bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The impact of initial oral health training on teacher’s knowledge, attitudes, and actions change
Authors: Suwargiani Anne Agustina , Wardani Riana , Suryanti Netty , Setiawan Asty Samiati
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Formal education is the main place for children to improve their knowledge. Teachers are the sources of information which is easily received by children, so the teacher’s role in children’s education is very important. Oral health training able to improve the skills and information resource in a community. Teachers, as the trainee, can play a role in improving the access to information regarding oral health. The objective of this research was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the teachers before and after the performance of initial training on oral health care. Methods: Questionnaires, with the research variables were knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral health care. The study population was Arraffi Elementary School teachers. The sampling technique was total sampling. The data collecting was done by distributing questionnaires and self-report before and after training. Results: Wilcoxon test shown that P-value pretest and posttest of knowledge was 0.675, attitude was 0.354, and practice was 0.129. Knowledge regarding oral care showed an increasing in achievement percentage. Posttest results of attitude showed the increase in the percentage of positive and negative statements. Posttest results on practice showed some behavior having an increasing percentage, but one behavior remain unchanged. There was no significant difference of knowledge, attitude and practice before and after initial training. Conclusions: There was no impact of initial oral health training on teacher’s knowledge, attitudes, and actions change.Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Teacher, Training
Analysis of traumatic ulcer healing time under the treatment of the Mauli banana (Musa acuminata) 25% stem extract gel
Authors: Puspitasari Dewi , Apriasari Maharani Laillyza
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Traumatic ulcer is one of oral disorders that often occur. The prevalence is quite high, between 3-24% of population. Therapy of traumatic ulcer is symptomatic. People usually use Aloe vera extract gel. Previous research showed that the Aloe vera gel is equivalent with ethanol extract of 25% Mauli banana (Musa acuminata) stem in accelerating wound healing based on the number of macrophages and neovascular. The objective of the study is to find out the time difference of traumatic ulcer healing using 25% Musa acuminata stem extract gel compared to a gel containing Aloe vera extract. Methods: The research was post test design. Subjects were patients of Oral Medicine Installation in Gusti Hasan Aman Dental Hospital Banjarmasin with diagnosis of traumatic ulcer using completely random sampling method. Eight patients as samples were determined by the formula of Lemeshow. Results: there was no significant difference with p=0,724 (p>0,05) between healing time using Aloe vera gel and 25% Musa acuminata stem extract. Conclusion: At the concentration of 25% Musa acuminata stem extract gel concentration has the same healing time with Aloe vera gel, therefore can be recommended as a topical use for traumatic ulcer healing.Keywords: Musa acuminata stem, Healing time, Traumatic ulcer
Use of a novel surgical approach for treatment of complete bilateral membranous choanal atresia in an alpaca cria
Authors: Pader Karine , Burns Patrick M. , Brisville Anne-Claire , Rousseau Marjolaine , Blond Laurent , Truchetti Geoffrey , Lardé Hélène , Lapointe Catherine , Francoz David
Published: April 2017

CASE DESCRIPTION A 4-hour-old 6.3-kg (13.9-lb) female alpaca cria was evaluated because of severe respiratory distress and difficulty nursing since birth.

CLINICAL FINDINGS The cria had open-mouth breathing and cyanotic membranes, with no airflow evident from either nostril. Supplemental oxygen was delivered, and the patient was anesthetized and intubated orotracheally; a CT evaluation of the head confirmed bilateral membranous obstruction of the nasal cavities, consistent with complete bilateral choanal atresia.

TREATMENT AND OUTCOME Choanal atresia was treated with an endoscopically assisted balloon-dilation technique, and temporary tracheostomy was performed. Stenosis recurred, requiring revision of the repair and intranasal stent placement 3 days after the first surgery. The tracheostomy tube was removed the next day. Complications during hospitalization included mucoid obstruction of the tracheostomy tube, granulation tissue development in the trachea near the tracheostomy site, mucoid stent obstruction, aspiration pneumonia, and presumed partial failure of passive transfer of immunity. The stents were removed 2 weeks after admission, and the cria was discharged 3 days later. The owner was advised that the animal should not be bred. At last follow-up 3 years later, the alpaca was doing well.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE Surgical treatment with a balloon-dilation technique and placement of nasal stents with endoscopic guidance were curative in this neonatal alpaca with bilateral membranous choanal atresia. Computed tomography was useful to determine the nature of the atresia and aid surgical planning. Because a genetic component is likely, owners should be advised to prevent affected animals from breeding.
O cinema de entretenimento e a pós-modernidade: crise de criatividade do cinema atual?
Authors: Araujo Bruno
Published: April 2017

Nesse artigo discutiremos a relação entre o cinema atual e a pós-modernidade, verificando se filmes recentes apresentam características apontadas por diversos teóricos como sendo pertencentes a sociedade pós-moderna. Para tal verificação, será efetuada uma revisão bibliográfica e uma análise comparativa entre as diversas observações de Fredric Jameson e de outros que possam colaborar para a discussão sobre a sociedade contemporânea e as características do cinema de entretenimento.
Dicotomia público/privado: a personalização da política como efeito da privatização do espaço público
Authors: Pozobon Rejane De Oliveira , Prates Andressa Costa
Published: April 2017

O presente artigo tem como propósito refletir sobre as configurações do espaço público na sociedade contemporânea, mas também pensar sobre as transformações relacionadas ao domínio privado. Para realizar tal reflexão retomamos os aspectos relacionados a esta velha dicotomia ainda no surgimento do espaço público e da política na Antiguidade greco-romana. Questiona-se o esvaziamento do espaço público na sociedade atual, tendo como hipótese que uma das suas características é a chamada privatização do público que tem como um de seus efeitos a personalização da política. Por fim, articulamos as questões propostas com uma breve análise de um discurso da Presidente Dilma Rousseff em outubro de 2015 e das matérias do jornal O Globo na semana de 07 a 14 de outubro do mesmo ano.
La articulación entre comunicación política, imaginarios y emociones: un acercamiento a la Revolución Ciudadana en Ecuador
Authors: Aliaga Sáez Felipe Andrés , Apolo Buenaño Diego , Carretero Pasin Enrique , Cusot Cerda Gustavo
Published: April 2017

Este artículo desarrolla una base conceptual en torno a la articulación de estrategias de comunicación política, imaginarios sociales y las emociones; tomando como referencia el caso de la denominada Revolución Ciudadana del gobierno de Rafael Correa en Ecuador, ya que permite ir acoplando la reflexión con una serie de aspectos significativos relacionados con este proceso sociopolítico, tales como: reconstruir y fortalecer la unidad nacional por medio de una retórica populista; discursos emotivos que apelan a la dimensión socio-afectiva o no-lógica de la vida social; capacidad de afectar las creencias colectivas; control mediático y redes sociales; finalmente, el rol del Presidente en el aumento de la confianza en el sistema político.
Visibilidade, autoridade a reputação na Web 2.0: problematizando alternativas de mensuração
Authors: Alberto Marques
Published: April 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre os conceitos de visibilidade, autoridade e reputação no contexto dos blogs. Defendemos neste trabalho que determinados blogueiros se destacam e atingem níveis elevados de reputação na rede a partir de rotinas e práticas comuns. Partimos da ideia central de que a reputação (visibilidade e autoridade) é gerada por fatores internos ao funcionamento do blog, externos de caráter técnico-mercadológico e externos conjunturais. Num segundo momento do paper, revisamos trabalhos que tiveram como objetivo mensurar e criar rankings de blogs com reputação na rede. Com isso, oferecemos subsídios para que pesquisadores criem índices confiáveis de reputação.
Narrativas jornalísticas de violência entre relato e representação: elementos para análise de um fenômeno midiático
Authors: Ferreira Junior Sergio Do Espirito Santo , Costa Alda Cristina
Published: April 2017

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar elementos para analisar narrativas jornalísticas de violência, um fenômeno midiático da sociedade brasileira, a partir de dois conceitos: o de relato sobre a sociedade e o da representação social. Tomamos essas narrativas como fenômeno midiático, pois, na articulação desses dois níveis, realiza-se um processo de produção de sentido social sobre a realidade, no qual o fenômeno midiático inscreve e realimenta os conhecimentos sobre a violência urbana, reinserindo-a na vida da sociedade.
Coffee Consumption to Reduce Liver Fibrosis
Authors: Utami Yaldiera , Hasan Irsan
Published: April 2017

As one of the most popular drink consumed daily, coffee is known to be good for health. One of the main substance found in coffee is caffeine. Several previous studies explained that caffeine found in coffee could act as hepatoprotective agents, and recently an antifibrotic agent. Since liver fibrosis is a fatal condition that could lead to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, a lot of study were trying to find any alternatives to reduce fibrosis, one of them is coffee. Several studies have reported that coffee was significantly, able to reduce fibrosis process because of its caffeine which is found in coffee. Recently, some studies also reported that a non-caffeinated coffee also showed an antifibrotic effect. It is believed that several substances beside caffeine found in coffee were also played an important role in reduce liver fibrosis. By its cellular mechanism, coffee would be a new alternatives way to reduce liver fibrosis, and of course other chronic liver disease.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Authors: Nababan Toman , Fauzi Achmad
Published: April 2017

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a clinical condition, in which excess amounts of bacteria are found in small intestine. SIBO occurred when normal homeostatic mechanism which control enteric bacteria population disrupted. Elderly patients are more vulnerable to SIBO which can be caused by two conditions, which are gastric acid reduction and disproportionately drugs consumption which then caused hypomotility. There are several methods to diagnose SIBO, but diagnose often begin with suspicion and history of risk factors of SIBO. There are two most frequent tests in SIBO diagnostic, which are bacterial culture examination and breath test. Treatments of SIBO are: (1) Treatment of underlying disease and improvement of medical condition; (2) Eradication of excess bacterial growth; (3) Resolve nutritional deficiencies which related to SIBO.
Hepatic Stellate Cells and Liver Disease
Authors: Gani Rino Alvani
Published: April 2017

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Relationship Between Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Severity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: - Arles - , Gani Rino Alvani , Syam Ari Fahrial , Shatri Hamzah
Published: April 2017

Background: Severity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that is assessed using Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) classification is a main prognostic factor of hepatocellular carcinoma. Assessment of the serum level of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) is considered to reflect the severity of HCC. However, there is still no fundamental basis of the association of severity of HCC with the serum VEGF level. The objective of this study is to know the relationship between serum VEGF levels with the severity of HCC by assessing the average difference of serum VEGF level in various severity of HCC.Method: This study was a cross sectional study to identify the association between serum VEGF levels with the severity of HCC based on BCLC classification. This study was performed in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital between January and May 2015. Statistical tests used to evaluate the association between serum VEGF level with BCLC classification was one-way ANOVA analysis, and continued with post hoc Tukey Schaffe analysis.Results: A total of 61 subjects with HCC were included into this study. In this study, we did not find subjects with stage 0 BCLC. The average of serum VEGF level in stage A BCLC was 288.26 ± 156.6 pg/mL; stage B BCLC: 434 ± 164.8 pg/mL; stage C BCLC: 785.57 ± 194.25 pg/mL; stage D BCLC: 1537.97 ± 660.62 pg/mL. One-way ANOVA analysis showed significant difference (P 0.001) between serum VEGF level and HCC severity based on BCLC classification. Post hoc Tukey Schaffe analysis showed the presence of significant difference between stage A and C BCLC (p 0.05) and stage A and D BCLC (p 0.001), stage B and D BCLC (p 0.001), and stage C and D BCLC (p 0.001). There was no significant difference between stage A and B BCLC, and between stage B and C BCLC.Conclusion: It was found that serum VEGF level increased in accordance to the HCC severity based on BCLC classification, particularly for stage B BCLC and above.
Positive Correlation between Degree of Liver Cirrhosis and N Terminal–Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro-BNP)
Authors: Steffanus Mario , Wibawa IDN , Nadha I Ketut Badjra
Published: April 2017

Background: Liver cirrhosis (LC) is a chronic disease characterized by damage of liver parenchyme with wide fibrosis and nodules formation. One of LC complications is cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CC). CC is diagnosed when there are more than one of the following signs: diastolic dysfunction (DD), systolic dysfunction (SD), enlargement of the cardiac chamber, electrophysiology dysfunction, and increasing of natriuretic peptide such as N Terminal–Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP). The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between degree of liver cirrhosis and increasing of the NT-proBNP.Method: Cross-sectional analytic study was performed with 72 LC patients from May 2014 to May 2015 in Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar. Degree of liver cirrhosis was determined by child turcotte pugh (CTP) criteria and NT-proBNP was examined by electro chemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) method. LC patients with other disorders which can cause the increase of NT-proBNP were excluded.  Statistical analysis used was Spearman’s correlation test.  Results: Of 72 LC patients, 79.2% were male. Patients with CTP A were 9 (12,5%), CTP B 19 (26,4%) and CTP C 44 (61,19%). Median of NT-proBNP in CTP A was 112 pg/mL, CTP B 130 pg/mL, and CTP C 315 pg/ml. There was a strong possitive correlation between degree of liver cirrhosis and NT-proBNP (r = 0.686; p = 0.000). In this study, there was also significant comparison between NT-proBNP and CTP A,B, and C (p = 0,000) and there was no significant relation between NT-proBNP and those cofounding variables (p 0.05).Conclusion: there was a strong possitive correlation between degree of LC and NT-proBNP.
Effect of Coconut Milk Supplementation to Nutritional Status Parameters in Liver Cirrhosis Patients
Authors: Indra Suwito , Gani Rino Alvani , Syam Ari Fahrial , Shatri Hamzah
Published: April 2017

Background: Liver cirrhosis is on of health problems in Indonesia. Decreasing number of liver cells in cirrhosis cause some complications, one of which is malnutrition. In Indonesia, coconut milk is one of nutrients sources which quite popular. Coconut milk is thought to have hepatoprotective effect and be able to be eliminated by cirrhosis patients. A study about effect of coconut milk supplementation to nutritional status parameters in liver cirrhosis patients is really needed.Method: This study is a randomized controlled trial with parallel design. This study is conducted in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Jakarta from February to March 2014. Patients are given late night snack (LNS) in form of agar that contained 25 grams of sugar and additional 50 cc coconut milk in group I (experimental group) and additional drink that contained 25 grams of sugar in group II (control group). Variables that measured to look changes in nutritional status between the two groups are triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), mid arm muscle circumference (MAMC), body mass index (BMI), body fat mass (BFM), prealbumin levels and serum albumin levels.Results: A total of 35 patients with liver cirrhosis in this study to the completion. There are three parameters of nutritional status that increasing better in the group receiving a LNS from combination of carbohydrates and coconut milk, compared to group receiving carbohydrates alone. Those three parameters are mean (SD) MAMC with amount of 9.41 (6.43) mm in group I and 4.68 (5.76) mm in group II, p = 0.028. Median (range) BFM changes 0.67 (-2.47-3.80) kg in group I and 0.21 (-4.96-1.99) kg in group II, p=0,373. Mean (SD) serum albumin level change 0.17 (0.31) g/dL in group I and 0.07 (0.41) g/dL in group II, p = 0,426. There is an increase in the TSF measurement in all subjects after one month of LNS supplementation, but not found any significant differences of TSF changes between the two groups. While the measurement of BMI and serum prealbumin did not show any significant changes after treatment in all subjects research.Conclusion: One month LNS 200 kkal supplementation with combination of carbohydrates and coconut milk have a better effect on the improvement of nutritional status in patients with liver cirrhosis, compared to carbohydrates alone. This shown by the better parameters of MAMC, BFM and increased serum albumin in group I, compared to group II.
CD38+ Liver Stellate Cells in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Fibrosis
Authors: Ahimsa Titos , Gani Rino Alvani , Syam Ari Fahrial , - Suhendro -
Published: April 2017

Background: Approximately 3% of the world population is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Protein of hepatitis C virus modulates apoptosis and steatosis, liver cell injury, activates liver stellate cells and liver fibrosis. Hepatitis C virus infection will cause injury to the hepatocytes. This injury to the hepatocyte will activate liver stellate cells. Stellate cells have a huge role in the development of liver fibrosis. The objective of this study is to evaluate the difference of active CD38+ liver stellate cells in various degree of fibrosis as well as its relation with aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and quantitative amount of hepatitis c virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) in chronic hepatitis C.Method: This study was a cross-sectional study performed in 32 patients with chronic hepatitis C who had undergone liver USG, did not suffer from hepatoma, had undergone liver biopsy. Paraffin block of patients’ liver tissue was further stained using Haematoxylin and Eosin technique to identify the Metavir degree which is categorized into mild-moderate or severe degree. Special staining is performed to evaluate liver stellate cells that were then counted in averagely in five fields of view.Results: In this study, we found significant difference in the amount of CD38+ stellate liver cells between severe and mild-moderate fibrosis (p 0.001), there was no association between CD38+ stellate liver cells with AST (p = 0.2) or ALT (p = 0.7), and there was association between CD38+ stellate liver cells with quantitative HCV RNA (r = -0.372).Conclusion: Total amount of CD38+ stellate liver cells in severe fibrosis was higher compared to the total amount of CD38+ liver stellate cells in mild-moderate fibrosis. There was no association between the value of AST, ALT, and quantitative HCV RNA with the number of CD38+ stellate liver cells.
Liver Transplant in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Indication and Prognostic Factors
Authors: - Gunawan - , Hasan Irsan , Kurniawan Juferdy
Published: April 2017

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer. There are several treatment modalities according to Barcelona treatment algorithm. Liver transplant is one of the curative option treatments, with its indication and prognostic factors. Carefully selected patients for liver transplant in HCC case will result in the same or slightly inferior survival rate compare with liver transplant in non-malignancy case.
Estresse parental: Revisão sistemática de estudos empíricos
Authors: De Brito Ariane , Faro André
Published: April 2017

Esta pesquisa descreveu as características de publicações nacionais sobre o estresse parental, indexadas em duas bases de dados eletrônicas brasileiras e de livre acesso (SciELO e PePSIC). Onze artigos empíricos foram analisados na íntegra a partir de seus métodos (participantes e instrumentos), objetivos e principais resultados. Os resultados indicaram que a maioria das produções nacionais sobre estresse parental enfoca o estresse materno e de filhos com alguma condição clínica, além de ser notada ausência de instrumentos válidos para o Brasil que possam mensurar o fenômeno em populações distintas. Estressores presentes dentro do contexto parental podem influir no nível de estresse parental, enquanto que o suporte social recebido pode auxiliar os pais/mães a lidarem de forma adaptativa com a sobrecarga estressora.
Violência Contra o Homem Perpetrada por Sua Parceira: Perspectivas de Psicólogos e Assistentes Sociais
Authors: Cezario Ana Cláudia Ferreira , De Carvalho Laís Lage , Lourenço Lelio Moura
Published: April 2017

A violência entre parceiros íntimos (VPI) é um fenômeno social e um problema de saúde pública. Entretanto, na maioria dos casos, é abordada apresentando a mulher como vítima e homem seu respectivo agressor. Desta forma, a presente pesquisa realizou um levantamento com profissionais e estagiários de psicologia e do serviço social a fim de investigar suas percepções, visões e experiências acerca da violência contra o homem, perpetrada por sua parceira íntima, no município de Juiz de Fora/MG, bem como levantar dados da VPI contra o homem. Para análise utilizou-se estatística descritiva e a Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin. Inicialmente foi feito um mapeamento das instituições e do número de profissionais. Por fim, o estudo entrevistou 40 profissionais e estagiários da psicologia e do serviço social atuantes na área judicial, CRAS e CREAS. Dos resultados 95.0% informaram acreditar que o homem pode ser vítima da VP e 37.5% já atenderam homens. Desta forma, percebe-se a existência da VPI contra o homem no município.
Representações sociais relacionadas às práticas de rejuvenescimento
Authors: Berri Bruna , Castro Amanda , Camargo Brigido Vizeu
Published: April 2017

O rejuvenescimento apresenta-se como um recurso para manter-se em um lugar social relacionado ao estar ativo, para entender como pessoas constroem e compartilham conhecimentos cotidianos sobre rejuvenescimento utilizou-se como abordagem teórica a Teoria das Representações Sociais. Objetivou-se estudar as representações sociais das práticas de rejuvenescimento para homens e mulheres adultos. Descritiva e exploratória, envolveu 20 participantes residentes de Santa Catarina. Mediante realização de entrevistas em profundidade formou-se um material textual submetido a classificações hierárquicas descendentes. Resultados indicaram que as mulheres pensam rejuvenescimento enquanto práticas invasivas e minimamente invasivas, e os homens o associam as atividades físicas e leituras. Atividades físicas e exercícios mentais, como retardadores do envelhecimento, organizam a compreensão tanto do rejuvenescimento como das práticas para todos participantes.
Percepções do Cuidado aos Usuários de Drogas por Agentes Comunitários de Saúde
Authors: Melo Bárbara Cristina de Assis , Assunção Júlia Inácia , Vecchia Marcelo Dalla
Published: April 2017

Os Agentes Comunitários de Saúde (ACS) fazem parte da equipe da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e são elos entre comunidade e equipe. Buscou-se compreender sua atuação no cuidado a usuários de álcool e outras drogas em um município de Minas Gerais, a partir de entrevistas individuais não estruturadas com estes profissionais. Recorreu-se à análise de conteúdo como referencial teórico para análise do material empírico. Foram delimitados quatro núcleos temáticos, abarcando centralmente as ideias de medo e preconceito em relação ao usuário; sofrimento familiar devido ao uso; desconhecimento da Rede de Atenção Psicossocial; e percepção de insuficiência na atuação profissional. Constatou-se, dentre outros aspectos, a relevância da Educação Permanente envolvendo os ACS amparada pela perspectiva da redução de danos.
Transtornos somatoformes (manifestações histéricas) em mulheres atendidas em hospital psiquiátrico de São Luís, Maranhão
Authors: Reinert Ana Paula Rezzo Pires , Rêgo Rafisa Moscoso Lobato , Pires Rômulo Cesar Rezzo , Silva Vanalda Costa
Published: April 2017

Os sintomas somáticos sem explicação médica ou manifestações histéricas são freqüentes, estando associados a sofrimento mental em vários contextos. Atualmente são classificados na psiquiatria como transtornos somatoformes (TS). Estudos prévios apontam que as populações latino-americanas são propensas à somatização. No entanto, existem poucos estudos nacionais e locais sobre estes transtornos. Desse modo, este estudo objetivou verificar a ocorrência de TS em mulheres atendidas em um hospital psiquiátrico em São Luis Maranhão. Realizou-se um estudo seccional de base documental apartir dos dados coletados dos prontuários médicos das pacientes atendidas no período de Agosto de 2012 a Janeiro de 2013. Estimou-se a prevalência de TS com base em um total de 1.220 atendimentos, o que resultou em 62 casos de sintomatologia compatível com TS (5,08%), dos quais, apenas 5 receberam diagnóstico conclusivo de TS (8,06%). Os TS diagnosticados pelo CID 10 foram: quatro casos de transtorno dissociativo conversivo e um de neurovegetativo somatoforme. Os transtornos ocorreram mais frequentemente entre mulheres pardas com idade média de 34,3 anos. Os sinais e sintomas mais freqüentes foram insônia, dor de cabeça e inapetência. Os resultados apontam a necessidade de investigações mais minuciosas com os pacientes e auxílio de outros profissionais na composição de uma equipe multidisciplinar na investigação e fechamento do diagnóstico clínico. Levando-se em consideração as reformulações pelo qual o Código Internacional de Doenças versão 10 para as modificações na 11ª edição, estudos sobre os TS contribuirão de forma significativa para o processo de revisão dos sistemas diagnósticos de transtornos mentais e de comportamento.
Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory and Anti-arthritic Activity of Ajmodadi Churna- A Polyherbal Formulation
Authors: Neeraj Srivastava , Nipun Dashora , Jyoti Menaria , Neeraj Kumar
Published: April 2017

Anti-inflammatory and anti- arthritic activity of aqueous extract of Ajmodadi Churna (AJM) were evaluated by three methods namely, Carrageenan paw edema, Carrageenan induced Air Pouch Model in Rats and Freunds’ complete adjuvant Arthritis. The Carrageenan paw edema was carried out to test the effect of the extract on acute phase of inflammation. Carrageenan induced Air Pouch Model was used for local inflammation and Freunds’ complete adjuvant Arthritis was used for evaluation of chronic inflammation. Results showed that AJM have significant anti-inflammatory activity and Anti-arthritic Activity in both the doses (200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg) when compared to the Diclofenac but higher dose was found more effective.Key Words: Anti-inflammatory, Anti-arthritic Activity, Freunds’ complete adjuvant Arthritis, Ajmodadi churna.
Recreating universities for the public good: Pathways to a better world
Authors: Wright Susan , Greenwood Davydd J.
Published: April 2017

This special issue focuses on universities run by and for the benefit of students,
academics and the public. Three contributions cover existing initiatives
from ‘free’ universities and other long-established institutions that are
fee-free and where students and faculty are central to their operations and
governance.1 Other contributions focus on using tried and tested participatory
organisational structures to create alternatives to the deteriorating state
of universities: one sets out ways universities could be run by ‘beneficial
owners’; the other reports on a project to design cooperative universities.
Pedagogies of resistance: Free universities and the radical re-imagination of study
Authors: Thompsett Fern
Published: April 2017

Free universities are diverse but loosely networked projects that resist
repressive capitalist and state configurations of power by re-imagining
teaching, learning and research on their own terms, often through
radical and ongoing experimentation. Drawing from my own experiences
as a co-founder and organiser of the Brisbane Free University,
along with research I conducted with around twenty-five different
free universities across the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico, I focus in
this article on activists’ attempts to develop emancipatory countercapitalist
pedagogies. Using Harney and Moten’s (2013) notion of the
tension between ‘study’ and ‘education’, with the former connoting
a vast realm of possibilities for learning and the latter pointing to the
presence of pre-defined end-points, I ask: when does activists’ prefigurative
work orbit around explicitly counter-capitalist end-points to
learning (against capitalism), and when do they attempt to abandon
end-points altogether, in favour of ‘radically open’ forms of ‘learning
for its own sake’ (beyond capitalism)?
Universities run for, by, and with the faculty, students and staff: Alternatives to the neoliberal destruction of higher education
Authors: Wright Susan , Greenwood Davydd J.
Published: April 2017

After analysing the organisational pathologies and societal ills created by the neoliberalisation of universities, the article engages in an organisational critique of the pseudo-business model currently in use. It poses as a solution the re-creation of universities as trusts, with a model of beneficiary ownership, a matrix form of organisation and renewed relations with society. For inspiration it looks to beneficiaryrun organisations on the model of the John Lewis Partnership or the Mondragón University. The article explains why such beneficial matrix organisations are superior to current universities and how they offer an opportunity to recreate universities for the public good.
Action-based Dynamical Modeling for the Milky Way Disk: The Influence of Spiral Arms
Authors: Trick Wilma H. , Bovy Jo , D’Onghia Elena , Rix Hans-Walter
Published: April 2017

RoadMapping is a dynamical modeling machinery developed to constrain the Milky Way’s (MW) gravitational potential by simultaneously fitting an axisymmetric parametrized potential and an action-based orbit distribution function (DF) to discrete 6D phase-space measurements of stars in the Galactic disk. In this work, we demonstrate RoadMapping's robustness in the presence of spiral arms by modeling data drawn from an N-body simulation snapshot of a disk-dominated galaxy of MW mass with strong spiral arms (but no bar), exploring survey volumes with radii

. The potential constraints are very robust, even though we use a simple action-based DF, the quasi-isothermal DF. The best-fit RoadMapping model always recovers the correct gravitational forces where most of the stars that entered the analysis are located, even for small volumes. For data from large survey volumes, RoadMapping finds axisymmetric models that average well over the spiral arms. Unsurprisingly, the models are slightly biased by the excess of stars in the spiral arms. Gravitational potential models derived from survey volumes with at least

can be reliably extrapolated to larger volumes. However, a large radial survey extent,

, is needed to correctly recover the halo scale length. In general, the recovery and extrapolability of potentials inferred from data sets that were drawn from inter-arm regions appear to be better than those of data sets drawn from spiral arms. Our analysis implies that building axisymmetric models for the Galaxy with upcoming Gaia data will lead to sensible and robust approximations of the MW’s potential.
The “UV-route” to Search for Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Clusters: First Results from the HST UV Legacy Survey
Authors: Raso S. , Ferraro F. R. , Dalessandro E. , Lanzoni B. , Nardiello D. , Bellini A. , Vesperini E.
Published: April 2017

We used data from the Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters to select the Blue Straggler Star (BSS) population in four intermediate/high density systems (namely NGC 2808, NGC 6388, NGC 6541, and NGC 7078) through a “UV-guided search.” This procedure consists of using the F275W images in each cluster to construct the master list of detected sources, and then force it to the images acquired in the other filters. Such an approach optimizes the detection of relatively hot stars and allows the detection of a complete sample of BSSs even in the central region of high-density clusters, because the light from the bright cool giants, which dominates the optical emission in old stellar systems, is sensibly reduced at UV wavelengths. Our UV-guided selections of BSSs have been compared to the samples obtained in previous, optical-driven surveys, clearly demonstrating the efficiency of the UV approach. In each cluster we also measured the parameter A
+, defined as the area enclosed between the cumulative radial distribution of BSSs and that of a reference population, which traces the level of BSS central segregation and the level of dynamical evolution suffered by the system. The values measured for the four clusters studied in this paper nicely fall along the dynamical sequence recently presented for a sample of 25 clusters.
The Chandra Dust-scattering Halo of Galactic Center Transient Swift J174540.7–290015
Authors: Corrales L. R. , Mon B. , Haggard D. , Baganoff F. K. , Garmire G. , Degenaar N. , Reynolds M.
Published: April 2017

We report the detection of a dust-scattering halo around a recently discovered X-ray transient, Swift J174540.7–290015, which in early 2016 February underwent one of the brightest outbursts (F
X ≈ 5 × 10−10 erg cm−2 s−1) observed from a compact object in the Galactic Center field. We analyze four Chandra images that were taken as follow-up observations to Swift discoveries of new Galactic Center transients. After adjusting our spectral extraction for the effects of detector pile-up, we construct a point-spread function for each observation and compare it to the GC field before the outburst. We find residual surface brightness around Swift J174540.7–290015, which has a shape and temporal evolution consistent with the behavior expected from X-rays scattered by foreground dust. We examine the spectral properties of the source, which shows evidence that the object transitioned from a soft to hard spectral state as it faded below L
X ∼ 1036 erg s−1. This behavior is consistent with the hypothesis that the object is a low-mass X-ray binary in the Galactic Center.
Distribution of Captured Planetesimals in Circumplanetary Gas Disks and Implications for Accretion of Regular Satellites
Authors: Suetsugu Ryo , Ohtsuki Keiji
Published: April 2017

Regular satellites of giant planets are formed by accretion of solid bodies in circumplanetary disks. Planetesimals that are moving on heliocentric orbits and are sufficiently large to be decoupled from the flow of the protoplanetary gas disk can be captured by gas drag from the circumplanetary disk. In the present work, we examine the distribution of captured planetesimals in circumplanetary disks using orbital integrations. We find that the number of captured planetesimals reaches an equilibrium state as a balance between continuous capture and orbital decay into the planet. The number of planetesimals captured into retrograde orbits is much smaller than that into prograde orbits, because the former experience a strong headwind and spiral into the planet rapidly. We find that the surface number density of planetesimals at the current radial location of regular satellites can be significantly enhanced by gas drag capture, depending on the velocity dispersions of the planetesimals and the width of the gap in the protoplanetary disk. Using a simple model, we examine the ratio of the surface densities of dust and captured planetesimals in the circumplanetary disk and find that solid material at the current location of regular satellites can be dominated by captured planetesimals when the velocity dispersion of those planetesimals is rather small and a wide gap is not formed in the protoplanetary disk. In this case, captured planetesimals in such a region can grow by mutual collision before spiraling into the planet and would contribute to the growth of regular satellites.
A Heuristic Approach to Remove the Background Intensity on White-light Solar Images. I. STEREO/HI-1 Heliospheric Images
Authors: Stenborg Guillermo , Howard Russell A.
Published: April 2017

White-light coronal and heliospheric imagers observe scattering of photospheric light from both dust particles (the F-Corona) and free electrons in the corona (the K-corona). The separation of the two coronae is thus vitally important to reveal the faint K-coronal structures (e.g., streamers, co-rotating interaction regions, coronal mass ejections, etc.). However, the separation of the two coronae is very difficult, so we are content in defining a background corona that contains the F- and as little K- as possible. For both the LASCO-C2 and LASCO-C3 coronagraphs aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the white-light imagers of the SECCHI suite aboard the Solar Terrestrial Relationships Observatory (STEREO), a time-dependent model of the background corona is generated from about a month of similar images. The creation of such models is possible because the missions carrying these instruments are orbiting the Sun at about 1 au. However, the orbit profiles for the upcoming Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus missions are very different. These missions will have elliptic orbits with a rapidly changing radial distance, hence invalidating the techniques in use for the SOHO/LASCO and STEREO/SECCHI instruments. We have been investigating techniques to generate background models out of just single images that could be used for the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager and the Wide-field Imager for the Solar Probe Plus packages on board the respective spacecraft. In this paper, we introduce a state-of-the-art, heuristic technique to create the background intensity models of STEREO/HI-1 data based solely on individual images, report on new results derived from its application, and discuss its relevance to instrumental and operational issues.
Ringed Accretion Disks: Evolution of Double Toroidal Configurations
Authors: Pugliese D. , Stuchlík Z.
Published: April 2017

We investigate ringed accretion disks composed of two tori (rings) orbiting on the equatorial plane of a central supermassive Kerr black hole. We discuss the emergence of the instability phases of each ring of the macro-configuration (ringed disk) according to the Paczynski violation of mechanical equilibrium. In the full general relativistic treatment, we consider the effects of the geometry of the Kerr spacetimes relevant to the characterization of the evolution of these configurations. The discussion of ring stability in different spacetimes enables us to identify particular classes of central Kerr attractors depending on their dimensionless spin. As a result of this analysis, we set constraints on the evolutionary schemes of the ringed disks relative to the torus morphology and on their rotation relative to the central black hole and to each other. The dynamics of the unstable phases of this system is significant for the high-energy phenomena related to accretion onto supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei and the extremely energetic phenomena in quasars, which could be observed in their X-ray emission.
A Catalog of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 12
Authors: Rakshit Suvendu , Stalin C. S. , Chand Hum , Zhang Xue-Guang
Published: April 2017

We present a new catalog of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 12 (SDSS DR12). This was obtained by a systematic analysis through modeling of the continuum and emission lines of the spectra of all the 68,859 SDSS DR12 objects that are classified as “QSO” by the SDSS spectroscopic pipeline with

and a median signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) > 2 pixel−1. This catalog contains a total of 11,101 objects, which is about 5 times larger than the previously known NLSy1 galaxies. Their monochromatic continuum luminosity at 5100 Å is found to be strongly correlated with Hβ, Hα, and [O iii] emission line luminosities. The optical Fe ii strength in NLSy1 galaxies is about two times larger than the broad-line Seyfert 1 (BLSy1) galaxies. About 5% of the catalog sources are detected in the FIRST survey. The Eddington ratio (

) of NLSy1 galaxies has an average of 

of −0.34, much higher than −1.03 found for BLSy1 galaxies. Their black hole masses (

) have an average of

of

, which is less than BLSy1 galaxies, which have an average of

of

. The

of NLSy1 galaxies is found to be correlated with their host galaxy velocity dispersion. Our analysis suggests that geometrical effects playing an important role in defining NLSy1 galaxies and their

deficit is perhaps due to their lower inclination compared to BLSy1 galaxies.
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Review
Authors: Randle Stephanie Carapetian
Published: April 2017

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurocutaneous syndrome that can present at any age and can affect multiple organ systems. This disorder is usually identified in infants and children based on characteristic skin lesions, seizures, and cellular overgrowth or hamartomas in the heart, brain, and kidneys. Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in either the
TSC1
or
TSC2
gene leading to dysfunction of hamartin or tuberin, respectively. Hamartin and tuberin form a protein complex that helps regulate cellular hyperplasia. Accurate diagnosis is essential in implementing appropriate surveillance and treatment to patients with this disorder. Specific guidelines for diagnosis, surveillance, and management have been proposed by the International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Group. Treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex is in part symptomatic; however, for certain clinical manifestations, specific treatments may be indicated.

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Pediatr Ann
. 2017;46(4):e166–e171.]
Pouvoir d’agir, en analyse de l’activité
Authors: Brun Gaspard
Published: April 2017

On ne compte plus les occurrences du terme « pouvoir d’agir » dans les interventions menées sur les situations de travail par le biais de l’analyse de l’activité. L’article vise à présenter les fondements philosophiques de cet usage, essentiellement dans la perspective spinoziste (qui convoque la notion de « puissance d’agir » relevant de la potentia, non de la potestas). D’où la nécessaire prudence terminologique et conceptuelle qui nous invite à mettre en perspective les différents usages de cette expression telle qu’elle peut être formalisée dans des textes de référence en analyse de l’activité et au sein de plusieurs corpus disciplinaires. Nous utiliserons donc une double grille de lecture, philosophique pour l’étude des fondements conceptuels et ergologique pour les enjeux liés à l’analyse de l’activité. En conclusion seront examinés à la lumière de ces avancées les principaux enjeux et points de débats soulevés par notre étude pour la pratique de l’analyse de l’activité.
L’enjeu de la prévention primaire lors des projets de changement : quelle place pour le CHSCT ? Quels apports de « l’expertise » ?
Authors: Ponge Ludovic , Dugué Bernard
Published: April 2017

Cet article cherche à souligner l’importance de développer la capacité des CHSCT à agir pour une meilleure prise en compte de la prévention primaire dans le cadre des projets de changement. Il s’agit de montrer, à partir de l’identification des obstacles régulièrement rencontrés par les CHSCT dans le cadre des processus de consultation lors de la mise en œuvre d’un changement, comment l’expertise CHSCT peut contribuer à développer la capacité d’action des élus du personnel. Ce regard est porté à partir d’une expertise réalisée sur la réorganisation de l’accueil dans une banque de réseau. Les résultats tendent à montrer l’insuffisance de prise en compte du travail futur probable dans les projets de conception et l’importance pour le CHSCT de se placer dans une posture d’acteur de la prévention. Cette analyse permet d’identifier les axes possibles d’une meilleure prise en compte de la prévention primaire des risques professionnels dans les projets. Elle vise également à interroger les apports de l’ergonomie à ce développement de l’action des CHSCT.
Health, Digitalization, and Individual Empowerment
Authors: Lagumdzija Alena , Swing Velmarie King
Published: April 2017

Internet, eHealth and digitalization have opened information access for patients and medical health users. Digitalization provides an opportunity for telemedicine, storage of Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) and net communication for both medical staff and patients with access. Digitalization and technical improvement have increased the usage of Internet based technologies and telephones for positive health coaching and digital-learning applications for all medical users, school staff, and students. The effect of Information Technology on healthcare and medical services can be described as revolutionary. Increasingly, the utilization of digital equipment and medical technology are employed in patients' homes.
Using the Communication AssessmenT Checklist in Health to Assess the Communication Quality of Web Based Resources for Prostate Cancer
Authors: Genova Juliana , Olson Curtis A. , Bender Jackie
Published: April 2017

Introduction: The communication quality of web resources for patients is unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess prostate cancer websites using the Communication AssessmenT Checklist in Health (CATCH). Methods: CATCH is a theory-based tool consisting of 50 elements nested in 12 concepts. Two raters independently applied it to 35 HON certified websites containing information on prostate cancer treatment. Results: Websites contained a mean 24.1 (SD= 3.6) CATCH items. The concepts Language, Readability, Layout, Typography and Appearance were present in over 80% of sites. Content, Risk Communication, Usefulness, and Scientific Value were present in 50% or less. Discussion: The prostate cancer websites evaluated in this study did not present treatment information in a useful, informative or credible way for patients. The communication quality of these resources could be improved with a clear strategic intent focused on decision-making, using CATCH as a guiding framework.
Personal Health in My Pocket
Authors: Monkman Helen , Kushniruk Andre W. , Borycki Elizabeth M.
Published: April 2017

Consumers' access to their health records is increasing, and one of the ways they can gain access and potentially contribute to their records is by using a mobile Personal Health Record (mPHR). mPHRs emerged as a combination of mHealth and Personal Health Records (PHRs). Despite the current shortage of evidence supporting mPHR use, these systems are already being deployed, and examples of currently available mPHRs are provided. mPHRs have an array of potential uses and different target user groups, but there are also several challenges impeding their success. The physical constraints of mobile devices, health literacy, and usability all create obstacles for mPHRs. However, mPHRs create opportunities due to the affordances of mobile devices and the potential to integrate consumer mHealth applications. The challenges and opportunities of these nascent systems are outlined in this chapter, as they inform research topics with respect to mPHRs.