bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Narrative of an educational path: providing a (new) meaning to medical education
Authors: Fonsêca Graciela Soares , Souza João Victor Garcia de
Published: February 2019

Abstract The need to rethink the education of health professionals, particularly doctors, is increasingly evident. This research aims at reporting the experience of a medical student of a federal institution that offers undergraduate course seats provided by the More Doctors Program. The student was encouraged to reflect upon his trajectory in the course by writing a narrative. The positive aspects indicated by him were: development of a critical attitude, knowledge integration, presence of Collective Health from the beginning of the course and use of active methodologies. Regarding the negative issues, the following was emphasized: the extensive course workload, maintenance of traditional assessments and resistance to innovation by some teachers. The student’s narrative reveals tensions, ruptures, crises and achievements that contribute to understanding the “new” medical education model and offers subsidies for its improvement.
Taxas longitudinais de retenção e evasão: uma metodologia para estudo da trajetória dos estudantes na educação superior
Authors: Lima Junior Paulo , Bisinoto Cynthia , Melo Nilce Santos de , Rabelo Mauro
Published: February 2019

Resumo Com a expansão do sistema federal de educação superior, a evasão e a retenção têm sido redescobertas pela pesquisa educacional. Neste artigo, avaliam-se criticamente as taxas empregadas pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC) e Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) para controle e acompanhamento da trajetória dos alunos nas universidades brasileiras. Partindo dessa crítica, são propostos indicadores alternativos para quantificar a evasão e a retenção: a taxa longitudinal de evasão (TLE) e a taxa longitudinal de retenção (TLR). Esses indicadores foram testados com dados extraídos do registro acadêmico da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Os resultados dessa instituição indicam, progressivamente, aumento da evasão e redução da retenção. Essas transformações podem estar relacionadas ao próprio processo de expansão do sistema educacional.
Corn-based or high linoleic acid flushing increases productivity of Morada Nova and Brazilian Somalis ewes
Authors: Sousa Rafael Teixeira de , Bomfim Marco Aurélio Delmondes , Albuquerque Fernando Henrique Melo Andrade Rodrigues de , Santos Claudiane Morais dos , Ferrari Viviane Borba , Fernandes Francisco Éden Paiva , Fonseca Jeferson Ferreira da
Published: February 2019

SUMMARY The objective of this study was to compare the corn-based (FLU), high linoleic acid flushings(LAF), and a control treatment (un supplemented, CON); two genetic groups:Morada Nova (MN) and Brazilian Somalis (BS), on the productive and reproductive performance of ewes and their lambs. A total of 156 non-pregnant ewes were supplemented three weeks before and after the breeding season. Supplementation with either FLU or LAF increased ewe body condition score (BCS) at the beginning of the breeding season and at lambing compared to CON. The BS ewes had greater body weights at the supplementation end, and BCS both at the supplementation start, and at lambing compared to MN. Similarly, ewes with three lambs per birth had greater BCS at the beginning of supplementation. They also had greater weights at the beginning of the breeding season and at lambing. Both FLU and LAF increased total lamb weight from 56 to 105 days of age compared to CON.The BS ewes had decreased prolificity and produced lower total weight of lambs at lambing, but greater 84 and 105 days after birth compared to MN. Total lambweight at birth was greater for ewes that lambed three, followed by two and then one lamb per birth. In conclusion, the high linoleic acid and high corn supplementation increase body condition score of ewes form breeding season to lambing and enhance lamb performance after 56 days of age. Although Morada Nova ewes increased prolificacy, their lambs were lighter after they reached 84 days of age.
Jogos de verdade no vestibular chileno na polêmica pela ocupação do território palestino por Israel
Authors: Torres María Paulina Castro
Published: February 2019

Resumo Com interesse em aprofundar a compreensão das provas estandardizadas de admissão universitária e com o objetivo de discutir as relações entre o vestibular e o currículo chileno, propomo-nos, neste artigo, a analisar uma polêmica suscitada por uma pergunta de história, geografia e ciências sociais que circulou na mídia digital do país no ano 2015. Com esse escopo, a partir da análise discursiva de Maingueneau, Grillo e Possenti, sustentaremos um diálogo teórico entre Bakhtin, Bourdieu e Foucault. Desse modo, focaremos nos comentários desenvolvidos por internautas em torno da verdade ou da falsidade de uma questão desse vestibular, a qual se refere à ocupação do território da Palestina por Israel. Além disso, para melhor apresentarmos nossa perspectiva analítica, tomaremos, da mesma disciplina da prova do ano 2012, o gabarito comentado de uma questão que faz referência à resistência indígena do povo mapuche à colonização dos espanhóis. Assim, a partir desse corpus, procederemos à descrição e à comparação das regras de formação discursiva desenvolvidas no que consideraremos um campo de possibilidades estratégicas que permite interesses irreconciliáveis. Afinal, não apenas discutiremos as relações de pressão e de legitimação entre as perguntas desse exame de admissão e o currículo chileno por competências, mas também trataremos da constituição dos candidatos como efeitos de poder e de saber, isto é, a constituição dos candidatos tidos então como competentes ou incompetentes no acesso à universidade.
Description of the use of integrative mixed method in neonatal nursing
Authors: Viera Claudia Silveira , Bugs Bruna Maria , Carvalho Ariana Rodrigues Silva , Gaiva Maria Aparecida Munhoz , Toso Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT To describe the application of the integrative mixed method and its steps. Descriptive methodological study. The integrative mixed method approach was exemplified in a study conducted in neonatal nursing on maternal stress throughout the experience of premature newborns’ care. Data on maternal stress level (quantitative approach) and maternal perception of care (qualitative approach) were grouped after analyzes made separately according to the analysis technique of each approach. Subsequently, quantitative and qualitative data were integrated, which originated a new set of data to be interpreted, and consequently enabled a greater understanding of the phenomenon under study and emphasized the importance of the integrative mixed method. The integration of the two approaches, qualitative and quantitative, is a denser theoretical framework with strong scientific evidence for a better understanding of the phenomenon under study than the use of a single approach, since, at the same time, it identifies the frequency of the phenomenon and the reason for its occurrence.
Emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Authors: Lima Ana Cláudia Medeiros Galvão de , Nichiata Lúcia Yasuko Izumi , Bonfim Daiana
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Method: Exploratory, descriptive, ecological, quantitative study. From January 2015 to December 2016, was accessed the database with information of visits performed in an emergency department located in the region of Campo Limpo, municipality of São Paulo. A 99% confidence interval was considered for the incidence of visits with identification of ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and a margin of error of 0.4%. The analyzes were performed with use of the statistical package SPSS. Results: We found 434,883 visits, of which 17.1% were due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions, mostly of women and children up to 4 years of age. The reason for most visits were ear, nose and throat infections (45.4%). There was a higher chance of visits for the indicator in chronic patients (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated the emergency department ambulatory care sensitive conditions visits that may indicate poor access to primary care.
Economic-financial and patrimonial elder abuse: a documentary study
Authors: Santos Ana Maria Ribeiro dos , Nolêto Regina Dulce da Silva , Rodrigues Rosalina Aparecida Partezani , Andrade Elaine Maria Leite Rangel , Bonfim Elisiane Gomes , Rodrigues Tatyanne Silva
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze economic-financial and patrimonial cases of elder abuse, recorded in the specialized police station for security and protection of the elderly of a capital city in the northeast region of Brazil. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with data extracted from police reports and inquiries recorded in the abovementioned police station. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out by means of Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, and multivariate logistic regression. Results: The sample was made up of 555 police reports. The data showed that financial abuse presented a prevalence of 58.9%, and that older elderly people (67.9%), men (70.4%), and single (75.0%) presented a higher percentage of financial abuse compared with other types of violence, often occurring in public places, with 3.1 more chances of occurrence than at the elderly’s home. Regarding aggressors, women (73.5%), without suspicion of alcohol use (66.4%), and non-family members committed more financial abuse, evidencing 2.97 more chances of practicing it. Conclusion: In the period studied, financial abuse increased in its magnitude when compared with other types of violence, a fact that justifies researching the theme in order to prevent it.
Level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Ferretti-Rebustini Renata Eloah de Lucena , Bispo Nilmar da Silva , Alves Winnie da Silva , Dias Thiago Negreiro , Santoro Cristiane Moretto , Padilha Katia Grillo
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to Intensive Care Units and to identify the predictors of severity with their respective predictive capacity according to the age group. Method: A retrospective cohort based on the analysis of medical records of individuals admitted to eight adult intensive care units in the city of São Paulo. The clinical characteristics at admission in relation to severity profile and intensity of care were analyzed through association and correlation tests. The predictors were identified by linear regression and the predictive capacity through the ROC curve. Results: Of the 781 cases (41.1% from older adults), 56.2% were males with a mean age of 54.1 ± 17.3 years. The burden of the disease, the organic dysfunction and the number of devices were the predictors associated with greater severity among adults and older adults, in which the organic dysfunction had the highest predictive capacity (80%) in both groups. Conclusion: Adults and older adults presented a similar profile of severity and intensity of care in admission to the Intensive Care Unit. Organic dysfunction was the factor with the best ability to predict severity in adults and older adults.
Quality of life of people with diabetes mellitus
Authors: Tonetto Isabela Fernandes de Aguiar , Baptista Marcelo Henrique Barbosa , Gomides Danielle dos Santos , Pace Ana Emilia
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the three levels of the healthcare system. Method: A quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare units with individuals in outpatient care. The validated Diabetes-39 instrument was used to evaluate quality of life. Results: The sample consisted of 53 people. There was a decreasing tendency in the quality of life impairment from the primary to the tertiary care levels. In the total sample, there were differences between domains of quality of life with the variables gender, insulin use and occupation, greater perception of quality of life impairment and disease severity in people with higher rates of glycated hemoglobin. Conclusion: Quality of life tends to worse as the disease worsens. The results suggest that quality of life is related to sociodemographic and clinical variables, therefore, these should be considered in the care.
La lucha por la patria atraviesa fronteras: pasquines sediciosos y difusión de ideas revolucionarias en Cerro de Pasco, Perú (1812)
Authors: Davio Marisa
Published: February 2019

Resumen: Dentro del contexto de la guerra en el Alto Perú y la difusión de los ideales revolucionarios en los diferentes ámbitos pertenecientes al espacio rioplatense y del aún vigente virreinato del Perú, la intención de este trabajo se basa en el análisis, a partir de un caso judicial particular, del contexto de la guerra generado entre realistas y revolucionarios por la recuperación del territorio altoperuano y la lucha a favor o en contra de la continuidad del orden colonial en América.
Duas canonizações napolitanas? Tomás de Aquino e Luís de Anjou (1308-1323)
Authors: Teixeira Igor S.
Published: February 2019

Resumo: O tema central deste artigo é a participação de homens não religiosos nos processos de canonização de Luís de Anjou e Tomás de Aquino, ocorridos entre 1308 e 1323. Trinta e três depoimentos no primeiro caso e 43 no segundo produziram um corpus de catorze interrogatórios. Apontam-se características comuns a esse corpus e a excepcionalidade do depoimento de Bartolomeu de Cápua, principal funcionário da administração régia no processo de Tomás de Aquino. Trabalhou-se com conceitos de beata stirps e tempo de palavra. A conclusão aponta para os usos políticos das canonizações pelos angevinos no Reino de Nápoles.
Repensando la comunidad política en momentos de incertidumbre: ideas políticas en la prensa peruana durante la ocupación chilena (1881-1884)
Authors: Arellano-González Juan Carlos
Published: February 2019

Resumen: A fines del siglo XIX, mientras se efectuaba la ocupación militar por las fuerzas chilenas en algunos sectores del territorio peruano, varias facciones políticas de ese país debatían en torno a la definición del camino para salir de la crisis. Para la solución de dicha crisis política y social, se presentan dos alternativas ideacionales a elegir: la “guerra a muerte” o la búsqueda de la “paz”. Esta elección forzaría a los actores a redefinir su idea de comunidad política. De ahí que este artículo busca reabrir este debate, colocando especial énfasis en las ideas políticas como mapas orientadores para los actores políticos en momentos de incertidumbre, considerando que este periodo se caracteriza por su escenario dinámico y cambiante, uno en el que los actores contaban con información parcial y contradictoria, y en el que una “estabilidad contingente” y frágil es el fundamento de su construcción. Para esta investigación se utilizaron periódicos que circularon durante este breve periodo como fuente de información. Finalmente, se concluye que la idea de búsqueda de la “paz” logró imponerse sobre la idea de “guerra a muerte”, la que se construyó sobre un pensamiento republicano.
Governar a modernidade: A representação corporativo-empresarial no projeto dos conselhos industriais ingleses de entreguerras
Authors: Torreggiani Valerio
Published: February 2019

Resumo: Este artigo analisa o debate intelectual inglês sobre uma reorganização institucional de tipo corporativo que teve lugar na Grã-Bretanha durante os últimos anos da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Após analisar alguns projetos promovidos no período 1915-1916, o artigo foca-se no Reconstruction Committee, com particular atenção à proposta final elaborada pela subcomissão para o estudo das relações entre empregadores e empregados, dirigida por John H. Whitley, que propusera a instituição dos conselhos industriais conjuntos. Afirmando a necessidade de construir uma sociedade ordenada e harmônica para resolver o conflito social e aumentar a eficiência econômica, a subcomissão recomendara a criação desses conselhos como uma primeira medida para a construção de uma representação corporativa dos interesses organizados, imaginada para promover sua participação no processo legislativo.
An inconvenient legacy: corporatism and Catholic culture from Fascism to the Republic
Authors: Cau Maurizio
Published: February 2019

Abstract: In the Italian Republic of the late 1940s, the corporatist experience was something of an antimodel. However, some political and legal currents in Italy reflected on the corporatist legacy and on the possibility to make it democratic. Certain Catholic exponents were especially sensitive to the new version of corporatism. Our analysis of the legacy of corporatist thinking in Catholic culture during the early Republican age will be fourfold: reflection on the Constituent Assembly as a potential development away from corporatism; analysis of the main social-economic documents of contemporary political Catholicism; the evolution of some leading Christian Democrats’ theoretical ideas; the debate on “democratic corporatism” in Italian Catholic circles spanning the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Iberoconceitos, história conceitual, teoria da história, Entrevista a Javier Fernández Sebastián (Parte II)
Authors: Neves Guilherme Pereira das , Monteiro Rodrigo Bentes , Iegelski Francine
Published: February 2019

Resumo: Segunda e última parte da entrevista com o historiador espanhol Javier Fernández Sebastián.
Materializing Religion: Essays in Honor of David Chidester
Authors: Strijdom Johan M. , Scharnick-Udemans Lee-Shae S.
Published: February 2019

In his recent Religion: Material dynamics, David Chidester (2018) selected a number of key concepts that have preoccupied him during his forty years of studying religion. Having contributed to critiques of the concept of religion as a modern Western imperial and colonial invention, Chidester is intensely aware of the legacy of the term but has nevertheless employed it productively as an analytical term. If the academic study of religion, as heir of a Protestant bias, used to study beliefs, Chidester has been a pioneer in foregrounding material terms as a corrective in the study of religion, crediting Marx as crucial ancestor of this approach for his insight into the material basis of religion. The terms essayed in this book, considered under the title material dynamics, were selected by Chidester for the real, practical consequences they have had in the world, and were grouped under three sections: Categories, formations, and circulations.
Will Religion Survive? A Critical Discussion of the Divergent Answers of two Atheists: Archaeologist David Lewis-Williams and Philosopher of Religion J.L. Schellenberg
Authors: Prozesky Martin
Published: February 2019

Underlying this article are the questions of how to demarcate the phenomena to which the term 'religion' refers, and of how to differentiate between interpreting and explaining such phenomena - a matter to which David Chidester has offered guidance. These questions are approached by considering a different but closely related question: Does religion have a future, as answered in important recent books by two eminent scholars, both of them atheists, working in very different academic disciplines. These are the books of archaeologist, David Lewis-Williams, Conceiving God: The cognitive origins and evolution of religion (Lewis-Williams 2010) and philosopher of religion, J.E. Schellenberg's more recent work, Evolutionary religion (Schellenberg 2013). These works provide divergent answers to whether religion has a future - a divergence arising from different views about what constitutes religion. This article refers to their respective views, then provides a critical discussion of both, and ends by engaging, where relevant, with ideas in the work of David Chidester.
'Everything is Plastic': The Faith of Unity Movement and the Making of a Post-Catholic Religion in Uganda
Authors: Ukah Asonzeh
Published: February 2019

One of David Chidester's long-term fascinations in the academic study of religion is his nuanced scrutiny of the sensorial features of contemporary religious life. Chidester uses an approach of multi-sensorial imagination of matter to investigate the plasticity and elasticity of religion to innovate and accommodate changing religious and spiritual desires and how such adaptions ensure the popularity of religious participation in a contemporary, technology-saturated society. Based on an ethnographic investigation of a new religious movement in Uganda, this essay mobilizes some of the analytical concepts developed by Chidester to think through the material dynamics of African religious life in the context of changing socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts of Africa.
0.5 M EDTA (0.5 L) v1
Authors: Pegoraro Mattia
Published: February 2019

Is used in a multitude of experiments, but is often used as an ingredient in 10x TBE buffer
Addition of the adaptor to RNA substrates for 5′ RACE v1
Authors: Valach Matus
Published: February 2019

Simple protocol for mapping 5′-P RNA termini by RT-PCR after the addition of a 5′ adaptor using T4 RNA ligase 1.
Getting the Story Right: A Constructivist Interpretation of Storytelling in the Context of UK Parliamentary Engagement
Authors: Prior Alex Michael
Published: February 2019

This article examines Parliament’s use of storytelling techniques as a means of representing itself to citizens, and representing citizens to themselves. It does so with reference to the ‘constructivist turn’ in representation literature—particularly its emphasis on co-constitutive meaning-making—which, as this article shows, is also applicable to studies of engagement and narrative. Storytelling constitutes a vital means of engagement, yet has hitherto received insufficient scholarly attention within a parliamentary context. This lacuna is all the more significant when considering the emotional and often informal means of participation that increasingly characterise the UK’s political landscape. In relating storytelling to parliamentary engagement (and emphasising the co-constitutive qualities of both), an innovative visual analogy (based on fractals) will illustrate the conductivity of storytelling to two pursuits: Parliament’s attempts to represent itself within the political sphere, and its claims to be relevant to citizens. Both of these pursuits represent key tenets of Parliament’s responsibility to engage, and to mediate between citizens and governance. Through the theoretical lens presented here, Parliament’s attempts to engage through storytelling will be examined according to the techniques used, and their likelihood of reaching an audience that, in constructivist terms, is created through this act of representation.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Emotions in Politics and International Relations
Authors: Prior Alex , Van Hoef Yuri
Published: February 2019

The ‘emotional turn’ within the social sciences and humanities attracts increasing scholarly attention. Political Science, traditionally emphasising the ‘rational’ public sphere rather than the ‘emotional’ private sphere, has increasingly questioned this dichotomisation, identifying broader political concepts and practices. The international political process—frequently characterised by widespread distrust, populist campaigns and extreme rhetoric—necessitates addressing and examining its underlying emotions. Informal, affective manifestations of politics are enormously influential, profoundly shaping inter- and intra-national democracy; they accordingly require interdisciplinary study. This thematic issue of Politics and Governance includes disciplines as diverse as education, history, international relations, political theory, psychology, and sociology. In doing so, we illustrate that emotions are cross-disciplinary concerns, relevant beyond the study of politics.
Comparing Service Quality in Public vs Private Distance Education Institutions: Evidence Based on Malaysia
Authors: HAMID Fazelina Sahul , YIP Nick
Published: February 2019

Assessment of the quality of distance education institutions has become an important issue that needs to be addressed to ensure program survival. This study uses SERVPERF model to identify the differences that exists in students’ perception of service quality in public and private universities in Malaysia that offer distance education. Our study confirms that this model is valid and reliable. We find that the students’ overall perception of service quality is lower in all five dimensions of service quality for the private universities. The dimensions that influence overall service quality are noticeably different for public and private universities. This suggests that private universities need to improve their service provision in order to remain competitive. Managerial implications of the major findings are discussed.
Exploring the Relationship Between ICT Use, Mental Health Symptoms and Well-Being of the Historically Disadvantaged Open Distance Learning Student: A Case Study
Authors: VAN DER MERWE Donald
Published: February 2019

Whereas there exists a complex pattern of interrelated factors that act as determinants of the successful implementation of ODL in developing countries, most point at differences in access, use of, or impact of ICT. In addressing an area of research that has not received any attention, this study reports on an investigation into the relationship between ICT use patterns, selected mental health symptoms and the emotional, social and psychological well-being of the historically disadvantaged ODL student in the South African context of disparities. Data collected from 315 students in online survey revealed medium ICT use, higher computer use by working students compared to full-time students, a low prevalence of computer overuse symptoms, medium loss of sleep and a preference for individualized and non-collaborative activities that require minimalistic use of ICT. Differences between the ICT use scores of students who reported symptoms of stress and sleep disturbances and those who did not report symptoms were not significant, while the majority of students were diagnosed as moderately mentally healthy or flourishing. A significant relationship was found between working students’ ICT use scores and reduced performance, as well as between their ICT use scores and their social, emotional and psychological well-being scores. The strengths of the well-being relationships, however, ranged from weak to very weak. No significant relationships were reported for full-time students, nor for both groups between their ICT use scores and total mental health scores. The study concluded that in the context studied, ICT use patterns hold no risk factors for the mental health and well-being of the historically disadvantaged ODL student.
The Learning Platform in Distance Higher Education: Student’s Perceptions
Authors: CACHEIRO-GONZALEZ Maria Luz , MEDINA-RIVILLA Antonio , DOMINGUEZ-GARRIDO Maria Concepcion , MEDINA-DOMINGUEZ Maria
Published: February 2019

The aim of this study is to discover student’s perceptions from the School of Education about the use of the learning platform to improve educational process in distance higher education. To this end, a descriptive study with a mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative) has been applied according to the objectives of the study. An ad-hoc semi-structured questionnaire has been validated by experts, obtaining the response of 111 students of the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED), who are conducting social education, pedagogy, and master's degrees in education. The results showed positive values in the different dimensions analyzed: (I) Role of learning platform in distance education, (II) Instructional of the design learning platform, (III) Didactic interaction through the learning platform and (IV) The learning platform and professional practice. The analysis of the open questions, provides guidelines for improving the use of the learning platform in distance higher education regarding strengths (student’s exchange, and independent learning) and weaknesses (feedback delay, and content repository).
Detecting Topics of Chat Discussions in A Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Environment
Authors: AFACAN ADANIR Gulgun
Published: February 2019

Learning groups' conversations in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments result in significant information regarding the content of the course. This information is beneficial for instructors to analyze learners' activities during their collaboration process. In understanding these activities and performance of learners, the topic of conversation is important. The purpose of the study is to detect topics of chat discussions conducted by groups of learners while collaboratively studying in an online CSCL environment called Virtual Math Teams (VMT). We implemented the study in the context of a graduate level course during one term in a large state university in Turkey. Participants are MSc and PhD students registered to the course and divided over five groups of three students. We combined and employed methods of data mining, social network analysis, and topic detection to identify topics of learners' discussions. Our data analysis process aims to identify the task related topics occurred in chat discussion of learning teams. In our analysis we followed the stages of data preprocessing, segmentation analysis, and topic detection. Our purpose with the preprocessing stage was eliminating improper data for the main analysis and making the data ready for analysis stage. Therefore, our final corpus was shaped to involve 95% of initial chat messages. Segmentation analysis aims to explore organization of chat discussion and divides the chat logs into more manageable units according to their corresponding contents. In total, we resulted 294 segments including task related and non-task related ones. The topic detection analysis explored the content of chat segments and revealed the major subject of discussions with the use of latent semantic analysis, which is applied to find content similarity among segments and indicative words produced through the use of two mode network analysis.
Dynamic Multi Agent System for Revising E-Learning Content Materia
Authors: ELGHIBARI Fatiha , ELOUAHBI Rachid , EL KHOUKHI Fatima
Published: February 2019

The growth of the information and communication technologies has led to the appearance of new concepts, approach and disciplines. For learners, an e-learning system constitutes rich window to the knowledge. It presents a varied training, including different content material format (video, text, interactive content...) and diverse methods. In order to keep learners’ attention, e-learning system must provide good content's quality, including revised material and updated methods. In this perspective, we have implemented multi-agent system composed of three sort of agents ensuring a permanent revision to the e-learning content. The first one is called Checker Agent (CA). It checks the educational resources, and detects the outdated ones so as to be treated. The second agent is named Search Agent (SA). The task of this one is to look for recent contents and new teaching methods. Whereas, the third agent is called Updater Agent (UA). Its function consists on inserting the retrieved updates corresponding to each content. The communication between these agents is ensured by an XML files. In this paper, we have proposed an implementation of the first part of our system. Namely, the checking process of e-learning curriculum by implementing the CA algorithm. And the integration process by implementing the UA algorithm. As result, the tests and experimentations done in this context have proved the effectiveness of the proposed solution, and revealed positive results both in term of learning process and learners’ feedback.
A Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Affecting Enrollment Decisions of Prospective Students of Distance Education Programs in Anadolu University
Authors: OZTURK Oznur
Published: February 2019

Some prospective students placed by the Assessment, Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) to associate and undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Open Education of Anadolu University enroll in these programs, while others do not. A decision to enroll may be affected by the following variables: the prospective student’s gender, educational status, plans for retaking the university entrance exam, the number of times they took the entrance exam, marital status, employment status, household income, parents’ level of education, and age. The aim of this study is to use the above-mentioned variables to develop a model that will help classify prospective students placed on the distance education programs of Anadolu University into two groups, i.e. students who are more likely to enroll and those who are not; and to discuss the potential benefits of the model in the administrative processes. Students assigned by OSYM in the 2015-2016 academic year to the distance education programs of Anadolu University comprise the population of this study, which is a finite population consisting of 178.229 people. Data were collected via an online survey. The survey included items on demographics, enrollment status, and the above-mentioned variables. A total of 1.829 students completed the survey, of which 1.117 enrolled and 712 did not. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 software package. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to develop a model to classify the students as enrollees and non-enrollees. Education status, marital status, plans to retake the university entrance exam, the number of times the entrance exam was taken, employment status, and age were found to affect the prospective students’ decision to enroll.
SOSYAL MEDYADA YARATICI DÜŞÜNME EĞİTİMİNİN ÖĞRETMENLERİN YARATICI DÜŞÜNMEYE YÖNELİK FARKINDALIKLARINA ETKİSİ
Authors: BAĞRIACIK YILMAZ Ayşe , KARATAŞ Serçin
Published: February 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Facebook aracılığıyla ters beyin
fırtınası tekniği kullanılarak verilen yaratıcılık eğitiminin öğretmenlerin
yaratıcı düşünmeye yönelik farkındalıklarına etkisini belirlemektir. Bu amaç
doğrultusunda 7 farklı bölgeden ve 13 branştan 30 gönüllü öğretmen Facebook’ta
oluşturulan bir gruba dahil edilmiştir. Bu öğretmenler dört hafta boyunca ters beyin
fırtınası tekniği esas alınarak yapılan etkinliklere katılım sağlamıştır.
Uygulama öncesi ve sonrası öğretmenlerden görüşme formu yardımıyla veriler
toplanmış, 11 öğretmenden elde edilen verilerin analizi sonucunda yapılan
uygulamanın öğretmenlerin farkındalıklarını arttırdığı tespit edilmiştir.
Öğretmenler genel olarak sosyal medya platformunda eğitim almaktan memnun
kalmıştır. Araştırmanın önemli bulgularından birisi de öğretmenlerin yaratıcı
eğitim vermenin önündeki engellere takılı kalmış olmasıdır. 21. yy toplumunun
beklediği yaratıcı bireyleri yetiştirebilmeleri için öğretmenlerin
desteklenmeye ihtiyacı vardır.
EĞİTİMDE SANAL GERÇEKLİK UYGULAMALARINDA ERİŞİLEBİLİRLİK VE UYUMLULUK
Authors: BÜTÜN Mehmet , BUDAK Veli Özcan , SELÇUK Murat , EMRE İlkim Ecem , ŞİMŞEK İrfan
Published: February 2019

Sanal gerçeklik (SG) teknolojilerinde yaşanan hızlı
gelişmelerle birlikte, bu alanda uygulama geliştirmeye olanak tanıyan
platformların sayısı da artış göstermiştir. Cihazların ve uygulama geliştirme
platformlarının çeşitlilik kazanması, erişilebilirlik ve uyumluluk sorunlarını
gündeme getirmektedir. Günümüzde eğitim için geliştirilen SG uygulamalarının;
hangi cihazlarla uyumlu oldukları ve dağıtıldıkları sanal uygulama mağazası
açısından hangi platformlar üzerinde erişilebilir oldukları önemli bir
araştırma konusu haline gelmiştir.  Scopus
ve ERIC üzerinde yer alan, 2014-2018 yıllarında yayımlanmış, eğitim için
geliştirilen SG uygulamalarının kullanıldığı çalışmalar sistematik derleme ile analiz
edilmiştir. İncelenen makaleler; geliştirildikleri platformlar, kullanılan
yazılım dilleri, desteklenen işletim sistemi ve erişilebilecekleri sanal
mağazalar açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmaların 29’unda daha önce
geliştirilmiş SG uygulamalarının kullanıldığı, 7’sinde kullanılan SG
uygulamalarına dair bilgi verilmediği, 28 çalışmada ise SG uygulamaları geliştirildiği
görülmüştür. Çalışmaların önemli bir bölümünde, SG uygulamalarının birden fazla
cihaz ya da işletim sistemi tarafından desteklenecek şekilde geliştirilmediği, sanal
uygulama mağazaları üzerinde erişime açılması konusunda belirsizliğin olduğu, yazılım
dili olarak ise farklı dillerin tercih edildiği görülmüştür. Yapılan
değerlendirmeler neticesinde çalışmaların önemli bir bölümünde yaygın etki
açısından erişilebilirlik ve uyumluluk sorunları olduğu söylenebilir. Sonuç
olarak, eğitim alanında kullanılacak SG uygulamalarının farklı işletim
sistemlerinde ve cihazlarda çalışacak şekilde platformdan bağımsız ve mobil
cihazlarla uyumlu şekilde geliştirilmesi önerilmektedir.
EĞİTSEL VERİ MADENCİLİĞİ VE ÖĞRENME ANALİTİKLERİ BAĞLAMINDA E-ÖĞRENME VERİLERİNDE AYKIRI GÖZLEMLERİN BELİRLENMESİ
Authors: KESKİN Sinan , AYDIN Furkan , YURDUGÜL Halil
Published: February 2019

E-öğrenme teknolojilerinin sağladığı en önemli yararlardan birisi
de öğrenme verilerinin kayıt edilmesidir. Bu veriler eğitsel veri madenciliği
bağlamında analiz edilmekte ve aynı zamanda öğrenme analitikleri olarak da
kullanılmaktadır. Ancak kayıt edilen her veri sağlıklı bir öğrenme verisi
anlamına gelmemektedir. Bu nedenle analiz aşamasından önce aykırı gözlemlerin
belirlenmesi ve düzeltmelerin yapılması doğru sonuçlara ulaşılmasında önemli
bir yere sahiptir. Aykırı gözlemler, verilerin oluşma sürecinde (real-time)
belirlenebileceği gibi süreç sonunda elde edilen veri kümelerinden de
belirlenebilmektedir. Bu araştırmada bir e-öğrenme ortamından elde edilen
eğitsel veriler üzerinde aykırı gözlem belirleme yöntemlerinin kullanımı ele
alınmıştır. Araştırmada bir ders dönemi süresinde kullanılan Moodle öğrenme yönetim
sistemi (ÖYS) log kayıtları veri kümesi olarak kullanılmıştır. Veri kümesi 65
öğrencinin hiper-metin, video, 
değerlendirme, scorm ve forum etkileşimlerine ilişkin toplam etkileşim
süresinden oluşmaktadır. Aykırı gözlem verilerinin belirlenmesinde Z, Grubbs,
Rosner, kutu grafiği ve
Hampel yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışmada aykırı gözlem verileri hazır paket
programlar kullanılmadan hesaplama çizelgeleri üzerinden işlemler yapılarak
belirlenmiştir. Yapılan analizlerin sonucunda yöntemlere göre aykırı (anormal)
gözlem sayılarının değiştiği görülmüştür. Buradan elde edilen deneyimler ve
veri tabanı yapısı göz önünde bulundurulduğunda Z yöntemi ve kutu grafiği
yöntemlerinin bir e-öğrenme sisteminde uygulama anında aykırı gözlemlerin
tespiti amacıyla diğer yöntemlere göre daha kolay uygulanabilir olduğu, bir
başka ifadeyle bu yöntemlerin makineye öğretiminin daha işlevsel olduğu
görülmüştür. Bununla birlikte diğer yöntemlerin ise bir hipotez sınaması
gerektirmesi ve daha duyarlı sonuçlar vermesi yönünden önemli bir avantaja
sahip olduğu göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır.
Composição química e atividade biológica das própolis brasileiras: verde e vermelha
Authors: Ferreira Joselena Mendonça , Negri Giuseppina
Published: February 2019

A própolis é uma mistura complexa de substâncias coletadas por abelhas em ápices vegetativos e exsudados resinosos de plantas. Essa cola natural é usada para selar, manter a temperatura e assepsia da colmeia. Possui propriedades biológicas comprovadas e variáveis de acordo com as localidades em que é produzida. No Brasil, os dois principais tipos de própolis comercializadas internacionalmente, são a verde e vermelha. Juntas, estas própolis movimentam um mercado internacional, com uma estimativa da ordem de milhões de dólares ao ano. O objetivo deste estudo foi fazer uma comparação entre a composição química e atividade biológica dos dois principais tipos de própolis brasileira: a verde e a vermelha. Os dados foram obtidos através de uma intensa pesquisa na literatura científica, usando a base de dados, Scopus, Web of Science, Periódicos Capes e Medline. A própolis verde brasileira é produzida na região sudeste, principalmente no Estado de Minas Gerais e é extraída dos ápices vegetativos de Baccharis dracunculifolia. Seus principais constituintes são os ácidos cinâmicos prenilados e ácidos cafeoilquínicos. A própolis vermelha produzida na região nordeste, possui a Dalbergia ecastophyllum como fonte de resina. Seus principais constituintes são isoflavonas, pterocarpanos, chalconas e benzofenonas polipreniladas. As atividades antibacteriana, antiviral, antioxidante, citotóxica, anti-tumoral e anti-inflamatória destas própolis tem sido atribuída aos compostos fenólicos. Os conhecimentos adquiridos sobre esses tipos de própolis brasileiras são importantes para utilizá-las como fonte de renda, principalmente para os apicultores; e proporcionar uma grande contribuição para a pesquisa científica na área biomédica e na descoberta de novos medicamentos.
A percepção de enfermeiras frente ao extravasamento venoso em unidade neonatal
Authors: Lameira Larisse Jessica de Freitas , Nascimento Marcia Helena Machado , Neves Adolfo Luiz Bento
Published: February 2019

O extravasamento intravenoso pode ser definido como o derramamento de medicamentos do vaso sanguíneo, onde estão sendo infundidos, para os tecidos circunvizinhos. As reações e gravidade do processo dependem da droga extravasada, da quantidade, do local, da concentração e das condições do paciente. Este é um estudo de caráter descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa. Participaram do estudo 10 enfermeiras, sendo todas do sexo feminino, com idade mínima de 37 e máxima de 53 anos. As enfermeiras entrevistadas neste estudo manifestaram conhecer o significado de extravasamento intravenoso e reconheceram os sintomas clássicos de tal evento, não demonstrando dificuldades em expor o que entendiam sobre o assunto. O cuidado dos neonatos deve ser executado para que seu estado de saúde restabeleça em menor tempo possível, para que ocorra a menor permanência hospitalar e sem complicações e livre de iatrogênicas.
Dificuldades de família e profissionais de enfermagem no cuidado à criança com fissura labiopalatina
Authors: Jurado Sonia Regina , Moreira Adailson Da Silva
Published: February 2019

As fendas de lábio e palato são os defeitos congênitos mais comuns. Um dos grandes desafios é a aceitação por parte da mãe e da família de uma criança com fissura labiopalatina, pois emergem da mãe sentimentos de revolta e culpa em gerar uma criança com malformação congênita. Ademais, prestar assistência a um paciente com fissura labiopalatina também desperta sentimentos ambíguos na equipe de enfermagem. O presente estudo objetivou descrever as dificuldades enfrentadas pela família e profissionais de enfermagem no cuidado à criança com fenda labiopalatina. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, na qual os artigos científicos utilizados na pesquisa foram levantados na base eletrônica de dados LILACS e Biblioteca SciELO Brasil, do período de janeiro de 1995 a dezembro de 2017. Evidenciou-se que para as mães o nascimento de uma criança com defeito congênito é um momento delicado e conflitante que demanda o atendimento de profissionais qualificados neste cenário em que a humanização e o conhecimento técnico-científico são imprescindíveis. Contudo, os enfermeiros que prestam assistência ao portador de malformação congênita labiopalatal também deixam emergir vários sentimentos, como: satisfação, contradições e conflitos, pois poucos estão capacitados para lidar com o paciente com malformação congênita. Dada à escassez de trabalhos na literatura, novas investigações científicas sobre o tema são importantes.
Efeitos da apitoxina e da geleia real sobre o sistema nervoso central
Authors: Gonçalves Alexandre Henrique Costa , Araújo Noély Dantas , Ferlon Pablo , Cunha Thazia Katianne de Oliveira , Sousa Milena Nunes Alves de , Maracajá Patrício Borges
Published: February 2019

Propôs-se avaliar os benefícios do veneno de abelha e a geleia real no sistema nervoso central. Foi realizada uma Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, selecionando artigos na base de dados Science Direct que abordassem o tema de pesquisa. Foram escolhidos artigos com informações relevantes de pesquisas realizadas entre os anos de 2012 a 2018 para a apresentação de dados e informações relacionados com o presente estudo. O uso do veneno de abelha pode atuar como adjuvante no tratamento para Parkinson, fornecendo efeito neuroprotetor. Acupuntura com veneno de abelha pode reduzir neuroinflamação e induzir recuperação na lesão de medula espinhal. Também, a terapia com veneno de abelha restaurou a neuroquímica do cérebro após administração de rotenona. Em longo prazo, a utilização da geleia real pode diminuir a concentração de GABA estriatal e hipotalâmica. Ainda, possui efeitos antiestresse e neuroprotetores sob condições de estresse. A geleia real fornece proteção suficiente contra os efeitos danosos da tartrazina na função e estrutura do tecido cerebral de filhotes de ratos. Também, seu uso resultou em melhorias na neurotransmissão em idades avançadas, trazendo benefícios à memória e o tratamento com geleia real diminuiu de maneira significativa o número de células apoptóticas induzidas por lesão na medula espinal. A partir dos resultados obtidos nesse presente estudo, constaram-se os principais benefícios do veneno de abelha e da geleia real para o sistema nervoso central, dentre os quais se destacam: adjuvante para o tratamento de Parkinson, melhora da memória em idades avançadas, redução significativa do número de células apoptóticas em lesões espinhais, como também normalizou marcadores neuroinflamatórios e apoptóticos.
Análise dos determinantes de adoecimento e mortalidade dos agricultores da 9ª Região Geoadministrativa do Estado da Paraíba
Authors: Cabral Symara Abrantes Albuquerque de Oliveira , Uchoa Sayonara Abrantes de Oliveira , Alencar Maria Carmem Batista de , Silva Henrique Miguel de Lima , Maracajá Patrício Borges
Published: February 2019

Entendendo que a saúde deve ser constituída como um conceito que vai além da ausência de doença, abrangendo aos aspectos biopsicossociais, e atrelado ao determinante de que a atividade rural traz consigo aspectos insalubres que podem vir a constituir em agravamento à saúde do agricultor, com possibilidade ainda de culminar em óbito. Diante de tais pressupostos é que o presente trabalho busca o conhecimento dos determinantes de adoecimento e mortalidade dos agricultores da 9ª Região Geoadministrativa do Estado da Paraíba, contribuindo para que, de posse de tais informações, estas possam ser utilizadas como base para o planejamento de ações de saúde direcionadas a esta população, bem como para subsidiar outros trabalhos do mesmo tipo em outras regiões, fortalecendo assim a prevenção de agravos e promoção à saúde do agricultor. Para tal realizou-se uma  pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, retrospectiva, documental, com abordagem quantitativa dos dados, com vistas a contemplar os objetivos propostos, concluindo que há uma parcela significativa de agricultores, em sua maioria do sexo feminino em se considerar os dados de gravidez, parto e puerpério, e excluindo-se tais dados tem-se uma predominância do sexo masculino, e em ambos os sexos em ocorrências nas idades de 25 a 54 anos, e com relação aos dados de mortalidade, observa-se a ocorrência predominantemente em indivíduos com idade de 65 anos e mais, com maior índice no sexo masculino, sendo desfecho de patologias relacionadas a algumas doenças infecciosas e parasitárias, doenças do aparelho circulatório, doenças do aparelho respiratório, e sintomas, sinais e achados anormais de exames clínicos e de laboratório, não classificados em outra parte. Deste modo, os dados levantados são importantes no sentido de considerar a necessidade de ações preventivas mais direcionadas a população masculina, que apresentam maior prevalência tanto em hospitalizações como na ocorrência de óbitos.