bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
We Want the Deal You Got
Authors: Warren Louis S.
Published: June 2015

How students and their supporters should respond to the collapse of state funding for public higher education in California, especially at the University of California.
California Soul
Authors: Nettles-Barcelón Kimberly
Published: June 2015

Interview with Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen
Buddha Rush
Authors: Levine Gregory P.A.
Published: June 2015

“Buddha Rush” is a profile of the artist Casey O’Connor, who in 2005 dumped hundreds of quarter-size porcelain Buddha heads into the American River near Colfax, and a portrait of the town and region's response to the discovery of these unexpected objects. What were Buddhas doing in gold country, where did they come from, and what were they worth? The press sent reporters to find out and residents imagined the town reviving with tourist revenue. Then the Bureau of Land Management got involved: the heads may have been archaeological artifacts removed illegally from federal land. An arrest was made, but the mystery remained unsolved. Then in 2006 O’Connor came forward to take responsibility; the Buddha heads were not antiques from Asia but contemporary California art. Working from interviews, media reports, and online commentary, I track the Colfax “Buddha rush” as it grew, ricocheted off histories of the Gold Rush, the Central Pacific Railroad, and Pacific-Rim immigration, and rebounded into modern understandings of Buddhism. I situate the saga in a wider history of modern-contemporary representations of and responses to the Buddha. Ultimately, this is not a story that simply reaffirms conventional notions of the cool or contemplative Buddha; the Buddha's presence and meaning may be less clear, less detached from history, power, and violence than we assume. O'Connor's work and its reception pushes us in unexpected ways toward California’s complex relationships of artistic praxis, landscape, race, class, and culture.
Razabilly Boogie
Authors: Centino Nicholas F.
Published: June 2015

Los Angeles is the home to one of the largest and most vibrant scenes for rockabilly enthusiasts in the world. Since the turn of this century, the Los Angeles rockabilly scene has transformed to meet the desires of the Chicana/os and Latina/os who now make up the scene’s primary producers and consumers. Drawing on their own cultural genealogies, Los Angeles Chicana/os and Latina/os have not only claimed the scene for themselves, but have also rewrote themselves into the history of Los Angeles, and rewrote Los Angeles into the history of rock & roll.
The Giant and the Waterbaby
Authors: Jr. William J. Bauer,
Published: June 2015

This paper uses Owens Valley Paiute oral traditions to tell and interpret the Owens Valley Water Wars. Paiute oral traditions detail their identity, historical consciousness, and offer an Indigenous interpretation of the Water Wars. They reframe the time period of the Water Wars, identify new antagonists and considers how the Water Wars affected Paiute women. In the end, this paper demonstrates the importance of using Indigenous systems of knowledge to understand California's history.
The Accidental Archives of the Royal Chicano Air Force
Authors: Sauer Stephanie
Published: June 2015

This excerpt offers a collection of the myth and truth—often indistinguishable—behind The Royal Chicano Air Force, an artist collective that played a key role in the Chicano civil rights movement. Playing with ideas about the preservation of history and its perceived truth, the archives – a series of original artist books - blend Pre-Columbian and Western record-keeping practices with running historical references to make real the ongoing mythologizing of the group, and to offer alternative readings of California history and public space.
Spirits of Guasti
Authors: Straight Susan
Published: June 2015

There was once a city here in Southern California, a lovely replica and reimagining of a village from the Piedmont area of Italy. Once, it was the center of life for hundreds of families who came from the mountains of southern Italy to work for Secondo Guasti, who picked grapes and made them into wine and packed the barrels onto railroad cars. Secondo Guasti built an entire little world here, with a town named for himself. The surrounding land was planted in vineyards, grapes famous for sacramental wines, communion wines, and a world-famous dark red port. The Italian Vineyard Company was the largest vineyard in the world in 1917, with 5,000 acres of grapevines that produced 5 million gallons of wine a year, vintages that were sent all over the world.
Frontier Diaries
Authors: McCarthy Molly
Published: June 2015

The popularity of this stationery product, a European-bred symbol of order and regularity, amongst the gold miners and fortune seekers in early California seems paradoxical—until we read them. The accumulation of mundane, daily entries reveal how critical and powerful these commercially-printed products could be in conveying a sense of place, both old and new. For these California transplants, the choice of a daily planner was consequential, not casual, and instrumental to their efforts to settle into the rhythms of a life in the West.
The Master of Nasty
Authors: Raskin Jonah
Published: June 2015

Raymond Chandler relished finding names for his quirky characters, including Philip Marlowe, the pipe-smoking, chess-playing private eye—a literary kinsman to Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett’s solitary sleuth—whom I first met in the pages of fiction as a teenager and whom I have known more than fifty years. Sometimes the names are dead giveaways about the morality or immorality of the character, sometimes they’re opaque, but I’ve always found them intriguing and an open invitation to try to solve the mystery myself.
WUI Space
Authors: Hendrix Howard V.
Published: June 2015

This essay explores the ways we talk about water and fire in California, how that discussion is shaped by larger ecological and economic concerns, and how those concerns in turn shape exurban development in the state.
The Boom List
Authors: Staff Boom
Published: June 2015

A roundup of interesting things to do, see, and read around California in the winter of 2014/2015.
Peering Through the Cracks in the California Dream
Authors: Vaidya Anjali
Published: June 2015

San Francisco-based Swensen’s ice cream is one of many American fast food joints that has proliferated across Asia’s expanding markets in the past decade, gaining popularity among a young generation in the East even as these outlets retreat from their home territory in the West. American ice cream parlors and diner-style cuisine have established a foothold across the Pacific, carrying with them tastes and images evocative of a bygone era. Fragments of nostalgia for the California Dream seep to the surface in Bangalore, India, a city filled with echoes of the long vanished past.
After Hours
Authors: Butow David
Published: June 2015

Photojournalist David Butow has covered social issues, politics, and news events around the world. In his new series “After Hours,” he stays closer to home, photographing at nighttime in spaces that have been vacated or have few people. Strange colors from artificial lighting and the emptiness create a new energy and we take away a visual experience that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.
Landfill
Authors: Maretich Marta
Published: June 2015

The author returns to Bakersfield, California to clear out her childhood home and confronts the unsustainable reality of life in today’s San Joaquin Valley. Presented as a series of narratives related by friends and neighbors during trips to Bakersfield’s immense landfill site, Maretich paints a picture of a community struggling under the effects of high crime, increasing poverty, and diminishing expectations in the wake of the Great Recession, which for Bakersfield is far from over. Exploring themes of sustainability, environmental policy, and personal responsibility, Maretich shines a light on one of California’s most important and least understood regions.
The Boom Interview
Authors: Margolin Malcolm
Published: June 2015

Boom editor Jon Christensen interviews Malcolm Margolin, who is celebrating forty years of publishing books with Heyday. Margolin discusses Heyday's origins and how the local publishing scene has changed in the intervening decades, the roundhouse model of publishing—which sees each book published as an opportunity for people to come together and build community—the stories that Californians have to tell, and the concept of “deep hanging out.” The interview is illustrated with images from recent Heyday publications.
Native Eye
Authors: Aguilar Dugan
Published: June 2015

This photo essay is selection of six photographs of California Indians from Dugan Aguilar’s forthcoming She Sang Me a Good Luck Song (Heyday, 2015). The photographs are a glimpse at modern Indian life over the past three decades, and the blend of old traditions and new.
Tattoo
Authors: Pratt Beth
Published: June 2015

The author, a wildlife campaigner, recounts her decision to get a tattoo of Los Angeles cougar P22 on her arm. The tattoo was meant to be a sign of personal commitment to urban wildlife generally—and the campaign for a wildlife crossing across a busy Los Angeles freeway—but Pratt soon realized its value as an educational and campaigning tool.
Saving the Quantified Self
Authors: Yang Yeesheen
Published: June 2015

In the information age, we are offered a myriad of options through which to fulfill the exhortation to “know thyself.” Tech-based initiatives—including Google Calico, which seeks to address the problems of aging and death, and Quantified Self, which looks to prompt self-improvement— offer that knowledge in the form of data. This essay explores the notion of the algorithmic body—a body built from data—and its roots in a history of projects that attempt to escape some of the fundamental aspects of the human condition, including mortality.
California Coast
Authors: Killion Tom
Published: June 2015

This piece collects five new prints from artist Tom Killion’s forthcoming book California’s Wild Edge.
Genius Loci
Authors: Raskin Jonah
Published: June 2015

This essay takes a literary journey to Jack London State Historic Park, the National Steinbeck Center, and the Beat Museum. An exploration of the shrines that are devoted to writers and which attract readers from around the world as well as close to home, the essay explores California’s identity as a cultural destination for tourists as well as for natives of the Golden State. By linking specific geographical places, such as Glen Ellen, Salinas, and San Francisco to books and to their authors, California’s literary shrines weave a kind of cultural magic that transcends time and place and invigorates twentieth-century classics such as Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Kerouac’s On the Road, and Jack London’s The Iron Heel.
Decision Altitude
Authors: Mason Noelle
Published: June 2015

Decision Altitude: Incident Report uses the medium of photography to examine the physical and psychological experience of skydiving. Images of falling skydivers are captured using a pin-hole camera and printed using a photo-etching process. The means of capture and output are selected to highlight the performative nature and physicality of photography. Thresholds of light, the body, space, and time are collapsed into the images as the physical limitation of gravity, the impermanence of the body and the medium of photography are explored.
Geotheorizing Black/Land
Authors: Tuck Eve , Smith Mistinguette , Guess Allison M. , Benjamin Tavia , Jones Brian K.
Published: June 2015

In this article, researchers from an academic institution and researchers from a community-based organization theorize a recent collaboration. This “contingent collaboration” was designed to analyze interviews that had been conducted by the community organization and required the purposeful negotiation of two thresholds, one methodological, the other empirical. Writing together across diverse experiences with academic research, the authors consider the implications of the settler colonial roots of social science, the voyeuristic tendencies of academic researchers, and the historical presence of Black people as “other” in the academy for academic-community research partnerships.
Brimming Moments
Authors: Rawlins William K.
Published: June 2015

In this piece I meditate on vital interrelationships among rhythm, will, readiness, and grace in cultivating thresholds of embodied, aesthetic, and edifying activities with other persons. Every moment of our lives holds potential for change—for noticing or becoming something new. This is so in our daily activities as ordinary persons and as scholars seeking to learn about, appraise, and (re)present our own and others’ practices. But how do the everyday moments of our lives in both capacities become significant thresholds? What say do we have in shaping the possible directions and worlds they disclose to us?
Visual Documents, Property Archives, and the Map of the City of Rome: 1563–1712
Authors: Friedman David
Published: June 2015

The libri delle case are inventories of buildings that were produced by the pious institutions of Rome—convents, confraternities, hospitals—beginning in the second half of the sixteenth century. They are based on images—first plans, later elevations and even sections—and for that reason are different from all earlier inventories. In Visual Documents, Property Archives, and the Map of the City of Rome: 1563–1712, David Friedman discusses how the introduction of images transformed both the organization and the content of the archives. Introduced at a moment of dramatic change in the real estate market, they are the means by which the documentary record focused for the first time on the physical qualities of property. The plans document a fundamental change in the way the city itself was understood. First recorded as isolated objects, the houses of the later libri are set in increasingly wide physical contexts, reflecting a vision of the city as a continuous spatial field.
Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis, and the Agora
Authors: Martin-Mcauliffe Samantha L. , Papadopoulos John K.
Published: June 2015

Although long considered the most significant architectural project of Classical Athens, the Periklean building program still has much to reveal. In questioning modern conventions of viewing and representing buildings on the Acropolis, Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis, and the Agora reappraises how victory monuments were observed and perceived in the fifth century BCE. Samantha L. Martin-McAuliffe and John K. Papadopoulos show that the Mnesiklean Propylaia, the ceremonial gateway into the sanctuary on the Acropolis, is also a monumental exit that frames Salamis, the location of a watershed event in the history and topography of Athens—the defeat of the Persian armada in 480 BCE. Instead of seeing the Propylaia as an anomaly, the authors argue that it was instrumental to a new tradition of using architecture to orchestrate sightlines between monuments across the city. Buildings on the Acropolis worked in tandem with the stoas in the heart of Athens, the Classical Agora, to create a ritual topography that showcased Athenian heroism and triumph. This analysis thus widens the canonical perspective of the Periklean program, proposing for the first time that it extended to and incorporated the Classical Agora.
Synchronous Sympathy at the Symphony
Authors: Nakra Teresa Marrin , BuSha Brett F.
Published: June 2015

This study compared the emotional intensities of a conductor and audience during a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The affective state of the conductor was estimated unobtrusively with a wearable electrocardiogram, and audience participants self-reported their affective states with manual slider boxes. Results indicated that: 1) the conductor’s heart rate variations were temporally aligned with structural patterns in the musical scores; and 2) these variations strongly correlated with the average emotional intensity measurement of the audience. Four consecutive musical selections yielded significant positive correlations (p < .001; r = .86, .84, .48, .61), demonstrating a temporally related emotional intensity shared between the conductor and audience during the performance. Although a causal relationship was not determined, some evidence supported induction as the mechanism of emotional communication. These results suggest possible methods for better understanding the affective experiences of conductors, the reactions of listeners to various stimuli, and the interactions between audiences and musicians during concerts.
Mode of Presentation Affects Infants’ Preferential Attention to Singing and Speech
Authors: Costa-Giomi Eugenia
Published: June 2015

Almost from birth, infants prefer to attend to human vocalizations associated with speech over many other sounds. However, studies that have focused on infants’ differential attention to speech and singing have failed to show a speech listening bias. The purpose of the study was to investigate infants’ preferential attention to singing and speech presented in audiovisual and auditory mode. Using an infant-controlled preference procedure, 11-month-olds were presented with audiovisual stimuli depicting a woman singing or reciting a song (Experiment 1, audiovisual condition). The results showed that infants attended significantly longer to singing than to speech. In Experiment 2 (visual condition), infants watched the same videos presented with no sound and in Experiment 3 (auditory condition), they listened to the singing and speech stimuli in English and a foreign language. No differences in length of attention to singing and speech were found in either experiment. The results of the study reconcile the seemingly contradicting findings of previous investigations and show that mode of presentation affects infants’ preferential attention to speech and singing. The facilitating effects of facial cues on infants’ processing of speech and singing are discussed.
Absolute Judgment of Musical Interval Width
Authors: Aruffo Christopher , Goldstone Robert L. , Earn David J. D.
Published: June 2015

When a musical tone is sounded, most listeners are unable to identify its pitch by name. Those listeners who can identify pitches are said to have absolute pitch perception (AP). A limited subset of musicians possesses AP, and it has been debated whether musicians’ AP interferes with their ability to perceive tonal relationships between pitches, or relative pitch (RP). The present study tested musicians’ discrimination of relative pitch categories, or intervals, by placing absolute pitch values in conflict with relative pitch categories. AP listeners perceived intervals categorically, and their judgments were not affected by absolute pitch values. These results indicate that AP listeners do not infer interval identities from the absolute values between tones, and that RP categories are salient musical concepts in both RP and AP musicianship.
Effects of Polyphonic Context, Instrumentation, and Metrical Location on Syncopation in Music
Authors: Witek Maria A. G. , Clarke Eric F. , Kringelbach Morten L. , Vuust Peter
Published: June 2015

In music, the rhythms of different instruments are often syncopated against each other to create tension. Existing perceptual theories of syncopation cannot adequately model such kinds of syncopation since they assume monophony. This study investigates the effects of polyphonic context, instrumentation and metrical location on the salience of syncopations. Musicians and nonmusicians were asked to tap along to rhythmic patterns of a drum kit and rate their stability; in these patterns, syncopations occurred among different numbers of streams, with different instrumentation and at different metrical locations. The results revealed that the stability of syncopations depends on all these factors and music training, in variously interacting ways. It is proposed that listeners’ experiences of syncopations are shaped by polyphonic and instrumental configuration, metrical structure, and individual music training, and a number of possible mechanisms are considered, including the rhythms’ acoustic properties, ecological associations, statistical learning, and timbral differentiation.
The Toxic and Mythical Combination of a Deductive Writing Logic for Inductive Qualitative Research
Authors: Tracy Sarah J.
Published: June 2015

In this article, I make a case for how the conventional deductive writing style common in top impact mainstream journals affects what we can know, how we can learn, and the extent to which qualitative methods are valued. Using case examples, I demonstrate how a deductive logic perpetuates a myth that is ethically and pedagogically problematic, constrains theory building, and invites inappropriate benchmarks for quality. Further, articulating qualitative analysis methods in a formulaic manner can actually overshadow and discourage the artistic insight of grounded analyses. The article closes with a discussion of how communication scholars are well equipped to help transform publication conventions so that qualitative methods may be presented in more flexible and expansive literary styles.
On the Joy of Connections
Authors: Pelias Ronald J.
Published: June 2015

In this essay, I explore joyful human connections, writing with the desire to enter into those relationships that materialize as meaningful. I organize the piece by describing emergent and lasting connections from my own life experiences. As I move forward, I first offer an initial poetic description followed by an autoethnographic tale in order to provide a feel for the joy of human connections.
Joy Notes
Authors: Poulos Christopher N.
Published: June 2015

In this essay, I attempt to write the emergence of joy in my life, as I have stumbled into it, in little flashes and glimpses, in minor notes and in waves. I do not think that joy can be more than ephemeral, though I seek here to embrace it, to hold it, to celebrate it when it appears.
Love and Happiness?
Authors: Tamas Sophie
Published: June 2015

This piece responds to this special issue by embedding my refl ections on the content of the articles within an autoethnographic exploration of the issue's theme, the (im)possibility of writing joy.
The Mystery of the Troubled Breast
Authors: Davis Christine S. , Warren-Findlow Jan
Published: June 2015

This autoethnographic narrative uses fictional female heroine Nancy Drew and her friends to perform coauthor Jan's experience of breast cancer. Friends and colleagues Jan and Cris try out alternative characterizations of Nancy Drew as a mechanism for Jan to push back against the social construction of breast cancer victim/survivor. We use performative fiction to be creative and have fun with the experience while providing social support and deepening our relationship. In the end, Jan performs self-with-breast-cancer as an academic feminist, and Nancy Drew performs breast cancer as a fictional female detective—as a case to be solved; supported by friends; and succeeding through persistence, pluck, and luck.
Editorial
Authors: Fischer Gerhard
Published: June 2015

The first issue of Agronomia Colombiana for 2015, volume 33, contains an article from the late Jorge Humberto Zurita (page 91), agronomic Engineer and associate professor from the Facult y of agricultural Sciences of t he universidad naciona l de Colombia Bogota, and a friend and colleague from the physiology and postharvest field who will be dearly missed by the Faculty and who has left fond memories for those that had the opportunity to know him and share his friendhip and knowledge.This issue of the Agronomia Colombiana journal presents different topics of domestic and international interest that contribute significantly to the development and research of tropical agriculture.
Neotropical and introduced fruits of special taste and consistency consumed in Colombia
Authors: Buriticá Céspedes Pablo , Cartagena Valenzuela José Régulo
Published: June 2015

This paper reviews some Neotropical and introduced fruit species that are characterized by their special taste, anatomy and consistency. For the Colombian territory, the principal common names of the species in question are recorded, along with their taxonomic position, principal plant and fruit characteristics, regions where they grow, consumption modes, and specific uses.
Effectiveness of a rock phosphate solubilizing fungus to increase soil solution phosphate impaired by the soil phosphate sorption capacity
Authors: Osorio Vega Nelson Walter , Habte Mitiku , León Peláez Juan Diego
Published: June 2015

Available phosphate (P) deficiency in tropical soils has been recognized as a major factor that limits soil quality and plant performance. To overcome this, it is necessary to add high amounts of soluble P-fertilizers; however, this is inefficient and costly. Alternatively, rock phosphates (RP) can be used, but their low reactivity limits their use. Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms (PSM) can enhance RP dissolution and, thus, improve the RP agronomic effectiveness as fertilizer. Nonetheless, their effectiveness may be impaired by the soil P fixation capacity. An experiment was carried out to assess the in vitro effectiveness of the fungus Mortierella sp. to dissolve RP in an axenic culture medium and, thus, enhance the solution P concentration in the presence of aliquots of soils with contrasting P fixation capacity. The results showed that the fungus was capable of lowering the medium pH from 7.7 to 3.0 and, thus, dissolving the RP. The presence of soil aliquots in the medium controlled the effectiveness of the fungus to increase the concentration of the soluble P. In the presence of soils with a low or medium P sorption capacity, the concentration of the soluble P was high (63.8-146.6 mg L-1) in comparison with the inoculated (soilless) treatment (50.0 mg L-1) and the uninoculated control (0.7 mg L-1). By contrast, with very-high P fixing soil aliquots, the concentration of the soluble P was very low (3.6-33.1 mg L-1); in addition, in these soils, the fungus immobilized more P into its mycelia than in soils with a low or medium P fixation capacity. The capacity of a soil to fix P seems to be a good predictor for the effectiveness of this fungus to increase the soluble P concentration via RP dissolution.
Influence of chitosan coatings with citric essential oil on the shelf-life of minimally processed mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Authors: Rico Rodríguez Fabián , Gutiérrez Cortés Carolina , Díaz Moreno Consuelo
Published: June 2015

Demand for minimally processed fruits have increased due to their nutritional value and an increasing change in consumption habits. Physicochemical, microbiological, structural and sensory changes were determined in minimally processed mangoes (MPM) with chitosan (CH) edible coatings and lemon and orange essential oils (EOL). The MPM was first dipped in citric acid and a texturizing solution and then dipped in CH and lemon or orange EOL coatings. Weight loss, sensory acceptance, total soluble solids, total acidity, ascorbic acid, color changes, firmness and elasticity, and microbiological changes were quantified for 11 days of refrigerated storage. The CH and lemon EOL coating had more acceptance than the other treatments. No differences were found (p>0.05) for weight loss, total acidity, ascorbic acid, firmness or elasticity. There was a high amount of total phenols due to the EOL composition, as well as a high antioxidant capacity in the early days of storage. This characteristic decreased in the final days of the study. There was a decrease in the microbial charge for the lemon EOL treatment, as compared to the other samples. The CH and lemon EOL coating helped to maintain the shelf-life of the MPM for 11 days of storage without affecting the sensory acceptance. The CH and Orange EOL coating did not have an effect on the MPM physicochemical attributes; however, the sensory acceptance was negatively affected with off-flavors conferred to the MPM.
Antagonistic action of Lactobacillus spp. against Staphylococcus aureus in cheese from Mompox - Colombia
Authors: Montero Castillo Piedad M. , Díaz Caballero Antonio , Durán Lengua Marlene
Published: June 2015

In the food industry, food preservation techniques that do not use chemical products are becoming more common. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the antagonistic activity (antibiosis) of lactic-acid bacterial strains against pathogenic microorganisms. Lactic-acid bacterial strains were isolated from layered cheese and a commercial product (yogurt); and the same was done with pathogenic bacteria solely from layered cheese. The lactic-acid bacterial strains were identified as species from the Lactobacilli family, while the pathogenic bacteria from layered cheese were identified as Micrococcaceae family species (Staphylococcus aureus). Subsequently, in the same culture medium, bacteria of each species were sowed in order to determine the inhibitory activity ability of the Lactic Acid Bacteria (BAL) As a result, the highly antagonistic activity of the Lactobacilli (inhibition halos were larger than 0.5 centimeters in diameter) against isolated pathogenic microorganisms was demonstrated.
WEEN FORMS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF PROBLEMS PERTAINING TO A PERSON’S PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT
Authors: Maralov Vladimir Georgievich
Published: June 2015

The paper deals with analysis of personality’s forms of self-development: self-assertion, self-improvement, selfactualisation and self-realisation in the context of addressing psychological support of a person. These forms of self-development differ from each other as to the needs, goals, motives and strategies for implementation. The author discusses the controversial question of self-realization role in the structure of self-development. He concludes that self-realisation is both an independent process, and the form of self-development. The result of self-development in all its forms is personal growth. Its specifics and qualitative singularity will be determined by the choice of particular strategies of self-assertion, self-improvement and self-actualisation. The paper also explores the peculiarities of the dialectical relationship between forms of self-development. They are characterised by the fact that each of the selfdevelopment forms has a specific function, and at the same time contributes to the realisation of functions inherent in other forms thereby causing cohesion and self-orientation of the whole process. In terms of time primary thing is self-affirmation, in which “mature” other forms of self-development. Self-affirmation is the leading form until adolescence. Starting from adolescence, under favorable conditions, the self-improvement begins to dominate. Development of an adult person is largely characterised by that of self-actualisation and self-realisation. A practical psychologist can clearly identify the strategic guidelines in the course of psychological support of self-development.Prior to adolescence, it will be assistance in the self-affirmation of the individual, particularly in the choice of self-affirmation strategies, create conditions for overcoming the dominant strategy or self-suppression strategy. In adolescence and high school age the focus is shifted to self-improvement support, to assist in the appropriate strategies selection: the acquisition, redemption, conversion and limitations. At the same time goals of positive affirmation continue to be addressed, and preconditions for self-actualisation and realisation of personal potential in life continue to be created.
Notas sobre Enterosora Baker (Filicales: Grammitidaceae) en Costa Rica
Authors: Rojas Alvarado Alexander Francisco
Published: June 2015

Dos taxa de Enterosora Baker (Grammitidaceae), considerados hasta ahora como híbridos, se tratan aquí como especies válidas: E. bishopii A. Rojas, sp. nova, y E. enterosoroides (H. Christ) A. Rojas, comb. nova, con base en la condición fértil, distribución geográfica y altitudinal diferentes y morfología distinta.
Presentación
Authors: Camacho Monge Daniel
Published: June 2015

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VALORACIÓN DEL IMPACTO SOCIOECONÓMICO DE LA VARIABILIDAD CLIMÁTICA EN PESCA Y TURISMO
Authors: Moreno Díaz Mary Luz
Published: June 2015

El objetivo del presente artículo es analizar las investigaciones que se han desarrollado,
con el fin de valorar los impactos de la variabilidad climática sobre la pesca y el turismo
costero, para identificar si existe un marco metodológico integral que permita comparar
estos procesos metodológicos y realizar un seguimiento para futuras valoraciones en estas
áreas. En este caso, no se encontraron aproximaciones metodológicas que integren los diferentes
pasos que se deben seguir para desarrollar la valoración económica de los diferentes
impactos socioeconómicos y ambientales de este fenómeno tanto a nivel específico como a
nivel global.
DESARROLLO DE OPORTUNIDADES SOCIALES SOSTENIBLES: COMUNIDAD DEL BARRIO EL DORADO
Authors: Palacios Chavarro Janneth
Published: June 2015

Este artículo presenta los principales resultados del diagnóstico a la comunidad del barrio
El Dorado (Bogotá, Colombia), identificando sus necesidades, debilidades, potencialidades,
amenazas y oportunidades. Analiza la dinámica de la comunidad y su realidad como fenómeno
de transformación endógena y propone fortalecer su comunicación y participación
social para iniciar procesos de cambio y de convergencia con las acciones y políticas públicas
locales y nacionales.
Cu2SnS3 Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Structures for Photovoltaic Applications
Authors: Dias Sandra , Krupanidhi S. B.
Published: June 2015

We report the synthesis of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) nanostructures and its incorporation into an inorganic-organic hybrid device to enhance the photoresponse under AM 1.5 G solar illumination. The nanostructures were structurally and optically characterized. From X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) the CTS nanocrystals were found to be tetragonal. Flower like structures of CTS were obtained as seen from Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A band gap of 1.4 eV was obtained from absorption studies. Two devices have been studied, P3HT: PCBM = 1: 1 and CTS: P3HT: PCBM = 8:1:1. The photocurrent increased from a value of 2.33 mA at dark to 2.5 mA for the P3HT-PCBM blend to 3.36 mA for CTS: P3HT: PCBM = 8:1:1 device. The responsivity, sensitivity, external quantum efficiency and specific detectivity increased from 18.81 mA/W, 1.07, 4.25% and 6.88 × 108 Jones respectively for P3HT:PCBM sample to 189.97 mA/W, 1.44, 42.9% and 6.95 × 109 Jones for CTS: P3HT: PCBM = 8:1:1 sample at 1V bias and 1 Sun illumination intensity. The time dependent photoresponse was stable over different ON-OFF cycles. From the fit to the rise and decay curves, the rise and decay time constants were obtained.
Bilaterale Sklerotherapie zur Behandlung der idiopathischen renalen Hämaturie bei einem Mischlingsrüden
Authors: Thieman-Mankin K. M. , Cook A. K. , Heilmann R. M.
Published: June 2015

Ein 2 Jahre alter, männlich-kastrierter Deutscher-Schäferhund-Mischling wurde aufgrund chronischer makroskopischer Hämaturie vorgestellt. Weiterführende Untersuchungen einschließlich Sonographie und Urethrozystoskopie ergaben den Befund einer hochgradigen bilateralen idiopathischen renalen Hämaturie (IRH). Die medikamentöse Therapie mit Yunnan Baiyao war erfolglos. Durch eine bilaterale renale Sklerotherapie ließ sich, trotz Komplikation durch Dislokation beider Ureter-Dauerschienen innerhalb von 12 Tagen, ein dauerhaftes Sistieren der makroskopischen Hämaturie erzielen.
REP-elements of the Escherichia coli Genome and Transcription Signals: Positional and Functional Analysis
Authors: Markelova N.Yu. , Masulis I.S. , Ozoline O.N.
Published: June 2015

In the intergenic regions of the Escherichia coli genome there are 356 REP- elements, containing 1-12 repeated sequences with degenerated consensus. Their biological role is poorly
understood, but multiplicity in the genome, preferential localization between convergent genes and ability to form hairpin structures have led to the assumption that REP-elements
participate in the transcription termination and processes affecting stability of the corresponding RNAs. Though the direct experiments did not confirm the ability of the model
REP-sequence to stop RNA synthesis leaving some ambiguity regarding their primary function. In this study, positional and functional analysis was undertaken for the entire set
of annotated REP-sequences and the reduced efficiency of RNA synthesis behind the many REP-modules was observed. However, some REP-modules had no effect on the transcription
processivity, assuming the inclusion of REP-sequences into RNA and the possibility of their regulatory action. We also observed REP-associated transcription activation and found
overlapping promoters. The most unexpected was specific distribution of REP-sequences nearby promoter islands, which indicates their insulator-like action maintaining functional
autonomy of the “islands” and assumes functional significance of “island”-born RNAs.
O mangangá (Xylocopa spp., Apidae) como polinizador do maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Deneger, Passifloraceae) na percepção dos moradores de Gameleira do Dida, Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brasil
Authors: Santos Marcos Reis , Costa-Neto Eraldo Medeiros
Published: June 2015

As abelhas conhecidas como mangangás desempenham papel como polinizadoras de diversas espécies vegetais com flores grandes. O presente estudo registra o conhecimento e manejo populares do mangangá como polinizador do maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Deneger, Passifloraceae). O trabalho de campo foi realizado na comunidade de Gameleira do Dida, localizada no município de Campo Formoso, norte da Bahia, entre os meses de outubro de 2009 a julho de 2010. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas abertas e semi-estruturadas. A maioria das entrevistas foi gravada digitalmente. Constatou-se que os informantes verificaram os impactos positivos sobre a ação de mangangás nas culturas de maracujá. Eles observam e conhecem aspectos relacionados ao inseto, como morfologia, ecologia trófica, comportamento de forrageamento, polinização, ritmos diários de visitação nas flores e reprodução. Na dimensão comportamental fazem o uso dos mangangás no manejo da cultura do maracujá, quando troncos com ninho desses insetos são colocados nas mediações das plantações viando ao aumento da produtividade. Os resultados favorecem a elaboração de planos de manejo, envolvendo os conhecimentos etnobiológicos, garantindo a conservação dos espécimes polinizadores de plantas da caatinga.
Perfil dos atendimentos psiquiátricos realizados pelo Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência, Aracaju, janeiro/2010 a fevereiro/2011
Authors: Martins Manuela de Carvalho Vieira , Santos Vanessa Tavares de Gois , Barbosa Lidiane Vieira , Corrêa Cintia Regina Guerra , Guedes Simone Alves Garcez
Published: June 2015

A Política Nacional de Urgência e Emergência garante atenção integral ao atendimento das urgências clínicas, cirúrgicas, gineco-obstétricas, psiquiátricas, pediátricas e as relacionadas às causas externas. O SAMU-192, que foi instituído através da Portaria 1.864/03, é o serviço responsável por atender todos os chamados de urgência e emergência da população. A crise psiquiátrica é vista como uma urgência, visto que o usuário necessita de atendimento o mais rápido possível para evitar possíveis danos a si mesmo ou de outras pessoas. Por conta disso objetivou-se caracterizar os atendimentos psiquiátricos realizados pelo SAMU Aracaju, no período de janeiro/2010 a fevereiro/2011. A pesquisa foi realizada no banco de dados do SAMU Aracaju. Em relação ao gênero, verificou-se que 69% foram do sexo masculino e os principais motivos das ocorrências foram classificados como “agitado” (51%) e transferências (23%). O principal destino final dos atendimentos foi a Urgência Psiquiátrica do município (59,3%). Enfim, pôde-se concluir que o SAMU Aracaju é um importante meio para o atendimento das urgências psiquiátricas, por isso, é importante que gestores realizem constantemente o monitoramento desses atendimentos visando planejar ações intersetoriais que contribuam para a otimização de todos os serviços de saúde e, consequentemente, gerem atendimentos de qualidade a toda população.
Caracterização da violência sexual em criança no município de Aracaju/SE
Authors: Barbosa Lidiane Vieira , Soares Ana Célia Goes Melo , Cruz Karla Viviane , Silva Renata Alves
Published: June 2015

Este estudo tem como objetivo caracterizar a violência sexual em crianças em Aracaju no período de 2009 a 2011. Para tal, foi utilizado o banco de dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), fornecido pela Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Aracaju. Os resultados mostraram que 82 crianças foram vítimas de violência sexual no município de Aracaju, das quais 79,23% são meninas e 20,74% meninos; 37,8% das vítimas são da raça parda; 23,18% estudaram até a 4º série; 6,1% possuem algum tipo de transtorno. Em relação à violência sexual, 31,72% sofreram estupro; 87,81% dos casos ocorreram com apenas um agressor; em 47,56% da violência houve reincidência; e as consequências detectadas no momento da notificação mostraram que 6,10% das vítimas possuíam estresse pós-traumático. Em relação ao agressor, 41,46% são conhecidos da vítima e da família, e 89,03% são do sexo masculino; 20,74% estavam sob suspeita de uso de álcool no momento da agressão; 76,83% da violência sexual ocorreram na própria residência da vítima. Quanto aos procedimentos e encaminhamentos realizados à vítima, 80,49% coletaram sangue para realização de exames; 85,37% foram encaminhadas para ambulatórios e 69,51% foram encaminhados para o conselho tutelar; 85,37% dos casos foram classificados como provável agressão. Com este estudo pode-se concluir que a violência é um problema complexo, reincidente, com múltiplas causas e consequências extremamente devastadoras para as crianças. Seus agressores ainda são pessoas próximas da vítima e da família e uma mesma criança pode sofrer mais de um tipo de violência simultaneamente.
Perfil epidemiológico e funcional de pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne atendidos em clínicas de fisioterapia na cidade de Aracaju
Authors: Freitas Mayanna Machado , Santos Allen Rafael Cardoso , Oliveira Juciele Valéria Ribeiro de , Maia Daniela da Costa , França Rafael dos Reis
Published: June 2015

O presente artigo trata da Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne que é a mais comum e também a mais grave das distrofias musculares, onde os sinais e sintomas são mais severos com evolução mais rápida, podendo o óbito ocorrer por volta da 2ª ou 3ª década de vida. Atualmente, a incidência está estimada em torno de um para cada três mil e quinhentos nascidos vivos do sexo masculino. Os objetivos deste artigo são: conhecer a prevalência de Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne no município de Aracaju-SE, bem como caracterizar o perfil funcional apresentado por estes pacientes. A população de estudo compreendeu todos os pacientes com Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne, atendidos nas clínicas de fisioterapia desta cidade. Os dados foram coletados no período de janeiro a abril de 2011, inicialmente nos prontuários de cada paciente, e posteriormente, os pacientes identificados foram submetidos à avaliação clínico epidemiológica. Dentre as limitações funcionais encontradas na maioria dos pacientes pesquisados, inclui principalmente o comprometimento de membros inferiores. Verificou-se que os pacientes avaliados no município de Aracaju apresentaram comprometimento funcional moderado para a realização das atividades de vida diária, caracterizando a necessidade de implantação de ações e políticas privadas e públicas voltadas para melhoria na qualidade de vida desses pacientes.
Perfil sociodemográfico e epidemiológico das vítimas de violência sexual no Estado de Sergipe
Authors: Sousa Laís Correia de , Machado Leane de Carvalho , Miranda Ana Carolina de Paula Teixeira
Published: June 2015

Dentre as manifestações de violência, a sexual é tida como a mais persistente e cruel, pois gera implicações traumáticas e permanentes para quem sofre.  Atravessa décadas, permeia várias culturas, populações de diferentes faixas etárias e diversos espaços sociais, sendo, portanto, considerada como problema de saúde pública e de violação aos direitos humanos. O estudo objetivou caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico e epidemiológico das vítimas de violência sexual notificadas no Serviço de Atendimento Médico a Vítimas de Violência Sexual. Estudo descritivo, de corte transversal, com coleta retrospectiva a partir dos prontuários das vítimas do serviço, no estado de Sergipe, no período de 2007 a 2011. A faixa etária das vítimas concentrou 56% de 10 a 14 anos e 94,3% do sexo feminino. Predominou a violência praticada por agressores conhecidos (84,8%) e o IML encaminhou 82,3% dos casos; 64% não fizeram uso de álcool e/ou drogas, enquanto 25% dos agressores fizeram uso. A procura por atendimento apontou 55,4% após 72h da agressão e 57,7% apresentou ausência de lesões. A gravidez ocorreu em 6,3% dos casos e predominou a infecção por sífilis. A partir do conhecimento do perfil das vítimas de violência, espera-se que o presente estudo possa contribuir sensibilizando gestores e profissionais de saúde para o aprimoramento da atenção integral e humanizada ofertada por todos os serviços no atendimento identificando as vítimas de violência sexual.
Riscos Ocupacionais do atendimento pré-hospitalar: uma revisão bibliográfica
Authors: Torres Marina Canuto , Gusmão Cristine Maria Pereira , Lúcio Marcelo Guedes
Published: June 2015

Trata de um estudo bibliográfico com análise sistematizada e qualitativa que busca conhecer e analisar à problemática da saúde pública no Brasil em decorrência dos acidentes de trânsito, violência, aumento das doenças crônicas e morbimortalidade da população. Verifica que o campo de trabalho em Atendimento Pré-Hospitalar (APH) tem crescido e, junto a ele, os problemas de saúde, envolvendo os profissionais que desempenham a atividade de socorrista. Procura conhecer e analisar a literatura publicada acerca dos riscos ergonômico-ocupacionais aos quais estão sujeitos os profissionais do APH, fenômeno ainda desconhecido, apesar de encontrar relação entre a função e os problemas de saúde ocupacional. Evidencia a exposição dos profissionais aos mais distintos tipos de ambientes e circunstâncias, podendo influenciar no desempenho do seu papel durante o atendimento. A estratégia de busca incluiu pesquisa em bases eletrônicas e citações em publicações inicialmente identificadas. Encontra os fatores mais explorados pelos autores e sugere aos profissionais que desenvolvem a atividade, reflitam sobre a área de riscos ocupacionais, a fim de adequar sua conduta com a exigência do serviço, agindo em favor da segurança e diminuindo os riscos ocupacionais durante a jornada de trabalho.
Benefícios da amamentação para saúde materna
Authors: Martins Maria Zilda
Published: June 2015

A amamentação corresponde a uma das etapas mais importantes no processo reprodutivo da mulher, sua prática oferece benefícios tanto para mãe como para o recém-nascido. O objetivo desse trabalho é levantar dados e discutir informações atuais sobre o beneficio da amamentação para mulher. Trata-se de uma revisão da literatura realizada por meio de produções científicas, catalogadas a partir de buscas. Foram selecionados 18 artigos específicos publicados nos últimos 15 anos, 10 revisões de literatura e 8 estudos de casos sobre o tema. Com base nos resultados, pôde-se constatar que os benefícios da amamentação para saúde materna são pouco abordados. As benfeitorias que o aleitamento materno traz à criança são os tópicos mais relevantes ao abordar o tema amamentação. A mulher precisa ser informada da importância do o aleitamento materno para sua saúde e que o mesmo não beneficia exclusivamente a criança; o seu corpo também sofre influência ao realiza-lo.