bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cambios de usos de suelo y vegetación en la comunidad agraria Kashaama, Anzoátegui, Venezuela: 2001-2013
Authors: Olivares-Campos Barlin Orlando , López-Beltrán Miguel Armando , Lobo-Luján Deyanira
Published: July 2019

Los cambios en el uso del suelo y vegetación que soporta la tierra son cada vez más relevantes para poder comprender los elementos de roce entre las comunidades agrícolas y los ecosistemas terrestres que les sirven de soporte. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar los cambios de usos de suelo y vegetación en la comunidad indígena Kashaama, Estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Se utilizaron imágenes digitales derivadas de un espectroradiómetro para imágenes de resolución moderada (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer - MODIS) que contienen información sobre las diferentes coberturas de uso de la tierra y vegetación, para los años 2001 y 2013. La comunidad indígena estudiada presenta un proceso significativo de transformación de la cobertura vegetal a usos antrópicos del suelo, poniendo en riesgo los bienes y servicios ecosistémicos para la población.
Utilização de agrotóxicos no assentamento três pontes, Município de Perolândia (go): fatores de risco á saúde
Authors: Miranda Celeni , De Oliveira Raquel Maria
Published: July 2019

Neste estudo foram entrevistados de um total de quarenta e três, doze lotes de assentados no Assentamento Três Pontes, que corresponde a 27,9 %, buscou também analisar a utilização de agrotóxicos na área de estudo pertencente ao município de Perolândia (GO), com vistas a revelar os impactos desses produtos para a saúde pública.  A faixa etária dos sujeitos variam de 35 a 70 anos, podendo afirmar que trata-se de uma população adulta. O grau de escolaridade 72,7% possuem o Ensino Fundamental incompleto. Realidade que interfere quando se pensa que os produtos químicos requerem um grau de entendimento para manuseá-los. Para Florêncio et. Al. (2001), “A maioria dos trabalhadores afirma que não são capazes de entender as instruções e recomendações contidas nos rótulos dos produtos” (Florêncio, et. al.2001 p..51).  Investigou-se o uso dos Equipamentos de Proteção Individual-EPIs; o conhecimento sobre o receituário agronômico, item obrigatório na aquisição desses produtos, e o descarte correto das embalagens vazias. Os resultados obtidos apontaram que dos doze lotes visitados 90,9% reconhecem a importância dos EPis, mas não utilizam, todos desconhecem o receituário agronômico e 30% terceirizam o combate com agrotóxicos de suas propriedades. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qual quantitativa, optando-se pelo estudo de campo. Utilizou-se como instrumentos de coleta de dados: as observações, a aplicação de questionários e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os sujeitos foram as famílias assentadas no Assentamento Três Pontes, apresentando a realidade dessa comunidade, sobre o seu modo de vida e principalmente a influência dos agrotóxicos em suas atividades produtivas, bem como sua conscientização e segurança na utilização dos mesmos. Verificou-se que no assentamento pesquisado as famílias utilizam agrotóxicos indiscriminadamente em suas lavouras.
‘El trabajo dignifica’ Twentieth Century Afro-Costa Rican Women and Informal Work in Port Limon, Costa Rica
Authors: Hutchinson Miller Carmen
Published: July 2019

The patriarchal system has convinced most that women’s respectable place and function are exclusively within the private space of the home. When women ‘transgress’ and venture out into the public sphere by choice or by force, the reception is far from welcoming both by individuals and institutions. The analysis seeks to enquire, based on women of African descent history, how this ideology affects their participation in the public sphere. The main objective is to unearth and make visible some of the informal financial activities women were involved in during the 20th century in Port of Limon, Central America, Costa Rica. The information was gathered through interviews, some early 20th-century newspaper research, and other documentation. The analysis is conducted from a historical and gender perspective.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) staging and splanchnic circulation in high risk preterm infants
Authors: El Atawi Khaled , Unde Nitin , Elhalik Mahmoud
Published: July 2019

Objective: To evaluate the influence of PDA on superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and celiac artery (CA) in the immediate postnatal period in preterm infants. Methods: 50 preterm less than 32week with birth weight less than 1kg was included in the prospective observation study. PDA (PSV: peak systolic velocity, EDV: end diastolic velocity, TAV: time average velocity). Blood flow indices (resistive index; RI, pulsatility index; PI) was calculated. PDA was categorized as small, moderate and large. Values taken at 48hr were considered for statistical calculation. Result: Significant PDA was associated with high SMA PSV and low EDV in both SMA and CA. Large (n=12) and moderate PDA (n=3) was associated with high PSV and low EDV in SMA, hence was associated with significantly high RI (large; 0.85±0.04, moderate; 0.80±0.03) in mesenteric circulation. In celiac circulation, large PDA was associated with low EDV (11.66±6.09) and moderate PDA was associated with significant high PSV (64.33±13.05). This velocity pattern in CA was associated with significant high RI (0.77±0.08) and high PI (1.73±0.52) in large PDA group. Velocities in small PDA and no PDA groups were comparable in both arteries. Conclusion: Significant PDA was associated with attenuated blood velocities in SMA compromising the intestinal perfusion. Celiac artery blood flow velocities were adversely affected by large PDA. Low EDV is the predicting factor for compromised perfusion in both the arteries. PDA diameter and flow in descending aorta was the determining factor.
LEVINAS E A BUSCA DO AUTÊNTICO
Authors: Fabri Marcelo
Published: July 2019

O artigo tem como objetivo interpretaro conceito de subjetividade em EmmanuelLevinas a partir da hipótese de que há umarelação passive! entre à chamada busca deautenticidade e a experiência humana com osagrado ou o "absolutamente outro".
A ESTÉTICA DE MIKEL DUFRENNE
Authors: Figurelli Roberto
Published: July 2019

O texto delineia a relação entre aprodução teórica sobre a estética de M. Dufrennee a herança fenomenológica husserliana, a partirde um estudo da estrutura da Phénoménologie deJ'expérience esthétique.
SENTIDO E VERDADE: HEIDEGGER E "A NOITE ABSOLUTA"
Authors: Dos Reis Róbson Ramos
Published: July 2019

Neste artigo o autor aplica a interpretaçãosocial-institucional da constituição ontológicana análise da teoria heideggeriana acerca darelatividade da verdade em relação ao ser doDasein. A presente reconstrução é desenvolvidapor meio da apresentação do assim chamadocarátér de verdade do ser, bem como da interpretaçãoontológico existencial da gênese da ontologiada presentidade (Vorhandenheit) a partir dadisponibilidade (Zuhandenheit). No asserir localiza-se a prática recognitiva capaz de instituir acategoria da pura subsistência, na qual reside acondição existencial da possibilidade da verdade.Essa dependência existencial da verdade permiteo reconhecimento da condição da total falta dedescobrimento ôntico: a ausência completa doDasein, que Heidegger chamou de 'noite absoluta'.
NOTA SOBRE HERMENÊUTICA: A LINGUAGEM ENTRE O SUJEITO E O OBJETO
Authors: Tiburi Mareia
Published: July 2019

A hermenêutica pode ser vista comouma teoria do conhecimento não subjetivista,voltada para a experiência do estranho e nestesentido capaz de assegurar um lugar que salvaguardea dignidade do objeto no processo doconhecimento. A preocupação com o espaço doobjeto reside na necessidade de ponderar umaquestão que não é apenas gnosiológica, mas,inclusive, ética.
A SUBJETIVIDADE EM ALFRED SCHUTZ
Authors: Capalbo Creusa
Published: July 2019

O artigo pretende mostrar de como,na obra de Alfred Schutz, o mundo cotidiano -Lebenswelt no sentido da fenomenologia - éexpressão do mundo intersubjetivo experenciadopelo ser humano em sua atitude natural, mundoeste que se constitui no lugar propriamente ditoda sociabilidade e das mudanças sociais. Aquestão da intersubjetividade - deixada semsolução por Husserl - seria para Schutz, naelaboração de sua sociologia fenomenológica,não um problema a ser resolvido, mas umacategoria ontológica fundamental da existênciahumana.
APRESENTAÇÃO
Authors: De Boni Luis Alberto
Published: July 2019

Apresentação do número.
HIPÓTESIS DE CONFLICTO Y CASUS NECESSITATIS: TOMÁS DE AQUINO, EGIDIO ROMANO Y GUILLERMO DE OCKHAM
Authors: Bertelloni Francisco
Published: July 2019

Três autores medievais são aquiexaminados a respeito da questão da normalidadee da exceção em teoria politica. Tomás de Aquinoescreveu sua obra voltada apenas para os casosde normalidade institucional. Egídio Romanopergunta-se sobre a caducidade da ordem institucionalo surgimento do poder politico originário noestado de exceção. Guilherme de Ockham trata dacaducidade da ordem legal e do retomo à ordemdo direito natural.
ESTABELECENDO O DEBATE NA ÉTICA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Authors: Guariglia Osvaldo
Published: July 2019

Neste artigo, o autor apresenta umbalanço do debate ético contemporâneo, partindoda oposição central entre posições universalistas evisões particularistas.
PECORARO, Rosario Rossano - La filosofia del voyeur. Estasi e scrittura in Emile Cioran . Eclitrice Il Sapere. Via Roma, 210 - 84121 - Salermo (Itália).
Authors: Pecoraro Rossano
Published: July 2019

Resenha da obra.
La etnicidad como agente de producción del arte plástico en América Latina: discriminación y multiculturalidad
Authors: Campuzano Cruz Olivia
Published: July 2019

El presente trabajo se realizó con el propósito de analizar la etnicidad, desde su carga simbólica y sus implicaciones sociales, como una potente influencia en el arte plástico latinoamericano; esto con la intención de reflexionar y dimensionar sus implicaciones y los efectos culturales que producen. Se utilizaron, en general, los métodos analítico, sintético y de concordancia para el establecimiento, estructuración y desarrollo de la investigación, particularmente se aplicaron métodos iconográficos e iconológicos para el análisis de la obra plástica de Gustavo Toaquiza (1971, Ecuador) y Gilberto Delgado (1987, México). Nuestros resultados muestran al arte plástico indígena como un reflejo de los entes colectivos que le dan origen, como un producto cultural que debate, denuncia y se coloca como un elemento de combate de la discriminación y coadyuva a la comprensión de una América Latina multicultural.
Autonomous energy supply based on the wind-energy complex and hydrogen energy storage
Authors: Nefedkin S. I. , Barsukov A. O. , Mozgova M. I. , Shichkov M. S. , Klimova M. A.
Published: July 2019

The paper proposes an alternative scheme of guaranteed electricity and heat supply of an energy-insulated facility with a high potential of wind energy without the use of imported or local fuel. The scheme represents a wind power complex containing the park of wind generators located at the points with high wind potential. The wind generators provide guaranteed power supply even in periods of weak wind. For heat supply of the consumer, all surplus of the electric power goes on thermoelectric heating of water in tanks of accumulators, and also on receiving hydrogen by a method of electrolysis of water. The current heat supply is carried out with the use of hot water storage tanks, and the heat supply during the heat shortage is carried out by burning the stored hydrogen in condensing hydrogen boilers. We have developed the algorithm of calculation and the program "Wind in energy" which allows calculating annual balance of energy and picking up necessary quantity of the equipment for implementation of the scheme proceeding from the annual schedule of thermal and electric loading, and also potential of wind energy in the chosen region. The calculation-substantiation of the scheme proposed in relation to the real energy-insulated object Ust-Kamchatsk (Kamchatka) is carried out. The equipment for the implementation of an alternative energy supply scheme without the use of imported fuel is selected and compared with the traditional energy supply scheme based on a diesel power plant and a boiler house operating on imported fuel. With the introduction of an alternative power supply scheme, the equipment of the traditional scheme that has exhausted its resource can be used for backup power supply. Using climate databases, a number of energy-insulated facilities in the North and East of Russia with high wind energy potential are considered and the conditions for the successful implementation of the energy supply scheme are analyzed. This requires not only a high average annual wind speed, but also a minimum number of days of weak wind. In addition, it is necessary that the profile of the wind speed distribution in the annual section coincides with the profile of the heat load consumption.
Effect of salinity on morpho-physiological parameters and nitrogen content in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Authors: Fatiha K. , Abdelkrim H. , Abdelkader B.
Published: July 2019

Abstract. To characterize the effect of salt stress on six varieties of chickpea (Cicer areitenumL.): ILC 32/79, Flip 84/92C, Ghab4, Belkhadem, Collection 28 and F97/555, morphological and physiological parameters of the plants were studied to determine which can be cultivated under salty conditions. The genotypes were subjected to three increasing concentrations of NaCl (50, 75 and 100mM) and compared to an unstressed control (0mM NaCl).The results showed the studied genotypes behaved differently depending on saline concentrations, and plant water content decreased depending on NaCl concentrations, with a higher reduction in root dry matter. The root dry weight/shoot dry weight ratio decreased with high NaCl concentrations that caused reductions in root volume, number of nodules, and total nitrogen. It appeared the ILC 32/79 and collection 28 varieties were the most salinity-tolerant genotypes.
Food safety knowledge among farming households in Irepodun local government area, Kwara State, Nigeria
Authors: Awoyemi A.O. , Ajiboy M.N. , Adesiji G.B. , Kayode A.O.
Published: July 2019

Abstract. The study assessed the food safety knowledge and practices among farming households in Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, Nigeria. Irepodun LGA was purposively selected due to the large population of farmers in the area. Two-stage sampling technique was used to randomly select one hundred and four (104) respondents from five villages, namely: Elerinjare, Batanyin, Igbo-owu, Omode and Idofian. Primary data were used for the study and the data were collected by means of an interview schedule. Descriptive statistical tools such as precision counts, frequencies and percentages were used in analyzing the data while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed that the mean income was 156375.50 NGN (441.74 USD) per annum, majority of the farming households have low knowledge towards food safety practices. Constraints to food safety practices include: lack of knowledge, inadequate training and awareness and inadequate finance. PPMC analysis showed that income and educational level was significantly related to the food safety practices among farmers across the selected farming households P≤0.05. Based on the findings, training and effective monitoring by relevant stakeholders, adequate provision of modern technology, sensitization and enlightenment campaigns will further boost farming household’s knowledge and attitudinal changes towards food safety and ultimately safe food for the people.
Narrativa de Fanfiction: o autor e o leitor (des) autorizados pela cibercultura
Authors: Conceição Verônica Alves dos Santos , De Magalhães Cristiane , Silva dos Santos Isabella
Published: July 2019

O estudo, inspirado nos pressupostos da Cibercultura, aborda o processo de autorizar-se enquanto autor e leitor de fanfiction. Trata das práticas de escrita e leitura de fanfiction para, como desdobramento, discutir o deslocamento do lugar do autor e do leitor de um texto em um contexto de Cibercultura. Para tanto, entabula- se uma conversa com autores como Chartier (1999, 2001, 2002), Jenkins (2009,2015), Marcuschi (2008, 2010), Santaella (2003, 2004, 2008) entre outros. O texto se constitui como uma revisão bibliográfica de base teórica. Como resultado, constata-se que o autor e o leitor de fanfiction constituem um público que utiliza da habilidade de multiletramentos e amplia as possibilidades de produção e divulgação de narrativas inerentes a Cibercultura.
Perspectivas de autoria em práticas de APP-Learning
Authors: Carriço de Almeida Wallace , Oliveira dos Santos Edméa
Published: July 2019

Este artigo surge a partir do levantamento dos achados de uma pesquisa-formação na cibercultura, onde buscamos compreender, como mobilizar Atos de Currículo que contemplassem a proposta de App-Learning. Nossa opção metodológica foi a pesquisa- formação na cibercultura (SANTOS), a multirreferencialidade (ARDOINO) e as pesquisas nos/dos/com os cotidianos (CERTEAU, ALVES). Como achados da pesquisa apresentamos as narrativas e imagens, além da minha própria experiência, transformação e aprendizado fruto dessa convivência entre praticantes, pesquisadores e artefatos tecnológicos. Verificamos também a manifestação da autoria dos praticantes em App-Learning na produção de um recurso didático estruturado por uma aplicação de Realidade Aumentada na Aula 1, que surge a partir dos saberes coletivos em contexto colaborativo de aprendizagem e mediação.
Evaluation of the safety factors of shotcrete linings during the creep stage
Authors: Oreste Pierpaolo , Spagnoli Giovanni , Luna Ramos Cesar Alejandro
Published: July 2019

Sprayed concrete linings (SCLs) used in tunnels generally develop secondary deformations over time, even in the presence of constant stress levels within the lining. These deformations influence the loading process on the lining and therefore also the stress levels within the support structure. The behaviour of a SCL in a tunnel was investigated under different operating conditions in order to evaluate the effect of secondary deformations on the evolution of stability conditions (safety margins with respect to the possible concrete failure) over time, after completion of the tunnel construction. A parametric analysis was performed to study eight different types of tunnels, with variable geometry and rock quality, and eight different types of sprayed concrete. The 64 cases of the parametric analysis covered the vast range of variability of influential parameters and yielded useful information concerning the effects of secondary deformations over time on the static behaviour of the lining and on the safety factor with reference to the possible failure of the sprayed concrete.
Mechanics of natural curauá textile-reinforced concrete
Authors: Souza Letícia Oliveira de , Souza Lourdes Maria Silva de , de Andrade Silva Flávio
Published: July 2019

In the present work, textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) specimens were produced using high-performance natural curauá unidirectional fabrics as reinforcement. Portland cement was partially replaced by pozzolanic materials to produce a matrix with low calcium hydroxide content. Composites with different numbers of layers and thicknesses were produced. Their mechanical behaviour was evaluated through tensile testing. Crack formation was investigated using an image capture procedure and a digital image correlation (DIC) methodology. From the DIC analysis, it was possible to provide an estimate of the number of cracks, the mean crack spacing and width during the tensile tests. The curauá textile was shown to be a promising reinforcement, resulting in a composite with multiple cracking formation and strain-hardening behaviour. This newly developed composite showed similar mechanical behaviour to that of man-made fibre-reinforced composites. Combined with its low cost and sustainability characteristics, the curauá TRC may represent a good alternative to conventional construction materials.
Book review
Authors: Polack Chris
Published: July 2019

Switch & Crossing Maintenance
NÖTROFİL/LENFOSİT VE PLATELET/LENFOSİT ORANLARI AZOOSPERMİ VE ANORMAL SPERM PARAMETRELERİ İÇİN PREDİKTİF MARKER OLARAK KULLANILABİLİR Mİ?
Authors: ÖZTEKİN Ünal , CANİKLİOĞLU Mehmet , SARI Sercan , SELMİ Volkan , GÜREL Abdullah , CANİKLİOĞLU Ayşen , IŞIKAY Levent
Published: July 2019

ÖZET

Amaç: Erkek
faktörlü infertilite toplunda sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Bu çalışmada
amacımız basit ve ucuz bir tetkik olan tam kan sayımı parametrelerini
kullanarak, pro-inflamatuar belirteçler olan nötrofil/lenfosit ve platelet/lenfosit
oranlarının, azoospermi, oligoastenozoospermi ve normal sperm parametrelerinde
prediktif olarak kullanılabilirliğini araştırmaktır.

Materyal ve Metod: Kliniğimize
erkek faktörlü infertilite araştırılması nedeniyle başvurmuş ve çalışma
kriterlerini sağlayan 358 hastanın kayıtları retrospektif olarak
incelendi.  Hastalar Azoospermi grubu
(Grup 1), Oligoastenoteratozoospermi grubu (Grup 2), Normal sperm
parametrelerine sahip grup (Grup 3) olmak üzere üç gruba ayrıldı. Gruplar nötrofil,
lenfosit, platelet değerleri ile nötrofil/lenfosit oranı ve platelet/lenfosit
oranları açısından karşılaştırıldı.

Bulgular: Demografik
veriler ile nötrofil, lenfosit ve platelet değerleri açısından gruplar arası
anlamlı fark saptanmadı.  Nötrofil/Lenfosit oranı ve Platelet/Lenfosit
oranı açısından istatistiksel anlamlı fark yoktu (sırasıyala p: 0,745, p: 0,998).

Sonuç: Azospermi
ve oligoastenoteratozoospermi olasılığını öngörebilmek için NLO ve PLO
değerlerini prediktif bir marker olarak kullanılmasını önermiyoruz.
Cardioprotection conferred by rooibos (Aspalathus linearis): A mini review to highlight a potential mechanism of action
Authors: Maarman Gerald J.
Published: July 2019

A number of cardioprotective interventions have been identified throughout the years, and these include the use of natural antioxidants in sources like rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) tea. Recent studies have demonstrated that rooibos (either its isolated components or the crude rooibos extract/tea) confers cardioprotection in diabetic cardiomyopathy and myocardial ischaemic injury. In addition, a clinical study has shown that regular rooibos consumption reduces the risk for cardiovascular disease in adults. However, rooibos is currently not considered an official treatment against cardiac disease, mainly because the underlying mechanisms for rooibos-induced cardioprotection are not fully elucidated. Physiological actions of rooibos must be well investigated before rooibos can be used in a clinical setting as adjunct treatment for patients with heart disease. Thus, research to delineate the underlying mechanisms of rooibos-induced cardioprotection is key. In the light of the aforementioned, the available literature on rooibos-induced cardioprotection is reviewed here, highlighting the fact that rooibos preserves and maintains cardiac energy homeostasis. It is postulated that rooibos activates an AMPK-GLUT-4 glucose oxidation (cardiac energy-shortage sensing) pathway to shift cardiac energy usage, thereby conferring cardioprotection.
Significance:

It is hypothesised that rooibos may alter the way in which the human heart uses energy and oxygen, in order to protect the heart against disease. The heart’s mitochondria are responsible for the heart’s energy processes, and therefore are most likely involved in rooibos-induced cardioprotection.
Cardioprotection conferred by rooibos is likely via an AMPK-GLUT-4 glucose oxidation pathway.
The mechanism of cardioprotection is important for future studies investigating how rooibos alters cardiac mitochondria.
The more information gathered about the underlying mechanisms of rooibos, the easier it will be to recommend rooibos as an official cardioprotective intervention in patients with heart disease.
Human evolution in the South African school curriculum
Authors: Sutherland Clarisa , L'Abbé Ericka N.
Published: July 2019

A decade after the introduction of the topic into the South African public school curriculum, the theory of evolution by natural selection is poorly understood among those who teach it, and that flawed understanding is transferred to those attempting to learn it. The curricula, support material and textbooks designed to underpin teaching and learning of evolution are often inaccurate. Deeply held religious views in the country, especially Christianity, remain a stumbling block towards understanding and accepting evolution. The lack of scientific literacy allows for the continuation of Social Darwinism and racial stereotypes and deprives the victims of those ills of the knowledge and mechanisms of thought to counter these ideas. This review explores the relatively sparse but nevertheless well-conducted research into evolution education in South Africa. We conclude that an understanding of human evolution is essential to the country’s growing democracy because it provides a framework within which South Africans can understand and appreciate the diversity and heterogeneous nature of our society.
Significance:

Various obstacles in the teaching and learning of evolution are identified, and generalisable recommendations are provided to improve evolution education on a practical level.
Evolution education is important for the South African public: to take pride in our rich fossil resources; to understand and appreciate human diversity; to dispel the racist myths of Social Darwinism; and to ensure the success of our education system by teaching the consilience of induction and logical reasoning.
This synthesis of the research provides a starting point for anyone wanting to conduct evolution education research in South Africa in the future, specifically those in the fields of curriculum reform, life sciences or biological anthropology.
Türkiye’de Doğurganlık Analizi: Gelecekteki Doğurganlık Tercihlerinin Önemi
Authors: GEMİCİOĞLU Selçuk , ŞAHİN Hasan , ER Emrah
Published: July 2019

Doğurganlık analizleri genellikle gelecekteki doğurganlık tercihlerini göz önünde bulunduracak şekilde gerçekleştirilmemektedir. Oysaki gelecekteki doğurganlık tercihleri hem aile planlaması hem de hali hazırda uygulamada olan doğurganlığa yönelik politikaların güncellenmesi açısından dikkate alınması gereken bir durumdur. Bu çalışmada 2008 ve 2013 yılı Türkiye Nüfus ve Sağlık Araştırması (TNSA) verileri kullanılarak doğurganlık analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Hanehalklarının gelecekteki doğurganlık tercihlerini dikkate alan ve almayan iki model oluşturulmuş ve bu modeller Genelleştirilmiş Poisson Regresyon Modeli ile tahmin edilmiştir. Hanehalklarının gelecekteki doğurganlık tercihini dikkate almayan standart modeller ile dikkate alan modelden elde edilen bulguların farklılık gösterdiği ortaya çıkmıştır. Hanehalkının gelecekteki doğurganlık tercihlerini dikkate alan modelde yaş, evlilik yaşı, istihdam durumu ve eş yaş değişkenlerinin katsayı işaretlerinin değiştiği görülmektedir. Bu nedenle politika yapıcılar doğurganlığa yönelik politika üretirken dikkatli davranmalıdırlar çünkü standart analizlerden elde edilen bulgular yanlış politika uygulamalarına yol açabilir.
The Case of MRI Repetitions with Direct and Indirect Cost Implications: Evidence from Hacettepe University Hospitals
Authors: BAŞAR Dilek , ÖZEN İlhan Can , ÖZTÜRK Selcen , GÜMELER Ekim , AKATA Deniz , ÇİFTÇİ Arbay Özden
Published: July 2019

This study investigates the case of repeated MRIs using data from Hacettepe University Hospitals. Results indicate that almost 34% of MRI consultations have to be repeated within the same year due to suboptimal quality that hinders correct assessment and diagnosis. Suboptimal quality refers to; movement artefacts, use of wrong scan technique or sequence, inexperienced reader and/or shortened time intervals. In fact, almost 30% of those repetitions result in a change in diagnosis. Results suggest that the probability of repetition is higher among women and children.
Stres Üriner İnkontinansın Tedavisinde Tension-free Vajinal Tape (TVT) ve Transobturator Tape (TOT) Yöntemlerinin Başarı ve Komplikasyon Oranlarının Karşılaştırılması
Authors: YALCİN Yakup , ERİS YALCİN Serenat
Published: July 2019

Amaç: Tension-free
vaginal tape (TVT) ve transobturator tape (TOT) gibi midüretral slingler son
yıllarda sıkça kullanılmaktadır. Literatürde değişken komplikasyon ve başarı
oranları bildirilmiştir. Biz bu çalışmada, stres üriner inkontinans nedeni ile
TVT ve TOT cerrahisi yapılan hastaların komplikasyon ve başarı oranlarını
karşılaştırmayı amaçladık.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada, stres üriner
inkontinans nedeni (SÜİ) ile TVT ameliyatı yapılan 43 hasta ile TOT ameliyatı
yapılan 38 hastanın verileri retrospektif olarak analiz edildi. Çalışmaya,
muayene veya ürodinami ile SÜİ tanısı konan hastalar dahil edildi. Mesane
disfonksiyonu yapan nörolojik hastalığı olan, idrar yolu enfeksiyonu, aşırı
aktif mesane ve kronik sistiti olan hastalar çalışmaya dahil edilmedi.
Hastaların intraoperatif ve postoperatif komplikasyonları ile 6. ayda ki cerrahi
başarı oranları değerlendirildi.

Bulgular: Hastaların yaş ortalamaları TVT grubunda
TOT grubuna göre daha düşük bulunmuştur (sırasıyla 46.2+6.1 ve 53.3+8.1) (p<0.05).  Parite sayısı, vücut kitle indeksi, menopoz
durumu ve sigara kullanımı bakımından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark
saptanmamıştır (p>0.05). Operasyon
süresi TVT grubunda 19.7+4.3,
TOT grubuna 13.8+2.6
göre daha uzun bulunmuştur (p<0.05). İntraoperatif komlikasyon olarak sadece
TVT grubunda 1 (%2.3) hastada
retziusta oluşan retroperitonal hematom görülmüştür. Postoperatif
komplikasyonlar olan üriner retansiyon, re-operasyon, de-novo urgency ve kasık
ağrısı açısından gruplar arasında fark izlenmemiştir (p>0.05). Her
iki grupta başarı oranları benzer olarak izlenmiştir ve istatistiksel fark
saptanmamıştır (p>0.05).

Sonuç: TVT ve TOT
operasyonlarının her ikisi de SÜİ tedavisinde başarıyla kullanıldığı
gösterilmiştir ve etkinlik açısından aralarında fark yoktur. Literatürde uzun
donem sonuçlar hakkında başarılı sonuçlar mevcuttur. Her iki yöntemde güvenle
uygulanabilir.
Nile Red Staining of Drosophila Larval Tissues v1
Authors: Allen Elizabeth
Published: July 2019

Thisprotocol isused to stain late larvalDrosophilalipid droplets in fat bodies and intestines with Nile Red, which emits fluorescence in the 552/636 nm range.
A Three-dimensional Classification System of Second Language Self-repair
Authors: Zeng Simin
Published: July 2019

Self-repair is the change(s) a speaker makes to his/her ongoing speech due to any concern in talk. Previous psycholinguistic taxonomies of self-repair regard it as manifestations of individual speech production problems. This study questions this stand by investigating the self-repair behaviour of English language learners from two secondary schools in China, examining their task discourse and stimulated-recall comments. The results enables a three-dimensional classification system that analyses self-repair with reference to 1) the change(s) involved in a self-repair that is reflected in a certain domain of language, 2) the strategy employed to make the change(s) , and 3) the problem that prompts a speaker to self-repair. Analysis of the problems underlying the occurrences of self-repair demonstrates that L2 learners use self-repair to deal with problems in the interactions and the communicative contexts, in addition to their production problems.
Poems: From Translating to Rewriting
Authors: Lin Ping
Published: July 2019

The presupposition of meaning determines that the history of translation in China and the West is actually a history of transformation of meaning. Under the impact of deconstructionism and postmodernism, however, meaning changes from fixed to indeterminate, and the author and his subjectivity as the incarnation of reason and humanism are no longer deemed as valid. The “death of the author” fundamentally deconstructs the “inspiration theory” of the origin of poetry. With the questioning of the author's original intention and the inherent characteristics of poetic language make the translation of poetry eventually lead to a path of rewriting.
Pragmatic Analysis of Verbal Humor in Friends—Based on Cooperative Principle
Authors: Qiu Jiaosheng
Published: July 2019

This paper briefly introduces the main contents of Grice's cooperative principle of pragmatics and the connotation of the linguistic phenomenon of humour. Then, taking the popular sitcom Friends as an example, this paper lists the process of producing humor through deliberate violation of the cooperative principle in communication, so as to improve the readers' understanding of the generating mechanism of English humor and increase their interest in learning.
Language Sociality and Its Enlightenment on Foreign Language Teaching
Authors: Liu Guijie
Published: July 2019

Language is a unique tool used to express meaning and exchange ideas while sociality is a basic attribute to it. The language sociality lies in that languages exist in social activities and evolve simultaneously. Cognition of language sociality, to some extent, has an implicit or explicit influence on foreign language teaching (FLT). As one social behavior affected by the environment around, language is interfered with social, cognitional and cultural factors, which is evidently reflected in difficulties in FLT. To apply language sociality into FLT and improve the validity and reliability in the process, the following aspects need to be considered and innovated: the curriculum, process of teaching, quality of teachers, involvement of students as well as research on cultural fusion.
Passing over Sisters: Denial of Farhadi’s Unsafe Society
Authors: Sehat Ma’soome , Jahantigh Hossein
Published: July 2019

Employing semiology to study the academy award-winning director, Asghar Farhadi’s oeuvre up to 2016, this paper wishes to scrutinize his depicted society through the lens of feminism. His female characters’ lifestyle and their way of thinking show they always feel uneasy in Farhadi’s depicted society. It defines woman the same as what other patriarchal societies do, an object in need of protection. In this undesirable condition, women are expected to back their sisters up; however, the opposite is true about nearly all female characters in Farhadi’s cinema. They usually live while denying each other as a sort of defense mechanism, and after Farhadi’s famous accidents, there is always one or more female characters putting the blame on the female victim of the accident, technically speaking, referred to as victim-blaming. This paper wants to seek a psychological answer for this unusual behavior. In this regard, seven movies have been chosen including: Dancing in the Dust (2003), Beautiful City (2004), Fireworks Wednesday (2006), About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), The Past (2013), and The Salesman (2016).
Research on Teaching Mode Construction of ESP Course for Textile Engineering Based on Production-oriented Approach
Authors: Zhang Jinzhu
Published: July 2019

In order to overcome the disadvantages of "separation of learning and using" in foreign language teaching in China, Professor Wen Qiufang and her team have put forward their theoretical and practical achievements of POA (Production-oriented Approach) after more than ten years of research and exploration. The Production-oriented Approach conforms to the reality of foreign language teaching in China in the aspects of teaching concepts, teaching hypothesis, and teaching process jumps out of the dilemma of needs analysis and passes through the theory of second language acquisition and the practice of foreign language teaching. It has profound theoretical and practical guiding significance for language teaching at colleges and universities in China. This paper, based on the introduction of POA theory and the current ESP teaching research achievements in China, combining with the practice of English ESP teaching for majors of textile engineering at Tianjin Polytechnic University, attempts to construct a set of feasible ESP teaching mode for the major of textile engineering based on POA (Production-oriented Approach).
Social Exclusion and Mental Wellbeing in Older Romanians
Authors: Precupetu Iuliana , Aartsen Marja , Vasile Marian
Published: July 2019

In Romania, inequalities in health and wellbeing between younger and older Romanians are substantial, and an important reason for inequalities may be the higher risk of social exclusion among older adults. After the fall of Communism in 1989, the many transformations in economic structures and welfare regimes contributed to enhanced levels of social exclusion, in particular among the older generations. Social exclusion is a multidimensional problem with substantial effects on the mental wellbeing of people. The present study examines age differences in mental wellbeing and evaluates to what extent differences can be explained by age and social exclusion, while controlling for a number of potential confounders. Data are from the fourth wave (2016) of the European Quality of Life Survey. Data for Romania include 1004 people aged between 18 and 85 years old, of which 726 are included in the analyses (only complete cases). In the study sample, 259 were 55 years or older. Mental wellbeing was measured with The World Health Organization Wellbeing Index (WHO-5 scale), and social exclusion was measured in four domains: social relations, material resources, services and the neighbourhood. The results show that older Romanians have a statistically significant lower mental wellbeing than younger generations in Romania. All domains of social exclusion were associated with lower levels of mental wellbeing. These effects remained statistically significant after controlling for partner status, chronic diseases, having children, and level of education. Improving mental wellbeing of older Romanians would greatly benefit from increasing social inclusion by means of social transfers provided by the government, improving the neighbourhood and access to services, and providing facilities to enhance the social network.
Forming and Co-simulation of Square and Triangular Waveforms by Using System Generator
Authors: ARSERİM Ali , HAYDAROĞLU Cem , ACAR Hüseyin , UÇAR Ayşegül
Published: July 2019

Nowadays Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs)
are used to implement several processes in different areas such military
defense, medical devices, automation, telecommunication, and image processing
etc. Some of the advantages of FPGA are parallel and hardware processing. On
the other hand programming FPGAs by classic design methodologies requires much
effort. Therefore, design tools like System Generator can provide facilities
about programming FPGAs. System Generator is a design tool from Xilinx to
program the Xilinx FPGAs in MATLAB/Simulink graphic based editor. Also its block
set is limited with respect to Simulink, has.

In this study square, and triangular waveforms
are built with the basic blocks of System Generator tool. These waveforms
belong to basic sources for signal processing. Generally, they are used in
power electronics especially for producing PWM, or sinus PWM. Also
co-simulation can be done by using System Generator. Square waveform block,
which is implemented, has variable amplitude, frequency, duty cycle, and offset
values whereas triangular waveform has variable amplitude, frequency, and offset
values.  Triangular waveform has an error
as 2 % due to data bus width.
Design and Analysis of a Water Pumping System with Photovoltaic Source and Switched Reluctance Motor
Authors: OMAÇ Zeki
Published: July 2019

Solar energy is a
clean energy and it is increasingly being used all over the world. In this
study, a water pump drive has been designed with a switched reluctance motor
(SRM) to be powered by a photovoltaic energy source (PV). A boost converter has
been used to increase the voltage of the PV source. The mathematical model of
the system has been composed in the Matlab/Simulink and simulation results have
been obtained. Output voltage of the boost converter has been controlled by
using a PID controller at 50 kHz switching frequency. A centrifugal pump has
been used as the water pump. In the control of boost converter, an eight bit
PIC16F877A microcontroller has been used. The electrical energy obtained by PV
panels has been stored in batteries. Battery charge testers have been used in
order to control the battery charge level. The speed and current control of SRM
has been done by using DS1103 Ace kit. The value of the current has been
perceived by using hall sensors and transferred to the digital signal processor
by using an analog to digital converter. The accuracy of simulation results has
been proved by experimental results.
Cryogenic DC Characteristics of Low Threshold Voltage (VTH) n-channel MOSFETs
Authors: YELTEN Mustafa Berke
Published: July 2019

Cryogenic electronics
has grown in its widespread use for various technological applications.
Particularly, CMOS devices and circuits are more frequently used in such
systems due to their dominance in the electronics industry. At cryogenic
temperatures, characteristics of CMOS devices vary, which should be
characterized with measurements. In this paper, the changes in the electronic
behavior of a low threshold voltage (VTH)
n-channel MOSFET (nMOSFET) are captured experimentally. The results are then
compared with the measurements of a regular nMOSFET having the same channel
width and length. It is shown that although the VTH increase of both transistors is at the same amount,
this value corresponds to a more significant percentage of the nominal
threshold voltage for the low VTH
nMOSFET.
Optimization of Emulsification Process Parameters of Cinnamon Oil Nanoemulsions
Authors: Aisyah Yuliani , Haryani Sri , Safriani Novi , El Husna Nida
Published: July 2019

Essential oil is a complex blend of a variety of volatile molecules such as terpenoids, phenol-derived aromatic components. Cinnamon oil (extracted from Cinnamon burmannii) with strong antibacterial properties which show low bioavailability due to its lipophilicity. The use of nanoemulsion-based formulations is one of several approaches found to be efficient in improving the bioavailability of lipophilic entities such as cinnamon oil. This study explores the effects of various emulsifying conditions on the physicochemical properties and stability evaluation of cinnamon oil nanoemulsion in order to optimize its production method. Cinnamon oil nanoemulsion prepared in various emulsifying conditions was evaluated for its effects on the physicochemical characteristics and stability for a period of 3 months. The optimal formulation obtained required 5 minutes and 12000 rpm pre-homogenizing speed, high pressure (500 bars) and 3 cycles with the composition of 20% surfactant, 15% cinnamon oil and 85% water. Cinnamon oil loaded in the optimal formulation were stable after the manufacturing process and storage at 4°C±2 °C, 28°C±2 °C  and 40°C±2 °C  for 3 months. The finding of this study will lead to the possibility of this formulation to be used as one of the methods to improve cinnamon oil bioavailability.
Sense of Presence and Learning Satisfaction among Students of Different Age Groups in a 3-D Virtual World
Authors: Abdul Rahman Mohd Hishamuddin , Eh Phon Danakorn Nincarean , Utama Nur Ichsan , Yahaya Noraffandy , Abd Halim Noor Dayana , Kasim Shahreen
Published: July 2019

Virtual worlds are growing in popularity very quickly. This growing popularity of 3-dimensional (3-D) virtual worlds has drawn attention from educationists. Today, 3-dimensional (3-D) virtual worlds are exploited for online and virtual learning. Unlike the common online learning platforms, a virtual world environment closely resembles a 3-D video games environment. Thus the age of students might affect their sense of presence, interaction, and satisfaction in the said environment. Hence this study was conducted to investigate whether there are differences between students of different age groups on their sense of presence (place presence, social presence, and co-presence) and their learning satisfaction. The study was carried out for six weeks and involved 33 part-time diploma students with the use of interview and questionnaires as instruments. In this study, the researcher developed our own 3-D virtual world, known as ViEW, by using the Open Wonderland open source virtual world program. A nonparametric Mann-Whitney U analysis was applied to explore the differences between young and senior participants in terms of their sense of place presence, social presence, co-presence, and learning satisfaction. The results indicated significant differences between young and senior students in terms of place presence, co-presence, and learning satisfaction, but no differences were identified for social presence. These results might be in regard with the means of conducted the learning, which were in the forms of cooperative and synchronous learning by utilizing audio communication most of the time. Several recommendations for future research related to the study were also provided.
Evaluation of Scale-Up And Environmental Factors On Microbial Fuel Cell
Authors: Gazali Tun Ahmad , Moqsud M. Azizul
Published: July 2019

Considering the recent world situation of the  electricity for mankind and also energy requirements have been increasing exponentially worldwide. People is facing on their energy challenge and most countries in the world are on their way searching for new renewable energy resources technologies which consider for environment protection. An estimated 1.3 billon people - 17.3% of the global population - did not have access to electricity services for their daily lives, especially at night. Various studies on alternative renewable energy generation are becoming more and more priority, because humanity's increasing concern for electricity needs and climate change is happening. One potential way to continue to be explored as a solution to solve this problem is the over-reliance on electricity based on fossil fuels. Then the microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an opportunity challenge that is very interesting for further development. There are still many open opportunities to find out the effect of increasing volume and environmental factors on MFC operations. The results showed that the maximum value for mixed samples was 12720 ± 114.31 mV / m2, 9830 ± 81.79 mV / m2 and 1650 ± 65.32 mV / m2 for mixed samples of persimmon and soil waste, leaf molds and rice bran respectively -one; the electromotive force of the sample mixture of persimmon and soil waste is around 22 ± 0.01 V / m2. In addition, the power density correlates with an increase in the MFC scale which reaches 2109.9 mW / m2, 2319.88 mW / m2, 4384.06 mW / m2 and 10317.19 mW / m2 for 100 cm2, 150 cm2, 300 respectively. cm2 and 500 cm2 respectively. And the voltage generator works well even on a number of environmental factors (especially pH and humidity). In summary, this study shows and agrees that voltage generation can be maintained to increase during reactor increases and MFC by using organic waste (especially using persimmon fruit waste) can be operated under any environmental conditions.