Effects of double neonatal stress on female rat sexual behaviour.

Neonatal stress affects psychological and physiological development and may be associated with affective disorders. The aim was to examine the effects of double neonatal stress (DNS) - a combination of limited bedding and nesting (LBN) and repeated maternal separation (MS) - on the oestrous cycle and sexual behaviour of adult female rats. LBN was achieved by removing part of the wood shavings from the boxes.

Double perinatal stress reduces the sexual response of adult female Wistar rats.

Background: Early-life stress affects physiological development and produces changes in various aspects of emotional behavior.

Aim: We sought to examine the effects of double perinatal stress (DPS)-a combination of prenatal systemic hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insults and repeated early maternal separation-on the estrus cycle and sexual behavior of adult rats.

Methods: HI was induced by clamping the uterine arteries of pregnant rats for 45 minutes on the 18th day of gestation (HI group).

Health-related Quality of Life in Women with Cervical Cancer.

Objective:  To analyze the factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with cervical cancer (CC) in a single center in Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Methods:  A cross-sectional study in women with a diagnosis of CC followed-up in the gynecology outpatient clinic of the Hospital do Câncer II (HCII, in the Portuguese acronym) of the Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA, in the Portuguese acronym). The data were collected from March to August 2015.

Ergonomics and accessibility for people with visual impairment in hotels.

This article presents a diagnosis of luxury or superior hotels in the city of Natal, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, in northeastern Brazil, in what concerns accessibility to the visually impaired. The main objective is to present the guiding principles to design actions and interventions that must be considered in the preparation or revision of technical standards and manuals of good practice in accessibility related to people with visual impairments who are hotel users. The survey showed that the hotels do not meet the normative indications of accessibility, their facilities are in-accessible (have prevented access) or of reduced accessibility and its employees are not prepared to provide adequate hospital services for people with visual impairment.