bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exchange Rate Appreciation, International Competitiveness And Purchasing Power Parity: The Shiomi Company Of Japan
Authors: Boschen John F.
Published: July 2016

In 2011 the ongoing appreciation in the yen against the US$ led Japanese firm Shiomi to consider relocating its production facilities outside of Japan. As a prelude to making this decision, Shiomi commissioned an evaluation of the historical impact of the yen’s appreciation on Japanese competitiveness. This evaluation is the basis for two important lessons in international financial management.  First, it is the real exchange rate, rather than the nominal exchange rate, that determines the relative cost competitiveness of countries. Second, in accordance with the rules of purchasing power parity, the historical evaluation showed that higher inflation in the U.S. relative to Japan caused the ratio of Japanese to U.S. prices to fall at roughly the same rate as the yen’s appreciation against the US$. Thus the long-term appreciation in the yen had little impact on Japanese competitiveness. Students are asked to assess the relocation decision in light of the post-case data on exchange rates and consumer prices supplied in the case. The case is appropriate for use in an international financial management or international economics course.
Building Customer Value And Profitability With Business Ethics
Authors: McMurrian Robert C. , Matulich Erika
Published: July 2016

Firms assume ethical business practices only add costs to the firm. However, business ethics actually add value for customers and result in increased profitability and performance for the firm.
Estadio de madurez sexual en toros de la raza nelore
Authors: Ramírez López Camilo José , Rugeles Pinto Clara Cecilia , Castaño Villadiego Faider Alberto , Gómez León Víctor Enrique , Miranda Neto Tamires , Guimarães José Domingo
Published: July 2016

La presente investigación se planteó con el objetivo de determinar el estado de madurez sexual de toros jóvenes de la raza nelore y su relación con el perímetro escrotal y las características seminales. Se estudiaron 1985 animales con edades comprendidas entre los 19 y los 23 meses de edad, alimentados con pasturas tropicales (Brachiaria brizantha, Brachiaria decumbes y Panicum maximun) y evaluados a través de examen andrológico. Se valoraron las características físicas del eyaculado, la morfología espermática y el perímetro escrotal (PE). Tras el examen andrológico, los animales se clasificaron como aptos para la reproducción (clase andrológica 1); aptos para la reproducción en régimen de monta natural (clase 2); no aptos para la reproducción temporalmente (clase 3) y descartados (clase 5). Para comparar las medias encontradas entre las clases andrológicas se utilizaron dos pruebas: la de Tukey, con probabilidad del 5 % de error, y la de correlaciones simples de Pearson, para verificar las relaciones entre las características estudiadas. Se encontró que el 84,5 % de los toros son sexualmente maduros. El 39,75 % de los animales aptos para la reproducción presentó un PE mayor a 34 cm, y solo el 0,71 % de la población estudiada exhibió una circunferencia escrotal inferior a 28 cm. Se registraron correlaciones altas favorables entre PE y las características físicas del semen. Se concluye que el PE es una excelente característica para evaluar y seleccionar toros jóvenes de la raza nelore.
Prevalencia de parásitos hematrópicos endoglobulares en bovinos gyr puros en Córdoba, Colombia
Authors: Blanco Martínez Rafael , Cardona Álvarez José , Vargas Viloria Marlene
Published: July 2016

La tristeza parasitaria bovina produce importantes pérdidas en Colombia y está asociada con la presencia de garrapatas. Es causada por parásitos hematrópicos endoglobulares microscópicos como Anaplasma spp. y Babesia spp. En el presente estudio se muestrearon 131 bovinos gyr puros de cuatro explotaciones ganaderas en Córdoba, Colombia. Se tomó una muestra de sangre de 5 ml de la vena coccígea para la determinación de hematocrito y para realizar el extendido sanguíneo y coloreado con tinción de Wright para evaluar formas parasitarias intracelulares morfológicamente compatibles con Anaplasma spp. y Babesia spp. Se usó Chi cuadrado, con el objeto de determinar si las variables condición corporal, color de mucosas, sexo y sistemas de producción (pastoreo, semiconfinamiento y confinamiento) eran independientes de la frecuencia de parásitos hematrópicos endoglobulares. En el presente estudio se encontró que el 24,43 % de los animales muestreados fue positivo a parásitos hematrópicos endoglobulares, de los cuales el 20,61 % (27/131) fue positivo a Anaplasma spp.; el 3,05 % (4/131), a Babesia spp., y el 0,76 % (1/131), a Anaplasma spp. y Babesia spp. conjuntamente. No existen diferencias significativas (p > 0,05) para las variables color de mucosas, sexo y sistemas de producción (pastoreo, semiconfinamiento y confinamiento). Esto permite registrar por primera vez la prevalencia de infección por parásitos hematrópicos endoglobulares en bovinos Bos indicus de la raza gyr, específicamente.
Intususcepción ileal generada por Prosthenorchis sp. en un tití gris (Saguinus leucopus) mantenido en un centro de recepción de fauna en Colombia
Authors: Rojas-Sereno Zulma Esperanza , Segura-Monroy Viviana Marcela , Rincón Aranguri Mónica Tatiana , Granados Soler José Luis , Brieva Rico Claudia
Published: July 2016

Prosthenorchis sp. es un acantocéfalo común en primates del género Saguinus, que produce lesiones gastrointestinales asociadas con diarrea crónica y baja condición corporal. El diagnóstico es incidental y como tratamiento es necesaria la remoción quirúrgica del parásito. El objetivo de este estudio es describir el cuadro clínico, el manejo diagnóstico y terapéutico de un Saguinus leucopus con nodulaciones e intususcepción ileal causadas por Prosthenorchis sp. En el examen clínico el paciente se encontró deprimido, postrado, hipotérmico y con baja condición corporal, con descamación cutánea generalizada, alopecia del tercio distal de la cola y recorte de todos los caninos. En la palpación abdominal se encontraron nodulaciones en la región distal del abdomen. El cuadro hemático presentó leucopenia, linfopenia y neutropenia; hemoglobina baja; hipocromía y leve policromatofilia, y en el coprológico se encontraron huevos de Prostenorchis sp. y estrongílidos. El paciente ingresó a cirugía, mediante la cual se detectó una intususcepción ileal, por lo que se realizó una enterotomía con posterior enteroanastomosis término lateral del íleon al borde antimesentérico del ciego. Pese al tratamiento antibiótico y analgésico, no hubo evolución favorable del paciente, entró en paro cardiorrespiratorio y murió. El diagnóstico histopatológico fue peritonitis fibrinosa. Este fue un cuadro clínico típico de Prosthenorchis sp., en el que el pronóstico del paciente era reservado a malo y su evolución no fue favorable, tanto por el parasitismo como por las deficiencias nutricionales presentadas. El tratamiento quirúrgico es el manejo de elección; sin embargo, es necesario tener en cuenta que los pacientes con sintomatología clínica avanzada tienen mal pronóstico.
Implantes de membranas biológicas en cirugía reconstructiva veterinaria: aspectos básicos y métodos de conservación
Authors: Trujillo Piso Dunia Yisela , Zamora Restán Wilmer Alejandro , Padilla Barreto Mónica Yamile
Published: July 2016

Las membranas biológicas se emplean como implantes en cirugía veterinaria reconstructiva con el objetivo de restablecer la función y la estructura de tejidos dañados. Diversos tejidos obtenidos de animales, conservados por diferentes técnicas e implantados en receptores de la misma o de diferente especie, permiten reparar heridas en las que es evidente la extensa pérdida tisular o la imposibilidad de inducir cicatrización por primera intención. Aunque las bondades de las membranas biológicas son mayores que sus desventajas, su uso en la rutina clínica y quirúrgica no es frecuente, en gran parte por el desconocimiento de sus características, manipulación e implantación. La presente revisión pretende recopilar los aspectos generales que envuelven las membranas biológicas, desde su obtención hasta las posibles complicaciones de su uso, a través de estudios experimentales y reportes de caso relatados con anterioridad, e incentivar su uso como biomaterial de implante en defectos anatómicos, heridas traumáticas, postoperatorios oncológicos y traumas en general.
Rastreamento do câncer do colo do útero na região ampliada oeste de Minas Gerais
Authors: Rodrigues Josenira Freitas , Moreira Beatriz Amaral , Alves Tamara Gabriela Silva , Guimarães Eliete Albano de Azevedo
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: analisar os indicadores do rastreamento do câncer do colo do útero na Região Ampliada Oeste de Minas Gerais, no período de 2007 a 2013. Método: trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico descritivo, com análise ecológica. Utilizou-se dados disponíveis no Sistema de Informação do Câncer de Colo do Útero de 54 municípios.  A população elegível foram mulheres, usuárias do Sistema Único de Saúde, com idade entre 25 e 64 anos, que realizaram o exame Papanicolaou. A tabulação e a análise descritiva dos dados foram realizadas no software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0. Aprovado no comitê de ética pelo parecer número 718.783. Resultados: a cobertura de exames variou de 61,0% a 74,0%. A maioria tinha entre 35 e 54 anos. Foram consideradas insatisfatórias 0,86% das lâminas analisadas. O epitélio escamoso foi o mais evidenciado (99,1%) nas amostras. Observou-se a presença de inflamação em 41,9% dos exames. Prevalência de células atípicas escamosas de significado indeterminado, possivelmente não neoplásico, e as lesões intraepiteliais de baixo grau. Algumas variáveis apresentaram incompletude. Conclusão: a cobertura de exames Papanicolaou encontra-se baixa na região e a qualidade da informação insuficiente para monitorar a situação do câncer do colo do útero, pressupondo-se fragilidades na organização dos serviços.
Gerenciar unidade de internação hospitalar: o que pensam os enfermeiros?
Authors: Lima Rogério Silva , Lourenço Eliana Bernardes , Rosado Sara Rodrigues , Sanches Roberta Seron , Fava Silvana Maria Coelho Leite , Dázio Eliza Maria Rezende
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: compreender os significados de gerenciar unidade de internação hospitalar na ótica dos enfermeiros. Método: pesquisa qualitativa, do tipo exploratória e descritiva. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada aplicado a dez enfermeiros de um hospital geral. A coleta de dados ocorreu no próprio hospital. O referencial teórico adotado foi a Teoria das Representações Sociais e o referencial metodológico foi a Análise do Discurso na perspectiva da psicologia social. Para a organização dos dados, utilizou-se como ferramenta o Mapa de Associação de Idéias. Resultados: o discurso dos enfermeiros remete à gerência técnica, desvinculada do cuidado ao paciente, ancorado no modelo racional de gerência e biomédico de assistência com vistas a conformar o fazer do enfermeiro às demandas organizacionais. Conclusão: considera-se a necessidade de estudos que contemplem a interface cuidado-gerência no contexto da prática.
Características pessoais e familiares entre adolescentes infratores
Authors: Pereira Camila Corrêa Matias , Zambalde Carine Gabriele Silva , Lambert Cecília Canquerini , Costa Poliane Moreira , Machado Jacqueline Simone de Almeida , Botti Nadja Cristiane Lappann
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: descrever sobre as características pessoais e familiares entre adolescentes infratores em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa desenvolvida com 40 adolescentes em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de coletas de dados os questionários Teen Addiction Severity Index e o Drug Use Screening Inventory. Resultados: verificou-se idade média de 16,78 anos com 5,48±3,55 meses em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. A maioria se declarou parda, evangélica e com Ensino Fundamental incompleto. O tráfico foi o ato infracional mais frequente e a maconha a droga de uso mais comum. A maioria relatou que os familiares já tiveram problemas em casa, no trabalho ou com amigos por causa do uso de drogas e é expressivo o número de familiares que também apresenta conflito com a lei. Conclusão: identificou-se influência da família na vida do adolescente no que se relaciona ao ato infracional e ao uso de drogas.
Cultos idolátricos em Israel, entre arqueologia e exegese: o caso de Is 57,5-10
Authors: Leandro Carlos André Da Cruz
Published: July 2016

A partir das descobertas arqueológicas, a crítica histórica produziu uma grande quantidade de pressupostos que condicionaram a leitura do texto bíblico. Em muitos casos, a leitura intertextual foi abandonada em prol do que se considera histórico, mesmo quando formulado como hipótese. A prioridade do texto sobre a arqueologia do texto é demonstrada através do estudo do trecho da profecia de Isaias 57,5-10, no qual as questões de tradução e a interpretação se resolvem dentro do próprio corpus bíblico.
Os desafios da Igreja diante da Missão Ad Gentes no mundo globalizado
Authors: Villasenor Rafael Lopez
Published: July 2016

O texto aborda os reptos para a Missão Ad gentes no mundo atual globalizado; que se manifesta através do aumento da mobilidade humana como acontecimento próprio do nosso tempo, perante uma economia desumana que cria exclusão social. Diante ao ciberespaço que ultrapassa as fronteiras e os espaços físicos, essa nova realidade acentua cada vez mais o pluralismo religioso, que leva a necessidade do diálogo inter-religioso à Igreja, onde missão e globalização caminham juntas.
SQUEEZE for treating severely disordered solvent molecules in the refinement of the otherwise ordered crystal structures of [Cd(C12H10N4)(C15H9O2)2(CH3OH)]·0.5H2O·CH3OH and [Cd(C12H10N4)1.5(C15H9O2)2]·CH3OH
Authors: Ng Seik Weng
Published: July 2016

In the refinement of the crystal structure of [Cd(C12H10N4)(C15H9O2)2(CH3OH)].0.5H2O.CH3OH, the lattice water molecule was not located by difference Fourier synthesis but was instead deduced by using SQUEEZE owing to severe disorder of the water molecule in the otherwise ordered crystal structure.  Similarly deduced were the two symmetry-independent methanol molecules in [Cd(C12H10N4)1.5(C15H9O2)2].CH3OH.  The first coordination polymer adopts a chain motif and the second a layer motif; for both, the N-heterocycle functions as a bridge to connect adjacent metal atoms.  The solvent molecules are presumed to reside in voids, which are themselves connected into channels.  The crystallographic program Crystal Explorer was used in the illustration of the channels.  Crystal data C44H37N4O6.5Cd: FW = 838.18, monoclinic, P21/n, a = 16.7871(4) Å, b = 26.5431(5) Å, c = 18.7034(5) Å, b = 111.915(3)°, V = 7731.7(3) Å3.  Crystal data for C49H38N6O5.5Cd: FW = 911.25, monoclinic, P21/c, a = 11.0586(3) Å, b = 23.5007(6) Å, c = 17.3454(5) Å, b = 105.626(3)°, V = 4341.2(2) Å3.
Experimental and theoretical (DFT) studies on poly[octa-μ3-acesulfamato-O,O:N,Oʹ;Oʹ,N:O,O-tetraaquatetrabarium(II)] and poly[octa-μ3-acesulfamato-O,O:N,Oʹ;Oʹ,N:O,O-tetraaquatetrastrontium(II)] complexes
Authors: İçbudak Hasan , Demirtaş Güneş , Dege Necmi
Published: July 2016

Two new one-dimensional coordination polymers of barium (II) and strontium (II)-acesulfamato complexes such as [Ba(C4H4NO4S)2(H2O)]n (1) and [Sr(C4H4NO4S)2(H2O)]n (2) have been synthesized and their molecular structures were identified by X-ray diffraction technique. Both barium (II) and strontium (II) complexes crystallize in the centrosymmetric monoclinic space group P121/c1 and barium (II) and strontium (II) ions, which are surrounded by O- and N-atoms, have the coordination number of nine. Each complex forms a structure like a polymer extending parallel to the a-axis. The molecular structures of those complexes were stabilized by O―H···O and C―H···O hydrogen bonds.
Besides identifying their crystallographic structures, the geometric parameters were also calculated using density functional theory (B3LYP) with 6-31G base sets for the asymmetric units of the complexes. The calculated geometrical parameters were also compared to the geometric parameters of X-ray diffraction technique. Furthermore, molecular electrostatic potential maps were constructed and frontier molecular orbital calculations were done for the synthesized complexes. The results of the experimental and theoretical IR studies were also compared.
Bis(N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine)nickel(II) saccharinate: synthesis, characterization and crystal structure
Authors: Karadogan Alparslan , Karadag Ahmet , Yilmaz Veysel T.
Published: July 2016

A new nickel(II) saccharinate (sac) complex containing N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (bishydeten), [Ni(bishydeten)2](sac)2, has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The title complex consists of a [Ni(bishydeten)2]2+ cation and two sac anions. In the complex cation, the nickel(II) ion is coordinated by two neutral bishydeten ligands, leading to a distorted octahedral NiN4O2 coordination, while both sac anions remain outside the coordination sphere. In the crystal, the complex cations and sac anions are connected by an extensive network of N–H∙∙∙N, N–H∙∙∙O, O–H∙∙∙O and C–H∙∙∙O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional supramolecular lattice.
Electrode kinetics from a single square-wave voltammogram
Authors: Mirčeski Valentin , Guziejewski Dariusz , Gulaboski Rubin
Published: July 2016

A novel methodological approach for processing electrochemical data measured under conditions of square-wave voltammetry (SWV) is proposed. The methodology takes advantage of the chronoamperometric characteristics of the electrochemical system observed in the course of the voltammetric experiment, which are commonly not considered in conventional SWV. The method requires processing of a single voltammogram only, measured under given set of the potential modulation parameters (i.e. SW frequency and height of the potential pulses). The core idea is to analyze the variation of the current with time, considering the last quarter time period of each potential pulse of the potential modulation, instead of measuring the single current value from the very end of the pulses. Hence, a single point current measurement is replaced with a multisampling current procedure, leading to a series of new SW voltammograms measured at different time increments of each potential pulse. The novel method is illustrated by the theoretical analysis of a quasireversible electrode reaction of a dissolved and surface confined redox couple, as well as a reversible electrode reaction preceded by a chemical equilibrium reaction (CrEr mechanism).
A century of X-ray crystallography and 2014 international year of X-ray crystallography
Authors: Kojić-Prodić Biserka
Published: July 2016

The 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize awarded to Max von Laue in 1914 for his discovery of diffraction of X-rays on a crystal marked the beginning of a new branch of science - X-ray crystallography. The experimental evidence of von Laue's discovery was given by physicists W. Friedrich and P. Knipping in 1912.  In the same year W. L. Bragg described the analogy between X-rays and visible light and formulated the Bragg's law, a fundamental relation, that connected the wave nature of X-rays and fine structure of a crystal at atomic level. In 1913 the first simple diffractometer was constructed and structure determination started by the Braggs, father and son. In 1915 their discoveries were awarded by Nobel prize in physics. Since then, X-ray diffraction has been basic method for determination of three-dimensional structures of synthetic and natural compounds. The three-dimensional structure of molecule defines its physical, chemical, and biological properties. All over the past century significance of X-ray crystallography has been recognized by about forty Nobel prizes. The examples of X-ray structure analysis, of simple crystals of rock salt, diamond and graphite, and then of complex biomolecules such as B12-vitamin, penicillin, haemoglobin/myoglobin, DNA, and biomolecular complexes such as viruses, chromatin, ribozyme, and other molecular machines, have illustrated the development of the method. Among these big discoveries double helix DNA structure is epochal one of 20th century. These discoveries together with many others within X-ray crystallography completely changed our views and helped to be developed different new fields of science such as molecular genetics, biophysics, structural molecular biology, material science, and many others. During the last decade, an implementation of free electron X-ray lasers, a new experimental tool, has opened up femtosecond dynamic crystallography. This highly advanced methodology enables to solve the structures and dynamics of the most complex biological assemblies involved in a cell metabolism. The advancements of science and technology over 20th and 21stcenturies are of great influence on our views in almost all human activities. The importance of X-ray crystallography for science and technology advocates for its high impact on a wide area of research and declares it as highly interdisciplinary science. Briefly saying, crystallography defines the shape of our modern world.
The essay is far from being complete and it is concentrated on single crystal diffraction. The wide area of X-ray crystallography hardly can be reviewed in a single article. However, it highlights the most striking examples illustrating some of the milestones over past century.

 
The solid solutions of rebulite and jankovićite in the phase system Tl2S-As2S3-Sb2S3
Authors: Balic-Zunic Tonci , Moëlo Yves , Karanović Ljiljana , Berlepsch Peter
Published: July 2016

Syntheses along the Tl5(As,Sb)13S22 compositional line in the Tl2S-As2S3-Sb2S3 phase system showed that the compositional range of rebulite extends from  Tl5As9.5Sb3.5S22 to Tl5As7.75Sb5.25S22. The Sb-rich end-member is in equilibrium with jankovićite of ideal composition Tl5Sb7.5As5.5S22. It is considered to be the As-rich end-member of the jankovićite solid solution. The crystal structure analyses of crystals from the As and Sb end-members of rebulite show that the Sb/As substitution is present in Sb3, Sb4, Sb5, As1 and As2 structural sites. Of them, Sb3 is always Sb dominated whereas other four vary from As- to Sb-dominated over the range of the solid solution. The change of the structural topology from jankovićite to rebulite, the closely related but not identical structures, is explained through necessity to accommodate the smaller volumes of the As coordination polyhedra and is accomplished through unit-cell twinning over the periodic (001)reb twin boundaries. The As end-member of the rebulite solid solution is in equilibrium with the phase of Tl2.4Sb0.68As7.18S13 ideal composition, interpreted as imhofite.
Номенклатура на органската хемија. 2. Номенклатурани операции
Authors: Здравковски Зоран
Published: July 2016

Во номен­кла­турата на хемиските соединенија се користат следниве операции:

Супститутивна операција

Заменска операција

Адитивна операција

Суптракивна операција

конјуктивна операција

мултипликативна операција

операција на фузија

посени операции при именување на природните продукти.

 
Análise do índice de cobertura da mamografia em mulheres entre 50 e 69 anos, por nível de ensino, segundo unidade de federação
doi: 10.20513/2447-6595.2016v56n1p14-17
Authors: Freitas Jéssica De Andrade , Oliveira Beth Gleyber Pessoa de , Ferreira Heleson Herly , Espírito Santo Sarah Rodrigues do , Santos Rafael Henrique dos
Published: July 2016

Introdução: O câncer de mama é o mais incidente na população feminina brasileira e mundial, excetuando-se o câncer de pele não melanoma, sendo também, o que apresenta a maior mortalidade feminina. Objetivo: analisar a cobertura da mamografia segundo Unidade de Federação, em mulheres entre 50 e 69 anos, por nível de ensino. Metodologia: Esse estudo transversal analisou dados do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), sobre a Pesquisa Nacional em Saúde realizada pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), no ano de 2013. Foram agrupadas as mulheres de 50 a 69 anos que realizaram o exame de mamografia a menos de dois anos, e subdivididas em quatro graus de escolaridade. Resultados: Verificou-se que os índices de cobertura do exame no Brasil (60,00%) e em cada Estado da Federação, tais como, Maranhão (31,90%), Pará (34,80%), Ceará (41,10%) e Distrito Federal (68,70%), encontram-se abaixo das recomendações da Organização Mundial de Saúde. Além disso, a cobertura aumenta à medida que cresce o grau de instrução dessas mulheres. Conclusão: Há uma distribuição heterogênea da cobertura de mamografia no Brasil e no Ceará, que se relaciona a diversos aspectos sociais, notadamente ao nível de escolaridade das mulheres.
Investigações brasileiras sobre o transtorno de personalidade borderline: uma revisão integrativa
 10.20513/2447-6595.2016v56n1p29-37
Authors: Leite Lucas De Holanda , Campos Eugenio De Moura
Published: July 2016

Transtorno de Personalidade Borderline (TPB) é um sofrimento mental grave que apresenta demandas complexas à atenção clínica e à sociedade, principalmente devido à instabilidade das relações interpessoais e intrapessoais, assim como a impulsividade acentuada e o risco de suicídio. O presente estudo objetivou realizar uma análise da produção científica brasileira acerca do TPB. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura publicada no período de janeiro de 2000 a dezembro de 2014 nas bases de dados: Lilacs e Medline. A seleção foi baseada no entre cruzamento de palavras-chave indexadas nos Descritores em Ciências da Saúde: “Borderline Personality Disorder”, “Therapy”, “Psychotherapy” e “Drug Therapy”, sendo utilizadas todas as combinações possíveis, com os recursos disponibilizados pelos operadores booleanos. A partir desse levantamento, identificou-se a ênfase dada à busca de diagnóstico por neuroimagem; o relato de experiências exitosas de psicoterapias e a lacuna em pesquisas que discutam a utilização de fármacos. Evidencia-se a complexidade dos critérios diagnósticos e as graves características do TPB, como autolesões e tentativas de suicídio. Por fim, ressalta-se a necessidade de que se construa uma atenção em saúde integral, envolvendo familiares e comunidade, na busca por produzir um cuidado resolutivo.
The triple epidemic of Arboviroses in Brazil. What does this mean? Are we ready?
doi: 10.20513/2447-6595.2016v56n1p6-7
Authors: Carvalho Francisco Herlânio Costa , Cavalcanti Luciano Pamplona de Góes
Published: July 2016

We all knew that dengue was a public health problem in Brazil! Some of us even knew that dengue was a serious public health problem! However, we all need to know that now it will be more complicated!Dengue has been circulating in our country since the 1980s. It has been the focus of dozens of national research funding notices during this period. However, approximately two years ago two problems “emerged”: the possibility of the circulation of both the Chikungunya and Zika viruses. This possibility has become a reality and in recent months several municipalities have already reported outbreaks of these three diseases.
Insegnare l’italiano nelle classi multilingue attraverso la matematica. Una riflessione sulla linea del tempo attraverso operazioni matematiche con studenti della scuola primaria
Authors: Brazzolotto Martina
Published: July 2016

The latest research into the psychology of the mathematics learning demonstrates that everyone, independent of their culture and origin, possesses a representation of the numbers comparable to the number line (Dehaene, 1993). This article presents a pilot study that compares the data obtained in two language classes: one experimental, in which Italian verb tenses are explained through numbers and mathematical operations; and a control class, in which the same material is taught without the use of mathematics. The data demonstrates that the introduction of mathematics in Italian L2 instruction improves linguistic reflection and increases academic success. Also, since enjoyment is one of the pillars of motivation that supports language learning (Balboni, 2006), this article poses the hypothesis that the introduction of associations between numbers and linguistic reflection could be enjoyable and thus promote language learning in multilingual classrooms.
Assessment of the Affective Dimensions of Psychopathy with the Danish version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits among Incarcerated Boys: A study of Reliability, Criterion Validity, and Construct Validity
Authors: Kongerslev Mickey T. , Bo Sune , Forth Adelle E. , Simonsen Erik
Published: July 2016

Background:

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits have been found to index an important subgroup of antisocial youth who are at high risk for developing psychopathic personality pathology, and for becoming severe and persistent offenders. On the basis of such research findings, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, have included a “with limited prosocial emotions” specifier in the diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder to designate a subtype with high levels of CU traits. This creates the need for psychometrically sound measures for the assessment of these traits. The self-report questionnaire Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) was designed to provide an efficient, reliable, and valid measure of CU traits among youth populations.

Method:

Eighty Danish adolescent boys between the ages of 15 to 18 years in secure institutions were assessed concurrently with the ICU, the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV), self-report measures of aggression and empathy, and ratings of psychosocial problems. Approximately nine days later, the ICU was readministered in a subset of the sample (n = 40) to examine test-retest reliability.

Results:

Internal consistency was satisfactory, and test-retest reliability was excellent. Concurrent validity associations with the PCL:YV ranged from moderate to high. The ICU displayed excellent discriminative validity for identifying persons who displayed high levels of psychopathic traits. CU traits were also found to be associated with psychosocial impairments, aggression, and reduced empathy.

Conclusions:

Overall, these findings support the reliability; construct validity, and criterion validity of the ICU.
Factors that Affect Adolescent Adherence to Mental Health and Psychiatric Treatment: a Systematic Integrative Review of the Literature
Authors: Timlin Ulla , Hakko Helinä , Heino Raija , Kyngäs Helvi
Published: July 2016

Background:

Although adherence to somatic treatment has been studied extensively, adherence to mental health treatment has not. In this study, the term treatment adherence is used to refer to adherence to medication regimes and other non-pharmacological recommended treatments as part of mental health and psychiatric care. Knowledge of factors connected to adolescents’ adherence to such treatment is fairly fragmented. Although treatment staff members are broadly aware of the factors that influence adherence, it would be desirable to develop formalized treatment assessment and planning approaches that specifically take these factors into account.

Objective:

The purpose of this article is to review the available data related to factors that affect adolescents’ adherence to both medication and non-pharmacological treatments in mental health and psychiatric care.

Methods:

A systematic literature search that involved four databases was undertaken. A thematic analysis was conducted on 17 studies to extract relevant information.

Results:

It appears that an adolescent’s own positive beliefs toward his or her treatment are the main factor that improves his or her adherence to that treatment. Good cohesion with close supportive people appears to be positively related to adherence, whereas sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, gender) were not related.

Conclusions:

By identifying the factors related to the treatment adherence of adolescents, this review article can provide guidance to help improve the quality of care and thus further increase adolescents’ satisfaction with their mental health and psychiatric treatment.
Nonverbal Reasoning in Preschool Children: Investigating the Putative Risk of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as a Mediator
Authors: De Alwis Duneesha , Tandon Mini , Tillman Rebecca , Luby Joan
Published: July 2016

Background:

Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) has been found to be associated with cognitive deficits in children. However, relatively little is known about the relationship between SHS exposure, cognitive deficits, and smoking-related psychopathology, specifically attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and externalizing disorders such as conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in preschool children.

Methods:

Children (n = 54) between the ages of 4 and 6 years from a comprehensive, longitudinal study of preschool emotional development were included in this study. Each child’s primary caregiver completed questionnaires and interviews related to childhood psychopathology. SHS exposure was estimated with the use of saliva cotinine values.

Results:

After adjustment for sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, gender, an income-to-needs ratio) and for ADHD, CD, and ODD symptoms, exposure to SHS was found to be negatively associated with preschool children’s nonverbal reasoning skills. Exposure to SHS continued to be negatively associated with nonverbal reasoning skills after adjustment for maternal education, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and maternal reports of exposure to SHS during pregnancy in separate models.

Conclusions:

Children who grow up in an environment with adults who smoke are vulnerable to several social and environmental risk factors. The findings of this study suggest that exposure to SHS during early childhood should also be considered as a potential variable in the risk trajectory and as a marker of other associated risks when formulating public health intervention and prevention strategies.
Familiality of Quantitative Autism Traits
Authors: Jussila Katja , Lyall Kristen , Kuusikko-Gauffin Sanna , Mattila Marja-Leena , Pollock-Wurman Rachel , Hurtig Tuula , Joskitt Leena , Bloigu Risto , Ebeling Hanna , Moilanen Irma , Pauls David
Published: July 2016

Background:

Autistic traits exist along a continuum that extends into social functioning in the general population, and they aggregate in the family members of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Quantitative measures are therefore essential when investigating the patterns of familiality of these traits. Prior studies have suggested differential inheritance patterns of autistic traits that depend on the cognitive level of the child with ASD as well as the family type.

Objective:

Our goal was to examine the family patterns of quantitative autism traits (QAT) in a group of simplex autism families of high-functioning children with ASD.

Method:

We used the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) to evaluate QAT in 47 ASD families and 46 control families. SRS assessments (parental/spousal evaluations) were collected for the children with ASD, their siblings, and their parents as well as for the control children and their parents.

Results:

The SRS was able to distinguish individuals with ASD from the control children and from their unaffected siblings. Significant group differences were also found when comparing the fathers of ASD families to control fathers and when comparing the brothers of individuals with ASD to control boys, with male members of ASD families having higher SRS scores. Gender differences were observed in the group of siblings of children with ASD and the group of parents of children with ASD, with males having higher scores than females. In ASD families, a positive trend between child and father QAT was found, whereas mothers’ scores were not associated with child outcomes. By contrast, in control families, mothers’ QAT correlated more strongly with child QAT.

Conclusions:

Autistic traits aggregate in the fathers and brothers of children with ASD in simplex autism families. The QAT levels of the family members should be taken into consideration when planning the rehabilitation of the child or adolescent with ASD and when designing family interventions.
The Early Diagnosis of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Norway: a Study of Diagnostic Age and Its Associated Factors
Authors: Larsen Kenneth
Published: July 2016

The early identification of autism spectrum disorder is important to ensure access to early intervention. Much research has focused on the identification of early behavioral symptoms and screening. This study examines referral for diagnostic assessment, diagnostic age, and factors associated with diagnostic age for children with autism spectrum disorder. The results of this study indicate that children are referred and diagnosed later than they should be. Previous research has identified a valid time for the identification and diagnosis of this disorder as well as the diagnostic procedures and types of clinics that are associated with the appropriate diagnostic age.
Qualidade do Sistema de Abastecimento de Água do Bairro Olaria, Município de Corrente, Piauí (Nordeste do Brasil)
Authors: Costa Tancio Gutier Ailan , Clementino Gleide Ellen dos Santos , Serpa Larissa do Nascimento , Leopoldo Nayara Caroline Moreira , Coelho Juliana Vogado , Rocha Israel Lobato
Published: July 2016

A condição básica necessária à água distribuída para o consumo humano é a potabilidade, ou seja, deve ser tratada, limpa e estar livre de qualquer contaminação, seja esta de origem microbiológica, química, física ou radioativa, não devendo, em hipótese alguma, oferecer riscos à saúde humana. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a percepção dos moradores do Bairro Olaria quanto à qualidade do sistema de abastecimento de água do Município de Corrente-PI. A metodologia empregada se deu através da aplicação de questionário previamente elaborado contendo questões fechadas, com o intuito de detectar os anseios e opiniões dos moradores do bairro. O estudo verificou que os moradores possuem uma percepção apurada e consciente sobre a qualidade da água, pois estes acreditam que a água consumida no bairro possui pouca qualidade para o consumo. Desta forma alguns aspectos de análises da água apontam que em alguns pontos do sistema de abastecimento, esta qualidade da água não atende aos padrões de potabilidade, evidenciando o questionamento dos moradores quanto ao sistema de abastecimento de água que é distribuída ao Bairro Olaria.
Literary Voices of Luanda and Maputo: A Struggle for the City
Authors: Calafate Ribeiro Margarida
Published: July 2016

In this article, I provide an overview of literary portrayals of the cities of Luanda and Maputo over the course of their histories from the colonial period to the post-independence era. In particular, I draw on the literary images and descriptions of the cities to demonstrate a design of inequality that their urbanism determines. Finally, I argue that a struggle for terrain and citizenship—in the conquest of space by colonizers and the reconquest of lost places by the colonized—draws the lines of that inequality.
"Mulheres Novas Com Cabeças Limpas": Pitfalls of the Revolution in Licínio Azevedo's Virgem Margarida
Authors: Tavares Maria
Published: July 2016

This article offers a reading of Licínio de Azevedo's 2012 film Virgem Margarida, discussing it in relation to Frelimo's policy of forced re-education camps and their effects on marginalized women in 1980s Mozambique. It also discusses recent political instability in Mozambique and the gendered legacies of regional sentiments on Mozambican national identity.
Encounters and Silence between Fathers and Sons: G. T. Didial and J. M. Coetzee
Authors: Salgueiro Ana
Published: July 2016

This artice seeks to demonstrate how Cabo Verdean author G. T. Didial’s O Estado Impenitente da Fragilidade and J.M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg revisit an ancient Western mythological tradition (Abraham and Isaac; Oedipus and Laius; Herod and the Massacre of the Innocents). I focus on and how, through a complex rewriting process, both narratives discuss not only the tense relationship between fathers and sons but also the complex relationship between contemporary literatures of post-colonial African cultural systems and the literatures of Western cultural systems
Araujo, Ana Lucia. African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World. Amherst, NY: Cambria, 2015. Print.
Authors: Afolabi Niyi
Published: July 2016

A much needed transatlantic study on Africa and Brazil has finally come alive. Beyond the core contribution of Melville Herskovits to the legacy of Africa in the New World, Araujo assembles in this formidable volume, established Atlantic scholars who collectively focus on African heritage in Brazil and by extension, on the connections between memories of slavery on both sides of the Atlantic.
Simon, Robert. The Modern, the Postmodern, and the Fact of Transition—The Paradigm Shift through Peninsular Literature. Lanham, MD: UP of America, 2012. Print.
Authors: Vasconcelos Ricardo
Published: July 2016

Robert Simon procura neste livro articular a teoria de Kuhn acerca das mudanças de paradigma com a sua leitura das movimentações na poesia portuguesa e espanhola da segunda metade do século XX, associando esta mesma proposta de reconhecimento de uma mudança paradigmática e destas evoluções estéticas a uma transição entre o que lhe parece ser a modernidade e a pós-modernidade poéticas ibéricas.
Guzmán, Tracy Devine. Native and National in Brazil: Indigeneity After Independence. Chapel Hill, NC: U of North Carolina P, 2013. Print.
Authors: Furtado Gustavo Procopio
Published: July 2016

Guzmán traces the tensions between the symbolic renderings of Indian-ness and the lived experience of indigeneity across an eclectic array of materials ranging from literary texts to archival documents, from popular print and televisual media to an indigenist opera.
Indonesia-China Energy Trade: Analyzing Global and Domestic Political Economic Significance in Indonesia-China LNG Trade
Authors: Badaruddin Muhammad
Published: July 2016

Indonesia had been the largest LNG exporter for almost three decades since 1977 to 2005. During 1970s and 1980s, Indonesia’s energy industry boosted its economic growth that valued 80% of the country’s annual exports and 70% of its annual revenues. Meanwhile, Indonesia presents an exceptional case since it decreases its LNG export while it has been developing its largest LNG plant in Tangguh due to prioritizing domestic energy demand. But, since Indonesia eagerly links its economy to China, it uses LNG export as a medium to strengthen Indonesia-China strategic partnership. Tangguh LNG export to China, although it is not Indonesia’s largest LNG export contract, reflects a unique case of a developing country’s international energy trade. Because it presents evolution of Indonesia’s LNG export policy through dynamics of regional and global economic turbulences. This paper analyses the LNG export in the context of Asian economic crisis and its recovery, the peak of crude oil price in 2008 and followed by global financial crisis as the context as well as Indonesia’s domestic political dynamics.
A Secure Connection: Finding the Form of ASEAN Cyber Security Cooperation
Authors: Krisman Khanisa
Published: July 2016

Internet security is somehow being understated in ASEAN’s strategy facing 2015. ASEAN Connectivity as the blue print of ASEAN’s development strategy to strengthen the regional bond has not put proper attention in building security for guiding the connectivity plan among ASEAN member countries. This paper will discuss the future of cyber security cooperation particularly as ASEAN is planning to connect the region through ICT. This paper will try to analyse what kind of framework ASEAN will need on preparation to widen its security agenda to cyber world in the future to complete its preparation of being connected.
An Industry without Industrialization: The Political Economy of The Failure of Indonesia’s Auto Industry
Authors: Tai Wan-Ping
Published: July 2016

The development of auto industry needs a series of related policies and conditions, including market, technology, management, basic infrastructure, etc. Several Southeast Asian countries are hoping to develop their auto industries in order to lead the development of other industries in their countries. Having the largest auto market in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is supposed to have more favorable conditions than Thailand and Malaysia on the development of auto industry. Unlike Malaysia’s auto industry that has its own national brand, Indonesia does not have a national auto brand, nor like Thailand as the largest auto exporting country in Southeast Asia, a Japanese scholar even contends that Indonesia’s auto industry is “technology-less industrialization”. Based on the above analysis, the paper argues that the failure of Indonesia’s auto industry has to do with the structural factors in Indonesia’s political economy.  This paper therefore will, by taking the perspective of political economy, explore the following four factors over the failure of Indonesia’s auto industry: (1) inappropriate state intervention, (2) distorted government-business relations, (3) failure to join international complementarities in the auto industry, and (4) ineffective management on globalization.
Fecal contamination and Microcystis in drinking-water sources of rural Cambodia using PCR and culture-based methods
Authors: Matteson Audrey R. , Graves Alexandria K. , Hall Ann M. , Kuy Dina , Polizzotto Matthew L.
Published: July 2016

Rural communities within low-income countries frequently rely on a range of drinking-water sources, and each water source varies in its potential for biological contamination. The extent and source of biological contamination in primary drinking sources within Kien Svay, Kandal, Cambodia, were determined by fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) measurements, 16S rDNA genetic markers for human and bovine fecal Bacteroides, presence of the bloom-forming Microcystis species, and the microcystin toxin mcyD gene marker. Thirteen wells, 11 rain barrels, 10 surface-water sites, and five sediment samples were examined during the dry and wet seasons. Surface water was commonly contaminated with FIB, with up to 1.02 × 105Enterococcus sp., 6.13 × 104E. coli, and 2.91 × 104 total coliforms per 100 mL of water. Human and bovine Bacteroides were detected in 100 and 90% of the surface water samples, respectively. Concentrations of FIB in rain-barrels varied by site, however 91% contained human Bacteroides. Microcystis cells were found in 90% of surface water sites, with many also containing microcystin gene mcyD, representing the first report of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in surface waters of Cambodia. The study results show that many potential drinking-water sources in Cambodia contain harmful bacterial and algal contaminants, and care should be taken when selecting and monitoring water options.