bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality in Development Process for Software Factories According to ISO 15504
Authors: Domínguez Kenyer , Pérez María , Mendoza Luis E. , Grimán Anna
Published: October 2018

Currently the concept of Software Factories (SF), where reuse plays a leading role, is being adopted. Due to the different approaches in this area, and although SF concept is not new in Software Engineering, it is still not mature enough to clearly identify the treatment of certain variables within the process. One of these variables is Quality. Therefore, this paper presents a historical review of the SF concept, proposes an ontology based on the most recent definitions and establishes a relationship between these concepts and the ISO 15504 standard, with the purpose of specifying the systemic quality in software developer companies that decide to implement an SF strategy.
Resistance factors in software processes improvement
Authors: Brietzke Josiane , Rabelo Abraham
Published: October 2018

Several companies have been carrying out software processes improvement projects. However, some of them give up before the project ends and others take much longer than expected to get it accomplished. This way, identifying the resistance factors that influence the implementation of such projects might serve as a reference to professionals in this area on the one hand, and help to manage future projects on the other, throught the use of priventive actions that either lessen or eliminate the resistance factors' consequences. For this matter, this article presents a survey with 36 professionals involved in initiatives of software prosses improvement in 18 companies in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
An ACO algorithm for image compression
Authors: Martinez Cristian
Published: October 2018

This paper is an application of Ant Colony Metaheuristic (ACO) to the problem of image fractal compression using IFS. An ACO hybrid algorithm is proposed for image fractal compression and the results obtained are shown. According to the tests carried out, the proposed algorithm offers images with similar quality to that obtained with a deterministic method, in about 34% less time.
Integrity Constraint Checking in Distributed Nested Transactions over a Database Cluster
Authors: Gançarski Stephane , León Claudia , Naacke Hubert , Rukoz Marta , Santini Pablo
Published: October 2018

This paper presents a solution to check referential integrity constraints and conjunctive global constraints in a relational multi database system. It also presents the experimental results obtained by implementing this solution over a PC cluster with Oracle9i DBMS.

The goal of those experimentations is to measure the time spent to check global constraints in a distributed systems. The results show that the overhead induced by our distributed constraint checking is reduced by 50% compared to a centralized checking of constraints.
JADIMA: Virtual Machine Architecture for building JAVA Applications on Grid Platforms
Authors: Cardinale Yudith C , Blanco Eduardo A , Oliveira Jesus
Published: October 2018

This paper describes JADIMA (Java Distributed Machine), a collabora- tive platform to construct high performance distributed JAVA applications. JADIMA is a system that automatically manages the remote libraries used in a JAVA application. JADIMA takes the advantages of portability, modular- ity, flexibility and object oriented model of JAVA, while incorporating well known techniques of communication and security. The result is a simple and efficient distributed environment upon which applications and data are eas- ily shared and highly portable amongst heterogeneous platforms and multi- ple users. JADIMA allows compilation and execution of JAVA applications which use distributed libraries, without the need of keeping them either in the developer or the user hosts. To illustrate the functionality and characteristics of JADIMA, we show examples of constructing real applications with several levels of library package dependencies in distributed environments.
A Stochastic Concurrent Constraint Based Framework to Model and Verify Biological Systems
Authors: Olarte Carlos , Rueda Camilo
Published: October 2018

Abstract

Concurrent process calculi are powerful formalisms for modelling concurrent systems. The mathematical style underlying process cal- culi allow to both model and verify properties of a system, thus pro- viding a concrete design methodology for complex systems. ntcc , a constraints-based calculus for modeling temporal non-deterministic and asynchronous behaviour of processes has been proposed recently. Process interactions in ntcc can be determined by partial informa- tion (i.e. constraints) accumulated in a global store. ntcc has also an associated temporal logic with a proof system that can be conve- niently used to formally verify temporal properties of processes. We are interested in using ntcc to model the activity of genes in biological systems. In order to account for issues such as the basal rate of re- actions or binding affinities of molecular components, we believe that stochastic features must be added to the calculus. In this paper we propose an extension of ntcc with various stochastic constructs. We describe the syntax and semantics of this extension together with the new temporal logic and proof system associated with it. We show the relevance of the added features by modelling a non trivial biological system: the gene expression mechanisms of the λ virus. We argue that this model is both more elaborate and compact than the stochastic πcalculus model proposed recently for the same system.
A framework for performance evaluation of parallel applications on the Grid
Authors: Figueira Carlos , Hernandez Emilio , Blanco Eduardo
Published: October 2018

Performance evaluation of applications running on a Grid is a challenging task. Grid’s resources are heterogeneous in nature, often shared, and dynamic, all of which have important implications on the performance of an application executing on the Grid. For instance, applications performance will suffer from perturbation induced by external load on the network or computational nodes. Also, re- sources allocated to applications may vary between different executions. In this paper, we propose a simple framework that takes into account these factors to allow users to gain knowledge of fundamental performance characteristics of their parallel applications. This framework was incorporated in SUMA, a Grid-enabled platform for the execution of scientific applications in Java. We show some results of the utilization of this framework, which was tested by analyzing and tuning a parallel application.
A semantics for while with break, continue and goto
Authors: Peratto Patricia
Published: October 2018

This work presents a formal description of a subset of a C-likelanguage in the form of an operational semantics. We give semantics to the following statements (presented in alphabetical order) : assig- nation, break, composition, continue, goto, if, skip and while. The semantics is given by an abstract machine composed by an stack, two counters and three functions. We prove some expected properties of the semantics.
About the Performance of SQLf Evaluation Mechanisms
Authors: López Yosmar , Tineo Leonid
Published: October 2018

In order to make more flexible database access the query language SQLf has been previously proposed. One of the SQLf features is the use of Fuzzy Quantifiers in Having Clause. For this kind of query, three evaluation mechanisms have been proposed: the Naïve, the Sugeno Integral Heuristics based and the Alfa-cut Derivation based. We present in this paper a formal performance study of these three mechanisms. This study has been made using a SQLf prototype build on top of a RDBMS.
A Single-Version Algorithmic Approach to Fault Tolerant Computing Using Static Redundancy
Authors: Kumar Saha Goutam
Published: October 2018

This paper describes a single-version algorithmic approach to design in fault tolerant computing in various computing systems by using static redundancy in order to mask transient bit errors in processor-memory and registers. This low-cost single-version scheme relies on a time redundancy approach. This software scheme does not intend to tolerate software design bugs. Instead of using multiple and independent versions of an application program, this single-version approach uses multiple copies of an application program. This low-cost approach is useful to tolerate various malicious code modifications and transient-faults during the run time of a computing application system without incurring any additional cost for extra hardware and extra software versions as an N-version programming scheme (NVP) or a Recovery block scheme (RBS). This proposed model is a practical and usable one that demands an affordable redundancy in time and space. The proposed scheme is capable of tolerating various operational faults that might occur during the execution time of an application.
Penerjemahan sebagai Media Pekabaran Injil Middelkoop Ditinjau dari Perspektif Hermeneutika Hans Georg Gadamer
Authors: Nenohai Jear Niklas Dominggus Karniatu
Published: October 2018

This is paper is a hermeneutical approach to Peter Middelkoop’s Bible translation in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara. By way of Gadamer’s hermeneutical thought, the author deduced that evangelism is always impacting either the mission activities or the site of mission. Since any achievement of evangelism, which implicated the local languages is not a sole accomplishment of mission institutions, such as Netherland Zending Genotschaf (NZG), but an outcome of the engagement between the missionaries and the existing culture.
Ketuhanan yang BerkebudayaanKetuhanan yang Berkebudayaan: Memahami Pancasila sebagai Model Interkulturalitas
Authors: Pattipeilohy Stella Yessy Exlentya
Published: October 2018

Interculturality is the awareness of cultural diversity in a communication in which all parties intend to communicate effectively with one another. This study considers the potential of the first sila of Pancasila as a healthy interculturality by virtue of its open concept of divinity, namely “cultured divinity”. The finding is that the first sila of Pancasila can be defi ned as an open and active intercultural hermeneutics. The fluidic, accommodative, and open nature of the first sila of Pancasila, makin it possible to values contributed from anywhere, is the advantage of Pancasila that makes it acceptable to anyone living in Indonesia. In the localcontext of Tembilahan, this study captures the interculturality, and retrospectively confirms that the intercultural meeting point constructed in Pancasila has been estabished.
Para Além Dos Gêneros: Herberto Helder
Authors: Paixão Fernando
Published: October 2018

O presente ensaio propõe uma reflexão sobre a questão dos gêneros poéticos híbridos –poema em prosa e prosa poética–, a partir da escrita imaginosa e ousada do escritor português Herberto Helder. Poeta dotado de gosto pela experimentação, em alguns de seus textos torna-se reveladora a ambiguidade que envolve forma e conteúdo, prosa e poesia.
O Enigma Da Cor: Dissertação Sobre A Variedade Das Cores Da Espécie Humana
Authors: Pimentel Maria do Rosário
Published: October 2018

Na Época Moderna, a revisão dos saberes e a formulação de explicações convincentes exigiram, relativamente ao ser humano, explicações sobre o seu aparecimento e evolução. Influências do meio ambiente e social, factores biológicos, forças intrínsecas e extrínsecas, processos evolutivos e degenerativos, pressupostos religiosos foram argumentos apresentados, como factores de diversidade. Invocaram-se autoridades, confrontaram-se teorias antigas com testemunhos modernos, abalizaram-se conceitos, sondou-se a ordem divina. O manuscrito português intitulado Dissertação sobre a variedade das cores da espécie humana (1799), cuja transcrição apresentamos em anexo, integra-se nesta problemática transversal a épocas e lugares. O autor incide sobre a razão das diferenças de cor dos homens a partir da conjugação dos factores hereditários e do meio ambiente.
Princesa: The Textual Space Between Translation And Divergence
Authors: Gandolfi Laura
Published: October 2018

This article examines Princesa, a testimonial text in which Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque, a Brazilian transvestite who emigrated to Italy in the early 1990s, narrates her life, from her childhood and adolescence in Brazil and through her trip to Europe. In the Roman prison of Rebibbia, Fernanda meets Maurizio Jannelli, a former member of the Italian Red Brigades sentenced to life for crimes related to the fighting of the seventies, and Giovanni Tamponi, a Sardinian shepherd imprisoned for various armed robberies. Fernanda, Maurizio and Giovanni will give life to this peculiar and hybrid text, Princesa, considered one of the first examples of the so called “Italian literature of migration”.
Machado De Assis: Um Escritor Além De Seu Tempo E De Seu País
Authors: Assman Saraiva Juracy , Kunz Marinês Andrea
Published: October 2018

Machado de Assis é acusado por muitos críticos, particularmente por seus contemporâneos, de se manter alheio à sociedade brasileira e aos problemas sociais e econômicos de seu tempo, como o da escravidão. Paralelamente, releituras atuais de suas obras nelas identificam um posicionamento aberto e franco contra o status quo, criando a imagem de um escritor combativo, que teria se valido da literatura para denunciar a condição sub-humana a que os escravos eram submetidos. Machado de Assis inscreve, em sua obra, uma crítica às injustiças sociais e, ao interpretar a sociedade brasileira, expressa suas posições com sutileza, inoculando-lhes uma perspectiva irônica. Todavia, distinguindo-se dos escritores a ele contemporâneos, não se restringe à representação de problemas locais, mas focaliza a existência humana, transcendendo, por sua arte, seu tempo e seu país.
Digital Interactive Lessons In Phonetics And Phonology: Examples From The Portuguese-Speaking World
Authors: Jouët-Pastré Clémence , Nevins Andrew , Desenne Phil
Published: October 2018

In this paper we describe the motivation, implementation, content, and assessment of a digital workbook used for the teaching of Portuguese phonetics and phonology, focusing on mid-vowel contrasts and their lexical and sociolinguistic impacts. The digital workbook incorporates multimedia into interactive lessons and exercises that accommodate students with diverse learning styles.
A Daughter's Unsettling Auto/biography of Colonialism and Uprooting: A Conversation with Isabela Figueiredo
Authors: Ferreira Gould Isabel
Published: October 2018

Isabela Figueiredo worked as a journalist for Diário de Notícias between 1989 and 1994, and she has been a high-school Portuguese teacher since 1990. She is the author of Conto é como quem diz (Europress, 1988) and Caderno de Memórias Coloniais (Angelus Novus, 2009).
Almino, João. O diabrete angélico e o pavão: enredo e amor possíveis em Brás Cubas. U Federal de Minas Gerais, 2009.
Authors: Senna Marta de
Published: October 2018

João Almino’s recently published book O diabrete angélico e o pavão: enredo e amor possíveis em Brás Cubas brings fresh air to the appreciation of Machado de Assis’s most studied, analysed, and scrutinised novel, Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas.
Perrone, Charles A. Brazil, Lyric, and the Americas. UP of Florida, 2010.
Authors: Fitz Earl E.
Published: October 2018

The appearance of Charles Perrone’s new book on lyric poetry in the Americas is cause for celebration. As the field of inter-American literature grows, and as the crucial role of Brazilian literature in it becomes more and more apparent, the importance of discerning and comparative book-length studies like Brazil, Lyric, and the Americas cannot be overestimated. A renowned scholar of Brazilian literature and culture, and a leading inter-Americanist, Perrone has here done both these disciplines a great service.
Oliveira, Emanuelle K. F. Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature. Purdue UP, 2007.
Authors: Duke Dawn
Published: October 2018

Emanuelle Oliveira’s work is an important contribution to research on Afro-Brazilian writers of today. The focus is on writers affiliated with the Cadernos Negros series and Quilombhoje, two components of a literary movement initiated in 1978 and located in São Paulo.
Josiah Blackmore. Moorings: Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa. U of Minnesota P, 2009.
Authors: Spragins Elizabeth
Published: October 2018

Josiah Blackmore’s Moorings: Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa deals with Portuguese textual constructions of African bodies from the first Portuguese incursions onto the continent in 1415 through the rounding of its southernmost tip by Vasco da Gama in 1497.
Sapega, Ellen W. Consensus and Debate in Salazar's Portugal: Visual and Literary Negotiations of the National Text, 1933-1948. The Pennsylvania State UP, 2008.
Authors: Klobucka Anna M.
Published: October 2018

At once tightly focused and wide-ranging, Ellen Sapega’s study offers a fascinating perspective on the politics of cultural production during the arguably most consequential decade and a half of the Portuguese Estado Novo regime.
Jouët-Pastré, Clémence, and Patricia Isabel Sobral. Viajando através do alfabeto. A Reading and Writing Program for Intermediate to Advanced Portuguese. Focus, 2010.
Authors: Silva Gláucia V.
Published: October 2018

The newest addition to intermediate/advanced Portuguese language textbooks by Focus Publishing is based on Moacyr Scliar’s Dicionário do viajante insólito, which is a compilation of crônicas related to travels. Taking these crônicas as a starting point, the authors of Viajando através do alfabeto have developed grammar, style, and writing exercises that provide students with opportunities to review what they have learned (in the case of grammar), to learn something new (likely in the case of style), and to combine these two skills in order to produce original texts.
A Conversation with Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
Authors: Beal Sophia
Published: October 2018

The author of six books, Khosa’s career took off with the 1987 publication of Ualalapi. The text won the Grand Prize of Mozambican Fiction in 1990, and in 2002, a panel of judges in Accra, Ghana ranked Ualalapi one of the 100 best works of African fiction of the 20th century. Next, Khosa published two collections of short stories, Orgia dos Loucos (1990) and Histórias de Amor e Espanto (1993), followed by the novel No Reino dos Abutres (2002). His novel Os Sobreviventes da Noite (2005), a portrayal of the use of child soldiers and child concubines in the Mozambican war of destabilization, won the José Craveirinha Award in 2007. This interview primarily focuses on Khosa’s most recent novel, Choriro, published in 2009 by the Mozambican publishing house Alcance.
Language and the Many Histories of Brazilian Inequality
Authors: Fischer Brodwyn
Published: October 2018

There are numerous historical critiques of elitist educational policies in Brazil, as well as studies of the racial and gender dynamics of education, and scholars have routinely lamented the historical lack of access to schooling among the Brazilian poor. But surprisingly few historians have taken on language and education as durable categories of inequality—created, recognized, legitimized, and acted upon over many generations, constitutive elements in Brazil’s constellation of social difference. This is especially remarkable given the rich and repeated emphasis on language, literacy, and education that characterized debates about Brazilian inequality in the century after independence.
Arenas, Fernando. Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. Minneapolis: Uof Minnesota P, 2011.
Authors: Dias Martins Ana Margarida
Published: October 2018

Is it possible to account for the specificity of Lusophone Africa in the context of globalization and postcolonialism without relegating it to the “margins”? Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence offers a thoughtful critical intervention on this topic by discussing the entanglement of each of the five Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa within a global condition of cross-cultural symbolic and material exchanges.
Carvalho, Ana M. editor. Português em contato. Ibero-americana/Vervuert, 2009.
Authors: Silva Gláucia V.
Published: October 2018

A coletânea organizada por Ana Maria Carvalho é uma contribuição até agora única aos estudos linguísticos relativos ao português. Como aponta a organizadora, esta é a primeira obra a se dedicar ao estudo do português em situações de contato. O livro traz à luz artigos a respeito da língua portuguesa nos quatro cantos do mundo—literalmente. A coletânea é dividida por regiões geográficas, com estudos que abordam o contato do português com outras línguas na África, América, Ásia e Europa.
Jouët-Pastré, Clémence, and Letícia J. Braga. Becoming Brazuca: Brazilian Immigration to the United States. Harvard UP, 2008.
Authors: Borim Dário
Published: October 2018

Twenty-two scholars have authored these research and theoretical articles selected among those presented at the First National Conference on Brazilian Immigration, which took place at Harvard University in the Spring semester of 2005. In her astute “Prologue: The Diasporic Experinece,” Carola Suárez-Orozco calls attention to today’s intense, unprecedented flows of migration, and to the fact that at the onset of the twenty-first century the world has over 200 million immigrants and refugees. The United States alone has been receiving more than one million new residents annually. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data from 2006, writes Suárez-Orozco, this is the nation of “35.7 million people who were born abroad” (v).
Felix, Regina. Sedução e heroísmo: imaginação de mulher. Entre a República das Letras e a Belle Epoque (1884-1911). Mulheres, 2007.
Authors: Ferreira Débora
Published: October 2018

Regina Felix’s Sedução e heroísmo: imaginação de mulher is a welcome contribution to the historiography of women’s writing in Brazil. Focusing her analysis on four narrative works, two by Maria Benedita Bormann (1853-1895) and two by Emília Bandeira de Melo (1852-1910), Felix successfully shows how Bormann’s and Melo’s literary representations capture the ongoing changes in societal gender roles, namely the process whereby middle-class Brazilian women moved from the patriarchal “casa grande” to the public sphere of the street, where work issues and political voices prevailed.
Parkinson, Stephen, Cláudia Pazos Alonso, and T. F. Earle, editors. A Companion to Portuguese Literature. Tamesis, 2009.
Authors: Oliveira Sílvia
Published: October 2018

A Companion to Portuguese Literature is a remarkably inspired and personalized introduction to the unattainable task of contextualizing perfectly the totality of Portuguese literary history. Comprising significant improvements and complements to the 1932 classic Portuguese Literature by Aubrey Bell and the more recent A Revisionary History of Portuguese Literature, edited by Miguel Tamen and Helena C. Buescu (Garland Publishing, 1999), A Companion to Portuguese Literature is unabashedly canonical yet revisionary, at once unassumingly authoritative and entertaining, resourceful and pleasantly concise.
Botto, António. The Songs of António Botto, translated by Fernando Pessoa and edited with an introduction by Josiah Blackmore. U of Minnesota P, 2010.
Authors: Sabine Mark
Published: October 2018

Recent years have seen a revival of interest in António Botto, abetted by Eduardo Pitta’s fine new editions of his works for Quasi Edições. It is nonetheless remarkable that two new editions have appeared of Fernando Pessoa’s exquisite 1933 translation of Botto’s Canções, previously available only in a privately produced and circulated 1948 edition, of which precious few copies survive. While Jerónimo Pizarro and Nuno Ribeiro’s edition for Guimarães Editores, also published in 2010, responds to the needs of Pessoa scholars, Josiah Blackmore’s elegant and meticulously researched volume presents the Songs for an Anglophone readership, opening with a cogent, perceptive introductory essay, which powerfully advocates Botto’s claim to the world’s attention on three counts.
Multiple Jejunoileal Atresia and Stenosis with Duplication Cyst in a Newborn
Authors: Singh Aditya Pratap , Pardeshi Rajlaxmi , Tanger Ramesh , Ansari Maryem , Gupta Arun Kumar
Published: October 2018

Jejunoileal atresia is a congenital anomaly that is characterized clinically by bilious vomiting and abdominal dis-tension. It has been associated with various other anomalies but its association with mesenteric cyst is rare. We are presenting a patient with antenatally diagnosed duplication cyst with multiple jejunoileal atresia and stenosis with possible etiology behind such an association.
Bioenergía a partir de residuos forestales y de madera
Authors: Ayala-Mendivil Neydeli , Sandoval Georgina
Published: October 2018

Una de las prioridades del mundo actual es la generación de bioenergéticos sustentables y amigables con el medio ambiente, para lo cual son necesarios cambios en los modelos de producción y utilización de energía. El uso de residuos forestales como una fuente de biomasa para la generación de bioenergéticos representa una alternativa potencial, ya que genera un biocombustible menos contaminante en comparación con los de origen fósil. Además, mientras que el calor y la electricidad pueden ser generados por otras alternativas renovables como viento, sol y agua, la producción de combustibles y la síntesis de productos químicos requieren transformar la biomasa. La elección de la estrategia de conversión depende del tipo, propiedades y cantidad de la biomasa disponible, de los requerimientos de uso, así como de los estándares ambientales y condiciones económicas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es describir los diferentes procesos a través de los cuales se puede obtener energía a partir de residuos de biomasa forestal, así como el potencial que tienen estos residuos en la producción de los diferentes tipos de bioenergéticos. Asimismo, se describen los desafíos y problemas que aún siguen sin resolver, como lo son la recolección de residuos, escalamiento y costos de producción.
Editorial
Authors: Velázquez Rodríguez Alma S. , Briones Oscar , De Jong Ben
Published: October 2018

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Expert systems in uroflowmetry data evaluation
Authors: Ershov A. V. , Kapsargin F. P. , Berezhnoy A. G. , Miltigashev M. P.
Published: October 2018

Introduction. In the practice of an urologist, it is customary to assess the type of urination by two parameters: most often it is the effective volume of the bladder (V) and the maximum volume rate of urination (Qmax). Since the expert assessment of the digital characteristics of urine flow is often ambiguous, they are not taken into consideration by some doctors and often remain without due attention. Today there is a tendency in medicine to objectify by quantification of clinical parameters. The main technology used to solve the tasks of data processing and analysis, as well as their classification and forecasting, are artificial neural networks. The aim of the work was to develop an expert system of urine flow rate data recognition based on neural network classifier.

Materials and methods. The training of an artificial three-layer neural network of direct distribution occurred according 210 uroflowgrams and a multidimensional vector, characterized by 9 input parameters.

Results. The system was tested on 40 examples ‒ uroflowgram data of patients who did not participate in neural network training. Despite this fact, the neural network has identified all the proposed examples correctly.

Conclusions. A neural network method for recognition of uroflowmetry data of various diseases of the lower urinary tract is proposed. The space of informative features influencing the assessment of uroflowmetry data is formed. An expert system that classifies diseases (3 types of disorders) of the lower urinary tract with a 95% degree of confidence has been developed.
Symptoms of sexual dysfunction in men with chronic patient patial syndrome / chronic prostatit of III type and depression
Authors: Kryuchkova M. N. , Perechov A. Ya.
Published: October 2018

Introduction. With CPPS / CP III, symptoms of sexual dysfunction and mental pathology are often simultaneously detected.

Goal. Analysis of sexual dysfunction in patients with CPPS / CP IIIA, CPPS / CP IIIB and the existing affective pathology, comparing these groups of patients with CPAP / CP IIIA and IIIB with each other.

Materials and methods. 65 men with type III CPAP / CP were examined, 41 patients were included, which comprised 2 comparison groups: 12 patients with CPPS / CP IIIA (group 1) and 29 patients with CPPS / CP IIIB - group 2. All patients did not have testosterone abnormalities, did not respond to standard urological therapy. Diagnosis of mental disorder and sexual dysfunction was established clinico-psychopathologically, the «International Index of Erectile Dysfunction» (ICEF) scale was applied; the severity of the pain was assessed using a visual analog scale (VAS). Statistical calculations were performed in the R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, version 3.2.

Results. Patients of both groups were diagnosed with a primary depressive episode in the 1st comparison group - 75%, in the 2nd comparison group in 80%; depressive episode within the recurrent (recurrent) depressive disorder - in the 1 group 25%, in the 2 group 7%, in the bipolar affective disorder only in the 1 group - 7%; 1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (Table 1) was diagnosed in 1 patient (3%) in the 2nd group. In both groups, moderate episodes of moderate severity predominated-92% in group 1 and 62% in group 2; Depressive episodes of mild degree were 8% in 1 group and 28% in 2 comparison groups; A severe depressive episode was observed only in the 2nd comparison group at 7%. Erectile dysfunction was detected in 75% of patients in group 1, 93% in patients in group 2, premature ejaculation in group 1 in 58%, in group 2 in 45% of patients, reduction in libido in group 1 in 92%, in group 2 in 100%, pain during the ejaculation in group 1 was presented by 33%, in the 2nd group in 28% of men.

Discussion and conclusions. Erectile dysfunction and decreased libido prevailed in patients of both comparison groups, were observed against the background of depressive episodes and, possibly, can be regarded as symptoms of disruption of vital functions within the atypical depressive syndrome of depressive disorders in both groups. ED, decreased libido (sexual desire, desire and attraction), premature ejaculation, general dissatisfaction with sexual intercourse were observed in both groups of patients with CPPS / CP III against a background of depressive episodes, comparing the frequency of occurrence of symptoms of sexual dysfunction does not reveal significant differences in the compared groups. It is advisable to further study the symptoms of sexual dysfunction in CPPS / CP III and psychopathology, their development in the length of the disease, and the relationship for the development of comprehensive CPPS / CP III therapy.
Virus and bacterial associations verified in the urine of healthy subjects (pilot study)
Authors: Naboka Yu. L. , Il’yash A. V. , Krakhotkin D. V.
Published: October 2018

Introduction. CCurrently, there are more and more new data that the urine of the healthy subject has its own unique microbiota and virobiota. Nevertheless, in the etiology and pathogenesis of the inflammatory diseases of the urinary system, the bacterial component is the most studied, but the viral component, as a rule, remains outside the scope of the standard clinical examination of patients. Objectives. To investigate the viral-bacterial associations in the urine of healthy subjects.

Materials and methods. The 20 healthy sexually active women and men were examined, which are divided into groups according to gender: Group I – women (n = 10), Group II – men (n = 10). The average age of the subjects was 22.4 ± 1.2 years.

Results. Bacteriological examination showed that in the urine of healthy women predominates Lactobacillus spp. (90,0%), Peptococcus spp. (80.0%), Propionibacterium spp. (70.0%), and in the urine of healthy men - Eubacterium spp. (70.0%) and Peptostreptococcus spp. (40.0%). During the polymerase chain reaction of urine were detected the papilloma (HPV) and herpetic (HSV) viruses in 40.0% of cases. In group I were verified HPV (20.0%) and HSVII (10.0%), in group II was found only the HPV (10.0%). In all cases, when viruses were detected in the urine, they were recorded as part of virus-bacterial associations. In one healthy woman in the urine were found HPV + HSVII associations

Conclusions. The findings about of verification different taxa of viruses in the urine of healthy subjects are the basis for understanding and detailing the etiological structure of infections of the urinary system. The further studies should be aimed for increasing the cohort of healthy subjects in order to obtain the correct factograms of bacterial and viral patterns which present in their urine.
The possibilities of diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomatosis in current conditions
Authors: Asfandiyarov F. R. , Startsev V. Yu. , Kolmakov A. Yu.
Published: October 2018

Introduction.Globalization contributes to the increase in cases of “exotic” bacterial and parasitic infections importation from the countries of the tropical belt to the territory of our country and to European states.

Purpose of research. Study and analysis of data on the methods of diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis at the present stage

Materials and methods. The study includes an analysis of the examination and treatment results of 181 patients with urogenital schistosomiasis (US) living in the province of Benguela, Republic of Angola. In 39 (21,5%) cases are revealed schistosomal bladder cancer. All patients with schistosomal bladder cancer (SBC) were operated. 142 patients (78.5%) were divided into two groups. Group I (n = 74) consisted of patients with uncomplicated MS, into group II (n = 68) patients had granulomatous proliferative inflammatory changes in the bladder.

Results.Patients with US (n = 142) were examined on an outpatient basis. Cytological exmination of urine sediment (CEUS) showed that eggs of schistosomes were detected in 38 (26.8%) patients. Ultrasound showed specific granulomatous changes in the mucous membrane of the urinary bladder in 28 (19.7%) patients. In 7 (4.9%) cases it showed hydronephrosis, calcification. Bladder wall thickening were detected in 10 (7%) and 99 (69.7%) cases, respectively. Endoscopic examination showed the presence of granulomatous changes in the bladder in 68 (47.9%) patients. Patients of group I (n = 74) received «Praziquantel» in combination with oral antibiotic therapy, which resulted in the relief of macrohematuria and urination disorders. All patients of group II (n = 68) also underwent antibacterial and antiprotozoal therapy. In addition, 35 (24.6%) patients underwent transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB). The results of control observations showed the restoration of bladder mucous layer. Of the 33 (23.2%) patients in Group II who received only antibacterial and antiprotozoal therapy, granulomatous changes persisted in 7 (4.9%) patients. In connection with this, TURB was performed for these patients. Subsequent control studies showed regression of the formations in this group of patients

Conclusions.CEUS and ultrasound are not sufficient for diagnosis of US. Cystoscopy is suitable for all patients with MS. It allows to estimate the volume of the bladder lesion, and to determine the indications for performing TURP in addition to the use of antiparasitic and antibacterial therapy.
Antibiotic resistance of pathogens causing uncomplicated urinary tract infections in Russian Federation
Authors: Rafalsky V. V.
Published: October 2018

Introduction.The choice of antibiotic for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) is mainly carried out empirically. At the same time, it should correspond to local data on the sensitivity of uropathogens to antibacterial drugs. If the level of uropathogen resistance in the region is more than 10-20% to any antibiotic, its use should be limited to empirical therapy.

Purpose of research.Identify the structure of pathogens of uncomplicated UTIs and determine the dynamics of their sensitivity to the most commonly used antibacterial drugs.

Materials and methods.This article presents a summary data of Russian multicenter epidemiological on the etiology of uncomplicated UTIs and the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics. The study are included female outpatients meeting the following criteria: 1) non-pregnant women over 18; 2) the presence of lower UTIs (acute or exacerbation of chronic cystitis); 3) uropathogen isolation > 103 CFU/ml with a positive test results for the presence of leukocytes in the urine and >105 CFU/ml for any test results for the presence of leukocytes in the urine.

Results.The most frequent uropathogen causing uncomplicated UTI is E. coli, which is excreted in 72.4% - 90.6% of patients. Cephalosporins of the third generation (cefixime), Nitrofurantoin, Fosfomycin have a high microbiological activity against E. coli, the frequency of resistant strains to them is 0%, 0-1.9% and 0%, respectively. The persistently high resistance of E. coli strains is determined to Ampicillin (33.1% - 41.5%) and Co-trimoxazole (19.3% - 26.2%). For non-fluorinated and fluorinated quinolones, there is a tendency to increase the proportion of resistant strains during the study period.

Conclusions.High generation Cephalosporins (cefixime), Nitrofurantoin, Fosfomycin have high activity against uropathogens сausing uncomplicated UTI. Ampicillin and Co-trimoxazole cannot be considered the drugs of choice for the treatment of uncomplicated UTI according to currently established criteria.
Report on XV meeting of EAU Robotic Urology Section in 2018
Authors: Bezrukov E. A. , Martirosyan G. A.
Published: October 2018

On 5–7 September 2018 the fifteenth annual meeting of EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) took place in Marseille, France. ERUS meeting is regarded as a scientific platform for every urologist who is interested in latest technical advances and continuous progress of urological science and practice. Among the widely discussed topics were organization of surgical care in hospitals equipped with surgical robot, education and training of robotic urological surgeons, use of early recovery protocols in robotic urology and many others. Prototypes and concepts of new robotic surgical systems soon to appear on the market were demonstrated at ERUS-2018. During the live surgery session worldwide-known urologists demonstrated about 20 surgical interventions with comments and explanations for every step in real time.
What Information Can the Lay Public Find About Osteoporosis Treatment? A Descriptive Study Coding the Content and Quality of Bisphosphonate Information on the Internet (Preprint)
Authors: Fuzzell Lindsay , Richards Matthew J. , Fraenkel Liana , Stark Susan L. , Politi Mary C.
Published: October 2018

BACKGROUND

The US Preventative Services Task Force recommends osteoporosis screening and treatment with bisphosphonates in high risk populations. However, bisphosphonate use among individuals with osteoporosis remains low and has declined in recent years. The content and quality of information from outside sources may influence individuals’ bisphosphonate decisions.

OBJECTIVE

To assess the content and quality of osteoporosis treatment information available to the public by conducting an internet search and coding available bisphosphonate information.

METHODS

Nine search terms about osteoporosis and bisphosphonates were entered into four search engines. Two raters assessed websites for information about bisphosphonates, whether and how benefits and side effects were described and quantified, contraindications, and dosing instructions. Coders also assessed website interface and slant/balance of information.

RESULTS

1044 websites were identified. 202 websites met inclusion criteria and were coded. The most common bisphosphonate benefit described was prevention of bone density loss (77.2% of websites). The most common side effects described were gastrointestinal problems (65.3%) and jaw osteonecrosis (60.4%). Most websites did not quantify bisphosphonate benefits (76.7%) or side effects (81.2%). Complementary/integrative health websites (p = .000) and pharmaceutical litigation websites (p = .000) were more often slanted against taking bisphosphonates, compared to all websites coded. General medical knowledge websites were more balanced than other websites (p = .05).

CONCLUSIONS

The quality of bisphosphonate information on the internet varies substantially. Providers counseling patients about osteoporosis treatment should inquire about patients’ baseline bisphosphonate knowledge. Providers can complement accurate information and address potential bisphosphonate misconceptions.
Design and Evaluation of a Contextual Model for Information Retrieval From Web-Scale Discovery Services to Improve Evidence-Based Practice by Health Care Practitioners: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Authors: Miranda Alvet , Miah Shah Jahan
Published: October 2018

BACKGROUND

Practicing evidence-based health care is challenging because of overwhelming results presented to practitioners by Google-like Web-scale discovery (WSD) services that index millions of resources while retrieving information based on relevancy algorithms with limited consideration for user information need.

OBJECTIVE

On the basis of the user-oriented theory of information need and following design science principles, this study aimed to develop and evaluate an innovative contextual model for information retrieval from WSD services to improve evidence-based practice (EBP) by health care practitioners.

METHODS

We identified problems from literature to support real-world requirements for this study. We used design science research methodology to guide artefact design. We iteratively improved prototype of the context model using artificial formative evaluation. We performed naturalistic summative evaluation using convergent interviewing of health care practitioners and content analysis from a confirmatory focus group consisting of health researchers to evaluate the model’s validity and utility.

RESULTS

The study iteratively designed and applied the context model to a WSD service to meet 5 identified requirements. All 5 health care practitioners interviewed found the artefact satisfied the 5 requirements to successfully evaluate the model as having validity and utility. Content analysis results from the confirmatory focus group mapped top 5 descriptors per requirement to support a true hypothesis that there is significant discussion among participants to justify concluding that the artefact had validity and utility.

CONCLUSIONS

The context model for WSD satisfied all requirements and was evaluated successfully for information retrieval to improve EBP. Outcomes from this study justify further research into the model.
Pengaruh Etos Kerja Islami Dan Komitmen Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Bank Tabungan Negara Syariah (BTN) KC Malang
Authors: Citra Derry Pratama , Purwadi Agus , Hakim Imamul
Published: October 2018

This study aims to determine the influence of Islamic work ethic and organizational commitment to the performance of employees of the BTN Syariah Malang Branch in 2018. This study uses a quantitative approach with multiple linear regression analysis method. The results of this study indicate that based on multiple linear regression analysis test results (t test) note that Islamic work ethic has a significant effect on employee performance. Likewise with organizational commitment that gives a significant effect on employee performance. Multiple linear regression analysis simultaneously (f test) known that the two independent variables of Islamic work ethic and organizational commitment have a significant effect on employee performance. The results of this study concluded that Islamic work ethic and organizational commitment has a significant effect on employee performance.
Ectopic Eyelid Cilia in a 15 years old Girl: A Rare Presentation
Authors: Godar Manita Sunam , Shrestha Dr Ruchi , Godar Dr Krishna Chandra
Published: October 2018

Introduction: Eyelashes are unique hair follicles normally found at the eyelid margin. The spectrum of cilial anomalies includes cilial row duplication, agenesis and ectopic placement. Ectopic cilia are the rarest of cilial anomalies.

Case Report: A 15 years old girl presented with the complaints of eyeache and headache for three months. She also complained of extra lashes over left upper eyelid with secretion of tears while crying from the area of extra lashes. She was a diagnosed case of epilepsy under treatment for three months.

On examination, visual acuity was 6/6p in right eye and 6/6p in left eyewith best corrected visual acuity being 6/6 with -0.25DS in both the eyes. The anterior and posterior segment findings were normal except for presence of extra bunch of cilia on the temporal side of the left upper eyelid two mm above the upperlid crease with dimpling of the underlying skin.

Conclusion: Ectopic cilia,a rare congenital condition, is asymptomatic and surgical treatment can be done for cosmetic correction.

Keywords: cilia, ectopic, eyelid
Aspectos de governança corporativa nos relatórios de Administração de instituições financeiras
Authors: Lugoboni Leonardo Fabris , Dias Alan Souza , Nascimento Jose Orcelio do , Araujo Juliano Augusto Orsi de , Zittei Marcus Vinicius Moreira
Published: October 2018

O objetivo desta pesquisa é evidenciar aspectos de governança corporativa nos relatórios de administração das instituições financeiras listadas na Bolsa de Valores. A amostra foi composta por 28 instituições financeiras listadas em bolsa de valores e os respectivos relatórios de administração dessas companhias referente ao ano de 2015, foi analisado e pontuado , aspectos de governança corporativa presentes nessas relatórios .A pesquisa demonstrou pouca evidenciação de aspectos de governança corporativa , porém alguns aspectos como a Responsabilidade Corporativa e a Transparência, apresenataram considerável quantidade de evidenciação nesses relatórios. Houve pouca divulgação de práticas de governança, e é importante para os gestores dessas companhias verificarem quais práticas estão sendo adotadas e quais não. A pesquisa também contribui para ampliação dos conhecimentos de governança corporativa na singularidade das instituições financeiras.
Divulgação da responsabilidade social das cooperativas agropecuárias brasileiras
Authors: Souza Jacyara , Moura-Leite Rosamaria , Gomes Pereira Matheus Wemerson
Published: October 2018

A divulgação do compromisso social por meio da internet vem sendo amplamente desenvolvida pelas organizações com o intuito de beneficiar tanto seu público interno, quanto externo. Em relação à cooperativas a comunicação com a comunidade tem maior importância tendo em vista relação da responsabilidade social com os princípios cooperativistas. Dessa forma o objetivo do estudo é analisar o nível de informação de responsabilidade social divulgadas pelas cooperativas agropecuárias brasileiras em seus websites institucionais. Para mensurar esse nível de informação adotou-se o instrumento desenvolvido por Muñoz e Valencia (2014), e para a análise de dados além de estatística descritivas, fez-se uso de análise fatorial e em seguida a análise de cluster. Foram analisados os websites institucionais de 31 cooperativas agropecuárias listadas no ranking das Maiores e Melhores Empresas, elaborado pela Revista Exame (2015). Averiguou-se grande defasagem no nível de informações divulgada pelas cooperativas, já que prevalecem a divulgação de variáveis relacionadas à identificação de negócios e reconhecimentos, e não é abordada na maioria das cooperativas estudadas a forma como tem sido articulada sua política de responsabilidade social.