bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modelling a High Quality Education for International Students
Authors: Pluzhnik I. L. , Guiral F. H. А.
Published: August 2020

Introduction.The strive for high quality of Russian higher education, puts an emphasis on seeking the ways to improve it in the line with the topical Global educational agenda. In the context of this study provision of high quality education is defined as managing students experience in and out of the classroom as an integrative whole which is indispensable for maximising educational outcomes. Though Russian universities have a steady intake of international students on mobility programmes, there are not enough studies modelling the application of these dimensions in Russian academic setting. The current study seeks for the pathways to overcome this gap.

Aim.The article is targeted to rethink the strategy of managing high quality education for international students and to work out and test an integrated model for the educational quality enhancement regarding two critical dimensions of their university training in curricular-related and co-curricular areas.

Methodology and research methods.Mixed research methods were utilised. Individual interviews and a survey with close-ended and open-ended items were used to find out challenging issues impeding the development of high quality education offered in curricular and co-curricular related dimensions. Classroom observation, peer experts opinions and content analysis of the courses taught and their outcomes evaluation were applied at the University of Tyumen, being 5-100 project participant, to indicate the components, pedagogical toolkit and competencies for high educational quality of international students.

Results and scientific novelty.The developed integrated model for high educational quality provision included the main interrelated curricular and co-curricular components of quality enhancement. They involved the designed up-to-date academic Russian course; teacher-student interactive support, socio-cultural and intellectual engagement such as “buddy” scheme studentto-student support, discussion workshops on intercultural awareness of students and teaching staff. Teaching methods of reflection, critical analysis, confirmatory feedback, communities, project-based and action oriented learning, group discussions, language tandems were proposed. Major competencies for international students’ curricular-based and co-curricular educational quality were suggested: critical reading and reflection, academic writing, negotiating, argumentation, logical cohesion, intercultural and cross-cultural awareness, conflict avoidance, tolerance to ambiguity.

Practical significance.The integrated model can be applied for road-mapping the action plan of international policy at any university in Russia to provide high quality education for international students.
Modelling Methodology as the Basis for Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Approach in the Training of Students of Pedagogical Specialties
Authors: Perminov E. A. , Testov V. A.
Published: August 2020

Introduction.Nowadays, according to the tendencies of education modernisation, an interdisciplinary approach is taking a leading role, based on deepening the links between education and science, which is the most acute problem in the conditions of large amounts of scientific information. The implementation of the interdisciplinary approach is based on the methodology of modelling using information technologies, as a methodology of a new post-industrial stage of scientific culture of research in the digital age, which is of fundamental importance in modern teacher training.

Theaimof the present article is to investigate the aspects of modelling methodology using information technologies in the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach in the training of students of pedagogical specialties.

Methodology and research methods.In the course of the research, a modelling methodology, a systematic approach, the analysis and generalisation of the results of academic works on the implementation of interdisciplinary, cultural, and meta-subject approaches in education were employed.

Results and scientific novelty.The authors conducted the analysis of interdisciplinary approach (interdisciplinary integration) as a leading trend in post-industrial education. It is justified that interdisciplinary training, implemented on the basis of modelling methodology, is of fundamental importance in the formation of general-cultural scientific ideas among students and in their awareness of science as the ideal scientific knowledge. Various aspects of modernisation of teacher training based of modelling methodology are investigated. The main peculiarities of implementation of cultural and meta-subject approaches in the selection of the content of profile training of future teachers are identified. It is revealed that interdisciplinary courses play an important role in the implementation of the interdisciplinary approach. The didactic and methodological principles for the development of model-theoretical interdisciplinary courses for future teachers are established. It is demonstrated that in accordance with the modelling methodology, the main didactic goal of such courses is to teach the implementation of stages for investigating solutions of research problems (objects of processes or phenomena) using information technologies.

Practical significance.The materials of the article contribute to the implementation of the interdisciplinary approach in the content of training of students of pedagogical specialties. Also, the research findings might be useful for both theorists of education and for teachers, who are engaged in professional training of students of pedagogical specialties, and all those who are interested in the further development of educational system.
responsabilidad del revisor fiscal ante las exigencias éticas y morales de la sociedad
Authors: Montes-Salazar Carlos Alberto , Sánchez-Mayorga Ximena , Mora-Roa Gustavo
Published: August 2020

El artículo explica que es la Revisoría Fiscal en Colombia, en cabeza de quien recae esa función, para entrar luego a conceptualizar en forma general que es ética, moral, principios, valores, cultura ética y sus efectos en las organizaciones e incidencia en el trabajo del contador público responsable de ejercer el Control de Fiscalización.  Por último, establece cuáles son las responsabilidades del Revisor Fiscal en concordancia con lo que espera la sociedad de él.
Editorial
Authors: De la Hoz Ricardo
Published: August 2020

La revista Ingeniare publica artículos derivados de la investigación científica en las distintas áreas de ingeniería y otras ciencias afines, con el fin de convertirse en un instrumento para la difusión de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y los resultados de investigación enla comunidad científica y académica. Cada día la revista hace un esfuerzo por mejorar su calidad y compromiso ético, apegándose a los estándares de buenas prácticas editoriales y buscando aumentar su visibilidad en bases de datos y servicios de indexación reconocidos.
Modelo de gestión de inventarios de tarjetas de crédito en una entidad financiera
Authors: Navarro Cuentas Carlos Adolfo , Bustos Polo Melissa Mabel , Barrios Barraza Franklin
Published: August 2020

Los resultados obtenidos de la investigación sobre el control de inventario de tarjetas de crédito en una entidad financiera y el impacto que se presenta sobre el nivel de servicio se pueden analizar a través del proceso de distribución de estas y su demanda, costos y tiempos de entrega. Con base en lo anterior se desarrollaron modelos matemáticos que definen el comportamiento de la demanda, las cantidades optimas a enviar, los inventarios de seguridad y puntos de reorden. De igual forma, se definió un sistema de control de inventario quemonitorea el consumo de tarjetas mediante la generación de alertas conforme los plásticos disponibles lleguen al punto dereorden calculado. Finalmente, se valida la propuesta y arroja resultados satisfactorios porque evidencia que el modelopropuesto disminuye los envíos en 56,69% que representan un ahorro de aproximadamente $12.915.000 al año con un nivel de servicio del 97%.
OPTIMIZATION OF ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DEFECTS OF HARD TISSUES OF DENTS AND DENTAL SERIES USING DIGITAL FUNCTIONAL METHODS
Authors: Rogozhnikov Aleksey
Published: August 2020

Subject. The current level of development of dentistry requires the use of an algorithm for diagnosis, monitoring and quality control of orthopedic treatment of patients using functional research methods, planning and manufacturing of dental prosthesis designs based on digital technologies.

The goal is to develop an algorithm for orthopedic treatment of patients with defects in the hard tissues of teeth and dentitions using digital functional examination methods.

Methodology. Clinical data are based on the results of orthopedic treatment of two groups of patients with defects in the hard tissues of teeth and dentitions. The main group consisted of 129 people, whose diagnostic and treatment complex had an extended instrumental clinical and functional analysis of static and dynamic ratios of teeth and jaws, and orthopedic treatment was carried out according to an improved CAD/CAM protocol. Comparison group ― 147 people, comprehensive dental diagnostics and prosthetic treatment carried out using the standard CAD/CAM technique.

Results. Using in-depth functional diagnostics of the dento-jaw system based on digital technologies, a comprehensive assessment of the status of the dental status of the examined patients is given, an algorithm for their comprehensive diagnosis and treatment is developed, indications for their prosthetics in the usual occlusion or in the central ratio of the jaws are specified. The production of fixed anatomical structures of dentures has been optimized by improving the methodology for modeling their masticatory surfaces using the Hint-Els CAD/CAM system.

Conclusions. Analysis of the examination results and monitoring of the stages of orthopedic treatment of patients testifies to the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and advanced CAD/CAM technology. The developed indications for the replacement of defects in the hard tissues of teeth and dentitions are determined as the result of many years of research that can achieve practical results ― increasing the effectiveness of their treatment using digital functional diagnostic methods and orthopedic treatment.
FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF NEUTROPHILS AND THE LEVEL OF CYTOKINES OF THE LOCAL FOCUS OF INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS
Authors: Latyushina Larisa , Lapteva Anastasiia , Plechanova Ekaterina , Malysheva Ludmila , Shirshova Nataliya
Published: August 2020

Subject. The risks of an unfavorable outcome of simultaneous implantation in most cases are associated with the installation of an implant in the tooth wells with chronic foci of odontogenic infection.

The goal is to study the effector indicators of phagocytes and the level of cytokines of the local focus of inflammation in patients with various forms of chronic periodontitis.

Methodology. The study involved 65 dental patients with a diagnosis of "K 04.5―K 04.9" (ICD-10, 1997), a comprehensive examination using laboratory immunological methods which included the study of the functional activity of neutrophils (phagocytic activity and intensity on a model of latex particle absorption; lysosomal activity and index of the total luminescence of lysosomes; HCT-reducing activity and intensity according to spontaneous and induced tests) and the concentration of IL-1-RA IL-1β, IL-2, IL-8, IFN–α, IFN-γ (PCG/ml) wound detachable wells of the extracted tooth.

Results. A study of the immunological parameters of the local foci of periapical inflammation in patients with various forms of chronic periodontitis revealed some features of the cytokine profile and the functional activity of neutrophils in the wound detachable hole of the extracted tooth. The data obtained in patients with chronic fibrous periodontitis allowed us to determine the signs of activity of chronic inflammation. In subjects who had their teeth removed due to chronic granulating periodontitis, immunological predictors of a prolonged course of inflammatory and reparative processes were revealed. In patients with chronic granulomatous lesions of the periapical zone, evidence of prolonged contamination of the periapical zone was obtained, which may lead to changes in effector parameters against the background of the preserved bactericidal potential of neutrophilic granulocytes.

Findings. Immunological predictors of the development of infectious and inflammatory complications were identified in the context of the planned simultaneous dental implantation when implants are inserted into the wells of the teeth with chronic periodontal foci.
The Predictive Factors for Favorable Outcomes of Peginterferon and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in HCV-Infected Patients
Authors: Moayedi Javad , Hashempour Tayebeh , Musavi Zahra , Dehghani Behzad , Hasanshahi Zahra , Merat Shahin
Published: August 2020

We aimed to investigate the association of pretreatment host and/or viral related factors with sustained virological response (SVR) rate in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infected patients. This cohort study was performed on 200 IFN-naïve Iranian CHC patients who were treated with pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) plus ribavirin (RBV). Pretreatment levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), fasting blood sugar (FBS), HCV load and genotype were determined, and the pattern of changes was monitored throughout the course of treatment. The baseline FBS value in the non-responder group was significantly higher than that of the SVR group. The SVR group showed a rapid and continuous decline of ALT/AST activity from the beginning of the treatment, while the ALT level was fluctuating in non-responder and relapse groups. Persistent normalization of transaminases during combination antiviral therapy was significantly associated with SVR rate. Besides, age and FBS levels had the greatest impact on SVR. Minocycline seems to be a safe and effective adjuvant in the management of patients with schizophrenia.
Outcome of Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in Sulaimani City
Authors: Faeq Salih Aso , Marwan Mhadi Hakam , Raeof Shkar
Published: August 2020

An atrial septal defect (ASD), sometimes called a hole in the heart is a type of congenital heart defect in which there is an abnormal opening in the dividing wall between the upper filling chambers of the heart (the atria). To determine the outcome of surgical closure in patients with atrial septal defects, we designed a retrospective study, including 120 patients present with an atrial septal defect after surgical closure done in the cardiac teaching center in Sulaimani city. The data collected include the patients that admitted which are known cases of ASD and treated by open heart surgery during the last nine years from 1st of January 2008 until the 1st of January 2018. A total of 120 children diagnosed with Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) were included in this study with a mean age of 7.8±4.4 years; 32.5% of them were 1-5 years old, 50.8% of them were in the age group 6-12 years, and 16.7% of them were in the age group 13-19 years. Only three ASD children received medical treatment while all of them were treated surgically with open-heart surgery. The mean age of ASD children at surgery was7.8±4.4 years; 5.8% of them were 1-2 years old, 28.4% of them were 3-5 years old, 49.1% of them were in the age group 6-12 years, and 16.7% of them were in the age group 13-19 years. There was a significant association between primum ASD type and large ASD with posteroinferior deficient rims (P=0.04). A significant association was observed between primum ASD type and large IAS (P=0.006). Mean ASD diameter was significantly higher among patients with primum ASD type (P=0.01). The outcome of surgical closure of the atrial septal defect in children is effective and safe. Ventricular arrhythmia in the form of ectopic was the postoperative complication in one patient. The main echocardiography findings of children with atrial septal defects were large ASD with posteroinferior deficient rims.
Effect of Different Application Techniques of Universal Bonding System on Microtensile Bond Strength of Bulk-Fill Composites to Primary and Permanent Dentin
Authors: Fallahinejad Ghajari Masoud , Sheikholeslamian Mahsa , Ghasemi Amir , Simaei Leila
Published: August 2020

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the microtensile bond strength (μTBS) of a bulk-fill composite to permanent and primary coronal dentin using a universal adhesive in self-etch and total-etch modes.
Materials and Methods: This in-vitro study was performed on 52 occlusal dentinal surfaces of human primary and permanent teeth. The crowns were cut to the gingival level. The 48 prepared dentin sections were randomly assigned to the following groups (n=13): A: Primary/Total-etch, B: Primary/Self-etch, C: Permanent/Total-etch, and D: Permanent/Self-etch. In groups A and C, after etching for 15 seconds, two layers of a universal bonding (Futurabond U) were applied and cured for 10 seconds. All samples were filled with a bulk-fill composite (x-trafil; VOCO) and cured for 40 seconds. The samples were cut to a bar-shaped dentin block with the dimensions of 1×1×1 mm3, and after 10,000 thermocycles, the μTBS test was accomplished at a crosshead speed of 1 mm/minute. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of μTBS were calculated, and the data were analyzed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Fisher's exact test.
Results: The mean μTBS was as follows: A: 15.03±2.0279, B: 11.11±2.4423, C: 23.50±4.8165, and D: 16.26±6.3200 MPa. Futurabond U showed a higher μTBS in the total-etch mode (P<0.001). The permanent teeth had greater μTBS than the primary teeth (P<0.001). Similar percentages of failure modes were observed in the total-etch groups but in the self-etch groups, most failures were in the form of adhesive and mixed.
Conclusion: Greater μTBS was observed in the permanent teeth with the total-etch technique.
Oral Health Related Quality of Life of Patients Using Conventional Dentures versus Implant-Supported Overdentures
Authors: Azar Ramtin , Semyari Hassan , Kharazifard Mohamad Javad
Published: August 2020

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients using conventional dentures versus implant-supported overdentures.
Materials and Methods: This study evaluated the OHRQoL of 90 patients between 35 to 75 years who were selected from several public and private dental clinics in Tehran in 2018. Of all, 45 had conventional dentures of both jaws, and 45 had a mandibular overdenture supported by two implants at the site of mandibular canine teeth and a conventional maxillary denture. The OHRQoL of patients was determined using the Oral Health Impact Prfile-20 (OHIP-20). The questionnaire was translated to Persian, and its content validity and internal consistency were confirmed. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney test, and independent t-test.
Results: In the conventional denture group, 46.7% had good, 46.7% had moderate, and 6.6% had poor OHRQoL. These values were 55.6%, 37.8% and 6.6% in the overdenture group, respectively. Level of education had a significant correlation with the total score of OHIP-20 in both groups (P<0.05). But no significant association was noted between the residential status and gender of patients with different domains of OHRQoL (P>0.05) except for the psychological disability domain, which had a higher mean value in males with conventional dentures (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Patients with a mandibular overdenture supported by two implants at the site of canine teeth and a conventional maxillary denture had higher OHRQoL than patients with conventional dentures of both jaws.
Is Mini-Plate Removal Necessary for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Patients? A Five-Year Case-Control Study
Authors: Fani Mehdi , Samieirad Sahand , Shooshtari Zahra , Jamali Maryam , Tohidi Elahe
Published: August 2020

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the mini-plate and screw removal rate and reasons in maxillofacial surgery patients under previous semi-rigid fixation treatment in the past five years at the main trauma center of Mashhad.
Materials and Methods: This was a census-based retrospective study. All the candidates who admitted to our department for maxillofacial plate removal due to symptomatic or infected mini-plates were included in this study. The patients’ age and gender, plate removal etiologies, and the time between plate insertion and removal were analyzed.
Results: Mini-plates were inserted for 1026 patients. However, only 94 patients with a mean age of 29.4±11.1 years were candidates for plate removal. The plate removal rate was 9.16%. Infection and exposure were the most common causes of plate removal. The most prevalent removal site was the mandible (angle and body). The interval between mini-plate insertion and removal was an average of 12.9±5.6 months. It is noteworthy that the shortest lasting duration was when plate removal was secondary to pain (6.67 months) and infection (11.45 months).
Conclusion: This research showed that the routine removal of plates does not appear to be generally indicated in healthy subjects unless there is an obvious and definitive clinical indication.
A Case Report of a Young Pregnant Woman with Preeclampsia and Acute Pulmonary Edema in Severe Transient Heart Failure
Authors: Mirjalili Tayebeh
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Young pregnant woman (32 weeks) following one-month illnessesm, including peripheral edema, paresthesia and shortness of breath, for which no specific diagnosis was made in the evaluations; she was hospitalized with severe respiratory distress and pulmonary edema. Re-examination revealed severe systolic heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction: 10-15%) with preeclampsia. After the relative stabilization of the patient's vital signs, the pregnancy was terminated. One week after termination of pregnancy, the patient's heart failure improved.
Effect of High Intensity Interval Training on the Level of Atrial Fibrillation, Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Klotho Protein in Male Rats with Renal Failure
Authors: Rokhsati Sina , Souri Rahman , Shabkhiz Fatemeh , Rabbani Shahram , Shahsavari Zahra
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Cardiovascular problems and atrial fibrillation is one of the most prevalent secondary consequences in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to examine the effect of high intensity interval training on the level of atrial fibrillation, fibroblast growth factor 23 and Klotho in male rats with chronic kidney disease.
Methods: In this study, 30 male rats Wistar (7-8 weeks) were randomly assigned into three groups of exercise, control and sham. Rats in the exercise and control groups were entered to the study by using nephrectomy 5/6Nx, which made renal failure. Exercise protocol included training protocol as high intensity interval training (85% Maximum oxygen consumption) on treadmill for 8 weeks and three sessions in each week. Atrial fibrillation, fibroblast growth factor 23, Klotho, and other parameters were examined at the post intervention in all three groups. Data analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA and to examine the difference between groups, followed post-hoc Bonferroni analysis test at P <0.05.
Results: Interval training was able to make a significant difference between the exercise and control groups in the level of atrial fibrillation (P<0/05). Klotho protein also had a considerable increase in the exercise group compared to the control group. However, the fibroblast growth factor 23 did not differ significantly between the exercise and control groups (P>0/05).
Conclusion: High intensity interval training can cause a significant decrease in the level of atrial fibrillation in chronic kidney patients; however, in the process of this improvement, the changes in fibroblast growth factor 23 and related factors are less and the role of Klotho protein has an important effect.
SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE REQUIREMENT OF QURANIC PSYCHOTHERAPY MODEL: PAEDOPHILIA RECOVERY FOUNDATION
Authors: Usman Abur Hamdi , Razi Shahabudin Muhammad Fakhrur , Guleng Marlon Pontino , Muhamat@Kawangit
Published: August 2020

Purpose of the study: This article intends to review the pieces of literature on Quranic psychotherapy for the rehabilitation of paedophilia.

Methodology: For this article, content analysis has been used to discuss the data from documents, such as books, journals, and other related materials which had been reviewed and referred to Quran as the main source.

Main Findings: This article found that the essential need for Quranic psychotherapy for the rehabilitation of paedophilia and the development of a special module to curb this issue in Malaysia.

 Applications of this study: This article can be useful for government, academia, psychotherapist, parents, etc. to build and apply the module together and prevent this paedophile crime from continuing to occur.

Novelty/Originality of this study: Only a very few have examined the children who often become victims of sexual abuse. Children also often misunderstood the meaning of affection shown by adults. Thus, this opportunity used by some parties to exploit the meaning of love so that crimes like paedophilia occurs. Also, sexual abuse affects the psychological well-being of the perpetrator and the victims of paedophilia, thereby changing their sexual orientation.
Indicadores do ambiente obesogênico e a influência dos estilos parentais no comportamento alimentar em escolares
Authors: Dantas Rafaela Ramos , Tassitano Rafael Miranda , Melo Priscilla Yevelin Barros de , Silva Giselia Alves Pontes da
Published: August 2020

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar a influência do ambiente obesogênico e dos estilos parentais no comportamento alimentar de crianças e adolescentes. Trata-se de estudo de abordagem quantitativa, realizado no primeiro semestre de 2017, cuja amostra foi recrutada em duas escolas privadas com 272 crianças e adolescentes de classe média, de Campina Grande, Paraíba. Em 40% dos casos, as mães e pais foram classificados como negligentes segundo a avaliação dos filhos, bem como 50% dos pais foram considerados permissivos, e possuíam sempre ou quase sempre alimentos ultraprocessados em casa. A média mais elevada encontrada na subescala “Sobre ingestão emocional” foram de filhos de mães permissivas (7,3) em relação às negligentes (5,2; p=0,01). Os dados sugerem que os pais podem ter uma atitude omissa no processo de modelagem do comportamento alimentar saudável em relação aos filhos, e que mesmo os estilos parentais sendo importantes para formação do comportamento alimentar dos filhos, ainda não são suficientes, pois as influências genéticas, epigenéticas e ambientais também são importantes para compreendê-lo.
Uso do álcool interferindo na saúde do adolescente: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Moura Fernanda Carminati de , Priotto Elis Maria Teixeira Palma
Published: August 2020

O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar a produção científica sobre como o uso de álcool interfere na saúde do adolescente. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa nas bases de dados: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Base de Dados de Enfermagem, Literatura Internacional em Ciências e Saúde e Scientific Eletronic Library Online, por meio dos descritores: ‘adolescente e alcoolismo’; ‘adolescência e alcoolismo’. Os artigos avaliados referem-se ao período de 2014 a 2018, disponíveis em português. Selecionaram-se 13 artigos. Os dados revelam que o uso do álcool por adolescentes traz comportamentos de riscos trazendo consequências para sua saúde. As publicações evidenciaram a importância de ações educativas no ambiente escolar que envolva pais, escola, profissionais de saúde, gestores e toda sociedade, para prevenção e enfretamento desses agravos.
Informe de Comisión sobre "Noventa y cinco casos de embarazo etópico"
Authors: Silva Mojica Carlos R.
Published: August 2020

Concepto sobre el trabajo "Noventa y cinco casos de embarazo ectópico" presentado por el doctor Jesús A. Gómez Palacino, para obtener el título de miembro de número de la Sociedad Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología.
Un caso de hipoestrogenismo
Authors: Luna Muñoz Hernando
Published: August 2020

La experiencia clínica que a continuación relato y que corresponde a una enferma atendida en el Servicio de Ginecología del Hospital de esta ciudad, solamente la hace interesante el éxito logrado con el tratamiento a que fue sometida, y es esta la razón por la cual he creído oportuno enviarla para su publicación.
Comentario sobre Fibromioma y Embarazo
Authors: Ofman G. José
Published: August 2020

Se puede confundir un mioma con embarazo; los métodos del diagnóstico biológico y  la evolución nos darán el  diagnóstico.En la segunda mitad del embarazo los nódulos subserosos pequeños se pueden confundir con partes fetales; el empleo de la radiografía aclarará la incógnita. Con un tumor del ovario, incluido o no en el ligamento ancho; con útero grávido retrovertido; con un embarazo ectópico; con un tumor de los órganos y  tejidos de la pelvis menor. Los medios habituales de examen (palpación, tacto vaginal, tacto rectal y  en casos necesarios la radiografía) nos puede dar el  diagnóstico
Comisión de estudio sobre Toxemia Gravídica
Authors: De Obstetricia y Ginecología Federación Colombiana
Published: August 2020

Comentario sobre el trabajo: "Observaciones Sobre los Tratamientos de la Eclampsia" presentado por el doctor Silva-Mojica en la sesión ordinaria de la Sociedad del día 10 de diciembre de 1953.
Revista de Revistas
Authors: De Obstetricia y Ginecologia Federación Colombiana
Published: August 2020

Hemorragia suprarrenal durante el embarazo.Sinfisiotomia en lugar de fórceps difícil.
La Incisión de Pfannenstiel en la Cesárea
Authors: Castillo Vega Eudoro
Published: August 2020

En las diversas técnicas de la cesárea, no solamente la sección del útero ha sufrido modificaciones apreciables, sino también la incision de la pared misma. Recorriendo las paginas históricas de la operación cesárea encontramos tanta variedad en la apertura de la pared abdominal, como en la forma de intervenir en esta operación. Algunos insistían en la sección hacia el lado izquierdo y para clamente a la dirección de los músculos rectos abdominales con el fin, según los, de no herir el hígado. Otros manifestarón su desconfianza en esa incision por temor de lesionar el bazo. Tampoco faltaron opiniones adversas a las anteriores y preconizaron la incisión oblicua, a pesar de las malas consecuencias que sobrevenían a la madre. Pietro d’Argellater recomendó la incisión central que iba desde el "procesos ensiformis hasta el "peeten ossis pubis", pero al fin y al cabo practico y propuso la incisión medía sobre la línea negra
Algunas determinaciones del Pregnandiol urinario en el aborto amenazante
Authors: Castillo Vega Eudoro
Published: August 2020

Los datos obtenidos en las historias anteriores nos llevaron a concluir que el único sistema o método práctico v rápido para pronosticar el éxito o el fracaso de un aborto amenazante es la estimación cuantitativa del pregnandiol urinario. Es evidente que la mayor parte de las pacientes con aborto amenazante y con una baja excreción de pregnandiol y, particularmente en aquellas en quienes un descenso progresivo y rápido en la mencionada excreción de pregnandiol, el pronóstico o concepto en cuanto a supervivencia de la gestación es no viable. Por otra parte, en la mayoría de las pacientes cuando el tiempo de los cólicos ute­rinos y de las sangrías llega, ya es, o puede ser, muy tarde para evitar el aborto. Contrariamente, cuando la excreción de pregnandiol permanece normal, nosotros creemos que es una buena evidencia para fundamentar el concepto de viable; en tal caso debe hacerse todo esfuezo terapéutico posible para conservar la preñez. Los americanos aconsejan, que la dosis útil para terapéutica hormonal, debe ser alta cuando el pregnandiol es bajo, y que debe ser inferior a 100 miligra­mos diarios de progesterona, pues por experimentos que han realizado manifies­tan que solamente el 10% de progesterona administrada es la que se utiliza. No tenemos suficiente experiencia en este tópico v dimos solamente do­sis de 20 miligramos, como máximo. En deficiencia notoria de pregnandiol urinario deben emplearse dosis al­tas de progesterona de la misma manera que en los casos de buena eliminación de pregnandiol urinario, no es necesario administrar dicha hormona. Reunimos un total de 45 observaciones. A varias de esas pacientes les do­sificamos por varias veces la eliminación de pregnandiol, de manera que, en los cuatro resúmenes expuestos, llegamos a un total de 69 determinaciones ve­rificadas en el presente trabajo. Como materia de consulta fueron principalmente: el aborto amenazante, el aborto habitual v partos prematuros anteriores. En los dos casos de Mola Hidatidiforme, se encontraron niveles bajos de eliminación de pregnandiol urinario. En cuanto al número de la gestación, vimos desde la primogestante basta la decimotercera gestación. En relación al tiempo de gestación, nos intereso desde el primer mes de amenorrea basta el quinto mes. El buen pronóstico basado en la eliminación del pregnandiol, si no alta por lo menos normal, se cumplió en el 80% de los casos. El mal pronóstico basado en deficiente eliminación de pregnandiol urinario, se cumplió en el 77% de los casos.
Tratamiento de la Preeclampsia
Authors: Corral Maldonado Jaime , Pérez Gómez Eugenio , Gaitán Carlos
Published: August 2020

El tratamiento profiláctico de la preeclampsia y por consiguiente de la eclamp­sia está basado en la estricta vigilancia de las pacientes durante el embarazo, como quiera que es un hecho aceptado que la toxemia gravídica se evita mucho más efec­tivamente con medidas de higiene que con tratamiento medicamentoso; por lo tanto la vigilancia médica durante el embarazo no sólo debe extremarse, sino que debe iniciarse tan precozmente como sea posible y en cada consulta prenatal, que debe ser mensual durante los primeros 6 meses y quincenal en el último trimestre; ha de controlarse rigurosamente el peso de la paciente, la tensión arterial, la presencia de edemas, y la albuminuria posible. En cada consulta prenatal se instruirá a las pa­cientes sobre los signos y síntomas que habitualmente inician el estado preeclámptico, para que así ella consulte al médico oportunamente.
Consideraciones sobre el recién nacido de Toxémica
Authors: Plata Rueda Ernesto
Published: August 2020

He elaborado una breve disertación sobre el pronóstico fetal en la Toxemia, con base en el análisis de 777 historias clínicas de esta entidad ocurridas en el Instituto de Protección Materna  e Infantil de Bogotá en los años de 1948 a 1952.
El problema del Carcinoma Intra Epitelial del cuello uterino
Authors: Jordán Germán
Published: August 2020

De los más felices y modernos progresos en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del carcinoma del cuello uterino, es la adquisición del concepto de “Carcinoma Intra-Epitelial”. De entonces a esta parte se han multiplicado los estudios y publica­ciones sobre el tema: desgraciadamente entre nosotros es exigüa la literatura al respecto y el problema muy poco conocido, a pesar de ser mayor de edad.
El Factor Masculino en la Infecundidad
Authors: Ramírez C. Alfonso
Published: August 2020

a) El factor masculino es de capital importancia y siempre debe estudiarse.b) Existen multitud de causas conocidas de infecundidad masculina y bue­na parte se pueden corregir.c)Existen entidades de etiología aún desconocidas o muy pobremente co­nocidas en las cuales a la luz de los conocimientos modernos, nada es posible utilizar con éxito.d)Los dos puntos capitales sobre los cuales reposa un buen estudio del hombre infecundo son: El espermograma y la biopsia testitular. Del espermograma los factores más importantes son la motilidad, vitalidad y el el número de formas anormales. Demasiado énfasis e importancia se ha dado a los factores volumen y concentración espermática, es decir, el nú­mero de espermatozoides.
Comportamiento histórico de los incendios forestales en el Cantón Rocafuerte, provincia Manabí, Ecuador, en el periodo 2016 – 2019
Authors: Gras-Rodríguez René , Ramos-Rodríguez Marcos Pedro , Medranda-Mendieta Jennifer Alexandra , Manrique-Toala Tayron Omar , Estévez-Valdés Ignacio
Published: August 2020

Los análisis del comportamiento histórico de los incendios forestales suministran informaciones imprescindibles para la elaboración de programas eficaces de manejo del fuego en los territorios. Estos análisis permiten definir dónde, cuándo y por qué se producen los incendios. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar el comportamiento histórico de los incendios forestales en el Cantón Rocafuerte, Manabí, Ecuador, en el periodo 2016 al 2019. Los datos fueron suministrados por el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Rocafuerte. El análisis se realizó considerando las ocurrencias de incendios en un contexto espacio-temporal (años, meses, días de la semana, horas del día y localidades). El análisis estadístico se realizó con el programa SPSS Statistics for Windows (Version 22.0). Se trabajó con un nivel de significancia del 0,05 (p=0,05). En el periodo analizado se reportaron 309 ocurrencias, correspondiendo al año 2018 el mayor porcentaje (30,42 %). La media mensual de ocurrencias fue de 25,75 superándose este valor en seis meses (diciembre, enero y junio a septiembre) correspondiendo a ellos el 61,48 % del total de incendios. No se encontró diferencia estadísticamente significativa para las ocurrencias según los días de la semana (p=0,650) según los resultados del Análisis de Varianza. Los incendios ocurrieron en 51 localidades del Cantón Rocafuerte concentrándose en seis de ellas el 60,52 % del total. El 52,43 % de los incendios se originó por negligencias.
Selección temprana de clones de caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) en sistemas agroforestales
Authors: Corea-Arias Eugenio , Chinchilla-Mora Orlando , Meza-Picado Víctor , Ávila-Arias Carlos
Published: August 2020

En Costa Rica, producir madera en plantaciones puras se ha vuelto poco competitivo frente a otros usos de la tierra. Establecer especies maderables mediante sistemas de producción agroforestal surge como una alternativa para rentabilizar la actividad. La caoba ha sido comprobada como una opción real para gran variedad de sistemas agroforestales. La identificación y uso de material genéticamente superior para diversos lugares o zonas contribuye a incrementar significativamente las tasas de crecimiento y la calidad de los productos generados. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue seleccionar clones que registraran desempeño superior en dos condiciones evaluadas, con el consecuente incremento en los rendimientos por unidad de área. Se evaluaron dos ensayos clonales de caoba de tres años de edad en condiciones de sitio distintas, con el fin de elegir los genotipos con el mejor desempeño en volumen total. En el sitio Venecia se registró un crecimiento promedio en DAP para el conjunto clonal de 9,3 cm*árb-1, lo que representa un IMA de 3,1 cm*árb-1*año-1 a los 36 meses. Los clones 3, 98, 1, 78, 52 y 5 fueron seleccionados para continuar en mejoramiento genético para este sitio. Su uso generaría un volumen promedio a los 36 meses de 0,0399 m3*árb-1. En el sitio Santa Lucía se registró un IMA en DAP de 1,8 cm*árb-1*año-1, 58 % menor al sitio Venecia. Se identificaron los clones 96, 21 y 57 para permanecer en el programa de mejoramiento. Los restantes clones deberían descartarse para reforestación comercial, pero conservarse en bancos de germoplasma para objetivos futuros.
Costos cultivo de clones superiores de caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) hasta 4 años de edad en Costa Rica
Authors: Corea-Arias Eugenio , Chinchilla-Mora Orlando , Meza-Picado Víctor , Ávila-Arias Carlos
Published: August 2020

El cultivo de especies maderables de alto valor puede representar una alternativa competitiva del uso de la tierra, especialmente en sistemas agroforestales (SAF) donde algunos costos de producción de la madera se diluyen en la totalidad del sistema productivo. Una de esas especies con alto potencial es la caoba; sin embargo, es casi nula la información disponible sobre su estructura de costos. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar los rubros de costos estrictamente necesarios para el manejo de plantaciones de pequeños productores (menos de 5 ha), tanto en plantaciones puras como SAF. El costo del cultivo de caoba en plantaciones puras fue muy similar al de otras especies de alto valor como la teca, varió principalmente en función del clima del sitio y método de control de arvenses utilizado. En sitios con estación seca marcada es 6,8 % mayor que los que no la presentan, por la necesidad de construir y mantener cortafuegos y utilizar retenedores de agua al momento de plantar. En la presente investigación, el control del barrenador Hypsipyla grandella representó un 13,6 % del costo total del sistema de producción, además cultivar especies forestales en combinación con cultivos agrícolas resultó 125 % menos costoso que en plantaciones puras. El costo por árbol en SAF hasta los cuatro años disminuyó conforme aumentó la densidad inicial de siembra, se registraron valores entre ¢2 095 y ¢1 139 para espaciamientos entre 4 m X 4 m y 12 m X 12 m, respectivamente.
Културна политика и стратешко планирање у библиотекама
Authors: Грујић Бојана
Published: August 2020

Дуго очекивана национална стратегија развоја културе Републике Србије за десетогодишњи период усвојена је у фебруару 2020. године. У раду је истакнут значај доношења овог документа за област културе и библиотечко- информационе делатности у Србији, с намером да се, у вези са тим, сагледа стање у култури у погледу примене принципа теорије менаџмента и стратешког планирања у пословању библиотека. Писању рада претходило је истраживање које је обухватило српске матичне, националне и универзитетске библиотеке, с упориштем на теоријској подлози и истраживањима из окружења. Градска библиотека у Новом Саду у овом тренутку jе једина установа у овој области у Србији чији је управни одбор усвојио Стратегију развоја за период 2020–2024. године. Израда овог документа представља модел који би се могао успешно применити и у другим библиотекама и установама културе, али је за то потребна стратешка подршка оснивача.
Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and How to Fight Back) by A. Curtis
Authors: MacLeod Kaia
Published: August 2020

Curtis, Andrea. Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and How to Fight Back). Illustrated by Peggy Collins. Red Deer Press, 2018.

Andrea Curtis’s first children’s book was What’s for Lunch? What school children Eat around the World, and her latest book Eat This!: How fast Food marketing gets you to buy junk (and how to fight back) is written for the modern family. It talks about product placement, ads on the internet,  the all-natural myth of orange juice and more. Even though this book is word-heavy (there is a glossary) there are bright colourful pictures, by Peggy Collins, accompanying almost every page. However, they cannot show the advertising of the actual products they want to talk about. So a box of frosted flakes becomes sugar rings with a tiger mascot, and any clown can represent McDonald's. 

Intermittently, it has real-world examples of people fighting fast-food marketing around the world. For example, the Game Changer campaign in Australia, which focuses on the ads in cricket for junk food, alcohol, and gambling. At the end of the book, there is a list of things to try to challenge fast food and marketing strategies. Their goal is to get the reader engaged with what they have just read, offering examples such as potlucks that celebrate diversity, or observing your favourite show for product placement.

There are also multiple facts sprinkled into the book like how part of Philadelphia's soda tax is used for improving parks, or how Peru has banned junk food in schools. Overall the book discusses an important topic that is all too relevant in the age of the internet. Better yet, its goal is getting children to engage with advertising in a critical way. Children will benefit from the book, as it explains how advertisers don’t always have our best interests at heart and can help open a dialogue with adults on the subject.

Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars

Reviewer: Kaia MacLeod

Kaia MacLeod, a member of the James Smith Cree Nation, is an MLIS candidate at the University of Alberta. Her bachelor’s degree was in Film Studies, which she sometimes likes to call a degree in “movie watching,” she enjoys exploring how folklore is represented on film and in online content.
Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me by D. Gutnick
Authors: Aitken Leslie
Published: August 2020

Gutnick, David. Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me.  Illustrated by Mathilde Cinq-Mar. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2018.

In this lovely picture book, David Gutnick explores an episode in the life of Canadian music teacher, Daniel Mergler. The first person narrator of the story is a musically gifted young girl whose family has emigrated from China. Like many immigrant families, hers is struggling financially; there is no money for music lessons. By chance, the girl and her father meet Mr. Mergler during a pleasant outing in a park. The encounter leads to the child’s musical instruction and, as well, her enduring affection for Beethoven. Gutnick concludes his book with end notes: the first leaves no doubt as to the giftedness, kindness, and generosity of Daniel Mergler; the second, a brief biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, will be helpful to young readers unacquainted with classical music.

Because the author claims to be only “inspired by” a true story, we must assume that at least some of the specific details of the plot are fictionalized. Still, the book is based on a CBC documentary, “Beethoven’s Bust,” which Gutnick prepared for broadcast (it was aired as a segment of the CBC radio program, “The Sunday Edition” in 2014). However fictionalized, the story seems real.

Interestingly, the child narrator is never named—perhaps because she is a composite figure, perhaps because Gutnick wishes to protect the privacy of his “sources.” Nonetheless, through the delicate drawings of Mathilde Cinq-Mar, we, the readers, come to know this child: we feel her sense of bliss as she flies through the air on a swing in the park; we admire her determination and certainty as she carols “Oh Susanna…” in her “audition” for Mr. Megler; we understand her rapt delight as she begins to master the piano keyboard, producing sounds that “…make everything else disappear.” An inspired touch is Cinq-Mar’s use of musical staves to create curved and sweeping pathways into the illustrated pages. The technique results in a perfect marriage of artwork and text. In sum, Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me  is a well-crafted, captivating, and heart-warming book that would be very suitable for independent readers in the upper primary and elementary grades.

Reviewer: Leslie AitkenHighly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars

Leslie Aitken’s long career in librarianship included selection of children’s literature for school, special and academic libraries. She is a former Curriculum Librarian of the University of Alberta.