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Supplemental Material, Appendix - A Visual-Analogue Screening Tool for Assessing Mood and Quality of Daily Life Complications in Family Members of People Living With Cancer: Portuguese Version of the Emotion Thermometers: Burden Version
No full textSupplemental Material, Appendix for A Visual-Analogue Screening Tool for Assessing Mood and Quality of Daily Life Complications in Family Members of People Living With Cancer: Portuguese Version of the Emotion Thermometers: Burden Version by Neide P. Areia, Alex Mitchell, Gabriela Fonseca, Sofia Major and Ana P. Relvas in Evaluation & the Health Professions</p
Differential stability of 2'F-ANA*RNA and ANA*RNA hybrid duplexes: roles of structure, pseudohydrogen bonding, hydration, ion uptake and flexibility
No full text14 pags., 7 figs., 3 tabs.Hybrids of RNA with arabinonucleic acids 2′F-ANA and ANA have very similar structures but strikingly different thermal stabilities. We now present a thorough study combining NMR and other biophysical methods together with state-of-the-art theoretical calculations on a fully modified 10-mer hybrid duplex. Comparison between the solution structure of 2′F-ANA•RNA and ANA•RNA hybrids indicates that the increased binding affinity of 2′F-ANA is related to several subtle differences, most importantly a favorable pseudohydrogen bond (2′F-purine H8) which contrasts with unfavorable 2′-OH-nucleobase steric interactions in the case of ANA. While both 2′F-ANA and ANA strands maintained conformations in the southern/eastern sugar pucker range, the 2′F-ANA strand's structure was more compatible with the A-like structure of a hybrid duplex. No dramatic differences are found in terms of relative hydration for the two hybrids, but the ANA•RNA duplex showed lower uptake of counterions than its 2′F-ANA•RNA counterpart. Finally, while the two hybrid duplexes are of similar rigidities, 2′F-ANA single strands may be more suitably preorganized for duplex formation. Thus the dramatically increased stability of 2′F-ANA•RNA and ANA•RNA duplexes is caused by differencesin at least four areas, of which structure and pseudohydrogen bonding are the most important. © The Author(s) 2010. Published by Oxford University Press.Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (grants
CTQ2007-68014-C02-02 to CG and BIO2009-10964 to
MO); Fundacion Marcelino Botin (grant to MO);
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (grant to
M.J.D.); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (postgraduate scholarship to
J.K.W.). Funding for open access charge: Canadian
Institutes for Health Research
sj-pdf-1-eax-10.1177_21676968211046071 – Supplemental Material for A Cross-National Study of COVID-19 Impact and Future Possibilities Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-eax-10.1177_21676968211046071 for A Cross-National Study of COVID-19 Impact and Future Possibilities Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty by Margherita Lanz, Angela Sorgente, Rimantas Vosylis, Gabriela Fonseca, Žan Lep, Lijun Li, Maja Zupančič, Carla Crespo, Ana Paula Relvas and Joyce Serido in Emerging Adulthood</p
Viajantes ex-cêntricas nas histórias de Ana Miranda
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura.No conjunto das narrativas ficcionais da escritora brasileira Ana Miranda, a temática da viagem # considerada uma das mais férteis da literatura ocidental de todos os tempos # ocupa um espaço de centralidade, podendo até mesmo ser vista como o mais importante eixo de estruturação de suas obras. O estudo realizado pela presente tese tem por objetivo analisar o tratamento dado ao tema da viagem nos romances Desmundo, O retrato do rei, Dias & Dias e Amrik, evidenciando que por intermédio das narradora-viajantes # Oribela, Mariana, Feliciana e Amina # a autora promove um diálogo entre diferentes culturas, gêneros, etnias e gerações, ao mesmo tempo em que estabelece um profícuo diálogo com o passado em sua invariante problematização concernente aos limites e cruzamentos entre o discurso ficcional e os discursos narrativos extraliterários que o cercam, sobretudo o histórico e o biográfico. In the whole of Brazilian writer Ana Miranda#s fictional narrative, the travel thematic # considered one of the most fertile themes of the western literature of all times # occupies a central space, and can even been seen as the most important structuring axis of Miranda#s works. The aim of the present thesis is to analyze the treatment given to the travel subject in the novels Desmundo, O retrato do rei, Dias & Dias and Amrik, emphasizing that, through the traveling narrators, Oribela, Mariana, Feliciana and Amina, the author promotes a connection between different cultures, genders, ethnics and generations, at the same time that establishes a profitable dialogue with the past in her invariant problematization concerning the limits and crossings between the fictional and the extra-literary narrative discourses that surrounds it, mainly the historical and the biographic ones
Cross-Cultural Validity of Bowen Theory in Southern European Countries
No full textWe present a comparison between Italy, Spain, Greece, and Portugal to test the cross-cultural validity of the Differentiation of Self Inventory Revised (DSI-R) Scales of emotional cut-off (EC) and emotional reactivity (ER). Our study focuses on the importance of in-depth analyses of the differentiation of self-constructs from a cross-cultural perspective and reflects on the possibility of conceptualising the universality of Bowen theory in southern European countries. The study involved 1,807 healthy individuals. All participants completed the DSI-R (Skowron & Schmitt, 2003). It was found that the measurement models had a suitable fit for each country group. Nevertheless, in our study, the two DSI-R subscales, ER and EC, highlighted a weak invariance, specifically demonstrating only the invariance of the pattern factor loadings and the magnitude of factor loadings in the four samples. The empirical and clinical implications of these data are discussed
As mulheres do império: uma leitura de Ana de Amsterdam / Women’s Empire: A Reading of Ana de Amsterdam
No full textResumo: Enquadrado no bojo da produção identificada como “literatura dos retornados”, o interesse principal de Ana de Amsterdam (2016a), de Ana Cássia Rebelo, não recai nas imagens traumáticas do retorno ou na violência praticada entre colonizadores e colonizados, como é recorrente no gênero. De forma até sintomática, as lembranças de África são esporádicas na menina de cinco anos que deixou Moçambique junto à família. Em seu lugar, a exuberância de uma Índia portuguesa sonhada e projetada por ela ocupam as lacunas de um presente insatisfatório, dividido entre a criação dos três filhos de um casamento em crise e o emprego burocrático desempenhado numa Lisboa pouco atrativa. Em ambos, tanto na Goa portuguesa como no trajeto para o trabalho, despontam narrativas de mulheres que constituem a síntese entre o diário íntimo de Ana e a escrita testemunhal da diáspora. Numa primeira parte do estudo, recupera-se a gênese do romance no formato do blog assinado pela autora, evidenciando a “escrita do eu”, nos moldes dos estudos de autobiografias, diários e afins. O segundo momento volta-se para a escrita testemunhal no lastro da narrativa pós-colonial e também da pós-memória. Em comum, os dois planos tratam da perspectiva feminina, seja na batalha contemporânea da cosmopolita Lisboa, seja nos desdobramentos silenciados do pós-colonialismo, em meio às histórias duplicadas de outras tantas Anas.Palavras-chave: Ana de Amsterdam; Ana Cássia Rebelo; diário íntimo; literatura de testemunho; blogs.Abstract: Framed in the center of the production identified as “literature of the returnees”, the main focus of Ana de Amsterdam (2016a) by Ana Cássia Rebelo, does not lie in the traumatic images of the return or in the violence practiced between colonizers and colonized, as it is usually the case in this genre. Somehow, even symptomatically, African memories are sporadic in the five-year-old girl who left Mozambique with her family. Instead, the exuberance of a Portuguese India, dreamed and projected by her, occupies the gaps of an unsatisfactory present, dividing herself to raise three children of a marriage in crisis and work in the bureaucratic employment situated in an unattractive Lisbon. In both, Portuguese Goa and on the way to work, narratives of women emerge and represent the synthesis between Ana’s private diary and the testimonial writing of the diaspora. In a first part of the study, the genesis of the novel is recovered in the form of a blog signed by the author, emphasizing the “writing of the self”, in the molds of autobiographies, journals and etc. The second moment turns to the testimonial writing in the basis of the postcolonial narrative and also of the post-memory. In common, the two plans deal with the feminine perspective, whether in the contemporary battle of cosmopolitan Lisbon or in the silenced developments of postcolonialism, in the middle of the duplicate stories of so many Anas.Keywords: Ana de Amsterdam; Ana Cássia Rebelo; diary; testimonial literature; blogs
YES, WE COPE: Dyadic Coping as a Mediator Between Perceived Relationship Quality and Emotional Representation of COVID-19
No full textBackground The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about social changes that have impacted the functioning and dynamics of couples in a romantic relationship, arising from the overwhelming amount of added stress they have endured. Specifically, the divorce rate in Portugal has increased after lockdown, which underscores the adverse consequences of COVID-19 on couples. A lower quality of the couple's relationship may worsen the emotional representation of COVID-19; however, the literature suggests that perceived partner dyadic coping responses have a great influence on adverse events. The aim of the present study was to assess the mediating role of partner coping in the association between relationship quality and emotional representation of COVID-19. We also sought to observe whether the length of the relationship moderates this association. Methods Participants (N = 528) were adults living in Portugal (84.7% female) currently in a romantic relationship with their current partner for at least 1 year. Online data collection. Results We found that relationship quality predicted COVID-19 emotional representation, but this association was fully mediated by total dyadic coping. This association was especially significant in couples with a shorter length of time in the relationship. Conclusions We point out the importance of dyadic coping as a protective factor against emotional distress to cope with the ongoing stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. These data suggest the need for relationship education programs that promote positive coping between partners
O papel do funcionamento familiar e do contexto de prestação de cuidados na adaptação individual à doença oncológica terminal
No full textDissertação de mestrado em Psicologia Clínica (Sistémica, Saúde e Família) apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de CoimbraA doença terminal e a intervenção em cuidados paliativos têm um importante impacto no sistema familiar. Perante o diagnóstico de uma doença ameaçadora de vida, tal como o é o cancro terminal, o doente e a sua família procuram adaptar-se às necessidades exigidas pela doença.
Objetivos: A presente investigação pretende apurar o impacto que a doença terminal tem nos familiares do doente ao nível da morbilidade psicológica, luto antecipatório e alteração emocional e impacto, atendendo ao contexto de prestação de cuidados. Visa, ainda, apurar a influência do funcionamento familiar na presença de morbilidade psicológica (depressão e ansiedade).
Método: Foi utilizada uma amostra de 114 familiares de doentes oncológicos em fase terminal, sendo que 64 estão a receber cuidados em casa e 50 encontram-se em contexto hospitalar. Procedeu-se à administração de um protocolo de investigação, onde foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: Systemic Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation [SCORE], Brief Symptom Inventory - 18 [BSI-18], Marwit Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory – Short Form [MMCGI-SF] e Emotion Thermometers Scale – Burden Version. Para a análise estatística dos dados realizaram-se estudos de frequência e estatísticas descritivas, testes T de student para amostras independentes, cálculo do tamanho do efeito das diferenças e regressão linear múltipla multivariada recorrendo a modelos de equações estruturais.
Resultados: Não se verificam diferenças estatisticamente significativas (p < 0.5) ao nível da morbilidade psicológica, luto antecipatório e alteração emocional e impacto. Contudo, observaram-se diferenças marginalmente significativas (p < 0.10) ao nível da ansiedade e depressão, medidas pelo BSI-18. Constatou-se, ainda, que as dificuldades familiares, medidas pelo SCORE-15, e o contexto de prestação de cuidados foram preditores significativos da presença de depressão e ansiedade.
Conclusões: A doença terminal parece ter um importante impacto nos familiares do doente. Independentemente do contexto de prestação de cuidados, os familiares apresentam níveis clinicamente relevantes de morbilidade psicológica e luto antecipatório. O funcionamento familiar e o contexto de prestação de cuidados parecem influenciar no desenvolvimento
de depressão e ansiedade nos familiares. Assim, será importante adotar estratégias de intervenção centradas na família, de modo a garantir o bem-estar psicológico de quem cuida e de quem é cuidado.Terminal illness and intervention in palliative care has an important impact on the family system. Faced with a diagnosis of a life-threatening disease, the patient and his family seek to adapt to the needs.
Objectives: This research aims to determine the impact of a patient suffering from terminal illness on the family members at the level of psychological morbidity, anticipatory grief and emotional changes and impact, given the context of care giving. It also aims to determine the influence of family functioning in the presence of psychological morbidity (depression and anxiety).
Methods: Was used a sample of 114 family members of end stage cancer patients, of which 64 were at home and 50 were in a hospital. We proceeded to the administration of a research protocol, where the following instruments were used: Systemic Clinical Outcomes Routine Evaluation [SCORE] Brief Symptom Inventory - 18 [BSI-18], Marwit Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory - Short Form [MMCGI-SF] and Emotion Thermometers Scale - Burden Version. For the statistical analysis of the data was performed frequency studies and descriptive statistics, T student test for independent samples, effect size calculation of differences and multivariate linear regression using structural equation models.
Results: No statistically significant differences are found (p <0.5) between receiving care at home and in the hospital, at the level of psychological morbidity, anticipatory grief and emotional impact and change. However, there were marginally significant differences (p <0.10) at the level of anxiety and depression, as measured by BSI-18. It was found also that the family difficulties, as measured by SCORE-15, and the context of care giving
were significant predictors of the presence of depression and anxiety.
Conclusions: Terminal illness seems to have an important impact on patient's family. Regardless of the context of care, family members have clinically relevant levels of psychological morbidity and anticipatory grief. The family functioning and the context of care giving seem to influence the development of depression and anxiety in the family. Thus, it is important to adopt intervention strategies centered on family, to ensure the psychological well-being of both those who provide and receive care
Neither author, not only function-author : but also idealizer-subject
No full textO trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de uma noção proposta em nossa Dissertação, mas não desenvolvida até o momento. Trata-se de função-idealizador. A partir de reflexões sobre sujeito, função-autor e função-leitor, dentro do Projeto ‘História das Ideias’, propomos algumas análises sobre constituição, formulação e circulação de sentidos e explicitamos, levando em conta a teoria e as análises, o desenvolvimento de nossas questões acerca da noção de função-autor.The paper presents the development of a notion proposed in our master’s research but not yet concluded. It is the notion of idealizer-function. From reflections on subjects like function of author and function-of reader, inside the Project ‘History of Ideas’ we develop some analysis on the constitution, formulation and circulation of senses, considering our questions on the notion of author-function
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