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Majority of the Minority Approval of Related Party Transactions: the Analysis of Institutional Shareholder Voting
Authors: Gözlügöl Alperen Afşin
Published: December 2021

Majority of the minority (MOM) approval of related party transactions (RPTs) has become a popular mechanism to be used in the oversight of RPTs among academics, stakeholders and regulators. Using this mechanism means that for companies, entering into RPTs are subject to the approval of a certain majority of the disinterested shareholders. This article examines the effectiveness of MOM approval as a mechanism to oversee RPTs, i. e. whether it would prevent value-decreasing RPTs while allowing value-increasing ones, by analysing institutional shareholder voting in this context within the US and European legal framework. Specifically, it examines whether institutional shareholders who dominate the shareholding across the world have sufficient incentives to cast informed votes in MOM votes on RPTs and the role of proxy advisors in this regard. Taking account of the relevant theoretical claims and empirical evidence, it provides further policy recommendations to improve the efficacy of MOM approval.
Related Party Transactions – a closer look at the emergence of the new EU regime
Authors: Skog Rolf
Published: December 2021

The Amended Shareholders’ Rights Directive adopted in 2017 pushed the regulation of related party transactions high up on the Member States’ legislative agenda. The Directive requires binding rules addressing related party transactions in listed companies. This article takes a closer look at the discussions and negotiations in the EU institutions leading up to the Directive adopted and ends with some reflections on the EU legislative process, drawing on my decades long ministerial experience of negotiating and implementing EU legislation in the field of company law, including this one.
Effects of three treatments on protein structure and gel properties of Perccottus glenii myofibrillar protein
Authors: Jiang Guochuan , Tian Lili , Hu Ruifeng , Sun Hongrui , Fu Yuan , Guo Wanchun , Liu Xuejun , Yan Xiaohui
Published: December 2021

In order to improve Perccottus glenii myofibrillar protein (MP) gel properties, three treatments were evaluated: ultrasonic, transglutaminase (TGase) and combined ultrasonic-transglutaminase treatments. Combined ultrasonic-transglutaminase treatment altered protein structure and gel properties most dramatically. As compared with untreated control group protein, treated protein gels possessed decreased sulfhydryl group content and increases in water holding capacity, whiteness value and hydrophobic interactions that increased gel strength value by up to 3.79 times that of untreated protein gel. Protein structural and Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses revealed that combined ultrasonic-TGase treatment increased both protein thermal denaturation temperature and UV absorbance (as compared to control and other treatment groups) that supported formation of MP gels with desirable characteristics. These results provide a theoretical basis for development of superior MP gels to promote greater utilization of this fish protein resource by the food industry.
The Role of Non-performing Loans for Bank Lending Rates
Authors: Bredl Sebastian
Published: December 2021

Based on bank level data from the euro area, I investigate the role of non-performing loans (NPLs) for lending rates on newly granted loans. The focus is on an effect caused by the stock of NPLs that extends beyond losses that banks have already incorporated into their reported capital positions. The paper assesses the channels through which such an effect occurs. The results indicate that a higher stock of NPLs is associated with higher lending rates. This relation is driven by net NPLs, which constitute the part of NPLs that is not covered by loan loss reserves. Although the stock of NPLs affects banks’ idiosyncratic funding costs as well, the latter do not seem to constitute an important link between the stock of net NPLs and lending behaviour. This is because the relation between idiosyncratic funding costs and lending rates turns out to be rather weak. Furthermore, NPLs do not strongly affect the banks’ interest rate pass-through.
The Terminology Work of Arabicization and Dissemination of Arabicized Terms in the Arab Press from the Perspective of Arab Journalistic Translators
Authors: Salman Ghada Saeed , Ebrahimi Mehri
Published: December 2021

The paper investigates Arab journalists and journalistic translators’ perceptions towards the terminology work of Arabicization, which is laboriously shouldered by Arabic Language Academies (ALAs) in the Arab region. The paper discusses the Arabic academy’s Arabicized terms’ popularity and dissemination in Arab press agencies and outlets, in addition to the linguistic and extralinguistic factors, which play a key role in disseminating these Arabicized terms among Arab journalists, journalistic translators, and news editors. So far, the ALAs have made hugely concerted efforts to Arabicize foreign terms, particularly scientific and technical terminology, particularly from English (ST) into Arabic (TT). However, there is a lack of circulation of the academy’s Arabicized terminologies among Arab journalists and translators in the Arab press. Therefore, Arab journalistic translators in several Arab news agencies and networks were approached as respondents of five semi-structured, detailed interviews to provide an insightful understanding of the case at hand. Accordingly, data were collected via in-depth interviews, and based on the interpretive content analysis of the interviews, the data were analyzed, described, and interpreted. The findings revealed that the ALA’s Arabicized terms are not well-received by Arab journalists and translators and, therefore, these terminologies are not frequently used in the translation of news in the Arab press. The respondents pointed out that the ALA’s Arabicized terms are sometimes difficult to understand because they are unfamiliar forms of Arabic.
Investigating Literary Translator’s Style in Span of Time: The Case of Sa‘di’s Gulistan Translated into English
Authors: Afrouz Mahmoud
Published: December 2021

Stylistic issues have typically been considered as a challenge for literary translators. As far as literary style is concerned, Sa’di (1208–1291) is the most famous Persian poet. The present study aims at investigating the effect of time on the universals appeared in translating Sa’di’s style in the Gulistan. The corpus of the study consisted of the Gulistan’s two English translations: one by Rehatsek (1888) and its 2010 edition by Rosenbaum, and the other by Newman (2004). Baker’s (1996) framework, consisting of simplification, explicitation, normalization, and leveling out, was used as the basis for analyzing the collected data. As far as stylistic issues were concerned, it was realized that Rehatsek’s translation and its new edition by Rosenbaum, were not distinctly different. It was also found that the passage of time has had effects on selecting some specific features more than the others. Prosification was the most and leveling out was the least frequently observed features, while normalization and poetrification had never been detected. The findings also revealed greater tendency of recent translators to deviating from the ST author’s style and their stronger inclination towards providing easy-to-understand texts for today’s TT audience.
A Generalized ML-Hyers-Ulam Stability of Quadratic Fractional Integral Equation
Authors: Kaabar Mohammed K. A. , Kalvandi Vida , Eghbali Nasrin , Samei Mohammad Esmael , Siri Zailan , Martínez Francisco
Published: December 2021

An interesting quadratic fractional integral equation is investigated in this work via a generalized Mittag-Leffler (ML) function. The generalized ML–Hyers–Ulam stability is established in this investigation. We study both of the Hyers–Ulam stability (HUS) and ML–Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability (ML-HURS) in detail for our proposed differential equation (DEq). Our proposed technique unifies various differential equations’ classes. Therefore, this technique can be further applied in future research works with applications to science and engineering.
Proposed approaches for coronaviruses elimination from wastewater: Membrane techniques and nanotechnology solutions
Authors: Eloffy M. G. , El-Sherif Dina M. , Abouzid Mohamed , Elkodous Mohamed Abd , El-nakhas Hamada S. , Sadek Rawia F. , Ghorab Mohamed A. , Al-Anazi Abdulaziz , El-Sayyad Gharieb S.
Published: December 2021

Since the beginning of the third Millennium, specifically during the last 18 years, three outbreaks of diseases have been recorded caused by coronaviruses (CoVs). The latest outbreak of these diseases was Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic. For this reason, current efforts of the environmental, epidemiology scientists, engineers, and water sector professionals are ongoing to detect CoV in environmental components, especially water, and assess the relative risk of exposure to these systems and any measures needed to protect the public health, workers, and public, in general. This review presents a brief overview of CoV in water, wastewater, and surface water based on a literature search providing different solutions to keep water protected from CoV. Membrane techniques are very attractive solutions for virus elimination in water. In addition, another essential solution is nanotechnology and its applications in the detection and protection of human and water systems.
Non-convergent boundaries and action ascription in multimodal interaction
Authors: Temer Verónica González , Ogden Richard
Published: December 2021

Without units, there are no boundaries; and without boundaries, there are no units. Traditional linguistics takes units such as sentences and intonation phrases for granted, treating them as static. Interactional linguistics has reconfigured many of these units, treating them as emergent, focusing on their evolution in time, and how they implement social actions. A productive line of research of interactional linguistics has been this tension between conventional linguistic units and units of (and for) interaction (Reed and Beatrice 2013; Ogden and Walker 2013). The cesura approach (Barth-Weingarten 2016) focuses on the constitution of phonetic-prosodic discontinuities, which give rise to boundaries, “cesuras”, which it treats as a continuum from “no cesura” through “candidate cesuras” of various strengths, to “full cesuras”. However, there are also elements of spoken interaction whose unit-hood is not obvious at all levels of description; and it is a subset of these that form the focus of this article. We illustrate this with extracts of multimodal talk where two interactants taste and assess unfamiliar food and produce the token “mm”. We show how the alignment (and non-alignment) of boundaries of sequential, prosodic, gestural, lexical, and syntactic units can be a semiotic resource. Data are obtained from Chilean Spanish.
Self-mention and uncertain communication in theBritish Medical Journal(1840–2007): The decrease of subjectivity uncertainty markers
Authors: Riccioni Ilaria , Bongelli Ramona , Zuczkowski Andrzej
Published: December 2021

The communication of a scientific finding as certain or uncertain largely determines whether that information will be translated into practice. In this study, a corpus of 80 articles published in theBritish Medical Journalfor over 167 years (1840–2007) is analysed by focusing on three categories of uncertainty markers, which explicitly reveal a writer’s subjectivity: (1) I/we epistemic verbs; (2) I/we modal verbs; and (3) epistemic non-verbs conveying personal opinions. The quantitative analysis shows their progressive decrease over time, which can be due to several variables, including the evolution of medical knowledge and practice, changes in medical research and within the scientific community, and more stringent guidelines for the scientific writing (regarding types of articles, their structure and rhetorical style).
The Epicurean Notion ofepibolê
Authors: Tsouna Voula
Published: December 2021

The surviving writings of Epicurus and his followers contain several references toepibolê – a puzzling notion that does not receive discussion in the extant Epicurean texts. There is no consensus about whatepibolêis, what it isof,and what it operatesonand, moreover, its epistemological status is controversial. This article aims to address these issues in both Epicurus and later Epicurean authors. Part One focuses mainly on Epicurus’Letter to Herodotus, highlights a crucial distinction hitherto unnoticed in the literature between two different types ofepibolê, and brings out he necessary connection betweenepibolêand the application of the criteria of truth. Part Two considers the philosophical merits of the traditional interpretation ofepibolêas projection and/or attention. Part Three examines the two aforementioned types ofepibolêin Lucretius and Philodemus and shows that these authors accordepibolêparamount epistemological and ethical importance.
A Stoic Ethics for Attention(SenecaLetter56)
Authors: Brittain Charles
Published: December 2021

Seneca’sLetterssketch a theory of attentive action according to which distraction is caused by inconsistent beliefs about values, such that the degree of an agent’s attention to an endorsed action is proportionate to the consistency of her beliefs about value, i. e. her proximity to virtue. The agent’s activity of attentive action is co-ordinated with a state of alertness to her interests, which accordingly triggers switches in attention that sustain the endorsed action in single-minded agents or cause distraction if the new interest is irrelevant to it. Seneca’s theory reflects the older Stoic conception of the tensional mental strength of the virtuous agent, which Chrysippus identified as the causal factor over and above virtue that ensures her successful performance of right action.
Attention in Augustine
Authors: Karfíková Lenka
Published: December 2021

The article treats the role of attention (intentio or attentio) in Augustine’s analysis of sense perception, the notion of time, and the Trinitarian structure of the human mind. The term intentio covers a broad range of meanings in Augustine’s usage. Its most fundamental meaning is the life-giving presence of the soul in the body, intensified in attention’s being concentrated on a particular thing or experience; Augustine also uses the term attentio in this latter sense. According to his analysis of time, by way of attention (intentio or attentio), the soul fixes the present in which the future passes into the past. Due to the intention of the soul, the form abstracted from an external object is both imprinted into the sense organ and retained in the memory in order to be, by intention again, recalled before the sight of mind. As “the intention of the will” or just “the will”, attention connects intellectual understanding with memory. In Augustine’s eyes, attention has a different quality depending on the object it is oriented to, and a different intensity, ranging from inattentive distraction (distentio) to concentrated effort (intentio).
Lopsided Security on the Korean Peninsula
Authors: Ban Kil Joo
Published: December 2021

North Korea’s asymmetric provocations over the last decades can be classified into two periods: tactical provocations at sea in 1970–1990 and strategic (nuclear) provocations in 2000–2020. What is the logic underlying the North Korean imbroglio? And how does the former period differ from the latter? The first set of provocations was intended to shift the threat imbalance caused by a widening gap in conventional military capabilities into a balance of insecurity, where the weaker North Korean side faced South Korea and the combined ROK–US forces. The second set was intended to shift the balance of insecurity into an imbalance of terror while ensuring that only Pyongyang would be armed with nuclear weapons in the area. The “gray zone” discourse of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula (rather than North Korea) ended up bolstering North Korea’s nuclear program, while South Korea intensified only its conventional weapons program.
Animating History at a Cellular Level
Authors: Betancourt Manuel
Published: December 2021

FQ columnist Manuel Betancourt, whose mother ran an animation studio in Colombia, reflects upon the diversity of contemporary Latin American animated production. Unlike in America, where animation has long been misunderstood as child’s play, an ever-growing network of Latin American creators refuse to see animation as beholden to family-friendly fare. Noting the didactic potential of this malleable medium, which is being used to educate children about everything from the Spanish conquest to modern-day environmental issues, Betancourt also calls attention to a growing animated canon bringing Indigenous traditions into the twenty-first century.
Severe hypovitaminosis D in pregnant refugees arriving in Europe: neonatal outcomes and importance of prenatal intervention
Authors: Liori Anna , Polychroni Damaskini , Markantes Georgios K , Stamou Maria , Livadas Sarantis , Mastorakos George , Georgopoulos Neoklis
Published: December 2021

Adequate vitamin D levels are particularly important in pregnant women for both maternal and neonatal health. Prior studies have shown a significantly high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) among refugees. However, no study has addressed the prevalence of VDD in pregnant refugees and its effects on neonatal health. In this study, we examined the prevalence of VDD in refugee pregnant women living in Greece and compared our results with Greek pregnant inhabitants. VDD was frequent in both groups but was significantly more common in refugees (92.2 vs 67.3% of Greek women, P  = 0.003) with 70.6% of refugees having severe hypovitaminosis D (<10 ng/mL). As a result, most newborns had VDD, which affected refugee newborns to a greater extent. Our results suggest a need to screen newcomer children and pregnant women for VDD in all host countries around the world. Such a screen will appropriately guide early and effective interventions with the goal to prevent adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes.
Predictive factors for delayed hyponatremia after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with pituitary adenomas
Authors: Lin Kunzhe , Lu Lingling , Pei Zhijie , Mu Shuwen , Huang Shaokuan , Wang Shousen
Published: December 2021

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and duration of delayed hyponatremia and to assess the factors influencing the development of delayed hyponatremia after transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) in pituitary adenomas.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients with pituitary adenoma who underwent TSS. Univariable and multivariable statistics were carried out to identify factors independently associated with the occurrence of delayed hyponatremia.

Results

Of the 285 patients with pituitary adenoma who underwent microscopic TSS, 44 (15.4%) developed postoperative-delayed hyponatremia and 241 (84.6%) did not. The onset of delayed hyponatremia occurred an average of 5.84 days post-surgery and persisted for an average of 5.36 days. Logistic regression analysis showed the highest risk of delayed hyponatremia in patients with significant change in tumor cavity height (odds ratio (OR), 1.158; 95% CI, 1.062, 1.262; P = 0.001), preoperative hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid axis hypofunction (OR, 3.112; 95% CI, 1.481, 6.539; P = 0.003), and significant difference in blood sodium levels before and 2 days after TSS (OR, 1.101; 95% CI, 1.005, 1.206; P = 0.039).

Conclusions

Preoperative hypothyroidism, difference in blood sodium levels before and 2 days after TSS, and the change in tumor cavity height after TSS played important roles in predicting postoperative-delayed hyponatremia onset in patients with pituitary adenomas.
Reseña de: Novelle López, Laura (2021). Elaboración de TFG, TFM e teses. Claves para o éxito. Servizo de Publicacións Universidade Vigo. ISBN 978-84-8158-900-9. 78 páginas
Authors: Mota Zurdo David
Published: December 2021

Reseña del libro:

Novelle López, Laura (2021). Elaboración de TFG, TFM e teses. Claves para o éxito. Servizo de Publicacións Universidade Vigo.
Events linked to Geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) in a Water Supply in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a case study
Authors: Martins Adriana Sotero - , Carvajal Elvira , Albuquerque dos Santos José Augusto , Moura Priscila Gonçalves , Handam Natasha Berendonk , Kotowski Filho Nelson Peixoto , Jardim Rodrigo , Ferrão Filho Aloysio da Silva
Published: December 2021

Tastes and odors in tap water are problems faced by water companies worldwide, with consumers complaints mainly during summer, when cyanobacterial blooms occur and produce compounds such as geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB). We analyzed the data on taste and odor intensity and total concentration of geosmin and 2-MIB compounds in drinking water and raw water collected by the sanitation company supplying of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) during the 2020 and 2021 water crises. Statistical and metagenomic analyses of the raw water samples of the year 2020, were performed. Organoleptic data allowed to signal the presence of these taste and odor (T&O) compounds in the drinking water, and the mean values of taste intensity were above the maximum allowed value of the Brazilian legislation, on average 37.5 times in 2020 and 5 times in 2021, indicating that the measures did not eliminate the problem. There was a linear correlation of 0.97 between the standard organoleptic taste and the total concentration of T&O in 2020. Metagenomic data, from raw water in the year 2020, for the mtf, mic and glys genes indicated 2-MIB as responsible for T&O. Modifications in the surveillance system of catchment and drinking water quality need to be adopted to circumvent the problems of cyanobacterial blooms in the Guandu basin, as conditions favorable to blooms will occur as long as the sanitation problems in this watershed are not solved.
Ambiente Organizacional: o estudo de caso de uma Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico
Authors: Farias Edianne De Oliveira , Heinzmann Lígia Maria
Published: December 2021

A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar os fatores que influenciam o clima organizacional no ambiente de trabalho. De natureza descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, a coleta de dados foi por meio de questionário composto por 42 questões. Com base no modelo de Rizzatti (1995) e respondido por 94 funcionários da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Estado de Mato Grosso. Os principais resultados foram: os fatores imagem e avaliação institucional; relacionamento interpessoal; sucessão político-administrativa e comportamento das chefias; e satisfação pessoal influenciaram favoravelmente para o clima organizacional da Secretaria, por outro lado verificou-se que os fatores desenvolvimento de recursos humanos, benefícios e incentivos; organização e condições de trabalho podem influenciar para desarmonizar o ambiente de trabalho. Foram propostas algumas ações para mitigar os pontos negativos e sugestões de melhoria para o clima organizacional.
Teoria e prática das finanças corporativas: novas evidências para o Brasil
Authors: Granzotto Alberto , Saruba Baldassari Augusto , Bernardi Sonza Igor
Published: December 2021

O presente estudo buscou identificar quais as técnicas de análise financeiras são mais usuais nas empresas de capital aberto brasileiras. Para isso foi aplicado uma survey, tendo como instrumento um questionário composto por 17 construtos e 107 questões abertas e fechadas, no qual foram respondidas por meio de contato direto com os diretores financeiros das empresas negociadas na B3, seja por meio de telefone seja por endereços de e-mail, disponíveis na ficha cadastral na B3. Os principais resultados do artigo apontam que as “Opções reais” é a técnica mais utilizada pelos respondentes e o PayBack a menos utilizada. Este resultado demonstra que as empresas estão cada vez mais especializadas, deixando de usar técnicas simples. Outra questão importante a ser relatada, diz respeito à escala de prioridades quando as empresas precisam obter recursos, confirmando que a lógica do trade-off se sobrepõe a da pecking-order.
Spatial Research of the Labour Reserve in the Winery Center of the Danube Wine Region (2014–2019)
Authors:   Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Járdány Krisztián , Győri Tímea ,   Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Published: December 2021

In Hungary, the positive impact of the wine sector on rural areas has encouraged Hungarian and EU policy makers to provide significant development support to wineries. One of the main objectives of the support was to increase employment in rural areas. In the period 2014–2019, nearly €60 million was awarded to support the development of wine businesses in Hungary. The aim of our research is to examine how labour supply in the Danube wine region, Hungary’s largest wine region, has changed over the period covered by the wine sector development aid. We analysed the spatial distribution and concentration of several groups of potential labour supply in the study area. The Dual-index and the Hoover-index were used to measure spatial disparities. To measure the spatial concentration of jobseekers, we calculated the location quotient and then examined the spatial pattern of the resulting municipality-level concentration values using the Local Moran I statistic, a local test function of spatial autocorrelation. As a result of our research, we identified the spatial specificities of the potential labour pool available in the study area. The results are useful for business decisionmakers planning to expand or reorganise their human resources. In addition, knowledge of the characteristics of the available potential workforce will support the definition of future development directions, in particular with regard to human resource expansion.
Clinical and Anamnestic Characteristics of Acute Coronary Syndrome after Suffering COVID-19
Authors: Orlova Natalia V. , Lomajchikov Valerij V. , Bonkalo Tatyana  I. , Chuvarayan Grigorij A. , Spiryakina Yana G. , Petrenko Anna  P. , Pinchuk Tatyana V.
Published: December 2021

Background. COVID-19 increases the risk of developing thromboembolic complications, including acute myocardial infarction, in the acute period of the disease. The long-term consequences of COVID-19 are poorly understood. At the same time, the available data on an increased risk of acute coronary syndrome after infectious diseases allow us to make an assumption about a similar risk in COVID-19. The aim of the study was to study the anamnestic and laboratory diagnostic data in patients with acute coronary syndrome after COVID-19. Methods. The study included 185 patients with acute coronary syndrome who were admitted to the State Clinical Hospital No. 13 in Moscow in the period from May to December 2020. 2 groups were identified: group 1 109 patients with ACS who had previously suffered COVID-19, group 2 76 patients with ACS without COVID-19 in the past. The patients were collected anamnesis, including: the fact of smoking and alcohol consumption, heredity, previous diseases, including diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, previously performed PCI. Information about the COVID-19 infection has been collected (the duration of the disease, the course of the disease). A clinical and laboratory examination was conducted, including the determination of body mass index (BMI), examination for antibodies to COVID-19, determination of the lipid profile level (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides), blood glucose level, C-RB. The analysis was performed on automatic biochemical analyzers Hitachi-902, 912 (Roche Diagnostics, Japan). All patients underwent coronary angiography. Results. In patients with ACS with previously transferred COVID-19, the development of the disease occurred at a younger age compared to patients without transferred COVID-19. Among the patients with COVID-19, body weight was significantly lower, there were fewer smokers, concomitant type 2 diabetes mellitus and transferred ONMC were less common. In laboratory parameters, lower triglyceride levels were observed in patients with ACS with COVID-19 compared with those of patients without COVID-19. In the laboratory parameters of blood clotting in patients with ACS with COVID-19, higher APTT, thrombin time, fibrinogen level, D-dimer were noted. The indicated laboratory parameters in the groups had statistically significant differences. In ACS patients with a previous COVID-19, compared with patients without COVID-19, the lesion of 2 or more coronary vessels was more common in the anamnesis. Conclusion. According to the results of our study, it was revealed that multivessel coronary artery damage in patients after COVID-19 in comparison with patients without COVID-19 develops significantly more often, while these patients are significantly less likely to have DM and previously suffered ONMC, the level of TG is significantly lower.
Medical Informatics in Ensuring Quality Control of Cancer Care: Promising Directions of Development
Authors: Andreev Dmitry A. , Zavyalov Aleksandr A.
Published: December 2021

The surge in development of oncology informatics facilitates the accommodation of next generation digital approaches into cancer care quality assurance workflow. Hence, the remarkable progress in clinical informatics might shape the construction of the extremely efficient model of quality assurance in real hospital practice. This review reflects the description of innovative approaches to automated assessments of the cancer care quality in real world. The PubMed (Medline) database GOOGLE were used to search for helpful information. Ultimately, 35 sources were included in this review. The processing of big data variables possessing plenty characteristics and integration of those into the unified cancer care databases could give the unbelievably valuable results connecting the diagnostic and treatment indicators with the clinical outcomes especially at patient level. The newly emerging information technology tools include the rapid feedback systems to deliver the results of automated appraisal of care quality to the individual physicians and caregivers. Moreover, such digital systems as CancerLinQ and the CAPTIVE infrastructure can be considered as vigorous examples of state-of-the-art technologies that were trialed in cancer care settings with positive results. This paper reviews some of the elements mentioned above. Clinical oncology informatics has opened a new era in improving the practical instruments for care efficiency and safety assurance. The issues of legal policy for automated data processing using artificial intelligence are actualized. The methodology utility depends mostly on the characteristics of primary data collected, analytical algorithms, software design, and properties of high-speed computing hardware. Integration of all data sources together with brand-new computing systems is an obligatory condition for consistent rolling-out of comprehensive digital cancer care network to achieve the better outcomes in the tough battle with malignant neoplasms.
Murals meet microbes: at the crossroads of microbiology and cultural heritage
Authors: Bauer Maria A. , Kainz Katharina , Ruckenstuhl Christoph , Madeo Frank , Carmona-Gutierrez Didac
Published: December 2021

expressions and represents a defining feature of our societies that needs to be further inherited to future generations. Even though humankind always fought a daily struggle for survival, at the same time, it seemed to have a spiritual need that went far beyond mere materialistic satisfaction and nowadays manifests in sometimes very ancient, yet brilliant artistic works. This fundamental legacy is endangered by several instances, including biodeterioration. Indeed, microorganisms play a significant role in the decline of all forms of tangible cultural heritage, including movable, immovable and underwater cultural heritage. Microbial colonization, biofilm formation and damaging metabolite production eventually result in critical decay. Thus, efforts to miti-gate the negative impact of damaging microorganisms have been pursued with diverse physical, chemical and biological approaches. Intriguingly, recent advances have unveiled that specific microorganisms and microbi-al-based technologies also have the potential for cultur-al heritage preservation and present unique advantages. This short piece provides a quick overview on the duali-ty of microorganisms in the conservation and restora-tion of cultural heritage.
Influence of temperature and daily leaf wetness duration on the severity of bacterial leaf blight of garlic
Authors: Marcuzzo Leandro Luiz , Füchter Débora
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT In the present study, climate control chamber conditions were adopted to investigate the influence of temperature (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30°C) and leaf wetness duration (6, 12, 24 and 48 hours) on the severity of bacterial leaf blight of garlic, caused by Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis. The relative density of lesions was influenced by temperature and leaf wetness duration (P<0.05). The disease was more severe at 20°C. The obtained data underwent non-linear regression analysis. Generalized beta function was used to fit the data on severity and temperature, while a logistic function was chosen to represent the effect of leaf wetness duration on the severity of bacterial blight. The response surface resulting of the product of those two functions was expressed as ES = 0.019419 * (((x-5)0.5893) * ((35-x)0.5474)) * (0.51754/(1+23.59597* exp (-0.145695*y))), where: ES represents the estimated severity value (0.1); x, the temperature (ºC), and y, the daily leaf wetness duration (hours). This model shall be validated under field conditions to assess its use as a forecast system for bacterial leaf blight of garlic.
Phakopsora pachyrhizi is the major pathogen associated with soybean rust in Colombia
Authors: Tapiero-Ortiz Anibal Leonidas , López-Cardona Nathali , Guevara-Castro Alejandra , Rodríguez-Triana Sandra Milena , Chavarro-Mesa Edisson , Ángel-Diaz Jorge Evelio
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Soybean crops grown in the plains of eastern Colombia have been affected by the incidence of rust. This disease, still officially regarded as American soybean rust (caused by Phakopsora meibomiae) by the Colombian Department of Agriculture (ICA), causes serious damage to soybean growing areas. Symptoms of rust, such as reddish-brown lesions, have been observed since 2004 in the upper half of plants during vegetative stages. In 2005 and 2018, infected leaf tissues and uredinospores were collected from an experimental area and from commercial soybean fields. Once morphological identification and Koch’s postulates confirmed the presence of Phakopsora spp., molecular characterization was performed to identify the pathogen associated with the disease to species level. This was based on standard procedures using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA and PCR amplification with specific primers for Phakopsora meibomiae and P. pachyrhizi. The obtained sequences were BLASTed against GenBank/NCBI data bank. Results indicated that P. pachyrhizi Sydow is in fact the causative agent of soybean rust in Colombia, considering the samples collected in 2005 and 2018. The ITS-rDNA sequences of P. pachyrhizi were deposited at GenBank under the accession numbers MK933723 to MK933731. This finding was reported to ICA, so that they could officially update the phytosanitary status of this soybean pathogen in Colombia.
Qualidades fisiológica e sanitária de sementes de pinhão-manso submetidas a tratamentos alternativos e químico, e ao armazenamento
Authors: Araujo Roberto Fontes , Zonta João Batista , Araujo Eduardo Fontes , Pinto Cleide Maria Ferreira
Published: December 2021

RESUMO Resumo: Objetivou-se estudar o efeito de tratamentos químico e alternativos e do ambiente de armazenamento na qualidade de sementes de pinhão-manso. As sementes foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: produtos fungicidas, ambiente de armazenamento e tempo de armazenamento. Foram avaliadas as qualidades fisiológica e sanitária das sementes. Sementes tratadas com Carbendazin+Thiram apresentaram menor infestação de patógenos e germinação e vigor superiores àquelas tratadas com produtos alternativos ou sem tratamento, quando armazenadas por 12 meses, em câmara fria. Em câmara fria, os tratamentos alternativos que tiveram melhor desempenho foram alecrim, canela e cravo. Armazenadas em laboratório, aos oito meses, os melhores desempenhos das sementes, quanto à germinação e ao vigor, ocorreram quando foram tratadas com Carbendazin+Thiram, alecrim, canela e cravo; nessas condições, após 12 meses, houve queda drástica na qualidade fisiológica das sementes de todos os tratamentos. Os tratamentos alternativos mais promissores foram com alecrim, canela e cravo.
Dementia among older adults living in long-term care facilities: an epidemiological study
Authors: Fagundes Daniel Ferreira , Costa Marcos Túlio , Alves Bárbara Bispo da Silva , Carneiro Lara Souza Fernandes , Nascimento Osvaldo Jose Moreira , Leão Luana Lemos , Guimarães André Luiz Sena , Paula Alfredo Maurício Batista de , Monteiro-Junior Renato Sobral
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Institutionalization has been associated with social isolation, psychological and cognitive changes, and decreased levels of physical activity in older adults. Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and functional dependence in older adults dwelling in two different Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 185 older people of both sexes, aged 60 years or over, residing in two LTCFs in the city of Montes Claros-MG, Brazil. The diagnosis of MCI and dementia was performed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Results: Prevalence rates of dementia, MCI, and functional dependence in institutionalized older participants were 62.3, 15.1, and 78.9%, respectively. There was a significant reduction of the Mini-Mental State Examination scores according to the increase of the institutionalization period in LCTFs and the age of older adults (p<0.001). Conclusions: Prevalence of dementia and functional dependence of older adults residing in LTCFs exhibited higher rates compared to the other older population worldwide. A higher institutionalization period is related to a greater cognitive decline.
Environmental interventions to support orientation and social engagement of people with Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Azevedo Maria Carolina Dias de , Charchat-Fichman Helenice , Damazio Vera Maria Marsicano
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT The built environment can be a home to compensatory strategies aimed at increasing the independence of elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease, by mitigating the cognitive impairment caused by it. Objective: The aim of this study was to find out which interventions were performed in indoor environments and observe their impacts on the relief of behavioral symptoms related to the disorientation of elderly people with probable Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: A systematic review was carried out using the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses criteria in the MEDLINE/PubMed database. Two researchers carried out the selection of the studies, following the same methodology. The third author contributed during the writing process and in the decision-making. Results: Of note, 375 studies were identified and 20 studies were included in this systematic review. The identified interventions were classified into environmental communications and environmental characteristics. Conclusions: Environmental communications had positive results in guiding and reducing agitation. In contrast, while reducing behavioral symptoms related to orientation, environmental characteristics showed improvements mainly in social engagement and functional capacity.
Nonsymbolic and Symbolic Numerical Magnitude Processing in the Brazilian Children with Mathematics Difficulties
Authors: Starling-Alves Isabella , Júlio-Costa Annelise , Moura Ricardo José de , Haase Vitor Geraldi
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT It is still debated if the main deficit in mathematical difficulties (MD) is nonsymbolic or symbolic numerical magnitude processing. Objectives: In the present study, our main goal was to investigate nonsymbolic and symbolic numerical magnitude processing in MD and the relationship between these abilities and arithmetic. Methods: The Brazilian school-age children with MD completed a nonsymbolic and a symbolic numerical magnitude comparison task and an arithmetic task. We compared their performance with a group of children with typical achievement (TA) and investigated the association between numerical magnitude processing and arithmetic with a series of regression analyses. Results: Results indicated that children with MD had low performance in the nonsymbolic numerical magnitude comparison task. Performance in both nonsymbolic and symbolic numerical magnitude comparison tasks predicted arithmetic abilities in children with TA, but not in children with MD. Conclusions: These results indicate that children with MD have difficulties in nonsymbolic numerical magnitude processing, and do not engage basic numerical magnitude representations to solve arithmetic.
RESOLUÇÃO DE AMBIGUIDADE ANAFÓRICA EM PORTUGUÊS, INGLÊS E ESPANHOL (ESTUDO-PILOTO)
Authors: BRUSCATO Amanda Maraschin , BAPTISTA Jorge
Published: December 2021

RESUMO Este artigo apresenta um estudo-piloto no qual se pretende analisar as diferenças na resolução de ambiguidade anafórica em português, inglês e espanhol como primeiras línguas (L1) e como segundas línguas (L2). Para a obtenção dos dados, foi elaborado um questionário, divulgado entre os estudantes nacionais e estrangeiros da Universidade do Algarve, Portugal. Conclui-se que os falantes nativos da língua inglesa costumam interpretar o pronome anafórico em posição de sujeito da oração subordinada como correspondente ao sujeito da oração principal, independentemente de o pronome receber ou não ênfase. Já os falantes de português e espanhol parecem seguir a Estratégia da Posição do Antecedente (CARMINATI, 2002) nos casos de anáfora, mas a preferência torna-se menos evidente ao inverter a ordem das orações (casos de catáfora). Além de considerar variáveis sintáticas, as frases foram elaboradas de modo a investigar a influência das relações semânticas entre os verbos para a resolução de ambiguidade anafórica.
Speech therapy aspects in patients’ palliative care
Authors: Gabriel Luísa Bello , Rossetto Elana de Menezes , Martins Vera Beatris , Berbert Monalise Costa Batista
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the speech therapy aspects of patients treated by the palliative care team in a hospital. Methods: an observational and cross-sectional study, performed from medical records of patients treated under Palliative Care Program, in a hospital, from July to September 2018. Information from the anamnesis and speech-language assessments, which were analyzed by frequency measures, were collected. Results: the sample was composed by 41 medical records, including 25 males and 16 females, with an average age of 61.2 years and hospitalization average time of 20.7 days. Oral feeding was present in 73% of the sample. It was observed that 24% of the patients had impaired expressive language, 56% had reduced maximum phonation times and 34% showed altered mobility phonoarticulatory organs. For swallowing, 22% showed difficulty in some consistency. A nutritional feeding was verified in 74% of the sample and the remaining was making use of comfort feeding. In relation to assistance, 46% of the sample was under management, 7% in therapy, and the remaining did not have follow-up indication. Conclusion: relevant alterations to orofacial motricity, voice, language and swallowing were found in patients under palliative care.
Reading fluency performance of elementary-school fifth-grade students
Authors: Silva Cláudia da , Fonseca Beatriz Vieira da
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize and compare the reading fluency performance of public- and private-school fifth-grade students. Methods: a total of 44 elementary-school fifth-grade students of both sexes, aged 10 to 11 years, participated in the study and were divided into Group I (GI, with 25 public-school students) and Group II (GII, with 19 private school students). They were submitted to the Assessment of Reading Fluency Performance (ADFLU). The performance analysis was based on the number of correct words per minute, incorrect words per minute, total reading time, and reading speed. The data analysis was made with statistical tests, with significance set at p-value ≤0.05, for the inter- and intragroup comparisons. Results: in the analysis per group, there was a significant difference in the total reading time between the texts in GI, and in the reading speed between the texts, in GII. In the comparison between the groups, all variables had a significant difference, with a better performance in GII. Conclusion: the reading fluency performance of public- and private-school fifth-graders was characterized. The performance of the private-school students was superior to that of the public-school students.
Representations and practices of patients with vasculogenic ulcers on quality of life
Authors: Gomes Nathália Nunes , Rosa Lara Mariana Monteiro de Santa , Ferreira Márcia de Assunção , Silva Rafael Celestino da
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the social representations and practices of patients with vasculogenic ulcer about their quality of life. Method: Qualitative research that applied the Social Representations theory. Participants were 30 patients with vasculogenic ulcers registered at a health unit in Rio de Janeiro. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, and lexical analysis was applied. Results: The social representations about the quality of life of the patients were built from the affections arising from the changes in their lives. Thus, losses arising from the reconfiguration of daily life led to a negative symbolic construction about themselves and their lives, which resulted, on the one hand, in proactive self-care behaviors and, on the other, in less self-care. Conclusion: Care for health promotion and social support is required to re-signification of life with ulcer and the adoption of new coping practices.
Promotion of self-care for people with leprosy: educational intervention in the light of Orem’s theory
Authors: Cavalcante Jeane Lima , Silva Karine Nascimento da , Barbosa Rayanne de Sousa , Viana Maria Corina Amaral , Oliveira Dayanne Rakelly de , Cavalcante Edilma Gomes Rocha
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Objective: To report the experience of promoting self-care for people with leprosy during educational interventions in the light of Orem’s theory. Method: Experience report of an educational intervention. The analysis was carried out in the light of Orem’s theory of nursing systems, in the support-education system. Results: The guidelines for self-care took into account actions to prevent nasal dryness; and promote decreased sensitivity, joint swelling, pain and dryness in the hands and feet. Final considerations: The educational intervention to promote self-care favored the protagonism of the person with leprosy who started to carry out preventive care with continuity and autonomy.