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Retraction of a ‘hot-headed resignation’ caused by depression: Lessons from Cairncross/Legal and Tax (Pty) Ltd 2019 (2) BALR 137 (CCMA)
Authors: Mangammbi Mafanywa Jeffrey
Published: January 2024

Unlike its celebrated siblings, Metropolitan Health Risk Management v Majatladi 2015 (36) ILJ 958 (LAC) (‘Majatladi’), National Health Laboratory Service v Yona (2015) 36 ILJ 2259 (LAC) (‘Yona’) and HC Heat Exchangers (Pty) Ltd v Araujo 2020 (3) BLLR 280 (LC) (‘HC Heat Exchangers’), Cairncross/Legal and Tax (Pty) Ltd 2019 (2) BALR 137 (CCMA) (‘Cairncross’) is the black sheep of the constructive dismissal family. The arbitration award in Cairncross brings into sharp focus emotional distress in the context of constructive dismissal. Cairncross provides a platform to isolate some of the critical issues that have arisen in recent times concerning constructive dismissal. First, there is a troublesome jurisdictional puzzle: Has the employee resigned or was he or she dismissed? Secondly, the case deals with the vexed question of what would constitute intolerable circumstances to continue the employment relationship, and in particular, whether work-related stress could form the basis of a constructive dismissal claim. In the case under scrutiny, the employee had claimed that her depression was attributable to the unbearable working environment. The basis of her claim of intolerability of continued employment was that an employer has a common-law and statutory duty to provide a safe working environment, which it had failed to deliver. Lastly, Cairncross also brings to the fore a consideration of the effect of tendering a resignation and the aggrieved employee’s subsequent attempt to withdraw it. The question that is answered is whether an employer’s failure to accept the withdrawal of resignation by an employee suffering from work-related stress constitutes a type of constructive dismissal.
PENGEMBANGAN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BERBASIS PENDEKATAN PENEMUANTERBIMBING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SMPN.1 SOSOPAN
Authors: Juliana Minarti , Rizqi Nur Rahmi , Arini Lilis
Published: January 2024

Latar belakang masalah penelitian ini adalah rendahnya kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis siswa yang disebabkan perangkat pembelajaran tidak mendukung kemampuan tersebut. Penelitian bertujuan untuk: (1) memperoleh perangkat pembelajaran yang valid dan efektif, (2) mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis siswa dengan menggunakan perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan berbasis pendekatan penemuan terbimbing. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan. Model pengembangan yang digunakan adalah model 4-D dari Tiagarajan, dkk. Uji coba I di kelas VIII-1 dan uji coba II di kelas VIII-2 SMP N.1SOSOPAN. Perangkat Pembelajaran yang dikembangkan yaitu Buku Siswa (BS), dan Lembar Kerja Siswa (LKS). Setiap perangkat memenuhi aspek validitas dan reliabilitas. Dari hasil pengembangan ini diperoleh bahwa: (1) Validitas Perangkat pembelajaran valid yaitu  validitas BS = 4,67, dan LKS = 4,63 dan efektivitas perangkat pembelajaran efektif dilihat dari ketercapaian ketuntasan belajar siswa, aktivitas siswa dalam batas toleransi yang ditetapkan dan respon siswa terhadap pembelajaran dalam kategori baik; (2) persentase peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa pada uji coba I adalah 12,5% dan pada uji coba II 20,6 %; serta rata-rata peningkatan disposisi matematis siswa pada uji coba I adalah 0,49 poin dan pada uji coba II adalah 0,54 poin.
Students’ Perception on the Role of Guidance and Counselling Services on Behavior in Private Secondary Schools in Bugesera District, Rwanda
Authors: Mukandoli Marie Immaculee , Phyllis Dr. Muraya , Nzangi Dr. Alice
Published: January 2024

Despite availability of guidance and counselling services in many secondary schools, many students are reluctant to seek those services. Students` attitude is important in determining the uptake of guidance and counselling services. Therefore, this study sought to determine the perception of students on the role of guidance and counselling services on behavior change among students in selected private secondary schools in Bugesera District in Rwanda. The study’s objectives were: to determine students’ perception on the aims of guidance and counselling services; to examine the attitude of students towards guidance and counselling; and to interrogate the students’ perception on the role of guidance and counselling services on behavior change among students. The study was grounded on Gestalt Theory of Perception and Maslow Hierarchy of Needs. The target population was 860 students from two private secondary schools. A sample of 274 was drawn using both convenient and probability systematic sampling techniques. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. The research employed descriptive survey design. The study established that most students perceived the aims of guidance and counselling services as that of helping them improve their academic performance (84.2%); prevent early pregnancies (81.6%); provide information in making career choices (81.6%) as well as raising students’ self-esteem (79.5%). The study also revealed that the attitude of students was positive as 73.1% were willing to seek counselor’s help; 70.6% were ready to see a counselor or referred elsewhere when necessary while 70.6% were willing to be referred to see a counselor. The study revealed that most students perceived the role of guidance and counselling in behavior change as effective in reducing crimes in schools (86.2%); helping students perform better in co-curriculum activities (82%); improve students’ study habits (80.9%) as well as increases students` self-esteem (80. 9%).This implied that most students perceived the role of guidance and counselling as effective in influencing behavior change. The study recommended that the school administrators should sustain efforts to promote positive attitudes towards seeking counseling help.
Legal Completion of the Law on Land Acquisition for Socio-Economic Development Purposes in Vietnam
Authors: Son Cao Thanh
Published: January 2024

Lawsuits related to land acquisition activities for socio-economic development purposes are widespread. Most projects have cases where people with land acquired lodge lawsuits to protect their legitimate rights and interests. This fact shows that the land acquisition for socio-economic development purposes and legal provisions, as well as the mechanism of compensation, support, and resettlement applicable to persons whose land is acquired, still needs more to be considered for amendment and supplementation. In particular, the determination of the scope and limit of land acquisition, the compensation value, and policies on support and resettlement are the core issues to ensure the balance of interests of both the State, investors, and people whose land is acquired not only in the short term but also in the long term. The article synthesizes existing inadequacies and offers several grounded and long-term solutions and recommendations in land acquisition activities for socio-economic development.
Ocular Poetics of Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White
Authors: Hatipoğlu Gülden
Published: January 2024

The aim of this article is to explore the critical role of vision and act of seeing in the poetics of Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White in the context of the ocular dynamics of the nineteenth-century in general and the generic markers of the sensation novel in particular. The conceptual equivalence Collins builds between the agencies of seeing and knowing will be explored by paying particular attention to the ways in which power is exercised on the axis of the modality of the visual. Taking visibility and invisibility as the controlling agencies in The Woman in White, the discussion will focus on exploring the scopic aspects of the novel in its historical and theoretical context, and reading the semiosphere of the novel as a dynamic space of interaction between and vision and ocular power.
Out of the Blue? Epilepsy, Sensation and Wilkie Collins’s Poor Miss Finch
Authors: Mangham Andrew
Published: January 2024

In Wilkie Collins’s 1872 novel Poor Miss Finch, epilepsy is represented as an event which brings modifying effects through the kind of writing developed in Collins’s earlier, more ‘canonical’ sensation fictions. Drawing on ideas explored in the medical literature of his day, especially the works of Edward Sieveking, Charles Radcliffe, and Russell Reynolds, Collins portrays epileptic disorder as a shock which establishes a new plot trajectory and allows for an examination of the apparent intersections between biology, identity, and different models of (biological) determinism. The argyria experienced by Oscar Dubourg in response to chemical treatment for epileptic seizures and the theft of his identity by his identical twin brother Nugent both literalise a perceived loss of character believed to be an effect of epilepsy. But in Oscar the neurological condition also allows for modifications in the development of new, heroic, and sympathetic depths of character. The theories of neurological compensation developed by John Hughlings Jackson inspired Poor Miss Finch to demonstrate how the calamitous and the sensational (embodied here in epileptic seizures) play a fundamental role in real life and that our constitutions have evolved to respond creatively and dynamically to such events.
The Archetype of the Anima and the Phenomenon of Anima Projection in Wilkie Collins’s Basil
Authors: Bakay Gönül
Published: January 2024

First published in 1852, Wilkie Collins’s sensation novel Basil offers a very fascinating portrayal of anima projection through the story of an aristocratic young man against the backdrop of Victorian England. The protagonist of the novel falls head over heels in love with a mysterious dark lady called Margaret after a chance encounter on an omnibus. Following a hasty marriage with strange conditions, he spends a whole year in her company – neglecting his own family – until he discovers that he was deceived by Margaret who had been having an affair with her father’s clerk Mannion. This article argues that the intensity of the connection Basil feels for Margaret can be attributed to what the Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung called anima projection. Jung defined the archetype of the anima as the feminine element in a man and suggested that it was knowable only through projections that contained our own psychic contents. When we project our anima or animus on to a person, our perception of that person is fundamentally altered. As Basil’s case aptly illustrates, when the anima is projected, it is almost impossible to recognize it in us since it appears outside of us, embodied in another human being. Drawing on insights from Jungian psychoanalysis, this article will examine the archetype of the anima and the phenomenon of anima projection in Wilkie Collins’s Basil.
Narrative Cracks: Reconsidering Intentionality in Unreliable Narration in The Remains of the Day and The Moonstone
Authors: Oruç Sinem
Published: January 2024

Since Wayne Booth’s coinage of the term “unreliable narrator,” much critical ink has been spilled over the instances where the reliability of a narrator’s account is compromised, though without exploring the effects of the narrator’s intentional agency on unreliability. This study introduces the narratorial intent across the three levels of unreliable narration offered by Olson as a factor designating the disposition of a narrator and the gap between the implied reader and the narrator. With a rhetorical narratological approach that is in dialogue with cognitivist/constructivist approaches, the butler-narrators Stevens and Betteredge, from Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day (1989) and from Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone (1868) respectively, will be analyzed in terms of how the difference in their narratorial intent pertains to their being diametrically opposed unreliable narrators. It is claimed that the lack of intrinsic motivation distances Betteredge from the implied reader and makes him an untrustworthy narrator while strong narratorial intent and agency bonds Stevens’s audience to his narration and shows him as an unreliable, yet fallible, narrator.
Illegitimacy and Laws in Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White and No Name
Authors: Öztekin Sercan
Published: January 2024

Victorian sensation novels, in addition to their scandalous topics such as fraud, murder, adultery, bigamy, and madness, refer to Victorian laws and their construction by social and cultural standards. As a significant sensation novelist, one of the most important subjects Wilkie Collins calls for attention is illegitimacy, a social, political, and literary topic he recurrently employs in his fiction. In his novels The Woman in White (1860) and No Name (1862), he dwells on this issue, motivating the characters’ crimes and scandalous acts. In both novels, illegitimate characters act illegally to reconstruct their identities by challenging Victorian norms especially about illegitimacy. Concerning his life and his critique of Victorian laws and moral certitudes, this paper explores how Wilkie Collins employs and questions the theme of illegitimacy about crime, sensations, and social and legal problems that influence illegitimate children. After briefly examining illegitimacy and laws about it in Victorian England, it explores how the concept of illegitimacy is shaped and influenced by Victorian conventions and gender ideologies in the two novels.
The Epistemic and Material Violence Exerted Against Women in The Woman in White from a Posthuman Feminist Perspective
Authors: Kasurka Mahinur Gözde
Published: January 2024

Wilkie Collins’s novel The Woman in White (1860) can be taken as an embodiment of patriarchal dominion over-sexualized others of the discourse. In line with women’s holding a “less than” status when compared to men in the text, they are reduced to disposable bodies in posthumanist critic Rosi Braidotti’s sense of the term. The male characters’ representation as the universal representative of the human falls short in embracing the female characters. Hence, Anne’s imprisonment and Laura’s forced marriage in the text demonstrate the working mechanism of epistemic and material violence exerted against the ones who are deprived of the politically representable status by stripping them off their agentic potentialities. In tune with these considerations, this paper aims to find an answer if male and female characters in the novel are human to the same degree against the backdrop of feminist dimensions of posthumanism by highlighting exceptionalist politics as a consolidation of patriarchal logic. By extension, this study proposes to demystify how hierarchical binary thinking excludes more than what it includes in relation to woman. The article also interrogates if a bond of solidarity among women based on nondialectical relations of the self to the other might offer a solution by instilling feminist orientations of posthumanism.
Rhetorical Functions of Multiple Narrators and Focalization Shifts in Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone
Authors: Toprak Sakız Elif
Published: January 2024

Exploring the rhetorical functions of the multiple-narrator structure and constantly changing focalization in Wilkie Collins’s epistolary novel The Moonstone is the focus of this study. Key events with regard to the loss of the Indian diamond are narrated in a repetitive pattern, each time with a shift in perspective depending on who remains in the focal position. Genettian concepts of alternating internal/external focalization and multifarious functionalities of narrator(s) are embodied in The Moonstone, culminating in a prevailing sense of mystery, ambiguity as well as an equivocal state of reality as generic conventions, yet on an underlying level, they reflect the ambivalent engagement with imperialism in the novel. The witness-narrator, Gabriel Betteredge, is constantly involved in a number of extranarrative roles alongside his narrating function: the directing function, communication function, testimonial function and ideological function that help to establish a relationship with the implied reader. The multiple-narrator structure and the use of focalization shifts as well as various narrative and extranarrative functions as sources of power are the main features in the novel that expose its uncertainty in response to the idea of empire.
We Are All Monsters: How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us, by Andrew Mangham
Authors: İpekçi Yeşim
Published: January 2024

Andrew Mangham’s monograph entitled We Are All Monsters: How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us (2023, The MIT Press) explores the polyvocal nature of monster science across the period 1750-1900 and its dialogue with nineteenth-century literature. Mangham’s “monsters,” as defined in biological sciences, are “organisms … born with at least one permanent physiological defect” (p. 1). Guided by the approach disability studies takes towards the term “disability,” he explores how monster science defines monstrosity “not as a failure, but as an embodiment of, or a cog in the machine of, organic law” (p. 2). Monsters with their corporeal singularities and differences are integral to the laws of nature. They are not “by-products of the laws of natural development which they had failed in varying ways to embody,” but “the adaptive workings and the dynamic forces to which all life forms, normal and abnormal, owe their being” (p. 2). In other words, congenital anomalies or corporeal deviations are structural variations which are not the antithesis of what is “normal” or “natural,” but significations of life’s variety and the ingenuities of nature. Mangham’s choice of literary works from the long nineteenth century helps explore the interplay between monster science and literary or imaginary monsters, emphasizing how they represent monstrosity as central to the interpretation of nature’s diversity and creativity. Offering an in-depth survey of monster science across the period and its literary reverberations in nineteenth-century novels, We Are All Monsters interrogates the causes and meanings of monstrosities with the claim that congenital structural deformities or differences are not failures or violations of nature’s laws, but symbols of vital creativity. With this claim at the center of his work, Mangham explores how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841), and Lucas Malet’s The History of Sir Richard Calmady (1901) engage in dialogue with the ideas developed in monster science and problematize the meanings of difference and normalcy.
Wilkie Collins in Context, ed. by William Baker and Richard Nemesvari
Authors: Özkuzey Barışcan
Published: January 2024

Edited by William Baker and Richard Nemesvari, Wilkie Collins in Context is an extensive collection of essays that mark the 200th anniversary of Wilkie Collins’s birth by celebrating the multifaceted life of the author in four parts: life and works, critical response and afterlife, literary contexts, and cultural and social contexts. In the preface, Baker and Nemesvari put emphasis firstly on the treatment of Collins’s writing in his age as belonging to a second-class status, stemming from the fact that the most impact he had on the period’s culture has been through his sensation novels, especially The Woman in White and The Moonstone. Wilkie Collins in Context makes an invaluable contribution to the current scholarship of Collins, especially by including an extensive context regarding Collins in the same place as knowledge of his life and critical reception of his work.
Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction, by Stephen Knight
Authors: Vargün Ahmet Can
Published: January 2024

Stephen Knight’s monograph, Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction (2023, Routledge) is a detailed study of Wilkie Collins’ life and career as a complex and accomplished author; ultimately, it presents a call for more scholarly attention and interest in his works. The study engages Collins’ complete fiction by grounding his texts in historical and biographical context. Knight offers extensive background about events, politics, anecdotes, and interactions as Collins built his writing career. Moreover, the study presents details about Collins’ life, his engagement with the publishing industry, and his interaction with other authors at the time. By this approach, the book explores Collins’ literary production considering the influence of consumption, and the criticism of his works to better understand and position him as a complex and successful author. Knight’s monograph also offers historical context and recent scholarly criticism of Collins studies. While this exploration sheds light on Collins’ development as a successful author, producer of novelty, and a political voice, the study repeats the argument that Collins’ works have not received the scholarly attention they deserve.
GOLDEN PROFILOGRAPHY: AESTHETICS OF FACIAL PROPORTIONS IN A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA
Authors: Aguirre Valle Sugey Anaela , Apolo Carrión Yanderin Nicole , Auquilla Bravo Flavia , Jara Sangurima Joselyne Nayelly , Sauca Chalán Nancy Pilar , Bravo Calderon Manuel Estuardo
Published: January 2024

Introduction and objective. The approach to the harmony of a facial profile involves multiple studies, of which in this study the golden ratio and profiling are analysed to see the aesthetics and facial pattern of the patients.  Golden Profilography is defined as the drawing of the vertical facial profile of aesthetic proportions obtained by means of the golden section from a photograph of the facial profile. Material and methods. The Golden Profilography is a photograph of the facial profile with aesthetic proportions obtained from measurements of the patient's facial profile enlarged to life size, from which we take the measurement corresponding to the vertical nasal axis divided by the golden section. Results. We carried out this study in students of the Seventh Cycle of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca from different regions of the country, who underwent a radiographic examination in order to determine their profile, clearly for academic purposes.   A total of 27 students. All of them were profiled in the same way using the aforementioned software such as Nemocast. Conclusions. The facial profile obtained by the selected software verifies the golden aesthetics and it is evident that in a group of students a higher index of a mesofacial profile is reflected, which is historically known as a normal profile.
ДЕКАДЫ КАЗАХСКОГО ИСКУССТВА И ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ В МОСКВЕ (1936, 1958). ИСТОЧНИКОВЕДЧЕСКИЙ ОБЗОР
Authors: Imayo Assel
Published: January 2024

Проблема организационной деятельности в разрезе массовых гастролей тема, безусловно, мало раскрытая в Казахстане. Первые массовые гастроли деятелей искусства Казахской ССР предлагается рассмотреть в качестве первого подобного опыта для страны, как для руководителей, так и артистов.
Основу исследования составляют документы из центрального государственного актива. Сквозь призму архивных документов: постановлений, приказов и справок и пр., автор предлагает рассмотреть процессы подготовки к декадам, их результативность и инструменты реализации гастролей.
Уникальные архивные документы представили красочное обозрение события государственного масштаба – «Декады». Реализация крупного проекта, направленного на поддержку казахской культуры была успешна по многим причинам.  Автор описывает тактику популяризации казахской культуры в Москве, стратегии проведения сопутствующих мероприятий, распределения ресурсов, назначение ответственных лиц. Отдельное внимание было уделено казахстанским деятелям культуры и искусства. Конкретные действия Т. Жургенова, А. Жубанова, А. Затаевича и многих других, подтвержденные документально, нашли отражение в статье. Приведенные рецензии и публикации в СМИ по всей территории СССР говорят о безусловной значимости события «Декады» и мероприятий с ним связанных.
     Описанные декады 1936 и 1958 годов являются уникальными своего рода проектами, не имеющие аналогов ни в одной другой культуре (кроме стран СНГ). В своем потенциале – это некие незримые мосты точек соприкосновения принципов продвижения культуры в параллели с динамикой развития технологии современного арт-менеджмента с его признаками, теорией и практикой.
CULTURAL IDENTITY OF EMERGING FILMMAKERS: THE EXPERIENCE OF CENTRAL ASIAN STUDENT FILMS
Authors: Karim Ingkar , Bakeyeva Madina
Published: January 2024

This article explores the cultural impact of emerging filmmakers to Central Asian cinemathrough an analysis of their student films. The study aims to highlight the themes commonly used inCentral Asian student films and how they reflect the region’s cultural identity.Using a comparative analysis, this study examines a selection of student films from Central Asianfilm schools, analyzing the common themes and motifs present in the films. The results reveal that themost frequently used themes in Central Asian student films are cultural traditions, social issues, familydynamics, and gender roles.The analysis also indicates that these themes are depicted through a variety of film techniques,including framing, lighting, and camera angles, highlighting the influence of cultural values andaesthetics on the region’s filmmaking practices.The study concludes that Central Asian student films provide a unique insight into the region’scultural identity, as emerging filmmakers use their work to explore and represent their experiencesand perspectives. These films offer a platform for the expression of cultural values and ideas,highlighting the diversity and richness of the Central Asian region.The findings of this study contribute to the understanding of the cultural significance of emergingfilmmakers and the importance of cultural identity in worldwide cinematography. The articleemphasizes the need for continued support and recognition of Central Asian filmmakers and theirwork, providing a platform for the development and promotion of the region’s cultural identity.
Uso de anticoagulantes orales directos en pacientes con cáncer.
Authors: Ferrero MC , Gazzoni F , Maspero G , Molnar S
Published: January 2024

Introducción: La aparición de eventos tromboembólicos es una complicación frecuente en pacientes con cáncer. Es una población de difícil tratamiento por presentar mayor prevalencia de trombosis recurrente con un riesgo de ocurrencia anual del 20%; y de hemorragias con un riesgo de ocurrencia anual del 12%. Objetivos: describir la población de pacientes de la Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola con cáncer y trombosis tratados con anticoagulantes orales directos (DOACs); identificar la presencia de complicaciones hemorrágicas: sangrado mayor (SM), sangrado clínicamente relevante (SCR); y la presencia de trombosis recurrente. Materiales y métodos: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo en mayores de 18 años con cáncer activo y tromboembolismo venoso anticoagulados con DOACs (rivaroxaban y apixaban). Resultados: la población fue de 49 pacientes. el 61% fue de sexo femenino, y la edad media de 60 años. El promedio de días de tratamiento anticoagulante que recibió cada paciente fue de 314 días. El sitio del tumor primario fue: 21% de los casos mama (n 10), 14% (n 7) tumores del tracto gastrointestinal y 14 % (n 7) tumores de pulmón. Otras localizaciones fueron: riñón, melanoma, vesícula, próstata, vejiga, páncreas, linfoma, mieloma, sistema nervioso central. El 16% de los pacientes presentaron compromiso de SNC (2% (n 1) glioblastoma, 14% (n 7) metástasis cerebrales). En cuanto a la terapia oncológica 12 pacientes (25 %) recibieron terapia target, 24 pacientes (50%) anticuerpos monoclonales, 27 pacientes (55%) quimioterapia tradicional, 2 pacientes drogas inmunomoduladores, 1 paciente recibió sólo tratamiento quirúrgico y 2 pacientes adicionaron radioterapia. Durante el tratamiento, 14 (28.5%) pacientes recibieron reducción de dosis de la droga anticoagulante. De la subpoblación restante de 35 pacientes, 7 casos (20 %) de los pacientes presentaron episodios de retrombosis intratratamiento y 8 pacientes (23%) presentaron episodios de hemorragia (9 % SM y 14% SCR). Discusión: En comparación con la bibliografía nuestra población presentó un porcentaje mayor de trombosis recurrente así como de SM y SCR. No se encontró relación estadísticamente significativa entre el tipo de anticoagulante, la localización tumoral, la presencia de metástasis en sistema nervioso central, el peso extremo, la alteración de la función renal o hepática ni el tipo de tratamiento oncológico que recibían. Conclusión: El tratamiento con DOACs se asociaron a mayor trombosis recurrente y complicaciones hemorrágicas en nuestra población, comparado con la literatura. Los DOACs son una opción actual de tratamiento en los pacientes con cáncer. Se necesita mayor número de pacientes para determinar la seguridad y eficacia de DOACs en pacientes oncológicos de la vida real (excluidos de los ensayos clínicos).
Leucemia mieloide crónica: ¿Es posible la remisión libre de tratamiento fuera de ensayos clínicos?
Authors: Pavlovsky C , Tannuri RK
Published: January 2024

La obtención de respuestas moleculares profundas para considerar la discontinuación de tratamiento,es hoy uno de los objetivos en leucemia mieloide crónica (LMC). El beneficio se asocia no solo a la mejoría en la calidad de vida de los pacientes, sino también al impacto de independizarse de un tratamiento crónico y sus secuelas tardías. Del total de pacientes con LMC, un grupo muy selecto logrará permanecer de por vida sin tratamiento, ya que un 30% de los pacientes podrán cumplir criterios para discontinuar y de ellos el 50% presentará recurrencia de la enfermedad. A pesar de que numerosos protocolos de investigación han demostrado que la discontinuación es posible y segura en pacientes que han obtenido respuestas moleculares profundas y sostenidas, los mismos no reflejan cohortes de la vida real y sus resultados no son aplicables a todos los pacientes. La condición ideal para llevar a cabo la discontinuación en nuestra región, es bajo un protocolo de investigación, sin embargo, ciertas condiciones empujan a realizarlo fuera del mismo. Las condiciones irremplazables a considerar al momento de discontinuar el tratamiento en la práctica clínica son: asegurar la realización de un monitoreo molecular en escala internacional, seriado post discontinuación adaptado a las recomendaciones o guías publicadas. Asegurar que se cumplan todos los criterios recomendados para discontinuar sin riesgos. Dedicar tiempo para explicar al paciente los pros y contras de la discontinuación. Aunque el monitoreo molecular secuencial es crítico para detectar pacientes con recaída, la predicción de la precisión continúa siendo un desafío. Pocos datos hay en la actualidad respecto al posible papel contribuyente del sistema inmunológico en pacientes que logran una respuesta molecular profunda con inhibidores de tirosina quinasa (ITQ). El alto costo de los ITQ, su tratamiento prologando y el aumento de la sobrevida con el consiguiente incremento de la prevalencia de la enfermedad, tienen un alto impacto financiero. En nuestra región, es imposible hablar de discontinuar el tratamiento en LMC, si no se considera al monitoreo molecular como la principal herramienta que se deberia garantizar al paciente desde su diagnóstico, seguimiento y post discontinuación. Considerar el redireccionamiento de los recursos ahorrados al tratamiento para cubrir esta necesidad insatisfecha, es hoy un tema no resuelto en Argentina.
O PLANEJAMENTO EM SAÚDE QUANTO À ATENÇÃO HOSPITALAR NO ESTADO DO ESPÍRITO SANTO
Authors: Cunha Daniela Joana de Castro , Jastrow Juliana Maria Bello , Elbani Ana Carolina Lopes , Bezerra Italla Maria Pinheiro
Published: January 2024

Objetivo: analisar a efetividade do planejamento e gestão na realização das estratégias e ações propostas, destacando sua importância na tomada de decisão dos gestores da saúde. Método: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório-descritivo, de análise documental, de natureza quantitativa, com coleta de dados retrospectivos, no qual compreendeu a atenção hospitalar no estado do Espírito Santo, no período de 2019-2021, com ênfase na execução do plano estadual. Resultados: Ao analisar a execução das metas programadas no plano estadual de saúde, no que se refere à atenção hospitalar, percebe atingimento de 33% nas metas em 2021, conforme proposto no planejamento. Conclusão: Conclui-se que o plano estadual de saúde do estado do Espírito Santo quanto a organização da rede de atenção à saúde, quando analisados à luz da política de atenção hospitalar, apresentou resultados satisfatórios. No que se refere ao percentual de alcance das metas, houve aumento das metas alcançadas, sendo constatado a condução de novas estratégias junto a rede de atenção hospitalar, cujo foco principal foi intervir frente às novas necessidades de articulação em rede.
IMPORTÂNCIA DO ACOLHIMENTO NA CRIAÇÃO DE VÍNCULO ENTRE GESTANTE E ENFERMEIRO (A) NO PRÉ-NATAL NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA DE GOVERNADOR VALADARES, MINAS GERAIS
Authors: da Silva Ellen Moreira , Ambrósio Valéria de Oliveira
Published: January 2024

Introdução: O acolhimento no pré-natal é uma prática importante para o envolvimento, adesão, educação e aconselhamento em relação a como lidar com diferentes aspectos da gravidez. A Consulta de Enfermagem (CE) é um momento único para acolher a gestante, uma oportunidade de reduzir os riscos que possam comprometer tanto a saúde da mãe quanto do concepto. Objetivo: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo evidenciar a importância do acolhimento das gestantes na criação de vínculo entre gestante e enfermeiro (a) durante a CE, no pré-natal, no setor de Atenção Primária à Saúde de Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais (APS/GV). De forma específica, busca-se descrever as ações que possibilitam o acolhimento à gestante, conhecer a importância da realização da consulta pelo (a) enfermeiro (a) durante o pré-natal; associar o vínculo à adesão. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo de caráter descritivo e exploratório, adotando-se como abordagem metodológica a pesquisa qualitativa, realizada através de dados coletados, mediante pesquisa de campo na APS/GV, por meio de aplicação de questionário semiestruturado, para coleta e observação de dados relacionados às experiências relatadas pelos profissionais enfermeiros no processo da CE, na assistência ao pré-natal. Resultados: Por meio do acolhimento é estabelecido o vínculo com foco na intervenção precoce e redução dos danos, contribuindo para a redução da mortalidade materno-infantil. A assistência ao pré-natal ainda enfrenta desafios como a baixa adesão atrelada ao pré-natal tardio que compromete a qualidade da assistência e o desfecho favorável da gravidez. Conclusão: O resultado da pesquisa comprovou a importância do acolhimento e do vínculo na adesão ao pré-natal. Para a problemática supracitada, foram apontados como meios de resolução a busca ativa, a educação em saúde e o grupo de gestantes.
EFFECTS OF STAFF HOUSING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT-AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS AT PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATIONS IN KAKUMIRO DISTRICT.
Authors: Serugo Michael Isaac , Sendagi Mohammed
Published: January 2024

Background:
The general objective was to explore how staff housing affects the performance of government-aided primary schools at Primary Leaving Examinations in Kakumiro District.
Methodology:
The study used a descriptive case study design with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A sample of 373 respondents participated in the study with 302 teachers, 56 head teachers, and 15 District Education Officials. Simple random, census, and purposive sampling techniques were used. The response rate was 97.8%. Structured interviews.
Results;
The study results from the correlation show a weak, positive, and statistically significant relationship between staff housing and performance of government-aided primary schools at PLE at .351(*) given by Pearson correlation (p-value) of 0.003. The regression results further revealed that staff housing accounts for a change in the performance of government-aided primary schools at PLE at 1.9% which is a small change.  
Conclusion:
It is also concluded that both variables change in the same direction whereby better staff housing is related to improved performance of government-aided primary schools at PLE, and poor staff housing leads to poor performance of government-aided primary schools at PLE.  
Recommendations: 
Kakumiro District local government should allocate more money in its budget estimates for the construction of teachers’ houses in primary schools to solve the staff housing problem. It is important to note that building or improving staff housing would be to the benefit of pupils to easily access their teachers.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS’ LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN IPALLISA DSTRICT, UGANDA.
Authors: Namukose Hellena , Sendagi Mohammed
Published: January 2024

Background:
This study sought to investigate the relationship between parents’ level of education and pupils’ academic performance in primary schools.
Methodology:
A mixed-method research approach was used in this study to generate data.
 Using questionnaire and interview guide tools, data was collected from the study respondents including pupils, teachers, head teachers, parents as well and the Area Education Officer.
Results:
Findings revealed that parents’ level of education influences pupils’ academic performance. Tool items such as parents checking books and home works (M=1.70, SD=1.042), parents assisting in doing homework (M=2.43, SD=1.355), parents reading and replying to letters from schools (M=2.01, SD=1.131) and pupils having enough time at home to study (M=1.97, SD=1.050), were found to be among major factors that determine pupils’ performance.
Conclusion:
Parental level of education was statistically significant towards pupils’ academic performance in Palisa District. The educational attainment of their children in both rural and national samples was easily influenced by their conducive home study environment.
Recommendation:
Parents are advised to pay full attention to their children’s education at home. They should make a timetable for their children regarding homework and studies. In this way, their academic performance will be improved.
A Design of Fractal Hilbert MIMO Antenna for 5G Mobile
Authors: Kamil Noora Rafid , Waddy Ahmed Ghanim , AL-Nakkash Aseel Hameed
Published: January 2024

This paper presented two new fractal Hilbert MIMO antenna designs with different two thicknesses (0.8mm and 1 mm) and used hybrid techniques between neutralization lines (NL) and defected ground structure (DGS), to enhance mutual coupling of the antenna for 5G applications. Higher isolation and smaller size are major advantages of this design.  ​The proposed fractal Habrit curve MIMO antennas were fabricated for the 3800 - 5460 MHz and 3735-5390 MHz bands with a 49 dB and 40 dB return loss and high isolation of 19.67 dB and 18.5 dB, using FR4 with dimensions of (24 × 45 × 0.8mm3) and (24 × 45 × 1mm3) respectively. The results prove that the MIMO antenna is suitable for a sub-6 band that is qualified for 5G smartphone applications.
Disc Forming by Friction Stir Consolidation of AA2024 Chips
Authors: Abdul Wahed Saeb Nazim , Hussein Sabah Khammass , Al-Saadi Moneer H.
Published: January 2024

This work aims to form a disc by recycling AA2024 chips using friction stir consolidation (FSC) technique. Initially, the chips were compacted inside a chamber by an applied pressure of 20.7 MPa. Different chips weights and two process parameters were studied in the FSC process: pre-heating time and plunging depth of the tool. The process was carried out at 1400 RPM. Effect of the process parameters and chips weight on chips quality was analyzed by design of the experiments method. The discs formed with a fully consolidated (FC) volume fraction range of 14.5-22.4%. The plunging depth was the most effective factor on surface finishing and grain size of the discs, while the chips weight was the most effective factor on the FC volume. Increasing the chips weight and plunging depth increased the FC volume. The average grain size of the disks ranged between 6.3 to 11 mm.
Chemical Immersion Effects on Wear Property of Epoxy Reinforced Copper Powder Composites
Authors: Hilal Raghad Hamid
Published: January 2024

In this research, the effect of chemical solutions: (sulfuric acid H2SO4, sodium hydroxide NaOH) at (5 M) and distilled water were studied on some mechanical properties. Especially the wear resistance by pin-on-disk and hardness properties for neat epoxy composite and (epoxy - copper powder) composite. That has been prepared by hand mixing (weight ratio = 20%). The samples were immersed in these chemical solutions for different periods (7, 14, and 30) days. Then the hardness by the Shore D method was measured before and after immersion of the samples in acidic, neutral, and alkali solutions.  Whereas the hardness was measured by the Vickers method for the wear disk.  Wear rate was measured for all samples. The results showed that the neat epoxy composite was more affected by the alkali solution, followed neutral solution, and then the acidic solution by increasing the radius of wear disk (3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) cm, t= 15 min. and the load 5 N. In contrast to the composite material that was more affected by the alkali solution than the acid, neutral solution.
Shell Model Calculations of Energy Levels and Binding Energy of 133;135Sn, and 133;135Sb Nuclei
Authors: Abdullhussein Ruaa S.
Published: January 2024

Unrestricted calculations of the shell model were conducted to investigate the positive and negative energy levels and binding energy for A-odd nuclei 133;135Sn and 133;135Sb by utilizing the effective interactions kh5082, jj56pna, khhe, and jj56cdb. The predicted results have been compared with the recently measured data and good global agreements were obtained for all interactions except the khhe effective interaction failed to determine the ground state of odd nuclei, it is concluded that there is no universally effective interaction in this mass region and more investigation needed to study other nuclear structure properties that might help us to better understand the nuclei lies in the vicinity of 132Sn core.
Effect of Aging on the Antifungal Activity and Surface Roughness of Soft Lining Material Incorporated with Chitosan Nano-Particles
Authors: Abdul-Shafi Huda Abdul-Wahab , Aziz Hawraa Khalid
Published: January 2024

Background: Chitosan is a natural bio-polymer, which has been utilized in different pharmaceutical and biomedical fields, and it has antimicrobial activities. Resilient liner, it’s a polymeric material, considered as a kind of "shock absorber".
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of immersion in the artificial saliva on the antifungal activity and surface roughness of heat-polymerized soft lining material impregnated with CHs-NPs.
Approach: 180 specimens were prepared. Divided into 3 groups according to the test: Sensitivity test, viable count test and surface roughness test. Then the specimens subdivided into 3groups depending on the Chitosan addition and the different pH of saliva. The sample’s dimensions for candida viability count test were (10×10×2.3mm) length, width, and thickness, while a plastic disc with dimensions (6 diameter ×0.5mm thickness) for disc diffusion test. For surface roughness test a disc with 30mm diameter and 3mm thickness. The data analyzed statistically using SPSS, (ANOVA) test with Games-Howell test to accept or reject the statistical hypothesis.
Results: For viable count test, there was a significant decrease in CFU/ml of C. albicans after incorporation 3.5%CHs-NPs, the results also showed that the specimens’ group that was stored in acidic artificial saliva, recorded a significant increase in CFU/ml of C. albicans, followed by the specimens’ group that was stored in alkaline artificial saliva. While for disk diffusion test, results showed there was no inhibition zone around any PEMA disks except the experimental group that was stored in neutral artificial saliva. The results of surface roughness, showed no significant difference after incorporation in 3.5% of CHs-NPs into the soft denture liner and immersion in the artificial saliva with different pH levels.
Conclusion: Acidic and alkaline artificial saliva encouraging the growth C. albicans, while the neutral artificial saliva had the least effect. Also, the result of the study concluded that vertex soft lining material impregnated with chitosan nano-particles aids in obtaining a lining material with the antifungal activity against C. albicans. While the aging process and the addition of CHs-NPs was not having a significantly effect on the surface roughness.
Effect of Optiglaze Color on Wear Resistance of Heat Cure Acrylic Prosthesis
Authors: Hameed Najwah Yousuf , Naser Atyaf Mseer , Jabbar Maha Kareem
Published: January 2024

Statement of problem: The heat cure denture base material's wear resistance. Purpose: The goal of the research was to determine the wear resistance of heat-cured acrylic denture base material after covering it with a light-polymerized glaze. Material and methods. Thirty acrylic resin specimens were divided into three groups depending on the tests, each group consisting of ten specimens (A) control group was unprocessed, group (B) was surface processed with Optiglaze color materials after finishing and polishing, and group (C) specimens were surfaces treated with Optiglaze color materials after finishing but not polishing. The difference in weights before and after the wear test was used to compute the weight loss of each specimen. SPSS version 20 was employed to do a statistical analysis of the data collected. Results: The results of this study show the higher mean values for wear resistance were registered by the (C) group which was 8.7418, followed by the (B) group which was7.3235, while the lowest mean value was related to the (A) group which was7.0883.  Conclusions: When compared to group A, there was no statistically significant wear value in heat cure acrylic resin specimens covered with Optiglaze group (C).Clinical implications: This research will help us learn more about surface glazed heat cure acrylic resin denture materials and how they might increase wear resistance. This study will aid dental professionals and technicians in choosing the best polishing and coating material for dentures.
Estimate Zinc-Oxide Particles on PMMA Mechanical Properties
Authors: Muhsin Saja Ali , Hummudi Israa Mohammed , Al-Ani Makarem A.R.
Published: January 2024

Background: Poly-methylmethacrylate is the most used dental material for the construction of removable prosthodontic appliances. Unfortunately, it has shown to be lacking two important properties which are radio-opacity and mechanical strength. Zinc-oxide (ZnO) powder is widely used in dentistry and is considered a semiconductor material with the radio-opaque property.
Purpose: To determine the effect of ZnO filler powder on some mechanical properties (impact and transverse strength) of microwave-cured acrylic denture base.
Approach: The ZnO powder was added to the acrylic polymer powder in two percentages of 2% and 4% by weight. The prepared sample of acrylic resin was evaluated with impact and transverse strength (n=10). ANOVA and Tukey test were used at a P-value of (P≤0.05).
Results: Significant reduction in the transverse strength was noticed in the acrylic denture base with the incorporation of ZnO powder as a filler material in both concentrations. However, non-significant differences were observed in the impact strength with the incorporation of the ZnO filler agent.
Conclusions: The addition of ZnO radio-opacifier powder as a filler agent could affect the properties (impact and transverse strength) of microwave-cured acrylic resin.