bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Senų žmonių funkcionavimo, senatvės ir senėjimo tyrimų gairės: biopsichosocialinio modelio prieiga
Authors: Bagdonas Albinas , Kairys Antanas , Zamalijeva Olga
Published: July 2017

Straipsnyje analizuojamos Pasaulio sveikatos organizacijos (PSO) Tarptautinės funkcionavimo klasifikacijos (TFK) biopsichosocialinės prieigos taikymo senatvės ir senų žmonių gyvenimo problemoms tirti galimybės. Glaustai pristatoma Lietuvos gyventojų senėjimo statistika ir pateikiama žmogaus gyvenimo kelio, taip pat ir senatvės etapo, periodizacija. Pabrėžiama būtinybė susitarti dėl tokios periodizacijos standartizavimo – sutarimo laikytis vienodo žmogaus gyvenimo kelio skirstymo į amžiaus tarpsnius. Pristatomas TFK ir tam tikrų jos komponentų (funkcijų, struktūrų, veiklų, dalyvumo ir aplinkybių) panaudojimas, atliekant seno žmogaus socialinius, psichologinius ar sveikatos tyrimus. Į sėkmingą („sveiką“) ar nesėkmingą senėjimą žvelgiama iš funkcionavimo rezervo, sukaupto ankstesniais amžiaus tarpsniais, pozicijų. Pateikiamas modifikuotas TFK modelis, į kurį įtrauktas funkcionavimo integralinių aspektų blokas (pvz., objektyvi ir subjektyvi gyvenimo kokybė, psichologinė gerovė). Glaustai pristatomi keli senų žmonių psichologinės gerovės tyrimai Lietuvoje. Straipsnio esminės idėjos sutampa su neseniai Pasaulio sveikatos organizacijos paskelbtais senatvės, kaip socialinio reiškinio, vertinimais.
Vidutinė tikėtina gyvenimo trukmė tarpukario Lietuvoje
Authors: Norkus Zenonas
Published: July 2017

Vidutinė gyvenimo trukmė (VTGT, arba e°x) šiuo metu laikoma vienu iš patikimiausių gerovės rodiklių, naudojamų jos tarptautiniams skirtumams ir pokyčiams per tam tikrą laiką palyginti. Pirmos išsamios mirtingumo lentelės, reikalingos vidutinei tikėtinai gyvenimo trukmei (VTGT) apskaičiuoti, Lietuvoje buvo išleistos (vien „tarnybiniam naudojimui“) tik 1963 m. ir apėmė 1958–1959 m. laikotarpį. Nuo praėjusio amžiaus aštuntojo dešimtmečio išsiplėtė osteologine medžiaga pagrįsti senovės Lietuvos gyventojų paleodemografiniai tyrimai. Šiuo metu apie Lietuvos gyventojų VTGT viduriniajame geležies amžiuje (V–VII a. po Kr.) ir vėlyvaisiais viduramžiais žinome daugiau negu XX amžiuje (iki 1958–1959 m.), nes tėra vienas šio laikotarpio VTGT skaičiavimas, kurį 1966 m. apgintoje disertacijoje pateikė Antanas Merčaitis: 1925–1926 m.visų Lietuvos gyventojų e°0 = 50, 25 metų (vyrų – 48,58; moterų – 51,89). Naudojant kitokį metodą, straipsnyje pateikiami nauji VTGT Lietuvoje 1925 m. ir 1932 m. skaičiavimai (mirtingumo lentelės), rodantys per šį laikotarpį vykusią gerovės pažangą. 1925 m. visų Lietuvos gyventojųe°0 = 48,72 metai (vyrų – 47,12; moterų – 50,27). 1932 m. VTGT padidėjo iki e°0 = 52,07 metų visų gyventojų, 50,43 vyrų ir 53,62 moterų. Straipsnis baigiamas VTGT Lietuvoje ir kitose tarpukario Europos šalyse palyginimu.
Państwo w roli innowatora
Authors: Pohulak-Żołędowska Elżbieta
Published: July 2017

The article shows that breakthrough innovation is improved when the State actively finances R&D. The State must financially support the innovation process when the markets are incomplete or when high-risk capital does not come through. The State’s innovation policy should serve to realise the concept of sustainable development and foster cooperation between participants in the innovation process.
Terminy zawite w projekcie księgi pierwszej Kodeksu cywilnego
Authors: Kukuryk Piotr
Published: July 2017

Contrary to limitation periods, the Civil Code lacks de lege lata general principles governing time-barred periods. Their fragmentary regulation usually comes down to the determination of the so-called essentialia of a given time-barred period, namely its duration and the beginning of its run. The lack of a general code regulation is the source of numerous controversies. Therefore, in the doctrine, there has been a long-standing postulate to regulate selected aspects of the time-barred periods within the general part. This demand materialised only in the drafting of the First Book of the Civil Code, announced in October 2008, which regulates in the VII title, successively in two separate chapters, the issues of limitation periods (chapter I, Art. 181–191), and the time-barred period (chapter II, Art. 192–195). This article presents a concise analysis of these regulations. In particular, an attempt has been made to answer the question of to what extent their possible adoption will help to eliminate existing doubts. In conclusion, a positive assessment of the proposed legislation has been made. This is partly due to the fact that, in principle, the legislation reflects the established views of the doctrine and jurisprudence on the nature of time-barred periods.
“O My Hero! O My Comrade in Arms! O My Fiancée!”: Gender Crossing and Republican Values in Jane Dieulafoy's Fictions
Authors: Mesch Rachel
Published: July 2017

The famed French explorer and writer Jane Dieulafoy became a celebrity in the late nineteenth century for the discoveries that she and her husband, Marcel, made on their excursions in Persia. Dieulafoy wore pants during this time and upon resettling in Paris acquired a permit from the Parisian police to wear men's clothing, even as she was embraced by the socially conservative literary and political elite. Recognizing Dieulafoy through the modern notion of transgender allows us to make sense of that seeming contradiction. Two of her long-overlooked novels,Volontaire(1892) andFrère Pélage(1894), can be read as early transgender narratives. Through their gender-crossing protagonists, these texts provide an intellectual framework for understanding how Dieulafoy reconciled her gender expression with the religious and social structures that she held dear.
Introduction: From the Exotic to the Autoexotic
Authors: Li Xiaofan Amy
Published: July 2017

This cluster of essays stems from the spring reception workshop on autoexoticism, which was organized by the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Programme (OCCT) and the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) and took place on 19 March 2015 at the University of Oxford. Speakers at the workshop, also the contributors to this special feature, had been discussing the question of exoticism for the past few months. The topic of autoexoticism emerged through our discussions, and we felt the need to explore it because we were dissatisfied with the status quo of criticism on exoticism and intercultural practices. These essays are therefore both the result of our attempt to rethink exoticism and its discourses by articulating the autoexotic and an invitation to further explore and problematize the topic.
Arguing with Europe: Eastern Civilization Versus Orientalist Exoticism
Authors: Hill Peter
Published: July 2017

The French romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine traveled to the East—namely, Syria, Palestine, and parts of the Balkans—in 1832–33, with his wife and daughter. His account of these travels, theVoyage en Orient, was published in 1835 and went on to become one of the major Eastern travel-narratives of the nineteenth century. Edward Said was scathing about it inOrientalism: “What remains of the Orient in Lamartine's prose is not very substantial at all … the sites he has visited, the people he has met, the experiences he has had, are reduced to a few echoes in his pompous generalizations” (179). I would not dissent from this assessment. But Said was not the first to remark on the nature of Lamartine's representations of the Orient. In 1859, twenty-four years after the French poet's visit to the East, a young Beiruti poet and journalist, Khalīl al-Khūrī, made an Arabic translation and commentary, with some sharp criticisms, of one of the poems included inVoyage en Orient.
“The First English Lady Seen in These Parts”: Autoexoticizing Race and Gender in Colonial Women's Writing on Cyprus
Authors: Nunziata Daniele
Published: July 2017

I have before remarked upon the … excitement which our presence caused in many villages, where we were assured that, with the exception, of course, of a Turk, we were the first Europeans seen…. The extraordinary sight of the first English lady ever seen (indeed, few Europeans had got so far) brought a crowd….

—Scott-Stevenson, Our Home in Cyprus

From its earliest literary representations in english, Cyprus has been associated with intersecting anxieties toward race, religion, and sexuality. Inaugurating this theme, Shakespeare's Othello appropriates the culturally hybrid setting among Africa, Asia, and Europe as a space of uneasy female autonomy and as a locus of dangerous political and sexual activity orchestrated by men: Venus's island is, for European Venice, a “business of some heat” (211; 1.2.47), a commercial hub degrading into a deathbed of intercultural, interfaith, interracial sex. On the cultural frontiers among Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Islam, staged temporally between Western Europe's waning crusading past and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the island is an exoticized and effeminized space treated axiomatically as requiring the protection of Western paternalism. These themes pervade subsequent textual depictions of the space, a de facto British colony from 1878 to 1960, in works that venerate a reclaiming of the Ottoman possession by neo-Crusaders in the Orient. While academic scrutiny has addressed narratives such as Lawrence Durrell's Bitter Lemons (1957), there has been little focus on the patriarchal structuring of empire in this oeuvre of colonial travel writing or on the “persistent gendering of the imperial unknown” during this period (McClintock 24).
Reflections on Autoexoticism by Way of Cortazarian Literature
Authors: Sun Minyan
Published: July 2017

The oeuvre of Julio CortÁzar contains many facets of autoexoticism. In this essay, I engage with a few of his works to examine the notion of autoexoticism in two main aspects: first, the transformation of the self into the other self as a form; second, autoexoticists as those whose notion of the self inhabits their own desirous gaze.

Textual examples in Cortázar's literature that illustrate the first aspect are ubiquitous. For instance, in his short story “Lejana” we observe the alteration of Alina Reyes into a beggar in Budapest as she envisages with increasing clarity in her diary, while living in Buenos Aires, another self in Budapest. Her obsession with and fervent desire for this other self culminates in a final metamorphosis into it. The metamorphosis is based on the narcissistic reduplication of her self. In other words, through the externalization and exoticization of her self, she assumes an autoexoticist one.
Thorkelin y elBeowulf/ Thorkelin andBeowulf
Authors: Borges Jorge Luis , Stadolnik Joe
Published: July 2017

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) chose an unconventional hobby to occupy his middle age when he devoted himself in the 1950s to the study of Anglo-Saxon language and literature. His efforts were made easier by his fluency in English. “Georgie” had grown up speaking English with his father and Staffordshire-born grandmother and reading English books in the family library (Williamson 34). He would later call the time spent in that library “the chief event of [his] life” (“Autobiographical Notes” 42). In the following essay, “Thorkelin y elBeowulf” (“Thorkelin andBeowulf”), Borges sympathizes with a fellow student of Anglo-Saxon whose own moment of bookish revelation would come to define him: Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin (1752–1829), the first modern editor ofBeowulf.This unpublished essay recounts Thorkelin's seemingly predestined attraction to theBeowulfmanuscript and the catastrophic course of his long devotion.
On the Use of Force
Authors: Himes Chester , Millan Diego A.
Published: July 2017

In the mid-1960s, the United States witnessed increasing social unrest: students led protests against the Vietnam war, and many black Americans expressed disillusionment over piecemeal gains of the civil rights movement. Whereas history remembers the antiwar rallies mostly as protests, official records often code black demonstrations in Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, and the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles as riots. In response to two so-called riots in Newark, New Jersey, in July 1967, Chester Himes wrote “On the Use of Force” for the 24 July 1967 issue of the weekly Gaullist magazine Le nouveau Candide, where it was published in French translation (French version). The essay, never before published in English, offers timely thoughts concerning police brutality and is sure to be valuable for Himes scholarship, the story of black Americans in Europe, and the history of race and violence.
Influence of admixtures on rheological properties and heat of hydration of alkali aluminosilicate cement
Authors: Wu Wenda , Matalkah Faris , Soroushian Parviz , Almalkawi Areej , Wang Xuefang , Xu Liwei
Published: July 2017

The effects of selected admixtures on the set time, rheology, rate of workability loss with time and heat of hydration of an alkali aluminosilicate cement formulated with coal fly ash were investigated. The potential of these admixtures to make these aspects of the fresh alkali aluminosilicate paste behaviour more comparable to those of Portland cement paste were evaluated. Citric acid, borax and phosphoric acid were the admixtures considered in this investigation. They exhibited various degrees of effectiveness in achieving the targeted improvements in the fresh mix characteristics of alkali aluminosilicate cement. All admixtures produced favourable effects on at least one of the properties considered in the investigation. As far as rheology, set time and retention of fresh mix workability over time is concerned, citric acid performed better at the dosages considered in the project, producing qualities comparable to those of Portland cement. Borax and phosphoric acid, however, were more effective in reducing the rate of exothermic heat release and also the total heat released.
Finance and Inequality: The Distributional Impacts of Bank Credit Rationing
Authors: Choudhary M. Ali , Jain Anil
Published: July 2017

We analyze reductions in bank credit using a natural experiment where unprecedented flooding differentially affected banks that were more exposed to flooded regions in Pakistan. Using a unique dataset that covers the universe of consumer loans in Pakistan and this exogenous shock to bank funding, we find two key results. First, banks disproportionately reduce credit to new and less-educated borrowers, following an increase in their funding costs. Second, the credit reduction is not compensated by relatively more lending by less-affected banks. The empirical evidence suggests that adverse selection is the primary cause for banks disproportionately reducing credit to new borrowers.
Population irruption of the clam Meretrix morphina in Lake St Lucia, South Africa
Authors: Miranda Nelson A. F. , Peer Nasreen , Perissinotto Renzo , Carrasco Nicola K. , Jones Salome , Taylor Ricky H. , Fox Caroline
Published: July 2017

The thick-shelled clam Meretrix morphina, previously referred to as Meretrix meretrix, now occurs in the west Indian Ocean region, along the eastern seaboard of Africa, from the Red Sea to the Mlalazi Estuary, close to the Tugela River. Its presence in South Africa is only of recent recording. Meretrix morphina was detected for the first time in Lake St Lucia in 2000. The population declined and was not detected from 2005 until 2011, most likely as a result of a severe drought that resulted in widespread desiccation and hypersalinity in the lake. The system then experienced increased freshwater input resulting in lower salinities from 2011 until 2014, during which time M. morphina reappeared and their population gradually increased. In 2015, M. morphina became abundant in St Lucia, attaining unprecedented densities of 447 ind./m2. Biomass, expressed as a fresh weight, varied in the different basins of St Lucia, ranging from 195 g/m2 at Lister’s Point to 1909.8 g/m2 at Catalina Bay. However, in 2016, when drought conditions returned, M. morphina disappeared. This species appears to thrive under brackish salinities and high temperatures. It is able to establish large populations with high biomass and can become dominant. However, M. morphina is sensitive to desiccation and hypersaline conditions. This clam has substantial commercial value and is exploited along the African east coast, particularly in Mozambique. In future, it may feature more prominently in South African estuaries. However, the ecology of M. morphina is still largely unknown.

Significance: 

First record of population irruption of M. morphina in South Africa.
Report on the largely unknown ecology of a commercially valuable bivalve.
Update on the taxonomy and poleward spread of M. morphina.
Women’s representation in national science academies: An unsettling narrative
Authors: Ngila Dorothy , Boshoff Nelius , Henry Frances , Diab Roseanne , Malcom Shirley , Thomson Jennifer
Published: July 2017

Science academies are well placed to contribute towards strengthening of national systems of innovation through advocating for an increased participation of girls and women in science. To successfully do so, academies would need to overcome challenges faced with regard to women’s representation in their own ranks and women’s resultant full participation in the activities of national science academies. We collected baseline data on the representation of women scientists in the membership and governance structures of national science academies that are affiliated with IAP: the Global Network of Science Academies. Women academy members remained far below parity with men, given that women’s membership was typically about 12%. Women members were better represented in the social sciences, humanities and arts but the corresponding shares rarely exceeded 20%. In the natural sciences and engineering, women’s membership remained well below 10%. On average, the largest share of women members (17%) was associated with academies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The average share of women serving on governing bodies was 20%. To change this unsettling narrative, the importance of academies of science annually collecting, analysing and reporting gender-disaggregated data on membership and activities is highlighted as a key recommendation. Several aspects of women’s representation and participation in national science academies are highlighted for further investigation.

Significance: 

Demonstrates under-representation of women in national science academies.
Reports on results of the first gender-disaggregated survey on membership and governance of national science academies, globally.
Underscores the importance of regular collection, analysis and reporting of gender-disaggregated data in the science sector.
PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA BRASILEIRA SOBRE SOFRIMENTO PSÍQUICO E DEPRESSÃO DA EQUIPE DE ENFERMAGEM NA EMERGÊNCIA
Authors: Antunes Michele
Published: July 2017

Os profissionais da enfermagem que trabalham nos setores de emergência e urgência estão mais suscetíveis ao sofrimento psíquico e à depressão, pois o ambiente profissional com as características e organização do trabalho de implica em constantes situações estressoras. Objetivo: identificar a produção científica brasileira sobre as causas do sofrimento psíquico e depressão da equipe de enfermagem que atua nos serviços de emergência. Metodologia: revisão integrativa de caráter exploratório e descritivo nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americano e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e o repositório Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), com as palavras-chave: “sofrimento psíquico” e “emergência” e “depressão”, no período de 2010 a 2016, resultando em uma amostra de sete estudos. Resultados: causas da depressão e sofrimento psíquico são a violência sofrida no seu ambiente de trabalho, os atendimentos emergenciais e os fatores organizacionais como o ambiente físico, normas institucionais, burocracia, comunicação, autonomia, recompensas, segurança) que com outros fatores como os pessoais e do trabalho, a dificuldade em separar o que é estresse físico ou psicológico e a vulnerabilidade psíquica a qual estes profissionais estão expostos, fatos estes que que podem estar associadas a sintomas de sofrimento psíquico e depressão. Conclusão: é necessário a elaboração de ações de prevenção e promoção da saúde do trabalhador que atuam na emergência, principalmente com foco multiprofissional. Ações como a elaboração de grupos de discussão e a prática da escuta qualificada com o auxílio de um psicólogo, poderiam ser implementadas.
ATENÇÃO DA EQUIPE DE ENFERMAGEM DURANTE O PRÉ-NATAL: PERCEPÇÃO DAS GESTANTES ATENDIDAS NA REDE BÁSICA DE ITAPURANGA – GO EM DIFERENTES CONTEXTOS SOCIAIS
Authors: Rocha Ana Claudia , Andrade Gislângela Silva
Published: July 2017

O pré-natal tem como objetivo principal o acompanhamento à gestante, se caracterizando em um momento de aprendizado para gestante e sua família. Essa assistência deve ser realizada por profissional habilitado e capacitado que dê suporte a gestante durante o pré-natal. Sendo assim é neste contexto que se destaca o enfermeiro, que tem como meta o acolhimento das gestantes na unidade de saúde, com o propósito de sanar dúvidas e medos relacionados ao momento vivenciado por elas. A pesquisa teve como objetivo de conhecer e avaliar a assistência de enfermagem prestada a gestantes em três ESF’s localizada no município de Itapuranga-GO, partindo da percepção das mesmas. Foi realizado um estudo observacional, transversal e qualiquantitativo sobre a assistência de enfermagem prestada a gestantes de baixo risco em contexto social diferente em Itapuranga – GO por meio de um questionário misto com perguntas objetivas e subjetivas. Resultados: das 30 gestantes entrevistadas nas três ESF’s, 90% estão satisfeitas com a consulta de enfermagem e 10% parcialmente satisfeitas. No entanto constatamos que o atendimento nas consultas são padronizadas ocorrendo do mesmo modo. Concluímos que o trabalho do enfermeiro no pré-natal ainda enfrenta barreiras, no entanto, o impacto positivo de suas ações bem como o reconhecimento do seu trabalho é evidente e destacado pelas gestantes.
SAÚDE DO TRABALHADOR MILITAR: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Antunes Dorneles Ademir Jones , De Lima Dalmolin Graziele , De Souza Moreira Maria Graziela
Published: July 2017

Objetivo: identificar, na produção científica nacional e internacional, características e fatores que podem influenciar na saúde do trabalhador militar. Método: Revisão integrativa, realizada por meio de levantamento bibliográfico nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde e National Library of Medicine, e na biblioteca virtual Scientific Electronic Library Online, no período de janeiro e maio de 2016, com diferentes combinações de descritores. Resultados: Foram incluídos 19 estudos, entre os anos de 1986 e 2015. Evidenciou-se que a saúde dos trabalhadores militares é influenciada por variáveis socioeconômicas, laborais, e de hábitos e saúde, sendo o estresse um dos principais problemas de saúde ocupacional entre os militares. Conclusão: constata-se a importância e necessidade de adoção de medidas de promoção da saúde e prevenção de agravos junto a essa população para manutenção das suas condições físicas e mentais e constituição de ambientes de trabalho mais saudáveis e satisfatórios.
Sobre la ocupación del suelo y la reconstrucción de la feminidad / On ground occupation and reconstruction of femininity
Authors: Coca Diana
Published: July 2017

Performance, vídeo y serie fotográfica sobre la ocupación creativa del espacio público, del suelo y del mundo desde los cuerpos afectivos, la música, el baile, lo coreográfico, la performance y lo colectivo. Retrata un concierto/performance del grupo madrileño de jazz y cuplé ‘De La Puríssima’, que organizamos inesperadamente en las calles de los barrios pekineses de Caochangdi y 798, en otoño de 2010. Estas prácticas artísticas nos ofrecen la posibilidad de modificar el mundo, que nos confronta directamente con el neoliberalismo.On ground occupation and reconstruction of femininity.Performance, video and photographic series, as art research, about the creative occupation of public space, ground and the world from affective bodies, music, dancing, choreography, per-formance and the collective. Portrays a concert / performance of the Madrid jazz and cuplé band ‘De La Purissima’, which we organize unexpectedly in the streets of Caochangdi and 798 Beijing neighborhoods, in autumn 2010. This artistic practices offer us the oppor-tunity to change the world, that confronts us directly with neoliberalism. The article presents a part of text that is the discussion of performance research, and another visual part that is the methodological development of the process.
Um (re)corte do/no corpo: sentidos de beleza e saúde da cirurgia bariátrica pelo viés midiático
Authors: Marinheiro de Paula Thaís Silva , Pacífico Soraya Maria Romano
Published: July 2017

Ao considerarmos que, na contemporaneidade, os discursos circulantes na mídia sobre o corpo belo e perfeito podem afetar a imagem que o sujeito faz de seu corpo, realizamos uma análise de duas capas de revistas, de circulação na sociedade brasileira, que discursivizam a cirurgia bariátrica, buscando interpretar como o discurso midiático constrói e legitima sentidos acerca da obesidade. Além disso, analisamos, também, discursos de sujeitos que fizeram essa cirurgia há mais de um ano, a fim de estabelecer uma comparação entre seus discursos e o discurso midiático, visando interpretar se ambos partilham, ou não, da mesma formação discursiva, isto é, se os sujeitos optam pela cirurgia por uma questão de saúde ou de beleza. Para tanto, os pressupostos teóricos e analíticos utilizados sustentam-se na Análise de Discurso pecheuxtiana. Como resultado, encontramos sentidos dominantes sobre estética e beleza que circulam tanto no discurso midiático, quanto no discurso dos sujeitos-bariátricos.
A argumentação retórica no gênero fílmico documental
Authors: Arcanjo Fábio Ávila
Published: July 2017

O presente artigo visa discutir os pontos de contato existentes entre o gênero documentário e a argumentação retórica. Buscaremos dissertar acerca da presença de algumas categorias originárias da Análise Argumentativa do Discurso, que operou uma releitura da chamada retórica aristotélica, no trabalho discursivo realizado pelo documentarista. Nossa análise se baseará em apreciar esse gênero fílmico mediante três pressupostos: gêneros da retórica – demonstrativo, deliberativo e judiciário; partes do discurso – concernente ao que o filósofo belga Michel Meyer (2007) nomeia de edifício retórico (invenção, disposição, elocução, ação e memória); e provas retóricas – éthos, lógos e pathos. Além dessas questões, iremos discutir o posicionamento de certos documentários na dicotomia dimensão argumentativa x intenção argumentativa proposta pela pesquisadora francesa Ruth Amossy (2011). As análises presentes nesse artigo são oriundas de um recorte da nossa pesquisa de mestrado. Nesse sentido, utilizaremos como corpus alguns documentários nacionais e internacionais.
Needs assessment for developing a multidisciplinary model for trafficking prevention and rehabilitation of survivors
Authors: Jani Nairruti
Published: July 2017

Trafficking in persons is a complex issue demanding a coordinated and multidimensional response in order to achieve effective and faster results. Due to the complexity of this phenomenon, it is often challenging for organizations serving this population to identify the constantly emerging needs in a routine fashion. The aim of this study is to provide comprehensive guidance to service providers on existing needs in this field and assessing the gaps in response to trafficking in persons in United States. The results of this study reveal a number of components that have to be crucially addressed for creating a need based effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency system of service provision for victims of human trafficking.
‘White trash’ in the ‘basket of deplorables’: Continued crisis of men in America
Authors: Mohan Brij
Published: July 2017

The ‘post-truth’ society has produced a compound of two sets of new revolutionaries: We have known about the ‘white trash’ for about 400 years. The ‘deplorables’ represent the new Hillbillies left out by the ravages of globalized economy; ‘basement dwellers’ are reluctant liberals unable to confront the new realities of a hopelessly divided nation.
Transforming social work: Transcending vocational purpose—new book challenges current perspectives on social work
Authors: Tehrifard Mina
Published: July 2017

“The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”
ESP Vol.2, Issue 1
Authors: Office Editorial
Published: July 2017

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Impacto produtivo na inclusão de germoplasma Booroola em rebanho Corriedale
Authors: Amarilho-Silveira Fernando
Published: July 2017

O objetivo desta nota é apresentar alguns resultados referentes ao impacto produtivo no primeiro ano de inclusão do germoplasma Booroola em um rebanho da raça Corriedale. Os dados foram tomados da produção de um rebanho geral da raça Corriedale, nascida no ano de 2013. Foram acasaladas 25 ovelhas com um carneiro Booroola (BN) e 50 com dois carneiros não Booroola (NN). As filhas do carneiro BN se mostraram mais resistentes aos parasitos gastrointestinais. Por outro lado, as filhas dos carneiros NN apresentaram menores valores para qualidade do fiado e maior fator de conforto. Com a inclusão do sangue Booroola neste rebanho, foram obtidos ganhos genéticos para resistência a parasitos gastrointestinais.
Development of a trap for collecting Cochliomyia hominivorax (diptera: caliphoridae) flies
Authors: Druzian Salinas Bruna Carolina , Lima Junior Izidro Dos Santos de
Published: July 2017

The insect Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Caliphoridae) causes primary cutaneous myiasis, and the use of traps is an alternative to monitor this fly in the field. Thus, the objective of this work was to develop a low-cost trap for collecting C. hominivorax in the field. Three experiments were conducted, with six replications, in the experimental field of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa - Agropecuária Oeste), in Ponta Porã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Traps were developed using two-liter polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles cut in half, with 30 grams of bovine liver and water covering 90 % of the liver mass placed in the bottom half, using the upper half as a cover funnel to keep the captured flies in the bottom half. The experiments consisted of evaluations of different opening diameter of the trap entrance (3, 4, 6 and 7 mm) with traps installed at 1.16 m from the ground (Experiment 1), heights of installation of the traps (0.00, 0.40, 0.80, 1.20, 1.60 and 2.00 m from the ground) (Experiment 2) and bottle colors (yellow, blue, white, green, red and transparent) (Experiment 3). The collected data were subjected to Tukey’s test (p < 0.05). The ideal traps for collecting C. hominivorax in the field were those with opening diameter of 6 mm, height installation of 1.20 m from the ground, using transparent PET bottles.
Límites y evolución de los derechos sociales ¿Hacia su individualización?
Authors: Ruiz-Rico Ruiz Catalina
Published: July 2017

La introspección jurídica en la igualdad como límite de los derechos sociales posibilita el revisionismo del modelo actual y de sus presupuestos en torno a la universalidad y colectivos estanco. La transversalidad de la igualdad contribuye a fundamentalizar los derechos sociales y a reforzar su vinculación jurídica, pero también a visibilizar los efectos discriminatorios de un trato igualitario entre titulares de los mismos. La abstracción de elementos diferenciadores con relevancia jurídica en el diseño de políticas sociales, la inaplicación del principio de progresividad, la ausencia de evaluación de los resultados derivados, fundamentan un control constitucional. La discriminación indirecta, múltiple y por circunstancias personales, familiares o sociales se concitan en el desarrollo práctico de los derechos sociales, cuestionando su constitucionalidad. Como mecanismo antidiscriminatorio y de eficacia, este estudio plantea la posibilidad jurídica de derechos individuales sobre los derechos sociales, con base en la tendencia actual de un derecho personalizado a servicios sociales.
Synchronization of Nellore Jodipi ewes by different doses of PGF2a
Authors: Praveen Kumar K. , Bramhaiah K. , Naidu G. , Ekambaram B. , Krishna N. V. V. , Rajesh M.
Published: July 2017

Nellore Jodipi cyclic ewes were synchronized to assess the effectiveness of two different doses of double PGF2á (Cloprostenol sodium) @ either 125 or 250 µg with 9 d interval in Groups I and II based on the estrus response and fertility rate after intra cervical inseminations at 60 and 72 h after 2nd PGF2a. The estrus response (%), onset of estrus (%), duration of estrus (h) and intensity of estrus in ewes synchronized by PGF2a were 80.95 and 85.71; 50.94+3.12 and 48.00+3.40; 24.35+1.41 and 28.22+1.15 and 6.76+0.29 and 6.83+0.34 in Groups I and II, respectively. The conception rate based on 25 d non return rate was 85.71 and 80.95 % with an overall lambing rate of 71.43 and 66.67 % in Group I and II, respectively. The study revealed that the synchronization response among the treated ewes by 125 µg of PGF2á was slightly lesser with higher lambing rate than 250 µg of PGF2a.
Phenotype correlation of external and incubation traits of Italian White Goose eggs and goslings after hatching
Authors: Sreten Mitroviæ , Milena Milojevic , Mirjana Ðukic-Stojcic
Published: July 2017

Based on observations and established results related to reproduction characteristics, i.e. physical and incubation values of the Italian White Goose, following conclusions were drawn: out of 400 incubated eggs, 352 were fertilised (88.00%); 316 goslings were hatched (79% and 89.77% out of the number of inlaid and the number of fertilised eggs respectively); while the mortality during the incubation period (early, medium and late) amounted to 36 dead embryos (9.00% and 11.39% out of the number of incubated and the number of fertilised eggs respectively). Furthermore, following correlation was established by calculating the coefficients of phenotype correlation between major traits: very weak – between egg weight and egg shape index (rp = 0.180**); absolute – between egg weight and hatching weight of goslings (rp = 0.986***); medium – between egg weight and gosling percentage in the egg weight (rp = 0.477***); weak – between egg shape index and gosling weight (rp = 0.195***); while between the egg shape index and the gosling percentage in the egg weight no statistically significant (P>0.05) correlation was established (rp = 0.031NS).
Socio-economic factors and management practices followed in eastern Uttar Pradesh for rearing of Jaunpuri goat
Authors: Kumar Dharmendra , Singh V. , Yadav Alok , Jha Amit , Singh Jitendra
Published: July 2017

The present investigation was undertaken to study the management practices and socio-economic factors affecting the farming of Jaunpuri goat in two districts of its native tracts in eastern Uttar Pradesh. viz., Allahabad and Jaunpur. Ten villages from Jaunpur and fifteen villages from Allahabad district were randomly selected for the present investigation. The findings revealed that most of the goat farmers in Jaunpur and Allahabad district were of marginal type in their land holding capacity with 47.61 and 68.18% respectively and they earned more than Rs.5000 per annum from goatery. Besides the goatery, the other professions of goat rearers are 60% farming, 33.33% labor, 6.67% small business in Jaunpur and 58.82% labour, 41.18% farming in Allahabad district. The literacy of the head of the Jaunpuri goat rearing family was 66.67 and 68.18 % respectively in the Jaunpur and Allahabad district and most of farmers have 6-8 members per family. The farmers of both districts used to house their goats mostly during night time. The result indicated that 70.48 and 80.91% farmers from Jaunpur and Allahabad districts keep their animal in the house during night. However, 29.52 and 19.09% of the farmers used to keep their animals in the goat shed both day and night. The overall percentages of close and open type house were 27.91 and 72.09%, respectively in Jaunpur and Allahabad district. Most goat sheds were Kuccha type, because of the poor economic status of goat farmer in these districts. The Jaunpuri goat is dual type of goat which produces milk and meat both. Thus the present findings indicated that in both the districts the farmers reared this breed for dual purpose.
Effect of Ginkgo biloba extract on cognitive function and neurotransmitter levels in rats with vascular dementia
Authors: Wang Jie , Mao Shan , Wang Jian , Jiao Yuhuan , Zhang Xiangfeng , Zhang Yingxin , Wang Zhenhuan , Zhang Qinchang , Li Shaolin
Published: July 2017

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Ginkgo biloba extract on the cognitive function and neurotransmitter levels in rats with vascular dementia (VD) and its mechanism of action. 50 male Sprague Dawley rats were selected for this study, and the vascular dementia model was established by permanent occlusion of bilateral common carotid arteries of rats. Of which 40 rats were then divided into four groups (n=10):  vascular dementia group, low-dose, middle-dose and high-dose ginkgo biloba extract groups respectively; another 10 rats were allocated to sham operation group. Rats  in  low, middle and high dose groups were received 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg/d Ginkgo biloba extract via tail vein, respectively, while model group and sham group received an equal volume of normal saline. Morris water maze was used to evaluate the cognitive function of rats. After behavioral observation, these rats were sacrificed for detecting the level of acetylcholine (ACh), dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in brain tissue. Ginkgo biloba extract can significantly improve the cognitive function of rats with vascular dementia, the mechanism may be correlated with the fact that the extract can obviously increase the levels of ACh, 5-HT and DA, as well as inhibit the activity of AChE.
The effect of phytogenic feed additives on the performance, meat quality and coccidial infection rates of rabbits
Authors: Lapiñski Stanislaw , Gacek Leszek , Gawroñska Joanna , Guja Iwona , Kowal Jerzy , Migdal Lukasz , Migdal Wladyslaw , Niedbala Piotr
Published: July 2017

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of herbal supplementation on rabbits’ health and production parameters. In experiment with herbal food additives, at 90 days of age animals fed with phytogenic additives (oregano, garlic and rosemary) had higher body weight compared to the group fed with coccidiostat. In experiment with herbal water additives (garlic extract or oregano) the phytobiotic supplementation had no effect on weight gains of animals. The highest body weight on slaughter day was obtained by rabbits drank water with garlic extract. Parasitological tests performed at 91 days of age showed that lowest average number of coccidia oocysts per gram of faeces (OPG) in  “garlic” group (48.0 OPG) and the highest in control group (308.6 OPG). The research showed that feed with herbal supplementation is willingly eaten by rabbits, contributes to faster weight gains and has a positive effect on meat quality.
Effect of Hippophae rhamnoides extract on Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in Guinea Pigs
Authors: Erhan Ertugrul , Mammadov Renad , Altuner Durdu , Cimen Ferda , Kurt Nezahat , Hacimuftuoglu Fazil , Turan Fatih , Terz Suat , Celiker Metin , Suleyman Halis
Published: July 2017

No previous studies have examined the effect of Hippophae rhamnoides fruit extract (HRE), which contains both water and fat soluble vitamins, on cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of HRE on cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in Guinea pigs and to evaluate the biochemical, gene expression and histopathological changes associated with cisplatin use. Experimental animals were divided into three groups: healthy (HG), HRE+cisplatin (HRC) and cisplatin control (CCG) groups. Biochemical, gene expression and histopathological examinations were carried on the removed inner ear tissues. In the HRC group, the oxidant parameter was lower and the anti-oxidant parameter was higher than in the CCG. These results are supported by gene expression levels and histopathological results. The use of HRE against cisplatin-induced oxidative ototoxicity may be easier, more cost effective and more beneficial than the use of vitamins alone or in combination with each other.
Evaluation of acute toxicity and effects of sub-acute concentrations of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) on hematology, selected enzymes and histopathology of liver and kidney in Mus musculus
Authors: Yaqub Atif , Anjum Khalid , Munir Amnah , Mukhtar Hamid , Khan Waseem
Published: July 2017

Industrial use of nanoparticles and their accumulation during the recent decade have created an urgent need to assess their environmental implications. The current study deals with the evaluation of acute toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) in the albino mice (Mus musculus). Lethal dose of these nanoparticles in albino mice injected via intravenous route were found to be 550 mg/kg body weight (BW). Exposure of the albino mice to sub-lethal concentrations of these nanoparticles resulted in altered hematological parameters such as a significant increase in white blood cells (WBCs), a significant decrease in red blood cells (RBCs), hemoglobin (Hb) and platelets count. NPs significantly elevated the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), urea and creatinine. Histopathological examination of liver and kidney showed that sub-lethal doses of CuO-NPs, in liver, led to rupture of hepatocytes, dilation of sinusoid space, hemorrhaging in hepatic tissues, and congestion of the central vein with red blood cells leading towards ultimate rupture. On the other hand, the kidney showed ruptured renal capsule, loss of urinary space, swelling in glomerulus, degeneration in podocysts, and cytoplasmic vacuolization
Sensibilidad de la evolución de la desigualdad a las técnicas de inferencia utilizadas. Una aplicación para el índice de Gini en el caso español (1993-2000)
Authors: García Pérez Carmelo , Prieto Alaiz Mercedes
Published: July 2017

Las conclusiones respecto a la evolución de la desigualdad de países o regiones se deducen, frecuentemente, de las variaciones experimentadas por las estimaciones puntuales de indicadores comunes, sin considerar el efecto de los errores muestrales en la significación estadística de los cambios. En este artículo, se analiza la influencia de los diferentes métodos de inferencia (asintótica y bootstrap) del índice de Gini en la detección de variaciones interanuales de dicho indicador. Con este fin, se realiza, en primer lugar, un estudio de simulación para evaluar el comportamiento de las distintas metodologías, conocidos los valores reales de los parámetros poblacionales. En segundo lugar, se aborda un estudio de sensibilidad aplicado a los datos del caso español para analizar la influencia de la técnica de inferencia sobre la definición de tendencias en el comportamiento del índice de Gini, utilizando datos del Panel de Hogares de la Unión Europea para el período 1993-2000.
Margen de utilidad y distribución de las rentas. La industria manufacturera chilena durante los años noventa
Authors: Benavente H. José Miguel , Contreras B. José Luis
Published: July 2017

En este artículo se estima de manera conjunta el sobreprecio existente en la industria manufacturera chilena durante el decenio de los noventa y la distribución de la ganancia obtenida entre los factores productivos implicados en generar dicha renta. Mediante el uso de método generalizado de momentos (MGM) se encuentra que la mano de obra se apropia de 21% de lla ganancia, mientras que los proveedores de insumos de 16 %. Lo restante queda en manos de los dueños de la empresa.
Los mercados de las rentas vitalicias en Chile. Competencia, regulación, ¿y miopía?
Authors: Walker Eduardo
Published: July 2017

Se estudia la tasa interna de rendimiento de las rentas vitalicias en Chile (definida como la tasa de interés que iguala el valor presente de las pensiones esperadas con la prima pagada por los pensionados), asociándola a la competencia en la industria. Se documenta que: a) las compañías de seguros que pagaban mayores comisiones de corretaje lograban menores costos de financiación; b) hubo un cambio estructural en la elasticidad de largo plazo de las tasas de las rentas vitalicias respecto a la tasa libre de riesgo pertinente en 2001, coincidiendo con el envío al Congreso de un proyecto de ley que pretendió hacer más transparente el mercado e imponer máximos a las comisiones pagadas a los corredores. Se arguye que las pruebas son estrechamente congruentes con la siguiente hipótesis conjunta: i) las altas comisiones cobradas en los años noventa eran ilegalmente devueltas de manera parcial a los pensionados por los corredores; ii) los pensionados miopes prefieren el efectivo a mayores valores presentes. iii) así, la amenaza legal causó la baja de comisiones, redujo la holgura para los pagos en efectivo, aumentó la competencia vía tasas de interés e incrementó la elasticidad de largo plazo para igualarse a uno.
Rentabilidad, concentración y eficiencia en el sistema bancario mexicano
Authors: Guerrero Mora Rodolfo , Villalpando Benítez Mario
Published: July 2017

En años recientes ha surgido un creciente interés por verificar el paradigma que mejor explica la relación entre la estructura de mercado y las ganancias en el sistema bancario mexicano: poder de mercado o eficiencia. Para poner a prueba estos paradigmas, en este artículo se elaboran indicadores específicos de eficiencia basados en el concepto de frontera eficiente, los cuales se incorporan en la prueba tradicional de estructura de mercado-conducta-desempeño. En contraste con estudios anteriores, en este artículo se encuentran pruebas en favor sólo de la hipótesis de poder de mercado.
Dimensión regional de las externalidades indirectas de la investigación y desarrollo relacionadas con el comercio internacional Norte-Sur
Authors: Schiff Maurice , Wang Yanling
Published: July 2017

En este artículo se estudia el efecto del comercio internacional con Japón, la América del Norte y la Unión Europea en la difusión de la tecnología y el crecimiento en la productividad total de los factores (PTF) en Jordania, Corea y México. Las medidas de investigación y desarrollo (ID) se construyen en la base de la ID nivel de industria en el Norte, de las pautas de comercio entre el Norte y el Sur, y de las relaciones de insumo-producto en el Sur. Mostramos que la difusión de la tecnología y el crecimiento de la productividad tienden a ser regionales. Jordania (Corea) (México) se beneficia principalmente del comercio con la Unión Europea (Japón) (América del Norte). Esto es, la versión dinámica de la hipótesis de los “vecinos comerciales naturales” parece válida para este grupo de países.
Convergencia hacia la economía regional líder en México. Un análisis de cointegración en panel
Authors: Díaz Pedroza Jesús , Sánchez Vargas Armando , Mendoza González Miguel Ángel
Published: July 2017

El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer evidencia empírica de la convergencia del PIB per capita de los estados de la Republica Mexicana hacia el PIB del Distrito Federal, al que consideramos como la economía líder (Barro y Sala-i-Martin, 1991, 1992). Para ello, se aplican dos pruebas de raíces unitarias y ocho de cointegración en panel (Im, Pesaran y Shin, 1997; Levin-Lin, 1993; Pedroni, 2001; Larsson, 2001). Estas pruebas resuelven el problema de las distorsiones por el uso de muestras pequeñas, propias de las series de tiempo. Las pruebas de raíces unitarias muestran que no hay evidencia de convergencia absoluta de 1970 a 2004 y para otros dos subperiodos. Sin embargo, las pruebas de cointegración arrojan evidencia en favor de la convergencia condicional para el mismo periodo. Las estimaciones de la velocidad de convergencia (Mark y Sul, 2003) indican que las regiones más ricas convergen más rápidamente que las pobres.