bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Upscaling Action Research and implications for community organizing practice
Authors: Currie Melissa A , Sorensen Janni
Published: April 2017

Case studies are an effective vehicle for telling important stories that may have broader implications, but how is the research study made relevant, or generalizable, to other places or events? This paper discusses the upscaling of Action Research where Action Research was the starting point at the local level that led to additional layers with larger, regional scale implications. The story behind the development process and resulting built form of Windy Ridge, a relatively new subdivision in Charlotte, North Carolina dubbed a “Neighborhood Built to Fail,” presents a compelling story. We trace the development of knowledge around three topics originating in Action Research and how we scaled those topics up to have policy implications: (1) owner occupancy and absentee landlords; (2) stability, instability, and neighborhood resiliency; and (3) zoning changes and environmental justice issues. We reflect on implications for practitioners and academics based on several years of neighborhood partnership and how Action Research can reveal structural issues at work within communities. Action Research findings provided a research- and evidence-based platform from which to advocate for neighborhood change and the motivation for the extended research. This approach produced an expanding research model emanating from Action Research data and questions originating with residents.
Watching Watching: A Review of the New York Times’ Digital Platform for TV Viewers
Authors: Patterson Eleanor
Published: April 2017

This review critically analyzes the New York Times’ ( NYT’s) digital platform for TV viewing, Watching ( https://www.nytimes.com/watching ), and considers how the NYT is trying to use television criticism to produce a commodity audience in the era of peak TV.
Sexual Function and Testosterone Level in Men With Conservatively Treated Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Fugl-Meyer Kerstin S. , Nilsson Marie , Hylander Britta , Lehtihet Mikael
Published: April 2017

Sexual dysfunctions are common, but underrecognized, in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are inversely associated with the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Sexual dysfunctions may affect quality of life in males with CKD. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship among sex hormones, sexual function, and sexual satisfaction in a group of men between 18 and 50 years of age with CKD Stages 1 to 5 not treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Fasting blood samples for hemoglobin, testosterone, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone and questionnaire surveys (Sexual Complaints Screener for Men, International Index of Erectile Function, and Aging Male Symptom scale) were evaluated in 100consecutive men. Higher CKD stage (i.e., lower renal function) had a statistically significant ( p < .01) correlation with lower total testosterone, free testosterone, and hemoglobin levels, and higher luteinizing hormone and prolactin levels. Sexual function/dysfunctions were not significantly associated with CKD stage, even after adjustment for age and serum testosterone. The results indicate that CKD stage is a factor affecting testosterone levels in combination with age in men between 18 and 50 years of age at different stages of CKD but not treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Sexual dysfunctions are common but not strongly correlated to testosterone levels, prolactin levels, and survey (Sexual Complaints Screener for Men, International Index of Erectile Function, and Aging Male Symptom scale) responses in patients with CKD.
Toe brachial index measured by automated device compared to duplex ultrasonography for detecting peripheral arterial disease in older people
Authors: Sonter Jennifer , Tehan Peta , Chuter Vivienne
Published: April 2017

Introduction

To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of an automated toe blood pressure device for detecting peripheral arterial disease in older people.

Methods

Ninety participants underwent toe and brachial blood pressure measurements and colour duplex ultrasonography of the right lower limb. Peripheral arterial disease was diagnosed if > 50% arterial obstruction was identified in any lower limb vessel using colour duplex ultrasonography. A receiver operating characteristic curve was analysed and the sensitivity and specificity of commonly used toe brachial index and toe blood pressure values were determined.

Results

The optimum toe brachial index threshold value for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease was 0.72 (sensitivity 76.2%, specificity 75%). The area under the curve was 0.829 (95% CI 0.743 to 0.915, p < 0.0001) suggesting fair diagnostic accuracy. A toe blood pressure of 70 mmHg was found to have excellent specificity (97.92%) for detecting PAD but poor sensitivity (42.86%).

Conclusions

The accuracy of automated toe blood pressure and TBI measurements was determined to be good when using colour duplex ultrasound as the reference standard for the non-invasive diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease. Results should be interpreted in the context of all clinical signs and symptoms.
Sport and public service in Canada: The roots of the inherent bonds between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada and the Olympic Games
Authors: Lupien Philippe-Antoine
Published: April 2017

This article outlines the evolution of sports broadcasting on Canadian television, focusing on the broadcast of the Olympic Games. I argue that history of the Olympics on national television exemplifies the evolution of the idea of public service television in Canada. Specifically, it reflects the delicate balance between the nation’s public and private broadcasters, whose relationship extends far beyond mere competition. The public service raison d’être and mission have nonetheless been called into question throughout the development of television. Incidentally, the values of the Olympic movement were also called into question in this period, during which the Games evolved from an all-amateur Olympiad to a fully commercial spectacle designed for (and by) television.
Narratives of memory in commemorative Spanish documentaries about the democratic transition: Adolfo Suárez. Mi historia and Bucarest, la memoria perdida
Authors: Quílez Esteve Laia , Rueda Laffond José Carlos
Published: April 2017

This article analyses different narratives of memory used in commemorative Spanish documentaries. It first considers the state of the question of the relationship between documentary, history and memory and then examines television productions made in democratic Spain that have advocated either a hegemonic memory of the transition or a counter-memory of the recent past. The second part of the text focuses on two biographical documentaries: Bucarest, la memoria perdida, about the Communist leader Jordi Solé Tura, and Adolfo Suárez. Mi historia, which centres on the figure of the former prime minister. The article interprets these documentaries as narratives of memory that evoke the democratic transition in different ways.
Guide Pin Placement Technique for Total Ankle Replacement in Patients Who Had Ipsilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Hua Natalie , Nakra Aprajita , Steck Jerome K.
Published: April 2017

We describe a simple technique for guide pin placement for total ankle replacement in patients who underwent previous ipsilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Levels of Evidence: Level V
Preoperative Risk Factors for Complications in Elective Ankle and Hindfoot Reconstruction
Authors: Mulligan Ryan P. , McCarthy Kevin J. , Grear Benjamin J. , Richardson David R. , Ishikawa Susan N. , Murphy G. Andrew
Published: April 2017

Background. The purpose of this study was to examine medical, social, and psychological factors associated with complications and reoperation after foot and ankle reconstruction. Methods. A retrospective chart review was conducted of 132 patients (135 feet; 139 operative cases) who had elective foot and ankle reconstruction. Medical, social, and psychological variables were documented. Primary outcomes included complications and reoperations. Results. The overall complication rate was 28% (39/139), and the reoperation rate was 17% (24/139). Alcohol use (P = .03) and preoperative narcotic use (P = .02) were risk factors for complications, with delayed wound healing more frequent in alcohol users (P = .03) and deep infection (P = .045) and nonunion (P = .046) more frequent preoperative narcotic use. Deep infection also was more frequent in tobacco users (P < .01). Older patients were less likely to undergo reoperation (risk of reoperation increased with age). Other variables were not associated with increased complications. Conclusion. Patients who consumed alcohol or had been prescribed any amount of narcotic within 3 months preoperatively were at increased risk for complications. Patients who smoked were more likely to have a wound infection. Surgeons should be aware of these factors and counsel patients before surgery.

Levels of Evidence: Level III: Retrospective comparative study
Neurological involvement of IgG4-related disease: description of a case and review of the literature
Authors: Varrassi Marco , Gianneramo Camilla , Arrigoni Francesco , Cerrone Paolo , Sucapane Patrizia , Marini Carmine , Splendiani Alessandra
Published: April 2017

IgG4-related disease is a recently discovered pathological entity, histologically characterised by fibrosis and IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration. This condition may virtually involve every site of the organism, with a various range of clinical presentations. The most commonly affected organ is the pancreatic gland, but it can also involve the biliary tract, salivary and lacrimal glands, kidneys, orbital tissues, lymph nodes, lungs and many others. More recently, IgG4-related disease has been demonstrated to involve, in rare cases, also the central nervous system, with a pattern mainly characterised by hypertrophic pachymeningitis. In this paper we evaluated the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of the IgG4-related disease in the central nervous system, reporting a case of brain and spinal cord involvement. In our case, in fact, a 62-year-old man complaining of paresthesia, burning dysesthesia and severe hyposthenia in the lower limbs presented with inflammatory pseudotumour with orbital involvement and focal dural and spinal root thickening.
Did Nixon quit before he resigned?
Authors: Beckmann Matthew N.
Published: April 2017

On August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon formally resigned the presidency; however, folklore hints Nixon informally quit fulfilling his duties well before then. As Watergate became less “a third rate burglary” than “high crimes and misdemeanors,” rumors of President Nixon’s wallowing, wandering, drinking, and mumbling swirled. Yet evidence for such assertions has been thin, and prevailing scholarship offers compelling reasons to believe Nixon’s institutional protocols overrode his individual proclivities. This study offers a new, systematic look at Nixon’s presidency by coding his public events and private interactions with top government officials during every day of his presidency. Contrary to our expectations, the results corroborate the rumors: Richard Nixon effectively quit being president well before he resigned the presidency. In fact, it turns out there was a defining moment when Nixon disengaged from his administration: on December 6, 1973, the day Gerald Ford was confirmed as Vice President.
Use of Computer Assistance in Lumbar Fusion Surgery: Analysis of 15 222 Patients in the ACS-NSQIP Database
Authors: Nooh Anas , Aoude Ahmed , Fortin Maryse , Aldebeyan Sultan , Abduljabbar Fahad H. , Eng Peter. Jarzem , Ouellet Jean , Weber Michael. H.
Published: April 2017

Study Design:

Retrospective cohort study.

Objective:

Several studies have shown that the accuracy of pedicle screw placement significantly improves with use of computer-assisted surgery (CAS). Yet few studies have compared the incidence of postoperative complications between CAS and conventional techniques. The objective of this study is to determine the difference in postoperative complication rates between CAS and conventional techniques in spine surgery.

Methods:

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was used to identify patients who underwent posterior lumbar fusion from 2011 to 2013. Multivariate analysis was conducted to demonstrate the difference in postoperative complication rates between CAS and conventional techniques in spine surgery.

Results:

Out of 15 222 patients, 14 382 (95.1%) were operated with conventional techniques and 740 (4.90%) were operated with CAS. Multivariate analysis showed that patients in the CAS group had fewer odds to experience adverse events postoperatively (odds ratio [OR] = 0.57, P < .001). Minor adverse events occurred in 2905 (20.2%) patients in the conventional group and in 98 (13.2%) patients in the CAS group (OR = 0.57, P < .001). Blood transfusion was present in 2488 (17.3%) of the patients in the conventional group compared to 81 (11.0%) of the patients in the CAS group (OR = 0.56, P < .001). The mean operative time in the conventional group was 205.2 ± 106.1 minutes, and it was 227.0 ± 111.9 minutes in the CAS group. This difference was statistically significant ( r = 20.14, P < .001).

Conclusion:

This article examined the complications in lumbar spinal surgery with or without the use of CAS. These results suggest that CAS may provide a safer technique for implant placement in lumbar fusion surgeries.
Understanding Ethnicity-based Autonomy Movements: A Study of Manipur
Authors: Singha Komol
Published: April 2017

Since the 1960s, Manipur has been plagued by Meitei secessionist movements demanding/striving for independence from India. However, in the 1990s, following the upsurge of Naga ethnicity-based autonomy movement within the state and its counter movements by other groups, the secessionist movement was embroiled in internal feuds. In this process, grouping and regrouping of tribal communities had taken place, impinged by the predatory elites for their political and economic interests. Unfortunately, the state’s interventions failed to contain protracted conflicts; they rather compounded the situation, gave rise to hybrid ethnic identities and led to the recurrence of demands for internal autonomy.
Elastic least-squares reverse time migration
Authors: Duan Yuting , Guitton Antoine , Sava Paul
Published: April 2017

Least-squares migration can produce images with improved resolution and reduced migration artifacts, compared with conventional imaging. We have developed a method for elastic least-squares reverse time migration (LSRTM) based on a new perturbation imaging condition that yields scalar images of squared P- and S-velocity perturbations. These perturbation images do not suffer from polarity reversals that are common for more conventional elastic imaging methods. We use 2D synthetic and field-data examples to demonstrate the proposed LSRTM algorithm using the perturbation imaging condition. Our results show that elastic LSRTM improves the energy focusing and illumination of the elastic images and it attenuates artifacts resulting, for instance, from sparseness in the wavefield sampling and crosstalk of the P- and S-modes. Compared with RTM images, the LSRTM images provide more accurate relative amplitude information that is useful for reservoir characterization.
Paradise Lost, Poem of the Restoration Period
Authors: McKeon Michael
Published: April 2017

John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667, 1674) is often classified as a Renaissance epic, along with the great narrative poems of Ariosto, Tasso, and Spenser. However, this generic designation tells us much less about the formal nature of the poem than we learn when we contextualize it among the long English narratives with which it was contemporary: Butler's Hudibras (1663, 1664, 1678), Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684), Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and Behn's Love-Letters between a Noble-Man and His Sister (1984, 1985, 1987). What Paradise Lost shares with these other texts is a parodic approach to literary form, one that combines the imitation of an authoritative form with an adaptive detachment from it. This approach shows the influence of several experimental, mixed forms that flourished during the Restoration period—some of traditional standing, some emergent, and some momentary and occasional.
Journal Scan
Authors: Welyczko Nikki
Published: April 2017

Nikki Welyczko, Teacher Fellow and Principal Lecturer for Adult Nursing at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, provides a brief overview of recently published nursing and health articles
The nursing apprentice: implications for GI nurses
Authors: Harrison Penny
Published: April 2017

Penny Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at De Montfort University, Leicester, discusses the new apprenticeship route into nursing
Rules for managing well
Authors: Hendry John
Published: April 2017

Effective management of staff is like playing the piano or a sport well – it takes a lot of practice. Good managers work hard to improve and the effort can be rewarding, says John Hendry
Making care fit for the future
Authors: Moffat Polly
Published: April 2017

A House of Lords committee has warned that successive governments have failed to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service
Zerfall und Verjüngung eines Schutzwaldes nach dem Absterben der Fichten durch Buchdruckerbefall
Authors: Kupferschmid Andrea Doris
Published: April 2017

After the storm "Vivian" in 1990, bark beetle infestations caused the dieback of adjacent Norway spruce stands, such as on the Gandberg mountain forest in the Swiss Alps. Field studies were conducted in
these steep snag stands to describe the short-term succession, and a mathematical model focusing on tree regeneration was used to project the long-term development. Seventy-five percent of all snags were
broken 8 years after the die-back, and the ground vegetation changed to raspberry brush or it became dominated by mosses, ferns and grasses. Assuming only a moderate browsing pressure in the model, the
simulations together with the investigations on snag decay and the height of piled up logs suggest that the protective effect against avalanches and rockfall will first be maintained by the snags, stumps
and logs, then by both the timber and the new Picea regeneration, and finally by the new Picea trees. Thus, leaving snag stands uncleared can result in effective protection for several decades.
Currents and radiated electromagnetic fields in lightning strikes to tall structures
Authors: Bermúdez José Luis , Rachidi Farhad , Pavanello Davide
Published: April 2017

The paper presents recent developments in the study of lightning discharges - electrical transient components of a thunderstorm - striking elevated objects. In the computation of lightning return stroke
currents, we analyze the disturbance introduced by the elevated strike object. A new methodology in lightning return strike modeling is proposed, and applied in the computation of lightning electromagnetic
fields at far distances. We compared the resulting expressions with experimentally-measured lightning currents and electromagnetic fields observed at the CN Tower Research Center in Toronto, and found a
reasonable agreement. The expressions can be used to calibrate the performance of lightning location systems in cases where lightning currents are measured directly on instrumented towers.
Storms in nature
Authors: Davies Huw C.
Published: April 2017

Storms occurring in the natural environment are distinguished by their rarity, unpredictability and severity, and are notable for their diversity and complexity. Their study is characterized by the acquistion
and analysis of empirical data, consideration of the pertinent natural processes, identification of the key contributory factors, and the development of models to understand, predict, and mitigate a storm's
influence. The transferability of this natural science approach to the examination of storms in the economic, political and social arenas, although subject to caveats, does offer an interesting comparative
conceptual framework.
Ausgetretene Pfade und neues Denken - Zur Zukunftsfähigkeit der Umweltpolitik
Authors: Ewen Christoph
Published: April 2017

The history of the environmental movement is a success story, especially in relation to the modernisation of politics and society in Germany. In view of the failure of governance on both national and international levels, a new role for government has evolved, as described within the
context of "ecological modernisation." New forms of participation, mediation and negotiation have been implemented, new concepts of network leadership and the handling of complex systems and evaluation problems have been developed, and a "secular" handling of scientific expertise has been
established. The environmental debate has played the role of a social laboratory with experiences that can be utilised by other political sectors. But today, the environmental movement seems doomed to failure due to its own successes. The protagonists have established themselves in newly created
institutions and innovations have become norms, guidelines and regulations. Therefore, it is time to remove the blinders from discussions of environmental politics and debate new ideas, old goals and priorities for the future. Above all, the time has come to discuss the condi- tions for continuing
along the road of success within the context of sustainable development.
Coilopoceras inflatum Cobban and Hook, 1980, a United States Western Interior ammonite from the Upper Turonian of the southern Corbières, Aude, France
Authors: Melchior Patrice , Bilotte Michel , Kennedy William J.
Published: April 2017

A newly discovered ammonite faunule from the Padern region of the southern Corbières in southern France includes representatives of typical northwest European Upper Turonian species Subprionocyclus cf. neptuni (Geinitz, 1850) and Lewesiceras cf. woodi Wright 1979, tethyan/ northwestern Pacific species Phyllopachyceras cf. ezoense (Yokoyama, 1890), Anagaudryceras involvulum (Stoliczka, 1865) and, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) sp., together with Coilopoceras inflatum Cobban and Hook, 1980, a species previously known only from New Mexico in the United States, where it is regarded as Middle Turonian. The faunule occurs above one with Romaniceras (R.) mexicanum Jones, 1938 and Coilopoceras springeri Hyatt, 1903, also originally described from New Mexico and northern Mexico, and recently described from the Uchaux massif in Vaucluse in southern France. The records suggest that the base of the Upper Turonian may be drawn at different, higher level in the United States Western Interior than in Europe. The coming together of these mixed faunal elements may be a result of high sea levels, and changing oceanic circulation patterns.
Ecological implications of floods on the parasite communities of two freshwater catfishes in a Neotropical floodplain
Authors: Yamada Priscilla de Oliveira Fadel , Yamada Fabio Hideki , da Silva Reinaldo José , Anjos Luciano Alves dos
Published: April 2017

The parasite communities of two freshwater catfishes (
First report on molecular evidence of Tylodelphys cerebralis (Diplostomulum cerebralis) Chakrabarti, 1968 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) from snakehead fish Channa punctata
Authors: Chaudhary Anshu , Tripathi Richa , Gupta Shivi , Shanker Singh Hridaya
Published: April 2017

Freshwater snakehead fish,
Disk Galaxy Models Driven by Stochastic Self-Propagating Star Formation
Authors: Mineikis T. , Vansevičius V.
Published: April 2017

We present a model of chemical and spectrophotometric evolution of disk galaxies based on a stochastic self-propagating star formation scenario. The model incorporates galaxy formation through the process of accretion, chemical and photometric evolution treatment, based on simple stellar populations (SSP), and parameterized gas dynamics inside the model. The model reproduces observational data of the late-type spiral galaxy M33 reasonably well. Promising test results prove the applicability of the model and the adequate accuracy for the interpretation of disk galaxy properties.
Extinctions and Distances to Dark Clouds from 2MASS, MegaCam and IPHAS Surveys: LDN 1525 in the Direction of the Aur OB1 Association
Authors: Straižys V. , Drew J. E. , Laugalys V.
Published: April 2017

The possibility of applying photometry from the 2MASS J, H, Ks, MegaCam u, g and IPHAS r, i, Hα surveys for determining the distance to the dark cloud LDN1525 (TGU 1192) in the direction of the Aur OB1 association is investigated using the red clump giants. The main dust cloud, probably related to the emission nebulae Sh 2-232, Sh 2-233, Sh 2-235, the molecular cloud and the association Aur OB2, is found to be located at a distance of 1.3 kpc from the Sun. The nebula Sh 2-231 can be an object of the Perseus arm. The maximum extinction AV found in the cloud is close to 6 mag.
Star Classification Possibilities with the Gaia Spectrophotometers. II. A Method for Empirical Decontamination of the BP/RP Spectra
Authors: Straižys V. , Lazauskaitė R. , Zdanavičius K.
Published: April 2017

The contamination in the Gaia BP and RP spectra, caused by the LSF smearing, is a serious obstacle for the classification of stars since the contamination values at different wavelengths depend on temperatures, gravities, metallicities and interstellar reddenings of stars, and these parameters are unknown before the classification. This makes impossible to apply traditional methods for photometric classification of stars based on color indices or interstellar reddening-free Q-parameters. For determining contamination for the stars of ‘normal’ spectral sequence we propose the method of ‘color equations’, well known in stellar photometry. The equations connecting the decontamination correction at a chosen wavelength with the observed ‘color indices’ are derived. These equations make possible to determine decontamination corrections for unreddened stars with an accuracy of 0.01-0.02 mag in the wavelength range of 400-1000 nm. The equations are different for M-type stars which can be separated from stars of earlier spectral classes using the contaminated RP spectra and treated separately. The equations are valid not only for unreddened stars but also for stars affected by interstellar extinction up to AV = 3 mag. At shorter wavelengths (350-400 nm) the contamination is much larger and can be determined with lower accuracy.
Understanding Creative Entrepreneurs’ Intention to Quit: The Role of Entrepreneurial Motivation, Creativity, and Opportunity
Authors: Chen Ming-Huei , Chang Yu-Yu , Wang Hong-Yan , Chen Ming-Han
Published: April 2017

Although the contribution of creative industries to world economy has been widely acknowledged in the last few decades, their failure rate is still high and frustrates creative entrepreneurs. However, few empirical studies have been done to explore what causes creative entrepreneurs’ intention to quit. This paper, therefore, aims to draw upon the theories of motivation and entrepreneurship to offer a better understanding of entrepreneurs’ withdrawal intention. We incorporate the theory of motivation, creativity, and opportunity to realize their inter-play roles in reducing entrepreneurs’ intention to quit in creative industry sector. A sample of 272 creative entrepreneurs in Taiwan’s creative industries is used to test the framework we propose. Results show that entrepreneurial creativity and opportunity recognition enhance entrepreneurs’ motivation by satisfying the need for basic finance, need for work–life equilibrium, need for social reputation, and need for career achievement. Moreover, we found that entrepreneurs’ motivation in need for work–life equilibrium and need for career achievement reduces their intention to quit.
Type 2 Diabetes in People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: Perspectives for Training and Practice from Nutritional Therapy and Dietician Professions
Authors: Stojanovska Lily , Naemiratch Bhensri , Apostolopoulos Vasso
Published: April 2017

Objective: To explore the perspectives of nutritional therapy and dietician practitioners, undergraduate students and academics working with people with type 2 diabetes and who are from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Methods: A qualitative study design of in-depth semi-structured one-on-one interviews with a total of 24 participants (8 practitioners, 8 students and 8 academics) in the fields of nutritional therapy and dietetics. Open-ended questions focused on the perspectives and experiences (learning, practice and teaching) of working with people of CALD backgrounds who have type 2 diabetes. All interviews were recorded for thematic and textual analysis. Results: Inter-related themes which were confirmed with investigator triangulation were the understanding of (i) the concepts of culture and diversity, (ii) the concepts and influences of health, diabetes and food across cultures, (iii) influences within and across cultures and (iv) systems and resourcing. Overarching perspectives across these themes suggested frustration in having sufficient capacity to assess comprehensively, to deliver effective, comprehensive and high quality management plans, and to achieve required health behavioural changes with people from different CALD backgrounds. Conclusions: There’s a need for improvements in the undergraduate education and training and in professional development programs; training and resourcing of interpreters in delivery of health-related information and working with health professionals; for focus on culturally appropriate management plans that involve consultation with key decision makers in families and communities; and, reviews of the systems for supporting and resourcing nutritional therapists and dieticians in professional development from undergraduate to practice levels.
Zwischen expliziter Wertschätzung und impliziter Verachtung
Authors: Wolf Eike
Published: April 2017

Der Beitrag fasst Bildungszertifikate biografisch als Metonymie eines dialektisch verfassten Bildungsbegriffs. Sie fordern dem Subjekt pars pro toto eine Haltung zu Bildung als universaler Kategorie und sich selbst als individueller, mit dieser Kategorie notwendig konfrontierter Instanz ab. Die Rekonstruktion einer Interviewsequenz zeigt daran anschließend eine Figur der impliziten Verachtung gegenüber dem Patent und seiner soziostrukturellen Funktion, nicht aber gegenüber Bildung als Konzept. Diese Ambivalenz wird mit der Dialektik des Bildungsbegriffs in Zusammenhang gebracht, wobei die Verachtung der Interviewten auf die normative Dimension bzw. die Macht gesellschaftlicher Statuszuschreibung zielt. Dies wird interpretatorisch an die Unhintergehbarkeit der normativen Wirkmächtigkeit von gesellschaftlichen Orientierungen wie Bildung und dem Nicht-Vorhandensein tragfähiger Gegenentwürfe rückgebunden.
Log-Transformed Electromyography Amplitude-Power Output Relationship: Single-Leg Knee-Extensor Versus Single-Leg Cycle Ergometry
Authors: Noble Eric B. , Pilarski Joshua M. , Vora Harshal K. , Zuniga Jorge M. , Malek Moh H.
Published: April 2017

Noble, EB, Pilarski, JM, Vora, HK, Zuniga, JM, and Malek, MH. Log-transformed electromyography amplitude-power output relationship: single-leg knee-extensor versus single-leg cycle ergometry. J Strength Cond Res 33(5): 1311–1319, 2019—Comparing and contrasting motor unit recruitment and activation for the same muscles for multiple versus single-joint exercise may provide a better understanding of neuromuscular fatigue. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to compare the slope and y-intercept terms for the 3 superficial quadriceps femoris (QF) (vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, and vastus medialis) muscles derived from the log-transformed electromyography (EMG) amplitude-power output relationship between the single-leg knee-extensor ergometry (KE) and the single-leg cycle ergometry (CE). Ten healthy college-aged men who engaged in regular physical activity visited the laboratory on 2 occasions separated by 7 days to perform either single-leg CE or single-leg KE in a randomized order. For each visit, subjects performed incremental exercise until voluntary fatigue. Electromyography electrodes were placed on the superficial QF muscles. The slope and y-intercept terms, for each muscle, for the EMG amplitude versus power output relationship was examined using the log-transformed model for each subject's data. The results indicated no significant (p > 0.05) mean differences for either slope or y-intercept terms between exercise modes and across muscles. In addition, separate repeated-measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to determine mean differences for the slope and y-intercept values between the 3 muscles. In addition, separate 2 (mode: CE or KE) × intensity (intensity: 30, 60, and 90% of maximal workload) repeated-measures ANOVAs were conducted for each muscle. There was a significant (p < 0.05) mode × exercise intensity interaction for each muscle. Follow-up testing indicated that in most cases, the normalized EMG amplitude was significantly higher for single-leg KE than single-leg CE. These results indicated that incremental single-leg KE activates the superficial QF muscles significantly greater than single-leg CE.
Wild Strawberries from Reichenau: Ruminations on Authority and Difference in Eleventh-Century “Gregorian” Chant
Authors: Parkes Henry
Published: April 2017

One of the paradoxes of Gregorian chant is the way in which written sources become ever more plentiful across the Middle Ages while commentaries on its cultural and intellectual status take the opposite direction, becoming rare after the ninth century. An exception to that trend is the essay De varia psalmorum atque cantuum modulatione (On the Varied Modulation of Psalms and Chants), a substantial yet little known offering from the music theorist and liturgist Berno of Reichenau (d. 1048). Previously considered to be of uncertain authorship and doubtful musical value, the work is now shown to be an authentic witness, in part through evidence provided by a rediscovered manuscript (Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Mus.ms.theor. 95). This permits a new appreciation of the author's unique and revealing agenda—to soothe the many tensions reportedly incited by the textual content of chant. With resonances in contemporary music theory, De varia psalmorum testifies to divergent practices in need of a new theoretical underpinning, as well as to previously unstudied cultures of textual correction existing between the ninth and twelfth centuries. In so doing it offers a rare insight into the liturgical chant traditions of the post-Carolingian age, both in Berno's native Germany and further afield.
The use of GnRH agonist for supression of cats reproductive function
Authors: Vasetska A.I. , Mass A.A.
Published: April 2017

The article presents the results concerning the duration of GnRH agonist deslorelin «Suprelorin» 4.7 mg using in cats prepubertal and pubertal age. Experiments conducted on pedigree and non-pedigree cats and lasting for 2.5 years. For research was formed three groups (n = 10), age from 3 months to 3 years. The first group was the control animals, they flowed naturally estrus cycle, they received any drugs and have no contact with male. The estrus cycle of the control group of animals observed an average six times within one year, three times in spring and autumn, which is the norm for this type of animal. For 30 months (2.5 years) observation cats from the control group showed excitement stage of estrus cycle an average 15 times. Animals from the second group, age 3–6 months, which has not have the first estrus (prepubertal) was placed subcutaneous implant «Suprelorin» 4.7 mg. In the third group were cats from 7 months to 3 years which have experienced one or more estrus cycles (pubertal). The animals were implanted implant «Suprelorin» 4.7 mg immediately after the last estrus. In the second group of animals (prepubertal), excitement stage of reproductive cycle manifested through 480–1567 days after implant implanted and the average duration of the reproductive cycle was 920 days (30 months). A few cats from this group were found changes in the reproductive system such as: uneven structure of the endometrium, reducing the size of the ovaries, ovarian cysts after ovariohysterectomy. Cats from the third group (pubertal) excitement stage of reproductive cycle manifested after 120 to 730 days after implanted the GnRH implant and the average duration of the reproductive cycle was 379 days (approximately 13 months). A few cats from this group, after ovariohysterectomy, observed changes in the reproductive system such as: endometrial hyperplasia, uneven structure and porosity consistency endometrial, ovarian cyst.
Вплив маклеї серцевидної на стан системи антиоксидантного захисту організму качок за дегельмінтизації фенбендазолом
Authors: Zhukova I.O. , Bazdyreva N.O. , Longus N.I.
Published: April 2017

The use of biological products ecologically safe for human and animals is the key to improve the quality of life. The replacement of synthetic antibiotics, hormone stimulants and other hazardous chemical drugs by natural substances of plant origin is an effective step to decrease gastrointestinal disorders and to improve the indices of growth and development of various species of animals. The beneficial effect of the above drugs can be explained by the potential of these substances to maintain beneficial microflora of gastrointestinal tract that protects the animal from pathogenic bacteria and softens the course of stressful periods. The article presents the data on the research of the state of antioxidant system of ducks when the antihelmintic drug phenbendazol and Macleay cordata were used separately and in the combination. The experiments have shown that the use of only phenbendazole for ducks led to the activation of the processes of lipid peroxidation that was manifested by the decrease in the activity of catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) as well as antioxidant activity (AOA) of blood that proves the lack of the potential of own resources of antioxidant system (AOS) in the experimental birds. The addition of the herbal supplement of Macleay cordata separately and simultaneously with phenbendazole resulted in the induction of antioxidant resources in the body of the examined ducks that was characterizes in the first case by the storage of the levels of LPO products due to the induced activation of both antioxidant enzymes and the restoration of the pool of the endogenous total AOA, and in the second case, by the reduction to the normal physiological activity of catalase and compensatory increase in the activity of SOD alongside with the increase in the total antioxidant activity.
IT instruments for Problem Based Learning in Undergraduate Medical Education
Authors: Calinici Tudor , Nistor Florina , Istrate Dan , Drugan Tudor
Published: April 2017

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Problem Based Learning (PBL) is one of the many alternative methods that can be used in medical education. There are different views about its advantages and limitation, but the added value of this method is well recognized. PBL helps students to develop team working and collaboration. It is useful to have an IT solution to support the PBL process.The goal of this research was to identify a web application which has implemented the facilities necessary for Problem Base Learning at the curriculum level: security, collaborative environment, availability, and easy to use. A PBL scenario was developed and a demo Problem Base Learning session had place. The participants were students enrolled in first year at Faculty of Medicine, and the Problem Base Learning topic was biostatistics.We use Moodle as IT support for Problem Based Learning process. A Problem Based Learning session took place and it was a success. The students had no problem using the on-line interface and the general conclusion was that Moodle is a viable option to be used as support for PBL sessions.Moodle seems to be an appropriate Web 2.0 instrument to be used as support for Problem Based Learning. It is very important to recognize that Moodle is just a tool which facilitates learning but it not guarantee of the success. The success of the Problem Based Learning method in medical education is in the involvement of the students, in the skills of the facilitator and in the quality of the clinical scenario.
A Construção Social dos Princípios Conformadores e das Normas Programáticas de Política Externa Brasileira na Constituição Federal de 1988
Authors: Lopes Dawisson Belém , Valente Mario Schettino
Published: April 2017

RESUMO Este artigo debruçou-se sobre a Assembleia Constituinte de 1987-1988 para investigar a construção social dos dispositivos constitucionais que regulamentam metas e abordagens da política externa brasileira. Para tanto, mobilizou-se literatura sobre grupos de interesse com o intuito de identificar os atores e interesses que participaram da elaboração destes dispositivos durante a Constituinte, bem como os constrangimentos internacionais que se impunham sobre esses atores. A partir da individualização e sistematização do conjunto de propostas analisadas, esta pesquisa recorreu aos ferramentais de process tracing para identificar os atores e interesses que buscaram influenciar o processo constituinte e conformaram os dispositivos constitucionalizados. Dentre os resultados, observaram-se a participação do Itamaraty como importante fonte e agente para a constitucionalização de valores e práticas da política externa, e, principalmente, mobilizações de grupos de interesse de diversos níveis de organização que, ao promoverem suas preferências para limitar e orientar a política externa, provocaram uma expansão da agenda internacional do Brasil.
Quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS: temporal, socio-demographic and perceived health relationship
Authors: Hipolito Rodrigo Leite , Oliveira Denize Cristina de , Costa Tadeu Lessa da , Marques Sergio Corrêa , Pereira Eliane Ramos , Gomes Antonio Marcos Tosoli
Published: April 2017

Abstract Objective: to analyze the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS and its relationship with sociodemographic variables, health satisfaction and time since diagnosis. Method: quantitative, cross-sectional study with a sample of 100 HIV positive people monitored in a specialized service in southeastern Brazil. Sociodemographic and health forms were applied, followed by the WHOQOL-HIV BREF, a short form instrument validated to evaluate the quality of life. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed. Results: the perception of quality of life was intermediate in all quality of life domains. A relationship was identified between greater satisfaction with health and better quality of life, as well as statistically significant differences among the dimensions of quality of life according to gender, employment status, family income, personal income, religious beliefs and time since diagnosis. Conclusions: the time since the diagnosis of HIV infection enables reconfigurations in the perception of quality of life, while spirituality and social relationships can assist in coping with living with this disease.
A experiência de famílias rurais que permanecem em casas de apoio durante tratamento oncológico
Authors: Girardon-Perlini Nara Marilene Oliveira , Sand Isabel Cristina Pacheco Van der , Beuter Margrid , Rosa Bruna Vanessa Costa da
Published: April 2017

RESUMO Objetivo Compreender a experiência de famílias rurais que permanecem em casas de apoio durante o tratamento oncológico de um familiar adulto. Métodos Pesquisa qualitativa fundamentada no Interacionismo Simbólico e na pesquisa narrativa. Participaram sete famílias rurais, 14 pessoas hospedadas em casas de apoio em Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Os dados obtidos por meio de entrevista, no período de novembro de 2010 a maio de 2011, foram analisados com ênfase no conteúdo. Resultados Os três temas abordados foram: casa de apoio como um local de referência para ficar, o cotidiano e a convivência na casa de apoio. Conclusões A experiência foi marcada pela necessidade da família adaptar-se a um contexto diferente do rural, com regras e rotinas específicas, com desconfortos e confrontos com características da cultura urbana e com o vivido por outras famílias também em situação de adoecimento, o que contribuiu para ressignificar a própria experiência.
Coupling the atmospheric model RAMS 6.0 /ECHAM 4.1 to hydrologic model SMA/HMS for operating a reservoir in Brazil’s semiarid
Authors: Cabral Samuellson Lopes , Campos José Nilson Bezerra , Silveira Cleiton da Silva
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACT The planning and the efficiency of water resources are subject to the uncertainties of the input data of climate and hydrological models. Prediction of water inflow to reservoirs that would help decision making for the various water uses, contain uncertainties fundamentally the initial conditions assumed in the modeled processes. This paper evaluates the coupling of a regional atmospheric model with a hydrological model to make streamflow forecast for seasonal operation of Orós reservoir, Ceará State, Brazil. RAMS model, version 6.0, was forced by the ECHAM 4.5 atmospheric general circulation model over Alto Jaguaribe basin to obtain the rainfall data. To remove biases in the simulated precipitation fields was applied the probability density function (PDF) correction on them. Then the corrected precipitation data were inserted in the hydrologic Soil Moisture Account (SMA) model from the Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS). For SMA calibration, it was used the Nash-Sutcliffe objective function. Finally, decisions to water release from the Orós were evaluated using the Heidke Skill Score (HSS). The SMA model showed a satisfactory performance with Nash-Sutcliffe values of 0.92 (0.87) in the calibration (validation) phase, indicating that it is a rainfall runoff model alternative. For decisions in releasing water from the Orós reservoir, using climate predictions, obtained HSS = 0.43. The results show that the simulated rainfall coupled with a hydrological model is able to represent the hydrological operation of Brazilian semiarid reservoir.
Development of management Tool for Water Risk Assessment (FARH): application in the mineral metalurgical segment in Brazil
Authors: Bissacot Thaiza Clemente Couto , Oliveira Sílvia Maria Alves Corrêa
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACT Although water governance in the industrial sector has evolved in recent years, water risk management is still considered a challenge in the country. In this way, the present article had the objective of developing a Management Tool for Water Risk Assessment (FARH) in the mining-metallurgical segment. The structural format of the FARH was based on input blocks, processing and data output with the purpose of elaborating a risk matrix (dashboard). The dashboard based on the characterization of the situation of the river basin in relation to the degree of water stress (Y axis), characterization of the water management status of the enterprise (X axis) and the definition of the level of dependence in relation to the water resource. The tool was applied on a pilot scale in 09 (nine) mining-metallurgical enterprises located in the States of Minas Gerais, Goiás and São Paulo (Zn, Ni, Al). With the validation of the FARH criteria, the data platforms were inserted in “macro excel” to computerize their application. The risk matrix allowed the consolidated visualization of the data and provided a technical basis for the prioritization of actions, allocation of resources within an organization and preparation of a guide for the development of the water management plan of these enterprises.