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Controllable Preparation of Zeolite P1 From Metakaolin-Based Geopolymers via a Hydrothermal Method
Authors: Wang Yuanhui , Chen Jieyu , Wu Hongdan , Lei Xinrong
Published: March 2017

A more controllable method to synthesize particular zeolites from geopolymers is needed in order to effectively use these materials in industrial applications. In the present study, a well-crystallized zeolite P1 was synthesized from a metakaolin-based geopolymer (SiO2/Al2O3=3.2) using a hydrothermal method. The products obtained by hydrothermal treatment were identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and specific surface areas. The XRD patterns and SEM micrographs indicated that the structure and morphology of zeolite P1 could be controlled by the NaOH solution concentration, hydrothermal temperature, and the hydrothermal treatment time. The crystalline structure of the prepared zeolite P1 was refined using the Rietveld method and the crystal structure parameters were as follows: a = 10.01 Å, b = 10.01 Å and c = 10.03 Å. The optimal hydrothermal conditions to form zeolite P1 were 24 h at a hydrothermal temperature of 100°C and 2.0 M NaOH solution. Moreover, the synthesized zeolite P1 had a specific surface area of 36.56 m2/g.
Removal of Co2+, Ni2+, and Pb2+ by Manganese Oxide-Coated Zeolite: Equilibrium, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics Studies
Authors: Irannajad Mehdi , Kamran Haghighi Hossein
Published: March 2017

The removal of Co2+, Ni2+, and Pb2+ from aqueous solutions using a modified zeolite was investigated because of the need to eliminate toxic contaminants from wastewaters. In the present study the ways in which equilibrium, thermodynamics, and kinetics parameters affected the removal of heavy metals were evaluated and compared. An Iranian clinoptilolite with a Si/Al ratio of 6.5 was used as an adsorbent. In order to increase the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent, it was converted to a manganese oxide-coated zeolite (MOCZeo) using various Mn solutions. The initial concentration of metals, pH, contact time, and temperature were the variables studied and optimal conditions were established. The maximum amount of Co2+, Ni2+, AND Pb2+ adsorption on MOCZeo was ascertained. A thermodynamics study, using ΔG, ΔH, and ΔS state functions showed that adsorption of Pb2+ was more spontaneous than that of Co2+, Ni2+ ions. The adsorption of these ions on MOCZeo was an endothermic reaction. Investigation of the adsorption models revealed that the adsorption of Pb2+, Co2+, and Ni2+ on MOCZeo followed both the Langmuir and Freundlich models. Kinetics studies showed that the adsorption of Pb2+, Co2+, and Ni2+ on MOCZeo followed the pseudo-second order kinetics model with a high correlation coefficient.
Exta (haruspex remix)
Authors: Sutherland Dane , Sames Lucy A.
Published: March 2017

Exta is a curatorial project consisting of a ‘primer’ exhibition of artists’ film and sculpture, two forthcoming exhibitions, and a film currently in production. The project traces the speculative activities of haruspicy, the divination of future events from the reading of entrails gathered from a sacrificed entity. Here, we expand on this mystic act as a ‘somatechnic’ ritual: how the artworks and our curatorial narrative work towards an imagined future populace divined from the entrails of a dead body-politic. With reference to Jon Abbink’s studies of contemporary haruspicy and some of its precedents in ancient practices, we situate Exta as a publicdivinatory reading that conjures a vision of an alien, future populace. We compare this to popular methods of articulating and narrativising post-human futures, by describing a mode of speculation inscribed with the occult potencies of haruspicy and, referring to Reza Negarestani, how it operates as a vector of decay in its monstrous corruption of such idealised narratives.
A great and downward hunt: How to design inorganic trauma
Authors: Woodard Ben
Published: March 2017

While many of the physical sciences have historically and conceptually informed philosophy, geology is one field that has not received adequate philosophical attention. In what follows, I attempt to demonstrate how the relation between the geological and the philosophical is over-coded in numerous historical and fictional contexts in the form of geotrauma, the violence of the earth or the inorganic on the organic, and the violence of the inorganic on itself. Historico-mythical tales of the violence of mining and surveying often centre on the geological landscape as offering a form of violence, or as invading the consciousnesses of those around it with a form of ancient violence. In this regard, the earth’s geological forces can be treated as murderous agents, where investigating the crime simply seems to redouble the violence. The article examines how this strange and violent reflectivity deploys itself in an exaggerated way in weird and gothic fiction. Looking at the works of Fritz Leiber, H. P. Lovecraft and Charles Brockden Brown, this article attempts to argue how the fictionalization of geotrauma is a dramatization of the already existent co-implication of geology and philosophy in the form of a co-murdering and the traumatic nature of the expansive concept.
Using Internet based arts to promote inter-generational meetings between young people and senior citizens: The Playmäkers project in Sweden
Authors: Horwitz Eva Bojner , Huss Ephrat
Published: March 2017

This article studies the application of a multi-purpose, arts-based intervention for young adults interacting with members of the elderly population who have dementia. The project studied uses online cultural products as a mediating element for communication between the youths and the elders. The project aims to harness the technological sophistication of young adults, here called Playmäkers (PM), to offer elderly sufferers of dementia access to music, movies and visual arts, which the elderly participant remembers from their youth. This process includes the nurses and family as additional participants and culminates in a group presentation of the arts. This article, using a qualitative case study method, aims to explore the phenomenological impact of such a programme on the residents, nurses, youths and residents’ families in two residential wards with 68 patients. The theoretical frame of analysis includes non-verbal embodied communication, emotional mind, arts in health and psychosocial interventions for youth. Implications for applying this programme are derived from the data and discussed.
‘I’m not a therapist you know... I’m an artist’: Facilitating well-being and basic psychological needs satisfaction through community arts participation
Authors: Swindells Rachel , Lawthom Rebecca , Parkinson Clive , Clennon Ornette , Kagan Carolyn , De Bézenac Christophe
Published: March 2017

The role of the artist is crucial to the success of arts for health initiatives yet remains under-explored in the research literature. This article examines the practice of arts facilitation through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT). Fourteen interviews with artists leading projects for older adults across three settings were subject to a secondary thematic analysis. A hybrid approach was adopted with themes developed inductively and deductively. Artists were found to satisfy participants’ basic psychological needs in diverse ways. Autonomy: artists spoke of valuing the expression of individual differences and identities, encouraging participants to assume ownership of projects. Competence: developing participants’ aptitudes and skills and repairing negative self-beliefs emerged as common goals. Relatedness: artists sought to cultivate social interaction within groups and forge relationships with participants themselves. Self-determination theory provides a well-validated framework to conceptualize the psycho-social processes mediating arts project outcomes relating to psychological well-being.
Reviews
Authors: Rozum Aimee Loth , Cornish Shelagh , Pierce Vanessa , Deaver Sarah , vanMeenen Karen
Published: March 2017

EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY FOR TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, CARMEN RICHARDSON (2016) New York: Routledge, 260 pp., ISBN: 9780415733786, p/bk, $38.21

MULTICULTURAL FAMILY ART THERAPY, CHRISTINE KERR (ED.) (2015) New York: Routledge, 258 pp., ISBN: 9780415827324, p/bk, $43.96

ART THERAPY: INTEGRATING CREATIVITY, HEALING & PROFESSIONALISM, 2016 AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION’S 47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA, 6–10 JULY 2016

CONVERGING IN THE HEARTLAND: POETIC EXPRESSION FOR HEALING MIND, BODY AND SOUL, 2016 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POETRY THERAPY’S 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, USA, 14–17 APRIL 2016
Slow It Down. Write It. Perform It
Authors: Cunningham Julia
Published: March 2017

This article is an enquiry into the meditative and unconscious processes of the mind. In critical thought there appears to be a gap where the art object has been elevated above the artist process. What has been lost is a study into the psychoanalytic, creative and meditative qualities of both written and creative systems. This article draws from theories of meditative practice, as well as contemporary practitioners including Marina Abramović and Zhang Huan. The aims of this study are to augment process, lead discussion and create discourse in the context of meditative, performative and immaterial dialogues.
feature article: Film clips in Scandinavian language instruction: Building student competencies
Authors: Gullette Christian , Kaiser Mark , Møller Karen
Published: March 2017

This article argues that incorporating film clips into instruction of the Scandinavian languages, both at elementary and advanced levels, provides an authentic and contextual model not only for developing linguistic competencies, but communicative and intercultural skill sets. Film clips can combine curricular goals with invaluable opportunities at all learner levels for critical intersectional analysis that accelerates language acquisition as well as intercultural awareness. Foreign language teachers have long valued feature film for its rich cultural content, but its use in the language curriculum has presented a quandary to instructors given its length and students’ difficulty in comprehending the rapid flow of speech. This article will consider the great potential that film has for foreign language instructors and the means for its exploitation in the foreign language curriculum. We begin by describing Berkeley Language Center (BLC)’s online database of films and clips, the Library of Foreign Language Film Clips (LFLFC), one possible resource of clips for the language instructor. We then describe how language instructors might use film in the foreign language curriculum, drawing on examples first from elementary Swedish and then from intermediate/advanced Danish.
A transdisciplinary approach to mentoring through collaboration
Authors: Manjon Sonia BasSheva , Ndzuta Akhona , Greene Chloé , Sarkar Kaustavi (Cos) , Flores Nicholas (Nic) , Guo Wen
Published: March 2017

At The Ohio State University, I’ve had the honour and privilege to work with amazing students, both in the classroom and in community settings. We have engaged in collaborative research and service learning activities that created new knowledge and deep relationships. These relationships have supported a pedagogy of engagement that incorporates the tenants of collaboration and mentorship at multi-layered levels. They have also empowered both my students and community partners in the co-creation of knowledge that would lead to solutions of community-identified issues. The collaboration would be three tired and involve faculty, student and community, on equal platforms. The mentorship would navigate a process between my students and myself, equally playing significant roles in informing each other of new ideas and novel directions as we explored the issues, problems and concerns of our community partners. This article focuses on the co-creation of collaborative processes of faculty/student mentorship and collaboration between faculty/students, and faculty/students/community partners in the co-creation of knowledge.
‘Kids know about art’: Amplifying under-represented voices in art museums through mentorship
Authors: Reid Natasha S. , Cinquemani Shana , Farrar Chelsea
Published: March 2017

Within this article, we share our experiences critically engaging with and elevating under-represented voices in museum spaces via a graduate level course in multicultural museum education. We bring the perspectives of both an assistant professor and two graduate students in order to explore multi-faceted relationships grounded in trust, risk-taking, non-hierarchical dynamics and co-mentorship. Natasha (as assistant professor) explores her experiences developing and implementing the assignment and related course, highlighting how her relationship with these graduate students enabled her to develop a more fluid approach to mentorship. Chelsea and Shana (as graduate students) examine their interpretation and implementation of the assignment, and their reciprocal and non-authoritative relationship with their child participant. Finally, we collaboratively reflect on the experience through a dialogue at the end of the article. We aim to offer readers insight regarding how assignment design, interpretation, and the chosen site for implementation can support dynamic and alternative mentorship opportunities that emphasize the amplification of under-represented voices.
Hacia una formación integrada en la currícula universitaria: el valor de la práctica en la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
Authors: Di Franco María Graciela , Alfageme Balza Valeria , Di Franco Norma
Published: March 2017

Las autoras de este trabajo coordinamos actividades de extensión en el contexto de la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam). En este artículo nos proponemos, en primer lugar, poner en contexto prácticas de extensión en escuelas y comunidades alejadas del centro de la ciudad en relación aeducación sexual integral y acompañamiento a adolescentes embarazadas con trayectorias escolares en riesgo. En un segundo momento, reflexionar acerca de estas prácticas de extensión desde el marco normativo de la UNLPam y dela importancia de su curricularización. Y en el tercer y último apartado, analizar acerca de la necesidad de integrar las distintas prácticas que prescriben las currículas universitarias: prácticas de extensión; prácticas profesionales y prácticas sociocomunitarias para favorecer una formación integrada, potente y políticamente comprometida en la comprensión e intervención social.
Los dispositivos para integrar la docencia con la extensión en la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Authors: Kuttel Yelena , Birri María Laura , Reus Verónica
Published: March 2017

En el Plan de Desarrollo Institucional (2010–2019) de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral concibe a la extensión universitaria como uno de sus pilares fundamentales junto a la docencia y la investigación. La extensión, como parte sustancial de la vida universitaria, se expresa y materializa en normativas y experiencias concretas. Estas actividades se gestionan a través de diversos dispositivos que garantizan la educación experiencial, entendida como una clase particular de enseñar y de aprender donde los alumnos trabajan junto a los actores sociales para la resolución detemas–problemas reales de la comunidad.En el presente artículo se relata de qué manera se conjugan la extensión y la docencia en la carrera de Medicina de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, tanto desde su diseño curricular en cuanto a Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas del medio social como a través de Prácticas de Extensión de Educación Experiencial,Acciones de Extensión al Territorio y Proyectos de Interés Social.
PENGUJIAN JANUARY EFFECT : STUDI KOMPARASI PADA BURSA EFEK INDONESIA DAN BURSA SAHAM SHANGHAI PERIODE 2011-2013
Authors: Kartikasari Latanza Hanum
Published: March 2017

The January Effect occurred as a result companies that have a strategy to improve it is financial statements. The company will sell stocks that have low values at the end of the year and sell shares favorable to attract investment back at the beginning of next year. January Effect the anomaly that serves low stock Return occurred in December and the highest Return ing January. The purpose of this research was to examine whether there is a phenomenon January Effect on Effect Indonesia Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange in Period 2011-2013The variables used in this study are the Return, Abnormal Return and trading volume activity. This research was conducted at the company that is static between years 2011-2013 were in a group LQ45 and SSE50 samples that meet the criteria. The model used is the determination of the sample with purposive sampling method. The tools used are Test One-Way ANOVA and Paired Sample (t-test). The results of analysis showed that look Abnormal Return  stock and Return  there is a difference between January to January in addition to the Indonesia Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange by using One-Way ANOVA, while the Paired Sample (t-test) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange there the difference between January to be for January. And for testing of trading volume activity, The January Effect does not occurred in the Indonesia Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Effect of educational program on improving knowledge and practice for adolescences with type 1 diabetes
Authors: Abolwafa Nagat F. , Ahmed Sanaa M. , Aly Sahar A.
Published: March 2017

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine and metabolic conditions in childhood.Objectives: to determine the effect of educational program on the adolescences children knowledge and reported practices with type 1 diabetes.Method: Design pretest -posttest design was utilized to conduct this study.Setting: study was conducted at outpatient clinic for diabetes at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics.Sample: 50 adolescences children with type 1 diabetes.Tools: Pre-designed questionnaire sheet and Educational and training program.Results: this study showed significant improvement in adolescences knowledge and reported practices in post/test I and II.Conclusion: after the implementation of the program, there was remarkable improvement of adolescences children knowledge and reported practices.Recommendations: a developed program should be applied and repeat again every 6 months in the same study setting and adopted in other similar settings with required modifications, provision of continuing education programs.
Recurrent isolated tuberculous inguinal lymphadenopathy : A case report and review of literature
Authors: Asuquo Maurice , Ugbem Theophilus , Marwa Adams
Published: March 2017

Chronic peripheral lymphadenopathy is indicative of pathology of which tuberculosis is the commonest. Isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis is a rare finding. Presented is a healthy looking 16 year old human immunodeficiency virus seronegative male with recurrent isolated tuberculous left inguinal lymphadenopathy. Physicians are requested to consider tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of inguinal lymphadenopathy and to subject same to histological evaluation for proper diagnosis and treatment.
La traduction face aux Romans de Mélusine de Jean d’Arras et Couldrette
Authors: Vincensini Jean-Jacques
Published: March 2017

Une tradition proprement française de la traduction conduirait à ne pas traduire, mais à s’approprier le texte-source, à l’embellir. Ce non-traduire français n’épargne pas le médiéviste national. D’autant qu’il rêve de gommer ainsi l’écart entre la littérature médiévale et la culture contemporaine. La thèse du “même au même” fonde ce point de vue dans le champ de la langue et celui de la traduction. Conséquence ? Pendant longtemps, la traduction des oeuvres médiévales a semblé mineure aux yeux des médiévistes. Mais qu’en disent lespublications bilingues (et “intralinguales”) qui fleurissent depuis plusieurs années? Quelles stratégies et quels stéréotypes fondent leur pratique ? Pour ce qui concerne les deux romans de Mélusine, tenant à faire de l’altérité une vertu, Matthew Morris et moi-même avons souhaité traduire en gardant la “bonne distance”, aussi bien vis à vis du respect de la lettre du texte médiéval que du penchant ethno-centriste à en faire une oeuvre contemporaine. Nos deux traductions, par ailleurs, se sont appuyées sur l’idée selon laquelle une traduction est une transformation maîtrisée par le souci de servir le sens de l’oeuvre. Cet article montre alors comment ces principes généraux ont inspiré, de façon différente, nos traductions particulières, celle de la prose de Jean d’Arras et celle des vers de Couldrette. Ainsi a-t-on espéré faire de nos traductions des aventures de Mélusine et de ses fils autre chose qu’un simpleexercice technique : une activité linguistique qui engage des choix esthétiques et culturels fondamentaux et évite le regrettable non-traduire français.
Perspectiva comparada em políticas públicas de educação: Estudos Brasil-Espanha
Authors: Souza Donaldo Bello de , Batista Neusa Chaves
Published: March 2017

Novos direcionamentos e sentidos têm sido impressos à Educação Comparada, expressão de um processo acentuado de mudanças sociais e epistemológicas que progressivamente reiteram o seu valor em face de um maior distanciamento analítico sobre o contexto, objeto e questões relativas a uma determinada realidade ou problema. Este artigo, visando à discussão sobre a perspectiva comparada em Políticas Públicas de Educação, toma por base de análise referências que versam sobre comparações Brasil-Espanha neste campo do conhecimento, com vistas à realização de um inventário descritivo a respeito da produção acadêmica e científica correlata, compreendida ao período 1990-2014, enfocando tanto as Políticas Públicas de Educação Básica, quanto de Educação Superior. Identifica a escassez desses estudos, cujo interesse autoral mostra-se marcadamente brasileiro. Postula que, embora relativamente distintos quanto aos objetos de análise, a maior parcela dos estudos sobre Educação Básica constata, em cada um dos domínios metodológicos e interpretativos adotados, a prevalência de similaridades relativas a processos de rupturas ou de continuidade entre as ações públicas pós-redemocratização do Brasil e da Espanha, não sendo recorrente a demarcação de diferenciações significativas entre estes países. Destaca que as aproximações se fazem igualmente notar na esfera dos estudos sobre Educação Superior que abordam os fenômenos da globalização, seus atores, processos e objetivos na construção da ação pública no âmbito dos Estados nacionais, que evidenciam a presença de certa estandardização de impactos transnacionais, em que pesem as distinções sinalizadas entre os sistemas de ensino superior desses dois países e seus respectivos processos de ressignificação local dessas mesmas influências.
Differential responses of rabbit ventricular and atrial transient outward current (Ito) to the Ito modulator NS5806
Authors: Cheng Hongwei , Cannell Mark B. , Hancox Jules C.
Published: March 2017

Transient outward potassium current (Ito) in the heart underlies phase 1 repolarization of cardiac action potentials and thereby affects excitation–contraction coupling. Small molecule activators of Ito may therefore offer novel treatments for cardiac dysfunction, including heart failure and atrial fibrillation. NS5806 has been identified as a prototypic activator of canine Ito. This study investigated, for the first time, actions of NS5806 on rabbit atrial and ventricular Ito. Whole cell patch‐clamp recordings of Ito and action potentials were made at physiological temperature from rabbit ventricular and atrial myocytes. 10 μmol/L NS5806 increased ventricular Ito with a leftward shift in Ito activation and accelerated restitution. At higher concentrations, stimulation of Ito was followed by inhibition. The EC50 for stimulation was 1.6 μmol/L and inhibition had an IC50 of 40.7 μmol/L. NS5806 only inhibited atrial Ito (IC50 of 18 μmol/L) and produced a modest leftward shifts in Ito activation and inactivation, without an effect on restitution. 10 μmol/L NS5806 shortened ventricular action potential duration (APD) at APD20‐APD90 but prolonged atrial APD. NS5806 also reduced atrial AP upstroke and amplitude, consistent with an additional atrio‐selective effect on Na+ channels. In contrast to NS5806, flecainide, which discriminates between Kv1.4 and 4.x channels, produced similar levels of inhibition of ventricular and atrial Ito. NS5806 discriminates between rabbit ventricular and atrial Ito, with mixed activator and inhibitor actions on the former and inhibitor actions against the later. NS5806 may be of significant value for pharmacological interrogation of regional differences in native cardiac Ito.
Cigarette smoke‐induced urothelial cell damage: potential role of platelet‐activating factor
Authors: Kispert Shannon E. , Marentette John , Campian E. Cristian , Isbell T. Scott , Kuenzel Hannah , McHowat Jane
Published: March 2017

Cigarette smoking is an environmental risk factor associated with a variety of pathologies including cardiovascular disease, inflammation, and cancer development. Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic inflammatory bladder disease with multiple etiological contributors and risk factors associated with its development, including cigarette smoking. Previously, we determined that cigarette smoking was associated with bladder wall accumulation of platelet activating factor (PAF), a potent inflammatory mediator that facilitates transendothelial cell migration of inflammatory cells from the circulation. PAF has been shown to reduce expression of tight junctional proteins which could ultimately lead to increased urothelial cell permeability. In this study, we observed that cigarette smoke extract (CSE) treatment of human urothelial cells increases PAF production and PAF receptor expression and reduces wound healing ability. After exposure to cigarette smoke for 6 months, wild‐type C57BL/6 mice displayed urothelial thinning and destruction which was not detected in iPLA2β−/− (enzyme responsible for PAF production) animals. We also detected increased urinary PAF concentration in IC/BPS patients when compared to controls, with an even greater increase in urinary PAF concentration in smokers with IC/BPS. These data indicate that cigarette smoking is associated with urothelial cell damage that may be a result of increased PAF‐PAF receptor interaction. Inhibition of iPLA2β activity or blocking of the PAF‐PAF receptor interaction could serve as a potential therapeutic target for managing cigarette smoke‐induced bladder damage.
On the Path to Rewarding Times
Authors: Tarasova Natalia
Published: March 2017

I am grateful for this opportunity to wish members of IUPAC bodies and adhering organizatins, fellows, affiliate members, and company associates a successful, fruitful, and healthy year in 2017. Many of us will meet in São Paulo, Brazil, in July, at the IUPAC General Assembly and the 46th World Chemistry Congress, for the first time to be held in South America, to discuss the directions of the Union’s activities as IUPAC is moving to its’ centenary in 2019.
Chemistry Organizations in a Changing World
Authors: Matlin Stephen A. , Krief Alain , Hopf Henning , Mehta Goverdhan
Published: March 2017

Building bridges between global thinking and local action was the tag line of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding. [1] This provides an invaluable opportunity for chemistry organizations to rethink their roles and responsibilities in a global context. For IUPAC, its approaching centenary adds a further impetus to the continual quest for sustainability, relevance, and value. Chemistry organizations have a long tradition of helping to develop and promote the interests of the subject and its practitioners. In a rapidly changing world, what is their fundamental purpose, what should be their roles, and how can they refresh themselves to best serve the field and also society at large?
Constitutionality of the Agreement between the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Republic of Korea and Japan on the Issue of ‘Comfort Women’ on 28 December 2015
Authors: Bang Seung Ju
Published: March 2017

On 28 December 2015, Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held a meeting at the Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul and announced that they had reached an agreement to resolve the so-called ’comfort women’ issue, who were forcibly drafted into sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial army in World War II. But the agreement’s binding effect and constitutionality are highly controversial. This agreement violates not only the principle of the statutory or parliamentary reservation by the restriction of the basic rights and the power of the National Assembly to consent to the treaty pursuant to Article 60 (1) of the Constitution, but also infringes the constitutional rights of the ‘comfort women’ victims, such as the right to human dignity, the right to know, and the right to property. This article provides a review of current and potential constitutional litigation regarding the agreement, including the claim that has already been brought by the comfort women survivors, and potential suits concerning the competence dispute and impeachment by the National Assembly.
Control of Subsonic and Sonic Jets with Limiting Tabs
Authors: Berrueta T. , Rathakrishnan E.
Published: March 2017

Aerodynamic mixing of subsonic and sonic jets with limiting tabs, with and without corrugations, has been studied experimentally. Limiting tab located at the nozzle exit and at a downstream distance of 0.5D has been considered in this study. Mixing caused by the tab at nozzle exit is found to be better that of tab at 0.5D, for both plain and corrugated geometries. Also, both tabs caused better mixing for underexpanded sonic jets than the correctly expanded sonic jet and subsonic jets. At nozzle pressure ratio 3 the plain tab at the nozzle exit reduced the core by about 56 % and the corrugated tab by about 51 %. But when the plain tab is placed at 0.5D the jet mixing is retarded. However, the corrugated tab at 0.5D enhances the mixing, though not up to the level of the same tab at 0D, at all Mach numbers except 0.6. The maximum reduction of core caused by shifted corrugated tab is 14 % for Mach 0.8 jet.
Anaphylactic Reactions to Novel Foods: Case Report of a Child With Severe Crocodile Meat Allergy
Authors: Ballardini Natalia , Nopp Anna , Hamsten Carl , Vetander Mirja , Melén Erik , Nilsson Caroline , Ollert Markus , Flohr Carsten , Kuehn Annette , van Hage Marianne
Published: March 2017

Availability of “exotic” foods is steadily increasing. In this report, we describe the first case of anaphylaxis to crocodile meat. The patient was a 13-year-old boy with severe immunoglobulin E–mediated allergy to chicken meat. When tasting crocodile meat for the first time, he developed an anaphylactic reaction. Cross-reactivity between chicken and crocodile meat was suspected to have triggered this reaction. Basophil activation and immunoglobulin E testing confirmed the boy’s allergic reaction to crocodile meat proteins. Molecular analysis identified a crocodile α-parvalbumin, with extensive sequence homology to chicken α-parvalbumin, as the main cross-reactive allergen. We conclude that crocodile meat can be a potent food allergen and patients with allergy to chicken meat should be advised to avoid intake of meat from crocodile species. Both foods and people travel around the world and accessibility to exotic foods is steadily growing. As a result, novel allergic cross-reactivities are likely to become a challenge in the management of food allergy and, as our report illustrates, cross-reactivity has to be considered even between foods that might not intuitively be perceived as related.
Regional aspects of inclusive entrepreneurship of seniors in Europe
Authors: Pilková Anna , Rehák Ján
Published: March 2017

The paper studies the relationship between key factors influencing senior entrepreneurship and the level of inclusiveness of seniors in entrepreneurial activity in Europe. The objective is to cluster countries with similar patterns in senior entrepreneurial inclusivity and to identify the factors leading to inclusive entrepreneurship of seniors and their social cohesion. The focus is on European countries which participated in Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) between 2001 and 2012, using GEM data as the main source for the analyses. Initially, the authors identify the key factors influencing entrepreneurial activity of seniors within Europe based upon data contained within the literature review. At the same time, utilizing the senior entrepreneurship inclusivity index, the authors measure the level of inclusiveness in each European country. Using the results of these analyses the authors subsequently implement a cluster analysis method to create clusters among European countries based upon the similarities in the relationship between the levels of senior entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activity of the general population. This helps them identify countries with above average levels of senior entrepreneurship inclusivity. The results allow the authors to assess key similarities in clustered economies in terms of entrepreneurial culture and policies which have a major influence on senior entrepreneurship.
The rise and fall (?) of a new developmental state in Brazil
Authors: Ricz Judit
Published: March 2017

We investigate the most recent experiment of the state-led development approach in Brazil, and reveal some of its merits and shortcomings in the light of the current difficulties of the country. Using institutional and political economy approach we argue that under the Lula administration (2003–2010) a special economic policy mix has emerged, which although maintained some continuity with both the old Brazilian developmental state and the neoliberal reform period, can be regarded as a new model of developmental state (DS) in Brazil. The way how Brazil has achieved pro-poor and inclusive growth since the Millennium offers useful lessons for other emerging and developing countries. At the same time, economic and social processes of the last 4-5 years have highlighted the fragility of the new Brazilian developmental state model and finally led to its dismantling (while even raising questions whether it can be regarded as a DS at all).
Cukorbetegség és retinopathia diabetica regionális egyenlőtlenségei Magyarországon az 50 éves és idősebb korú lakosság körében
Authors: Tóth Gábor , Szabó Dorottya , Sándor Gábor László , Pék Anita , Szalai Irén , Lukács Regina , Tóth Georgina Zsófia , Papp András , Nagy Zoltán Zsolt , Limburg Hans , Németh János
Published: March 2017

Abstract:

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the main causes of blindness among persons aged 50 years and older. Aim: The purpose of our survey was to estimate the prevalence of DM and diabetic retinopathy (DR), as well as to assess the coverage of diabetic eye care services in different regions of Hungary. Method: In 105 clusters, 3675 people aged 50 years and older were included in the survey. The standardized rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) with the diabetic retinopathy module (DRM) was used to examine the participants. Thereafter, differences between West-, Middle- and East-Hungary were analysed. Results: Prevalence of DM was higher in East-Hungary (20.9%), than in West- (19.5%) and in Middle-Hungary (19.5%). Prevalence od DR was higher in West-Hungary (24.1%), than in Middle- (17.8%) and in East-Hungary (19.6%). Proportion of participants who never had a fundus examination for DR was the lowest in Middle-Hungary (19.1%). Conclusions: Primary care should be strenghten mainly in country settlements or telemedical eye screening program should be started to decrease the prevalence of diabetic eye complications. Orv. Hetil., 2017, 158(10), 362–367.
Complement System Abnormalities in Patients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Authors: Demyanova K. A. , Kozlovskaya N. L. , Bobrova L. A. , Kozlov L. V. , Andina S. S. , Yurova V. A. , Kuchieva A. M. , Roshchupkina S. V. , Shilov E. M.
Published: March 2017

Background: The role of the alternative complement pathway (AP) abnormalities in the pathogenesis of aHUS is well studied. Clinical and morphological manifestations of atypical HUS and catastrophic APS are often similar. However, studies on the state of AP in patients with CAPS are virtually absent. Aims: The aim of our study was to assess the state of AP in patients with CAPS and aHUS. Patients and methods: The study enrolled 67 patients (pts) with a diagnosis of CAPS (28 pts) and aHUS (39 pts). Studies of the complement system are made of 10 pts with CAPS and 20 aHUS. Factor H, I, B, D content, functional activity of factor H, and complement components C3, C4 was determined in serum by ELISA kit. Results: Patients with CAPS and aHUS showed similar changes in complement biomarkers. The factor H level in the serum was significantly higher than the standard value. However, the specific activity of factor H reduced, mean rate 59% for aHUS and 26% for CAPS. The median value of factor D was twice higher than the normal range in both groups, indicating the activation of the AP. Conclusions: There are indications of an AP activation not only in pts with aHUS but in CAPS pts too. We suppose that the activity of factor H is a more sensitive indicator of complement system changes than factor H level. Patients with CAPS and aHUS have similar clinical and laboratory characteristics. However, CAPS is more severe, with the involvement of a larger number of vascular beds. Perhaps this is due to the double damaging effects on the endothelium ― of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and activated complement. So we hypothesize that CAPS can be called aPL-mediated TMA in pts with a complement system defect.
Peculiarities of Allergy Diagnosis in Children
Authors: Namazova-Baranova L. S. , Snovskaya M. A. , Mitushin I. L. , Kozhevnikova O. V. , Batyrova A. S.
Published: March 2017

Allergic disease is a serious problem in practical healthcare. Over the last 40 years there has been exponential growth in the prevalence. According to the world health organization information, allergic diseases are at the 2nd place in prevalence the children, behind the viral infections. Their frequency and severity are increasing. In this regard, the relevance of timely and skilled diagnostic allergopathology is most important. In this study the current state of the question of allergy diagnostics is considered, the international experience is summarized and the approach to the allergy diagnosis based on use of step-by-step identification of a causal and significant factor of allergic reactions is offered. On the basis of the analysis of relevance and the importance for patients of one or the other allergens (taking into account a source of allergens and age of patients) use of a step-by-step allergy diagnostics algorithm is offered. The first step is definition of clinical implications of an allergy. It means direct contact of the phisition with the patient, clarification of its complaints, clinical symptoms, medical history disease. The second step is the confirmation of IgE-dependent mechanism. It involves the using of screening tests that are selected depending on the clinical symptoms and seasonality manifestations (the screening module). The third step is to identify the source of the allergens that are most meaningful for the patient with using test panels (modules). The panels include the most common and clinically relevant triggers of allergic reactions. The fourth step is the search for an individual significant allergens, which were not included in the diagnostic modules. On the fifth step, we plan to conduct component-divided diagnostics and detect the antibodies to unique components of significant allergens. The developed diagnostics algorithm, corresponds to needs of both the adult, and children’s population and provides the personalized approach to the patients.
Alexandr Bogdanovich Fokht ― The Founder of Clinical-Experimental Approach in Medicine (in Honor of 170th Year Anniversary)
Authors: Maltseva L. D. , Morozova O. L. , Gorbachev N. A. , Litvitskiy P. F.
Published: March 2017

The review is dedicated to the investigation of the role of A.B. Fokht, who was one of the most famous scientist, teacher and doctor during the period of the development of clinical oriented approach pathophysiology. The article examines new vectors in clinical medicine development of the second half of the 19th century. It is pointed out in the article that Russian scientists of that time instead of aiming at history rewriting or repeating the traditions of the West-European science finally formed their own rational ideas and tried to provide unique scientific research. What is more, the article contains biographical information about Fokht’s family, his teachers and colleagues. The article describes the main principles of Fokht’s scientific school, which became the most remarkable in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century, and also achievements of his followers, who had been working in the largest laboratories and chairs of Great Britain, the USA, Poland etc. Moreover the article contains information about the influence which the results of Fokht’s research had on recognition of Russian independent medical science worldwide. The article emphasizes the Fokht’s political and civil position against the educational and scientific reforms, which had been conducted by the Russian government in the beginning of the 20th century. Finally, the article describes Fokht’s personality and his activities in other spheres.
Conservadorismo e extrema-direita na Europa e no Brasil
Authors: Löwy Michael
Published: March 2017

Resumo: Temos assistido, na Europa dos últimos anos, a um espetacular ascenso político e eleitoral de forças de extrema-direita, racistas, xenófobas, fascistas ou semifascistas. Um fenômeno que não pode ser unicamente explicado pela crise econômica, já que em dois dos países mais atingidos por ela, Portugal e Espanha, a extrema-direita é pouco presente no cenário político, enquanto tem um papel muito significativo em países que pouco sofreram com essa crise (Suíça, Áustria). No Brasil não temos partidos racistas, a extrema-direita se manifesta no chamado a um golpe militar.
A time series analysis of bulk tank somatic cell counts of dairy herds located in Brazil and the United States
Authors: Rodrigues Liz Gonçalves , Aquino Maria Helena Cosendey de , Silva Márcio Roberto , Mendonça Letícia Caldas , Mendonça Juliana França Monteiro de , Souza Guilherme Nunes de
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT: Bulk tank somatic cell counts (BTSCC) is widely used to monitore the mammary gland health at the herd and regional level. The BTSCC time series from specific regions or countries can be used to compare the mammary gland health and estimate the trend of subclinical mastitis at the regional level. Three time series of BTSCC from dairy herds located in the USA and the Southeastern Brazil were evaluated from 1995 to 2014. Descriptive statistics and a linear regression model were used to evaluate the data of the BTSCC time series. The mean of annual geometric mean of BTSCC (AGM) and the percentage of dairy herds with a BTSCC greater than 400,000 cells mL-1 (%>400) were significantly different (P<0.05) according to the countries and the times series. Linear regression model used for the USA time series was statistically significant for AGM and the %>400 (P<0.05). The first and second USA time series presented an increasing and decreasing trend for AGM and the %>400, respectively. The linear regression model for the Brazil time series was not significant (P>0.05) for both dependent variables (AGM and %>400). The Brazil time series showed no increasing or decreasing trend for the AGM and %>400. Consequently, approximately 40 to 50% of the dairy herds from southeastern Brazil will not achieve the regulatory limits for BTSCC over the next years.
Correlations and track analysis for morphoagronomic descriptors in pedigree and parental lines of castor bean
Authors: Silva Adielle Rodrigues da , Silva Simone Alves , Almeida Vanessa de Oliveira , Araújo Gilmara de Melo , Ledo Carlos Alberto da Silva
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACT: As castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) reveals immense adaptability to various ecological conditions and due to its socioeconomic significance, new studies have emerged primarily to develop more productive cultivars to suit different regions in Brazil. This study aimed to confirmthe correlations and direct and indirect effects of the morphoagronomic descriptors on castor bean productivity, employing correlation studies and track analysis. Between 2014 and 2015, experiments utilizing the randomized block design were performed, with four replications, which included 208 treatments involving pedigree and parental lines of castor bean, drawn from the germplasm bank of the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia. Variables in the correlation analysis included primary racemic insertion, stem diameter, number of stem internodes, plant flowering, plant height, racemic length, number of fruits per raceme, fruit weight per raceme, seed yield per fruit and productivity. Correlations among the variables analyzed were imposed, via track analysis, on the direct and indirect influences of the morphoagronomic descriptors on productivity. The most direct and positively influential descriptors included fruit weight per raceme and number of seeds per raceme; the most direct albeit negatively influential descriptors are the number of internodes on the stem and flowering. Therefore, lines with less number of internodes and requiring fewer days to bloom are more highly productive. These descriptors can thus effectively identify the productive lines.
Traumatismos maxilofaciais como marcadores de violência urbana
Authors: Silva Carlos José de Paula , Ferreira Raquel Conceição , Paula Liliam Pacheco Pinto de , Haddad João Paulo Amaral , Moura Ana Clara Mourão , Naves Marcelo Drummond , Ferreira Efigênia Ferreira e
Published: March 2017

A violência tem sido um tema amplamente discutido em diversos setores da sociedade, quer pelo reflexo nos indicadores de segurança pública, pela influência no cotidiano dos indivíduos ou pela presença constante de vítimas nos serviços de saúde. O estudo avaliou comparativamente as diferenças de vitimização entre os gêneros a partir dos traumatismos maxilofaciais como marcadores de violência urbana. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com dados coletados em três hospitais especializados no atendimento a politraumatismos em Belo Horizonte (MG), entre janeiro de 2008 e dezembro de 2010. As análises envolveram estatística descritiva e multivariada por regressão logística. Identificou-se o registro de 7.063 vítimas, sendo 55,1% de violência interpessoal. A maioria das vítimas era do sexo masculino (71,2%). Nos homens, as agressões por arma de fogo, arma branca e acidentes motocilísticos foram as mais importantes quando comparadas às agressões nuas ou sem uso de armas. As fraturas múltiplas foram o tipo de traumatismo que melhor caracterizou o perfil de vitimização para o sexo masculino comparativamente às lesões de partes moles. O gênero é um importante fator na vitimização por traumatismo maxilofacial e violência urbana, sendo que os homens são as principais vítimas.