Developed societies are currently facing severe demographic changes: the world is getting older at an unprecedented rate. New challenges are raised to the traditional systems of health care. There is an urgent need to find solutions that allow to extend the time people can live in their own environment by increasing their autonomy, self-confidence and mobility. Residing and being cared in the own familiar environment, in contrast to an institutionalized inpatient setting is becoming more attractive for an increasing portion of the population. Ambient Intelligence and, particularly, the development of Ambient Assisted Living environments can help to minimize hospital stays and, in doing so, enable patients an independent life in a domestic environment. However, the complexity of such systems raises fundamental questions of communication and computer-supported cooperation among components, devices and systems. This paper reports on the work developed in the eHealthCom pro ject, an interoperable health-assistive platform designed to meet the requirements of the current health services in caring, monitoring and motivating the elderly population in their own environment
Os jogos digitais são uma das principais formas de expressão e entretenimento, e que a cada dia crescem seu campo de atuação. Uma dessas categorias chama-se Serious Games, onde o jogo é visto como dispositivo educacional, auxiliando na motivação para atingir objetivos, no desenvolvimento de estratégias, tomadas de decisões, entre outros. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido um protótipo nesta linha, com um propósito de aprendizagem do folclore brasileiro, especialmente a Lenda do Japuaçu. Assim, o protótipo visa valorizar e ensinar elementos da cultura brasileira de forma lúdica. Utilizou-se o Unity 3D como motor gráfico, possibilitando a criação do protótipo e sua mecânica. A metodologia de construção e avaliação empregada chama-se RETAIN, a qual auxilia pesquisadores, desenvolvedores e educadores nos processos de criação e avaliação de Serious Games. A partir de sua aplicação coletaram-se dados para auxiliar na determinação de eficiência do jogo, tendo uma pontuação de 54,2 pontos, dos 63 disponíveis.
Industrial and urban development, together with population growth, has contributed to the increase of atmospheric pollution, and causes the air of urban centers to present more and more substances that are harmful to living beings. In southern Santa Catarina, Morro da Fumaça and Sangão are the highlights in the production of red ceramics (bricks and tiles), these industries use combustion processes for the manufacture of their product and releases air pollutants.The exposure period of the organism was from June to October 2015, at Points A and B in Morro da Fumaça and C, D and E in Sangão. Collections of the young inflorescences of the exposed plants were carried out weekly. After collection, inflorescences were fixed in ethanol / glacial acetic acid solution (3: 1) for 24 hours, transferred to 70% ethanol solution and stored under refrigeration. These were submitted to staining with acetic carmine and the number of micronuclei in 300 tetrads was quantified for each inflorescence, and blades with 5 inflorescences / week were made for each point studied. The results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation and median and range. In the present study it can be verified that the bioindicator Tradescantia pallida shows to be a highly sensitive plant and an excellent test organism, considered an essential tool in the biomonitoring of polluted environments. The results show that in the month of August, the frequency of micronuclei was significantly higher in the plants of the sampling points.
Introducción: Debido a la ausencia de datos precisos respecto de la salud laboral y mental de los Médicos Anestesiólogos (MA), en este estudio, se buscó identificar la frecuencia de ideación suicida en anestesiólogos de un Estado brasileño. Objetivos: Verificar la frecuencia de ideación suicida y variables comunes en los anestesiólogos de la población seleccionada, con el fin de realizar una contribución literaria y generar conocimiento que pueda ser útil, por medio de estrategias de salud mental y laboral. Método: Se realizó un estudio individual, observacional, transversal, caracterizado como investigación, de enfoque cuantitativo, entre médicos anestesiólogos, por medio de un cuestionario electrónico. Resultados: Se aplicaron 266 cuestionarios entre septiembre de 2018 y noviembre de 2018, de los cuales se excluyeron a todos aquellos que no respondieron el cuestionario o lo hicieron de forma parcial, así como aquellos que no desempeñaban la profesión en el Estado de Paraná, dando como resultado n = 233. Discusión: Se verificó que el 14,59% (34) de los médicos anestesiólogos de la muestra han experimentado pensamientos suicidas. La ideación suicida conceptualmente aborda pensamientos, ideas, planeación o deseo de terminar con la vida.
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