bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A importância dos exames neurológico e radiográfico no diagnóstico de lesões cervicais em equino: relato de caso
Authors: Rivera G.G. , Bueno G.M. , Paula V.B. , Santo M.Q.P. , Matsui A. , Escoba A. , Vasconcelos R.O. , Canola J.C. , Canola P.A. , Lacerda-Neto J.C.
Published: January 2018

RESUMO As lesões vertebrais cervicais são relativamente comuns nos equinos. No entanto, são poucas as descrições a respeito desse tema na literatura. Acredita-se que esse fato se deva, em parte, às limitações relacionadas ao diagnóstico. Em virtude de um traumatismo cervical, o animal pode apresentar sinais clínicos de paresia e paraplegia até tetraparesia ou tetraplegia, que podem culminar em estado comatoso e, eventualmente, em morte. Esses sinais clínicos podem ser detectados no exame físico, porém, quando associado à imaginologia (avaliação radiográfica), permite a obtenção de diagnóstico mais preciso da lesão. Consequentemente, um prognóstico mais adequado pode ser estabelecido para o paciente. Em face do exposto, apresenta-se o caso de uma égua Mangalarga, de quatro anos de idade, com sinais de tetraplegia pós-trauma, aumento de tônus muscular e paralisia espástica, com hiperreflexia, nos quatros membros. Por meio dos exames neurológicos realizados na paciente, em associação com as imagens radiográficas convencionais e contrastadas, foi possível estabelecer o diagnóstico do quadro. O animal apresentava lesões envolvendo as duas primeiras vértebras cervicais, atlas (C1) e áxis (C2), e a quinta e a sexta vértebra (C5-C6), destacando fratura de C1, deslocamento do dente de C2 e subluxação entre C5 e C6, com compressão ventrodorsal da medula espinhal. Confirmadas as suspeitas neurológicas e mediante prognóstico desfavorável, o animal foi submetido à eutanásia, com consentimento do proprietário. As lesões observadas nas imagens radiográficas foram confrontadas e confirmadas na necropsia.
Produtividade de genótipos de trigo duplo propósito submetidos ao pastejo com vacas em lactação
Authors: Quatrin M.P. , Olivo C.J. , Meinerz G.R. , Fontaneli R.S. , Aguirre P.F. , Seibt D.C. , Aires J.F. , Falk D.R. , Sauter C.P. , Silva A.R.
Published: January 2018

RESUMO Esta pesquisa foi conduzida com o objetivo de avaliar a produtividade de dois genótipos de trigo de duplo propósito, BRS Tarumã e BRS Umbu, submetidos ao pastejo com vacas em lactação. O delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente ao acaso, com dois tratamentos (genótipos), três repetições (piquetes) e medidas repetidas no tempo (pastejos). Avaliaram-se a precocidade, a composição estrutural dos trigos, as produções de forragem e de biomassa de lâminas foliares, as taxas de acúmulo diário de forragem e de lâminas foliares, a taxa de lotação, as ofertas de forragem e de lâminas foliares, a eficiência de pastejo, o consumo aparente e a produção de grãos. O trigo mais precoce para produção de forragem foi o BRS Umbu. Houve diferença para a produção de forragem (3196 vs. 4143kg MS/ha) e de lâminas foliares (2281 vs. 3205kg MS/ha) para os genótipos BRS Umbu e BRS Tarumã, respectivamente. Valores similares foram encontrados para taxa de lotação (2,26UA/ha); eficiência de pastejo (52,26%), consumo aparente (2,91%) e produção de grãos (1716kg/ha). O genótipo BRS Tarumã é o mais indicado para o manejo de duplo propósito em condições de pastejo com vacas em lactação.
Clinical and radiographic changes of carpi, tarsi and interphalangeal joints of beef zebu bulls on semen collection regimen
Authors: Motta G.A. , Girardi A.M. , Sabes A.F. , Portugal E.S. , Nociti R.P. , Bueno G.M. , Marques L.C.
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT Osteoarthritis and osteochondrosis are highly correlated to reproductive failure in bulls. This study aimed to evaluate the carpal, tarsal and interphalangeal lesions in beef zebu bulls on semen collection regimen. Twenty-one beef cattle bulls, in a total of forty-one animals, were split into three age-based groups: animals from two to four years old (GI), from more than four to eight years old (GII) and above eight years old (GIII). The clinical findings were conformational changes of limbs, synovial effusion, peripheral venous engorgement of joints and prolonged decubitus. The total population showed moderate clinical manifestation and radiographic score. The GIII presented more severe joint lesions. Carpi and tarsi regions had discrete to difuse osteophytosis, subchondral cysts, cartilaginous flaps, bone incongruence and fragmentation, osteitis, and ankylosis. Interphalangeal joints presented osteophytosis, distal phalanx osteitis and enthesophytosis. The digital radiographic examination allowed full identification of articular lesions and their clinical correspondences, besides the positive correlation between age, body weight and radiographic score.
Compreensão empática e as possíveis contribuições para a pesquisa nos estudos organizacionais: reflexões a partir da experiência do lado estético das organizações
Authors: Lopes Luma Louise Sousa , Ipiranga Ana Silvia Rocha , Silva Júnior José Jorge da
Published: January 2018

Resumo O método weberiano da compreensão tem constituído objeto de discussão e debate ao longo do tempo. No entanto, especificamente, a compreensão empática ainda é pouco explorada, especialmente no âmbito do estudo das organizações brasileiras. Após levantamento feito nas principais bases de dados e periódicos abrigados no portal Periódicos Capes, verificamos ser escassa a produção acadêmica que percorre o caminho da compreensão empática, especificamente na área dos Estudos Organizacionais no Brasil. Diante disso, procuramos trazer neste artigo algumas considerações sobre o resgate da compreensão empática na pesquisa. Considerando a abordagem da estética organizacional como pano de fundo, a discussão articulou às bases epistemológicas da compreensão empática proposta pela sociologia weberiana. Esta preconiza que os estudos das Ciências Sociais devem estar ancorados prioritariamente na compreensão do sentido da ação dos indivíduos, de modo que possamos entender por que agem de determinada maneira. Então, refletimos sobre as possíveis contribuições da compreensão empática para a pesquisa, considerando a ideia do pesquisador como peça-chave para a construção do corpus de pesquisa e a plausibilidade do conhecimento, sem necessariamente empreender a ação. Almejamos que este estudo sirva de gatilho para a elaboração de novas discussões sobre as possibilidades de contribuição da compreensão empática para a pesquisa nos Estudos Organizacionais.
Tensão entre as racionalidades substantiva e instrumental: estudo de caso em uma ecovila no sul da Bahia
Authors: Siqueira Gabriel de Mello Vianna
Published: January 2018

Resumo Este artigo tem por objetivo compreender a tensão entre as racionalidades substantiva e instrumental na gestão da Ecovila Itapeba. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo ex-post-facto. O método utilizado foi o etnográfico, por meio de observação participante realizada entre maio e setembro de 2011. Teve como base teórica a abordagem substantiva das organizações e o campo de estudos de racionalidade na prática administrativa. Este trabalho introduziu na Ciência da Administração o estudo de um tipo de organização inédito, a ecovila. A análise dos resultados do trabalho de campo aponta às seguintes conclusões: racionalidades instrumental e substantiva não são excludentes; o processo de comunicação permite equilibrar a normatividade autoimposta pelo modelo de gestão com as aspirações, os valores e a autorrealização; encontros regulares, tomada de decisão, gestão de conflitos, rituais, celebrações e encontros não planejados compõem o universo das relações interpessoais no âmbito das comunidades sustentáveis; a criação de espaços para tomada de decisão e exercício da vida política que privilegiem a racionalidade substantiva não implica redução dos espaços técnicos e burocráticos típicos da racionalidade instrumental; a participação no processo decisório, o acesso às instâncias políticas e de poder e a possibilidade de afirmar princípios pessoais são essenciais para conciliar as expectativas pessoais e as exigências organizacionais. As ecovilas representam uma síntese entre conhecimento e ação, entre teoria e prática, apresentando-se como uma das diversas respostas possíveis à crise civilizatória da atualidade.
Em defesa da opção decolonial em administração/gestão
Authors: Abdalla Márcio Moutinho , Faria Alexandre
Published: January 2018

Resumo Em resposta a um quadro duradouro de assimetria e injustiça no campo de administração/gestão, sustentado pela radicalização da universalização do conhecimento euro-estadunidense e correspondente subalternização de saberes do resto do mundo, analisamos a posição marginal e o potencial da perspectiva decolonial no Brasil. Sugerimos a co-construção de uma agenda em administração/gestão no (e a partir do) Brasil que promova conhecimentos e práticas informados pela opção decolonial sob uma perspectiva transcosmopolita. Considerando obstáculos históricos para legitimação de alternativas ao Eurocentrismo e desafios atuais enfrentados por acadêmicos e praticantes no contexto de radicalização da hipermodernidade, realçamos as potencialidades da decolonialidade para comunidades de vítimas e articuladores de alternativas interconectados globalmente. Essa agenda decolonial em administração/gestão se baseia não em eventual rearticulação de revisionismos essencialistas, mas em promoção de avanços transcosmopolitas em três âmbitos interconectados: (i) acadêmico - por meio do fomento de identidades políticas em pesquisa-ensino sob uma perspectiva transmoderna; (ii) educacional - por meio do resgate, co-construção, legitimação e disseminação de conhecimentos alinhados às realidades locais e alternativas; e (iii) social - por meio da co-construção de saberes decoloniais engajados com dinâmicas de colonialidade-decolonialidade enfrentados pela sociedade e academia em escala global.
Trepadeiras do Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Authors: Barros Ana Angélica Monteiro de , Ribas Leonor de Andrade , Araujo Dorothy Sue Dunn
Published: January 2018

RESUMO As trepadeiras têm alta representatividade em várias formações vegetais, correspondendo a cerca de 25% da diversidade taxonômica das florestas tropicais. Ainda assim, elas são mal representadas em levantamentos florísticos. Estudos na floresta ombrófila densa são raros e o presente trabalho vem contribuir para o conhecimento da flora de trepadeiras dessa formação vegetal. Foram feitas coletas no Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca, localizado nos municípios de Niterói e Maricá, estado do Rio de Janeiro. O levantamento florístico registrou 38 famílias, 107 gêneros e 215 espécies. Leguminosae (com 29 espécies), Sapindaceae (23), Bignoniaceae (22), Malpighiaceae (19) e Apocynaceae (15) foram as famílias com maior número de espécies, totalizando 50,5% das espécies registradas. Houve um predomínio de trepadeiras lenhosas e de formas volúveis. O grande número de espécies encontradas é possivelmente resultado de um mosaico de vegetações em diferentes estádios sucessionais resultante do processo de uso e abandono da terra.
Estrutura da comunidade arbórea de fragmentos de floresta atlântica ombrófila submontana na região de Imbaú, município de Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Authors: Carvalho Fabrício Alvim , Braga João Marcelo Alvarenga , Nascimento Marcelo Trindade
Published: January 2018

RESUMO Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a estrutura da comunidade arbórea de cinco fragmentos de floresta ombrófila densa submontana (FODS) na região de Imbaú, município de Silva Jardim, RJ, Brasil. Partiu-se da hipótese de que o processo de fragmentação ocasionou uma redução local na riqueza e diversidade de espécies arbóreas. Em cada fragmento foram alocadas sistematicamente quatro parcelas de 100 × 5 m. Todas as árvores vivas com DAP ≥ 5,0 cm foram medidas (DAP e altura) e identificadas. As famílias e espécies mais importantes foram: Meliaceae, Sapindaceae e Fabaceae, e Guarea guidonia e Cupania oblongifolia, respectivamente. Estas espécies não haviam se destacado em outras FODS nesta região. As espécies secundárias iniciais predominaram nos fragmentos, indicando efeitos do processo de fragmentação e que estes se encontram em estádio sucessional secundário. O índice de diversidade de espécies (H') por fragmento variou de 2,88 a 3,62 nats.ind-1, próximo a outras FODS secundárias, mas inferior aos valores para FODS maduras e preservadas nesta região. Entretanto, quando os fragmentos foram analisados em conjunto, o remanescente apresentou diversidade (4,01 nats.ind-1) próxima à de áreas preservadas, corroborando a hipótese inicial. Estes resultados indicam que a região de Imbaú ainda detém alta riqueza e diversidade de espécies, com uma flora arbórea peculiar, ressaltando a importância desta área para conservação.
Influência da alta concentração atmosférica de CO2(↑[CO2]atm) × disponibilidade hídrica nas relações hídricas, trocas gasosas e acúmulo de carboidratos em Coffea arabica L.
Authors: Sanches Rodrigo Fazani Esteves , Catarino Ingrid Cristina Araujo , Braga Marcia Regina , Silva Emerson Alves da
Published: January 2018

RESUMO (Influência da alta concentração atmosférica de CO2 (↑[CO2]atm) × disponibilidade hídrica nas relações hídricas, trocas gasosas e acúmulo de carboidratos em Coffea arabica L.). O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a influência da ↑[CO2]atm nas relações hídricas, trocas gasosas e acúmulo de carboidratos em Coffea arabica. Cafeeiros foram cultivados sob diferentes [CO2]atm (400 e 760 ppm) e submetidos a dois regimes hídricos: rega diária e ciclos de suspensão de regas por 7, 10, 14 e 37 dias, seguidos de reidratação diária por 7 dias. Alterações significativas no potencial hídrico foram observadas nas plantas sob restrição hídrica a partir do 10º dia com recuperação total após a reidratação. As A foram maiores nos cafeeiros cultivados sob ↑[CO2]atm, mesmo sob restrição hídrica se comparadas aos demais tratamentos. Cafeeiros cultivados em ↑[CO2]atm e restrição hídrica não apresentaram diminuição nos teores de carboidratos em comparação aos cultivados sob ↑[CO2]atm e rega diária. Entretanto, em plantas sob 400 ppm CO2 e restrição hídrica, reduções significativas nos teores de açúcares, principalmente em folhas, foram observadas. Os teores de amido não alteraram em resposta aos tratamentos de CO2 e água. Aumento no nível de prolina foi observado no início da restrição hídrica retornando a níveis basais ao longo do experimento. Nossos resultados apontam para um efeito mitigador do ↑CO2 sobre o déficit hídrico por meio da manutenção no acúmulo de carboidratos das plantas de café.
Imoralismo – uma ética nietzschiana?
Authors: Medrado Alice
Published: January 2018

Resumo Este artigo examina brevemente algumas tentativas de reconstruir o que seria a contrapartida “positiva” da crítica de Nietzsche à moralidade, ou seja, o tipo de engajamento normativo que fundamentaria seu ataque à moral. Essas reconstruções têm atribuído a Nietzsche diferentes compromissos normativos, de modo que ele está próximo ora de um esteticismo, ora de algum tipo de utilitarismo, ora de uma ética das virtudes. Destacamos alguns pontos que são relevantes para a filosofia de Nietzsche e que parecem estar em dissonância com tais reconstruções. Estes pontos referem-se às concepções nietzschianas de perspectivismo, egoísmo, liberdade, Rausch e seu autodeclarado “imoralismo”. O objetivo é avaliar em que medida essas reconstruções são capazes de capturar o que há de singular no que Nietzsche tem a nos dizer sobre ética e normatividade prática sem descuidar de certos compromissos essenciais de sua filosofia.
Food losses and waste: how Brazil is facing this global challenge?
Authors: Henz Gilmar Paulo , Porpino Gustavo
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT By 2017, Brazil seems to have finally awakened to the problem of food loss and waste. In this article, we resume the topic started in the article “Postharvest losses of perishables in Brazil: what do we know so far?” published earlier this year, but now with an emphasis on food losses and waste (FLW). We divided this article into four sections: (a) search for scientific publications on postharvest losses (PHL) and food waste (FW) in Portuguese; (b) social classes and food consumption in Brazil and household food waste; (c) the national legal framework on FLW; and (d) current food security policies and civil society actions on FLW. Google Scholar searches yielded 46,100 records for FW and 16,100 for PHL, but only 37 and 19 records, respectively, when the searches were restricted to the title of the papers. There is a clear division of subjects: PHL is more related to Agriculture and Economy and FW to Health, Nutrition and the Environment, and reasons and consequences are discussed. Food consumption and waste in Brazil must take into account the great social heterogeneity and high income inequality, as well as some unexpected driving cultural reasons. About 30 bills related to food waste have been discussed in the Brazilian Congress since 1997, with a low expectation of approval in the short term. In the absence of a regulatory framework to reduce losses and facilitate the donation of food, society has found its own way of dealing with the problem. Some initiatives are presented here, along with some governmental food security policies which had positive impacts in reducing FLW, such as National School Feeding Program (PNAE), food banks and popular restaurants. Some international movements are also beginning to gain strength in Brazil, e.g., the purchase of fruits and vegetables outside of aesthetic standards, “SaveFood Brasil”, “Slow Food”, among others. These are all put in perspective.
Phytochemical analysis and fungicide potential of Pouteria ramiflora against Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Authors: Oliveira Ademir Kleber M , Rizzi Elvia Silvia , Pereira Kelly Cristina L , Bono José Antônio M , Matias José Carlos Pina; Rosemary
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT The use of plant extracts can be an alternative to reduce the use of pesticides, to control diseases and pests that affect agricultural production. The aim of this study was the chemical characterization of the extract and fractions of Pouteria ramiflora leaves and to determine its fungistatic potential on Lasiodiplodia theobromae. The ethanolic extract of dried and crushed leaves was obtained by maceration. Part of this extract was sequentially partitioned and the following fractions were obtained: hexane, dichloromethane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butyl, and hydromethanol for subsequent bioassay, and qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis. Experimental development comprises of adding a L. theobromae mycelial disk (5 mm), obtained from pure colonies, in the middle of Petri dishes with PDA culture growth (potato-dextrose-agar) plus the aforementioned substances in different concentrations (800; 1,200; 1,600; 2,000, and 2,400 µg/mL), and a control treatment (PDA). The plates were incubated in B.O.D. (25±2°C), and the assessment was performed by measuring the diameter of the colonies until it reaches the edge of the board. The experimental design was completely randomized with five replications, and the treatments were constituted of a factorial of seven extracts/fractions and six concentrations. For the Mycelial Growth Rate Index (MGRI) obtained, the analysis of variance was performed, and when significant, the regression analysis was performed. All extract/fractions decreased MGRI of L. theobromae, as the concentrations were increased. The best MGRI reduction occurred in n-butanolic fraction, and the efficiency of this fraction may be related to the presence of flavonoids and anthraquinones. The extract and fractions of P. ramiflora, a tree from the Cerrado biome in Mato Grosso do Sul, was effective in the control of L. theobromae, which can be used as a control option in organic farming or in integrated management systems.
Minimum plot size to evaluate potato tuber yield traits
Authors: Pereira Arione S , Silva Giovani O , Carvalho Agnaldo D F
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT The proper plot size is essential to reduce experimental error and thereby maximize precision of data obtained in an experiment. The objective of this work was to estimate the minimum number of plants per plot to assess tuber yield traits of potato genotypes. Four advanced potato clones (F161-07-02, F189-06-09, F97-08-07 and F131-08-06) of the breeding program of Embrapa were evaluated. The experiment was conducted in the fall season of 2015, in Canoinhas, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. A randomized complete block design with two replications of 20-plant two-row plots was used. At 112 days after planting, plants of each plot were individually harvested and evaluated for tuber yield traits. The modified maximum curvature and the repeatability methods were used to estimate the minimum plant number to represent the genotypes in each plot. We found that 10 to 14 plants per plot are enough to guarantee an adequate precision and predict the real value of the individuals for tuber yield traits in experiments of two replications, considering an R2 of 90% for the repeatability method.
Survival in a cohort of patients with lung cancer: the role of age and gender in prognosis
Authors: Franceschini Juliana Pereira , Jamnik Sérgio , Santoro Ilka Lopes
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as well as their disease course, by age group and gender. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with NSCLC from 2000 to 2012 and followed until July 2015 in a tertiary referral hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Based on the 25th and 75th percentiles of the age distribution, patients were stratified into three age groups: < 55 years; ≥ 55 and < 72 years; and ≥ 72 years. Survival time was evaluated during the follow-up period of the study. Functions of overall and gender-specific survival stratified by age groups (event: all-cause mortality) were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Differences among survival curves were assessed via the log-rank test. Results: We included 790 patients with the following age distribution: < 55 years, 165 patients; ≥ 55 and < 72 years, 423; and ≥ 72 years, 202. In the entire sample, there were 493 men (62.4%). Adenocarcinoma was the most common histological pattern in the < 72-year age groups; 575 patients (73%) presented with advanced disease (stages IIIB-IV). The median 5-year survival was 12 months (95% CI: 4-46 months), with no significant differences among the age groups studied. Conclusions: NSCLC remains more common in men, although we found an increase in the proportion of the disease in women in the < 55-year age group. Adenocarcinoma predominated in women. In men, squamous cell carcinoma predominated in the ≥ 72-year age group. Most patients presented with advanced-stage disease at diagnosis. There were no statistical differences in survival between genders or among age groups.
Accuracy of closed pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion
Authors: Báez-Saldaña Renata , Rumbo-Nava Uriel , Escobar-Rojas Araceli , Castillo-González Patricia , León-Dueñas Santiago , Aguirre-Pérez Teresa , Vázquez-Manríquez María Eugenia
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT Objective: Previous studies have demonstrated that closed pleural biopsy (CPB) has a sensitivity of less than 60% for diagnosing malignancy. Therefore, controversy has recently emerged regarding the value of CPB as a diagnostic test. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of CPB in diagnosing malignancy in patients with pleural effusion. Methods: This was a prospective 8-year study of individuals who underwent CPB to establish the etiology of pleural effusion. Information on each patient was obtained from anatomopathological reports and medical records. When CPB findings showed malignancy or tuberculosis, the biopsy was considered diagnostic, and that was the definitive diagnosis. In cases in which biopsy histopathological findings were nonspecific, a definitive diagnosis was established on the basis of other diagnostic procedures, such as thoracoscopy, thoracotomy, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, biochemical and cellular measurements in pleural fluid, and/or microbiological tests. The accuracy of CPB was determined with 2 × 2 contingency tables. Results: A total of 1034 biopsies from patients with pleural effusion were studied. Of those, 171 (16.54%) were excluded from the accuracy analysis either because of inadequate samples or insufficient information. The results of the accuracy analysis were as follows: sensitivity, 77%; specificity, 98%; positive predictive value, 99%; negative predictive value, 66%; positive likelihood ratio, 38.5; negative likelihood ratio, 0.23; pre-test probability, 2.13; and post-test probability, 82. Conclusions: CPB is useful in clinical practice as a diagnostic test, because there is an important change from pre-test to post-test probability.
Tuberculosis treatment
Authors: Rabahi Marcelo Fouad , Silva Júnior José Laerte Rodrigues da , Ferreira Anna Carolina Galvão , Tannus-Silva Daniela Graner Schuwartz , Conde Marcus Barreto
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT Tuberculosis treatment remains a challenge due to the need to consider, when approaching it, the context of individual and collective health. In addition, social and economic issues have been shown to be variables that need to be considered when it comes to treatment effectiveness. We conducted a critical review of the national and international literature on the treatment of tuberculosis in recent years with the aims of presenting health care workers with recommendations based on the situation in Brazil and better informing decision-making regarding tuberculosis patients so as to minimize morbidity and interrupt disease transmission.
Lee tunnel project – the first step toward a cleaner River Thames
Authors: Costes Emmanuel , Jewell Peter , Michel Clarence , Pogu François
Published: January 2018

Completed in 2016, the Lee tunnel is the largest-diameter and deepest tunnel ever built in London. The 6·9 km long, 7·2 m dia., 80 m deep storage tunnel for combined stormwater and sewage was also Thames Water’s largest ever infrastructure project. The tunnel has already cut combined sewage and stormwater overflows from London into the Thames by over 40%. In 2023 it will carry nearly all of the capital’s overflows when the £4·2 billion Thames Tideway tunnel connects into it. This paper describes the design and construction of the award-winning project. Innovations included steel-fibre-reinforced concrete slip-formed shaft linings, launching a tunnel-boring machine from a shaft without a back-shunt, full-round shuttered secondary tunnel linings and water-cooled pump motors.
Reflexiones sobre la religión como saber de salvación desde el pensamiento de María Zambrano
Authors: Villora Sánchez Carmen
Published: January 2018

Este artículo surge a raíz de una tesis doctoral sobre el pensamiento religioso de María Zambrano. Aunque brota de dicha investigación, no pretende exponer de manera exhaustiva las líneas de trabajo y las conclusiones desarrolladas en ella. Se trata de presentar los núcleos temáticos centrales del pensamiento religioso de Zambrano, enriqueciendo con textos de la autora, las convicciones expuestas. La metodología seguida consiste en la exposición de los conceptos claves del pensamiento religioso de María Zambrano. Se parte de la crítica al racionalismo, para proponer, la razón poética. Una razón que tiene que ver con la vida, un saber de experiencia que inicia la apertura de la persona y la conduce hacia lo sagrado. A continuación se expone el aspecto central del pensamiento religioso zambraniano, el sentir originario. Un sentir y pensar en el que la persona recibe la revelación de sí misma, descubriendo dos aspectos centrales del ser humano: la vocación a la unificación, interioridad; y la llamada a la relación con el Otro y con los otros, alteridad. Por último se torna a la vida para transformarla y manifestar que la persona nueva es capaz de piedad, fraternidad, misericordia y perdón. En las conclusiones se valora la aportación de la autora con la crítica al racionalismo y su propuesta de la religión como saber de salvación para todo ser humano.
La religión y la formación de la civilidad
Authors: Rincón Rueda Alberto Isaac
Published: January 2018

La religión o las religiones han consolidado desde siempre, la cultura en la que se encuentra inserto el hombre. Ella, desde su origen, está en la búsqueda de un Dios protector que es necesidad de muchos hombres y de la humanidad para que quite los sufrimientos de los seres humanos, que confían en él por medio de la fe, que han tratado de buscar su significado a través de la teología y la filosofía. Y sin embargo, hay que tener en cuenta que la religión tiene un componente esencial en la mente y la afectividad, y debería ser abordada desde la familia y la escuela para ser vivida y sea la el protagonista en la consolidación de los valores espirituales, sociales, familiares y personales. La religión y las religiones en la historia de la humanidad, tenían siempre un protagonista esencial. Es el caso de la religión cristiana en la cual la figura principal es Jesús de Nazaret, quien será el “Maestro” que consolida su fe en un Padre, Dios. Él va a tener muchos seguidores a través del tiempo. El cristianismo ha sido objeto de estudios filosóficos y teológicos que incluyen, además otros estudios psicológicos y sociológicos, dada su trascendencia e impacto dentro del individuo y la sociedad. Sin embargo, el cristianismo también se ha utilizado para hacer barbarie, como en América cuando los españoles llegaron e impusieron su fe y creencias por medio del terror, sumados las malas actuaciones del tribunal de la Inquisición tanto en Europa como en América Latina. En nombre de la fe cristiana y para salvar el cristianismo en estos tiempos se continúan cometiendo crímenes en nombre de Cristo lo que destruye la esencia misma del cristianismo.
La escuela pensada desde el pluralismo a favor de una cultura de paz
Authors: Bejarano Chamarro Jessica A. , Chamorro Guerrero Eyner F. , Rodríguez Ortíz Diego A.
Published: January 2018

El presente artículo, de resultado de una investigación, tiene como propósito analizar los conceptos de violencia y de paz, aplicados a la diversidad religiosa y la educación religiosa escolar, de donde se sustrajo lo siguiente: en primer lugar, la diversidad religiosa y el diálogo interreligioso, como realidades presentes en la formación religiosa, se vienen abordando desde un enfoque exclusivista, inclusivista y pluralista, conforme los intereses institucionales de quienes la imparten. En segundo lugar, las religiones e iglesias pueden ser promotoras de violencia cuando fomenta actos discriminatorios, y de paz, cuando se crean escenarios para el diálogo abierto, crítico, argumentativo, respetuoso y tolerante, situación que debe tenerse en cuenta en toda formación religiosa. Finalmente, en tercer lugar, la diversidad religiosa y el diálogo interreligioso siguen siendo una necesidad formativa y una disposición para la configuración de una sociedad justa y fraterna, el cual exige pluralizar el discurso en toda la estructura curricular. Es así como el presente artículo resultado de investigación amparado bajo el paradigma mixto con una dominancia cualitativa y complementación cuantitativa desde la tipología de estudio de caso, con enfoque hermenéutico, desde una perspectiva temporal transeccional, se vale de encuestas, grupos focales y revisión bibliográfica y documental, con el fin de presentar, como último resultado, una propuesta de diseño curricular para algunos programas universitarios. Por lo tanto conllevó hacer un estudio detallado en los colegios y universidades a docentes y estudiantes de la catedra de Educación Religiosa, de los cuales se trabajó con las tres categorías: diversidad religiosa, educación religiosa y educación para la paz.
LPL Sequencing and Validation Protocol v1
Authors: Albustan Suzanne , G. Annice Babitha , Alnaqeeb Majed
Published: January 2018

The methods used for re-sequencing the full LPL gene in Kuwaiti Arabs and to analyse the sequence variation and identify variants that could attribute to variation in plasma lipid levels for further genetic association is described in details. Samples (n=100) of an Arab ethnic group from Kuwait were intially selected for the fullsequencing of the 30 kb LPLgene locus and flanking regions by Sanger sequencing across the 30 Kb gene and its flanking sequences. A set of 76 primers were designed to cover the entire target sequence yielding on average between 500-700 bp PCR products inlcuding overlapping regions. The PCR products were then subjected to purification using nucleospin columns. Each sequence reaction was run in duplicates with one reaction including the forward primer and the other with the reverse primer for quality assurance. Sequence alignment was perfomed to compare the obtained sequences withthe genbankreference sequence to screen and identify all varaints. A selected number of novel variants were selected for validation using realtime PCR.
The Benefits of Nature-based Writing for English Language Learners
Authors: Manookin Kiri L.
Published: January 2018

This paper explores the value of ecopedagogies and ecojustice education in an increasingly nature-deficit and attention-directed world, and does so through the lens of place-based education. More specifically, this paper explores the positive impact nature-based writing in the Department of English Language Learning at Utah Valley University (UVU) has on English language learners (ELLs). The ecopedagogical program at UVU includes multiple opportunities for conducting environmental/economic research and writing in several relevant genres, but this paper primarily focuses on qualitative data retrieved from semester-long Nature Journals and a Wilderness Writing Workshop held during a four-day department-sponsored excursion to Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah in the United States. The benefits of nature-based writing include greater engagement and increased desire to write, improved vocabulary and language skills, more poetic writing, less reported stress, and a greater sense of connection to all other living beings. As added benefit, English language learners at UVU have also had opportunities to participate in civic-minded conferences, have been interviewed with the author on public radio, and are expected to have work published in an upcoming anthology.
Old Women and ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’─An Analysis of Mary Gavell’s The Swing from the Perspective of Feminism
Authors: Han Wenju
Published: January 2018

Mary Gavell’s The swing is about an aging mother who suffers from ‘empty nest syndrome’. This paper analyzes the novel from the perspective of feminism, argues that the direct causes of her ‘empty nest syndrome’ are her estranged relationship with her husband, son and friends. And the underlying cause of her ‘empty nest syndrome’ is that she is oppressed in the patriarchal society which restricts her to the role of mother and wife. In the patriarchal society, women rely too much on the relationship with their husband and son for their happiness, and thus lose their real ‘self’, and become invisible. In order to cure the ‘empty nest syndrome’, old women should pull themselves out of the sole role of mother and wife in the family, build their own ‘selves’ and set up connections with friends outside the family.
The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Efficacy among Iranian EFL Teachers
Authors: Marghzar Simin Hashemi , Marzban Amir
Published: January 2018

Owing to the importance of teacher’s impact on the students’ motivation, achievement, and academic success, this study is an attempt to explore the relationship between EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers’ spiritual intelligence and their level of efficacy. To this end, two questionnaires, the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SIRI-24) (King, 2008), and the ELT Teacher Efficacy Instrument (ELTEI) (Akbari& Tavassoli, 2014), were distributed among 148 male and female EFL teachers working at different contexts including university, school, and private language institute in Mashad, Quchan, Shirvan, and Qaemshahr, Iran. Pearson product-moment correlation and an independent T-test were used for analysis of the data. The findings of the study revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between teacher spiritual intelligence and teacher efficacy. Moreover, there is a significant difference between male and female teachers regarding their personal meaning production.
Peer- Coaching, EFL Teacher’s Professional Identity Development and Students' Academic Achievements
Authors: Abbasian Gholam-Reza , Esmailee Matin Karbalaee
Published: January 2018

The purpose of this study was two-fold: examining the effect of peer coaching on EFL teachers’ professional identity and learners’ academic achievement. To this end, this very mixed-methods research was designed to see the extent to which the least investigated variable in the Iranian EFL setting. Five high school RFL teachers were triangularly coached and achievements of their classes including those of 307 EFL students were investigated. The teachers received questionnaire both before and after a 12-session coaching process while being both observed and attended a think-aloud protocol reporting. Moreover, the standardized Classroom Observation Sheet was employed whilst the coaching process. The students’ entry and exit academic behaviours in terms of achievements were measured prior to and after the treatment.  Analyses of each set of data collected from each group indicated that peer coaching entailed statistically significant developments in many categories teachers’ professional identity as well as in the students’ academic achievements.Pedagogically, the findings suggest feasibility and effectiveness of conducting peer-coaching and internalizing it in our EFL educational system.
The Learning to Learn Problem in Russian Educational Psychology: Main Approaches
Authors: Sidneva A.N.
Published: January 2018

There are many synonymous terms in the Russian literature on educational psychology that describe the reality of the learning to learn (L2L) skill: general learning skills, learning activity, learning independence, learning ability, etc. This makes it difficult to understand the problems of L2L in general, which apparently affects the task of L2L formation. The main purpose of this article is to review the main research approaches to L2L in the Russian educational sciences, to draw distinction between similar terms, and to analyse the problems for which the concept of L2L was initially introduced. We suppose that originally this concept was created to address the issue of knowledge application, but soon the educational practice faced a separate challenge of teaching L2L, hence the task of defining its content. The article provides an analysis of various interpretations of the content of L2L and means of its formation and outlines its main contradictions.
Development of Self-Regulation in Adolescents in the Context of Educational Process
Authors: Popova S.I.
Published: January 2018

The paper reviews the issue of self-regulation development in adolescents as the process of supporting favourable and transforming unfavourable emotional states appropriate to the performed joint activity. Experiencing intense emotions makes personal growth more difficult for the adolescent, and therefore the task of promoting self-regulation becomes extremely important. Our hypothesis was that the development of self-regulation contributes to the adolescent’s ability to recognize and interpret emotional states and extends the range of practices available to him/ her. Creating operative images of an object in concrete situations has a mediated effect on the transformation of the emotional states experienced by the adolescent. The revealed social psychological conditions were implemented through role-based forms of group activities, methods and means of self-regulation development. We evaluate the effectiveness of the development of self-regulation in adolescents based on certain criteria and analyse the outcomes of an experimental study. The ideas proposed in this paper can be used in the formation of regulative universal learning actions in adolescents at school to develop their ability to consciously regulate emotional states in the context of implementing the federal state education standards.
Features of Resilience in Psychology Students Depending on the Year of Study
Authors: Petrosyants V.R.
Published: January 2018

The paper presents outcomes of an empirical research on the features of resilience and its components in psychology students and its relation with the year of study. We assumed that, considering the specifics of the chosen profession, resilience in the psychology students would increase from the first year to the fourth. The research involved 67 students of 1—4 years with an average age of 19,72 years. The data of the resilience test revealed the following: the second-year students displayed higher rates of general resilience as compared to the students of other years; the first-year students showed the lowest rates of resilience in the sample. The outcomes of our research may be used in the design of programmes of social psychological support for university students.
A NEW MANGROVE ASSOCIATED SPECIES RECORD (CONOCARPUS L. -COMBRETACEAE) FROM TAMIL NADU
Authors: Dhaarani Vijayakumar , Sarvalingam Ariyan , Rajendran Arumugam
Published: January 2018

Abstract:

         The genus Conocarpus L., (Combrataceae) a naturalized mangrove genus of India, is reported as an addition to the flora of Tamil Nadu. The species Conocarpus erectus L., was  known to occur in Western Africa, Tropical and Subtropical America. A detailed description along with details on habitat, distribution and photographs and related genus key is provided here.
NOMINA INSTRUMENTI У СРПСКОМ ЈЕЗИКУ
Authors: Štasni Gordana
Published: January 2018

У раду се разматра концептуална вредност именица из категорије nomina instrumenti (NI), као и њихове семантичке и деривационе катактеристике, с циљем да се утврде дистинктивна обележја на основу којих се NI разликују од других именица с предметним значењем. На основу семантичке анализе утврђују се подтипови који се уклапају у ову скупину именица и исказује њихово творбено значење с пратећим творбеним моделима. У раду се, такође, разматра продуктивност и конкурентност суфикса који учествују у деривацији именица које припадају овој семантичкој категорији у српском језику.
ELEMENTI DESAKRALIZACIJE POEZIJE U "SLUČAJNIM MEMOARIMA" STEVANA RAIČKOVIĆA
Authors: Vladušić Slobodan
Published: January 2018

U prvom delu teksta se opisuje proces auto-sakralizacije moderne poezije, kao način na koji moderna poezija izdvaja pesnički čin i pesnički jezik iz sfere ekspresivne teorije i prostora svakodnevnice. U daljem toku teksta pokazuje na koji način se poezije sakralizuje kod Raičkovića (zaključno sa prvim izdanjem zbirke Kamena uspavanka iz 1963) da bi se potom kreirala tipologija gestova desakralizacije poezije na primeru poeme Slučajni memoari (1978)
BEWUSSTSEINSDARSTELLUNG
Authors: Schmid Wolf
Published: January 2018

Die Bewusstseinsdarstellung in der Narration kann auf zwei Weisen geschehen: 1. explizit mit Hilfe der Darstellung der Gedanken einer Figur durch den Erzähler, 2. implizit, durch indiziale und symbolische Zeichen. Die explizite Darstellung ist wiederum zu unterteilen in markierte und kaschierte Formen. Markiert ist die Darstellung, wenn durch graphische Mittel (Anführungszeichen, Kursivdruck, Sperrung und dergleichen), Inquit-Formeln (er dachte…; sie fühlte…) oder narratoriale Kommentare ausdrücklich auf den figuralen Ursprung der entsprechenden Segmente des Erzähldiskurses hingewiesen wird. Kaschierte Darstellung liegt vor, wenn der Figurentext nicht ohne weiteres als solcher zu erkennen ist, sondern formal als Erzähldiskurs ausgegeben ist wie in der sog. erlebten Rede. Die Schablonen der Gedankendarstellung werden im Durchgang durch bekannte Typologien (Dorrit Cohn, Alan Palmer, Brian McHale) und das Textinterferenz-Modell (Lubomír Doležel, Wolf Schmid), das von Michail Bachtins und Valentin Vološinovs Ausführungen zur „hybriden Konstruktion“ bzw. zur „Redeinterferenz“ angeregt ist, in eine Typologie von 6 Grundtypen der expliziten Bewusstseinsdarstellung integriert. Als spezifische funk­tions­bestimmende Eigenschaften der Textinterferenz werden neben der Bewusst­seins­darstellung die Uneindeutigkeit und die Bitextualität genannt. Die implizite Be­wusst­seins­darstellung wird an Beispielen aus „Anna Karenina“ (L. Tolstoj) und „Student“ (Čechov) vorgeführt. Ein kurzer Abriss zur Geschichte des europäischen Bewusstseinsromans seit dem 18. Jahrhundert beschließt den Aufsatz.
METAFORIČKA ZNAČENJA ENGLESKOG PRIDEVA HARD I SRPSKOG PRIDEVA TVRD
Authors: Halas Ana
Published: January 2018

Analiza predstavljena u ovom radu obuhvata identifikaciju pojmovnih metafora aktivnih u semantičkoj disperziji engleskog prideva hard i srpskog prideva tvrd, kao i utvrđivanje njihove produktivnosti. Cilj analize je poređenje metaforičkih obrazaca i njihove produktivnosti u semantičkim strukturama dva analizirana prideva, a time i sticanje uvida u sličnosti i razlike između engleskog i srpskog jezika u pogledu konceptualizacije apstraktnijih pojmova pomoću pojma fizičkog svojstva tvrdoće. Rezultati izvršene analize pokazuju da postoji značajan broj pojmovnih metafora zajedničkih za semantičke strukture prideva hard i tvrd, što ukazuje na visok stepen sličnosti između engleskog i srpskog jezika u pogledu konceptualizacije apstraktnih domena polazeći od fizičkog svojstva tvrdoće kao izvornog domena. Međutim, pomenuti zajednički pojmovni obrasci nisu jednako produktivni u semantičkim strukturama dva prideva, a takođe utvrđeni su i slučajevi u kojima su na osnovu istog pojmovnog obrasca izvedena različita značenja u dvema strukturama.   

Ključne reči: polisemična struktura, semantička disperzija, pojmovna metafora, metaforički obrazac, domen tvrdoće, metaforičko značenje, engleski jezik, srpski jezik.

In this paper, there have been identified conceptual metaphors activated in the semantic dispersion of the English adjective hard and the Serbian adjective tvrd. Also, there has been determined the productivity of each of the identified metaphorical patterns in sense derivation. The aim of the analysis has been to compare the mentioned patterns and their productivity in the semantic structures of the two adjectives. Such a comparison has provided an insight into similarities and differences between English and Serbian concerning the conceptualization of abstract notions using the notion of physical hardness as a source domain. The results of the analysis have shown that most of the identified metaphorical patterns are common for both semantic structures in question. Therefore, it has been concluded that there is a considerable similarity between English and Serbian taking into account the conceptualization of abstract notions using the notion of hardness as a source domain. However, the given common patterns are not equally productive in the two semantic structures. What is more, it is a frequent case that, on the basis of the same conceptual metaphor, completely different senses have been derived in the semantic structures of the two adjectives.

Key words: polysemous structure, semantic dispersion, conceptual metaphor, metaphorical pattern, domain of hardness, metaphorical sense, English, Serbian.