Universidade Positivo

About: Universidade Positivo is a education organization based out in Curitiba, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 1290 authors who have published 1237 publications receiving 9335 citations. The organization is also known as: Positive University.

Sensory and compression evaluation of facial powders obtained by different manufacturing processes

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate different manufacturing processes of compact powders and establish consumer preferences through sensory analysis. Four compact powders were formulated with the following treatments: micronization, hammer mill, addition of raw materials that modify the sensory, and simple mixture. The powders were compressed, passing the tests for glazing, detachment of color and drop test, and later forwarded to sensory evaluation by 45 volunteers. In the compression tests, drop test, glazing and detachment of color, the micronized sample obtained the best results showing the reduction of particle size influences the packaging of powders and improves the compression of the product, but in the sensory analysis the sample obtained by simple mixture was the preference of most of the volunteers. It was felt that, despite the best compaction results are obtained for samples micronized, the preference of the volunteers is still linked to older manufacturing processes where the resulting powder shows more coarse and form a thicker layer on the skin.

Patients under enteral nutritional therapy and prevalence of drug-nutrient interactions in the hospital environment

Abstract: Determinar a prevalencia das possiveis interacoes farmaco-nutrientes em pacientes hospitalizados submetidos a terapia nutricional enteral e analisar o risco clinico. Estudo observacional, analitico e retrospectivo com prontuarios de 104 pacientes em terapia nutricional enteral, internados em um hospital universitario em uma capital do sul do Brasil. Foram coletadas informacoes no prontuario eletronico Tasy ®, dos pacientes internados no periodo de julho a dezembro de 2018, que receberam terapia nutricional enteral. Os farmacos utilizados foram classificados conforme o Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Code . As interacoes farmaco-nutrientes foram determinadas pelo programa Micromedex 2.0®. Dos 112 medicamentos utilizados pelos pacientes, observou-se 28,6% de potencial prevalencia de interacoes farmaco-nutrientes, sendo 6,25% de potencial de interacao farmaco com alimentos em geral e 2,7% de potencial de interacao com a terapia nutricional enteral, de gravidade moderada (n = 19; 59,4%), com bom nivel de evidencia (n = 17; 53,2%) e de inicio imediato (n = 22; 68,7%). Os farmacos envolvidos foram, principalmente, a fenitoina, levotiroxina e varfarina. Os pacientes em terapia nutricional enteral apresentam pequeno mas prejudicial risco de interacoes farmaco-nutrientes, principalmente relacionados ao tratamento de crises convulsivas, a tireoide, e a coagulacao sanguinea. Sugere-se que protocolos sejam implementados a fim de garantir seguranca nutricional e medicamentosa aos pacientes hospitalizados.

Georeferencing of adolescents with malocclusion in a capital of Southern Brazil

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and to georeference the malocclusion traits in adolescents in the city of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Data from a previous cross-sectional study with 538 adolescents aged 10 to 14 years were used. In addition, the following variables were used: gender, Health District (HD) of residence, and presence and malocclusion traits. Fisher’s Exact Test, georeferencing, and kernel mapping were used for data evaluation. Malocclusion was observed in 52.4% of individuals, and the most prevalent occlusal trait was deep bite (22.7%), followed by excessive overjet (19.9%), anterior crowding (8.0%), posterior crossbite (6.5%), anterior open bite (4.8%), and anterior crossbite (1.7%). Malocclusion was not associated with gender (p = 0.389) or HD (p = 0.079). However, when stratified by gender, the deep bite prevailed among male. The highest malocclusion trait’s prevalence was observed in the HDs of Cajuru, Pinheirinho, Boa Vista, and Cidade Industrial de Curitiba. Despite the absence of significant differences in relation to gender and HD, the prevalence of malocclusion traits in the sample studied was high, especially for deep bite. Additionally, georeferencing proved to be useful for identifying the distribution of malocclusion in Curitiba.

Gestão estratégica de competências organizacionais: conceitos, critérios e recursos

Abstract: No atual contexto em que as organizacoes encontram-se propensas pela busca de solucoes voltadas para melhoria no desenvolvimento de suas competencias, visando viabilizar suas opcoes estrategicas, torna-se relevante compreender as relacoes entre o processo de gestao estrategica das competencias organizacionais e a sua real contribuicao no provimento das capacidades necessarias a viabilizacao das alternativas estrategicas das empresas. As organizacoes sao formadas por pessoas que estabelecem relacoes. As competencias, grandeza e pluralidade dessas relacoes constituem tema para os mais diversos estudos organizacionais. Deste modo, um estudo sobre a natureza e dinâmica das competencias organizacionais merece notavel atencao por parte dos gestores, visto que seus contornos e funcionamento encontram-se revestidos de elementos que permitem a criacao e viabilizacao de estrategias. Assim, o presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar as diferentes concepcoes de competencias organizacionais; verificar os criterios essenciais para identificacao de competencias; e analisar os recursos e as capacidades associadas ao corpo de competencias das organizacoes. Conclui-se, atraves do uso da triagem da literatura como base para fundamentacao teorica, que as competencias organizacionais resultam de alguns criterios ou fatores chaves que permitem viabilizar a formulacao de estrategias de tal modo a garantir um posicionamento de pioneirismo as organizacoes em razao das suas capacidades, processos e recursos unicos e valiosos.