bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Facing Fictions: The Insights and the Limits of Evolutionary Literary Psychology
Authors: Flesch William
Published: December 2016

In Evolving Hamlet: Seventeenth Century English Tragedy and the Ethics of Natural Selection, Angus Fletcher rightly argues against the idea, enthusiastically embraced by literary Darwinism, that evolution explains how exquisitely the individual mind and perhaps the progressive powers of the whole species are fitted to the world and therefore how exquisitely the world is fitted to the mind (in Wordsworth's famous phrase). Fletcher sees us as largely adapted (like all temporarily successful organisms) to the demands of reproductive success, but not adapted to the fact of adaptation. Literature — tragedy in particular — helps us cope, both individually and perhaps as a whole species, with the grim riddle of our estrangement from a world whose blind mechanisms we have to cope with. Some recent work in cognitive cultural studies can be taken to argue that aesthetic experiences arise out of these ways of coping: they give us incentives to cope, even as they express the fundamental psychological need felt by creatures who know their own mortality to cope with the fact that coping is ad hoc and fundamentally meaningless. We bargain wishfulness against knowledge and knowledge against wishfulness. Shared literary experience, most obviously of tragedy, allows us to make such bargains not only within ourselves but with the impresarios of the shared fiction and with other members of the audience we belong to as well (as for example when we adjudicate between Addison and Johnson on King Lear), and those bargains allow us to play off knowledge and wishfulness in ways that help us turn to interactions with others also in our condition to cope with the brute and blind fact of the natural world. Much work has been done in the distributed cognition required for complex social tasks like navigation or the production of plays. We will get to the heart of the evolutionary psychology of aesthetic experience if we see the distributed cognition that goes into the formation of an audience as well.
Time, Space, and Subjectivity in Gérard Genette'sNarrative Discourse
Authors: Steinby Liisa
Published: December 2016

In this article, the questions of narrative temporality and narrative subjectivity in Gérard Genette's Narrative Discourse are examined, with special attention to the underlying basis of Genette's conceptual apparatus. The idea of basing concepts in narrative theory on linguistics, more specifically on the grammar of verbs, is a structuralist one, as is Genette's “deductive” method in defining the categories of narration. The relationship between Genette's categories and previous concepts of narrative analysis is discussed briefly; in contrast to these, Genette's concepts are intended to be logically necessary, accurately and exhaustively defined, and purified of any “subjective” or “psychological” connotations. It is here argued that Genette's notion of concept formation and use is in fact based on the model of the exact natural sciences. As an example, his concepts of narrative temporality are analyzed, which he defines in terms of the physical coordinates of the location and extension of the event and of its narration on the continuum of time. Indeed, Genette's approach to the definition of narrative phenomena closely resembles Galileo's method of observing bodies and determining their spatiotemporal coordinates and quantity. Similar to concepts of temporality, questions of experiencing and narrating subject(ivity), that is, “focalizer” and “voice,” are discussed in (quasi-)physical terms of space, time, and quantity. This inevitably leads us to ask whether a conceptual framework for describing narrative temporality and subjectivity that excludes the specificity of human experience, including questions of meaning and interpretation, can be an appropriate and fruitful tool in the study of literature in all its great historical and cultural variety.
The Success of Failure: Performatives in “The Judgment”
Authors: Huffmaster Michael
Published: December 2016

This essay investigates Kafka's first great story, “The Judgment,” through the lens of speech act theory. It argues that performative analysis can yield new insights into the text, with consequences for our understanding of the author's larger poetic project. It also shows how, in its treatment of two key issues — the susceptibility of speech acts to failure and the relation of indirect speech acts to questions of knowledge and power — Kafka's text has important implications for contemporary performative theory.
Divination and Comparison: The Dialogical Tension between Self-Reflective Aesthetics and Sensational Motifs in Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin Series
Authors: Fernández-Santiago Miriam
Published: December 2016

This article explores the birth of detective fiction as a dialogical contestation to its gothic, sensational, and pseudoscientific sources in the periodical publications of its time and suggests the use of self-reflective irony as the rhetorical device that allows Edgar Allan Poe's poetic genius to find expression as it surpasses those models. These views should give coherence and cohesion to Poe's work by attending to his personal and professional experience in its geographical, historical, economic, cultural, and social contexts in an attempt to solve the apparent contradictions resulting from the recent aesthetically and historically detached approaches of narratological and postmodernist analyses.
‘Low grade glioma’: an update for radiologists
Authors: Larsen Jennifer , Wharton Steve B , McKevitt Fiona , Romanowski Charles , Bridgewater Caroline , Zaki Hesham , Hoggard Nigel
Published: December 2016

With the recent publication of a new World Health Organization brain tumour classification that reflects increased understanding of glioma tumour genetics, there is a need for radiologists to understand the changes and their implications for patient management. There has also been an increasing trend for adopting earlier, more aggressive surgical approaches to low-grade glioma (LGG) treatment. We will summarize these changes, give some context to the increased role of tumour genetics and discuss the associated implications of their adoption for radiologists. We will discuss the earlier and more radical surgical resection of LGG and what it means for patients undergoing imaging.
The prediction of radiofrequency ablation zone volume using vascular indices of 3-dimensional volumetric colour Doppler ultrasound in an in vitro blood-perfused bovine liver model
Authors: Chang Samuel , Lanctot Anthony C , McCarter Martin D , Roberts Katherine M , Glueck Deborah H , Dodd Gerald D
Published: December 2016

Objective:

To determine the most reliable predictor of radiofrequency (RF) ablation zone volume among three-dimensional (3D) volumetric colour Doppler vascular indices in an in vitro blood-perfused bovine liver model.

Methods:

3D colour Doppler volume data of the local hepatic parenchyma were acquired from 37 areas of 13 bovine livers connected to an in vitro oxygenated blood perfusion system. Doppler vascular indices of vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI) and vascularization flow index (VFI) were obtained from the volume data using 3D volume analysis software. 37 RF ablations were performed at the same locations where the ultrasound data were obtained from. The relationship of these vascular indices and the ablation zone volumes measured from gross specimens were analyzed using a general linear mixed model fit with random effect for liver and backward stepwise regression analysis.

Results:

FI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes measured on gross specimens (p = 0.0047), but explained little of the variance (R  β  2 = 0.21). Ablation zone volume decreased by 0.23 cm3 (95% confidence interval: −0.38, −0.08) for every 1 increase in FI. Neither VI nor VFI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes (p > 0.05).

Conclusion:

Although FI was associated with ablation zone volumes, it could not sufficiently explain their variability, limiting its clinical applicability. VI, FI and VFI are not clinically useful in the prediction of RF ablation zone volume in the liver.

Advances in knowledge:

Despite a significant association of FI with ablation zone volumes, VI, FI and VFI cannot be used for their prediction. Different Doppler vascular indices need to be investigated for clinical use.
Selective inhibition of ASIC1a confers functional and morphological neuroprotection following traumatic spinal cord injury
Authors: Koehn Liam M. , Noor Natassya M. , Dong Qing , Er Sing-Yan , Rash Lachlan D. , King Glenn F. , Dziegielewska Katarzyna M. , Saunders Norman R. , Habgood Mark D.
Published: December 2016

Tissue loss after spinal trauma is biphasic, with initial mechanical/haemorrhagic damage at the time of impact being followed by gradual secondary expansion into adjacent, previously unaffected tissue. Limiting the extent of this secondary expansion of tissue damage has the potential to preserve greater residual spinal cord function in patients. The acute tissue hypoxia resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI) activates acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a). We surmised that antagonism of this channel should provide neuroprotection and functional preservation after SCI. We show that systemic administration of the spider-venom peptide PcTx1, a selective inhibitor of ASIC1a, improves locomotor function in adult Sprague Dawley rats after thoracic SCI. The degree of functional improvement correlated with the degree of tissue preservation in descending white matter tracts involved in hind limb locomotor function. Transcriptomic analysis suggests that PcTx1-induced preservation of spinal cord tissue does not result from a reduction in apoptosis, with no evidence of down-regulation of key genes involved in either the intrinsic or extrinsic apoptotic pathways. We also demonstrate that trauma-induced disruption of blood-spinal cord barrier function persists for at least 4 days post-injury for compounds up to 10 kDa in size, whereas barrier function is restored for larger molecules within a few hours. This temporary loss of barrier function provides a “treatment window” through which systemically administered drugs have unrestricted access to spinal tissue in and around the sites of trauma. Taken together, our data provide evidence to support the use of ASIC1a inhibitors as a therapeutic treatment for SCI. This study also emphasizes the importance of objectively grading the functional severity of initial injuries (even when using standardized impacts) and we describe a simple scoring system based on hind limb function that could be adopted in future studies.
Mathematical modeling of the electromagnetic fields interaction with small dispersed particles of different geometry and its dynamics.
Authors: Калуцков Олег , Kalutskov Oleg , Уварова Людмила , Uvarova Lyudmila
Published: December 2016

The model of the electromagnetic waves interaction with small particles and clusters is proposed in the case when the dielectric permittivity of the material depends both on the electric and magnetic fields. We consider the class of the differential equations solutions that is obtained in the framework of the model and allows take into account the geometric structure of the small dispersed particles or clusters. The motion and precipitation of water clusters in narrow tubes is investigated by molecular dynamics methods.
Monitoring administrative activity the formation of modern production reserve professionals.
Authors: Карлова Татьяна , Karlova Tatyana , Бекмешов Александр , Bekmeshov Aleksandr , Запольская Анна , Zapolskaya Anna
Published: December 2016

This article proposes an approach, based on which the production is considered as a distributed team of socio-management systems with their specific behavior. This statement encourages the development of new research methods and design of socio-management systems aimed at keeping their description and a behavioral aspect.
Improving operational characteristics of tool from tungsten-free carbides (cermets) by nanostructured multilayer composite coatings.
Authors: Верещака Алексей , Vereshchaka Aleksey , Хожаев Ойбек , Khozhaev Oybek
Published: December 2016

This paper discusses the issues of improving the efficiency of cutting tool made of tungsten-free carbides (cermets) by using nano-dispersed multi-layered composite coatings formed by use of innovative processes of filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition (FCVAD). Developed composi-tions of nano-structured multi-layered composite coatings contributes to significant improvement of properties of cutting tool made of cermets in cutting constructional steel and expansion of their application area for machining of heat-resistant alloys.
Tests for equivalence of the stress state and the generalized stress-strain diagram babbitt Tin-based.
Authors: Зернин Михаил , Zernin Mikhail
Published: December 2016

Describes the methodologies and results of experimental investigations on the basis of tin babbitt in different types of stress. Specification of parameters of the criterion of equivalence of states of stress and strain diagram obtained single babbitt.
Mathematical model of a special conveyor with suspended belt and distributed drive.
Authors: Лагерев Александр , Lagerev Aleksandr , Толкачев Евгений , Tolkachev Evgeniy
Published: December 2016

Mathematical model of a conveyor with suspended belt and distributed drive is developed. The modeling results presented in the article.
Reviews
Authors: Moffatt C.J. , Moorehead R.J.
Published: December 2016

THE NURSING MANAGEMENT OF LEG ULCERS IN THE COMMUNITY

WOUND BALLISTICS AND THE SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
Caring for large wounds and fistulas
Authors: Black P.K.
Published: December 2016

A guide to controlling effluent and protecting skin surrounding heavily exuding wounds and fistulas
Implications for wound healing of patient age and time elapsed since burn injury
Authors: Mourrtford E.M. , Blight A. , Cheshire I.M.
Published: December 2016

To determine the relationship between growth potential in culture and the age of the patient, skin biopsies were obtained from over 60 patients of varying ages. The relationship between the length of time elapsed since burn injury and growth potential was also examined, using biopsies obtained from patients with burns during their treatment. Keratinocytes were extracted from biopsies and assessed for colony-forming ability by standard methods. Repeated subculture of cells was undertaken to determine the reproductive capacity of cells in vitro. Age had no effect on the colony-forming ability of keratinocytes in primary culture; however age did affect the total number of generations achieved by these cells. The growth potential of keratinocytes from patients with severe burns showed considerable variation according to the amount of time which had elapsed since the injury. This was most apparent around one week post-burn. These results need to be investigated further to understand their clinical implications. The study provides an insight into the influence of age and physiological response on the wound healing process in burn injuries
From the Journals
Authors: Baragwanath P. , Orpin J. , Melville E. , Shutler S.D. , Lanigan S.W.
Published: December 2016

Topical cytokines and wound healing

A digest and review of wound care issues in other journals

Operating theatre practices and wound care

Civilian gunshot wounds

Wound treatments: old or new?

Lasers in surgery
The cost of wound care in the community
Authors: Thomas S.
Published: December 2016

The final part in a series of three articles discusses expenditure on wound management materials
Graduated compression hosiery for venous ulceration
Authors: Moffatt C. , O'Hare L.
Published: December 2016

An update on compression hosiery for the management of venous leg ulcers
Pressure sore prevention in a hospice
Authors: Bale S. , Finlay I. , Harding K.G.
Published: December 2016

This study investigated the influence on the number of pressure sores developing in patients nursed in a hospice when three levels of pressure support were used in association with a risk assessment tool. The study was designed as phase one of an epidemiological study examining the use of a modified Norton scoring system. This was followed by a second phase of the study, when patients were allocated to pressure sore support systems according to their risk assessment score. A total of 327 patients entered, 223 in phase one and 104 in phase two. A significant reduction in the development of pressure sores was observed in the second phase of the study.
Review of classic research: Community clinics for leg ulcers
Authors: Ruckley C.V.
Published: December 2016

These three critiques discuss the influence of the frequently referenced classic paper, cited below, on the management of leg ulcers
Community clinics for leg ulcers: Critique III
Authors: Fletcher A.
Published: December 2016

In order to attribute cause and effect with confidence, the design of a clinical evaluation needs certain characteristics. The fundamental requirement of any evaluation of a health-care intervention is that the outcomes should be attributable to the treatment and not to other factors such as chance or differences between patients.
Wound care: an emerging speciality?
Authors: Bale S.
Published: December 2016

Evidence is growing that wound care has emerged as the newest area of specialisation. In recent years developments have taken place in a number of key areas. Several books written by doctors, nurses and pharmacists have been published which cover a broad range of subjects from different professional perspectives. In addition, new journals keep professionals abreast of the latest research. Societies such as the European Wound Management Association, the European Tissue Repair Society, the Tissue Viability Society and the Wound Care Society continue to go from strength to strength, bringing together the many professionals involved in wound care.
Letters
Authors: bliss M , bethell E , Harris W.
Published: December 2016

PREVENTING PRESSURE SORES

DEVELOPING WOUND CARE GUIDELINES
Nurses' assessment and management of pain at wound dressing changes
Authors: Hollinworth H.
Published: December 2016

This case study examined the methods used by nurses to assess, manage and document pain at wound dressing changes. The sample consisted of four registered nurses working in acute surgical wards and the dermatology outpatient clinic at a large hospital. A theoretical framework was used to structure and focus the study. Data were collected through non-participant observation, semi-structured interviews and nursing documentation. Findings included the failure of nurses to assess patients' pain verbally or to use pain assessment tools. Reliance on nursing experience and non-verbal patient indicators of pain suggested inadequate assessment. Pharmacological agents were advocated to manage pain but were not used. Information was given to patients but no control over their pain was facilitated. Neither assessment nor management of pain at dressing changes was documented. Recommendations are suggested, including teaching strategies to develop a more sensitive approach which would include patient involvement in pain assessment before dressing changes, documented pain assessments and wider availability of nitrous oxide and oxygen (Entonox)
Pressure sores and incontinence: a study evaluating the use of topical agents in skin care
Authors: Dealey C.
Published: December 2016

A report of a study that investigated the effect of a combined cleanser and barrier cream on the incidence of pressure sores in patients who were incontinent
From the Journals
Authors: Hopkinson I. , Roberts J. , Price P. , Llewellyn Al.
Published: December 2016

Dermal collagens and skin ageing

Leg ulcers and quality of life

Pneumatic compression and ulcer healing

Fibrin degradation and adhesion formation
Evaluating clinical trials
Authors: Freak L.
Published: December 2016

A discussion of points to consider when assessing the results of clinical trials in wound care
Reviews
Authors: Place B. , Beitner H.S.
Published: December 2016

NURSING PRACTICE

BEN-OCH FOTSAR Diagnos-Klinik-Terapi
Hypertrophic and keloid scars
Authors: Munro K.J.G.
Published: December 2016

A comparison of the histological, epidemiological and aetiological characteristics of hypertrophic scars and keloids
From the Journals
Authors: Jones V. , Lewis Erynda , Flanagan Madeleine , Baragwanath Philip , Nash J.H. , Shutler S.D.
Published: December 2016

Standardised assessment and evaluation of wounds

Nutritional support in wound healing

Pressure sores, a review of the literature

Gene therapy in skin grafts

Surgical techniques in pilonidal disease

Prognostic usefulness of serum albumin for pressure ulcer healing
Intermittent compression treatment for venous leg ulcers
Authors: Hofman Deborah
Published: December 2016

A report on the use of intermittent pneumatic compression for two patients whose venous leg ulcers were proving difficult to heal
Improvements in bandaging technique following training
Authors: Nelson EA , Ruckley C.V. , Barbenel J.C.
Published: December 2016

Effective compression bandaging is critical for leg ulcer care. The bandaging technique of 1 8 nurses was assessed using a pressure monitor and the assessment repeated after training with feedback from the monitor. The use of a bandage marked with a tension indicator resulted in a small, insignificant improvement in bandaging technique. The combination of training and feedback significantly improved the nurses' bandaging technique. This improvement was sustained on retesting two weeks later
Wound management in ear, nose and throat surgery
Authors: Sherman I. , Drake-Lee A.
Published: December 2016

An overview of treatment strategies used for wound management following surgery to the neck and ear
Auditing pressure sore risk assessment
Authors: Douglas D. , Watret L.
Published: December 2016

An account of an internal audit which resulted in the development of a new risk assessment form
Wheelchairs for the elderly
Authors: Bar C.A
Published: December 2016

An overview of the provision of wheelchair services and wheelchair design in the UK
From the Journals
Authors: Ranks V. , Venables J. , Shutler S.D. , Orpin J.C. , Nash J.H.
Published: December 2016

Bacterial infection in chronic wounds

The care of patients with atopic eczema

Venous incompetence and the results of foot volumetry

Mortality and surgical wound infection

The use of interleukin-1β in the treatment of pressure sores
Reviews
Authors: Flanagan M. , Nelson A. , Hofman D.
Published: December 2016

PRESSURE SORES PREVENTION MANUAL

LEG AND FOOT ULCERS: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE

LEG ULCERS: NURSING MANAGEMENT
Treatment of a malignant leg ulcer
Authors: Neal M.S.
Published: December 2016

A report describing a long-standing leg ulcer which had resisted treatment and was eventually found to be a result of a basal cell carcinoma
Hospital mattresses and pressure sore prevention
Authors: Santy J.
Published: December 2016

Guidelines on the selection and care of hospital mattresses and suggestions for future research
The cost of wound care in the community
Authors: Thomas Stephen
Published: December 2016

The cost of wound management materials will be discussed in three articles. The first of these describes the expenditure on primary wound dressings
The management and repair of wounds of the face
Authors: Al-Khateeb T. , Thomas D.W. , Shepherd J.P.
Published: December 2016

A practical guide to the causes, types, and repair of injuries of the face
Reviews
Authors: Orpin J.C. , Collier M.
Published: December 2016

COMMUNITY NURSE WOUND MANAGEMENT POLICY

UNDERSTANDING PRESSURE SORES
The management of leg ulcers in a patient with ulcerative colitis
Authors: Nelson EA , Gibson B.
Published: December 2016

This case study details the treatment of a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum on the shins of both legs
The cost of wound care in the community
Authors: Thomas S.
Published: December 2016

Part two in a series of three articles discusses the expenditure on wound management materials.
Leg ulcer odour detection identifies β-haemolytic streptococcal infection
Authors: Parry A. D. , Chadwick P.R , Simon D. , Oppenheim B. , McCollum C.N.
Published: December 2016

β-haemolytic streptococci were identified in bacteriological cultures from 14 of 24 chronic venous leg ulcers in 21 patients. Multi-element odour detection (MEOD) analysis demonstrated a significant difference in odour in those ulcers from which β-haemolytic streptococci were isolated (p<0.01). MEOD has potential to detect pathogenic organisms instantaneously in the clinical setting.
A contemporary approach to wound care education
Authors: Flanagan M.
Published: December 2016

Education must enable the practitioner to replace traditional and out-dated practices in wound care with research-based practice
Control of scarring: critique II
Authors: Leaper D.J.
Published: December 2016

It Is now widely known that wounds Inflicted in utero on the fetus of some mammalian species can heal without scarring. This has potential in the management of wounds in adults, the result being that there could be complete restoration of tissue integrity with no cosmetic disfigurement. The normal response to trauma Involves a complicated acute inflammatory response mediated mainly through the macrophage and cytokine cascades. This has become established through our evolution and it is not known what may result from interference using genetically engineered manipulations or addition of factors which promote or inhibit stages of the inflammatory response.
Control of scarring: critique III
Authors: McKay IA , Vijh V.
Published: December 2016

Scarring is one of the major problems associated with wound healing and, in particular, there is a great deal of morbidity associated with hypertrophic scarring and keloid formation. Many approaches have been taken to suppression of scar formation1 but few have been widely successful. It was therefore of great interest when, in this short note to The Lancet, Shah and colleagues presented a novel approach to prevention of scarring in healing adult wounds.
Treatment of ureterolithiasis in feline patients
Authors: Fernee Rosanne Mary
Published: December 2016

Ureterolithiasis is becoming more frequently diagnosed in feline patients as diagnostic imaging has become more available and the understanding of the clinical signs suggestive of this disease process has grown. The presence of ureteral stones can be diagnosed by radiography and ultrasonography. As 98% of ureteral stones in cats are calcium oxalate, medical management may not be an option for the majority of cases. Subcutaneous ureteral bypass, nephroureterectomy, ureteral stenting and lithotripsy are all techniques that can be used for the treatment of ureteral obstruction caused by ureteral stones; this article focuses on the subcutaneous ureteral bypass device (SUB). This paper outlines how ureterolithiasis is diagnosed, briefly outlines treatment options then focuses on how the SUB device is placed. Postoperative care following a SUB placement is discussed as these patients need careful medical management in the immediate postoperative period to resolve azotaemia without causing fluid overload as well as lifelong follow-up care to ensure the SUB device stays patent and to support renal function.
How to understand wound aetiologies
Authors: O'Dwyer Louise
Published: December 2016

Patients with wounds sustained in a variety of ways present to veterinary clinics on a daily basis. Early identification of the way in which a wound was created is essential to provide appropriate, timely treatment, and hopefully prevent complications. Having a good understanding of wound aetiology will allow staff to anticipate the level of contamination with debris and organic material, along with bacterial load, as well as the extent to which tissue necrosis is likely. All these factors need to be considered which planning on how the wound will be treated, whether with immediate primary closure or extensive open wound management.
Know which way the (winter) wind blows
Authors: Stokes Laura
Published: December 2016

Many parasites are seasonal…but not all of them are! Indeed, some parasites' seasonal activities favour the colder, wetter autumn and winter weather. Two examples of this are Angiostrongylus vasorum (lungworm) and tapeworm. Other parasites, such as fleas, have clear seasonal activity favouring the warmer months, but external factors such as central heating act as game changers.
COLABORAÇÃO PREMIADA E O ESTADO DEMOCRÁTICO DE DIREITO: NOVOS ESTUDOS JURÍDICOS?
Authors: Do Vale Leitão Christiane , Barreto Lima Martonio Mont’Alverne
Published: December 2016

O presente estudo tem por objetivo investigar a compatibilidade entre os dispositivos do diploma legal que disciplina o instituto da colaboração premiada - a Lei nº 12.580, de 02 de agosto de 2013 - sua aplicação prática e compatibilidade com a ordem constitucional vigente, com o elenco de garantias fundamentais, materiais e processuais da Constituição Federal. Buscamos a análise do instituto da colaboração premiada de nosso ordenamento jurídico, como forma de colaboração com a justiça, no combate à criminalidade. Nos dias atuais, esta colaboração tem sido objeto de muitos debates, visto que o texto normativo trouxe importantes consequências para a atuação das agências de poder punitivo estatal, como a conceituação legal do que seria uma organização criminosa e a regulação da colaboração processual e premiada. A partir da crítica de recentes decisões pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, analisando-se ainda os efeitos e consequências práticas das disposições da nova Lei, procuraremos posição sobre sua constitucionalidade nas perspectivas formal e material.
INOVAÇÃO E SOBERANIA: A NECESSIDADE DO INVESTIMENTO ESTATAL EM P&D – O INVESTIMENTO ESTATAL EM TECNOLOGIA COMO FORMA DE MANUTENÇÃO DE HEGEMONIA
Authors: De Souza Pinto Felipe Chiarello , Pscheidt Kristian Rodrigo
Published: December 2016

O Estado hoje é o ator central no desenvolvimento de tecnologias revolucionárias. Incentiva, financia e tem a paciência necessária para assumir os riscos de um investimento futuro e incerto. Porém, os objetivos desta atuação estatal vão muito além da geração de empregos ou arrecadação. Trata-se de assegurar vantagem na corrida militar, ficar na vanguarda dos movimentos econômicos e, principalmente, em uma Sociedade do Conhecimento, permitir que a sociedade que represente esteja na dianteira intelectual. A tecnologia, entendida como inovação, desvenda uma estratégia política econômica do Estado deter soberania em um ambiente mundial. Depende invariavelmente das instituições e, infelizmente, o Brasil ainda não percebeu essas variáveis.
Resíduo líquido de laticínio como fertilizante para o capim Mombaça
Authors: Santos Perlon Maia , Silva José Expedito Cavalcante , Santos Antonio Clementino , Santos Jose Geraldo Donozetti , Araújo Aridouglas Santos , Rodrigues Marcos Odilon Dias
Published: December 2016

The chemical or organic fertilizer can be responsible for the sustainability of pastures, with an alternative of application for the agro-industry subproducts. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of dairy waste application on Mombaça grass agronomic characteristics to verify the potential supply of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Six doses of liquid dairy waste corresponding to 10, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 400 m³ ha-¹ were evaluated in four production cycles. The accumulation of dry forage, leaf blade, stem, dead material, leaf area index, number of tillers, leaf/stem and plant height were evaluated. Increasing levels resulted in the increase of the grass performance. The application of 400 m³ ha-¹ of liquid dairy waste ensures similar productions when compared to the application of P and K through chemical fertilizers, replacing 25% of the phosphorus and 100% of potassium fertilization. The liquid dairy waste can be used as a potassium supplier to Mombaça grass and have a positive residual effect on biomass accumulation.
Acúmulo de serapilheira e nutrientes em área com diferentes metodologias de Restauração Florestal
Authors: Klippel Valéria Hollunder , Pezzopane José Eduardo Macedo , Caldeira Marcos Vinicius Winckler , Da Silva Gilson Fernandes , Castro Kallil Chaves
Published: December 2016

The objective of this study was to evaluate the forest restoration indexes (chemical soil attributes, accumulated litter and nutrients content) in different methods of forest restoration of an Atlantic Forest Tableland in Linhares, ES, Brazil. The experiment was installed on August, 2007 in a randomized block design with four treatments and three repetitions: T1 (Control)- only the control of leaf-cutting ants, T2: manual selective mowing, selective chemical weed control, control of ants and herbicide-tolerant species; T3: same for treatment 2, but planting pioneer species from the Atlantic Forest spaced 5x5m, interleaving, in the same spacing, the seeding of Sesbania grandiflora ; T4: same for treatment 2, but planting 54 species from the Atlantic Forest spaced 3x3m. The average total production of litter, accumulated from the four different methodologies for forest restoration was 7.4 Mg ha-1. The K content was the only with statistic significant difference (higher for T1 and lower for T4). For micronutrients, no statistical difference between treatments was observed when the accumulatedlitter was evacuated. The evaluation of soil chemical properties and accumulated litter, in general, were not influenced by the used methodologies for forest restoration, which can be attributed to the short time of implementation of the treatments.
Probiótico na alimentação de tilápias cultivadas em efluentes de esgotos doméstico tratado
Authors: Ferreira Antônio Hosmylton Carvalho , Lopes João Batista , Alencar Araripe Maria de Nasaré Bona de , Monteiro Cleto Augusto Baratta , Andrade Francisco Teixeira , Kimpara Janaina Mitsue
Published: December 2016

The bioimpedance is a method used to estimate humans and animals body composition, characterized by determining the value of the phase angle. This study aimed to estimate the fish condition through electrical bioimpedance technique and evaluate the performance of Nile tilapia grown in sewage water treated with the addition of probiotic (Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subitillis and yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae and boulardi) in diets. For the experiment, 360 fingerlings were used with initial average weight of 2.91 ± 0.37 g and initial average length of 3.30 ± 0.27 cm, distributed in a completely randomized design with three treatments and six repetitions of 20 fish each. Treatments consisted of: PRO1 - fish grown in clean water; RO2 - fish grown in wastewater; PRO3 - fish grown in wastewater + probiotic added to the feed. All animals were fedto apparent satiety. Tilapia that were submitted to the health challenge (wastewater) presented phase angle less than 15°. Fulton´s K value was higher for the group treated with sewage water. The wastewater does not present conditions for a good crop and a good development of the fish, regardless the probiotic supplementation and the measurement method of health status used. The probiotic strains did not led to an improvement of fish performance and survival.
Mineral nutrition and yield of sweet potato according to phosphorus doses
Authors: Cruz Sandra Maria da Costa , Cecílio Filho Arthur Bernardes , Nascimento Alexsandra Sousa , Vargas Pablo Forlan
Published: December 2016

The sweet potato is a vegetable with potential for expansion of its production area, due to its versatility of use, as it can be used as food, feed and biofuel. However, there is limited information on the mineral nutrition and performance of this vegetable in response to fertilization, especially phosphorus, which is a nutrient with strong interaction with the soil. Given the above, the aim of the present study was to evaluate phosphorus fertilizer levels on growth, mineral nutrition and sweet potato productivity. An experiment carried out from September 3, 2011 until January 3, 2012, in São Luis-MA, aimed to evaluate phosphorus fertilizer levels on growth, mineral nutrition and productivity of sweet potato plants. The experimental design was a completely randomized blocks with four replications. Harvest took place 123 days after seedling transplantation. Phosphorus doses influenced the P level in the soil, plant aerial and root dry matter, total and commercial productivities, and the accumulation of P in the plant aerial part dry matter, tuberous roots and the total plant. The foliar P content was verified to follow a linear adjustment to the doses of P2O5 whereas total and commercial productivities of roots followed a quadratic adjustment. Maximum productivity (1.68 kg m-2) resulted when the P2O5 dose was 191 kg ha-1. The optimal economical dose was 104 kg P2O5 ha-1, that is, 54% of the dose that resulted in the highest commercial productivity.
Gold Has Many Uses
Authors: Graf Fritz
Published: December 2016

In this paper, I discuss a group of gold tablets from graves in Judaea-Palaestina from about 200 CE. I connect the text in these tablets with a well known funerary acclamation that originated in the East and was brought to the Latin West by immigrants and argue, against earlier scholars, that these tablets mark the very home of this acclamation and express a peculiar eschatology. I end with remarks on the multiple uses of inscribed gold tablets in ancient religions.
Omen and Anti-omen: The Rabbinic Hagiography of the Scapegoat’s Scarlet Ribbon
Authors: Balberg Mira
Published: December 2016

This article proposes that the place and meaning of various objects among religious communities can be explored in terms of “hagiography,” that is, through the narratives constructed around sacred objects sometimes long after their physical disappearance. It takes as its point of departure the assumption that in the same way that written accounts of saints’ lives disclose more about the authors of these accounts than about the protagonists, so narratives regarding “things” reveal the concerns and debates of their authors, and in particular their concerns about materiality and divine presence within physical objects. The article explores the rabbinic narratives concerning the scarlet ribbon tied to the scapegoat of the Day of Atonement, its function and its vicissitudes, as developed in the Mishnah and in the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds. Using both a synchronic and a diachronic lens, the article shows how the scarlet ribbon is utilized in the rabbis’ attempts to define their own times vis-à-vis earlier times, and to grapple with pressing religious uncertainties.
The Furniture of the Gods: The Problem with the Importation of ‘Empty Space and Material Aniconism’ into Greek Religion
Authors: Blume Henry S.
Published: December 2016

The field of aniconism has begun to receive more attention within the past 20 years. In Travis Mettinger’s No Graven Image? Israelite Aniconism in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context (1995), he subdivided the field into two distinct categories: material aniconism and empty space aniconism. The former typically refers to stelai, unhewn pieces of wood etc., whereas the latter may refer to empty thrones, a saddled horse without a rider, or the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem. In short, empty space aniconism refers to a space where the god is perceived to be positioned. This paper seeks to answer the question: how useful are these categories? To answer it, the altar is offered as one possible type of aniconism. This was first proposed by Milette Gaifman in her 2005 dissertation, refined and expanded in Aniconism in Greek Antiquity (2012), where she makes the case that some altars can be considered as examples of material aniconism. This paper starts from the opposite premise: that altars can be considered forms of empty space aniconism. After demonstrating many instances where altars do fit the criteria of empty space aniconism, examples that might fit Gaifman’s premise are addressed as well. This paper ultimately arrives at the conclusion that altars fall into both categories, thereby showing that these categories are insufficient. Altars, like so many other forms of aniconism, are merely a means to denote divine presence.
Religious Lives of Image-Things, Avodah Zarah, and Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine
Authors: Neis Rachel
Published: December 2016

Drawing on rabbinic sources redacted in the early third and late fourth/ early fifth centuries, this paper tracks the intertwined lives of divine image-things and rabbis living in late Roman and Byzantine period Palestine. The paper argues that the religious image-things of others (or avodah zarah, in rabbinic terms) pressed in different ways on rabbinic notions of animation, materiality, agency, and representation, as well as on the boundaries between the thing, the human, and the divine. Additionally, the paper argues that while rabbis attempted to neutralize the claims of such image-things, in part by exposing their materiality, their excess nonetheless escaped such rabbinic efforts. Finally, the paper argues that in the fourth century, along with the “material turn” in the Roman world inspired by Christian engagement, we find not only a greater sense of the excess in the things of avodah zarah, but also a concomitant thingification of the rabbinic sage.
Utility and Variance in Late Antique Witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus Correspondence
Authors: Given J. Gregory
Published: December 2016

This article analyzes two sets of late antique witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus correspondence: the discussion of the letters in the literary record of the 4th-6th centuries and the Coptic version of the correspondence, as preserved in amulets and ritual formularies. I approach each of these sets with a particular interest in how the texts’ forms-both the textual variants contained within them and the physical objects upon which they are inscribed-may reflect practices of engagement with the letters, drawing attention to the ways in which ancient readers, scribes, and ritual specialists grappled with questions about these texts’ source, attribution, stability, and reliability. The available evidence suggests that ancient readers, hearers, and users of the Abgar-Jesus correspondence were not particularly concerned with questions of “canonical authority” and “genuineness;” these texts were put to use not because they were demonstrably “authentic,” but because they worked. While a number of features suggest the letters’ origins as part of an “epistolary fiction,” these texts were nevertheless received as efficacious in matters of life and death. Their utility for particular scriptural practices trouble the modern distinctions between “authentic” and “forged,” “real” and “fictional,” “canonical” and “apocryphal,” and demand a recalibration (if not total overhaul) of these analytical categories as applied to antiquity.
Interdependence of marital status and clinical characteristics of morbidity with health-related quality of life among low
back pain patients
Authors: Hammed Adebisi I. , Agbonlahor Elvis I.
Published: December 2016

Study aim: This study investigated the relationship of clinical characteristics of morbidity (CCM) and marital status with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with low back pain (LBP).

Material and methods: A total of 100 subjects with LBP of mechanical origin participated in this study. HRQoL of the participants was measured with the short form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire and CCM were categorized based on duration of onset of LBP in weeks into acute (<6 weeks), sub-acute (6–12 weeks) and chronic (>12 weeks). The relationship of CCM and marital status with HRQoL was analysed using Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlation.

Results: The outcome of this study showed that CCM correlated poorly and inversely with all domains of HRQoL except mental health, though that was insignificant (p > 0.05). Also, a proportionate but insignificant relationship was found between marital status and domains of HRQoL except physical functioning and role limitations due to physical health problems.

Conclusion: It was therefore concluded that CCM and marital status cannot determine or predict HRQoL among LBP patients, and it might not be necessary to take them into consideration during rehabilitation of these individuals.
Injuries and training variables in Filipino judo athletes
Authors: Maciejewski Reylin , Callanta Hercules
Published: December 2016

Study aim: The aim of this study was twofold: first, to compare the incidence of injuries between male and female athletes in the junior and youth divisions during competition, as well as to identify body parts commonly injured and the types of injury frequently incurred; second, to assess overall incidence of injuries in relation to the frequency and duration of training as well as supplemental training.

Material and methods: Subjects were Filipino judokas (n = 192) competing in 4 major divisions at a national competition in Manila in 2009. Injury rates are expressed per 1,000 athlete-exposures, and the confidence intervals around the rates were computed.

Results: There was no difference in injury rate between boys (84.03/1,000 athlete-exposures (A-E), 95% CI: 47.20–120.86) and girls (37.04/1,000 A-E, 95% CI: –14.29–88.37). Although the boys were at a higher risk than the girls, the difference was not significant (OR = 3.13, 95% CI: 0.62–15.76). The junior women were at a higher risk than the girls (OR = 6.30, 95% CI: 1.26–31.66). Neither training frequencies of ≤2, 3, and ≥4 sessions per week nor training durations of ≤2 and >2 hours were significant predictors of injury. Supplemental training was not found to be related to the occurrence of injuries.

Conclusion: Judo is a relatively safe physical activity for young adults and children. Training variables, such as frequency and duration, and supplemental training do not influence the occurence of injury.
Intra- or extra-exosomal secretion of HDGF isoforms: the extraordinary function of the HDGF-A N-terminal peptide
Authors: Nüße Jessica , Blumrich Eva-Maria , Mirastschijski Ursula , Kappelmann Lennart , Kelm Sørge , Dietz Frank
Published: December 2016

Hepatoma-derived growth factor (HDGF) is a protein with diverse intracellular functions. Moreover, after non-conventional secretion, extracellular HDGF is able to influence different signaling pathways, leading for example to induction of processes like epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell migration. Intriguingly, in recent proteome studies, HDGF was also found secreted by special microvesicles called exosomes. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of two new HDGF isoforms (B and C). These isoforms are involved in different cellular processes than HDGF-A. Along this line, in the present study we discovered that full length HDGF-A clearly is located inside of exosomes, whereas the isoforms HDGF-B and HDGF-C are found exclusively on the outer surface. Furthermore, while HDGF-B and HDGF-C seem to use exosomes mediated pathway exclusively, HDGF-A was found also as unbound protein in the conditioned media. The new finding of an intra- or extra-exosomal localisation of protein splice variants opens a fascinating new perspective concerning functional diversity of HDGF isoforms. Dysregulation of HDGF expression during cancer development and tumor progression is a commonly known fact. With our new findings, unraveling the potential functional impact according to physiological versus pathophysiologically altered levels and compositions of intra- and extra-exosomal HDGF has to be addressed in future studies.
LED-light Activated Antibacterial Surfaces Using Silver-modified TiO2 Embedded in Polymer Matrix
Authors: Tallósy Szabolcs Péter , Janovák László , Ménesi Judit , Nagy Elisabeth , Juhász Ádám , Dékány Imre
Published: December 2016

Silver functionalized TiO