bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mortality due to hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis B and C viruses in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Cavalcante Débora Ferro , Garcia Érica Marvila , Farias Norma Suely de Oliveira , Koizumi Inês Kazue , Figueiredo Gerusa Maria , Sato Ana Paula Sayuri
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study aimed to describe and analyze the temporal and spatial distribution of deaths due to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis B (HBV) and C viruses (HCV) in the state of São Paulo. Methods: This is an ecological study of HCC deaths associated with HBV and HCV in the state of São Paulo, from 2009 to 2017, with data from the Mortality Information System (SIM). The temporal trend was analyzed by linear regression with Prais–Winsten estimation. Deaths were described according to sociodemographic characteristics by means of absolute and relative frequencies and were spatially distributed according to the regional health department. Results: It is found that 26.3% of deaths due to HCC were associated with HBV or HCV. A higher proportion of deaths due to HCC associated with HCV was observed (22.2%) when compared to HBV (3.9%). The mortality rate due to HCC associated with HBV showed a downward trend, and the mortality rate due to HCC associated with HCV showed a steady trend. Deaths of males, white individuals, those who aged from 50 to 59 years, and those who had 8–11 years of schooling predominated. Spatial analysis revealed a heterogeneous distribution of deaths in the state of São Paulo. Conclusions: The downward trend in mortality rates due to HCC associated with HBV shows an important advance in the disease control. However, the mortality rate due to HCC associated with HCV has remained stable throughout the study period. The spatial distribution of deaths may contribute to raise hypotheses for deeper knowledge of these diseases in the regions.
Temporalités numériques - Tome 1 : La dynamique des technologies de l’information et de la communication (XIX-XXs)
Authors: ROBERT Pascal
Published: February 2022

Les TIC et plus globalement le numérique sont le plus souvent saisis dans leur immédiateté. Comme si le numérique était voué à ce que F. Hartog a nommé le « présentisme ». Il semblerait que ces technologies soient toujours nouvelles, comme extraites de la dynamique historique, ce qui participe de L’impensé numérique. Or, elles possèdent également leurs propres dimensions temporelles, au pluriel, pour ne pas sacrifier la complexité de leur rapport au temps. Ce livre en deux tomes voudrait, sur le mode des sciences sociales et non de la philosophie, réinvestir cette question des temporalités numériques.

Ce premier tome propose ainsi une histoire problématisée des TIC, comme archéologie du numérique, qui lie histoire et concepts au lieu de les séparer. Parce qu’il faut historiciser les concepts pour mieux en tester la pertinence et voir s’ils tiennent dans le temps. Parce qu’il faut équiper de concepts cette histoire qui ne peut pas être restituée sans que les enjeux politiques des TIC et du numérique ne soient clairement discernés. D’où cette Dynamique des TIC qui présente une véritable grille de lecture pédagogique de l’histoire des TIC et du numérique depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Elle en dégage les grandes lignes de force (la tension entre l’état et le marché, la montée en puissance du grand nombre, la multiplication de l’espace, la densification et l’accélération temporelle, l’omniprésence de la logistique informationnelle) et les trois grandes phases (de lubrification, d’installation et de domination). Histoire mondiale. Histoire politique. Histoire économico-gestionnaire aussi. Histoire, en définitive, du processus que j’ai nommé la « gestionnarisation » de la société.

Le livre qu’on va lire a été rédigé pour l’essentiel voilà 25 ans. Victime de l’impensé à l’époque, il n’était pas question de le réécrire, ce qui l’aurait fait disparaître. Une postface revient en détail sur la manière dont son système conceptuel permet d’éclairer encore aujourd’hui, avec efficacité, l’actualité économique et politique du numérique. Et c’est bien tel qu’il est, synthèse historique et témoin d’une histoire tout à la fois, qu’il peut oeuvrer à lutter contre cet impensé en participant à l’installation d’une culture historique des enjeux politiques et économico-gestionnaires du numérique.
Дни рождения как источник избыточной смертности: диагностический состав причин смерти
Authors: Немцов Александр Викентьевич , Фаттахов Тимур Асфанович
Published: February 2022

Постановка проблемы. Ранее было показано, что в России и в мире праздники сопровождаются ростом смертности, главным образом в Рождество и Новый год. А как обстоит дело с диагнозами избыточной смертности при праздновании дней рождений?

Материал и методы. С этой целью исследовали данные 16,77 млн умерших с 01.01.2011 по 31.12.2019 на предмет соотношения дат рождения и смерти. Во всех случаях даты рождения и смерти получили номер дня года. При совпадении этих номеров случаю смерти присваивали значение 0, при несовпадении – число дней различия с днем рождения до или после этого дня от ±1 до ±182. Эту процедуру проделывали как для смертности в целом, так и для 6 больших классов смертей и 8 видов внешних причин. Избыточную смертность в день рождения оценивали с помощью скользящей средней LOWESS (локально взвешенная полиномиальная регрессия), которая описывала смертность в непраздничные дни, а в праздничные дни ее перерывы заполняли линейной регрессией, которая служила показателем «естественной», непраздничной смертности в праздники.

Результаты. Выявлен значительный рост смертности в день рождения (4,0 тыс. в день за 9 лет), а всего избыточная смертность, связанная с днем рождения, составила 19,7 тыс. или 3,5% от «естественной» смертности. Главный вклад в избыточную смертность внесли болезни системы кровообращения (9,1 тыс.) и внешние причины (5,2 тыс.), а среди внешних причин самоубийства (1,3 тыс.), отравления алкоголем (1,0 тыс.) и повреждения с неопределенными намерениями (0,8 тыс.). Избыточная смертность в день рождения была пропорциональна непраздничной смертности. Исключение составили отравления алкоголем, которые в 2 раза превысили ожидаемое по будням число смертей. Особенность самоубийств состоит в том, что увеличение их количества начинается за 2 месяца до дня рождения с максимумом за 35 дней, последующим снижением и резким ростом в день рождения. Дальнейшая смертность от самоубийств имеет цикличность с максимумами на 7-й и 15-й дни после дня рождения. Сравнение с другими праздниками показало, что дни рождения по размерам избыточной смертности занимают промежуточное положение между Новым годом и другими государственными праздниками. Главным фактором избыточной смертности в праздники является злоупотребление крепкими спиртные напитками.

Заключение. День рождения, как и государственные праздники, сопровождается ростом смертности. Легко предположить, что потери этим не исчерпываются: заболевших в день рождения много больше, чем умерших в связи с этим праздником.
Организация постороннего ухода за пожилыми и инвалидами: мотивация обращения к различным поставщикам
Authors: Синявская Оксана Вячеславовна , Горват Елизавета Сергеевна
Published: February 2022

Последние годы жизни человека нередко сопровождаются ухудшением состояния его здоровья, возникновением функциональных ограничений, препятствующих сохранению автономности, и, как следствие, растущей потребностью в постороннем уходе. Недоступность такого ухода или его низкое качество могут негативно влиять на качество жизни.

Данная статья вносит вклад в дискуссию об организации постороннего ухода, включая развивающуюся систему долговременного ухода. В отечественной научной литературе в значительной мере изучены институциональные особенности организации системы долговременного ухода и функционирования различных поставщиков социальных услуг, однако практически отсутствуют исследования предпочтений различных групп населения, формирующих спрос на соответствующие услуги. Целью данной работы является анализ предпочтений и готовности жителей российских регионов обращаться к формальным и неформальным поставщикам социальных услуг по уходу за пожилыми людьми и лицами с инвалидностью.

Эмпирической базой работы служат материалы фокус-групп и полуструктурированных интервью, проведенных в Республике Татарстан в 2020-2021 гг. и в Республиках Северная Осетия-Алания и Карелия, в Орловской области в 2019 г. Результаты качественных исследований показывают, что население регионов довольно консервативно в вопросах долговременного ухода. В ситуации гипотетического выбора пожилые люди предпочли бы помощь родственников, а более молодое население в целом готово оказывать ее, иногда запрашивая поддержку со стороны профессионалов. При этом среди формальных поставщиков социальных услуг наиболее востребованы услуги государственных социальных работников. Общей чертой отношения к системе ухода является неготовность населения оплачивать услуги ухода и присмотра.
Немонетарный канал взаимосвязи международной миграции и качества питания домохозяйств мигрантов (на примере Республики Армения)
Authors: Оксиненко Валерия Геннадьевна
Published: February 2022

В статье анализируется миграция как фактор качества питания оставшихся на родине членов домохозяйства мигранта. Для оценки качества питания в исследовании на данных Интегрированного обследования домохозяйств Республики Армения за 2013-2017 гг. рассчитывается комплексный индекс качества питания на базе методологии индекса HEI Центра пищевой политики Департамента сельского хозяйства США 2015 г. В результате проведения регрессионного анализа и анализа на уровне средних выявляется, что на качество питания домохозяйств отрицательно влияет наличие мигрантов в целом, причем более значительный вклад вносят вернувшиеся мигранты. Исходя из того, что различия в доходах не позволяют объяснить имеющуюся разницу, делается вывод о наличии немонетарного канала воздействия миграции на питание в домохозяйстве. Также в работе были проверены существующие в литературе выводы о положительном влиянии на качество питания домохозяйств наличия в нем женщин, пожилых и детей, проживания в больших городах, высокого уровня образования и дохода – все взаимосвязи подтвердились для домохозяйств Республики Армения. Дополнительным направлением исследования стало введение в анализ субъективной оценки домохозяйствами своего финансового состояния: так, домохозяйства, позиционирующие себя как более бедные, имеют более высокие значения индекса качества питания, чем те, кто относит себя к среднему классу или к богатым. Обнаруженные различия приводят к выводу о том, что качество питания не входит в систему ключевых ценностей в рассматриваемом обществе, так как при наличии возможности выбирать стиль питания домохозяйства делают выбор в худшую сторону.
RNA/DNA extraction from plankton natural samples using NucleoSpin RNA + RNA/DNA Buffer kits (Macherey Nagel) v1
Authors: Romac Sarah
Published: February 2022

This protocol has been developped for simultaneous nucleic acid (RNA and DNA) extraction from environmental water samples collected by filtration on polycarbonate 47mm and 142mm filters. It has been developped during BioMarks project (2009-2013) and has been used in many projects studying plankton diversity (TARA-OCEANS 2009-2013, TARA-PACIFIC 2016-2018, TONGA 2019), and plankton monitoring projects (MOOSE-GE 2017- ongoing). This protocol is applied in routine in our lab and also in CEA Genoscope.
SOSYAL BİLGİLER EĞİTİMİNDE TARİH KONULARI İLE İLGİLİ YAPILMIŞ TEZLERİN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: Çakmak Zafer , Akgün İsmail Hakan , Salur Murat
Published: February 2022

Bu araştırmanın amacı Sosyal Bilgiler eğitimde tarih konuları ile ilgili yapılan tezleri yöntemsel ve tematik açıdan incelemektir. Araştırma kapsamına alınan tezlere YÖK tez tarama merkezinin veri tabanından ulaşılmıştır. Bu çerçevede, 2021 yılının ilk yarısına kadar olan Sosyal Bilgiler eğitimde tarih konuları ile ilgili yapılan tezler incelenmiştir. Sosyal Bilgiler eğitimde tarih konuları ile ilgili yapılan tezlerde “Sosyal Bilgiler”, “Tarihsel empati”, “Tarihi şahsiyetler”, “Sözlü tarih”, “Tarihi mekanlar” “Tarihi konular”, “Yerel tarih” ve “Tarihsel kavramlar” anahtar kelimeleri ile arama yapılmıştır. Bunun sonucunda; 108 yüksek lisans tezi ve 13 doktora tezi olmak üzere toplam 121 adet teze ulaşılmıştır. Bu tezler; tezlerin türü, yayımlandığı yıl, araştırmacının cinsiyeti, tezlerin yapıldığı üniversite, araştırmanın yöntemi ve deseni, örneklem grubu ve büyüklüğü, veri toplama aracı, tezlerdeki konular ve yapılan analizler vs. açısından incelenmiştir. Yapılan inceleme neticesinde; Sosyal Bilgiler eğitimde tarih konuları ile ilgili yapılan tezler içerisinde en fazla tarih konuları, yerel tarih ve sözlü tarih konularına ağırlık verildiği görülmüştür. Bunun yanı sıra, tezlerde genel olarak nitel yöntemin kullanıldığı ve tarama modelin tercih edildiği, en çok görüşme formunun veri toplama aracı olarak kullanıldığı, kullanılan analizler içerisinde nitel analizlerin başı çektiği, örneklem grubu olarak en fazla ortaokul öğrencileri ve öğretmenlerin tercih edildiği ve daha çok küçük örneklem grupları kullanıldığı tespit edilmiştir.
EKONOMİK ÖZGÜRLÜK FAKTÖRLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLERİN ÇOKLU UYUM ANALİZİ İLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: Altıntaş Furkan Fahri
Published: February 2022

Ülkelerin ekonomik özgürlüğü oluşturan faktörlerin ve bileşenlerin birbirlerini tamamlama performanslarının çok olması, ülkelerin ekonomik özgürlük performanslarının artmasına neden olabilmektedir. Bu kapsamda araştırmanın amacı, ekonomik özgürlük faktörleri arasındaki ilişkisel yapıyı Çoklu Uyum Analizi ile tespit etmektir. Araştırmanın veri setini 2020 yılı için 138 ülkenin Heritage Kurumu Ekonomik Özgürlük Endeksi’nde belirtilen faktörlerine ait değerler oluşturmaktadır. Bulgulara göre, hukukun üstünlüğü, serbest piyasa ve bürokrasi etkinliği faktörlerinin uzayda birbirlerine yakın ve uyumlu, buna karşın sınırlı devlet faktörünün ise diğer faktörlere uzak ve daha az uyumlu olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Dolayısıyla sırasıyla hukukun üstünlüğü, serbest piyasa ve bürokrasi etkinliği faktörlerinin ilişkisel yapıya katkısı fazla iken, serbest piyasa faktörünün ise ilişkisel yapıya olan katkısının çok az olduğu gözlenmiştir. Buna bağlı olarak ülkelerin genel anlamda ekonomik özgürlük performanslarını artırmaları için sınırlı devlet faktörünün diğer faktörler ile olan ilişkisel yoğunluğunu artıracak faaliyetlerde bulunması gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Novelties of Civil Legislation on Foundations
Authors: Soldatova V. I.
Published: February 2022

The article deals the new provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on non-profit organizations. Federal Law of 01.07.2021 № 287-FZ provides for new legal status of unitary non-profit organizations: public benefit trust and personal trust. A public benefit trust is a unitary nonprofit organization that does not have membership, established by citizens or legal entities on the basis of voluntary property contributions and pursuing charitable, cultural, or other socially useful goals. Such a new organizational and legal form of a legal entity as a personal trust, which is created for the purpose of managing property during the lifetime of the founder (citizen). In the author’s opinion, a personal trust has a number of advantages in managing the founder’s business and will serve to make the Russian jurisdiction more attractive to domestic investors.
Un mar de símbolos: poética de la declinación y crisis de la realidad en la Última Costa
Authors: Bagué Quílez Luis
Published: February 2022

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se aborda la codificación simbólica de La última costa (1995), de Francisco Brines, así como su vinculación con la noción de desengaño y con la idea de la declinación vital. Los desdoblamientos especulares, los juegos dialécticos entre luces y sombras, la iconografía funeraria o la concepción metadiscursiva desplegada en estas páginas permiten vincular el mundo poético del autor con una serie de preocupaciones de ascendencia barroca y destilación posmoderna: la desrealización de la propia identidad, la inestabilidad de la realidad tangible y la progresiva asociación del acto de escritura con un simulacro. Todos estos aspectos cuestionan la textura figurativa de un libro que, sin abdicar de su inspiración experiencial ni de su bagaje elegiaco, sintetiza la inclasificable propuesta estética de un clásico contemporáneo.PALABRAS CLAVE: La última costa; Francisco Brines; desengaño; identidad; crisis de la realidad; metapoesía.
"La noche hace el poema" (Acerca de Insistencias en Luzbel)
Authors: Payeras Grau María
Published: February 2022

RESUMEN: Este artículo pretende ofrecer una perspectiva global acerca de Insistencias en Luzbel, una obra especialmente hermética en su primer apartado, que se afronta a partir de tres núcleos —simbólico, mitológico y musical— en torno a los cuales se vertebran conceptos fundamentales en la construcción del mismo. Una vez abordado el núcleo inicial, se desarrolla una visión integradora del poemario mediante el estudio de su poética explícita y de su filosofía vital.PALABRAS CLAVE: Francisco Brines; Insistencias en Luzbel; poesía española contemporánea; poesía de los 50; poemarios de la Transición.
K.Ya. Scutul. About polymast. - Journal of Obstetrics and Women's Diseases 1909 December
Authors: Kovalevsky Pavel I.
Published: February 2022

In the article-report, the author collected information about polymastia available in the literature and supplemented them with his own observation of one case of 5 additional glands on the chest. According to the statistics he cited, polymastia in various forms is a far from uncommon phenomenon: from 6 to 14% of the examined men (recruits) - according to v. Bardeleben'y and supposedly less in women. When distributing cases of polymastia into groups according to the number of additional glands and according to their location, it can be seen that the smaller the group, the more its constituent cases deviate from the normal number of glands and the further their position is from the usual one (for example, on the back, on the thigh , in the inguinal fold).
A Árvore das Palavras
Authors: Leão Isabel Ponce de
Published: February 2022

Registro da exposição A Árvore das Palavras, promovida pela Cooperativa Árvore, em parceria com o CLEPUL (Centro de Literaturas e Culturas Lusófonas e Europeias da Universidade de Lisboa), no âmbito das comemorações internacionais dos 40 anos de vida literária de Teolinda Gersão.Comissária: Isabel Ponce de LeãoCoordenadora: Fátima Luz
A cartografia amorosa de Lisboa: A cidade de Ulisses, de Teolinda Gersão / The Loving Cartography Of Lisbon: The City Of Ulisses, by Teolinda Gersão
Authors: Silva Gabriela
Published: February 2022

Resumo: A cidade é elemento indissociável de determinadas narrativas, constituindo o material imagético que serve de cenário para as ações das personagens. No entanto, muitas vezes ela se destaca por ser totalizante na construção feita pelo autor, que parte de escolhas e “recortes” significativos do ambiente urbano para compor a narrativa. O espaço urbano desvela-se através das personagens que percorrem diferentes âmbitos, de onde emergem sensações e sentimentos diversos. A cidade de Ulisses, romance de Teolinda Gersão, apresenta-nos uma “geografia amorosa” da cidade de Lisboa, desenhando-nos um mapeamento histórico e sentimental da cidade. Assim, a narrativa engendra-se através da revisitação e da recordação do narrador dos espaços afetivos e simbólicos de Lisboa. Este artigo propõe uma leitura do romance de Teolinda Gersão a partir de aspectos relacionados ao significado da cidade, assim como da apropriação da memória relativa aos ambientes urbanos. Gaston Bachelard (2005), Henry Bergson (2011) e Walter Benjamin (2009) são alguns dos autores que embasam a proposta dessa abordagem.Palavras-chave: Teolinda Gersão; literatura contemporânea portuguesa; Lisboa.Abstract: The city is an inseparable element of certain narratives, constituting the imagery material that serves as a backdrop for the actions of the characters. However, it often stands out for being totalizing the construction made by the author, which starts with significant choices and “cuts” from the urban environment to compose the narrative. The urban space is revealed through the characters that cross different areas from which different sensations and feelings emerge. The city of Ulysses, Teolinda Gersão’s novel, presents us with a “loving geography” of the city of Lisbon, drawing us a historical and sentimental mapping of the city. Thus, the narrative is engendered in revisiting and remembering the narrator from the affective and symbolic spaces of Lisbon. This article proposes a reading of Teolinda Gersão’s novel based on aspects related to the meaning of the city and the appropriation of memory related to urban environments. Gaston Bachelard (2005), Henry Bergson (2011) and Walter Benjamin (2009) are some of the authors that support the proposal of this approach.Keywords: Teolinda Gersão; contemporary Portuguese literature; Lisbon.
The role of KLF8 in breast cancer stem cells
Authors:   , Dhameliya Tejsi Tulsibhai , Reginato Mauricio J
Published: February 2022

Breast tumors are comprised of heterogenous cell populations. This intra-tumor heterogeneity drives tumor-initiation, metastasis, and resistance to anti-cancer treatments, potentially by a subpopulation of tumor cells, called cancer stem-like cells (CSCs). CSCs share properties of adult stem cells and correlate with poor patient outcomes. The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP), a nutrient-sensing pathway, links metabolism and cell signaling in cancer cells. HBP final product, UDP-GlcNAc, is used by the O-GlcNAc transferase enzyme (OGT) as a substrate for adding O-GlcNAc moieties to nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Recently, we reported that OGT/O-GlcNAc promote breast tumor-initiation and increase breast CSC populations. We also showed that Krüppel-like factor 8 (KLF8), a transcription factor associated with invasion and metastasis, is a downstream effector of OGT in CSCs. Here, we show that KLF8 is critical in regulating CSCs and chemo-resistance in breast cancer cells. Overexpression of KLF8 in breast cancer cells increased mammosphere-forming efficiency, ALDH+, and Nanog-GFP+ CSC populations. Consistently, genetically targeting KLF8 expression in breast cancer cells decreased the CSC-enriched population and expression of CSC markers including SOX2, OCT4, NANOG, c-MYC. Interestingly, KLF8 also regulates RNA and protein levels of OGT in breast cancer cells suggesting a feedforward loop. Importantly, KLF8 overexpression impaired paclitaxel-mediated apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Together, our data shows a novel role of KLF8 in regulating breast cancer stem-like cell populations, and chemoresistance, and suggests that OGT and KLF8 may co-regulate each other to increase breast cancer stem cells and to promote drug resistance.
Transcranial direct current stimulatio (tDCS) and transcranial current alterning stimulation (tACS) review
Authors: Rodríguez-Ugarte Marisol , Sciacca Nadia , Azorín José M.
Published: February 2022

This literature review is aimed to explore the main technical characteristics of both transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternate current stimulation (tACS) using the latest research on both healthy and impaired subjects. These techniques have no official standards developed yet. Our intent is to underline the main properties and problems linked with the application of those techniques which show diverse, and sometimes even opposite, results depending mainly on electrode positioning and underlying brain activity.
Un nuevo método cooperativo para encontrar personas en un entorno urbano con robots móviles
Authors: Goldhoorn Alex , Garrell Anaís , Alquézar René , Sanfeliu Alberto
Published: February 2022

Se presenta un nuevo método para localizar a personas en entornos urbanos usando robots móviles sociales que trabajan de manera cooperativa, el cual supera las limitaciones de enfoques ya existentes, que se adaptan a entornos específicos, o se basan en comportamientos humanos poco re- alistas. Con este método cooperativo los robots pueden encontrar a personas fuera del campo de rango de sensores u ocultados por obstáculos dinámicos o estáticos. Nuestro enfoque incluye la búsqueda de personas, seguimiento, cooperación multi-robot y comunicación. En particular se define un “Cooperative Highest-Belief Continuous Real-time POMCP” que puede ejecutarse en tiempo real y en entornos continuos y grandes. En este método se usan algoritmos de búsqueda on-line Partially Observable Monte-Carlo Planning (POMCP), los cuales, al contrario de trabajos anteriores son capaces de planificar con incertidumbre y con grandes espacios de estados. La estrategia de búsqueda hace un balanceo entre la probabilidad de que la persona esté en una posición concreta, la distancia de las posiciones, y si la posición está cerca de una meta ya asignada a otro robot. Se ha validado el método con extensivo número de simulaciones y experimentos reales con una persona y dos robots.
Teachers in Liminal Spaces: From Solitude to Solidarity
Authors: Eng Clare
Published: February 2022

Any consideration of how global musics are organized and experienced in non-Western ways must also grapple with liminalities that exist between "Western" and "non-Western" spaces. My essay focuses on the liminal condition of foreign-born teachers. Drawing on personal experience, I write to complement existing calls for greater diversity in music education and theory, and to allow America-born educators to better understand international peers. I also write to support internationals in meeting certain language-related teaching challenges.
Teaching the Cultural Commitments of Musical Structures and their Theories
Authors: Yu Wang Anna
Published: February 2022

While most undergraduate music theory classes are not overtly political, they often convey highly socialized convictions about musicality—that is, what counts as a "coherent," "well-formed," or "expressive" musical utterance—which can shape assessments of worth ascribed to individual composers, musical traditions, and ethnic and national identities. This essay advocates for an approach to music theory pedagogy that deliberately holds the inscribed socialized frameworks of musical structures up for critical examination. Through a lesson plan on the pentatonic scale in huangmei opera, I model several strategies for rendering the cultural commitments of familiar and unfamiliar musical structures palpable to students.
Using Turkish Aksak Rhythms To Teach Asymmetrical Meter
Authors: Birson Adem Merter
Published: February 2022

Ear training courses often treat the topic of asymmetrical meter (5, 7 beats) as uncommon in Western music. This causes musical examples in the subject to be less idiomatic than those which deal with more "normative" meters, in 2, 3, and 4 beats. Turkish music, on the other hand, often organizes beats asymmetrically, a feature known as aksak or "limping." This paper discusses strategies for incorporating both Turkish musical examples and pedagogical practices in aural skills class in order to teach the topic of asymmetrical meter.
Stepping Out: The Case for Free Jazz
Authors: Bruschi Michael
Published: February 2022

This article considers the pedagogical value of teaching free jazz in the undergraduate music theory classroom. It argues that free jazz challenges several foundational premises of Western musical thought, making it an effective tool to challenge music theory's longstanding Eurocentrism. I discuss how I have used certain recordings by Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra in the classroom for this purpose.
Beyond Western Shores: A Dialogue
Authors: Stevens Daniel , Yoon Sunmin
Published: February 2022

Integrating musical and sonic forms and materials from world music into music theory classes steeped in Western musical concepts raises challenging questions and pedagogical conundrums: How might instructors engender interest in students with no training or background in non-Western musical materials? Could non-Western music (NWM) stimulate deeper thinking and understanding about the broader contexts of music production, such as its culture, religion, politics, and history, as well as indigenous musical terms and concepts? To what extent should critical contextual consideration be given prior to the study of non-Western sounds, musics, or performances? How might students and instructors alike engage NWM without extending the troubling histories of colonialism, western hegemony, and privileged, white perspectives? To address these and other questions from multiple viewpoints, this article takes the form of a dialogue between two students and two music professors, the latter representing the disciplines of music theory and ethnomusicology. As these four interlocutors explore the questions above, they also consider and revise a "Pin Drop" assignment, in which music theory students explore the musical culture found at various locations selected around the globe. Rather than offer any final conclusions, the dialogue itself demonstrates how the productive tensions that arise when studying and teaching NWM in Western music classrooms, when examined from multiple disciplinary angles, can be mutually beneficial and enriching, making possible new musical insights, methodological syntheses, and pedagogical priorities.
Editorial & Review Board
Authors: Duker Philip , Colletti Carla , Hughes Bryn , Naxer Meghan , Shanahan Dan , Yu Wang Anna , Stover Chris , Tilley Leslie
Published: February 2022

No abstract available.
Awareness and sensitization of faculty and employees to the needs of differently-abled students in medical colleges and attached hospitals
Authors: Gorea R K
Published: February 2022

There are sufficient good laws to take care of the needs of the students with disabilities in educational institutions in India but it does not mean that there are no problems to the students with disabilities in the medical colleges and hospitals. A question definitely arises that is the faculty and other employees of the medical colleges are aware of the needs of such students or there is a requirement to sensitize the faculty and employees about the rules, regulations, and rights of the disabled students so that such students do not face any problem in their day to day activities and requirements.
Persistent Metopic Suture: a case reported from North East India
Authors: Tamuli Raktim Pratim
Published: February 2022

Metopic suture is a kind of dentate suture extending from the nasion to the anterior angle of the bregma. Metopism is the condition where, persistence of metopic suture completely extends from nasion to bregma. Metopic suture usually obliterates by 2 years, but it has been reported to take up to seven years to fuse. Examination of skeletal remains of a twelve-year-old girl shows obliteration two halves of the frontal bone in the skull. Dental examination shows presence of total 14 teeth in the upper jaw, including two 2nd molars on each side. Metopism at times may confusing during radiological examination of skull, as it may be misdiagnosed as fracture of skull bone.
Developing an Image Processing-Based Method to Objectively Decide the Conspicuousness of Permanent Facial Scar
Authors: Gelir Ali , Yilmaz Aysegul S. , Asicioglu Faruk , Kadi Omer F. , Yildirim Kadir B. , Okudan Mustafa , Gurpinar Kagan
Published: February 2022

Permanent facial scars cause serious trauma because the person has to live with a scar which s/he cannot easily hide. Conspicuous scar tissue will have a negative impact on psychology depending on how much importance they give to their appearance. Because of this reason, it is evaluated as an aggravated form of punishment in Turkish Criminal Law. In this study, image processing software was used for the quantitative analysis of facial scars. The scar photographs were taken, and the relative colour difference of the scar region was measured concerning the nearby healthy area. The scar’s physical properties, such as the length and the surface area, were measured by processing the photographs in software. An evaluation of 100 cases showed that the relative color difference rate of 15% is critical for deciding the conspicuousness of permanent facial scar. Above this rate, the facial scar is visible by the naked eye without affecting any factors such as the physicians’ visual acuity, attention, and experience. Otherwise, the scar’s length and the surface area must also be evaluated for a correct decision about the conspicuousness of a permanent facial scar.
AVALIAÇÃO DA GESTÃO DE UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO: UMA ANÁLISE DOS CICLOS RAPPAM DOS PARQUES NACIONAIS DA AMAZÔNIA
Authors: Soares Antonio Gabriel Lessa , Spinola Carolina de Andrade , Reis Renato Barbosa
Published: February 2022

As unidades de conservação brasileiras, notadamente as localizadas na região Norte, enfrentam uma série de ameaças externas. Estas sofrem com restrições financeiras e administrativas por parte dos governantes que acabam por limitar a efetividade de seu manejo. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar os resultados da aplicação do método de avaliação de gestão do método RAPPAM nos parques nacionais da região, nos ciclos de 2005-2006, 2010 e 2015. Recorreu-se aos relatórios elaborados pela WWF e ICMBIO, cujos dados foram submetidos a uma análise quantitativa. Concluiu que a despeito da grande importância biológica e socioeconômica dos parnas os problemas com os insumos necessários e os processos de gestão comprometem o nível de atingimento de seus objetivos.
REVISÃO BIBLIOMÉTRICA: O PAPEL DA INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DOS OBJETIVOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL EM TEMPOS DE COVID-19
Authors: Silva Maria da Vitoria Costa e , Correia Italo Schelive , Silva Lucas Braga da , Rodrigues Waldecy , Bazzoli João Aparecido
Published: February 2022

O Relatório de Metas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2021 das Organizações das Nações Unidas aponta que os impactos da pandemia ocasionados pelo Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) servem como espelho para o mundo verificar e buscar soluções para os problemas profundos que estão enraizados nas sociedades modernas que podem comprometer as gerações presentes e futuras. Neste sentido, este artigo objetivou realizar uma revisão bibliométrica para verificar o estado da arte da Inteligência Artificial (IA) visando encontrar alternativas que possam evitar retrocessos na implementação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) em tempos de COVID-19. A metodologia fundamentou-se nos métodos Bibliométrico e Prisma, a partir da triagem de 46 documentos de periódicos internacionais da base de dados Scopus, publicados em 2016 a junho de 2021, através da fórmula de busca “Artificial Intelligence” e “Sustainable Development Goals” ou “SDGs”. Os resultados evidenciaram que a IA por meio de suas alternativas tecnologias inovadoras constitui ferramenta hábil à efetivação dos ODS. A conclusão foi que a inteligência artificial, se bem administrada pelos arranjos organizacionais, pode viabilizar a implementação dos ODS e inibir retrocessos sociais, econômicos e ambientais em tempos de COVID-19.
A FEIRA DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR EM MAFRA-SC NA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19
Authors: Vargas Letícia Paludo , Dequech Patrícia , Fuchs Thiago , Pedrassani Daniela
Published: February 2022

As feiras de Agricultura Familiar contribuem significantemente para oferta de produtos alimentícios à população local. A importância desses eventos vai além da comercialização dos produtos. A produção se baseia em mão de obra familiar, exercendo papel fundamental na valorização e participação desses trabalhadores na sociedade e economia local. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi analisar a feira da agricultura familiar, realizada no município de Mafra-SC, com a finalidade de compreender a organização e conhecer as caraterísticas dos participantes. A formalização desses eventos completa doze anos em 2021 e nunca foi paralisada, inclusive durante a pandemia da Covid-19. Em uma pesquisa qualitativa, com dados fornecidos pela Secretaria de Assistência Social do município, por intermédio da prefeitura local, é possível observar como a feira é estruturada, assim como, quem são os organizadores e beneficiários. Essas ações são importantes alternativas de alimentação saudável, e, consequentemente, colaboram para o sustento dos agricultores familiares, assim como a inclusão na sociedade.
O ESPAÇO PÚBLICO QUE PONTENCIALIZA VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA AS MULHERES*
Authors: Milani Maria Luiza
Published: February 2022

A pesquisa abordou a violência contra a mulher praticada no espaço não domiciliar bem como, a inserção das mulheres na vida coletiva, produtiva, política, social, na construção de uma sociedade de igualdade de gêneros pela mobilização dos movimentos sociais. Se indagou como o espaço público, do trabalho e da vida social podem se configurar em lugares que potencializam atos violentos contra mulheres? O objetivo foi de destacar os espaços públicos de Canoinhas que colocam a mulher em situação vulnerável à violência não domiciliar como uma contradição no âmbito dos espaços públicos historicamente conquistados. Desenvolveu-se pesquisa qualitativa, dialética, bibliográfica e de campo. Aponta-se os espaços urbanos de municípios do porte de Canoinhas sobressaem lugares e formas de organização da vida coletiva que potencializam práticas de violência contra a mulher fora dos seus domicílios. Foram apontados locais mal iluminados, com acúmulo de lixo, abandonados, mas que a violência pode acontecer também nos locais d trabalho e de lazer. Para a mulher permanecem riscos e vulnerabilidades, que podem ser minimizados com medidas infraestruturais como iluminação, vigilância e segurança. A questão deve ser amplamente abordada com a população do gênero masculino.
Study of menstrual disorders in 12-25 age group women in urban population and their relation to demographics, medical history, personal habits and impact on academic activities
Authors: Paipuru Tanuja , Vaddi Pavani , Fatima Humera
Published: February 2022

To identify the extent of menstrual disorders and relation to various aspects of life in 100 women of age group 12-25 years.

This is a cross-sectional study. Data is collected using questionnaire on demographics, medical history, personal habits, academic performance and menstrual pattern. Results analyzed using EPI info and SPSS software.

40% have no idea of menstruation prior to menarche, 28% of all were scared at menarche. 15% of menstrual education is contributed by schools. 60% had HMB, 83% had PMS. 91% had menstrual disorders and 37% had severe dysmenorrhea on day 1. Irregular cycles has significant association with BMI and medical history. PMS has significant association with food habits and alcohol intake. 64% with menstrual disorders did not seek medical help.

Adolescent period in women can be quite difficult especially in view of menarche; understanding of menstruation and facing menstrual disroders.it needs preparation which is lacking in India. Menstrual education should be included in school study curriculum. Awareness should be increased about menstrual disorders, hygiene, personal habits and support should be given during menstruation in schools to avoid skipping of schools and to decrease academic stress during periods and medical help should be taken.
A study of maternal and perinatal outcomes in first and second waves of COVID-19
Authors: Roohi Aliya , Janaki V
Published: February 2022

The emergence of the corona virus (SARS-COV-2) led to a pandemic. Any pandemic/ epidemic is generally associated with poor maternal and child health manifesting as increased maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.

This study aims to compare the effect of COVID 19 infection on maternal and perinatal outcome in first and second waves of the pandemic.

A prospective analytical study of 1300 patients was done. Various parameters to measure the maternal and perinatal outcomes were compared among the first and second wave of covid.

All parameters were analyzed using descriptive statistics and compared using the Chi-square test.

It was found during the study that fever (48%), cough (30%) and anosmia (40%) were the major symptoms in first wave while majority of women in second wave remained asymptomatic (75%) initially and developed dyspnea later (46%). It was also found that presence of co-morbidities increased the risk of developing severe covid disease. Disease progression was found to be more rapid in the second wave. Maternal respiratory distress accounting as an indication for delivery was higher in second wave (33%) when compared to the first wave (13%). Maternal mortality and preterm delivery rate were higher in the second wave as compared to the first wave.

The present study findings can guide and enhance pre-natal counseling and management of pregnant women infected with covid-19.
To assess the knowledge regarding risk factors and preventive measures of carcinoma breast among Indian women: A comparative study
Authors: Lakshmi N Dhana , Lakshmi K Vara , Kiran C Usha
Published: February 2022

: Carcinoma breast is the most common cancer among women worldwide and is the malignant neoplasm affecting and causing mortality among women.. The main objectives of the present study were to assess the knowledge regarding risk factors and its preventive measures of carcinoma breast among urban and rural Indian women.

A descriptive research design was used to assess the knowledge regarding risk factors and its preventive measures of carcinoma breast among women in selected urban and rural areas of Tirupati, India. A total of 100 women were selected from urban and Rural areas by convenient sampling technique. The tool used for conducting the study was structured questionnaire on knowledge risk factors and its preventive measures of carcinoma breast.

The knowledge on risk factors, out of 50 urban women i.e., 30 (60%) had moderate knowledge, 19 (38%) had inadequate knowledge and only 1 (2%) had adequate level of knowledge regarding risk factors of carcinoma breast adequate knowledge with the mean and standard deviation 15.6 and 3.423. Whereas in rural women, out of 50, majority i.e., 28 (56%) had inadequate knowledge followed by 19 (38%) had moderate knowledge and only 3 (6%) had adequate knowledge with the mean and standard deviation 14.58 and 4.978.

It is concluded that there was difference between urban and rural women knowledge on risk factors and its preventive measures of carcinoma breast. The findings suggest that extensive health education programs need to be planned to bring awareness among urban and rural women.
Covid-19 associated mucormycosis
Authors: Radha Sistla , Afroz Tameem , Prasad Sudhir , Reddy Sandeep , Bommakanti Kalyan , Bommakanti Vaishnavi
Published: February 2022

: Corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is associated with various opportunistic, bacterial, and fungal infections. High risk groups include people with diabetes especially diabetic ketoacidosis, solid organ transplantation, long-term systemic corticosteroid use, and iron overload. Many cases of mucormycosis were reported worldwide. Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection with high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and treatment with appropriate anti-fungals lead to improved outcomes.

The aim of this study is to establish the factors associated with mucormycosis in a COVID-19 setting, like comorbidities and treatment protocols for treatment of COVID-19. The histological patterns and tissue reactions to mucormycosis also were studied.

In patients with ongoing COVID-19 infection and in a post COVID-19 scenario, we studied the biopsy findings of mucormycosis in various sites like rhino-orbital, lung, gastric and trachea. Material for this study is from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Patient age ranged from 30 years to 74 years. Mean age of the patients was 51 years. Male to female ratio was 1:1.1. Tissue from sino- nasal mucosa, peri orbital tissue, exenterated eyeball, lung tissue and tissue from rare sites like gastric and tracheal mucosal lesions were also included in this study. Tissue was fixed in 10% buffered formalin. Routine Haematoxylin and Eosin(H&E) stains were done. Gomori’s Methenamine silver (GMS) stains were done on all cases. Tissue was submitted for fungal cultures in all the cases.

Total of twenty-three cases were diagnosed as mucormycosis based on the morphology and special stains in this analysis. Histology revealed areas of infarction in all cases with neutrophilic infiltration. Granulomatous reaction was seen in seven cases and melanin pigment was seen in two cases.

100% of patients were diabetics. There was neutrophilia in 100% of cases. Lymphopenia was seen in 85.7%, C-Reactive Protein (CRP) was elevated in 100% of cases.

Ferritin was done in 14 patients and D-dimer was done in 17 patients and in all patients, these were elevated. All patients were treated with steroids according to the treatment protocol for COVID-19, Remdesivir was given in 72.7% of cases and second immunomodulator drugs like Tocilizumab in four cases and Baricitinib in one case.

Mucormycosis is an emerging problem with COVID-19. It is important to carefully monitor blood glucose levels and take into account underlying medical conditions of patients before initiation of steroid therapy. Early recognition of symptoms and early diagnosis has a better outcome in patients with mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 infection.
Hypersegmented neutrophils in peripheral smear –An etiological analysis
Authors: Francis Feby T , Ali Aysha , Kartha Priya P
Published: February 2022

Hypersegmentation of neutrophils is defined as presence of 5% or more neutrophils with five or more lobes or single neutrophil with 6 lobes. It is usually associated with deficiency of or failure to utilize cobalamin or folate and impaired DNA synthesis is the accepted mechanism for the morphological changes seen in megaloblastosis. Other causes of neutrophil hypersegmentation (NH) listed include microcytic hypochromic anemia(MHA) but the evidence for this is based mainly on a limited number of case studies in which MHAs with vit B12 and folic acid deficiency also were included. More studies are needed to establish itiological factors other than already established megaloblastic anemia.

The present study was conducted in Department of Pathology in a tertiary care centre in Central Kerala, India. 100 cases peripheral smears with NH were evaluated. Aim of the study was to classify the itiological factors of NH in peripheral smears, study NH in microcytic hypochromic anemia and to check whether there is any connection between microcytic hypochromic anemia with NH and thrombocytosis. Complete blood count of all cases were taken using automated hematology analysers. Peripheral smear picture were correlated with the blood counts. Cases with MHA were examined for underlying vit B12 and folic acid deficiency. Study shows that 31% cases of peripheral smears with hypersegmentaion of neutrophils were pure microcytic hypochromic anemias with normal vitB12 and folic acid levels. Study also points to increased incidence thrombocytosis in pure MHA cases compared to other etiological factors.
A rare collision tumor of ovary – Mucinous cystadenoma with adult granulosa cell tumor
Authors: Mishra Pragnya P , Rao Anuradha Calicut Kini , Madan K  , Biswas Siddhartha
Published: February 2022

Though collision tumors have been reported earlier like serous cystadenoma and mature cystic teratoma, combination of mucinous cystadenoma and adult granulosa cell tumor is rarely reported in the literature. Collision tumors lack the histological cellular intermingling which is seen in composite tumors. Both involve two morphologically and immunohistochemically distinct neoplasms coexisting within a single organ. Mucinous cystadenoma is a benign cystic surface epithelial tumor of ovary. Granulosa cell tumor(GCT) is a low grade malignancy arising from sex cord stromal cells of ovary and need a close follow up for recurrences which may be late. Here we present a case of 50 year old female who presented with lower abdominal pain. Patient underwent staging laporotomy and ovarian specimen sent for histopathological examination, where it was diagnosed as mucinous cystadenoma coexisting with adult granulosa cell tumor. This case report emphasis upon the fact that multiloculated cyst have to be extensively examined grossly, so as not to miss any solid component which might have a bearing on prognosis of the patient. Here the association of mucinous cystadenoma and granulosa cell tumor need close follow up of patient.