bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Know Your Customer: How Salesperson Perceptions of Customer Relationship Quality Form and Influence Account Profitability
Authors: Mullins Ryan R. , Ahearne Michael , Lam Son K. , Hall Zachary R. , Boichuk Jeffrey P.
Published: August 2014

Firms often utilize salesperson intelligence in marketing strategies to improve sales performance. However, this approach is problematic if the information is based on inaccurate perceptions. In light of this, the authors introduce a theoretical model to study the antecedents and profit impact of salesperson perceptions of customer relationship quality. Dyadic analyses using matched survey responses from salesperson–customer dyads and secondary performance data reveal several insightful findings. Results show that self-efficacious salespeople are upwardly biased, whereas customer-oriented salespeople are downwardly biased in their perceptions of customer relationship quality. However, managers can correct these inaccuracies using a behavior-based control system. Response surface analyses illustrate that the effects of salesperson accuracy and inaccuracy are distinct and curvilinear. During later relationship phases, salespeople profit more from salesperson accuracy in high- and low-quality relationships (i.e., a U-shaped effect). Yet the increasingly harmful impact of salesperson inaccuracy on profit is more severe during earlier relationship phases. Together, these findings highlight the benefits of measuring salesperson perceptions and how to manage them.
Identification of a Diesel Engine using Advanced Dynamic Local Affine Models
Authors: Zimmerschied Ralf
Published: August 2014

Nonlinear system identification using local affine models is
investigated with the focus on the structure of the submodels. In
general, submodels in input/output form are applied whose
parameters change simultaneously. In many cases this submodel structure results in an
insufficient model quality in terms of generalization performance
and interpretability. As improvement a new submodel structure with a
delayed parameter change is used as well as an extended offset
with an independent numerator dynamics. This submodel structure is applied for the identification
of the air path of a simulated and a real diesel engine which is equipped with an external exhaust gas recirculation
and a turbocharger with variable geometry turbine.
Parametric Model Order Reduction of Port-Hamiltonian Systems by Matrix Interpolation
Authors: Giftthaler Markus , Wolf Thomas , Panzer Heiko K. F. , Lohmann Boris
Published: August 2014

In this paper, parametric model order reduction of linear time-invariant systems by matrix interpolation is adapted to large-scale systems in port-Hamiltonian form. A new weighted matrix interpolation of locally reduced models is introduced in order to preserve the port-Hamiltonian structure, which guarantees the passivity and stability of the interpolated system. The performance of the new method is demonstrated by technical examples.
Black-box Modeling with Uncertain Parameters from Measurement Data with Unknown, but Bounded Errors
Authors: Zaiser Stefan , Buchholz Michael , Dietmayer Klaus
Published: August 2014

In literature, identification of models with uncertain parameters is restricted to parameter identification. This paper presents a method for system identification with unknown, but bounded measurement errors for linear, time-invariant systems. For each system output, the method determines a model order in a first step, and estimates the uncertain parameters in a second step, both from interval measurement data due to the unknown, but bounded errors. It results in a discrete-time model description with interval parameters. The method is demonstrated and discussed using simulated data as well as measurements.
Methoden zur Modellierung ordnungs- und strukturvariabler Antriebssysteme
Authors: Herchenhan Michael
Published: August 2014

Oft sind Ordnung und Struktur antriebstechnischer Systeme variabel, weil Kupplungen zum Einsatz kommen. Für die Modellierung resultiert daraus der Bedarf jeweils einer separaten mathematischen Beschreibung für jede mögliche Struktur. Der Modellierungsaufwand steigt schlimmstenfalls exponentiell mit der Anzahl der Schaltglieder. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird deshalb eine Methode vorgestellt, die den Arbeitsaufwand bei der Modellierung verlustbehafteter Antriebssysteme erheblich reduziert. Als Anwendungsbeispiel wird ein leistungsverzweigter Hybridantrieb betrachtet.
The Role and Challenges of Free-space Optical Systems
Authors: Chaudhary Sushank , Amphawan Angela
Published: August 2014

Complementing wireless radio networks with free-space optics (FSO) achieves high data rates by modulating radio subcarriers over an optical carrier without expensive optical fiber cabling, enabling a pervasive platform for reaching underserved areas. In this paper, we review the main features of FSO for terrestrial and inter-satellite communications. Simulations of 1 Gbps data transmission through FSO links in both terrestrial and inter-satellite communications have been investigated to highlight potential atmospheric challenges in FSO.
New records of Rhinolophus beddomei Andersen, 1905 (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from central peninsular region of India, including echolocation call characteristics
Authors: Srinivasulu Chelmala , Srinivasulu Bhargavi , Kaur Harpreet , Shah Tariq Ahmed , Devender Gundena
Published: August 2014

The nominate subspecies of the lesser woolly horseshoe bat
Probabilistic analysis of a thermosetting pultrusion process
Authors: Baran Ismet , Tutum Cem C. , Hattel Jesper H.
Published: August 2014

In the present study, the effects of uncertainties in the material properties of the processing composite material and the resin kinetic parameters, as well as process parameters such as pulling speed and inlet temperature, on product quality (exit degree of cure) are investigated for a pultrusion process. A new application for the probabilistic analysis of the pultrusion process is introduced using the response surface method (RSM). The results obtained from the RSM are validated by employing the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) with Latin hypercube sampling technique. According to the results obtained from both methods, the variations in the activation energy as well as the density of the resin are found to have a relatively stronger influence on the centerline degree of cure at the exit. Moreover, different execution strategies are examined for the MCS to investigate their effects on the accuracy of the random output parameter.
Cardiac or Other Implantable Electronic Devices and Sleep-disordered Breathing – Implications for Diagnosis and Therapy
Authors: Fox Henrik , Bitter Thomas , Klaus-Jürgen Gutleben , Horstkotte Dieter , Oldenburg Olaf ,   Cardiologist, of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine – Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. E: akleemeyer@hdz-nrw.de,   Pneumologist,   Co-chair of Electrophysiology,   Head,   Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Published: August 2014

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is of growing interest in cardiology because SDB is a highly prevalent comorbidity in patients with a variety of cardiovascular diseases. The prevalence of SDB is particularly high in patients with cardiac dysrhythmias and/or heart failure. In this setting, many patients now have implantable cardiac devices, such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or implanted cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices (CRT). Treatment of SDB using implantable cardiac devices has been studied previously, with atrial pacing and CRT being shown not to bring about satisfactory results in SDB care. The latest generations of these devices have the capacity to determine transthoracic impedance, to detect and quantify breathing efforts and to identify SDB. The capability of implantable cardiac devices to detect SDB is of potential importance for patients with cardiovascular disease, allowing screening for SDB, monitoring of the course of SDB in relation to cardiac status, and documenting of the effects of treatment.
Dental Procedures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and New Oral Anticoagulants
Authors: Tsolka Pepie ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Technology, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 13 K Palama, Neo Psychiko, 15451 Athens, Greece. E: ptsolka@otenet.gr
Published: August 2014

This review discusses the basic pharmacology of new oral anticoagulants that are used for prevention of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. It presents available evidence, and provides recommendations for the management of patients requiring invasive procedures in dental practice.
The Role of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cardiovascular Disease
Authors: Francque Sven M ,   Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology, University Hospital Antwerp & Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650 Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium. E: Sven.francque@uza.be
Published: August 2014

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most prevalent chronic liver disease in western countries and is closely related to the metabolic syndrome. When NAFLD is associated with hepatocellular damage and inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis [NASH]) it can lead to severe liver disease. However, it has become clear that NAFLD is also associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), independently of classical known risk factors for the latter. In the current review we briefly summarise the current clinical evidence on the role of NAFLD in CVD and discuss the potential mechanisms by which NAFLD can be linked to the pathophysiology of CVD.
Antiplatelet and Lipid-lowering Drugs in Hypertension
Authors: Cífková Renata ,   Head of Department, Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital, Prague; Department of Medicine II, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Prague; International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Videnska 800, 140 59 Prague 4, Czech Republic. E: renata.cifkova@ftn.cz
Published: August 2014

Antiplatelet therapy, and low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in particular, is recommended in hypertensive patients with previous cardiovascular events and is considered in hypertensive patients with reduced renal function or a high cardiovascular (CV) risk, provided blood pressure is well-controlled. Acetylsalicylic acid is not recommended in low-to-moderate risk hypertensive patients in whom absolute benefit and harm are equivalent. Further trials evaluating antithrombotic therapy including newer agents in hypertension are needed. Women at high and moderate risk of pre-eclampsia are advised to take a low dose of ASA daily from 12 weeks of gestation until delivery. In addition to their lipid-lowering effects, statins induce a small blood pressure reduction. The 2013 European Society of Hypertension (ESH)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines recommend using statin therapy in hypertensive patients at moderate-to-high CV risk to achieve the target low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol value <3 mmol/l (115 mg/dl). For individuals with manifest CV disease or at very high CV risk, a more aggressive LDL target of <1.8 mmol/l (70 mg/dl) is recommended.
Clinical Use of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Systemic Heart Disease
Authors: Mavrogeni Sophie , Markousis-Mavrogenis George , Kolovou Genovefa ,   Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 50 Esperou Street, 175-61, P. Faliro, Athens, Greece. E: soma13@otenet.gr,   Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece,   Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
Published: August 2014

A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or the body as a whole. Systemic diseases include endocrine, metabolic, nutritional, multisystem (rheumatic) and HIV disease. Cardiovascular involvement is a common and underestimated problem in systemic diseases, and may present with disease associated cardiac involvement at diagnosis or later in the course of the systemic disease. The cardiac involvement in these diseases is usually silent or oligo-symptomatic and includes different pathophysiological mechanisms such as, myocardial inflammation, infarction, diffuse, subendocardial vasculitis, valvular disease and different patterns of fibrosis. Furthermore, acuity of heart involvement may be underestimated due to non-specific cardiac signs, and finally, most of patients are female and unable to exercise, due to arthritis or muscular discomfort/weakness or may have limited acoustic window, due to increased breast size. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), due to its ability to reliably assess cardiac anatomy, function, inflammation, stress perfusion-fibrosis, aortic distensibility, and iron and fat deposition, constitutes an excellent tool for early diagnosis of heart involvement, risk stratification, treatment evaluation and long-term follow-up of patients with cardiac disease due to systemic diseases.
Mitral Regurgitation – A Multidisciplinary Challenge
Authors: Alegria-Barrero Eduardo , Franzen Olaf W ,   Interventional Cardiology, Torrejon University Hospital, Mateo Inurria s/n. 28850, Madrid, Spain. E: ealegriabarrero@secardiologia.es; Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK,   Interventional Cardiology, Klinik im Park, Hirslanden Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Published: August 2014

Mitral regurgitation is an increasing valvular disease that represents a difficult management challenge. Surgical treatment for degenerative mitral regurgitation is the standard of care treatment. Percutaneous therapies have emerged rapidly over the past years as an option for treatment of mitral regurgitation for selected, predominantly high-risk patients. Catheter-based devices mimic these surgical approaches with less procedural risk. Mitraclip® implantation mimics the surgical edge-to-edge leaflet repair technique, reducing the regurgitant area. We review the increasing evidence with the Mitraclip device reported to date.
Emergence of novel psychoactive substances among clients of a needle exchange programme in Budapest
Authors: Rácz József , Csák Róbert
Published: August 2014

In this paper the authors summarize experience of a drug service provider with the injecting use of novel psychoactive substances. Among clients of the needle exchange programme of Blue Point Drug Counselling and Outpatient Centre, the authors observed the spread of the novel substances since 2009. The extensive spread of the novel substances caused substantial change in injecting use patterns, thus in the usage of the needle exchange programme. The novel psychoactive substances appeared consecutively, so that this setting gave a unique opportunity to observe and track the emergence of these substances. The authors summarize the characteristics which are important for medical practice (risks, frequent use, severe psychopathological conditions) as well as special risks associated with these substances (substances with unknown composition and effect). They highlight the importance and role of the early warning system, monitoring the online sources of information and testing of samples containing novel psychoactive substances. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(35), 1383–1394.
On certain representations of Artin braid group
Authors: Iliev Valentin
Published: August 2014

We are studying the representations of Artin’s braid group Bn.
A note on the continuity of the inverse in paratopological groups
Authors: Xie Li-Hong , Lin Shou
Published: August 2014

The problem when a paratopolgical group (or semitopological group) is a topological group is interesting and important. In this paper, we continue to study this problem. It mainly shows that: (1) Let G be a paratopological group and put τ = ωHs(G); then G is a topological group if G is a Pτ-space; (2) every co-locally countably compact paratopological group G with ωHs(G) ≦ ω is a topological group; (3) every co-locally compact paratopological group is a topological group; (4) each 2-pseudocompact paratopological group G with ωHs(G) ≦ ω is a topological group. These results improve some results in [11, 13].
Benefits of the Complementary use of Archaeometry Investigations and Historical Research in the Study of Ancient Airplanes: the Breguet Sahara’s Rivets
Authors: Cochard Audrey , Douin Joël , Warot-Fonrose Bénédicte , Huez Julitte , Robbiola Luc , Olivier Jean-Marc , Sciau Philippe
Published: August 2014

The aim of this paper is to show that historical technical archives and complementary physico-chemical studies can be combined to obtain relevant information on the materials and processes used in the manufacturing of a Breguet 765 Sahara airplane. This will be useful both in history of sciences and technology and in the renovation of this more than fifty years old airplane.

The Breguet 765 Sahara plane is the last version of a family of French double-deck transport aircraft produced by Breguet between 1948 and 1960. The gathering of multi-disciplinary information from the literature of the period of production with laboratory investigations has revealed that a “new” aluminum-copper-magnesium alloy was used in the rivets of the Breguet 765. The A-U3G alloy was developed to meet properties requirements of the aeronautical industry for joining sheets of aluminum and was used in the Breguet 765 Sahara to strengthen the joints. Analytical techniques included TEM, EPMA microprobe and metallography.
Effects of Humidity on Gessoes for Easel Paintings
Authors: Doutre Michael , Murray Alison , Fuster-López Laura
Published: August 2014

Gessoes are widely used in easel painting as grounds or preparatory layers; in art conservation, gessoes are employed as infill materials to level a loss in the paint surface in preparation for inpainting. The goal of this investigation was to establish the relationship between the mechanical behavior of various gessoes when exposed to different relative humidities (25%, 50%, and 100%) and to compare modern commercial gesso products with a traditional gesso. The materials included two commercial artists’ acrylic gessoes (composed of largely titanium dioxide and aqueous dispersions of acrylic polymers), two commercial spackling compounds frequently used in the conservation of easel paintings, and a traditional gesso (calcium carbonate and rabbit skin glue). Uniaxial tensile testing was used to characterize the elastic modulus, strain at failure, and ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the materials. By understanding the physical limits of these materials under different conditions, damage to artworks and the failure of conservation treatments containing these types of materials may be prevented or reduced.
Hydrogen Absorption over Li – Carbon Complexes
Authors: Luo J.Z. , Chen P. , Xiong Z.T. , Tan K.L. , Lin J.Y.
Published: August 2014

A remarkable reduction in reaction temperature was found for the hydrogenation of Li metal in Li-C mixture. H2 uptake started at 50°C, became vigorous at 150°C and slowed down at temperatures above 200°C. In-situ XRD characterizations revealed that Li-C intercalation compounds such as LiC6 and LiC12 existed in the Li-C samples, and LiH formed after the hydrogenation taking place. Increasing the carbon content in the Li-C mixture, from Li/C = 10:1 to 5:1 and then to 2:1, would enhance the reactivity of hydrogenation accordingly. Carbon nanotubes, with smaller size and larger specific area, showed even greater enhancement of the hydrogenation of lithium metal than graphite. The mechanism for the low temperature hydrogenation of Li-C samples was studied and discussed.
Thermochemistry of New, Technologically Important Inorganic Materials
Authors: Navrotsky Alexandra
Published: August 2014

The past decade has seen exciting advances in the discovery, improved synthesis and processing, and molecular level engineering of new inorganic materials having specialized electronic, ceramic, and structural applications. Many such materials share two common characteristics: They are complex in structure and composition (think for example of oxide superconductors), and they must be prepared by a series of steps under carefully controlled conditions (consider the intricacies of zeolite synthesis for example). The use of low-temperature aqueous synthesis conditions, with appropriate attention to pH, inorganic and organic structure-directing agents, and subsequent drying and calcination protocols has led to a wealth of new and often metastable crystalline polymorphs, to amorphous materials, and to fine powders with particles of nanoscale dimensions. Methods such as sol-gel synthesis, chimie douce (soft chemistry), hydrothermal synthesis, chemical vapor deposition, and various beam-deposition and epitaxy techniques produce a wealth of materials not constrained to be in chemical equilibrium with their surroundings and not representing the state of lowest free energy. Modern materials chemists almost have their pet Maxwell Demon to select atoms at will and cause them to assemble in a structure of controllable dimensions. The wealth of possible new structures formed begins to mimic the riches of organic chemistry. In this field, the fact that all complex organic and biochemical molecules are metastable under ambient conditions with respect to a mixture of carbon dioxide, water, and other simple gases is irrelevant except in a conflagration.

Liberation of ceramic science from the tyranny of high-temperature equilibrium is thus leading to new materials synthesized more quickly, at lower cost, and under environmentally more friendly conditions. There is of course a price to pay. First the synthetic procedures are more complex than traditional “mix, grind, fire, and repeat” ceramic processing. Second and more importantly, very little is known about the long-term stability of the materials formed, about their degradation during use, and about materials compatibility. Two examples of such problems are the potential corrosion of high Tc YBCO superconductors by ambient H2O and CO2, and the collapse to inactive phases of complex zeolitic and mesoporous catalysts under operating conditions. Chemical reactions in metastable materials are governed by an intertwined combination of thermodynamic driving forces and kinetic rates. For this rich landscape of new materials, neither the depths of the valleys nor the heights of the mountains are known. Often one cannot even tell which way is energetically downhill.
Progress in the Development of a Mechanical Properties Microprobe
Authors: Oliver W. C.
Published: August 2014

A mechanical properties microprobe is an exciting concept. A system with the ability to evaluate the mechanical response of a sample with submicron spacial resolution would have an extremely wide range of applications. Recent developments in hardware and understanding have placed this goal within our grasp.

In 1971, J.J.Gilman wrote the following in his article, “Hardness—A Strength Microprobe”:

“Hardness measurements are at once among the most maligned and the most magnificent of physical measurements. Maligned because they are often misinterpreted by the uninitiated, and magnificent because they are so efficient in generating information for the skilled practitioner. They can quickly yield quantitative information about the elastic, anelastic, plastic, viscous, and fracture properties of a great variety of both isotropic and anisotropic solids. The tools that are used are simple and the sample sizes that are needed are typically small, sometimes submicroscopic. This makes it unnecessary to have large specimens in order to measure strength properties and makes it possible to measure the properties of various microscopic particles within the matrix phase of a polyphase metal, mineral, or ceramic material. This is why hardness may be considered to be a strength microprobe.”

These statements are worth repeating for two reasons. First, they point out the largely untapped potential for microin-dentation tests to improve our understanding of the mechanical properties of materials. Second, it is the first mention of hardness tests in the context of a strength microprobe. In this article the more general term of microindentation tests will be used, since hardness is only one of many properties that can be measured with such tests. In addition, the term mechanical properties microprobe (MPM) will be used rather than strength microprobe-again, to note the wide variety of properties that can be measured.
Organização, disponibilização e possibilidades de análise de dados sobre desastres de origem climática e seus impactos sobre a saúde no Brasil
Authors: Xavier Diego Ricardo , Barcellos Christovam , Barros Heglaucio da Silva , Magalhães Monica de Avelar Figueiredo Mafra , Matos Vanderlei Pascoal de , Pedroso Marcel de Moraes
Published: August 2014

A ocorrência de desastres muitas vezes é associada a processos naturais imprevisíveis. No entanto, a análise de grandes bases de dados permite mostrar tendências sazonais e de longo prazo, bem como padrões e áreas onde se concentram riscos. Neste trabalho é descrito o processo de aquisição e organização de dados sobre desastres, coletados pelos órgãos de defesa civil, e disponibilizados pelo Observatório Nacional de Clima e Saúde. As análises preliminares mostram a concentração de eventos desastres causados por chuvas intensas ao longo da costa brasileira, principalmente durante o verão. As secas apresentam maior duração e extensão, atingindo grande parte do sul e nordeste do país. Estes dados podem ser usados para analisar e monitorar o impacto de eventos climáticos extremos sobre a saúde, bem como seus determinantes de vulnerabilidade e clima.
Viver em áreas de risco: tensões entre gestão de desastres ambientais e os sentidos de risco no cotidiano
Authors: Spink Mary Jane Paris
Published: August 2014

Este artigo aborda a gestão dos riscos de desastres ambientais na ótica de pessoas em situações de vulnerabilidade. Tem por base as etapas iniciais da pesquisa Viver em área de risco, desenvolvida com o apoio do CNPq. As informações derivam de múltiplas fontes: atividades de uma organização local (Sociedade Santos Mártires); conversas informais com moradores e lideranças comunitárias da região; histórico das legislações sobre a defesa civil brasileira; matérias de jornais sobre desastres na região e extensa revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema. Apoiada em vertentes críticas das teorias sociais de risco, o objetivo é entender os processos por meio dos quais os atores dão sentido aos riscos. São abordados três tópicos: a descrição do território, com foco no conceito de vulnerabilidade socioambiental; a rede complexa de atores que performam risco naquele território; a gestão dos riscos por parte de pessoas com foco na vida cotidiana da comunidade. Os resultados preliminares sugerem que para entender a gestão dos riscos, na perspectiva das pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade, é necessário caracterizar a rede heterogênea de atores que performam o risco nesse território, assim como as múltiplas dimensões da hierarquização desses riscos por parte dos moradores.
Avaliação econômica dos casos de Dengue atribuídos ao desastre de 2011 em Nova Friburgo (RJ), Brasil
Authors: Pereira Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues , Barata Martha Macedo de Lima , Hoelz Melania de Paulo Cariello , Medeiros Viviane Nunes Lopes Oliveira , Marincola Felipe de Carvalho Vommaro , Costa Neto Cristina , Marinho Diana Pinheiro , Oliveira Teresa Vieira dos Santos , Trigo Aline Guimarães Monteiro , Medeiros Thiago Klein de
Published: August 2014

A perspectiva apontada pelos cenários climáticos desenvolvidos para o Brasil é de provável aumento no número de eventos hidrometeorológicos extremos nos próximos anos. Por isso, se faz importante o estudo dos agravos em saúde que poderão se intensificar em decorrência desses eventos. Portanto, por meio deste artigo, propõe-se estimar o custo representado pelos casos de dengue atribuídos ao desastre de 2011, em Nova Friburgo (RJ). Verificou-se que ocorreram 1.356 casos suspeitos de dengue, dos quais 937 foram confirmados. O custo total da doença pode ter variado, no mínimo, entre R$ 66 mil e R$ 499 mil, no cenário de menor valor de salário, sendo que cerca de 70% desse custo ocorreu entre os casos confirmados. O desastre provocou grandes mudanças no ambiente do município que, junto com os problemas de saneamento e limpeza urbana, que ocorreram em períodos posteriores ao evento, acabou por aumentar a disponibilidade de locais que pudessem servir de criadouro do mosquito, facilitando sua proliferação e aumentando a incidência da dengue, doença que na década anterior ao desastre teve baixa incidência no município. Isso ilustra o potencial que eventos como ao ocorrido em 2011, em Nova Friburgo, podem ter no incremento desses casos e, consequentemente, nos custos da doença.
Eventos de massa, desastres e Saúde Pública
Authors: Castro Camilla Figueiredo de , Simões Dayane Carla Menezes , Delamarque Elizabete Vianna , Pepe Vera Lucia Edais
Published: August 2014

O Brasil tem sediado eventos de massa (EM) e seus participantes estão sujeitos a riscos à saúde. Objetivou-se sistematizar as principais relações, de interesse da Saúde Pública, entre eventos de massa e ocorrência de desastres. Foram realizadas três estratégias metodológicas: revisão da literatura de EM, com busca sistemática, sistematização das principais informações sobre EM e seleção e sistematização das Referências que tratavam do tema desastre em suas palavras-chave, título ou Resumo. Foram selecionadas 28 Referências sobre EM, a maioria artigo científico, revisão de literatura, de 2012 e de natureza esportiva. Os principais assuntos abordados foram sistemas de vigilância e planejamento dos EM. Evidenciou-se a pouca informação analítica sobre os EM, bem como a importância de eventos não transmissíveis para a ocorrência de desastres, com destaque aos relacionados à multidão. O risco de desastres deve ser considerado no planejamento dos EM, para aumentar a capacidade de resposta considerando áreas estratégicas como: emergência médica, vigilância de doenças transmissíveis e vetores, segurança alimentar e dos serviços de saúde, saúde ambiental e laboratório. Ressalta-se a importância de pesquisas analíticas e de registro das experiências relacionadas aos EM, para a redução de risco de desastres.
Organizing the health sector for response to disasters
Authors: Shoaf Kimberley
Published: August 2014

Each year millions of people around the world are affected by natural and manmade disasters. The consequences of natural disasters in terms of health are complex. Disasters directly impact the health of the population resulting in physical trauma, acute disease, and emotional trauma. Furthermore, disasters may increase the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic and infectious diseases due to the impact on the health system. The health sector must be organized for adequate preparedness, mitigation, response and recuperation from a plethora of potential disasters. This paper examines the various potential impacts of disasters on health, the components of the health sector and their roles in emergency medical care and disaster situations, as well as the coordination and organization necessary within the system to best meet the health needs of a population in the aftermath of a disaster.
Análise temporal da relação entre leptospirose e ocorrência de inundações por chuvas no município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2007-2012
Authors: Guimarães Raphael Mendonça , Cruz Oswaldo Gonçalves , Parreira Viviane Gomes , Mazoto Maíra Lopes , Vieira Juliana Dias , Asmus Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Fróes
Published: August 2014

O objetivo do presente estudo é examinar o efeito da média mensal de precipitações sobre o risco de leptospirose na cidade do Rio de Janeiro entre 2007 e 2012. Trata-se de um estudo ecológico analítico cuja variável de desfecho foi o número de casos de leptospirose por mês, e a variável independente foi a precipitação média mensal para as 32 estações de monitoramento por ano. Optou-se por modelar a relação entre os casos de leptospirose e o efeito da chuva através da construção de um modelo linear generalizado, utilizando a distribuição binomial negativa. A precipitação-lag mês mostrou ser um fator explicativo forte para o número de casos de leptospirose. Este estudo indica que a média mensal de precipitações pode se constituir em um indicador que permita a realização de ações visando a preparação do setor saúde para o provável aumento de casos desta doença. Cabe, portanto, a articulação entre o trabalho da vigilância epidemiológica, especialmente aquele feito pelas salas de situação em períodos de crise, e as instâncias de gestão de riscos da vigilância ambiental, para aumentar a capacidade de resposta a desastres naturais no município do Rio de Janeiro.
Mortalidade por desastres no Brasil: o que mostram os dados
Authors: Carmo Roberto Luiz do , Anazawa Tathiane Mayumi
Published: August 2014

Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar e analisar as principais bases de dados existentes sobre mortalidade por desastres ocorridos no Brasil: EM-DAT -Emergency Events Database e o Atlas Brasileiro de Desastres Naturais, além do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM, Ministério da Saúde) e o Anuário de Desastres Naturais (Ministério da Integração Nacional). Essas bases de dados foram abordadas através de dois procedimentos metodológicos básicos: análise descritiva das informações sistematizadas e análise comparativa, através da construção de tabelas que permitiram analisar informações selecionadas. A comparação mostrou que, com as bases de dados atuais, não é possível afirmar se os desastres e a mortalidade por desastres estão aumentando no país, por conta das variações dos eventos que ocorrem a cada ano. O levantamento das informações mostrou a importância do megadesastre ocorrido na Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro em 2011, em especial no município de Nova Friburgo. Neste município, o desastre atingiu de diferentes formas os diversos grupos etários em ambos os sexos: o de 5 a 9 anos, foi o mais atingido entre homens e mulheres, além dos de 20 a 24 anos (para mulheres) e 30 a 34 (para homens).
O tema desastre na área da saúde: perfil da produção técnico-científica na base de dados especializada em desastres da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS)
Authors: Rocha Vania , Ximenes Elisa Francioli , Carvalho Mauren Lopes de , Alpino Tais de Moura Ariza , Freitas Carlos Machado de
Published: August 2014

Dentre as bases especializadas da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), a sobre "Desastres" indica a importância do tema para a área da saúde. O objetivo deste artigo foi identificar o perfil das publicações técnico-científicas desta base especializada. A partir de buscas sistemáticas e da análise dos resultados foi possível determinar: o tipo de publicação, os principais assuntos abordados, os tipos de desastres mais frequentes nas publicações, os países e as regiões como assunto, período histórico com mais publicações e a tendência atual das publicações. Ao explorar detalhadamente a base especializada, percebe-se que o número de assuntos principais é elevado, característica que dificulta buscas específicas dentro dela. Por outro lado, é positivo o fato de o tema desastre ser tratado de forma ampla e diversificada, associado a diferentes assuntos das ciências naturais e das ciências sociais. O tema desastre exige produção de conhecimento interdisciplinar para reduzir os impactos dos desastres e para gestão dos riscos. Deste modo, a saúde, por se tratar de uma área interdisciplinar, pode contribuir para tal produção.
A percepção de comportamentos relacionados à atenção plena e a versão brasileira do Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory
Authors: Hirayama Marcio Sussumu , Milani Daniela , Rodrigues Roberta Cunha Matheus , Barros Nelson Filice de , Alexandre Neusa Maria Costa
Published: August 2014

Mindfulness é uma prática e um modo de consciência que tem sido base para intervenções inovadoras no cuidado e promoção da saúde. Este estudo apresenta mindfulness , descreve e discute o processo de adaptação cultural do Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) realizado para a língua portuguesa no Brasil. Da versão original deste instrumento pioneiro para avaliação de mindfulness foram criadas duas traduções, uma síntese e duas retrotraduções. Estas foram avaliadas por um comitê de 14 especialistas (budistas, linguistas, profissionais da saúde), que ajudaram a criar duas versões para o primeiro pré-teste no qual, por meio de entrevistas, foram levantadas sugestões de uma amostra de 41 pessoas da população. Considerando as dificuldades no entendimento dos conceitos não familiares à cultura brasileira, elaborou-se uma nova versão com explanações adicionais, a qual passou por uma nova avaliação dos especialistas e segundo pré-teste com 72 pessoas. Este processo buscou responder às limitações e desafios de se avaliar mindfulness em um país de cultura ocidental por meio de um instrumento de autorrelato fundamentado na psicologia budista. Com adequados níveis de clareza e equivalência com o instrumento original apresenta-se o Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory adaptado para o Brasil.
Teaching and learning about food and nutrition through science education in Brazilian schools: an intersection of knowledge
Authors: Rangel Carolina Netto , Nunn Rebecca , Dysarz Fernanda , Silva Elizabete , Fonseca Alexandre Brasil
Published: August 2014

Science teachers are the main professionals in schools who address health-related subjects, though food and nutrition education (FNE) projects are mainly planned by health professionals, especially nutritionists. The objective of this study is to create a transdisciplinary approximation between scientific research fields and practical fields from the analysis of an integrated case study conducted in Brazilian schools. In 2011, 10 days of observation were programmed in six schools in five cities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with different social actors and data was analyzed using the complex thinking theory and the bricolage method of educational research. Planting of vegetable gardens or projects to improve table manners during mealtimes were identified in the schools. The results describe educational approaches used by science teachers to include FNE in school activities, even when not described in the official curriculum. Health professionals can identify actions to support health education in schools starting with that already undertaken by science teachers. The successful initiatives also involved professionals with practical knowledge and experience of life.
Differences between attendance in emergency care of male and female victims of traffic accidents in Porto alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Authors: Saldanha Raquel Forgiarini , Pechansky Flavio , Benzano Daniela , Barros Carlos Alberto Sampaio Martins de , Boni Raquel Brandini De
Published: August 2014

Driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs (DUI) is a well-established risk factor for traffic accidents, and men and women have different consumption patterns. The scope of this paper is to analyze differences in alcohol and drug consumption, as well as on behavior associated with traffic accidents among men and women. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 609 sequential traffic accident victims attended in emergency care from Porto Alegre. Subjects gave a structured interview, were breathalyzed and had a saliva test for alcohol/drug screening. Results showed that women were mainly passengers or pedestrians (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in positive blood alcohol concentration. However, men reported more binge drinking and THC use, while women had more benzodiazepine in their saliva (p<0.05). This is the first Brazilian study to compare alcohol and drug use among men and women who were the victims of traffic accidents. Results point to differences in the pattern of substance abuse, as well on risk behavior. Data may be useful for specific prevention strategies that take gender differences into consideration.
Impacto das condições bucais na qualidade de vida em servidores públicos municipais
Authors: Miotto Maria Helena Monteiro de Barros , Almeida Claudio Santos , Barcellos Ludmilla Awad
Published: August 2014

O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar a prevalência de impactos produzidos por condições bucais na qualidade de vida de funcionários públicos e possível associação com variáveis sociodemográficas, utilização de serviços odontológicos, dor dentária e necessidade de prótese. Este estudo transversal avaliou uma amostra de 286 funcionários. Foram utilizados quatro roteiros para a coleta de dados incluindo o Oral Health Impact Profile . A associação entre as variáveis foi verificada pelo teste exato de Fisher; o Odds Ratio avaliou a magnitude da associação entre o desfecho e a exposição. Foram ajustados modelos de regressão logística para cada dimensão. O número de indivíduos que declararam impacto foi de 93 (32,5%). A maior predição de impacto esteve associada à idade, condição socioeconômica, escolaridade, utilização de serviço odontológico, necessidade de prótese e dor de dente. Grande número de indivíduos declararam impacto na qualidade de vida devido a problemas bucais.
Análise de política: estudo da política pública de saúde ambiental em uma metrópole do nordeste brasileiro
Authors: Lyra Tereza Maciel , Araújo Júnior José Luiz do Amaral Correa de
Published: August 2014

A análise de políticas de saúde vem se consolidando no Brasil, embora com um conjunto de diferentes abordagens metodológicas. A partir do modelo elaborado por Walt e Gilson em 1994, analisou-se o Programa de Saúde Ambiental (PSA) do Recife, como política que se fundamenta nos princípios do SUS da Promoção da Saúde e Agenda 21. Buscou-se compreender: o contexto durante a elaboração e implementação do PSA; o processo de elaboração; quais atores influenciaram a agenda e o conteúdo propositivo do PSA. Realizou-se estudo qualitativo de caso, com entrevistas semiestruturadas de atores chaves. Os achados destacam: na esfera do contexto, a influência da eleição municipal, as características sociosanitárias do Recife, a escolha do Secretário de Saúde e da equipe de gestores, a adesão dos técnicos e o incremento financeiro. Quanto ao processo, destacou-se a captação da oportunidade pelos gestores. Em relação aos atores destacaram-se: gestores; técnicos setoriais; atores extrassetoriais com construção de viabilidade. O conteúdo do PSA guarda coerência com os princípios do SUS e da Promoção da Saúde. A implementação foi influenciada pela epidemia de dengue (2002), e por fatores culturais institucionais que exerceram pressão na ordem de implementação das ações previstas.
Importance of allochthonous resources in the diet ofAstyanax aff. fasciatus (Osteichthyes: Characidae) in streams: a longitudinal approach
Authors: Silva Marlene R. , Fugi Rosemara , Carniatto Natália , Ganassin Maria Júlia M.
Published: August 2014

The aim of this investigation was to respond the following question: is the consumption of allochthonous resources by Astyanax aff.fasciatus influenced by the longitudinal gradient in streams? To respond this question we sampled fish in the headwater, middle and mouth stretches of four streams (Upper Paraná River basin). Samplings were carried out from July 2007 to June 2008 using electrical fishing. Fish were identified, measured and their stomach contents identified and quantified. Spatial variations (among longitudinal stretches) in the diet were summarized using a principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). Spatial differences in the diet were tested with a multiresponse permutation procedure (MRPP). Allochthonous resources had the highest percentage of the A. aff.fasciatus diet in all stretches; however, the increased importance of autochthonous resources in the fish diet in the stream mouths made these stretches to differ significantly from the middle and headwater ones. The ordination analysis separated the fish diet sampled in the stream mouth from the diet of most fish samples in the headwater and middle stretches. The results highlight the importance of allochthonous resources, mainly insects, in the diet of A. aff. fasciatus. However, the diet was affected by longitudinal gradient and followed the pattern described for these ecosystems, where fish depend basically of allochthonous material in the headwaters and the importance of these resources decrease along the longitudinal gradient.
Seasonal morphological variation of the vas deferens of scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides)
Authors: Viana Diego Carvalho , Rui Leandro Almeida , Santos Amilton Cesar dos , Miglino Maria Angélica , Assis Neto Antônio Chaves de , Araujo Lianne Polliane Fernandes , Oliveira Antonia Santos , Sousa Alana Lislea
Published: August 2014

This study aimed to characterize the morphology of the vas deferens ofKinosteron scorpioides by macroscopic and microscopic analysis. Were used 20 adult male jurarás collected at regular intervals during the year and divided into four experimental groups in the rainy and dry seasons, being processed for light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Morphometry for tubular and luminal diameters and epithelial height were also performed. On rainy season, vas deferens presented pseudostratified epithelium with cylindrical cells, spermatozoids and milky fluid in the lumen, with cytoplasmic organelles and lipid vesicles. On dry season, epithelium was pseudostratified with cuboid cells, with cellular debris and no spermatozoids. There was significant variation (p<0,05) for morphometry of vas deferens, with lower values of tubular and luminal diameters on rainy season, and higher epithelial height on dry season.
Aplicações sucessivas de lodo de esgoto no girassol e efeito residual no trigo e triticale
Authors: Lobo Thomaz F. , Grassi Filho Helio , Kummer Ana C. B.
Published: August 2014

Neste trabalho se propôs avaliar o efeito da aplicação do lodo de esgoto durante dois anos sucessivos, na cultura do girassol e seu efeito residual na produtividade do trigo e triticale. Trabalhou-se durante dois anos consecutivos com a cultura do girassol semeando-se, após a colheita do segundo ano, o trigo e o triticale sem aplicação de lodo de esgoto. Foi adotado o delineamento experimental em blocos casualizados constituído por 6 tratamentos e 5 repetições: T0 - sem adubação com nitrogênio; T1 - adubação química nitrogenada de acordo com a necessidade de cultura; T2 - 50% adubação nitrogenada proveniente do lodo de esgoto e 50% na forma da adubação química, em cobertura; T3 - 100% da adubação nitrogenada do recomendado pela cultura, proveniente do lodo de esgoto; T4 - 150% da adubação nitrogenada proveniente do lodo de esgoto e T5 - 200% da adubação nitrogenada proveniente do lodo de esgoto. No girassol o lodo de esgoto proporcionou maior rendimento de grãos e de óleo no acumulado dos dois anos de aplicação sem, no entanto, interferir no teor de óleo, no triticale não interferiu no rendimento de grãos enquanto no trigo o melhor tratamento foi o de 150% da dose de N proveniente do lodo de esgoto.