bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Speculations of Immunotherapy in COVID-19 Patients with Practical Applications During Childhood and Pregnancy
Authors: Al-Momen Hayder , Jasim Shaymaa Kadhim , Al-Ameri Laith Thamer
Published: December 2020

The rapid spread of novel coronavirus disease(COVID19) throughout the world without availablespecific treatment or vaccine necessitates alternativeoptions to contain the disease. Historically, childrenand pregnant women were considered high-riskpopulation of infectious diseases but rarely have beenspotlighted nowadays in the regular COVID-19updates, may be due to low global rates of incidence,morbidity, and mortality. However, complications didoccur in these subjects affected by COVID-19. Weaimed to explore the latest updates ofimmunotherapeutic perspectives of COVID-19patients in general population and some added detailsregarding pediatric and obstetrical practice.Immune system boosting strategy is one of therecently emerging issues allowing the body defensemechanism to produce virus-neutralizing antibodies tocounteract the viral impacts on multiple organdamage. Measles vaccination (which is universallyused for children in many countries, butcontraindicated during pregnancy) could urge thebody to produce these antibodies which may applytheir effects through cross-reactivity of measlesvaccine and COVID-19 antigenic proteins. Inaddition, intravenous immunoglobulin andconvalescent plasma could have such neutralizingantibody effect leading to clinical improvement andviral elimination. Pediatric and obstetrical experiencehas appeared in previous publications.Human monoclonal antibodies are the futurepromising approach to treat and prevent COVID-19with the use of tocilizumab in recent studies. Pediatricdata are still in progress while no pregnancy ongoingtrials are planned up to date.The better understanding of the host antiviral responsemay pave the way to develop immunotherapeuticplans against COVID-19 in the near upcoming days.
Antenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Maternal health Care during COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Alkhazrajy Lujain Anwar
Published: December 2020

There is limited data and evidence about the effects of COVID-19 on Maternal health, especially when new information is emerging daily, through pregnancy, child birth and post natal period, women are vulnerable to have the infection, this article, aimed to show the suitable measures that should be applied for women at reproductive age who are suspected /confirmed with COVID -19 infection,

During pregnancy it is advisable to continue the antenatal care schedule, although reducing face to face visit is recommended (unless the pregnant condition required that ),and prioritize ANC at health facilities for high-risk pregnancy and during second half of pregnancy with adequate infection prevention control  measures.

Regarding child birth, positive COVID-19 result without other indications is not an indication to expedite birth, decision for mode of birth not influenced by positive COVID-19 result, it is recommended to support normal labour and if elective caesarean has been planned, epidural anesthesia is highly recommended than general anesthesia. For women with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, Betamimetics: should be avoided as they may exacerbate maternal hypotension, tachycardia and pulmonary edema.

Maternal mental wellbeing should be screened in postnatal period because infected women with COVID -19 are more prone to develop an anxiety than general population because of the demands of the disease like  isolation, bereavement, financial difficulties, insecurity and inability to access support systems which are considered as added risk factors to develop mental illnesses
A Brief view on the pediatric COVID- 19 pandemic
Authors: Subhi Mahmood D. , Obaid Ali Abdul Razzak , AL-Zwaini Isam , Hussein Mohammed Jalal
Published: December 2020

The world is currently challenging the serious effects of the pandemic of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Data on pediatric COVID are rare and scattered in the literature. In this article, we presented the updated knowledge on the pediatric COVID-19 from different aspects. We hope it will increase the awareness of the pediatricians and health care professionals on this pandemic.
Clinical Pharmacist Intervention in Improving Health Outcomes by Reducing Physician’s Burden and Medication Errors: A Proposed Model
Authors:   School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, Hubei, China, Shahid Masood Raza , Muhammad Ahmer Raza , Shireen Aziz , Sana Shahzad ,   Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Shandong, Jinan 250012, China,   School of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China,   Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38000, Punjab, Pakistan,   Faculty of Pharmacy, Sargodha University, Sargodha 40100, Punjab, Pakistan
Published: December 2020

Healthcare is a team effort. Each healthcare provider is like a member of the team with a special role. Some team members are doctors or technicians who help in diagnosing disease. Others are experts who help in treating disease or care for patients’ physical and emotional needs. Understanding the role of each member in healthcare settings can reduce the burden of duties. According to World Health Organization (WHO) reports, burden of workload on physicians is the main cause of medical errors each day practice and thousands of people die as a result each year. Such errors can be minimized by reducing the workload on physicians and strengthening the role of clinical pharmacists in healthcare settings. Key words: Health care; Team Members; Physicians; Clinical Pharmacist
INTERNET ACCESS IN REMOTE AREAS USING NXP MICROCONTROLLER AND GSM MODEM
Authors: ZUBAIR SHAHID M. , RAMESH NIKHILA , G DIVYASHREE
Published: December 2020

In India and many developing and under-developed countries, providing internet facility to many school-going students is still a far-fetched concept. Also, in places like DRDO, DRDL and ISRO campuses, where internet is blocked due to security reasons, lack of internet causes many problems even to those who have blocked it. In places where natural calamities have struck or in warzones where the attacker has taken down the internet infrastructure, contacting loved ones through social forums or just accessing basic internet facilities is impossible. In this paper, which is based on our project, we propose a new system which circumvents the internet architecture by using GSM infrastructure to access internet services, albeit on a reduced scale. This can be done by using a GSM Modem interfaced to a microcontroller (NXP in this case.) The command sets of each service offered in the system are integrated in the source code. The GSM Modem is controlled through AT Commands and sends SMS messages to access internet services and receives information in the form of SMS messages. All subsystems in the module are interfaced to the microcontroller.
AUTOMATED SWIM (SINGLE WINDOW INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT) FOR CLOUD
Authors: B S JYOTHI GANIG , NAMBURI RAMESH
Published: December 2020

Data centers manage complex server environments, including physical and virtual machines, across a wide variety of platforms, and often in geographically dispersed locations. Information Technology managers are responsible for ensuring that servers in these increasingly complex environments are properly configured and monitored throughout the IT life cycle. They also face challenges managing the physical and virtual environments and the fact that we must centralize, optimize and maintain both. If the variation and complexity can be taken out of a process to make it more consistent, it can be automated. Through the use of virtual provisioning software, provisioning and re-purposing of infrastructure will become increasingly automatic. Staff will physically rack once, cable once, and thereafter (remotely) reconfigure repeatedly, effortlessly, as needed. An automatic infrastructure will rapidly change which servers are running what software and how those servers are connected to network and storage. It will re-purpose machines according to the real-time demands of the business. It will enable capacity to be "dialed up" or "dialed down". And it will bring up a failed server on new hardware, with the same network and storage access and addressing, within minutes. All without needing to make physical machine, cable, LAN connection or SAN access changes.
IMPROVED SECURITY SYSTEM IN MOBILE CLOUD ACCESS THROUGH FUZZY INTRUSION DETECTION TECHNIQUE
Authors: GOWRI S. , GNANAPRAKASAM T. , KUMAR A.NAVEEN , SASITHARAGAI M.
Published: December 2020

Mobile phones are playing a vital role in every one’s life. The computing strategy of mobile internet usage is lower than the mobile usage, this may due to the security threat. In general mobility and cloud computing initializing the global marketing, sales and development activities using mobile platforms to market and sell products and services. Mobile/Cloud computing is about improving internal efficiencies and productivity and improving your sales and marketing channels and reach. So we need to provide the security for the efficient mobile cloud access. In this proposal, a fuzzy based intrusion detection technique. This enhances the vulnerable security system for the mobile cloud users.
Ten-year Review of Patients with Resected Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma in the Philippine General Hospital
Authors: Macalindong Shiela S. , Dela Peña Arturo S. , Buckley Brian
Published: December 2020

Objective. To describe the clinicopathologic profile, management, and outcomes of patients with esophagogastric junction (EGJ) adenocarcinoma in the local setting.

Methods. Data was obtained from patients who had curative surgery for EGJ adenocarcinoma from 2004–2013 in the Philippine General Hospital. We used student's T-tests, analysis of variance, chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests for comparisons and Cohen’s kappa index for correlation. A P value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered significant.

Results. We included 88 patients (81.2% male) with mean age of 55.2 years. Eight percent were clinical Siewert type I; 23.9% were type II; 15.9% were type III; and majority (52.3%) were unknown type. Surgical approach and resection differed across the Siewert types (P<0.000). Thoracoabdominal approach (72.7%) and distal esophagectomy with total gastrectomy (77.3%) were the most common procedures. Many had at least pathologic T3 (80.6%), N2 (54.5%), and stage III (68.2%) disease. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy was given in 1.2% (1/82) and 48.6% (18/37), respectively. In-hospital morbidity was 40%; mortality was 4.5%; 1-year disease-free survival rate was 69.4%; and overall survival rate was 76.5%. Correlation was fair between preoperative and pathologic Siewert type (P=0.003) and poor between clinical and pathologic stage (P=0.115). Patients with recurrence had higher pathologic lymph nodes (P=0.029) and more advanced stage (P=0.022).

Conclusion. EGJ adenocarcinomas were locally advanced and had poor outcomes. Surgery should be individualized and multimodality approach considered.
Thematic Reinforcement in Poetry: An Analysis on the use of Biblical Allusion as Stylistic Device in Oloruntoba-Oju’s Losses
Authors: SABA LUCAS
Published: December 2020

This study explores the thematic issues raised in Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju’s poetry collection Losses. A total of nine data were selected from the poems Another Parable, Apata, the Rock; The new Commandments; Down the Throat of Pieter Botha and, Tell Them Mandela which were purposively selected from the poetry collection. These selected data from the poetry collection were analysed using Stylistics as the model for analysis. Specifically, Biblical allusion, as a stylistic device, is used for analysis. The Biblical allusions are elicited from the selected data. The aim of this study is achieved by exploring how the selected Biblical allusions reinforce the various themes in Losses. This study has revealed through the analysis that the use of Biblical allusions by the poet is not just a show of the poet’s linguistic or stylistic dexterity but also as a potent tool to reinforce his message through the themes. The analysis has shown that the poet through Biblical allusion explores basically the themes of oppression, hardship, poverty and revolution. This study is unique in that apart from exploring the stylistic prowess of the poet through his use of Biblical allusions, it further explores how the allusions are important in the thematic construction of the poems. This study concludes that Oloruntoba-Oju is an ace stylistician who through stylistic devices is able to aptly communicate his message to readers.

Keywords: Stylistics, Style, Allusion, Poetry and Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju.
Provision and Awareness of Digital Library Resources in a Multi-Mode University: Perspectives of Distance Learners and Librarians.
Authors: M. OWUSU-ANSAH CHRISTOPHER
Published: December 2020

The purpose of the study was to explore the extent to which digital library provision affects awareness and use of digital contents, digital reference services, and information literacy among stakeholders in distance education at a large multi-mode public teacher education university in Ghana. The study makes use of the concurrent mixed-method design. The population of the study was 1,834 distance students with a sample size of 641 distance learners reading programmes in Basic Education in three distance education Centres of the University of Education, Winneba namely Winneba (247), Kumasi (276) and Asante-Mampong (118). A total of 453 (70.67 percent) distance learners, selected randomly, completed a 31-item questionnaire. Also, the population consisted of four librarians from three Campuses in the vicinity of the Centres. A combination of probability and non-probability sampling methods were used for this study. The study found that awareness and use of digital library resources in the three distance education Centres were very low, if not non-existent. The findings revealed that for all the three main classes of digital library resources and services; digital contents, digital reference services and educative services, provision was very poor or non-existent for the distance learning community. This negatively impacted awareness and use of these resources. Among others, the study recommends a regular collaborative needs assessment of distance learners; establishment of dedicated library services for distance education; and the development of embedded library services which can appreciably raise the visibility of digital library resources in distance education.

Keywords: Digital library provision; distance learning community; awareness; multi-mode; academic libraries in Ghana.
(Re) examining Autobiography as Social History: A Historico-Critical Reading of Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai’s the Accidental Public Servant
Authors: AMOS ADEGBOYEGA ADEYEMI
Published: December 2020

This study explores the thematic issues raised in Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju’s poetry collection Losses. A total of nine data were selected from the poems Another Parable, Apata, the Rock; The new Commandments; Down the Throat of Pieter Botha and, Tell Them Mandela which were purposively selected from the poetry collection. These selected data from the poetry collection were analysed using Stylistics as the model for analysis. Specifically, Biblical allusion, as a stylistic device, is used for analysis. The Biblical allusions are elicited from the selected data. The aim of this study is achieved by exploring how the selected Biblical allusions reinforce the various themes in Losses. This study has revealed through the analysis that the use of Biblical allusions by the poet is not just a show of the poet’s linguistic or stylistic dexterity but also as a potent tool to reinforce his message through the themes. The analysis has shown that the poet through Biblical allusion explores basically the themes of oppression, hardship, poverty and revolution. This study is unique in that apart from exploring the stylistic prowess of the poet through his use of Biblical allusions, it further explores how the allusions are important in the thematic construction of the poems. This study concludes that Oloruntoba-Oju is an ace stylistician who through stylistic devices is able to aptly communicate his message to readers.

Keywords: stylistics, style, allusion, poetry, Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, Losses.
Materiële echtheid of geschiedvervalsing
Authors: Somer Kees
Published: December 2020

In 1917 publiceerde de Koninklijke Oudheidkundige Bond (KNOB) ‘Grondbeginselen en voorschriften voor het behoud, de herstelling en de uitbreiding van oude bouwwerken’. Deze betekenden een breuk met de restauratieopvattingen van P.J.H. Cuypers en Victor de Stuers. De Grondbeginselen keerden zich tegen het reconstrueren of naar eigen inzicht vervolmaken van historische gebouwen, omdat dit leidde tot geschiedvervalsing en vernietiging van monumenten als historische documenten. In de praktijk werd echter vaak van deze principes afgeweken. Bovendien bracht tijdens de Wederopbouw de wens tot herstel van het geschonden stadsschoon velen tot een minder puristisch standpunt en bestond weinig behoefte aan nieuwe regels. In de jaren zeventig riep de KNOB echter op tot een herijking van de grondbeginselen. Tijdens een studiebijeenkomst over restauratiefilosofie- en theorie in 1978 werd gediscussieerd over het thema ‘authenticiteit’. De opvattingen over dit begrip liepen uiteen. Waar het voor de een strikt ging om echtheid van het oorspronkelijke materiaal, kon voor anderen authenticiteit ook gelegen zijn in ontwerp, vorm, ruimte of afwerking. Dit laatste bleek echter te subjectief voor een gezamenlijk standpunt; de KNOB bleef vooral hoeder van de authentieke historische substantie.
Gestão das águas, comitês de bacias hidrográficas e resolução de conflitos ambientais
Authors: Gusmão Paulo Pereira de , Pavão Bianca Borges Medeiros
Published: December 2020

Parte-se, neste texto, do entendimento de que é no âmbito da gestão ambiental dos territórios que o debate sobre os conflitos em torno do acesso e apropriação dos recursos naturais ganha centralidade, assim como da definição dos instrumentos, procedimentos e instituições responsáveis pela resolução deles. No caso brasileiro, a criação de arranjos institucionais dedicados à negociação de conflitos ambientais se materializa de forma bastante consistente no âmbito da Lei das Águas (Lei no 9.433/1997). Assim, neste artigo, procuramos discutir a eficácia dos Comitês de Bacias Hidrográficas na condição de fóruns dedicados à resolução de conflitos ambientais, lançando mão de conceitos e princípios originários de vários campos do saber, sobretudo da Geografia, do Direito Ambiental e da Ecologia Política. Ao final do artigo, os leitores encontrarão uma breve análise de três referências sobre disputas envolvendo o acesso e uso dos recursos hídricos, e sobre a forma como tais conflitos foram tratados no âmbito de seus respectivos comitês de bacias.
A “dimicrobacia” hidrográfica enquanto escala de análise e de ação: Reflexões com base na Ecologia Política e na Geografia Ambiental
Authors: Candiotto Luciano Zanetti Pessôa
Published: December 2020

A água é o principal elemento da natureza que permite a existência da vida. Na Geografia, a água é elemento abiótico, que, por sua vez, permite a existência, manutenção e reprodução do meio biótico, incluindo a própria espécie humana. A água doce, principalmente fluvial e pluvial, circula por bacias hidrográficas, utilizadas como unidades de análise espacial. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a água e a bacia hidrográfica à luz da Ecologia Política e da Geografia Ambiental, propondo a utilização da “dimicrobacia” hidrográfica, neologismo que significa “diminuta microbacia hidrográfica”, enquanto escala de análise e de ação. A metodologia utilizada é composta por revisão bibliográfica de artigos e documentos de instituições ligadas à água e por apontamentos e sugestões do autor em relação a formas de se utilizar a “dimicrobacia” em estudos geográficos na pesquisa, no ensino e na extensão. A proposta é desenvolvida a partir de uma perspectiva autonomista e libertária da Geografia, buscando contribuir para esse debate.
Florestas urbanas e urbanidades florestais no Rio de Janeiro – Uma Geografia Histórica
Authors: Cabral Diogo , Solórzano Alexandro , Ribeiro de Oliveira Rogério
Published: December 2020

As florestas urbanas do Rio de Janeiro são uma das expressões mais completas do caráter mais-que-humano das chamadas “paisagens culturais”. Longe de uma natureza intocada, as florestas cariocas são comunidades de plantas que se desenvolveram em terras anteriormente usadas para agricultura, produção de energia, abastecimento de água, e habitação humana, entre outros propósitos. Vestígios de tais atividades ainda podem ser observados em todos os cantos dessas florestas, que são atual­mente áreas protegidas. Algumas dessas marcas são muito visíveis e podem ser notadas por qualquer pessoa: tanques de água, escadas, arcos, plantações de banana e similares. Mas alguns outros traços são tão organicamente integrados na paisagem que apenas um olho treinado pode discerni-los; por exemplo, seções inteiras de floresta dominadas pela jaqueira, uma espécie asiática, bem como peque­nos platôs esculpidos na encosta com solos estranhamente enegrecidos. Neste artigo, investigamos as origens desses dois traços da paisagem. Usando trabalhos de campo, fontes escritas primárias e iconografia, além da historiografia relevante, este trabalho de reconstrução histórica revela a interpe­netração inextricável entre, de um lado, processos socioeconômicos e culturais – como a expansão da agricultura mercantil e a expansão urbana – e, por outro, processos ecológicos, como sucessão secun­dária e invasão de ecossistemas. De fato, como argumentamos, ambos fazem parte do mesmo mundo da vida em movimento, uma rede contínua de relacionamentos mais-que-humanos que gera cidade e floresta a um só tempo. Essa dialética socionatural é responsável pelo fato do Rio de Janeiro atual­mente ser uma cidade cheia de florestas que, se cuidadosamente inspecionadas, se revelam cheias de história urbana.
O direito de desistência de cargo público como fundamento para a recondução dos servidores públicos
Authors: Alves Alex Cavalcante
Published: December 2020

A recondução, que consiste no retorno do servidor público estável ao cargo anteriormente ocupado, em razão da reintegração do anterior ocupante ou de inabilitação em estágio probatório relativo a outro cargo, reveste-se de grande complexidade quando em sua aplicação prática nas repartições públicas. Por sua vez, a recondução de servidor federal em razão da desistência de exercer novo cargo é, entre os temas específicos no âmbito da recondução, um dos que mais controvérsia têm gerado ao longo do tempo, diante de interpretação draconiana do instituto que foi utilizada por diversos anos. O presente artigo pretende tratar tanto da evolução administrativa quanto da jurisprudencial que levaram à construção da interpretação atual sobre a recondução de servidor federal por desistência de exercer o novo cargo público no qual o servidor ingressou.
Processo administrativo disciplinar da Lei 8.112/1990 e o cancelamento da súmula vinculante nº 5 do STF
Authors: Razaboni Junior Ricardo Bispo , Lazari Rafael José Nadim de , Margraf Alencar Frederico
Published: December 2020

O presente trabalho, de cunho hipotético-dedutivo, propõe considerações acerca do processo administrativo disciplinar contido na Lei 8.112/1990 e do pedido de cancelamento da Súmula Vinculante 5, o qual fora oferecido pelo Conselho Federal da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, porém não acatado pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal. Objetivar-se-á expor sobre a necessidade de existência de defesa técnica nos processos administrativos disciplinares, demonstrando que o não cancelamento da referida súmula vinculante prejudica princípios constitucionais e corrobora para maior insegurança jurídica das decisões administrativas.
The Correlation of Students’ Learning Styles, Learning Motivation, and Speaking Ability
Authors:   Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Syafrizal Syafrizal , Gailea Nurhaedah , Pahamzah John , Juniardi Yudi , Nikmah Ifrohatul Fauqoh
Published: December 2020

The study aimed at finding out the correlation between (1) Students’ learning style in speaking ability of communication and broadcasting Islam major, (2) correlation of learning motivation in speaking ability of communication and broadcasting Islam major, (3) correlation of students’ learning style and learning motivation in speaking ability of communication and broadcasting Islam major. This study was carried out at Communication and broadcasting Islam Major in UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. The method which is used in this study was the correlational method. The sample was 30 students which were taken by a simple random sampling technique. The instruments in collecting the data were questionnaires and tests. The questionnaire was used to collect the data on students’ learning styles and learning motivation. The technique which was used to analyze the data was Simple correlation and Multiple Regression Correlation which were computed by the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS). The results of the analysis of the data on this research show that: (1) there is a significant correlation between learning style and speaking ability ρ < α (0.043 < 0.05), (2) there is a significant correlation between learning motivation and speaking ability ρ < α (0.041 < 0.05), and (3) there is a significant correlation between learning style and learning motivation toward speaking ability ρ < α (0.045 < 0.05).
Trabalhadores, obras públicas e Justiça do Trabalho no “milagre econômico” em Alagoas
Authors: Gusmão Renata Silva
Published: December 2020

Este artigo busca analisar como a ditadura empresarial-militar brasileira provocou uma avalanche de obras que implicou no crescimento precarizado de trabalhadores empregados na indústria da construção civil. Nesse sentido, o “milagre econômico” operou através das obras públicas, de forma paulatina, entre os governos, edificando construções cada vez mais vultuosas, como é o caso do estádio de futebol Rei Pelé, popularizado Trapichão. Analisaremos as experiências dos operários nas construções aqui reunidas através da Justiça do Trabalho, uma instituição disputada por trabalhadores e patrões. Pensar em como se deu o “milagre” econômico para esses trabalhadores, significa olhar mais de perto para o barateamento de sua mão de obra, para o seu adoecimento e morte, para a superexploração e a precarização das suas condições de trabalho e de como o patronato e o Estado se beneficiavam das características de terceirização e de informalidade que predominaram naquele contexto.
A influência da orientação política dos prefeitos na probabilidade de implementação de Institutos Federais e Campi Universitários em tempos de REUNI
Authors: Arroyo Akauã Flores , Petterini Francis Carlo
Published: December 2020

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar se as decisões de implementação das unidades educacionais do ensino técnico e superior tiveram como um dos fatores decisivos a orientação política dos prefeitos dos municípios durante o período do primeiro governo petista (2003 a 2010). Para fazer a estimação foi usado um modelo probit bivariado com o objetivo de mitigar os vieses de simultaneidade decorrentes da correlação entre implantar um novo Instituto Federal e implantar um novo campus. Foram encontrados indícios de que houve um impacto significativo na probabilidade de concessão dos IFs devido à orientação política dos prefeitos, em todo o país exceto na região Nordeste. Assim, o estudo conclui que a orientação política dos prefeitos pode ter influenciado na concessão dos IFs no período analisado.
Celso Furtado, eminente pensador da questão regional brasileira
Authors: Lins Hoyêdo Nunes
Published: December 2020

Celso Furtado sobressai fortemente entre os pensadores do desenvolvimento regional no Brasil, em especial com respeito ao Nordeste, e também como formulador de políticas vinculadas. Esse destaque é indissociável de suas atividades desde o final dos anos 1950, após percurso intelectual que incluiu passagens pela França e pela CEPAL, em Santiago do Chile. Baseado em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, o artigo focaliza essa trajetória procurando observar as influências dessas experiências no pensamento de Furtado sobre a questão regional, assim como nas ações propostas por ele para o Nordeste. Também se apresentam e discutem suas contribuições nos anos 1980, após distanciamento imposto por muitos anos de exílio.
Usability and Reliability of an Accessible Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) Software: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Patient-Reported Outcome (PEDI–PRO)
Authors: Kramer Jessica M. , Schwartz Ariel E. , Davies Daniel K. , Stock Steven E. , Ni Pengsheng
Published: December 2020

Importance: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used in rehabilitation to evaluate outcomes. We integrated a new PROM for transition-age youth with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Patient-Reported Outcome (PEDI–PRO), with a computer-delivered survey platform (Accessible Testing Learning and Assessment System) to enhance cognitive accessibility.

Objective: To evaluate the usability of the PEDI–PRO software and to investigate its reliability and acceptability to transition-age youth with IDD.

Design: Clinical field testing and a survey; repeated-observation test–retest design.

Setting: Clinicians evaluated the PEDI–PRO’s usability in school and health care contexts; research staff conducted reliability and acceptability testing in natural settings.

Participants: Occupational therapists (n = 12) and physical therapists (n = 2) administered the PEDI–PRO to 39 youths with IDD. Fifty-five transition-age youth with IDD (M age = 19.7) completed the PEDI–PRO twice.

Outcomes and Measures: Clinicians completed the System Usability Survey (SUS) and open-ended feedback. Youth provided feedback via a brief survey.

Results: The mean SUS rating was 84.00 (SD = 11.68), exceeding the industry standard. Intraclass correlations ranged from .80 to .83 across the three PEDI–PRO domains. Internal reliability (α) was .86–.90 across domains. Youth reported that they liked the accessibility features: interface images, button sounds, read-aloud audio, and rating category choices (M = 88.8%, SD = 5.1%).

Conclusions and Relevance: The PEDI–PRO supported transition-age youth with IDD to reliably report perceived functional performance. The accessible software was favorably perceived by both clinicians and youth.

What This Article Adds: Design features of the PEDI–PRO make it easy to use in practice with transition-age youth with IDD. The PEDI–PRO’s cognitively accessible administrative design, including step-by-step instructions for teaching PROM use and a self-reflective questioning technique, could serve as a training model for this and other PROMs.
Assistive and Rehabilitative Effects of the Playskin LiftTM Exoskeletal Garment on Reaching and Object Exploration in Children With Arthrogryposis
Authors: Babik Iryna , Cunha Andrea Baraldi , Lobo Michele A.
Published: December 2020

Importance: Children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita are often delayed in their development of reaching and object exploration, which can place them at risk for associated delays in motor and cognitive development.

Objective: To evaluate the longitudinal assistive and rehabilitative effects of the Playskin Lift™ (hereinafter Playskin), a novel exoskeletal garment, on reaching and object exploration abilities in children with arthrogryposis.

Design: Single-case ABA design with a 1-mo baseline, 4-mo intervention, and 1-mo postintervention.

Setting: Home environment.

Participants: Seventeen children with arthrogryposis (ages 6–35 mo at first visit; 5 boys).

Intervention: Participants used the Playskin daily for 30 to 45 min while participating in structured intervention activities to encourage reaching for objects across play spaces larger than they were typically able to.

Outcomes and Measures: Participants were tested biweekly throughout the study with and without the Playskin using a systematic reaching assessment. Coding of reaching and object exploration behavior was performed using OpenSHAPA software; statistical analyses were conducted using Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling software. Feasibility of the Playskin for daily home intervention was evaluated with a parent perception questionnaire.

Results: Positive assistive effects (improved performance when wearing the Playskin within sessions) and rehabilitative effects (improved independent performance after the Playskin intervention) were observed with increased active range of motion, expanded reaching space, improved grasping with the ventral side of the open hand, and greater complexity and multimodality and intensity of object exploration.

Conclusions and Relevance: The Playskin may be a feasible, effective assistive and rehabilitative device to advance object interaction and learning in young children with arthrogryposis.

What This Article Adds: The novel exoskeletal Playskin garment improves reaching and object exploration in young children with arthrogryposis.
Development of the CAT–FER: A Computerized Adaptive Test of Facial Emotion Recognition for Adults With Schizophrenia
Authors: Lee Shih-Chieh , Lin Gong-Hong , Liu Chen-Chung , Chiu En-Chi , Hsieh Ching-Lin
Published: December 2020

Importance: The most frequently used measures of facial emotion recognition (FER) are insufficiently comprehensive, reliable, valid, and efficient; moreover, the impact of gender on scoring has not been controlled.

Objective: To develop a computerized adaptive test of FER for adults with schizophrenia.

Design: First, we selected photographs from a published database. Second, items that fitted well to a Rasch model were used to form the item bank. Third and last, we determined the best administration mode for prospective users to achieve both high reliability and efficiency.

Setting: Psychiatric hospitals and the community.

Participants: Adults living with schizophrenia (n = 351) and adults without diagnosed mental illness (n = 101).

Results: After removal of misfit items (infit or outfit ≥1.4), the remaining 165 items were selected to form an item bank. Among them, 39 showed severe gender bias, so the item difficulties were adjusted accordingly. On the basis of the item bank, two administration modes were recommended for prospective users. The reliable mode required approximately 128 items (nearly 20 min) to achieve reliability (.72–.81), similar to that of the entire item bank. The efficient mode required approximately 73 items (approximate 11 min) to provide acceptable reliability (.69–.73) for the seven domain scores.

Conclusions and Relevance: Our newly developed measure provides comprehensive, valid, and unbiased (to examinees’ gender) assessments of FER in adults living with schizophrenia. In addition, the administration modes can be flexibly changed to optimize the reliability or efficiency for prospective users.

What This Article Adds: This newly developed FER measure can help occupational therapists identify deficits in recognizing specific basic emotions and plan corresponding interventions to manage the impact on their clients’ social functions.
Future Cities
Authors: Dunn Nick , Cureton Paul
Published: December 2020

What might our cities look like in ten, twenty or fifty years? How may future cities face global challenges? Imagining the city of the future has long been an inspiration for many architects, artists and designers. This book examines how cities of the future have been visualised, what these projects sought to communicate and what the implications may be for us now. It provides a visual history of the future and explores the relationships between different visualisation techniques and ideologies for cities.

Thinking about what futures are, who they are for, why they are desirable, and how and when they are to be brought into being is central to this book. Through visualisation we are able to experiment in ways that would be impractical and potentially hazardous in the real world, and this book, therefore, aims to contribute toward a better understanding of the power and agency of visualisations for future cities.

In this lavishly illustrated text, the authors apply several critical lenses to consider the subject in different ways: technological futures, social futures, and global futures, providing a comprehensive survey and analysis of visions for future cities, and engaging creatively with how we perceive tomorrow’s world and future studies more widely.
Picturing Socialism
Authors: Jenkins J. R.
Published: December 2020

This vibrant history of the former German Democratic Republic’s public murals reveals a barely known but visually and theoretically rich cultural legacy.

In the early 1990s, many artworks were dismantled or concealed in a direct political rejection of their socialist signification. Many others, falling into the categories of applied arts, were simply torn out because they were not comprehended to be art. Picturing Socialism traces the formal, functional and theoretical changes of the visual arts in urban space throughout this time, and shows how art, craft, design and architecture made up the terrain of a sustained struggle between practitioners and political leaders.

This struggle was not the oft-assumed conflict between artistic freedom and political dogma. At stake was the self-identity of the socialist republic, and striking public murals functioned as the testing ground for East Germany’s ideological formation and development. The visual arts in architectural spaces were not simply viewed as pedagogical tools, but were charged with defining fundamental differences between the East German state and its affluent capitalist neighbour, the Federal Republic.

Picturing Socialism provides an original, richly illustrated exploration into the function of socialist art, architecture and the impressive murals in East Germany’s public spaces.
The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide
Authors: Nichols Matthew
Published: December 2020

Drama teaching is at a critical juncture. With new qualifications in the market, changes in government approach to the arts in education and hundreds of thousands of students wanting to be part of the country’s hugely successful performing arts industry, the pressures on drama teachers are enormous.

Many don't have a specialist background in drama and theatre and end up taking on the role of drama teacher; others feel disconnected from current theatre practice because of the time-demands of teaching; plenty of drama teachers feel they could be serving their students better, if only they had the resources and the support. For all of those teachers, this book will come as welcome relief.

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide provides support, inspirational ideas and rock-solid guidance for secondary drama teachers. It outlines the fundamental principles of a creative drama curriculum, and looks at how teachers can facilitate this and deliver inspiring lessons to fulfil the potential of their learners. It addresses head-on the common and numerous challenges that drama teachers face, from having to design their own creative curriculum to understanding how students learn. The author's own advice and expertise is supplemented by case studies, thereby collating and offering up the best advice and experience available.

Written by Matthew Nichols, drama teacher for 12 years, this book offers a range of strategies, case studies and methods that really work.
Fairy Tales of London
Authors: Elber-Aviram Hadas
Published: December 2020

From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the twenty-first century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H. G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Miéville.
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen
Authors: Head Chris
Published: December 2020

This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy narratives for live performance, TV and online.

Referencing a broad range of comedy from both sides of the Atlantic, spanning several decades and including material on contemporary internet sketches, it offers all kinds of useful advice on creating comic narratives for stage and screen: using life experience as raw material; constructing comedy worlds; creating comic characters, their relationships and interactions; structuring sketches, scenes and routines; and developing and plotting stories.

The book’s interviewees, from the UK and the USA, feature stand-ups, sketch comics, improvisers and TV comedy producers, and include Steve Kaplan, Hollywood comedy guru and author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, Will Hines teacher and improviser from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and Lucy Lumsden TV producer and former Controller of Comedy Commissioning for BBC.

Written by “the ideal person to nurture new talent” (The Guardian), Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage & Screen includes material you won’t find anywhere else and is a stimulating resource for comedy students and their teachers, with a range and a depth that will be appreciated by even the most eclectic and multi-hyphenated writers and performers.
O tipo penal brasileiro de promoção de migração ilegal e o princípio da não criminalização da mobilidade humana
Authors: Santos Regina Cândido Lima e Silva , Brasil Deilton Ribeiro
Published: December 2020

A migração é tema que ocupa a centralidade dos debates internacionais contemporâneos. A proposta deste trabalho é a análise da compatibilidade do tipo penal brasileiro de promoção de migração ilegal com o princípio da não criminalização da mobilidade humana. Objetiva-se examinar, especificamente, se o novo crime, introduzido no Código Penal Brasileiro pela nova Lei de Migração (Lei nº 13.445/2017), reforça, de alguma forma, o vínculo entre migração e crime. A pesquisa é predominantemente bibliográfica e documental. As metodologias adotadas foram a dedutiva, porque, a partir de certas premissas, serão construídas conclusões sobre a temática apresentada, respeitando-se uma estrutura lógica de pensamento, e a crítico-dialética, porque a exposição estimula o diálogo teórico e a reflexão acerca do tema proposto.O estudo conduziu à conclusão de que, apesar de não punir a conduta daquele que migra, sendo, portanto, compatível com o princípio da não criminalização da mobilidade humana, o tipo penal brasileiro de promoção de migração ilegal contribui para a aproximação entre mobilidade humana e criminalidade, o que pode, em última instância, potencializar a estigmatização do migrante como “inimigo” e provocar violações de direitos humanos.
Direito Internacional do Reconhecimento
Authors: Tourme-Jouannet Emmanuelle , Pozzatti Junior Tradutor Ademar
Published: December 2020

Com o fim da Guerra Fria, a sociedade global foi confrontada com reivindicações de ordem cultural e identitária que instauraram uma nova tensão entre os princípios da igualdade jurídica e da diferença cultural. Os Estados desfavorecidos e aquelas minorias que se sentem estigmatizadas, como os povos autóctones, os grupos étnicos e as mulheres, agora aspiram ao reconhecimento da sua igual dignidade, mas também suas identidades e seus direitos particulares, sendo que algumas delas aspiram, inclusive, a reparação pelas injustiças decorrentes da violação das suas identidades e do confisco de seus bens e de suas terras. Para dar conta destes novos tipos de reivindicações, os atores da sociedade internacional desenvolveram um novo ramo do direito: o direito internacional do reconhecimento. O objetivo deste artigo é destacar esta evolução, identificar as práticas jurídicas relacionadas com este novo direito internacional do reconhecimento e submeter os seus pressupostos e implicações à análise crítica.
Effects of Swiss ball exercise and Pilates exercise on core muscle strengthening in college cricketers
Authors: Kamatchi K. , Arun B. , Tharani G. , Yuvarani G. , Vaishnavi G. , Srilakshmi S , Kaviraja N.
Published: December 2020

Introduction and Aim: Cricket is one of the most popular game in India played by men and women of all ages. Core stability is defined as the ability to control the position and movement of the trunk over the pelvis to allow optimum production, transfer and control of force and movement to the terminal segment. Major muscles involved are pelvic floor muscles, Transverse abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, and rectus abdominis. Core is used to stabilize the thorax and the pelvis during dynamic movement. The study helps to compare the effectiveness of Swiss ball exercise and Pilates exercise on gaining core muscle strength. The aim of the study is to compare the effect of Swiss ball exercise and Pilates exercise on core muscle strengthening in college cricketers.

Materials and Methods: The design of the study is comparative type. The study was carried out in faculty of Physiotherapy, Dr.M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute. The study sample of 30 male college cricketers between the age group of 18 to 25 years are included in the study. Individuals with associated neuromuscular conditions, any injuries to lower limbs and any spinal injuries have been excluded in the study. Swiss ball and Pilates mat are the materials used. Sphygmomanometer is the outcome measure.30 male individuals between the age group of 18 to 25 years were divided into two groups, group A and group B. Individuals in the group A (n=15) received the Swiss ball exercise and group B (n=15) received Pilates exercise for 4 session/ week for 6 weeks.

Results: On comparing the mean values of group A and group B on double leg lowering test (DLLT), it shows significant decrease in the post test mean values but (group B- Pilates exercise) shows (30.60) which has the lower mean value is more effective than (group A- Swiss ball exercise) (46.80) at P ? 0.001. Hence, null hypothesis is rejected.

Conclusion: The study concluded that both the group was effective but while comparing Pilates exercise showed the potential treatment option than swiss ball exercise. Hence, Pilates exercise was effective on core muscle strengthening in college cricketers.

Keywords: Swiss ball; Pilates mat; core muscle; sphygmomanometer.
Multiple Trichoepithelioma
Authors: Babbita S. , Sharada R. G , Narasimhalu C. R. V. , Muthuvel E.
Published: December 2020

Multiple non-familial Trichoepithelioma is a rare benign adnexal tumour that originates from pilosebaceous follicle. The incidence is predominantly at puberty or early part of childhood. The common sites of occurance of trichoepithelioma are upper lip, forehead, scalp and nose. Trichoepithelioma in young women may lead to cosmetic disfigurement. We report a case of multiple non-familial trichoepithelioma who presented with complaints of multiple skin coloured raised lesions on her face since the age of 15 years.

Keywords: Benign adnexal tumour; horn cyst; multiple non-familial trichoepithelioma.