bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Epidemiology and outcomes of trauma patients at The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 2017 – 2018
Authors: Salman Saima , Saleem Syed Ghazanfar , Shaikh Quratulain , Yaffee Anna Q
Published: November 2019

Objective: Structured trauma care has proven to improve patient outcomes, and this is more relevant in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The objective of this study was to determine the distribution, etiology, severity and outcomes of trauma patients at the Indus Hospital.

Methods: All adult poly-trauma patients presenting to The Indus Hospital from July 2017 to June 2018 were included in this retrospective review. Data was extracted on etiology of trauma, severity of injury, investigations and final disposition of patients.

Results: Of 972 trauma patients presenting to TIH Emergency Department, 663 (68.2%) were males with a mean age of 36 (17.4) years. Road traffic accidents (RTAs) led to trauma in 766 patients (78.8%), followed by 121 falls (12.7%). Injury Severity score (ISS) was calculated upon arrival and 528 (54.3%) were found to be critically injured. Median length of stay was 60 (24-720) minutes while none utilized pre-hospital Emergency Medical services.

Conclusion: Most trauma patients were males suffering from RTA. Nearly half of the patients were critically injured on arrival. EMS is not utilized by trauma patients. There were gaps identified in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma.

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1717

How to cite this:Salman S, Saleem SG, Shaikh Q, Yaffee AQ. Epidemiology and outcomes of trauma patients at The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 2017 – 2018. Pak J Med Sci. Special Supplement ICON 2020. 2020;36(1):S9-S13. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1717

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ICON 2020 Supplement
Authors: Shaikh Qurat ul Ain , Saeed Saima
Published: November 2019

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1729

How to cite this:Saeed S, Shaikh QA. Guest Editorial. Pak J Med Sci. Special Supplement ICON 2020. 2020;36(1):S3. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1729

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Promoting Research Culture at Indus Health Network
Authors: Jawaid Shaukat Ali
Published: November 2019

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1861

How to cite this:Jawaid SA. Promoting Research Culture at Indus Health Network. Pak J Med Sci. Special Supplement ICON 2020. 2020;36(1):S2. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1861

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Does fMRI neurofeedback in the context of stress influence mood and arousal? A randomised controlled trial with parallel group design
Authors: Belardi Angelo , Lee Jong-Hwan , Kim Hyun-Chul , Stalujanis Esther , Jung Eun Kyung , Oh Minkyung , Yoo Seung-Schik , Pruessner Jens C. , Tegethoff Marion , Meinlschmidt Gunther
Published: November 2019

Background: Stress-related mental and physical health issues burden modern societies. New treatment opportunities could help to lessen long-term detrimental consequences of stress.

Objective: To investigate whether real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback (rtfMRInf), aimed at modulating brain activity associated with a stressor, affects subjective mood and arousal.

Methods: In total, 30 males participated in a randomised controlled trial with parallel-group design. rtfMRInf was the intervention, sham-neurofeedback the control condition, and the Stroop task the stressor. We instructed participants to modulate their stress response to the Stroop task via feedback from their anterior cingulate cortex and their insular cortex, concomitantly applying mental strategies. We assessed mood with the Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire (dimensions: good/bad, GB; awake/tired, AT; and calm/nervous, CN), and subjective arousal with Self-Assessment Manikins (SAM).

Results: We found significantly higher subjective arousal after neurofeedback phases in the experimental condition as compared to the control condition [t(26.6) = −2.216, 95%CI [−2.188,−0.083], p = 0.035; t(27.9) = −3.252, 95%CI [−2.685,−0.609], p = 0.003], but no significant differences between the conditions regarding mood [GB: b = 0.4, 95%CI [−0.67, 1.47], p = 0.467; AT: b = 0.769, 95%CI [−0.319, 1.857], p = 0.177; CN: b = 0.5, 95%CI [−0.53, 1.53], p = 0.352]. In both conditions, there was significantly worse and more tired mood after the fMRI session as compared to before [GB:b = −0.77, 95% CI [−1.31, 0.23], p = 0.009; AT: b = −0.652, 95%CI [−1.116,−0.187], p = 0.01].

Conclusions: Findings indicate that rtfMRInf led to higher arousal, which may counteract the aim to reduce stress responses. Whether the multitasking situation has triggered this neurofeedback-related arousal – and how to circumvent it – asks for further study.

Trial registration: NCT01921088, ClinicalTrials.gov, 13th August 2013.
Mitigation of methane gas emission in rice by drip irrigation
Authors: Parthasarathi Theivasigamani , Vanitha Koothan , Mohandass Sendass , Vered Eli
Published: November 2019

Background: Rice farming faces major challenges, including water limitation, drought and climate change in the current scenario of agriculture. Among the innovative water-saving techniques, drip irrigation is a forerunner, with maximized water-saving potential, increased grain yield and methane mitigation.

Methods: A field experiment was conducted comprising four different drip irrigation practices: (i) sub-surface drip irrigation (SDI) with 1.0 litre per hour (lph) discharge rate emitters (DRE) (SDI+1.0 lph DRE) (ii) SDI+0.6 lph DRE, (iii) surface drip irrigation (DI) with 1.0 lph discharge rate emitters (DI+1.0 lph DRE), (iv) DI+0.6 lph DRE and were compared with (v) a conventional flood aerobic irrigation (considered conventional).

Results: The estimated grain yield of rice was found to be 23.5%, 20.3%, and 15.1% higher under SDI+1.0 lph DRE, SDI+0.6 lph DRE and DI+1.0 lph DRE practices, respectively, than the conventional method. A water saving of 23.3% was also observed for all drip practices compared with conventional practices. Seasonal methane emission flux declined 78.0% in the drip methods over the conventional irrigation: better mitigation than previously reported values (alternate wetting and drying (47.5%) and system of rice intensification (29.0%) practices). Continuous soil aeration and enhanced soil methanotrophs (P<0.05) limit the peak methane emission in rice during the flowering phase in drip irrigation, which is reflected in the methane emission flux values. Consequently, the equivalent CO2 (CO2-eq) emissions and yield-scaled CO2 eq-emission were found to be significantly lower in SDI (43.8% and 49.5%, respectively), and DI (25.1% and 26.7%, respectively) methods as compared with the conventional that ensures better methane mitigation and future climate-smart rice production systems.

Conclusions: Drip irrigation could reduce the cumulative methane emission in aerobically grown rice. SDI + 1.0 lph DRE practice can be applied in areas with inadequate water availability and effective in reducing the CO2-eq emission with better yield than conventional.
School adolescents’ knowledge concerning hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Authors: Sierpińska Lidia , Jankowska Ewa
Published: November 2019

Introduction. Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a serious clinical, epidemiological and social problem in Poland. Objective. The objective of the study was recognition of knowledge concerning HCV infection among adolescents attending post-secondary schools. Material and method. The study was conducted in 2016, among 106 school adolescents attending two post-secondary schools in Radom, by means of a questionnaire designed by the author and a standardized questionnaire according to the Polish Group of HCV Experts. Statistical analysis was performed using the software Statistica 10.0. Results. The majority of adolescents (84.5%) knew that HCV causes hepatitis C. Boys more frequently than girls knew that the disease spreads by contact with infected blood (72.0% and 50.6%, respectively). Girls significantly more often than boys knew that approximately 700,000 people in Poland are infected with HCV (54.3% and 24.0%, respectively). According to 84.1% of respondents everyone is exposed to this infection. Boys more often than girls (72.0% and 55.6%) correctly provided examples of situations in which the infection may occur. The majority of adolescents (88.5%) knew that the hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) blood test indicates whether the person has an infection. A half of the examined adolescents (50.9%) knew thatthere is currently no vaccine available to protect against hepatitis C, and that it is possible to cure the person infected with HCV.Conclusions. The level of adolescents’ knowledge concerning HCV infection varied according to the demographic and social factors. School adolescents should be provided incentives for prophylaxis of infection and participation in prophylactic programmes, in order to limit the risk of contracting hepatitis C.
Risk factors and structure of obstetric and perinatal complications in woman, which ill of pyelonephritis (Review of literature and results of own researches)
Authors: Golubenko M.
Published: November 2019

Actuality. Morbidity on a pyelonephritis and complication of motion of pregnancy is the important indicators of the state of health of woman population and baby that determines social meaningfulness of this problem.Research aim. To learn data of anamnesis of illness, life, professional features, domestic and surrounding environment, data of somatic status and to set forth leading risk of origin of placenta disfunction factors for pregnant, patients with a pyelonephritis.Material and methods. On the basis of retrospective analysis there are 20779 histories of illnesses of women, patients with a pyelonephritis, the study of risk of forming of somatic pathology of women and development of placenta disfunction factors is conducted with the aim of warning of complications of pregnancy and pathology of fetal and child.Results of researches. Research of the somatic state of pregnant that are ill a chronic pyelonephritis showed the presence of concomitant pathology in 100% cases, from that the diseases of the cardiovascular system laid down 61,5%, endocrine violations 50,2%, the dyspepsia phenomena and gastroenterology pathology 40,5%.The structure of obstetric, perinatal complications for women with a chronic pyelonephritis (20779 supervisions) included: early toxicosis (65,5%), placental dysfunction (73,3%), an eclampsia (78,3%), threat of abortion (76,1%) and premature luing-ins (56,2%), subzero placentation (76,1%), high water-level (76,7%), gestational anaemia (67,8%), delay of height of fetal (17,1%), chronic fetal distress (21,3%), premature removing layer by layer of placenta (26,3%); in luing-ins: premature outpouring of  near of fetal waters (22,4%), weakness of childbirth (72,3%), obstetric bleeding (47,1%); in a puerperium: subinvolution of uterus (26,3%).Conclusion. Thus, executed by us research in relation to the study of morbidity and prevalence of pyelonephritis among pregnant allowed to set the following: placenta disfunction in the period of pregnancy registered oneself in 100% habitants of districts with a row by quality of drinking-water, in 90% patients with cardiovascular pathology, in 62,1% with passion to smoking and on a background considerable gas is muddy air contamination of environment, in 41,9% pregnant, that abuse of alcohol, in 37,9% with an off-grade feed, in 27,6% as a result of chronic stress, chronic fatigueability, influence of microwave irradiation. The above-stated factors are leading risk of origin of placenta disfunction factors for pregnant, with ill of  pyelonephritis.
TWO HUNDRED FACES OF A VAMPIRE: LORD RUTHVEN’S INFLUENCE ON VAMPIRE CULTURE
Authors: Pérez Francisco Javier Sánchez-Verdejo , Silva Alexander Meireles da
Published: November 2019

Being born in the same monstruous night that witnessed the rise of Frankenstein monster, the vampire Lord Ruthven celebrates in 2019 two hundred years influencing vampire culture. As it happens in literature, John William Polidori’s creature spread his curse through the centuries creating attractive, aristocrat, sexually ambiguous and immoral male and female vampires. From Victorian penny dreadfuls, novellas and novels such as Varney, the Vampire, Carmilla and Dracula, to present novel as Interview with the Vampire, the short story “The Vampyre” established the character who walk among human beings as a predator who chooses his prey. Ruthven was directly shaped on Lord Byron personality and, similar to the famous English poet, was an elegant figure of high culture and refined manners who hid a wild, libertine, profoundly narcissist nature and irascible behaviour, traits that paradoxically became Byron and his literary counterpart, delightfully fascinating beings. Reflecting the Romantic esthetic of its time, Polidori’s short story instituted the vampire as a rebel beyond bourgeois social norms. Lord Ruthven was an undead and, threfore, was not bound to the concepts that rule the living ones. In this way, the vampire appeal to humanity hidden desires related to the anguish of death, to the perspective of the transcendence and to the fear of the consequences of this act abandoning human nature. These elements help understanding the cultural impact John William Polidori’s creation keep on exercising two hundred years after 1819 through “The Vampyre”.
O VAMPIRO COMO METÁFORA NA LITERATURA BRASILEIRA OITOCENTISTA
Authors: Dos Santos Ana Paula Araujo
Published: November 2019

Nas literaturas de língua inglesa e na literatura francesa o interesse pelo mito do vampiro pode ser facilmente observado na ampla produção ficcional do século XIX e XX. Já no Brasil, até a metade do século XX não houve uma produção sistemática de uma ficção que explorasse o mito do vampiro semelhante à da Inglaterra e da França. Contudo, a figura do vampiro se faz presente em obras brasileiras que exploram o seu potencial simbólico. Nelas, o vampiro aparece como figuração de morte, doenças e maldades.O presente artigo visa a uma análise dessas obras, mais especificamente dos contos “A esteireira” (1898), de Afonso Arinos, e “Noites brancas” (1920), de Gastão Cruls, além do romance A mortalha de Alzira (1891), de Aluísio Azevedo. As leituras propostas focarão em elementos característicos da temática do vampirismo na literatura: misteriosos encontros noturnos, femme fatales, desregramentos sexuais, perigos de doença e de contágio. Tais características funcionarão como ponto de partida para uma reflexão sobre as razões da suposta ausência, na literatura brasileira oitocentista, daquele que é um dos personagens mais recorrentes na literatura do mal e do medo e da literatura gótica.
VAMPIRISMO E CLAUSURA DO DESEJO EM O DESCONHECIDO E ANGÉLICA, DE LÚCIO CARDOSO
Authors: De Barros Fernando Monteiro , Gomes Leonardo Ramos Botelho
Published: November 2019

Lúcio Cardoso (1912-1968) é um escritor mineiro que apresenta em sua obra uma presença marcante de muitos elementos derivados da tradição literária do Gótico. O tema do vampirismo aparece tanto em um sentido metafórico na obra de Lúcio – como na novela O desconhecido, de 1940 – quanto no sentido literal, com aspectos plenamente calcados no sobrenatural, como na peça teatral Angélica, de 1950. Ambos os textos apresentam um traço específico do vampirismo, o daquele no qual a criatura, desprovida de qualquer beleza ou atratividade sexual, adota o comportamento de uma ave de rapina, a fim de dar vazão ao desejo enclausurado. Tal traço confere a estas obras uma dimensão ontológica, condizente com a categoria de autor de romances psicológicos na qual Lúcio Cardoso é enquadrado pelo cânone literário brasileiro.
DESLOCAMENTOS IDENTITÁRIOS A PARTIR DO SERTÃO NO ROMANCE GALILEIA DE RONALDO CORREIA DE BRITO
Authors: De Oliveira Daniela Barbosa
Published: November 2019

RESUMO: O texto reflete questões relacionadas ao hibridismo cultural e ao trânsito de identidades na pós-modernidade a partir da trajetória de deslocamentos, entre sertão nordestino e cosmopolitismo, dos personagens do romance Galileia (2008), de autoria do escritor cearense Ronaldo Correia de Brito.  Como principais contributos teóricos foram utilizadas as obras de Hall (2002) e Bhabha (1998).Identidade; sertão; deslocamentos.
TRAVESSIAS, DESLOCAMENTOS: APONTAMENTOS SOBRE A ESCRITA MIGRANTE EM O FILHO DA MÃE, DE BERNARDO CARVALHO
Authors: Oliveira Paulo César Silva de
Published: November 2019

Este artigo parte de uma leitura crítica do romance O filho da mãe, de Bernardo Carvalho (2009), que tem como foco duas imagens-força construídas pela obra, as do kunak e da quimera. Nossa reflexão se estabelece em um campo crítico-conceitual que toma como referência a escrita migrante na narrativa contemporânea em diálogo com o conceito de cronotopo estabelecido por Mikhail Bakhtin e com as discussões oriundas do pensamento de Walter Benjamin, Lucia Helena e Zygmunt Bauman, dentre outros. Os movimentos de travessia e deslocamento no mundo da globalização de fábula, conforme pensou Milton Santos (2000), nos levam a pensar o campo literário como um movimento de passagem por onde diversos saberes cooperativos circulam: literatura, sociedade, representação, história e política.
SABERES SOBRE LEITURA EM VIDEOAULAS DE MIDIAS DIGITAIS
Authors: Mendes Negromonte Targino Katianny Kesia , Silva Williany Miranda
Published: November 2019

O desenvolvimento das novas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação (TIC) proporcionou a expansão de cursos livres online, divulgados através de videoaulas, que podem ser acessados por dispositivos móveis, aplicativos, postagens em redes sociais e sites. Nesta perspectiva, a presente pesquisa preocupa-se em refletir sobre os saberes de leitura quando disponíveis nas mídias digitais.  Para tanto, tem-se como questão norteadora: Qual a relação entre a concepção de videoaula e o tratamento dado ao ensino de leitura em site destinado a exames de larga escala?  Nesse sentido, objetiva-se identificar e relacionar o objeto videoaula à mobilização de ensino de leitura em vídeo. Para isso, o corpus desta pesquisa é constituído de videoaulas de Língua Portuguesa que tratam desse eixo, veiculadas no site Canal do ensino (http://canaldoensino.com.br/blog/category/enem). A partir dessa seleção, realizaram-se reflexões teóricas sobre multimodalidade e concepções de ensino leitura, (KLEIMAN, 2008; RIBEIRO, 2016; COSCARELLI, 2016; ZACHARIAS, 2016; MARCUSCHI, 2010) para se compreender a relação entre a abordagem e o uso desse gênero audiovisual para a produção/exposição de conteúdo de leitura. Quanto aos aspectos metodológicos, a investigação é de natureza qualitativa, ancorada no método netnográfico e no estudo de caso. A partir desse tratamento dos dados, foi possível constatar variações do gênero videoaula, o que resulta em diversas concepções de leitura, marcadas pela transição entre os níveis da decodificação e compreensão. Sendo assim, tal democratização do ensino nas mídias digitais exige que professores e alunos tenham olhares críticos para o que está sendo divulgado em rede.
O LETRAMENTO DIGITAL NA FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES A DISTÂNCIA
Authors: Moura Lopes Paulo Henrique , De Oliveira Aragão Cleudene , Miranda Machado Camila
Published: November 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo averiguar como os cursos de formação de professores na modalidade EaD abordam em seus documentos norteadores o letramento digital. Para alcançarmos nosso objetivo, analisamos o documento norteador das práticas pedagógicas do Curso Superior de Licenciatura em Letras Espanhol na modalidade a distância do IFRN. Classificamos a metodologia utilizada como uma análise documental de caráter qualitativo. Os resultados apontam uma reduzida ou nula abordagem que comtemple uma formação que capacite os futuros professores para o trabalho de fomento do letramento digital em sua prática docente.
GÊNEROS EM CONTEXTO DIGITAL: UM PROTÓTIPO PARA O GÊNERO VIDEORRESENHA
Authors: Britto Flávia Thaís Alves , Da Silva Williany Miranda
Published: November 2019

A tradição sobre estudos de gêneros textuais destaca que o objeto reflete as multiformes e variadas esferas de utilização da linguagem. Em nossa sociedade, cada vez mais tecnológica, os ambientes digitais (re)criam os propósitos e as estruturas textuais para suprir as exigências das situações comunicativas diversas e dinâmicas. Assim, no contexto do YouTube, em tempos do “fenômeno booktuber”, o ato de resenhar modifica-se pela multimodalidade de vídeos e dos recursos específicos da rede social assumindo novos moldes, estratégias e funcionamento, possibilitando a origem do gênero videorresenha. O presente artigo evidencia a videorresenha pretendendo responder ao questionamento: “Qual a estrutura prototípica para o gênero videorresenha está evidenciada em vídeos de canais do YouTube?”. Para tanto, utilizamos uma metodologia descritivo-interpretativista e de inspiração netnográfica, objetivamos caracterizar a estrutura prototípica do gênero por meio da análise dos movimentos retóricos realizados em três videorresenhas disponíveis no suporte digital. Fundamentamo-nos inicialmente em Swales (1990), cujos métodos e teorias subsidiaram a criação de uma adaptação do modelo CARS que promoveu a constituição de um protótipo para o gênero em análise. Além deste, Bakhtin (1997) e Miller (2012), dentre outros, nortearam a discussão em torno do tema, estrutura composicional e papéis sociais dos sujeitos que fomentam a existência dos gêneros em foco. Os resultados da pesquisa, em andamento, possibilitaram o reconhecimento de alguns movimentos retóricos similares ao consolidado gênero resenha, porém, a partir da inclusão de aspectos da multimodalidade, acrescenta-lhes outras características, possibilitando o reconhecimento de um novo gênero, influenciado pela dinâmica do ambiente digital.
O ENSINO DE LÍNGUAS PELO VIÉS FUNCIONAL: OS USOS DE BUG, BUFF, LAG E NERF NOS JOGOS DIGITAIS
Authors: Avelar Michely Gomes , Barros Déborah Magalhães de
Published: November 2019

Este trabalho tem por objetivo de refletir como as novas tecnologias, em especial o jogo digital, têm motivado mudanças no uso do português brasileiro. Buscamos apontar os fatores que possibilitaram que os gamers trouxessem para o léxico do português brasileiro os vocábulos lag, bug, nerf e buff e a partir deles provocassem mudanças na língua. Para tal, apoiamo-nos nas teorias da Gramática de Construções (GC) e da Linguística Funcional Centrada no Uso (LFCU) (GOLDBERG, 2006; BYBEE, 2016; TRAUGOTT; TROUSDALE, 2013) no intuito de explicar as regularidades lexicogramaticais existentes emergentes da língua em uso. O córpus desta pesquisa se constitui de ocorrências dos vocábulos buff, bug, lag e nerf e suas variações em posts retirados de contextos de interação da comunidade gamer. A partir da perspectiva da LFCU e da GC, pautandos-nos na necessidade de ancorar as práticas linguísticas cotidianas vivenciadas pelos alunos às práticas escolares de ensino de línguas, pretendemos oportunizar aos alunos a possibilidade refletir sobre o funcionamento da língua.
O GÊNERO PROVA OBJETIVA NO SUPORTE DIGITAL: UMA ANÁLISE DA PERCEPÇÃO DOS ALUNOS DO CURSO DE LETRAS
Authors: Magalhães Cristiane , Freitas Carla Conti de
Published: November 2019

O gênero prova objetiva foi objeto de uma pesquisa que busca analisar a percepção dos alunos do curso de Letras acerca do suporte digital para o gênero prova objetiva, além de verificar se esse suporte interfere na definição e na compreensão desse gênero. A abordagem dada ao tema baseia-se nos estudos da análise de gêneros textuais, especialmente nas contribuições teóricas de Marcuschi (2002; 2008), Bezerra (2007; 2017) e outros. Para realização da pesquisa, foi considerada uma turma do 4º período do curso de Licenciatura em Letras, de uma universidade pública, na disciplina de Diversidade, Cidadania e Direitos. O gênero escolhido foi a prova objetiva, elaborada a partir do conteúdo ministrado no período da pesquisa e o suporte foi uma plataforma digital, denominada Plickers. O córpus foi constituído pelos relatos produzidos pelos alunos depois da realização da prova. Na análise dos relatos, considerou-se a percepção dos alunos quanto ao gênero prova objetiva e a interferência do suporte digital na compreensão do referido gênero. Como resultado deste estudo, compreende-se que a percepção dos alunos quanto ao gênero e a contribuição do suporte digital para este gênero é importante para a aproximação dos alunos aos contextos que exigem conhecimento e habilidade com este gênero, como os relacionados às disciplinas semipresenciais, aos concursos e aos exames de avaliação de curso.Palavras-chave: Gênero textual; Prova objetiva; Suporte; Plickers.
RITUAIS BRUTAIS NAS MORTES DE TRAVESTIS E TRANSEXUAIS: O QUE A ABJEÇÃO DA POPULAÇÃO T DENUNCIA?
Authors: Santos Diego Silva , Gonçalves Jr Sara Wagner Pimenta , Silva Sergio Baptista , Pinheiro Anna Marina
Published: November 2019

Resumo: O presente artigo tem o objetivo de analisar o conceito de Abjeção, à luz de Julia Kristeva e a partir da discussão de Berenice Bento, para compreender de que forma a figura de travestis e transexuais é representada no imaginário da sociedade. Os crimes de ódio, a repulsa social e o nojo são tomados como ponto de partida para discutir abjeção social e seus sentidos. Convergindo com os pontos de reflexão de Judith Butler, Monique Wittig e Gayle Rubin, é trazida a visão da psicanálise via Lacan das fórmulas de sexuação. Conclui-se que a violência contra a população trans e travesti emerge de uma angústia pré-simbólica frente a fissura na certeza do sexo/gênero que as figuras tidas como abjetas estampam. Contudo, é importante ressaltar o apagamento dos corpos travestis e transexuais, que mesmo quando evidenciados na emergência de discursos na atualidade, são apagados na representação pela cisgeneridade.Palavras-chave: (Trans)Feminismos. Travesti. Transgeneridades. Diferença e Abjeção.Abstract: This article analyzes the concept of abjection, in the vision of Julia Kristeva and from the discussion of Berenice Bento, to understand how the figure of transvestites and transsexuals is represented in the imaginary of society. The crimes of hatred, social repulsion and disgust are taken as a starting point to discuss social abjection and its senses. Converging with the points of reflection of Judith Butler, Monique Wittig and Gayle Rubin, the vision of the psychoanalysis by Lacan and the graphs of sexuation has been brought to. It is concluded that the violence against the trans and transvestite population has born of pre-symbolic anguish against the fissure in the certainty of the sex/gender that the figures considered as abject stammer. However, it is important to highlight the erasure of transvestite and transsexual bodies, which even when evidenced in the emergence of discourses today are erased in the representation by cisgenerity.Keywords: (Trans)Feminism. Travesti. Transgender. Diference e Abjection.
On a journey to excellence
Authors: Foster Sam
Published: November 2019

Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, describes a global programme to promote a nursing excellence framework to create a positive working environment for nurses
Unwrap the story behind Christmas stockings
Authors: Woodward Dawn
Published: November 2019

Dawn Woodward considers some oral health options for that handy piece of hosiery
Is Christmas the time to rethink alcohol?
Authors: Bissett Julie , Middleton Anna
Published: November 2019

Editor Julie Bissett and London hygienist Anna Middleton consider the implications of the upcoming boozy festive season
The human touch
Authors: Fowler John
Published: November 2019

John Fowler discusses how the dental nurse can help others communicate naturally, effectively and with confidence
Welcome to the BSPD
Authors: Ledingham Clare
Published: November 2019

Dental nurses are fundamental to improving children's oral health, which is the key mission of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry. Here, we learn why you should sign up as a member…
Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity appraisal of original 1, 2, 3-Triazole derivatives, against breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231)
Authors: Mohammed Mohammed Khalaf , Al-Shuhaib Zainab , Al-Shawi Ali A. A.
Published: November 2019

The present study established the efficient separate synthesis of four unique 1, 2, 3-triazole derivatives (M1, M2, M3, M4) via conducting 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-((4-azidophenyl) sulfonyl) acetamide, with substituted N-phenylmaleimide. FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and mass spectra were utilized for the characterization of the triazoles. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds, with regards to breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231), were then evaluated. The cytotoxicity pre-screening outcomes for 100 µM portrayed a variety of actions, while the IC50 values with concentrations of 0-500 µM for 48 hours, the results are 2.542, 2.929, 2.429, and 2.864 µM for the compounds M1, M2, M3, and M4 respectively. Remarkably, the M2 and M4 para-substituted compounds exhibited superior IC50 values, in comparison to the M1 and M3 ortho-substituted compounds. This suggests that the M1 and M3 compounds have the potential to perform as against breast cancer.
Evaluating soil quality at a landfill: a study case from morocco (tangier)
Authors: Chaer Ikram , El Cadi Asmae , Brigui Jamal , Ziat Khadija , Khaddor Mohamed
Published: November 2019

In recent decades, landfill sites have been a potential source of contamination, which can hurt the environment due to the accumulation of heavy metals and processed organic products. In the Tangier landfill, the different types of wastes are missing any prior treatment or any soil of protection. This behavior constitutes a risk factor of contamination for the soil and groundwater. Between the waste and soil, many physicochemical and biological reactions occur. The objective of this work effort is to derive a global and in-depth characterization of the organic and mineral matter of the soil samples from the Tangier landfill. The study of organic matter (OM) in soils helps to understand the evolution of soil contamination. Eight samples of soil have been studied using a range of chemical and physical analytical methods. FT-IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses have used to investigate the nature of organic matter. The analysis of heavy metals in the soil showed that there is a significant presence of Pb, Cd, As, Cr and Zn quantities which are mainly due to industrial waste.
Removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution using a superabsorbant hydrogel the polyacrylamide: isotherms and kinetic studies
Authors: Lebkiri Imane , Abbou Brahim , Kadiri Lamya , Ouass Abdelkarim , Essaadaoui Youness , Habssaoui Amar , Rifi El Housseine , Lebkiri Ahmed
Published: November 2019

The present work aims the elimination of an organic dye Methylene Blue (MB) by adsorption on the polyacrylamide (PAAM) hydrogel. Several experiments series were then carried out in order to study the influence on the adsorption capacity of certain parameters such as the mass of the adsorbent, the pH, the contact time, the initial dye concentration and the temperature. The maximal capacity is 1620 mg/g it was obtained at T = 25°C, pH = 6, [BM] = 200 ppm and 0.013g of the adsorbent. The adsorption kinetics of the dye on the support is well described by the first-order model. The adsorption isotherms of the adsorbent/adsorbate systems studied are satisfactorily described by the Langmuir mathematical model. On the other hand, the thermodynamic study revealed that adsorption is spontaneous and endothermic.
Digital cosmopoiesis in architectural pedagogy: An analysis through Frascari
Authors: Putra Yvette
Published: November 2019

This article derives from three observations of architectural drawing: the current ubiquitousness of digitization, the ongoing disputation of digitization in architectural pedagogy and the capacity of architectural drawing to simultaneously represent and communicate qualities of tangibility and intangibility. In its analysis, this article refers primarily to the writings of Marco Frascari (1945–2013), who was, through works such as , a strong critic of digital drawing. This article begins with an overview of the effects of digitization on architectural drawing, which are summarized in terms of their deleteriousness on the intangible qualities of architectural drawing, as seen predominantly in perspectives and sketches. This article then defines intangibility in architectural drawing and locates it within Frascari's theory of cosmopoiesis, and identifies marks, entourage (especially human entourage) and narrative as key elements of cosmopoiesis in architectural drawing. Finally, this article analyses the effects of digitization on architectural drawing from the standpoint of cosmopoiesis, with an emphasis on the key elements that were identified earlier, before concluding with some recommendations for preserving cosmopoiesis when drawing in a digital environment. This article holds that, in architectural pedagogy, a complete return to analogue drawing is neither feasible nor necessary because what is required instead is an awareness of the main areas in which digital drawing is most likely to fail, so that digital drawing retains the cosmopoietic qualities that characterize some examples of analogue drawing. This article argues that an understanding of the cosmopoiesis of architectural drawing is vital to transcending the apparent incompatibility of intangibility and digitization.
Drawing – learning: Letting art teach
Authors: Wagstaff Oona
Published: November 2019

Contextualized through the writing of Gert Biesta, this research proposes that as both artists and educators we should 'let art teach'. It proposes a position for student and teacher that focuses upon developing a curiosity-driven desire for meaningful dialogue with the world through broader educational and existential experience. In this context, and seen through the lens of drawing artist, musician, educator and postgraduate researcher, the article invites a first-person reflective discussion of two experiments from the author's ongoing practice-led research, which bring together an embodied knowledge of music and drawing practice, to uncover how drawing may be valued as an enactive physical, cognitive and perceptual process of poesis. By moving beyond the self-conscious desire to make an artwork, the experiments using blind drawing, bilateral mark-making and sound engage with ideas of 'unknowing' and Biesta's notion of 'interruption' to explore how drawing may offer access to different types of learning. Standing inside my practice, I understand that in the act of drawing, I can neither fail to generate ideas, escape my own existence, nor leave a mark upon the world.
Drawing thinking: Illustration as pedagogy
Authors: Hirons Jason , Brown Mel
Published: November 2019

The idea of Illustration Pedagogy initially came out of Transformative Learning Theory – a learning theory that incites students to challenge their own assumptions – and utilizes ideas of drawing & writing, making & thinking in the learning journeys of our students from the first day that they arrive on the course. This project explores the way, as lecturers, we can approach the design and delivery of taught modules in ways that develop the skills of student illustrators, their knowledge and understanding through critical writing practices which combine drawing and illustration. The projects discussed here are across levels 4, 5 and 6 on the undergraduate BA (Hons) Illustration degree at Plymouth College of Art. Creative education by necessity requires a creative approach to pedagogy, and we have developed the Illustration Pedagogy project using the tools and contexts of illustration itself in the teaching and learning on the programme.
A Novel Allergen-Specific Immune Signature-Directed Approach to Dietary Elimination in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Authors: Dellon Evan S. , Guo Rishu , McGee Sarah J. , Hamilton Deanna K. , Nicolai Emily , Covington Jacquelyn , Moist Susan E. , Arrington Ashley , Wright Benjamin L. , Burks A. Wesley , Vickery Brian P. , Kulis Michael
Published: November 2019

OBJECTIVES:

Dietary elimination for treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is limited by lack of accuracy in current allergy tests. We aimed to develop an immunologic approach to identify dietary triggers and prospectively test allergen-specific immune signature-guided dietary elimination therapy.

METHODS:

In the first phase, we developed and assessed 2 methods for determining selected food triggers using samples from 24 adults with EoE: a CD4+ T-cell proliferation assay in peripheral blood and food-specific tissue IgG4 levels in esophageal biopsies. In the second phase, we clinically tested elimination diets created from these methods in a prospective cohort treated for 6 weeks (NCT02722148). Outcomes included peak eosinophil counts (eos/hpf), endoscopic findings (measured by the EoE Endoscopic Reference Score), and symptoms (measured by the EoE Symptom Activity Index).

RESULTS:

Parameters were optimized with a positive test on either assay, yielding agreements of 60%, 75%, 53%, 58%, and 53% between predicted and known triggers of peanut, egg, soy, wheat, and milk, respectively. In clinical testing, the mean number of foods eliminated based on the assays was 3.4, and 19 of 22 subjects were compliant with treatment. After treatment, median peak eosinophil counts decreased from 75 to 35 (P = 0.007); there were 4 histologic responders (21%). The EoE Endoscopic Reference Score and EoE Symptom Activity Index score also decreased after treatment (4.6 vs 3.0; P = 0.002; and 32.5 vs 25.0; P = 0.06, respectively).

DISCUSSION:

We successfully developed a new testing approach using CD4+ T-cell proliferation and esophageal food-specific IgG4 levels, with promising accuracy rates. In clinical testing, this led to improvement in eosinophil counts, endoscopic severity, and symptoms of dysphagia, but a smaller than expected number of patients achieved histologic remission.
Annuity Markets and Capital Accumulation
Authors: Bagchi Shantanu , Feigenbaum James A.
Published: November 2019

We examine how the absence of annuities in financial markets affects capital accumulation in a two-period overlapping generations model. Our findings indicate that the effect on capital is ambiguous in general equilibrium, because there are two competing mechanisms at work. On the one hand, the absence of annuities increases the price of old-age consumption relative to the price of early-life consumption. This induces a substitution effect that reduces saving and capital, and an income effect that has the opposite effect as households want to consume less when young, causing them to save more. On the other hand, accidental bequests originate from the assets of the deceased under missing annuity markets. The bequest received in early life always has a positive income effect on saving, but the bequest received in old age, conditional on survival, is effectively a partial annuity with both substitution and income effects. We find that when the desire to smooth consumption is high, the income effects dominate, so the capital stock always increases when annuity markets are missing. However, when the desire to smooth consumption is low, the substitution effects dominate, and the capital stock decreases with missing annuity markets.
Cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of some novel heterocycles employing 6-(1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile
Authors: Ramadan Sayed K. , El-Helw Eman A. E. , Sallam Hanan A.
Published: November 2019

A pyrimidinethione derivative namely, 6-(1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile, was readily synthesized and reacted with carbon electrophiles in an attempt to synthesize selected fused heterocycles. The reactivity of 6-(1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile was investigated towards selected nitrogen nucleophiles. Thiation and hydrolysis reactions of the tetrahydropyrimidine derivative were investigated. Antitumor and antimicrobial activity evaluation of some of the synthesized products exhibited promising results.
Synthesis and spectral characteristics of N-(1-([1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-6-ylamino)-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)carboxamides
Authors: Zadorozhnii Pavlo V. , Pokotylo Ihor O. , Kiselev Vadym V. , Kharchenko Aleksandr V. , Okhtina Oxana V.
Published: November 2019

Based on readily availableN-(2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl)carboxamides,N-(2,2,2-trichloro-1-(3-(3-mercapto-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)thioureido)ethyl) carboxamides, dehydrosulfurization–under the influence of excess HgO–led to the formation ofN-(1-([1,2,4] triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-6-ylamino)-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)carboxamides. The reaction was carried out in boiling glacial acetic acid for 1-1.5 hours. The cyclization products were obtained in 42-62% yields and easily isolated from the reaction mixture. The structure of all synthesized compounds was confirmed by complex spectral studies.
Interoperability – Technical or economic challenge?
Authors: Stegemann Lars , Gersch Martin
Published: November 2019

Interoperability in healthcare is a long-standing and addressed phenomenon. In the literature, it is discussed as both the cause of an insufficiently perceived digitalization and in context with an inadequate IT-based integration in healthcare. In particular, technical and organizational aspects are highlighted from the perspective of the different involved actors to achieve sufficient interoperability. Depending on the individual case, various established international industry standards in healthcare (e. g. DICOM, HL7 or FHIR) promise simple adaptation and various application advantages. In addition to the technical view, this article assumes economic challenges as the main causes for the lack of interoperability not discussed in the forefront. The economic challenges were mentioned and sparingly discussed in few cases in the literature. This article aims to fill this gap by offering a first characterization of identified and discussed economic challenges in the literature with respect to the lack of interoperability in healthcare. Based on a systematic literature search, 14 of the original 330 articles can be identified as relevant, allowing a more economic perspective on interoperability. In this context, different economic effects will be described; this includes cost-benefit decisions by individual stakeholders under different kinds of uncertainty or balancing of known individual costs for interoperability against uncertain and skewed distributed benefits within an ecosystem. Furthermore, more sophisticated cost-benefit approaches regarding interoperability challenges can be identified, including cost-benefit ratios that shift over time, or lock-in effects resulting from CRM-motivated measures that turn (non)interoperability decisions into cost considerations for single actors. Also, self-reinforcing effects through path dependencies, including direct and indirect network effects, have an impact on single and linked interoperability decisions.
The use of Huperzia species for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Kim Thu Dang , Vui Dao Thi , Ngoc Huyen Nguyen Thi , Duyen Duong Ky , Thanh Tung Bui
Published: November 2019

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which relates to nervous degeneration, is the most popular form of memory loss. The pathogenesis of AD is not fully understood, and there are no therapies for this disorder. Some drugs have been used in clinical applications for preventing and treating AD, but they have significant adverse reactions. Therefore, there is a need to develop treatment for AD. Traditional medicine has used many medicinal plants to alleviate the symptoms of AD. Medicinal plants may reduce neurodegenerative disorders with fewer side effects than chemical drugs, and they are promising drug candidates for AD therapy. This review is the summary of the pathogenesis and treatments of AD and includes information about the chemistry and bioactivities of some medicinal plants from the Huperzia species, such as Huperzia saururus, Huperzia selago, Huperzia phlegmaria, Huperzia fargesii, Huperzia serrata, Huperzia reflexa and Huperzia quadrifariata, that are used for the treatment of AD. We searched literature, including Medline, Embase, Google Scholar and PubMed database, and did a bibliographic review of relevant articles. Key words included Huperzia species, huperzine, huperin, Huperzia and Alzheimer’s disease. We found that the main bioactive compounds of the Huperzia species are alkaloids, which have shown significant effects on preventing the development of AD. They are new promising compounds against AD due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities in the neural system. Our conclusion from this review is that the Huperzia species are potential source containing various pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of AD.
Sprechen mit dem Heiligen und Eintauchen in den Text: Zur Wirkungsästhetik eines Passionsgebets aus dem ‚Engelberger Gebetbuch‘
Authors: Buschbeck Björn Klaus
Published: November 2019

By means of a close reading of a single prayer on the Passion of Christ from the 14th century ‘Engelberg Prayerbook,’ this article analyzes three characteristic effects of reading medieval written prayers: first, the devotee assumes the role of the I constructed by the text. Secondly, this leads to an effect of immersion into a literarily constructed, imagined environment. Finally, these effects of reading aim at being surpassed by an immediacy of a divine answer that transcends the aesthetic and semantic effects of the literary medium.
Der theaterwissenschaftliche Blick und performative dichte Beschreibung
Authors: Bernstorff Elise v.
Published: November 2019

Im Folgenden beschreibt Elise v. Bernstorff den künstlerisch-forschenden Ansatz einer spezifisch theater-/ performancewissenschaftlichen Blickweise in (dem ersten Augenschein nach) theaterfremde Felder und das Interesse, Selbstverständnis, die Voraussetzungen, mit denen sie sich als Theaterwissenschaftlerin in das Feld Schule begibt.
die welt aber geht durch den filter der schreibweise
Authors: Rogg Ursula
Published: November 2019

Elise v. Bernstorff erweitert auf der Grundlage der Theorien des New Materialism den Diskurs über die Erforschung von Bildungspraktiken, indem sie ihre Beobachtungen nicht auf Lehrer*innen und Schüler*innen beschränkt, sondern Stimmen, Klänge und Räume als Akteure einer interaktiven Bildungsperformance beschreibt. Indem sie spezifische Unterrichtssituationen an einer Schule als Zusammenwirken humaner als auch an non-humaner Akteure darstellt, vermittelt v. Bernstorff der Leser*in ein Bild von aktuellem Schulunterricht, das den Charakter des Exemplarischen zugunsten des Experimentellen aufgibt. Ursula Rogg hat nach Jahren freiberuflicher künstlerischer Arbeit als Lehrerin für Kunst und Theater gearbeitet. Seit 2013 ist sie mit dem Schwerpunkt Kulturelle Bildung in der Schulentwicklung tätig. Ihr besonderes Interesse und ihre Forschung gilt den aktivierenden Potenziale auditiven Dokumentierens im schulischen Kontext unter Berücksichtigung der perspektivischen Diversität. In ihrer response sucht sie nach Antworten auf die Fragen, woher die Texte v. Bernstorffss ihre faszinierende Kraft beziehen, welche theoretischen Referenzen ihnen zugrunde liegen und wie das von ihr entwickelte performative writing im Kontext von Bildungsforschung wirksam werden könnte.