bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Proof of Concept and Pilot Study on the Development and Implementation of an Electronic Medication Administration Record
Authors: Lebel Denis , Mercier Geneviève , Dulermez Thomas , Rousseau Aurélie , Bussières Jean-François
Published: November 2015

: The main objective is to describe the phases of electronic medication administration record development and implementation. The secondary objective is to compare dose information using medication administration record and electronic medication administration record.

: Nursing daily work planning is usually done with the use of a medication administration record printed daily based on the information available in the Pharmacy Information System.

: We identified six guiding principles. A profile compared to medication administration record and electronic medication administration record, revealed 19 parameters related to drug registration doses. Regarding the development phase, a total of 150 pharmacist hours and 150 nursing hours have been carried out on optimization of electronic medication administration record. During the preparatory pilot phase, voluntary nurses have been invited to identify problems associated with the electronic version. During the pilot phase, a training program was set up. We implemented the electronic medication administration record on 26 November 2014. The pilot study demonstrates that electronic medication administration record has been successfully implemented in a university hospital.

: To our knowledge, this is the first pilot study conducted in Quebec that describes electronic medication administration record development and implementation. Our pilot study shows that we were able to face these challenges through the employment of human, financial and material resources.
Epileptogenesis following experimentally induced traumatic brain injury – a systematic review
Authors: Chandel Shammy , Gupta Sunil Kumar , Medhi Bikash
Published: November 2015

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex neurotrauma in civilian life and the battlefield with a broad spectrum of symptoms, long-term neuropsychological disability, as well as mortality worldwide. Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a common outcome of TBI with unknown mechanisms, followed by posttraumatic epileptogenesis. There are numerous rodent models of TBI available with varying pathomechanisms of head injury similar to human TBI, but there is no evidence for an adequate TBI model that can properly mimic all aspects of clinical TBI and the first successive spontaneous focal seizures follow a single episode of neurotrauma with respect to epileptogenesis. This review aims to provide current information regarding the various experimental animal models of TBI relevant to clinical TBI. Mossy fiber sprouting, loss of dentate hilar neurons along with recurrent seizures, and epileptic discharge similar to human PTE have been studied in fluid percussion injury, weight-drop injury, and cortical impact models, but further refinement of animal models and functional test is warranted to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of posttraumatic epileptogenesis. A multifaceted research approach in TBI model may lead to exploration of the potential treatment measures, which are a major challenge to the research community and drug developers. With respect to clinical setting, proper patient data collection, improved clinical trials with advancement in drug delivery strategies, blood-brain barrier permeability, and proper monitoring of level and effects of target drug are also important.
Biofilms and nasal wound healing in postsurgical patients with chronic rhinosinusitis - A review of literature
Authors: Trombitas Veronica , Nagy Alina Anda , Vlad Diana , Aranka Ilea , Albu Silviu
Published: November 2015

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), fairly common disease in the field of otorhinolaryngology, is the focal point of thorough study of the pathophysiology and treatment strategies for a favourable evolution of patients with this problem. Although there have been important advances in the treatment of CRS, signs and symptoms still remain long after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), indicating the persistence of the biofilm infection on the sinus mucosa. This review aims to highlight the relationship between bacterial biofilm and CRS, and also the available treatment strategies of the latter.
Considerations on cervical anastomoses in postcaustic esophageal reconstruction
Authors: Predescu Irina , Predescu Dragos , Sarafoleanu Codrut , Constantinoiu Silviu
Published: November 2015

Background. The increased incidence of accidental or non-accidental ingestion of corrosive substances or drug compounds leading to postcaustic esophagitis represents a major public health issue. The treatment of postcaustic esophagitides is difficult and long lasting, calling for a complex team trained in this borderline pathology: gastroenterologist, general surgeon, otorhinolaryngologist, anesthesiologist, psychiatrist. In cases when preventive treatment has failed, the only effective therapy remains the surgical one.

Material and methods. Our study involved an analysis of the cases treated and/or operated in the Department of General and Esophageal Surgery of the “Sfanta Maria” Hospital in Bucharest, between 1981-2014; respectively 195 patients who benefited from reconstructive esophageal interventions. Of the selected patients, 191 were operated for corrosive pathology produced by ingestion of caustic soda and only four cases by ingestion of acids. The lesion balance showed that, besides the esophagus, the oropharynx (28 patients), the larynx (7 patients) and the stomach (31 patients) had been affected by the corrosion process, requiring particular surgical solutions. The bypass reconstruction (preserving the esophagus) was the standard treatment, esophagectomy having been performed in only 4 patients.

Results. The main remote postoperative complaint was feeding inability, a consequence of various causes: cervical anastomosis stenosis, motor dysfunctions of the graft or of the laryngopharyngeal complex, over-time alteration of the graft, technical vices or the degradation of intra-abdominal assemblies, traumatic injuries of the presternal substituent.

Conclusion. One of the most important moments during the esophageal reconstruction surgery remains the duration of the cervical anastomosis, since the postoperative complication rate and the remote functional outcome depend on it. Minimizing postoperative risks and complications requires a complete mastery of surgical methods, of the small technical “artifices” and of the necessary therapeutic refinements adapted to each individual case.
Schneiderian membrane adult vasculogenesis evaluated by CD31 and CD34 expression and morphological arrangement
Authors: Derjac-Arama Andreea-Ioana , Sarafoleanu Codrut , Rusu Mugurel Constantin , Vereanu Anca
Published: November 2015

Background. Few studies approached the process of blood vessels formation in the Schneiderian membrane. We aimed at investigating by immunohistochemistry the processes that are responsible for forming new blood vessels in the human Schneiderian membrane.

Material and methods. We applied CD31 and CD34 markers on bioptic samples gathered from eight adult patients negative for malignant pathologies. Filopodia-projecting endothelial tip cells (ETCs) were found and indicated processes of sprouting angiogenesis. Also, CD31-expressing monocyte-derived cells were found being involved in processes of vasculogenesis. These cells were projecting filopodia, thus being assessed as endothelial progenitor tip cells (EpTCs). Aggregates of CD31+ EpTCs were also analyzed. Further stages of lumen acquisition and large diameter vessels formation, specific for vasculogenesis, were evaluated.

Results. It resulted that, specifically within the maxillary sinus mucosa, vascular remodelling is equally ensured by adult vasculogenesis and sprouting angiogenesis.

Conclusion. This is, to our knowledge, the first evidence of adult vasculogenesis in the maxillary sinus mucosa, supported by bona fide bone marrow-derived CD31+ cells. The guidance mechanism of EpTCs protrusions needs further investigations for finding similarities, or dissimilarities, with the endothelial tip cells prolongations.
MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Novel genetic causes of short stature
Authors: Wit Jan M , Oostdijk Wilma , Losekoot Monique , van Duyvenvoorde Hermine A , Ruivenkamp Claudia A L , Kant Sarina G
Published: November 2015

The fast technological development, particularly single nucleotide polymorphism array, array-comparative genomic hybridization, and whole exome sequencing, has led to the discovery of many novel genetic causes of growth failure. In this review we discuss a selection of these, according to a diagnostic classification centred on the epiphyseal growth plate. We successively discuss disorders in hormone signalling, paracrine factors, matrix molecules, intracellular pathways, and fundamental cellular processes, followed by chromosomal aberrations including copy number variants (CNVs) and imprinting disorders associated with short stature. Many novel causes of GH deficiency (GHD) as part of combined pituitary hormone deficiency have been uncovered. The most frequent genetic causes of isolated GHD areGH1andGHRHRdefects, but several novel causes have recently been found, such asGHSR,RNPC3, andIFT172mutations. Besides well-defined causes of GH insensitivity (GHR,STAT5B,IGFALS,IGF1defects), disorders of NFκB signalling,STAT3andIGF2have recently been discovered. HeterozygousIGF1Rdefects are a relatively frequent cause of prenatal and postnatal growth retardation.TRHAmutations cause a syndromic form of short stature with elevated T3/T4ratio. Disorders of signalling of various paracrine factors (FGFs, BMPs, WNTs, PTHrP/IHH, and CNP/NPR2) or genetic defects affecting cartilage extracellular matrix usually cause disproportionate short stature. HeterozygousNPR2orSHOXdefects may be found in ∼3% of short children, and also rasopathies (e.g., Noonan syndrome) can be found in children without clear syndromic appearance. Numerous other syndromes associated with short stature are caused by genetic defects in fundamental cellular processes, chromosomal abnormalities, CNVs, and imprinting disorders.
Thrombospondin-1 is a glucocorticoid responsive protein in humans
Authors: Barclay Johanna L , Petersons Carolyn J , Keshvari Sahar , Sorbello Jane , Mangelsdorf Brenda L , Thompson Campbell H , Prins Johannes B , Burt Morton G , Whitehead Jonathan P , Inder Warrick J
Published: November 2015

Objective

Thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) is a matricellular protein whose gene expression has previously been shown to increase acutely after exposure to dexamethasone in vitro. The aim of this study was to determine if TSP1 is altered by acute and chronic states of glucocorticoid excess in human subjects.

Design and methods

Three studies have been undertaken to assess the difference or change in TSP1 in response to altered glucocorticoid activity: i) an acute interventional study assessed the effects of a single 4 mg dose of dexamethasone in 20 healthy volunteers; ii) a cross-sectional study compared plasma TSP1 in 20 healthy volunteers and eight patients with Cushing's syndrome; iii) an interventional study assessed the effect on plasma TSP1 of an increase in hydrocortisone dose from ≤20 mg/day to 30 mg/day for 7 days in 16 patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency.

Results

In healthy volunteers, 4 mg dexamethasone significantly increased peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) TSP1 mRNA levels (P<0.0001) and plasma TSP1 concentrations (P<0.0001), peaking at 12 h. Median (interquartile range) plasma TSP1 was higher in Cushing's, 638 (535–756) ng/ml, than in healthy volunteers, 272 (237–336) ng/ml (P<0.0001). Plasma TSP1 >400 ng/ml diagnosed Cushing's syndrome with sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 85%. The higher hydrocortisone dose increased plasma TSP1 from 139 (86–199) to 256 (133–516) ng/ml, (P<0.01) in patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency.

Conclusions

TSP1 is a glucocorticoid responsive protein in humans. Further research is required to determine if plasma TSP1 has a role as a glucocorticoid biomarker.
H295R expression of melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein results in ACTH responsiveness
Authors: Nanba Kazutaka , Chen Andrew X , Turcu Adina F , Rainey William E
Published: November 2015

The H295R adrenocortical cell line is widely used for molecular analysis of adrenal functions but is known to have only modest ACTH responsiveness. The lack of ACTH response was linked to a low expression of its receptor, melanocortin 2 receptor (MC2R). We hypothesized that increasing the MC2R accessory protein (MRAP), which is required to traffic MC2R from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cell surface, would increase ACTH responsiveness. Lentiviral particles containing human MRAP-open reading frame were generated and transduced in H295R cells. Using antibiotic resistance, 18 clones were isolated for characterization. The most ACTH-responsive steroidogenic clone, H295RA, was used for further experiments. Successful induction of MRAP and increased expression of MC2R in H295RA cells was confirmed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR and protein analysis. Treatment with ACTH significantly increased aldosterone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone production in H295RA cells. ACTH also significantly increased transcript levels for all of the steroidogenic enzymes required to produce aldosterone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone, as well as MC2R mRNA. Using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, we further revealed that the main unconjugated steroids produced in H295RA cells were 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and androstenedione. Treatment of H295RA cells with ACTH also acutely increased cAMP production and cellular protein levels for total and phosphorylated steroidogenic acute regulatory protein. In summary, through genetic manipulation, we have developed an ACTH-responsive human adrenocortical cell line. The cell line will provide a powerful in vitro tool for molecular analysis of physiologic and pathologic conditions involving the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.
Steroid hormones, prostanoids, and angiogenic systems during rescue of the corpus luteum in pigs
Authors: Przygrodzka E , Kaczmarek M M , Kaczynski P , Ziecik A J
Published: November 2015

In order to characterize the transition of the corpora lutea (CL) from acquisition of luteolytic sensitivity to rescue of luteal function: i) the expression of 38 factors associated with steroids, prostanoids, and angiogenic systems and ii) concentrations of the main hormones responsible for maintenance of CL function in cyclic and pregnant pigs were examined. Additionally, the effect of prostaglandin (PG) E2 and F2α on luteal function during the estrous cycle and pregnancy was evaluated in vitro. Significantly up-regulated gene expression was revealed in CL collected on day 14 of the estrous cycle (CYP19A1, ESR2, PTGS2, HIF1A, and EDN1) and on days 12–14 of pregnancy (SCARB1, PGRMC1, STAR, HSD3B1, NR5A1, PTGFR, PTGER4, and VEGFA). Elevated concentrations of estradiol-17β and PGE2 occurred in CL on days 12 and 14 of pregnancy respectively, while an increased intraluteal PGF2α content was noted on day 14 of the estrous cycle. Both PGs increased the synthesis of progesterone by cultured luteal slices obtained on day 14 of pregnancy, in contrast to the action of PGF2α on the corresponding day of the estrous cycle. PGE2 stimulated cAMP production via PTGER2 and PTGER4, while PGF2α elevated the content of CREB in cultured luteal slices from CL of pregnant pigs. In silico analysis showed that infiltration of lymphocytes and apoptosis of microvascular endothelium were activated in CL on day 12 of the estrous cycle vs pregnancy. Summarizing, an abundance of E2 and PGE2 during pregnancy regulates specific pathways responsible for steroidogenesis, the prostanoid signaling system and angiogenesis during rescue from luteolysis in porcine CL.
Propuesta de una guía de análisis para el control de calidad de envases metálicos de aerosol de 25,4 mm de diámetro de boca
Authors: Sierra Isabel Cristina , Trujillo González Mary
Published: November 2015

Teniendo en cuenta que no existe una normativa actualizada nacional para el control de calidad de los envases metálicos de aerosol que se utilizan en la industria farmacéutica y la cosmética, en este trabajo se desarrolló una guía de análisis para aplicarla de forma rutinaria a los envases con boca de 25,4 mm de diámetro. El primer paso consistió en realizar una revisión documental de las normativas del Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas (Icontec), la Consumer Specialty Products Associations Aerosol Guide (CSPA), la Federación Europea de Aerosoles (FEA), la European Standards (EN) y el Instituto Argentino de Normalización (IRAM). Luego se seleccionaron los análisis de mayor criticidad y practicidad que fueran aplicables a la industria del llenado de aerosoles y se confirmó su viabilidad técnica en diferentes envases metálicos con un diámetro de boca de 25,4 mm, con el fin de desarrollar un protocolo unificado para llevar a cabo el control de calidad de estos envases metálicos.
Juan de Jesús Rodríguez Robayo y Juan R. Robayo
Authors: Muñoz Ramírez Ilvar José , Muñoz Sánchez Juan Sebastián
Published: November 2015

Se presenta una pequeña semblanza del Dr. Juan R. Robayo desde su infancia en Colombia, pasando por su formación universitaria, hasta sus notables aportes a la farmacia clínica estadounidense, considerando además su gran dedicación a la creación de la Organización de Farmacéuticos Ibero-Latinoamericanos (OFIL).
Respirar aire contaminado es tan nocivo como fumar cigarrillo
Authors: Martinez-Lopez Elkin , Diaz-Valencia Paula A
Published: November 2015

Objetivo Averiguar ¿Cuál de los dos factores es más nocivo? ¿Cuál es la magnitud de su efecto? y ¿Qué pasa cuando alguien se expone a ambos factores a la vez?

Métodos Estudio ecológico que evalúa la asociación epidemiológica (riesgo relativo) entre la contaminación atmosférica y el tabaquismo con la función pulmonar, evaluada mediante espirometría funcional en 489 adultos. Se comparan dos ambientes con diferentes niveles de contaminación, 30 y 60 µg/m3 de material particulado respirable (PM10) y grupos de fumadores contra no fumadores.

Resultados La función pulmonar está disminuida (VEF1<80 %) en los fumadores en mayor proporción que en los no fumadores, con un exceso de riesgo de 52 % (RR. 1,52 IC95 % 1,11-2,07). Las personas expuestas a un mayor nivel de contaminación ambiental presentan una mayor proporción de disfunción pulmonar con un exceso de riesgo de 64 % (RR. 1,64 IC95 % 1,19-2,25). Cuando los sujetos se exponen a ambos factores, es decir fuman y además se encuentran en ambientes contaminados, el exceso de riesgo es del 129 % (RR 2,29 IC95 % 1,45-3,61).

Conclusiones Las personas que respiran ambientes contaminados presentan disfunción pulmonar en una magnitud similar o superior a la que presentan los fumadores, es decir, podríamos afirmar que en relación con los efectos, respirar aire contaminado equivale a estar fumando, solo que en contra de la voluntad
Prevalencia de potenciales interacciones farmacológicas de Azitromicina en Colombia, 2012-2013
Authors: Machado Alba Jorge Enrique , Martinez Dayron , Gomez-Suta Daniela
Published: November 2015

Objetivos Determinar la prevalencia de potenciales interacciones farmacológicas entre azitromicina y diferentes antiarrítmicos del grupo IA y III en una base de datos de prescripción de medicamentos a nivel nacional durante el año 2012-2013.

 

Métodos Estudio retrospectivo a partir de una base de datos poblacional de dispensación de medicamentos. Se extrajeron datos de los pacientes que recibieron azitromicina desde 1 de enero de 2012 a 30 junio de 2013, al igual que pacientes que recibieron este antibiótico en combinación a otros medicamentos con demostrado riesgo de provocar arritmias cardíacas al usarse concomitantemente. Se establecieron frecuencias y proporciones.

Resultados Se identificaron 13 859 pacientes que recibieron azitromicina sola o en combinación con otros medicamentos. El tiempo promedio de uso fue 4,5±0,9 días; Un total de 702 pacientes (5,1 %) recibieron azitromicina más otros 19 fármacos de potencial riesgo. Los más frecuentemente asociados fueron: loratadina (77,1 %), difenhidramina (16,5 %) y amitriptilina (8,1 %). Las combinaciones con un solo medicamento fueron las más frecuentes (n=533, 75,9 %), con predominio de azitromicina+loratadina. El máximo número de fármacos combinados fue seis (n=2, 0,3 %).

Conclusiones La identificación mediante bases de datos poblacionales la prescripción de medicamentos, es una manera eficaz de encontrar potenciales interacciones entre estos. La frecuencia de potenciales interacciones entre azitromicina y otros fármacos es común en pacientes colombianos. Se debe estimar el riesgo de ocurrencia de eventos cardiacos adversos. 
Exploración de modelos para la evaluación del impacto económico, social, político y científico de la investigación en salud
Authors: Macias Angel Beatriz Del Pilar
Published: November 2015

La investigación en salud incide sobre la salud de las poblaciones. El presente ensayo realiza un acercamiento a los marcos y modelos empleados por los países desarrollados para la evaluación del impacto de las investigaciones en salud, por medio del análisis documental. De esta manera se identifican dos ejes orientadores de análisis: uno de enfoque y el otro de énfasis, en los que se relacionan los modelos publicados, sus orígenes, sus alcances y sus usos. Esto permite conocer las características que poseen y los ámbitos en los cuales Colombia podría implementarlos. El modelo de evaluación “retorno de la inversión” es un modelo que permite seguir el proceso y los resultados de investigación, por medio de la categorización multidimensional de los impactos de la investigación. 
Mollusks from two estuarine areas in Ceará state, northeastern Brazil, with new state records for four species
Authors: Barroso Cristiane Xerez , Rabay Soraya Guimarães , Meirelles Carlos Augusto Oliveira de , Matthews-Cascon Helena
Published: November 2015

We analyzed qualitatively the malacofauna found in the tidal zones of Banco dos Cajuais and Ilha Grande estuarine complex, both in Ceará State, northeastern Brazil. Qualitative data on the malacofauna from Banco dos Cajuais and the Ilha Grande estuarine complex were obtained by systematic sampling in 2008 and 2009 during field activities for the “Migratory Shorebirds Conservation and Shrimp Farming in Northeast Brazil” project. Twenty-two species of mollusks (13 bivalves and 9 gastropods) were found in Banco dos Cajuais, and 25 species (18 bivalves and 7 gastropods) were found in the Ilha Grande estuarine complex. Four species, Lucina muricata (Spengler, 1798), Tagelus divisus (Lightfoot, 1786), Crassinella martinicensis (d’Orbigny, 1853), and Periploma ovata Kuroda and Horikoshi, 1958 were recorded from Ceará for the first time.
Annotated checklist of Echinoderms from Maranhão and Piauí States, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: Gondim Anne Isabelley , Dias Thelma Lúcia Pereira , Christoffersen Martin Lindsey
Published: November 2015

The present study provides the first checklist of echinoderm species that occurs in the States of Maranhão and Piauí, in Northeastern Brazil. The present compilation was produced based on an extensive bibliographical revision and on echinoderms deposited in the Invertebrate Collection Paulo Young, Federal University of Paraíba. Twenty-two species were listed, distributed into the classes Asteroidea (2 spp.), Ophiuroidea (16 spp.), Echinoidea (2 spp.), and Holothuroidea (2 spp.). The registered echinoderm diversity adds significantly to our faunistic knowledge, considering that no previous systematic compilation of echinoderms exists for this region.
Fishes (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Penacho stream, upper Paraná River basin, Paraná state, Brazil
Authors: Costa Alexandro Derly Augusto , Ferreira Dhiego Gomes , Silva Wilson Frantine da , Zanatta Augusto Seawright , Shibatta Oscar Akio , Galindo Bruno Ambrozio
Published: November 2015

The focus of this work was to survey the ichthyofauna of the Penacho stream, a tributary of the Laranjinha River, northeastern Paraná State, in an area of the Upper Paraná River basin still devoid of ichthyofaunal studies. In general, the banks of the Penacho Stream are predominantly characterized by pasture or agricultural activities and may exhibit little riparian vegetation in few stretches. Fishes were collected at eight different locations, from its headwaters to its mouth, between February 2009 to March 2010. A total of seven orders, twelve families and thirty-three species, three of which not native to the basin, were reported. The fish species captured along the Penacho stream are those that still manage to stay in those environments, even in changed conditions. However, to better understand the effects of degradation on fish diversity, it is necessary to monitor it along time.
Odonates of three selected tiger reserves of Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Authors: Das Sunit Kr. , Sahoo Pradeep Kr. , Dash Nibedita , Marathe Sanskruti , Mahato Subhasis , Dashahare Anil , Mishra Partha Sarathi , Prasad Ashish , Rana Rahul
Published: November 2015

Odonates (Damselflies and Dragonflies) were recorded from three Tiger Reserves of Madhya Pradesh, Central India, including Kanha, Pench and Bandhavgarh, where 47 species were recorded within 7 families and 31 genera. We recorded 44 species from Kanha, 41 species from Pench and 37 species from Bandhabgarh Tiger Reserve. Thirty-five species were recorded in all three tiger reserves. Suborder Zygoptera was represented by the families Coenagrionidae, Lestidae, Calopterygidae and Protoneuridae and suborder Anisoptera by the families Gomphidae, Libellulidae and Aeshnidae. Libellulidae was the largest family with 17 genera. In summer survey Orthetrum sabina Drury, 1770 was the most abundant species, while in winter the most abundant was Agriocnemis pygmea Rambur, 1842.
Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil
Authors: Queiroz Luiz J. de , Torrente-Vilara Gislene , Vieira Fabíola G. , Ohara Willian M. , Zuanon Jansen , Doria Carolina R. C.
Published: November 2015

This study presents an inventory of the ichthyofauna of Cuniã Lake, situated in the floodplain of the Madeira River in Rondônia State, Brazil. A total of 11,949 specimens representing eight orders, 34 families, and 189 species were sampled with gill, seine, and hand nets during the dry and wet seasons between 2008 and 2012. Most of the species recorded in Cuniã Lake are commonly found in other locations in the central Amazonian floodplains, although some are rare in collections (e.g. Acestrorhynchus minimus, Triportheus culter, Oxybrycon parvulus, Tyttocharax madeirae, Trachycorystes trachycorystes and Scorpiodoras lyophisus) or represent new distributional records.
First records of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Duméril, 1856) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Cocinas Island, Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico
Authors: Hernández-Salinas Uriel , Ramírez-Bautista Aurelio , Berriozabal-Islas Christian , Juárez- Escamilla Diego
Published: November 2015

We report the first records of Urosaurus bicarinatus from Cocinas Island in Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico. Four adult males were found in tropical deciduous forest on 7 and 10 December 2012.
Messy Archives and Materials That Matter: Making Knowledge with the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers
Authors: Bost Suzanne
Published: November 2015

When Gloria Anzaldúa died in 2004, she gave birth to an enormous archive; indeed, she let far more unpublished writings than works published in her lifetime. What's more, Anzaldúa was a compulsive reviser, and her archive includes ten to twenty unique drats of some works, along with doodles, ticket stubs, and other ephemera. his collection of material decenters what we previously thought constituted her literary corpus, knocking the presumed author of Borderlands / La Frontera of her axis. he process of siting through these materials changed my thinking about authority, textuality, identity, and many other things. My obsession with this archive has led me to reexamine the ways in which we produce, reproduce, and coproduce knowledge in archival work. In this essay, I show how recognizing the multiple material actants at work in this archive transforms conventional thought about archives, in general, and Anzaldúan studies, in particular.
Literature and Information
Authors: Arata Stephen
Published: November 2015

The Tenth and final “anchor standard for reading” in the common core state standards defines as “college and career ready” a student who can “[r]ead and comprehend literary and informational texts independently and proficiently” (35). I want to remark on just one aspect of this worthy if blandly unremarkable goal. The distinction between “literary” and “informational” texts has the sanction of common sense, but, like many commonsense notions, it cloaks some knotty issues. For the authors of the standards, “literacy” requires mastering two different if closely related sets of reading skills. One lays the groundwork for “understanding and enjoying complex works of literature,” while the other is needed “to pick carefully through the staggering amount of information available today in print and digitally” (3). Pedagogically, one is the job of the “English language arts teacher,” the other the responsibility of “teachers of history/social studies, science, and technical subjects” (8).

The axiom that literature cannot be read in the same way as other forms of writing is by no means universally held, but it has long governed the teaching of reading in high school and college classrooms. In ways that humanists can find heartening, the Common Core standards valorize the traits that reading literature both requires and strengthens: habits of attention and intellectual rigor; the refinement of sensibility and emotional response; the ability to analyze, to synthesize, to discriminate, to evaluate. Such virtues travel well, too. The authors of the standards recognize that students who have mastered literary reading skills are better equipped to meet the challenges posed by texts in other disciplines.
Merely Reading
Authors: Nishikawa Kinohi
Published: November 2015

Recent statistics on african american readers outline distinct trends that are difficult to reconcile with each other. On the one hand, standardized tests of high school reading proficiency show that African Americans are falling further behind students in every other racial and ethnic group. The National Assessment of Educational Progress “report card” on reading claims that “Black twelfth-graders scored lower in 2013 than in 1992,” when the assessment began, while “the White-Black score gap widened” over that period (“Top Stories”). On the other hand, the Pew Research Center, in a survey published in 2014, reveals that a notably high percentage of African American adults are book readers. Pew's statistics show that when it comes to having read at least one book in the past year, there are more black readers than white or Hispanic readers (81% versus 76% and 67%, respectively) and that African Americans have read more e-books, audiobooks, and books in print than any other group (“E-Reading”).
Latour and Literary Studies
Authors: Felski Rita
Published: November 2015

I am interested in questions of reading and interpretation. I am also drawn to actor-network theory and the work of Bruno Latour. Can these attractions be brought into alignment? To what extent can a style of thought that describes itself as empiricist and rejects critique speak to the dominant concerns of literary studies? Can actor-network theory help us think more adequately about interpretation? Might it inspire us to become more generous readers? How do literary studies and Latourian thought engage, enlist, seduce, or speak past each other? What duels, rivalries, intrigues, appropriations, or love affairs will ensue?
Learning to Read in the Digital Age: From Reading Texts to Hacking Codes
Authors: Citton Yves
Published: November 2015

Reading is still often perceived as the decoding of a message, as if the text were meant to be merely received, as if it had been composed in a known and invariable code, and as if the meaning were determined solely by the author. Since at least the 1960s, however, theories of interpretation have constructed (literary) reading in a more elaborate and inventive fashion: while each author was supposed to invent a singular language against the background of the common language, each interpreter had to create something new, even interpreters reading the same text, because each interpreter understood the text and its singular language within an ever-changing context of actualization. The model of interpretation nevertheless remained indebted to the activity of deciphering: the ever-changing meaning was to be found in the text itself.
Theory in Time
Authors: Davis Kathleen
Published: November 2015

To define or describe the middle ages is to take a political stance, wittingly or not. Controversy accompanies any period definition, of course, as recent skirmishes over the early modern, the modern, and modernity attest. But the politics of the Middle Ages has generally gone under the radar of literary and cultural critique, precisely because of the nature of its formation and its relation to the modern. In fact “the Middle Ages” is a colonial category, developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as (primarily western) Europeans worked to legitimize, classify, and make sense of colonial policies, practices, and encounters. The formation of medieval studies as a discipline, vital to the then incipient discipline of history, was also fully integrated with colonial bureaucracy and administration (Frantzen; Biddick; Dagenais and Greer; Ganim; Kabir; Davis; Davis and Altschul; Lampert-Weissig). As a form of temporal spacing, the category of the Middle Ages enabled the thought of Europe's difference from itself, thus making it possible not only to define European nations across time but also to establish a scale of comparison by which to measure others and to deny them coeval status—that is, equal standing as human beings in regard to law, trade, the capacity for self-rule, and so on.
Negative Attitude towards Motherhood in Modern Women: Settings and Conditions
Authors: Zakharova E.I.
Published: November 2015

The author addresses the issue of attitudes towards motherhood in modern women of reproductive age. The paper focuses on the phenomena that give evidence of unfavorable social tendencies referring to partial or com¬plete withdrawal of women from fulfilling the social role of mother. A study that involved 40 mothers of infants enabled the author to outline significant differences in the subjects' performances of their roles as mothers. For instance, some of the women tended to minimize their participation in caring for the child. The analysis of the reasons for such behavior suggests that they are rooted not so much in the social conditions of the women's lives, but rather in the personalities of the latter. In accordance with the general idea of the research, the author proceeds with a group of childfree women who made a conscious decision not to have children. The study involved 43 women of reproductive age. This time the exploration of reasons behind such refusal revealed a spe¬cific value orientation of the respondents. The author concludes that the development of certain features of personality contributing to an individual's negative attitude towards motherhood may be determined by a number of characteristics typical of the modern sociocultural space.
Experimental-Genetic Method and Psychology of Consciousness: In Search of the Lost (Part Two)
Authors: Veresov N.N.
Published: November 2015

Vygotsky's works provide a number of general ideas that form the methodological base of experimental-genetic method. However, more specific principles of organizing and constructing the experimental exploration of the higher mental functions development for the most part remain unclear and undefined. This paper attempts to fill this methodological gap. It describes the main principles underlying genetic research method¬ology that constitute the methodological base upon which experimental investigations may then be construct¬ed. These principles represent a synthesis of theoretical assumptions, concepts and ideas proposed within the framework of cultural-historical theory, and the basic features of the research method. Following these princi¬ples in any experimental study on development helps to fulfill two important tasks. First, this creates a unity of object and method, making it possible to experimentally explore the very process of higher mental functions development in such aspects that correspond with the tasks of a particular research. Second, it provides an opportunity to experimentally reveal and capture the differences between organic and cultural processes of development and maturation, between two genetic layers quite different both in their essence and in their nature and, therefore, between two principally different series of patterns that shape these two lines in child development.
Information Analysis Products on the First Phase Results of the Project Modernization of Pedagogical Education
Authors: Bolotov V.A. , Rubtsov V.V. , Froumin I.D. , Margolis A.A. , Kasprzhak A.G. , Safronova M.A. , Kalashnikov S.P.
Published: November 2015

The modernization project of teacher education initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation in 2014 and included a number of projects for teacher education modernization at the interregional level, with the participation of 45 universities in Russia. Resource сenter was created for expert analytical support for the modernization project of teacher education. The Resource center basis was made by the project operator Moscow State University of Psychology & Education and joint contractor National Research University Higher School of Economics; project portal педагогическоеобразование.рф. The project participants developed and tested four models of teacher training in the projects applied Bachelor, professional (educational) Master, academic Bachelor and Master research courses; they developed more than 110 new modules of the basic professional educational programs in two years. The new modules have been tested in 13 participating universities and 32 universities, which were project joint contractors. More than 6000 students participated in the testing of the new modules. More than 5000 projects participants and executives developing new modules of basic professional educational Bachelor and Master programs had advanced training according to specified project requirements. 3603 students participated in the testing of an independent evaluation of professional competencies.
Teacher Training Models in Applied Bachelor and Pedagogical Master Programs
Authors: Margolis A.A.
Published: November 2015

The article discusses the main teacher training > models in the Russian Federation and abroad, as well as modernization principles of teacher training models in accordance with professional standards. It presents a system of requirements for the educational results, structure and conditions of applied bachelor and pedagogical master programs in aggregated groups of specialties and areas “Education and Pedagogy“, which could be the basis for the development of fourth-generation of Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education and preliminary basic professional educational programs.
Testing of Assessment Tools of Future Teachers Professional Competence
Authors: Margolis A.A. , Safronova M.A. , Panfilova A.S. , Shishlyannikova L.M.
Published: November 2015

The article presents design methodology and independent assessment experience of future teachers professional competence according to requirements of a professional teacher standard and Federal State Educational Standards and based on the actual teaching practice. Methods of independent assessment were developed with universities participating in the project of teacher education modernization and their network partners; educational organizations made up practice bases). The tools testing was attended by 38 universities and 3603 students. The analysis allowed to show up specific profiles of students’ professional competence on assessing professional activities.
Theory-led Design of Instruments and Representations in Learning Analytics: Developing a Novel Tool for Orchestration of Online Collaborative Learning
Authors: Kelly Nick , Thompson Kate , Yeoman Pippa
Published: November 2015

This paper describes theory-led design as a way of developing novel tools for learning analytics. It focuses upon the domain of real-time automated discourse analysis (ADA) of group learning activities to facilitate instructor orchestration of online groups. The paper outlines the literature on the development of LA especially within the domain of ADA, and proposes that there is reason to conduct more tool development based upon first-principles. It describes first principles as being drawn from theory and subsequently informing the structure and behaviour of tools and presents a framework for this process. The framework is substantiated through the example of developing a new tool for assisting instructors with the orchestration of online groups. A description of the tool is given and examples of results from use with real-world data are presented. The paper concludes that whilst design purely from first principles may be elusive, the call is for more intent to explicitly connect the design process to theory on the basis that this has the potential to yield innovation when developing tools as well as the prospect of a the outcomes from tools connecting back to theory.
The effects of social capital on team performance: A study of RD departments in Uzbekistan
Authors: Hudaykulov Akmal , Hongyi Xu
Published: November 2015

The aim of the investigation was to explain impact of various dimensions of social capital on cooperation. In the attempt we constructed a research model by utilizing social capital theory. Ultimately cooperation within research and development teams in textile industry in Uzbekistan was assessed. A survey method was applied and a questionnaire was developed and administered to. Structural Equation Modelling together with multiple regression was used to test the predictive value of our model on the sample of 170 Research and development department members. Findings suggest there is a large positive impact of social capital on cooperation. Therefore, the study confirms the value of social capital in explaining cooperation. The study helps managers and team members to better understand the importance of social capital generation on projects and in organizations. The developed concept can be used as a framework for facilitating cooperation for governments, research institutions, academic institutions and companies.
Cooperación y consumo de agua en hogares
Authors: Gil Mateus Edwin Oswaldo
Published: November 2015

Las decisiones de consumo de agua potable de los hogares son interdependientes, en búsqueda del bienestar individual, tácitas y sin incentivos para desviarse. Algunos hogares pueden hacer uso moderado del recurso, mientras que otros realizan gastos desmedidos. Aquellos que realizan consumos moderados conociendo que otros lo hacen en exceso no tienen estímulos para continuar la moderación; entre tanto, los que consumen agua potable en exceso saben que otros son moderados, así que tampoco tienen razón alguna para disminuir. Dado lo anterior, se configura un dilema social de recursos de uso común (RUC), en el que hay un consumo desmesurado, ejerciendo mayores presiones sobre los ecosistemas abastecedores. Sin embargo, mediante un esquema de interacción reproducido indefinidamente, tal dilema social se resuelve introduciendo un concepto de cooperación en el que todos los hogares obtengan la máxima satisfacción individual y la sociedad reduzca la presión sobre las fuentes hídricas.
Un índice de concentración del presupuesto público
Authors: Barreto Nieto Carlos Alberto , Prieto Bustos William Orlando , Mendoza Henry Antonio
Published: November 2015

Este documento busca proponer un índice que identifique la concentración de recursos a lo largo de la ejecución de cada vigencia presupuestal en el sector público. Este ejercicio se realiza evaluando las instituciones del Gobierno nacional central encargadas de invertir en sectores estratégicos para el crecimiento económico, los cuales fueron denominados por el actual gobierno como locomotoras para la prosperidad democrática. Se encuentra que la asignación de recursos al finalizar cada vigencia está asociada a rezagos presupuestales en el periodo inmediatamente anterior. Una primera explicación para este fenómeno es el proceso contractual propio de cada institución del Estado, que puede verse reflejado en dinámicas de gestión que se repiten cada periodo. Por el contrario, se encuentra una débil relación con la magnitud presupuestal asignada para cada institución al principio de cada año.
Propuesta metodológica para la construcción de un ranking de emisores en la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia
Authors: Hernández José Armando
Published: November 2015

Este documento presenta el desarrollo y la evolución de las teorías financieras asociadas a los métodos de valoración. Evalúa el comportamiento en el mercado de las acciones que cumplen con algunas condiciones metodológicas y que hacen parte de las canastas IGBC, COLCAP y COL20, teniendo en cuenta los planteamientos de Modigliani y Miller, Markowitz, Sharpe, Damodaran, entre otros. También describe metodologías para la valoración de empresas basadas en estados financieros como el balance general, los estados financieros y los flujos de caja. La propuesta metodológica consiste en la elaboración de dos matrices: una presenta un diagnóstico a través del análisis del riesgo y la rentabilidad de las acciones objeto de estudio; otra analiza la conformación de la estructura del capital, así como su rendimiento esperado. Finalmente, se construye un ranking basado en el diagnóstico del mercado y la estructura de capital de las empresas emisoras de acciones.
Capacidad de compra del salario mínimo mensual y estado social de derecho en Colombia, 1983-2013
Authors: Cortés Pinto José Gersaín
Published: November 2015

This paper analyzes the behavior of the purchasing power of minimum monthly wage (SMMLV) in Colombia for the 1983-2013 period, in the light of the implications resulting from the transition from the system of a state of law to a rule of law, introduced by the National Constitution of 1991 and its immediate predecessor in work matters: Law 50 of 1990. The institutional and technical profile of the decision-making process regarding the annual readjustment of the SMMLV with its corresponding results is characterized first. In the second section, the SMMLV behavior is analyzed, compared to the behavior of inflation. The third section focuses on the analysis of the purchasing power (lost or earned by the employees) in the process through an indicator built specifically for this purpose. A few conclusions and recommendations are ultimately obtained.
Estrategias de vinculación de los grupos de investigación con el sector productivo en el caso de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Authors: Morales Rubiano María Eugenia , Sanabria Rangel Pedro Emilio , Fandiño Cuca Fabio Andrés
Published: November 2015

The aim of this article is to show strategies used by some research groups at the National University of Colombia (UN), to generate processes of relationship with the environment and some internal and external aspects that affect such processes. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with directors from the research groups and support units of four faculties at the UN. It was found that most links between the university and the environment are the result of the interpersonal relations of the leaders or members of the groups, which are later used to formalize the relationship through agreements or contracts. Likewise, it becomes clear that the capabilities developed by the university are a key factor when interacting with and facing environmental conditions.