Questão 1660405

• Banca: Quadrix
• Órgão: COBRA Tecnologia S/A (BB)
• Ano: 2015
• Provas: Quadrix - 2015 - COBRA Tecnologia S/A (BB) - Analista de Operações - Requisitos e Testes de Software
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects; Verbos | Verbs

Robotic surgery linked to 144 deaths in the US Surgical robots allow doctors to improve recovery time and minimise scarring 

    A study into the safety of surgical robots has linked the machines' use to at least 144 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries over a 14-year period in the US. 

    The events included broken instruments falling into patients' bodies, electrical sparks causing tissue burns and system errors making surgery take longer than planned. The report notes that the figures represent a small proportion of the total number of robotic procedures. But it calls for fresh safety measures.

    "Despite widespread adoption of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgery, a non-negligible number of technical difficulties and complications are still being experienced during procedures," the study States.

    "Adoption of advanced techniques in design and operation of robotic surgical systems may reduce these preventable incidents in the future." Robotic surgery can reduce the risk of infections and help patients heal more quickly.

      More accidents

   The work was carried out by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chicago's Rush University Medicai Center.

    Their paper says 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions were recorded out of a total of more than 1.7 million robotic procedures carried out between January 2000 and December 2013.

    This was based on reports submitted by hospitais, patients, device manufacturers and others to the US Food and Drug Administration, and the study notes that the true number could be higher.

     Surgical robot 

     Surgeons face the risk of broken parts causing injury or lengthening procedures.

    Its authors say the number of injuries and deaths per procedure has remained relatively constant since 2007. But due to the fact that the use of robotic systems is increasing "exponentially", they add, this means that the number of accidents is increasing every year.

    They highlight that when problems do occur, people are several times more likely to die if the surgery involves their heart, lungs, head and/or neck rather than gynaecological and urological procedures.

    They acknowledge that the data does not pinpoint why, but suggest it is because the former are more complex types of operations for which robots are less commonly used, so there is less experience and expertise available.

    The researchers did not, however, compare accident rates with similar operations in which robots were not used. Their study has not been peer reviewed.

(http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33609495f)

In the text the verb do is boldfaced. Choose the alternative which contais the correct explanation of its use.

• A. The verb do was used in the text probably to emphasize the idea expressed by the principal verb, which is occur.
• B. The verb do was used in the text to make a question.
• C. The verb do was used in the text probably to emphasize the idea expressed by the principal verb, which is die.
• D. The use of the verb do in the text is not correct.
• E. The verb do was used in the text probably to emphasize the idea expressed by the principal verb, which is highlight.

Gabarito: A

Comentários

• O verbo do neste caso serve para enfatizar que aqueles problemas acontecem (occur). Resposta: alternativa A.

• a-

  o 'do' neste caso destaca o verbo principal, dando mais peso ao enunciado. nao ha traducao para o portugues brasileiro.

• O “do” apresentado no texto é o chamado “do enfático” ou “forma verbal enfática”, que tem a função de dar ênfase à ideia expressa na oração. Observe a explicação no quadro abaixo:

  Forma Verbal Enfática:

  É possível usar “do/does” em orações afirmativas, mas somente para dar ênfase ao verbo. Este é o chamado “do enfático” ou “forma verbal enfática”.

  I don’t like to work out very much, but I do like stretching.

  (Eu não gosto muito de me exercitar, mas eu gosto de alongamento.)

  I don’t like fruits very much, but I do love apples.

  (Eu não gosto muito de frutas, mas eu gosto de maçãs.)

  We normally don't go out, but we do like to watch a good movie on TV.

  (Geralmente nós não saímos, mas nós gostamos de assistir a um bom filme na TV.)

  Your parents do want you to clean your room now.

  (Os seus pais querem que você limpe o seu quarto agora.)

  I do love my children! I’m crazy for them!

  (Eu amo os meus filhos! Eu sou louca por eles!)

        They highlight that when problems do occur, people are several times more likely to die if the surgery involves their heart, lungs, head and/or neck rather than gynaecological and urological procedures.

         Eles ressaltam que quando os problemas ocorrem, as pessoas estão muito mais propensas a morrer se a cirurgia envolver seu coração, pulmões, cabeça e/ou pescoço, em vez de procedimentos ginecológicos e urológicos.

  Gabarito: A