bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revolution of the Mind
Authors: Bulloch Hannah C. M.
Published: September 2017

This chapter examines KALAHI-CIDSS—a carefully planned and ambitious World Bank-engineered project, rolled out in thousands of villages and suburbs across the Philippines. It is designed not only to deliver basic services to poor villages but also to change the way villagers think and act. Exploring the course the project took in a Siquijor village, the chapter considers who participated, why and how, and the ways in which the project was variously received and evaluated by residents. It also considers the project’s goal of empowerment. By drawing on neoliberal assumptions suggesting people are responsible for their own poverty, the project eclipsed structural causes of poverty. This reinforced a tendency for residents to read their inability to attain high levels of consumption as a personal failure.
Writing Societies
Authors: Lowe Bryan D.
Published: September 2017

Chapter three focuses on cases of collective patronage, in which groups of individuals pooled their resources to sponsor sutra transcription, often identifying themselves as wholesome friends. It shows how fellowship groups were drawn together for a variety of motivations ranging from political to pious, as many individuals treated participation in these groups as an opportunity to engage in Buddhist practice. While many scholars treat fellowships as an example of popular or folk Buddhism (minshū Bukkyō), this chapter shows how many of these groups benefited from state institutions. At the same time, it argues that many organizations transcended officially sanctioned social structures and introduced new notions of community, such as wholesome friends who joined together in practice and worship. It focuses on Japan but also makes comparison with similar groups in China.
Conclusions and Comparisons
Authors: McDaniel Justin Thomas
Published: September 2017

Starting off with the unique story of the Buddha and leisure park designed in rural Louisiana, the conclusion argues that despite many problems with large comparative projects Buddhist Studies, the amusement parks, memorials, museums, and gardens described in the book as a whole share many qualities. They generally lack formal, formidable, ritual, ecclesiastical, or sectarian boundaries. They make little sustained effort to be “authentic.” These sites emphasize display, performance, and juxtaposition and anachronistic mixing (not systematic reconstruction) of various Buddhist cultures, teachings, languages, objects, and symbols. This is important, because it provides us with a completely different image of contemporary Buddhism that emphasizes innovation and ecumenism instead of purity and authenticity. These sites present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise—a gathering not a movement. By eschewing the local and authentic in favor of the timeless, ecumenical, and universal, they become difficult to categorize. They make visual statements for sure, even if they don’t attempt to create single messages or provide coherent teachings.
Asala Perahara
Authors: Holt John Clifford
Published: September 2017

This chapter provides the mythical account and then a detailed history of the origins of the Dalada (“Tooth-Relic”) of the Buddha and its importance as a legitimating device for Buddhist kingship in traditional Sri Lanka. It also traces how the annual ritual procession of the Dalada has changed into a symbolic nationalistic statement regarding the character of the contemporary Sri Lankan state in a time when the nation was facing a 26 year long civil war.
Usefulness of basic laboratory parameters for monitoring during the perianesthetic period for selected ophthalmic operations in mesaticephalic and brachycephalic dogs
Authors: Wrzesińska Agnieszka , Kluciński Włodzimierz , Garncarz Magdalena
Published: September 2017

The aim of this study was to compare the usefulness of laboratory diagnostic parameters dedicated for general anesthesia in brachycephalic and mesaticephalic dogs. The study was performed on two groups of dogs of 112 animals each, representing two different morphotypes, brachycephalic and mesaticephalic ones, which underwent general anesthesia with medetominidine, midazolam, propofol and isoflurane. Before and after anesthesia, the dogs underwent basic haematological and biochemical tests. In 18% of mesaticephalic dogs and 16% of brachycephalic dogs, the results of laboratory blood tests show a significant increase in the activity of liver enzymes: aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine phosphatase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), even though the animals showed no clinical signs other than those recognized in ophthalmologic examination. This demonstrates the presence of subclinical hepatic changes in these animals. Moreover, general anesthesia had a greater negative impact on liver function if liver enzyme values had exceeded certain levels before the anesthesia (AST > 61 U/L, ALT > 91 U/L). This made it possible to define new, useful upper limit values of AST and ALT for subclinical dogs before anesthesia that could lead to more serious complications of liver function after anesthesia. Among all the examined parameters, it is beneficial to monitor the activity of AST, ALT and ALP during the perianesthetic period. In the postanesthesia monitoring, creatinine concentration should also be included.
Comparison of usefulness of different diagnostic procedures in slipped capital femoral epiphysis in cats
Authors: Degórska Beata , Sapierzyński Rafał , Jurka Piotr , Śliwińska Magdalena Kalwas - , Kowalczyk Lidia , Galanty Marek , Trębacz Piotr , Bonecka Joanna
Published: September 2017

The aim of the study was to compare the usefulness of different diagnostic procedures – radiology, computed tomography and histopathology – in slipped femoral epiphysis in cats (SCFE). Case histories of 7 cats and radiographic, computed tomography and histopathological findings for these animals were reviewed and compared with previously published cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Three cats underwent computed tomography examination. Contrary to the literature data, the British Shorthair breed was overrepresented in the examined group (57.1%). In five cats, slipped capital femoral epiphysis developed unilaterally, but in one of these cats SCFE had also been diagnosed in the contralateral hip joint 6 months after initial treatment. Patients with SCFE were surgically treated by femoral head and neck amputation. The study suggests that the results of X-ray and computed tomography examinations are comparable. An early diagnosis, with very subtle changes of SCFE detected successfully by computed tomography, could lead to conservative or early surgical treatment. Histopathological findings are helpful in SCFE and confirm the correct diagnosis. Furthermore, the results do not support the theory that slipped capital femoral epiphysis develops mainly in overweight and neutered cats.
Development of daily rainfall erosivity model for Kelantan state, Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: Anees M. T. , Abdullah K. , Nawawi M. N. M. , Norulaini N. A. N. , Piah A. R. M. , Fatehah O. , Syakir M. I. , Zakaria N. A. , Omar A. K. M.
Published: September 2017

The study was conducted to develop a rainfall erosivity model for tropical climates to estimate daily rainfall erosivity and determine the most effective power law relationship between rainfall erosivity and daily precipitation. Thirty minute resolution rainfall data recorded in 55 stations of a state in Peninsular Malaysia were analysed. Using three precipitation limits of 0.1, 5.0 and 12.7 mm, the behaviour of rainfall on average annual rainfall erosivity gave ranges of 10,264–54,284, 8,151.5–48,301 and 4,958–39,938 MJ mm ha−1 h−1 y−1 respectively. It was found that the number of individual events, occurring within a day, were more in the area compared other types of events for all precipitation limits (0.1, 0.5 and 12.0 mm). Spatio-temporal variation of monthly coefficient values of power law relationship was found with the highest R2 in the range of 0.93–0.94 for 0.1 mm precipitation limit. Out of 55 stations, 15 were selected for model development and assessment. On the basis of importance of smaller events, a 0.1 mm precipitation limit was selected for the proposed model. The proposed model was found good for monthly and annual rainfall erosivity estimation apart from few limitations. Furthermore, the validity of the proposed model was checked for different parts of the area.
Modern trends in coronary surgery
Authors: Akchurin R. , Shiryaev A. , Vasiliev V. , Galyautdinov D. , Vlasova E.
Published: September 2017

Based on their 30-year experience, the authors discuss the most important problems in coronary surgery. The modern view on the indications for surgery, as well as on patients selection is presented in the light of the most recent and complete studies. The authors also present the modern approach to surgical technique, choice of graft and describe opportunities offered by microsurgical technique.Received 30 June 2017. Accepted 10 July 2017.Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
Innovations in transplantology: heart transplantation program development in Russian Federation
Authors: Gautier S.
Published: September 2017

2017 commemorates two significant milestones in the history of the world’s and Russian transplantology: 50th anniversary of the world’s first heart transplantation and 30th anniversary of Russia’s first heart transplantation. The combination of these remarkable events is an additional stimulus to evaluate and reflect on the state of domestic transplantology and its place in the world. There is a latent but wide-spread notion that heart transplantation is a certain indicator of the state of medicine and biomedical science level in the country. Our paper looks at the data on the state and recent progress in clinical heart transplantation in Russia, as well as on the innovations that made it possible to further develop this very important avenue of surgical support.Received 16 August 2017. Accepted 2 September 2017.Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interests.
E.N. Meshalkin (1916–1997) and his priority in the creation of the world’s first successful cavo-pulmonary anastomosis in clinic
Authors: Bockeria L. , Podzolkov V. , Glyantsev S. , Kokshenev I.
Published: September 2017

The idea of the cavo-pulmonary anastomosis originated simultaneously with US surgeons (A. Blalock), Italy (C. Carlon), the USSR (A. Bakulev) and Hungary (F. Robiczek). The first cavo-pulmonary shunting in several modifications in the experiment were carried out by C. Carlon in the late 1949 – early 1950s. The first two unsuccessful operations in clinic were performed by the American surgeon H. Shumacker until November 1954. Priority of the first in the world series of successful operations in clinic belongs to E.N. Meshalkin (from April 3 to October 1956). In a sense, its success was due to experimental research carried out in the autumn of 1955 – in the spring of 1956 by N.K. Galankin, T.M. Darbinian and D.A. Donetsky. However, until August 1956 N.K. Galankin and his colleagues objectively were not ready to introduce the cavo-pulmonary anastomosis into the clinic. The first successful cavo-pulmonary shunt in the USA on February 25, 1958 was carried out by W. Glenn. The author's experience, his authority and publication in a prestigious journal led to the fact that the cavo-pulmonary anastomosis in literature is usually called Glenn procedure. We believe, however, that it is more correct to call it the Bakulev–Meshalkin operation or Russian anastomosis.Received 17 July 2017. Accepted 13 August 2017.Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.Conflict of interest: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Deep mixing method for the construction of earth and water retaining walls
Authors: Denies Nicolas , Huybrechts Noël
Published: September 2017

In the deep mixing method, the ground is mechanically mixed in place while a binder, often based on cement, is injected. After hardening of the soil-cement mixture, called soil mix material, soil mix elements are formed in the ground. Originally known as a ground improvement technique, the deep mixing is more and more applied for the construction of earth-water retaining structures within the framework of excavation works.

After a short introduction to the execution aspects of the method, the authors discuss the hydro-mechanical properties of the soil mix material mainly based on the results of the BBRI Soil Mix project (2009-2013). A design approach dedicated to the soil mix retaining walls and developed in collaboration with the SBRCURnet is then presented. In this methodology, which is in line with the structural Eurocodes, design rules are adapted to the functions of the soil mix wall (earth-water retaining, bearing and cut-off functions) including the temporary or permanent character of the application. Based on the result of large-scale bending tests, the interaction between the soil mix material and the steel reinforcement is considered in the calculations allowing a reduction of the steel section between 10 and 40 %.
Preparation of field samples and characterization of the microstructure of bituminous materials as displayed in field samples by AFM measurements
Authors: Fischer Hartmut , Nahar Sayeda
Published: September 2017

The properties of asphalt concrete depend strongly on the interaction between binder and fillers/aggregates. Especially the development of microstructures of the bituminous binders employed and the interaction of the different parts of the microstructure with the solid surface of the filler particles are important parameters in determining the long-term performance of these materials. This paper describes a procedure for the preparation of an extracted field sample to be accessible for micro-structural investigations by atomic force microscopy and the results of such experiments.
Práctica Docente, Diversidad Sorda y Comunicación en una Escuela Especial de la Región Metropolitana, Chile
Authors: Morales-Acosta Gina Viviana
Published: September 2017

La finalidad de este estudio de investigación científica fue analizar la práctica docente y codocente (Sordo1) en el aula, realizada en lengua de señas chilena con estudiantes sordos en una escuela especial. Este es un estudio cualitativo, con un análisis de caso, método etnográfico escolar, de un aula de clase de estudiantes Sordos de octavo de enseñanza básica en una escuela especial de Santiago de Chile. El resultado devela: a) la importancia de la adquisición de la lengua como elemento previo a el ingreso a la escuela y b) las prácticas docentes con estudiantes Sordos son enriquecidas y perfectibles de forma simétrica y contextual cuando los profesores poseen un conocimiento avanzado de la lengua de señas en el área.
Promoción del bienestar psicológico en la secundaria: una experiencia piloto
Authors: García-Álvarez Diego , José-Soler María , Achard-Braga Lourdes
Published: September 2017

Con la finalidad de la promoción del bienestar psicológico en centros educativos, se diseñó una experiencia psicoeducativa basada en el cultivo de las fortalezas del carácter para estudiantes de educación secundaria. La investigación contó con los objetivos de: determinar el nivel de bienestar psicológico en los adolescentes de secundaria; analizar las relaciones entre bienestar psicológico y las fortalezas del carácter; establecer si existen diferencias de género y de acuerdo con el tipo de centro educativo con respecto al bienestar psicológico – sus dimensiones- y las fortalezas del carácter en los adolescentes de secundaria. Metodológicamente se ajusta a una investigación descriptiva con diseño transversal y correlacional a través de la recolección de datos por medio de medidas psicométricas con adecuados índices de confiabilidad y validez. Como resultados se tienen niveles adecuados de bienestar psicológico en los adolescentes estudiantes, correlaciones significativas entre el bienestar y las fortalezas del carácter de valentía, perseverancia, gratitud, inteligencia social y autocontrol, además de algunas diferencias significativas en la dimensión aceptación del bienestar psicológico y en la fortaleza de la inteligencia emocional de acuerdo con el género en los estudiantes.
No linguistic borders ahead? Looking beyond the knocked-down language barrier
Authors: Svoboda Tomáš
Published: September 2017

The article deals with the concept of borders and barriers in considering scenarios where the linguistic barrier is eventually lifted by technology one day. It begins with reflections on the biblical narrative of the Tower of Babel as an ancient representation of the concept of linguistic barriers between language communities. It gives numerous examples of the uptake of this narrative, from Translation Studies, to project calls and the marketing statements of machine translation technology. In the following section, examples of existing technology are presented, which could be considered as a first generation of automatic translation/interpretation systems. In the main section, several trends are predicted for both the translators’ profession and general economic/business/political/societal developments. The consequences are anticipated of a situation where ordinary cross-language communication will eventually have been almost fully taken over by automated systems. The article points to both the technology’s positive potential and, by showing the eventual risks involved, it equally rejects an attitude of the technology’s uncritical uptake. The article closes by pointing to the ethical dimension of machine translation systems linked with their types of uses and the choices reserved for their users.
Dirty pretty language: translation and the borders of English
Authors: Moraru Mirona , Payson Alida
Published: September 2017

This article analyses the politics of English, and translation into Englishness, in the film Dirty Pretty Things (Frears). With a celebrated multilingual cast, some of whom did not speak much English, the film nevertheless unfolds in English as it follows migrant characters living illegally and on the margins in London. We take up the filmic representation of migrants in the “compromised, impure and internally divided” border spaces of Britain (Gibson 694) as one of translation into the imagined nation (Anderson). Dirty Pretty Things might seem in its style to be a kind of multicultural “foreignized translation” which reflects a heteropoetics of difference (Venuti); instead, we argue that Dirty Pretty Things, through its performance of the labour of learning and speaking English, strong accents, and cultural allusions, is a kind of domesticated translation (Venuti) that homogenises cultural difference into a literary, mythological English and Englishness. Prompted by new moral panics over immigration and recent UK policies that heap further requirements on migrants to speak English in order to belong to “One Nation Britain” (Cameron), we argue that the film offers insights into how the politics of British national belonging continue to be defined by conformity to a type of deserving subject, one who labours to learn English and to translate herself into narrow, recognizably English cultural forms. By attending to the subtleties of language in the film, we trace the pressure on migrants to translate themselves into the linguistic and mythological moulds of their new host society.
Teoria da Argumentação na Língua e a construção de blocos semânticos: relações de sentido em um texto jornalístico
Authors: FUMAGALLI Rita de Cássia Dias Verdi , De FREITAS Ernani Cesar
Published: September 2017

A temática deste estudo consiste em sistematizar e aplicar alguns conceitos fundamentais da Teoria da Argumentação na Língua (TAL), de Oswald Ducrot e colaboradores (1988, 2002), mais especificamente no que se refere ao terceiro momento da teoria: o modelo teórico dos Blocos Semânticos. O objetivo do trabalho volta-se para a construção do sentido dos enunciados presentes em um texto jornalístico a partir das relações argumentativas que estabelecem entre si. Para tanto, será utilizada, como corpus do estudo, a notícia veiculada pelo jornal Zero Hora, no site ZH-Clic RBS, no dia dois de novembro de 2016, que revela a concordância de 57% da população brasileira com a declaração “bandido bom é bandido morto”, segundo pesquisa realizada pelo Datafolha, entre os dias primeiro e cinco de agosto do corrente ano. Tal proposta se justifica em virtude de que os preceitos da Teoria dos Blocos Semânticos (TBS) podem ser aplicados como recurso facilitador e esclarecedor do sentido global do discurso da notícia analisada, uma vez que as palavras não são tomadas isoladamente, nem em sentido literal, mas pela união com outras palavras, enunciados, parágrafos e pelo conjunto de possibilidades argumentativas preexistentes na própria língua. Com base nos resultados encontrados, observa-se que os estudos de Ducrot e de Carel (2005) contribuem para a compreensão do funcionamento discursivo de um texto jornalístico, uma vez que o sentido é construído, segundo a TBS, no seu próprio interior e não na relação desse com um fato externo.
Luz Divina: self e face de uma personagem na construção de um percurso da loucura sob o viés do comportamento
Authors: Valadares Flavio Biasutti , De Souza Fabrício , Theodoro Hadriel Geovani da Silva
Published: September 2017

O artigo trata de alguns aspectos do comportamento da personagem Luz Divina, do seriado de TV Pé na Cova, em uma perspectiva de análise de self e de face, bem como uma abordagem comportamental. Apresenta a caracterização do programa, aspectos teórico-conceituais sobre self, face e teoria comportamental. Utiliza como procedimento metodológico a seleção de algumas falas da personagem para análise, de programas exibidos em 2014, nos dias 08, 15 e 22 de abril. Conclui que Luz Divina representa um comportamento que se utiliza de contingências que a levam a preservar sua face nas interações com o grupo do qual participa.
Letramentos escolares: relações de poder, autoridade e identidades
Authors: Semechechem Jakeline A. , Jung Neiva Maria
Published: September 2017

Neste artigo, partindo da perspectiva dos Novos Estudos de Letramento (STREET, 1984, 1993, 2014), temos como objetivo reconhecer organizações da fala-em-interação, a fim de discutir procedimentos, papéis sociais e identidades coconstruídas em eventos de letramentos escolares. Analisamos duas atividades de leitura, uma em aula de língua espanhola e outra em aula de língua portuguesa de um colégio público do Paraná. Os dados mostram organizações de fala-em-interação institucional em que as professoras controlam o sistema de tomada de turnos e apresentam instruções sobre como lidar com o texto naquele aqui e agora, e os alunos ratificam esses procedimentos, embora alguns apresentem também ações de resistência. Em termos de resultados, identificamos que ainda temos muito presente em nossas escolas uma pedagogização do letramento, em que regras para o engajamento dos participantes como professor e como alunos são continuamente afirmadas e reforçadas dentro de práticas que supostamente têm a ver apenas com usar o letramento e falar dele, confirmando desse modo relações de hierarquia, autoridade e controle por meio dessas práticas letradas (STREET, 2014).
A evolução do conceito de parâmetro do sujeito nulo
Authors: VERÍSSIMO Victor
Published: September 2017

Este artigo de revisão de literatura tem como objetivo trazer um panorama a respeito do conceito de parâmetro do sujeito nulo em momentos distintos dos estudos gerativistas: a introdução desse conceito no âmbito da teoria de Regência e Ligação (CHOMSKY, 1981); as reflexões trazidas pelas investigações de Nicolis (2008) com línguas crioulas e, finalmente, a noção de múltiplas marcações do parâmetro pro-drop proposta por Holmberg e Roberts (2009) já dentro do Programa Minimalista. Foi feita também uma explanação a respeito do status atual do parâmetro do sujeito no português brasileiro (PB) a fim de demonstrar o quanto a possibilidade de “sistemas mistos” já apontada por Chomsky (1981) parece explicar a natureza distinta do sujeito nulo no português brasileiro se comparado à variedade europeia (PE).
Estigmatização em Antônio Prado (RS): ilustrando as sete consequências de atitudes linguísticas negativas de Grosjean (2001) através de trechos de entrevistas sociolinguísticas
Authors: CORRÊA Raquel Da Costa
Published: September 2017

Antônio Prado (RS) é uma cidade da Antiga Região de Colonização Italiana do Rio Grande do Sul. As marcas deixadas pelos dialetos italianos na Língua Portuguesa falada nessa região têm sido objeto de estudo de pesquisas sociolinguísticas, especialmente as de cunho variacionista. Partindo de resultados que comprovam que Antônio Prado se diferencia das outras cidades da região em relação à velocidade das mudanças linguísticas (CORRÊA, 2016; BATTISTI et al., 2007) e da comparação dos dados do Projeto Linguagem da Região de Colonização Italiana do Nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul: prestígio e estigmatização – ESTIGMA, apresentados por Frosi, Faggion e Dal Corno (2010), com os dados de 32 entrevistas sociolinguísticas de Antônio Prado (RS) pertencentes ao Banco de Dados da Serra Gaúcha (BDSer), identificamos que a percepção e as atitudes dos falantes de Antônio Prado (RS) se diferenciam, até certo ponto, das atitudes e percepções dos falantes de Caxias do Sul e arredores. Percebe-se que a única consequência positiva de atitudes negativas (GROSJEAN, 2001), a consciência étnica provoca reforço da lealdade e solidariedade no grupo, aparece com bastante clareza na fala dos informantes da pesquisa, demonstrando esforço por parte dos moradores no sentido de manter ou resgatar o falar dialetal, garantindo a identificação com a etnia italiana.
INCIDÊNCIA E DISTRIBUIÇÃO DA SÍFILIS CONGÊNITA NA BAHIA, 2005-2012
Authors: Meira Brasileiro Cristiana de Souza , Ribeiro Guilherme de Sousa
Published: September 2017

Embora a sífilis congênita (SC) possa ser prevenida por ações realizadas no pré--natal, ela ainda apresenta elevada incidência em diversas partes do mundo. Este estudo teve o objetivo de analisar aspectos epidemiológicos da SC na Bahia e em seus municípios, no período de 2005 a 2012. Foi realizado um estudo ecológico, de distribuição temporal e espacial, com caráter descritivo. Com base nos registros do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação e do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade, foram identificados 2.656 casos de SC na Bahia no período. A incidência da SC no estado cresceu de 1,2 para 2,7 casos por 1.000 nascidos vivos (NV) entre 2005 e 2012. Comparando-se os quadriênios 2005-2008 e 2009-2012, observou-se redução no percentual dos municípios que apresentavam incidência da SC inferior à meta definida pela Organização Pan-americana da Saúde (até 0,5 caso por 1.000 NV) de 74,6% para 63,1%. Nesse último quadriênio, altas incidências médias anuais foram detectadas nas Regiões Leste, Sudoeste, Sul e Extremo Sul do estado. Concluiu-se que a crescente dispersão da SC na Bahia reforça a necessidade de ampliar os investimentos na vigilância e no controle da doença.

Palavras-chave: Sífilis congênita. Epidemiologia. Incidência.
FATORES RELACIONADOS À SAÚDE DE CRIANÇAS, ADOLESCENTES, SEUS RESPONSÁVEIS E A ASSOCIAÇÃO DELES COM A VIZINHANÇA
Authors: Neves Camila Salgado , Silva Bruna Pires Luz , Matozinhos Fernanda Penido , Mendes Ana Paula Carlos Cândido , Mendes Larissa Loures
Published: September 2017

Os fatores relacionados às crianças, aos adolescentes, a seus responsáveis e a associação deles com a satisfação da vizinhança, revelam que a satisfação com a vizinhança pode ter um papel relevante na determinação da saúde dos indivíduos. O objetivo do estudo foi verificar os fatores sociodemográficos e de estilo de vida de crianças, adolescentes e seus responsáveis relacionados à satisfação da vizinhança em uma cidade de médio porte. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo epidemiológico transversal com 370 indivíduos de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. A coleta de dados ocorreu nas escolas e realizou-se antropometria e entrevista estruturada com os responsáveis. Para avaliação do ambiente, entrevistas telefônicas foram realizadas com a versão validada na língua portuguesa da Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale. Os resultados indicaram que a maioria dos adultos estava insatisfeita com a vizinhança. Observou-se maior insatisfação com acesso à diversão (82,4%) e maior satisfação com o número de pessoas conhecidas na vizinhança (95,4%). A cor de pele não branca das crianças prevaleceu entre os responsáveis insatisfeitos e indivíduos com maior renda estão mais satisfeitos. A satisfação com a vizinhança não foi associada com o sexo das crianças, a prática de atividade física, a idade, o índice de massa corporal e a circunferência da cintura dos responsáveis. Concluiu-se que características ambientais, como segurança, boa infraestrutura das ruas, espaços adequados para lazer e a boa convivência com as pessoas, relacionam-se com a satisfação com o ambiente, o bem--estar e a saúde dos indivíduos.

Palavras-chave: Percepção. Meio ambiente. Saúde pública.
Shadow economy - is an enterprise survey a preferable approach?
Authors: Reilly Barry , Krstic Gorana
Published: September 2017

The direct approaches to measuring the shadow economy have not been used extensively until very recently. A relatively simple method has been developed (Talis J. Putnins and Arnis Sauka 2015) using an income approach to measuring GDP and exploiting survey data on unreported employee wages and the business income generated by enterprises, which was provided by owners/managers of such enterprises. This paper illustrates the advantages of this approach over indirect ones through applying it to two EU candidate countries. This is first done by measuring the size of the shadow economy and then by providing estimates of the factors which cause enterprises to engage in shadow economic activity. Estimates of these factors suggest a number of policy approaches that could reduce the size of the shadow economy in countries similar to the ones we have used here.
Mitchell and Golden metatarsal osteotomies for the treatment of moderate hallux valgus deformity: A comparative analysis
Authors: Mikic Nadan , Grujoska-Veta Dusanka , Cobeljic Goran , Gavrankapetanovic Ismet , Vukasinovic Zoran , Soldatovic Ivan , Popovic Miroslava
Published: September 2017

Background/Aim. Despite bunion surgery having been performed for more than 100 years, there has yet to be a technique considered as the ?Gold Standard?. The aim of the study was to compare postoperative results of Mitchell vs. Golden methods of treating moderate hallux valgus deformity. Methods.This observational case control study included 49 patients (81 feet) who had the Mitchell distal metatarsal osteotomy performed, and 49 patients (77 feet) that had the Golden proximal metatarsal osteotomy performed. The results of treatment were evaluated using Hellal?s modification of the Bonney and McNab classification and the Hallux Metatarsophalangeal Interphalangeal Score (HMIS). The statistical analysis of the results was done, thus the values p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results. Both operative procedures showed successful and statistically significant postoperative results compared to the preoperative status (p < 0.001). Comparative analysis of the results from the Mitchell and Golden procedures, according to the Hellal?s modification of Bonney and McNab classification, proved that there was a high statistically significant difference in favor of the Mitchell method (p < 0.001), whereas the comparison based on the HMIS showed no statistically significant difference (p = 0.123) between the two methods. The estimated results analysis of both procedures, based on the values of hallux valgus angle, intermetatarsal angle, sesamoid position, length of immobilization, treatment duration and complications demonstrated that there was a highly significant difference in favor of the Mitchell method (p < 0.001), whereas the value of the shortening of the first metatarsal bone indicated that the shortening was greater in the Mitchell method (p < 0.001), which goes in favor of the Golden method. Regarding the flexion of the thumb of the feet operated on, there was no statistically significant difference (p = 0.723). Conclusion. The examinations performed indicated that both methods showed good postoperative results, but applying the Mitchell method they were better.
Unilateral agenesis of the right ovary and fallopian tube in an infertile patient with a normal uterus
Authors: Rudic-Biljic-Erski Ivana , Vasiljevic Mladenko , Rakic Snezana , Mihajlovic Sladjana
Published: September 2017

Introduction. Unilateral ovarian and Fallopian tube agenesis is an extremely rare anomaly that is usually associated with uterine and renal anomalies. This anomaly is usually incidentally detected during laparoscopy or laparotomy performed for other indications. We have reported a rare case of unilateral ovarian and Fallopian tube agenesis in an infertile patient with a normal uterus. Case report. A 34-yearold infertile patient was admitted to our clinic for laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, indicated for the right Fallopian tube occlusion and an endometrial polyp. The patient underwent laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. Unilateral right ovarian and Fallopian tube agenesis was diagnosed during laparoscopy. Upon exploration of peritoneal surfaces, omentum and intestinal serosa, neither ectopic nor remnant tissues of the ovary or Fallopian tube were found. Renal anomalies were not identified on the ultrasound examination. The hormone panel and karyotype were normal. Her partner?s semen analysis was normal. The patient conceived spontaneously one year later. Serial ultrasound examinations showed normal fetal intrauterine growth and development. The patient vaginally delivered a live, female newborn at 40 weeks? gestation, weighing 3,350 grams, 53 cm long, with 9/10 Apgar scores at birth. The patient and her newborn were discharged home on the third postpartum day. Conclusion. Unilateral ovarian and Fallopian tube agenesis is rarely associated with a normal uterus. Laparoscopy is the gold standard in the diagnosis of ovarian and Fallopian tube agenesis. Unless other obstetric indications are present, this anomaly is not specific and it is not an indication for a Caesarean section, and vaginal delivery is a possibility at term pregnancy.
Tracheal localization of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in adults: A case report
Authors: Oluic Branislav , Vesovic Radomir , Loncar Zlatibor , Stojsic Jelena , Mujovic Natasa , Nikolic Dejan
Published: September 2017

Introduction. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare neoplasm. This disease, of unknown etiology, runs an unpredictable course. Its definitive diagnosis calls for a detailed histopathological analysis including immunohistochemistry. Microscopically, IMT is composed of myofibroblastic spindle and inflammatory cells in different proportions. It presents infrequently in adults with nonspecific symptomatology. The presence of IMT is described in every anatomical region but the tracheal one is especially uncommon. Case report. A 41- year-old female patient checked into our institution due to exacerbation of asthma-like symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough and exertion intolerance. She was originally treated as the asthmatic patient with the bronchodilator therapy with no success. Chest x-ray done during one of the outpatient follow-up appointments pointed to a suspected change in the tracheal distal part. After her admission to our institution, the following diagnostic procedures were performed: spirometry, chest computed tomography (CT) scan, chest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bronchoscopy and the change in tracheal distal third was confirmed. Right-sided thoracotomy with mobilization of lung, tracheal resection and termino-terminal (T-T) anastomosis was undertaken. Subsequent histopathological analysis of surgically removed afflicted tracheal part of them trachea including immunohistochemistry enabled us to definitively of diagnose IMT. Four years after surgical resection, the patient showed no recidivism of illness. Conclusion. Definitive IMT diagnosis requires the detailed diagnostic tests, most importantly, an adequate histopathological analysis including immunohistochemistry. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice in case of IMT. Further monitoring of patients is necessary due to a risk of recurrence.
GLUT1 deficiency syndrome: A case report with a novel SLC2A1 mutation
Authors: Ivancevic Nikola , Cerovac Natasa , Nikolic Blazo , Cuturilo Goran , Marjanovic Ana , Brankovic Marija , Novakovic Ivana
Published: September 2017

Introduction. GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1 DS, OMIM 606777) is a metabolic brain disorder caused by mutations in SLC2A1 gene (chromosome 1) encoding glucose transporter type 1 located on blood-brain membrane. The ?classic? phenotype in children includes early onset generalized farmacoresistant epilepsy, developmental delay, complex movement disorders and acquired microcephaly. However, there are milder phenotypes without epilepsy which could be seen in older children. The ketogenic diet is a treatment of choice. Case report. We present a four-yearold female patient with farmacoresistant generalized epilepsy, paroxysmal dystonic posturing, ataxia, hypotonia, developmental delay (motor, attention and speech disturbances), and microcephaly. The genetic testing revealed a novel point mutation at c.156T > A (p.Y52X) in exon 3 of SLC2A1 gene. The patient responded excellent on ketogenic diet. Conclusion. GLUT1 DS is treatable, and likely to be under-diagnosed neurological disorder. The ketogenic diet is resulting in good control of seizures in the patients, and it has certain benefit for the neurodevelopmental disability.
Clinical characteristics of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - case series and review of the literature
Authors: Popovic Dragan , Sokic-Milutinovic Aleksandra , Djuranovic Srdjan , Alempijevic Tamara , Zgradic Sanja , Matovic Vera , Toncev Ljubisa , Lukic Snezana
Published: September 2017

Introduction. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with estimated prevalence of one in 5,000 to 10,000. The disease has age-related penetrance and the HHT signs and symptoms occur and worsen with age. A diagnosis of HHT is based on the Curacao`s criteria. Case report. We report a case series of 6 patients diagnosed with HHT, 5 with definite and one with probable diagnosis according to the Curacao criteria. In 5 patients, the recurrent epistaxis occurred in adolescence as the first presentation while one patient presented with melena. The diagnosis was delayed in 5 patients and the presence of HHT was diagnosed during or after the fifth decade. In 4 patients, the overt gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in the later course of the disease. The asymptomatic pulmonary circulation arteriovenous malformations were detected in 2 patients. The cerebral arteriovenous malformations were not detected. Conclusion. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a rare disorder affecting multiple organs. It should be considered in the adolescents with recurrent epistaxis and in the differential diagnosis of anemia with signs of the gastrointestinal bleeding in order to shorten the delay in the diagnosis and subsequently improve the outcome of the disease.
Development and validation of a questionnaire for measuring drug-induced nausea
Authors: Prokic Andjelka , Jankovic Slobodan
Published: September 2017

Background/Aim. There are several questionnaires for measuring intensity of nausea after drug administration, but they are either too settings specific (like those measuring chemotherapy-induced nausea), or they were not properly tested for reliability and validity. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a reliable instrument that can measure drug-induced nausea. Methods. The cross-sectional study for assessing reliability and validity of a questionnaire was performed. The questionnaire with 5 items and answers according to the Likert?s scale was developed during two brainstorming sessions of the research team. Its reliability, validity and temporal stability were tested on the sample of 128 outpatients taking iron salts orally. Results. The final version of the Drug-Induced Nausea Scale (DINS) with 5 items showed excellent reliability, both when rated by the investigators (Cronbach?s alpha 0.892) and by the patients themselves (Cronbach?s alpha 0.897). It was temporally stable, and both divergent and convergent validity tests had very good results. Factorial analysis revealed only one factor, which means that the whole scale is measuring only one phenomenon, intensity of nausea, as was originally intended. Conclusion. The DINS is reliable and valid instrument for measuring intensity of drug-induced nausea. Identification of patients with high intensity of druginduced nausea by this questionnaire will help prescribers to decide whether the therapy should be stopped or the patient switched to less emetogenic therapy.
Bone mineral density in comparison to anthropometric parameters and level of gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy
Authors: Zvekic-Svorcan Jelena , Stojsic Mirjana , Krasnik Rastislava , Nenadov Natasa , Demesi-Drljan Cila , Mikov Aleksandra , Radovanov Maja
Published: September 2017

Background/Aim. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) grow at a slower rate relative to their peers. Their body height, body weight and bone mineral density are significantly below those measured for healthy children of corresponding age. The aim of this work was to estimate bone mineral density in relation to the anthropometric parameters and the level of gross motor function in the children with cerebral palsy. Methods. This cross-sectional pilot study included 23 children with CP, aged 6 to 17 years, in whom the gross motor function level was estimated according to the Gross motor function classification system- expanded and revised (GMFCS-E&R), while the anthropometric parameters were established in relation to the developmental charts for healthy children as well as those pertaining to children with CP. Bone mineral density was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and the findings were interpreted in accordance with the International Society for Clinical Densitometry Official Positions of Adults & Pediatrics. Mean values with interquartile deviations, along with frequencies and percentages were the descriptive statistical measures employed in the analyses. Differences between groups were ascertained through the Kruskal-Wallis test. Results. Our sample of 23 children comprised of 56.5% boys and 43.5% girls, aged 13.00 ? 3.56 years, of whom 3/4 had a severe form of gross motor dysfunction (GMFCS-E&R levels IV and V). All subjects had lower bone density in both regions of interest [spinal Z-score -1.60 ? 1.40 standard devation (SD); hip Z-score -2.00 ? 3.00 SD], as well as lower anthropometric parameters [height Z-score -2.74 ? 4.28; body weight Z-score - 3.22 ? 6.96; body mass index (BMI) Z-score -2.64 ? 6.03]. In the observed sample, bone mineral density in the spine (p < 0.01) and the hip (p < 0.05) was reduced in all subjects, and all children had a lower body weight (p < 0.01) and the BMI (p < 0.01), but not body height, in relation to the existing developmental charts for the CP children adopted from the US. Children with the CP Level IV on the GMFCS-E&R had a significantly lower bone density (spinal Z-score -1.90 SD; hip Z-score -3.40 SD), with the reduction even more pronounced at level V (spinal Z-score -3.80 SD; hip Z-score -2.30 SD). Conclusion. A significantly lower bone mineral density as well as the decreased values of all observed anthropometric parameters, were noted in the children with CP. In the observed sample, bone mineral density in both spine and hip was reduced in all subjects, all of whom also had lower body weight and the BMI, but not body height compared to the existing developmental charts for the children with CP adopted from the US. The children with severe forms of CP (GMFCS-E&R levels IV and V) had significantly lower bone mineral density.
Pulmonary tuberculosis in the immunocompromised patients
Authors: Vukosav Danijela , Tot-Veres Kristina
Published: September 2017

Background/Aim. During the last few decades, immunocompromising diseases led to an increase in the number of tuberculosis cases. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of immunocompromising diseases on the course of tuberculosis. Methods. The research included two groups, each consisting of 40 subjects with tuberculosis, who were treated at the Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina during 2010 and 2011. The first group had no immunocompromising diseases (the kontrol group), whereas the second group contained patients with accompanying immunocompromising diseases. The data from the patients? medical history, from the Center for Microbiology and from the Radiology Center were used. The two groups were compared according to the following characteristics: age, sex, bacteriological status, radiological presence of the disease, presence of adverse effects of drugs, presence of resistance to drugs, duration of the therapy regimen and the duration of hospitalization. Results. The group of immunocompromised patients was older in average than the control group and included a higher percentage of males. The immunocompromised group had statistically important longer average time required for the sputum smear conversion (p = 0.000) and for the conversion of sputum cultures to M. tuberculosis (p = 0.010), more frequent presence of cavity (p = 0.030), longer average therapy regimen duration (p = 0.000) and higher average number of hospital days (p = 0.000) compared to the control group. The most frequent localization of changes in the immunocompromised patients was in all lobes of both lungs (32.5%) whereas the changes in the control group were mostly localized in the upper lung lobes (62.5%). There was no statistically important difference in the finding of sputum smear positive acidfast bacilli on direct micoscropy, the presence of adverse effects of drugs and M. tuberculosis resistance to drugs between the two groups of patients. Conclusion. The immunocompromising diseases change the course of tuberculosis, primarily by affecting bacteriological status, radiological presentation, the length of therapy regimen and the duration of hospitalization.
Coinyección: «Twinshot», tecnología de punta a bajo costo
Authors: Quiñones Iber James
Published: September 2017

Se describe  la  segunda versión de la tecnología Twinshot, con la cual se puede manipular dos materiales fundidos en un mismo conjunto de plastificación, lo que permite reducir costos de producción y de amortización del equipo, factores que lo hacen más asequible a una mayor cantidad de empresas de inyección.
Los recubrimientos y materiales cerámicos en el mecanizado eficaz
Authors: Bejarano Gaitan Gilberto
Published: September 2017

Se analizan varios sistemas cerámicos aplicados a las herramientas y se presentan las ventajas alcanzadas en el mecanizado de materiales duros considerando además los aspectos ambientales.
Los aditivos en los materiales plásticos
Authors: Gutierrez Artunduaga Sandra Rubby
Published: September 2017

Se describen los aspectos a considerar para la elección de un aditivo, teniendo en cuenta que los polímeros por lo general no requieren solo de un tipo de aditivo, por tanto, lo que determina la elección final de uno o varios aditivos es el comportamiento considerado en conjunto.
Actualización tecnológica de maquinaria industrial
Authors: Guiza Amaya José Seiggubar
Published: September 2017

Se presentan una serie de pautas generales de interés tanto de empresarios como para jefes de producción, mantenimiento y personal de I+D (Investigación y Desarrollo), que se deben tener en cuenta para la toma de decisiones en planes de mejoramiento tecnológico de las herramientas de producción.