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Professionals’ embodied orientations towards patients in discharge-planning meetings and their impact on patient participation
Authors: Keel Sara , Schoeb Veronika
Published: February 2017

To enhance the patient's involvement, clinical guidelines on rehabilitation require the patient's participation in the entire rehabilitation process, including discharge planning (DP). However, very little is known about how this institutional demand is actually dealt with in everyday clinical practice. Adopting a conversation analytic (CA) approach, our paper tackles the matter by looking at interdisciplinary entry meetings (IEMs) at a rehabilitation clinic in German-speaking Switzerland. Our study is based on audio-visual recordings of 11 IEMs, whose central aim is to formulate patients’ rehabilitation goals and to plan their discharge. The paper offers a detailed analysis of the embodied practices through which healthcare professionals seek to involve patients in the IEMs, and also investigates patients’ responses. Our analysis shows that, although carefully elaborated, the professionals’ practices do not elicit more than reactive patient participation. The paper argues that this is due to (1) the practices’ temporal positioning within the overall activity structure of the meeting – they are deployed when no important decision is at stake, projecting minimal patient participation on the phases in which decisions are taken – and (2) the actions the practices project on the next turn: confirmation, acknowledgement or ratification of what has previously been proposed by professionals.
Contrasting discourse styles and barriers to patient participation in bedside nursing handovers
Authors: Eggins Suzanne , Slade Diana
Published: February 2017

This paper applies qualitative discourse analysis to ‘shift-change handovers’, events in which nurses hand over care for their patients to their colleagues. To improve patient safety, satisfaction and inclusion, hospitals increasingly require nursing staff to hand over at the patient's bedside, rather than in staff-only areas. However, bedside handover is for many a new and challenging communicative practice. To evaluate how effectively nurses achieve bedside handover, we observed, audio-recorded and transcribed nursing shift-change handovers in a short stay medical ward at an Australian public hospital. Drawing on discourse analysis influenced by systemic functional linguistics we identify four handover styles: exclusive vs inclusive and objectifying vs agentive. The styles capture interactional/interpersonal meaning choices associated with whether and how nurses include patients during handover, and informational/ideational meaning choices associated with whether or not nurses select and organise clinical information in ways that recognise patients’ agency. We argue that the co-occurrence of inclusive with agentive and exclusive with objectifying styles demonstrates that how nurses talk about their patients is powerfully influenced by whether and how they also talk to them. In noting the continued dominance of exclusive objectifying styles in handover interactions, we suggest that institutional change needs to be supported by communication training.
Does formal workplace based assessment add value to informal feedback?
Authors: Lefroy Janet , Hawarden Ashley , Gay Simon , McKinley Robert
Published: February 2017

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Feedback is a key component of learning but effective feedback is a complex process with many aspects. One aspect may be a written summary which is passed to the learner but this may not be valued by learners. We examined the role of written feedback in the feedback process to determine whether it does more than provide a simple summary of the interaction. We conducted a secondary analysis of data gathered for a study of formative workplace based assessment. Interview data from 24 interviews with students and written summaries of workplace based assessments for 23 of them were reanalysed by two researchers who were already immersed in the data and examined all references to verbal, informal feedback and written, formal feedback or the assessment tool used. We found that students valued the verbal feedback discussion highly and that they often considered the written summaries superfluous. We also found that the act of preparing written feedback augmented the feedback discussion and tutors had adopted the language of the formal instrument in the verbal feedback and free text written feedback. What this study adds to existing research is evidence that there may be a secondary faculty development effect of requiring the preparation of written feedback which has served to enhance the educational content of feedback. Although this is not proof of causality (the requirement to provide written feedback alone producing the positive effects), we consider that the likelihood is sufficiently strong to continue the practice.
EVALUATION OF LITCHI VARIETIES SEEKING SOURCES RESISTANT TO Aceria litchi MITE
Authors: ARANTES RENAN FIACADORI , ANDRADE DANIEL JUNIOR DE , AMARAL INGRID , MARTINS ANTONIO BALDO GERALDO
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT Since the first report of Aceria litchi in Brazil, litchi productivity is reducing in the main productive regions. The aims of this study were to evaluate litchi varieties in relation to feeding by A. litchi mite and to determine the moisture and reducing sugars contents, seeking sources resistant to this mite. The experiment was conducted in the Fruit Growing Active Germoplasm Bank, Laboratory of Acarology and Laboratory of Soil Biochemistry at FCAV/UNESP. The plant varieties evaluated were Americana, Bengal, Groff, Mauritius and Sweet Clift varieties. Descriptions were performed regarding symptoms caused by A. litchii, moisture and reducing sugars contents present in the leaves of plantvarieties. There were differences among varieties with respect to the symptoms caused by A. litchi regarding erinose formation and coloring. The final erinose formed in ‘Groff’, ‘Americana’ and ‘Bengal’ varieties is similar in relation to color and density of erineos. The highest reducing sugars and moisture contents were observed in ‘Bengal’, while the lowest values were found in ‘Mauritius’. Visually in the field, ‘Bengal’ was highly susceptible to A. litchii and ‘Mauritius’ was the least damaged by erinose. ‘Sweet Clift’ was as susceptible to A. litchi as Bengal variety. The results are pioneer in Brazil and provide subsidies for breeding programs on litchi trees resistant to A. licthii.
Razão, religião e revolução: luzes e sombras nas telas de Jacques-Louis David
Authors: Almeida Claudio Aguiar ,   Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Published: February 2017

RESUMO O artigo analisa a produção pictórica de Jacques-Louis David entre o final da década de 1770 e 1793, destacando o entrelaçamento entre arte, religião e política nas obras do artista francês. Em sua luta contra o Antigo Regime, “filósofos artistas”, como Jacques-Louis David, apossaram-se das armas que eram manipuladas, há séculos, por um de seus principais inimigos: a Igreja. A transmissão do ideário iluminista não poderia ficar restrita à “aridez” dos textos acadêmicos, devendo buscar na religião e nas artes o “encantamento” indispensável à conquista de olhos, ouvidos, cérebros e corações. Depois de recorrer aos heróis das antigas Grécia e Roma, Jacques-Louis David debruçou-se sobre os homens do seu tempo: os deputados de O juramento do jogo de pela e os mártires que sacrificaram suas vidas em prol da revolução. Entrelaçando a arte clássica com a cristã, razão, revolução e religião, Jacques-Louis David forjou estratégias que seriam mobilizadas na propagação de líderes e ideários políticos nos séculos XIX e XX.
Comparação da qualidade de vida entre pacientes em lista de espera e pacientes submetidos a transplante cardíaco
Authors: Mantovani Vanessa Monteiro ,   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brasil, Silveira Cristine Behrend , Lima Lidia Lucas , Orlandin Letícia , Rabelo-Silva Eneida Rejane , Moraes Maria Antonieta ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brasil,   Instituto de Cardiologia,  Brasil,   Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre,  Brasil,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brasil
Published: February 2017

RESUMO Objetivos Comparar a qualidade de vida (QV) entre pacientes em lista de espera e pacientes submetidos a transplante cardíaco. Métodos Estudo transversal conduzido com 56 pacientes adultos em duas instituições de referência no sul do Brasil, 9(16%) em lista de espera e 47(84%) transplantados. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre agosto e dezembro de 2012. Utilizou-se o Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), com escores variando de zero a 100. Resultados Houve diferença estatística no escore geral da QV entre os grupos (p=0,010) e em quatro domínios. A média das ordenações (mean rank) foi igual a 16,9 nos pacientes em lista de espera e 30,7 nos pacientes transplantados. Pacientes em lista de espera tiveram o menor escore no estado geral de saúde (9,1) e maior escore nos aspectos emocionais (24,8); pacientes transplantados apresentaram maior pontuação no estado geral de saúde e pior pontuação na dor (29,1). Conclusões A realização de transplante impacta positivamente na QV dos pacientes, quando comparada à CV daqueles em lista de espera.
ORGANIC MATTER LABILE FRACTIONS AND CARBON STOCKS IN A TYPIC QUARTZIPSAMMENT CULTIVATED WITH SUGARCANE HARVESTED WITHOUT BURNING
Authors: OLIVEIRA FILHO JOSÉ DE SOUZA ,   Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil, PEREIRA MARCOS GERVASIO , AQUINO BOANERGES FREIRE DE ,   Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The permanence of sugarcane straw on the soil surface, in systems without the pre-harvest straw burning practice, directly affects the soil organic matter dynamics. The objective of this work was to evaluate the changes in total organic carbon (TOC), carbon in the light organic matter (CLOM) and particulate organic carbon (POC), and their carbon stocks in a typic Quartzipsamment cultivated for nine years with sugarcane crops, which were conducted without the pre-harvest straw burning practice, in Paraipaba, State of Ceará, Brazil. Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected at depths of 0.0-0.025, 0.025-0.05, 0.05-0.10, 0.10-0.20 and 0.20-0.30 m, in the sugarcane crop area and in an adjacent native forest area, in order to quantify the TOC, CLOM and POC, as well as the carbon stocks accumulated in the layer 0.0-0.30 m related to these fractions (TOCSt, CLOMSt and POCSt). TOC content changes after nine years of sugarcane crops, conducted without pre-harvest straw burning, were found only in the layers 0.10-0.20 and 0.20-0.30 m. The CLOM varied only in the layer 0.025-0.05 m. The POC content changes were more noticeable than the changes in TOC and CMOL. The CLOM of the sugarcane crop area presented high similarity with TOC, which may affect their quantification in studies related to the soil organic matter dynamics. The sugarcane crop increased the TOCSt, POCSt and CLOMSt in the layer 0.0-0.30 m, compared with the adjacent native forest area.
COWPEA GROWTH AND YIELD IN SOLE CROP AND INTERCROPPED WITH MILLET
Authors: OLIVEIRA LEANDRO BARBOSA DE ,   Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil, BARROS RODRIGO LUIZ NEVES , MAGALHÃES WELLITON BARROS DE , MEDICI LEONARDO OLIVEIRA , PIMENTEL CARLOS
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the growth and yield of cowpea grains in different intercropping systems with millet, in wet and dry seasons. The experiments were performed in the experimental field of the Department of Plant Science of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using a randomized block design with three replications and five treatments: T1- sole crop of millet; T2- sole crop of cowpea; T3- intercrop of millet (1 row) and cowpea (1 row) with 0.5 m between rows (1Mx1C-0.50); T4 - intercrop of millet (1 row) and cowpea (1 row) with 0.75 m between rows (1Mx1C-0.75); and T5 - intercrop of millet (1 row) and cowpea (2 rows) with 0.5 m between rows (1Mx2C-0.50). The cowpea shoot dry weight, root dry weight, number and dry weight of nodules, grain yield and 1000-grain weight, and the millet fresh weight, shoot dry weight, grain yield and 1000-grain weight were evaluated. The land-use efficiency index (LUE) showed significant differences in yield between the sole crop of cowpea and the intercropping system, with greater grain weight in the intercrop 1Mx2C-0.50. On the other hand, the intercrop 1Mx1C-0.75 was not recommended for the study conditions.
ORGANIC MATTER AND CARBON MANAGEMENT INDEX OF SOIL TREATED WITH COMPOSTED AND NON-COMPOSTED LAYERED RESIDUES
Authors: MOURA JULIANA AUGUSTA ,   Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil, GONZAGA MARIA ISIDÓRIA SILVA , SILVA THIAGO LIMA DA , GUIMARAES DANIELLE VIEIRA , SANTANA ISAAC LEAL DE
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The use of organic residues and compost is a common practice to improve soil quality and content of organic matter. In this study, the labile and stable fractions of soil organic matter were evaluated after application of layers of fresh (non-composted) or composted organic residues in a 6-year-old citrus orchard. The experiment was set up as a randomized block design, with 6 treatments: control without NPK, control with NPK, non-composted organic residue (NCOR, with and without NPK), and composted organic residue (humus, with and without NPK), with three replicates. The treatments were applied under the plant canopy. Soil samples were collected from the 0-0.05, 0.05-0.10, and 0.10-0.15 m layers. There were increases of 10.3, 22.4, 16.3, and 37.1 % in the organic carbon contents of the surface soil for the treatments using NCOR without NPK, NCOR with NPK, humus with NPK, and humus without NPK, respectively. The organic carbon contents of the labile fraction varied from 1.0 to 12.8 g kg-1, representing between 8 and 62 % of the total carbon. The carbon concentrations in the stable fraction varied from 3.1 to 9.7 g kg-1, representing between 38 and 92 % of the total carbon, and this was the dominant fraction for most of the treatments.
PHYTOREGULATORS ON BUD FERTILITY AND CLUSTER QUALITY OF ‘THOMPSON SEEDLESS’ GRAPES GRAFTED ONTO ‘RAMSEY’ ROOTSTOCK
Authors: VILAR PATRÍCIA FERNANDA INÁCIO ,   Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil, SOUZA EDER IGNÁCIO DE , SANTOS LAISE DE SOUSA , MARTINEZ EMANUEL ALMEIDA , RIBEIRO VALTEMIR GONÇALVES ,   Agriculture Engineer, Petrolina,, Brazil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of Trinexapaque-ethyl (TrixE) and benzyladenine (BA) on the fertility of buds and the quality of bunches of „Thompson Seedless‟ grapes grafted onto „Ramsey‟ rootstock, in the Vale São do Francisco. The experimental design consisted of randomized blocks with 16 treatments (doses and number of applications of the plant regulators TrixE and BA), with four replications, each composed of three plants, with one plant per plot. The variables analyzed were: overall potential bud fertility, potential of the basal, median and apical branches of the plant; fertility of potential buds from the basal region of the basal and median branches; fertility of overall real buds, and of the median and apical branches; diameter of the basal, median and apical branches; Falker chlorophyll index a, b and total; sprouting buds, number of clusters per branch, clusters per plant, branches per plant; berry diameter, length, volume; fresh material mass; soluble solids content (SS), titratable acidity (AT) and SS/AT relationship; diameter, length, mass of fresh material from the clusters; shatter, fresh material mass of the rachis and rachis diameter . It was shown that the TrixE applied in isolation , one, two or three times in doses of 20 mg L -1, or associated with BA in a single application of 120 or 240 mg L-1, increased the rate of real fertility, but did notaffect the length of the clusters or the vegetative vigor of the plants.
PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS YIELD OF BROILERS FED INCREASING LEVELS OF SUNFLOWER CAKE
Authors: BERWANGER EVELINE ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil, NUNES RICARDO VIANNA , OLIVEIRA TACIANA MARIA MORAES DE , BAYERLE DOUGLAS FERNANDO , BRUNO LUÍS DANIEL GIUSTI ,   Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná,  Brazil,   Universidade Estadual de Maringá,  Brazil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the performance, carcass yield and intestinal morphometry of 1- to 21-day-old broiler chickens fed a diet containing increasing levels of sunflower cake, supplemented with or without an enzyme complex (EC). We used 1200 Cobb 500 birds, which were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 2x5 factorial scheme and five levels of sunflower cake inclusion (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20%) in diets supplemented or not with EC. Each treatment consisted of 5 replicates. Animals were fed the experimental diets from 1 to 21 days of age and from 22 to 42 days all birds received the same feed based on corn and soybean meal. There was no interaction between the level of sunflower cake inclusion and presence of EC. From 1 to 21 days of age, the weight gain, final weight, and feed intake linearly decreased (P<0.05) with increasing sunflower cake inclusion level. At 42 days old, after animals consumed diets based on corn and soybean meal (from 22 to 42 days), the levels provided least 21 days did not influence the performance results. Animals receiving the EC in the first phase showed better results at the end of the experiment (P<0.05). Up to 21 days old, carcass yield decreased, and abdominal fat increased with the sunflower cake inclusion. The addition of EC in the diet improved the thigh, breast and carcass yield. Intestinal morphology after 21 days revealed that the three segments of the intestine had at least one type of change, such as a decrease in villus height and increase in crypt depth, with increased level of sunflower cake in the diet, affecting performance.
SWARD STRUCTURE AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF UROCHLOA RUZIZIENSIS UNDER NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM FERTILISATION
Authors: LIMA KARLA RODRIGUES DE ,   Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil, CARVALHO CARLOS AUGUSTO BRANDÃO DE , AZEVEDO FLAVIO HENRIQUE VIDAL , MALAFAIA PEDRO ANTONIO MUNINZ ,   Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the effect of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertilisation on the forage accumulation and nutritive value of Urochloa ruziziensis during the summer of 2010/2011 and autumn, winter, spring and summer of 2011/2012. A complete randomised block design with four treatments (0, 120, 240 and 360 kg ha-1 year-1 N and K2O) and five replicates were used. The data were analysed under the PROC MIXED of SAS®. The following variables were evaluated: sward height; forage mass; forage bulk density; percentages of leaf blade dry matter, stem dry matter, and dead material dry matter; leaf blade:stem ratio; contents of dry matter and crude protein; in vitro digestibility of dry matter; neutral detergent fibre content; and lignin content of Urochloa ruziziensis. There was an interaction between the N and K levels of fertilisation and the season for all variables. In addition, there was a positive linear effect of the N and K levels of fertilisation on the forage accumulation rate, the crude protein content and the in vitro digestibility of dry matter and a negative linear effect these levels on the neutral detergent fibre and lignin contents during the spring and summer of 2011/2012. N and K fertilisation and the climate changes characteristic of each season jointly affected the accumulation and nutritive value of Urochloa ruziziensis. N and K fertilisation up to 360 kg ha-1 year-1 improved the forage accumulation and nutritive value of Urochloa ruziziensis.
NONLINEAR MODELS FOR DESCRIPTION OF CACAO FRUIT GROWTH WITH ASSUMPTION VIOLATIONS
Authors: MUNIZ JOEL AUGUSTO ,   Universidade Federal de Lavras,  Brazil, NASCIMENTO MICHERLANIA DA SILVA , FERNANDES TALES JESUS
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important fruit in the Brazilian economy, which is mainly cultivated in the southern State of Bahia. The optimal stage for harvesting is a major factor for fruit quality and the knowledge on its growth curves can help, especially in identifying the ideal maturation stage for harvesting. Nonlinear regression models have been widely used for description of growth curves. However, several studies in this subject do not consider the residual analysis, the existence of a possible dependence between longitudinal observations, or the sample variance heterogeneity, compromising the modeling quality. The objective of this work was to compare the fit of nonlinear regression models, considering residual analysis and assumption violations, in the description of the cacao (clone Sial-105) fruit growth. The data evaluated were extracted from Brito and Silva (1983), who conducted the experiment in the Cacao Research Center, Ilheus, State of Bahia. The variables fruit length, diameter and volume as a function of fruit age were studied. The use of weighting and incorporation of residual dependencies was efficient, since the modeling became more consistent, improving the model fit. Considering the first-order autoregressive structure, when needed, leads to significant reduction in the residual standard deviation, making the estimates more reliable. The Logistic model was the most efficient for the description of the cacao fruit growth.
Modeling metabolism in an integrated subtropical watershed-reservoir system
Authors: Tambara Vinicius Teixeira ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brasil, Fragoso Júnior Carlos Ruberto , Marques David da Motta ,   Universidade Federal de Alagoas,  Brasil,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brasil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT Reservoirs are considered transition systems between rivers and lakes with particular features due to its morphology and watershed inflows. Studies about aquatic metabolism in subtropical aquatic ecosystems, particularly in reservoirs, have been based on direct measurements and statistical relationships in specific gauge stations of the system rather than on analytical models, which are capable of representing the metabolic processes at different temporal and spatial scales. This paper aimed to evaluate the temporal variability of metabolism in a subtropical reservoir, named Faxinal reservoir, located in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, by using an ecological model (IPH-ECO) which was coupled with a hydrological model (IPH-II) to estimate inflows and nutrient loadings from the watershed. After model calibration, metabolic daily rates of gross primary production (GPP) and respiration (R) were estimated over a 1-year period (from November 2011 to December 2012), considering a process-based algorithm based on dissolved-oxygen budget implemented in the IPH-ECO model. Faxinal reservoir were net heterotrophic 97% of the simulation period. The temporal variability of GPP and R followed the general pattern of phytoplankton biomass in reservoir, which was more related to autochthonous factors such as water residence time, light availability, nutrient concentration and zooplankton grazing. Only during heavy rainfall period, increasing the terrestrial exports, the concentration of phosphorus was higher leading to an increase of chlorophyll-a concentration and hence metabolic rates of GPP and R. Therefore, considering the long dry period during the simulation, the aquatic metabolism of Faxinal reservoir is more influenced by the internal dynamic of the aquatic ecosystem than the watershed inputs.
Absolute roughness calculation by the friction factor calibration using the Alternative Hydraulic Gradient Iterative Method on water distribution networks
Authors: Bezerra Alessandro de Araújo ,   Universidade Federal do Piauí,  Brazil, Castro Marco Aurélio Holanda de , Araújo Renata Shirley de Andrade ,   Universidade Federal do Ceará,  Brazil
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACT The main objective of this research is the development of a new formulation for calibration of the head loss universal equation friction factor using the Alternative Hydraulic Gradient Iterative Method for calculating the absolute roughness. The method was applied with the aid of Epanet2.dll library for hydraulic simulations in two fictitious distribution networks. The influence of the initial roughness adopted, the number of nodes with known pressure data and position of the nodes with known pressures was tested. To test the influence of the initial roughness to be adopted a computer subroutine has been developed in order to calculate the most appropriate initial roughness for each section. The results showed that it is recommended to use as starting absolute roughness the usual value for the pipe material as new. The developed computational subroutine is recommended for unknown pipes network material or very old networks. How higher number of known pressures in the distribution network, better the accuracy of the method. However, a good layout of the nodes with known pressures was more important than a large number of pressure measurements. The best configuration found to the nodes with known pressures they were separated compared setting together with each other. The method was simple to apply and with good results, and can be applied with a small number of iterations.
Effects of boundary conditions on cyclic thermal strains of clay and sand
Authors: Ng C. W. W. , Mu Q. Y. , Zhou C.
Published: February 2017

The thermal oedometer has been widely adopted to determine soil deformation under heating and cooling. Very often an oedometer ring made of steel is used to confine a soil specimen laterally. To investigate and quantify the effects of boundary conditions (i.e. thermal expansion and contraction) of an oedometer ring on soil thermal strains, steel and invar rings were adopted for comparisons. The former has a linear thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) of 1·5 × 10−5 m/(m °C), which is within the typical range of 5 × 10−6to 3·5 × 10−5 m/(m °C) for soil skeletons. The linear TEC of the latter is 5·0 × 10−7 m/(m °C), which is substantially smaller than those of soils. Axial strains of saturated normally consolidated clay and loose sand subjected to thermal cycles were measured in these two types of oedometer rings. The accumulated plastic strains of clay and sand measured in the steel ring were 32 and 11% larger than those measured in the invar ring, respectively. As expected, the expansion and contraction of the steel ring itself resulted in additional soil deformation during thermal cycles. It was also found that a popular equation, which assumes that the soil volume remains constant during the expansion and contraction of the odometer ring, overestimates the influence of boundary conditions on the incremental axial strain of soil by more than threefold.
Rooftop solar photovoltaic energy: a case study of India
Authors: Umar Tariq
Published: February 2017

Photovoltaic (PV) devices generate electricity directly from sunlight through an electronic process that occurs naturally in certain types of materials called semiconductors. The electrons in these materials are freed by solar energy and can be induced to travel through an electrical circuit, powering electrical devices or sending electricity to the grid. Rooftop solar PV systems that allow consumers to generate electricity at the point of consumption, and send any excess to the grid, have emerged as an attractive option. This paper discusses the government of India’s demonstration and commitments to rooftop solar PV by setting ambitious targets by 2022. India aims to hit a solar capacity of 100 GW, 40 GW of which is to come from rooftop systems. The state of Karnataka has set an ambitious goal of its own, 400 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar PV by 2018. The Indian rooftop solar PV system could be a model for other developing countries facing energy crises.
IL-36 Signaling Facilitates Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and IL-23/IL-17 Axis in Renal Inflammation and Fibrosis
Authors: Chi Hsi-Hua , Hua Kuo-Feng , Lin Yu-Chuan , Chu Ching-Liang , Hsieh Chih-Yu , Hsu Yu-Juei , Ka Shuk-Man , Tsai Yu-Ling , Liu Feng-Cheng , Chen Ann
Published: February 2017

IL-36 cytokines are proinflammatory and have an important role in innate and adaptive immunity, but the role of IL-36 signaling in renal tubulointerstitial lesions (TILs), a major prognostic feature of renal inflammation and fibrosis, remains undetermined. In this study, increased IL-36α expression detected in renal biopsy specimens and urine samples from patients with renal TILs correlated with renal function impairment. We confirmed the increased expression of IL-36α in the renal tubular epithelial cells of a mouse model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) and related cell models using mechanically induced pressure, oxidative stress, or high mobility group box 1. In contrast, the kidneys of IL-36 receptor (IL-36R) knockout mice exhibit attenuated TILs after UUO. Compared with UUO-treated wild-type mice, UUO-treated IL-36 knockout mice exhibited markedly reduced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and macrophage/T cell infiltration in the kidney and T cell activation in the renal draining lymph nodes. In vitro, recombinant IL-36α facilitated NLRP3 inflammasome activation in renal tubular epithelial cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells and enhanced dendritic cell–induced T cell proliferation and Th17 differentiation. Furthermore, deficiency of IL-23, which was diminished in IL-36R knockout UUO mice, also reduced renal TIL formation in UUO mice. In wild-type mice, administration of an IL-36R antagonist after UUO reproduced the results obtained in UUO-treated IL-36R knockout mice. We propose that IL-36 signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of renal TILs through the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and IL-23/IL-17 axis.
MEMBACA RESISTENSI TERHADAP KOLONIALISME DALAM CERPEN “SAMIN KEMBAR” KARYA TRIYANTO TRIWIKROMO
Authors: Efendi Agik Nur
Published: February 2017

Abstract This article aims to describe the form of post-colonial resistance from the standpoint of mimicry, hybridity, ambivalence, diaspora, identity is represented on the short story works Triyanto Triwikromo Samin Twins. Samin cePen Twins lift setting colonialism in the area of Sawahlunto, Blora, Grobogan, and Bojonegoro in 1897an. This short story tells the story of Resident Assistant Blora who tried to interrogate the leader who claimed to be Samin. Instead of trying to interrogate, Assistant Resident've got a resistance of interlocutor. Assistant Resident menamkan colonial process in Blora and surrounding communities. The story contains the story of the history of the Dutch colonial times so that the right to be assessed by post-colonial theory. Operationalization of post-colonial theory in the study of literary texts illustrated by efforts to study literary text data that relates to consciousness colonized on the colonizers. Step study conducted dengana, determination of data sources, collection and classification of data, and data analysis. Postcolonial analysis is expected to help in the discovery of awareness of nationalism in order to sustain the unity of the nation.Keywords: post-colonial, resistance, short stories, Samin, Assistant Resident
ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN EAST JAVA
Authors: Istifadah Nurul , Tjaraka Heru , Ratmawati Dwi
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACTGerbangkertasusila (Gresik-Bangkalan-Mojokerto-Surabaya-Sidoarjo-Lamongan) is a center of economic growth in the province ofEast Java. Performance of competitiveness in the Gerbangkertasusila affect to the achievementof the indicators of competitiveness of East Javaprovince. Indicators of regional competitiveness include several aspects, namely: the regional economy, infrastructure, natural resources, human resources, technology, institutional, governmentpolicy, micro-economic management, and the regional financial system. Aspects of the regional economy can be measured by the optimization of the development of the leading sectors, whilethe indicator of the regional financial system is reflected by the ability of the financial system of banking and non-banking in the region in facilitating economic activities that can provide added value. The objectives of this study are to identify the leading sector of each kabupaten/ kota and also analyze the role of the financial system in improving regional competitiveness. Based on the indicators of the leading sector and the role of the financial system, prepared a strategy to improve regional competitiveness in each kabupaten/kota in Gerbangkertasusila. The tools of analysis in this study are shift-share and SWOT analysis.The results showed that the leading sector of city of Surabaya and Mojokerto are the trade sector. The district of Sidoarjo, Gresik, and Lamongan are the industrial sector, while the leading sector of Mojokerto district is the agriculture sector and Bangkalan district is the mining and agriculture sector. Furthermore, to improve the competitiveness of regions in Gerbangkertasusila need to increase the role of the financial system of banking and non-banking especially in building infrastructure at the leading sector.
Taboo and Euphemism in the Religious Language
Authors: Mocanu Mihaela
Published: February 2017

The instrument of knowledge and communication of religious essence, the religious language is based upon the recognition of a world of sacredness, which is defined by reference to the religious dimension of the human being. From the semantic perspective, the religious language is rooted in a preexisting extra-linguistic referent, which eludes historic space-time categories, in an attempt to build a world of transcendental essence and establish a relationship between man and the sacred. In this view, the word is invested with magical powers, playing the role of a mediator between the human being living in the world of the profane and the sacred world of the Divinity. Since the word embraces the essence of the named element with the power to shape reality, the religious man pays special attention to the verbal expression not only from the desire to adapt to reality, but especially out of the care not to cause adverse changes amidst it. We propose in this paper to review the main religious taboos specific to the religious language and the description of the pragmatic valences that the euphemistic expression manifests in the religious communication.
Aristotelian Analysis of Parvin E’tesami’s Poems: "The Reliever", "Two Courts" and "Words and Deeds"
Authors: Mehrvand Ahad
Published: February 2017

The present paper aims at proving that Parvin E’tesami has been, consciously or unconsciously, under the profound influence of both ancient Persian and Western literatures in composing her poems. The overseas effect is mainly due to her translations of Western works and her intimate familiarity with Western literature. So far research into Parvin’s treatment of Aristotle, as founder of Western literary theories, has not yielded a promising result. The present researcher attempts to answer the question whether or not Aristotelian elements of anagnorisis and peripeteia play any roles in Parvin’s poems, and if so, how she uses them in some of her poems. The findings of this research show that, in the three selected poems, namely “The Reliever,” “Two Courts,” and “Words and Deeds,” Parvin has used the third type of anagnorisis and peripeteia, in which they happen concurrently, rather than the other two types, in which anagnorisis and peripeteia either precede or succeed each other. Parvin has not used these two Aristotelian concepts accidently. The use of the concurrent type becomes more significant if we know that it is the best type of Aristotelian usages of these two terms, an application which rightly and effectively paves the way for internal and external changes of the central character in the poems.
Non-Identity and Parodoxicality in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber
Authors: Mohammadi Abolfazl , Momeni Javad
Published: February 2017

Angela Carter (1940-92) in her famous short story,The Bloody Chamber, depicts a protagonist whose identity seems to be a predetermined sign in a signifying loop from which she can make no escape. In the first part of our paper, we attempt to show how The protagonist’s ensuing psychological tension is aggravated by the conflict which she feels between her ideal ego (as an innocent girl) and her ego-ideal (a rare talent for corruption) and which leads her to unrelenting introspection and interior dialogue with her existential states. Such interior dialogue provides the protagonist with an existential ground on which she empties all her life events of their presence by signifying (or verbalizing) them through Derridean Differance. Therefore, her interior dialogue results in non-identity in her subjectivization both in the realm of signs and of (social) events. Then, we focus on the protaganist’s paradoxical urges spontaneously outflowed from within which, by resisting symbolization, provide her with the possibility of becoming what she thinks she has never been and allow for her moments of self-determination. Finally, we illustrate how such psychological odyssey takes shape in the Gothic setting which arouses, in Lacanian terminology, pre-symbolic tendencies and which involves the coincidence of Gothic horror with the horrors of social reality.
A critical reading of The National Youth White Paper on Global Citizenship: What are youth saying and what is missing?
Authors: Arshad-Ayaz Adeela , Andreotti Vanessa , Sutherland Ali
Published: February 2017

In the recent National Youth White Paper on Global Citizenship (2015), a selection of Canadian youth identified their vision for global citizenship education (GCE). The document articulates the Canadian youths' vision for global citizenship and outlines changes that need to be
implemented in order for that vision to be achieved. Drawing on critiques of modernity and of liberal multiculturalism coming from postcolonial, decolonial, and feminist anti-racist scholarship, this article explores how young people imagine their positionalities as Canadian citizens and agents
of change in the world. We aim to describe how the White Paper can be used both as a call for deepening critical engagements in education as well as a bridge for discussions of GCE in ways that move conversations into new realms. This paper is divided into four sections. In the first section,
we analyse the 2015 White Paper, written collaboratively by Canadian students. It is the first document to focus exclusively on youth perceptions of what action is needed and what problems need to be addressed. We summarize the Canadian youths' articulation and understanding of GCE and identify
the major themes addressed. The second section articulates the calls for action that the Canadian youth deem necessary for their vision of global citizenship. As they demand an emphasis on criticality in their formal education, we consider how we can listen to and respond to these calls. The
third section presents a critical analysis of the document with a view to paving the way for collaborations to push discussions even further. The fourth section highlights how we can build on the White Paper to move discussions about GCE in new and different directions. We aim to address how
the White Paper can be used to further the conversations in ways that explore how the youths' calls for actions can open up the possibilities for critical GCE.
Growth and survival of giant gourami juvenile immersed in freshwater containing growth hormone
Authors: Ratnawati Pustika , Alimuddin . , Arfah Harton , Sudrajat Agus Oman
Published: February 2017

Growth of giant gourami is relatively slow. Administration of recombinant growth hormone (rGH) by several
times immersion in water containing 0.9% NaCl for one hour can significantly increase the growth. In this
study, giant gourami juvenile were immersed in freshwater containing 120 mg/L rGH to determine the long
immersion time that provides higher growth and survival. Juvenile at seventh-day-old after egg yolk absorbed
was immersed for 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 hours in rGH solution. As controls, fish was immersed in freshwater
without rGH (control 1: C1), and water containing 0.9% NaCl, and 120 mg/L rGH (control 2: C2). Fish was
kept under controlled conditions in 20 L aquarium for three weeks, then in 50 L aquarium until at end of
experiment, and fed at satiation. The results showed that highest growth in body weight, survival, and biomass
(p<0.05) were obtained in rGH immersion treatment for 0.5 hour. Biomass of fish immersed by rGH for 0.5
hour was about 32% higher compared to control C1, and 13% compared to C2. Survival of the 0.5 hour rGHimmersed
fish (100%) was similar to control C1 and C2. Thus, immersion of giant gourami juvenile in
freshwater containing rGH for 0.5 hour allowed highest growth rate, and this method is relatively easy to be
adopted by fish hatchery.

Keywords: immersion, hormone, growth, freshwater, giant gourami
The addition of salt in the water media containing zeolite and active charcoal on closed system transportation of gourami fish fry Osphronemus goramy Lac.
Authors: Nirmala Kukuh , Hadiroseyani Yani , Widiasto Riza Purbo
Published: February 2017

Transportation of fish fry with high density in closed system will reduce levels of O2, increasing CO2 and NH3, will also elevate the fish stress so that increase fish mortality. To reduce the effects of increased CO2 and NH3 can be applied by using zeolite and activated charcoal, while to reduce the fish stress is through the addition of salt. This study aims to determine the dose of salt added into the water containing zeolite and activated charcoal in a closed transportation system with a high fry density for 72 hours. The study was conducted two stages, namely the preliminary study and the primary study. The preliminary study involved the observation of the survival rate of fish fry during fasting, oxygen consumption rate of fish fry, the rate of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) excretion of fish fry, and the adsorption capacity of TAN by zeolite and activated charcoal. In the primary study, fry transport simulations was carried out for 72 hours in the laboratory. Gourami fry (body length of 4 cm and body weight of 1.7 g) with the fry density of 50 fish/L were placed in the packing bag which has been filled with zeolite as much as 20 g/L and activated charcoal as much as 10 g/L. The study used a completely randomized design with five treatments and two replications: A: blank (without zeolite, activated charcoal, and salt), B: control (20 g/L zeolite+10 g/L activated charcoal), C: 20 g/L zeolite+10 g/L activated charcoal and 1 g/L salt, D: 20 g/L zeolite+10 g/L activated charcoal and 3 g/L of salt, and E: 20 g/ L zeolite+10 g/L activated charcoal and 5 g/L salt. The results of preliminary study showed that the survival rate of fish fry was 100% and active swimming for five days without food, the level of oxygen consumption as much as 1340.28 mgO2, produce NH3 as much as 22.64 mg/L, while zeolite and activated charcoal adsorbs >50% of TAN in time of 120 seconds. In the primary study, the survival rate of fish fry during the 72-hour transportation for treatments A, B, C, D, and E, were 0%, 57%, 59%, 65% and 74%, respectively. Treatment E with survival rate of 74% was obtained at NH3 concentration of 0.016±0.069 mg/L and CO2 as high as 89.89 mg/L while the DO of 4.26 mg/L. The highest growth and survival rate of fry for 17 days post-transportation was treatment E, accounting to 2.95% and 100%, respectively.

Keywords: zeolite, active charcoal, closed system transportation, survival rate, gourami fish
Oral application of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic in Pacific white shrimp(Litopenaeus vannamei)challenged with Vibrio harveyi
Authors: Widanarni . , Widagdo Puguh , Wahjuningrum Dinamella
Published: February 2017

The use of antibiotics for controlling of luminous vibriosis caused by Vibrio harveyi is restricted now, because it induces antibiotic-resistant bacteria and leave residue in shrimp’s body. An alternative solution that can be done to treat the disease is by using applications of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic. The aim of this research was to examine the effect of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic on the survival rate and growth of Pacific white shrimp against V. harveyi infection. Feed as a treatment was supplemented with probiotic 1%, prebiotic 2%, and probiotic 1%+prebiotic 2% (synbiotic). Shrimps feed without supplementation of probiotic and prebiotic was used as a control treatment. The shrimps were maintainedin the aquarium (60×30×35 cm3) with a density of 40 shrimps/40 L and an average weight of 0.4±0.1 g. After 30 days of feeding treatment, the shrimp was challenged by immersion method with V. harveyi solution containing 106 CFU/mL. The results showed that before challenge, synbiotic feed treated shrimp has a growth rate (5.89%), feed conversionrate (1.21), and a high survival rate (80%). After challenge, survival rate (83.33%) of shrimp fed diet supplemented with synbiotic was higher than prebiotic (51.67%) and positive control (31.67%).

Keywords: probiotic, prebiotic, synbiotic, Vibrio harveyi,Pacific white shrimp
Detection of Edwardsiella tardain catfish (Clarias sp.)by fluorescent antibody technique (FAT)
Authors: Firma . , Amalia Rahman Rizky , Sari Utami , Chusbul Chotimah , Siregar Abdulgani Amri
Published: February 2017

The fluorescent antibody technique (FAT) can be used to detectEdwardsiellatarda rapidly. As prelimenary step, it have been performed purity test of bacteria by PCR, specificity test of mouse anti-E. tarda monoclonal antibody by blocking using chicken and rabbit serum, and optimization of conjugate secondary antibody mouse IgG-H&L (FITC) dillution rate. Fourty eights catfish were intraperitoneally injected by 0,3 mL of E. tarda with different concentration, namely: 102 CFU/mL, 103 CFU/mL, 105 CFU/mL. Kidney, spleen, and liver from three fishes in each treatment were collected at interval time of six hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours after infection. The results showed that E. tarda could be detected in fish infected with 102 CFU of E. tarda after six hours of injection in kidney,liver, and spleen of infected fish. Hence, FAT is faster than detection by bacterial culture method, and this technique can be useful to prevent the spread of fish disease.

Keywords: fluorescent antibody technique, Edwardsiella tarda, detection, catfish