bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous
forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR)
Authors: Souvannakhoummane Keooudone , Fici Silvio , Lanorsavanh Soulivanh , Park Jeong Ho , Kang Ho Sang , Bounithiphonh Chaloun
Published: June 2020

Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species
characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and
large flowers in supra-axillary rows, is described and illustrated from the deciduous forest in
Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR). The new species belongs to Capparis sect.
Monostichocalyx Radlk. and is morphologically similar to C. radula Gagnep., a shrub widespread
in the Indochinese area, differing in the shorter, straight stipular thorns, larger leaves,
larger sepals and petals, higher number of stamens with longer filaments and longer gynophore
and ovary. Its affinities with related taxa are discussed and a key is provided for the species
of Capparis L. known from Lao PDR. The conservation status of the new species is provisionally
assessed as Vulnerable (VU D1).
Association between Intracranial Arterial Dolichoectasia and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Its Underlying Mechanisms
Authors: Zhang Dao Pei , Yin Suo , Zhang Huai Liang , Li Dan , Song Bo , Liang Jia Xu
Published: June 2020

Intracranial arterial dolichoectasia (IADE), also known as dilatative arteriopathy of the brain vessels, refers to an increase in the length and diameter of at least one intracranial artery, and accounts for approximately 12% of all patients with stroke. However, the association of IADE with stroke is usually unclear. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is characterized by pathological changes in the small vessels. Clinically, patients with CSVD can be asymptomatic or present with stroke or cognitive decline. In the past 20 years, a series of studies have strongly promoted an understanding of the association between IADE and CSVD from clinical and pathological perspectives. It has been proposed that IADE and CSVD may be attributed to abnormal vascular remodeling driven by an abnormal matrix metalloproteinase/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase pathway. Also, IADErelated hemodynamic changes may result in initiation or progression of CSVD. Additionally, genetic factors are implicated in the pathogenesis of IADE and CSVD. Patients with Fabry’s disease and late-onset Pompe’s disease are prone to developing concomitant IADE and CSVD, and patients with collagen IV alpha 1 or 2 gene (COL4A1/COL4A2) and forkhead box C1 (FOXC1) variants present with IADE and CSVD. Race, strain, familial status, and vascular risk factors may be involved in the pathogenesis of IADE and CSVD. As well, experiments in mice have pointed to genetic strain as a predisposing factor for IADE and CSVD. However, there have been few direct genetic studies aimed towards determining the association between IADE and CSVD. In the future, more clinical and basic research studies are needed to elucidate the causal relationship between IADE and CSVD and the related molecular and genetic mechanisms.
Relações intertextuais entre moda e escultura
Authors: Ramalho e Oliveira Sandra Regina
Published: June 2020

Os estudos intertextuais, que têm como objeto fenômenos relacionais entre manifestações diversas, encontram bases teóricas na linguagem verbal. Assim, investigações sobre a visualidade buscam teorias da linguística para aproximações, as quais demandam análises, adequações. Desde os conceitos bakhtinianos de “dialogia” e “polifonia”, passando por “intertextualidade”, de Kristeva, bem como “tradução” (verbal), abordado por inúmeros autores, Calabrese é exceção, pois ocupou-se de tradução no campo da visualidade. Ramalho e Oliveira e Jardim Filho também se excluem, apresentando propostas intertextuais no campo visual. Aqui analisa-se uma articulação entre escultura e moda, amalgamando em imagens de dorsos, nus ou vestidos, o conceito curatorial de uma mostra ocorrida em 2019, em Paris.
La recuperación de los centros históricos durante el Franquismo. El caso de Jaén
Authors: Almansa Moreno José Manuel
Published: June 2020

PRUEBA - A mediados del siglo XX se inicia la revalorización de los centros históricos en Es- paña, especialmente de aquellas ciudades vinculadas con la historia de nuestro país, buscando desarrollar su potencial turístico como pieza clave para mejorar la economía nacional y ofrecer una imagen de modernidad en el extranjero.En esa labor tiene especial importancia la Sección de Ordenación de Ciudades de Interés Artístico Nacional, organismo dependiente de la Dirección General de Arquitectura, cuyos arquitectos son los encargados de diseñar proyectos de mejora y embellecimiento urbano, los cuales generalmente se complementaban con otras intervenciones acometidas en los edificios monumentales por otras instituciones (como, por ejemplo, la Dirección General de Bellas Artes o los cabildos municipales).A través de este estudio pretendemos analizar las intervenciones acometidas en la ciudad de Jaén durante la década de los 60 y 70, proyectos urbanísticos llevados a cabo si- guiendo otros ejemplos en la provincia como las reformas acometidas en Úbeda y Baeza una década antes, y que pretendían embellecer espacios tan emblemáticos como la Plaza de Santa María y el histórico barrio de la Magdalena.

In the middle of the 20th. century began the revaluation of the historical centers in Spain, especially those cities linked to the history of the country, seeking to develop their tourist potential as a key piece to improve the national economy and to offer a modern image abroad.

In this work it has special function the Section of Ordination of Cities of National Artistic Interest, organism dependent of the Directorate General of Architecture, whose architects are in charge of designing projects of improvement and urban beautification, which were generally complemented by other interventions in monumental buildings by other institutions (such as the Directorate General of Fine Arts).

Through this study we intend to analyze the interventions undertaken in the city of Jaén during the decades of the ' 60s and ' 70s, urban projects carried out following other examples in the province as the reforms undertaken in Úbeda and Baeza a decade before, and which sought to beautify so emblematic as the Square of St. Mary and the historic district of the Magdalene.
Los recursos patrimoniales en el turismo actual. El caso del centro histórico de Yecla (Murcia)
Authors: Soriano Hernández Alicia
Published: June 2020

La convivencia entre el pasado artístico y cultural de la ciudad de Yecla (Murcia) con los usos actuales de sus elementos patrimoniales constituye el objetivo fundamental de este trabajo. El llamado turismo cultural, en todas sus modalidades, se ha convertido en un recurso económico fundamental para las administraciones locales, por ello proponemos una ruta turística basada en el conocimiento del origen y evolución de la historia y el arte de la ciudad mediante el uso de los recursos patrimoniales que conserva, dotándolos de un discurso ameno pero basado en el rigor de las investigaciones realizadas. Esta ruta se incorporará a la oferta cultural de Yecla aportando respuestas a las necesidades de los diferentes usuarios turísticos locales y foráneos, e introduce el contexto urbanístico como elemento vertebrador. En definitiva, proporcionar un instrumento que además de potenciar el valor de importantes bienes ya reconocidos del patrimonio yeclano permita dar a conocer nuevos elementos de gran valor hasta ahora olvidados y que se encuentran en un lamentable estado de conservación.

The coexistence between artistic and cultural past of the city of Yecla (Murcia) with the contemporary usage of its patrimonial elemets is the fundamental objetive of this work. The so called cultural tourism, in all its forms, has now become a funamental economic resource for local administration. For that reason we suggest a touristic route based on the knowledge of the origin and evolution of the history and art of the city througt the use of the patrimonial resources that the city holds, ia a pleasant way but still based on the precision of the investigations done.

This route will be incorporated to the cultural offer of Yecla adding offer to the demands of the diferent local and foreing touristic targets. It also introduces the urban context as main backbone. Finally, this route will provide a tool that will allow to know new elements of the great value so far forgotten and left in an unfortunate preservation condition on top of enhancing the value of important properties already well recognised in the heritage of Yecla.
Producing Bare Life in the Anthropo-scene
Authors: Žukauskaitė Audronė
Published: June 2020

The article discusses the notion of the Anthropocene as a kind of anthropological machine, closely related to the regime of visuality. Giorgio Agamben points out that the anthropological machine is always an optical machine, which helps to induce visibility as an essential element of power. Similarly, Nicholas Mirzoeff discusses Anthropocene visuality as a technique which is always hierarchical and autocratic, helping to maintain the visualizer’s material power. Mirzoeff suggests that the biopolitical effects of visuality can be confronted by “countervisuality”, a strategy, which abandons visuality in order to achieve political equality. However, in this article I will argue that Anthropocene visuality should not be abandoned but rather reversed or redirected. In this regard, reversed visuality would mean not the replacement of the aesthetic with the political, but, on the contrary, the replacement of anthropocentric aesthetics with a different kind of aesthetics, which includes a non-human or not-quitehuman gaze. If Anthropocene visuality silently presumes that the place from which it represents will remain forever intact, then post-Anthropocene visuality demonstrates that the mechanisms of exclusion and subjection are easily interchangeable and that every living being can potentially bec ome “bare life”.
Sounding the Arctic in Chantal Bilodeau’s Climate Change Plays
Authors: Balestrini Nassin W.
Published: June 2020

Quebec-born playwright Chantal Bilodeau has been responding to the challenges of dramatizing anthropogenic climate change by developing an eight-part Arctic Cycle, each play of which is set in one of the nations that claims Arctic territory. Sila (2014) immerses audiences into a complex network of humans, animals, and mythical beings crisscrossing the Canadian Arctic. These movements circle around the Inuit concept of sila, which is the life-giving force of breath and voice. Thus, the sonic world of Sila focuses on voices speaking words, on performance poetry, and on the sounds of breath and wind. Bilodeau’ s second Arctic Cycle play, Forward (2016), addresses the long-term impact of Fridtjof Nansen’s polar exploration of the 1890s on Norway’s economy and society. In terms of sound, Forward features multiple musical performances rangingfrom traditional songs to European opera arias and Lieder to contemporary Norwegian electro-pop. The sonic features of both plays stress interdependence across time, space, as well as (non-)human, earthly, and metaphysical realms. Sila and Forward address climate change in a non-universalizing manner which promotes a heterarchical (rather than hierarchical) aesthetic fit for a growing awareness of planetary relationality.
Forms of Touch during Medical Encounters with an Advanced Heart Failure (AdHF) Doctor who Practices Relational Medicine
Authors: Raia Federica , Goodwin Marjorie H. , Deng Mario C.
Published: May 2020

Within a participatory research project, we investigate how forms of touch we call caring touch are enacted in AdHF medical encounters. Through the theoretical lens of Relational Ontology (Raia, 2018), grounding multimodality in phenomenology, we identify various forms of caring touch. When occurring in conjunction with medical/diagnostic touch, especially in situations of a perceived patient’s vulnerability, caring touch facilitates passages from the person level to the organ, tissue, and gene levels and then back to the whole-person level in an uninterrupted movement, maintaining the person-person relation between doctor and patient. Gentle shepherding (Cekaite, 2010) is used to guide the patient body, and comforting touch (Goodwin & Cekaite, 2018) accompanies invitations to enter a space where death is part of living. We show the existential grounding power of caring touch, which constitutes forms of reciprocal sharing of existential experiences in caring-for-the-Other. All these forms of caring touch are employed by an AdHF doctor whose work centers on the practice of Relational Medicine (Raia and Deng, 2015b), in which the starting and returning point is the patient in his/her life. While providing a single case analysis, the research builds from a corpus of 500 hours of recorded medical encounters with 125 patients in high-tech medicine.
Participant status through touch-in-interaction in a residential home for people with acquired brain injury
Authors: Raudaskoski Pirkko
Published: May 2020

The focus of this paper is twofold. It first analyzes the types of touch-in-interaction in occupational therapy in an acquired brain injury residential home, and then looks more closely at the participant status of one specific resident in the context of the touches received and given. Touches are primarily initiated by staff members or researchers, and rarely by residents. In addition to those touches necessary for the practical help that the residents need in their care, touches are also part of greeting and leaving, getting attention, making requests or refusals, and commenting on or teasing others. Taps on the shoulder are considered firstly as a type of fleeting haptic sociality and, secondly, as a type of touch that only one of the residents seemed to be receiving. The taps the resident received suggest he is treated differently from the other residents and more like able-bodied participants. Therefore, his agency, his how-ability (vs. disability) in interactions, will be examined more closely in two examples. A close multimodal interaction analysis of the complexity of interactional situations reveals how the taps were accomplished as a lamination of the material, linguistic and embodied resources (the communicative resources of the resident and the embodied conduct made possible by the affordances of the setting) in the unfolding situation.
Towards the right standards: The intersection of open science, responsible research and innovation, and standards
Authors: Garfinkel Michele S.
Published: June 2020

The introduction of standards in research and development leading to new products or innovative processes can be thought of as a particularly technical approach to framing scientific enterprises. At the other end of the spectrum, open science or responsible research and innovation may be initially thought of as concepts with no underlying technical approaches to support them. In reality as currently practiced, the development and use of standards engages significant non-technical aspects, needing to take into account research cultures or desired societal outcomes. Similarly, open science, and responsible research and innovation can operate using very practical and technical approaches. This essay focuses at the intersections of these concepts to try to contribute to larger discussions in both the research and governance communities as to how researchers should conduct their research, and what respective responsibilities of researchers, their institutes, and their supporters are.
The severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in Chinese university students
Authors: Li Lu , Lok Grace K.I. , Mei Song Li , Cui Xi Ling , Li Lin , Ng Chee H. , Ungvari Gabor S. , Zhang Juan , An Feng Rong , Xiang Yu Tao
Published: June 2020

Objective

This study examined the severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life (QOL) in Chinese university students.

Methods

A total of 2,312 university students from Macao, Hong Kong and mainland China participated in this cross-sectional study. The Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (MPAS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) rating instruments were used to assess the severity of mobile phone addiction and QOL, respectively.

Results

Compared to students in mainland China, those in Macao and Hong Kong were more likely to have excessive mobile phone use. Multiple linear regression revealed that high academic pressure and poor academic performance were positively associated, while male gender, greater interest in academic major and long sleep duration were negatively associated with the severity of mobile phone addiction. Students addicted to mobile phone use had significantly lower scores across all QOL domains.

Conclusion

Due to the adverse impact of excessive mobile phone use on QOL, public education and effective preventive measures should be developed for Chinese university students.
An overview of the medical specialties most relevant to chiropractic practice and education
Authors: Austin-McClellan Lauren E. , Lisi Anthony J.
Published: May 2020

Objective

The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the key medical and surgical specialties most likely relevant to chiropractic practice in the United States. Understanding the similarities and differences in the training and typical practices of these medical providers may enhance a chiropractor's likelihood to collaborate and increase participation in team-based care.

Methods

This was a descriptive analysis to develop preliminary content on US medical physician specialties. Selection was informed by the authors' clinical experience with medical collaboration, along with results of previously published work on medical specialties most commonly reported to be involved in referral patterns with US chiropractors. Data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and individual specialty boards were synthesized through an iterative process, and supplemented by qualitative input from subject matter experts. Data were entered into tabular format for review and analysis.

Results

We propose that the medical and surgical specialties most relevant to typical US chiropractic practice are internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, pain medicine, rheumatology, radiology, orthopedic surgery, and neurological surgery. There is overlap in scope of conditions and diagnostic and therapeutic tools utilized by various medical specialties.

Conclusion

This work describes 8 medical and 2 surgical specialties proposed to be most relevant to general chiropractic practice in the United States. The results may have relevance to interprofessional education and collaboration.
Determination of Adsorption Capacity of Copper II Sulphate on Kaolin
Authors: Aliyu̽ H. A. , Danjuma A. M. , Abubakar K. , Umar R. S.
Published: May 2020

Copper II sulphate is one of those contaminants that undermine the economic, environment and deleterious health effects on people. Kaolin sample from Illela local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria was used as adsorbent for removal of Copper II sulphate and to check for the effect of concentration. The collected kaolin sample was pretreated to remove debris, grinded and dried. The adsorption methods of the parameters onto the kaolin were investigated by maintaining constant amount of adsorbent, temperature and other factors except for concentration. The results from different concentrations shows that with increase in concentration of the copper solution, the more the kaolin adsorbed. From the findings, it was established that kaolin form Illela local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria can serve as an economic, safe and effective natural adsorbent for removal of copper II sulphate from wastewater.
Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Three Species of Mollusks (Egeria radiata, Limicolaria flammea and Viviparus contectus) from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Authors: Felagha I. , Monanu M. O. , Amadi B. A.
Published: May 2020

Heavy metals pose a threat to human health and their presence in specific matrices is anthropogenic. The work focuses on the penetration of the food chain through the ingestion of mollusk proteins. This study evaluated the composition of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Mn, Pb and Zn) in three species of mollusks (Limicolaria flammea, Viviparus contectus, Egeria radiata) from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria and the health risk associated with their consumption. Heavy metals concentration was determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Health risk associated with consumption of the samples were assessed by Estimated Daily Intake (EDI), target Hazard Quotient (THQ) and Carcinogenic Risk (CR). EDI, THQ and CR were done by calculation following standards. Heavy metals concentration range in the samples were: Cd (0.289±0.00 mg/kg - 0.667±0.00 mg/kg), Mn (0.816±0.00 mg/kg - 0.934±0.00 mg/kg), Pb (0.082±0.00 mg/kg - 0.092±0.00 mg/kg) and Zn (4.114±0.00 mg/kg - 8.534±0.00 mg/kg); Cr was not detected in neither of the samples.  EDI of heavy metals through consumption of these samples were within acceptable limits for all heavy metals detected. THQ ranges were as follows: Cd (0.4949-1.1420), Mn (0.000017-0.000019), Pb (0.0401 - 0.0450) and Zn (0.0016 - 0.0066).  THQ values indicate that there is no human risk concern of risk for humans except Cd (in E. radiata). CR values for Cd were as follows: L. flammea (3.8×10-3), E. radiata (4.34×10-4) and V. contectus (1.88×10-4). CR values were within acceptable limits with the exception of Cd in L. flammea. The present study shows that the samples contained detectable levels of heavy metals however their consumption do not pose any form of health risk with the except for Cd in L. flammea, hence the carcinogenic role of L. flammea stands out for its high content of Cd.
A Pathway to Optimise Performing an Emergency Tracheostomy in Patients Failing Endotracheal Intubation
Authors: Smith Wendy , Subrahmanyam Hemanth Kowdley , Watts Phil
Published: June 2020

Emergency tracheostomy is a timely life saving procedure bringing to the fore the expert skills of the difficult airway team comprising the otolaryngologist, anaesthesiologist and theatre team or emergency department staff. Adequate advanced planning has to be adopted in these situations for achieving a good outcome. We present our optimal pathway practiced within our team to  achieve successful outcomes during emergency tracheostomies starting from planning to the use of pressure bag in cases of failed intubations.
Physico-Chemical and Sensory Properties of Wheat-Margarine-Avocado Cake Blends
Authors: Eteng G. O. , Olaitan N. I. , Iombor T. T. , Igbua F. Z.
Published: May 2020

The nutrient contents of wheat-margarine used in the preparation of cakes in Nigeria is low with high fat leading consumers to several nutritional and health challenges such as overweight, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. This research was aimed at determining physicochemical and sensory properties of wheat-margarine- avocado cake blends. Cake blends of margarine and avocado were prepared in the proportions of 100:0, 80:20, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80 and 0:100. The chemical composition and physical properties of the cakes were determined using standard methods. The cakes were assessed for their sensory characteristics using 9 point hedonic scale. The physical properties of wheat, margarine and avocado cake blends showed that the replacement of margarine with avocado fruit pulp in cake production increased the cake weight with no increase in volume and height of the cakes. The proximate composition of the cakes showed that 100% wheat/avocado cake contained higher moisture (11.65±0.00), crude protein (16.85±0.00), crude fiber (2.10±0.09), ash (2.52±0.0) and carbohydrates (57.86±0.78) contents than 100% wheat/margarine which were 6.99, 12.33, 1.44, 2.10 and 54.62 respectively. However, the fat content of 100% wheat/margarine cake (29.51±0.00) was rather higher than that of the wheat/avocado cake (20.67±0.00). The mineral contents of the cakes significantly increased with increase in avocado fruit pulp. Colour, aroma, taste, texture and general acceptability decreased with the addition of avocado but were all accepted by the panelists.

It was concluded that substitution of margarine with avocado fruit pulp in cake production significantly increased the cake weight, the moisture, protein, fibre, ash, carbohydrate, mineral elements and a decrease in fat content as well as a mean scores of sensory attributes.
Effect of Storage on Moisture, Free Fatty Acid and Peroxide Value of Products Developed by Incorporating Modified Rice Starch
Authors: Muttagi Gopika C. , Ravindra Usha
Published: May 2020

Products were prepared by incorporating modified starch extracted from selected traditional rice varieties. The products were standardized by incorporating modified rice starch served as test product group and without incorporating modified rice starch served as control product group. The developed products such as sweet cookies, masala cookies and khakhra were stored up to 90 days at room temperature (25-30°C) and 40 to 60 per cent of relative humidity. The packaging material used was 300 gauge low density polyethylene (LDPE). Samples from sweet cookies and masala cookies were drawn in triplicates for evaluation when fresh and after 15, 30, 45, and 60 days of storage, whereas samples from khakhra were drawn when fresh and after 30, 60, and 90 days of storage duration. The products were evaluated for their microbial load, moisture content, free fatty acid (FFA), and peroxide value (PV). Total bacterial colony count increased as the storage duration increased. No colony counts for E.coli were detected. The fungi colony counts were detected at 60 and 90 days of storage duration in sweet cookies and masala cookies respectively, whereas no fungi counts were detected in product Khakhra. Moisture, free fatty acid (FFA) and peroxide value (PV) of stored products significantly increased as the storage duration increased. The products such as sweet cookies, masala cookies and khakhra, developed by incorporating modified rice starch were acceptable up to 45, 60 and 90 days respectively.
Flood Frequency Analysis for Burhi Gandak River Basin
Authors: Pal Kuldeepak , Panda Kanhu Charan , Sharma Gaurav , Mandloi Suryansh
Published: May 2020

The study is aimed at finding the best distribution to match the steam ﬂow and calculation of magnitude and frequency of flow. In the current study, we have used several statistical distributions to find the best fit distribution for stream flow and used flood frequency analysis techniques to find the magnitude and frequency of stream flow and non-exceedance probability of peak discharge. The study has been performed at Sikandarpur and Rosera gauging sites of BurhiGandak River. Historical (50 years) maximum annual peak discharge data of each station are used for statistical analysis for estimating maximum peak discharge in 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 year return period. In this study, Lognormal distribution, Galton distribution, Gamma distribution, Log Pearson Type III distribution, Gumbell distribution, Generalised extreme values distribution have been considered to describe the annual maximum stream ﬂow. Flood frequency analysis methods were used for estimating the magnitude of the extreme flow events and their associated return periods. For both Sikandarpur and Rosera stations, Log Pearson type III distributions showed the lowest value of K–S and Chi-square test statistic. The annual probable peak discharge for 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years return period is calculated for each distribution. The most suitable distribution for both the stations is found to be the log-Pearson type III distribution.
Compost Derived from Sugar Cane Processing Waste Better Improves Baillonella toxisperma P. Growth in Nkoteng-Cameroon Locality
Authors: Lucien Tchuenteu Tatchum , Zacharie Mounkine , Clautilde Megueni
Published: May 2020

Aims: Baillonella toxisperma P. (moabi) is a woody which belongs to Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to the forests of Congo Basin, and therefore to Cameroonian forests. In Cameroon, B. toxiperma undergoes anthropogenic pressure which may lead to its complete disappearance. In this respect, the establishment of an appropriate technical route for regeneration of this species, which becomes rare because of overexploitation, is a necessity. This study aimed to improve the regeneration of moabi while contributing to sustainable agriculture.

Study Design: A random device design with 5 treatments (control, compost derived sugar cane processing waste, bagasse, molasses and bagasse-molasses mixture) was used.

Place and Duration of Study: Under Bimodal Forest climate in the Central Cameroon region, between September, 2018 and April 2019.

Methodology: The breaking of moabi seeds dormancy, physico-chemical properties of soil and produced compost, and growth parameters (plant height, foliar production, diameter of stem, and dry biomass of plant) were evaluated to determine the development of the seedlings.

Results: Moabi seeds stored cold at 4°C for 48 hours before sowing germinated better. Compost significantly (p˂0.001) increased moabi plants growth compared to bagasse, molasses, bagasse-molasses mixture. Dry biomass of treated moabi plants by compost, bagasse, bagasse-molasses mixture and molasses were 1.80; 1.13; 1.78; 1.40 fold greater than those of unfertilized plants respectively.

Conclusion: The use of sugar cane compounds works as a double benefit because in addition to using compounds previously discarded, we are adding potent fertilizers that act strongly on moabi growth.
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Involved in Daniellia oliveri, Ficus sycomorus, Hymenocardia acida andTerminalia glaucescens Leaf Litter Decomposition and their Hydrolytic Enzyme Potentials
Authors: Babe Grégoire Ndara , Toukam Steve Takoukam , Massai Jacob Tchima , Maigari Pale , Ngakou Albert , Ibrahima Adamou
Published: June 2020

The effect of microorganisms particularly those of bacteria on litter decomposition in the tropical savannahs of Adamawa Cameroon is poorly investigated. Litter decomposition was conducted in the field on the litter of Ficus sycomorus, Terminalia glaucescens, Daniellia oliveri, and Hymenocardia acida, and the dynamic of bacterial populationas well as their enzymatic activity during degradation of leaf litters was studied. For this purpose, bacteria were isolated from the litterof these plants at the initial time (zero), 12 and 24 weeks of degradation by serial dilution method and spreading onto nutrient agar culture medium. Identification of bacteria was done under photonic microscope after Gram staining and the production of enzymes was carried out on specific media. Results indicate that: 25 bacteria were isolated from distinct phenotypic characteristics on nutrient agar. Based on morphological appearance as observed under light microscope, 24% of isolates were found to be single bacilli; 28% bacilli cluster; 16% were found to be streptobacilli and 32% diplococci. For sugar fermentation test (TSI), 20% of isolates produced gas and acidic reaction, 40% produced acidic butt reaction, while only 20% produced H2S gas ; 76% of isolates were positive to citrate utilization (SIM) test; 20% of isolates were positive to catalase production test, whereas only 20% of isolates were motile. The aforementioned study of phenotypic, microscopic and biochemical enabled identification of two genera: the genus Bacillus and the genus Micrococcus representing respectively 68 and 32% of the isolates. The genus Bacillus consisted of Bacillus cereus (41.17%, with 7 phenotypes), Bacillus megaterium (17.64%, with 3 phenotypes), Bacillus subtilus (35.29%, with 6 phenotypes) and Bacillus sp. (5.88%, with 1 phenotype). The genus Micrococcusre grouped 08 phenotypes. The relative abundance of isolates demonstrated that in all leaf litters and soils, there was a great diversity of bacterial isolates at the initial time and then a considerable decrease in this diversity during litters degradation. The genus Bacillus was generally dominant at all decomposition periods of different plant species. A total of 64% of bacteria isolates produced at least one enzyme. 36% of the isolates produced amylase, 56% produced cellulase, 40% produced esterase, 48% produced lipase, while 48 % of the isolates produced protease. This strong enzymatic activity of the isolated bacteria suggests their competences in the degradation process of leaf litter, and therefore, the interest in exploiting them in litter degradation units for an efficient production of organic fertilizer.
Eigen-Solutions to Schrodinger Equation with Trigonometric Inversely Quadratic Plus Coulombic Hyperbolic Potential
Authors: Okon Ituen B. , Antia Akaninyene D. , Akankpo Akaninyene O. , Essien Imeh. E.
Published: May 2020

In this work, we applied parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov method to analytically obtained eigen solutions to Schrodinger wave equation with Trigonometric Inversely Quadratic plus Coulombic Hyperbolic Potential. We obtain energy-Eigen equation and total normalised wave function expressed in terms of Jacobi polynomial. The numerical solutions produce positive and negative bound state energies which signifies that the potential is suitable for describing both particle and anti-particle. The numerical bound state energies decreases with an increase in quantum state with fixed orbital angular quantum number 0, 1, 2 and 3. The numerical bound state energies decreases with an increase in the screening parameter and 0.5. The energy spectral diagrams show unique quantisation of the different energy levels. This potential reduces to Coulomb potential as a special case. The numerical solutions were carried out with algorithm implemented using MATLAB 8.0 software using the resulting energy-Eigen equation.
Mapeando o debate entre os modelos de gestão pública no Brasil.
Authors: Monteiro Lorena , Vaz de Moura Joana TereZa
Published: June 2020

Nos últimos trinta anos o executivo federal, os Estados e os municípios no Brasil oscilaram entre modelos de gestão pública que se distinguem em termos de projeto político, dimensões estruturais, participação social e abordagem de gestão. Enquanto um modelo tem sua origem associada as práticas dos movimentos sociais no período da redemocratização brasileira, e define-se por sua abertura à participação social na tomada de decisão o outro reflete o movimento internacional pela reforma do Estado, caracterizado pela ênfase na eficiência administrativa e financeira, pela questão do ajuste fiscal e do Estado mínimo. Dada essa constatação, esse artigo expõem as limitações teóricas e práticas dos dois modelos, destacando suas falhas, e as possibilidades de se repensar esses modelos à luz das demandas sociais atuais.
Na floresta da cidade: experiências de mapeamentos sociais de indígenas na Amazônia urbana
Authors: Daou Ana Maria Lima
Published: June 2020

O artigo discute experiências de mapeamentos participativos ou de mapeamentos sociais elaborados por populações tradicionais, indígenas em particular, que utilizam novas tecnologias de mapeamento na produção de cartografias sociais. O material analisado é parte das atividades realizadas no âmbito do Projeto Nova Cartografia Social da Amazônia – PNCSA, consolidadas em fascículos que sintetizam o processo de elaboração e apresentam os mapeamentos produzidos por distintos grupos ou comunidades. Foram escolhidas para a análise as experiências de mapeamentos realizados por indígenas inseridos em cidades da Amazônia. As oficinas de mapeamentos sociais com atuação dos indígenas trazem elementos significativos para o entendimento de sua inserção na cidade, de sua apreensão do espaço urbano, bem como de estratégias de reprodução social que a vida em cidades ensejam. Resultam da elaboração dos automapeamentos reivindicação por terra e territórios bem como de outros direitos, especialmente no contexto urbano em que demandas de afirmação identitária emergem. Assim, processos de automapeamento tem promovido praticas de reconhecimento e políticas públicas para demandas de grupos específicos. As oficinas de automapeamentos dos indígenas apontam para usos inéditos das tecnologias de mapeamento social, para seu potencial de elaboração e reforço de identidades étnicas e para o reconhecimento da heterogeneidade que as cidades amazônicas encerram.
Para além do empirismo: policy inquiry na perspectiva pós-positivista
Authors: Fischer Frank
Published: June 2020

Este ensaio contribui para a crescente crítica às metodologias neopositivistas dominantes na ciência das políticas públicas. Não somente a ciência neopositivista falhou em seus esforços para desenvolver um corpo utilizável de generalizações preditivas, como tem sido incapaz de fornecer soluções eficazes para os problemas sociais. Uma parte importante desta falha é atribuída a pressupostos epistemológicos ultrapassados. Com base na evolução da ciência e da sociologia da ciência, em particular, e no reconhecimento de que as ciências "duras" em si não descansam sobre os conceitos tradicionais de objetividade e de prova, a discussão esboça uma concepção pós-positivista da ciência política destinada a abordar a complexidade multidimensional da realidade social. Como uma orientação discursiva aterrada em particular razão, a abordagem pós-positivista situa a pesquisa empírica em um quadro interpretativo mais amplo. Mais do que apenas uma alternativa epistemológica, esta abordagem é oferecida como uma melhor descrição do que os cientistas sociais realmente fazem na prática. O ensaio termina com uma breve discussão sobre as implicações de uma abordagem pós-positivista tanto para um currículo em políticas públicas socialmente relevante, quanto para uma prática democrática de investigação em políticas públicas.
Desafios da Autogestão na Reciclagem Popular
Authors: Van Zeeland Angelique Johanna Willemien Maria
Published: June 2020

Este artigo tem por objetivo sistematizar os principais fatores no processo de autogestão das associações e cooperativas de catadoras/es de materiais recicláveis identificando desafios e estratégias adotadas. Será apresentado o conceito e o processo de construção da reciclagem popular. A mobilização das/os catadoras/es através do Movimento Nacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR), resultou em avanços nas políticas públicas no Brasil na última década. O conceito de reciclagem popular, elaborado pelo MNCR, aborda o modelo de gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos onde a reciclagem é feita por catadoras/es organizadas/os em associações e cooperativas autogestionárias. O 1º Plano Nacional de Economia Solidária (2015-2019) afirma que as práticas autogestionárias estão contribuindo para a emancipação das/os trabalhadoras/es associadas/os. De acordo com Antônio Cruz (2013) a autogestão resulta na construção de novas relações sociais de produção igualitárias. Neusa Maria Dal Ri e Candido Giraldez Vieitez (2013) realçam o protagonismo das/os trabalhadoras/es coletivas/os no processo de produção e reprodução da vida social. A análise das características sócio-políticas e econômicas de 36 empreendimentos de catadoras/es no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, abordando vários aspectos da autogestão como participação das catadoras, processos de formação, inclusão socioeconômica de catadoras/es e atuação em rede, apresenta desafios da autogestão e capacidades potenciais. A análise da experiência de catadoras/es em Gravataí/RS aponta o desafio de combinar a prestação de serviços de qualidade, com autogestão, cultivando relações baseadas em princípios de cooperação e solidariedade. O artigo finaliza com considerações sobre avanços e desafios para as práticas autogestionárias na reciclagem popular.
Conexões entre gestão social e gestão pública, alternativa para a qualificação da oferta de políticas públicas?
Authors: Corezola Fernanda Costa
Published: June 2020

Este trabalho descreve algumas experiências de política pública nas quais se pode observar se a gestão social foi desenvolvida. Essas experiências são associadas às diferentes macroetapas do ciclo de gestão pública no governo do Rio Grande do Sul, em alguns segmentos de política pública, no período 2011-2014. O artigo buscou identificar interfaces entre a gestão pública e a gestão social e apontar para possíveis desdobramentos dessas interfaces em processos de planejamento, execução, monitoramento e avaliação de políticas públicas.

A gestão pública é, aqui, tratada como a gestão da “coisa pública”, como os atos de governo no âmbito do Estado para realizar as políticas públicas legal e institucionalmente estabelecidas desde a formulação da agenda de políticas até sua implementação e avaliação. Gestão social é entendida “como a gestão da coisa pública, não necessariamente governamental, assim como dos interesses sociais, compartilhando o poder de decisão entre o Estado e a sociedade civil” (COREZOLA, OLIVEIRA, ALMEIDA, 2010, p.88). Para que as conexões entre a gestão pública e a gestão social se realizem, tanto quanto o desenvolvimento de capacidades dos agentes estatais, sociais e econômicos que constroem as relações entre sociedade e o Estado, são necessários instrumentos de governança social.

A partir das experiências empíricas observadas em 2014, o artigo apresenta algumas proposições que afirmam a necessária relação entre gestão social e gestão pública com vistas ao aumento da transparência, do controle e da participação social. Estes processos, por sua vez, são tratados como meios potencializadores de resultados mais efetivos à sociedade, em termos de melhor qualidade das entregas de políticas sejam obras sejam serviços públicos.
A construção do Plano Municipal de Educação da cidade de São Paulo: conflito orçamentário, projetos políticos e atores
Authors: Fazani da Silva Ana Caroliny , Fábio Antunes Bruna , Simplício Pereira Lauana , Pedroso Thamara Coelho
Published: June 2020

O Plano Municipal de Educação da cidade de São Paulo foi aprovado em 2015 com 13 metas, dentre elas a que estabelece ampliação do investimento em Educação para 33% da receita de impostos. Este artigo discute a construção do Plano, com foco na dimensão de seu financiamento. Analisou-se suas etapas, estruturas de governança e participação, atores estratégicos e projetos políticos defendidos. O levantamento bibliográfico e entrevistas com membros do legislativo municipal permitiram entender como os atores lidaram com a questão do financiamento e se articularam a fim que suas ideias ingressassem na agenda. A aprovação do plano não é, contudo, garantia de concretização das demandas nele inseridas, mas somente o ponto de partida no caminho para a efetiva consecução das políticas públicas, pois é o orçamento público que indicará as reais capacidades do Estado em garantir as metas estipuladas. Por este motivo, analisou-se a distribuição de recursos, a intencionalidade na articulação dos instrumentos de planejamento e aplicação orçamentária na área de educação no período de 2013 a 2016, identificando programas e ações presentes na Lei Orçamentária Anual (LOA), Plano Plurianual de Ações (PPA) e Programa de Metas, instrumentos que, juntamente com a Lei de Diretrizes Orçamentárias (LDO), definem a planificação orçamentária no município de São Paulo. Como primeiros resultados temos: 1. O percentual aprovado já era aplicado antes do plano; 2. Não houve intencionalidade em compatibilizar os instrumentos de planejamento e, 3. O PME não é fator decisivo para pautar a elaboração orçamentária das secretarias.
The Brook Rearrangement
Authors: Gao Lu , Yang Wenyu , Wu Ya , Song Zhenlei
Published: May 2020

The Brook rearrangement describes the intramolecular silyl group migration from a carbon to an oxygen atom in a “through‐space” fashion. This feature has been extensively applied to develop numerous useful transformations of diverse organosilanes. Some representative examples include formal [3 + 2] and [4 + 3] annulations to construct diverse ring systems, syntheses of configurationally defined silyl enol ethers, multi‐component reactions by Brook rearrangement‐based ARC (anion relay chemistry), and various
umpolung
processes such as silyl benzoin condensations and sila‐Stetter reactions.

This chapter presents a thorough overview of the Brook rearrangement. The scope and limitations are categorized according to the organosilane type. The mechanism and stereochemical course of this process are discussed, as is its application in the synthesis of complex natural products. The literature is covered up to the end of 2019.
Alkyne Metathesis
Authors: Lee Daesung , Volchkov Ivan , Yun Sang Young
Published: May 2020

Alkyne metathesis catalyzed by metal alkylidynes is a powerful method for forming a triple bond. Among different modes of alkyne metathesis, cross‐metathesis and ring‐closing metathesis are frequently employed in the synthesis of natural products; homo‐metathesis and ring‐opening metathesis are harnessed in the preparation of cyclooligomeric and polymeric structures. The scope and utility of this reaction has been significantly expanded by the development of highly active, functional‐group‐tolerant, and user‐friendly catalysts. In this Chapter, various aspects of alkyne metathesis are described in detail, including mechanism and applications in natural product synthesis. The Tables provide extensive examples of alkyne metathesis reactions and are organized in the following order: homo‐metathesis, cross‐metathesis, ring‐closing metathesis, cyclooligomerization, polymerization, and depolymerization–cyclooligomerization.
The Adenovirus Death Protein – a small membrane protein controls cell lysis and disease
Authors: Georgi Fanny , Greber Urs F.
Published: May 2020

Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) cause widespread acute and persistent infections. Infections are usually mild and controlled by humoral and cell‐based immunity. Reactivation of persistently infected immune cells can lead to a life‐threatening disease in immunocompromised individuals, especially children and transplant recipients. To date, no effective therapy or vaccine against HAdV disease is available to the public. HAdV‐C2 and C5 are the best‐studied of more than 100 HAdV types. They persist in infected cells and release their progeny by host cell lysis to neighbouring cells and fluids, a process facilitated by the adenovirus death protein (ADP). ADP consists of about 100 amino acids and harbours a single membrane‐spanning domain. It undergoes post‐translational processing in endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi compartments, before localizing to the inner nuclear membrane. Here, we discuss the current knowledge on how ADP induces membrane rupture. Membrane rupture is essential for both progression of disease and efficacy of therapeutic viruses in clinical applications, in particular oncolytic therapy.