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Poder disciplinar e gestão de pessoas: um estudo empírico em uma organização de desenvolvimento de software
Authors: Cappelle Mônica Carvalho Alves , Brito Mozar José de
Published: November 2014

Vive-se, atualmente, a emergência de um novo período, baseado na inovação tecnológica e na produção do conhecimento. Como resultado, percebe-se a reconfiguração das relações de trabalho e de mecanismos organizacionais de mediação de conflitos. Nesse contexto, a elaboração deste artigo busca realizar um exame da dinâmica do poder disciplinar manifesto em políticas de gestão de pessoas nas organizações. Para tanto, elaborou-se um arcabouço teórico acerca da articulação das relações de poder, revelando o caráter disciplinar promovido pela gestão da força de trabalho; e realizou-se um estudo empírico, para identificar o efeito disciplinar das políticas de gestão de pessoas adotadas por uma organização de desenvolvimento de software. Acredita-se que o enfoque adotado favorece a identificação e investigação de técnicas e discursos desenvolvidos no espaço organizacional para dar sustentação às relações de poder.
Alguns condicionantes do ambiente institucional da filière das plantas medicinais no Brasil
Authors: Rezende Enio Antunes , Ribeiro Maria Teresa Franco
Published: November 2014

Este artigo busca divulgar os resultados da dissertação "A Filière das Plantas Medicinais no Brasil - Um Breve Recorte a Partir de Abordagens Econômicas Dinâmicas". Seu foco é a percepção do ambiente institucional dessa filière através de atores entrevistados. As abordagens empregadas foram a Teoria dos Custos de Transação, a Teoria Evolucionista e a Teoria da Coerência Corporativa. As técnicas empregadas na coleta de dados foram a entrevista e a observação não-participante. Auferiu-se que os dois fatores que mais afetam os custos de transação e que acabam por definir a escolha dos arranjos contratuais pelas firmas na amostra da filière estudada são a incerteza e a especificidade de ativos. Conclui se que existe uma assimetria de informações e ativos específicos entre os atores da filière, o que possibilita a apropriação iníqua dos ganhos por atores com maior poder de barganha, devido a uma disfunção reguladora e indutora do desenvolvimento na esfera institucional.
(Neo)tecnocratas ou (neo) bobos? Eis a questão
Authors: Tenório Fernando G.
Published: November 2014

O objetivo central deste texto é refletir sobre se a tecnocracia, como categoria do pensamento social, ainda tem importância na contemporaneidade brasileira e no estudo das teorias organizacionais em particular. O termo tecnocracia tem sido utilizado nos últimos anos ora para legitimar decisões, ora para se referir de maneira pejorativa àqueles que são alcunhados de tecnocratas. No primeiro caso, decisões são justificadas pela afirmação de que são cientificamente corretas. Já no segundo, os tecnocratas são vistos como indivíduos fora da realidade.
Estruturas de poder e instituições como determinantes da efetividade do tribunal de contas do estado de Pernambuco
Authors: Moreira Elizabete de Abreu e Lima , Vieira Marcelo Milano Falcão
Published: November 2014

Este trabalho se constitui em um estudo sobre a efetividade de ações do Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Pernambuco, num momento histórico em que as instituições públicas se voltam para a satisfação das necessidades do cidadão. O objetivo principal consiste em analisar como se caracterizam a efetividade formal e a desejada e identificar qual a relação destas com o ambiente institucional e com as estruturas de poder do Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Pernambuco (TCE-PE). A pesquisa realizada é de natureza qualitativa e os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, tanto no âmbito do TCE-PE como no de órgãos representativos da sociedade civil organizada que com ele interagem. Os dados obtidos e a análise realizada com base na fundamentação teórica selecionada indicam que existe de fato uma "efetividade desejada" e que entre a efetividade formal e a desejada há lacunas que são explicadas pelas características do ambiente institucional e pelos arranjos de poder existentes, confirmando o pressuposto da pesquisa.
Evolução estrutural da indústria de energia elétrica: o segmento de distribuição na região nordeste
Authors: Santos Gervásio F. , Ghirardi André G.
Published: November 2014

As reformas estruturais da indústria de energia elétrica criaram novas oportunidades para competição e, com isso, motivaram comportamentos mais dinâmicos por parte das empresas do setor. Nesse novo ambiente criado pelas reformas, incertezas e riscos podem dar margem a oportunidades de mercado, particularmente através de inovações organizacionais. O objetivo deste artigo é descrever as inovações organizacionais que favorecem o desenvolvimento de novas competências e dão nova forma à estrutura da indústria, especialmente no segmento de distribuição de energia elétrica. No ambiente competitivo, as firmas são obrigadas a adotar modelos de organização que permitam otimização de ativos, e redução de custos operacionais, ao tempo em que promovem a formação de novas competências. A estratégia organizacional do grupo espanhol Iberdrola, que atua no Brasil, é apresentada como exemplo das tendências recentes na indústria, mostrando algumas das novas possibilidades de organização no setor elétrico Brasileiro.
Explorando o construto organização de aprendizagem no setor público: uma análise em órgão do poder executivo federal Brasileiro
Authors: Guimarães Tomás de Aquino , Angelim Gustavo Pereira , Spezia Domingos Savio , Rocha Gerlane de Azevedo , Magalhães Rodrigo Gomes
Published: November 2014

O artigo descreve os principais resultados de uma pesquisa, realizada no ano de 2000, com o objetivo de investigar em que medida o Ministério da Integração Nacional caracteriza-se como uma ‘organização de aprendizagem’. Discute-se o campo da aprendizagem nas organizações, suas características e suas relações com inovação e mudança organizacionais. Dentre os fatores indicados na literatura, por caracterizar uma ‘organização de aprendizagem’, foram explorados os seguintes: visão compartilhada, visão sistêmica, modelos mentais, compartilhamento do conhecimento e ambiente de incentivo à crítica. Foram realizadas 26 entrevistas com gestores e técnicos de diferentes níveis hierárquicos do Ministério, apoiadas em roteiro semi-estruturado. Os resultados mostram que a organização estudada, apesar de apresentar algumas características que favorecem a aprendizagem, esta ainda não se tornou uma prática institucionalizada. Ao final, são feitas recomendações para o Ministério estudado, discutidas as limitações do trabalho e sugeridos novos estudos, visando a aprofundar o debate e o conhecimento sobre o tema.
Conversações, convergências, paradoxos, paradigmas e os estudos organizacionais
Authors: Fachin Roberto
Published: November 2014

O artigo discute a necessidade de conversações em estudos organizacionais e a mensagem que pode ser encontrada em autores antigos e, aparentemente, esquecidos, que conseguem efetuar conversações frutíferas e encontram convergências insuspeitadas entre várias áreas de pesquisa. Discute também os esquemas de poder das tendências dominantes nos estudos organizacionais e a necessidade de conversações para abertura da academia a teóricos alternativos às tendências dominantes. Introduz, finalmente, algumas proposições práticas na linha de trabalhos que tentam abordar a necessidade de melhoria da qualidade nos estudos organizacionais.
Respostas estratégicas da administração e contabilidade ao sistema de avaliação da capes
Authors: Machado-da-Silva Clóvis L.
Published: November 2014

O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar a resposta estratégica do corpo docente da pós-graduação stricto sensu em administração e contabilidade ao Sistema de Avaliação da CAPES. A partir da classificação dos docentes em dois grupos qualitativa mente diferentes, o primeiro de orientação predominantemente acadêmica e o segundo de orientação voltada para outros segmentos de atuação profissional, avaliou-se as respostas estratégicas de cada um deles à avaliação da CAPES. Trabalhou-se com cinco tipos de respostas estratégicas: aquiescência, compromisso, esquivança, desafio e manipulação. Os resultados demonstram que os docentes de orientação acadêmica adotam em sua quase totalidade a postura de aquiescência ou compromisso em relação à avaliação da CAPES. Por sua vez, cerca de 60% dos docentes voltados para outros segmentos de atuação profissional vinculam-se à posição de aquiescência ou compromisso, enquanto 40% respondem estrategicamente mediante esquivança, desafio ou manipulação. Conclui- se que a orientação valorativa predominante do corpo docente condiciona apenas em parte o tipo de resposta estratégica à avaliação da CAPES, em face do alto grau de legitimidade e institucionalização do sistema.
As contribuições dos economistas ao estudo da administração política: o institucionalismo, o gerencialismo e o regulacionismo
Authors: Santos Reginaldo Souza
Published: November 2014

Este artigo é fruto do resultado parcial do trabalho de pesquisa teórica que estamos desenvolvendo no campo de administração e que tem como ponto de partida uma discussão epistemológica que intenta verificar se o conhecimento produzido em Administração dá-lhe o status de um campo do conhecimento próprio e autônomo. A preocupação inicial foi apreender o conceito da Administração Política, visando compreender a gestão (objeto da administração) das relações sociais de produção e distribuição no contexto do capitalismo. O presente artigo, portanto, é uma seqüência deste trabalho e que tem como preocupação fundamental incorporar ao conhecimento construído no campo da Administração as contribuições dos chamados economistas rebeldes, tomando como referência as escolas do institucionalismo, do gerencialismo e do regulacionismo e tendo como principais nomes Thorstein Veblen, W.C. Mitchell, Gunnar Myrdal, James Burnham, Michel Aglieta, Robert Boyer e Alain Lipietz.
Repensando a relação ensinoaprendizagem em administração: argumentos teóricos, práticas e recursos
Authors: Vergara Sylvia Constant
Published: November 2014

A o definir a posição que assume quanto ao papel da educação, o artigo busca repensar a relação ensino-aprendizagem. Para tanto, procura sustentação na pedagogia da ação e no construtivismo e apresenta, examina e sugere práticas e recursos optativos às tradicionais aulas expositivas.
Organizações complexas e sociedade da informação: o "sofrimento" como metáfora organizacional
Authors: Nogueira Marco Aurélio
Published: November 2014

O artigo procura argumentar que a metáfora do "sofrimento organizacional" pode ser um recurso para que se volte a discutir o tema da gestão democrática e da convivência em organizações complexas. Uma rápida reconstrução da trajetória do organicismo nos estudos sociológicos e nas teorias organizacionais serve para que se possa distinguir entre um organicismo funcionalista e outro, dialético. A partir da fixação de alguns pontos para a compreensão das sociedades contemporâneas como sociedades informacionais, submetidas à inovação tecnológica contínua e à mudança acelerada, procura sustentar que o "sofrimento" aparece como reflexo de um quadro organizacional cortado pela dificuldade de compor diferenças e unificar.
Fatores críticos de sucesso na construção de processos government-to-government
Authors: Jóia Luiz Antonio , Cavalcante Neto Arístides Andrade
Published: November 2014

O conceito de Governo Eletrônico tem se mostrado um divisor de águas para Administração Pública. Entretanto, a área de Government-to-Government (G2G) é uma das menos estudadas, não obstante sua importância para o fortalecimento da colaboração entre entes governamentais, através de meio eletrônico, assim como para o redesenho de processos produtivos estabelecidos entre os mesmos, na busca de maior eficiência e eficácia. Esse artigo visa analisar alguns fatores críticos de sucesso para implantação efetiva de empreendimentos G2G, dentro da realidade brasileira. Para tal, aplica-se a metodologia de estudo de casos múltiplos de natureza explanatória, comparando-se um caso de sucesso - a ligação digital entre o Banco Central do Brasil e os Tribunais de Justiça - e um caso de fracasso - a ligação digital entre o Banco Central do Brasil e o Senado Federal. A partir da comparação desses dois estudos de casos, são levantados fatores críticos de sucesso associados a empreendimentos G2G.
Responsabilidade social nas empresas: uma questão de imagem ou de essência?
Authors: Mendonça J. Ricardo C. de , Gonçalves Julio Cesar de Santana
Published: November 2014

Este artigo, por meio de uma abordagem teórica, discute possíveis relações entre as ações sociais corporativas e o processo de obtenção de legitimidade organizacional por meio do uso do gerenciamento de impressões. O conceito de responsabilidade social adotado refere-se à atuação legítima e voluntária das empresas com a comunidade externa e interna, na qual ela está inserida, ou seja, o envolvimento das empresas com atividades e ações que possam contribuir para manter ou aumentar o bem-estar social (Aligleri e Borinelli, 2001). Para atender ao objetivo proposto, utiliza-se como subsídio a teoria de Gerenciamento de Impressões. O processo de gerenciamento de impressões é entendido como todas as atividades que um ator social (indivíduo, grupo ou organização) desenvolve no sentido de influenciar o modo como os outros o vêem, visando à criação de uma imagem social desejada. Apresenta-se, então, três situações possíveis quanto ao impacto das ações de responsabilidade social na imagem corporativa das organizações: 1) essência com pouco reflexo na imagem; 2) imagem e essência; e 3) imagem com pouca essência.
Desafios metodológicos no mapeamento de clusters industriais: o caso de São José dos Campos
Authors: Kirschbaum Charles , Vasconcelos Flávio
Published: November 2014

Ateoria de Clusters, com origens na teoria marshalliana de distritos industriais, ganhou um novo impulso com os estudos publicados recentemente por Porter. Em sua teoria, aspectos de economia geográfica, complexos industriais e dinâmica competitiva fundem-se para caracterizar o cluster porteriano. O construto do cluster, entretanto, ainda necessita de maior formalização para ser plenamente operacionalizável. Nesse sentido, os críticos de Porter questionam se o conceito de cluster é aplicável aos países em desenvolvimento. O objetivo desse artigo é abrir algumas avenidas de investigação que poderiam avançar as problemáticas acima. A partir do exemplo de São José dos Campos, buscou-se mapear os clusters de aeronáutica e armamentos bélicos na região, utilizando-se o índice de especialização (IE). Em seguida, foi estabelecida a relação entre a existência do cluster com a qualidade de vida da região, representada pelo índice IDH-M. Finalmente, apontou-se as possibilidades de expansão da teoria porteriana de clusters, a partir das análises realizadas e de estudos anteriores sobre a região.
Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies Gene Networks Regulated by Estrogen Receptor α (ERα) and ERβ that Control Distinct Effects of Different Botanical Estrogens
Authors: Gong Ping , Madak-Erdogan Zeynep , Li Jilong , Cheng Jianlin , Greenlief C Michael , Helferich William , Katzenellenbogen John A , Katzenellenbogen Benita S
Published: November 2014

The estrogen receptors (ERs) ERα and ERβ mediate the actions of endogenous estrogens as well as those of botanical estrogens (BEs) present in plants. BEs are ingested in the diet and also widely consumed by postmenopausal women as dietary supplements, often as a substitute for the loss of endogenous estrogens at menopause. However, their activities and efficacies, and similarities and differences in gene expression programs with respect to endogenous estrogens such as estradiol (E2) are not fully understood. Because gene expression patterns underlie and control the broad physiological effects of estrogens, we have investigated and compared the gene networks that are regulated by different BEs and by E2. Our aim was to determine if the soy and licorice BEs control similar or different gene expression programs and to compare their gene regulations with that of E2. Gene expression was examined by RNA-Seq in human breast cancer (MCF7) cells treated with control vehicle, BE or E2. These cells contained three different complements of ERs, ERα only, ERα+ERβ, or ERβ only, reflecting the different ratios of these two receptors in different human breast cancers and in different estrogen target cells. Using principal component, hierarchical clustering, and gene ontology and interactome analyses, we found that BEs regulated many of the same genes as did E2. The genes regulated by each BE, however, were somewhat different from one another, with some genes being regulated uniquely by each compound. The overlap with E2 in regulated genes was greatest for the soy isoflavones genistein and S-equol, while the greatest difference from E2 in gene expression pattern was observed for the licorice root BE liquiritigenin. The gene expression pattern of each ligand depended greatly on the cell background of ERs present. Despite similarities in gene expression pattern with E2, the BEs were generally less stimulatory of genes promoting proliferation and were more pro-apoptotic in their gene regulations than E2. The distinctive patterns of gene regulation by the individual BEs and E2 may underlie differences in the activities of these soy and licorice-derived BEs in estrogen target cells containing different levels of the two ERs.
Further Support for the Acceptability-Enhancing Roles of Safety Behavior and a Cognitive Rationale in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Authors: Levy Hannah C. , Senn Jessica M. , Radomsky Adam S.
Published: November 2014

It has been proposed that the judicious use of safety behavior may enhance the acceptability of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Indeed, Milosevic and Radomsky (2013a) found that descriptions of CBT incorporating safety behavior were more acceptable than those that discouraged safety behavior. This study aimed to replicate and extend this work. Participants were 688 undergraduates who rated the acceptability of descriptions of CBT varying in safety behavior (judicious or discouraged) and rationale (cognitive or extinction). Consistent with Milosevic and Radomsky, CBT with safety behavior was significantly more acceptable than traditional CBT. Cognitively based CBT was preferred over extinction-based CBT. The effects of prior treatment and general distress were also examined. Overall, previous treatment and greater anxiety were associated with significantly lower acceptability ratings. Results support the acceptability-enhancing role of safety behavior in CBT and are discussed in terms of cognitive-behavioral theory and treatment of anxiety and related disorders.
The West Virginia WISEWOMAN Program
Authors: Narsavage Georgia L. , Seabury Robin , Miller Barbara , Staudacher Amber
Published: November 2014

This article describes moving The Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for WOMen Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Program from research to practice in a population of low-income, uninsured, or underinsured women in West Virginia (WV) between the ages of 40 and 64 years. Cardiovascular disease risk factors were evident using screening and health history data from women in all stages of change as well as in different phases of the program. An indicator of program success was women's increased activities to improve their cardiovascular health. Women using an interactive Web program, coupled with appropriately delivered health information, can and do make behavior changes. As the WV WISEWOMAN Program moved from research to practice, clinician training and changes to policies and procedures were needed. Clinicians became skilled at motivational interviewing and targeting information to connect women to community resources for ongoing support. The program continues to help clinicians alert women to cardiovascular risks and guide them to take responsibility for their health. Partnerships between women and their providers are the key to successful implementation of healthier lifestyles.
An Academic-Practice Partnership in a Medically Underserved Community
Authors: Bond Eleanor F.
Published: November 2014

The University of Washington School of Nursing faculty partnered with leaders of a local community with the shared intention of improving health services for needy populations and preparing nursing students to collaborate with communities in caring for such populations. The resulting clinic has operated for more than a decade and has continually grown, now serving about 1,000 patients per month. More than 300 students have completed clinical or research activities at the clinic. Challenges have included provision of culturally informed, evidence-based care; integration of mental and primary health care services; chronic disease management; leveraging community partnerships in support of needy populations; and fiscal sustainability. A new project uses team-based approaches to implement interprofessional, relationship-centered care for families of newborns.
Paving the Way for Health Promotion Nurses: An International Perspective
Authors: Old Natasha
Published: November 2014

This article calls for an evolution of the nursing role to incorporate time and resources into promoting health through coaching and empowering clients to make healthy life choices. Health promotion practice needs to be incorporated into nursing role descriptions, and nurses must be given the scope to carry out this practice without being distracted by other activities deemed more urgent or important. Integrating this practice may be difficult in a system that itself does not support health promotion or consider it a priority. The health promotion nurse role is one solution to our current health problems and an investment in the wellness of our population. Just as the arena of curative care belongs to the medical profession, the realm of preventive care and health promotion belongs to nurses. This article considers the role of nurses as health promotion practitioners and supports the implementation of a system that focuses on proactive choices and holistic care.
Sustaining Self-Management in Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Mitchell-Brown Fay
Published: November 2014

Successful management of diabetes depends on the individual's ability to manage and control symptoms. Self-management of diabetes is believed to play a significant role in achieving positive outcomes for patients. Adherence to self-management behaviors supports high-quality care, which reduces and delays disease complications, resulting in improved quality of life. Because self-management is so important to diabetes management and involves a lifelong commitment for all patients, health care providers should actively promote ways to maintain and sustain behavior change that support adherence to self-management. A social ecological model of behavior change (McLeroy, Bibeau, Steckler,&Glanz, 1988) helps practitioners provide evidence-based care and optimizes patients ‘clinical outcomes. This model supports self-management behaviors through multiple interacting interventions that can help sustain behavior change. Diabetes is a complex chronic disease; successful management must use multiple-level interventions.
Conquering Chlamydia
Authors: Bosmans Louise J.
Published: November 2014

Chlamydia trachomatis, a gram-negative bacterium that often causes no symptoms, is creating a hidden epidemic. The asymptomatic nature of chlamydia promotes its spread; chlamydia is the most commonly reported notifiable disease in the United States. Nurse practitioners, as community members, create the optimal foundation for a healthy community. An interventional community approach to capture and treat asymptomatic chlamydia through the use of open and honest communication in a university health setting was used. A group of 550 sexually active males and females ages 18–24 years who accessed a university health service were provided with chlamydia education and an opportunity for routine chlamydia screening. Overall, 13.1% of the total population offered chlamydia screening were tested for chlamydia; of these, 5.6% tested positive. Routine chlamydia screening and education provides an opportunity to normalize sexual health in a population at high risk for chlamydia infection and offers the most robust chance of capturing and treating asymptomatic chlamydia.
Ethical Implications of Mandatory Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Grimley-Baker Kathy
Published: November 2014

Nurses are expected to provide a safe haven for clients. When clients seek the services of nurses, they are vulnerable, and they expect privacy and confidentiality. Reporting acknowledged or suspected intimate partner violence (IPV) to authorities can impact nurse–client trust relationships. This article discusses the legal ramifications of reporting of IPV and their implications in a health care setting.
Addressing Health Concerns of Pregnant African American Women Using the Lens of Complexity Theory
Authors: Sims Traci
Published: November 2014

Pregnant African American women are at higher risk for multiple complex health issues, including depression, than their European American counterparts (Canady, Bullen, Holzman, Broman,&Tian, 2008; Martin et al., 2011; Mathews&MacDorman, 2007; Orr, Blazer,&James, 2006; Segre, Losch,&O'Hara, 2006). Various strategies must be used to address depression through preventive care and promotion of access to appropriate mental health services. Nurses and other health care providers need to examine the relationships between the multifactorial problems to improve the health and well-being of pregnant African American women and their unborn children. This article presents a case study demonstrating the use of complexity science theory to understand and prevent poor health outcomes for pregnant African American women with depression and their unborn children.
Regularly ideal convergence and regularly ideal cauchy double sequences in 2-normed spaces
Authors: Sever Yurdal , Dündara Erdinç
Published: November 2014

In this paper, we introduce the notions of (I2,I), (I*2,I*)-convergence and (I2,I), (I*2,I*)- Cauchy double sequence in regular sense in 2-normed spaces. Also, we study some properties of these concepts.
A multi-channel cooling system for multiple heat source
Authors: Xu Shanglong , Wang Weijie , Guo Zongkun , Hu Xinglong , Guo Wei
Published: November 2014

High-power electronic devices with multiple heating elements often require
temperature uniformity and operating within their functional temperature
range for optimal performance. A multi-channel cooling experiment apparatus
is developed for studying heat removal inside an electronic device with
multiple heat sources. It mainly consists of a computer-controlled pump, a
multi-channel heat sink for multi-zone cooling and the apparatus for
measuring the temperature and pressure drop. The experimental results show
the system and the designed multi-channel heat sink structure can control
temperature distribution of electronic device with multiple heat sources by
altering coolant flow rate.
Predicted and actual end-of-treatment occlusion produced with aligner therapy
Authors: Buschang Peter H. , Ross Mike , Shaw Steven G. , Crosby Doug , Campbell Phillip M.
Published: November 2014

Objective: 

To compare three-dimensional (3D) ClinCheck™ models with the subjects' actual 3D posttreatment models using the American Board of Orthodontics Objective Grading System (OGS).

Materials and Methods: 

This prospective, within-subject study included 27 consecutive cases treated with aligner therapy. The posttreatment plaster models taken immediately after treatment were scanned and converted to stereolithography (STL) files; the ClinCheck models were also converted to STL format. MeshLab software was used to measure the seven components of the OGS, including alignment, marginal ridges, buccolingual inclinations, occlusal contacts, occlusal relationships, overjet and interproximal contacts. An overall OGS deduction score was also calculated.

Results: 

Compared with the posttreatment models, the ClinCheck models showed significantly (P  =  .016) fewer overall OGS point deductions (24 vs 15). These overall differences were due to significantly (P < .05) more deductions among the posttreatment models than the ClinCheck models for alignment (4.0 vs 1.0 deductions), buccolingual inclinations (4.0 vs 3.0 deductions), occlusal contacts (3.0 vs 2.0 deductions), and occlusal relations (4.0 vs 2.0 deductions).

Conclusion: 

The ClinCheck models do not accurately reflect the patients' final occlusion, as measured by the OGS, at the end of active treatment.
Clinical Investigations: Correlations Between Human Somatotype Components And Some Anthropometric Parameters In Male Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Baltadjiev Atanas G. , Vladeva Stefka V.
Published: November 2014

The AIM of the present study was to find and compare the correlations between somatotype and some anthropological parameters in Bulgarian male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Anthropometric measurements were taken from 165 male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. All patients were ethnic Bulgarians. They were divided into two age groups: a 40-60-year group (58 patients, mean age 52.05 ± 0.73 yrs), and a 61-80-year group (111 patients, mean age 68.02 ± 0.53 yrs). The controls were allocated into similar agematched groups. Direct anthropometric measurements were body height and weight, biepicondylar breadth of the humerus and biepicondylar breadth of the femur. Circumferential measurements were taken from the relaxed and contracted upper arm, the forearm, the waist, the hip, the thigh and the medial calf. Skin folds were measured below the inferior angle of the scapula, above the X rib, above the crista iliaca, at the abdomen, triceps brachii, forearm, thigh and the medial calf. The components of human somatotype according to the criteria of Heath-Carter, body mass index (ВМІ) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were calculated. RESULTS: We found very strong positive correlations (РС > 0.70) between ВМI and the endomorphic and mesomorphic components of somatotype in 40-60-year-old male diabetic patients. The correlation between the endomorphic and mesomorphic components of somatotype and the anthropometric measurements characterizing the central accumulation of adipose tissue (waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR) was very strong positive (РС = 0.5-0.7). Male diabetic patients aged 61-80 years: we found a very strong positive correlation between endomorphic and mesomorphic components and ВМІ, a strong correlation between these components and the waist circumference, and a good correlation between the components and the circumferences of the waist and hip and WHR.

CONCLUSIONS: In male patients with type 2 diabetes aged 40-60 years, the endomorphic and mesomorphic components of somatotype are strongly positively correlated with the parameters which characterize the total adipose tissue accumulation in the human body (ВМІ). There is a good positive correlation between the two components of somatotype and the parameters showing visceral adipose tissue accumulation (circumferences of waist, hip, thigh and WHR). In male patients with type 2 diabetes aged 61-80 years we found a strong positive correlation of the endomorphic and mesomorphic components of somatotype with BMI and a good positive correlation with the circumferences of the waist, hip, thigh and WHR.
Glioblastoma Multiforme Classified As Mesenchymal Subtype
Authors: Koev Ilian G. , Feodorova Yana N. , Kazakova Maria H. , Staykov Dmitrii G. , Kitov Borislav D. , Sarafian Victoria S.
Published: November 2014

INTRODUCTION: Recently, researchers have been considering as adverse prognostic factors in primary glioblastomas not only clinical indicators but also various cellular, genetic and immunological markers. The aim of the present article was to report a case of primary glioblastoma multiforme with poor survival in a patient after surgical intervention, and to determine the unfavorable prognostic markers. CASE REPORT: We present a 71-year-old man with histologically verified glioblastoma multiforme and a postoperative survival of 48 days. The patient did not receive any radiotherapy and adjuvant therapy with temozolomide because of the short survival. Serum and transcription levels of TNF-α, CD44, YKL-40 and IL-6 were determined by molecular-biological and immunological analyses. We found very high transcription levels of the genes CD44, YKL-40 and IL-6, increased gene expression of TNF-α, and elevated serum concentrations of TNF-α, YKL-40 and IL-6 and reduced serum concentration of CD44. CONCLUSION: Molecular-biological and immunological analyses support the hypothesis that glioblastoma multiforme is presented by a heterogeneous group of glial tumors with different clinical course and prognosis. The high expression levels of TNF-α, CD44, YKL-40, and IL-6 indicate that the tumor can be categorized as mesenchymal subtype of glioblastoma multiforme, which accounts for the rapid clinical course and lethal outcome of the condition.
La double absence dans Talismano d’Abdelwahab Meddeb
Authors: Djedid Ourdia
Published: November 2014

L’article examine le fonctionnement de la trace dans Talismano. Le roman exhibe une écriture qui se déroule sur fond de double référence intertextuelle; à la fois orientale et occidentale. Inscrivant sa filiation dans les fragments d’un ici-ailleurs que le texte reconstruit, l’auteur revisite les lieux de l’enfance et ceux de l’exil. Les bribes du passé se greffent au présent et donnent lieu à différents parcours interprétatifs. Telle est la lecture que le texte suggère dans un mouvement constant entre l’impératif du temps vécu et l’imagination créatrice de son auteur. L’absence, dont la trace est le signe, devient salutaire même dans l’aliénation qu’elle engendre. Elle fonctionne comme une promesse de recouvrement du soi au sein du texte même. Cette aspiration à l’absence du personnage Meddebien s’apparente à un exil volontaire, à une recherche d’un autre soi.
Derrida at Villette: (An)aesthetic of Space
Authors: Wocke Brendon
Published: November 2014

In the early 1980s, Jacques Derrida, together with Peter Eisenman, participated in the Paris Parc de La Villette project under the direction of head architect Bernard Tschumi. Tasked with the production of a “garden,” Derrida and Eisenman took their inspiration from the platonic concept of the khôra. Ultimately six times over budget, the Derrida/Eisenman garden was not included in the Parc de la Villette; the only record of the experiment being Chora L Works, a collection of transcripts and essays documenting the various meetings and exchanges between Eisenman, Tschumi, and Derrida. These exchanges, read together with Derrida’s broader consideration of the khôra (in particular) and of the trace (more generally), can be seen to form a dialogue on the aesthetics of space. But this is not mere architectural discussion or theory; Derrida’s implicit and explicit discussions of space imply a particular textual and typographic practice that implicates works such as Glas, The Post Card, and The Truth in Painting not to mention Chora L Works itself. Through the columns of Glas, framed by the borders of The Truth in Painting, the structural and literal holes of Chora L Works invite the consideration of the Derridean architextual practice – from the aesthetics of the textual space to the anesthetics of spatial text.
What's Hard in German? WHiG: a British learner corpus of German
Authors: Krummes Cédric , Ensslin Astrid
Published: November 2014

This short paper reports on the construction of a freely available learner corpus of advanced British English undergraduate learners of German, which was developed at Bangor University (United Kingdom) and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany). The corpus, What's Hard in German? (WHiG), can be compared to its sibling learner corpus, Falko-L2, and to the native speaker corpus, Falko-L1, using a creative commons user licence or a specifically designed online corpus platform interface, Annis. The main aim of the WHiG project was to collect typed-up essays from participants who achieved a CEFR proficiency of level B2 or higher in the metadata obtained, and whose essays are subsequently POS-tagged, lemmatised and error-tagged. A multi-layer annotation offers researchers the opportunity to work with the collected data and even to provide their own layers of annotation, which in turn can be made available online.
A Spanish learner oral corpus for computer-aided error analysis
Authors: Campillos Llanos Leonardo
Published: November 2014

This paper describes the collection of a semi-spontaneous spoken corpus of learners of Spanish from more than nine different mother tongues. The corpus was tagged to conduct a computer-aided error analysis. In addition, the corpus was used to develop a computer-based tool that has practical pedagogical applications (e.g., to train teachers of Spanish). The interface is available online to allow teachers and linguists to consult the data. This paper explains the methodology I followed to gather the data. First, I consider the data collection method and the corpus design. Secondly, the transcription conventions and the XML tags used to code learners' metadata and their errors. Thirdly, the article explains the criteria used to mark oral production errors and the error typology. I then consider the design, development and evaluation of the corpus search tool. Lastly, some pedagogical applications are put forward. The conclusions and limitations of the project are outlined in the final section.
The Poetic Axis of Ethics
Authors: Oliver Kelly
Published: November 2014

In The Poetic Axis of Ethics, Kelly Oliver argues that in Derrida's The Beast and the Sovereign Volume II, a line of poetry from Celan becomes the axis around which Derrida's analysis of world, death, and ethics revolves: ‘Die Welt ist fort, ich muß dich tragen’ [The world is far away, I must carry you]. Oliver maintains that the Celan fragment, which is repeated in nearly every session, is not only the axis around which Derrida binds the unlikely duo Robinson-Heidegger, but also it is a performance of a certain poetic world making that Derrida proposes as a counterbalance to sovereign world building.
After Alice After Cats in Derrida'sL'animal que donc je suis
Authors: Polish Jessica
Published: November 2014

In this essay, I argue that Derrida cannot pursue the question of being/following unless he thinks through the question of sexual difference posed by figures of little girls in philosophical texts and in literature, specifically as posed by Lewis Carroll's Alice whom Derrida references in L'animal que donc je suis. At stake in thinking being after animals after Alice is the thought of an other than fraternal following, a way of being-with and inheriting from (other than human) others that calls for an account of development that is not dictated by a normative autotelic and sacrificial logic. I argue that Derrida's dissociation of himself and his cat from Alice and her cat(s) in L'animal que donc je suis causes him to risk repeating the closed, teleological gestures philosophers like Kant and Hegel perpetuate in their accounts of human development. The more sweeping conclusion towards which this essay points is the claim that the domestication of girls and their subjection to familial fates in narratives and the reduction of development to teleology more generally, require the sacrifice and forgetting of ‘nature’, including animals, so that the fates of girls and ‘nature’ are intertwined in the context of projects of human world-building and home-making.
Epstein-Barr Virus in Gastric Carcinoma
Authors: Nishikawa Jun , Yoshiyama Hironori , Iizasa Hisashi , Kanehiro Yuichi , Nakamura Munetaka , Nishimura Junichi , Saito Mari , Okamoto Takeshi , Sakai Kouhei , Suehiro Yutaka , Yamasaki Takahiro , Oga Atsunori , Yanai Hideo , Sakaida Isao
Published: November 2014

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is detected in about 10% of gastric carcinoma cases throughout the world. In EBV-associated gastric carcinoma, all tumor cells harbor the clonal EBV genome. Gastric carcinoma associated with EBV has distinct clinicopathological features, occurs predominately in men and in younger-aged individuals, and presents a generally diffuse histological type. Most cases of EBV-associated gastric carcinoma exhibit a histology rich in lymphocyte infiltration. The immunological reactiveness in the host may represent a relatively preferable prognosis in EBV-positive cases. This fact highlights the important role of EBV in the development of EBV-associated gastric carcinoma. We have clearly proved direct infection of human gastric epithelialcells by EBV. The infection was achieved by using a recombinant EBV. Promotion of growth by EBV infection was observed in the cells. Considerable data suggest that EBV may directly contribute to the development of EBV-associated GC. This tumor-promoting effect seems to involve multiple mechanisms, because EBV affects several host proteins and pathways that normally promote apoptosis and regulate cell proliferation.
Phytoplankton Communities in Green Bay, Lake Michigan after Invasion by Dreissenid Mussels: Increased Dominance by Cyanobacteria
Authors: De Stasio Bart , Schrimpf Michael , Cornwell Brendan
Published: November 2014

Biological invasions of aquatic systems disrupt ecological communities, and cause major changes in diversity and ecosystem function. The Laurentian Great Lakes of North America have been dramatically altered by such invasions, especially zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (D. rostriformis bugensis) mussels. Responses to mussel invasions have included increased water clarity, and decreased chlorophyll and phytoplankton abundance. Although not all systems have responded similarly, in general, mussels have changed nutrient dynamics and physical habitat conditions. Therefore examination of different impacts can help us further understand mechanisms that underlie ecosystem responses to biological invasions. To aid our understanding of ecosystem impacts, we sampled established locations along a well-studied trophic gradient in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, after the 1993 zebra mussel invasion. A strong trophic gradient remained during the period sampled after the mussel invasion (2000–2012). However, mean summer chlorophyll increased and other measures of phytoplankton biomass (microscope and electronic cell counting) did not change significantly. Multivariate analyses of phytoplankton community structure demonstrate a significant community shift after the invasion. Cyanobacteria increased in dominance, with Microcystis becoming the major summer taxon in lower Green Bay. Diatom diversity and abundance also increased and Chlorophyta became rare. Phytoplankton responses along the trophic gradient of Green Bay to zebra mussel invasion highlight the importance of mussel effects on nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton diversity and function.
Macroalgae-Derived Biofuel: A Review of Methods of Energy Extraction from Seaweed Biomass
Authors: Milledge John , Smith Benjamin , Dyer Philip , Harvey Patricia
Published: November 2014

The potential of algal biomass as a source of liquid and gaseous biofuels is a highly topical theme, but as yet there is no successful economically viable commercial system producing biofuel. However, the majority of the research has focused on producing fuels from microalgae rather than from macroalgae. This article briefly reviews the methods by which useful energy may be extracted from macroalgae biomass including: direct combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, trans-esterification to biodiesel, hydrothermal liquefaction, fermentation to bioethanol, fermentation to biobutanol and anaerobic digestion, and explores technical and engineering difficulties that remain to be resolved.
Gliadin Peptides as Triggers of the Proliferative and Stress/Innate Immune Response of the Celiac Small Intestinal Mucosa
Authors: Barone Maria , Troncone Riccardo , Auricchio Salvatore
Published: November 2014

Celiac disease (CD) is a frequent inflammatory intestinal disease, with a genetic background, caused by gliadin-containing food. Undigested gliadin peptides induce innate and adaptive T cell-mediated immune responses. The major mediator of the stress and innate immune response to gliadin peptides (i.e., peptide 31–43, P31–43) is the cytokine interleukin-15 (IL-15). The role of epithelial growth factor (EGF) as a mediator of enterocyte proliferation and the innate immune response has been described. In this paper, we review the most recent literature on the mechanisms responsible for triggering the up-regulation of these mediators in CD by gliadin peptides. We will discuss the role of P31–43 in enterocyte proliferation, structural changes and the innate immune response in CD mucosa in cooperation with EGF and IL-15, and the mechanism of up-regulation of these mediators related to vesicular trafficking. We will also review the literature that focuses on constitutive alterations of the structure, signalling/proliferation and stress/innate immunity pathways of CD cells. Finally, we will discuss how these pathways can be triggered by gliadin peptide P31–43 in controls, mimicking the celiac cellular phenotype.
Who Owns Child Abuse?
Authors: Cradock Gerald
Published: November 2014

Expectations of contemporary child protection apparatuses are strongly influenced by beliefs inherited from the nineteenth century child rescue movement. In particular, the belief that child abuse determination is obvious. However, this assumption fails to make a distinction between nineteenth century’s emphasis on impoverished environments and the twentieth century introduction of the pathological child abuser. Moreover, the proliferation of kinds of child abuse, and the need to distinguish child abusers from non-abusers, means knowledge is now spread across an array of disciplines and professions, which necessarily destabilizes the definition of child abuse. The increasing exposure of alternate care systems as potentially abusive has similarly destabilized the old common sense solution to neglected children—namely removal. Finally, as uncertainty increases, and definitions become more divergent, the question of what child abuse is, and what should be done about it, becomes increasingly politicized.
Economic Growth and Expansion of China’s Urban Land Area: Evidence from Administrative Data and Night Lights, 1993–2012
Authors: Gibson John , Li Chao , Boe-Gibson Geua
Published: November 2014

The relationship between economic growth, expansion of urban land area and the broader issue of cultivated land conversion in China has been closely examined for the late 1980s and 1990s. Much less is known about recent urban expansion and if the effects of economic growth on this expansion have changed over time. This paper updates estimates of urban expansion for China and examines the relationship with city economic growth for 1993–2012. To see if patterns are robust to different types of evidence, administrative data on the area of 225 urban cores are compared to estimates of brightly lit areas from remotely sensed night lights. The trend annual expansion rate in lit area is 8% and was significantly faster in the decade to 2002 than in the most recent decade. Expansion is slower according to administrative data, at just 5% per annum, with no change in unconditional expansion rates between decades, while conditional expansion rates have declined. The elasticity of area with respect to city economic output is about 0.3. Over time, expansion of urban land area is becoming less responsive to the growth of the local non-agricultural population.