bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Atendimento educacional especializado como ação pedagógica em Educação Especial
Authors: Vieira Alexandro Braga , Ghidini Sabrina Selvatici Gomes
Published: October 2021

O livro expressa o esforço coletivo de pesquisadores universitários e profissionais da Educação Básica na busca por redes de apoio capazes de fortalecer a inclusão de estudantes com deficiência, transtornos globais do desenvolvimento e altas habilidades/superdotação, presentificadas em todas as atividades pedagógicas, seja no turno e no contraturno, fortalecendo, assim, o direito de aprender desses alunos nas escolas comuns.
Comparative Histochemical analysis of above-ground parts of Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria growing in Central Kazakhstan
Authors: Tulebayev A. Yerbolat , Ishmuratova Yu. Margarita , Losseva V. Irina , Kukuła-Koch Wirginia , Poleszak Ewa , K. Sabit Nadirbek
Published: October 2021

The histochemical analysis of medicinal plants and raw materials makes it possible to establish the presence of certain groups of active and related substances or products of their metabolism, as well as to study their localization in tissues. The article presents the results of histochemical analysis of leaves, flowers, petioles and stems of Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria. These types of plant are used in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and bactericidal agent. Our research objective - to determine the peculiarities of the localization features of individual groups of secondary metabolites in the aerial part of meadowsweet and meadowsweet growing in the territory of Central Kazakhstan at the microscopic level. Materials and Methods. Transverse sections of petioles, stem and whole flower; transverse and superficial sections of leaves of Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria were fixed in Strauss-Fleming solution, after which histochemical reactions were carried out to locate and identify essential oils, phenolic acids, flavonoids, sesquiterpene lactones, polysaccharides and alkaloids. The study of microscopic signs, as well as histochemical tests were carried out according to the methods of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Republic of Kazakhstan using a light microscope Biomed-4. Results and Discussion. The localization of biologically active substances in the studied types of plant raw materials was determined by histochemical methods using light microscopy. The presence of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, traces of essential oil, alkaloids and sesquiterpene lactones was established. The absence of polysaccharides in the investigated micropreparations was established. Conclusions. For the first time, the localization of secondary metabolites in the tissues of Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria was studied by histochemical tests. The results of histochemical studies can be used to confirm the authenticity, identification and standardization of the aerial parts of Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria.
Phytochemical and Pharmacological Evaluation of Annona reticulate
Authors: Kadasala Veena , Ghosh Niladry Sekhar , Kumar Chinnaiyan Santhosh , Mallik Arunabha , S.Y. Manjunath , Bhattacharjee Chiranjib
Published: October 2021

Annona reticulate (AR) is indigenous to the tropical areas of India and worldwide. The use of plant as remedy for diarrhea and ulcer is well documented in Ayurvedic system of medicine. However, pharmacological evidence does not exist to substantiate its therapeutic efficacy for the same. The aim was to investigate the antiulcer and anti-diarrheal activity of methanolic (ME) and aqueous extracts (AE) of A. reticulate in animal model. The antiulcer activity of extracts was investigated using ethanol and pylorus ligation-induced ulcer. The anti-diarrheal activity of MEAR and AEAR extracts was evaluated by castor oil induced diarrhea and gastro intestinal motility using parameters such as onset of diarrhea, number of wet stools, total number of stool and weight of total number of stools. The antiulcer activity of the extracts was confirmed by a reduction in ulcer index along with the decrease in gastric volume, total acidity, and an increase in pH of gastric content in both the models. A. reticulate extracts were more efficacious in reducing number of total stools in both the models of diarrhea and showed a dose-dependent antidiarrheal effect. The obtained results have established a pharmacological evidence for the folkloric use of the A. reticulate as antiulcer and antidiarrhoeal agent.
Modafinil Cocrystals for Altered Physicochemical Properties
Authors: J Thimmasetty , NN Shashank , Raheem T Abdul , SKK Shwetha , G Tanmoy
Published: October 2021

The present investigation was designed to prepare and characterize BCS class II drug modafinil cocrystals for its solubility enhancement and other properties. Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) was used for prediction of cocrystal formation. Coformers/excipients namely boric acid, cinnamic acid, salicylic acid, and tartaric acid were used in the preparation of cocrystals by liquid assisted grinding method with 1:1 molar ratio of drug and coformer. The prepared cocrystals were subjected to characterization by performing melting point determination, solubility analysis at its saturation point, and drug release by in vitro method. Furthermore, characterization was also done by Fourier Transform IR spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, PXRD and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The formation of modafinil cocrystals by using cinnamic acid and salicylic acid and the formation of modafinil complexes with boric acid and tartaric acid were confirmed by collectively assessing the results. Moreover, a drastic improvement in the solubility revealed the importance of preparing pharmaceutically useful cocrystals of marketed active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). However, the increased dissolution rates were seen with cocrystals but not with the complexes. Thus solid state manipulation technique can be used to improve the physicochemical properties of an API using HSP as a successful tool for the prediction of cocrystal formation among the partners.
Formulation and Evaluation of Hydrogels containing Liposomes Entrapped with Antifungal Agent
Authors: A. R. Hemanth , Kumar G. B. Kiran , Goudanavar Prakash , Sagar S. Dhruva
Published: October 2021

Background: The main aim of the present study was to formulate and evaluate prolonged release Fluconazole liposomal gel for the transdermal delivery. Fluconazole, α-(2.4-diflurofenil)-α-(1H-triazole-1-methyl)-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole-1-ethanol, is a class of antifungal of triazole. It shows the action against species of Candida sp., and it is specified in cases of or pharyngeal candidiasis, esophageal, vaginal, and deep infection. Materials and Method: Fluconazole liposomal gel was prepared by thin film hydration method using phosphatidyl choline and cholesterol. Liposomes were characterized for entrapment efficiency, particle size, and surface charge. Liposomes were then dispersed into a Carbopol gel base to form liposomal gel and evaluated for drug content, pH, spreadability, viscosity and in-vitro drug release. Results: The results indicated that concentration of cholesterol in the formulations affected the particle size and entrapment efficiency. When the concentration of cholesterol increased particle size was also increased but decrease in entrapment efficiency. The viscosity of Fluconazole liposomal gel decreases with increasing rate of shear. Hence it was showed that with non-Newtonian flow. In-vitro diffusion studies were carried out using cellophane membrane, results showed that liposomal gel formulation F1 (91.36%) showed highest cumulative percent of drug release and formulation F8 (76.98%) showed lowest cumulative percent of drug release. Conclusion: Therefore, Fluconazole liposomal gel sustained the drug release for the longer duration, hence decreases the number of application of drugs and also improves patient compliance.
Synthesis and Diagnoses of New Metal Ions Complexes derived from Trimethoprim Schiff Bases
Authors: Abed Rana R. , Mohammad Abeer S. , Ahmed Fadia J.
Published: October 2021

A New Schiff base (o-hydroxy benzylidene trimethoprim) derived from trimethoprim (known as a drug) was used as a ligand in this study, has been synthesized by condensation reaction from equal amounts of ortho hydroxybenzaldehyde and trimethoprim. This was then used for the preparation of new complexes by the reaction with Zinc and Manganese salts. The synthesized complexes were in the formula [M(OHTMP)2]X2 in the natural medium and [M(OHTMP)2-H] in basic medium (M=Zn, Mn, OHTMP = o-hydroxy benzylidene trimethoprim X= CH3COO, NO3, Cl2). The prepared complexes were diagnosed and characterized by employing FT-IR, 1H- NMR, CHN element analysis, molar conductivity, Molar refraction and flame atomic absorption techniques. Spectroscopic results proved the chelation behavior of this ligand. It coordinated to the metal ions as a tridentate ligand, via the imine nitrogen, azo methine, and phenolic oxygen atoms. According to the obtained results, octahedral geometry has been suggested for prepared complexes. The biological activities of the prepared ligand and complexes against Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella spp.) have being conducted. Both, the ligand and complexes showed anti-bacterial activities, beter than that of the Trimethoprim.
Effect of Tobacco on Lipoprotein Profile:
A Comparative study among Smokers and Chewers
Authors: Kumar Jha Roshan , Ambad Ranjit S. , Koundal Priya , Singh Akansha
Published: October 2021

It has been proved that tobacco is one of the cholesterol dependent risk factors pathogenically, and in addition with other risk factors it may lead to coronary heart disease. Thus, a strong interaction exists between hypercholesterolemia and tobacco ingesting in the genesis of coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to study the effect of tobacco smoking and chewing and compare its effect on lipoproteins. 60 subjects were included in the study, and were grouped into 3 three groups, tobacco smokers, tobacco chewers and tobacco non-abusers. Each group comprises 20 participants: selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Proper sampling and sample processing methods were employed to evaluate lipid profile. Total cholesterol and triglycerides levels were increased in smokers in comparison to non-smokers/non-chewers, and the differences were significant p<0.0001. HDL level was decreased in smokers as compared to non-smokers/non-chewers and the difference was statistically significant p<0.0001. Total cholesterol and LDL levels were increased in smokers in comparison to chewers. HDL level was decreased in chewers as compared to chewers. There was no significant association in any of the parameters. Present study observed increased and significant p<0.0001 differences in levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides while, HDL levels were decreased significantly p<0.0001, and also observed there was no significant difference among tobacco smokers and chewers. This may be a new area of interest for future studies.
Management of patients under Bone Anti-Resorptive Drugs-
A Survey among Dental Practitioners
Authors: Subramaniam Nandhini , Muthukrishnan Arvind
Published: October 2021

Introduction: Bone antiresorptive drugs are commonly prescribed for osteoporosis, Paget's disease, multiple myeloma, metastasis-associated with breast/prostate cancer. The most common complication of these drugs is the risk of developing osteonecrosis of the jaw. Maximum precautions should be taken in these patients before undertaking invasive dental procedures as they are at risk of developing osteonecrosis of the jaw. Thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and practice among the dental practitioners in managing patients on these group of drugs. Aim: To assess the knowledge and practice regarding the management of patients under bone anti-resorptive therapy among dental practitioners in Saveetha Dental College. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-prepared and pre-validated questionnaire containing 13 close-ended questions on knowledge and practice among 150 dental practitioners in Saveetha Dental College. Results: Out of 150 Dental practitioners, 69% were female and 31% were male. About 33% of dentists had more than 2 years of experience while 67% had less than 2 years of experience. Qualification distribution revealed 50.7% of dental specialists and 49.3% dental graduates. The mean score of Knowledge and practice was high among males when compared to females, high among dental specialists with more than 2 years of experience. Conclusion: The practitioners are aware of the antiresorptive group of drugs, its indication, and oral complication. The management protocol, precautions needed to treat these patients for any invasive dental procedures are well understood by the Dental practitioners.
Anti-biofilm Activity of Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) against Streptococcus mutans bacteria
Authors: Nuraini Prawati , Moeharyono Puteri Mega , Pramesty EksaArinda
Published: October 2021

Dental caries is a disease caused by Streptococcus mutans. The use of chlorhexidine to inhibit bacterial colonization has side effects such as tooth staining and can kill the normal flora when used long term. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a chemical compound in the form of polyphenols from green tea catechins which have antimicrobial potency to inhibit microorganism growth and biofilm formation. Type Laboratory Experimental Research In-vitro. The group that will be studied are the negative control group in the form of S.mutans + 5% sucrose, the treatment group in the form of S. mutans + 5% sucrose and EGCG concentration of 0.125mg/ml, 0.25mg/ml, 0.375mg/ml and a positive control group is S.mutans + 5% sucrose and 0.1% chlorhexidine. Data were analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine the normality of the data, Levene's test for homogeneity of data, One Way ANOVA Post Hoc Tukey HSD Multiple Comparison to determine differences between treatments. Results: There were significant differences between the treatment groups and the negative control at test results Post Hoc Tukey HSD and the significant differences in the concentration of EGCG 0.375mg/ml with the positive control given chlorhexidine 0.1% (p <0.05). Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) influence on the activity of S. mutans biofilm formation and EGCG concentration of 0.375mg/ml are more effective as an antibiofilm of S. mutans compared with chlorhexidine 0.1%.
Effect of Ultra-diluted Medicines in Depression and Anxiety: A Narrative Review
Authors: Prashanth Bhat Nandini , Bakthavatchalam Pugazhandhi , Krishnan Hareesh , Shetty Ashwija , Chandracharya Prasanna Lokadolalu
Published: October 2021

Background: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and depression are the common mental health diseases affecting millions of people globally. The conventional treatment with medications causes a lot of adverse effects leading patients to seek relief from alternative systems of medicine. The alternative mode of treatment, Homeopathy, uses ultra-diluted drugs to treat GAD and Depression. Objective: This review is to narrate and assess the effectiveness of homeopathy in anxiety and depressive disorders. Also, the related animal studies and in-vitro studies have been evaluated. Methods: The search used combinations of Medical Subject Heading terms ultra-diluted, anxiety, and depression. Lists of articles under references were reviewed to identify additional studies. Results: Studies suggest that ultra diluted, dynamised medicines are used by homeopathic practitioners to treat anxiety and depression. Homeopathic physicians prescribe individualized drugs after a detailed case taking. These have a favorable effect on the patients compared to control and also to conventional medicines. In- vivo studies show encouraging results as ultra- diluted drugs act as anxiolytics without altering the motor abilities of the animal models. In-vitro studies are lacking to reach a decisive inference. Conclusion: Although there are enough preliminary studies establishing proof of the effect of homeopathy in mental health ailments, further exploration is essential and ought to embrace well premeditated controlled studies with sufficient sums of participants.
The Influence of Travel of Puri Yuhana and Bukit Khatulistiwa Housing Residents on the Travel Chain.
Authors: Elizabeth Louise , Rachman Rais , Palinggi Monika Datu Mirring
Published: October 2021

In making a work trip, apart from being faced with the time of departure and the mode used, the journey of the residents of the Puri Yuhana and Bukit Khatulistiwa housing estates on their work trips is not only direct to the right destination but there are several workers who take school children or other families first and then go to the right place. work or take care of office work elsewhere then go to work. This study aims to (1) Identify the Characteristics of Residents of Puri Yuhana Housing and Bukit Khatulistiwa. (2) Knowing the Effect of Traveling Residents of Puri Yuhana Housing and Bukit Khatulistiwa on the Travel Chain. This research was conducted in Puri Yuhana Housing and Bukit Khatulistiwa, Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan km 4, Biringkanaya sub-district, Makassar. The results showed that the pattern of the travel chain for the residents of the Puri Yuhana Housing was dominant with the pattern of home – taking children to school – workplace – home, significantly influenced by the number of family members who worked and when they came home from work, while the pattern of the travel chain for the residents of Bukit Khatulistiwa Housing was dominant. with the homework – home pattern, significantly influenced by the number of family members, motorcycle ownership, departure time, and travel time
Expert perspectives on currently evolving therapeutic landscape of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD, FASCO, FACP.
Authors:   Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Vogelzang Nicholas
Published: October 2021

The major phenomenon that we are all dealing in the kidney cancer space is the power of the immuno-oncology agents to effect complete responses. For the first- line therapy, physicians have f our FDA approved regimens to choose from: nivolumab/ipilimumab, pembrolizumab/axitinib, nivolumab/cabometyx, pembro/lenvantinib, and of course clinical trials. Nivolumab/ipilimumab combination has big advantages and performs dramatically well in eliminating the tumors in certain RCC patients. In some patients, complete response is attained fairly quickly within three months. Such complete responses are well documented both clinically and sometimes surgically by nephrectomy. Such highly impressive outcomes are driving a lot of physicians who are on the fence between nivolumab/ipilimumab versus pembrolizumab/axitinib to go with nivolumab and ipilimumab.
Some medicinal plants with anti -fertility potential used by the tribal people of the District Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Authors:   Bansberia Girls High School , Bansberia, Hooghly-712502, West Bengal, India, Bhattacharjee Piyasi
Published: October 2021

The increase in population is becoming a comprehensive dilemma, causing much pressure alternative medicine for anti-fertility action. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments. India has about more than 45000 plant species and among them several thousand are claimed to possess medicinal properties. Researchers conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for anti-fertility action. This review reveals that some plants and their part used having anti-fertility action, which are helpful for researcher to develop new herbal anti-fertility formulations. In the recent years, interest in drugs of plant origin has been progressively increased. The Koch Rajbangshi people use various wild and cultivated plants as medicine for curing different diseases. They completely or partially depend upon these plants for curing various diseases. The plants are mostly used as first aid treatment in most of the diseases. In almost every village there is a medical man who generally knows the traditional uses of the plants. There are some ritual believes also associated with these medicinal plants or ethnomedicines. A good number of these plants are also included in their daily diet. Above all, the plants have also some market value, thus playing an important socio-economic role among the people of the various tribal people. With the use of modern day medical techniques the traditional health care system is now at the verge of extinction. In the present work, the Researcher tried to document the plants used for the medicinal purposes in the, District Cooch Behar or Koch Bihar of the North Bengal region. To create a database of traditional knowledge and use pattern of some plants with infertility potential by Koch or Rajbangshi people in the region all the plants with its uses are documented in this study.
An alarming public health concern over variability in herbal compositions of marketed immunity booster products during COVID-19: A botanical survey-based study
Authors:   Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, TheMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India., Kalal Chirag , Charola Sanket ,   Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, TheMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Published: October 2021

The world is going through pandemic of the century named COVID-19 disease. The COVID-19 pathogenesis involves cytokine storm in advanced stage leading to systemic hyper-inflammation. Medicinal herbs are practiced as part of alternative therapies in addition to clinically approved drugs with strong belief of its safety and efficacy. In present times, many herbal immunity booster products are available in market which claims to boost immunity for fighting against COVID-19 in prevention and cure. In this study, herbal products with tag of Immunity boosters were surveyed from medical stores and studied for their botanical contents. We surveyed 60 herbal products out of which 31% were tablets and rest were other forms like capsule, decoction and avaleha. Among the products, 17% products were from Dabur followed by Himalaya, Zandu and rest other leading brands of herbal market. Total 98 plants belonging to 50 diverse plant families like Zingiberaceae, Lamiaceae, Piperaceae and Apiaceae were reported being used in these products. Including Fruits (19%), Root (18%) and Leaf (17%), total 20 different plant parts were found used as medicinal herbs. These herbal products were having 10.27 ± 14.02 herbs with range of 56 indicates huge ingredient variation among the products. This diversity in products poses serious health concern in buyers who do not know the safety and efficacy of immunity boosters, being used in COVID-19 pandemic.
Deaths in custody in Australia 2019-20
Authors: Doherty Laura , Sullivan Tom
Published: October 2021

The National Deaths in Custody Program has monitored the extent and nature of deaths occurring in prison, police custody and youth detention in Australia since 1980. The Australian Institute of Criminology has coordinated the program since its establishment in 1992, the result of a recommendation made the previous year by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In 2019-20 there were 113 deaths in custody: 89 in prison custody and 24 in police custody or custody-related operations. This report contains detailed information on these deaths and compares the findings to longer term trends.
Ojo: una mirada transdisciplinar
Authors: Álvarez Medina Katherine , Bravo Andrea , Cuéllar Sáenz Zoilo , Eslava Euclides , Franco Bustos Valentina , Gaitán Villamil Jhair Alexis , Mauricio Gaviria Oskar , Giraldo Millán Ángela María , Gómez Andrea Valentina , Gómez Duarte Leonardo , Hernández Álvaro , Juvinao María José , Michelsen Mariana , Monsalve Santiago , Mora Velasco Ingrid Valentina , Restrepo Escobar Jorge Alberto , Rincón Sierra Daniel Santiago , Sáenz Valeri , Torres Rodríguez Duiny Zarey , Viñán Garcés André Emilio
Published: October 2021

El objetivo de este libro es ofrecer un espacio de reflexión y posibles respuestas a fenómenos relacionados con la convergencia entre el ojo y la medicina. Lo anterior se realiza mediante el diálogo entre estudiantes y profesionales con diferentes campos y niveles de formación, con el objeto de lograr un saber transdisciplinar del ojo, un órgano dotado de variedad de metáforas, significados y funcionalidades. El presente texto recopila a manera de working papers y apuntes de sesión el resultado de un viaje por el ojo humano, un viaje que atraviesa el arte, la medicina, la literatura y la espiritualidad. Esperamos lo disfrute y que tenga la luminosidad precisa para el asombro.
Evaluation: and Grading of Students' Writing: Holistic and Analytic Scoring Rubrics
Authors: Al-Ghazo Abeer , Ta'amneh Issam
Published: October 2021

The paper tries to investigate the most preferable writing scoring rubrics when assessing students' writing assignments and to find the dimensions that teachers who teach English as a foreign language (EFL) emphasize when scoring EFL writing summaries. Thirty male and female Jordanian EFL teachers who teach English in both basic and secondary schools were participated to collect the necessary data. To conduct the study, a questionnaire consisting of twenty-seven items was prepared and disturbed by the researchers to suit the purpose of the study. In order to analyze the participants' respondents in the questionnaire, the researchers calculate Percentages, Means, Standard Deviations. The results revealed that there is a high interest in using analytic scoring rubrics to correct their students’ writing. The total mean reached 3.27 with standard deviation (0.65) by high agreement degree. Moreover, the results also highlight the importance of using scoring rubrics as precise and effective   methods to assess the learners’ writing performance.
“Bodies and Things, Both Putrid and Corrupt”: Miasma and Racial Anxiety in Hawthorne's The Marble Faun
Authors: Douglas Christopher
Published: October 2021

As the forces of racial anxiety and pandemic combined in America in 2020 in the BLM protests and COVID-19 outbreak, so too they combine in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun (1860) in the form of antebellum racism and malaria. Written shortly after his European tour, Hawthorne's final novel, which is packed with comments about the poisonous Roman air, features New England artists Hilda and Kenyon who must navigate Italy without becoming degraded, while Italians Miriam and Donatello belong to the corruption that Italy breeds. The pestilence oozing between the lines of this novel is born out of racial transgressions; though different in scope from America's enslavement of Africans, the tension between white, Protestant American culture and Catholic Italy speaks to the same neuroses haunting the American psyche of not only the 1850s but also the twenty-first century. The American characters' separation from the Roman atmosphere mirrors the growing separation between North and South during the runup to the Civil War. Like America, Italy was on the verge of war, although as a force of unification instead of dissolution; yet for both, Hawthorne subverts the open discussion of any political tension to the level of a diseased atmosphere.
“A Strange, Contagious Fear”: Scarlet Letters and Shame in the Time of Coronavirus
Authors: Williams Susan S.
Published: October 2021

Public shaming has a long history in the United States, and the image of the “scarlet letter” is an integral part of that history. This essay examines how American media accounts in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic invoked the image of the scarlet letter to describe the shame of infection at an individual, institutional, and national level. The first section discusses the colonial sources that Hawthorne used in creating the image as well as the ways in which his romance associates it with social shame and stigma. The second section focuses on media accounts that equate wearing a mask, or declining to wear a mask, with wearing a scarlet letter like Hester Prynne. The final section considers how the scarlet letter has been used in accounts of communal infection rates and forced closures. In their invocations of the scarlet letter, reporters, essayists, and bloggers have repeated the central conflicts between individual freedom and social responsibility, moral good and legal constraint, mobility and isolation, and selfishness and empathy that have long dominated scholarly interpretations of The Scarlet Letter. In doing so, they demonstrate the continuing potency of the cultural work of Hawthorne's classic novel.
Vestígio e memória lésbica nas entranhas do mundo
Authors: Manhães Aline de Macedo , Almeida Carneiro Isabel
Published: October 2021

O artigo investiga os registros fotográficos de Ana Mendieta, Zanele Muholi e Jade Marra, três mulheres do sul global. Para investigar suas obras partimos das ideias de teóricas feministas terceiro-mundistas como Gloria Anzaldúa e Karina Vergara Sanches. Além de trazermos o pensamento de Silvia Federici, Simone de Beauvoir, Linda Noclin e Roberta Barros para nos auxiliar nas leituras complexas das imagens sobre representação e visibilidade lésbica. Trabalhamos com o conceito de A/r/tografia de Rita Irwin que subverte questões centrais hegemônicas do academicismo branco para a construção de novas epistemologias feministas.
Corpos e experiências lésbicas importam? Para quem?
Authors: Brunetto Carlin dos Santos Dayana , Tagliamento Grazielle
Published: October 2021

Este artigo procura compreender, numa perspectiva foucaultiana e dos estudos de gênero, as relações de poder que produzem a invisibilidade das experiências, corpos e práticas relacionadas às lesbianidades no Brasil. Mesmo com diversas pesquisas acadêmicas e perante as trajetórias de ativistas lésbicas pelo país, tais experiências, corpos e práticas seguem invisibilizados. A análise questiona se tais relações estariam se produzindo por meio de discursos que interseccionam o machismo e a misoginia, dentre outras doenças sociais, ao eleger como alvos corpos e experiências que ousam se distanciar das normas colocadas em funcionamento pela heterossexualidade compulsória. Busca ainda pensar sobre as formas como as experiências lésbicas são, muitas vezes, sabotadas pelo próprio movimento social LGBT e por outros movimentos que contribuem para o apagamento desses corpos e práticas, colocando-os como menos importantes. Corpos e experiências lésbicas importam? Para quem? A partir destas reflexões, o texto investiga também a articulação da Rede Nacional de Ativistas e Pesquisadoras Lésbicas e de Mulheres Bissexuais – Rede LésBi Brasil, como uma estratégia de resistência aos tempos de obscurantismo acirrados no Brasil desde as eleições presidenciais de 2018.
A história do Bacharelado Interdisciplinar em Humanidades no bojo da expansão das universidades públicas federais no Brasil
Authors: Mykonios Atanásio , Barroso Queiroz Lima Josélia , Faé Stocco Aline
Published: October 2021

Este artigo coloca em análise o processo de expansão da universidade pública brasileira, tendo por referência a experiência da Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha (UFVJM) e a condução do curso Bacharelado Interdisciplinar em Humanidades, Campus JK. Diamantina, MG, Brasil. Nele, as(o) autoras (es) refletem sobre os desafios educacionais da interdisciplinaridade e sobretudo, discutem sobre os desafios da inclusão social como condição à democratização social. As (o) autoras(o) ex-coordenadores de curso,  narram as trajetórias e o fazer pedagógico vivido com  os sujeitos sociais que chegam a universidade, homens e mulheres trabalhadores, negros, não hetero normativos, de classe social baixa, apontando para a necessidade de rupturas epistêmicas e a importância do fazer educacional como ato comprometido com a transformação social. Sendo um relato de experiência, o texto registra, descreve, discute os percursos construídos e os obstáculos da educação pública, gratuita e socialmente referenciada num país que, historicamente, nega ao seu povo o direito social a educação. Não obstante, apontam para as múltiplas possibilidades que os ‘corpos dissidentes’ produzem de saberes, de afetos, de conhecimentos quando o diálogo entre a universidade e os que chegam se abre como caminho metodológico e pedagógico, garantindo que as diferenças possam ser reconhecidas.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   The University of Southern Mississippi, Stelk Steven , Zumpano Leonard V. ,   The University of Alabama
Published: October 2021

This study investigates the impact of the brokerage market on home prices in both a seller's market (2006) and a buyer's market (2009). In both years, homes sold with brokerage assistance realized higher prices when compared with homes sold without the aid of a broker, even after controlling for selection bias in the seller¡¦s choice to use a broker. This is the first study that uses a national dataset from extreme boom and bust markets that has documented evidence of price segmentation in the residential real estate market. The findings may be the result of the market conditions in 2006 and 2009.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   National Pension Service Gyeongin Regional Headquarter, No Han-Jang , Kim Dai-Won ,   Dankook University, Yu Jung-Suk ,   Dankook University
Published: October 2021

This study examines whether the reserve prices in court auctions of residential real estate in Seoul, Korea result in reference price effects by influencing the amount of the successful bid. We also explore whether the sensitivity of these reference price effects differ with housing size and assess whether the expected rate of the selling price can be predicted based on the different reserve price levels. The panel data estimates presented herein show that reserve prices positively influence the final property transfer prices; in other words, the reserve prices yield strong reference price effects. The results of the ordinary least square regressions show that the sensitivity of the reference price effects differs with housing size, albeit in an inconsistent manner. Finally, the response surface methodology analysis indicates * Corresponding author 76 No, Kim and Yu that different reserve prices lead to different reference price effects with locality across the Seoul metropolitan area. The study thus provides courts and bidders with the means to predict the potential rate of the selling price, which will be useful for decision making in auctions.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   University of Louisville, Bourassa Steven C. , Haurin Donald ,   Ohio State University
Published: October 2021

This paper outlines an approach to constructing a Dynamic Housing Affordability Index (DHAI) that reflects the anticipated cost of owner-occupied housing and performs well in tracking changes in the demand for homeownership and other aspects of the housing market. Our index is grounded in the user cost theory and influenced by variations in the price of housing, mortgage interest and property tax rates, property insurance, transaction costs, and depreciation and maintenance. It takes into account the benefits from U.S. income tax deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes, and considers the role of expected house price inflation in reducing the cost of housing. We show that the DHAI is correlated with national and regional consumer sentiment which reflects the demand for owner-occupied housing, regional and metropolitan statistical area (MSA) homeownership rates, housing market characteristics including housing starts, and sales of new and existing housing. There is evidence that the DHAI performs better than other popular measures of affordability.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   Gulf University for Science and Technology, Al-Abduljader: Sulaiman T.
Published: October 2021

The paper investigates the effects of international diversification in reducing risk. A test is applied on real estate returns by analyzing global portfolios that invest in the real estate of Gulf Cooperating Countries (GCC). The correlations between markets are not low enough to produce effective diversification. Nine out of the twelve portfolios have produced high enough correlations that when opposite positions (long and short) are taken, only then we begin to see significant reduction in risk. When comparing the effects of the real estate of the GCC with those of the real estate of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) in the context of a global equity portfolio, both the real estate of the GCC and BRIC do not produce diversification benefits when a long position is taken in developed markets. Nonetheless, when taking a long position in the real estate of the GCC, effective diversification is found when taking a short position in the developed markets. A similar case can also be concluded when taking a long position in the real estate of the BRIC countries and shorting the developed markets. The results suggest serious concerns on effective diversification among global investors with the current long only exposure to real estate in the region and suggests the introduction of shorting financial instruments for active hedging and portfolio optimization.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   Technical University Politecnico di Bari, d’Amato Maurizio , Amoruso Paola ,   Lum Jean Monnet University,
Published: October 2021

Whilst the property market shows cyclical behaviours, opinions of value based on income approaches assume that there is stable or perpetually growing (or decreasing) income without considering the effects of the property market cycle on leasing contracts. The paper therefore focuses on the application of a valuation method for income producing properties which have a value that is affected by the upturns and downturns of property market cycles. Continuing from the previous works in this area (d¡¦Amato, 2003, d¡¦Amato, 2013; d¡¦Amato, 2015) the income approach method here is applied to the office market in four areas of London. In applying this valuation method, property valuation and time series analysis are integrated. The work provides a general introduction on cyclical capitalization as another family of valuation methodologies based on the income approach and then an application of cyclical capitalization to areas of London which highlight their strength and weakness.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   Johns Hopkins University, Miller Chen L.
Published: October 2021

This paper demonstrates, theoretically and empirically, that shared equity mortgages are a better affordable housing solution than high-leverage lending, in terms of both default reduction and cost to mortgage insurers. Their effectiveness in reducing strategic default is increased when shared equity contracts are conducted in expensive house price areas, during housing bubble periods, with long holding terms, or for borrowers with high expected returns. The paper develops numerical examples with the use of simulation and back-testing, which are applied to Los Angeles. The results show that Los Angeles could have avoided many of its strategic defaults in the recent recession if it had used a shared equity mortgage as an alternative to conventional low down-payment mortgages.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   California State University, Li Yuming , Yang Jing ,   California State University
Published: October 2021

We examine the relation between risk and returns in the U.S. residential housing market. We find that the risk of house price changes and the magnitude relative to the risk of income changes vary with economic conditions. We measure the excess risk of house price changes by adjusting for the risk of income changes and economic variables associated with the real estate and financial sectors of the economy, and find a significant and positive relation between house price changes and excess risk. We also find that excess risk has significantly adverse effects on the short-run momentum and long-run reversal of house price changes across metro areas, thus implying that excess risk induces price rigidity and helps to explain for the serial correlations in price changes in the U.S. single-family housing market.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   National Taipei University, Liao Hsueh-Fei , Chu: Nan-Yu ,   Feng Chia University, Peng Chien-Wen ,   National Taipei University
Published: October 2021

Previous studies on the impact of clients on real estate appraisals have been limited in terms of their research method and selection of variables. They have been unable to effectively measure the impact of clients on the behavior of appraisers, and also neglected the influence of appraisers on their own behavior. The objective of this study is to therefore focus on real estate appraisers in Taiwan by investigating their awareness of appraiser independence and the factors that influence such independence through a questionnaire survey. The results show that appraisers generally agree that they are highly independent of the decision regarding the final appraisal, but the actual appraisal may be affected by the behavior of the client. The most critical factors that affect the awareness of appraiser independence of appraisers are the size of the appraising company, impact of the behavior of other appraisers, and extent to which appraisers are affected by industry regulations. Accordingly, we recommend building an external environment to make independent appraisals and a third party who plays an intermediary role during the process of appointment to reduce the pressure by clients on appraisers.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   National Chengchi  University, Wu Wen-Chieh , Ma Yu-Chun ,   Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Bourassa Steven ,   Florida Atlantic University
Published: October 2021

In this paper, we examine whether Chinese folk customs and taboos have impacts on the home improvement decisions of Taiwanese homeowners. Based on traditional Chinese culture, we choose the Year of the Dragon and Widow Year as indicators of auspicious (fortune) and inauspicious (taboo) periods, respectively. With the use of a Heckman two-stage estimation approach, our empirical results provide evidence that traditional Chinese folk customs and taboos indeed have important roles in decisions on home improvement. We find that the likelihood that a homeowner will make home improvements is significantly reduced in the so-called taboo period. Moreover, we find that expenditures on home improvements increase in the so-called auspicious period, particularly in areas outside the capital city region. In addition to considering the impacts of folk customs on home improvement decisions, this paper contributes to the literature by establishing a theoretical model that reflects the fact that homeowners have dual roles as both consumers and suppliers of housing.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   University of Macau, Lai Rose , Van Order Robert ,   George Washington University
Published: October 2021

This paper studies the evolution of property values and the connections between shadow banking and property markets in China. We use Pooled Mean Group estimation to analyze Chinese house prices in 65 cities from 2007-2016, define the "fundamentals¨ of housing prices with the Gordon dividend discount model, and use lagged rents, prices, real and nominal interest rates, and shadow banking activity as short term explanatory factors. We find that the cities tend to share long run fundamentals and adjust relatively quickly to deviations from the fundamentals. We do not find bubbles; rather houses are like growth stocks with house prices rapidly chasing growing rents. More importantly, we find that house prices increase more quickly with the availability of shadow banking funds, which have grown rapidly.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   National Taipei University, Lin Yi-Hsuan , Peng Chien-Wen ,   National Taipei University
Published: October 2021

Previous studies have rarely discussed the phenomenon of financially independent married young adults who live with their parents in Asia. This study examines the determinants of living with parents for married young adults who are the main financial provider by using samples of households at the national and regional levels (six municipal regions) in Taiwan. The empirical results reveal that housing affordability is a key factor for why married young adults continue to live with their parents. Due to concerns around housing affordability, married young adults are 1.3 times more likely to live with their parents in Taipei City which is the least affordable city in Taiwan, as opposed to those who do not have concerns around housing affordability as is the case for Tainan City, which is the most affordable region, in which the likelihood is only 1.07. While the education level of married young adults has a significantly positive effect on living with their parents in the Taipei metropolitan area, the opposite is true in the central and southern cities of Taiwan. An increase in the number of pre-school children will increase the likelihood of living with parents, except in Taipei City. The differences might be caused by the differences in the housing and labor markets in the examined cities. Furthermore, an increase in the number of co-residing grandparents or those who have more than one owner-occupied house will increase the probability of living with parents. The variables in this study might be also affected by the influence of traditional family culture and family wealth on the nest- leaving decision of married young adults.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   University of Cambridge, Bao Helen X. H. , Brady Adam ,   University of Cambridge, Wang Ziyou ,   University of Cambridge
Published: October 2021

We use the reclassification of the real estate stocks in the S&P 500 from the Financials sector as a natural experiment to test the co-existence of both market force and behavioural biases. By performing event studies on real estate investment trusts (REITs) included in the S&P 400, S&P 500, and S&P 600 indices on both the announcement and implementation dates, we investigate the impact of the reclassification of the real estate stocks in the S&P 500 from the Financials sector to the newly created Real Estate sector under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) system. We set up four hypotheses to test if the identified reclassification effect is due to improved pricing efficiency or bounded rationality. The event studies confirm the presence of abnormal returns during the announcement of the new sector and the S&P implementation. The reclassification effect is the largest for large-cap real estate stocks that are included in the S&P 500 index. These abnormal returns are robust to various measures of statistical significance and variation of event windows. The creation of a real estate category in the GICS improves the pricing efficiency of real estate stocks, but also triggers framing effects among investors. The market is under the influence of both rational and irrational forces.
International Real Estate Review
Authors:   Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Sikorska-Lewandowska Aleksandra
Published: October 2021

The number of housing communities in Poland is on the rise as they have a property right known as "separate ownership of the premises". Housing communities are now an important alternative to the still popular housing cooperatives. Housing cooperatives have many legal orders, and their legal status varies. Polish housing communities do not have legal personality, which raises questions about their legal status. The author of this article explains about the legal regulations around housing communities, analyses the contents of the Polish legal doctrine, and reviews important judgments regarding the legal character of housing communities. In conclusion, the author recognizes Polish housing communities as "defective legal persons", i.e., they are subject to rights that are independent of those of the owners of premises and therefore have legal capacity. In this respect, the Polish model bears similarity to the model adopted in the German legal system.