bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The home range of adult Phrynops geoffroanus (Testudines, Chelidae) in relation to sex and body mass
Authors: Pinheiro Müller Márcia Marrie , Ortega Zaida , Castro Antunes Pâmela , Lopes Seino Larissa , Justino Hammarstron Matheus , França Balbino-Silva Ana Carolina , Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos Luiz Gustavo
Published: December 2019

Studying how different variables influence the size and shape of animals’ home ranges helps our understanding of the ecology of individuals and populations. This study aims to assess the effects of sex and body mass on home range size and the sexual differences in the use of terrestrial habitats of a population of aquatic turtles Phrynops geoffroanus from an urban area in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Turtles were captured along a river by active search, occasional encounter and hoop traps. Using individual VHF radio transmitters, 13 individuals (7 females and 6 males) were radio-tracked by homing in on the signal strength of the transmitter. Home ranges were estimated by 95% and 50% core one-dimensional fixed kernel and linear distance method. Home ranges were similar for both sexes (t = -0.50, DF = 12, p = 0.62) and independent of body mass (t = -0.53, DF = 12, p = 0.60). However, females seemed to use terrestrial habitats more than males (females = six recorded locations out of 767 points; males = none), probably to nest. To gain insight on how males and females use their space, it would be useful to focus future studies on the influence of sex in microhabitat selection of Phrynops geoffroanus. Finally, as sex did not influence home range, studying the contribution of other variables – both intrinsic, as age or personality, and extrinsic, as habitat composition or distribution of trophic resources – shaping the home ranges of the species is proposed.
First report and molecular characterization of the dagger nematode, Xiphinema oxycaudatum (Nematoda, Dorylaimidae) from South Africa
Authors: Daramola Fisayo Y. , Knoetze Rinus , Swart Antoinette , Malan Antoinette P.
Published: December 2019

Plant-parasitic nematodes of the genus Xiphinema Cobb, 1913 comprise a complex group of nematode species, some of which are important vectors of plant viruses. During a field survey to determine the soil health of an abandoned honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) monoculture, a high density of the dagger nematode, Xiphinema oxycaudatum Lamberti & Bleve-Zacheo, 1979 (Nematoda, Dorylaimidae), was observed in soil around the roots of honeybush plants in an abandoned farmland at Bereaville, an old mission station in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Soil samples were taken from the rhizosphere of plants and nematodes were extracted from the soil using a modified extraction tray method. Specimen of the dagger nematodes were processed for scanning electron microscopy, morphological and molecular analysis. Molecular profiling of the nematode species was done in order to give an accurate diagnosis and to effectively discriminate the nematode from other species within the Xiphinema americanum group. Phylogenetic analysis based on the D2D3 expansion segment of the 28S gene supported a close relationship of species within the americanum group, however, the protein-coding cytochrome oxidase (coxI) of the mitochondrial gene provided a useful tool for distinguishing the nematode from other species within the group. This study represents the first report of X. oxycaudatum from South Africa.
Psychologie et pompons rouges : de la psychotechnique à l’aide au recrutement dans la Marine française
Authors: Turbiaux Marcel
Published: December 2019

En 1927, la Marine militaire française, préoccupée du nombre important d’apprentis radiotélégraphistes éliminés, en fin de cours, pour inaptitude à la lecture au son, malgré un examen sévère de l’acuité auditive, fit appel à J.-M. Lahy, créateur, deux ans auparavant, du laboratoire psychotechnique de la Société des transports de la région parisienne (STCRP), le premier d’une grande entreprise en France, où l’instauration d’une sélection psychotechnique préalable à l’embauche permit de diminuer les échecs en cours d’apprentissage des conducteurs d’autobus. L’intervention de Lahy, ayant contribué à une diminution notable des échecs à l’école des radiotélégraphistes, fut étendue à toutes les spécialités de la Marine et aboutit à la création d’un service psychotechnique de la Marine en 1929. Ce service, au fil des temps et au gré des événements, fit l’objet de plusieurs réorganisations jusqu’à nos jours. Cette histoire est retracée dans cet article.
Changer les rôles
Authors: Travis Charles , Ambroise Bruno , Jomat Anaïs , Roux Jeanne-Marie
Published: December 2019

Entre 1892 et 1895, Frege écrit : « Les concepts ne peuvent jamais être dans les mêmes relations que les objets. Penser qu’ils le peuvent ne serait pas faux mais impossible ». Certains y voient quelque chose de romantique ou de mystérieux : la structure du sens serait manifeste, mais resterait indicible. Or, Frege s’est trompé. Au fond, il confond le catégoriel et le relationnel. Cet article cherche d’abord à comprendre les raisons de cette distinction, puis à expliquer la confusion qui en résulte.
L’objet intentionel au prisme de la grammaire chez E. Anscombe
Authors: Jomat Anaïs
Published: December 2019

Si nous pouvons parler de (ou penser à ) ce qui n’existe pas, y a-t-il pourtant nécessairement quelque chose dont on parle (ou auquel on pense ) ? On reconnaît la question classique du statut des objets inexistants, telle qu’elle a été remise au goût du jour sous ses diverses formes par les théories de l’intentionalité. Cet article se propose de mettre en lumière une approche dite grammaticale , d’inspiration wittgensteinienne, du problème des objets intentionels, à partir des travaux de la philosophe britannique Elisabeth Anscombe. Faire passer les objets intentionels au crible de la grammaire , cela signifie mettre en évidence les limites – logiques – que le langage dicte à notre ontologie, tout en prenant garde de tracer ces limites depuis nos pratiques ordinaires, et non en amont de celles-ci.
La question de l’idéalisme linguistique
Authors: Anscombe Elizabeth , Aucouturier Valérie , Jomat Anaïs
Published: December 2019

Dans cet article Elizabeth Anscombe s’attaque à l’objection suivant laquelle les remarques grammaticales de Wittgenstein – qui norment les usages et rejettent certaines formulations comme étant des non-sens – seraient arbitraires. Plus précisément, puisque Wittgenstein semble dire que le sens des mots et en particulier les règles de la grammaire dépendent de nous, les humains, et de nos pratiques et donc soutenir un certain idéalisme linguistique (suivant lequel les mots du langage créent les réalités qu’ils désignent) dans quelle mesure le sens des mots ou des signes n’est-il pas purement arbitraire ?
La RDA : « pays disparu », nation disparue ?
Authors: Offenstadt Nicolas
Published: December 2019

Hérodote a interviewé Nicolas Offenstadt, auteur de Le Pays disparu. Sur les traces de la RDA . L’approche par la description du paysage contemporain de l’Allemagne de l’Est est très intéressante pour donner à comprendre ce que peut ressentir la population de l’ex-RDA : friches industrielles, bâtiments administratifs fermés, présence/absence de l’art et de l’architecture socialistes, etc. Pour l’auteur, en quarante ans, un monde commun s’est constitué et c’est précisément parce que cette nation a eu de la consistance qu’elle reste encore un enjeu aujourd’hui. Depuis la réunification un nouveau système politique et économique, celui de la RFA, est plaqué sur l’ex-RDA. C’est pourquoi certains emploient le vocabulaire de la « colonisation » pour analyser les années 1990. D’après Nicolas Offenstadt, ce qui a contribué aux succès de l’extrême droite dans les Länder de l’Est, ce sont les humiliations, le chômage, le sentiment de dévaluation... L’opposition Est-Ouest s’est en fait en bonne partie construite après le tournant de la réunification.
Le design pour le(s) vivant(s) : appréhender sans optimiser
Authors: Rigot Elise
Published: December 2019

Quels espaces de création existe-t-il pour les designers qui souhaitent travailler avec les procédés de bio-fabrication ? Que ce soit dans l’attention aux opérations techniques ou la dé-couverte des imaginaires entourant les bio-artefacts, cet article invite les designers à porter un regard critique sur les bio-artefacts produits dans les laboratoires technoscientifiques. Nous y étudions en quoi le design peut opérer une conduite de la dé-couverte, allant dans le sens d’une authentification des techniques. Notre hypothèse est que le design, en portant un nouveau regard sur le faire technique, peut travailler à de nouvelles formes de bio-artefacts où le vivant ne sera pas réduit à une brique fonctionnelle, un optimum ou un modèle à copier.
L’éthique by design du numérique : généalogie d’un concept
Authors: Fischer Flora
Published: December 2019

Cet article propose d’examiner l’émergence et la portée conceptuelle de l’expression d’« éthique by design  » en contexte numérique, à la croisée de plusieurs champs disciplinaires. Les outils conceptuels des disciplines concernées nous permettront de donner une consistance intéressante à l’expression d’ « éthique by design  », conjugués à une analyse linguistique de la locution « by design », dont le caractère plurivoque pourra renvoyer à la multiplicité des approches éthiques possibles, dans le contexte du design numérique. Cette recherche généalogique nous permettra de proposer une typologie de l’éthique by design en fonction de ses rattachements théoriques, entre une éthique de l’intention, anthropocentrée, une éthique par conception, centrée sur l’objet, et une éthique de la médiation, centrée sur la relation sujet-objet.
Forme et fonction éditoriales : étude sur le design des revues académiques
Authors: Barness Jessica , Papaelias Amy
Published: December 2019

Cet article présente un projet de recherche portant sur le design des revues universitaires dans les environnements imprimé et numérique. Nous abordons ce thème par le biais d’une recherche axée sur l’utilisateur et fondée sur des faits, concernant le design graphique, la culture matérielle et la rhétorique visuelle. En examinant les pratiques traditionnelles de mise en page des revues, nous nous interrogerons sur les origines de ces conventions et discuterons de la nécessité de nouveaux formats d’édition adaptés à de nouvelles formes de recherche. Nous concluons cet article par un inventaire de nos activités de recherche en design actuelles. Nous cherchons à comprendre et à renouveler la relation entre design et renommée des revues universitaires, ainsi que les conventions de la culture universitaire en général.
Evaluación del desempeño sísmico de edificaciones compuestas de marcos rígidos de acero en zonas hondureñas de alto peligro sísmico
Authors: Martínez Reyes V. , Nungaray Pérez C.
Published: December 2019

El Código Hondureño de Construcción (CHOC) prescribe una metodología de diseño sísmico de marcos rígidos de acero que genera resultados inciertos y permite diseños de marcos rígidos ordinarios de acero (MRO) en zonas de alto peligro sísmico, comprometiendo su desempeño sísmico requerido. Se evalúa el desempeño sísmico de tres edificios de cinco niveles cada uno en la zona urbana hondureña de mayor peligro sísmico con FEMA 440 y FEMA 356. Dos edificios constan de MRO; uno de ellos con los perfiles más ligeros disponibles, el otro, un diseño frágil permitido por el CHOC. El tercero, con marcos rígidos especiales de acero con los perfiles más ligeros disponibles. Los diseños fueron por el UBC 97 y el AISC 2010. Se verificó, por análisis no lineales, estáticos y dinámicos, que el CHOC puede llevar al diseño de marcos rígidos de acero con desempeño sísmico inaceptable, considerando criterios del UBC 97 y AISC 2010.
Case Report: Nasal Myiasis in an Elderly Patient with Atrophic Rhinitis and Facial Sequelae of Leprosy
Authors: Serafim Rachel Azevedo , do Espírito Santo Rachel Bertolani , de Mello Ricardo Andrade Fernandes , Collin Simon M. , Deps Patrícia Duarte
Published: December 2019

We describe a case of nasal myiasis in an 89-year-old Brazilian patient affected by leprosy with severe nasal sequelae. An initial treatment comprising sinusectomy combined with nasal endoscopy removed more than 300 larvae, supplemented by systemic treatment using oral and topical ivermectin and levofloxacin. Infestation recurred after 2 months, was treated similarly, and resolved completely. The case could be attributed to severe nasal leprosy sequelae, with a lack of sneezing reflex, painless ulceration, atrophic rhinitis (ozena), and inability to clean the nose properly due to hand and nose impairment. This case illustrates the importance of long-term medical follow-up of patients with leprosy sequelae.
Metodološki problemi vrednotenja geodiverzitete: primer krajinskega parka Logarska dolina
Authors: Stojilković Borut
Published: December 2019

Članek obravnava metodološke probleme vrednotenja geodiverzitete na primeru Krajinskega parka Logarska dolina. V njem sta predstavljeni in primerjani dve delno avtomatizirani metodi vrednotenja: prva združuje prostorsko odvisnost števila geomorfoloških in hidroloških elementov geodiverzitete s podatki o hrapavosti površja, druga pa upošteva tudi litološko sestavo. Indeksi geodiverzitete so bili izračunani z velikostjo rastrskih kvadratov 50 × 50 m z namenom primerjav in ugotavljanja posplošitev na preučevanem območju. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da vključitev litoloških elementov ni smiselna, če je litologija v vrednotenje že vključena preko geomorfoloških elementov, če z množenjem le poveča vrednost območij z visokim indeksom hrapavosti ali če so si tipi litoloških enot glede na značilnosti podobni.
Atherectomy-assisted versus percutaneous angioplasty interventions for treatment of symptomatic infra-inguinal peripheral arterial disease
Authors: Abdullah Obai , Omran Jad , Al-Dadah Ashraf , Aggarwal Kul , Enezate Tariq
Published: December 2019

Introduction

The role of atherectomy (ATHERO) for the treatment of symptomatic infra-inguinal arterial lesions remains controversial. We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of atherectomy-assisted endovascular interventions in comparison with percutaneous angioplasty (PTA).

Material and methods

A systematic search utilizing MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials was conducted for studies comparing ATHERO with PTA from February 1995 to May 2018. Only studies comparing ATHERO to PTA for symptomatic infra-inguinal disease were included. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool the data and endpoints across studies. Study endpoints included vessel dissection, distal embolization, residual stenosis (> 30%), vessel patency at 6 months, target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 12 months and major amputation rates at 1, 6, and 12 months.

Results

A total of 2923 patients were included from 8 studies. PTA was associated with higher vessel dissection (OR = 4.00, 95% CI: 1.15–13.86) and lower 12-month major amputation rates (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.59–0.90). There was no significant difference between ATHERO and PTA groups in terms of distal embolization (OR = 0.45, 95% CI: 0.04–4.63), residual stenosis (OR = 1.28, 95% CI: 0.58–2.80), vessel patency at 6 months (OR = 1.27, 95% CI: 0.50–3.22), TLR at 12 months (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 0.46–2.51), or limb amputation at 1 month (OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.44–1.07) or 6 months (OR = 1.54, 95% CI: 0.38–6.15).

Conclusions

In patients undergoing infra-inguinal endovascular interventions, PTA was associated with higher peri-procedural vessel dissection and lower 12-month major amputation rates. Both modalities were associated with similar distal embolization, residual stenosis, and 6-month vessel patency and amputation rates.
Non-O-blood types associated with higher risk of high-grade atrioventricular block
Authors: Acar Emrah , İzci Servet , Inanir Mehmet , Yılmaz Mehmet , Kılıçgedik Alev , Güler Yeliz , Izgi Ibrahim , Kirma Cevat
Published: December 2019

Introduction

The non-O phenotype of the ABO genotype has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Atrioventricular (AV) block (AVB) is defined as retardation or cessation in the route of an electrical impulse passing from the atria to the ventricles because of an anatomical or functional disruption in the conduction system. We aimed to interpret the association between blood group status and high-grade atrioventricular block (HAVB).

Material and methods

This study was implemented as a retrospective review of the recorded data of patients diagnosed with high-grade AV block and a control group. The study population consisted of 640 patients with HAVB and 570 control subjects.

Results

Presence of non-O blood group (p < 0.001) was significantly more prevalent in HAVB patients than in the control subjects. Blood group type was the sole independent predictor of HAVB in multiple regression analysis (p < 0.001, OR = 1.35, 95% CI: 1.08–1.57). Also, third-degree AVB had a higher incidence in the non-O blood subgroup and also non-O blood group was a predictor of third-degree AVB (p < 0.001, OR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.13–1.69).The incidence of HAVB did not distinguish between the two Rh (D) groups. Rh (D) status did not have an impact on HAVB.

Conclusions

This is the first study that has evaluated the potential relationship between HAVB and ABO blood groups. The main finding of this report is that patients with non-O blood group types have a higher risk for development of HAVB compared with O blood group patients.
The necessity and development of a new modified scoring system for simultaneous detection of common bile duct stones in patients with planned laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Authors: Gülmez Selçuk , Kurt Necmi
Published: December 2019

Introduction

Choledocholithiasis is one of the undesirable consequences of gallbladder stones. Identifying such patients before cholecystectomy will prevent biliary leakage which develops secondarily to stones in the common bile duct (CBD). Scoring systems can be useful for prevention of complications.

Material and methods

A total of 201 patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis were prospectively evaluated with regards to stone presence in the CBD. These evaluations identified those patients suspected of having CBD stones. Parameters were established as clinically obstructive jaundice or acute cholangitis attack, biochemically abnormal liver functions tests (LFT), radiological identification of CBD stone or choledochal dilatation (> 8 mm) as revealed by ultrasonography (USG). Residual stone controls were conducted through abdominal USG and LFT in the 3rd and 6th postoperative months. The patients’ physical examinations were routinely conducted at each follow-up. Patients with common bile duct stones and those without were statistically compared as per the following data: age, sex, cholangitis, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), cholesterol, triglyceride, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, CBD stone presence and choledochal size as revealed by USG.

Results

The parameters of our scoring system were: choledocholithiasis and choledochal dilatation in USG, total and direct bilirubin elevation, cholangitis episode in the last month, elevated AST, ALT, ALP, GGT, age ≥ 55 and TG level. Twenty-seven patients had choledocholithiasis. With this scoring system, the minimum score required for preoperative ERCP was 9. The rate of simultaneous CBD stones was 13.4%.

Conclusions

Selective cholangiography that uses this scoring system brings about more cost utility than that of its routine performance.
Antioxidative activity of probiotics
Authors: Hoffmann Arkadiusz , Kleniewska Paulina , Pawliczak Rafał
Published: December 2019

Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that have a beneficial effect on health by exhibiting quantitative and qualitative effects on intestinal microflora and/or modification of the immune system. A strain is consid�ered probiotic if it demonstrates a series of clinically proven health benefits. In recent years, the number of studies related to the antioxidant properties of probiotics has significantly increased. Antioxidants are substances that inhibit the degree of oxidation of molecules and cause the transformation of radicals into inactive derivatives. The incorrect or inefficient antioxidant mechanisms results in oxidative stress and may occur in the course of many diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease or damage to the heart, brain or transplanted organs. Correct functioning of antioxidant mechanisms seems to be crucial for the proper function�ing of our body; therefore, probiotics should be carefully investigated for potential antioxidant properties.
Downregulation of long noncoding RNA CASC15 inhibits progression, migration and invasion of papillary thyroid cancer
Authors: Li Xiaoyu , Shen Wei , Zhang Linlei , Zhao Suyuan , Wang Bo , Zhang Shanshan , Li Qinghuai
Published: December 2019

Introduction

Thyroid cancers are the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Increasing evidence has suggested potential roles for cancer susceptibility candidate 15 (CASC15) in thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) accounts for 80% of thyroid cancer, posing a great threat to public health. The present study aims to investigate the potential roles of CASC15 in PTC.

Material and methods

PTC tissues were obtained from patients diagnosed with PTC at the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from October 2016 to January 2018. qRT-PCR was performed to examine the mRNA levels of CASC15, Bcl-2/BAX, E-cadherin, caspase-3, and PI3K/AKT. Western blotting was applied to determine the protein levels of PI3K/AKT, CASC15, E-cadherin, BAX, Bcl-2 and caspase-3. CCK-8 assays were used to determine the viability of BCPAP and K1 cancer cells. Wound healing and transwell assays were conducted to evaluate the migration and invasion abilities of BCPAP and K1 cells.

Results

The results showed that CASC15 was upregulated in thyroid cancer tissues. Moreover, CASC15 in BCPAP and K1 was decreased by CASC15 siRNA. The progression, migration and invasion of BCPAP cells were significantly decreased after transfection with CASC15 siRNA, which was consistent with that in K1 cells. Furthermore, CASC15 siRNA treatment decreased the level of Bcl-2, and PI3K/AKT, and increased the expression of E-cadherin, BAX, and caspase-3.

Conclusions

Downregulated CASC15 inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of thyroid cancer. Therefore, CASC15 may be an oncogene in thyroid cancer and may serve as a target marker for the treatment of thyroid cancer.
The mediating role of self-care activities in the stress-burnout relationship
Authors: Hricová Monika
Published: December 2019

Background

Helping professionals suffer from a number of health and psychological difficulties resulting from their occupa-tion. In the field of helping professions, the demand for understanding the predictors of burnout has been rapid-ly emerging. The aim of this study is to analyse and identify the possible mediators between stress and the three factors of burnout in a specific sample of helping professionals.

Participants and procedure

Helpers (N = 698; 618 women) were randomly selected from institutions in 8 districts in Slovakia. The sample comprised social workers (n = 188); residential care providers (n = 191); ergotherapists (n = 97); providers of physical and psychological care (nurses, physiotherapists, psychologist and psychotherapists; n = 222). They described their levels of perceived stress, risk of burnout (in three factors: emotional exhaustion, depersonali-sation, and personal accomplishment) and performed self-care activities in self-reported questionnaires.

Results

The relationship between stress and emotional exhaustion was mediated by health self-care. In comparison, the relationship between stress and depersonalisation was mediated by psychological self-care. The relation-ship between stress and personal accomplishment was mediated by both psychological and professional self-care.

Conclusions

When helping professionals have initial symptoms of burnout in the form of emotional exhaustion, concentrat-ing on health self-care activities could be helpful. Performing health, psychological and professional self-care activities may prevent further development of burnout in times of high stress.
Comparison of clinical outcome between pyeloperfused versus non-pyeloperfused microwave ablation of renal cell carcinoma
Authors: Samadi Katayoun , Arellano Ronald
Published: December 2019

Purpose

We present the outcomes of microwave ablation (MWA) of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with and without pyeloperfusion.

Material and methods

A retrospective review of patients’ records was undertaken to identify patients with RCC, who were treated with MWA with and without adjunctive pyeloperfusion. The distance between the tumour and ureter as well as the tumour size were measured on axial imaging. Pyeloperfusion was performed in nine patients in this series after placement of a ureteral stent and instilment of diluted contrast into the ureter. MWAs of the tumours were performed under computed tomography (CT) guidance. Hydrodissection was performed to displace at-risk organs. Crea­tinine was measured as renal function index after and before the procedure. A CT scan was performed at the end of the procedure and also after one, three, and six months, to identify the presence of residual disease and complications.

Results

Eighteen biopsies of proven RCC were treated with 20 sessions of MWA. The average follow-up time for this study was 180 days. The average distance between the ureter and the tumour in axial CT view was 20.8 (± 2.9) mm. Primary efficacy was achieved in 88% of pyeloperfused patients and in 100% of the non-pyeloperfused patients. Two pyeloperfused patients required secondary procedure, and full secondary efficacy was achieved for both. There was only one grade 2 urological complication, which occurred in a patient who underwent pyeloperfusion. Creatinine was not significantly different after the procedure in this study (p-value 0.4).

Conclusion

In this study MWAs of RCCs were successfully performed using pyeloperfusion as a protective measure against thermal injury to the ureter.
Whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging with background body signal suppression in the detection of osseous and extra-osseous metastases
Authors: Razek Ahmed Abdel , Tawfik Ahmed , Rahman Mariam Abdel , Teima Saleh
Published: December 2019

Purpose

To assess the reproducibility of detection of osseous and extra-osseous metastases in cancer patients using whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging with background body signal suppression (WB-DWIBS).

Material and methods

A prospective study was conducted on 39 consecutive patients (21 females, 18 males; mean age 48 years) with metastases, who underwent WB-DWIBS on a 1.5-T MR scanner. Image analysis was performed independently by two blinded observers. Inter-observer agreement was assessed for the detection of osseous (spinal, appendicular) and extra-osseous (hepatic, pulmonary, nodal, and peritoneal) metastases.

Results

The overall inter-observer agreement of WB-DWIBS in the detection of osseous and extra-osseous metastases was excellent (k = 0.887, agreement = 94.44%, p = 0.001). There was excellent inter-observer agreement of both observers for the detection of osseous spinal (k = 0.846, agreement = 92.3%), osseous appendicular (k = 0.898, agreement = 94.8 %), hepatic (k = 0.847, agreement = 92.3%), pulmonary (k = 0.938, agreement = 97.4%), nodal metastases (k = 0.856, agreement = 94.9%), and peritoneal metastasis (k = 0.772, agreement = 94.9%).

Conclusion

We concluded that WB-DWIBS is reproducible for detection of osseous and extra-osseous metastases in cancer patients.
The complex origin and spatial distribution of non-pure sulfate particles (NSPs) in the stratosphere
Authors: Renard Jean-Baptiste , Berthet Gwenaël , Levasseur-Regourd Anny-Chantal , Beresnev Sergey , Miffre Alain , Rairoux Patrick , Vignelles Damien , Jégou Fabrice
Published: December 2019

Abstract. While droplets with pure mixtures of water and sulfuric acid are the main component of stratospheric aerosols, field measurements performed for more than 30 years have shown that non-sulfate materials, thereafter referred to by us as NSP (for Non-pure Sulfate Particles, not considering frozen material) are also present. Such materials, which are released from both the Earth through volcanic eruptions, pollution or biomass burning, and from space through interplanetary dust and micrometeoroids, present a wide variety of composition and shape, with sizes ranging from several nm to several hundreds of μm. No single instrumental technique, from ground, from airplanes, under balloons and onboard satellites using remote-sensing and in-situ instruments. can provide alone a global view of the stratospheric NSPs, which exhibit a strong variability in terms of spatial distribution and composition. To better understand the origin of the NSPs, we have performed new field measurements from mid- 2013 with the Light Optical Aerosol Counter (LOAC) instrument during 135 flights carried out under weather balloons at various latitudes and up to altitudes of 35 km. Coupled with previous measurements obtained with the Tropospheric and Stratospheric Aerosols Counter (STAC) under stratospheric balloons in the 2004–2011 period, the LOAC measurements show the presence of stratospheric layers presenting enhanced-concentrations associated with NSPs, with a bimodal vertical repartition centered by 17 and 30 km altitude. Also, large particles are detected, with sizes up to several tens of μm, with decreasing concentrations with increasing altitudes. Such observations, which are not correlated with meteor shower events, could be due to dynamical and photophoretic effects lifting and sustaining particles mainly coming from the Earth. When combining all the detections in the stratosphere from different methods of measurements, we may conclude that the concentrations and the vertical distributions of NSPs are highly variable and do not match the estimated concentrations of material in space at Earth orbit. The paper ends by highlighting some open questions on these stratospheric materials and presents some possible new strategies for frequent measurements, to confirm that NSPs are indeed mainly of terrestrial origin, and to better circumvent the NSPs impact on stratospheric chemistry and on the Earth’s climate.
An experimental 2D-Var retrieval using AMSR2
Authors: Duncan David Ian , Eriksson Patrick , Pfreundschuh Simon
Published: December 2019

Abstract. A two-dimensional variational retrieval (2D-Var) is presented for a passive microwave imager. The overlapping antenna patterns of all frequencies from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) are explicitly simulated to attempt retrieval of near-surface wind speed and surface skin temperature at finer spatial scales than individual antenna beams. This is achieved, with the effective spatial resolution of retrieved parameters judged by analysis of 2D-Var averaging kernels. Sea surface temperature retrievals achieve about 30 km resolution, with wind speed retrievals at about 10 km resolution. It is argued that multi-dimensional optimal estimation permits greater use of total information content from microwave sensors than other methods, with no compromises on target resolution needed; instead, various targets are retrieved at the highest possible spatial resolution, driven by the channels' sensitivities. All AMSR2 channels can be simulated within near their published noise characteristics for observed clear-sky scenes, though calibration and emissivity model errors are key challenges. This experimental retrieval shows the feasibility of 2D-Var for cloud-free retrievals and opens the possibility of stand-alone 3D-Var retrievals of water vapour and hydrometeor fields from microwave imagers in the future. The results have implications for future satellite missions and sensor design, as spatial oversampling can somewhat mitigate the need for larger antennas in the push for higher spatial resolution.
The impact of earthquakes on orogen-scale exhumation
Authors: Francis Oliver R. , Hales Tristram C. , Hobley Daniel E. J. , Fan Xuanmei , Horton Alexander J. , Scaringi Gianvito , Huang Runqiu
Published: December 2019

Abstract. Individual, large thrusting earthquakes can cause hundreds to thousands of years of exhumation in a geologically instantaneous moment through landslide generation. The bedrock landslides generated are important weathering agents through the conversion of bedrock into mobile sediment. Despite this, records of surface uplift and exhumation at the orogen scale contain little to no evidence of individual large earthquakes. We examine how earthquakes influence exhumation rates by exploring how stochastic earthquakes and landslides affect surface uplift and exhumation in a zero-dimensional numerical model, supported by observations from the 2008 Mw7.9 Wenchuan earthquake. Our model uses empirically constrained seismic, weathering, and landsliding scaling laws to show that large earthquakes generate the most surface uplift, despite causing exhumation of the bedrock surface. Where earthquakes, rather than aseismic processes predominantly drive rock uplift, rapid surface uplift can occur when regolith is preserved in the orogen, which limits the amount of bedrock weathering. By simulating the concentration of cosmogenic radionuclides within the model domain, we can examine the timescales over which earthquake-driven changes in exhumation can be measured. After an initial lowering in well-mixed landslide material, the concentration of 10Be returns to the long-term average within 103 years. We further demonstrate that the variability in exhumation caused by earthquakes occurs at timescales shorter than the averaging time of most thermochronometers. When combined with evidence of signal shredding response within recent earthquakes, it seems unlikely for single earthquakes to affect long-term measurements of exhumation rates. Nevertheless, short term stochastic feedbacks between weathering and exhumation produce measurable increases in cosmogenically measured exhumation rates which can be linked to earthquakes.
Combining accessibilities for different activity types: Methodology and case study
Authors: Zheng Lijuan , Van Wee Bert , Oeser Markus
Published: December 2019

Accessibility is a key concept in transport planning. Most studies only focus on specific activity types, but for policy making it is more relevant to aggregate accessibility overall or at least several activity types. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no study that combines accessibilities for different activity types. Since access to spatially separated activities is one dimension of quality of life, and activity types are not equally important for quality of life, we propose a methodology that is based on weighing activity types according to their relative importance to quality of life to assess overall accessibility. Four principles are adopted to develop the weighting factors: 1) the human needs the activity types satisfy; 2) the activity types' contribution to quality of life; 3) the activity types' trip frequency; 4) further modifications, based on principles such as whether the activity types are needed in emergent situations, and social values and policy preferences. We combine these four principles and apply the methodology in a case study focused on Germany.
Cross-sensory experiences and the enlightenment: music synesthesia in context
Authors: Sola Chagas Lima Eduardo
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT: This study contemplates cross-sensory experiences as represented in late eighteenth-century thought, prior to George Sachs’s description of synesthesia in 1812. Sachs’s medical dissertation is now considered to be the first convincing scientific report of synesthesia in literature. Yet, less objective historical instances of cross-sensory experiences are not new to music, the visual arts, and poetry. Since these instances are difficult to assess on the part of modern disciplines (including musicology) due to their subjective nature, references to cross-sensory experiences prior to this date are either overlooked or simply ignored. The Medieval and Renaissance understandings of multisensory associations, deriving from natural science and cosmology, gradually gave way to rationalized discussions based on mathematics, physics, and practical experimentations as time elapsed. In eighteenth-century literature, allusions to sound-colour parallels enjoy special attention in the writings of Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, among others. In discussing the validity of these associations and their mechanisms, some authors extended these correspondences to other senses as well: touch, taste, and smell. This research is rooted in a historical survey of Enlightenment approaches to multisensory experiences—along with their priority for reason—discussing to which extent they are strictly ‘scientific,’ since the long eighteenth century still witnessed the coexistence of natural, cosmological, and philosophical readings of cross-sensory analogies. It also inquires whether Enlightenment thought established a philosophical foundation for initial investigations on music synesthesia. Finally, this study searches for a place for Sachs’s dissertation among Enlightenment debates—the philosophical and historical context that afforded its conception.
EVOLUCIÓN DE LOS MÉTODOS DE FLAUTA DESDE EL SIGLO XVIII AL XX Y SU USO EN LOS CONSERVATORIOS SUPERIORES DE ESPAÑA
Authors: Botella Nicolás Ana María , Escorihuela Carbonell Guillem
Published: December 2019

Este artículo realiza un repaso de los métodos y libros de estudio más destacados de la historia de la flauta travesera, desde el siglo XVIII al XX. Se trata de un recorrido por la evolución del instrumento y las preocupaciones de los autores que han escrito para la didáctica del mismo. Además, se complementa con la información de su uso en la actualidad en los conservatorios superiores de música españoles. Tanto de los métodos en sí, como de las metodologías o ideas que instruyen a los profesores y su elección de libros para la clase.
LOGÍSTICA DE TRANSPORTES DO AGRONEGÓCIO E EXPORTAÇÕES DE SOJA NO CENTRO-OESTE BRASILEIRO
Authors: Santos José Dioney Soares , Pereira Luiz Andrei Gonçalves
Published: December 2019

Nas atividades socioeconômicas, o segmento de commodities agrícolas, destacando-se a soja, é de fundamental importância para os setores da atividade industrial, da alimentação da população, alimentação de animais e da geração de energia. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar as articulações espaciais da (re)organização territorial da comercialização e da logística de transportes nos fluxos do setor agroindustrial, considerando as exportações do setor de soja in natura entre a região Centro-oeste do Brasil e os mercados internacionais, no período de 1997 a 2015. Os procedimentos metodológicos foram sistematizados por meio da revisão de literatura, coleta e análise de dados secundários disponibilizados pelas instituições governamentais. A expansão da infraestrutura e dos serviços logísticos de transportes promovem as articulações dos circuitos das exportações na espacialização das redes de exportações de soja através dos fluxos realizados por transportes nacionais rodoviários, ferroviários e/ou intermodais, que interconectam os recintos alfandegados e os transportes internacionais nas ligações dos mercados consumidores globais.
A vida cultivada para a transformação social
Authors: Meller Vanderléa Ana , Dittrich Maria Gloria , La Bella Claiza Barretta
Published: December 2019

A interação do ser humano com a natureza pode estabelecer conexão ecológica, artística e criativa, com ações educativas que ampliam as ligações do ser humano em sua multidimensionalidade existencial. Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender as relações estabelecidas com a vida no contato com a natureza e as transformações sociais nas experiências ecoformativas das crianças participantes do projeto de extensão “Mãos de vida”. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem qualitativa, amparado no método da hermenêutica fenomenológica, realizado com 30 crianças da Instituição Lar Fabiano de Cristo, de Itajaí. As práticas foram planejadas e desenvolvidas na proposta de intervenção do Projeto de Extensão “Mãos de Vida”, da UNIVALI. A atuação ocorreu na perspectiva transdisciplinar integrando ações e saberes nas áreas de formação Educação Física, Nutrição, Filosofia e Psicologia.  Os resultados dos trabalhos ecoformativos aguçaram a sensibilidade sensorial, a percepção visual e contato afetivo entre as crianças, promovendo a socialização; possibilitou atenção e cuidado e o respeito à vida na natureza; a horta e as experiências envolvidas tornaram-se um laboratório vivo educativo e terapêutico de diversas práticas.
O sofrimento mental de enfermeiros que atuam na atenção primária em um município do sudoeste goiano
Authors: Freitas Nayara Rezende , Alves Juliana Burgo Godoi , De Paula Cácia Régia , Pinheiro Raul Henrique Oliveira , Pessuti Fernando , Pelazza Bruno Bordin , Ferri Lucila Pessuti
Published: December 2019

RESUMO: As transformações ocorridas nas últimas décadas no mundo do trabalho têm repercutido na saúde dos indivíduos e no coletivo de trabalhadores de forma intensiva principalmente no âmbito da saúde mental (ELIAS; NAVARRO, 2006). Neste contexto com grande ênfase se encontra os profissionais enfermeiros que são altamente atingidos por fatores emocionas durante o desenvolvimento das atividades. O objetivo do trabalho foi analisar o sofrimento mental de enfermeiros que atuam na Atenção Primária em um município do sudoeste goiano. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e transversal de natureza qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados durante os meses de novembro e dezembro de 2017, através de entrevista individual, com questionário semiestruturado, totalizando nove enfermeiros que trabalham na Atenção Primária do município de Jataí/GO. Os dados obtidos foram analisados aplicando-se a análise de conteúdo, com ênfase na modalidade temática.  Os resultados qualitativos especificaram três categorias de acordo com os dados coletados sendo elas: mudanças psicofisiológicas dos enfermeiros, satisfação e insatisfação com a profissão de enfermagem e sentimentos vivenciados pelos enfermeiros em seu processo de trabalho.  Na abordagem com os enfermeiros foi possível perceber o quanto está prejudicada a saúde mental desses profissionais onde a grande maioria apresenta algum tipo de sofrimento relacionado ao desenvolvimento da profissão. Recomenda-se que estes profissionais sejam amparados em seu processo de trabalho através da resiliência para que assim resolvam ou amenizem seu sofrimento mental juntamente com estratégias que atendam às necessidades destes profissionais.
O conhecimento de enfermeiros que atuam na atenção primária em relação a raprs
Authors: Ferri Lucila Pessuti , Gomes Laura Matias Cruz , Alves Juliana Burgo Godoi , De Paula Cácia Régia , Pinheiro Raul Henrique Oliveira , Pessuti Fernando , Pelazza Bruno Bordin
Published: December 2019

Ao longo dos anos o tratamento de pacientes mentais a nível mundial foi baseado no isolamento em hospitais psiquiátrico sem nenhum tipo de convívio social e fora da inserção a sociedade. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o conhecimento dos enfermeiros que atuam na atenção primária à saúde em relação a rede de atenção psicossocial (RAPS), uma vez que a falta de conhecimento deste modelo pode ter um impacto negativo na assistência prestada ao usuário que procure este serviço. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados nos meses de novembro e dezembro de 2017, através de entrevista individual com roteiro semiestruturado, com nove enfermeiros que atuam na Atenção Primária entre 4 meses a 4 anos de trabalho. Como metodologia de análise qualitativa foi realizado Bardan seguindo caractegorização das transcrições durante entrevista. Ao analisar os resultado foi  elencado duas categorias sendo a primeira: 1- noção de enfermagem em relação a Rede de Atenção Psicocossocial e a segunda 2- dificuldade em realizar a assistencia em saúde mental na atenção primária. Foi possível identificar neste estudo o déficit de conhecimento dos profissionais que atuam na RAPS, déficit este que foi somado à não especialização dos profissionais, falta de acompanhamento dos familiares durante o cuidado e foca ultrapassado no modelo medicamentoso e hospitalocêntrico.
Disposição inadequada de resíduos sólidos no perímetro urbano de caiapônia (go) e sua associação com a dengug
Authors: Leite Helrigle Helen Karen Guimarães , F Kathynne Carvalho Freitas , De Paula Cácia Régia , Pinheiro Raul Henrique Oliveira , Pessuti Fernando , Pelazza Bruno Bordin , Ferri Lucila Pessuti
Published: December 2019

O crescimento desordenado da população e o desenvolvimento da sociedade são fatores que afetam diretamente o aumento na geração de resíduos sólidos. A Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos regimenta sobre a realização do gerenciamento desses resíduos de um modo integrado que seja adaptável a cada tipo de resíduo gerado, pois, o descarte irregular, além de afetar o meio ambiente, causa problemas a saúde pública. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo identificar e levantar os problemas ambientais, provenientes do lixão do município de Caiapônia - GO. Foi adotada uma metodologia englobando a realização de visitas in loco e coleta de informações sobre a localização e as características afim de realizar diagnóstico situacional da área. Foi constatado que o lixão é um problema ambiental/social e que providências deveriam ser tomadas em caráter emergencial. Com levantamentos realizados durante quatro anos foi possível detectar processos de degradação ao meio ambiente, problemas populacionais e sanitários provavelmente ocasionados pela disposição inadequada dos resíduos. A partir dos elementos encontrados como solução apresentou-se a construção do Aterro do município de Caiapônia, afim de realizar a disposição adequada dos resíduos produzidos no município.
Eficiência no tratamento de esgoto no município de caiapônia-go
Authors: Ferri Kathynne Carvalho Freitas , Faria Jessica Rosa de Souza , Ferri Lucila Pessuti , Pinheiro Raul Henrique Oliveira , De Paula Cácia Régia , Pellaza Bruno Bordin
Published: December 2019

O tratamento de esgoto é fundamental na prevenção de doenças, no controle de resíduos físicos, químicos e biológicos, além de garantir condições à saúde humana e ao meio ambiente. Pensando nessa temática, esse estudo visou monitorar o funcionamento e a eficiência do tratamento de esgoto do município de Caiapônia-GO, entre os anos de 2015 até 2017. Caiapônia está situada no sudoeste do estado de Goiás (latitude 16°57’32” e longitude 51°48’56.”), apresenta uma área de 8.673,871km² e possui aproximadamente 16.757 habitantes (IBGE, 2010). Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, de caráter documental, uma vez que esta analisou dados originários de resultados laboratoriais disponibilizados pela SANEAGO. A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar os resultados das análises físico-químicas e biológicas, a fim de investigá-las sobre o aspecto sanitário e legislativo, levando em consideração os benefícios e os malefícios propiciados a população. Visou também avaliar a viabilidade do sistema de lagoas em relação aos aspectos econômicos e socioambientais. Na estação os parâmetros analisados nas lagoas foram os seguintes: DBO, DQO, PH, OD, TEMPERATURA, SÓLIDOS SUSPENSOS e COLIFORMES FECAIS. Com os dados obtidos, verificou-se que os níveis presentes nas amostras dos afluentes e dos efluentes estão de acordo com a legislação brasileira vigente – Resolução CONAMA 430/2011 e CONAMA 357/2005 que é responsável em estabelecer o padrão de lançamento dos efluentes. Deste modo, constatou-se por meio das análises documentais, que há eficiência na estação de tratamento, pois os resultados obtidos revelaram a preservação do corpo d’água, mostrando com isso que o processo empregado possui competência, baixo custo e contribui na purificação do esgoto auxiliando o controle de doenças patogênicas.