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Percepção de Preconceito num Quilombo Urbano do Sul do Brasil
Authors: Gedrat Dóris Cristina , Alves Gehysa Guimarães , Silva Ângela Maria Pereira
Published: December 2020

Resumo O negro, e por consequência as populações quilombolas, em uma sociedade racista e preconceituosa, participa de um processo de (re)construção identitária que passa, necessariamente, por questões culturais, históricas, de território e de parentesco. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer a percepção de moradores de um quilombo sobre o preconceito racial vivenciado por eles. Para isso, realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória, tendo como participantes seis residentes em posições de liderança num quilombo urbano: duas adolescentes, dois adultos e duas idosas. Foram feitas entrevistas com perguntas semiestruturadas, abordando história de vida e percepção sobre discriminação racial. Os dados foram gravados e filmados, para, posteriormente, serem transcritos. Para a análise, utilizou-se a Análise de Conteúdo Temática. Os principais resultados apontaram diferenças significativas entre a percepção de adolescentes, por um lado, e adultos e idosos, por outro. Os adultos e as idosas indicaram não se sentirem discriminados por serem negros e moradores de quilombo, ao contrário das adolescentes, que referiram sofrer bullying por esses motivos na escola e em ambientes públicos como shoppings e comércios em geral. As idosas relataram sentir-se discriminadas em função da idade, mas nunca pela sua negritude ou pelo local onde moram. Entende-se que esta percepção tão diferente entre jovens, adultos e idosos deva-se, principalmente, ao nível de escolaridade mais elevado das adolescentes e, consequentemente, à sua maior capacidade reflexiva. Esta lhes permite perceber por si mesmas aquilo que não lhes foi dito no grupo familiar e que lhes foi ocultado nos debates escolares.
O olhar estético do afeto: reterritorializando o Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Torraca Lia Beatriz Teixeira
Published: December 2020

Resumo Este artigo busca apresentar o olhar estético do afeto como possibilidade para sensibilizar e reprogramar a percepção social no Rio de Janeiro a partir do olhar da Favela. Uma técnica para “fazer ver”, “transformar o ver em olhar” e “fazer agir sobre” através da experiência fotográfica. Uma alternativa para reimaginar a cidade sob outra perspectiva e poder reconfigurar a imagem do Rio de Janeiro e suas relações a partir da virtualização e projeção das imagens fotográficas produzidas na favela, ou seja, um recurso para reterritorializar a cidade. Uma proposta construída a partir do conceito de desterritorialização de Pierre Lévy e na teoria de imagem complexa de Josep Català Domènech, tendo como referência metodológica a Fenomenologia da percepção , de Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
The aesthetic look of affect: reterritorializing Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Torraca Lia Beatriz Teixeira
Published: December 2020

Resumo Este artigo busca apresentar o olhar estético do afeto como possibilidade para sensibilizar e reprogramar a percepção social no Rio de Janeiro a partir do olhar da Favela. Uma técnica para “fazer ver”, “transformar o ver em olhar” e “fazer agir sobre” através da experiência fotográfica. Uma alternativa para reimaginar a cidade sob outra perspectiva e poder reconfigurar a imagem do Rio de Janeiro e suas relações a partir da virtualização e projeção das imagens fotográficas produzidas na favela, ou seja, um recurso para reterritorializar a cidade. Uma proposta construída a partir do conceito de desterritorialização de Pierre Lévy e na teoria de imagem complexa de Josep Català Domènech, tendo como referência metodológica a Fenomenologia da percepção , de Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Interferência do meio comunicativo da criança com transtorno do espectro do autismo na qualidade de vida de suas mães
Authors: Moretto Gabriela , Ishihara Mariana , Ribeiro Marcos , Caetano Sheila Cavalcante , Perissinoto Jacy , Tamanaha Ana Carina
Published: December 2020

RESUMO Objetivo A Organização Mundial de Saúde define a qualidade de vida como a percepção que o indivíduo tem de sua posição na vida dentro do contexto cultural e do sistema de valores nos quais ele está inserido. Ela está intrinsicamente relacionada aos objetivos, expectativas, padrões e preocupações deste indivíduo. Sabe-se que, quando um membro da família é acometido por alguma doença, a qualidade de vida de todos ao seu redor sofre forte impacto. Uma das grandes preocupações das famílias em relação ao desenvolvimento da criança com Transtorno do Espectro do Autismo (TEA) é a ausência da fala. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a interferência do meio comunicativo da criança com TEA na qualidade de vida de suas mães. Método Trata-se de um estudo transversal. A amostra foi constituída por 41 mães de crianças diagnosticadas, por equipe multidisciplinar, com TEA que foram divididas em dois grupos: 20 mães de crianças não verbais - GTEA-NV e 21 mães de crianças verbais - GTEA. Para a análise da qualidade de vida das mães, aplicou-se o questionário WHOQOL-Bref. Resultados Não houve diferença significante na percepção materna acerca dos domínios que refletem a qualidade de vida na comparação entre os grupos de mães. Em ambos os grupos, observamos índices elevados de insatisfação. Conclusão Verificamos que a qualidade de vida das mães das crianças com TEA esteve afetada independentemente do meio comunicativo utilizado pela criança.
INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SITTING POSITIONS ON THE MAXIMAL RESPIRATORY PRESSURES IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Authors:   D. E. S. Brijlal Jindal College of physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Koraith Sneha J. , Pagare Rajani S. ,   Professor and Head of the Department, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy, D. E. S. Brijlal Jindal College of physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Published: December 2020

Background: Variation in the position of the body influences the orientation and length of the muscle. The ability of the respiratory muscles to generate force depends upon its length. There is a dearth of literature about the effect of pressures generated by the respiratory muscles due to the different sitting positions. Purpose of the study: Due to the importance of body positioning in the optimization of breathing exercises, a need was felt to compare maximal respiratory pressures of the respiratory muscles in different sitting positions and identify a suitable position in which respiratory muscles work the best. Participants: Total 144 participants were included in the study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants were divided into age groups of 18-40years, 41-60years and 60years and above. Equal representation was given to sample number and gender in each group. Method: MIP and MEP were measured in three different sitting positions i.e. upright sitting position, forward leaning position and semi fowlers position by using the Micro RPM (Micro Medical/Care Fusion, Kent, United Kingdom). The best of the three measurements was taken. Results: There is a significant difference in the values of MIP and MEP in different sitting positions in all the age groups with p-value < 0.05. In each age group it was found that the values of MIP was better in upright sitting position as compared to forward leaning position (p-value <0.01) with no difference found in the values of MIP between the upright sitting position and semi-fowlers position (p-value > 0.05). The values for MEP was found to be increased in forward leaning position as compared to upright sitting position and semi-fowlers position p-value <0.05 Conclusion: The present study concluded that, there is a significant influence of different sitting positions on the maximal respiratory pressures in healthy individuals of various age groups. Implication: The results of this study can be used to make a good clinical decision about which sitting position should be adapted while giving the various types of breathing exercises to the patient. KEY WORDS: Maximal respiratory pressures, MIP, MEP, body positioning, sitting positions, breathing exercises.
REVIEW OF PHYSIOLOGICAL RATIONALE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS: A CASE SERIES
Authors:   PG Student, PT School & Centre, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Kamat Mohini N , Sonavane Manali G ,   PG Student, PT School & Centre, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Shetye Jaimala V ,   Associate Professor, PT School & Centre, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Geete Dipti B ,   Assistant Professor, PT School & Centre Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Published: December 2020

Physiotherapy interventions have been evidenced to assist early liberation from ICU in COVID-19 patients. This case series of three COVID patients admitted to the COVID ICU, explains the physiologic rationale of physiotherapy intervention in acute care of COVID patients. Early mobilization is seen to help early recovery. KEY WORDS: Physiologic rationale, COVID, physiotherapy, crocodile breathing.
Development and Research of a Profile Recorder for Measuring Deviations in the Shape of the Surface of Products by Laser Spiral Scanning
Authors:   I.N. Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russian Federation, Vasiliev Sergey , Alekseev Viktor ,   I.N. Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russian Federation, Vasiliev Mikhail ,   I.N. Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russian Federation, Fedorova Alyona ,   I.N. Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russian Federation
Published: December 2020

Introduction. The paper deals with the development of a Profile recorder and measurement of deviations in the shape of the surface of products by laser spiral scanning. Analysis of the scientific literature shows that at present, the issues of monitoring and evaluating deviations in the shape of the surface of products require further research, since the use of well-known devices and methods does not always provide the necessary accuracy, manufacturability and sufficient information content of measurements. The research urgency is caused by the fact that existing methods of measuring form deviations of the surfaces does not allow to define a set of parameters with the required accuracy and submit it to two-dimensional and three-dimensional form. Objective: to develop a new method for evaluating a three-dimensional profile by implementing the method of laser spiral scanning and study the Profile recorder to improve the accuracy and productivity of measuring deviations in the shape of the product surface. Methods. The paper proposes a new method for evaluating a three-dimensional surface profile in order to directly determine the shape of the surface of products, to control the quality of the surface of products, regardless of its location. To implement the method, a Profile recorder of an original design is developed and investigated, which provides measurement of two parameters along the Archimedean spiral. Optimization of the design and the method of presenting information for measuring deviations in the shape of the surface of products are performed. Results and discussion. A method of statistical estimation of equations for describing the shape of metal surfaces based on the use of classical laws is proposed. In the case of a flat surface, deviations from flatness are evaluated: undulation, warping, twisting, convexity, concavity, curvature, etc. A Profile recorder is developed to implement the proposed method. The automated mechatronic device and the proposed method are tested on corrugated surfaces. Various equations obtained as a result of statistical processing were compared with each other, and the equation with the highest coefficient of determination is selected. The Profile recorder in Cartesian coordinates is studied in order to obtain reliable and accurate data for estimating shape deviations. The values of the deflection and the size of the corrugation along the height of the C-9 corrugated sheet are determined by laser spiral scanning.
Full-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing ofancient dental calculus (reduced input DNA) v1
Authors: Aron Franziska , Warinner Christina , U Neumann Gunnar , Brandt Guido
Published: December 2020

Protocol for the preparation of double-stranded genomic libraries for Illumina sequencing, optimised for ancient DNA (aDNA) with initial USER enzyme treatment. This protocol generates adapter ligated DNA fragments that can be used in conjunction with downstream Indexing protocols. The initial treatment with UDG (USER) removes molecular 'damage' in the form of deaminated cytosines characteristic of aDNA. This protocol is modified after Meyer & Kircher (2010) Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. (doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5448) and Briggs et al. (2010) Nucleic Acids Research 38 (6) (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp1163) This protocol has been optimised for reduced DNA input, to allow building of multiple libraries from a singe extract.
Cell DIVE™ Platform | Slide Clearing and Antigen Retrieval v1
Authors: McDonough Liz , Chadwick Chrystal , Ginty Fiona , Surrette Christine , Sood Anup
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this protocol is to manually deparaffinize and rehydrate slides for the Cell DIVE™ Platform.
Non-UDG treated double-stranded DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing ofancient dental calculus v1
Authors: Aron Franziska , U Neumann Gunnar , Warinner Christina , Brandt Guido
Published: December 2020

Protocol for the preparation of double-stranded genomic libraries for Illumina sequencing, optimised for ancient DNA (aDNA). This protocol generates adapter ligated DNA fragments that can be used in conjunction with downstream Indexing protocols. This protocol does not include UDG (USER) treatment, in order to retain molecular 'damage' in the form of deaminated cytosines characteristic of aDNA. This protocol is modified after Meyer & Kircher (2010) Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. (doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5448).
(Non-UDG treated) double-stranded modern dental calculus DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing v1
Authors: Aron Franziska , Velsko Irina , U Neumann Gunnar , Warinner Christina , Brandt Guido
Published: December 2020

Protocol for the preparation of double-stranded genomic libraries for Illumina sequencing. This produces adapter ligated DNA fragments that can be used in conjunction with downstream Indexing protocols.
Seismic safety of large-scale blasting in natural stone quarries
Authors:   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Onika S. G. , Khalyavkin F. G. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Gets A. K. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Orlovsky V. Ch. ,   Granit Republican Production, Mikashevichi, Belarus
Published: December 2020

In actual practice, reduction of seismic impact of blasts down to safe level is based on standard technical documentation as well as on recommendations developed by research institutions and specialized agencies. Chiefly, these regulations are concerned with limitation of explosive mass. In the meanwhile, blasting efficiency is governed by strength of rock, various degrees of rock mass fracturing and watering, as well as by different seismic stability of close-spaced facilities, which requires application of different kinds of explosives. This article presents a case-study of seismically safe blasting design and justification for Mikashevichi granite quarry based on the PPV prediction in the basement of guarded objects. The quarry zoning is accomplished by the criterion of allowable explosive mass per one delay interval. The probabilistic PPV prediction method is described. The residential and industrial facilities within the seismic impact zone of blasting in Mikashevichi quarry can experience adverse effect of seismic waves during mining advance, which requires introduction of differentiated limitation of allowable explosive mass per one delay interval. The probabilistic approach to blasting pattern design with regard to theoretical distribution of seismicity coefficients ensures the seismic safety of blasting. The developed chart of seismically safe explosive charges per delay interval ensures integrated safety of all guarded objects at the natural stone quarry, with allowance for closer spaced blasting operations and subsequent mining advance.
Design parameters of dust-exhaust system of drying machine
Authors:   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Berezovsky N. I. , Voronova N. P. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Boriseyko V. V. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus
Published: December 2020

The authors propose an efficient flow chart for devaporation heat utilization with a counterflow preheater series-connected with the main heat-exchanger. An emphasis is laid on mathematical methods of determining design parameters of component assemblies in the remodeled dust-exhaust system. From computation of design parameters for dust-exhaust systems of steam tube driers commonly operated at peat briquetting plants in Belarus, it is feasible to use efficiently secondary energy sources in production of peat fuel briquettes, which can enable the product cost reduction in the industry. Integration of a high-performance bag collector in the dust-exhaust system of a single steam tube drier with annual operating time of 7200 h allows minimization of atmospheric emission (18–33 mg/m3), extra briquette production from 17–20 t of collected dust, as well as resource saving (water—18000 t/year, or 393 l per 1 t of briquettes, power—2.45 kW per 1 t of briquettes). Owing to highly efficient scrubbing of dust-and-air mixture, it is possible to connect additionally a steam tube heat-exchanger to the drier outlet, which allows recycling of secondary energy sources such as saturated steam in volume of 180 Mm3/year and condensed water in volume of 34000 t/year.
Influence of operating conditions of milled peat jet transport on relative sliding of air and solid phases
Authors:   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus, Petrenko S. M. , Berezovsky N. I. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus
Published: December 2020

Air-and-peat mixture in horizontal jet transport pipeline is considered as a compressible two-component mixture with uniform distribution of solid peat particles in continuous air phase. Such heterogeneous medium flow is substituted for a flow of interpenetrating air phase and a quasi-solid phase approximating the flow of discrete particles. Such approach makes it possible to write individual equations of continuity and motion for each phase, but it is required to introduce the forces of aerodynamic interference at the phase boundaries in the motion equations. From the analysis of the known theoretical and experimental research data on jet transport of granular materials, it is possible to identify some parameters such that variation of any of these parameters changes the jet transport energy consumption. Such parameters are: jet capacity per mass of air and solid, Qair and Qs (kg/s) or input-output characteristic of mass concentration, μ = Qs/Qair; reduced velocities of air, Vair, solid particles, Vs, and soaring, Vsn, hereinafter called the flow-rate mode parameters, as well as the size and density of solid particles and the profile of the jet pipeline route. The flow-rate mode parameters are simply registered in the jet transport tests. The numerical determination procedure of the actual operating conditions of milled peat jet transport is justified. The known experimental data on jet transport of milled and treated peat are processed. It is found that the relative sliding ratio is functionally connected with all operating conditions in horizontal jet transport. The change of any parameter or their combination induces transition to air-and-peat mixture flow with various relative sliding of air and solid phases at different energy consumption of horizontal jet transport.
Blurred Responsibilities of Disaster Governance: The American Red Cross in the US and Haiti
Authors: Meriläinen Eija , Mäkinen Jukka , Solitander Nikodemus
Published: December 2020

The influence of private actors, such as non-profit organizations (NPOs) and firms, has been increasing in disaster governance. Previous literature has interrogated the responsibilities of states towards citizens in disasters, but the roles of private actors have been insufficiently challenged. The article politicizes the entangled relations between NPOs, states, and disaster-affected people. It proposes the Rawlsian division of moral labor as a useful, normative framework for interrogating the justice of disaster governance arrangements in which ‘liberal’ states are involved. Liberal states have two types of responsibilities in disasters: humanitarian and political. The humanitarian responsibilities imply provision of basic resources needed for the capacity to make autonomous choices (domestically and abroad), while the political responsibilities imply provision of the institutions needed for the liberal democratic citizenship (domestically). Through this analytical lens and building on the wealth of existing scholarship, we illustrate the disaster governance role of the American Red Cross in the United States (a 2005 hurricane) and in Haiti (the 2010 earthquake). Where, in Rawlsian terms, United States is interpreted as a ‘liberal’ society, Haiti is framed as a ‘burdened’ society. The article proposes five points to consider in analyzing disaster governance arrangements under neoliberal regimes, structured around the division of humanitarian and political responsibilities. The article illustrates how NPOS are instrumental in blurring the boundaries between humanitarian and political responsibilities. This might result ultimately in actual vulnerabilities remaining unaddressed. While the Rawlsian approach challenges the privatization and lack of coordination in disaster governance, it is limited in analyzing the political construction of ‘burdened’ societies.
Barriers to Enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience: Evidence from the L’Aquila Disaster
Authors: Imperiale Angelo Jonas , Vanclay Frank
Published: December 2020

Building sustainable and resilient societies is a multidimensional challenge that affects achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In crises and disasters, civil protection authorities typically use emergency powers and a command-and-control approach to manage resources and to design and implement disaster management interventions. They centralise knowledge, technologies and responsibilities for prevention, mitigation and monitoring, while stifling the capacities of local communities to reduce disaster risks and impacts. The mechanism they enact leads to a poor understanding of the capacities of local people to learn and transform, and of how community wellbeing, vulnerabilities, and resilience influence disaster risks. The mechanism does not strengthen the role of local communities in disaster risk reduction. Instead, it facilitates disaster capitalism at all levels of society. Drawing on the disaster risk reduction and resilience paradigm and on our analysis of the disaster management interventions conducted before and after the 6 April 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy, we discuss the main constraints to implementing the four Priority Areas in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: (1) Understanding risk in its multiple dimensions; (2) strengthening disaster risk governance; (3) investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience; and (4) enhancing preparedness and build back better in response, recovery and reconstruction. We discuss how top-down, emergency-centred civil protection approaches create second disasters, and fail in all four priorities. We suggest that shifts in paradigm and investment are required in disaster management and development practice from centralised civil protection systems to decentralised, socially sustainable community empowerment systems.
Cultural-Historical Approach to Education
Authors: Kravtsov G.G. , Kravtsova E.E.
Published: December 2020

The article raises questions about the causes of those problems and difficulties that occur in modern Russian education, and ways to overcome them. The starting point for the authors' thoughts is the problem posed by L.S. Vygotsky of the correlation and interconnection of training and development. The assumption is made that a lot of troubles and difficulties in education are due to the lack of scientifically based didactics. The current theoretical ideas about what and how to teach children go back to the didactics of Y.A. Komensky, built on the basis of worldly experience and evidence of common sense that have nothing to do with scientific didactics. Studies of prominent Russian psychologists — P.Ya. Galperin and V.V. Davydov, as well as theories of training they created, according to the authors of this article, do not withstand criticism in the light of the requirements presented by scientific didactics. The main flaw is seen in the fact that these researchers were staunch supporters of the activity approach in psychology, which, in a sense, is an example of that traditional psychology that was rightly criticized by L. S. Vygotsky, since its method, historically established in natural science, does not even allow approach the study of such psychological realities that are behind the concepts of human freedom, his consciousness, personality, development, will and arbitrariness. The only constructive path in the psychology of education leading to the creation of scientifically based didactics is seen in an in-depth analysis and further development of ideas and principles put forward by L.S. Vygotsky, including, for example, the principle of historicism, the principle of integrity, the idea of a systemic and semantic structure consciousness, the paradoxical identity of communication and generalization. The gate leading to the correct understanding of the cultural-historical approach in psychology may be the position of D.B. Elkonin that the most important and fundamental for creating a theory of child development is the “individual-society” relationship, which in child psychology looks like a real relationship and communication of the child with his mother.
New Educational Discourse: The Well-Being of Schoolchildren
Authors: Polivanova K.N.
Published: December 2020

The article traces the logical sequence of the emergence of the constructs “quality of life” and “well-being” in the public discourse. It is shown that gradually since the end of the 60s of the XX century, the socio-economic and public sphere is turning to invest in education and health, indicators of well-being are being developed. Within the framework of the economy of well-being, it is shown that contributions to the quality of life enhance economic development. The analysis of the wide-scale PISA project shows an increasing body of data on the well-being of schoolchildren. It is shown that over the course of six successive waves of the PISA project, research interest has expanded from recording academic achievements in different countries to indicators of the quality of the educational environment and then to discussing the well-being of schoolchildren. Initially, the characteristics of the school environment were analyzed as factors that contribute to improving academic achievement. Since 2015, well-being has been studied as such, recognizing the importance of a student's well-being and experiences outside of their relationship to achievement. The well-being of schoolchildren is described as a set of its components such as cognitive, psychological, social, physical, and material. The article states that this turn indicates a significant change in the “education” construct itself: it is now considered not only as a preparation for the future life through the achievement of educational results by the student, but also as a part of the life cycle, valuable in itself.
Visual Methods in Qualitative Psychological Research of Personality
Authors: Shilmanskaya A.E.
Published: December 2020

The article is focused on advantages of using visual methods in qualitative psychological research of personality. The visual turn is not new for the social sciences. Still, this trend is relatively new for psychology. Currently, visual forms of communication have significantly expanded their influence in all areas of culture. This change has led to a rethinking of the strategy of using various visual data in psychological research. In modern qualitative research, visual data is represented by a variety of cultural instruments, from maps, diagrams and matrices, to photographs, videos, collages and drawings. A comprehensive analysis of this problem requires a multimodal approach, representing a combination of different types of communication (audio, visual, textual) and corresponding types of data (spoken words, music, sounds, written words, images, photographs, maps, videos, etc.). This approach lets us set new research tasks and explore new areas, e.g. emotional and bodily components of personal experience and personal changes. The expansion of the scope of visual methods should positively influence the researcher's ethical choices.
Intellectual Development of Elementary Schoolchildren and Their Performance on the Vygotsky-Sakharov Method
Authors: Vucicevic B. , Shumakova N.B.
Published: December 2020

An attempt was made to reproduce L.S. Vygotsky’s study on development of concepts, in order to identify ways that contemporary 7- and 9-year-olds use to solve the task of the Vygotsky’s cubes (double stimulation technique). The assumption about the relationship between the dominant method of abstraction used by elementary schoolchildren and their level of intellectual development was tested. For the purposes of the study 197 children enrolled in 1st (n = 102) and 3rd classes (n = 95) were tested. Our results partially coincide with those obtained by other authors, and the differences and similarities are discussed. Qualitative differences in performance on the double stimulation technique were also found between the children scoring high versus low scores on the Raven’s SPM test, showing different thinking processes between those groups. We discuss the significance for further research of obtained relationship between the elementary schoolchildren approach to the double stimulation technique and the level of their intellectual development.
The ECB is running out of policy space: can fiscal policy help?
Authors: Capolongo Angela , Gros Daniel
Published: December 2020

The European Central Bank is running out of instruments for addressing persistent low inflation. In this paper, we assess if a fiscal policy expansion could help the ECB reaching its target. Using ten mainstream models, we find only a modest and temporary impact of a fiscal deficit of 1% of GDP on inflation.
Determinants of credit ratings: evidence from panel discrete model
Authors: Oskonbaeva Zamira
Published: December 2020

This study aims to explore how changes in explanatory variables may affect the probability of sovereign credit ratings assigned by Fitch, which is assumed to be a binary choice variable. For this purpose annual data of selected developed and developing countries for the period 2000-2016 have been used. All the data have been collected from World Bank database and Fitch website. In the empirical analysis the binary logit model has been applied. It can be concluded that the determinants of sovereign credit ratings can help sovereigns to better understand the drivers of their credit rating.
Technical inefficiency and output scale in banking and industry
Authors: Soldatos Gerasimos T.
Published: December 2020

According to this paper, technical inefficiency unrelated to problem loans on the part of banks, would result in loan expansion, inducing, in turn, firms that rely heavily on bank borrowing, to expand their production accordingly as they can benefit from higher lending. Increased scale of production fosters economies of scale, which can compensate for the adverse effects of technical inefficiency on cost, reinforcing at the same time sales. Production can expand even further if firms maximize their profit by acknowledging their own technical inefficiency in the form of scale inefficiency.
Myoma of the uterus: the organ-preservation treatment (a review)
Authors: Nurmukhametova Elmira T.
Published: December 2020

Uterine fibroids are one of the main causes of hysterectomy. This radical method of treatment allows to control such symptoms as pain and bleeding, but significantly worsens womens quality of life, preventing them from their childbearing function. This article includes the results of domestic and foreign studies on organ-preserving methods of treatment of uterine fibroids published within 10 years. The method of uterine artery embolization, which is preferred by an increasing number of doctors and patients suffering from fibroids, is also described in the article. The search for articles was carried out in the databases Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus.
Fruits of Crataegus submollis Sarg.: morphological and anatomical study
Authors: Shaikhutdinov Ilnur Kh. , Kurkin Vladimir A. , Ryzhov Vitaly M. , Tarasenko Lubov V. , Stenyaeva Victoria V. , Zhavkina Tatyana M. , Rozno Svetlana A.
Published: December 2020

Actuality. Fruit of Crataegus L. are successfully used in medicine in the Russian Federation as a source of cardiotonic substances. One of the sources of raw material is Crataegus submollis Sarg., which is cultivated as an edible and ornamental plant everywhere. Previous studies revealed that preparations from fruit of Crataegus submollis Sarg. show diuretic activity and antidepressant action. Therefore, we consider Crataegus submollis Sarg. to be of interest as a new source of medicinal plant raw material, its fruit can be used both fresh and dried.

Purpose. The aim of the article is to study the morphological and anatomical features of fresh fruit of Crataegus submollis Sarg.

Materials and methods. The material of the study was the fresh and frozen fruit of Crataegus submollis Sarg. collected in September October 2018 in the Botanical garden of Samara University (Samara). The research was carried out by the method of light microscopy in transmitted and reflected light in the light background.

Results. Performed analysis allowed to reveal structural characteristics of fruit of Crataegus submollis Sarg. which included cellular structure of the epidermis, lack of stomatal apparatus in epidermis, presence of cortical pores, trichome characteristics, and seed constitution.

Conclusion. Our findings allow to develop the section Microscopic Signs of the pharmacopoeial monograph Fresh Fruit of Crataegus submollis Sarg..
Methods for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Kidalov Maksim B. , Savchenko Elena V.
Published: December 2020

Currently, the diagnosis of Parkinsons disease is carried out mainly on the ground of clinical picture. However, long before the development of motor disorders, a number of signs characteristic of parkinsonism can be detected. The review of the literature presents methods to detect non-motor disorders that can be considered as predictors of the disease and it also discusses the issue of the laboratory studies of specific biomarkers for early diagnosis. We suggested to use the combination of olfactory test and questionnaire about vegetative disorders as the most relevant solution for clinical practice. It is recommended to interpret the test data as a sign of extremely high probability of the development of clinical manifestations of Parkinsons disease, and, therefore, as a reason to start preventive therapy.
Analysis of orthopedic treatment of patients with stump pins inserts with artificial crown in significant destruction of the clinical dental crown: the data of archival materials of the dental clinic
Authors: Nesterov Alexander M. , Sadykov Mukatdes I. , Matrosov Vladislav V.
Published: December 2020

The aim of the article is to analyze the orthopedic treatment of patients with a lack of clinical tooth crowns by means of stump pin inserts with an artificial crown presented in the archival materials from the dental clinic of Samara.

Research methods. Health records of dental patients and the orthopaedic work orders of the Dental Clinic No. 2 of the city of Samara over the period of 20152019 were analyzed.

Results. Of the total number of patients (142,394 people), 5370 patients underwent a stump pin insert to restore a missing tooth crown. A total of 5802 pin stump tabs were made for these patients. 524 patients (10.09%) had complications. Most complications were observed in the lateral group of patients with prosthetic teeth (62.18%). Discementation of crowns from stump pin inserts was the main complication (53.32%). Ceramic crown chipping from metal-ceramic crowns was observed in 6.46% of all complications.
3D Printing Technologies in Metallic Implants: A Thematic Review on the Techniques and Procedures
Authors: Attarilar Shokouh , Ebrahimi Mahmoud , Djavanroodi Faramarz , Fu Yuanfei , Wang Liqiang , Yang Junlin
Published: December 2020

Additive manufacturing (AM) is among the most attractive methods to produce implants, the processes are very swift and it can be precisely controlled to meet patient’s requirement since they can be produced in exact shape, dimension, and even texture of different living tissues. Until now, lots of methods have emerged and used in this field with diverse characteristics. This review aims to comprehensively discuss 3D printing (3DP) technologies to manufacture metallic implants, especially on techniques and procedures. Various technologies based on their main properties are categorized, the effecting parameters are introduced, and the history of AM technology is briefly analyzed. Subsequently, the utilization of these AM-manufactured components in medicine along with their effectual variables is discussed, and special attention is paid on to the production of porous scaffolds, taking pore size, density, etc., into consideration. Finally, 3DP of the popular metallic systems in medical applications such as titanium, Ti6Al4V, cobalt-chromium alloys, and shape memory alloys are studied. In general, AM manufactured implants need to comply with important requirements such as biocompatibility, suitable mechanical properties (strength and elastic modulus), surface conditions, custom-built designs, fast production, etc. This review aims to introduce the AM technologies in implant applications and find new ways to design more sophisticated methods and compatible implants that mimic the desired tissue functions.
A Short History of the BPD/BPD-L Email List: November 1994–November 2020
Authors: Smith Marshall L. , Marson Stephen M. , Vernon Bob , Cogswell Dennis , Rogers Ogden
Published: December 2020

The BPD listserv is 25 years old. Starting with just a handful of subscribers, the listserv currently has about 1,760 members. Most are actively engaged educators along with publishers, doctoral students, and others interested in baccalaureate social work education. The listserv has become a mainstay for providing a forum for sharing, research, and many other issues relevant to social work education and practice. This article provides the contexts, history, and stories that have transpired over the years and speculates about the listserv’s future.
Impact and outcome of cardiac diseases in pregnancy
Authors: Dabhi Gira , Chauhan Jignesh , Pandya Munjal , Sinhar Rahul
Published: December 2020

Background: Present study done to study incidence, effect of pregnancy on cardiac disease and vice-versa and feto-maternal outcome in patients with cardiac disease in pregnancy at tertiary care hospital.Methods: It’s a retrospective observational study conducted in Department of OBGY at tertiary care hospital between 01 June 2019 to 31 May 2020. 28 cases of cardiac disease out of 8659 patients registered included in the study. Demographic data like age, parity, etiological factors of cardiac disease, mode of delivery, neonatal outcome noted from case records.Results: In study, 32% were unregistered cases and 10.7% had never sought any medical care before. Majority (53.6%) cases belonged to 20-25 years. Heart disease noted to be more in primipara (35.7%). 71.4% belonged to NYHA class 1+2 and had a relatively uneventful peripartum period. Majority (53.6%) patients had rheumatic valvular disease. Cases of Congenital heart disease were17.8%, pulmonary artery hypertension was 25%, Maternal mortality were 2(7.2%). 46.5% women delivered with caesarean section. PIH (18%) and anemia (7.2%) were most commonly associated conditions. 85.6% women delivered live newborns and full term, pre-term deliveries and IUGR were 71.4%, 17.8% and 10.7% respectively.Conclusions: Rheumatic origin is the most common cardiac disease associated with pregnancy. The availability of early diagnostic techniques and reference to tertiary care centre, timely admission and close monitoring of patient and delivery with multidisciplinary approach include specialized cardiologic care, high risk obstetric support and neonatology expertise can minimize feto-maternal morbidity and mortality. Pre-conceptional counselling, regular antenatal check-ups and contraceptive advice must be included in counselling part.
Construction of Internal Quality Assurance System in Undergraduate Level Vocational Colleges
Authors: Xun Haipeng
Published: December 2020

With the continuous development and progress of modern society, people pay more attention to the quality construction in the field of education. The continuous development of education reform, to a certain extent, provides more abundant teaching methods for the field of higher education in the new era, but it also means that higher education teaching is facing greater challenges. Therefore, higher vocational colleges should constantly improve the curriculum teaching planning of relevant majors according to the development situation of modern society and the latest teaching standards of education reform, build a more targeted quality assurance system, and provide sufficient guarantee for improving the quality of personnel training in an all-round way.
Exploration and Practice of the Application-oriented Talent Training Model of the Integration between Industry and Education under the Background of Emerging Engineering Education
Authors: Yuan Hengyi , Li Yi
Published: December 2020

How to train high-quality computer professionals is a key issue facing the computer major under the background of emerging engineering education, and it is also the key to the development of computer majors. This article is based on the idea of emerging engineering education construction, industry needs, and strengthens the integration between industry and education, highlighting Students' main body status, exploring teaching models suitable for application-oriented talent training.
Teaching Reform and Exploration of General Ecology
Authors: Zhou Maojuan
Published: December 2020

In the teaching work, experimental teaching is an important part, which plays a vital role in the cultivation of students' practical innovation ability and comprehensive quality. This article analyzes the existing problems in ecological experimental teaching and proposes new ideas for reform , Cultivate students' sense of innovation and innovative ability, and stimulate students' enthusiasm and initiative in ecology learning.
Application of Balanced Scorecard in Performance Management Innovation of Agricultural Enterprises
Authors: Li Changzhi , Pan Zhongcheng , Weng Jing , Li Pumin
Published: December 2020

With the continuous reform of the market economic system, China’s agricultural enterprises are facing increasingly fierce market competition. The enterprise scale, talents, innovation ability and advanced technology are the core competitiveness of enterprises for occupying a place in the competitive market. To improve the competitiveness, enterprise performance management is indispensable. The traditional performance management system has been unable to meet the development needs of agricultural enterprises. Because of its comprehensive and objective management characteristics, balanced scorecard has been widely used in many fields. Starting from the overview of balanced scorecard, this paper analyzes the problems faced by agricultural enterprises in performance management, and discusses its application in performance management innovation of agricultural enterprises, aiming to improve the performance management level of agricultural enterprises and promote the long-term development of agricultural industry.
Clarice: um estudo sobre o tempo
Authors: Ferreira de Freitas Luana , Gomes Souza Filho Antônio
Published: December 2020

O artigo abaixo tem como objetivo discutir o tempo em dois romances clariceanos: Perto do coração selvagem (1944) e Água viva (1973). A discussão sobre o tempo em Clarice não será norteada pela dicotomia tempo psicológico versus tempo cronológico e sim pelo tratamento dado ao tempo nos dois romances separados por 29 anos: o tempo como deus, personagem e tema. A discussão está centrada em três principais características do tempo nos dois romances: o tempo do tempo em si, a tentativa de apropriação do tempo e a relação entre criação e o instante-já.
Notas sobre Clarice Lispector e a tradução da literatura gótica anglófona
Authors: Lopes Lourenço Hanes Vanessa
Published: December 2020

Este texto analisa três traduções brasileiras de obras literárias góticas anglófonas feitas pela aclamada autora Clarice Lispector. Traduções de Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, de Edgar Allan Poe, The picture of Dorian Gray, escrito por Oscar Wilde, e Interview with the vampire, de autoria de Anne Rice, foram comparadas e contrastadas em busca de regularidades na abordagem de Lispector para a literatura gótica. Os achados demonstram que Lispector utilizou um registro alto em suas três traduções, uma abordagem que, surpreendentemente, pode refletir o cuidadoso uso de língua daquela autora na tradução de diferentes tipos de texto.
Entrevista com Min Xuefei: Clarice Lispector na China
Authors: Ye Li
Published: December 2020

Entrevista com Min Xuefei: Clarice Lispector na China.
GUIMARÃES, Ana Maria Agra. A Encenação do Real: A sublimação em A paixão segundo G. H. e Água Viva, de Clarice Lispector. Brasília: Editora Universidade de Brasília, 2015. 172 p.
Authors: Guerini Andréia , De Jesus Sales Antônia
Published: December 2020

Resenha do livro A Encenação do Real: A sublimação em A paixão segundo G. H. e Água Viva, de Clarice Lispector, escrito por Ana Maria Agra Guimarães em 2015.
Sveglia e as paisagens suíças clariceanas
Authors: Justen Djulia
Published: December 2020

Este artigo apresenta um percurso pelas narrativas de Clarice Lispector através do relógio Sveglia, protagonista de “O relatório da coisa”, de Onde estivestes de noite (1974). O texto teve duas outras versões: “Objecto-relatório-mistério” (1971) e “Um anticonto” (1972). Nestes contos o relógio performa uma alegoria temporal: como despertador do agora. Ela toma outras direções a partir de um pequeno detalhe entre as versões: a identificação do relógio de nome italiano com um relógio suíço. Este pormenor destacado por “Um anticonto” proporciona um passeio por outros textos de Clarice, aqueles compostos por cenas suíças e da primavera. Neles um olhar dialético percorre paisagens, retratos e assim são perfiladas as características helvéticas da neutralidade, organização, previsibilidade, frieza, insensibilidade. Estes traços maquínicos consistem na ânsia suíça de manter à distância os sentidos do corpo, os trânsitos daimonicos e coincidem com a “precisão suíça”, expressão idiomática atribuída aos relógios suíços. Essa dura disciplina kantiana e anestética, porém, é quebrada com a primavera e as irrupções sensíveis, imprevisíveis trazidas pela estação. O encontro com as narrativas clariceanas sobre passagens suíças possibilita lançar questões temporais e estéticas acerca do relógio Sveglia como tempo de despertar.