bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A vingança do baixo clero: o desafio ao "PiG" e o estado do conflito cultural no tratamento da crise financeira
Authors: Grün Roberto
Published: October 2013

O texto pretende mostrar como a terminologia usada nos diversos conflitos profissionais do Brasil contemporâneo revela uma nova estrutura de distribuição dos capitais simbólicos no país. Esta novidade se reflete nas condições de possibilidade de governos oriundos da esquerda no espectro político e que praticam políticas econômicas e sociais tidas como heterodoxas. Para tanto, acompanha alguns usos de expressões como "alto e baixo cleros" e "lição de casa" para mostrar os efeitos cruzados das nominações em que são utilizados e das reações a elas. Especialmente, lança mão de alguns marcadores culturais e eventos significativos dos dez anos que se seguiram à primeira vitória presidencial de Lula, e tenta explicá-los e extrair algumas consequências do seu transcorrer para a análise cultural do período.
Ser e não ser gente: dinâmicas da feitiçaria no alto Xingu
Authors: Vanzolini Marina
Published: October 2013

Baseado em uma pesquisa de campo com os Aweti, grupo tupi do alto Xingu, o artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre as particularidades da agressão mágica xinguana no cenário amazônico, relacionando técnicas, campos de incidência e efeitos políticos de tais práticas. Contrariando uma imagem corrente na etnologia regional, os xinguanos sempre identificam a fonte de seus maiores sofrimentos com a ação de pessoas bastante próximas, frequentemente coaldeãos da vítima, e sempre outros xinguanos, isto é, integrantes do que Ellen Basso denominou de "comunidade moral" xinguana: um conjunto multiétnico de aliados que se define, idealmente, pela abdicação da violência entre si. A hipótese central deste trabalho é que a feitiçaria xinguana deveria ser pensada como parte de um mecanismo de produção de inimizade que, operando a partir das relações cotidianas, faz com que o esforço histórico de produção de identidade comunitária pareça nunca se completar.
Aux limites de l'hystérie, la douleur chronique
Authors: Zanotti Susane Vasconcelos , Abelhauser Alain , Gaspard Jean-Luc , Besset Vera Lopes
Published: October 2013

Cet article présente une réflexion sur l'étiologie et le traitement de la douleur chronique dans le cadre théorique de la psychanalyse et discute de la réduction de la douleur chronique à une manifestation contemporaine de l'hystérie. Considérant que le symptôme est un singulier mode de jouissance et un moyen pour l'inscription du sujet dans le lien social, ce texte met en évidence la fonction de la douleur, en conformité avec les particularités de chaque cas.
Apoio matricial em saúde mental: fortalecendo a saúde da família na clínica da crise
Authors: Minozzo Fabiane , Costa Ileno Izídio da
Published: October 2013

O objetivo consiste em abordar o apoio matricial em saúde mental às equipes de Saúde da Família (SF) e a sua relação com as situações de crise em saúde mental. Trata-se de uma pesquisa--ação realizada com equipes de SF e com um CAPS III, na Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro. Participaram profissionais de diferentes categorias em grupos operativos de reflexão e os dados foram examinados pela análise de conteúdo. É destacada a importância de envolver a SF no que se refere à clínica da crise.
Sobre ciúmes e erotomania: reflexões acerca de um caso clínico
Authors: Rios Fernanda Costa
Published: October 2013

Este artigo aborda os temas do ciúmes e da erotomania a partir de um caso clínico. O ciúme foi retomado partindo de sua manifestação primordial na gênese da constituição do psiquismo em direção a seus desdobramentos patológicos. A erotomania foi abordada a partir do referencial psiquiátrico clássico e não daquele encontrado nos atuais manuais diagnósticos. A articulação dos dois temas, embora não tenha visado qualquer intenção diagnóstica, apontou para uma posição subjetiva regressiva, de estruturação narcísica, delirante e com frágil conjugação do corpo.
Tem um queniano correndo entre nós: atletismo e migração no Brasil
Authors: Ribeiro Carlos , Lovisolo Hugo , Gomes Alberto , Sant'anna Andrezza
Published: October 2013

O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a movimentação migratória de esportistas estrangeiros do atletismo, sobretudo os de nacionalidades africanas, face ao seu sucesso em corridas de rua disputadas nas grandes cidades brasileiras. Focamos nossas análises na fala dos técnicos brasileiros de nível internacional que trabalham ou não com este grupo. Os resultados demonstram que os técnicos que treinam os atletas estrangeiros são contrários as normas reguladoras em vigor e que limitam a participação destes. Os técnicos centrados em atletas nacionais defendem as normas estabelecidas pela entidade responsável pelo esporte no país. Como conclusão, consideramos que um esporte individual como o atletismo que se estrutura à margem da identidade clubística, parece estar operando por parte de seus protagonistas sob o guarda chuva protetor do nacionalismo em que o atleta local deve ser defendido mediante reserva do mercado, contra a participação de atletas estrangeiros, sobretudo, na figura dos africanos.
A educação física, o docente e a escola: concepções e práticas pedagógicas
Authors: Bertini Junior Nestor , Tassoni Elvira Cristina Martins
Published: October 2013

Este artigo baseia-se em um estudo que investigou de que maneira as mudanças ocorridas na área da educação física vêm marcando a concepção do professor e a sua prática pedagógica. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, investigando quatro professores de educação física, selecionados segundo os seguintes critérios: atuar no ensino público em escolas diferentes, ter tempo de formado e de docência diferentes entre eles. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas recorrentes. Este procedimento baseia-se em algumas etapas de entrevistas seguida de categorização dos dados após cada uma delas. Os sujeitos participam ativamente completando, alterando e esclarecendo informações, interagindo com o pesquisador. Os resultados possibilitaram identificar que as mudanças ocorridas na área da educação física, na visão dos docentes investigados, influenciam desde os aspectos relacionados à formação inicial, passando pelas condições de trabalho na escola e a forma de organizar a prática pedagógica, influenciando na valorização da área, bem como do docente.
Teste de força de preensão manual: estudo da fadiga mioelétrica do flexor radial do carpo e flexor superficial dos dedos
Authors: Baptista Marco Tulio , Machado Fábio Alves , Pereira Glauber Ribeiro , Nadal Jurandir , Oliveira Liliam Fernandes
Published: October 2013

Um protocolo de força de preensão manual (FPM) em degraus de intensidade foi empregado para estudo da fadiga dos músculos flexor radial do carpo (FRC) e flexor superficial dos dedos (FSD) por meio do registro da força de preensão sustentada. Foi feita a análise do sinal eletromiográfico de superfície destes músculos no domínio do tempo e da frequência de 2kHz. Foi utilizado um dinamômetro eletrônico e um conversor analógico-digital de 16 bits. Participaram deste estudo 12 indivíduos saudáveis, ativos e destros, com média de idade 21,53 ± 1,26 anos, percentual de gordura 7,76 ± 3,53%, peso corporal 74,9 ± 10,36 kg e estatura 180,69 ± 7,14 cm. Os indivíduos realizaram o teste de contração isométrica voluntária máxima (CIVM) da mão dominante seguido do protocolo de degraus submáximos em 20%, 40% e 60% da CIVM por 10 segundos cada. O processamento dos sinais envolveu a filtragem passa banda e o cálculo dos valores de raiz média quadrática (RMS) e frequência mediana (FM) em cada degrau de contração submáxima. A análise de variância "two-way" foi aplicada para os valores de RMS e FM. O teste proposto não gerou queda do rendimento de força nos degraus submáximos estabelecidos e a instauração do processo de fadiga do FSD. Por outro lado, o FRC apresentou sinais de fadiga mioelétrica sugerindo o processo de falência da FPM. Estes dados sugerem que a fadiga mioelétrica dos flexores dos dedos durante a FPM é um processo tardio à fadiga dos estabilizadores do punho. O protocolo em degrau de 60% parece desencadear o processo de fadiga mioelétrica do músculo FRC, mas não do FSD, baseado na análise da ativação muscular nos domínios do tempo e frequência.
Linguagem, NTIC e a sala de aula: o que propõem as pesquisas de intervenção
Authors: Mafra Núbio Delanne Ferraz , Coscarelli Carla Viana
Published: October 2013

Desenvolveu-se uma análise de aspectos de linguagem e novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação (NTIC) nas teses e dissertações de caráter interventivo em sala de aula de Língua Portuguesa, produzidas entre 2000 e 2010 nos programas de pós-graduação nacionais de Letras e Linguística. Para este artigo, foram abordadas as concepções de linguagem e de aprendizagem, os blogs de turma e o destaque dado a eles nos estudos, além do perfil e lugar dessas pesquisas de intervenção no âmbito da Linguística Aplicada. Ao final, com base nesses aspectos, procurou-se apresentar não só um balanço da produção no referido período, como também sinalizar desafios para as futuras ações e pesquisas em Linguística Aplicada nesse campo.
Sonorous Duration:Tristram Shandyand the Temporality of Novels
Authors: Yahav Amit
Published: October 2013

This essay tracks relations between Laurence Sterne's sonorous prose and his discussions of time inTristram Shandy(1759-67), identifying a novelistic technique of rhythmic narration geared to represent experiential temporality. I call this technique sonorous duration, and I demonstrate how it conveys a pulsating embodied experience shared by intradiegetic communities as well as by readers. After giving a brief account of early musicology and eighteenth-century elocutionary treatises to indicate the cultural context in which Sterne develops his notions of rhythm and duration, I offer close readings of key scenes inTristram Shandythat exemplify a novelistic interest in sonority as a means for representing shared and embodied temporal experience. In conclusion I consider the implications these durational readings have for formalist discussions by critics such as Gérard Genette and Garrett Stewart.
Soul Matters
Authors: Brooks Joanna
Published: October 2013

Is there a new “religious turn” in early american studies? or do declensions and revivals in scholarly attention to Religious matters suggest something about how religion and spirituality are lived? Witness an episode from the life of Olaudah Equiano, as recorded in his Interesting Narrative (1789), one of the new classics of early American literary study. It is October 1773, and the twenty-eight-year-old Equiano finds himself once again home in London. London, of course, is home in name only. Where is home for Equiano, really? Is it Igbo West Africa, the Carolinas, Philadelphia, London, or the black Atlantic itself? Did Equiano himself even know?
Early America and the Revolutionary Pacific
Authors: Burnham Michelle
Published: October 2013

In 1776 the russian merchant grigor ivanovich shelikhov outfitted a ship bound from the siberian peninsula of kamchatka to the Aleutian Islands, which dot the sea at the westernmost reach of the North American continent. The expedition would hunt sea otters for trade in China, where the pelts fetched a high price. The same year nearly two hundred Spanish colonists arrived at the presidio in Monterey after a six-month journey from present-day southern Arizona. The expedition, led by Juan Bautista de Anza, aimed to populate northern California as part of Spain's efforts to resist encroachment from the north by Russian merchants like Shelikhov. Meanwhile, also in 1776, the explorer James Cook left England for the South Pacific in Britain's continuing attempt to rival France's scientific discoveries and access to potential trade goods in Asia. Throughout the European Atlantic, publications and translations of Cook's final travel narrative circulated details of the profitable trans-Pacific fur trade that until this point had largely been enjoyed by the Russians. Together, the Shelikhov, Anza, and Cook expeditions illustrate inter-European competition for resources and trade in the eighteenth-century Pacific while also suggesting the extraordinary transcultural, intercontinental, and multilingual reach of those encounters—including exchanges between several European nations (such as Russia, Spain, England, France), a variety of indigenous peoples (including Aleuts, Tlingits, Haidas, Ohlones, Tahitians, Hawaiians), and the inhabitants of and visitors to Canton (among them Chinese merchants and laborers, foreign traders from many European nations, and sailors and slaves from the Philippines, India, and other regions of Asia).
Mapping the Hemispheric Divide: The Colonial Americas in a Collaborative Context
Authors: Kirk Stephanie
Published: October 2013

La Gracia Triunfante en la vida de catharina tegakovita (“Grace triumphant in the life of catherine tekakwitha”), an account of the miraculous life of Kateri Tekakwitha, an Iroquois Indian from New France, traversed language and space to be published in Mexico City, New Spain, in 1724. Juan de Urtassum, a Basque Navarran Jesuit who had spent many years in Mexico, translated his fellow Jesuit Pierre Cholonec's hagiographic text from its original French (first published in Paris in 1717). Two appendixes accompanied the translation. In the first, a learned theological apology, the Mexican cleric Juan Castorena y Urúsa extolled the piety of indigenous women whom he deemed fit to be nuns; the second consisted of short narratives detailing the exemplary lives of New Spanish indigenous women. Urtassum and Castorena compiled the volume in order to advocate for the foundation of convents for indigenous women, presenting Tekakwitha's piety as evidence of indigenous women's capacity for Christian virtue (Díaz, Indigenous Writings 56; Greer, “Iroquois Virgin” 237). While Tekakwitha's sanctity helped Urtassum's case, his knowledge of and indeed interest in her provenance were scant. He locates the Iroquois Nation (the “Provincia de los Iraqueses”) on the northern frontier of New Spain (today's New Mexico), where indigenous groups had resisted Spanish attempts at colonization and evangelization for centuries. He “domesticates” the distant Iroquois for the New Spanish reader, comparing them with the Araucanian Indians of Chile, whose bravery Alonso de Ercilla immortalized in his epic poem La Araucana and who, though geographically distant from Mexico, seemed familiar through the Spanish colonial condition they shared with Urtassum's readers. In a telling moment, in the dedication to his patron that precedes the translation, Urtassum refers to “todo este emispherio” (“this entire hemisphere”). It is clear, however, that this reference encompasses only Spanish imperial possessions, including the recently founded California missions. The distant Iroquois Nation, located in geographically indistinct New France, does not figure in this geopolitical economy, nor do other American territories in the possession of rival imperial powers.
Bioenergy that supports ecological restoration
Authors: Nackley Lloyd L , Lieu Valerie H , Garcia Betzaida Batalla , Richardson Jeffrey J , Isaac Everett , Spies Kurt , Rigdon Steve , Schwartz Daniel T
Published: October 2013

Bioenergy development can offer beneficial ecological and economic synergies through the expansion of ecological restoration projects. Such synergies are demonstrated by means of a case study conducted in central Washington State, where a 52.4‐ha ecological restoration site on the Yakama Reservation generated 34 mega‐grams (Mg) of invasive tree biomass per hectare, costing $988 ha−1. A geospatial model of transportation costs estimated that extracted invasive tree biomass can generate revenues throughout 1103 803 ha when delivered to a proposed bioenergy facility in White Swan, Washington, providing 53 000–180 000 Mg of biomass per year for several decades. Thermochemical analyses revealed that the elevated nitrogen, sulfur, and ash content in two prolific invasive trees – Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and salt cedar (Tamarix spp) – will limit demand for either of these invasive species. We compare our regional data to national estimates, and show the broader potential for expanding ecological restoration activities and biomass supplies through the revenues generated by the sale of invasive tree wood‐waste into bioenergy markets.
Exploring the publications in three major orthodontic journals: A comparative analysis of two 5-year periods
Authors: Baumgartner Stefan , Pandis Nikolaos , Eliades Theodore
Published: October 2013

Objective:

To analyze the types of articles and authorship characteristics of three orthodontic journals—American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJODO), The Angle Orthodontist (AO), and European Journal of Orthodontics (EJO)—published between 2008 and 2012 and to assess the differences in content within this period and an earlier period of 1998 to 2002.

Materials and Methods:

Each journal's content was accessed through the web edition. From each article, the following parameters were recorded: article type, number of authors, number of affiliations, source of article (referring to the first author's affiliation), and geographic origin. Descriptive statistics were performed and selected parameters were analyzed with the Pearson chi-square or Fisher exact test for independence at the .05 level of significance.

Results:

Review of differences between the two periods showed that the number of publications was almost double. The percentages of multi-authored articles increased. Fewer studies derived from the United States/Canada and European Union countries. Increases for articles from non–European Union countries, Asia, and other countries were found. Characteristics of the second period showed that the EJO and AO published more research articles, whereas the AJODO regularly published case reports and other articles. Approximately 75% of all studies derived from orthodontic departments.

Conclusions:

The publications from 1998–2002 and 2008–2012 were significantly different both in terms of numbers and characteristics. Within 2008–2012 there were notable differences between the three journals concerning the type and origin of the publications.
Evaluation of facial attractiveness for patients with malocclusion: A machine-learning technique employing Procrustes
Authors: Yu Xiaonan , Liu Bin , Pei Yuru , Xu Tianmin
Published: October 2013

Objective:

To establish an objective method for evaluating facial attractiveness from a set of orthodontic photographs.

Materials and Methods:

One hundred eight malocclusion patients randomly selected from six universities in China were randomly divided into nine groups, with each group containing an equal number of patients with Class I, II, and III malocclusions. Sixty-nine expert Chinese orthodontists ranked photographs of the patients (frontal, lateral, and frontal smiling photos) before and after orthodontic treatment from “most attractive” to “least attractive” in each group. A weighted mean ranking was then calculated for each patient, based on which a three-point scale was created. Procrustes superimposition was conducted on 101 landmarks identified on the photographs. A support vector regression (SVR) function was set up according to the coordinate values of identified landmarks of each photographic set and its corresponding grading. Its predictive ability was tested for each group in turn.

Results:

The average coincidence rate obtained for comparisons of the subjective ratings with the SVR evaluation was 71.8% according to 18 verification tests.

Conclusions:

Geometric morphometrics combined with SVR may be a prospective method for objective comprehensive evaluation of facial attractiveness in the near future.
Soluble Factors Secreted by T Cells Promote β-Cell Proliferation
Authors: Dirice Ercument , Kahraman Sevim , Jiang Wenyu , El Ouaamari Abdelfattah , De Jesus Dario F. , Teo Adrian K.K. , Hu Jiang , Kawamori Dan , Gaglia Jason L. , Mathis Diane , Kulkarni Rohit N.
Published: October 2013

Type 1 diabetes is characterized by infiltration of pancreatic islets with immune cells, leading to insulin deficiency. Although infiltrating immune cells are traditionally considered to negatively impact β-cells by promoting their death, their contribution to proliferation is not fully understood. Here we report that islets exhibiting insulitis also manifested proliferation of β-cells that positively correlated with the extent of lymphocyte infiltration. Adoptive transfer of diabetogenic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but not B cells, selectively promoted β-cell proliferation in vivo independent from the effects of blood glucose or circulating insulin or by modulating apoptosis. Complementary to our in vivo approach, coculture of diabetogenic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with NOD.RAG1−/− islets in an in vitro transwell system led to a dose-dependent secretion of candidate cytokines/chemokines (interleukin-2 [IL-2], IL-6, IL-10, MIP-1α, and RANTES) that together enhanced β-cell proliferation. These data suggest that soluble factors secreted from T cells are potential therapeutic candidates to enhance β-cell proliferation in efforts to prevent and/or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes.
Impact of C-Peptide Preservation on Metabolic and Clinical Outcomes in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
Authors: Lachin John M. , McGee Paula , Palmer Jerry P. ,   for the DCCT/EDIC Research Group
Published: October 2013

The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial established that a stimulated C-peptide concentration ≥0.2 nmol/L at study entry among subjects with up to a 5-year diabetes duration is associated with favorable metabolic and clinical outcomes over the subsequent 7 years of follow-up. Herein we further examine the association of both fasting and stimulated C-peptide numerical values with outcomes. In the intensive treatment group, for a 50% higher stimulated C-peptide on entry, such as from 0.10 to 0.15 nmol/L, HbA1c decreased by 0.07% (0.8 mmol/mol; P = 0.0003), insulin dose decreased by 0.0276 units/kg/day (P < 0.0001), hypoglycemia risk decreased by 8.2% (P < 0.0001), and the risk of sustained retinopathy was reduced by 25% (P = 0.0010), all in unadjusted analyses. Other than HbA1c, these effects remained significant after adjusting for the HbA1c on entry. While C-peptide was not significantly associated with the incidence of nephropathy, it was strongly associated with the albumin excretion rate. The fasting C-peptide had weaker associations with outcomes. As C-peptide decreased to nonmeasurable concentrations, the outcomes changed in a nearly linear manner, with no threshold or breakpoint. While preservation of stimulated C-peptide at ≥0.2 nmol/L has clinically beneficial outcomes, so also does an increase in the concentration of C-peptide across the range of values.
Comparative Effects of Prolonged and Intermittent Stimulation of the Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor on Gastric Emptying and Glycemia
Authors: Umapathysivam Mahesh M. , Lee Michael Y. , Jones Karen L. , Annink Christopher E. , Cousins Caroline E. , Trahair Laurence G. , Rayner Chris K. , Chapman Marianne J. , Nauck Michael A. , Horowitz Michael , Deane Adam M.
Published: October 2013

Acute administration of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and its agonists slows gastric emptying, which represents the major mechanism underlying their attenuation of postprandial glycemic excursions. However, this effect may diminish during prolonged use. We compared the effects of prolonged and intermittent stimulation of the GLP-1 receptor on gastric emptying and glycemia. Ten healthy men received intravenous saline (placebo) or GLP-1 (0.8 pmol/kg ⋅ min), as a continuous 24-h infusion (“prolonged”), two 4.5-h infusions separated by 20 h (“intermittent”), and a 4.5-h infusion (“acute”) in a randomized, double-blind, crossover fashion. Gastric emptying of a radiolabeled mashed potato meal was measured using scintigraphy. Acute GLP-1 markedly slowed gastric emptying. The magnitude of the slowing was attenuated with prolonged but maintained with intermittent infusions. GLP-1 potently diminished postprandial glycemia during acute and intermittent regimens. These observations suggest that short-acting GLP-1 agonists may be superior to long-acting agonists when aiming specifically to reduce postprandial glycemic excursions in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Association of Hypoglycemic Treatment Regimens With Cardiovascular Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Ghotbi Adam Ali , Køber Lars , Finer Nick , James W. Philip T. , Sharma Arya M. , Caterson Ian , Coutinho Walmir , Van Gaal Luc F. , Torp-Pedersen Christian , Andersson Charlotte
Published: October 2013

OBJECTIVE

To assess the association of hypoglycemic treatment regimens with cardiovascular adverse events and mortality in a large population of type 2 diabetic patients at increased cardiovascular risk.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This analysis included 8,192 overweight patients with type 2 diabetes from the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcomes (SCOUT) trial randomized to lifestyle intervention with or without sibutramine for up to 6 years. Patients were grouped according to hypoglycemic treatment at baseline. The primary end point was the time from randomization to the first occurrence of a primary outcome event (POE), nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, resuscitation after cardiac arrest, or cardiovascular death. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess the impact of antiglycemic treatment on POE and all-cause mortality.

RESULTS

Treatments for type 2 diabetes were as follows: diet alone (n = 1,394 subjects), metformin monotherapy (n = 1,631), insulin monotherapy (n = 1,116), sulfonylurea monotherapy (n = 1,083), metformin plus sulfonylurea (n = 1,565), and metformin plus insulin (n = 1,000); 905 subjects experienced a POE and 708 died. Metformin monotherapy was associated with lower risk of POE than insulin (hazard ratio [HR], 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57–0.95; P = 0.02). Diet alone also was associated with lower risk of POE (HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.48–0.87; P = 0.004). Metformin monotherapy also was associated with lower mortality (HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.54–0.99; P < 0.05), whereas no other monotherapies or combination therapies were significantly associated with POE or all-cause mortality compared with insulin as monotherapy.

CONCLUSIONS

In obese patients with type 2 diabetes and high risk of cardiovascular disease, monotherapy with metformin or diet-only treatment was associated with lower risk of cardiovascular events than treatment with insulin.
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Women With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Radomska Edyta , Sadowski Marcin , Kurzawski Jacek , Gierlotka Marek , Poloński Lech
Published: October 2013

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the effect of type 2 diabetes on the clinical course and prognosis of women with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

A total of 26,035 consecutive patients with STEMI who were hospitalized in 456 hospitals in Poland during 1 year were analyzed. The data were obtained from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS).

RESULTS

Type 2 diabetes occurred more frequently in women than in men (28 vs. 16.6%; P < 0.0001). The proportion of women was larger among patients with diabetes (47.1 vs. 31.3%; P < 0.0001), and compared with women without diabetes, diabetic women had worse clinical profiles. Women with diabetes were most frequently treated conservatively. Both women and men with diabetes had significantly more advanced atherosclerotic lesions than women without diabetes. Women with diabetes had the highest in-hospital, 6-month, and 1-year mortality rates. Multivariate analysis indicated that type 2 diabetes was a significant independent risk factor for in-hospital and 1-year mortality in women with STEMI. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) was a significant factor associated with the decreased 1-year mortality in women without diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS

Type 2 diabetes was a significant independent risk factor for in-hospital and 1-year mortality in women with STEMI. Women with diabetes had the poorest early and 1-year prognoses after STEMI when compared with women without diabetes and men with diabetes. Although pPCI improves the long-term prognosis of women with diabetes, it is used less frequently than in women without diabetes or men with diabetes.
Hypoglycemia Associated With Hospitalization and Adverse Events in Older People
Authors: Majumdar Sumit R. , Hemmelgarn Brenda R. , Lin Meng , McBrien Kerry , Manns Braden J. , Tonelli Marcello
Published: October 2013

OBJECTIVE

Little is known about the prognostic impact of hypoglycemia associated with hospitalization. We hypothesized that hospitalized hypoglycemia would be associated with increased long-term morbidity and mortality, irrespective of diabetes status.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

We undertook a cohort study using linked administrative health care and laboratory databases in Alberta, Canada. From 1 January 2004 to 31 March 2009, we included all outpatients 66 years of age and older who had at least one serum creatinine and one A1C measured. To examine the independent association between hospitalized hypoglycemia and all-cause mortality, we used time-varying Cox proportional hazards (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]), and for all-cause hospitalizations, we used Poisson regression (adjusted incidence rate ratio [aIRR]).

RESULTS

The cohort included 85,810 patients: mean age 75 years, 51% female, and 50% had diabetes defined by administrative data. Overall, 440 patients (0.5%) had severe hypoglycemia associated with hospitalization and most (93%) had diabetes. During 4 years of follow-up, 16,320 (19%) patients died. Hospitalized hypoglycemia was independently associated with increased mortality (60 vs. 19% mortality for no hypoglycemia; aHR 2.55 [95% CI 2.25–2.88]), and this increased in a dose-dependent manner (aHR no hypoglycemia = 1.0 vs. one episode = 2.49 vs. one or more = 3.78, P trend <0.001). Hospitalized hypoglycemia was also independently associated with subsequent hospitalizations (aIRR no hypoglycemia = 1.0 vs. one episode = 1.90 vs. one or more = 2.61, P trend <0.001) and recurrent hypoglycemia (aHR no hypoglycemia = 1.0 vs. one episode = 2.45 vs. one or more = 9.66, P trend <0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

Older people who have an episode of hospitalized hypoglycemia are easily identified and at substantially increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
Classical spin dynamics of anisotropic Heisenberg dimmers
Authors: Pérez Laura , Suarez Omar , Laroze David , Mancini Hector
Published: October 2013

In the present work we study the deterministic spin dynamics of two interacting anisotropic magnetic particles in the presence of an external magnetic field using the Landau-Lifshitz equation. The interaction between particles is through the exchange energy. We study both conservative and dissipative cases. In the first one, we characterize the dynamical behavior of the system by monitoring the Lyapunov exponents and bifurcation diagrams. In particular, we explore the dependence of the largest Lyapunov exponent respect to the magnitude of applied magnetic field and exchange constant. We find that the system presents multiple transitions between regular and chaotic behaviors. We show that the dynamical phases display a very complicated topology of intricately intermingled chaotic and regular regions. In the dissipative case, we calculate the final saturation states as a function of the magnitude of the applied magnetic field, exchange constant as well as the anisotropy constants.
Mott scattering of a Klein-Gordon particle in an intense laser field
Authors: Boca Madalina
Published: October 2013

We study the Mott scattering of charged spinless particles in the presence of an intense plane wave laser pulse with fixed propagation direction and arbitrary duration and shape. We derive two equivalent forms of the transition amplitude and we discuss the relation between the respective results obtained in the case of a laser pulse and the monochromatic case. We obtain the condition defining the boundaries of the “bright” domain (the domain of allowed values in the energy-direction space of the scattered particle) and we illustrate our results with numerical examples.
Kinetics of the maintenance of the epidermis
Authors: Zhdanov Vladimir , Cho Nam-Joon
Published: October 2013

The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin. It is comprised of keratin-containing cells called keratinocytes. Functionally, the epidermis serves as a physical barrier that can prevent infection and regulate body hydration. Maintenance and repair of the epidermis are important for human health. Mechanistically, these processes occur primarily via proliferation and differentiation of stem cells located in the basal monolayer. These processes are believed to depend on cell-cell communication and spatial constraints but existing kinetic models focus mainly on proliferation and differentiation. To address this issue, we present a mean-field kinetic model that takes these additional factors into account and describes the epidermis at a biosystem level. The corresponding equations operate with the populations of stem cells and differentiated cells in the basal layer. The keratinocytes located above the basal layer are treated at a more coarse-grained level by considering the thickness of the epidermis. The model clarifies the likely role of various negative feedbacks that may control the epidermis and, accordingly, provides insight into the cellular mechanisms underlying complex biological phenomena such as wound healing.
Development of a Multiplex Sandwich Aptamer Microarray for the Detection of VEGF165 and Thrombin
Authors: Sosic Alice , Meneghello Anna , Antognoli Agnese , Cretaio Erica , Gatto Barbara
Published: October 2013

In this work we have developed a multiplex microarray system capable of detecting VEGF165 and thrombin. We recently described a Sandwich Aptamer Microarray (SAM) for thrombin detection feasible for use in multiplex microarrays; here we describe a new aptasensor for VEGF165 detection employing Vap7 and VEa5, two DNA aptamers recognizing different sites of the protein. The aptamers were modified to be adapted to the solid phase platform of SAM and their capability to simultaneously recognize VEGF165 by forming a ternary complex was analyzed in solution. Having so defined the best tandem arrangement of modified aptamers, we set up the aptasensor for VEGF165, and finally analyzed the multiplex system with the two aptasensors for the simultaneous detection of VEGF165 and thrombin. The results indicate that each sandwich is specific, even when the two proteins are mixed. The system performance is consistent with the behavior evidenced by the biochemical analysis, which proves to be valuable to drive the evaluation and refinement of aptamers prior to or along the development of a detection platform. Since thrombin upregulates VEGF expression, the simultaneous recognition of these two proteins could be useful in the analysis of biomarkers in pathologies characterized by neo-angiogenesis.
La muerte burlada en textos populares mexicanos (siglo XVIII)
Authors: Méndez María Águeda
Published: October 2013

La mort dans des copias et des poèmes collectés et poursuivis par l'Inquisition de Nouvelle Espagne au XVIIIe siècle. Négation de l'Enfer, moquerie et jeux érotico-burlesques autour du thème de la mort, déclarations d'amour passionné. Dans cette inspiration irreverente, on peut reconnaître d'obscurs échos populaires de la pensée des Lumières et une annonce de l'Indépendance.
Les identités fractales : honneur et couleur dans la société vénézuélienne du XVIIIe siècle
Authors: Langue Frédérique
Published: October 2013

La pluralidad de los sistemas normativos y de las estructuras mentales en la forma en que se dan en el crisol americano no excluye de ninguna manera la permanencia de ciertos modelos culturales y su adaptación a las circunstancias locales. Dicho de otra manera, la permanencia e incluso la difusión de prácticas y usos que expresan inicialmente las discontinuidades que prevalecen entre las distintas categorías socio-étnicas. Tal es el caso en el siglo XVIII en la Provincia de Caracas donde el grupo de los pardos llega a adquirir una importancia demográfica y social considerable. De aní una serie de reivindicaciones y de usos expresivos también de ciertas resistencias. El uso del distintivo de don - para distinguir a las personas blancas y principales de los plebeyos, pardos y mulatos - resulta particularmente ilustrativo, como lo demuestra el pleito iniciado por tres vecinas de la ciudad de Carora en contra de un alcalde olvidadizo de sus prerrogativas.
El amor en los tiempos del cancionero
Authors: Barriga Villanueva Rebeca
Published: October 2013

Los tiempos y los modos verbales ofrecen una riquísima parcela de análisis en el vasto campo del Cancionero folklórico de México. Sobre el eje temporal que se proyecta del pasado al presente y al futuro, el poeta recorre todos los caminos del amor : evoca el ayer luminoso o gris, ama con pasión o desdicha, en el presente, y preludia el amor feliz o contrariado del futuro. Matizados todos estos tiempos, merced al poder emotivo y expresivo de los modos verbales. Tiempos y modos se conjugan, pues, en un toao armónico para hacer vivir al amor en el folklore mexicano.
Sarmiento et la veine populaire : du romancero andalou aux enfances de Facundo
Authors: Gilard Jacques
Published: October 2013

Los romances de " valientes ", que florecían en la Andalucía del XVIII y pasaron a la oralidad rioplatense, parecen haber modelado las anécdotas recogidas por Sarmiento. Facundo reúne los rasgos de la valentía andaluza. Es en sus mocedades donde aparecen las señales más convincentes de tal filiación literaria.
La apropiación del espacio y del proceso de trabajo en la industria textil mexicana
Authors: Estrada Urroz Rosalina
Published: October 2013

Relaciones entre los hombres y relaciones entre el hombre y la máquina en el contexto de la fábrica textilera mexicana. Comportamientos, signos y símbolos en la elaboración de una cultura obrera específica.
Música popular y clases sociales; el caso venezolano
Authors: Bottaro Francisco
Published: October 2013

Venezuela descubre repentinamente las exigencias de la modernidad a partir de los años cuarenta. Privilegiada frente a otros países del continente, se permite la importación masiva de mercancía musical. Las medias contribuyen a la difusión de esta mercancía, generalmente antillana. Así se forja una identidad musical que homogeniza los gustos en los diferentes estratos sociales. Estos nuevos valores culturales que se popularizan marcan también a las élites, quienes adoptarán de la cultura popular la música y su coreografía, en algunos casos en detrimento de una "venezolanidad" anhelada, dispersa y confusa.
Les associations, acteurs fondamentaux du renouveau de la culture afro-vénézuélienne
Authors: Charier Alain
Published: October 2013

Actitudes y acciones de los distintos actores sociales en el debate en torno al papel del aporte negro en la identidad de la Venezuela contemporánea. Activismo e inmóvilismo, reivindicaciones y reticencias. Los casos de la región de Barlovento y de un barrio periférico de Caracas.
Censos eclesiásticos y propiedad urbana : una relación conflictiva
Authors: del Carmen Mena Garcia María
Published: October 2013

Un ejemplo de cómo funcionaban censos y capellanías en la relación entre las instituciones eclesiásticas y los particulares en la América colonial. El caso de Panamá, con el papel revelador de los grandes incendios urbanos acaecidos en el siglo XVIII.
L'Espagne au miroir du Nouveau Monde
Authors: Covo Jacqueline
Published: October 2013

Du XVIème siècle jusqu'à aujourd'hui, à travers cinq grandes étapes de l'historiographie consacrée à la Découverte : la variable mise en oeuvre des représentations que l'Espagne s'est données d'elle-même en fonction de l'événement de 1492.
THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCENARIO CONSTRUCTION IN THE POLISH FORESIGHT INITIATIVES
Authors: Nazarko Joanicjusz , Kononiuk Anna
Published: October 2013

The aim of the article is to present the diagnosis of scenario method application in the Polish foresight initiatives. The concept of scenario method, its evolution, the state of the art of the Polish foresight studies and the critical analysis of the application of this method have been presented. From the questionnaire results the authors have identified (i) the approach used in scenario construction, (ii) the most important phases of scenario construction, (iii) the interconnection of scenario method with other methods of scenario construction, (iv) the profile of experts involved in foresight projects, (v) the profile of experts involved in scenario construction, (vi) the application of the triangulation principle in scenario construction, (vii) the application of wild cards in scenario construction and techniques to identify them, (viii) the average time of scenario construction process, (ix) the linkage of scenarios to other documents, (x) the number of scenarios elaborated upon, and (xi) the main difficulties in the process of scenario construction. To achieve article aims there have been used the following research methods: a literature review, the method of critical analysis and logical construction, survey research, the status of Polish foresight projects, interim and final report analysis. The research has been funded by the National Science Centre in Poland within a research project entitled Scenarios in future shaping and anticipation for foresight studies, project number: 4194/B/H03/2011/40.
A NOVEL HYBRID SWARA AND VIKOR METHODOLOGY FOR SUPPLIER SELECTION IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Alimardani Maryam , Zolfani Sarfaraz Hashemkhani , Aghdaie Mohammad Hasan , Tamošaitienė Jolanta
Published: October 2013

The concept of the agile supply chain has been taken into account as means of achieving a high competitive edge in rapidly changing business environments. Supply partner selection is one of the most appealing issues for agile supply chain management, which have recently been studied by academicians and practitioners. Due to a large number of factors to be considered, supplier selection process is a difficult task for every company. Therefore, supplier selection process can be viewed as a multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) problem. In this paper, a novel hybrid MADM method is proposed for agile supplier selection based on four criteria including performance, cost, flexibility and technology. Two MADM methods, including step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) and Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) are applied in decision-making process. More precisely, SWARA is used for determining the importance of each criterion and calculating their weights and VIKOR is applied for evaluating alternatives as well as ranking supplier alternatives from the best to the worst. More precisely, the first phase of the proposed methodology, step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA), is useful for determining the importance of each criterion and calculating the weight of each criterion, and the second phase with Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) is useful for evaluating alternatives as well as ranking supplier alternatives from the best to the worst. Finally, a real case-study is presented to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed methodology. As a result, the model can help managers to evaluate and select the best supplier regarding own company strategies, resources, policies and etc. for their organization.
FUZZY POWER AGGREGATION OPERATORS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKING
Authors: Wei Guiwu , Zhao Xiaofei , Wang Hongjun , Lin Rui
Published: October 2013

The article investigates the multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems in which the attribute values take the form of triangular fuzzy information. Motivated by the ideal of power aggregation, in this paper some power aggregation operators for aggregating triangular fuzzy information are developed and then applied in order to develop some models for multiple attribute group decision making with triangular fuzzy information. Finally, some illustrative examples are given to verify the developed approach and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.
THE MULTI-ATTRIBUTE GROUP DECISION MAKING METHOD BASED ON THE INTERVAL GREY LINGUISTIC VARIABLES WEIGHTED HARMONIC AGGREGATION OPERATORS
Authors: Jin Fang , Liu Peide , Zhang Xin
Published: October 2013

With respect to the characteristics of fuzziness, complexity and uncertainty for many group-decision making problems in real world, the paper proposes a novel method based on the interval grey linguistic variables hybrid weighted harmonic aggregation operators to solve the multiple attribute group decision making problems in which the attribute values and the weights take the form of the interval grey linguistic variables. In the approach, the relative concepts and the operation rules of interval grey linguistic variables are defined, and some operators (such as interval grey linguistic weighted harmonic aggregation (IGLWHA) operator, interval grey linguistic ordered weighted harmonic aggregation (IGLOWHA) operator, and interval grey linguistic hybrid weighted harmonic aggregation (IGLHWHA) operator) are proposed to solve the group decision making problems. The computational results from an illustrative example have shown that the proposed approach is feasible and effective for the group-decision making problems.
Le Soudan, un pays indivisible, dual ou pluriel ?
Authors: Sharkey Heather J.
Published: October 2013

Bois « sacré » du domaine réservé du chef de l’État sous la V e République, l’Afrique est passée du « secret du roi » incarné par Jacques Foccart aux feux médiatiques des scandales. Ce changement de registre, dont « l’affaire des diamants » constitue l’archétype, a profondément altéré l’interprétation de la politique africaine de la France. Pensée comme le socle du programme d’indépendance nationale imaginée par le général de Gaulle, elle a été réduite à une succession d’affaires, parsemées des ombres inquiétantes de « barbouzes ». L’archéologie du récit (médiatique) de la « Françafrique » doit permettre de comprendre le « syndrome Foccart », par-delà les fantasmes attachés à la cellule africaine de l’Élysée vue comme la plus secrète boîte noire de la République.
Les défis de la construction de l'État au Sud-Soudan
Authors: Bereketeab Redie
Published: October 2013

Le Sud-Soudan est finalement parvenu à négocier son indépendance au terme de deux guerres civiles et s’est engagé dans le délicat processus de construction de l’État. En procédant à un examen des systèmes en place, à titre transitoire ou permanent, l’auteur défend l’idée de la construction d’un État moderne reposant sur l’institutionnalisation, la bureaucratisation et la démocratisation préalables de l’appareil d’État. Il accorde une place particulière au choix entre modèle fédéraliste et modèle unitaire dans ce cas précis. Il s’intéresse par ailleurs aux problématiques en suspens – sécurité, corruption, tribalisme – et aux moyens à mobiliser pour passer d’un mouvement de libération à un État démocratique stable.
Sud-Soudan : l'État et les sociétés nilotiques traditionnelles
Authors: Delmet Christian
Published: October 2013

La colonisation et le conflit Nord-Sud ont tragiquement bouleversé l’existence des populations, mais n’ont pas totalement détruit les anciennes structures sociales, politiques et religieuses des sociétés nilotiques traditionnelles Dinka et Nuer. Ces dernières ont autant subi que « digéré » à leur façon les changements dans les domaines économique et juridique, et elles demeurent basées pour l’essentiel sur le bétail. L’article revient sur le rôle de celui-ci dans les relations sociales et matrimoniales, dans la religion et dans le règlement des conflits. La « nouveauté » semble avoir eu raison de l’ancien système de médiation par les « chefs religieux ». Le fusil a remplacé la lance et le sang versé n’a plus la même valeur : le combattant d’aujourd’hui n’est plus tenu à aucune réparation et les chefs religieux n’ont plus à procéder à des sacrifices de réconciliation.