bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE METHOD OF EVOKED POTENTIALS AS A PROMISING DIRECTION FOR THE STUDY OF NOCICEPTION IN ANESTHETIZED ANIMALS
Authors:   Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Zavodovskyi D. , Lehedza O. ,   Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Bulgakova N. ,   Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Semenuk N. ,   National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kostyukov О. ,   Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: May 2024

The sensation of pain is a pathogenetic link in a wide range of diseases, and the study of nociception as its component is an important area of physiology and medicine. However, modern requirements for research conducted using laboratory animals require the search for new approaches to studying nociception and analgesia with minimizing the suffering of subjects in ethological testing and maximizing the transition to instrumental testing. We proposed the use of a standard formalin model of pain in combination with the recording of changes in somatosensory cortex potentials caused by electrical stimulation of efferents at the level of the forelimb. It was found that after subcutaneous injection of 0.30 ml of 4% formalin, the amplitude of evoked potentials increased. Under the conditions of the proposed testing design, both dosedependent and time-dependent effects of the formalin model of pain were observed in an anesthetized animal. The peculiarity of the obtained results was that the fixed somatosensory potentials of the brain in the S1 forelimb region showed sensitivity to the administration of a nociceptive agent in those areas of the body that topographically did not belong to the cortical representation of the forelimbs. This probably indicates the potential universality of this test approach. Thus, it was shown that evoked potentials in the forelimb representation of the primary somatosensory cortex demonstrate a clearly fixed response to painful stimulation in the formalin model of pain and can be used in studies of nociceptive and analgesic effects as a partial alternative to standard ethological testing.
A MULTIFACTOR MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE SENSITIVITY OF A HUMAN VESTIBULAR ANALYZER
Authors:   Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine, Vadzyuk S.N. , Shmata R.M. ,   Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine, Sverstyuk A.S. ,   Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine, Lebedeva T.A. ,   Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
Published: May 2024

Increased vestibular sensitivity can cause various inconveniences and interfere with a full life; therefore, it is important to study the factors influencing its development and progression. However, in the available scientific literature, this issue is not covered. The aim of our work was to develop a multivariate regression model for predicting increased sensitivity of the vestibular analyzer. For this, we surveyed 120 students of the I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. To establish increased vestibular sensitivity, we conducted a survey and a rotation test by using the Barani chair. We assessed the psychophysiological state. Prognostically significant criteria from 50 indicators that indicate increased vestibular sensitivity are the level of neuroticism, well-being, activity, mood, vestibular stability, latent periods of simple and complex visualmotor reactions, functional mobility of nervous processes, and heart rate. The model of mathematical forecasting proposed by us can become one of the stages of the prevention of disorders caused by the increased sensitivity of the vestibular analyzer.
THE STATE OF THE IMMUNE AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS IN MICE WITH DIFFERENT HAPLOTYPE H-2 AND ITS POTENTIAL CONNECTION WITH EXPERIMENTAL PARKINSONISM MANIFESTATIONS
Authors:   Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Medicine, M.D. Strazhesko National Scientific Center of Cardiology, Clinical and Regenerative Medicine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Labunets I.F. , Rodnichenko A.E. ,   Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Medicine, M.D. Strazhesko National Scientific Center of Cardiology, Clinical and Regenerative Medicine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: May 2024

In male mice of the strains FVB/N (haplotype H-2q) and 129/Sv (haplotype H-2b) aged 6-7 months, estimated indicators of the functioning of the thymus, bone marrow, spleen, pineal gland and adrenal glands, the number of CD3+ (Tlymphocytes ) and CD11b+ (macrophages) cells in the brain, and also studied the characteristics of changes in the values of indicators after administration of neurotoxin 1-methyl4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) to such mice (reproduction of parkinsonism). We have found that in intact mice of the FVB/N strain the thymulin level in the blood and the mass and cellularity of the thymus are lower, and the number of CD3+ cells, colony-forming progenitor cells for fibroblasts and granulocytes-macrophages in the bone marrow are greater than in mice of the 129/Sv strain. The number of CD3+ and CD11b+ cells in the brain of FVB/N strain mice exceeds their value in 129/Sv strain mice by 1.6 and 2.2 times, respectively. The level of melatonin in the blood of mice of the FVB/N strain was 2.4 times lower than in mice of the 129/Sv strain, while the mass of the adrenal glands was greater. The in vitro experiments have shown a decrease of the thymulin level in the supernatant of the cultured thymus stroma after incubation with corticosterone in mice of the 129/ Sv strain (from 5.8 ± 0.6 to 3.8 ± 0.4, log2) and no changes in the indicator in mice of the FVB/N strain. 18 days after MPTP administration there was a drop in the blood thymulin level, in the mass and cellularity of the spleen in mice of the 129/Sv strain, a decrease in the mass and cellularity of the thymus in mice of both strains, and an increase in the mass of the adrenal glands in mice of the FVB/N strain. Under the influence of the neurotoxin, the proportion of CD3+ cells in the brain of mice of the FVB/N strain has significantly increased compared to the control group, while in the mice of the 129/Sv strain the proportion of CD11b+ cells has increased significantly. Thus, the haplotype H-2 of mice has affected the functioning of the central and peripheral organs of the immune and endocrine systems, the number of T-lymphocytes and macrophages in the brain as well as the manifestations of changes in indicators after MFTP administration, which may be important for the formation of feature of morphofunctional disorders in the nervous system in such animals.
FUNCTIONAL REARRANGEMENTS OF HUMAN HEMODYNAMICS DURING MARINE KINETOSIS
Authors:   Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Moiseyenko Ye.V.
Published: May 2024

Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv; e-mail: moiseyenkoev@gmail.com The purpose of the study was to determine the functional changes in cardiohemodynamics during dosed physical activity of a person in the conditions of sea storm kinetosis and features of cerebral biorhythms, this may indicate the development of modification rearrangements of the mechanisms of central regulation of the body’s functional systems. The research was carried out with the participation of 23 specialists of the Antarctic expedition (men aged 24 to 45 years). They crossed the Drake Passage by sea: sea turbulence - 7 points, the ship’s roll angle - 120, the duration of the crossing was 4 days. It was determined that a person’s stay in the conditions of a sea wave leads to changes in the mechanisms of vasoconstrictor regulation, this was indicated by inadequate blood pressure fluctuations during functional diagnostics and an increase in the load on the heart’s activity due to an increase in pulse and diastolic pressure and the lack of recovery dynamics after performing physical work. It was shown that as a result of marine kinetosis in the structure of cerebral biorhythms, the power of β1 and β2 rhythms in the projections of the cerebral cortex increases. Such changes may indicate a certain participation of central mechanisms in the reorganization of the regulation of functional reserves of cardiohemodynamics. It is assumed that when using medical devices for patients with a cardiac profile in conditions of seasickness, it is advisable to take into account the presence of features of changes in the central and regional regulation of blood circulation function.
Patriarchal House as a Physical and Metaphorical Prison in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street
Authors: Molina Espinoza Ileana
Published: May 2024

Chicana writer Sandra Cisneros explores in her novel The House on Mango Street the construction of the patriarchal house as a physical and metaphorical prison for the female characters that inhabit this text. In this way, the writer highlights the situation of many Chicano women in the United States who struggle, from their barrios, to build a place in a society that excludes them because of their ethnic origin and discriminates against them because of their condition as women. This causes a double sense of marginality that imprisons them in the private space of the house.
Another fortis-lenis language: A reanalysis of Old English obstruents
Authors: Starčević Attila
Published: May 2024

The theoretical framework adopted in the analysis of Old English obstruents is laryngeal realism, a framework using privative features in modelling laryngeal oppositions. Equipollent oppositions, although real in the phonetic sense, must clearly be delineated from phonology. Old English obstruents are either unmarked (lenis/neutral) or marked: 〈b〉 /b/, 〈d〉 /d/, 〈cg〉 /dʒ/ or /ɟ/, 〈g〉 /ɡ/ are not marked for [voice] (although they are passively voiced between sonorants) and as such cannot regressively voice obstruents, singleton 〈p〉 /p/, 〈t〉 /t/, 〈ć〉 /tʃ/ or /c/, 〈c〉 /k/ are marked for [spread] (aspiration, or GW ‘glottal width’), singleton 〈f〉, 〈þ/ð〉, 〈s〉, 〈g〉, 〈h〉 are unmarked, but are passively voiced in the FricV/Son environment. Fricatives in unstressed syllables (even when couched between sonorants) are not voiced. If there is a sonorant separating the fricative from the stressed vowel there is no voicing (SonFricV/Son). The only voiced fricatives after a stressed vowel+sonorant consonant are /f/ [v] and /x/ [ɣ] (but this is a historical coincidence). (Phonetically voiceless) Geminates, s+stop and f/h+stop clusters are special in that they constitute a sequence of a fortis followed by a lenis obstruent impervious to passive voicing.
Rhetorical Scheme in Georg Philipp Telemann’s Sonatas for Two Violins or Flutes (1727)
Authors:   Kharkiv I.P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, Kholodkova Olena
Published: May 2024

The relevance of this article is due to the lack of research of G.Ph. Telemann’s works in the context of Baroque rhetoric. The main purpose of this article is to reveal the content of the Six Sonatas for two violins or flutes by G.Ph. Telemann in the context of the rhetorical scheme. In contrast to the rhetorical figures, the components of the rhetorical canon in a musical piece are not commonly examined in fundamental theorists’ works, and for this reason we suggested to reveal ways of its realization in the G.Ph. Telemann’s duo sonatas. The results of the study have shown that a turn to the rhetorical scheme during the analysis is a completely historical and logical method. The understanding of the subject of musical rhetoric has changed in the historical space, but a great number of Baroque theorists considered the possibility of defining and turning to a rhetorical canon in music, in analogy with verbal rhetoric. The analysis of G.Ph. Telemann’s duo sonatas allows conclusively conclude that they represent four stages of the rhetorical scheme (except the memoria): inventio – as an introduction to a whole composition or as a subject (theme) of a single movement, as well as performer’s improvisation (before or in-between the movements), dispositio – as a specific plan of the form development; decoratio – the use of rhetorical figures and phrases, as well as compositional and performer’s ornamentation and pronuntiatio – methods of sound production, phrasing, dynamics and articulation. The correspondence between G.Ph. Telemann’s music and the rhetorical concept proves not only his profound theoretical knowledge, but also demonstrates the practical use of the rhetorical scheme in his works, which substantiates this analytical approach in this research and also takes researchers and performers to a deeper level of comprehension of the poetics in G.Ph. Telemann’s works.
Inspiracje idiomem muzyki rosyjskiej w preludiach kompozytorów polskich z przełomu XIX i XX wieku
Authors:   Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Czerwiński Kamil , Dziuba Ada ,   Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Published: May 2024

This article presents the results of research on the impact of Russian music on preludes of Polish composers active at the turn of the 19 th and 20 th - centuries. The study focuses on characteristics of selected Russian composers determined by Marina Frolova-Walker, Richard Taruskin, and Piotr Kędzierski. Specific features of the Russian idiom, which proves its inspiring role, were found in the preludes of Karol Szymanowski, Witold Maliszewski, and Roman Statkowski.
Current Issues of Musical Textology
Authors:   Odessa National A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy of Music, Hribinienko Yuliia
Published: May 2024

The article is devoted to consideration and characteristics of the ways of formation and development of the theoretical base of musical textology. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterize leading approaches to key concepts in the analytical apparatus of musical textology. The article uses a set of musicological approaches, among which the system-interpretive and comparative ones have a leading role. It is established that the problems of a text and text creation in music are becoming central in an increasing number of works representing original musicological and cultural concepts, and also often become the focus of various discussions. It is emphasized that the concept of the musical text as central receives different interpretations. Each of the researchers, who focuses attention in their works on the text as an object of study, understands this phenomenon differently, highlighting these or those its content and structural features. Emphasizing the views that are represented in the works of Levon Hakobyan, Mark Aranovskij, Alexandra Samojlenko, Andrew Denisov, allows us to study the musical text as a complex, multi-level, systemic phenomenon that has its own semantic structures, an autonomous logic of development, unique properties. Among the latter, musicologists single out fixation, organization, meaning productivity, duality, transitivity, equivalence, linearity of unfolding in time, the possibility of multidimensional organization of sound texture, variability depending on interpretation, etc. It is their understanding that determines the ways of comprehension of the musical text. There are revealed the mechanisms of the generation of the musical text, both external and internal, which allow it to acquire the status of a significant, possibly real space. At the same time, the musical text appears as a combination of the «expressed» (semiotic structure expressed in signs) and what is meant (meaning), caused by the realization of the function of musical- sign and sound subject-creative activity. The special attention in the article is paid to the definition of levels of the musical text, which are important for understanding its structural organization. It is established that the relationship between the linear and vertical aspects of the text through their understanding is the main characteristic of the text as a structure.
Rola pieśni w języku polskim według Piotra Artomiusza i Michała Marcina Mioduszewskiego
Authors:   Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Woźniak Alan
Published: May 2024

The article attempts at answering the question concerning the role attributed to religious songs in the native language by Piotr Artomiusz, a Lutheran pastor and author of the hymnal, and Michał Marcin Mioduszewski, a Catholic priest and a collector of religious music. Their works – the Hymnal of Artomiusz and the Songbook… of Mioduszewski, played a significant role in the then religious communities and serve as a valuable example of transmission of a religious song in Polish. Statements provided by both authors in their collections allow the author to discuss their purpose; the role of the vernacular and the song in Polish in the liturgy and personal piety; the addressees of the collections, as well as the function of Polish translations of psalms. The juxtaposition of authors’ statements reveals similarities and differences in the perception of language and vernacular song in Church. The examination of those statements is crucial for a better understanding of the role of songs in the native language, especially of the song in Polish that became an important element of the tradition of Polish Lutheranism.
Львівська та краківська музикознавчі школи як культурний феномен України та Польщі
Authors:   Ternopil National Pedagogical by Volodymyr Hnatyuk University, Hysa Oksana
Published: May 2024

The scientific novelty of the work consists in elucidating the leading role of Zdzisław Jachimecki and Adolf Chybiński in the formation and development of the national musicological schools of Poland and Ukraine as the heirs of the cultural genocode of Jagiellonianism, which consisted in special attention to the inter-Slavic connections of the Western-Eastern cultural heritage. Zdzisław Jachimecki and Adolf Chybiński are personalities related in the representation of Polish musical science of the first half of the 20th century, which, due to complex historical and international circumstances, was somewhat distributed in Krakow and Lviv universities, causing direct contact with the Jagiellonian concept in the first of them, while the second reflected Polish centrist preferences after overcoming the institutions of Austrian Lviv.
Kształtowanie kultury zaufania w szkole z perspektywy dyrektorów. Komunikat z badań jakościowych
Authors:   Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. M. Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie, Krasuska-Betiuk Marta
Published: May 2024

This article looks at the mechanisms for building a culture of trust in the school environment, as described by the leaders of selected schools. Trust, like other phenomena of social life, is relational in nature and is a key value that determines the quality of interpersonal relationships. The school is treated as a place for the accumulation of trust resources for the multiplication of social capital. A culture of trust is a dynamic system of values, norms and behaviours that are the source of people’s sense of security and willingness to support others. The text takes the form of a research communication and aims to present ways of understanding, developing and sustaining good relationships at school based on a foundation of trust. The practices of creating a trusting environment have been reconstructed from the statements of headteachers of four schools in and around Warsaw. In this way, a kind of anatomical model (structure) of trust was obtained, consisting of the competence and professionalism of principals and teachers, teachers’ freedom and autonomy, the priority role of cooperation, and organisational transparency. The principals of the schools selected for the study are developing their own practices for building a critical culture of trust.
Detection of Leptospira sp. Bacteria and Factors Related to the Incidence of Leptospirosis in Semarang City
Authors: Diyana Sutra , Sutiningsih Dwi , Adi Mateus Sakundarno , Hitipeuw Derico
Published: May 2024

Objective: The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of Leptospirosis in Semarang City has shown a tendency to increase from 2019 to 2022. In 2022, there were 30 cases reported, with 8 deaths (CFR 27%). The purpose of this study was to detect Leptospira sp. bacteria in rats and analyze the risk factors for leptospirosis in Semarang City.Methods: This study employed an observational approach with a Case-Control Study design. The research was conducted in Semarang City from November to December 2023. Non-random sampling techniques were used, specifically the total sampling method, resulting in a sample size of 45 case groups and 45 control groups. Bivariate analysis was performed using the Chi-square test, with a significance level set at <0.05.Results: Based on the Chi-Square test results, the following variables were found to be associated with the incidence of leptospirosis in Semarang City: the presence of rats (p<0.0001), the presence of Leptospira sp. bacteria (p<0.0001), house conditions (p=0.260), sewer condition (p<0.0001), presence of pets (p=0.001), condition of landfills (p=0.001), presence of vegetation (p=0.005), temperature (p=0.299), humidity (p=0.495), lighting (p=0.023), history of wounds (p=0.001), and knowledge level (p=0.025).Conclusion: The risk factors for leptospirosis in Semarang City include the presence of rats, the presence of Leptospira sp. bacteria, sewer conditions, the presence of pets, conditions of landfills, the presence of vegetation, lighting, history of injury, and level of knowledge.
DA LINGUÍSTICA SAUSSURIANA À SEMIÓTICA SOCIAL: O CONCEITO DE MULTIMODALIDADE SOB ESCRUTÍNIO
Authors: Pinheiro Petrilson
Published: May 2024

RESUMO O objetivo deste artigo é escrutinar a noção de multimodalidade por meio de uma discussão teórica que busque reapresentar, problematizar e reformular conceitos a ela subjacentes e que lhe dão sustentação, como recurso semiótico, elemento semiótico, sistema semiótico, propiciação modal e modalidade semiótica. Para tanto, parte-se das noções de língua e linguagem, fala, signo, significante e significado, de Ferdinand de Saussure (SAUSSURE, 2006 [1916]), e de suas reapropriações por Émile Benveniste (BENVENISTE, 1976 [1966]) e Roland Barthes (BARTHES, 1990 [1982]); em seguida, discutem-se mais especificamente as contribuições de Gunther Kress e Theo van Leeuwen para a Semiótica Social (KRESS & VAN LEEUWEN, 2006 [1996]; KRESS, 2010), com o intuito de formular um conceito de multimodalidade com base em premissas que possam estabelecer critérios para as modalidades semióticas, não apenas para explicar, de alguma forma, o amplo e (não raro) uso indiscriminado de conceitos e expressões pouco esclarecedores em textos acadêmicos, mas, sobretudo, para contribuir teoricamente para o campo de estudos da linguagem e para a formulação de documentos relacionados à área de Educação, em que a multimodalidade tem estado cada vez mais presente.
Workplace barrier’s questionnaire: creation and reliability analysis
Authors: Luna Juliana Scholtão , Monteiro Gina Torres Rego , Koifman Rosalina Jorge
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT Workers’ functioning is related to the environmental conditions that influence their activities, favoring or hindering their fulfilment. The Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) was based on a core set of the Classification of Functioning (ICF) to assess workers. It has a validated Portuguese version for use with active Brazilian workers but it only assesses function body limitations, activities, and participation. This study developed a questionnaire to assess environmental barriers at work following the WORQ format and tested its reliability. This study reached a consensus (10 professionals and 11 workers) to choose environmental categories in the CIF core set that originated the WORQ to be integrated into the questionnaire. This research selected elements if at least 85% of participants reported it. Categories were transformed into questions. For reliability analysis, the questionnaire was applied to a random sample of 123 active workers at a public university in Brazil. The questionnaire had 20 questions based on the ICF core set for vocational rehabilitation and WORQ. This study evaluated its reliability, finding an r=0.855 (test-retest) and Cronbach’s alpha=0.936 (internal consistency). This study developed an ICF-based questionnaire to assess environmental barriers in the workplace. The analysis of psychometric characteristics showed strong test-retest reliability and the internal consistency of the instrument.
Questionário de avaliação de barreiras no ambiente de trabalho: elaboração e análise da confiabilidade
Authors: Luna Juliana Scholtão , Monteiro Gina Torres Rego , Koifman Rosalina Jorge
Published: May 2024

RESUMO A funcionalidade do trabalhador está relacionada às condições ambientais que influenciam suas atividades, favorecendo ou prejudicando a realização delas. O Questionário de Reabilitação Profissional (WORQ) foi baseado em um core set da Classificação de Funcionalidade (CIF) para avaliar trabalhadores, ele apresenta versão em português validada para uso com trabalhadores brasileiros ativos, porém, se restringe à avaliação de limitações em funções corporais, atividades e participação. Este estudo teve como objetivo elaborar um questionário de avaliação de barreiras ambientais no trabalho, seguindo o formato do WORQ, e testar sua confiabilidade. A escolha das categorias ambientais - constantes no core set da CIF que originou o WORQ - para integrar o questionário foi realizada em consenso (10 profissionais e 11 trabalhadores). Foram selecionadas aquelas apontadas por pelo menos 85% dos participantes e, dessa forma, transformadas em questões. Para análise da confiabilidade, o questionário foi aplicado em uma amostra aleatória de 123 trabalhadores ativos de uma universidade pública do Brasil. O questionário elaborado teve o total de 20 questões. A sua confiabilidade foi avaliada com r=0,855 (teste-reteste) e alfa de Cronbach=0,936 (consistência interna). Este estudo elaborou um questionário baseado na CIF para avaliar barreiras ambientais nos locais de trabalho, que, por meio da análise das características psicométricas, apontou forte confiabilidade teste-reteste e consistência interna para o instrumento.
Knowledge, confidence, and clinical experience of physiotherapists and multiprofessional team on pulmonary rehabilitation
Authors: Faria Isabella Diniz , Mendes Liliane Patrícia de Souza , Schettino Renata de Carvalho , Rocha Bianca Louise Carmona , Alison Jennifer A. , Velloso Marcelo
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT The knowledge deficit of health professionals has been a barrier to expanding and implementing of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) services, despite the reported benefits of PR for individuals with Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD). This study aims to assess the preparedness of health care professionals from two Brazilian cities to perform PR in the public health system. This is survey is part of a larger project to implement PR in the Brazilian public health system. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge (19 questions), training (7 questions), confidence (10 questions), and clinical experience (8 questions) of physical therapists (PT) and the multiprofessional team (MT) before a PR workshop. In total, 44 PT and 231 MT answered the questionnaire. The mean total knowledge score was 10±3 for PT and 6±3 for MT. Few physical therapist reported having “a lot” of experience (25%) and confidence (22.7%) to perform PR, as well as sufficient training to conduct the six-minute walk test (27.3%).Even fewer MT reported having “a lot” of experience (10%) and sufficient training (4.8%) to perform PR, as well as to plan the educational program for patients (10%) and the confidence to refer patients to PR (6.5%). This is the first study to evaluate the preparedness of professionals from the Brazilian public health network to provide PR. Notably, both PT and MT have low preparation to perform PR in the studied cities, reinforcing the need for continuing education.
Physical therapy care to community-dwelling individuals with stroke in primary care setting in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Magalhães Jordana de Paula , Dutra Tamires Mariana de Freitas Vieira , Araújo Érika de Freitas , Teixeira-Salmela Luci Fuscaldi , Faria Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT After hospital discharge, it is recommended that post-stroke individuals receive follow-up by a physical therapist throughout all the stages of recovery. Despite clinical recommendations, few studies have investigated physical therapy care to community-dwelling individuals with stroke. This study aimed to describe physical therapy care to community-dwelling individuals with stroke in primary care setting and identify clinical-functional and sociodemographic characteristics that determined physical therapy assistance. This is an exploratory cross-sectional study. Community-dwelling individuals with stroke who were assisted by the primary healthcare team from an important Brazilian metropolis were included. Their medical records were analyzed to identify the care provided by physical therapists. Individuals who received and did not receive physical therapy care were compared (α=0.05). Out of the 100 included individuals, 55% received assistance from the multidisciplinary primary healthcare team and 44% from physical therapists. Physical therapy approaches consisted mainly of general orientations (89%) and assessments (75%). Only 45% of the individuals who received physical therapy care were followed-up, and those who received this type of care had significantly more stroke events and higher levels of disability (p<0.001). It was observed that many individuals with various levels of disabilities have not received physical therapist assistance. Moreover, follow-up care and referrals were not frequent physical therapy approaches. Therefore, physical therapy care in primary care needs to be expanded to ensure that all individuals with some level of disability receive treatment. Moreover, it is necessary to increase the number of individuals receiving follow-up and encourage multidisciplinary work between physical therapists and other primary healthcare professionals.
Localizar y documentar: Formas de gestión tutelar en dos instituciones estatales de Córdoba, Argentina
Authors: Romero Santiago Manuel , Oviedo Melisa Rodríguez
Published: May 2024

Resumen En este trabajo nos interesa comparar las actuaciones de dos instituciones de carácter estatal de la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina, con prácticas que eran entendidas como de tutela. Y si bien aparentemente se encontraban en las antípodas, dadas las poblaciones a las que estaban dirigidas, podíamos encontrar puntos de encuentro e interpelación. Prestando atención de no caer en comparaciones anatómicas ni en universales etnográficos nos propusimos, desde una separación analítica, abordar algunas formas de gestión tutelar, tanto en el Patronato del Liberado como en la Reserva Patrimonial del Museo de Antropologías. La distinción entre tutelar localizando y tutelar documentando nos permitió observar cómo estas actuaciones se inscriben en procesos de producción y reproducción de saberes, construidos en el trabajo cotidiano e íntimo como acciones privilegiadas y legitimadas de cuidado; considerando, también, la polivalencia de estas prácticas similares que, en contextos diferentes y con objetivos diferentes, se torsionan.
Concerning the artifices practiced in documenting the documentation: on writing, testifying and learning to file
Authors: Nadai Larissa
Published: May 2024

Abstract This article aims to shed light on the formal and official paths through which researchers seek to obtain authorisation to conduct our research, particularly in state offices. Thus, I begin from the conviction that letters, certificates, academic transcripts, and research projects, together with their subsequent circulation within various sectors at the Instituto Médico Legal [Medical Examiner’s Office], São Paulo, Brazil, are excellent sites of analysis precisely because they reveal the different management and government strategies put into operation both by researchers and by those who, as designated authorities, form the employees of these bodies. Artifices made of paper that, on the one hand, forge and convey an idea and an image that is projected and recurrently reaffirmed of what the state is. While on the other, they enable us to provide ethnographic nuances to the ‘common condition of state subjects’ in which all of us are immersed, by force or desire.
‘I want to give myself the opportunity and be adopted’: the production of subjects and meanings in adoption processes in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Authors: Ciordia Carolina
Published: May 2024

Abstract Based on the biographical accounts of young women who were adopted when they were children or adolescents, this work analyses the management techniques that are deployed in institutional care devices located in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. These production processes of adoptable subjects can be considered in light of several techniques that operate through different logics of power and that unfold in the web of social relations that the children of said devices maintain with each other and with the institutional agents.
Inconsistências nas notificações de violência no estado do Rio de Janeiro de 2015 a 2021
Authors: Girianelli Vania Reis , Cordeiro Georgia Thais Lima
Published: May 2024

RESUMO Objetivou-se identificar inconsistências no preenchimento da ficha de notificação de violência no estado do Rio de Janeiro e descrever sua tendência no período de 2015 a 2021. Trata-se de um estudo do tipo painéis repetidos, sendo utilizado o banco de dados do Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) disponibilizado pelo estado do Rio de Janeiro, mas restrito à faixa etária de 18 a 59 anos. Foram elegíveis para o estudo 147.210 notificações. Destas, em 33.117 (22,5%), o tipo de violência não foi registrado, mas o percentual tem decrescido no período (β = -5,67; p < 0,001). Dentre as inconsistências, destaca-se a incompatibilidade no registro de sexo biológico e identidade de gênero (19,8%), com estabilidade no período (p = 0,497). Também foram identificados registros de tipos de violência interpessoal e características do agressor nas notificações de violência autoprovocada, bem como registros de meios de agressão relacionados com violência física nas notificações de violência psicológica. O alto percentual de inconsistências identificadas sinaliza a necessidade de aprimoramento do sistema de informação e capacitação continuada dos profissionais de saúde, tendo em vista que a notificação é fundamental para elaborar diagnóstico local e subsidiar estratégias de intervenção para enfrentamento da violência.
Woman at the end of the world: feminicidal violence against black women’s health
Authors: Costa Mariana Freitas da , Augusto Cristiane Brandão , Marques Maria Celeste Simões
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT This article discusses feminicidal violence and some of its manifestations against Black women. It aims to highlight how everyday experiences and social and power relationships affect this population group and trivialize the violence that affects them, legitimizing high mortality rates from different preventable causes without these being considered a public health problem. Based on a bibliographical survey, the text shows the avoidability of deaths in cases of malignant neoplasms, HIV/AIDS, and suicide resulting from the mitigated access to healthcare associated with subjugations in the racist patriarchal system. Negligence and disregard motivated by structural racism and misogyny shape the death of Black women, revealed by a necropolitics of late diagnoses, failures in sensitization and prevention campaigns, lack of receptiveness, and adequate policies for that population. Relating such violations of the right to health with songs by Elza Soares, this study aims to bring art as an instrument of denunciation and a revival of silenced voices.
The competitive and comparative advantages of aglaonema farming in Depok City, Indonesia
Authors: Haryanto Lorenta In
Published: May 2024

Abstract As the COVID-19 pandemic decreases, the demand trend for ornamental plants begins to decline. To maintain its competitiveness, it is necessary to study the government policies and the performance of aglaonema farming. The objectives of this study were: 1) to analyze the profitability and competitiveness of aglaonema in Indonesia along with the policy impact, and 2) to simulate fluctuations in aglaonema’s competitiveness after the changes in its indicators. The Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) was employed in supporting the descriptive and quantitative methods. The research object was the variety fiery red ‘Suksom Jaipong’, the most popular aglaonema in the 2000s. The data was collected from farmers in July 2022 - November 2022 in Depok City, one of Indonesia’s centers for ornamental plants. The results of the study explained that aglaonema farming in Depok City was profitable and gained both competitive and comparative advantages, indicated by PCR and DRCR valued at 0.146 and 0.107. The evaluation of policy using Output Transfer, NPCO, Input Transfer, Factor Transfer, NPCI, EPC, and SRP indicators, showed that trade policies such as free trade did not harm farmers’ competitiveness and on the contrary, positively stimulated aglaonema’s competitiveness. The simulations of a decrease in production or a weakening of the Indonesian rupiah exchange rate have proven to not significantly affect competitiveness. This study concludes that the competitiveness of aglaonema in Depok City is relatively high, supported by the optimization of local resources.
Scientific analysis of cut flowers: a review of the main technical issues developed
Authors: Villagran Edwin , Rocha Gloria Alexandra Ortiz , Mojica Lorena , Florez-Velazquez Jorge , Aguilar Cruz Ernesto , Gomez Linda , Gomez Douglas , Antolinez Eduard , Numa Stephanie
Published: May 2024

Abstract The cut flower sector is an area of horticulture that generates great economic and academic interest worldwide, the production of flowers represents a market segment that has aesthetic and sentimental purposes in many regions of the world. In recent years, a large amount of research has been generated that has promoted this sector, therefore, in this work we have proposed to develop a systematic review in this field of knowledge, with the objective of consolidating knowledge, guiding future research, and supporting informed decisions, thus contributing to the efficient use of resources and the continuous advancement of the cut flower industry. The systematic review process was divided into six stages, starting with the definition of the search equation and the collection of information from the prestigious Scopus database. Subsequently, a detailed quality and technical analysis of the 532 documents collected was conducted. These documents were grouped into 13 topics that are related to the production system, ranging from propagation techniques, genome study, genetic improvement to topics of current interest such as sustainability. Each of these topics was examined and the results of this analysis led to the preparation of this technical document, which includes relevant aspects that have contributed to the improvement of productivity and productive diversity in species and under different climatic conditions.
Shallow reservoirs in urban perimeter: evaluation of trophic status and relations with the zooplanktonic community
Authors: Martins Heytor Lemos , Panarelli Eliana Aparecida , Borges Jaqueline Souza , Korasaki Vanesca , Millan Rodrigo Ney
Published: May 2024

Abstract: Aim The zooplankton community is used as a bioindicator of environmental changes and can be an indicator of trophic status in aquatic environments through changes in the composition of the community. The objective of this work was to study the variation of shallow reservoir systems in an urban park, evaluating the relationships between physical, chemical, and biological variables. Methods The collections were conducted monthly for a year in the surface of reservoirs. The physical and chemical variables of the water were measured using a multiparametric probe on the surface. Nutrient analysis was performed using spectrophotometry in the laboratory. Zooplankton was collected using a plankton net (60 µm mesh size). Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) was used to verify whether the three reservoirs present differences in zooplankton community composition. Results Altogether, 43 taxa belonging to 16 families were collected. Rotifera was the most representative group, with 27 taxa, Cladocera had 13 taxa, and Copepoda had only three taxa. The environmental variables indicated different trophic status between the reservoirs, demonstrating greater eutrophication in reservoirs 1 and 3. An association between the composition of the zooplankton community and the trophic state of the reservoirs was verified. Conclusions The composition of the zooplankton community shows differences among three of the shallow urban reservoirs studied. Reservoir 1 exhibited Filinia terminalis and Asplanchna herrick as indicator species. As for reservoir 2, with a lower trophic status, the indicative species were Bosmina freyi and Diaphanosoma polyspina, correlated with lower concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, total phosphorus, pH, and lower values of electrical conductivity. Reservoir 3 exhibited Brachionus angularis and Brachionus calyciflorus as indicator species, demonstrating a similar nutrient profile to R1, but with higher nitrate concentrations.
Status of studies about Brazilian bioindicator fishes, a review
Authors: Batista Caroline de Paula , Ferreira Agatha de Almeida , Silva Guilherme José da Costa
Published: May 2024

Abstract: Aim The freshwater environment is indeed diverse and complex, and it faces numerous challenges due to human activities. One approach to evaluating these human interventions is through the use of bioindicators, with fish being one of the key groups studied in the aquatic environment. However, the existent studies report that only a limited number of Brazilian ichthyofauna species have been investigated as potential bioindicators. Methods The data present here were organized through a bibliographic review that adopts an exploratory and descriptive approach, focusing on articles published between the years 2000 and 2022, utilizing terms such as “bioindicators,” “Brazilian fish,” and “aquatic ecosystem” in both Portuguese and English languages. Results Despite Brazil having the most diverse ichthyofauna on the planet, the research has focused on only 45 species thus far. Among these, Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) emerged as the most frequently studied species. The analysis of gill and liver tissues was found to be the most common method employed in these studies, while other tissues received relatively little attention. Moreover, the distribution of studies on bioindicator species was uneven, with the Upper Paraná ecoregion having the highest number of species investigated. This suggests that research efforts in this field have not been uniformly distributed across Brazil. Conclusions The patchy nature of studies on bioindicators of the Brazilian ichthyofauna highlights the need for greater incentives and support for research in this area. With Brazil's exceptional ichthyofauna diversity, there is ample potential to identify and utilize additional species as environmental indicators. By expanding the scope of studies and addressing the geographical imbalance, a more comprehensive understanding of the impacts of human activities on freshwater ecosystems in Brazil can be achieved. This knowledge is vital for effective conservation and management efforts to protect and sustain the country's valuable aquatic resources.
Bond performance of concrete reinforced with FRP bars under monotonic and fatigue loading
Authors: Cai Bin , Tong Jun , Fu Feng
Published: May 2024

To investigate the bond properties of concrete reinforced with fibre-reinforced-polymer bars (FRPBs) under different loads, FRPB-reinforced concrete specimens were subjected to pull-out tests. Three types of FRPBs were used in the experiment – ordinary steel rebars, carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars and glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars. Pull-out tests were first conducted under monotonic load to determine the effect of concrete strength and reinforcement diameter on the bond performance of FRPB-reinforced concrete and steel-reinforced concrete. The variation in bond performance for the different reinforcements was investigated. Fatigue tests were then performed, followed by further pull-out tests to determine the bond stress–slip curves between concrete and reinforcements, and the influence of fatigue action on the bond stress–slip curve was then examined. Formulae to calculate the stress were developed, which can be applied to determine the bond failure pattern, bond strength and bond–slip curve.
The Movement of Cimandiri Fault, Sukabumi, West Java: A Vertical Deformation Analysis Using DInSAR-True Vertical Displacement Method
Authors: Stevany Demi , Manessa Masita Dwi Mandini
Published: May 2024

If deformation is caused by earthquakes, it is necessary to map the area size and shape. Especially in Indonesia, which is situated within three main tectonic plates, the examination of risks and hazards is vital to establish the right measures for mitigating and minimizing the risk of earthquakes. Remote sensing is one of the best and most renewable methods for mapping deformation occurrences. DInSAR is a remote sensing technique that can be used to analyze deformation. This work employed the DInSAR technique to examine the Sentinel-1 A SLC-IW satellite and to investigate the deformation of the Cimandiri Fault in Palabuhanratu region, Sukabumi. Within one of these active faults, a magnitude of 4 Richter scale earthquake occurred on September 20th, 2022. Comparing satellite photos before and after the earthquake with the DInSAR yielded a large phase difference value centred on the Cimandiri Fault line with a phase range of -3,092 to 3,031. It indicates that the Cimandiri Fault is the earthquake epicentre on September 20th, 2022, in Palabuhanratu. The results of an investigation of the displacement value happening along the line of sight (LOS) fall between 0.105 and 0.672 m. Due to the incidence angle of the picture observation by satellite, the displacement must be adjusted since it is perpendicular to the ellipsoid referred to as the true vertical displacement. The fixed displacement finding of 0.126 to 0.806 m suggests that the region surrounding the Cimandiri Fault has risen. As GCP points, a number of GPS geodetic data points were incorporated from the field near the Bagbagan bridge, which was the site of the active fault. The outcomes demonstrated that the DInSAR true vertical displacement method can be used to determine the surface deformation.