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Eighteenth-Century Samara in the Diary by English Officer of the Orenburg Expedition
Authors: Smirnov Yuri
Published: September 2020

This article examines the Diary of the Englishman John Castle, an important source on the history of the Orenburg Expedition (Commission) and regions where it operated. The expedition made a notable contribution to the annexation of new territories in southeast Russia and their development. The Diary is one of the few graphical testimonies on the history of the territory, as Castle was a draughtsman. The Diary was published in German in 1784 while a translation into Russian was only released in 1998. The article’s author also refers to another translation of parts of the Diary devoted to Samara translated by A. Ognev in the same year. The research demonstrates that Castle’s work contains noteworthy data on matters other than Kazakhstan, which until now has been of primary importance for specialists working with the source. It contains authentic and unique data on the daily life of Russian towns bordering Asian countries in the eighteenth century. The Diary also relates its author’s communications with the outstanding statesmen I. Kirilov and V. Tatishchev, Castle’s superiors. They headed the Orenburg Expedition (Commission) when its headquarters was located in Samara. Foreign specialists worked in the expedition because Russian modernisation relied on progressive foreign experience and a policy of attracting foreigners into Russian service. The view of a non-Russian expert on local realities is important given the presence of many actors on the outskirts of the empire. Social groups, including foreigners who served in Russia, participated in the process of forming “collective representations” of a society undergoing modernisation. This process had its own peculiarities in territories where modernisation and colonisation via the “frontier model”: Bashkiria, the Southern Urals, the Trans-Urals, and the Trans-Volga regions. Beyond any doubt, the search for and analysis of the written and artistic heritage of foreign witnesses of the development of southeastern Russia in the first half of the eighteenth century will add to our knowledge about an important epoch of Russian history and the life of its southeastern territories.
The Language of a Lost Russian Region in the Historical Context of Russia’s Eastward Expansion
Authors: Bergelson Mira , Kibrik Andrej , Raskladkina Marina
Published: September 2020

This paper presents the results of a pilot field study of the Russian language of a group of East Siberian old settlers in the context of their ethnic and cultural history and their role in Russian expansion eastward, including Alaska between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From a linguistic perspective, the regional features of the old settlers’ Russian language testify to the cultural and historical processes that involved various groups of the Russianspeaking population of Eastern Siberia. This paper aims at comparing these linguistic materials to the data on the Russian language of Alaska found by the authors, which may help clarify the historical processes that shaped the Russian linguistic and cultural landscape of Alaska, the only overseas Russian region. Linguistic data from Siberia are checked against those of Alaskan Russian – a language of intercultural communication in Alaska from the beginning of the Russian America period (mid-eighteenth century) and through to the mid-twentieth century. The research on Alaskan Russian is based on the variant spoken in Ninilchik (Kenai Peninsula) that has survived until the present time. The lexical, grammatical, and phonological features of Ninilchik Russian demonstrate both contact features of this idiom and its peculiarities as a variant of Russian. This description is followed by data from the language of the so-called “teamster old settlers” from the Pokrovsk region in Yakutia. It is known that Russian old settlers from Siberia, and especially teamster old settlers, made up a considerable part among the Siberian Russians who were coming to Alaska in the nineteenth century. However, drawing on a comparison of the two sets of linguistic data, the authors conclude that the dialect they speak is quite different from the varieties of Russian spoken in Alaska.
The “Machine of Power” and Aspects of Political Balance
Authors: Isaev Igor , Kornev Arkady , Lipen Sergey , Zenin Sergey
Published: September 2020

This article explores the historical pattern of the evolution of power technologies. The methodological basis relies on the philosophical movements of the twentieth century (phenomenology, structuralism, etc.) and works by P. Bourdieu, C. Lefort, N. Luhmann, D. Naisbitt, P. Sloterdijk, M. Foucault, O. Spann, F. G. Jünger, N. Elias, and a number of other authors. The creation of technologies for managing society and complex power mechanisms (“power machines”) are a general pattern of social development. The notion of dynamic power balance acts as a mandatory attribute of the management of society and focuses political activity on the constant consideration of numerous phenomena, circumstances, and interests. The state, as the main instrument of political management, seeks to constantly strengthen its power both within and without, and to spread it ever more to new spheres of social relations and territories. But over time, first in the sphere of international law, universal principles are recognised that establish the limits of power and assume the impossibility of strengthening the power of any one state (the idea of political balance of sovereign national states). In domestic politics, the increasing degree of agreement and gradually developing mechanisms of consensus contribute to the reduction of the role played by direct violence and the emergence of a system of institutions that were perceived as legitimate. Previous spontaneous processes and collisions of opposing forces are translated into technical, organisational, normative language – and political dynamics – into static social structures. Chaos and uncertainty are replaced by ideas about the desired ideal and order. The new “power machine” also receives a new justification that is no longer transcendent, but rather rational and technological. Constantly improving and becoming more complex, the “power machine” becomes ever more effective. The “technical” regularities of the organisation and functioning of political power, which determine the new social role of the “power machine”, come to the fore. The state, which is organised into a mechanism with supreme political power and absolute authority, has a decisive influence on the development of society. The transition from a dynastic to a bureaucratic state depersonalises the “power machine”. The figure of a monarch with absolute power dissolves in the hierarchy of numerous officials vested with power. The organisation of power to a large extent separates carriers or subjects of power from their decisions. There is no visible mechanism of power and subordination and the opposite interests of the ruling and the governed. Further, in the twentieth-century industrial revolutions, the “power machine” is forced to adapt to new social realities, i. e. to “network” relations where communication and connections between people and their groups become fundamental. This leads to the creation of new management structures with a plurality of centres.
The Far East in Vladimir Arsenyev’s Photographic Works: A “Repertoire” of Images
Authors: Golovneva Elena , Golovnev Ivan
Published: September 2020

This article explores the peculiarities of the photographic perception of the Far East by Vladimir K. Arsenyev (1872–1930), a traveller and researcher who wrote dozens of valuable literary and scholarly works about the region and created brilliant photographic images of its natural and ethnic diversity. The authors refer to previously unpublished archival data and photographic collections kept in the Archive of the Amur Regional Studies Society in Vladivostok and connected with Arsenyev’s expeditions in the Far East. Arsenyev’s photographic archive contains over 500 negatives, plates, and unique photographs with ethnographic, archaeological, and geographic images of the Far East, as well as images of the sovietisation of the Far Eastern frontier. These visual materials transfer historical information and are of great importance for contemporary researchers, though they still remain unstudied and unsystematised. Referring to the ideas of Russian and non-Russian researchers about photographic materials as important messages about cultures, this work starts a new historiographic page on the visual anthropology of Russia in the early twentieth century. The topic of the visualisation of the region in Arsenyev’s work is considered in the context of bearers of knowledge about the Far East and key approaches to its photographing in the early stages of photography’s development. The authors systematise the “repertoire” of photographic images found in Arsenyev’s archive according to the thematic and chronological principles. Finally, they make a conclusion about the importance of Arsenyev’s activity for the visual representation of the Russian Far Eastern frontier during the period in question.
Breast artery calcification and osteoporosis in postmenopausal woman: a case report and opinion on the problem
Authors: Bochkareva E. V. , Butina E. K. , Savin A. S. , Drapkina O. M.
Published: September 2020

Mammography is one of the most common screening test in the female population. In addition to identifying breast cancer, vascular calcification is clearly visualized on the mammogram, which is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and a number of other chronic non-communicable diseases. The article presents a case report of a postmenopausal woman with breast artery calcification and osteoporosis. Identification of women at risk of non-cancer diseases significantly expands the prospects of using mammography for screening.
Guided osteotomy and implants placed with free hands for double full arch rehabilitation with immediate prosthetic loading
Authors: THOMÉ Geninho , TROJAN Larissa Carvalho , BERNARDES Sérgio Rocha , CARTELLI Carolina Accorsi , UHLENDORF Jean , MOURA Marcos Boaventura de
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT Precise planning for dental implant placement requires appreciation of anatomical limitations and restorative purpose. Diagnosis can be made by complementary exams such as panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography. The purpose of this study was to rehabilitate the upper and lower jaw of a patient with severe periodontal disease using a guided osteotomy and implants placed with free hands and Morse taper implants. The concept of guided surgery was used to prepare the alveolar bone to place eight implants, four implants in the upper jaw and four implants in the lower jaw, all have achieved a minimum torque of 60 Ncm. The modified suture technique was used to better stabilize the soft tissue around the mini conical abutments. The analogues were scanned by CAD/CAM for confection of the metallic structures of the bridges. On the third day, the upper and lower full arch prostheses were installed and simultaneous bilateral contacts were adjusted. After 12 months of patient follow-up, the implants and prostheses were in good condition of aesthetics and function, maintaining the success of the rehabilitation. Within the limitations of this clinical case, it can be concluded that the implants placed with free hands was facilitated by a previous guided osteotomy.
Alma Ata: Reflections and future prospects in family health strategy
Authors: MARINHO Marcia , GROISMAN Sonia
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT The International Conference on Primary Health Care, held in Alma Ata, was one of the most significant public health events in the world, where for the first time the dependency between poverty and health status was discussed and measured. Even after 40 years of its implementation, it continues to influence directly public policies related to the principles of primary care. The aim of the present study was to carry out a review of literature based on PubMed / Medline, Virtual Health Library (BVS / Bireme / WHO-PAHO) and institutional documents of Brazilian Ministry of Health, in order to point out reflections of perceptions about Alma Ata Conference, in Brazilian public policies, tracing an evolutionary profile to the family health strategy and its future perspectives. Although the study found a strong influence of the Alma Ata Conference in Brazilian public health policies it still needs improvement to reach the global goals and objectives agreed by all countries in Alma Ata and reaffirmed in the World Health Organization’s 2030 Sustainability Agenda.
RESPONSE OF BEET TO DOSES OF POTASSIUM IN OXISOL WITH HIGH CONTENT OF THE NUTRIENT1
Authors: PASSOS DANILO DOS REIS CARDOSO , CECÍLIO FILHO ARTHUR BERNARDES , REIS ISAIAS DOS SANTOS , PEREIRA BRENO DE JESUS
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT Fertiliser recommendation tables for beet culture have been prepared based on the response to potassium (K) doses in soils with a low nutrient content. However, there is little research that evaluates potassium fertilisation for beet crops in soil with high K content, a condition commonly found, which allows a better understanding of the crop’s response to the nutrient. The objective was to evaluate the response of beet to doses of K in Oxisol with a high K content. The experiment was carried out in the field, with an experimental design in randomised blocks, in a 4 x 2 factor scheme with four replications. The doses of K were 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 of K2O, and the cultivars were ‘Early Wonder’ and ‘Kestrel’. At 50 days after transplantation, the levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), K and boron (B) in the diagnostic leaf were evaluated. Beet yield and accumulation of these four nutrients were analysed at harvest. The doses of K positively influenced the leaf content of K; however, without an effect on beet yield. Therefore, in Oxisol with a high K content available, potassium fertilisation is not recommended. To maintain soil fertility at a high potassium content, fertilisation with 162 and 126 kg ha-1 of K2O is recommended for ‘Early Wonder’ and ‘Kestrel’, respectively; doses equivalent to the quantities exported by the beet root.
CELL DAMAGE AND BIOMASS OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT UNDER WATER SALINITY AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION
Authors: WANDERLEY JOSÉ ALBERTO CALADO , BRITO MARCOS ERIC BARBOSA , AZEVEDO CARLOS ALBERTO VIEIRA DE , SILVA FRANCISCO DAS CHAGAS , FERREIRA FAGNER NOGUEIRA , LIMA ROBSON FELIPE DE
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT The aimed of this study was to evaluate the attenuating action of nitrogen doses on leaf cell membrane damage, dry biomass production and leaf area in the formation of yellow passion fruit seedlings irrigated with saline water. Treatments were arranged in a randomized block design, in split plots, corresponding to five levels of irrigation water salinity (plot) (ECw) (0.3; 1.0; 1.7; 2.4 and 3.1 dS m-1) and five doses of nitrogen fertilization (subplot) (60; 80; 100; 120 and 140% of 300 mg of N dm-3), which were repeated in five blocks. Plants were grown in pots (Citropote®) with a volume of 3,780 mL, which were filled with a mixture of soil, aged bovine manure and sawmill residue (shaving) in a ratio of 2:1:0.5, respectively. Waters with different levels of salinity were applied from 40 to 85 days after sowing, when the plants were in transplanting conditions. At 85 days after sowing, the percentage of cell damage based on electrolyte leakage, variables of dry biomass, leaf area and specific leaf area were evaluated. Increment in irrigation water salinity reduces the biomass accumulation of yellow passion fruit seedlings; The increase in nitrogen dose did not mitigate the effect of salinity, which reduced cell membrane integrity, making the plant more sensitive.
DETERMINANT PLUVIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN A CATCHMENT WITH THINNED VEGETATION IN THE TROPICAL SEMIARID
Authors: SOUSA MARCOS MAKEISON MOREIRA DE , PALÁCIO HELBA ARAÚJO DE QUEIROZ , ANDRADE EUNICE MAIA DE , RIBEIRO FILHO JACQUES CARVALHO , MOURA MATHEUS MAGALHÃES SILVA
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT Knowing determinant factors of erosive process is essential to adopt soil conservationist and loss-mitigation measures. Therefore, the objective of this work was to assess the correlation between rainfall characteristics and sediment transport in the Semiarid region of Brazil. The study was conducted at the Iguatu Experimental Basin in the state of Ceará, Brazil, in a watershed with area of 1.15 ha. The vegetation was thinned by removal of plants with diameters below 10 cm, and the area remained with an arboreous cover of 60%. The following variables were evaluated from 2012 to 2016: rainfall depth (mm), rainfall duration (hours), maximum rainfall intensity in 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, and 60 minutes (mm h-1), mean rainfall intensity (mm h-1), rainfall depth in the previous 5 days (mm), runoff depth (mm), and transported sediment (kg ha-1). The records showed 158 rainfall events, 27 with surface runoff and 24 with sediment transport. The correlations were investigated by multivariate analysis of principal components (PC). The model explained 84% of total variance with four PC-PC1, PC2, PC3, and PC4 were formed, respectively, for disaggregating power of rainfall on soil particles, represented by the rainfall intensities; soil water content; runoff depth and sediment transport; and rainfall duration and interval between rainfalls. The highest factorial weight was found for the maximum intensity in 20 minutes, indicating the need for further hydrological studies focused on this variable at basin scale in areas of the Semiarid region of Brazil subjected to thinning of the vegetation.
TOMATOES USED BY INDUSTRIES HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITY FOR FRESH CONSUMPTION1
Authors: COSTA DAIANNA PEREIRA , SILVA JULIANA NASCIMENTO , COSTA SILWANNA PEREIRA , NASCIMENTO ABADIA DOS REIS
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT The production of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for fresh consumption must overcome a challenge: the high production cost. The use of cultivars with determinate growth habit is an alternative to reduce costs. Thus, the objective this work was to evaluate the acceptability of tomato fruits from cultivars with determinate growth habit for fresh consumption. Seeds of 10 hybrids and one variety were grown in open field, arranged in six randomized block design, and tested for sensorial acceptability. The analyses were carried out using 50 not-trained consumers, considering their visual and sensorial preferences by affective methods and purchase intention. The hybrid Thaise grown with and without staking and the hybrid Gabrielle grown with staking had higher visual preference by the consumers, with frequency of 24%, 18%, and 22%, respectively, in the first position; and the hybrid Dominador showed higher frequency (18%) in the second and third positions; these hybrids had purchase intention above 80%. All hybrids and varieties had significant difference in the mean test at p<0.05. The highest means found for Carrara, HM7885, Santa Cruz Kada, Asti, N901, Dominador, and Equatorial (appearance); Asti and N901 (color), Asti, Dominador, and Equatorial (aroma), and Santa Cruz Kada, Asti, Dominador, and Equatorial (flavor). Asti, Gabrielle (grown without staking), HM7885, and Equatorial had purchase intention above of 50%. The hybrids Ap533, Portinari, and Thaise grown without staking showed acceptability index lower than 70%. Plants with determinate growth habit produce fruits with acceptable visual and sensorial qualities for fresh consumption.
GERMINATION OF CREOLE MAIZE AND FAVA BEAN SEEDS UNDER SALT STRESS
Authors: ALMEIDA CARLA DE SOUZA , GUARIZ HUGO ROLDI , PINTO MARÍLIA ALVES BRITO , ALMEIDA MARINEIDE FERREIRA DE
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT Salt stress negatively affects plant development, mainly in arid and semiarid regions, promoting changes in their physiology and productivity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the germinative potential of creole maize (Zea mays L.) and fava bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) seeds under different salt stress conditions. The seeds were collected in rural areas of the municipalities of Guanambi, Candiba, and Brumado, which are within the Serra Geral region in the state of Bahia, Brazil. A completely randomized experimental design was used; the treatments consisted of three salts (CaCl2, MgCl2, and NaCl) and four salinity levels (osmotic potentials of -0.3, -0.9, and -1.2 MPa). Seed physical analyses included moisture and purity, and physiological analyses included germination percentage, germination speed index, average germination time, and relative germination frequency. The storage of creole maize and fava bean seeds in plastic bottles and under adequate humidity ensures that seeds will have moisture content and physical purity within ideal values. Salt stresses induced by NaCl and CaCl2 salts at osmotic potentials of -0.3 to -1.2 MPa hinder the creole maize and fava bean seed germination, and their germination are null for both salts at osmotic potentials lower than -0.3 MPa. The creole maize and fava bean seeds show germination of 70% under salt stress induced by MgCl2 at osmotic potential of -0.3 MPa, making the germination of both species viable.
Legalidade discriminatória e direito à alimentação sagrada
Authors: Bueno Winnie de Campos , Rodriguez José Rodrigo
Published: September 2020

Resumo O presente artigo aborda o histórico das limitações à livre expressão religiosa experimentados pelos povos e comunidades de terreiro a partir das criminalizações de suas práticas no contexto brasileiro. Visa-se compreender os meios jurídicos utilizados contemporaneamente para restringir a livre expressão religiosa desses grupos, os quais são classificados como formas de legalidade discriminatória.
Censura moral na ditadura brasileira: entre o direito e a política
Authors: Quinalha Renan
Published: September 2020

Resumo O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar o processo de estruturação de um aparato de censura moral durante a ditadura civil-militar de 1964. Por meio da revisão crítica da literatura historiográfica especializada e de uma síntese das principais diretrizes legais sobre o tema, com destaque para o pensamento do jurista Alfredo Buzaid, discute-se o estatuto da censura moral e sua relação com a censura estritamente política.
Mito e direito no tempo do destino: aspectos da crítica benjaminiana à percepção moderna da experiência
Authors: Varella Maria Izabel Guimarães Beraldo da Costa
Published: September 2020

Resumo Este artigo buscará apresentar alguns aspectos da crítica benjaminiana à concepção da experiência na modernidade, voltando-se, mais especificamente, para o complexo conceitual que relaciona os conceitos de mito, destino e direito. Trata-se de dar a ver em que medida Benjamin coloca em crítica a naturalização de uma ordem mítica, vinculada ao desenvolvimento do capitalismo, na qual a experiência parece-lhe destituída de seu caráter afirmativo e criador do que é verdadeiramente novo.
A cidade através do olhar metodológico de Benjamin
Authors: Azevedo Fatima Gabriela Soares de
Published: September 2020

Resumo Este artigo pretende relacionar metodologicamente a abordagem de Walter Benjamin sobre as cidades com sua teoria como um todo, bem como às possíveis implicações para investigações presentes do espaço urbano no capitalismo. Se nos estudos de Benjamin a cidade era o tangível das mudanças modernas capitalistas, no século XXI ela revela memórias de lutas do século XX e o aprofundamento da dinâmica da geração de lucro sob o neoliberalismo. Na introdução, a problemática é apresentada. A primeira parte do estudo reúne as categorias trabalhadas pelo filósofo nos textos sobre as cidades, como rastros, vestígios e memórias, que têm o potencial de evidenciar narrativas insurgentes. Qual é a metodologia de Benjamin para tratar o urbano? Esta é a pergunta fundamental. A segunda parte articula as conceituações com aspectos da obra benjaminiana que são comumente analisados em apartado ao seu trabalho sobre Paris, por exemplo - sua teoria do progresso, sua teoria do conhecimento. A terceira parte apresenta possibilidades de experimentação da metodologia benjaminiana na análise do capitalismo na periferia do século XXI, especialmente no Rio de Janeiro. Nas considerações finais, a obra do autor é avaliada em relação à sua pertinência para os estudos de crítica ao capitalismo atual.
Walter Benjamin e o Direito: Uma apresentação teórica à edição
Authors: Franzki Hannah , Vieira Rafael
Published: September 2020

Resumo Este artigo faz uma apresentação teórica dos textos deste número especial sobre Walter Benjamin e o Direito. Inicialmente, buscamos reconstituir brevemente a ênfase recente nos textos de Benjamin em torno do direito. Posteriormente, fizemos breves comentários sobre os textos que buscam introduzir alguns dos debates teóricos em que estão inseridos, alguns de seus aspectos importantes, ou mesmo discutir algumas escolhas editoriais.
COMPOSIÇÃO INTELECTUAL COMO FRUTO DE REPERTÓRIOS MOBILIZADOS: O CASO TOBIAS BARRETO
Authors: Barreto Raylane Andreza Dias Navarro
Published: September 2020

Resumo O artigo busca, através do caso do jurista Tobias Barreto de Menezes (1839-1889), desvelar como se compõe o intelectual através dos repertórios mobilizados. Para tanto o conceito de repertório de Charles Tilly foi apropriado e reelaborado, desta feita para atender a ação intelectual. Assim a proposta foi a de atentar para os repertórios intelectuais, concebidos como o modo como as ideias e/ou práticas são associadas em função de uma causa e que necessariamente tem, no exercício de problematizar, sua força motriz. A ideia de repertório intelectual também contempla o perfil do sujeito da ação e a ideia mobilizada.
Prática Artística: notas de dentro - Um Pra Um - Passeios Ruminantes de Vera Mantero & convidados
Authors: Santos Maíra
Published: September 2020

Resumo: O artigo propõe-se a discutir a força crítica do projeto Mais Pra Menos Que Pra Mais (2014) e da performance Um Pra Um - Passeios Ruminantes (2014), ambas da coreógrafa portuguesa Vera Mantero. Para tanto, parte-se como metodologia do conceito do antropólogo Tim Ingold, conhecer de dentro, e da participação da autora no projeto como performer. Da análise do processo, discute-se, a saber: suas forças coreopolíticas, sua temporalidade projetiva e uma noção do artista como curador de si próprio. Conclui-se que, apesar das tensões entre a arte e a lógica de produção, o trabalho oferece diversos elementos no qual residem sua força: como pensar a política na arte, as noções de colaboração, proximidade, comunidade, autoaprendizagem e responsabilidade, que se distanciam de abstrações vazias.
Evaluation of the Antidepressant Effect of the Functional Beverage Containing Active Peptides, Menthol and Eleutherosides, and Investigation of Its Mechanism of Action in Mice
Authors: Qi Yuanjin , Zhang Huizhen , Liang Sha , Chen Jiajia , Yan Xiaoni , Duan Zhouyu , Zhou Deyang , Li Zhicheng
Published: September 2020

SUMMARY
Research background. Depression has become a global threat to human health. In order to solve it, researchers have conducted multi-faceted studies including diet. Many food-derived bioactive substances have shown antidepressant effects. However, there are few studies on the design of industrialized food with antidepressant effect. This study aimed to evaluate the antidepressant effect of a functional beverage made from several ingredients with potential antidepressant function and investigate its antidepressant mechanisms.
Experimental approach. The beverage consists of peppermint oil, active peptides derived from bovine milk casein and Acanthopanax senticosus extract (ASE) whose active ingredient is eleutheroside. Different amounts of ASE were evaluated to determine the optimal concentration of eleutheroside in this functional beverage to deliver best antidepressant effect through extensive behavioral testing including preliminary acute stress experiments and further chronic unpredictable mild stress test.
Results and conclusions. The results demonstrated that the beverage with 15.00 mg/kg of eleutheroside could significantly reduce the mice’s immobility time of tail suspension test and forced swimming test, recover mice’s sucrose preference and behavior changes in the open-field test, improve the contents of dopamine, norepinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and the activity of superoxide dismutase and reduce the content of malondialdehyde in mice’s brains, which indicated that the improvement of monoamine neurotransmitter systems and antioxidation was one potential mechanism of antidepressant action.
Novelty and scientific contribution. This study provides a design of antidepressant functional beverage and an efficient way for the prevention and treatment of depression.
El ágora como espacio de reconstrucción del tejido social para la paz: el caso del teatro comunitario argentino
Authors: Covelli Meek Giovanni , Russo Giada Andreina
Published: September 2020

Este artículo de reflexión derivado de investigación aborda, en su primera parte, los orígenes y perspectivas del teatro comunitario, un fenómeno que se evidencia al radicarse en Argentina una época de más de cuarenta años de violencia, con todas las problemáticas políticas, sociales y económicas que traen consigo las manifestaciones del conflicto. En esta realidad se instaura el teatro comunitario, partiendo de la idea del teatro como un lugar de reconocimiento, de redefinición de la experiencia real y reconstrucción de una nueva identidad colectiva, al proponer una comunicación fundada en la relación entre la memoria y el cuerpo. Posteriormente, entendiendo la participación ciudadana como una apuesta política desde y para la población, y luego de un paneo sobre el contexto del conflicto armado en Colombia, se propone la reapropiación del espacio desde el concepto del ágora, por medio de la libre manifestación simbólica de expresiones artísticas por parte de la comunidad con el fin de hacer partícipe a los colombianos de la generación de nuevos discursos y acciones construidos en colectivo, que determinen la reconstrucción de un tejido social para la paz, dándole una nueva significación a la historia por medio del lenguaje artístico, que constituya acciones del presente para el futuro.
El cromatismo en los corales de J. S. Bach: las notas cromáticas no estructurales entendidas como cromatismos con función tonal (CFT)
Authors: Pedraza Gualdrón Miguel Andrés , Benavides Sotomayor Alejandro
Published: September 2020

En este artículo de investigación se amplía el concepto de cromatismo dentro de los corales de J. S. Bach, concepto y materiales que son tradicionalmente incluidos en los programas de formación musical a nivel de pregrado. Así, del análisis de los corales surge la discusión que lleva a cuestionar si la clasificación actual de los cromatismos es la que mejor explica cada uno de los eventos cromáticos que ocurren en este repertorio, planteando la tesis de que los cromatismos no estructurales (cne) en realidad no existen en estos corales, sino que cumplen una función tonal (cft) que busca establecer, melódica o armónicamente, una nueva estructura diatónica o centro tonal. Así mismo, esta investigación analiza y explica seis casos excepcionales únicos que sirven para corroborar la teoría que se propone al poder agruparse dentro de algunas de las categorías propuestas.
La música como medio de transformación social: estudio de caso de la Corporación Rural Laboratorio del Espíritu
Authors: Isaza Pérez Santiago
Published: September 2020

Este artículo analiza el papel de la música como medio de transformación social a través de un estudio de caso realizado en la Corporación Rural Laboratorio del Espíritu ubicada en El Retiro, Antioquia. Para llevar a cabo este propósito se realizó una serie de entrevistas que incluyen a miembros que participan directa e indirectamente en la Corporación. Así mismo, se propuso un análisis por medio de cuatro categorías: interacción en el entorno, música como posibilidad y oportunidad, música como construcción de identidad, y música como expresión. De esta manera, se identificó que esta, en su papel de transformador social, contribuye a la unificación y cohesión social, la proyección educativa y la sensibilización.
Cerámica: transformación y libertad sobre/con tierra
Authors: Ferreira de Almeida Maria Cándida
Published: September 2020

Este artículo busca reflexionar sobre la tierra más fina —la arcilla— retirada del suelo en todas partes del mundo, bajo el enfoque de su transformación, presencia y recomposición en el espacio por medio del arte. Recurriendo a entrevistas con dos artistas de la cerámica colombiana, se plantea un acercamiento a temas como el medio ambiente, la creación por medio de la inspiración de la naturaleza, la mirada hacia la tierra y la voz del artista como estrategia de evocación, como una forma de producción de una experiencia estética contemporánea en el campo del ecoarte. Asentada sobre nociones como ruina, asolamiento, pérdidas casi irreparables, se delineará un lugar a partir de la destrucción primaria de la arcilla para la recreación en cerámica y su posible retorno al polvo, pensadas aquí como una reconfiguración ambiental, y se analizará cómo estos ciclos de vida inspiran a artistas de la cerámica.
Sociología de un genio revisitada: analizando, una vez más, la trayectoria de Mozart
Authors: Sciurano Guido Alejo
Published: September 2020

Este artículo de investigación tiene el objetivo de describir y comprender las condiciones sociales y personales que moldearon la subjetividad de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. En dicha búsqueda, el texto entabla un diálogo con el trabajo seminal del sociólogo alemán Norbert Elias Mozart Sociología de un Genio (1991), y permite repensar algunas hipótesis de largo arraigo, especialmente aquella que explica el sentimiento de vacío social del artista apelando al momento de su nacimiento. Como resultado de un análisis histórico y la comparación con dos músicos contemporáneos e incluso anteriores a Mozart (Händel y Haydn), el presente trabajo muestra la incidencia insoslayable de la contingencia a la hora de dar cuenta del derrotero del genio creativo.
Fragmentos (literarios, pedagógicos, filosóficos) de una crítica de la razón evaluadora
Authors: Giuliano Facundo
Published: September 2020

En estas páginas se convida una composición constituida por fragmentos literarios, filosóficos y pedagógicos que conversan (in)directamente entre sí. A su vez, las piezas que aquí se presentan forman parte y arte de una investigación filosófico-literaria más amplia que ensaya una “crítica de la razón evaluadora” y explora sus implicancias ético-políticas en educación. En este con-texto, la travesía propuesta contiene diferentes movimientos críticos que comienzan con un pie en la infancia (entendida de manera no cronológica) y con otro pie en la discusión filosófica. Posteriormente, se entreteje lo anecdótico con lo filosófico en una reflexión a propósito de una crítica al fetichismo de las notas y de una celebración la acción transgresora (y artística) del copiarse. Luego se prosigue señalando algunos problemas con la palabra ‘exigencia’, que también está relacionada con el extractivismo sobre la inteligencia y a veces termina haciendo que el sujeto desee la evaluación. Además, se acude al cine por repensar algunas consecuencias de la formación que privilegia lo evaluativo por sobre lo educativo y se le contrapone un antecedente que aportar a su descolonización. Finalmente, la salida toma la forma de excursión por la insumisión, la huelga pedagógica y la pereza como formas de resistencia y re-existencia.
Aportes de los trabajos de grado de la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales de la UPN a la construcción de sujetos y de tejido social
Authors: Romero Bonilla Diego Germán , Blanco Julia Margarita , Ramos Delgado David
Published: September 2020

Este artículo sintetiza algunos hallazgos obtenidos del proyecto de investigación Entre el qué y el cómo. Tendencias epistemológicas y metodológicas que derivan de los trabajos de grado de la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, con respecto a los tres ejes que se identificaron como lugares de reflexión: Lo didáctico/pedagógico, las relaciones entre la producción de sujetos, las imágenes y la creación, y la cultura visual. La investigación, de orden hermenéutico documental, finalizada en 2019, realizó un proceso bibliométrico sobre los RAE de 210 trabajos de grado, para seleccionar una muestra representativa de 32 monografías. En estas se indaga por la producción de conocimiento lograda en Educación Artística Visual, un campo emergente que explora nuevos modos de enseñar y aprender las artes visuales, de cara a la comprensión crítica de los significados que se construyen a partir de las imágenes visuales. El estudio arrojó interesantes comprensiones sobre el lugar de la investigación en la formación de un rol docente, propositivo y transformador, que favorece diálogos entre las artes y la educación para aportar a la construcción de sujetos y de tejido social, de cara a las realidades de los contextos educativos.
XPRIZE SANATA Protocol for Saliva LFIA Test v1
Authors: Thomas Mario , Sollen Jasmine , Ivanova Natalia , Feng Michelle , Fayek Reda , Abdilla Heidi , Lim Stephanie , Naaum Amanda
Published: September 2020

This procedure outlines the protocol for testing for SARS-CoV-2 using a saliva sample collected from an individual. The purpose of this test is to detect low levels of SARS-CoV-2 antigen at a higher sensitivity. Precision Biomonitoring Inc. developed an ultra-rapid digital, disposable, highly-sensitive and inexpensive testing device used for screening purposes. The mobile app complementary to this medical device is connected through Bluetooth. Using this innovation, the user can be tested at home, at work or point-of-care (POC), and obtain qualitative results. It is recommended that positive results from any home-use test should be confirmed by RT-PCR by a healthcare professional.
SARS-CoV-2 Milk ELISA v1
Authors: Rl Powell
Published: September 2020

Currently, the COVID-19 diagnostics sector includes Point-of-Care and ELISA tests for IgG and IgM that can assess saliva or blood as described by the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]. Similarly, the FDA webpage for EUA Authorized Serology Test Performance makes no reference to IgA COVID-19 assays [Food and Drug Administration]. Taken together, there are no direct competitors in the mucosal IgA quantitative diagnostics space. To address this gap in diagnostic coverage we have generated a novel proof-of-concept dataset on the use of COVID-specific IgA antibodies as a marker of infection. As described below, our assay dataset demonstrates utility across several parameters: -Highly specific -Highly sensitive -Works with undiluted human milk, simplifying sample collection and processing -Defines a novel correlation between COVID-specific IgA and Secretory Component (SC), where SC is a known surrogate for dimeric IgA, the predominant IgA type in mucosal secretions -Establishes that dimeric IgA antibodies detected by the assay are capable of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2
Retrospective comparison of bimatoprost 0.01% and 0.03% in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension v1
Authors: not provided lily.xu , Chan Toby , Cho Ryan
Published: September 2020

Title: Retrospective evaluation of switching from bimatoprost 0.01% to 0.03% in primary and secondary open angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, angle closure and combined mechanism glaucoma. Purpose: Prostaglandin analogues and prostamides have been the first-line therapy for medical management of glaucoma. Recent studies comparing the two different formulations of bimatoprost, 0.03% and 0.01%, have shown similar efficacy between the two, but a better adverse effect profile for bimatoprost 0.01%. Study populations, however, consisted only of patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and ocular hypertension (OHT). This study aims to assess the efficacy and tolerability of switching from bimatoprost 0.01% to 0.03% in a patient population with broader spectrum of diagnoses in a real-world clinical setting. Design: Single-centre retrospective observational switch study. Method: Patients were selected from electronic medical records if they were on initial topical therapy with bimatoprost 0.01% prior to switching to bimatoprost 0.03%. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was collected from their one-month and final follow-up at the time of the study. Any data following an ocular procedure was excluded. Paired two-sample t-test was performed to compare IOP at different time points versus baseline.Worsening of hyperemia and other adverse events after the switch were identified.Subgroup analysis was performed for: POAG and OHT, secondary open angle glaucoma (SOAG, including pseudoexfoliative and pigmentary glaucoma), normal tension glaucoma (NTG), angle closure and combined mechanism glaucoma (AC/CMG). Result: The study population consisted of 243 eyes from 143 patients. Mean follow-up was 8.0±4.9 months. There was a statistically significant reduction in IOP in patients with POAG and OHT (1 month: 1.0±3.8 (n=76), final: 1.5±4.1 (n=49)), AC/CMG (1 month: 1.6±4.2 (n=80), final: 2.4±4.6 (n=51)), and NTG (1 month: 0.83±2.5 (n=42), final: 1.12±2.1 (n=25)). Patients with SOAG did not show statistically significant reduction in IOP at one month or final visit. 42 (29%) out of 143 patients experienced adverse events with the most common being hyperemia (16%). Conclusion: Significant reduction in IOP could be seen after switching from bimatoprost 0.01% to bimatoprost 0.03% in various types of glaucoma except SOAG.Clinicians may consider switching to bimatoprost 0.03% if stronger IOP-lowering efficacy is indicated.Intolerance due to adverse events may be experienced though not in majority of cases.We propose a prospective study to further evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of bimatoprost 0.03% after switching from bimatoprost 0.01% in a study population that includes various types of glaucoma.
RT-LAM Assay Sol Scientifics v1
Authors: not provided rezasoleimani
Published: September 2020

The LAMP assay is supplied as a Ready-To-Use version and is pre-dispensed in 8-tube PCR strips and needs only addition of RNA (extracted viral RNA or virus itself) before running. Two PCR strip is used for each test. One strip containing RNase P assay (Marked with Red Dot) and one strip containing N1 assay. Detection of amplified human RNase P is used to determine whether a sample is valid but testing the presence of nucleic acids in the sample. Since the RNase P assay can amplify both RNA and genomic DNA, it acts only as a purification control. RNase P assays are marked with a red dot on the side of the PCR tube.
XPRIZE SANATA Protocol for Swab LFIA Test v1
Authors: Thomas Mario , Sollen Jasmine , Ivanova Natalia , Abdilla Heidi , Fayek Reda , Feng Michelle , Lim Stephanie , Naaum Amanda
Published: September 2020

This procedure outlines the protocol using any swab suitable for a SARS-CoV-2 sample collection. The purpose of this test is to detect low levels of SARS-CoV-2 antigen at a higher sensitivity. Precision Biomonitoring Inc. developed an ultra-rapid digital, disposable, highly-sensitive and inexpensive testing device used for screening purposes. The mobile app complementary to this medical device is connected through Bluetooth. Using this innovation, the patients can be tested at the point-of-care (POC), and obtain qualitative results. It is recommended that positive results should be confirmed by RT-PCR.
Murumuru (Astrocaryum murumuru) meal as an additive to elephant grass silage
Authors: Serra-Ferreira Cláudia M , Farias-Souza Agatha G , Almeida-Mendonça Rita C , Simões-Souza Melany , Lopes-Filho Wagner R L , Faturi Cristian , Nogueira-Domingues Felipe , Do-Rêgo Aníbal C
Published: September 2020

Background: Tropical grasses, such as elephant grass, have high moisture content during its ideal phenological state for silage. High moisture content hinders proper preservation and reduces the nutritive value of silage due to secondary fermentation and production of effluents. Adding feed materials with high dry matter content, such as murumuru (Astrocaryum murumuru) meal, is a potential alternative to improve silage yield. Objective: To determine the effects of including murumuru meal (0, 7, 14, 21, and 28%) on the fermentative characteristics, microbiological activity, aerobic stability, and chemical composition of elephant grass silages. Methods: A completely randomized design with five treatments and five replicates was used. Elephant grass was collected at 60 d of age, minced, and homogenized with murumuru meal. The mass was placed in experimental 15-L silos. The silos were collected and analyzed 45 d later. Results: Effluent production decreased (p<0.05) as the proportions of murumuru meal in silage increased. A quadratic effect (p<0.05) was observed on dry matter recovery. An increase (p<0.05) was observed in dry matter content, a decrease (p<0.05) in the neutral detergent fiber content, and an increase (p<0.05) in the non-fibrous carbohydrate content with the inclusion of murumuru meal. Conclusions: Addition of murumuru meal improves chemical composition and does not affect the fermentative characteristics of elephant grass silage, while it reduces effluent losses. Nevertheless, the inclusion of murumuru meal in the elephant grass silage decreased the time of aerobic stability.
Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with bovine leukemia virus (BLV) seropositivity in cattle herds from Ecuador
Authors: Saa Luis R , Guzmán Lucía T , Fierro Natacha C , Castro Luz M , Reyes-Bueno Fabián , Carbonero Alfonso
Published: September 2020

Background: Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the causative agent of enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL). This disease mainly affects cattle, causing severe economic losses to producers. Objective: To establish individual and herd seroprevalence and determine the risk factors associated with BLV seropositivity for dairy and dual-purpose cattle herds in Ecuador. Methods: A total of 2,668 serum samples from 386 herds were collected. A questionnaire, including variables related to cattle health, management and the environment was completed by each herd. A commercial blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test was used to determine seropositivity. A generalized estimating equation model (GEE) was developed to determine the factors associated with BLV seropositivity. Results: Individual seroprevalence of BLV infection in Ecuador was 17.3% (CI95% = 15.86-18.74%). Herd prevalence was 37.8% (CI95% = 33.0-42.6%), and intra-herd prevalence ranged between 12.5 and 100% (median: 37.5%). The risk factors associated with BLV seropositivity were artificial insemination (OR: 2,215; CI95% = 1.402-3.501), concrete floors (OR: 2.178; CI95% = 1.217-3.889), presence of wild ruminants (OR: 2.998; CI95% = 1.788-5.027), and sampling season (wet; OR: 1.996; CI95% = 1.140-3.497). Conclusions: Results indicate that BLV is widespread in cattle herds in Ecuador. In addition, the study suggests that a control program to fight BLV infection should focus on controlling the risk factors identified.