Universidade Estadual de Londrina

About: Universidade Estadual de Londrina is a education organization based out in Londrina, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Toxoplasma gondii. The organization has 13052 authors who have published 19291 publications receiving 212123 citations.

Integralidade da saúde: norteando mudanças na graduação dos novos profissionais

Abstract: The strong changes happened in the health sector with the creation of the Brazilian Unified Health System had forced a reflexion about the formation of the new health professionals. However, the substitution of the dominant health care system, centered in the illness, hospital and super specialized assistance, by attention's models that value the integrality, the humanized care and the health's promotion, was not yet conquered and depends, in great measured, on the formation's profile and the practice of the health professionals. It is in the distance between the new professional's formation and the user's necessities of the system that is the great obstacle of the relation of health services and health education. This essay tries to formulate an understanding about the necessity of a more integral formation for a more integral service. It aims to give subsidize to affirm that the integrality of the health actions must be preceded by the integrality of the thought and health education.

[Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adolescents: a systematic review].

Abstract: The present study aimed to review the literature on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescents (10-19 years old). The search was conducted in online databases (MEDLINE and SciELO), references from retrieved articles, and contacts with authors. Only original articles using either the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO) or the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP-III) were considered. Sixteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Eight studies were undertaken in low to medium-income countries, but none of them in Brazil. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in studies using the NCEP-ATP III criteria ranged from 4.2% to 15.4%. Prevalence in studies using the WHO criteria was slightly higher: 4.5% to 38.7%. High triglyceride level was the most frequent component of the metabolic syndrome, with prevalence ranging from 4.9% to 75.0%, while high blood glucose showed the lowest prevalence. In conclusion, although there are few available studies, metabolic syndrome in adolescents is a highly prevalent health issue. The exact prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents is unknown.

Rhizobium freirei sp. nov., a symbiont of Phaseolus vulgaris that is very effective at fixing nitrogen

Abstract: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) can establish symbiotic associations with several Rhizobium species; however, the effectiveness of most strains at fixing nitrogen under field conditions is very low. PRF 81T is a very effective strain, usually referred to as Rhizobium tropici and used successfully in thousands of doses of commercial inoculants for the common bean crop in Brazil; it has shown high rates of nitrogen fixation in all areas representative of the crop in the country. Here, we present results that indicate that PRF 81T, although it belongs to the ‘ R. tropici group’, which includes 10 Rhizobium species, R. tropici , R. leucaenae , R. lusitanum , R. multihospitium , R. miluonense , R. hainanense , R. calliandrae , R. mayense , R. jaguaris and R. rhizogenes , represents a novel species. Several morpho-physiological traits differentiated PRF 81T from related species. Differences were also confirmed in the analysis of rep-PCR (sharing less than 45 % similarity with the other species), MLSA with recA, atpD and rpoB genes, and DNA–DNA hybridization. The novel species, for which we propose the name Rhizobium freirei sp. nov., is able to establish effective root nodule symbioses with Phaseolus vulgaris, Leucaena leucocephala, Leucaena esculenta, Crotalaria juncea and Macroptilium atropurpureum. The type strain is PRF 81T ( = CNPSo 122T = SEMIA 4080T = IPR-Pv81T = WDCM 440T).

Síndrome de Burnout em trabalhadores de enfermagem de um pronto socorro de hospital universitário

Abstract: OBJETIVO: Investigar sinais e sintomas de burnout em trabalhadores de enfermagem de um Pronto Socorro de Hospital Universitario correlacionando-os com fatores preditores. METODOS: Estudo descritivo quantitativo, com 61 trabalhadores de enfermagem. Utilizou-se um questionario estruturado, auto-aplicavel, acrescido do instrumento Maslach Burnout Inventory. A analise dos dados foi feita atraves do Epiinfo 2004. RESULTADOS: Dos 61 trabalhadores que participaram do estudo, 8,2% apresentavam manifestacoes de burnout, todos do sexo feminino, 54,1% possuiam alto risco para manifestacao de burnout e 37,7% eram de baixo risco de manifestacao da doenca. Fatores como o nao reconhecimento e incentivo ao desenvolvimento profissional estao relacionados com este diagnostico. CONCLUSOES: A dinâmica organizacional de um Pronto Socorro gera uma sobrecarga e tensao ocupacional sendo necessario desenvolver estrategias de reorganizacao do processo de trabalho diminuindo fontes de estresse.