bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pharmacotherapy for Weight Reduction: Bupropion/Naltrexone Drugs for Obesity
Authors: Arjumand Sabeen , Bhatti Maira , Qayyum Zubaida , Ghafoor Zarish , Perveen Fouzia
Published: October 2021

Background: There is no valid and accurate documentation on the combination therapy of bupropion along with naltrexone. The experimentations on these actions of combination drugs have resulted in rare success. Methods: A complex interaction occurs in the central and peripheral nervous system for reducing weight loss. It is difficult to find out the major mechanism of action of these drugs on weight reduction. Naltrexone and bupropion is the experimental combination for reducing the weight. For obesity, the combination of naltrexone/bupropion therapy’s mechanism working is still unknown. Results: The attempts for weight loss rarely have a long-term effect. It is an outcome of more likely some complex interaction between various peripheral and Central Nervous systems, and an overwhelming lack of real obesity treatment may be explained. Based on the evidence that obesity involves a change in the hypothalamic melanocortin system in addition to a brain reward system, which causes food craving and mood swings, this investigational combination therapy of NB was developed. Naltrexone and bupropion work in an interesting way. Conclusion: It affects the parts of the brain that influences food craving, food intake, eating behaviors, and loss of body weight. We will have a review on the working of naltrexone, and bupropion separately, and Vivo, current in vitro, and clinical evidence will be provided, describing how NB affects food intake and food craving. Keywords: CNS, obesity, medicine, weight lose, NB, therapy.
Is lack of patient knowledge a cause of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus?
Authors: Tahir Ch Muhammad Ahmad , Ismat Butt Nauman , Shakeel Hiba , Fatima Gondal Mehrun Nisa , Saeed Hamdah , Tahir Hamza
Published: October 2021

Background: Diabetes is a chronic debilitating disease. A large percentage of Pakistani population suffers from this disease and its consequences. Awareness regarding the disease and its management is poor. Aim: To evaluate the awareness of diabetic patients presenting at Services Hospital regarding diabetes. Study design: Observational cross-sectional case-series study. Settings & duration: Department of medicine Services hospital, Lahore, from 01-07-2020 to 31-12- 2020. Methodology: We interviewed 100 diabetic patients who presented to the OPD/ER of the hospital. All the participants were selected randomly. A simple questionnaire was used to record the demographic details of the patients as well as their response to a series of 13 questions. The knowledge of the participants was taken to be good if they were able to answer at least 8 or more of the questions correctly. Results: Overall, a total of 100 adults were interviewed. The median age of the study population was 52.06 years with standard deviation of 13.49 years. There were 46 females and 54 males. Only 30% of the patients had sufficient knowledge regarding the disease and its complications. When stratification was done there was no significant association with any variable. Conclusion: There is a lack of knowledge among the diabetes regarding their disease. Even education from doctors is not helpful in this regard. Once patients are aware of the disease and its complications the glycemic control improves markedly. Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Poor Control, Patient Knowledge
Awareness of patients with symptomatic gallstones regarding their own disease
Authors: Muhammad Bilal Syed , Hayat Khan Wasim , Ismat Butt Usman , Butt Roshan , Wadood Abdul , Javaid Butt Maliha
Published: October 2021

Aim: To evaluate the awareness of patients presenting to a government sector hospital in Lahore with gall stones regarding their disease and factors influencing it. Methodology: A cross sectional observation study was conducted at the Department of General Surgery, Services Hospital, Lahore from 1st January 2020 to 30th June 2021. A simple questionnaire to collect and analyze the data of the patients admitted for cholecystectomy. The content of the questionnaire included socio-demographic characteristics and questions to access the awareness of patients regarding gallstones. Data was entered and analyzed using EXCEL 2013. Frequencies and Percentages were calculated as descriptive statistics whereas Fisher's exact test was conducted as inferential statistics. Value of p less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Only 13.5% patients had a good awareness of their own disease. Direct education about the disease from doctor (p=0.0320), media (0.0316) or self-study (0.0001) were significantly related to awareness. Conclusion: The awareness of the patients with symptomatic gall stones regarding their own disease is poor. Role of physicians and lack of its impact on this needs to be investigated further. Keywords: Patient Awareness, gall stones
Study of Seasonal Varaiations In Presentation Of Medicolgegal Cases Of Burns In A Tertiary Care Hosptial
Authors: Buzdar Zulfiqar Ali , Zahra Kanwal , Shahid Maryam , Sibtain Fazli Muhammad Anwar , Munir Javaid , Haq Zia ul , Zaman Fakhar uz
Published: October 2021

Background: The burns resulting from heating mechanisms or hot sources are inevitable as such a scheme is an integral part of human’s life. It though benefits on one hand but unfortunately it harms as well especially if due care is not rendered in this regard. Aim: To assess the seasonal effects on presentation of victims of burns. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on the medicolegal cases of burns filtered at medicolegal clinic of Mayo Hospital Lahore, Accident and Emergency Department from December 2017 to August 2018. A total of 250 cases were studied presenting in the above setting. Result: The study revealed the seasonality as a quiet common and impressive factor in reporting of victims of burns in the medicolegal clinic of Mayo Hospital/King Edward Medical University Lahore. The winter months of December, January and February were the most common reporting months of study showing maximum peaks. Keywords: Burns, Season, Variation, Factors
Study of Sexual Dimorphism in the Closure of Sagittal Suture – A Postmortem Study
Authors: Ali Buzdar Zulfiqar , Shahid Maryam , Zahra Kanwal , Sibtain Fazli Muhammad Anwar , Munir Javaid , Haq Zia ul , Zaman Fakhar uz
Published: October 2021

Background: Performing identity is a prime task in medicolegal and postmortem examinations. Age is the first parameter that has to be determined followed by sex. There are several techniques through which sex can be determined. As well there are different anatomical, physiological and pathological parameters determination of sex. Aim: To determine the sexual dimorphism in the cranial sagittal suture closure macroscopically. Methods: All the cases for this purpose had been selected from those brought for autopsy in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, King Edward Medical University Lahore during the year 2016. Results: The statistical analysis revealed early closure in males than in females both ectocranially and endocranially with advancing age in the sagittal suture of cranial vault. The p value was found significant being less than 0.05 thereby establishing the fact that sexual dimorphism in the cranial sagittal suture exists. Conclusion: Conclusively the determination of sex is possible from the pattern of Cranial Sutures closure on autopsy table. Key words: Sex, Sagittal, Suture, Cranial
Spirituality among Doctor of Physical Therapy Students in Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Ashraf Anam , Gul Hina , Hashmi Riaz , Parveen Wajida , Amanat Ali Misbah
Published: October 2021

Aim: To determine Doctor of Physical Therapy student attitudes towards spirituality. Methods: This Observational Study was conducted from March 2018 to June 2018 after ethical approval. Total of 1003 participants were recruited through purposive non-probability sampling technique. DPT students from public/ private Universities were included in the study and Graduated Physical Therapist and Postgraduate Physical Therapy Students were excluded. 16-item Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES) was used to record response. Results: The mean age of the participants was 54.90 ± 6.8 years ranging from 18 years to 23 years. Out of 1003 195(19.4%) were males and 808(80.6%) were females, 312(31.1%) having no clinical attachment and 691(68.9%) having clinical attachment. 4949(49.3%) were in Riphah international university, 68(6.8%) were in SAHS children hospital, 122(12.2%) were in SPT, Mayo Hospital, 319(31.8%) were in Rashid Lateef Medical College. The result shows that there is no significant difference in spirituality score among DPT students of different institutes according to age, gender, year of study and clinical attachment. Conclusion: This study concluded that entry-level DPT students had positive attitude towards spirituality. Keywords: Spirituality, DPT Students, Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale.
Acute Cholecystitis: A comparative study of hematological and ultrasonography findings among middle aged and elderly
Authors: Ikram Naila , Gul Sabahat , Zahid Natasha , Hameed Farheen , Haque Mazhar ul
Published: October 2021

Aim: To determine the differences in-between hematological and ultrasonography findings of acute cholecystitis (AC) among middle-aged versus elderly patients. Methodology: This retrospective study was carried out after ethical approval. Patients diagnosed as case of acute cholecystitis was included and patients without findings consistent with acute cholecystitis or with pancreatitic gall stones, co-existing hepato-biliary or intestinal malignancy or with autoimmune biliary disease were excluded. Patients were divided into two groups, one being patients between 30 to 59 years and other group 60 and above year olds. Results: From total of 153 patients included, 87 patients were between 30 and 59 years (middle aged) while 66 patients were 60 years and older (elderly). In both the groups, higher ratios of females persisted (p-0.03). A significant differences between the values were observed only in WBC count (p-0.005) and CRP levels (p<0.001) between middle aged and older age group while all other laboratory variables were found to have an insignificant difference between both the groups. Conclusion: WBC count and CRP level which were observed to be higher among older age patients, compared with middle aged patients. Such alterations in older aged patients ought to be considered when deciding treatment protocols which will have major influence on the prognosis. Keywords: Acute Cholecystitis, C-reactive protein, Systemic Inflammatory Response, Aging Physiology
СORONAVIRUS INFECTION AND OF PREGNANCY (LITERATURE REVIEW)
Authors: БИЩЕКОВА Б.Н. , БЕГНИЯЗОВА Ж.С. , ДЖАРДЕМАЛИЕВА Н.Ж. , МУХАМЕДОВА А.М. , АРИФОВА Ф.А. , ДЖАУАРОВА А.Ж. , АЛИ Г.А.
Published: October 2021

Статья посвящена одной из актуальных проблем современного акушерства на сегодняшний день. Проведен анализ публикаций, посвященных особенностям течения новой коронавирусной инфекции во время беременности, родов и послеродового периода. Коронавирусная болезнь - это новое заболевание, характеризующееся быстрым прогрессированием и увеличением числа зараженных и смертей с момента его идентификации в Китае в декабре 2019 года. Данное заболевание вызвано новым, неизвестным ранее коронавирусом SARSCoV-2, который впервые был зафиксирован в Китае, когда появились случаи пневмонии неизвестной этиологии. С тех пор новой инфекции был подвержен весь мир. Среди групп риска на заражение COVID-19 особое место занимают беременные женщины. Известно, что сама по себе беременность, хоть и является физиологическим состоянием, сопровождается изменениями ряда органов и систем, в том числе и иммунной. В силу этого восприимчивость к ряду инфекций во время беременности значительно возрастает. Конечно, могут быть ограничения в связи с коронавирусной инфекцией. Но при правильной организации режима отдыха, физических нагрузок и образа жизни (социальном дистанцировании и соблюдении методов гигиены и защиты) можно преодолеть эти трудности.

The article is devoted to one of the urgent problems of modern obstetrics today. The goal is to review the current data on the characteristics of the course of the new coronavirus infection during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Coronavirus disease is a new disease characterized by rapid progression and an increase in the number of infections and deaths since its identification in China in December 2019. This disease is caused by a new, previously unknown coronavirus SARSCoV-2, which was first recorded in China, when cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology appeared. Since then, the whole world has been exposed to the new infection. Pregnant women occupy a special place among the risk groups for COVID-19 infection. It is known that pregnancy itself, although it is a physiological state, is accompanied by changes in a number of organs and systems, including the immune system. Because of this, the susceptibility to a number of infections during pregnancy increases significantly. Of course, there may be restrictions due to coronavirus infection. But with the correct organization of the rest regime, physical activity and lifestyle (social distancing and adherence to hygiene and protection methods), these difficulties can be overcome.
Visitantes florales, polinización y biología floral de Tecoma castanifolia (D. Don) Melch. (Bignoniaceae), en dos sitios de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Authors: Anchundia David , Cornejo Xavier
Published: October 2021

Se determinaron los visitantes florales, los polinizadores, las estrategias de polinización y la biología floral de Tecoma castanifolia (Bignoniaceae), en dos sitios de la ciudad de Guayaquil, durante los meses de octubre del 2016 hasta mayo del 2017. Los eventos de floración de T. castanifolia son de alta sincronía, cada evento tiene una duración promedio de 33 días. Las flores son hermafroditas, éstas poseen dos sistemas mediante los cuales fuerzan la alogamia: Protandria y la hercogamia de aproximación. Las inflorescencias de T. castanifolia, fueron visitadas por 89 especies, entre éstos, principalmente insectos, arácnidos y aves. Los himenópteros son los visitantes más abundantes, frecuentes y los más importantes en la polinización de estos arbustos. Los polinizadores efectivos abarcan especies de tallas desde 4 mm (Augochlorella sp.) hasta 2 cm de longitud (Eulaema polychroma). Los principales polinizadores de T. castanifolia son: Euglossa sp., Apis mellifera y Exomalopsis sp. (todas Apidae), éstas transportan aproximadamente el 87,68% del polen. El conjunto de características como las interacciones planta-polinizador que no son obligadas, el síndrome de dispersión por viento y la abundancia de producción de semillas viables, permiten a T. castanifolia colonizar nuevas áreas y tener éxito, incluso cuando los polinizadores más importantesde una región no están presentes en otra, es decir, no están ligadas a ningún visitante específico. T. castanifolia es una especie promisoria para la recuperación en áreas degradadas de bosque seco en la costa de Ecuador y Perú.
El Plan Estratégico para la restauración forestal de ecosistemas terrestres húmedos en la provincia del Guayas (Ecuador)
Authors: Zambrano Caicedo Eddy
Published: October 2021

Debido a que la mayoría de los ecosistemas de la provincia del Guayas han sido sometidos a procesos de conversión de su uso, llegando en casos a niveles altos de degradación por efectos de la deforestación, y a que existen aisladas iniciativas de restauración, así como una escasa articulación entre instituciones públicas y/o privadas, con poca participación comunitaria, el presente estudio desarrolló una propuesta para la restauración forestal de ecosistemas húmedos, mismo que se desarrolló a través de un diagnóstico de la situación actual, entrevistas a especialistas en botánica, planificación y restauración, para desarrollar criterios sobre la misión, visión, objetivos estratégicos, objetivos operativos, acciones, metas mínimas y especies sugeridas para propagación. Adicionalmente, se realizó una priorización preliminar de las áreas potenciales para restauración forestal en los cantones guayasenses que poseen este tipo de ecosistema.
Dawkins, Dennett e as tentativas de universalização do darwinismo
Authors: Toledo Gustavo Leal
Published: October 2021

Embora a seleção natural darwiniana diga respeito aos seres vivos, existem alguns biólogos e filósofos que defendem que não há nada nesse processo que o restrinja a tais seres. Para eles, qualquer coisa que se reproduza utilizando partes de seu ambiente estará sujeita à seleção natural. Tal teoria foi chamada de Darwinismo Universal. Daniel Dennett argumenta que o processo de seleção natural é algorítmico, ou seja, um processo formal que independe do substrato no qual se realiza. No entanto tais teorias são muitas vezes mal compreendidas. Para Gould, seu principal crítico, essas teorias são um adaptacionismo exacerbado. Mas Gould parece falhar ao dizer por que a seleção natural só poderia ocorrer entre seres vivos sem recorrer a nenhum resquício de vitalismo.
Cristoforo Borri e o impacto da nova astronomia em Portugal no século XVII
Authors: Carolino Luís Miguel
Published: October 2021

O papel determinante que Cristoforo Borri desempenhou no dinamizar do debate cosmológico no Portugal seiscentista tem sido reconhecido, ao longo das últimas décadas, pela historiografia portuguesa. Alguns historiadores, seguindo A. A. Banha de Andrade, caracterizaram a sua acção como uma “reforma científica”. Contudo não há ainda nenhum estudo que apresente uma leitura global da cosmologia desenvolvida em Portugal durante esse período. Neste artigo propõe-se uma leitura aprofundada do impacto de Borri na difusão da nova astronomia em Portugal, analisando os cursos impressos e as notas de aula filosóficas produzidas no contexto dos colégios e universidades jesuítas portugueses ao longo do século XVII. Defende- se, neste artigo, que a Collecta astronomica de Borri foi uma obra de referência para os filósofos portugueses que basearam o seu debate cosmológico largamente na leitura dessa obra. No entanto esses filósofos defenderam modelos e teorias cosmológicas diferentes das de Borri. Esse caso atesta o dinamismo da discussão cosmológica em Portugal, durante o século XVII.
Please keep it simple
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Doing scientific research is becoming increasingly complex, both in terms of the tools and technologies used, and in the collaboration across disciplines and locations that is increasingly commonplace. While the way we write up and publish research is of course also very different from 25 years ago, I would argue that our tools and services haven’t quite evolved at the same pace.
Don't Reinvent the Wheel
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

In a post last week I talked about roads and stagecoaches, and how work on scholarly infrastructure can often be more important than building customer-facing apps. One important aspect of that infrastructure work is to not duplicate efforts. A good example is information (or metadata) about scholarly publications. I am the technical lead for the open source article-level metrics (ALM) software.
A Call for Scholarly Markdown
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Markdown is a lightweight markup language, originally created by John Gruber for writing content for the web. Other popular lightweight markup languages are Textile and Mediawiki. Whereas Mediawiki markup is of course popular thanks to the ubiquitous Wikipedia, Markdown seems to have gained momentum among scholars.
PLoS Article-Level Metrics: Interview with Martin Fenner
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

This blog occasionally does interviews with people providing interesting tools for scholars. These interviews have always been among my favorite blog posts. This now is obviously an interview with myself, but I felt this is the best format to explain some important news. Starting May 16 I will be working full-time as technical lead for the PLoS Article Level Metrics (ALM) project.
Recipe: Distributing papers for a journal club
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Problem You want to distribute papers for a regular journal club in your department.Solution Create a group for your journal club in FriendFeed. You can create a either a private group, where only group member can read and post messages, or a public group that is open to everyone. Then invite all regular participants of your journal club to

FriendFeed

and make them join the group.
PLoS One: Interview with Peter Binfield
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

At SciBar Camp Palo Alto last month, Peter Binfield from PLoS ONE gave a very interesting presentation on Article-level metrics from the PLoS perspective. Particularly interesting was his announcement that

PLoS

journals will provide usage data (HTML pageviews, PDF and XML downloads) for all their articles in September.
Nature Communications: Interview with Lesley Anson
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Nature Communications is a new journal that will launch in Spring 2010. The journal will publish papers in all areas of the physical, chemical and biological sciences and is open for submissions.
On giving a talk about Open Access in my department
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Earlier this month I gave this talk in my department. It is basically a summary of two blog posts that I wrote in October during

Open Access Week

(Open Access Week: a researcher's perspective part I and part II), and I had given a similar talk in November in an Open Access workshop organized by the Helmholtz Association.
Science and Sustainability
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Sustainability in science is nothing new. The term sustainability science was probably first used in 2001 (see Wikipedia entry), and the title of this blog post was already used by a 2002 editorial in

Science

. There are both journals (Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy, Sustainability Science) and conferences (e.g. here and here) about this topic and you can get a degree in sustainability science.
ScienceFeed: Interview with Ijad Madisch
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Microblogging is blogging of short text messages, photos or other media and is best exemplified by

Twitter

. Twitter use has grown tremendously in 2009, and this also includes many scientists.

1

FriendFeed

is a another microblogging tool that not only allows sending of short text messages, but connects them together in groups and discussions threads similar to what you can do in online forums.
Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

In his new book Cognitive Surplus Clay Shirky argues that in the last 50 years many of those living in industrialized countries have seen a dramatic increase in free time, paired with better education and a higher standard of living. But a very large part of that free time or cognitive surplus is now routinely used to watch television, a passive activity that makes us a consumer rather than a participant.
What comes after Google Wave?
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Google announced last week that they will stop further development of Google Wave, and essentially shut down the service by the end of the year. Some of the more exciting parts of Wave will be reused in other Google products or – since many parts of Google Wave have been made available under an Open Source license, in products by other companies.
Wikis, Q&As and Cookbooks
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Last week I attended the Transforming Scholarly Communication workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The main goal of the workshop was to come up with practical recommendations for the topics #resources #review #literature #media #recognition and #platforms: The workshop started with product demos (18 demos in a little over three hours!), we then spent two half days working in smaller groups on one of the six topics above.
The Trouble with Bibliographies
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

The bibliography of a scholarly paper is interesting and important reading material. You can see whether the authors have cited the relevant literature, and you often find references to interesting papers you didn’t know about. Bibliographies are obviously also needed to count citations, and then do all kinds of useful and not so useful things with them. Unfortunately almost all bibliographies are in the wrong format.
OPDS: RSS for ePub or how to distribute ePub files
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

ePub is a great format for scholarly content, and there are a number of tools to create ePub files. But creating content is only half the story, at least as important is an easy mechanism for distribution. This is particularly true if your ePub files are not books, but shorter pieces of content: journal articles, blog posts or even output from your ongoing research.
Researchers’ reasons for publishing their work
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

When we want to change something, we have to look at the incentives for those involved.References Swan, A. (2006) The culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses. In:

Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects

, Chandos.
In which I suggest a preprint archive for clinical trials
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

The ArXiv preprint archive for research articles in physics, mathematics, computer science and related disciplines was initiated by Paul Ginsparg in 1991. ArXiv enables the rapid dissemination of research articles prior to peer review, and it quickly became very successful in this.
Could you write your next paper with Google Docs?
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Google Docs and Zoho Writer are web-based writing tools that have gained many of the features of traditional word processors such as Microsoft Word. Looking at Google Docs as an example (Zoho Writer shares many of the strenghts and weaknesses), I wanted to find out if they are mature enough to write a scientific paper.The Good The major strength is collaboration.
Pubmed and other Annoyances in the Paper Writing Process
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

Anna's recent post about her struggles with Pubmed searches reminded me that there is still a lot that could and should be done to improve the paper (or thesis) writing process.
I will participate in the Elsevier Article 2.0 Contest
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: October 2021

We have been talking a lot about Web 2.0 approaches for scientific papers. Now Elsevier announced an Article 2.0 Contest:

Demonstrate your best ideas for how scientific research articles should be presented on the web and compete to win great prizes!

The contest runs from September 1st until December 31st.
Parlamento, cidadão e políticas ambientais: a percepção dos participantes das audiências públicas na Câmara dos Deputados sobre meio ambiente
Authors: De Barros Antonio Teixeira
Published: October 2021

O artigo analisa as percepções de cidadãos que participaram das audiências públicas promovidas pela Comissão de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CMADS) da Câmara dos Deputados durante o ano de 2019. Foram aplicados 552 questionários, o que corresponde a uma amostragem de 71,22% do público. A hipótese que guia o estudo é a de que a participação nas audiências públicas é motivada por um conjunto de fatores inter-relacionados, como o vínculo com entidades ambientais, a atuação profissional na área ambiental e a identificação com partidos de orientação ecológica. Os dados confirmam a referida hipótese e mostram que existe um público relativamente assíduo às audiências, em função desses fatores. As percepções apresentam críticas à atuação dos parlamentares e dos representantes de órgãos governamentais no debate e ao baixo desempenho do Congresso Nacional na área de políticas ambientais. Por outro lado, a participação de representantes de entidades ecológicas é avaliada pelos respondentes como positiva, pois contribui para qualificar a discussão.
Interfaces entre o debate colonial e os estudos de jornalismo ambiental
Authors: Loose Eloisa Beling , Girardi Ilza Maria Tourinho
Published: October 2021

Este ensaio, fruto de pesquisa bibliográfica, tem como objetivo tensionar os pressupostos do jornalismo ambiental com o debate colonial, sobretudo a partir da perspectiva do meio ambiente. Entende-se o jornalismo ambiental como uma prática engajada que ultrapassa uma especialização temática, colocando em evidência as problemáticas ambientais e questionando aspectos consolidados dentro do campo jornalístico, oriundos de uma lógica eurocêntrica. Pretende-se apontar as interfaces do jornalismo com a discussão ambiental a partir das abordagens críticas ao colonialismo. Dentre as considerações, verifica-se que, mesmo sem mencionar de forma explícita as correntes teóricas que discutem a questão colonial, o jornalismo ambiental incorpora esta crítica desde o início ao entender a natureza na sua inteireza e a humanidade como parte dela.
Changes in Ecological Landscape Pattern and Land Use from 1985 to 2014 in the Panshet Dam Catchment
Authors: Karandikar Manasi , Dumale Vrishali , Deshpande Shailaja
Published: October 2021

The Sahyadri, the northern part of Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra, India, are one of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth. There are major changes in the original ecosystem and land use in the Sahyadri over the past two centuries.

A ground survey was conducted by Ecological Society, Pune in 1985 as well as in 2014 to assess current land use and status of biodiversity in the Panshet dam catchment situated in Sahyadri. This study probes to understand factors responsible for decline of biodiversity and changed land use. We highlight the extent and causes for change in land use.

The study attempted to quantify this change by carrying out manual digitization of multispectral WV-2 satellite images by visual interpretation and ground truthing and compare with the study done by Ecological Society in 1985.

The mapping of the catchment area shows that areas towards western escarpment i.e. away from the dam wall have retained better vegetation cover while degradation is evident in eastern parts of the catchment.

Such studies will be useful for land use planning, understanding cost-benefits of nature conservation, assessing restoration potential, and developing conservation-restoration strategies on a regional scale. We recommend similar vegetation and land use class mappingfor all dam catchments in the Western Ghats.
SREBP1c silencing reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress and related apoptosis in oleic acid induced lipid accumulation
Authors: SOZEN Erdi , DEMIREL-YALCINER Tugce , DAMLA DEMIR Doga , OZNACAR Berkay , KARTAL OZER Nesrin
Published: October 2021

Objective: Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c (SREBP1c) is one of the major transcription factors that is involved in nonalcoholicfatty liver disease (NAFLD) development by increasing hepatic fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis. Our study aimed toinvestigate the interaction of SREBP1c with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in oleic acid (OA) induced lipid accumulation.Material and Methods: Optimum lipid droplet (LD) formation and SREBP-1c induction were determined in alpha mouse liver12 (AML12) hepatocytes following the incubation with different OA concentrations. To determine the effect of SREBP-1c, cellswere transfected with siRNA specific for SREBP-1c. LD formation and SREBP-1c induction were determined via Oil Red O andimmunblotting, respectively. Phospho IRE1, GRP78, CHOP, ATF6 and JNK levels were determined with immunofluorescencestaining.Results: Optimum LD formation and SREBP-1c induction were achieved at 0.5 mM oleat concentration. While SREBP-1c silencingdecreased LD formation in non-OA treated cells, no significant effect of silencing was determined following OA administration. Onthe other hand, SREBP-1c silencing in OA treated cells reduced phospho IRE1, ATF6, JNK and CHOP expressions.Conclusion: Our results suggest that the novel function of SREBP-1c can regulate ER stress response in OA induced lipid accumulation.
Pobreza e impunidad, factores relevantes en las variaciones del catolicismo en América Latina
Authors: Andrade Rosas Luis Antonio , Gaytán Alcalá Felipe , Jiménez-Bandala Carlos Alberto
Published: October 2021

En los últimos 25 años la población católica en América Latina disminuyó considerablemente, algunos estudios atribuyen la creciente secularización a los cambios económicos y sociales que marcaron el fin del siglo xx. En ese sentido, este trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar la incidencia de factores socioeconómicos en la reducción de la feligresía católica. La metodología se basa en modelos econométricos de regresión lineal. Los principales resultados muestran que el índice de catolicidad y el crecimiento económico no están relacionados, pero el crecimiento de la pobreza sí tuvo un efecto negativo, particularmente cuando se analiza por regiones; por último, al combinar violencia y corrupción, la impunidad surge como un factor significativo en la variación del catolicismo.
Análise étnico-racial de imagens em livros didáticos de Biologia
Authors: De Oliveira Michele Assis , Da Rosa Russel Teresinha Dutra , Furtado Tanara Forte
Published: October 2021

O presente trabalho resulta de uma pesquisa de caráter qualitativo. Analisam-se imagens humanas, sobretudo de pessoas negras e indígenas, presentes em livros didáticos de Biologia publicados antes e após a implantação do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático do Ensino Médio, em 2009, e as obras incluídas no Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, de 2018. Os livros de Biologia recorrem a diversas fotografias e representações de seres humanos, cujos contextos socioculturais importam para a manutenção ou transformação da realidade social. Diante da predominância da representação descontextualizada de determinados grupos étnicos, ocasionada pela branquitude acrítica, este estudo tem o objetivo de verificar se a forma de representação plural, regulamentada em editais, está presente nos livros didáticos atuais. Conclui-se que, conquanto tenha havido ligeira melhora na última década, a abordagem dos livros didáticos distribuídos às escolas públicas ainda minimiza a promoção da equidade étnico-racial.
WORK–LIFE BALANCE IN THE CURRENT JAPANESE CONTEXT
Authors: Tsutsumi Akizumi
Published: October 2021

Background: Work style reform in Japan is under way in response to a predicted shortfall in the workforce owing to the country’s low birth rate and high longevity, health problems due to excessive working hours, and the need for diversification of employment. A legal limit for physicians’ overtime work will be introduced in 2024.

Objectives: This study examines the work–life balance among Japan’s doctors in the context of ongoing work style reform.

Methodology: The study applied included selective reviews of demographic shifts, legislation against long working hours, and trends in doctors’ participation in the labor force.

Results: Japan’s doctors work long hours, which creates a conflict between their working and private lives. The proportion of female doctors in Japan is the lowest among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Employment trends among women doctors by age group show an M-curve: many quit their jobs upon marriage or childbirth. Gender role stereotyping has led male Japanese doctors to devote themselves entirely to their professions and working excessively long hours: they leave all family work to their female partners. This stereotyping obliges female doctors to undertake household chores in addition to their career tasks, which makes it difficult for them to re-enter their careers. Because of the harsh working conditions (including long working hours), there has been a decline in newly graduated doctors in some medical specialties.

Conclusions: For sustainable, effective health care in Japan, it is necessary to improve the work conditions for Japan’s doctors towards achieving work–life harmony.
BURNOUT SYNDROME
Authors: Huarcaya-Victoria Jeff , Perales Alberto , Contreras-Pizarro Carlos , Salazar-Carranza Anthony
Published: October 2021

Background: Burnout syndrome in medical students and medical staff has been reported in Peru as a serious and frequent entity, which can have grievous personal and professional consequences. Although there are many studies carried out in other countries, the information on burnout syndrome in students of medicine and Peruvian doctors is still insufficient.

Objective: To review and make a synthesis of published works on burnout syndrome in Peruvian students of medicine, medical residents and physicians during the last five years.

Methodology: A literature search was performed using various databases (PubMed, SCOPUS, Scielo) regarding original articles on burnout in medical professional population and students of medicine published from 2015 to 2020. Results are presented in narrative form.

Results: The prevalence of burnout syndrome in Peru has been reported in the range of 2.44–57.6% in students of medicine; 9.65–51.4% in medical residents; and 2.67–80% in physicians.

Conclusions: Burnout syndrome in Peru has been reported with prevalence rates of a broad range, varying a lot. However, in the reviewed studies, methodological shortcomings were detected including little conceptual consensus among researchers by which criteria the presence of burnout should be identified, little consideration of the work environment and cultural factors in its analysis and a lack of longitudinal studies. All this hinders the global appreciation of the phenomenon and the use of the generated knowledge in proposing appropriate coping strategies.
What the Poor do to Survive. (Im)Politeness and Classism in Brazilian Twitter
Authors: Oliveira Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto , Carneiro Marisa  Mendonça , Cunha Gustavo Ximenes
Published: October 2021

Research on (im)politeness (CULPEPER; HAUGH; KÁDÁR, 2017) has widely replaced the term ‘culture’ with the concept of ‘community of practice’, or by the umbrella-like term ‘interactional practices’ (MILLS, 2015, p. 30; MILLS; KÁDÁR, 2011). From this view, this study aims at examining hashtags related to the topic #What the poor do to survive, which include #thingspoorpeopledo (#coisasquepobrefaz) and three other variants, #thatispoverty (#pobrezaéissoaí), #poverty (#pobreza), and #poor (#pobre). To do that, data were collected from Twitter posts published in Brazilian Portuguese and listed among the trending topics in 2017 and in 2019. After we collected the posts and their accompanying hashtags, a qualitative analysis was performed, aiming at describing and categorizing the impoliteness strategies identified. In this phase of the research, over 400 tweets containing hashtags were analyzed. We found that the hashtags investigated primarily aimed at exchanging humorous messages, mostly associated with social class division in Brazil. At the same time, our findings also showed that the hashtags signalled a recurrent verbal behavior shared by a community of practice assembled under a tag (BRUNS; BURGESS, 2011; STARBIRD; PALEN, 2011). Additionally, our data demonstrated that hashtags had a dual purpose: while they employed mock impoliteness and sarcasm to reinforce valid social norms, they also promoted a jocular debate on classism and ideology in Brazil.
As principais dificuldades de imigrantes russófonos na escrita em português: análise de redações elaboradas durante a preparação para o Celpe-Bras
Authors: Henriques Anna Smirnova
Published: October 2021

Mais da metade dos migrantes russófonos chega ao Brasil sem ter nenhuma noção sobre a língua portuguesa e aprende português de maneira autônoma, sem contato com a instrução formal. No entanto, em 2018, o exame de proficiência em português brasileiro Celpe-Bras se tornou obrigatório para a naturalização, e a falta de instrução formal se tornou um empecilho nesse caminho. Neste trabalho, são descritas as principais dificuldades na escrita em português de migrantes russófonos, fluentes em português falado, identificadas nas redações elaboradas durante um curso preparatório para o Celpe-Bras. Elas incluem as dificuldades de ortografia, uso de acentuação, uso de artigos, concordância de gênero, uso de verbos (conjugação, tempos verbais, modo subjuntivo) e ordem de palavras nas frases. Apesar dessas dificuldades, os migrantes russófonos estruturam bem o texto e têm facilidade para adquirir um vasto vocabulário. Ao estudarmos a aquisição do português por migrantes russófonos no Brasil, trazemos duas línguas do grupo linguístico indo-europeu pouco confrontadas nos estudos da área de aquisição de L2: o russo, uma língua eslava, e o português, uma língua românica. Para estimular o estudo das dificuldades de migrantes na aprendizagem de português brasileiro, a criação de um corpus de aprendizes de português brasileiro como língua estrangeira se configura em iniciativa de grande valor.
Língua de herança em território fronteiriço: uma conversa com a Profa. Dra. Elisangela Baptista de Godoy Sartin
Authors: Lima Heitor Pereira de
Published: October 2021

Elisangela Baptista de Godoy Sartin tem Doutorado (2016) em Filologia e Língua Portuguesa pela Universidade de São Paulo e Mestrado (2008) pela mesma instituição. Integrou o grupo de pesquisa Linguagem e Cognição, na USP, atuou nos cursos de licenciatura em Letras e Pedagogia da Universidade Ibirapuera (UNIB), e atualmente é professora na Escola Estadual Professor Dom José de Camargo Barros, no interior de São Paulo. Durante o doutoramento, Elisangela Sartin pesquisou sobre o português de herança em território fronteiriço e, por isso, realizou o período sanduíche na Universidade de Évora, em Portugal.

     A tese de Elisangela Sartin, O português de herança em território fronteiriço: a LH em Olivença como arma para preservação de um grupo minoritário, destaca-se nos estudos sobre língua de herança dada a necessidade de aprofundar/atualizar uma discussão cara aos estudos da linguagem: o português de herança em território fronteiriço. Nesse sentido, a pesquisadora não poupou esforços para, em seu trabalho, trazer à cena reflexões sobre sentimento de pertença, grupos étnicos, bilinguismo, comunidade sociolinguística, resiliência cultural, etc.

     O convite feito à Professora Elisangela Baptista de Godoy Sartin para conversar comigo sobre LH em território de fronteira, discussão oriunda da pesquisa dela, se deve, inicialmente, à relevância de seu corajoso trabalho em pesquisar português de herança em território fronteiriço, com todas as interferências das fronteiras geográficas e, sobretudo, das fronteiras abstratas. Sendo estas um desfaio maior ao grupo minoritário que tenta preservar sua LH. Relevante ainda é sua dedicação em comprovar, contrariando as conclusões dos estudos de Vasconcelos (1980), Fernández (2004) e Matias (2001), que o português de herança em Olivença nunca vai morrer. Isto é, mesmo que os oliventinos portugueses sofram retaliações dos espanhóis, sejam obrigados a silenciar sua LH, sejam forçados a esquecer sua cultura, nada disso terá êxito porque o coração português que pulsa num lado da ponte da Ajuda (Elvas), é o mesmo que pulsa do outro (Olivença).

     Por fim, destaco a importância de Elisangela Sartin para mim. Não se trata de um carinho à entrevistada, é mais do que isso: a pesquisadora Elisangela Sartin, minha eterna professora de Letras, é uma das responsáveis por me fazer acreditar na possibilidade de realizar sonhos por meio dos estudos. A ela, dedico carinhosamente este trabalho.
BovDB: A data set of stock quotes for Machine Learning on all companies from B3 between 1995 and 2020
Authors: Cardoso Fabian Corrêa , Malska Juan , Ramiro Paulo , Lucca Giancarlo , Borges Eduardo N. , Mattos Viviane de , Berri Rafael
Published: October 2021

Stock markets are responsible for the movement of huge amounts of financial resources around the world. This market generates a high volume of transaction data, which after being analyzed are very useful for many applications. In this paper we present BovDB, a data set that was built considering as source the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) with information related to the years between 1995 and 2020. We have approached the events’ impact on the stocks by applying a cumulative factor to correct prices. The results were compared with public data from InfoMoney and BR Investing, showing that our methods are valid and in accordance with the market standards. BovDB data set can be used as a benchmark for different applications and is publicly available for any researcher on GitHub.
Extracting and Composing a Dataset of Competitive Counter-Strike Global Offensive Matches
Authors: Rocha Erick , Maio Henrique , Menasché Daniel S. , Miceli Claudio
Published: October 2021

There is a growing necessity for insightful and meaningful analyticswithin eSports: be it to entertain spectators as they watch their favorite teamscompete, to automatically identify and catch cheaters or even to gain a com-petitive edge over an opponent, there is a plethora of potential applicationsfor analytics within the scene. It follows then, that there is also a necessityfor well structured and organized datasets that enable efficient data explorationand serve as the foundation for the visualization and analytics layers. Becauseof this, the entire process - from data collection at the source to the means ofaccessing the desired information - need to be planned out to address thoseneeds. Our work provides the means by which to construct such a dataset forthe Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) game, thus opening up a range ofpossible applications on top of the data
COVID19.BR: A Dataset of Misinformation about COVID-19 in Brazilian Portuguese WhatsApp Messages
Authors: Martins Antônio Diogo Forte , Cabral Lucas , Mourão Pedro Jorge Chaves , de Sá Ivandro Claudino , Monteiro José Maria , Machado Javam
Published: October 2021

Nowadays, our society suffers with a major issue that unfortunately is becoming more and more problematic, once again through social networks, that is the misinformation. The primary source of misinformation in Brazil is the messaging application WhatsApp. However, due to WhatsApp's private messaging nature, there still few misinformation data sets built specifically from this platform. In this context, building a data set of WhatsApp messages about COVID-19 in Brazilian Portuguese and label misinformation messages within it becomes a crucial challenge. In this work, we present the COVID-19.BR, a data set of WhatsApp messages about coronavirus in Brazilian Portuguese, collected from Brazilian public groups and manually labeled.
SIMPEC: Sistema de Manutenção Preventiva para Equipamentos de Climatização
Authors: Pereira Antônio E. , França Isabela F. , Silva Melyssa M. G. , Cordeiro Bruna M. O. S. , Sene Junior Iwens. G. , Bulcão-Neto Renato F.
Published: October 2021

A má condução da manutenção de aparelhos de climatização é um potencial causador de problemas à saúde humana. Logo, há uma necessidade de constante monitoramento preventivo de ambientes fechados climatizados e de uso coletivo. Este trabalho apresenta o Sistema de Manutenção Preventiva para Equipamentos de Climatização (SIMPEC), uma solução de Internet das Coisas composta de sensores e uma aplicação web em operação em um laboratório de pesquisa universitário.