bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Der „okkulte“ Alltag
Authors: Stenger Horst
Published: May 2016

Der Aufsatz setzt sich mit dem derzeit stark wachsenden Interesse an Esoterik im Rahmen des “New Age” auseinander. Die Kernthese des “New Age”, ist, daß die Menschheit an der Schwelle zu einem neuen Zeitalter steht, das durch eine Bewußtwerdung der Einheit allen Seins und der größeren Realität dieser Einheit gekennzeichnet ist. Die individuelle und kollektive Bewußtseinsentwicklung wird als Weg auch zur Überwindung der globalen Krisen und Bedrohungen verstanden. Den Anfang macht daher die Darstellung des inhaltlichen Spektrums der Aktivitäten der Bewußtseinsentwicklung. Der zweite Schritt der Analyse ist die Diskussion der Annahme, daß die Beziehung des Subjekts zu seiner Welt und Wirklichkeit die verbindende “Metathematik” der heterogenen New Age- Aktivitäten ist. Daran knüpft der Versuch einer soziologischen Deutung an (Punkt 4 u. 5). Der gesellschaftliche Verbreitungserfolg des New Age wird in einem modernisierungstheoretischen Zusammenhang gesehen und als Veralltäglichung reflexiver Kompetenzen gedeutet. Abschließend werden wissenssoziologische Bedingungen untersucht, die einem Verbreitungserfolg zugrundeliegen müssen. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie esoterische Deutungsmuster sinnhaft mit alltagsweltlichen Situationen verknüpft werden, wie “andere Wirklichkeiten” in der Alltagswirklichkeit “realisiert” werden.
„Organisation“ der Wirtschaft
Authors: Gülich Christian
Published: May 2016

Die zentrale Fragestellung des Beitrages besteht darin, welchen Einfluß Dürkheims Analyse der „anormalen Formen“ der Arbeitsteilung und ihres theoretischen Lösungsversuches, die Wiederherstellung der Berufsgruppen, auf die vor und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg auch in Frankreich geführte Diskussion um die Transformation der Wirtschaftsordnung ausgeübt hat. Célestin Bouglé, einer der wichtigsten Mitarbeiter bei „Année Sociologique“, hat hierzu entscheidende Anstöße geliefert, denn er stellt eine Verbindung zwischen seinen wirtschaftssoziologischen Analysen, die auf einen begrenzten Staatsinterventionismus bei Partizipation aller wirtschaftlichen Interessengruppen hinauslaufen, und den ordnungspolitischen Bestrebungen des französischen Solidarismus her. Der Solidarismus muß zu jenen politischen Strömungen gerechnet werden, die für einen „Dritten Weg“ zwischen Klassischem Liberalismus und zentralistischem Kollektivismus plädierten. Bouglés solidaristische ordnungspolitische Konzeption wird in dem 1925 geschaffenen „Nationalen Wirtschaftsrat“ verwirklicht, der in abgewandelter Form bis heute in Frankreich existiert, und als ein frühes Modell des „liberalen Korporatismus“ anzusehen ist.
Einige Probleme lebensweltlicher Ethnographie
Authors: Honer Anne
Published: May 2016

‚Lebensweltliche Ethnographie‘ bezeichnet den Versuch, durch eine Verbindung ethnographischer und phänomenologischer Methoden, praktisch also insbesondere im Rekurs auf beobachtende Teilnahme und mehrphasige Intensivinterviews, Wirklichkeiten von Menschen (in modernen Gesellschaften) kontrolliert zu rekonstruieren. D.h., theoretisch geht es darum, die Welt, wie sie unter ‚typischen‘ Perspektiven erscheint, zu verstehen. Und als methodologische Konsequenz folgt daraus, daß der Forscher idealerweise praktische Mitgliedschaften an sozialen Veranstaltungen erwirbt und sein Feld methodenplural exploriert, denn es gilt, ‚die Fremde in der Nähe‘ wiederzuentdecken.
Plasma acylated and plasma unacylated ghrelin: useful new biomarkers in patients with neuroendocrine tumors?
Authors: van Adrichem Roxanne C S , van der Lely Aart Jan , Huisman Martin , Kramer Piet , Feelders Richard A , Delhanty Patric J D , de Herder Wouter W
Published: May 2016

To date, the value of fasting plasma acylated ghrelin (AG) and unacylated ghrelin (UAG) as potential novel biomarkers in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is unknown. The aims of this study are to (i) compare fasting AG and UAG levels between nonobese, nondiabetic NET patients (N=28) and age- (±3 years) and sex-matched nonobese, nondiabetic controls (N=28); and (ii) study the relationship between AG, UAG, and AG/UAG ratios and biochemical (chromogranin-A (CgA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels) and clinical parameters (age at diagnosis, sex, primary tumor location, carcinoid syndrome, ENETS TNM classification, Ki-67 proliferation index, grading, prior incomplete surgery) in NET patients. Fasting venous blood samples (N=56) were collected and directly stabilized with 4-(2-aminoethyl) benzenesulfonyl fluoride hydrochloride after withdrawal. Plasma AG and UAG levels were determined by ELISA. Expression of ghrelin was examined in tumor tissue by immunohistochemistry. There were no significant differences between NET patients and controls in AG (median: 62.5 pg/mL, IQR: 33.1–112.8 vs median: 57.2pg/mL, IQR: 26.7–128.3, P=0.66) and UAG in levels (median: 76.6pg/mL, IQR: 35.23–121.7 vs median: 64.9, IQR: 27.5–93.1, P=0.44). No significant correlations were found between AG, UAG, and AG/UAG ratios versus biochemical and clinical parameters in NET patients with the exception of age at diagnosis (AG: ρ= −0.47, P=0.012; AG/UAG ratio: ρ= −0.50, P=0.007) and baseline chromogranin-A levels (AG/UAG ratio: ρ= −0.44, P=0.019). In our view, fasting plasma acylated and unacylated ghrelin appear to have no value as diagnostic biomarkers in the clinical follow-up of patients with NETs.
Curcumin and Fennel Essential Oil Improve Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Authors: Portincasa Piero , Bonfrate Leonilde , Scribano Maria , Kohn Anna , Caporaso Nicola , Festi Davide , Campanale Maria Chiara , Di Rienzo Teresa , Guarino Maria , Taddia Martina , Fogli Maria Vittoria , Grimaldi Maria , Gasbarrini Antonio
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients still require effective treatment. The anti-inflammatory property of curcumin and the antispasmodic and carminative effect of fennel suggests that combination of these nutraceutical compounds would be useful in functional bowel disorders including IBS. We assessed the efficacy and tolerability of a combination of curcumin and fennel essential oil (CU-FEO) in IBS symptoms relief.

Methods: 121 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of IBS defined by an Irritable Bowel Syndrome- symptom severity score (IBS-SSS) 100-300 and abdominal pain score 30-70 on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), were randomly assigned to CU-FEO or placebo (2 capsules b.d. for 30 days). Primary endpoint was the mean decrease of IBS-SSS at the end of the treatment corrected for the mean baseline score (relative decrease). The impact of the treatment on quality of life was assessed through IBS-QoL questionnaire.

Results: CU-FEO was safe, well-tolerated and induced symptom relief in patients with IBS; a significant decrease in the mean relative IBS-SSS was observed after 30 days of treatment (50.05 ± 28.85% vs 26.12 ± 30.62%, P<0.001). This result matched the reduction of abdominal pain and all the other symptoms of IBS-SSS. The percentage of symptom-free patients was significantly higher in the CU-FEO than in the placebo group (25.9% vs. 6.8%, P = 0.005). All domains of IBS-QoL improved consistently.

Conclusion: CU-FEO significantly improved symptoms and quality of life in IBS patients over 30 days.

Abbreviations: AEs: adverse events; CU-FEO: Curcumin-Fennel Essential Oil; GI: gastrointestinal; IBS: irritable bowel syndrome; IBS-D: irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea; IBS-C: irritable bowel syndrome-constipation; IBS-SSS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome – symptom severity score; NF-kB: nuclear factor-κB; QoL: quality of life; UC: ulcerative colitis; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: a Simple and Effective Tool in Defining a Rapid Diagnostic Work-up for Small Nodules Detected in Cirrhotic Patients during Surveillance
Authors: Giorgio Antonio , Montesarchio Luca , Gatti Piero , Amendola Ferdinando , Matteucci Paolo , Santoro Bruno , Merola Maria Gabriella , Merola Francesca , Coppola Carmine , Giorgio Valentina
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Disappearance of portal blood flow and arterial vascularization is the hallmark of hepatocarcinogenesis. The capability of a dynamic imaging modality detecting arterial hypervascularization of small nodules is crucial to promote a rapid diagnostic and therapeutic work-up improving survival. We aimed to evaluate the capability of CEUS to detect arterial vascularization of ≤ 2 cm HCC nodules arising during surveillance so as to shorten the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up.

Methods: From October 2009 to September 2014, among 1757 consecutive cirrhotic patients under surveillance with ultrasound (US), 243 patients had new single nodules 7-20 mm; 229/243 had a conclusive histologic diagnosis and comprised the study group. All patients underwent CEUS followed by enhanced MRI and US guided percutaneous 18G needle core biopsy of the nodules. Of the 229 nodules, 27 were hyperechoic, 171 hypoechoic and 31 isoechoic lesions.

Results: The histology results revealed that 199/229 nodules were HCC and 30 were benign. Of 199 HCC, CEUS evidenced arterial hypervascularity in 190 nodules (95.5%) (sensitivity 94.48 %, specificity 100%, PPV 100%, NPV 76.92 %). Of the 39 CEUS arterial-unenhanced nodules, 30 were benign and 9 (23%) were well-differentiated HCC. eMRI showed arterial hypervascularity in 199 nodules (86,9%). Of these, only 193 (97%) were histologically HCCs while 6 were benign (sensitivity: 97%, specificity: 80%, PPV: 97%, NPV: 80%).

Conclusions: CEUS has a great capability to detect arterial hypervascularity of small HCC. Because only 4.5% of new nodules escape the demonstration of arterial hyervascularity, CEUS must be performed immediately after conventional US to contrast the malignant fate of small lesions arising in a cirrhotic liver..

Abbreviations: CEUS: contrast-enhanced ultrasound; CT: computed tomography; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma;MRI: magnetic resonance; NPV: negative predictive value; PPV: positive predictive value; US: ultrasonography.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Is Associated with Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Authors: Fialho Andrea , Fialho Andre , Thota Prashanthi , McCullough Arthur J. , Shen Bo
Published: May 2016

Background: Changes in gut bacteria play a role in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and hepatic steatosis. There is a lack of studies evaluating the frequency and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients tested for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Aim: To evaluate the frequency of NAFLD and associated risk factors in patients tested for SIBO.

Methods: In this case-control study, 372 eligible patients submitted to glucose hydrogen/methane breath test for SIBO who also had an abdominal imaging study were included. Patients were divided into SIBO-positive and SIBO-negative groups. Clinical, demographic and laboratory variables were evaluated in addition to the presence of NAFLD on abdominal imaging.

Results: Of the 372 eligible patients, 141 (37.9%) were tested positive for SIBO (study group) and 231 (62.1%) were negative for it (control group). NAFLD occurred in 45.4% (64/141) of the study group compared to 17.3% (40/231) of the control group (p<0.001). Patients in the study group were found to have higher rates of elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (20.6% vs. 11.3%; p=0.034) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (56.0% vs. 40.7%; p= 0.039), type 2 diabetes (23.4% vs. 13.9%; p=0.041), hypertension (54.6% vs. 40.3%; p=0.046) and metabolic syndrome (78.0% vs. 60.2%; p=0.020). In the multivariate analysis, SIBO (odds ratio [OR]: 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14-3.31; p=0.014), type 2 DM (OR: 3.04; 95%CI: 1.57-5.90; p=0.001) and obesity (OR: 3.58; 95%CI: 1.70-7.54; p=0.001) remained associated with NAFLD.Conclusion: Patients with SIBO have an increased risk for hepatic steatosis and may benefit from aggressive control of the risk factors for NAFLD including metabolic syndrome.

Abbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; BMI: body mass index; CTE: computed tomography enterography; DM: diabetes mellitus; ETOH: ethanol; IL: interleukin; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; NAFLD: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; PPI: proton pump inhibitor; SIBO: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; TLR-4: toll-like receptor 4; TMAO: trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO); TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Liver Stiffness Evaluation by Transient Elastography in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Ultrasound-proven Steatosis
Authors: Sporea Ioan , Mare Ruxandra , Lupușoru Raluca , Sima Alexandra , Șirli Roxana , Timar Romulus
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases worldwide. The aim of our study was to evaluate a population of diabetic patients regarding the severity of liver steatosis and liver fibrosis.

Methods: The study included 392 type 2 diabetic patients prospectively randomized, evaluated in the same session by transabdominal ultrasound to assess steatosis and by liver elastography to assess fibrosis (Transient Elastography – TE, FibroScan, EchoSens). Steatosis severity was graded using a semi-quantitative scale (S0-no steatosis; S1-mild steatosis; S2-moderate steatosis; S3-severe steatosis). For differentiation between stages of liver fibrosis, the following cut-off values were used (Wong et al., 2010): F2-F3: 7-10.2kPa, F4≥10.3 kPa.

Results: Reliable elastographic measurements were obtained in 76% (298/392) patients. By using the proposed cut-off values, significant fibrosis (F2-F3) was found in 18.8% (56) patients with steatosis, while 13.8% (41) had cirrhosis (F4). Significant fibrosis (F2-F3) was found in 20.4% (20/98) of the patients with S1, in 18.6% (22/118) of those with S2 and in 31.8% (14/44) of those with S3, while cirrhosis (F4) was diagnosed in 7.1% (7/98) patients with S1, in 20.3% (24/118) of those with S2 and in 22.7% (10/44) of those with S3.

Conclusions: Liver steatosis diagnosed by ultrasound is very frequently found in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, more than half of them having moderate/severe steatosis. A significant liver stiffness increase was found in more than 30% of these patients. Liver stiffness assessment in type 2 diabetic patients should be performed systematically to identify those with significant liver fibrosis. .

Abbreviations: 2D-SWE: Two Dimensional Shear Waves Elastography; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AP: alkaline phosphatase; ARFI: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; AUROC: area under the receiver operating characteristic; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; GGT: gammaglutamyl transpeptidase; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HBsAg: hepatitis B virus surface antigen; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; LC: liver cirrhosis; LS: liver stiffness; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; TE: transient elastography; US: ultrasound.
Textual appropriation in two discipline-specific undergraduate writings
Authors: Shi Ling
Published: May 2016

Research has explored how scholars use citations to write intertextually across disciplines but have rarely compared how students, especially undergraduates, appropriate source texts in their writing in arts versus sciences. This study explores textual appropriation and source use in disciplinary writing of second language undergraduates in a North American university. Two samples of undergraduate writing were analyzed. One is a biology paper written by Cary to summarize a scientific concept or statement, and the other is an essay in Film Studies written by Martin on a topic of his own choosing. Text-based interviews were conducted to solicit participants’ comments and explanations of how they used source texts in completing the two specific disciplinary writing tasks. Results suggest different citing behaviors between the two students in terms of the types of sources they used (textbooks, monographs, and non-reading sources), the format of textual borrowing (quoting versus paraphrasing), and reasons for citing and not citing (e.g., to use others’ words or ideas versus expressing one’s own ideas or knowledge). The paper ends with an example of an assignment designed to help students explore how to make citation decisions in disciplinary writing.
METHOD OF MULTICRITERIA ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF THE OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES
Authors: Smirnov D. B.
Published: May 2016

The developed method of multicriteria assessment of the level of innovative activity of the oil-producing companies, which can be used to form a strategy for sustainable development of the enterprise, industry; improve the management of innovative activity of oil companies. The use of this technique gives practical tools to improve the quality of decisions regarding the provision of state support for real innovation projects, which in turn contributes to a more effective spending of budgetary funds.

The article describes the algorithm of methodology for assessing the innovative activity of the oil-producing companies, which includes a series of sequential steps with the use of special software for statistical analysis of the Microsoft Excel 2013 and Statistica Advanced for Windows v.10.
Meibomian gland dysfunction with involutional eyelids malposition
Authors: Potemkin Vitaly V , Rakhmanov Vyacheslav V , Ageeva Elena V , Alchinova Aisa S , Meshveliani Elena V
Published: May 2016

The state of the ocular surface and visual functions depends on ocular adnexal tissues. Involutional changes of the eyelids and meibomian glands occur with age. There is a lack of information about possible relationship between involutional lower lid malposition and meibomian gland dysfunction. Purpose. To evaluate meibomian glands dysfunction in patients with lower eyelid malposition. Methods. Two groups of patients were enrolled: 26 patients (52 eyelids) with involutional lower eyelid malposition and a control group of 22 patients (44 eyelids) without eyelid malposition. Groups were comparable by age and sex. The clinical examination included general eye examination; evaluation of the degree of the eyelids laxity, signs of retractors dehiscence and clinical score of meibomian gland’s dysfunction (The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, 2011). Results. Atonic eyelid changes and meibomian gland dysfunction were significantly more expressed in patients with involutional eyelid malposition (р 0,05). Conclusion. Our study showed an age-independent clinical relationship between involutional lower eyelid malposition and dysfunction of meibomian glands.
Ocular dirofilariasis: two case reports
Authors: Zumbulidze Nataliya Guramovna , Yarovoy Dmitry A , Gavrilova Elena P , Kasymov Farhod O
Published: May 2016

Since 1990s, the prevalence increase of dirofilariasis with local transmission of infection in a zone of a temperate climate is observed. Сases of Dirofilaria repens infection in humans were registered in 42 territorial entities of the Russian Federation. Two male patients: P., 66 years old, and F., 64 years old, both Leningrad region residents, requested medical assistance at the St. Petersburg Municipal Clinical Hospital No 2 for a feeling of moving foreign body under the conjunctiva of the right eye, local hyperemia and edema of inferior and superior eyelids. Through a conjunctival incision, a threadlike white object was removed in each of the two cases (11.7 cm long, and 0.6 mm thick in the first case, and 13.5 cm long, 0.6 mm thick in the second case). The parasite was identified as impuberal female Dirofilaria repens in both cases.
Euro Dominance Hypothesis and Monetary Policy Independence – the Czech Perspective
Authors: Goczek Łukasz , Mycielska Dagmara
Published: May 2016

In this article, we investigate the actual level of monetary policy independence in the Czech Republic. We formulate the research agenda in terms of the Euro Dominance Hypothesis. The situation of the non-euro EU countries with derogation in terms of joining the EMU, like the Czech Republic, is similar to the pre-euro situation of the euro area countries, in which the problem of the stability of the European Mechanism System was predominant. We investigate the co-movement of interest rates between the Czech Republic and the Eurozone to assess the potential costs of monetary integration. Using cointegration and VECM methods we show that the ECB monetary policy influences monetary policy in the Czech Republic and the actual level of monetary independence in the Czech Republic is much lower than it is presumed. Therefore, we argue that for the Czech Republic the cost of the joining the EMU will be lower than expected.
Expectativa de cuidado de enfermería que tienen las personas en diferentes ámbitos de cuidado
Authors: Gómez L. Julián , López C. Laura
Published: May 2016

Objetivo: comprender las características de la expectativa de cuidado de enfermería que tienen las personas en diferentes ámbitos. Metodología: este estudio se realizó a partir de un enfoque cualitativo, con un abordaje descriptivo interpretativo, en el cual participaron 20 personas: 10 en la ciudad de Bogotá y 10 en la ciudad de Medellín, que recibieron atención de enfermería en diferentes ámbitos de cuidado. Los investigadores trabajaron de forma coordinada desde las diferentes ciudades, haciendo uso de herramientas electrónicas como la digitalización de documentos, videoconferencias y redes sociales, las cuales facilitaron los encuentros presenciales. Resultados: se identificaron seis categorías: 1) Estableciendo la relación enfermera paciente; 2) Reconociendo los valores de la enfermera; 3) Reconociendo la experticia de la enfermera; 4) Acompañando el proceso salud enfermedad; 5) Definiendo el cuidado; y, 6) Aportando a la formación de expectativas. Conclusiones: la expectativa de cuidado de las personas está centrada en la necesidad de una atención humanizada y contempla las dimensiones física, emocional, social, espiritual, cognitiva y afectiva, donde la persona espera acciones directas y asertivas de la enfermera. Cada persona tiene un concepto propio de cuidado con base en el cual espera ser tratado, y el ámbito de cuidado no es un condicionante que varíe la expectativa de cuidado de enfermería. Recomendaciones: la formación humanista en los programas de enfermería debe ser incluida de manera prioritaria y suficiente de tal forma que les permita a los profesionales tener herramientas para el abordaje holístico de los individuos y colectivos.
Estado, desigualdad y bienestar en Argentina (1993-2010)
Authors: Calvi Gabriel
Published: May 2016

El objetivo general de este trabajo es problematizar el impacto del accionar estatal sobre la distribución del ingreso disponible y el bienestar en la Argentinade los últimos años, para brindar una base de sustento empírico, desde el campo de los estudios de la desigualdad, al análisis de las continuidades y cambios en el rol del estado. El estudio del sesgo redistributivo del accionar estatal, fundado en una caracterización teóricamente informada del estado –tal y como es propuesta en este trabajo–, constituye un insumo empírico relevante para abordar problemas como el de la autonomía relativa del estado, que suelen quedar circunscriptos a debates exclusivamente teóricos. Ciertamente, las funciones del estado no se agotan en el complejo mecanismo redistributivo que opera. Pero este aspecto del accionar público es evidencia suficiente para dar cuenta del sentido de su intervención.
La dimensión (ausente) de género en la política pública de Economía Popular y Solidaria en Ecuador
Authors: Vega Ugalde Silvia
Published: May 2016

Este artículo analiza la política pública de economía popular y solidaria implementada por el Gobierno ecuatoriano del Presidente Rafael Correa (2007-2012) desde la interrogación sobre la existencia o no de un enfoque de transversalidad y de redistribución de género, a partir de la conceptualización que hacen de estos términos Judith Astelarra y Nancy Fraser, respectivamente.La evidencia extraída fundamentalmente de entrevistas a actoras claves en la formulación e implementación de esta política sustenta la tesis de que la dimensión de género está hasta ahora ausente en dicha política, aunque existe la apertura para considerarla.
La formación y capacitación política en la Argentina democrática
Authors: Guardamagna María Melina
Published: May 2016

La preocupación por formar cuadros políticos para la gestión del Estado adquiere rango constitucional en 1994 cuando el Estado se compromete a contribuir a la capacitación de los dirigentes de los partidos políticos. Para la implementación de dicha política se crearon dos instituciones de formación y capacitación político estatales: la Escuela Nacional de Gobierno y el Instituto de Capacitación y de Dirigentes Políticos. El análisis del proceso de formulación e implementación de la política busca comprender el devenir de estas instituciones que, desde su creación, fueron cerrándose cada vez más a las necesidades coyunturales de cada gestión, generando la gubernamentalización de componentes estatales e impidiendo la estabilización de un modelo de formación y capacitación de cuadros políticos tal como lo prescribe la Constitución Nacional en su artículo 38.
Segmentación residencial e informalidad económica: un ejercicio de tipologías.
Authors: Molina Derteano Pablo
Published: May 2016

El presente artículo es un estudio de caso de la configuración socio-territorial de un territorio segregado en la localidad de Ministro Rivadavia. Adoptando una perspectiva de estratificación, se muestra un anudamiento entre crecimiento de lainformalidad económica y segregación residencial que perfilan espacios urbanos de gran complejidad en una localidad de reciente crecimiento demográfico.La metodología apunta a la construcción de tipologías, siendo que se considera como el mejor recurso para dar cuenta de la multidimensionalidad de las problemáticas que afectan a los hogares derivadas del anudamiento entre territorios y mercados de trabajo segmentados.
Responsabilidad política, actores y controversias en torno a la inseguridad en la Argentina. Un análisis a partir del “caso Blumberg”.
Authors: Schillagi Carolina
Published: May 2016

El artículo analiza el proceso político a través del cual se configuraron respuestas al problema de la inseguridad en diversos ámbitos y niveles institucionalesdurante el año 2004 en la Argentina, cuando tuvo lugar el “caso Blumberg”. Desde la perspectiva de la sociología de los problemas públicos y en base a entrevistas a actores clave, discursos políticos, planes oficiales y debates legislativos, estudiamos un conjunto de actividades llevadas adelante por los actores políticos que asumieron la responsabilidad de ofrecer soluciones respecto de la seguridad en una coyuntura determinada. Señalamos también algunos aportes y límites que ofrece el enfoque teórico adoptado para el estudio de los procesos políticos.
Políticas de conciliación entre familia y trabajo en Argentina. A propósito de las representaciones sociales de la(s) masculinidad(es)
Authors: Sosa Ruth
Published: May 2016

El presente artículo reflexiona acerca de histórica falta de problematización del lugar de las identidades masculinas en el diseño y en la práctica de las políticas públicas, fundamentalmente en lo que respecta a las políticas de conciliación entre las responsabilidades familiares con las laborales en Argentina. Se destaca la importancia de incorporar las representaciones sociales de las masculinidades en el diseño de las políticas públicas para contribuir al desarrollo de la autonomía y de las capacidades del conjunto de las identidades sexuales, sin distinción. Una cuestión relevante es el tema del uso del tiempo como factor de desigualdad y de injusticia entre los géneros. Finalmente, se proponen posibles líneas de acción que promuevan mayores niveles de justicia.
El uso de drogas ilegales como asunto de política pública en Argentina.
Authors: Cunial Santiago
Published: May 2016

El presente artículo tiene por objetivo describir y comparar los modos en los que los policymakers se representan la problemática del uso de drogas ilegales en Argentina. Como estrategia de medición de los marcos con los que los decisores políticos piensan la cuestión del uso de drogas, se recupera el análisis cualitativo de contenido denominado Análisis Crítico de Marcos (Dombos, 2012). Se desarrolla un estudio de caso sincrónico, descriptivo y exploratorio sustentado en el análisis empírico del corpus normativo de políticas públicas nacionales vigentes a mayo de 2014 en el país y, de modo complementario, de fuentes orales de los decisores políticos implicados en la problemática.
A produção da saúde e a população do campo: uma experiência no assentamento de reforma agrária em Pernambuco – Brasil
Authors: BATISTA Marina Fenicio Soares , ALBUQUERQUE Paulette Cavalcanti de
Published: May 2016

Este estudo objetiva analisar a produção da saúde no campo, a partir de vivências em assentamento rural vinculado ao Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST), na Região Metropolitana de Recife, Pernambuco. O estudo é fruto de um projeto de extensão desenvolvido por residentes em saúde da família e saúde coletiva, que visava a fomentar a visibilidade dessa população, vivenciando na prática o que é ser camponês, dialogando com a promoção à saúde, a educação popular e os princípios do movimento em articulação. O projeto foi construído com o setor saúde do MST-PE e teve duração de 12 meses, nos quais se trabalhou o Diagnóstico Rural Participativo, entre outras atividades em encontros quinzenais. A partir das vivências e da análise documental das relatorias e outros documentos, buscou-se sistematizar a produção da saúde no campo, colocando-a em análise. Foram identificadas três categorias principais: organização, incluindo o trabalho em grupo e identidade camponesa; produção da saúde, incluindo sua percepção e determinantes; identidade e lutas da população assentada. Como resultados, considerou-se que a organização e mobilização do assentamento enquanto movimento estão adormecidas, mesmo sendo potentes; que ainda se referenciam em modelos de saúde biomédicos, relacionando saúde com assistência médica e que ações de promoção da saúde ou educativas referenciadas na Educação Popular são poucas, mas podem ser desenvolvidas. A potência do movimento e da articulação dele com as residências em saúde podem sinalizar na perspectiva de resignificação da saúde nos assentamentos e da construção de outros projetos como a Residência em Saúde no Campo.
Ecologia de saberes: a experiência do diálogo entre conhecimento científico e conhecimento tradicional na comunidade quilombola da Rocinha
Authors: SANTOS Luciana Marinho
Published: May 2016

Este artigo tem como finalidade refletir sobre o diálogo entre o conhecimento científico moderno e o conhecimento construído pelos povos e comunidades tradicionais à luz do conceito “ecologia de saberes” de Boaventura Sousa Santos. O estudo é fruto de uma experiência do projeto de educação ambiental realizado em uma comunidade quilombola, tendo as plantas medicinais como elemento do conhecimento tradicional e sua relação com a medicina convencional na comunidade. Tais questões nos possibilitaram abordar, em uma perspectiva teórica, os elementos característicos da ecologia de saberes, apontando para a importância do diálogo entre os diversos saberes, especificamente, o conhecimento tradicional e o conhecimento científico.
Saúde e Sustentabilidade: desafios conceituais e alternativas metodológicas para a análise de sistemas locais de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional.
Authors: Burlandy Luciene , Maluf Renato , Magalhães Rosana , Reis Márcio , Mafra Luiz , Frozi Daniela
Published: May 2016

Processos de desenvolvimento sustentáveis envolvem estratégias cooperativas, diálogo interdisciplinar e articulação intersetorial. O foco exclusivo em setores ou aspectos isolados da dinâmica social dificilmente será capaz de apoiar a conformação de sistemas de governança capazes de enfrentar os novos desafios. Buscando analisar experiências e resgatar aprendizados em torno da implementação de ações públicas intersetoriais, este trabalho apresenta os pressupostos metodológicos do enfoque sistêmico na análise da implementação de Sistemas Locais de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) e sua relação com o debate sobre modelos de desenvolvimento sustentável. Na definição desses pressupostos, leva-se em consideração o contexto (bioma, densidade sócio-organizacional, reprodução socioeconômica das famílias e institucionalidade), as condições de SAN das famílias e o sistema alimentar, tendo em conta quatro dimensões de análise: intersetorialidade, descentralização, participação e equidade. São exploradas as interfaces e correlações existentes entre a promoção de sistemas descentralizados de SAN e modelos sustentáveis de desenvolvimento. Por último, é proposto um modelo de referência para o acompanhamento de processos de tomada de decisão e conformação de desenhos organizacionais capazes de promover diálogo e contornar conflitos de interesses.
O olhar de cada um: elementos sobre a construção cotidiana do Programa Saúde na Escola no DF.
Authors: KÖPTCKE Luciana Sepúlveda , CAIXETA Izabela Amaral , ROCHA Fernando Gomes da
Published: May 2016

O artigo apresenta os achados referentes à institucionalidade e aos processos de implementação do Programa Saúde na Escola, em duas regiões do DF: Gama e Candangolândia. Tratou-se de pesquisa analítica de abordagem qualitativa que visou compreender as relações intersetoriais a partir da percepção dos atores envolvidos. Utilizou a análise de conteúdo de 15 entrevistas realizadas, em 2014, junto a gestores e profissionais dos setores saúde e educação, nas esferas federal distrital e local. Foram apresentados quatro temas estruturantes das falas dos entrevistados: a percepção do programa e de seus componentes; a percepção do papel que (seu setor) desempenha no PSE; a percepção sobre o papel ou atribuições do “Outro” e sobre a importância do Grupo de Trabalho Intersetorial. Revelou que a compreensão sobre o programa e seus componentes varia segundo o setor e a esfera de origem do entrevistado. O programa é percebido de forma positiva por potencializar articulação intrasetorial, embora enfrente desafios comunicacionais e na distribuição de poder entre os setores e esferas. A relação de afinidade entre o programa e a ação finalística de um setor é fator facilitador para a implementação do programa. Ratificou, ainda, a importância do reconhecimento de novos espaços de interlocução como os Grupos de Trabalho Intersetoriais para apoiar o trabalho intersetorial.
Role of fly ash in improving soil physical properties and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Authors: Dhindsa H.S. , Sharma R.D. , Kumar* Rakesh
Published: May 2016

The poor infiltration and fine texture of clay soil causes water logging problem and reduces biological activities in soil. In contrast to this, loose particle and higher in filterability in sandy soil results in low water holding capacity and poor nutrient retention. Fly ash, a waste product of thermal power plants, causes environmental pollution and is hazardous to human health. It is produced in plenty; therefore, safe disposal is very difficult. Fly ash may be used as amendment to improve soil properties and plant growth in such soils. The addition of 20% fly ash in clayey soil and up to 30% in sandy soils improved the germination, tillering, plant height, biological and grain yield of wheat. The addition of fly-ash has also shown improvement in the soil properties viz. texture, structure and bulk density. Permeability of clay loam soil increased from 0.54cm/hr to 2.14cm/hr by the addition of 50% fly ash whereas it decreased from 23.80 cm/hr to 9.67 cm/hr in sandy soil by 50% fly-ash addition. Water holding capacity of sandy soil also increased from 0.38 cm/cm to 0.53 cm/cm at 50% level.
Biochemical bases of resistance to brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) (Stål) in different rice accessions
Authors: Deepa K. , Pillai M. Ariavanamkatha , Murugesan N.
Published: May 2016

Host plant resistance has been a valuable tool in the management of planthoppers. The experiment was carried out to assess the level of total phenols, Ortho-dihydroxy phenols, Phenols, crude silica and total sugars in BPH (Brown Plant Hopper) affected rice leaves. Resistant varieties showed high amount of phenols, O.D. Phenols and crude silica as against low quantity of total sugars. These, biochemical basis of resistant method is also identifying the resistant variety against brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) in rice.
Occurrence of severe mosaic disease of potato and study on effect of different treatments under integrated disease management approach
Authors: Mishra* Ranima , Nath P.D.
Published: May 2016

Occurrence of severe mosaic disease of potato caused by Potato virus Y (PVY) in all the potato growing areas of Jorhat district of Assam, India was determined by DAS-ELISA. An integrated disease management experiment for severe mosaic disease was carried out at the Experimental farm of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat in field condition comprising spraying of commercial neem formulation, application of mineral oil, yellow sticky trap, bio fumigation with rape seed plants one month before planting, bio fumigation with cabbage plants one month before planting, spraying of Metarrhizium anisopliae and spraying of insecticides as treatments. The treatment T4 (bio fumigation with rapeseed plants one month before planting) followed by T2 (four application of mineral oil @ 5 ml/lit at 15 days interval) was found to be most effective in reduction of disease incidences, vector population as well as yield than the other treatments.
Study of green fodder yield potential of pearl millet genotypes under rainfed conditions of Gujarat, India
Authors: Dhedhi* K.K. , Ansodariya1 V.V. , Chaudhari N.N. , Sorathiya J.S.
Published: May 2016

Twenty three fodder pearl millet genotypes including two checks viz., DFMH 30 and PAC 981 were evaluated at Pearl millet Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Jamnagar and Grassland Research Station, JAU, Dhari during kharif 2014. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes for days to 50 % flowering, days to maturity, plant height, dry fodder yield and green fodder yield while differences for plant population and grain yield were non significant. The locations differences were found significant for all the characters studied. The genotypes x locations differences were observed non significant for all the traits except plant population and grain yield. Days to 50 % flowering varied from 52 days (DFMH 30) to 77 days (IP 15564). Days to maturity ranged between 75 days (IP 2761) to 96 days (IP 14542). IP 22269 (342 cm) was observed the tallest genotype, while, check DFMH 30 (252 cm) was manifested the shortest genotype. Dry fodder yield ranged from 96 q/ha (IP 5153, IP 2761) to 208 q/ha (ICMV 05222). The genotype ICMV 05222 (390 q/ha) produced the highest green fodder yield among all the genotypes followed by IP 6202 (348 q/ha) and IP 15564 (341 q/ha). Hence, these three genotypes viz., ICMV 05222, IP 6202 and IP 15564 may be considered for general cultivation under rainfed conditions of Gujarat.
Plant growth and fruit yield attributes of cape gooseberry cv. Aligarh as affected by the use of different growth regulators
Authors: Kaur Gurpinder , Kaur* Amarjeet
Published: May 2016

The present investigation was carried out in the Departmental nursery of Khalsa College, Amritsar during year 2013-14. It is comprised of seven treatments as NAA (5, 10 and 15 ppm), GA3 (10, 15 and 20 ppm) and control which were replicated four times. A unit of eight plants per plot considered as one replication. The growth regulators were applied immediately after fruit set. Both the growth regulators were found to be effective in improving the growth characters as plant height, stem thickness, average shoot length, shoot thickness, internodal length and average leaf area than control. GA3 20 ppm proved to be most effective in improving the growth characters than all the other treatments. Fruit set per cent (71.40%) found to be maximum in plants which were treated with NAA 15 ppm whereas the plants sprayed with GA3 10 ppm yielded maximum fruits (1.58 kg/plant). Fruits showed rich colour and the maturation time (175.30 days) was delayed in those plants which were sprayed with GA3 20 ppm.
Resource use efficiency in rice production under SRI and conventional method in Assam, India
Authors: Parasar Ishani , Hazarika J. P. , Deka Nivedita
Published: May 2016

To meet the rising demand for rice, the staple food in Assam, the production of rice has to be increased by many folds. Considering the shrinkage of agricultural lands, productivity increase is the only way out to increase the production. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is reported to enhance rice yield to considerable extent. However, the acceptability of the method by the tradition rice growers of the state is a matter of concern. Further, the resource use status of SRI is yet to be studied systematically in Assam. The present study on resource use in SRI has shown that the resources used in SRI need to be increased for enhanced rice production the state. Awaring the farmers about SRI and imparting proper training on SRI would certainly help the farmers to increase their rice production to make them rice secured.
EAP Curriculum Alignment and Social Acculturation: Student Perceptions
Authors: Tweedie M. Gregory , Kim Marcia
Published: May 2016

The role of English as a second language (ESL) teachers and instruction as fac- tors in student social and psychological acculturation is widely acknowledged. However, the function of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is less well known in this regard, because research has focused largely on academic acculturation. This qualitative study investigated the perceptions of curriculum alignment with undergraduate study by post-EAP learners (students who had successfully completed EAP and were registered in mainstream university programs). Semistructured interviews were conducted with 7 former EAP students from a range of faculties at a large Canadian university. Analysis of interview data highlighted social acculturation as a perceived need in EAP curriculum, as participants remarked on linguistic and cultural barriers faced while participating in university life post-EAP. The researchers argue that social acculturation is typically underrepresented in EAP curriculum, and may be inadvertently overlooked by instructors, curriculum planners, and program providers. Il est largement reconnu que les enseignants d’anglais langue seconde et l’enseignement linguistique représentent des facteurs importants dans l’acculturation sociale et psychologique des étudiants. Toutefois, on connait moins bien le rôle de l’anglais académique (EAP) dans ce contexte, la recherche ayant surtout visé l’acculturation académique. Ce e étude qualitative a interrogé des nissants d’un programme d’anglais académique qui suivaient des cours réguliers à l’université pour connaitre leurs perceptions de l’harmonisation du programme EAP avec les cours réguliers du premier cycle à l’université. Des entrevues semi-structurées ont eu lieu auprès de 7 nissants du programme EAP actuellement inscrits dans di érentes facultés d’une grande université canadienne. L’analyse des données d’entrevue a indiqué que les nissants trouvaient que le programme EAP devait toucher l’acculturation sociale car ils a rontaient des barrières linguistiques et culturelles lors de leur participation à la vie universitaire après avoir terminé le programme. Les chercheurs affirment que l’acculturation sociale est généralement sous-représentée dans le curriculum EAP et que ce e composante peut, par mégarde, être négligée par les enseignants et par les planificateurs et fournisseurs du programme.
03. Ideology as Artificial Respiration: Hegel on Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness
Authors: Särkelä Arvi
Published: May 2016

This paper draws upon Hegel’s analysis of Stoicism, Skepticism and the Unhappy Consciousness as intellectual reactions to social pathology. He argues that, in Hegel’s view, the true and the false are held together in ideology by its being recognitively educational: ideology presents both a moment of social pathology and a moment of its overcoming. It gives, so to speak, artificial respiration for a social life fallen ill. The paper argues against two readings of these passages (as distinguished by Robert Stern). For the ‘historical materialist’ interpretation put forward by Alexandre Kojève, Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are treated as servile ‘ideologies’ and given a ‘purely socio-political rationale.’ The conceptual realist reading, by contrast, identifies a clear conceptual progress in these shapes as they bring self-consciousness forth from what initially appeared to be a dead-lock in the preceding relation of Lordship and Bondage. The paper argues that both readings are partly right and partly wrong: the conceptual realist gets it right that Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are indeed distinctively novel shapes of consciousness; the historical materialist correctly points out that Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are ideologies functionally sustaining the dead equilibrium of Lordship and Bondage. Both aspects can be reconciled by regarding ideology as productive and potentially educative. Ideology works not only to maintain the dead equilibrium of Lordship and Bondage, but also revives the organic means of overcoming it. Thereby this paper argues for the necessity of ideology-critique as a component of an inclusive diagnosis that understands social pathologies as systematic disturbances in the reproduction of characteristically social life.
04. Pathology of Love as Gender Domination: Recognition and Gender Identities in Axel Honneth and Jessica Benjamin
Authors: Gregoratto Federica
Published: May 2016

This article aims at giving a critical account of gender domination by drawing on the concepts of recognition as presented in the work of Axel Honneth and Jessica Benjamin. I consider this form of domination as a pathology of love, which concerns especially the heterosexual sentimental bond. The argumentation proceeds in three steps: First, I reconstruct, in the wake of Honneth, the type of social normativity regulating relations of loving recognition, which I call normativity of interdependence. According to this, love partners are both dependent on the other and independent from them. Second, I argue by relying on Benjamin that the interdependence bond is to be understood as implying mutual exercises of power. I suggest power should be conceived of as a positive feature in the transformative process of recognition qua love. Third, I frame the pathology of loving recognition as a disruption of the interdependence relationship, due to the emergence of a sharp opposition between the identities of man and woman, namely, between an identity privileging independence and an identity privileging dependence as their peculiar constitutive features. Gender domination consists, then, in the unilateral exercise of power that blocks the transformative force of love.
11. Pathologies of Collective Recognition
Authors: Hirvonen Onni
Published: May 2016

This paper maps the theoretical possibilities of what pathologies of collective recognition might be. It argues that collectives have a twofold role in recognition: they can function either as normative frameworks that enable recognition, or as agents of recognition. From this it follows that pathologies of collective recognition can be either systemic or agential. Furthermore, accepting the agential role of collectives opens possibilities for specific forms of pathologies. The paper concludes with remarks on the ontological commitments that need to be made if one wants to understand pathologies of recognition as including collective agents.