bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of School-Home Communication With Parent-Implemented Reinforcement on Off-Task Behavior for Students With ASD
Authors: Goldman Samantha E. , Sanderson Kelli A. , Lloyd Blair P. , Barton Erin E.
Published: March 2019

School-home communication is highly valued for parents of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. However, parents report poor communication as a common barrier to developing partnerships with schools. Using a multiple baseline design, we evaluated the effects of a school-home note intervention with parent-implemented reinforcement for decreasing off-task behavior of students with ASD at school. We also evaluated social validity (i.e., feasibility and acceptability) of the intervention and outcomes. Only two of the four participants showed clear behavior change, which precluded the demonstration of functional relations. However, all participating parents and teachers reported the school-home note and parent-implemented contingent reinforcement were highly feasible and acceptable, and indicated positive outcomes relating to improved family-school partnership and communication. Findings of this study, which meets single-case design standards and quality indicators, are discussed in terms of future research and practice.
Millicent Marcus and the ethics of adaptation
Authors: Lerner Giovanna Faleschini , Marini-Maio Nicoletta , Past Elena
Published: March 2019

Millicent Marcus, whose Filmmaking by the Book: Italian Cinema and Literary Adaptation (1993) reframed conversations on filmic adaptation, has shaped generations of students and researchers through her scholarly practice of adapting art and life. In this article, three of her students explain the impact and influence of her teaching and research, a feminist legacy grounded in an ethics of collaboration. This history frames the presentation of the six subsequent articles, developed after a symposium in Marcus’ honour and included in this special issue.
Speaking of collaboration, friendship and the future of Italian film studies: An interview with Millicent Marcus
Authors: Marcus Millicent , Lerner Giovanna Faleschini , Marini-Maio Nicoletta , Past Elena
Published: March 2019

In this written interview, Millicent Marcus responds to the editors’ questions about her trajectory as a scholar and teacher. After a brief preface, in which she inventively describes the written interview as a genre per se, Marcus’s answers to our questions contextualize her view of contemporary Italian film, her scholarly background, and her ethical approach to cinema. In this work of self-reflection, she untangles the central elements of her vision: adaptation, feminism, intersections between research and teaching and collaboration in the academy.
Translating and adapting cinema across borders: American remakes of Italian films in the twenty-first century
Authors: Gaudenzi Cosetta
Published: March 2019

Study of global cinematic production shows that filmmakers constantly draw on stories from other cultural and historical traditions, and almost all films are a product of intertextuality: they are all derivative works in some sense. In this article, I focus on a specific kind of cinematic adaptation: remakes. I consider three American remakes of Italian films of the twenty-first century: Tony Goldwyn’s The Last Kiss (2006) from Gabriele Muccino’s L’ultimo bacio (The Last Kiss) (2001); Kirk Jones’ Everybody’s Fine (2009) from Giuseppe Tornatore’s Stanno tutti bene (Everybody’s Fine) (1990); and Rob Marshall’s Nine (2009) from Federico Fellini’s 81/2 (8 1/2) (1963) via Yeston’s stage production Nine (1982). My article illustrates how ‘the foreign’ (Italian cinema) is appropriated and domesticated, to some extent, in American cinema as a means to respond to a cultural crisis about masculinity and male social roles within the status quo. Italian source texts help expand the narrow American definition of male identity and enrich the well-established cinematic subgenre of male melodrama.
Reviews
Authors: Coyne Kelly , Elrod James M.
Published: March 2019

The Killing, TV Milestones, John Alberti (2017) Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 144 pp., ISBN: 978-0-81434-212-1, p/bk and ebook, $19.99

OpenTV: Innovation Beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television, Aymar Jean Christian (2018) New York: New York University Press, 325 pp., ISBN: 978-1-47981-597-5, p/bk, $30.00
Finding yourself in Lost: Viewer interpretation of the series through reader response
Authors: Standridge Meagan , Barton Kristin M.
Published: March 2019

The popular American television series Lost (2004–10) gained notoriety and a cult following for its interwoven storylines and numerous mysteries that permeated the series. However, despite the expansive amount of research that has examined and analysed the series, relatively little has explored the way viewers interpreted the series based on their respective academic, philosophical or religious backgrounds. With that in mind, the current research argues that rather than containing definitive meaning, Lost’s success is due in part to its permutability with regard to how the show could be read by viewers. As one of the ground-breaking and iconic series of the twenty-first century, it is important to understand how Lost’s approach to storytelling allowed the show to thrive in the contemporary television landscape and the impact it may have on how television is made in the future.
Improvement of a technique to assess ecological damage to the atmosphere from wildfires
Authors: Belkova Tatyana , Perminov Valeriy , Alekseev Nikolay
Published: March 2019

Data on negative ecological consequences of forest and peat fires have been systematized. A specific woodland area of coniferous and deciduous trees in the Tomsk region has been studied. The ecological and economic damage caused by different types of fires in the 1 ha area has been calculated.
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in chickens from small-scale (backyard) poultry farms in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Authors: Kwoji Iliya Dauda , Musa Jasini Athanda , Daniel Nubwa , Mohzo Dauda Luka , Bitrus Asinamai Athliamai , Ojo Abiodun Andrew , Ezema Kingsley Uwakwe
Published: March 2019

Aim: This study investigated the occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in chickens from small-scale (backyard) commercial poultry farms in Maiduguri. Materials and Methods: A total of 96 cloacal swab samples were collected. This comprised of 24 samples each from broiler chicks, pullets, layers, and broilers (adults). The samples were examined for the presence of E. coli using conventional microbiological culture and biochemical tests. The pure E. coli isolates were screened for ESBL production by culturing onto BrillianceTM ESBL agar. Isolates that showed positive reactions with production of bluish or pinkish colonies were tested for susceptibilities against some selected β-lactam antibiotics which include cefotaxime (30 μg), ceftriaxone (30 μg), cefpodoxime (10 μg), aztreonam (30 μg), and ceftazidime (30 μg). Isolates that exhibited resistance to any two or three of the antibiotics were selected and confirmed by combination disk diffusion method with ceftazidime (30 μg) and cefotaxime (30 μg) alone and in combination with clavulanic acid (30 μg/10 μg). Results: The total occurrence of E. coli was 67.6% (65/96) with the highest occurrence of 83.3% (20/24) from broiler chicks and least detection of 54.2% (13/24) from layers. Of this, 32.0% were ESBL-producing E. coli with the highest detection rate from layers (38.5%) and least occurrence from pullets (26.7%). Conclusion: This study revealed the presence of ESBL-producing E. coli in chickens from small-scale commercial poultry farms in Maiduguri, thus indicating that chickens may serve as important reservoirs for the transmission of antimicrobial resistant pathogens to humans through the food chain.
Mechanical and Barrier Properties of PVP-Carbon Dot Nanocomposite Films
Authors: Sjahriza Ahmad , Mas’ud Zainal Alim , Sutirah Komar
Published: March 2019

This research reported carbon dot were synthesized form citric acid and urea through a single step microwave process and Poly Vinyl Pirrolidone (PVP) films composited by carbon dot were prepared. The effects of different composition carbon dots  on mechanical strength of films and water vapour barrier were evaluated. Highest mechanical yielded composite film were analyzed their thermal stability. Average of carbon dot diameter was found 90.61 nm and polydispersity indice 0.396. Different composition carbon dot exhibit significant improvement in tensile strength and modulus. Water permeablity of films varieate with content of carbon dot. The presence of carbon dot had a negligible effect on Tg of film and show melting process.
O PROCESSO FORMATIVO DAS ACADÊMICAS DE PEDAGOGIA: A DIVERSIDADE DE GÊNERO E SEXUAL
Authors: Padilha Lucia Mara De Lima
Published: March 2019

Este texto tem por objetivo apresentar resultados parciais de uma pesquisa realizada com alunas (os) dos 2º e dos 4º anos do curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia. O objetivo da pesquisa foi o de compreender de que forma essas estudantes percebem a diversidade sexual na escola, as suas interpretações sobre o público LGBT e suas perspectivas para trabalhar com a diversidade sexual. Para a coleta dos dados foram aplicados sessenta e nove questionários, numa metodologia exploratória de abordagem qualitativa. A partir da análise realizada, conclui-se que existe uma confusão na percepção das (os) estudantes de Pedagogia com relação a identidade de gênero e orientação sexual, e, essas identidades ou orientações quando fogem aos padrões instituídos historicamente tendem a ser discriminadas ou não compreendidas.
DIÁLOGOS ENTRE A REBELDIA E A ANDROGINIA
Authors: De Almeida filho Carlito Lins , Cardoso Silva Jhonattan William
Published: March 2019

Através deste ensaio, buscamos um diálogo interdisciplinar entre a filosofia e as ciências sociais, buscando uma conceituação destas ditas juventudes, a maneira nas quais se comportam, buscando sempre aproximação a moratória vital, justificando-se assim tais atitudes, tais como sua representação estética, com a permissividade de transitar entre os gêneros sem “ferir” a moralização na qual se encontram, seja de maneira corpórea, com cabelos compridos e modos de agir  ou mesmo através de vestes e maquiagens definidos socialmente de sexo oposto, ou seja através de uma luta através da arte, utilizando a música, em evidência aqui o rock, para justificarem a identidade do grupo social, a luta entre classes, gênero e outras diversas maneiras de  utilizaram desta ferramenta artística para que, através destas ações vistas como desordem moral, busquem uma autoafirmação que unifique o embate social de gênero e grupos sociais.  PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Juventude. Rock. Androginia. Gênero.
CLIPES MUSICAIS COMO RECURSO PARA INTRODUZIR O DEBATE SOBRE AS DIVERSIDADES-IDENTIDADES EM SALA DE AULA
Authors: Orozco Marin Yonier Alexander
Published: March 2019

O trabalho objetiva abordar as potencialidades dos clipes musicais para tratar as questões das identidades e a diversidade sexual e de gênero em sala de aula, a partir da perspectiva de professoras e professores de ciências naturais. Apresenta-se uma breve análise de cinco clipes musicais que permitem uma abordagem transgressora dessas questões. As análises permitem ressaltar o potencial dos clipes para promover sentidos não unicamente estéticos, mas também críticos sobre os produtos culturais por parte de alunas e alunos, a importância da mediação docente e a possibilidade de questionar estereótipos em sala de aula.
Racionalidade Ambiental: possibilidades para a Educação Profissional
Environmental Rationality: possibilities for Professional Education
Racionalidad Ambiental: posibilidades para la Educación Profesional
Authors: Malta Márcia Madeira , Pereira Vilmar Alves
Published: March 2019

O texto ressalta as contribuições da Racionalidade Ambiental para a Educação Profissional pautada na ética e na horizontalidade de saberes. A Racionalidade Ambiental torna-se necessária diante da crise ambiental baseada na apropriação da natureza, na ciência positivista, no pensamento colonizador, na fragmentação do conhecimento e nos meios de produção capitalista que causaram e ainda causam uma crise civilizatória. Apresentamos uma revisão bibliográfica acompanhada de um horizonte epistemológico de compreensão Hermenêutica, preocupada com as contribuições dos Fundamentos da Educação Ambiental para a Educação Profissional. Concluímos que se faz necessário que a Racionalidade Ambiental seja vivenciada nas Instituições de Ensino e que possam significar tais conceitos no processo educativo.

The text highlights the contributions of Environmental Rationality to Professional Education based on ethics and the horizontality of knowledge. Environmental Rationality becomes necessary in the face of the environmental crisis based on the appropriation of nature, positivist science, colonizing thought, the fragmentation of knowledge and the capitalist means of production that have caused and still cause a crisis of civilization. We present a bibliographical review accompanied by an epistemological horizon of understanding Hermeneutics, concerned with the contributions of the Fundamentals of Environmental Education for Vocational Education. We conclude that it is necessary that Environmental Rationality be experienced in the Institutions of Education and that can mean such concepts in the educational process.

El texto resalta las contribuciones de la Racionalidad Ambiental para la Educación Profesional pautada en la ética y en la horizontalidad de saberes. La racionalidad ambiental se torna necesaria ante la crisis ambiental basada en la apropiación de la naturaleza, en la ciencia positivista, en el pensamiento colonizador, en la fragmentación del conocimiento y en los medios de producción capitalista que causaron y aún causan una crisis civilizatoria. Presentamos una revisión bibliográfica acompañada de un horizonte epistemológico de comprensión Hermenéutica, preocupada por las contribuciones de los Fundamentos de la Educación Ambiental para la Educación Profesional. Concluimos que se hace necesario que la Racionalidad Ambiental sea vivenciada en las Instituciones de Enseñanza y que puedan significar tales conceptos en el proceso educativo.
A inserção da educação ambiental nos documentos que norteiam os diferentes níveis de formação
The insertion of environmental education in the documents norteing the different levels of training
La inserción de la educación ambiental en los documentos que nortee los diferentes niveles de formación
Authors: Miotto Haline Da Silva , Gonçalves Raul Calixto , Dinardi Ailton Jesus
Published: March 2019

A Educação Ambiental é um componente essencial e permanente da educação nacional, em todos os níveis e modalidades do processo educativo, ou seja, não cabe somente a educação básica ou a educação superior proporcionar espaços de formação ambiental. Diante deste direcionamento, este artigo procurou analisar a inserção da Educação Ambiental nos documentos que norteiam o ambiente educacional das escolas e das universidades, através da análise de sete Projetos Político Pedagógico (PPP) de escolas públicas estaduais e de dezesseis Projetos Pedagógicos de Curso (PPC), das licenciaturas da Universidade Federal do Pampa. Como resultados, pode-se inferir que não há uma discussão aprofundada sobre o tema, sendo que estes resultados reforçam a tese de que necessitamos rediscutir a questão ambiental, como tema formador, em todos os níveis educacionais.

Environmental education is an essential and permanent component of national education, at all levels and modalities of the educational process, ie it is not only basic education or higher education to provide spaces for environmental education. In this direction, this article sought to analyze the insertion of Environmental Education in the documents that guide the educational environment of schools and universities, through the analysis of seven Political Projects Pedagogical (PPP) of state public schools and sixteen Pedagogical Projects of Course (PPC ), of the degrees of the Federal University of Pampa. As results, it can be inferred that there is no in-depth discussion on the topic, and these results reinforce the thesis that we need to rediscute the environmental issue, as a training theme, at all levels of education.

La Educación Ambiental es un componente esencial y permanente de la educación nacional, en todos los niveles y modalidades del proceso educativo, o sea, no cabe solamente la educación básica o la educación superior proporcionar espacios de formación ambiental. En este sentido, este artículo buscó analizar la inserción de la Educación Ambiental en los documentos que orientan el ambiente educativo de las escuelas y de las universidades, a través del análisis de siete Proyectos Político Pedagógico (PPP) de escuelas públicas estatales y de dieciséis Proyectos Pedagógicos de Curso (PPC) de las licenciaturas de la Universidad Federal de Pampa. Como resultados, se puede inferir que no hay una discusión en profundidad sobre el tema, siendo que estos resultados refuerzan la tesis de que necesitamos rediscutir la cuestión ambiental, como tema formador, en todos los niveles educativos.
Consciência ambiental e desenvolvimento de práticas sustentáveis: a percepção de universitários Marajoaras, Pará, Brasil
Environmental awareness and development of sustainable practices: the perception of university students Marajoaras, Pará, Brazil
Consciencia ambiental y desarrollo de prácticas sostenibles: la percepción de universitarios Marajoaras, Pará, Brasil
Authors: Fernandes Sandreli De Brito , Oliveira Filho Aldemir Branco de , Silva-Oliveira Gláucia Caroline
Published: March 2019

A consciência ambiental está relacionada à utilização racional dos recursos naturais, sendo indispensável para uma boa relação homem e natureza. Dessa forma, o estudo buscou investigar o nível de percepção e observar se o nível de consciência ambiental em um grupo de estudantes universitários. Foi aplicado um questionário a uma população de 255 estudantes no arquipélago do Marajó, Amazônia, Brasil. Como resultado, evidenciou-se um bom nível de conhecimento sobre as práticas ambientais dos entrevistados, no entanto, observou-se um discrepância com relação a aplicação desses conhecimentos dentro das práticas sustentáveis. Por fim, os resultados demonstram que das questões ambientais tratadas, o uso consciente da madeira, uso de agrotóxicos e poluição dos rios possui maior necessidade de serem trabalhadas com a comunidade acadêmica, a fim de promover uma efetiva consciência ambiental.

Environmental consciousness is related to the rational use of natural resources, being indispensable for a good relation man and nature. Thus, the study sought to investigate the level of perception and observe the level of environmental consciousness in a group of university students. A questionnaire was applied to a population of 255 students in the Marajó Archipelago, Amazônia, Brazil. As a result, a good level of knowledge about the environmental practices of the interviewees was evidenced, however, a discrepancy was observed regarding the application of this knowledge within the sustainable practices. Finally, the results demonstrate that the issues related to the conscious use of wood, the use of agrochemicals and the pollution of rivers need to be worked with the academic community in order to promote an effective environmental awareness.

La conciencia ambiental está relacionada con la utilización racional de los recursos naturales, siendo indispensable para una buena relación hombre y naturaleza. De esta forma, el estudio buscó investigar el nivel de percepción y observar si el nivel de conciencia ambiental en un grupo de estudiantes universitarios. Se aplicó un cuestionario a una población de 255 estudiantes en el archipiélago del Marajó, Amazonia, Brasil. Como resultado, se evidenció un buen nivel de conocimiento sobre las prácticas ambientales de los entrevistados, sin embargo, se observó una discrepancia respecto a la aplicación de esos conocimientos dentro de las prácticas sustentables. Por último, los resultados demuestran que los temas relacionados al uso consciente de la madera, al uso de agrotóxicos y la contaminación de los ríos necesitan ser trabajados con la comunidad académica, a fin de promover una efectiva conciencia ambiental.
Crise ambiental, educação ambiental e saúde: desafios no processo formativo em enfermagem
Environmental crisis, environmental education and health: challenges in the nursing training process
Crisis ambiental, educación ambiental y salud: desafíos en el proceso formativo en enfermería
Authors: Ferreira Renata Tomazelli , Bampi Aumeri Carlos
Published: March 2019

O estudo buscou conhecer como a Educação Ambiental (EA) é tratada na formação de estudantes de enfermagem de uma universidade no interior do estado de Mato Grosso. Objetivou conhecer a visão dos docentes e discentes sobre a inter-relação saúde e ambiente, a percepção da EA e modo como a EA é inserida e abordada no processo formativo. O estudo é qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo. Teve como método a pesquisa documental e a entrevista compreensiva. Foi evidenciado que os professores possuem concepção ampla sobre meio ambiente e sua inter-relação com a saúde; no entanto persistem na docência fragilidades no conceito de EA. Os resultados apontam que EA não é inserida adequadamente na formação dos estudantes de enfermagem pela falta de conhecimento e despreparo docente no tocante a temática, ausência de interdisciplinaridade e inexistência de política de EA institucionalizada.

The study sought to know how Environmental Education (EA) is treated in the training of nursing students of a university in the interior of the state of Mato Grosso. It aimed to know the view of teachers and students about the interrelationship between health and environment, the perception of EA and how EA is inserted and addressed in the training process. The study is qualitative, exploratory and descriptive. It had as a method the documentary research and the comprehensive interview. It was evidenced that teachers have broad conception about the environment and its interrelationship with health; however weaknesses in the concept of EA persist in teaching. The results point out that EA is not adequately inserted in the training of nursing students due to the lack of teacher knowledge and unpreparedness regarding the subject, lack of interdisciplinarity and lack of institutionalized EA policy.

El estudio buscó conocer cómo la Educación Ambiental (EA) es tratada en la formación de estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad en el interior del estado de Mato Grosso. Objetivó conocer la visión de los docentes y discentes sobre la interrelación salud y ambiente, la percepción de la EA y cómo la EA es inserta y abordada en el proceso formativo. El estudio es cualitativo, exploratorio y descriptivo. Tuvo como método la investigación documental y la entrevista comprensiva. Se evidenció que los profesores poseen una concepción amplia sobre el medio ambiente y su interrelación con la salud; sin embargo persisten en la docencia fragilidades en el concepto de EA. Los resultados apuntan que EA no se inserta adecuadamente en la formación de los estudiantes de enfermería por la falta de conocimiento y despreparo docente en lo tocante a la temática, ausencia de interdisciplinaridad e inexistencia de política de EA institucionalizada.
A Escola e o corpo - antimestiçagem entre os Mbya Guarani
La Escuela y el cuerpo - Antimestizaje entre los Mbyá Guaraní
The School and the body - Anti Miscegenation among the Mbyá Guarani
Authors: De la Fare Mónica , Carreira Fernando
Published: March 2019

“Somos seres divididos, temos na cabeça as coisas dos dois mundos”, afirmam os índios guaranis. Com isso parecem querer dizer que são, isto é, vivem ao mesmo tempo como índios e brancos. Certamente podemos caracterizar o movimento que empreendem através da escolarização das aldeias rumo ao mundo ocidental nos termos da teoria da mestiçagem, de sua transformação definitiva. Mas isto seria negligenciar o que contam os mbya acerca de sua experiência com os brancos. Entre eles, ao contrário, a experiência parece remeter a uma forma de pensar as relações inter-étnicas a partir do principio da não mistura, de manter a diferença como “estratégia” de convivência. É nesse sentido que este texto busca apreender a experiência escolar guarani, enquanto possibilidade de efetivação de uma estratégia de convivência pautada pelo princípio da não mistura.

“Somos seres divididos, tenemos en la cabeza las cosas de dos mundos”, afirman los indios guaraníes. Esa afirmación parece querer decir que son, o sea, que viven al mismo tiempo como indios y como blancos. Esto nos orientaría a caracterizar el movimiento que emprenden a través de la escolarización de las aldeas rumbo al mundo occidental en los términos de la teoría del mestizaje, de una transformación definitiva. Sin embargo, eso significaría negligenciar lo que cuentan los Mbyá sobre su experiencia con los blancos. Entre ellos, al contrario de lo afirmado, la experiencia parece remitir a una forma de pensar las relaciones inter-étnicas a partir del principio de no mezclarse, de mantener la diferencia como “estrategia” de convivencia. Es en ese sentido que este texto busca comprender la experiencia escolar guaraní, como posibilidad de hacer efectiva una estrategia de convivencia pautada por el principio de no mezclarse.

“We are divided human beings, we have in the head things of two worlds” say Guaranis Indians. By this they seem to mean they are, that is, they live at the same time as Indians and white men. We could certainly characterize the movement they undertake through village schooling towards the Western world in terms of the theory of miscegenation, of its ultimate transformation. But this would be to neglect what the mbya tell about their experience with white men. Among them, instead, the experience seems to refer to a way of thinking inter-ethnic relations from the principle of non-mixing. To keep the difference as a "strategy" of coexistence. It is in this sense that this text seeks to apprehend the Guarani school experience, as a possibility to implement a strategy of coexistence guided by the principle of non-mixing.
Naturaleza y crisis en la poesía contemporánea del occidente de México
Authors: Rosales Elba Aurora Castro , Reyes Javier , Bernache Gerardo
Published: March 2019

¿De qué habla la poesía en un mundo convulso? ¿Qué inspiran ahora los caudalosos ríos, los abismos o los bosques si con frecuencia son tiraderos de muerte humana o de venenos? ¿Cómo esgrima la poesía esta erosión de signos y símbolos de la vida? La literatura, como expresión de la cultura de cada época, crea y recrea lecturas con las cuales contribuye a comprender los problemas que sufre la sociedad y a interpretar sus desafíos. Una investigación sobre la poesía del Occidente de México explora estas preguntas mediante un diálogo con poetas y con la revisión de su obra, sus contextos territoriales. En los resultados preliminares se valora a la localidad, a la subjetividad y a la intersubjetividad como fuente de conocimiento capaz de estrechar los lazos con la vida y con la esperanza del cambio cultural consecuente, pero también ayuda a encontrar vacíos de producción poética sobre la relación sociedad-naturaleza.
Producción de orellanas (Pleurotus ostreatus) como alternativa para el tratamiento de residuos sólidos de origen vegetal en Bogotá D.C.
Authors: García Murillo Paulo Germán
Published: March 2019

Al día de hoy, en Bogotá D.C. se generan grandes cantidades de residuos sólidos de origen vegetal, ya sea por perdidas en los centros de poscosecha o por despojos generados en establecimientos comerciales tales como restaurantes, centros comerciales, supermercados entre otros; muchos de estos contienen altos niveles de lignina, especialmente las maderas en forma de aserrines y virutas, también los bagazos y cáscaras procedentes de frutas y hortalizas, al igual que los residuos procedentes de la preparación de tazas de café. Estos materiales son óptimos en la preparación de sustratos para la producción del hongo Pleurotus ostreatus, ya que este presenta gran capacidad lignocelulósica; por otra parte, el organismo presenta buenas propiedades nutricionales y medicinales para el consumo humano, siendo un medio muy eficaz para el aprovechamiento de subproductos de origen vegetal.
Platelets Activation in Patients Undergoing PTCA and Their Responsiveness After in vitro Stimulation
Authors: Loudová Martina , Krejsek Jan
Published: March 2019

We evaluated expression of platelet activation markers in blood samples of 15 patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) by flow cytometry. Analysis was performed before the beginning of PTCA, during initial coronary angiography and after the end of PTCA or after a stent placement, respectively. We evaluated platelet-derived microparticles, platelet-leukocyte aggregates, platelet aggregates and a membrane expression of CD62P and CD63 molecules. Responsiveness of platelets to the activationin vitrowith thrombin-receptor activating protein – 6 (TRAP-6) was tested simultaneously. Statistically significant differences between patient samples were found only in the expression of the activation markers CD62P (before PTCA 0.22 %, during 0.39 %, after 0.67 %), CD63 (0.26 %/ 0.45 %/ 0.85 %) and platelet-leukocyte aggregates (13.57 %/ 18.39 %/ 23.63 %).In the same group the expression of all constitutive membrane markers was statistically significantly decreased: in patients undergoing PTCA was the expression of CD9:87.98 % (in comparison with control group 94.98 %), CD31: 87.10 % (92.78 %), CD36: 87.37 % (90.98 %), CD41: 88.09 % (95.62 %), CD42a: 88.54 % (94.98 %), CD42a: 88.31 % (94.13 %).
Response to Gefitinib in Pericardial Effusion Due to Lung Cancer
Authors: Kikuchi Norihiro , Satoh Hiroaki , Kodama Takahide , Haraguchi Norihiro , Sekizawa Kiyohisa
Published: March 2019

We described a 70 years old patient with pericardial effusion due to adenocarcinoma of the lung, in whom gefitinib, which is an oral selective inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor of tyrosine kinase, demonstrated a marked antitumor effect. We recommend possible consideration of a treatment with gefitinib for female patients with pericarditis carcinomatosa due to lung adenocarcinoma, even if they have a poor performance status and are not indicated for other intensive therapy.
Uncertainty quantification of nonlinear distributed parameter systems using generalized polynomial chaos
Authors: Janya-anurak Chettapong , Bernard Thomas , Beyerer Jürgen
Published: March 2019

Many industrial and environmental processes are characterized as complex spatio-temporal systems. Such systems known as distributed parameter systems (DPSs) are usually highly complex and it is difficult to establish the relation between model inputs, model outputs and model parameters. Moreover, the solutions of physics-based models commonly differ somehow from the measurements. In this work, appropriate Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) approaches are selected and combined systematically to analyze and identify systems. However, there are two main challenges when applying the UQ approaches to nonlinear distributed parameter systems. These are: (1) how uncertainties are modeled and (2) the computational effort, as the conventional methods require numerous evaluations of the model to compute the probability density function of the response. This paper presents a framework to solve these two issues. Within the Bayesian framework, incomplete knowledge about the system is considered as uncertainty of the system. The uncertainties are represented by random variables, whose probability density function can be achieved by converting the knowledge of the parameters using thePrinciple of Maximum Entropy. The generalized Polynomial Chaos (gPC) expansion is employed to reduce the computational effort. The framework using gPC based on Bayesian UQ proposed in this work is capable of analyzing systems systematically and reducing the disagreement between model predictions and measurements of the real processes to fulfill user defined performance criteria. The efficiency of the framework is assessed by applying it to a benchmark model (neutron diffusion equation) and to a model of a complex rheological forming process. These applications illustrate that the framework is capable of systematically analyzing the system and optimally calibrating the model parameters.
Focused on the Objective: Experience of Male Combat Veterans in BSN Programs
Authors: Dyar Kelly L. , Brown Cynthia
Published: March 2019

Background

Veterans may provide a recruitment source to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce and increase the percentage of baccalaureate-prepared nurses. This study sought to understand the lived experience of male combat veterans in pre-licensure baccalaureate degree nursing programs.

Method

Using Van Manen’s interpretive phenomenology methodology, a purposive sample of seven male combat veterans in pre-licensure baccalaureate degree nursing programs participated through written lived-experience descriptions (n = 2), photo-elicitation (n = 2), and unstructured interviews (N = 7).

Findings

The essential nature of the phenomenon is focused on the objective and four themes describing the participant’s experiences were identified: tools of the trade, identity, turbulent waters, and fuel.

Conclusion

Despite the presence of barriers and frustrations, participants applied their identity and used the strengths gained through military service along with supports to focus on their objective of becoming a nurse. Thus, this research has implications for nurse educators.
Past storyworld possible selves and the autobiographical reformulation of Dante’s myth in Lorine Niedecker’s “Switchboard Girl”
Authors: Martínez María-Ángeles , Sánchez-Pardo Esther
Published: March 2019

This essay focuses on the autobiographical reformulation of Dante’s myth in the short story “Switchboard Girl”, by the Objectivist American poet Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970). Within the cognitive linguistics paradigm of storyworld possible selves, or SPSs (Martínez, María-Ángeles. 2014. Storyworld possible selves and the phenomenon of narrative immersion. Testing a new theoretical construct.Narrative22 (1). 110–131, Martínez, María-Ángeles. 2018.Storyworld possible selves. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter), the study explores the projection of a past Dantean SPS as key to individuals’ perspectival alignment with the narrator, and concomitantly, with the author’s fictionalized formulation of the realities of American working-class women in the 1950s. The linguistic anchoring of this Dantean SPS is also analysed and discussed. The results highlight Niedecker’s concern with drawing readers into sharing the personal hell of an intelligent, rural middle-class, mature woman with a serious visual disability, who is unsuccessfully applying for a menial job as a switchboard operator. The analysis also prompts a revision of the original SPS typology to include theauthor SPSslikely to be generated by readers of autobiographical narratives.
Revisiting speech acts from the perspective of ritual: A discussion note
Authors: Kádár Dániel Z. , House Juliane
Published: March 2019

The aim of the present academic discussion note is to generate feedback on a recent project that revisits the nature of speech acts as analytic constructs for politeness theory. While speech act has been largely discredited in the field, we believe that they need to be kept in the core of politeness inquiries, in particular if we approach them in combination with other units of analysis. In addition, there are instances in which speech act unavoidably becomes the focal point of research. To discuss this latter notion, we introduce the concept of ritual frame and argue that speech act must be put in the core of an analysis if there is a tension between a ritual frame – an interactional scene in which rights and obligation prevail and the interactants are highly aware of who and where they are – and a particular speech act. As a case study, we examine reflections on an alleged apology in a recent Mixed Martial Arts match.
Assessment of Public Hospital Governance in Romania: Lessons From 10 Case Studies
Authors: Duran Antonio , Chanturidze Tata , Gheorghe Adrian , Moreno Antonio
Published: March 2019

Background: The Government of Romania commissioned international technical assistance to help unpacking the causes of arrears in selected public hospitals. Emphases were placed on the governance-related determinants of the hospital performance in the context of the Romanian health system. Methods: The assessment was structured around a public hospital governance framework examining 4 dimensions: institutional arrangements, financing arrangements, accountability arrangements and correspondence between responsibility and decision-making capacity. The framework was operationalized using a 2-pronged approach: (i) a policy review of broader health system governance arrangements influencing hospital performance; and (ii) a series of 10 casestudies of public hospitals experiencing financial hardship. Data were collected during 2016-2017 through key informant interviews with central authorities and hospital management teams, exhaustive semi-structured questionnaires filled in by hospitals, as well as the review of documentary sources where feasible. Results: Overall, the governance landscape of Romanian public hospitals includes a large number of seemingly modern legislative provisions and management instruments. Over the past 30 years substantial efforts have been made to put in place standardised hospital classification, hospital governance structures, management and service purchasing contracts with key performance indicators, modern reimbursement mechanisms based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), and regulatory requirements for accountability, including internal and external audit. Nevertheless, their application appears to have been challenging for a range of reasons, pointing to the misalignment between the responsibility and decisionmaking capacity given to hospitals in a questionably conducive context. Incoherent policy design, outdated and often disjointed regulatory frameworks, and cumbersome administrative procedures limit managerial autonomy and obstruct efficiency gains. In a context of chronic insufficient funding, misaligned incentives, and overly rigid service procurement processes, hospitals seem to struggle to adjust service baskets to the population’s health needs or to overcoming financial hardship. External challenges, combined with the limited strategic, operational, and financial management capacity within hospitals, make it difficult to exhibit good financial and general performance. Conclusion: Existing governance arrangements for Romanian public hospitals appear conducive to poor financial performance. The suggested framework for hospital governance assessment has proved a powerful tool for identifying system and hospital-specific challenges contributing to sub-optimal hospital performance.
Implementing Federalism in the Health System of Nepal: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Thapa Rajshree , Bam Kiran , Tiwari Pravin , Sinha Tirtha Kumar , Dahal Sagar
Published: March 2019

Nepal moved from unitary system with a three-level federal system of government. As federalism accelerates, the national health system can also speed up its own decentralization process, reduce disparities in access, and improve health outcomes. The turn towards federalism creates several potential opportunities for the national healthcare system. This is because decision making has been devolved to the federal, provincial and local governments, and so they can make decisions that are more representative of their localised health needs. The major challenge during the transition phase is to ensure that there are uninterrupted supplies of medical commodities and services. This requires scaling up the ability of local bodies to manage drug procurement and general logistics and adequate human resource in local healthcare centres. This article documents the efforts made so far in context of health sector federalization and synthesizes the progress and challenges to date and potential ways forward. This paper is written at a time while it is critical to review the federalism initiatives and develop way forward. As Nepal progress towards the federalized health system, we propose that the challenges inherent with the transition are critically analysed and mitigated while unfolding the potential of federal health system.
We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems
Authors: Hutchinson Eleanor , Balabanova Dina , McKee Martin
Published: March 2019

The health sector consistently appears prominently in surveys of perceived corruption, with considerable evidence that this has serious adverse consequences for patients. Yet this issue is far from prominent in the international health policy discourse. We identify five reasons why the health policy community has been reluctant to talk about it. These are the problem of defining corruption, the fact that some corrupt practices are actually ways of making dysfunctional systems work, the serious challenges to researching corruption, concerns that a focus on corruption is a form of victim blaming that ignores larger issues, and a lack of evidence about what works to tackle it. We propose three things that can be done to address this situation. First, seek consensus on the scale and nature of corruption. Second, decide on priorities, taking account the importance of the particular problem and the feasibility of doing something about it. Third, take a holistic view, drawing on a wide range of disciplines.
Delving Into the Details of Evaluating Public Engagement Initiatives Comment on "Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organization- and System-Level Decision-Making: A Systematic Review"
Authors: Danis Marion
Published: March 2019

Initiatives to engage the public in health policy decisions have been widely endorsed and used, yet agreed upon methods for systematically evaluating the effectiveness of these initiatives remain to be developed. Dukhanin, Topazian, and DeCamp have thus developed a useful taxonomy of evaluation criteria derived from a systematic review of published evaluation tools that might serve as the basis for systematic evaluation. In considering the application of such a taxonomy, it is important to appreciate the political space in which health policy decisions occur. In this context, public engagement initiatives are likely to have a modest and unpredictable impact on policy decisions. Other goals, aside from influencing policy decisions, such as informing the public about issues, identifying the public’s values, enhancing public support for decisions, and promoting public discourse, are likely to be more feasible. While Dukanan and colleagues did not aim to do so, future efforts to align guidance for planning public engagement initiatives with evaluation tools would be useful to promote the success of public engagement initiatives.
Sociocultural Influences on Psychopathy Traits: A Cross-National Investigation
Authors: Shou Yiyun , Lay Shi En , De Silva Heshani Samantha , Xyrakis Nakiya , Sellbom Martin
Published: March 2019

It is important to consider cultural implications in the development and manifestation of psychopathy because this construct is often understood in reference to behavioral deviance from social norms. This study examined the construct of psychopathy as it relates to three psychological constructs that are shaped by sociocultural contexts: collectivism-individualism, Zhongyong thinking, and dialectical self-concept. The authors recruited 636 participants from four nations and examined differences between Western English-speaking populations and East Asian Chinese-speaking populations. The results showed that collectivism and Zhongyong thinking negatively correlated with the maladaptive aspects of psychopathy (affective/interpersonal and behavioral), whereas individualism and dialectical self-concept positively correlated with the behavioral aspect of psychopathy. Dialectical self-concept also negatively correlated with Boldness. The majority of these associations did not differ significantly between the Western and East Asian samples. This finding suggests the potential universality of the psychological processes of psychopathy in relation to cultural values and thinking styles.
Impact of Personality Disorder on the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in People Receiving Methadone-Assisted Treatment
Authors: Kidorf Michael , Salazzo Stephanie , Brooner Robert K. , Peirce Jessica , Gandotra Jim , Leoutsakos Jeannie-Marie
Published: March 2019

This study evaluates personality disorder as a moderator of psychiatric treatment response in people receiving methadone-assisted treatment. Participants (N = 125) were enrolled in a 12-week parent study that evaluated the impact of incentives on attendance to psychiatric care. All participants had a current DSM IV-R Axis I disorder and were classified based on presence of an Axis II disorder: Axis I-only (n = 46) versus Axis I + II (n = 79). All participants received an identical protocol of psychiatric and substance use disorder care. Although Axis I + II participants endorsed more psychiatric distress (on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist–Revised) throughout treatment, they reported significant reductions in distress that paralleled reductions reported by Axis I-only participants. Rates of substance use were low and similar across groups. Results support the benefits of integrated psychiatric and substance use care for people with opioid use disorder, with or without a co-occurring personality disorder.
A produção de conhecimento no contexto de uma prática crítico-transformadora com formadores de professores
Authors: Saul Alexandre , Saul Ana Maria
Published: March 2019

O artigo relata uma pesquisa desenvolvida com formadores de professores na oficina “Mudar é difícil, mas é possível e urgente”, contexto de trabalho de uma tese, realizada com um grupo de doze educadores, alunos de um curso de Mestrado Profissional, na cidade de São Paulo. A metodologia da investigação caracterizou-se por uma pesquisa-formação, desenvolvida em uma oficina na qual se trabalhou com a investigação temática (FREIRE, 1987), em três momentos: leitura da realidade, análise crítica da realidade e elaboração de propostas de ação. Os dados produzidos emergiram de três fontes: ações realizadas na oficina, relatos dos educadores participantes sobre suas práticas de formação em serviço e documentos selecionados para a compreensão do objeto e do contexto da pesquisa. Os resultados dessa investigação foram se evidenciando durante todo o processo de trabalho e puderam revelar um modo de construção de conhecimentos a partir da ação e reflexão. Houve apropriação, construção e produção de conhecimentos teóricos e práticos, de forma ativa e reflexiva.
Enfrentando preconceito(s) na escola: educar a partir do pensamento e da memória
Authors: Araújo Helena Maria Marques , Longo Monique Marques
Published: March 2019

Um dos desafios que atravessam o cotidiano das escolas na atualidade reside na mediação de conflitos gerados pelo preconceito a grupos identitários discursados historicamente de formas desiguais. Este artigo propõe-se a compreender as possibilidades práticas do “estatuto do pensamento” (ARENDT, 2008) e da promoção de memórias felizes (RICOEUR, 2007) na desconstrução das hierarquizações que fomentam atitudes discriminatórias nas escolas. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza teórica que se utiliza dos liames da filosofia e cujos iniciais questionamentos emergem de saberes práticos de duas docentes em uma universidade pública carioca. Considerou-se que compreender e rememorar as identidades subalternizadas historicamente, com base nos aportes teóricos mencionados, seriam atos relevantes às práticas de desconstrução das diversas facetas do preconceito promovido e praticado nas escolas
APRESENTAÇÃO
Authors: Martins Débora Pinto
Published: March 2019

Apresentação do Volume 04, Número 02, da Revista Geographia Meridionalis