bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Randomized Controlled Trials in Implant Dentistry: Assessment of the Last 20 Years of Contribution and Research Network Analysis
Authors: Sarkis-Onofre Rafael , Marchini Leonardo , Spazzin Aloísio O. , Santos Mateus B. F. dos
Published: June 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding implant-supported single tooth or fixed partial dentures. We performed searches (PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science) to identify all RCTs published from 1996 to 2016 and assessed publication details, study characteristics, international collaboration networks, and characteristics related to the implant-supported treatment. Two reviewers independently screened the titles/abstracts and selected full texts. A total of 122 RCTs were included, and most of the authors were from Europe (72%). Most trials did not report a trial registering number (89.9%) or sample size calculation (58.2%). The use of the CONSORT Statement increased over the past 9 years. Trials were mostly conducted at universities (54.9%), and only 13.1% compared 2 or more implant brands. Loading protocol was the most prevalent main comparison among the included studies, and most of the RCTs did not clearly report whether they excluded patients with known risk factors. The studies reviewed here presented different methodological and publication characteristics, and many did not show aspects aligned with current research practices.
Physicochemical and microbiological dynamics of the fermentation of the ccn51 cocoa material in three maturity stages
Authors: Hernández Martha del Pilar López , Núñez Jenifer Criollo , Gómez María Soledad Hernández , Tovar María Denis Lozano
Published: June 2019

Abstract The physicochemical and microbiological dynamics during the fermentation phase of the CCN51 cocoa material was evaluated in three maturity stages (stage 2: 130-152 days after anthesis (DAA), stage 3: 153-174 DAA, and stage 4: 175-196 DAA). Through the microfermentation technique, the physicochemical variables (pH, titratable acidity, total soluble solids, and fermentation index) were monitored every 24 hours. The microbiological dynamics were evaluated by counting the colony forming units (CFU) in a plaque, quantifying three types of microorganisms (Bacillus, acetic acid bacteria and yeasts). In the three maturity stages assessed, a decrease in the pH of the beans was observed as the fermentation progressed; between 72 and 96 hours after fermentation, the pH of stage 4 beans was different from stages 2 and 3. Simultaneously, an increase in the pH of the pulp was observed without differences between the stages. Brix degrees did not show statistical differences between stages, however, the values of total soluble solids showed that the microorganisms present in stage 3 were more effective in metabolizing these in comparison with those of stages 2 and 4. Regarding the fermentation index, stage 4 reached the maximum value (1.35 ± 0.16) at 120 hours, meanwhile stages 2 and 3 reached it at the end of the fermentation (1.35 ± 0.01 and 1.55 ± 0.29, respectively) at 168 hours. The microbiological dynamics in the three cocoa fruit maturity stages evidenced the absence of lactic acid bacteria and the presence of mesophilic aerobic bacilli. Yeasts were present throughout the fermentation in the three maturity stages, being more favored by stage 2, meanwhile, acetic acid bacteria were favored by stage 3. Outstanding microorganism species were characterized molecularly as Pichia kudriavzevii,Bacillus subtilisBacillus megaterium, and Bacillus tequilensis. Stage 3 showed the best characteristics to obtain good quality cocoa.
Advances in propagation of Ficus carica L.
Authors: Boliani Aparecida Conceição , Ferreira Antonio Flávio Arruda , Monteiro Laís Naiara Honorato , Silva Marcela Sant’anna Cordeiro da , Rombola Adamo Domenico
Published: June 2019

Abstract Fig tree (Ficus carica L.) stands out due to its range of cultivation and easy adaptation to diverse edaphoclimatic conditions. In addition to its adaptability, fruits have nutraceutical characteristics and are used in industry and for fresh consumption, widely appreciated by the world cuisine. Due to lack of manpower and phytosanitary problems, the area planted in Brazil has decreased recently. To overcome these obstacles, the production of quality seedlings is the first step to obtaining productive and healthy orchards. Therefore, the aim of the present literature review was to gather data referring to advances in research related to the fig tree propagation. Currently, the methods found for fig tree propagation consist of seedling production, where entomophilic or vegetative pollination occurs. Commercially, the propagation method by cutting is still the most used for this crop; however, other methods can also be used, such as the use of burrs or plunging and grafting techniques and tissue culture. Although there is a diversity of propagation methods and new technologies being developed, cuttings remain the most feasible method. In addition, obtaining healthy and quality seedlings is one of the main problems currently found in ficiculture, since, in addition to the scarcity of studies related to propagation, the use of resistant cultivars and pathogen-free substrates should be prioritized due to susceptibility of fig trees to nematodes. Thus, further studies should be carried out in order to seek new information on the cultivars most adapted to each locality, as well as improvements in propagation and cultivation techniques.
Short-term effects of byproduct amendments and lime on physicochemical and microbiological properties of acidic soil from Jiaodong Peninsula of China
Authors: Shen Yuwen , Lin Haitao , Song Xiaozong , Liu Ping , Bo Luji , Chen Jianqiu , Yang Li
Published: June 2019

ABSTRACT: The influences of byproduct amendments, containing silicon, calcium, magnesium and potassium, on acidic soil quality in Jiaodong Peninsula of China had been studied and compared with that of lime through monitoring physicochemical properties and enzyme activities of acidic soil over a 120-day period. Byproduct amendments (1125, 2250, 4500 and 9000 kg ha-1) and lime 2250 kg ha-1 was applied in the acidic soil. Results showed that both byproduct amendments and lime significantly increased the pH, EC and enzyme activities of soil. The by-product amendments inhibited microbial biomass carbon and soil respiration. Nevertheless, the lime-treated soil had a much more higher level of CO2 emission than the by-product amendments-treated soil. Compared to the by-product amendments-treated soil, the lime-treated soil had the higher pH, peroxidase activity, phenol oxidase activity and invertase activity. Therefore, lime might be a better choice over by-product amendments to improve chemical and biological properties of the acidic soil in Jiaodong Peninsula of China. For soils lacking available calcium and magnesium, the mixture of 4500 kg ha-1 amendments and 2250 kg ha-1 lime was recommend to treat the soil.
Does planting time affect the nutritional demand and yield of potato cultivars?
Authors: Eschemback Vlandiney , Kawakami Jackson , Genú Aline Marques , Almeida Fabiola Oliveira de
Published: June 2019

ABSTRACT: Determining the level of absorption of nutrients in the potato crop at different stages of development is important because it allows identification of the time when the elements are most required by plants. The objective of this research was to evaluate the level of nutrient absorption in cultivars after different planting times. Field experiment was conducted in Guarapuava-PR. Treatments consisted of three cultivars (Agata, BRS Clara, and BRS F63 Camila) and two planting times (October and February), in randomized blocks, with three replications in the crop season 2015/16. The total macro and micronutrient content (leaves, stems, and tubers) was quantified at 15 and 45 days after plant emergence. The total dry weight of plants was verified at 45 days after emergence. At harvest, dry weight of tubers, and total and commercial yield was recorded. It was observed that BRS F63 Camila produced a higher total dry weight of plants at 45 days after emergence, and higher dry weight of tubers at harvest because of the higher accumulation of Fe, Mn, and Zn following the October planting. The BRS Clara produced higher total dry weight and higher dry weight of tubers following February planting with higher Ca and S accumulation. Depending on the developmental period and planting time, cultivars differed in nutrient accumulation and tuber dry weight production. Greater nutritional demand and higher yield occurred following the October planting.
Quem está no comando? Mulher de bandido e os paradoxos da submissão
Authors: Cúnico Sabrina Daiana , Strey Marlene Neves , Costa Angelo Brandelli
Published: June 2019

Resumo: Este estudo teve por objetivo discutir qual o modelo de família que é produzido nos discursos e práticas de mulheres que têm relações afetivas ou sexuais com homens que estão em situação de prisão, a partir de uma análise do feminismo interseccional e do estudo do biopoder. Por meio de observações participantes com mulheres que visitam seus familiares, foi possível identificar que o modelo de família produzido ainda é sustentado pelo modelo hegemônico tradicional, que entende a família nuclear como a representação do sucesso e solidez familiar. Tal ideal de família opera através da reprodução de certas normas e papéis sociais assumidas pelas mulheres, tendo - paradoxalmente - um certo caráter empoderador.
Historical biogeography of fishes from coastal basins of Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil
Authors: Abreu João Marcelo S. , Craig Jack M. , Albert James S. , Piorski Nivaldo M.
Published: June 2019

ABSTRACT The Amazonian ichthyofauna is one of the most diverse in the world, yet fishes from the adjacent coastal basins of Maranhão State in Northeastern Brazil remain poorly known. We use phylogeographic, community phylogenetic and phylogenetic beta diversity methods to study the biogeographic history of fishes from the coastal basins of Maranhão State. We report a total of 160 fish species from the basins of the Maranhão region, representing a 93% increase over results of previous studies. All the fish species assemblages from Maranhão are polyphyletic, with only a few putative sister species pairs inhabiting the region. The modern watershed divides among Maranhão basins do not form substantial barriers to dispersal for freshwater fish species, and are more effectively modelled as biogeographic islands than as biogeographic provinces. In combination these results suggest that the Maranhão ichthyofauna was assembled under the influence of several macroevolutionary (extinction, dispersal) and landscape evolution processes, during the Miocene and Pliocene, as well as by the modern ecological characteristics of the region. The results indicate that the distinctive geological and climatic conditions and history of Northeastern Brazil strongly constrained the formation of aquatic faunas in coastal basins of Maranhão State.
Intersetorialidade e cuidado em saúde mental: experiências dos CAPSij da Região Sudeste do Brasil
Authors: Tãno Bruna Lidia , Matsukura Thelma Simões
Published: June 2019

Resumo O objetivo do estudo foi identificar como tem sido produzido o trabalho intersetorial nos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Infantojuvenis (CAPSij) da Região Sudeste do país, buscando compreender como se processam os contatos com a rede, bem como as potências e fragilidades das articulações intersetoriais na perspectiva dos gestores dos serviços. Trata-se de pesquisa de levantamento, orientada pela avaliação por triangulação de métodos, em sua primeira etapa referente à análise diagnóstica situacional, tendo como participantes 35 CAPSij. Os resultados indicaram que Atenção Básica, Assistência Social e Educação são os principais serviços/setores envolvidos nas situações de cuidado à população infantojuvenil acompanhada nos CAPSij. A corresponsabilização, enquanto um dos benefícios do trabalho intersetorial, foi afirmada como estratégia para a produção ampliada de saúde e qualificação da rede. Sobre desafios, os participantes apontam a falta de alinhamento em projetos comuns de cuidado, os discursos de medicalização e patologização da vida nas instituições educacionais, e a dificuldade de articulação das demandas relacionadas à Atenção Básica. Por fim, discute-se a intersetorialidade como eixo central das ações em saúde mental, possibilitando que recursos e dispositivos locais sejam potencializados para práticas de cuidado e de garantia de direitos.
Modos de pensar dos profissionais do Programa Academia da Saúde sobre saúde e doença e suas implicações nas ações de promoção de saúde
Authors: Ivo Ana Mônica Serakides , Malta Deborah Carvalho , Freitas Maria Imaculada de Fátima
Published: June 2019

Resumo O Programa Academia da Saúde (PAS) foi criado para contribuir com a promoção da saúde, produção do cuidado e melhoria do acesso à prática de atividade física, a partir da visão holística do cuidado. Objetivo: compreender representações de profissionais do PAS sobre saúde/doença, que fundamentam as atividades de promoção à saúde, dirigidas à população. Metodologia: estudo qualitativo fundamentado na teoria das Representações Sociais, entendendo-as como pontos de vista, explicitados na ação humana. Entrevistas em profundidade, com profissionais de educação física do PAS de Belo Horizonte, foram interpretadas pela Análise Estrutural de Narração. Resultados: existem representações centrais que definem a saúde como o oposto à doença, representações periféricas, sendo saúde mais do que ausência de doença. O modelo biomédico presente convive com pontos de vista que ampliam a prática em saúde, voltada para a construção da promoção da saúde como um bem e um direito. Para manterem paralelas estas representações, os profissionais se utilizam, contraditoriamente, do discurso oficial que criou o Programa, ancorado na Saúde Coletiva, e do discurso da ciência e do senso comum, ancorados na Biologia. A implicação do profissional nas ações torna-se paradoxal, exigindo melhorias em sua formação para continuar a mudança de paradigma na atenção à saúde.
Translação do Conhecimento na qualificação da gestão da Vigilância em Saúde: contribuição dos estudos avaliativos de pós-graduação
Authors: Bezerra Luciana Caroline Albuquerque , Felisberto Eronildo , Costa Juliana Martins Barbosa da Silva , Hartz Zulmira
Published: June 2019

Resumo São muitos os desafios no sentido de minimizar as lacunas existentes entre evidências científicas e melhores resultados de saúde. A translação do conhecimento (TC) é o movimento que o conhecimento faz em um contexto organizacional em prol da sua efetiva aplicação. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a ocorrência da TC na Secretaria Executiva de Vigilância em Saúde de Pernambuco (SEVS/PE), tomando como objeto dez pesquisas avaliativas sobre programas da Vigilância em Saúde, produzidas no Mestrado de Avaliação em Saúde do Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, de 2011 a 2015. Para tanto, utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada, abordando sete gestores e dez técnicos da SEVS-PE. Na análise deste estudo de caso, qualitativo, foi utilizado um modelo de TC, e sobrepondo-se a ele, uma estrutura teórica de uso-influência da avaliação. Em oito pesquisas analisadas, foram categorizadas evidências em cinco fases da TC. Apenas a etapa de avaliação do uso do conhecimento não foi evidenciada. Diferentes tipos de uso, dimensões e níveis de influência das avaliações foram relatados. Dentre as mudanças ocorridas, foram relatadas: criação de novas agendas, elaboração de protocolos, mudança do processo de trabalho, instituição de novos fluxos, contratação de novos profissionais.
Desafios no cuidado familiar aos adolescentes usuários de crack
Authors: Paula Milena Lima de , Jorge Maria Salete Bessa , Vasconcelos Mardênia Gomes Ferreira
Published: June 2019

Resumo Objetivou-se analisar os desafios enfrentados pela família no cuidado aos adolescentes usuários de crack. Pesquisa qualitativa, que realizou entrevistas em profundidade com onze adolescentes e seis familiares vinculados ao centro de atenção psicossocial. A análise fundamentou-se na Análise de Conteúdo, e os resultados revelaram que os desafios enfrentados estão relacionados aos conflitos familiares, quebra de vínculos, dificuldades de conciliar o acompanhamento do adolescente aos tratamentos de saúde com o trabalho, bem como a dificuldade de monitorar seu comportamento. Para essas famílias, a solução baseia-se na institucionalização do adolescente em ambientes com características asilares.
Evaluación educativa y codeterminaciones de la producción escolar
Authors: Remolina-Caviedes Juan-Francisco
Published: June 2019

Resumen El presente artículo trata acerca de la evaluación escolar. El objetivo consistió en explicar de manera crítica las relaciones de mediación entre la evaluación educativa y la producción del conocimiento escolar desde la perspectiva del Materialismo Histórico Dialéctico. Con este interés se realizó un análisis documental obteniendo como resultado cuatro categorías explicativas: producción, subsunción, distribución e intercambio del conocimiento, las cuales conforman una totalidad concreta con distinciones y relaciones antagónicas entre sí, limitadas por su opuesto. Se concluye que la evaluación en cuanto forma mediadora carece de par antagónico y en consecuencia de control por oposición, emergiendo del cotidiano escolar como entidad autonómica y soberana, opresora de los sujetos escolares.
Perón y las visitadoras: masculinidad, consumo sexual y resistencias militares a la abolición de la prostitución reglamentada, Argentina, 1936-1955
Authors: Simonetto Patricio
Published: June 2019

Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los sentidos y prácticas androcéntricas desplegadas por generales y coroneles del ejército argentino en su reclamo contra la abolición de la prostitución reglamentada. Figuras claves de la historia argentina como Juan Domingo Perón participaron del debate por los límites y alcances del abolicionismo en vistas de proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de los soldados. Para ello propusieron instalar burdeles cercanos a los cuarteles. A partir del análisis de informes, cartas y entrevistas propone un estudio de la producción de la masculinidad en ámbitos institucionales en perspectiva histórica.
Salud pública, espacio urbano y exclusión social en la España de posguerra: la epidemia de tifus exantemático en la ciudad de Valencia, 1941-1943
Authors: Ferrandis Xavier García , Martínez-Vidal Àlvar
Published: June 2019

Resumen Tras la Guerra Civil, las deficientes condiciones higiénico-dietéticas de gran parte de la población española favorecieron la aparición de enfermedades epidémicas. El tifus exantemático puso en jaque a las autoridades sanitarias, especialmente durante la primavera de 1941, cuando el ciclo epidemiológico de la enfermedad y la falta de infraestructuras se aliaron para provocar una grave crisis sanitaria. El régimen franquista, consciente de que esta situación dificultaba su legitimación, no dudó en utilizar la exclusión social como parte de su política sanitaria contra esta epidemia. El artículo analiza en profundidad el caso de Valencia, una ciudad que durante la guerra, por hallarse en la retaguardia republicana, había acogido sucesivas oleadas de refugiados a medida que avanzaban las tropas franquistas.
José Antonio Alzate, instrumentos animales y conocimiento fiable en Nueva España, siglo XVIII
Authors: Constantino María Eugenia
Published: June 2019

Resumen En el siglo dieciocho los naturalistas europeos y americanos llevaron a cabo distintas prácticas de reconocimiento de la naturaleza, en las cuales, la recolección y el estudio de animales vivos y muertos permitieron obtener y comprobar distintos conocimientos útiles para la ciencia y la historia natural. La posibilidad de que los especímenes fueran utilizados como objetos de estudio, igual que como instrumentos de observación, generó en las colecciones de historia natural una dimensión que hoy puede problematizarse desde la epistemología y la ontología. Este artículo muestra dicho fenómeno, desde el análisis de algunas prácticas realizadas por el naturalista José Antonio Alzate en Nueva España.
A face infértil do Brasil: ciência, recursos hídricos e o debate sobre (in)fertilidade dos solos do cerrado brasileiro, 1892-1942
Authors: Silva Claiton Márcio da
Published: June 2019

Resumo Aborda a relação entre ciência e cerrado no período entre a publicação do livro de Eugenius Warming (1892) e artigo de Rawitscher, Ferri e Rachid (1943), botânicos da Universidade de São Paulo. Warming afirmou que a escassez de recursos hídricos influenciou na formação da vegetação característica e na baixa fertilidade dos solos. Arrojado Lisboa, Alberto Sampaio, Philipe Vasconcelos e Barbosa de Oliveira propuseram projetos diversificados sobre o aproveitamento econômico do cerrado. Já o artigo de 1943 apontou para a riqueza dos recursos hídricos na região, influenciando o aumento de experimentos agrícolas. Este texto enfatiza principalmente o levantamento da diversidade da vegetação dos cerrados e os debates sobre a (in)fertilidade dos solos para cultivo em larga escala.
No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra: a história de violência e sofrimento social de jovens adultos com trajetórias de internação em hospital psiquiátrico
Authors: Rosa Soraya Diniz , Malfitano Ana Paula Serrata
Published: June 2019

Resumo São apresentadas as histórias de vida de três jovens adultos, com longo período de internação psiquiátrica, que se tornaram moradores de hospital psiquiátrico em Sorocaba (SP), em uma região caracterizada como polo manicomial. Objetivou-se analisar as políticas de saúde mental e os efeitos de suas ações na vida daqueles sujeitos, tendo como premissas as discussões sobre sofrimento social. Por meio da “objetivação participante”, acompanharam-se, durante dois anos, suas trajetórias após o processo de desospitalização. Como resultado, aponta-se que a política de saúde naquele município tem sido promovida por meio de esquemas totalizantes e coercitivos, em que a institucionalização da vida, com a sua medicalização, constitui a “resposta” para alguns problemas sociais.
Del “armamento antituberculoso” al Sanatorio para Tuberculosos de Huipulco en la Ciudad de México, 1920-1940
Authors: Agostoni Claudia
Published: June 2019

Resumen Este artículo estudia las diferentes propuestas y estrategias para prevenir los contagios de la tuberculosis pulmonar implementadas en la Ciudad de México a partir de la década de 1920, al comenzar la primera campaña de largo aliento contra esa enfermedad, y analiza las limitaciones y problemas a los que ésta se enfrentó hasta 1940. Se destaca por qué la contención de los contagios de esa enfermedad ocupó un lugar prioritario después de diez años de guerra civil; se presta atención a los modelos y estrategias implementados y se examinan los problemas por lo que atravesó la construcción y el funcionamiento del Sanatorio para Tuberculosos de Huipulco, sustento clave de la lucha antituberculosa desde tiempo atrás a nivel internacional.
La temprana recepción de los rayos X en Buenos Aires, 1896-1897: medicina, esoterismo y fantasías plebeyas
Authors: Vallejo Mauro Sebastián
Published: June 2019

Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es documentar la recepción temprana de los rayos X en la cultura científica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Haciendo uso de fuentes periódicas de diversa índole, el texto explora las diferentes reacciones despertadas por la novedad en distintos actores del mundo letrado. Los periódicos y semanarios generales difundieron rápidamente el hallazgo y se encargaron de subrayar su naturaleza maravillosa o prodigiosa. Por su parte, los médicos de la ciudad asumieron posiciones contrastantes que iban desde el recelo hasta el entusiasmo. Por último, los espiritistas de la ciudad escribieron numerosos textos sobre la innovación, y la reinterpretaron en función de sus estrategias de auto-legitimación.
Entre jalecos, bisturis e a arte de fazer política
Authors: Petrarca Fernanda Rios
Published: June 2019

Resumo O artigo analisa as condições sociais e históricas de desenvolvimento da medicina como espaço de atuação profissional e domínio sobre determinado território ocupacional, no estado de Sergipe, das primeiras décadas do século XX aos anos 1960. Uma das principais constatações da investigação é a de que o processo de consolidação da medicina deve ser compreendido como parte das mudanças que nortearam a reestruturação das elites agrárias locais para evitar o declínio de sua condição. A forte rivalidade produzida no interior das parentelas e sua fragmentação, decorrente dos conflitos, conduziram a expansão dos vínculos e um direcionamento para os laços produzidos a partir do universo profissional.
O Brasil, a geo-história e Pierre Monbeig
Authors: de Lira Larissa Alves
Published: June 2019

Resumo Esta nota de pesquisa é fruto da tese de doutorado defendida em janeiro de 2017 na Universidade de São Paulo e na École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. A tese trata da trajetória do geógrafo francês Pierre Monbeig na França e na Espanha e sobre sua participação em uma missão científica francesa enviada ao Brasil, contribuindo para a formação da geografia brasileira. Após a conclusão desse trabalho, está em andamento a elaboração de um artigo que procura situar a herança intelectual de Pierre Monbeig nos marcos teóricos de uma geo-história do Brasil, com semelhanças e diferenças de enfoques em relação à geo-história de Fernand Braudel.
Evidencias del uso político de la ciencia médica en un artículo de la prensa brasileña alusivo al presidente de Chile José Manuel Balmaceda en 1891
Authors: Fabregat Mario
Published: June 2019

Resumen En medio de la Guerra Civil ocurrida en Chile el año 1891, apareció publicado en el periódico brasileño Diário de Campinas el artículo titulado “Balmaceda”, de autoría de Joaquim Nogueira de Sá Itagiba, donde analiza el delirio del político chileno José Manuel Balmaceda, presidente de la República entre 1886 y 1891, explicando su comportamiento, definido como el característico del dictador y el tirano. El artículo es pródigo en la utilización de diversas teorías alienistas que intentan identificar al sujeto criminal, respondiendo a los ideales de normalización social. El artículo forma parte del libro La prensa extranjera y la dictadura chilena, de Alberto Fagalde, publicado en 1891, en Chile.
Belleza plástica, eugenesia y educación física en Chile: presentación de la fuente “Aspectos de la educación física”, de Luis Bisquertt (1930)
Authors: Riobó Enrique , Villarroel Francisco Javier
Published: June 2019

Resumen El siguiente texto busca presentar y contextualizar la fuente “Aspectos de la educación física”, de Luis Bisquertt, poniendo énfasis en la búsqueda del mejoramiento racial en Chile de 1930, a partir de la educación física eugénica, cuyo paradigma corporal serían las estatuas clásicas helénicas. Uno de los conceptos centrales de este documento es el de belleza plástica, cuyo sentido se encuentra totalmente imbricado a la idea de normalidad y sanidad, patologizando aquellos cuerpos que no se enmarquen en el canon atlético, situación extendida por las características sedentarias de la modernidad.
Osmoregulation Performance and Kidney Transplant Outcome
Authors: Mazloum Manal , Jouffroy Jordan , Brazier François , Legendre Christophe , Neuraz Antoine , Garcelon Nicolas , Prié Dominique , Anglicheau Dany , Bienaimé Frank
Published: June 2019

Significance Statement

Although hyponatremia is a risk factor for adverse events in CKD and in kidney transplant recipients—who may have impaired urine dilution capability—it is unclear what effects subtler alterations in osmoregulation may have on outcomes in this population. The authors investigated the prevalence of osmoregulation defects in a large, single-center prospective cohort of kidney transplant recipients. They found that a large proportion of the transplant recipients (unlike healthy controls) did not maintain constant plasma sodium in response to sustained moderate water loading. In addition, the magnitude of this osmoregulation defect independently predicted deterioration of kidney function (lower measured GFR at 12 months) and allograft loss. Understanding the basis of defective osmoregulation may provide novel therapeutic targets to prevent kidney allograft dysfunction.

Background

Kidney transplant recipients have an impaired ability to dilute urine but seldom develop baseline hyponatremia before ESRD. Although hyponatremia is a risk factor for adverse events in CKD and in kidney transplant recipients, it remains unclear whether subtler alterations in osmoregulation performance are associated with outcome.

Methods

We studied a single-center prospective cohort of 1258 kidney transplant recipients who underwent a water-loading test 3 months after transplant to determine osmoregulation performance. Measured GFR (mGFR) was performed at the same visit. A group of 164 healthy candidates for kidney donation served as controls. We further evaluated the association of osmoregulation performance with transplantation outcomes and subsequent kidney function.

Results

Unlike controls, most kidney transplant recipients failed to maintain plasma sodium during water loading (plasma sodium slope of −0.6±0.4 mmol/L per hour in transplant recipients versus −0.12±0.3 mmol/L per hour in controls; P<0.001). Steeper plasma sodium reduction during the test independently associated with the composite outcome of all-cause mortality and allograft loss (hazard ratio [HR], 1.73 per 1 mmol/L per hour decrease in plasma sodium; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.23 to 2.45; P=0.002) and allograft loss alone (HR, 2.04 per 1 mmol/L per hour decrease in plasma sodium; 95% CI, 1.19 to 3.51; P=0.01). The association remained significant in a prespecified sensitivity analysis excluding patients with hyperglycemia. In addition, a steeper plasma sodium slope 3 months after transplantation independently correlated with lower mGFR at 12 months (β=1.93; 95% CI, 0.46 to 3.41; P=0.01).

Conclusions

Reduced osmoregulation performance occurs frequently in kidney transplant recipients and is an independent predictor of renal outcome.
Luminex Bead Conjugation v1
Authors: Crowley Andrew
Published: June 2019

Protocol for amine-coupling of proteins to magnetic Luminex beads Quantity as written: 1 x 106 beads under typical yields (sufficient for 2000 wells assuming 500 beads/well) ### Needs a good qualification section!
Un análisis crítico en torno a la relación entre democracia y corrupción: el caso México
Authors: Curcó Felipe
Published: June 2019

Este artículo argumenta que democracia y corrupción son variables endógenas, es decir, variables que se condicionan recíprocamente. Además su comportamiento está determinado por otras variables sistémicas usualmente difíciles de observar y cuantificar. Prácticas corruptas obstaculizan la consolidación de la democracia y una democracia mal consolida genera corrupción. Este carácter endógeno es la causa de que la literatura especializada no sea conclusiva respecto a si existe o no una correlación lineal negativa ente democracia y corrupción. Para ilustrar esta tesis analizo el caso representativo de México. Si bien tanto la impunidad como la corrupción han sido constantes en la historia del desarrollo de ese país, ambas han tenido una elevación exponencial y descontrolada a raíz de que en el año 2000 iniciara el proceso de democratización que puso fin al régimen de partido único de Estado. En el caso de México no hay duda de que mayor democracia ha significado mucho mayor corrupción, a la par que la corrupción ha impedido la consolidación democrática. Analizaré cuáles son los mecanismos causales que permiten explicar esto. Finalizaré concluyendo que, no obstante lo anterior, la única solución viable a este problema pasa por el robustecimiento del estado de derecho y las instituciones democráticas.
QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SPECIALIZED TRANSLATION (SYNERGETIC ASPECTS)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Dorofeyeva Margarita
Published: June 2019

The paper presents a synergetic information technique of comparative translation analysis in specialized translation based on the synergetic information model. The synergetic comparative translation analysis was demonstrated on material of the German text fragment by Sigmund Freud, its control translation into Ukrainian and also on standard Ukrainian translation, published in a book. The research object builds the synergetic information technique of comparative translation analysis in specialized translation from German into Ukrainian. The subject of the study includes implementation peculiarities of the methodology by carrying out the synergetic comparative translation analysis. During the synergetic analysis the instable equilibrium relations between the source text and target text as well as translation mistakes in the intercultural specialized communication were investigated. The synergetic translation analysis allows to identify types and language levels of the translator’s information deficit, and beyond that information types related to translation mistakes on the corresponding levels in the self-organized translation system. The procedural stages of the analysis make it possible to determine the translation dominant of the source text, the causes for translation information deficits and their compensation strategies. The reconstruction of incorrect translation solutions in the target text makes a contribution to better understanding self-organized translation processes that correspond to the development phase of the synergetic translation system. The synergetic information technique of translation analysis helps to discover the synergetic mechanisms in translation, thus realizing quality assurance as editing, correction and objective evaluation of the source text. Beyond that the synergetic translation analysis algorithm proved successful in the minimizing the future translator’s mistakes in specialized texts translation
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS TO INCREASE THE ECOLOGICAL SAFETY
Authors: Izmailovich Svetlana , Rahmanov Aydin
Published: June 2019

This article justifies, that questions of environmental protection, protection of natural resources, ecological safety are the most actual for effective development of economic systems. In the modern economic situation, coherence and administrative leverage in total with ecological taxation and insurance are forceful instruments to move towards the model of «green» economy. The main goal is to consult the theoretical and practical experience of formation the ecological safety under the paradigm of «green» economy of European countries and the Republic of Belarus based on analysis of main financial instruments of the state ecological policy. The main tasks are: identifying mechanism of formation of ecological safety in conditions of green economy in European countries and in the Republic of Belarus; identify and systematization of main financial instruments for state ecological policy; justification of necessity and directions for improvement the ecological taxation and insurance. Methodology of the study is based on the principles of the system analysis, formal logic and interdisciplinary scientific approach to the problem. Monographic and descriptive method, method of analysis and synthesis, statistical data analysis method were used to complete the tasks of research. Novelty of this research is that systematization of theoretical practical foundations of state management of ecological safety through financial instruments of green economy can increase the effectiveness of the stable development of the economic system.
DYNAMIC NATURE OF HYDROLOGICAL SIMILARITY
Authors: Serova Olga , Timofeeva Larisa , Reshin Nikolai , Abramov Dmitry
Published: June 2019

Nowadays, there is a growing interest in understanding how water bodies and their catchments react to environment, landscape and climate change. Runoff change is an integral indicator of climate and landscape changes. Similar landscapes form a similar hydrological catchment response to precipitation. The algorithm for identification of homogeneous groups of catchments (in terms of hydrometeorology) has been developed and tested. The 26 catchments studied are situated in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea Basin. Observational data from 1986 to 2016 were used for cluster analysis. Catchments clustering over three consecutive ten-year periods has shown some variability in the clusters content due to changes in the hydrological response of the study catchments. The results obtained were analyzed based on both hydrogrometeorological and landscape characteristics.
ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR PLANNING OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
Authors: Ušča Maija , Vinogradovs Ivo , Reķe Agnese , Immurs Dāvis Valters , Zariņa Anita
Published: June 2019

Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the benefits that human beings derive from ecosystem functions. Assessment and mapping of these benefits are crucial for sustainable environmental planning and future natural capital. Green infrastructure (GI) is natural or semi-natural territories that provide wide range of ES. Human affected ecosystems tend to fail to provide certain sets of ES due to the trade-offs among those services, which could be mitigated through implementation of GI. Mapping of ES, as well as assessing the interactions among various ES and analysing their supply potential’s cold/hot spots considerably enhances and substantiates the planning process of GI, particularly at the regional scale and for the territories with diverse landscape potential. The aim of this paper is to discuss the assessment of ES supply potential and analyse its spatial distribution to reveal cold/hot spots of ecosystem capacity to provide wide range services and functions for GI. The study presents GIS based assessment of ES in a case study of Zemgale Planning Region. ES supply potential was assessed for 27 Corine land use classes (CLC2018) together with 10 regulatory, 12 provisioning and 6 cultural ES. An expert-based ranking approach using a two-dimensional ES matrix and a geospatial analysis was applied to determine total ES supply potential, spatial patterns and relations among multiple ES. Additional statistical analysis (Getis-Ord Gi*) was performed on spatial distribution of regulatory ES to disclose statistically significant capacity of ecosystems to function as GI in given surroundings. Preliminary results show uneven distribution of ES, trade-offs between regulatory and provisioning ES and landscape dependent spatial clustering of these trade-offs supported by result of Getis-Ord Gi* analysis, thus laying a foundation for further planning of GI at the regional scale.
STUDY OF OVERHEAD POWER LINE CORRIDORS ON THE TERRITORY OF PSKOV REGION (RUSSIA) BASED ON SATELLITE SOUNDING DATA
Authors: Mikhalap Sergei , Trashenkov Sergei , Vasilyeva Vera
Published: June 2019

Overhead power lines (OPL) form the basis of a power grid. Reliable energy supply depends on no-failure operation of these long-length elements of energy infrastructure. More than 12,000 km out of 45,000 km of OPL in Pskov region (Russia) pass through forests. This study investigates the possibilities of using satellite-sensing data to assess the conditions of corridors for OPL with different voltage levels. Authors evaluated compliance of actual data with requirements of national standards. The dynamics of vegetation and local topography based on synthetic aperture radar data and multispectral images were taken into account.
THE EFFECT OF MICROECONOMIC FACTORS ON BUSINESS MODELS IN FINTECH INDUSTRY
Authors: Zvirgzdina Rosita , Skadina Helena , Linina Iveta
Published: June 2019

The variety of financial technology (FinTech) companies and their activities poses heterogeneity in the business models of them. Not only the business environment has been changing rapidly, the financial services sector influences and triggers changes as well. And it is hard to determine whether and which changes influence the business model disruptively and which evolutionary. To enable management decision making easier, methodology for identification of possible microeconomic risks and their influence on the current activity and the whole business model of the company has to be shaped accordingly. The aim of this research is to find out what and how microeconomic factors affect business modelling of the FinTech companies. In this research the authors used a continuous comparative analysis method as well as content analysis method [1]. In interviews, experts were asked to assess the significance of specific microeconomic factors by using the Likert's scale. As a result of the research, the difference of the influence as well as their dependencies and modifications on business modelling was determined. This result forms the basis for conclusions about the most important microeconomic impact factors, the areas of their influence and possible consequences that affect business modelling of the FinTech company.
COMPOSITION OF REFUSE DERIVED FUELS IN LATVIA AND ESTONIA IN COMPARISION WITH WORLDWIDE AVERAGE VALUES
Authors: Porshnov Dmitrijs , Arina Dace , Klavins Maris
Published: June 2019

Information about composition of RDF worldwide was collected using literature analysis. RDF samples produced in Latvia and Estonia were collected, those fractional and elemental composition analyzed using standard methods. Comparing obtained results with worldwide data we have found that the quality of local RDFs in general is higher than typical values, while elevated content of chlorine must be mentioned as a problem. Results also show that majority of chlorine in studied samples exists in organic form. Recommendations to overcome this problem have been developed.
SIZING FOR A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE: BEST PRACTICE OF HUMAN BODY SCANNING
Authors: Lapkovska Eva , Dāboliņa Inga
Published: June 2019

Due to new circumstances of living, climate and environmental changes, varieties of human body shapes are growing. Therefore, obtaining uniformly clothes for special issues in the group of people with similar interests (dancing groups, choirs, etc.) are getting more and more complex. Besides the self-estimation and perception about the shape and size of the person varies due to different sizing from brand to brand. To dress-up the group of people with different sizes in uniformly way is not an easy task for the supplier – even if the model chosen for the gown is casual, most of the producers doesn’t apply a large scale of sizes. Frequently sizing systems do not fit to the needs of the end-users. Size marked on the clothing describes only some information about body size, if any. Therefore, part of clothing supplied is not suitable for end-user groups, but if already purchased it is decided to discard them. Such a set of circumstances, in contrast to global progress towards sustainable development, which is also based on environmental responsibility, can serve as a contributing factor to further growth in clothing consumption. The main purpose of this study is to make an insight into sizing approaches for a special group of people focusing on the best practice of human body 3D scanning. The paper outlines a certain target group’s understanding of the clothing size correspondence to their individual body characteristics. Advantages of human body scanning for analysing of body characteristics and solving sizing issues are discussed. Within the study, anthropometric data sets of 50 women group were obtained using a 3D scanner to develop the distribution of this special group into size groups and analyse individual body measurements that are significant for the design of appropriate garment patterns. Conclusions made in this paper acknowledge 3D scanning as an advantageous method for anthropometric data obtaining which are determinate for garment design and sizing system development.
THE EVALUATION OF YIELD AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF FLAX GENOTYPES UNDER LATVIAN CONDITIONS
Authors: Stafecka Inga , Stramkale Veneranda , Kroiča Ieva , Stramkalis Aldis
Published: June 2019

This study aim was evaluated of flax genotypes regarding productivity, resistance to lodging and diseases as well as yield dependence relationships among phenotypic and quality traits. The 14 fibre flax genotypes were evaluated in field conditions on the background of natural infection from 2014 to 2018 for agronomically important traits and from 2015 to 2018 for occurrence diseases of flax. The data were recorded for the 15 following agronomic traits, such days to flowering, days to early yellow ripening stage, total plant height, technical height, stem yield, fibre content, 1000 seed weight, vessels per plant, harvest index, seed yield, oil content, resistance to lodging and fungal diseases during early yellow ripening stage. Genotypic and phenotypic correlations between yield and yield components were identified that total plant height, technical height and days to early yellow ripening stage played a major role on stem yield as well vessels per plant and harvest index on seed yield. The flax genotypes ‘Vilani’, ‘L26-1’, ‘K9-1’, ‘T36-1’, ‘S37-1’ exhibited significant highest stem yield ranging from 643.20 to 693.32 g m-2 and technical length ranging from 65.90 to 70.58 cm comparing to standard variety ‘Vega 2’. The most perspective genotype of ‘Vilani’ with quit low susceptibility to anthracnose, pasmo and powdery mildew and resistance to lodging was identified.
PROCESS-EVENT APPROACH FOR OPERATIONAL RISK ESTIMATION
Authors: Karasev Vasily , Karaseva Ekaterina
Published: June 2019

Authors propose a new process-event approach for quantitative estimation of operational risk in a bank and calculation the amount of economic capital in dynamics. The proposed approach, according to the Basel II Capital Accord, belongs to the category of “advanced methods”. Operational risk is not financial risk and appeared in unfavorable events mainly. A number of business processes are performed in banking activity. Every business process contains a set of routines (operations), which can be interrupted by operational risk events with certain losses. The main idea of the approach is to describe processes as chains of casual events instead of a traditional graphic description as diagrams. Authors introduce new concepts: an elementary process event, a chain of process events, a time diagram of enterprise’s event flow, and build logical and probabilistic risk models. Methods and formulas for calculation the current and integrated operational risk in dynamics, the amount of economic capital, upper and lower limits of reservation, are given. The value of integrated operational risk can be used as a rating of the current reliability of the bank. The paper outlines the advantages and disadvantages of proposed process-event approach. Research results can be implemented as analytical tool in risk management technology, “process mining” technology and in bank intelligent management systems.
DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE FOR DESIGN ONTOLOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Andreev Dmitry , Lyokhin Sergey , Poletaeva Olga , Nikolaev Victor
Published: June 2019

The features of the progressive methodological basis for the construction of formalized descriptions of technologies for their subsequent analysis are discussed. The existing possibilities of ontological knowledge engineering applied to the problem of the structural representation of technologies using computer tools are noted. Presented functionality of the developed software that allows automating staged algorithmic procedures for constructing unified decomposition structures of formalized descriptions of technologies. Analysed following development tools: Java Standard Edition programming platform, “Eclipse” IDE, Java programming language, PostgreSQL database management system, “Swing” library for creating a graphical interface and “JGraphX” library for graphs visualization. Database structure of the developed software is described: shown database schema, database tables are defined and the links between them are indicated. The architecture of the developed software is presented: shown data flow scheme and the purpose of each of the modules is described. The main advantages of the developed software “OntoTechnology” is designated, which shows the practical significance of the results.