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  • Institutional caregivers’ predictors of oral hygiene frequency in adults with cerebral palsy
    Publication . Bizarra, Maria; Luis, Henrique; Bernardo, Mário
    Objectives: To assess the factors that influence the frequency of dental hygiene in adults with cerebral palsy, determine the caregivers’ difficulties in performing dental hygiene, and relate to their sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: In this observational cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was applied to 257 caregivers from 27 institutions who participated voluntarily. Information on dental hygiene practices, sociodemographic characteristics, and caregivers’ difficulties in performing dental hygiene was obtained. Data were analyzed with SPSS® version 25 with a significance level of 5%. Nonparametric tests were used to define predictors of frequency and difficulties of brushing by caregivers and determine prevalence ratios and confidence intervals. Spearman’s correlation was used to study the relationship between variables. Results: Brushing was performed twice a day by 23.7% of caregivers and never by 21.8%. The caregivers with less training in dental hygiene performed brushing more frequently (OR=0.247; p=0.001). Brushing frequency was lower in the presence of bleeding, lack of cooperation by adults with cerebral palsy, and when caregivers had higher education and age. The following problems were relevant for the relationship between difficulty in performing brushing and frequency: “pulling the head away” (p<0.001) and “not opening the mouth” (p=0.005). Conclusions: The predictors influencing dental hygiene frequency were younger age and a higher education level of caregivers. The lack of collaboration, as well as “pulling the head away,” by people with cerebral palsy increases the difficulty of performing oral hygiene. (Rev Port Estomatol Med Dent Cir Maxilofac. 2022;63(1):20-26)
    2022-03-31Journal article Open access Show more
  • CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION METHODOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPARISON
    Publication . Tituaña, Gabriel Dario Chanchay; Maximiano, Marisa da Silva; Reis, Catarina Isabel Ferreira Viveiros Tavares
    In order to know the impact and results of a Continuous Integration (CI) Methodology an implementation of CI was made on a software company. Saviasoft is a company that produces custom software. Implementing CI over an existing agile methodology that has not been changed for a while, is not easy, mainly because the developers are unaware of the benefits of using CI tools. In order to accomplish the objective of implementing a CI methodology, developers should have enough knowledge about CI concepts and know how to use the adequate tools properly, and, how to implement them on their projects. The aims of the project are to improve the quality of the software that Saviasoft produces; analyze the impact of the CI methodology implementation; and improve the reliability of the software that is developed, by having a better way of testing. Jenkins is the tool that will serve as the base for the CI methodology implementation. The project implementation has the following steps: (1) Analysis of the actual situation of the company; (2) Selection of specific metrics to measure before implementing CI; (3) Implementation of CI over the existing agile methodology; and (4) Measure the same metrics after the CI implementation and compare the results. The results of the CI implementation were the expected: currently, the company produces software with an enhanced quality. The CI implementation mainly improved the software quality, test phase, and deployment phase. In the future, Saviasoft will propose CI courses to the clients that have in-house developers.
    2022-03-31Master thesis Open access Show more