bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
APPLICATION OF SELF ORGANIZING MAP FOR CORRELATION HUNTING BETWEEN ALPHA BAND POWER OF EEG SIGNALS AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS DURING MUSLIM PRAYER (SALAT)
Authors: Doufesh Hazem , Ibrahim Fatimah , Ismail Noor Azina , Wan Ahmad Wan Azman
Published: June 2018

This study investigates a new approach to determine the correlations between alpha ([Formula: see text]) electroencephalography (EEG) and other physiological parameters during Muslim prayer (Salat) utilizing the self organizing map (SOM). The powerfulness of SOM in visualizing, understanding, and exploring the complexity in multivariable data can be used to determine the relationships between the input variables. Thirty healthy Muslim male subjects were recruited in the study. Their electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), respiration rate (RSP), and oxygen saturation (SPO2) were continuously recorded using computer-based data acquisition system (MP150, BIOPAC Systems Inc., Camino Goleta, California). Three maps were constructed to determine the correlations in pre-baseline, during Salat, and post-baseline conditions utilizing SOM. The visualized results during Salat indicated that, alpha power (P[Formula: see text]) showed significant positive correlation in the occipital and parietal electrodes with the normalized unit of high-frequency HF (n.u.) power of heart rate variability (HRV) components (as a parasympathetic index), heart rate (HR), and RSP. Significant negative correlation was also observed between P[Formula: see text] with the normalized unit of low-frequency LF (n.u.) power and LF/HF of HRV (as sympathetic indices). SPO2 showed no correlation with P[Formula: see text]. While the results in pre-baseline and post-baseline conditions also did not show any correlation between the variables. The SOM proves that it can be successfully employed as a powerful technique in correlation analysis. The results were presented and compared with a previous study. Thus, it can be applied successfully in various biomedical engineering applications.
RISCO E VULNERABILIDADE SOCIOESPACIAL: O EXEMPLO DA BACIA CÓRREGO DO VEADO EM PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE (SP)
Authors: Da Cunha Souza Mariana Cristina , Amorim Margarete Cristiane Costa Trindade
Published: June 2018

Os conceitos de risco e vulnerabilidade suscitam debates importantes no âmbito da ciência geográfica, principalmente, nos estudos relacionados aos eventos extremos e suas repercussões socioespaciais. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste artigo foi empregar ambos os conceitos na análise do processo que levou à canalização de um curso d’água na Bacia do Córrego do Veado em Presidente Prudente (SP), e que nos dias de eventos extremos de precipitação têm as águas transbordadas, culminando em inundações e alagamentos em determinadas áreas. Nesse sentido, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica e documental sobre o risco, a vulnerabilidade e a produção do espaço urbano na cidade, compreendendo os principais processos e dinâmicas que os constituem. Para enriquecer as considerações, trabalhou-se com dois eventos extremos de precipitação que repercutiram socialmente na cidade, causando perdas e/ou danos materiais e humanos. A identificação dos eventos ocorreu por meio de consultas em mídias digitais. Posteriormente, foram adquiridos dados de precipitação junto ao Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET) em estação localizada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/UNESP, uma das principais fontes de informação no monitoramento dos elementos climáticos, que possibilitaram estabelecer padrões sobre a dinâmica climática e sobre os eventos extremos analisados. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que o processo de canalização do curso d’água potencializou a geração de riscos e vulnerabilidades socioespaciais, principalmente, nas imediações do Parque do Povo, área verde pública implantada sobre o curso canalizado, e que as modificações empregadas na canalização do córrego foram influenciadas tanto pelas políticas federais (reurbanização), quanto locais (apropriação dos fundos de vale). Por fim, acredita-se que os eventos extremos de precipitação tiveram seus impactos negativos intensificados pelo modo como o espaço urbano tem sido produzido, ou seja, não considerando de modo integrado aspectos físico-naturais e socioespaciais.
ATUAÇÕES DO PIBID NA FORMAÇÃO INICIAL DE PROFESSORES DE GEOGRAFIA
Authors: Woitowicz Eliete , Schlosser Marli Terezinha Szumilo
Published: June 2018

O presente artigo apresenta reflexões a respeito das contribuições do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) na formação inicial de professores de Geografia, especificamente no que se refere ao Subprojeto intitulado “O ensino da Geografia: da teoria à prática”, desenvolvido junto ao Curso de Licenciatura em Geografia da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE) – campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon-PR (MCR).  Mediante discussão teórico-conceitual sobre a formação inicial de professores, em correlação às atuações do Subprojeto supracitado (2011-2015), pretende-se demonstrar que as ações desenvolvidas no âmbito do PIBID atribuem qualidade à formação inicial docente na Geografia. Para tanto, optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa, com uso da técnica de estudo de caso, por meio da participação de 12 bolsistas de iniciação à docência que integram o Subprojeto do PIBID de Geografia/UNIOESTE/MCR. Notou-se que, tanto professores em formação inicial como os alunos das escolas ganham com a parceria estabelecida entre Universidade e escolas, sobretudo pela aproximação de ambos os contextos educacionais, os quais agregam aperfeiçoamento e valorização ao aprendizado do trabalho docente e a formação dos alunos.
INSTRUMENTOS PARA AS GESTÕES TERRITORIAL E AMBIENTAL NO BRASIL: A PROTEÇÃO DO CARSTE EM PERSPECTIVA
Authors: Pereira Manuela Corrêa , Valadão Roberto Célio
Published: June 2018

As paisagens cársticas, em razão de suas particularidades naturais, revelam maior grau de fragilidade frente às atividades antrópicas caso sejam elas comparadas a paisagens outras cujo substrato geológico é composto por rochas não carbonáticas. É partindo dessa constatação que este artigo analisa os instrumentos para as gestões territorial e ambiental que, direta ou indiretamente, contemplem ações voltadas para as peculiaridades das paisagens cársticas. Emprega-se, para isso, recursos da análise documental, em permanente diálogo com a literatura especializada, na investigação dos impactos ambientais em paisagens cársticas e dos principais instrumentos das políticas Urbana, Nacionais de Meio Ambiente e de Recursos Hídricos. Dentre esses instrumentos, os planos diretores da Política Urbana se revelaram como aqueles que mais abarcam medidas protetivas que convergem com as peculiaridades do carste. Complementarmente, observou-se que não há, no atual cenário normativo ambiental do país, regulamentações específicas que contemplem as paisagens cársticas em sua perspectiva integral, totalizante, que regulamente os mais variados usos das áreas cársticas em atendimento aos interesses sociais e econômicos, seja frente àquelas atividades desenvolvidas na superfície (exocarste), como também em subsuperfície (endocarste). Não obstante, apesar de se contar hoje no Brasil com legislação pertinente às cavidades naturais, a qual normatiza o uso de elementos inerentes ao endocarste, a mesma não proíbe a instalação de atividades antrópicas altamente impactantes aos ambientes cársticos que, por vezes, resultam em danos irreversíveis.
A review of lineages of black theology of liberation
Authors: Ramantswana Hulisani
Published: June 2018

No abstract available.
Scoping review of risk factors of and interventions for adolescent repeat pregnancies: A public health perspective
Authors: Govender Desiree , Naidoo Saloshni , Taylor Myra
Published: June 2018

Background: Adolescent repeat pregnancy is of importance in public health because the birth of a second child to an adolescent mother compounds the adverse medical, educational, socioeconomic and parenting outcomes. Repeat pregnancy in adolescence is not only an international phenomenon but also a local concern as it also occurs in South Africa. The prevalence of adolescent repeat pregnancy in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, was reported as 17.6% in 2013.Aim: This review aimed to gather relevant information from national and international sources to inform practice and to provide an understanding of what is known about the risk factors of and the interventions for adolescent repeat pregnancy.Methods: A scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. An electronic search was conducted using PubMed, Medline, Science Direct, Ebscohost, Sage and Wiley Online and Google Scholar.Results: The search identified 3032 citations. After a review of the full text articles, 26 articles met the inclusion criteria. Risk factors pertaining to adolescent repeat pregnancy are categorised according to individual factors, partner relationship factors, family factors, peer factors, and social and community factors. Interventions to reduce adolescent repeat pregnancy have been largely influenced by the ecological framework. Across studies, adolescent mothers who received medical, psychosocial, educational, and family planning support experienced lower rates of repeat pregnancy.Conclusion: A single ‘one-size-fits-all’ intervention for adolescent repeat pregnancy prevention is unlikely as different strategies were employed by the intervention programmes in this scoping review.
On Deformations of Pairs (Manifold, Coherent Sheaf)
Authors: Iacono Donatella , Manetti Marco
Published: June 2018

We analyse infinitesimal deformations of pairs $(X,{\mathcal{F}})$ with ${\mathcal{F}}$ a coherent sheaf on a smooth projective variety $X$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. We describe a differential graded Lie algebra controlling the deformation problem, and we prove an analog of a Mukai–Artamkin theorem about the trace map.
A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations
Authors: Georgoulias Aristeidis K. , Tsikerdekis Athanasios , Amiridis Vassilis , Marinou Eleni , Benedetti Angela , Zanis Prodromos , Alexandri Georgia , Mona Lucia , Kourtidis Konstantinos A. , Lelieveld Jos
Published: June 2018

Abstract. The MACC reanalysis dust product is evaluated over Europe,
northern Africa and the Middle East using the EARLINET-optimized
CALIOP/CALIPSO pure dust satellite-based product LIVAS (2007–2012). MACC
dust optical depth at 550 nm (DOD550) data are compared against LIVAS
DOD532 observations. As only natural aerosol (dust and sea salt)
profiles are available in MACC, here we focus on layers above 1 km a.s.l.
to diminish the influence of sea salt particles that typically reside at low
heights. So, MACC natural aerosol extinction coefficient profiles at 550 nm
are compared against dust extinction coefficient profiles at 532 nm from
LIVAS, assuming that the MACC natural aerosol profile data can be similar to
the dust profile data, especially over pure continental regions. It is shown
that the reanalysis data are capable of capturing the major dust hot spots in
the area as the MACC DOD550 patterns are close to the LIVAS DOD532
patterns throughout the year. MACC overestimates DOD for regions with low
dust loadings and underestimates DOD for regions with high dust loadings
where DOD exceeds ∼ 0.3. The mean bias between the MACC and LIVAS DOD
is 0.025 (∼ 25 %) over the whole domain. Both MACC and LIVAS
capture the summer and spring high dust loadings, especially over northern
Africa and the Middle East, and exhibit similar monthly structures despite
the biases. In this study, dust extinction coefficient patterns are reported
at four layers (layer 1: 1200–3000 m a.s.l., layer 2:
3000–4800 m a.s.l., layer 3: 4800–6600 m a.s.l. and layer 4:
6600–8400 m a.s.l.). The MACC and LIVAS extinction coefficient patterns
are similar over areas characterized by high dust loadings for the first
three layers. Within layer 4, MACC overestimates extinction coefficients
consistently throughout the year over the whole domain. MACC overestimates
extinction coefficients compared to LIVAS over regions away from the major
dust sources while over regions close to the dust sources (the Sahara and
Middle East) it underestimates strongly only for heights below
∼ 3–5 km a.s.l. depending on the period of the year. In general, it
is shown that dust loadings appear over remote regions and at heights up to
9 km a.s.l. in MACC contrary to LIVAS. This could be due to the model
performance and parameterizations of emissions and other processes, due to
the assimilation of satellite aerosol measurements over dark surfaces only or
due to a possible enhancement of aerosols by the MACC assimilation system.
CALIPSO (IIR-CALIOP) Retrievals of Cirrus Cloud Ice
Particle Concentrations
Authors: Mitchell David L. , Garnier Anne , Pelon Jacques , Erfani Ehsan
Published: June 2018

Abstract. A new satellite remote sensing method is described whereby the sensitivity of thermal infrared wave resonance absorption to small ice crystals is exploited to estimate cirrus cloud ice particle number concentration N, effective diameter De, and ice water content IWC. This method uses co-located observations from the Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) and from the CALIOP (Cloud and Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) lidar aboard the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) polar orbiting satellite, employing IIR channels at 10.6 μm and 12.05 μm. Using particle size distributions measured over several flights of the TC4 (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling) and the mid-latitudes SPARTICUS (Small Particles in Cirrus) field campaigns, we show for the first time that N/IWC is tightly related to βeff; the ratio of effective absorption optical depths at 12.05 μm and 10.6 μm. Relationships developed from in situ aircraft measurements are applied to βeff derived from IIR measurements to retrieve N. This satellite remote sensing method is constrained by measurements of βeff from the IIR and is by essence sensitive to the smallest ice crystals. Retrieval uncertainties are discussed, including uncertainties related to in situ measurement of small ice crystals (D
The seasonal relationship between intraseasonal tropical variability and ENSO in CMIP5
Authors: Matveeva Tatiana , Gushchina Daria , Dewitte Boris
Published: June 2018

Abstract. The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is tightly linked to the
intraseasonal tropical variability (ITV) that contributes to energise the
deterministic ocean dynamics during the development of El Niño. Here, the
relationship between ITV and ENSO is assessed based on models from the
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phase 5 (CMIP5) taking into
account the so-called diversity of ENSO, that is, the existence of two types
of events (central Pacific versus eastern Pacific El Niño). As a first
step, the models' skill in simulating ENSO diversity is assessed. The
characteristics of the ITV are then documented revealing a large dispersion
within an ensemble of 16 models. A total of 11 models exhibit some skill in
simulating the key aspects of the ITV for ENSO: the total variance along the
Equator, the seasonal cycle and the characteristics of the propagation along
the Equator of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) and the convectively
coupled equatorial Rossby (ER) waves. Five models that account realistically
for both the two types of El Niño events and ITV characteristics are used
for the further analysis of seasonal ITV ∕ ENSO relationship. The results
indicate a large dispersion among the models and an overall limited skill in
accounting for the observed seasonal ITV ∕ ENSO relationship.
Implications of our results are discussed in light of recent studies on the
forcing mechanism of ENSO diversity.
Statistical approaches for assessment of climate change impacts on low flows: temporal aspects
Authors: Fangmann Anne , Haberlandt Uwe
Published: June 2018

Abstract. The characteristics of low flow periods, especially regarding their low temporal dynamics, suggest that estimation of metrics related to these periods may be carried out using simplified statistical model approaches that base on a rudimentary input of aggregated local meteorological information. Compared to physically-based or even strongly conceptualized hydrological models, such approaches may have the advantage of being easily set up, applicable over large study areas in a fraction of the time, and easily transferrable between regions, given that predictions are made with the accuracy required for a given purpose. In this study, simplified statistical models based on multiple linear regressions for the use in regional climate change impact analysis are proposed. Study area is the German Federal State of Lower Saxony with 28 available gauges for analysis. A number of regression approaches are evaluated. An approach using principal components of local meteorological indices as input appeared to show the best performance. This model type was eventually applied to a climate model ensemble based on the RCP8.5 scenario. Analyses in the baseline period revealed that some of the meteorological indices needed for model input could not be fully reproduced by the climate models. The predictions for the future show an overall increase in the lowest average 7-day flow (NM7Q), projected by the majority of ensemble members and for the majority of stations.
Origin, burial and preservation of late Pleistocene-age glacier ice in Arctic permafrost (Bylot Island, NU, Canada)
Authors: Coulombe Stephanie , Fortier Daniel , Lacelle Denis , Kanevskiy Mikhail , Shur Yuri
Published: June 2018

Abstract. Over the past decades, observations of buried glacier ice exposed in coastal bluffs and headwalls of retrogressive thaw slumps of the Arctic indicate that considerable amounts of Pleistocene glacier ice survived the deglaciation and are still preserved in permafrost. In exposures, relict glacier ice and intrasedimental ice often coexist and look alike but their genesis is strikingly different. Identifying the origin of ground ice is required to model its spatial distribution and abundance, which is necessary to model the response of circumpolar permafrost regions to climate change. This paper aims to present a detailed description and report physical and geochemical properties of glacier ice buried in the permafrost of Bylot Island (Nunavut) as well as identify geomorphic processes that led to the burial and preservation of the ice. The massive ice exposure and core samples were described according to the cryostratigraphic approach, combining the analysis of permafrost cryofacies and cryostructures, ice crystallography, stable O-H isotopes and cation contents. The buried glacier ice consisted of clear to whitish englacial ice having large crystals (cm) and small gas inclusions (mm) at crystal intersections, similar to observations of englacial ice facies commonly found on contemporary glaciers and ice sheets. However, the isotopic composition of the buried ice differed markedly from contemporary glacier ice and indicated the late Pleistocene age of the ice. This ice predates the aggradation of the permafrost and can be used as an archive to infer paleo-environmental conditions at the study site. As most of the arctic landscapes are still strongly determined by its glacial legacy, the melting of these large ice bodies could lead to extensive slope failures and settlement of the ground surface, with significant impact on permafrost geosystem landscape dynamics, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and infrastructure.
Extent of Implementing Target Costing and Value Engineering Approach to Reducing Costs: A Survey in Jordanian Shareholding Companies for Food Industries
Authors: El-Dalahmeh Suleiman
Published: June 2018

This Study aims at identifying the extent of implementing Target Costing and Value Engineering approach to reducing costs of Jordanian public shareholding companies for food industries. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher distributed personally a questionnaire to a random sample of (145) accountants in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan. (100) questionnaires were returned. The response rate was 69%. In addition, the survey sought to verify the five basic hypothesis of the study. In order to analysis the data, the researcher used means, standard deviations and T-test. The results of the survey revealed that availability of the components of application of target cost, as well as companies have awareness, concepts, principles and the importance of applying target costs to managing costs so as to improve profitability, and the companies are using value engineering to achieve a cost to reach the target costs. The results also showed that there were some difficulties to hinder the application of target costs and value engineering in Jordanian shareholding companies for food industries. The most important difficulties were: The lack of sufficient knowledge to manage the company on how to implement the target cost and value engineering. The lack of research and publication related to the benefits target cost and value engineering. Application costs greater than the expected benefits.
Perceptions of Information and Communication Technology: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Zanzibar
Authors: Suleiman Amran Said , Suleiman Munir Said , Juma Sahim Abdalla
Published: June 2018

The information and communication technology (ICT) become paramount in the contemporary whereas the society and other educational partners would not be far away from uses of this developmental technology. This study aimed to evaluate the perceptions of teachers on applying ICT in public secondary schools in Zanzibar. The survey questionnaires deployed as the instrument tool for the data collection in six public secondary schools in Zanzibar. Data analysed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21, and the results revealed that the teachers’ have the positive perceptions towards the adoption of ICT use in an education setting. Consequently, the utilisation of technology encourages teaching and learning. Indeed, the teachers showed to be ready to incorporate the ICT use in the teaching process. However, lack of enough time and cost of the ICT services contributed factors that impediment the teachers to embrace ICT use. Moreover, the results demonstrate some teachers’ ignorance in insensitive of ICT skills.
Measuring the Evolution of Economic and Political Institutions in Ghana (1820–2010)
Authors: Akpalu Wisdom , Agbenyo George , Sarr Mare , Letete Emmanuel
Published: June 2018

This study discusses the measurement and the evolution of formal institutions (political and civil liberties [PCLs], property rights [PRs], and political instability [PI]) in Ghana from the colonial era to the postindependence period. The PCLs and PI are evaluated from 1820 to 2010, while property rights are analyzed for the period 1849–2010. It has been found that, on average, the postindependence democratic regimes guaranteed the best PCLs and PRs. However, the democratic regime recorded the highest documented political instability, which includes number of lives lost, political arrests and assassinations, declarations of state of emergency, and related armed attacks.
Screening of transgenic maize using near infrared spectroscopy and chemometric techniques
Authors: Feng Xuping , Yin Haijun , Zhang Chu , Peng Cheng , He Yong
Published: June 2018

The applicability of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics was examined to develop fast, low-cost and non-destructive spectroscopic methods for classification of transgenic maize plants. The transgenic maize plants containing both cry1Ab/cry2Aj-G10evo proteins and their non-transgenic parent were measured in the NIR diffuse reflectance mode with the spectral range of 700–1900 nm. Three variable selection algorithms, including weighted regression coefficients, principal component analysis -loadings and second derivatives were used to extract sensitive wavelengths that contributed the most discrimination information for these genotypes. Five classification methods, including K-nearest neighbor, Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy, Naive Bayes Classifier, Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and Radial Basis Function Neural Network were used to build discrimination models based on the preprocessed full spectra and sensitive wavelengths. The results demonstrated that ELM had the best performance of all methods, even though the model’s recognition ability decreased as the variables in the training of neural networks were reduced by using only the sensitive wavelengths. The ELM model calculated on the calibration set showed classification rates of 100% based on the full spectrum and 90.83% based on sensitive wavelengths. The NIR spectroscopy combined with chemometrics offers a powerful tool for evaluating large number of samples from maize hybrid performance trials and breeding programs.
Effects of Bilateral Real Exchange Rate on Sino-Nigeria Trade: An ARDL Cointegration Approach
Authors: Bicudo Julio Felippe , Azu Nnanna P.
Published: June 2018

This research is motivated to scrutinise the effects of real bilateral exchange rate fluctuation on China-Nigeria bilateral trade, taking into consideration volatility and third country’s bilateral exchange rate effect to determine their consequences. Due to its robustness in time series analyses, an ARDL approach to co-integration was used to determine the long-and short-runs effects. Both export and import were considered separately. Outcome revealed that Nigeria’s import from China responds negatively to real bilateral exchange rate increase just as it does to its volatility. Her export to China reacts positively on both front, most especially in the short-run. Japan was integrated as a third country in this research due to her competing presence in Nigerian market. Third country’s real bilateral exchange rate play prominent but negative role in China-Nigeria trade, and is mostly effective in the long-run. With the absolute value of the co-efficient of real bilateral exchange rate greater than one, depreciating the Naira against the Renminbi will tend to ameliorate the negative balance of trade Nigeria has with China. Finally, democratic regime was found to be very essential in enhancing international business.
A escrita como instrumento perverso: um estudo de La marchande d’enfants de Gabrielle Wittkop
Authors: Dias Anne Louise
Published: June 2018

O presente artigo deseja analisar o romance La marchande d’enfants, escrito por Gabrielle Wittkop e publicado postumamente em 2003, propondo-se a desvelar os mecanismos perversos de um texto que vai para além da religião, da moralidade e coloca a perversão como motivo de sua narração. Wittkop tentaria, por meio de uma escrita poética e perversa, alcançar o extremo, o absurdo ao fazer conscientemente uso da violência própria à linguagem, atacando, penetrando e testando as fronteiras do eu e os limites da representação. Nesse sentido, é nosso objetivo analisar, em La marchande d’enfants, o uso de um duplo jogo da linguagem, que joga com a imagética e a imaginação e, sobretudo, engaja seu leitor a tornar-se cúmplice das ações violentas ali postas em cena.
O lugar do texto e do discurso em teorias enunciativas e discursivas
Authors: Martins Pereira Sônia Virginia
Published: June 2018

O texto destina-se à reflexão sobre as noções de discurso e texto, no escopo de uma linguística da enunciação e do discurso. O estudo é de cunho teórico e tem por finalidade o entrelaçamento dessas noções nucleares que alicerçam teorias enunciativo-discursivas, em especial, a teoria dialógica, a partir da qual são relacionadas a texto e discurso outras noções, como enunciação, enunciado e gênero. No percurso do texto, as noções são definidas, alicerçadas em teóricos de referência dos campos enunciativos e discursivos, a partir do que se bifurcam e, posteriormente, convergem para os estudos dialógicos de onde podemos extrair uma teoria do conhecimento sobre a linguagem que tem por foco a interação social, na qual texto, discurso, enunciado e gênero são alguns de seus pilares. Diante da construção teórico-metodológica legada pelos estudos dialógicos, nos quais as noções são categorias analíticas, consideramos que a teoria dialógica dispõe de importantes dispositivos para a análise da atividade linguageira.Palavras-chave: Noções teóricas. Teorias enunciativas. Teorias discursivas.
A cartografia e a pesquisa literária: do gabinete às comunidades e às ruas
Authors: Rena Alemar
Published: June 2018

Este artigo investiga a possibilidade de lançarmos mão da metodologia da pesquisa cartográfica no contexto da pesquisa da literatura periférica, marginal e outras expressões literárias e artísticas vinculadas à rua e aos coletivos urbanos. Nos apoiamos nas discussões em torno da metodologia cartográfica propostas por pesquisadoras como Virgínia Kastrup e Eduardo Passos, e no conceito de mapa, de Deleuze e Guattari. Palavras-chave: Pesquisa/extensão literária. Método cartográfico. Literatura marginal. Literatura e rua.
Interdisciplinaridade e conhecimento na sociedade em rede
Authors: Lobo de Arruda Campos Alzira , Cardoso Gomes Álvaro , De Sousa Brandão Antônio Jackson
Published: June 2018

Resumo: A dúvida cartesiana como método de pesquisa é vista como um paradigma para o diálogo metódico na produção do conhecimento interdisciplinar ou para o pensar complexo, na sociedade em rede. A interdisciplinaridade, definida como uma das versões possíveis do método científico, é praticada há séculos por cientistas da mais variada natureza, embora compareça como novidade no mundo acadêmico. Interpretam-se tais dados à luz da lógica formal do conhecimento nas ciências sociais e nas humanidades, conferindo-se ênfase à teoria e à ciência dos modelos.
Gonçalo Tavares: o absurdo reencontrado
Authors: Silva Victor Leandro
Published: June 2018

Na tradição romanesca, o tema absurdo, formatado a partir das obras de Herman Melville, Franz Kafka e Albert Camus, tornou-se uma das mais vigorosas temáticas da literatura até a primeira metade do século XX. Na contemporaneidade, a obra de Gonçalo Tavares se apresenta como uma retomada das perspectivas abertas por esses escritores, inserindo sobre elas novas compreensões. O presente artigo procura investigar de que forma os romances A máquina de Joseph Walser e Aprender a rezar na era da técnica, escritos pelo autor português e que fazem parte da tetralogia O reino, fazem reverberam essas novas incursões sobre a absurdidade, ao passo que se alinham à tradição inaugurada por seus antecessores.
Interesting Case of Leptospirosis Presenting as Jaundice and Acute Renal Failure in North East Tennessee
Authors: KHAN İmran , KHALİD Muhammad , MOORMAN Jonathan , IBRAHİM Lamis , YOUSSEF Dima
Published: June 2018

Leptospirosis

is a worldwide zoonotic infection common in the tropics especially during the

hurricanes and floods seasons. Most common clinical presentation is rash,

fatigue, weakness, malaise, fever, headache just like viral prodromal symptoms,

but clinical presentation of jaundice liver and kidney dysfunction in severe

cases can result in multiorgan failure. Diagnosis need serology and cultures

which are usually positive early in course of the disease but require special

media to grow i.e. Fletcher’s media. Treatment is usually with Penicillin or

doxycycline. We present a case of leptospirosis presenting with jaundice along

with acute liver and renal involvement in the form of Weil’s disease which is

one of the severe form of presentation. Diagnosis was made by positive

leptospirosis serology. Patient was treated with oral doxycycline. Patient had

good response to antibiotics with resolution of symptoms on follow up

outpatient. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(2):80-82.
Readers' Advisory: Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in Fiction: Suggesting New Titles to Make All Readers Feel Like They Belong
Authors: Tarulli Laurel
Published: June 2018

Epochs of transition keep us on the alert. They ask us to keep our eyes open upon the distant horizons, our minds listening to seize every indication that can enlighten us: reading, reflection, searching, must never stop; the mind must keep flexible in order to lose nothing, to acquire any knowledge that can aid our mission. . . . Immobility and arrested development bring decadence; a beauty, fully unfolded, is ready to perish. So, let us not rest on our beautiful past.—Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ, 1914The above quote from Janet Erskine Stuart of the Society of the Sacred Heart, fondly referred to as Mother Stuart, was written in 1914, at a time when the world was in turmoil. A religious congregation that has included many remarkable and forward-thinking women, the Society has a reputation for persevering and growing stronger during times of change. Born out of the French Revolution, the society was formed in France to educate children in a time when a new world was emerging. Education endures as a core value of the Society—and most importantly, the concept of educating the whole person. Indeed, the goals that guide the Society of the Sacred Heart include a deep respect for intellectual values, social awareness, and personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.
Measuring Query Complexity in Web-Scale Discovery: A Comparison between Two Academic Libraries
Authors: Cohen Rachael A. , Pusnik Angie Thorpe
Published: June 2018

This study reports on the examination of search transaction logs from web-scale discovery tools at two Indiana University campuses. The authors discuss how they gathered search queries from transaction logs, categorized queries according to the Library of Congress Classification schedule, and then examined queries using text analysis tools in order to identify which subjects were being searched and whether users were using advanced search options. The results of this investigation demonstrate how transaction logs may be used to communicate user interactions within discovery services. The findings offer detailed insight into the subjects and skills that teaching faculty and librarians should communicate to improve information literacy instruction. The search queries also uncover information needs that provide direction for collection managers.
Book Review: ’80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures
Authors: Ellermann Marissa
Published: June 2018

’80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures is a work that sets out to examine the evolution of action movies from their cheesy low-budget origins and how they influenced the development of the action film genre. The author states that his interest in exploring the topic stems from his belief that the 1980s was the birth of the modern-day action film (1). There are 284 entries arranged chronologically that examine the films’ plots and their influencers. The entries have an informal tone, but they are well researched and use examples from other film genres to make connections. The book is intended for use by a variety of researchers, but its tone and content make it most suitable for use as an introduction to 1980s action and adventure films for action movie lovers or film students.
Book Review: The Death Penalty: A Reference Handbook
Authors: Pritting Shannon
Published: June 2018

The affordable but brief single-volume The Death Penalty: A Reference Handbook is edited by Professor Joseph Melusky of St. Francis University and Keith A. Pesto, a veteran US Magistrate Judge and lecturer at St. Francis. Pesto and Melusky have collaborated several times on related ABC-CLIO reference works including The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded (2014), Capital Punishment (2011), and Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Rights and Liberties under the Law (2003). This title is part of ABC-CLIO’s Contemporary World Issues Series, which “address vital issues in today’s society” and are “written by professional writers, scholars and nonacademic experts,” covering current topics such as marijuana, social media, and prisons (v).
Book Review: Vaccines: History, Science, and Issues
Authors: Sprochi Amanda
Published: June 2018

Vaccines and vaccination in the United States have become topics of dispute in some circles in the last two decades, since Andrew Wakefield published a high-profile and now thoroughly discredited study in Lancet linking vaccines to autism disorder. Tish Davidson’s book, Vaccines: History, Science, and Issues, takes a look at the history of vaccines and vaccinations, their mechanism of action, potential side effects, and development and use. She also documents the anti-vaccine (anti-vaxxer) movement, which began in the eighteenth century and has found renewed adherents in the present day. Davidson’s research is scientific, meticulous, and dispassionate in its coverage of both vaccine proponents and detractors.
The Centrality of Events Scale for Italian adolescents: Integrating traumatic experience into one’s identity and its relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology
Authors: Ionio Chiara , Mascheroni Eleonora , Di Blasio Paola
Published: June 2018

Adolescents could develop areas of vulnerability, especially if they have had to deal with highly stressful and traumatic life events. Stressful experiences can work as traumatic memories that become central to one’s life and core topics for one’s identity and for the attribution of meaning to life experience. The present work evaluates (a) the internal structures of the 20-item Centrality of Event Scale in the Italian context and (b) the impact of stressful and traumatic experience during adolescence. The present work includes a convenience sample of 872 Italian adolescents -528 males, 344 females- aged between 11 and 21 years (M = 15.85; SD = 2.09). We performed a confirmatory factor analysis that confirmed a three-factor solution. Moreover, the perception of stressful event as central in the participants’ lives was significantly correlated with the presence of PTSD symptomatology, as measured by the Impact of Event Scale Revised. We found that participants with PTSD symptoms had significantly higher CES scores. These data show the validity of the CES with adolescent samples, emphasizing the sensitivity of this instrument in detecting the impact of negative life experiences even in a sample of adolescents.
Analiza bolnikov z anemijo zaradi pomanjkanja železa v hematološki ambulanti
Authors: Cvejić Vidali Gaja , Zver Samo
Published: June 2018

Background: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most prevalent type of anaemia and a common cause for patient referrals to the haematology outpatient clinic. The aim of this study was to determine the number of patients with IDA treated at the Haematology Outpatient Clinic of the UMC Ljubljana in the period of two years, as well as to inquire into the causes for their referrals to the clinic, patient characteristics, their complete blood count results at initial examination, the prescribed therapy, the number and the causes of their follow-up visits. We draw special attention to the IDA onset mechanism, the microcytic anaemia therapy principles and the indications prompting a referral of an IDA patient to the haematology specialist.Methods: We undertook a retrospective analysis of the medical records of patients who were referred to the Haematology outpatient clinic of the UMC Ljubljana for examination in the two-year period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2015 and had been diagnosed with IDA on the basis of their clinical picture and their CBC values. Data were collected with the Hipokrat IT system and statistically evaluated with Microsoft Excel.Results: In the period relevant for our research, 277 patients of those who were referred to the Haematology outpatient clinic for medical examination were diagnosed with IDA. 11.6 % of these patients were male and 88.4 % female; 62.1 % of the female patients were of childbearing age. IDA was specified as the referral diagnosis in the cases of no more than 39 % of the patients referred to the specialist outpatient clinic, whilst the medical condition of the remaining percentage of patients was not identified by the referring doctor. Comorbidities were observed in 50.2 % of the patients, and for 62.5 % of the patients a follow-up appointment was scheduled by the treating haematologist. Of all patients, 63.5 % were treated with an intravenous iron preparation during their first examination at the outpatient clinic and a transfusion of erythrocytes was administered during such an examination to 4.3 % of the patients.Conclusion: Patients with IDA were often treated at our Haematology Outpatient Clinic in the relevant two-year period. The data indicates a poor recognition rate of this prevalent type of anaemia. IDA is not a blood disorder and the referral of IDA patients to the Haematology Outpatient Clinic is justified in the case of severe microcytic anaemia, when the patient does not respond to the oral or intravenous iron replacement therapy or if a concomitant change in the CBC persists despite the effective treatment with iron preparations.
Strokovno stališče Združenja za anesteziologijo in intenzivno medicino o uporabi sugamadeksa
Authors: Požar Lukanović Neva , Dević Dragan , Kandare Rajko , Mekiš Dušan , Novak Janković Vesna , Novak Supe Barbka , Pekle Golež Ana , Spindler Vesel Alenka
Published: June 2018

We present our position statement for the use of sugammadex, a specific binder for aminosteroid muscle relaxants, in the most common clinical circumstances (in the case of an emergency intubation, when the patient cannot be ventilated or intubated; in patients with neuro-muscular disease, in patients with liver failure, in patients with renal failure, in patients with allergic reaction to sugammadex or to rocuronium, in cases of residual muscle relaxation and when we have to use a muscle relaxant short time after sugammadex application). Sugammadex is the drug of choice in cases of cardiac arhythmia, COPD, asthma, neuro-muscular diseases, pathological obesity, intraoperative use of continuous infusion of aminoglycoside muscle relaxants. It is therefore necessary to control the neuro-muscular block during surgery due to different response of patients to the muscle relaxant. Clinical tests alone are not an adequate substitute for objective control of muscular strength recovery.
Zdravljenje zmanjšane gibljivosti komolca
Authors: Mihelič Anže , Trebše Maruška , Trebše Neža , Trebše Rihard
Published: June 2018

Elbow stiffness may develop due to various causes but most frequently it is secondary to a traumatic elbow lesion or heterotopic ossification common after head or spinal trauma. Both open and arthroscopic releases are effective. The arthroscopic release is reserved for intra-articular and capsular reasons, while open surgery can address either intra-articular or extra-articular causes. Different surgical approaches are used to treat elbow stiffness, depending on the exact anatomical location of the lesion that limits the range of movements. Complications are rare, the most frequent being incomplete resolution of stiffness. Nerve lesions are very rare. Most frequent is a partial ulnar nerve lesion, especially when nerve release or transposition is required. Conservative treatment with static or dynamic braces can be effective when there are no anatomical reasons for stiffness. Braces can be used as an adjunct to surgical treatment in the postoperative period in selected cases where no bony impingement is present.
Identifications et rapports entre majoritaires et minoritaires. Discours de jeunes issus de l’immigration
Authors: Magnan Marie-Odile , Darchinian Fahimeh , Larouche Émilie
Published: June 2018

Des recherches menées dans les années 1990 et 2000 ont souligné les identités multiples des jeunes issus de l’immigration fréquentant les écoles montréalaises et le rapport de distance établi avec l’identité « francophone québécoise ». Ce rapport de distance avec l’identité du groupe majoritaire existe dans d’autres sociétés. C’est à partir d’une analyse critique des rapports ethniques que nous appréhendons cette frontière entre les groupes minoritaires et le groupe majoritaire, en prenant en compte les rapports de pouvoir en jeu. Nous analysons 60 entretiens qualitatifs menés auprès de jeunes issus de l’immigration à Montréal. Une analyse typologique met en exergue trois types de rapports au groupe majoritaire et de multiples identifications s’y raccrochant. Il s’avère qu’une majorité des jeunes interrogés ont développé un rapport de tension vis-à-vis du groupe majoritaire et qu’une majorité d’entre eux s’identifient à leur pays d’origine et au Canada. En conclusion, nous discutons des implications sociales et politiques de ces résultats.
Jeunes adultes issus de l’immigration et marché du travail. Logiques d’orientation professionnelle
Authors: Darchinian Fahimeh , Magnan Marie-Odile , Kanouté Fasal
Published: June 2018

Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche exploratoire portant sur le travail de négociation de jeunes adultes montréalais issus de l’immigration en ce qui a trait à la construction de leurs logiques d’orientation professionnelle. Dans la littérature scientifique, le passage vers le marché du travail chez cette population a surtout été étudié en fonction du taux d’accès à l’emploi. Basé sur la méthode des récits de vie, le corpus qualitatif comprend 25 jeunes adultes issus de l’immigration qui comptent deux ans d’expérience sur le marché du travail montréalais. L’angle interprétatif de la recherche rend compte des relations sociales et des déterminations sociales négociées et représentées dans le discours des jeunes adultes interrogés. Les résultats montrent que les vécus de discrimination (racisme, linguicisme, intolérance religieuse) amènent plusieurs de ces jeunes adultes à s’intégrer dans les milieux anglophones afin de s’éloigner des milieux de travail francophones.
Biological nitrification inhibition by root exudates of native species,Hibiscus splendensandSolanum echinatum
Authors: Janke Chelsea K. , Wendling Laura A. , Fujinuma Ryosuke
Published: June 2018

Australian native species grow competitively in nutrient limited environments, particularly in nitrogen (N) limited soils; however, the mechanism that enables this is poorly understood. Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI), which is the release of root exudates into the plant rhizosphere to inhibit the nitrification process, is a hypothesized adaptive mechanism for maximizing N uptake. To date, few studies have investigated the temporal pattern and components of root exudates by Australian native plant species for BNI. This study examined root exudates from two Australian native species,Hibiscus splendensandSolanum echinatum,and contrasted with exudates ofSorghum bicolor, a plant widely demonstrated to exhibit BNI capacity. Root exudates were collected from plants at two, four, and six weeks after transplanting to solution culture. Root exudates contained three types of organic acids (OAs), oxalic, citric and succinic acids, regardless of the species. However, the two Australian natives species released larger amount of OAs in earlier development stages thanS. bicolor. The total quantity of these OAs released per unit root dry mass was also seven-ten times greater for Australian native plant species compared toS. bicolor. The root exudates significantly inhibited nitrification activity over six weeks’ growth in a potential nitrification assay, withS. echinatum(ca. 81% inhibition) >S. bicolor(ca. 80% inhibition) >H. splendens(ca. 78% inhibition). The narrow range of BNI capacity in the study plants limited the determination of a relationship between OAs and BNI; however, a lack of correlation between individual OAs and inhibition of nitrification suggests OAs may not directly contribute to BNI. These results indicate that Australian native species generate a strongly N conserving environment within the rhizosphere up to six weeks after germination, establishing a competitive advantage in severely N limited environments.