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Perceived Influence on Service Goals Among Community-Working Occupational Therapists in Norway
Authors: Bonsaksen Tore , Sveen Unni , Dolva Anne-Stine , Horghagen Sissel , Thyness Else Merete , Hagby Cathrine , Arntzen Cathrine
Published: November 2018

Aim: This study aimed to assess the perceived influence that community-working occupational therapists in Norway have on the service goals of their respective organizations. In addition, we aimed to assess sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with the perceived level of influence. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to occupational therapists in community-based services in Norway (n = 1767), to which 561 (32%) responded. By multivariate regression analysis, factors associated with “self-perceived influence” were assessed. Results: After controlling for all variables, having a master’s degree ( β = 0.09, P < .05), being involved in a research and development project ( β = 0.25, P < .001), and not working with assistive technology ( β = −0.19, P < .001) were associated with higher perceived influence. Conclusions: For occupational therapy to reach its potential in Norwegian community-based health care, the profession needs to establish itself more firmly and increase its influence within the health care services. To do so, it appears important to support occupational therapists’ educational aspirations, their participation in research and development projects, and their autonomous role in relation to the provision of assistive technology equipment.
Ecologies of the colonial present: Pathological forestry from the taux de boisement to civilized plantations
Authors: Davis Diana K , Robbins Paul
Published: November 2018

Tree-planting has long been an obsession of postcolonial environmental governance. Never innocent of its imperial history, the practice persists in global regimes of forestry today. For over two centuries, afforestation has been viewed as a panacea for a variety of ills including civilizational decline, diminished precipitation, warming temperatures, soil erosion, and decreasing biodiversity. As a result, tree plantations, despite their demonstrated failings in many environments, have flourished as an art of environmental governance that we term arboreal biopolitics. We trace some of the origins and importance of the taux de boisement in such plantation efforts, typically understood as a percentage of “appropriately” wooded land within a territory. Likely first developed in France by the early 19th century, this notion was operationalized in colonial territories assumed to be massively deforested. Targets of 30–33% forest cover, the minimum assumed for European civilization, were built into French forest training and policy and exported globally. Indeed, we demonstrate here that these French colonial policies and influences were as significant in many regions as those of better documented German forestry traditions, especially in African colonial territories and in British India. We further analyze the implications of these policies, and the degree to which the concept of a taux de boisement appears to have traveled to colonial forestry in India, further shaping forest policies of the postindependence era. We provide the example of the “National Mission for a Green India,” an effort by the Government of India to increase forest/tree cover by 5 million hectares and improve quality of forest cover on another 5 million hectares of forest/nonforest lands. Ostensibly aimed at improving forest-based livelihoods, the initiative has all the qualities of past forestry efforts in India, which have historically performed a reverse role: disinheriting forest-rooted populations. Colonial forestry, we therefore conclude, continues to haunt contemporary policy, contributing pathological ecologies, especially in the drylands, often with pernicious effects on local people.
Randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy in COPD
Authors: Heslop-Marshall Karen , Baker Christine , Carrick-Sen Debbie , Newton Julia , Echevarria Carlos , Stenton Chris , Jambon Michelle , Gray Joanne , Pearce Kim , Burns Graham , De Soyza Anthony
Published: November 2018

Anxiety is an important comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated if cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), delivered by respiratory nurses, reduced symptoms of anxiety and was cost-effective.

Patients with COPD and anxiety were randomised to CBT or self-help leaflets. Anxiety, depression and quality of life were measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted from a National Health Service hospital perspective and quality-adjusted life-years estimated using the EuroQol-5D questionnaire.

In total, 279 patients were recruited. Group mean change from baseline to 3 months in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Anxiety Subscale was 3.4 (95% CI 2.62–4.17, p<0.001) for the CBT group and 1.88 (95% CI 1.19–2.55, p<0.001) in the leaflet group. The CBT group was superior to leaflets at 3 months (mean difference in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Anxiety Subscale was 1.52, 95% CI 0.49–2.54, p=0.003). Importantly, the CBT intervention was more cost-effective than leaflets at 12 months, significantly lowering hospital admissions and attendance at emergency departments.

CBT delivered by respiratory nurses is a clinically and cost-effective treatment for anxiety in patients with COPD relative to self-help leaflets.
Cost-effectiveness of a combined intervention of long lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying compared with each intervention alone for malaria prevention in Ethiopia
Authors: Hailu Alemayehu , Lindtjørn Bernt , Deressa Wakgari , Gari Taye , Loha Eskindir , Robberstad Bjarne
Published: November 2018

Background

The effectiveness of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), for malaria prevention, have been established in several studies. However, the available evidence about the additional resources required for a combined implementation (LLIN + IRS) with respect to the added protection afforded is limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of combined implementation of LLINs and IRS, compared with LLINs alone, IRS alone, and routine practice in Ethiopia.

Methods

The study was performed alongside a cluster randomized controlled trial of malaria prevention conducted in Adami Tullu district, in Ethiopia, from 2014 to 2016. In addition, literature-based cost-effectiveness analysis—using effectiveness information from a systematic review of published articles was conducted. Costing of the interventions were done from the providers’ perspective. The health-effect was measured using disability adjusted life years (DALYs) averted, and combined with cost information using a Markov life-cycle model. In the base-case analysis, health-effects were based on the current trial, and in addition, a scenario analysis was performed based on a literature survey.

Results

The current trial-based analysis showed that routine practice is not less effective and therefore dominates both the combined intervention and singleton intervention due to lower costs. The literature-based analysis had shown that combined intervention had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of USD 1403 per DALY averted, and USD 207 per DALY averted was estimated for LLIN alone. In order for the ICER for the combined intervention to be within a range of 1 GDP per capita per DALY averted, the annual malaria incidence in the area should be at least 13%, and the protective-effectiveness of combined implementation should be at least 53%.

Conclusions

Based on the current trial-based analysis, LLINs and IRS are not cost-effective compared to routine practice. However, based on the literature-based analysis, LLIN alone is likely to be cost-effective compared to 3 times GDP per capita per DALY averted. The annual malaria probability and protective-effectiveness of combined intervention are key determinants of the cost-effectiveness of the interventions.

Trial registrationPACTR201411000882128 (Registered 8 September 2014).http://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?dar=true&tNo=PACTR201411000882128
Helicobacter pylori CagA promotes epithelial mesenchymal transition in gastric carcinogenesis via triggering oncogenic YAP pathway
Authors: Li Nianshuang , Feng Yan , Hu Yi , He Cong , Xie Chuan , Ouyang Yaobin , Artim Stephen C. , Huang Deqiang , Zhu Yin , Luo Zhijun , Ge Zhongming , Lu Nonghua
Published: November 2018

Background

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) delivers oncoprotein CagA into gastric epithelial cells via the T4SS and drives activation of multiple oncogenic signalling pathways. YAP, a core effector of the Hippo tumour suppressor pathway, is frequently overexpressed in human cancers, suggesting its potential tumor-promoting role. Although CagA is a casual factor in H. pylori induced gastric carcinogenesis, the link between CagA and YAP pathway has not been identified. In this work, we investigated the regulation of oncogenic YAP pathway by H. pylori CagA.

Methods

Expression of YAP and E-cadherin protein in human gastric biopsies were assessed by immunohistochemistry. H. pylori PMSS1 cagA− isogenic mutant strains were generated. Gastric epithelial cells were co-cultured with H. pylori wild-type cagA+ strains or isogenic mutants and were also treated by recombinant CagA expression. Immunofluorescence was performed for YAP localization. Immunoblot and quantitative PCR were performed for examining levels of YAP, downstream effectors and markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Verteporfin and siRNA silencing were used to inhibit YAP activity.

Results

YAP is significantly upregulated in human gastric carcinogenesis. We generated PMSS1 CagA isogenic mutant strains with chloramphenicol resistance successfully. Our analysis indicated that H. pylori infection induced YAP and downstream effectors in gastric epithelial cells. Importantly, knockout of CagA in 7.13 and PMSS1 strains reduced the expression of YAP by H. pylori infection. Moreover, Inhibition of YAP suppressed H. pylori infection-induced Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Conclusion

Our results indicated that H. pylori CagA as a pathogenic protein promotes oncogenic YAP pathway, which contributes to EMT and gastric tumorigenesis. This study provided a novel mechanistic insight into why cagA+H. pylori infection is associated with a higher risk for the development of gastric cancer.
Temperature- and humidity-induced changes in alum-treated wood: a qualitative X-ray diffraction study
Authors: McQueen Caitlin M. A. , Steindal Calin C. , Narygina Olga , Braovac Susan
Published: November 2018

Alum-treated wooden artefacts suffer from extreme deterioration, and the stability of these objects and the salts they contain to variations in climate conditions is an important issue. Responses of potassium alum (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O), ammonium alum (NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O), potassium bisulfate (KHSO4) and alum-treated wood to changing temperature and relative humidity (RH) were therefore investigated at the crystalline level using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD analysis showed changes in the crystal structures of alum salts that suggest some degree of dehydration starting at 40 °C at 15% RH. Rehydration of such dehydrated alum in Oseberg wood samples was still ongoing after 2 years. However, alum salts on their own and in alum-treated wood generally appeared to be stable to most of the changing climate conditions. Conversely, the minor potassium bisulfate component found in some samples was very sensitive to all changes in RH and temperature, and may even cause changes to the alum component under some conditions. This may be related to the efflorescence of K9H7(SO4)8·H2O crystals seen on some fragments after long-term exposure to high RH. These findings can help to refine RH and temperature limits for alum-treated objects, and also demonstrate the utility of temperature- and RH-controlled XRD for qualitative monitoring of climate-induced changes in such salt-impregnated materials.
Bayesian modeling for uncertainty quantification in seismic compressive sensing
Authors: Pilikos Georgios , Faul A. C.
Published: November 2018

Compressive sensing is used to improve the efficiency of seismic data acquisition and survey design. Nevertheless, most methods are ad hoc, and their only aim is to fill in the gaps in the data. Algorithms might be able to predict missing receivers’ values, however, it is also desirable to be able to associate each prediction with a degree of uncertainty. We used beta process factor analysis (BPFA) and its variance. With this, we achieved high correlation between uncertainty and respective reconstruction error. Comparisons with other algorithms in the literature and results on synthetic and field data illustrate the advantages of using BPFA for uncertainty quantification. This could be useful when modeling the degree of uncertainty for different source/receiver configurations to guide future seismic survey design.
Constrained 3D inversion of magnetic data with structural orientation and borehole lithology: A case study in the Macheng iron deposit, Hebei, China
Authors: Sun Shida , Chen Chao , Liu Yiming
Published: November 2018

We have developed a case study on the use of constrained inversion of magnetic data for recovering ore bodies quantitatively in the Macheng iron deposit, China. The inversion is constrained by the structural orientation and the borehole lithology in the presence of high magnetic susceptibility and strong remanent magnetization. Either the self-demagnetization effect caused by high susceptibility or strong remanent magnetization would lead to an unknown total magnetization direction. Here, we chose inversion of amplitude data that indicate low sensitivity to the direction of magnetization of the sources when constructing the underground model of effective susceptibility. To reduce the errors that arise when treating the total-field anomaly as the projection of an anomalous field vector in the direction of the geomagnetic reference field, we develop an equivalent source technique to calculate the amplitude data from the total-field anomaly. This equivalent source technique is based on the acquisition of the total-field anomaly, which uses the total-field intensity minus the magnitude of the reference field. We first design a synthetic model from a simplified real case to test the new approach, involving the amplitude data calculation and the constrained amplitude inversion. Then, we apply this approach to the real data. The results indicate that the structural orientation and borehole susceptibility bounds are compatible with each other and are able to improve the quality of the recovered model to obtain the distribution of ore bodies quantitatively and effectively.
From Total Volume to Sequence Maps: Sophisticated Accelerometer Data Analysis
Authors: CHINAPAW MAI J. , WANG XINHUI , ANDERSEN LARS BO , ALTENBURG TEATSKE M.
Published: November 2018

Purpose

To date, epidemiological studies have focused on the potential health effects of total volume of physical activity (PA) or sedentary behavior (SB). However, two persons may have the same volume of PA or SB but accumulated in a completely different sequence. The pattern of accumulating PA and SB might be more important for health effects than the total volume. Therefore, the aim was to develop a sophisticated algorithm translating accelerometer data into detailed sequence maps considering how PA and SB are accumulated throughout the day.

Methods

We developed a novel algorithm to convert accelerometer counts into a sequence map based on behavior states defined by a combination of intensity (SB, light, moderate, and vigorous intensity) and duration (sporadic accumulation or in bouts of different duration). In addition, hierarchical cluster analysis was applied to identify clusters of children with similar behavioral sequence maps.

Results

Clustering resulted in seven clusters of children with similar PA and SB sequence maps: an average cluster (33% of children); a cluster with relatively more SB, light, and moderate PA in bouts (SB and PA bouters, 31%); a cluster characterized by more sporadic SB and light PA (light activity breakers, 26%); and four smaller clusters with 7% of the children or less.

Conclusion

This novel algorithm is a next step in more sophisticated analyses of accelerometer data considering how PA and SB are accumulated throughout the day. The next step is identifying whether specific patterns of accumulating PA and SB are associated with improved health outcomes.
The correct publication dates of Felix de Avelar Brotero’sPhytographia Lusitaniae selectior, with notes on his personal library
Authors: Figueiredo Estrela , Silva Vasco , Smith Gideon F.
Published: November 2018

We show that two early, multi‐volume works on the Portuguese flora, all authored by Felix de Avelar Brotero, have the following publication dates:Flora Lusitanica: 1804 andPhytographia Lusitaniae selectior: 1801 (fasciculus 1), 1817 (volume 1) and 1834/1835 (volume 2).
On the Optimality of Three-Part Tariff Plans: When Does Free Allowance Matter?
Authors: Bhargava Hemant K. , Gangwar Manish
Published: November 2018

Two- (2PTs) and three-part tariffs (3PTs) are widely used for selling goods, to compensate workers, and in procurement contracts. They are practical alternatives to complex nonlinear tariffs in on-demand services and technology industries and are more profitable than the restrictive per-unit and unlimited-use pricing. A 2PT imposes both a fixed (access) fee and a per-unit (usage) fee, and a 3PT generalizes it by bundling some free units (an allowance) into the fixed fee. Intuitively, bundling free allowance provides an additional lever to the firm, enabling it to charge differential marginal rates to improve profitability. However, designing a 3PT is a challenging problem, and the optimal solution is known only when the market has homogeneous consumers or two discrete segments. We advance theory about optimal 3PT design by developing a reformulation that simplifies the solution procedure for the general case and generates new theoretical and practical insights. Our analysis reveals, surprisingly, that when the market demand follows an increasing price elasticity (or, approximately, when consumer distribution follows an increasing hazard rate), the optimal 3PT outcomes are identical to optimal 2PT outcomes. This result generalizes to a menu of tariffs. By contrast, the free allowance in a 3PT may be truly impactful when market demand is multimodal or corresponds to distinct segments with sharp across-segment differences, or when consumers have certain tariff biases. Our results help explain how and when 3PT matters, and they can help managers make informed decisions about how to design and employ nonlinear pricing.
ANÁLISE GRÁFICA E ANALÍTICA DA RETA DE EULER E TRÊS PONTOS NOTÁVEIS, EM TRIÂNGULOS NO ESPAÇO R2
Authors: Szendrodi Patrícia Carvalho , Abrantes José , Granado Renê Mendes , Sobral Filha Doralice Duque
Published: November 2018

Este artigo faz análises gráfica e analítica, tanto sobre a chamada Reta de Euler, quanto de relações proporcionais destes três Pontos Notáveis, em triângulos, no Espaço Bidimensional (X, Y), ou seja, Espaço R2. A análise gráfica, foi feita por desenhos executados com o programa AUTOCAD©, versão 2015. Este artigo analisa as seguintes conclusões de Euler e outros renomados matemáticos, aplicadas aos triângulos: 1) Existe uma Reta que passa pelos seguintes Pontos Notáveis de triângulos escalenos e isósceles: Ortocentro (O), Baricentro (G) e Circuncentro (C). Esta é a chamada Reta de Euler, que não se aplica a triângulos equiláteros. 2) Na Reta de Euler, o Baricentro (G) está localizado entre o Ortocentro (O) e o Circuncentro (C). 3) A distância entre o Baricentro (G) e o Ortocentro (O) é o dobro da distância entre o Baricentro (G) e o Circuncentro (C). 4) Existe uma Circunferência com centro no encontro das Mediatrizes (o Circuncentro) e que passa pelos três vértices de um triângulo. Este artigo tem como objetivo ajudar a um melhor desenvolvimento das habilidades lógico-matemática e viso-espacial, tanto de estudantes da Licenciatura, quanto de professores de Matemática.
O Mito de Sísifo, Albert Camus, Resenha
Authors: Souza Peter Franco
Published: November 2018

O Mito de Sísifo, Albert Camus, Resenha
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA MEMÓRIA EM ROMANCES DE LETICIA WIERZCHOWSKI
Authors: Tofanelo Gabriela Fonseca
Published: November 2018

Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar aimportância da memória no processo deescrita e de construção da identidadefamiliar da autora gaúcha, descendentesde poloneses, Leticia Wierzchowski. Taltema se faz presente nas seguintes obrasque serão, aqui, discutidas: Uma Pontepara Terebin (2006) e Os Getka (2010).Esses romances retratam, por meio dememórias e recordações, famíliaspolonesas que tiveram a difícil e dolorosatarefa de emigrar de seu país de origem eviver em terra desconhecida. As narrativasfuncionam como um importantedocumento histórico da formação culturaldo Brasil. Como aporte teórico, estapesquisa se embasará, principalmente,nos pressupostos acerca da memóriaestudados por Le Goff (2013), Huyssen(2000) e Seligman-Silva (2003).
A violência como devir em Jean Genet
Authors: Silva Pedro Henrique Rodrigues da
Published: November 2018

Este artigo versa sobre a nossacompreensão da violência como devir, naescritura do poeta, escritor e dramaturgofrancês Jean Genet. Inicialmente,buscamos mostrar como a violência é umacondição da existência, refletida nosaspectos complexos e sutis dos escritos deGenet. Depois, procuramos indicar como odesejo de violência permeia a relaçãoentre o poeta e seus personagens,mostrando-se, assim, como força decriação. Em seguida, desnudamos o corpocomo possibilidade de experimentaçãoconstante, e, por vezes, extrema, seja nocrime, na reclusão, no sexo ou na miséria.Por fim, agregando todos esses aspectos,acreditamos que a escritura genetiana sedesvela como uma espécie de ‘alegriatrágica’, na qual, por meio de umaexcitação com a vida, há uma formaprópria de afirmação.
Arthur Schnitzler, o duplo de Freud, e o conceito de histeria em Senhorita Else e Crônica de uma vida de mulher
Authors: Wels Érica Schlude
Published: November 2018

No presente artigo, faz-se uso da literaturacomo lócus privilegiado de produção desaberes, sem se opor à noção de verdadeou de realidade. Nesse sentido, acredita-se que a literatura antecipa saberes e dávoz a discursos marginais. A cidade deViena da virada do século XIX para o XXtraduz o Zeitgeist (espírito da época), pois,centro da modernidade artística, cultivagrande interesse pelos temas do mundointerior e apresenta, em seudesenvolvimento social e arquitetônico,modernidade e tradição. A decadência daordem imperial entra em choque com asnovas correntes de pensamento,configurando um Ortgeist (espírito delugar) marcado pela ambivalência. Nessemanancial, desenvolvem-se as obras deSigmund Freud (1856-1939) e ArthurSchnitzler (1862-1931), este o duplo(Doppelgänger) do Pai da Psicanálise. Naobra de Schnitzler, o conceito de histeriaganha voz e corpo nas personagens Else,de Senhorita Else (1924), e Therese, deCrônica de uma Vida de Mulher (1928).
Prostituição, propriedade e legalidade: uma análise do conto Leão-de-chácara, de João Antônio
Authors: Bautz Diego Kauê
Published: November 2018

Através da análise do conto Leão-de-chácara (2008), de João Antônio,pretendeu-se observar o modo deelaboração de uma voz de contestaçãoaos documentos oficiais de umdeterminado período histórico da cidadedo Rio de Janeiro. Para que este objetivofosse alcançado, partiu-se de uma análisedo texto para propor um diálogo, apoiadoem Benjamin (1987), com o seu contextode produção e as suas reverberações nopresente. A leitura, então, indicou que oconto constrói a perspectiva de um sujeitopobre que não hesita em explorarmulheres para garantir uma aparênciaburguesa, e que reverbera napermanência da noção de legalidadeorientada por uma concepção de classeque evita o questionamento daqueles quepertencem ao campo dos proprietários, aopasso que é utilizada como ferramenta deperseguição aos pertencentes às classeseleitas como perigosas.
A MONTANHA QUE GUARDA OS JARDINS DO RIO: A PERCEPÇÃO DE RUDYARD KIPLING SOBRE O BRASIL
Authors: Silva Adriana Oliveira da , Carvalho Mayara da Conceição Gonçalves , Lima Paulo Da Silva
Published: November 2018

O referido estudo tem o objetivo de fazeruma reflexão sobre a percepção deRudyard Kipling a respeito do Brasil e dopovo brasileiro na crônica A Montanhaque Guarda os Jardins do Rio. O texto, emquestão, pertence ao livro As Crônicas doBrasil, a obra foi publicada inicialmenteem 1927 e traduzida em uma ediçãobilíngue em 2006. Possui sete crônicas querelatam as impressões de Kipling durantesua viagem pelo país na mesma data depublicação. Na segunda década do séculoXX, o Brasil vive um momento literáriomoderno, com influência das VanguardasEuropeias. A estrutura da obra apresentaum padrão, todas as crônicas sãoprecedidas por um poema que a ilustra.Os textos apresentam registros deaspectos de Pernambuco, Bahia, São Pauloe Rio de Janeiro. A análise da percepçãodo autor dar-se à luz dos conhecimentosdesenvolvidos por Machado (2000), Pinto-Correa (2003), entre outros.
Há imundícies sobre tua cabeça, Édipo!
Authors: Valle Diego Gomes do
Published: November 2018

ANSPACH, Mark R. Édipo mimético. Trad. Ana Lúcia Costa. São Paulo: É Realizações, 2012.
O poema Lambe a espinha: poesia e fotografias no caderno das inviabilidades, de Elisa Caetano e Laís Blanco
Authors: Bolognin Renan Augusto Ferreira
Published: November 2018

CAETANO, ELIZA; BLANCO, LAÍS. O CADERNO DAS INVIABILIDADES. BRAGANÇA PAULISTA,SP: URUTAU, 2016. 98 P.
LITERATURA, UM PATRIMÔNIO EDUCACIONAL DE REFLEXÃO SOCIAL E POLÍTICA
Authors: Bertolino Linda Maria De Jesus , Lima Rogério
Published: November 2018

Este trabalho se dispõe a refletir sobre aarticulação entre a literatura, o sujeito eas habilidades sociopolíticas, pondo emevidência questões como humanização edireito; representação literária epossibilidade do real, a fim de que sepossa pensar sobre a importância doconhecimento literário na formaçãointelectual e humana do cidadão. Nele,advoga-se que a literatura é antes de tudoum patrimônio que agrega em sipossibilidades de saberes, sejam elessociais, políticos, históricos ou culturais.Assim, sob essa perspectiva, direi que aliteratura educa, uma vez que o seu tecidose constitui do individual e do coletivo, oque impõe dizer que esse patrimônio, queé a literatura, é feito da matéria damemória, considerando que as imagensrepresentadas no universo da criaçãoliterária se dão a partir de elementosinternos e externos que circundam eorientam o corpo do escritor.
VOZES DE TCHERNÓBIL: O REGISTRO CULTURAL DO “HOMEM DE TCHERNÓBIL”
Authors: Magno Rebeca Alexandre
Published: November 2018

A jornalista e escritora bielorrussaSvetlana Aleksiévitch reuniu em um ciclode obras a experiência de homens emulheres comuns que viram suas vidas setransformarem completamente diante deum evento traumático. A presença denarrativas biográficas nessas obras érelevante não só para entender os eventosque marcaram a história da ex-União dasRepúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas (URSS),como para transmitir conhecimentoatravés dessas narrativas.O presente artigo utilizou como baseteórica a abordagem que Walter Benjaminemprega para defender a narrativa comodifusora de patrimônio cultural, buscandocompreender a atuação do leitor no quediz respeito a sua receptividade àsnarrativas presentes em Vozes deTchernóbil, livro que aborda a vidadaqueles que foram afetados pela enormedispersão de partículas radioativas naatmosfera, após a explosão na usinanuclear de Tchernóbil, reconhecendoelementos textuais que contribuem para adurabilidade da obra e transmissão dopatrimônio cultural após a catástrofe deTchernóbil.
25 Years of Microplasma Science and Applications: A Status Report
Authors: Becker K. H.
Published: November 2018

Microplasmas gained recognition as a distinct area of research within the larger field of plasma science about 25 years ago.  Since then, the activity in microplasma research and applications has continuously increased.  This paper provides a summary of some of the pertinent developments of microplasma sources that have contributed to making this field an exciting and rapidly growing area of interest, both in terms of scientific challenges and technological opportunities.
A view at sarcopenia by endocrinologist
Authors: Mokrysheva Natalia G. , Krupinova Julia A. , Volodicheva Victoriya L. , Mirnaya Svetlana S. , Melnichenko Galina A.
Published: November 2018

Sarcopenia is one of the syndromes that significantly affects the health and life of the patient. Sarcopenia is a polyetiological syndrome with a complex, insufficiently studied pathogenesis, in which endocrine factors play a leading role. Comorbidity of elderly patients creates difficulties in differential diagnosis of existing pathology. The combination of sarcopenia with various endocrine pathologies, such as obesity, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency leads to a more severe course of disease and a worse prognosis for the quality and life expectancy of the patient. In this case, in some situations, the patient's condition can be improved by assessing pathogenetic causes and their elimination. Thus, the endocrinologist should pay more attention to the sarcopenia syndrome and its correction, as well as for its prevention at the earliest stages.
Video-Mediated Listening and Multiliteracies
Authors: Losada Rivas Jhon Jairo , Suaza Cardozo David Alfonso
Published: November 2018

Multiliteracies is an innovative approach that helps understanding learning and teaching processes in current times. Besides, how these processes take place in new societies, regarding multiplicity and diversity in changing contexts, situations, meaning sources and discourses. Based on the need to explore the incidence of multiliteracies in EFL education, this study presents the ways in which video-mediated listening activities contribute to the construction of new meanings in an EFL setting. This qualitative action research was carried out at a private school of Rivera, Huila with 11th grade students. Pedagogical interventions involved all students (16), nonetheless convenience sampling was used to narrow research data to six participants. The goal was to analyze how the construction of meaning was developed through the implementation of video-mediated listening activities under a multiliteracies approach. Data were collected through field notes, pupil diaries, interviews and students’ artifacts obtained from class implementations. The findings show that students established interactions with different sources of information provided by the videos that enabled them to create and disclose new meanings derived from their transformed interpretations. The results also shed light on how video-mediated listening activities foster students’ understandings of their own learning processes.            Keywords: Video-mediated listening, meaning-making process, multiliteracies, EFL learning.
Early EFL Instruction and L1 Literacy
Authors: Lindahl Kristen M , Sayer Peter
Published: November 2018

This study investigates the relationship between early English as a foreign language (EFL) learning and L1 literacy development in Mexican public schools. Researchers sought confirmatory findings about whether and in which ways early EFL exposure may affect students’ L1 literacy skills via a study evaluating the L1 Spanish literacy of 61 first graders using an adapted literacy assessment. Experimental group participants received EFL instruction during grades K-1, and those in the control group did not. A one-way independent samples comparison of means on the literacy assessment revealed that participants from the experimental group who had received EFL instruction scored significantly higher on all sections of the assessment than those participants in the control group. Results may inform programmatic decision-making about simultaneous or sequential approaches on the impact of early EFL on biliteracy development, with broader implications that examine who has access to early EFL instruction, and whether it will ultimately lead to higher L2 proficiency.
Ekstrak Tanaman Binahong sebagai Pengendali Penyakit Hawar Pelepah Daun Padi
Authors: Yulia Endah , Widiantini Fitri
Published: November 2018

Binahong Extract for Controlling Sheath Blight Disease of Rice PaddySheath blight disease, caused by Rhizoctonia solani, is an important disease that can affect rice production. The disease is commonly controlled using synthetic fungicides. This study was aimed to test the potential of binahong plant (Anredera cordifolia) as botanical fungicide to inhibit the growth of R. solani and the development of blight disease on rice seedlings. The research was conducted in 2 stages, i.e. in vitro and rice seedling testing. In vitro test was carried out on PDA medium containing different concentrations of binahong leaf extract (0.125%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 1%, and 2%). Rice seedling testing was completed by soaking rice seeds in five concentrations of binahong leaf extract followed by inoculation of R. solani.  The experiments were arranged in a completely randomized design. The variables observed consist of inhibitory ability of binahong leaf extract, colony morphology of R. solani, and disease incidence. Binahong leaf extract inhibited 35.2% growth of R. solani colonies. Treatment of binahong leaf extract had some effects on mycelium of R. solani; macroscopically the mycelium was shorter, thinner and congregated, whereas microscopically it was smaller, elongated and tended to be colourless compared to control. The treatment of 2% binahong leaf extract on rice seeds decreased the incidence of seedling blight disease with the effectiveness reached 100%. Thus, binahong leaf extract has the potential to suppress sheath blight disease caused by R. solani.
THE POSITION OF THE GUARANTOR IN RECONCILIATION ON THE BANKRUPTCY ACT ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF BANKRUPTCY IN INDONESIA
Authors: Mahmudah Siti , Badriyah Siti Malikhatun , Rahmanda Bagus
Published: November 2018

The existence of the guarantor in the world of business is widely known and required in the business world. Guarantor is stipulated in the agreement of guarantor which states that the Guarantor will pay the debt of debtor to its creditor if the debtor do not pay. The debt fulfillment of debtor to creditor  can be done through the Bankruptcy Act which ended with reconciliation. The purpose of this research is to examine the position of the Guarantor in reconciliation on the Bankruptcy Act according to the Law of Bankruptcy in Indonesia, with the problem of how the position of the guarantor against debt fulfillment of debtor which ended with reconciliation in bankruptcy in Indonesia, and as a result of the approval of reconciliation in the bankruptcy of the submission of the claim the statement of bankrupt guarantor. The approach used in this research is the normative juridical, with a descriptive specifications analysis with the type of secondary data through the study of primary, secondary and tertiary legal material library which is then analyzed by qualitative research. The reconciliation that passed in bankruptcy does not always result to receivables of the creditors being paid for. Based on the provisions of Article 165 paragraph (1) Of Law No. 37 Of 2004 on Bankruptcy and Suspension of Obligation for Payment of Debts,Guarantor will still be obligated to pay off the debtor's debts that are borne which can cause the guarantor privileged as the debtor so it can be filed for bankruptcy if fulfilled the provisions of Article 2 paragraph (1) Of Law No. 37 Of 2004 on Bankruptcy and Suspension of Obligation for Payment of Debts.
Status of Coral Health and Disease in Kessilampe Waters, Kendari, South East Sulawesi
Authors: Palupi Ratna Diyah , Rahmadani Rahmadani , Ira Ira
Published: November 2018

Diseases of coral reef organisms have become a global threat to coral reefs and a major cause of reef deterioration. The presence of coral diseases influence marine resources productivity that interact with coral reefs. The purpose of this research is to identify coral disease types and prevalence which include coral health compromiser. Data collection was done by using 40 m2 belt transects at three observation stations. The result showed that the White Syndrome (WS), Bleaching, Ulcerative White Spot (UWS), Skeleton Eroding Band (SEB), White Patch (WP), and Non Focal Bleaching were found at research sites, while the coral health compromisers were Sediment damage, fish bite, invertebrate galls, flatworm infestation, and pigmentation response. In addition disease of White Syndrome (WS), Bleaching, and Ulcerative White Spot (UWS) were the main disease with prevalence of disease is approximately 4%, while the others were lower than 1%. Overall the prevalence of diseases (14,52%) is higher than compromise health (13,98%). A total of 186 coral colonies observed with 27 colonies were affected by diseases. Meanwhile, the waters quality (salinity, pH, and nitrate) were below the threshold quality standards for marine aquatic animal and not supported of coral organism was presume organisms against pathogens bacterial. Although the prevalence of coral disease is still in normal condition but the decrease of water quality can lead the risk. Good management is required from local government to improve the water quality especially from terrestrial impact.
PERAN INDONESIA DALAM MEMERANGI TERORISME
Authors: Windiani Reni
Published: November 2018

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 in World Trade Centre (WTC), terrorism becomes a hot issue trough out the world. Almost all states agree to counter terrorism, because terrorism is against humanitarianism, and it has caused losses in economy, politics, and psychology.This research is aimed to describe and analyze Indonesia’s multi pronged approach to counter terrorism by using qualitative research method. Based on the data and information provided could be concluded that Indonesia’s role in countering terrorism is seen through three aspects, Government has made a legal frame work on anti-terrorism, form an institution which focus on cooperate with ASEAN. Meanwhile in international level, Indonesia has signed an agreement made by the United Nation, and cooperated with other non-ASEAN countries.Based on the result of this research, researcher’s suggestions for strengthening Indonesia counter terrorism efforts over the next decade are: intensifying coordination and communication between the central government and local government in the domestic level in order to implement what has been written in the legal framework. In the regional level, ASEAN needs to increase cooperation related to information and defense. Lastly, in the international level, there
MOBILISASI WISATAWAN ASING TERHADAP POTENSI ANCAMAN NON TRADISIONAL DI INDONESIA
Authors: Fathun Laode Muhammad
Published: November 2018

This paper aims to explain the problem is getting the massive influx of foreign tourists to Indonesia. Massive foreign tourists to Indonesia appeared to have an impact on the potential threat of non-traditional Indonesia. The number of foreign travelers resulted by the government to capitalize on the object of the tourism industry as one of the country's foreign exchange objects. With the method of qualitative analysis supported by data collection techniques secondary and primary then produced the conclusion that the massive rating aving to Indonesia because of a) policies shaft maritime Jokowi as one of orientation is the development of the tourism industry, b) bilateral relations between Indonesia and a number of countries is getting more intense including in the field of pariwisatwa, trade, investment, energy, etc., c) the geopolitical posture especially Indonesian mainly sea access easier for foreign tourists to visit Indonesia, including the illegal way. The result is a policy response one BVK make many visits to Indonesia. The impact potentially against illegal behavior in the form of non tradisionaal threat of the emergence of illegal labor. This is related to the inability of the state to provide employment for its citizens but to take the labor of other countries. Thus, the policy of rating mobilization efforts should be supervised by all sides because of the potential not only to the emergence of foreign workers but other illegal behavior such as drug dealers.
Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pemanfaatan Jamban Keluarga di Kecamatan Jatibarang Kabupaten Brebes
Authors: Apriyanti Laeli , Widjanarko Bagoes , Laksono Budi
Published: November 2018

Background: Based on Basic of Health Research in 2013, as many as 39-40 million people still defecated carelessly, including those who dumped their waste into the river. In Brebes Regency in 2017, the District Budget Fund has built 1298 latrines for poor families. But from the evaluation and preliminary studies reported that there are still many families that have not utilized the latrine to the fullest. This study aims to analyze the factors influence the utilization of family latrines in Jatibarang Subdistrict, Brebes Regency.Method: This study is an analytic observational design using a cross sectional approach to analyze the factors influence the use of family latrines. The sample of this study was selected purposively as many as 103 heads of households involved who met the inclusion criteria, namely families who received latrine program through the district budget funds from 3 villages in Jatibarang Subdistrict.Results: There is a significant relationship between knowledge, attitudes, defecation habits, and family support with the use of family latrines. There is no significant relationship between education level, family income, health worker support, community leaders support, availability of clean water, distance a place to defecate in addition to latrines on the use of family latrines. It is recommended that increasing knowledge and attitudes to respondents as well as supports from family were also needed in improving utilizing latrines.
Paralel Spatial Pyramid Convolutional Neural Network untuk Verifikasi Kekerabatan berbasis Citra Wajah
Authors: Rachmadi Reza Fuad , Purnama I Ketut Eddy
Published: November 2018

In this paper, we proposed a parallel spatial pyramid CNN classifier for image-based kinship verification problem. Two face images that compared for kinship verification treated as input for each parallel convolutional network of our classifier. Each parallel convolutional network constructed using spatial pyramid CNN classifier. At the end of the convolutional network, we use three fully connected layers to combine each spatial pyramid CNN features and decided the final kinship prediction. We tested the proposed classifier using large-scale kinship verification dataset, called FIW dataset, consists of seven kinship problems from 1,000 families. In our approach, we treated each kinship problem as a binary classification problem with two output. We train our classifier separately for each kinship problem with same training configuration. Overall, our proposed method can achieve an average accuracy of more than 60% and outperform the baseline method.
Soil Organic-Matter in Water-Stable Aggregates Under Different Soil-Management Practices
Authors: Šimanský Vladimír , Horák Ján , Clothier Brent , Buchkina Natalya , Igaz Dušan
Published: November 2018

An experiment of different management practices in a commercial vineyard, which was established in 2006 in the locality of Nitra-Dražovce, Slovakia on Rendzic Leptosol, was used to evaluate the dynamics of soil organic-matter parameters during the years 2008–2015. The following treatments were established: 1. G (grass without fertilisation as control), 2. T (tillage), 3. T+FYM (tillage + farmyard manure), 4. G+NPK3 (grass + 3rd intensity of fertilisation for vineyards: it means 125 kg/ha N, 50 kg/ha P, 185 kg/ha K), and 5. G+NPK1 (grass + 1st intensity of fertilisation for vineyards: it means 100 kg/ha N, 30 kg/ha P, 120 kg/ha K). The results showed that the soil-management practices in the vineyard significantly influenced the soil organic carbon in water-stable aggregates (SOC in WSA). The content of SOC in WSAma increased on average in the following order: T < G < G+NPK1 < G+NPK3 < T+FYM. Intensive soil cultivation in the T treatment resulted in a statistically significant build-up of SOC in WSAma at an average rate of 1.33, 1.18, 0.97, 1.22 and 0.76 g/kg/y across the size fractions > 5 mm, 5‒3 mm, 2–1 mm, 1–0.5 mm and 0.5–0.25 mm, respectively. The content of non-labile carbon reflected the contents of SOC in WSA. The highest labile carbon (CL) in WSAma, as compared to others, was found in T+FYM. Overall, application of higher NPK doses resulted in higher content of CL in WSAma compared with the lower applications of NPK. On the other hand, lower applications of NPK to soil increased the content of CL in WSAmi, as compared to G+NPK3.
Anti-Competitive Behaviour of State Monopolies from the Economics Approach with Reference to Vietnam’s State Monopolies
Authors: Long Tran Thang
Published: November 2018

This paper studies the theoretical underpinning of anti-competitive behaviour of state monopolies under different economics approaches and focuses particularly on the Structure–Conduct–Performance (SCP) paradigm. It argues that the market conduct of state monopolies is no different from that of other firms and market power serves as the motivation for anti-competitive behaviour of firms. The paper ends with a discussion about Vietnam’s state monopolies and how their anti-competitive behaviour is explained from the viewpoint of the economics approach.
Lyrical prose and the ritualistic: Lyricality as an interpretative lens for analysing C. C. Krijgelmans’s short story “Homunculi”
Authors: Janssens Nele
Published: November 2018

Homunculi (1967) is the first short story collection by the Flemish-Belgian experimental writer Claude C. Krijgelmans. The stories challenge narrative conventions. The title story of the collection mainly experiments with formal conventions: it foregrounds rhythmic repetition and musicality, and deviates from grammatical rules. These features are conventionally associated with lyrical poetry, rather than with narrative texts. Moreover, the text thematises rituals, which hints at the presence of a ritualistic quality that is often linked with lyrical texts. This article focuses on the lyrical elements in “Homunculi” and associates them with the ritualistic. I define lyricality as a literary mode that consists of lyrical tendencies, which can be realised in different ways. The ritualistic quality associated with this mode can be defined as a recurrent combination of lyrical tendencies. The ritualistic involves both semantic and formal aspects. Semantically, it is characterised as an impersonal quality of language. Formally, the ritualistic is memorable, non-representational language. The focus on lyricality enables a working definition of the ritualistic. Approaching “Homunculi” with lyricality as an interpretative lens has theoretical as well as analytical advantages. First, it situates the prose text in a wider tradition of lyrical, ritualistic texts. Next, the focus on lyricality reveals new interpretative possibilities for “Homunculi”. Against that background, this paper demonstrates the need for a narratology that considers the interaction between narrativity and other modes, like lyricality.