Problemas clínicos que afetam a mastigação, com freqüência, são capazes de afetar a articulação temporomadibular. Acredita-se que dez milhões de pessoas nos Estados Unidos e 40% da população adulta mundial sejam afetados por condição dolorosa em algum momento de suas vidas. O presente trabalho avalia as possibilidades de contração do músculo pterigóideo lateral e sua inserção diretamente no côndilo mandibular, assim como a participação do fascículo inferior na abertura da boca e a atuação do disco articular no movimento de translação.Com o método videofluoroscópico foi analisada a dinâmica normal das articulações temporomandibulares e pode se estimar a liberdade de movimento da cabeça do côndilo mandibular sobre a superfície temporal, com baixa exposição de radiação. Foram avaliados, pela videofluoroscopia, dez voluntários sem queixas de dores na articulação temporomadibular, 12 hemifaces fixadas e mais cinco crâ-nios secos, para análise das inserções musculares e identificação das superfícies de contato entre os ossos temporal e mandibular, o que Resumos de Tesespermitiu observar duas cavidades, disco-temporal e disco-condilar, e construção de modelo a partir das imagens obtidas pela videofluoroscopia, para mensurar os deslocamentos vertical, horizontal e angular do côndilo.Concluímos que a abertura da boca durante a mastigação normal é de responsabilidade do músculo pterigóideo lateral. O movimento de rotação é composto pelas duas articulações, côndilo-discal e disco-temporal, onde a articulação temporomadibular deveria ser denominada "articulação têmporo-disco-mandibular" e a geração de fórmulas matemáticas Este estudo objetivou avaliar a substância branca aparentemente normal de pacientes com esclerose múltipla, através de imagens de ressonância magnética por tensor de difusão.Foram estudados 40 pacientes com diagnóstico de esclerose múltipla remitente-recorrente e 40 controles pareados por idade e sexo, os quais foram submetidos a ressonância magnética com tensor de difusão. A seqüên-cia tensor de difusão resultou em mapas de anisotropia fracionada e as regiões de interesse foram posicionadas nas placas, regiões periplacas, substância branca aparentemente normal ao redor das placas, substância branca normal contralateral e substância branca normal do grupo-controle.Os valores de anisotropia fracionada foram comparados e a análise estatística foi realizada utilizando o teste Mann-Whitney U. A média de anisotropia fracionada nas placas foi de 0,268, nas regiões periplacas foi de 0,365, na substância branca aparentemente normal foi de 0,509, na substância branca normal contralateral foi de 0,552 e na substância branca do grupo-controle foi de 0,573. Foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significantes nos valores de anisotropia fracionada nas placas, regiões periplacas e na substância branca aparentemente normal ao redor das placas, quando comparados com a substância branca do grupo-controle. Não houve diferença entre os valores de anisotropia fracionada na substância branca normal contralateral dos paci...

Introduction: Human fascioliasis is a plant-borne and water-borne infection caused by the trematodes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. It is one of the main neglected tropical diseases, and infections in humans occur via the ingestion of contaminated water and food. This study reviews all the recorded cases of human fascioliasis in Brazil under different climatic conditions in the national territory. Methodology:A survey of human fascioliasis cases in Brazil was carried out using the Google Scholar, Lilacs and PubMed databases. The climatic variables such as temperature, precipitation, moisture and altitude were obtained from the database of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET). Results: Between the years 1958 and 2022, sixty-six cases of human fascioliasis were recorded in places with temperature levels between 22 °C to 33 °C, humidity 78% to 86%, precipitation 90 mm to 167 mm, and at an altitude of 16 to 935 meters above sea level. Conclusion: The parasite’s ability to adapt to different climatic conditions is observed in Brazil and the number of cases of human fascioliasis in the national territory may be higher due to underreporting related to the difficulty in diagnosing the infection.

Since LDBEN 9394/96 was stipulated, in recent years it was possible to perceive a great growth in Brazilian postgraduate courses, including an increase in the offer of postgraduate Stricto sensu including in private Higher Education Institutions. In view of this scenario, the present study aims to verify the knowledge of the student, who seeks a stricto sensu postgraduate course, about the legislation of MEC LDBEN law 9394/96 in articles referring to graduate studies. In addition, the study also aims to identify the student's profile and motivation for taking the course. As for the methodological procedures, it is a descriptive, exploratory and field research, with a quantitative approach, where a closed questionnaire was applied to the Master's students in Public Health of the first module and their data were tabulated. In the results, regarding the profile, it was observed that most of the participating students were women with an average age of 36,8 years, with varying degrees, however the majority are graduated in nursing with training time varying from 4 to 28 years. As for the knowledge of LDBEN, the majority stated that they had heard of it, but demonstrated that they did not know the content and all were unanimous in stating that it is important to know the content intended for graduate studies as it can be beneficial for the course.

The present paper tries to research the actual conditions of the teachers at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais Campus Ouro Preto, to attend disabled students, proposing actions to allow the improve of the teaching-learning process. The used methodology was the descriptive nature with a qualitative focus through the application of a survey with the teachers. To the data analysis was used the categorization technique. The results show the need of progress to make a better inclusive education as well as professor capacitation. Due the results was proposed a set of actions to the improvement of the inclusive education.

Background: The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a synovial condylar articulation with freedom of movement resulting from bilateral side morphological interrelations. Its basics movements to attend its main function are rotation and translation.Material and Methods: A videofluoroscopic study of the left posterior oblique incidence comprising 23 healthy volunteers of both sexes was conducted to qualify and quantify the displacement of the mandible over the temporal surface. This evaluation was performed without using any artificial contrast medium.Results: From maximum occlusion to maximum mouth opening, three spaces defined as LL1, LL2 and LL3 were established and used to qualify and quantify the limits of mouth opening. Seventeen volunteers could be classified as normal free (NF) and six as suspicious (S) based on this function. Conclusion:The NF and S groups statistically differed in their mouth opening capabilities (p < 0.0001). Measured values for LL3 greater than LL2 as well as positive values for L3-L2 can be considered NF and negative values for L3-L2 can be considered S with a significance of p < 0.0001. L2 was statistically confirmed as a good parameter for the distinction between normal and suspicious TMJ functioning.