bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Health Informatics of Composite Nanoparticles as an Effective Contrast Agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and for Glioblastoma Radiosensitization
Authors: Dong Yuehan , Xu Liyu , Qin Gang , Zhao Xiao , Chen Xinlei
Published: September 2020

Background: Radiation therapy is a method using radiation to treat tumors, and has become commonly used and most effective treatments for malignant tumors. However, radiotherapy still has the shortcomings of high radiation dose, especially radiation resistance of tumor cells.
Multifunctional nanoradiosensitizers can enhance the radiosensitivity of tumor cells and improving the effect of radiotherapy. Hyaluronic acid-functionalized ironbismuth composite particles are an effective contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and can be used as radiosensitizers.
Method: Hyaluronic acid-functionalized iron-bismuth composite nanoparticles HABilOPs can be prepared by a hydrothermal polyol method. In the cytotoxicity experiment, we took human glioblastoma cell line U87MG in logarithmic growth phase and rat vascular smooth muscle cells. We set different
mass concentrations of 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 100, and 300 mg/LHA-BMOPs was cultured for 48 h to calculate the cell proliferation rate. In the histocompatibility experiment, we injected HA-BilOPs solution into the tail vein of ICR mice to observe the pathological changes of mouse organs. In the
radiosensitization experiment, we took U87MG cells in logarithmic growth phase for group culture. X-ray irradiation of 0, 3, 6, 9 Gy was given, and the HA-BilOPs group was added with culture medium of different mass concentration of LHA-BilOPs, and the combined group was added to the culture
medium of different mass concentration of HA-BilOPs first, and then given X-ray irradiation of 0, 3, 6, 9 Gy. To analyse the features of glioblastoma, the conventional MRI manifestations of glioblastoma were examined. Results: We found that different concentrations of HA-BilOPs had
no significant effect on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and U87MG cells. It was found that no pathological changes occurred in mouse organs after tail vein injection of HA-BilOPs solution. Nanoparticles can be phagocytosed by U87MG cells and it was found that U87MG cell
proliferation rate had a significant linear negative correlation with HA-BilOPs mass concentration (0–200 mg/L) and radiation dose (0–9 Gy). At 6 Gy X Under irradiation, 200 mg/L HA-BilOPs reduced the cell proliferation rate to (41± 7)%. Using 100 mg/L HA-BilOPs and 6 Gy
X-ray irradiation for colony formation experiments, the proliferation rate of U87MG cells in the combined group was statistically lower than that of the blank control group and radiotherapy group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Hyaluronic acid-functionalized iron-bismuth composite
nanoparticles have a significant radiosensitizing effect on glioblastoma and proved to be a good contrast agent used in MRI.
Quantitative Analysis of Computer Tomography in Patients with First-Episode Paranoia Schizophrenia
Authors: Wang Ling , Chu Wenge , Zhao Laitian , Ling Wenfei , Zhu Youyu
Published: September 2020

Objective: The computer tomography (CT) feature in patients with first-episode paranoia schizophrenia (FEPS) changes obviously. The aim of this study is to explore the CT changes quantitatively in patients with FEPS, and to analyze its relationship with the clinical features.
Method: The brain CT images of 30 patients diagnosed as FEPS clinically were retrospectively analyzed. The abnormal expression of brain structure and CT value in various left cerebral lobe were measured in them (FEPS group) and compared with that of 30 healthy subjects (control group).
The relationship between CT value and clinical data was further analyzed. Result: The incidence of enlarged ventricles, widened sulc, large cisterna magna, and arachnoid cyst in FEPS group was larger than that in control group. The mean value of frontal lobe CT in FEPS group was significantly
lower than that in control group (P < 0.05). There were no statistical significance in CT values of other cerebral lobe between two groups. The CT value of left fontal lobe of in male (32.24 ± 2.39 HU) was lower than that in female (34.56 ± 2.18 HU) patients (t =
2.402, P = 0.023). The correlation analysis showed no correlation was founded between CT value and age (r = 0.139, P = 0.531). There was no statistical significance of CT value in different level of education, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) grades, disease
course, living environment and occupation (all P > 0.05). Conclusion: Abnormal brain structure is prone to be found in patients with FEPS. CT value in left frontal lobe of FEPS patients is decreased, and is relative to the sex.
Paleoclimate Constraints on the Spatiotemporal Character of Past and Future Droughts
Authors: Coats S. , Smerdon J. E. , Stevenson S. , Fasullo J. T. , Otto-Bliesner B. , Ault T. R.
Published: September 2020

Machine-learning-based methods that identify drought in three-dimensional space–time are applied to climate model simulations and tree-ring-based reconstructions of hydroclimate over the Northern Hemisphere extratropics for the past 1000 years, as well as twenty-first-century projections. Analyzing reconstructed and simulated drought in this context provides a paleoclimate constraint on the spatiotemporal characteristics of simulated droughts. Climate models project that there will be large increases in the persistence and severity of droughts over the coming century, but with little change in their spatial extent. Nevertheless, climate models exhibit biases in the spatiotemporal characteristics of persistent and severe droughts over parts of the Northern Hemisphere. We use the paleoclimate record and results from a linear inverse modeling-based framework to conclude that climate models underestimate the range of potential future hydroclimate states. Complicating this picture, however, are divergent changes in the characteristics of persistent and severe droughts when quantified using different hydroclimate metrics. Collectively our results imply that these divergent responses and the aforementioned biases must be better understood if we are to increase confidence in future hydroclimate projections. Importantly, the novel framework presented herein can be applied to other climate features to robustly describe their spatiotemporal characteristics and provide constraints on future changes to those characteristics.
Virtual surgical education for core surgical trainees in the Yorkshire deanery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Laloo Ryan , Giorga Andrea , Williams Andrew , Biyani Chandra Shekhar , Yiasemidou Marina
Published: September 2020

Background and Aims

An online teaching programme for Core Surgical Trainees (CSTs) was designed and delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and the reception of a fully online teaching programme.

Methods

Twenty teaching sessions were delivered either via Zoom™ or were pre-recorded and uploaded onto a Google Classroom™ and YouTube™ website. Online feedback, delivered via Google Forms™, were completed by CSTs following each teaching session. YouTube Studio™ analytics were used to understand patterns in viewing content.

Results

89.9% of trainees were satisfied with the teaching series. Trainees preferred short, weekly sessions (79%), delivered by senior surgeons, in the form of both didactical and interactive teaching. YouTube analytics revealed that the highest peak in views was documented on the weekend before the deadline for evidence upload on the Intercollegiate Surgical Collegiate Programme (ISCP) portfolio.

Conclusion

An entirely online teaching programme is feasible and well-received by CSTs. Trainees preferred live, interactive, procedure-based, consultant-led sessions lasting approximately thirty minutes to one hour and covering a myriad of surgical specialties. This feedback can be used to improve future online surgical teaching regionally and nationally in order to gain training opportunities lost during the pandemic.
Safety and early outcomes after intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients with prestroke disability
Authors: Cooray Charith , Karlinski Michal , Kobayashi Adam , Ringleb Peter , Kõrv Janika , Macleod Mary J , Dixit Anand , Azevedo Elsa , Bladin Christopher , Ahmed Niaz
Published: September 2020

Background

There are limited data on intravenous thrombolysis treatment in ischemic stroke patients with prestroke disability.

Aim

We aimed to evaluate safety and outcomes of intravenous thrombolysis treatment in stroke patients with prestroke disability.

Methods

We analyzed 88,094 patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis, recorded in the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS) International Thrombolysis Register between January 2003 and December 2017, with available NIHSS data at stroke-onset and after 24 h. Of them, 4566 patients (5.2%) had prestroke disability, defined as a modified Rankin Scale score of 3–5. Safety outcome measures included Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage, any type of parenchymal hematoma on 24 h imaging scans irrespective of clinical symptoms, and death within seven days. Early outcome measures were 24-h NIHSS improvement (≥4 from baseline to 24 h).

Results

Patients with prestroke disability were older, had more severe strokes, and more comorbidities than patients without prestroke disability. When comparing patients with prestroke disability with patients without prestroke disability, there was however no significant increase in adjusted odds for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (adjusted odds ratio 0.83 (95% CI 0.60–1.15) (absolute difference in proportion 1.17% vs. 1.27%)) or for parenchymal hemorrhage (adjusted odds ratio 0.96 (0.83–1.11) (7.51% vs. 6.34%)). The prestroke disability group had a significantly lower-adjusted odds ratio for a 24-h NIHSS improvement (adjusted odds ratio 0.79 (0.73–0.85) (45.95% vs. 48.45%)) and a higher adjusted odds ratio for seven-day mortality (aOR 1.40 (1.21–1.61) (10.40% vs. 4.93%)).

Conclusions

Intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients with prestroke disability was not associated with an increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage or parenchymal hemorrhage. Prestroke disability was however associated with a higher risk of early mortality compared to patients without prestroke disability.
Oral health and salivary function in ulcerative colitis patients
Authors: Goldinova Ariana , Tan Christopher XW , Bouma Gerd , Duijvestein Marjolijn , Brand Henk S , de Boer Nanne K
Published: September 2020

Background

Although ulcerative colitis primarily involves the colon, extra‐intestinal manifestations are common and oral and dental complaints are no exception.

Objective

This study aims at evaluating oral and dental health problems and salivary function and composition in ulcerative colitis patients and its correlation with disease activity.

Methods

Xerostomia Inventory score, (unstimulated/stimulated) salivary flow rates, salivary amylase and mucin/ Mucin 5B levels, self‐reported oral and dental complaints, the oral health related quality of life, Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index and inflammatory bowel disease‐specific health related quality of life were determined.

Results

The cohort consisted of 51 ulcerative colitis patients. Hyposalivation was experienced by 16% of patients under resting conditions and 24% under chewing‐stimulated conditions. Xerostomia was not correlated with salivary flow rates. Disease activity did not influence salivary amylase and Mucin 5B concentrations. The Xerostomia Inventory score was correlated with the Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (p  = 0.042) and inflammatory bowel disease‐specific health related quality of life (p  = 0.001). Most reported oral health problems were halitosis (29%) and aphthae (28%). Frequently reported dental problems were cavities (35%) and gum problems (31%). Patients with active disease experienced significantly more oral and dental complaints. The number of oral problems was positively correlated with the Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (p  = 0.045) and negatively correlated with the inflammatory bowel disease‐specific health related quality of life (p  = 0.005).

Conclusion

The subjective feeling of a dry mouth (xerostomia) is related to disease activity and disease activity‐associated quality of life in ulcerative colitis patients, whereas the objective saliva secretion rate is not. Oral and dental health problems are frequently observed in patients with ulcerative colitis, especially during active disease.
Is COVID-19 changing psychiatry?
Authors: Foreman David M.
Published: September 2020

Two articles on the potential impact of the current coronavirus pandemic on psychiatry reveal agreement on many points, but opposing positions on the methodology, philosophy and politics of psychiatry's response. This points to the need for psychiatry to audit its approach to evidence when agility is required.
Redistributing Agency
Authors: Breslau Daniel
Published: September 2020

The article traces the development of “spot pricing” for electrical power, which has provided the technique for calculating electricity prices in wholesale markets in most of the United States, and is rapidly becoming the standard in many other countries. The model was first formalized by a group of engineers and economists associated with the engineering professor Fred Schweppe, at MIT. From his position as a leading control theorist, well known in the industry, Schweppe proposed an expansion of control theory that he argued would help break the deadlock in regulatory politics and benefit producers and consumers of power alike. He introduced the approach, which he called “homeostatic control,” around 1978 in a seminar of the MIT Energy Lab. Derived by way of a biological metaphor, homeostatic control conceives of a self-correcting system that maintains its equilibrium state in the face of a changing environment. Schweppe’s group envisioned bringing consumers of power into the control system by constantly feeding them signals in the form of prices. The MIT team discovered through the contact between economists and engineers that the calculation for determining efficient prices is identical to the calculation used by engineers for meeting system load while minimizing costs. The Lagrange multipliers, or lambdas, derived from the engineering optimization are the best estimates of the marginal cost, and therefore the efficient prices, at each node of the system.
State-Corporate Crime: por uma agenda de pesquisa no campo da Administração Pública
Authors: Medeiros Cintia Rodrigues de O , Silveira Rafael Alcadipani da , Paganini Oliveira Júnior Paulo Frederico
Published: September 2020

Este artigo aborda o conceito de state-corporate crime com o objetivo de oferecer uma agenda de pesquisa para estimular conversações de pesquisa sobre a produção de crimes corporativos pela interação entre corporações de negócios e agências do Estado. Depois de apresentar a revisão da literatura sobre o tema, estruturamos a agenda de pesquisa para o contexto brasileiro, com base na subclassificação do state-corporate crime: crimes facilitados pelo Estado; e crimes iniciados pelo Estado. Com base na matriz sociológica de Morgan e Burrell (1979), articulamos as duas classificações com duas perspectivas (crítica e instrumental), resultando em quatro pontos focais representados nos quadrantes: regimes de permissão; regulação estatal deficiente; Estado criminoso; e Estado como polícia.
Aspects of divergence in the Euro Area
Authors: Christodoulakis Nicos
Published: September 2020

The paper examines how the convergence process between the less and the more developed members of the Euro Area weakened significantly after the circulation of the common currency, and subsequently reversed course in the postcrisis recession. The front-loaded consolidation programs that followed the bailouts in the over-indebted economies caused asymmetric losses in per capita income in the peripheral countries and led to further North-South polarization. The paper identifies public indebtedness, quality of institutions and capital formation as the areas where divergences are more pronounced and suggests that policy initiatives to encourage more investment and a faster institutional assimilation are needed for the convergence process in the Euro Area to take off again.
ANXIOUS CONDITIONS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
Authors: Denisova A. , Dvorovkin N. , Sobolenkova V. , Fedorov S.
Published: September 2020

This article presents an analysis of the level of anxiety in schoolchildren living in the city of Tula. The study involved 95 school-age children. In the framework of the study, risk factors for the development of anxiety conditions were formed.
PRODUCTIVITY INDICATORS OF THE DAILY STAY BED FUND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Mel'nikov Yuriy , Bant'eva M. , Smyshlyaev A.
Published: September 2020

The process of reducing round-the-clock bed fund with simultaneous development of hospital-replacing technologies, namely daily stay hospitals, has been going on in the Russian Federation, for more than twenty-five years, a similar trend has been observed in recent decades in most developed countries of the world.

From 2010 to 2018 provision of the population with beds of daily stay hospitals in the Russian Federation moderately increased from 15.4 per 10,000 to 17.0 (an increase of 10.7%). Hospitalization rate of the population in daily stay hospitals in the country increased from 41.9 per 1,000 population in 2010 to 56.3 in 2018 (an increase of 34.5%). At the same time, the average bed occupancy per year in daily stay hospitals for the study period decreased from 311 days to

301 days (the decrease was 3.1%). The average length of stay in daily hospitals bed decreased from 11.4 to 10.1 days (the decrease was 11.7%).

The positive dynamics of most of the studied indicators testifies to the development of the network of daily stay hospitals in the Russian Federation, the negative point is the reduction of average bed occupancy per year, what may indicate a decrease of the intensity of use of the bed fund of daily stay hospitals in the country.
Bioactive Compounds and Sensory Properties of Organic Rice: The Impact of Degree of Milling
Authors: David Wahyudi , Ardiansyah Ardiansyah , Budijanto Slamet , Kahl Johannes , Strassner Carola
Published: September 2020

Consumers assume organic rice to be healthy. However, there are several concerns regarding the bioactive compounds and sensory properties found in organic rice. This study aims to examine the effect of the milling duration of organic rice (0s, 30s, 60s, 90s and 120s) on its bioactive compounds (total phenolic content, flavonoid content, and dietary fibre) and sensory properties (taste, aroma, colour and texture). This study reveals that the degree of milling and the degree of whiteness increase when the milling duration increases, while the total number of phenolic, flavonoid, and dietary fibres decrease significantly as the milling duration increases. Moreover, the moisture content remains constant as the milling duration increases. Panellists can divide the rice samples based on colour and taste into three distinct groups. The overall liking of organic rice at different degrees of milling revealed that as the milling duration increases, the overall degree of consumer’s preference for the product also increases.
Association between BMI and Iron Status among
Diabetic Patients in Oujda-ANGAD-MOROCCO
Authors: Hsaini Asmae , Aboussaleh Youssef , Bikri Samir , Ahami Ahmed
Published: September 2020

Nowadays, Public health concern on obesity and anemia has become very important disease in the world. Objective: In this study, we aim to examine the relationship between the overweight of diabetic patients from the Oujda-Angad region and their body iron status. Methods: A total of 114 patients aged between 18 and 70 years old. The patients were from the regional referral Center of Oujda-Angad. All patients had type 2 diabetes. They attended the centre between December the 1st, 2016 and May the 30th, 2018 and were diagnosed previously for more than 6 months. The patients were participated in this study after they have provided a written consent. Demographic and biochemical data were collected. Results: The mean ferritin concentration was between 19.14 µg /mL± and 21.32 µg / mL± and the mean Serum iron level was around 105.05µg/dl. Moreover, 34.5% of diabetic patients were overweight according to WHO Standars (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) while around 31% of were obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2).
The correlation coefficient of linear regression was positive for BMI/Plasma Ferritin and negative for BMI/hemoglobin, and BMI/Serum iron. Furthermore, the CRP concentration was less than 6mg/l for 90% of obese and overweight patients.
As conclusion, we can confirm that patients having an iron deficiency are not overweight or obese. Furthermore, overweight and obesity could be a risk factor of iron deficiency in diabetic patients.
A GROTESQUERIE PARISIENSE: TRAÇOS DO INSÓLITO NA NARRATIVA POLICIAL DE EDGAR ALLAN POE
Authors: Loureiro Vinicius Santos
Published: September 2020

Edgar Allan Poe foi o criador de uma obra cuja grandeza artística é proporcional à heterogeneidade que a compõe. Fora do mérito de se tratar de um dos inventores da narrativa detetivesca, o autor legou à posteridade uma série de contos, poemas, ensaios e correspondências, tangendo desde os temas clássicos da literatura fantástica até uma produção humorística e tantos exemplos de ficção à moda especulativa de caráter filosófico. Por tanta variedade, não foram poucas as tentativas de segmentar sua obra conforme seus temas. Em meio a esse esforço de classificação, tornou-se habitual que se considerasse que os contos de raciocínio, grupo que reuniria os três relatos do detetive C. Auguste Dupin e alguns outros afins, estaria destacado dos demais. A justificativa passa, em alguma medida, pela defesa do contraste provocado pela aura de esclarecimento que permeia o conto policial, reflexo de um mundo desejoso de se organizar pelo conhecimento e pelos desenvolvimentos tecnológicos, contra os impulsos nervosos herdados pela influência gótica, influindo especialmente sobre seus contos de horror. Entretanto, a narrativa que perpassa os acontecimentos que circundam o assassinato brutal de mãe e filha em uma Paris em plena ebulição ressoa em outros contos do autor, seja pela criação de atmosfera, seja pelas impressões comunicadas pelos respectivos narradores-testemunhas. O objetivo deste artigo será o de refletir a respeito das semelhanças entre a narrativa detetivesca de Edgar Allan Poe, a partir do conto “Os assassinatos na rua Morgue”, e algumas de suas narrativas fantásticas.
O LETRAMENTO LITERÁRIO E A ESCOLARIZAÇÃO DA LITERATURA INFANTOJUVENIL
Authors: Isse Renan Marques
Published: September 2020

A literatura, se não apresentada aos alunos de forma adequada, pode perder a sua intenção enquanto disciplina escolar ao longo do convívio escolar do aluno. O presente artigo busca apresentar dois conceitos primordiais para que esse encontro do aluno-leitor com a literatura seja feito da forma mais adequada possível. Utilizaremos as noções de Letramento Literário e de Escolarização da Literatura, de Rildo Cosson e Angela Kleiman, respectivamente para guiar a problematização. Para tal, demonstrar-se-á a importância da articulação de diferentes níveis de conhecimento prévio como instrumento facilitador do processo de letramento.
A CULTURA POPULAR NA NARRATIVA INFANTOJUVENIL DE MONTEIRO LOBATO
Authors: Leonardeli Poliana Bernabé
Published: September 2020

: O artigo se propõe a identificar a presença da cultura popular na obra infantil de Monteiro Lobato, evidenciando a relação da literatura infanto-juvenil, desse autor, com os saberes populares nacionais. Considera-se, também, nesta análise, que as referências à cultura popular utilizadas por Lobato na construção do imaginário em torno do sitio e suass personagens, acabam por contribuir para o tom sarcástico da narrativa, uma vez que a marca da cultura popular e o confronto com uma ordem já estabelecida. À procura de salientar a importância do livre-pensamento, sobretudo no universo da infância, o autor recorre a um conjunto de saberes marginalizado, pertencente a uma consciência coletiva, cujos valores e sentidos foram desprezados por determinadas classes e pensadores da época. A produção do artigo tem como base material bibliográfico.
O infográfico animado e as suas potencialidades educacionais: uma contribuição para a identificação do Abuso Sexual Infantil
Authors: Guerin Cintia Soares , Rossi Kátia Biff , Priotto Elis Maria Teixeira Palma , Goes Eliane Pinto , Sobrinho Reinaldo Antonio Da Silva , Zilly Adriana
Published: September 2020

A escola é um importante espaço para estabelecer relações entre saúde e educação e também uma ferramenta adequada para a Promoção da Saúde. Em vista disso, o presente estudo teve por objetivo a construção de um infográfico animado sobre o Abuso Sexual Infantil para que o mesmo possa ser utilizado na escola em conjunto com a Unidade Básica de Saúde, vinculada ao Programa Saúde na Escola. A construção do infográfico animado buscou atender as necessidades da escola para minimizar os casos de abuso sexual sofrido por seus alunos, organizamos o conteúdo que foi apresentado no infográfico a partir da plataforma digital Powtonn®. O infográfico animado construído está disponível numa plataforma de vídeos e espera-se com este material auxiliar professores e pais na identificação e encaminhamento de vítimas de abuso sexual infantil.
Amamentação e extensão acadêmica: promovendo a conscientização do direito ao aleitamento materno através do projeto Apoiando a Amamentação na Baixada Fluminense
Authors: Henrique Pascoal Isabella
Published: September 2020

O primeiro alimento essencial para o bebê é o leite materno que proporciona nutrientes para um crescimento e desenvolvimento saudável e oferece proteção imunológica para defesa do organismo. O incentivo ao aleitamento materno (AM) configura-se entre as políticas públicas de saúde e a que mais tem causado impacto à saúde da criança. Criado em 2007, o Projeto de Extensão “Apoiando a amamentação na Baixada Fluminense, da Faculdade de Enfermagem, da Universidade Do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), tem como objetivos: possibilitar ao acadêmico a vivência na implementação e acompanhamento da política de aleitamento materno na Região da Baixada Fluminense, desenvolver competência técnica amparada nas bases científicas em aleitamento materno em graduandos e profissionais de saúde, contribuir para a melhoria das condições de saúde das crianças nessas localidades, capacitar profissionais de saúde para o manejo do aleitamento materno seja em unidade básica, seja em hospital, empoderar mães e pais para favorecer a amamentação e sensibilizar o acadêmico de enfermagem acerca da importância do manejo do AM para a redução da morbimortalidade infantil. O método do projeto consiste nas ações desenvolvidas que visam o fortalecimento da gestão da política de aleitamento nas três frentes: promoção, proteção e apoio. Além disso, o grupo desempenha debates e orientações para as classes populares acerca da conscientização dos seus direitos, da importância e das vantagens da amamentação para o bebê, família e sociedade.
Proposta de cartilhas didáticas para promover a divulgação científica e tecnológica do ensino fundamental
Authors: Soares Guerin Cintia , Borne Kelly , Kevin de Oliveira Pontes Álef , José Bergmann Anderson , Garcia Patrick , Martins Soares Nandra , Pires Frigo Jiam , Hideo Ando Junior Oswaldo
Published: September 2020

As demandas do mundo contemporâneo, já há algumas décadas, apontam a necessidade de democratização dos conhecimentos científicos e tecnológicos, no sentido de oportunizar à população uma melhor compreensão do mundo, para nele atuar de modo consciente e responsável. Nesse sentido, o trabalho em questão é um recorte do “Programa SAVE: Sol, Água, Vida e Energia” e apresenta uma das ferramentas que foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de integrar a produção de materiais e experimentos didáticos (de baixo custo), de modo a valorizar a participação dos alunos e instigar uma postura investigativa. Espera-se com o desenvolvimento desse material, contribuir com o processo de ensino/aprendizagem de estudantes do ensino fundamental I, bem como, conscientizar e orientar sobre a importância da preservação e redução de danos ao meio ambiente. Além de, culminar práticas interdisciplinares entre comunidade acadêmica, professores e alunos da educação básica de ensino, moldando de forma lúdica a arte de ensinar práticas da engenharia.
Novas Tecnologias em Endodontia e seu uso no atendimento de pacientes de uma unidade de saúde pública: Cinco anos de atividade extensionista
Authors: Ávila Berlinck Thereza Cristina , Monteiro Monnerat Tinoco Justine , Malizia Alves Ferreira Cláudio , Do Valle Tomaz Milena , Nunes Barbosa Paulo Rogério , Moura Sassone Luciana
Published: September 2020

A Extensão Universitária é uma importante ferramenta de interação entre o estudante universitário e a comunidade, sendo ambos beneficiados. O projeto de extensão “Tratamento endodôntico simplificado visando sua aplicação no SUS” tem como objetivo somar forças junto ao SUS no atendimento à comunidade, de forma a reduzir a demanda reprimida e ao mesmo tempo proporcionar aos pacientes tratamentos endodônticos com novas tecnologias. Este projeto tem contribuído para a formação de recursos humanos, para a produção de conhecimento científico e para a prestação de um tratamento com maior eficiência para a comunidade. Por meio de resultados parciais da pesquisa desenvolvida no projeto, foi possível verificar que a inclusão da instrumentação acionada a motor e outras tecnologias durante o tratamento endodôntico, permitiu redução no tempo de atendimento e consequentemente contribui para a diminuição da demanda reprimida de pacientes encaminhados para o setor de Endodontia.
PAIETS: sobre trajetórias e sonhos de um programa de extensão
Authors: Avila Pereira Roberta , Costa Claro Lisiane
Published: September 2020

O Programa de Auxílio ao Ingresso nos Ensinos Técnico e Superior (PAIETS), vinculado à Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), é um Programa extensionista de inclusão social que atualmente atua em três instâncias: 1. Auxílio ao Ingresso no Ensino Superior e Técnico; 2. Permanência das Camadas populares e comunidades tradicionais (indígenas e quilombolas) na Universidade; 3. No acesso à Pós-Graduação, através do projeto denominado PAIETS Pós-graduação. O PAIETS vem sendo desenvolvido desde 2007, como programa de extensão. Além disso, é um Programa que envolve vários setores da sociedade civil como movimentos Sociais, Organizações e Coletivos Populares. Da mesma forma, o PAIETS representa um movimento que articula parcerias em instâncias institucionais por meio das escolas da rede pública das regiões que constituem os espaços de atuação do Programa. Neste sentido, insere-se no esforço nacional de enfrentamento à exclusão das classes populares ao ensino superior e técnico potencializando seu ingresso nestas instituições. Assim, nas instâncias evidenciadas, almeja-se a democratização dos espaços formativos institucionalizados por meio de uma postura crítica e emancipadora. Por meio da Educação Popular, o PAIETS auxilia na responsabilidade social assumida com a comunidade.
A presença do genitor no pré-natal: um estudo de representações sociais com gestantes
Authors: Couto Pablo Luiz Santos , Gomes Antônio Marcos Tosoli , Vilela Alba Benemérita Alves , Pereira Samantha Souza da Costa , França Luiz Carlos Moraes , Nogueira Virgírnia Paiva Figueiredo
Published: September 2020

Objetivo: analisar as representações sociais da presença do genitor no pré-natal para as mulheres gestantes. Método: estudo descritivo e qualitativo, fundamentado na Teoria da Representações Sociais. Contribuíram com o estudo 30 gestantes que realizavam as consultas do pré-natal e responderam a um roteiro de entrevista em profundidade contendo três questões abertas, cujas respostas foram submetidas à Análise de Conteúdo Lexical, possibilitada pelo software IRAMUTEQ. Resultados: a análise aponta a palavra não como a mais latente no sistema cognitivo das gestantes, sendo percebida a alta frequência no Dendograma de Classes, presença no eixo de intersecção entre as ordenadas e abscissas no Mapa Fatorial de Correspondência, além de ser central e fazer as maiores forças de conexidade com as demais palavras na árvore máxima de similitude. Conclusão: as representações sociais das gestantes sobre a presença do genitor durante as consultas de pré-natal foram elaboradas a partir da negação, evidenciadas nos discursos do grupo no termo não.
Tools for frontline professionals
Authors: Ledger Sara
Published: September 2020

Healthcare organisations need to improve the way they respond and learn following patient safety incidents. Baby Lifeline has developed a course aimed at maternity services to achieve this goal
Conceivinghood: a woman's journey to motherhood
Authors: Macklon Nick
Published: September 2020

How can we help women discuss their experiences more openly during this life phase?
Topical effect of a specific spot-on treatment made of natural ingredients in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with skin problems: A pilot study
Authors: Waisburd Galia Sheinberg , Cordero Alberto Martin , Núñez Camilo Romero , Contreras Laura Miranda , Cárdenas Rafael Heredia , Gómez Linda G. Bautista
Published: September 2020

Background and Aim: Rabbits often experience skin diseases. The beneficial effects of plant extracts and essential oils are well known in other species, but the properties of these natural ingredients have not been evaluated in rabbits in vivo. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of a topical, commercial solution made of essential oils, plant-extracted polyunsaturated fatty acids, and Vitamin E on rabbits suffering from skin problems.

Materials and Methods: Thirty New Zealand rabbits (no sex distinction) were included in this study, with an average weight of 2–3 kg. The rabbits were divided into two groups: The first group was treated with a topical solution made from natural ingredients, and the second was a control group. The rabbits' hair and skin conditions were evaluated on days 1, 14, 28, and 35 after treatment. Data were analyzed using a Kruskal–Wallis range test.

Results: Significant differences were determined in terms of glossy hair variability on days 28 and 35 (p≤0.0001). On days 14-35, hair loss was determined to have reduced (p=0.001), and flaking and odor improved in the treatment group, showing increased scores and significant differences (p=0.0001). By contrast, the control group showed stable overall skin and hair score and an increase in the dryness score.

Conclusion: The topical application of essential oils and polyunsaturated fatty acids with Vitamin E was able to improve hair shine and skin hydration and reduce flaking, bad odor, and hair loss, improving the general, and cutaneous aspect of rabbits.
Gambaran Pertumbuhan Anak dengan Hipotiroid Kongenital Pasca-Terapi Levotiroksin di RSUP Dr. Hasan Sadikin pada Tahun 2014 sampai dengan 2018
Authors: Adisty Noviola Ruth , Faisal Faisal , Hidayat Basuki
Published: September 2020

Pendahuluan. Hipotiroid kongenital merupakan penyebab gangguan tumbuh kembang anak yang dapat dicegah dengan terapi levotiroksin dini. Akan tetapi di Indonesia, diagnosis dini berdasarkan skrining hipotiroid kongenital cakupannya rendah sehingga banyak kasus mengalami gangguan pertumbuhan akibat keterlambatan terapi.Tujuan. Mengetahui gambaran pertumbuhan anak dengan hipotiroid kongenital pasca-terapi levotiroksin.Metode. Penelitian retrospektif potong lintang menggunakan data rekam medis pasien anak dengan hipotiroid kongenital selama kurun waktu 2014-2018 di Poli Anak RSUP Dr. Hasan Sadikin. Pertumbuhan dipantau berdasarkan laju pertumbuhan linear dan indeks antropometri kurva pertumbuhan WHO 2005.Hasil. Sejumlah 51 pasien memenuhi kriteria, mayoritas subjek didiagnosis hipotiroid kongenital pada usia 0-12 bulan (78,4%), berjenis kelamin laki-laki (60,8%), dan memiliki komorbiditas (66,7%). Rerata laju pertumbuhan linear berdasarkan kelompok usia 0-12 bulan (n=40), 1-2 tahun (n=3), 2-5 tahun (n=1) dan >5 tahun (n=7), berturut-turut 21,77,3 cm/tahun, 10,23,8 cm/tahun, 8,6 cm/tahun, dan 13,55,2 cm/tahun. Komorbiditas tidak ditemukan pada subjek usia 2-5 dan >5 tahun. Pasca-terapi, 9 subjek dengan perawakan sangat pendek/pendek pre-terapi menjadi berperawakan normal, 8/9 subjek usia 0-12 bulan dan sisanya >5 tahun, serta semuanya tidak memiliki komorbiditas.Kesimpulan. Pertumbuhan anak mengalami perbaikan pasca-terapi levotiroksin berdasarkan laju pertumbuhan linear dan indeks antropometri terutama pada anak yang diterapi dini dan tanpa komorbiditas.
How Metacognitive Instructors Can Use Their Learning Management System to Facilitate Student Learning
Authors: Draeger John , Winckelmann Brooke
Published: September 2020

This essay explores ways instructors can be metacognitive about course design, including selecting tools in the Learning Management System (LMS) to support student learning. It offers strategies for being intentional about learning within the LMS and examples of online modules that can be directly incorporated into course instruction or can be self-contained, student-directed, and stand alone. These examples serve as a blueprint for creating predictable structures that offer guidance and opportunities for students to learn about their own learning. We also argue that purposeful use of LMS tools can provide opportunities for instructor to monitor student progress toward learning goals and make adjustments to their instructional method when appropriate.
Using Learning Management System to Promote Self-regulated Learning in a Flipped Classroom
Authors: Onodipe Grace , Keengwe Jared , Cottrell-Yongye Adrienne
Published: September 2020

The inherent structure of the flipped classroom (FC) supports a learning environment that promotes students’ self-regulated learning. In this paper, we focus on how a Learning Management System (LMS), in this case BrightSpace D2L, plays a key role in supporting all aspects of the FC. We discuss how: Pre-class assignments suggest that students give their learning some forethought and planning accordingly; frequent formative assessment and feedback permits students to monitor their progress in the classroom; students control their choices for studying the resources they use; and how students have ample opportunities to reflect on their work regularly.  Further, we explore how learning logs (a form of reflective writing), with the LMS journaling and Dropbox features are used to keep track of students’ journal entries as well as demonstrate how professors use the LMS to motivate and encourage students to develop self-regulated learning. Qualitative analysis of students writing are provided to reveal gains in self-regulation.
ACCEPTANCE TOWARD CHILDREN AND FATHERING IN CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Authors: Kusnadi Starry Kireida , Agustin Ardianti
Published: September 2020

The purposes of this research are to observe acceptance toward children and father role in caring for children with hearing impairment. Acceptance is someone’s process in accepting reality, accept others as they are overall, have a positive gesture toward others, admit and accept various aspects, including the bad and good qualities. Father who fully involved in caring children will give positive impacts on whole aspects of child development. This research applies to the quantitative method. The scale used is acceptance toward children scale and father involvement scale. The subjects in this research are 37 father who has children with hearing impairment. Research result shows that there is a significant relation between acceptance toward children and father involvement in caring for children with hearing impairment (r = 0,948 ; p < 0,001). Therefore, the higher the acceptance toward children with hearing impairment is, the higher the fathering involvement can be concluded.
La celda sumergida: ciudad del simulacro y antípodas de la Modernidad
Authors: Silva Liévano Edilson
Published: September 2020

Este artículo presenta un análisis sobre la novela La celda sumergida (2003) del escritor colombiano Julio Paredes, siguiendo  los pasos que traza el argumento de la obra. El autor se empeña en dilucidar sobre la configuración cronotópica presente en la novela y en la condición del sujeto en ciudades del primer mundo (Nueva York) en contraste  con ciudades  del tercer mundo (Bogotá). Desde el punto  de vista del personaje, el diálogo  entre estas dos ciudades le permite demostrar cómo las dos ciudades evidencian problemas sustanciales de la Modernidad. La situación del héroe en el mundo, su individualización, la fuga sistemática para evadir el mundo exterior le permite  al autor de este artículo descubrir un héroe con matices románticas,un sujeto escindido,escéptico y reflexivo frente al mundo bárbaro de la ciudad contemporánea.
El perenne enfrentamiento entre intimidad y conciencia en Rosas Artificiales de Gabriel García Márquez
Authors: Flórez Óscar
Published: September 2020

Este documento es parte de un proyecto de investigación más amplio patrocinado por la Universidad de Canberra sobre el tema general de análisis e interpretación de historias literarias cortas. Uno de los elementos clave en la interpretación de una historia se define en la manera como el autor estructura su argumento. El acercamiento sobre cómo desarrollar el tema del cuento depende en gran medida sobre cómo el escritor estructura la acción de la historia.Esta forma es el resultado de un proceso de concentración que no permite disipación o extensión y en el cual los elementos realmente  significativos  se están perfeccionando. Debido  a este proceso de concentración  de tiempo, narrativa y ajuste, el autor logra encapsular sin retrasos o distracciones una acción simple o un acontecimiento cuyo argumento tiene bastante intensidad para ser tomado como una síntesis significativa. Debido a su longitud, un cuento implica una estructura, cuya característica esencial debe ser de forma significativa y autónoma.
Discurso jurídico formal y prácticas chamánicas como fuente de Derecho
Authors: Valencia David
Published: September 2020

La pretensión inicial de este corto texto es esbozar,desde los estu­ dios culturales,un microproyecto de investigación para comprender un evento como el ritual de ingesta de yagé en el contexto urbano de Bogotá.
Lenguaje, identidad y conflicto
Authors: Atencia Lucía
Published: September 2020

El lenguaje es el arma más poderosa que posee el ser humano para entablar contactos de interlocución y hacerse partícipe de una sociedad, con la cual comparte, desde el código lingüístico, hasta las posibilidades de establecer, desde la cotidianidad, arquetipos, modos de vida e imaginarios con los cuales identificarse. Sin embargo, en un mundo permeado por la fuerza contundente que imprimen los medios masivos de comunicación y la reflexión posmoderna de la libertad frente a la emancipación, el lenguaje, materia prima de la comunicación, puede terminar  convertido en un arma que, en lugar de ser un elemento que propenda  a la identidad sostenida en el respeto por la multiculturalidad y el plurilingüismo, abra una brecha que cause una ruptura entre individuo con la comunidad en la que se integra al mismo tiempo con otros sistemas sociales.
Educación y democracia, dos hitos históricos
Authors: Herrera Restrepo Daniel
Published: September 2020

En este texto, el autor describe la forma como el pueblo griego tomó conciencia de que la existencia humana no era un destino regido por los dioses o por las leyes de la naturaleza, sino un proyecto cuyo sentido podía ser definido por la razón, y ser asumido autónoma y democráticamente por los ciudadanos. Este giro trajo consigo las siguientes consecuencias: la proclamación déla libertad y del pensar crítico como fundamentos de la vida individual y colectiva; la secularización de la existencia humana; la definición de la democracia como forma de estructurar el proyecto autónomo y crítico de la polis; la definición y realización de la educación en función de la democracia.
Globalización y educación en Colombia
Authors: Vargas Pico René
Published: September 2020

Las enormes asimetrías presentadas en la sociedad, y como consecuencia los cada vez más pronunciados problemas que abruman la crítica vida del hombre de hoy, llevan necesariamente a reflexionar sobre la desconcertante situación. Por eso la presente investigación tiene el propósito de acercarse al tema, y en lo que tiene que ver con la educación. Si el resultado de esta última fuera el esperado, entonces por qué pasa lo que está pasando. O acaso, ¿es que se educa para la guerra? ¿No se supone que a las personas se les educa para algo deseable? ¿Tal vez por eso mismo no se ha convertido la educación en un privilegio?, o, ¿es que es sólo una forma de entretener niños y jóvenes mientras son mayores, y llega el tiempo de remplazar a sus progenito- res en el camino de la vida?
Acercamiento al concepto de educación presente desde el siglo XVIII hasta comienzos del siglo XX en algunos pensadores iberoamericanos
Authors: Cristancho Altuzarra José Gabriel
Published: September 2020

En el Siglo de las luces —el que se autodenominó Ilustración— devino una "imagen" sobre la educación que se ha conservado durante mucho tiempo. Esta efigie está fundada en las ideas modernas de desarrollo y progreso y en la relación elemental y fundamental que se estableció entre la educación y la política a causa de estas ideas. Este texto muestra el devenir de esta representación sobre la educación en algunos pensadores de Iberoamérica desde el siglo XVIII hasta inicios del siglo XX.
Metodología para la implementación de la gestión de riesgo en un sistema de gestión de calidad
Authors: Doria Parra Alfonso , Lopez Benavides Leandro , Bonilla Ferrer Marjorie , Parra Cera Griselda
Published: September 2020

El enfoque basado en riesgo es uno de los principales cambios de la nueva versión de la norma ISO 9001:2015, y exige de las organizaciones además del compromiso de la alta dirección, establecer durante la planificación del sistema de gestión de la calidad acciones que le permitan determinar los riesgos y oportunidades con el fin de asegurar que el sistema de gestión de la calidad pueda lograr sus resultados previstos, aumentar los efectos deseables, prevenir o reducir efectos no deseados y lograr la mejora continua de sus procesos. En el presente artículo, se plantea una metodología genérica para administrar los riesgos estratégicos y operacionales de una compañía a partir de la comprensión del contexto y la identificación de las necesidades y expectativas de las partes interesadas. Por medio de una secuencia de etapas se plantea abordar los riesgos y oportunidades de una organización, partiendo de la identificación de las fuentes, causas y consecuencias que puede traer la materialización de un riesgo inherente, seguido de la valoración a través de un análisis cualitativo, cuantitativo, semicuantitativo o combinación de estos, de acuerdo con la herramienta que se desee utilizar. Posteriormente, teniendo el riesgo valorado se evalúa haciendo uso de las estrategias definidas para identificar los riesgos críticos y priorización de los mismos. Por último, continúa el proceso de tratamiento del riesgo donde se modifica y/o implementan acciones frente al mismo para poder controlar la materialización de los riesgos y/o disminuir el impacto que podría provocar en caso de que se materializarse