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Dopo gli apocalittici
Authors: Di Bari Cosimo
Published: January 2020

Since the mid 20th century, the criticism of mass culture has been marked by the "apocalyptic" positions of many authors. Through the texts and ideas of three these "apocalyptic" authors (or, at least, of three authors defined as such: Adorno, Pasolini and Baudrillard), but also through the most current criticisms of ICT, the text suggests to re-read the apocalyptic authors. At the same time, it highlights the limits of information and communication technologies and their partial outdatedness, while also trying to draw inspiration from them in order to develop a model of media education which may keep alive the dialectical charge between the possibilities offered by technology and the pitfalls it sometimes hides. The apocalyptic authors, in fact, can support the need for a semiological, critical-sociological and pedagogical work, which considers the media as a problem, and creates and gives the subjects the analysis, interpretation and (critical) use skills of the media themselves. The aim is to create a form of literacy with respect to old and new "languages of knowledge", but above all with respect to the formation of critical and thoughtful, free and creative "well-made heads".
Progetto di paesaggio. Arte e città
Authors: Francini Serena
Published: January 2020

The aim of the research is to investigate how the set of artistic practices known as public art can create an area of co-design between landscape architecture, urban design and urban art. In recent years, art in the public space has gradually expanded from a conventional idea of monument to the idea of a sign contributing to urban regeneration: a sign building identity, a space creating relationships and relational processes. The research therefore aims to reflect and interpret the concepts that go in this direction, in the possibility of promoting their evolution that tends towards the definition of art, or rather the artistic act, not as an element of the urban scene, but as a process aimed at promoting a multidisciplinary dialogue. Art in/for/with the urban landscape can be read as a tool, as one of the possible means that can activate design processes.
Yvan Goll ed il crollo del mito d'Europa
Authors: Terigi Elisabetta
Published: January 2020

The objective of this work is to investigate the meaning of myth in the work of Yvan Goll (1891-1950), a Franco-German, bilingual and Jewish poet. In his poems, characters of the classical tradition alternate with biblical and historical figures: among all stands out the topic of the myth of Europe, understood as a geographical space and universal homeland for all those who, born in a borderland like Goll, feel “heimatlos”, that is stateless. The aim of the thesis is to demonstrate how the artist's dialogue with the myth follows precise and constant rules with a clear goal: to send a strong message to the contemporary world. Taking into consideration the works dedicated to the mythical heritage, it is observed how after the Mythisierung (mythisation) of the old continent, the author deconstructs his own creation through a systematic Entmythisierung (demythisation).
La città del lavoro
Authors: Trentin Bruno
Published: January 2020

La città del lavoro is a program book. Nowadays, Fordism, with its large factories, is declining both in Italy and in the other Western societies. But Taylorism, which in the 20th century was also accepted by state socialism and by left-wing and communist culture, is not facing any crisis. Work continues to be largely hetero-directed, reduced to ware and to thing, an appendix and slave of technique, while left-wing parties are unable to give an adequate response to neoliberalism, technological processes and the ongoing globalization. Rethinking the Left means placing work at the centre of politics as a right of constitutional citizenship; and, above all, it means affirming democracy and freedom in work, so that the human people can carry out their own life and knowledge project.
Letture anticanoniche della biofiction, dentro e fuori la metafinzione
Authors: Vannucci Valentina
Published: January 2020

Letture anticanoniche biofiction, dentro e fuori la metafinzione, aims at offering multiple interpretations to biofictions. For the critical analysis of these pieces, identified so far with a 'symptomatic' examination of various fictional texts on a given historical period or person, some possible non-canonical directions have been proposed: a 'horizontal' method, which brings biofiction into the 'fictional galaxy’ of a writing subject (as in the case of Michèle Roberts), and then a ‘vertical’ method, which explores a model-biofiction to deconstruct and then reconstruct the intertwining of the synchronic and diachronic voices of its singular modus operandi. The final part of the volume is dedicated to Mab's Daughters by Judith Chernaik, an extremely interesting case of biofiction 'with possible worlds'. Letture anticanoniche della biofiction, dentro e fuori la metafinzione: The 'possible' world of Mab's Daughters by Vannucci, Valentina is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Italy License.Based on a work at www.fupress.com.
Antenne Integrate Attive
Authors: Cidronali Alessandro , Colantonio Paolo , Lucci Leonardo
Published: January 2020

Antenne Integrate Attive (“Active Patch Antennas”) represents the first issue of the series «Quaderni del Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria dell’Informazione» ("Issues of the PhD course in Information Engineering”) of the University of Florence, used as a didactic support to the PhD course bearing the same name. Active patch antennas, object of the publication and introduced as the enabling technology for high performance multifunctional front-ends for radar and communication systems, are currently also being used for Personal Area Networks (PAN) and for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC), at a low cost and power. In the arrays for space applications, where reliability is a key aspect, the approach to distributed active elements allows the improvement of the entire system’s defect tolerance. The issue is organized into six chapters. The first three chapters present the basic concepts related to radio links, the definition of the used parameters and their involvement in the constitutive relationships. In the fourth and fifth chapters, the design methods of the main antenna configurations are discussed, and some examples of application are provided. Finally, chapter six reviews the analysis methods used in modern software for electromagnetic and microwave circuit simulation.
Diario epistolare a Corrado Pavolini
Authors: Busacca Helle
Published: January 2020

Vulcano, Sicily 1964. After a meeting with him in Cortona, Helle Busacca, a poet and writer from Messina, began drafting an epistolary diary dedicated to Corrado Pavolini, a well-known intellectual and film director of Tuscan origins with whom she had been in love for over twenty years. Through the so far unpublished pages she dedicated to “una storia senza storia” (“a story without history"), the writer brings to life an incandescent theatre of the self, in which the dramatization of personal experience, the self-representative elaboration and the expression of a living and restless inner self combine in a mixture of strongly hybrid characters, which is conveyed by a disruptive communicative force. As the desperately pursued interlocutor becomes increasingly evanescent and unreachable, the voice of a modern tragic heroine emerges unmistakably between claim and confession.
Invarianti strutturali nel governo del territorio
Authors: Maggio Marvi
Published: January 2020

The introduction of the concept of structural invariant in territorial and urban planning has encountered numerous application problems. The purpose of this work is to investigate the reasons and formulate a new definition capable of overcoming them. At the center of the analysis is the relationship between crucial concepts in the interpretation of the territory: development sustainability, resource, space, place, place identity, status, spatio-temporal territorial structures, and structural invariants intended as an instrument to produce and reproduce the social and environmental identity and quality of the territory. The fulcrum is the organization and functioning of the territory, the spatio-temporal processes and the actors who created them. And from intangible, but objective values, it is necessary to take the moves: the real estate values and the values attributed by the different population groups, in terms of memory, attribution of meaning and identity.
Scienza e arte
Authors: Schettino Vincenzo
Published: January 2020

During the creative act, the artist and the scientist both proceed through the decoding and recomposition of the realities they observe. Based on this method correspondence, art and science offer tools to study the inner or outer reality, looking at objects and situations and looking for correlations and interpretations, in an ideal relationship between the artist's study and the scientist's laboratory . Starting from this unitary vision of the cognitive processes, the interactions between chemistry and decorative arts, between chemistry and architecture and between chemistry and literature (poetry, theater, narrative) are examined, highlighting sometimes unexpected and surprising analogies and overlappings.
Revealing Ravel: la scienza racconta Boléro
Authors: Dei Luigi
Published: January 2020

Telling music with science. It is the challenging goal behind Revealing Ravel: science tells Bolero, musical piece for reciting voice, multimedia and orchestra on the notes of the French composer. The author and protagonist is Luigi Dei, professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff". Dei deals with an unusual approach with the composition of Maurice Ravel, alongside the Symphonic Orchestra of the Conservatory "Luigi Cherubini", conducted by Maestro Paolo Ponziano Ciardi: for science, in fact, music is energy that propagates through matter thanks to vibrations generated by the instruments which, with appropriate resonances, generate timbres, rhythm, melody and harmony. The Bolero, a piece of music particularly suited to understanding the wonder behind sound production, is read as a fantastic fairy tale. The musical piece, which consolidates the collaboration between two important cultural institutions of the Florentine territory, the University and the Conservatory, combines acting and listening to live communication through images thanks to a multimedia system by the Multimedia Content Production Service of the University.
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics and continuum models for the transport of protein molecules
Authors: Bacci Marco
Published: January 2020

The present work makes use of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations and continuum models to investigate the behavior of biomolecules in experiments such as mechanical pulling and driven transport across nanopores. The approach reproduces the wide phenomenology of experiments and allows one to maintain the main features of the transport by modeling the process as a 1D dynamics in a suited potential of the mean force. The standard 1D continuum view is enriched by proposing a model for the description of the shape of isolated
molecules based on a tensorial representation and Cauchy-Born rule. Results indicate limitations for unconstrained dynamics and appropriateness for driven ones.
Produzione poetica e storia nella prassi e nella teoria greca di età classica
Authors: Cucinotta Emilia
Published: January 2020

In “Poetics”, Aristotle accepts history among the possible themes for poetry, on the condition that the poet reaches the universal plane by narrating events which comply with the rules of eikos and of anankaion. With the alteration of Athens’s history in the dialogue “Menexenus” and Solon’s poem on Atlantis in the dialogue “Critias”, Plato precedes Aristotle’s reflection and gives historical narration a central role in the citizens' paideia. In the 5th century, Greek poetry on historical subjects, from Aeschylus’s piece “The Persians” to the poem “The Persians” by Timotheus of Miletus, anticipated and put into practice the themes which Plato and Aristotle would later argument on s theorethical level, namely: the intertwining between the particular of history and the universal of poetry, the models for the mimesis, the audience’s reaction spacing between eleos, phobos and geloion.
Cosa sono questi «appunti alla buona dall’aria innocente»?
Authors: Cigliuti Katia
Published: January 2020

The construction process of ethnographic notes suffers from a lack of attention, in particular in relation to the conceptualisation of notes as an object in itself. The risk is the one of leaving one of the key aspects of ethnographic research in the shade and to think of the writing notes process as a non-problematic process of "mere description" of the researcher's presence on the field. The relevance of ethnographic notes is dictated by their being the empirical basis of the observational tool. Studying the notes is important not only because they reveal the reality of the field, but much more because they allow us to confront the construction complexity of the empirical basis of ethnographic research and, ultimately, because they constitue its base of plausibility.
Trasformazioni geometriche e figure dell'architettura
Authors: Iurilli Stefania
Published: January 2020

The volume examines a controversial architectural treatise written at the end of the 17th century by the Spanish mathematician and polygrapher Juan Caramuel de Lobkowitz. The work, entitled Architectura Civil Recta y Obliqua, is often remembered by historians in relation to the debate that binds its author to an illustrious project: that of the Berninian colonnade in St. Peter's square. The goal of the research is to highlight, through direct and systematic reading of the work and its unusual drawings, the contributions that Caramuel had the opportunity to draw from the geometric and mathematical research of his time, in a sort of anastylosis of the Caramelian aesthetic, allowing a rigorous reading of his peculiar designed architectures.
Progetto di un’architettura istorica. Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur
Authors: Fischer von Erlach Johann Bernhard
Published: January 2020

The editing and complete translation (the first in Italian) of the Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur. Project for a History of Architechture (Vienna, 1721) by Bernhard Fischer von Erlach has the aim of filling a serious gap in Italian historiography, since the Entwurff undoubtedly represents a crucial work to understand the compositional dimension of modern architectural design intended as the relationship between mimesis and inventio. The 'historical' dimension, that is the heterogeneous set of materials, is arranged and re-woven by a project whose guidelines converge at the central point of an imaginative, 'fantastic' force - or force of poiesis - able to overcome the simple, linear relationship between 'nature' and 'artifice', thus representing the problem of always rethinking the architectural expressive code.
Tradizione, traduzione, tradimento in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Authors: Rakowitz Gundula
Published: January 2020

The starting point is the Progetto di un’architettura istorica. Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur (Vienna 1721) by Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, intended as a mental and monumental mounting for the construction of a new architecture and a new image of the city. Fischer's work is being questioned, first and foremost on the fully compositional dimension of architectural design, therefore according to the multiple relationships with the ancient and the contemporary. Within the wide range of examples in theEntwurff, there was the choice of investigating the issue of the Temple of Solomon, which is also, unsurprisingly, the first monument - almost a founding category - of those illustrated in the work. The Temple of Jerusalem is the beginning of a journey whose narration through images and compositional schemes ends in the text with the Karlskirche in a celestial Vienna.
Territorio e turismo: un lungo dialogo
Authors: Romei Patrizia
Published: January 2020

Tourism is a driving sector of the world economy. Tourist activities interact directly with the economic, social and ecosystemic dimension of the territories, producing intense territorial relationships characterised by a strong local-global link. To deal with the intrinsic complexity of each territorial analysis, a multiscalar (local, regional, national, European, global), multitemporal (long, medium, short term) and multidimensional (economic, social, environmental) study methodology has been chosen. The common thread runs around the examination of a pioneering tourist destination whose history has been intertwined with the birth and expansion of tourism: Montecatini Terme. The aim is to outline a tourism specialisation model starting from the territorial relationships that have marked its history, landscape, culture and oriented economic development. A model that has evolved, partly anticipating and partly following global and European dynamics.
L'età berlusconiana
Authors: Bussoletti Andrea
Published: January 2020

This work reconstructs the main national events in the time span between Silvio Berlusconi's arrival on the political scene in 1994 and the start of his second government in 2001. The aim of the volume is to answer some of the main questions which have characterized the public debate in Italy over the past twenty years. Did the transition from the First to the Second Republic really take place? What role did the leader of the party “Forza Italia” play in this process? Does the new political system represent an anomaly compared to Italy’s recent history? Answering these questions will make a clear reading of current political affairs easier.
Los Auditoria de Adriano y el Athenaeum de Roma
Authors: López García Antonio
Published: January 2020

In 2007, during the archaeological excavations for the construction of a metro station in Piazza Venezia in Rome, two auditoriums dating back to the first half of the 2nd century AD appeared; various archaeologists identified them as part of the Athenaeum founded by Hadrian, the first great Roman academic institution mentioned in the classical sources. This book is the result of an exhaustive analysis through topography, architecture and philology, in the attempt to reveal the functionality of the structures, which could have been part of the Athenaeum or perhaps of a judicial institution integrated into the set of courts of the Trajan's Forum.
Seneca, la diatriba e la ricerca di una morale austera
Authors: Del Giovane Barbara
Published: January 2020

Within Seneca’s prose, using a long-codified terminology, it is possible to identify a substratum which can be defined as diatribe. This volume aims at making up for the lack of a modern ensemble work on the cynical-stoic diatribe in Seneca’s philosophy, analysing its features, influences and mediations. In response to a previous, almost purely compilatory, though systematic critical approach, this work offers an updated examination and contextualization of the individual stylistic elements bearing a seal of alleged 'diatribism'. This volume reconstructs the relationship, which is here deemed as 'complex’, between the diatribe and Seneca’s prose, while pursuing a research ideal which could combine moralistic contents and stylistic forms, philosophical preaching and rhetorical construction. Not least, the work aims at taking into account the extent to which the chronology of Seneca’s works can be reconstructed. Among the fundamental mediations, it is possible to identify the teaching of Seneca’s masters (the School of the Sextii and Attalus), the preaching of the Cynic philosopher Demetrius and Horace’s poetry.
Land Use Conflicts and Rights to Farm in an Urbanizing Environment
Authors: Oyedele J.B. , Alohan O. E. , Edionwe O.
Published: January 2020

This study examined agricultural land use conflicts and right to farm in an urbanizing environment. It also examined the implication of urbanization on farming activities. Three sub-urban communities currently undergoing urbanization were selected for the study. Primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data were obtained through the use of questionnaires and interviews. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed out of which 139 were retrieved and analysed. This represents 92.67% of the total questionnaires distributed. Data collected were analysed using simple frequency distribution table and graphs. The results revealed that land use is gradually shifting from agriculture to residential land use, forcing the farmers to face increase in land value due to high demand for land, difficulty in accessing land for agriculture and land speculation.
Identifikasi Wajah Dengan Segmentasi Warna Kulit Menggunakan Metode Viola Jones
Authors: Asni b Andi , Dana Tamara Octa
Published: January 2020

Abstract - Face detection (face detection) is one of the initial steps that is very important before the face recognition process (face recognition). Face detection is the detection of objects in the form of faces in which there are special features that represent the shape of faces in general. One method of face detection is the Viola Jones method. Viola Jones method is used to detect faces and skin color segmentation, test data processing using Matlab and capture on a Smartphone. The test is carried out at normal light intensity with a predetermined distance and face position. The results of this study indicate the level of accuracy of detection of face image variations in the position of face images facing forward (frontal), sideways left and right 45̊. But it has a weakness of this face detection system that is unable to determine faces in images that have faces that are not upright (tilted) or not frontal (facing sideways) at a 90̊ angle. Face position that is upright / not upright will determine the success of this face detection. The level of identification of the Viola Jones simulation was 100% with 4 images consisting of 3 boys and 1 girl.
Post-Caesarean analgesia in Timor-Leste, a low-middle-income country
Authors: Grace RF
Published: January 2020

Timor-Leste is a small, low-middle-income country in Southeast Asia. It is reported to spend less on healthcare than any other country. Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares performs 6 000 deliveries a year. Epidural analgesia, intrathecal opiates, transversus abdominis plane blocks, oral and intravenous opiates, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents have all been mooted as techniques useful in improving post-caesarean analgesia. Most of these options are unavailable in Timor-Leste. Opiate use in theatre is minimal and opiates are unavailable on the ward. Epidural anaesthesia and patient controlled analgesia are unavailable. A locally formulated post-caesarean pain management protocol, taking into account available agents and expertise, encourages spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine followed by 100 mg intramuscular tramadol in the recovery area, followed by oral paracetamol 1 gm qid., tramadol 50 mg qid. and ibuprofen 400 mg tds. in the wards. This study sought to determine the efficacy of this protocol in a low resource environment.
Gabapentinoids for treatment of neuropathic pain: a medicines usage
evaluation at the Groote Schuur Hospital Chronic Pain Management Clinic
Authors: Moabelo MLA , Parker R
Published: January 2020

Background: Neuropathic pain (NP), defined as pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory system, affects 6.9–10% of people worldwide. Pregabalin is currently recommended as a first line drug for NP in South Africa.

Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive medicines usage evaluation (MUE) of pregabalin at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) Chronic Pain Management Clinic for the year 2017 was conducted. A MUE using a standardised data collection form was performed on 100 randomly selected patient folders. Data was summarised using descriptive statistics.

Results: The majority of cases were women (76) with a mean age of 55.9 years (SD12.49). A diagnosis of NP was recorded in 58 folders and a “possible” diagnosis recorded in 7 folders. In 79 cases there was no mention of a tool/method used to diagnose NP. The most common condition diagnosed was chronic postsurgical pain with a neuropathic component (n = 16), followed by NP (n = 15). The most common initiating and current dose of pregabalin was 75 mg twice daily. In 56 patients, pregabalin was prescribed in conjunction with a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) or selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). Patient education was documented as having taken place in 76 of cases.

Conclusions: Based on this MUE we recommend the use of screening tools for the diagnosis of neuropathic pain, and a focus on the initiating dose of pregabalin. The use of a standardised assessment document and the interdisciplinary team input at this clinic appears to optimise prescribing of pregabalin in line with practice guidelines.
Paediatric postoperative analgesia prescribing report card: “could do better”
Authors: van den Bosch CM , Cronjé L , de Vasconcellos K , Skinner D
Published: January 2020

Background: A key element of paediatric pain management is prescribing and dispensing analgesia. This process differs in children, putting them at greater risk of drug error. Methods: This study was a retrospective postoperative analgesia prescription chart review of children who had orthopaedic surgery in a tertiary hospital in Durban, South Africa. Patient records of 202 children, aged 6 months to 12 years, with 232 theatre visits were reviewed. Prescription charts were inspected for patient characteristics, evidence of good prescribing practice and data regarding the prescribing and administration of analgesia. Results: Of the 257 analysed charts 254 (99%) had paracetamol, 208 (81%) had an opioid and 49 (19%) had a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) prescribed. Underdosing was evident in all groups of analgesics prescribed. Opioids were more often prescribed with a pro-re-nata caveat and were the least correctly dispensed. There were no prescription charts in which all the requirements for good prescribing practice were complete. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a high rate of paediatric drug error in both the prescribing and dispensing of analgesia. Potential under-utilisation of NSAIDs in this orthopaedic population is also noted. Lack of knowledge or confidence needed by clinicians to adhere to principles of paediatric dosing and multimodal analgesia may be contributing factors. Issues pertaining to paediatric analgesia prescribing and dispensing are highlighted and should be targeted by institution and population specific interventions.
The future - challenges and opportunities for universities and health care
Authors: De Villiers WJS
Published: January 2020

I dedicate this lecture to our dear friend and colleague, Professor Bongani Mayosi, who passed away earlier this year. Bongani’s death is a devastating loss on various levels. He was a personal friend and we had worked closely together as colleagues. I had the greatest respect for him as a top cardiologist and leading scientist. And he was an important figure in higher education – in our country and further afield.
PERBEDAAN SEDIMEN URINE MASYARAKAT BERDASARKAN JENIS KONSUMSI AIR MINUM
Authors: H Hartini , Sigiro Cristina , Ayu Dian
Published: January 2020

Air merupakan kebutuhan yang paling penting bagi setiap makhluk hidup. Air minum yang aman bagi kesehatan adalah yang memenuhi persyaratan fisika, mikrobiologis, kimiawi, dan radioaktif. Kebutuhan akan air minum yang layak semakin meningkat seiring dengan cepatnya pertumbuhan jumlah penduduk, sehingga masyarakat terdorong untuk mencari alternatif lain yaitu dengan beberapa jenis air minum di antaranya air minum isi ulang dan air tanah artesis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran sedimen urine pada masyarakat yang mengonsumsi air minum isi ulang dan air tanah artesis di Kecamatan Payung Sekaki Kota Pekanbaru. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 32 yang terdiri dari 16 sampel urine masyarakat yang mengonsumsi air minum isi ulang dan 16 sampel urine dari masyarakat yang mengonsumsi air tanah artesis. Berdasarkan penelitian ditemukan hasil sedimen urine masyarakat yang mengonsumsi air minum isi ulang yaitu leukosit abnormal ditemukan pada 1 orang, epitel abnormal pada 6 orang. Sedangkan, sedimen urine masyarakat yang mengonsumsi air tanah artesis yaitu epitel abnormal ditemukan pada 2 orang.
Intravitreal Bevacizumab: Safety of multiple doses preparation from single vial in minor theater in tertiary care center
Authors: Asghar Asfandyar , Rizwan Amna , Obaid Naila , Sughra Ume , Naeem Badar ud Din Ather , Nazir Tehmina
Published: January 2020

PURPOSE:

To determine the safety of multiple doses preparation of bevacizumab from single vial in minor theatre in reducing the frequency of endophthalmitis.

STUDY DESIGN:

Retrospective exposure study

PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY:

Department of Ophthalmology, Fauji Foundation Hospital (FFH), Rawalpindi from June 2016 to March 2018.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

1690 eyes belonging to 1001 patients was included using computer logs of patients receiving intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB). In FFH, we allocate three consecutive days every month in order to administer IVB. Approximately 50 patients were typically given IVB over three-days period.1-2 ml (depending upon the number of patients) of bevacizumab was withdrawn in a 3 cc syringe.1 cc insulin syringe with 29 G needle was taken and, 0.05 ml (1.25 mg) bevacizumab was injected from behind using the 3 cc syringe, resulting in preparation of 10-20 injections of IVB. The bevacizumab vial was then stored at 4 degrees Celsius.

RESULTS:

Total 1690 eyes belonging to 1001 patients were analyzed. The occurrence of endophthalmitis was 2/1690 (0.12%) corresponding to a 95% CI of 0.03%-0.43%, which does not represent an increase in cases as compared to endophthalmitis resulting from using a compounding pharmacy.

CONCLUSION:

Whereas, a priori, it seems reasonable to assume that aliquot preparation and storage of bevacizumab for intravitreal use particularly by a compounding pharmacy is safer. We, however, show that our preparation of IVB from single vial technique using proper sterilization is equally safe. Due to the reduced cost of our technique, we recommend it, particularly in the developing world.
Essay: The Internship Experience and Studying Abroad
Authors: Roberts Andrew
Published: January 2020

This essay reflects on the experience of mentoring undergraduate political science research in Edinburgh, Scotland from the perspective of the faculty advisor.
Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in the military personnel
Authors: Speranskaya Elena V. , Brusnigina N.F. , Efimov E.I. , Dobrotina I.S. , Samokhina L.P.
Published: January 2020

Objective.

To assess the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the army recruits using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.
Materials and Methods.

Sputum, blood, bronchoalveolar lavage samples and oropharyngeal swabs collected from 255 hospitalized army recruits with radiographically confirmed diagnosis of CAP were tested by PCR assay. The comparator group included 270 otherwise healthy recruits. Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzaе, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Chlamydophila psittaci, Legionella pneumophila, adenoviruses, Herpes simplex virus I/II, cytomegalovirus was performed by PCR using commercial AmpliSens kits and GenPak DNA PCR test.
Results.

The specific causative agent of CAP was determined in 94.1% of the enrolled military personnel. S. pneumoniae was a predominant pathogen of CAP. The high S. pneumoniae carriage rate (86.3%) among the military personnel was found. The incidence rates of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae were 14.5±2.2% and 13.7±2.2%, respectively. The highest rates of C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae were observed in patients with non-severe CAP (16.2±2.6% and 16.7±2.7%, respectively) compared to significantly lower rates in patients with severe CAP (5.3±3.0% and 7.0±3.4%, respectively; p<0.05). The significance of L. pneumophila and C. psittaci as a cause of CAP in the military personnel was negligible. The adenoviruses were detected in 14.1±2.2% of patients, particularly those with severe CAP (36.8±6.4%). There was found the high incidence of associations between bacterial and bacterial or viral pathogens.
Conclusions.

PCR is a highly effective method for determining CAP etiology in military personnel, especially during the periods of increased morbidity. The high S. pneumoniae carriage rate among military personnel and its predominant role in the CAP etiology indicate a need for pneumococcal immunization of recruits. The significant proportion of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae among pathogens causing CAP confirms a need to include these pathogens in the algorithm for examination of patients with CAP.
Determination of agrophytocenosis of weeds in modern technologies of growing winter wheat
Authors: Masliov S. , Yarchuk I. , Beseda O. , Khvorostian O.
Published: January 2020

Goal. To determine the species and quantitative composition of weeds, the influence of individual precursors on the rate of development of agrophytocenoses in winter wheat crops, taking into account the influence of modern agrotechnological methods on the degree of weediness of production crops.

Methods. During 2017—2019 studied agrophytocenoses under production conditions for winter wheat, depending on predecessors and agrotechnological techniques. Weeds were counted and calculated in accordance with generally accepted methods for assessing the number and distribution of segetal vegetation, taking into account morphological features and their clear classification.

Results. The most numerous were cereal millet weeds, represented mainly by two species — common blackberry and green bristle. Among the dicotyledonous spring weeds, the most numerous were the medicinal smoky and the highlander bindweed, among the wintering weeds — the field violet and field cocci. In recent years, sunflower has taken a significant place in the structure of cultivated areas of the region. Therefore, the sunflower scavenger has become a very serious polluter of winter fields, which in its harmfulness exceeds most weeds.

Conclusion. Analysis of agrophytocenoses in winter wheat crops in the context of individual predecessors showed that the number of weeds in the fields of steam wheat is almost 2—2.5 times less than after corn or sunflower.
The resistance of potato varieties to dry fusarium rot in vitro
Authors: Bomok S.
Published: January 2020

Goal. Determine the resistance of potato varieties against dry Fusarium rot under conditions of artificial infection in the laboratory.

Methods. Assessment of the resistance of potato tubers against dry Fusarium rot was carried out with artificial infection by the pathogen, according to the methodology of phytopathological studies on artificial infection of plants. The studied varieties were grown in the fields of Polesye of Ukraine. The laboratory experiment was carried out in 2019 and was repeated twice in May (potato yield — 2018) and August (potato yield — 2019). Tubers of each grade (5 pcs.) Injured in three places with a metal rod to a depth of 10 mm. An inoculum of a fungus of the genus Fusarium, a concentration of 1 × 105 conidia / ml, was injected into these holes with a syringe. The infected tubers were wrapped in filter paper, moistened and placed in desiccators, which were transferred to a thermostat for incubation (at a temperature of 22—24°C and a humidity of 75—80%). Measurements of the degree of damage were performed three weeks after ino­culation. Tuber resistance was determined on a 9 point scale.

Results. In seventeen varieties of potatoes of foreign and Ukrainian selection, the degree of resistance against dry Fusarium rot ranged from 3.8% to 15.7%, compared with the control variant 51.6%. Eleven varieties were highly resistant: Barvin, Belmando, Bella Rossa, LaBelle (German selection) Glazurny, Cimmeria, Flooding, Tiras (Ukrainian selection) Carrera, Marlene (Dutch selection) Sorai (Belgian selection). Six varieties were identified as resistant: Wendy, Tuscany (German selection) Monte Carlo (Danish selection), Dymka, Slavyanka, Shchedrik (Ukrainian selection). One variety is unstable (control) Treasury (Ukrainian selection). The studied varieties in the ripeness group were early and medium early. Rotting of tubers of early varieties amounted to 3.8—15.7% and a control of 51.6%, medium early — 6.5—11.7%. So, with artificial infection, varieties of potatoes of the early ripening group have a higher percentage of dry Fusarium rot damage than varieties of the mid-early ripening group.

Conclusion. The studied varieties grown in the conditions of Polesye of Ukraine are highly resistant and resistant to dry Fusarium rot (Fusarium spr.) Potatoes and can be recommended for cultivation on farms and for seed purposes.
Biological stability of varieties of black currant against Cecidophyopsis ribis Westw. of the Polish Ukraine
Authors: Bakalova A. , Tkalenko H. , Derecha O. , Borzykh O. , Hrytsiuk N. , Podziubanchuk V.
Published: January 2020

Goal. Study of the biological stability of different varieties of black currant against currant bud mite and determination of its number.

Methods. The assessment of resistance was carried out in response to signs of damaging bud spherical in shape, resembling a method of histological cut of the bud. Determination of the population of each species of currant mite was conducted on a scale of 9 points in the conditions of the Eexperimental field of Zhytomyr National Agroecological University.

Results. As a result of the research, it was found that the Titania variety is more resistant to the renal mite, and therefore, the total population density versus the standard variety is 1.46 units. The investigated varieties of black currant were conventionally divided into stable, medium-stable and unstable. By Medium-resistant include varieties Chernech and Vorskla’s Daughter, the coefficient of their population is from 0.80—0.86 units. Compared with the variat of standard, the Amethyst variety was unstable to the tick, the total coefficient of its population was close to 2.0 units. Comparing the results of histological sections of the buds of each varietie, the number of mites in comparison with the variet of standard was from 720 to 1786 units./ bud. In the course of studies on the biological resistance of different varieties of black currant to cinnamon bud mite, it was found that the varieties studied in the experiment are not persistent.

Conclusions. The highest density was detected on an unstable Amethyst variety — 1340 specimens/bud, which exceeds the economic threshold of harm and leads to the need for appropriate protection. Taking into account resistant varieties of black currant against cinnabar bud mite, we have developed a biologized defense system. It contributes to limiting the migration of larvae of travelers in the formation of the fetuses, regulates the size of the population, increases the resistance of plants, and is the most important element of intensive technology of raising berries with a high level of payback and competitiveness.
PROBLEMS OF IMPROVING ARTISTIC PERCEPTION OF FUTURE ART TEACHERS
Authors: Barchinoy Kurbonova
Published: January 2020

This article examines the theoretical foundations, the nature, the essence, the social significance of artistic perception of the future art teachers. The article also describes the current state of the problem of the formation of artistic perception in the future art educators and the scientifically-pedagogical foundations of the preparation of artistic perceptions of schoolchildren for the formation of artistic perception of the students in the social needs of artistic perceptions and non-audiovisual workshops.
KEY WORDS AND PHRASES: art, fine arts, artistry, thought, perception, teacher, reader, aesthetic mind, aesthetic attitude.
Representaciones de la corporalidad abyecta en la narrativa sobre migración centroamericana en México
Authors: Gálvez Cuen Marissa
Published: January 2020

Este artículo explora y analiza la representación de los personajes centroamericanos migrantes en las novelas mexicanas La fila india (2013) de Antonio Ortuño, Amarás a Dios sobre todas las cosas (2013) de Alejandro Hernández y Las tierras arrasadas (2015) de Emiliano Monge, con enfoque en la configuración de la corporalidad, la construcción de la alteridad y el distanciamiento social basados en la xenofobia y en la relación de discursos de odio con violencias de carácter político, estructural y simbólico. A partir de la propuesta de necropolítica de Achille Mbembe y el concepto de abyección de Julia Kristeva se desarrollan varias lecturas sobre las dinámicas de agresión del cuerpo migrante y la asimilación de la violencia en la sociedad mexicana en la literatura del último lustro, como una crítica a las frágiles políticas en materia de protección a los derechos humanos de la población migrante, así como a la normalización de la práctica y el discurso de la violencia. Este análisis busca así señalar las lógicas del poder en el ejercicio de la agresión, así como señalar la invisibilización de los sujetos migrantes abordada por estos autores.
Temporada de huracanes de Fernanda Melchor: una lectura del cuerpo desde el terreno del chisme y la abyección
Authors: Ávalos Marcos Eduardo
Published: January 2020

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la representación del cuerpo en la obra Temporada de huracanes de Fernanda Melchor. Se propone una lectura del cuerpo desde el terreno del chisme a partir de la refl exiones tanto de Cozarinsky en su libro Nuevo museo del chisme, como de la autora Patricia Spacks Mayer en su texto Gossip. Asimismo, se busca formular una lectura de la novela desde el concepto de abyección propuesto por Julia Kristeva. Desde un análisis hermenéutico de la obra se pretende mostrar la confección de un texto putrefacto donde los cuerpos se encuentran intervenidos por una violencia exacerbada.
Метод коллокацій систем лінійних рівнянь зі змінними коефіцієнтами.
Authors: Грінченко Л.
Published: January 2020

В роботі розглянутий згин тонкої ізотропної прямокутної плити , з певними граничними умовами Через базові функції і функції форми визначені: функція прогину, кути поворотів нормалей. Проведено числові розрахунки розподілу, прогину та згинних моментів в головних перерізах плити.
Early drought stress: Effects on yield formation and quality of sugar beet
Authors: Ebmeyer Henning , Hoffmann Christa M.
Published: January 2020

Drought stress affects yield formation and quality of sugar beet. The aim of this study was to identify the growing period, in which drought stress has the greatest impact on growth, and furthermore, to analyze the response of different sugar beet genotypes. Causes for a different response should be identified. In pot experiments in the greenhouse, drought stress was simulated by reducing irrigation to 60% of the water holding capacity (WHC) for four weeks at various growth stages followed by re-watering. Growth reduction was greatest when drought stress occurred early in the season: the content of the quality-determining non-sugars was highest, sugar yield and beet diameter were lowest. Responses of the genotypes in sugar yield, but primarily in the accumulation of osmotically active substances differed. Despite re-watering after drought stress the restrictions could not be compensated during growth. The transpiration coefficient of the drought-stressed treatments was only slightly different to the control, because water consumption in the control did not either increase at average air temperatures beyond 23 °C. The strong effect of early drought stress could be attributed to the high growth rates, so that a limited water supply affected yield formation more than at later growth stages.
Pengembangan Fasilitas Rekreasi Berdasarkan Refrensi Pengunjung Danau Toba Di Parapat-Kabupaten Simalungun
Authors: Theresiahutahaean Theresia
Published: January 2020

This study aims to describe the efforts of the Culture and Tourism Office in developing the Toba Lake recreation area in Parapat-Simalungun Regency and to identify the driving factors in the development of recreational facilities based on the reference of visitors to Toba Lake in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra. The respondents in this study amounted to 50 people including the community and tourists who took a recreational tour of Lake Toba Parapat-Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra. The tools used to collect data are questionnaires and Likert scale techniques used to analyze and describe research results. he results showed that the factors that led to the development of recreational facilities were based on the reference of visitors to Toba Lake in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra. The potential of the tourist attraction in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra was one of Lake Toba's recreational sites, tourist attraction development in Parapat - Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, is quite optimal both from its development factors, distance and location, in terms of promotion and processing, and so on. In supporting the interest of tourists to visit recreational attractions based on the reference of visitors to Toba Lake in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, including lodging facilities, restaurants, places of worship that are already strategic and tourist attractions in the mountains. As for the efforts of the Culture and Tourism Office in developing recreational facilities based on the reference of visitors to Toba Lake in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, it has been carried out. The factors that encourage archipelago tourists to come to visit Parapat are facilities that are already quite good. Furthermore, the added value of recreational Lake Toba is the holding of cultural parties such as the Lake Toba party which is held annually so that it is used as one of the recreational areas that can be developed, benefit the government or the local community, create livelihoods if the Lake Toba recreation area is developed, creating comfort with the construction of more complete facilities in Simalungun District of North Sumatra and the presence of transportation facilities that are also very supportive when visiting Lake Toba in Parapat, North Sumatra Regency
Cara Belajar Efektif Bagi Siswa Dengan Metode Trance Learning Berbasis Teknologi Multimedia
Authors: Fitriansyah Ahmad , Sibuea Sondang , Agustino Rano , Amin Sakaria Muhammad , Widyahastuti Febrianti
Published: January 2020

Teknologi multimedia mampu merubah cara seseorang untuk belajar, untuk memperoleh informasi dan menyesuaikan informasi. Bagi pendidik dapat membantu mengembangkan teknik pembelajaran sehingga dapat memberikan hasil yang maksimal. Demikian juga untuk siswa, multimedia membantu siswa untuk dapat menyerap informasi secara cepat dan efisien secara mandiri. Salah satu upaya untuk dapat meningkatkan kemampuan dan kemandirian belajar siswa dapat dilakukan melalui Trance Learning. Trance Learning sendiri merupakan kondisi dimana gelombang otak kita turun dari gelombang beta ke gelombang alfa maupun theta, yang dalam kondisi ini menjadikan pikiran kita cenderung lebih rileks dan fokus terhadap sesuatu. Sehingga dalam kondisi trance ini siswa akan dapat lebih efektif dalam menerima materi yang diberikan dan mengubahnya menjadi pembelajaran mandiriKegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pelatihan kepada siswa SLTA sederajat agar dapat masuk ke kondisi trance-nya sehingga siswa tersebut dapat fokus dan lebih mudah memahami materi yang disampaikan oleh guru dikelas. Pelatihan diberikan dengan bantuan teknologi multimedia agar siswa lebih mudah menyerap informasi dan mempraktekkannya. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan dengan melakukan observasi dan wawancara dengan kepala sekolah SMA Santika, kemudian melakukan pelatihan bagi siswa kelas XII. Hasil kegiatan adalah pelatihan bagi 21 siswa kelas XII SMA Santika yang dilaksanakan pada tanggal 16 September 2019 dengan konten multimedia yang disusun oleh tim pelaksana kegiatan dibantu oleh pakar Hypnotherapy bapak Nur Falah. Para siswa terlihat antusias dan bersemangat mengikuti pelatihan