bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Faktor Risiko Internal dan Eksternal Preeklampsia di Wilayah Kabupaten Pati Provinsi Jawa Tengah
Authors: Kasriatun Kasriatun , Kartasurya Martha Irene , Nugraheni Sri Achadi
Published: September 2020

AbstrakPenyebab  utama  kematian  ibu di Kabupaten Pati dalam tiga tahun terakhir  adalah preeklampsia. Pada tahun 2016, 35% kasus kematian ibu disebabkan oleh preeklampsia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor risiko kejadian preeklampsia di Wilayah Kabupaten Pati. Jenis penelitian observasional analitik dengan rancangan kasus kontrol. Subjek sejumlah 40 kasus preeklampsia dan 120 kasus non preeklampsia  dipilih secara purposive. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara terstruktur menggunakan kuesioner. Data asupan makanan diperoleh dari  FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire). Analisis data dilakukan dengan chi-square dan regresi logistik ganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan faktor risiko terjadinya preeklampsia adalah faktor risiko internal : riwayat keluarga preeklampsia (OR=6,74; 95%CI:2,54-17,89, obesitas (OR=2,68; 95%CI:1,29-5,60), riwayat hipertensi (OR=7,4; 95%CI:2,91-18,82), stress  (OR=2,64; 95%CI:1,26-5,51), dan faktor risiko eksternal: asupan anti oksidan yang  rendah (OR=3,71; 95%CI:1,23-11,19), asupan natrium berlebih (OR=2,54; 95%CI:1,14-5.67), paparan asap rokok (OR=2,43; 95%CI:1,14-5,17).  Analisis multivariat menunjukkan riwayat  keluarga preeklampsia  (OR=5,32; 95%CI:1,63-17,40), obesitas (OR=4,01; 95%CI:1,60-10,09, riwayat hipertensi (OR=7,38; 95%CI:2,32-23,45), stress atau kecemasan (OR=3,30; 95%CI:1,31-8,33), asupan anti oksidan yang rendah (OR=4,22; 95%CI:1,13-15,74) secara bersama-sama merupakan faktor risiko kejadian preeklampsia. Variabel yang bukan merupakan faktor risiko preeklampsia adalah usia ibu, paritas, dan penambahan berat badan berlebihan selama kehamilan. Disimpulkan bahwa faktor risiko yang paling kuat adalah riwayat hipertensi ibu sebelum kehamilan. Disarankan agar memasukkan riwayat hipertensi, riwayat keluarga preeklampsia, obesitas, dan stres dalam anamnese  pelayanan antenatal untuk mendeteksi dini preeklampsia.
Nilai-Nilai Spiritual yang Mencerminkan Budaya Organisasi Berdampak terhadap Peningkatan Kinerja Karyawan di Rumah Sakit YARSI
Authors: Kusnanda Irwan , Kusumapradja Rokiah
Published: September 2020

Performance appraisal for employee usually based on the job description that has been designed by organization. Therefore, the result of employee’s performance appraisal will be considered based on employee’s capability to complete all the tasks from their job description. The objective of this research is to analyze and identify the effect of compensation benefit, organizational commitment and organizational culture towards employee’s performance in YARSI Hospital. The method of this research is using causality design method based on time dimension, one short study; the measurement towards dependent and independent variable at the same interval. The sampling technic in this research using Cluster random Sampling. Analyzed unit is data analysis using Regression. The result of this partial test revealed that employee’s performance affected to organizational commitment, compensation benefit, organizational culture and the result of this simultaneous test showed that the most significant effect is compensation benefit. Surprisingly, Researcher finds that in YARSI Hospital spread over the spiritual values proved that all employee remain working hard even though the compensation benefit system has not been implemented at the finest condition.
Crimen transnacional organizado: las Organizaciones del narcotráfico mexicano en Colombia
Authors: Cortés Castillo Dario Enrique
Published: September 2020

Tras varios años de relaciones entre organizaciones criminales transnacionales de Colombia y México, los carteles mexicanos, con el propósito de ampliar los territorios de influencia y utilidades sobre el negocio ilícito, tomaron la determinación de expandir sus actividades hacia territorio colombiano. Proyectaron sacar grandes réditos, al valerse de la existencia de organizaciones armadas al margen de la ley, carteles del narcotráfico y grupos armados organizados (en adelante, GAO) que actúan en un vasto territorio con débil presencia del Estado y Gobiernos vecinos proclives al negocio ilícito. A partir de esta hipótesis, el presente estudia el fenómeno de convergencia y, apoyado en la línea del tiempo y en fuentes primarias, entre las que destacan los documentos emitidos por la Oficina contra la droga y el delito de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (UNODC), documentos internos de las FARC, declaraciones y estudios especializados, se fundamentará la tipificación del crimen transnacional organizado y el narcotráfico como una amenaza para la humanidad. Se avanza hacia la identificación, en la línea del tiempo, de las relaciones entre los carteles colombianos y mexicanos y luego se verifican, desde el fenómeno de convergencia, los vínculos transnacionales entre los carteles mexicanos del narcotráfico con las organizaciones insurgentes, terroristas y criminales de Colombia. Por último se abordan las implicaciones que tal relación puede tener sobre la seguridad regional.
Co-localization analysis in fluorescence microscopy via maximum entropy copula
Authors: Farsani Zahra Amini , Schmid Volker J.
Published: September 2020

Co-localization analysis is a popular method for quantitative analysis in fluorescence microscopy imaging. The localization of marked proteins in the cell nucleus allows a deep insight into biological processes in the nucleus. Several metrics have been developed for measuring the co-localization of two markers, however, they depend on subjective thresholding of background and the assumption of linearity. We propose a robust method to estimate the bivariate distribution function of two color channels. From this, we can quantify their co- or anti-colocalization. The proposed method is a combination of the Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) and a Gaussian Copula, which we call the Maximum Entropy Copula (MEC). This new method can measure the spatial and nonlinear correlation of signals to determine the marker colocalization in fluorescence microscopy images. The proposed method is compared with MEM for bivariate probability distributions. The new colocalization metric is validated on simulated and real data. The results show that MEC can determine co- and anti-colocalization even in high background settings. MEC can, therefore, be used as a robust tool for colocalization analysis.
Intraoperative fluorescence angiography with indocyanine green: retrospective evaluation and detailed analysis of our single-center 5-year experience focused on colorectal surgery
Authors: Marquardt Christoph , Kalev Georgi , Schiedeck Thomas
Published: September 2020

Objectives

Assessing bowel perfusion with indocyanine green fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) shows positive effects on anastomotic healing in colorectal surgery.

Methods

A retrospective evaluation of 296 colorectal resections where we performed ICG-FA was undertaken from January 2014 until December 2018. Perfusion of the bowel ends measured with ICG-FA was compared to the visual assessment before and after performing the anastomosis. According to the observations, the operative strategy was confirmed or changed. Sixty-seven low anterior rectal resections (LARs) and 76 right hemicolectomies were evaluated statistically, as ICG-FA was logistically not available for every patient in our service and thus a control group for comparison resulted.

Results

The operative strategy based on the ICG-FA results was changed in 48 patients (16.2%), from which only one developed an anastomotic leakage (AL) (2.1%). The overall AL rate was calculated as 5.4%. Within the 67 patients with LAR, the strategy was changed in 11 patients (16.4%). No leakage was seen in those. In total three AL happened (4.5%), which was three times lower than the AL rate of 13.6% in the control group but statistically not significant. From the 76 right hemicolectomies a strategy change was undertaken in 10 patients (13.2%), from which only one developed an AL. This was the only AL reported in the whole group (1.3%), which was six times lower than the leakage rate of the control group (8.1%). This difference was statistically significant (p=0.032).

Conclusions

Based on the positive impact by ICG-FA on the AL rate, we established the ICG-FA into our clinical routine. Although randomized studies are still missing, ICG-FA can raise patient safety, with only about 10 min longer operating time and almost no additional risk for the patients.
Why’d You Have to Choose Us? On Jews and Their Jokes
Authors: Gini Al , Singer Abraham
Published: September 2020

Humor, laughter, joke telling can be frivolous fun or it could act as a sword and a shield to defend and protect us against life. Humor can, at times, illuminate if not completely explain, some of the irresoluble problems and mysteries that individuals face. And, if all else fails, humor can hold off our fear of the unanswerable and the unacceptable. Historically it can be argued that during times of trial, tribulations, and suffering, Jewish communities and individuals have used humor as a way to cope with and deal with reality.
Humor in Philosophical Contexts: Socratic Irony
Authors: Agassi Joseph
Published: September 2020

It is hard to say what the focus of the difficulty here is: the very idea of a sense of proportion or the idea that a sense of humor is an ideal vehicle for it. Both are puzzling. As having the one without the other is quite possible, this is only a feel that the two go well together.
Last Laughs and Dead Ends: How to Get Death’s Goat, or Let’s Put the “Yin” Back in Dying
Authors: Marinoff Lou
Published: September 2020

The article’s purpose is to illustrate ways in which renowned philosophers, statesmen, and poets—as well as family members and friends of this author—utilized humor to express fearlessness of or contempt for death, or indeed to mock others’ fears of dying or tendencies to treat death too seriously. If Sigmund Freud was correct in hypothesizing that humor is the ego’s defense against life’s affronts, and if death poses the greatest possible affront to life, then jokes about death are the strongest protests we can lodge against our own mortality.
A cognitive approach to semantic approximations in monolingual English-speaking children
Authors: Pérez-Hernández Lorena , Duvignau Karine
Published: September 2020

This paper represents a foray into the largely unexplored territory of the cognition of semantic approximations in first language acquisition. Current advances on cognitive modelling are applied to a corpus of 500 semantic approximations produced by 20 children between 1;06 and 5;00 years old. The results reveal that a large number of those semantic approximations are the output of a set of cognitive operations including those ofcomparison and correlation(i.e. metaphorical projections),domain expansion and reduction(i.e. metonymic mappings), andmitigation and strengthening(i.e. scalar operations). Far for being an impediment to communication, most semantic approximations in our data are found to help children capitalize on their incomplete lexical pool, maximizing its communicative potential. The set of cognitive strategies involved is available from an early age, underlying the use of language throughout our lifespan, and adapting its functions to diverse communicative needs in different stages of our lives.
Shifting genres: Rendering bad language in the Polish voice-over of the Canadian drama American Heist
Authors: Rędzioch-Korkuz Anna Maria
Published: September 2020

This article is devoted to the problem of translating bad language in cases when the target audience recipient has direct access to the source text and the impact translational and editorial choices have on the overall meaning of the work. As an illustration of this point, it discusses a voice-over translation, in which case it is common practice to censor vulgarities, mainly by means of under-translating certain phrases, which are considered taboo, or omitting them completely. Such choices are justified for a number of reasons, including protecting vulnerable audiences or reducing semantic density because most taboo words exercise a phatic function. However, in certain cases censoring bad language has an impact on the semiotic make-up of the work and thus, changes the meaning intended by the original author. A good illustration is provided with the analysis of particular scenes from the Canadian drama American Heist.
The lexicalization of the adjective class as an innovative feature in the Indo-European family
Authors: Alfieri Luca
Published: September 2020

The threefold division noun-verb-adjective is often considered a hallmark of the IE family from the remote PIE phase. However, Alfieri (2016, 2018, forth.) claims that this view is incorrect: while in Latin three major classes of lexemes are found (nouns, verbs and adjectives), in the Sanskrit language of the Rig Veda only two major classes are found (verbal roots and nouns) and the most typical “adjective” (i.e. the Quality Modifier) is a derived stem built on a verbal root meaning a quality. As a consequence, a deep and previously neglected typological change should be reconstructed in the IE family, namely the lexicalization of the adjective class and the change from a parts of speech (PoS) system “without” adjectives and quality concepts verbally encoded, which is still preserved in the RV, to a PoS system with “true” adjectives, which is found in Latin and in almost all other, especially modern and Western, IE languages. In this case, the data in Alfieri (2016, 2018, forth.) are confirmed focusing on the Quality Argument and the Quality Predicate, so as to show that the presence of a lexical class of adjectives is a common development that has come about independently in different branches of the IE family.
Marking of quality modifiers in 2nd-generation IE languages
Authors: Keidan Artemij
Published: September 2020

In PIE, quality modifiers were expressed by stative verbs and nominal epithets, rather than by special adjectival lexemes. Adjectives did not form a separate lexical class. This made the encoding of the NP constituency less explicit. If we consider what I suggest calling “second-generation IE languages” we can observe a general tendency to create new, more explicit morphological means of dependency marking within a NP. The exact outcomes of this diachronic process vary from one language to another. However, if we parametrise the variation, a common pattern becomes clearly observable. In all the languages analysed in the present paper, there is a pronoun undergoing grammaticalisation as a dependency marker. What varies is (1) the position of this element with respect to the nominal base (pre- vs. postposed); (2) the degree of agglutination (bound morpheme vs. clitic vs. free morpheme); and (3) the locus of marking (head vs. modifier vs. double or alternant marking); (4) the source morpheme that undergoes grammaticalisation (relative vs. demonstrative pronoun).
Effect of protocatechuic acid against renal ischemia reperfusion damage on extracellular matrix integrity and related signal pathways
Authors: Yıldız Fatma , Şentürk Hakan , Uyanoğlu Mustafa
Published: September 2020

Objective

In this study, possible protective effects of protocatechuic acid (PCA) against experimentally-induced acute renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) damage in rats, on matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and the associated signal transduction pathways were investigated.

Methods

A total of 3–4 month-old, 200–250 g Sprague Dawley rats were divided into groups of five (n=7). A right kidney nephrectomy surgery was conducted to all groups under anesthesia. Rats were administered polyethylene glycol 1 h prior to ischemia (Group I, II) and PCA (Group III, IV, V) intraperitoneally. Forty five minutes before the ischemia during 24 h reperfusion on all rats except those in Group I. At the end of the experiment, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine values and superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) enzyme levels were investigated in blood serum. MMP-2 and MMP-9 gene expression levels were determined by RT-PCR, and p38 and p-p38 protein expression levels Western blotting method. Renal tissue was examined histologically and immunohistochemically.

Results

It is assumed that 80 and 120 mg/kg of PCA might have a protective effect against oxidative stress damage caused by renal I/R.

Conclusion

In our study, PCA has been shown to modulate the increased expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA along with increased oxidative stress during renal I/R, as well as oxidative damage-induced p38 protein expression. It was determined that particularly 120 mg kg−1 PCA reduced the renal I/R injury at a rate of 35–45%.
Rapid Changes in Movement Representations during Human Reaching Could Be Preserved in Memory for at Least 850 ms
Authors: Mathew James , Lefevre Philippe , Crevecoeur Frederic
Published: September 2020

Humans adapt to mechanical perturbations such as forcefields (FFs) during reaching within tens of trials. However, recent findings suggested that this adaptation may start within one single trial, i.e., online corrective movements can become tuned to the unanticipated perturbations within a trial. This was highlighted in previous works with a reaching experiment in which participants had to stop at a via-point (VP) located between the start and the goal. An FF was applied during the first and second parts of the movement and then occasionally unexpectedly switched off at the VP during catch trials. The results showed an after-effect during the second part of the movement when participants exited the VP. This behavioral result was interpreted as a standard after-effect, but it remained unclear how it was related to conventional trial-by-trial learning. The current study aimed to investigate how long do such changes in movement representations last in memory. For this, we have studied the same reaching task with VP in two situations: one with very short residing time in the VP and the second with an imposed minimum 500 ms dwell time in the VP. In both situations, during the unexpected absence of the FF after VP, after-effects were observed. This suggests that online corrections to the internal representation of reach dynamics can be preserved in memory for around 850 ms of resting time on average. Therefore, rapid changes occurring within movements can thus be preserved in memory long enough to influence trial-by-trial motor adaptation.
İÇ MÜŞTERİ MEMNUNİYETİ FAKTÖRLERİNİN BEYAZ VE MAVİ YAKALI ÇALIŞANLAR AÇISINDAN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI: BİR UYGULAMA
Authors: COP Ruziye , ÇALIŞ Mehtap
Published: September 2020

Bu araştırmanın amacı, iç müşteri memnuniyeti faktörleri doğrultusunda beyaz ve mavi yakalı çalışanlar arasında iç müşteri memnuniyeti açısından farklılık olup olmadığının tespit edilmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, çimento sektöründe faaliyet gösteren bir işletmenin beyaz ve mavi yakalı çalışanlarına yönelik bir anket çalışması yapılmış ve sonuçlar analize tabi tutulmuştur. Mavi yakalı çalışanlar açısından “ücret”, “çalışma hayatı kalitesi” “iletişim”, “takım çalışması” ve “çalışan eğitimi” faktörlerinden memnuniyet düzeyinin, beyaz yakalıların memnuniyet düzeyine göre düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Central American and Caribbean Consensus for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and Therapeutic Attitudes Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Díaz Alejandro , Gracia Fernando , Monterrey-Alvarez Priscilla , Sirias Baca Adda V. , Santos Biany , Enamorado Temis , Vásquez-Céspedes Johana , Parajeles-Vindas Alexander , Ramírez-Navarro Deyanira , Díaz de la Fe Amado , Portillo-Rivera Ligia , Ramíres Nidia Eunice , Rivera Victor M.
Published: September 2020

Therapeutic decisions for multiple sclerosis have become more complex in the Central American and Caribbean region (CAC), with new treatments appearing every year but with well-known limitations in terms of access and application. Concomitantly, the advent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, with an increasing number of cases in the region, has increased the need for a consensus on therapeutic decisions to be made for people with multiple sclerosis. Under these circumstances, a reference framework is needed to gather current information to assist neurologists in making therapeutic decisions.

An evidence-based consensus on the use of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis was proposed and accomplished by the Central American and Caribbean Multiple Sclerosis Forum (FOCEM), including recommendations for treatment during the pandemic. Using the consensus panel development methodology, after a bibliographic review of the best quality and actualized information, a final report was written; this includes statements that reached more than 70% consensus among the panel of experts.

The recommendations encompass indications for drugs available for multiple sclerosis, definitions of therapeutic failure, patient follow-up, factors of poor prognosis, discontinuation of treatment, treatment during pregnancy and lactation and specific recommendations to apply during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Comparing Performance of Synthetic Sex Attractants and a Semisynthetic Bisexual Lure in Orthosia and Conistra Species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Authors: Szanyi Sz. , Szarukán I. , Nagy A. , Jósvai J. , Imrei Z. , Varga Z. , Tóth M.
Published: September 2020

The performance of a semisynthetic bisexual lure (SBL, containing isoamyl alcohol, acetic acid and red wine) previously found attractive for a number of noctuids was compared with that of the respective synthetic sex attractants of Orthosia cerasi (=stabilis), O. cruda, O. gothica, O. incerta, Anorthoa munda and Conistra vaccini. The respective sex attractants performed significantly better in the Orthosia spp. than the SBL lure, which, although regularly catching low numbers of both females and males, did not differ significantly from zero catch in unbaited control traps. On the other hand, the SBL lure performed as well as the sex attractant in C. vaccini. Sizeable catches of C. rubiginea, C. rubiginosa and C. erythrocephala were also recorded in traps with the SBL lure. The SBL lure can prove to be a useful tool in ecological and faunistical studies of Conistra and related hibernating Xylenini species.
Measures for forming a self-improvingsystem of the scientific communications in Russia
Authors: Kirsanov Konstantin , Alimova Natalia
Published: September 2020

The authors propose a number of measures to create a self-improving system of the scientific communications in Russia. In particular, there are related to the following ones: the possible basic activities in the construction ideology of the scientific communications system; the possible basic activities in the field of education sector developmentas a source of the scientific and communication competencies and responsible for the overall climate in the society with respect to the perception and fixation of the results of intellectual activity; possible basic activities in the field of recording achievements of researchers creating a new intellectual product and participating in the scientific communications. The second part of the article is devoted to a more detailed theoretical justification for the proposed activities. The authors emphasize thatat the moment a number of significant threats has emerged, first of all, the ideology, on the basis of which a system of the modern scientific communications is built in Russia, fails to meet the modern requirements of national security and the interests of neither the scientists themselves nor society as a whole. The absence of the qualitative and economically sound procedures for recording results of the intellectual activity led to the formation of the powerful fraudulent processes as well as the corruption ones of a new level in the system of scientific communications in Russia. The activities proposed by the authors are directed exactly on the minimization of these threats.
Evaluation of an educational institutionin the problematics of hierarchimetry
Authors: Kirsanov Konstantin , Alimova Natalia , Snezhinskaya Elena
Published: September 2020

The authors of article draw attention to the fact that currently there are provided many sciences with a component "metry" in its name, for example, there are such developed and meaningful sciences as: Econometrics.Biometrics.Isometry.Scientometrics.Educometry.Sociometry.Referentometry. However, the scientific data are private and do not solve the general-methodological problems. For the super-complex socio-economic systems problematics of "metry" is multiplied many times over and transformed into a philosopho-vozrenologic and paradigmatic-conceptual field of knowledge. We propose approval having the force of law: any super-complex system has a vertically integrated structure and its analysis should take into account these features. It is proposed an analysis sequence intending particularly the following steps: determination of the analysis goal, selection of the research object, determination of the research object properties, etc. An example providing by its goal selection of indicators is suggested to measure the characteristics of the educational institution functioning. The authors propose a number of indicators to analyze the university activities. The results indicated that it is necessary to distribute terms acceptable for analysis in strict accordance with their semantic capacity, i.e. to use a methodology for the systematization and its section -hierarchimetry. The appendixes to the article present the research results of a number of national universities for the selected proposed indicators.
Desmontagem do diagnóstico e orientação para o singular: apresentações de pacientes de Jacques Lacan
Authors: Nascimento Cecília Lana , Vorcaro Angela
Published: September 2020

Resumo A empiria analisada neste artigo são as transcrições de três apresentações de pacientes conduzidas por Jacques Lacan no Hospital de Sainte-Anne, em 1976. A análise dessas entrevistas teve como objetivo apreender como Lacan procedia como analista no que diz respeito ao uso das categorias diagnósticas e ao manejo da tensão entre a universalidade do tipo clínico e a singularidade do caso único. A análise revelou que, embora Lacan não se recusasse a empregar termos oriundos da psiquiatria clássica nem a fazer o diagnóstico estrutural dos sujeitos entrevistados, esses aspectos não estavam no foco de seu interesse. Lacan prescindia da rigidez das categorias diagnósticas, realizando operações de desarme, inversão, anulação ou desmontagem do diagnóstico-padrão, inventando nomes - e não diagnósticos - que não fundavam novas classes para caracterizar os pacientes.
Testicular tumors in 190 dogs: clinical, macroscopic and histopathological aspects
Authors: Nascimento Harlan H.L. , Santos Alex dos , Prante Amanda L. , Lamego Eryca C. , Tondo Luís A.S. , Flores Mariana M. , Fighera Rafael A. , Kommers Glaucia D.
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to characterize the prevalence and clinical, macroscopic and histopathological aspects of dogs affected by testicular tumors based on biopsy specimens from the Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (LPV-UFSM) over 19 years. Parameters regarding the age, size, and breed of the affected dogs were also established. Of all dogs with some type of neoplasm submitted to histopathological analysis at the LPV over these 19 years (n=1,900), 213 (11.2%) had at least one testicular neoplasm. The tissues of 190 dogs (with 220 neoplasms) were available for histological reassessment. The dogs in this study had different types of testicular tumors with relatively similar frequencies. In descending order, the most frequent testicular neoplasms were seminomas (88/220), Leydig (interstitial) cell tumor (LCT; 64/220), Sertoli cell tumor (SCT; 61/220), and mixed germ cell-sex cord stromal tumor (MGSCT) (07/220). Among the dogs of defined breed (119 cases), large breeds had the largest number of cases (50/119), followed by small (47/119) and medium-sized (22/119) breeds. The ages of dogs affected by testicular tumors ranged from 10 months to 18 years. Increased testicular volume was the most common clinical manifestation. Eleven dogs presented information about clinical signs suggestive of hyperestrogenism syndrome (feminization). In seminomas, the diffuse pattern predominated over the intratubular pattern. Two sites (luminal and basal compartments) suggestive of the onset of neoplastic transformations in germ cells were observed in intratubular seminomas. They corroborate the hypothesis that canine seminomas possibly have pathogenesis similar to that observed in human spermatocytic seminomas. The SCTs and LCTs presented high cell morphology variation. SCTs had neoplastic cells organized in five different histological arrangements. As for LCT, solid-diffuse and cystic-vascular histological patterns were the most commonly observed. Through this study, it was possible to establish some of the leading clinical, macroscopic, and histopathological aspects of testicular neoplasms diagnosed over 19 years in the area covered by the LPV-UFSM.
Phonetic-phonological performance of typical younger and aged adults from Brazil’s capital city
Authors: Nogueira Tuany Aquino , Silva Liara Dias da , Cera Maysa Luchesi
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT. Given the sociodemographic diversity in Brazil, it is fundamental to understand the speech performance of a sample from the Brazilian capital. The repetition task can assess phonological and motor-phonetic planning. Previous studies found phonological-phonetic performance of speakers to be associated with education, age, and other demographic factors. Objectives: To compare the phonetic-phonological performance for speech of younger and aged adults in the capital of Brazil, Federal District (FD); to compare FD performance against national normative means based on São Paulo; to determine the association of phonetic-phonological agility with sociodemographic, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric variables for the sample. Methods: Cross-sectional study. A total of 60 volunteers from the FD, comprising 30 older adults and 30 younger ones, were stratified by education into two subgroups: 2‒7 years and ≥8 years of education. Data on age, educational level, and socioeconomic status were collected. The Verbal Agility subtest of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination was applied to assess phonetic-phonological performance. Results: No statistically significant difference in performance for verbal agility was found between aged and younger adults from the FD. There was a statistically significant difference in the phonetic-phonological performance of the FD sample compared with the Brazilian normative mean values. Cognitive and socioeconomic variables were associated with verbal agility. Conclusions: In the capital of Brazil, economic status, age, education, and cognitive variables were associated with verbal agility performance, despite there being no difference in phonetic-phonological performance between younger and aged adult groups. Regional differences in phonetic-phonological performance were also evident.
Cognitive performance in patients with Myasthenia Gravis: an association with glucocorticosteroid use and depression
Authors: Ayres Annelise , Winckler Pablo Brea , Jacinto-Scudeiro Laís Alves , Rech Rafaela Soares , Jotz Geraldo Pereira , Olchik Maira Rozenfeld
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT. We investigated the cognitive performance of patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG) through a cross-sectional study. A battery of cognitive assessments and self-report questionnaires regarding quality of life (QoL), sleep, and depression were applied. The sample consisted of 39 patients diagnosed with MG. The scores showed a predominance of cognitive impairment in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment screening test (MoCA) (66.7%) and in the immediate (59.0%) and recent memory (56.4%) tests. However, after the Poisson regression analysis with robust variance, it was found that patients diagnosed with depression had a prevalence ratio (PR) of 1,887 (CI 1,166‒3,054) for lower MoCA scores, PR=9,533 (CI 1,600‒56,788) for poorer phonemic verbal fluency scores, and PR=12,426 (CI 2,177‒70,931) for the Semantic Verbal Fluency test. Moreover, concerning a decline in short-term memory retention, patients using glucocorticosteroids (GC) and with Beck Depression Inventory scores indicating depression showed PR=11,227 (CI 1,736‒72,604) and PR=0.35 (CI 0.13‒0.904), respectively. No correlation was found between the QoL questionnaire and performance in cognitive tests. We found worse performance in tasks of memory and executive functions in MG patients. These are not associated with the length and severity of the disease. However, a significant prevalence ratio was found for poorer memory performance in patients diagnosed with depression and in those using GC.
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in brain diseases - historical foundations
Authors: Engelhardt Eliasz , Sudo Felipe Kenji , Alves Gilberto Sousa , Laks Jerson
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACT. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, which may appear alone or combined with cognitive and neurological manifestations, are frequent in many brain dysfunctions or lesions due to vascular, traumatic, neurodegenerative, or systemic conditions. Throughout history, many of the most prominent names have contributed to the clinical definition of the currently recognized mental symptoms and syndromes. The present paper aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the development, from ancient to modern times, of some widely known concepts and constructs about such neuropsychiatric disorders.
Influência da reabilitação física sobre aspectos funcionais em indivíduos submetidos à artroplastia total de quadril: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Budib Mariana Bogoni , Hashiguchi Mateus Masayuki , Oliveira-Junior Silvio Assis de , Martinez Paula Felippe
Published: September 2020

Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar, por meio de revisão sistemática, a influência do tratamento fisioterapêutico sobre a funcionalidade, amplitude de movimento articular e força muscular em pacientes submetidos à artroplastia total de quadril devido à osteoartrite. Métodos: A busca sistemática de ensaios clínicos randomizados e não randomizados foi conduzida utilizando os bancos de dados eletrônicos PubMed, Web of Science, PEDro, Cochrane, Clinical Trials e SciELO, com base nas estratégias de pesquisa recomendadas pelos itens de relatórios preferenciais para análises sistemáticas e metanálises (PRISMA). Resultados: Em geral, protocolos supervisionados por fisioterapeutas associados à realização de exercícios ativos da musculatura periarticular do quadril e de extensores de joelho têm propiciado importante prognóstico físico e funcional. Exercícios resistidos (dinâmicos e isométricos) de alta intensidade são mais eficazes para a funcionalidade. Para a força muscular e Amplitude de movimento (ADM), exercícios dinâmicos com 3 a 5 séries de 8 a 12 repetições com baixa e alta intensidade promoveram ganhos mais expressivos em relação a outras modalidades terapêuticas. Conclusões: As técnicas e os protocolos utilizados pela fisioterapia para o tratamento da ATQ são variados e possuem importante eficácia clínica comprovada na literatura.
Região e indústria no Brasil: ainda a continuidade da “desconcentração concentrada”?
Authors: Monteiro Neto Aristides , Silva Raphael de Oliveira , Severian Danilo
Published: September 2020

Resumo O artigo apresenta uma análise da reestruturação produtiva na indústria e sua expressão territorial entre 1996-2015. Tendo como referência a questão regional brasileira, conclui pela continuidade do movimento de desconcentração das atividades industriais baseando-se em dados demográficos e de produtividade industrial numa perspectiva territorial multiescalar: macrorregiões, estados e microrregiões. Alerta, entretanto, sobre razões para se preocupar: a) a desconcentração ocorre em contexto de redução de relevância da atividade industrial; b) a desconcentração é mais evidente em ramos de atividade pouco intensivos em tecnologia e conhecimento, com baixa produtividade e mais atrelada a setores voltados para o processamento de recursos naturais e intensivos em mão de obra; e c) a atividade industrial ainda se mantém especialmente firme nas chamadas aglomerações industriais relevantes do Sudeste e Sul do país.
A caminho de um estado de bem-estar social na China? Uma análise a partir dos sistemas de saúde e de educação
Authors: Nogueira Isabela , Bacil Fabianna , Guimarães João Victor
Published: September 2020

Resumo Este artigo oferece uma caracterização detalhada do sistema de proteção social na China com foco nos sistemas públicos de saúde e de educação, descrevendo as reformas, os programas implementados, os resultados alcançados e seus principais problemas no período entre 1980 e 2015. A análise utiliza os sistemas de saúde e de educação como proxy do Estado de bem-estar social que se desenha na China desde a virada do século, visto que reformas similares têm sido levadas a cabo em outras áreas, como no mercado de trabalho e na previdência. Este artigo realiza ainda uma comparação qualitativa com as tipologias de regimes de bem-estar social desenvolvidas pela literatura tanto para países ocidentais quanto para países do leste asiático.
Flower and ornamental plant consumers profile and behavior
Authors: Paiva Patrícia Duarte de Oliveira , Reis Michele Valquíria dos , Sant’Ana Gabriela Silva , Bonifácio Francilene de Lourdes , Guimarães Paulo Henrique Sales
Published: September 2020

Abstract Due to the importance of the flower and ornamental plants sector in Brazilian agribusiness, studies that analyze the situation of its different segments can help to understand and establish policies and actions that support and stimulate their development. The objective was to analyze the profile and behavior of consumers in the productive chain of flowers and ornamental plants. For this, a questionnaire with direct questions was prepared and directed to consumers of flowers and ornamental plants. The application was made personally with direct approaches in places of great movement and specialized technological fairs, and also online through social media, using Google platform. The results were analyzed by comparing qualitative variables using the Chi-Square test. It was identified that the profile of consumers is concentrated in women who live in large cities, consuming an average of R$ 100.00 to R$ 200.00 over a period of one year.
Development of Paspalum accession plugs for turfgrass establishment
Authors: Silva Stella Áurea Cristiane Gomes da , Albuquerque Filho João Carlos Cezar de , Silva Simone Santos Lira , Castro Ana Cecília Ribeiro de , Loges Vivian
Published: September 2020

Abstract The selection of a genotype for lawn use must consider the plant survival rate and its soil covering ability, which is directly influenced by the growth of stolons and rhizomes. This study aimed to evaluate the growth and development of Paspalum accession plugs for turfgrass establishment. Plugs of six prostrate growth accessions of Paspalum lepton (PL 01), P. notatum (from PN 01 to PN 06) and Zoysia japonica (ZJ 01), which was used as the control treatment, were planted adding up to 7 treatments. At 63 days after planting, the survival rate, the number of shoots, the expansion capacity, plant height and soil coverage rate were evaluated. Moreover, at 72 days after planting, fresh and dry leaf, root, rhizome and/or stolon biomass, as well as root length were evaluated. Plugs of PL 01 presented the highest values regarding the number of shoots, the expansion capacity, soil coverage and the development of the root system with the largest biomass production. PL 01 and PN 05 along with ZJ 01 presented a high soil coverage rate and all the P. notatum (PN) accessions together with ZJ 01 maintained a lower plant height, but with a length root system higher than the control treatment ZJ 01. The P. lepton (PL 01) and P. notatum (PN 05) accessions can be recommended for turfgrass establishment using plug propagation methods.
Profile of producer and retailer of flower and ornamental plant
Authors: Reis Michele Valquíria dos , Sant’Ana Gabriela Silva , Paiva Patrícia Duarte de Oliveira , Bonifácio Francilene de Lourdes , Guimarães Paulo Henrique Sales
Published: September 2020

Abstract The importance of segment of flowers and ornamental plants in agribusiness are growing. Researches that analyze the situation of different sector of this segment may contribute to establishing politics and actions to stimulate its development. In order to attend this purpose, the aim of this research was to analyze segments of the flower and ornamental plant production chain, focusing on producers and retailers. For that, two different surveys were applied, composed of direct and indirect questions. The application was performed online, using social media or in person, in the company location or in trend fairs. It was observed that the flower and ornamental plant production is mainly a familiar business. Another important issue is that the springtime consists of a new date for flower and ornamental plant commercialization. The number of retailers has been increasing, and this segment had some improvements as sales of different products and services. The flower and ornamental plant commercialization are still, in the majority, in physical location shops, besides of all the technologies available for online sales.
Lawn irrigation with domestic wastewater by subsurface drip or sprinkling
Authors: Mendonça Rafael Barcelos , Villas Bôas Roberto Lyra , Godoy Leandro José Grava de , Sousa Renan Lima de
Published: September 2020

Abstract To maintain the quality of a lawn and allow it to perform its functions (esthetics, enhancement of property, reduction of air temperature, etc.) efficient use of irrigation and adequate fertilization are necessary. The use of wastewater from sewage treatment, which has a nutrient load, in irrigation, can be an alternative especially if applied via subsurface, to reduce contamination risks. This study was conducted to examine the development and quality of an ornamental lawn of Zoysia japonica Steud (zoysiagrass) irrigated with wastewater depths, by two methods. The experiment was carried out in Botucatu-SP, Brazil, during winter and spring (June to December 2016). The treatments consisted of two irrigation methods (sprinkling and subsurface drip) and four domestic-wastewater irrigation depths (50%, 100%, 150% and 200% of the average daily evapotranspiration) plus control, where treated water was supplied by the Basic Sanitation Company of São Paulo State (Sabesp) of Botucatu, SP, Brazil, replacing 100% of average daily evapotranspiration. The following characteristics were studied: clipping dry matter weight, relative chlorophyll content, lawn height, total coliforms and Escherichia coli in the plant tissue and nutrient concentration in the leaves. Subsurface drip irrigation with wastewater, using an irrigation depth of 100% of the average evapotranspiration, allowed an adequate development of the zoysiagrass lawn by maintaining its quality, without contamination by total coliforms or Escherichia coli.
Sod production in Brazil
Authors: Villas Bôas Roberto Lyra , Godoy Leandro José Grava de , Backes Clarice , Santos Alessandro José Marques dos , Carribeiro Livia Sancinetti
Published: September 2020

Abstract The history of sod production in Brazil is somewhat recent when compared with conventional agricultural crops. This review describes the beginning of sod production in Brazil and the introduction of Emerald grass, as well as the emergence of Sod Growers Associations, which coincides with the marked expansion of the sector. The grass species and cultivars grown in Brazil are also presented and the main characteristics described. The text also reports few data in sod production area in the country, providing an overview planting evolution and characteristics of the market.
SRISKv2 - A Note
Authors: Migueis Marco , Jiron Alexander
Published: September 2020

SRISK is a very influential metric of the systemic risk posed by financial firms. However, SRISK suffers from a conceptual flaw in its capital shortfall calculation. This note proposes a modified version of this metric, SRISKv2, which corrects this flaw and provides a more sensible metric of the systemic risk posed by financial firms.
Changing the structure of the surface layer of ceramic products during operation. Part 1
Authors: Kuzin V. V. , Grigoriev S. N. , Volosova M. A.
Published: September 2020

The structure of the surface layer of the VOK-71 ceramic product after diamond grinding using the original method was investigated. The kinetics of changes in the structure of ceramics in the field of contact interaction during operation is studied.
Development of an energy-efficient technology for the production and study of clinker-free mineral binders based on blast furnace granulated slag with the addition of fly ash
Authors: Luchnikova G. G. , Druzhinina M. E. , Khaidarov B. B. , Suvorov D. S. , Kuznetsov D. V. , Lysov D V. , Burmistrov I. N.
Published: September 2020

Samples of cement stone on the basis of two types of blast furnace granulated slag with the addition of fly ash by mechanochemical activation were made. Their chemical, phase and granulometric compositions, specific surface area, morphology, strength characteristics are investigated. An analysis of the influence of the method of introducing alkali on the performance of compressive strength was made.
Expansion / shrinkage of bottom masses hearth during firing
Authors: Apalkova G. D.
Published: September 2020

The actualization of the problem of shrinkage phenomena in the process of firing the bottom, contributing to the opening of joints and the formation of cracks, is shown. The modern methods and means of studying expansion / shrinkage of the bottom masses during firing are analyzed. The expansion / shrinkage of bottom masses, differing in the ratio of the carbon component (anthracite) and artificial graphite in their composition, was investigated. It has been established that shrinkage phenomena decrease in a row from anthracite mass to graphitoanthracite. Studies have shown that the difference in the scale of linear changes during structural shrinkage is quite significant ― about 20 %. It was noted that the minimization of shrinkage phenomena contributing to the opening of joints and the formation of cracks is one of the factors to reduce the risk of leakage of the bottom of the cell. In this regard, it is advisable to optimize the rate of shrinkage of the bottom masses during the firing process at the stage of its structural adjustment, taking into account the conditions of their operation
Reduction of dust extraction from an aspiration shelter due to mechanical shielding
Authors: Averkova O. A. , Goltsov A. B. , Logachev K. I. , Minko A. V.
Published: September 2020

The dust dynamics in an aspiration shelter equipped with various thin mechanical screens is considered. To calculate the trajectories of dust particles, the differential equation of their motion was used, the velocity field of the air flow was calculated by the method of boundary integral equations. The influence of different mechanical screens on the maximum diameter of dust particles is determined. It is shown that when using curved mechanical screens it is possible to significantly reduce dust extraction in the suction network.
Corrosion tests of oxideceramic coatings formed by microarc oxidation
Authors: Chernyshov N. S. , Kuznetsov Yu. A. , Markov M. A. , Krasikov A. V. , Bykova A. D.
Published: September 2020

The results of experimental studies of the corrosion resistance of aluminum and its alloys modified with ceramic coatings based on the microarc oxidation method in some aggressive environments are presented. The mechanism of destruction of the coating is considered. Recommendations on increasing corrosion resistance are given.