bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Monument Public Address System AR
Authors: Drum Meredith
Published: May 2022

Monument Public Address System AR is an interactive augmented reality (AR) documentary revolving around an expanding collection of audio interviews about the past, present, and future of confederate and colonial monuments across the United States. The interviewees include activists, scholars, students, planners, community organizers, and other artists. Some have discussed feelings of exclusion when they see confederate and colonial imagery. Others have evaluated the symbolic violence of the monuments in relation to ongoing racist systems. And others have described potential liberatory sculptural works as replacements.
The main goal of the project is to engender thoughtful individual and collective experiences and to support critical and ongoing engagement with public memory and the political, social, and cultural processes responsible for public spaces. As Ana Lucia Araujo, historian and professor at Howard University, writes, “All monuments emerge and disappear because of political battles that take place in the public arena. Likewise, public memory is always political” (Lucia Araujo, 2020).
In terms of a participant’s experience of the AR media, once they download and open Monument Public Address System AR on their mobile devices, they will discover 3D virtual objects and animations superimposed on the world around them. When they interact with these objects, short sections of the audio interviews are triggered and play. As they listen to the interviewee’s narratives, participants can explore the virtual animations in relation to the surrounding physical space.
It is important to the author-artist that the app is accessible to as many people as possible. While the augmentations are geo-located, and the intention is for participants to circumnavigate confederate and colonial monuments – and the empty spaces where they once stood – while experiencing the AR, the app can be opened anywhere. Moreover, the app is mobile AR, released on both Google Play and the Apple App Store, so that it can be used on a large variety of hand-held devices. It is not dependent on expensive technology.
As a cis-gendered middle-class white woman from the southeast of the United States, the author-artist recognizes that her perspective regarding the racist history carried by these monuments is limited. She has initiated the project as a way of discovering, and undoing, her blindspots.
The author-artist sets out to support critical thinking about the future of public monuments and spark conversations on the history of slavery and racism in the United States. Monument Public Address System AR is offered as a platform for visual and aural expressions of frustration, anger, sadness, fear, and confusion regarding the racist, unjust and violent narratives that have shaped, and continue to shape, our present and future. It is also built for the enunciation of anti-racist hopes, activities and initiatives.
Exhibition of a VR Experimental Documentary
Authors: Schillaci Rossella , D’Onofrio Alexandra
Published: May 2022

During the exhibition session, we propose to view a VR experimental documentary of 20’. The VR film is made after a three-year practice-based collaborative research on mothers and children living together in a condition of imprisonment. The objective is to understand their different points of view about the confined spaces they are - or have been living - and how they endured the challenges of raising children in prison, and also which are their hopes and dreams for the future. This Ph.D. research mixes theory and practice, with the intent to analyze the production of the VR film, made combining live-action shooting and animation
Objectives and methodology: The aim is to discuss which are the potentialities and also limitations of immersive storytelling applied to visual anthropology in closed contexts such as prisons, with the collaboration of multiple approaches and forms of art, like animation.
VR filmmaking process helped to research confinement - in confined places - during the pandemic. 
The objective is to understand their different points of view about the confined spaces where they have been living in the past, and how they endured the challenges and the crises they faced during their childhood and motherhood, worsened by the pandemic. The attempt to hear their own voices and their perspective following Mirzoeff’s ideas (Mirzoeff 2011, 2015) brought me and a group of artists and practitioners to experiment and employ different forms of art and methodologies, such as illustration, animation, digital storytelling, photo-elicitation and anthropological observational fieldwork.
My hypothesis is that the VR filmmaking process – more than the normal ‘flat’ documentary cinema – helped to build and share a collaborative process (between academics, practitioners and the protagonists of the research). Furthermore, I (Rossella Schillaci) think VR technology helped to support the participation of children and youth, envisioning new possibilities for interdisciplinary collaborations and to better listening to children’s ideas of participation, and expression of their point of view about the present, past and mostly future, representing their thoughts, fears and dreams.
Intended results: reflection and debate about ethical problems, the potentiality of using new technology in the research and also in the dissemination of the results. How new media can facilitate and open a broad discussion about the topics that involved not only academics but also practitioners and decision-makers?
The VR film will be available for participants. An excerpt will be available for publication, together with a paper about the making process, the methodology, the challenges faced and the results obtained.
Complexity in Postmigrant Narratives of I-Docs
Authors: Weber Thomas
Published: May 2022

What epistemological potential do participatory organized web documentaries offer in comparison to 'conventional' documentaries? Does a closer analysis reveal differences between different participatory approaches? And what role does the construction of complexity play in terms of emancipatory effects?
These are the initial questions of my contribution which deals with an epistemology of participatory web documentaries in relation to the construction of complex knowledge worlds. It starts with a theoretical deconstruction of different notions of participation and their application in web documentaries. In doing so, the constructed frames of reference and narratives, the functioning of the developed self-designs as well as the negotiation processes of design are also examined with respect to their epistemological potential. Still, the concept of participation calls for differentiation and clarification in general and its use in individual cases; all too often the term "participation" has been used vaguely and turned into an umbrella term under which medial interactivity and participation, social and political participation, and cultural perception and recognition are conflated. It is precisely the equation of media participation with social and political participation that seems problematic here.
From the perspective of a critique of dividuation inspired by Gilles Deleuze and presented for example by Michaela Ott, participation seems to make sense only if it critically reflects the passivization imposed by digital communication and the entanglement of individuals in a complex network of social, cultural, and technological references – hence also normalized, stereotypical patterns of perception and cognition. Ultimately, this requires an examination of antagonistic, polyphonic, multi-perspectival and multi-media, thus also media self-reflexive forms of expression on different levels, which must be negotiated in their interplay. In short, such enganglements require an examination of the medial construction of relational forms of complexity, which is the prerequisite for participation to have an emancipatory effect at all.
The paper will fathom this theoretical context by an analysis of paradigmatically selected participatory web documentaries, examining different forms of complexity with regard to their epistemological and emancipatory potential. Thus, I will argue for a methodological shift of perspective that leads from an analysis of works to an analysis of their processuality. This – in the end, makes it necessary to recognize that it is also a question of how the various notions of participation – ranging from strategies of voice-giving realized in web-documentaries to dimensions of engaged listening – can contribute in their own respect to the development of polyphonic, multifaceted perspectives and make doing documentary a medium for negotiating positions and a means for self-empowerment of the stakeholders involved in these processes.
Open, Complex, Messy…
Authors: Zallot Vanessa
Published: May 2022

The production practices of interactive documentaries are very diverse and depend on the software one is using as well as the narrative structure they are trying to produce. Looking at the software Korsakow specific practices can be identified. Some of which are probably afforded by the softwares design and functions – but also by some of the hopes that are built around this software. The hopes for ‘true narration’ and to create stories that let us see ‘more clearly’, as the software’s website itself states. In my research I am aiming to identify and deeply describe the production practices that are enacted with softwares such as Korsakow. Questions like what hopes these practices are directed to, what the promises of the software (and the interactive film in general) is and how they are ultimately enacted are central to this. As well as the question: What does this allow us to find out about visual knowledge-making? And what are the new or more clear ways to represent knowledge in the interactive documentary – and are they even so new and different?
Special Issue IFM2022 Conference Presentations
Authors: Moura Hudson , Cooley Heidi Rae , Wiehl Anna , Odorico Stefano
Published: May 2022

The 4th Interactive Film and Media Virtual Conference reunites academics (faculty, researchers, and Ph.D. students) and practitioners (filmmakers, artists, VR and game designers, and media producers) to explore the definitions, terms, and practices to frame the conditions of interaction and interactivity in three strands: epistemology, listening, and ecomedia.
What are the interactive film and media epistemological contributions to contemporary art and media fields? How do/might interactive technologies, practices, experiences invite, or indeed, demand revised modes of listening? How might taking seriously the work of listening (as a form of attending to) open onto more generous ways of knowing, practicing, and being in an era of socio-ecological crisis?
This special issue features all the video presentations of the IV Interactive Film & Media Virtual Conference from June 8 to 10, 2022.
HIBRIDITAS KEBUDAYAAN JAWA SURINAME PADA ALAT MUSIK GAMELAN
Authors: Wahyudi Tri
Published: May 2022

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini membahas tentang hibriditas budaya masyarakat Suriname Jawa yang tercermin dari fenomena kegiatan kesenian yang dilakukan salah satunya adalah tradisi memainkan gamelan Jawa yang masih dapat disaksikan disebagian kecil lingkungan sosial masyarakat Suriname keturunan Jawa. yang menarik, bentuk, proses penciptaan, aturan, dan cara memainkannya cukup berbeda dengan gamelan Jawa di tanah leluhurnya, Jawa. Perbedaan ini tidak lepas dari sejarah awal migrasi orang Jawa ke Suriname yang pertama kali tiba pada tanggal 9 Agustus 1890, dimana sebagian besar pendatang adalah orang Jawa dalam sistem pendidikan kolonial Hindia Belanda. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi wawancara dan dokumentasi dengan cara datang ke negara Suriname untuk bertemu langsung dengan narasumber, serta analisis data melalui reduksi, penyajian data, verifikasi dan kesimpulan mengenai aspek hibriditas pada instrumen gamelan yang ada di Suriname dan Indonesia.

Kata Kunci : Budaya Hibrid, Jawa Suriname, Gamelan

 

ABSTRACT

This study discusses the hybrid culture of Javanese Surinamese people which is reflected in the phenomenon of artistic activities carried out, one of which is the tradition of playing Javanese gamelan, which can still be witnessed in a small part of the social environment of the Javanese Surinamese descendants. What is interesting is that the form, the process of creation, the rules, and the way of playing are quite different from Javanese gamelan in their ancestral land, Java. This difference cannot be separated from the early history of Javanese migration to Suriname which first arrived on August 9, 1890, where most of the immigrants were Javanese in the Dutch East Indies colonial system. this research uses qualitative research with data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation by coming to Suriname to meet directly with respondents, as well as data analysis through reduction, data presentation, verification, and conclusions regarding the hybridity aspect of a set of gamelan instruments in Suriname and Indonesia.

Keywords : Hybridity Culture, Javanese Suriname, Gamelan
DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERISTIC MOTIFS ON PRINTING MASKS AS PROMOTIONAL MEDIA FOR VISUAL CAMPAIGN IN PRODUCT DESIGN STUDY PROGRAM, ESA UNGGUL UNIVERSITY
Authors: Widyastuti Putri Anggraeni , Pertiwi Ratih , Huddiansyah Huddiansyah
Published: May 2022

The condition of the covid-19 virus pandemic gave to the term “new normal” lifestyle in society., They must wear a fabric mask who can be produces by digital printing as one of the visual promotional media. Therefore, the product is used as part of the lecture assignments for product design students at Esa Unggul University. It uses the process to development characteristic motifs as a visual material for printing masks. The goal is that they can apply the result of process to include a new visual aesthetic in a product. The applied research method was carried out by involving product design students from Esa Unggul University who were involved in similar course through questionnaire data collection. The result was found that the development creating characteristics motifs to produce new visuals or patterns. It can be used as a promotional media for a visual campaign for a printing mask product. In other words, the development creating process base of human image triangular can be used as experience developing characteristic motifs for designing printing masks. It is suggested to train the sensitive of product design student in visualizing the characteristics of visual campaign printing masks.
Hacia un aprendizaje informado. La literacidad informacional en universitarios durante la COVID-19
Authors: Ávila-Carreto Armando , Ramírez Martinell Alberto
Published: May 2022

El análisis expuesto aquí procede de los resultados parciales del trabajo de doctorado “Aprendizaje y enseñanza informada: literacidad informacional en estudiantes de Ciencias de la Educación”. Para empezar, durante la COVID-19 los universitarios transitan en el supuesto de que las tecnologías disminuyen las consecuencias del aislamiento. No obstante, tal acontecimiento llegó a resaltar el problema de los estudiantes para buscar y usar la información. La propuesta es reflexionar cómo usan los universitarios la literacidad informacional y cuáles son los mecanismos y estrategias para el manejo de la información. Para lograr el propósito y complementar la interpretación de la teoría, se eligió la etnografía virtual a través de la entrevista en profundidad para examinar a estudiantes de la licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Finalmente, los resultados exhiben que la relación entre la información y el estudiante es una correlación personal, y muestran las diferentes representaciones de razonamiento, percepción, inclinaciones, necesidades e intereses entre estos dos entes. Asimismo manifiestan que cada lector es diferente ante cada texto y presenta una respuesta particular. Además evidencian que la habilidad para manejar la información es un acto cuyas normas se desarrollan y establecen solo mientras ese acto se realiza. Por lo tanto, es necesario que, en el aula, los universitarios desarrollen habilidades de información.
Machine Learning Approach for Degradation Path Prediction Using Different Models and Architectures of Artificial Neural Networks
Authors: Shaheen Basheer , Németh István
Published: May 2022

Degradation and failure prediction has become more and more crucial for maintenance planning and scheduling, the decision-making process, and many other areas of manufacturing systems. This paper presents an approach where different artificial neural network models were developed to predict the degradation path of a machine component using different architectures, including fully connected networks (FCN) and arbitrarily connected networks (ACN). These models were trained using the Neuron-by-Neuron (NBN) training algorithm with forward-backward computations, where NBN is an improved form of the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm, combined with FCN and ACN architectures, which can be trained efficiently, it can give more accurate predictions with a fewer number of neurons used. The developed models were evaluated using the statistical performance measure of the sum of squared error (SSE). The results show that the used networks are successfully able to predict the degradation path; the 8-neurons model of FCN architecture and the 3-neurons model of ACN architecture with tanh (mbib) hidden layers activation function and linear function (mlin) of the outputs have the lowest prediction error (SSE) among all the developed models. The use of such architectures combined with NBN training algorithm can easily model manufacturing systems with complex component structures that provide a vast amount of data.
Current Status of Newborn Screening for the early Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Bangladesh
Authors: Ul Azim Mohammad Anwar , Islam Md Ariful , Biswasarma Sanchoy Chandra , Uddin Md Jashim , Jabin Zeenat , Begum Fatima , Begum Shamim MF , Alam Faridul , Hasan Mizanul , Nahar Nurun , Haque Jasmine Ara , Rahman Hosne Ara , Hossain Gazi Abul , Rima Shakila Zaman , Nahar Kamrun , Ali Murshed , Das Jharna , Jahan Nafisa , Ahsan Mostofa Shamim , Dey Shankar Kumar , Islam Md Reajul , Awal Md Abdul , Alam Md Sayeedul , Bose BK , Hoque AHM Roquibul , Paul Ashoke Kumar , Nasreen Faria , Hossain Sanowar , Moslem Fauzia
Published: May 2022

Background: Newborn screening programs signify early and presymptomatic detection of treatable disorders which authorize commencement of prompt medication to alleviate notable fatality. Newborn screening (NBS) for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been a successful public health initiative in preventive medicine over the last few decades. Previous pilot (1999-2006) and phase 1 (2006-2011) NBS program in Bangladesh reported an increased incidence compared to global data which urged to initiate a second phase NBS program for the detection of CH.
Materials & Methods: Neonates’ blood was collected from the umbilical cord or by heel prick and drawn on the Guthrie filter paper card. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was measured from this filter paper by Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) or Dissociation Enhanced Lanthanide Fluorescence Immunoassay (DELFIA) method.
Results: 123 out of 2,61,550 neonates have already been diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism from September 2018 to August 2020, which represents an incidence of 1:2126.
Conclusion: Ongoing phase-2 project data is already showing some optimistic outcomes. Hence, a time-worthy sustainable policy should be implemented to mark this program as an effective one.
Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 25(1): 15-21, 2022
Ramp Metering Strategies: A Literature Review
Authors: Cazorla Patricia , Calderón Francisco , Avila-Ordóñez Elina
Published: May 2022

Ramp metering (RM) is a control tool that allows keeping the flow in freeways main stream stable (occupancy below critical values), in order to delay the onset of congestion. A proper application guarantees a lower Total Travel time Spent in the network (TTS) (travel time in the main stream and waiting time at on-ramps), to varying degrees depending on the application. The benefits of RM arise from preventing congestion and/or from preventing queue spillback. In this paper, the state of the art is surveyed, ultimately selecting twenty-one relevant documents reporting case studies that compare the performance of two or more RM strategies. These documents are classified by the strategy used and reported gains (reduction in TTS). Regardless of the strategy, the authors recommend applying RM to highly congested freeways with similar TTS among ramps. Bottlenecks should be clearly identified to establish the place where the control must be carried out. Control parameters should be set using historical and real-time data and updated according to a receding horizon. Detrimental factors that could exacerbate initial conditions of congestion and spillback include: incorrect input parameters, reactive instead of proactive approaches, and queue formation only on some coordinated ramps.
Despacho Económico de Unidades Térmicas con Funciones Lineales de Costo utilizando el Algoritmo de la Luciérnaga
Authors: Oscullo José Antonio , Pilaquinga Santiago
Published: May 2022

Este artículo muestra el despacho de las unidades térmicas presentes en un sistema hidrotérmico por medio del uso del algoritmo de optimización que utiliza la inteligencia de las luciérnagas. Si bien el problema de despacho de las unidades térmicas ha sido tratado en otros trabajos, en el presente estudio se considera como función objetivo del despacho de las unidades térmicas mediante su costo de producción lineal con la consideración de restricciones binarias. El algoritmo de las luciérnagas ha probado tener una alta capacidad de optimización para determinar un punto óptimo en base a características de comportamiento de la naturaleza como los algoritmos genéticos, más se diferencia por la capacidad de ajustes pequeños cerca de la solución. El algoritmo de la luciérnaga se constituye en una herramienta heurística adicional para resolver este tipo de problemas de los métodos clásicos. Mediante la representación de un enjambre de luciérnagas cuya función objetivo es determinar la mayor intensidad luminosa en el punto de éste permite modificar la velocidad de convergencia siendo más rápida mientras más lejos esté de la solución. La metodología propuesta se implementa en Matlab y para mostrar su capacidad se la aplica al Sistema Nacional Interconectado (SNI) determinando el despacho económico de las unidades térmicas para días laborables, fines de semana y feriados.
Pengaruh Indeks Massa Tubuh terhadap Disease-Free Survival Lima Tahun Pasien Kanker Payudara di Rumah Sakit Kanker �Dharmais� Jakarta
Authors: ATHOILLAH SAFARUDIN , PRIHARTONO NURHAYATI , GAUTAMA WALTA
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTThere are some evidences that the metabolic changes in breast cancer patients with high body mass index (BMI) associated with insulin resistance and, in particular, the related alteration in cytokine production by adipose tissue which are major contributors to the aggressive behavior of breast cancer that develop through their effects in angiogenesis and stimulation of invasive capasity of cancer cells. Retrospective cohort study conducted at the Dharmais National Cancer Hospital aimed to determine the effect of BMI on five-year disease-free survival (DFS) breast cancer patients. This study was conducted from August to November 2014. The samples in this study were collected consecutively as many as 127 patients. From this study, it is known that the five-year DFS of breast cancerpatients was 70.0%. Based on the category of BMI, breast cancer patients with high BMI (>22.9 kg/m2) had the biggest DFS, followed by low BMI (<18.5 kg/m2) and normal BMI (18.5 22.9 kg/m2) that the precentages successively were 75.5%, 68.6%, and 60.4%. Multivariate analysis showed that BMI was not associated with the events of recurrence or metastases (HR 1.055; 95% CI 0.413-2.678) after being controlled by other variables, such as education, sosioeconomic, staging, lymph node involvement, histopathology, occupation, and biological subtypes.ABSTRAKBeberapa bukti menunjukkan perubahan metabolik pada pasien kanker payudara dengan indeks massa tubuh (IMT) tinggi berhubungan resistansi insulin dan khususnya perubahan terkait produksi sitokin oleh jaringan adiposa yang merupakan kontributor utama terhadap sifat agresif dari kanker payudara yang berkembang melalui pengaruhnya terhadap angiogenesis dan stimulasi kemampuan invasif dari sel kanker. Studi kohort retrospektif yang dilakukan di Rumah Sakit Kanker Dharmais ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh IMT terhadap disease-free survival (DFS) lima tahun pasien kanker payudara. Penelitian ini dilakukan dari Agustus sampai November 2014. Sampel yangdigunakan pada studi ini diambil secara konsekutif sebanyak 127 pasien. Dari studi ini, diketahui bahwa DFS lima tahun pasien kanker payudara adalah 70,0%. Berdasarkan kategori IMT, pasien kanker payudara dengan IMT tinggi (>22,9 kg/m2) memiliki DFS lima tahun yang paling besar, yaitu 75,5% ; diikuti pasien dengan IMT rendah (<18,5 kg/m2) sebesar 68,6%; dan 60,4% untuk pasien dengan IMT normal (18,522,9 kg/m2). Hasil analisis multivariat menunjukkan bahwa IMT tidak memiliki asosiasi dengan kejadian kekambuhan atau metastase (HR=1,052, 95% CI 0,413-2,678) setelah dikontrol oleh variabel pendidikan, sosioekonomi, stadium, keterlibatan kelenjar getah bening, histopatologi, pekerjaan, dan subtipe biologis.
Gambaran Mikrobiologi pada Ruang Isolasi Imunitas Menurun dan Ruang Operasi (Studi di Rumah Sakit Kanker “Dharmais” Jakarta, 2013-2014)
Authors: ARYADNYANI NI PUTU , MAHARANI EVA AYU , ASTUTI DEWI , TOBING DEMAK LUMBAN
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTPatients treated at the ward in a hospital can get nosocomial infection through exposure of microbes that contaminate air and medical equipments. This study was conducted to determine the amount of air microbes and to identify bacterium found on a swab equipments at Isolation room on decrease immunity and operating theatre in “Dharmais” Cancer Hospital Jakarta. This study uses secondary data on a periode of 2013-2014. The amount of microbial colonies that meet the threshold value in accordance with a predetermined on Kepmenkes RI No. 1204 / Menkes / SK / X / 2004 on a Hospital Environmental Health Requirements in RIIM is at 100%, while at OK is 13:33%. Types of microbes found in the RIIM were E. gergoviae, A. baumanni, S. liquefaciens, C. freundii, Y. enterocolitica, C. diversus and fungi while the types of microbes found in the OK room were A. haemolyticus, M. morganii, A. baumanni, E. coli, A. Iwoffli, K. oxytoca, C. diversus, K. ozaenae, P. stuartii, S. marcescens, Y. enterocolitica, and fungi. ABSTRAKPasien yang dirawat di ruang rawat inap sebuah rumah sakit bisa mendapat infeksi nosokomial melalui paparan dengan mikroba udara maupun yang mengontaminasi peralatan medis. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui jumlah koloni mikroba udara dan identifikasi bakteri pada swab peralatan di Ruang Isolasi Imunitas Menurun (RIIM) dan ruang operasi (OK) di RS Kanker “Dharmais”, Jakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder periode 2013-2014. Jumlah koloni mikroba yang memenuhi nilai ambang batas sesuai dengan yang telah ditetapkan pada Kepmenkes RI nomor 1204/Menkes/SK/X/2004 tentang Persyaratan Kesehatan Lingkungan Rumah Sakit pada RIIM adalah sebesar 100%, sedangkan pada OK sebesar 13,33%. Jenis mikroba yang ditemukan pada ruang RIIM adalah E. gergoviae, A. baumanni, S. liquefaciens, C. freundii, Y. enterocolitica, C. Diversus, dan jamur, sedangkan jenis mikroba yang ditemukan pada ruang operasi adalah A. haemolyticus, M. morganii, A. baumanni, E.coli, A. Iwoffli, K. oxytoca, C. diversus, K. ozaenae, P. stuartii, S. marcescens, Y. enterocolitica, dan jamur.
Peran Terapi Akupunktur pada Nyeri Tulang Metastasis
Authors: MIHARDJA HASAN , AGUNG ZULHAFIZ MUFTI
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTBone pain caused by cancer is a common complication in bone metastasis. Bone pain has the characteristic triad of pain including continuous pain, spontaneous pain and incident pain. Various mechanisms that allow bone metastasis can cause pain have been reported. These mechanisms include the possibility of local production of growth factors and cytokines. The management of the pain bone metastasis include aspects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. Acupuncture can play a role in the treatment of bone metastasis pain through modulation of various neurotransmitters and increase the production of endogenous opioids that can cause analgesika effect. This paper describes a male patient aged 62 years old with painful bone metastasis who experience an improvement after acupuncture therapy, with the goal of providing information on the possible use of acupuncture for painful bone metastasis. ABSTRAKNyeri tulang yang disebabkan oleh kanker merupakan suatu komplikasi yang sering terjadi pada metastasis tulang. Nyeri tulang ini memiliki karakteristik trias nyeri, yaitu nyeri terus-menerus, nyeri spontan, dan nyeri insiden. Berbagai mekanisme yang memungkinkan metastasis tulang dapat menyebabkan rasa nyeri telah dilaporkan. Mekanisme ini termasuk kemungkinan adanya produksi lokal faktor pertumbuhan dan sitokin. Tata laksana pada nyeri tulang metastasis meliputi aspek terapi farmakologis dan nonfarmakologis. Akupunktur dapat berperan dalam terapi nyeri tulang metastasis melalui modulasi berbagai neurotransmitter dan meningkatkan pengeluaran endogen opioid sehingga menimbulkan efek analgesik. Makalah ini memaparkan pasien laki-laki berusia 62 tahun dengan nyeri tulang metastasis yang mengalami perbaikan setelah terapi akupunktur, dengan tujuan memberikan informasi kemungkinan penggunaan akupunktur pada nyeri metastasis tulang.
Hubungan antara Menyusui dengan Risiko Kanker Ovarium
Authors: ADISASMITA ASRI , MARYANI DINI , DWIPOYONO BAMBANG
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTIncidence of Ovarian Cancer, which has a high mortality rate, has been reported to increase since 2008 in Indonesia. A number of protective factors have been identified, one of which is breastfeeding. Despite this, published literature on the association of breastfeeding and ovarian cancer in Indonesia has not been found. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of breastfeeding on ovarian cancer in general, as well as among pre and post menopause patients. This case control study was done at “Dharmais”Cancer Hospital, involving 71 patients with ovarian cancer as the cases, and 140 cervical cancer patients who served as the controls. Interviews were done during follow-up visits. Patients, with adouble primary cancer,were not included in the study. The study shows that lifetime breastfeeding contributes to a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer by 55% (OR=0.45, 95%CI 0.23 – 0.91) among all cases; the decrease was 53% (OR=0.47, 95%CI 0.23 – 0.96) for those who had previously given birth. These results were adjusted for level of education and menopause status at the time of diagnosis. Women with a history of breastfeeding have a lower risk of having ovarian cancer. The longer the duration of breastfeeding, the lower the risk of having ovarian cancer. The reduced risk was more than 50% for those with a lifetime breastfeeding of 24 months or more. ABSTRAKInsiden kanker ovarium yang memiliki tingkat letalitas tinggi, terus mengalami peningkatan sejak 2008. Beberapa faktor protektifnya telah diidentifkasi, salah satunya adalah menyusui. Meskipun begitu, penelitian yang membahas mengenai faktor tersebut belum banyak dilakukan. Untuk itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara menyusui dengan risiko kanker ovarium, baik secara umum maupun pada kelompok pre-menopause dan postmenopause. Studi kasus kontrol ini dilakukan di Rumah Sakit Kanker “Dharmais” dengan kasus pasien kanker ovarium (N=71) dan kontrol pasien kanker serviks (n=140). Interview dilakukan pada pasien yang melakukan follow up visit. Pasien dengan kanker primer lain selain kanker ovarium (double primary cancer case) tidak diikutsertakan dalam studi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan total durasi menyusui seumur hidup (lifetime breastfeeding) berhubungan dengan penurunan risiko terjadinya kanker ovarium sebesar 55% (OR=0,45; 95%CI 0,23–0,91). Pada semua responden yang pernah melahirkan, penurunan risiko sebesar 53% (OR=0,47; 95%CI 0,23–0,96). Nilai tersebut telah dikontrol terhadap variabel pendidikan dan status menopause saat didiagnosis. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa wanita dengan riwayat menyusui memiliki risiko yang lebih rendah untuk menderita kanker ovarium. Semakin lama durasi menyusui, semakin besar penurunan risiko terjadinya kanker ovarium, yaitu sebesar lebih dari 50% bagi mereka yang menyusui lebih dari 24 bulan.
Perbandingan Verifikasi Akurasi Posisi Pasien Radioterapi Secara Manual dan Semiotomatis Berbasis Citra DRR/EPID
Authors: NOFRIDIANITA SUSI , PRASETIO HERU , PAWIRO SUPRIYANTO A
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTRadiotherapy is one of common treatment modality for Nasopharyngeal Cancer. The development of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT technique) gives satisfactory results in the nasopharyngeal cancer treatment, both clinically and dosimetry. IMRT can reduce the effects of acute and chronic, with a maximum dose coverage to the tumor and minimal dose to the organ or normal tissue surrounding target value. The purpose of this study is to compare theaccuracy of patient positioning verification of Nasopharyngeal Cancer IMRT with DRR / EPID image registration. Retrospective data analysis of the AP and Lateral projections DRR and EPID images 35 patients (140 images) were then manually verified by simulative applied fusion semiautomatic with FIJI program. FIJI program improved the image quality of the DRR and EPID to facilitate the image registration. Results of this study shows no statistically significantdifference between the manual verification and semiautomatic fusion method of nasopharyngeal cancer patients, but there is a tendency that the semiautomatic method with FIJI program provides verification geometry radiotherapy better a result than manual methods.ABSTRAKTeknik Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) dapat mengurangi efek akut dan kronik, dengan cakupan dosis maksimal pada tumor dan dosis minimal pada organ/jaringan sehat di sekitarnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbandingan verifikasi akurasi posisi pasien IMRT Kanker Nasofaring dengan registrasi citra DRR/ EPID. Analisis data retrospektif terhadap citra DRR/EPID dari 35 pasien proyeksi AP dan Lateral (140 citra) yang telah diverifikasi secara manual kemudian secara simulatif diterapkan metode fusi semiotomatis dengan program FIJI. Penggunaan program FIJI dapat memperbaiki kualitas citra DRR/EPID sehingga memudahkan dalam verifikasi geometri radioterapi. Hasil penelitian ini secara statistik menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbedaan antara verifikasi manual denganmetode fusi pada radioterapi pasien kanker nasofaring, namun secara deskriptif terdapat kecenderungan bahwa metode fusi dengan program FIJI memberikan verifikasi geometri radioterapi yang lebih baik dibandingkan metode manual.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Recurrent Brain Metastases After Prior Radiosurgery: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: KODRAT HENRY , NOVIRIANTHY RIMA
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTPreviously, all brain metastasis has been treated with whole brain radiotherapy and the survival is poor. Recently, the development of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) provides comparable efficacy with low toxicity, and in several cases have a better survival compared to historical data. We conducted a case review in brain metastasis, which has been treated with SRS previously and experienced distant brain recurrence, then re-treated with SRS.ABSTRAKDahulu, semua metastasis otak ditangani dengan modalitas radiasi seluruh otak dan memiliki kesintasan yang tidak terlalu baik. Saat ini berkembang modalitas stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). SRS memberikan efektivitas yang sebanding dengan toksisitas yang rendah dan pada beberapa kasus memiliki kesintasan yang lebih baik dibandingkandata sebelumnya. Berikut adalah tinjauan kasus metastasis otak dengan penanganan SRS sebelumnya dan mengalami kekambuhan di lokasi lain pada otak, kemudian ditatalaksana ulang dengan SRS.
Febrile Neutropenia pada Pasien Pascakemoterapi
Authors: BUDIANA I NYOMAN GEDE , FEBIANI MELINDA
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACTFebrile neutropenia (FN) is one of the side effects caused by chemotherapy due to hematopoetic suppression that cause neutropenia and other triggerring factors such as infection. More specifically, FN is defined as the temperature above 38,3oC at once oral temperature measurements or 38,0oC temperature within a period of time more than one hour with neutrophil counts less than 500/mm3 or neutrophil counts less than 1000/mm3 with predicted decline to 500/ mm3 within 48 hours. Febrile neutropenia defined as a medical emergency and oncology which has a high mortality rate. Although currently there is a great development in the prevention and therapy of FN, but this is still the most feared complication of cancer chemotherapy. This article summarizes the important aspects of the FN as well as it’s early detection and management that should be of concern for clinicians who decide to use chemotherapy as one of treatment modality for their patients. ABSTRAKFebrile neutropenia (FN) merupakan salah satu efek samping dari kemoterapi yang disebabkan oleh supresi hematopoesis yang menyebabkan neutropenia ditambah dengan faktor pencetus lain seperti infeksi. Secara lebih spesifik, FN didefinisikan sebagai temperatur di atas 38,3oC pada sekali pengukuran suhu oral atau suhu 38,0oC dalam jangka waktu lebih dari 1 jam dengan hitung jenis neutrofil kurang dari 500/mm3 atau hitung jenis neutrofil kurang dari 1000/mm3 dengan prediksi terjadi penurunan sampai 500/mm3 dalam waktu 48 jam. Febrile neutropenia ditetapkan sebagai kegawatdaruratan medis dan onkologi yang memiliki angka mortalitas tinggi. Walaupun saat ini terdapat perkembangan besar pada prevensi dan terapi FN, FN masih merupakan komplikasi yang paling ditakuti. Artikel ini merangkum aspek-aspek penting dalam deteksi dan penatalaksanaan FN, di mana hal ini perlu menjadi perhatian klinisi yang memutuskan untuk menggunakan kemoterapi sebagai modalitas pengobatan pasien.
Efeito do extrato de própolis sobre o processo de cicatrização da pele: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Pereira Thercyo Ariell Costa , Silva Francisco Laurindo da
Published: May 2022

A própolis é uma mistura resinosa natural produzida pelas abelhas a partir de substâncias coletadas de partes de plantas, brotos e exsudatos. Devido à sua natureza cerosa e propriedades mecânicas, as abelhas utilizam a própolis na construção e reparo de suas colméias e tal substância é amplamente conhecida por um efeito benéfico na saúde humana, incluindo a cicatrização de feridas. Nesse contexto, tal pesquisa teve como objetivo abordar, por meio de uma revisão sistemática, o emprego do extrato de própolis na clínica de lesões e da cicatrização de feridas na pele, levando em consideração seus beneficios. A pesquisa consistiu em uma revisão sistemática, com abordagem quantitativa, em que utilizou os descritores “Propolis” OU “Apis mellifera L.” e “Wound Healing”, aplicando ainda o intervalo temporal dos últimos cinco anos. Para a coleta dos dados forma utilizados critérios de inclusão e exclusão citados. Ao se utilizar os descritores e intervalo temporal nas três bases de dados se encontrou no total 378 artigos, que após um processo de filtragem utilizando os critérios de inclusão e exclusão citados anteriormente, um resultado final de onze artigos foram selecionados. Os estudos demonstrados nesta pesquisa apresentam o extrato de própolis como um tratamento promissor na cicatrização da pele levando em consideração o efeito terapêutico de seus constituintes que, de forma eficaz, acelera o processo de reparação tecidual, melhorando significativamente a qualidade de vida aos portadores de lesões.
Bioremediation of dairy wastewater using bacteria: a panoramic review
Authors: Cardoso Nayara Lizandra Leal , Silva Felipe Ferreira , Silva Anna Kelly Moura , Ribeiro Júlia Antunes Tavares , Valinhas Raquel Valinhas e , Penido Wanderson Duarte , Souza Isabela Brescia Soares de , Silva José Antônio da , Granjeiro Paulo Afonso , Magalhães Juliana Teixeira de , Gonçalves Daniel Bonoto
Published: May 2022

The Bioremediation consists of applying microorganisms to reduce, eliminate or transform organic or inorganic polluting compounds into inert substances. Solid and liquid wastes are generated daily in industrial activities and, among the food processing industries, the dairy sector presents a large number of liquid effluents due to its extensive use of water in various activities and sectors. For an efficient treatment of effluents, it is essential to understand the microbiota of the wastewater, its biochemical characteristics and metabolic activity, as well as the origin of the polluting compounds. The growing demand for products derived from livestock and agricultural activity drives the search for environmental technologies capable of providing sustainable development. In this scenario, biotechnological studies and bioremediation applications are increasingly gaining ground both for environmental control and for application in value-added products. The purpose of this review is to present and discuss the most recent and used technologies for bioremediation of effluents from dairy industries using bacteria.
Estudo retrospectivo: avaliação dos níveis séricos de vitamina D em cães residentes na região de Natal - RN nos anos de 2019 a 2021
Authors: Barreto Filho Tarcísio Alves , Moreira Andressa Welison Locatel , Costa Clara Viviane Silva da
Published: May 2022

Atualmente, a vitamina D (VitD) tem sido reconhecida por sua função hormonal e seu potencial sobre os parâmetros de homeostasia mineral, processos metabólicos e atuação na reprodução. Assim sendo, é importante compreender que, apesar desta vitamina poder ser adquirida via alimentação, sua monitoração é fundamental na rotina veterinária de cães domésticos, pois estes podem apresentar níveis baixos de VitD. A identificação precoce de níveis reduzidos desta vitamina poderá auxiliar na prevenção e no auxílio de tratamentos para diversos tipos de enfermidades. Desta forma, este trabalho teve como objetivo realizar um estudo retrospectivo para avaliar os níveis séricos de vitamina D em cães machos e fêmeas criados na região de Natal nos anos de 2019 a 2021, averiguando, em conjunto, dados sobre sexo e idade destes animais, e a influência dessas características sobre uma possível deficiência de vitamina D. Para coleta de dados foram realizados exames sanguíneos em 120 cães, sendo machos e fêmeas para averiguar como encontrava-se seus níveis de vitamina D, destes, apenas 4% estavam em normalidade, 73% limítrofe, 14% acima e 9% abaixo do indicado, sendo constatado que mais de 90% dos animais analisados precisavam de regularização de seus níveis de Vitamina D.
Desafios da diversidade em contextos de interculturalidade. Um estudo quantitativo sobre mulheres e homens negros na gestão do Sertão Central pernambucano
Authors: Araújo Maria Damirys Lopes , Santos Matheus Almeida , Ifadireó Miguel Melo , Machado Tiago Silveira , Alencar Yohana Maria Monteiro de Augusto , Brandão Wanderberg Alves , Ferreira Francisco Renato Silva
Published: May 2022

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os desafios da diversidade em contextos da interculturalidade relacionado as vivências de mulheres e homens negros em cargos de Gestão no Sertão Central Pernambucano. O estudo objetiva compreender os processos de inclusão e de exclusão sob o foco do gênero e da raça nas atividades profissionais de gestão de empresas, seja na esfera pública, quanto na privada. Avaliando assim, os impactos do racismo estrutural direcionado a racialidade de colaboradores negr(a)os, interseccionando as problemáticas de gênero, investigando empiricamente a visão subjetiva dos colaboradores relacionada ao processo de inclusão e ascensão de carreira e descrevendo, de forma quantitativa, os demais processos e desafios da interculturalidade e da ausência da diversidade na seara da gestão público-privada. Os achados do estudo permitem revelar que os problemas da racialidade e do gênero são empecilhos e desafios experimentados no cotidiano por colaboradores mulheres e homens negros e que que precisam ser enfrentados, buscando a consolidação de uma cultura mais inclusiva a diversidade.
Itinerário diagnóstico e terapêutico de pessoas com câncer: um estudo bibliométrico
Authors: Queiroz Ana Cláudia de , Silva Monique Pereira da , Fonseca Andrielly Cavalcante , Monteiro Maria Heloyse de Lima , Rafael Kádla Jorceli Gomes , Alexandrino Arthur , Agra Glenda
Published: May 2022

Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a produção científica sobre o itinerário diagnóstico e terapêutico de pessoas com câncer publicada em periódicos online. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo bibliométrico, realizado com oito artigos publicados entre 2016 e 2020 nas bases de dados LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE. Resultados: O ano de 2018 apresentou o maior quantitativo de publicações sobre a temática, destacando que 100% dos periódicos são nacionais e a Revista Saúde Pública que apresentou o maior fator de impacto dentre os encontrados. Discussão: A investigação apontou que a maior parte das publicações foi conduzida por pesquisadores da área de Enfermagem e Farmácia, estando em níveis variados de titulações acadêmicas. De modo geral, observou-se que as publicações que envolvem itinerários diagnósticos e terapêuticos de pessoas com câncer apresentam um enfoque biomédico e sociológico das experiências atribuídas à doença. Conclusão: Acredita-se na importância de desenvolvimento de outros estudos, com amostras mais robustas e que descrevam maiores detalhes sobre o acesso e o itinerário diagnóstico e terapêutico de pacientes com câncer.
Considering elements of natural strategies to control salmon lice infestation in marine cage culture
Authors: Stene A , Carrozzo Hellevik C , Fjørtoft HB , Philis G
Published: May 2022

Salmon lice are a severe problem in salmonid aquaculture and also affect wild salmon smolts migrating through fjord systems in spring. To keep the lice burden within acceptable limits, frequent use of chemical delousing has resulted in the parasite becoming resistant to these treatments. Alternative thermal and mechanical delousing practices induce welfare problems and loss of farmed fish. To avoid losing the constant arms race with the parasite, we need a new approach to the problem. Inspired by the natural host-parasite balance, we propose a change in salmonid aquaculture practices by combining and improving existing management strategies for a more holistic and sustainable vision of the industry. Before salmonids were farmed in open cages, few hosts were available for salmon lice during winter, which reduced the salmon lice populations to a minimum when the wild smolts were migrating to sea. Thus, the natural strategy is to decrease host availability for a sufficient period of time to allow salmon lice nauplii to die of starvation. Due to the long survival and drift of the nauplii, it is important to significantly increase the distance between open farming units, either by organising and aggregating farms in extensive fallowing areas with significant distance to other corresponding areas or by controlling water flow through active production units during extensive fallowing. Here we primarily address environmental interactions. Economic and juridical implications of the proposed strategy are not discussed in detail. However, we do briefly suggest relevant current regulations and possible costs and benefits of reducing delousing treatment intensity.