bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Foot Care among Diabetic Patients: A Scoping Review
Authors: Al amin Ruqayyah M. K. , Alaamri Marym M. , Alhofaian Aisha M.
Published: May 2022

Context: Diabetic foot is considered one of the most preventable complications among patients with diabetes mellitus. This problem is correlated with premature death and severe morbidity because of major long-term complications which affect patients' feet.

Aim: This review aims to identify the extent of current evidence regarding the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetic patients about foot care.

Methods: Studies published in the period from 2013 to 2020 were evaluated. International electronic databases such as Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase Classic, EMBASE (Ovid), The Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), The Cochrane Library (Wiley), and CINAHL and (EBSCO) were explored to find articles written in English-language using relevant keywords. All quantitative studies that focused on the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding diabetic foot care among diabetic patients have been searched.

Results: There are two main themes generated from this scoping review and seven subthemes. In this scoping review, 845 articles were searched. After checking for duplicates, 815 papers were left to evaluate titles and abstracts. This evaluation left 52 articles for reading of full texts. Of these, 21 papers did not meet the aim. Thirty-one studies were included in the present review.

Conclusion: Patients' knowledge, practices, and attitude toward foot care were not considered satisfactory in most study settings included in this review. Several factors affect patients' knowledge, attitude, and practices, including gender, income, age of patients, marital status, and educational level. Specific health education programs should be targeted toward patients with diabetes mellitus to enhance and improve their knowledge and practices regarding protecting them from future harmful complications as diabetic foot.
Effect of Positioning on Oxygenation and Hemodynamics among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation
Authors: Elamoudy Hosam G. , Mohammad Sahar Y. , Abdellatif Gamal A. , Dessowky Suzan M.
Published: May 2022

Context: The routine practice of positioning is a vital procedure in critical care units, especially when prophylaxis is the aim. For many years, nurses have recognized that positioning prevents skin breakdown, mobilizes secretions, and provides comfort without identifying the impact of different positioning strategies on pulmonary gas exchange and ventilator weaning outcomes.

Aim: The current study was conducted to assess the effect of positioning on oxygenation and hemodynamics among patients on mechanical ventilation.

Methods: This study was conducted in the medical intensive care unit at El-Demerdash hospital, affiliated to Ain-Shams University. A descriptive exploratory study design was utilized in this study. A purposive sample of 93 patients was recruited in the present study. A structured interview questionnaire and patient assessment record were employed to collect data related to this study.

Results: The results reveal that 39.8% of the studied patients’ age was between 45-<65, 30.1% had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Oxygenation significantly decreases in the supine position at p 0.003 and increases in the semi-recumbent position at p 0.020. Heart rate is significantly increased in semi-recumbent position at p<0.005. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure significantly decreased in semi-recumbent positions at p<0.010 and p=0.021, respectively, at T30, T60, and T120.

Conclusion: Regarding oxygenation and hemodynamics, the results of this study concluded that the best oxygenation was in semi-recumbent position T120. Regarding hemodynamics, heart rate is significantly increased in the left lateral and semi-recumbent positions. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly affected by positioning. The time of changing position should be reviewed to be compatible with the most effective position for mechanically ventilated patients considering the patient oxygenation and hemodynamic states.
Effectiveness of Nursing Guidelines on Marital Outcomes of Women with Urinary Incontinence
Authors: Gouda Samia G. , Fahmy Nadia M. , Mahjoub Hanan A. F. , Attia Allah Nadia A.
Published: May 2022

Context: Urinary incontinence is an important multifactorial health problem that affects women's life quality negatively and is related significantly to age, education, occupation, marital status, and body mass index.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of nursing guidelines on marital outcomes of women with urinary incontinence.

Methods: Quasi-experimental (pre/posttest, study/control) design was used. The study was conducted at the urogynecology unit at Ain Shams Maternity University Hospital on a purposive sample of 76 women attending the setting mentioned above. Sample inclusion criteria were women age <40 years, married, diagnosed with urinary tract infection, and free from chronic disease. The study tool included a structured interview questionnaire, Kings’ health questionnaire, women practice checklist.

Results: Findings of the present study showed that 43.4% of the women were housewives, 27.6% completed preparatory school education. There were highly statistically significant differences between study and control groups regarding physical, social, sexual, and psychological dimensions of King's health outcomes post and followed up of guidelines implementation when the p-value was <0.001. The practice of the study group improved significantly than controls.

Conclusion: The study revealed improvement in the total health outcomes and health practice among the study group compared to the controls with an increase in the total practice with the decrease in total health problems of king health, especially sexual problems. Recommendations: Performing training programs for improving women's awareness about urinary incontinence and sexual life. Replication of the study on a larger probability sample for generalizing the findings and studying the factors affecting women's utilization of urodynamic services.
A data-limited approach to determine the status of the artisanal fishery of sea silverside in southern Chile
Authors: Mora Paulo , Figueroa-Muñoz Guillermo , Cubillos Luis , Strange-Olate Poliana
Published: May 2022

Artisanal fisheries are essential, but for most the status of the stock supporting the fishing activity remains unknown due to lack of data and difficult access to sampling. For example, the artisanal fishery of sea silverside Odontesthes (Austromenidia) regia, in the Los Lagos administrative region of Chile, requires a data-limited approach to determine its status because the fishery administration has not invested in its monitoring. The approach consisted of estimating the spawning potential ratio (SPR) from length-frequency data collected in 2019 using length-based spawning potential ratio (LBSPR) and biological reference points using the only-catch optimized method (OCOM) to catch data covering from 1960 to 2020. In addition, five age-structured sea silverside populations were simulated considering uncertainty in recruitment and utilizing life-history parameters estimated by FishLife. According to LBSPR, the SPR was 0.58 (95% confidence intervals: 0.5-0.7), suggesting a fully exploited fishery status. The OCOM result was inconsistent with the life-history parameters and was discarded as a valid sea silverside stock assessment. The age-structured population simulations indicated evidence of a reduction in the spawning stock biomass close to 75% of the unexploited condition in 1960. Thus, the underexploited status reached a probability close to 49.4%, and the fully exploited status was 41.2%. The framework for a data-limited stock-assessment approach and results obtained here for the sea silverside are starting essential steps that may be emulated in other artisanal data-limited fisheries.
Desenvolvimento de ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA) para detecção da proteína C reativa canina com uso de proteína recombinante
Authors:   , Girardi Fabricia Modolo
Published: May 2022

Desenvolvimento de ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA) para detecção da proteína C reativa canina com uso de proteína recombinante. Orientadora: Marlene Isabel Vargas Viloria. No cão, a proteína C reativa (PCR) é a proteína de fase aguda de maior destaque, com a capacidade de apresentar valores basais baixos em animais saudáveis e nas comorbidades podem sofrer elevação alcançando pico em 24 a 48 horas após o insulto, normalizando em 2 a 3 semanas após a recuperação. O termo proteína C reativa foi dado em 1930 pela capacidade de precipitar polissacarídeo C de S. pneumoniae, já o isolamento e caracterização da PCR canina se deu em 1984. Uma vez que o estudo da PCR canina tem tido muito destaque em diversas enfermidades inflamatórias. O objetivo deste trabalho foi expressar a proteína recombinante (PCR_dog vetor PET 14b) através de extratos de Escherichia coli - Rosetta (DE3) - plasmídeo pRARE e desenvolver o ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA) no formato sanduíche para monitoramento de quadros inflamatórios em cães. A expressão foi controlada com a técnica do SDS-PAGE e espectrometria de massa onde foi observado uma proteína com peso de 25 kDa correspondente ao peso da PCR canina e a confirmação com caracterização estrutural respectivamente; o Western Blot verificou a reatividade contra a PCR canina. O ensaio ELISA piloto foi executado com 6 amostras de soro de cães, sendo duas amostras como controle (animais hígidos) e quatro como testes (animais enfermos). Para diluição e padronização da curva, foi utilizada a proteína recombinante PCR_dog vetor pET 14b expressa em cepas de bactérias Escherichia coli - Rosetta ™ (DE3) - plasmídeo pRARE. Também, para produção de IgGs, coelhos e camundongos foram imunizados com a PCR_dog vetor PET 14b expressa, e para a verificação do reconhecimento dos anticorpos contra a proteína de fase aguda biológica, o Western Blot foi feito. Os resultados apresentados neste trabalho são promissores e para o futuro, a utilização das proteínas de fase aguda pode ser considerada uma das ferramentas laboratoriais mais promissoras na medicina veterinária, porém são necessárias melhorias no sistema de expressão e o aperfeiçoamento do ensaio ELISA para futura validação à campo.Palavras-chave: Proteínas de fase aguda. Inflamação. Escherichia coli. Expressão gênica. Plamídeo.
INFLUENCE OF SCHOOLS’ DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP PRACTICES ON STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATORY DECISION MAKING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TIGANIA EAST SUB COUNTY, MERU COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Mburuki Lawrence , Thinguri Ruth
Published: May 2022

Purpose: Globally, there is a concern on the way learners are being involved in decision making in their schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of schools’ democratic leadership practices on students’ participatory decision making in public secondary schools in Tigania East Sub County, Kenya.

Methodology: This study was guided by the Participative Leadership Theory and the Normative Decision-making Theory. The study embraced mixed methodology and the concurrent triangulation with descriptive survey for quantitative data design. The target population was 479 which included: 25 principals, 250 teachers, 4 education officers and 200 students. The total sample was 199 participants. This included 11 principals, 110 teachers, 4 education officers and 74 student leaders. There were questionnaires for teachers and interview schedule for principals. The instruments were piloted in Tigania Central Sub County using 10 teachers and 6 BoM chairpersons representing 10% of the total sample. The piloting participants was not included in the final sample since they came from another sub county. Quantitative data was analyzed in descriptive and presented using tables, frequencies and percentages. Qualitative data was analyzed through thematic analysis presented in narrative form and verbatim citations.

Findings: The study established that schools’ democratic leadership practices as independent variables were fully fulfilled and students’ participatory decision making was present among schools in the study area. It was recommended that more research be done in Meru using various participants and the government establish if students participated fully in decision making processes.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: Participative Leadership Theory emphasizes participation in making decisions. It is quite democratic in nature. It emphasizes team members making decisions. Normative Decision-Making Theory shows the effectiveness of the decision-making process measures. The theories were validated as they showed participation and effective decision making. It was recommended that more research be done in the study area on the same subject.
Consumer contracts under the Zambian Law: Does the legislation Provide Adequate Consumer Protection
Authors: Leakey Liambela Muyunda , Mubiana Mubiana
Published: May 2022

Owing to the shift of the Zambian economy from a countrywide manipulative economic system to a free market economy, there has been neediness for the government to efficiently regulate the economic system to promote honest opposition and client safety. To achieve this, need the authorities enacted the Competition and Fair-Trading Act of 1994 which geared toward regulating anti-competitive practices and customer exploitations within the marketplace. Following some of the changes that have taken area within the Zambian financial system, Parliament enacted the Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 which incorporates diverse revolutionary provisions which might be supposed to address modem financial demands inside the Zambian economic system. This paper focuses on establishing whether Consumer contracts under the Zambian Law if it Provides adequate Consumer Protection by evaluating its effectiveness within the selling and law of sincere competition, patron safety and financial increase in Zambia. It verifies whether the Competition and Consumer Protection Act has effectively and efficiently addressed winning social and financial desires of Zambia’s monetary expedient. The findings were that Competition and Consumer Protection Act become enacted with numerous progressive provisions which were probably presupposed to cope with modem monetary conditions in Zambia. Through those upgrades, the Competition and Consumer Protection Act has quite addressed triumphing monetary desires in the Zambian economic operations. However, despite enhancing the Law, the legislation has not Provided Adequate Consumer Protection as evident by the increasing number of cases being recorded in Zambia regarding consumer protection.
OS MONARCAS E A REFORMA INGLESA - POLÍTICA E RELIGIÃO EM UNIÃO, CONSTRUINDO UMA NAÇÃO
Authors: Bernardino de Godoy Juliano
Published: May 2022

Esse trabalho focara na análise no final da Idade Média com o início da Idade Moderna, Reforma Religiosa e do início do protestantismo europeu sob a égide do estudo da Inglaterra como nação.  O estudo do anglicanismo mediante as interferências políticas, religiosas e culturais favoreceu a Inglaterra implementar uma Igreja Nacional, sem laços com o papado de Roma, todavia mantendo sua própria organização litúrgica e pastoral. Através da metodologia de revisão bibliográfica, tanto a nível da historiografia como Hume (2014), Bloch (1987), Ginzburg (2011), como da religiosidade anglicana, tais como Cairns (1995), Bettenson (1967), e Oliveira (2017 pretendemos de forma panorâmica mostrar os acontecimentos envolvidos nesse processo histórico-cultural valorizando a formação de uma monarquia sólida e sua importância para Inglaterra em sua nova configuração política e social nesse período
An Enhanced K Nearest Neighbor Classifier for Malicious Node Detection in VANET
Authors: Abhilash Sonker  , R. K. Gupta
Published: May 2022

Recently, wireless communication technologies have become a vital part of our lives. The advancements made in communication technology, VANET systems is been introduced. With the increase of vehicles, different sorts of traffic are created in realistic environment. In some cases, the traffic is created by anomalies. Henceforth, the security of VANET communication becomes an important entity. In this paper, we proposed an enhanced k-Nearest Neighbor classifier that detected the malicious node in VANET. Generally, the classifier suffers from high computational cost in distance estimation during malicious node detection. The efficiency of the proposed classifier is experimented and implemented by validating the throughput and packet delivery rate. Compared to the existing classifier, the proposed classifier achieves 20-25% improvement. By doing so, the communication overhead and delay metrics have been achieved and also helps to minimize the computational storage costs.
Field Protection and Plant Health Monitoring System using IoT
Authors: Vamshi Krishna B  , Jeevan Kumar K  , Sowmya K  , Ruchitha P  , M Gangappa
Published: May 2022

Agriculture is one of the most leading sectors in anyone’s life. Crop damage caused by animals and insects possess a serious threat to farmers, one of the major aspects is that it reduces crop yield. Mainly animals like buffalos, pigs, monkeys, birds are some which is the main reason for crop damage. This output leads to loss to the farmers and animals and birds puts up challenge for the farmers for crop protection. IoT based framework is one smart technology that can be used for crop protection. The process follows as when the animal enters the field it captures the movement of the animal and segregates into frames, identifies what animal it is and produces a buzzer sound of another animal that current animal is afraid off. The plant health monitoring is also done using comparison algorithm in machine learning and it sends a warning message to the farmer regarding the plant is healthy or not. This ensures that developed system will not be harmful to animals and as well as human beings and overall crop protection is being done. Various machine learning techniques are used in combination with IoT technology.
Driver Drowsiness Detection System Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: M. Kusuma Sri  , T. Annamani
Published: May 2022

In recent years, the rise of car accident fatalities has grown significantly around the world. Hence, road security has become a global concern and a challenging problem that needs to be solved. The deaths caused by road accidents are still increasing and currently viewed as a significant general medical issue. The most recent developments have made in advancing knowledge and scientific capacities of vehicles, enabling them to see and examine street situations to counteract mishaps and secure travelers. Therefore, the analysis of driver’s behaviors on the road has become one of the leading research subjects in recent years, particularly drowsiness, as it grants the most elevated factor of mishaps and is the primary source of death on roads. This project presents a way to analyze and anticipate driver drowsiness by applying a Convolutionl Neural Network over a sequence frame driver’s face. We used a dataset to shape and approve our model and implemented repetitive neural network architecture multi-layer model-based 3D Convolutional Networks to detect driver drowsiness. After a training session, we obtained a promising accuracy that approaches a 92% acceptance rate, which made it possible to develop a real-time driver monitoring system to reduce road accidents.
Tradução e Saber Hegemônico no Capitalismo Tardio
Authors: Baumgarten Stefan , Oliveira Sergio Ricardo
Published: May 2022

A tradução ocorre em um contexto de assimetria de poder. Ao utilizar duas traduções da seminal Ästhetische Theorie de Adorno como exemplo, este estudo formula uma eclética fenomenologia do poder estruturado ao longo de três imagens metafóricas: o mercado de rua, a linha de montagem e o aparato tecnológico. Alinhando-se alguns conceitos chave da teoria crítica com os estágios de desenvolvimento do capitalismo, será apontado que recontextualizações do pensamento de Adorno em inglês podem refletir o propalado antagonismo entre a filosofia adorniana e a mentalidade cientista dominante nas ciências sociais de meados do século XX. Por fim, este estudo contempla a medida pela qual a imagem anglófona foi refratada em um discurso positivista e neoliberal, que está em desacordo com as convicções utópicas e ideológicas da teoria crítica alemã.
A Queda de Satanás: Gonçalves Dias Transluciferador de Turquety
Authors: Pamboukian Mateus Roman
Published: May 2022

Este artigo discute o poema de Gonçalves Dias “A Queda de Satanás”, incluído em seu livro Últimos Cantos. Embora não haja menção ao original no livro de Gonçalves Dias, demonstramos que se trata de uma tradução parcial do poema de Édouard Turquety La chute de Satan, o que parece ter passado despercebido até agora. Procuramos analisar algumas escolhas tradutórias feitas pelo poeta brasileiro, com destaque para a estrutura métrica. Por fim, discutimos brevemente o trabalho tradutório de Gonçalves Dias à luz do conceito de Haroldo de Campos da tradução como "transluciferação".
Seruya, Teresa; Justo, José Miranda. Rereading Schleiermacher: Translation Cognition and Culture. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2016, 323 p.
Authors: Gama Benedita Teixeira
Published: May 2022

Seruya, Teresa; Justo, José Miranda. Rereading Schleiermacher: Translation Cognition and Culture. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2016, 323 p.
Learning-Based Inverse Dynamics for Human Motion Analysis
Authors: Zell Petrissa
Published: May 2022

This dissertation deals with machine learning techniques for inverse dynamics of human motion. Inverse

dynamics refers to the derivation of acting forces and moments from the motion of a kinematic model. More precisely, the objective is to estimate joint torques, ground reaction forces and ground reaction moments at both feet based on the three-dimensional input motion of a skeletal model. The problem is solved using a data-driven machine learning approach, proposing several regression models that are particularly suitable with respect to limited data availability. The goal is to exploit the inherent strengths of machine learning, such as fast and noiseresistant data analysis. The described methods are able to predict underlying joint torques and exterior forces with high precision (on gait sequences: relative root mean squared errors of 7.0 %, 16.1 % and 11.9 % for reaction forces, reaction moments and joint moments which correspond to Pearson‘s correlation coefficients of 0.91, 0.83 and 0.82), while reducing computation times by two orders of magnitude compared to traditional optimization.

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Mediating Effect of Customer Satisfaction on the Relationship between Service Quality and Customer Loyalty in the Ghana Banking Industry
Authors: Tee Dr. Daniel Kasser
Published: May 2022

Understanding customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in banking remains critical as banks strive to attain high performance standards to justify their existence. The aim of this paper, therefore, was to determine the mediating role of customer satisfaction between its antecedent, service quality and its consequent, customer loyalty. Quantitative research method was employed to generate 850 usable questionnaires through systematic random sampling. A mediation effect investigation was done, using regression analysis to establish the interrelationships between the three study constructs. Overall, the study empirically tested and established interrelationships between the three variables in Ghana’s retail banking industry with satisfaction emerging as a strong mediator variable. Results of the study also revealed a positive and significant mediating role of customer satisfaction between service quality and customer loyalty. There were positive and significant relationships between service quality and customer satisfaction and between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The positive relationship between service quality and customer loyalty was insignificant. It is, therefore, concluded that, there is the need for banks to improve service quality at all levels, as the benefits to be derived are enormous, impacting strongly on customer satisfaction and weakly on customer loyalty.
Aplicación móvil para el procedimiento de vigilancia en la recogida de estudiantes del Colegio Juan Pablo II de Copacabana
Authors: Huaman Espinoza Jose Jesus
Published: May 2022

La inseguridad que se vive a diario hace necesario incrementar la protección de las personas que acuden a sus centros de trabajo o escuelas. Por este motivo, el objetivo de este estudio de investigación es poner en funcionamiento el uso de una aplicación móvil que ayude a los padres y a los docentes (hombres y mujeres) a tener un control sobre el alumnado de primaria que es recogido a la salida de clase. Para ello se utilizó un estudio cuantitativo-aplicado, con un diseño preexperimental, a partir de una muestra de 60 estudiantes de primer y tercer año de primaria que participaron en el estudio con permiso de sus padres y del personal del colegio. Los resultados demostraron que la primera hipótesis se logró a través de las notificaciones enviadas por la aplicación para avisar de que la hora de salida de los estudiantes se aproximaba, realizando así una autorización. Y siguiendo con la última hipótesis, se logró una mejora al identificar a las personas que acudían a recoger a los estudiantes, momento en el que se llevan a cabo protocolos de seguridad que ayudan a salvaguardar la integridad del alumnado.
RECONHECIMENTO DE ATIVOS CONTINGENTES: UMA ANÁLISE DOS PROCESSOS ADMINISTRATIVOS SANCIONADORES (PAS) DA COMISSÃO DE VALORES MOBILIÁRIOS (CVM)
Authors: Santos Gilberto Santiago Silva , Dias Rayla dos Santos Oliveira , Tosta Michel de Matos , Szuster Natan
Published: May 2022

A adoção das normas internacionais de contabilidade no Brasil alterou não apenas a forma dos lançamentos e classificações contábeis, mas, principalmente, o poder de julgamento dos profissionais nas decisões de reconhecimento, mensuração e evidenciação. Dentre as normas adotadas, está o CPC 25 – Provisões, Passivos Contingentes e Ativos Contingentes –, correspondente ao IAS 37 – Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets –, cujo objetivo é estabelecer os critérios de reconhecimento e bases de mensuração apropriados a provisões e a passivos e ativos contingentes. O presente estudo tem como objetivo verificar os julgamentos dos Processos Administrativos Sancionadores (PAS) pela Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) de ativos contingentes que não foram originados na esfera judicial. Para tal se adotou um estudo exploratório de abordagem qualitativa e análise documental. Os resultados sugerem que para a CVM não há qualquer distinção no reconhecimento quanto à origem dos ativos contingentes, se são ou não originados em processos judiciais. Também não foram encontrados indicativos de que os ativos contingentes tenham sido julgados em razão de sua origem, mas pela forma como a administração da entidade justificou tal reconhecimento. O estudo conclui que não há qualquer diferenciação pela CVM na análise dos ativos contingentes oriundos ou não de processos judiciais.
Modernidade: um projeto para a emancipação?
Authors: Salvetti Ésio Francisco
Published: May 2022

O presente artigo tem o propósito teórico refletir sobre as contribuições críticas de Adorno e Horkheimer sobre o projeto da modernidade. Parte-se desta crítica para entender a recepção reconstrutiva dada por Habermas através da Teoria da Ação Comunicativae seu potencial no que concerne à elaboração de um projeto emancipatório. A pergunta que permanece como pano de fundo do artigo pode ser resumida da seguinte forma: a partir dos rumos da história recente ainda há possibilidade ética de defesa do projeto emancipatório da modernidade? Para abordar essa questão faz-se necessário o entendimento das bases teóricas do chamado “projeto da modernidade”, que tinha como finalidade a emancipação humana. Num segundo momento é exposto as críticas de Adorno e Horkheimer ao projeto da modernidade. Para finalizar, discorre-se sobre a compreensão de Habermas como uma saída ou possibilidade para continuar o projeto da modernidade em vista da emancipação humana.
Materialização do corpo e abjeção em Judith Butler
Authors: Santos Paiva André Luiz dos
Published: May 2022

O artigo discute, a partir da teoria de gênero de Judith Butler, a questão da materialização dos corpos em seu cruzamento com o conceito de abjeção. Para isso, inicialmente é exposto como Butler trata da questão do corpo e de sua colocação enquanto marco de consolidação da ideia de diferença sexual. Posteriormente, evidencia-se o diálogo realizado por Butler com a psicanalista Julia Kristeva a partir do conceito de abjeção, que permite à filósofa pensar a produção da inteligibilidade humana nos marcos do sistema de sexo-gênero e a proposição de uma leitura que possibilita a reformulação da formação simbólica que torna os corpos generificados possíveis.
O pensamento científico moderno: origem, desenvolvimento, limites e desafios
Authors: Andrade Roney De Seixas
Published: May 2022

Este artigo apresenta uma síntese do desenvolvimento histórico do pensamento científico moderno levando em consideração seu contexto original de controvérsias e tensões frente ao pensamento religioso, seu desenvolvimento e consolidação enquanto forma epistêmica privilegiada, seus limites e seus atuais desafios os quais implicam, dentre outras coisas, em divergentes visões científicas de mundo. Considerando a importância das necessárias demarcações epistemológicas para a boa condução do pensamento em sua apreensão da realidade, o presente artigo objetiva oferecer aos seus leitores, através de uma revisão bibliográfica de autores selecionados, um aporte teórico-conceitual de temas relativos aos debates filosóficos acerca do conhecimento científico moderno e de sua busca pela verdade.
Ansiedades antissufragistas
Authors: Jungmann Rodrigo
Published: May 2022

O artigo abaixo traduzido fornece um quadro realista e esclarecedor do tipo de obstáculos que o movimento pelo sufrágio feminino um dia teve de enfrentar no plano intelectual. Com grande habilidade e rigor analítico, Bertrand Russell desmonta todos os argumentos então em circulação em seu país contra a concessão da franquia eleitoral às mulheres inglesas.
Alguns sentidos sobre o “corpo” na obra a Cidade das Damas
Authors: Kulkamp Camila
Published: May 2022

Meu objetivo neste artigo é investigar os sentidos sobre o “corpo” na obra A Cidade das Damas (1405) da filósofa Christine de Pizan. Mais especificamente, tenho como ponto de partida algumas questões: como Pizan fala sobre os corpos das mulheres? E os corpos dos homens? Em que parte da obra Pizan fala sobre os corpos? Qual a importância da discussão sobre os corpos nesta obra? Pizan utiliza a palavra “corpo” apenas para designar corpos orgânicos e físicos? Existem outros sentidos empregados? A partir destas perguntas, identifico e apresento cinco discussões que Christine de Pizan formula no Livro Primeiro de A Cidade das Damas: 1) a ideia do “corpo feminino inferior” pensado e construído pelos homens; 2) o argumento de que os corpos dos homens são frágeis em algum momento da vida; 3) a defesa do corpo de Eva; 4) o argumento de que a autoridade do corpo provém da virtude e não do sexo ou da força física, e; 5) a discussão sobre a força física do corpo masculino e a relação com o poder judiciário. Concluo que a reflexão sobre a ideia de “corpo” é fundamental para a compreensão da obra. Não é coincidência de que este é o tema de abertura e que Pizan constrói a introdução do seu livro apresentando a ideia do “corpo feminino inferior” que aparece na tradição da literatura e filosofia escritas pelos homens do seu tempo, e que Pizan desenvolve a história da construção dessa cidade de mulheres a partir da discussão sobre os sentidos atribuídos aos corpos de mulheres e homens.
Um empirismo em reviravolta
Authors: Gomes Nelson Gonçalves
Published: May 2022

Num artigo de 1930-1, Moritz Schlick anuncia uma reviravolta da filosofia que tornaria obsoleto muito do que os filósofos elaboraram até então. O presente trabalho faz a seguinte pergunta: na sua própria filosofia, consegue Schlick realizar a anunciada reviravolta? A resposta ora sugerida é negativa, em especial, considerando-se a questão da intersubjetividade.
A questão do método: entre a regulamentação epistemológica e a reconstrução metacientífica
Authors: Oliva Alberto
Published: May 2022

A questão do método suscita a possibilidade de duas modalidades de abordagem. Uma corrente acredita que só do acompanhamento das práticas científicas de pesquisa se pode derivar o método. Historicamente, a busca do método tem se voltado para uma ciência modelar como a física e não para as várias e desniveladas ciências. A outra vertente advoga ser necessário contar previamente com o método para iniciar e realizar com proficiência qualquer tipo de pesquisa. Caso se limitasse a descrever - se é que isso é exequível - como a pesquisa científica é variadamente levada a cabo, a filosofia da ciência mostrar-se-ia desprovida tanto de importância epistemológica quanto metacientífica. Isso ajuda a entender por que a filosofia da ciência tem postulado autoridade reconstrutivo-normativa sobre a ciência. A visão de que inexistem imperativos categóricos da racionalidade torna necessário executar a missão hercúlea de acompanhar os casos bem sucedidos de busca de conhecimento como meio de definir que condutas merecem ser adotadas na pesquisa. Aqueles que entendem ser inviável ambicionar a posse de um token de conhecimento sem que se formule e fundamente previamente o conceito de conhecimento encaram o método como condição de possibilidade do êxito cognitivo. Os que alegam ser impossível dizer o que é conhecimento sem invocar casos específicos que modelarmente o exemplifiquem sustentam que o aparato metodológico precisa ser identificado pelo acompanhamento da ciência tal qual praticada. O impasse metametodológico deriva do desafio de se ter de definir se cabe tentar inventariar as práticas espalhadas pelos vários domínios da investigação científica tentando capturar o que compartilham ou se é melhor formular uma epistemologia universal que acalenta a ambição normativa de estabelecer de que forma deve a pesquisa ser conduzida.
¿Y si el empiricismo de Descartes no fuera una broma?
Authors: Silva Wanderley Dias da
Published: May 2022

Históricamente, la teoría fisiológica de Descartes a la interacción mente-cuerpo ― también conocida como la teoría de la glándula pineal ― ha encontrado mucha resistencia, ridículo y, por qué no, cierto grado de distorsión. Entre los muchos detractores de Descartes estaba Espinosa. Pero ¿qué hay, exactamente, a los ojos de Espinosa, tan malo en el modelo fisiológico de Descartes? ¿Por qué cree que la teoría de Descartes es tan oscura? Al repasar estos temas, espero indicar lo que veo como un malentendido generalizado sobre la teoría de la glándula pineal, así como los supuestos empíricos y monistas más básicos de Descartes con respecto a la unión mente-cuerpo y el yo. Defiendo la opinión de que una tarea urgente de la filosofía contemporánea es tomar la metodología empírica de Descartes más en serio. Y sostengo que Descartes no tiene una comprensión dualista ingenua ni puramente racionalista de la interacción cuerpo-mente.
Virtudes epistêmicas como uma vacina contra fake news
Authors: Costa Daniel De Vasconcelos , Lazzeri Filipe
Published: May 2022

Vivemos em uma época em que, não bastasse a pandemia, a sociedade encontra-se assolada por aquilo que a OMS chamou de uma infodemia e, interligado a isso, ameaças constantes ao que nos resta de democracia. As fake news, como alguns têm observado, influenciou imensamente os rumos da pandemia e, já antes, os rumos da política. Diante desse grave problema, deparamo-nos com a necessidade prática de uma vacina contra as fake news. O presente trabalho é um esforço no sentido de caracterizar e argumentar em favor do cultivo do caráter epistemicamente virtuoso como parte de uma solução ao problema das fake news, solução baseada na epistemologia da virtude (numa combinação das formulações por Zagzebski e Sosa), além de sob a matriz do pensamento sistêmico (Morin). Para tanto, após uma análise do conceito de fake news, apresentamos elementos de nossa leitura da epistemologia da virtude. Em seguida, procuramos esboçar o papel das virtudes epistêmicas ou intelectuais numa diminuição da curva de fake news, em conjunto com certas outras medidas que já têm sido adotadas paliativamente contra essa praga.
Perceptions on the addition of clinical practice to the dental technology curriculum
Authors:   , Mqadi Nonhlanhla Precious
Published: May 2022

The Dental Technology profession in South Africa is currently undergoing a possible role transformation. In the past, Dental Technicians were restricted to laboratory work only and were not permitted to have direct contact with patients. Due to a demand for oral care, and a gap that is perceived to exist in service delivery, Clinical Dental Technology has emerged as a possible new profession in South Africa. The 1997 amendment to the Dental Technicians Act allows Dental Technicians to broaden their scope of practice through further education into the clinical aspects of the profession. South Africa is one of few countries that have an enabling legislation in terms of the recognition of Clinical Dental Technology. However, there is to date no training programme or curriculum for people who would like to practise as Clinical Dental Technicians. The three institutions in South Africa that provide training for Dental Technicians do not provide training to those technicians who would like to pursue a clinical career path. Internationally, Dentists have argued that Dental Technicians have insufficient clinical capabilities. They feel that technicians do not have sufficient knowledge and experience in dealing directly with patients, and consequently have identified a need for further training of Dental Technicians before they are recognised as Clinical Dental Technicians. The aim of this study was to evaluate educational institutions’ readiness in terms of the role transformation of Dental Technicians and to establish perceptions about the introduction of this new profession by Dentists, Dental Technicians and Dental Technology lecturers. The views of these three stakeholders have implications not only in terms of the development of a new curriculum, but were also found to raise serious concerns about the implementation of this profession in South Africa. Data was collected by means of questionnaires and personal interviews with Dentists, Dental Technicians and Dental Technology lecturers in South Africa. The responses were transcribed and then coded according to pertinent themes for interpretation purposes. The data revealed major differences in the perceptions of the proposed profession by the three sectors. This has important implications for the likely success of Clinical Dental Technology, given the need for these sectors to work together as members of the dental team. The data also reveals concerns about the type of training that would need to be incorporated into the curriculum and who would be able to provide such training. By using an overview of curriculum theory, this study also raises concerns that clinical aspects might be infused into the curriculum as simply the acquisition of additional technical skills, rather than as a significant shift in professional identity to incorporate patient care.
A comparative study of three different types of manual therapy techniques in the management of chronic mechanical neck pain
Authors:   , Roodt Maria Louisa Elizabeth
Published: May 2022

The prevalence of neck pain in musculoskeletal practice is second only to that of low back pain (Vernon et al., 2007). There is a growing interest in neck pain research due to the escalating disability burden and compensation costs associated with neck pain (Côte et al., 2003). Manual therapies are commonly used in the treatment of neck pain (Côte et al., 2003). After an extensive literature review by Haldeman et al. (2008) they found that manual therapy techniques have some benefit but no one technique was clearly superior to the next. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare three commonly used manual therapy techniques in the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare three different manual therapy techniques (SMT, MET and PNF) which are commonly used in the treatment of chronic MNP in terms of range of motion, pain and disability. METHOD Forty-five patients with chronic mechanical neck pain were obtained through non-probability convenience sampling and assigned into one of three treatment groups (15 per group) using a computer generated randomized table. The three different treatment groups were: Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT), Muscle Energy Technique (MET) and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). Each group received six treatments over a period of three weeks with a follow-up consultation. Measurements were taken at the first, third and sixth treatment and at the follow-up consultation. SPSS version 15.0 was used to analyse the data. A p value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. An intra-group analysis was done using repeated measures ANOVA testing to assess the time effect for each outcome separately. For inter-group analyses the time x group interaction effect was assessed using repeated measures ANOVA testing, and profile plots were used to assess the trend and direction of the effects. RESULTS Intra-group analysis of the results revealed that all three groups improved significantly between the first and the final consultation, for all measures. Inter-group analysis of the data did not show any difference between the three groups by the end of the final consultation. However, extension range of motion appeared to improve slightly faster in the PNF group iv but it was not significant when compared to the other two groups. Therefore, there was no statistical significance between the three groups. CONCLUSION It was concluded that all three treatment groups responded equally to the treatment, thus, suggesting that MET or PNF techniques can be used if SMT is contra-indicated.
Gradient Boosting Hybridized with Exponential Natural Evolution Strategies for Estimating the Strength of Geopolymer Self-Compacting Concrete
Authors: Alves Basilio Samuel , Goliatt Leonardo
Published: May 2022

The current global demand to minimize carbon dioxide (CO2$) emissions from Portland cement manufacturing processes has led to the use of environmentally friendly additives in cement products. The so-called green cementitious composites have become increasingly essential in the design of cementitious composite mixtures, providing the environmental compatibility of concrete as a building material. Engineers face a difficult problem in predicting the mechanical properties of green composites due to their changing nature under various circumstances. Machine learning models then emerge as surrogate models to perform this difficult task. The very design of such models has become a challenge for machine learning. This study presents a gradient boosting algorithm hybridized with Natural Exponential Evolution Strategies inspired by nature to predict the mechanical properties of geopolymeric self-compacting concrete. The hybrid model is used to evolve the parameters, automating the selection of the best set of internal parameters to estimate the strength properties of geopolymer self-compacting concrete. Results show the predictive ability superiority of machine learning models and optimization algorithms hybridization compared to manually tuned models. In addition, this approach can minimize laboratory work, potentially optimize experimental design, and reduce sample production time and associated activity burden
INNOVATIONS OF VIETNAMESE PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT
Authors: Trang Nguyen Thi , Lan Dang Thi
Published: May 2022

New technologies create new ways of sourcing to meet the needs of previously traditional markets. The new demands for production and consumption and changing consumer expectations require businesses to change their production, business, design, marketing, and product distribution methods. With globalization taking place more and more strongly and the emergence of the 4.0 industrial revolution, innovation creates a competitive advantage for the country and businesses. In Vietnam, the processing and manufacturing industry has played an essential role in the economy's driving force. This article aims to assess the role and status of innovation for the survival and development of processing enterprises in the Covid–19 epidemic

Keywords: Innovation, Technology, Competition, Processing, Manufacturing Enterprises.
Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human) (Zemaira)
Authors: CADTH
Published: May 2022

CADTH recommends that Zemaira be reimbursed for the treatment of severe alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (A1-PI) deficiency if certain conditions are met.
Zemaira should only be covered to treat patients with severe A1-PI deficiency (e.g., genotypes PiZZ, PiZ(null), Pi(null,null), PiSZ) and clinical evidence of emphysema who are nonsmokers for at least 6 months.
Zemaira should only be reimbursed if prescribed by a respirologist and the cost of Zemaira is reduced.
Sea ice classification of TerraSAR-X ScanSAR images for the MOSAiC expedition incorporating per-class incidence angle dependency of image texture
Authors: Guo Wenkai , Itkin Polona , Singha Suman , Paul Doulgeris Anthony , Johansson Malin , Spreen Gunnar
Published: May 2022

Abstract. In this study, we provide sea ice classification maps of a sub-weekly time series of X-band TerraSAR-X ScanSAR (TSX SC, HH polarization) images from November 2019 to March 2020 covering the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. This classified time series benefits from the wide spatial coverage and relatively high spatial resolution of the TSX SC dataset, classifying sea ice into leads, young ice with different intensities, and thick ice with different degrees of deformation. We use a classification method considering per-class incidence angle (IA) dependencies (the Gaussian IA classifier) to correct the IA effect (decreasing backscatter with increasing IAs) specific to each class. In addition to HH intensities, we use Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) textures as input features to aid the task of one-band classification. Accordingly, we investigate and demonstrate IA dependencies of TSX SC intensities and image textures for different sea ice classes, which are found to be generally lower than those for C-band SAR data. Optimal parameters for GLCM texture calculation are derived to achieve good separation between class distributions while keeping maximum spatial detail and minimizing texture collinearity. Class probabilities yielded from the GIA classifier are further adjusted by a Markov Random Field (MRF) contextual smoothing process to generate final classification results. A significant increase in classification performance is achieved from the inclusion of textures with optimized parameters, as evaluated by classification accuracies (final overall accuracy: 86.05 %) and comparison to sea ice roughness derived from sea ice thickness measurements (correspondence consistently close to or higher than 80 %). Areal fractions of classes representing ice openings (leads and young ice) correspond well with ice opening time series derived from in situ, satellite SAR and optical data in this and previous studies. This study provides a SAR perspective on the changing sea ice conditions surrounding the MOSAiC ice camp through the expedition, and a useful basic dataset for future MOSAiC studies on physical sea ice processes and ocean and climate modeling.