Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the success of fixed space maintainers (fspms) placed by a sole dental practitioner in a private practice setting. The survey was conducted to evaluate the use of fspms by pediatric dentists and orthodontists. Methods: 899 fspms placed in 531 patients were evaluated. An online survey was sent to 1000 pediatric dentists and 1000 orthodontists. Results: The clinical success rate was 86.6%. The response rate for pediatric dentists surveyed was 43.0% but for orthodontists was only 7.0%. The vast majority of responding pediatric dentists (99.8%) and orthodontists (97.0%) placed fspms. The most common reason cited for failure by the pediatric dentists was cement loss (47.3%) and breakage by the orthodontists (30.4%). Conclusions: Fixed space maintainers had a high clinical success rate (86.6%) and were placed by the vast majority of responding pediatric dentists (99.8%) and orthodontists (97.0%).

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the success of fixed space maintainers (fspms) placed by a sole dental practitioner in a private practice setting. The survey was conducted to evaluate the use of fspms by pediatric dentists and orthodontists. Methods: 899 fspms placed in 531 patients were evaluated. An online survey was sent to 1000 pediatric dentists and 1000 orthodontists. Results: The clinical success rate was 86.6%. The response rate for pediatric dentists surveyed was 43.0% but for orthodontists was only 7.0%. The vast majority of responding pediatric dentists (99.8%) and orthodontists (97.0%) placed fspms. The most common reason cited for failure by the pediatric dentists was cement loss (47.3%) and breakage by the orthodontists (30.4%). Conclusions: Fixed space maintainers had a high clinical success rate (86.6%) and were placed by the vast majority of responding pediatric dentists (99.8%) and orthodontists (97.0%).

Adult obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Increasing success in weight loss maintenance will decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and therefore help control the adverse health effects of excess weight. Much is known about the behavioral characteristics of successful long-term weight loss maintenance, but less is known about the cognitive processes behind weight loss maintenance. The purposes of this study were to (1) identify differences in visual attention to high-energy dense foods between individuals who are normal weight, weight loss maintainers, and overweight/obese in a high-risk (food-buffet) situation; (2) to evaluate differences in food choices from a food buffet between weight status groups; (3) to analyze correlations between food attention and food choice across weight status groups. No significant differences were found between groups with respect to food attention or food choice. Overall, findings from this study may have been limited by methodology, technology, and sample size. Future research is needed to better understand the interaction of cognitive processes and weight loss maintenance.

Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-03-23T17:19:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 governança_corporativa.pdf: 835630 bytes, checksum: 1fed90b284c685f30dcea98d0d02e1b5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-23T17:19:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 governança_corporativa.pdf: 835630 bytes, checksum: 1fed90b284c685f30dcea98d0d02e1b5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Nenhuma / O segmento de educação no Brasil vem passando por um intenso processo de transformação, no qual se observa um forte crescimento da concorrência, além de um constante movimento de fusões e aquisições, fazendo com que a temática da gestão ganhe cada vez mais relevância. Com isso, o presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar as práticas de Governança Corporativa em Mantenedoras de Instituições de Ensino Superior Privadas no Brasil. A pesquisa foi realizada com o uso de questionários, respondidos por 37 dirigentes de Mantenedoras de Instituições de Ensino Superior, sendo que estas foram agrupadas em duas categorias administrativas: com fins lucrativos e sem fins lucrativos. Esta pesquisa caracteriza-se como descritiva quanto aos objetivos e, predominantemente quantitativa, quanto à abordagem do problema. Para a análise dos dados, foi usada, principalmente, a estatística descritiva. As práticas de governança pesquisadas tiveram como base as recomendações do Código das Melhores Práticas de Governança Corporativa do IBGC, das quais foram abordados: Conselho de Administração, Gestão, Auditoria Independente, Conselho Fiscal e Conduta e Conflito de Interesses. De forma geral, os dados da pesquisa indicam haver uma baixa adoção das recomendações das Melhores Práticas de Governança Corporativa, em especial nas Mantenedoras de Instituições Sem Fins Lucrativos. / The education segment in Brazil is going by an intense transformation process, in which a fort growth is observed in the competition, besides a fort movement of coalitions and acquisitions, making the issue of management became even more important. Thus, the present study has as objective investigates the practices of Corporate Governança in maintainer of Private Higher Education Institutions in Brazil. The research was accomplished with the use of questionnaires, answered by 37 leaders of maintainer of Higher Education Institutions, and these were grouped in two administrative categories: profit and nonprofit institutions. This research has as descriptive characteristic to be on the objectives and, predominantly quantitative, as to the approach to the problem. For the data analysis was used, mainly, descriptive statistics. The practices of governance investigated, were based on the recommendations of the Code of Best Practices of Corporate Governance IBGC, of which were discussed: the Council of Administration, Management, Independent audit, supervisory board and conduct and conflict of interests. In general, research data indicate a low adoption of the recommendations of Best Practices of Corporate Governance, especially in maintainer institutions nonprofit making.