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E. M. Cioran: Le Manuscrit inédit De la France
Authors: Garoiu Monica , Lucaci Dorica
Published: May 2015

Emil Cioran arrive à Paris en 1937, comme boursier de l’Institut français de Bucarest. Dans une note d’intentions, il s’engage à préparer une thèse de doctorat en philosophie et souligne la satisfaction intellectuelle qu’il espère obtenir en suivant les cours des grands professeurs des universités parisiennes. En réalité, Cioran ne fréquente guère les cours de philosophie, ni d’ailleurs les bibliothèques. Il n’entreprend aucun travail sérieux, du moins en ce qui concerne la recherche universitaire. Paris et la France l’attirent bien davantage que l’étude. Ces “débuts cioraniens” ne sont que trop bien connus. Connu aussi l’épisode de la traduction (durant l’été 1947) de la poésie de Mallarmé, entreprise qui échoue mais le conduit droit à l’évidence: il faut en finir avec la langue maternelle et écrire uniquement en français. Le Précis de décomposition paraît en 1949. Les spécialistes de l’œuvre cioranienne ont déjà débattu de ce choix linguistique, et notamment de la question du style, qui a caractérisé le passage au français. Ils ont insisté sur l’effet bénéfique que le français a eu sur l’écriture de Cioran, tout en soulignant son côté “coup de théâtre”: pourquoi ne pas avoir choisi plutôt l’allemand, la langue de la philosophie, que Cioran maîtrisait bien (en tout cas bien mieux que le français)? Se serait-il trompé de destination? Nous nous proposons de réfléchir sur ces questions passionnantes à partir d’un manuscrit inédit, rédigé en roumain à Paris, pendant l’Occupation, et daté de 1941, donc bien avant la décision d’écrire en français: Despre Franta ( De la France ).
En mal d’archives franco-algériennes: Le Cas des Algéries en France de Leïla Sebbar
Authors: Gueydan-Turek Alexandra
Published: May 2015

Cet article examine la reconfiguration de l’archive coloniale au prisme de la trilogie des Algéries en France (2004–2008) de Leïla Sebbar. Au fil d’une narration autobiographique collective qui s’appuie sur des objets glanés au cours de voyages, des photographies familiales, des correspondances de lecteurs et des archives historiques, Sebbar recrée “[s]es Algéries,” un espace de dialogue où les voix se croisent d’un côté et de l’autre de la Méditerranée pour fusionner dans cette œuvre protéiforme. Projet unificateur par excellence, la trilogie repense l’Algérie—son histoire coloniale et contemporaine, et ses blancs—au jour de la collection hétéroclite que constitue l’iconotexte. Or, si l’inscription d’archives, photographies et autres bibelots de l’époque coloniale au sein du régime discursif autobiographique permet de rompre avec les silences de l’histoire franco-algérienne, cette stratégie scripturale n’en reconduit pas moins l’économie visuelle coloniale. Loin de libérer les Algéries des vestiges du discours orientaliste et autres représentations dominantes faussées, le récit autobiographique chez Sebbar fait écran et reconduit les traces et les voix ainsi archivées dans une ethnographie toujours autre.
What Is an Unfinished Work?
Authors: Wallen James Ramsey
Published: May 2015

This paper engages the paradoxical literary phenomena known as “unfinished works” from two distinct perspectives. First, it offers a Foucauldian analysis of the history of the unfinished label: its rhetorical functions, the ideologies that enable and underlie it, and the types of conversations it has inspired and undermined. Second, after clarifying the unfinished/unfinishable distinction and critiquing the rhetoric of failure that has traditionally dominated literary-philosophical discourses on “unfinishedness,” the paper uses Fernando Pessoa’s Book of Disquiet and Robert Musil’s Man Without Qualities (amongst other texts) to articulate a theory of “unfinishable novels,” defined as “novels that can only be finished as unfinished works.” In conclusion, the paper points to the postwar rise in “circular” and “open-ended” novels as symptomatic of a larger literary shift from “unfinishability” to “unfinalizability,” a shift that can itself be read as constitutive (at least within the history of the novel) of the transition from modernism to postmodernism.
Narrative Against Destruction
Authors: Cavarero Adriana
Published: May 2015

Hannah Arendt’s vision of the constitutive link between stories and history, which she attributes to Homeric poetics, works as a response to the totalitarian will to eliminate life stories along with lives themselves. Arendt’s conception of narrative calls on both the necessity to narrate the lives lost in the horror of the Shoah and the need to tell them, so that the storybook of mankind recovers a meaning. W. G. Sebald’s creative prose—assembling autobiographical and biographical modalities, accounts, testimonials, and photographic documentation—responds to the problem, already announced by Adorno, of writing “after Auschwitz,” that is after the main chapter of the history of human destruction. His form of writing, his particular and inimitable literary style, consists of an original narrative that, much more than any other discursive form, faces the challenge of restituting the sense of vulnerable lives crushed by a senseless catastrophe. Sebald’s narration, through particular stylistic techniques, preserves the displacement of the traumatized victims in the face of the unreality of horror, turning the reader into a participant. To narrate life stories, saving them from destruction, as Sebald does, is primarily a work of rehumanization, redeeming the meaning of the human from the ruins of the inhuman—as if every recounted story, snatched from oblivion, saves a possible sense of the human from its absolute negation in destruction.
Making Sense of the World: Allegory, Globalization, and The Faerie Queene
Authors: Dawson Brent
Published: May 2015

This article makes a case for the value of literary form to the study of globalization. The literary critical movement of global studies has tended to show how literature represents or participates in transnational relations. I argue for the importance of attending to how literature both shapes ideas of worldhood and brings out a paradox within them: that any attempt to make a world will also be a disruptive act that prevents the unity worldhood presumes. I contend that allegory is a literary mode that particularly calls attention to this paradox. Complicating genealogical accounts that bracket allegory as a medieval worldview off from modern paradigms of representation, I look to Spenser’s Faerie Queene , written at a liminal moment when transnational capitalism is just emerging, as a revealing case of allegory’s relevance to globalization. Examining two prominent examples of the Spenserian allegory of the world as a harmonious chain, I argue that the trope is not as peaceful as it might at first appear, bringing out an element of destabilization present in all worldmaking. As such, Spenser’s poem reflects on the violence and disruption inherent in trying to bring the world together into a single allegorical system. While Spenser has often been read as a poet deeply nostalgic for what he sees as a fading medieval worldview, I argue, in examining the Cave of Mammon canto, that Spenser shows how medieval allegory continues to inform modern paradigms of global commerce.
A Crooked Path
Authors: Long Pamela O.
Published: May 2015

This is a printed version of Pamela O. Long’s talk at the 2014 Society for the History of Technology annual meeting, on the occasion of receiving the Leonardo da Vinci award. It provides a synoptic intellectual autobiography of the author, treating the development of her work on Vitruvianism, ideas concerning contextualism, some of the scholars that have most influenced her work, and her present project on engineering in sixteenth-century Rome.
“Taking the Problem to the People”: Traffic Safety from Public Relations to Political Theory, 1937–1954
Authors: Bernardin Stève
Published: May 2015

The slogan “taking the problem to the people” nicely summarizes U.S. traffic safety campaigns of the 1950s. It refers to the goal of awareness and self-discipline for drivers through education and law enforcement. A detailed analysis of the campaigns, however, shows a subtler objective of the motor interests that promoted it. They wanted to overcome political indifference through a civic mobilization of drivers as citizens, persuading drivers to lobby for traffic control. The analysis of their efforts leads us to question the role—or lack of role—of politicians in scientific and technological controversies.
The Vocal Tract Organ and the Vox Humana organ stop
Authors: Howard David M.
Published: May 2015

The Vocal Tract Organ is a new musical instrument that consists of three-dimensional (3D)-printed vocal tracts (throat and mouth) for individual vowels sitting on loudspeakers to enable static vowel sounds to be produced. The acoustic excitation from the loudspeakers is a synthesized version of the typical waveform produced by the vibrating human vocal folds during pitched sounds, which enables the instrument to be played from a keyboard. The synthesis engine is implemented in Pure Data. This article describes the implementation of the Vocal Tract Organ, how it has been used musically to date, and the similarities and differences between it and the Vox Humana pipe organ stop. It is suggested that the Vocal Tract Organ will become an instrument in its own right and that it could be used as a direct replacement for the Vox Humana organ stop, given that its acoustic output is a much closer representation of the human vocal output than that from a Vox Humana organ pipe. In addition, the author makes use of the 3D-printed tracts in vocal and choral workshops as well as degree-level music technology education.
Graduate meets employer – a model for embedding industry professional involvement in the development and assessment of student portfolios
Authors: Thorley Mark
Published: May 2015

The benefit of higher education institutions working with industry professionals has received significant attention in literature and policy. Despite this, the challenges in institutions themselves, and the nature of the music industry makes this concept challenging to manage. In response to this, a project was funded by the Higher Education Academy for Coventry University to examine a model for embedding the involvement of industry professionals in the development and assessment of Music Technology student portfolios. This article explains the background, the rationale, realization and outcomes of the project. First, it outlines the issues of employability within music and creative industries courses as reflected in the literature. It then examines the contextual challenges of the music industry and higher education. It continues by describing how the project embedded industry professionals in student portfolio development and assessment. Finally, it outlines the outcomes of the project, its implications and the key risk factors to its implementation in other disciplines and institutions.
Service-Oriented Architectures: from Design to Production exploiting Workflow Patterns
Authors: Giallorenzo Saverio , Gabbrielli Maurizio , Montesi Fabrizio
Published: May 2015

In Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) services are composed by coordinating their communications into a flow of interactions. Coloured Petri nets (CPN) offer a formal yet easy tool for modelling abstract SOAs. Still, mapping abstract SOAs into executable ones requires a non-trivial and time-costly analysis. Here, we propose a methodology that maps CPN-modelled SOAs into executable Jolie SOAs (our target language). To this end, we employ a collection of recurring control-flow patterns, called Workflow Patterns, as composable blocks of the translation. Following our methodology, we discuss how the Workflow Patterns we consider are translated in Jolie. Finally, we validate our methodology with a realistic use case. As additional result of our research, we could pragmatically assess the expressiveness of Jolie with relation to the considered Workflow Patterns.
Double dipping in hybrid open access – chimera or reality?
Authors: Mittermaier Bernhard
Published: May 2015

The pros and cons of hybrid open access are heavily disputed. A main point of discussion is whether ‘double dipping’ takes place, i.e. paying twice to publish and read the same article. To prove publishers’ assertions that they do not double dip, a survey was conducted of 24 publishers with detailed questions about their pricing policy using concrete examples. The outcome is quite sobering: the results range from partial double dipping to full double dipping, and in no instance did a ‘no double-dipping’ policy mean that no double dipping takes place.
PROTECTION OF WOODEN MATERIALS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL ATTACK BY USING NANOTECHNOLOGY
Authors: Havrlik Michal , Ryparová Pavla
Published: May 2015

This article is focused on protection of wooden materials by using nanofibrous textiles with biocidal addition, which continues on the work of a group at the Center for Nanotechnology at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in the CTU. Timber is a natural material which is predisposed for biodegradation and therefore it is essential to study suitable and effective protection against microorganisms. Wood is a material susceptible to biological corrosion and therefore it is necessary to protect it. The study compares biocidal efficiency of polymer solution as a coating and as a layer from nanofiber textiles. We used polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a basic polymer which was enriched by substances from commercial Lignofix E – profi, solution of CuSO4 · 5H2O and AgNO3 and finally colloidal silver as an example of nanoparticles. The final concentration of the biocidal substance was 1 (v/wt)% in fiber. The nanofiber textiles are produced on the device Nanospider NS LAB 500 (Elmarco, CR) on cylinder rotating electrode. The study was divided into two parts, the first being an agar plate test and the second a test on samples from timber. The mixture of mold was used as the model organism. (Alternaria tenuissima, Pochonia bulbiosa, Trichoderma viride and Acremonium sclerotigenum). Comparison of efficiency between the polymer paint and nanofiber textiles showed no difference. The best results were shown by PVA with an addition of substances from the commercial biocidal treatment Lignofix-E Profi on the agar plate. The difference of result was shown on timbre samples, finding that the best results were with treatment by PVA doped by Silver nitrate. The anticipated results were shown by treatment with non-doped PVA, which does not have any fungicidal protective effect.
SIMULTANEOUS FITS IN ISIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF GRO J1008–57
Authors: Kühnel M. , Müller S. , Kreykenbohm I. Kreykenbohm , Schwarm F.-W. , Grossberger C. , Dauser B. T. , Nowak M. A. , Pottschmidt K. , Ferrigno C. , Rothschild R. E. , Klochkov D. , Staubert R. , Wilms J.
Published: May 2015

Parallel computing and steadily increasing computation speed have led to a new tool for analyzing multiple datasets and datatypes: fitting several datasets simultaneously.  With this technique, physically connected parameters of individual data can be treated as a single parameter by implementing this connection directly into the fit. We discuss the terminology, implementation, and possible issues of simultaneous fits based on the Interactive Spectral Interpretation System (ISIS) X-ray data analysis tool. While all data modeling tools in X-ray astronomy in principle allow data to be fitted individually from multiple data sets, the syntax used in these tools is not often well suited for this task. Applying simultaneous fits to the transient X-ray binary GRO J1008–57, we find that the spectral shape is only dependent on X-ray flux. We determine time independent parameters e.g., the folding energy Efold, with unprecedented precision.
Characterizations of continuous probability distributions occurring in physics and allied sciences by truncated moment
Authors: Ahsanullah Mohammad , Shakil Mohammad
Published: May 2015

A probability distribution can be characterized through various methods. Before a particular probability distribution model is applied to fit the real-world data, it is necessary to confirm whether the given continuous probability distribution satisfies the underlying requirements by its characterization. In this paper, characterizations of some continuous probability distributions occurring in physics and allied sciences have been established. We have considered the normal, Laplace, Lorentz, logistic, Boltzmann, Rayleigh, log-normal, Maxwell, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions, and characterized them by applying a truncated moment method; that is, by taking a product of reverse hazard rate and another function of the truncated point. It is hoped that the proposed characterizations will be useful for researchers in various fields of physics and allied sciences.
LED Based Spectrophotometer can compete with conventional one
Authors: Mohammad Karim Aly , Zekry Abdelhalim , Abouelatta Mohamed
Published: May 2015

Spectrophotometers are the common devise used for blood analysis. These analyses are simply optioned from the transmittance of monochromatic light through a blood sample. It disperses their light sources by different techniques; the simplest one is the use of interference filters in front of broad-band light source. As Interference bandpass filters are relatively inexpensive wavelength selectors. Interference filters that allow transmission of a predetermined wavelength while rejecting or blocking other wavelengths are widely used in instrumentation for clinical chemistry. On the other hand, the lights emitting diodes (LEDs) emits a specified band and have a wide selection options.  An economic device based on LEDs (LED based spectrometer) is explained in this work. Instead of the wide spectrum light source and filters (commercial spectrophotometer), The LED based spectrophotometer is calibrated with standard solutions, and its measurement results is compared with the Mindray BS-200 Chemistry Analyzer (commercial spectrophotometer). The comparison shows acceptable results between both spectrophotometers with maximum error 2.33%. The errors can be reduced by applying more fining alignment. Another benefit of the new designee is to minimize testing costs.
Traveling with “Ancient Music”
Authors: Robin William
Published: May 2015

In reforming psalmody in early nineteenth-century New England, participants in the so-called “Ancient Music” movement imported the solemnly refined hymn tunes and scientific rhetoric of Europe. This transatlantic exchange was in part the result of European travels by a generation of young members of the American socioeconomic and intellectual elite, such as Joseph Stevens Buckminster and John Pickering, whom scholars have not previously associated with hymnody reform. This study asserts that non-composers, particularly clergy and academics, played a crucial role in the “Ancient Music” movement, and offers a fuller picture of a little-examined but critical period in the history of American psalmody. Tracing the transatlantic voyages of figures like Buckminster and Pickering reveals that the actions and perspectives of active participants in the Atlantic world shaped “Ancient Music” reform and that hymnody reform was part of a broader project of cultural and intellectual uplift in New England.
“For the serious listeners who swear neither at nor by Schoenberg”
Authors: Bailey Walter B.
Published: May 2015

The rich array of publications covering music in New York City during the second two decades of the twentieth century provides a compelling account of the reception of ultra-modern music. Newspapers, arts periodicals, and, especially, monthly and weekly music magazines offer tantalizing insight into how music lovers perceived new and challenging music. Before the Great War connections to German musical traditions were strong, and ultra-modern music was mostly imported. During the war ties to Germany were largely severed and ultra-modern music was silenced. After 1918 a more egalitarian and international attitude emerged. The reception of Schoenberg’s music in New York City between 1910 and 1923 illustrates the evolution of this new attitude.
Chlamydia pneumoniae okozta infektív endocarditis májtranszplantációt követően
Authors: P. Szabó Réka , Kertész Attila , Szerafin Tamás , Fehérvári Imre , Zsom Lajos , Balla József , Nemes Balázs
Published: May 2015

The incidence of infective endocarditis is underestimated in solid organ transplant recipients. The spectrum of pathogens is different from the general population. The authors report the successful treatment of a 58-year-old woman with infective endocarditis caused by atypical microorganism and presented with atypical manifestations. Past history of the patient included alcoholic liver cirrhosis and cadaver liver transplantation in February 2000. One year after liver transplantation hepatitis B virus infection was diagnosed and treated with antiviral agents. In July 2007 hemodialysis was started due to progressive chronic kidney disease caused by calcineurin toxicity. In November 2013 the patient presented with transient aphasia. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed vegetation in the aortic valve and brain embolization was identified on magnetic resonance images. Initial treatment consisted of a 4-week regimen with ceftriaxone (2 g daily) and gentamycin (60 mg after hemodialysis). Blood cultures were all negative while serology revealed high titre of antibodies against Chlamydia pneumoniae. Moxifloxacin was added as an anti-chlamydial agent, but neurologic symptoms returned. After coronarography, valvular surgery and coronary artery bypass surgery were performed which resulted in full clinical recovery of the patient. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(22), 896–900.
PROGNOSIS OF TRAINING EFFECTS BASED ON SOMATIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SPORT RESULT
Authors: Klimczyk Mariusz , Klimczyk Agata
Published: May 2015

Purpose : Researchers and coaches continue to look for the solutions that would contribute to creation of somatic and mobility condition patterns, allowing the players to obtain sport achievements at the highest level. Therefore, the aim of the study was to trace the sport results’ impact in the pole vault and the selected somatic parameters of the vaulters of different ages and comparing them with the results of the players reaching the results at the highest level. Material: The study covered 29 vaulters of 17-19 years old age, engaged in the pole vault at "Zawisza Bydgoszcz", "Gwardia" Pila, "Sląsk" Wrocław, TS "Olimpia" Poznan sports clubs, the Centre of the Pole Vault in Gdańsk, as well as 4 top vaulters - two from Germany, one from the UK and one from Poland. The study was carried out in the training and sports competitions conditions in 2005-2009. In the work teaching observation method was used. The research tools were: assessment of physical development and sports outcome, which were carried out within the start period. The statistical methods were used for analysis of the study results. Results : Indicators of physical development were specified, as well as correlated with sport result for each group. The highest (the only statistically significant) indicator with the pole vault at 0.69 level was reported in the sample - the volume thoracic, exhaling (19-year-old vaulters). Conclusions : The group of vaulters, belonging to the "world's finest" is characterized by a higher rate of shoulders than the other studied groups. There seems to be a large influence on sport technique and result in the pole vault belonging to the proportions of the individual somatic parameters and here the relevant connections can be seen.
Passado histórico, presente historiográfico: considerações sobre "História e Estrutura" de Michel de Certeau
Authors: Ohara João Rodolfo Munhoz
Published: May 2015

No ensaio “História e Estrutura”, Michel de Certeau pensa o ofício do historiador como um problema, um conjunto de procedimentos que merece uma análise cuidadosa. Nesse texto, Certeau discute a tensão colocada no enfrentamento com o Outro, no instante em que o historiador encontra a alteridade do que passou, e mais especificamente os efeitos do pensamento dito “estruturalista” sobre tal tensão. Pensamos que muitas das considerações de Certeau ainda são relevantes para refletir sobre a escrita da história e a relação dos homens com o tempo neste período que se diz de crise epistemológica. Assim, nosso trabalho busca explorar os apontamentos de Certeau e articulá-los ao que consideramos ser um projeto maior do autor, a saber, a crítica do fazer historiográfico enquanto prática, desenvolvida alhures.
Desmatamento Recente nos Estados da Amazônia Legal: uma análise da contribuição dos preços agrícolas e das políticas governamentais
Authors: Ferreira Marcelo Dias Paes , Coelho Alexandre Bragança
Published: May 2015

O objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar como os preços agrícolas e as políticas públicas afetaram o desmatamento nos estados da Amazônia Legal brasileira no período de 1999 a 2011. Para esse fim, foram utilizados dados estaduais em um modelo de dados em painel e uma metodologia de análise de efeitos líquidos de políticas sobre o desmatamento. Os resultados indicam que o desmatamento está mais relacionado aos preços agrícolas do que às variáveis de políticas associados ao crédito rural e gastos com transporte e agricultura. Entretanto, os resultados parecem indicar que políticas recentes de fiscalização mais focadas, como embargos de comercialização de áreas desmatadas ilegalmente e restrição de crédito para áreas irregulares ou que não cumprem a legislação ambiental, podem ter sido mais efetivas para a redução do desmatamento no estado de Mato Grosso. Sendo assim, concluiu-se que o desmatamento na Amazônia Legal é influenciado tanto pela variação dos preços agrícolas quanto pelas políticas governamentais.
Pagamento por desempenho em sistemas e serviços de saúde: uma revisão das melhores evidências disponíveis
Authors: Barreto Jorge Otávio Maia
Published: May 2015

O Pagamento por Desempenho (P4P) é usado em todo o mundo visando à melhoria dos resultados em saúde, e no Brasil é base do Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade (PMAQ), lançado pelo Ministério da Saúde, em 2011. Revisou-se a literatura publicada entre 1998 e janeiro de 2013, sobre a efetividade do P4P, para produzir resultados ou padrões de acesso e qualidade na saúde. Foram recuperados e analisados 138 estudos, sendo incluídos 41 (14 revisões sistemáticas, 7 ensaios clínicos e 20 estudos observacionais). Estudos mais rigorosos foram menos favoráveis ao P4P, enquanto estudos observacionais apontaram efeitos positivos do P4P sobre a qualidade e o acesso nos serviços de saúde. Limitações metodológicas dos estudos observacionais podem ter contribuído para tais resultados, mas a variedade de resultados está mais ligada aos aspectos conceituais e contextuais dos esquemas de P4P avaliados, reforçando a heterogeneidade de modelos e resultados do P4P. O P4P pode ser útil para promover o alcance de objetivos em sistemas de saúde, especialmente no curto prazo e para ações pontuais que exijam menos esforço dos provedores de serviços de saúde, mas deve ser utilizado com cautela e com planejamento rigoroso do modelo, considerando-se também efeitos indesejáveis ou adversos.
Public health agendas addressing violence against rural women - an analysis of local level health services in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Authors: Costa Marta Cocco da , Lopes Marta Julia Marques , Soares Joannie dos Santos Fachinelli
Published: May 2015

This study analyses health managers' perceptions of local public health agendas addressing violence against rural women in municipalities in the southern part of the State Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It consists of an exploratory descriptive study utilizing a qualitative approach. Municipal health managers responsible for planning actions directed at women's health and primary health care were interviewed. The analysis sought to explore elements of programmatic vulnerability related to violence in the interviewees' narratives based on the following dimensions of programmatic vulnerability: expression of commitment, transformation of commitment into action, and planning and coordination. It was found that local health agendas directed at violence against rural women do not exist. Health managers are therefore faced with the challenge of defining lines of action in accordance with the guidelines and principles of the SUS. The repercussions of this situation are expressed in fragile comprehensive services for these women and programmatic vulnerability.
Health with equality: a proposal for the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care systems
Authors: Panisello Maria Luisa , Pastor Inma
Published: May 2015

This paper presents an analysis of the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care-related policies. Based on the recommendations of international organizations, the importance of the incorporation of the gender concept in the health field is analyzed, in order to design health policies that seeking to redress existing inequalities by virtue of sex/gender. This paper presents an analysis of the published guidelines in order to facilitate the incorporation of the gender perspective in health care systems. The article concludes with a proposal of gender-sensitive health indicators that can ensure the gender perspective in health care policies.
Caracterização da comunicação entre progenitores e filhos adolescentes: estudo das variáveis sociodemográficas
Authors: Portugal Alda Patrícia Marques , Alberto Isabel Maria Marques
Published: May 2015

A comunicação estabelecida entre progenitores e filhos adolescentes parece depender, em grande medida, de algumas características sociodemográficas. Objetivo: Análise da comunicação em famílias com filhos adolescentes, considerando as variáveis: sexo, área de residência, nível socioeconómico, escolaridade e estrutura familiar. Método: Através de um desenho quantitativo/transversal, aplicou-se a Escala de Avaliação da Comunicação na Parentalidade a 336 pais e 268 adolescentes. Resultados: Verifica-se que: os rapazes tendem a partilhar os seus problemas com os progenitores do sexo masculino; as mães destacam-se na perceção de maior expressão do afeto/apoio emocional; não se registram diferenças significativas ao nível do sexo no conflito comunicacional; membros de classes socioeconómicas altas e de contextos urbanos percepcionam melhor comunicação; e filhos de famílias pós-divórcio revelam partilhar mais os seus problemas com as mães do que filhos de agregados monoparentais. Conclusões: A influência de algumas variáveis sociodemográficas sobre a comunicação permite o desenho de intervenções clínicas concretas, sugerindo a necessidade de se prestar maior atenção a contextos particulares (classes rurais e socioeconómicas baixas). Estes resultados desmistificam a crença de que as famílias pós-divórcio têm mais dificuldades do que famílias nucleares intactas.
Seroprevalence for brucellosis and leptospirosis in dogs from Belém and Castanhal, State of Pará, Brazil
Authors: PAZ Giselle Souza da , ROCHA Katarine de Souza , LIMA Michele de Souza , JORGE Ediene Moura , PANTOJA José Carlos Figueiredo , MORAES Carla Cristina Guimarães de , LANGONI Helio
Published: May 2015

Brucellosis and leptospirosis are widely spread bacterial infections and dogs are the most important source of infection and reservoir for diseases. Dogs can disseminate the agents in the environment and transmit them to humans and/or other animals. The objective of this study was assess the occurrence of reactive to antibodies anti-Leptospira spp., Brucella canis and B. abortus in Belém and Castanhal, State of Pará, Amazon, Brazil. A total of 156 samples were randomly collected in the city of Belém and 158 samples in Castanhal. The anti-B. canis antibodies research was performed by Agar Gel Immunodiffusion (AGID) with and without 2-mercaptoethanol serum treatment (AGID-2ME). To assess the anti-B. abortus antibodies, the technique of Fast Seroagglutination with buffered acidified plate antigen (BAPAT) was used. For anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies research, the Microscopic Agglutination Technique (MAT) was used. No animal reacted to Brucella abortus and one animal was reactive to B. canis at the AGID, but it was negative to the AGID-2ME test. Seventeen percent of dogs (47/274) presented anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies, with prevalence of serovar Canicola. The dogs from Belém and Castanhal are not source of infection for B. abortus and B. canis, however, they are reservoirs for different serovars of Leptospira spp.
Descrição de cultivares locais de feijão-caupi coletados na microrregião Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brasil
Authors: OLIVEIRA Eliane de , MATTAR Eduardo Pacca Luna , ARAÚJO Marlon Lima de , JESUS Jercivanio Carlos Silva de , NAGY Augusto César Gomes , SANTOS Vanderley Borges dos
Published: May 2015

A distribuição de sementes comerciais ameaça erodir o germoplasma local em regiões tradicionais de plantio de feijões-caupi (Vigna unguiculata). O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever as cultivares locais de feijão-caupi da Resex Alto Juruá e da microrregião Cruzeiro do Sul - AC. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos nos anos de 2011 e 2012, em sistema convencional e, em sistema de plantio em aleias, respectivamente. O delineamento experimental adotado nos experimentos foi de blocos ao acaso com nove tratamentos (cultivares), três repetições por tratamento, parcelas de 12 m2 e espaçamento de 0,45 m entre plantas e linhas. Foram observados vinte caracteres qualitativos e 21 quantitativos. A análise de variância conjunta dos experimentos apresentou significativo para genótipo, sistema de plantio e interação genótipo/sistema de plantio. A característica qualitativa com maior variação entre os genótipos foi subclasse comercial, seguida da cor do grão, pigmentação da vagem imatura, forma do folíolo apical, cor das folhas e curvatura da vagem. O hábito da planta, tendência a enrolar-se ao tutor, fixação da vagem ao pedúnculo e espessura de parede da vagem não apresentam diferenças. Dos caracteres quantitativos apenas número de dias até 50% das plantas em florescimento e número de lóculos/vagem não diferiram estatisticamente entre cultivares. Os valores médios para comprimento de vagem, comprimento do pedúnculo, número de vagens por pedúnculo e número de vagens por planta foram baixos, entretanto, o germoplasma coletado apresentou características valorizadas como ciclo precoce, arquitetura adequada da planta além da adaptação ao plantio em várzeas.
UMA DESCRIÇÃO SISTÊMICO-FUNCIONAL DOS MARCADORES DISCURSIVOS AVALIATIVOS EM PORTUGUÊS BRASILEIRO: A GRAMÁTICA DAS PARTÍCULAS MODAIS
Authors: FIGUEREDO Giacomo
Published: May 2015

Este artigo parte das descrições funcionais dos marcadores discursivos e delimita como objeto o subconjunto interpessoal destes, pertencente à orientação da avaliação – realizado pelas Partículas Modais em português brasileiro. Motivado pela organização gramatical da interação, este trabalho se pauta pelas abordagens do modelo funcionalista, em particular daquele de organização sistêmica, e objetiva descrever o sistema gramatical de VALIDAÇÃO, o qual é realizado pelas Partículas Modais que compõem parte dos marcadores discursivos interpessoais. Para tanto, analisou-se um corpus monolíngue compilado com base na tipologia da língua no contexto de cultura. As Partículas Modais foram descritas segundo sua manifestação na interação, buscando-se as relações sistêmicas da VALIDAÇÃO, incluindo a complementariedade com o MODO e a MODALIDADE. Os resultados indicam que a VALIDAÇÃO é uma continuidade do MODO, separando as Partículas Modais em classes distintas conforme as opções Imperativo e Indicativo. A VALIDAÇÃO é, ainda, complementar à MODALIDADE, relativa ao papel do falante.
Subjectivation et désubjectivation: le cas de la violence
Authors: Wieviorka Michel
Published: May 2015

Étant donné l'existence de différents types de violence et, surtout, en mettant en relief la violence collective, cet article présente un bref examen de quelques théories sociologiques au sujet de la violence, considérées à partir de trois paradigmes classiques, y inclus les analyses qui privilégient la dimension instrumentale, celles qui voient dans la violence une réponse ou une réaction a des situations de crise et, à la fin, celles qui insistent sur l'idée d'une culture de violence. Les trois paradigmes renferment un biais déterministe qui fait obstacle à que les sciences sociales soient bien préparées afin de montrer les conditions qui rendent la violence possible. Cet article met en relief aussi l'importance d'éviter le psychologisme et le sociologisme lorsque l'on fait l'analyse de la violence. Il présente deux orientations différentes: dans la première, il discute l'interaccionisme - y inclus l'intersubjectivité - et montre quelques aspects positifs, surtout, quelques limites; dans la seconde, Il met en relief l'orientation théorique centrée dans le sujet, dans la subjectivité et, surtout, dans le processus de subjectivation et de désubjectivation. Il postule le besoin de définir les concepts de subjectivité, de sujet, de subjectivation et de désubjectivation et il définit, au moyen de ce propos, quatre types de sujet qui peuvent même coexister dans un seul acteur. Il explicite, à la fin, l'insuffisance du concept de sujet et Il propose passer, dans cette analyse, de l'évidence sur le sujet et sur la subjectivation à l'évidence sur les processus de subjectivation et de désubjecvation et, par conséquence, éviter l'essencialisation ou la naturalisation du sujet.
Geometria variável e parcerias estratégicas: a diplomacia multidimensional do governo Lula (2003-2010)
Authors: Silva André Luiz Reis da
Published: May 2015

Este artigo tem como objetivo verificar a consistência da pluralização de grupos de coalizão e das parcerias estratégicas na política externa do governo Lula (2003-2010). A hipótese central desta pesquisa é que a nova matriz da política externa é mais fluida e multidimensional, com arranjos políticos, alianças e parcerias estratégicas flexíveis, de acordo com os atores e interesses. Para testar a hipótese, essa pesquisa utilizou, como metodologia, a revisão bibliográfica dos conceitos de grupos de coalizão, geometria variável e parceria estratégica na análise da política externa brasileira recente, a partir de uma descrição conceitual e empírica. Em seguida, passou a cruzar os dados referentes aos grupos de geometria variável e coalizões com a lista das parcerias estratégicas do Brasil, para identificar pontos de convergência e divergência. Posteriormente, faz um rápido cruzamento das informações com as parcerias comerciais do Brasil, também para identificar continuidades e descontinuidades.
Efeito de Wordlikeness no Processamento de Não-palavras por Falantes do Português Brasileiro
Authors: Gomes Christina Abreu , Mendes Suzana do Couto , Silva Marcela Branco , Esteves Clara Oliveira , Gomes Gastão Coelho
Published: May 2015

Resumo: O presente estudo aborda a questão da emergência de uma competência fonológica abstraída das formas das palavras representadas no léxico, conforme estabelecido nos Modelos baseados no Uso, considerando resultados de um teste de aceitabilidade de não-palavras. Efeito de wordlikeness, o grau de semelhança entre uma não-palavra e uma palavra real, tem sido observado em diversos estudos. Não-palavras formadas por sílabas de alta e baixa probabilidade e de diferentes tamanhos foram especialmente elaboradas para testar o efeito de seu grau de semelhança com as palavras reais no julgamento do falante. A frequência das sílabas foi obtida de uma amostra online de textos do português brasileiro. Os estímulos foram julgados por 22 adultos universitários. Os resultados mostraram que os julgamentos se basearam nas propriedades probabilísticas dos estímulos. Os resultados constituem evidência adicional da relação entre conhecimento fonológico e inferência estatística no léxico.Palavras-chave: Wordlikeness; Não-palavra; Léxico; Gramática emergente; Modelos baseados no Uso.Abstract: The present study addresses the issue of the emergent phonological competence abstracted from the wordforms represented in the lexicon, as stated in the Usage-based Models, considering the results of an acceptability test of nonwords. Effect of wordlikeness, the degree of similarity between a nonword and a real word, has been observed in several studies. Nonwords formed by syllables of high and low probability and of different length were especially elaborated in order to check the effect of their wordlikeness in the speaker judgment. The frequency of the syllables were obtained from an online database of texts of Brazilian Portuguese. The stimuli were judged by 22 university speakers. The results showed that judgments were based on the probabilistic properties of the stimuli. The results constitute further evidence for the relationship between phonological knowledge and statistical inference in the lexicon.Keywords: Wordlikeness; Nonword; Lexicon; Emergent grammar; Usage-based Models.
Efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids for patients with asthma: a descriptive review of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Alabousi Mostafa , Alabousi Abdullah , Ambeault Natalie , Riva John
Published: May 2015

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with asthma based on changes in sputum eosinophil counts, through a review of relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs).Methods: Studies were retrieved from MEDLINE, EMBASE, the SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION ON GREY LITERATURE, and the INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION from February 1, 2003 to February 1, 2013 based on a comprehensive search strategy. Articles were screened through two stages: title and abstract; and full-text screening. RCTs enrolling patients with asthma, testing an ICS intervention, and reporting outcomes on changes in sputum eosinophil counts pre- and post-intervention were included. Following screening, data extraction, and quality appraisal, a descriptive synthesis of trials was conducted.Results: The search strategy retrieved 447 articles, of which 66 articles underwent full-text screening, resulting in 37 RCTs that met the inclusion criteria for this review. The articles were stratified according to the type of ICS: budesonide, fluticasone propionate, ciclesonide, beclomethasone dipropionate, and mometasone.  Across trials, 9 of 16 budesonide, 5 of 14 fluticasone propionate, 4 of 9 of nine ciclesonide, 2 of 4 beclomethasone dipropionate, and 1 of 2 mometasone interventions demonstrated a statistically significant (p < 0.05) reduction in sputum eosinophil counts.Conclusion: This study detected differences between ICS treatments however the clinical relevance is uncertain. There is insufficient evidence to suggest the superiority of one ICS treatment over another. Further research needs to be conducted to evaluate the relative impact of ICS products upon eosinophil counts, as well as in clarifying what quantitative level of change in baseline eosinophil counts is required to observe a change in symptom improvement and disease control.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An interview with Dr. John Marshall
Authors: Arbab-Tafti Sadaf , Di Michele Joseph
Published: May 2015

Dr. John Marshall is a Professor of Medicine, a Full Member of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, and Head of Clinical Research for the Division of Gastroenterology at McMaster University. He is also Chief of Service for Gastroenterology at Hamilton Health Sciences. Dr. Marshall’s clinical and research interests include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a group of chronic disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. We were able to speak with Dr. Marshall about his clinical and research experiences with IBD and his advice for interested trainees who want to pursue a career in academic medicine.
Promoting physical activity in adolescent cancer survivors
Authors: Wurz Amanda , Brunet Jennifer
Published: May 2015

Self-management strategies, such as physical activity, have been identified to help young cancer survivors reduce or control the side effects that accompany modern cancer therapies whilst improving their overall quality of life. Despite the known benefits of physical activity, the majority of young cancer survivors not meeting recommended guidelines. In this article, we discuss knowledge translation activities that are taking place across Canada to develop and disseminate resources to healthcare providers in an effort to improve physical activity counselling, and ultimately participation for adolescent cancer survivors.
Seasonal Occurence of Food and Feeding Habit of Labeo bata(Hamilton) (Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae)
Authors: Joadder Md. Abdur Razzaq
Published: May 2015

Food and feeding habits of fishes have a great significance in aquaculture practices. It helps to select such species of fishes for culture which will utilize all the available potential food of the water bodies without much competition with one another but will live in association with other fishes. This paper deals with the feeding intensity and food habits of L. bata . Food and feeding habit of freshwater minor carp Labeo bata (120 to 250 mm total length) were studied. The fish is a herbivore, feeding mainly on algae (22.32 %), higher plant parts (31.26 %), protozoans (7.42 %), crustaceans (15.33 %), insects (3.56 %), muds, sand, debris and detritus (16.32 %) and unidentified food materials (3.99%).Journal of Science Foundation, 2014;12(1):7-15
Transcriptome Analysis of Minimal Residual Disease in Subtypes of Pediatric B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Authors: Sitthi-Amorn Jitsuda , Herrington Betty , Megason Gail , Pullen Jeanette , Gordon Catherine , Hogan Shirley , Koganti Tejaswi , Hicks Chindo
Published: May 2015

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death in children and adolescents. Minimal residual disease (MRD) is a strong, independent prognostic factor. The objective of this study was to identify molecular signatures distinguishing patients with positive MRD from those with negative MRD in different subtypes of ALL, and to identify molecular networks and biological pathways deregulated in response to positive MRD at day 46. We compared gene expression levels between patients with positive MRD and negative MRD in each subtype to identify differentially expressed genes. Hierarchical clustering was applied to determine their functional relationships. We identified subtype-specific gene signatures distinguishing patients with positive MRD from those with negative MRD. We identified the genes involved in cell cycle, apoptosis, transport, and DNA repair. We also identified molecular networks and biological pathways dysregulated in response to positive MRD, including Granzyme B, B-cell receptor, and PI3K signaling pathways.
Об асимптотике среднего времени пребывания случайного блуждания на полуоси
Authors: Lotov Vladimir Ivanovich , Tarasenko Anton Sergeevich
Published: May 2015

Найдены асимптотические разложения математического ожидания времени пребывания траектории случайного блуждания с нулевым сносом выше растущего уровня. На распределение скачков блуждания налагается условие Крамера о существовании экспоненциального момента.
Библиография: 13 наименований.
О группе Брауэра арифметической модели гиперкэлерова многообразия над числовым полем
Authors: Tankeev Sergey Gennadievich
Published: May 2015

Доказана гипотеза Артина о конечности группы Брауэра арифметической модели гиперкэлерова многообразия $V$ над числовым полем $k\hookrightarrow\mathbb C$ при условии, что $b_2(V\otimes_k\mathbb C)>3$. Показано, что группа Брауэра арифметической модели односвязного многообразия Калаби-Яо над числовым полем является конечной. Доказано также, что если для гладкого проективного многообразия $V$ над полем $k$ произвольной характеристики $\operatorname{char}(k)\ne l$ верна $l$-адическая гипотеза Тэйта о дивизорах, то группа $\operatorname{Br}'(V\otimes_k k^{\mathrm{s}})^{\operatorname{Gal}(k^{\mathrm{s}}/k)}(l)$ конечная независимо от условия полупростоты непрерывного $l$-адического представления группы Галуа $\operatorname{Gal}(k^{\mathrm{s}}/k)$ в пространстве $H^2_{ét}(V\otimes_kk^{\mathrm{s}},\mathbb Q_l(1))$.
Библиография: 42 наименования.