[pt] A partir do crescente interesse no estudo da fase pré-clínica das demências possibilitando a identificação clínica precoce do processo de adoecimento, o estudo mais aprofundado do Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve (CCL) torna-se de grande importância. Ele corresponde a uma provável transição para demência e seu diagnóstico pode promover intervenção precoce tanto medicamentosa quanto comportamental. A presente dissertação tem como objetivo investigar as principais questões metodológicas associadas ao uso das medidas neuropsicológicas para definir critérios diagnósticos de CCL, comparando instrumentos cognitivos (Bateria Breve de Rastreio Cognitivo e Escala Mattis de Avaliação de Demência) em uma amostra de idosos assistidos em um ambulatório de geriatria de hospital público do Rio de Janeiro. / [en] The growing interest of preclinical phase of dementia study allow early clinical identification of the disease process, the depth study of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) becomes of great importance. It corresponds to a likely transition to dementia and its diagnosis can promote early both drug and behavior intervention. The present dissertation aims to investigate the main methodological issues associated with the use of neuropsychological measures to establish diagnostics criteria for MCI comparing cognitive instruments (Brief Cognitive Screening Battery and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale) in an elderly sample assisted in a geriatric outpatient clinic of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

Immigration has over the years been looked upon in many different ways: At times, as something positive, bringing in manpower and new influences, but at other times as something negative – something bringing problems along with it. I have for a long time been interested in social interaction in general, and when it was time for meto write my thesis, I decided to narrow that phenomenon down and write about the socialintegration of immigrants. Along with that came mechanisms promoting it as well as intercultural appreciation, this because it quite simply felt very relevant to the initial subject. The purpose of this thesis was to identify and discuss social integration for immigrants and the mechanisms promoting it, as well as to investigate intercultural appreciation in Gävle, Sweden. Two semi-structured focus-group interviews were conducted with both immigrants and nativeSwedes. Analysis was guided by grounded theory. It was found that both native and immigrant Swedes appreciate each other’s cultures, but also find parts of them disturbing. For example the immigrant participants found the Swedish literature very interesting, while the native Swedish participants were very appreciative and fascinated by all the different foods that have been introduced thanks to immigrants. However, the native Swedes found muslim traditions such as the burqha to be offensive, while the immigrants found the general Swedish attitude towards strangers to be just the same. The mechanisms promoting integration were often seen as insufficient by the immigrant participants, but those that did exist, for example SFI, was very much appreciated and seen as a very important source for getting help with the Swedish language, thus integrating oneself. The study suggests more research on the subjects of both intercultural appreciation between “new” and “old” Swedes, as well as on the different mechanisms for social integration for immigrants, investigating its actual impact.