bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mathematical Modeling of Actinidia arguta (Kiwiberry) Drying Kinetics
Authors: Bialik Michał , Gondek Ewa , Wiktor Artur , Latocha Piotr , Witrowa-Rajchert Dorota
Published: December 2017

Consumers and scientists exhibit a growing interest in bioactive ingredients of natural origin with strong pro-health effects. Such properties have been found in fruits of of Actinidia argute, commonly known as kiwiberry (mini kiwi or hardy kiwi). Appropriate methods and parameters of the drying process enable obtaining a product with preserved high pro-health properties. The obejctive of this paper was to study the influence of the selected drying methods on the drying kinetics of actinidia. Commonly known mathematical models were used to describe the process. The kinetics of convective, microwave-convective, infrared and vacuum drying was investigated. The process was performed until samples reached dimensionless moisture ratio (MR) of 0.02. The quickest method was vacuum drying reaching moisture ratio target after 286 min, and the slowest was convective drying characterized by 1352 min of drying. In general, Midilli et al.’s model was evaluated as the most adequate for description of the moisture transfer in the fruit samples.
Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor
Authors: Maslo Adi
Published: December 2017

Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to shed light on satire as humorous discourse, with an emphasis on counterfactuals. Interestingly enough, counterfactuals oppose the actual state of affairs; rhetorically however, they show potential to reveal the truth. Political satire is an area of conflict between truth and falsehood which is exactly why this type of satire is discussed in this paper. Tools from Cognitive Linguistics – framing and blending – are utilized to show to what extent counterfactuals are actually false and how they essentially contribute to satire. Examples of political satire are selected from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show.
Metformin-induced anticancer activities: recent insights
Authors: Safe Stephen , Nair Vijayalekshmi , Karki Keshav
Published: December 2017

Metformin is a widely used antidiabetic drug, and there is evidence among diabetic patients that metformin is a chemopreventive agent against multiple cancers. There is also evidence in human studies that metformin is a cancer chemotherapeutic agent, and several clinical trials that use metformin alone or in combination with other drugs are ongoing.In vivoandin vitrocancer cell culture studies demonstrate that metformin induces both AMPK-dependent and AMPK-independent genes/pathways that result in inhibition of cancer cell growth and migration and induction of apoptosis. The effects of metformin in cancer cells resemble the patterns observed after treatment with drugs that downregulate specificity protein 1 (Sp1), Sp3 and Sp4 or by knockdown of Sp1, Sp3 and Sp4 by RNA interference. Studies in pancreatic cancer cells clearly demonstrate that metformin decreases expression of Sp1, Sp3, Sp4 and pro-oncogenic Sp-regulated genes, demonstrating that one of the underlying mechanisms of action of metformin as an anticancer agent involves targeting of Sp transcription factors. These observations are consistent with metformin-mediated effects on genes/pathways in many other tumor types.
Re-reading the Religious – Aesthetically: A Literary Analysis of “The Woman Who Was a Sinner” and The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air
Authors: Fürstenberg Henrike
Published: December 2017

Although Kierkegaard is known to express himself extraordinarily eloquently, at first glance this doesn’t seem to apply to his decidedly religious writings, which appear rather monotonous in many cases. This impression might lead to a one-sided interpretation of the significance of aesthetic devices and aesthetic approaches in Kierkegaard’s works. However, close literary readings of his religious writings reveal to which extent the religious texts are not only committed to ‘the aesthetic’ by applying, integrating and contradicting it-but that they even depend on it with regard to their own functioning.
A Promise Kept, a Self Repeated? Reading Gjentagelsen with Ricoeur
Authors: Becker-Lindenthal Hjördis
Published: December 2017

Based on Paul Ricoeur’s concept of ipseity and the role of promising for constituting selfhood as non-identical permanence in time, the article revisits the controversy whether or not the young man in Repetition experiences a repetition of the self. Considering Hans Lipps’s notion of the radical openness of a promise based on solicitude as much as Ricoeur’s “fundamental promise” to be faithful to oneself, two different perspectives are provided in order to interpret the young man’s break with his fiancée. According to both perspectives it can coherently be claimed that in the realm of ethical selfhood as depicted by Ricoeur in Oneself as Another and The Course of Recognition, the young man non-identically repeats his self.
LpSpaces in vector lattices and applications
Authors: Boccuto Antonio , Candeloro Domenico , Sambucini Anna Rita
Published: December 2017

Lpspaces are investigated for vector lattice-valued functions, with respect to filter convergence. As applications, some classical inequalities are extended to the vector lattice context, and some properties of the Brownian motion and the Brownian bridge are studied, to solve some stochastic differential equations.
Direct monitoring of erythrocytes aggregation under the effect of the low-intensity magnetic field by measuring light transmission at wavelength 800 nm
Authors: Elblbesy Mohamed A.
Published: December 2017

Interacting electromagnetic field with the living organisms and cells became of the great interest in the last decade. Erythrocytes are the most common types of the blood cells and have unique rheological, electrical, and magnetic properties. Aggregation is one of the important characteristics of the erythrocytes which has a great impact in some clinical cases. The present study introduces a simple method to monitor the effect of static magnetic field on erythrocytes aggregation using light transmission. Features were extracted from the time course curve of the light transmission through the whole blood under different intensities of the magnetic field. The findings of this research showed that static magnetic field could influence the size and the rate of erythrocytes aggregation. The strong correlations confirmed these results between the static magnetic field intensity and both the time of aggregation and sedimentation of erythrocytes. From this study, it can be concluded that static magnetic field can be used to modify the mechanisms of erythrocytes aggregation.
Application of graph theory to the morphological analysis of settlements
Authors: Szmytkie Robert
Published: December 2017

In the following paper, the analyses of morphology of settlements were conducted using graph methods. The intention of the author was to create a quantifiable and simple measure, which, in a quantitative way, would express the degree of development of a graph (the spatial pattern of settlement). When analysing examples of graphs assigned to a set of small towns and large villages, it was noticed that the graph development index should depend on: a relative number of edges in relation to the number of nodes (β index), the number of cycles (urban blocks), which evidences the complexity of the spatial pattern of settlement, and the average rank of nodes of a graph, which expresses the degree of complexity of a street network.
Food insecurity as a basis for drafting a Strategic Food Sovereignty Plan: A case study of the Kutai Kartanegara District, Indonesia
Authors: Subejo  , Fidiashtry Al , Aryudiawan Candra , Suadi  , Awaluddin L , Marfai Muh Aris
Published: December 2017

This study aims to analyse food sovereignty strategies in an effort to eradicate poverty in a micro-scale region by strengthening its food security status. The research was conducted in the Kutai Kartanegara District East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Food insecurity status in the study area was determined based on nine food security indicators. The 237 villages in the Kutai Kartanegara District were ranked based on four classifications of vulnerability to food insecurity. The results showed that 3.80% of the villages were highly vulnerable, 5.06% were vulnerable, 8.86% were slightly vulnerable and 82.28% were food secure. While Kutai Kartanegara was a food secure district, in order to maintain its food security status and enhance the performance of the villages that are still vulnerable to food insecurity, local government, and related stakeholders must work together to develop strategies to improve agricultural productivity, increase the region’s human resources capability and strengthen its infrastructure so food can be more readily accessed.
Tenuous Inhibitory GABAergic Signaling in the Reticular Thalamus
Authors: Klein Peter M. , Lu Adam C. , Harper Megan E. , McKown Hannah M. , Morgan Jessica D. , Beenhakker Mark P.
Published: December 2017

Maintenance of a low intracellular Cl−concentration ([Cl−]i) is critical for enabling inhibitory neuronal responses to GABAAreceptor-mediated signaling. Cl−transporters, including KCC2, and extracellular impermeant anions ([A]o) of the extracellular matrix are both proposed to be important regulators of [Cl−]i. Neurons of the reticular thalamic (RT) nucleus express reduced levels of KCC2, indicating that GABAergic signaling may produce excitation in RT neurons. However, by performing perforated patch recordings and calcium imaging experiments in rats (male and female), we find that [Cl−]iremains relatively low in RT neurons. Although we identify a small contribution of [A]oto a low [Cl−]iin RT neurons, our results also demonstrate that reduced levels of KCC2 remain sufficient to maintain low levels of Cl−. Reduced KCC2 levels, however, restrict the capacity of RT neurons to rapidly extrude Cl−following periods of elevated GABAergic signaling. In a computational model of a local RT network featuring slow Cl−extrusion kinetics, similar to those we found experimentally, model RT neurons are predisposed to an activity-dependent switch from GABA-mediated inhibition to excitation. By decreasing the activity threshold required to produce excitatory GABAergic signaling, weaker stimuli are able to propagate activity within the model RT nucleus. Our results indicate the importance of even diminished levels of KCC2 in maintaining inhibitory signaling within the RT nucleus and suggest how this important activity choke point may be easily overcome in disorders such as epilepsy.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTPrecise regulation of intracellular Cl−levels ([Cl−]i) preserves appropriate, often inhibitory, GABAergic signaling within the brain. However, there is disagreement over the relative contribution of various mechanisms that maintain low [Cl−]i. We found that the Cl−transporter KCC2 is an important Cl−extruder in the reticular thalamic (RT) nucleus, despite this nucleus having remarkably low KCC2 immunoreactivity relative to other regions of the adult brain. We also identified a smaller contribution of fixed, impermeant anions ([A]o) to lowering [Cl−]iin RT neurons. Inhibitory signaling among RT neurons is important for preventing excessive activation of RT neurons, which can be responsible for generating seizures. Our work suggests that KCC2 critically restricts the spread of activity within the RT nucleus.
Biophilia's Queer Remnants
Authors: O'Dell-Chaib Courtney
Published: December 2017

Evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson’s biophilia hypothesis, that humans have a genetically influenced emotional affiliation with life and life-like processes, for some time has invigorated a prominent strain of scholarship within religion and ecology that taps into the affective dimensions of our evolutionary histories. Our biophilic tendencies coupled with the awe, wonder, and reverence evoked by these religiously resonant cosmologies, they argue, provide occasions for cultivating ethical investments rooted in genetic kinship. However, much of this work that adopts biophilia assumes a “healthy” animal-other and rarely affiliates with the ill, disabled, and mutated creatures impacted by ecological degradation. In conversation with Donovan Schaefer’s provocative new book Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power and his engagement with biophilia, this paper considers possibilities for addressing aversion to animals impacted by ecological collapse through Schaefer’s understanding of affects as not merely adaptive, but embedded within complex economies of embodiment and power.
Rewilding Religion
Authors: Johnston Jay
Published: December 2017

This article follows just one of the numerous filaments that emerge from Schaefer’s proposition and its configuration: perception. The aim in not to purely analyse and critique Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power (2015), but rather to enter into an ‘animal dance’ with it. The discussion-dance seeks to contribute to the space deftly opened by Schaefer in which theoretical accounts of religious affect that exist ‘outside of language’ may be developed. Centrally, it asks: How do we perceive and represent the dance? Indeed, the case studies found in Religious Affects have already proffered a response to that question. This modest contribution aims to further explore how scholars may take account of elusive immateriality — forces, emotion, energy etc. — methodologically. In taking up this challenge the central focus is on the utility of embodied perception and the rendering of such knowledge in academic discourse.
Adhesion characterisation of Portland cement concrete and alkali-activated binders
Authors: Phoo-ngernkham Tanakorn , Hanjitsuwan Sakonwan , Li Long-yuan , Damrongwiriyanupap Nattapong , Chindaprasirt Prinya
Published: December 2017

Alkali-activated binders (AABs) are investigated for their potential use as repair materials of Portland cement concrete (PCC). The adhesion characterisation of PCC and repair materials using AAB made from fly ash (FA) and Portland cement (PC) activated with sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solutions, AAB made from FA and calcium hydroxide (CH) activated with sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solutions, and commercial repair materials (RMs) have been investigated. Test results show that the AAB with additives gives high bond strength which is similar to the use of RMs. Bond strength between PCC substrate and AAB with additives is improved, due to increased reaction products, especially calcium–silicate–hydrate gel. However, the CH replacement at 15% shows a large amount of calcite resulting in a reduction in bond strength. The failure patterns and fracture interface images of the tested specimens also demonstrate the quality of the developed bond strength. It is shown that the interface zone of PCC substrate and AAB is homogeneous with no visible gap between the two bonding surfaces. It is suggested that the AAB with PC as additive can be used as a repair binding material which not only has high bond strength but is also cost-effective.
Performance and microstructure characteristics of self-curing self-compacting concrete
Authors: Sri Rama Chand Madduru , Rathish Kumar Pancharathi , Swamy Naga Ratna Giri Pallapothu , Rajesh Kumar Garje
Published: December 2017

The role of hydrophilic (polyethylene glycol) and hydrophobic (light liquid paraffin wax) chemicals as self-curing compounds to improve the curing efficiency of self-compacting concrete (SCC) was investigated in terms of performance and microstructure. The parameters considered in the investigation were the concrete grade, dosage of self-curing compound, curing regime, temperature and duration of curing. Performance investigations included water retention tests, compressive strength test and durability studies (porosity, sorptivity, rapid chloride permeability and accelerated corrosion permeability tests). Microstructural analyses studies (X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy) were conducted to confirm the results obtained from the macrostructural studies. Two grades of concretes, with compressive strengths of 70 MPa and 50 MPa, were used. Based on experimentation and microstructural studies, it was concluded that the addition of optimum dosages of hydrophilic and hydrophobic chemicals arrested loss of moisture, resulting in improved water retention and progressive hydration of SCC.
Politics of Multilingualism in Roma Education in Early Soviet Union and Its Current Projections
Authors: Marushiakova Elena , Popov Vesselin
Published: December 2017

This article presents the history of the politics of multilingualism (or lack thereof) in regard to Roma (formerly known as ‘Gypsies’). In the 1920s and 1930s in the newly established Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, against a backdrop of proclaimed principles of full equality of all peoples living in the new state, commenced a rapid creation of schools for Roma children with instruction in Romani mother-tongue along with special training of Roma teachers. The results achieved were impressive in regard to the general literacy of Roma communities, but nevertheless in 1938 the ‘Gypsy schools’ have been closed and Roma children were enrolled into mainstream schools lacking any elements of multilingualism. After World War II individual countries of Eastern Europe implemented various forms of special education for Roma children, neither of which however with elements of multilingualism. Only after the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, in the conditions of transition and the subsequent Euro-integration, various singular countries in the region have developed individual elements of multilingualism and educational policies targeting Roma children (e.g., introducing under various forms a Romani language instruction). Sporadically there even appeared proposals for teaching instruction conducted entirely in Roma mother-tongue, which were debated and rejected (including by Roma themselves).
Fostering Social Inclusion through Multilingual Habitus in Estonia: A Case Study of the Open School of Kalamaja and the Sakala Private School
Authors: L’nyavskiy-Ekelund Svetlana , Siiner Maarja
Published: December 2017

After the restoration of independence in 1991, Estonia continued with a parallel school system with separate public schools operating for Russian- and Estonian-speaking children. Seen as a developmental ‘growing pains’ of a transitional state, during the last 27 years the separate school system has contributed to infrastructural difficulties, educational injustice, and societal segregation. This article investigates the role of private schools in addressing this injustice from the analytical angle of new institutionalism, structuration and intergroup contact theories. How do these institutions challenge and aim at changing the state language regime or path dependency in the language of education? Two case studies are presented in this article: The Open School, established in 2017 for children with different home language backgrounds and targeting trilingual competences; The Sakala Private School, established in 2009, offering trilingual education with Russian as a medium of instruction. During this period of nation-state rebuilding and globalization, we investigate whether developing a multilingual habitus is a way to address the issue of social cohesion in the Estonian society in. So far, no other studies of private initiatives in Estonian language acquisition planning have been done.
“Hindi Bayani/Not a Hero”: The Linguistic Landscape of Protest in Manila
Authors: Monje Jennifer
Published: December 2017

This article examines the linguistic landscape of Manila during a protest march in November 2016 in response to the burial of deposed president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). This article is situated among linguistic landscape of protest research (Kasanga, 2014; Seals, 2011; Shiri, 2015) where data is composed of mobile posters, placards, banners, and other ‘unfixed’ signs, including texts on bodies, t-shirts, umbrellas, and rocks. Following Sebba (2010), this article argues that both ‘fixed’ linguistic landscape and ‘mobile’ public texts are indices of the linguistic composition of cities, linguistic diversity, and ethnolinguistic vitality (Landry & Bourhis, 1997). Through a qualitative analysis of selected pictures produced during the protest march and uploaded onto social media, the multilingual nature of Manila is rendered salient and visible, albeit temporarily, and strategies of dissent are reflective of the language of the millennials who populated the protests.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DO CONSUMO ALIMENTAR DE FUNCIONÁRIOS E PROFESSORES DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE COMUNITÁRIA
Authors: Alves Ana Luisa Sant'Anna , Bombarda Taíse Marta , Graeff Daniela Bertol , Bervian Juliana , Doring Marlene , Gonçalves Carla Beatrice Crivellaro , Scortegagna Silvana Alba , Luft Nair , De Carli Graziela , Migott Ana Maria , Dalmolin Bernadete Maria
Published: December 2017

Introdução: A transição nutricional em países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento é identificada por um processo de mudança nos padrões alimentares e estado nutricional.
Objetivo: Investigar o consumo alimentar de funcionários e professores de uma universidade comunitária do Sul do Brasil. Casuística e Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, em que foram convidados todos os professores e funcionários da Universidade de Passo Fundo. O instrumento de pesquisa foi elaborado em formulário on-line, enviado via endereço eletrônico em cinco momentos durante o período de maio a julho de 2016. O consumo alimentar foi investigado por meio do questionário do Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira "Como está sua alimentação?" publicado pelo Ministério da Saúde. Resultados: Dos 2.234 professores e funcionários, 489 responderam a pesquisa, sendo que a maioria era do sexo feminino (62,8%), tinham idade entre 19 e 49 anos (80,7%), pertenciam às classes econômicas A e B (75,8%), eram casados/união estável (68%) e possuíam pós-graduação (48,1%). Destacam-se nessa amostra: o consumo adequado de leguminosas, a retirada de gordura e a não adição de sal em alimentos prontos. Porém, foi encontrado elevado percentual de consumo alimentar regular, baixo consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras, leite e derivados, água e alto consumo de carnes. Conclusão: Sabe-se que a maioria dos hábitos encontrados é considerada fator de risco para as doenças crônicas não transmissíveis e o conhecimento desse perfil na população estudada contribui para traçar ações de educação alimentar e nutricional para esse público, como prevenção de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. Além disso, o ambiente de trabalho deve ser um espaço que proporcione práticas alimentares saudáveis
ASSOCIAÇÃO DA ESCOLIOSE TORACOLOMBAR E PESO DA MOCHILA EM ESTUDANTES DO ENSINO MÉDIO
Authors: De Souza Carlos Eduardo Alves , Neto José Jaildo de Lima , Lopes Clarissa Pessoa , Barbosa Amanda Virgínia
Published: December 2017

Introdução: O aparecimento das alterações posturais em escolares pode estar relacionada à prática de hábitos posturais inadequados, como o transporte de peso excessivo nas mochilas escolares. Objetivo: Verificar se existe entre a utilização de mochilas pelos estudantes do ensino médio e escoliose. Casuística e Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva transversal com abordagem quantitativa, com 152 estudantes do ensino médio de duas escolas, que responderam a um formulário de coleta de dados e foram submetidos à avaliação postural por inspeção estática e fotogrametria. Resultados: A escoliose toracolombar estrutural foi a alteração postural mais frequente identificada após realização do teste de Adams (68%). Houve associação entre a presença de escoliose e gênero feminino (p=0,02), peso da mochila maior que 10% do peso do estudante (p= 0,01) e tipo de mochila unilateral (p=0,003). Conclusão: Houve associação estatisticamente significante entre a escoliose toracolombar e o peso mochila maior que 10% da massa corpórea na amostra analisada, além do predomínio de mochila unilateral e gênero feminino.
DINÂMICA ESPACIAL E TEMPORAL DA INFECÇÃO PELO VÍRUS DA HEPATITE C
Authors: Santos Allan Dantas , Araújo Damião Conceição , Menezes Andrea Freire , Lima Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida , Góes Marco Aurélio Oliveira , Araújo Karina Conceição Gomes Machado
Published: December 2017

Introdução: O Vírus da Hepatite C (HCV) é uma das principais causas de doença hepática crônica em todo o mundo. O Brasil é um país com uma prevalência intermediária de 1% a 2% e com características epidemiológicas distintas conforme região geográfica estudada. Objetivo: Analisar a dinâmica espacial e a tendência temporal da infecção pelo vírus da hepatite C no estado de Sergipe, durante o período de 2007 a 2015. Material e métodos: Estudo ecológico e descritivo, através do uso de dados secundários dos casos de HCV notificados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN), de 2007 a 2015. Analisaram-se as tendências temporais por sexo e faixa etária através de regressão linear, considerando-se p<0,05 e obtendo-se a variação percentual anual (APC). Para a análise espacial foi adotado o estimador de densidade Kernel, sendo as análises realizadas no software TerraView 4.2.2. Resultados: Foram notificados 567 casos de hepatite C no estado de Sergipe. Predominou o sexo masculino (62,08%); pardo (66,13%); faixa etária de 50 a 59 anos (31,74%). A coinfecção HIV/HCV ocorreu em 5,64% (n=32). A prevalência variou de 2,51 (2007) para 3,34 (2015) casos por 100 mil habitantes, aumento de 33,06%. Observaram-se tendências decrescentes para crianças e adultos de 20 a 39 anos, e crescentes, para adolescentes, adultos de 40 a 59 anos e idosos. A análise espacial permitiu a construção de mapas apontando a existência de clusters (“hot spots”), no entanto não foi verificada presença de autocorrelação espacial, apresentando uma distribuição espacial heterogênea da infecção pelo HCV. Conclusão: Apesar das flutuações nas taxas, no geral ocorreu uma tendência crescente da ocorrência de casos de hepatite C no estado de Sergipe.
INTERAÇÕES ENTRE NUTRIENTES E FÁRMACOS PRESCRITOS PARA IDOSOS COM SÍNDROME CORONARIANA AGUDA
Authors: Maschio de Lima Tiago Aparecido , Ribeiro Juliane Freitas , Vicente Pereira Luis Lênin , Godoy Moacir Fernandes de
Published: December 2017

Introdução: As interações entre fármacos e nutrientes acarretam reações adversas e/ou ineficácia da farmacoterapia, além de provocar prejuízos no estado nutricional, sobretudo em idosos. Objetivo: Descrever a taxa de interações potenciais teóricas entre nutrientes da dieta e fármacos prescritos para idosos hospitalizados por Síndrome Coronariana Aguda em um hospital de ensino. Material e Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com delineamento descritivo e abordagem qualitativa que analisou 607 prescrições no período entre abril e julho de 2016, utilizando-se as bases de dados informatizadas Micromedex e Drugs.com. Resultados: Foram identificadas 4.313 interações distribuídas em 61 tipos entre os fármacos prescritos e nutrientes. Conclusão: Verifica-se alta taxa de interações entre fármacos e nutrientes nas prescrições para idosos com Síndrome Coronariana Aguda. Apesar do fato de que alguns nutrientes não são rotineiramente consumidos, é fundamental a revisão da prescrição e dos componentes da dieta pelo farmacêutico para evitar problemas relacionados às interações.
Flexible nasoendoscopy decontamination: a comparison between Rapicide and Tristel wipes, a prospective cohort study
Authors: Gan Yijin Jereme , Mathews Alex , Chuqin Phua , Khoo Ivan , Loke David
Published: December 2017

Background: The current disinfection of nasoendoscopes in our clinic setting is a 3-step process involving Rapicide, a peracetic acid based disinfectant. Our study aimed to validate the efficacy of Tristel wipes, a chlorine dioxide based disinfectant, as a comparable alternative.

Methods: We recruited a hundred volunteers undergoing routine flexible nasoendoscopic examinations in a general ENT. We used two separate endoscopes for each examination, following which a microbiological swab was sent from the tip of each nasoendoscope. The two nasoendoscopes were then subjected to a similar 3-step decontamination process except for the second step, where they were disinfected either tristel wipes or rapicide disinfectant. After decontamination, we took a second swab from the tip of each nasoendoscope.  

Results: Out of 200 swabs from the tip of the nasoendoscopes prior to decontamination, there were 82 positive cultures for the Rapicide cohort and 76 positive cultures for the Tristel wipes cohort. Regarding the post decontamination results, there were four positive swab cultures for those disinfected with Tristel wipes and one positive swab culture for the Rapicide cohort. These were analyzed by the Z score and there was no statistical difference between either the pre-decontamination swabs or the post decontaminations swabs with the p-values at p=0.298 and p=0.174 respectively. The efficacy of decontamination for the Rapicide solution was 98.8% compared to 94.7% for the Tristel wipes with p=0.147.
Conclusions:This study validates the efficacy of Tristel wipes as a comparable alternative to peracetic acid based disinfectants for disinfection of flexible nasoendoscopes.
 
Bilateral temporal bone fractures: a case report
Authors: Natarajan Kiran , Madhav Koka , Saraswathi A. V. , Kameswaran Mohan
Published: December 2017

Bilateral temporal bone fractures are rare; accounting for 9% to 20% of cases of temporal bone fractures. Clinical manifestations include hearing loss, facial paralysis, CSF otorhinorrhea and dizziness. This is a case report of a patient who presented with bilateral temporal bone fractures. This is a report of a 23-yr-old male who sustained bilateral temporal bone fractures and presented 18 days later with complaints of watery discharge from left ear and nose, bilateral profound hearing loss and facial weakness on the right side. Pure tone audiometry revealed bilateral profound sensori-neural hearing loss. CT temporal bones & MRI scans of brain were done to assess the extent of injuries. The patient underwent left CSF otorrhea repair, as the CSF leak was active and not responding to conservative management. One week later, the patient underwent right facial nerve decompression. The patient could not afford a cochlear implant (CI) in the right ear at the same sitting, however, implantation was advised as soon as possible because of the risk of cochlear ossification. The transcochlear approach was used to seal the CSF leak from the oval and round windows on the left side. The facial nerve was decompressed on the right side. The House-Brackmann grade improved from Grade V to grade III at last follow-up. Patients with bilateral temporal bone fractures require prompt assessment and management to decrease the risk of complications such as meningitis, permanent facial paralysis or hearing loss. 
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of thyroid: a rare presentation
Authors: Shetty Shravan S. , Savant Dhairyasheel N. , Lokhandwala Hozefa , Chichra Akanksha
Published: December 2017

Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma (EES) commonly arises in the soft tissues of trunk or extremities. EES is rare in the head and neck region; most having been documented in nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and neck. Head and neck PNETs have an intermediate prognosis. We report the case of a 12 year old boy who presented with primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the thyroid and was treated with multimodal treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The patient is alive and fit with a functional larynx. Major drug regimens use vincristine, doxorubicin, ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin and/or etoposide. Complete surgical excision is undertaken whenever possible to improve long-term survival. However, the relative radiosensitivity of tumors of the Ewing family, suggest multimodal treatment including adjuvant radiotherapy in case of positive margins or poor response to chemotherapy rather than resection with 2-3 cm margins, which would imply laryngeal sacrifice for thyroid tumors.
Rare case of combined laryngocoele masquerading as laryngeal carcinoma: a case report and review of literature
Authors: Dwivedi Gunjan , Gupta Vikas , Singh Inderdeep , Goyal Sunil , Kumar Manoj , Sood Amit , Rajput Meenakshi
Published: December 2017

Laryngocoele is an abnormal dilatation of the laryngeal saccule. It is a rare entity. Patient generally presents with hoarseness, dysphagia, dyspnea, foreign body sensation in throat and swelling in the neck. It is a benign condition, however the risk of malignancy is always associated with it, especially, if a patient is smoker or tobacco chewer. Once the diagnosis is established, laryngocoele are best treated by surgery. We present a rare case of combined laryngocoele in a 62 year old male patient, a chronic smoker, with history of recurrent swelling in neck right side for 2 years and hoarseness for duration of 1 month. It was a diagnostic dilemma as to what we were dealing with, a benign condition or malignancy. Eventually patient underwent excision by external approach. Resected specimen histo-pathological examination was consistent with laryngocoele. Post excision his normal voice was also restored.
A rare case report of Eagle’s syndrome complicated with chronic mouth opening, its management and complete rehabilitation; dental perspective
Authors: Kumar A. Navin , Kumar Bhushan , Dua Gaurav , Mehta Sandeep
Published: December 2017

Eagle’s syndrome is a rare condition of either elongated styloid process or ossification of its ligaments; which is less appreciated and often ignored condition by clinicians because of its vague symptoms which can be easily confused with other oral or paraoral conditions presenting with similar signs and symptoms. Since it is not a routine clinical problem, it is not given the first priority thought while diagnosing such a case; especially in the absence of sound clinical knowledge and good radiographs. This article is aimed to summarize unusual clinical presentations, diagnosis and standardized tonsil-sparing trans-oral surgical approach for Eagle’s Syndrome case and its unique postoperative management. A 80 years old female patient presented with the tendency of uncontrolled wide mouth opening with severe pain in both ears, temporal region; submandibular area extending up to back of neck with intensity on right side. The patient was diagnosed as a case of the Eagle’s syndrome with a unique finding of pain relief on wide mouth opening. The patient was operated for bilateral styloidectomy followed by postsurgical rehabilitation with custom made chin cup appliance and mouth opening exercises. 
A importância instrumental da sindicabilidade do serviço público prestado pelo Poder Judiciário no sopesamento dos direitos transindividuais / the instrumental importance of judicial stewardship as a public service aiming collective rights on balance
Authors: Bastianetto Lorena Machado Rogedo , Costa Beatriz Souza
Published: December 2017

Resumo Este trabalho concentra seus esforços na análise do Recurso Extraordinário de n. 586.224/SP, com repercussão geral reconhecida e acórdão proferido no ano de 2015 com o objetivo de investigar toda a malha principiológica e legislativa suscitada na sentença colegiada para a fundamentação e elaboração da persuasão magistral. O embasamento do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) para a ideação expressa nos votos é a porta de entrada para a investigação de toda a metodologia e parâmetros lançados mão na formação do convencimento dos ministros, bem como das possíveis disfunções e vícios na intelectividade do pensamento. Como porta de saída, o artigo revela alternativas instrumentais para uma melhor gestão do mérito por meio do procedimento visando a um serviço público judicial mais protetivo, bem como aponta a periculosidade do adimplemento conteudista de princípios sem uma vivaz averiguação dos pilares múltiplos de participatividade cidadã. No desfecho, desborda-se o imperativo protagonismo da coletividade na produção da norma judicial e a relevância da ótica de gerenciamento processual. Palavras-chave: Direitos Transindividuais. Instrumentalidade. Jurisprudência. Serviço Público Judicial. Sindicabilidade. Abstract This paper focuses on the analysis of an Appeal to the Brazilian Supreme Court, RE # 586.224/SP, with acknowledged general interest and judgement published in the year of 2015. The main goal is investigate all the principles and legal diplomas arisen in the sentence claimed as grounds for its reasoning. The Supreme Court`s ground for sentencing was examined for the proper identification of parameters, methodologies and approach taken into account, as well as possible faults and vices in the construction of votes. The article aims to reveal alternative ways to file petitions and motions, what could lead to a better balance of rights and thus, to an enhancement of judicial guardianship. In conclusion, the comprehension of judicial activism must embrace citizenship and the awareness by the community of the relevance carried by an effective procedure management, as well as the fluidity of conceptual thesis about fundamental rights. Keywords: Collective Rights. Instrumentality. Judicial Public Service. Jurisprudence. Stewardship.
A adequação do inflexível: a vedação às provas ilícitas no processo penal revista pela hermenêutica pós giro linguístico / The Adequacy of the Inflexible: the exclusionary rule examined through post linguist turn hermeneutics.
Authors: Teixeira Ricardo Augusto de Araújo
Published: December 2017

Resumo: Este artigo se propõe a pensar quais implicações haveriam na vedação à utilização de provas ilicitamente obtidas no processo penal caso se rompesse com os cânones interpretativos do positivismo jurídico do século XIX e se aplicasse a tal questão os avanços decorrentes da superação da filosofia da consciência pela filosofia da linguagem. Há também a tentativa de mostrar os equívocos que vem sendo cometidos quando da aplicação da teoria da proporcionalidade – tal como formulada por Robert Alexy -, buscando sustentar, inclusive, que mesmo com a utilização de tal técnica não há de fato uma superação dos postulados do positivismo jurídico clássico. Palavras-chave: provas ilícitas; senso de adequabilidade; proporcionalidade; positivismo jurídico. Abstract: This paper aims to consider what implications would have in the exclusionary rule if we were able to get over the forms of legal reasoning and interpretation established by legal positivism and apply to such issue the inputs brought by the linguistic turn. There is also an attemptive to show how the idea of legal balancing – as proposed by professor Dr. Robert Alexy – has been misused by Brazilian courts, and, to show that even if the use was correct, it would not be enough to get over of has been settled by legal positivism. Key-words: tainted evidence; sense of appropriateness; balancing law; legal positivism.
Teoria institucional e decisões colegiadas: novos parâmetros de análise / Institutional theory and collective decisions: new analysis parameters
Authors: De Lazari Igor , Bolonha. Carlos
Published: December 2017

RESUMO: Este artigo possui por objeto, a partir de abordagem multidisciplinar, a investigação das decisões colegiadas, das premissas que incentivam sua instituição, dos problemas que podem provocar e dos requisitos necessários para que realmente produzam melhores resultados. Pretende-se, a partir disso, indicar as precauções e informações que deverão adotadas e antevistas para a prescrição de desenhos institucionais apropriados para que decisões mais racionais sejam produzidas. Busca-se, pois, discutir as perspectivas teóricas que recomendam irrefletidamente instituições colegiadas sem a adequada reflexão do desenho institucional dos incentivos internos e institucionais dos agentes. Tem-se, assim, que a hipótese se baseia na demonstração de que colegiados nem sempre decidirão melhor por imperfeição dos desenhos institucionais, e, nestes casos, a agregação de indivíduos, inclusive de juízes, não produzirá benefícios, podendo, inclusive, produzir piores resultados.Palavras-Chave: Decisões colegiados. Desenho institucional. Incentivos. ABSTRACT: This paper has as its object, from a multidisciplinary approach, the investigation of collegiate decisions, assumptions that encourage their institution, problems they may cause and necessary requirements for they really produce better results. It is intended thereby indicate the precautions and information to be considered for prescribing institutional designs appropriate for making more rational decisions. The paper intends to discuss the theoretical perspectives that recommend thoughtlessly collegiate institutions without proper reflection of institutional and incentives of agents. The hypothesis is based on evidence that collegiate bodies not always take betters decision because of the imperfection of institutional designs, and in these cases aggregating individuals, including judges, have no benefit and may have worse results.Keywords: collegiate decisions; self-centered decisions; institutional design
O Supremo Tribunal Federal e a autoridade constitucional compartilhada / Supremo Tribunal Federal and the shared constitutional authority
Authors: Lorenzetto Bruno Meneses , Clève Clèmerson Merlin
Published: December 2017

Resumo: O artigo delineia a diferença entre a Constituição e os processos decisórios a respeito da interpretação constitucional. Defende a tese de que a transferência de decisões de macro política para Judiciário depende da transmissão do poder decisório para as Cortes por outros Poderes e que, após a decisão pelo Tribunal, ainda restam espaços para discussão, divergência e alteração da interpretação constitucional estabelecida. Porém, tais transformações devem ser acompanhadas de um grande esforço político para redefinir a composição dos agentes públicos detentores de autoridade constitucional. Argumenta, ademais, em sentido contrário ao ativismo judicial, a respeito da possibilidade do compartilhamento da autoridade constitucional entre os Poderes. Palavras-chave: Controle de constitucionalidade; Autoridade constitucional; Judicialização da política. Abstract: The article traces the difference between the Constitution and decision-making processes regarding constitutional interpretation. Defends the thesis that the transference of macro-policy decisions to the Judiciary depends on the transmission of decision-making power to the Courts by other Powers and that after the decision by the Court, there are still spaces for discussion, divergence and change of the constitutional interpretation established. However, such transformations, must be followed by a major political effort to redefine the composition of public officials holders of constitutional authority. It argues, furthermore, in the opposite direction of constitutional activism, about the possibility of sharing constitutional authority between the Powers. Key words: Judicial review; Constitutional authority; Judicialization of politics.
Análise da argumentação jurídica em decisão judicial: desenvolvimento e aplicação de modelo analítico-sintético / Analysis of the theory of juridical argumentation in judicial decision: development and application of analytical-synthetic model
Authors: Peixoto Fabiano Hatmann
Published: December 2017

RESUMOA temática da justificação e da correção das decisões judiciais colocou um interesse ainda maior na compreensão das conexões entre decidir e argumentar. O presente estudo parte da relevância da proposta teórica de Robert Alexy para a argumentação jurídica. O primeiro passo foi construir um modelo apto a permitir uma abordagem analítica de um conjunto (unitário ou múltiplo) de decisões. A partir desta concepção analítica stardart é que se destacará a operabilidade de mecanismos avaliativos da estrutura argumentativa. Buscando estruturar um raciocínio pelo método dedutivo, ele tem como objetivo a explicação da construção de um modelo tabular analítico sintético que permita posteriormente a realização da avaliação da compatibilidade e qualidade argumentativa.Palavras-chaves: Argumentação Jurídica. Racionalidade. Modelo de Análise. Robert Alexy. ABSTRACTThe theme of justification and correction of judicial decisions placed an even greater interest in understanding the connections between deciding and arguing. The present study arises from the relevance of the Robert Alexy's theoretical proposal for the juridical argumentation. The first step was to construct a model capable of allowing an analytical approach to a set (unitary or multiple) of decisions. From this standard analytic conception, it will be highlighted the operability of evaluative mechanisms of the argumentative structure. Seeking to structure a reasoning by the deductive method, it aims to explain the construction of a synthetic analytical tabular model that allows later the accomplishment of the evaluation of the compatibility and argumentative quality.Keywords:   Juridical Argumentation.  Rationale. Analysis model.  Robert Alexy.
Baena e Dias: pioneiros dos privilégios atribuídos aos autores portugueses no século XVI e suas consequências nas novas tecnologias / Baena and Dias: pioneers of privileges attributed to Portuguese authors in the 16th century and the consequences in the new technologies
Authors: Drummond Victor Gameiro
Published: December 2017

O texto apresenta uma análise descritiva e crítica sobre os primeiros privilégios de impressão atribuídos a autores de língua portuguesa, os quais foram outorgados no século XVI pela monarquia de Portugal aos autores Gonçalo de Baena e Baltasar Dias, significando mais um importante passo na direção do ainda incipiente sistema de direito de autor e suas consequencias nas novas tecnologias.