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ISOLATION AND CULTURE OF Celosia cristata L. CELL SUSPENSION PROTOPLASTS
Authors: Mastuti Retno , Miyake Hiroshi , Taniguchi Takeshi , Takeoka Yoji
Published: March 2017

Developmental competence of Celosia cristata L. cell suspension-derived protoplasts was investigated. The protoplasts were isolated from 3- to 9-d old cultures in enzyme solution containing 2 percent (w/v) Cellulase YC and 0.5 percent (w/v) Macerozyme R-10 which was dissolved in washing solution (0.4 M mannitol and 10 mM CaCl2) at pH 5.6 for 3 hours. The highest number of viable protoplasts was released from 5-d old culture of a homogenous cell suspension. Subsequently, three kinds of protoplast culture media were simultaneously examined with four kinds of concentration of gelling agent. Culturing the protoplasts on KM8p medium solidified with 1.2 percent agarose significantly enhanced plating efficiency as well as microcolony formation. Afterwards, the microcalli actively proliferated into friable watery callus when they were subcultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.3 mg/l 2,4-D and 1.0 mg/l kinetin. Although the plant regeneration from the protoplasts-derived calli has not yet been obtained, the reproducible developmental step from protoplasts to callus in this study may facilitate the establishment of somatic hybridization using C. cristata as one parent.
KARAKTERISTIK BIODEGRADASI ALKIL SULFONAT LINEAR OLEH Pseudomonas aeruginosa I Made Sudiana
Authors: Sudiana I Made
Published: March 2017

Detergent contained of Linear Alkyl Sulfonate (LAS) is toxic material to human, animal and microorganism. Strain S1 isolated from detergent contaminated soil was able to grow in media with LAS as a sole carbon source. LAS degradation took place under aerobic condition, with μmax of 0.31-h, Ks = 7.75 mg/L, Vmax = 1.04 mg/L.hour-1and Km = 8.119 mg/L. Analyses of 16s rDNA revealed that S1 is belonging to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
PENGGUNAAN ZOLETIL DAN KETAMINE UNTUK ANESTESIA PADA FELIDAE
Authors: Sardjana I Komang Wiarsa
Published: March 2017

Zoletil and ketamine as a non barbiturat anaesthetic can be administered by the intramuscular route in Felidae a specially in the wild animals and pets. Seven Felidaeof the wild animals there were five the Lions (Panthera leo) and two the White tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) of the Surabaya Zoological Garden have of Zoletil with dose 5 mg/kg body weight and seven Cats of Veterinary Hospital of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of airlangga was used Ketamine as anaesthetic with dose 20 mg/Kg body weight. All the animals have injected Atropin sulfate with dose 0.1 mg/Kg body weight intramuscular as a premedication. The result of this study of Zoletil in Felidae are shown that the animals have not in respiratory depression and during anaesthesia have done the body temperature means about 36.9º C, Pulsus rate is 100.8 times/minutes and Respiration rate is 21.7times/minutes. The studi of Ketamine the data shown during anaesthesia the means of the body temperature of the cats is 38.4º C with pulsus rate is 85.1 times/minutes and respiration rate is 41.1 time/minutes. We have assumed that study of the drug have a great effect of the animals in practice look like in cats or the wild animals for restraint or anaesthesia of short duration.
The Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) for Indonesia: Translation and Pilot Test
Authors: S.M. Khoirunnisa , D.A Perwitasari
Published: March 2017

Abstract— The primary objective of this research were to produce and evaluate the official Indonesian language version of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life instrument (RAQoL). The UK RAQoL was translated into Indonesian by a forward-backward translation. A separate lay panel was conducted to consider the appropriateness and comprehensibility of the items in Indonesian. The translated version of the RAQoL was pilot tested to determine whether the questionnaire RAQoL could be well understood and well accepted. Pilot test was conducted by interviews with 20 subjects, which 10 healthy Indonesia people and 10 rheumatoid arthritis patients who were recruited from X hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.  Items on the two response format questionnaire used in pilot study were scored one for a ‘yes’ response and zero for a ‘no’ response. The individual total item scores with a high score indicating poor QoL. Few difficulties arose in the translation process and the new language version was well received by the lay panel and field-test participants. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine the difference of completion time between healthy subjects and RA patients, and the total score of the questionnaire answers between healthy subjects and patients. The average total score of responses to questionnaire on the healthy subject and patients by T test was significantly different (p < 0.05). The official Indonesian RAQoL was well received by RA patients. The psychometric quality of the translated questionnaire means that it is suitable for validity and reliability of the questionnaire towards patients with RA.Keywords—Rheumatoid Arthritis, questionnaire, RAQoL, translation, pilot test
Preparation and Characterization of NiMo/C Using Rapid Heating and Cooling Method for Renewable Diesel Synthesis from Nyamplung Oil (Calophyllum Inophyllum Oil)
Authors: Susanto Bambang Heru , Prakasa Muhammad Bagus , Shahab Muhammad Husein
Published: March 2017

Abstract— The synthesis of metal nanocrystal was conducted by modification preparation from simple heating method which heating and cooling process run rapidly. By used NiMo/C 700 oC catalyst for 30 minutes which had surface area of 263.21 m2/gram, had 31.77 nm crystal size, and good morphology of material, obtained catalyst with high activity, selectivity, and stability. After catalyst activated, synthesis of renewable diesel performed in hydrodeoxygenation reactor at 375 oC, 12 bar, and 800 rpm for residence time of 150 minutes. The result of conversion was 81.99 %, yield was 68.08%, selectivity was 84.54 %, and spesification met the petroleum diesel standard.Keywords— Hydrodeoxygenation, NiMo/C, Nyamplung Oil, Rapid Heating and Cooling, Renewable Diesel.
REKONSEPTUALISASI HAK ATAS TANAH DALAM KERANGKA PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM TANAH NASIONAL
Authors: ISMAIL ILYAS , Sufyan Tn. , Azhari Tn.
Published: March 2017

This paper is going to discuss the sorts of land rights recognized by laws and the implementation of such rights and recopceptualisation  related to the land reform program. Library and field researches are conducted to obtain the data. Library research is conducted by exploring the relevant laws and literatures while field research is conducted by interviewing relevant informants. The research shows that there are about 13 rights of the land that can be found in the regulations. Most of the rights on land is based on customary law which has communal concept. However, amongst such rights in the implementation still faces unjust in dividing its benefit, there is a tendency to increase the gap in owning the land and to disobey the need of housing that more complex in the limited number of it; hence the reconceptualisation  is required for the rights.  Keywords: Recopceptualisation; Land Rights; Law ReformABSTRAKTulisan  ini dimaksudkan untuk menjelaskan mengenai macam-macam hak atas tanah yang dikenal dalam ketentuan perundang-undangan,  pelaksanaan berbagai macam hak atas tanah tersebut dan rekonseptualisasi hak-hak atas tanah dikaitkan dengan restrukturisasi penguasaan tanah. Untuk mendapatkan data bagi kepentingan penulisan ini dilakukan penelitian kepustakaan dan penelitian lapangan. Penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan cara menelaah ketentuan perundang-undangan dan  literatur yang relevan, sedangkan penelitian lapangan dilakukan dengan cara mewawancarai para nara sumber yang terkait. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa paling tidak terdapat 13 (tiga belas) macam hak atas tanah yang terdapat pengaturannya dalam ketentuan perundang-undangan. Sebagian besar hak-hak atas tanah tersebut bersumberkan pada hukum adat yang berkonsepsi kumunalistik. Namun diantara hak-hak atas tanah tersebut dalam pelaksanaannya ada yang masih mengandung unsur pemerasan, cenderung semakin meningkatkan  ketimpangan dalam penguasaan tanah dan cenderung tidak dapat mengakomodir kebutuhan tanah yang semakin komplek dalam keterbatasan ketersediaannya, karena itu diperlukan rekonseptualisasi hak-hak atas tanah.Kata kunci:  Rekonseptualisasi; Hak Atas Tanah; Pembaharuan Hukum
PERKEMBANGAN PENGATURAN OBJEK WAKAF DALAM PERSPEKTIF HUKUM TANAH NASIONAL DAN HUKUM ISLAM
Authors: Sumarja FX.
Published: March 2017

This study aims: first, to analyze the development of objects arrangement waqf in perspective National Land Law and the Law of Islam; secondly, analyze the status of waqf land of the provisions in the Basic Agrarian Law with the birth of Waqf Act. Research conducted normative. Materials ruling National Land Law and the Law of Islam. Analysis of the data using analysis of law or rechtmatigheidsdaad tootsing. The research found that the object of waqf expanded. Waqts movable and immovable objects. Includes fixtures and other property, such as leasehold, Broking and Right to Use. The development of waqf objects influenced by the development ideology or doctrine held by the public. Waqts do not have to perpetuate the benefits of charitable objects. Act waqt cause legal conflicts between the provisions of waqts in the Basic Agrarian Law to the Waqf Act. Government Regulations on Land Registration Owned by Government Regulation Implementation Waqts Act. Terms of waqts in the Basic Agrarian Law remains in effect based on the principle of lex specialis derogat legi generalis. Based on the principle of lex posterior derogat legi priori the applicable Regulation on the Implementation of the Law of Waqts.Keywords: Development; Waqts; National Land Law; Law of IslamABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan: pertama, menganalisis perkembangan pengaturan objek wakaf dalam perspektif Hukum Tanah Nasional dan Hukum Islam; kedua menganalisis status ketentuan wakaf tanah dalam Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria dengan lahirnya Undang-Undang Wakaf. Penelitian dilakukan secara normatif. Bahan hukumnya Hukum Tanah Nasinoal dan Hukum Islam. Analisis data menggunakan analisis hukum (law analisys) atau rechtmatigheidsdaad tootsing. Hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa objek wakaf mengalami perluasan. Wakaf benda bergerak dan benda tidak bergerak. Benda tidak bergerak mencakup tanah milik dan yang lain, seperti Hak Guna Usaha, Hak Guna Bangunan dan Hak Pakai. Perkembangan objek wakaf dipengaruhi oleh perkembangan paham atau ajaran yang dianut oleh masyarakat. Wakaf tidak harus mengekalkan manfaat benda wakaf. Undang-Undang wakaf menyebabkan konflik hukum antara ketentuan wakaf dalam Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria dengan Undang-Undang Wakaf. Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Pendaftaran Tanah Milik dengan Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Wakaf.  Ketentuan wakaf dalam Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria tetap berlaku berdasarkan asas lex specialis derogat legi generalis. Berdasarkan asas lex posterior derogat legi priori yang berlaku adalah Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Wakaf.Kata kunci: Perkembangan; Wakaf;  Hukum Tanah Nasional; Hukum Islam
KONFLIK BERSENJATA DI SABAH DAN PENYELESAIANNYA DALAM HUKUM INTERNASIONAL
Authors: THONTOWI JAWAHIR
Published: March 2017

This articles reveals that Sabah is legally recognized as a part of Malaysian integrated territory. This fact is not only found due to historical and legal basis on uti posidetis juris principle, but also because the UNO confirmed it by conducting referendum in Sabah and Sarawak 1963. Eventhough arm conflict in Sabah is not categorized as international conflict, the Geneva Convention 1949, Protocol II 1977, and International Human Rights Convention can be applicable to examine the arm conflict in Sabah. The inclusion of combatants, weapon used, victims and causalities, have been contributed in significant to identify the arm conflict. As a result, this arm conflict in Sabah has open an opportunity for the involved parties, not only the Malaysian Government can be brought in International Court of Justice for the violent of Geneva Convention and Human Rights, but also the Sultan Sulu followers could also be brought into national court, for the imigration infringement, and ISA as well Terrorist Act. Nonetheless, there  will be an opportunity for the Sultan Sulu to sue the government of Malaysia to claim the rights of private property.Keywords: International Arm Conflict; Territorial integrity; Legal ResponsibilityABSTRAKTulisan ini menunjukan bahwa Sabah secara hukum diakui sebagai bagian dari wilayah kedaulatan Malaysia. Fakta tersebut tidak hanya ditemukan dalam sejarah dan dasar hukum, serta prinsip uti posidetis juris. Tetapi juga Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa menguatkannya melalui penyelenggaraan referendum di Sabah dan Sarawak tahun 1963. Konflik bersenjata di Sabah tidak dapat dikategorikan dalam konflik internasional dan konflik non-internasional. Namun, Konvensi Jenewa 1949, Protokol Tambahan II 1977, dan Konvensi Internasional tentang Hak Asasi Manusia dapat diterapkan dalam peristiwa konflik bersenjata di Sabah. Adanya Kombatan, penggunaan senjata, dan korban jiwa, secara signifikan dapat diidentifikasi sebagai konflik bersenjata. Konsekuensi hukumnya, konflik bersenjata di Sabah dapat membuka peluang bagi beberapa pihak terlibat dimintai pertanggungjawaban hukum. Tidak hanya Pemerintah Malaysia yang dapat dibawa ke hadapan Mahkamah Internasional atas pelanggaran Konvensi Jenewa dan Hak Asasi Manusia. Tetapi juga, pihak pengikut Kesultanan Sulu dapat dibawa ke peradilan nasional atas tindakan pelanggaran keimigrasian, dan juga pelanggaran atas Undang-undang Keamanan Nasional (Internal Security Act) sebagaimana halnya dengan Undang-undang Terorisme. Meskipun demikian, tidak menutup kemungkinan pihak Kesultanan Sulu dapat menuntut Pemerintahan Malaysia atas sengketa hak peralihan keuntungan bersifat keperdataan yang menjadi klaim dalam konflik bersenjata.Kata kunci : Konflik bersenjata internasional; kedaulatan wilayah; pertanggungjawaban hukum
ANALISIS YURIDIS HAK KREDITOR SEPARATIS PEMEGANG HAK TANGGUNGAN DALAM KEPAILITAN
Authors: YOLANDA NINA
Published: March 2017

Dalam Pasal 21 Undang-Undang No. 4 Tahun 1996 tentang Hak Tanggungan, dinyatakan bahwa jika debitor pailit, kreditor separatis pemegang hak tanggungan berhak menjual sendiri secara langsung benda yang dijadikan jaminan hak tanggungan yang disebut parate eksekusi dalam teori hukum kepailitan. Namun kedudukan eksklusif kreditor separatis pemegang hak tanggungan tadi akan menjadi lemah jika terjadi kepailitan karena akan berlaku Pasal 56 ayat 1 Undang-Undang No. 37 Tahun 2004 tentang Kepailitan yang menangguhkan hak tersebut selama 90 (sembilan puluh) hari lamanya. Muncul permasalahan yaitu bagaimana hak kreditor separatis jika terjadi kepailitan. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif analitis, jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif, dengan pendekatan perundang-undangan dan didukung dengan pendekatan konsep. Data sekunder berupa bahan hukum dikumpulkan melalui studi kepustakaan, bahan hukum kemudian dianalisis secara kualitatif untuk menjawab permasalahan. Hak kreditor separatis jika terjadi kepailitan menjadi lemah dan kehilangan haknya untuk masa tertentu. Hak kreditor separatis dalam kepailitan tidak selalu harus didahulukan, kedudukannya dapat dikalahkan oleh utang pajak dan upah buruh/pekerja.Kata kunci : Kreditor Separatis; Hak Tanggungan; Kepailitan
Faculty Perceptions about Teaching Online: Exploring the Literature Using the Technology Acceptance Model as an Organizing Framework
Authors: Wingo Nancy Pope , Ivankova Nataliya V. , Moss Jacqueline A.
Published: March 2017

Academic leaders can better implement institutional strategic plans to promote online programs if they understand faculty perceptions about teaching online. An extended version of a model for technology acceptance, or TAM2 (Venkatesh & Davis, 2000), provided a framework for surveying and organizing the research literature about factors that have influenced faculty’s adoption of online delivery methods for courses and their willingness to continue to teach online. This paper presents the results of a synthesis of 67 empirical studies about faculty teaching online published between 1995 and 2015, using TAM2 constructs as an organizing framework. This validated model provided a lens for understanding research about faculty perceptions of the user-friendliness and ease of use of technology for online course delivery, as well as the overall experience of teaching online. Studies in this review revealed concerns among faculty regarding their perceived barriers to student success in online classes, uncertainty about their image as online instructors, technical support needs, and their desire for reasonable workload and manageable class enrollments in online classes.
Moving Beyond Smile Sheets: A Case Study on the Evaluation and Iterative Improvement of an Online Faculty Development Program
Authors: Chen Ken-Zen , Lowenthal Patrick R. , Bauer Christine , Heaps Allan , Nielsen Crystal
Published: March 2017

Institutions of higher education are struggling to meet the growing demand for online courses and programs, partly because many faculty lack experience teaching online. The eCampus Quality Instruction Program (eQIP) is an online faculty development program developed to train faculty to design and teach fully online courses. The purpose of this article is to describe the eQIP (one institution’s multipronged approach to online faculty development), with a specific focus on how the overall success of the program is evaluated using surveys, analytics, and social network analysis. Reflections and implications for improving practice are discussed.
EDITORIAL: Trials of celebrity
Authors: King Barry , Oosterman Allison , Johnson Rosser
Published: March 2017

THIS ISSUE of Pacific Journalism Review engages with the theme of the dynamics of fame in a small country. In contrast to the dominant focus in the newly emergent field of Celebrity Studies on celebrity as a global phenomenon, the emphasis in this issue is on the interface between the global and the local; on questions of how the distinctiveness of national and local values fares when caught up in or of willingly imitating the circulation of global fame and influence. Accounts of celebrity often focus on the notion of fetishism—the complex process through which specific idols become objects of veneration on whose admirable or even infamous qualities are presented as emanating from the inner recesses of a luminous personality. The importance of this aspect of celebrity and celebrity worship is not to be denied. But there is another feature of celebrity and stardom that complements and energises the engagement of fans, the interest of the general public and the ambitions of the press and media to create and sustain a market for copy. Celebrities and stars are also totems that create a sense of unity, an imagined community. Individuals express and explore a sense of collective identity, define rituals of belonging, separate themselves from others and manage the relationship between society and nature—in the case of celebrities, the nature in question, is most often, human nature (Rojek, 2012, pp. 130-131). In the case of small countries, like New Zealand, the internal impact of Hollywood stars and celebrities on American popular culture is intensified by the fact that the celebrity system is a totemic import. Patterns and processes for rewarding talent and ascribing fame that have reached the acme of intensity in Global Hollywood, interface with locally situated systems of beliefs and values. This might be seen as a process of colonisation—and to an extent it is.
Suzanne Paul: Scandal, celebrity and the selling of an infomercial queen
Authors: Bieldt Nemane , Johnson Rosser
Published: March 2017

Infomercial queen, recording artist, bankrupt, dancing victor; Suzanne Paul was a fixture on New Zealand television for more than 15 years and has been celebrated, valorised, critiqued and embraced. Yet, perhaps because of her ‘low-end’ appeal, Paul’s place on our screens has not been rigorously investigated. In this article, we argue that Paul’s importance lies in three main areas. First, during the 1990s, she was responsible for the paradigmatic televisual form—the infomercial. Second, she can be understood as a liminal figure, and one who encapsulates the dilemma of cultural production as a ‘new New Zealander’. Third, her story offers a case study of how the nominally famous can move from using themselves to sell products to selling themselves as a product—the ultimate selling (of) celebrity. Further, we argue that Paul cannot be understood without reference to the centrality of scandal to her persona and, indeed, narrative as a celebrity. The first ‘act’ of her career saw the television (and advertising) industry scandalised by her undercutting their standards with cheap, almost deliberately unironic infomercial marketing; the second saw her attempt a transition to the mainstream before a spectacular business failure and bankruptcy; in the third she embraced her disgrace, remodelled her persona and won a reality television dancing programme. Ultimately, we contend that Paul’s career depended on a constant interplay between the carefully constructed appeal she projected and her responsibility for, and responses to, a semi-permanent state of scandal.
Online or conventional democracy? The Ashgrove election and networked journalism
Authors: Duffield Lee , Fox Steve
Published: March 2017

This study focuses on new media use in democratic discourse, specifically in the Queensland state electoral division of Ashgrove in 2011. This site was chosen to make an enquiry into the place of mass media in public decision-making, asking the question: did online media provide an extension of democracy, and what would be journalism’s role in democratic discourse? The study utilises a survey of 280 constituents, a review of pertinent news coverage, and extensive interviews with a panel of informants. In the outcome, it found those most equipped to utilise online media showed a lack of will to get involved in deeper political, social engagements. It also sees younger demographics forming news habits, not usually in step with traditional political avenues, based on familiarity with online processes, while consciously marginalising the need for trustworthiness in this setting. These issues are considered together with one leading proposal as to where the future of new media might be heading. It assesses the notion of professional and amateur collaboration by employing the model articulated by Beckett, called ‘networked journalism’.
Running on the spot: NZ’s record in news media gender equity
Authors: Comrie Margie , McMillan Kate
Published: March 2017

This article reports New Zealand’s performance in the latest, 2010 round of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) covering 108 countries. Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis the GMMP measures the representation and participation of women in the news media. The findings demonstrate that gender inequality remains a defining characteristic of daily news content around the world. It is concerning that in 15 years of the GMMP, New Zealand has generally stood still while overall GMMP results show a continuing steady increase in the number of women featuring as news subjects and reporters. Indeed, despite more women working as reporters in New Zealand, the lack of progress was evident in the number of female news subjects. The picture emerging from data in 2010 is of increasingly feminised newsrooms in which women’s experiences and views are still seen and heard much less frequently than male voices in almost all news topics. Worse, women are virtually absent in sports and politics, areas dominating the Kiwi news agenda. We ask why women remain so consistently under-represented in mainstream news and review some suggested solutions to that under-representation.
REVIEW: Old abortion law still holds sway
Authors: Kedgley Sue
Published: March 2017

Fighting to Choose is a fascinating, meticulously researched history of the struggle to liberalise New Zealand’s abortion laws. It examines why there is still no right to have an abortion in a progressive country like New Zealand, which has a strong record of promoting women’s rights, and why it is that an unsatisfactory abortion law, that was passed 35 years ago, is still on the statute books.
REVIEW: A fresh take on journalism authority
Authors: Rupar Verica
Published: March 2017

The implications of the internet for journalism practice have been widely explored in journalism studies scholarship, and interest in new forms of digital journalism practice has outgrown interest in the analysis of traditional forms of news production. It has been some time since journalists lost their exclusive right in deciding what publics see, hear and read. In a digital environment, information is no longer scarce or hard to produce. Having a smart phone easily opens a door to publishing and the potential of new technologies to create a situation where everybody could be a journalist seems endless.
REVIEW: Some bright spots in the gloom
Authors: Cass Philip
Published: March 2017

According to this collection of essays, Australian journalism is in a parlous state, beset by public mistrust, new demands of technology, the insidious influence of public relations and the greed and short-sightedness of newspaper proprietors. We have been here before, of course, and journalists and good reporting have managed to survive, but the challenges are bigger than they have been in the past. Neither have journalists had to contend with quite such a lack of acknowledgement of their professional status.
REVIEW: Noted: Technology's impact on English not all bad
Authors: Oosterman Allison
Published: March 2017

Review of: English for journalists, by Wynford Hicks (20th ed.), London, New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN9780415661720 (pbk); Bateman New Zealand Writer’s Handbook: An indispensable guide to getting published, by Tina Shaw. Auckland: Bateman, (6th Ed.), 2013. 208pp. ISBN: 9781869538361.English for journalists: Hicks discusses just what kind of English the book is about. As many before him have noted, the strongest influence on the language has undoubtedly been American, but latterly the influence of new technology has been considerable, and not necessarily in a ngative manner says Hicks (p.1). He quotes researchers who see many positives in the influence of social media, claiming that for as many mistakes that appear on Twitter, for example, as many people are busy pointing them out. The English language is not decaying, says Hicks, but there are still problems.Bateman New Zealand Writer's Handbook: An indispensable guide to getting published: Keen writers New Zealanders might be, and where to get published can still be a fraught exercise. On hand with helpful advice is the latest edition, the sixth, of the Bateman New Zealand Writer's Handbook from fiction writer and tutor of creative writing Tina Shaw.
O enfermeiro como educador na melhor idade
Authors: Maia Luiz Faustino dos Santos , Cardoso Simone Aparecida Caetano , Mendes Naara , Silva Clemilda Maria da , Silva Nexiana Da
Published: March 2017

A educação em saúde visa promover o desenvolvimento do conhecimento almejando melhorar a qualidade de vida. O processo educativo em saúde procura envolver os usuários e familiares na construção e significação do autocuidado, valorizado por meio do diálogo. A função da educação é formar cidadãos livres e autônomos e enfermeiro que tenha interesse pela profissão que vai além de adquirir conhecimento, ter habilidades, desempenhar bem o seu papel diante de pacientes e da comunidade. O enfermeiro tem o papel de compartilhar o conhecimento. O presente estudo objetivou realizar um relato de experiência vivido num cento de convivência do idoso.Descritores: Educação, Enfermagem, Idoso. The nurse as educator in the best ageAbstract: Health education aims to promote the development of knowledge aiming to improve the quality of life. The health education process aims to involve patients and families in the construction and meaning of self-care, valued through dialogue. The function of education is to form free and autonomous citizens and nurse who has interest in the profession that goes beyond acquiring knowledge, have skills and play its role before patients and the community. The nurse's role is to share knowledge. This study aimed to perform an experience report lived in percent of living of the elderly.Descriptors: Education, Nursing, Elderly. El enfermero como educador en la mejor edadResumen: Educación para la salud tiene como objetivo promover el desarrollo de conocimientos con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de vida. El proceso de educación para la salud tiene como objetivo implicar a los pacientes y las familias en la construcción y el sentido de autocuidado, valorado a través del diálogo. La función de la educación es formar ciudadanos y enfermera que tiene interés en la profesión que va más allá de la adquisición de conocimientos libres y autónomos, tener habilidades y desempeñar sus funciones antes de los pacientes y la comunidad. El papel de lo enfermero es para compartir conocimientos. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo realizar un relato de experiencia vivida en porcentaje de vida de los ancianos.Descriptores: Educación, Enfermería, Ancianos.
O enfermeiro na assistência à mulher com câncer de colo uterino
Authors: Santos Carla Monteiro , Silva Doralice De Almeida Nascimento , Silva Gleise Gonçalves Passos da , Oliveira Tatiana Santana de , Maia Luiz Faustino dos Santos
Published: March 2017

O Câncer de Colo Uterino apresenta nos dias atuais um grande problema de saúde pública no Brasil, necessitando cada vez mais de profissionais capacitados para o combate a essa doença maligna, minimizando sua morbimortalidade. Neste âmbito podemos destacar o Papel do enfermeiro como fundamental na transformação dessa realidade que vivemos hoje. O enfermeiro atua tanto no sentido de assistir, coordenar as práticas de cuidado, quanto no sentido de educar, promover, proteger, reabilitar essas mulheres, de forma autônoma, criativa e ativa nos múltiplos níveis de atenção à saúde, através do levantamento de hipóteses analíticas e intervenções sistematizadas de rotinas de cuidados, subsidiando falhas e promovendo continuidade e resolutividade do cuidado em saúde.Descritores: Câncer de Colo Uterino, Mulher, Enfermagem. Nurses in care woman with cervical cancerAbstract: The Cancer Cervical presents nowadays a major public health problem in Brazil, requiring more and more trained professionals to combat this evil disease, minimizing morbidity and mortality. In this context we can highlight the nurse's role as fundamental in transforming this reality we live in today. The nurse acts both to assist coordinate care practices, as to educate, promote, protect, rehabilitate these women in an autonomous, creative and active in multiple health care levels, through the lifting of analytical assumptions systematized and interventions care routines, subsidizing failure and promoting continuity and resolution of health care. Descriptors: Cervical Cancer, Women, Nursing. Enfermero en la atención la mujer con cáncer de cuello uterinoResumen: Los regalos del cáncer de cuello uterino hoy en día un importante problema de salud pública en Brasil, lo que requiere cada vez más capacitados profesionales para combatir esta enfermedad mal, lo que minimiza la morbilidad y la mortalidad. En este contexto cabe destacar el papel de la enfermera tan fundamental en la transformación de esta realidad que vivimos hoy. La enfermera actúa tanto para ayudar, coordinar las prácticas de atención, como para educar, promover, proteger, rehabilitar a estas mujeres en un autónomas, creativas y activas en múltiples niveles de atención de salud, a través de la elevación de supuestos analíticos rutinas sistematizados y las intervenciones de atención, subsidiando el fracaso y la promoción de la continuidad y de la resolución de la atención sanitaria. Descriptores: Cáncer de Cuello Uterino, Mujer, Enfermería.
Consulta de enfermagem como espaço para educação em saúde e as práticas educativas no pré-natal
Authors: Fernandes Juliana Hiromi , Maia Luiz Faustino dos Santos , Dell'Amo Maria Sara de Souza , Santos Mateus Barbosa , Silva Poliana De Souza , Nascimento Solange Dos Santos , Crepaldi Sheila Francisca
Published: March 2017

Na busca para o aperfeiçoamento que refletissem sobre consulta de enfermagem como um espaço para educação em saúde no pré-natal, foi realizado uma pesquisa descritiva bibliográfica de revisão da literatura. O objetivo tratou-se de promoção da saúde, ações educativas realizadas por enfermeiros durante a consulta do pré-natal como uma ação rotineira, identificando precocemente com problemas que possam resultar em riscos para a gestante e o feto. Com os resultados encontrados, a ação educativa durante as consultas de pré-natal proporciona uma melhor qualidade para gestante com o enfermeiro apontando reorientações para ser levados no seu dia a dia. A criação de ambientes adequados para o atendimento das consultas, participação da gestante em grupos e individualmente.Descritores: Enfermagem, Pré-natal, Educação em Saúde. Nursing consultation as health education space and the educational practices in prenatal Abstract: In the search for improvement that reflect on nursing consultation as a space for prenatal health education, a descriptive survey was performed and bibliographic review of the literature. The objective was to promote health, educational actions performed by nurses during the consultation of the prenatal as a routine action, early identifies with problems that may result in risks to the mother and fetus. With the results found, the educational action during the prenatal consultations provides a better quality for pregnant woman with the nurse pointing to be carried in the reorientations your day to day. The creation of suitable environments for the care of the consultations, the maternal participation in groups and individually.Descriptors: Nursing, Prenatal Care, Health Education. Consulta de enfermería como espacio de educación para la salud y las prácticas educativas en pre-natal Resumen: En la búsqueda de la mejora que se refleja en la consulta de enfermería como un espacio para la educación de la salud prenatal, se realizó un estudio descriptivo y revisión bibliográfica de la literatura. El objetivo era promover la salud, acciones educativas realizadas por enfermeras durante la consulta de la pre-Navidad como una rutina de acción temprana, se identifica con los problemas que pueden provocar riesgos para la madre y el feto. Con los resultados encontrados, la acción educativa durante las consultas prenatales proporciona una mejor calidad para la mujer embarazada con la enfermera apuntando a llevarse en las reorientaciones tu día a día. La creación de entornos adecuados para la atención de las consultas, la participación materna en grupos e individualmente.Descriptores: Enfermería, Atención Prenatal, la Educación para la Salud.
Comparative analysis of macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in normal, glaucoma suspect and glaucomatous eyes by optical coherence tomography
Authors: Saha Mita , Bandyopadhyay Sabyasachi , Das Debabrata , Ghosh Sourav
Published: March 2017

Introduction: Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness analysis is a subjective method of analysis of glaucomatous damage. As almost 50% of retinal ganglion cells are located in the macula, assessment of macular thickness can be an alternative method for diagnosis of glaucoma. Objectives: To evaluate the changes in macular and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in controls, glaucoma suspects and glaucoma patients using time domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT). Materials and methods: Macular and peripapillary RNFL scans were performed in one eye of 70 controls, 35 glaucoma suspects and 70 glaucoma patients by TD-OCT. The discriminating power of each parameter between the groups was determined by area under the receiver operating characteristic (AROC) curve. The correlation of macular thickness and RNFL thickness parameters with global field indices were also performed. P-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The differences in all the macular thickness parameters between the groups were statistically significant (p< 0.05) except foveal thickness (FT) and nasal inner (NI) quadrant thickness. The temporal outer (TO) macular quadrant produced largest AROC curve of 0.90 between controls and glaucoma patients. The differences in all the RNFL thickness parameters were highly significant between the groups (p<0.001). The AROC curve between control group and glaucoma patients for RNFL average thickness was 0.99. Conclusion: Macular thickness as detected by TD-OCT had high discriminating power between controls, glaucoma suspects and glaucoma patients comparable with peripapillary RNFL thickness parameters.
Adult onset Best’s macular dystrophy (VMD2) with unilateral presentation
Authors: Kamat Pradnya , Doshi Pratik , Prabhudesai Manasi , Prabhudesai Srishti
Published: March 2017

Background: Vitelliform macular dystrophy is an autosomal-dominant disease and has two clinical variants: Best’s (VMD2) and adult onset vitelliform macular dystrophy (AOVMD). We report an atypical presentation of VMD2. Case: A 50-year-old male presented with history of blurring of vision in left eye since two year. On fundus examination, left eye revealed a single, circular, yellow-opaque egg yolk-like macular lesion with no other abnormality. Fundus examination of right eye was unremarkable. Fundus fluoresceine angiography showed blocked fluorescence in the area of lesion. EOG-Arden ratios were found to be severely reduced bilaterally. OCT left eye showed sub-retinal hyperreflective echo. Conclusion: The age of onset and presentation can be highly variable in VMD2 and the vitelliform phase of VMD2 in elderly can be confused for adult onset vitelliform macular dystrophy(AOVMD). However, Arden ratio <1.5 is diagnostic of VMD2.
Corneal cross-linking in a 10-year-old child with stage III keratoconus
Authors: Abbondanza Marco , Felice Valentina De , Abbondanza Gabriele
Published: March 2017

Background: Keratoconus is a corneal dystrophy characterized by progressive thinning, conical shape of the cornea and irregular astigmatism. It is particularly insidious when it occurs in very young patients. Case: We report the case of a 10-year-old child with an aggressive stage III keratoconus, who was suggested to undergo a Penetrating Keratoplasty. We performed Corneal Collagen Cross-linking with epithelium removal instead, which was successful in arresting the rapid progression of keratoconus. Observations: Eighteen months later, Kmax had decreased by 1.3 D, astigmatism by 0.8 D, thinnest pachimetry had improved by 69 μm and CDVA was 20/32. Conclusion: This case confirms that Corneal Collagen Cross-linking is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of keratoconus even in its aggressive forms. We encourage ophthalmic surgeons to favor conservative treatments when dealing with very young patients.
Contact lenses for visual rehabilitation in Bilateral Nanophthalmos with Retinal Dystrophy- A case report
Authors: Pradhan Asik , Bhandari Sanjeeb , Dhungana Purushottam , Kaiti Raju
Published: March 2017

Background: Nanophthalmos is an uncommon developmental ocular disorder characterized by a small eye with short axial length, high hyperopia and high lens to eye volume ratio due to arrested development of the globe in all directions. Different types of fundus changes can rarely occur with nanophthalmos. Observations: This is a case report of a 17 years old female who presented with bilateral gradual progressive visual loss and photophobia at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology on 3rd July 2015. Her best corrected visual acuity was 20/300 with +12.00Ds/-1.00Dcyl@180 in the right eye and 20/200 with +12.00Ds/-1.50Dcyl@180 in the left eye. Axial lengths of two eyes were markedly shortened with pigmentary changes at the macula and dull foveal reflex along with retinal flecks in the mid-periphery. Full field ERG showed diminished rod and cone waves suggestive of rod and cone dysfunction. With the use of Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) contact lenses, the acuity improved to 20/200 and 20/125 in the right and left eye respectively. Conclusion: This study proposes the use of contact lenses and light absorptive filters for better visual rehabilitation.
Pervasive Blindness and ocular morbidity in the Chepang people of Nepal
Authors: Pokharel Amrit , Kandel Himal , Shrestha Priyanka
Published: March 2017

Blindness, which is a major burden on the individual and the society, was observed to be pervasively present in a region inhabited by an undermined, disadvantaged ethnic people, the Chepang (Köberlein et al., 2013). Such a plight heralds escalating, already- fragile eye health care in the remote region of Nepal (Ghimire, 2015).
“A Rink at this School is Almost as Essential as a Classroom”: Hockey and Discipline at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1945–1951
Authors: Te Hiwi Braden , Forsyth Janice
Published: March 2017

While there is now a considerable body of literature about the Canadian Indian residential school system, few researchers have used sport as the primary lens through which to understand the objectives and legacies of that system. This article examines the disciplinary effects of hockey at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School from 1945 to 1951. Local level school administrators, such as the principals, the Indian Agent, and Church representatives valued hockey because they believed it provided a measure of discipline in, and therefore control over, the students. The boys used the school's hockey team, the Sioux Black Hawks, to provide positive experiences and a level of achievement that had been absent at the school. Of importance beyond the school, government officials and Church administrators leveraged the team's success and glowing media coverage as a useful public relations tool to promote the “success” of residential schooling to the Canadian public.
Use of Crack Characteristics in Crack Sealing Performance Modeling and Network-Level Project Selection
Authors: Wang Zhaohua , Tsai Yichang (James) , Ding Menghua
Published: March 2017

Crack sealing (CS) and crack filling (CF) are commonly used crack treatment methods. However, the study of their performance is still very limited, making it difficult for highway agencies to systematically and optimally select network-level CS-CF projects within available budgets. To address this issue, a generalized performance model for CS-CF–treated pavements is proposed. Detailed crack characteristics—including crack type, density, and width—are employed in the model. In the proposed performance model, crack density related to three types of cracks (transverse cracks, nonwheelpath longitudinal cracks, and wheelpath longitudinal cracks) is used to determine performance gain. Two discount functions are incorporated to consider the negative impact caused by alligator cracks and cracks that are very tight or very wide. The proposed model is instantiated and estimated using the practices of the Georgia Department of Transportation on CS and CF and the department’s pavement distress survey protocol. The case study—which uses three-dimensional laser data collected from a 1-mi pavement section on State Route 26 (US-80) near Savannah, Georgia, from 2011 to 2016—validates the feasibility and reasonableness of the model. An integer programming method is formulated for network-level CS-CF project selection. The testing results of 53 pavement segments show that the model and programming method can be used to select CS-CF projects within budget constraints while maximizing the length-weighted average performance gain. The proposed performance model and integer programming method show promise for use in incorporating CS and CF into a highway agency’s pavement management system. Conclusions and recommendations are offered.
In-Vehicle Evaluation of Milled Rumble Strips in Pre– and Post–Chip Seal Maintenance Periods
Authors: Tufuor Ernest O. A. , Rilett Laurence R. , TenHulzen Phil
Published: March 2017

Driver fatigue and drowsiness can have a profound impact on safety. Centerline and shoulder rumble strips are popular countermeasures designed to produce audible and tactile warning when vehicles deviate from the travel lane onto the rumble strips. These warnings reduce the risk of lane departure crashes. Studies show that the noise produced by rumble strips is a function of many variables. Rumble strip depth is known to have the greatest impact in alerting drivers. However, chip seal pavement maintenance operations tend to reduce the original rumble strip design depth, which may have an impact on the functional effectiveness of the rumble strips. The purpose of this study was to conduct a controlled experiment to understand the relationship between milled rumble strip depth and noise and vibration in the vehicle cab. In-vehicle noise and vibration levels were collected on rumble strips of five depths (⅛, ¼, ⅜, ½, and ⅝ in.) and three types (shoulder, single centerline, and double centerline) on three highways in the state of Nebraska by two vehicles traveling at speeds of 45, 55, and 65 mph. Rumble strip depths at ⅛-in. intervals were used to simulate the influence of a chip seal on rumble strip effectiveness. From the in-vehicle sound and vibration levels of all the tested rumble strip depths, it can be hypothesized that a ⅛-in. reduction in the current milled rumble strip design depth, as a result of chip sealing, would not cause a practical reduction in the effectiveness of rumble strips producing audible and tactile warnings to alert drivers.
Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Bridge Inspections
Authors: Wells Jennifer L. , Lovelace Barritt , Kalar Tara
Published: March 2017

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and Collins Engineers have been researching the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) as a tool for bridge inspections. Phase 1 of an implementation study has been completed, and a Phase 2 study is nearing completion. Phase 3 of the research effort will start early in 2017. These research studies are looking at current FAA regulations and evaluating the advantages and challenges of using UASs for bridge inspections; the results are promising. The research has tested different types of UASs on eight bridges of varying configuration, size, location, and condition to determine the effectiveness of UASs as a tool to supplement bridge inspections.
Delays, Detours, and Diversions: Paths to Fully Executed Safe Routes to School Projects
Authors: DiPetrillo Stephanie , Von Hagen Leigh Ann , Malone Sara , Meehan Sean , Shivaraman Gayathri
Published: March 2017

State governments periodically solicit, review, and award Safe Routes to Schools grants to local governments and school districts that are seeking to make improvements that will improve student travel to and from school. Having endured the process of identifying a worthy project and completing the grant application, these local entities must then execute the specified work. Many communities are successful, but some are not. The research presented in this paper identified promising practices used by those entities that had completed their projects (and had successfully achieved their goals) despite difficulties along the way. The research identified ways in which the grant fulfillment process broke down and how these difficulties may be overcome.