bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Functional Spatial Analysis Platform for Discovery of Immunological Interactions Predictive of Low-Grade to High-Grade Transition of Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Authors: Barua Souptik , Solis Luisa , Parra Edwin Roger , Uraoka Naohiro , Jiang Mei , Wang Huamin , Rodriguez-Canales Jaime , Wistuba Ignacio , Maitra Anirban , Sen Subrata , Rao Arvind
Published: June 2018

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), critical precursors of the devastating tumor pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), are poorly understood in the pancreatic cancer community. Researchers have shown that IPMN patients with high-grade dysplasia have a greater risk of subsequent development of PDAC in the remnant pancreas than do patients with low-grade dysplasia. In this study, we built a computational prediction model that encapsulates the spatial cellular interactions in IPMNs that play key roles in the transformation of low-grade IPMN cysts to high-grade cysts en route to PDAC. Using multiplex immunofluorescent images of IPMN cysts, we adopted algorithms from spatial statistics and functional data analysis to create metrics that summarize the spatial interactions in IPMNs. We showed that an ensemble of models learned using these spatial metrics can robustly predict, with high accuracy, (1) the dysplasia grade (low vs high grade) and (2) the risk of a low-grade cyst progressing to a high-grade cyst. We obtained high classification accuracies on both tasks, with areas under the curve of 0.81 (95% confidence interval: 0.71-0.9) for task 1 and 0.81 (95% confidence interval: 0.7-0.94) for task 2. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of an ensemble machine learning approach for discovering critical cellular spatial interactions in IPMNs using imaging data. We envision that our work can be used as a risk assessment tool for patients diagnosed with IPMNs and facilitate greater understanding and investigation of the cellular interactions that cause transition of IPMNs to PDAC.
Contemporary best practice in the management of malignant pleural effusion
Authors: Koegelenberg Coenraad F.N. , Shaw Jane A. , Irusen Elvis M. , Lee Y. C. Gary
Published: June 2018

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) affects more than 1 million people globally. There is a dearth of evidence on the therapeutic approach to MPE, and not surprisingly a high degree of variability in the management thereof.

We aimed to provide practicing clinicians with an overview of the current evidence on the management of MPE, preferentially focusing on studies that report patient-related outcomes rather than pleurodesis alone, and to provide guidance on how to approach individual cases.

A pleural intervention for MPE will perforce be palliative in nature. A therapeutic thoracentesis provides immediate relief for most. It can be repeated, especially in patients with a slow rate of recurrence and a short anticipated survival. Definitive interventions, individualized according the patient’s wishes, performance status, prognosis and other considerations (including the ability of the lung to expand) should be offered to the remainder of patients. Chemical pleurodesis (achieved via intercostal drain or pleuroscopy) and indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) have equal impact on patient-based outcomes, although patients treated with IPC spend less time in hospital and have less need for repeat pleural drainage interventions. Talc slurry via IPC is an attractive recently validated option for patients who do not have a nonexpandable lung.
The dose response of inhaled LPS challenge in healthy subjects
Authors: Mulvanny Alex , Jackson Natalie , Pattwell Caroline , Wolosianka Sophie , Southworth Thomas , Singh Dave
Published: June 2018

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) inhalation causes neutrophilic airway inflammation. We used LPS produced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards to characterise the dose response. A total of 15 healthy non-smoking subjects inhaled 5-, 15- and 50-µg LPS. Whole blood cell counts and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured at baseline and up to 24 h post challenge. Sputum was induced at baseline and 6 h post challenge for cell counts and quantification of myeloperoxidase (MPO), interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in supernatants. LPS inhalation was well tolerated. Blood neutrophil counts increased at 6 h post LPS with all doses. Serum CRP significantly increased with 15- and 50-µg LPS. All LPS doses significantly increased sputum neutrophil percentage ( P < 0.001). IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly increased in sputum supernatant following challenge with 50-µg LPS, there was no change in MPO or IL-8. The 50-µg LPS was well tolerated and produced a robust inflammatory response. This study supports the use of 50-µg GMP-grade LPS as a suitable challenge agent in clinical trials.
Exposure-adjusted adverse events comparing blinatumomab with chemotherapy in advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: Stein Anthony S. , Larson Richard A. , Schuh Andre C. , Stevenson William , Lech-Maranda Ewa , Tran Qui , Zimmerman Zachary , Kormany William , Topp Max S.
Published: June 2018

Key Points

In the phase 3 TOWER study, exposure-adjusted AE rates were lower for blinatumomab vs SOC chemotherapy in Ph− B-cell r/r ALL patients. These data further support the role of blinatumomab as an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment option for B-cell r/r ALL patients.
Reliability and high availability in cloud computing environments: a reference roadmap
Authors: Mesbahi Mohammad Reza , Rahmani Amir Masoud , Hosseinzadeh Mehdi
Published: June 2018

Reliability and high availability have always been a major concern in distributed systems. Providing highly available and reliable services in cloud computing is essential for maintaining customer confidence and satisfaction and preventing revenue losses. Although various solutions have been proposed for cloud availability and reliability, but there are no comprehensive studies that completely cover all different aspects in the problem. This paper presented a ‘Reference Roadmap’ of reliability and high availability in cloud computing environments. A big picture was proposed which was divided into four steps specifying through four pivotal questions starting with ‘Where?’, ‘Which?’, ‘When?’ and ‘How?’ keywords. The desirable result of having a highly available and reliable cloud system could be gained by answering these questions. Each step of this reference roadmap proposed a specific concern of a special portion of the issue. Two main research gaps were proposed by this reference roadmap.
A City on a Lake
Authors: Vitz Matthew
Published: June 2018

In A City on a Lake Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity plagued by environmental problems and social inequality. Vitz shows how Mexico City's unequal urbanization and environmental decline stemmed from numerous scientific and social disputes over water policy, housing, forestry, and sanitary engineering. From the prerevolutionary efforts to create a hygienic city supportive of capitalist growth, through revolutionary demands for a more democratic distribution of resources, to the mid-twentieth-century emergence of a technocratic bureaucracy that served the interests of urban elites, Mexico City's environmental history helps us better understand how urban power has been exercised, reproduced, and challenged throughout Latin America.
Small-Sided Soccer in School Reduces Postprandial Lipemia in Adolescent Boys
Authors: SMALLCOMBE JAMES W. , BARRETT LAURA A. , MORRIS JOHN G. , SHERAR LAUREN B. , TOLFREY KEITH
Published: June 2018

Purpose

Although laboratory-based moderate- to high-intensity exercise reduces postprandial lipemia in adolescents, this exercise differs to the free-living physical activities in which young people typically engage. This study compared the effect of free-living afterschool soccer activity and treadmill exercise on in-school postprandial lipemia in adolescent boys.

Methods

Fifteen boys (12.6 ± 0.5 yr) completed three, 2-d experimental trials. On day 1, participants rested (CON), exercised for 48 min on a treadmill at 60% V˙O2peak (TM), or played 48 min of 5-a-side soccer (SOC). On day 2, participants attended school where a capillary blood sample determined fasting triacylglycerol ([TAG]) and glucose ([glucose]) concentrations. Participants then consumed a standardized breakfast (0 h) and lunch (4.5 h), and blood samples were collected postprandially at 2.5, 5.0, and 7.0 h.

Results

Reductions in fasting [TAG] were small-moderate after TM (−16%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = −27% to −2%, effect size [ES] = 0.46), but large after SOC (−30%, 95% CI = −40% to −20%, ES = 1.00) compared with CON; the concentration was also lower in SOC compared with TM (−18%, 95% CI = −29% to −5%, ES = 0.53). On the basis of ratios of geometric means, the area under the TAG versus time curve was 18% lower after TM (95% CI = −29% to −5%, ES = 0.51) and 25% lower after SOC (95% CI = −35% to −13%, ES = 0.76) compared with CON. By contrast, SOC and TM were not significantly different (−9%, 95% CI = −21% to 5%, ES = 0.25).

Conclusion

Compared with duration-matched inactivity (CON), after-school small-sided soccer (SOC) and treadmill exercise (TM) resulted in a similar, moderate reduction of postprandial lipemia in adolescent boys.
Marketplaces, Markets, and Market Design
Authors: Roth Alvin E.
Published: June 2018

Marketplaces are often small parts of large markets, and both markets and marketplaces come in many varieties. Market design seeks to understand what marketplaces must accomplish to enable different kinds of markets. Marketplaces can have varying degrees of success, and there can be marketplace failures. I'll discuss labor markets like the market for new economists, and also markets for new lawyers and doctors that have suffered from the unraveling of appointment dates to well before employment begins. Markets work best if they enjoy social support, but some markets are repugnant in the sense that some people think they should be banned, even though others want to participate in them. Laws banning such markets often contribute to the design of illegal black markets, and this raises new issues for market designers. I'll briefly discuss markets and black markets for narcotics, marijuana, sex, and surrogacy, and the design of markets for kidney transplants, in the face of widespread laws against (and broader repugnance for) compensating organ donors. I conclude with open questions and engineering challenges. (JEL A11, D40, D47, E26, J40, J44)
Effective hands-on treatment of a corneal dermoid in a calf
Authors: HATATE K , SASAKI J , KATAYAMA M , SEKIGUCHI S , YAMAGISHI N
Published: June 2018

In the present report, an effective hands-on treatment for a corneal dermoid that extended to the third eyelid, in the left eye of a Japanese Black calf is described. Xylazine sedation and local infiltration anesthesia with 2% lidocaine on the upper and lower eyelids as well as the third eyelid, in combination with topical anesthesia was performed. A Weitlaner retractor allowed immobilizing the patient’s eyeball during surgery, and superficial lamellar keratectomy was performed to surgically excise the mass. A temporary tarsorrhaphy was placed in order to allow the surgical corneal wound to heal as well as to treat keratitis. After an uneventful postoperative recovery, complete cure 70 days post-operatively was achived. This hands-on method represents a practical and effective treatment for ocular dermoids in calves.
ΑΝΤΙΒΙΟΤΙΚΑ: ΣΥΝΕΡΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ
Authors: SCHEIDY S. F. , BUNN C. Ε.
Published: June 2018

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Η ΑΣΠΕΡΓΙΛΛΩΣΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΡΝΙΘΩΝ ΕΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΙ (ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΙΣ)
Authors: ΤΑΡΛΑΤΖΗΣ Κ. , ΠΑΝΕΤΣΟΣ Α. , ΔΡΑΓΩΝΑΣ Π.
Published: June 2018

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ΑΙ ΠΡΟΟΔΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΤΗΝΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΝ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗ
Authors: HAGAN WILLIAM A.
Published: June 2018

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H ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΤΗΝΙΑΤΡΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ZΩOTEXNIAN
Authors: De VUYST DR.
Published: June 2018

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Mental Health Conditions and Unplanned Hospital Readmissions in Children
Authors: Doupnik Stephanie K. , Lawlor John , Zima Bonnie T. , Coker Tumaini R. , Bardach Naomi S. , Rehm Kris P. , Gay James C. , Hall Matt , Berry Jay G.
Published: June 2018

OBJECTIVE

Mental health conditions (MHCs) are prevalent among hospitalized children and could influence the success of hospital discharge. We assessed the relationship between MHCs and 30‐day readmissions.

METHODS

This retrospective, cross‐sectional study of the 2013 Nationwide Readmissions Database included 512,997 hospitalizations of patients ages 3 to 21 years for the 10 medical and 10 procedure conditions with the highest number of 30‐day readmissions. MHCs were identified by using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision‐Clinical Modification codes. We derived logistic regression models to measure the associations between MHC and 30‐day, all‐cause, unplanned readmissions, adjusting for demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics.

RESULTS

An MHC was present in 17.5% of medical and 13.1% of procedure index hospitalizations. Readmission rates were 17.0% and 6.2% for medical and procedure hospitalizations, respectively. In the multivariable analysis, compared with hospitalizations with no MHC, hospitalizations with MHCs had higher odds of readmission for medical admissions (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.19‐1.26] and procedure admissions (AOR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.15‐1.33). Three types of MHCs were associated with higher odds of readmission for both medical and procedure hospitalizations: depression (medical AOR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.49‐1.66; procedure AOR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.17‐1.65), substance abuse (medical AOR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.18‐1.30; procedure AOR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.11‐1.43), and multiple MHCs (medical AOR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.37‐1.50; procedure AOR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.11‐1.44).

CONCLUSIONS

MHCs are associated with a higher likelihood of hospital readmission in children admitted for medical conditions and procedures. Understanding the influence of MHCs on readmissions could guide strategic planning to reduce unplanned readmissions for children with cooccurring physical and mental health conditions.
Coordinating Supply and Demand on an On-Demand Service Platform with Impatient Customers
Authors: Bai Jiaru , So Kut C. , Tang Christopher S. , Chen Xiqun (Michael) , Wang Hai
Published: June 2018

We consider an on-demand service platform using earning-sensitive independent providers with heterogeneous reservation price (for work participation) to serve its time and price-sensitive customers with heterogeneous valuation of the service. As such, the supply and demand are “endogenously” dependent on the price the platform charges its customers and the wage the platform pays its independent providers. We present an analytical model with endogenous supply (number of participating agents) and endogenous demand (customer request rate) to study this on-demand service platform. To coordinate endogenous demand with endogenous supply, we include the steady-state waiting time performance based on a queueing model in the customer utility function to characterize the optimal price and wage rates that maximize the profit of the platform. We first analyze a base model that uses a fixed payout ratio (i.e., the ratio of wage over price), and then extend our model to allow the platform to adopt a time-based payout ratio. We find that it is optimal for the platform to charge a higher price when demand increases; however, the optimal price is not necessarily monotonic when the provider capacity or the waiting cost increases. Furthermore, the platform should offer a higher payout ratio as demand increases, capacity decreases or customers become more sensitive to waiting time. We also find that the platform should lower its payout ratio as it grows with the number of providers and customer demand increasing at about the same rate. We use a set of actual data from a large on-demand ride-hailing platform to calibrate our model parameters in numerical experiments to illustrate some of our main insights.
O CERRO DOS ENFORCADOS (1954), DE FERNANDO GARCIA: UM FILME FANTÁSTICO?
Authors: Carniel Jean Carlos , Pavanelo Luciene Marie
Published: June 2018

Objetiva-se, com este estudo, analisar o filme português O cerro dos enforcados (1954), dirigido por Fernando Garcia, adaptação cinematográfica baseada no conto “O defunto” (1895), de Eça de Queirós, com o intuito de verificar como se dá a transposição do texto queirosiano para a linguagem cinematográfica, sobretudo referente aos elementos do fantástico. Além disso, serão observadas as modificações que fazem com que a película de Garcia se afaste do conto de Eça de Queirós.
MIGUEL MIGUEL: O FANTÁSTICO TRADUZIDO PARA O CINEMA
Authors: Dos Reis Wellingson Valente , De Oliveira Castro José Guilherme , Teixeira Lucilinda Ribeiro
Published: June 2018

Este estudo tem como objetivo observar por meio da intermidialidade; intersemiótica e intertextualidade, como se deu a tradução da obra “Miguel Miguel” de Haroldo Maranhão para o cinema, quais elementos foram usados para a criação do filme homônimo de Roger Elarrat. Como o foco da obra “Miguel Miguel” de Haroldo Maranhão é o fantástico, optou-se por analisar essa tradução pelo viés da construção do fantástico em cada uma das obras. Este estudo de tradução foi realizada por meio de leituras bibliográficas e teve como referências os estudos de tradução, adaptação, cinema e literatura de Tavares (1996) e Xavier (2003); para basear essa tradução entre artes diferentes buscou-se o apoio nas teorias de Intersemiótica de Plaza (2003), de intermidialidade de Clüver (2006) e da liberdade de inter-relações entre as artes defendida por Rancière (2012).  O estudo também focou na contemporaneidade do escritor Haroldo Maranhão, que possibilitou uma maior liberdade da produção do filme. Além dos teóricos do fantástico que embasaram a analise, entre eles Todorov (2014), Ceserani (2006) e Chiampi (2015).
A QUEDA DAS CASAS DE EDGAR ALLAN POE E DE ROGER CORMAN NA LITERATURA E NO CINEMA B-SIDE
Authors: Fernandes Auricélio Soares , Magalhães Luiz Antonio Mousinho
Published: June 2018

Esse artigo tem como objetivo discutir a adaptação fílmica A queda da casa de Usher (1960), do diretor e produtor americano Roger Corman, baseada no conto homônimo de Edgar Allan Poe, publicado em 1835, focando principalmente em considerações sobre a ambientação gótica, a mise en scène e outros elementos estéticos do denominado estilo cormanesco. Esse estudo é proveniente da pesquisa de mestrado, concluída em 2014, na qual discorremos sobre as adaptações cinematográficas de Roger Corman, surgidas a partir de produções independentes, à parte dos padrões comerciais de Hollywood. Para embasar teoricamente o referido artigo, recorremos a textos de Carlos (2013), Aumont e Marie (2006), Hutcheon (2006), Stam (2006), Martin (2005), Brito (1995), e que apresentam concepções sobre o discurso cinematográfico e sobre o fenômeno de adaptação.
O FANTÁSTICO: PROCEDIMENTOS DE CONSTRUÇÃO NARRATIVA EM H.P. LOVECRAFT. FILIPE FURTADO. 2017
Authors: Philippov Renata
Published: June 2018

Recebido em 28 fev 2018.Aprovado em 31 mai 2018.DOI:
O FANTÁSTICO NO CINEMA. SONHOS E MEDOS DO TERCEIRO MILÊNIO
Authors: Bessière Irène
Published: June 2018

TRADUÇÃO DOI:
O HORROR NO CINEMA DO TERCEIRO MILÊNIO: UM DIÁLOGO COM IRÈNE BESSIÈRE
Authors: Zanini Claudio Vescia
Published: June 2018

DIÁLOGODOI:
O discurso de ódio na democracia brasileira: uma análise discursiva do processo de rejeição e de destituição da presidenta Dilma Rousseff
Authors: Souza Mariana Jantsch de
Published: June 2018

Resumo de tese de doutorado
Ser mulher: a representação da condição feminina e a loucura em O limiar de Susan Glaspell
Authors: Moreira Lucianne Christina Fasolo Normândia
Published: June 2018

Resumo de dissertação de mestrado
A voz do narrador e da personagem através da memória em Machado de Assis e Milton Hatoum
Authors: Alves Cristiane De Mesquita
Published: June 2018

Resumo de dissertação de mestrado
A roupa política: a dimensão argumentativa implícita nas roupas das primeiras-damas Temer e Trump como reafirmadora do ethos político de seus maridos
Authors: Drumond Kelly F. Mayrink
Published: June 2018

A indumentária, uma linguagem antiga e universal, funciona como forma de informação e comunicação. O uso de determinada vestimenta caracteriza o status e a posição social do indivíduo, definindo-o ou descrevendo-o. Ao identificar-se com um determinado grupo e, consequentemente, usar as suas roupas características, tem-se o reflexo do pensamento e da ideologia de quem a veste. Em 2016, um dos maiores veículos midiáticos reproduziu uma análise sobre a mensagem por traz das roupas escolhidas pelas primeiras-damas do Brasil, Marcela Temer, e a dos Estados Unidos, Melania Trump, em eventos sociais. Com base nesse corpus e partindo dos dispositivos teóricos da Análise do Discurso, o presente artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre a prática discursiva não verbal intrínseca às roupas, e seu papel legitimador do ethos político de seus maridos. A análise será feira a partir, principalmente, dos postulados de Amossy (2008) e Charaudeau (2008), sobre a construção do ethos e o discurso político.
A violência sexual infantil no Brasil e a cultura do espetáculo midiático
Authors: Paixão Ricardo Aparecido da , Osório Antônio Carlos do Nascimento , Gama Anailton De Souza
Published: June 2018

O presente trabalho consiste num esforço de mapeamento das possíveis alianças discursivas que acreditamos contribuírem para configuração do campo político conservador-liberal estabelecido hoje no Brasil. Para a realização dessa tarefa, utilizamos o conceito de formação discursiva, inaugurado nos trabalhos Foucault e posteriormente revisto nos desenvolvimentos trazidos por Michel Pêcheux, entendendo que um campo político responde a um sistema particular de coerções discursivas. Além disso, aproveitamos a translinguística bakhtiniana, e a extensão que Oswald Ducrot lhe acrescenta, a fim de desmembrar as vozes que se articulam em cada um desses sistemas discursivos, podendo assim melhor identificá-las em sua especificidade. Nas formulações argumentativas, observamos que um caminho frequentemente utilizado na composição lógica de enunciados correspondentes a vozes ideológicas distintas é a colaboração enunciativa por via de pontos de contato semânticos e axiológicos entre as proposições.
Concepções de linguagem no livro paradidático: a lei 5692/71 e a língua portuguesa como comunicação e expressão
Authors: Garcia Rosana Aparecida de Mello
Published: June 2018

A promulgação da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação (LDB) de 1971, Lei 5692/71, resultou em profundas mudanças no sistema educacional brasileiro, ao estabelecer que os objetivos da educação seriam direcionados para as necessidades do mercado de trabalho e os currículos passariam a dar ênfase ao ensino tecnicista e profissionalizante no ensino de 1º e 2º graus. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as concepções de linguagem no livro paradidático Comunicação e Expressão Através do Conto e Crônica, que fazia parte das referências dos planos de ensino da ETEFESC sob a vigência da Lei 5692/71. Este estudo apoia-se nas noções de Bakhtin sobre linguagem, enunciado, dialogismo e gênero do discurso, e nos princípios teórico-metodológicos da Análise Dialógica do Discurso. O livro analisado apresenta a concepção de linguagem como instrumento de comunicação, dialogando com a Teoria da Comunicação e as leis e normas daquele período.
A lupa no toucador: ciência, sexismo e pensamento pós-abissal em "Remarkable creatures" e "The signature of all things"
Authors: Dias Rafaela Kelsen
Published: June 2018

O presente trabalho propõe-se a investigar a “(des)generificação” do pensamento científico moderno presente nos romances contemporâneos Remarkable Creatures (2009), de Tracy Chevalier, e The Signature of all Things (2013), de Elizabeth Gilbert. Considerando a temática central desenvolvida nos dois enredos (as vias de acesso e exclusão das intelectuais mulheres em meio à atmosfera sexista dos oitocentos), defende-se a constituição de um olhar revisionista e “pós-abissal” em ambos os romances em torno de tópicos como: “produção do conhecimento”, “cientificidade” e “divisão sexual do trabalho”. Conforme pretende-se pontuar, as autoras convergem para o século XIX um olhar contemporâneo que não só perturba os ideais de estabilidade e racionalismo modernos. De forma similar, acredita-se que os romances jogam por terra os binarismos a partir daí emergidos e que até hoje dificultam a legitimação das mulheres como sujeitos do saber.
A marginalização e a sexualização dos corpos negros na mídia e na literatura afrofeminina contemporânea: espaços que (de)formam identidades
Authors: Quadros Dênis Moura de
Published: June 2018

Este artigo pretende articular os conceitos de Estado de crise (BAUMAN; BORDONI, 2016 [2014]) e o de homo sacer (AGAMBEN, 2002 [1995]) para compreendermos os processos de marginalização e sexualização dos corpos negros legitimados pela mídia (NASCIMENTO, 1978) e discutidos pela literatura afrofeminina contemporânea, que encontra na negritude (BERND, 1984) e na (de)formação dessas identidades negras subalternizadas um ponto de resistência. Para tanto, analisaremos esses corpos em duas perspectivas: uma masculina, que tem cristalizada a figura do bandido, e uma feminina, que tramita entre o corpo desejado da mulata e o inalcançável padrão de beleza feminino europeu. O recorte escolhido para análise contempla poemas de duas autoras contemporâneas da literatura afrofeminina: Cristiane Sobral (1974- ) e Mel Duarte (1988- ).
Jarid Arraes e a poética de resistência
Authors: Teixeira Níncia Cecília Ribas Borges
Published: June 2018

Quanto mais plural for a perspectiva lançada sobre os meios de aquisição de conhecimento, maiores são as possibilidades de compreender as trocas simbólicas que constituem os discursos. Dessa forma, pensamos o espaço da literatura como possibilidade de representações simbólicas que também (re)produzem práticas culturais. História e Literatura são formas distintas, porém próximas, de dizer a realidade e de lhe atribuir/desvelar sentidos. Este confronto pode partir da natureza epistemológica, ou seja, o que se refere a uma reorientação dos paradigmas explicativos da realidade, que dão entrada em cena, no terreno da História, ao introduzir novos referenciais que a aproximam da literatura. Referimo-nos, por exemplo, à concepção de que a História, tal como a Literatura, é uma narrativa que constrói um enredo e desvenda uma trama. Este trabalho analisa o diálogo entre Literatura e História a partir da escrita da brasileira Jarid Arraes. A obra de Arraes recupera fatos históricos e os reelabora por meio da literatura, que possibilita percorrer os espaços de sombra, engendrados por uma História que os silenciou. Utilizamos, além de pressupostos teóricos que versam sobre o tema, dois textos da poeta para verificar de que forma a literatura torna-se um importante registro sobre a questão étnico-racial a partir do olhar de quem, por muito tempo, ficou relegado ao esquecimento, e, quando retratado, pelo viés  literário, foi de forma estereotipada.
Patient experience: raising a child with primary lymphoedema
Authors: Illsley's Joanne
Published: June 2018

When Joanne Illsley's son, Archie, was diagnosed with primary lymphoedema she didn't know what it was. In this article, she talks about the journey from diagnosis to today, and what lies ahead for Archie and his family
Life on the other side: moving from clinical nursing to strategic management
Authors: Nobbs Alan
Published: June 2018

Alan Nobbs reflects on his decision to move into a more strategic nursing role rather than stay by the bedside, and the feelings of apprehension that followed
Patient safety and hospital accident and emergency services
Authors: Tingle John
Published: June 2018

John Tingle, Associate Professor (Teaching and Scholarship), Nottingham Trent University, discusses a recent publication by the CQC and some court cases on hospital A&E services
From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Continuing professional development part 3: Assessing your needs
Authors: Fowler John
Published: June 2018

John Fowler, Educational Consultant, explores continued professional development for the clinically based nurse, looking at making the most of opportunities
The Minimum Requirements for Nickel and Cobalt as Trace Metals in Thermophilic Biogas Fermentation of Palm Oil Mill Effluents
Authors: Trisakti Bambang , Batubara Fatimah , Daimon Hiroyuki , . Irvan
Published: June 2018

This paper reports the minimum requirements of nickel and cobalt as trace metals in the formation of biogas from the digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME). Anaerobic digestion was conducted in a two-liter continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and operated at a thermophilic condition of 55oC. As raw material, a non-treated liquid waste from the mills was used. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the digesters was preserved at six days. The results come to the conclusion that the decrease of trace metals concentration didn’t influence the total solid, volatile solid concentration and also M-alkalinity. Based on the analyzed parameter, the reduction of trace metals concentration up to 97% of the initial nickel and cobalt concentration, 0.49 and 0.42 mg/L for nickel and cobalt, still allows the fermentation to obtain optimum biogas production, where the 90% reduction of trace metals produced the average volume of biogas 10.5 L/day at the rate of VS degradation 52-53%.
Adsorption Behavior of some N-alkyl Pyridinium Salts from Aqueous Solution on Amberlite-IR 120 H+ resin
Authors: Ayad Alshammari Najah , A. Noor Ehteram , Mohammad Alahmari Jamilah
Published: June 2018

The effect of Amberlite-IR 120 H+ resin to remove some organic compounds (N-alkyl pyridinium salts) from aqueous solutions at certain conditions was investigated. The effect of resin dosage, contact time, adsorbate concentration, ionic strength and solution temperature on the adsorption efficiency was examined. The experimental data collected generally proved that the adsorption efficiency decreased as the alkyl chain increased. The thermodynamic equilibrium parameters of the adsorption processes were evaluated and showed that the adsorption process is spontaneous, disordered and exothermic. Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D.R) isotherm models were applied based on the batch method. Freundlich, Temkin and D. R gave bilinear segments model based on the adsorbate initial concentrations except that for compound III where it gave straight of one segment for Temkin adsorption isotherm. Overall, Amberlite-IR 120 H+ resin is effective in removing some N-alkyl pyridinium salts from an aqueous solution.
N-Doped TiO2/CdS Nanocomposite Films: SILAR Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Quantum Dots Solar Cell
Authors: Handoyo Sugiyarto Kristian , Kusumawardani Cahyorini , Kolonial Prodjosantoso Anti
Published: June 2018

The N-doped TiO2/CdS nanocomposite films have been prepared through a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method on the N-doped TiO2 thin films with cadmium nitrate as Cd source and sodium sulphide as S precursor. The SILAR cycle was varied to study the CdS layer formation and its influence to the properties of resulted nanocomposite, i.e. 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 cycles, respectively. The resulting materials were characterized using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), UV/Vis Spectroscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The result showed that the higher SILAR cycle resulted in a smaller CdS crystallite size and a higher band gap energy. The higher SILAR cycle was also provided the more intense response in visible light area. The prepared N-doped TiO2/CdS nanocomposite films were then applied in the quantum dots-sensitized solar cells (QDSSC) system. The solar cells performa test showed that there is an optimum cycle which resulting in a highest power conversion. The quantum dot solar cells based on N-doped TiO2/CdS nanocomposite prepared with 25 cycles provided the highest performa with overall efficiency of 8.3%. Thus, by varying the cycle number in the SILAR synthesis process, it is easy for tuning the nanocomposite properties that fulfill the requirements as sensitized-semiconductor material in the solar cell system.
Ankle arthroplasty
Authors: Syed Farhan , Ugwuoke Anthony
Published: June 2018

Total ankle arthroplasty offers a reasonable alternative to ankle arthrodesis in carefully selected patients. It is debatable whether rheumatoid arthritis patients have better outcomes compared with those who have ankle arthroplasty for either primary osteoarthritis or post-traumatic arthritis. Aseptic loosening and infection are the most common complications requiring revision. It is worth noting that some of the best survival rates are seen in the surgeon-designer case series. The uncemented mobile or fixed bearing prostheses have better outcomes compared with their older counterparts. There is no convincing evidence to suggest superiority of one design over another among the currently available prostheses. Ankle arthroplasty surgery has a steep learning curve; the prosthesis choice should be driven by the surgeon’s training and experience.

Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2018;3:391-397. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.3.170029
El homosexual como juguete cómico en el cine de Juan de Orduña: el tío Frasquito en Pequeñeces (1950)
Authors: Lomas Martínez Santiago
Published: June 2018

During the 1940s, Francoist censorship troubled and banned the representation of homosexuality in cinema. However, some representational cracks existed and some queer characters (sissies, transvestites, mannish women) were visible, almost always as comic figures. These representations (especially, effeminate men) were frequent in films directed by Juan de Orduña, a homosexual filmmaker integrated in the Francoist cinematographic industry. This article studies these characters and proposes some hypothesis to read Orduña’s authorial position towards them. In particular, it suggests that Orduña negotiated his creative expression with dominant discourses concerning homosexuality in order to represent it, as other homosexual creators had made before him and many others would make afterwards in Spanish culture. Scripts, censorship documents and films are compared to show how significant elements related to homosexuality were added when filming. Specifically, this article focuses in a queer character, Tío Frasquito, and how it was developed during the production of Orduña’s film Pequeñeces (1950).
Transnational identities in Portugal and Spain (c.1892–c.1931): Hispano-Americanism, Pan-Lusitanism and Pan-Latinism
Authors: Matos Sérgio Campos
Published: June 2018

I suggest an analytical and reflective study around national identities, nationalisms and geopolitical controversial concepts, through which it was intended to extend the external projection of Spain and Portugal and frame transnational communities of destiny: Hispano-Americanism, Pan-Lusitanism and Pan-Latinism. Were these utopian expectations? Nationalist expectations to rebuild great nations of the past? What political impact did these proposals have? Did they contribute to deterritorializing and redefining the national identities of the Portuguese and Spanish elites? They were inciting but also controversial concepts. They carried an imperial historical background and projected future horizons. But they also raised national and indigenous resistances (indigenismo) and lively, strong debates in the old colonizing nations and also in Ibero-America. What was at stake was a consciousness of national identities and different strategies of defence and response of the Ibero-American nations vis-à-vis the powerful Northern empires.
Carl Schmitt y la paradoja de la democracia liberal
Authors: Mouffe Chantal , De Zan Julio , Pascual Alicia
Published: June 2018

¿Por qué leer a Cari Schmitt en la actualidad? ¿Mantiene todavía su concepción de la política centrada en la distinción amigo-enemigo alguna pertinencia en nuestra era ‘pos-política’? ¿Tienen los demócratas liberales algo que aprender de su crítica del liberalismo? ¿Continúa siendo relevante su teoría de la soberanía en un mundo globalizado? Estas son algunas de las cuestiones que Chantal Mouffe plantea en este artículo.

La autora considera que los pensadores políticos deben estar dispuestos a comprometerse en la discusión con aquellos que han desafiado los dogmas fundamentales del liberalismo para poder proponer una concepción de la sociedad democrático-liberal que sea capaz de conseguir el apoyo activo de sus ciudadanos. Esto significa enfrentarse con algunas cuestiones perturbadoras, que generalmente son eludidas, tanto por los liberales como por los demócratas.

La intención de este artículo es contribuir a tal proyecto investigando la crítica de Carl Schmitt a la democracia liberal. Para poner sobre el tapete la pertinencia y actualidad de los cuestionamientos de Schmitt, el desarrollo del tema se organiza alrededor de dos tópicos que son considerados como centrales en la teoría política: las fronteras de la ciudadanía y la naturaleza del consenso democrático liberal.
El "hombre que viene de lo alto". Elitismo y marginación en la antropología Valentiniana
Authors: Alby Juan Carlos
Published: June 2018

Los gnósticos del S. II proponían una concepción diferenciada de “hombre” haciéndola depender de la sustancia que en cada caso lo constituía. Bajo esta distinción de naturalezas subyacía una cosmología sustentada en un mito colosal. La diversidad de sustancias determinaba una variedad de especies de hombres cuya dignidad variaba desde lo más sublime a lo más bajo, desde los “elegidos” a los “réprobos”, pasando por un nivel intermedio, equidistante de ambos. Dentro de las distintas familias gnósticas, la de los valentinianos se destacó, entre otras cosas, por la meticulosa descripción del mito fundacional de semejante antropología. De esta concepción surgió una antropología fragmentada, que suscitó el problema de la condición histórica de cada uno de los linajes humanos resultantes, así como también la cuestión de la libertad. La coherencia de esta doctrina exigió la creación inevitable de una especie de “ghetto” espiritual en el cual colocaban a una de las especies humanas, al mismo tiempo que confinaban a otra a la marginalidad antropológica, relegando la libertad y conciencia histórica a la especie intermedia de hombres. La reacción de la Iglesia cristiana encontró su adalid en Ireneo de Lyon, quien impugnó esa antropología de exclusión afirmando la unicidad del linaje humano y la condición libre y dramática en la historia de todos los hombres sin excepción.
John Locke y Pierre Bayle: sobre la libertad de conciencia
Authors: Bahr Fernando
Published: June 2018

Este trabajo se propone un análisis comparativo de la libertad de pensamiento y tolerancia, tal como estos conceptos aparecen hacia fines del siglo XVII en la Epístola de Tolerantia de Locke y en el Commentaire Philosophique de Bayle. Actualmente pensamos que una sociedad abierta implica libertad de pensamiento como uno de sus pilares, y así una tolerancia ilimitada, excepto en caso que otros resultaran dañados. Para Locke, las cosas eran diferentes: libertad de pensamiento era para él obediencia a la ley natural (o divina), base de la sociedad humana, y ello implicaba que aquellos quienes no reconocieran la ley (católicos, mahometanos, ateos) serían excluidos. Bayle, por el contrario, mostró que la única verdad subsistente en las cuestiones concernientes a temas religiosos era una verdad relativa, una “verdad putativa”, algo que católicos, mahometanos y ateos pretendían poseer. No había, en consecuencia, razón para excluir a tales grupos de la sociedad humana. En este libro, Bayle estaba a veces contra sí mismo. Por el contrario, la teoría de Locke es clara y bien fundamentada. Pero —y ésta es nuestra conclusión—, no siempre atenta a las contingencias de la vida práctica.
Shakespeare y Hobbes
Authors: Costa Margarita
Published: June 2018

El objetivo de este artículo es sacar a luz las semejanzas entre un dramaturgo y un filósofo político, respecto de su uso del lenguaje y del fundamento antropológico de sus ideas políticas. Las metáforas se consideran inevitables en un poeta como Shakespeare, pero ellas son condenadas por Hobbes como un abuso retórico que el discurso político debe evitar. Se comparan sus enfoques pesimistas de la naturaleza humana y finalmente se pone acento en el contexto histórico, que marca el comienzo de la época moderna. AbstractThe aim of this paper is to bring out the similarities between a playwright and a political philosopher, both in their use of language and in the anthropological foundations of their political ideas. Emphasis is laid on metaphors, unavoidable in a poet like Shakespeare, but condemned by Hobbes as a rhetorical abuse that political discourse should avoid. After comparing their pessimistic approaches to human nature, stress is laid on the historical context, which marks the beginning of modern times.
Ajustamento psicossocial ao cancro da mama em função do tipo de cirurgia
Authors: Fernandes Susana , McIntyre Teresa , Leite Ângela
Published: June 2018

Este estudo compara o ajustamento psicossocial à doença em mulheres com cancro da mama submetidas a cirurgia de conservação e mastectomia, prevendo diferenças entre os dois grupos. Procura ainda avaliar se há diferenças no ajustamento ao longo de quatro momentos de avaliação. A amostra foi constituída por 74 mulheres no estádio I-III da doença submetidas a cirurgia. Todas as mulheres responderam a questionários de baseline, antes da cirurgia, e foram seguidas longitudinalmente até ao final dos tratamentos. As dimensões do ajustamento psicossocial avaliadas foram o estado emocional, as representações da doença e a funcionalidade, não se tendo verificado diferenças no ajustamento, para a grande maioria das variáveis psicossociais estudadas, em função do tipo de cirurgia. Contudo, encontramos diferenças significativas para as representações de doença (compreensão da doença) e para a funcionalidade (categoria lazer, sono e dimensão psicossocial), tendo os resultados sido mais favoráveis para as mulheres que realizaram uma mastectomia. Estes resultados são inesperados uma vez que a cirurgia de conservação pretende proporcionar um resultado cosmético mais satisfatório e com taxas de sobrevivência equivalentes às da mastectomia, fazendo supor que se conseguiria obter um melhor ajustamento psicossocial. Os dados encontrados sugerem que o tipo de cirurgia não parece predizer o ajustamento psicossocial. No entanto, considera-se que implicar as doentes na escolha do tipo de cirurgia, sempre que isso seja possível, pode beneficiar uma compreensão mais ajustada acerca da doença e do tratamento, com repercussões mais favoráveis ao nível emocional e da funcionalidade.
Akumulasi Logam Berat Cr, Pb dan Cu dalam Sedimen dan Hubungannya dengan Organisme Dasar di Perairan Tugu Semarang
Authors: Suryono Chrisna Adhi
Published: June 2018

The concentrations of metals in the marine sediment were found in coatal areas of Tugu Semarang.  Three metals (Cr, Pb and, Cu) has found in coastal areas in research area.  Shingly significantly those heavy metals have significantly influences on the abundance and diversity of benthic organisms.  That has been proved by regression test which number of r= 0,99 on abundance and r= 0,92 on diversity.  The increasing of heavy metals concentration will following of the number of abundance and diversity of benthic organisms in that area. Keywords: Metals, sediment,benthick organisms  Konsentrasi logam berat telah ditemukan dalam sedimen laut ut di daerah pesisir Tugu Semarang.  Tiga logam berat seperti (Cr, Pb, dan Cu) telah ditemukan di lokasi penelitian.  Secara nyata terlihat bahwa logam tersebut berpengaruh terhadap kelimpahan dan keanekaragaman organisme dasar perairan.  Hal tersebut dibuktikan dengan regresi berganda antara kelimpahan organisme dengan logam berat dalam sedimen dengan nilai r = 0,99, sedangkan hubungan antara keanekaragaman dengan dengan logam berat dalam sediemen dengan nilai r = 0,92.  Peningkatan konsentrasi logam berat dalam sediiemen akan diikuti penurunan kelimpahan dan keanekaragaman organisme dasar perairan. Kata Kunci: Logam berat, sedimen, organisme dasar
Aktivitas Antibakteri Isolat Bakteri Asam Laktat Intestinal Udang Penaeid Tipe Liar Terhadap Bakteri Vibrio
Authors: Subagiyo Subagiyo , Triyanto Triyanto , Margino Sebastian , Setiawan Feri , Setyati Wilis Ari , Pramesti Rini
Published: June 2018

Lactic acid bacteria are groups of bacteria that have been commonly used as probiotics with functional targets controlling pathogens. In this study, BAL were isolated from penaeid shrimp intestinum was captured in natural waters and were tested of antibacterial activity against 3 types of pathogenic vibrio bacteria in shrimp. The shrimp samples were taken from the North Coast of Java (Situbondo and Semarang) and the South coast of Java (Cilacap). BAL isolation was done by pour plate method using MRS medium enriched with CaCO3. The antibacterial activity test was performed by using paper diffusion method using V. harveyi, V. anguilarum and V. parahaemolyticus as bacteria indicator. The isolation result obtained 224 isolates of BAL intestinal of penaeid shrimp. The active BAL isolates against V. Harveyi, V. anguilarum and V. parahaemolyticus were 59, 83 and 66 isolates, respectively. Isolates are active against 3 types, 2 types and 1 type of Vibrio were 51, 25 and 11 isolates respectively.Keyword : lactic acid bacteria, antibacteria, vibrio, penaeid shrimp Bakteri asam laktat merupakan kelompok bakteri yang telah banyak digunakan sebagai probiotik dengan target fungsional mengendalikan pathogen. Pada penelitian ini telah dilakukan isolasi BAL dari intestinum udang penaeid yang ditangkap di perairan alam dan pengujian aktivitas antibakteri terhadap 3 jenis bakteri vibrio pathogenik pada udang. Sampel udang diambil dari Pantai Utara Jawa (Situbondo dan Semarang) dan pantai Selatan Jawa (Cilacap). Isolasi BAL dilakukan dengan metode taburan menggunakan medium MRS yang diperkaya dengan CaCO3. Uji aktivitas antibakteri dilakukan dengan paper diffusion method menggunakan bakteri uji V. harveyi, V. anguilarum dan V. parahaemolyticus. Hasil isolasi diperoleh 224 isolat BAL intestinal udang penaeid. Isolat BAL yang aktif terhadap V. Harveyi, V. anguilarum dan V. parahaemolyticus berturut-turut 59, 83 dan 66 isolat. Isolat yang aktif terhadap 3 jenis, 2 jenis dan 1 jenis Vibrio uji berurut-turut 51, 25 dan 11 isolat. Kata Kunci : bakteri asam laktat, antibakteri, vibrio, udang penaeid