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Learning while doing: program evaluation of the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Project
Authors: Boden Catherine , Ascher Marie T. , Eldredge Jonathan D.
Published: July 2018

Objectives: The Medical Library Association (MLA) Systematic Review Project aims to conduct systematic reviews to identify the state of knowledge and research gaps for fifteen top-ranked questions in the profession. In 2013, fifteen volunteer-driven teams were recruited to conduct the systematic reviews. The authors investigated the experiences of participants in this large-scale, volunteer-driven approach to answering priority research questions and fostering professional growth among health sciences librarians.Methods: A program evaluation was conducted by inviting MLA Systematic Review Project team members to complete an eleven-item online survey. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions elicited experiences about outputs, successes and challenges, lessons learned, and future directions. Participants were recruited by email, and responses were collected over a two-week period beginning at the end of January 2016.Results: Eighty (8 team leaders, 72 team members) of 198 potential respondents completed the survey. Eighty-four percent of respondents indicated that the MLA Systematic Review Project should be repeated in the future and were interested in participating in another systematic review. Team outputs included journal articles, conference presentations or posters, and sharing via social media. Thematic analysis of the short-answer questions yielded five broad themes: learning and experience, interpersonal (networking), teamwork, outcomes, and barriers.Discussion: A large-scale, volunteer-driven approach to performing systematic reviews shows promise as a model for answering key questions in the profession and demonstrates the value of experiential learning for acquiring synthesis review skills and knowledge. Our project evaluation provides recommendations to optimize this approach.
Librarians collaborating to teach evidence-based practice: exploring partnerships with professional organizations
Authors: Dhakal Kerry
Published: July 2018

Objective: The study sought to determine if librarians are collaborating with nurses and professional nursing organizations to teach evidence-based practice (EBP) continuing education courses, workshop, classes, or other training activities.Methods: A 15-question survey was sent to 1,845 members of the Medical Library Association through email.Results: The survey was completed by 201 consenting respondents. Some respondents (37) reported having experience teaching continuing education in collaboration with professional health care organizations and 8 respondents, more specifically, reported having experience teaching EBP continuing education courses, workshops, classes, or other training activities in collaboration with professional nursing organizations.Conclusions: The survey results suggest that librarians do not have a systematic approach as a community of practitioners to seek out collaboration opportunities with professional nursing organizations to teach EBP continuing education courses, workshops, classes, or other training activities.
Essential and core books for veterinary medicine
Authors: Moberly Heather K. , Page Jessica R.
Published: July 2018

Objectives:This study defined core and essential lists of recent, English-language veterinary medicine books using a data-driven methodology for potential use by a broad audience, including libraries that are building collections supporting veterinary sciences and One Health initiatives.Methods: Book titles were collected from monograph citation databases, veterinary examination reading lists, veterinary college textbook and library reserve lists, and published bibliographies. These lists were combined into a single list with titles ranked by the number of occurrences.Results: The methodology produced a core list of 122 monographs and an essential list of 33 titles. All titles are recent, edition neutral, English language monographs. One title is out of print.Conclusions: The methodology captured qualitative and quantitative input from four distinct populations who use veterinary monographs: veterinary practitioners, educators, researchers, and librarians. Data were collected and compiled to determine core and essential lists that represented all groups. Unfortunately, data are not available for all subareas of veterinary medicine, resulting in uneven subject coverage. This methodology can be replicated and adapted for other subject areas.
Choosing the right citation management tool: EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, or Zotero
Authors: Ivey Camille , Crum Janet
Published: July 2018

There are now many bibliographic management packages available and many factors to consider when choosing the product that best meets the needs of the individual user or institution. Popular tools include RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley.
Looking inside ourselves: a culture of kindness
Authors: Sollenberger Julia
Published: July 2018

Looking inside ourselves—being present and attentive to our own and others’ words and feelings—helps us communicate and interact with a mindful, open heart. Mindfulness and patient-centeredness help caregivers provide higher quality care. Historical background on a predecessor of mindfulness—the biopsychosocial model of health and disease, developed at the University of Rochester—provides context for the mindfulness “movement” in health care. A culture of mindfulness, supported by mindfulness and meditation training for physicians and other health care providers, helps practitioners show greater compassion, kindness, and humanity, all qualities that patients need and deserve. In the health care world, many organizations have been created that focus on aspects of mindfulness. Some have a more clinical emphasis and others focus on behavioral or neuroscience research as it relates to meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and kindness. Mindfulness is also being taught in business schools and corporations. Leaders who approach their teams with respect, integrity, honesty, and kindness are more effective leaders. Organizations like Google, Nike, and Aetna, among others, use the concept of mindfulness, as well as emotional and social intelligence, to build interpersonal competencies and create more people-centered workplaces. As medical libraries live in the health care environment and medical library leaders are key to libraries’ present and future, there are strong reasons to address the concepts of mindfulness and kindness and put them to work in the medical library workplaces. A mindfulness meditation exercise closes the lecture, sending the attendees out into their day with calm and open minds and hearts. A transcript of the lecture and accompanying slides are available in the supplementary materials.
Trends in integrated land use/transport modeling: An evaluation of the state of the art
Authors: Moeckel Rolf , Llorca Garcia Carlos , Moreno Chou Ana Tsui , Okrah Matthew Bediako
Published: July 2018

Integrated land-use/transport models have five decades of history of both widely recognized successful implementations and implementations that remained far behind their originally stated goals. This paper summarizes the state of the art of integrated land-use/transport modeling and reports on findings from the Symposium for the Integration of Land-Use and Transport Models in Raitenhaslach, which is near Munich, in 2016. From these sources, the paper identifies major challenges in integrated land-use/transport modeling and proposes paths that support successful implementations. Particular attention is given to the coordination of short- and long-term decisions, the technical integration of models, microscopic versus macroscopic frameworks and appropriate levels of model complexity. The paper concludes with five themes that require further research to ensure that integrated land-use/transport models will keep up with modeling needs in the future.
Eutrophication and effects of algal bloom in the south–western part of the Curonian Lagoon alongside the Curonian Spit
Authors: Aleksandrov Sergey , Krek Aleksander , Bubnova Ekaterina , Danchenkov Aleksandr
Published: July 2018

The Curonian Lagoon is the largest coastal lagoon of the Baltic Sea. The Curonian Lagoon is a hypereutrophic water body beset with two major problems: eutrophication and algal blooms. Biological and chemical data for the study of water eutrophication and algal blooms were collected from 4 sampling points in the coastal and off-shore areas at distances of 1 km and 4–5 km from the Curonian Spit during the period from April 2007 to November 2016. The ratio of mineral nitrogen/phosphorus forms created conditions for regular Cyanobacteria hyperblooms during the summer and early autumn. Such blooms are followed by an increase in the concentration of ammonia nitrogen, pH and BOD5, their values exceeding the threshold limits for fishery water reservoirs. A distinct peak of chlorophyll a concentration was observed in the period of freshwater Cyanobacteria hyperbloom from July to September or October. During the “hyperbloom” of Cyanobacteria, their accumulation and decomposition, which was caused by a constant wind direction, also led to the local oxygen deficit and fish mortality in the coastal zone. Chlorophyll a concentration was always at the level of intensive bloom (10–100 μg/l) and over the period of 6 years (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016) it reached the hyperbloom state (above 100 μg/l). Water temperature appeared to be one of the key factors determining seasonal and long–term variability in phytoplankton abundance and, therefore, the level of eutrophication in the Curonian Lagoon.
Los cambios en las concepciones sobre evaluación en ciencias de futuros maestros de Primaria
Authors: López-Lozano Lidia , Solís Emilio , Fernández-Arroyo Jorge
Published: July 2018

En este trabajo se describe y analiza el cambio en las concepciones sobre la evaluación en Ciencias de la Naturaleza que experimentan estudiantes del Grado de Maestro de Educación Primaria en la Universidad de Sevilla, que participaron en un curso de formación inicial para aprender a enseñar ciencias en Primaria. Los 347 participantes se organizaron en 92 equipos distribuidos en cinco aulas dirigidas por cinco formadores distintos que compartían el mismo programa formativo. Se analizan las producciones escritas de evaluación elaboradas por estos equipos al inicio y al final del curso. Los resultados revelan que, mayoritariamente, hay un cambio en su conocimiento de la evaluación en las tres categorías estudiadas (sentido, instrumentos y contenido de la evaluación), aunque no se logra un predominio del enfoque formativo de la misma. Describimos los diferentes niveles de progresión sobre la evaluación que pueden servir de referencia en la formación inicial.
La competencia comunicativa en el grado de maestro de infantil y primaria. Una propuesta de criterios de desempeño como instrumento para su análisis y evaluación
Authors: Neira-Piñeiro María del Rosario , Sierra-Arizmendiarrieta Beatriz , Pérez-Ferra Miguel
Published: July 2018

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar una propuesta de estructura de la competencia comunicativa, adaptada a los estudios de Grado de Infantil y Primaria. Tras revisar las investigaciones recientes sobre competencia comunicativa en la educación superior, se destacan las que se han estimado más relevantes. Se parte de la distinción entre tres funciones básicas de la competencia comunicativa, siguiendo las orientaciones del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas (MCERL): competencia lingüística, socio-lingüística y pragmática. Empleando una metodología analítico-deductiva y funcional, se ha analizado la competencia comunicativa desde su definición más general hasta llegar a un conjunto de acciones fácilmente identificables. Así, se han establecido cuatro niveles: funciones básicas, unidades de competencia, descriptores y criterios de desempeño. Éstos se han recogido en tres cuadros que permiten orientar acciones de formación y aprendizaje para facilitar el desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa, su análisis y evaluación.
What's queer about Internet studies now?
Authors: Gieseking Jen Jack , Lingel Jessa , Cockayne Daniel
Published: July 2018

Queerness owes much to the past, a past we can see playing out again and again in physical and online spaces. More than seeing the Internet as a tool for LGBTQ activism alone, our collective dialogue asks: what’s queer about the Internet? The interventions by queer theory and LGBTQ studies into Internet studies begets a new turn of phrase and a renewed queer studies in a terrain that queers have always made their own, i.e., online: Queer Internet Studies (QIS). The proceedings for the Queer Internet Studies Symposium 2 (QIS2) in Philadelphia in 2017 and the papers inspired from that gathering make up the heart of this collection. We also include a recommended reading list of sources that have inspired us in QIS. We planned the symposium and special issue without a prediction of what participants would say or do, and we were (and remain) shocked and encouraged by the excitement for making and sharing a space with, for, and about queerness. In its practice, QIS is a radical, fluid practice and project that remains porous still, even in the naming that we grant it here.
Idealization and the Agents of Change
Authors: Boucher David
Published: July 2018

Lawrence Hamilton's Are South Africans Free and Freedom Is Power address the question of the relationship between political practice and political theory. The former does so explicitly, and the latter less directly, in relation to twenty years of South African liberation from apartheid. This article begins by reconceptualizing Hamilton's problem and solution in terms of the gulf that exists between the space of experience and the horizon of expectation. It then suggests that the author engages in “idealization” rather than “abstraction,” in Onora O'Neill's sense of the terms, by privileging and distorting aspects of Machiavelli, and dismissing rights and common-good-based arguments in the justification of social change. My contention is that Hamilton's argument relies on a conception of the common good which requires a theory of rights to sustain it. Finally, the argument does not identify the agents of change, nor acknowledge the difficulty of reshaping institutions de novo.
Freedom in the Decolonizing Republic
Authors: Hamilton Lawrence
Published: July 2018

In this article I show how and why Freedom Is Power (FIP) is a work concerned with the decolonizing context of South Africa and the Global South, and what follows from this. I argue that the ongoing process of decolonization, that is, real liberation and empowerment, requires a realist view of freedom as power through representation. I focus on the idea of the republic and democratic institutions; and the question of how to bring about national and global political change. I thereby clarify what is distinct about and necessary for the decolonizing democratic republic and highlight why FIP is both an act of resistance and reconstruction.
A nomenclatura das escolas públicas estaduais de Curitiba-PR: um estudo sobre genealogia e dominação simbólica
Authors: Podlasek Luciana
Published: July 2018

Em Curitiba-PR existem atualmente 161 escolas públicas estaduais regulares de ensino básico, que atendem estudantes de variadas origens sociais. A formação dessa rede de ensino faz parte do processo histórico brasileiro, em que as demandas pela escolarização pública passaram a ser uma das grandes pautas das conquistas sociais, principalmente para as classes populares. A escola, a começar pela definição de seu nome, seria o espaço de reafirmação simbólica da superioridade intelectual e moral dos tradicionais grupos que dominam a política paranaense. Para o jovem periférico que adentra esse espaço, seria uma advertência sobre o papel subalterno que é imposto, para ele e para sua classe, no meio social. Nesse raciocínio, a partir de referenciais classistas, interesses políticos e princípios de dominação simbólica, torna-se viável a realização de estudos genealógicos e prosopográficos da nomenclatura das escolas públicas estaduais da capital paranaense.
A atividade legislativa municipal e sua efetividade
Authors: Torrens Antonio Carlos
Published: July 2018

As atividades legislativas organizadas dentro do arcabouço institucional do parlamento municipal de Curitiba-PR são inúmeras, impulsionadas não apenas pela necessidade de solução de demandas da população, mas são importantes elementos da conexão e das trocas que se estabelecem entre os representantes políticos, os representantes e o poder executivo. Os requerimentos, as indicações, os projetos de lei, as homenagens, cada tipo de ação parlamentar é provocada por diferentes ambições. Cada uma delas traz o seu significado e todas elas são necessárias à performance parlamentar. Por outro lado, os vereadores carecem de participação nas Audiências e Consultas Públicas e outros mecanismos de aprimoramento constitucional que possibilita a sociedade organizada opinar e alterar a discussão e encaminhamento das políticas públicas, principalmente no que se refere à construção do Orçamento Público Municipal. Os vereadores desenvolvem laços mais duradouros que trocas eleitorais em sua prática corriqueira, estabelecendo que se denomina conexão político-representativa, mas não desenvolvem participação efetiva nas grandes questões que realmente conduzem e definem a feição da administração pública municipal.
A Construção do 20 de Novembro: identidade Negra e afirmação na cidade de todas as gentes
Authors: Barbosa Marco Aurélio
Published: July 2018

O seguinte artigo intitulado, “A Construção do 20 de Novembro: identidade Negra e afirmação na cidade de todas as gentes”, centrar-se no debate que envolve a “negociação” em torno da construção do feriado do Dia da Consciência Negra em Curitiba. Desta feita, o trabalho tem como foco os debates ocorridos na Câmara Municipal de Curitiba, agentes ligados a interesses econômicos da cidade, notadamente, a Associação Comercial do Paraná (ACP) e Sindicato da Construção Civil do Paraná (SINDUSCOM-Pr) e os representantes do Movimento Negro em torno da questão. A abordagem leva tem em conta a altercação resultante da  interdição do feriado, a ser comemorado pela primeira vez no ano de 2013. Interdição esta provocada pela ACP e SINDUSCOM-Pr, por medida judicial que levou a suspensão da comemoração, gerando revolta por parte do Movimento Negro e representantes da Câmara Municipal de Curitiba. Deste modo, o trabalho procura analisar de modo empírico os debates em torno desta questão, tendo em perspectiva os fatos anteriores ao eventos ocorridos em 2013 e seus desdobramentos até o ano de 2017, quando a disputa pelo feriado passa a ser discutida na Assembleia Legislativa do Paraná (ALEP). Cabe perguntar se houve alguma mudança em relação ao quadro apresentado em 2013? Se sim, quais? O que de fato está em disputa, quando leva em questão os interesses dos grupos envolvidos? Quais estratégias de afirmação adotadas pelo Movimento Negro na tentativa de se afirmar perante os outros grupos e deste modo conseguir a implementação do feriado?
ESTRUTURAS DE PARENTENSCO DOS MINISTROS DO TRIBUNAL DE CONTAS DA UNIÃO (TCU)
Authors: Pereira Fernando Marcelino
Published: July 2018

Esta pesquisa compreende uma análise prosopográfica dos nove atuais ministros do Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU). O propósito desta prosopografia é dar sentido à ação política dos Ministros do TCU e compreender a “força coesiva do grupo” pelas opções, relações, posicionamento, filiações econômicas e políticas dos seus membros. Ao traçar uma radiografia deste grupo social, por meio de sua biografia coletiva e da construção de seu perfil, será possível encontrar as raízes sociais de suas ações. O universo estudado se refere aos ministros titulares em 2017.
A “BANCADA DA FAMÍLIA”: UMA ANÁLISE DO POSICIONAMENTO EM VOTAÇÕES NA CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS ENTRE 2016 E 2018
Authors: Oliveira Bruno Correa
Published: July 2018

Neste artigo, investigamos relações entre Deputados Federais vinculados às famílias políticas e votações representativas na Câmara dos Deputados. Este trabalho consiste na apresentação do resultado parcial da coleta e análise de dados feitas durante o projeto de iniciação cientifica em que participo como bolsista. Utilizamos em grande parte, dados levantados e publicados pela Revista Congresso em Foco – com participação do Núcleo de Estudos Paranaenses – UFPR – que indicou o número de 319 deputados (62% da totalidade dos deputados) possuindo algum tipo de relação de parentesco com outros políticos. Um número bastante expressivo, demonstrando que o capital político-familiar continua sendo fator importante na política brasileira, bem como as redes de relações sociais e políticas nas quais eles se inserem na Câmara dos Deputados. A metodologia consiste no mapeamento da posição de cada um destes 319 deputados em votações específicas na Câmara durante o período de 2016 a 2018. Portanto, temos como objetivo exploratório fornecer dados objetivos sobre a participação política destes deputados em votações, buscando constatar de que maneira a “bancada da família” se alinha com determinadas pautas políticas e se distancia de outras. Quanto aos resultados, observando o posicionamento geral da “bancada da família” podemos verificar que há um alinhamento deste grupo com os interesses do governo Temer e que tiveram peso significativo na aprovação do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff.
TRAÇOS GENEALÓGICOS NAS DENÚNCIAS DE CORRUPÇÃO NO SEGUNDO GOVERNO BETO RICHA (2014-2018)
Authors: Pereira Fernando Marcelino
Published: July 2018

Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar traços familiares das principais denúncias de corrupção conflagradas no segundo governo Beto Richa (PSDB): Operação Voldemort e Publicano em 2015, Operação Quadro Negro em 2016, inquérito apontando irregularidades no Porto de Paranaguá e denúncias da Odebrecht em 2017 e a Operação Lava Jato no início de 2018. Em todos os casos averigua-se a ação do governo Richa, onde família, amigos, compadres, negócios e o governo se unem formando redes de interesses e corrupção.
CAMPOS, Pedro Henrique Pedreira; BRANDÃO, Rafael Vaz da Motta. Os Donos do Capital: A trajetória das principais famílias empresariais do capitalismo brasileiro
Authors: Estevinho Glória
Published: July 2018

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Exploring the link between a theory of mind and executive functions in preschool children
Authors: Memisevic Haris , Biscevic Inga , Pasalic Arnela
Published: July 2018

Acquisition of the theory of mind (TOM) is a very important milestone in the development of preschool children. TOM is especially important for the development of children’s social skills. The goal of the present study was to examine the effects of age, gender and executive functions (EF) on the acquisition of TOM.

The sample in this study consisted of 116 preschool children aged 36-72 months (mean age 58.8 months, SD= 9.5 months). In relation to the child’s gender, there were 56 girls (48.3%) and 60 boys (51.7%). The Sally Anne test- a task purporting to measure TOM, was used as a dependant variable and age, gender, and EF measures were used as the predictors. Logistic regression was used as a method to determine the effects of predictors on TOM.

The results of this study indicated that success on the TOM test can best be predicted by the inhibitory control, followed by verbal fluency and child’s age. The gender of the child was not associated with TOM acquisition. The overall model explained between 27% and 38% of the variance in the TOM scores.

Inhibitory control is the executive function that had the greatest predictive power for the results on the theory of the mind task. The findings of this study can help early interventionists in the modification of existing preschool curricula, so that they include more activities that would foster the development of the theory of mind in preschool children. Future studies should aim to find a better model of theory of mind predictors by examining the effects of other executive function constructs, such as working memory.
Studies on the Melt Spinning Process of Square 8-hole Hollow Polyester Fibre
Authors: Feng Pei , Feng Pei , Pan Jun , Ma Qihua , Yang Chongchang , Yang Chongchang
Published: July 2018

In this paper, the shape of the spinneret capillary was discussed, and optimized spinneret capillaries were successfully processed by a computer numerical control processing method which takes a C-shape silver electrode as the basic unit. Based on the optimised spinning process, a new type of square 8-hole hollow PET fibre was prepared by the experimental method.
Evaluation of Cotton Fibre Properties in Compact Yarn Spinning Processes and Investigation of Fibre and Yarn Properties
Authors: Günaydin Gizem Karakan , Soydan Ali Serkan , Palamutçu Sema
Published: July 2018

Fibre properties are influential factors for yarn properties. Cotton, whose physical properties vary depending on the cultivation region, is still a very common fibre used in the textile industry. Properties such as fibre length, fineness, strength and maturity affect yarn tensility, evenness, imperfections and hairiness. Four different 100% cotton blends were used as raw material (American cotton, Aegean cotton, Urfa cotton, Greek cotton) to be converted into 20 tex compact yarns separately. HVI parameters of each blend type starting from the bale until the 2nd drawing passage machine revealed that yarn processing stages and machinery are influential factors for fibre the properties of fibres that are produced on a spinning line. Additionally ANOVA tests supported the idea that the evenness, tensility, yarn imperfections, and hairiness parameter of yarns produced from various cotton blends were statistically different. Principal Component Analyses (PCA) and the Correlation Matrix were also applied in order to analyse the relationship between fibre properties and compact yarn properties of different blends.
Brain death in cultural context – an outline of the issue
Authors: Wójcik Bogusław
Published: July 2018

Half a century after the introduction criteria of brain death by the Harvard Ad HocCommitteeonBrainDeath, the discussions on their methodological consistency, biological adequacy and medical legitimacy do not cease. On the one hand, the appearance of these criteria solved, some of the ethical dilemmas caused by medical advances and technological progress, with the other hand, common beliefs about the phenomenon of death have no changed. For these reasons growing in importance opinions indicating a need to revise the guidelines, which enabled the introduction of these criteria, or return to the previous status quo. In this article I justified that uncritical acceptance, that every scientific concept can be defined only in terms of a set of empirical operations would be manifestation of naive realism.But it would be equally naive to reject beliefs, that death is a biological fact, that can be studied, described and modeled according to modern scientific standards.
Marginal mandibular nerve injury during neck dissection of level IIa, and the influence of different types of dissection: diathermy versus cold knife
Authors: Larruscain-Sarasola Ekhiñe , González-García Jose , Altuna Mariezcurrena Xabier , Thomas Arrizabalaga Izaskun , Sistiaga Suárez Jon , Chiesa Estomba Carlos
Published: July 2018

Introduction: Post-operative injury of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve is consider a complication in neck dissection and can be related to different factors including traction, devascularisation or the conduction block due to diathermy.
Material and Methods: Prospective, crossover study including patients treated bilateral selective neck dissection of level IIa during a 12 months-period, was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the Hayes-Martin manoeuvre to prevent nerve injury during the use of cold or monopolar diathermy dissection.
Results: 20 patients met the inclusion criteria (40 neck dissections). Just one case of a right temporal MMN weakness in the post-operative period was observed (1/40 = 2,5%). There were no cases of permanent marginal mandibular nerve weakness using the Hayes-Martin manoeuvre
Conclusion: The Hayes-Martin manoeuvre is a safe way to preserve MMN during neck dissection of level IIa, regardless of the type of dissection.
Koncepcja polonizacji pocisków rakietowych kalibru 2,75"
Authors: DOBRZYŃSKI Paweł , LIPSKI Stanisław , MACHOWSKI Bogdan , OLSZEWSKI Tomasz
Published: July 2018

Artykuł porusza problematykę możliwości zwiększenia potencjału polskiego przemysłu zbrojeniowego oraz zwiększenia możliwości oddziaływania ogniowego na przeciwnika przez wszystkie rodzaje formacji Sił Zbrojnych RP - dzięki opracowaniu i produkcji w Polsce kierowanych i niekierowanych pocisków rakietowych kalibru 2,75" (70 mm). W artykule przedstawiono główne kierunki prac badawczo-rozwojowych związanych z rozwojem technologii zapewniających uzyskanie pożądanych wymagań taktyczno-technicznych dla pocisków rakietowych tego typu. Przedstawiono także przykładowe wyniki symulacji związanych z pracami przygotowawczymi do realizacji projektu.
Human bronchial epithelial cells as a good control for evaluation potential therapeutic Notch signaling in non-small cell lung cancer
Authors: Pancewicz J. , Bernatowicz P.L. , Golec P.
Published: July 2018

Purpose: Notch signaling is often deregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but little is known about the initial endogenous mRNA status of Notch ligands and receptors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate expression level of NOTCH1 receptor and Notch ligands, such as delta like ligands (DLL1, DLL3, DLL4), and jagged ligands (JAG1, JAG2), as well as target gene-hes family bHLH transcription factor 1 (HES1) in diverse NSCLC cell lines.
Materials and Methods: We have investigated the mRNA expression of chosen genes by using quantitative real time method (RT-PCR). We compared the results from NSCLC cells with results obtained in non-cancerous human bronchial epithelial cells (HBEpC). We also measured NOTCH1 expression in A549 cells, before and after treatment with γ-secretase inhibitor (GSI).
Results: The expression level of NOTCH1, HES1, JAG1 and JAG2 was downregulated when compared to HBEpC. The expression of Notch ligand DLL1 was lower in all cancer cell lines, but mRNA level of DLL3 was elevated in H1299 and A549 cells when related to HBEpC. The mRNA level of DLL4 was higher in H520 and in A549 cell lines. Moreover, the mRNA level of NOTCH1 dropped down after GSI treatment, in addition A549 cells proliferated slower after drug implementation.
Conclusions: We conclude that non-cancerous HBEpC cells could serve as a good control for Notch mRNAs expression analysis in NSCLC. Moreover, GSI-treated cells could inhibit proliferation through suppressing NOTCH1 in A549 cells.
The influence of age on the body posture of women
Authors: Jankowicz-Szymańska Aganieszka , Bibro Marta A. , Wódka Katarzyna , Smoła Eliza
Published: July 2018

Introduction and aim of the study: The body posture, which is one of the determinants of health and functional efficiency, changes depending on gender, age and psychophysical condition. Defining a pattern of correct posture is extremely difficult as it is a highly individualised feature. The aim of this paper was to compare the body posture of women in three periods of ontogenesis: girls in puberty, young adult women and women in the geriatric age.
Material and methods: 150 women were examined: 50 12-year-old pupils, 50 20-22-year-old students and 50 women aged 60-84. Their height and weight were measured, BMI calculated and the status of body weight determined as normal, overweight or obese. The Zebris Pointer ultrasound system analyzed the position of the spine in the sagittal and frontal plane, the symmetry of the shoulders and pelvis in the frontal plane, and the balance of the torso in the sagittal and frontal plane. The results were developed with the Statistica programme. Basic descriptive statistics, multiplicity tables, Shapiro-Wilk test (study of normality of distribution) and Kruskal-Wallis test (inter-group comparison) were used. Differences between groups were assumed to be significant when p<0.05.
Results: Age significantly differentiated the BMI index of the surveyed. Overweight and obesity was more prevalent in the oldest age group. The size of thoracic kyphosis expressed in degrees was similar in all the surveyed, although hypokyphosis was observed more frequently in the female pupils and hyperkyphosis in the female students. Lumbar lordosis was significantly higher in the students when compared to the other groups. Hypolordosis was most common in the seniors. The students and seniors also differed in terms of the balance of the torso in the sagittal plane. Excessive backward inclination was diagnosed in 42% of the students (total backward shift of the centre of gravity of the human body), which was twice as rare in the female students and four times as rare in the seniors. Asymmetric position of the right and left shoulder and hip girdles was common in every group of the women surveyed. Side bendings of the spine were most often observed in the female pupils, and least frequently in the seniors. Left-sided bendings were more frequent than right-sided ones.
Conclusions: The age of women affects the position of the torso more in the sagittal plane than in the frontal one. The size of lumbar lordosis is an element of the body posture most significantly differentiating women between 12 and 84 years of age. Hyperlordosis is more characteristic of young adult women, whereas hypolordosis of seniors. Hyperkyphosis is most common in female students while hypokyphosis in adolescent girls.
REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND TASKS OF SAFETY ADVISERS
Authors: Mirowski Zbigniew
Published: July 2018

The paper dwells on qualifications and obligations needed for persons responsible for transportation, packing, loading, filling or unloading of goods, concerning especially the importance and tasks of advisers on transportation safety of dangerous goods. Many factors influence the safe and smooth transport of dangerous articles. Regulations specify only general requirements for preparing documentation of shipment and marking the vehicle for carriage. The paper describes some faults which happen most often with documentation, marking, equipment and accessories of vehicles. The paper deals mainly with the road transport.
The usefulness of the virtual patient program in the nursing care of patients with anaphylactic shock – case report
Authors: Więch P. , Rozborska P. , Bazaliński D. , Sałacińska I. , Januszewicz P.
Published: July 2018

Anaphylactic shock is a life-threatening condition characterized by a severe and rapid course causing disorders in the digestive, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The paper presents a virtual patient program. It allows to analyze each phase of the shock safely, which is often impossible in the real situation due to the fast and progressive course. Right actions and proper patterns of care by nursing staff will help to reduce the risk of death and increase the quality of care.
EVALUATION OF ORDNANCE EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY ON THE BASIS OF ROCKET SYSTEM „HOMAR”
Authors: Figurski Jan , Fonrobert Piotr
Published: July 2018

The paper deals with a concept of evaluation of ordnance operational reliability by analysing a functional-dependability structure of HOMAR rocket system with its functional trainer. A series structure of reliability evaluation process is used for the rocket system as its distinguishable structures are directly dependable on each other. Acceptance of the series structure allowed the identification of functions for system reliability and the intensity of not executed tasks, which were confirmed by the functional trainer of the rocket system accounting the functionality of particular executive subsystems.
A manifestation of sarcoidosis in the neck region
Authors: Rzepakowska Anna , Stańska Karolina , Osuch_Wójcikiewicz Ewa , Majszyk Daniel , Niemczyk Kazimierz
Published: July 2018

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology. It is characterized by a formation of lumps known as noncaseating granulomas, which are not affected by necrosis. Typical collections of inflammatory cells may be found in any organ tissues but mainly in the lungs, skin or lymph nodes. Head and neck organs involvement is rare, although sarcoidosis can be found in lymph nodes, salivary glands, larynx, and sinuses. A search was performed based on medical records of patients admitted to the Department of Otolaryngology within four previous years. We analyzed two cases of sarcoidosis of salivary glands (parotid and submandibular), two cases of larynx involvement and one case of lymphadenopathy due to sarcoidosis. Patients (4 women and 1 man), age range 26-76 years old, were directed to the Otolaryngology Department with neck lymphadenopathy or a suspicion of a neoplastic tumor of salivary gland or larynx. Only one patient had the previous diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Preoperative diagnostic procedures such as ultrasonography, biopsy, chest radiography did not suggest sarcoidosis on the initial assessment of other patients. Surgical removal of the pathological findings and histopathological examination confirmed extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. The computed tomography of lungs confirmed coexisting pulmonary sarcoidosis in only one patient.
Europe and Islam
Authors: Kreiman Yotam
Published: July 2018

Jones, Erik; van Genigten Saskia (2016). Europe and Islam. New York: Routledge, 120 pages.
Akceptace právní osobnosti v případě umělé inteligence
Authors: Zibner Jan
Published: July 2018

Umělá inteligence je fenoménem prosazujícím se postupně čím dál více v právních vztazích. Ve většinovém chápání je umělá inteligence softwarem s nejrůznějšími schopnostmi, tedy objektem právního vztahu. Sílí však debaty nad tím, zda by umělá inteligence nemohla být subjektem právního vztahu. Poukazuje se na to, že umělá inteligence je schopna autonomně tvořit, učit se, řídit vozidla, ale je též je schopna získat trvalé bydliště, státní občanství, a dokonce sama sebe reprodukovat. Nicméně k tomu, aby umělá inteligence mohla být subjektem právního vztahu, je třeba jí přiznat právní osobnost jako základní právní status. Jen tak může být obdobně jako právnická osoba coby autonomní výtvor práva pasivním nositelem práv a může se s ní operovat v dalších fázích zkoumání při přiznávání autorství či trestní odpovědnosti.Příspěvek si proto klade za cíl analyzovat podmínky přiznání právní osobnosti umělé inteligenci včetně důsledků z toho plynoucích. V úvodu příspěvku autor vymezí dosavadní vývoj na poli tvůrčí umělé inteligence s důrazem na kritickou revizi jejího místa na poli subjektu právního vztahu. Ve druhé části se autor zaměří na analytický rozbor samotného institutu právní osobnosti, jejího historického opodstatnění, podob, včetně nutných aplikačních kritérií pro její přiznání fyzickým a právnickým osobám. Třetí část příspěvku bude věnována relevantní a stěžejní tuzemské a zahraniční judikatuře na téma právní osobnosti, na což naváže část čtvrtá v podobě úvahy nad použitím případných alternativních modelů v případě umělé inteligence, jako je elektronická osoba, svěřenský fond apod. V závěru bude prostor věnován následkům plynoucím z přiznání právní osobnosti umělé inteligenci se zaměřením na aplikovatelnost předchozích závěrů.
Intervenções de enfermagem nas alterações dos parâmetros clínicos cardiorrespiratórios em pacientes com sepse
Authors: Rosa Randson Souza , Silva Osnan Costa da , Picanço Carina Marinho , Biondo Chrisne Santana , Andrade Diego Micael Barreto , Prado Ivanete Fernandes do
Published: July 2018

Objetivo: refletir acerca das evidências sobre as alterações clínicas cardiorrespiratórias relacionadas à sepse, bem como as principais intervenções de enfermagem na prática clínica. Método: estudo teórico-reflexivo, construído com base no levantamento bibliográfico nas bases de dados LILACS e BDENF, com auxílio da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, utilizando as palavras-chave “sepse”, “cuidados de enfermagem” e “manifestações clínicas” com inter-relação do operador booleano and. Resultados: os estudos trazem descrições da sepse, sinais clínicos, alterações diversas e as principais intervenções de enfermagem. Foram abordadas em especial, as alterações cardiovasculares e respiratórias, pois são fatores determinantes para evolução do quadro séptico. Conclusões: as intervenções multidisciplinares da equipe de saúde têm como objetivo triar os diversos fatores que predispõe o paciente a um quadro séptico. Neste contexto, as intervenções de enfermagem são indispensáveis e deverão atingir resolutividade para a prevenção e correção das alterações clínicas trazidas pela sepse.
De mulheres para mulheres: rede social de apoio às adolescentes grávidas
Authors: Demori Carolina Carbonell , Soares Marilu Correa , Cremonese Luiza , Barreto Camila Nunes
Published: July 2018

Objetivo: compreender as representações sociais de adolescentes grávidas acerca da sua rede social de apoio. Método: trata-se de estudo descritivo qualitativo. O cenário da pesquisa foram sete Unidades Básicas de Saúde da zona urbana de um município no sudoeste do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Participaram 25 adolescentes grávidas, no terceiro trimestre de gestação que realizavam pré-natal. A coleta de dados ocorreu de janeiro a junho de 2016. Utilizou-se como técnica de coleta dos dados um Mapa Mínimo de Relações e a entrevista semiestruturada. Os dados passaram pela análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: a representação social de apoio mais significativa às gestantes foi a figura materna, na sequência outras figuras femininas, como as enfermeiras, amigas, cunhada, irmãs, tias e avó. Considerações Finais: o apoio foi oferecido predominantemente, por mulheres. Este apoio se ancora na atenção e carinhos recebidos. Percebeu-se a baixa representação da figura masculina na gestação das adolescentes.
Linker histone H1FOO regulates the chromatin structure in mouse zygotes
Authors: Funaya Satoshi , Ooga Masatoshi , Suzuki Masataka G. , Aoki Fugaku
Published: July 2018

The chromatin structure in one‐cell‐stage mouse embryos is extremely loose and becomes tighter at the two‐cell stage. As linker histones are involved in higher‐order chromatin structure, we examined the involvement of the linker histone variant H1foo in the change of chromatin looseness between the one‐ and two‐cell stages. H1foo knockdown causes the chromatin structure to be tighter in the pronucleus and increases deposition of the histone H3 variant H3.1/3.2 in the peripheral region of the pronucleus in one‐cell‐stage embryos. The decrease in chromatin looseness at the two‐cell stage is less after overexpressing H1foo. These results suggest that H1foo is involved in the change in chromatin structure via nuclear deposition of H3 variants between the one‐ and two‐cell stages.
A Controlled Carburization Process to Obtain Graphene–Fe3C–Fe Composites
Authors: You Yi , Yoshimura Masamichi , Cholake Sagar , Lee Gwan‐Hyoung , Sahajwalla Veena , Joshi Rakesh
Published: July 2018

Significant progresses have been made toward the understanding of graphene growth on metal substrates via chemical vapor deposition method. Cu and Ni are the most studied catalysts for producing high‐quality graphene. Among the transitional metal group, Fe also has the potential as a substrate for growth of graphene. However, the complexity of phase transformation in Fe and the thermodynamically preferable formation of iron carbide at the ambient temperature limit extensive use of Fe for graphene growth. Herein, the concurrent formation of graphene and Fe3C by optimizing the growth time and cooling rate in graphene growth on Fe substrate is reported. Also, the influence of Fe phases (ferrite and austenite) on the graphene growth is studied. Graphene grain growth on Fe substrate is observed via ultrahigh temperature confocal microscope. The in situ observation confirms that graphene grains are grown around the Fe grain boundaries during the cooling process. The systematic study provides a profound insight into graphene growth on Fe substrate and thus paves a way toward development of graphene‐based steel products for various applications.
Direct Growth of 5 in. Uniform Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Glass for High‐Performance Deep‐Ultraviolet Light‐Emitting Diodes
Authors: Li Qiucheng , Wu Qingqing , Gao Jing , Wei Tongbo , Sun Jingyu , Hong Hao , Dou Zhipeng , Zhang Zhepeng , Rümmeli Mark H. , Gao Peng , Yan Jianchang , Wang Junxi , Li Jinmin , Zhang Yanfeng , Liu Zhongfan
Published: July 2018

The direct coating of 2D hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) on insulating solid glass will endow glass with advanced properties, thus offering killer applications of the new type hybrid of h‐BN glass. However, daunting challenges still remain regarding the direct growth methodology of h‐BN on glass. Herein, a catalyst‐free chemical vapor deposition route for the direct synthesis of 5 in. uniform h‐BN thin films on functional quartz and sapphire glass is developed. The optical transparency, surface wetting, and thermal conductivity of glass are readily tailored by varying the deposited h‐BN thicknesses from monolayer to over 20 layers. Encouragingly, the as‐obtained h‐BN/sapphire glass can serve as a stress‐releasing substrate for the van‐der‐Waals epitaxial growth of AlN functional layers, as well as a thermal conductive template for constructing high‐performance deep‐ultraviolet light‐emitting diodes. This work hereby provides a brand new direction for the application of h‐BN glass in next‐generation solid‐state lighting devices.
Optical Energy Losses in Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes
Authors: Shi Xiao‐Bo , Liu Yuan , Yuan Zhongcheng , Liu Xiao‐Ke , Miao Yanfeng , Wang Jianpu , Lenk Simone , Reineke Sebastian , Gao Feng
Published: July 2018

Light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) based on organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites, in particular, 3D and quasi‐2D ones, are in the fast development and their external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) have exceeded 10%, making them competitive candidates toward large‐area and low‐cost light‐emitting applications allowing printing techniques. Similar to other LED categories, light out‐coupling efficiency is an important parameter determining the EQE of perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs), which, however, is scarcely studied, limiting further efficiency improvement and understanding of PeLEDs. In this work, for the first time, optical energy losses in PeLEDs are investigated through systematic optical simulations, which reveal that the 3D and quasi‐2D PeLEDs can achieve theoretically maximum EQEs of ≈25% and ≈20%, respectively, in spite of their high refractive indices. These results are consistent with the reported experimental data. This work presents primary understanding of the optical energy losses in PeLEDs and will spur new developments in the aspects of device engineering and light extraction techniques to boost the EQEs of PeLEDs.