bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sudden death amongst people practicing competitive sports (Review Article)
Authors: Wrzesiński Bartłomiej , Piechocka Edyta , Duda Grzegorz , Wojtczak Paweł
Published: November 2019

Sudden cardiac death is and unexpected cardiac arrest that may occur both during exercise and also an hour after its completion. It most often occurs in young sportsmen under 35 years of age and is usually associated with improperly performed physical activity proceeded by lack of specialized medical examination and research. Natural and cardiac causes are two basic phenomena that lead to cardiac death. As confirmed by Framingham Heart Study, conducted in the eighties of the twentieth century on the population of Americans, natural causes accounted for 13% while cardiac causes accounted for 88% off all. The statistics of the largest centers of sport medicine are presented as follows: Germany – 1 death per 200,000 people practicing sports (total) while United States of America – 1 death per 80,000 people per year. The problem of of sudden deaths is and important topic worthy of a broader and more specific analysis. It should be noted that physical exertion is not is not a direct cause of sudden deaths. Currently the most research concerns professional athletes who have extensive support and knowledge about the exercise they perform. The main problem concerning subject of sudden deaths are not diagnosed hearth defects. <> Additional topic of interest is rarity of medical tests performed by amateur athletes and athletes at the lower levels of competition. Such athletes do not  have as extensive knowledge as their experienced idols, which may bring tragic consequences.
Vitamin D concentration effect in health care and sport performance
Authors: Georgieva Lora , Żołądkiewicz Katarzyna , Żukow Walery
Published: November 2019

The molecular structure of Vitamin D is closely allied to that of classical steroids such as cholesterol. Technically Vitamin D is a seco-steroid hormone. Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is normally produced by exposure to sunlight of the precursor (7-dehydrocholesterol), present in the skin. Vitamin D supplementation vary between 200 IU to 1000 IU. Serum levels of 25(OH)D are generally consider as a indicator of Vitamin D status.Vitamin D plays an essential role in healthcare, related not only with developing and maintaining a healthy skeleton. Its adequate supplementation reduce even the risk of caries and oral infections. Furthermore Vitamin D as a steroid hormone, modulates many gene transcription and has anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular protective effect. Uncertainly low serum levels of 25(OH)D are associated with misbalance in lipid profile and dyslipidemia, sacropenia and muscle weakness. Its insufficiency is also a risk factor for enhanced reception of pain, risk of type 2 diabetes, and often falls occurrences.Adequate Vitamin D status is protective against musculoskeletal disorders, infection disease, depression, diabetes mellitus, autoimmune diseases and neurocognitive dysfunctions.In sport activities and athletic population adequate serum levels of 25(OH)D increase muscle strength, and physical performance, and should be monitored.
Efficiency of prophylaxis of respiratory diseases in athletes-adolescents
Authors: Marinich Vitalii , Mizernitski Yurii
Published: November 2019

The research shows analysis of respiratory infections rates in adolescent athletes, the dynamics of the level of gamma-interferon at different periods of the annual cycle of athletes’ trainings during respiratory diseases prevention using of interferons inducer Kagocel. The high clinical efficacy of the inclusion of this drug in respiratory infections preventive programs is shown.
Genetic and phenotypic markers for successful athletic performance forecast
Authors: Marinich Vitalii
Published: November 2019

In the modern research and practical provisions for the children’s and adolescent sports, due emphasis will be made on a timely detection of the physical activity limiting factors and prudent initiatives to remove or mitigate these factors with the relevant correction tools being applied to attain the highest competitive performance standards with no detriment for the athlete’s health.
Based on the study of the 5HTT gene polymorphisms in junior football and ice hockey players, about 25% and 20% of the football and ice hockey players, respectively, were diagnosed with the unfavourable genetic type predisposed to indirect aggression that may be of negative effect on their training and competitive activities.
The functional deviations identified by the study dictate the need in a reasonable pharmacological intervention to optimize the metabolic processes in the CNS and VNS and help maintain the high physical and mental workability rates.
A BESTA DENTRO DE CADA UM: METAMORFOSES DO VAMPIRO NA LITERATURA BRASILEIRA
Authors: Sasse da Silva Pedro Puro
Published: November 2019

A publicação da primeira edição de Drácula sucede apenas em alguns anos os famosos assassinatos de Whitechapel, que marcam a ação de um dos primeiros e mais famosos serial killers do mundo, Jack, o estripador. Assim como Jack, o vampiro de Bram Stoker ameaça Londres não apenas fisicamente, mas ontologicamente: ainda que não seja um amaldiçoado morto-vivo, Jack é a confirmação de uma ansiedade crescente que Darwin, entre outros, instaurou na sociedade oitocentista, a de que o homem, longe de ser uma criação especial de Deus, era apenas um animal entre outros. Esse homem cujo interior guarda uma besta sedenta por sangue, representado pela literatura vitoriana de vampiros, encontrará seu espelho realista nos assassinos da literatura de crimes que floresce na mesma época, sem dúvida inflamada por casos como os horrendos crimes de Whitechapel. Enquanto o Brasil não se mostra um país pródigo em representações do vampiro propriamente dito, é rico em narrativas que abordam os mesmos medos inspirados por esse predador urbano, chegando, muitas vezes, a incorporar em suas figuras reais traços desses monstros sobrenaturais. Propomos, assim, uma leitura dos predadores urbanos brasileiros à luz dos medos da animalização do homem levantados pela literatura vitoriana, mostrando uma das metamorfoses possíveis do vampiro em território nacional.
DEU IMPRINTING!: VAMPIROS, LITERATURA BEST-SELLER E CONVERGÊNCIA DAS MÍDIAS A PARTIR DO FENÔMENO JUVENIL THE TWILIGHT SAGA
Authors: Da Silva Gramiani Celeste Jennifer , Gervason Defilippo Juliana
Published: November 2019

The Twilight Saga, nacionalmente conhecida como A Saga Crepúsculo, idealizada pela escritora norte-americana Stephanie Mayer, mobilizou a indústria literária e do entretenimento em meados do ano de 2008, quando lançada no Brasil. Entre seres humanos, vampiros e lobisomens, Twilight impactara a Literatura Juvenil, assim como conduzira a imersão de jovens no universo literário, estes, até então pouco adeptos e cativos às práticas de leitura. Defronte a este contexto, o presente artigo objetiva dissertar e refletir acerca da dinâmica de produção literária dedicada aos jovens a partir do fenômeno da coleção Crepúsculo (2008), considerando, para tanto, a abordagem de temas sobrenaturais na Literatura em meio ao sistema cultural de convergência das mídias.
FREUD NA GALERIA DE AUTÔMATOS DE HOFFMANN: UMA LEITURA A PARTIR DE “DAS UNHEIMLICHE” DOS MOTIVOS ESTÉTICOS DA PERSONAGEM DO BONECO EM CONTOS DO ESCRITOR ALEMÃO OITOCENTISTA
Authors: Silva Lucas Henrique
Published: November 2019

A partir do texto de Freud de 1919, analisou-se os sentidos latentes na personagem do autômato em três textos de Hoffmann: “O homem da areia”, “Os autômatos” e “O Quebra-nozes e o Camundongo Rei”. Como suporte de trabalho, fez-se uso dos estudos de Theodor W. Adorno e Walter Benjamin, junto de outros textos de Freud que abordam a questão do brinquedo e do elemento infantil.
O ESTRANHO BATE À PORTA: O INSÓLITO E O MEDO NO CONTO “EPPURE BATTONO ALLA PORTA” DE DINO BUZZATI
Authors: De Campos Mauro Claudia Fernanda , Matiola Vanessa
Published: November 2019

As obras literárias do italiano Dino Buzzati são marcadas pela angústia que o autor insere em sua escrita. Seus contos geralmente são estudados como narrativas fantásticas por trazerem um elemento sobrenatural com frequência. Este elemento, por sua vez, é o que faz com que as personagens experimentem uma inquietação angustiante. Contudo, outro possível aspecto que se destaca nas narrativas curtas buzzatianas é o insólito enquanto desencadeador da angústia, uma vez que o é tudo aquilo que foge da realidade de um indivíduo. Ao passar por uma experiência insólita, um sujeito vê todas as suas verdades, componentes que formam a base do seu conceito de “real”, desaparecerem. A sua realidade sólida, portanto, se dilui, o que faz com que ele experimente a angústia provocada por algo estranho. Dado que o ensaio “Das unheimliche” (traduzido como “O estranho” e “O inquietante”), de Sigmund Freud, trata justamente do estranho e é uma das bases fundamentais para o estudo do insólito, este artigo procurará relacionar a teoria freudiana do estranho com o insólito e com o medo dentro do conto “Eppure battono alla porta”, do escritor italiano Dino Buzzati.
ENTREVISTA COM A ESCRITORA GIULIA MOON
Authors: Silva Alexander Meireles da
Published: November 2019

Recebido em 05 Mai 2019Aprovado em 10 Jun 2019
DÉCADENCE FIN DE SIÈCLE (2017), DE MICHEL WINOCK
Authors: Silva Daniel Augusto P.
Published: November 2019

Recebido em 18 Mai 2019Aprovado em 28 Jun 2019
O INFAMILIAR [DAS UNHEIMLICHE], EDIÇÃO COMEMORATIVA BILÍNGUE (1919-2019)
Authors: Soares Lenice Alves
Published: November 2019

Recebido em 14 Set 2019Aprovado em 21 Set 2019
A IMAGEM DO IMIGRANTE: REINVENÇÃO, PASSADO E VOZ
Authors: Mathias Dionei
Published: November 2019

O romance A casa do espelhos foi publicado originalmente em francês, em 1994, pelo escritor canadense de origem brasileira Sergio Kokis. O romance pode ser lido como parte de um conjunto obras produzidas na literatura contemporânea sobre a experiência do imigrante. Com foco nesse aspecto do enredo, este artigo pretende discutir a imagem do imigrante no início de sua inserção no país de acolhimento, as estratégias que ele adota para administrar suas memórias e seu passado e, por fim, na forma como reflete sobre a obtenção de uma voz própria. A imagem do imigrante que surge nesse contexto se difere de muitas outras obras desse campo literário, ao optar por traçar uma imagem menos voltada para o confronto das culturas e mais concentrada nas estratégias subjetivas de administração do corpo, dos afetos, das memórias e da própria voz.
DESMUNDO: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA DE EXÍLIO E (RE)CONSTRUÇÃO IDENTITÁRIA
Authors: Elias Ieda Maria Sorgi Pinhaz , Marson Cíntia Roberto
Published: November 2019

O presente trabalho tem o intuito de analisar de que forma se estabelece o exílio, a exiliência e a (re)construção identitária em Desmundo (1996), obra de Ana Miranda. O romance propõe uma nova visão sobre a história do início da colonização no Brasil. A protagonista da narrativa, Oribela, uma órfã portuguesa, é enviada à colônia, junto a mais seis meninas, incumbidas de se casarem com os colonos desbravadores do novo mundo. A jovem é uma imigrante insatisfeita com o seu deslocamento da Europa para a América Latina e com o destino predeterminado para sua vida, em um espaço desconhecido, que se configura como um desmundo. Oribela é uma das personagens da obra que vivencia o exílio, experiência que lhe oprime, mas que ao mesmo tempo lhe impulsiona a lutar por seus ideais.  Por meio das situações vividas e das relações interpessoais que a personagem desenvolve ao longo da narrativa, Oribela tem a chance de (re)construir a sua identidade, que se encontra fragmentada devido ao desenraizamento espacial e cultural. Assim, as experiências se tornam significativas para que a órfã encontre, novamente, a si mesma. Perante o exposto, este trabalho tem como principal suporte teórico, crítico e analítico os estudos de Edward Said (2001), Alexis Nouss (2016), Zygmunt Bauman (2005) e Stuart Hall (2006).
MIGRAÇÃO, IDENTIDADE E RETERRITORIALIZAÇÃO EM PRECISAMOS DE NOVOS NOMES, DE NOVIOLET BULAWAYO, E “NO SEU PESCOÇO”, DE CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
Authors: Carreira Shirley De Souza Gomes , Bezerra Victória Cristina De Sousa
Published: November 2019

Este trabalho propõe a análise de textos literários que promovem não só a representação de diferentes formas de relação dos imigrantes com a terra natal, mas também o processo de reconfiguração das identidades no país de acolhimento. Para tanto, serão examinados o romance Precisamos de novos nomes, de Noviolet Bulawayo, e o conto “No seu pescoço”, de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
RACISMO E CONSTRUÇÃO IDENTITÁRIA DO SUJEITO HÍBRIDO EM AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE UM EX-NEGRO, DE JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Authors: Sobrinho Rosa Leonardo Júnio , Oliveira Luiz Manoel Da Silva
Published: November 2019

Autobiografia de um ex-negro, de James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) perpassa o período da segunda metade do século XIX (o momento posterior à Guerra Civil dos EUA [1861-1865]) e vai até o início do século XX. A obra narra a história de um personagem anônimo em um entrelugar de culturas e espaços, vivenciando desde a infância as crueldades das questões étnico-raciais. Essa problemática é tão latente que leva o protagonista a sofrer constantes processos de fragmentação e hibridismo cultural. Em virtude da relevância dessa obra, este trabalho busca analisar o processo de construção identitária do seu narrador-personagem, sendo que, essa constituição se dá frente aos constantes deslocamentos dele pelos espaços geográficos, emocionais e interespaços identitários. Esse trânsito por distintos espaços leva o narrador a uma transformação de subjetividade, representada pela transição de “negro a ex-negro”. Além disso, a questão identitária revela o processo de formação de um sujeito híbrido e multicultural. Assim, convém esclarecer que esse viés interpretativo guarda uma tangível relação com a segregação racial. Intenta-se demonstrar como a questão racial nos Estados Unidos foi pautada por muitas décadas desde aquela época por princípios de violência e objetificação direcionadas aos negros por meio de políticas respaldadas pelo sistema político e judiciário estadunidense. Antes do aprofundamento dessas questões, é apropriado elencar informações sobre o escritor, o romance e o movimento da Renascença do Harlem. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos, o presente trabalho utiliza como aporte crítico-teórico as contribuições de Bonnici (2009), Hall (1998 e 2003), Said (2003), dentre outros (as).
A UTILIZAÇÃO DO WHATSAPP COMO FERRAMENTA MOTIVADORA NO ENSINO DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA PARA ALUNOS SURDOS
Authors: Sena Fábia Sousa , Matos Denilson Pereira , Cavalcante Marianne Carvalho Bezerra
Published: November 2019

O objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar como a ferramenta WhattsApp pode ser utilizada como dispositivo pedagógico para o letramento, em Língua Portuguesa, de alunos surdos do Ensino Fundamental Anos Finais, de uma maneira eficiente e prazerosa, estimulando sua produção textual. O WhattsApp é um software que apresenta uma interface atrativa e descomplicada, podendo ser utilizado para troca de mensagens instantâneas de textos, áudios e vídeos. O recurso oferece potencialidade de uso, funcionando como dispositivo pedagógico (LEMOS&MATOS, 2016), inclusive no letramento do surdo, que, no Brasil, está baseado na Lei 10.436/02, que estabelece a LIBRAS como L1 no currículo do surdo e a Língua Portuguesa, como L2, na modalidade escrita. A prática segue a concepção sociocultural do desenvolvimento humano e admite a aprendizagem como processual e socialmente mediada. Como metodologia, adotamos a pesquisa qualitativa de natureza interpretativista e a fundamentação teórica segue postulados de Quadros e Schimiedt (2006), Lacerda (1998), que norteiam seus trabalhos acerca do letramento do surdo, além de estudiosos como Coscarelli (2010), que utilizam estratégias para integrar tecnologias às atividades práticas em sala de aula. A partir de sequência didática, aplicamos oficina que utilizou da ferramenta WhatsApp com os alunos do 7º ano do ensino fundamental, tendo em vista que o recurso visual em questão favorece o processo de letramento do sujeito surdo e os textos multimodais oferecem grandes contribuições, promovendo novos caminhos para a construção de conhecimentos, estabelecendo a construção de práticas sociais de leitura e escrita de forma significativa para os mesmos. Um dos resultados mais relevantes repousa no fato de que o educador é beneficiado em sua prática pedagógica, que se apresenta com maior eficácia e de maneira lúdica. Em relação aos alunos surdos, a metodologia favorece a interação com a atividade e com os demais alunos.
ESTRATÉGIAS DE PERSUASÃO E ESTRUTURAÇÃO DO DISCURSO
Authors: Garcia Afrânio Da Silva
Published: November 2019

Esse artigo pretende mostrar as estratégias de persuasão mais comuns e de que maneira elas servem para estruturar o discurso social e político brasileiro. Dividimos tais estratégias em dois grupos: estratégias de persuasão simples, como a substituição de nomes, o apelo à inclusão, o temor da exclusão, o apelo à autoridade, a modalização do discurso e o emprego de estereótipos; e estratégias de persuasão complexas, como o distanciamento do discurso, a elaboração de mitos, a criação de inimigos, a qualificação excludente, o falso debate, a inintelegibilidade aclamada, o deslocamento tópico e a guerra assimétrica. Todos as seções do trabalho serão fartamente ilustradas com exemplos tirados da publicidade e da propaganda política e ideológica, além de ocasionais menções de acontecimentos reais e de obras de arte.Palavras-chave: Persuasão; Discurso; Estratégias; Publicidade; Propaganda.
Evaluating sexual function education for patients after a spinal cord injury
Authors: Rodger Sian
Published: November 2019

Aim:

this article shares findings from a service evaluation exploring the views of patients relating to the specialist sexual function education and information provided following a spinal cord injury.

Background:

education optimises patients' involvement in their own decision-making and care processes, with the aim of promoting adherence to agreed plans, reducing the risks of post-injury complications, promoting independence and improving quality of life. Sexual function is a well-known quality-of-life indicator and it has been widely documented that it is not well addressed following spinal cord injury. A previous service evaluation exploring education provided to patients with spinal cord injury identified the need for improved provision of sexual function education/information. As a result, weekly 1-hour sessions focused on sexual function for up to three patients of the same sex were held, facilitated by a clinical nurse specialist. The sessions had an open forum structure. They were initially designed to discuss thoughts and feelings around intimacy and sex after a spinal cord injury, but focused on group members' requests. In addition, patients were offered a one-to-one session where the ‘mechanics’ of sex could be discussed in further detail.

Design and methods:

a service evaluation used a questionnaire survey to collect data from a purposive convenience sample of spinal cord injury patients. Data were collected between July and September 2018. Participants completed a locally designed paper questionnaire, which included Likert-style questions and space to add free text comments. Descriptive analysis of the data was used.

Results:

survey results suggest that the newly formed sexual function education session is positively evaluated in terms of usefulness and all attendees to date would recommend this session to other patients.

Conclusions and recommendations:

following completion of data analysis, findings will inform the further development of sexual function education, with a particular focus on tailoring it to the patient and reducing the stigma around talking about sex.
Constraints and ethical tensions in the area of young-onset dementia
Authors: Kilty Caroline , Naughton Corina , de Roiste Aine
Published: November 2019

Background:

young-onset dementia (under age 65) varies in many respects to typical aged dementia. Health professionals are centrally involved in supporting individuals and families to cope with the unique challenges that young-onset dementia (YOD) brings.

Aims:

this study aimed to explore professionals' perceptions of the key challenges faced by people living with YOD and their families, and how they provide support to this group.

Methods:

qualitative interviews were conducted with nine health professionals from a range of health and social care contexts. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Findings:

interviewees reported significant challenges in trying to enact support for people with YOD, and families. Particular challenges relate to delays in accessing timely diagnosis, and difficulty in accessing relevant, age-appropriate supports. Interviewees experienced ethical tensions working in this area; interviewees were keen to enact support for the person following diagnosis, but felt constrained by service options that were not relevant or readily accessible to the person, and in some instances, traditional dementia services added to, rather than lessened the stress experienced by those involved.

Conclusion:

dementia and health services should be cognisant of the unique challenges of YOD, and models of service provision should aim to respond accordingly. Nurses and other health professionals should be afforded the necessary structures to support people living with YOD. This relates to dedicated YOD models of care, specifically timely diagnosis, post-diagnosis support and community services that enhance personhood and resilience.
Urgent and emergency care: patient safety and quality issues
Authors: Tingle John
Published: November 2019

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the Urgent and Emergency Care Patient Survey and a recent Supreme Court case on waiting times in A&E
Increased maximum sentences for assaulting nurses
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: November 2019

Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the provisions of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018
Stronger together
Authors: Ellwood Fiona , Deverick Julie , Rochford Diane , McGovern Debbie , Hemington Debbie , Martin Dave , Johnson Andrea
Published: November 2019

Collaborative practice is key to achieving optimal outcomes and is widely considered the blueprint for the future of healthcare. We hear from some key dental care professionals on why they believe in the importance of forging bonds across the dentistry workforce
NHS training – at its very best
Authors: Tilbury Kerry
Published: November 2019

We join Kerry Tilbury to take a look inside a new £100 million project where a dedicated DCP training facility is raising the bar in dental nurse training
My second family
Authors: Clithero Emma
Published: November 2019

What makes a difference to an award-winning dental nurse? Emma Clithero explains why dental nursing ‘ticks all the boxes' and why she views her practice team as more than just colleagues
Preventing wrong tooth extractions
Authors: Woolcombe Sarah , Kazmi Alizey , Tagar Harjit
Published: November 2019

The role of the dental nurse in designing, implementing and maintaining an effective patient safety policy

Aim

To provide an overview of National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIP) and detail how they can be used to create a Local Safety Standard for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIP) to prevent wrong tooth extraction.

Objectives

To understand the benefits of Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures To be able to describe the key roles of dental nurses in patient safety To understand how to create and implement a Local Safety Standard for Invasive Procedures both in theory and in practice GDC development outcomes A, B and C
A Realistic Deployment of Named Data Networking in the Internet of Things
Authors: Abane Amar , Daoui Mehammed , Bouzefrane Samia , Banerjee Soumya , Muhlethaler Paul
Published: November 2019

IP has been designed for Internet decades ago to connect computers and share expensive resources such as tape drives and printers. Nowadays, Internet of Things and other emerging applications use Internet to fetch and exchange content such as monitoring data and movies. This content-centric use of Internet highlights the limitations of the IP architecture. IETF Working Groups spend significant efforts to adapt the traditional IP stack to IoT systems, but the shortcomings of IP remain difficult to hide. In this context, the recently emerged Named Data Networking (NDN) architecture promises a better support of IoT systems and future Internet applications. This paper describes a realistic IoT architecture based on NDN. In practice, an integration of NDN in IoT devices over low-power wireless technologies is designed, deployed and evaluated considering a Smart Farming application scenario. This work aims to show that NDN is more suitable than IP for IoT systems, by giving another look at IP-based solutions for the IoT such as 6LoWPAN. For that, we design a simple packet compression scheme and a lightweight forwarding strategy that is compliant with the NDN vision while managing constrained devices. Evaluation result demonstrate the flexibility of NDN to support IoT environments.
Analysis of correlation between viscosity Arrhenius parameters: Extension to ternary liquid mixtures
Authors: Kacem Rami Haj , Dallal Mohamed , Al-Omair Nuhed , Al-Arfaj Ahlam , Alzamel Nora , Ouerfelli Noureddine
Published: November 2019

The study of viscosity-temperature dependence is important for the design and the optimization of several industrial processes and products. In this context, an interesting equation is recently proposed for pure solvents correlating the two parameters of the viscosity Arrhenius-type equation, as knowing the activation energy (Ea) and the pre-exponential factor (As), allowing the simplification of the viscosity Arrhenius equation to become an expression depending on only one parameter instead of two. The present work investigates the validity of the simplified Arrhenius-type equation for ternary fluids mixtures. The extension of the proposed equation to ternary liquid mixtures is very important since it simplifies the estimation of viscous behavior and the ensuing calculations. Using statistical methods and 114 experimental data from the literature on viscosity for 5 ternary liquid mixtures over different temperature ranges at atmospheric pressure, we found that the validation of the proposed equation depends significantly on the density of liquids and is validated only for 4 studied ternary liquid mixtures. This result opens the way to investigate the sensitivity of the equation’s parameters for more specific mixtures.
Improvement of glyphosate adsorption using new composites based on Ghassoul and chitosan: Kinetics and equilibrium study
Authors: Hnana Karim , Barhoun Abdeslam , Draoui Khalid
Published: November 2019

Clay materials combined with other compounds are intensely used in several fields. The present study focuses on the synthesis of organoclays and nanocomposites based on the intercalation of surfactant and biopolymer into swelling Moroccan clay. The produced materials were used in the removal of glyphosate from the aqueous medium. The organoclay was obtained by the intercalation of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in the interlamellar space of stevensite, and the nanocomposite was fabricated by the direct interaction between the stevensite and chitosan. These materials were characterized by mean X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermal Analysis and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The results showed that the stevensite is the dominant clay mineral of Ghassoul and confirmed that the nanocomposite has an intercalated clay structure.  The batch mode was accomplished to quantify the glyphosate removal capacity from aqueous solution by these materials. The enhancement of hydrophobic properties has promoted the retention of the herbicide. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model of adsorption was the most suitable to describe the process of adsorption and the Freundlich isotherm equation fitted satisfactory the adsorption isotherm data. The capacity of adsorption was more outstanding for the nanocomposite chitosan/Ghassoul and reached a significant value of 159.10 mg.g-1. The nanocomposites based on chitosan/Ghassoul could be considered as promising materials for treatments of pesticide-contaminated water.
Micro entrepreneurship in the care sector: motives, values and practices
Authors: Hall Kelly , Needham Catherine , Allen Kerry
Published: November 2019

This article uses qualitative interviews to explore the identity of care micro enterprises, focusing on the motives, values and practices of the people who set them up (the ‘micro entrepreneurs’). It draws on a bricolage framework to demonstrate how they use local resources
and networks, as well as traits of creativity and improvisation, to overcome limitations and get ahead within a turbulent and under-resourced social care sector. In doing so, it contributes to debates on hybridity, in particular the internal and external conflicts that hybrid organisations
like micro enterprises face when managing competing social and market logics.
Tracing the Genealogical Self: Entanglements of drawing with Tim Ingold's Lines
Authors: Veryeri Alaca Ilgım , Dinç Betül Gaye
Published: November 2019

The Genealogical Self Project is a component of a basic drawing course open to undergraduates from diverse disciplines and cultures, and engages students in critical drawing activities at Koç University, a liberal arts college in Īstanbul. By introducing a chapter from Tim Ingold's book, Lines: A Brief History, to the course, we aim to revisit the elements and processes that constitute drawing education, and what lines and mark-making mean in art and daily life. Thus, Tim Ingold's anthropological approach to elements of drawing opens a door to the expanded capacity of this art in general and invites students to interact with a text that handles parallel topics such as line. The project offers students an experimental way of building a drawing via inspiration from the text covered in the course and by inspiring them to base their work on myriad sources from their life going beyond drawing physical objects.
Learning drawing: Sustaining the primacy of visualcy within a neo-liberal artschool curriculum
Authors: Riley Howard
Published: November 2019

The paper champions an articulacy in drawing – visualcy – as central to a visual arts pedagogy, arguing that the one domain of human inquiry which distinguishes the visual arts from other disciplines is surely that surrounding the faculty of vision. The ascendency within the artworld of a relational aesthetics often devoid of perceptual insights is traced through a brief history of the relationships between visual artforms and their sociopolitical contexts, culminating with the shift of emphasis away from the perceptually intriguing and towards the contemporary imperatives of a professional practice defined in terms of the neo-liberal values permeating the UK Higher Education sector since 2010. The text rehabilitates the Formalist notion of enstrangement as a means of revitalizing the primacy of perceptual inquiry over 'looking through language', and is illustrated with drawings by the author.
The rupture as a drawing-in of experience
Authors: Kay-Jones Simon
Published: November 2019

The rupture as a drawing-in of experience constructs perspectives on architectural education, as an act of architectural discourse proper in order that architectural education might facilitate the learning of how to draw-in experience as a process. This paper unpacks material engagement theory from the vantage of drawing and elicits three levels of engagement; of action, object and meaning together with a fourth proposed here, that of experience. It goes on to follow a student-led project using rupturing as a methodological approach to understand the role of drawing and the four aspects that influence practitioners: the act of drawing as a means to illuminate fields of learning as distinct paradigms of design strategies; the process of drawing as a strategy of architectural work; the construction of a drawing process and Learners Journey as a sequentially mapped out procedure of work; and the experiencing of drawing in broadening the context to develop a new terroire or theory of drawing. These four aspects of drawing evidence an emergent theory and methodological approach in using drawing to engage with cultural and architectural conversations, materially. Through the process of rupture, this text positions drawing at the heart of a reframing of the interactions with things and experiences of material agency and material imagination through the act of drawing. Rupturing as a method therefore offers the potential for significant and insightful opportunities in understanding the role of drawing and its ability to further MET theory's main aims. The paper also puts forward the notion that the role of drawing more broadly may sit along materiality, material turns and its techniques to interact into and through a wider anthropological study of drawing as a comparative study in the materiality of art; the way drawing affects our learning, our thinking and our understanding of culture and matter.
The grey space in the middle: Using drawing to meet the object half way
Authors: Morris Martin , Molloy Paddy
Published: November 2019

Through the concept defined by David Bowie as the 'grey space in the middle', a theoretical space through which the meaning and worth of a piece of art is defined, this text looks at how Martin Morris and Paddy Molloy teach and develop processes towards drawing on the Illustration Animation BA (Hons) course, part of the Design School at Kingston School of Art (KSA), Kingston University. Their pedagogic process is examined through a set of six images made by three different students (covering life drawing, copying, memory drawing and Virtual Reality [VR]) alongside the respective students' responses to their work and their experience of drawing the images. Through the mental and physical space between observer and object in which new ideas are generated and filtered through the myriad of internal and external processes involved with drawing, Morris and Molloy analyse and investigate this 'grey space' with the aim to quantify the interaction and outcomes that occur between viewer (student/tutor) and object (drawing) and furthermore consider insights gleamed from the process and questions raised. By sharing these observations this paper seeks to demonstrate that the interaction that happens in this theoretical space between viewer and object, which is the malleable mental and physical space between, can be considered as fundamental to both the development of visual communication and how we come to read works of art. This can be applied to the teaching of drawing enabling students to gain insight, ask questions, inform their understanding of draughtsmanship and discover their individual voice.
Three Cases of Alcohol-Induced Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure With Successful Support by Adipose-Derived Stem Cells
Authors: Götze Tobias , Krueger Michael , Meutsch Juliane , Dörfel Max , Born Stephan , Sowa Jan-Peter , Canbay Ali
Published: November 2019

OBJECTIVES:

Acute liver failure (ALF) and acute-on-chronic liver failure (AOCLF) are critical medical conditions with urgent therapy requirements. When ALF or AOCLF are due to alcohol intoxication or based on chronic alcohol abuse, virtually, no therapeutic options are available as liver transplantation is prohibited. In this case series, treatment of alcohol-induced ALF/AOCLF with adipose--derived stem cells (ASC) was tested under compassionate use.

METHODS:

ASC from 2 donors were isolated, cultured, and expanded by established protocols. ASC were administered to 3 individuals with either ALF or AOCLF due to alcohol abuse under compassionate use. Clinical presentation, serum measurements, and other diagnostic methods were compiled before ASC treatment and during the disease course after ASC administration.

RESULTS:

Three patients were admitted to the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases (University Hospital Magdeburg) with acute or AOCLF due to alcohol abuse. All 3 patients presented in impaired general condition and with elevated, in 1 case drastically elevated, serum liver enzyme concentrations. Treatment with ASC led to improvements in general condition and reduction of serum transaminases. In 2 cases, reduction of liver stiffness and increase of liver function by the C13 methacetin breath test were observed after ASC treatment. Recovery to a normal condition was achieved between 1 and 2 months after ASC treatment. No adverse effects associated to ASC treatment were observed.

DISCUSSION:

ASC treatment may be a feasible option to enhance recovery from alcohol-induced ALF or AOCLF. ASC treatment seems safe in the presented cases.
Inflammation-Associated Microsatellite Alterations Caused by MSH3 Dysfunction Are Prevalent in Ulcerative Colitis and Increase With Neoplastic Advancement
Authors: Munakata Koji , Koi Minoru , Kitajima Takahito , Tseng-Rogenski Stephanie , Uemura Mamoru , Matsuno Hiroshi , Kawai Kenji , Sekido Yuki , Mizushima Tsunekazu , Toiyama Yuji , Yamada Takuya , Mano Masayuki , Mita Eiji , Kusunoki Masato , Mori Masaki , Carethers John M.
Published: November 2019

OBJECTIVES:

Inflammation-associated microsatellite alterations (also known as elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotide repeats [EMAST]) result from IL-6–induced nuclear-to-cytosolic displacement of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) protein MSH3, allowing frameshifts of dinucleotide or longer microsatellites within DNA. MSH3 also engages homologous recombination to repair double-strand breaks (DSBs), making MSH3 deficiency contributory to both EMAST and DSBs. EMAST is observed in cancers, but given its genesis by cytokines, it may be present in non-neoplastic inflammatory conditions. We examined ulcerative colitis (UC), a preneoplastic condition from prolonged inflammatory duration.

METHODS:

We assessed 70 UC colons without neoplasia, 5 UC specimens with dysplasia, 14 UC-derived colorectal cancers (CRCs), and 19 early-stage sporadic CRCs for microsatellite instability (MSI) via multiplexed polymerase chain reaction capable of simultaneous detection of MSI-H, MSI-L, and EMAST. We evaluated UC specimens for MSH3 expression via immunohistochemistry.

RESULTS:

UC, UC with dysplasia, and UC-derived CRCs demonstrated dinucleotide or longer microsatellite frameshifts, with UC showing coincident reduction of nuclear MSH3 expression. No UC specimen, with or without neoplasia, demonstrated mononucleotide frameshifts. EMAST frequency was higher in UC-derived CRCs than UC (71.4% vs 31.4%, P = 0.0045) and higher than early-stage sporadic CRCs (66.7% vs 26.3%, P = 0.0426). EMAST frequency was higher with UC duration >8 years compared with ≤8 years (40% vs 16%, P = 0.0459).

DISCUSSION:

Inflammation-associated microsatellite alterations/EMAST are prevalent in UC and signify genomic mutations in the absence of neoplasia. Duration of disease and advancement to neoplasia increases frequency of EMAST. MSH3 dysfunction is a potential contributory pathway toward neoplasia in UC that could be targeted by therapeutic intervention.
Aqra Anticline: A Growing Structure in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Authors: Ghafur Ala A. , Sissakian Varoujan K. , Abdulhaq Hawkar A. , Omar Hassan O.
Published: November 2019

Aqra Anticline is a double plunging anticline, oriented NW–SE with a steep southwestern limb and even overturned. Geomorphological features are interpreted using satellite images, as a result, it was found that the anticline shows clear geomorphological and structural features which indicate the lateral growth of the anticline. Among those features are water gaps, wind gaps, forked-shaped valleys, curved valleys, inclined valleys and dislocated and abandoned alluvial fans. Some of the vague interpreted features were checked and confirmed in the field.
Coastal Urban Community Knowledge of Coastal Hazard and Conservation in Semarang towards Sustainable Development Region
Authors: Widyasamratri Hasti , Karmilah Mila
Published: November 2019

Coastal is the most vulnerable area in climate change, with no exception in Coastal Java island. Reveal, 65% of the Java island population is to be vulnerable to coastal hazards such as tidal flood. The northern Java coastal area has a significant position in logistic connectivity throughout areas in the entire Java island. Abrasion and sedimentation are the most frequent effect were impacted to the coastal land cover (i.e. ponds, mangrove forest, and settlement). However, there is a lack of awareness among local communities, although they directly impact of those hazards. This study aims to identify local community knowledge of coastal disaster mitigation in Mangunharjo, Tugu sub-district Semarang, by using quantitative methods. Field observation and a simple descriptive statistic were used to analyze. The result showed that the majority of the respondents has high vulnerability on coastal hazard and disaster since they are living very close to the coastal water body.
Synthesis of 1,2,3 triazole-linked benzimidazole through a copper-catalyzed click reaction
Authors: Bakherad Mohammad , Keivanloo Ali , Amin Amir H. , Farkhondeh Amir
Published: November 2019

An efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of 1,2,3 triazole-linked benzimidazole through a copper-catalyzed click reaction in ethanol at 50°C. A broad range of aromatic azides were successfully reacted with n-propynylated benzimidazole via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions in the absence of a ligand. This method offers many advantages including short reaction times, low cost, and simple purification procedures.
A Multistage High Performance Amplification Approach for Improving WDM Communication System
Authors: Saini Hardeep Singh , Arora Dinesh , Wason Amit , Sharma Deepak
Published: November 2019

Optical amplifiers are developed to boost up the performance of the communication systems. Amplifiers such as erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), RAMAN and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) are used for this purpose. It is mandatory to use optical amplifiers for signal transmission to long distances. In this paper, the hybrid optical amplifier EDFA-RAMAN-EDFA is proposed to enhance the signal quality received at receiver end and to initiate the efficient transmission of 8 × 10 Gbps transmission speed for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) system. The proposed mechanism is evaluated with respect to various parameters such as quality factor, eye-height, and bit error rate (BER) and eye diagram considering various values of transmission distance ranging from 100 to 200 km. The analysis shows that the proposed mechanism has better quality factor value and minimum BER value than the traditional approach. Wider eye opening for proposed technique represents that the distortions produced in the system are least.
Gebet, Ablass und Heilsaneignung im Mittelalter
Authors: Doublier Étienne
Published: November 2019

This article focuses on the connections between prayer and indulgence established in the 13th and 14th centuries. Since the Early Middle Ages, practices of prayer played a significant role in the ecclesiastical system of penance. They were supposed to provide salvation by redeeming the devotee from sins. With the advent of indulgence, the salvific value of prayer became more closely entangled with the authority of the papacy and the bishops. Generally speaking, papal indulgences were very standardized, and thus only few practices of prayer are mentioned in the respective documents. Episcopal grants of indulgence, on the other hand, were influenced more strongly by their recipients and can thus be more detailed. Two types of prayer indulgences were especially successful: first, indulgences for venerating the Veronica and other holy images, and secondly, indulgences granted to those praying for the King’s salvation.
Das Wiener Euchologien-Projekt: Anlassgebete als Quelle zur Sozial- und Alltagsgeschichte. Drei Fallbeispiele
Authors: Rapp Claudia , Schiffer Elisabeth , Afentoulidou Eirini
Published: November 2019

This contribution showcases the work of the Vienna Euchologia Project which aims to make accessible the ‘small prayers’ or ‘occasional prayers’ that are preserved in the Byzantine euchologia manuscripts from the late 8th to the mid 17th century as sources for daily life and social history. A brief introduction to the project is followed by three thematically focused studies that juxtapose the prescriptive prayers in the euchologia with descriptive evidence from other sources: exorcism and other prayers in hagiographical narratives, prayers with relevance to political history, and prayers relating to women’s purity.
The Fluid Classroom
Authors: Kontopodis Michalis
Published: November 2019

The Western school classroom can no longer remain a secluded and impermeable space in a world that is increasingly hyperconnected through dynamic flows of capital, technologies, populations, media images and ideas. Books brought to the school by diverse students, narratives from far-away countries and YouTube tunes from different cultures can become powerful teaching and learning tools in this frame. Such tools enable multiple metaphors and connections between various life spheres, diverse cultural and socio-economic milieus, and different times and places, as manifested in the thought-provoking ethnographic observation on ‘The book and the author’s reading’ by Elise v. Bernstorff and Carla J. Maier.
Notizen zum Theater Milo Raus
Authors: Westphal Kristin
Published: November 2019

Im Sinne eines Antwortens widmet sich dieser Beitrag den szenischen Beobachtungen und Recherchen wie sie vornehmlich von Birgit Althans und Janna R. Wieland im Theater Milo Raus vorgenommen wurden. Ein erster Fokus liegt zunächst auf der Frage nach dem Affiziert-werden im Theater im Allgemeinen und im Besonderen im Theater Milo Raus. Eine besondere Berücksichtigung erfährt dabei die Frage nach Blickereignissen im Theater unter dem Aspekt des das Theater konstituierende Moment der Fremd-/Scham. Im Weiteren wird auf das paradoxe Verhältnis von Selbst- und Fremdbezug, Realität und Virtualität, Nähe und Ferne, die gleichzeitige Ab- und Anwesenheit von Körperlichkeit im Theater Milo Raus unter erfahrungstheoretischer Perspektive eingegangen, um abschließend der Frage nachzugehen, wie künstlerische Verfahren und wissenschaftliche Verfahren ineinanderzugreifen vermögen.
Abdallah schlägt die Augen nieder
Authors: Bernstorff Elise v.
Published: November 2019

Der folgende Text von Elise v. Bernstorff ist als Transmission des Motivs der Scham aus dem Feld Theater in das Feld Schule entstanden. Er beruht auf einer Situation in einer kurzfristig anberaumten Vertretungsstunde in einer zweiten Klasse der Grundschule einer ländlichen Kleinstadt.
The Politics of Opacity and Translation in Post-Migrant Germany
Authors: Nandi Miriam
Published: November 2019

My commentary focusses on the anecdote described by Elise v. Bernstorff in her research on transcultural education in rural Germany. I am interested in the potential intersections between v. Bernstorff’s findings and my own work on postcolonial literary theory and translation studies. On a methodological level, I am taking my cue from the ethical theory of the Caribbean philosopher Édouard Glissant on the one hand and postcolonial translation studies (Spivak, Tymoczko, Venuti) on the other.