bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Gefitinib Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Resistant to First-Line Gefitinib (IMPRESS): Overall Survival and Biomarker Analyses
Authors: Mok Tony S.K. , Kim Sang-We , Wu Yi-Long , Nakagawa Kazuhiko , Yang Jin-Ji , Ahn Myung-Ju , Wang Jie , Yang James Chih-Hsin , Lu You , Atagi Shinji , Ponce Santiago , Shi Xiaojin , Rukazenkov Yuri , Haddad Vincent , Thress Kenneth S. , Soria Jean-Charles
Published: October 2017

Purpose

The Iressa Mutation-Positive Multicentre Treatment Beyond ProgRESsion Study (IMPRESS) compared the continuation of gefitinib plus chemotherapy with placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) mutation–positive advanced non–small-cell lung cancer with progression (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1) after first-line gefitinib. Primary results indicated no difference between treatments in terms of progression-free survival (PFS). The current analysis presents final, mature, overall survival (OS) data, together with exploratory analyses that examined whether specific biomarkers, including T790M mutation status, were able to differentiate a relative treatment effect.

Patients and Methods

Patients were randomly assigned to gefitinib 250 mg or placebo, in addition to cisplatin 75 mg/m2 plus pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 (maximum of six cycles of chemotherapy). EGFR mutation status was determined from plasma-derived circulating free tumor-derived DNA samples (beads, emulsification, amplification, and magnetics digital polymerase chain reaction assay, allelic fraction analysis).

Results

A total of 265 patients with non–small-cell lung cancer were randomly assigned, and overall data maturity was 66%. Continuation of gefitinib plus cisplatin and pemetrexed was detrimental to OS when compared with placebo plus cisplatin and pemetrexed (hazard ratio [HR], 1.44; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.94; P = .016; median OS, 13.4 v 19.5 months). The detriment was statistically significant in patients with T790M mutation–positive plasma samples (HR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.21), whereas statistical significance was not reached in T790M mutation–negative patients (HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.68 to 1.94). PFS in T790M mutation–positive patients was similar between treatments, and the difference observed in T790M mutation–negative patients did not reach statistical significance (HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.43 to 1.03; P = .0745).

Conclusion

Final OS data from IMPRESS are supportive of earlier PFS results and are sufficient to warn physicians against the continuation of treatment with first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors beyond radiologic disease progression when chemotherapy is initiated. Plasma biomarker analyses suggest that this effect may be driven by T790M-positive status.
Factors Affecting Follow-Up Compliance in Patients After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Authors: Jasinski Patrick , Labropoulos Nicos , Christoforatos Olympia , Tassiopoulos Apostolos
Published: October 2017

Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential factors affecting patient non-compliance after endovascular aneurysm repair.

Method:
We performed a retrospective review of patients undergoing elective or emergency endovascular repair for thoracic, abdominal aorta, or iliac artery aneurysm at a single institution from November 2007 to March 2014. Compliance to follow-up at 1, 6, and 12 months was assessed. Factors evaluated included patient demographics, size of aneurysm, distance between the patient’s residence and outpatient clinic, urgency of surgery, and time of year in which the follow-up visits were scheduled.

Results:
During the study period, 205 patients (75% male and 25% female) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. One-month mortality was 1.1% for elective procedures and 16.1% for emergency procedures (p = 0.001). Overall mortality at 12 months was 6.3% and 32.3% for elective and emergency procedures, respectively (p = 0.0002). Highest compliance was observed at 1 month, with 184 patients (93%) attending. A significant decrease was seen at 6 (n = 102, 54%) and 12 (n = 89, 48%) months. At the 12-month mark, a larger proportion of minority patients were non-compliant compared with Caucasian patients. Confounders for non-compliance were analyzed using multivariate analysis, and statistical significance was found for widowed marital status (p = 0.008), travel distance >25 miles to the outpatient clinic (p = 0.032), and emergency repair of aneurysms (p = 0.022).

Conclusion:
Despite emphasizing the importance of follow-up after endovascular aortic procedures, almost half of the treated patients were non-compliant. Our study identified travel distance, marital status, and urgency of surgery as factors that may affect patients’ compliance to scheduled follow-up visits.
Resistance journalism in Haiti: The role of Radio Enriquillo in the coup against Aristide
Authors: Ruquoy Pedro
Published: October 2017

From the moment Jean-Bertand Aristide declared his intention to run for president of Haiti, the poorest mobilized to support him as he raised hopes of a better future after years of invasions and dictatorships. He went on to win the presidency in 1991, which was then called ‘Aristide’s year’ by his followers. Nevertheless, this hope was short-lived as he was rapidly deposed by a military coup d’etat on 30 September that same year. As is usual in these cases, a total blackout of the news media in that country followed under strict censorship and repression. However, in the darkest of moments, ‘Radio Enriquillo’, a local radio station in the south of the Dominican Republic, managed to evade censorship and kept the Haitians informed of what was happening in the country. This is the account from its then director who reported the events as they unfolded and a reminder that journalism can always make a difference as long as it fosters strong links with the community it serves.
Sharing media content in social media: The challenges and opportunities of user-distributed content (UDC)
Authors: Villi Mikko , Noguera-Vivo José-Manuel
Published: October 2017

The article explores the distribution of mass media content by the online audience that connects by using the different social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. The focus is on the new and developing concept of user-distributed content (UDC). From the viewpoint of media organizations, UDC is a process by which the mass media converge with online social networks through the intentional use of social media services and platforms in an effort to expand the distribution of media content. UDC does not have a long trajectory as a study object in media studies. The study suggests that practices related to UDC can be more strongly incorporated into management and journalism in mainstream media organizations, and that the distribution of media content can rely increasingly on the communication structures among the online audience. In the review of the UDC practices, complimented with interviews with Spanish and Finnish journalists, practitioners can find keys for a better understanding of audience management as part of the content distribution process.
News values of amateur photographs
Authors: Schmieder Kathrin
Published: October 2017

This article reflects on the decision-making process concerning the content criteria for the inclusion of amateur photographs in the news. The concept of news values gives an insight into this practice. I ask what content criteria amateur photographs convey that news media workers perceive as valuable, and which additional process-related characteristics are important. The findings show that the sourcing of amateur photographs largely follows traditional news values such as unpredictability, amplitude, conflict and negativity. They also reveal the importance of additional factors such as access and proximity. In addition, the article considers the relationship between the idea of high and low newsworthiness and the sourcing of amateur photographs, and shows that they are mainly applied at the ‘extreme ends of the news spectrum’. This important insight could be one of the keys to understanding how the professional news media adapt in the face of significant change in the media, and where the professional approach of assigning photographers is still relevant.
Watching over the watchdogs: Triangulation of press punishment in Sudan
Authors: Galander Mahmoud M.
Published: October 2017

Few countries have experienced the ordeal that the Sudanese press has lived through. Since independence in the mid-1950s of the last century, democratic and authoritarian regimes have been ‘watching over’ the press through an assortment of councils, committees, ordinances, laws and/or ‘revolutionary measures’. Under all governments, newspapers were suspended, closed down, confiscated and/or nationalized. The current political regime is, however, unique in its antagonistic treatment of the press as it has, since its takeover of power through a coup in 1989, shown an adversarial attitude of suspicion and distrust of the independent press and the working journalists. Using Steven Lukes’ theoretical interpretation of a three-dimensional power, the article assesses the punitive role of press councils, security bureaus and courts in stifling the ‘free press’ system in Sudan, and highlights the evolutionary nature of press control mechanisms in the country. The current regime is given more emphasis, not only because it has reigned longer but also because it manifests the characteristics of both a military and a liberal political system. This remarkable detachment from the ordinary classification of either authoritarian or liberalitarian political systems underlines the major thesis of this article that authoritarian regimes abuse press freedom by adopting and adapting some features of a free press system.
Children and crime/abuse frame: The view from Botswana
Authors: Akpabio Eno
Published: October 2017

The overarching aim of this study was to determine how children and children’s issues have been framed in the Botswana print media. The study universe consisted of news stories on children and children’s issues over a five-year period (2005−09) in Botswana print media. Three newspapers – Mmegi (daily), The Voice and Midweek Sun (weeklies) – were randomly selected for the study. The units of analyses were themes, nature and slant of the news reports. To ensure reliability, two independent coders were contracted to code the content of the news stories. A combination of emergent coding and priori coding was used. The study’s findings indicate that the abuse and crime frame has come to dominate the reporting of children in the Botswana media, which is in line with an earlier UK study. As a consequence, the study recommends more scholarly investigation of the issue and calls for frame evolution to more positive portrayals of children.
Exploring anti-tobacco messages from an experiential arts activity with Aboriginal youth in an Australian high-school setting
Authors: Gould Gillian S. , Skeel Margaret , Gruppetta Maree
Published: October 2017

High Aboriginal smoking prevalence exposes youth to passive smoking and encourages initiation. Using an educational arts-in-health project, we engaged youth in exploring the meaning of smoking for the Aboriginal community. An interactive classroom session educated N=20 Aboriginal high-school students about smoking and mass media literacy, followed by a poster-making session. The students could choose a threat-appeal, a positive benefit appeal or an advocacy message, targeted at youth, families or Elders. The visual and textual content of the posters underwent framework analysis to explore the range of messages and images. Students created innovative posters depicting issues facing Aboriginal people from smoking, including the potential loss of parents to ill-health. The majority of messages were fear-based (59 per cent), and targeted family (63 per cent). Over half of the students included Aboriginal arts styles or symbols. Aboriginal students exhibited insight into the effects of tobacco on their community.
Mental Greatness revisited: An artist’s journey curating an exhibition on mental illness
Authors: Savina Grace
Published: October 2017

This article takes a dual approach in analysing art and mental illness. It begins by reviewing the existing literature on both the practice of using art as a form of therapy and healing and also the capacity of art to promote empathy and awareness. It then reviews and examines a specific art exhibition, Mental Greatness, in which all the artists identified as having mental illnesses. As the former curator of this exhibition, I will take the reader on a journey beginning with preparations for the show, the show itself, and the impact it had on me as an artist, activist and person living with mental illness. If creating and viewing art can organically produce dialogues surrounding mental health, and aid in the recovery process, then collectively we can move towards promoting empathy and understanding of the role mental illness plays in our society.
Comrade Warhol
Authors: Davis Glyn
Published: October 2017

This article explores Andy Warhol’s Hammer and Sickle series of the 1970s. It outlines the history of its production, and examines the place of politics, especially communism, within Warhol’s drawings, paintings and photographs. Most commentary on the Hammer and Sickle series has emphasized the power of the symbol in the United States, but this article explores the value of reading Warhol’s series as ‘European’.
Warhol and Nico: Negotiating Europe from Strip-Tease to Screen Test
Authors: Needham Gary
Published: October 2017

This article explores Warhol and Nico’s relationship with Europe through their formative years and subsequent collaboration in Warhol’s underground and experimental filmmaking. In the 1950s Warhol was a commercial artist in New York, circulating in a gay milieu, and his work often conveyed Europe and a European sensibility in its illustration of ‘all things Europe’, but especially fashion. Nico was a fashion model and frequently seen in European fashion magazines before landing a few film roles, including a small part in La dolce vita (Fellini, 1960) and a featuring role in the French erotic film Strip-Tease (Poitrenaud, 1962). Nico moved to New York and found her way to Warhol’s art studio and social scene known as The Factory. At The Factory Nico joined the art-rock group The Velvet Underground at Warhol’s insistence and featured in several films Warhol made between 1966 and 1967, including Chelsea Girls (Warhol, 1966) and a number of portrait films called Screen Tests (Warhol, 1964–1966). This article explores the presence and negotiation of Europe in both Nico’s and Warhol’s life and work in the 1950s and 1960s. The article pays particular attention to their early careers and the shifts in Nico’s persona demonstrated by the difference between the French Strip-Tease and Warhol’s experimental Screen Tests.
Parliamentary representation in Portugal: Ddeputies’ focus and style of representation
Authors: Teixeira Conceição Pequito , Freire André , Belchior Ana Maria
Published: October 2017

Most of the empirical research on political representation has either focused on the analysis of descriptive representation, or on policy or ideological correspondence between voters and MPs. Only occasionally research has paid attention to what are the representatives' attitudes towards
political representation, or to the type of relationship they establish with their voters and parties in this regard. By exploring the attitudes and behaviour of Portuguese deputies towards their role as representatives, using data from 2008, this article intends to contribute to filling that
gap in the literature. Although mainly descriptive, the article also intends to unravel the individual determinants for the focus and style of representation. The findings suggest that the party is the main reference in representational relationships in Portugal, and that the factors that
best explain the focus and style of representation are the deputies' immediate political goals.
Visibilility and realism: Photography and the problems of transparency
Authors: Wooldridge Duncan
Published: October 2017

Photography’s initial claim to represent has been derived from a privileging of the visible world, which, it might be argued, is reinforced by the limited visibility of the camera. The proliferations of utilitarian photographies, therefore, are necessarily also the elimination of the non-visible. Such a notion of visibility, when contested, might provide the starting point for a reconception of the photographic in which the apparently indexical medium is filtered through alternative relationships to representation, transparency and, ultimately, even the discourse of realism. This article proposes that an alternative conception of realism might sceptically underline the limitation of the photographic apparatus in relating to but also limiting the world.
Reviews
Authors: Björk Johannes , Fletcher Alex , Gush Rose-Anne
Published: October 2017

AND – PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE END, FRANCO ‘BIFO’ BERARDI (2015) Semiotext(e), South Pasadena, 355 pp., ISBN-13, p/bk, 9781584351702, £12.47

PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS VIOLATIONS, JOHN ROBERTS (2014) New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 232, ISBN: 9780231168182, h/bk, £20.67

ON PHOTOGRAPHY, WALTER BENJAMIN AND ESTHER LESLIE (ED. AND TRANS.) (2015) London: Reaktion Books, 160 pp., 31 Illustrations, ISBN: 9781780235257, p/bk, £14.95
Non-standard uncertainties: Experiments in the visual conditions of the kilogram prototype
Authors: Raffaelli Giacomo
Published: October 2017

The kilogram prototype is an object manufactured in late nineteenth century to serve as the standard unit of mass worldwide. Since then, the kilogram definition has been determined by this unique object, making it a peculiar case in metrological studies. However, after realizing that the prototype’s mass was unexpectedly changing, scientists are seeking a new way to define the kilogram in pure mathematical terms.
How to accommodate grief in your life
Authors: Minkin Louisa , Summers Francis
Published: October 2017

This artists’ text examines the relationship between photographic images and Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) environments. We note that such scripted image worlds necessitate a fundamental reconsideration of the capacities of image, its formation, reproduction, storage and circulation. As an archaeologist would document an excavation, extending conventional methods through 3D visualization technology to work in new ways with the archaeological record, we chose to document a world built and razed digitally by a now dormant group of anonymous gamers called the Yung Cum Bois (YCBs). We turn to some definitions of griefer as a subcultural phenomenon within online culture to attempt to contextualize our involvement some more, thinking through the forms of image-gathering that grief play has generated, such as scripted object attacks where image-objects spawn and self-replicate, continually spurting out copies of themselves, lagging the region, slowing down frame rates, consuming land resources. Here we witness images blockading network logistics. This was active fieldwork. We got involved. We applied visualization technology learnt from archaeological computing research to the avatars, temporary structures and abandoned ruins of an online world, Second Life (SL). We patched together a kind of virtual photogrammetry, enabling the monumentalization of avatars, objects and scenarios, recompiling these into new configurations and uploading them freely to be reused, detourned and weaponized by our virtual friends. We situate this endeavour within a cobbled history of imaging technology, the networked self and its pathologies, riffling through our own image dump. Here.
Hosts and guests
Authors: Brown Lorna
Published: October 2017

‘Hosts and guests’traces public artworks produced by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects across the arc of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the subsequent anniversary of the City and the current context of reduced public resources. The article comments on the changing aesthetic, economic and regulatory conditions of public spaces and public life through a discussion of four projects: The Games are Open by Köbberling and Kaltwasser; Deadhead by the Bomfords, Digital Natives and A Monument to Mysterious Fires.
All that Glitters: Sport, BP, and Repression in Azerbaijan (‘The great coming out Party of Azerbaijan’ and ‘What the marriage has created’)
Authors: Hughes Emma , Marriott James
Published: October 2017

All that Glitters was first published by Platform to mark the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Games in Baku. The inaugural European Games was about much more than medals. Held in Azerbaijan at the height of a systematic crackdown on human rights and democracy, the Games were the first of a series of international sporting events the country hosted. This reprint of excerpts from All That Glitters explores how the Games belonged to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime and the British oil company BP and how sport was co-opted in the service of a dynasty and fossil fuels. A sequel to Platform’s The Oil Road, this publication returns readers to Azerbaijan’s capital, where a new generation of lawyers, journalists, politicians and activists struggles for its country’s freedom. All That Glitters unpicks the heady mix of sport, repression and hydrocarbons that is blinding the world to the grim reality behind the showcase of Baku.
Breaking and Entering: The Contemporary House Cut, Spliced, and Haunted
Authors: Wilmink Melanie
Published: October 2017

A review of Breaking and Entering: The Contemporary House Cut, Spliced, and Haunted that examines the interdisciplinary slippages and subtle tensions drawn across the theme of house and home by this collection of academic authors. This review outlines the key chapter ideas and highlights themes that arise across multiple texts.
Media archaeologies of the Olympic city
Authors: Piccini Angela
Published: October 2017

Olympic moving images – and their associated large and small screen manifestations in the city – take place. Yet, how is this taking and making of place through screen media and their techo-assemblages understood? Despite histories of the Olympic Games that discuss the mega-event as an urban and global growth engine and as a hotbed of cultural and technological innovation, the cities themselves as media and mediating technologies can appear to slip away under grand narratives of progress and ideology. Approaching the Olympic city as a screen landscape, this article asks how the myriad screens that produce the Olympic Games might be approached in ways that generate new understandings of the agential and performative role of the screen in contemporary urban environments. Using methods borrowed from contemporary archaeology, I consider how newer methods of engaging with Olympic screen assemblages may be necessary and how these methods might have an impact more broadly on the study of screen media.
Mega-event cities: Art/audiences/aftermaths
Authors: Dickinson Peter , Johnston Kirsty , Zaiontz Keren
Published: October 2017

This special issue introduction contextualizes the role of arts and culture in articulating the social agendas of urban mega-events like Olympic Games and World Expos, and also individual contributors’ approaches to this topic.
Inelastic Olympic hopefuls: Rhythmic mis-interpellation in three auditions for the London 2012 ceremonies
Authors: Zaiontz Keren
Published: October 2017

Between 2011 and 2012, I participated in three auditions for the London Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremonies. Unable to execute the choreographic commands of West End dance captains – those charged with selecting UK residents and citizens for the ceremonies – I found myself out of step with the other Olympic hopefuls on the dance floor. What does my acute lack of rhythm reveal about the necessity for synchrony in national performances? The Olympic Games is a celebration of national belonging on a global stage that unfolds through corporeal solidarity. As my body foreclosed upon the possibility of coordination, it took on a physical inelasticity closer to that of the ‘mechanical inelasticity’ Henri Bergson’s uses to describe the pratfalls in slapstick comedies. I frame my failures on the dance floor as rhythmic mis-interpellation, which is my way of describing how my body’s involuntary refusal of technique cancelled me out without anyone ever having to usher me offstage.
R&D Intensity: An empirical analysis of its relation to the structure of the manufacturing sector in OECD countries
Authors: Kayal Aymen A.
Published: October 2017

The R&D Intensity indicator (RI) is widely used by analysts and policy-makers as a proxy of a country’s commitment to research and development (R&D), for international comparisons, and for goal setting. However, many researchers believe that this indicator reflects not only R&D commitment but also the industrial structure in which R&D was carried out. It is believed that calculating a separate RI for each industrial class will reveal a more representative indication of the focus of a country in that particular class. In this study, the disaggregated R&D Intensity was named ‘Class-RI’. Validation-type analyses were conducted on Class-RI to find out whether it is associated with a logical economic output indicator such as the Value Added to production. The study demonstrated the effectiveness of the disaggregated indicator and revealed partially promising results that can support its use in future research.
Análise da produção científica sobre estilos de aprendizagem e uso de tecnologias
Authors: Roza Rodrigo Hipólito , Wechsler Solange Muglia
Published: October 2017

Este estudo apresenta uma análise exploratória da produção científica sobre estilos de aprendizagem em situações de uso das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TICs). Foram analisados artigos de periódicos revisados por pares, no período de 2010 a 2015, obtidos a partir do Portal de Periódicos da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). As buscas foram realizadas com os termos “learning styles” e “technology”, e seus equivalentes em português e espanhol. Em inglês, foram encontradas 209 publicações sobre estilos de aprendizagem, sendo que 28 (13,40%) delas estavam relacionadas ao uso de tecnologias. Em português, foram apenas duas publicações sobre estilos de aprendizagem, mas nenhuma delas estava relacionada ao uso de tecnologias. Já em espanhol, foram 17 publicações sobre estilos de aprendizagem, sendo duas (11,76%) relacionadas ao uso de recursos tecnológicos. Houve uma diversidade alta de assuntos relacionados ao uso de tecnologias, com predominância de publicações sobre e-learning. Tais constatações, incluindo a baixa quantidade relativa de publicações sobre estilos de aprendizagem em situações de uso de tecnologias, sugerem a necessidade de mais estudos sobre o tema.
Conflitos Causados pelos Lixões: Uma análise comparativa da situação do Brasil com o Município de Iguatu-CE
Authors: Lavor Anna Ariane Araújo de , Silva Antônio Carlos Alves da , Ribeiro Mariana Emídio Oliveira , Turatti Luciana
Published: October 2017

A existência dos lixões já repreendida pela legislação brasileira desde 1981, e que em 1998 foram tipificados como crime ambiental, mas foi somente em 2010, com a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos que foi regulamentada a destinação dos resíduos sólidos no país, bem como a concessão de prazo para a extinção dos lixões em 2014. A questão é que o prazo para o fim dos lixões não foi respeitado por 41,6% dos municípios brasileiros, entre eles o município de Iguatu-CE. Esta cidade além de permanecer com a destinação incorreta, abriu, em 25 janeiro de 2017, um segundo lixão, intitulado de lixão controlado, que segundo a prefeitura, os resíduos seriam despejados em uma vala já existente e em seguida seriam cobertos com terra para evitar o mau cheiro. A localização deste novo é mais distante da sede do município e das vias públicas de grande movimentação, em relação ao lixão da Chapadinha, demonstrando apenas a pretensão da solução estética e superficial do problema. Situação esta que durou 29 dias, pois no dia 27 de fevereiro, depois de diversas reportagens da mídia local, o Ministério Público emitiu um documento sugerindo que a prefeitura suspendesse o despejo de lixo no novo local e que apresentasse num prazo de 30 dias um plano de recuperação da área afetada. Além desta situação, a destinação incorreta de resíduos se configura como conflito nos mais diversos segmentos: ambiental, social, jurídico, territorial, econômico, sanitário e de saúde pública.
Contribuições da Técnica de Ensino Brainstorming: Uma Experiência com Estudantes de uma Escola Estadual de Alta Floresta-MT
Authors: Marques Marilaine De Castro Pereira , Ribeiro Mariana Emídio Oliveira , Gabriel Aparecida Garcia Pacheco , Chaves Sidney Da Silva , Zinelli Marlize Reffatti , Jesus Marcelino de Jesus De
Published: October 2017

Os objetivos do trabalho desenvolvido foram levar os alunos de 1º Ano do Ensino Médio de uma Escola Estadual de Alta Floresta a: identificar característicos dos sistemas vivos e princípios da organização da vida; entender a definição de vida e o abordo como questões que envolvem princípios éticos, filosóficos, jurídicos, científicos e religiosos, utilizando a técnica de brainstorming. A escola onde se desenvolveu as práticas pedagógicas está situada em um bairro popular de Alta Floresta. As atividades foram realizadas em 04 aulas, ministradas no mês de março de 2017. Como resultado positivo pode se destacar: a manifestação de análises críticas, fundamentadas nos estudos sobre o assunto abordado; a capacidade que alguns demonstraram de se posicionar e também de ouvir os posicionamentos dos colegas; a capacidade de rever conceitos e justificar tal revisão; a troca de experiências; e a animação dos estudantes frente às proposições. Quanto aos desafios encontrados destacaram-se a necessidade de fazer muitas pausas para chamar atenção dos que estavam com conversas paralelas, ou que, não respeitavam a vez do colega falar, interrompendo-o antes que terminasse de proferir sua opinião. Também teve os que ficavam brincando e pedindo para sair da sala, seguidamente, o que exigiu muito empenho para trazer todos para a discussão. Alguns participaram mais, outros menos, mas de forma geral, a maioria opinou sobre o assunto.
Relação Comunicativa entre o Profissional de Saúde e os Surdos: Uma Revisão Bibliográfica
Authors: Silva Raira Piágio , Almeida Maria Antonieta Pereira Tigre
Published: October 2017

Este estudo tem como objetivo fazer um levantamento bibliográfico a respeito da relação comunicativa com os profissionais de saúde e os usuários surdos, quando estes procuram algum tipo de atendimento nas instituições de saúde. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica baseada na literatura, através de consulta as bases de dados Scielo, Google Acadêmico e BIREME, onde foram utilizados os descritores Comunicação, Surdez, Acolhimento, localizando artigos publicados entre no 2009 a 2017 na língua portuguesa. Os estudos encontrados sobre essa relação comunicativa, apontaram que o usuário surdo e a sua família encontram diversas barreiras comunicativas, o que prejudicam a interação e o acolhimento nos serviços de saúde. É notório a precisão de mais estudos sobre a referida temática. Sugere-se a elaboração e implantação de estratégias como, a obrigatoriedade da matéria de LIBRAS na grade curricular, principalmente nos cursos da saúde, o incentivo e apoio aos profissionais a buscarem a qualificação e preparo adequado para acolher o usuário surdo juntamente com sua família.
Percentual de Contas recebidas e devolvidas do Faturamento para o Setor de Auditoria de Contas Médicas de em um Hospital Particular do Recife
Authors: Cintra Grace Mary Gomes , Souza Carla Giselly De , Souza Marta Gerusa Silva de , Oliveira Gislene Farias de
Published: October 2017

A atenção à saúde não é gratuita e sejam quais forem as fontes de financiamento, públicas ou privadas, elas absorvem recursos na forma de impostos, seguros ou despesas particulares. O sistema brasileiro de saúde tem passado por uma crise financeira, sem precedentes, crise esta resultante da má administração financeira destes recursos. A palavra Auditoria vem do latim Auditore, que significa aquele que ouve, ouvidor. É o perito encarregado de examinar contas. O processo de auditoria consiste em analisar documentos, registros, orçamentos, apresentações de fatos ou outras informações e depois comparar com uma norma ou requisito pré-estabelecido. A glosa é o cancelamento parcial ou total destes itens, por serem considerados ilegais ou indevidos, ou seja, quando o auditor do plano de saúde não considera cabível o pagamento. Faturamento é o conjunto dos recebimentos expressos em unidades monetárias, obtidas por uma empresa com a venda de bens ou serviços em determinado período, em outras palavras é o número de unidades de bens ou serviços vendidos multiplicado pelo preço de venda unitário. Foi possível observar que o convenio que mais atendeu durante o ano de estudo foi o Sulamérica, com um total de 17,67% dos atendimentos realizados no ano, seguido do convênio Unimed com 14,75% e Saúde Bradesco 13,72%. Para que possamos diminuir o percentual de perdas hospitalares é necessário um planejamento prático e eficaz, objetivando a pré-análise, que deve ser feita por profissionais de saúde qualificados possuidores de uma visão crítica e propositora de sua atuação, onde, devem desempenhar suas atividades focando sempre na qualidade da assistência prestada aos pacientes desde sua admissão até a alta hospitalar, acompanhando todos os procedimentos realizados, comparando prescrição com a saída de material médico da farmácia, monitorando solicitações de exames, lançando taxas, observando descrição e a evolução médica e de enfermagem, orientar os profissionais, quanto a importância de uma evolução fiel, real técnica.
Comparative Study of Rhodamine B degradation by Tio2 nanoparticles synthesized from titanium sec butoxide and its chloroacetato derivatves
Authors: Ambreen S. , Pandey N. D. , Pandey A.
Published: October 2017

TiO2 has been well recognized as a proficient photocatalyst. TiO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized from titanium sec butoxide (1) and its monochloroacetate derived compounds. The modifications of Ti(OsBu)4 with monochloroacetic acid in 1:1 and 1:2 molar ratios afforded Ti(OsBu)3(OOCCH2Cl) (2) and Ti(OsBu)2(OOCCH2Cl)2 (3), respectively. The use of monochloroacetic acid as a modifier allows the control of both the degree of condensation and oligomerization of the precursor. The cross linking of the gel and connectivity of the molecular building blocks are lowered in these heteroleptic alkoxides which results in the formation of gels instead of crystalline precipitate. This modification of the precursors leads to the generation of new building blocks which significantly affect the properties of the resulting TiO2. TiO2 powders were prepared via sol-gel method from these precursors and calcined at 400°C and 600°C for 4 h. Phase and morphology of the prepared metal oxide nanoparticles were studied. XRD patterns showed TiO2 in anatase phase. After coating with the surfactant trioctyl phosphinoxide (TOPO), TiO2 particles were dispersed in chloroform to study the particle size and distribution. The optical properties were studied by UV-VIS drs. The photocatalytic activity was studied over the degradation of Rhodamine B under UV radiation.
Effect of immobilisation on production of rapamycin by Streptomyces hygroscopicus
Authors: Sinha R. , Srivastava P.
Published: October 2017

Numerous antibiotics as secondary metabolites have been isolated from microbes specifically Streptomyces sp. Rapamycin is one of these, which exhibits many roles as immunosuppressant, antifungal antibiotic, anti-tumour etc. Constant thrust has been put by many researchers to improve the production of rapamycin by Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Past research show that whole cell immobilisation is a useful strategy for antibiotic production with economical advantage. This study is another attempt in this direction which involves immobilisation of producer organism on various supports such as polyutherane foam, sintered beads, glass beads and foam peanuts. These support materials have been selected based on their availability and were pre-treated chemically to improve their adsorption capacity. Comparative profiles have been studied to identify the most suited support for the growth of Streptomyces sp. Variation of biomass immobilisation on various support materials with respect to time in batch culture was studied. Cell release study for the carriers was carried out in production medium to evaluate the performance of beads. Also, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been employed for visualisation and analysis of immobilised biomass and measurement of pore size. This study aims to determine a suitable support for immobilisation of Streptomyces hygroscopicus which could be used for rapamycin production in batch and continuous mode.
Pediatric Price Transparency: Still Opaque With Opportunities for Improvement
Authors: Faherty Laura J. , Wong Charlene A. , Feingold Jordyn , Li Joan , Town Robert , Fieldston Evan , Werner Rachel M.
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVES:

Price transparency is gaining importance as families’ portion of health care costs rise. We describe (1) online price transparency data for pediatric care on children’s hospital Web sites and state-based price transparency Web sites, and (2) the consumer experience of obtaining an out-of-pocket estimate from children’s hospitals for a common procedure.

METHODS:

From 2015 to 2016, we audited 45 children’s hospital Web sites and 38 state-based price transparency Web sites, describing availability and characteristics of health care prices and personalized cost estimate tools. Using secret shopper methodology, we called children’s hospitals and submitted online estimate requests posing as a self-paying family requesting an out-of-pocket estimate for a tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy.

RESULTS:

Eight children’s hospital Web sites (18%) listed prices. Twelve (27%) provided personalized cost estimate tool (online form n = 5 and/or phone number n = 9). All 9 hospitals with a phone number for estimates provided the estimated patient liability for a tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy (mean $6008, range $2622–$9840). Of the remaining 36 hospitals without a dedicated price estimate phone number, 21 (58%) provided estimates (mean $7144, range $1200–$15 360). Two of 4 hospitals with online forms provided estimates. Fifteen (39%) state-based Web sites distinguished between prices for pediatric and adult care. One had a personalized cost estimate tool.

CONCLUSIONS:

Meaningful prices for pediatric care were not widely available online through children’s hospital or state-based price transparency Web sites. A phone line or online form for price estimates were effective strategies for hospitals to provide out-of-pocket price information. Opportunities exist to improve pediatric price transparency.
Soil sealing in Madrid (Spain), study case of Colmenar Viejo
Authors: Arístegui Cortijo Andrés , Pérez González María Eugenia
Published: October 2017

This work analyses soil loss over the last 150 years due to urban growth in one of the boroughs of highest environmental value around Madrid (Spain), i.e. Colmenar Viejo. The extent and patterns followed by urban extension are examined retrospectively using a present cartographic base layer. This evolutionary approach considering space and time has required a thorough compilation of cartographic sources that were created using classic topography, photogrammetry or remote sensing, some of which have been rarely used so far. These documents have been georeferenced, edited and handled using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing programs. Urban growth in Colmenar Viejo has been steady, has registered exponential increases (soil sealing affected 0.14% of the total municipal territory in 1861 and covers 2.64% nowadays) and has followed similar patterns to other Spanish towns influenced by metropolitan processes.
AGRICOOPERATIVES AND PRODUCER’S ORGANISATIONS:
CASE OF EU COUNTRIES AND LESSONS FOR UKRAINE
Authors: Ramanauskas Julius , Žukovskis Jan , Zinovchuk Vitaly
Published: October 2017

The article substantiates the expediency of creating a mechanism for protecting relatively small farms, which are so characteristic of the countries of the European Union (in particular Lithu-ania), in their operations at competitive markets. An ideal solution to the problem may be the crea-tion of producers organisations on the basis of an agricultural cooperatives, although this is not an uncontested option for the desired structure-forming way. The aim of the research is to develop ob-jectives and measures to activate formation of farmers producers’ organisations for sustainable agri-cultural and rural development. The study analyzed the experience of different European Union countries (legal regulations, scientific and statistical sources) in aspects of cooperation and devel-opment of producers’ organizations. Organizational leaders, institutional policy-makers and special-ists from self-governing organizations were interviewed. Also, this experience was compared to the current experience of agricultural business in Ukraine, the search for ways to transfer the best prac-tices.
LIETUVOS TURIZMO KLASTERIŲ PLĖTROS SPRENDIMAI
Authors: Rukuižienė Rasa
Published: October 2017

Pasaulio turizmo organizacija deklaruoja apie turizmo sektoriaus klasterizaciją, kaip vieną iš svarbesnių sąlygų besivystančių regionų ekonomikos augimui. Straipsnyje aptariami Lietuvos tu-rizmo klasterių veiklos ypatumai ir verslo organizacijų partnerystės klausimai, nagrinėjamas klaste-rizacijos poveikis Europos ir Lietuvos regionams ir faktiniai turizmo klasterių plėtros atvejai. Straipsnyje siekiama pateikti mokslines įžvalgas ir praktines priemones Lietuvos turizmo klasterių veiklai vystyti, kartu paaiškinti jų plėtrą lemiančius veiksnius pabrėžiant praktikoje kylančias pro-blemas. Turizmo sektoriaus klasterizacijos teorinė ir empirinė analizė atskleidė turizmo klasterių veiklos sritis, plėtros sprendimus, kurie įgalina didinti turizmui ir rekreacijai skirtų produktų teiki-mą bei viešosios infrastruktūros vystymą. Sektorinės klasterizacijos vertinimui pasitelkta Lietuvos ir Europos Sąjungos teisinių ir norminių dokumentų, programinių ataskaitų, gerosios patirties atvejų analizė ir vertinimas, atlikta mokslinės ir metodinės literatūros apžvalga Lietuvos turizmo klasteri-zacijos klausimu, pateikta ES paramos 2014–2020 metų veiksmų programos priemonių apžvalga, skirta vertinti finansavimo poveikį ir skatinti Lietuvos turizmo klasterių narius vykdyti konkuren-cingą veiklą, vertės eksportą ir kooperaciją.
Climate change: the need to adapt sustainably
Authors: Darch Geoff
Published: October 2017

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions will not halt climate change. Civil engineers need to start sustainable adaptation now, says Geoff Darch, editor of a themed issue of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Engineering Sustainability journal.
ICE co-funds new guide on detecting hidden defects in bridges
Authors: Tully Kieran , Kelly Lee
Published: October 2017

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has co-funded an important new industry guide on how to detect and manage hidden defects in bridges. Kieran Tully and Lee Kelly of Ciria introduce C764.
Seismic testing of high-strength steel eccentrically braced frames with a vertical link
Authors: Duan Liusheng , Su Mingzhou
Published: October 2017

The link beams of eccentrically braced steel frames are relied on for energy dissipation through inelastic deformation, but the frames and braces should be elastic enough to resist the strain hardening effect of the link. To reduce steel consumption, high-strength steel with 460 MPa nominal yield stress is used in frames and braces, while normal-strength steel with 345 MPa nominal yield stress is used in vertical links. The seismic behaviour of high-strength eccentrically braced steel frames was investigated in this study. Two half-scale specimens were tested under cyclic loading; the only difference between the two specimens was the link length. The failure modes of the structure, the ductility and energy dissipation capacity were analysed. The experiments indicated that the main failures were concentrated in the short vertical link, while the frames and braces kept their elastic status. The bearing capacity of the shear yielding specimen was higher than the flexural yielding specimen, the ductility of the former was better than the latter and more energy was absorbed in the former than in the latter at the same displacement. The results indicate that this new structural system provides good energy dissipation and ductility and is an excellent dual resistance system.
EL MODELO DE ESTRÉS FAMILIAR EN LA ADOLESCENCIA: MEFAD
Authors: Musitu Gonzalo , Callejas Juan Evaristo
Published: October 2017

Abstract.FAMILY STRESS MODEL IN ADOLESCENCE: MEFAD.The main aim of this work is to present the model M.E.F.A.D. (Family Stress Model in Adolescence), related to adjustment problems in this period of the life cycle. It is also the model in which the participations in this symposium are substantiated. We analyze the antecedents of the model as well as its six fundamental dimensions: Adolescence, stressful life events, family functioning, stress, resources and adjustment.Key words: Adolescence, stress, family functioningResumen.El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar el modelo M.E.F.A.D. (Modelo de Estrés Familiar en la Adolescencia) y relacionado con los problemas de ajuste en este periodo del ciclo vital. También es el modelo en el que se sustentan las participaciones en este simposio. Se analizan los antecedentes del modelo así como sus seis dimensiones fundamentales: Adolescencia, eventos vitales estresantes, funcionamiento familiar, precepción de estrés, recursos y ajuste.Palabras clave: adolescencia, estrés, funcionamiento familiar
Gamifying Content and Language Integrated Learning with Serious Videogames
Authors: Casañ Pitarch Ricardo
Published: October 2017

New methods and approaches focusing on foreign language teaching are continuously being developed and applied in the classroom at different educational levels. The interest in raising learners’ competences in foreign languages has been a fact in the last few decades. In this sense, approaches integrating the learning of non-linguistic content through a vehicular language that is not the learners’ mother tongue have been widely used around the world. However, it seems that some benefits of those approaches integrating language and content could be further strengthened if the time of exposure to content and language was higher and if students were highly motivated to learn. To this purpose, this article suggests that serious videogames could be a suitable tool to provide learners with further teaching support and increase their motivation in a playful context and introduces a model that aims at gamifying and integrating content and language learning through serious videogames.