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Body image concerns in people who underwent a total laryngectomy
Guimarães, Isabel; Torrejano, Gabriela; Aires, Raquel; Gonçalves, Filomena; Freitas, Susana Vaz; Correia, Paula; Romeiro, Cláudia; Silvestre, InêsAbstract: Background: Body image is a potential psychological burden after total laryngectomy (TL) with devastating effects on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and communication. This study focused on TL patients to determine the prevalence of dissatisfied body image and whether they have poorer HRQOL and difficulty adjusting to their new voice than TL patients with satisfied body image. It also...
Digital Humanities and Portuguese Processing: a research pathway
Vieira, Renata; Banza, Ana Paula; Vieira, Ana Sofia; Trojhan, Cassia; Olival, Fernanda; Freire, Helena Cameron; Vilar, Hermínia; Santos, IvoThis paper reflects on the whole path of work in digital humanities, on the light of the projects related to text processing under development at CIDEHUS. These projects deal with a rich heritage related to the Portuguese culture, history and language. This paper reflects on the many challenges to be faced and how NLP techniques may broaden the capabilities of organising and sharing knowledge related to these r...
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN PREVENTING CHILDREN'S ...
Precioso, José Alberto Gomes; Alves, Regina Ferreira; Silva, Carla Natal; Cunha-Machado, José; Gonçalves, Filomena; Sousa, IsabelObjective: This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of "Smoke-free Homes" programme. Methods: The study was carried out in 135 primary schools in all Azores islands, in 2017/2018. This is a pre-experimental study, applying a pre-test, followed by the program and a post-test, to a sample of 1178 students attending the 4th grade. Results: The results showed a slight reduction in the prevalence of tobacco ...
Avaliação da eficácia de um programa educativo na prevenção da exposição de cri...
Precioso, José; Alves, Regina Ferreira; Silva, Carla Natal; Machado, José Cunha; Gonçalves, Filomena; Sousa, IsabelObjetivo: A presente investigação visa avaliar a eficácia do Programa Domicílios sem Fumo. Método: O estudo foi realizado em 135 escolas do 1º ciclo de todas as ilhas dos Açores, no ano letivo 2017/2018.Trata-se de um estudo pré-experimental, aplicando-se um pré-teste, seguido do programa e um pós-teste, a uma amostra constituída por 1178 alunos a frequentar o 4º ano de escolaridade. Resultados: Os resultados d...
Speech handicap index: cross-cultural adaptation and validation in European Por...
Guimarães, Isabel; Sousa, Ana Raquel; Gonçalves, FilomenaIntroduction: To date, no valid outcome measure has been developed in European Portuguese (EP) to assess the opinion of the patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer about the speech impact in his/her related quality of life. Objectives: This study aimed to cross-culturally adapt the speech handicap index (SHI) in EP and contribute to its validation in oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients. Materials and met...
Self-evaluation of communication experiences after laryngectomy (SECEL): transl...
Guimarães, Isabel; Torrejano, Gabriela; Aires, Raquel; Freitas, Susana; Gonçalves, Filomena; Correia, Paula; Romeiro, Cláudia; Silvestre, InêsIntroduction: The patients’ perception of how communication dysfunction may cause a disadvantage is important information for the clinical decision-making process. Objectives: This study aimed to translate the self-evaluation of communication experiences after laryngectomy (SECEL) to the European Portuguese (EP) and to assess its feasibility, acceptability, reliability, and validity. Material and methods: A cro...
A língua portuguesa e a tríade codificadora
Gonçalves, FilomenaNeste capítulo, são apresentadas algumas das obras metalinguísticas existentes nos fundos antigos da Biblioteca do Exército. Centrado na tríade codificadora (gramática, ortografia e dicionário), este texto visa contextualizar as referidas obras na história das ideias linguísticas e da didáctica do Português.
A historical linguistics corpus of Portuguese (16th-19th centuries)
Banza, Ana Paula; Rodrigues, Irene; Saias, José; Gonçalves, FilomenaThe aim of the present paper is to present and discuss a work in progress that involves: – the creation of online editions of historical documents of a metalinguistic nature, which function both as publications and corpora, allowing for the comparison of manuscript images with the diplomatic edition and providing tools for analysis; – the application and development of tools that can easily be manipulated by us...
AN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS CORPUS (Centuries XVI-XIX)
Banza, Ana Paula; Rodrigues, Irene Pimenta; Saias, José; Gonçalves, FilomenaThe aim of the present paper is to present and discuss a work in progress that involves: the creation of online editions of historical documents of a metalinguistic nature, which function both as publications and corpora, allowing for the comparison of manuscript images with the diplomatic edition and providing tools for analysis; the application and development of tools that can easily be manipulated by users ...
Small Bowel Intussusception Due To Melanoma Metastasis – a clinical case
Ribeiro, Rómulo; Subotin, Ivan; Capelinha, Ana Filipa; da Cruz, Pinto; Gonçalves, Filomena; Teixeira, AiresMelanoma is the most common extra-abdominal source of small bowel metastases. Generally, patients either present with symptoms of obstruction, particularly intussusception, or bleeding. Those cases in which no primary cutaneous lesion has been identified are of greatest controversy surrounding small bowel melanoma and regard the validity of classifying them as primary malignant melanomas.The authors present the...