bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A INCOMPATIBILIDADE DA TARIFAÇÃO DA INDENIZAÇÃO POR DANO EXTRAPATRIMONIAL TRABALHISTA À LUZ DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS E DOS DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS
Authors: Teixeira Leal Pastora do Socorro , Zwicker Igor de Oliveira
Published: March 2020

O presente estudo lança um olhar sobre a Reforma Trabalhista, no ponto em que introduziu, na Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho, um sistema tarifário prévio e abstrato de valores indenizáveis dos danos extrapatrimoniais tendo por parâmetro o salário contratual do trabalhador. A partir da análise da diretriz axiológico-normativa constitucional da tutela dapessoa humana, da centralidade dos direitos fundamentais e sociais, do valor social do trabalho, do princípio constitucional da isonomia e diante da “indenizabilidade irrestrita” do dano moral (extrapatrimonial) prevista no art. 5º, incisos V e X, da Constituição da República, ao final se conclui que a tarifação do dano extrapatrimonial na esfera laboral apresenta grave vício material de inconstitucionalidade e contraria diversos tratados internacionais de direitoshumanos.
RESPONSABILIDADE CIVIL E DANO AMBIENTAL INDIVIDUAL NO DESASTRE DE BRUMADINHO
Authors: Kokke Marcelo
Published: March 2020

A responsabilidade civil em matéria ambiental possui efeitos e interligações plurais. A articulação de suas implicações não só permite mas demanda uma contínua via de diálogos entre ramos jurídicos diversos. Direito Ambiental e Direito Civil estão interligados quando se trata do dano ambiental individual. Em situações de desastres ambientais, como o desastre deBrumadinho, as consequências alcançam especial relevância em razão da definição do regime jurídico de responsabilidade. Os bens ambientais não estão vinculados à titularidade, seja pública, seja privada. Entretanto, o regime jurídico dos bens ecológicos projeta efeito na reparação do dano individual ligado ao dano ambiental, especialmente em situações dedesastres. O presente artigo propõe articular o direito ambiental e o direito civil na identificação de normas aplicáveis a situações de responsabilidade civil. A metodologia utilizada para abordagem é centrada no diálogo das fontes. A partir dessa articulação, sustenta-se em conclusão uma direta influência no sistema dereparação do dano ambiental individual, inclusivequanto ao prazo de prescrição.
INTERESSE CONTRATUAL POSITIVO E NEGATIVO: REFLEXÕES SOBRE O INADIMPLEMENTO DO CONTRATO E INDENIZAÇÃO DO INTERESSE CONTRATUAL POSITIVO.
Authors: De Mello Guerra Alexandre Dartanhan
Published: March 2020

O estudo que desenvolverei parte de alguns aspectos levantados em trabalho monográfico de autoria do Prof. Dr. Paulo Jorge Scartezzini Guimarães, que juntos tivemos ocasião de publicar. Algumas premissas serão invocadas para contextualizar o leitor. Sobre elas, desenvolverei especificamente o problema da indenizabilidade do interesse contratual positivo no Direito brasileiro, em se tratando de situação de inadimplemento culposo do contrato. De início, farei breve contextualização do tema na Ciência do Direito. Após, analisarei o modelo que os outros ordenamentos jurídicos acolhem. Na sequência, seguirá a tônica desse ensaio: uma proposta de indenização de interesse contratual positivo no inadimplemento culposo do contrato. A partir da orientação da jurisprudência da Corte de Justiça de São Paulo, analisarei a possibilidade de indenização do interesse contratual positivo, na tentativa de delinear os contornos da aplicação concreta do instituto.
EL ARGUMENTO DE LA "CONDUCTA ALTERNATIVA LÍCITA" EN EL DERECHO DE DAÑOS
Authors: López Fernando Peña
Published: March 2020

D. Virgilio, un trabajador en paro que percibía una prestación por desempleo, obtuvo de la Administración un permiso para salir al extranjero por un periodo máximo de 15 días, lo que implicaba que el día 27 de marzo debía encontrarse de regreso en España. D. Virgilio no estuvo de vuelta en territorio nacional, tras su salida al extranjero, hasta el día 1 de abril de 2009, superando así el período máximo autorizado por la Administración Laboral. En el momento en el que D. Virgilio pretendió la reanudación de la prestación por desempleo se le informó de que su derecho había quedado extinguido por haber permanecido fuera de España más tiempo del autorizado. D. Virgilio, a través del abogado del sindicato, presenta reclamación administrativa previa a la vía laboral, la cual resulta desestimada. El abogado del sindicato prepara posteriormente la demanda que llega incluso a ser firmada por D. Virgilio, pero por causa de algún defecto de organización la demanda nunca llega a presentarse. La Audiencia Provincial de Madrid, resolviendo la acción de responsabilidad interpuesta por D. Virgilio frente a su abogado, declara que la decisión de la Administración había sido correctamente adoptado y que el recurso no tenía posibilidades de éxito, aunque condena al sindicato a indemnizar con 4.000 € a D. Virgilio (SAP de Madrid (Sección 25ª) de 25 de marzo de 2015 [EDJ 2015/48293]).
Guía de Procedimientos Operacionales y Recomendaciones en la Implementación de Secuenciación de Nueva Generación para Diagnóstico Clínico
Authors: Mendez-Rios Jorge David
Published: March 2020

[Standard Operational Procedures and Recommendations on Next Generation Sequencing for Clinical Diagnostics]

Resumen

La tecnología diagnóstica conocida como NGS por sus siglas en inglés, o Secuenciación de nueva generación, es relativamente nueva, y se está implementando en algunos hospitales de Panamá.  Esta tecnología a demostrado ser una herramienta muy eficiente para la detección de alteraciones genómicas o exómicas, tanto para la clínica como para la investigación.  Dada la complejidad de esta prueba, requiere una infraestructura y un número significativo de recursos humanos para poder implementar esta prueba. El propósito de este documento es establecer un marco de referencia para los procedimientos administrativos en cuanto a la realización de las pruebas de secuenciación por metodología NGS. A demás, servirá de punto de inicio para el establecimiento de programas internos de control de calidad y evaluación de calidad que la metodología requiere en nuestro país.

 

Summary

The technology known as Next-Generation sequencing is relatively new, and it is being implemented in a few Panamenian hospitals. It has demonstrated to be a very efficient tool to identify genomic and exomic variants in a clinical setting as for research. Because of its complexity, it requires an important infrastructure and a significant number of trained health-care professionals to carry out this test. The purpose of this document is to establish the first work frame for the administrative aspects for NGS diagnosis. Moreover, it will serve as a starting point to establish quality control procedures that the technology requires.
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Türkiye ve Yeni Zelanda Fen Bilimleri Dersi Öğretim Programlarında Bilimin Doğası Kazanımlarının Benzerlikler Yönünden İncelenmesi
Authors: KIVANÇ Zeliha , AYDIN Abdullah
Published: March 2020

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye ve Yeni Zelanda Fen Bilimleri Dersi Öğretim Programlarında yer alan Bilimin Doğasına yönelik kazanımların benzerlikler yönünden incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu araştırmada, karşılaştırmalı eğitim alanında kullanılan analitik yaklaşımdan faydalanılmıştır. Araştırma modeli olarak genel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Veri kaynağı olarak Yeni Zelanda’nın 2007 Fen Bilimleri Dersi Öğretim Programı ile Türkiye’nin 2017 Fen Bilimleri Dersi Öğretim Programından yararlanılmıştır. Veri analizinde içerik analizi tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Analizler sonucunda adı geçen programlardaki kazanımların ifade, ima, vurgu yönünden benzer (%81.54) oldukları tespit edilmiştir.  Kazanımların benzerliği bir ilin Milli Eğitim Bakanlığına bağlı Ortaokullarda görevli 15 fen bilgisi öğretmeninin ortak görüşleri ile belirlenmiştir. Benzerlik uyum oranları her bir kazanım için güvenirlik katsayısı hesaplama formülü kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Hesaplamalar sonucunda %70 ve üzerinde puan alan kazanımlar “benzerdir” olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda 18 kazanımın ima yönünden, 3 kazanımın ifade yönünden, 1 kazanımın ise vurgu yönünden benzer olduğu belirlenmiştir.
OSMANLI İMPARATORLUĞU’NUN SON DÖNEMLERİNDE BİTLİS’İN ETNİK VE DEMOGRAFİK YAPISI
Authors: DEVECİ BOZKUŞ Yıldız
Published: March 2020

Bu çalışmada tarihsel açıdan Bitlis yöresinin genel yapısı hakkında bilgi verildikten sonra Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde bölgede hangi etnik grupların yaşadığı, buradaki nüfusun temel özellikleri ve bölgenin stratejik önemi hakkında bilgi verilecektir. Bu kapsamda arşiv kaynaklarından yararlanılarak bölgenin demografik ve etnik yapısına dair bilgi verildikten sonra burada yaşayan farklı etnik gruplar arasındaki ilişkiler üzerinde de durulacaktır. Çalışma kapsamında ayrıca bölgenin dini ve sosyal yapısı hakkında da bilgi verilerek, I. Dünya Savaşı’na doğru gidilen süreçte bölgedeki misyonerlik faaliyetlerinin burada yaşayan toplumlar üzerindeki etkileri ve misyonerlik raporlarında bölgeyle ilgili verilen bilgilerden de yararlanılacaktır.
Ayçiçeği (Helianthus annuus L.,) Bitkisinin Önemi ve Üretimine Genel Bir Bakış
Authors: BİNBOĞA MERAL Ülkü
Published: March 2020

Astreceae familyasının bir üyesi olan ayçiçeği
dünyanın en önemli yağlı tohumlarından birisidir. Tüketim bakımından soya
yağından sonra ikinci sırada yer almaktadır hem yemeklik hem de tıbbi amaçla
kullanılmaktadır. Tek yıllık bir kültür bitkisidir. Anavatanı Kuzey Amerika’dan
önce Avrupa’ya daha sonra tüm dünyaya yayılmıştır. İçerdiği yüksek oranda tekli
ve çoklu doymamış yağ asitleri, vitaminler, minerallerden dolayı çok tercih
edilen yemeklik yağ olarak kullanımının yanı sıra bol proteinli bir hayvan yemi
olarak çiftliklerde de tercih edilir, yağı çıkarılmış tohumlar kuş yemi olarak
kullanılırken, sapları yakacak olarak kullanılır, çevreye dost enerji
hammaddesidir. Ayrıca yapısında bol miktarda bulunan lif besin değerini
artırır. İçeriğindeki maddeler tıbbi açıdan da oldukça değerlidir. Hücre
yenileyici, kolesterol dengeleyici bir kalp dostudur. Antioksidan özelliği
yüksek, kanser önleyici, mantar, iltihap ve mikrop önleyicidir. Bu çalışmada
güncel bilgilerden yararlanılarak ayçiçeği üretiminde karşılaşılan problemlerden
bahsedilmiştir. Türkiye’de her geçen yıl üretiminde bir artış görülse de artan
nüfusun ihtiyacına karşılık verilememiştir. Ayçiçeği üretiminin artmasına
yönelik bazı çözüm önerilerine yer verilmiştir.
A Review of Approaches in Steviol Glycosides Synthesis
Authors: SAMSULRİZAL Nurul Hidayah , ZAİNUDDİN Zarina , NOH Abdul Latif , SUNDRAM Tamil Chelvan
Published: March 2020

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) is a commercially important plant worldwide. The leaves of stevia contain steviol glycosides which are non-caloric and high-potency sweeteners. They are suitable for substituting sucrose and other artificial sweetening agents. Stevia also has many therapeutic properties such as antidiabetic, anti-cariogenic, antimicrobial, anticancer and antioxidative. Rebaudioside A and stevioside are the major glycosides produced in stevia leaves. Development of new varieties of Stevia rebaudiana with a greater content of rebaudioside A and decreased content of stevioside is the main concern. This is due to rebaudioside A having a more desirable sweet flavour taste than stevioside which possesses bitter aftertaste. In respect to that, many biotechnological approaches are available for the industrial improvement and manipulation of steviol glycosides content in stevia. Transcriptome profiling has emerged as a useful tool to identify target genes involved in the steviol glycosides biosynthesis pathway. Understanding the mechanism and biosynthesis pathway of these compounds can help to improve the glycosides profile by up-regulating and down-regulating desired genes. The aim of this paper is to describe the latest development in the transcriptome profiling in stevia as well as to discuss the methods used in this endeavour.
3-Chloropropionic Acid (3cp) Degradation and Production of Propionic Acid by Newly Isolated Fungus Trichoderma Sp. Mf1
Authors: EDBEİB Mohamed
Published: March 2020

Biologically synthesized chemicals have drawn a growing interest recently. The main objectives of the study are to isolate 3CP degrading fungus and to examine its ability to produce Propionic Acid (PA) as a by-product. 3CP is widely used in many pesticide and herbicide synthesis due to biocidal properties but it is toxic and recalcitrant to be removed from the biosphere. Bioremediation approaches through dehalogenation have promised removal of these xenobiotics. Fungi are selected due to its broad enzymatic capacities which is not limited like bacteria. In this research, several fungal isolates have been purified, among the isolates, strain designated as MF1 has shown greater potential in 3CP degradation. Using morphological and molecular approaches, MF1 was identified as Trichoderma sp. Amplification of ITS genome region revealed that the MF1 isolate had 99% identity to Trichoderma asperellum strain AF14 (JX677934.1). Strain MF1 growth rate is 1.42cm/day on solid medium and it was able to produce biomass up to 0.855g/L in liquid minimal medium supplemented with 10mM 3CP. Whereas the growth in control medium containing 1% glucose has resulted in biomass of 1.814g/L. 90.32% of 10mM 3CP were successfully de-chlorinated within 20 days. Confirmed by HPLC, PA was the major product of dehalogenation with highest concentration of 2.72mM at day 10. Presented data can be used for the designing of by-product extraction. Dehalogenation of 3CP by Trichoderma MF1 have not only been successfully removed xenobiotic pollutant but also have open for new strategy on synthesis of industrial required chemicals.
CRITICAL FUNCTIONS IN ENSURING EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT. EVIDENCE FROM ROMANIAN COMPANIES
Authors: Păunescu Carmen , Argatu Ruxandra
Published: March 2020

The paper explores how business continuity management (BCM) is defined within the professional and academic communities that work in the field or research it. It sets out the framework for the composing elements of a BCM that emerge and considers how these various elements can interact with each other to build a sound business continuity management. Also, the paper aims to examine the organization’s critical functions that ensure an effective BCM. The research relies on a questionnaire-based survey, with data collected by personally interviewing top and middle-level managers from Romanian small and medium-sized companies. The results, which count on the responses of 119 participant companies, show that risk assessment takes a critical role in building the organization’s BCM strategy, while business continuity response planning has the strongest impact on the overall effectiveness of the organization’s BCM. The novelty of this research lies in a first time establishment of the critical functions that are vital for companies to maintain their essential business operations in case of disruptive incidents, to build organizational resilience. Future research should be grounded on testing if the BCM arrangements and business impact analysis influence the BCM strategy as the existing data did not prove that it did.
MODELLING AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF UNCOORDINATED PAIRED INTERSECTIONS WITH LEFT-TURN BAYS
Authors: Yao Ronghan , Zhang Wensong , Long Meng
Published: March 2020

Left-turn bays are often installed on the road segment between paired intersections. Such left-turn bays may reduce
the approach capacities and impact on one another. Four optimization models are put forward for uncoordinated paired intersections with
left-turn bays. The phase effective green times and the left-turn bay lengths are the decision variables, maximizing the intersection
capacities, minimizing the intersection delays and both of them are respectively regarded as different objective functions, and minimizing
the total delay for paired intersections is viewed as another objective function. The total capacity-to-delay ratio is defined to evaluate
the operations of paired intersections as a whole. Using the field data, the sensitivities of the optimized outcomes to the weighting factors
of the objective functions are analysed. To clarify the influences of different scenarios on traffic stream operations, seven scenarios are
tested using VISSIM. The interval estimation and hypothesis testing are used to analyse the simulated data. Three concrete models are
recommended to apply in practice with the procedure of model application being provided. The achievements can be applied to optimally
assign the temporal-spacial resources for paired intersections when left-turn bays need to be installed and coordinated signals do not need
to be considered.
Exoplanets in the Antarctic Sky. IV. Dual-band Photometry of Variables Found by the CSTAR-II Commissioning Survey at the North Sky
Authors: Zhu 朱嘉 Jiapeng 鹏 , Zhang 张 Hui 辉 , Liang En-Si , Yu Zhouyi , Yang Ming , Zhou Ji-lin , Cui Xiangqun , Du Fujia , Gong Xuefei , Gu Bozhong , Hu Lei , Jiang Peng , Liu Huigen , Li Xiaoyan , Li Zhengyang , Mould Jeremy , Sun Tianrui , Suntzeff Nicholas B. , Tao Charling , Tian Qiguo , Uddin Syed A. , Wang Lifan , Wang Songhu , Wang Xiaofeng , Wei Peng , Wright Duncan , Wittenmyer Robert A. , Xu Lingzhe , Yang Shihai , Yuan Xiangyan , Zhou Hongyan , Zhu Zhenxi , Lu Hongke
Published: March 2020

From the experiences learned in three decades of exoplanet search, wide-field transit surveys have proven to be one of the most effective ways to detect exoplanets. Wide field of view, however, suffers from high false-positive rates caused by blended eclipsing binaries. The chromaticity in eclipse depth is an effective feature to distinguish low-depth eclipsing binaries from transiting exoplanets, making multiple-band photometry follow-up advantageous before a target is passed onto more expensive spectroscopic follow-up. Moreover, a multiple-band photometric survey is itself a powerful method to find and vet planetary candidates and narrow down the candidate list of high-priority targets. In this work, we report the first results of a dual-band (Sloan-g and -i) wide-field photometry survey—the Chinese Small Telescope ARray II (CSTAR-II), an updated version of the original CSTAR. As a key component of the Chinese Exoplanet Searching Program from Antarctica, CSTAR-II has been tested thoroughly at a remote arctic site near Mohe during the winter of 2014. In total, 13,531 light curves with the best overall photometric precision of ∼3 mmag were extracted from 7721 stars in the Sloan-g and -i bands. Using a robust method, we have detected 63 variables, of which 48 are newly discovered. The dual-band photometric results as well as the stellar properties of the detected sources are provided in this work.
The Birth of a Massive First-star Binary
Authors: Sugimura Kazuyuki , Matsumoto Tomoaki , Hosokawa Takashi , Hirano Shingo , Omukai Kazuyuki
Published: March 2020

We study the formation of massive Population III binary stars using a newly developed radiation hydrodynamics code with the adaptive mesh refinement and adaptive ray-tracing methods. We follow the evolution of a typical primordial star-forming cloud obtained from a cosmological hydrodynamics simulation. Several protostars form as a result of disk fragmentation and grow in mass by the gas accretion, which is finally quenched by the radiation feedback from the protostars. Our code enables us, for the first time, to consider the feedback by both the ionizing and dissociating radiation from the multiple protostars, which is essential for self-consistently determining their final masses. At the final step of the simulation, we observe a very wide (≳104 au) binary stellar system consisting of 60 and 70 M
⊙ stars. One of the member stars also has two smaller mass (10 M
⊙) companion stars orbiting at 200 and 800 au, making up a mini-triplet system. Our results suggest that massive binary or multiple systems are common among Population III stars.
The Critical Role of Collisionless Plasma Energization on the Structure of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection
Authors: Liu Yi-Hsin , Lin Shan-Chang , Hesse Michael , Guo Fan , Li Xiaocan , Zhang Haocheng , Peery Sarah
Published: March 2020

During magnetically dominated relativistic reconnection, inflowing plasma depletes the initial relativistic pressure at the x-line and collisionless plasma heating inside the diffusion region is insufficient to overcome this pressure loss. The resulting significant pressure drop causes a collapse at the x-line, essentially a localization mechanism of the diffusion region necessary for fast reconnection. The extension of this low-pressure region (into the outflow) further explains the bursty nature of antiparallel reconnection because a once opened outflow exhaust can also collapse, which repeatedly triggers secondary tearing islands. However, a stable single x-line reconnection can be achieved when an external guide field exists, since the reconnecting magnetic field component rotates out of the reconnection plane at outflows, providing additional magnetic pressure to keep the exhaust open.
Cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions of China with descriptions of four new hypogean species of Parobisium (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from Guizhou Province
Authors: Feng Zegang , Wynne J. Judson , Zhang Feng
Published: March 2020

We summarize and discuss the 29 known cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion species from China. Four new troglomorphic pseudoscorpion species, Parobisium motianensesp. nov., P. qiangzhuangsp. nov., P. sanlouensesp. nov., and P. tianisp. nov., belonging to the family Neobisiidae, are described based on specimens collected in karst caves in Guizhou, China. Detailed diagnosis, descriptions, and illustrations are presented. We also provide recommendations for management of caves where they occur, as well as the cave arthropod communities and the habitats that support them.
Intrus et envahisseurs
Authors: Harding Richard , Chaline Olivier
Published: March 2020

Des flots venait la menace, française ou espagnole. Pour la Grande-Bretagne, la mer a toujours été un élément défensif essentiel et, pour un envahisseur, l’obstacle le plus redoutable. Elle n’a jamais été infranchissable – les incursions à petite échelle n’ont jamais pu être stoppées. Face aux intrus et aux envahisseurs, elle a opposé les murailles de bois de ses vaisseaux. Cependant, la défense de la Grande-Bretagne ne reposait pas uniquement sur la nature et la force navale. Il fallait aussi des fortifications et des hommes.
Politiser la guerre. Les projets de corps francs pendant la guerre franco-allemande de 1870
Authors: Dupont Alexandre
Published: March 2020

Cet article se penche sur les projets de formation de corps francs qui fleurissent à l’automne 1870 comme réponse à l’effondrement de l’armée française face aux armées allemandes. Ces projets multiplient les références à la guérilla menée par les Espagnols pendant la guerre d’indépendance de 1808-1814 face aux armées françaises. Ils offrent ainsi une perspective nouvelle sur les rapports entre prise d’armes et politisation dans la France de 1870 et permettent de penser à nouveaux frais les processus politiques à l’œuvre pendant cette guerre franco-allemande encore trop méconnue.
Sur le statut et le fonctionnement de ce clitique
Authors: Theissen Anne
Published: March 2020

Le présent article est consacré au pronom clitique ce dans les emplois du type C’est beau . | C’est un écrivain . | C’est le maire du village . Notre parcours se fera en deux étapes. Dans la première, nous essaierons d’expliquer, à partir de ses traits formels, dont le genre et le nombre, le sens de ‹non nommé› avec lequel on le définit habituellement. Dans la seconde, son fonctionnement nous conduira à élargir cette définition et à mettre en évidence un fait nouveau. Nous montrerons que ce ne renvoie pas seulement à un référent qui n’a pas – ou qui est appréhendé comme n’ayant pas – de nom catégoriel mais qu’il s’applique également aux cas de non-identification d’individu.
Le pronom ce dans les phrases attributives
Authors: Van Peteghem Marleen
Published: March 2020

L’objet de cet article est l’emploi du pronom ce comme sujet des phrases attributives à attribut nominal pluriel en français. Il examine notamment l’hypothèse de H. Diessel (1997 : 199) selon laquelle ce serait un type de pronom spécifique aux attributives. La comparaison de ‹{ ce sont  | c’est }  + SN pluriel› avec ses équivalents en anglais et en néerlandais montre que ce est apte à se combiner avec des attributs pluriels non grâce à son caractère démonstratif mais grâce à son caractère sous-spécifié. En effet, dans ces deux langues, tant le pronom personnel neutre que le démonstratif neutre sont compatibles avec un attribut pluriel. L’anglais et le néerlandais diffèrent toutefois quant à l’accord du verbe, l’anglais adoptant un accord morpho-syntaxique au singulier alors que le néerlandais a un accord indexical, sémantique, au pluriel. Le français, quant à lui, dispose des deux types d’accord.
"Wolfenstein II" and MAGA as fandom
Authors: Miller Lucy
Published: March 2020

The current political discourse in the United States is generally understood through the framework of partisanship, but this framework alone is insufficient to encompass all forms of political engagement. An analysis of the discourse around the Bethesda Softworks video game Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) reveals that the outraged discourse around the references to the current political climate in America by right-wing groups is best understood through a framework of fandom. From this perspective, the discourse around the game is understood as an expression of fandom for President Donald Trump as an individual rather than of a persistent political identity or ideology. As fans, Trump supporters are guided in the political engagement by Trump's pledge to make America great again (MAGA).
To wave a flag: Identification, #BlackLivesMatter, and populism in Harry Styles fandom
Authors: Gross Allyson
Published: March 2020

Scholarship on the influence of celebrity politics often highlights the role of identification in the process of fans' own politicization and centers how a star's politics shift those of their fans. In a series of interviews with fans of musician Harry Styles, this research explores how identification with the singer instead served as the basis for fans' own attempts at shifting Styles's political expression to represent their own values. Drawing on the populist theory of Ernesto Laclau, I argue that Harry Styles fans relate to him as a populist unifier and collective representative of the fandom's values, and mobilize his image for their own political purpose. Rather than passively consuming his music and image, fans rhetorically construct Styles as a collective, popular object through identification with his star image, and they project their own values into the void of his signification. Through an exploration of fans' perception of his values, vague rhetoric, and engagement with #BlackLivesMatter, Harry Styles fans provide a useful new framework through which to explore the populist potential of fandom.
Positivity, critical fan discourse, and "Humans of New York"
Authors: Sengupta Paromita
Published: March 2020

"Humans of New York" (HONY) is a popular photography project, with a global fandom and great outreach on social media platforms like Facebook. However, the creator of HONY has placed heavy restrictions on political discourse within the fan page in order to maintain the spirit of goodwill and positivity for which the fandom has come to be renowned. Yet the culture of positivity on HONY may be problematized: two case studies show that positivity was utilized to protect white men at the expense of women of color. HONY fans have pushed back against the culture of positivity by reclaiming the right to engage in political discourse or by creating alternate spin-off groups that engage with local political issues. Case studies of HONY provoke questions about what it means to engage in political discourse in a fandom that is premised on lying outside the realm of politics.
Mobilizing minions: Fan activism efficacy of Misha Collins fans in "Supernatural" fandom
Authors: Xanthoudakis Alex
Published: March 2020

In 2009, Supernatural (CW, 2005–) actor Misha Collins tweeted to his followers in an effort to raise government funds for nonprofit initiatives, resulting in the fan-made website Minion Stimulus whose creator Collins later approached about growing the site into a private charity, Random Acts. The circumstances of Random Acts' inception paved the way for Collins's current philanthropic strategy, which operationalizes fan activism for social good. Collins's approach to fan mobilization takes place on social media, which he has used to effectively operationalize the potential of fan activism.
"Politics for the love of fandom: Fan-based citizenship in a digital world," by Ashley Hinck
Authors: Alberto Maria
Published: March 2020

Review of Ashley Hinck. Politics for the love of fandom: Fan-based citizenship in a digital world. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2019, hardcover, $45 (264p) ISBN 978-0807170342; e-book, $39.49 (2813KB) ASIN B07NWY5LMH.
Academic dialogue: Why study politics and fandom?
Authors: Reinhard CarrieLynn D. , Miller Joan
Published: March 2020

An academic dialogue between PhD candidate joan miller (University of Southern California) and associate professor CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University), conducted via Twitter direct messaging over several weeks, illustrates that academic dialogues do not have to occur in person at universities or conferences. Social media provides a forum for scholars around the world and in different disciplines to consider a topic from a new perspective. Such dialogues provide a fertile ground to develop new insights, theories, and even research projects that can further our understanding of the topic and perhaps push the entire field into new areas. The conversation here explores the topic of how fandom and politics intersect to consider the issues involved in such intersections. The conversation—a journey two people take to come to understand each other—considers what fandom is, what the intersections of fandom and politics are, and whether we should be applying fan studies concepts, theories, and methods to understand politics.
"Straight Korean female fans and their gay fantasies," by Jungmin Kwon
Authors: Cho Michelle
Published: March 2020

Review of Jungmin Kwon. Straight Korean female fans and their gay fantasies. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2019, paperback, $65 (236p) ISBN 9781609386214; e-book $65 ISBN 9781609386221.
Antropología y Política. Varia epistemológica y prácticas intelectuales
Authors: González Alcantud José Antonio
Published: March 2020

La antropología y la política se han relacionado epistemológicamente en cuatro niveles estructurales: espacio, tiempo, conflicto y rito. En ellos se cruzaron, opusieron y sintetizaron las aportaciones de muchos de los antropólogos que han constituído la antropología política como subdisciplina. Central a ésta y a todas sus corrientes –desde la evolucionista hasta la procesual-, ha sido la delimitación del campo mínimo significante de emergencia de lo «político». Por otro lado, la antropología política es una práctica intelectual estrechamente ligada a las vicisitudes de la política diaria.
La medicina popular. ¿Los límites culturales del modelo médico?
Authors: Martínez Hernáez Ángel , Comelles Josep Maria
Published: March 2020

En este artículo los autores exploran los usos «políticos» del concepto de medicina popular. Desde una posición cercana a la antropología critica de la medicina, se analiza el surgimiento del concepto a partir de la obra de Pitré, la apropiación de la noción por la etnomedicina, la posterior crítica de los antropólogos de la medicina y, en última instancia, su particular resurgimiento en la antropología italiana y mejicana. De esta exposición crítica emerge una reflexión final sobre el concepto de medicina popular en el contexto de la situación socio-sanitaria actual y las diferentes alternativas posibles.
Etnozoología y Antropología
Authors: Sánchez Gómez Luis Ángeles
Published: March 2020

Se presentan las diferentes interpretaciones propuestas en el campo internacional y durante las últimas décadas sobre la etnozoología, así como la relación que ha mantenido y mantiene con otros ámbitos de la antropología. También se hace un repaso de los estudios publicados en España desde finales del siglo pasado y relacionados de alguna manera con la etnozoología, desde el ámbito del folklore hasta la antropología simbólica, pasando por los estudios de etnografía pastoril.
Stressors and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Authors: Gallagher Robyn , McKinley Sharon
Published: March 2020

Background Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery who have increased anxiety levels have poorer outcomes than patients with lower levels, yet few studies have identified the concerns associated with this anxiety.

Objective To describe the concerns of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery and to identify concerns that were associated with higher levels of anxiety.

Method Patients (n = 172) were interviewed to determine their concerns and anxiety levels before surgery, before discharge, and 10 days after discharge. Multiple regression was used to determine the predictors of anxiety.

Results Although individual concerns changed over time, anxiety levels did not change from before to after surgery, remaining low to moderate. Being female and having more concerns about waiting for the surgery, being in pain/discomfort, and resuming lifestyle were predictors of increased anxiety before surgery. Predictors of increased anxiety while hospitalized after the surgery included taking anxiolytic or antidepressant medications, higher anxiety levels before surgery, concerns about personal things being inaccessible, and difficulty sleeping. Patients with higher anxiety levels after discharge were older, more anxious before surgery, and had concerns about being in pain/discomfort.

Conclusion Patients waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery should be routinely assessed for anxiety before the procedure, and interventions to prevent or reduce anxiety should be provided. Interventions must be multifactorial, including information and support for pain management and realistic information about surgery schedules and resuming lifestyle after the surgery. Women and older patients may need to be targeted for intervention.
Utility of Observer-Rated and Self-Report Instruments for Detecting Major Depression in Women After Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study
Authors: Doering Lynn V. , Cross Rebecca , Magsarili Marise C. , Howitt Loretta Y. , Cowan Marie J.
Published: March 2020

Background Major depression is common after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Clinicians have few practical options for detecting depression, especially in women, who are at higher risk for depression than men.

Objectives To evaluate the clinical utility of common self-report and observer-rated instruments for detection of major depression in women after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Methods In 66 women being discharged after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 4 instruments were completed: the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory Short Form, and Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care. For each instrument, receiver-operating-characteristic curves were analyzed, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated for cutoff points determined from the curves.

Results At hospital discharge, all 4 instruments yielded highly accurate curves. Compared with cutoffs suggested for patients without medical illness and hospitalized nonsurgical patients, identified cutoffs for screening were higher when all types of depressive symptoms (cognitive, affective, behavioral, somatic) were measured with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory but lower when only cognitive and/or affective symptoms were measured with the 2 subscales of the Beck Depression Inventory.

Conclusions The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and both subscales of the Beck Depression Inventory may be useful for detecting major depression in women shortly after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Further study is warranted to confirm cutoffs in these patients.
Severe Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome From Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia: Case Report
Authors: DeMello Dominic , Kierol-Andrews Laura , Scalise Paul J.
Published: March 2020

A case of a young man with community-acquired pneumonia, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, and sepsis is reported. Treatment with antibiotics and various modes of mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit were unsuccessful. A urinary legionella antigen test was positive for Legionella pneumophila.
Comparison of Point-of-Care and Laboratory Glucose Analysis in Critically Ill Patients
Authors: Lacara Teresita , Domagtoy Caroline , Lickliter Donna , Quattrocchi Kathy , Snipes Lydia , Kuszaj Joánne , Prasnikar MaryClare
Published: March 2020

Background Blood for point-of-care analysis of glucose levels is often obtained from different sources (fingerstick, arterial or central venous catheter).

Objectives To examine agreement between point-of-care and laboratory glucose values and to determine effects of hematocrit, serum carbon dioxide, and mean arterial pressure on the accuracy of point-of-care values.

Methods Point-of-care values were compared with laboratory values. In 49 critically ill patients, blood was obtained first from a catheter for laboratory testing and then from the catheter and via fingerstick for point-of-care testing. Bias, precision, and root-mean-square differences were calculated to quantify differences in values between the 2 methods. A t test was used to determine differences in values between each point-of-care blood source and the laboratory value. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine if serum level of carbon dioxide, hematocrit, and/or mean arterial pressure significantly contributed to the difference in bias and precision for the point-of-care blood sources.

Results Mean laboratory glucose level was 135 (SEM 5.3, range 58–265) mg/dL. In point-of-care testing, bias ± precision and root-mean-square differences were 2.1 ± 12.3 and 12.35, respectively, for fingerstick blood and 0.6 ± 10.6 and 10.46 for catheter blood. Values for point-of-care and laboratory tests did not differ significantly. For catheter samples, hematocrit and serum carbon dioxide contributed significantly to difference scores between point-of-care and laboratory values (P < .001).

Conclusions Glucose values for point-of-care samples did not differ significantly from laboratory values. For catheter samples, hematocrit and serum carbon dioxide levels accounted for the difference between point-of-care and laboratory glucose values.
“The Rust of Life”: Impact of Anxiety on Cardiac Patients
Authors: Moser Debra K.
Published: March 2020

Anxiety has both functionally appropriate and inappropriate consequences. Among patients with cardiac disease, anxiety can be functionally appropriate when it prompts an individual to quickly seek treatment for acute cardiac signs and symptoms. But anxiety may have medical or psychological consequences when it is persistent or severe, including difficulty adhering to prescribed treatments and making recommended lifestyle changes, adoption of or failure to change risky behaviors, increased risk for acute cardiac events, and increased risk for in-hospital complications after admission for acute coronary syndrome. Yet, because anxiety is a universal emotion that is managed without consequence by many people, its importance is often ignored by healthcare providers. The impact of psychosocial (with a major emphasis on anxiety) and behavioral variables on biological outcomes was examined systematically. The research included (1) examination and comparison of the intensity of anxiety in international samples of various critically, acutely, and chronically ill cardiac patients; (2) determination of differences between men and women in the expression of anxiety; (3) investigation of factors predictive of anxiety levels, including perceived control; (4) studies of healthcare providers’ knowledge of anxiety assessment and providers’ practices in assessing and managing anxiety; and (5) determination of the impact of anxiety on clinical outcomes in cardiac patients. The goal of this program of research is to improve patients’ outcomes on a widespread basis by placing anxiety in the forefront of clinical cardiac practice.
Keeping Cool: A Case for Hypothermia After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Authors: Bader Mary Kay , Rovzar Michael , Baumgartner Laurie , Winokur Robert , Cline Jon , Schiffman George
Published: March 2020

Cessation of circulation during cardiac arrest causes critical end-organ ischemia. Although the neurological consequences of cardiopulmonary arrest can be catastrophic, an aggressive “push fast and push hard” resuscitation technique maintains blood flow until the return of spontaneous circulation. However, reperfusion to the cerebrum leads to cellular chaos and further neurological injury. Use of moderate hypothermia after cardiac arrest mediates these cellular and chemical processes, reducing the impact of the arrest and reperfusion phenomena. A 43-year-old man had 2 asystolic arrests with 20 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a result of massive, multiple pulmonary emboli. After the cardiac arrest, the patient was comatose and posturing. The 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation were used along with moderate hypothermia in an attempt to minimize the neurological consequences of the cardiopulmonary arrest and to optimize the patient’s outcome.
Survey of Cuff Management Practices in Intensive Care Units in Australia and New Zealand
Authors: Rose Louise , Redl Leanne
Published: March 2020

Background Cuff management varies widely in Europe and North America. Little is known about current practice in Australia and New Zealand.

Objective To characterize important aspects of cuff management in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand to compare with international reports.

Methods A questionnaire was sent to all nurse managers of adult intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand.

Results Survey response was 53% (92/175). After intubation, most units (50/92, 54%) used both minimal occlusive volume technique and cuff pressure measurement; 5 (5.5%) used these methods along with pilot balloon palpation. Twenty units (22%) used cuff pressure measurement exclusively and 16 units (17.5%) used the minimal occlusive volume technique exclusively. Only 1 unit (1%) used the minimal leak technique after intubation. For ongoing management, cuff pressure measurement was the preferred method, used exclusively in 42 units (46%), with the minimal occlusive volume technique used in 40 units (43%; sole method in 6 units [7%]) and palpation in 4 units (4%). In most units (65/92, 71%), cuffs were monitored once per nursing shift. In units using the minimal occlusive volume technique, oropharyngeal suctioning (74%) and semirecumbent positioning (58%) were routinely incorporated; sigh breaths (6%), discontinuation of enteral feeding (10%), and nasogastric tube aspiration (26%) were uncommon. Cuff management protocols (37%) and subglottic suctioning (12%) were used infrequently.

Conclusions Cuff pressure measurement was the preferred method, used exclusively or in combination with other methods. The minimal occlusive volume technique was used more often after intubation than for ongoing management.
Solutions to an alien species invasion from aquarium aquaculture: Isolation and characterization of acid soluble collagen from sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjuctivus (Weber, 1991) in Sri Lanka
Authors: Herath H.M.G.K. , Kalutharage Nishantha K. , Cumaranatunga P. Ruchira T .
Published: March 2020

Sailfin catfish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus) has become an invasive species within inland water bodies in Sri Lanka but there are no controlling methods presently. Present study investigates the suitability potential of acid soluble collagen/ gelatin from P. disjuctivus, to establish commercial demands for this invasive fish. Samples were collected from Udawalawa Reservoir, Sri Lanka and categorized into two lengths groups according to the length; L1 (30.6 ± 2 cm) and L2 (25.1 ± 3 cm). Acid soluble collagen was extracted from skin, flesh, bone and fin of P. disjuctivus using established acid soluble methods. The average yield of collagen (w/w%) on wet weight basis from skin, flesh, bone and fin for L1 were 26.20 ± 3.32%, 10.66 ± 2.01%, 3.40 ± 0.73%, 3.19 ± 1.79% and for L2 were 22.96 ± 2.16%, 9.19 ± 0.72%, 3.01 ± 0.63%, 2.84 ± 1.06%, respectively. There were significant differences in average yield of collagen among different tissues of fish within the same length group but there were not among the two length groups (p ≥0.05). The moisture content in the collagen extracted from, skin, flesh, bone and fin of L1 were 78.30 ± 0.1% , 84.0 ± 0.1%, 75.18 ± 1.02%,  and 75.45 ± 0.95% and for L2 were 80.07 ± 0.15%, 83.86 ± 1.05%, 78.19 ± 0.95%, 77.12 ± 1.06% respectively; Similarly, protein contents were 48.14 ± 1.05%, 54.43 ± 2.99%, 48.14 ± 0.95%, and 48.56 ± 0.90% for L2  49.29 ± 1.03, 49.13 ± 0.95%,  47.26 ± 0.95% and 47.73 ± 0.95%; lipid content of skin, flesh, bone and fin of L1 were 0.9 ± 0.1%, 0.97 ± 0.06%, 1.08±0.15%, and 0.89±0.09% and for L2 were 0.96 ± 0.03%, and 0.99 ± 0.03%, and 1.20 ± 0.11%, and 1.03 ± 0.06% respectively; and ash content of skin, flesh, bone and fin of L1 were 25.76 ± 0.95%, 22.16±1.11%, 32.16±0.91%, and 29.18±0.95% and for L2 were 34.10 ± 0.95, 22.29 ± 0.95%, 28.166 ± 0.9 and 41.17 ± 1.00% respectively. In collagen extracted, % protein, %lipid and %ash were significantly different among flesh, skin, bone and fin within the same length group (p ≤ 0.05) but not among length groups (p ≥0.05). UV spectrum and FTIR spectrum of extracted four types of collagen indicated high percentage of collagen. Flesh and skin of P. disjuctivus can be recommended as a good source of collagen for potential industrial applications.
Sustainable Livelihood and Market Chain Analysis of Giant Freshwater Prawn Culture-Based Systems in Two Selected Reservoirs in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka
Authors: Abeyrathne A.H.M.T.G. , Jayasinghe-Mudalige U.K. , Wijenayake W.M.H.K. , De Croos M.D.S.T.
Published: March 2020

The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, which identifies capital assets in five specific forms, including: (1) Human; (2) Social; (3) Physical: (4) Natural, and (5) Financial was applied to investigate the effects of production and marketing of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) from two reservoirs (Mahauswewa and Siyambalankatttuwa) in the Puttalam district in Sri Lanka on the livelihood of adjacent culture-based fishing (CBF) communities. Eighty different market actors selected through stratified random sampling techniques were subjected to a face-to-face interview with the help of a pre-tested structured questionnaire to collect primary information. The Livelihood Pentagons derived for each community suggest that, overall, the highest percentage (95.2%) is acquired by social capital followed by those of natural (74.5%); human (64.4%); physical (64.3%) and financial (58.2%). It was found that the potential of freshwater prawn markets to uplift rural livelihoods is not utilized commendably, because there are lack of information and poor coordination between and amongst the actors in market chains starting from fishermen to collectors and also with those traders involved in international/local markets.