bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research on a component characteristic adaptive correction method for variable cycle engines
Authors: Lu Sangwei , Zhou Wenxiang , Huang Jinquan , Wang Bo
Published: November 2023

There is inevitably a performance deviation between an engine model and an actual engine that is influenced by unpredictable factors such as the unsuspected environmental conditions and the natural performance degradation in the process of use. Because the engine model precision largely depends on the accuracies of the component maps, it is possible to revise the engine model to determine a better trend for the engine performance from recorded measurements by adjusting the maps. This paper presents a new method for updating the variable geometry component maps of a variable cycle engine (VCE) by using a set of scaling factors estimated with the cubature Kalman filter (CKF). A mapping function is created between the scaling factors and the component characteristic scaling coefficients for the adjustments of the maps. The proposed method is applied to a VCE model according to the VCE benchmark steady-state performance data. The results show that the maximum simulation error of the engine steady-state model decreases from 5.33 to 0.93%, and the CKF-based adaptation method provides a much faster computing rate than the particle swarm optimization (PSO) based adaptation method, which verifies the effectiveness and engineering applicability of the variable geometry characteristic adaptive correction method.
Predicting functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients after endovascular treatment by machine learning
Authors: Liu Zhenxing , Zhang Renwei , Ouyang Keni , Hou Botong , Cai Qi , Xie Yu , Liu Yumin
Published: November 2023

Background

Endovascular therapy (EVT) was the standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion. Prognosis after EVT is always a major concern. Here, we aimed to explore a predictive model for patients after EVT.

Method

A total of 156 patients were retrospectively enrolled. The primary outcome was functional dependence (defined as a 90-day modified Rankin Scale score ≤ 2). Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and univariate logistic regression were used to select predictive factors. Various machine learning algorithms, including multivariate logistic regression, linear discriminant analysis, support vector machine, k-nearest neighbors, and decision tree algorithms, were applied to construct prognostic models.

Result

Six predictive factors were selected, namely, age, baseline National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT (ASPECT) score, modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarction score, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH), and complications (pulmonary infection, gastrointestinal bleeding, and cardiovascular events). Based on these variables, various models were constructed and showed good discrimination. Finally, a nomogram was constructed by multivariate logistic regression and showed a good performance.

Conclusion

Our nomogram, which was composed of age, baseline NIHSS score, ASPECT score, recanalization status, sICH, and complications, showed a very good performance in predicting outcome after EVT.
The Role of Agentive and Physical Forces in the Neural Representation of Motion Events
Authors: Karakose-Akbiyik Seda , Sussman Oliver , Wurm Moritz F. , Caramazza Alfonso
Published: November 2023

How does the brain represent information about motion events in relation to agentive and physical forces? In this study, we investigated the neural activity patterns associated with observing animated actions of agents (e.g., an agent hitting a chair) in comparison to similar movements of inanimate objects that were either shaped solely by the physics of the scene (e.g., gravity causing an object to fall down a hill and hit a chair) or initiated by agents (e.g., a visible agent causing an object to hit a chair). Using an fMRI-based multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA), this design allowed testing where in the brain the neural activity patterns associated with motion events change as a function of, or are invariant to, agentive versus physical forces behind them. A total of 29 human participants (nine male) participated in the study. Cross-decoding revealed a shared neural representation of animate and inanimate motion events that is invariant to agentive or physical forces in regions spanning frontoparietal and posterior temporal cortices. In contrast, the right lateral occipitotemporal cortex showed a higher sensitivity to agentive events, while the left dorsal premotor cortex was more sensitive to information about inanimate object events that were solely shaped by the physics of the scene.
Activity-Dependent Stabilization of Nascent Dendritic Spines Requires Nonenzymatic CaMKIIα Function
Authors: Claiborne Nicole , Anisimova Margarita , Zito Karen
Published: November 2023

The outgrowth and stabilization of nascent dendritic spines are crucial processes underlying learning and memory. Most new spines retract shortly after growth; only a small subset is stabilized and integrated into the new circuit connections that support learning. New spine stabilization has been shown to rely upon activity-dependent molecular mechanisms that also contribute to long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength. Indeed, disruption of the activity-dependent targeting of the kinase CaMKIIα to the GluN2B subunit of the NMDA-type glutamate receptor disrupts both LTP and activity-dependent stabilization of new spines. Yet it is not known which of CaMKIIα's many enzymatic and structural functions are important for new spine stabilization. Here, we used two-photon imaging and photolysis of caged glutamate to monitor the activity-dependent stabilization of new dendritic spines on hippocampal CA1 neurons from mice of both sexes in conditions where CaMKIIα functional and structural interactions were altered. Surprisingly, we found that inhibiting CaMKIIα kinase activity either genetically or pharmacologically did not impair activity-dependent new spine stabilization. In contrast, shRNA knockdown of CaMKIIα abolished activity-dependent new spine stabilization, which was rescued by co-expressing shRNA-resistant full-length CaMKIIα, but not by a truncated monomeric CaMKIIα. Notably, overexpression of phospho-mimetic CaMKIIα-T286D, which exhibits activity-independent targeting to GluN2B, enhanced basal new spine survivorship in the absence of additional glutamatergic stimulation, even when kinase activity was disrupted. Together, our results support a model in which nascent dendritic spine stabilization requires structural and scaffolding interactions mediated by dodecameric CaMKIIα that are independent of its enzymatic activities.
Teaching the Complex Dynamics of Clean Energy Subsidies With the Help of a Model-as-Game
Authors: Hittinger Eric , Miao Qing , Williams Eric
Published: November 2023

The economic and policy justifications for clean energy subsidies are complex and difficult to internalize. A subsidy induces additional consumers to buy, reducing carbon emissions through reduced fossil fuel consumption. Over the long term, subsidies encourage industry investment and cost reductions. Ideally, subsidies can be removed when the technology is broadly competitive. Deciding on an appropriate level of government subsidy is complex because a decision-maker should balance government expenditures and benefits over both time and space. A subsidy can be excessive when government costs are too high and/or many consumers would have purchased the unsubsidized product, but can also be too low if insufficient to encourage adoption. In order to educate non-experts on these ideas, we created a case study about the topic, consisting of teaching materials and a cooperative multiplayer game that is playable in small groups in 15–30 min. We have used the case study in both university courses and public-facing events and believe that it would be of interest as teaching material for cost-benefit analysis, government subsidy design, clean energy policy, and science and technology policy education or training. After 15 min with the game, players have a basic understanding of all the important factors and dynamics of subsidy design. For the reader, this article offers a specific example of how to translate a sophisticated technoeconomic decision model into an educational game and includes rules and supplementary materials needed to cover the topic of subsidy design and to try the game in courses and general public settings.
Tumor endothelial cell autophagy is a key vascular‐immune checkpoint in melanoma
Authors: Verhoeven Jelle , Jacobs Kathryn A , Rizzollo Francesca , Lodi Francesca , Hua Yichao , Poźniak Joanna , Narayanan Srinivasan Adhithya , Houbaert Diede , Shankar Gautam , More Sanket , Schaaf Marco B , Dubroja Lakic Nikolina , Ganne Maarten , Lamote Jochen , Van Weyenbergh Johan , Boon Louis , Bechter Oliver , Bosisio Francesca , Uchiyama Yasuo , Bertrand Mathieu JM , Marine Jean Christophe , Lambrechts Diether , Bergers Gabriele , Agrawal Madhur , Agostinis Patrizia
Published: November 2023

Tumor endothelial cells (TECs) actively repress inflammatory responses and maintain an immune‐excluded tumor phenotype. However, the molecular mechanisms that sustain TEC‐mediated immunosuppression remain largely elusive. Here, we show that autophagy ablation in TECs boosts antitumor immunity by supporting infiltration and effector function of T‐cells, thereby restricting melanoma growth. In melanoma‐bearing mice, loss of TEC autophagy leads to the transcriptional expression of an immunostimulatory/inflammatory TEC phenotype driven by heightened NF‐kB and STING signaling. In line, single‐cell transcriptomic datasets from melanoma patients disclose an enriched InflammatoryHigh/AutophagyLow TEC phenotype in correlation with clinical responses to immunotherapy, and responders exhibit an increased presence of inflamed vessels interfacing with infiltrating CD8+ T‐cells. Mechanistically, STING‐dependent immunity in TECs is not critical for the immunomodulatory effects of autophagy ablation, since NF‐kB‐driven inflammation remains functional in STING/ATG5 double knockout TECs. Hence, our study identifies autophagy as a principal tumor vascular anti‐inflammatory mechanism dampening melanoma antitumor immunity.
The Argumentative Uses of Emotive Language
Authors: Macagno Fabrizio , Walton Douglas
Published: November 2023

This paper analyzes selected examples of uses of argumentation tactics that exploit emotive language, many of them criticized as deceptive and even fallacious by classical and recent sources, including current informal logic textbooks. The analysis is based on six argumentation schemes, and an account of the dialectical setting in which these schemes are used. The three conclusions are (1) that such uses of emotive language are often reasonable and necessary in argumentation based on values, (2) but that they are defeasible, and hence need to be seen as open to critical questioning (3) and that when they are used fallaciously, it is because they interfere with critical questioning or conceal the need for it. The analysis furnishes criteria for distinguishing between arguments based on the use of emotive words that are reasonable tools of persuasion, and those that are fallacious tactics used to conceal and distort information.Keywords: Loaded words, redefinitions, euphemisms, persuasion, argumentation
¿Se basa el razonamiento ético en la lógica clásica o en una lógica deóntica especial?
Authors: López Astorga Miguel
Published: November 2023

Los resultados de distintas versiones de la tarea de selección de las cuatro tarjetas de Wason han sido entendidos como apoyos a la idea de que la lógica de los condicionales deónticos es diferente a la lógica clásica. En este trabajo, defendemos que los argumentos para apoyar esta hipótesis son débiles y que las diversas versiones de la mencionada tarea proporcionan resultados diferentes porque los contextos y las instrucciones que las acompañan no son los mismos. Así, concluimos que los hechos que se presentan como evidencias a favor de la tesis de la lógica deóntica pueden ser interpretados también desde el marco de la lógica formal clásica, ya que tales hechos no son contradictorios con ella.Palabras clave: condicional, contexto, deóntico, lógica, tarea de selección
La noción de argumento y el problema de Mill
Authors: De Donato Rodriguez Xavier
Published: November 2023

Se establecen varias definiciones de argumento relevantes para la discusión y se defiende que, para los propósitos de una teoría de la argumentación adecuada, es necesario tener en cuenta una noción de argumento qua acto de habla. Se elucida la noción de “implicatura argumentativa” (propuesta inicialmente por Jackson (1987)), ofreciéndose un nuevo análisis de la misma, a la luz del cual se pretende afrontar el problema planteado por John Stuart Mill al preguntarse si los argumentos deductivos válidos son o no peticiones de principio. Con ayuda del mencionado análisis, se pretende también iluminar el problema que plantean las peticiones de principio en general, en el contexto de una discusión reciente presentada por Pérez-Otero en una serie de artículos (Pérez-Otero 2009; 2012).Palabras clave: argumento, circularidad, implicatura argumentativa, petición de principio, John Stuart Mill.
Innovación y dinámica social
Authors: Menéndez Viso Armando
Published: November 2023

El problema general al que se refiere esta contribución es el de cómo concebir la innovación, pero aborda solamente una de sus facetas particulares: el papel de la dinámica social en las discusiones sobre innovación. Lo que se defiende, en consonancia con las teorías económicas dominantes a partir del marginalismo, es que la innovación, que no es buena por sí misma, nace de la valoración social y, por tanto, en la medida en que ésta sea más diversa, más probable será aquélla. La argumentación sobre innovación debería tener en cuenta no únicamente lo que pasa del lado de la oferta (patentes, educación, infraestructuras de investigación, etc.), sino también la diversidad y el cambio por el lado de la demanda (es decir, la dinámica social). Tomando elementos de la antropología, la sociología, la geografía y el urbanismo, el concepto de innovación podría incorporar la diversidad social y, así, desarrollarse y comprenderse mejor.Palabras clave: innovación social, cultura, antropología, marginalismo
La Lógica como Herramienta de la Razón: Una Introducción
Authors: Aliseda Atocha
Published: November 2023

En este artículo presento una introducción a mi libro La Lógica como Herramienta de la Razón: Razonamiento Ampliativo en la Creatividad, la Cognición, y la Inferencia (Aliseda 2014) de reciente aparición. Su título pretende ser sugerente a la vez que informativo. La Lógica como herramienta de la razón es la tesis que defiendo en esta investigación y la muestro a través de tres dimensiones: la creativa, la cognitiva y la inferencial, cada una de las cuales constituye una sección del libro. Mientras que la primera está motivada por la pregunta: ¿existe una lógica del descubrimiento científico? la segunda razón se manifiesta en los procesos epistémicos de adquisición y revisión de conocimiento. La tercera dimensión de la razón, la inferencial, concierne al reto del diseño de sistemas lógicos ampliativos que capturen algunos aspectos de las otras dimensiones; el análisis de esta meta es la motivación que subyace a la tercera sección de este libro.Palabras clave: Lógica, razón, descubrimiento, creatividad, cognición, razonamiento ampliativo.
Con la plomada de Lesbos. Celano sobre Rule of Law y particularismo / With the Lesbian rule. Celano on the Rule of Law and particularism
Authors: Moreso Josep Joan
Published: November 2023

B. Celano sostiene que nuestro razonamiento práctico está siempre sujeto a un “vaivén de razones” pretendiendo evidenciar que los principios generales de nuestro ámbito moral no resultan adecuados para examinar los casos específicos. En este artículo se admite que las razones contienen siempre un elemento de generalidad, pero el razonamiento jurídico estaría sujeto a principios con excepciones (defeaters). Tendríamos que considerar seriamente tales defeaters y ello conduciría a un tipo de “generalismo moderado” que evalúe propiedades relevantes en cada caso. El razonamiento jurídico sería, además, una especie de razonamiento moral, pero público e institucionalizado.Palabras clave: Aristóteles, Celano (Bruno), excepciones, principios, razonamiento jurídico, razonamiento moral, reglas.
Responsabilização Educacional no Brasil
Authors: Brooke Nigel
Published: November 2023

Em alguns países desenvolvidos, sistemas de avaliação educacional em larga escala facilitaram a adoção de políticas que responsabilizam as escolas por seus resultados. Mediante o estudo do caso brasileiro, esse artigo propõe oferecer uma resposta preliminar à questão de se, na América Latina, políticas de responsabilização similares estão ou não seguindo a expansão da avaliação educacional. Esse país foi escolhido devido à diversidade e sofisticação de seus procedimentos de avaliação em todos os níveis do sistema educacional. Os poucos sistemas estaduais e municipais de responsabilização que foram identificados são classificados como high-stakes, quando envolvem prêmios ou pagamentos suplementares a professores, ou como low-stakes, no caso de boletins não relacionados a incentivos monetários. Os exemplos high-stakes estudados são os dos estados do Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Ceará e do município de Sobral. Os casos do estado do Paraná e do município de Belo Horizonte são os dois sistemas low-stakes, de boletins, que foram incluídos no estudo. A análise se detém em algumas das falhas técnicas dos programas de responsabilização, na resistência dos sindicatos de professores, no limitado conhecimento e apoio popular para essas políticas, e na possibilidade de mudança representada por novos incentivos do Governo Federal para o melhoramento da educação local.Palabras Chave: Avaliação, Sistema Nacional Educação, Responsabilización Educacional, Brasil. Large-scale systems of educational assessment in some developed countries have facilitated the adoption of accountability policies that ascribe schools with responsibility for their results. The article offers a preliminary answer as to whether accountability policies of this type are also following the expansion of educational assessment in Latin America by looking at the case of Brazil. This country is chosen for the diversity and sophistication of its assessment procedures at all levels of the educational system. The small number of state and municipal accountability systems that can be identified are classified as either high-stakes, when prizes or teacher pay supplements are involved, and low-stakes in the case of report-card systems where no monetary incentives are attached. The high-stakes examples studied are those of the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Ceará and the municipality of Sobral. The cases of Paraná state and the municipality of Belo Horizonte are the two low-stakes, report card systems included in the study. The analysis dwells on some of the technical shortcomings of the accountability programs, the resistance of the teachers unions, the limited popular awareness and support for these policies and the possibility of change in the shape of new Federal Government incentives for local education improvement.Keywords: Evaluation, systems of educational assessment, educational accountability, Brazil.
Decisiones Políticas de la Evaluación Docente: Consideraciones sobre la Experiencia de Reformulación de la Evaluación de Desempeños en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Authors: Perazza Roxana , Terigi Flavia
Published: November 2023

Mediante la presentación de la experiencia del proceso de reformulación de la evaluación de los desempeños docentes desarrollada en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) entre 2002 y 2006, este trabajo ofrece elementos para analizar los problemas y desafíos que implican los cambios en la cultura institucional de la evaluación docente. Cuestiones como las dificultades para alcanzar definiciones precisas y compartidas sobre las buenas prácticas, las limitaciones de los cambios enfocados en las normas, o el peso del contexto político como marco de las decisiones posibles, son recorridas a propósito de una iniciativa política concreta.Palabras clave: Evaluación docente, cultura evaluativa, ciudad de Buenos Aires. This paper provides an analysis of issues and challenges raised when governments seek for changes in the institutional culture of teachers´ evaluation. To do so, it focuses in the politics that reformulated teachers´ evaluation in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) between 2002 and 2006. Supported by the analysis of a specific initiative, the paper raises issues like the difficulties to produce precise and shared definitions on good practices, the limitations of changes when they focus in the laws, or how political context frame the decisions.Keywords: Teachers´ evaluation, evaluative culture, Buenos Aires City.
La Construcción e Implementación del Sistema de Evaluación del Desempeño Docente Chileno: Principales Tensiones y Desafíos
Authors: Assaél Jenny , Pavez Jorge
Published: November 2023

El presente artículo da cuenta del proceso de construcción y posterior implementación del sistema de evaluación del desempeño docente chileno. Presenta la complejidad del contexto en que éste se desarrolló, indagando sobre los principales hitos y tensiones que cursaron el debate entre los tres actores que participaron con sus propias visiones educativas y políticas en el diseño definitivo de este sistema, como fueron el Colegio de Profesores de Chile, el Ministerio de Educación y la Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades. Este trabajo describe, además, las características principales del sistema de evaluación de desempeño formativo, especificando qué y cómo se evalúa, así como las consecuencias que sus resultados tienen para los docentes evaluados. Finalmente plantea un conjunto de problemas que se han presentado en su proceso de implementación concreta y los desafíos diversos que debieran enfrentarse para consolidarlo en su objetivo de poder potenciar el desarrollo profesional docente.Palabras clave: Evaluación de desempeño, desarrollo profesional docente, nudos problemáticos, construcción participativa, negociación. This article gives account of the construction process and subsequent implementation of the system of Chilean teachers´ performance assessment . Presents the complexity of the context in which it was developed, investigating on the major milestones and tensions that studied the debate between the three players who participated with their own educational visions and policies in the final design of this system, as were the Chilean Teachers College, the Ministry of Education and the Chilean Association of Municipalities. This paper describes also the main features of the system for evaluating educational performance, specifying what and how it evaluates, and the consequences that their results are evaluated for teachers. Finally poses a set of problems that have arisen in the process of its concrete implementation and they should face various challenges to consolidate power in his goal of enhancing the professional development of teachers.Keywords: Performance evaluation, professional development of teachers, knots problematic, participatory construction,negotiation.
La Evaluación del Desempeño Docente. Perú, una Experiencia en Construcción
Authors: Saravia Luis Miguel , López de Castilla Martha
Published: November 2023

En el Perú es demasiado prematuro hablar del sistema de evaluación docente. Está en proceso de construcción. La experiencia peruana debe apreciarse a partir del contexto magisterial y a lo que ha sido la política educativa referida a la formación docente y a su posterior inserción en lo que es su desempeño en el ejercicio de su función. La formación docente ha pasado por todas las etapas que al buen entender y sentir de los gobiernos que han estado en el poder. En la evaluación existen tendencias preferentemente cuantitativas, por ser fácilmente mensurables. Se dejan de lado aspectos que tienen que ver con el discurrir de la vida cotidiana en la escuela  o con la reflexión sobre la práctica. Deberían incorporarse otras categorías importantes para la formulación de políticas educativas basadas en la idiosincrasia del país. La experiencia peruana presentada  quiere aportar, desde sus contradicciones a seguir construyendo una cultura de la evaluación docente Sin duda es un proceso complejo en donde la riqueza del trabajo interdisciplinario aportará cada día más a la utopía que es la calidad de la educación, a consolidar la profesionalización del docente y a la mejora de las instituciones formadoras de docentes e instituciones educativas de la comunidad.Palabras clave: Evaluación, desempeño docente, carrera pública, formación docente y práctica docente. In Peru is too premature to talk about the teacher evaluation system. It's construction process. The Peruvian experience must be assessed based on context and magisterial what has been educational policy regarding teacher training and their subsequent integration into what is their performance in exercising its powers. The teacher training has gone through all stages and understand that the smooth feel of governments who have been in power. In assessing trends exist preferably quantitative, being easily measurable. Leave aside what they have to do with the work out of everyday life in school or thinking about practice. They should join other major categories for formulating educational policies based on the idiosyncrasies of the country.  The Peruvian experience presented wants to contribute from their contradictions to continue building a culture of teaching evaluation is undoubtedly a complex process where the wealth of interdisciplinary work every day to bring the utopia that is the quality of education, to consolidate professionalization of teachers and improving teacher training institutions and educational institutions of the community.Keywords: Evaluation, performance teacher, career public, teacher, teaching.
La Evaluación del Profesorado Universitario en España
Authors: Murillo Torrecilla F. Javier
Published: November 2023

La calidad y excelencia de los docentes universitarios es uno de los principios que orientan el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. En esa línea, la normativa actual en España establece la obligatoriedad de la evaluación de las actividades docentes, investigadoras y de gestión de los profesores, estableciendo diferentes tipos de evaluación en función de los temas y repercusiones y distribuyendo las responsabilidades entre el Estado, las Comunidades Autónomas y las propias universidades. De esta forma, el sistema de evaluación español está conformado por una serie de subsistemas, vagamente interrela­cionados entre sí, y con una normativa muy cambiante en los últimos años. En este breve documento se intenta ofrecer una panorámica general descriptiva, con algunos elementos críticos, al actual sistema, distinguiendo la evaluación para el acceso a la función docente y su promoción, la relacionada con la actividad investigadora, con el desempeño docente y la evaluación para incentivos salariales.Palabras clave: Evaluación del profesorado, España, universidad, educación superior. Quality as well as excellence of university teaching staff is one of the principles that guide the Higher Education European Space (Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior). Thus current Spanish norms deem evaluations of teaching, investigation and management activities by professors obligatory, different types of evaluations in function to themes and repercussions are laid out and give responsibility to the State, Autonomous communities and universities. This way, the Spanish evaluating system is made up by a series of subsystems, vaguely related with each other and with ever-changing regulations. This brief document offers a descriptive picture, with a few critical elements of the actual system; setting apart the evaluation of the teaching function and its promotion, the investigation related activities, teaching performance and the salary incentive evaluation.Keywords: Teaching evaluation, Spain, University, Higher Education.
El Portafolio como Instrumento de Evaluación Docente: Una Experiencia en el Sureste de México
Authors: Cisneros-Cohernour Edith J.
Published: November 2023

En esta ponencia se examina la experiencia de un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán que utilizaron el portafolio de enseñanza para la evaluación de necesidades de desarrollo de docentes de preparatoria en el estado. Los portafolios fueron muy útiles para obtener un panorama de la calidad del trabajo docente y necesidades de actualización de los profesores que no se hubiese podido obtenerse por medio de una encuesta. Asimismo, los resultados del estudio permitieron detectar áreas de mejora que posteriormente fueron utilizados para la operación de un programa de formación en todo el estado. El poder de los portafolios está en la calidad de la información que proporcionan sus elementos. Asimismo, la calidad de la evaluación depende de los productos que los profesores incluyan, que pueden ser o no ser elaborados por ellos mismos. Es importante tener presente que pueden existir otros elementos importantes para el mejoramiento de la calidad de la enseñanza de los profesores que sólo se obtienen por medio de observación directa en el aula.Palabras clave: Evaluación docente, portafolios, educación media superior. The experience of several investigatios of the Autonomous University of Yucatán is reviewed. Here a teaching portfolio was used to evaluate the needs for teacher development for State Upper Secondary Education. Portfolios were useful to describe the big picture of teaching staff quality and the need for actualization of the professors in a way that could not be achieved by mere surveys. Te results of the study allowed for the discovery areas of improvement that were later used for the operation of a state wide training program. The power of portfolios lies in the quality of the information provided by its elements. The quality of evaluation depends of the products included by the teachers, which may or may not be produced by themselves. It is important to know that that there might be other important elements for the betterment of teaching quality that may only be obtained by classroom observation.Keywords: Teaching evaluation, portfolio, upper secondary education.
Distal mandibular position treatment in adolescence: use of twin blocks
Authors: Charreau Jessica Lambrechts
Published: November 2023

Class II malocclusion was described by Angle, a classification based on the discrepancy in the anteroposterior direction. From the therapeutic point of view, Class II malocclusion due to mandibular retrusion has been approached with different treatments. Twin blocks are functional appliances that reposition the mandible and redirect occlusal forces. A clinical case of a young Class II patient with mandibular distoposition using Twin Blocks is developed. It will be confirmed if the principles and objectives developed by Clark are evident in our patients.
estética da existência como fato educacional
Authors: Farinon Mauricio João , De Luca Deise Cristiane
Published: November 2023

Este ensaio propõe signifi car a estética da existência como fato educacional. A noção foucaultiana de estética da existência encontra a noção gadameriana de fato, conduzindo a contextos inquiridor, de suposição e expectativa educacionais, em via diversa à noção de modelos ideais convertidos em formas estandardizadas de existência. Defendemos educação sob as bases da estética da existência, condição para a construção de um projeto belo de si, constituindo a vida como uma obra de arte na perspectiva do comum e de preservação da condição humana. Tematiza-se, em perspectiva bibliográfica, a estética da existência como resposta às relações de poder na esfera da governabilidade, mas, também, como condição das relações de poder sob o critério da liberdade.
Relationship between elevated monocyte-HDL ratio, an inflammatory marker, with smoking
Authors: Köylü Engin , Korkut Kurtoğlu Yasemin
Published: November 2023

Objective: It has been shown that the monocyte/HDL ratio may be a new marker of inflammation and oxidative stress. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the monocyte / HDL ratio levels and related factors of smokers and non-smokers. Method: 84 people between the ages of 18-65 who applied to the Family Medicine Clinic of Kütahya SBÜ Evliya Çelebi Training and Research Hospital for 3 months as of December 2019 were included in the study. A questionnaire form consisting of the a personal and clinical information form consisting of 13 questions and Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test were used as data collection tools. In addition, HDL cholesterol and complete blood count in hemogram were performed from blood samples taken from the patients. Chi-square, Mann Whitney U and Spearman correlation tests were used to analyze the data. Statistical significance value was accepted as p <0.05. Results: In this study, there was no statistically significant difference between smoking and non-smoking groups in terms of age groups, gender, chronic disease and regular medication use (p>0.05). Of the smoking participants 13.1% (n=11) were in the high addiction group, and 4.8% (n=4) in the very high addiction group according to the FNBT scale. The mean erythrocyte (p <0.001), hemoglobin (p=0.015), hematocrit (p=0.005), monocyte (p <0.001), HDL (p=0.005), MNO (p <0.001) in smoking patients were significantly higher than non-smoking patients. Conclusion: Monocyte / HDL ratio can be used as a simple, easy and cost-effective marker that can be used to predict inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in smokers.
The knowledge level of medical students about cervical cancer and their attitudes towards Human Papilloma Virus vaccine
Authors: Aksoy Hilal , Dağcıoğlu Kübra
Published: November 2023

Objective: Our aim in this study is to determine the knowledge level of the students of the faculty of medicine about cervical cancer, prevention methods from this cancer, and their general attitudes towards HPV vaccine. Material and Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 5th and 6th grade medical students who applied to family medicine outpatient clinic of the university for any reason between September 2020 and November 2020. A questionnaire form consisting of 18 questions was applied as a face-to-face interview. Results: 192 students participated in the study. The average age of the participants was 23.7 ± 1.96 years (min = 20-max = 42). 62% (n = 119) of them were female and 38% (n = 73) of them were male. While 45% of the participants (n=88) were staying with their family, 54.2% (n=104) were not with their families. Those of the female gender knew more about HPV. In addition, those who want to be HPV vaccinated for themselves, those who want to have her daughter HPV vaccinated, those who want to be HPV vaccinated even if it is paid, and those who want to be HPV vaccinated if it is paid by social security were found to be significantly different in female gender. No significant relationship was found between staying with the family and knowledge and attitudes. Conclusion: Our study was conducted among medical faculty students, and most of the participants had knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer. They had hesitations about HPV vaccine and vaccination. A little more emphasis on HPV vaccination in education will benefit both the individuals themselves and the society they will provide health services in the future.
Comparison of children with and without chronic disease in psychosocial terms
Authors: Gökdemir Özden , Yaprak Seval
Published: November 2023

Amaç: Tıptaki gelişmelere bağlı olarak kronik hastalığı olan çocuk sayısı artmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kronik hastalığı olan ve olmayan çocukların duygu durumları ve çevreleriyle olan ilişkileri açısından farklılık gösterip göstermediğini araştırmaktır. Yöntemler: Bu olgu-kontrol çalışmasına pediatri polikliniklerine başvuran 4-11 yaş arası çocuklar dahil edildi. Herhangi bir kronik hastalığı olan çocuklar vaka grubuna dahil edilirken, tanımlanan herhangi bir kronik hastalığı olmayan, şikâyeti 10 günden az olan ya da şikâyeti olmayan çocuklar kontrol grubuna alındı. Çocukların bakım verenlerine demografik özelliklerle ilgili bir anket ile Güçler Yönler ve Güçlükler Anketi (SDQ) uygulandı. Sonuçlar SPSS 21 programı ile analiz edildi; betimleyici testler ve hipotez testleri uygulandı. Bulgular: Hem olgu hem de kontrol grubu 125 çocuktan oluşuyordu; olgu grubundaki çocukların en uzun ikamet ettiği yerin kontrol grubundan istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı fark olarak ilçe ve/veya köy olduğu bulundu (p=0.011). SDQ ve alt grupları açısından olgu ve çalışma grupları arasındaki tek anlamlı fark duygusal zorluklardı (p=0,018). Karşılaşılan zorluklarla ilgili soruya verilen yanıtlar incelendiğinde, kronik hastalığı olan çocukların akran ilişkilerinde daha fazla sorun yaşadıkları (p=0.015) ve yaşam zorluklarının daha belirgin olduğu (p=0,038) görüldü. Sonuç: Birinci basamakta çocuk hasta grubuna yaklaşımda, hastalığın potansiyel olarak çok yönlü etkileri akılda tutularak günlük yaşam olaylarının dikkatle ele alınması önemlidir.
Determitation of breast cancer risk situations and health beliefs regarding screening methods of women betweem 20-69 years of age applying to family medicine outpatient clinic
Authors: Alagöz Merve Nur , Tuncer Özge
Published: November 2023

Amaç: Çalışmamız ile polikliniğe başvuran kadın hastaların meme kanserinde erken tanı için önemli olan kendi kendine meme muayenesi ile mamografi taramalarına yönelik bakış açılarını Champion’un Sağlık İnanç Ölçeği ile belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya Ocak-Nisan 2021 tarihleri arasında İzmir Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Aile Hekimliği Polikliniği’ne başvuran 20-69 yaş arasındaki 285 kadın hasta dahil edilmiştir. Katılımcılara Meme Kanseri Risk Değerlendirme Formunun olduğu anket formu ve Champion’un Sağlık İnanç Ölçeği yüz yüze görüşme ile uygulanmıştır. Veriler SPSS 21.0 istatistik programı ile analize edildi. Değişkenlerin çözümlenmesinde frekans, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, yüzde gibi tanımlayıcı istatistiklerden faydalanıldı. Analizinde ise bağımsız örneklem t-testi ve ki-kare testi kullanıldı. Bulgular %95 güven aralığında p< 0,05 anlamlılık olarak kabul edildi. Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 42,46±13,30 yıl olup %66,7’si (n:190) evli, %21,4’ü (n:61) bekar, %11,9’u (34) ise boşanmış ya da dul olarak saptanmıştır. Katılımcıların özgeçmiş ve soy geçmişleri incelendiğinde kişisel meme hastalığı öyküsü %27’sinde (n:76), ailede meme kanseri öyküsü ise %14’ünde (n:40) saptanmıştır. Katılımcıların Champion Sağlık İnanç Ölçeği puan ortalamalarına bakıldığında ise en düşük puanı duyarlılık algısı 7,68±2,48; en yüksek puanı KKMM öz yeterliliği 36,16±9,27 ile aldığı saptanmıştır. Katılımcıların risk faktörlerinin SİMÖ alt gruplarından alınan puan ortalamalarını etkilediği görülmüştür. Sonuç: Verilerimiz sonucunda katılımcıların sosyodemografik özelliklerinden medeni durum, yaş, eğitim durumunun SİMÖ alt gruplarını etkilediği; tıbbi öyküleri incelendiğinde kişide meme hastalığı öyküsü ve ailede meme kanseri öyküsü olanlarda SİMÖ alt gruplarının etkilendiği görülmüştür. Meme kanseri taramaları toplum sağlığı için önemli bir konudur. Poliklinik hastalarına meme kanseri ve risk faktörleri hakkında bilgi verip tarama yöntemlerine yönelik sağlık inançlarını değerlendirip, eksikliği saptanan parametrelerde gerekli bilgilendirmeyi yapmak ve taramaları düzenli yapmalarını sağlamak önemlidir.
Frequency of vitamin D deficiency in children admitted to pediatrics outpatient clinics: A hospital-Based study
Authors: Yakarış Ayşe Büşra , Öner Can
Published: November 2023

Aim: Current studies show that vitamin D deficiency is associated with many conditions such as: autoimmune diseases, malignancies, cardiovascular diseases, etc. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency in children who applied to the pediatric outpatient clinics of our hospital between 2012-2019. Method: In this cross-sectional study, 1909 participants whose vitamin D measurements were made during application for any reason to pediatric outpatient clinics between 2012-2019 were included. All of the data was obtained from hospital infomation systems. 25-(OH)-D3 level was classified as low (below<12 ng/mL), vitamin D deficiency (12-20 ng/mL), normal (20-100 ng/mL) and vitamin D intoxication (>100 ng/ml). SPSS 21 program was used for statistical analysis. P<0.05 was considered significant. Results: Vitamin D deficiency was found in 9,0% of the participants and 22,9% in vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency were found to be statistically significantly lower in winter and spring compared to summer and autumn, in girls compared to boys, and in the 2-12 age group compared to the 0-2 age group (p=0,000; p=0,000; p=0,000, respectively). Considering the diagnostic codes, vitamin D deficiency was found most frequently when investigating the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Conclusion: It has been observed that the prevalence of vita-min D deficiency in children increases by years and with increasing age. Adopting a preventive life style from vitamin D deficiency in children and evaluating them in the interim periods may be beneficial in terms of preventing possible complications.
Situational features of smartphone betting are linked to sports betting harm: An ecological momentary assessment study
Authors: Hing Nerilee , Browne Matthew , Rockloff Matthew , Russell Alex M. T. , Tulloch Catherine , Lole Lisa , Thorne Hannah , Newall Philip
Published: November 2023

Background and aims

Smartphones extend the situational characteristics of sports betting beyond those available with land-based and computer platforms. This study examined 1) the role of situational features and betting platforms in harmful betting behaviours and short-term betting harm, and 2) whether people with more gambling problems have preferred situational features, engage more in harmful betting behaviours, and experience more severe short-term betting harm.

Methods

An ecological momentary assessment analysed 1,378 betting sessions on sports, esports or daily fantasy sports, reported by 267 respondents (18–29 years; 50.9% male) over 10 weeks.

Results

Factor analysis revealed five situational features of betting sessions: 1) quick, easy access from home, 2) ability to bet anywhere anytime, 3) privacy while betting, 4) greater access to promotions and betting options, and 5) ability to use electronic financial transactions. Regression models underpinned the analyses. Greater short-term betting harm was significantly associated with the ability to bet anywhere anytime, privacy when betting, and greater access to promotions and betting options. Betting sessions when these features were prioritised were more likely to involve impulsive betting, use of betting inducements, and betting with more operators. Respondents with more gambling problems were more likely to prioritise privacy and the ability to bet anywhere anytime; and to bet on in-game events, use promotional inducements, bet with more operators, and report greater betting harm.

Discussion and conclusions

Certain situational features of sports betting are empirically associated with engagement and subsequent harm. Only smartphone betting combines all three features associated with betting harm.
Alkoholos májbetegség – 2023
Authors: Pár Alajos , Pár Gabriella
Published: November 2023

Az alkoholos májbetegség a májkárosodás spektrumát jelenti a steatosistól a
steatohepatitisen és fibrosison át a cirrhosisig és a hepatocellularis
carcinomáig. Progressziója függ az alkoholfogyasztás és a májbetegség
súlyosságától, valamint kockázati tényezőktől, mint genetikai hajlam, női
fogékonyság, dohányzás, elhízás, vírusinfekció. Alkoholos májbeteg esetén
valójában két kórképet kell diagnosztizálni és kezelni: egyrészt az ártalmas
alkoholfogyasztást (alkoholhasználati zavart), másrészt magát a májbetegséget,
és mindebben elsőrendű fontosságú az absztinencia elérése és fenntartása.
Mindkét kórállapotra vonatkozóan ismertek biomarkerek, nem invazív diagnosztikus
tesztek. Az absztinencia elérésében farmakológiai és pszichológiai intervenciók
alkalmazhatók, míg a májbetegség terápiájában a fő célpontok a gyulladás és az
oxidatív stressz csökkentése, a sejtkárosodás és a fibrosis gátlása, a
regeneráció támogatása és a máj–bél-tengely működésének helyreállítása. Az
alkoholos hepatitisben és cirrhosisban szenvedő betegek kezelése gyakran igényli
az intenzív pszichológiai-addiktológiai támogatást, amely a legjobban a
„multidiszciplináris integrált ellátási modellben” valósulhat meg. A
belgyógyászati (kortikoszteroid-) kezelésre nem reagáló súlyos alkoholos
hepatitises betegek számára – gondos szelekciót követően – a „korai
májtranszplantáció” jelenthet megoldást. Orv Hetil. 2023; 164(47):
1846–1864.
Fish On!
Authors: Niglas Liivo , Perlov Diane , Storaas Frode
Published: November 2023

The Klamath River of Oregon and California is one of the most important salmon runs in the United States. While diminished over the past 100 years, it still supports an abundance of life and diverse economies struggling over its future course. This is a film about the Indian tribes of the river ecosystem – what the Klamath means to them and how they draw on traditional and modern resources to restore its strength, beauty and balance.

The film focuses on the Klamath River and the Indian tribes of the lower basin - the Yurok, Hoopa, and Karuk. Yet this story has implications for any number of river ecosystems and indigenous peoples around the world. Through the Indian tribes of the Lower Klamath, the film reminds us how the health of a people and the health of its lands are integrally linked.
Curupira
Authors: Neto Pedro Figueiredo
Published: November 2023

“Curupira” was shot along the Javari Valley, the border region of Peru and Brazil. The story follows Arturo, a local riverine, as he paddles through the darkness in pursuit of the elusive Curupira — a mythological creature deeply ingrained in the region's folklore. 
Throughout the film, Arturo unveils Curupira's ambiguous nature and its crucial role in managing the relationship between humans and the fauna and flora. As the narrative progresses, we are offered a glimpse into Arturo's childhood, we learn about the transformation of the forest into maize plantations and aviaries, and the cunning exploitation of the Curupira myth by loggers and hunters to justify and legitimise extraction.
This film is a compelling account of the intricate relationship between culture and ecology in the Amazon region, how environmental transformation is rendered intelligible, and provide  fresh insights into how myths can be co-opted, not least (re)created into new syntheses.
This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (2021.03558.CEECIND/CP1696/CT0002).
Associations between bullying and risk for eating disorders in adolescents
Authors: Oliveira Priscilla dos Reis , Silva Marta Angélica Iossi , Oliveira Wanderlei Abadio de , Komatsu André Vilela , Brunherotti Marisa Afonso de Andrade , Rosário Rafaela , Silva Jorge Luiz da
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the associations between bullying participation profiles (victims, bullies, and bully-victims) and the risk for eating disorders in adolescents. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 491 students, aged 10 to 18 years. Data were collected through the application of the Peer Victimization and Aggression Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test, and were statistically analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman correlation. Results: the risk for eating disorders was higher for the victim profile, both for boys and girls. For both sexes, physical victimization, verbal victimization, and relational victimization were significantly associated with variables related to the risk for eating disorders. For boys, there were also significant associations related to aggression. Conclusions: student victims, especially boys, are more vulnerable to the consequences of bullying in relation to the risk for eating disorders.