bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Eating behaviour in relation to personality dimensions and self-esteem
Authors: Grum Darja Kobal
Published: June 2018

The research goal was to investigate the relationship between personality dimensions, self -esteem and eating behaviour invarious circumstances. We were interested in differences between general eating behaviour patterns and eating behaviourof people in distress. Participants were 303 adults who filled out five questionnaires on eating behaviour patterns, eating a ndappraisal due to emotions and stress, the big five inventory, contingent self-esteem scale and instability of self-esteem scale.The results show that younger participants are keener to haphazard planning of meals and have higher appraisals of outsidestressors and influences. Also, their score in neuroticism and openness were higher, and they expressed higher contingentself-esteem. According to the factorial structure, the factors of eating behaviour and psychological dimensions: coping withstress and extraversion, influence of outside stressors and contingent self -esteem, and eating behaviour patterns. Thefindings could be promising in further research of personality dimension and eating behaviour habits.Keywords: Eating behaviour, personality, self-esteem, stress.
Metropolis, trem azul e zumbis: representações da cidade e crises da (pós)modernidade
Authors: Isolan Flaviano Bugatti
Published: June 2018

O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar de alguns aspectos presentes em representações sobre a metrópole do futuro a partir de duas produções: o filme Metropolis (1926) e a propaganda da operadora Tim (2012). A partir de comparação entre essas produções e suas imagens-ícones sobre a metrópole e a vida urbana aí projetada, é possível analisar as mudanças nas representações acerca da cidade do futuro e do ideal urbano, bem como discutir a partir de suas representações utópicas e distópicas o próprio conceito de (pós)modernidade. Nessa análise será utilizada também o “fenômeno zumbi” como outra imagem-ícone presente em produções de cinema e TV atuais, considerado como um símbolo da crise da (pós)modernidade e de suas visões utópicas de futuro.
A imagem da cabana primitiva do renascimento e a gênese da noção de arquitetura vernacular
Authors: Andrade Francisco Dias de
Published: June 2018

O artigo procura demonstrar como a noção de arquitetura vernacular foi construída pelos arquitetos e inteectuais do Renascimento a partir da recepção do tratado clássico de Vitrúvio, o De Architectura. Por meio de uma análise do vitruvianismo do século XVI e suas relações com as grandes mudanças culturais que marcaram o período, como a conquista da América e o as mudanças no campo artístico, sustenta-se que o relato vitruviano sobre as origens da arquitetura foi reelaborado para dar conta da emergência do conceito de arquitetura vernacular. O artigo analisa também a influência do novo estatuto que as imagens adquiriram no Renascimento nessa mudança cultural.
Studio Improv as Compositional Process Through Case Studies of Ghanaian Hiplife and Afrobeats
Authors: Adu-Gilmore Leila
Published: June 2018

This study is an examination of the music and working practices of three Ghanaian music producers, Appietus and DJ Breezy—as in much non-Western music, the definitions of composition and improvisation continuously disrupt each other. The studio highlights this blending of processes where the hardware and software can form both the instruments and compositional tools. Hip-hop and electronic dance music rely heavily on improvisation through studio techniques that are idiomatic to the genre, including sampling, sequencing and looping new musical ideas or material from an existing recording. Text and rhythm in Hip-hop are well documented but compositional process involving harmonic and melodic analysis, as well as close sonic study of new production techniques are often overlooked. The music of minority composers of new genres is under represented in scholarship. Therefore, this article focuses to a greater extent on musical analysis and studio, improvisation and compositional processes, with supporting observations on broader cultural context.

The methodological approach in this article centers on transcriptions and music analysis, as well as research through interviews with the producers in Accra, Ghana. This blending of interview material and musical analysis (through transcription, reduction and ecological acoustics) examines distinct threads of Ghanaian and international music styles, their paths through different formal and informal networks of education and the environmental affects on their process. An analysis of these producers’ processes requires looking at both musical elements as well as the resources of education and environment, changing the way that we read these contexts by foregrounding the music itself. A brief history of Ghanaian music, from pre-independence to contemporary electronic dance music, including contemporary hiplife and afrobeats, is followed by case studies. In the case of Appietus’ music, transcriptions show Ghana’s unique highlife harmony and its idiomatic harmonic tendencies, whilst interview material on his process shows his unique methods of vocalization in combination with production tools that are informed by local formal and informal educational networks and the Internet. DJ Breezy’s vertically sparse, minimalist Hip-hop influenced afrobeats No. 1 hit, ‘Tonga,’ is analysed using ecological acoustics. In order to focus this paper, I argue that firstly, we rethink the relationship between improvisation and composition through the work of these producers, secondly, that we cannot analyze the music of these producers outside of context, we need to change the way in which we read the context, and thirdly, that we stop using a type of ethnography that exacerbates essentialism.
COERÊNCIA NA EVIDENCIAÇÃO DAS PRÁTICAS AMBIENTAIS DAS EMPRESAS LISTADAS NO ÍNDICE DE SUSTENTABILIDADE EMPRESARIAL (ISE)
Authors: Sales Bruna , Rover Suliani , Ferreira Janaína Da Silva
Published: June 2018

O objetivo da pesquisa é analisar se as empresas listadas na BM&FBOVESPA e que divulgaram suas respostas no Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) estão respondendo o seu questionário, no âmbito ambiental, de forma coerente com os seus relatórios de sustentabilidade. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa possui caráter descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa. A amostra do estudo é constituída por dezoito empresas do Grupo A que divulgaram suas respostas no questionário de 2013 a 2016, alusivos à dimensão ambiental, em consonância com os seus relatórios de sustentabilidade publicados até 05/2017. Foram analisados os critérios de Política, Gestão, Desempenho e Cumprimento Legal. Como principais resultados, foi observado que no critério Política, as empresas não apresentaram divergências no indicador relacionado ao compromisso, abrangência e divulgação. No critério de Gestão ressalta-se que a relação divergente sobre o nível hierárquico do gestor ambiental foi de 83% em 2013 e evoluiu gradativamente para 5% em 2016. O critério Desempenho mudou de 100% de conformidade em 2013 para 39% em 2016, no indicador gerenciamento e, monitoramento relacionado a sustentabilidade. Por fim, no critério Cumprimento Legal notou-se uma variabilidade nos resultados, visto que as empresas tendem a não divulgar suas ações e penalidades nos relatórios.Palavras-chave: Evidenciação Ambiental. Relatório de Sustentabilidade. ISE.
VERIFICAÇÃO DA CONFORMIDADE DOS RELATÓRIOS DE AUDITORIA DE EMPRESAS DO RAMO DA CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL LISTADAS NA BM&FBOVESPA
Authors: Tisott Sirlei Tonello , Da Silva Peixoto Maria Irlane , Carvalho Zumba Tayná Aparecida , Carraro Nilton Cezar , Batista de Sousa Marco Aurélio
Published: June 2018

Este estudo teve por objetivo analisar o relatório do auditor independente das empresas do ramo da construção civil listadas na BM&FBOVESPA com o propósito de verificar a conformidade com as NBC TAs vigentes em 1° de janeiro de 2017. A pesquisa classifica-se como descritiva com análise de conteúdo e abordagem qualitativa dos dados, em uma coleta de 19 relatórios de auditoria. Embora haja críticas em relação ao emprego da análise qualitativa por não representar procedimentos rigorosos para guiar a correlação dos achados, os resultados apontam que 98% dos relatórios analisados estão em conformidade com as NBC TAs, seguindo o novo padrão de relatório do auditor. Foram emitidos 3 relatórios com negativa de opinião e 16 relatórios com opinião sem ressalva, sendo que, apenas dois relatórios destacam parágrafo de incerteza relevante relacionada com a continuidade operacional. Conclui-se que, apesar da maioria dos relatórios de auditoria terem sido emitidos com opinião sem ressalva, as incertezas estão presentes no setor da construção civil, tendo em vista o atual cenário de retração e crise do setor. Essas informações são importantes para a transparência e entendimento dos usuários das informações contábeis para a tomada de decisões.Palavras-chave: Auditoria. Relatório da auditoria. Opinião do auditor.
Dl-3-n-Butylphthalide (NBP): A Promising Therapeutic Agent for Ischemic Stroke
Authors: Wang Shan , Ma Fei , Huang Longjian , Zhang Yong , Peng Yuchen , Xing Changhong , Feng Yipu , Wang Xiaoliang , Peng Ying
Published: June 2018

Background and Objective: Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in both
developed and developing countries all over the world. The only drug for ischemic stroke approved by
FDA is recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). However, only 2-5% stroke patients receive
rtPAs treatment due to its strict therapeutic time window. As ischemic stroke is a complex disease involving
multiple mechanisms, medications with multi-targets may be more powerful compared with
single-target drugs. Dl-3-n-Butylphthalide (NBP) is a synthetic compound based on l-3-n-
Butylphthalide that is isolated from seeds of Apium graveolens. The racemic 3-n-butylphthalide (dl-
NBP) was approved by Food and Drug Administration of China for the treatment of ischemic stroke in
2002. A number of clinical studies indicated that NBP not only improved the symptoms of ischemic
stroke, but also contributed to the long-term recovery. The potential mechanisms of NBP for ischemic
stroke treatment may target different pathophysiological processes, including anti-oxidant, antiinflammation,
anti-apoptosis, anti-thrombosis, and protection of mitochondria et al.

Conclusion:

In this review, we have summarized the research progress of NBP for the treatment of
ischemic stroke during the past two decades.
Parámetros genéticos de calidad de madera, crecimiento y ramificación en Pinus patula
Authors: Escobar-Sandoval Margarita Concepción , Vargas-Hernández J. Jesús , López-Upton Javier , Espinosa-Zaragoza Saúl , Borja-de la Rosa Amparo
Published: June 2018

La determinación de parámetros genéticos en características de valor económico relacionadas con la productividad y calidad de la madera es importante para definir la estrategia más adecuada de mejora genética en especies forestales. En este trabajo se estimó la heredabilidad y las correlaciones genéticas y fenotípicas de características asociadas con la calidad de la madera (densidad de la madera, longitud de traqueidas), el crecimiento (altura total, diámetro normal y volumen del tronco) y la ramificación (número, diámetro y ángulo de ramas, y número de verticilos) en progenies de Pinus patula de ocho años de edad, obtenidas de polinización libre. Se encontró una variabilidad genética amplia en la mayoría de las características, pero el control genético fue de bajo a moderado en ellas (≤ 0.10 h2i ≤ 0.25), excepto para longitud de traqueidas y numero de ramas, en las que no se encontró una variación genética significativa (P > 0.05). La estructura de correlaciones mostró una relación favorable en la mayoría de las características, con correlaciones genéticas que variaron de -0.23 a 0.98 y fenotípicas de 0.02 a 0.93. Los resultados muestran que es posible utilizar algunas características como criterios de selección de manera independiente o combinada para aumentar el crecimiento y calidad de la madera sin ocasionar efectos colaterales negativos en las otras características de importancia económica.
Recognition of Emotions Conveyed by Touch Through Force-Sensitive Screens: Observational Study of Humans and Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Heraz Alicia , Clynes Manfred
Published: June 2018

Background

Emotions affect our mental health: they influence our perception, alter our physical strength, and interfere with our reason. Emotions modulate our face, voice, and movements. When emotions are expressed through the voice or face, they are difficult to measure because cameras and microphones are not often used in real life in the same laboratory conditions where emotion detection algorithms perform well. With the increasing use of smartphones, the fact that we touch our phones, on average, thousands of times a day, and that emotions modulate our movements, we have an opportunity to explore emotional patterns in passive expressive touches and detect emotions, enabling us to empower smartphone apps with emotional intelligence.

Objective

In this study, we asked 2 questions. (1) As emotions modulate our finger movements, will humans be able to recognize emotions by only looking at passive expressive touches? (2) Can we teach machines how to accurately recognize emotions from passive expressive touches?

Methods

We were interested in 8 emotions: anger, awe, desire, fear, hate, grief, laughter, love (and no emotion). We conducted 2 experiments with 2 groups of participants: good imagers and emotionally aware participants formed group A, with the remainder forming group B. In the first experiment, we video recorded, for a few seconds, the expressive touches of group A, and we asked group B to guess the emotion of every expressive touch. In the second experiment, we trained group A to express every emotion on a force-sensitive smartphone. We then collected hundreds of thousands of their touches, and applied feature selection and machine learning techniques to detect emotions from the coordinates of participant’ finger touches, amount of force, and skin area, all as functions of time.

Results

We recruited 117 volunteers: 15 were good imagers and emotionally aware (group A); the other 102 participants formed group B. In the first experiment, group B was able to successfully recognize all emotions (and no emotion) with a high 83.8% (769/918) accuracy: 49.0% (50/102) of them were 100% (450/450) correct and 25.5% (26/102) were 77.8% (182/234) correct. In the second experiment, we achieved a high 91.11% (2110/2316) classification accuracy in detecting all emotions (and no emotion) from 9 spatiotemporal features of group A touches.

Conclusions

Emotions modulate our touches on force-sensitive screens, and humans have a natural ability to recognize other people’s emotions by watching prerecorded videos of their expressive touches. Machines can learn the same emotion recognition ability and do better than humans if they are allowed to continue learning on new data. It is possible to enable force-sensitive screens to recognize users’ emotions and share this emotional insight with users, increasing users’ emotional awareness and allowing researchers to design better technologies for well-being.
Usefulness and Usability of a Personal Health Record and Survivorship Care Plan for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Survey Study (Preprint)
Authors: Tarver Will L , Robb Bruce W , Haggstrom David A
Published: June 2018

BACKGROUND

As a result of improvements in cancer screening, treatment, and supportive care, nearly two-thirds of individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) live for 5 years after diagnosis. An ever-increasing population of CRC survivors creates a need for effective survivorship care to help manage and mitigate the impact of CRC and its treatment. Personal health records (PHRs) and survivorship care plans provide a means of supporting the long-term care of cancer survivors.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study is to characterize the usefulness of a CRC PHR and survivorship care plan and to describe the usability of these technologies in a population of CRC survivors. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess a PHR and survivorship care plan specifically targeting CRC survivors.

METHODS

Twenty-two patients with CRC were recruited from surgery clinics of an academic medical center and Veterans Affairs hospital in Indianapolis and provided access to an online Colorectal Cancer Survivor’s Personal Health Record (CRCS-PHR). Survey data were collected to characterize the usefulness of the CRCS-PHR and describe its usability in a population of CRC survivors. CRC survivors were surveyed 6 months after being provided online access. Means and proportions were used to describe the usefulness and ease of using the CRC website. Open-ended questions were qualitatively coded using the constant comparative method.

RESULTS

CRC survivors perceived features related to their health care (ie, summary of cancer treatment history, follow-up care schedule, description of side effects, and list of community resources) to be more useful than communication features (ie, creating online relationships with family members or caregivers, communicating with doctor, and secure messages). CRC survivors typically described utilizing traditional channels (eg, via telephone or in person) to communicate with their health care provider. Participants had overall positive perceptions with respect to ease of use and overall satisfaction. Major challenges experienced by participants included barriers to system log-in, lack of computer literacy or experience, and difficulty entering their patient information.

CONCLUSIONS

For CRC, survivors may find the greater value in a PHR’s medical content than the communication functions, which they have available elsewhere. These findings regarding the usefulness and usability of a PHR for the management of CRC survivorship provide valuable insights into how best to tailor these technologies to patients’ needs. These findings can inform future design and development of PHRs for purposes of both cancer and chronic disease management.
The Impact of Implicit Instruction upon the Use of English Discourse Markers in Written Tasks at the Advanced Beginners’ Level of EFL Proficiency
Authors: Kapranov Oleksandr
Published: June 2018

This article aims at examining the impact of implicit instruction upon the use of English discourse markers (further – DMs) in written tasks at the advanced beginners’ level of proficiency in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The theoretical premises of the present research are based upon the role of implicit instruction associated with pragmatic competence, conceptualised as a fundamental dimension of language ability (Laughlin et al., 2015). The research further described in the article involves a quantitative computer-assisted metho­do­logy of computing the frequency of DMs in the written tasks by a group of EFL learners at the advanced beginners’ level of EFL proficiency (further referred to as participants). The frequency of DMs calculated by the computer program WordSmith (Scott, 2012) revealed that implicit instruction in EFL settings had no positive effects on the participants’ use of English DMs in the written tasks. These findings are further discussed in the article.
Interpretation of the Concept Gender in Legal Discourse
Authors: Rudevska Baiba , Roziņa Gunta , Karapetjana Indra
Published: June 2018

It is commonly accepted that the language of law is often considered to be a highly traditional and, to a certain extent, a conservative means of professional communication, which tends to be stereotypically viewed impenetrable by the layman. Various peculiarities of the language of law and the fact that many legal systems differ all over the world in terms of their origins and frameworks often make legal discourse difficult to comprehend. To communicate professionally, the English language for instrumental purposes is increasingly employed at international level. Considering the above stated, the present study aims at analysing selected areas of the language of law. More specifically, using a case study, it finds its research interest in revealing the many-faceted nature of the concept gender within the framework of its contextual meaning established in specialist discourse. It has been concluded that due to the fact that gender is a polysemic concept in English, the translation in Latvian has more than three possible variants: dzimums, sociālais dzimums, dzimte, sociālā dzimte and dženders, depending on the context of use in the respective normative legal act. Moreover, within the context of the social theory of gender, the proposed translations in Latvian could be either the neologism sociālā dzimte or dženders.
Word-Formation Pattern Borrowing in Latvian
Authors: Veisbergs Andrejs
Published: June 2018

English as the main contact language during the last three decades has affected Latvian word-formation patterns, patterns of use and patterns of convention. This is pattern borrowing, in addition to phonological borrowing which is also rife. Part of this contact-induced change can be viewed as structural impact, part as a shift in conventions. Previously rare stylistic means – idiom transformations, nonce compounding, conversion, derivative adjectives and new linguo-stylistic devices, such as native blends or compound phrases – have proliferated. These imported patterns have found a niche in the Latvian linguistic system and are now used in various speech domains. They have become part of the Latvian language and usage. In general we can view these shifts as an enhancement of Latvian’s inherent linguistic potential rather than the contact-induced change of traditional patterns.
Complexes cobalt(II), zinc(II) and copper(II) with some newly synthesized benzimidazole derivatives and their antibacterial activity
Authors: Podunavac-Kuzmanovic S.O. , Leovac V.M. , Perisic-Janjic N.U. , Rogan J. , Balaz J.
Published: June 2018

The preparation and properties of some complexes of cobalt(II), zinc(II) and
copper(II) with several newly synthesized benzimidazole derivatives (L) are
reported. The complexes, of the general formula [MCl2L2] (M=Co(II), Zn(II))
and [CuCl2L(H2O]), have a tetrahedral structure. The complexes were
characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity, magnetic
susceptibility measurements, IR and absorption electronic spectra. The
antibacterial activitiy of the benzimidazoles and their complexes was
evaluated against Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora and Erwinia
amylovora. The complexes were found to be more toxic than the ligands.
Volumetric evaluation of root resorption on the upper incisors using cone beam computed tomography after 1 year of orthodontic treatment in adult patients with marginal bone loss
Authors: Puttaravuttiporn Pornputthi , Wongsuwanlert Mutita , Charoemratrote Chairat , Leethanakul Chidchanok
Published: June 2018

Objectives:

To determine upper incisor root resorption, volume loss, and the relationship between root volume loss and tooth movement after 1 year of orthodontic treatment in patients with marginal bone loss.

Materials and Methods:

A total of 30 women (46.3 ± 5.4 years old) with moderate upper incisor bone loss who required intrusion during orthodontic treatment were recruited. Pre- and post-treatment cone beam computed tomography images were reconstructed. Upper incisors at pre- and post-treatment were superimposed; labio- and palato-apical, middle, and coronal third root volumes were assessed. Tooth movement and alveolar bone height were measured from lateral cephalometric radiographs and cone beam computed tomography. Changes in root volume/alveolar bone height were compared using paired-sample t-tests, percentage root volume loss for each tooth/segment was evaluated by one-way analysis of variance, and the relationship between percentage root loss and degree of tooth movement was assessed by linear regression.

Results:

Mean root volume significantly decreased on the labio- and palato-apical aspects of 12 and labio-apical aspects of 21 and 22 (P ≤ .024). Palato-apical segment volume loss was greater on lateral than central incisors (P ≤ .016). Two-dimensional root length and cementoenamel junction-bone crest distance did not change between T0 and T1, with no significant relationship between tooth movement amount and percentage root volume loss.

Conclusions:

Delivery of 40 g intrusive force to the four upper incisors using a T-loop and the leveling phase lead to more apical root volume loss on lateral than central incisors. There was no relationship between extent of tooth movement and upper incisor root volume loss.
Laser welding of dissimilar low-alloyed steel-steel butt joints and the effects of beam position and ultrasound excitation on the microstructure
Authors: Nothdurft Sarah , Springer André , Kaierle Stefan , Ohrdes Hendrik , Twiefel Jens , Wallaschek Jörg , Mildebrath Maximilian , Maier Hans Jürgen , Hassel Thomas , Overmeyer Ludger
Published: June 2018

There are many different steel grades available for various purposes and applications. For semi-finished workpieces with different, specific local requirements with regard to mechanical or chemical properties, a strong joint between the different steel grades is necessary. Additionally, workpieces subject to forming require a sufficient plasticity in the area of the joint. In thermal welding of different metals, a new alloy always appears in the weld itself. This means, for example, that due to different properties, grain growth and interfaces with graded transitions, and induced negative or restrictive consequences, the tendency for crack initiation may increase. Therefore, heat input and the molten area of the weld have to be kept as small as possible. The main part of the work deals with butt welding of round bars with a diameter of 30 mm made of C22 (1.0402) and 41Cr4 (1.7035). For this application, a laser welding process using a high power disk laser is an appropriate tool. First, a controlled melting ratio can be achieved by varying the beam position relating to the gap. Further, the problem of cracking, due to the inhomogeneous alloy formation in the weld, is countered by the introduction of an ultrasonic vibration into the joining zone. With low amplitudes and a frequency of 18 kHz, the homogeneity and the microstructure formation could be influenced. Therefore, the risk of cracking can be reduced. The impact of this approach is tested using metallographic methods.
Tiedeopetuksen muuttuvat tavoitteet
Authors: Kokkonen Tommi , Laherto Antti
Published: June 2018

Luonnontieteiden kouluopetuksen tavoitteita on jo pitkään laajennettu tieteellisen sisältötiedon ulkopuolelle. Perinteisen sisältötietopainotuksen sijaan on alettu korostaa luonnontieteellistä lukutaitoa (engl. scientific literacy), jonka tavoitteena on antaa oppilaille valmiuksia osallistua tieteeseen ja teknologiaan liittyvään keskusteluun ja päätöksentekoon henkilökohtaisissa, yhteiskunnallisissa ja globaaleissa kysymyksissä. Suomen tuoreen opetussuunnitelmauudistuksen painotukset ja ilmiöpohjaisuus ovat osa tätä maailmanlaajuista kehitystä. Tässä artikkelissa esitämme, että luonnontieteellisen lukutaidon opettamiseen ja ilmiöoppimiseen liittyy ratkaisemattomia jännitteitä. Vaikka nykyisissä tavoitteissa korostuu opetuksen relevanssi oppijan ja yhteiskunnan kannalta, sisältötieto määritellään edelleen pitkälti oppiainelähtöisen autenttisuuden näkökulmasta. Me argumentoimme, että opetusmenetelmien ja kontekstien lisäksi myös sisältötieto on uudelleenmääriteltävä muuttuneiden tavoitteiden mukaiseksi.
The goals of science education expand beyond traditional scientific content knowledge. Scientific literacy has become an important goal, offering students knowledge and skills to engage in public discussion and decision making in personal, societal and global issues related to science and technology. The recent changes in Finnish Core Curricula towards phenomenon-based learning represent these global trends in science education. In this paper, we argue that there are unresolved tensions in the the pursuit for scientific literacy and phenomenon-based learning. While the current aims of science education emphasize relevance for the student and the society, content knowledge is still defined on the basis of disciplinary authenticity. We argue that in addition to the teaching methods and contexts also content knowledge needs to be redefined to reflect the changing goals of science education.
Selection of solvent and extraction method for determination of antimicrobial potential of Taxus wallichiana Zucc.
Authors: Anita Pandey Priyanka Adhikari, , Agnihotri Vasudha , Pande Veena
Published: June 2018

Antimicrobial potential of different plant parts (needle, stem and bark) of Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana Zucc.) has been investigated with particular reference to selection of solvents and extraction methods. Two extraction methods (maceration and soxhlet), seven solvents (methanol, ethanol, acetone, chloroform, ethyl  acetate, di chloro methane and Petroleum ether), and 3 groups of microorganisms (bacteria, actinobacteria and fungi) were considered for detection of antimicrobial activity. While qualitative estimations were done using agar well diffusion method, quantitative analysis was based on dilution method. All the plant part showed significant activity against all 3 groups of microorganisms in qualitative bioassays; maximum being in case of needles. Among solvents, ethanolic extract of needles (maceration) showed highest antibacterial activity (15.33 ± 0.25 mm). Growth of actinobacteria was inhibited maximum (22.0±0.26 mm) by the methanolic extracts of needles (maceration). Ethyl acetate extract of needles (soxhlet) showed higher antifungal activity (7.84±0.21 mm). Antibacterial and antifungal activities were higher in maceration and soxhlet methods, respectively. The most affected group among the test microorganisms was bacteria which may be due to their prokaryotic organization. This was also supported by the low minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values. Di chloro methane and petroleum ether did not show any antifungal activity. The antimicrobial activity of various plant parts of T. wallichiana varied with respect to the solvent as well as the extraction method. The study will have implications in selection of the use of solvent and the extraction procedure in obtaining the antimicrobial metabolites from various plant parts of T. wallichiana.
Representing Blackness in Brazil’s Changing Television Landscape: The Cases ofMister BrauandO Grande Gonzalez
Authors: Carter Eli L.
Published: June 2018

Since the late 1960s TV Globo, Brazil’s largest and most commercially successful broadcast network, has been producing long-form serial narratives known astelenovelas. Followed by millions of domestic viewers and exported to more than 130 countries worldwide, these melorealist serials have served as a primary source for what it means to be Brazilian in both the domestic and global social imaginaries. A number of excellent studies, however, have shown that the country’s most important fictional television genre has historically underrepresented Brazilians of color while at the same time producing a symbolic good that emphasizes whiteness as the ideal social marker. This article shifts the focus from the telenovela to an examination of the series, an emerging and understudied area of Brazilian television fiction. By analyzing representations of blackness in two contemporary Brazilian serial comedies:Mister Brau(TV Globo, 2015–) andThe Great Gonzalez(O Grande Gonzalez, Fox Brasil and Porta dos Fundos, 2015), the article reveals the initial stages of recent developments that have the potential to significantly alter both the field of television production and the way Brazil is portrayed on the small screen.
Rational Design of Gold Nanostars with Tailorable Plasmonic Properties
Authors: Tsoulos Ted V. , Atta Supriya , Lagos Maureen J. , Batson Philip E. , Tsilomelekis George , Fabris Laura
Published: June 2018

Gold nanostars display exceptional field enhancement properties and tunable resonant modes that can be leveraged to create effective imaging tags or phototherapeutic agents, or to design novel hot-electron based photocatalysts. From a fundamental standpoint, they represent important tunable platforms to study the dependence of hot carrier energy and dynamics on plasmon band intensity and position. Toward the realization of these platforms, holistic approaches taking into account both theory and experiments to study the fundamental behavior of theseparticles are needed. Arguably, the intrinsic difficulties underlying this goal stem from the inability to rationally design and effectively synthesize nanoparticles that are sufficiently monodispersed to be employed for corroborations of the theoretical results without the need of single particle experiments. Herein, we report on our concerted computational and experimental effort to design, synthesize, and explain the origin and morphology-dependence of the plasmon modes of a novel gold nanostar system, with an approach that builds upon the well-known plasmon hybridization model. We have synthesized monodispersed samples of gold nanostars with finely tunable morphology employing seed-mediated colloidal protocols, and experimentally observed narrow and spectrally resolved harmonics of the primary surface plasmon resonance mode both at the single particle level (via electron energy loss spectroscopy) and in ensemble (by UV-Vis and ATR-FTIR spectroscopies). Computational results on complex anisotropic gold nanostructures are validated experimentally on samples prepared colloidally, underscoring their importance as ideal testbeds for the study of structure-property relationships in colloidal nanostructures of high structural complexity.
Interpassivity and the Joy of Delegated Play in Idle Games
Authors: Fizek Sonia
Published: June 2018

This paper examines the youngest video games genre, the so called idle (incremental) game, also referred to as the passive, self-playing or clicker game, which seems to challenge the current understanding of digital games as systems, based on a human-machine interaction where it is the human who actively engages with the system through meaningful choices. Idle games, on the other hand, tend to play themselves, making the player’s participation optional or, in some cases, entirely redundant. Interactivity and agency – qualities extensively theorised with reference to digital games – are questioned in the context of idling. In this paper the author will investigate the self-contradictory genre through the lens of interpassivity, a concept developed by Robert Pfaller and Slavoj Žižek to describe the aesthetics of delegated enjoyment. This contribution aims at introducing interpassivity to a wider Game Studies community, and offers an alternative perspective to reflect upon digital games in general and self-playing games in particular.
Promoção de atividades físicas na atenção primária à saúde: revisão integrativa de publicações em língua portuguesa
Authors: Ferreira Joel Carlos Valcanaia , Ferreira Joel Saraiva
Published: June 2018

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar as publicações em língua portuguesa que descrevem as intervenções com oferta de atividade física na atenção primária à saúde no Brasil. Realizou-se busca nas bases de dados LILACS, Medline e Scielo, por meio dos descritores Exercício, Sistema Único de Saúde, Atenção Primária à Saúde e Promoção da Saúde. Um conjunto de 10 artigos passou pelos critérios de inclusão, exclusão e filtros eletrônicos aplicados. As publicações iniciaram a partir do ano 2000 e as intervenções indicaram que a oferta de prática de exercícios físicos foi mais prevalente (60%) em comparação com as ações de educação em saúde, destinados aos adultos e idosos (80%), sendo ofertados nas unidades básicas de saúde (60%). Houve grande interesse na avaliação de variáveis sociodemográficas (100%) e indicadores metabólicos de saúde (60%). Concluiu-se que a oferta de prática de atividades físicas na APS está direcionada ao controle de fatores determinantes e condicionantes das doenças crônicas.
A formação continuada de professores: considerações acerca dos saberes e da prática reflexiva
Authors: Gumieiro Angela Hess
Published: June 2018

Este artigo tem como objetivodiscutir a formação continuada de professores, evidenciando o que determina a legislação nacional sobre algumas prerrogativas, assim como destacar algumas considerações acerca dos saberes e da prática reflexiva dos professores em meio à formação continuada. Para a realização do estudo foi utilizada a pesquisa de natureza bibliográfico-documental. O corpus de análise compõe-se dos seguintes documentos: LDB, Lei 9394/96, o Decreto nº 6.755/09, o PNE (2014-2024), a Resolução nº 2, de 1º de julho de 2015.Foram consultadas diferentes fontes, a saber: García (1995), Candau (1996), Nóvoa (1992; 1995), Gatti (2008), Pérez Gómez (2001), entre outros. Concluímos ressaltando a importância do aumento de estudos que busquem as especificidades nas ações de formação continuada levando em conta os saberes e as práticas dos professores, sendo que temos na legislação os direitos à formação continuada dos professores.
SISTEM MONITORING PENGONTROL SUHU DAN INTENSITAS CAHAYA PADA PENETAS TELUR PUYUH
Authors: Rizki Ibrahim , Kustanto Kustanto , Siswanti Sri
Published: June 2018

Hatching egg is important in the creation of excellent seeds. The accuracy of care of room temperature conditions and microcontroller-based monitoring system is one of the first steps to meet the needs of quality quail seeds in the market. At the same time naturally, it is very difficult, because the parent quail is only able to incubate about 5 eggs. The use of automatic egg hatchery is one of the solutions. In this Scripsir research is made automatic quail egg machine based on microcontroller atmega328. The control is able to control the temperature and humidity needed in hatching eggs. From the control result using a microcontroller, lamp and fan can be adjusted according to the temperature of the room on the egg hatch is by automatic control of the lamp life and the fan. Test results showed that an increase in hatching eggs by 13%.Keywords: Hatching eggs, Monitoring system, Climate control, Microcontroller.
Towards the new energy storage system for conventional cars
Authors: Sladić Saša , Poljak Alen , Bulić Neven
Published: June 2018

Lead-acid batteries are widely used in conventional cars. This electric energy storage system (ESS) has to be capable to store enough energy for cranking the conventional car after the weeks without additional charging. After the start of internal combustion engine (ICE) of conventional car synchronous machine usually called alternator start to generate electrical energy. Electric current supplied in this way should be rectified and stored in lead-acid battery for the next start-up. In this article a model of whole process was developed and simulated. Particularly, a supercapacitors were compared with lead-acid batteries and other battery types in sense of mass, reliability and other parameters. Results were confirmed by measurement on conventional car. Furthermore, possibility of replacement of lead-acid batteries with supercapacitors was analyzed.
VAMOS APRENDER TRIGONOMETRIA? UMA EXPERIÊNCIA COM ALUNAS NO ENSINO MÉDIO UTILIZANDO A BALESTILHA
Authors: De Sousa Batista Antonia Naiara , Pereira Ana Carolina Costa
Published: June 2018

Na busca por um ensino mais contextualizado e fazendo uso da história da matemática encontramos na Balestilha um recurso metodológico para utilizar nas aulas de matemática. O nosso trabalho tem o objetivo de mostrar que é possível inserir nas aulas de matemática a construção de instrumentos históricos de medida, no nosso caso a Balestilha, para explorar conteúdos matemáticos. Essa experiência foi realizada com cinco alunos da Escola de Ensino Fundamental e Médio José de Alencar, por meio de um curso com duração de 20h/a, ofertado pelo Laboratório de Matemática e Ensino localizado na UECE. Nenhuma delas conhecia a Balestilha e sua relação com a matemática. Cada aluna teve a oportunidade de construir a sua Balestilha, e realizar a aplicação para descobrir a altura de uma parede. Neste sentido, visamos contribuir para uma melhor aprendizagem do aluno/conteúdo/professor por meio de um recurso metodológico ainda pouco conhecido e utilizado em sala de aula, como a Balestilha.
DA ELABORAÇÃO AO USO DE VÍDEOS DIDÁTICOS BASEADOS NA HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA: CARACTERÍSTICAS E SUGESTÕES A PARTIR DE UMA EXEMPLIFICAÇÃO
Authors: Gomes Lucas Ferreira , Araman Eliane Maria de Oliveira
Published: June 2018

A presente pesquisa remete a uma reflexão a respeito do uso dos recursos oferecidos pelas Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC), em especial, vídeos didáticos para o trabalho docente, visto que, cada vez mais, torna-se necessária a inserção das tecnologias no contexto escolar, a fim de se atender as necessidades da sociedade atual, na qual tais recursos estão cada vez mais presentes.  Entende-se o uso de tecnologias como um elo importante entre professor, o conhecimento matemático e a compreensão dos alunos, sendo os vídeos didáticos uma das ferramentas que podem fortalecer esse elo. A proposta de baseá-los na História da Matemática se deve ao fato de que diversas pesquisas defendem que essa metodologia pode contribuir para a compreensão dos conceitos matemáticos, favorecendo, assim, uma reflexão a respeito dos tópicos explorados. Desta forma, ela visa a inserção de ambas no contexto escolar, a fim de que elas desempenhem suas contribuições na aprendizagem da Matemática. Neste contexto, o presente artigo tem como objetivo propor uma forma de se elaborar vídeos didáticos baseados na História da Matemática que possam ser empregados nas aulas de Matemática. Por fins didáticos, apresentamos esta proposta por meio de uma exemplificação: a produção de um vídeo sobre os conceitos relacionados ao estudo dos quadriláteros nas geometrias hiperbólica e elíptica, evidenciando os passos realizados na construção, além das orientações para o uso dos vídeos didáticos em sala de aula.
UTILIZANDO A CONTA DE ENERGIA ELÉTRICA PARA O ENSINO DO PROCESSO DE MULTIPLICAÇÃO ENTRE MATRIZES
Authors: Costa Antonio Ramon Firmo da , Alves Vaniele Sousa , Cordeiro Nilton José Neves
Published: June 2018

Este trabalho relata uma experiência dos autores, um professor e bolsistas do Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID), da Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA) sobre a aplicação de uma oficina no 1º ano do ensino médio da escola Doutor João Ribeiro Ramos, localizada na cidade de Sobral, Ceará. A oficina teve como meta o ensino de multiplicação de matrizes utilizando dados da conta de energia elétrica, tendo em vista a possibilidade de mostrar aos alunos que a matemática está presente em situações do dia a dia. A aplicação da oficina se deu em dois encontros. O primeiro encontro foi reservado para a introdução do conteúdo com breves definições e uma posterior aplicação de um Trabalho Direcionado (TD). O segundo encontro foi iniciado com a aplicação de outro TD para ver se os alunos conseguiam respondê-lo sem qualquer formalização. Ao final fora aplicado um terceiro TD para verificar o que eles aprenderam nos dois encontros. A oficina buscou também usar os erros dos alunos como um elemento desencadeador de questionamento do ensino, ou ainda, como um impulso para aprendizagem. Como resultados verificou-se que a maioria dos alunos compreendeu o que foi repassado, apesar de que muitos ainda apresentaram certas dificuldades nas quatro operações elementares, o que é preocupante, pois é assunto considerado fácil para o nível escolar em que eles se encontravam. Com isso, verificou-se que ainda há muito que melhorar no ensino e aprendizagem de matemática e que práticas de ensino alternativas podem ser positivas. Intervenções como esta, viabilizadas por um programa como o PIBID, podem propiciar enriquecimento na formação acadêmica de quem as conduzem, agregando experiência e trazendo mais conhecimentos a partir das dificuldades enfrentadas dentro de uma sala de aula, buscando formas de ajudar os alunos a superarem obstáculos.
ARCHETEPATIVE BASIS OF INTERACTION AUTHORITIES AND OPPOSITIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECOMMUNIZATION POLICY IN UKRAINE
Authors: Sychova Viktoriia Viktorivna
Published: June 2018

In the article, in the context of the archetypal approach, the interaction of the authorities and the opposition in the course of implementing the decommunization policy was analyzed. An integral part of a decommunization policy was changing the Soviet names of toponymic objects in residential places bearing the Communist totalitarian regime symbols that consecrated persons involved in the crimes of the latter, also the events related to the activities of the Communist Party, the development of Soviet power in Ukraine, the persecution of participants in the struggle for Ukraine’s independence in the XX century. The Soviet archetypal basis of decommunization methods in Ukraine is revealed, which it was testified to the rapid pace of policy, the lack of information support, explanations, especially for the population of the central and eastern regions of Ukraine, for which the Soviet symbolices was continues to be valuable. The imperial/Soviet archetypes of interaction between the authorities and the opposition are defined by the example of renaming of Soviet names for objects of toponymy of settlements containing symbols of the communist totalitarian regime. Polarized regionalism of Ukrainian society, two distinct national identities based on different systems of political values, have formed various archetypes. Thus, in Uzhgorod and Kirovohrad, the influence of the imperial (respectively, Austrian and Russian) archetypes was reflected. The opposition of some city councils of the Naddnipryanshyny and eastern Ukraine to the parliament’s decisions was sometimes determined not by the number of opposition, but by the Soviet identity of the deputy corps. The existence of a confrontational type of the interaction between parliamentary opposition and government/president is substantiated; also between the opposition, embodied by the local political and management elite of Kirovohrad, Kharkiv and Komsomolsk of Poltava’s region, and the state power, personified by the head of the relevant regional state administration/parliament. It is proved that the conformal type is inherent of interaction the opposition, which is represented by the city council of Dnipropetrovsk and the authorities represented by the respective mayor/parliament; also the interaction between opposition, which represented by the city council/mayor of Uzhhorod and the authorities, which is represented by the chairman of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration.
Lumbar spinal stenosis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment (meta-analysis of literature data)
Authors: Fishchenko Ia. V. , Kravchuk L. D. , Perepechay O. A.
Published: June 2018

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a disease in which degenerated discs, ligamentum flavum, facet joints, while aging, lead to a narrowing of the space around the neurovascular structures of the spine. This article presents a meta-analysis of literature data on epidemiology, causes, pathogenesis, diagnosis and various types of treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
Observations on the Semantic Trajectory of Pluralism in Scholarly Discourse
Authors: Terrier Jean
Published: June 2018

Th is article off ers a history of pluralism as a term in scholarly discourse.
It presents the existing research on the question and off ers a contribution
on the basis of an inclusive approach that is not limited to one discipline
(philosophy or political science) or to one linguistic area. In particular, it
references the rich German debate and the important French intellectual
developments. Moreover, it considers not only the proponents but also the
adversaries of pluralism. Th ere are two recurring elements in the debates
on political pluralism. One is the existence, even among the critics of pluralism,
of a recognition of plurality at some level. Th e other is the advocacy,
even by authors who strongly emphasize confl ict and dissent, of some necessary
unity.