bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Citizen observations contributing to flood modelling: opportunities
and challenges
Authors: Herman Assumpção Thaine , Popescu Ioana , Jonoski Andreja , Solomatine Dimitri P.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Citizen contributions to science have been successfully implemented in many fields – and water resources is one of them. Through citizens, it is possible to collect data and obtain a more integrated decision-making process. Specifically, data scarcity has always been an issue in flood modelling, which has been addressed in the last decades by remote sensing and is already being discussed in a citizen science scenario. In this context, this article aims to review the literature on the topic and analyse the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. The literature on monitoring, mapping and modelling, was evaluated according to the flood-related variable citizens contributed to. Pros and cons of the collection/analysis methods were summarised. Then, pertinent publications were mapped into the flood modelling cycle, considering how citizen data properties (spatial and temporal coverage, uncertainty and volume) are related to its integration into modelling. It was clear that the number of studies in the area is rising. There are positive experiences reported in collection and analysis methods, for instance with velocity and land cover, and also when modelling is concerned, for example by using social media mining. However, matching the data properties necessary for each part of the modelling cycle with citizen generated data is still challenging. Nevertheless, the concept that citizen contributions can be used for simulation and forecasting is proved and further work lies in continuing developing and improving not only methods for collection and analysis but certainly for integration into models as well. Finally, in view of recent automated sensors and satellite technologies, it is through studies as the ones analysed in this article that the value of citizen contributions is demonstrated.
Basic features of the predictive tools of early warning systems for water-related natural hazards: examples for shallow landslides
Authors: Greco Roberto , Pagano Luca
Published: July 2017

Abstract. To manage natural risks, an increasing effort is being put in the development of early warning systems, which rely on prompt forecasting or recognizing of the catastrophic phenomena and temporarily reducing the exposure of people, preventing or limiting victims. Research efforts aimed at the development and implementation of effective EWS should concern, above all, the definition and calibration of the interpretative model. This paper analyses the main features characterizing predictive models working in early warning systems, by discussing their aims, the evolution stage of the phenomenon where they should be incardinated, and their architecture, regardless of the specific application field. With reference to two different phenomena, namely flow-like landslide and earth flows, both characterized by rapid evolution, the paper describes, by means of three examples, some alternative approaches to the development of the predictive tool and to its implementation in an EWS.
Formation and characteristics of an Ultisol in Peninsular Malaysia utilized
for oil palm production
Authors: Fatai Arolu Ayanda , Shamshuddin Jusop , Fauziah Che Ishaq , Radziah Othman , Bohluli Mohsen
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Most of the soils in the upland areas of Peninsular Malaysia are classified as Ultisols. Oil palm production on these soils is usually limited by their inherent low soil productivity. However, the crop is cultivated successfully on most of the soils following right soil management practices. A study was conducted in Bera, Malaysia to determine the characteristics and fertility of an Ultisol cropped to oil palm for many years continuously. In this study, the soil in the plantation was sampled, analyzed and classified. The soil under study was formed under tropical environment with udic moisture regime on fine-grained sedimentary rocks mixed with tuffs of Permian age. Due to very long exposure to the condition of high temperature and high rainfall throughout its development, the soil in the area was reddish in color, clayey, deep and highly weathered. The study found that the clay fraction of the soil was dominated by kaolinite, hematite, goethite and gibbsite; hence, the CEC and basic cations were low. Besides, soil reaction was acidic in nature with soil pH slightly below 5, but the exchangeable Al was more than 1 cmolc/kg soil. However, it was believed that these inherent characteristics were not expected to significantly affect the production of oil palm grown on the soil. With proper agronomic practices, the area can be utilized for oil palm production sustainably.
A new theoretical interpretation of Archie's saturation exponent
Authors: Glover Paul W. J.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. This paper describes the extension of the concepts of connectedness and conservation of connectedness that underlie the generalized Archie's law for n phases to the interpretation of the saturation exponent. It is shown that the saturation exponent as defined originally by Archie arises naturally from the generalized Archie's law. In the generalized Archie's law the saturation exponent of any given phase can be thought of as formally the same as the phase (i.e. cementation) exponent, but with respect to a reference subset of phases in a larger n-phase medium. Furthermore, the connectedness of each of the phases occupying a reference subset of an n-phase medium can be related to the connectedness of the subset itself by Gi = GrefSini. This leads naturally to the idea of the term Sini for each phase i being a fractional connectedness, where the fractional connectednesses of any given reference subset sum to unity in the same way that the connectednesses sum to unity for the whole medium. One of the implications of this theory is that the saturation exponent of any phase can be now be interpreted as the rate of change of the fractional connectedness with saturation and connectivity within the reference subset.
Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape
Authors: Martin Pérez Angela
Published: July 2017

In this essay, I examine the inclusion of the civilization/barbarism binary in the literature of modernistas writers. To this end, I will briefly analyze the historic contexts after the independence of the colonies and the new neo-imperialist order that settled in the city and demanded social, economic and urban changes that affected the entire social strata. At the same time, I will explain how the formation of a new citizen was undertaken, as it had to follow certain behavioral guidelines to isolate itself from barbarism and savagery of places far away from the metropolis. With it I will justify the importance of the so-called ciudad letrada (city of letters) in the formation of new modern nations and describe the birth of the modernist writer, self-defined by its individuality and the contradictions involved in its writing. I will explain my arguments with the texts that, born in the process of modernity, claim the tradition of denying the capitalist utilitarian society into which they are inserted.
Los primeros ensayos de Ángel Rama: inicios montevideanos de una crítica latinoamericana
Authors: Gomez Facundo
Published: July 2017

Los estudios generales sobre el discurso crítico latinoamericano de la segunda mitad del siglo XX colocan al uruguayo Ángel Rama en un lugar central de su construcción y organización. A pesar de los numerosos enfoques ensayados acerca de su obra, repetidas veces su figura es concebida en términos cerrados que lo afilian a la sociología de la cultura, el compromiso político o la militancia latinoamericanista. El análisis de sus primeros artículos, publicados entre 1948 y 1955 en las revistas Clinamen, Marcha, Asir y Entregas de La Licorne, demuestra cómo su praxis crítica se entrecruza inicialmente con elementos propios del campo intelectual uruguayo de mitad de siglo y de qué manera el joven Rama empieza su exploración de la literatura a partir de posiciones, teorías y metodologías muy disímiles a las observadas en sus trabajos clásicos de las décadas posteriores.
Zé do Caixão y el gótico brasileño de José Mojica Marins
Authors: Serravalle de Sá Daniel
Published: July 2017

Se destacan aquí conexiones entre el personaje brasileño, Zé do Caixão, y la tradición gótica por medio de apropiaciones culturales que son utilizadas por el director José Mojica Marins como un método de asociación del personaje a renombrados iconos de terror. El uso de tal conjunto de representaciones asociadas al gótico (trajes, ángulos de cámara, iluminación, accesorios, mise-en-scène) constituye un sistema de significados simbólicos en que la auto-presentación se convierte en un ingrediente esencial para producir el efecto de terror. Al mismo tiempo, la presencia de tales elementos evidencia una dimensión política, una forma de alegorización de situaciones históricas que no podían ser fácilmente comprendidas o que podrían abordarse con mayor eficacia si fueran transportadas a un mundo de fantasía. Mojica se aprovecha del hecho de que la violencia, tortura y representación de las fuerzas tiránicas en general son constitutivas del género de terror para dar una respuesta estética a la sociedad de su tiempo en forma de una representación histórica del contexto violento de la dictadura militar brasileña. La aclimatación de elementos extranjeros insertada en el contexto socio-cultural de las producciones nacionales constituye lo que se llamó aquí «gótico brasileño» .
Feasibility of Using Telehealth to Deliver the “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” Program
Authors: Serwe Katrina M. , Hersch Gayle I. , Pancheri Karen
Published: July 2017

Caregivers report poorer health and wellness than the general population and identify numerous barriers to their attending programs to improve health and wellness.  The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of employing a telehealth delivery method to enhance access to caregiver wellness programs. This article presents the quantitative results of a mixed methods feasibility study of translating the Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) program to a telehealth delivery format. Four unpaid family caregivers of older adults participated in a telehealth delivered PTC program, a wellness program with established outcomes in the in-person environment.  The program was delivered using synchronous videoconferencing methods. High class attendance and a high median total average Telehealth Usability Questionnaire score of 5.7 indicated the telehealth delivery method was feasible. This research suggests that telehealth is a feasible delivery format for a caregiver program traditionally delivered in an in-person format.
Feasibility of a Supplemental Phonological Awareness Intervention via Telepractice for Children with Hearing Loss: A Preliminary Study
Authors: Lee Sue Ann S. , Hall Brittany , Sancibrian Sherry
Published: July 2017

The goal of the current study was to examine the feasibility of a telepractice intervention to improve phonological awareness skills in children with hearing loss as compared to a conventional in-person intervention.  Twenty children with hearing loss participated in this study. Two groups of ten children each received a supplemental phonological awareness intervention either via telepractice or an in-person service delivery model. Within each of the two groups, five children were enrolled in preschool or kindergarten and five children were enrolled in first or second grade. The two groups of children demonstrated similar phonological awareness, non-verbal IQ, and vocabulary skills during pre-tests.  After a 12-week intervention children with hearing loss showed improved phonological awareness skills as measured by a standardized post-test. No significant differences were found between the performance of the telepractice group and in-person group. Nor was a significant interaction found between the two age groups (PreK/K vs. 1st /2nd grade) and the two types of service delivery models (in-person vs. telepractice). The results suggest that a telepractice service delivery model is feasible for young children with hearing loss, and that telepractice may be as effective as in-person intervention in improving phonological awareness skills.
Home Quick – Occupational Therapy Home Visits Using mHealth, to Facilitate Discharge from Acute Admission Back to the Community
Authors: Nix Jacqueline , Comans Tracy
Published: July 2017

This article reports upon an initiative to improve the timeliness of occupational therapy home visits for discharge planning by implementing technology solutions while maintaining patient safety. A community hospital in Queensland, Australia, hosted a process evaluation that examined which aspects of home visiting could be replaced or augmented by alternative technologies. Strategies were trialled, implemented and assessed using the number of home visits completed and the time from referral to completion as outcomes. A technology-enhanced solution called “Home Quick” was developed using technology to facilitate pre-discharge home visits. The implementation of Home Quick resulted in an increase in the number of home visits conducted prior to discharge (50% increase from 145 to 223) and significantly increased the number of patients seen earlier following referral (X2=69.3; p<0.001). The substitution of direct home visits with technology-enabled remote visits is suitable for a variety of home visiting scenarios traditionally performed by occupational therapists.
The Efficacy of Telehealth-Delivered Speech and Language Intervention for Primary School-Age Children: A Systematic Review.
Authors: Wales Danielle , Skinner Leisa , Hayman Melanie
Published: July 2017

The purpose of this article is to determine if telehealth-delivered speech-language pathology interventions are as effective as traditional in-person delivery for primary school-age children with speech and/or language difficulties. A systematic review was conducted (in accordance with PRISMA guidelines) using five databases, two journals and reference lists. Titles and abstracts were screened for inclusion, with relevant studies reviewed in full-text. Initial searches identified 132 articles. Following exclusion of non-relevant studies, seven articles remained for inclusion. Results revealed both telehealth and in-person participants made significant and similar improvements when treatment effects were measured through five of the six outcome measures. Findings showed there is limited but promising evidence to support telehealth for delivering speech-language pathology intervention services to school-age children. Whilst this is encouraging, particularly for rural children where in-person services are limited, more rigorous study designs are required to support the efficacy of telehealth for this population.
Editors' Note
Authors: Cohn Ellen R. , Cason Jana
Published: July 2017

The current issue of the International Journal of Telerehabilitation (IJT) contains original work that explores the feasibility of telerehabilitation for a diversity of purposes: a health and wellness program for caregivers; a phonological awareness program for children with hearing loss; telepractice in a school setting for at-risk youth; occupational therapy home visits employing mHealth to facilitate discharge from the acute admission back to the community, and speech and language intervention for primary school-aged children.  The issue’s lead article, “Privacy and Security in Multi-User Health Kiosks” offers an audit protocol that can be used to assess whether a multi-user health kiosk is meeting privacy and security regulations such as HIPAA and HITECH.
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Published: July 2017

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Telehealth is Face-to-Face Service Delivery
Authors: Cason Jana
Published: July 2017

The Commentary contests the increasingly outdated and narrow use of the terminology ‘face-to-face’ (often abbreviated as F2F) to connote clinical interactions in which both the client and the practitioner are physically present in the same room or space.  An expanded definition is necessary because when delivered synchronously via videoconferencing, telehealth also provides face-to-face services (i.e., the practitioner and the client view each other’s faces). Terminology that uses face-to-face to connote only in-person care is limiting and perpetuates language that is out of line with progressive US regulatory language and broad interpretation within existing regulatory language.  It is this author’s hope that this commentary will raise awareness of the important policy implications associated with this seemingly minor distinction in terminology and impact the lingering misapplication of the term, face-to-face.
Trademarks as Sources of Market Power: Drugs, Beers and Product Differentiation
Authors: Morris P. Sean
Published: July 2017

This Article defines the notion of market power and how in conjunction with trademark rights give rise to elements that are deemed anticompetitive in a free market society. This Article uses legal arguments to consider how important developments in antitrust economics, particularly product differentiation and monopolistic competition, have contributed to the notion that trademarks are a source of market power. The Article uses a number of cases in the field of trademarks to underscore the key points that trademarks are a source of market power. These case developments contribute to the monopolistic tendencies of trademarks and describe how such tendencies are associated with the theory on market power and product differentiation. Empirically, the Article examines beer products from a single large corporation and the various trademarks/brands to determine whether such brands are a source of market power, effectively giving that manufacturer a monopoly on the beer market. A discussion of product hopping in pharmaceuticals is used to supplement the theories and evidence from the beer market. The Article also develops a theory of branded monopoly and suggests that, as a result of single ownership of trademarks and brands that are abundant from a single owner trademark’s market power, questions relating to antitrust foreclosure are often raised, despite the fact that market power is not anticompetitive per se. If it is recognized that trademarks are a source of market power, and hence, a core concern for antitrust law and policy, then the legal foundations of the current trademark system would need a radical redesign. If, on the other hand, it is recognized that trademarks are a source of market power, but do not conflict with antitrust law, and antitrust enforcers are to ignore conducts such as market foreclosure and other barriers to entry as a result of excessive trademarks and brands, then both antitrust and trademark law can continue to co-exist in the current system.
The Constitutionality of Panhandling Ordinances: Making "Cents" Out of Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Authors: Smith Megan
Published: July 2017

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A competency framework for librarians involved in systematic reviews
Authors: Townsend Whitney A. , Anderson Patricia F. , Ginier Emily C. , MacEachern Mark P. , Saylor Kate M. , Shipman Barbara L. , Smith Judith E.
Published: July 2017

Objective: The project identified a set of core competencies for librarians who are involved in systematic reviews.Methods: A team of seven informationists with broad systematic review experience examined existing systematic review standards, conducted a literature search, and used their own expertise to identify core competencies and skills that are necessary to undertake various roles in systematic review projects.Results: The team identified a total of six competencies for librarian involvement in systematic reviews: “Systematic review foundations,” “Process management and communication,” “Research methodology,” “Comprehensive searching,” “Data management,” and “Reporting.” Within each competency are the associated skills and knowledge pieces (indicators). Competence can be measured using an adaptation of Miller’s Pyramid for Clinical Assessment, either through self-assessment or identification of formal assessment instruments.Conclusions: The Systematic Review Competencies Framework provides a standards-based, flexible way for librarians and organizations to identify areas of competence and areas in need of development to build capacity for systematic review integration. The framework can be used to identify or develop appropriate assessment tools and to target skill development opportunities.
The Presenter’s Toolbox
Authors: Russell Joy A.
Published: July 2017

Most of us at some point in our careers need to present our ideas to an audience.
Locating sex- and gender-specific data in health promotion research: evaluating the sensitivity and precision of published filters
Authors: Lorenzetti Diane L. , Lin Yongtao
Published: July 2017

Objective: This study explored the effectiveness of search filters in identifying sex- and gender-specific data in health promotion studies that are indexed in MEDLINE.Methods: Literature searches were conducted to identify studies on patient or consumer attitudes and behaviors toward colorectal cancer screening, nutritional labeling, and influenza vaccination. Publications reporting sex- or gender-specific outcome data constituted the gold standards for this study. The sensitivity and precision of previously published gender-specific filters, as well as individual filter component terms, were calculated and compared with values identified in prior studies.Results: The sensitivity and precision of published sex or gender filters varied across topics. Sensitivity values ranged from 14.3% to 92.5%, while precision varied from 17.9% to 51.4%. These filters were less sensitive and less precise in their identification of relevant studies than has been reported in previous studies. Further, while the MEDLINE Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) term “Sex Factors” achieved the greatest average precision (59.3%) of any individual filter term, the MEDLINE check tag “Female” returned the highest average sensitivity (90.1%), with an average precision of 25.0% across topics.Conclusions: Although search filters can facilitate the identification of research evidence to enable decision making, variability in study abstracting and indexing can limit the generalizability and usability of these filters. This potential for variability should be considered when deciding to incorporate a search filter into any literature search. This research highlights the importance of this awareness when developing strategies for searching the published literature and the potential value of supplementing database searching with other methods of study identification.
Introducing altmetrics to the Journal of the Medical Library Association
Authors: Akers Katherine G.
Published: July 2017

The Journal of the Medical Library Association’s (JMLA’s) website now shows a range of article-level metrics (e.g., article views, online mentions, social media attention) for each published article. This editorial explains how ”altmetrics“ may be better than traditional citations in reflecting the impact of JMLA articles on the practice of health sciences librarianship and provides tips for how to increase the impact of your articles.
Cultivating a community of practice: the evolution of a health information specialists program for public librarians
Authors: Clifton Shari , Jo Phill , Longo Jean Marie , Malone Tara
Published: July 2017

Background: To help improve the culture of health in Oklahoma—a state that frequently ranks poorly on multiple measures of health and wellness—faculty librarians from an academic health sciences library sought to create a collaborative network of health information professionals in Oklahoma’s public libraries through the implementation of the Health Information Specialists Program.Case Presentation: Health sciences librarians offered a variety of consumer health information courses for public library staff across the state of Oklahoma for three years. Courses were approved by the Medical Library Association for credit toward the Consumer Health Information Specialization. A total of seventy-two participants from public libraries attended the courses, sixty-five achieved a Level I Consumer Health Information Specialization, and nine went on to achieve Level II.Conclusions: Feedback from participants in the Health Information Specialists Program has indicated a positive impact on the health information expertise of participants, who in turn have used the knowledge that they gained to help their patrons.
Trend analysis of journal metrics: a new academic library service?
Authors: Kokol Peter
Published: July 2017

Objective: Temporal trends in source normalized impact per paper (SNIP) values for the three top-ranking nursing journals were analyzed and compared to explore whether predicting future SNIP values based on trend analysis could be an innovative service provided by librarians.Methods: The International Journal of Nursing Studies, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, and Journal of Advanced Nursing were the three top-ranked nursing journals according to 2015 SNIP values. SNIP values for the selected journals were retrieved from the Scopus database, and extracted data were exported to Joinpoint trend analysis software to perform trend analysis.Results: The trend in SNIP values for the International Journal of Nursing Studies was the most stable and positive, whereas the trend in SNIP values for the Journal of Advanced Nursing was the most negative. The annual percentage change of the most recent trend line, which is the best indicator for predicting future SNIP values, was the largest for the International Journal of Nursing Studies.Conclusions: Predictions of journal metrics based on statistical joinpoint regression may not be completely accurate. Using this technique, however, a librarian can reasonably claim which journal will retain or even improve its prestige in the future and thus safely advise prospective authors on where to publish their research.
KRAUJAVIMO RIZIKOS VEIKSNIŲ PASISKIRSTYMAS TARP
PACIENTŲ, KURIEMS ĮVYKO SIMPTOMINIS VITAMINO K
ANTAGONISTŲ PERDOZAVIMAS
Authors: Šerpytis Pranas , Glaveckaitė Sigita , Lizaitis Mindaugas
Published: July 2017

Tyrimo tikslas. Nustatyti, kokie papildomi rizikos
veiksniai be varfarino perdozavimo būdingi pacientams,
kuriems perdozavimas pasireiškia simptomiškai
– įvyksta kraujavimas, didysis kraujavimas arba kraujavimas,
kuris buvo tiesioginė ar predisponuojanti
mirties priežastis. Metodika. Atlikta retrospektyvinė
pacientų, perdozavusių vitamino K antagonistus ir
gydytų VUL Santaros klinikose nuo 2010-01-01 iki
2016-10-31, analizė. Varfarino perdozavimu laikytas
TNS padidėjimas >3, varfarino vartojimo fone, nesant
kitų tokio padidėjimo priežasčių ir esant nustatytam
varfarino perdozavimui paciento galutinėje klinikinėje
diagnozėje arba nesant TNS >3, tačiau esant
kraujavimo reiškiniams varfarino vartojimo fone,
kai nėra kitų kraujavimo priežasčių. Tyrimo metu
lyginti demografiniai rodikliai bei kraujavimo rizikos
veiksniai tarp kraujavusių ir nekraujavusių pacientų.
Rezultatai. Tirti 518 pacientų, 253 (48,8%) vyrai, 265
(51,2%) moterys, vidutinis amžius 73,2±11,2 metai.
Kraujavo 298 (57,5%) pacientai, 149 (50%) moterys,
amžiaus vidurkis 72,3±11,7 metai. Kraujavusiems
anamnezėje dažniau pasitaikydavo kraujavimas iš
virškinimo trakto:16 (5,4%) vs. 3 (1,4%) (p=0,017).
Didysis kraujavimas pasireiškė 162 pacientams, vidutinis
amžius 72,8±11,8 metai, 88 (54,3%) moterys.
Šiai grupei taip pat būdingesnis kraujavimas iš virškinimo
trakto anamnezėje - 10 (6,2%) vs. 9 (2,5%)
(p=0,04). Mirė 56 (10,8% ) pacientai, vidutinis amžius
74,8±11,2 metai, 27 (48,2%) moterys. Mirusieji
dažniau sirgo inkstų ligomis (kreatininas viršijo
200mmol/l) -17 (30,4%) vs. 64 (13,9%) (p=0,001). Išvados.
Pacientams, po varfarino perdozavimo patyrusiems
kraujavimą arba didįjį kraujavimą, būdingesnis
kraujavimas iš virškinimo trakto anamnezėje. 9,4%
visų įvykusių kraujavimų buvo mirtini, tarp pacientų,
kurie mirė, dažniau pasitaikė kreatinino padidėjimas
daugiau kaip 200 mmol/l ir inkstų ligos. Įvykus varfarino
perdozavimui, pastarieji veiksniai galėtų būti
prognostiniai, jog perdozavimas taps simptominis,
todėl ateityje reikia detaliau šiuos veiksnius ištirti.
Change of Awareness and Characteristics of Student Groups in Class Creating PowerPoint Slides to Introduce Books
Authors: Miyaji Isao
Published: July 2017

This paper deals with the class where university students recommended books they are interested in by means of PowerPoint slides. In this course, they were required to create PowerPoint slides to introduce books by inserting animations and narrations. It applied active learning in combination with evaluation and revision activities to enhance their computer skills, to raise awareness towards various types of skills necessary for problem solving and to nurture active thinking. It particularly aims not only to acquire PowerPoint skills but also to develop their skills in expression, project planning and suggestion. This paper informs of the content of the course, proves change of awareness, and reports characteristics of student groups by classifying students according to principal components in rating scale values of awareness.
*ABA revisited: Evidence from Czech and Latin degree morphology
Authors: De Clercq Karen , Vanden Wyngaerd Guido
Published: July 2017

We present a novel account of root suppletion in comparatives and superlatives, and show how it accounts for the presence of ABB and ABC patterns, as well as the absence of ABA patterns. The account assumes that suppletive roots, despite appearances to the contrary, are not contextual allomorphs, but portmanteaus spelling out two distinct features, one belonging to the lexical root, and another one belonging to the comparative. The regular comparative affix then spells out an additional feature relating to the comparative domain. In other words, we show that the comparative (CMPR) head that enters into the morphological makeup of the comparative (Bobaljik 2012) is to be split up into two distinct heads, C1 and C2 (see also Caha 2016). We extend this idea to SPRL, which we show is likewise to be split up into S1 and S2, in order to account for suppletive ABC patterns. These four distinct heads receive empirical support from facts of the degree morphology in Czech and Latin. The new account of root suppletion allows a straightforward way of deriving the attested and unattested patterns of (root) suppletion in degree comparison. The analysis developed supports the hypothesis that the absence of AAB patterns in degree comparison is due to a constraint of a different nature altogether. This article is part of the special collection: *ABA
ANÁLISE SENSORIAL DE COOKIE DE AVEIA, MEL E CASCA DE BANANA EM COMENSAIS DE UM RESTAURANTE COMERCIAL DE GUARAPUAVA-PR
Authors: AMARAL Luane Aparecida , RIBAS Brenda Alana , GATTI Raquel Rosalva , DEMARIO Renata Leia , SCHWARZ Kélin , DE MOURA Priscilla Negrão
Published: July 2017

A mudança na sociedade contemporânea têm colaborado para o aumento de refeições realizadas fora do domicílio, demandando mais Unidades Produtoras de Refeições que por sua vez geram muitos resíduos orgânicos. Com isso este estudo objetivou avaliar a aceitabilidade sensorial de cookies de banana com e sem casca afim de auxiliar no reaproveitamento de alimentos. Participaram da pesquisa 50 provadores não treinados, sendo adultos que frequentavam um restaurante comercial na cidade de Guarapuava, Pr, de ambos os gêneros, com idade entre 18 a 60 anos. As amostras foram submetidas à análise sensorial, sendo avaliados os atributos de aparência, aroma, sabor, textura, cor e aceitação global, através de uma escala hedônica. Os julgadores receberam uma porção de cada amostra (aproximadamente 10 g). Foram elaboradas duas formulações de cookies de aveia e mel, F1 – com adição de casca de banana e F2 com banana. Em relação à aparência, aroma, textura e cor não houve diferenças significativas entre as amostras. Para sabor e sabor residual houve diferenças significativas de 5%. A amostra F2 obteve notas maiores nos atributos aceitação global e intenção de compra, comparados a F1, porém, apenas para a intenção de compra houve diferença significativa de 5%. Aproximadamente 60% dos provadores gostaram mais da amostra F2. Os cookies com adição de casca de banana foram bem aceitos entre os comensais, sendo considerados uma boa alternativa para a utilização das partes não convencionais e para a comercialização por ser um produto diferenciado e rico em fibras.
PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO SITUACIONAL: ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA FARMÁCIA BÁSICA MUNICIPAL
Authors: SCALERCIO Priscila Lima de Araujo , CZEPULA Alexandra Ingrid dos Santos
Published: July 2017

Esse artigo apresenta o Planejamento Estratégico Situacional de Carlos Matus, como mecanismo transformador de realidade dentro da gestão da Assistência Farmacêutica em um município do estado do Paraná. O objetivo deste trabalho foi de analisar a aplicação do método em uma farmácia básica a fim de melhorar a qualidade no atendimento ao usuário. O problema priorizado resultante foi a pouca qualidade no atendimento aos usuários. Sua exploração revelou como causa convergente a ausência de um departamento de Assistência Farmacêutica no município. Esse resultado evidencia a importância da Assistência Farmacêutica para a prestação dos serviços aos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde que, apesar de regulamentada dentro do sistema, ainda apresenta desafios a sua implantação integral.
A METFORMINA NA INDUÇÃO DA OVULAÇÃO EM MULHERES COM SÍNDROME DOS OVÁRIOS POLICÍSTICOS
Authors: LIMA Luciene Gonçalves , FERREIRA Lilian Abreu
Published: July 2017

A síndrome do ovário policístico é uma doença endócrina complexa, que tem como elementos principais o hiperandrogenismo e a anovulação crônica. Constitui uma das desordens endócrinas mais comuns em mulheres com idade fértil, e a grande maioria apresenta aumento da resistência à insulina e hiperinsulinemia compensatória. O tratamento apresenta uma ampla gama de agentes terapêuticos incluindo os sensibilizadores de insulina, como a metformina. São relatados benefícios no seu uso havendo um aumento dos ciclos menstruais, melhoria na ovulação e redução dos níveis androgênicos. Assim, o objetivo do estudo foi realizar uma investigação qualitativa e bibliográfica acerca das evidências clínicas de uso da metformina no tratamento da síndrome dos ovários policísticos através de uma busca nas bases de dados Pubmed e Cochrane. A pesquisa foi limitada aos últimos 10 anos, em ensaios clínicos randomizados, revisões sistemáticas e metanálises de ensaios clínicos. Foi possível concluir que a resistência à insulina desempenha um papel na síndrome do ovário policístico e que a metformina pode ter um efeito favorável em determinados grupos de mulheres. Entretanto, evidências favorecendo o uso de metformina em substituição ao citrato de clomifeno são insuficientes. A associação da metformina e citrato de clomifeno deve ser considerada em pacientes resistentes ao clomifeno.
AUTOMEDICAÇÃO ENTRE OS ACADÊMICOS DA ÁREA DE SAÚDE
Authors: DOMINGUES Maria Paula Santos , BRANDT Gabriela Pinheiro , OLIVEIRA Anna Paula Rodrigues , SOUZA Sílvia Jaqueline Pereira , RAMIRES Maria Augusta , BURCI Lígia Moura
Published: July 2017

A automedicação caracteriza-se por ser uma prática na qual se procura de alívio rápido de sintomas, contudo, quando realizada de forma inadequada, pode mascarar graves doenças e provocar intoxicação e morte. Este trabalho teve como objetivo identificar a prevalência da prática da automedicação e o perfil de consumo de medicamentos entre acadêmicos dos cursos da área de saúde de uma Faculdade Particular na Cidade de Curitiba. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, cujos dados foram coletados de acadêmicos dos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem, Odontologia, curso de Tecnologia em Segurança do Trabalho, e cursos Técnicos em Saúde Bucal e Prótese Dentária, por meio da aplicação de um questionário. Os dados foram analisados com o uso do SPSS 19 para Windows. Dos 76 acadêmicos avaliados, houve predomínio do sexo feminino (80,3 %), sendo que dentre essas 55,7% relataram o uso de medicamentos. A classe dos analgésicos foi a mais relatada (56,5%). A principal causa de automedicação foi o reconhecimento que o sintoma apresentado não era motivo para a procura médica. Observa-se a necessidade de abordar nos cursos de graduação os riscos da prática de automedicação sem acompanhamento de um profissional de saúde objetivando a promoção do uso racional de medicamentos.
A PRÁTICA DE GRUPOS BALINT E A PERCEPÇÃO DO PACIENTE INTERNADO EM HOSPITAL GERAL
Authors: FERNANDES Vinicius , DA FONSECA Regina Célia Veiga
Published: July 2017

As questões emocionais vividas pelos pacientes e as formas para lidar com o tema são alvo de discussões há tempos, tanto no meio acadêmico, quanto no meio profissional e no âmbito da saúde. Michael Balint foi um dos pioneiros na abordagem subjetiva do paciente em relação ao seu adoecimento e, assim, desenvolveu os grupos Balint, que contribuiu para a humanização do cuidado para além das questões biológicas das doenças. Hoje se tem falado muito nesse contexto e o quanto isso influencia no cotidiano dos profissionais de saúde. Conversas e, sobretudo, relações humanizadas com o paciente podem ajudá-lo a enfrentar melhor o adoecimento e, também, melhorar a relação médico-paciente possibilitando ampliar diagnósticos e melhorar terapêuticas. Objetivos: avaliar a percepção do paciente internado em relação ao atendimento recebido com grupos Balint; apontar a mobilização emocional do paciente após seu atendimento com grupos Balint; identificar a contribuição da prática com grupos Balint nas reações do paciente em relação ao seu adoecimento e tratamento. Método: Pesquisa transversal, de métodos mistos, que integra abordagens quantitativas e qualitativas. O estudo contou com a participação de 40 pacientes internados no Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia e que foram entrevistados na modalidade de Grupos Balint. Os instrumentos utilizados foram uma entrevista fenomenológica e a um questionário estruturado, aplicados aos pacientes, de forma individual. A análise dos dados qualitativos foi realizada por meio de quadros com o núcleo das respostas transcritos, enquanto os dados quantitativos estão em gráficos e demonstram as respostas em relação às perguntas do questionário. Resultados: as respostas da entrevista fenomenológica variaram de acordo com a vivência e experiência de cada paciente, mas a maioria dos comentários foi de satisfação e de benefício com esse diálogo. O mesmo se constatou para o questionário estruturado onde a positividade mostrou-se presente em todas as perguntas avaliadas. Conclusão: a busca pelo acolhimento e compreensão dos sentimentos envolvidos em cada paciente após a conversa com os grupos Balint nos mostra a dimensão do cuidado, o valor da relação estudante/médico-paciente além do acolhimento que esses indivíduos necessitam, não puramente no âmbito biológico, mas psicossocial, fazendo uso de estratégias que melhorem a empatia, a humanização e o estreitamento dos laços com os internados, seja em consultório particular, clínicas, ou hospitais.
CONCENTRAÇÃO NA AGROINDÚSTRIA CANAVIEIRA PARANAENSE (SAFRAS 2000/2001 a 2014/2015)
Authors: Graef Cléber Eduardo , Sigolo Érick Antonio , Subeldia Junior Oscar Luis Legal , Wiechork Sandro , Shikida Pery Francisco Assis
Published: July 2017

Resumo: O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar a concentração na agroindústria canavieira paranaense durante as safras 2000/2001-2014/2015. Como fonte de dados utilizou-se a tipificação “cana moída”, possibilitando retratar a produção de cana-de-açúcar estadual. Como corolário, os índices CR4 e CR8, Hirschman-Herfindahl, Rosenbluth e entropia apontaram para um aumento da concentração da moagem da cana-de-açúcar no Paraná. A explicação para este resultado está nas mudanças proporcionadas pela desregulamentação e a crise setorial que trouxeram desafios às empresas, sendo que algumas não se adaptaram ao novo ambiente competitivo, encerrando suas atividades ou sendo absorvidas por empresas maiores.
FRACIONAMENTO FÍSICO DA MATÉRIA ORGÂNICA DE UM LATOSSOLO VERMELHO DISTRÓFICO TÍPICO PELO MÉTODO DE SONICAÇÃO
Authors: MITTON Rolff Vladimir , Galeano Cobos Jeidi Yasmin , Barbosa Leovanio Rodrigues , Honorato Borgo Jana Daisy
Published: July 2017

A matéria orgânica do solo (MOS) pode ser definida como todo material que contém carbono orgânico do solo (COS), incluindo os microrganismos, vivos e mortos, resíduos de plantas e animais parcialmente decompostos, produtos da sua decomposição e substâncias orgânicas microbiológicas e/ou quimicamente alteradas. O fracionamento físico da MOS é caracterizado pela sua avaliação de forma menos destrutível comparado com o fracionamento químico. É realizada através das alterações na proporção das frações lábeis, como o carbono da fração grosseira, carbono orgânico particulado (COP), bem como, as frações que estejam associadas aos minerais (COAM), as quais podem fornecer informações importantes sobre a sustentabilidade ambiental e sobre a qualidade do solo. Os resultados obtidos deste fracionamento, que consiste na separação das frações da MOS agrupadas em diferentes tamanhos de partícula, são mais diretamente relacionados com frações que realmente existem no solo. Uma das técnicas de fracionamento físico da matéria orgânica é a sonicação. Essa técnica opera através da vibração ultrassônica, onde ocorre a formação de bolhas microscópicas, pela cavitação, o suficiente para produzir pressão e energia para o rompimento de ligações responsáveis pela agregação das partículas. Neste processo ocorre uma máxima dispersão na superfície das partículas do solo, fendas e linhas de fraqueza, com uma mínima alteração da amostra. A energia necessária liberada para essa dispersão promove uma desagregação pelo trabalho, além de calor pelo aquecimento da solução. Neste trabalho, o nível de energia de 522 W ((J mL-1) foi a necessária para dispersar diversos compartimentos da matéria orgânica do solo com maior proporção de carbono (C) associada aos minerais (COAM), e também com menor proporção, associada à fração particulada (COP).
Produção de mudas de Schinus terebinthifolius utilizando biossólido como substrato em diferentes recipientes e fertilizantes
Authors: Cabreira Gerhard Valkinir , Leles Paulo Sérgio dos Santos , Araújo Emanuel José Gomes de , Silva Eduardo Vinicius da , Lisboa Alysson Canabrava , Lopes Lucas Nunes
Published: July 2017

O objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar a influência da capacidade volumétrica de tubetes de polipropileno (110 e de 280 cm3), aliado a diferentes doses de Osmocote Plus® N-P-K (15-09-12), na produção de mudas de Schinus terebinthifolius, utilizando biossólido de lodo de esgoto como substrato. Foram produzidas mudas de Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi. Foram utilizados tubetes com volume de 110 e 280 cm3, sendo aplicadas doses de Osmocote Plus® (15-09-12) de 0, 3, 6 e 12 kg.m-3 de biossólido. O experimento foi em esquema fatorial, compondo oito tratamentos com cinco repetições. Avaliou-se o crescimento das mudas em viveiro e sua sobrevivência e o crescimento em campo cinco meses após plantio. Após 112 dias a repicagem, os resultados mostraram que as mudas de aroeira responderam positivamente ao acréscimo de fertilizante de liberação lenta junto ao biossólido. O plantio em campo apresentou boa sobrevivência e crescimento das mudas, indicando que apenas os tratamentos sem adubação nos dois recipientes não produziram mudas adequadas ao plantio. Para as condições que foi realizado o trabalho, indica produzir mudas de Schinus terebinthifolius em tubetes de 280 cm3 e dose de 3 kg de Osmocote Plus® N-P-K (15-09-12) por m3 de biossólido aplicados na época de enchimento dos tubetes.
DINÂMICA DO CARBONO ORGÂNICO DE SOLOS SOB PASTAGENS EM CAMPOS DE MURUNDUS
Authors: Silva Santos Fernando André , Pereira Pierangeli Maria Aparecida , Silva Fernando Luiz , Serafim Milson Evaldo , De Sousa Juberto Babilônia , De Oliveira Edimar Barbosa
Published: July 2017

Este trabalho objetivou avaliar, via fracionamento físico, a associação do carbono orgânico (CO) com frações granulométricas de solos de campos de murundus associados ao do Vale do Rio Guaporé, sudoeste do Estado de Mato Grosso. As coletas das amostras de solo foram realizadas entre setembro e novembro em três diferentes áreas: pastagem nativa em uso, pastagem cultivada e área nativa sem uso. Em cada área foram abertas mini-trincheiras de 0,50 m × 0,50 m × 0,40 m e coletadas amostras deformadas e indeformadas nas profundidades de 0,0-0,10, 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 m, em três repetições em delineamento inteiramente casualizado. Foram determinados o teor de carbono orgânico (CO), o carbono particulado (COP), associado à fração areia e o carbono organo-mineral (COM), associado às frações argila + silte. Não foi verificado diferença entre os ambientes avaliados para as variáveis analisadas nas diferentes profundidades. Os maiores teores de COM foram observados na camada de 0,0-0,10 m, em todas as áreas. Conclui-se que o uso de pastagens naturais e a implantação de pastagens cultivadas não alteraram os teores de carbono do solo bem como suas associações com as frações granulométricas.
Potencial Pedoclimático do Estado da Paraíba para a Cultura da Mamona (Ricinus communis L.)
Authors: FRANCISCO PAULO ROBERTO MEGNA , SANTOS DJAIL , LIMA EDUARDO RODRIGUES VIANA DE
Published: July 2017

Este trabalho objetivou avaliar o potencial pedoclimático do Estado da Paraíba para a cultura da mamona. Na obtenção dos mapas de potencial pedoclimático, as informações do potencial dos solos, obtidos foram cruzadas com os da aptidão climática considerando três cenários pluviométricos: anos chuvosos, regulares e secos. O cruzamento das informações foi realizado por meio de técnicas de geoprocessamento utilizando o software SPRING e obtendo-se os mapas do potencial pedoclimático. O resultado das interpretações foi classificado em cinco classes de potencial pedoclimático: Muito Alto, Alto, Médio, Baixo e Muito Baixo. Os resultados encontrados possibilitam a definição dos ambientes de potencial efetivo para exploração agrícola com vistas à alocação racional dos fatores de produção e seu desempenho econômico, fornecendo elementos para a introdução de áreas não tradicionais; Deve ser levado em conta, que a precisão das informações apresentadas nas conclusões deste trabalho está diretamente relacionada ao nível imposto pela escala do levantamento de solo (1:200.000), base deste trabalho, e com isso há a possibilidade de cultivo da mamona em pequenas áreas que não puderam ser identificadas; São observadas diferenças significativas na extensão territorial das classes e subclasses de potencial pedoclimático do Estado da Paraíba, que apresenta variações de ordem pedológica e climática em seu território, influenciando no potencial pedoclimático para a cultura da mamona; O potencial pedoclimático Muito Alto não foi representado no mapeamento. A exigência hídrica e pedológica para a cultura da mamona restringe as áreas de plantio no Estado.