bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Perfil antropométrico e risco cardiovascular de idosos institucionalizados na cidade de Pelotas
doi: 10.12662/2317-3076jhbs.v3i4.198.p195-201.2015
Authors: Dos Santos Francine Silva , Mintem Gicele Costa
Published: December 2015

Introdução: Devido ao aumento da população idosa, é necessário verificar as características dos indivíduos nesta faixa etária, incluindo os institucionalizados, por sua maior vulnerabilidade aos distúrbios nutricionais. Objetivo: Identificar o perfil antropométrico e o risco cardiovascular de idosos institucionalizados. Métodos: Realizou-se o estudo em três Instituições de Longa Permanência, com indivíduos de 60 anos, ou mais, residentes em tempo integral nos locais participantes. Foram aferidas as medidas antropométricas de peso, estatura, circunferência da cintura, circunferência do quadril e circunferência da panturrilha. Quando não foi possível a aferição direta do peso, utilizou-se a circunferência do braço, a dobra cutânea subescapular e a altura do joelho para estimá-lo. O risco cardiovascular foi verificado pela razão cintura/quadril e circunferência da cintura. O estado nutricional foi determinado pelo índice de massa corporal e a circunferência da panturrilha indicou perda de massa muscular. Os dados demográficos, comportamentais e de saúde foram obtidos mediante a aplicação de um questionário. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 42 idosos, com média de idade de 72,2 anos, sendo 60% do sexo masculino. O estado nutricional mostrou-se associado à categoria da instituição, prática de atividade física, circunferência da panturrilha e com circunferência da cintura nos homens. Excesso de peso e risco cardiovascular foram mais prevalentes entre as mulheres. Conclusão: Os elevados percentuais de excesso de peso e dos marcadores de risco cardiovascular, principalmente no sexo feminino, demonstram necessidade de ações preventivas e curativas voltadas para esse grupo populacional.
Potencialidades e desafios para a aplicação da escala de risco familiar na atenção primária em saúde
doi: 10.12662/2317-3076jhbs.v3i4.201.p218-223.2015
Authors: Moura Francisco Maximiano Nunes , Marinho Antônio Davi Pinto , Oliveira Lucas Lourenço , Santos Matheus Lemos , Lima Victor Gabriel Ferreira , Feitosa Igor Studart , Araújo Júnior Otoni Lima , Ferreira Marcelo José Monteiro
Published: December 2015

Introdução: A Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) constitui-se como elemento fundamental para a organização da Atenção Básica (AB), realizando ações como a visita domiciliar, visando à garantia de acesso aos serviços de saúde. Objetivo: Analisar as potencialidades e desafios para a aplicação da Escala de Risco Familiar de Coelho e Savassi (ERF-CS) como instrumento para o planejamento dos atendimentos domiciliares no âmbito da AB. Métodos:O trabalho foi desenvolvido em uma Unidade de Saúde do município de Fortaleza. Para tanto, utilizou os dados do Sistema de Informação da Atenção Básica (SIAB) de cinco agentes comunitários de saúde que visitaram 48 domicílios durante o mês de agosto de 2015. Resultados: Dentre as potencialidades, destacou-se a necessidade de um olhar diferenciado para o território e seus sujeitos. Como desafios, a falta de atualização da Ficha A dificultou a efetivação da ERF-CS. Conclusão: Tal estratégia carece de novas análises visando o fortalecimento da Atenção Básica.
Changes to psychosocial functioning as demonstrated by the patients diagnosed with schizophrenia covered by the psychiatric rehabilitation system
Authors: Pawłowska Beata , Fijałkowska-Kiecka Paula , Potembska Emilia , Domański Marek , Lewczuk Edward
Published: December 2015

Cel

Celem badań było porównanie cech obrazu siebie, sposobów radzenia sobie ze stresem oraz nasilenia niepokoju u pacjentów z rozpoznaniem schizofrenii przed rozpoczęciem i po zakończeniu programu rehabilitacyjnego.

Metoda

Grupę badaną stanowiło 32 pacjentów z rozpoznaniem lekarskim schizofrenii, według kryteriów ICD-10. Średni wiek badanych pacjentów wynosił 35 lat, średni czas trwania choroby – 12 lat. Pacjenci przebadani zostali dwukrotnie (przy przyjęciu do oddziału rehabilitacji psychiatrycznej i przy wypisie) następującymi testami psychologicznymi: Testem Przymiotnikowym ACL, Kwestionariuszem Radzenia Sobie ze Stresem oraz Arkuszem Samopoznania Cattella. Dane socjodemograficzne pacjentów określono na podstawie Ankiety socjodemograficznej własnej konstrukcji.

Wyniki

Stwierdzono istotne statystycznie różnice w zakresie cech obrazu siebie, sposobów radzenia sobie ze stresem oraz nasilenia niepokoju u pacjentów przed rozpoczęciem rehabilitacji psychiatrycznej oraz po jej zakończeniu.

Wnioski

1. Badana grupa pacjentów po zakończeniu programu rehabilitacyjnego ma niższy poziom lęku i niepokoju, bardziej pozytywny obraz siebie, wyższą samoocenę, lepiej radzi sobie ze stresem i zadaniami oraz chętniej nawiązuje bliskie więzi międzyludzkie niż przed rozpoczęciem rehabilitacji psychiatrycznej. 2. Badani pacjenci po zakończeniu rehabilitacji psychiatrycznej rzadziej w sytuacji stresu izolują się, koncentrują na doświadczanym cierpieniu oraz reagują poczuciem bezradności i beznadziejności.
Open Dialogue Approach – about the phenomenon of Scandinavian Psychiatry
Authors: Kłapciński Michał , Rymaszewska Joanna
Published: December 2015

Po dwudziestu latach transformacji fińskiej opieki psychiatrycznej, na przełomie lat osiemdziesiątych i dziewięćdziesiątych ubiegłego wieku zapadalność na schizofrenię w Zachodniej Laponii spadła z 35/100 tys. do 7/100 tys.mieszkańców. Wcześniej, pod koniec lat sześćdziesiątych XX wieku Yrjo O. Alanen i jego współpracownicy rozpoczęli badanie efektywności leczenia oraz rehabilitacji psychospołecznej osób ze schizofrenią. Opracowano spersonalizowany plan terapeutyczny dla chorych, jeszcze w trakcie hospitalizacji obejmując opieką rodziny chorych. Kolejnym krokiem był Fiński Narodowy Program Leczenia Schizofrenii w oparciu o zasady Leczenia Dostosowanego do Potrzeb z naciskiem na oddziaływania psychospołeczne. Połowa Finlandii została objęta opieką mobilnych zespołów kryzysowych. Dalsze badania były prowadzone w latach 1992-93 w ramach Programu Zintegrowanego Leczenia Psychoz, którego rozwinięciem w Zachodniej Laponii był Program Leczenia oparty na Otwartym Dialogu 1994-97 [Open Dialogue in Acute Psychosis, ODAP]. W ramach tego podejścia wszelkie istotne decyzje dotyczące pacjenta, w tym o włączeniu farmakoterapii czy hospitalizacji, są podejmowane wspólnie, z udziałemnietylkocałegozespołuterapeutycznego, ale także pacjenta i członków jego rodziny. Dwu- i pięcioletni okres obserwacji wykazuje wysoką skuteczność podejścia jak i zauważalną redukcję wydatków na opiekępsychiatryczną. W Polsce od września 2013 prowadzonesą kursy szkoleniowe terapii Otwartego Dialogu dla przedstawicieli środowiska lekarskiego, psychologicznego, pielęgniarskiego i pomocy socjalnej.
The efficacy of determinants of attention bias training in mental disorders
Authors: Kłosowska Joanna , Blaut Agata , Paulewicz Borysław
Published: December 2015

Artykuł poświęcony jest metodzie treningu tendencyjności uwagi, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem jej efektywności i możliwości zastosowania w różnych zaburzeniach psychicznych. Wyniki aktualnych meta-analiz i wybranych eksperymentów wskazują na możliwą skuteczność treningu w przypadku niektórych zaburzeń lękowych (zaburzenie lękowe uogólnione i fobia społeczna), szczególnie u osób młodszych. Jego efektywność w przypadku innych, badanych do tej pory zaburzeń takich jak depresja i uzależnienia wydaje się wątpliwa. Przeanalizowano moderatory skuteczności treningu, brane pod uwagę w dotychczasowych badaniach: wiek osób badanych, rodzaj zadania treningowego, typ i lokalizacja emocjonalnych bodźców poprzedzających, długość trwania treningu, świadomość celu badania, oraz miejsce przeprowadzania badań (laboratorium badawcze lub dom osoby badanej). Wydaje się, że większą skuteczność treningu tendencyjności uwagi można uzyskać stosując dłuższe treningi, odbywające się w laboratorium (nie w warunkach domowych) i wykorzystujące bodźce werbalne (a nie obrazkowe). Nie jest jasne, czy uczestnicy treningu powinni być świadomi jego celu, oraz czy rozmieszczenie bodźców jeden nad drugim wiąże się z lepszymi efektami treningu niż rozmieszczenie horyzontalne.
BDNF as a biomarker in the course and treatment of schizophrenia
Authors: Libman-Sokołowska Małgorzata , Drozdowicz Ewa , Nasierowski Tadeusz
Published: December 2015

Wielu naukowców podziela przekonanie, że geny i białka zaangażowane w etiopatogenezę zaburzeń psychicznych, mogą pełnić rolę biomarkerów – biologicznych znaczników stanu zdrowia. Markery genetyczne określają ogólne predyspozycje osoby badanej, zaś inne biochemiczne wskaźniki, takie jak stężenie substancji w płynach ustrojowych, mówią o aktualnym stanie organizmu. Wśród badaczy schizofrenii dużym zainteresowaniem cieszą się gen i białko BDNF (ang. brain-derived neurotrophic factor – neurotroficzny czynnik pochodzenia mózgowego), ze względu na rolę tej neurotrofiny w neurogenezie, synaptogenezie oraz jej wpływ na funkcję neuronów dopaminergicznych.
W grupie osób chorych na schizofrenię, gen BDNF badano pod kątem polimorfizmów i metylacji w obrębie sekwencji promotorowych. Oznaczano też stężenie samej neurotrofiny w mózgach chorych post mortem i we krwi żyjących pacjentów, często uwzględniając wpływ terapii farmakologicznej. Analiza wyników tych badań ujawnia wiele sprzeczności i niejasności. Jedyną wielokrotnie potwierdzoną obserwacją jest obniżenie stężenia białka BDNF w surowicy krwi chorych na schizofrenię w porównaniu do osób zdrowych. Wydaje się, że na razie nasza wiedza na temat regulacji ekspresji genu BDNF i funkcji białka jest zbyt mała, aby w oparciu o BDNF wnioskować o stanie pacjentów cierpiących na schizofrenię.
The Polish version of the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory: factor analysis, reliability and the prevalence of delusion-like experiences in the Polish population
Authors: Prochwicz Katarzyna , Gawęda Łukasz
Published: December 2015

Cel

Celem badania było określenie właściwości psychometrycznych polskiej wersji Skali Urojeń Peters i wsp. (1999) oraz ocena częstości występowania poszczególnych doświadczeń podobnych do urojeń wśród osób zdrowych psychicznie w populacji polskiej.

Metoda

Polską wersję językową skali PDI przygotowano stosując procedurę tłumaczenia zwrotnego. Następnie przebadano 421 zdrowych osób dorosłych. Przeprowadzono analizę czynnikową, analizę rzetelności skali PDI oraz obliczono częstość występowania poszczególnych doświadczeń podobnych do urojeń w populacji polskiej.

Wyniki

Polską wersję skali PDI charakteryzuje wysoka rzetelność (alfa Cronbacha od 0,84 do 0,87). Kryterium graficzne Cattella (wykres osypiska) wskazuje na jednoczynnikową strukturę skali. Osoby badane potwierdziły występowanie średnio12,50 (SD = 6,9) spośród 40 różnych doświadczeń mierzonych skalą PDI. Najczęściej występowało przekonanie o tym, że ludzie mówią rzeczy o podwójnym znaczeniu (79,8% badanych). Najrzadziej (2,37% przypadków) badani potwierdzali obecność doświadczeń o treści zbliżonej do objawów o znaczeniu klinicznym.

Wnioski

Polska wersja skali PDI charakteryzuje się dobrymi właściwościami psychometrycznymi i może być używana do pomiaru doświadczeń podobnych do urojeń w grupie osób zdrowych psychicznie. Rozpowszechnienie przekonań podobnych do urojeń w populacji polskiej waha się od 2 do 80% w zależności od treści.
Letter to Editor. Is it possible to support cognitive behavioral therapy, led remotely, by determining so-called therapeutic tasks?
Authors: Brodziak Andrzej , Różyk-Myrta Alicja , Wolińska Agnieszka
Published: December 2015

Autorzy komentują, w swoim liście do Redakcji, niedawne publikacje, dotyczące prób zdalnego stosowania kognitywnej terapii behawioralnej (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – CBT) w leczeniu zespołów lękowych u osób starszych. Wyróżniona sytuacja kliniczna jest częścią szerszego problemu, który można ująć hasłem „globalnego kryzysu starzejących się społeczeństw”. Zastosowanie CBT jest w wielu geriatrycznych sytuacjach klinicznych skuteczne, lecz terapia taka jest bardzo czasochłonna, co w praktyce uniemożliwia jej szerokie stosowanie. Autorzy proponują więc wspomaganie tej formy leczenia poprzez wyznaczanie tzw. zadań terapeutycznych. Uzasadnienie dla proponowanej metody wywodzą oni z analizy istotnych czynników oddziaływujących, różnych nowych form CBT w zestawieniu z wynikami analizy źródeł odporności psychicznej (resilience) tych osób starszych, które czują się dobrze. Istotą proponowanej przez autorów metody jest wyznaczanie zadań, których wykonanie uświadomi pacjentowi przebytą „trajektorię życiową”, dalsze istnienie nierozwiązanych konfliktów psychicznych oraz zadań pomagających rozwiązywać problemy i wytwarzać „zrównoważone wyobrażenie o swoim życiu”.
Effects of statins on delirium following cardiac surgery – evidence from literature
Authors: Mariscalco Giovanni , Mariani Silvia , Biancari Fausto , Banach Maciej
Published: December 2015

Delirium jest częstym powikłaniem po operacji serca, jest związane ze znaczną chorobowością i śmiertelnością. Patogeneza majaczenia pooperacyjnego (POD) jest złożona i wieloczynnikowa, z udziałem interakcji wielorakich czynników predysponujących oraz wywołujących. Jest kilka hipotez dotyczących mechanizmów leżących u podstaw POD, a jeden z najnowszych pojawiających się obejmuje zapalenie tkanki nerwowej, które jest pogarszane przez systemową reakcją zapalną spowodowaną pomostowaniem sercowo-płucnym. Badania doświadczalne i kliniczne udokumentowano ostatnio ulepszoną okołooperacyjną centralną ochronę neuronalną wywieraną przez statyny ze względu na ich przeciwzapalne, immunomodulujące oraz przeciwzakrzepowe właściwości. Niniejszy przegląd będzie skoncentrowany na możliwym ochronnym działaniu wywieranym przez podawanie statyn w okresie okołooperacyjnym na majaczenie następujące po operacji serca.

Delirium jest częstym powikłaniem po operacji serca, jest związane ze znaczną chorobowością i śmiertelnością. Patogeneza majaczenia pooperacyjnego (POD) jest złożona i wieloczynnikowa, z udziałem interakcji wielorakich czynników predysponujących oraz wywołujących. Jest kilka hipotez dotyczących mechanizmów leżących u podstaw POD, a jeden z najnowszych pojawiających się obejmuje zapalenie tkanki nerwowej, które jest pogarszane przez systemową reakcją zapalną spowodowaną pomostowaniem sercowo-płucnym. Badania doświadczalne i kliniczne udokumentowano ostatnio ulepszoną okołooperacyjną centralną ochronę neuronalną wywieraną przez statyny ze względu na ich przeciwzapalne, immunomodulujące oraz przeciwzakrzepowe właściwości. Niniejszy przegląd będzie skoncentrowany na możliwym ochronnym działaniu wywieranym przez podawanie statyn w okresie okołooperacyjnym na majaczenie następujące po operacji serca.
Letter to Editor. An innovative program of assistance to people with personality disorders
Authors: Niezgoda Ewa
Published: December 2015

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Analysis of Soil Categories on Seismograf Sensor in Java Island Based on Ground Predominant Period and Vs30
Authors: Wibowo Nugroho Budi , Nurhaci Dian Susri
Published: December 2015

The aim of this research is to analyze the categorization of soil at sensor site locations based on predominant period of the ground and Vs30. This study was conducted at nine sites seismograph sensors in Java and Madura. Data processing method is using HVSR (Horizontal to Vertical Ratio) based on the SESAME European research project. The Java and Madura Vs30’s data were obtained from the USGS. This study utilizes the criteria of JRA 1990 and BSSC 2000 were used to determine the soil categories. It is found that the criteria of JRA 1900 and BSSC 2000 satisfies some sites namely LEM, KMMI, UGM and WOJI. The site of LEM and UGM have a soil that can be categorized in C type (dense soil / sand to soft rock) with dense soil conditions to the rock weathering process. Site KMMI can be categorized in D type (stiff soil) with dense soil conditions. Whereas the site WOJI can be categorized in A + B type (Hard rock and firm to hard rock) with hard rock conditions.
Nucleon-Nucleon Potentials and Computation of Scattering Phase Shifts
Authors: Bhoi Jhasaketan , Laha Ujjwal
Published: December 2015

By judicious exploitation of supersymmetry formalism of quantum mechanics higher partial wave nucleon-nucleon potentials are generated from its ground state interactions. The nuclear Hulthen potential and the corresponding ground state wave function with the parameters of Arnold and MacKellar are used as the starting point of our calculation. We compute the scattering phase shifts for our constructed potentials through Phase Function Method to examine the merit of our approach to the problem.
Perverse fragments: Citing Cavafy in crisis-stricken Athens
Authors: Plantzos Dimitris
Published: December 2015

A publicity campaign run in Athens by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in October 2013 in order to advertise its acquisition of the Cavafy Archive, until then lying in relevant obscurity, turned into a media disaster when critics and members of the public protested against what they argued was a misquoting of the highly revered Alexandrian. In this article, I am looking at this rather entertaining story of misunderstood intentions in order to suggest that even though Cavafy himself may be shown to have enjoyed history as fragmented experience, and despite the fact that the modern archive is one of often-conflicting partialities rather than one of completeness, we, as consumers of Cavafy’s oeuvre, tend to sustain his long-established position as a paragon of Greek culture, canonized through his own nonconformity. As a typical case of ‘archive fever’, the events described here confirm the political specificity of any literary discourse, even when conducted out of context (or especially so).
Closing the window on Cavafy: Foregrounding the background in the photographic portraits
Authors: Kourelis Kostis
Published: December 2015

Two portraits commissioned by C. P. Cavafy a few years before his death have become the dominant images of the poet’s posthumous legacy. An Asian tapestry framing the poet’s head is critical in understanding Cavafy’s self-representation and artistic sensibilities. The tapestry connects Cavafy with the British Aesthetic movement of the 1870s that he witnessed through the social circle of painter James McNeill Whistler and his Greek patrons. The article also argues that the erotic sensibilities of the tapestry were intentionally suppressed in the dissemination of the artist’s image by Greek modernism of the 1930s. The photographic background affirms the complex associations between domestic space, photography and closeted iconographies in the life of a poet who did not leave behind a rich body of writing on the visual arts. Foregrounding this photographic background opens up a new dimension to the artistic universe of Cavafy and his impact in the visual history of portraiture.
Cavafy reanimated: Intermedial transformations in comics and animation
Authors: Diamantopoulou Lilia , Stoikou Zyranna
Published: December 2015

Due to his prominence and recognizability, Cavafy’s reception has expanded in recent years to include diverse types of media. This article focuses on the intermedial transformations/translations of Cavafy’s work into comics, animations and film. It begins with a theoretical overview of current terms, such as intermedial transformation and adaptation, and goes on to examine general aspects of the transition from one medium to another. It subsequently analyses the ways in which the specific characteristics and devices of the source medium are transformed in the target medium. Special attention is directed on Cavafy’s prose piece ‘Eis to fos tis imeras’/’In Broad Daylight’ (1895–96), as well as the poems ‘Ithaki’/’Ithaca’ (1911) and ‘Teichi’/’The Walls’ (1897). The article questions traditional views that distinguish between commercial visual transformations/translations and artistic ones or between ‘faithful’ and ‘unfaithful’ adaptations, pointing out that the most accomplished intermedial translations of Cavafy are often those which stray from the original context of Cavafy’s poetry.
Cavafy’s web legacy: C. P. Cavafy in the public sphere of the Web 2.0
Authors: Sichani Anna-Maria
Published: December 2015

This article approaches the social and cultural aspects of engaging with and communicating C. P. Cavafy and his oeuvre in Web 2.0 platforms from an interdisciplinary point of view. By discussing the social web as a new discourse network, the article initially describes how the data architecture of the Web 2.0 ecology reconfigures communicative procedures, relations and roles towards a platformed sociality. It subsequently focuses on ways in which the transformation of the reader/user into a content-producer may enrich the engagement with the Cavafian oeuvre. The notion of digi-formance is also proposed to describe the tropes that the usergenerated content is communicated through Web 2.0 environments, inaugurating a participatory culture and practice based on notions of consumer production, remix and sharing. The article ends by further suggesting how the social web and digital networking technologies could remodel literary sociality, in which the Cavafian oeuvre and scholarship are submerged, within the digital era.
Festival Review
Authors: Rapti Vassiliki
Published: December 2015

Greek film festivals as a diasporic institution in the United States of America: A comparative account
Workshop Review
Authors: Stamos Yannis
Published: December 2015

‘Greece in Crisis: Culture and The Politics of Austerity’ (University of Birmingham, 23 May 2015)
Film sport: Constraint and unrestraint in the 48-Hour Film Competition
Authors: Mercier Ocean Ripeka
Published: December 2015

Limited-time film-making and 48-Hour Film Competitions give people with a range of film-making experience a forum where their film can be made and screened in a short time under highly specific conditions and constraints. Their low budget and hasty construction means they operate in similar contexts to traditional amateur film-making, yet the conditions and constraints put in place by the competition means they are formed from a process more akin to a sporting event. The New Zealand version of the ‘the 48’ has screened hundreds of short films. This article describes the experiences of 26 New Zealand competition participants, explores the convergence of sport and film-making practice in their experience, and analyses some 48-Hour films. Certain conditions of ‘constraint’ produce adherence to the game-like challenges, but others permit and foster unrestraint from competitors, and this unrestraint differentiates 48-Hour films from industry-produced and other amateur film.
‘You’re what’s wrong with me’: Fish Tank, The Selfish Giant and the language of contemporary British social realism
Authors: Nwonka Clive James
Published: December 2015

Contemporary British social realism has rapidly gained critical adherents in mainstream film critique, with the 2009 film Fish Tank hailed as a triumphant demonstration of British political cinema. The 2013 film The Selfish Giant followed this trend, and both have been aggrandized as a concrete critique of social inequality and, in a similar vein to the films of Ken Loach, offer an insight into the destabilizing effects of living with marginalized social categories. However, this article contends that the representation of working-class characters in Fish Tank and The Selfish Giant can also be interpreted as a depoliticized form of British social realism that fails to effectively depict the scope of social inequality or critique current policies and problems. This article interrogates the critical responses that annex Fish Tank and the Selfish Giant with Loach’s body of films and suggests that the texts form part of a broader trend of decontextualization in contemporary British social realism.
Moving image installation, the embodied spectator of cinema and Amar Kanwar: Learning from intermediality
Authors: Rutherford Anne
Published: December 2015

This article juxtaposes cinema and moving image installation to question the ways cinema studies has understood embodied spectatorship. Through a close study of Amar Kanwar’s moving image installation, The Sovereign Forest, exhibited at ‘documenta 13’, the article draws on an intermedial approach to explore emerging transformations in the phenomenological dynamics of the moving image. The article explores how the concrete, multisensory experience of Kanwar’s installation trains the sensorium of the viewer, opening new possibilities for the moving image. This concrete physicality serves as a point of reference to refocus and sharpen the understanding of the more complex kinaesthetic dimensions of cinema spectatorship.
Reviews
Authors: Taylor Claire , Rowan-Legg Shelagh , Miguel Helio San , Zitong Qiu , Fernández Esther
Published: December 2015

Digital Imaging in Popular Cinema, Lisa Purse (2013) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ix, 174 pp., ISBN: 9780748646906, h/bk; ISBN: 97807486890, p/bk, £19.99

spanish Cinema 1973–2010: Auteurism, Politics, Landscape and Memory, Maria M. Delgado and Robin Fiddian (eds) (2013) Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 262 pp., ISBN: 9780719087110, h/back, £65.00

Reading ‘Bollywood’: The Young Audience and Hindi Films, Shakuntala Banaji (2012) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 232 pp., ISBN: 9780230001725, p/bk, £18.99

Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom, Sabrina Qiong Yu (2012) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 224 pp., ISBN: 9780748645473, h/bk, £60.00

Directors: From Stage to Screen and Back Again, Susan Beth Lehman (2013) Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 177 pp., ISBN: 9781841504902, p/back, £20
Architecture as Political Image: The Perspective of Advertising
Authors: Cairns Graham
Published: December 2015

In the realm of contemporary politics, the need to “communicate” is paramount. Some call political communication a process of manipulation, others a dark art of depict. Here, it will be examined as a form of promotion; as a form of advertising. However, it is an advertising typology that clearly appropriates architecture to its own persuasive ends.

The world of advertising has been subject to numerous developments throughout the course of its history. In the last three decades this has seen what had become the standard mode of visual communication, semiotics, replaced by divergent and ever more sophisticated systems. These systems, we suggest, require the application of phenomenology as an analytical framework if we are to fully understand how they work. However, the importance of semiotic systems of communication has not evaporated. They remain core to advertising and, although obvious to a now fully visually literate public, a reasonably effective technique. They also remain evident in the realm of architecture, political communication and, as we describe here, the combination of the two.

Examining two images of Barack Obama form the 2008 Presidential election in the United States, this paper underlines how core aspects of the standard semiotic system of analysis clearly reveal the promotional and persuasive techniques employed in “political imagery”. However, it also describes how they are incorporated into a broader framework of the politico-media-complex and how this has helped transform their communicative strategies into techniques which require the application of a phenomenological analysis. Employing the terminology of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes, Judith Williamson, Noam Chomsky and Maurice Merleau Ponty it will describe these images in fully advertising terms; an approach that turns the politics in play into a form of commercial exercise and the candidate promoted into a “product”. The communicative techniques revealed are of course applied by all parties and individuals operating within the competitive political arena but these images of Barack Obama are perhaps the ones that reveal the similarities between the advertising and politics, and their use of architecture, most succinctly.
Description of a model to facilitate male involvement in the reproductive health context by the registered nurses
Authors: Justus Amukugo Hans , Jooste Kareen , Nangombe Julia Paula
Published: December 2015

The aim of this article is to describe a model to facilitate male partner involvement in the RH context. The findings in chapter 3, step1 – concept analysis – which comprised the identification, definition and classification of concepts and the construction of an interrelationship between concepts and statements (chapter 4), formed the basis for the development of this model. This model to facilitate male partner involvement in RH is based on the theory generation of Chinn and Kramer (1991). The central concepts are defined by using the rules described by Rossouw (2000/1,) and Copi and Cohen (1996). Lastly, the model evaluation has been done in accordance with the method of Chinn and Kramer (1991).
MEG as a Medical Diagnostic Tool in the Greek Population
Authors: Anninos Photios , Adamopoulos Adam , Kotini Athanasia
Published: December 2015

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is the recording of the magnetic field produced by the flowing of ions in the brain. This article reports our experience in the application of MEG in patients and healthy volunteers in the Greek population. We provide a brief description of our research work. The MEG data were recorded in a magnetically shielded room with a whole-head 122 channel or an one-channel biomagnetometer. Our results lead us to believe that the MEG is an important research field which is evolving quickly with a number of interesting findings with respect to normal and abnormal functions of the human brain. It could provide clinical practice with an easy to perform non invasive method, which could be adjunct to conventional methods for the evaluation of brain disorders.
Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee in Children and Adolescents: Our Experience with Transchondral Drilling
Authors: Shaikh Hasour Hassan , Vícha Jan , Proček Tomáš , Pavlata Jaroslav , Kučera Tomáš
Published: December 2015

Osteochondritis dissecans(OCD) of the knee is identified with increasing frequency in the adolescent patient. Left untreated, OCD can cause significant impairment and restriction in physical activity and development of osteoarthritis at an early age. The diagnosis of lesions of OCD can be confirmed on plain radiographs. MRI has emerged as the gold standard to evaluate the stability of the lesion and the integrity of the overlying articular cartilage. Treatment of OCD lesions depend on the stability of the lesion. Stable lesions can be treated conservatively by physical activity modification and immobilization. Unstable lesions and stable lesions not responding to conservative measures should be treated surgically. Surgical options range from arthroscopic drilling, either transarticular or extra-articular drilling for stable lesions or salvage procedures such as autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT), mosaicplasty to restore joint and cartilage congruency.
Cell Stratification, Spheroid Formation and Bioscaffolds Used to Grow Cells in Three Dimensional Cultures
Authors: Hrebíková Hana , Čížková Dana , Chvátalová Jana , Pisal Rishikaysh , Adamčik Richard , Beznoska Pavel , Díaz-Garcia Daniel , Mokrý Jaroslav
Published: December 2015

The cell culture became an invaluable tool for studying cell behaviour, development, function, gene expression, toxicity of compounds and efficacy of novel drugs. Although most results were obtained from cell cultivation in two-dimensional (2D) systems, in which cells are grown in a monolayer, three-dimensional (3D) cultures are more promising as they correspond closely to the native arrangement of cells in living tissues. In our study, we focused on three types of 3D in vitro systems used for cultivation of one cell type. Cell morphology, their spatial distribution inside of resulting multicellular structures and changes in time were analysed with histological examination of samples harvested at different time periods. In multilayered cultures of WRL 68 hepatocytes grown on semipermeable membranes and non-passaged neurospheres generated by proliferation of neural progenitor cells, the cells were tightly apposed, showed features of cell differentiation but also cell death that was observable in short-term cultures. Biogenic scaffolds composed of extracellular matrix of the murine tibial anterior muscle were colonized with C2C12 myoblasts in vitro. The recellularized scaffolds did not reach high cell densities comparable with the former systems but supported well cell anchorage and migration without any signs of cell regression.
Deep Neck infections of Odontogenic Origin and Their Clinical Significance. A Retrospective Study from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Authors: Doležalová Helena , Zemek Josef , Tuček Luboš
Published: December 2015

Introduction: Cellulitis remains a very serious disease even today. Mortality, which varied between 10–40%, has been reduced owing to the standard securing of airway patency and use of an appropriate surgical treatment approach. Materials and methods: A total of 195 patients were hospitalised for cellulitis at the University Hospital in Hradec Králové during 2007–2011. The following parameters were evaluated: age, gender, dependence of incidence of the disease on the season of the year, frequency of attacks of the particular areas and their clinical characteristics, aetiology of the inflammation, types of patient complaints, prevalence of current systemic diseases, results of microbiological and selected laboratory analyses, socio-economic status of the patients, and duration of patient stay at the hospital. Statistical analysis was performed by using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the statistical significance level was p < 0.05. Results: The mean age of the patients was 39.8 years. The group of 195 patients included 108 (55%) males and 87 (45%) females. The mean time between the first symptoms of the disease and admission to the Department was 5 days. From among the 195 patients, 116 (59.5%) were working persons, 79 (40.5%) were non-working (children, students, unemployed persons, women on maternity leave, retired people). The odontogenic origin of the disease was verified in 173 (88.7%) patients. In total, 65 (33.3%) patients had no coinciding complicating systemic disease, 22 (11.3%) patients had diabetes mellitus. The most frequent symptom of cellulitis was painful swelling, found in 194 (99.5%) patients, followed by jaw contracture, found in 153 (78.5%) patients. Conclusion: The results are largely very similar to those of previous studies performed in other countries, except that we found no correlation between the prevalence of cellulitis and the socio-economic status, nor have we confirmed Klebsiella pneumoniae sp. as the cause of cellulitis in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Non-Invasive Ocular Rigidity Measurement: A Differential Tonometry Approach
Authors: Detorakis Efstathios T. , Tsaglioti Emmanuela , Kymionis George
Published: December 2015

Purpose: Taking into account the fact that Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) geometrically deforms the corneal apex and displaces volume from the anterior segment whereas Dynamic Contour Tonometry (DCT) does not, we aimed at developing an algorithm for the calculation of ocular rigidity (OR) based on the differences in pressure and volume between deformed and non-deformed status according to the general Friedenwald principle of differential tonometry. Methods: To avoid deviations of GAT IOP from true IOP in eyes with corneas different from the “calibration cornea” we applied the previously described Orssengo-Pye algorithm to calculate an error coefficient “C/B”. To test the feasibility of the proposed model, we calculated the OR coefficient (r) in 17 cataract surgery candidates (9 males and 8 females). Results: The calculated r according to our model (mean ± SD, range) was 0.0174 ± 0.010 (0.0123–0.022) mmHg/μL. A negative statistically significant correlation between axial length and r was detected whereas correlations between r and other biometric parameters examined were statistically not significant. Conclusions: The proposed method may prove a valid non-invasive tool for the measurement method of OR, which could help in introducing OR in the decision-making of the routine clinical practice.
Gender differences in macroprolactinomas: a single centre experience
Authors: Khare Shruti , Lila Anurag R , Patt Hiren , Yerawar Chaitanya , Goroshi Manjunath , Bandgar Tushar , Shah Nalini S
Published: December 2015

Macroprolactinomas are the most common functional pituitary tumours. Hypotheses proposed to explain predominance of large tumours in males are: i) diagnostic delay, as hyperprolactinaemia remains under recognised in males and ii) gender-specific difference in tumour proliferation indices. Our study objectives are to compare gender differences in clinical, biochemical, radiological features, management outcomes and cabergoline responsiveness in macroprolactinomas. Drug resistance was defined as failure to achieve prolactin normalisation and >50% reduction in tumour volume with cabergoline (3.5 mg/week dose for minimum 6 months duration). The baseline characteristics of 100 patients (56 females and 44 males) with macroprolactinoma were analysed. Drug responsiveness was analysed in 88 treatment naive patients, excluding 12 post-primary trans-sphenoidal surgery cases. We found that females (30.29±10.39 years) presented at younger mean age than males (35.23±9.91 years) (P<0.01). The most common presenting symptom was hypogonadism (oligo-amenorrhoea/infertility) in females (96.15%) and symptoms of mass effect (headache and visual field defects) in males (93.18%). Baseline mean prolactin levels were significantly lower in females (3094.36±6863.01 ng/ml) than males (7927.07±16 748.1 ng/ml) (P<0.001). Maximal tumour dimension in females (2.49±1.48 cm) was smaller than males (3.93±1.53 cm) (P<0.001). In 88 treatment naïve patients, 27.77% females and 35.29% males had resistant tumours (P=0.48). On subgrouping as per maximum tumour dimension (1.1–2 cm, 2.1–4 cm and >4 cm), gender difference in response rate was insignificant. In conclusion, macroprolactinomas are equally prevalent in both sexes. Macroprolactinomas in males predominantly present with symptoms of mass effects, as against females who present with symptoms of hypogonadism. Males harbor larger tumours but are equally cabergoline responsive as those in females.
Bistriopelma, a new genus with two new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)
Authors: Kaderka Radan
Published: December 2015

Bistriopelma gen. nov. from the Andean region in Peru is here described, diagnosed and illustrated, together with two new species Bistriopelma lamasi sp. nov. as a type species and Bistriopelma matuskai sp. nov. This new genus differs from all other theraphosid genera, except the genus Phrixotrichus Simon 1889 (sensu Perafán & Pérez-Miles 2014) and the troglobite species Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso 2013, in the presence of two abdominal dorsolateral patches of the type III urticating setae. Bistriopelma gen nov. can be distiguished from Phrixotrichus by the different shape of spermathecae in females, consisting of two separate subparallel seminal receptacles in Bistriopelma gen. nov. but strongly divergent in Phrixotrichus and by the different morphology of male palpal bulb (embolus projecting retrolaterally from tegulum in Bistriopelma gen. nov. against posteriorly in Phrixotrichus); furthermore by the presence of basal spine on prolateral tibial apophysis, the absence of the type IV urticating setae and paired tarsal claws denticulate. Bistriopelma gen. nov. is separated from Tmesiphantes hypogeus by the position of the urticating seta patches (middle of abdomen in Bistriopelma gen. nov. and posterior half in Tmesiphantes hypogeus), the different shape of spermathecae (long separate seminal receptacles with subapical constriction in Bistriopelma gen. nov. and short, subtriangular and widely separated in Tmesiphantes hypogeus) and also in the extension of metatarsal scopulae. Additional comments and a distribution map of all species of this genus are provided.
Three new species of Drosophila tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the eastern Andes of Ecuador
Authors: Ramos Guillín Emily , Rafael Violeta
Published: December 2015

Three new species of the Drosophila tripunctata group are described and illustrated. These new species were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. The collections were from Napo Province, Ecuador at 2 200 m and 3 362 m above sea level. The new species are: Drosophila napoensis sp. nov., Drosophila cuyuja sp. nov. and Drosophila quijos sp. nov. The first two species belong to subgroup I and the latter species belong to subgroup III of the Drosophila tripunctata group.
Histioea magistrae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiini) de la Amazonía sudeste de Perú
Authors: Grados Juan
Published: December 2015

Se describe e ilustra los adultos del macho de Histioea magistrae, nueva especie de Euchromiina (Arctiini), de la Amazonía sudeste de Perú, comparándola con Histioea hoffmannsi Rothschild, 1911, especie semejante.
Comparación foliar morfológica y anatómica entre ejes producidos por semilla y por ramificación basal de Astrocaryum carnosum (Arecaceae)
Authors: Rivas Marinoli , Millán Betty , Kahn Francis
Published: December 2015

En la palmera cespitosa Astrocaryum carnosum se describe y compara la morfología y anatomía foliar  entre ejes producidos por semilla y ejes producidos por ramificación basal en tres fases de desarrollo; fase 1: hojas enteras, fase 2: hojas irregularmente pinnadas con 2 a 6 pares pinnas y fase 3 con 7 a 21 pares de pinnas). En cada caso se midieron cuatro parámetros morfológicos y 14 parámetros anatómicos para la fase 1; y 12 parámetros morfológicos y 14 parámetros anatómicos para las fases 2 y 3. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (p<0.05) en el número de hojas, largo del pecíolo, largo de la lámina, ancho de la pinna basal y media, espesor del parénquima esponjoso, tamaño del paquete de fibras no vasculares y densidad estomática.
Efecto de la temperatura en respuestas fisiológicas de la concha de abanico Argopecten purpuratus
Authors: Dionicio Acedo Jhon , Flores Mego Jorge
Published: December 2015

Se determinó el efecto de la temperatura sobre la tasa de aclaramiento (TA), ingestión (TI) y consumo especifico de oxígeno (CEO) en individuos de Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1891) de distintos grupos de tallas. Las pruebas de TA y TI se realizaron a una concentración de Chaetoceros calcitrans de aproximadamente 1x106 cel.mL-1, se evaluaron dos temperaturas 17 y 22 °C y se conformaron diferentes grupos de tallas promedio de 7.6 ± 0.265, 4.9 ± 0.058 y 3.7 ± 0.173 cm. En las pruebas de CEO los grupos de tallas promedio fueron 8.1 ± 0.351, 5.6 ± 0.058 y 4.3 ± 0.100 cm. Los resultados muestran un efecto significativo de la temperatura en la TA (L.h-1) y TI (cel.h-1 x 105) sobre los individuos de mayor tamaño (7.6 ± 0.265 cm), observándose a 22 °C un incremento promedio, respecto a 17 °C, de hasta 250% para TA y 48% para TI. Además, se observó una relación directa del tamaño corporal con las TA y TI en ambas temperaturas. Se registró el efecto de la temperatura de 22 °C sobre CEO en todos los grupos evaluados, con un incremento de 239.8, 165.3 y 183.4% para individuos de tallas de 8.1 ± 0.351, 5.6 ± 0.058 y 4.3 ± 0.100 respectivamente. Asimismo, los resultados muestran una relación indirecta del tamaño corporal con la CEO, en ambas temperaturas evaluadas.
Calidad de agua de la bahía interior de Puno, lago Titicaca durante el verano del 2011
Authors: Beltrán Farfán Diana F. , Palomino Calli Rocio P. , Moreno Terrazas Edmundo G. , Peralta Cesar G. , Montesinos-Tubée Daniel B.
Published: December 2015

Con objetivo de evaluar la calidad acuática de la bahía interior de Puno, se establecieron 12 estaciones de muestreo aleatoriamente, evaluadas mensualmente entre diciembre del 2010 a abril del 2011. Se determinaron parámetros fisicoquímicos utilizando las metodologías validadas de EPA y APHA, los nutrientes se determinaron mediante espectrofotometría. La temperatura, oxígeno disuelto, pH, fosfatos, nitratos y nitritos del agua indican que el área próxima a la salida de la laguna de estabilización de la ciudad (Isla Espinar) es una zona crítica de contaminación en la Bahía Interior de Puno. Los valores de transparencia del agua fueron bajos. La conductividad eléctrica del agua registró valores elevados. Los valores de alcalinidad fueron altos (75 – 150 mg/L) y muy altos (>150 mg/L), indicando un alto contenido de carbonatos y bicarbonatos. La dureza total registrada indica aguas duras (121 – 180 mg/L) y muy duras (>180 mg/L). Las altas cantidades de coliformes fecales (E. coli) en aguas cercanas a la Isla Espinar serian el resultado de las descargas de aguas residuales de la ciudad de Puno, sin un tratamiento adecuado.
Sign Language and Spoken Language for Children With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review
Authors: Fitzpatrick Elizabeth M. , Hamel Candyce , Stevens Adrienne , Pratt Misty , Moher David , Doucet Suzanne P. , Neuss Deirdre , Bernstein Anita , Na Eunjung
Published: December 2015

CONTEXT:

Permanent hearing loss affects 1 to 3 per 1000 children and interferes with typical communication development. Early detection through newborn hearing screening and hearing technology provide most children with the option of spoken language acquisition. However, no consensus exists on optimal interventions for spoken language development.

OBJECTIVE:

To conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of early sign and oral language intervention compared with oral language intervention only for children with permanent hearing loss.

DATA SOURCES:

An a priori protocol was developed. Electronic databases (eg, Medline, Embase, CINAHL) from 1995 to June 2013 and gray literature sources were searched. Studies in English and French were included.

STUDY SELECTION:

Two reviewers screened potentially relevant articles.

DATA EXTRACTION:

Outcomes of interest were measures of auditory, vocabulary, language, and speech production skills. All data collection and risk of bias assessments were completed and then verified by a second person. Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to judge the strength of evidence.

RESULTS:

Eleven cohort studies metinclusion criteria, of which 8 included only children with severe to profound hearing loss with cochlear implants. Language development was the most frequently reported outcome. Other reported outcomes included speech and speech perception.

LIMITATIONS:

Several measures and metrics were reported across studies, and descriptions of interventions were sometimes unclear.

CONCLUSIONS:

Very limited, and hence insufficient, high-quality evidence exists to determine whethersign language in combination with oral language is more effective than oral language therapy alone. More research is needed to supplement the evidence base.