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Chikungunya Virus Infections Among Patients with Dengue-Like Illness at a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Philippines, 2012–2013
Authors: Velasco John Mark , Valderama Maria Theresa , Lopez Maria Nila , Chua Domingo , Latog Rene , Roque Vito , Corpuz June , Klungthong Chonticha , Rodpradit Prinyada , Hussem Kittinun , Poolpanichupatam Yongyuth , Macareo Louis , Fernandez Stefan , Yoon In-Kyu
Published: September 2015

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) often co-circulates with dengue virus (DENV). A cross-sectional surveillance study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Manila, Philippines, to describe the prevalence and characteristics of DENV and CHIKV infections among patients seeking care for dengue-like illness. Acute blood samples from patients ≥ 6 months of age clinically diagnosed with dengue from November 2012 to December 2013 underwent reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect DENV and CHIKV RNA. A total of 118 patients with clinically diagnosed dengue (age range = 1–89 years, mean = 22 years; male-to-female ratio = 1.51) were tested by DENV RT-PCR; 40 (34%) were DENV PCR-positive (age range = 1–45 years, mean = 17 years). All DENV serotypes were detected: 11 (28%) DENV-1, 6 (15%) DENV-2, 6 (15%) DENV-3, and 17 (42%) DENV-4. Of 112 patients clinically diagnosed with dengue and tested by CHIKV RT-PCR, 11 (10%) were CHIKV PCR-positive (age range = 2–47 years, mean = 20.3 years). No coinfections were detected. Presenting signs/symptoms did not differ between DENV- and CHIKV-positive cases. Sequencing of envelope 1 gene from two CHIKV PCR-positive samples showed Asian genotype. This study highlights the potential for misdiagnosis of medically attended CHIKV infections as DENV infection and the difficulty in clinically differentiating dengue and chikungunya based on presenting signs/symptoms alone. This underscores the necessity for diagnostic laboratory tests to distinguish CHIKV infections in the background of actively co-circulating DENV.
Evaluation of Role of Hysteroscopic Selective Chromotubation in Proximal Tubal Blockage in Infertility
Authors: Anand HP , Das Banashree , Bharti Juhi
Published: September 2015

Aim

The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of hysteroscopic selective chromotubation in proximal tubal blockage in infertility patients.

Materials and methods

Infertility patients with documented proximal tubal block on hysterosalpingography (HSG), after standard investigations, were enrolled in this study after proper informed written consent. After detailed work up and evaluation, all the patients underwent conventional laparoscopic chromotubation under general anesthesia. Patients with tubal blockage even after conventional chromotubation underwent hysteroscopic selective chromotubation and the results were compared. In this procedure, tubal patency of each tube was evaluated one after another by injecting the dye directly in the ostia through the cannula under hysteroscopic guidance.

Results

Out of the 27 tubes which were found to be blocked even after conventional laparoscopic chromotubation, selective chromotubation revealed free spillage of dye in 44.4% of these tubes. On comparison, only 25% tubes were patent after conventional laparoscopic chromotubation, whereas 50% tubes were patent after selective chromotubation. This difference was statistically significant (p = 0.003).

Conclusion

Hysteroscopic selective chromotubation is a better diagnostic test for tubal patency than conventional laparoscopic chromotubation.

How to cite this article

Bharti J, Das B, Anand HP. Evaluation of Role of Hysteroscopic Selective Chromotubation in Proximal Tubal Blockage in Infertility. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2015;7(2):51-54.
Medical Management of Uterine Leiomyoma: A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Kumari S Shantha , Devineni Kiranmai
Published: September 2015

Uterine leiomyomas are most common benign tumors that occur in women of reproductive age. They are frequently associated with symptoms that impact on quality of life and require treatment. Treatment was usually surgical with either hysterectomy or myomectomy being performed. Although myomectomy conserves the uterus, it is associated with complications that might not enhance the chance of pregnancy and for those concerned about fertility, alternatives are being developed. Apart from therapeutic modalities like uterine artery embolization, other exciting developments are high intensity focused ultrasound and MRI guided focused ultrasound. New medical treatments are being evaluated—among which the progesterone receptor modulators that induce amenorrhea and a degree of fibroid shrinkage whilst having minimal effect on ovarian function are promising. This article gives a comprehensive overview of medical management of leiomyoma, reviews the literature and suggests further reading.

How to cite this article

Kumari SS, Devineni K. Medical Management of Uterine Leiomyoma: A Comprehensive Review. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2015;7(2):71-76.
Successful Term Pregnancy in Post Renal Transplant Patient
Authors: Dharaiya Nisarg , Gaddagi Rashmi A , Vyas Bhumika
Published: September 2015

Background

Pregnancy in a post renal transplant patient falls under a unique category which requires teamwork including high-risk obstetricians, transplant physicians and neonatologists.

Case Report

We report a successful term pregnancy in a post renal transplant patient.

Conclusion

Experience in field of post-transplant pregnancy is through continued case reports which will help us to anticipate the common problems encountered like the dosage of immunosuppressants, fetal monitoring, mode of delivery, role of breastfeeding.

How to cite this article

Mishra VV, Choudhary S, Dharaiya N, Gaddagi RA, Vyas B. Successful Term Pregnancy in Post Renal Transplant Patient. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2015;7(2):89-90.
Sclerotherapy with Ethanol: An Effective and Safe Alternative to Potentially Complex Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Endometrioma
Authors: Begum Mosammat Rashida , Ehsan Mariya , Khan Farzana , Ehsan Nazia , Santa Mosammat Shahina Begum , Sharmin Farhana
Published: September 2015

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transvaginal ultrasound guided aspiration of ovarian endometrioma and ethanol sclerotherapy before controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) or assisted reproductive technology (ART) in patients with recurrent ovarian endometrioma.

Design

Prospective study.

Setting

Infertility Care and Research Center (ICRC Pvt Ltd.), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Materials and methods

Fifty-three patients with infertility and recurrent ovarian endometrioma were the target population of this study. Sclerotherapy was performed under sedation (Pethidine) or G/A (propofol) and transvaginal ultrasound guidance. An 16-guage, double-lumen needle was inserted into the endometrioma and the cyst contents were sequentially aspirated and flushed with sterile saline until the aspirated fluid was clear. Ninety-five percent ethyle alcohol (ethanol) was then instilled into the cyst and kept in situ. Ultrasound was performed 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months later to assess the efficacy of treatment. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and IUI or ART was performed according to patients’ profile and desire.

Main outcome measures

Resolution and recurrence of endometrioma and pregnancy rate.

Results

Thirty-nine patients had unilateral, 14 had bilateral, 36 had single and 17 had more than one cysts. Size of the cysts were 3.5 to 10 cm, average 6.75 ± 1.64 cm. Complete resolution of cyst took place in 42 (79.25%) cases. Eleven patients had persistence and refilling of cyst. Four of them needed reaspiration. No complications developed in any case. Thirty patients (52 cycles) underwent COH and IUI and 5 (16.57%) of them got pregnant. Forty-one patients underwent ART (63 cycles) and 13 (31.71%) got pregnant. Six (11.32) patients developed small cyst <3 cm within 1 year during the course of treatment.

Conclusion

Sclerotherapy with 95% ethanol is a simple, effective and safe alternative to surgical intervention for treatment of recurrent ovarian endometriomas before COH and IUI or ART.

How to cite this article

Begum M R, Ehsan M, Ehsan N, Santa MSB, Khan F, Sharmin F. Sclerotherapy with Ethanol: An Effective and Safe Alternative to Potentially Complex Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Endometrioma. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2015;7(2):97-101.
Effect of Tuberculosis on Ovarian Reserve of Patients undergoing in vitro Fertilization
Authors: Hans Prabhjot Singh , Swarankar Mohan Lal , Garg Swati , Chowdhary Manisha , Tiwari Karnika
Published: September 2015

Aim

To assess ovarian reserve, in infertile women with genital tuberculosis, planning to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) and to compare it with infertile women without genital tuberculosis, planning to undergo IVF.

Materials and methods

The study group consisted of 100 women with genital tuberculosis and the control group of 100 women who had no present or past history of tuberculosis. A diagnosis of genital tuberculosis was made based either on the results of tests performed from an endometrial aspiration sample or on histopathologic, hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, or laparoscopy findings. Basal ovarian reserve studies included measuring serum levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and E2 on day 3 of a natural cycle. On the same day, the participants underwent a transvaginal ultrasound examination by means of a two-dimensional 5.0 MHz probe fitted to a Toshiba Famio 5. Ovarian volume and number of antral follicles were estimated for each ovary on the same day of hormonal assessment. Control participants underwent the same tests on day 2 or 3 of their menstrual cycle. Unpaired or independent t-test and Chi-square test were used for statistical analysis.

Results

The present study highlights that women with genital tuberculosis have poor ovarian reserve in comparison to women of similar age without tuberculosis.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that there is no single absolute method of assessing ovarian reserve, but a combination of methods can closely predict the outcome of IVF cycles in women with genital tuberculosis.

How to cite this article

Hans PS, Swarankar ML, Garg S, Chowdhary M, Tiwari K. Effect of Tuberculosis on Ovarian Reserve of Patients undergoing IVF. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2015;6(2):73-83.
Attitudes of Palestinian Dentists toward Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth
Authors: Rabi Tarek H
Published: September 2015

Endodontically treated tooth might weaken after procedure. To reinforce it, various methods are employed. This study was carried out to evaluate the attitude of Palestinian dentists toward the restoration of such teeth. Three hundred randomly chosen dentists were given an online questionnaire consisted of 18 questions. Results were deduced by Chi-square test with p-values as supplements. A total of 78.4% respondents believed that there is no need of the post as reinforcement. A total of 55.9% believed that it reinforces the tooth and decrease chances of fracture. Ferrule and prefabricated posts with core build-up were also preferred for restoration.

How to cite this article

Rabi TH. Attitudes of Palestinian Dentists toward Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth. Int J Prosthodont Restor Dent 2015;5(2):44-50
The NOx dependence of bromine chemistry in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer
Authors: Custard K. D. , Thompson C. R. , Pratt K. A. , Shepson P B. , Liao J. , Huey L. G. , Orlando J. J. , Weinheimer A. J. , Apel E. , Hall S. R. , Flocke F. , Mauldin L. , Hornbrook R. S. , Pöhler D. , General S. , Zielcke J. , Simpson W. R. , Platt U. , Fried A. , Weibring P. , Sive B. C. , Ullmann K. , Cantrell C. , Knapp D. J. , Montzka D. D.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. Arctic boundary layer nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO2 + NO) are naturally produced in and released from the sunlit snowpack and range between 10 to 100 pptv in the remote background surface layer air. These nitrogen oxides have significant effects on the partitioning and cycling of reactive radicals such as halogens and HOx (OH + HO2). However, little is known about the impacts of local anthropogenic NOx emission sources on gas-phase halogen chemistry in the Arctic, and this is important because these emissions can induce large variability in ambient NOx and thus local chemistry. In this study, a zero-dimensional photochemical kinetics model was used to investigate the influence of NOx on the unique springtime halogen and HOx chemistry in the Arctic. Trace gas measurements obtained during the 2009 OASIS (Ocean – Atmosphere – Sea Ice – Snowpack) field campaign at Barrow, AK were used to constrain many model inputs. We find that elevated NOx significantly impedes gas-phase halogen radical-based depletion of ozone, through the production of a variety of reservoir species, including HNO3, HO2NO2, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), BrNO2, ClNO2 and reductions in BrO and HOBr. The effective removal of BrO by anthropogenic NOx was directly observed from measurements conducted near Prudhoe Bay, AK during the 2012 Bromine, Ozone, and Mercury Experiment (BROMEX). Thus, while changes in snow-covered sea ice attributable to climate change may alter the availability of molecular halogens for ozone and Hg depletion, predicting the impact of climate change on polar atmospheric chemistry is complex and must take into account the simultaneous impact of changes in the distribution and intensity of anthropogenic combustion sources. This is especially true for the Arctic, where NOx emissions are expected to increase because of increasing oil and gas extraction and shipping activities.
Springtime daily variations in lower-tropospheric ozone over east Asia: the role of cyclonic activity and pollution as observed from space with IASI
Authors: Dufour G. , Eremenko M. , Cuesta J. , Doche C. , Foret G. , Beekmann M. , Cheiney A. , Wang Y. , Cai Z. , Liu Y. , Takigawa M. , Kanaya Y. , Flaud J.-M.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. We use satellite observations from IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) on board the MetOp-A satellite to evaluate the springtime daily variations in lower-tropospheric ozone over east Asia. The availability of semi-independent columns of ozone from the surface up to 12 km simultaneously with CO columns provides a powerful observational data set to diagnose the processes controlling tropospheric ozone enhancement on synoptic scales. By combining IASI observations with meteorological reanalyses from ERA-Interim, we develop an analysis method based only on IASI ozone and CO observations to identify the respective roles of the stratospheric source and the photochemical source in ozone distribution and variations over east Asia. The succession of low- and high-pressure systems drives the day-to-day variations in lower-tropospheric ozone. A case study analysis of one frontal system and one cut-off low system in May 2008 shows that reversible subsiding and ascending ozone transfers in the upper-troposphere–lower-stratosphere (UTLS) region, due to the tropopause perturbations occurring in the vicinity of low-pressure systems, impact free and lower-tropospheric ozone over large regions, especially north of 40° N, and largely explain the ozone enhancement observed with IASI for these latitudes. Irreversible stratosphere–troposphere exchanges of ozone-rich air masses occur more locally in the southern and southeastern flanks of the trough. The contribution to the lower-tropospheric ozone column is difficult to dissociate from the tropopause perturbations generated by weather systems. For regions south of 40° N, a significant correlation has been found between lower-tropospheric ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) observations from IASI, especially over the North China Plain (NCP). Considering carbon monoxide observations as a pollutant tracer, the O3–CO correlation indicates that the photochemical production of ozone from primary pollutants emitted over such large polluted regions significantly contributes to the ozone enhancements observed in the lower troposphere via IASI. When low-pressure systems circulate over the NCP, stratospheric and pollution sources play a concomitant role in the ozone enhancement. IASI's 3-D observational capability allows the areas in which each source dominates to be determined. Moreover, the studied cut-off low system has enough potential convective capacity to uplift pollutants (ozone and CO) and to transport them to Japan. The increase in the enhancement ratio of ozone to CO from 0.16 on 12 May over the North China Plain to 0.28 over the Sea of Japan on 14 May indicates photochemical processing during the plume transport.
Seasonal variation in grass water content estimated from proximal sensing and MODIS time series in a Mediterranean Fluxnet site
Authors: Mendiguren G. , Pilar Martín M. , Nieto H. , Pacheco-Labrador J. , Jurdao S.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. This study evaluates three different metrics of water content of an herbaceous cover in a Mediterranean wooded grassland (dehesa) ecosystem. Fuel moisture content (FMC), equivalent water thickness (EWT) and canopy water content (CWC) were estimated from proximal sensing and MODIS satellite imagery. Dry matter (Dm) and leaf area index (LAI) connect the three metrics and were also analyzed. Metrics were derived from field sampling of grass cover within a 500 m MODIS pixel. Hand-held hyperspectral measurements and MODIS images were simultaneously acquired and predictive empirical models were parametrized. Two methods of estimating FMC and CWC using different field protocols were tested in order to evaluate the consistency of the metrics and the relationships with the predictive empirical models. In addition, radiative transfer models (RTM) were used to produce estimates of CWC and FMC, which were compared with the empirical ones. Results revealed that, for all metrics spatial variability was significantly lower than temporal. Thus we concluded that experimental design should prioritize sampling frequency rather than sample size. Dm variability was high which demonstrates that a constant annual Dm value should not be used to predict EWT from FMC as other previous studies did. Relative root mean square error (RRMSE) evaluated the performance of nine spectral indices to compute each variable. Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) provided the lowest explicative power in all cases. For proximal sensing, Global Environment Monitoring Index (GEMI) showed higher statistical relationships both for FMC (RRMSE = 34.5 %) and EWT (RRMSE = 27.43 %) while Normalized Difference Infrared Index (NDII) and Global Vegetation Monitoring Index (GVMI) for CWC (RRMSE = 30.27 % and 31.58 % respectively). When MODIS data were used, results showed an increase in R2 and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) as the best predictor for FMC (RRMSE = 33.81 %) and CWC (RRMSE = 27.56 %) and GEMI for EWT (RRMSE = 24.6 %). Differences in the viewing geometry of the platforms can explain these differences as the portion of vegetation observed by MODIS is larger than when using proximal sensing including the spectral response from scattered trees and its shadows. CWC was better predicted than the other two water content metrics, probably because CWC depends on LAI, that shows a notable seasonal variation in this ecosystem. Strong statistical relationship was found between empirical models using indices sensible to chlorophyll activity (NDVI or EVI which are not directly related to water content) due to the close relationship between LAI, water content and chlorophyll activity in grassland cover, which is not true for other types of vegetation such as forest or shrubs. The empirical methods tested outperformed FMC and CWC products based on radiative transfer model inversion.
Gastropod diversification and community structuring processes in ancient Lake Ohrid: a metacommunity speciation perspective
Authors: Hauffe T. , Albrecht C. , Wilke T.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. The Balkan Lake Ohrid is the oldest and most speciose freshwater lacustrine system in Europe. However, it remains unclear whether the diversification of its endemic taxa is mainly driven by neutral processes, environmental factors, or species interactions. This calls for a holistic perspective involving both evolutionary processes and ecological dynamics. Such a unifying framework – the metacommunity speciation model – considers how community assembly affects diversification and vice versa by assessing the relative contribution of the three main community assembly processes, dispersal limitation, environmental filtering, and species interaction. The current study therefore used the species-rich model taxon Gastropoda to assess how extant communities in Lake Ohrid are structured by performing process based metacommunity analyses. Specifically, the study aimed at (i) identifying the relative importance of the three community assembly processes and (ii) to test whether the importance of these individual processes changes gradually with lake depth or whether they are distinctively related to eco-zones. Based on specific simulation steps for each of the three processes, it could be demonstrated that dispersal limitation had the strongest influence on gastropod community structures in Lake Ohrid. However, it was not the exclusive assembly process but acted together with the other two processes – environmental filtering, and species interaction. In fact, the relative importance of the three community assembly processes varied both with lake depth and eco-zones, though the processes were better predicted by the latter. The study thus corroborated the high importance of dispersal limitation for both maintaining species richness in Lake Ohrid (through its impact on community structure) and generating endemic biodiversity (via its influence on diversification processes). However, according to the metacommunity speciation model, the inferred importance of environmental filtering and biotic interaction also suggests a small but significant influence of ecological speciation. These findings contribute to the main goal of the SCOPSCO initiative – inferring the drivers of biotic evolution – and might provide an integrative perspective on biological and limnological dynamics in ancient Lake Ohrid.
Description and evaluation of a new 4-mode version of Modal Aerosol Module (MAM4) within version 5.3 of the Community Atmosphere Model
Authors: Liu X. , Ma P.-L. , Wang H. , Tilmes S. , Singh B. , Easter R. C. , Ghan S. J. , Rasch P. J.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols play an important role in the climate system by influencing the Earth's radiation budgets and modifying the cloud properties. Despite the importance, their representations in large-scale atmospheric models are still crude, which can influence model simulated burden, lifetime, physical, chemical and optical properties, and the climate forcing of carbonaceous aerosols. In this study, we improve the current 3-mode version of modal aerosol module (MAM3) in the Community Atmosphere Model version 5 (CAM5) by introducing an additional primary carbon mode to explicitly account for the microphysical ageing of primary carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere. Compared to MAM3, the 4-mode version of MAM (MAM4) significantly increases the column burdens of primary particulate organic matter (POM) and black carbon (BC) by up to 40 % in many remote regions, where in-cloud scavenging plays an important role in determining the aerosol concentrations. Differences in the column burdens for other types of aerosol (e.g., sulfate, secondary organic aerosols, mineral dust, sea salt) are less than 1 %. Evaluating the MAM4 simulation against in situ surface and aircraft observations, we find that MAM4 significantly improves the simulation of seasonal variation of BC concentrations in the polar regions, by increasing the BC concentrations in all seasons and particularly in cold seasons. However, it exacerbates the overestimation of modeled BC concentrations in the upper troposphere in the Pacific regions. The comparisons suggest that, to address the remaining model POM and BC biases, future improvements are required related to (1) in-cloud scavenging and vertical transport in convective clouds and (2) emissions of anthropogenic and biomass burning aerosols.
The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution
Authors: van Wessem J. M. , Ligtenberg S. R. M. , Reijmer C. H. , van de Berg W. J. , van den Broeke M. R. , Barrand N. E. , Thomas E. R. , Turner J. , Wuite J. , Scambos T. A. , van Meijgaard E.
Published: September 2015

Abstract. This study presents a high-resolution (~ 5.5 km) estimate of Surface Mass Balance (SMB) over the period 1979–2014 for the Antarctic Peninsula (AP), generated by the regional atmospheric climate model RACMO2.3 and a Firn Densification Model (FDM). RACMO2.3 is used to force the FDM, which calculates processes in the snowpack, such as meltwater percolation, refreezing and runoff. We evaluate model output with 132 in-situ SMB observations and discharge rates from 6 glacier drainage basins, and find that the model realistically simulates the strong spatial variability in precipitation, but that significant biases remain as a result of the highly complex topography of the AP. It is also clear that the observations significantly underrepresent the high-accumulation regimes. The SMB map reveals large accumulation gradients, with precipitation values above 3000 mm we yr−1 over the western AP (WAP) and below 500 mm we yr−1 on the eastern AP (EAP), not resolved by coarser data-sets such as ERA-Interim. The other SMB components are one order of magnitude smaller, with drifting snow sublimation the largest ablation term removing up to 100 mm we yr−1 of mass. Snowmelt is widespread over the AP, reaching 500 mm we yr−1 towards the northern ice shelves, but the meltwater mostly refreezes. As a result runoff fluxes are low, but still considerable (200 mm we yr−1) over the Larsen (B/C), Wilkins and George VI ice shelves. The average AP ice sheet integrated SMB, including ice shelves (an area of 4.1 × 105 km2), is estimated at 351 Gt yr−1 with an interannual variability of 58 Gt yr−1, which is dominated by precipitation (PR) (365 ± 57 Gt yr−1). The WAP (2.4 × 105 km2) SMB (276 ± 47 Gt yr−1), where PR is large (276 ± 47 Gt yr−1), dominates over the EAP (1.7 × 105 km2) SMB (75 ± 11 Gt yr−1) and PR (84 ± 11 Gt yr−1). Total sublimation is 11 ± 2 Gt yr−1 and meltwater runoff into the ocean is 4 ± 4 Gt yr−1. There are no significant trends in any of the AP SMB components, except for snowmelt that shows a significant decrease over the last 36 years (−0.36 Gt yr−2).
Pilot study of pre-maxilla replacement and bone graft in a patient with lip and palate clefts: transforaminal relationship between upper canines and bone graft
Authors: Carlini João Luis , Del Santo Danielle , Asami Kesia Keiko
Published: September 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess patients subjected to replacement surgery of the pre maxilla with bone graft, having as donor area the iliac crest and chin, and the relation with upper canines erupted in grafted areas. Materials and Methods: 54 records were evaluated from cleft patients that were under treatment at CAIF - Center of Attention to Clefts in Curitiba, PR, Brazil, both sexes, with unilateral and bilateral lip and palate clefts. Patients younger than fourteen years old, both sexes, that lost the surgical segment or did not continue the treatment at same welcoming institution, were excluded.  The surgical segment average was 5.72 years. Results: Using both descriptive and chi-square statistics, we observed a statistically significant distinction regarding the eruption of upper canines in the region of secondary bone grafts when using iliac crest and chin grafts, which 62.8% of the sample that was treated with chin grafts happened to have an eruption of upper canines, and 37.2% were successful with iliac crest grafts (value-p 0.028). Conclusions: It is necessary to carry out a study with a larger sample size and where the samples are paired in order to confirm the superiority the iliac crest donor area as the gold standard for this surgical procedure.
Contribution to the knowledge of the genus "Cladonia" in Macaronesia
Authors: Pérez-Vargas Israel , González-Montelongo Cristina , Hernández Padrón Consuelo , Pérez de Paz Pedro Luis
Published: September 2015

Sixteen species of the genus Cladonia are reported from Macaronesia from the Canary Islands. Three species are new to canarian flora and, two of them new to Macaronesia. The chemical variation of the taxa is reported. A phytogeographic distribution of the taxa with data on their habitat and ecology are presented.
Aportaciones a la flora briofítica de los bosques y selvas tropicales y subtropicales de la Argentina (Bryophyta, Musci)
Authors: Fuertes Esther , Prada Carmen , Rolleri Cristina
Published: September 2015

Se presenta una lista de 32 especies de musgos pertenecientes a 15 familias: Brachytheciaceae, Cryphaeaceae, Entodontaceae, Hedwigiaceae, Hypnaceae, Leptodontaceae, Meteoriaceae, Neckeraceae, Pilotrichaceae, Polytrichaceae, Pterobryaceae, Racopilaceae, Rigodiaceae, Stereophyllaceae y Trachypodaceae, recolectados en los bosques montanos de las Yungas del NO de la Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca y Tucumán) y en las selvas del NE del país (Misiones). Ocho especies: Atrichum polycarpum, Chryso-hypnum elegantulum, Pilosium chlorophyllum, Pilotrichella flexilis, Porotrichodendron lindigii, Pseudotrachypus martinicensis, Steerecleus scariosus y Thamnobryum fasciculatum son nuevas aportaciones para la flora briológica argentina. Braunia imberbis y Squamidium brasiliense son nuevas citas para la brioflora de la provincia de Catamarca; Porotrichodendron superbum es novedad para Salta mientras que Forsstroemia coronata es primera cita para las provincias de Catamarca y Jujuy. Aerolindigia capillacea, Braunia reflexifolia, Chryso-hypnum diminutivum, Meteorium deppei y Meteoridium remotifolium son cinco nuevas citas para la brioflora de la provincia de Jujuy y Schoenobryum concavifolium es nueva para la flora briofítica de Misiones. La mayoría de las especies estudiadas son más frecuentes en las Yungas (NO argentino); otras tienen una distribución disyunta en las Yungas y en la selva Paranaense, y otras están restringidas a la selva Paranaense del NE de la Argentina. Se actualiza la taxonomía de especies y se incluyen comentarios sobre antecedentes bibliográficos, ecología y corología de cada taxón.
Primera cita de Cotoneaster pannosus Franch. (Rosaceae) para la provincia de Tarragona y actualización corológica para España
Authors: López-Pujol Jordi , Guillot Ortiz Daniel
Published: September 2015

Se cita por primera vez en la provincia de Tarragona (Cataluña, España) a la especie alóctona Cotoneaster pannosus (Rosaceae), arbusto de uso ornamental originario de China. Se ofrecen datos sobre su demografía y especies acompañantes para la nueva localidad, además de la actualización corológica para España.
Contribución al conocimiento de la flora alóctona de Galicia (NO Península Ibérica, España
Authors: González-Martínez Xosé Ignacio
Published: September 2015

Se presenta información sobre 12 taxones de flora vascular exótica gallega, todos ellos herborizados en áreas costeras del término municipal de Ribeira, al SO de la provincia de A Coruña. En este grupo se incluyen 8 novedades regionales (Aeonium haworthii, Aloe mitriformis, Brugmansia × candida, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Osteospermum ecklonis, Pelargonium capitatum, Sedum mexicanum, Sparaxis tricolor) y 2 provinciales, así como información sobre dos taxones poco conocidos en Galicia. Todos los pliegos testigo se hallan depositados en el Herbario SANT.
Origen botánico y contenido en proteína de mieles artesanales procedentes de colmenares de Galicia (NO de España)
Authors: Rodríguez-Castiñeira Judith , Armesto-Baztán Sandra , De Sá-Otero Mª Pilar
Published: September 2015

Se ha estudiado el origen botánico y contenido en proteína de quince mieles producidas en pequeñas explotaciones, para consumo familiar, en Galicia, con el fin de ver si riqueza proteica y polínica son parámetros dependientes. Han resultado siete monoflorales de Rhamnus frangula (de baja diversidad de su espectro polínico), dos monoflorales de Castanea sativa Miller, una monofloral de brezo y cinco mieles milflores diversas en su espectro polínico (4 milfores de Castanea sativa. predominante y 1 milflores de Rhamnus frangula predominante). Su riqueza polínica ha sido baja, ocho mieles clasificadas en la clase I de Maurizio, tres, clase Maurizio II, dos, clase Maurizio III y una, clase Maurizio IV. Se obtuvo una amplia variabilidad en su contenido en proteína (0,09-4,83 mg prot./g miel). La cantidad relativa de polen de los diferentes taxones tiene una relación de proporcionalidad directa o inversa con la riqueza en proteína.
ERROS E EVENTOS ADVERSOS: A INTERFACE COM A CULTURA DE SEGURANÇA DOS PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE
Authors: Souza Verusca Soares de , Kawamoto Andressa Morello , Oliveira João Lucas Campos de , Tonini Nelsi Salete , Fernandes Luciana Magnani , Nicola Anair Lazzari
Published: September 2015

Estudo descritivo com abordagem quantitativa, que objetivou analisar a cultura de segurança em relação aos erros e eventos adversos, na percepção de profissionais de saúde. Foi realizado entre abril e junho de 2014 em três unidades de um hospital de ensino do sul do Brasil. Participaram 71 profissionais de saúde, que responderam ao questionário “Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture”. A análise ocorreu por meio de estatística descritiva das dimensões que tratam da cultura de segurança em relação à ocorrência de erros e eventos adversos do instrumento. A maioria dos participantes demonstrou percepção de cultura de segurança desfavorável à comunicação sobre as falhas assistenciais e apontou para cultura punitiva ainda presente na instituição, o que pode justificar a quantidade reduzida de notificação de falhas. Conclui-se que há necessidade de disseminação da cultura não punitiva na organização, para que os erros e eventos adversos possam ser notificados, analisados e corrigidos.
INCAPACIDADES FÍSICAS EM HANSENÍASE: CARACTERIZAÇÃO, FATORES RELACIONADOS E EVOLUÇÃO
Authors: Ribeiro Gabriela de Cássia , Félix Lana Francisco Carlos
Published: September 2015

Este estudo objetivou caracterizar os casos novos de hanseníase; analisar os aspectos socioeconômicos, demográficos, clínico-epidemiológicos e de acesso ao diagnóstico e tratamento relacionados à ocorrência de hanseníase com incapacidades físicas; e a evolução das incapacidades durante o tratamento. Foi realizada uma pesquisa de coorte retrospectiva na região de saúde de Diamantina-MG. Foram analisadas 107 notificações de hanseníase entre 2005 a 2010 e 71 entrevistas. A maioria dos diagnósticos foram multibacilares (73,2%) e com incapacidade física (79,1%). Houve relação estatística entre o desenvolvimento de deformidades físicas e os acometidos pela hanseníase com menor nível de escolaridade, com maior comprometimento neural e commaior dificuldade de deslocamento até a unidade de saúde, além de manutenção do grau de incapacidade física. Existe uma reduzida capacidade operacional da Estratégia de Saúde da Família quanto às Ações de Controle daHanseníase e necessidade de implementação da política de acordo com o Sistema Único de Saúde.
SATISFAÇÃO DOS PACIENTES COM A TÉCNICA DE BUTTONHOLE
Authors: Melo da Silva Dejanilton , Lírio Gurgel Jonas , Lavoyer Escudeiro Cristina , Campos Ferreira Helen
Published: September 2015

Estudo descritivo e exploratório que objetivou investigar os benefícios da técnica de botoeira para canulação de fístula arteriovenosa, durante hemodiálise, na percepção de pacientes submetidos a ela. Foram realizadas entrevistas com quinze pacientes de uma clínica de hemodiálise, localizada no estado do Rio de Janeiro, em maio de 2014, e identificadas quatro temáticas a partir da análise de conteúdo: Dor; Segurança e Qualidade; Estética; e Bem-estar. A técnica de botoeira veio contribuir de forma satisfatória e significativa na qualidade de vida dos pacientes. Eles associaram essa técnica ao baixo nível de dor; à segurança e qualidade, embora não saibam qualificar o tratamento em razão do desconhecimento do funcionamento do processo; à preservação da estética e imagem corporal; e à sensação de bem-estar. Esses resultados apontam para a importância da valorização da opinião e participação do sujeito na escolha de seu tratamento.
Management: Project Management
Authors: Stewart-Mailhiot Amy
Published: September 2015

As work in libraries continues to become more project-driven, formal project-management training for librarians and other library staff is not necessarily keeping pace. While this scenario is far from ideal, workarounds can be effectively utilized if need be. In this column, Amy Stewart-Mailhiot offers guidance to librarians about how to rely on the proven tools of their trade to successfully manage projects. She suggests that employing such approaches, and applying some dependable rules of thumb—while not optimal—can help pave the way to accomplishing this critical work in the absence of exposure to more structured project-management training.—Editor
Reference Services to Incarcerated People, Part I: Themes Emerging from Answering Reference Questions from Prisons and Jails
Authors: Drabinski Emily , Rabina Debbie
Published: September 2015

Incarcerated people face significant information poverty, both because of limited access to information resources and because incarceration itself produces information needs that cannot be easily met. Through a content analysis of reference questions directed to the New York Public Library’s Correctional Services Program, this study articulates the particular information needs of these users. Information needs cluster around self-help and re-entry information, along with general reference queries that typically go unanswered due to the lack of access to the Internet and robust general libraries in correctional facilities. Understanding these needs offers insight for librarians and libraries seeking to better serve incarcerated populations.
Book Review: American Poets and Poetry: From the Colonial Era to the Present
Authors: Hartsell-Gundy Arianne A.
Published: September 2015

In many ways American Poets and Poetry: From the Colonial Era to the Present is a condensed version of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry (Greenwood, 2006). They have the same editors, many of the same contributors, and there is overlap in the poets and topics covered. The earlier encyclopedia was five volumes and much more comprehensive, but this new work does cover some contemporary poets not found in the previous work, such as Natasha Trethewey, and has more recent information about some of the still living poets.
Book Review: Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience
Authors: Veitch Madeline
Published: September 2015

Proud Heritage offers an eclectic array of primary documents and encyclopedia entries on LGBT history, activism, and legal rights under state and federal law. While the thematic entries and short biographies in the first volume are similar to those that have appeared in encyclopedias and handbooks on LGBT issues over the last fifteen years, volumes two and three offer unique source material for undergraduate research in gender and sexuality.
Present spatial changes of time and duration of spring flooding in the Prypiat River catchment (Ukrainian part)
Authors: Vasylenko Evgenia
Published: September 2015

The research of changes of the maximum river runoff under the  influence of climate change is one of the  most urgent tasks of Ukrainian hydrologists. In this regard, spatial change research of the time and duration of spring flooding in the  present climate conditions in the  Ukrainian part of the Prypiat River catchment has been done. The dates of the spring flood beginning and end, the dates of maximum water discharges and the  spring flood duration in the rivers of the Ukrainian part of the Prypiat River catchment have been analysed. Changes of the above-mentioned characteristics have been detected after 1989 in the  researched catchment territory. The  maps of changes of the dates of maximum spring water discharges, dates of the beginning and end of the spring flood and its duration in the Prypiat River catchment (Ukrainian part) compared to the first rated period (up to 1989) have been constructed.
Graph Orientations Optimizing the Number of Light or Heavy Vertices
Authors: Asahiro Yuichi , Jansson Jesper , Miyano Eiji , Ono Hirotaka
Published: September 2015

This paper introduces four graph orientation problems named MAXIMIZE W-LIGHT, MINIMIZE W-LIGHT, MAXIMIZE W-HEAVY, and MINIMIZE W-HEAVY, where W can be any fixed non-negative integer. In each problem, the input is an undirected, unweighted graph G and the objective is to assign a direction to every edge in G so that the number of vertices with outdegree at most W or at least W in the resulting directed graph is maximized or minimized. A number of results on the computational complexity and polynomial-time approximability of these problems for different values of W and various special classes of graphs are derived. In particular, it is shown that MAXIMIZE 0-LIGHT and MINIMIZE 1-HEAVY are identical to MAXIMUM INDEPENDENT SET and MINIMUM VERTEX COVER, respectively, so by allowing the value of W to vary, we obtain a new generalization of the two latter problems.
Made in Canada! The Canadian Manufacturers’ Association’s Promotion of Canadian-Made Goods, 1911-1921
Authors: Siegel Andre , Hull James
Published: September 2015

Beginning just before WW1 and continuing into the postwar period, the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association mounted a campaign to sell Canadian consumers on the virtues of buying “Made in Canada” goods. Not simply an appeal to patriotism, this campaign had to convince Canadian consumers of the satisfactory quality of such goods — which manufacturers had to deliver the substance of — in an increasingly sophisticated retail and marketing environment. Such an encouragement of the demand side of the producer/consumer equation is an important example of the proactive stance taken by Canadian manufacturers in the early twentieth century to improve their own viability and success. This paper examines the “Made in Canada” campaign as part of a range of business strategies that also included support for scientific industrial research, technical standardization, and vocational education, alongside more traditional anti-competitive policies. The scope of these strategies suggests that the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution was being fully felt in Canada and business leaders recognized the implications of a new political economy in which an unimaginative defence of the protective tariff was no longer adequate.
Tradition and Transitions: Elders Working in Canadian Prisons, 1967-1992
Authors: Adema Seth
Published: September 2015

Between 1967 and 1992, Aboriginal traditional Elders played increasingly important roles working with Aboriginal inmates in Canadian penitentiaries. Whereas in 1967 a small group of individuals entered prisons as Elders on a voluntary basis, unrecognized by Correctional Services Canada (CSC), over the following decades Elders and CSC developed increasingly formal relationships. By 1992 the Corrections and Conditional Release Act legislated the employment of Elders as spiritual leaders for Aboriginal peoples in prison. This transition was brought about because of an ongoing cultural dialogue between Aboriginal prisoners through inmate groups called the Native Brotherhoods, Aboriginal community organizations that worked inside prisons, and penal administrators. While Native Brotherhoods and the Elders who worked with them were central to the decolonization of prisons, in legislating the practice of Aboriginal spirituality in prisons and mandating the employment of Elders, CSC took control of Aboriginal cultural practices and alienated the community groups that once supported Elders. While the increased rights of Elders under this new framework responded to many of the needs voiced by prisoners and community members, the shift from community-based to institutional-based service represented an important change in the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and Canadian penal institutions. This paper argues that the efforts of individual Elders and Native Brotherhoods and the consolidation of control over their efforts by the penal administrations were the result of simultaneous processes of decolonization and neocolonialism.
Le modèle numérique 4D : un outil de diffusion et de communication au service de l’historien
Authors: Charbonneau Nathalie , Robichaud Léon , Burgess Joanne
Published: September 2015

Le modèle numérique 4D constitue depuis quelques années un nouvel outil de recherche, de communication et de diffusion pour les historiens dont les travaux incluent une composante relative au patrimoine bâti. Ce type de modèle prend en considération la dimension temporelle du cadre bâti, c’est à dire l’évolution de la morphologie du lieu. Il permet par ailleurs de rendre compte de la multiplicité des hypothèses de restitution et des liens existant entre informations spatiales et sources documentaires. Le modèle 4D peut être accessible par le biais d’un environnement numérique interactif. Nous nous intéressons à la réponse de l’humain face à de tels systèmes informatiques. Nous cherchons à vérifier dans quelle mesure le modèle 4D pourrait contribuer à bonifier la communication d’une part entre l’historien et l’apprenant et, d’autre part, entre des historiens appartenant à un groupe de chercheurs. Notre intérêt porte également sur une optimisation des modalités de communication entre l’historien et le développeur informatique, afin que le chercheur en histoire soit en mesure de s’approprier les technologies numériques de façon plus probante. Une étude de cas nous amène à développer et à mettre à l’essai un environnement numérique 4D afin d’examiner ces divers types de communication.
Why Bother? The Importance of Russian History on the Canadian Campus
Authors: Schimmelpenninck van der Oye David
Published: September 2015

What is the state of Russian history on the Canadian campus today? This article addresses the question by discussing the subject’s challenges in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Much as in the United States, the Cold War made it de rigueur to “know the enemy,” but since the “evil empire’s” collapse over 20 years ago, the field has appeared to be less important to academic administrators. Nevertheless, no serious history department in Canada can claim to be comprehensive without counting in its midst at least one Russianist.
Analyse de Espace/Escape, pièce électroacoustique de Francis Dhomont
Authors: Marsolais-Roy Andréa , Takla Loriane , Sorce-Lévesque Vanessa
Published: September 2015

Pièce inhérente au Cycle de l’errance, Espace/Escape est une oeuvre de transits et d’ailleurs, de poésies et de vertiges. À l’instar de ces fuites multipliées, une analyse plurielle de cette oeuvre a été conduite par une équipe de quatre étudiants sous la tutelle de Martin Bédard. Nous observerons, à travers cette exploration, comment une myriade d’aspects de cette création contribue à rendre le langage de Francis Dhomont, figure emblématique de la tradition électroacoustique. En adoptant les regards de plusieurs éminents théoriciens, nous arpenterons significations, matérialisations, formalisations, intrications et développements du discours musical propre à cette oeuvre et son auteur. Il s’agit d’un voyage réflexif et turbulent à la fois, abordant les thèmes de l’enfance, des transits, de l’ailleurs, du rêve, de la fuite, du familier et de l’errance.