bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Diabetes in a TB and HIV-endemic South African population: Analysis of a virtual cohort using routine health data
Authors: Tamuhla Tsaone , Dave Joel A. , Raubenheimer Peter , Tiffin Nicki
Published: May 2021

Background

It is widely accepted that people living with diabetes (PLWD) are at increased risk of infectious disease, yet there is a paucity of epidemiology studies on the relationship between diabetes and infectious disease in SSA. In a region with a high burden of infectious disease, this has serious consequences for PLWD.

Methods and findings

Using routinely collected longitudinal health data, we describe the epidemiology of diabetes in a large virtual cohort of PLWD who have a high burden of HIV and TB, from the Khayelitsha subdistrict in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. We described the relationship between previous TB, newly diagnosed TB disease and HIV infection on diabetes using HbA1c results as an outcome measure. The study population was predominately female (67%), 13% had a history of active TB disease and 18% were HIV positive. The HIV positive group had diabetes ascertained at a significantly younger age (46 years c.f. 53 years respectively, p<0.001) and in general had increased HbA1c values over time after their HIV diagnosis, when compared to the HIV-negative group. There was no evidence of TB disease influencing the trajectory of glycaemic control in the long term, but diabetes patients who developed active TB had higher mortality than those without TB (12.4% vs 6.7% p-value < 0.001). HIV and diabetes are both chronic diseases whose long-term management includes drug therapy, however, only 52.8% of the study population with an HIV-diabetes comorbidity had a record of diabetes treatment. In addition, the data suggest overall poor glycaemic control in the study population with only 24.5% of the participants having an HbA1c <7% at baseline despite 85% of the study population being on diabetes treatment.

Conclusion

The epidemiologic findings in this exploratory study highlight the need for further research into diabetes outcomes in a high TB and HIV burden setting and demonstrate that routine health data are a valuable resource for understanding disease epidemiology in the general population.
Investigations on the vaginal temperature, cycle stages, and steroid hormone concentrations during the breeding season in camels (Camelus dromedarius)
Authors: Mohamed Ragab H. , El-Maaty Amal M. Abo , Mohamed Rasha S. , Wehrend Axel , Ali Fatma , Hussein Hassan A.
Published: May 2021

Background and Aim: Estrus detection plays a crucial role in the success of animal reproduction. It was previously reported that body temperature changes during estrus. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between vaginal temperatures (VTs) measured by a data logger, ovarian activity, and hormonal cyclic changes in camels. Materials and Methods: Six mature, healthy, non-pregnant dromedary, and 10-12-year-old camels were included in the study. The ovarian activity was monitored with ultrasonography, and estrus behavior was evaluated using an active and virile male camel. Animals were inserted with a blank controlled internal drug release device attached with an intravaginal data logger. Every hour, the ambient temperature was recorded by another data logger. Blood samples were collected, and sera were used to measure estradiol and progesterone levels. Results: The whole follicular cycle lasted 25.41±1.36 days, and the maximum sizes of the dominant follicle in the first and second follicular waves were 1.63±0.27 cm and 1.94±0.42 cm, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the follicular diameter and estradiol-17β level (p<0.01, r=0.397). There was no correlation between the follicular diameter and progesterone level (p>0.05, r=0.038), which remained low during the whole period of the experiment. The mean daily VT was significantly correlated with the diameter of the dominant follicle (1.7-2.2 cm, p<0.01, r=0.52). Conclusion: Measurement of VT will improve the accuracy of estrus prediction. Further studies are recommended to validate VT in camel reproduction.
UMA ALTERNATIVA AOS LIXÕES IRREGULARES: O PLANO DE RECUPERAÇÃO DE ÁREA DEGRADA (PRAD) DA ÁREA DO LIXÃO DO MUNICÍPIO DE ESTRELA DO SUL-MG
Authors: Gonçalves Lomolino Ana Laura , Soares Angela Maria , Nishiyama Luiz
Published: May 2021

A recuperação de áreas degradadas é um importante instrumento para a melhora da qualidade de vida da sociedade e uma tentativa de reestabelecimento do equilíbrio ambiental. Quando realizado de forma responsável traz resultados em curto e longo prazo. O Brasil também vem se desenvolvendo de forma eficaz no que diz respeito à qualidade ambiental, onde um avanço importante foi a aprovação da Lei Federal 12.305, de 02 de agosto de 2010, que regulamenta o Plano Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, proibindo a criação dos “lixões” e decretando o fechamento dos que estão em funcionamento. Visando a aplicação desta Lei Federal o município de Estrela do Sul, juntamente com outros 8 (oito) municípios integrantes do Consórcio Região de Desenvolvimento Sustentável – RIDES, assinou um Termo de Ajustamento de Conduta (TAC) no dia 04/04/2016 com o Ministério Público Estadual. Este TAC tem como objeto a regularização da destinação final adequada dos resíduos sólidos no município, adequação do aterro às normas ambientais pertinentes, bem como a recuperação das áreas degradadas pelo lixão do municipal. Apresentando uma proposta de adequação ambiental para a área.
“TEMPOS DIFÍCEIS”: A UNIVERSIDADE E SEU PAPEL JUNTO À DEMOCRACIA NO BRASIL
Authors: Martins de Souza Rita de Cássia
Published: May 2021

O presente trabalho é resultado da participação no evento “XXI Semana de Geografia” da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia no ano de 2019 no qual a mesa redonda tratou dos temas aqui desenvolvidos.
Sol e Cabocla
Authors: Lages Aline
Published: May 2021

Obras da artista plástica Aline Lages.
“DICOMER” E “DIBEBER” EM TEMPOS DE VENENOS NA MESA: PROJETO DE EXTENSÃO NO COLÉGIO MUNICIPAL AURINO FAUSTO DOS SANTOS EM UBAÍRA-BA
Authors: Lima Aline dos Santos , De Jesus Pedra Reinalda , Moreira dos Santos Maíra Vitória
Published: May 2021

Considera-se a extensão como um princípio educativo que perpassa todos os níveis de ensino. Nos cursos de formação de professores, o desenvolvimento de projetos científicos de extensão é fundamental, pois permite que os licenciandos tenham contato com diversas situações educativas, seja de caráter formal, não formal e informal. É nesta perspectiva que se insere o Projeto de Extensão “‘Dicomer’ e ‘dibeber’ em tempos de veneno na mesa” cuja propósito foi refletir sobre o processo de inserção e do uso de agrotóxicos na produção de alimentos no Brasil a partir do Território de Identidade Vale do Jiquiriçá. Neste sentido, o objetivo do presente trabalho é problematizar as ações do Projeto em tela, realizado, entre agosto de 2019 e fevereiro de 2020, no Colégio Municipal Aurino Fausto dos Santos, na comunidade de Jenipapo, no município de Ubaíra-Ba. Para tanto, será feita uma breve discussão sobre a importância da extensão no âmbito das instituições de ensino superior e, em seguida, a apresentação, descrição e análise do Projeto realizado em três fases: a) qualificação da equipe executora; b) sondagem da escola parceira; c) troca de saberes entre a equipe executora do IF Baiano Campus Santa Inês e a comunidade do Colégio Aurino através da realização de rodas de conversas com os estudantes e oficina sobre formas alternativas de produção de alimentos. Com isso, foi possível dialogar sobre os impactos negativos do uso de agrotóxicos na produção de alimentos, bem como apontar como alternativa a produção agroecológica.
DAMPAK PANDEMI CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) DALAM PERSPEKTIF HUKUM DI ERA DIGITAL
Authors: Danurahman Jeni , Kusdarini Eny
Published: May 2021

Indonesia dikenal dengan sistem hukum campuran, perubahan-perubahan sosial yang terjadi saat ini dipengaruhi kuat oleh pembangunan negara-negara modern, yaitu perkembangan mendasar mengenai kemajuan akan teknologi. Manusia saat ini dituntut untuk hidup segala sesuatu serba cepat efektif dan efisien dalam mengerjakan segala aktivitas dengan dukungan pesatnya Teknologi. Wabah pandemi coronavirus disease (Covid-19) berdampak pada seluruh sektor di dunia tak terkecuali di Indonesia. Pemerintah sudah membuat kebijakan dan menghimbau untuk work from home yang membuat seluruh aktivitas pekerjaan dikerjakan di rumah dengan memanfaatkan teknologi sekaligus upaya untuk memutus rantai penyebaran Covid-19.  Maka dari itu perlu hukum modern yang didasarkan pada dinamika tentang kebutuhan masyarakat di era digital ini karena akan merubah tatanan kehidupan bermasyarakat, berbangsa dan bernegara.
BANTUAN PEMERINTAH INDONESIA DALAM PENANGANAN PENGUNGSI INTERNASIONAL DARI NEGARA KONFLIK
Authors: Sukma Nanda Agus Safana , Nurlukman Adie Dwiyanto , Amiludin Amiludin , Ahmad Ahmad
Published: May 2021

Penelitian ini menjelaskan bentuk bantuan pemerintah Indonesia terhadap pengungsi dari negara konflik yang sedang membanjiri Ibukota, khususnya di Kalideres, Jakarta Barat, dalam perspektif hak asasi manusia. Pengungsi merasa tidak aman di negaranya sendiri dan meminta perlindungan ke negara lain, dengan konteks mencari penyelesaian masalah yang permanen. Metode penelitian ini dilakukan dengan cara pendekatan kajian pustaka yang berbentuk secara kualitatif deskriptif dengan tinjauan literatur sistematis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah menyikapinya dengan memberikan solusi berupa bantuan kemanusiaan dan prinsip kedaruratan. Dengan itu, berakhir pada pemberian rekomendasi yang bersifat final dan mengikat, sesuai dengan regulasi yang telah ditetapkan.
Jak opisać dynamikę polityczną polskiej transformacji?
Authors: Kassner Maciej
Published: May 2021

Niniejszy artykuł utrzymany jest w konwencji working paper, a jego celem jest naszkicowanie interpretacji polskiej transformacji ustrojowej z punktu widzenia teorii Karla Polanyi’ego, w szczególności zaś jego koncepcji ruchu dwukierunkowego. W myśl proponowanego odczytania antyliberalny zwrot zapoczątkowany przez zwycięstwo wyborcze Prawa i Sprawiedliwości w 2015 roku jest odpowiedzią na utowarowienie pracy, ziemi i pieniądza wskutek neoliberalnych reform gospodarczych.
Eating disorders among men in the context of mental health and socio-cultural gender issues
Authors: Mroczkowska Dorota , Ziółkowska Beata
Published: May 2021

The paper undertakes the issues of epidemiology, conditions, and treatment of eating disorders in men, which are not widely recognised both in Polish and international research. The text is based on desk research analysis of research reports on eating disorders. Authors discuss the issue of eating disorders in the context of gender, indicating that the clinical picture of them (including the perception of one's own body, the ways and motives for striving for a perfect figure) is mainly related to the stereotypical roles and tasks that society and culture impose on men and women. The empirical material analysis allows us to assume that ED symptoms in men are more often (than in the case of women) related to (self) stigmatisation, diagnosis difficulty, coexistent dimorphic disorders, substance addictions, and more significant physical activity.ty.
Концепт „олигарх”: опыт корпусного анализа
Authors: Горбунова Людмила
Published: May 2021

The structure, content and communicative significance of the oligarch concept are explicated using corpus analysis. The structure of the oligarch concept is asymmetric: the logical and figurative components are presented much more narrowly than the axiological one. The axiological component dominates the structure of the concept. Various assessments from the negative zone of the axiological scale are included in the axiological component of the concept. The logical components of the concept are ‘the presence of very significant financial resources’, ‘the source of finance – most often oil or other extractive industry’,‘power’, ‘participation in the actual government of the country’, ‘belonging to a certain country (more often Russia or Ukraine)’, and ‘opposition to official authorities and government’. The status of “oligarch” is associated with a small number of the same persons. All logical components are assessed negatively, disparagingly or ironically. The concept of an oligarch receives significant signs from the concept of wealth – the main part of the logical component and axiology. The article compares the axiological components of the concepts oligarch and wealth. As a result, the attitude of the “ordinary Russian people” to wealth and the oligarchs isrevealed: this is envy and distrust, a rich person has extremely negative qualities and has accumulated wealth in an illegal or immoral way.
Emotywny komponent znaczenia przymiotników negatywnie waloryzowanych w języku rosyjskim
Authors: Orzechowska Joanna
Published: May 2021

The article analyses adjectives excerpted from a dictionary entitled Senses, Emotions and Adjectives of the Russian Language and evaluated by respondents as causing very unpleasant emotions (marked in the dictionary with three minuses). An attempt was made to delineate the emotive component of their meaning on the basis of data from dictionaries providing explanations, as well as those presenting associations, accompanied by contexts of their usage traced in the corpus. The data contributing to the analysis can be employed in order to reconstruct emotional images of the world and national cultural specificity of expressing emotions. Additionally, they can be used to scrutinize and shape emotional competence, while the methodology of delineating the emotive component of meaning with the use of affective expression and their associations can be employed in further research into emotive lexical items.
A török déli nyitás politikája – soft power eszközök Afrikában
Authors: Dudlák Tamás
Published: May 2021

This article discusses the relations of Turkey with Sub-Saharan Africa from political, economic and cultural points of view. The focus is laid on the performance of Turkish institutions on African ground, assessing not only governmental, but also humanitarian and civil initiatives. The nongovernmental factors are especially important with regard to Turkish African policy: the so-called Anatolian tigers and their associations both within the Justice and Development Party (from 2002onwards) and outside the scope of traditional state diplomacy exerted their influence on the political activity of Turkey in general and in “newly discovered” territories such as Africa, in particular. This new, globalized middle class formed the most important social and economic motivations behind the Turkish opening to Africa creating space for public diplomacy and thus contributing to the democratization of Turkish foreign policy.With regard to Africa, Turkey is the most active donor of the world proportionately to its economic performance. Several Turkish organizations (TİKA, İHH, Diyanet Vakfı, TUSKON, MÜSİAD, Kızılay, Hizmet) work in the fields of humanitarian assistance and development aid. They try to make benefit from cultural and religious proximity thus relying on direct connections with the locals and convey services of Western standard without Western attitude.
Kulturális értékeink megbecsüléséről
Authors: Biernaczky Szilárd
Published: May 2021

Biernaczky Szilárd a következő műveket mutatta be:

John Mack: Emil Torday and the Art of the CongoSzilasi Ildikó: Torday Emil nyomában - Kongó (Fotó: Lóránt Attila)
Political Influence of The Lebanese Diaspora in Côte D’ivoire Before the 2020 Elections
Authors: Shipilov Alexander
Published: May 2021

The recent political developments that took place in West Africa, encompassing several bloody civil wars and the following reconstruction, were marked by the involvement of a number of regional and completely external stakeholders. It has been, furthermore, broadly acknowledged by the recent scope of globalization, international, and transnational studies that diasporas constitute a significant portion of the internal groups of interest in local political processes. This tendency is true to West Africa and, most particularly, Côte d’Ivoire, the country that has experienced the latest large-scale civil conflict among the states in this part of Africa.
"Tudni szeretnénk, milyen édesek a tuszi nők"
Authors: Lator Anna Luca
Published: May 2021

The article presents the characteristics of sexual violence during the Rwandan Genocide at the beginning of the 1990s. Towards the explanation of the phenomenon of conflict related sexual violence, it introduces the milestones of the history of the country and the xenophobic narratives which had led to genocide. Then, with the main focus on media, it analyzes survivors’ testimonies and media materials, to demonstrate how the narratives appeared during the perpetration of rape. The aim of the research is to reveal the power of media with highlighting how political narratives influenced the characteritics of sexual violence.
A nők és a földkérdés a Kelet-afrikai Közösség tagállamaiban
Authors: Bagi Judit
Published: May 2021

In this paper I am introducing the change in women’s rights regarding land inheritance and the way it has impacted society in the member states of the East African Community. Besides presenting the results achieved, I am highlighting its inadequacies and the challenges yet to solve as well. Some interviews have aided my research, which I have conducted recently about the East African land inheritance situation with international Africa experts, and with the representative of the Rwandan Gender Monitoring Office in 2016. I am focusing on Rwanda, but also mentioning Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and South Sudan due to the regional comparison of the relevant laws affecting land ownership and inheritance.
Csodás barátságok kezdete
Authors: Marsai Viktor
Published: May 2021

Nowadays the East African Regional Security Complex (RSC) is going trough a radical reshaping: we can observe an increasing interdependency among the countries of the region and the expanding boundaries of the RSC which are deeply affected by the political and security processes of the Arabian Peninsula, North and Southern-East Africa. Although it is too early to declare the birth of a new RSC, it is obvious that the original geographic frameworks of the analysis are not sustainable any more.
Genderkérdések és mobilitás Afrikában
Authors: Földváry Bernadett
Published: May 2021

Földváry Bernadett a következő művet mutatta be:

Hiralal, Kalpana – Jinnah, Zaheera (szerk.): Gender and Mobility in Africa – Borders, Bodies and Boundaries. 2018, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 259
Választások és politikai szereplők a Dél-afrikai Köztársaságban
Authors: Tetlák Örs
Published: May 2021

After the wasted decade of the Zuma presidency, Cyril Ramaphosa promised a renewal in South Africa in 2018. The post-state capture condition of the former economic and moral champion of the continent did not favor to regain either the confidence of the voters or of the investors. While the country had been prepairing for the sixth free general elections (25 years after the fall of the apartheid-regime), most of the domestic socio-economic problems remained unsolved. Inequality, unemployment, education, corruption, land reform and provision of public services are still the most important topics of the public talk and determined the focus of the campaign. The publication introduces the party structure of the country, the leaders of the biggest South African parties, what is more the causes and the consequences of the sixth consecutive success of the African National Congress (ANC). The article includes an analysis of the results of the national and provincial elections and beside the electoral analysis the author tries to introduce the dynamics of power within the factions of the ruling African National Congress party, adding an outlook on the members of the new Ramaphosa Cabinet. Last but not least the publication describes the most important authorities and bodies who tackle the thriving corruption in the ANC and in the subsystems of the state.
Párduc, oroszlán, gorilla?
Authors: Béni Alexandra
Published: May 2021

The article investigates how the most popular Hungarian news websites represent Africa in order to highlight the tendencies and patterns used in their communication. It is hypothesized that Hungarian news websites operate with negative images when covering issues related to Africa due to the fact that news outlets tend to rely on foreign news sources, which – according to the available literature – mainly broadcast in a generalising and unfavourable manner.The content and sentiment analysis of news units led to the conclusion that even though the analysed Hungarian news websites do not solely use negative images – some topics, such as “Science and technology” and “Hungarian-African relations”, have a markedly positive tone to them – the online media representation of Africa is more negative in general.
Cargobike for Africa
Authors: Papp Zoltán
Published: May 2021

Papp Zoltán tervezőmérnök nemrég a kenyai-tanzániai határon fekvő Namangában töltött el két hetet, hogy újabb lépéseket tegyen fejlesztő projektje megvalósításának érdekében, melynek célja, hogy készüljön egy speciálisan afrikai körülményekre kifejlesztett teherbicikli konstrukció. A cél a víz és egyéb eszközök mindennapi szállításának megkönnyítése egy helyben elkészíthető egyszerű jármű elterjesztésével.
Minimális antropológia – maximális Afrikával
Authors: A. Gergely András
Published: May 2021

A. Gergely András a következő művet mutatta be:

Régi Tamás: Minimális antropológia. Qadmon Kiadó, Budapest, 2018
Ethiopia’s Burgeoning Democratic Transition: New Glamour or New Statesmanship Gimmicks?
Authors: Abdi Ali Ahmed
Published: May 2021

Following the amounting accusation of autocracy, the heritage of exclusionary rulership with an underlying ethnic undertone that confined the parameters of political power finally yielded nearly three years of unemployed youth-led street protests initially in Oromia region and later spread all over the country, demanding for political reform and socio-economic improvements. All these paved the way for PM Abiy Ahmed on April 2nd, 2018 in what seemed to be a transition in the form of a “play-within-a-play”. In this article, I offer an account that explains the image of Ethiopia’s democratic transition in 2018, undeniably using my own physical experience and observations as an academic and a humanitarian practitioner owing to my more than 15 years of stay in the country where I have often been close to the decision-making tables in Addis Ababa as well as in the Somali region. Of course, I will also use all other seminally relevant information helpful to draw an explanation tothe interminable socio-political and economic transformation in Ethiopia.
Ethnic-Based Party Systems, Culture of Democracy, and Political Transition in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Political Transition in Ethiopia
Authors: Kemal Maiftah Mohammed
Published: May 2021

According to David Easton, “Politics involves change; and the political world is a world of flux, tensions, and transitions” (Miftah, 2019: 1). Ethiopia’s history of political transition fits the conceptualization of politics as changes and the political world as a world of flux. Political transition in Ethiopia has been dominantly tragic. Atse Tewodros II’s political career ended in the tragedy of Meqdela (1868), Atse Yohannes IV’s reign culminated in the ‘Good Friday in Metema’ (1889), while Menelik’s political career ended peacefully, and that of his successor, Iyasu, ended in tragedy before his actual coronation (1916). The emperor was overthrown in a coup in 1974, and Mengistu’s regime came to an end when he fled the country for Zimbabwe (1991). (Miftah, 2019) Thus far, revolutions, peasant upheavals, and military coup d’états have been political instruments of regime change in Ethiopia. What is missing in the Ethiopian experience of transition so far is the changing of governments through elections. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities for a political transition in Ethiopia using comparative data analysis and various presentation methods.
What Shall We Think About an Afrocentric Vision?
Authors: Biernaczky Szilárd
Published: May 2021

This essay was originally a lecture given in Hungarian in Pécs, Hungary, at a conference on African Globalities/Global Africans, the 4th Pécs African Studies Conference on June 9-10, 2016. It starts its analysis with the ancient Greeks, since when, and even more so since Hegel, we have known that in the fields of both thinking and actions, along theses and antitheses, then with luck, along syntheses, “welter” the phrasing of notions and conceptions and the debates over them as well as everyday and historical events. We also know that syntheses many times are born with difficulty. What is more, in many cases, series of theses and antitheses get to grips with each other for a long period of time without the hope of creating a synthesis. And of course, to open the gates elsewhere: this old-world syllogism, as a reflective model, is not sufficient for the interpretation of the realistic and mental entity that inundates us. However, nowadays we can pick up on the specific mental-interpretational ideology that stands out in the form of this model whose essence is Afrocentrism set against the Eurocentric approach (Biernaczky, 2017). This is discussed in the paper.
Kazahsztán Afrika kapcsolatai: békeharcos vagy jó kereskedő?
Authors: Vasa László
Published: May 2021

Kazakhstan is a thirty-year-old state, which, along with its nation-building, has been ambitious in establishing its international relations. Balancing with the major and emerging powers, over the last ten years, priority has been given to building relations with the countries of the African continent, but this is by no means limited to bilateral relations; Kazakhstan is actively involved in the work of the African Union and is trying to mediate in conflicts. The question is, what are the interests of an oil-rich, vast but relatively low-populated, economically consolidated country, which is not one of the largest economies in the world in its relations with African countries? In this article, I would like to explore the background and connections of this with the hypothesis that the interests of Kazakhstan in the region are not necessarily economic, but rather aim to increase its international recognition and reputation.
Afro-ázsiai kapcsolatok és a 21. század geopolitikai realitása
Authors: Oltean Sándor
Published: May 2021

Oltean Sándor a következő művet mutatta be:
Tarrósy István: Afro-ázsiai dinamikák. Tanulmányok ázsai államok afrikai szerepvállalásairól. Publikon Kiadó, Pécs, 2016
A nem kormányzati szervezetek Kenyában
Authors: Solymári Dániel , Mangera Janet
Published: May 2021

The role of African civic and non-governmental organizations has grown exponentially over the past ten years. Their number in Kenya has reached eleven thousand, with annual revenues in excess of one and a half billion dollars. However, the country has come a long way since the “difficult 1990s”, Kenya’s period of democratization. Fostering cooperation between NGOs and the government continues to have its problems, but without “civilians” there would be a huge gap in the field of development aid. In our article, we have reviewed the history and regulatory framework of the non-governmental sector in Kenya and its re-emergence.
Bojkottált Maghreb, észak-afrikai térségi fellendülés - a nyugat-szaharai válság magyar szemmel
Authors: A. Gergely András
Published: May 2021

A. Gergely András a következő művet mutatta be:
Besenyő János: Magyarország és a nyugat-szaharai válság. Monarchia Kiadó – Óbudai Egyetem, Biztonságtudományi Doktori iskola, Afrika Kutató Központ 2020.
Mesekatalógustól afrikai sziklaképekig és iszlám dzsinnekig
Authors: A. Gergely András
Published: May 2021

A. Gergely András a következő kiadványt mutatta be:
Ethnologia. Multidiszciplináris szaktudományi folyóirat – elektronikus könyv. Mundus Novus kiadó, 2016
Turisztikai itinerek - Elődeink nyomában
Authors: Szilasi Ildikó , Mánfai Zoltán
Published: May 2021

• Etiópiai ajánlat• Kenyai ajánlat• Tanzániai ajánlat, szafari üdüléssel Zanzibár szigetén• Ugandai ajánlat, a hegyi gorillák földjén
Hand over the reins: A case study for student-staff partnership in designing module assessments
Authors: Millmore Amanda
Published: May 2021

This case study of a student-staff partnership project to design assessments in a new undergraduate Law module, emphasises the importance of building trust and an equitable partnership before handing over the reins and enabling students to fully control an aspect of curriculum design. The case study focuses upon a model for partnership in module design with students as active partners in co-creation, having full control within clear boundaries. Outcomes include a positive impact for the student partners as it helped them to develop employability attributes from their involvement in the project, as well as giving them an understanding of the other side of the student-teacher relationship. The partnership also had a broader positive impact on the student community, by amplifying their voices and breaking down the power dynamic between staff and students to enable students to engage meaningfully with module design, which has led to further positive partnership working.
Undergraduates as course creators: Reflections on starting and sustaining a student-faculty partnership
Authors: Spencer Brooke , Tori Katerina , Campbell Robert
Published: May 2021

We reflect on a grassroots partnership to create a new sophomore seminar, “Precision medicine or privileged medicine?” The course puts students in the driver’s seat to explore problems with inclusiveness and quality of biomedical research. It also emphasizes the relevance of “soft skills”, such as emotional intelligence, to build trust, understand inequities and involve patients as partners to improve research. 

 After developing the course, we felt our experience could interest students and faculty interested in pedagogical co-design, especially where this is not supported by a specific initiative. Ours was a multi-year partnership spearheaded by a sophomore, a senior and a volunteer adjunct associate professor. While we made important use of existing university programs, there was no umbrella initiative or overall sponsor to support student-faculty partnerships from first ideas through new course implementation.  This meant we operated with both uncertainty and creativity regarding process, continuity and funding. 

 In this essay we reflect on experiences that formed and facilitated our partnership, from our first conversations through course approval.  We look at how our partnership became one of pedagogical co-design and shaped an inclusive, real-world problem-oriented course for undergraduates. Our reflections may help students interested in teaching and course development looking to develop relationships with faculty members in which they feel heard and valued. Furthermore, we hope to encourage faculty members looking to create a course that prioritizes student experience, goals, and feedback, through development of collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships with undergraduates.
Models for exploring partnership: Introducing sparqs’ student partnership staircase as a reflective tool for staff and students
Authors: Varwell Simon
Published: May 2021

A useful way of exploring partnership between staff and students is through visual representations of partnership, where the concept sits alongside other ideas in scales or diagrams. They enable comparison, benchmarking and reflection in a way that is facilitative rather than instructional. Many such tools approach partnership in different ways and can be used in various contexts by staff and students. This article explores some of those tools, and introduces sparqs’ student partnership staircase, a simple tool which places partnership at the top of a four-step scale, prompting conversations about the role that students can and should play in shaping quality and how staff and institutions can enable this. Consideration is given to how the staircase can be used to create mutual learning spaces for staff and students and prompt shared understandings about partnership in quality.
Japanese Immigrants’ Pantry
Authors: Funabashi Eric
Published: May 2021

This article explores the role of cookbooks in supporting the creation of new eating habits and identities during the Japanese immigration to Brazil. When Japanese immigrants first arrived in Brazil in 1908, the local food represented a major barrier to their acclimation in the new country. Unknown ingredients and disgust for popular seasonings like pork fat and garlic prevented Japanese immigrants from preparing familiar meals and caused drastic changes to their diets. After nearly three decades improvising meals, Japanese immigrants started to better incorporate Brazilian ingredients into their eating habits when an alliance between the Brazilian and the American governments in 1937, and Japan’s defeat in World War II pressured them to adopt Brazil as their new home country. As Japanese immigrants internalized a new mindset focused on making Brazil their permanent home, cookbooks written by immigrants not only taught them how to use Brazilian ingredients, but also reflected immigrants’ improvements in building a higher-quality lifestyle. This article analyzes cookbooks written by Japanese immigrants in tandem with private diaries and recipes to examine the complex process of creating new eating habits as well as new Brazilian Nikkei identities.
Digesting Peru in Brooklyn
Authors: Hall Amy Cox
Published: May 2021

Dominant analytical frameworks in critical food studies literature often ignore or underplay the role of the senses for chefs and eaters. This article considers one Peruvian American chef’s efforts to translate Peru’s gastronomic boom and “Peruvian flavor profiles” for New York eaters. Through an emphasis on flavor, this article shows the kinds of binds such dominant frameworks create around chefs, particularly for those who labor under culinary labels such as non-European cooking, Latino food, or ethnic cuisine. Flavor offers more than the binary of virtuous hero or colonialist villain, and instead helps conceptualize taste and power as acts of digestion, highlighting the sensory web created through cooking and eating in gastronationalism. A focus on flavor also points us to the way in which the category itself has become a resource, an embodied sensation that is part and parcel of our social lives, the result of digesting creatures and worlds around us, shaping our selves, our bodies and our national imaginaries in the process.
When the Rainbows Bring the Crawfish
Authors: Ocampo-Raeder V. Constanza
Published: May 2021

In this article I present the social life of camarones, a Peruvian river crustacean used in some of the region’s favorite dishes, and the liminal space they occupy in the geography, minds, and ecosystem of Peru and its people. I situate the relationship between these crawfish and the folks who capture them, known as camaroneros, within insights of environmental anthropologists and food scholars who also explore the connections between cultural and biological diversity and the entangled socio-ecological histories that inform the manner in which nature is mediated and understood by local societies. In this article, however, I expand this understanding to reveal unexpected spaces of engagement, especially those that emerge while eating, which tend to be overlooked by bounded notions of culture and nature and limit the ways we can imagine human-nature relationships. Via the story of camarones and camaroneros of one river valley of Peru, I argue that eating is a socio-ecological act that is imbued with profound cultural meanings involving a wide range of participants—not just farmers or producers—each with their own ecological identities yet still implicitly linked to one another through the process of producing, preparing, and consuming food.
A rare mutation of thyroid hormone receptor beta gene in thyroid hormone resistance syndrome
Authors: Del Prete Michela , Muratori Fabrizio , Campi Irene , Di Sacco Gianleone , Vignati Federico , Pellegrino Domenico , Persani Luca
Published: May 2021

Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a rare hereditary syndrome with impaired sensitivity to thyroid hormones (TH) and reduced intracellular action of triiodothyronine (T3) caused by genetic variants of TH receptor beta (TRB) or alpha (TRA). RTH type beta (RTHβ) due to dominant negative variants in the TRB gene usually occurs with persistent elevation of circulating free TH, non-suppressed serum TSH levels responding to a thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test, an absence of typical symptoms of hyperthyroidism and goiter. Here, we present a rare variant in the TRB gene reported for the first time in an Italian patient with generalized RTHβ syndrome. The patient showed elevated TH, with non-suppressed TSH levels and underwent thyroid surgery two different times for multinodular goiter. The genetic test showed a heterozygous mutation in exon 9 of the TRB gene resulting in the replacement of threonine (ACG) with methionine (ATG) at codon 310 (p.M310T). RTHβ syndrome should be considered in patients with elevated TH, non-suppressed TSH levels and goiter.

Learning points

Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary syndrome with impaired tissue responsiveness to thyroid hormones (TH).

Diagnosis of RTH is usually based on the clinical finding of discrepant thyroid function tests and confirmed by a genetic test.

RTH is a rare condition that must be considered for the management of patients with goiter, elevation of TH and non-suppressed serum TSH levels in order to avoid unnecessary treatments.
Nuolatinių dantų trauminiai pažeidimai: Lietuvos gydytojų odontologų žinių analizė; dantų traumų paplitimas ir jų prevencija tarp šeštų klasių moksleivių
Authors:   , Zaleckienė Vaida
Published: May 2021

Traumatic dental injuries in permanent occlusion: Analysis of Lithuanian dentists` knowledge; prevalence and prevention of dental injuries among sixth grade schoolchildren
Anatomical movement replicator applied to activities in ionizing radiation fields
Authors: Mesquita Amir Zacarias
Published: May 2021

The aim of this work is to demonstrate the need to develop more efficient means for radiological protection, making use of the latest automation and robotics technologies. A manipulator model has been developed that has technological differentials that can positively influence the performance and cost of remote manipulation. The built-in equipment has a Slave manipulator, developed without using semiconductor elements. They are housed in the control center, which is attached to the manipulator via umbilical cord, facilitating the equipment adaptation in hot cells and other working environments. The arrangement of the joints and the links, have similarities with the anatomy of the human arm, improving the instinctively of the operation. To demonstrate its technological feasibility, a prototype Master-Slave manipulator was designed, and built using three control programs, which were written exclusively for this work. It was also designed to reduce construction and operation costs, making it accessible to most areas. The results obtained with the prototype construction are shown to be promising, providing an incentive to continue the development of manipulators using similar technologies. The equipment, obtained satisfactory results in relation to the operability, being able to perform movement tasks of loads, as foreseen in the project.
Analysis of pressure drop in a numerical simulation of internal nanofluids flow
Authors: Filho Marcos Barroso
Published: May 2021

This study aims at the calculation of pressure drop from simulation of internal nanofluid flow in a new and long stainless pipe (1.4 m long and 0.01 m diameter). Calculations were made from numeric simulations which were based on theoretical models and experimental proprieties of three nanofluids: graphene nanodiscs with water, titanium oxide nanospheres with water and iron oxide nanospheres with water. Different concentrations were considered in each kind of nanofluid. Calculus of pressure drop were based on Darcy-Weisbach equations model. It was considered a fully developed turbulent flow for two numbers of Reynolds (Re), 4583 and18187. After analysis, it was verified a decrease in pressure drop values for each nanofluid, in parallel with the decrease of particulate quantities.
MELCOR steady state calculation of the generic PWR of 40MWth
Authors: Gual Maritza Rodríguez , N. Araújo Nathalia , C. Maturana Marcos
Published: May 2021

After the two most significant nuclear accidents in history – the Chernobyl Reactor Four explosion in Ukraine(1986) and the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan (2011) –, the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) included a new chapter (19) dedicated to the Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) and Severe Accident Analysis (SAA), covering accidents with core melting. FSAR is the most important document for licensing of siting, construction, commissioning and operation of a nuclear power plant. In the USA, the elaboration of the FSAR chapter 19 is according to the review and acceptance criteria described in the NUREG-0800 and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.200. The same approach is being adopted in Brazil by National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN). Therefore, the FSAR elaboration requires a detailed knowledge of severe accident phenomena and an analysis of the design vulnerabilities to the severe accidents, as provided in a PSA – e.g., the identification of the initiating events involving significant Core Damage Frequency (CDF) are made in the PSA Level 1. As part of the design and certification activities of a plant of reference, the Laboratory of Risk Analysis, Evaluating and Management (LabRisco), located in the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, has been preparing a group of specialists to model the progression of severe accidents in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR), to support the CNEN regulatory expectation – since Brazilian Nuclear Power Plants (NPP), i.e., Angra 1, 2 and 3, have PWR type, the efforts of the CNEN are concentrated on accidents at this type of reactor. The initial investigation objectives were on completing the detailed input data for a PWR cooling system model using the U.S. NRC MELCOR 2.2 code, and on the study of the reference plant equipment behavior – by comparing this model results and the reference plant normal operation main parameters, as modeled with RELAP5/MOD2 code.
FUNDING AND FINANCE ISSUES RELATED TO THE DECOMMISSIONING OF BRAZILIAN NPPS
Authors: Palma Daniel Artur Pinheiro , De Souza Anna Leticia Barbosa , Mesquita Amir Zacarias
Published: May 2021

It has been a consensus in the Academy that, for a nation to grow and develop in economic terms, an adequate supply of power should be available to provide its industrial sector as well as the needs of its people. Brazil did in the past make the decision to use the power generated from a nuclear source in its power generation matrix. The country today has two nuclear power plants in operation, Angra I and Angra II, with a third plant currently under construction, Angra III. The Angra I facility is nearly 40 years old and, should this country not manage to extend its lease of life, it should be decommissioned and taken apart, as provisioned for in prevailing legislation. In order to face the decommissioning costs of a nuclear power generation facility a sizeable amount of financial resources should be available to implement the decommissioning plan the operator is required to submit to the regulatory body. As the expected operating life of a nuclear power plant is of 40 years, some extensions were added to it to see the facilities go through successive and different governments and economic plans. This work studies some of the economic and financial aspects that go into the decommissioning of the Angra I power plant, pursuant to the IAEA documents published on the subject, covering different scenarios for yearly interest and the manner of the deposits, such as those of an uniform series of deposits and those of a growing and finite arithmetic progression.
NUCLEAR SECURITY IN THE BRAZILIAN REALITY
Authors: CURZIO RODRIGO CARNEIRO , FIEL JOAO CLAUDIO BATISTA , MOURA BRUNO DA SILVA , DE SOUSA WALINTON EVANGELISTA , BONFIM LUAN JARDIM
Published: May 2021

This paper presents a study on the implementation of nuclear security’s knowledge in the brazilian reality, sharing the promotion of nuclear security education, aligned to guidelines and orientations of the IAEA, and covering fields such as The Regulatory Area and The Non- Regulatory Area. The study takes into account the acts of terrorism that indicate the use or threat of use of radioactive material, radiological weapons or even nuclear weapons, including local attacks where such materials are present. The Nuclear Security planning in a country includes everything. From planning a safety project from a core of a nuclear reactor to planning a gym's safety. It also includes physical security plan, safeguards plan, information security, the society's alert about any risk and actions to prevent and detect the different types of threats, such as the risk of sabotage, illegal transfer of radioactive material, among others.
Possíveis contribuições da fenomenologia e da etnometodologia para uma sociologia dos esportes coletivos
Authors: Nazareth Eduardo Fernandes
Published: May 2021

Grande parte dos trabalhos em sociologia do esporte é profundamente marcada pela obra de dois importantes autores, Norbert Elias e Pierre Bourdieu. O presente artigo pretende explorar as potenciais contribuições que as obras de Schutz e de Garfinkel podem trazer aos estudos do esporte. Embora esses autores não tenham se dedicado propriamente ao tema, suas obras podem ser úteis à construção de uma perspectiva que revele certos aspectos do fenômeno esportivo ainda a serem explorados considerando-se a constituição da experiência de jogar no mundo vivido dos jogos esportivos coletivos.
A subjetividade corporificada nos marcos da sociologia existencial
Authors: Faial Soneghet Lucas
Published: May 2021

O artigo propõe um conceito de subjetividade corporificada nos marcos de uma sociologia existencial. Partindo da filosofia existencialista-fenomenológica de Maurice Merleau-Ponty, algumas problemáticas relativas ao sujeito e ao corpo no mundo social são apresentadas. Então, essas questões são trabalhadas com referência à teoria sociológica de Erving Goffman e a obra de Michel Foucault. Através da passagem por esses três autores, constrói-se uma noção de subjetividade corporificada, isto é, um conceito de sujeito que leva em consideração o corpo como nexo fundamental das relações sociais. Por fim, exploram-se duas direções de uma possível sociologia existencial a partir da noção de subjetividade corporificada.
A domesticação técnica da morte
Authors: Faco Tziminadis João Lucas
Published: May 2021

O programa anti-aging, assim como outros programas de prolongamento da vida, é a precipitação histórica de um longo processo de conquistas tecnológicas sobre a morte. Em seu horizonte de expectativas, prospecta-se não apenas o alargamento do tempo que decorre entre nascimento e morte, como também a eliminação da experiência de decaimento e da perda de vitalidade ao longo do curso da vida. Mas o anti-aging compreende também uma forma de relação com a morte: não enquanto evento final, mas como objeto da consciência, isto é, enquanto uma presença na vida. O anti-aging reconfigura a presença da morte na vida de duas formas: primeiro, desloca-a do campo do destino ao campo das deliberações humanas, e, segundo, identifica o corpo humano como barreira à realização plena da vida e como fonte última de risco.