bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Improvement of Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on DV-Hop
Authors: Qiao Xin , Chang Fei , Ling Jing
Published: March 2019

In order to solve the problem that the DV-Hop localization algorithm has large errors in the wireless sensor network environment, this paper uses the minimum mean square criterion to determine the average hop distance of anchor nodes, and then calculates the mean value of the original average hop distance, which ensures that the improved average hop distance is closer to the real average hop distance of the whole network. The estimated distances between nodes are calculated by using the correction value corresponding to the average jump distance of the anchor node; in the positioning stage, when the anchor node is small, the estimated coordinates of unknown nodes are obtained by the minimum-maximum method; when the number of anchor nodes is large, the coordinates of unknown nodes are calculated by the maximum likelihood estimation method; this not only reduces the amount of calculation, but also the accuracy is more stable. This step is not only suitable for DV-Hop algorithm, but also can be used to estimate the coordinates when the distance between the unknown node and the anchor node is known. However, this improved method is only applicable to the premise that the simulation area is not large, so this improvement has its scope of adaptation, according to the needs of choice. Finally, the unknown node coordinates are iteratively optimized by using the quasi Newton method. Simulation results show that the proposed positioning algorithm has higher accuracy and better stability.
An Interactive Mixed Reality Ray Tracing Rendering Mobile Application of Medical Data in Minimally Invasive Surgeries
Authors: Abou El-Seoud Samir , Mady Amr S. , Rashed Essam A.
Published: March 2019

Visualization of patient’s anatomy is the most important pre-operation process in surgeries, minimally invasive surgeries are among these types of medical operations that counts totally on medical visualization before operating on a patient. However, medicine has a problem in visualizing patients’ through looking through multiple slices of scans, trying to understand the three-dimensional (3D) anatomical structure of patients. With Mixed Reality (MR) the developments in medicine visualization will become much easier and creates a better environment for surgeries. This will help reduce the excessive effort and time spent by surgeons to locate where the problem lies with patients without looking through multiple of two-dimensional (2D) slices, but to see patients’ bodies in 3D in front of them augmented in their reality, and to interact with it whatever pleases them. Moreover, this will reduce the number of scans that doctors will ask their patient’s for, which will result in less harmful x-ray dosages for both the patient and the radiologist. Biomedical development in medical visualization is an active research topic as it provides the physicians with required devices for clinically feasible way for diagnosis, follow-up and take decisions in different disease life line. Current clinical imaging facility can provide a 3D imaging that can be used to guide different interventional procedures. The main challenge is how to map the information presented in the digital image with the real object. This is commonly implemented by mental processing that requires skills from the medical doctor. This paper contributes to this problem by providing a mixed reality system to merge the digital image of the patient anatomy with the patient visual image. Anatomical image obtained from Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is mapped over the patient body using virtual reality (VR) head-mounted device (HMD).
Le don de plomb dans le patronage monastique d’Henri II Plantagenêt : usages et conditions de la production du plomb anglais dans la seconde moitié du xiie siècle
Authors: Madeline Fanny
Published: March 2019

Après le meurtre de Thomas Becket en 1170, la dégradation des rapports entre Henri II et l’Église contraint le souverain à accroître ses libéralités envers les établissements monastiques. Parmi les monastères dotés, Amesbury, Waltham, Clairvaux et Grandmont reçurent d’importantes quantités de plomb. De la mine au chantier, les sources documentaires permettent de restituer les diverses manières dont ce plomb fut utilisé, mais également les conditions économiques et monétaires dans lesquelles de tels dons furent possibles.
La cathédrale Sant’Appianu de Sagone (Vico, Corse-du-Sud). Une relecture architecturale des églises paléochrétienne, médiévale et moderne
Authors: Istria Daniel
Published: March 2019

Les recherches archéologiques sur le site Sant’Appianu de Sagone, initiées en 1964, ont été poursuivies de manière irrégulière et parfois au gré des opérations immobilières qui menaçaient les restes de la cathédrale. Un nouveau projet a vu le jour en 2007 ; il a pour objectif de réaliser une étude globale tout en restaurant et valorisant l’ensemble des vestiges. Le petit établissement côtier, fondé au ier siècle de notre ère, est élevé au rang de siège épiscopal avant 591. Une modeste cathédrale est alors construite, puis rebâtie et restaurée à plusieurs reprises jusqu’à sa transformation en édifice agricole au début du xixe siècle. L’étude architecturale présentée ici rend compte de cette évolution et donne une image originale de ces évêchés insulaires au destin particulier.
Subjective and objective results in surgical correction of adult acquired buried penis: A single-centre observational study
Authors: Cocci Andrea , Cito Gianmartin , Falcone Marco , Capece Marco , Di Maida Fabrizio , Morelli Girolamo , Christopher Nim , Ralph David , Garaffa Giulio
Published: March 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed analysis of surgical and functional outcomes after correction of acquired buried penis in the adult. Materials and Methods: From 2006 to 2016, we retrospectively reviewed 47 patients undergoing surgical treatment for the correction of buried penis. Functional and surgical outcomes, as well as patients’ satisfaction were the main endpoints. Results: The most common complains at presentation were recurrent uro-genital infections, sexual dysfunction, voiding dysfunction and Lichen Sclerosus (LS). Surgical management steps included: circumcision (27.66%), scrotoplasty (19.14%), V-Y skin plasty (4.25%), split thickness skin graft (STSG) 12.76%, full thickness skin graft (FTSG) 36.17%, suprapubic fat pad excision (57.44%), abdominoplasty (25.53%), division of the suspensory ligament (36.17%). Postoperative complications were recorded in 15% of patients. Vaginal penetration and erectile function ended up being more effective in 97.87% (46/47) and 42.55% (20/47) of patients. Improvement in penile erogenous sensation was in 6.38% (3/47). Aesthetic appearance of genitalia fully satisfied 36.17% of patients (17/47). Overall patients’ satisfaction rate resulted 76.59% (36/47). Conclusion: Management of adult acquired buried penis still remains a challenging task to achieve, however excellent cosmetic results can be obtained by surgical reconstruction.
The LEST technique: Treatment of prostatic obstruction preserving antegrade ejaculation in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Authors: Leonardi Rosario
Published: March 2019

The objective of this study was to search for an alternative technique to relieve prostatic obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia without affecting the ejaculatory function. The technical requirements are a laser with a wavelength well absorbed by water (good vaporizing effect) and at the same time by hemoglobin (good hemostatic effect) and laser fibers very resistant at high emission power allowing perfect vaporization in a contact mode. The aim of the technique is to avoid damage of the structures that allow the peripheral region of the prostate and the seminal vesicles to discharge their secretions into the posterior urethra. The orifices of the ejaculatory ducts must therefore be identified and preserved, damage of the ejaculatory ducts along their path inside the prostate must be avoided and the so called “genital sphincter” must be saved. The steps of the Leonardi Ejaculation Sparing Technique (LEST) procedure are as follow: Step 1 - ejaculatory duct orifices must be identified and the limits of the vaporization section must be marked. Step 2 - bladder neck is cleaned of the prostate hypertrophic tissue saving, as much as possible, the smooth muscle fibers of the bladder neck. Step 3 - vapo-resection of the lateral lobe (or enucleation of the adenoma) is performed. Step 4 - cautious and meticulous preparation of the prostatic apexes is obtained with saving of the orifices of the ejaculatory ducts. An antegrade ejaculation is maintained in about 80% of cases in patients without a middle lobe, although in the presence of a middle lobe this rate drops to about 50%.
Management of erosion of inflatable penile prosthesis reservoir into bladder. A different approach
Authors: Izol Volkan , Deger Mutlu , Kizilgok Bahattin , Aridogan Ibrahim Atilla , Tansug Mustafa Zuhtu
Published: March 2019

We report a rare case of erosion of an inflatable penile prosthesis reservoir into the bladder that was managed with a different approach from the literature by preserving the existing reservoir. Inflatable penile implant was applied to a 54-year-old male patient who had undergone with a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy operation due to localized prostate cancer 2 years before. Two months after the operation, the patient referred to our clinic with predominant symptoms of lower urinary tract system associated with scrotal pain and swelling. The urinary system ultrasonography (USG) and the lower abdomen magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated that the reservoir of the penile prosthesis was in the bladder. Cystoscopy confirmed that the reservoir was in the bladder. According to literature the reservoir was surgically removed from bladder. After bladder repair, the rectus muscles were repaired creating a space between the rectus muscle and the skin, where the reservoir was placed. After postoperative observation, the patient was discharged without any infection and regression of the lower urinary tract symptoms. No problem was referred by using the penile prosthesis when at 1-month and 3-month follow up and the patient was not uncomfortable in this regard. In conclusion no drawback occurred by using the old reservoir.
Life in Family Buildings as a unique environment in Turkey
Authors: Yılmaz Seheryeli , Sabuncuoglu Osman
Published: March 2019

Family building (FB) is a building where residents of different flats are close relatives. Being quite common in metropolitan areas, these unique psychosocial environments remain underexamined. We aimed to research into the interactions within the family and psychosocial features of FBs. One hundred and one children living in FBs and FB-experiences of their parents were assessed by semi-structured interviews using K-SADS-PL. Mothers scored their satisfaction from FB-lifestyle in the scale of 0-100. The sample consisted of 35 girls and 66 boys. Mean age was 108±37.4 months. ADHD and anxiety disorders were the common diagnoses. Eighty-two families lived with paternal relatives. Number of relativeneighbors in the building changed between 2-10. Forty-one mothers scored ≤50 for their satisfaction; 58% believed FBs affected their children’s symptoms negatively. Examining the perceived advantages and disadvantages of FBs, ‘extreme criticism’ and ‘social support’ were the decisive items to predict mothers’ satisfaction levels. Having both positive and negative effects, FB-lifestyle seem to complicate interpersonal relations within the family. This study has revealed some preliminary findings, but further studies are required in the field.
Management of severe Falciparum malaria on a mission: A case report
Authors: Monti Manuel
Published: March 2019

A sailor for forty-two years, in military service on the Italian aircraft carrier, while on a mission in sub-Saharan Africa, came to a physician due to fatigue with a fever, flu-like illness and headache for 6 days. The temperature was 38.8°C, BP 80/145 mmHg and RR 30/min. The oxygen saturation was 88%, while the patient was breathing room air. Laboratory findings showed that WBC count and platelet counts were greatly reduced. Blood smears were positive for Plasmodium falciparum malaria with more than 10 parasites per field. It began immediately antimalarial treatment. After 24 hours the patient showed a 50% reduction in parasitemia but continued to have tachypnoea, dyspnea and hypoxemia. A chest TC scan was then performed that revealed a right basal alveolar consolidation with bilateral pleural effusion. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with pneumonia and malaria (overlap syndrome). The patient began antibiotic and steroid therapy. After two days the fever was gone away and the clinical condition of the patient was greatly improved. The clinical overlap between pneumonia and malaria has important implications for case management strategies and their treatment should be integrated into community case management activities.
A dinâmica social do desrespeito: para a situação de uma teoria crítica da sociedade
Authors: Honneth Axel
Published: March 2019

Neste artigo, que é originalmente um discurso de posse no Instituto Otto Suhr na Universidade Livre de Berlin, Axel Honneth esboça o programa de uma teoria intersubjetiva do reconhecimento, utilizando esta última categoria como o núcleo conceitual de uma Teoria Crítica da sociedade na qual a experiência pré-cientifica de desrespeito às expectativas sociais se conecta à formação de demandas emancipatórias.
Italian Food Activism in Urban Sardinia
Authors: Counihan Carole
Published: March 2019

With her new book, Italian Food Activism in Urban Sardinia, cultural anthropologist Carole Counihan makes a significant contribution to understanding the growing global movement for food democracy.

Providing a detailed ethnographic case study from Cagliari, the capital of the Italian island-region of Sardinia, she draws upon Sardinians’ own descriptions of their actions and motivations to change their food as they pursue grassroots alternatives to the agro-industrial food system through solidarity buying groups (GAS), organic and urban agriculture, alternative restaurants, and farm-to-school programs. They link their activism to the sensory and emotional resonance of food and its nostalgic connections to place, tradition, and culture. They stress the importance of education through experience, and they build relationships and networks through workshops, farm visits, and commensality.

The book focuses on three key themes to emerge in interviews with Cagliari food activists: the significance of territorio (or place), the importance of taste, and the role of education. By exploring these areas of concern, Counihan uncovers key tensions in consumption as a force for change, in individual vs. group actions, and in political and economic power relations, which are of crucial importance to wider global efforts to promote food democracy.
Prioritization of the vector factors controlling Emiliania huxleyi blooms in subarctic and arctic seas: A multidimensional statistical approach
Authors: Kondrik Dmitry , Kazakov Eduard , Chepikova Svetlana , Pozdnyakov Dmitry
Published: March 2019

Abstract. Producing very extensive blooms in the world's oceans in both hemispheres, a coccolithophore E. huxleyi is capable of affecting both the marine ecology and carbon fluxes at the atmosphere-ocean interface. At the same time, it is subject to the impact of multiple co-acting environmental forcings, which determine the spatio-temporal dynamics of E. huxleyi blooming phenomenon. To reveal the individual importance of each forcing factor (FF) that is known to significantly control the extent and intensity of E. huxleyi blooms and can be retrieved from remote sensing data, we used long-term spatial time series (1998–2016) of sea surface temperature and salinity, incident photosynthetically active radiation, and Ekman layer depth relevant to the marine environments located in the North Atlantic, Arctic and North Pacific oceans, namely the North, Norwegian, Greenland, Labrador, Barents and Bering seas. The FFs retrieved were subjected to statistical analyses. The descriptive statistical approach has shown that E. huxleyi phytoplankton were highly adaptive to the environmental conditions and capable of arising and developing within wide FFs ranges, which proved to be expressly sea-specific. It was also found that there were FFs optimal ranges (also sea-specific), within which the blooms were particularly extensive. The application of the Random Forest Classifier (RFC) approach to each target sea allowed to reliably rank the FFs considered in terms of their role in the spatio-temporal dynamics of E. huxleyi blooms. With the only exception of the Bering Sea, allegedly due to temporally established untypical hydrological conditions, the prediction ability of RFC modeling characterized in terms of precision, recall, and f1-score generally was in excess of 70 %, thus indicating the adequacy of the developed models for FFs prioritization with regard to E. huxleyi blooms.
The El Niño event of 2015–2016: climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa
Authors: Kolusu Seshagiri Rao , Shamsudduha Mohammad , Todd Martin C. , Taylor Richard G. , Seddon David , Kashaigili Japhet J. , Ebrahim Girma Y. , Cuthbert Mark O. , Sorensen James P. R. , Villholth Karen G. , MacDonald Alan M. , MacLeod Dave A.
Published: March 2019

Abstract. The impact of climate variability on groundwater storage has received
limited attention despite widespread dependence on groundwater as a resource
for drinking water, agriculture and industry. Here, we assess the climate
anomalies that occurred over Southern Africa (SA) and East Africa, south of
the Equator (EASE), during the major El Niño event of 2015–2016, and their
associated impacts on groundwater storage, across scales, through analysis
of in situ groundwater piezometry and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
satellite data. At the continental scale, the El Niño of 2015–2016 was associated with a
pronounced dipole of opposing rainfall anomalies over EASE and Southern
Africa, north–south of ∼12∘ S, a characteristic pattern
of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Over Southern Africa the most intense drought event in the
historical record occurred, based on an analysis of the cross-scale areal
intensity of surface water balance anomalies (as represented by the
standardised precipitation evapotranspiration index – SPEI), with an
estimated return period of at least 200 years and a best estimate of
260 years. Climate risks are changing, and we estimate that anthropogenic warming
only (ignoring changes to other climate variables, e.g. precipitation) has
approximately doubled the risk of such an extreme SPEI drought event. These
surface water balance deficits suppressed groundwater recharge, leading to a
substantial groundwater storage decline indicated by both GRACE satellite
and piezometric data in the Limpopo basin. Conversely, over EASE during the
2015–2016 El Niño event, anomalously wet conditions were observed with an
estimated return period of ∼10 years, likely moderated by the
absence of a strongly positive Indian Ocean zonal mode phase. The strong but
not extreme rainy season increased groundwater storage, as shown by satellite
GRACE data and rising groundwater levels observed at a site in central
Tanzania. We note substantial uncertainties in separating groundwater from
total water storage in GRACE data and show that consistency between GRACE
and piezometric estimates of groundwater storage is apparent when spatial
averaging scales are comparable. These results have implications for
sustainable and climate-resilient groundwater resource management, including
the potential for adaptive strategies, such as managed aquifer recharge
during episodic recharge events.
Testing empirical and synthetic flood damage models: the case of Italy
Authors: Amadio Mattia , Scorzini Anna Rita , Carisi Francesca , Essenfelder Arthur H. , Domeneghetti Alessio , Mysiak Jaroslav , Castellarin Attilio
Published: March 2019

Abstract. Flood risk management generally relies on economic assessments performed by
using flood loss models of different complexity, ranging from simple
univariable models to more complex multivariable models. The latter account for a
large number of hazard, exposure and vulnerability factors, being
potentially more robust when extensive input information is available. We
collected a comprehensive data set related to three recent major flood events
in northern Italy (Adda 2002, Bacchiglione 2010 and Secchia 2014), including
flood hazard features (depth, velocity and duration), building
characteristics (size, type, quality, economic value) and reported losses.
The objective of this study is to compare the performances of expert-based
and empirical (both uni- and multivariable) damage models for estimating the
potential economic costs of flood events to residential buildings. The
performances of four literature flood damage models of different natures and
complexities are compared with those of univariable, bivariable and
multivariable models trained and tested by using empirical records from
Italy. The uni- and bivariable models are developed by using linear,
logarithmic and square root regression, whereas multivariable models are
based on two machine-learning techniques: random forest and artificial neural networks. Results provide important insights about the choice of the
damage modelling approach for operational disaster risk management. Our
findings suggest that multivariable models have better potential for
producing reliable damage estimates when extensive ancillary data for flood
event characterisation are available, while univariable models can be
adequate if data are scarce. The analysis also highlights that expert-based
synthetic models are likely better suited for transferability to other areas
compared to empirically based flood damage models.
In situ observed relationships between snow and ice surface skin temperatures and 2 m air temperatures in the Arctic
Authors: Nielsen-Englyst Pia , Høyer Jacob L. , Madsen Kristine S. , Tonboe Rasmus , Dybkjær Gorm , Alerskans Emy
Published: March 2019

Abstract. To facilitate the construction of a satellite-derived 2 m air temperature
(T2 m) product for the snow- and ice-covered regions in the
Arctic, observations from weather stations are used to quantify the
relationship between the T2 m and skin temperature
(Tskin). Multiyear data records of simultaneous Tskin
and T2 m from 29 different in situ sites have been analysed for
five regions, covering the lower and upper ablation zone and the accumulation
zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and
seasonal snow-covered land in northern Alaska. The diurnal and seasonal
temperature variabilities and the impacts from clouds and wind on the
T2 m–Tskin differences are quantified.
Tskin is often (85 % of the time, all sites weighted equally)
lower than T2 m, with the largest differences occurring when the
temperatures are well below 0 ∘C or when the surface is melting.
Considering all regions, T2 m is on average
0.65–2.65 ∘C higher than Tskin, with the largest
differences for the lower ablation area and smallest differences for
the seasonal snow-covered sites. A negative net surface radiation balance generally cools
the surface with respect to the atmosphere, resulting in a surface-driven
surface air temperature inversion. However, Tskin and
T2 m are often highly correlated, and the two temperatures can
be almost identical (<0.5 ∘C difference), with the smallest
T2–Tskin differences around noon and early afternoon during
spring, autumn and summer during non-melting conditions. In general, the
inversion strength increases with decreasing wind speeds, but for the sites
on the GrIS the maximum inversion occurs at wind speeds of about
5 m s−1 due to the katabatic winds. Clouds tend to reduce the vertical
temperature gradient, by warming the surface, resulting in a mean overcast
T2 m–Tskin difference ranging from −0.08 to
1.63 ∘C, with the largest differences for the sites in the
low-ablation zone and the smallest differences for the seasonal snow-covered
sites. To assess the effect of using cloud-limited infrared satellite
observations, the influence of clouds on temporally averaged
Tskin has been studied by comparing averaged clear-sky
Tskin with averaged all-sky Tskin. To this end, we
test three different temporal averaging windows: 24 h, 72 h and 1 month.
The largest clear-sky biases are generally found when 1-month averages are
used and the smallest clear-sky biases are found for 24 h. In most cases,
all-sky averages are warmer than clear-sky averages, with the smallest bias
during summer when the Tskin range is smallest.
Baffin Bay sea ice inflow and outflow: 1978–1979 to 2016–2017
Authors: Bi Haibo , Zhang Zehua , Wang Yunhe , Xu Xiuli , Liang Yu , Huang Jue , Liu Yilin , Fu Min
Published: March 2019

Abstract. Baffin Bay serves as a huge reservoir of sea ice which would provide the
solid freshwater sources to the seas downstream. By employing
satellite-derived sea ice motion and concentration fields, we obtain a nearly
40-year-long record (1978–1979 to 2016–2017) of the sea ice area flux
through key fluxgates of Baffin Bay. Based on the estimates, the Baffin Bay
sea ice area budget in terms of inflow and outflow are quantified and
possible causes for its interannual variations and trends are analyzed. On
average, the annual (September–August) inflows through the northern gate and
Lancaster Sound are on the order of 205.8(±74.7)×103 km2
and 55.2(±17.8)×103 km2. In particular, a comparison with
published results seems to suggest that about 75 %–85 % of the
inflow through the northern gates is newly formed ice produced in the
recurring North Water Polynya (NOW), in addition to the inflow via Nares
Strait and Jones Sound. Meanwhile, the mean outflow via the southern gate
approaches 394.3(±110.2)×103 km2. The distinct
interannual variability for ice area flux through the northern gate and
southern gate is partly explained by wind forcing associated with cross-gate
sea level pressure difference, with correlations of 0.62 and 0.68,
respectively. Also, significant increasing trends are found for the annual
sea ice area flux through the three gates, amounting to 38.9×103,
82.2×103, and 7.5×103 km2 decade−1 for the northern gate, southern gate, and Lancaster Sound.
These trends are chiefly related to the increasing ice motion, which is
associated with thinner ice owing to the warmer climate (i.e., higher surface
air temperature and shortened freezing period) and increased air and water
drag coefficients over the past decades.
Conceptualization of God in the Book of Psalm: A Study of Metaphor Based on Cognitive Theory
Authors: Subiyanto Paulus , Putra Yadnya Ida Bagus , Mbete Aron Meko , Brata Frans Made
Published: March 2019

This study is aimed to describe how God is conceptualized through metaphors in The Book of Psalms by adopting the theory of conceptual metaphor (Lakkof & Johnson, 1980). After identifying all metaphorical verses of the Psalms, they can be classified into four main metaphors functioning to portray the image of God: (1) GOD IS REFUGE, (2) GOD IS SHEPHERD, (3) GOD IS SAVIOR and (4) GOD IS KING. Mapping and Blending methods are applied to reveal the meaning of those metaphors, provided with cultural and socio-historical context existing in the source domain.Findings from this study are (1) metaphors in the Psalms have function as religious language to express spiritual experience in relation with transcendent or divine reality. (2) Through metaphors God as target domain is conceptualized by means of real things as source domain.
Reabilitação neuroclusal em paciente odontopediátrico com mordida cruzada posterior unilateral – relato de caso clínico
Authors: Oliveira Marcia de Freitas , De Araújo Karen Pantoja , De Araújo Karine Pantoja , Buelau Maria Isaura Monteiro , Buelau Peter John
Published: March 2019

Objetivo: relatar a sequência clínica de tratamento para descruzar uma mordida cruzada posterior unilateralna dentição decídua por meio da reabilitação neuroclusal. Relato de caso: o caso clínico foi realizado em umpaciente do sexo masculino, com 5 anos de idade, diagnosticado com mordida cruzada posterior unilateralfuncional do lado direito. Após a verificação de interferências dentais nos caninos e molares em oclusãocêntrica, realizaram-se os ajustes oclusais. Seguiu-se então o protocolo para confecção de pistas diretas dePlanas, utilizando resina composta em planos inclinados na metade vestibular da face oclusal dos dentes 84e 85 e na face vestibular dos dentes 53, 54 e 55. Logo após a confecção das pistas, observou-se a correçãoda mordida cruzada e a estabilidade na mudança postural da mandíbula. Considerações finais: a reabilitaçãoneuroclusal por meio de pistas diretas de Planas apresenta grande eficácia na correção da mordida cruzadaposterior, proporcionando estabilidade mandibular e estímulo para o crescimento e desenvolvimento crânio-maxilo-facial.
Tratamento cirúrgico para osteonecrose dos maxilares induzida por bisfosfonatos: relatos de casos
Authors: De Jesus Adriele Pereira , Sousa Filho Francisnei Santos , Cardoso Juliana Andrade , Câncio Antônio Varela , Simões Cinthia Coelho , De Farias Jener Gonçalves
Published: March 2019

Introdução: os bisfosfonatos são um grupo de medicamentos utilizados no tratamento de doenças osteolíticas, tais como mieloma múltiplo, osteoporose e doença de Paget. Uma complicação tardia dessa medicaçãoé a osteonecrose em ossos maxilares. Esta é definida como desenvolvimento de osso necrótico na cavidadebucal de paciente em tratamento atual ou prévio com bisfosfonato, após sofrer algum procedimento cirúrgico bucal invasivo, sem ter realizado radioterapia. Objetivo: descrever, por meio de relatos de casos, aopção de técnica cirúrgica para tratamento da osteonecrose por bisfosfonatos. Materiais e método: em todosos casos relatados, a terapêutica cirúrgica contou com osteotomia e remoção cirúrgica do sequestro ósseo,debridamento, irrigação com soro fisiológico e sutura contínua simples. Resultados: o controle clínico pós--operatório evidenciou boa cicatrização, melhora considerável da lesão e reepitelização significativa, emcurto e longo período. Conclusão: os pacientes devem passar por um criterioso exame odontológico, antesdo uso desses medicamentos. Nenhum tratamento cirúrgico invasivo deve ser realizado durante a terapiacom esses fármacos.
Variation in diet composition of the mudskipper, Periophthalmodon septemradiatus, from Hau River, Vietnam
Authors: Dinh Quang Minh , Tran Lam Thanh , Minh Tran Tuyet Thi , Kieu To Diem , Nguyen Tien Thi Kieu , Tran Dinh Dac
Published: March 2019

Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) is a mudskipper of the Mekong Delta that can be found along estuaries and lower reaches of rivers. In the present study, we determined diet and feeding ecology of this species by analyzing the contents within the stomachs of 1360
fish samples collected from August 2017 to July 2018. Data analysis suggested that P. septemradiatus is a carnivorous fish. We found six main food item categories: small fishes, prawns (Acetes spp.), crabs (Uca spp.), molluscs, ants (Dolichoderus sp.), and detritus.
Both males and females at different sizes, seasons, and habitats ingest primarily Dolichoderus sp., secondarily detritus, and rarely other prey. Diet composition was similar between sexes but varied according to fish size, season, and habitat. Dolichoderus sp. and detritus regulate
the spatial variation of food composition. Our findings contribute to future artificial cultivation for conservation.
CARBON IN SOIL IN DIFFERENT PHISIONOMIES OF CAATINGA IN PARAÍBA, BRAZIL
Authors: Souza Bruna Vieira de , Souto Patrícia Carneiro , Souto Jacob Silva , Sales Francisco Das Chagas Vieira , Souza Junior Carlos Magno Pereira de
Published: March 2019

The devastation of the caatinga vegetation by disorderly exploration has led to the intensification of carbon release, modifying the capacity of soils to stock this element. The study aimed to determine the stock of organic carbon in Caatinga areas. Which it was conducted in the city of Várzea, state of Paraíba in Brazil, in four areas with vegetation in different successional stages. Soil samples were collected to determine the levels of carbon in 04 depths (0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-15 cm and 15-20 cm) in two seasons of the year. The averages of the carbon were compared by Tukey test. The amounts of carbon in the soil showed significant differences in the factors of time, study area and depth. In the dry season, the quantities and the carbon stock were higher than those registered in the rainy season in all the studied areas, being Late Secondary Caatinga and Preserved Caatinga the areas with the highest values. The Late Secondary Caatinga had the highest carbon stock (33.01 Mg ha-1) in the rainy season. On the other hand, in the dry season, the highest carbon stock was in Preserved Caatinga (49.77 Mg ha-1). Larger amounts of organic carbon were found in the area of Preserved Caatinga, being the higher carbon concentrations recorded in the dry season.
STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY OF LOG OF Eucalyptus spp. GENOTYPES
Authors: LOPES OLÍVIA PEREIRA , Castro Jonnys Paz , De Arruda Tatiana Paula Marques , Latorraca João Vicente De Figueiredo , Mori Fábio Akira
Published: March 2019

Anatomical studies, besides being useful in the identification of the species, make it possible to generate information about the structure of the log in order to identify the relationships between the log and the technological properties of the wood. The aim of this work was to anatomically characterize the log of different genotypes of the genus Eucalyptus planted in the state of Minas Gerais – Brazil and to describe its main differences and/or similarities. Three genetically improved genotypes were evaluated, Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus urophylla and Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus camaldulensis , aged whithin 6 to 7 years old. Discs of 9 trees were removed at breast height (1.30 meters from the ground). From each disk, specimens were obtained in the medulla-cambial direction with dimensions of approximately 2 cm³ to make permanent sheets, being that the anatomical characterization of the genotypes followed the recommendations of the IAWA Committee (1989). The results showed that the genotypes of Eucalyptus are very similar, however, differences were observed in the axial parenchyma and in the composition of rays.
The Tibetan Gesar Epic beyond Its Bards: An Ecosystem of Genres on the Roof of the World
Authors: Thurston Timothy
Published: March 2019

This paper examines the Tibetan Gesar epic beyond its text and bards. It begins with a synopsis of the epic itself and reviews some of the multilingual literature on the Gesar tradition with attention to translations, storytellers and poetics, and questions of historicity. But heritage regimes shape broader knowledge of traditional practices. Using proverbs and localized micro-narratives, this paper recognizes an ecosystem of Gesar-related genres, suggesting how epic knowledge extends beyond heritage epistemologies.
Influence of Youth Subculture on the Ideological Guidance of Ideological and Political WeChat Public Number
Authors: Zhang Ranni , Chen Ze , Yang Songping
Published: March 2019

An important proportion of the audiences of the ideological and political WeChat public are young people, and the “youth subculture” which has a great influence on the ideological and political WeChat public number prevailing among the audience youth. "Guangdong students' federation" WeChat public number and "Jinan University Youth League Committee" WeChat public number are selected to do comparative study transforming the use of youth subculture, its advantages and deficiencies can be explored, and the ideological and political public number transformation and utilization of youth subculture optimization recommendations can be drawed.
Research on Procuratorial Organs Bringing Environmental Public Interest Litigation
Authors: Liang Zheni
Published: March 2019

The procuratorial organ is a state supervisory authority and has the power of legal supervision. Giving the procuratorial organs the qualifications for public interest litigation not only has a theoretical basis but also a realistic basis, which helps to solve the problem of difficult evidence collection and high litigation costs in environmental public interest litigation. In the civil environmental public interest litigation, the procuratorate has the dual status of the plaintiff and the legal supervisor, and will not naturally conflict with each other. However, due to the special nature of environmental problems, the relevant administrative departments should be given priority to the environmental problems discovered by the procuratorial organs. Only when the environmental protection supervision departments are exercising their powers, should the procuratorial organs initiate environmental public interest litigation. For civil environmental public interest litigations that have been criminally sentenced or are in the process of criminal prosecution, the procuratorate can make full use of the evidence that has been obtained and identified.
The Policies of the Gulf Regimes in Facing of the Repercussions of the Arab Uprisings: With Application to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman Sultanate and Bahrain
Authors: Khalifa Buthaina
Published: March 2019

The current study aims to scrutinize and analyze the Gulf regimes' policies in facing of the repercussions of the Arab uprisings. The research has selected four countries as case studies, which are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman Sultanate and Bahrain. In this vein, the study seeks to answer the main question: to what extent the Gulf regimes succeeded in facing the repercussions of the Arab uprisings? To answer this question, the study adopts the theoretical framework of the functional-structural approach, which has been developed by Gabriel Almond. This approach contains four main functional requirements, which are: structure, function, performance style and capabilities. The study has focused on system performance and capabilities in order to analyze the outputs, capabilities and performance of the Gulf regimes, and the extent to which the interaction of these capabilities contributes to the stability of the political system and increase its ability to adapt to changing circumstances and challenges. The study has reached many findings, the most important of which is that the Gulf countries have had the ability to face the repercussions of the popular uprisings, leading to the decline of them.
Pro-Environmental Workplace Intention Behaviour in the Malaysian Public Organization
Authors: Razak Norjumaaton Fazhani , Sabri Mohamad Fazli
Published: March 2019

This study utilizes Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour as its theoretical framework to extend the previous literature on pro-environmental workplace intention-behaviour in the organization. Findings indicated that all factors (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control) have a significant positive influence on pro-environmental workplace intention-behaviour. This study contributes to body of research and extends our understanding of the pro-environmental workplace intention-behaviour in the Malaysian public sector and identifying the most influences factor of pro-environmental workplace intention-behaviour. It is essential for public sector employee to have positive environmental workplace behaviour to support government policy implementation for the green organization.
A Tale of Two Houses?
Authors: Caygill Tom
Published: March 2019

A Tale of Two Houses? Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the UK Parliament

In the last decade a more systematic approach to post-legislative scrutiny has been taken by both the UK Government and Parliament. Currently, owing to a lack of systematic analysis we do not know how both Houses of the UK Parliament are undertaking post-legislative scrutiny. The aim of the article is to determine the similarities and differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords when undertaking post-legislative scrutiny. The article addresses this gap in knowledge through the use of four case studies, which address how legislation is selected for review, what recommendations are produced and how government responses are followed up. The article finds that there are a number of differences in the way legislation is selected by both Houses and also highlights the differences between them in terms of the output of their recommendations. Overall, this article contributes to our knowledge of the processes available to the UK Parliament for the undertaking of post-legislative scrutiny. This is important as post-legislative scrutiny, as a formalized activity, is relatively new, and there is a contribution to be made here in terms of how such procedures can be utilized in other legislatures.
Rehabilitationsrecht
Authors: Boetticher Arne von , Kuhn-Zuber Gabriele
Published: March 2019

In Deutschland leben laut Statistischem Bundesamt rund 10 Mio. Menschen mit einer Behinderung. Diese Menschen haben Anspruch auf Leistungen zur Rehabilitation und Teilhabe, um selbstbestimmt, diskriminierungsfrei und gleichberechtigt am Leben der Gesellschaft teilhaben zu können. Die Regelungen für diese Leistungen finden sich zwar zusammengefasst im Wesentlichen im SGB IX, allerdings hat jeder der sieben Rehabilitationsträger sein eigenes Leistungsrecht, in dem gesondert Voraussetzungen und Umfang der Leistungen geregelt sind. Das macht das Rehabilitationsrecht unübersichtlich; für Nichtfachleute ist es in der Regel praktisch nicht zu überschauen. Ziel des Lehrbuches ist es, anhand einer nachvollziehbaren und klaren Struktur Licht ins Dickicht des Rehabilitationsrechts zu legen. Es richtet sich an Studierende sozialer Berufe, ist aber ebenso für Praktikerinnen und Praktiker, die mit Menschen mit Behinderungen in verschiedener Weise arbeiten, zu empfehlen. Erläutert werden nicht nur allgemeingültige Begriffe, Beteiligungsrechte und das Verfahren im Teilhabrecht, sondern ebenso die einzelnen Rehabilitationsleistungen in ihren verschiedenen Ausprägungen und im Zusammenhang mit den jeweilig zuständigen Rehabilitationsträgern. Das ab 1.1.2020 geltende Recht der Eingliederungshilfe wird ausführlich dargestellt und ebenso grundlegende Regelungen im Schwerbehindertenrecht, einschließlich des Werkstättenrechts. Den Abschluss bildet ein kurzes Kapitel über das Verwaltungsverfahren und den möglichen Rechtsschutz. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Bedürfnissen der Praxis. Die Darstellung der rechtlichen Zusammenhänge, die im Lichte der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention erfolgt, wird jeweils ergänzt durch erklärende Beispiele, Fälle aus der Praxis, Schaubilder und Hinweise.
UNSETTLING SETTLER SHAME IN SCHOOLING: RE-IMAGINING RESPONSIBLE RECONCILIATION IN CANADA
Authors: Koelwyn Ryan
Published: March 2019

This paper draws on “reintegrative shame” (engaging the offender(s) in discussions of the moral dimensions of the act), and scholars who position shame as transformative. This paper reasserts shame as an ethical matter arguing that reconciliation is a particular response to the historical shame generated from the establishment of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada. What would it mean to conceive of education as a site for working through shame? If we find a way to acknowledge our settler-shame, what might a responsible way of acting on it be? This paper considers these questions to present evidence for the importance of education as a space for making shame a social, ethical, and pedagogical project.
FINDING A PLACE AT HOME: THE TRC AS A MEANS OF (R)EVOLUTION IN PRE-SERVICE (SCIENCE) TEACHER EDUCATION
Authors: Wiseman Dawn
Published: March 2019

This paper focuses on how I have been attending to the TRC’s calls to action within science teacher education. It draws on personal experiences, my dissertation, Canadian policy regarding Indigenous education, and academic literature to explore what the calls ask of teacher educators. Throughout, I consider how Indigenous and Western ways of knowing, being, and doing might circulate together in specific places, and the role that Land and the natural world might play in reconciliation via science teacher education. Ultimately, the paper offers a still-in-process glimpse into how I have found a place at home to begin engaging with the Calls to Action of the TRC in science teacher education.
PEER TUTORING IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM: PUTTING (A) THEORY INTO PRACTICE
Authors: Russo James Anthony
Published: March 2019

This essay explores how elementary school teachers can support students in becoming effective peer tutors. Drawing on the author’s personal experience as an elementary educator and researcher, it discusses how cognitive load theory can be used to generate a framework to support practicing teachers in implementing peer tutoring in their own classrooms. The framework presented is particularly relevant to well-structured learning domains, such as mathematics.
Career stage and publication in American academia
Authors: Abbott Andrew
Published: March 2019

This paper first outlines a processual approach to social life and then applies that approach to the changing social structures of American academia. Substantively, it argues that transient demographic patterns in the early and mid twentieth century shaped our ideal picture of academia: small disciplines, expanding rapidly in the face of seemingly infinite student demand, meant young disciplines, a seller’s market for PhDs, and a lack of publication pressure. The end of demand expansion meant rapid aging, a buyer’s market for PhDs, publication pressure, excessive publication, decline of reading, and consequent disciplinary confusion.
Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis
Authors: Delaney William P. , Atkins Robert G. , Bernard Alan D. , Boroson Don M. , Ebel David J. , Feder Aryeh , Fleischman Jack G. , Shatz Michael P. , Stein Robert , Weiner Stephen D.
Published: March 2019

A guide to defense systems analysis by experts who have worked on systems that range from air defense to space defense.

The Department of Defense and the military continually grapple with complex scientific, engineering, and technological problems. Defense systems analysis offers a way to reach a clearer understanding of how to approach and think about complex problems. It guides analysts in defining the question, capturing previous work in the area, assessing the principal issues, and understanding how they are linked. The goal of defense systems analysis is not necessarily to find a particular solution but to provide a roadmap to a solution, or an understanding of the relative value of alternative solutions. In this book, experts in the field—all of them with more than twenty years of experience—offer insights, advice, and concrete examples to guide practitioners in the art of defense systems analysis.

The book describes general issues in systems analysis and analysis protocols in specific defense areas. It offers a useful overview of the process, a discussion of different venues, and practical advice running a study and reporting its results. It discusses red teaming (the search for vulnerabilities that might be exploited by an adversary) and its complement, blue teaming (the search for solutions to known shortcomings). It describes real-world defense systems analysis for both traditional and nontraditional areas, including air defense and ballistic missile defense systems, bioterrorism defense, space warfare, and interplanetary communications. Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis is a very readable resource for analysts and engineers in industry, government, and research.