bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Blandiri officium meretricium est: estratégias de persuasão das meretrizes na comédia plautina
Authors: Rocha Carol Martins da
Published: August 2017

Como costuma ocorrer na apreciação da maioria dos personagens das comédias de Tito Mácio Plauto (séc. III-II a.C.), as meretrizes (meretrices) tendem a ser reduzidas a tipos caricaturais. No entanto essa redução contrasta de certa forma com a visão da principal característica ressaltada nesse exuberante personagem na comédia paliata (fabula palliata): sua blanditia, atributo que envolve sua sutil capacidade de sedução por meio da fala. Observando passagens selecionadas das peças Báquides, Cásina e Menecmos, destacamos dois aspectos que consideramos importantes para a representação da blanditia das meretrizes. O primeiro é o uso de imagens de animais para qualificar a própria cortesã e também seu discurso. O segundo é um jogo entre ocultar e revelar, que, a nosso ver, é associado ao discurso da meretriz e ao ambiente que a rodeia. Procuramos apontar como, na comédia palliata, esses recursos influenciam na representação da capacidade que esse tipo de personagem feminino tem de persuadir e, até mesmo, de inverter posições, num jogo que envolve os papéis típicos desse gênero dramático.
Um remédio contra a anquilose hispânica: El ritmo (1894), de Salvador Rueda
Authors: Fiorussi André
Published: August 2017

Nas últimas duas décadas do século XIX, apontou-se frequentemente um atraso da poesia em espanhol em relação à de outros idiomas e nações, que espelharia, segundo os mesmos juízos, uma defasagem cultural mais abrangente ante os processos internacionais de modernização social e econômica. Dizia-se que a poesia espanhola estava anquilosada por uma excessiva obediência a autoridades caducas de sua própria tradição. Em 1894, o poeta espanhol Salvador Rueda publica El ritmo, um polêmico tratado poético que propõe uma revolução rítmica como remédio contra a anquilose do verso. Este artigo se dedica a apresentar e analisar as estratégias discursivas, empregadas por Rueda, para intervir nos rumos da cultura hispânica e as convergências e divergências de sua intervenção com os discursos de seu tempo, particularmente com a poética dos modernistas hispano-americanos, a quem a historiografia literária viria a atribuir pouco depois o mérito efetivo pela revigoração da poesia em espanhol na virada do século XIX para o século XX.
Prediction of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient for small watercourses
Authors: Oliveira Vanessa Vaz de , Mateus Marcos Vinícius , Gonçalves Julio Cesar De Souza Inácio , Utsumi Alex Garcez , Giorgetti Marcius Fantozzi
Published: August 2017

Longitudinal dispersion coefficient (DL) is considered an essential physical parameter to water quality modeling in rivers. Therefore, the estimation of this parameter with high accuracy guarantees the reliability of the results of a water quality model. In this study, the observed values of longitudinal dispersion coefficient are determined for natural streams (with discharge less than 2.84 m3s-1), based on sets of measured data from stimulus-response tests using sodium chloride as a tracer. Additionally, a semi-empirical equation for prediction of DL is derived using dimensional analysis and multiple linear regression technique. The performance of the produced equation was compared to five empirical prediction equations of DL selected from literature. It presented correlation coefficient r2 = 0.87, suggesting that this equation is suitable for the estimation of DL in streams. It also presented better results for predicting the DL than the five equations from literature, showing an accuracy of 71%.
Reliable Earlier and Causative Biomarker in newly Diagnosed Hypothyroid Cases—Vitamin D: A Case–control Study
Authors: Prabha AG Thivyah
Published: August 2017

Background

In Indian population there are 42 million people suffering from hypothyroidism. Hence, even though thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) has been used as the diagnostic marker of hypothyroidism, there arises a need to evaluate an earlier and a causative marker for hypothyroidism and thus it could be a better predictor of the disease in the earlier stages only.

Aims and objectives

The aim of the study is to identify a reliable earlier and one of the causative biomarkers of hypothyroidism.

Materials and methods

This study was conducted in 200 cases of newly diagnosed hypothyroidism and 200 controls of healthy individuals. Vitamin D, intact parathyroid hormone, TSH, triiodothyronine, thyroxine, and calcium were measured.

Results

It was observed that vitamin D was significantly decreased in hypothyroid cases. There was a negative correlation between vitamin D and TSH.

Conclusion

Vitamin D being one of the causative factors in thyroid disorders should be included as a routine parameter of analysis in hypothyroid cases and supplementation of vitamin D also to be initiated by the clinicians to avoid the progression to overt hypothyroidism in the newly diagnosed cases.

How to cite this article

Prabha AGT. Reliable Earlier and Causative Biomarker in newly Diagnosed Hypothyroid Cases‗Vitamin D: A Case–control Study. Indian J Med Biochem 2017;21(1):54-57.
Bisalbuminemia in an African Male with Sickle Cell Disease
Authors: Chakravarthy Srinivas N , Durairaj Mathivanan
Published: August 2017

Bisalbuminemia is a rare condition characterized by abnormal electrophoretic pattern of serum albumin. There are two types of bisalbuminemia – hereditary and acquired. The acquired type has been reported in chronic renal diseases, pancreatitis, and in patients using beta-lactam antibiotics. The aim of this case report is to discuss the clinical significance of bisalbuminemia in a 58-year-old African male with sickle cell anemia.

How to cite this article

Chakravarthy SN, Ramanathan S, Menon S, Durairaj M. Bisalbuminemia in an African Male with Sickle Cell Disease. Indian J Med Biochem 2017;21(1):69-71.
Migrações da literatura infantil: do livro ao ciberespaço
Authors: Ghiotto Tuão Ramos Penha Élida , Lyra Pedro , Martins Analice De Oliveira
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2015v11n1p146Os modos de produção, leitura e circulação do texto sofreram significativas alterações que, no decorrer da história ocidental, provocaram verdadeiras revoluções, especialmente após o desenvolvimento das tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Em consonância com essa revolução, muitos conteúdos literários direcionados ao público infantil têm sido produzidos em suporte eletrônico para circular e ser lido também nesse formato. Diante disso, esta pesquisa pretende investigar manifestações de literatura infantil disponibilizadas na internet gratuitamente, verificando em que aspectos as novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação estão sendo utilizadas para a criação literária. Incialmente será feito um breve histórico da literatura infantil, bem como uma correlação entre ilustração, ludicidade e linguagem da hipermídia, prosseguindo com a análise de alguns sites de escritores já consolidados pela crítica contemporânea.
Blog literário: alguns comentários
Authors: Corrêa Alamir Aquino , Rocha Marília Israel
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2015v11n1p420Se o conceito de literatura é marcado por discussões e reformulações ao longo da história, parece-nos importante partir da ideia que “as escritas de si” presentes na pós-modernidade apontam para a revisão de algumas noções a respeito do ficcional e da literariedade presentes em textos que são veiculados na internet, especificamente o blog. A escrita de autoria feminina, tradicional espaço de expressão subjetiva recolhida muitas vezes apenas em diários íntimos, encontrou na internet um meio para fazer ecoar vozes antes silenciadas devido à condição da mulher na sociedade e, portanto, também terá destaque dentre os assuntos aqui discutidos, ao lado de reflexões sobre a canonicidade de textos e da configuração do blog como espaço de autorreferencialidade e de publicidade da escrita literária.
Gabriella Infinita: a perspective of Colombian history and culture through electronic literature
Authors: Sassón-Henry Perla
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2015v11n1p46Gabriella Infinita é um marco da literatura latino-americana digital do autor colombiano Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz. É um "romance hipermídia" em espanhol que foi originalmente escrito e publicado como um romance tradicional, impresso em 1994, para mais tarde se tornar um hipertexto e um romance hipermídia. Como uma peça literária, Gabriella Infinita é um excelente exemplo de literatura latino-americana. Ela traz à tona os assuntos que têm sido comuns a muitos países latino-americanos, tais como uma guerra civil, conflitos de guerrilha, repressão, liberdade de expressão, medo e exílio. Também destaca o fascínio da América Latina com os Estados Unidos e os movimentos de contracultura da década de 1970. Este ensaio explora como o escritor colombiano Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz usa as várias modalidades das novas mídias em seu hipermídia Gabriella Infinita para fornecer uma melhor compreensão da cultura e da história colombiana.
Scientia Traductionis, última edição / Scientia Traductionis, last issue
Authors: Furlan Mauri , Althoff Gustavo
Published: August 2017

Scientia Traductionis, última edição / Scientia Traductionis, last issue
Corta-me: Ensaio sobre Tradução
Authors: Protásio Luís Fernando
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1980-4237.2014n16p118Como o ensaio de um espetáculo cuja estreia está, ainda, por vir, este exercício acompanha, em estilo experimental, a cena da tradução da escritora e tradutora canadense radicada em Paris Nancy Huston. O objetivo é apresentar a genealogia de uma ética que, ao cortar a lógica da repetição alienadora de determinado atributo (o “outro”, a “letra”, a “diferença”...), eleva o intervalo do desejo, transformando-se ela mesma numa tarefa sempre – ainda − por vir.ABSTRACTResembling the rehearsal of a spectacle whose debut is yet to come, this essay follows, in an experimental style, the translation scene of Paris-based Canadian author and translator Nancy Huston. The aim is to exhibit the foundation of an ethics which, by cutting up the logic of an alienating repetition of a given attribute (the so-called “other”, “letter”, “difference”…), enhances the interval of the desire, becoming itself a task always [yet] to come.Keywords: translation and ethics; selftranslation; becoming.
A Tradução no dia a dia. Um glossário pessoal inglês-português, de Jorge Rogério Penha Rodrigues
Authors: Perrotti-Garcia Ana Júlia
Published: August 2017

Jorge Rodrigues é um tradutor bastante dedicado, e pelo que costuma divulgar, muitas vezes passa noites traduzindo, para entregar seus trabalhos sempre dentro do prazo e com qualidade. O autor tem diversas certificações internacionais, entre elas Proficiency in English pelas universidades de Michigan (EUA) e Cambridge (Reino Unido), além do International Legal English Certificate também pela universidade britânica. Além do inglês, Jorge atua como tradutor de francês, e tem espanhol e italiano fluentes. Jorge tem o título de Tradutor Público e Intérprete Comercial (TPIC, ou, como se diz popularmente, “tradutor juramentado”) e Perito do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Sergipe.
Healthcare students interprofessional critical event/disaster response course
Authors: Kim, MD, FACEP Tae Eung , Shankel, MD Tamara , Reibling, PhD, MA Ellen T. , Paik, MSN, RN Jacqueline , Wright, PhD, RN Dolores , Buckman, PhD, RN Michelle , Wild, MS, RN Kathi , Ngo, MS Ehren , Hayatshahi, PharmD Alireza , Nguyen, PharmD Lee H. , Denmark, MD, FAAP, FACEP T. Kent , Thomas, MD, FACEP Tamara L.
Published: August 2017

Objective: Numerous disasters confirm the need for critical event training in healthcare professions. However, no single discipline works in isolation and interprofessional learning is recognized as a necessary component. An interprofessional faculty group designed a learning curriculum crossing professional schools.Design: Faculty members from four healthcare schools within the university (nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and medicine) developed an interdisciplinary course merging both published cross-cutting competencies for critical event response and interprofessional education competencies.Setting: Students completed a discipline-specific online didactic course. Interdisciplinary groups then participated in a 4-hour synchronous experience. This live course featured high-fidelity medical simulations focused on resuscitation, as well as hands-on modules on decontamination and a mass casualty triage incorporating moulaged standardized patients in an active shooter scenario.Participants: Participants were senior students from allied health, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy.Main Outcome Measures: Precourse and postcourse assessments were conducted online to assess course impact on learning performance, leadership and team development, and course satisfaction.Results: Students participated were 402. Precourse and postcourse evaluations showed improvement in team participation values, critical event knowledge, and 94 percent of participants reported learning useful skills. Qualitative responses evidenced positive response; most frequent recurring comments concerned value of interprofessional experiences in team communication and desire to incorporate this kind of education earlier in their curriculum. Students demonstrated improvement in both knowledge and attitudes in a critical event response course that includes interprofessional instruction and collaboration. Further study is required to demonstrate sustained improvement as well as benefit to clinical outcomes.
Comparison of START and SALT triage methodologies to reference standard definitions and to a field mass casualty simulation
Authors: Silvestri, MD Salvatore , Field, MD Adam , Mangalat, MD Neal , Weatherford, MD Tory , Hunter, MD, PhD Christopher , McGowan, MD Zoe , Stamile, MD Zachary , Mattox, BS, MS-IV Trevor , Barfield, BS, MS-IV Tanner , Afshari, MD Aarian , Ralls, MD George , Papa, MD, MSc Linda
Published: August 2017

Objectives: We compared Sort, Assess, Lifesaving Intervention, Treatment/Transport (SALT) and Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) triage methodologies to a published reference standard, and evaluated the accuracy of the START method applied by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in a field simulation.Design: Simulated mass casualty incident (MCI). Paramedics trained in START triage assigned each victim to green (minimal), yellow (delayed), red (immediate), or black (dead) categories. These victim classifications were recorded by investigators and compared to reference standard definitions of each triage category. The victim scenarios were also compared to the a priori classifications as developed by the investigators. Setting: MCI field simulation.Main outcome measure: Comparison of the correlation of START and SALT triage methodologies to reference standard definitions. Another outcome measure was the accuracy of the application of START triage by EMS personnel in the field exercise.Results: The strongest correlation to the reference standard was SALT with an r = 0.860 (p < 0.001) and κ = 0.632 (p < 0.001). START and SALT triage systems agreed 100 percent on both black and green classifications. There were significant correlations between the field triage and both START and SALT methods (p < 0.001, respectfully). SALT had a significantly lower undertriage rate (9 percent [95%CI 2-15]) than both START (20 percent [95%CI 11-28]) and field triage (37 percent [95%CI 24-52]). There were no significant differences in overtriage rates.Conclusions: In our study, the SALT triage system was overall more accurate triage method than START at classifying patients, specifically in the delayed and immediate categories. In our field exercise, paramedic use of the START methodology yielded a higher rate of undertriage compared to the SALT classification.
Liberia national disaster preparedness coordination exercise: Implementing lessons learned from the West African disaster preparedness initiative
Authors: Morton Hamer, MD, MPH Melinda J. , Reed, MD Paul L. , Greulich, MPH Jane D. , Beadling, MD Charles W.
Published: August 2017

Objective: In light of the recent Ebola outbreak, there is a critical need for effective disaster management systems in Liberia and other West African nations. To this end, the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative held a disaster management exercise in conjunction with the Liberian national government on November 24-25, 2015.Design: During this tabletop exercise (TTX), interactions within and between the 15 counties and the Liberian national government were conducted and observed to refine and validate the county and national standard operating procedures (SOPs).Setting: The exercise took place in three regional locations throughout Liberia: Monrovia, Buchanan, and Bong. The TTX format allowed counties to collaborate utilizing open-source software platforms including Ushahidi, Sahana, QGIS, and KoBoCollect. Participants: Four hundred sixty-seven individuals (representing all 15 counties of Liberia) identified as key actors involved with emergency operations and disaster preparedness participated in the exercise.Main Outcome Measures: A qualitative survey with open-ended questions was administered to exercise participants to determine needed improvements in the disaster management system in Liberia.Results: Key findings from the exercise and survey include the need for emergency management infrastructure to extend to the community level, establishment of a national disaster management agency and emergency operations center, customized local SOPs, ongoing surveillance, a disaster exercise program, and the need for effective data sharing and hazard maps.Conclusions: These regional exercises initiated the process of validating and refining Liberia's national and county-level SOPs. Liberia's participation in this exercise has provided a foundation for advancing its preparedness, response, and recovery capacities and could provide a template for other countries to use.
Using a novel technology for disaster staff notification
Authors: Morris, MD, MPH Stephen C. , Pelley Janice K. , Mitchell, MD, FACEP Steven H.
Published: August 2017

Notification of backup staff and determining their ability to augment frontline staff is a major component of any disaster plan. However, the communication and organization of this effort has many challenges. These include communication system overload, the disaster setting, disrupted transportation, and staffing impacts on normal operations. An optimal disaster notification system must have the ability to be modified to include all hazards and the unique environment in which the plan is being made. This article highlights a unique disaster staff notification system using a novel technology, an outside administrator, and a multilayer system of redundant communication.
Is de filosofie te links?
Authors: De Block Andreas , Lemeire Olivier
Published: August 2017

Is Philosophy too Left-wing?

Ideological diversity has been on the research agenda in the social sciences for a couple of years. Yet in philosophy, the topic has not attracted much interest. This article tries to start filling this gap. We discuss a number of possible causes for the underrepresentation of right-wing and conservative philosophers in the academic profession. We also argue why this should be an important concern, not only morally, but also and primarily epistemically. Lastly, we explore whether the situation in philosophy is more problematic than the situation in other fields, and what kind of ideological diversity would be desirable for academic philosophy.
Sophie de Grouchy, de traditie(s) van de twee vrijheden en de missende moeder(s) van het liberalisme1
Authors: Schliesser Eric
Published: August 2017

Sophie de Grouchy: The Tradition(s) of Two Liberties and the Missing Mother(s) of Liberalism

In this paper, I treat Sophie de Grouchy as an important contributor to liberal reflection on the famous distinction between two kinds of liberty. I place her in the intellectual context of Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and show it is likely that Benjamin Constant was familiar with her work. Along the way, by engaging with Isaiah Berlin and with Jason Stanley and Vesla Weaver, I make some suggestions on the nature of an intellectual tradition worth having.
Valerio Máximo en el pensamiento político de la Castilla medieval
Authors: Bermejo Cabrero José Luis , Otón Sobrino Enrique
Published: August 2017

Este artículo, a manera de somera presentación y sin perjuicio de posteriores y más detalladas indagaciones, traza algunas de las líneas seguidas por la reconocida importancia de Valerio Máximo durante la Baja Edad Media Española, especialmente en los ámbitos propios, entre otros, del pensamiento político, de la justicia o de la milicia. Se basa en los testimonios hallados en diversas fuentes: obras como los Espejos de Príncipes o la Segunda partida de Alfonso X; distintos autores como Sánchez de Arévalo, García de Castrogeriz... e instituciones, por ejemplo los Consejos Aúlicos.
El uso de argumentos de la filosofía clásica contra el paraíso carnal de Mahoma
Authors: Vázquez Ruiz David
Published: August 2017

En 1687 vio la luz la obra bajo el título Manuductio ad conuersionem Mahumetanorum del padre Tirso González de Santalla (1624-1705), quien ese mismo año obtuvo el cargo como decimotercer Prepósito General de la Compañía de Jesús. La obra, siguiendo la estela de la literatura de controversia interreligiosa medieval, se nutre de diversos autores cuya retórica y método llevan siglos utilizándose para combatir el Islam, y que, en última instancia, podríamos registrar en los primeros trabajos de carácter polémico contra judíos y paganos. Aquí, sin embargo, podemos encontrar directamente la palabra de los clásicos utilizada, cristianamente –eso sí-, para reprobar las costumbres y el modo de vida de los seguidores de Mahoma. El objetivo fundamental del presente escrito es ofrecer una muestra del uso de argumentos de la filosofía clásica de autores como Aristóteles o Séneca (entre otros), en la refutación contra la vida del Islam desde un punto de vista carnal y moral.
The Implementation of Differentiated Instruction in English Language Learning to Students with Dyslexia in A’ Senior Class (A1) in an English Language Center: Action Research
Authors: Nikolaou Xanthoula Evangelia , Zafiri Dr.Makrina , Pliogou Dr.Vassiliki
Published: August 2017

The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation of differentiated instruction as a means of teaching English tο children with dyslexia (A’ senior level) at a private English Language Center, located in the suburbs of the city of Thessaloniki, in Greece. For the present action research, three ten-year-old male students participated in ten lessons designed according to the principles of differentiated instruction. The lessons took place once a week for one hour and they lasted for two and half months.  The methodology used for this small scale search, was qualitative, as semi-structured interviews were applied to both the students and their mothers. According to the findings of this small scale action research study, the method of differentiated teaching is an effective method of teaching a foreign language to students with dyslexia.
The Caprice of Being: Αἰών and Φύσις in Merleau-Ponty, Heraclitus, and Deleuze
Authors: Whitmoyer Keith
Published: August 2017

This article examines Merleau-Ponty's proposal to articulate a new ontology by returning to the pre-Socratic idea of φύσις and following a reference he makes to Heraclitus's fragment B52. Interestingly, this fragment refers to αἰών, “eternity,” as a child at play. Against the Laplacean idea that nature is the necessary and calculable unfolding of causes and effects, and anticipating what Deleuze will outline in The Logic of Sense, Merleau-Ponty suggests that φύσις—understood in terms of the temporal dis-order of αἰών rather than the Aristotelian order of χρόνος—is an ideal game without rules, what Nietzsche describes as an “innocent caprice.”
The Problem of Forgiveness: Jankélévitch, Deleuze, and Spinoza
Authors: Ford Russell
Published: August 2017

The problem of forgiveness may rightly be regarded as a perennial philosophical problem. Introducing his 1973 essay “Forgiveness,” Aurel Kolnai writes that, logically, forgiveness seems to be either “unjustified or pointless.” The logical and ethical problem of forgiveness acquired distinctive urgency in the 1960s when statutes of limitations on Nazi war crimes were set to expire. In the resulting debates, the ethicist Vladimir Jankélévitch occupies a central place. In his book Forgiveness and elsewhere, Jankélévitch singles out Spinoza as a philosopher with a particularly inadequate account of forgiveness. This article contextualizes Jankélévitch's argument and argues that Spinoza's conception of evil and forgiveness is essential for understanding why Jankélévitch himself cannot consistently account for his refusal to advocate forgiving the German people after the Holocaust. Drawing on Sylvain Zac's account of forgiveness in Spinoza, as well as Deleuze's account of the problem of evil as it arises in Spinoza's correspondence with Blyenburgh, this article argues that Spinoza offers an account of forgiveness that makes sense of what is ethically required in the face of what Carse and Tirrell call “world-shattering” wrongs such as the Holocaust.
Habit and Freedom in Merleau-Ponty and Ricœur
Authors: Čapek Jakub
Published: August 2017

Philosophical debates on habit often emphasize its ambivalent character: once habitualized, voluntary activity becomes natural. Consequently, the ambiguity of habit is the ambiguity of freedom and nature. This view was recently criticized by Claude Romano for its lack of conceptual clarity. Focusing on the phenomenology of habit as developed by Ricœur and Merleau-Ponty, and in response to Romano, this article shows not only that habit cannot be stripped of its ambiguity but also how this ambiguity affects our understanding of subject and freedom.
Critical Theory in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism: Elusive Exploitation, Affects, and New Political Economies
Authors: Thiem Yannik
Published: August 2017

After decades of largely avoiding engagements with political economy, discussions of speculative capitalism, neoliberalism, and the information society have become central again to critical theory. However, often when information capitalism is discussed, the more radical political potentials of the critiques remain subdued because the analyses of emergent patterns of knowledge creation and dissemination are largely understood in the context of (a) traditional categories of work and (b) political progress by increased communication and participation. This article argues that instead a focus on immaterial labor helps to grasp the constitutive difficulties in grappling with the political implications of this new economic paradigm. To make its case, the article will offer a rereading of Marx's commodity fetishism as practices of translation, transposition, and metamorphosis and elaborate how we might come to grips with the current political impasses and resist the desire for nostalgic returns to a time before speculative knowledge capitalism.
Decolonial Woes and Practices of Un-knowing
Authors: Ortega Mariana
Published: August 2017

Decolonial philosophy aims at destabilizing and critiquing what Walter Mignolo has called Eurocentric macronarratives of coloniality. However, the very practices of decolonial thinkers in the U.S. academy can themselves replicate colonial impulses and erasures. In this article I discuss “decolonial woes,” or a certain affliction that arises when even resistant practices are connected to what I term “practices of un-knowing,” which distort and negate epistemic practices that have been deployed against ignorance about marginalized selves. Importantly, one of the decolonial woes I point to is connected to the work on decoloniality of scholars of color that undermines and makes invisible the decolonial work of Chicanas such as Emma Pérez and Gloria Anzaldúa. Scholars of color are thus also enacting practices of un-knowing.
EVAPOTRANSPIRAÇÃO DE REFERÊNCIA MENSAL E ANUAL PELO MÉTODO DE THORNTHWAITE PARA O ESTADO DA PARAÍBA
Authors: Francisco Paulo Roberto Megna , Medeiros Raimundo Mainar de , Matos Rigoberto Moreira de , Santos Djail , Saboya Luciano Marcelo Falle
Published: August 2017

Evapotranspiração terrestre é um dos componentes mais importantes do ciclo hidrológico, afetando o equilíbrio da água na superfície da Terra. Teve-se como objetivo estimar e avaliar a variação da evapotranspiração de referência e suas flutuações espaço-temporal mensal, anual e os trimestres menos e mais evaporativo no Estado da Paraíba, utilizando-se o método empírico de Thornthwaite. Com base nas equações de estimativa da temperatura média do ar estimou-se a ETo para os 223 municípios gerando-se planilhas mensais e anuais. Os resultados demonstraram que as estimativas de ETo mensais para o Estado da Paraíba apresentaram dependência da localização geográfica, sobretudo, da topografia local; os resultados estão de acordo com vários estudos realizados para a região semiárida do Nordeste Brasileiro; esta tendência é um reflexo da variação espacial da temperatura média o ar mensal na área de estudo; em todos os meses do ano as regiões do Litoral, Brejo e Sertão demandaram as maiores taxas evapotranspiratórias e as menores taxas ocorreram no Agreste, Cariri/Curimataú e Alto Sertão
ZONEAMENTO AGROCLIMÁTICO DO MELÃO NA REGIÃO SUDOESTE DE MATO GROSSO
Authors: Machado Tamires da Silva , Da Silva Neves Sandra Mara Alves , Seabra Junior Santino , Neves Ronaldo José
Published: August 2017

O estado de Mato Grosso teve em 2010 uma produção de 646 t h-¬¹ de Cucumis melo L., considerada comercialmente pequena, pois está aquém do seu potencial agrícola, considerando a extensão de seu território e a demanda estadual. Segundo o exposto, objetivou-se realizar o zoneamento da aptidão agroclimática para o cultivo do melão na região sudoeste mato-grossense. Diante disso, as classes de aptidão foram criadas a partir das necessidades do meloeiro, no tocante à temperatura e à pluviosidade, como também se considerou as restrições de solo e da geomorfologia. Os dados foram processados no ArcGis. Assim, foi observado que os municípios da região sudoeste apresentam potencialidade para implantação do cultivo, com destaque para Lambari D’Oeste, Rio Branco, São José dos Quatro Marcos e Indiavaí, mas os agricultores devem estar atentos ao manejo adequado da irrigação
VARIABILIDADE DA PRECIPITAÇÃO POR DÉCADA E A RELAÇÃO COM OS EVENTOS EXTREMOS
Authors: Sena Jaricélia Patrícia de Oliveira , Morais Neto João Miguel , Lucena Daisy Beserra
Published: August 2017

Este trabalho visa analisar o comportamento interdecadal da precipitação (nas últimas três décadas) na região do Cariri Paraibano e a inter-relação com eventos sobre os Oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico, com o intuito de compreender melhor a variabilidade desta variável na região que apresenta os menores índices pluviométricos do Estado da Paraíba. Para tanto foram utilizados dados mensais de precipitação pluviométrica do CPC (Climate Prediction Center) para o período de 1986–2015, bem como as informações dos eventos sobre os Oceanos Pacífico e Atlântico. A análise foi baseada em gráficos temporais e mapas espaciais da precipitação em escala anual e para o período chuvoso e realizadas associações com os fenômenos El Niño, La Niña, Gradiente meridional da Temperatura da superfície do mar positivo e negativo, além da oscilação decadal do pacífico. Os resultados apontam modificação nos totais anuais de precipitação entre as décadas estudadas, ocorrendo aumento nas anomalias de precipitação tanto em termos médios como em escala espacial. Com relação à variabilidade sobre os Oceanos Pacífico e Atlântico tanto em escala decadal quanto em escala anual apresentam influencia nos totais pluviométricos para a região do Cariri Paraibano, entretanto são necessários estudos mais detalhados para verificar essa associação de maneira a detalhar as condições conjuntas ou não atuando sobre a precipitação, para tanto seria necessário composições com os mesmos eventos.
RELAÇÃO INTENSIDADE-DURAÇÃO-FREQUÊNCIA DE CHUVAS EXTREMAS NA REGIÃO NORDESTE DO BRASIL
Authors: Bittencourt Silva Camila , Coutinho de Oliveira Luiz Fernando
Published: August 2017

As relações intensidade-duração-frequência (IDF) possibilitam a determinação da chuva de projeto, importante no dimensionamento de obras hidráulicas nas áreas urbanas e rurais. A escassez de estações pluviográficas levou ao desenvolvimento de metodologias que permitam a estimação da relação IDF por meio de técnicas de desagregação de chuvas utilizando dados de pluviômetros. Neste contexto, objetivaram-se a geração de mapas temáticos dos parâmetros ajustados das relações IDF, para 2.042 estações pluviométricas, localizadas na região Nordeste do Brasil. Foram selecionadas as estações pluviométricas que apresentaram séries históricas com, no mínimo, 15 anos de observações diárias ininterruptas. As chuvas de 1 dia foram desagregadas, permitindo assim a geração das séries de chuvas com durações de 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 60, 360, 480, 600, 720 e 1440 minutos. O modelo de probabilidade de Gumbel foi empregado na análise da distribuição de frequência e na estimativa das chuvas intensas para os períodos de retorno de 5, 10, 25, 50 e 100 anos. Na verificação da aderência das frequências estimadas às observadas utilizou-se do teste do Qui-quadrado e a qualidade do ajuste dos parâmetros das relações IDF, o coeficiente de desempenho de Willmott. Para todas as estações empregadas neste estudo, os coeficientes de desempenho de Willmott apresentaram valores acima de 0,85, conferindo um perfeito ajuste das relações IDF com coeficientes de determinação próximos de 1,0. A constatação da dependência espacial dos parâmetros da relação IDF por meio do coeficiente de variação, permitiu a utilização da técnica de krigagem na regionalização dos valores, gerando mapas temáticos que originaram informações para locais desprovidos de monitoramento. A qualidade da superfície predita foi avaliada por meio da análise de erros gerados pela validação que seguiram uma distribuição normal, premissa básica desejável em geoestatística.
ENTRE EVENTOS E EPISÓDIOS: RITMO CLIMÁTICO E EXCEPCIONALIDADE PARA UMA ABORDAGEM GEOGRÁFICA DO CLIMA NO MUNICÍPIO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Authors: Armond Núbia Beray , Sant'Anna Neto João Lima
Published: August 2017

As metrópoles brasileiras caracterizam-se pela conflituosa relação entre os grupos sociais e as dinâmicas da natureza. No caso das chuvas, essas influências se dão através dos diferentes totais de precipitação que, não necessariamente elevados, podem deflagrar variados transtornos. Nesse contexto, o artigo tem como objetivo identificar os sistemas atmosféricos deflagradores de excepcionalidades climáticas e as suas diferentes ocorrências no espaço urbano. As excepcionalidades foram definidas em dois eixos: o primeiro, referente aos totais pluviométricos superiores a 20mm em 24h, denominados eventos extremos. O segundo, dos eventos que deflagraram impactos relacionados ao espaço urbano – chamados episódios extremos. Foram utilizados dados de 32 postos pluviométricos da Rede AlertaRio (1999-2012), dispostos a cada 15 minutos e agrupados em totais mensais e anuais, através do software Microsoft Excel 2013. Foram extraídos cinco anos-padrão e, no interior deles, analisados os dias nos quais ocorreu o limiar de 20mm/24h (excepcionalidade). A localização dos episódios se deu pela identificação dos bairros noticiados no Jornal O Extra. Aproximadamente 65% das excepcionalidades foram desencadeadas pela Frente Polar Atlântica. Caso considere-se os sistemas associados e/ou gerados pela FPA, o percentual chega a 85%. Nem todo evento extremo deflagrou episódios extremos. A intensidade das chuvas não foi determinante para a ocorrência de repercussões, mas sim a natureza dos lugares
An Investigation Regarding the Preservice Teachers’ Emotional Literacy Levels and Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Authors: Eminoglu Kucuktepe Seval , Akbag Muge , Eminoglu Ozmercan Esra
Published: August 2017

Self-efficacy beliefs and emotional literacy skills are considered as one of the most fundamental characteristics of teachers to create positive effects on students. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and their emotional literacy levels. This study is designed as a relational survey model research. Study group consisted of 318 volunteer preservice teachers who are fourth graders at education faculty in a state university in the West of Turkey, in 2015-2016 academic year. Teacher Efficacy Scale, Emotional Literacy Scale and Personal Information Form were used to collect data. The results of this study are that according to the gender, there is a significant difference in favor of female preservice teachers in social competence subscale and total score of emotional literacy scale; according to the departments preservice teachers are educated, there is a significant difference in emotional awareness and emotional self-efficacy subscales of emotional literacy scale; on the basis of the gender, preservice teachers’ self-efficacy levels differ significantly in favor of female preservice teachers in teaching competency/external factors subscale and total score of the scale; according to the departments preservice teachers are educated, there is a significant difference in preservice teachers’ self-efficacy levels in teaching competency/external factors subscale; and finally there is a positive relationship between preservice teachers’ emotional literacy levels and their self-efficacy belief levels.
Herstel van de arbeidsovereenkomst onder de Wwz
Authors: Houweling Ruben
Published: August 2017

Herstel van de arbeidsovereenkomst onder de Wwz

De auteur analyseert de rechtsfiguur ‘herstel van de arbeidsovereenkomst’ aan de hand van de wetsgeschiedenis, theorie, recente rechtspraak van de Hoge Raad (Mediant- en Vlisco-beschikkingen) en een statistische analyse van lagere rechtspraak onder de Wwz.
De wetsgeschiedenis als bron van rechtsvinding in het arbeidsrecht (I)
Authors: Bennaars Hanneke , Diepenbach Marloes , Jovovic Marko
Published: August 2017

De wetsgeschiedenis als bron van rechtsvinding in het arbeidsrecht (I)

In dit artikel wordt onderzocht hoe de rechter de wetsgeschiedenis gebruikt bij de rechtsvinding. Aan de hand van een theoretisch kader wordt Wwz-jurisprudentie geanalyseerd op een aantal arbeidsrechtelijke terreinen die door de Wwz zijn gewijzigd.
Evaluation of a Commercial Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Quantification of Beta-Casomorphin 7 in Yogurt Using Solid-Phase Extraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry as the “Gold Standard” Method
Authors: Nguyen Duc Doan , Busetti Francesco , Johnson Stuart Keith , Solah Vicky Ann
Published: August 2017

This study investigated beta-casomorphin 7 (BCM7) in yogurt by means of LC-tandem MS (MS/MS) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and use LC-MS/MS as the “gold standard” method to evaluate the applicability of a commercial ELISA. The level of BCM7 in milk obtained from ELISA analysis was much lower than that obtained by LC-MS/MS analysis and trended to increase during fermentation and storage of yogurt. Meanwhile, the results obtained from LC-MS/MS showed that BCM7 degraded during stages of yogurt processing, and its degradation may have been caused by X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase activity. As a result, the commercial sandwich ELISA kit was not suitable for the quantification of BCM7 in fermented dairy milk.
Commutability of Reference Materials for α-Fetoprotein in Human Serum
Authors: Yue Yuhong , Zhang Shunli , Xu Zhenzhen , Chen Xi , Wang Qingtao
Published: August 2017

Context.—

Reliable quantification of α-fetoprotein (AFP) is critical for clinical diagnosis. Accuracy in AFP analysis relies on traceability to reference materials with confirmed commutability.

Objective.—

To assess the commutability of the reference materials for AFP. We screened for appropriate reference materials for the calibration of clinical AFP analysis and for application in an external quality assessment scheme. The feasibility of using water to dilute a reference material from the World Health Organization was also evaluated.

Design.—

Patient serum samples with various levels of AFP were randomly interspersed among AFP reference materials from the World Health Organization, the Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories, and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology and quality controls from Bio-Rad. The samples were analyzed on 5 different platforms to assess the comparability of the results and commutability of the reference materials.

Results.—

Significant variations in AFP measurement were observed among the 5 instrument platforms. The Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology reference materials were commutable across all the instrument platforms. The World Health Organization AFP 72/225 reference material diluted with distilled water was also commutable at high concentrations. The Bio-Rad quality control materials for AFP were commutable among 4 out of 5 instrument platforms.

Conclusions.—

Our results suggested that the Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology materials were commutable across all 5 instrument platforms, whereas the Bio-Rad quality controls were limited by the concentration of AFP and the instrument platforms used. Caution needs to be taken in using water to dilute the World Health Organization 72/225 reference material because its commutability is limited to high concentrations.
Precursor Lesions of Urologic Malignancies
Authors: Khani Francesca , Robinson Brian D.
Published: August 2017

Context.—

Precursor lesions of urologic malignancies are established histopathologic entities, which are important not only to recognize for clinical purposes, but also to further investigate at the molecular level in order to gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis of these malignancies.

Objective.—

To provide a brief overview of precursor lesions to the most common malignancies that develop within the genitourinary tract with a focus on their clinical implications, histologic features, and molecular characteristics.

Data Sources.—

Literature review from PubMed, urologic pathology textbooks, and the 4th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs. All photomicrographs were taken from cases seen at Weill Cornell Medicine or from the authors' personal slide collections.

Conclusions.—

The clinical importance and histologic criteria are well established for the known precursor lesions of the most common malignancies throughout the genitourinary tract, but further investigation is warranted at the molecular level to better understand the pathogenesis of these lesions. Such investigation may lead to better risk stratification of patients and potentially novel treatments.
L’impact d’un cours sur les compétences émotionnelles chez des étudiants alexithymiques qui se destinent à l’enseignement
Authors: Langevin René , Laurent Angélique
Published: August 2017

Cette étude visait à examiner l’impact d’un cours sur les compétences émotionnelles (CE) chez des étudiants qui se destinent à l’enseignement. Les résultats ont démontré que les étudiants ayant un haut niveau d’alexithymie (N=10) ont obtenu des notes significativement moins élevées à toutes les activités d’apprentissage sur les cinq CE de Mikolajczak, Quoidbach, Kotsou et Nélis (2014) comparativement à leurs pairs non alexithymiques (N=10). Les résultats ont également montré des corrélations négatives significatives entre la sous-échelle DIE (difficulté à identifier ses émotions) au TAS-20 et à deux des cinq CE de Mikolajczaket al. (2014). Enfin, les résultats ont indiqué une corrélation négative significative entre la sous-échelle DIE et le score global interpersonnel à des fiches de pratique réflexive. Des études ultérieures sur un échantillon plus large, à l’aide d’une mesure plus précise des CE et en fonction d’une meilleure conception pédagogique de ce type de cours, se révèlent nécessaires.
Trajectoires d’élèves québécois inscrits au Parcours de formation axée sur l’emploi
Authors: Rousseau Nadia , Marion Caroline , Fournier Hélène , Tétreault Karen , Paquin Stacey
Published: August 2017

C’est en réponse aux défis entourant l’obtention d’un diplôme de niveau secondaire chez les élèves handicapés ou en difficulté d’adaptation ou d’apprentissage (EHDAA) que le Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) instaurait, en 2008, le Parcours de formation axée sur l’emploi (PFAE). Ce parcours vise, d’une part, l’augmentation du taux de diplomation des jeunes et, d’autre part, l’insertion en emploi. Considérant la problématique entourant l’obtention d’un diplôme chez ces jeunes, son importance en matière d’insertion socioprofessionnelle et le petit nombre d’études au PFAE, il nous est apparu nécessaire d’examiner, dans le cadre d’une étude longitudinale, les trajectoires empruntées par 168 élèves répartis dans sept écoles secondaires québécoises. Un regard est également posé sur leur expérience dans cette voie de formation. Les résultats révèlent une appréciation mitigée du PFAE par les jeunes de même que d’importants écarts de certification entre la Formation préparatoire au travail (FPT) et la Formation menant à l’exercice d’un métier semi-spécialisé (FMS).
La crisis económica y los mecanismos que se pueden proponer desde la seguridad social
Authors: Viña Jordi Garcia
Published: August 2017

Ante la crisis, la gran mayoría de los países industrializados han puesto en práctica ampliosconjuntos de políticas activas y de protección, de carácter coyuntural, para contrarrestarlos efectos sociales y en el empleo de la recesión económica. La tendencia general es, adiferencia de crisis anteriores, incrementar de manera significativa el esfuerzo en políticasactivas de mercado de trabajo a medida que se han ido extendiendo los efectos de la crisisen forma de aumento del desempleo, sobre todo en aquellos países que habían adoptadomedidas anticrisis de forma temprana, aunque también se pone de manifiesto que el nivel global de gasto sigue siendo pequeño en proporción al aumento del paro. A pesar de losenfoques sustancialmente diferentes, los Estados miembros tienen en común problemascruciales. Como resultado del envejecimiento de la población, el gasto público podría subirvertiginosamente. Para que los trabajadores puedan permanecer más tiempo en activo,es esencial prever los cambios y gestionar con éxito la reestructuración económica. La higieney seguridad en el trabajo, la organización del trabajo y la formación son dimensionesclave de la calidad del empleo.