World orofacial motricity day - a decade reaffirming the role of the speech-language pathologist in the assessment and treatment of orofacial functions Lucas Ferreira, Giédre Berretin-Felix, Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli, Giorvan Ânderson dos Santos Alves, Viviane Veroni Degan, Gabriele Ramos de Luccas, Gislaine Aparecida Folha, Hilton Justino da Silva Codas, 2025 BACKGROUND: English is the lingua franca of science; it is the language of the two last world superpowers and the language of four out of the world's ten greatest producers of science; it is a fairly simple language and the most hybridized language in history, with Latin and French contributing 60% of the entire English lexicon. The object of this study is to determine whether the frequency of use of imported words is a function of literary genre. METHOD: Texts were randomly selected from (a) medical scientific original articles, (b) newspaper financial reports, (c) sport reportages, (d) literary texts and (e) colloquial English; for comparison a collection of similarly distributed texts were selected from Portuguese; the frequency of occurrence of Latin or Neo-Latin words was determined in the English texts as well as the occurrence of non-Latin or non-Neo-Latin words in the Portuguese texts; a oneway analysis of variance was used to determine whether significant differences occurred between genres in the two languages. RESULTS: The frequency of occurrence of Latin/French words in English text was significantly dependent on the literary genre, being maximal in medical scientific texts and minimal in colloquial English; in contrast, the frequency of occurrence of non-Latin words in Portuguese was constant throughout the same literary genres. CONCLUSION: The use of Latin/French words in English is directly proportional to the complexity of the literary genre, a phenomenon not observed in Portuguese, a typical Neo-Latin language.
Ankyloglossia in Monochorionic Diamniotic and Dichorionic Diamniotic Twins: A Cross-Sectional Study Antonio Lucas Ferreira Feitosa, Graciele Rodrigues Nunes da Silva, María Paz Moya, Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli, Maria Gabriella Pacheco da Silva Breastfeeding Medicine, 2023 Objective: To determine the prevalence of ankyloglossia in diamniotic monochorionic and diamniotic dichorionic twins, as well as to verify the relationship between gender and type of pregnancy. Study Design: A cross-sectional observational study, carried out with 52 pairs of dichorionic/diamniotic twins and 49 monochorionic/diamniotic pairs. The data collection was carried out through the analysis of medical records and the results of the Neonatal Screening of the Tongue Frenulum Assessment Protocol in Babies, and corresponded to the period of 2 years (2020-2022). Statistical analysis of data was performed, considering the significance value of 5%. The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the institution. Results: The statistical analysis of multiple logistic regression between the two groups of twins (Mono/Di and Di/Di) according to the socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical-epidemiological profile was statistically significant for some variables. The prevalence of ankyloglossia, according to the type of twin pregnancy, showed a statistically significant difference. There was no statistical difference in relation to sex and ankyloglossia, or between couples diagnosed with ankyloglossia according to the type of pregnancy. Conclusion: Monochorionic/diamniotic twins had a higher prevalence of ankyloglossia, regardless of gender.
Analysis of Colostrum Therapy Administration Protocols in Newborns: An Integrative Review Eduardo Ramos da Silva, Antonio Lucas Ferreira Feitosa, Gabriel Trevizani Depolli, Priscila Rufino da Silva Costa, Maria Gabriella Pacheco da Silva Breastfeeding Medicine, 2022 Objective: The present study aims to describe the clinical protocols used for administration of colostrum therapy in newborns. Methods: An integrative review was carried out in the following databases: Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, Embase, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Scopus, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), and LIVIVO, using a combination of controlled terms in English, such as "Infant, Newborn," "Colostrum," and "Administration, Oral" associated with the entry terms and keywords. The selection of studies was carried out by reading titles and abstracts, through the Rayyan program to apply inclusion and exclusion criteria, and then reading them in full. Results: Five thousand eight hundred eighty-four studies were found in the databases; 15 studies were included in this review based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The selected articles presented variations in terms of cutoff criteria regarding gestational age and weight classification, in addition to the diversification between the beginning and the end of the application of colostrum therapy. In contrast, there was a predominance of the site of administration, type of colostrum used, and time to offer maternal colostrum. Conclusions: The studies present differences in terms of clinical parameters for standardizing the procedure. Therefore, this study can contribute to the generalized implementation of colostrum therapy in neonatal units through creation of a standard operating procedure based on systematization of the analyzed studies.
Sleep in children with microcephaly due to Zika virus infection: a systematic review Emanuele Mariano de Souza Santos, Monique Carla da Silva Reis, Antonio Lucas Ferreira Feitosa, Andréa Monteiro Correia Medeiros Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem, 2021 Objective: To review the literature on sleep changes and brain function in children with microcephaly due to Zika virus. Method: Systematic review conducted in the databases MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, EMBASE, LILACS, and SciELO and the grey databases Google Scholar and OpenGrey. Results: Ten Brazilian primary studies with observational research design were included. These were published between 2017 and 2020 with 516 children with microcephaly due to Zika virus infection aged 4 months to 4 years. Out of these, 4 investigated qualitative aspects of sleep using the questionnaires Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire or Infant Sleep Questionnaire and 6 investigated changes in brain activities during sleep using the Electroencephalogram or Video-Electroencephalogram exams. The children’s quality of sleep was not compromised in most studies. Changes in brain activity during sleep were frequent, with epileptogenic activity being a common finding among the studies. Conclusion: The quality of sleep of children with microcephaly due to Zika virus has shown to be similar to that of children with typical development and the presented behavioral changes may be related to changes in electric brain activity.
