bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Thermal neutron activation analysis of some toxic and trace chemical element contents in Mentha pulegium L.
Authors: Begaa Samir , Messaoudi Mohammed
Published: April 2018

Our laboratory of neutron activation analysis is highly involved in nutrition applications in the framework of research activities using the Algerian research reactor. The medicinal and aromatic plants of Mentha pulegium L. have been largely used in traditional medicine for several centuries to contribute significantly to human health related to digestive ailments, it is also used to reduce nervousness and anxiety. The present study focuses on the analysis of leaves of M. pulegium L., for evaluation of essential and toxic elements using a sensitive nuclear analytical technique based on instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Twenty-one elements were assessed (As, Ba, Br, Ca, Ce, Cr, Cs, Co, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Sr, Yb and Zn) and the accuracy of the method was evaluated by analyzing the Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) GBW 07605 (tea leaves) and NIST-SRM 1573a (tomato leaves). The daily intake of essential and toxic elements was determined and compared with the recommended values and was found to be well below the tolerance limits.
Mechanism of bacterial adhesion on ultrafiltration membrane modified by natural antimicrobial polymers (chitosan) and combination with activated carbon (PAC)
Authors: Gafri Hasan Fouzi S. , Mohamed Zuki Fathiah , Aroua Mohamed Kheireddine , Hashim Nur Awanis
Published: April 2018

Bacterial adhesion to surfaces is related to several factors, such as surface charge, surface energy, and substrate characteristics (leading to the formation of biofilms). Organisms are dominant in most environmental, industrial, and medical problems and processes that are of interest to microbiologists. Biofilm cells are at least 500 times more resistant to antibacterial agents compared to planktonic cells. The usage of ultrafiltration membranes is fast becoming popular for water treatment. Membrane lifetime and permeate flux are primarily affected by the phenomena of microbial accumulation and fouling at the membrane’s surface. This review intends to understand the mechanism of membrane fouling by bacterial attachment on polymeric ultrafiltration membrane modified by natural antimicrobial polymers (chitosan) combined with powder activated carbon. Also, to guide future research on membrane water treatment processes, adhesion prediction using the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek theory is discussed.
Gerechtigkeit im SGB II: Auswirkungen von prozeduralen Gerechtigkeitswahrnehmungen von Hartz-IV-Empfängern auf ihre Bereitschaft, mit dem Jobcenter zu kooperieren
Authors: May Meike Janina
Published: April 2018

Ziel aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist die (Wieder-)Eingliederung von Arbeitslosen in den Arbeitsmarkt. Voraussetzung für die erfolgreiche Vermittlung ist u.a. die Bereitschaft von Arbeitslosen mit den SGB II-Trägern und deren Mitarbeiter/-innen zusammenzuarbeiten. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit prozedurale Gerechtigkeitswahrnehmungen von Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfängern diese Kooperationsbereitschaft beeinflussen. Die Analysen basieren auf einer repräsentativen Stichprobe von ALG II-Haushalten in Deutschland (sechste Welle des PASS, Analysestichprobe: 1.990 ALG II-Empfänger). Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass je ungerechter Arbeitslose die Verfahren der Jobcenter bewerten (Verfahrensgerechtigkeit) und je ungerechter sie sich von ihrem Vermittler oder ihrer Vermittlerin behandelt fühlen (Interaktionsgerechtigkeit), desto weniger sind sie bereit mit dem Jobcenter zu kooperieren. Die Mediatorvariable für diesen Zusammenhang ist das Vertrauen der Arbeitslosen in das Jobcenter und seine Mitarbeiter/-innen.
Effects of Pile Installation Simulation on Behavior of Pile Groups in Centrifuge Model Tests
Authors: Li Yang , Zhang Ga , Liu Chunying
Published: April 2018

Centrifuge model testing plays an important role in investigations of the bearing behavior of pile groups and its underlying mechanisms, for which pile installation simulation is a key issue. Centrifuge model tests were conducted to analyze the effect of different pile installation simulation methods, namely traditional installation at 1 g and in-flight installation at 50 g. Compared to the traditional method, the in-flight pile installation induces two effects: the deformation effect, in which the neighboring soil is made denser, and the shielding effect, in which the existing piles influence the deformation and pore pressure of the neighboring soil. Thus, the limit-bearing capacity and corresponding settlement of the pile group using the in-flight pile installation method are significantly greater, and the deformation and excess pore pressure of the soil near piles are smaller. The traditional pile installation method obtains unrealistic responses of pile groups because it cannot adequately simulate these effects.
MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism: the Endocrine Society guideline 2016 revisited
Authors: Williams Tracy Ann , Reincke Martin
Published: April 2018

The syndrome of primary aldosteronism (PA) is characterized by hypertension with excessive, autonomous aldosterone production and is usually caused by either a unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. The diagnostic workup of PA is a sequence of three phases comprising screening tests, confirmatory tests and the differentiation of unilateral from bilateral forms. The latter step is necessary to determine the optimal treatment approach of unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy (for patients with unilateral PA) or medical treatment with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (for patients with bilateral PA). Since the publication of the revised Endocrine Society guideline 2016, a number of key studies have been published. They challenge the recommendations of the guideline in some areas and confirm current practice in others. Herein, we present the recent developments and current approaches to the medical management of PA.
Quadruple valve replacement in a patient with severe rheumatic heart disease
Authors: Adembesa Isaac , Myburgh Adriaan , Swanevelder Justiaan
Published: April 2018

We present a patient with rheumatic heart disease involving all the heart valves. An intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography confirmed severe mitral stenosis, severe aortic regurgitation, severe tricuspid regurgitation and stenosis, and severe pulmonary stenosis. The patient underwent successful quadruple valve replacement during a single operation at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
APP deficiency results in resistance to obesity but impairs glucose tolerance upon high fat feeding
Authors: Czeczor Juliane K , Genders Amanda J , Aston-Mourney Kathryn , Connor Timothy , Hall Liam G , Hasebe Kyoko , Ellis Megan , De Jong Kirstie A , Henstridge Darren C , Meikle Peter J , Febbraio Mark A , Walder Ken , McGee Sean L
Published: April 2018

The amyloid precursor protein (APP) generates a number of peptides when processed through different cleavage mechanisms, including the amyloid beta peptide that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. It is well established that APP via its cleaved peptides regulates aspects of neuronal metabolism. Emerging evidence suggests that amyloidogenic processing of APP can lead to altered systemic metabolism, similar to that observed in metabolic disease states. In the present study, we investigated the effect of APP deficiency on obesity-induced alterations in systemic metabolism. Compared with WT littermates, APP-deficient mice were resistant to diet-induced obesity, which was linked to higher energy expenditure and lipid oxidation throughout the dark phase and was associated with increased spontaneous physical activity. Consistent with this lean phenotype, APP-deficient mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) had normal insulin tolerance. However, despite normal insulin action, these mice were glucose intolerant, similar to WT mice fed a HFD. This was associated with reduced plasma insulin in the early phase of the glucose tolerance test. Analysis of the pancreas showed that APP was required to maintain normal islet and β-cell mass under high fat feeding conditions. These studies show that, in addition to regulating aspects of neuronal metabolism, APP is an important regulator of whole body energy expenditure and glucose homeostasis under high fat feeding conditions.
Interrogating the Functions of PRDM9 Domains in Meiosis
Authors: Thibault-Sennett Sarah , Yu Qi , Smagulova Fatima , Cloutier Jeff , Brick Kevin , Camerini-Otero R Daniel , Petukhova Galina V
Published: April 2018

Homologous recombination is required for proper segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. It occurs predominantly at recombination hotspots that are defined by the DNA binding specificity of the PRDM9 protein. PRDM9 contains three conserved domains typically involved in regulation of transcription; yet, the role of PRDM9 in gene expression control is not clear. Here, we analyze the germline transcriptome of Prdm9−/− male mice in comparison to Prdm9+/+ males and find no apparent differences in the mRNA and miRNA profiles. We further explore the role of PRDM9 in meiosis by analyzing the effect of the KRAB, SSXRD, and post-SET zinc finger deletions in a cell culture expression system and the KRAB domain deletion in mice. We found that although the post-SET zinc finger and the KRAB domains are not essential for the methyltransferase activity of PRDM9 in cell culture, the KRAB domain mutant mice show only residual PRDM9 methyltransferase activity and undergo meiotic arrest. In aggregate, our data indicate that domains typically involved in regulation of gene expression do not serve that role in PRDM9, but are likely involved in setting the proper chromatin environment for initiation and completion of homologous recombination.
Improved Use of Small Reference Panels for Conditional and Joint Analysis with GWAS Summary Statistics
Authors: Deng Yangqing , Pan Wei
Published: April 2018

Due to issues of practicality and confidentiality of genomic data sharing on a large scale, typically only meta- or mega-analyzed genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary data, not individual-level data, are publicly available. Reanalyses of such GWAS summary data for a wide range of applications have become more and more common and useful, which often require the use of an external reference panel with individual-level genotypic data to infer linkage disequilibrium (LD) among genetic variants. However, with a small sample size in only hundreds, as for the most popular 1000 Genomes Project European sample, estimation errors for LD are not negligible, leading to often dramatically increased numbers of false positives in subsequent analyses of GWAS summary data. To alleviate the problem in the context of association testing for a group of SNPs, we propose an alternative estimator of the covariance matrix with an idea similar to multiple imputation. We use numerical examples based on both simulated and real data to demonstrate the severe problem with the use of the 1000 Genomes Project reference panels, and the improved performance of our new approach.
Unmet Rehabilitation Needs After Hospitalization for Traumatic Brain Injury
Authors: Fuentes Molly M. , Wang Jin , Haarbauer-Krupa Juliet , Yeates Keith Owen , Durbin Dennis , Zonfrillo Mark R. , Jaffe Kenneth M. , Temkin Nancy , Tulsky David , Bertisch Hilary , Rivara Frederick P.
Published: April 2018

OBJECTIVES:

In this study, we describe unmet service needs of children hospitalized for traumatic brain injury (TBI) during the first 2 years after injury and examine associations between child, family, and injury-related characteristics and unmet needs in 6 domains (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, mental health services, educational services, and physiatry).

METHODS:

Prospective cohort study of children age 8 to 18 years old admitted to 6 hospitals with complicated mild or moderate to severe TBI. Service need was based on dysfunction identified via parent-report compared with retrospective baseline at 6, 12, and 24 months. Needs were considered unmet if the child had no therapy services in the previous 4 weeks, no physiatry services since the previous assessment, or no educational services since injury. Analyses were used to compare met and unmet needs for each domain and time point. Generalized multinomial logit models with robust SEs were used to assess factors associated with change in need from pre-injury baseline to each study time point.

RESULTS:

Unmet need varied by injury severity, time since injury, and service domain. Unmet need was highest for physiatry, educational services, and speech therapy. Among children with service needs, increased time after TBI and complicated mild TBI were associated with a higher likelihood of unmet rather than met service needs.

CONCLUSIONS:

Children hospitalized for TBI have persistent dysfunction with unmet needs across multiple domains. After initial hospitalization, children with TBI should be monitored for functional impairments to improve identification and fulfillment of service needs.
Екологізація освіти та економіки – шлях до практичної реалізації концепції сталого розвитку в Україні
Authors: Dubovych I.
Published: April 2018

Звернено увагу на сучасні проблеми практичної реалізації концепції сталого розвитку в Україні. Проаналізовано глобальні еколого-економічні проблеми і значення екологізації освіти, екологізації економіки та підготовки фахівців для сталого розвитку на міжнародному рівні. Розглянуто потребу розроблення теоретико-методологічної основи, спрямованої на забезпечення практичної реалізації екологізації освіти та економіки і сталого розвитку в Україні. Обґрунтовано потребу утворення регіональних центрів в Україні для перепідготовки управлінських кадрів і підвищення кваліфікації науково-педагогічних працівників вищих навчальних закладів з питань екологізації освіти та економіки. Запропоновано розробити та ввести в еколого-економічний цикл наук такий науковий напрям досліджень, як «глобальна екологізація освіти й економіки».
Математичне моделювання і порівняльний аналіз тривалості пресування стружкових плит на основі деревинної та солом’яної стружки
Authors: Kozak R. , Bekhta P.
Published: April 2018

Запропоновано математичну модель тривалості пресування стружкового пакета, яка поєднує фізичні властивості складових компонентів стружкового пакета, готової стружкової плити та параметри режиму пресування. На основі математичної моделі розраховано тривалість пресування стружкових плит із деревинної та солом’яної стружки залежно від температури плит преса, вологості стружкового пакета, щільності й товщини готових плит. Встановлено, що тривалість пресування солом’яного стружкового пакета є більшою в межах однієї хвилини від тривалості пресування деревинного пакета. Різниця між тривалістю пресування солом’яного і деревинного стружкових пакетів збільшується у разі зниження температури пресування, підвищення щільності й товщини плити та вологості (до 16%) стружкового пакета. За вологості стружкового пакета більше 16% вона змінюється несуттєво.
БІОЛОГІЧНІ СПОСОБИ ЗАХИСТУ СТЕПОВОИХ ЗЕМЕЛЬ ВІД ЕРОЗІЙНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ
Authors: Horeiko V. A.
Published: April 2018

Розглянуто наукові питання використання біологічних способів захисту степо-вих земель від ерозійних процесів і сучасного стану різноманіття лісових екосистемстепу України. Розроблено приорітетні методи підвищення продуктивності лісовихекосистем з метою досягнення високого меліоративного ефекту та захисту ґрунтіввід ерозії.
Фітомеліоративна ефективність вуличних фітоценозів як один із параметрів екологічного виміру збалансованого розвитку міста
Authors: Lukyanchuk N. , Martynyuk H.
Published: April 2018

Запропоновано введення параметра «коефіцієнт фітомеліоративної ефективності насаджень» у розрахунок індексу екологічного виміру збалансованого розвитку міської екосистеми. Проаналізовано особливості архітектурно-планувальної ситуації Львова. Визначено середньодобову інтенсивність руху автомобілів та вивчено фітомеліоративну роль насаджень  вздовж вулиць Городоцької, Івана Франка та Євгена Коновальця. Визначено коефіцієнт фітомеліоративної ефективності насаджень вздовж транспортних магістралей, що дає змогу інформаційно доповнити екологічний складник виміру збалансованого розвитку міської екосистеми. Встановлено ступінь виконання фітомеліоративних функцій фітоценозів. Подано пропозиції щодо оптимізації рослинного покриву вулиць.
Використання енергетичного потенціалу деревини: еколого-економічний вимір
Authors: Maksymiv L. , Klymovych V. , Zahvoyska L.
Published: April 2018

Висвітлено сутність поняття деревних відходів, наведено класифікацію та чинники, які впливають на їх використання. Охарактеризовано потенціал використання деревних відходів для енергетичних цілей в Україні. Проаналізовано кількісні показники поводження з відходами, які утворились в результаті виробничої діяльності окремих підприємств Львівської області. Запропоновано інвестиційний проект із придбання спеціальної техніки для подрібнення деревних відходів. Розроблено рекомендації щодо раціонального використання підприємствами деревних відходів, які утворюються в результаті їхньої діяльності. Особливу увагу приділено виявленню джерел утворення деревних відходів, які виникають внаслідок реалізації програми Львівської області з енергозбереження. Розглянуто напрями використання таких відходів.
Методологічні аспекти створення геоінформаційної системи лісових автодоріг
Authors: Korzhov V. , Chaskovskyу O.
Published: April 2018

Здійснено аналіз тенденцій розвитку геоінформаційних систем (ГІС) в лісовій галузі та міжнародних вимог стосовно запровадження  природозберігаючих технологій на базі оптимальної транспортної мережі як передумови для реального запровадження принципів сталого ведення лісового господарства. Обґрунтовано необхідність наявності об’єктивних даних про транспортну мережу лісових підприємств. Подано методичні підходи до створення ГІС лісових автодоріг, які передбачають подання  інформації про лісові автодороги як лінійні об'єкти з відомими координатами вздовж дороги та наявністю певної кількості каліброваних точок, тобто коректно розташованої лінії, що відображає дорогу, і відомостей про неї у вигляді таблиць та фото (креслень), які відображають її технічні та експлуатаційні характеристики. Також висвітлено особливості структури і порядку роботи та операційні можливості дослідної ГІС лісових автодоріг, розробленої для ДП «Осмолодське лісове господарство».
Результаты интродукции древесных растений в дендрарии Сибирского государственного университета (юг Средней Сибири)
Authors: Butorova O. , Matveeva R.
Published: April 2018

Приведены сведения о коллекции интродуцентов в дендрарии Учебно-опытного лесхоза Сибирского государственного университета науки и технологий им. акад. М. Ф. Решетнёва (СибГУ). Начало создания дендрария относится к 1948 г. В настоящее время коллекция представлена видами дальневосточной, европейской, сибирской, североамериканской флор, Японии и Китая. Коллекции ив и аллее лип придан статус «Памятника природы». В дендрарии произрастают редкие и исчезающие виды, нуждающиеся в охране и вошедшие в «Красную книгу СССР» (1978) – Princepia sinensis, а также в сводку «Редкие и исчезающие растения Сибири» (1980) – Euonymus maackii, Euonymus sacrosancta, Viburnum opulus, Tilia cordata, Hippophaë rhamnoides, Securinega suffruticosa, Padus avium, Malus baccata. Высоты древесных видов варьируют в основном в пределах 8,0-19,0 м. Наибольшей высоты достигли Pinus sibirica, P. koraiensis, Picea obovata, Abies sibirica, Tilia cordata (20-23 м). Из семян, собранных в дендрарии, выращивается посадочный материал (сеянцы собственной репродукции), которые используются для создания отделения вторичной интродукции. Плодо(семе)ношение разной интенсивности отмечено у всех видов. Большинство из них находятся в хорошем состоянии, особенно интродуценты дальневосточной флоры. В группу со слабой жизненностью отнесены Amorpha fruticosa, Vitis amurensis, Quercus rubra, Acer platanoides, Mahonia aquifolium, Securinega suffruticosa.
The impact of the institutional environment on the shadow economy
Authors: Makhmudov Tural , Konovalova Maria , Kuzmina Olga , Persteneva Natalia
Published: April 2018

This article aims to explore the relationship of the shadow economy with the institutional environment and develop practical recommendations for government policies around the world, and particularly in Russia. The urgency of the issue under research is caused by the existing need to study the shadow economy in order to find ways to reduce its scale and level out its negative externalities. Despite the fact that most of the papers focus on tax burden as a fundamental determinant of the shadow economy, the authors of this article believe that institutional tools can expand the boundaries of research on the content of the shadow economy as an economic category. Statistical analysis of 105 countries with different development levels revealed a stronger correlation between the quality of institutions and the size of the shadow economy than the one between total tax burden and the size of the shadow economy. The findings of this article can be useful in developing state strategies for combating the shadow economy and carrying out economic policies of the state as a whole.
Hera in the Homeric Hymns
Authors: Bernabé Alberto
Published: April 2018

The paper deals with the features and functions of Hera in the Homeric Hymns. The corpus preserves a very short and trivial hymn to her (h.Hom. 12), two nearly identical references to her sleep during the birth of Hermes in the two Hymns devoted to him (h.Merc. 8 and h.Hom. 18. 8) and other minimal allusions (h.Ap. 95 and 99, h.Ven. 40). Especially interesting is the leading role played by Hera in two mythical episodes narrated in the Hymns: the binding and subsequent liberation of the goddess by Hephaistos in the the fragmentary Hymn to Dionysos (number 1 of the corpus) and the birth of Typhoeus, which was conceived as an act of revenge against Zeus for giving birth Athena (h.Ap. 305ss.). On the other hand, the myth of the Hymn to Apollo (305–338) is revisited attending to some striking Hittite parallels concerning the relationship between the oath by Heaven and Earth and the birth of a monstrous rival of the king of gods.
The so-called Lesbian triad: Zeus, Hera and Dionysos
Authors: San Cristóbal Ana Isabel Jiménez
Published: April 2018

The aim of this paper is to deal with the so-called Lesbian triad, documented by Sappho and Alcaeus, and to determine the nature of the festival and the sanctuary linked to it. I will deal with the problem of the identity of the gods, probably the same, that is Zeus, Hera and Dionysos in both literary sources. I will tackle also the issue of whether it is possible to talk about a Lesbian triad of gods, as supported since the last century, but that has been questioned recently. I will try to determine the main features of the festival, probably an annual celebration including beauty contests and commemorating the establishment of the Greeks in the island. The location of the holy precinct in which the festival took place has been very controversial, but the more believable hypothesis identifies it with a sanctuary by the name of Messon, located in the center of the island next to the old Pyrrha.
Juno and the interpretationes Romanae in the mirror of Livy’s writing of history
Authors: Miquel Marine
Published: April 2018

It is not surprising, given that theAb urbe conditais an important source of information about Roman religious practices, to find frequent mentions of Juno’s shrines or cults in Livy’s work. Yet, we have to ask ourselves to what extent this religious data has been rewritten and recomposed according to the Roman historiographical tradition in order to provide the audience with a particular view of Roman history. A further study allows us to distinguish two kinds ofJunones: Roman and ItalianJunoneswho stood as a protective goddess of Rome, on the one hand, and on the other,Junonesfrom the borders of the Roman world, who supported or questioned Rome’s identity and its Empire’s guiding principles in the historical narrative.
Fleeting Sentiment of the Sacred
Authors: Obadia Lionel
Published: April 2018

According to the contemporary master narratives, globalization processes entail transformations of territories such as deterritorialization , transnationalisation , and even dissolution since it affects the traditional patterns of spatiality. In the context of globalization, indeed, space might become fluid and rhizoid, but it also can be mineralized by means of frontiers . Such an empirical context requires a revision of the commonly accepted models of culture and social change, and of religious dynamics. Religions are indeed logically affected by the changes in their material, social and symbolic environments, which are reshaped by the forces of globalization and of modernization. Yet, social scientists and scholars in religion have, however, put primary emphasis on the transformations observed in the moral, social and symbolic aspects of religion, but undoubtedly, new patterns in the spatial forms and dynamics of religion are profoundly changing our perspectives on these topics .
Urban Pareidolia
Authors: Obadia Lionel
Published: April 2018

Urban settings have long been considered by scholars in religion as one of the main sites of the weakening of religion in the past decades, if not the main one. Indeed, according to the master narrative of modernity, urban life and the social and cultural mixing it implies, the quick transformations of traditional institutions that used to rule entire societies, changes in the frames and in the forms of social relationships, cultural intermingling and métissages, the diffusion of lay and rationalistic ideals in the urban populations, among many other factors, are supposed to have played a crucial role in what was labelled the “fading away” of ancient religious traditions, or at least, in the “withdrawal” of religion from the so-called “public sphere” and its relocation in a “private sphere” where it is now subject to individualization processes . But the context has dramatically changed in the recent years. Almost unexpectedly, urban settings have become the main site for the return of religion, and have revealed the other side of modernity: the revival of religious beliefs and practices that modern and industrialized societies, from North to South, from the West to the East, have witnessed, has mainly taken place in urban settings – although rural areas, for different reasons, have also been concerned by the “return of the sacred” (the reinvention of rural and remote “sacred sites”, the installation of many new religious movements in the countryside, in a dual location, half urban – half rural).
Introdução às Cartas de Paulo aos Gálatas
Authors: Izidoro José Luiz
Published: April 2018

As cartas de Paulo, no contexto da Ásia Menor, são consequências das multifaces da realidade social, cultural e religiosa. Essa realidade começa com o mundo judeo, helenístico e no contexto do mundo romano. Na perspectiva contemporânea, os estudos de Gálatas respondem a vários horizontes e anseios. Portanto, não será possível estabelecer como objetivo de Paulo em Gálatas a proeminência da promessa da fé em detrimento da lei. Em Gálatas a fé é orientada a Cristo Jesus pelos judeus e não judeus. Portanto, as igrejas dos Gálatas são comunidades de fronteiras e o Cristianismo em Gálatas é capaz de uma visão multiforme de diferentes grupos étnicos, sociais, culturais e de diferentes identidades.
A Educação Infantil Religiosa e Políticas Públicas no Brasil
Authors: Valadares Nogueira Celeide Agapito
Published: April 2018

RESUMO O intuito deste texto é discorrer sobre a educação infantil e o lugar do ensino religioso entre o Educar o Cuidar na diversidade de pertença religiosa de um país laico. Vislumbrando a compreensão deste processo educativo,como as políticas públicas contemplam este propósito no Brasil? Buscar-se-á então uma hermenêutica compreensiva em aporte teórico-metodológico e o diálogo profícuo entre autores que versam sobre tal temática. Palavras-chaves: Ensino religioso – diversidade – educação infantil.
Religião, morte e políticas públicas de saúde: cientistas das religiões na elaboração dos processos de luto.
Authors: Franco Clarissa De , Torres Valéria Rocha
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo tem por objetivo refletir a respeito da Ciência das Religiões aplicada e sua interlocução com políticas públicas de saúde voltadas ao enfrentamento do luto por morte. Abordamos questão de tamanha complexidade a partir de um diálogo entre Psicologia e História duas áreas do conhecimento interlocutoras da Ciência das Religiões para demonstramos a historicidade do embate político sobre a morte entre o conhecimento médico-científico e o conhecimento de matriz religiosa, embate que atravessa todo o século XIX e XX, vindo a produzir, a partir do processo de secularização e das expectativas de modernidade e racionalização da sociedade, uma política do esquecimento, negação e empobrecimento dos processos de elaboração do luto por morte a partir das matrizes religiosas e simbólicas. Assim, também trazemos o ponto de vista da psicologia sobre os impactos que a retomada deste conhecimento pode produzir na elaboração de políticas públicas de enfrentamento da morte por luto no Brasil.
Práticas integrativas e complementares no SUS: os benefícios do Yoga e da Meditação para a saúde do corpo e da alma
Authors: Medeiros Alexsandro Melo
Published: April 2018

Em 2017 o Ministério da Saúde aprovou duas portarias, a saber, a portaria n. 145, de 11 de janeiro e a portaria n. 849 do mês de março, fortalecendo o marco legal da Política Nacional das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares (PNPIC) no Sistema Único de Saúde, ampliando significativamente a PNPIC incluindo práticas como a arteterapia, meditação, musicoterapia, reiki, yoga e muitas outras. Este artigo propõe, portanto, uma reflexão sobre tais práticas, limitando-se, todavia, à análise de técnicas como o yoga e a meditação. Três fatores foram levados em consideração na escolha destas duas práticas: a impossibilidade de analisar todas as práticas reconhecidas pela PNPIC no espaço de um artigo; a ampla quantidade de estudos já existentes reconhecendo a eficácia terapêutica de ambas; e sua fundamentação, religiosa e espiritual, que nos permite discutir as complexas relações entre o fenômeno religioso e a formulação de políticas públicas na área da saúde. Como metodologia utilizou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica, a partir de um amplo referencial teórico sobre a temática escolhida. Conclui-se que tanto o yoga quanto a meditação podem oferecer aos pacientes do Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro uma  vivência com o sagrado que conduz a união entre o Corpo, a Mente, a Alma, e entre a Alma e Deus, através de uma busca da nossa essência espiritual, além de possuírem eficácia terapêutica comprovada para a saúde do corpo e a saúde da alma.
Ideologia e educação: o conflito de classes na relação professora e auxiliar de professora
Authors: Luz Jéssica Tavares , Domiciano Cassia
Published: April 2018

Este artigo mostra e discute os resultados de pesquisa realizada em uma escola privada do município de São Paulo que atende da Educação Infantil ao Ensino Médio. Essa pesquisa correspondeu ao Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (TCC) da pesquisadora apresentado à Universidade Metodista de São Paulo para obtenção do grau de licenciado em Pedagogia, sob a supervisão da professora orientadora. O objetivo desta investigação foi compreender o conflito de classe existente na relação professora e auxiliar de sala, na etapa da educação Infantil. A investigação adotou a abordagem qualitativa e por meio da pesquisa de campo, com o uso da técnica da pesquisa participante, todas as falas das professoras e das auxiliares que explicitavam os conflitos de classe foram anotadas constantemente em diário digital no período de outubro de 2016 a abril de 2017. Após leitura, sistematização e análise dos registros, pudemos indicar que o professor, em sua atividade docente e nas relações que estabelece, adota uma dualidade ideológica (ideologia teórica e ideologia prática), e utiliza a estigmatização, enquanto fenômeno ideológico, para adotar um comportamento discriminatório em relação às auxiliares.
A formação docente para o trabalho com alunos surdos em escolas regulares
Authors: Rocha Leliane Aparecida Castro
Published: April 2018

A pesquisa voltou-se para os cursos de Formação de Professores e Pedagogia, em IES particulares, da cidade de São Paulo que, com base na Lei 10.436/2002 e no Decreto 5.626/2005, incluiu obrigatoriamente a disciplina de Língua Brasileira de Sinais – LIBRAS. Metodologicamente, optamos pela investigação qualitativa, que privilegia o estudo do fenômeno com base nas percepções dos próprios sujeitos. A pesquisa traçou uma retrospectiva histórica da educação dos surdos e sua forma de interagir com outros surdos e com ouvintes, facilitando a comparação entre a proposta de integração e a proposta da inclusão no âmbito da escola. A coleta de dados formou-se e ganhou consistência pela participação ativa da pesquisadora nos cursos pesquisados, que permitiu maior colaboração e espontaneidade das pessoas para participarem. Elas foram questionadas, com o intuito de identificar o que estão aprendendo acerca da cultura e a língua do surdo, para incluí-lo na escola regular. As principais ações da escola regular são para oportunizar ao surdo a compreensão de pertencer, o que favorece a sua inclusão. A coleta de dados mostrou a importância da escola como facilitadora do processo científico e cultural que foram desprezados no passado, e agora podem ser relevantes quando são criadas condições de atender aos surdos e suas necessidades na escola e na sociedade. O estudo das formas de comunicação dos surdos na sociedade contemporânea e o da comunicação dos professores com os alunos foram fundamentais para a compreensão desta pesquisa. Somente uma mudança na atuação do professor pode tornar suas aulas mais contextualizadas para o surdo.
Avaliação da eficiência e retornos de bancos brasileiros após fusões e incorporações
Authors: Sales Rodrigo Silva , Carvalho Flávio Leonel de
Published: April 2018

Após a consolidação do plano real o sistema financeiro nacional passou por profundas mudanças. Destaca-se nesse contexto uma onda de fusões e, principalmente, incorporações de bancos de médio e pequeno porte por parte das maiores instituições financeiras em atividade país. Dado que um dos argumentos favoráveis à incorporação é a possível melhora nos indicadores operacionais e financeiros, este artigo tem como objetivo investigar se as incorporações provocaram melhoras na eficiência dos bancos. Com o emprego de dados disponibilizados pelo Banco Central (BACEN) e Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) foram listados os 50 maiores bancos brasileiros. Em seguida, e com o emprego do teste t para amostras emparelhadas, analisaram-se os valores médios de variáveis financeiras relacionadas à liquidez, endividamento, margem e rentabilidade das instituições incorporadoras antes e depois do processo de incorporação. Os resultados do presente estudo indicam que a incorporação/fusão foi positiva para o Banco do Brasil e Itaú, no entanto, não se pode afirmar o mesmo para os bancos Bradesco e o Indusval.
Fatores que influenciam a compra de viagens para a Disney
Authors: Takano Larissa Mayumi Caruso Fernandes , Kaetsu Suzie Terci
Published: April 2018

O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar os principais fatores que influenciam a decisão de compras de viagens para a Disney, bem como as razões pelas quais as pessoas visitam-na pela primeira vez e o que as leva a voltar. A metodologia utilizada foi pesquisa exploratória, onde é possível aprofundar-se mais no assunto que ainda é pouco explorado por estudos brasileiros, utilizando como fonte de dados entrevistas em profundidade com pessoas que gostariam de conhecer a Disney e com pessoas que já a visitaram. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que a principal influência na escolha da viagem para a Disney é o fator emocional, visto que a maioria das pessoas respondeu ter escolhido esse destino com base no sonho de infância e na magia que o lugar proporciona e o fator de circunstância, que abrange a saúde do indivíduo e sua renda disponível para gastos, já que se trata de uma viagem bastante cansativa e que demanda uma boa condição financeira. As entrevistas apontaram o sonho de conhecer a Disney como a principal razão pela qual as pessoas viajam para lá pela primeira vez, e a magia, a sensação de sair da realidade e do cotidiano sentida no local como razão decisiva para voltar a visitá-la.
Projeção dos Índices de Desempenho em Instituições Financeiras Brasileiras
Authors: Macohon Edson Roberto , Hein Nelson , Gonçalves Sala Neusa
Published: April 2018

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a projeção dos índices de desempenho das instituições financeiras brasileiras. A pesquisa é caracterizada como pesquisa descritiva, documental e quantitativa. Foram utilizados dados de índices financeiros disponibilizados no banco de dados Economática, com posições consolidadas em dezembro de cada ano, para os exercícios correspondentes aos anos de 2005 a 2011, para 32 empresas atuantes no mercado de finanças e seguros brasileiro, com ações negociadas na BM&FBovespa. A técnica estatística utilizada foi Regressão Linear, o software adotado foi o Statgraphics. Verificou-se que a partir dos testes efetuados para os indicadores dos últimos seis anos selecionados do padrão USBank é possível prever com alto grau de confiabilidade o comportamento dos índices para o próximo ano, identifica-se que os índices que possuem maior tendência explicativa são Rentabilidade do Ativo (RentAt), Exigibilidade do Ativo (Exg/At), Margem Bruta (Marg/Bru) e Rentabilidade do Patrimônio Liquido Médio (RentPat(med)), é possível dizer que estes indicadores sofrem menos volatilidade e são mais estáveis frente ao comportamento do mercado. As análises realizadas apontam que os indicadores Lucro por Ação (LPA) e Exigibilidade do Patrimônio Líquido (Exig/PL) podem prever com menor grau de certeza o comportamento dos índices para o próximo ano.
First Report of Dramatic Tumor Responses with Ramucirumab and Paclitaxel After Progression on Pembrolizumab in Two Cases of Metastatic Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Authors: Chakrabarti Sakti , Dong Haidong , Paripati Harshita R. , Ross Helen J. , Yoon Harry H.
Published: April 2018

Checkpoint inhibitors targeted at programmed cell death-1 receptor (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) can result in significant benefit to a small proportion of patients with cancer, including those with tumors of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction. These drugs are now approved for several solid tumors, including the recent accelerated approval of pembrolizumab for gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas in the third-line setting and beyond based on the KEYNOTE-059 phase II trial. Data are lacking on the efficacy of chemotherapy after progression on PD-1 blockade in metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. This report describes the exceptional response of two patients who received ramucirumab plus paclitaxel after progressive disease on pembrolizumab. This early clinical observation suggests that the sequence of administration of PD-1 blockade and chemotherapy may be important in this disease.
(Iso-)form Matters: Differential Implication of Vav3 Variants in Ovarian Cancer
Authors: Boesch Maximilian , Reimer Daniel , Sopper Sieghart , Wolf Dominik , Zeimet Alain G.
Published: April 2018

This commentary discusses recent results on the role of Vav3 in malignancy, in an effort to begin to define the underlying mechanisms and tissue context by which Vav3 proteins, in particular Vav3.1, promote the progression of malignant diseases and further modulate the response to clinically relevant drugs.
Fast falling weight deflectometer as new tool to perform accelerated pavement testing
Authors: Francesconi Marco , Stonecliffe-Jones Martyn , Khosravifar Sadaf , Manosalvas-Paredes Mario , Navarro Comes Albert , Ullidtz Per
Published: April 2018

The development of the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) in the late 1970s made it possible to determine quickly the in situ modulus and critical stresses/strains in pavement structures, which are generally considered the most important input for the ‘mechanistic’ part of the mechanistic–empirical pavement design method. In 2015, the newly designed FastFWD was released and provided the opportunity to speed up the testing procedure and overall productivity significantly. The increased rate of loading prompted the current study into the possibility of performing in situ accelerated pavement testing to predict pavement deterioration, and to fill the gap between the heavy vehicle simulator and small-scale laboratory test methods. Numerous experimental sequences and test sites have been initiated since the start of the research; in the last of these, 1·6 million load applications were applied and the dynamic modulus master curve was back-calculated and used to filter out the viscoelastic response of the asphalt layer caused by temperature changes within the material from the repeated loading. Based on the findings of this research, an incremental-recursive fatigue model has been used to predict accurately the reduction in asphalt modulus as a function of any combination of loads and temperatures for a known material.
S2 File. Full Protocol v1
Authors: Englert Chris , Wolff Wanja , Baumann Lorena
Published: April 2018

Recent attempts to replicate the ego depletion effect have often failed. The goal of this study is to shed light on research experiences and practices regarding ego depletion. A PubMed search resulted in 1721 researchers who had previously published on ego depletion. They were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey. The respondents (n = 277), on average, had published over three papers on ego depletion, and had completed more than two additional, unpublished studies. Respondents indicated that in more than 40% of their studies, results were similar in magnitude to those reported in the existing literature, and more than 60% reported conducting a priori power analyses. 39.2% of respondents were aware of other researchers who engaged in questionable research practices, while 37.7% affirmed to have used questionable research practices. These results underline the importance of reducing questionable research practices to reliably test the validity of the strength model.
An assessment on a large geographic scale of Eurasian inland saline surface waters v1
Authors: Boros Emil , Kolpakova Marina
Published: April 2018

The major ion concentration data of sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), chloride (Cl), sulphate (SO4), bicarbonate (HCO3), carbonate (CO3) and pH (if it was coupled with ion data) were input into the database. The data were drawn from a large geographic scale across Eurasia (Austria, China, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey) and from a large number of saline lakes and pans (N=220) with minimum a 1.0 g L–1salinity threshold. The 1.0 g L–1salinity threshold was selected based on a former study (Boros et al., 2014), where this threshold was experimentally found to be the characteristic boundary of soda ecosystems. Salinity was estimated by the sum of measured concentrations of eight major ions (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cl, SO4, HCO3, CO3). As generally known, sodium is by far the most common cation in saline lakes and necessarily the dominant cation in soda type lakes. Therefore, sites were excluded from the dataset if Na was not the most abundant ion. If seasonal or annual water data were available, mean values were put into database. Most of the data came from papers (sources are indicated in the table).
Blue-fronted Amazon roosts in Brazil Seixas and Mourao 2018 v1
Authors: F. Seixas GláuciaH. , Mourão Guilherme
Published: April 2018

The data-base are monthly counts in five communal roosts of Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) in the Brazilian Pantanal, carried out from July, 2004 to June, 2009. The counts were stratified by flock-sizes.
MIF gene polymorphism - 5–8-CATT tetranucleotide repeat (rs5844572) at position -794 (-794*CATT5–8) and a single-nucleotide polymorphism (rs755622) at position -173 (-173*G/C) v1
Authors: Chhabra Seema , Narang Tarun , Dogra Sunil , Sood Swati , Bansal Frainey , Goel Shubham
Published: April 2018

This protocol provides a standardized methodolgy forasingle-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position -173 (-173*G/C) of the MIF gene. It also includes a standarized methodologyto amplify a 207 bp (CATT5) segment of the MIF promoter region (MIF-794*CATT5-8 genotyping (rs5844572)) containing the microsatellite repeat sequence.
Formation of attention in men and women during tasks performance with high cognitive load
Authors: Bondarenko M. , Bondarenko O. , Kravchenko V. , Makarchuk M.
Published: April 2018

The differences in brain mechanisms that underlie the switch between involuntary and voluntary attention associated with gender were investigated. We compared reaction time, the number of errors and the electrical activity of the brain during the Emotional Stroop test on the background of visual content that contained affective images when presenting stimuli through a dominant and non-dominant eye in 20 men and 20 women. The model of significant cognitive load was created, when it is quite difficult to correctly respond to the relevant characteristics of the stimulus. Different patterns of brain activity have been found: in women, this task is accompanied by an increase in spectral power in the theta range of the predominantly left hemisphere; in men, the power of alpha rhythm in the parietal-occipital associative cortex decreases with the local increase of theta rhythm in the posterior-frontal areas and beta-rhythm in left prefrontal zone. Under the conditions of high cognitive load created by the distracting visual content and the perception of visual stimuli through the non-dominant eye, the brain mechanisms of voluntary attention provide a more thorough analysis of the relevant stimuli in women that is seen in accurate responses over a longer period in comparison with men.
THINK TANKS AND UKRAINIAN INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
Authors: Stupnytskyy O.
Published: April 2018

The purpose of this article is to analyze the particularities of activities of modern “Think Tanks” in the USA as non-governmental scientific research and information analytics organizations, which generate ideas and develop recommendations for national governmental and international institutions providing constructive dialogue on the solution of social, economic and political problems in the “state-business-society” link. They are creative research groups engaged in in-depth investigation of public policy issues and thanks to which it became possible to turn intellectual activity from an individual creative act into a collective effort to create new meanings. In Ukraine, the concept of a “Think Tank” is relatively new for representatives of the scientific community, who still create the majority of significant analytical and forecasting, and political and theoretical concepts. The lack of a full-fledged network of civil society institutions and a sufficient accessibility to media resources and sites for their promotion with the aim of influencing economic decision-making and political processes is associated with the lack of transparency in the activities of state establishment and the rejection of political elites still professing the principle of statism (concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government). Nowadays, the use of the symbiosis of the potential of the scientific community and the developments of Think Tanks, as analytical centers, is one of the critical conditions for institutional reforms in Ukraine, an effective domestic economic and foreign political strategy for the country’s development. Unfortunately, the process of realizing that the very modern Think Tanks are the means of social engineering in general and in political counseling in particular, and of the provision of independent political and socioeconomic expertise, is slow and contradictory.