ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze how the journalistic media has described the issues of quality of life (QoL), physical activity (PA) and mental health (MH) of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a descriptive and qualitative study that used content analysis. Sixty-two journalistic publications were analyzed from a total of 8211 published by the most read newspapers in each Brazilian region between December 2019 and August 2021. Results: The results were grouped and evaluated in three categories: QoL (n=11), PA (n =9) and MH (n=42). In the analyzed period, the adolescents had more time of exposure to screens, contributing to an inadequate diet, a decrease in PA and impairments in QoL. According to the media publications, the pandemic has also contributed to an increase in anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear resulting from the mental and emotional disorganization caused by the abrupt change in routine. Social vulnerability was presented as an aggravating factor in this context. The journalistic media did not pay the necessary attention to adolescents regarding the negative consequences of the pandemic on QoL, PA and MH. Conclusions: The analyzed reports showed that the pandemic caused a decrease in social interaction, feelings of uncertainty, fear and the appearance/exacerbation of symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression. Social vulnerability was presented as another obstacle to be faced in this problem.

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar como a mídia jornalística tem descrito as questões de qualidade de vida (QV), atividade física (AF) e saúde mental (SM) de adolescentes durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e qualitativo que utilizou a análise de conteúdo. Foram analisadas 62 publicações jornalísticas do total de 8.211 veiculadas pelos jornais mais lidos de cada região brasileira entre dezembro de 2019 e agosto de 2021. Resultados: Os resultados foram agrupados e avaliados em três categorias: QV (n=11), AF (n=9) e SM (n=42). No período analisado as publicações jornalísticas sugerem que os adolescentes apresentaram maior tempo de exposição a telas, contribuindo para uma alimentação inadequada, diminuição da AF e prejuízos na QV. A pandemia também contribuiu com aumento da ansiedade, depressão, solidão e medo resultantes da desorganização mental e emocional causada pela mudança abrupta de rotina. A vulnerabilidade social apresentou-se como um fator agravante nesse contexto. As mídias jornalísticas não deram a atenção necessária aos adolescentes no que se refere às consequências negativas da pandemia na QV, AF e SM. Conclusões: As reportagens analisadas mostraram que a pandemia causou diminuição na interação social, sentimentos de incerteza, medo e o aparecimento/exacerbação de sintomas de ansiedade, estresse e depressão. A vulnerabilidade social apresentou-se como mais um obstáculo a ser enfrentado nesta problemática.

ABSTRACT Purposes: Shoulder arthroplasty (SA) has been performed by many years for the treatment of several conditions, including osteoarthritis and proximal humeral fractures following trauma. Surgical site infection (SSI) following Shoulder arthroplasty remains a challenge, contributing to increased morbidity and costs. Identification of risk factors may help implementing adequate strategies to prevent infection. We aimed to identify pre- and intra-operative risk factors associated with deep infections after Shoulder arthroplasty. Methods: An unmatched case-control study was conducted to describe the prevalence, clinical and microbiological findings, and to evaluate patient and surgical risk factors for prosthetic shoulder infection (PSI), among 158 patients who underwent SA due to any reason, at a tertiary public university institution. Risk factors for PSI was assessed by uni- and multivariate analyses using multiple logistic regression. Results: 168 SA from 158 patients were analyzed, with an overall infection rate of 9.5% (16/168 cases). Subjects undergoing SA with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade III or higher (odds ratio [OR] = 5.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.58-17.79, p < 0.013) and presenting local hematoma after surgery (odds ratio [OR] = 7.10, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09-46.09, p = 0.04) had higher risk for PSI on univariate analysis. However, only ASA score grade III or higher remained significant on multivariate analysis (OR = 4.74, 95% CI = 1.33-16.92, p = 0.016). Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli were equally isolated in 50% of cases; however, the most commonly detected bacterium was Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.7%). Conclusion: This study provides evidence suggesting that patient-related known factors such as higher ASA score predisposes to shoulder arthroplasty-associated infection. Furthermore, unusual pathogens associated with PSI were identified.

Objective: To present the most relevant findings regarding the Brazilian Medical Association guidelines for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of panic disorder. Methods: We used the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Medical Association for the Diretrizes Project. The MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science, and LILACS online databases were queried for articles published from 1980 to 2012. Searchable questions were structured using the PICO format (acronym for “patient” [or population], “intervention” [or exposure], “comparison” [or control], and “outcome”). Results: We present data on clinical manifestations and implications of panic disorder and its association with depression, drug abuse, dependence and anxiety disorders. In addition, discussions were held on the main psychiatric and clinical differential diagnoses. Conclusions: The guidelines are proposed to serve as a reference for the general practitioner and specialist to assist in and facilitate the diagnosis of panic disorder.

OBJETIVO: Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a influência dos fatores prognósticos em portadores de carcinoma papilífero da tireóide, tratados no Hospital do Câncer (INCA-RJ). MÉTODO: Com base em testes estatísticos (Wilcoxon e Cox) foram analisados 126 prontuários de pacientes atendidos no período de 1986 a 1994, portadores de carcinoma papilífero da tireóide, pertencentes ao grupo de alto risco, segundo os fatores de risco do carcinoma diferenciado da tireóide, considerando uma sobrevida de dez anos livre de doença. RESULTADOS: Observou-se que 104 pacientes eram mulheres (83%); a idade variou de sete a 79 anos, média de 40 anos; invasão capsular ocorreu em 15% (18/126); houve metástase regional em 38% (47/126) e metástase a distância em 11% (13/126). A sobrevida em dez anos livre de doença foi de 81% para os pacientes com menos de 45 anos, e de 76% para os mais idosos: p = 0,0008 (análise univariada) e p = 0,01 (análise multivariada). Dos pacientes que tinham invasão capsular, 72% viveram dez anos, assim como 60% dos que tinham metástase regional, e 28% dos que apresentavam metástase a distância. CONCLUSÕES: A utilização dos fatores de risco no carcinoma papilífero da tireóide é válida mesmo para doença avançada, sendo também de grande importância na projeção do prognóstico e do futuro desenvolvimento da doença.

The authors reviewed 126 patients with high-risk papillary thyroid cancer treated at the Hospital do Câncer (Rio de Janeiro) between 1986 and 1994. Hospital do Câncer (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) is the end point of many patients treated initially elsewhere in the country justifying why patients included in this study were not seen at a first basis. We address the question regarding if prognostic factors of papillary thyroid carcinoma maintain their importance in high stages or recurrent diseases. Patient's age over 45 years, showed an important role on adverse disease evolution (p = 0,01), even greater than distant metastasis (p = 0,03), cervical metastasis (p = 0,03), patient's sex, or glandular capsular invasion. The importance of the patient's age even in a high-risk patients group, reinforces the therapeutic approach of papillary thyroid cancer based on prognostic factors and risk groups.

A antracnose do feijoeiro, causada por Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, é uma doença que ocasiona severas perdas, estando amplamente distribuída no Brasil. Trabalhos anteriores têm demonstrado que o cultivar AB 136, possuidor do gene Co-6, é uma importante fonte de resistência à antracnose no Brasil, uma vez que todos os patótipos identificados no país até o momento são incompatíveis com esse cultivar. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar um marcador RAPD ligado ao gene de resistência Co-6 presente no cultivar AB 136. Para este fim, foi utilizada uma população do cruzamento entre o progenitor Rudá, suscetível à raça 89 de C. lindemuthianum, e o cultivar AB 136. Nas populações F2 e F3 deste cruzamento observou-se uma segregação de 3 plantas resistentes para 1 suscetível, e 1 planta homozigota para 2 heterozigotas, respectivamente, sugerindo que a resistência é determinada pela ação de um único gene. Na população F2, foi identificado um marcador, de aproximadamente 940 pb (OPAZ20), ligado em fase de acoplamento a 7,1 cM do gene Co-6. Este marcador está sendo utilizado em nosso programa de melhoramento para desenvolver cultivares de feijoeiro derivados de Rudá resistentes à antracnose e adaptados ao Brasil Central.

The pathogenic variability of the fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum represents an obstacle for the creation of resistant common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties. Gene pyramiding is an alternative strategy for the development of varieties with durable resistance. RAPD markers have been proposed as a means to facilitate pyramiding of resistance genes without the need for multiple inoculations of the pathogens. The main aims of this work were to define the inheritance pattern of resistance present in common bean cultivar AB 136 in segregating populations derived from crosses with cultivar Rudá (susceptible to most C. lindemuthianum races) and to identify RAPD markers linked to anthracnose resistance. The two progenitors, populations F1 and F2, F2:3 families and backcross-derived plants were inoculated with race 89 of C. lindemuthianum under environmentally controlled greenhouse conditions. The results indicate that a single dominant gene, Co-6, controls common bean resistance to this race, giving a segregation ratio between resistant and susceptible plants of 3:1 in the F2, 1:0 in the backcrosses to AB 136 and 1:1 in the backcross to Rudá. The segregation ratio of F2:3 families derived from F2 resistant plants was 1:2 (homozygous to heterozygous resistant). Molecular marker analyses in the F2 population identified a DNA band of approximately 940 base pairs (OPAZ20(940)), linked in coupling phase at 7.1 cM of the Co-6 gene. This marker is being used in our backcross breeding program to develop Rudá-derived common bean cultivars resistant to anthracnose and adapted to central Brazil.

Muitas das espécies de insetos associadas ao plantios de eucalipto são consideradas pragas, enquanto outras ainda não apresentam uma relação definida com estas florestas. Amostragens quinzenais da entomofauna, realizadas com armadilhas luminosas, no período de agosto/90 a julho/91, revelaram a existência de 263 espécies de Lepidoptera associadas aos plantios de eucalipto da região de Açailândia (Maranhão). Destas, sete são consideradas pragas primarias: Eupseudosoma aberransSchaus, 1905 e Eupseudosoma involutaSepp, 1852 (Arctiidae), "Thyirrteina leucoceraeaRindge, 1961, Glenaspp., e Oxydia veuliaCramer, 1779 (Geometridae); Nystalea nyseusCramer, 1775 (Notodontidae); Sarsina violascensHerrich-Schaeffer, 1856 (Lymantriidae) e seis pragas sencundárias: Automeris illustrisWalker, 1855 Automenis sp., Hyperchiria incisaWalker, 1855 e Hyfesiasp. (Satumiidae), Cosmosoma augeLinné, 1767 (Amatidae) e idalus affinis(Arctiidae).

Five hundred and seven Lepidoptera species were collected associated with Eucalyptus plantations in Açailândia, Maranhão State, Brazil. From August 1990 to July 1991, once every two weeks, two light traps were set up to collect insects in an Euclyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus urophylla plantations in this region. Seven primary pests were captured: Eupseudosoma aberrane Schaus, 1905 and Eupseudosoma involuta Sepp, 1862, (Arctiidae); Glena spp., Oxydia vesulia Cramer, 1779, Thyrinteina leucoceraea Rindge, 1961 (Geometridae); Nystalea nyseus Cramer, 1775 (Notodontidae) and Sarsina violascens Herrich-Schaeffer, 1866 (Lymantriidae). Besides these species, six secondary pests were captured: Automeris illustris Walker, 1665, Automeris sp., Hyperchiria incisa and Hylesia sp. (Saturniidae); Cosmosoma auge Linné, 1767 (Ctenuchidae) and Idalus affínis (Arctiidae).