bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Changes of working conditions and job-related challenges due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for medical assistants in general practices in Germany: a qualitative study
Authors: Dreher Annegret , Mambrey Viola , Loerbroks Adrian
Published: November 2022

Background

In Germany, general practices are usually contacted first by patients with health complaints, including symptoms characteristic of SARS-CoV-2. Within general practices, medical assistants (MAs) are the first contact person for patients and perform various tasks in close physical patient contact. Working conditions of MAs have been characterized as challenging, e.g., due to low salaries, a high workload, time pressure and frequent interruptions. The potential changes of working conditions and job-related challenges experienced by MAs due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have not been fully explored. We aimed to address this knowledge gap among MAs working in general practices in Germany.

Methods

Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted between March and April 2021 with 24 MAs. Medical assistants of legal age, who worked in general practices in Germany, and who were continuously employed and without change of employer in 2020 were eligible for participation. Interview recordings were transcribed verbatim and content-analyzed using MAXQDA, using deductive and inductive coding.

Results

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic posed great challenges for MAs, including a dramatic increase in workload, changes in occupational tasks, increased hygiene measures, rearrangements of work organization, childcare issues, and structural and personnel challenges within their practice. Participants described both improved but also worsened collaboration with their employers and colleagues due to the pandemic. Many MAs complained about issues regarding SARS-CoV-2-related billing processes and an increase in unpleasant patient behavior, including disregard of practice rules or frequent verbal insults. Many also did not feel adequately appreciated by politics, media, or society for their efforts during the pandemic. Positive changes were perceived to be the expansion of digital communication channels and a growing social cohesiveness of practice teams.

Conclusions

Our study suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic posed great challenges for MAs. The pandemic seems to have worsened MAs’ working conditions, which had been described as challenging already prior to the pandemic. In order to improve job satisfaction and to prevent loss of healthcare personnel, measures must be taken to improve working conditions of MAs in general practices.
XGBCDA: a multiple heterogeneous networks-based method for predicting circRNA-disease associations
Authors: Shen Siyuan , Liu Junyi , Zhou Cheng , Qian Yurong , Deng Lei
Published: November 2022

Background

Biological experiments have demonstrated that circRNA plays an essential role in various biological processes and human diseases. However, it is time-consuming and costly to merely conduct biological experiments to detect the association between circRNA and diseases. Accordingly, developing an efficient computational model to predict circRNA-disease associations is urgent.

Methods

In this research, we propose a multiple heterogeneous networks-based method, named XGBCDA, to predict circRNA-disease associations. The method first extracts original features, namely statistical features and graph theory features, from integrated circRNA similarity network, disease similarity network and circRNA-disease association network, and then sends these original features to the XGBoost classifier for training latent features. The method utilizes the tree learned by the XGBoost model, the index of leaf that instance finally falls into, and the 1 of K coding to represent the latent features. Finally, the method combines the latent features from the XGBoost with the original features to train the final model for predicting the association between the circRNA and diseases.

Results

The tenfold cross-validation results of the XGBCDA method illustrate that the area under the ROC curve reaches 0.9860. In addition, the method presents a striking performance in the case studies of colorectal cancer, gastric cancer and cervical cancer.

Conclusion

With fabulous performance in predicting potential circRNA-disease associations, the XGBCDA method has the promising ability to assist biomedical researchers in terms of circRNA-disease association prediction.
Research and implementation interactions in a social accountability study: utilizing guidance for conducting process evaluations of complex interventions
Authors: Cordero Joanna Paula , Mochache Vernon , Boydell Victoria , Addah Mary Awelana , McMullen Heather , Monyo Alice , Mrema Sigilbert , Nai Dela , Shamba Donat , Steyn Petrus S.
Published: November 2022

Background

In recent years, researchers and evaluators have made efforts to identify and use appropriate and innovative research designs that account for the complexity in studying social accountability. The relationship between the researchers and those implementing the activities and how this impacts the study have received little attention. In this paper, we reflect on how we managed the relationship between researchers and implementers using the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) guidance on process evaluation of a complex intervention.

Main body

The MRC guidance focuses on three areas of interaction between researchers and stakeholders involved in developing and delivering the intervention: (i) working with program developers and implementers; (ii) communication of emerging findings between researchers/evaluators and implementers; and (iii) overlapping roles of the intervention and research/evaluation. We summarize how the recommendations for each of the three areas were operationalized in the Community and Provider driven Social Accountability Intervention (CaPSAI) Project and provide reflections based on experience. We co-developed various tools, including standard operating procedures, contact lists, and manuals. Activities such as training sessions, regular calls, and meetings were also conducted to enable a good working relationship between the different partners.

Conclusions

Studying social accountability requires the collaboration of multiple partners that need to be planned to ensure a good working relationship while safeguarding both the research and intervention implementation. The MRC guidance is a useful tool for making interaction issues explicit and establishing procedures. Planning procedures for dealing with research and implementers’ interactions could be more comprehensive and better adapted to social accountability interventions if both researchers and implementers are involved. There is a need for social accountability research to include clear statements explaining the nature and types of relationships between researchers and implementers involved in the intervention.
The evolvement of trust in response to the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants in Norway
Authors: Herrero-Arias Raquel , Ortiz-Barreda Gaby , Czapka Elżbieta , Diaz Esperanza
Published: November 2022

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound consequences for the world’s population, particularly for vulnerable groups like migrants who face barriers to healthcare access. Trust in authorities is crucial to any crisis management strategy implemented by a government. However, trust in authorities is linked to trust in other areas of life and it evolves during a crisis. This study explores migrants’ trust in the Norwegian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews from April to May 2020 with migrants from Somalia (10), Syria (15), Sri Lanka (10), Chile (10) and Poland (10) who were living in Norway. Interviews were conducted via telephone and in participants’ mother tongue. Data were analysed thematically using the systematic text condensation method.

Results

Trust was established at four levels: (i) in the personal sphere, (ii) in Norwegian society in general, (iii) in the Norwegian authorities’ management of the pandemic, and (iv) in the transnational sphere. Trust was deeply rooted in relationships with individuals, groups and entities, across countries. High trust in authorities emerged in the accounts of participants who felt they were taken care of in the diverse relationships they established in Norway, particularly during the crisis.

Conclusion

Pandemics create more vulnerability but also opportunities for trust-building. Trust-building can be fostered through relationships in the host country that provide the foundation for migrants to feel included. Healthcare providers are in a position from which they can nurture trust as they can build relationships with migrants over time.
Evolutionary analysis of Babesia vulpes and Babesia microti-like parasites
Authors: Lee Sanghyun , Hong Yeonchul , Chung Dong-Il , Jang Hyung-Kwan , Goo Youn-Kyoung , Xuan Xuenan
Published: November 2022

Background

The Babesia microti-like parasite is an emerging tick-borne piroplasm that has been detected in a range of hosts worldwide. Babesia vulpes, which is found in dogs and foxes, has been reclassified from B. microti-like parasites. The relationships among these B. microti-like parasites and B. vulpes with respect to host range and geographical origin have not been elucidated.

Methods

Blood samples were collected from 27 raccoon dogs in South Korea and used to screen for B. microti-like parasites based on a PCR assay targeting the 18S rRNA gene of Babesia. For comparative purposes, in addition to 18S rRNA sequences from nine raccoon dogs, we also analyzed 18S rRNA sequences from B. microti-like parasites infecting hosts in different geographical regions worldwide obtained from the GenBank database, giving 123 sequences in total. The genetic variation and evolutionary relationships among these sequences were examined based on analyses using DnaSP, MEGA, Arlequine, and BEAST software.

Results

Babesia microti-like parasites were identified in nine raccoon dogs and found to be related to B. vulpes obtained from Spanish dogs. Among the 123 sequences from 14 countries and various hosts, we identified 43 haplotypes with high genetic variance. Based on the genetic variance and phylogenetic analyses, we established that the B. microti-like parasites isolated in different geographical regions and from hosts belonging to five orders showed higher among-population variation than within-population variation. Babesia vulpes parasites infecting carnivore hosts, including raccoon dogs, foxes, skunks and dogs, appear to be genetically distinct from B. microti-like parasites infecting hosts belonging to the other orders.

Conclusions

Our study demonstrated the genetic variation and evolutionary relationships among 18S rRNA sequences obtained from blood samples collected from various hosts and different geographical regions. Babesia vulpes was identified from raccoon dogs in South Korea. In addition, higher genetic variations were observed among populations of different hosts and geographical origins and, in particular, low connectivity was observed among host populations in the order Carnivora and those in other orders. These results suggest the B. vulpes, a piroplasmid species pathogenic in domestic dogs and wild canines, is genetically and evolutionarily different from B. microti-like parasites.

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Noncontiguous multifocal Brucella spondylodiscitis with paravertebral abscess: a case report
Authors: Gerges Sarah , Khoury Alessandro , Hallit Souheil , Hoyek Fadi , Hallit Rabih
Published: November 2022

Background

Human brucellosis is the most frequently contracted zoonotic infection worldwide. Although being an old disease that carries minimal risks of mortality, it remains a source of considerable sequelae and disability. However, noncontiguous multifocal spinal involvement is an exceptional presentation of brucellosis; additionally, an associated paravertebral abscess is extremely rare.

Case presentation

This paper focuses on a 67-year-old Lebanese woman with noncontiguous multifocal Brucella spondylodiscitis, involving the T12–L1 and L3–L4 segments, with paravertebral abscess formation. She presented with a 3-week history of acute severe lumbar back pain, radiating to the lower extremities and associated with impaired mobility and lower extremity weakness. The patient complained of night sweating but had no fever. No lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, or splenomegaly could be observed. She had painful percussion of the lumbar spine, painful passive mobilization, and paravertebral tenderness, yet her neurological examination was completely normal. BrucellaCapt test was positive at a titer of 1/5120 (reference range 1/180). The patient was treated with an inpatient regimen for 2 weeks, which was followed by an outpatient oral antibiotic regimen with doxycycline, rifampin, and ciprofloxacin to complete a total treatment duration of 3 months. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed at the end of the treatment and showed a complete resolution of the paravertebral abscess.

Conclusion

Noncontiguous multifocal Brucella spondylodiscitis with paravertebral abscess is an extremely rare presentation. It may be effectively managed by antibiotic therapy, without surgery or drainage, in the absence of neurological complications. Nonetheless, the principal challenge to an efficient management is establishing the diagnosis of Brucella in the first place. In endemic countries, a strong suspicion of spinal involvement of brucellosis should be elicited in front of back pain presentations—even in the absence of fever and other related symptoms.
Localization and movement of Tregs in gastrointestinal tract: a systematic review
Authors: Harada Yosuke , Miyamoto Kentaro , Chida Akihiko , Okuzawa Anna Tojo , Yoshimatsu Yusuke , Kudo Yumi , Sujino Tomohisa
Published: November 2022

Background

The intestine is rich in food-derived and microbe-derived antigens. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are an essential T-cell population that prevents systemic autoimmune diseases and inhibits inflammation by encountering antigens. Previously, it was reported that the functional loss of Tregs induces systemic inflammation, including inflammatory bowel disease and graft-versus-host disease in human and murine models. However, there is a dearth of information about how Tregs localize in different tissues and suppress effector cells.

Main body

The development of Tregs and their molecular mechanism in the digestive tract have been elucidated earlier using murine genetic models, infectious models, and human samples. Tregs suppress immune and other nonimmune cells through direct effect and cytokine production. The recent development ofin vivoimaging technology allows us to visualize how Tregs localize and move in the settings of inflammation and homeostasis. This is important because, according to a recent report, Treg characterization and function are regulated by their location. Tregs located in the proximal intestine and its draining lymph nodes induce tolerance against food antigens, and those located in the distal intestine suppress the inflammation induced by microbial antigens. Taken together, various Tregs are induced in a location-specific manner in the gastrointestinal tract and influence the homeostasis of the gut.

Conclusion

In this review, we summarize how Tregs are induced in the digestive tract and the application ofin vivoTreg imaging to elucidate immune homeostasis in the digestive tract.
Development and Validation of a Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score on the Basis of Genetic Ancestry Composition
Authors: Hughes Elisha , Wagner Susanne , Pruss Dmitry , Bernhisel Ryan , Probst Braden , Abkevich Victor , Simmons Timothy , Hullinger Brooke , Judkins Thaddeus , Rosenthal Eric , Roa Benjamin , Domchek Susan M. , Eng Charis , Garber Judy , Gary Monique , Klemp Jennifer , Mukherjee Semanti , Offit Kenneth , Olopade Olufunmilayo I. , Vijai Joseph , Weitzel Jeffrey N. , Whitworth Pat , Yehia Lamis , Gordon Ora , Pederson Holly , Kurian Allison , Slavin Thomas P. , Gutin Alexander , Lanchbury Jerry S.
Published: November 2022

PURPOSE

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for breast cancer (BC) risk stratification have been developed primarily in women of European ancestry. Their application to women of non-European ancestry has lagged because of the lack of a formal approach to incorporate genetic ancestry and ancestry-dependent variant frequencies and effect sizes. Here, we propose a multiple-ancestry PRS (MA-PRS) that addresses these issues and may be useful in the development of equitable PRSs across other cancers and common diseases.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Women referred for hereditary cancer testing were divided into consecutive cohorts for development (n = 189,230) and for independent validation (n = 89,126). Individual genetic composition as fractions of three reference ancestries (African, East Asian, and European) was determined from ancestry-informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms. The MA-PRS is a combination of three ancestry-specific PRSs on the basis of genetic ancestral composition. Stratification of risk was evaluated by multivariable logistic regression models controlling for family cancer history. Goodness-of-fit analysis compared expected with observed relative risks by quantiles of the MA-PRS distribution.

RESULTS

In independent validation, the MA-PRS was significantly associated with BC risk in the full cohort (odds ratio, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.40 to 1.46; P = 8.6 × 10–308) and within each major ancestry. The top decile of the MA-PRS consistently identified patients with two-fold increased risk of developing BC. Goodness-of-fit tests showed that the MA-PRS was well calibrated and predicted BC risk accurately in the tails of the distribution for both European and non-European women.

CONCLUSION

The MA-PRS uses genetic ancestral composition to expand the utility of polygenic risk prediction to non-European women. Inclusion of genetic ancestry in polygenic risk prediction presents an opportunity for more personalized treatment decisions for women of varying and mixed ancestries.
Gauge invariance of the local phase in the Aharonov-Bohm interference: Quantum electrodynamic approach
Authors: Kang Kicheon
Published: November 2022

In the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, interference fringes are observed for a charged particle in the absence of the local overlap with the external electromagnetic field. This notion of the apparent “nonlocality” of the interaction or the significant role of the potential have recently been challenged and are under debate. The quantum electrodynamic approach provides a microscopic picture of the characteristics of the interaction between a charge and an external field. We explicitly show the gauge invariance of the local phase shift in the magnetic AB effect, which is in contrast to the results obtained using the usual semiclassical vector potential. Our study can resolve the issue of the locality in the magnetic AB effect. However, the problem is not solved in the same way in the electric counterpart wherein virtual scalar photons play an essential role.
Crisis and Transition
Authors: Noys Benjamin
Published: November 2022

The work of the late Foucault, especially the turn to the care of the self and the problem of subjectivity, has often been regarded as a narcissistic withdrawal from politics. This essay argues that such a charge ignores how Foucault was responding to arguments highly critical of individualism developed in the late 1970s, especially Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism (1979). Not only was Foucault concerned with rehabilitating a notion of individualism; his historical reconstruction of the care of the self emphasized that this philosophical practice was not a withdrawal from public space but a new way of conceiving ethics and politics. Focusing on the issues of crisis and transition, this essay reconstructs Foucault’s historical reflections on Greek and Roman practices of the care of the self as mediated responses to the crisis of politics in the late 1970s and as reconceptualizations of the practice of philosophy. In particular, Foucault’s late work is read as the attempt to construct or reconstruct a sense of the vocation of philosophy. The philosophical vocation developed by Foucault is one concerned with the intensification of experience within the subject, conceived of as the possibility for a new engagement with the world.
The Will to Strategy
Authors: Walker Gavin
Published: November 2022

We can detect two great or overarching thematics in Foucault’s work: through the publication of the first volume of the History of Sexuality a general interest in the modes of discipline according to which individuals are formed in accordance with the social order; and from 1980 onwards, a newly practical-political orientation tasked with an interventionist mandate—the practice of ‘truth-telling’, ‘political spirituality’, and an ethics of the ‘care of the self’, a self-transformation through revolution. But in between these periods and problematics lies a peculiar moment between 1976 and 1979. During this moment, Foucault will publish no major works to rival his extraordinary output of the late 60s-early 70s. It is a period characterized by a turn in thought towards political economy, but also to a certain Marx. The relationship of Foucault to Marx (and to Marxism) is unsettled, and in some ways, cannot be settled. It is an open problematic for us. This interregnum entails two theoretical developments of note: first, intense forms of intervention around Marx’s thought outside France (specifically in Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Iran). Second, a wager on new, affirmative possibilities of politics not solely located within the earlier genealogical form of inquiry.
Multidisciplinary digital methodologies for documentation and preservation of immovable Archaeological heritage in the Khovd River Valley, Western Mongolia
Authors: Fisher Michael T. , Jurkenas Dovydas , Jambajantsan Amina , Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan , Nasan-Ochir Eredene-Ochir , Gelegdorj Eregzen , Chuluunbat Munkhbayar , Petraglia Michael , Boivin Nicole
Published: November 2022

Background: The archaeological and ethnographic heritages of Mongolia reflect a multi-millennial continuity of typically mobile-pastoral occupations across sparsely populated, environmentally diverse landscapes, but the threats of modernisation and industrialisation to those heritages are nevertheless present and substantial. The construction of the Erdeneburen Hydroelectric Dam on the Khovd River in western Mongolia is planned to submerge hundreds of archaeological features and jeopardise at least another thousand.

Methods: The Mongolian Archaeology Project: Surveying the Steppes, in collaboration with the Mongolian Institute of Archaeology, integrates a variety of digital techniques including GIS (geographic information systems), Machine Learning automated site detection, drone mapping, and Structure-from-Motion LiDAR scanning to document the endangered archaeology. This paper presents the resulting dataset of archaeological features across three different impact zones associated with the dam construction and evaluates the degree of efficacy of the initial data integration strategy through informal partner feedback and self-assessment.

Results: While only approximately 20% of the documented sites fall within the planned flood zone, the remaining sites will be subjected to collateral threats such as industrial and infrastructural development that will necessitate extended monitoring, both temporally and spatially. In consideration of these results, this paper argues that a ‘responsive’ mode of heritage disaster intervention can bridge the gap between ‘reactive’ and ‘proactive’ modes, but requires development of an integrated (digital) methodology.

Conclusions: The paper concludes by offering a new, more interconnected ‘transmethodology’ that addresses spatiality, sub-sampling, data reuse, and community input across multiple disciplines such as cultural heritage preservation, salvage archaeology, computer vision, and community archaeology. The authors developed this ‘transmethodology’ and the resulting workflows out of a theoretical framework that considers principles of Symmetrical Archaeology, Resilience Humanitarianism, and the CARE standard for inclusive data management (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, and Ethics).
Epidemiology of first cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, from March to April 2020, in Gabon
Authors: LEKANA-DOUKI Sonia Etenna , N'DILIMABAKA Nadine , MBONGO-KAMA Elvire , KANDET YATTARA Marisca , MINTSA NDONG Armel , NGONGA DIKONGO Audrey Michel , ANDEKO Julia Cyrielle , ZONG MINKO Ornella , KOUMBA MAVOUNGOU Danielle Styvie , DIANE Abdoulaye , MABIKA MABIKA Arsene , NDONG MEBALEY Telstar , NDJANGANGOYE Nal Kennedy , BANGA MVE-ELLA Octavie , BOHOU KOMBILA Linda , MANGOMBI PAMBOU Joa Braithe , ENGONE ONDO Jeordy Dimitri , MAGANGA Gael Darren , LEKANA-DOUKI Jean-Bernard
Published: November 2022

Background

After the first cases of coronaviruses disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China in January 2020, the epidemic spread around the world. Few data are available from Central Africa. We conducted a study to monitor this emerging disease in Gabon, a Central Africa country.

Methods

In order to set up an epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 in Gabon, we led molecular investigations on nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal samples from the 1161 first suspected cases of COVID-19. A Reverse Ttranscriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) was performed using primers and probes targeted the E gene and polymerase gene according to the kit Tib-Molbiol.

Results

We diagnosed the first case of COVID-19 on March, 12 2020. Among those suspected cases, 83 were confirmed cases. There was no significant difference in prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 between age groups (p = 0.14). Seventy-three percent were asymptomatic. The viral loads were significantly higher in the nasopharyngeal samples than in the oropharyngeal samples (p=0.03). There was no significant difference in viral loads between age groups (p=0.9895) and no correlation between clinical symptoms and viral loads (p=0.06042).

Conclusion

In conclusion, this study provides the first molecular data from Gabon concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed that most of the infected people were asymptomatic. The viral load was higher in the nasopharyngeal samples.
Vortioxetine – pharmacological properties and use in mood disorders. The current state of knowledge
Authors: Krupa Anna Julia , Wojtasik-Bakalarz Krzysztof , Siwek Marcin
Published: November 2022

Wortioksetyna jest lekiem przeciwdepresyjnym o unikatowym profilu działań receptorowych. Zakres aktywności farmakodynamicznej wortioksetyny wiąże się nie tylko z modulacją przekaźnictwa serotoninergicznego, ale także noradrenergicznego i dopaminergicznego. Jednocześnie charakterystyka farmakokinetyczna leku warunkuje jego wysoką tolerancję i bezpieczeństwo, które obserwowano także wśród pacjentów w podeszłym wieku lub u osób obciążonych schorzeniami somatycznymi. Celem tej pracy jest podsumowanie wiedzy pochodzącej z najnowszych badań oceniających efekty leczenia wortioksetyną. Skuteczność wortioksetyny w terapii depresji potwierdzono w wielu badaniach otwartych, randomizowanych próbach z grupą kontrolą oraz ich metaanalizach. Najnowsze badania wskazują ponadto, że lek ten pozwala chorym z depresją nie tylko na osiągnięcie remisji objawowej, ale także na uzyskanie poprawy hedonii oraz funkcjonowania poznawczego i zawodowego. Opisywano także badania potwierdzające skuteczność wortioksetyny w leczeniu osób, które doświadczyły traumy, pacjentów z depresją w przebiegu choroby dwubiegunowej, a także chorych w wieku podeszłym. Wortioksetyna charakteryzuje się korzystnym profilem tolerancji, rzadko powodując poważne działania niepożądane i wysokim bezpieczeństwem terapii.
Influence of gluten-free diet on mood disorders and symptomps of depression
Authors: Wicha Katarzyna , Pokarowska Aleksandra
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Gluten is a complex substance which is a main storage of grains. It can be found in wheat, rye and barley. It is necessary to exclude products high in gluten in patients suffering from such conditions as: celiac disease (CD), wheat allergy or non-celiac gluten sensitivity. However, nowadays it is becoming more common that people not suffering from any above conditions decide to convert to gluten-free diet.

Objective: To assess the influence of the gluten-free diet on mood disorders and symptoms of depression.

Methods: We conducted a systemic review according to PRISMA protocol. Databases as Pubmed, Scopus were screened systematically. The final number of studies enrolled in this study is 13.

Results:  In the majority of included studies a significant influence of gluten-free diet on mood disorders and symptoms of depression in patients suffering from such conditions as celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity was detected. In many cases it was noticed that symptoms of depression in children affected by CD are reduced when gluten-free diet is applied. However, some trials showed that, after converting to gluten-free diet, the symptoms of depression increased or it showed no influence of gluten on them.  

Conclusions:  According to the results of the conducted trials the authors of this article came to the conclusion that it is worth considering gluten-free diet as a complementary therapy to the patients presenting symptoms of depression. Nevertheless, further studies with an adequate amount of participants- the ones that are healthy and as well as the ones that suffer from the gluten intolerance- are essential to define the outcomes of the gluten intolerance on the mood disorders.
Innovation that Leverages DEI and Heals Community Collaboration
Authors: Brala Tracy , Traylor Kristy , Wasserman Ilene , Branch Jeff
Published: November 2022

The Science Center in Philidelphia, USA has been around for 60 years. In recent years the Science Center has elevated its commitment to look at diversity, equity and inclusivity in a systemic way. This article focuses on the Science Center’s engagement with ICW Consulting Group at the intersection of DEI, strategy and culture. This engagement is informed by a strengths-based approach and the principles of Appreciative Inquiry.
Co-Creating a Roadmap for Inclusion: Dealer Tire’s Conversations on Inclusive Leadership (COIL)
Authors: Bittner Matt , Gibson Beth , Godwin Lindsey , Johnson Jenifer , McGuigan Molly , Powell Maurio , Solomon Charlene , Stull Cindy , Walker Angel , Zerapio Olivia
Published: November 2022

This article builds upon our long history of leveraging AI by detailing Dealer Tire’s journey to create a multi-stakeholder, virtual AI-dialogue process called “conversations on inclusive leadership” (COIL).
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Develop Organizational Values Rooted in Social Justice and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Authors: Dos Santos Joana
Published: November 2022

The University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning used an Appreciative Inquiry process to develop organizational values rooted in social justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The college compact ‘describes the environment the college wishes to create and the behaviors it hopes its community members will exhibit. These shared values articulate their commitments for their interactions and relationships with one another’.
A Possible Pathway to the C-Suite for Every Woman
Authors: Delacour Le Petit Florence
Published: November 2022

This case study describes how appreciative questions were used to address a need for the topic of gender diversity in the banking industry, in particular at the C-suite level. From September to December 2021, Appreciative Inquiry principles were used in the development of a transformational change process within a managers’ group, comprised of women and men, as well as with individuals. With this in mind, a new program in favour of sustainable gender diversity emerged: C-level, a potential pathway for every woman.
Ilustres egresados de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de Sevilla. 1971-2021
Authors: Navarro García Antonio , Noguero Hernández Carlos
Published: November 2022

Con motivo de la celebración en 2021 de los cincuenta años de la creación de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de Sevilla, primera facultad de Empresariales de España, se recoge en esta publicación la trayectoria de los setenta egresados más destacados del centro. Acompañado de una fotografía de cada uno de ellos, el volumen se estructura en diferentes apartados: formación académica, trayectoria profesional, cargos relevantes y publicaciones. Se trata de personas que han contribuido notablemente a fomentar el emprendimiento no solo en el tejido empresarial sevillano, sino también en el ámbito regional, nacional e internacional, constituyéndose sus empresas y organizaciones en referentes; muchos de ellos han ocupado cargos de la máxima relevancia y responsabilidad en el ámbito público y privado.
o movimento de jovens pobres a instituições renomadas de ensino superior: motivações e contradições
Authors: Grisolia Felipe Salvador , Castro Lucia Rabello de
Published: November 2022

Children and youth are typically positioned as passive subjects in learning, and when talking about working class children in particular, the common belief is that attendance at school institutions will translate into social displacement; that is, that children and young people from this economic segment who invest in the study will be able rise economically. It is in this context that recent public policies aimed at maintaining and extending the presence of children and young people in educational institutions can be understood. Some of these policies aim to guarantee access by blacks and the poor to higher education, from which they have been historically excluded. This paper reports on a qualitative study that addresses the motivations that make young people from lower classes feel called to seek participation in higher education, and what are the subjective consequences of this movement. The study focused on 23 university students, beneficiaries of the Quota Law or the University for All Program, from two recognized quality higher education institutions located in Rio de Janeiro. The results demonstrate that the support of family and peers, a passion for studying per se, identification with the university as a life path, and the expectation of upward social mobility were factors that contributed to motivating young people toward higher education. As far as the university is concerned, we found that it delivers contradictory messages to young people from the lower classes. For one, entering an institution historically destined for another social class can make young people feel that they don’t belong there, which promotes uncertainties about the future. Faced with these challenges, poor young people are driven to “bet on themselves” as a way of overcoming the hardships of the present. However, it was also observed that many of these young people want to use their knowledge and university status to bring about changes in reality. It is concluded that the university in the neoliberal context can reinforce a model of individualistic subjectivation, but that, on the other hand, it can also operate to open  lines of escape from this model, in instrumentalizing the poor young person for action towards the other.
Depois da esperança, a desilusão: transição democrática no rock do Brasil dos anos 1980
Authors: Grangeia Mario Luis
Published: November 2022

A trilha sonora da redemocratização de 1985 partiu de roqueiros (bossa novistas e tropicalistas tinham musicado o otimismo dos anos JK e o choque pelo autoritarismo pós-1968). Uma análise de conteúdo do repertório de artistas como Cazuza, Legião Urbana, Paralamas do Sucesso e Titãs capta e contrasta duas imagens sobre a transição democrática que predominam em cada metade da década: como esperança, no anseio de superar uma quadra autoritária; e desilusão, ligando a redemocratização a promessas descumpridas. Há variações notáveis, por exemplo, nas visões de patriotismo e ideologia, além de continuidades, como a recusa do autoritarismo, tão vocalizada por bandas punk como Garotos Podres, Inocentes e Ratos de Porão. Este artigo interpela interpretações sobre o rock dos anos 1980 e sobre a música popular brasileira (MPB) pré-AI-5. Tais imagens dos anos 1960 e as captadas nos anos 1980 permitem discutir percepções então correntes da democracia.
Tédio e modernidade no Livro do desassossego, de Fernando Pessoa
Authors: Adorno Karen
Published: November 2022

Apoiada na afirmação do filósofo norueguês Lars Svendsen (2006 [1999]) de que o tédio é um “fenômeno vago e multiforme”, “típico da modernidade”, proponho, neste artigo, explorar a relação entre tédio e modernidade no Livro do Desassossego (2012 [1982]), de Fernando Pessoa. A narrativa se desdobra num conjunto de textos em prosa nos quais a subjetividade se torna a chave mestra da expressão do semi-heterônimo Bernardo Soares, ajudante de guarda-livros da cidade de Lisboa. Podendo ser lida como uma criação moderna por excelência, cujo autor se tornou um dos percussores do Primeiro Modernismo em Portugal, o “conjunto de obras-fragmentos” nos permite entender o tédio como um sintoma da modernidade, resultante de uma perda de sentido do homem moderno.
APRENDIZAGEM BASEADA EM PROBLEMAS NO ENSINO HÍBRIDO: PERSPECTIVAS PARA O ENSINO SUPERIOR
Authors: Florêncio Patrícia Cavalcante de Sá , Melo André Luis Canuto Duarte , Mercado Luís Paulo Leopoldo
Published: November 2022

A presente proposta didática surgiu a partir da necessidade de investigar como os professores do ensino superior de um curso de nutrição abordam as novas tecnologias perante os conteúdos de uma disciplina do 4° período de graduação e a possibilidade da inserção de uma proposta de uso de atividades on-line. Analisar as contribuições metodológicas do uso de estratégia baseada em problemas (ABP) para a proposição de atividades presenciais e on-line no uso das tecnologias digitais da informação e comunicação (TDIC) no ensino híbrido, baseado em conhecimentos prévios em contextos reais, enfatizando a relevância de uma proposta de ensino e a caracterização das ferramentas e suas potencialidades. De abordagem qualitativa, com proposição teórica de caráter descritivo. Como resultado a criação de uma sequência didática para o ensino híbrido com o uso das TDIC, levando o aprendizado do estudante de uma forma efetiva e a reflexão do professor sobre o seu próprio processo de aprendizagem.
RELATO SOBRE A DOCÊNCIA: CRIAÇÃO DA DISCIPLINA SEMINÁRIOS DE ESTUDOS DIRIGIDOS - RECOMENDAÇÕES E PROTOCOLOS VOLTADOS AO PATRIMÔNIO CULTURAL, EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA - COVID - 19-2020
Authors: Montone Annelise Costa , Bachettini Andréa Lacerda
Published: November 2022

Este texto foca em uma experiência de ensino do curso de Conservação e Restauração de Bens Culturais Móveis, na área de conservação de acervos em museus, durante o “Semestre Alternativo” proposto pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), que ocorreu entre 22 de junho e 12 de setembro de 2020. Pretende-se relatar a organização da disciplina e sua implementação no ambiente virtual, que proporcionou um espaço de reflexão para os discentes, em torno das condições impostas aos locais de guarda de acervos (galerias, bibliotecas, arquivos e museus) pela quarentena e pelo risco de contaminação pelo COVID-19, seus desdobramentos, compreendendo seus trabalhadores, usuários e acervos. A metodologia se amparou em cursos de capacitação online, debates e orientações pedagógicas específicas para o desenvolvimento de atividades, normalmente oferecidas de modo presencial, na plataforma e-Aula/UFPEL, direcionadas para uma experiência 100% online, programada para ser concluída em seis semanas. O resultado das discussões propostas com os discentes foi um documento com recomendações para os museus e projetos que atuam em acervos, da Rede de Museus/Pró-Reitoria de Extensão e Cultura (PREC)/UFPEL, no sentido de orientar ações em possíveis cenários, durante a pandemia de COVID-19: de uma quarentena muito rígida à reabertura dos museus. O trabalho final da disciplina, adaptado recentemente, após 12 meses de sua elaboração, transformou-se em protocolo de medidas sanitárias para os museus da universidade, que se preparam para receber novamente seu público, em dezembro de 2021.
EXPOSIÇÃO VIRTUAL O CÉU QUE NOS CONECTA O PÚBLICO INFANTO JUVENIL OCUPA O MUSEU DE CIÊNCIAS
Authors: Flório Victória , Passos dos Santos Karlla Kamylla , Dahan Martins Alanna
Published: November 2022

Neste trabalho, registramos e compartilhamos um relato sobre a idealização, construção e desdobramentos da primeira e maior exposição virtual realizada pelo Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST)/RJ, em seus mais de 35 anos de história: “O Céu que Nos Conecta”. Lançada em junho de 2020, a exposição resultou de uma colaboração entre a equipe do MAST (Coordenação de Educação e Popularização da Ciência - COEDU e Setor de Comunicação) e 140 crianças e adolescentes de todas as regiões do país, entre 3 e 15 anos de idade. Por meio de desenhos e narrativas, as crianças autoras da exposição comunicam seus imaginários sobre o céu num momento de isolamento social, conectando o Universo às artes e às ciências, e expandindo seus significados para as vidas humanas. A ideia central do projeto foi promover a diversidade de narrativas na comunicação de ciências, fortalecendo os laços entre Museu e públicos e gerando engajamento através da inclusão de crianças e adolescentes numa postura mais ativa. Expomos alguns dos desafios encarados nesse processo, sobretudo, pela curadoria de mulheres da COEDU durante a pandemia de Covid-19, a necessidade de localizar as ações do Museu no contexto digital, e de diversificar as formas de comunicar ciências e de falar sobre os céus, e a exclusão digital. As lacunas identificadas na exposição acabaram por fortalecer os laços entre Museu e públicos, repercutindo de forma positiva entre educadoras e educadores no país e inspirando outros projetos. Numa perspectiva multicultural, o imaginário infanto-juvenil sobre ciências e outras narrativas a respeito dos céus, levaram à formação de novas parcerias e atividades.
INSTRUMENTOS CIENTÍFICOS HISTÓRICOS DO MAST E MEDIAÇÃO ONLINE: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA DE AÇÕES DE EDUCAÇÃO MUSEAL EM CONTEXTO PANDÊMICO
Authors: Sá Rego Matos Claudia , Chamusca Caroline , Valiate Larissa , Falcão Douglas
Published: November 2022

O trabalho apresenta relato de experiência de ações de Educação Museal Online, com especial ênfase para visitas, envolvendo Instrumentos Científicos Históricos do acervo do Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST) no contexto da pandemia de Covid-19. O texto inicia apresentando os desafios enfrentados por pesquisadores da Coordenação de Educação e Popularização da Ciência e foca nas soluções adotadas pelo projeto Popularização da C&T a partir dos Instrumentos Científicos de valor Histórico do MAST com a realização de postagens no Facebook e visitas online. Em seguida, apresenta-se referencial teórico-metodológico destas ações baseado em modelos e modelagens, interatividade e Tendências Pedagógicas Progressistas. São narradas as experiências de adaptação de duas visitas presenciais para a modalidade online, bem como sua execução. Por fim, a partir destas experiências, considera-se que as visitas online obtiveram: relações conversacionais mais aprofundadas, formas análogas de interatividade com a experiência das visitas presenciais e grande abrangência geográfica. Entretanto, é preciso considerar como desafios a inclusão de práticas que promovam maior acessibilidade e formas de levar tais ações a pessoas sem internet de banda larga.
NAS TRILHAS DA MATA ATLÂNTICA: CAMINHOS ABERTOS PARA JOVENS CIENTISTAS
Authors: Costa Rafael Nogueira
Published: November 2022

Imagine entrar numa mata densa, descalço, sem mantimento, solitário, sem ajuda de tecnologia, guias locais e sem acesso à internet. Seria uma tarefa difícil, não é mesmo? Da mesma maneira, sintetizar um bioma brasileiro em um único livro é um desafio que já merece ser aplaudido somente pela ousadia. Pois bem, Fabio Rubio Scarano conseguiu o feito. Passou do clique, da ideia, para a execução. Com a mochila nas costas se aventurou nas matas densas e nas restingas abertas. Sujou o pé na lama dos manguezais. Conversou com pajés, quilombolas, caiçaras, cientistas de várias épocas e deixou caminhos abertos nas trilhas da floresta. Foi muito bem-sucedido. Escalou montanhas, fixou pontos de apoio para as presentes e futuras gerações da Mata Atlântica. O livro Mata Atlântica: uma história do futuro (Scarano, 2014) foi coroado em primeiro lugar em um dos prêmios mais importantes da literatura brasileira, o Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura, na categoria de Ciências Naturais em 2015. Por esse feito já pode ser considerado um clássico sobre o bioma. A premissa do livro, segundo o autor, “é que a biodiversidade é guardiã dos serviços ambientais vitais para o bem-estar humano” (op. cit., p. 184). Divido em seis capítulos, a obra percorre um longo trajeto e traz profundas contribuições para o campo das ciências ambientais. O livro é escrito em português e inglês e apresenta mapas atuais, uma série de belíssimas fotografias e um projeto gráfico bem elegante. É um livro para exibir na sala de estar, folhear com calma, entrar nas histórias desse espetacular bioma.
OS DESAFIOS DA DOCÊNCIA NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: ESTUDO DE CASO DE FLORIANÓPOLIS
Authors: Seemann Vânio Cesar , Lunardi Mendes Geovana Mendonça
Published: November 2022

Este estudo de caso teve como objetivo investigar as políticas educacionais do ensino fundamental no âmbito da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Florianópolis (RMEF), no período pandêmico inicial, e seus principais efeitos na docência. De cunho bibliográfico e documental, a investigação se ancorou na abordagem do Policy Cycle Approach, proposto por Ball e colaboradores. Baseando-nos nos contextos analíticos do processo político, mapeamos e analisamos as principais diretrizes, concepções, interesses, tensões e atores que atuaram na arena política no período. As evidências indicam que no contexto da RMEF a implantação das aulas remotas e a criação do Portal Educacional, com o protagonismo dos docentes no seu desenvolvimento, foram as principais medidas adotadas. Tais medidas foram marcadas por tensionamentos políticos e pedagógicos entre diferentes segmentos da sociedade. Nesta tessitura, foi emblemático o engajamento dos docentes na reformulação das práticas curriculares, por meio da reorganização dos tempos e espaços educativos (preponderantemente virtuais) e no uso de artefatos tecnológicos digitais nos processos de ensino e aprendizagem que resultaram em mudanças significativas no âmbito da docência. Diante disto, concluímos ser crucial a criação de um conjunto orgânico de programas educacionais, com financiamento robusto, que articulem o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão de modo a investigar os efeitos do ensino remoto, forjando uma ciência pedagógica que dialogue com o vivido e que possa subsidiar medidas efetivas em favor do direito à educação.
FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE EM TEMPOS PANDEMIA: OS PROFESSORES COMO PROTAGONISTAS DA EDUCAÇÃO REMOTA NO BRASIL
Authors: Alves Elaine Jesus , Faria Denilda Caetano de , Busquets Monise Vieira , Santana Ana Carmen de Souza , Falavigna Gladis
Published: November 2022

Os professores foram os agentes que deram respostas mais rápidas à crise instalada com a suspensão das aulas presenciais. No Brasil, com mínimo apoio de políticas públicas de formação, equipamentos e infra-estrutura para o ensino remoto, os professores foram protagonistas de processos formativos mediados por tecnologias e na criação e re-invenção de diversos artefatos digitais para atender à demanda do ensino remoto. Este dossiê pretende reunir relatos de experiências e artigos teóricos sobre o desafio do exercício da docência em tempos de crise. Artigos sobre a educação no cenário pós-pandemico e as repercussões do ensino remoto na aprendizagem dos estudantes também serão aceitos neste Dossiê.