of lysing cell to obtain extract of cell lysate, its antioxidant activityas well as intact cells, obtained from Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM® cultures. Cell lysis was carried out using sonication and centrifugation processes, whose efficiency was measured by plating in depth after obtaining the extract process from cell lysate.

Use of ivermectin drug for treating covid-19: review article

Covid-19, formerly known as pneumonia or 2019-nCoV disease, emerged as a global public health crisis. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has spawned an increasing number of coronavirus-associated illnesses that have spread from animals to people. As a result of the rising number of sick people, several people started using drugs that presented at least a small effect against the symptoms of the disease. Among them, there is Ivermectin: an antiparasitic that obtained favourable results in its first in vitro experiments to combat the new Coronavirus.

Impactos da pandemia de covid – 19 na saúde mental de crianças: revisão integrativa da literatura

A pandemia da COVID – 19 pode ser descrita como uma grave crise social, caracterizando um dos maiores problemas de saúde pública. No cenário mundial para enfrentamento da doença, o distanciamento e o isolamento social foram adotados como estratégias de controle da disseminação do vírus, no entanto, tais medidas podem trazer impactos negativos em diferentes níveis, principalmente às crianças. Assim, objetivou-se realizar uma revisão bibliográfica acerca dos impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 à saúde mental de crianças.

Association between sociodemographic and anthropometric factors and aspects of spirituality/religiosity in elderly women with chronic pain

This study aimed to investigate the association between sociodemographic and anthropometric factors and aspects of spirituality/religiosity in elderly women with chronic pain. Quantitative cross-sectional research carried out with 80 elderly women, diagnosed with chronic pain, from a multidisciplinary program in inland Minas Gerais. A sociodemographic and the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiosity/Spirituality forms were applied. Statistical analysis was descriptive for numerical variables, while absolute and relative frequencies were used for categorical variables.

Análise swot das metodologias ativas na formação acadêmica do enfermeiro

Objetivo: descrever as forças e fragilidades internas ao ambiente da universidade relacionadas às metodologias ativas na formação acadêmica do enfermeiro; e distinguir as oportunidades e desafios do cenário externo à universidade, relacionados às metodologias ativas na formação acadêmica do enfermeiro. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo e descritivo, realizado com docentes do curso de graduação em Enfermagem, sendo os dados coletados por entrevista, categorizados pela análise de conteúdo de Bardin e analisados pela análise SWOT.