O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar a relação entre habilidades sociais e dependência nicotínica. Participaram do estudo 97 acadêmicos fumantes de uma universidade pública que preencheram um questionário, o Teste de Fagerstrom para Dependência Nicotínica e o Inventário de Habilidades Sociais (Del Prette &Del Prette, 2001). Dentre os participantes, 20,61% foram considerados dependentes à nicotina. A Análise...
Among the osteotomies performed in orthognathic surgery, the sagittal osteotomy of the mandibular ramus (SOMR) is the most common, allowing a great range of movements and stable internal fixation (SIF), therefore eliminating the need of maxillomandibular block in the postoperative period. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical resistance of three national systems used for SIF in...
OBJECTIVE: Previous experiments showed that caffeine blocks the development of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) in the larval stage, consequently inhibiting the production of adults. This study aimed at obtaining data suggestive of caffeine resistance by these mosquitoes. METHODS: Experiments were carried out in successive generations to assess adult production from eggs laid in previous generation and ovipos...