bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A 17-Year-Old Boy With High-Functioning Autism, Gastrointestinal Illness, and Seizures
Authors: Sojar Sakina H. , Goldner Joshua S.V. , Krishnamoorthy Kalpathy , Murphy Sarah A. , Masiakos Peter T. , Klig Jean E.
Published: December 2018

A healthy 17-year-old boy with a high-functioning pervasive developmental disorder presented to the emergency department after having a 4-minute episode of seizure-like activity in the setting of presumed viral gastroenteritis. Within an hour of emergency department arrival, he developed a forehead-sparing facial droop, right-sided ptosis, and expressive aphasia, prompting stroke team assessment and urgent neuroimaging. Laboratory results later revealed a serum sodium of 119 mmol/L. Neurologic deficits self-resolved, and a full physical examination revealed diffuse abdominal tenderness in the lower abdomen with rebound tenderness in the right-lower quadrant. The patient was admitted to the PICU for electrolyte management and monitoring. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen obtained the following morning revealed the patient’s final diagnosis.
Sobre o sentido do humanismo em Martin Heidegger
Authors: Onate Neusa Rudek
Published: December 2018

Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar o sentido originário para o fundamento do conceito de “humanismo” na carta de Martin Heidegger a Jean Beaufret intitulada Carta sobre o humanismo (1946). A partir da exposição do pensamento e do arcabouço conceitual-argumentativo de Heidegger na referida obra, o trabalho consistirá em determinar o sentido mais amplo da mesma inserido no contexto da história da metafísica, bem como o sentido mais radical e profundo de humanismo para uma compreensão originária de sua significação, abandonando uma compreensão tradicional de humanismo que remonta a um sentido ôntico da existência humana. O trabalho apresenta uma explanação da originalidade do conceito em questão sob a luz grega presente no pensamento de Heidegger.
Misreading the great recession and applying the wrong fix
Authors: Kotlikoff Laurence
Published: December 2018

Most economists differ not on the causes of the Great Recession, but on their relative importance. They agree, however, that the core problem is human, not market failure. Their widely held assessment helps explain why the Dodd-Frank banking “reform” says so much and does so little. This study re-tries the usual suspects and finds none guilty. Instead, it points to multiple equilibria in banking and the overall economy. Whether it is Cooke and Company in 1873 or Lehman Brothers in 2008, leverage and opacity are the wicked brew that stokes bank runs. And bank runs prompt employer runs – laying off your employees (other firms’ customers) for fear that others are laying off their employees (your customers). The answer is fundamental, not cosmetic banking reform that fixes banking and the economy for good. The answer is replacing leveraged, trust-me banking with fully transparent, 100 percent equity-financed mutual fund banking. This reform, called Limited Purpose Banking, handles all aspects of finance, including lending, risk allocation and the payment system. It would permanently end the leveraging of taxpayers by banks and bring a permanent end to financial crises.
The Western Balkans: Weak performance since the crisis
Authors: Dabrowski Marek , Myachenkova Yana
Published: December 2018

In the early and mid-2000s, the prospect of EU accession and the global boom facilitated rapid economic recovery and boosted economic and institutional reforms in the Western Balkan region. The global financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the European crisis of 2010–2013 slowed the pace of economic growth and amplified high unemployment in the region. In addition, various unresolved legacies from past conflicts slowed the pace of reform and progress towards EU accession.

The European Commission’s February 2018 communication sets an indicative deadline (2025) for the two most advanced candidates – Serbia’s and Montenegro’s admission to the EU. This could incentivise all Western Balkan countries, including those candidates that have not yet started membership negotiations (Macedonia and Albania) and those waiting for candidate status (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo), to remove domestic political obstacles to EU accession, solve conflicts with neighbours, speed up reforms and accelerate economic growth.
Ten years after the crisis in Hungary
Authors: Surányi György
Published: December 2018

Looking back to the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, Hungary was among the first countries to be forced to make use of financial assistance from the EU and the IMF. The government, the MNB (the central bank of Hungary) as well as the domestic and foreign analysts cited the high public debt and the volume of unsecured foreign-currency loans as the main reasons for the crises. Though these were real weaknesses, this diagnosis was false as much as the following treatment. First and foremost, it was the inadequate level of foreign exchange reserves that made Hungary to request outside financial assistance.

The excessive fiscal tightening urged by the MNB only led to deepening of the crises. In general, the macropolicy – both fiscal and monetary policy – before, during and after the crises turned out to be painfully pro-cyclical. Due to the lack of sufficient reserves, the MNB became virtually powerless to intervene and could only watch from the side-lines as events unfolded. The orthodox mind-set after replenishing the forex reserves prevented it from implementing a broad scale of unconventional measures to ease the crises. The fiscal authority lost its capacity long before to reduce the severity of the crises. Thus, the excessive and incorrect structure of fiscal correction coupled with an unjustified orthodox monetary policy, the contraction of the Hungarian economy went much beyond the inevitable amount.
Ten myths (or facts?) about workaholism: An appetitive motivation framework
Authors: Sussman Steve
Published: December 2018

This commentary intends to provide constructive input into the “Ten myths about work addiction” by Griiffiths et al. (2018). I place the information into an appetitive motivation theoretical lens of addiction as well as outline the kernels of truth associated with each myth. Advancement of an understanding of the underlying mechanisms of addiction demands consideration that any number of appetitive-associated behaviors might become disrupted – including those at the workplace.
Mulheres, religião e poder: ensaios feministas
Authors: Duarte Doneda Perla Cabral
Published: December 2018

Gebara, nesta obra, caracteriza as feministas como mulheres de estirpe, uma vez que todas buscam a liberdade, o espaço e a valorização da mulher. Fato que causa rejeição aos principais lugares religiosos do cristianismo. O feminismo em sua diversidade é parte da luta pelos direitos humanos, uma vez que tem olhar crítico dos espaços em que homens e mulheres ocupam. Questões como violência doméstica sexualidade, maternidade voluntária, liberdade sexual, controle da mortalidade, reivindicações culturais, políticas e sociais, fazem parte das reflexões e das ações feministas. “O feminismo teológico tem uma grande importância na transformação das culturas, na medida em que desobriga as mulheres de obedecerem à ordem estabelecida de certas crenças religiosas patriarcais” (p. 12). Em sua obra busca demonstrar o quanto o poder estabelecido pela religião Católica, fortalece o papel da mulher no espaço privado e garante a hegemonia masculina, como poder estabelecido, conforme as narrativas e os símbolos aplicados.
İbn Cüzey’in Bazı Tefsir Eserlerindeki Üslup ve Usûl Sorunlarına Yaklaşımına İlişkin Bir Değerlendirme
Authors: BAYSAL Sıddık
Published: December 2018

Bu çalışmada, İbn Cüzey’in et-Teshil li ‘ulumi’t-tenziladlı eserinin önsöz ve mukaddimeleri, tefsirde üslup ve usûl sorunlarına yaklaşımı açısından incelenmiştir. İbn Cüzey, eserine ilki faydalı konular ve küllȋ kaidelerden; ikincisi Kur’an’da sık geçen lafızların anlamlarının işlendiği bir lügatçeden oluşan iki mukaddime yazmış; böylece takip ettiği usûlü ve üslubu hakkında bilgiler vermiş; girizgâhta ise et-Teshȋl’i, hangi saiklerle yazdığını ve amacını genel ifadelerle açıklamıştır. Bu bağlamda klasik tefsir küllîyatındaki bazı eserleri, bazen isim vererek ama daha çok meçhul kipte eleştirmiş ve bu sorunların nasıl aşılabileceğine dair önerilerde bulunmuştur. Onun bunu yapmaktan kastı, öncelikle tefsirde usûl ve üslubun önemini ortaya koymak; böylelikle akademik anlamda tefsirle ilgilenenlere ve sade okurlara sağlıklı bir perspektif kazandırmak, ardından da okura bu muhtasar eserin nasıl okunacağına ilişkin rehberlik etmektir. Makalenin önemi de buradan kaynaklanmaktadır. Makalede, ilmi şahsiyetinden tefsir mukaddimelerine kıvrılan bir üslupla betimleyici bir dil kullanılmış, sonra da tahlil-tenkit eksenli bir yaklaşımla genel bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır.
Initiation Ceremony in Primitive Tribes and Some Religions
Authors: SÜMER Necati
Published: December 2018

Initiation ceromony is a ritual that signifies when someone reach to a certain age then,  an attempt to be a member of an assembly or a group. This initiation ceromony can be occured in any society either in a primitive or in a civilized society. Although, the implementations process of initiation ceromony may sometimes vary however the purpose of it remains same. This is the purpose make individuals to accustom to the collective educational, religious or mithic sense. In preliterate society these rituals are loaded with religious content. In primitive societies the initiation ceremony were also held when the young girls and boys reach their puberty age and also when they are seen as an adult of the society. The ceremony contains some difficult ordeals for the youngs and in order to become successful participant to gain admittance to the society these young people need to prove themselves through these difficult ordeals. In some primitive societies gaining admittance and becoming a member require that getting intercourse with his protective spirit. At the end of all these process, the candidate gains a name and full membership when if succesfully complete the tasks and they become adults who now have social affiliation. These rituals can also be observed in civilized society’s culture. The initiation ceremony in advanced societies’ religious traditions is however different and the rituals are contain more symbolic meanings. The principal of physical suffering during initiation ceremonies in primitive society is the form of spiritual readiness in civilized societies. Hindu Upanayana, Jewish Bar/Bat Mitzvah and baptism rituals of Christians are typical ceremonies initiation. This study examines how the initiation ceremony that an important social ritual, takes place in the religious tradition of primitive and some civilized societies.
Hz. Ömer Uygulamalarının Fıkhi Mezheplere Yansıması
Authors: EŞİT Yusuf
Published: December 2018

Hz. Ömer’in uygulamaları ile ilgili son iki asırda usulsüzlükten kaynaklanan ikircikli bir yaklaşımın oluştuğunu söylemek mümkündür. Hz. Ömer kimi zaman Kur‘ân ve Hz. Peygamber uygulamasına rağmen farklı hareket eden bir reformist gibi gösterilmekte ve bu çerçevede Kur‘ân ve Hz. Peygamber karşısında kendilerinin de gerektiğinde böyle bir tavır takınabileceklerinin meşruiyet zeminini oluşturulmak istenmektedirler. Esasında bu yaklaşımın Hz. Ömer üzerinden kendi din anlayışlarını İslâmî zeminle buluşturma amacı taşıdığı söylenebilir. Her iki yaklaşımın temelinde Hz. Ömer’in Hz. Peygamber’den farklı uygulamalara gittiği ön kabulü yatmaktadır. Hz. Ömer uygulamaları ile ilgili alanda yapılan çalışmalar kendi perspektiflerine göre Hz. Ömer uygulamalarını değerlendiren çalışmalardır. Değerli olan bu çalışmaların yanında ilk dönemden itibaren Hz. Ömer uygulamalarının mezheplerdeki yankısı ilk etapta ele alınması gereken önemli bir adımdır. İşte bu çalışma, mezheplerin Hz. Ömer uygulamalarını ele alış tarzını irdelemekte ve onların bu uygulamaları nasıl anladıklarını ele almaktadır.
Risk Priority With Fuzzy Logic: Application of A Textile Factory
Authors: KORKUSUZ POLAT Tülay
Published: December 2018

The most important reality in the business
life that has not changed in the last fifty years is perhaps the necessity for
the “customer satisfaction to be sustainable.” Every failure that adversely
affects product quality also causes customer dissatisfaction. In this study,
the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was used to analyze the potential
quality failures of the production system in a textile factory. By using this
method, the probability, severity and detectability of quality faults (quality
risks) which could lead to customer dissatisfaction were determined. In this
method, the risk magnitudes are found by multiplying the probability, severity
and detectability values of risks. These risks with high priority, which are
also called the Risk Priority Numbers (RPN), are the risks which need to be
considered as priority, and for which more resources are needed to be
allocated. These three components are equally effective when determining the
Risk Priority Number because of the multiplication operation. However, when
ranking the risks, the role of the severity component is more important than
the others. This is because a risk of low severity may rank low in the priority
order even if it occurs very frequently (even if it has a high probability).
Similarly, in the exact opposite condition, even if the probability is low, a
risk with a high severity needs to be placed higher in the priority order, and
more resources are needed to eliminate such risks. Due to this uncertain
situation, prioritization has also been made by creating a rule-based fuzzy
logic in MATLAB, with the assumption that it is more meaningful to use fuzzy
expressions instead of definite expressions when determining the magnitudes of
risks.
Effect of Soil Saturation On Seismic Performance of A Structure: A Numerical Approach
Authors: GÖKTEPE Fatih , ÇELEBİ Erkan , KARAHAN Nadir
Published: December 2018

The aim of this study is to investigate
the impact of soil saturation on the seismic performance of a structure when
subjected to earthquake-induced vibration. More specifically, this paper examines
the effect of the soil saturation level taking into account of soil-structure
interaction (SSI) on the structural response. For this purpose, a two
dimensional (2D) finite element model was developed with Mohr-Coulomb failure
criterion under plane-strain conditions using geotechnical ﬁnite element code
PLAXIS. To emphasize SSI problems in civil engineering applications, mechanical
behavior and various saturation levels of the local soil condition is examined
using a numerical model. As can seen from the analysis results, the
saturation level of soils causes an increase on the lateral roof displacement of
the saturated elasto-plastic soil. This situation was interpreted as the
increase in the saturation levels of the soils caused a decrease in the
rigidity. Furthermore, neglecting the effect of SSI leads to underestimated
results of the structural behavior.
Los valores que caracterizan la ética profesional de los profesores de la Universidad de Colima
Authors: Quijada Lovatón Karin Yovana
Published: December 2018

Este artículo de investigación analiza las percepciones de los profesores de la Universidad de Colima en torno a los valores que definen su ética profesional en el ámbito de la docencia e investigación, así como los diferentes dilemas y/o conflictos que enfrentan a nivel laboral para alcanzar un equilibrio entre las exigencias institucionales y sus necesidades personales. En la recolección de la información se utilizó un cuestionario compuesto de 24 preposiciones y una guía de entrevista semiestructurada con 5 preguntas centrales. En cada fase metodológica, se seleccionaron dos muestras, la primera integrada por 51 profesores considerados por sus estudiantes como “mejores docentes” y, la segunda, por 10 profesores elegidos de manera aleatoria de las cinco sedes que presenta la universidad en el Estado de Colima. Los resultados permiten identificar la prevalencia de cinco valores profesionales: compromiso, diálogo y cooperación y conocimiento e innovación. Sin embargo, también se advierten dilemas éticos relacionados con los bajos salarios, las dificultades para regular su autoridad en el aula, relacionarse con sus compañeros y trabajar en equipo.
Impasses na preservação do patrimônio cultural rural em Campinas-SP: os casos de estudo das fazendas Chapadão e Mato Dentro.
Authors: Menegaldo Ana Beatris Fernandes , Pereira Renata Baesso
Published: December 2018

O presente artigo tem por objetivo discutir os impasses atuais relativos à preservação do patrimônio edificado rural, na cidade de Campinas-SP. Através do levantamento do conjunto de bens patrimoniais rurais tombados no município e da análise das estratégias de preservação dos mesmos, constatou-se o que há um desconhecimento da história produtiva e social imbricada nesses edifícios. Tal fato tem como consequência distintas situações de esvaziamento dos significados desse patrimônio edificado. O método desenvolvido baseia-se no levantamento do acervo patrimonial rural edificado em Campinas, associado à análise dos instrumentos ligados à sua preservação, como legislações, tombamentos, procedimentos das instâncias responsáveis pela conservação dos bens e iniciativas contemporâneas de se valorizar esse acervo. O artigo apresenta dois exemplares do patrimônio edificado rural de Campinas-SP - as sedes das fazendas Chapadão e Mato Dentro - buscando problematizar a importância desses dois conjuntos e compreender seu papel na construção da identidade cultural da cidade.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Patrimônio edificado rural. Identidade cultural. Campinas-SP.
Analysis of the time evolution of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) recorded in rats v1
Authors: Prado Pavel , Martínez-Montes Eduardo , Zañartu Matías
Published: December 2018

Auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) are brain oscillations locked to the periodic properties of acoustic stimuli. Audiological tests based on the acquisition of ASSR are useful for estimating the hearing sensitivity, mainly because multiple hearing frequencies can be simultaneously assessed, and the auditory response can be objectively detected using statistical tests. Typically, the extraction of the auditory response from the measured signal essentially relies on averaging epochs of the EEG, time-locked to the stimulus. Such a manipulation assumes that the auditory response is steady over time and that averaging increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the measurement. Since the time-domain averaging of epochs within a recording does not allow to discriminate between methodological and physiological related variations in the amplitude of the ASSR, we designed a protocol for analyzing the dynamic of the auditory response during the acquisition procedure. The protocol allows us to compute the ASSR amplitude at a given time windows without being compromised by those computed in the preceding EEG segments. In other words, the ASSR amplitudes are extracted from individual epochs, without those epochs being time-domain averaged with the preceding EEG segments. As a result, adaptation and other non-stationary behaviors of the ASSR can be studied.
Steps to Create FASTQ of CCS Overlapping Genomic SSR - CCS ROI v3
Authors: P Harhay Gregory
Published: December 2018

Virulence and pathogenicity of bacterial pathogens are related to their adaptability to changing environments. Bacterial adaptation includes the ability to rapidly and reversibly reprogram gene expression in response to environmental cues. Oneprocess enabling adaptation is based on minor changes in genome sequence, as small as a few base pairs, within segments of genome called simple sequence repeats (SSR) that are made up of multiple copies of a short sequence (from one to several nucleotides), repeated in series. SSR are found in eukaryotes(Toth 2000)as well as prokaryotes(Moxon 2006), and variation in them occurs at frequencies up to a million-fold higher than the average bacterial mutation rate by a process of slip-stranded mispairing (SSM) by DNA polymerase during replication(Moxon 2006). Previous characterizations of SSR in bacteria have suffered from inability to distinguish artifacts generated during sequence processes from true biological signal. Here we report a method for bacterial SSR analysis that solves this problem and indicates that bacteria, rather than changing their genome in response to environment, instead consist of populations that already contain a variety of states and that adaptation results from the outgrowth of these preexisting variants.We demonstrate that a laboratory culture ofHistophilussomni, prepared from a single, presumably clonal colony, actually consists of a population ofdistinctsequence phase and read length variant profiles at individual SSR loci. Thus, specific SSR regions inHistophilus somniare not static structures well-represented by a single consensus sequence, but rather dynamic structures with length variation differences in multiples of complete repeat units (RUs), having characteristic SSM profiles. Our method may be applied to study the potentially species-specific interactions of polymerases and regulatory biomolecules with variations in hypermutable RU sequence, RU sequence phase, RU length, and total SSR length at individual loci. Input requirements: Closed Genome - It is recommended that only organisms with closed genomes be the subject of the analyses described here. Mapping repetitive reads to to contigs of non-closed genomes may map to multiple locations, complicating tha analysis. Mapping CCS (circular consensus sequence) wiith repetitve sequence to closed genomes are guaranted to map to a single locus if sufficent unique flanking sequence is used to confim the unique mapping. Consequently, long CCS with high base quality are the most desirable input into this workflow.
Steps to Create FASTQ of CCS Overlapping Control SSR - CCS ROI v4
Authors: P Harhay Gregory
Published: December 2018

Virulence and pathogenicity of bacterial pathogens are related to their adaptability to changing environments. Bacterial adaptation includes the ability to rapidly and reversibly reprogram gene expression in response to environmental cues. One process enabling adaptation is based on minor changes in genome sequence, as small as a few base pairs, within segments of genome called simple sequence repeats (SSR) that are made up of multiple copies of a short sequence (from one to several nucleotides), repeated in series. SSR are found in eukaryotes (Toth 2000) as well as prokaryotes (Moxon 2006), and variation in them occurs at frequencies up to a million-fold higher than the average bacterial mutation rate by a process of slip-stranded mispairing (SSM) by DNA polymerase during replication (Moxon 2006). Previous characterizations of SSR in bacteria have suffered from inability to distinguish artifacts generated during sequence processes from true biological signal. Here we report a method for bacterial SSR analysis that solves this problem and indicates that bacteria, rather than changing their genome in response to environment, instead consist of populations that already contain a variety of states and that adaptation results from the outgrowth of these preexisting variants. We demonstrate that a laboratory culture of Histophilus somni, prepared from a single, presumably clonal colony, actually consists of a population of distinct sequence phase and read length variant profiles at individual SSR loci. Thus, specific SSR regions in Histophilus somni are not static structures well-represented by a single consensus sequence, but rather dynamic structures with length variation differences in multiples of complete repeat units (RUs), having characteristic SSM profiles. Our method may be applied to study the potentially species-specific interactions of polymerases and regulatory biomolecules with variations in hypermutable RU sequence, RU sequence phase, RU length, and total SSR length at individual loci. In this protocol we validate the computaitonal approaches presented here by sequenciing chemically synthesized oligos and annealed to a form duplexes. These oligos are slightly shorter version of the AAGC SSR found in CP018802.1.
STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BANKING SECTOR IN THE SPHERE OF SMALL BUSINESS USING THE EXAMPLE OF VTB GROUP
Authors: Bakhareva A. A. , Mokrova L. P.
Published: December 2018

In today’s world, small business is important element of market economy and the perspective direction of development of the banking sector. In the next years a number of quantitative and high-quality changes of development of small business which are connected with introduction of new platforms, formation of individual offers for clients, growth of the importance of digital channels in advance of a brand and involvement of new clients is expected. Small business of VTB Group has the potential for further growth. In article the actions within the development strategy considering current trends in the banking sector are offered.
Analysis of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement with an aid of Rush ranking model
Authors: Antipkina I.V.
Published: December 2018

The paper presents a procedure for analysis and improvement of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement, created on the basis of the questionnaire for parents and designed for the international comparative study TIMSS-PIRLS 2011. The article introduces a detailed description of methodology of analysiswith the reference to one of Rush’s rating scales (RSM). The article shows the characteristics of modified scales. It describes the levels of preschool parental involvement and makes it possible to use this scale in work of researchers and school psychologists.
Comparative randomized controlled clinical trial of diathermy versus scalpel incision in midline laparotomy
Authors: Vadodariya Bhavin P. , Shah Nimish J. , Patel Mrudul
Published: December 2018

Background: Laparotomy incisions have traditionally been made using a scalpel. Diathermy, a latest technique, is thought to increase the risk of infection, impair healing and decrease cosmesis. Recent studies suggest that diathermy may offer likely advantages with respect to blood loss, incision time and postoperative pain. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of surgical diathermy incisions versus conventional scalpel incisions for midline laparotomy in our hospital with an aim to evaluate diathermy as an operational alternative to scalpel incision.Methods: This was a prospective randomized clinical study which was conducted in the surgical wards of Medical College & SSG hospital, Vadodara, between December 2013 and December 2014.  Patients were randomly assigned to two groups i.e. Group A (scalpel group) and Group B (diathermy group).Results: A total of 148 patients were enrolled in the study. Of these, 74 patients were randomized to Group A (scalpel group) and 74 patients to Group B (diathermy group). The two groups did not vary significantly in relation to age and sex (p>0.001). Laparotomy skin incisions using diathermy were significantly quicker than scalpel incisions (p=0.624). There was significantly less blood loss in the diathermy group compared with the scalpel group (P=0.15). The mean visual analogue scale was significantly reduced more in the diathermy group than in scalpel group patients on postoperative day 1 (p=0.81), day 3 (p=0.71) and day 5 (p=0.79) respectively. Postoperative complication rates did not differ significantly between the scalpel and diathermy groups (p=0.624).Conclusions: We concluded that diathermy incision in midline laparotomy has significant advantages compared with the scalpel because of reduced incision time, less blood loss, reduced early postoperative pain and postoperative wound infection.
Role of simulation in AETCOM and skill development of surgery interns
Authors: Muthammal Ramula , Natarajan Arivazagan
Published: December 2018

Background: Simulation is a way of learning skills in life like situations that are not real. Simulation based training according to many studies turned out to be effective method in skill development. In this study we have used bench top models available in our institute with simulated patients, which are accessible, and cost effective. The use of simulation in Graduate Medical Education has evolved significantly over time, particularly during the past decade. The applications of simulation include training budding surgeons in technical and non-technical skills and better prepared to face clinical situations.Methods: After 5 days of focused group discussion, 60 interns were asked to perform the two basic tasks in bench models attached to simulated patents. Skills assessed by pre-test, post-test and feedback module created for the 2 tasks. Scores was compared and analyzed, at the end of the module by summative assessment. Tasks were graded to100 point system, using rubrics and difference calculated using pair t test.Results: Mean of the skill score in pre-test 78.26±5.58, range found to be 86-73. There was significant improvement in post test score in which 86.54±4.41, range 97-66. t was found to be 5.5256, a significant improvement, and p value found in post-test 0.0002.Conclusions: Skill development with Mannequins and Standardized patients is found effective in training the interns. In addition to developing technical and non-technical skills, interns also get to communicate with simulated patients, which will make them more competent.
How temporary is temporary ileostomy: variables delaying reversal of an ileostomy
Authors: F. Airani Afroz Khan , Bhat Chitra Y. , S. V. Bharat , Rodrigues Gabriel
Published: December 2018

Background: Temporary diversion ileostomy are done to protect distal bowel anastomosis giving adequate time for the bowel repair to heal. Here we studied the reversal time for different temporary ileostomy done and found the factors causing delay in reversal of ileostomy.Methods: In a retrospective cohort of patients, data was collected from the MRD and the operating registry of department of general surgery from January 2013 to December 2017. Parameters like reversal time interval between creation to closure, type of ileostomy, timing of stoma creation, ostomy created with primary index surgery or subsequently, primary etiology that led to creation of ileostomy, ileostomy done on elective list or as an emergency and postoperative complications like anastomotic leak, surgical site infection, intra-abdominal collection were recorded.Results: Of 107 cases, 3 were planned permanent ileostomy and 2 lost follow up. About 77 underwent reversal with mean reversal time of 74.47days, 25 (24.50%) were nonreversed. 51 underwent ileostomy during their second surgical procedure (secondary stoma). End ileostomy, adjuvant chemotherapy, intra-abdominal collection and a secondary stoma caused a delay in the reversal of ileostomy.Conclusions: Although it is said that temporary ileostomies are reversed within 6 to 12weeks time, but reversal time is considerably delayed as what would be anticipated. Ileostomy carries considerable morbidity and psychological impact on lifestyle of patient. Non-reversal of ileostomy should be an important part of pre-procedural counselling because considerable number of ostomies may not be reversed which were deemed to be temporary initially.
Online privacy regulation in a decentralized, unbounded context: Internet Governance and multi-stake-holder initiatives as regulatory mechanisms
Authors: Aguiar Lozano Hugo Fernando
Published: December 2018

The present paper analyzes the right to privacy in the context of the Internet. The multi-stake- holder initiatives are an alternative that has already provided a regulatory structure on various aspects of the Internet, be it security, free flow of information or online privacy. Although there are elements that make it not a total solution, this paper analyzes some reasons why online privacy should be regulated by mechanisms of Internet Governance and by entities that do not respond only to governments or only to private firms. In this work, a general look at this alternative is given, without neglecting other approaches that should be applied to the topic of online privacy.
Plasma levels of VEGF-A, VEGF B, and VEGFR-1 and applicability of these parameters as tumor markers in diagnosis of breast cancer
Authors: Zajkowska Monika , Lubowicka Emilia , Malinowski Paweł , Szmitkowski Maciej , Ławicki Sławomir
Published: December 2018

The VEGF family members are important factors in promoting angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in malignant processes. The aim of this study was to investigate plasma concentrations of VEGF-A, VEGF-B and their soluble VEGFR-1 receptor and their diagnostic utility and potency as compared to CA 15-3 in breast cancer patients and in relation to the control group. The study included 120 breast cancer patients and 60 control patients. Plasma levels of tested parameters were determined with ELISA and CA 15-3 levels were determined with CMIA. Concentrations of all tested parameters in breast cancer patients showed statistically significant difference when compared to the control groups (benign breast tumor patients and/or healthy women). VEGF-B showed the highest values of sensitivity (Sn) and predictive value of a negative test result (NPV) in total BC group (90% and 66.7%, respectively) and, more importantly, in stages I–II of BC (SE: 86.8%; 92.7%, NPV: 82.8%; 88.9%, respectively). Among all parameters tested, VEGF-A showed the highest specificity (Sf) (76.7%) and predictive value of a positive test result (PPV) (84.8%), yet they were lower than for CA 15-3. VEGF-A was also the best parameter that had statistically significant Area Under Curve (AUC) in stages I (0.678) and II (0.768). In the whole group of BC patients all parameters tested showed statistically significant AUC, but the maximum range was obtained for the combination of VEGF-A and CA 15-3 (0.817). The combined analysis of the studied parameters and CA 15-3 resulted in an increase in sensitivity and AUC values, which provides hope for developing a new panel of biomarkers that may be used in BC diagnosis in the future.
A simbiose entre religião e mercado: o sagrado como efeito de discurso
Authors: Souza Ronivaldo Moreira de
Published: December 2018

Este artigo investiga a relação de simbiose entre religião e mercado cristalizada no discurso da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. Tendo como embasamento teórico as perspectivas do campo das Ciências das Religiões e do Consumo, neste artigo, especificamente, propomos investigar, por um lado, o sagrado como um efeito de discurso presente na narrativa publicitária para construção da natureza transcendente e da sacralização de produtos; por outro lado, pensar no sagrado como um efeito de discurso também nos permite analisar como a religião, por um processo inverso, transforma sua doutrina transcendente em produtos disponibilizados para consumo dos fiéis/consumidores. Adotamos como metodologia os pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Análise do Discurso de Escola Francesa.
Editorial
Authors: Gelinski Jane Mary Lafayette Neves
Published: December 2018

Editorial
ABANDONO NO ENSINO SUPERIOR: MODELOS TEÓRICOS, EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS E MEDIDAS DE INTERVENÇÃO
Authors: Casanova Joana R.
Published: December 2018

Considerando que os perfis dos estudantes estão em constante mudança ao longo do tempo e em função das instituições, o conceito de abandono tem necessariamente de ir sendo atualizado por forma a refletir a realidade que consubstancia. O aumento de estudantes no Ensino Superior, o aumento das possibilidades de mobilidade dentro e entre instituições, assim como as possibilidades de reingresso, complexificam um sentido único para o conceito de abandono. Recorrendo à descrição do fenómeno, importa diferenciar o abandono (dropout) de momentos de pausa na formação (stopout) e de opções de mudança de curso ou instituição (optout). O presente artigo clarifica o significado de abandono nas suas várias formas de ocorrência e implicações, diferenciando o abandono em situação-estado atual, o abandono enquanto evento e o abandono enquanto processo. Descrevem-se os modelos teóricos subjacentes ao fenómeno, na sua diferenciação e complementaridade, dando destaque aos fatores valorizados e às suas evidências empíricas. O artigo termina apontando algumas linhas de atuação por parte das IES tendo em vista minorar a frequência e o impacto do abandono dos seus estudantes.
Palavras-chave: Ensino Superior. Abandono. Desvinculação. Adaptação académica.
VOCAÇÃO, RESSONÂNCIA DO SER-AÍ
Authors: De Castro João Cardoso , De Castro Murilo Cardoso
Published: December 2018

Como entender a vocação? Faz ainda algum sentido pensar em talento, vocação, dom? A partir do pensamento de Heidegger, investiga-se a vocação como possibilidade existencial, como ressonância do ser-aí. Retomamos também o pensamento grego antigo no que tange a virtude, relacionando-a com a vocação. Consideramos o entendimento da vocação como fundamental no atual sistema de trabalho que tanto valoriza qualificações e aptidões. Todavia, a questão da vocação parece não ter mais sentido na sociedade moderna, especialmente nos países desenvolvidos, onde se conjuga uma diversidade de atividades humanas como nunca vista na história da humanidade, uma ampla gama de possibilidades de formação educacional e um prestígio salarial muito insidioso para algumas profissões. Talvez esse seja mais um sintoma do “esquecimento do ser” e até de seu abandono a partir da Modernidade. Não havendo reconhecimento e valorização do “aí-ser”, em que somos, em que se é, não há a escuta necessária ao chamado, à vocação por ser o que se é, não só como si-mesmo, mas também, em decorrência, como mim-mesmo.

Palavras-chave: Vocação. Ser-aí. Heidegger. Virtude. Dom.
ENSINO DE HISTÓRIA E TEORIA HISTÓRICO-CULTURAL: REFLEXÕES SOBRE A ORGANIZAÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE ENSINO-APRENDIZAGEM
Authors: Alves Clarice Gonçalves Rodrigues
Published: December 2018

Este artigo busca refletir sobre as possibilidades didáticas de relacionar o ensino de História à luz da Teoria Histórico-cultural. Valendo-se de revisão bibliográfica de autores como Vigotsky, Leontiev e Galperin, buscou-se evidenciar a necessidade de pensar em metodologias que promovam a aprendizagem e a assimilação de conceitos objetivando o desenvolvimento cognitivo dos estudantes. O estudo salienta a importância do planejamento das atividades de estudo e o uso de teorias psicológicas e pedagógicas que incitem a criatividade e a criticidade, elementos indispensáveis para o aprendizado de História.

Palavras-chave: Ensino de História. Teoria Histórico-cultural. Aprendizagem.
Evidencia Convergente y Discriminante del TAI-Estado: Influencia de las Estrategias de Afrontamiento Pre-examen
Authors: Dominguez-Lara Sergio Alexis
Published: December 2018

El objetivo fue conocer cuánto influyen las estrategias de afrontamiento pre-examen (EAPE) sobre la Ansiedad ante Exámenes - Estado (AE-Estado) en estudiantes de psicología para obtener evidencias convergentes y discriminantes del TAI-Estado. En el estudio participaron 156 estudiantes de psicología (115 mujeres) de una universidad privada de Lima Metropolitana, con edades entre 18 y 42 años (M = 22.51). Los instrumentos usados fueron: el Test Anxiety Inventory – Estado (TAI-Estado) y el Coping with Pre-Exam Anxiety and Uncertainty-Breve (COPEAU-B), que evalúa cuatro estrategias. Fue utilizado un análisis factorial confirmatorio para verificar la confiablidad y validez, y modelos de ecuaciones estructurales para evaluar el modelo de investigación. Luego del análisis de regresión estructural, las EAPE explican el 13.3% de la varianza de la AE-Estado, siendo las estrategias orientación a la tarea y búsqueda de apoyo social por razones instrumentales las de mayor influencia (β = -.212 y β = .320, respectivamente). Se discuten las implicancias teóricas y prácticas del estudio.
Necesidades a Futuro y Situación Actual de las Competencias en Educación Superior en el Contexto de España
Authors: Astigarraga Eugenio , Carrera Farran Xavier
Published: December 2018

Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar y reflexionar sobre: (a) el papel que las competencias –como componente definitorio de la actividad laboral y la ocupación en las próximas décadas– tienen en una sociedad hipertecnológica y globalizada; (b) la incorporación que se está dando en España de la Formación Basada en Competencias en la Educación Superior (tanto en la Formación Profesional como en los estudios universitarios) y (c) los condicionantes y retos que tiene ante sí la Educación Superior en el futuro más inmediato en relación con las competencias. El factor tecnológico –desde la robotización a la inteligencia artificial– junto con factores demográficos, sociales y económicos confirman la importancia de las competencias transversales en las profesiones del futuro. Frente a esta demanda se constata que en la actualidad la Educación Superior se encuentra en pleno proceso de adopción de las competencias como eje de la formación. Mientras que los currículos ya están definidos con base en competencias se necesita aún avanzar en el cambio metodológico (mediante metodologías activas) y de evaluación (considerando los resultados de aprendizaje) para que la inserción de las competencias en la Formación Profesional y en la universidad sea completa.
Análise do PPP da Escola Bosque, Belém, Pará
Authors: Da Silva José Bittencourt , Pinto Elisangela Castro Redig , Pinheiro Marcio Fernando Duarte
Published: December 2018

O processo de criação da Escola Bosque ligou-se às discussões nacionais e internacionais do desenvolvimento sustentável das décadas de 1980 e 1990. Atualmente, gestores e professores desta escola promoveram a construção de um novo Projeto Político Pedagógico (PPP) com o intuito de atualizar o projeto anterior que data de 1996. Com base em princípios metodológicos da análise de discurso e de conteúdo, objetiva-se neste artigo analisar o atual PPP da Escola Bosque, enfocando a dimensão da Educação Ambiental. Este documento revela intencionalidades que denotam sua filiação ideológica institucional formadora de crianças, adolescentes, jovens e adultos residentes localmente.
Estágio em ocupação estudantil: experiências na formação docente de Geografia
Authors: De Souza Larissa Lima
Published: December 2018

A estratégia espacial de ocupação estudantil de unidades escolares da rede estadual de ensino (RJ) nos convida a repensar tanto a Educação Pública num sentido amplo, quanto a formação de professores e o significado atribuído ao estágio curricular nos cursos de Licenciatura. O presente artigo, nesse sentido, se debruça sobre reflexões geradas e problematizadas em nossa práxis educativa ao longo de uma experiência de estágio supervisionado coletivo desenvolvida, em 2016, por licenciandos do curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) na ocupação do Instituto de Educação Professor Ismael Coutinho (OcupaIEPIC), colégio da rede estadual localizado no município de Niterói.
Turkish Prospective Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Teaching Profession: A Meta-Analysis Study
Authors: ATALMIS Erkan , KÖSE Akif
Published: December 2018

This research aims to explore whether prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession vary across demographic characteristics. A meta-analysis has been conducted for the related studies on prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession in Turkey. The effect sizes for random effects model have been employed over 103 studies in terms of gender, 26 regarding grade level, 18 for the presence of a teacher in the family, and 11 for the graduated faculties by using Hedges’ g coefficient. Various methods have been utilized in an attempt to examine publication bias in the meta-analysis, such as the funnel plots, Duval and Tweedie's trim and fill method, and Egger's regression test. The findings revealed that prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession significantly varied depending on the gender in favor of the females with medium effect while the variables; grade level, the presence of a teacher in the family, and type of faculty, did not significantly change prospective teachers’ attitudes towards teaching profession. This indicates that only the gender variable from the demographic characteristics changes prospective teachers’ attitude towards the teaching profession.
Application of Spectroscopy Methods for Indication and Identification of Pathogenic Biological Agents
Authors: Utkin D. V. , Kouklev V. E. , Erokhin P. S. , Ossina N. A.
Published: December 2018

The review presents data on application of UV, IR and optical spectroscopy methods for non-specific indication of pathogenic biological agents, and IR Fourier spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy - for their identification. Considered are advantages, disadvantages and prospects of different spectroscopy methods application for monitoring of the environment for the presence of pathogenic biological agents.
Optimization of Reproduction Stage in Technology of Production of Plague Diagnostic Bacteriophage L-413C
Authors: Alenkina T. V. , Zinina O. S. , Antonycheva M. V. , Vakhrushina N. I. , Nikiforov A. K.
Published: December 2018

New nutrient media based on baker yeast autolizate were used for the first time for manufacturing of diagnostic preparation of plague bacteriophage L-413C. Experimental media provide high concentration of phage particles at the stage of propagation, and good survivability in lyophilization. Media in which yeast autolizate was a nutrient protein basis appeared to be more effective than those in which it was a stimulating additive. Phage preparations preserved stability of properties during storage at 4-8 °С, and at a higher temperature in the test of accelerated aging. Introduction of yeast nutrient media in technology of plague diagnostic bacteriophage L-413C manufacturing opens good prospects for increasing of production efficiency and decreasing of cost value of the preparation
Current State of Human Melioidosis Serodiagnostics
Authors: Khrapova N. P. , Alekseev V. V.
Published: December 2018

This analytical review is devoted to matters of human melioidosis serodiagnostics and prospects of its development and enhancement. Materials of the publications cited reflect particular significance of the specific antibody detection, for both the early and retrospective diagnostics of human melioidosis, as well as for the correct treatment of patients.
Summarized are the data on modern approaches to the selection of serodiagnostics methods in the endemic and non-endemic areas, on the advantages and limitations of the most widely applicable methods for the specific antibody detection (indirect hemagglutination test and solid-phase ELISA). In recent years, development of commercially available enzyme-linked test systems for the detection of antibodies to human melioidosis agent has become an object of intense interest, as this will provide for solid-phase ELISA implementation into the laboratory practice for early detection of melioidosis cases in humans.
Peculiar Aspects of Epidemiological Situation on Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever in the Russian Federation in 2011
Authors: Vasilenko N. F. , Smolensky V. Yu. , Volynkina A. S. , Varfolomeeva N. G. , Zaikina I. N. , Maletskaya O. V. , Ashibokov U. M. , Tokhov Yu. M. , Ermakov A. V. , Kulichenko A. N.
Published: December 2018

Outlined is the analysis of epidemiological and epizootiological situation on Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CHF) in the south of the Russian Federation in 2011. Discussed are the causes of nosocomial outbreak of CHF at the Salsk district central hospital, the Rostov Region. Prognostication on CHF situation for 2012 is made based on the epizootiological monitoring.