IntroduçãoUma das metas dos cursos da área de Computação é capacitar o aluno para que este apresente soluções para problemas computacionais de diversos tipos [Júnior e Rapkiewicz 2004]. De acordo com Azeredo (2000), no ensino de Estrutura de Dados, deve-se dar destaque à parte conceitual e comportamental das estruturas antes de se pensar em sua implementação. No ensino da estrutura de dados Fila, por exemplo, a parte conceitual consiste na definição desse tipo abstrato de dados, e a parte comportamental consiste nas operações aplicáveis sobre essa estrutura como inserção no fim, remoção do início, entre outras. Dessa forma, espera-se que os alunos visualizem a aplicação prática dos conceitos que são apresentados na disciplina de Estrutura de Dados, mesmo antes de implementá-los. Na prática, não é bem isso que ocorre. Observa-se um grande número de alunos desmotivados na aprendizagem da disciplina. Muito se deve ao fato de o aluno não conseguir visualizar a aplicação dos conceitos em situações da vida real e ao fato do III Congresso Brasileiro de Informática na Educação (CBIE 2014) XXV Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação (SBIE 2014) _______________________________________________________________________ 872
OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to verify whether the parameters of the blood count and the fasting glucose level before treatment are related to prognosis and survival in cervical cancer (IIB-IVB staging). METHODS: Patients with cervical cancer (stages IIB-IVB) were evaluated (n=80). Age, parity, staging, histological grade, histological type, hemoglobin, red blood cells, hematocrit, neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts, red blood cell distribution width, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, plateletlymphocyte ratio, fasting glucose levels, overall survival, and disease-free survival were evaluated. The results of laboratory parameters were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. Receiver operating characteristic curve was used to obtain the area under the curve and determine the best cutoff values for each parameter. Survival was verified by using the Kaplan-Meier method, followed by the log-rank test. The level of significance was ≤0.05. RESULTS: Regarding staging, lower hemoglobin values (p=0.0013), red blood cells (p=0.009), hematocrit (p=0.0016), higher leukocytes (p=0.0432), neutrophils (p=0.0176), platelets (p=0.0140), red blood cell distribution width (RDW) (p=0.0073), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (p=0.0039), plateletlymphocyte ratio (p=0.0006), and fasting glucose level (p=0.0278) were found in IIIA-IVB compared with IIB staging. Shorter disease-free survival was associated with hemoglobin ≤12.3 g/dl (p=0.0491), hematocrit ≤38.5% (p=0.05), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio >2.9 (p=0.0478), and plateletlymphocyte ratio >184.9 (p=0.0207). Shorter overall survival was associated with hemoglobin ≤12.3 g/dl (p=0.0131), hematocrit ≤38.5% (p=0.0376), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio >2.9 (p=0.0258), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio >184.9 (p=0.0038). CONCLUSION: The analysis of these low-cost and easily accessible parameters could be a way to monitor patients in order to predict treatment failures and act as early as possible.
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