bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Online Educational Activities of Students: Readiness and Self-Efficacy
Authors: Lyz Natalia A.
Published: December 2021

Introduction. The widespread use of telelearning raises the issue of ensuring its effectiveness. Researchers consider various factors, but student readiness for such learning has not yet become the subject of systemic research in domestic science. The objectives of the article are: to reveal personality predictors of online learning success, to identify the components of student readiness for such learning (on the basis of foreign works); to characterize the readiness and self-efficacy of students’ online educational activities drawing on empirical data.
Materials and Methods The researchers utilized the methods of theoretical analysis of the problem and the survey method. The author’s questionnaire was used to collect the data on the online activity of the students, self-assessment of readiness and effectiveness of online learning. 252 first- and second-year IT-students participated in the survey.
Results. Five components of students’ readiness for online learning have been identified: attitude towards online learning, self-directed learning, time management, communicative competence, and technical competence. The students’ attitudes towards online learning are ambivalent. The students understand the importance of such training, but they are not willing to invest enough time and effort into it. Two interrelated components (self-directed learning and time management) contribute most to the overall online learning readiness. Online learning self-efficacy is related to technical competence and attitudes towards online learning.
Discussion and Conclusion. The results will be useful for further research of the factors and ways improving online learning effectiveness. The research prospects are the development of psychodiagnostic tools for assessing the online learning experience and readiness of students and the diversification of the sampling by adding students from different programme tracks and with different experiences in online educational activities.
Place-Names in Three Prophecies from the «Book of Taliesin»
Authors: Breeze Andrew
Published: December 2021

The Book of Taliesin (now at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth) is a fourteenth-century manuscript of Welsh poetry, with some of its material going back to the late sixth century. But it includes poems of later date. Amongst them are three political prophecies: 'Taliesin's Verdant Song'; 'The Contention of Gwynedd and Deheubarth'; 'A Short Poem About Lludd's Discussion'. The first two are of the tenth century, the last of the eleventh. What follows deals with place-names in each. The first can be shown to allude to the English victory over Vikings and Scots at Brunanburh, near Durham, in 937. It is therefore somewhat later, of the period 940 to 987, and not of before 937, as has been thought. The second, dated to 942 x 960, is a polemic by a poet of Gwynedd or north-west Wales against the men of Deheubarth or southern Wales. Its author makes mocking reference to places which can be identified as in North Britain or on the Welsh border: even if Gwynedd's enemies flee there, they will not escape vengeance. Of most interest to Spanish readers is the third text. Its obscure references to enemies will be to Arab and Berber invaders of Andalusia in 1086, after which Alphonso vi appealed for international help. The poem can hence be dated to 1087 or 1088, and will be the earliest reference to Spain in Welsh poetry.
Automated method of calculation of parameters for non-traditional heating technologies and conditioning of buildings
Authors: Olishevskyi Illia , Olishevskyi Hennadiy
Published: December 2021

Purpose. Develop an automated method for calculating parameters for heat pump systems for heating, air conditioning and hot water supply, designed for use in domestic conditions with non-standard heat transfer flows.
Methodology. Mathematical modeling of thermodynamic processes occurring in heating, air conditioning and hot water supply systems.
Findings. The automated method of calculating the parameters of non-traditional technology, which uses standard heat pump equipment of the water heating system for the cooling mode of the air in the warm period of the year, and the discharge of heat dissipated into the ground, was substantiated and developed; and for the needs of hot water supply heat pump air-liquid, acting as a high-speed water heater.
The estimation of technologies of the thermal energy utilization in buildings developed earlier by authors is executed. The first technology involved the use of a heat pump and heat accumulator scheme in the cold season, and halved the consumption of conventional fuel compared to a gas column for hot water at the same facility. The second technology involved heat recovery with the help of a heat accumulator in a complex system of air conditioning and hot water supply in the warm period, which saves from 74 to 82% of conventional fuel compared to the scheme with boiler and air conditioner without heat accumulator.
Critical conclusions were drawn about the need to use additional dimensional equipment for these technologies and the excess amount of hot water received. Possibilities of realization of such scheme were analyzed. Analytically substantiated recommendations on the design (ribbing of heat exchange surfaces) of heating devices and parameters of their operating modes in the cold and warm periods of the year were given. The condition of invariance of heat exchange areas of heating devices and basic water consumption in the heating system was fulfilled. The need to regulate the air conditioning regime by changing the water flow in the system to maintain a constant indoor air temperature with fluctuations in outdoor air temperature was substantiated.
Originality.  For the first time, attention is paid to the study of non-traditional methods of using heat pump heating for heating, air conditioning and hot water supply of residential premises. The automated method for determining rational parameters for these technologies was developed.
Practical value. The automated method of forming the control dependence of the mass flow of water in the system on the outside air temperature on the condition of constancy of the set comfortable indoor air temperature was developed. The use of air-liquid heat pump for hot water supply in the warm period was analyzed, a high energy conversion factor was noted (14 ... 22). The savings of conventional fuel from the application of the considered technology from 13% to 18% in comparison with the technology using a heat accumulator were substantiated.
New Byzantine Lead Seal from the Area of the Medieval Fortress of Rusokastro (South-Eastern Bulgaria)
Authors:   St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Kanev Nikolay
Published: December 2021

This paper analyses a Byzantine lead seal discovered in 2019 and now residing in the Regional Historical Museum in Burgas (Bulgaria). According to the legend, it belonged to a Byzantine official Michael by name, who held the position of (imperial) protonotarios and judge. This seal originates from the area of the medieval fortress of Rusokastro located in south-eastern Bulgaria. The obverse depicts facing bust of St. Archangel Michael, nimbate, wearing mail armour, which is encircled with the border of dots. The image is framed with a partially preserved continuous circle. Archangel Michael holds a spear in his right hand, with its top part partially worn off by mechanical damage. To the right of the spear is well legible letter M, and to the left of the image, at the worn off flattened area of the field, there is a relatively well-preserved letter X, i. e. abbreviations of the name of St. Archangel Michael. On the reverse is an inscription in four lines reading: “+ Lord help Michael, (imperial?) protonotarios and judge.” The seal dates from the tenth to the early eleventh century.
“My Arrow, Fly Up Double, Come Down Single”: To the Problem of Scandinavian–Alanic Parallels in the Mythological Onomasticon
Authors:   The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (National Research University), Napolskikh Vladimir V.
Published: December 2021

The article compares the plots of the Ossetian Nart epic (the tale of Axsar and Axsartag, sons of Warxag, in which one of the brothers gets killed by a doubled or forked arrow due to a misunderstanding) and the Icelandic epic (the story of the accidental murder of Baldr by his blind brother Höd with a dart from a mistletoe shoot, in medieval illustrations to which the murder weapon is also depicted as forked sprout). The peculiarity of the plot (a strange, forked murder weapon), which was already incomprehensible to Ossetian storytellers and Icelandic medieval writers, is a typical example of “common oddity,” which can be a decisive argument when comparing folklore motifs for a common origin. In addition to the similarity of the plots, a commonality is found in the genealogy of the heroes of these legends, through which they fit into the mythological picture of the world of the corresponding traditions and in the mythological onomasticon: the parallelism of pairs Odin — Frigg / Freya (with her father Njord, the god of waters) and Warхag / Wastyrdg’i — Dzerassa (daughter of the god of waters Donbettyr), semantic similarities in the names of the heroes (‘Warrior,’ ‘Hero’) and the exact match in the names of their ancestors (Boræ — Buri, Bor). All these observations allow us to hypothesize for the presence of borrowed Gothic plots in the North German epic tradition, which also include the story of Hermanarich, Sunilda and her brothers, known from Jordanes’ Getica. It also leads us to explain why some sagas trace the location of the Ases and Odin ancestral home to the mouth of the Don. These German-Ossetian parallels do not go back to Indo-European antiquity but testify to the close Gothic–Alanic contacts in the northern Black Sea region in the 3rd–4th centuries.
On the Codicological Features of the Odessa Manuscript of the 16th–17th Centuries Slepchensky Commemoration Book
Authors:   International Humanitarian University, Zubov Nikolay I.
Published: December 2021

The paper discusses specific features of personal name lists in Slepchensky commemoration book (kodik) from the monastery of St John the Precursor in North Macedonia (manuscript 1/116 of the Odessa National Scientific Library) based on the codicological features of this genre in the 16th–17th centuries. It is found that the commemoration book contains the beadroll of the lower clergy (diaconhood) as well as memorial records of laity men and women, represented by the original blocks and their copies. Establishing the ratio between those helps the author to substantiate the hypothesis that Odessa manuscript of the Slepchensky commemoration book 1/116 and the manuscript 1015 of another commemoration book (stored in the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria) were once a single unit performed in two copies. Over time, the handwritten notebooks of both copies were mixed, which is proved for the Slepchensky commemoration book. Thus, a new vector for the study of the Sofia manuscript 1015 opens, as it contains blocks of memorial records with the names of the higher clergy. Such blocks are twice declared in the initial part of the Odessa manuscript 1/116 yet absent in its main text. Similarities in basic handwriting and design of memorial notes in both manuscripts make the assumption of their initial unity even more convincing. If such is the case, the starting date of what was once a single manuscript should be specified not as 1544 (as it is indirectly read in manuscript 1/116) but about two decades later, after 1567, which is directly indicated in the Sofia manuscript 1015.
Ways of Development of Slavic Onomastic Lexicography: An Analytical Overview
Authors:   Volgograd State Social and Pedagogical University, Kryukova Irina. V. , Suprun Vasily I. ,   Volgograd State Social and Pedagogical University
Published: December 2021

The article examines the history and current state of onomastic lexicography in the Slavic countries. The study is driven by the importance of collecting data on Slavic dictionaries of proper names for in-depth research on the theory of Slavic onomastics including comparative studies based on onomastic material of several closely related languages. The purpose of this analytical review is to summarize and evaluate the experience of the lexicographic description of proper names developed in the Slavic countries. The introductory part of the article deals with general problems of the lexicography of proper names. This includes an overview of studies on lexicographic descriptions of onyms in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Some references are made on Slavic onomastic dictionaries published in other countries, primarily in Germany. Dictionaries are grouped by their nature (historical and etymological, normative, linguocultural, dictionaries of an author’s language) and by name types they study (place names, personal names, animal names, etc.). There is also a description of mixed type onomastic dictionaries based on several typological principles, and some new types of dictionaries and lexicographic projects to be published. The authors evaluate contribution made by lexicography experts in different Slavic countries in the development of the research. Special mention is made of the role of Russian onomastic lexicography against the background of other Slavic languages. The final part of the article discusses prospects for the development of Slavic onomastic lexicography requiring collaborative efforts of lexicographers from several Slavic countries.
On the 60th Anniversary of the Ural University Toponymic Expedition: A Return to the Urals
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ivanova Elena E.
Published: December 2021

The article is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Ural University (now the Ural Federal University) Toponymic Expedition and its new research project studying the toponymy, vocabulary, and ethnocultural information related to the extraction and processing of gems and ornamental stones in the Urals. Within the recent fieldwork of 2020–2021, the expedition visited many settlements of the so-called Gem strip of the Urals — the territory that holds lots of historical, linguistical, and ethnographic discoveries. It is found that back in the 18th–19th centuries, prospecting activities (search and extraction of gems, their processing, collection, and trade) were totally shaping the local lifestyle, folk culture, and linguistic consciousness of its residents. The present paper describes the toponymic system of the region, focusing on the types of topographic objects (deposits, veins, mines, quarries) and their naming features. It is shown that local toponymy cannot be interpreted without considering its connection to dialect vocabulary, ethnography, and knowledge of the cultural and historical traditions of semi-precious craft. The collected material falls into several lexical groups: dialectal, professional, and local slang. Given the present decline of the craft itself that leads to the destruction of unique toponymic systems, the author calls to the urgency of preserving this study material. The article shares some innovative methods of fieldwork used by the expedition with account to the peculiarities of the studied objects as well as those driven by the development of IT. It also unlocks new locations for materials collection, such as mineralogical museums, exhibition-fairs of minerals and comments on the specificity of using data from the geological and mineralogical forums on the Internet. The conclusion provides the list of publications for 2020–2021 by the Department of Russian Language, General Linguistics and Speech Communication based on the collected fieldwork data.
A holistic approach to evaluating Parkinson’s disease, using the Delphi method: a linear evaluation index
Authors: SERRANO-DUEÑAS Marcos , MASABANDA Luis , LUQUIN Maria-Rosario
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic disease that presents a multitude of symptoms, with symptoms of both motor and nonmotor nature. The Delphi method is widely used to create consensuses among experts in a field of knowledge. Objective: In order to reach a consensus on the values that should be assigned to the different motor and nonmotor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease, a linear evaluation index (LEI) was created. Subsequently, the metric properties of this index were studied. Methods: 120 consecutive patients with a Parkinson’s diagnosis were chosen in accordance with the UKPDSBB criteria. The Delphi method was used to reach a consensus among experts regarding the values of each of the manifestations included. Subsequently, the following attributes were analyzed: quality and acceptability of the data; reliability, in terms of internal consistency, reliability index, Cronbach’s alpha and standard error of measurement; and validity, in terms of convergent validity and validity for known groups. Results: Twenty-five experts participated. The importance factor did not differ between the first round and the second round (chi-square test). We analyzed the responses that assigned percentage values to the 10 dimensions of the LEI. Both in the first and in the second round, the values of the scattering coefficient Vr were always close to 0. The homogeneity index was 0.36; the corrected-item total correlation values ranged from 0.02 to 0.7; Cronbach’s α was 0.69; and the SEM was 4.23 (55.1%). Conclusions: The LEI was obtained through rigorous recommended methodology. The results showed adequate metric properties.
No clinical advantage of locking over nonlocking plate fixation of symphyseal disruptions
Authors: ULIANA CHRISTIANO SALIBA , NAKAHASHI EIJI RAFAEL , SILVA LUIZ HENRIQUE PENTEADO , FREITAS ANDERSON , GIORDANO VINCENZO
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Purpose: although locking plates have led to important changes in fracture management, becoming important tools in the orthopedic surgeon’s arsenal, the benefits of locking plates for traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis have not been established. This study was conducted to assess the quality of life in its different domains among patients with traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis managed either with locking or nonlocking plate. Methods: a prospective cohort study was undertaken at 3 level 1 trauma centres in Brazil. Patients presenting traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis treated with plate fixation with a minimum follow-up of 12 months were eligible for inclusion. Through a Pfannenstiel approach, the pubic symphysis was reduced and fixed with a superiorly positioned 4.5mm four to six hole reconstruction locked plate or 3.5mm four to six hole reconstruction nonlocked plate. Posterior injury was managed during the same procedure. Outcome measures were adequate healing of the pelvic injuries, return to pre-injury level on daily activities, and quality of life at the last follow-up visit. Complications and modes of failure were summarized and reviewed. Bivariate linear regression was used to assess individual factors affecting patients’ health-related quality of life. A p value of <5% was considered significant. Results: a total of 31 adult patients (29 males and 2 females) were eligible for the study. Thirteen patients were managed with a reconstruction locked plate and 18 patients with a nonlocked reconstruction plate. Average postoperative follow-up time was 24 months. Adequate healing of the pelvic injuries was achieved in 61.5% of patients treated with locking plates and 94.4% of patients treated with nonlocking plates (p=0.003). Radiographic failure of fixation with minor complications occurred in 46.1% of patients after locked plating versus 11.1% of patients in the nonlocking plate group (p=0.0003). In bivariate analysis, abnormal gait (p=0.007) was associated with a reduced long-term quality of life as measured with the EQ-5D-3L. Conclusion: internal fixation of traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis with locking plates has no clinical advantage when compared to nonlocked plating. Mechanical failure and inadequate healing are significantly increased after locked plating of the pubic symphysis. Therefore, we do not recommend routine use of locking plates for managing patients presenting traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis. Level of evidence: II (prospective, cohort study).
Application of PolyPRep tools on HIV protease polyproteins using molecular docking
Authors: Dias M. F. R. , Oliveira F. L. L. , Pontes V. S. , Silva M. L.
Published: December 2021

Abstract In recent years, the development of high-throughput technologies for obtaining sequence data leveraged the possibility of analysis of protein data in silico. However, when it comes to viral polyprotein interaction studies, there is a gap in the representation of those proteins, given their size and length. The prepare for studies using state-of-the-art techniques such as Machine Learning, a good representation of such proteins is a must. We present an alternative to this problem, implementing a fragmentation and modeling protocol to prepare those polyproteins in the form of peptide fragments. Such procedure is made by several scripts, implemented together on the workflow we call PolyPRep, a tool written in Python script and available in GitHub. This software is freely available only for noncommercial users.
Genotoxic and cytotoxic evaluation of venlafaxine in an acute and a subchronic assay in mouse
Authors: Madrigal-Bujaidar E. , Gómez-González P. , Camacho-Cantera S. , Morales-González J. A. , Madrigal-Santillán E. , Álvarez-González I.
Published: December 2021

Abstract The present research was made to determine the micronuclei and cytotoxic capacity of the antidepressant venlafaxine in an in vivo acute and subchronic assays in mouse. In the first study, we administered once 5, 50, and 250 mg/kg of the drug, and included a negative and a daunorubicin treated group. Observations were daily made during four days. The subchronic assay lasted 5 weeks with daily administration of venlafaxine (1, 5, and 10 mg/kg) plus a negative and an imipramine administered groups. Observations were made each week. In the first assay results showed no micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes (MNPE) increase, except with the high dose at 72 h. The strongest cytotoxic effect was found with 250 mg/kg at 72 h (a 51% cytotoxic effect in comparison with the mean control level). In the subchronic assay no MNPE increase was found; however, with the highest dose a significant increase of micronucleated normochromatic erythrocytes was observed in the last three weeks (a mean of 51% respect to the mean control value). A cytotoxic effect with the two high doses in the last two weeks was observed (a polychromatic erythrocyte mean decrease of 52% respect to the mean control value). Results suggest caution with venlafaxine.
Impacts of mining on local fauna of wildlife in District Mardan & District Mohmand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Authors: Rehman G. , khattak I. , Hamayun M. , Rahman A. , Haseeb M. , Umar M. , Ali S. , Iftikhar  , Shams W. A. , Pervaiz R.
Published: December 2021

Abstract Mining is vital for human sustenance and a crucial sector in the state economy. However, its impacts on the environment and biodiversity cannot be underestimated. Which are potent to the attract government’s attention. Environment and wildlife are subject to the harmful impacts of mining and its related activities. In this study, districts, namely Mardan and Mohmand have been targeted with respect to mining impacts. The assessment was carried out on wildlife adversely affected by the mining sector. The fauna has been keenly observed to bring the calculated risks and threat perception of the regional wildlife. Total 9 species of mammals, 21 species of birds, were recorded in District Mardan. While in District Mohmand 2 species of mammals, 9 species of birds, and 4 species of reptiles were studied. The Study explored that mining primarily responsible for land degradation. Which lead to food and agriculture losses. Several other factors like blasting, pollution, hunting, deforestation, habitat loss was also observed. Deforestation surfaced one of the major causes for extinction of fauna in the said region. preemptive measures are needed to seize the man-made catastrophe.
Effect of Agaricus blazei Murill on exploratory behavior of mice-model
Authors: Ali M. M. , Baig M. T. , Huma A. , Ibrahim S. , Khan S. A. , Fatima R. , Majeed S. , Rawat A. , Soomro H. , Lodhi M. , Jabeen A. , Syed N. , Huda A.
Published: December 2021

Abstract Increased anxiety and depressive symptoms have reported to be its association with long term illness. Because of having unwanted effects of newly available drugs, patients administering anxiolytic drugs usually discontinue the treatment before they are completely recovered. Therefore, there is a serious need to develop new anxiolytic drugs. The anxiolytic effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Agaricus blazei in animal models was assessed. 24 male mice (Mus musculus genus) were included in the study. Four groups were prepared and each group contained six animals. The groups were vehicle control, positive control (diazepam 1.0 mg/kg, i.p.) as well as two treatment groups receiving Agaricus blazei hydro-alcoholic extract at a dose of 136.50 mg/kg and 273.0 mg/kg orally. The Marble burying test, Nestlet shredding test and Light and Dark box test used to assess anxiolytic activity. Mice administered with diazepam 1.0 mg/kg, i.p. while hydro-alcoholic extract of AbM (136.50 and 273.0 mg/kg, respectively) was administered via oral route which exhibited marked reduction in number of marbles-burying as compared to vehicle control group. Mice administered with diazepam 1.0 mg/kg, i.p. and Oral administration of hydro-alcoholic extract of AbM (136.50 and 273.0 mg/kg, respectively) exhibited significant decrease in nestlet shredding in comparison to vehicle control group. The oral administration of hydro-alcoholic extract at a dose of 136.5mg/kg and 273mg/kg showed elevation in time spent in light box and was comparable to standard treated group while time spent by mice following oral administration of hydro-alcoholic extract of Agaricus blazei at a dose of 273.0 mg/kg also showed elevation and was found to be more near to standard treated group (diazepam 1 mg/kg, i.p.).
Providing inoculum for Didymella bryoniae studies: the effect of light spectrum and storing at low temperature
Authors: Virtuoso M. C. S. , Silva E. H. C. , Silva E. M. , Valente T. S. , Vargas P. F. , Braz L. T. , Panizzi R. C.
Published: December 2021

Abstract The in vitro sporulation of Didymella bryoniae is of great importance for studies that require pure inoculum and in large quantities. Thus, the objectives of this study were to identify the best condition for D. bryoniae sporulation combining different light spectra (UV-A or UV-B light, white light, and continuous dark), with distinct culture media (PDA, V8, ML, and PDAB) and, to evaluate fungus’ survivability stored at -20°C over time. The fungus samples were only able to sporulate when subjected to the UV-B light treatment, regardless of the culture medium. The highest appearance of spores conidium type was observed in the PDAB medium, and the lowest production occurred in the ML medium. Reproductive structures, such as perithecia and pycnidia, were observed in all culture media. However, there was considerable variation in the amount of each structure between the different culture media. The ML and V8 media showed a greater number of perithecia and the PDA and PDAB media presented a greater proportion of pycnidia compared to perithecia. The storage duration at -20°C did not affect mycelial growth or mycelial growth rate. In conclusion, the UV-B light is essential for D. bryoniae in vitro sporulation. Moreover, the culture medium composition influences the type of fungal structure produced, as well as spores’ size and quantity. Freezing at -20°C is an efficient technique that can be used to store D. bryoniae for at least five months without loss of viability.
Does the lowering strategy before the stockpiling period modify the marandu palisade grass production and structure?
Authors: Santos M.E.R. , Rocha G.O. , Carvalho B.H.R. , Borges G.S. , Adorno L.C. , Oliveira D.M.
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT The objective was to identify lowering strategies for Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu in the beginning of the stockpiling period that increase forage production and improve the structure of stockpiled canopies. Three lowering strategies were evaluated: maintenance of marandu palisade grass with 15cm four months before the stockpiling period; maintenance of palisade grass with 30cm for four months, and lowering to 15cm before the stockpiling period; and maintaining of palisade grass at 45cm for four months, and lowering to 15cm before the stockpiling period. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications. At the end of stockpiling, the number of reproductive tillers and forage mass were higher in the canopy under 15/15cm than in the others; the percentage of live leaf was higher in the canopy under 45/15cm than under 15/15cm. Forage production during the stockpiling period was higher in the canopy under 15/15cm and lower in the under 45/15cm. Maintaining 15cm marandu palisadegrass for four months before the stockpiling period increases forage production during this period. The lowering of the marandu palisadegrass from 45 to 15cm at the beginning of the stockpiling period improves the structure of the stockpiled canopy.
Morphological and cytochemical characterization of the peripheral blood cells of farmed streaked prochilod Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae)
Authors: Cunha D.M. , Calixto F.A.A. , Takata R. , Portugal A.C.B. , Uehara S.A. , Martins G.R.F.C. , Fonseca A.B.M. , Mesquita E.F.M. , Almosny N.R.P.
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT Morphological and cytochemical studies of peripheral blood cells of fish have improved the understanding of their functions and cell types. The present study performed the Morphological and cytochemical analysis of the peripheral blood of Prochilodus lineatus, Characiform native to South America, which has been gaining space in local aquaculture and as a species introduced in Asia. Our analysis provided information on the morphological and cytochemical characteristics of the leukocytes, for the formulation of hypothesis about their role in the immune system of the species. It was found that Prochilodus lineatus has morphological and cytochemical features in common with other fish species, mainly of the Characiformes order. However, we detected the presence of heterophils and PAS positive granulocytes simultaneously with neutrophils. We also found that heterophils and PAS positive granulocytes are very similar, both morphologically and cytochemically.
Oral mucosa transplantation may improve tear film osmolarity in dogs with keratoconjunctivitis sicca - a preliminary study
Authors: Brito F.L.C. , Kuner A. , Voitena J.N. , Marinho T.O.C.
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of cyclosporine 1% alone or associated with oral mucosa transplantation (OMT) in dogs with dry keratoconjunctivitis (KCS). Schirmer Tear Test (STT-1) and Tear Film Osmolarity (TFO) were measured in both eyes of 30 adult dogs (before and 45 days after treatment. The animals were divided into three groups (10 dogs for group): control (normal dogs), group I (GI, treated with 1% cyclosporine alone), and group II (GII, treated with 1% cyclosporine and OMT). All STT-1 and TFO values were subjected to the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, and all were normally distributed. STT-1 and TFO values before and after treatment were subjected to the T-Student Test. The STT‐1 and TFO values of the right eye were subjected to Repeated Measures ANOVA followed by a Tukey Test for comparison between groups I and II. Means with a value of p≤0.05 were considered significant. There was a decreased osmolarity in both groups after treatment. Mean osmolarity in GII (322.60±16.56 mOsm/L) was significantly lower than GI (336.40±5.66 mOsm/L). The OMT associated with cyclosporine 1% improved the osmolarity of the tear film in dogs with KCS with a seeming synergism between the clinical and surgical treatments.
ESTUDOS CULTURAIS, PESQUISA QUALITATIVA E MÍDIAS: CRITÉRIOS METODOLÓGICOS PARA ANÁLISE DE DADOS AUDIOVISUAIS
Authors: Risk Eduardo Name , Santos Manoel Antônio dos
Published: December 2021

Resumo As mídias modelam a subjetividade. Dada a dificuldade em coligir e analisar dados audiovisuais, o presente estudo tem por objetivo propor critérios metodológicos para realização de pesquisas qualitativas que analisam mídias. A partir dos estudos culturais, são propostos critérios metodológicos para coleta, composição e análise do corpus. Primeiramente, deve-se definir o objeto e as mídias cujos elementos audiovisuais serão transladados. A análise deverá sondar enunciados presentes no corpus à luz de matrizes históricas, sociais e culturais. Os procedimentos sugeridos devem ser adaptados ao objetivo e à natureza de cada estudo a fim de estabelecer seu rigor e enquadre metodológico.
ESTATUTO DA FAMÍLIA: ANÁLISE DO DISCURSO DE PARLAMENTARES
Authors: Santos Jerbbson Dias dos , Velôso Thelma Maria Grisi
Published: December 2021

Resumo Neste artigo, analisa-se o discurso de deputados de uma comissão especial, numa reunião destinada a proferir parecer para o Projeto de Lei nº 6583/2013, que dispõe sobre o Estatuto da Família. O projeto defende uma definição de entidade familiar que exclui diversos arranjos familiares menos tradicionais. Identificaram-se os argumentos com conteúdo religioso que são favoráveis ou contrários ao Estatuto e se analisou como os parlamentares constroem a factualidade dos seus discursos, ou seja, sua credibilidade argumentativa. A perspectiva teórico-metodológica escolhida foi a Psicologia Social Discursiva. Observou-se que a construção da factualidade discursiva ampara-se no conteúdo religioso dos argumentos e que os argumentos religiosos ganham fidedignidade através das estratégias retóricas de factualidade. É possível distinguir os argumentos dos deputados favoráveis, e dos contrários, apenas em termos de conteúdo, pois, em termos de emprego de dispositivos argumentativos, ambos são equivalentes, já que utilizam estratégias discursivas similares e recorrem ao discurso religioso.
DECOLONIZANDO A SEXUALIDADE NO ISLÃ: UM DIÁLOGO COM MULHERES MUÇULMANAS BRASILEIRAS
Authors: Paiva Camila Motta , Barbosa Francirosy Campos
Published: December 2021

Resumo Os estudos de gênero e sexualidade vêm se destacando nas pautas atuais de pesquisas realizadas em campo islâmico. Existe dentro da religião um incentivo aos prazeres que contraria a visão estereotipada da opressão e repressão da mulher muçulmana, bem como a relação problemática entre feminismo e religião que muitas acadêmicas e militantes muçulmanas vêm tentando desconstruir. A partir da etnografia realizada pelas autoras, são tecidas reflexões sobre a sexualidade no Islã a partir de uma perspectiva decolonial. Busca-se ressaltar as práticas e os sentidos que as mulheres muçulmanas brasileiras revertidas ao Islã atribuem à sexualidade, dentro dos seguintes eixos: (a) vestimenta islâmica e a fetichização da muçulmana; (b) lícito/ilícito e a capacidade de agência e protagonismo dessas mulheres; (c) conhecimento religioso e empoderamento feminino. A pesquisa permite destacar dimensões das experiências das mulheres muçulmanas que diferem da posição de subalternidade a qual são constantemente submetidas.
Civilizing the Other: Beauty, Intimate Labor, and Affective Encounters in Berlin’s Brazilian Waxing Studios
Authors: Lidola Maria
Published: December 2021

Abstract Over the past 15 years, waxing (hair removal) studios have emerged in central Berlin and grown rapidly in number. Specializing in the “Brazilian method,” this beauty salon sector has increasingly been occupied by Brazilian migrants. In addition to being a simple hair removal service, I argue that the intimate work carried out in these salons encompasses an educational and even civilizing effort from the point of view of Brazilian depiladoras: The intimacy of their work allows for affective encounters in which Brazilian women are not seen merely as service providers. They embody the specialist in a form of beauty and femininity that is desired by German clients. Appropriating these rare moments of intimacy, Brazilian depiladoras act as educators not only for a more hygienic and more feminine corporeality but also for a more humanized sociality with the “other.” Based on long-term ethnographic research in Berlin, I discuss both the agency of beauty work and its limits within the coloniality of feminized and ethnicized labor.
Ler, no corpo da “mestiça”, beleza, corporalidades e fronteiras no parentesco nikkey: as experiências de mulheres nipodescendentes no Brasil
Authors: Hatugai Érica Rosa
Published: December 2021

Resumo Por meio de uma pesquisa etnográfica, feita na cidade de Marília-SP, com famílias de nipodescendentes compostas em diferentes momentos históricos, este artigo analisa parentesco, gênero, pertencimentos, corporalidades, beleza e tensões que atravessam as relações nipônicas no Brasil. O olhar se volta, especialmente, para trajetórias femininas, uma vez que os jogos e as tensões no parentesco recaem intensamente sobre os corpos das mulheres, fortemente, os das “mestiças”.
Entre o Brasil e a Europa: brasileiras negociando gênero e raça nas representações sobre “a mulher brasileira”
Authors: Assis Gláucia Oliveira , Siqueira Sueli
Published: December 2021

Resumo No século XXI, o fluxo emigratório internacional de brasileiros se modificou quanto a sua direção, intensidade e natureza. Nesse cenário, ocorreu um incremento significativo da participação das mulheres. Diferentemente dos movimentos migratórios que desde a segunda metade do século XX se dirigiam majoritariamente para Estados Unidos, Japão e Paraguai, há, mais recentemente, uma intensificação do movimento rumo ao continente europeu. O presente artigo propõe analisar a mobilidade entre o Brasil e a Europa das mulheres brasileiras que estabelecem relações de afeto com homens europeus nos países de imigração e como negociam gênero e raça nas representações sobre a “mulher brasileira”. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa que, a partir de dois bancos de dados de pesquisas realizadas com 46 mulheres, selecionou quatro entrevistas semiestruturadas para refletir sobre os processos de transnacionalização e percepção das marcas da racialização e exotização que as mulheres brasileiras vivenciam ao longo de suas experiências migratórias. Essa reflexão permitiu considerar que as mulheres participantes deste estudo, quando estabelecem relações de conjugalidade com portugueses, alemães ou italianos, repensam seus projetos migratórios em função das condições que as relações de afeto estabelecem, negociam posições de gênero, enfrentam os processos de racialização e sexualização e constroem outros significados para imaginários associados à “mulher brasileira”.
Vivencias en voz baja: Género, público y privado en poblaciones rurales de Rio Grande do Norte (Brasil)
Authors: Figurelli Mónica Fernanda
Published: December 2021

Resumen Este artículo surge de un trabajo de campo realizado en poblaciones rurales localizadas en tierras que en un pasado pertenecieron a un latifundio ganadero y algodonero, al sur de la región agreste de Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. A partir de una investigación sobre un conflicto laboral ocurrido en dicho latifundio en la década de sesenta, durante la sindicalización de los/as trabajadores/as rurales del lugar, en este texto atiendo los momentos del trabajo de campo compartidos con las mujeres de esa región. Me interesa enfocar el universo social que nuestras interacciones y lo que me contaban permiten vislumbrar. Frecuentemente, los varones fueron los recomendados para interactuar con quien no era de allí y contar sobre las cuestiones que me interesaban y que eran de conocimiento público; no competía a las mujeres esa interacción, ni ese poder de acceso a la palabra de interés general. Sin embargo, en un ámbito de mayor intimidad, sí accedían a esa palabra. Con ellas descubrí una dinámica social diferente a la que observaba con los varones, la cual no hubiera podido apreciar por fuera de sus redes cotidianas de sociabilidad. Con este artículo procuro mostrar ese mundo público que se construye en el ámbito doméstico o en aquel para cuyo acceso se requiere algún grado de familiaridad. Pretendo, con una perspectiva de género, aportar a una mirada crítica de la dicotomía público-privado.
Los estudios sobre aborto en Argentina. Un estado de la cuestión
Authors: Burton Julia
Published: December 2021

Resumen Las acciones colectivas por el derecho al aborto fueron acompañadas por la elaboración de argumentos sólidos desde una multiplicidad de campos de conocimiento. El objetivo de este artículo es realizar un mapeo de las investigaciones sobre aborto en la Argentina. A partir de la revisión de la literatura especializada y su sistematización se advierte la existencia de una extensa tradición de estudios sobre aborto en Argentina, la multiplicidad de perspectivas desde las cuales se ha abordado el tema y algunas de las áreas de vacancia en este campo de saberes.
Equidade de gênero na educação e nas ciências: novos desafios no Brasil atual
Authors: Sígolo Vanessa Moreira , Gava Thais , Unbehaum Sandra
Published: December 2021

Resumo Este artigo apresenta um breve panorama das desigualdades de gênero na educação e nas ciências no Brasil, com base em pesquisas, dados estatísticos e relatórios de agências nacionais e internacionais, incluindo informações sobre políticas públicas e projetos criados nas últimas décadas para enfrentar a questão. O trabalho visa a expressar a atualidade do tema, problematizar a persistente dificuldade em superar a desigual participação de mulheres em áreas de conhecimento, formação e atuação identificadas como masculinas, como também analisar os novos horizontes e desafios atuais à equidade de gênero no contexto nacional de crise pós-2016.
Every Book You Take: Evaluating Compliance Behavior in an Information Commons
Authors: Albergaria Matheus
Published: December 2021

Abstract There has been a heated debate related to the effects of business background on ethical behavior. According to some authors, students majoring in business courses - such as accounting, economics, and management - would be more likely to free ride or defect from coalitions in collective action situations, given the emphasis of such courses on individualistic values. Other authors have challenged that view, presenting empirical evidence that questions the link between business education and opportunistic behavior. The present paper revisits this debate, by studying the impact of business education on rule compliance in a specific type of information commons (libraries). Employing a novel dataset related to more than 700,000 library transactions during a 10-year period (2006-2015), I correlate business background with users’ compliance behavior, while controlling for their time-invariant characteristics. I find no evidence of a significant effect of business education on rule compliance in this specific setting. In fact, some of the estimates here reported suggest a negative correlation between business background and compliance behavior. These results have important implications for ethical theories in economics, suggesting that compliance behavior is context-dependent.
International patent citations and its firm-led network
Authors: Britto Jorge Nogueira de Paiva , Ribeiro Leonardo Costa , Albuquerque Eduardo da Motta e
Published: December 2021

Abstract This paper presents a database with USPTO patents for selected years between 1991 and 2009, totaling 1,022,490 patents, 786,780 patents with international citations and 4,064,995 cross-border citations - links in our analysis. We evaluate a network from those international links, with nodes that are institutions - patent assignees. The literature review organizes arguments for patent citations as knowledge flows and acknowledges problems such as differences between applicants and examiners citations - an exercise to deal with this problem is presented. This network has firms as the dominant institution. An inter-temporal analysis shows the network growth over time and the preservation of its scale-free structure, evidence of its resilience. Over time, this network evolves, changing the leading sectors in a matrix of interaction between citing and cited patents - indications of changes caused by the emergence of new sectors.
Crescimento econômico e mudança estrutural no Brasil: um conto de ganhos e perdas
Authors: Torezani Tomás Amaral
Published: December 2021

Resumo O objetivo desse artigo consiste em identificar, por meio da decomposição de Shapley, a contribuição da produtividade do trabalho, da taxa de emprego e da demografia às variações da renda per capita da economia brasileira de 1950 a 2010. A estratégia empírica utilizada permite avaliar os efeitos das mudanças estruturais e da taxa de emprego sobre o crescimento da renda per capita tanto em termos agregados quanto em termos setoriais. Os resultados agregados encontrados indicam que o crescimento da produtividade foi relevante para o crescimento da renda per capita até 1980, mas contribuiu negativamente no período pós-1980, momento no qual o componente demográfico se mostrou proeminente. Os resultados setoriais indicaram contribuições importantes da manufatura e dos serviços modernos até 1980, mas negativas posteriormente, enquanto os serviços tradicionais contribuíram positivamente ao longo de todo o período.
Por uma Abordagem Interdisciplinar, Estrutural e Interseccional de Usuárias(os) do Estado: Comentário Crítico ao Artigo “Categorizando Usuários ‘Fáceis’ e ‘Difíceis’...” de Gabriela Spanghero Lotta e Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires
Authors: Milanezi Jaciane
Published: December 2021

RESUMO O texto avalia a contribuição da pesquisa Categorizando usuários “ fáceis ” e “ difíceis ”, de Gabriela Spanghero Lotta e Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires, aos estudos sobre políticas públicas e suas interfaces com as desigualdades. Também apresenta questões para o avanço dessa agenda pelas Ciências Sociais, propondo uma perspectiva de análise interdisciplinar, estrutural e interseccional dos grupos governados pelo Estado, especialmente, as(os) consideradas(os) beneficiárias(os) de políticas públicas sociais.
Las Estrategias de Inserción Económica Internacional de Colombia: Una Valoración de la Inversión Extranjera Directa y de los Tratados De Libre Comercio
Authors: Prieto Germán C. , Cardona Eloísa
Published: December 2021

RESUMEN Por medio del análisis de datos cuantitativos de fuentes diversas, el presente artículo muestra que Colombia ha mantenido una estrategia homogénea de atracción de inversión extranjera, pero la ausencia de políticas de desarrollo productivo en áreas específicas ha hecho que esta inversión se haya concentrado en el sector minero-energético. Asimismo, la firma de tratados de libre comercio ha sido dispersa, en tanto la política comercial ha permanecido desarticulada de objetivos de desarrollo y transformación productiva, lo que ha contribuido a la reprimarización de la estructura productiva y exportadora colombiana. La dispersión y el carácter difuso de estas dos estrategias han generado que la inserción económica internacional de Colombia haya sido precaria en cuanto a su impacto sobre el desarrollo económico del país. Esta valoración contribuye a la literatura existente al relacionar datos de distintas fuentes y cubrir un periodo amplio, con lo cual se profundiza la valoración de las estrategias de inserción económica de Colombia.