bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nueva propuesta de educación emocional en clave de integración y al servicio del crecimiento. New proposal of emotional education In the key of integration and in the service of growth
Authors: Orón Semper José Víctor
Published: June 2017

Las posturas educativas asumidas son deudoras de posturas previas que no pertenecen del campo educativo. En el ámbito de la educación emocional, se ha formulado propuestas de intervención sin un detallado estudio previo interdisciplinar. En el presente estudio, se revisan cuales son los antecedentes que sustentan la propuesta actual dominante de educación emocional llamada ‘regulación emocional’. Nuestro estudio permite plantear una alternativa más completa que aquí proponemos y llamamos ‘integración emocional al servicio del crecimiento’. Para tal cometido se revisa el transforndo filosófico, neurocientífico y psicológico que sustenta las diversas propuestas. Se descubre una correspondencia lógica, que a modo de hilo conductor atraviesan las diversas disciplinas. De tal forma que, quién sustenta ciertas posturas filosóficas, neurocientíficas y psicológicas es normal que acabe en una propuesta de educación emocional concreta y no en otra. Por último se ofrecen estudios iniciales de intervención educativa que apoyan la idoneidad de la nueva propuesta. The educational positions assumed are debtors of previous positions that do not belong to the educational eld. In the eld of emotional education, proposals for intervention have been formulated without a detailed, interdisciplinary study. In the present study, we review the antecedents that support the current dominant proposal of emotional education called ‘emotional regulation’. Our study allows us to propose a more complete alternative that we introduce here and we call ‘emotional integration in the service of growth’. For this purpose the philosophical, neuroscientific and psychological transformation that supports the various proposals is reviewed. A logical correspondence is discovered, which as a guiding thread cross the various disciplines. Thus, who supports certain philosophical, neuroscientific and psychological positions is normal to end in a proposal of concrete emotional education and not another. Finally, initial studies of educational intervention are offered that support the appropriateness of the new proposal
Leibnizian Philosophy and the Pluralism of Religion and Culture: The Case of China. Filosofía Leibniziana y el Pluralismo de la religión y la cultura: el caso de China
Authors: Edamura Shohei
Published: June 2017

In this paper, I present Leibniz’s understanding of natural theology and reason for which, according to him, any person in the world has her natural reason, through which she can realize eternal truths such as that every human soul is immortal. Secondly I discuss how Leibniz evaluated the Chinese theology. According to him, the ancient Chinese understood God or the supreme substance by the name of “Li (理)” or Shangdi (上帝), and without a revelation they knew that God created everything in the universe in accordance with His providence. Then I argue that although Leibniz’s understanding of the Chinese theology was not altogether accurate, we can still understand that in a limited sense, Leib- niz had a pluralistic view in terms of religion and culture that can foster dialogue today between the philosophies of the world.
Nuevas ecologías: pensamiento posconciliar y crueldad animal. New Ecologies: postconciliar thought and animal cruelty
Authors: Aranda Vargas Juan Pablo
Published: June 2017

La pregunta sobre la distinción entre el reino animal y la especie humana es tan antigua como la razón misma. Dos extremos pueden ser identificados: la idea del ser humano como dictador de la naturaleza, que gobierna la vida y la muerte de las especies según su utilidad al proyecto humano; y la conceptualización del ser humano como administrador de la naturaleza, como responsable de su desarrollo armónico. El Concilio Vaticano II marcó un viraje hacia la segunda alternativa. En este contexto, la tauromaquia —como ejemplo paradigmático— puede ser cuestionada desde el catolicismo posconciliar y, más específicamente, desde la ecología integral de Francisco. The inquiry about the distinction between human beings and animals is as old as hu- man reason. We can identify two extreme positions: the conceptualization of the human kind as a dictator over nature who rules the species’ life and death according to its utility to the human project, and the view of the human being as nature’s administrator, as the one in charge of its harmonic development. The Second Vatican Council oriented the Catholic Church towards the second alternative. In this context, bullfights –a paradigmatic example– can be questioned by post-conciliar Catholicism and, more speci cally, from Francis’ integral ecology.
Nota crítica sobre el libre albedrío en De Libero Arbitrio, Liber II de San Agustín. Critical Note on Free Will In De Libero Arbitrio, Liber II of Saint Augustine
Authors: Márquez Domínguez Guadalupe
Published: June 2017

El problema de la libertad es un tema de actualidad y forma parte de nuestras preguntas fundamentales como seres humanos. Los filósofos medievales le han dado respuesta y lo que encontraremos aquí será un recorrido por las definiciones de libre albedrío y libertas, para partir luego a debatir y analizar tres argumentos en San Agustín que nos llevarán a la respuesta de la defensa de la libertad tanto divina como humana. ¿Cómo tener la certeza de que en la omnipotencia de Dios cabe la libertad del hombre, o que el hombre es libre a pesar de la omnisciencia de Dios? Este trabajo hace a un lado estas aparentes contradicciones y busca dar reflexión sobre el pensamiento agustiniano y propuestas ante la libertad del hombre y la voluntad Divina. The problem of free will is a topic of interest for today and still integrates the body of big questions we do as humans. Medieval philosophers tackled this problem too, giving a particular answer: such is the case of the notions of free will and liberty (libertas), that I trace back in Saint Augustine analysing three arguments that involve a defense of free will, both human and divine. How can we have certitude of God’s omnipotence interacting with human freedom? Are humans free in spite of God knowing things regardless of time? These lines reflect the apparent conceptual qualms of this contradictions and seek what the Augustinian response to human and divine free will proposes.
Editorial
Authors: Zarankin Andres , Pellini José Roberto , Soares Fernanda Codevilla
Published: June 2017

Iniciamos nosso primeiro editorial agradecendo e parabenizando Cristiana Barreto, Juliana Salles Machado e Eduardo Neves—membros da comissão editorial anterior da Revista de Arqueologia —, pelas vitórias alcançadas ao longo dos últimos dois anos. O esforço da antiga comissão permitiu um avanço qualitativo enorme no periódico, tanto em nível de organização, quanto, e principalmente, na normalização dos volumes das revistas, os quais estão todos em dia e disponibilizados on-line.
Lugares persistentes e identidades distribuídas no Baixo Amazonas
Authors: Barreto Cristiana , Nascimento Hannah Fernandes , Pereira Edithe
Published: June 2017

Apresentamos os primeiros resultados de pesquisas em sítios cerâmicos a céu aberto na região de Monte Alegre (PA), área previamente conhecida pela arte rupestre e pelos registros antigos de ocupação humana. Com uma abordagem regional, investigam-se agora os sítios cerâmicos a céu aberto de um período mais recente, a partir do século XIII. A análise cerâmica mostra que, apesar da proximidade de Santarém, os materiais de Monte Alegre apresentam características próprias, definidas pela escolha e combinação de alguns elementos estilísticos presentes nos repertórios de cerâmicas de áreas vizinhas e de outras com ampla dispersão regional. Ao final, discute-se a natureza fragmentária dos estilos cerâmicos e como estes podem resultar de processos de fluxo estilístico propiciados por extensas “redes de relações”.
Etnoarqueologia, colonialismo, patrimônio arqueológico e cemitérios Kaiowá no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
Authors: Eremites de Oliveira Jorge
Published: June 2017

Neste artigo, o autor apresenta uma discussão a respeito da relação entre colonialismo, cemitérios indígenas e preservação do patrimônio arqueológico no estado brasileiro de Mato Grosso do Sul. Para este propósito, é apresentado um estudo etnoarqueológico a respeito de cemitérios Guarani e Kaiowá, na tentativa de contribuir para o debate sobre a descolonização da Arqueologia no Brasil.
O universo cotidiano e simbólico da cerâmica das estearias
Authors: Costa Angislaine Freitas , Hissa Sarah de Barros Viana , Waisman de Azevedo Leonardo , Tramasoli Felipe , Amatuzzi Leonardo Judice
Published: June 2017

Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma análise da cerâmica arqueológica dos sítios de estearias do Maranhão, coletada por Raymundo Lopes na primeira metade do século XX e atualmente depositada no Museu Nacional-UFRJ. Utilizou-se a análise tecnológica e análise modal proposta por Scotty Raymond a fim de entender as regras estruturais de confecção dos artefatos. Funções hipotéticas relativas a atividades do cotidiano e rituais foram inferidas. Observou-se que existem vasilhas com efígies de animais e outras com pintura contendo grafismos abstratos, sendo essas associadas às atividades de natureza simbólica. Os dados indicam que o conjunto dos artefatos estudados expressa relações sociais, culturais e cosmológicas dos grupos envolvidos em seu fabrico e consumo.
Dando tempo ao tempo, na arqueologia
Authors: Viana Hissa Sarah de Barros
Published: June 2017

A arqueologia se constrói com base em necessárias convenções de mundo. Uma destas gira em torno do conceito de tempo. Desde o advento da industrialização, da intensificação do urbano e do comércio e da secularização e cientificização do pensamento, processos referentes à construção da modernidade, o tempo é compreendido principalmente como absoluto e não-humano. Neste contexto, as convenções do conceito giram em torno da sua mensurabilidade, regularidade, previsibilidade e linearidade. Contudo, essa não é a única concepção de tempo na filosofia, na arqueologia ou mesmo nas ciências exatas. Este artigo apresentará duas noções dicotômicas de tempo, como exercício reflexivo, visando apresentar formas de se conceber o tempo na arqueologia, que são relativas e dependentes do ser humano.
A proteção do patrimônio arqueológico
Authors: Santiago Djalma Guimarães
Published: June 2017

O tombamento é o mais conhecido e tradicional instrumento de proteção do patrimônio cultural utilizado no Brasil. A mais significativa prática da política federal de preservação. No entanto, de um universo de aproximadamente mil e quatrocentos bens tombados pelo Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) desde a sua fundação em 1937, verificamos que apenas oito sítios arqueológicos ou conjunto de sítios foram inscritos no Livro de Tombo Arqueológico, Etnográfico e Paisagístico.
Materialidad y Memoria del terrorismo de Estado a partir de investigaciones en el ex CCD “La Marquesita” (Provincia de San Juan, República Argentina)
Authors: Jofré Ivana Carina , Rosignoli Bruno , Mamby Luis Rodríguez , Suárez Carlos Marín , Biasatti Soledad
Published: June 2017

En 2012, y por iniciativa de organismos de Derechos Humanos, en San Juan (Argentina), comienza un proceso de trabajo colectivo en torno a la propuesta de recuperación del centro clandestino de detención (CCD) denominado “La Marquesita”, perteneciente al Ejército Argentino. Durante la Dictadura, entre marzo de 1976 y principios de 1977, fue utilizado como lugar de tortura, interrogatorio, violencia sexual, asesinato y desaparición de personas, perseguidas por su militancia política, sindical y social. Este trabajo expone algunos aspectos de la investigación arqueológica-antropológica desarrollada en este espacio, enfatizando en los aportes de un proceso nacido de la demanda del sector civil, en constante tensión entre las políticas de memoria estatales, y las disputas sociales por su apropiación y refuncionalización actual.
Historia, memoria y desecho en lugares del Nacionalsocialismo
Authors: Compañy Gonzalo
Published: June 2017

Las preguntas que conducen este trabajo se relacionan, por un lado, con los lugares de memoria; y por el otro, con cómo un lugar de la historia se convierte en lugar del recuerdo, y sus implicancias, desde una perspectiva arqueológica. Tomando como caso de análisis Leipzig (Alemania), a pesar de la reglamentación patrimonial y los medios puestos en políticas de memoria se está perdiendo información sobre la historia contemporánea que permitiría completar vacíos de investigación, así como aportar nuevas perspectivas de análisis sobre el nacionalsocialismo. El rol que la cultura material juega en la historiografía daría cuenta de un complejo proceso de invisibilización al que ha sido conducida la materialidad y, con ello, confinados determinados aspectos de la historia.
Arqueologías Rebeldes
Authors: Catela Ludmila da Silva
Published: June 2017

Pensar juntos, reflexionar sobre las invisibilidades a partir de las evidencias materiales. Esta es la propuesta de reflexión colectiva a la cual nos invitan los trabajos sobre materialidades y memorias, arqueologías de la violencia política en el siglo XX. La lectura de los trabajos de este dossier proponen repensar las nociones con las cuales comprendemos el mundo, no ya sólo a través de las palabras y las prácticas, sino junto a las materialidades y sus huellas. Desde enfoques diversos, los análisis confluyen en miradas donde el objeto, la piedra, la tierra conforman un sistema que debe serinterpretado a la luz de los testimonios, los conflictos disciplinares, las coyunturas políticas y, sobre todo, en relación a un giro en los trabajos arqueológicos sobre el pasado reciente y las marcas opacas de la violencia.
Editorial
Authors: Zarankin Andres , Pellini José Roberto , Soares Fernanda Codevilla
Published: June 2017

Consolidando uma prática iniciada em outras gestões – e validando uma forma de estimular a publicação de novos trabalhos – a comissão editorial decidiu sistematizar a publicação do segundo volume anual da Revista de Arqueologia da SAB (normalmente publicado em Dezembro) como números temáticos sobre questões e problemas relevantes para a arqueologia nacional e Latino-Americana.
"A 80 cm de la superficie"
Authors: Suárez Carlos Marín
Published: June 2017

En este trabajo se analiza la creación y desarrollo del Grupo de Investigación en Antropología Forense (GIAF), en Uruguay, radicado en la Universidad de la República (UdelaR)por orden de la Presidencia de la República en el año 2005. El análisis historiográfico del GIAF es fundamental para comprender el quiebre que ha supuesto dentro de la joven disciplina arqueológica en el país. Pero por otro lado, el repaso del engranaje institucional y de las vicisitudes del grupo en estos once años de arqueología de la dictadura en el país también resultan reveladores de cara a conocer las ambigüedades y contradicciones de la izquierda uruguaya en cuanto a la triada verdad, memoria y justicia, y para poder comprender el trascendental cambio discursivo que ha permitido la nueva materialidad exhumada.
Philosophie der Gefühle zwischen Feeling-Theorien, Kognitionstheorien und Axiologie
Authors: Moser Susanne
Published: June 2017

Philosophy of Emotions between Feeling-Theories, Cognition-Theories, and AxiologyThe article addresses some central philosophical issues in the current philosophical research on emotions. There are, on the one hand, those theories that owe their ancestry to the work of William James, arguing that emotions are bodily feelings or perceptions of bodily feelings; and, on the other hand, those theories that owe their ancestry to Aristotle and Brentano arguing that emotions are cognitive, world-directed intentional states. The author points out that emotions became the focus of vigorous interest in philosophy as well as in other branches of the cognitive sciences. In view of the proliferation of the increasingly fruitful exchanges between researchers of different stripes, it is no longer useful to speak of the philosophy of emotions as a research area isolated from the approaches of other disciplines, as for example psychology, neurology, and evolutionary biology.
Der Wert der Freiheit: Ricœurs Wertetheorie vs. Sartres?
Authors: Raynova Yvanka B.
Published: June 2017

On the Value of Freedom: Ricoeur's Value Theory vs. Sartre's?The following article is an attempt to reconstruct Sartre's and Ricoeur's theories of value in its main features, to compare it and to make some conclusions in regard of Ricoeur's Sartre reception. Thus, the task is to fill a gap in contemporary research since Sartre's value theory has been rarely examined, while that of Paul Ricoeur continue to be a blind spot within the study of his work; Ricoeur's Sartre reception has been hardly raised, but not in a explicit axiological context. In contrast to Françoise Dastur the following analysis is showing that in Le volontaire et l'involontaire Ricoeur not simply sided with Marcel by arguing against Sartre, but that he tried to mediate between the positions of the two thinkers. Finally, the author shows that Ricoeur's axiological concept, which emerged from this exchange, was retained partially in his later works precisely in that part which brought him closer to Sartre and detached him from Marcel, namely – freedom as a value and as a fundamental human capability of creation and invention of new moral and social values.
Feministische Religionsphilosophie - ein innovatives Projekt
Authors: Buchhammer Brigitte
Published: June 2017

Feminist Philosophy of Religion - an innovative ProjectThis essay seeks to launch a systematic basis for a feminist philosophy of religion. The critical thrust is explained with reference to latent sexism in a great part of the traditional philosophy of religion, with reference to Vatican documents, which are marked by perceptions and observations that have resulted in an attitude of discrimination against women. Furthermore, many theories in the field of feminist theology are flawed by argumentative deficiencies as well. These problem areas warrant a necessity to develop a new approach, which eliminates the reductionist views dominating the current debates, by means of a careful philosophical argument. The article is divided in three parts. It starts by a short exposition of the issues at stak, to explain the philosophical methodology and the concept of feminist philosophy constituting the basis of this essay. Reconstructing central differentiations of Kant's 'Critical Philosophy', it is demonstrated that Kant's most elaborate conception of the human being does provide a sound foundation for dealing with the pressing issues of our time. Thus core elements of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason are examined in light of the question, in which way a philosophical and theological discourse on God may be possible. What can feminist philosophy gain from Kant's moral philosophy as it seeks to discard unfounded or defective theories that result in discrimination against women? The third point leads through central arguments of Kant's philosophy of religion, mainly his theory of "Herzenskündiger”, and provides a survey of Kant's philosophical conception of 'church' (ethical commonwealth), contending that this sophisticated understanding is more in line with feminist concerns than some recent theories of an 'ecclesia of women'.
La femme et sa destinée d'après Edith Stein
Authors: Lauria Philippe
Published: June 2017

Woman's Destiny according Edith SteinThe following essay aims to show that Edith Stein's conception of women was a feminist and a traditionalist one. This could be interpreted by some philosophers as a sort of contradiction. Thus the author presents the different arguments detecting such a conflict between feminism and traditionalism. These arguments are based in fact on the opposition between nature or essence, on the one hand, and freedom, on the other hand. The thesis of the author is that there is not necessarily a conflict between essence and freedom, and that essence is not a fiction but an ontological reality which, interpreted in the way of Edith Stein, makes it possible to conceive sexual difference in a perfect synthesis between the Christian tradition and gender equality.
La critique sartrienne de l'universel abstrait : éléments pour une pensée du multiculturel
Authors: Gomez-Muller Alfredo
Published: June 2017

Sartre's Critique of the Abstract Universal: Elements for a Multicultural Thinking The question of cultural justice, which refers in different contexts to the exigency of universality, constitutes a central aspect of Sartre's writings after World War II as f. ex. Réflexions sur la question juive (1946), Orphée noir (1948), Cahiers pour une morale (1947-1948), the famous Preface to Les damnés de la terre of Franz Fanon (1961), and his article on the "question basque" (1971). In this texts Sartre poses some questions, which are crucial for the contemporary multiculturalism debates, specially the questions of cultural justice, of the concepts of universality and the practical subject, of the articulation between cultural justice and distributive justice, as well as of the relation between person, economics and culture. The aims of this article is to discuss the main points of Sartre's critique of the abstract universality on the basis of his Réflexions sur la question juive, and to articulate the fields where Sartre's thought offers the theoretical resources for a contemporary debate on cultural justice.
Sartres und Beauvoirs Antinaturalismus als Kritik am Geschlechterverhätnis in der Moderne
Authors: Moser Susanne
Published: June 2017

Sartre's and Beauvoir's Antinaturalism as Critique of the Concepts of Gender Relations in ModernitySartre's and Beauvoir's antinaturalism can be seen as the rejection of the attribution of some particu-lar "nature" to specific social groups in order to deny essential aspects of their human being or even of their humanity as such. Since the existential approach starts from the lived experience and includes praxis as a crucial factor of becoming oneself, it makes possible to show some phenomena of human being and human relations that remains invisible on the abstract philosophical level. One of these central phenomena is gender, respectively gender relations, and the interconnected mecha-nisms of oppression and social exclusion. The aim of the article is to reconstruct Sartre's and Beauvoir's antinaturalist conceptions and to compare it in order to articulate their consequences for the gender problematic.
Das Fleisch der Verantwortung
Authors: Boelderl Artur R.
Published: June 2017

In order to approach the phenomena of responsibility, which is primarily liability and accountability, the author suggests a phenomenological clarification of the question: What is the precondition that makes a responsible life possible? This question should enable to give an answer to another one which is from high anthropological and even political relevance, namely: Is there a spot beyond or "outside" of any responsibility, i.e. can a human being live as "irresponsible" in the radical meaning of the word? The main thesis of the author is that there is a situation in which a human being has no means to act by making any "own" choices and thus everything in his life is imposed to him from the outside. This situation is the nativity and, more concretely, the time-space of the pre-natal human life. The aim of this paper is to analyze this situation by means of Husserl's phenomenological reduction as well as of the "counter reduction" of Michel Henry, and consequently to propose a new understanding of the responsibility problematics.
Verantwortung angesichts humanbiologischer Herausforderungen
Authors: Kapust Antje
Published: June 2017

With the advancement of the new biotechnologies the problem of responsibility is becoming particularly acute. Instead of giving an own definition of responsibility, the author proposes to take it as a heuristic concept based on some Husserlian ideas developed in the Krisis. This ideas, which have some similarity with Jonas' principle of responsibility, are: first, responsibility as care for the vulnerable, second, responsibility in the context of a horizon of possibilities, and, third, responsibility for the own prerequisites as human being. By applying the hermeneutics of suspicion to some current issues, the author argues that the biotechnological revolution comes along with a shift of the cultures of recognition onto cultures of consumption. On the base of different arguments used in the biotechnological debates (arguments of status, of action relevance, of moral and right), three types of responsibility are revealed: the aporetic, the consecutive, and the quasi-hermeneutical responsibility, which enables a final controversy about their deficiency.
Phänomenologie als Antwort und Verantwortung. Von Husserl bis Derrida
Authors: Raynova Yvanka B.
Published: June 2017

Responsibility was always a key theme of Husserl and post-husserlian Phenomenology. This theme is related to Husserl's effort to give an answer, i.e. to offer a solution to the crisis of philosophy and the sciences. The article reconstructs the genesis and the successive development of the concept of responsibility in Husserl's work and its reinterpretation in the post-husserlian phenomenologies, especially those of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Hannah Arendt, Jan Patočka, Hans Jonas, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida.
Morphological characterization of chilli germplasm in Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman S , Hossain MA , Afroz R
Published: June 2017

An experiment was conducted using 60 chilli germplasm in the experimental field of Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur during winter 2013-14 to characterize the germplasm based on morphological traits. Data were recorded as per the descriptor developed by Biovarsity International (BI) and Minimal Descriptor of Agri-Horticultural Crops. The germplasm were collected from different parts of Bangladesh and evaluated for 22 qualitative and 5 quantitative characters. Distinct variation among the germplasm was observed in all the qualitative parameters except cotyledonous leaf shape and fruit persistence. The maximum variation was observed in fruit colour both at mature and immature stage. Fruit colour was observed in four categories, namely green, black, green with blackish blush and dark green. The germplasm AMS-42, AMS-45, RI-35 and AH-5 showed black coloured fruit indicating their high carotenoid content. Leaf pigmentation was found in AMS-39, AMS-44, AMS-45, AH-1and RI-2 germplasm. Purple coloured corolla observed in AMS-42, AMS-45, AH-1 and AH-2 showing their high pollen fertility. The highest quantitative variation was observed in yield per plant suggesting that the evaluated germplasm could be used in developing high yielding variety. Considering the yield and yield contributing parameters the germplasm AI-1, AI-2 and RI-2 were found better among the 60 germplasm.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 207-219, June 2017
Abundance of arthropod insect pests and natural enemies in rice field as influenced by rice growth stages and neighboring crops
Authors: Mukherjee P , Khan MMH
Published: June 2017

Studies were conducted to record the abundance of arthropod insect pests and natural enemies in rice fields as influenced by rice growth stages and neighboring crops at the experimental farm of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU), Dumki, Patuakhali during 2012 in Boro rice season following randomized complete block design. Results indicated that rice-tree habitat showed the highest abundance of leafhoppers (100.75) followed by cricket (16.50), grasshoppers (15.25) and stink bugs (15.25). The lowest abundance of all insect pests was in rice-sesame habitat. No significant differences were found on the abundance of rice bug, rice hispa and stem borer populations. At seedling stage, the highest abundance of leafhopper (94.25) was recorded followed by grasshopper (47.00) and stink bug (26.50) while the lowest was stem borer (0.57) and rice hispa (6.00). At early tillering stage, maximum number of grasshopper (17.25) was recorded followed by cricket (7.00). At maximum tillering stage, the highest abundance of leafhoppers (122.5) was obtained followed by rice bug (62.00) and the lowest was the stink bug (7.00). At panical initiation stage, the highest abundance of rice bug (334.00) was recorded which was followed by leafhoppers (65.25) and the lowest was the cricket (15.75). No population of rice hispa and stem borer was recorded at maximum tillering and panical initiation stages. In case of natural enemies, the highest abundance of lady bird beetle (45.27) and damselfly (16.73) was found in rice-rice habitat. The highest abundance of ichneumonid wasp (57.53) was in rice-tree habitat and ground beetle (28.80) was in rice-sesame habitat. No significant differences were observed on the abundance of dragonfly, spider and dipteran fly among different habitats. Among different growth stages of rice plant, significantly the highest abundance of lady bird beetle was recorded at maximum tillering stage. The highest abundance of ichneumonid wasp and ground beetle was recorded at seedling stage. The highest abundance of damselfly, spider and dipteran fly was at early tillering stage. No significant difference was observed on the abundance of dragonfly among different rice growth stages.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 309-319, June 2017
Effectiveness of some selected insecticides and botanicals against okra shoot and fruit borer
Authors: Mazed MA , Alam MZ , Miah MRU , Hossain MS , Awal MA
Published: June 2017

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of some selected insecticides and botanicals against okra shoot and fruit borer Earias vittella F. under field conditions. The insecticides tested were Relothrin 10EC @ 1ml l-1, Marshal 20EC @ 2ml l-1and Riva 2.5 EC @ ml l-1; and the botanicals were NSKE @ 50g l-1, Neem leaf extract @ 100g l-1 and Bishkatali leaf extract @ 100g l-1. An additional treatment of Mechanical control (hand picking) and an untreated control were maintained in the experiment for comparison. All treatments were applied at 15 days interval. Shoot infestation was the lowest in Marshal 20EC treated plot (4.34% at pre-fruiting and 3.55% at fruiting stage) and the highest was in untreated control plot (21.4%). The lowest fruit infestation by okra shoot and fruit borer was obtained with Marshal 20EC (5.07% n/n and 3.65% w/w) followed by Relothrin 10EC (5.43% n/n and 4.27% w/w) and the highest infestation was observed under untreated control plot (19.67% n/n and 19.81% w/w). The reduction of fruit infestation over untreated control ranged from 56.93-81.55% by number and 43.47-74.22% by weight. The highest marketable yield (10.46 t ha-1) was obtained in Marshal 20EC treated plot followed by in Relothrin 10EC 10.30 t ha-1 with the maximum benefit cost ratio (BCR) 6.72.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 353-362, June 2017
Pattern of prescribing psychotropics in the outpatient department of a tertiary psychiatric hospital
Authors: Alam Mohammad Tariqul , Maruf Mohammad Muntasir , Sarkar Mekhala , Ahmed Helal Uddin , Akhter Mahfuza
Published: June 2017

Pattern of prescriptions for psychiatric patients varies which is influenced by patient variation, types of disorders, cultural and environmental influences, socioeconomic status, availability of drugs and psychiatrists own preference. The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of prescribing psychotropic drugs in psychiatry Outpatient Department (OPD) in a tertiary care hospital. The cross-sectional study was conducted in the OPD of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Dhaka from January to June, 2016. In the study, the prescriptions prescribed by psychiatrists were considered as study population. Using convenient sampling method, data were collected by observation using checklist from selected 604 latest prescriptions prescribed by psychiatrists in OPD of NIMH for the patients coming there for treatment. The data on the psychotropic drugs collected for the study were antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers and sedative-hypnotics. Results showed that a total of 1802 psychotropic drugs were prescribed with an average of 2.98 psychotropics per prescription. The most common drug group prescribed was antipsychotics (44.8%). Majority (49.7%) of the prescriptions contained 3 psychotropics simultaneously. Most common (27.8%) combination was that of antipsychotics and sedativehypnotics. Dosage regimen was twice/day for the majority (55.6%). There was a combination of oral and parenteral drugs in 48.3% of prescriptions. All the drugs were prescribed by brand names. There was no diagnosis written in 60.9% of the prescriptions. The prescription pattern was not rational and this should be intervened by educating prescribers about rational prescribing in psychiatry.Bang J Psychiatry June 2015; 29(1): 10-13
Major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder among the patients with diabetes mellitus
Authors: Monzur Md Sultan E , Taher Abu , Roy Susmita , Karim Muhammad Enayeth , Mollah Abdul Hamid
Published: June 2017

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic condition which is associated with long term damage, dysfunction and failure of various organs. Many psychiatric disorders associated with DM have been also reported and among them major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are more common. The objective of the study was to find out the proportion of MDD and GAD among the patients with DM. This was a cross sectional study conducted in North Bengal Medical College hospital, Sirajgang, Bangladesh during the period from 1st January 2016 to 30th June 2016. For this purpose, 80 diabetic patients satisfying inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected from primarily selected sample done by convenient sampling technique. Data were collected by face to face interview using semi-structured questionnaire. MDD and GAD were confirmed by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) among the respondents who were found screened positive by General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). The results showed that maximum respondents 29 (36.2%) were in the age group between 40-49 years with male predominance (57%). Among the respondents 52 (65%) were married, 48 (60%) came from a lower class family and 46 (57.5%) were rural resident. General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) was positive in 35 (43.7%) of respondents. Among them 18 (22.5%) were suffering from MDD and 11 (13.7%) were suffering from GAD. It was shown that both MDD and GAD were higher among female patients. So physicians should pay attention to rule out psychiatric disorders in patients with DM.Bang J Psychiatry June 2015; 29(1): 14-17
Quality of life of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder
Authors: Ahmed Fahmida , Begum Meherunnessa , Wahab Md Abdul , Ahmed Sayed Kamaluddin
Published: June 2017

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a severe and debilitating anxiety disorder which causes severely impaired quality of life. The objective of the study was to assess the quality of life of the patients suffering from OCD. It was a cross-sectional study conducted from January 2011 to June 2011 among 46 patients who attended the out-patient department of the National Institute of Mental Health Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh by using purposive sampling technique. A Semi-structured questionnaire, Dhaka University Obsessive Compulsive Scale (DUOCS), World Health Organization Quality of Life-Scale Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorder, 4th edition (DSM-IV) were used in each case for this assessment. Results showed that mean age of the patients was (29.07±6.11) years, majority of the respondents (71.7%) were male, 63.0% were unmarried and 34.8% were students. Patients were least satisfied with social domain and patients having only obsession had lower mean score (23.54±1.80) in environmental domain than in patients having both obsession and compulsion (25.15±3.70). OCD patients having major conflict (52.2%) were least satisfied with environmental health domain and patients suffering from OCD for more than ten years (78.3%) had low score than those suffering for less than ten years (21.7%) in overall quality of life domain. Patients having strained family relationship (34.8%) were less satisfied to psychological health domain and patients getting medication (91.3%) had better quality of life in all domains than those getting no medication (8.7%).Bang J Psychiatry June 2015; 29(1): 18-22
Suicidal ideation in bully victimized school children and adolescents:a meta analysis
Authors: Shabuj Mohammad Kamrul Hassan , Dey Sanjoy Kumer , Moni Sadeka Chowdhury , Hossain Md Faruk , Hossain Jesmin
Published: June 2017

In the recent years there has been increased attention to the association of bullying involvement and suicidal ideation in school going children and adolescents. This meta analytic study was conducted by online searching of articles using Pub Med data bases and Google scholar. Total 21 both USA based and non USA based studies were included and sample size were 219,929. We used the research term bullying, suicide, children, adolescence , school bullying , suicidal ideation and by using the term cross sectional studies, from 2010 to 2013 for studies identification. One predictor bully victimization and one outcome suicidal ideation were analyzed. Inverse weighted average was measured to see the effect size and forest plot was applied for data presentation. All the steps of meta analysis were followed. Our pooled data showed increase risk of suicidal ideation in bully victim.The results showed that odd ratio of suicidal ideation was 2.18 in bully victims in USA based studies and 95% CI 2.12 to 2.24 and odds ratio of non USA based studies was 2.31 and 95% CI 1.73 to 3.09 whereas combined USA and non USA studies odd ratio was 2.6 and 95% CI 2.20 to 3.22. Findings concluded that bully victims had the increased risk of suicidal ideation.Bang J Psychiatry June 2015; 29(1): 35-40
Transcranial magnetic stimultation: scientific and modern technology for treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders
Authors: Tarannum Sadya , Alam Md Shah , Mohammad Khan Niaz , Parveen Shahana , Mullick MSI
Published: June 2017

Extraordinary advances have been made in the treatment of mental illness. As a result, many mental health disorders can now be treated nearly as successfully as physical disorders. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is one of the most scientific and modern techniques for treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Recently it has been introduced in Ashiyan Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The aim of this review article is to introduce this new intervention and provide a clinically useful update about it. For this purpose twenty three articles were selected through searching internet and then reviewed. This article summarized its use in neuro-psychiatric disorders, mechanism of action, adverse effects and outcome issues. It is used in clinical and research practice around the world by psychiatrists. More research is needed to establish the role of TMS in clinical practice in BangladeshBang J Psychiatry June 2015; 29(1): 41-43
Optimization of the Laser Hardening Process by Adapting the Intensity Distribution to Generate a Top-hat Temperature Distribution Using Freeform Optics
Authors: Klocke Fritz , Schulz Martin , Gräfe Stefan
Published: June 2017

Laser hardening is a surface hardening process which enables high quality results due to the controllability of the energy input. The hardened area is determined by the heat distribution caused by the intensity profile of the laser beam. However, commonly used top-hat laser beams do not provide an ideal temperature profile. Therefore, in this paper the beam profile, and thus the temperature profile, is optimized using freeform optics. The intensity distribution is modified to generate a top-hat temperature profile on the surface. The results of laser hardening with the optimized distribution are thereupon compared with results using a top-hat intensity distribution.
The Dual Roles of MYC in Genomic Instability and Cancer Chemoresistance
Authors: Kumari Alpana , Folk Watson , Sakamuro Daitoku
Published: June 2017

Cancer is associated with genomic instability and aging. Genomic instability stimulates tumorigenesis, whereas deregulation of oncogenes accelerates DNA replication and increases genomic instability. It is therefore reasonable to assume a positive feedback loop between genomic instability and oncogenic stress. Consistent with this premise, overexpression of the MYC transcription factor increases the phosphorylation of serine 139 in histone H2AX (member X of the core histone H2A family), which forms so-called γH2AX, the most widely recognized surrogate biomarker of double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs). Paradoxically, oncogenic MYC can also promote the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic DNA-damaging agents such as cisplatin, clearly implying an antagonistic role of MYC in genomic instability. In this review, we summarize the underlying mechanisms of the conflicting functions of MYC in genomic instability and discuss when and how the oncoprotein exerts the contradictory roles in induction of DSBs and protection of cancer-cell genomes.
New Trends in the Fertigation Management of Irrigated Vegetable Crops
Authors: Incrocci Luca , Massa Daniele , Pardossi Alberto
Published: June 2017

The use of fertigation, coupled with micro-irrigation, has continued to increase since it was first introduced in horticultural cropping systems. This combination provides a technical solution whereby nutrients and water can be supplied to the crop with high precision in terms of time and space, thereby allowing high nutrient use efficiency. However, the correct estimation of crop nutrient and water needs is fundamental to obtaining precise plant nutrition and high nutrient use efficiency in fertigated cropping systems. This paper illustrates the state-of-the-art and new perspectives for optimal nutrient management of vegetable crops cultivated under fertigation regimes. An overall description is reported for the most valuable technologies and techniques based on simulation models, soil testing, plant testing, and related decision support systems that can be adopted for efficient fertigation. However, it should be highlighted that only a few of the above technologies and techniques are practically available and/or easy to use by growers. Therefore, much more attention should be paid in the future to the transfer of research knowledge to farmers and technical advisors.
Flood Response System—A Case Study
Authors: Singh Yogesh , Dutta Upasana , Prabhu T. , Prabu I. , Mhatre Jitendra , Khare Manoj , Srivastava Sandeep , Dutta Subasisha
Published: June 2017

Flood Response System (FRS) is a network-enabled solution developed using open-source software. The system has query based flood damage assessment modules with outputs in the form of spatial maps and statistical databases. FRS effectively facilitates the management of post-disaster activities caused due to flood, like displaying spatial maps of area affected, inundated roads, etc., and maintains a steady flow of information at all levels with different access rights depending upon the criticality of the information. It is designed to facilitate users in managing information related to flooding during critical flood seasons and analyzing the extent of damage. The inputs to FRS are provided using two components: (1) a semi-automated application developed indigenously, to delineate inundated areas for Near-Real Time Flood Monitoring using Active Microwave Remote Sensing data and (2) a two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic river model generated outputs for water depth and velocity in flooded areas for an embankment breach scenario. The 2D Hydrodynamic model, CCHE2D (Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering Two-Dimensional model), was used to simulate an area of 600 km2 in the flood-prone zone of the Brahmaputra basin. The resultant inundated area from the model was found to be 85% accurate when validated with post-flood optical satellite data.
Development and Function of the Cardiac Conduction System in Health and Disease
Authors: Park David , Fishman Glenn
Published: June 2017

The generation and propagation of the cardiac impulse is the central function of the cardiac conduction system (CCS). Impulse initiation occurs in nodal tissues that have high levels of automaticity, but slow conduction properties. Rapid impulse propagation is a feature of the ventricular conduction system, which is essential for synchronized contraction of the ventricular chambers. When functioning properly, the CCS produces ~2.4 billion heartbeats during a human lifetime and orchestrates the flow of cardiac impulses, designed to maximize cardiac output. Abnormal impulse initiation or propagation can result in brady- and tachy-arrhythmias, producing an array of symptoms, including syncope, heart failure or sudden cardiac death. Underlying the functional diversity of the CCS are gene regulatory networks that direct cell fate towards a nodal or a fast conduction gene program. In this review, we will discuss our current understanding of the transcriptional networks that dictate the components of the CCS, the growth factor-dependent signaling pathways that orchestrate some of these transcriptional hierarchies and the effect of aberrant transcription factor expression on mammalian conduction disease.
Influence of Solution Treatment Temperature on Microstructural Properties of an Industrially Forged UNS S32750/1.4410/F53 Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS) Alloy
Authors: Cojocaru Vasile , Șerban Nicolae , Angelescu Mariana , Cotruț Mihai , Cojocaru Elisabeta , Vintilă Adrian
Published: June 2017

In this present study, the influence of solution annealing temperature on microstructural properties of a forged Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS) was investigated by SEM-BSE (Scanning Electron Microscopy-Backscattered Electrons) and SEM-EBSD (Scanning Electron Microscopy-Electron Backscatter Diffraction) techniques. A brief solution treatment was applied to the forged super duplex alloy, at different temperatures between 800 °C and 1100 °C, with a constant holding time of 0.6 ks (10 min). Microstructural characteristics such as nature, weight fraction, distribution and morphology of constituent phases, average grain-size and grain misorientation were analysed in relation to the solution annealing temperature. Experimental results have shown that the constituent phases in the SDSS alloy are δ-Fe, γ-Fe and σ (Cr-Fe) and that their properties are influenced by the solution treatment temperature. SEM examinations revealed microstructural modifications induced by the Cr rich precipitates along the δ/γ and δ/δ grain boundaries, which may significantly affect the toughness and the corrosion resistance of the alloy. Solution annealing at 1100 °C led to complete dissolution of σ (Cr-Fe) phase, the microstructure being formed of primary δ-Fe and γ-Fe. The orientation relationship between δ/δ, γ/γ and δ/γ grains was determined by electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD). Both primary constituent phase’s microhardness and global microhardness were determined.