bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
One-stage reconstruction of bone defects with fibula perforator flap
Authors: Sliesarenko S. V. , Badiul P. A. , Mankovsky B. , Rudenko О. I.
Published: September 2021

At the current stage of reconstructive surgery development, perforator flaps have confidently taken a priority place when choosing a method for wound defects cover. However, wounds with significant volume defects of both soft tissues and the bone skeleton remain especially difficult challenges for the surgeon. The desired result of such defects repair could be a technique that allows surgeons to carry out an effective reconstruction in one step.

The paper describes in detail the surgical and vascular anatomy, design, preoperative preparation and surgical technique for the mobilization of the free vascularized fibula perforator flap containing a fragment of the bone di-aphysis. Clinical examples of orthoplastic reconstruction in different locations are presented.

The authors conclude that free fibula flap allows effective one-stage reconstruction of extensive wounds after trauma or oncological resections, including extensive defects of the skeleton, without significant loss of support function in the donor area. A chimera-style composite flap, which contains soft tissues and a fragment of the fibula, can already be called as a “workhorse" for orthoplastic reconstruction on the lower extremities and in the field of maxillofacial surgery.
Microcirculatory bed in reperfused flaps: modern possibilities for the correction of hemodynamic disorders (part III)
Authors: Baytinger V. F. , Selianinov K. V.
Published: September 2021

The paper presents an analysis of the literature data concerning the autoregulation of tissue blood flow in free axial flaps. Autoregulation of microcirculation is an extremely important physiological phenomenon that ensures the stability of peripheral blood circulation and adequate metabolism in organs and tissues, regardless of fluctuations in systolic blood pressure in the range of 80-160 mm Hg. The types of sludge and their origin are described. Technologies of elimination of erythrocyte aggregates (sludge) by using dextrans of different molecular weights and pentoxifylline are discussed. Controlling the duration of primary ischemia, maintaining adequate perfusion pressure in the replants of the limbs and in free flaps, as well as reducing the peripheral vascular resistance in them, will make it possible to level the disturbances in the autoregulation of microcirculation in the reperfused tissues, ensuring the stability of capillary pressure.
The use of endoscopic cryoapplicator in liver and gallbladder surgery
Authors: Merzlikin N. V. , Maksimov M. A. , Tskhai V. F. , Salo V. N. , Bushlanov P. S. , Petrov L. Yu. , Gunther V. E. , Kim L. V. , Noroeva T. A. , Sarueva A. P.
Published: September 2021

Purpose of the study. To investigate the efficacy of focal destruction tissues of local liver diseases, chole- and hemostasis of created endoscopic cryoapplicator in operations on the liver and gallbladder.

Material and methods. Review the results of surgical treatment of 121 patients with various diseases of the liver (tumors, alveococcosis, parasitic and non-parasitic cysts) and gallbladder (chronic and acute cholecystitis) using a new endoscopic porous TiNi cryoapplicator. 49 patients were operated by an open method, 72 - laparoscopically. Hemo-and cholestatic control of the instrument was performed intraoperative and in postoperative period - by clinical condition of patient and by ultrasonography. Efficiency of destruction of focal liver diseases was investigated by histological examinations of surgical materials, is confirmed by the absence of relapses in the period from 4 to 6 years.

The results. Cryoapplicator is simple in use, in sterilization, no energy consumption, can be used both in open surgery, particularly in arduous regions of the liver and laparoscopic procedures and, most importantly, patients with artificial cardiac pacemakers.

Cryodestruction of the liver stump after its resection and the bed of the gallbladder after cholecystectomy reduces blood loss by 30-40%, and also helps to reduce the number of relapses of the disease. There were not observed bleeding and bile leakage in postoperative period. Histological examination proved picture of avascular necrosis, a violation of tissue structure of subjected to destruction liver focal diseases, death of epithelial lining of non-parasitic cysts and membranes of echinococcal cysts. There were not diseases recurrences in the period from 4 to 6 years.

Conclusion. Endoscopic porous TiNi cryoapplicator is simple and convenient in use, it has a good hemo- and cholestatic effects, pronounced effect to local destruction of liver focal diseases, can be recommended for open and laparoscopic operations on liver.
STRESS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PARENTS OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED CHILDREN
Authors: Arzeen Naeema , Irshad Erum , Arzeen Saima , Shah Syed Mubashar
Published: September 2021

Objectives: The current study investigated the differences on stress, depression, anxiety, and coping strategies of parents of intellectually disabled and non-disabled children. Material and Methods: Sample consisted of parents (N=300) that was further divided into two groups (parents of intellectually disabled children; n=150 and parents of non-disabled children; n=150). Data was collected from Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Wah Cantt; for this purpose consent form, demographic information sheet, along with two standardized scales Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-42) and Brief COPE were given to the parents of disabled children and non-disabled children. Results: The study shows that significant mean differences were observed on DASS; intellectually disabled children’s parents reported higher stress, depression, and anxiety than non-disabled children’s parents. Non-significant mean differences were observed in subscale of Brief COPE, except on self-blame in which parents of intellectually disabled children scores were higher as compared to the parents of non-disabled children. Conclusion: The findings depicted that disability raises extra burden on the parents which promoted stress, depression, and anxiety. After developing these psychopathologies parents became over sensitive and got emotional and used emotion based coping patterns. They easily blame themselves for the disability and all the problems which are directly linked with it.
RELATIONSHIP OF BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSES TO ISOMETRIC EXERCISE IN NON-HYPERTENSIVE MEDICAL STUDENTS WITH FAMILIAL HYPERTENSION
Authors: Zafar Umema , Rahman Shafiq Ur , Malik Omar , Salman Henna
Published: September 2021

Background
Blood pressure (BP) rises as a result of isometric exercise, but if such type of exercise is done on a regular basis both resting diastolic and systolic blood pressures (SBP and SBP) have been reported to decrease. However, the blood pressure responses to handgrip (isometric) exercise may vary. The aim of this study is to find out whether there is a significant relation between blood pressure responses due to handgrip (HG) exercise and family history of hypertension.
 
Methods
This is cross sectional study conducted in Khyber Medical College on healthy students of first and second year MBBS. After taking informed consentand history, the students were made to perform the hand grip exercise for 5 minutes at 30 % of their maximum pressure. BP was recorded before during and after the procedure. The data was then analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 keeping, P value ? 0.05.
 
Result
The change in SBP was significant both during (p=0.024) and after (p=0.033) hand grip exercise. The relation between 30% of maximum pressure applied and change in SBP is significant (p<0.001) in the familial hypertension present group only.
 
Conclusion
 There was significant change in systolic blood pressure in response to handgrip exercise in the group of subjects with familial hypertension positive group. Hence concluded that a relation does exist between blood pressure responses to handgrip exercise and familial hypertension.
Gotong Royong Digital: Praktik Baru Solidaritas Warga di Era Pandemi
Authors: Faedlulloh Dodi , Meutia Intan Fitri , Yulianti Devi , Karmilasari Vina
Published: September 2021

Pandemi Covid-19 menciptakan krisis multidimensi. Tidak hanya di bidang kesehatan, tapi juga di bidang ekonomi. Korban terdampak adalah para pekerja. Secara global, selama pandemi Covid-19 sebanyak 94% pekerja mengalami pemutusan hubungan kerja. Begitu pula di Indonesia, lebih dari 3,5 juta pekerja terdampak pemutusan hubungan kerja. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, tercipta inisiasi-inisiasi gotong royong berbasis digital yang dilakukan sekelompok anak muda dengan membangun bagirata sebagai platform berbagi kekayaan yang bersifat peer to peer. Fokus penelitian ini adalah praktik gotongroyong digital yang dilakukan melalui platform Bagirata. Metode penulisan artikel ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan desk study, yakni dengan studi literatur terhadap hasil-hasil penelitian sebelumnya dan data sekunder yang relevan dalam membantu menjawab permasalahan penelitian. Hasil studi menunjukkan praktik platform Bagirata sebagaimetode baru dalam perilaku gotong royong di Indonesia. Selain itu, hal ini juga menunjukkan tercipta solidaritas antara para pekerja. Implikasi penting dari hasil temuan adalah platform Bagirata merupakan kritik terhadap kapasitas pemerintah yang belum responsif dan berkeadilan dalam memberikan kebijakan afirmasi terhadap pekerja di masa pandemi.
PENGANTAR REDAKSI
Authors: Redaksi Dewan
Published: September 2021

Puji syukur kami panjatkan ke hadirat Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, karena atas perkenan-Nya JANTRA Volume 16, No. 1 Juni 2021 dapat hadir kembali di hadapan pembaca. Edisi jantra kali ini memuat 6 (enam) artikel di bawah tema “Kegotong-royongan pada Masa Pandemi”. Tema ini dipandang penting mengingat kondisi saat ini di mana adanya pandemi covid-19 telah memporak-porandakan hampir seluruh lini kehidupan masyarakat, baik dalam sisi sosial, ekonomi, maupun budaya. Dalam kondisi kehidupan seperti ini semangat kegotong-royongan sangat dibutuhkan, ibarat pepatah ‘ringan sama dijinjing, berat sama dipikul’. Dengan bergotong-royong beban yang dirasa berat bisa menjadi terasa ringan dan terselesaikan. Berikut artikel-artikel yang mengungkapkan gambaran semangat kegotong-royongan dalam berbagai lini kehidupan pada masa pandemi.
Determination of some conditions for hairy root induction in soybean by Agrobacterium rhizogenes
Authors: Nguyen Phong V.
Published: September 2021

This study was conducted to determine some conditions for transformation via Agrobacterium rhizogenes on soybean cultivars HLDN29 and DT84. Cotyledon explants were more efficient in hairy root induction compared with hypocotyl explants in both cultivars of soybean. The highest root induction rate and average root number were observed in HLDN29 explants infected with ATCC11325 and ATCC15834 strains (approx. 96% - 100% and 8 roots per explant) and in DT84 explants infected with ATCC15834. Six to eight day - old cotyledonary leaves after sowing were optimal and appropriate for hairy root induction. Direct inoculation and immersion methods showed no significant difference in root induction rate and average root number in both HLDN29 and DT84 cultivars. Transgenic root lines were identified based on PCR analysis with virD and rolC sequences - specific primers.
Adjustment of the formula of local surface water quality assessment
Authors: Bui Hung V.
Published: September 2021

Water quality index (WQI) is widely applied for the assessment of water quality (WQ) according to decision No. 879/QD-TCMT of the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment in most of the provinces. During the application process, the WQI has revealed many problems, such as inaccurate assessment of water quality status, not addressing locally economic, social and environmental conditions, and easy misleading when using abnormally increased values... To resolve the above problems, the paper presents the steps to adjust the water quality index based on the current water quality components of the old WQI formula, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation theory with the Entropy rate method. With the surface water quality data series and the status of the water use in the main river canal system in Vinh Long City from 2012 to 2017, the computation steps of coefficients and rates of the assessing water quality components are identified; through the new assessment water quality formula is adjusted and tested.
Selection of green super rice (GSR) with high yield, good qualities, and adaptation to climate condition in Phu Yen province (Part two)
Authors: Nguyen Tung T.
Published: September 2021

The research contents included: basic experiment, production experiment, demonstration trial production of two new rice varieties selected and experimental development of rice cultivation techniques for Tuy Hoa plains. This report presents part two: Results of production experiment, demonstration trial production of two new rice varieties selected in Phu Yen province. The study was conducted in 4 seasons (Winter-Spring 2015 - 2016, Summer-Autumn 2016, Winter-Spring 2016 - 2017 and Summer-Autumn 2017) at intensive farming soil area in Hoa My village of Phu Hoa district, and Hoa Thang village of Tay Hoa district, Phu Yen province with 4 advanced rice varieties (GSR65, GSR90, GSR38 and Nam Uu 1245) and ML 48 used as control. Experimental method in accordance with National Technical Regulation QCVN 01-55: 2011/BNNPTNT Experiment on value of cultivation and use value of rice varieties. Results of the four production experiments in two selected crops and the four-demonstration trial production of two new rice varieties selected, two the GSR65, GSR90 rice varieties had high yield, good quality, good agronomic traits, short growing time (A1), low pest infestation, suitable for export and success construction demonstration model on farmer field in Phu Yen. The GSR65 and GSR90 varieties gave the average yield of 79.8 and 81.7 quintals/ha, exceeding 11.92% and 14.58% respectively compared to control ML48 reaching 71.3 quintals/ha, and the profit was 30.5-36.7% higher than that of ML48 at 15.50 million VND/ha. The GSR65 and GSR90 rice cultivation techniques have been developed.
Análisis de vibraciones por acción de caminado en edificios metálicos empleando pórticos resistentes a momento
Authors:   Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil - Quito, Ecuador, Yaguana Torres Katherine P. , Borja Sánchez Bryan D. ,   Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil - Quito, Ecuador, Guerrero Cuasapaz David P. ,   Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil - Quito, Ecuador, Sánchez Oñate Diego M. ,   Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas - Quito, Ecuador
Published: September 2021

Longitudes grandes entre vanos, disminución de peso a través del uso de estructura metálica y falta de control son las causas para que se produzcan vibraciones por efecto de caminado. En esta investigación se analizaron 10 edificios que cumplieron con los requisitos sismorresistentes establecidos en la normativa NEC-SE-DS. En estas modelaciones se realizó un análisis y evaluación de vibraciones mediante software y la aplicación de métodos analíticos como Murray, SCI e Hivoss; resultando el más eficiente aquel que elaboró un proceso minucioso y detallado, siendo así el de Murray. La investigación mostró que, aunque las edificaciones cumplieron con la norma de diseño sismorresistente, estos presentaron vibraciones debido al caminado; a lo cual este documento planteó una alternativa para corregir estos errores usando arriostramientos torsionales, los cuales permitieron reducir entre el 24,19 % y 35,29 % el índice de aceleración por caminado.
A construção de um problema de saúde pública no Brasil da década de 1930 em torno do Anopheles gambiae
Authors: Chaves Bráulio Silva
Published: September 2021

Não se aplica
“An Investment in Leadership”: Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships and the Globalization of Public Health Knowledge, 1915-1940
Authors: H. Stapleton Darwin
Published: September 2021

The Rockefeller Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the first half of the 20th century, initiated a global program of fellowships to train public health officials. The majority of the fellows were brought to universities in the United States to study science-based medicine for one or more years, followed by field work at research stations funded by the Foundation. Fellows returned to their home countries to serve in public health institutions, and took with them the Foundation’s American-style strategies for promoting and implementing public health programs. The public health fellowship program deeply influenced global public health in the 20th century.
Developing an industry job simulation program for graduate and postdoctoral trainees in life sciences
Authors: Kozma Katelyn , Meyer-Miner Anne , Chio Jonathan , Mak Stefanie , El-Boraie Ahmed , Sealey David
Published: September 2021

In the life sciences, many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows find it challenging to enter the non-academic workforce after completing their programs. Through experiential learning, trainees can develop the knowledge, technical skills, soft skills, and project portfolio that employers value, and compete effectively in the job market. In this article, we share design considerations for developing a job simulation program based on our experience over five years with the Industry Team Case Study program at the University of Toronto. In this program, which is focused on the biopharmaceutical sector, trainees identify a business or policy challenge, conduct in-depth research, develop a solution to address the problem, and present their findings to industry professionals. For mentorship and coaching, trainees are matched with industry professionals. This article covers four areas of program development: starting the program, recruiting advisors and trainees, designing the program and project framework, and evaluating program effectiveness. Academic institutions and student organizations can use this information to start their own job simulation programs focused on their employment sector of interest. Employers can participate in these programs to develop and scout talent.
Career self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and employment planning among US college students
Authors: Gray Magnus , Kim Minsung , Lee Seungyeon
Published: September 2021

This study examines the dynamics of personality traits that interfere with occupational decisions among young adults, especially during a pandemic. Three multiple regression analyses were conducted to predict career decision self-efficacy (CDSE), e.g., planning and indecision from the Big 5 personality measures. We hypothesized that EI and personality affect employment conflicts (Study 1), and that CDSE mediates EI and planning difficulty (Study 2). Conscientiousness and openness significantly predicted CDSE, F(5, 128) = 15.64, p < .001, R2 = .38, while neuroticism was statistically significant in predicting CSPS, F(5, 128) = 3.94, p < .01, R2 = .13. Neuroticism was significant for personality variables while a negative correlation was found between EI and career indecision (r = -0.25, at p < .01). Results demonstrate that the positive effect of CDSE mediated EI’s link to career indecision, which reveals that conscientiousness also predicted participants’ occupational indecision (β = -0.17, p < .05).
Insights and Perspectives from the PhD to Employee Forum
Authors: Bell Emily , Miliotis Helen , MacEachern Lorna , Longo Luciana , Karatzas Costas , Brady Ashley
Published: September 2021

Data shows that PhD graduates pursue diverse careers. Recent data from Canadian universities report that fewer than 35% of health-science PhD graduates are employed in research intensive, or tenure-stream, faculty positions up to seven years after graduation. Perhaps surprisingly, this is higher than previous estimates, which indicate that up to 80% of basic biomedical PhDs are employed outside of tenure-track positions within 6-10 years of obtaining their degree. The “From PhD to Employee Forum” was born out of a pressing need to identify specific solutions to manage the challenge of effectively engaging trainees in career development during their doctoral degree. To address this challenge, we sought to bring together career development experts to collect insights regarding the approaches of different institutions to address the career planning needs of life science trainees. Here we summarize key presentations at the forum, review what we see as some of the key challenges in the career preparation of life scientists and summarize three key insights raised in the forum.
REVITALIZING THE CENTRAL CORE OF AMINABAD, LUCKNOW
Authors: Jain Akanchaa
Published: September 2021

A survey of all the open spaces designated in the Aminabad, Lucknow revealed an obvious lack of consideration towards the preservation of the public open spaces, and their physical/functional integration into the city, despite the high density of the urban fabric. With the increases in the pressure of the population in urban areas, there is a corresponding increase in encroachment on open spaces. If we analyze the situation of the site, Aminabad, we realize that the decision taken long back, with emphasis on providing the automobile on the network of Aminabad, destroyed the convenience of the street. As a result of this decision, the street activity and visually stimulating streetscapes have broken down into loose incoherent sprawls. We may today rue the result, but better would be the attempts to correct some anomalies, however remote in character and intentions. This paper critically examines the present situation of Aminabad, Lucknow and a puts forward a brief proposal for revitalization of the market of Aminabad.
USING GIS MEASURES TO ANALYZE THE SPATIAL EQUITY TO PUBLIC PAKISTAN IN LAHORE METROPOLITAN
Authors: Al-Rashid M. Ahmed
Published: September 2021

Public parks are considered as the prime community assets that provide places for the citizens to enjoy and spend their leisure time. Parks can serve as the primary source not only incorporating physical activities but also improving quality of life of residents. Equitable access to these services is one of the major concerns worldwide. However, a little attention is paid, in this regard, in the local context. This paper utilizes GIS tools and analyzes the equitable access to urban parks in the Lahore Metropolitan Area, with reference to its spatial distribution. The measures of access for the parks are computed for population depending upon the type of facility at the administrative Zone level. The accessibility to parks is measured using walking distance impedance and proximity analysis tool. The study further evaluates the spatial distribution of parks about population density and examine if differences are observed across different administrative Zones in the Metropolitan. The least served areas and populations have been derived in spatial context across the study area. Moreover, maps prepared using hotspot analysis in GIS help to visually identify the spatial disparities and compare the differences among different administrative Zones in the study area. It allows understanding of how different parks in the metropolitan are distributed through space, and hence help in combating inequitable access. The results of this research can assist the planning authorities in identifying the spatial gaps in accessibility and addressing the needs for improving the accessibility to public parks across different Zones in the Metropolitan.
El control de la administración en tiempos de pandemia
Authors: Moslares José Carlos
Published: September 2021

La idea del presente ensayo es realizar un análisis del control de la Administración en el marco de la pandemia del Covid. La emergencia como podremos observar presupone “per se” la necesidad de brindar respuestas inmediatas pero que de ningún modo pueden validar el incumplimiento de la normativa vigente. Lo que si habilita la emergencia es la habilitación de facultades excepcionales, para remediar y poner fin a tal situación. Es en esa utilización de remedios excepcionales que necesariamente van a encontrarse afectados derechos y garantías de raigambre constitucional y por otro lado la plena vigencia del sistema republicano de gobierno que presupone la división de las funciones de poder y el control recíproco de los mismos. La emergencia y las medidas adoptadas para afrontarla necesariamente deben realizarse en el marco del estado convencional de derecho y la presencia e intervención de los organismos de control se torna, a mi entender, imprescindible. También se realizará un análisis de la función de los organismos de control, quienes en la situación de emergencia deben asumir su rol coadyuvante en pos de la actuación de la Administración en el marco de la legalidad que debe guiar siempre su accionar .
Percepção de pacientes hipertensos sobre a doença e motivação para mudança de hábitos
Authors: Silva Monica Fatima Freires da , Abdala Gina Andrade , Andrade Elisabete Agrela de , Machado Alexsandro Santos , Meira Maria Dyrce Dias
Published: September 2021

O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer as percepções de pacientes hipertensos sobre a doença e a influência de uma intervenção educativa na adoção de hábitos saudáveis relacionados aos “Oito Remédios Naturais”. Estudo desenvolvido em abordagem qualitativa por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com oito participantes que vivenciarem uma intervenção educativa que aplicou oficinas sobre hábitos saudáveis relacionados aos “Oito Remédios Naturais”. Para análise utilizou-se a técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo, fundamentada na Teoria da Representação Social, que permitiu a representação de 15 Ideias Centrais, entre as quais se destacam: “Antes das oficinas a qualidade de vida era ruim”; “Conscientização dos riscos da hipertensão e motivação para adotar hábitos saudáveis”; “Percepção de benefícios físicos, emocionais e espirituais após as oficinas”; “Ingestão de mais água, devido ao incentivo nas oficinas”; “Dificuldade quanto à temperança e o sono, pela complexidade em romper velhos hábitos”; “A motivação foi aprender sobre os remédios naturais” e “A confiança em Deus aumenta a motivação para se cuidar”. Os participantes reconheceram os riscos da hipertensão, demonstrando compreendera influência da adoção de hábitos saudáveis no controle e prevenção de suas complicações. Reconheceram também a complexidade dos determinantes sociais implicados neste contexto.
Interação mãe-bebê: A relação entre o processo de vinculação e as práticas parentais
Authors: Zarske Suzana Saab de Souza , Pereira Veronica Aparecida , Rodrigues Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim
Published: September 2021

Buscou-se descrever as práticas parentais de mães de bebês aos três meses e investigar o seu efeito sobre a interação mãe-bebê. Participaram do estudo, 39 díades mães-bebê. As mães responderam a um Inventário de Estilos Parentais para Pais e Mães de Bebês (IEPMB). As díades foram filmadas em condição estruturada (Face-to-Face Still Face – FFSF). As práticas parentais identificadas a partir do IEPMB foram classificadas como Positivas ou Negativas, distribuídas entre os níveis Baixo, Médio e Alto. Os comportamentos observados durante o FFSF foram categorizados em Orientação Social Positiva (OSP), negativa (OSN) (para bebês e mães) e Autorregulação do bebê. Houve predominância de práticas parentais positivas, com efeito da Prática Positiva Alta indicando maior ocorrência de autorregulação dos bebês durante o 2º episódio. A interação dos fatores indicou efeito sobre a OSP dos bebês e suas mães, no 3º episódio, com melhores resultados para mães com Prática Positiva Média e Negativa baixa. Os resultados podem subsidiar programas de intervenção na primeira infância.
O impacto da pandemia do COVID-19 na percepção de estresse e estressores em diferentes estágios do ciclo de vida.
Authors: Benzoni Paulo Eduardo , Costa Octaviano Thales Salvador , Da Cruz Amanda Calefi
Published: September 2021

A pandemia da COVID-19 tem causado impactos psicológicos na população mundial, e seu consequente estresse pode levar a problemas de longo prazo. Este trabalho objetivou analisar o impacto da pandemia da COVID-19 na percepção de estresse e estressores na população do Estado de São Paulo – Brasil, quando comparada a um período anterior à pandemia, nas diferentes fases do ciclo vital. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório, com amostra não probabilística, por acessibilidade, dividida em período Antes da Pandemia (AP) e Pandemia (P). Foi aplicado o IPEEB – Inventário de Percepção de Estresse e Estressores e um questionário demográfico em duas etapas: AP e P. Participaram 1181 adultos (N = 854 AP e N = 327 P). A análise foi feita em grupos divididos por fases do ciclo vital. Os resultados se mostraram consistentes (alfa de Cronbach 0,93), e a percepção de estresse e estressores foi maior no período P em relação ao período AP, com diferenças significativas nos grupos divididos por fases do ciclo vital. Os dados sugerem que pessoas em diferentes estágios da vida reagem de maneiras distintas aos estressores durante a pandemia, exigindo diferentes ações de apoio psicossocial atual e futuro dependendo da faixa etária.
Natural Phenolic Compounds Targeting The AMPK Activation For Metabolic Health
Authors: D.A Nguyen Khoa , V Doan Khanh ,   School of Medicine, Tan Tao University, Duc Hoa, Long An, 850000, Viet Nam
Published: September 2021

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a cellular energy sensor which plays a crucial role in regulation of whole-body energy homeostasis. Activation of AMPK signaling results in favorable effects on mitochondrial function, autophagy, glucose/lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity, making it an important therapeutic target in treatment/prevention of metabolic disorders and cancer. Recently, pharmacological studies of natural phenolic compounds indicated that the benefits on metabolic health of these phytochemicals are not only related to their protogenic antioxidant property but also to their AMPK-activating potential. Due to their diverse structures, identification of phenolic compound molecules which have potential to target the AMPK activation for beneficial metabolic effects may be promising in order to develop novel therapeutics in the prevention and/or treatment of metabolic disorders. In this minireview, we summarize beneficial metabolic outcomes of AMPK activation and discuss the capability of natural polyphenols to activate the AMPK pathway focusing on the phenolic acids as potential lead compounds.
Race, Community, and Urban Schools: Partnering with African American Families by Stuart Greene
Authors: Whyte Kristin
Published: September 2021

Race, Community, and Urban Schools: Partnering with African American Families by Stuart GreeneNew York: Teachers College Press, 2013,  168 pages.
Home-school Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning from and with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
Authors: Karsli Elif
Published: September 2021

Home-school Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning from and with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Familiesby Maria Luiza Dantas & Patrick C. Manyak (Eds).New York: Routledge, 2010, 294 pages.
Teachers’ Narrative Understandings of Parents: Living and Reliving “Possible Lives” as Professionals
Authors: Pushor Debbie
Published: September 2021

In this article, I explore aspects of a narrative inquiry with former teacher candidates to understand how living out a curriculum of parents (Pushor, 2011; Pushor, 2013) in their university coursework deepened their knowledge and prompted questions about discourses and representations of parents and families.  I focus on two former teacher candidates, Cat and Carly, who tell stories of their experiences within a curriculum of parents and then subsequently as teachers.  I explore the “possible lives” (Bruner, 1987/2004) they imagine for themselves as teachers and what teacher “life narratives” (Bruner, 1987/2004) they construct and reconstruct in their practice. What is made visible is that when preservice teachers are supported to unpack and examine, with deliberation, ways of living and telling stories of parents, and the philosophical, pedagogical and practical conceptualizations that underpin such living and telling, a curriculum of parents offers preservice teachers possibilities for interrupting habitual teacher life narratives and for guiding the construction and reconstruction of new teacher life narratives (Bruner, 1987/2004).
From At-Risk to Advocate: One Teacher’s Journey
Authors: Overstreet Mikkaka Hardaway
Published: September 2021

Using ethnographic methods, the author studies her experiences as a child, teacher and a scholar through the lens of critical literacy. In doing so, she confronts challenges that students, families, and teachers face in the spaces where their worlds overlap. The author explores the implications of her experiences as it relates to teaching and learning, family literacy, and the current political climate.
Book Review: The Broken Compass: Parental Involvement with Children’s Education
Authors: Haro Zelda Lopez , Olivos Edward M
Published: September 2021

On April 12, 2014 an opinion piece authored by Keith Robinson and Angel L. Harris, authors of the book The Broken Compass, appeared on the New York Times blog website The Opinionator. The opinion piece titled “Parental Involvement is Overrated,” suggested that the evidence supporting parental involvement as a means of improving children’s academic lives has been overstated. In fact, it made the claim that “most forms of parental involvement . . . do not improve student achievement” at all and “in some cases” it may “actually hinder it.”
Familial Curriculum Making and a Home Reading Program
Authors: Houle Sonia T.
Published: September 2021

Home, community, and school experiences shape children’s lives. In this paper I focus on the experiences of Matson, a young boy who was identified as a struggling reader in Grade 1, as well as the experiences of his mother and teachers who live alongside him. I inquire specifically into his family’s curriculum making around home reading. This narrative inquiry is situated in a Deweyan perspective on education and in the curriculum studies literature, particularly within the concepts of lived curriculum and curriculum making. The four commonplaces of curriculum help me explore the making of curriculum in school and at home. While researching, my back and forth travel between school and home allowed me to notice and explore tensions. This multiperspectival approach also presents a shift from the teacher-centered perspective on children’s education and curriculum making in school. This study shows how curriculum making in school and at home involves ongoing processes of assessment making and identity making, and illustrates how curriculum making shapes, and is shaped by, these factors. The relationship I developed with Matson’s mother allowed me to know more about Matson’s experiences. This perspective revealed secret stories and counterstories.
The Boy Who Would Be a Hockey Player, Musician and So Much More: Composing a Life alongside my Son
Authors: Desrochers Claire
Published: September 2021

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Transgenerational Learning within Families
Authors: Kabuto Bobbie
Published: September 2021

This article proposes a data-driven transgenerational learning model to reconceptualize the study of literacy learning within families.  Based on an empirical study composed of case studies of six families, the data and findings of the larger study foregrounded the “messiness” of learning within families.  Studying learning within families requires a fundamental shift in viewing how learning is socially and culturally organized and how families engage their children in learning experiences.  Problematizing the notion of the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and beliefs from parents to children, the article highlights how a transgenerational lens provides an alternative way of viewing how and why parents and children engage in learning experiences around reading in the home and school.  Implications for viewing families as complex units whose knowledge and belief systems cross generations through the process of reciprocal socialization are discussed.
The School-to-Prison Pipeline, Youth From Diverse Families, and The Politics of Educational Policy and Practice: A Call to Educate, Not Incarcerate
Authors: Sharma Suniti
Published: September 2021

Abstract: In this article, I present a theoretical analysis of the school-to-prison pipeline in relation to youth from diverse families and the politics of educational policy and practice and call for equitable education without recourse to incarceration. First, by deconstructing historical documents, I highlight the philosophical and discursive production of the criminalization of youth from diverse families who do not conform to dominant norms of Western European tradition. Second, I juxtapose historical documents with contemporary events showing how current educational policies normalize the school-to-prison pipeline and subjugate youth from diverse families to exclude them from equitable education. Third, bearing witness to the ways youth resist socialization and exclusion, I recommend an interdisciplinary, multilevel socio-eco-pol-edu approach calling upon policy makers, teacher educators and researchers to develop new theoretical frameworks, policies and practices for equitable education and social justice.
Families and Communities in a Super-Exploited Context: A Review of Esperanza School: A Grassroots Community School in Honduras
Authors: Dockrill Hannah , Rahatzad Jubin
Published: September 2021

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Muslim Female Students Confront Islamophobia: Negotiating Identities In-between Family, Schooling, and the Mass Media
Authors: Watt Diane Patricia
Published: September 2021

Abstract: This article researches how Muslim students in Canada negotiate identity in an extremely complex discursive terrain of the unofficial Islamophobia curriculum of family, schooling, and mass media. Critical examination of the exclusion of Muslims from school policies and the absence of Muslim experiences and perspectives in the Ontario Language Curriculum are highlighted. This article aims at developing teacher educators, in-service teachers and teacher candidates’ critical multicultural awareness of how Muslim minority students negotiate the absence of their culture in the secondary language curricula. Drawing from postcolonial feminist perspectives and curriculum theory this research was conducted with seven young Muslim women as participants. Findings indicate while absent in the official secondary language curriculum, the unofficial curriculum represents Muslim women as the cultural “other” sustained through the unofficial school curriculum and media portrayals. This study argues for a need to involve teacher educators, in-service teachers and teacher candidates in complicated conversations on cultural and linguistic differences, engagement with life-experiences of cultural minorities, development of complex pedagogies, critical media literacies and multicultural practices that are diverse and inclusive.
Exploring Parent-Teacher Partnerships as Border Pedagogy: Supporting Emergent Bilingual Student Learning
Authors: Mercuri Sandra
Published: September 2021

Abstract: As a bilingual teacher educator in the U.S. working with in-service teachers serving predominantly bilingual students from U.S. and Mexico, this study is uniquely positioned to use innovative research in bilingual teacher education for empowering teachers to develop culturally and linguistically responsive border pedagogies.  Specifically, this study explores parent-teacher partnerships as border pedagogy that supports emergent bilingual student teaching and learning. Aimed at disrupting traditional modes of research and practice grounded in monolingualism, this qualitative critical study uses the concept of border pedagogy as a theoretical framework to explore how 16 bilingual in-service teachers enrolled in a master’s program, engaged in parent-teacher partnerships that supported bilingual and bicultural teaching and learning at the US-Mexico border.
"To Have Better Than What I Had”: The Transgenerational Family Pedagogy of an African American Family in the South
Authors: Powell Jessica S
Published: September 2021

This paper, based on an ethnographic study of Black families in the South, explores the narratives of the Jordan family across three generations to understand the varied histories of schooling, education, segregation, and desegregation that are embodied in the stories they share. Their stories describe a transgenerational family pedagogy, which I define as the moves, choices, and messages shared across generations to support the educational and social mobility of their children and grandchildren. Their stories underscore the strengths of the segregated community schools of the past, while exposing a shift when de jure segregated education became de facto segregated schooling, and was no longer a suitable option for their children and grandchildren. This paper brings a new perspective to the family involvement discourse by arguing that our understandings of family-school partnerships can be strengthened by analyzing families and their relationships to education as historically and contextually situated
Taking Responsibility: Supporting Schools to Support Children in Foster Care and State Custody
Authors: Anderson Jeffrey Alvin , Cousik Rama , Dare Mary Jo
Published: September 2021

For public schools that serve large percentages of young people who are at risk for school failure, the ability to fully engage families is widely considered a best practice. Recent research in the area of family-school partnerships indicates that increased family engagement has been associated with improvements in school outcomes such as academic performance. Although the term family is conceptually universal, its concise definition can be elusive because of the many meanings the word can connote. This paper examines conceptions of family for children who are in foster care. Additionally, suggestions are provided for community agencies and schools to work together to better support this population of young people. For a variety of reasons, children may be living away from their biological parents, in short or long-term living arrangements. During a given school year, children may live in one or more foster homes or residential facilities. The ability of schools to adequately support these students appears to be associated with educators’ willingness to work closely with both children who are in foster care and their service teams. We argue that comprehensive approaches for supporting these young people to succeed educationally requires effective interagency collaboration among schools and the community-based agencies that serve children and families. Partnerships such as those found in Full Service Community Schools and systems of care are described as possible methods for implementing interagency collaboration in schools.
Parenting Stress and Social Support among Cross-national and Traditional Families
Authors: Xiang Yajuan , Hoot James , Raisor Jill
Published: September 2021

As a result of globalization, the number of cross-national couples in the United States is on the rise. However, a primary conclusion of the past research on such marriages has been subsumed under general intermarriages. The results of these studies focused on the challenges confronted by couples in potential conflicts caused by their disparate cultural backgrounds. Place of residence, language issues, societal stereotypes, extended families, and cultural complexity were identified in most qualitative studies as stressors most likely to contribute to a greater levels of parenting stress.A relatively small proportion of the literature in this area has focused on childrearing which was recognized as a flashpoint for more conflicts in these marriages. Thus, this study sought to compare the level of parenting stress and social support between cross-national and traditional families. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 159 parents from both cross-national (82) and traditional (77) families in Western New York area. This study adopted the Parental Stress Scale (PSS), Family Support Scale (FSS), and self-developed questionnaire. Basic statistics and multiple regression analysis were applied. The results suggested parents from cross-national families do not experience higher level parenting stress comparing to their counterparts in traditional families. However, the number of children and cultural influences were found significantly related to parenting stress in cross-national families. In other words, the more children in a family and more distinct cultural difference between couples strongly contribute to the level of parenting stress among cross-national families.
Tub Txawj, Ntxhais Ntse: Experiences of Hmong American Undergraduates
Authors: Gloria Alberta M. , Her Pa , Thao Betty Jo , Lee* Douachong , Chang* Shee Yee , Thao* Asia , Aroonsavath* Linda B
Published: September 2021

Exploring the educational experiences of 13 Hmong American undergraduates attending a predominantly White university, a total of six males and seven females participated in four semi-structured 90-minute focus groups (2 all female, 1 all male, and 1 mixed gender) framed within a psychosociocultural approach. Students shared their narratives about the individuals who influenced and the factors that informed their educational experience. The narratives were analyzed for emergent themes using a social constructivist approach and a multi-step content analysis. Twelve emergent meta-themes were identified and framed within the psychosociocultural approach. The psychological themes were college self-efficacy, feelings of intellectual phoniness, experience of microaggressions, and cognitive flexibility in making sense of the unwelcoming environment. The social dimension themes included different types of support from parents, siblings, Hmong college peers, and student-based groups and programs. Four themes emerged for the cultural dimension that included shifting perceptions of gender roles, community responsibility, community pressure, and shifting parent-child relationships. The study’s findings aligned with the extant research on Hmong American undergraduates and extended the understanding of gender scripts and the influence of familial and cultural expectations within higher education. Directions for future research and implications for student affairs professionals working with Hmong American undergraduates are discussed.
An Intervention to Support Teachers in Building on Children’s Home Literacy Backgrounds
Authors: Steiner Lilly , Cassano Christina
Published: September 2021

This study examines the results of a family literacy intervention to teach teachers to build on families’ home literacy practices. A quasi-experimental design was used to study effects on: (1) the use of home-based literacy practices at school; (2) teachers’ beliefs about the family's role in children's literacy development; and (4) first-graders’ literacy achievement. The study was conducted in two first-grade classrooms with culturally diverse student populations. In the treatment classroom, the teacher learned practices for building home-school partnerships. This teacher incorporated specific opportunities to involve parents in children’s literacy learning that led to an increase in parent-teacher collaboration. A combination of teacher and parent participation in the intervention resulted in statistically significant differences in students’ scores on the Concepts About Print (CAP) assessment compared to students in the control classroom. This study is small; yet, it provides a timely and relevant model to promote parent involvement, which is particularly important given the renewed emphasis on building effective home-school partnerships.
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World
Authors: Asaah Gordon Divine , Kannan Chloe
Published: September 2021

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Plurilingualism in Teaching and Learning: Complexities Across Contexts
Authors: Sah Pramod K.
Published: September 2021

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