Questões de Inglês para Vestibular

cód. #5756

UEG - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Medicina - Inglês

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Artificial intelligence and the future of medicine

Washington University researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems for health care, which have the potential to transform the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, helping to ensure that patients get the right treatment at the right time.
In health care, artificial intelligence relies on the power of computers to sift through and make sense of reams of electronic data about patients—such as their ages, medical histories, health status, test results, medical images, DNA sequences, and many other sources of health information. AI excels at the complex identification of patterns in these reams of data, and it can do this at a scale and speed beyond human capacity. The hope is that this technology can be harnessed to help doctors and patients make better health-care decisions.


Where are the first places we will start to see AI entering medical practice?

One of the first applications of AI in patient care that we currently see is in imaging, to help improve the diagnosis of cancer or heart problems, for example. There are many types of imaging tests —X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and echocardiograms. But the underlying commonality in all those imaging methods is huge amounts of high-quality data. For AI to work well, it's best to have very complete data sets—no missing numbers, so to speak—and digital images provide that. Plus, the human eye is often blind to some of the patterns that could be present in these images—subtle changes in breast tissue over several years of mammograms, for example. There has been some interesting work done in recognizing early patterns of cancer or early patterns of heart failure that even a highly trained physician would not see.
In many ways, we already have very simple forms of AI in the clinic now. We've had tools for a long time that identify abnormal rhythms in an EKG, for example. An abnormal heartbeat pattern triggers an alert to draw a clinician's attention. This is a computer trying to replicate a human being understanding that data and saying, "This doesn't look normal, you may need to address this problem." Now, we have the capacity to analyze much larger and more complex sources of data, such as the entire electronic health record and perhaps even data pulled from daily life, as more people track their sleep patterns or pulse rates with wearable devices, for example.


What effect will this have on how doctors practice medicine?

It's important to emphasize that these tools are never going to replace clinicians. These technologies will provide assistance, helping care providers see important signals in massive amounts of data that would otherwise remain hidden. But at the same time, there are levels of understanding that computers still can't and may never replicate. To take a treatment recommendation from an AI, even an excellent recommendation, and decide if it's right for the patient is inherently a human decision-making process. What are the patient's preferences? What are the patient's values? What does this mean for the patient's life and for his or her family? That's never going to be an AI function. As these AI systems slowly emerge, we may start to see the roles of physicians changing—in my opinion, in better ways. Doctors' roles may shift from being data collectors and analyzers to being interpreters and councilors for patients as they try to navigate their health. 
Right now, the challenges we need to address as we try to bring AI into medical practice include improving the quality of the data that we feed into AI systems, developing ways to evaluate whether an AI system is actually better than standard of care, ensuring patient privacy and making sure not only that AI doesn't disrupt clinical work flow but in fact improves it. But if doctors do their jobs right and build these systems well, much of what we have described will become so ingrained in the system, people won't even refer to it separately as informatics or AI. It will just be medicine. 

Disponível em: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-artificial-intelligence-future-medicine.html. Acesso em: 02 maio 2019.
Considering the ideas expressed in the text, artificial intelligence (AI) systems

A) are going to have the capacity to identify future health problems which physicians may not perceive through the amount of patients’ data.

B) and new technological devices are going to replace the regular professionals on diagnosis through time, only health experts are going to remain.

C) will certainly change the medical procedures through data collected by patients wearable devices which are going to be 24 hours connected to the body.

D) are going to be much more evolved than today and they will make decisions on health care treatments through electronic patient’s health data.

E) will assist doctors decisions on specific surgery situations in which the medical staff have human decisionmaking issues.

A B C D E

cód. #2687

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Read the following cartoon in order to answer QUESTION .


From the cartoon, it is CORRECT to affirm:

A) the mother in the cold air balloon is happy for being stingy.

B) the kids in the hot air balloon are completely joyless.

C) the cold air balloon rides are high-priced.

D) the father in the cold air balloon is a miser.

A B C D E

cód. #2688

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Uncontacted Amazon tribe has been threatened by illegal
loggers

      Remarkable close-up footage that appears to show an uncontacted tribesman in the Amazon rainforest has been released by an indigenous media group that wants to raise awareness of the threat posed by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffickers.
     (...) The Awá have been described as the world’s most threatened tribe by the NGO Survival International, which has tracked killings by loggers, who surround and frequently encroach upon the group’s territory.
     Many of the community have been forced to abandon the forest, but some remain in self-imposed isolation. Their existence has been called into question by commercial interests that want to move into the land, but the new footage has been cited as proof that they remain in the territory.   
      It was recorded by a member of a neighbouring tribe, the Guajajara, which is trying to defend one of the last pockets of intact forest in Maranhão, a massively deforested state in the north-east of Brazil. ―We hope this film produces something positive.
       We hope it makes an impact around the world to help protect our people and our forest,‖ said Flay Guajajara, who shot the image while out hunting and released it through the Mídia Índia platform.
       (...) Olimpio Guajajara, coordinator of the Guardians of the Amazon, said three of the group’s members have been murdered in this activity, which highlighted the need for more long-term support. He said: ―We Guardians are defending our people’s rights, defending the uncontacted Indians, and defending nature for all of us. We need the land to be protected for good."
     Indigenous groups say successive governments have failed to adequately recognise their territorial rights and their role in protecting forests that are globally essential for carbon sequestration and natural habitats.
      According to Survival International, loggers have been emboldened by the government and their camps can now be seen on the edge of Awá land.
     Director Stephen Corry said: ―This video is further proof that the uncontacted Awá people really exist. And a glance at a satellite photo shows just how much danger they’re in. Loggers have already killed many of their relatives and forced others out of the forest".

Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/22/uncontactedtribe-video-amazon-rainforest-awa-people.
According to the NGO Survival International, it is INCORRECT to affirm:

A) logger camps can be found along the border of Awá land.

B) the Awá is the most threatened tribe across the globe.

C) loggers have been encouraged by the Midia India platform.

D) the Awá tribe’s territory is surrounded and invaded by loggers.

A B C D E

cód. #2689

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Uncontacted Amazon tribe has been threatened by illegal
loggers

      Remarkable close-up footage that appears to show an uncontacted tribesman in the Amazon rainforest has been released by an indigenous media group that wants to raise awareness of the threat posed by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffickers.
     (...) The Awá have been described as the world’s most threatened tribe by the NGO Survival International, which has tracked killings by loggers, who surround and frequently encroach upon the group’s territory.
     Many of the community have been forced to abandon the forest, but some remain in self-imposed isolation. Their existence has been called into question by commercial interests that want to move into the land, but the new footage has been cited as proof that they remain in the territory.   
      It was recorded by a member of a neighbouring tribe, the Guajajara, which is trying to defend one of the last pockets of intact forest in Maranhão, a massively deforested state in the north-east of Brazil. ―We hope this film produces something positive.
       We hope it makes an impact around the world to help protect our people and our forest,‖ said Flay Guajajara, who shot the image while out hunting and released it through the Mídia Índia platform.
       (...) Olimpio Guajajara, coordinator of the Guardians of the Amazon, said three of the group’s members have been murdered in this activity, which highlighted the need for more long-term support. He said: ―We Guardians are defending our people’s rights, defending the uncontacted Indians, and defending nature for all of us. We need the land to be protected for good."
     Indigenous groups say successive governments have failed to adequately recognise their territorial rights and their role in protecting forests that are globally essential for carbon sequestration and natural habitats.
      According to Survival International, loggers have been emboldened by the government and their camps can now be seen on the edge of Awá land.
     Director Stephen Corry said: ―This video is further proof that the uncontacted Awá people really exist. And a glance at a satellite photo shows just how much danger they’re in. Loggers have already killed many of their relatives and forced others out of the forest".

Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/22/uncontactedtribe-video-amazon-rainforest-awa-people.
In the first paragraph, the expression “to raise awareness” means:

A) to encourage reflection on the dangerous situation the Amazon tribe is going through.

B) to show negligence towards the invasion by indigenous groups against loggers.

C) to refuse adequate support from government at the present time.

D) to ignore indigenous groups’ role of land protection as well as their territorial rights.

A B C D E

cód. #2690

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Uncontacted Amazon tribe has been threatened by illegal
loggers

      Remarkable close-up footage that appears to show an uncontacted tribesman in the Amazon rainforest has been released by an indigenous media group that wants to raise awareness of the threat posed by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffickers.
     (...) The Awá have been described as the world’s most threatened tribe by the NGO Survival International, which has tracked killings by loggers, who surround and frequently encroach upon the group’s territory.
     Many of the community have been forced to abandon the forest, but some remain in self-imposed isolation. Their existence has been called into question by commercial interests that want to move into the land, but the new footage has been cited as proof that they remain in the territory.   
      It was recorded by a member of a neighbouring tribe, the Guajajara, which is trying to defend one of the last pockets of intact forest in Maranhão, a massively deforested state in the north-east of Brazil. ―We hope this film produces something positive.
       We hope it makes an impact around the world to help protect our people and our forest,‖ said Flay Guajajara, who shot the image while out hunting and released it through the Mídia Índia platform.
       (...) Olimpio Guajajara, coordinator of the Guardians of the Amazon, said three of the group’s members have been murdered in this activity, which highlighted the need for more long-term support. He said: ―We Guardians are defending our people’s rights, defending the uncontacted Indians, and defending nature for all of us. We need the land to be protected for good."
     Indigenous groups say successive governments have failed to adequately recognise their territorial rights and their role in protecting forests that are globally essential for carbon sequestration and natural habitats.
      According to Survival International, loggers have been emboldened by the government and their camps can now be seen on the edge of Awá land.
     Director Stephen Corry said: ―This video is further proof that the uncontacted Awá people really exist. And a glance at a satellite photo shows just how much danger they’re in. Loggers have already killed many of their relatives and forced others out of the forest".

Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/22/uncontactedtribe-video-amazon-rainforest-awa-people.
In agreement with the text, it is CORRECT to affirm:

A) the Awá people have their territorial rights recognised and their forests preserved.

B) a video has been shot to prove that the Awá tribe is in danger.

C) indigenous groups claim they are responsible for the world’s carbon emission.

D) many indigenous groups have willingly left the forest.

A B C D E

cód. #2691

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Read the following cartoon:


The cartoon infers the idea:

A) immoderate screen use by parents strengthens family relationships.

B) social media is the only way to emotionally connect parents with their kids.

C) excessive screen time can affect the parent-child interaction.

D) social networking encourages positive synergy between strangers.

A B C D E

cód. #2692

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Missing Dentures Found Stuck in Man's Throat 8 Days
After Surgery

       Here’s why it’s best to remove false teeth before surgery: You just might swallow them.
    A medical journal is reporting the case of a 72- year-old British man whose partial dentures apparently got stuck in his throat during surgery and weren’t discovered for eight days.
    The man went to the emergency room because he was having a hard time swallowing and was coughing up blood. Doctors ordered a chest X-ray, diagnosed him with what they wrongly thought was pneumonia and sent him home with antibiotics and steroids. It took another hospital visit before another X-ray revealed the problem: His dentures — a metal roof plate and three false teeth — lodged at the top of his throat.
    The man thought his dentures were lost while he was in the hospital for minor surgery. How it happened isn’t exactly clear, but a halfdozen previous cases have been documented of dentures going astray as surgical patients were put to sleep.
     Placing a tube in a patient’s airway can push things where they don’t belong, said Dr. Mary Dale Peterson, an anesthesiologist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
     Besides dentures, retainers, loose teeth and tongue piercings can cause problems, said Peterson, who is president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Before a child’s surgery, she’ll pull a very loose tooth and tell the patient to expect a visit from the tooth fairy. "We can make a nice game of it."
     In the British case, after the dentures were removed, the man had several bouts of bleeding that required more surgery before he recovered. The journal article didn’t identify the man or the hospital involved. […]

Available at: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/man-s-missingdentures-were-found-stuck-his-throat-8-n1041641 (edited).
In accordance with the text, all the following alternatives are correct, EXCEPT:

A) the recovery of the 72-year-old man was not quite as simple.

B) the 72-year-old British man case is not the first one of its kind.

C) the 72-year-old famed man had an operation at a renowned hospital.

D) bouts of bleeding took the 72-year-old patient back to the hospital before healing.

A B C D E

cód. #4740

VUNESP - Inglês - 2019 - Prova de Conhecimentos Gerais

Wood wide web: trees’ social networks are mapped 


    Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria helping to connect trees and plants to one another. This subterranean social network, nearly 500 million years old, has become known as the “wood wide web”. Now, an international study has produced the first global map of the “mycorrhizal fungi networks” dominating this secretive world.

    Using machine-learning, researchers from the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Stanford University in the US used the database of the Global Forest Initiative, which covers 1.2 million forest tree plots with 28,000 species, from more than 70 countries. Using millions of direct observations of trees and their symbiotic associations on the ground, the researchers could build models from the bottom up to visualise these fungal networks for the first time. Prof Thomas Crowther, one of the authors of the report, told the BBC, “It’s the first time that we’ve been able to understand the world beneath our feet, but at a global scale.”

    The research reveals how important mycorrhizal networks are to limiting climate change — and how vulnerable they are to the effects of it. “Just like an Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan of the brain helps us to understand how the brain works, this global map of the fungi beneath the soil helps us to understand how global ecosystems work,” said Prof Crowther. “What we find is that certain types of microorganisms live in certain parts of the world, and by understanding that we can figure out how to restore different types of ecosystems and also how the climate is changing.” Losing chunks of the wood wide web could well increase “the feedback loop of warming temperatures and carbon emissions.”

    Mycorrhizal fungi are those that form a symbiotic relationship with plants. There are two main groups of mycorrhizal fungi: arbuscular fungi (AM) that penetrate the host’s roots, and ectomycorrhizal fungi (EM) which surround the tree’s roots without penetrating them.

                                                (Claire Marshall. www.bbc.com, 15.05.2019. Adaptado.)

In the excerpt from the fourth paragraph “without penetrating them”, the underlined word refers to

A) main groups.

B) ectomycorrhizal fungi.

C) arbuscular fungi.

D) tree’s roots.

E) mycorrhizal fungi.

A B C D E

cód. #2693

COPESE - UFT - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre - Língua Portuguesa, Inglês e Matemática

Missing Dentures Found Stuck in Man's Throat 8 Days
After Surgery

       Here’s why it’s best to remove false teeth before surgery: You just might swallow them.
    A medical journal is reporting the case of a 72- year-old British man whose partial dentures apparently got stuck in his throat during surgery and weren’t discovered for eight days.
    The man went to the emergency room because he was having a hard time swallowing and was coughing up blood. Doctors ordered a chest X-ray, diagnosed him with what they wrongly thought was pneumonia and sent him home with antibiotics and steroids. It took another hospital visit before another X-ray revealed the problem: His dentures — a metal roof plate and three false teeth — lodged at the top of his throat.
    The man thought his dentures were lost while he was in the hospital for minor surgery. How it happened isn’t exactly clear, but a halfdozen previous cases have been documented of dentures going astray as surgical patients were put to sleep.
     Placing a tube in a patient’s airway can push things where they don’t belong, said Dr. Mary Dale Peterson, an anesthesiologist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
     Besides dentures, retainers, loose teeth and tongue piercings can cause problems, said Peterson, who is president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Before a child’s surgery, she’ll pull a very loose tooth and tell the patient to expect a visit from the tooth fairy. "We can make a nice game of it."
     In the British case, after the dentures were removed, the man had several bouts of bleeding that required more surgery before he recovered. The journal article didn’t identify the man or the hospital involved. […]

Available at: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/man-s-missingdentures-were-found-stuck-his-throat-8-n1041641 (edited).

In reference with the text, it is INCORRECT to affirm that by the time the man went to the emergency room:

A) he was having trouble swallowing.

B) he pretended to be sick in order to get more steroids.

C) the doctors mistakenly identified he had pneumonia.

D) the doctors prescribed him antibiotics and other drugs.

A B C D E

cód. #4741

VUNESP - Inglês - 2019 - Prova de Conhecimentos Gerais

Wood wide web: trees’ social networks are mapped 


    Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria helping to connect trees and plants to one another. This subterranean social network, nearly 500 million years old, has become known as the “wood wide web”. Now, an international study has produced the first global map of the “mycorrhizal fungi networks” dominating this secretive world.

    Using machine-learning, researchers from the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Stanford University in the US used the database of the Global Forest Initiative, which covers 1.2 million forest tree plots with 28,000 species, from more than 70 countries. Using millions of direct observations of trees and their symbiotic associations on the ground, the researchers could build models from the bottom up to visualise these fungal networks for the first time. Prof Thomas Crowther, one of the authors of the report, told the BBC, “It’s the first time that we’ve been able to understand the world beneath our feet, but at a global scale.”

    The research reveals how important mycorrhizal networks are to limiting climate change — and how vulnerable they are to the effects of it. “Just like an Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan of the brain helps us to understand how the brain works, this global map of the fungi beneath the soil helps us to understand how global ecosystems work,” said Prof Crowther. “What we find is that certain types of microorganisms live in certain parts of the world, and by understanding that we can figure out how to restore different types of ecosystems and also how the climate is changing.” Losing chunks of the wood wide web could well increase “the feedback loop of warming temperatures and carbon emissions.”

    Mycorrhizal fungi are those that form a symbiotic relationship with plants. There are two main groups of mycorrhizal fungi: arbuscular fungi (AM) that penetrate the host’s roots, and ectomycorrhizal fungi (EM) which surround the tree’s roots without penetrating them.

                                                (Claire Marshall. www.bbc.com, 15.05.2019. Adaptado.)

O trecho do terceiro parágrafo “Just like an Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan of the brain helps us to understand how the brain works, this global map of the fungi beneath the soil helps us to understand how global ecosystems work” estabelece uma relação de

A) semelhança.

B) causa e efeito.

C) interdependência.

D) alternância.

E) divergência.

A B C D E

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