bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Factors Affecting the Risk of Free Flap Failure in Microvascular Surgery
Authors: Stepanovs Jevgeņijs , Ozoliņa Agnese , Rovīte Vita , Mamaja Biruta , Vanags Indulis
Published: August 2016

Microvascular free flap surgery, has become an important part of reconstructive surgery during the last decades, as it allows closure of various tissue defects and recovery of organs function. Despite surgical progress resulting in high rates of transferred tissue survival, the risk of pedicle vessels thrombosis still remains a significant problem. A total of 108 articles from Pubmed and Science Direct databases published in 2005–2015 were analysed. This review of the literature assessed the influence of patient-dependent risk factors and different perioperative management strategies on development of microvascular free flap thrombosis. Sufficient evidence for risk associated with hypercoagulation, advanced age and certain comorbidities was identified. Presently, rotational thromboelastometry allows early hypercoagulability detection, significantly changing further patient management. Identification of flap thrombosis promoting surgery-related aspects is also essential in preoperative settings. Choice of anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia, administration of different types and amounts of fluids, blood products and vasoactive agents, temperature control are no less important in perioperative anaesthesiological management. More attention should be focused on timely preoperative evaluation of patient-dependent risk factors, which can influence anaesthesiological and surgical tactics during and after microvascular free flap surgery. Perioperative anaesthesiological management strategy continues to be controversial and therefore it should be performed based on thrombotic risk assessment and patient individual needs, thus improving flap survival rates and surgical outcome.
A comparative study of soil-structure interaction in the case of frame structures with raft foundation
Authors: Móczár Balázs , Polgár Zsuzsanna , Mahler András
Published: August 2016

Design and modelling of raft foundations and selecting the value of coefficient of vertical subgrade reaction are still actively discussed topics in geotechnical and structural engineering. In everyday practice, soil–structure interaction is mostly taken into account by using the theory of ‘beam on elastic foundation’, in which the soil is substituted by a certain set of coefficients of subgrade reaction. In this study, finite element analysis of a building was performed using a geotechnical software (Plaxis 3D), which is capable of modelling the subsoil as a continuum, and a structural software (Axis VM), which uses the concept of ‘beam on elastic foundation’. The evaluation of the results and recommendations for everyday engineering practice are introduced in this paper.
Analysis of Pharmaceutical Excipient MCC Avicel PH102 Using Compaction Equations
Authors: Peciar Peter , Eckert Maroš , Fekete Roman , Hrnčiar Viliam
Published: August 2016

This paper focuses on the characterization of the tabletting process and analysis one of the most common pharmaceutical excipients MCC Avicel PH102 by Heckel, Kawakita, Cooper-Eaton and Adams compaction equations. Experimental material was determined by measuring its parameters as particle size distribution, angle of wall friction and flow properties and for more detailed characteristics of the material particles, microscopy images of the powder before and after compressing were created.
No association of AQP4 polymorphisms with neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis
Authors: Yang Ting-Ting , He Yang , Xiang Ya-Juan , Ao Dong-Hui , Wang Yang-Yang , Zhang Qi , He Xiang-Jun , Zhong Shan-Shan , Wu Jian , Liu Guang-Zhi
Published: August 2016

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are inflammatory demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). Various genetic and environmental factors have been identified to contribute to etiology of MS and NMO. Aquaporin 4 (AQP4), is the most abundant water channel in CNS. AQP4 is expressed in astrocytes of the brain, spinal cord, optic nerve and supportive cells in sensory organs. In contrast to MS, immunoreactivity of AQP4 is abolished in NMO lesions. However, conflicting results have been reported regarding the association between AQP4 polymorphisms and demyelinating disorders. Considering the ethnic differences of genetic variations, replications in other cohorts are required. In this study, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of AQP4 gene in patients with NMO/neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), and MS in the Northern Han Chinese population were examined. Six selected AQP4 SNPs were genotyped by high-resolution melting (HRM) method. Compared with healthy control (HC), there was no significant difference of AQP4 allele and genotype frequency in MS or NMO/NMOSD group. This study showed no significant association of common AQP4 SNPs with MS or NMO/NMOSD, strongly suggesting that polymorphisms of AQP4 gene are unlikely to confer MS or NMO/NMOSD susceptibility, at least in Northern Han Chinese population.
Optical and Geometric Properties of Free Silica Nanoparticles Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Authors: Langer Burkhard , Raschpichler Christopher , Gruner Mathias , Antonsson Egill , Goroncy Christian , Graf Christina , Rühl Eckart
Published: August 2016

Elastic small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of free silica (SiO2) nanoparticles is reported
(d = 100–180 nm). The particles were prepared by a modified Stöber synthesis in narrow size distributions
with controlled surface roughness and functionalization. Angle-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering patterns are shown to
be sensitive to these changes in particle properties. It is reported that there is an exponential decrease in scattered
X-ray intensity towards larger scattering angles as well as distinct oscillations, which is fully explained by Mie
theory. Small-angle X-ray scattering of mesoporous nanoparticles with rough surfaces is compared to that of microporous
nanoparticles with smooth surfaces, revealing distinct differences that are rationalized by diffuse scattering from
nanoparticle pores in addition to the dominating contribution of Mie scattering. Furthermore, results from small-angle
X-ray scattering experiments on functionalized silica nanoparticles are presented, where the incorporation of the dye
fluorescein isothiocyanate is found to cause changes in the optical properties of the nanoparticles, as compared to
non-functionalized samples. Small, but distinct deviations in particle size derived from electron microscopy and from
small-angle X-ray scattering are observed. These are rationalized by particle shrinking occurring in electron microscopy
as well as slight changes in optical properties of the nanoparticle samples.
No Child Left Alone: Moral Judgments about Parents Affect Estimates of Risk to Children
Authors: Thomas Ashley J. , Stanford P. Kyle , Sarnecka Barbara W.
Published: August 2016

In recent decades, Americans have adopted a parenting norm in which every child is expected to be under constant direct adult supervision. Parents who violate this norm by allowing their children to be alone, even for short periods of time, often face harsh criticism and even legal action. This is true despite the fact that children are much more likely to be hurt, for example, in car accidents. Why then do bystanders call 911 when they see children playing in parks, but not when they see children riding in cars? Here, we present results from six studies indicating that moral judgments play a role: The less morally acceptable a parent’s reason for leaving a child alone, the more danger people think the child is in. This suggests that people’s estimates of danger to unsupervised children are affected by an intuition that parents who leave their children alone have done something morally wrong.
Child Restraint Use and Driver Screening in Fatal Crashes Involving Drugs and Alcohol
Authors: Huang Yanlan , Liu Chang , Pressley Joyce C.
Published: August 2016

BACKGROUND:

There are reports that the incidence of alcohol-involved crashes has remained stable among fatally injured drivers while drug involvement has increased in recent years.

METHODS:

Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) from 2010 to 2013 were used to examine drug and alcohol status of drivers (N = 10 864) of 4-wheeled passenger vehicles involved in a fatal crash while transporting a passenger aged 0 to 14 years (N = 17 179). Mixed effect multivariable logistic regression used SAS GLIMMIX to control for clustering. Odds ratios are reported with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

RESULTS:

Only 28.9% of drivers were screened for both alcohol and drugs, and 56.7% were not tested for either. The total proportion of unrestrained child passengers increased nearly linearly by age. Findings ranged as high as 70% for 13- to 14-year-olds with drivers positive for drugs and alcohol. In multivariable adjusted models, inappropriate child seating with drivers who tested positive was as follows: alcohol, 1.30 (95% CI, 0.92–1.82); drugs, 1.54 (95% CI, 1.24–1.92); and for both drugs and alcohol, 1.88 (95% CI, 1.38–2.55). More than one-fourth were unrestrained with drivers positive for cannabis (27.7%). Overall mortality was approximately triple for unrestrained versus restrained (33.5% vs 11.5%; P < .0001) and was higher in front-seated than rear-seated passengers (40.7% vs 31.5%; P < .0001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Passengers were less likely to be appropriately seated and to be restrained when transported by a driver positive for drugs and alcohol, but this finding varied according to passenger age and drug/alcohol category.
Bond Strength Assessment Between Acrylic Teeth and Acrylic Resin Repairs: Effect of Different Surface Treatments
Authors: Muñoz MSc M.T. , Reales DDS E. , Prates DDS, MSc, PhD L.H.M. , Volpato DDS, MSc, PhD C.A.M.
Published: August 2016

The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength between acrylic resin teeth and autopolymerizing acrylic resin repairs after different surface treatments. Seventy-two upper anterior acrylic resin denture teeth (MFT, Vita, Germany) were selected. Specimens were randomly assigned into six groups (n=12): G1-C, without surface treatment (control); G2-M, methylmetacrylate monomer (Jet, Clássico, Brazil) application; G3-A treatment with methylmetacrylate and metiletilcetone-based bonding agent (Vitacoll, Vita, Germany). The surface of G4-OA, G5-OAM and G6-OAA was airborne-particle abraded with aluminum oxide (Polidental, Wilson, Brazil); being repeated the treatments respectively of groups G1-C, G2-M e G3-A. All groups were then repaired with autopolymerizing acrylic resin (Jet, Clássico, Brazil). Shear bond strength test was performed using an universal testing machine (Instron 4444). Two-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey’s analysis (p<0,05) were used for statistical comparison. The shear bond strengths of groups G4-OA, G5-OAM and G6-OAA were significantly higher (p<0,05) than that of groups G1-C, G2-M and G3-A. The shear bond strength of Group G3-A were significantly higher (p<0,05) than that of groups G1-C and G2-M. In conclution, chemical treatments in combination with bondig agents showed significant improvements in bond strength without aluminum oxide treatment. More significantly, surface treatment with aluminum oxide particles resulted in the highest bond strength values for acrylic resin teeth repaired with autopolymerizing acrylic resin.
The Andean genus Myrosmodes (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) in Peru
Authors: Trujillo Delsy , Gonzáles Paúl , Trinidad Huber , Cano Asunción
Published: August 2016

Se presenta una revisión de Myrosmodes del Perú. Se aceptan siete especies para el país. Se describe e ilustra cada especie con base en la revisión del material tipo, protólogos y material peruano. Se evalúa su distribución en el país. Myrosmodes nervosa se registra por primera vez para el Perú. Se proponen nuevos sinónimos: M. cleefii es incluido bajo la sinonimia de M. nubigena, M. inaequalis y M. pumilio bajo M. paludosa, M. weberbaueri bajo M. gymnandra y M. cochlearis bajo M. rhynchocarpa. También se proporciona una clave para identificar las especies reconocidas. Se designa un lectotipo para Aa chiogena.
Evolutionary diversification and historical biogeography of the Orchidaceae in Central America with emphasis on Costa Rica and Panama
Authors: Bogarín Diego , Pupulin Franco , Smets Erik , Gravendeel Barbara
Published: August 2016

Históricamente, el Istmo de Costa Rica y Panamá ha sido fuente de fascinación por su posición estratégica, uniendo América del Norte con América del Sur. En términos de biodiversidad, el Istmo es considerado una de las regiones más ricas del mundo. Orchidaceae es la familia de plantas más diversa en la zona, y el número de especies triplica a otras familias de angiospermas bien representadas como Rubiaceae, Fabaceae y Poaceae. Aunque todavía estamos lejos de conocer el número exacto de especies de orquídeas existentes en ambos países, en la actualidad la flora de orquídeas registradas para Costa Rica (1574 spp.) y Panamá (1372 spp.) suman en conjunto alrededor de 2010 especies; lo que representa 6,5-8,0% de todas las especies de orquídeas en apenas alrededor de 1% de la superficie terrestre del planeta. Pleurothallidinae y Laeliinae son los grupos más ricos en especies y contienen la mayor géneros: Lepanthes, Pleurothallis, Stelis y Epidendrum. Estos grupos superan significativamente los otros géneros registrados en términos de riqueza de especies. Algunos de los factores que explican esta diversidad taxonómica regional de orquídeas son el puente natural que une tres de los 25 puntos reconocidos en todo el mundo (Mesoamérica, Chocó / Darién / Ecuador Occidental y Andes tropicales), la influencia climática de los océanos Pacífico y Atlántico, y la reciente elevación de la Cordillera de Talamanca y la formación de estribaciones de Majé, Darién y San Blas, en Panamá y el oeste de Colombia. Aunque estos factores pueden explicar la alta diversidad de orquídeas en términos generales, se necesita información detallada para comprender la diversificación de especies, así como la evolución de la composición florística. Los inventarios florísticos actualizados (con una tasa de 25 nuevas especies / año) y el estudio de los mecanismos biológicos que han llevado a la diversificación evolutiva de Lepanthes (como uno de los géneros más grandes de orquídeas) son los principales proyectos de investigación en curso para dilucidar la evolución de Orchidaceae en Costa Rica y Panamá. Con este fin, presentamos algunos resultados preliminares de la investigación llevada a cabo en esta dirección que incluye la integración de estudios filogenéticos, ecología de la polinización, taxonomía y biogeografía.
Tissue-specific induction of CCR6 and Nrp1 during early CD4+ T cell differentiation
Authors: Pezoldt Joern , Huehn Jochen
Published: August 2016

Upon differentiation, T cells acquire tissue-specific homing properties allowing efficient targeting of effector T cells into distinct inflamed organs. Priming of T cells within skin-draining, peripheral lymph nodes (pLNs) leads to the expression of E- and P-selectin ligands, which facilitate migration into inflamed skin, whereas activation within gut-draining, mesenteric LNs (mLNs) results in induction of chemokine receptor CCR9 and integrin α4β7, both required for migration of effector T cells into mucosal tissues. In addition to the local tissue microenvironment, both organ-specific dendritic cells and LN-resident stromal cells are critical factors to shape T cell migration properties. Here, we identify two additional homing-related molecules, CCR6 and Neuropilin-1 (Nrp1), upregulated in T cells early during differentiation solely in pLNs, but not mLNs. Surprisingly, intestinal inflammation resulted in an ameliorated induction of CCR6 and Nrp1 in pLNs, suggesting that a local inflammation within the gut can systemically alter T cell differentiation. Finally, transplantation of mLNs to a skin-draining environment revealed that LN stromal cells also contribute to efficient CCR6 induction in pLNs. Collectively, these findings identify further aspects of early T cell differentiation within skin-draining pLNs, which could be utilized to further develop tailored and highly specialized vaccination strategies.
“The Sole You Found was the Soul of the Festival”
Authors: Äikäs Tiina , Perttola Wesa , Kuokkanen Tiina
Published: August 2016

In 2010, we carried out archaeological fieldwork during a rock festival in Seinäjoki, Finland. We had two aims: first, to investigate what material culture tells about how people experience the place where a rock festival is held and second, to popularize archaeology. Our methods included test pits, mapping garbage with RTK-GPS and interviews. This article addresses the questions of transience, temporality and place attachment as witnessed by archaeological finds from a festival. Our results emphasize both the long- and short-term changes in the function of this place. In addition, the material culture reveals traces of people’s behaviour that were too mundane to be remembered. It also shows that the places which people choose for their actions are not always those selected by the organizers. Archaeological research at a rock festival was an important arena for meeting people who otherwise might never have come across archaeologists.
Moscow-Paris-Baillet-Moscow
Authors: Gentili François
Published: August 2016

An archaeological evaluation undertaken in 2004 in Baillet-en-France, north of Paris, unearthed remains of the sculptured frieze which adorned the Soviet pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition. This discovery led us to track the astonishing trajectory of this emblematic monument, example of socialist realism and symbol of the USSR. Upon the dismantlement of the 1937 exhibition, the Soviet monument’s propylaeum, composed by artist Josef Chaikov of sculpted reliefs and statues representing the peoples of the USSR, was given to the metallurgist CGT worker’s union, who brought it to its newly opened leisure park at Baillet-en-France. With the abrupt political changes that followed, the monument was smashed to pieces in 1941, rediscovered after the liberation in 1944, and then buried in the ice ditch where it laid forgotten until 2004. The study of these unexpected remains with their iconic and iconoclastic destinies enables us to better understand the different aspects of their creation (origins, techniques, iconography) – at the same time, a new career awaits these Stalinian relicts, as a museum exhibit but also as a model, monumentally reconstructed in Moscow in 2010.
Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins
Authors: Arboleda Pablo
Published: August 2016

The modern Italian landscape includes a large number of public construction projects begun over the past 50 years but abandoned before completion—a testament to the misuse of public funds through political corruption and the influence of the Mafia. Since 2007, a group of artists named Alterazioni Video has been developing the project Incompiuto Siciliano, through which they have sought to counter the negative perception of these ruins by considering them as an aestheticized architectural style. The group’s approach is significant because visual arts, and especially photography, have in recent years been accused of pursuing a merely romanticizing objective that ignores the political, economic and social contexts in which modern ruins arise. Embedding the current paper within this discussion makes it possible to align Incompiuto Siciliano with literatures on contemporary archaeology that regard the aestheticization of ruins as a first step to a critical comprehension of the reasons behind their origination—which ultimately leads to their re-valorization and eventual re-activation.
Meaning from Juxtaposition
Authors: Crispin Jon , Crossland Zoë
Published: August 2016

An interview and accompanying photographic essay around Jon Crispin's photographs of a collection of abandoned suitcases found at a now-closed psychiatric center at Willard, in upstate New York. Many held the possessions of former patients and ranged in date from the turn of the 20th century into the late 1960s. The suitcases have now been accessioned to the permanent collection of the New York State Museum in Albany, NY.
Effects of temperature and loading rate on the compressive behaviour of CA mortar
Authors: Wu Xi , Wang Jin-feng , Xu Rong-qiao , Chen Yi-ri
Published: August 2016

The coupled effect of loading rate and temperature on the compressive behaviour of cement asphalt mortar (CA mortar) is investigated in this paper. The uniaxial compressive test is conducted with CA mortar subjected to three different temperatures from 5°C to 35°C and seven different loading rates in the range of 1–50 mm/min. The failure modes, experimental stress–strain relationship and compressive strength of CA mortar are obtained in this study. Based on the experimental results, it is found that CA mortar fails in a similar manner with varying temperature, while the higher loading rate leads to a more severe and quick failure of CA mortar. The shape of the stress–strain curve of CA mortar is shown to be similar at different temperatures and loading rates, but the compressive strength and peak strain varies with temperature and loading rate. According to the experimental results, the compressive strength increases with decreasing temperature and increasing loading rate up to 20 mm/min. An empirical equation to determine the compressive strength of CA mortar with respect to temperature and loading rate is proposed and verified by the experimental data.
A Preliminary Study on the Problems of the Medical Tourism Activation Policy and its Political Countermeasures: Focused on the Identifying Major Issues Using Foreign Case Analysis
Authors:   The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea, Cho Seung-A , Choi Seung-Dam
Published: August 2016

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the problems and the casual factors regarding medical tourism promotion policies and to suggest counter measures to mitigate those problems. Korean policies relevant to medical tourism promotion were reviewed and potential problems and their casual factors were analyzed through literature reviews. Potential problems discussed in the literature were an outflow of excellent medical specialists, an outflow of profits, a rise in medical costs, an expansion of medical service gaps between the rich and the poor, and a lack of policy effectiveness. Causal factors for those problems identified include the privatization of medical services, the expansion of private medical insurance and an ineffective implementation body for tourism policies. Based on case analyses of selected countries that implemented the relevant policies, three strategies to mitigate the potential problems were suggested. First, in order to minimize the problems from medical promotion policies, a strong public medical service system needs to be formulated. Second, a medical service information system in which all information is transparent needs to be operated to encourage competition among medical service organizations preventing an unnecessary increase in medical costs. Thirdly, an implementation body consisting of organizations relevant to medical tourism should be formulated in order to ensure comprehensive and effective policies.
Integration of telecommunication technologies into agricultural market information systems: a comparative analysis of Uganda and Malawi
Authors: Chalemba Leonard Edmond
Published: August 2016

The paper presents a comparison of the potential of integrating telecommunication technologies into the agricultural market information systems operating in Uganda and Malawi. Data on economic indicators related to telecommunications services provided by the statistics division of the United Nations were used for the comparative analysis. The review reveals that both Uganda and Malawi need significant improvement in the provision of information and communication technology (ICT) facilities to low-income smallholder farmers for them to fully utilise the services offered by ICT-based market information services. Specific areas for improvement include increasing mobile phone subscriptions and Internet access, and promoting private sector participation. Recommendations drawn from this analysis do not only apply to Malawi and Uganda but also to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
New methodology for measuring the floating velocity of grain particles
Authors: Polyák Ilona Nagyné , Csizmazia Zoltán
Published: August 2016

The physical characteristics of particles used in agriculture (seeds, fertiliser particles) can strongly influence their movements in the agricultural machine as well as in the air. The knowledge of the physical characteristics of particles is essential for the designer and operators. In this respect the size, size distribution, shape, mass, bulk density, real density, coefficient of friction and aerodynamic resistance of particles are of great importance. Among physical characteristics, aerodynamic properties are the most important for the description of seed movement in the air.

The knowledge of the aerodynamic characteristics of grains (floating velocity, aerodynamic resistance coefficient) is significant for the construction and operation of machines, which treat substances with air flow and in all cases when substances are moved in the air. The theory of the aerodynamic characteristics of regularly shaped bodies is well elaborated; however, grains (seed grains, fertilizer particles) applied in agricultural practice are irregularly shaped. Therefore, in our earlier research we started to study the physical characteristics of irregularly shaped grains. Due to their irregular shape, determining the size of grains is a troublesome process. A precise description of grains has to include several sizes (length, width, thickness) and can be obtained from the screen size of the corns.

To identify the aerodynamic characteristics of seeds, we have developed a new elutriator, in which airflow is supplied by a centrifugal fan. The air velocity was measured with a thermal sensor. The collecting of data was supported by a digital camera, and we analysed the collected data by an image processing, so we can describe the movement of the seeds, and we can determine precisely the terminal velocity of irregular shaped seeds.

The average moisture content of the samples was 13.42%. The individual mass of seeds varied between 0.1889 and 0.3758 g. The value of the mass of 1000 seeds used in general practice was 317.562 gr. The grain size varied: length between 7.76 and 11.81 mm, width between 6.77 and 9.99 mm, thickness between 4.41 and 5.85 mm. The suspension velocity varied between 9.14 m/s and 10.65 m/s.
Development of ICT Support of Hungarian Meat Sector
Authors: Füzesi István , Lengyel Péter , Csobán Katalin , Szilágyi Róbert
Published: August 2016

Food safety and quality are keys to companies' business survival and great efforts and resources are devoted to them. Through the quick development of computer technology, a number of new and innovative methods have been elaborated to solve this problem. A full traceability of products can be realized by the adaptation of numbering and bar code systems, as well as by electronic and biological marking systems, on the basis of their appropriate combination. Identification technologies make the traceability of a product in a product chain possible and their use is relevant during almost every phase of the product line, as it is necessary to provide for the unambiguous identification of each individual product. In order to compare the identification technologies, we have to consider several factors. While there are numerous advantages and disadvantages for each solution in comparison with the other techniques, we still cannot unanimously choose the one that conforms to the requirements of the meat industry product chain the best, as there are different challenges on each step of the product chain. We performed the comparison of the identification technologies on the basis of different characteristics. Our objective was to explore, systemize and analyze those identification technologies applicable for meat industrial product chains. The regulations of identification provide for the continuity and reliability of tracing among independent partners. Our research focused on food tracing systems, utilized identification systems and those which may become applicable in the future. We also studied information technology tools and examined the establishment of Hungarian meat industry enterprises. Based on our survey, we established that the bar code technique is currently the absolute leader in the sector, although modern solutions provide numerous advantages, their profitable application is not possible for the time being.
Evaluation of Antipyretic and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Aqueous Extract of Leptadenia Reticulata in Animal Models
Authors: Bherji Sneha , Ganga Raju M. , Divya Namile
Published: August 2016

Objective: To study the antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects of the Aqueous Extract of Leptadenia Reticulata (AELR) in different animal models. Materials and Methods: Acute toxicity studies were performed and extract was found to be safe upto 2000 mg/kg. Two doses were selected for the "evaluation of antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extract of Leptadenia reticulata in animal models" i.e 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg b. w. Antipyretic activity was evaluated using baker's yeast induced pyrexia in albino rats and cow milk induced pyrexia in albino rabbits. Anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated using carrageenan induced paw edema and turpentine oil induced paw edema in albino rats. Results: In all the animal models AELR at the dose of 200 mg/kg b.w and 400 mg/kg b.w showed significant (P<0.01) antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activity. Conclusion: These finding could justify the inclusion of aqueous extract of Leptadenia reticulata in the management of pyrexia and inflammation.
Концепция оценки внутренней стоимости предприятия
Authors: Ахтямов Мавлит Калимович , Гончар Евгения Анатольевна , Тихонова Наталья Владимировна
Published: August 2016

В статье рассмотрена концепция оценки внутренней стоимости компании. Инвестору для принятия решения о вложении капитала необходимо знать, является ли компания, в которую будут направлены финансовые ресурсы, инвестиционно-привлекательной или стоимость компании переоценена и инвестиции в нее нецелесообразны. Базовой моделью для определения внутренней стоимости предприятия является модель оценки рыночной стоимости Л. Эдвинссона, которая была доработана авторами статьи. Разработанная модель является инструментом для эффективного управления стоимостью и развитием предприятия.
Альтернативы изменения стратегий управления на основе оперативной оценки кризисного состояния казахстанского бизнеса
Authors: Петренко Елена Степановна , Бектурганов Закир Закирьянович , Мецик Олег Игоревич
Published: August 2016

Опрос казахстанских предпринимателей дает оценку последствиям воздействия на реальный бизнес. По мнению бизнесменов, преобладают субъективные причины, и преодолевать их необходимо, используя стратегии возможностей. Недооценка объективного макроэкономического характера мирового кризиса, недоверие государству и переоценка собственных возможностей приводит к неоправданно широкому использованию затратных стратегий управления. Авторы предлагают отечественным предпринимателям на основе оперативной оценки кризисного состояния казахстанского бизнеса рассмотреть альтернативы изменения стратегий управления.
Deconstructing Panty Pennants and Revealing Absent Presence
Authors: Ward Amber
Published: August 2016

More multifaceted than the mere titles we maintain—as daughters, sisters, wives, and teachers, for example—sexuality is a part of our identity worth exploring and honoring. Women’s stories, gathered in a questionnaire, highlight sexual identity in Panty Pennants—an exhibition held in late 2012 at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The author uses a process of thinking with deconstruction to explore various texts from the exhibition. In doing this, she learns to hear silence, to see women as multi-dimensional, and to disrupt culturally learned hierarchies of unearned privilege and oppressive power for purposes of gender equity and social justice.
Faggot Speaks: A Poetic Inquiry into the Experience of Antigay Mistreatment and Sexual Prejudice
Authors: Machado Silvio
Published: August 2016

Research suggests that, compared to heterosexual counterparts, gay men and other sexual minorities are at higher risk of developing emotional distress and mental disorders. The sexual minority stress model attributes these health disparities to the chronic social stress that arises in response to exposure to antigay mistreatment and sexual prejudice pervasive in the culture. Little research has been done to illuminate the lived experience of exposure to prejudiced behaviors and attitudes and this inquiry aims to begin to fill this gap by addressing the following questions: What is the experience of being mistreated for being gay or perceived as gay? What is the experience of being exposed to sexual prejudice when one is gay? Using the writing of autobiographical poetry as a process of inquiry and the resulting poems as narrative data, I explore my own experiences with antigay encounters and sexual prejudice over the course of my life. The intent is to vivify and magnify the phenomenon under investigation via evocative poetic renderings aimed to foster empathy and embodied understanding in the reader.
MEMÓRIA, CULTURA E PODER NA SOCIEDADE DO ESQUECIMENTO
Authors: Von Simon Olga
Published: August 2016

O presente artigo busca discutir os diversos tipos de memória, apontando tensões e possibilidades investigativas. Para tanto, busca relacionar memória, cultura e poder.
DE DORDÉIS A LARES: UM ESTUDO SOBRE POSITUIÇÃO E FAMÍLIA NO AORRO DO JURUNAS EM BELÉM-PARÁ
Authors: Saraiva Junior Luis
Published: August 2016

A presente pesquisa objetiva abordar a postituição partindo do privado da vida pública das postitutas: a família. O trabalho realizou-se no bairro do Jurunas em Belém do Pará, nos locais frequentados por postitutas. Através do olhar antropológico sobre essa realidade social, a intenção foi descortinar esse universo familiar. Aniversários, batizados, fofocas, momentos de sociabilidade e de criação de redes de solidariedade nas quais as famílias é um referencial importante na vivência cotidiana dessa mulheres que não sao apenas "damas da noite",mas mães de família.
RAIMUNDO NINAS RODRIGUES E A QUESTÃO RACIAL BRASILEIRA NO SÉCULO XIX
Authors: Araújo Telmo Renato Da Silva
Published: August 2016

O artigo aqui apresentado busca traçar um bree histórico do pensamento racial no século XIX, particularmente os trabalhos de Nina Rodrigues.
A HISTÓRIA DA CONSTRUÇÃO DO ESTATUTO DA CRIANÇA E DO ADOLENSCENTE E A POLÍTICA DE ATENDIMENTO: REFLEXÕES PARA O DEBATE
Authors: Abreu Waldir Ferreira de
Published: August 2016

O artigo trata sobre o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente fazendo um breve histórico sobre o mesmo. É um artigo que procura provocar nos leitores o interesse em voltar a discutir o ECA. Filaliza falando das políticas de atendimento estabelecidas pelo Estatuto e da redução da maioridade penal.
ETNOMATEMÁTICA: DIÁLOGO ENTRE CONHECIMENTO MATEMÁTICO E SABERES DA TRADIÇÃO
Authors: Lucena Isabel Cristina R. de
Published: August 2016

A cosntrução artesanal de barcos, realizada no Município de Abaetetuba-PA, aliadas às análises com referenciais matemáticos dessa prática, compuseram minha dissertação de mestrado ("Carpiteiros Navais de Abaetetuba-PA: Etnomatemática navega pelos rios da Amazônia" - Lucena, 2002), s qual enfoca a Etnomatematica dos carpinteiros navais. Este artgo, parte do referido trabalho de pesquisa, discute a relação matemática, saberes da tradição e Etnomatemática apontando para o diálogo não hierárquico entre ciência e não-ciência.
NOTAS SOBRE A EDUCAÇÃO A PARTIR DE NIETZSCHE E ADORNO
Authors: Brito Maria Dos Remédios de , Hasse Simone Hedwing
Published: August 2016

Ciência e tecnologia, entendidas durante muito tempo como expressões da racionalidade, produzem contraditoriamente efeitos irracionais e perversos. No entanto, sempre atrelado a justificativa do progresso e à melhorias das condições de vida, o discurso científico acabou por ocultar consequências negativas do desenvolvimento tecnológico, minimizando também a necessidade de reflexões críticas. Para Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) e Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), há sombras nas promessas iluministas e, em suas obras, já se delineia a crítica ao racionalismo. Ambos reconhecem, embora em períodos com diferenças histórico-culturais, a necessidade de revisão do conceito de racionalidade e de reflexão sobre a crise da cultura e da educação. A alemanha do século XIX ou a Alemanha contemporânea estavam submersos a tipos educativos e culturais legados a necessidades do Estado e entricheirados por uma formação decadente a serviço do tecnicismo, do comércio e da burguesia. Nietzsche denuncia a cultura e a educação filistéia que estavam ligados efetivamente aos interesses do lucro, caindo num estreito degrau de empobrecimento humano, pois o incentivo da educação profissionalizante e técnica diminuía a forma para a construção de um indivíduo senhor de si mesmo. Adorno reluta contra a crença na ciência e na técnica como condição de emancipação social, pois sabe que o progresso se paga com o desaparecimento do sujeito autônomo, docilizado tanto pela sociedade industrial totalmente administrada, como pelas extremas regressões à barbárie representado pelos Estados totalitários. Num momento em que ciência e tecnologia se apresentam como passaporte para o mundo “moderno” e a razão revela-se a serviço da destruição, da alienação humana, do aniquilamento da individualidade, cabe importante papel à reflexão sobre a educação. Tentamos, assim, a partir da crítica a razão técnica e a massificação da cultura refletir a respeito das premissas de Nietzsche e Adorno sobre educação. Nossa pretensão não é unificar o pensamento desses autores e nem mesmo analisar a influência de Nietzsche sobre Adorno, mas a partir da percepção desses filósofos sobre a realidade social, sob diagnósticos, concepções e propostas, compreender a atualidade e observar as possibilidades para pensar a educação. Teremos como norte principal as leituras dos textos “Schopenhauer como educador” e “Crepúsculo dos Ídolos”, ambos escritos por Nietzsche, em 1874 e 1888, bem como os escritos de Adorno, “Educação após Auschwitz” e “Educação-para quê?”, ambas conferências proferidas na Rádio de Hessen em 1965 e 1966, e os textos “O que significa a elaboração do passado?” e Tabus a respeito do professor”, conferência de 1959 e 1965.
DUSSEL, ENRIQUE. ÉTICA DA LIBERTAÇÃO - NA IDADE DA GLOBALIZAÇÃO E DA EXCLUSÃO
Authors: Ramos João Batista Santiago
Published: August 2016

DUSSEL, ENRIQUE. ÉTICA DA LIBERTAÇÃO - NA IDADE DA GLOBALIZAÇÃO E DA EXCLUSÃO.
FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO: SUA HISTÓRIA NO ENSINO MÉDIO NORMAL E NO CURSO DE PEDAGOGIA DA UFPA
Authors: Monteiro Maria Neusa , Soares Raimunda Lucena Melo
Published: August 2016

O presente trabalho procura desenhar o lugar da Filosofia da Educação no Currículo do Curso Normal deste a sua inserção na Escola Normal Paraense, até o atual contexto do Ensino de Filosofia no Nível Médio, que decorreu da nova LDB nº 9.394/96. Assim como intenta realizar algumas aproximações históricas concermentes ao movimento realizado pela Filosofia da Educação no Curso de Pedagogico da Universidade Federal do Pará, deste a instalação desse curso na extinta Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras até os dias de hoje. Dá ênfase ao aspecto legislativo e à atualidade. Nesta investigação o percuso metodológico foi realizado através da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, instrumentos elucidativas e pertinentes na construção deste conhecimento do saber filosófico que entrecruza ensino, história, educação e política educacional.
A CONSTITUIÇÃO DO CAMPO DA FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO ENTRE ANOS 40 A 60
Authors: Albuquerque Maria Betânia B.
Published: August 2016

O artigo resulta de uma investigação em âmbito de doutorado acerca do percusso histórico da disciplina Filosofia da Educação a partir da PUC/SP entre os anos de 1940 a 1990. Especificamente, focaliza a configuração intelectual que teve essa disciplina entre os anos 40 a 60 do século XX, quando esteve sob a infulência da perspectiva tomista. Visa capturar a identidade que a disciplina obteve nesse período a partir dos temas privilegiados e/ ou silenciados nos programas, dos intelectuais e das obras que serviram de norte ao seu ensino, bem como dos principais eventos que marcam essa área de conhecimento. O trabalho se insere dentro de um campo de estudos denomidade de história das disciplinas acadêmicas que, na sua interface com a Sociologia do Currículo, preocupa-se com a historicidade das disciplinas, seus conflitos internos e externos, seus mentores e obras, entre outros aspectos.
FILOSOFIA, EDUCAÇÃO E A QUESTÃO DE IDENTIDADE E DIFERENÇA
Authors: Oliveira Damião Bezerra
Published: August 2016

Nesse ensaio se sumaria a dimensão anto-teo-lógica dos conceitos de identidade e diferença, para em seguida apresentar a crítica do pensamento dialético e da sofística ao aspecto destacado naquela matriz de pensamento, a fim de melhorar aclarar a discussão atual do tema no campo educacional. Sugere-se que a sofística antecipa vários elementos que se imcluem nos pressupostos pós-modernos e/ ou pós-estruturalistas no que se refere a teorização de identidade e diferença cultural curricular.
A REDE DE SIGNIFICAÇÕES NA CONSTITUIÇÃO DO SUJEITO PARA BAKHTIN
Authors: Araújo Laura Maria Silva Araújo
Published: August 2016

Este texto tem por objetivo discutir a rede de significações como uma nova concepção de investigação no campo da ciência do Desenvolvimento Humano e da Educação Infantil. Intenciona discutir algumas idéias, conceitos e pressupostos, na tentativa de compreensão da problemática da significação, situando-a na sua abrangência e complexidade na constituição do sujeito. É objetivo, ainda, pensar a formação individual e coletiva, como uma construção social, produzida a partir de operações de identificação e diferenciação que são tecidas na infância. A Rede de Significações é uma abordagem com base nas melhores tradições do pensamento sobre desenvolvimento humano ao logo do século XX – Vygotsky, Wallon, Valsiner, Bruner e, principalmente, Bakhtin, considerando o pensador mais polêmico das ciências humanas.
DIPLOMA E PODER: UMA ANÁLISE SIMBÓLICA
Authors: Silva Filho Fernando Augusto De Oliveira e , Ferreira Eliane Galvão
Published: August 2016

O artigo aborda a questão do poder simbólico conferido ao diploma pela sociedade capitalista, considerando-se a dimensão abstrata do imaginário-simbólico velada pela construção fragmentária da Ciência Ocidental, como elemento fundamental para o entendimento entre a defasagem do diploma em relação a cargos e funções características que asseguram a reprodução social.
TENSÕES E TRAMAS MASCULINAS: FAMÍLIA, VIOLÊNCIA E IDEAL DE MASCULINIDADE NO CEARÁ (1780-1850)
Authors: Vieira Jr. Antonio Otaviano
Published: August 2016

O texto procurará fazer uma incursão no universo cotidiano das pequenas organizações familiares, privilegiando situações eminentemente violentas, no intuito de rastrear algumas das contruções acerca da família, seus valores e necessidades. O grupo familiar será colocado em xeque, a partir das discussões de gênero que revelam suas fissuras, principalmente no que concerne à caracterização ideias, negação de hierarquias e papéis compartamentais associados à masculinidade. Na preocupação de se perceber o grupo familiar para além de sua estrutura, não o resumindo ao domicílio, e compreender os múltiplos valores que permeiam sua trama, as questões de gênero vêm se consolidando enquanto uma nova agenda para os estudos da família. É nesse sentido que a relção entre família, gênero e violência será explorada nas próximas linhas.
MULHERES, TRABALHO, FAMÍLA: OLHAR, OLHARES
Authors: Álvares Maria Luzia Miranda
Published: August 2016

Esta artigo examina os modelos masculinos e femininos criados pela representação social patriarcal. Procura avaliar os papeis atribuídos aos homens e às mulhres com evidências aos custos dessas obrigações sobre o desempenhos desses atores sociais no trabalho e na família concorrendo para instigar níveis de desigualdade e violência marcando a trajetória das mulheres.
"CIDADE DAS BONECAS": ETNOGRAFIA DO COTIDIANO "TRANS" EM BELÉM DO PARÁ
Authors: Ferreira Rubens Da Silva
Published: August 2016

O presente paper visa analisar o uso do espaço urbano belenence pelas travestis. Entre as possibilidade de uso da cidade, foram observados: o uso cultural, o uso para o lazer, o uso econômico e o uso político. A partir de Surveys, entrevistas, material bibliográfico e notas de campo, procurou-se compreender qual a relação existente entre o aspaço urbano e os sujeitos andrógenos em foco. Nessa perspectiva, verificou-se que a presença e a visibilidade dos travestis no cenário urbano ocorre em função da própria natureza heterogênia da cidade, que reflete os dferentes estilos de ser e de viver de seus habitantes.
ENTRE O CONTROLE E A TRANSGRESSÃO: A CONSTRUÇÃO ESCOLAR DAS DIFERENÇAS ENTRE OS GÊNEROS
Authors: Bricio Vilma Nonato de
Published: August 2016

O artigo se propõe a apresentar algumas reflexões sobre sobre as relações de gênero em sala de aula, construídas a partir de uma pesquisa realizados nos anos de 2000 e 2001 numa escola municipal no Município de Moju/PA. O problema da pesquisa foi como se apresentam as diferenças, especificidades e embates entre os gêneros no ambiente escolar. Este artigo traz apenas parte da análise ali realizada, na qual se discute como vai se configurando a produção de meninos e meninas no ambiente escolar.  As desigualdades e embates entre os gêneros vão se construindo a partir de um processo de acomodação e resistência às imposições de gênero por parte da escola.
LITERATURA: REFLEXÕES SOBRE A PRÁTICA PEDAGÓGICA
Authors: Cardoso Joel
Published: August 2016

O artigo põe em evidência a fato de que a literatura, como componente do processo de formação educacional, devia se colocar como um veículo (re)formulador que devolvesse o hemem à sua dimensão humana, à sua capacidade de estar de forma analítica no mundo. As instituições educacionais enconstram-se diante de situações-limites que interpelam e exigem atores que interajam e atuam nelas. Perguntando se apenas o horizonte da discurssão e das práxis política é suficiente para uma resposta a essas urgências, propondo a concepção de uma prática pedagógica que se insira numa contextualização mais ampla. Transitando pelo academicismo teórico, mas não desconectado do sensu comum, o profissional de Educação que trabalha com Literatura poderia, prioritariamente, buscar um sentido prático e imediato para o seu fazer docente, estabelecendo permanentemente pontes entre o saber veiculado e a vivida, propondo elos que contextualizem sua proposta pedagógica, revestindo-se de significação. O trabalho propõe, ainda, uma reflexão que se fundamenta no diálogo estabelecido entre a obra e o leitor, ou ainda, entre o que se lê e a conjuntura em que o leitor está inserido.
UM NOVO CONCEITO DE EPISTEMOLOGIA
Authors: Sarmento Jorge Alberto Ramos
Published: August 2016

Através de uma abordagem sobre as bases constitutivas do conhecimento e dos problemas  oriundos de sua aplicação instrumentais nos dias atuais, Edgar Morin estabelece a necessidade de se repensar o estatuto ocupado pela epistelomogia tradicional, mostrando que somente uma epistemologia complexa será capaz de dar conta da construção de um conhecimento consciente.
AS CONCEPÇÕES E OS MÉTODOS DE ALFABETIZAÇÃO
Authors: Araújo Marcelo Marques de , De Oliveira Maria Da Conceição
Published: August 2016

Este artigo tem como objetivo realizar uma apresentação de algumas concepções de alfabetização, enfocando as idéias subjacentes a este processo e discutir a aplicabilidade dos métodos de alfabetização no espaço educacional.