The healthy and diversified food introduction represents an opportunity for the child to be exposed to the wide variety of foods that will form the basis for future healthy eating habits. In view of the scarcity of studies that correlate the introduction of complementary foods from the child's six months of life onwards with maternal cooking skills, the present study aims to verify whether there is pre-existence to the puerperium of the mother's cooking skills and, more specifically, to assess whether postpartum women have culinary skills; assess self-efficacy for using basic cooking techniques as well as the cooking skills index. This is a cross-sectional study, which had the participation of 311 postpartum women admitted to a university hospital. Cooking skills were measured in the form of scores. The puerperal women were classified into three strata, according to the scores obtained, three categories were defined, considering the values of the 25th and 75th percentiles as lower limits (low cooking skill) and upper limits (high cooking skill), respectively. The study population showed a high index of cooking skills, as well as a high effectiveness for the use of basic cooking techniques. This study advances in the exploration of the theme, enabling one of the first approaches to the Brazilian reality, especially about postpartum women. It is believed that, even though it is a first exploratory study on the culinary skills of postpartum women attended at a university hospital in northeastern Brazil, its findings can be used as a starting point for future research directions.

In the food context, mothers are often associated with the responsibility of transmitting information about food, as well as food practices, from one generation to the next. In addition, children's food preferences can be influenced by parents' food preferences and by the accessibility of food at home, making the family system a determining factor in food education. Considering the scarcity of studies that assess the interference of mothers' cooking skills in the feeding of their children, this study aims to evaluate the knowledge of mothers who were hospitalized at the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital (HULW) about cooking skills, and more specifically, to assess whether postpartum women have culinary skills, to analyze the culinary attitude and the index of culinary skills. This is a cross-sectional study with the participation of 311 postpartum women admitted to a university hospital. Culinary skills were measured in the form of scores. The puerperal women were classified into three strata. According to the scores obtained, three categories were defined, considering the values ​​of the 25th and 75th percentiles as lower limits (low cooking skills) and upper limits (high cooking skills), respectively. The study population showed a high index of culinary skills, as well as a high culinary attitude. The present study advances in the research and deepening of the theme, enabling one of the first approximations with the Brazilian reality, especially with regard to puerperal women. It is believed that, even being a first exploratory study on the culinary skills of puerperal women treated at a university hospital in northeastern Brazil, this study presents findings that can be used as a starting point for future research directions.

Introduction: The orbit is a bone cavity in the skull. Its morphological and anthropological knowledge is essential, as it is a region subjected to several surgical procedures. Objective: To analyze the morphology of orbits in the skulls of two populations in Northeastern Brazil Methods: 115 skulls belonging to Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and Federal University of Ceará (UFC) were analyzed. The skulls were categorized into three types: Megaseme, Mesoseme and Microseme. Quantitative analysis included these measurements: orbital height (OH), Orbital Breadth (OB) and index orbital (OI). Data were prepared for statistical analysis using IBM SPSS 23 software, with a significance level of 5%. Results: 58 skulls (50.4%) were female and 57 (49.6%) were male. The sample consisted of 91 (79.1%) skulls from UFPB and 24 (20.9%) from UFC. At UFPB, 85.16% of the orbits were Microseme, 12.64%, Mesoseme and 2.2%, Megaseme. In the UFC, 58.3% were Microseme, 25%, Mesoseme and 16.7%, Megaseme. Considering both populations, 79.6% of the orbits were microseme, 15.2%, mesoseme and 5.2%, megaseme. There were no differences in morphometric parameters between the orbits (p> 0.05). When comparing the two populations studied, there were significant differences in the variables OI and OB (p <0.05). Conclusions: Orbits were of the Microseme type. No difference between the height of the UFC and UFPB orbits was found, however, there was a difference in OI and OB. These regional differences corroborate the clinical and surgical importance of the morphological study of the orbit, as it undergoes changes depending on the population.

Introduction: Scapula is a flat triangular bone that situates at the posterior wall of the thorax and composes the shoulder joint. On its lateral angle, there is an opening called glenoid cavity which morphology varies between individuals, contributing to shoulder lesions, surgical access and the selection of prostheses. Material and Methods: A total of 116 dried human adult scapulae localized in the Northeast of Brazil were analyzed. The shape of the glenoid cavity was evaluated, and linear measurements of the scapulas and glenoid cavity were taken to estimate the total size. Values of p≤0.05 were considered significant. Results: The most frequent shape of glenoid cavity was inverted comma-shaped, with 63 scapulae (54.3%). The mean value of the SI diameter was 36.85±0.36 mm for the right side, and 36.32±0.34 mm for the left side. The mean value of the AP1 diameter was 26.00±0.33 mm for the right side and 26.64±0.32 mm for the left side. For the AP2 diameter, the values were 18.27±0.36 mm for the right side and 18.22±0.55 mm for the left side. The right and left glenoid cavity index were 0.48±0.008% and 0.47±0.01%, respectively. The value for MSL was 171.3±22.64 mm for the right side and 172.6±23.68 mm for the left side. While the value for MSB was 100.8±0.86 mm for the right side and 103.5±0.90 mm for the left side. Conclusion:For the first time a study describing the scapular morphometry was developed on Northeastern Brazil. The findings contriutes for understanding the ethnicity role on scapular morphology variation.

Introduction: distal epiphysis of the humerus is mainly represented by the condyle of the humerus. It contains a variety of bone structures that are responsible for receiving the radius and ulna forming the elbow joint. Different morphological patterns according to the region studied, nutrition and ethnicity of the populations are described in the literature. Then, thecurrent study aims to analyze the morphometry and morphology of the distal epiphysis of humerus in a population in Northeast Brazil. Material and Methods: a total of 135 adult humeri were analyzed in this study. Olecranon fossa was classified in two types (triangular or oval) and linear measurements were collected bilaterally using a digital caliper. Values of p≤0.05 were considered significant. Results: the present study revealed a predominance of the triangular shape of the olecranon fossa (51.8%). No differences between sides were found for the morphometric parameters analyzed (p>0.05). Conclusion: for the first time, an analysis of the morphometric parameters of the distal humerus epiphysis and the main bone structures that compose the elbow joint in the Northeast region of Brazil was carried out. The knowledge of the morphological patterns of the distal epiphysis in this specific population might improve the work of several health professionals such as orthopedists, physiotherapists and radiologists. Diagnosis and treatment could have a better planning with this data, improving, for example, the creation of prostheses in articular fractures of the elbow joint.