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The Romantic Conventions of the "Haunted Melodrama"
Authors: Bennett Zachary Z. E.
Published: August 2019

THE ROMANTIC CONVENTIONS OF THE "HAUNTED MELODRAMA" THE NEXUS between love and death has been fodder for artists at least since antiquity. In Greek mythology, Orpheus famously descended into Hades in a fruitless attempt to retrieve his wife Eurydice from death. In his Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri, after passing through hell and purgatory, is guided through paradise by his beloved Beatrice. The human preoccupation with the twin forces of love and death was best (and most frequently) expressed, however, by the artists of the Romantic movement. In more recent history, artists and directors working in the field of cinema resurrected many Romantic conventions in treating the same subject matter. Their collective work can be roughly collected into a film genre known as "haunted melodrama."(1) Before exploring the application of Romantic conventions to haunted melodramas, it is first necessary to establish the philosophical foundation of these Romantic conventions. In...
Toronto 2009
Authors: Wee Brandon
Published: August 2019

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 HIGHLIGHTS There was no missing the withered appearance of Toronto's biggest film event this year, an inevitability that had been consuming it like a malignant tumour due to sustained economic famine. The cardinal symptoms were there for all to see: screening cutbacks, less-than-full houses, and sluggish industry business. Nevertheless, TIFF's choice of Tel Aviv for its inaugural 'City to City' program precipitated a spectacular publicity coup for itself when both detractors and supporters battled defensively - to the point of making international headlines. No particular theme or region stood out in this year's relatively tame line-up, although several thrillers provided welcome escapism: Accident (Soi Cheang, Hong Kong 2009) On paper, Soi Cheang's Accident sounds intriguing: the unity between four assassins specializing in disguising murders as accidents takes a hit when their latest job misfires and their ringleader (Louis Koo, dressed to kill) suspects he...
Leipzig 2008
Authors: Holloway Ron
Published: August 2019

51st LEIPZIG INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION FILMS Leipzig DOK PortfolioOne glance at the portfolio of the 51st Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animation Films (27 October to 2 November 2008) - aka DOK Leipzig - is mind-boggling! Even the most experienced festivalier would find it difficult to assimilate more than 320 films from 50 countries, all programmed within the short span of six days! The 2008 festival catalogue, running over 300 pages, offers not just synopses but also perceptive critiques of competing documentary entries in both German and English. Also, on the monetary side, purses totalling €56,500 were offered to the winners in four official Competitions: International Documentary, German Documentary, Animation, and the brand new Generation DOK (Young Talent Competition). Further, should a documentary enthusiast miss a key film due to overlaps in the programming schedule, he need only visit the Digital DOK Market in the...
Non-Realism and Ontology in Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park
Authors: Zir Alessandro
Published: August 2019

BEYOND SUBJECTIVENESS: NON-REALISM AND ONTOLOGY IN GUS VAN SANT'S PARANOID PARK AbstractThis paper focuses on Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (2007), in order to raise ontological issues that are understood to be fundamental to quite idiosyncratic, "authorial" movies, which are frequently mischaracterized as being merely personal and subjective. It starts with a consideration of how ontology must have a primacy over what is merely subjective or psychological in aesthetic experience. Paranoid Park is then analyzed in detail, with special attention to the apparently random elements that pullulate both in its soundtrack and in its visual texture. It is defended that the material with which the movie is made is emancipated from what would be their mere functionality in respect to the story. The same is true about a vagueness that is conspicuous to its characters. The violent scene of the railway accident, the dramatic apex of the movie,...
The Desire for History in Lars von Trier’s Europa and Theo Angelopoulos’ The Suspended Step of the Stork
Authors: Koutsourakis Angelos
Published: August 2019

THE PERSISTENCE OF DIALECTICS OR THE DESIRE FOR HISTORY IN LARS VON TRIER'S EUROPA AND THEO ANGELOPOULOS' THE SUSPENDED STEP OF THE STORK In this article I intend to discuss cinema’s potential to represent history in a period that political conflict and historical referents seem to be absent. I am going to pursue this argument through a comparative reading of two films, Lars von Trier’s Europa (1991) and Theo Angelopoulos’ The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991). My contention is that these two films exploit historical narratives of the past and the present with the view to negating teleological and ahistorical assumptions that history has come to a standstill. The central topos of the postmodern theory is that the distinctions between real and fictional reference are not clear-cut and in order to gain an historical understanding one has to go beyond reductionist simplifications between facts...
International Asian Cinemas Festival Vesoul 2010
Authors: Dönmez-Colin Gönül
Published: August 2019

16th INTERNATIONAL ASIAN CINEMAS FESTIVAL VESOUL Started sixteen years ago by ambitious lovers of cinema, Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, the International Asian Cinemas Festival of Vesoul (FICA, 26 January-2 February 2010) has become one of the most important festivals in Europe and especially in France on the cinemas of the Asian countries. The 16th edition took place between 26 January- 2 February 2010 this year with a focus on Turkey, Taiwan and Vietnam. In this context, a special retrospective was devoted to Ömer Kavur (1944-2005), the truly auteur filmmaker of Turkey. All fiction features of Kavur including classics such as Motherland Hotel were screened for the first time in France, to the enthusiastic audiences that travelled far to this otherwise quiet town near the Swiss border. Sixty years of Taiwanese cinema that stretched from 1949 to 2009 was presented with eighteen films that included lesser-known names (Vivian Chang, Hidden...
Ján Kadár
Authors: Hames Peter
Published: August 2019

When The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965) won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1966, it marked the first ever for Czechoslovakia and the decisive breakthrough in international awareness of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Yet its co-directors, Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, were not part of the younger generation that emerged from the Prague Film School in the 1960s. Klos had begun his career before the Second World War and Kadár made his debut in 1945. After the success of The Shop on Main Street, they completed only one more film before the Soviet suppression of the Prague Spring brought an end to their partnership. In 1968-69, they shot Touha zvaná Anada (Adriftaka Desire is Called Anada), released in 1971, the only Czechoslovak-US co-production to be shot in the “socialist” era....
Lo cotidiano: una forma básica de mirar la diversidad
Authors: Hernández Vargas Dora María
Published: August 2019

A partir de una estrofa de un poema de Jorge Debravo, la autora de este ensayo lleva al lector a reflexionar sobre la manera en que el respeto y la valoración de la diversidad presente en todo ser y hacer humano, deben abordarse desde lo cotidiano, desde esa necesidad diaria de ternura, cena, silencio, pan y casa.

Nuestro célebre poeta hace una de las afirmaciones más consistentes y enérgicas cuando dice, con gran belleza poética y como si toda la humanidad dijera con él: “Soy hombre, he nacido, tengo piel y esperanza…”. Debravo logra expresar e identificar algunas de las necesidades y derechos básicos de las personas en este breve poema, con una fuerza impresionante. La autora considera importante que, la persona no pide “eternidades llenas de estrellas blancas”. Y concuerda con el poeta cuando explica suavemente: “Pido ternura, cena, silencio, pan y casa…”.
Creencias y prácticas de autoevaluación del aprendizaje vigentes en los procesos de formación profesional desarrollados en el CIDE durante el 2007
Authors: Ovares Barquero Sandra , Ruiz Guevara Susana , Zúñiga León Irma
Published: August 2019

Recibido 18 de enero 2008 • Aprobado 12 de marzo 2008

 

El presente artículo identifica creencias y prácticas de autoevaluación del aprendizaje vigentes en los procesos de formación profesional desarrollados en el CIDE durante el 2007, para lo cual se desarrolló un trabajo de investigación con dos grupos de informantes conformados por académicos del CIDE que, durante la década de los años 90 participaron en experiencias de autoevaluación de los aprendizajes como docentes o como estudiantes.

Las prácticas actuales que realizan por los académicos informantes en materia de autoevaluación de los aprendizajes en el CIDE, evidencian que ellos conceden gran importancia a este proceso en los cursos que imparten, y concuerdan en la necesidad de implementarlo de manera concreta, por cuanto las experiencias se convierten en iniciativas aisladas que no se enmarcan dentro de alguna política, lineamiento u orientación planteada por la comunidad CIDE.

Las creencias de los participantes con respecto a la posibilidad de aplicar procesos de autoevaluación de los aprendizajes en la formación profesional que desarrolla el CIDE, ponen de manifiesto la necesidad de capacitar al grupo de docentes y estudiantes en esta materia, y además, crear más espacios para la participación de éstos últimos. Por otra parte, los académicos creen que la autoevaluación de los aprendizajes es una estrategia para el desarrollo de procesos metacognitivos y reflexivos, lo que se considera de medular importancia en la formación profesional a cargo del Centro.
Experiencia sobre educación rural en el municipio de Samacá, Boyacá. Colombia
Authors: Rodríguez Rueda María Cecilia , Piñeros Piñeros Marco Antonio
Published: August 2019

Recibido 3 de noviembre de 2006 • Aprobado 30 de noviembre de 2006

 

 

La experiencia, que a continuación se describe, es el resultado del trabajo con comunidades e instituciones educativas rurales que viene desarrollando el Grupo de Investigación Educación Rural de la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia desde 1999, en el municipio de Samacá, Boyacá. Esta se realiza en dos fases: la primera, recoge una visión holística de carácter socio-cultural y pedagógico de las familias que habitan en las veredas de Guantoque, Páramo Centro y Gacal y sus respectivas instituciones educativas. La segunda fase, coherente con los resultados obtenidos, busca diseñar y ejecutar, a través de la investigación-proyección social, una propuesta alternativa pedagógica y de atención primaria en salud, que contribuya a mejorar las condiciones de los menores y sus familias en el sector. La metodología utilizada en este proceso es la investigación-acción participativa, donde se han involucrado, los maestros de las escuelas, los padres y las madres de familia, las instituciones y organizaciones del municipio, la administración municipal y la Secretaria de Educación Departamental. Los resultados obtenidos se relacionan con los compromisos adquiridos por los diferentes sujetos participantes, pero además, con el conocimiento de la realidad cultural, pedagógica y física de los menores.
Global analysis of a deterministic and stochastic nonlinear SIRS epidemic model
Authors: Lahrouz A. , Omari L. , Kiouach D.
Published: August 2019

We present in this paper an SIRS epidemic model with saturated incidence rate and disease-inflicted mortality. The Global stability of the endemic equilibrium state is proved by constructing a Lyapunov function. For the stochastic version, the global existence and positivity of the solution is showed, and the global stability in probability and pth moment of the system is proved under suitable conditions on the intensity of the white noise perturbation.
Exact solutions of the 2+1-dimensional Camassa–Holm Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation
Authors: Ebadi Ghodrat , Fard Nazila Yousefzadeh Yousefzadeh , Triki Houria , Biswas Anjan
Published: August 2019

This paper studies the (2 + 1)-dimensional Camassa–Holm Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation. There are a few methods that will be utilized to carry out the integration of this equation. Those are the G'/G method as well as the exponential function method. Subsequently, the ansatz method will be applied to obtain the topological soliton solution of this equation. The constraint conditions, for the existence of solitons, will also fall out of these.
Publishing biomedical research articles in English, but in quality English
Authors: Escobar-Córdoba Franklin , López-León Cristhian Leonardo , Montoya-Polo Lina Johana
Published: August 2019

Latin American biomedical researchers are increasingly prone to publish their scientific production in indexed scientific journals published in English as this ensures greater visibility and impact, which in turn leads to a greater number of citations. (1,2)This implies that researchers, in addition to writing articles with the utmost rigor and quality in their native language, should also seek a high-quality translation into English to make sure that the article submitted to the editorial process (editorial and peer review) is correctly written, and also that the contents of the source text are expressed in a clear, precise and natural way in the target language, which will undoubtedly increase their chances of acceptance and publication.
Orchid diversity in antropogenic-induced degraded tropical rainforest, an extrapolation towards conservation
Authors: Besi Edward E. , Nikong Dome , Mustafa Muskhazli , Go Rusea
Published: August 2019

The uncontrolled logging in Peninsular Malaysia and the resulting mudslides in the lowland areas have been perilous, not to just humans, but also to another biodiversity, including the wild orchids. Their survival in these highly depleted areas is being overlooked due to the inaccessible and harsh environment. This paper reports on the rescue of orchids at risk from the disturbed forests for ex-situ conservation, the identification of the diversity of orchids and the evaluation of the influence of micro-climatic changes induced by clear-cut logging towards the resilience of orchids in the flood-disturbed secondary forests and logged forests in Terengganu and Kelantan, located at the central region of Peninsular Malaysia, where the forest destruction by logging activities has been extensive. 109 orchid species belonging to 40 genera were collected from the disturbed areas. The diversity and data analyses show that the disturbed secondary forests had a higher orchid density (0.0133 plants/m2) than the logged sites (0.0040 plants/m2) as the habitat conditions were more dependable. Nevertheless, the logged forests harboured a higher diversity of orchids (H=4.50 and D=0.99) of which 97.9% were epiphytes. Eleven rare species were found along with six species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, with two species new to science. The results highlighted the factors that allow the orchids to flourish or suffer in the disturbed forests. The logged forests had a higher ambient temperature and lower moisture level than the mud flood-disturbed and canopy-covered secondary forests. Apart from the extensive ground vegetation due to logs dragging extraction, low soil moisture and absence of leaf litter were believed to be the major attributes causing the low abundance of terrestrial orchids. The high abundance and diversity of epiphytic orchids and the large difference of their densities between the logged sites were influenced by the densities of fallen trees hosting orchid(s), disturbance-induced dryness stresses, durations of exposure to the anthropogenic-induced disturbance, and less favourable soil conditions for the terrestrial orchids.

 

Key words: conservation, diversity, dryness stress, ecology, epiphyte, logged forest, mudslides, Orchidaceae
A Great Lesson of Spirituality and Humanism. Pope John Paul II at the Headquarters of UNESCO in Paris (2 June 1980)
Authors: Królikowski Janusz
Published: August 2019

The speech given by St. Pope John Paul II at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on June 2, 1980 has a special place among his numerous addresses concerning culture. Referring to the cultural changes which took place in the last three centuries the pope stood up for culture, emphasising that, in an individual dimension, culture represents the constitutive element of life of every man and, correspondingly, in a social dimension, it provides a support for self-determination and for the freedom of nations. Formulating such a message, the pope referred to Polish experiences, in order to highlight the significance and the primacy of the person and to point out the subjective meaning of a nation and the ethical dimension of culture. In the papal message one can also find a call for cultural opposition against contemporary subjectivism and other tendencies heading towards the disinheritance of man and to the shutting of the door of the universal horizon of hope and love, which is based on manifold human experiences from the past.
Mieczysław Kotlarczyk – a Teacher and Artistic Friend of John Paul II
Authors: Kuta Cecylia
Published: August 2019

Mieczysław Kotlarczyk played an important role in the life of Pope John Paul II. The spiritual bond between friends born in the same city exerted a significant impact on both their lives and work. And yet it remains unknown to the public, just as Kotlarczyk himself. Raised in a theatre-related family, Kotlarczyk remained affiliated with the theatre throughout his life. This paper presents his life path and the fate of the Rhapsodic Theatre, which Kotlarczyk was managing from 1941, and which operated under the auspices of the “Unia” (“Union”) underground organization. After World War II, despite reprisals from the communist authorities and the subordination to thesecret service, Kotlarczyk tried to continue his activity. In 1953, the Rhapsodic Theatre was liquidated by the authorities. Even though in 1957, as part of the so-called thaw, there was a consent to reactivate the theatre, ten years later however, it was definitely shut down. Among those protesting against the decision, was Karol Wojtyła, the then Archbishop of Kraków.
A história como pintura: da dimensão pictórica à textual na historiografia francesa da primeira metade do século XlX
Authors: Cardoso Eduardo Wright
Published: August 2019

A apresentação de uma “história vívida”, capaz de “colocar os objetos narrados sob os olhos do leitor” ou a elaboração de uma “pintura da história” são procedimentos caros à historiografia francesa da primeira metade do século XIX. No entanto, esse investimento no caráter imagético da narrativa também pode ser encontrado nas reflexões clássicas e antigas sobre a escrita da história. Nesse artigo, o objetivo é discorrer sobre as possíveis reapropriações na historiografia francesa do período, de práticas e topoi antigos, como se verifica nas noções do ut pictura historia, da enargeia e da sunopsis. Para isso, recorre-se tanto a obras de referência, dicionários e enciclopédias, quanto a textos de autores como Prosper de Barante, René de Chateaubriand e Augustin Thierry. Como hipótese, sugere-se que o moderno dispositivo narrativo da cor local, que se desenvolve entre os séculos XVIII e XIX, incorpora e expressa as antigas demandas visuais da narrativa, no momento da reformulação conceitual que caracteriza a época moderna.
The role of social capital in the victimization risk against property: evidence from Brazil*
Authors: Moreira Gustavo Carvalho , Kassouf Ana Lucia , Justus Marcelo
Published: August 2019

Abstract The economic model of crime presupposes that individuals evaluate the decision to commit a crime rationally. A more inclusive version of this model would include social capital as a factor influencing criminal activity. The amount of social capital that exists within a group can be used to explain criminal behavior, and an increase in the level of social capital can be a factor capable of preventing crime. This study tests the hypothesis that increasing the level of social capital reduces the risk of victimization against property. Results from variations of an IV-Probit model were used to evaluate data from Latin American Public Opinion Project surveys conducted in Brazil. These results suggest that a higher level of social capital among individuals increases the likelihood that they will cooperate for mutual benefit, such as combating crime.
Efficacy of afoxolaner in the flea control in experimentally infested cats
Authors: Machado Marília Alves , Campos Diefrey Ribeiro , Lopes Natália Lôres , Bastos Isabela Pessôa Barbieri , Alves Mariana Silva Revoredo , Correia Thais Ribeiro , Scott Fabio Barbour , Fernandes Julio Israel
Published: August 2019

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a single dose of oral afoxolaner in controlling fleas in cats. Fourteen cats were used. The cats were given identification numbers, housed individually, artificially infested with Ctenocephalides felis felis, and treated (or not) with afoxolaner. Were divided into a treatment group and a control group (n = 7/group), on the basis of the fleas count hours after an infestation applied on Day (one-by-one allocation after ordering by count). At the start of the experimental protocol (designated day 0), the treated group received afoxolaner in a single dose of 2.5 mg/kg and the control group animals received a placebo. All animals were infested with 100 C. felis felis fleas two days before day 0, as well as on days 5, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40, 47, 54, and 63, parasite loads being evaluated at 48 h after each infestation. The efficacy of afoxolaner was 100% on day 2 and remained above 98% until day 42, decreasing to 95.3% by day 63. The findings confirm that a single dose of oral afoxolaner was effective in controlling C. felis felis in cats, and there were no observed adverse events.
Anthelmintic effect of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil and its nanoemulsion on sheep gastrointestinal nematodes
Authors: Macedo Iara Tersia Freitas , Oliveira Lorena Mayana Beserra de , André Weibson Paz Pinheiro , Araújo Filho José Vilemar de , Santos Jéssica Maria Leite dos , Rondon Fernanda Cristina Macedo , Ribeiro Wesley Lyeverton Correia , Camurça-Vasconcelos Ana Lourdes Fernandes , Oliveira Erick Falcão de , Paula Haroldo César Beserra de , Bevilaqua Claudia Maria Leal
Published: August 2019

Abstract The anthelmintic resistance stimulated the search for strategies for controlling gastrointestinal nematodes, including the use of free essential oils or its nanoemulsion. This study evaluated the anthelmintic efficacy of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil (CcEO) and C. citratus essential oil nanoemulsion (CcEOn). Pysicochemical analyses were performed. The in vitro effect was determined using the egg hatch test (EHT) on Haemonchus contortus and in vivo effect was evaluated in sheep infected with gastrointestinal nematodes. The animals were treated with CcEO (500 mg/kg) or CcEOn (450 mg/kg) for the fecal egg count (FEC) and the determination of worm burden. The main component of CcEO was citral. The CcEO content in the nanoemulsion was 20% (v/v), and the mean particle size was 248 nm. In EHT, CcEO and CcEOn (1.25 mg/mL) inhibited larval hatching by 98.4 and 97.1%, respectively. Three animals treated with CcEO died whereas in the group treated with CcEOn one animal died. The FEC and total worm burden of the treated groups did not differ from the negative control (p>0.05). The CcEOn showed efficacy only on H. contortus (p<0.05). In conclusion, nanoencapsulation reduced toxicity and increased efficacy on H. contortus.
Automated Rule Base Completion as Bayesian Concept Induction
Authors: Bouraoui Zied , Schockaert Steven
Published: August 2019

Considerable attention has recently been devoted to the problem of automatically extending knowledge bases by applying some form of inductive reasoning. While the vast majority of existing work is centred around so-called knowledge graphs, in this paper we consider a setting where the input consists of a set of (existential) rules. To this end, we exploit a vector space representation of the considered concepts, which is partly induced from the rule base itself and partly from a pre-trained word embedding. Inspired by recent approaches to concept induction, we then model rule templates in this vector space embedding using Gaussian distributions. Unlike many existing approaches, we learn rules by directly exploiting regularities in the given rule base, and do not require that a database with concept and relation instances is given. As a result, our method can be applied to a wide variety of ontologies. We present experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.
What Is One Grain of Sand in the Desert? Analyzing Individual Neurons in Deep NLP Models
Authors: Dalvi Fahim , Durrani Nadir , Sajjad Hassan , Belinkov Yonatan , Bau Anthony , Glass James
Published: August 2019

Despite the remarkable evolution of deep neural networks in natural language processing (NLP), their interpretability remains a challenge. Previous work largely focused on what these models learn at the representation level. We break this analysis down further and study individual dimensions (neurons) in the vector representation learned by end-to-end neural models in NLP tasks. We propose two methods: Linguistic Correlation Analysis, based on a supervised method to extract the most relevant neurons with respect to an extrinsic task, and Cross-model Correlation Analysis, an unsupervised method to extract salient neurons w.r.t. the model itself. We evaluate the effectiveness of our techniques by ablating the identified neurons and reevaluating the network’s performance for two tasks: neural machine translation (NMT) and neural language modeling (NLM). We further present a comprehensive analysis of neurons with the aim to address the following questions: i) how localized or distributed are different linguistic properties in the models? ii) are certain neurons exclusive to some properties and not others? iii) is the information more or less distributed in NMT vs. NLM? and iv) how important are the neurons identified through the linguistic correlation method to the overall task? Our code is publicly available as part of the NeuroX toolkit (Dalvi et al. 2019a). This paper is a non-archived version of the paper published at AAAI (Dalvi et al. 2019b).
Structured Two-Stream Attention Network for Video Question Answering
Authors: Gao Lianli , Zeng Pengpeng , Song Jingkuan , Li Yuan-Fang , Liu Wu , Mei Tao , Shen Heng Tao
Published: August 2019

To date, visual question answering (VQA) (i.e., image QA and video QA) is still a holy grail in vision and language understanding, especially for video QA. Compared with image QA that focuses primarily on understanding the associations between image region-level details and corresponding questions, video QA requires a model to jointly reason across both spatial and long-range temporal structures of a video as well as text to provide an accurate answer. In this paper, we specifically tackle the problem of video QA by proposing a Structured Two-stream Attention network, namely STA, to answer a free-form or open-ended natural language question about the content of a given video. First, we infer rich longrange temporal structures in videos using our structured segment component and encode text features. Then, our structured two-stream attention component simultaneously localizes important visual instance, reduces the influence of background video and focuses on the relevant text. Finally, the structured two-stream fusion component incorporates different segments of query and video aware context representation and infers the answers. Experiments on the large-scale video QA dataset TGIF-QA show that our proposed method significantly surpasses the best counterpart (i.e., with one representation for the video input) by 13.0%, 13.5%, 11.0% and 0.3 for Action, Trans., TrameQA and Count tasks. It also outperforms the best competitor (i.e., with two representations) on the Action, Trans., TrameQA tasks by 4.1%, 4.7%, and 5.1%.
Clasificación de patologías presentes en la columna vertebral mediante técnicas de máquinas de aprendizaje
Authors: Ramírez-Jiménez Diego , Quintero-Ospina Julián David
Published: August 2019

Introducción: el artículo es resultado de la investigación “Estudio de patologías presentes en la columna vertebral empleando técnicas de inteligencia artificial como apoyo a los procesos de diagnóstico”, desarrollada en la Universidad del Valle entre 2016 y 2017. Problema: con frecuencia, los estudios y análisis que a menudo se realizan a las afecciones de salud en seres humanos con frecuencia son invasivos, lo cual conlleva problemas mayores. Objetivo: aportar un método de estudio a partir de los atributos biomecánicos de seres humanos para la detección de patologías que se presentan en la columna vertebral. Metodología: el trabajo se fundamentó en probar tres técnicas de reconocimiento de patrones; Bayes como técnica clásica de reconocimiento; y técnicas inteligentes como las redes neuronales de base radial (rbf), máquinas de soporte vectorial (svm) y redes neuronales probabilísticas (pnn). Resultados: durante el proceso de clasificación de las patologías a tratar, la que mejores resultados aportó fue la técnica de pnn, mientras que las demás presentaron buenos resultados de clasificación para una patología en particular. Conclusión: se comprobó que la aplicación de estas técnicas de estudio aporta características importantes a los procesos de diagnóstico de patologías presentes en la columna vertebral, tales como hernia discal y espondilolistesis. Originalidad: este trabajo se realizó con información de pacientes reales, y presenta técnicas de estudio y resultados importantes sobre el diagnóstico de patologías de columna vertebral. Limitaciones: el estudio de patologías de columna vertebral requiere tener más información sobre los atributos biomecánicos de los seres humanos.
Análisis crítico de las actividades prohibidas para las cooperativas de trabajo en Argentina.
Authors: Sosa Gustavo Alberto
Published: August 2019

En 1994, el Poder Ejecutivo nacional de Argentina emitió el Decreto 2015/94, por el cual estableció que el por entonces Instituto Nacional de Acción Cooperativa (inac), en la actualidad Instituto Nacional de Asociativismo y Economía Social (Inaes), se debería abstener de autorizar a funcionar cooperativas de trabajo que prevean, en el cumplimiento de su objetivo social, contratar servicios cooperativos por terceras personas empleando la fuerza de trabajo de sus asociados. Con el fin de reglamentar dicho Decreto, el inac emitió la Resolución N.° 1510/94, por la cual declaró comprendidas en dicha situación las solicitudes de autorización para funcionar como cooperativa de trabajo que se vinculen con las siguientes actividades: agencias de colocaciones, limpieza, seguridad, distribuciones de correspondencia y servicios eventuales. De esta manera, se consagró un impedimento al desarrollo de nuevas cooperativas de naturaleza claramente ilegítima, ya que se presuponía, desde el origen, la actividad en fraude a la ley laboral (y, como contracara de la misma moneda, a la norma cooperativa) antes de haberse dado la posibilidad de funcionar a las entidades. El Estado renunciaba así a ejercer su rol de fiscalización, al prohibir lisa y llanamente el desarrollo de determinadas actividades por parte de cooperativas de trabajo. Asimismo, se ponía bajo “manto de sospecha” toda actividad de trabajo cooperativizado que se desarrollara por fuera de un comercio o de una planta fabril. No obstante el tiempo transcurrido y los hechos acontecidos en el país desde entonces, estas prohibiciones mantienen vigencia pese a su manifiesta ilegalidad.
A preliminary study of microRNA expression in different types of primary melanoma
Authors: Gencia Ioana , Baderca Flavia , Avram Stefania , Gogulescu Armand , Marcu Anca , Seclaman Edward , Marian Catalin , Solovan Caius
Published: August 2019

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been proven to regulate the development and progression of cancer through various mechanisms. The aim of the present study was to compare miRNA expression between primary melanomas from different sites. We analyzed the expression of 84 miRNAs in 27 primary melanoma and 5 nevus formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples using the Human Cancer PathwayFinder miScript miRNA PCR Array. The FFPE samples were obtained from the archives of the Municipal Clinical Emergency Hospital of Timisoara and included 10 cutaneous melanomas, 10 uveal melanomas, 7 mucosal melanomas, and 5 cutaneous nevi. Out of 84 miRNAs, 11 miRNAs showed altered expression in all types of melanoma compared with the nevi. Among these, miR-155-5p, miR-9-5p, miR-142-5p, miR-19a-3p, miR-134-5p, and miR-301a-3p were upregulated, while miR-205-5p, miR-203a-3p, miR-27b-3p, miR-218-5p, and miR-23b-3p were downregulated. The highest similarity in miRNA expression pattern was found between uveal and mucosal melanoma groups, i.e., 15 miRNAs had altered expression in both groups. Overall, we identified several miRNAs with significantly altered expression in primary melanomas, including those reported for the first time in this type of cancer. Among them, mir-9-5p, mir-203a-3p, mir-19a-3p, mir-27b-3p, and mir-218-5p showed altered expression in all melanoma groups vs. nevus group. Further research should explore the potential of these miRNAs in melanoma.
Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in the tunica intima, media, and adventitia of coronary arteries: An updated review
Authors: Milutinović Aleksandra , Šuput Dušan , Zorc-Pleskovič Ruda
Published: August 2019

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of arteries and it affects the structure and function of all three layers of the coronary artery wall. Current theories suggest that the dysfunction of endothelial cells is one of the initial steps in the development of atherosclerosis. The view that the tunica intima normally consists of a single layer of endothelial cells attached to the subendothelial layer and internal elastic membrane has been questioned in recent years. The structure of intima changes with age and it becomes multilayered due to migration of smooth muscle cells from the media to intima. At this stage, the migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells do not cause pathological changes in the intima. The multilayering of intima is classically considered to be an important stage in the development of atherosclerosis, but in fact atherosclerotic plaques develop only focally due to the interplay of various processes that involve the resident and invading inflammatory cells. The tunica media consists of multiple layers of smooth muscle cells that produce the extracellular matrix, and this layer normally does not contain microvessels. During the development of atherosclerosis, the microvessels from the tunica adventitia or from the lumen may penetrate thickened media to provide nutrition and oxygenation. According to some theories, the endothelial dysfunction of these nutritive vessels may significantly contribute to the atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. The adventitia contains fibroblasts, progenitor cells, immune cells, microvessels, and adrenergic nerves. The degree of inflammatory cell infiltration into the adventitia, which can lead to the formation of tertiary lymphoid organs, correlates with the severity of atherosclerotic plaques. Coronary arteries are surrounded by perivascular adipose tissue that also participates in the atherosclerotic process.
MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SMALL MAMMAL FAUNA OF THE CAVE LOCALITY AT VINYAVY (L'VIV REGION)
Authors: Popova L. , Krochak M. , Krokhmal' O. , Tzyzh E.
Published: August 2019

A new locality of the Pleistocene small mammals at Vynyavy (L'viv region) has been discovered in the filling of rock shelters beneath the massive well-cemented sandstone of the Opillia Suite of the Badenian, the Middle Neogene. The locality was formed as a result of pellet accumulation. Predators, whose activity was forming the taphocoenosis, were birds and predatory beasts that inhabited the rock shelters and small caves in the looser underlying sandstone. The fauna includes fossils of insectivores, lagomorphs and rodents. The presence of Arvicolachosaricus and the evolutionary level of other arvicolidsallow identification this fauna as Khasarian one. The closest analogue of Vynyavy, with respect to the geological age, is a fauna from sub-moraine deposits of the Dnieper area, Matviivka. Ecologically, Vynyavy fauna shows similarity with Medzhybizh (Syngilian fauna of the Bug area). Geological age of the locality is the Middle Pleistocene, Dnieprovian climatolith, and, taking into account ecological features of the fauna, most likely, its beginning. On the basis of small mammal fauna, open steppe habitats should be reconstructed for the time span presented by Vynyavy fauna. Climate was colder than the present one, although not extremely cold, which is evidenced by the presence of insectivores. Climate was also wet enough, as soon as all xerophillous species are absent. Special characteristic feature is the absence of Laguridae, usual for the Pleistocene of Ukrainian group. Arctic component is presented by a lemming. High percentage of the water vole in the taphocoenosis indicates extensive areas of flood-plains and high fluvial activity, which could be expected during interstadials rather than during cold epochs. Otherwise, a decrease of seasonal floods would have resulted in foresting of valley and, as a consequence, in the appearance of forest mammal species, which are observed in Vinyavy fauna. Remains of ground squirrels belong to Spermophilusodessanus, a fact that supports a recent (Holocene) colonization of this area by its present inhabitant, S. citellus.
UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DO SETOR INDUSTRIAL PARA O CRESCIMENTO ECONÔMICO E SOCIAL DO PARANÁ
Authors: Silva Rodrigo Monteiro da , Dobler Greicy Maria Maria Milane Fim
Published: August 2019

O setor industrial possui papel de grande destaque para a geração de desenvolvimento econômico e social em um país, visto que esse setor exerce expressivo impacto regional dado sua capacidade de gerar externalidades positivas para todas as atividades a sua volta, tanto a jusante como a montante, estimulando desse modo melhora de indicadores não somente econômicos, mas também sociais. No caso brasileiro, o setor que sempre foi considerado essencial, e por isso desde sua colonização considerado prioritário pelas políticas nacionais foi a agricultura, enquanto que a indústria, apenas em 1930, começa a ser alvo de políticas por parte do governo, em nível nacional e estadual. Entre os Estados da região Sul, o Paraná tem tido destaque industrial, com níveis de crescimento acima do nacional. Dessa forma, dado o presente cenário, a presente pesquisa objetivou analisar qual tem sido o desempenho da indústria do Estado entre os anos de 2005 e 2015. A metodologia empregada foi de caráter estatística descritiva e também bibliográfica. Os resultados mostram um bom desempenho da indústria, principalmente em termos de geração de emprego e renda, impulsionando dessa forma o crescimento e desenvolvimento econômico paranaense.
PREVALENCE OF ENTEROPARASITOSIS IN THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL: A LOOK INTO THE SANITATION AND ETHNO-DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Zenazokenae Leonir Evandro , Terças-Trettel Ana Cláudia Pereira , Nascimento Vagner Ferreira do , Hattori Thalise Yuri , Atanaka Marina , Lemos Elba Regina Sampaio de , Bóia Márcio Neves
Published: August 2019

The intestinal parasitic diseases directly affect the quality of life of indigenous populations, because of vulnerabilities they experience. This study aimed to understand the prevalence of intestinal parasites among the Haliti-Paresí and relate with sanitation and ethno-development. It is a quantitative and cross-sectional study on indigenous Utiaritiland where reside the Haliti-Paresí, in the middle region northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Data collection occurred in 2015, from interview with application of semi-structured form and collection of feces for coprological survey.Forty-three indigenous people participated in the study, of an average age of 30.9 years old, mostly women, and a predominance of basic education. The prevalence of enteroparasitosis was 46.6%, predominantly among men, reaching all adolescents, followed by children, without the influence of schooling in the rate of infection. Nine species were detected, being six pathogenic, Giardia duodenalis, Entamoebahistolytica, Ancilostomídeo, Blastocystishominis, Hymenolepis nana and Rodentolepis nana, in addition to three non-pathogenic, Iodamoebabutschlii, Entamoeba coli and Endolimax nana.The sanitation conditions, associated with cultural habits, point to the need for improvement in sanitation, since we detected a high prevalence of intestinal parasitoses in this study. The ethno-development may be crucial as strategies for the maintenance of culture in balance with health and sanitary development.
CONCEITO AMPLIADO DE SAÚDE NA FORMAÇÃO DOS PROFISSIONAIS DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA
Authors: Grillo Luciane Peter , Ibarra Leonardo Sartório , Mezadri Tatiana
Published: August 2019

O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar 81 profissionais de educação física egressos de uma universidade comunitária sobre o conhecimento do conceito ampliado de saúde na sua formação. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa por meio da aplicação de um questionário online. Os resultados mostraram a predominância de profissionais do sexo masculino (56%), faixa etária de 20 a 25 anos (55%), carga horária de trabalho semanal de mais de 20 horas (67%), renda de até R$2.000,00 mensais (78%), dos quais 14% não apresentavam conhecimento do conceito ampliado de saúde. Além disso, verificou-se uma associação significativa entre a modalidade de formação e o conceito ampliado de saúde. Em vista dos achados observados, torna-se necessário consolidar a formação deste profissional na saúde coletiva para inserção nas equipes multiprofissionais.
MOTIVAÇÃO, BEM-ESTAR E AUTOESTIMA DE PRATICANTES DE DIFERENTES MODALIDADES DE EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO
Authors: Silva Thays da Cruz , Freire Gabriel Lucas Morais , Morais Olga Santana Guimarães , Nascimento Junior Jose Roberto de Andrade do
Published: August 2019

Este estudo transversal investigou a motivação, o bem-estar e a autoestima entre 31 praticantes (24 mulheres e 7 homens) com média de idade de 30,41 anos (± 7,85) de três modalidades de exercício (treinamento funcional (n=10), musculação com (n=11) e sem (n=10) personal trainer) de academias das cidades de Petrolina (PE) e Juazeiro (BA). Foram utilizados a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo, a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg e o Questionário de Regulação de Conduta no Exercício 2. Os resultados evidenciaram que os praticantes de treinamento funcional apresentaram maior afeto positivo e menor escore de regulação identificada (r=-0,34) do que os praticantes de musculação com e sem personal. Verificaram-se as seguintes correlações significativas: afeto positivo com regulação identificada (r = -0,34), regulação introjetada (r = -0,31) e regulação externa (r = -0,30); e satisfação com a vida com regulação identificada (r = -0,28). Pode-se concluir que o tipo de exercício pode ser considerado um fator interveniente no afeto positivo e na identificação do indivíduo com o exercício, e que o afeto positivo está inversamente associado às regulações da motivação.
AÇÕES EDUCATIVAS PARA PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE NA ESCOLA: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Jacob Lia Maristela da Silva , Melo Márcio Cristiano de , Sena Rômulo Mágnus de Castro , Silva Isaac Jacob da , Mafetoni Reginaldo Roque , Souza Kellen Cristina Silva de
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: identificar e descrever as evidências científicas sobre as ações educativas realizadas no programa Saúde na Escola. Método: revisão integrativa realizada nos meses de julho e agosto de 2018, em bases de dados eletrônicas com tradição em publicações na área da saúde. Resultados: o levantamento resultou em 12 artigos incluídos abordando os seguintes eixos: Estudo cartográfica na escola, uso de web rádio com escolares, conhecimento de escolares sobre poluição, percepções de educadores sobre educação inclusiva, ações de alimentação e nutrição¬ na escola, o enfermeiro no contexto escolar, promoção da saúde auditiva, saúde em disfonia infantil, atenção primária a saúde do escolar, práticas intersetoriais, e acidentes de trabalho entre escolares. Conclusão: a Educação em Saúde é apontada como uma importante estratégia para alcance de indicadores positivos no que diz respeito à promoção da saúde e prevenção de doenças entre escolares.
Marido, de Lídia Jorge: a percepção subjetiva da violência do Estado Novo / Marido, by Lidia Jorge: The Subjective Perception of New State Violence
Authors: Oliveira Marcos Vinícius Ferreira de
Published: August 2019

Resumo: Estudo do conto “Marido”, de Lídia Jorge, numa perspectiva interdisciplinar, que põe em diálogo a Literatura, Sociologia e a Filosofia, buscando verificar, na leitura proposta, alguns elementos do gênero narrativo, as singularidades da sua construção, o modo pelo qual a escritora o realiza na sua ficção, e, principalmente, da relação que esta estabelece com a História recente do seu país, no amplo espectro da contemporaneidade, um espaço privilegiado para a representação, tanto das consequências quanto da naturalização da violência, deixando entrever que ela foi empregada como elemento de amálgama na relação entre os portugueses e a política do Estado Novo.Palavras-chave: Lídia Jorge; ficção portuguesa contemporânea; violência; Estado Novo.Abstract: A study of the story “Marido”, by Lídia Jorge, in an interdisciplinary perspective, that puts in dialogue the Literature, Sociology and Philosophy, trying to verify, in the proposed reading, some elements of the narrative genre, the singularities of its construction, by the writer in her fiction, and especially the relationship she establishes with the recent history of her country, in the broad spectrum of contemporary times, a privileged space for the representation of both the consequences and the naturalization of violence, leaving to see that it was used as an element of amalgam in the relationship between the Portuguese and the politics of the Estado Novo.Keywords: Lídia Jorge; contemporary Portuguese fiction; violence; Estado Novo.