According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death worldwide, except in Africa. 1 It is estimated that 17.5 million people died of CVDs in 2012, which is 31% of all global deaths. 2,3 In this scenario, the ventricular assist device (VAD) remains as the unique alternative to extend the patient life until the heart transplantation and is also a viable treatment for end-stage heart failure. 4 VADs can be pulsatile or nonpulsatile with centrifugal or axial flow. The axial blood pump can also be classified according to the surgical procedure to implant it: transcatheter (TC), open heart surgery (OHS), and minimally invasive surgery (MIS). In the TC, the axial flow pump assembly is inserted through the femoral artery and positioned, for example, in the ascending aorta, in order to accelerate blood and increase blood flow. In the open-heart surgery (OHS), the surgeon makes a large incision in the chest, opens the rib cage and operates the heart. Then, the blood pump is directly implanted on the ventricle or connected to the ventricle through a cannula. MIS is an alternative to the OHS. Here, a surgeon may perform the procedure by using laparoscopes through very small incisions. Table 1 shows some well-known models of axial VADs currently in use or in development, together with some parameters. Recently, HeartWare announced the development of the Longhorn, a new axial flow VAD that now is in the preclinical testing stage. The device requires minimal surgical access for transmyocardial implantation and no anastomosis
Through various playful activities, the institution Vitória Down has been complementing the educational process of children, young people and adults with Down Syndrome (DS) in the state of Espírito Santo. The application of several educational games to students has been used in the literature as a source of learning and development for students with Down Syndrome. Therefore, taking the context of the institution Vitória Down as a reference, this study sought to observe and conduct the interaction of 10 students with DS through the application of the mobile game Dengue Zero in their teaching-learning process. Despite some difficulties in understanding and interpreting the “stages” of the game, the fact that students are constantly in contact with electronic equipment and use of the internet was crucial for these students to be successful in their teaching-learning process.
O Estudo analisa as percepções e expectativas dos discentes sobre a qualidade dos serviços prestados no Curso de Especialização Técnica de Nível Médio. Utiliza a proposta teórico-metodológica Servqual (PARASURAMAN; ZEITHAML; BERRY, 1985) para refletir averiguar o curso de Gestão da Qualidade em Serviços, ofertados pelo Instituto Federal de Educação do Espírito Santo. Importância e Satisfação estão em foco no olhar da clientela, essa avalia a qualidade do curso EaD considerando três determinantes: Confiabilidade, Segurança e Tangibilidade. Esse é um estudo descritivo e quantitativo, seus resultados mostram que os discentes consideram a dimensão Tangibilidade importante, no entanto, há insatisfação. Reconhece que método (com adaptações) é uma ferramenta útil para a gestão e a tomada de decisões - o qual destaca pontos fortes e fracos dos produtos e serviços ofertados. Ressalta que a estatística descritiva é uma extraordinária ferramenta para apurar as inconformidades verificadas. Por ser este um estudo de caso, seus resultados são limitados a este estudo e, aspectos de compreensão, interpretação e aplicabilidade versam a processo de desenvolvimento de serviços na instituição pesquisada. De fato, a perspectiva estratégica da qualidade não é vista de forma isolada, mas inserida em um modelo em que se reputam os aspectos cruciais para a sobrevivência da organização.
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