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According to Chronicles, Did the “Route from the Varangians to the Greeks” Go by Sea or Overland?
Authors:   Tyumen State University, Kozlov Sergei A.
Published: July 2023

This article deals with the historical and geographical analysis of the description of the “Route from the Varangians to the Greeks” — a key reference point in the system of spatial coordinates of the Primary Chronicle. The author reconsiders the “ultra-philological” approaches to this description and the cosmographic introduction of the Primary Chronicle as a purely literary (and manuscript) reality and argues in favor of the real geographical basis of the passage about the “Route from the Varangians to the Greeks”. Contrary to the traditional historiographical idea, the scheme mainly reflects not the water, but the overland route covered by the hypothetical author of this passage. Firstly, this is indicated by the obvious view of the “Route from the Varangians to the Greeks” “from land” (волоки), and not “from the river / sea”. Secondly, the medieval word usage of the term “волок” in the sense of a land route through a vast watershed space and at the same time about this space itself, which finds analogies not only in Old Russian sources but also in at least one medieval Icelandic text. The author draws a comparison of the building activity of prince Vsevolod Yaroslavich with his special attitude to the cult of Andrew the Apostle which makes it possible to assume that the author of the description of the “Route from the Varangians to the Greeks” was Metropolitan Ephrem of Pereyaslavl. Being of Greek origin, Ephrem entered the close circle of Vsevolod Yaroslavich after his marriage to the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos. Ephrem personally made a journey along the “route from the Varangians to the Greeks” and left a topographically detailed description typical of Greek (Byzantine) culture, i.e. an eye-witness observation. In accordance with Christian cosmography, his task was to “normalize” the vast territory of Rus’ which had never been part of the universal Roman imperial (and later Christian) order.
Map of the Island of Crete in the Greek Manuscript Paris. gr. 2737 by 16th-Century Calligrapher Angelos Vergikios
Authors:   Institute of World History Russian Academy of Sciences, Kurysheva Marina A.
Published: July 2023

For the first time in historiography, this paper introduces and analyses a unique miniature map of Crete from the manuscript Paris. gr. 2737 written by Angelos Vergikios, a famous sixteenth-century Greek calligrapher. This map illustrates the beginning of Book 3 of Pseudo-Oppian’s poem about hound hunting. The creator of the manuscript was a Cretan Greek who first emigrated to Italy and then to France. Naturally, for him Crete was an important location of his personal memory, so this miniature was especially elaborated and marked with the scribe’s special marginalia. An analysis of the peculiarities of the map of Crete suggests that the author of the miniature was also a native of Crete, which provides further support for the hypothesis that Vergikios’ daughter, whose name is unknown, was the miniaturist. For the creators of the manuscript, the miniature was primarily a reflection of their nostalgia for their lost homeland. The map seamlessly combines the ancient antique story of Zeus’ birth on Crete with the sixteenth-century system of four pillars of power of the Venetian maritime Empire on the island. Thus, the Byzantine image of a significant locus of the fantasy world of Antiquity is combined with the geopolitical reality of the Mediterranean of the Modern Age. Consequently, this miniature map illustrates the paradoxical mechanism of the revival of ancient tradition during the sixteenth century Renaissance very well by ‘reinventing’ it, i.e. by copying, revising and modernising the Byzantine model.
On the Fate of Lost Property in the Medieval Turkic-Mongol States
Authors:   Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Abzalov Lenar F. , Gatin Marat S. ,   Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Mustakimov Ilyas A. ,   L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Pochekaev Roman Yu. ,   HSE University, St Petersburg
Published: July 2023

This article analyses the state policy of the medieval Turkic-Mongol khanates towards lost property. The authors introduce the first Russian translation of a yarligh on the appointment of bularguchi, an official who oversaw the search, storage, and return of lost property. The yarligh comes from the Dastur al-Katib Fi Ta’yin al-Maratib, a Persian-language treaty written in 1360s by Muhammad b. Hindushah Nakhchivani, an official at the service of the rulers of Mongol Iran. A complex interdisciplinary analysis of this document helps characterize the legal status of the bularguchi and the evolution of the state policy towards the lost property in the Turkic-Mongol states from the Mongol and Yuan Empires to the Crimean Khanate. The authors attempt to clarify the differences between the property which was lost and that which was recognized escheat after the death of its owner abroad. The authors establish that the rulers of the Turkic-Mongol states took measures to provide the rights of the owners of the lost property, but at the same time, officials abused their power to pass such property to the state treasury as it was a substantial part of the state revenue. The source base of the research includes legal acts, notes of contemporaries, and diplomatic correspondence. The authors also consider works of specialists who dealt with the bularguchi institution as well as questions on the fate of the lost property in the medieval Turkic-Mongol states.
Cultural Heritage Protection in the Notes of the Ural Society of Devotees of Natural Science (Late 19th — Early 20th Centuries)
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Shamanaev Andrey V.
Published: July 2023

This article analyses the practice of public presentation of the cultural heritage protection problems in the printed materials of the Ural Society of Devotees of Natural Science (Ekaterinburg) between the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Currently, the civil society structures are actively involved in the system of cultural heritage protection which makes the study of such historical experience relevant. The author comprehensively analyses the materials of Zapiski Uralskogo Obshchestva Lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya (Notes of the Ural Society of Devotees of Natural Science) (40 volumes) related to the discussion of issues of cultural heritage protection, which has never been done previously. The study uses research tools of the historical-anthropological and procedural methods. The article refers to different sources: published office documents of the Society (minutes of meetings, reports), scientific notes and papers, catalogs. The analysis of the sources demonstrates that Zapiski dealt with the problems of preserving all the main categories of cultural heritage (immovable, cultural properties, intangible). The publications pay significant attention to the problems of preserving book rarities and museum collections, disseminating their own and world experience in this area. The regular topics of Zapiski were the discussion of the problems of archaeological objects protection (registration, methods of study), information about excavations, and random archaeological finds. The important topics of the Zapiski were the popularization and actualization of objects of Ural cultural heritage. This was achieved through the publication of catalogs of the society’s collections and reviews of archaeological sites. Zapiski contains a lot of articles about the ethnography of the Ural population (everyday life, traditions, folklore). Nevertheless, the problems of preserving the intangible heritage were raised very rarely. The experience of protection activities was promoted by printed materials on the interaction between the Society and the Imperial Archaeological Commission, the provincial administration, and foreign organizations. The author believes that the materials of the Notes of the Ural Society of Devotees of Natural Science performed an important function of disseminating scientific and practical experience in the protection of cultural heritage, its popularization, and actualization.
Museum Construction in Ural Region (1923–1934): Based on the Materials of the State Archive of Sverdlovsk Region
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ogurenko Yegor V.
Published: July 2023

This article considers the development of the network of museums in Ural Region in 1923–1934. The author examines the features of the Ural museums, such as formation, organization, management, typology, educational activities, interaction with the Soviet authorities, the relationship of museums and the Ural local history movement, as well as the influence of state policy. Museums emerged in the Urals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the post-revolutionary period, i.e. in 1917–1923, in many ways due to the purposeful state policy, new institutions appeared in the museum network. The reorganization of the administrative and territorial division in the Urals influenced the interaction between the local authorities and the museums subordinate to them. The introduction of a new economic policy in 1921 positively influenced the activity of the museums. Local history organizations and societies actively conducted scientific and educational work on their basis. With the creation of the super-region, Ural Region, in 1924, the museum activity on its territory was directed at implementing the decisions of the RSFSR People’s Commissariat for Education. Based on data sent to the museum subdivision of the Ural Public Education Department, the author reconstructs the museum system of the region as of 1926. The results of the analysis make it possible to speak about the inefficiency of the accounting and control of museums by the Ural Public Education Department. In addition to the complex management of museums, the museum industry also faced other problems. Throughout the 1920s, the material and normative consolidation of the museum network took place. By the early 1930s, the rejection of the new economic policy was followed by the ideological rethinking of the museum’s functions. The museum and local history movement shifted its focus from education and excursion activity to propaganda and political-educational tasks. The author draws a conclusion about the contradictions in the development of museums in the Soviet Urals between the 1920s and the early 1930s characterized by the complexity of management, weakness of material resources, low financing of the creation of the new Soviet museum. The paper refers to documents of the State Archive of Sverdlovsk Region.
Technological Equipment of Light Alloy Processing Plants and its Representation in the Public Sphere of the USSR (1940s–1980s)
Authors:   Institute of History and Archaeology UB RAS, Bugrov Konstantin D. ,   Ural Federal University
Published: July 2023

This paper examines the history of the largest units of the aviation materials industry (processing of light alloys), i.e. heavy-duty hydraulic presses with a power of more than 15,000 tons, which became the basis of the global aviation industry in the 1960s. The author traces the emergence of these units in the US and the USSR and describes the main centers of their deployment. Based on extensive materials from the media, the author scrutinizes the positioning of the technological equipment of the industry for the processing of light alloys in the public sphere of the USSR. The article demonstrates that in the 1950s, press-building was in the focus of attention of the Soviet public sphere as one of the key areas of scientific and technological development. However, starting with the late 1950s, materials on equipping enterprises for the processing of light alloys almost disappeared from the public domain. The second wave of public interest in the machines of the light alloy industry occurred in the late 1960s; it was associated with a general change in approaches to the positioning of the aviation industry of the USSR, and with the important international contract for the construction of a heavy-duty press in France. At this stage, the Novokramatorsk Heavy Machine-Building Plant turned out to be in the spotlight, while the Ural manufacturers and users of such machines continued to remain under a kind of veil of silence. Therefore, the unique equipment of light alloy processing enterprises in Verkhnyaya Salda and Kamensk-Uralsky, as well as the experience of the Ural Heavy Machine-Building Plant in designing and producing such equipment, did not get a place in the industrial mythology of the region, which makes it difficult to position them as valuable elements of the historical and cultural heritage of the Urals.
Nominations of the Speech Process of Finnic Origin in the Russian Dialects of Karelia (Structural Aspect)
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Kyurshunova Irina A. ,   Karelian Research Centre of the RAS
Published: July 2023

This article analyses dialect lexemes recorded in the Russian dialects of Karelia, which genetically go back to the Finnic lexical fund and represent a fragment of the semantic field “A speaking person”. The purpose of the article is to describe the features of the adaptation of loanwords and the peculiarities of their functioning in Russian dialects at the formal-grammatical level. Such an analysis of a genetically and semantically related group of words borrowed into dialects has never been carried out previously. The author focuses on verbal nominations denoting the speaking process and derivatives from them referring to Russian dialect and etymological dictionaries and dialectological and etymological research as a source base. For comparison, the author uses data from dictionaries of the Karelian, Vepsian, and Finnish languages. The analysis of words reveals a high variability of the material due to the adaptation of genetically different morphemes. As a foreign word entered the system of the receiving language, the root morpheme carried the main load, and to adapt it, the language used a Slavic word-formation element. The correlation of the derived nominations demonstrates that there are certain lacunae in the fixation of materials due to the peculiarities of data collection. In some cases, missing lexemes can be reconstructed according to well-known grammatical and most popular and active word-formation models in the Russian language. Also, the author puts forward a hypothesis about the time of possible occurrence of such words in the system of dialects. Russian studies of the features of formal and grammatical adaptation of the nominations of the speech process prove that loanwords first became a fact of the lexical system of the Russian language in the border territories of interaction between Russians and Veps and Karelians, and then they were introduced into the speech of Russian-speaking residents of Karelia in a wider space. The latter is confirmed by the geography of the existence of the studied lexemes related to the Russian dialects of Karelia and adjacent regions. The author pays special attention to bright indicators of borrowing at the grammatical and morphemic levels — the verbs ending in -андать/-айдать.
Names of Young Cones of Coniferous Trees in the Russian Dialects of Perm Region
Authors:   Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the RAS, Zvereva Yuliya V.
Published: July 2023

This article examines dialect names of immature cones of coniferous trees recorded in the Russian dialects of Perm Region. There are no lexical units to denote this culture-specific element in the literary language and in various Russian dialects, while in Perm dialects they are numerous. The author carries out an analysis of this group of vocabulary in linguo-geographic and semantic-motivational aspects, which makes it possible to draw conclusions about the peculiarities of the nomination of units, identify foreign lexemes, and establish areal connections between Perm dialects and other Russian dialects. It is established that throughout the territory of Perm Region, there are lexical units naming young cones of coniferous trees, which is due to their widespread use as a dietary supplement. Most of these linguistic units refer to spruce and pine strobili, less often there are special names for cedar and fir (Abies) cones. For the most part, these names are Russian in origin, the motivation is based on such features as shape, structural features, and color. There are borrowings from the Komi-Permyak language — козоль (козолька), кузёнка (гузёнка), which are found in the dialects of the northern areas of Perm Region. The greatest overlapping in this group of vocabulary is observed with the Vyatka dialects, which border on the Perm dialects in the northwest. The names of immature cones of coniferous trees can be attributed to the periphery of the lexical system of Russian dialects, which is reflected in phraseology. There is only the word шишка, which means the ripened fruit of coniferous trees in idioms, proverbs, and sayings. The lexeme often denotes something useless in phraseology, since in most conifers, this part of the plant is inedible.
Representation of the “Quality” Category in the Advertising Text of the Turn of the 20th Century (Based on Ural Press)
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Rozhkova Polina A.
Published: July 2023

This article considers the features of the representation of the category of “quality” in advertising texts at the turn of the twentieth century. The author refers to daily and weekly regional periodicals of the time: Ural’skaia Zhizn’, Ural’skij Listok, Ekaterinburgskaia Nedelia, Delovoi Korrespondent, and Ekaterinburgskaia Gazeta selectively reviewing issues from 1893 to 1917. Although it does not itself produce ideas and meanings as it only applies them for its own needs, advertising as a source is interesting primarily because it reflects the basic values and fashion trends of its era. The aim of the study is to analyze the possible ways of communicating about the quality of the product in a holistic way. In the course of the work, the author identifies 8 tactics for informing the potential buyer about the quality of goods, and several related categories, such as “authenticity”, “authority”, and “status”. The research focuses on the peculiarities of the language design of information about the quality, as well as the analysis of the reasons for the choice by the authors of the advertising of a particular way of presenting this information. Much attention is also paid to the general characteristics of the development of an advertising text at the turn of the twentieth century. An analysis of the tactics of informing the buyer about the quality of the goods also helps draw an approximate “portrait” of the recipient of the advertisement — from rational people, for whom practicality and utility come first, to those who are ready to succumb to manipulation and persuasion choosing a product.
Paints of Old Believer Carved Icons of the Lower Pechora: Technical, Technological, Historical, and Archival Aspects of Study
Authors:   Institute of Geology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the RAS, Astakhova Irina S. , Plaksina Natalia E. ,   National Gallery of the Komi Republic
Published: July 2023

This article considers the technical, technological, and archival aspects of the study of Old Believer carved works of art (icons and crosses) of the Lower Pechora, whose origin is associated with the Velikopozhensky Monastery on the Pizhma River (currently, Ust-Tsilma District of the Komi Republic). The reason for the study is the hypothesis about the local origin of the ochre used for painting the icons, as there are rich deposits in the vicinity of the village of Skitskaya (on the site of the former Velikopozhensky Skete). According to written sources, they were developed until the first quarter of the twentieth century. The article describes the methods of studying the composition of ochre samples from deposits in the vicinity of the village of Skitskaya, the colours of The Cross of Golgotha, a Velikopozhensky carved icon from the collection of the National Gallery of the Komi Republic (Syktyvkar). Also, the authors speak about the palette of F. O. Anshukov, a hereditary Old Believer spoon maker from the village of Skitskaya, research results, and their correlation with data from written sources. The study demonstrates that the white and other pigments of The Cross of Golgotha icon contain white lead. The red pigment is minium. The blue pigment corresponds to the composition of Prussian blue. Natural pigments (caput mortuum, ochre) are not used. In the spoon maker’s palette, red, brown, and blue pigments are mixed with lead white with an admixture of quartz, barite, and gypsum. Minium was used as a red pigment. The composition of the blue pigment corresponds to Prussian blue. The white paint in the palette is zinc white. The green paint was replaced with zinc white with an arsenic-containing pigment (Scheele’s green?). The brown paint contains iron oxides, which suggests the natural origin of the pigment (caput mortuum). The results of the research testify that in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the inhabitants of the Velikopozhensky Skete and their descendants, masters of “Pyzhem painting” on wood, used mainly imported pigments of artificial origin.
Collection of 19th–20th-Centuries Tinderboxes from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Batorova Elena A. , Boronoeva Tatiana A. ,   National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia
Published: July 2023

This article studies the collection of tinderboxes from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia, more particularly, the funds of the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History and Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum. The Buryat flint has not been a subject of specialized research previously. It was studied in the context of research on the history of traditional culture and national costume in several works on history, ethnography, cultural studies of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by B. E. Petri, P. P. Khoroshikh, N. V. Kocheshkov, A. A. Badmaev, R. D. Badmaeva, and V. A. Banaeva. In art criticism, separate descriptions were given in the works of I. I. Soktoeva and A. V. Tumakhani. The authors employ the iconographic, iconological, and comparative methods and aim to consider the art objects in terms of form, technology, decoration with certain motifs within the framework of the pre-Soviet, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. The attribution of the objects from the Pre-Baikal and Transbaikal Buryats, as well as those of some local ethnic groups, follows the typology of the Turkic-Mongolian tinderboxes. The analysis reveals the artistic features of the craftsmen’s work. The conclusion of the article contains the results of the study. The variative uniqueness of the collection of tinderboxes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History is undeniable. The unique products from the funds of the Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum created by hereditary jewelers of the twentiethcentury demonstrate the preservation of traditions and the introduction of innovations. The item is presented as an integral part of a series of magnificent sets intended for festive national costumes and museum display.
Lean Six Sigma methodology to improve the discharge process in a Brazilian intensive care unit
Authors: Zimmermann Guilherme dos Santos , Bohomol Elena
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the Lean Six Sigma implementation process to improve the discharge process in a Brazilian health institution’s ICU. Methods: prospective study following the Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control project development method. This method consists of five phases, namely: project definition, measurement of the starting point and data collection, analysis of results, improvement in processes, and statistical control. Results: applying Lean Six Sigma methodology following the Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control in the discharge process from the intensive care unit to the inpatient unit was effective in improving processes. This improvement represented a reduction in the mean patient transfer time to the inpatient unit from 189 minutes to 75 minutes, representing a 61% improvement in discharge time. Conclusions: this article demonstrates the effectiveness of applying Lean Six Sigma methodology to improve the discharge flow in a critical unit, resulting in time and waste reduction.
A reperfusão retrógrada combinada com a lavagem do enxerto pode ampliar a aceitabilidade de fígados limítrofes no transplante hepático? Resultados intraoperatórios e precoces de uma coorte prospectiva
Authors: CIRILO NETO OLIVAL , MOUTINHO LUIZ EDUARDO RAFAEL , MELO PAULO SÉRGIO VIEIRA DE , COSTA LUDMILA RODRIGUES , RABÊLO PRISCYLLA JENNIE MONTEIRO , AMORIM AMERICO GUSMÃO , MELO CLÁUDIO MOURA LACERDA
Published: July 2023

RESUMO Introdução: várias técnicas de reperfusão foram desenvolvidas a fim de reduzir o dano da lesão induzida por isquemia-reperfusão. Este estudo objetivou avaliar a reperfusão retrograda (RR) comparado com a reperfusão anterógrada (AR), com e sem a realização da técnica de lavagem do enxerto (WO). Métodos: coorte prospectiva com 94 transplantes ortotópicos de fígado de doador falecido divididos em três grupos: RR com WO (RR+WO), reperfusão anterógrada com WO (AR+WO), e AR sem WO (AR). Este estudo não designou a técnica de reperfusão entre os participantes. O desfecho primário considerou a disfunção precoce do enxerto, e os desfechos secundários incluíram a síndrome pós-reperfusão (SPR), lactato pós-reperfusão, balanço hídrico operatório, e uso de drogas vasoativas durante o ato peratório. Resultados: 87 pacientes foram submetidos para consolidação dos dados-29 no RR+WO, 27 no AR+WO, e 31 no AR. A prevalência de enxertos maginais não diferiu entre os grupos (34% vs 22% vs 23%; p=0,49). Disfunção precoce do enxerto ocorreu em uma proporção similar (24% vs 26% vs 19%; p=0,72). RR+WO reduziu o lactato sérico pós-reperfusão (p=0,034) e a incidência de SPR severa (17% vs 33% vs 55%; p=0,051), entretanto a infusão de noradrenalina >0,5mcg/kg/min não foi diferente durante a cirurgia (20,7% vs 29,6% vs 35,5%, p=0,45). Conclusões: o desfecho primário não diferiu significativamente entre os grupos; entretanto, o manejo hemodinâmico intra-operatório foi mais seguro no grupo RR+WO. Nós teorizamos que a técnica RR+WO pode reduzir a SPR e beneficiar enxertos marginais no transplante de fígado.
Comparação de laudos tomográficos por médicos radiologistas x não radiologistas no trauma e interferências na conduta em um centro de referência de trauma
Authors: NOGUEIRA GABRIEL MONDIN , RAFAEL LEONARDO KRIEGER , REICHARDT GABRIEL SEBBEN , DALL’AGNOL MATEUS , PIMENTEL SILVANIA KLUG
Published: July 2023

RESUMO Objetivo: os erros diagnósticos durante a interpretação de um exame de imagem pelo médico podem acarretar aumento da mortalidade e do tempo de internação dos pacientes. A taxa de divergência entre o laudo dado por um médico radiologista e a avaliação preliminar de um Médico Emergencista (ME) pode chegar a mais de 20%. O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar as avaliações dos exames de imagem realizadas pelo ME com os laudos oficiais emitidos pelos radiologistas. Métodos: estudo seccional e transversal, no qual foram avaliadas interpretações dos exames (documentadas no prontuário pelos ME) de todos os pacientes submetidos à tomografia computadorizada (TC) de tórax, abdome ou pelve realizada na emergência, em um intervalo de 8 meses. Esses dados foram comparados com os laudos oficiais do médico radiologista (padrão ouro). Resultados: foram incluídos 508 pacientes no estudo. A divergência entre ME e radiologista ocorreu em 27% dos casos. O tipo de divergência mais incidente foi a não descrita pelo ME, mas descrita pelo radiologista. A chance de haver divergência em um caso de politrauma é 4,93 vezes maior em relação ao caso de somente trauma contuso em um segmento. Foi encontrada também uma diferença estatisticamente relevante no tempo de internamento dos pacientes que tiveram interpretações divergentes das tomografias. Conclusão: o estudo encontrou uma taxa de divergência relativamente alta entre o laudo do ME e o laudo oficial do radiologista. Contudo, menos de 4% dessas foram consideradas como clinicamente relevantes, indicando a capacidade dos ME em interpretar os exames de imagem de forma satisfatória.
Low-cost ultrasonic sensors for in-field experimentation data collection
Authors: Theodoro Fagner Lopes , Sanches Arthur Carniato , Cruz Thiago Alberto Cabral da , Santos Rodrigo Couto , Flumignan Danilton Luiz , Jesus Fernanda Lamede Ferreira de
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT Surface runoff monitoring is important for the sustainable management of global water resources. Obtaining a practical and inexpensive method for collecting data in the field can help to better understand surface runoff and its effects, necessary for the management of watersheds. This study sought to elaborate the calibration curves of the ultrasonic sensor due to temperature variability, verifying the inaccuracy of the distance between objects and the sensor, and determining the feasibility of using low-cost sensors in an in-loco experiment installed on Parshall flumes. The experiment was conducted on the Experimental Farm of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil. The data were collected by twelve HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensors , which were coupled to a data acquisition system composed of an expansion board connected to a Raspberry minicomputer. Sensor calibration using temperature data resulted in the error correction of ± 8.0 mm of distance reading. On the other hand, the R2 of the comparison curves between sensor and control system (laser distance meter and ruler in the flume) resulted in high values (above 0.95), showing the feasibility of its use and meeting the specifications for use in the field subject to weather conditions. This study demonstrates the performance of ultrasonic sensors as a potential for new application to evaluate surface runoff aiming to propose new runoff coefficients.
Solubility of different salts used in the control of the water activity of foods
Authors: Martins Maria Julia Neves , Sanches Marcio Augusto Ribeiro , Polachini Tiago Carregari , Oliveira Eduardo Basílio de , Coimbra Jane Selia dos Reis , Telis-Romero Javier
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT Saturated salt solutions produce environments with specific relative humidities used in several applications, such as determining water sorption isotherms of foods. However, the preparation of saturated solutions requires knowledge of solubility data. Thus, the objective of this work was to determine the solubility of 14 salts: lithium bromide (LiBr), lithium chloride (LiCl), lithium iodide (LiI), magnesium chloride (MgCl2), sodium iodide (NaI), potassium carbonate (K2CO3), magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO3)2), sodium bromide (NaBr), potassium iodide (KI), sodium chloride (NaCl), ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4), potassium chloride (KCl), potassium nitrate (KNO3), and potassium sulfate (K2SO4) in the temperature range of 275.15 to 363.15 K at 101.3 kPa. The apparatus for the solubility determination consists of a jacketed glass cell and a magnetic stirrer. Furthermore, polynomial and exponential empirical models were fitted to the observed data to determine salt solubilities. Salt solubilities ranged from 7.39 to 80.41 g of salt·(100 g of solution)-1. Sodium iodide (NaI) presented the highest (p<0.05) solubility, up to 343.15 K, and lithium iodide (LiI) up to 363.15 K. The specific equilibrium moistures afforded by saturated saline solutions were associated with water activity data. A general mathematical model to determine the solubility of different salts was not obtained because the dissolution behaviors of each salt are distinct. However, the availability of solubility data of saline solutions covering a wide range of temperatures is helpful since the salts have different behavior.
Ressecção cirúrgica de leiomiossarcoma de veia cava inferior retro-hepática sem reconstrução vascular: relato de caso
Authors: Castro Ian Freire , Nunes Paulo Henrique Silva , Lopes Ana Camila Xavier , Lima Mariana Coelho , Conrado Régis Ponte , Leal Renato Mazon Lima Verde , Goes Annya Costa Araújo de Macedo , Costa Marcelo Leite Vieira
Published: July 2023

Resumo O leiomiossarcoma de veia cava inferior (LVCI) é um raro tumor maligno mesenquimal. Seu tratamento cirúrgico é um desafio, pois necessita combinar margens cirúrgicas livres com reconstrução vascular, usando prótese ou enxerto autólogo, sutura primária ou ligadura simples sem reconstrução da veia. A ligadura é possível graças ao lento crescimento do tumor, permitindo o desenvolvimento de circulação venosa colateral. Apresentamos um caso de LVCI tratado por ressecção radical sem reconstrução vascular. Paciente feminina, 48 anos, com dor abdominal em hipocôndrio direito, astenia e sintomas dispépticos pós-prandiais. Tomografia de abdome revelou massa de formação expansiva localizada no segmento infra-hepático da veia cava inferior com redução da luz do vaso. Na cirurgia, o clampeamento da veia não indicou repercussões hemodinâmicas, sugerindo formação de circulação colateral suficiente. Decidiu-se pela ressecção radical em toda a porção da veia cava retro-hepática e ligadura da veia cava sem reconstrução vascular. A paciente evoluiu sem intercorrências.
ECG Tutor: desenvolvimento e avaliação de um sistema tutor inteligente gamificado para ensino de eletrocardiograma
Authors: Pereira Larissa Acioli , Leão Lisley Lylás dos Santos , Dermeval Diego , Coelho Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda
Published: July 2023

Resumo: Introdução: Novas abordagens metodológicas têm sido sugeridas na tentativa de aprimorar a aquisição de habilidades em interpretação de eletrocardiograma (ECG), comprovadamente complexa e de difícil assimilação. Diante da expansão das metodologias ativas e do estímulo às inovações tecnológicas para o ensino médico, o uso de tecnologias de internet (e-learning) ganha força, destacando a utilização de plataformas com inteligência artificial, como os sistemas tutores inteligentes (STI), por sua capacidade de promover instrução adaptativa. Pesquisadores têm utilizado gamificação (técnicas de design de jogos) em conjunto com os STI, reportando maior engajamento. Objetivo: Buscando melhorar o desempenho de aprendizagem em ECG entre graduandos de Medicina por meio do desenvolvimento de novas metodologias e considerando os benefícios dos STI e do uso da gamificação na educação médica, o presente estudo objetivou explorar o interesse e a motivação dos acadêmicos de Medicina na utilização conjunta de tais tecnologias para estudar ECG. Método: Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória e quantitativa, na qual protótipos do design gráfico de STI gamificado instrutor de ECG foram idealizados por professores do curso médico e avaliados por acadêmicos de Medicina de uma universidade pública e outra particular após aprimoramento para um formato interativo, com a contribuição de uma equipe interdisciplinar. Resultado: No primeiro momento, participaram da pesquisa 53 graduandos do quinto ao 11º período do curso. Reduziu-se esse número para 14 na segunda etapa. A análise mostrou aprovação nos aspectos relacionados à facilidade de uso percebida, à utilidade percebida, à atitude em direção ao uso e à intenção de uso. Evidenciou-se a premência de adaptação também para dispositivos móveis e aperfeiçoamento nos elementos de gamificação e estética. Conclusão: Os resultados obtidos permitem concluir que os alunos de Medicina demonstraram intenção de uso futuro do ECG Tutor, implicando a necessidade de desenvolvimento de uma solução computacional do sistema e mensuração do seu impacto no aprendizado dos estudantes.
Functional diversity: a review on freshwater fish research
Authors: Gomes Louise C. , Dias Rosa M. , Ruaro Renata , Benedito Evanilde
Published: July 2023

Abstract Functional diversity is an emergent approach in ecology that has been applied globally to better understand the relationships between organisms and the environment. However, assessing the functional diversity of freshwater fish is a challenge for scientists. Aiming to summarize the evolution of scientific knowledge on fish functional diversity, we performed a systematic review of the literature published from 1945 to 2021 using the Web of Science. Based on the 101 articles reviewed, we found that publications about functional diversity of fishes have increased over time, mainly in Neotropical, Indomalayan and Palearctic regions. Most studies were conducted in lotic ecosystems, especially to assess environmental impacts such as biological invasions and land use. Functional diversity has been assessed mainly by morphological traits that reflect feeding and locomotion dimensions. Functional richness was the most common index used in the studies. Our findings suggest that political neglect and lack of investments may hamper the research development in several places. The missing information about the functional traits of many species may limit the use of the functional approach. We also highlight the need for the incorporation of functional diversity in conservation programs once functional diversity is a key facet of biodiversity to maintain freshwater ecosystem functioning.
Estudio de validación de la versión chilena de la Evaluación Cognitiva Dinámica de Terapia Ocupacional de Loewenstein (DLOTCA)
Authors: Neumann-Collyer Vivian , Hernández-Pérez Karla , Moena González Boris Paolo , Rauch Gajardo Maria Francisca
Published: July 2023

Resumen Objetivo Validar la traducción al español chileno de la décima versión en inglés de la Dynamic Loewestein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment para ser utilizado en la población chilena. Método Se realizó la tradución de el DLOTCA al español chileno. Se realizó un pilotaje para la aplicación del instrumento, para lo cual se reclutó a 40 personas adultas con una media de 42,7 años, con diversos daños cerebrales y compuesto por un 70% de mujeres y un 30% de hombres. Para evaluar la confiabilidad del instrumento se calculó el Alfa de Cronbach como medida de Consistencia Interna, aplicando 3 perspectivas, “Fiabilidad Ítem-Total”, “Fiabilidad Ítem-Dominio”, y “Fiabilidad Dominio-Total”. Para medir la Factibilidad se identificó el porcentaje de ítems no contestados por la muestra, y el porcentaje de ítems que es identificado en las pruebas cognitivas como comprendido. Resultados La fiabilidad Ítem-Total arrojó un Alpha de Cronbach 0,953, lo que se traduce en excelente confiabilidad. La fiabilidad Ítem-Dominio, estuvo mayormente entre excelente y buena, existiendo una fiabilidad débil para los factores “orientación temporal” y “percepción visual”. La fiabilidad Dominio-Total arrojó un Alpha de Cronbach 0,810 lo que se traduce en una buena confiabilidad. Finalmente, con relación a la factibilidad, los participantes respondieron el 100% de los ítems, evidenciando la accesibilidad de la traducción. Conclusiones El DLOTCA traducido al español chileno; presenta una alta confiabilidad, lo que permite obtener resultados con muy bajos sesgos, convirtiéndose en un instrumento que puede ser utilizado de manera pertinente en la población chilena.
Trajetórias juvenis e a construção de intelectuais orgânicos/as ,
Authors: Reis Bruna Carolina Silva dos , Lima Marcia de Souza Bezerra , Nozabielli Sônia Regina , Borba Patrícia Leme de Oliveira
Published: July 2023

Resumo A partir do acompanhamento de uma trajetória de vida juvenil, buscou-se apreender de que forma e quais experiências colaboram para constituir jovens mais ativos socialmente - em uma perspectiva gramsciniana: intelectuais orgânicos/as. Questiona-se, portanto: quais seriam as experiências que incidem/incidiram sobre as vidas juvenis que contribuem/contribuíram para a construção de processos na direção da emancipação social? Assim, utilizou-se do acompanhamento singular e territorial — tecnologia social descrita e elaborada pela terapia ocupacional social — resultando nas descrições e análises de situações para que uma jovem engendrasse movimentos de catarse, destacando sua participação em ações de extensão universitária, ambientes virtuais, grêmio estudantil e atividades vinculadas ao programa de iniciação científica do ensino médio (PIBIC-EM). Projeta-se que este estudo ofereça referências para estratégias de fortalecimento das redes de jovens e fomento a criação e ampliação de diferentes espaços coletivos por onde os jovens transitam, sejam eles presenciais ou virtuais, de tal modo que possam enfrentar as diferentes vulnerabilidades que cercam seus cotidianos.
Young people’s trajectories and the construction of organic intellectuals ,
Authors: Reis Bruna Carolina Silva dos , Lima Marcia de Souza Bezerra , Nozabielli Sônia Regina , Borba Patrícia Leme de Oliveira
Published: July 2023

Abstract Based on the follow-up of a young woman, we sought to understand how and what experiences contribute to the formation of more socially active young people - from a Gramscian perspective, organic intellectuals. The question is, therefore, which experiences have or have had an influence on the lives of young people that contribute or have contributed to constructing processes towards social emancipation? To this end, an individual territorial follow-up—a social technology developed by social occupational therapy—was used, resulting in descriptions and analyses of situations so that this young woman could engender movements of catharsis, highlighting her participation and protagonism in university extension actions, virtual environments, student guild events, and activities linked to a high school research program. It is expected that this study will provide references for strategies to strengthen youth networks and foster the creation and expansion of different collective spaces where young people move about, whether in person or virtually so that they can cope with the vulnerabilities that surround their everyday life.
Comunidade de Práticas em Terapia Ocupacional no Sistema Único de Assistência Social: articulando encontros e promovendo debates em terapia ocupacional social
Authors: Bardi Giovanna , Oliveira Marina Leandrini de , Coelho Flávia dos Santos , Zanoti Lalesca Faria , Soares Carla Regina Silva , Malfitano Ana Paula Serrata , Almeida Marta Carvalho de
Published: July 2023

Resumo Com o crescente número de terapeutas ocupacionais atuantes no Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS), amplia-se a necessidade por processos formativos que desenvolvam criticamente a atuação profissional neste campo. A partir desta demanda formativa foi criado, em outubro de 2020, um projeto de extensão intitulado “Comunidade de práticas em terapia ocupacional no SUAS: articulação profissional e construção de estratégias”, com o intuito de promover trocas de conhecimento e experiências entre terapeutas ocupacionais trabalhadoras em unidades socioassistenciais. Neste artigo se apresentam as possibilidades e os limites do trabalho no SUAS sob o ponto de vista de terapeutas ocupacionais que nele atuam e que foram participantes da Comunidade de Práticas, analisando se e como suas ações profissionais têm se relacionado com a fundamentação teórico-metodológica da terapia ocupacional social. Para isso, foi revisitado todo o material de registro produzido nos dois ciclos do projeto, efetivados de outubro de 2020 a julho de 2021. As informações extraídas das atas foram organizadas em um quadro que agrupou as temáticas encontradas. A análise dos dados revelou dois principais aspectos que possibilitam a correlação das ações das profissionais com a fundamentação teórico-metodológica da terapia ocupacional social, sendo: a necessária leitura acerca da indissociabilidade entre os fatores micro e macrossociais para o desenvolvimento do trabalho e a dimensão técnico-política da atuação terapêutico-ocupacional. Em ambos os debates a fundamentação teórico-metodológica da terapia ocupacional social foi e tem sido o fio condutor do processo, possibilitando uma leitura social e maior apropriação das finalidades técnico-profissionais no âmbito da assistência social.
WhatsApp as a territory and an intervention tool in social occupational therapy
Authors: Guigon Laetitia , Marques Ana
Published: July 2023

Abstract With the recent increase in migration in France, people in situation of social vulnerability are often isolated and with nearly or no social support networks, notably due to the asylum application administrative procedures, reception conditions, and lack of information and opportunity to access public places. The PRACTS program intervenes in this situation aiming to respond to the need of building social support networks and promote social participation for this population. Thus, a WhatsApp group was created to establish contact with people and inform them about the planned activities. From this experience, a hypothesis was formulated: this device favors the emergence of a dynamic that goes beyond the simple sharing of information. The aim is to understand whether and how this platform constitutes a new territory and can be used as an intervention tool in social occupational therapy. To this end, a sample of conversations and photos extracted from this WhatsApp group was analyzed. The analysis shows six types of messages, in addition to information, which suggest that the group has become a territory shared by professionals and users and can be used as an intervention tool to strengthen the feeling of belonging to a group and promote social participation, both in virtual and real spaces. Some limitations to this device are observed, as well as the interest in constant reflection to ensure the necessary practical and ethical adaptations of the professionals to the new realities and needs of their users.
From an ethical and political commitment to the design of a professional occupational therapy project: a debate necessary for social assistance work
Authors: Bezerra Waldez Cavalcante , Basso Ana Carolina de Souza
Published: July 2023

Abstract Occupational therapists compose technical teams in social assistance services before the formalization of their insertion in the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), which occurred in 2011. As a result, the discussion about the work in this sector and the social question has gained relevance in the profession from an interventional and theoretical-academic point of view. In this study, from a Marxist perspective, we reflect on how the social question determines the demands observed in social assistance work. Next, we present the concepts of societal projects - understood as collective projects that express class intentions for society, and of professional projects - defined as collective projects related to professions composed of ethical and political principles, which are theoretical and methodological references for professional practice, and that establish bases for their relationships with service users, other professions, and organizations and institutions. We conclude by proposing that social occupational therapy is a theoretical and methodological framework that can be adopted to construct a critical-transformative professional project: critical of the structure and dynamics of capitalist society that continually replace the expressions of the social question, touching the everyday life of subjects; critical of the neoliberal model of State management that weakens rights and makes people’s lives precarious; critical of the conservative trends of work in social assistance that individualize, medicalize, psychologize, and moralize the reading of problems presented as professional demands; critical of the role and social function of occupational therapy in its relationship with society, breaking with a technical and supposedly neutral view of the profession.