bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Bracket Failure with Resin Modified Glass Ionomer Cement and Resin-Based Adhesive
Authors: Jabbar Abdul , Aqeel Maheen , Sahito Ashique Hussain , Khatri Muhammad Siddique , Shah Syed Rizwan , Tariq Junaid
Published: October 2024

A high strength of bonding materials is needed for orthodontic attachments to sustain therapeutic forces and patients’ masticatory habits. Objectives: To compare the bond strength of the resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) and resign based adhesive system which leads to bracket failure in orthodontic treatment (failure to bracket attachment) for the duration of 6 months at the a tertiary care hospital at Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study involved 30 patients, each with 20 brackets, using non-probability sampling. Participants were between the ages of 13 and 30 with fully erupted permanent teeth and mild skeletal discrepancies. Quadrants were randomized, and 120 attachments were placed in total, split evenly between the two types of materials. The study involved bonding orthodontic brackets using either composite resin or RMGIC. The teeth were prepared and cleansed, and the brackets were bonded following standard procedures. Patients were monitored each month for six months (six visits) to check for any debonded or missing brackets. Chi-Square test was run to compare bracket failure between two groups. Results: There were significant differences in bracket failure rates between the composite and RMGIC sides. Composite had a lower failure rate, with 90% of brackets remaining intact compared to 63.3% with RMGIC (p=0.04). Gender comparisons showed both male and female participants experienced more failures with RMGIC than with composite, with p-values of 0.039 and 0.038, respectively. Conclusion: RMGIC could not withstand the forces experienced during fixed appliance treatment as effectively as composite resin, resulting in a higher debonding rate.
Unveiling the Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs on Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality
Authors: Sami Asad , Rafiq Kashif , Ahmed Zahoor , Khan Muhammad Umer Farooq , Noor Danish , Khan Muhammad Usama
Published: October 2024

Enhanced recovery after surgery is an evidence-based and holistic perioperative care approach and a real revolution in surgical settings. Initially, this concept referred to as “fast-track surgery’’ has evolved to enhanced recovery after surgery and acquired remarkable attention for its potential to improve patient recovery and surgical adverse outcomes, reduce the length of hospital stay, and yield beneficial impact on post-surgical mortality and morbidity. Objective: To evaluate the impact of enhanced recovery after surgery programs on Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality. Methods: A comprehensive overview was provided based on several studies' data on the impact of enhanced recovery after surgery programs on postoperative mortality and morbidity. Nine years of epidemiological studies published between 2014-2023 were included based on the presence of qualitative and quantitative data. Results: Enhanced recovery after surgery significantly reduces the overall morbidity, surgical site infections, and complications associated with different surgeries, and shortens the length of stay at the hospital without escalating the readmission and mortality rate. However, only one study reported a significant difference in mortality rate between enhanced recovery after surgery and the control group. Conclusions: It was concluded that enhanced recovery after surgery protocols have increasingly been recognized as pivotal tools in reducing postsurgical mortality and morbidity, highlighting their efficacy in optimizing surgical consequences. By synthesizing core insights this review emphasizes the concrete advantage of enhanced recovery after surgery programs inpatient rehabilitation mobilization, encompassing faster recovery, and reducing surgical-related adverse effects.
Correlation Between Complexity of Coronary Lesions and Delta High-sensitivity Troponin (hs-cTn) I Levels in Patients of Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Azam Muhammad Hammad , Wahab Muhammad Abdul , Danish Naveed , Taha Muhammad , Naeem Shitba , Muhammad Shaheer Khan
Published: October 2024

Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction is a critical condition where early identification of myocardial injury is essential for risk stratification and treatment. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) is a well-established biomarker for detecting myocardial damage. Objectives: To assess the association between Syntax scores and initial significant delta hs-cTnI in patients who had been hospitalized with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Methods: Observational cohort study from January 2022 to December 2022 involving a total of one hundred and fifty patients admitted at Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. hs-cTnI on admission and at 1, 2 hours and between (6h-12 h) post-admission daily was measured. Coronary lesion complexity was assessed with Syntax scores according to the results of coronary angiography. Statistical Analysis of data was performed using Pearson correlation to analyze the association between syntax scores delta hs-cTnI levels. Results: SYNTAX scores were correlated with Δhs-cTnI levels at all-time points, and the strongest correlation was found 6-12 hours post-admission (r=0.78). The syntax score had a mean value of 24.11 ± 14.74, and hs-cTnI levels increased over time to reflect the extent of myocardial injury. Conclusions: It was concluded that in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction patients, Syntax scores demonstrating more complex coronary lesions are related to higher delta hs-cTnI levels. This value highlights the use of hs-cTnI as a biomarker to evaluate the severity of myocardial injury and direct clinical decision-making in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Delta hs-cTnI measurements in diagnostic and risk stratification algorithms may lead to enhanced early identification of disease with improved outcomes.
Management of Symptomatic Gallstones in Pregnancy
Authors: Hussain Zahoor , Ali Zulfiqar , Sirajudin . , Baker Abu , Sadaf . , Hussain Aijaz
Published: October 2024

Gallstones, also known as cholelithiasis, are crystalline forms that occur in the gallbladder or biliary tract. Pregnancy causes various physiological changes that raise the chance of gallstone formation, which can lead to difficulties for both the mother and the fetus. Objective: To examine the safety and outcomes of conventional and interventional treatment in pregnant women with symptomatic gallstones. Methods: The study was longitudinal study. This study was conducted in Khairpur Medical College Civil Hospital Khairpur Mirs. The duration of this study was one Year, from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023. A total number of participant was (N=250) in this study. The age of participants was 18-35 years. There were included two treatment conventional and interventional. Results: The mean age of patients was 35.5 years. This study included 250 patients, had experienced gallstone symptoms. The intervention treatment group had the most participants (76%), followed by the conservative treatment group (24%). The cholecystitis participants had conservative treatment (76.3%), followed by laparoscopic treatment (53.3%). The majority participants was (66.6%) got laparoscopic therapy in the second trimester and indicate significant outcomes as compared to third trimester. The pregnant women was experienced no mortality, miscarriage during intervention therapy. Conclusions: This study supported prior findings that laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed safely during pregnancy, particularly in the second trimester. However, the third trimester brings additional obstacles, as seen by the higher prevalence of open cholecystectomy.
Prevalence and Patterns of Electrolyte Imbalance in Children Diagnosed with Acute Severe Malnutrition at a Nutritional Stabilization Center
Authors: Azizullah . , Chand Saroop , Shah Mushtaque Ali , Radhan Abdul Hameed , Baloch Haseeb Nisar , Nazimuddin . , Chohan Muhammad Nadeem
Published: October 2024

Malnutrition accounts for around 35% of all fatalities in Pakistan among children under five, making it the primary cause of childhood mortality in that country. The most severe type of malnutrition, known as severe acute malnutrition (SAM), was frequently linked to electrolyte abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how frequently electrolyte imbalance occurred in children with SAM who were admitted to a tertiary care facility. Objective: To Determine the Prevalence and Patterns of Electrolyte Imbalance in Children Diagnosed with Acute Severe Malnutrition at a Nutritional Stabilization Center”. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Nawabshah at the Department of Pediatrics, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences, from May 16 to August 15, 2024. This study comprised 92 patients with severe acute malnutrition, ranging in age from 2 to 60 months. Non purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. Children with secondary causes of wasting were excluded, including those with congenital heart disease, chronic renal or liver illness, TB, cancer, and hemolytic anaemia. Weight-for-height was calculated using measurements of weight, length, and height. When the weight-for-height ratio fell below the -3 standard deviation (SD), children were diagnosed with SAM. The lab received blood samples that were taken for serum electrolytes. The chi-square test was used for stratification, and descriptive statistics were computed. Results: Participants' average ages ranged from 23.63± 12.71 months. A total of 85 (93.4%) of the 92 SAM patients had an electrolyte imbalance. The prevalence of hypokalemia (70.08%), hypocalcemia (56.52%), hyponatremia (32.60%), and hypomagnesemia (28.26%), respectively. Conclusions: Children with SAM experience dyselectrolytemia both with and without problems. In all cases of SAM, serum electrolyte levels may need to be assessed in order to identify hyponatremia and hypokalemia in the absence of symptoms. This will facilitate the inpatient treatment triage process for patients with asymptomatic hyponatremia and hypokalemia.
Postoperative Immunosuppression Following Breast-Conserving Surgery vs. Mastectomy: The Role of Surgical Injuries and Intraoperative Sympathetic Activation
Authors: Raza Hamid , Inam Ayesha , Farid Nadir , Sarang . , Qureshi Muhammad Azhar , Yousaf Nawal
Published: October 2024

Breast cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among all types of cancers. Objectives: To evaluate the role of surgical tissue injury and intraoperative sympathetic activation in postoperative immunosuppression after breast-conservative surgery and mastectomy. Methods: This prospective/observational study investigated 36 breast cancer patients in the Department of Surgery Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences, Gambat from June 2022 to May 2023. Patients who were on schedule to undergo either mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery enrolled. Patients were categorized into two groups; Group I (breast-conserving surgery group n=18) and Group II (mastectomy group n=18). The intraoperative sympathetic activation, plasma Damage-associated molecular patterns, and postoperative immune function were compared in both groups. Descriptive statistics were done using SPSS version 28.0.   Results: The overall mean age and body mass index of Group I and Group II were 62.8 ± 8.9 vs. 60.6 ± 10.6 years and 26.9 ± 3.8 vs. 25.8 ± 3.7 kg/m2, respectively. The overall duration of surgery (minutes) was 56 ± 18 and 85 ± 22, respectively. The prominent indication for surgery in Group I and Group II was Invasive carcinoma 17 (94.4%) and 11 (61.1%), respectively. The concentration of plasma alarmins and IL-6 was significantly higher in patients who underwent mastectomy as compared to breast-conserving surgery. Conclusions: It was concluded that differences in Damage-associated molecular patterns release and intraoperative sympathetic activation between mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery may influence, and potentially contribute to, postoperative immune homeostasis to improve survival seen after breast-conserving surgery.
Radio-Histopathological Spectrum of Ovarian Specimens Following Cystectomy
Authors: Khaliq Nagina , Khaliq Huma , Gulzar Saima , Yaqoob Saima , Niazi Farah Bano , Khalid Amna
Published: October 2024

Ovarian cysts can be benign or malignant and requires accurate diagnosis for efficient treatment. Objective: To characterize the radiological and histopathological spectrum of ovarian specimens following cystectomy. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission General Hospital, Islamabad from 1st April 2022 to 31st December 2022.Eighty patient’s samples from cystectomy patients who were suffering from ovarian cysts were included. Each patient underwent radiological examination before ovarian cystectomy through laparoscopic surgery except two cases of urgent laparotomy. Gross histopathological specimen examination was conducted. The data were analysed using SPSS version 26.0, wherein p value <. 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: The mean age of the patients enrolled in this study was 35.5±5.9 years. Hemorrhagic cysts were having a reticular pattern of internal echoes with soli appearing area with concave margins and no internal flow, while endometrioma cysts were having homogenous low level internal echoes with non-solid component and tiny echogenic foci in the walls. While within the neoplastic cysts 4/8 werehaving cystic external surface and 1/8 presented with ovarian mass.The surface epithelial tumor presented of 2 cases with carcinoma detection on histopathology slides while in the germ cell tumor 1 cases each of strumaovarii, dysgerminoma and mixed germ cell tumor was observed. Conclusions: Surface epithelial tumors were the most common category of ovarian tumors and majority of the cysts were benign cystadenomas. Radiological imaging provides a precise non-invasive tool for categorizing various ovarian cysts and histopathological findings further confirms the exact category of tumors.
Correlation of Serum Lactate and Shock Index as Mortality Predictor in Polytrauma Patients
Authors: Siddiqui Noor us Sahar , Ahmed Meer , Sikhandar Sanober , Shakoor Soonh , Memon Shahdil Zulfikar , Khan Muhammad Momin , Mushtaq Saima
Published: October 2024

In polytrauma patients, serum lactate and hypovolemic shock are critical biomarkers for prognosis and treatment guidance. Elevated lactate levels indicate tissue hypoperfusion and anaerobic metabolism, often correlating with increased mortality. Objective: To analyze the correlation between serum lactate levels and shock index as predictors of in-hospital mortality in polytrauma patients. Methods: A Cohort study was conducted from August 2022 to July 2023 at a single tertiary care hospital in Karachi. Patients were chosen via consecutive sampling techniques and included adult patients with polytrauma injuries (ISS ≥ 15) who survived at least 24 hours. Patients with a history of diabetes were excluded. The serum lactate levels and shock index at the time of admission and over the first 24 hours were the exposures while in-hospital mortality, was the primary outcome. Statistical analyses were conducted using Stata 16.0. Categorical variables were analyzed using the chi-square test. Multivariable logistic regression evaluated mortality risk, adjusting for age, ISS, and shock index. Results: The in-hospital mortality rate in the study was 6.4% with significant predictors of mortality included increasing age (47.05 vs. 27.62 years, p<0.001), higher Injury Severity Scores (ISS) (24 vs. 19, p= 0.02), and elevated shock index at admission (0.84 vs. 0.71, p<0.001). Lactate metrics were strongly associated with mortality, showing significant correlations. Conclusions: Higher serum lactate levels and shock index are strong predictors of mortality in polytrauma patients. Greater age and injury severity also contribute to poorer outcomes.
Diagnostic Accuracy of Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan as Fungal Markers in the Detection of Positive Fungal Cultures among Immunocompromised Patients
Authors: Ali Sher , Sadiq Zain , Sajjad Muhammad Mohsin , Ali Muhammad Arsalan , Raza Sania , Akhtar Aftab
Published: October 2024

As fungal infections pose a significant threat to immunocompromised patients, necessitating timely and accurate diagnostic approaches for effective management, non-invasive diagnostic markers are direly needed to detect the presence of fungi during the early stage of the infection. Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan as fungal markers in the detection of positive fungal cultures among immunocompromised patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Intensive Care Units of Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, from April 2024 to July 2024. 57 immunocompromised patients of both genders with an age range of 12 to 80 years, who had positive fungal cultures were included in the study via Non-probability, consecutive sampling while patients who were taking any antifungal medications were excluded. Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan were calculated by comparing these assay results against the gold standard of CSF analysis of fungal culture. Results: The Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan assays showed a specificity of a moderate nature for both assays, slightly higher for Beta-D-Glucan (77.78%) than Galactomannan (72.73%), with a high sensitivity of 92.31% for Beta-D-Glucan and 90.20% for Galactomannan. Overall, the diagnostic accuracy was high for both assays, with Beta-D-Glucan at 96.49% and Galactomannan at 94.74%. conclusions: It was concluded that while the Beta-D-Glucan assay is more sensitive, the Galactomannan assay appears to be more specific. Thus the combined use of both tests enhances diagnostic accuracy for detecting fungal infections in immunocompromised patients.
About the experience of medical-geographical atlas mapping of the North Kazakhstan region
Authors: Mazhitova G. Z. , Celykh E. S.
Published: October 2024

The article is devoted to medical and geographical atlas mapping. The results and accumulated materials of medical and geographical research of the North Kazakhstan region are presented, systematized and collected in a single key in the form of a complex of maps and models - a thematic medical-geographical atlas. The development of the atlas was based on the generally accepted principles of integrated system mapping. An extensive array of literary, reference, statistical, and cartographic data was used to create the atlas. Geoinformation mapping was performed in the program ArcGIS 10.8. (ESRI Inc.). The stages of development, structure, and content of the atlas are described. The atlas includes maps reflecting the natural, socio-economic factors of the formation of the health of the population of the region, demographic characteristics. In addition, it presents a series of maps on the nosogeography of natural focal diseases, the organization of the health system, and natural healing resources. The developed atlas is of a reference and informational nature and is intended for specialists of the healthcare system of the North Kazakhstan region, geographers, ecologists, as well as persons interested in medical and geographical research and mapping.
Floristic finds in the Northern Priishimye, Kazakhstan
Authors: Tleubergenova G. S. , Safonov A. I. , Galaktionova E. V.
Published: October 2024

The article provides information on the floral finds of 4 plant species new to our region: Pleurospermum uralense Hoffm., Sedobassia sedoides (Pall.) GLChu., Viola mirabilis L., Atraphaxis frutescens (L.) K. Koch. Among the finds, Pleurospermum uralense Hoffm., is a new genus and species for the Tobol-Ishim botanical and geographical region of our republic. Such species as Viola mirabilis L., Atraphaxis frutescens (L.) K. Koch., as well as Sedobassia sedoides (Pall.) GLChu. they are previously unknown to vegetation of our area. New species are adding to the list of plants of our region.
It is possible a co-infection with two atypical pathogens? A strange case report
Authors: Scaramozzino Marco Umberto , Nassisi Veronica , Coppola Angelo , Sapone Giovanni , Loddo Francesco
Published: October 2024

“Atypical” pneumonias are clinically distinct and fo not tipically present with high fever, productive cough or lobar consolidation. The primary etiological agents include Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Legionella Pneumophila. This case report details a young asthmatic patient who developed a dual infection with Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, which exacerbated the patient’s asthma symptoms, resulting in significant complications. A literature review highlights the potential for such atypical infections to aggravate respiratory conditions in patients with pre-existing asthma. Clinical management involving antibiotic therapy and respiratory support, led to a gradual resolution of symptoms. This case underscores the importance of considering atypical infections in differential diagnosis of asthmatic patients experiencing acute symptom worsening.
A INFLUÊNCIA DAS MÍDIAS SOCIAIS EM RELAÇÃO À ALIMENTAÇÃO INFANTIL
Authors: Groy Raphael Lira , Galvão Ronilson Batista , Lima Lillian Tavares de , Figueiredo Ronildo Oliveira
Published: October 2024

A publicidade de alimentos pode influenciar a sensação de satisfação e estimular o anseio por transformações no visual, afetando diretamente a saúde. Por serem mais suscetíveis, as crianças acabam sendo influenciadas também por familiares e amigos, sendo vistas como um público vulnerável, uma vez que enfrentam dificuldades para entender as intenções por trás das propagandas. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo estabelecer a conexão entre a mídia e as decisões alimentares, bem como explorar a possibilidade de surgimento de distúrbios alimentares em crianças e jovens. Para isso a abordagem adotada consiste em uma revisão bibliográfica, com estudos realizados nas bases de dados US National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) e Literatura Latino-Americana e Caribenha em Ciências da Saúde (Lilacs). Foi observado que os anúncios direcionados ao público infantil promovem o uso de produtos que podem ser prejudiciais à saúde, usando personagens infantis para impulsionar as vendas, sem incluir mensagens que estimulem comportamentos saudáveis, o que vai de encontro às normas alimentares do Brasil.
A EDUCAÇÃO NA CONTEMPORANEIDADE: ALGUMAS REFLEXÕES SOBRE AS DIVERSIDADES DOS ESTUDANTES NA ESCOLA
Authors: Brelaz Dielson Canto , Carneiro Francisco Paulo Rodrigues
Published: October 2024

A realização do presente trabalho tem como ponto de partida a tentativa de buscar compreender a Pedagogia como uma ciência da educação que se faz necessária ao levantamento de reflexões, princípios e também como uma ciência que levanta proposições educativas na sociedade contemporânea, esta que ao longo de sua formação possui uma história marcada por uma pluralidade de demandas e configurações no que diz respeito ao processo ensino-aprendizagem e ainda ter que lidar com toda diversidade étnico racial e seus desafios na relação com o outro. Estas questões nos fazem levantarmos a seguinte indagação: As escolas estão buscando uma educação baseada no diálogo, na ética e acima de tudo libertadora visando o respeito sobre as diversidades dos estudantes? Deste modo, nosso começo está baseado em uma pesquisa bibliográfica de autores, livros, sites e periódicos que abarcam esta temática que a cada ano ganha mais notoriedade. Neste trabalho se faz uso do percurso metodológico da pesquisa bibliográfica o qual Gil discorre que “[...] é desenvolvida com base em material já elaborado, constituído principalmente de livros e artigos científicos"(GIL, 2002, pg. 44). Partindo do ponto de vista do autor, se acorda que a pesquisa bibliográfica é construída baseada em obras já realizadas, livros e outros escritos. Este trabalho compõe a continuação da afirmação de autores que já discorreram suas ideias sobre esta temática. Nesse sentido, o presente artigo tem como objetivo vislumbrar a prática pedagógica contemporânea contextualizadas nas vertentes pré-estabelecidas: processos de ensino-aprendizagem, a relação professor-aluno diante à diversidade cultural dos estudantes.
CONSCIENTIZAÇÃO DAS GESTANTES ATENDIDAS EM UMA MATERNIDADE DE TERESINA SOBRE A IMPORTÂNCIA DA VACINA ANTI-TETÂNICA
Authors: Cavalcante Neto Elizio da Costa , Lopes Juliana Leão Araujo , Silva Larissa Araújo de Oliveira , Cruz João Vitor Gomes , Silva Ingrind Karulina Pereira Frazão , Pessoa Francisco Felipe Almeida , Escórcio Expedita de Morais , Dias Dhiego Ferreira dos Santos , Dias Dhiogo Ferreira dos Santos , Barbosa Daniel Lisboa , Oliveira Danieles Guimarães
Published: October 2024

O tétano neonatal é uma doença infecciosa grave e não contagiosa, causada pela bactéria Clostridium tetani e que acomete o recém-nascido em seus primeiros 28 dias de vida. Observa-se como manifestações clínicas iniciais a irritabilidade, o choro constante e a dificuldade de sugar, devido a ação da toxina tetânica no organismo do neonato, prejudicando sua sucção e deglutição. O método mais eficaz e seguro de prevenção ao tétano neonatal é através da imunização ativa, ou seja, pela vacinação. Portanto, entende-se que a vacinação antitetânica da gestante é de extrema importância para evitar essa doença nos neonatos. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo promover a conscientização das gestantes atendidas na Maternidade Wall Ferraz sobre a importância da vacina antitetânica, por meio de uma encenação teatral, roda de conversa e incentivo a vacinação. Esse projeto de extensão partiu do tema vacinação antitetânica na gestação através de pesquisas sobre a temática nas bases de dados LILACS, PUBMED e SCIELO, verificando a importância da temática. Diante disso, montou-se as ações que serão realizadas no dia 19 de outubro de 2023 com o público-alvo, buscando a informatização dessa parcela sobre a vacinação antitetânica.
INFECÇÕES ENFISEMATOSAS ABDOMINAIS- REVISÃO PICTÓRICA
Authors: Mallet Luiz Fernando Arruda , Machado Mariana Ribeiro , Pinto Camyla Carvalho Almeida , Mota Cecilia Amorim de Santana , Silva Giovanna Maria Ribeiro , Andrade Iayma Silva , Nascimento Gabriela Miranda , Oliveira Renato Domingues Melo de
Published: October 2024

Infecções enfisematosas do abdome e da pelve representam condições incomuns, mas potencialmente fatais que requerem reconhecimento precoce. Podem se apresentar de diversas maneiras e na ausência de um diagnóstico precoce tendem a progredir para sepse e óbito. A tomografia é altamente sensível e específica tanto para detecção quanto para a avaliação da extensão e das complicações dessas condições. Diante disso, observamos a necessidade em demonstrar as principais características tomográficas de algumas dessas condições, como parte de um processo de estudos dos médicos residentes do setor de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem do Hospital Regional de Taguatinga. Para isso foram utilizados três casos de infecções abdominais enfisematosas, incluindo colecistite, pielonefrite e cistite agudas, atendidos no nosso hospital, com uma breve revisão dos aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos e enfatizamos uma revisão dos aspectos tomográficos de cada condição. Por fim, o objetivo do trabalho é fazer com que o médico residente seja capaz de reconhecer as particularidades clínicas de cada condição e seus aspectos tomográficos.
Kulturanalytisk metod
Authors: Öhlander Magnus
Published: October 2024

How is cultural analysis practiced? How is empirical data organized and coded? What is an interpretation and what is a good interpretation? With what techniques and with what criteria do we judge the quality of an analysis? Questions like these are of vital importance for cultural analysis. In a Swedish context, this kind of analysis has been criticised for lack of transparency, which consequently makes it difficult to discuss methodology as well as the quality of the analysis. This article is a contribution to the discussion about the methodology of cultural analysis as it is practiced in Swedish Ethnology. It is impossible to speak of one cultural analysis. Each understanding of culture is grounded in a specific theoretical tradition. How analysis is done is then depending on the theoretical frame. Despite these differences it is argued that there are some similarities in every cultural analysis. Similarities are to be found in the techniques and procedures in the everyday practice of research, in the reading and rereading of the material, in the pottering with the and sorting out of empirical finding and in how theory gives suggestions to relevant questions and interpretations. This article is an attempt to a preliminary description of everyday practice of cultural analysis.
Musikliv och tidsanda i den lilla världen — om aspekter på glokalisering
Authors: Jacobsson Roger
Published: October 2024

Recension av: Sven-Erik Klinkmann, Från Wantons till Wild Force: Nya sound i en gränsstad. Möklinta: Gidlunds förlag, 2010.
Perspektiv på handskrivna visböcker
Authors: Holst Susanne
Published: October 2024

Recension av: Gunnar Ternhag (red.), Samlade visor: Perspektiv på handskrivna visböcker. Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur, Uppsala 2008.
Konsumtion i rörelse
Authors: Brembeck Helene , Hansson Niklas
Published: October 2024

The article describes walk-alongs as part of the project Consumer Logistics. The project is a collaboration between Swedish, French and British researchers, united by an interest to study the performance of everyday logistics: people carrying their gadgets and purchases from shop to home.
Eine Zeit, von der man weiss, dass man so etwas nie mehr erleben wirt
Authors: Daun Åke
Published: October 2024

The paper is about the author’s one month’s stay at a hotel ”Chevillon”, in an old village south of Paris, Grez-sur-Loing, in 2009. This place has a well-known history going back to the end of the nineteen’s century, offering rooms and studios for artists and writers. An improbable long series of difficulties for the author to get there, followed by encounters with very special personalities, made this month absolutely unlikely – only accidentally, or not?
I vinden, med maskinen
Authors: Jönsson Lars-Eric
Published: October 2024

Sailing and cycling deliver different opportunities to study sport practices. In this article cycling is focused as one way of expressing the relation between man and machine. In no other sport is this connection, or even amalgamation, between the human being and the tool better expressed. Competetive cycling and sailing also generate interesting possibilities to study individuality versus collectivity. The article argues for a study of these and such sporting practices with the aim to understand sport itself and its productive relation to society.
Att återvända till orden
Authors: Lundgren Britta
Published: October 2024

The article deals with the difficulties in “repatriatring” oneself into research after several years of duties within administration and leadership. The author experiments with previously written texts and uses the programme “Wordle” to analyze them in new ways.
Mobile Homes & Subway Origami
Authors: O'Dell Tom
Published: October 2024

Commuting is not the form of mobility that people first speak about when referring to life changing events, or key moments in the constitution of their cultural identities, but it is here, in mundane moments of mobility (and immobility) that people develop both a cultural and corporal perception of the state of their lives and the world around them. This article briefly sketches out some of the cultural dynamics embedded in the routines of commuting.
Det fina i kråksången
Authors: Ronström Owe
Published: October 2024

Cultural relativity is a key to much cultural research. What are its limits? The author describes the first world championship in chöömej (”throat singing”), held in Kyzyl, Tuva, Siberia, former USSR, 1993, in terms of a Barthesian ‘punctum’. From the perspective of the jury, the author discusses the capacities of the winner and concludes that one of these was an ability to overcome and transcend preconceptions of cultural relativity, a phenomenon of methodological and theoretical importance.
Xinyi Jiang – en experimentell etnograf från Shanghai
Authors: Åkesson Lynn
Published: October 2024

In a master thesis on food waste the importance of culturally defined behaviour is addressed. By constructing a “Food Waste Game”, experimental ethnographer Xinyi Jiang show how definitions of what can be considered as food waste change. The Food Waste Game give evidence to sorting by association, meaning that packaging of different materials is considered to be food waste.
Anmälningar och notiser
Authors: Jacobsson Roger , Holmberg Martin
Published: October 2024

Recensioner av Ulf Hannerz, Café du Monde: Platser, vägar och människor i världsvimlet. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag, 2011, och Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett & Reginald B. Adams Jr, Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind. London/Cambridge/Massachusetts & London: The MIT Press, 2011.
Mormor — eller kampen om tiden
Authors: Bränström Öhman Annelie
Published: October 2024

This article, with a title paraphrasing the title of Michael Ende's well known book Momo, is taking its starting point from the notion of elderly women as marginalized literary characters. However, instead of providing new examples of old facts it is argued that the "antie" (in Swedish: "Tanten") always have followed like a shadow in the footsteps of the Male Hero of, for instance, the crime novel. She has become an alternative representative witness and courier of the insoluble dilemma of time and human existence; she has regained potential to be considered to be the Everywoman of our life narratives. Drawing on famous examples, such as the middle aged Mrs Ramsay and Mrs Dalloway from Virginia Woolf's novels, but also the article writer's own grandmother, the article concludes that "Tanten" is a literary figure that must be understood in relation both to (possibly both engre and gender specific) aspects of style and discourse as well as to philosophical questions of time conception.
Kystturisme, fyrtårne og romantisk oplevelsesdesign
Authors: Holst Kjær Sarah
Published: October 2024

This article takes its point of departure in a qualitative survey asking for the best experience at the Norwegian coastal lighthouse attraction — Lindesnes Lighthouse. The survey was part of a culture-based innovation project which demonstrated that older, national and international couples with an interest in culture and history were an important consumer group. Still, its needs and life-world meanings were undetectable in the actual experience designs at the lighthouse.
In order to customise to this particular segment, the relationship between the couples, their coastal experiences and their cultural preconception of lighthouse landscape as sublime, transforming and emotional, has been discussed. Furthermore the concept of "commercial storytelling" has been examined for its possibility to inform leisure strategies; relationship staging and self-realisation, meaningful to these late modern, middle-class couples.
At least, since the beginning of the 18th century, in travel literature and in honeymoon letters, maritime landscape — such as Niagara Falls, lighthouses, sea views and mountain sides — has been romanticised as sublime and spectacular. Wind, oceans and waterfalls have been given a transforming quality which, magically and through experiencing, affects people's inner emotions and social relationships. A cultural institution like Lindesnes Lighthouse can design its leisure consumption through this cultural narrative of strong, romantic emotions which historically belongs to this type of geography. In this sense, a tourist attraction can add to a couple's romantic self-narration by a strategic experience design which is themed through cultural ideas of sublime natural surroundings. The intentionality of the design is to create social meaning by consolidating and materialising the romantic tourist's cultural ideal of a true, real and transforming relationship.
Människans behov av fiktion
Authors: Axelson Tomas
Published: October 2024

This article is analyzing how people in late modern society characterized by de-traditionalization and individualization, use moving images as a cultural resource for the construction of meaningful subjective world views. The article makes use of empirical data to illustrate and theoretically develop perspectives on how the audience uses fiction film in every-day life to elicit self-reflection and how film engagement is interconnected to spectator's creation of self images (Giddens 1991, Axelson 2008, Vaage 2009a), but also how cinematic experiences could be a resource for the spectators' construction of more profound and long-lasting ideas of being part of a moral community (Brereton 2005, Jerslev 2006, Klinger 2008, Vaage 2009b). Some empirical findings support a conclusion that moving images create a transitional space for the human mind helping the individual with an ongoing process of transforming the self, dealing with who you actually are, and who you want to become (Axelson 2008, Vaage 2009b). Other case studies show how the audience experience meaning in watching films, providing insights about meaning in life and general lessons of life value (Oliver & Hartmann 2010).
Antecknat
Authors: Johansson Anders
Published: October 2024

There's a saying that sport is just a game, meaning that it's not that important if you lose. Although it is easy to dismiss this as a false statement, the essay argues, with the German philosopher Theodor W Adorno, that it is the fact that sport is a game, a play, that gives it a ritical potential. Like all games sport has the power to reveal that what we regard as real and necessary could be different. Sport has the potential to release rationality itself from its forced instrumentality — in that sense it resembles art. However, since sport is captive in a larger instrumental project this potential can't be realized. In Adorno's perspective, a child's play is different in that sense: it opens itself to a "beyond" in the most mundane things, which thus disclose a dangerous promise that everything might be different.
Antecknat: Det mångfacetterade kulturbegreppet
Authors: Gunnarsson Payne Jenny
Published: October 2024

In 1982, ethnologists Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren rhetorically asked whether the concept of culture could mean anything, and whether it would not be wiser to just stick to one definition of it. Some thirty years later, it has become quite clear that the concept of culture is still one of our most multi-faceted concepts. With Johan Fornäs’ recent book Kultur (Culture) as its starting point, this text discusses two different models that have recently been developed to provide an overview over the plethora of understandings of ”culture”. It argues that Johan Fornäs’ model serves an important pedagogical purpose, but suggests that Magnus Öhlander’s multi-theoretical model suits the discipline of ethnology somewhat better.
Att förmedla platsens museala kulturhistoria
Authors: Pettersson Richard
Published: October 2024

Recension av: Magnus Berg, Här och där på stadsmuseet: Grubblande guide till ett utställt Göteborg. Göteborg: A-Script Förlag 2012.
Från hypotext till hypertext
Authors: Jacobsson Roger
Published: October 2024

Recension av: Hans Lund, Kulturella ikoner i text, musik och bild. Stockholm: Carlsson Bokförlag, 2012.
Mannen, myterna, musiken
Authors: Holmberg Carl
Published: October 2024

In my study I discuss possible connections between the German composer Richard Wagner and the Swedish far right. Journals and internet pages from organizations of the late 20th and early 21st century are my major sources. When Wagner is mentioned – his music or theoretical works – it is with sympathy and admiration. However, these occasions are very rare. The impact Wagner exerts on contemporary right organizations seems to be very limited. At the same time extreme right music is to some extent influenced by the 19th century Romantic culture. Indirectly more than directly there can be connections to the German composer. Despite these circumstances there is a widespread view in the cultural debate that there exist profound and obvious ties. Emphazising these obscure, unexplained relations gives an opportunity to maintain the demonic enchantment associated with Wagner. The myths, so to speak, live their own lives, despite facts pointing in other directions.
Den judiska sängkammarmöbeln
Authors: Nylund Skog Susanne
Published: October 2024

The article explores the meaning of a story about bedroom furniture, told by a Jewish woman in her eighties. The story serves as an illustrative example and starting point for an investigation of how material objects in narratives are used symbolically and imaginatively, as well as concretely. The story about the bedroom furniture highlights many aspects of the interrelated processes of narrating and materialization. It also illustrates the complexity of the process of materialization in itself. The furniture in the story function as a timeless containers for Jewish memories, but also as catalysers for the stories of escape and travels that characterize Jewish life in the Diaspora.
Multicultural Education in Xavier Learning Community, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
Authors: Nguyễn Phú Cường
Published: October 2024

The purpose of multicultural education is not only to preserve cultural traditions among multiethnic students but also to foster critical thinking and reflection on their newly acquired knowledge and on the events occurring around them. While many countries have already focused on the different needs of their student population integrating multicultural education, Thailand’s implementation has been limited, particularly at the preschool and secondary levels in some public schools. This research addresses this gap by focusing on a higher education institution in northern Thailand, Xavier Learning Community (XLC), which caters to students from various religions and ethnic backgrounds. The study aims to understand how XLC implements multicultural education to foster an inclusive learning environment. Employing qualitative research methods, such as participant and non-participant observation, interviews with 25 participants (including Jesuit priests, teachers, lecturers, and students), and document analysis, the research examines the curriculum and activities at XLC that promote multicultural education, critical thinking, and reflection. The research findings indicate that XLC embodies the principles of multicultural education by providing equal educational opportunities, preparing students for a diverse society, and promoting awareness of social justice. XLC’s approach effectively integrates students’ cultural backgrounds into the curriculum, creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment. Notably, critical thinking and reflection courses empower students to address social issues in Thailand. This study provides insights into the effective implementation of multicultural education in higher education settings, emphasizing its potential to establish inclusive and equitable learning environments.
CONSELHO DELIBERATIVO DO PATRIMÔNIO CULTURAL DO MUNICÍPIO DE BELO HORIZONTE: RELAÇÕES RACIAIS E POLÍTICAS PATRIMONIAISS
Authors: Alves Santos Eduarda
Published: October 2024

O presente artigo é fruto da pesquisa desenvolvida no Mestrado Profissional em Patrimônio Cultural, Paisagens e Cidadania, da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). A proposta da pesquisa foi analisar a atuação do Conselho Deliberativo do Patrimônio Cultural do Município de Belo Horizonte- CDPCM-BH na implementação da política patrimonial, de natureza material, no que diz respeito às ações voltadas para as relações raciais. O recorte temporal do trabalho compreende as décadas de 1984-1995, período em que a cidade de Belo Horizonte foi marcada por mudanças significativas, que refletiram na política patrimonial na capital mineira. A metodologia aplicada foi análise dos dossiês Terreiro Ilê Wopo Olojukan: Deus mais do que tudo (1995), e da Irmandade Nossa Senhora do Rosário do Jatobá (1995), e dados coletados das entrevistas, a partir de uma perspectiva afrocentrada. Os documentos referentes a estes acontecimentos compõem a fonte do trabalho, considerando que objeto da pesquisa é o racismo na política patrimonial de Belo Horizonte. Por se tratar de uma política patrimonial pouco discutida pela literatura acadêmica, buscou-se, neste estudo, analisar as principais características e a dinâmica desses ocorridos em face dos critérios universalizantes que regulam os procedimentos de tombamento e elegibilidade de seus beneficiários. Esses critérios reforçam relações de poder discriminatórias, constituindo desigualdades e demarcando fronteiras.
Palavras-chave: Racismo. Política patrimonial. Conselho Deliberativo.
REGIÃO E CARTOGRAFIA, DISPOSITIVOS DO PODER: A FORMAÇÃO DA GEOGRAFIA PATRIMONIAL ATRAVÉS DO COTIDIANO ADMINISTRATIVO DO SPHAN (1937-1945)
Authors: Da Silva Paes Pedro Henrique
Published: October 2024

Entre 1937 e 1967, Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade permaneceu na direção do Serviço do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (SPHAN). Durante o período do Estado Novo (1937-1945), o advogado mineiro, junto à grade de intelectuais que esteve à frente do trabalho técnico da instituição, elaborou um cotidiano administrativo que seria reproduzido ao longo de várias décadas. Este trabalho busca compreender como a regionalização do país em áreas de interesse e a cartografia patrimonial brasileira foram sendo desenvolvidas por esse cotidiano de trabalho. Procuramos analisar a estrutura administrativa do órgão federal, estabelecendo relação entre o conhecimento técnico e a elaboração de espacialidades, possibilitando identificar quais territórios seriam mais privilegiados pela política federal de preservação, sobretudo através do tombamento. Assim, por meio desse instrumento de preservação, buscamos compreender como o SPHAN elaborou uma narrativa histórica brasileira, consecutivamente uma narrativa sobre o passado sertanejo.
PESSOAS, MEMÓRIAS E NOVOS PATRIMÔNIOS: A VIRTUALIDADE DE TORNAR A HISTÓRIA DE VIDA DE CADA PESSOA PATRIMÔNIO DA HUMANIDADE
Authors: Barreto de Souza Celestino Tayara
Published: October 2024

O presente artigo apresenta resultados de investigação envolvendo os temas da memória, patrimônio, museus e virtualidades a partir da de iniciativas do Instituto Museu da Pessoa, uma pessoa jurídica de direito privado, definida como uma Organização da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público, com sede e foro no município de São Paulo, casa a Rua Natingui, nº 1.100, Vila Madalena, CEP 05443-002, estado de São Paulo e denominada em Estatuto Social próprio como “Instituto Museu da Pessoa.net”. Tratando-se de um espaço aberto ao público, para fins de comunicação, fruição e pesquisa, como são todos os museus do século XXI, tornou-se possível investigar, a partir das inserções deste espaço em nossas vidas, questões ligadas ao que seriam os “novos patrimônios” em contextos altamente tecnológicos, descolando o conceito da sociologia histórica segundo a qual o patrimônio em cidades são uma decorrência do patrimônio edificado e uma alegoria histórica, uma trilha da história e uma realidade material. Qual o futuro dos patrimônios das cidades, inclusive dos patrimônios históricos e da memória por eles constituídos? O que espaços virtuais do tempo presente como o investigado têm a nos dizer sobre temas intercruzados da memória, da história, do patrimônio, das cidades e da virtualidade? O patrimônio brasileiro tem algo a nos dizer sobre esta realidade? Partindo do patrimônio histórico e material das cidades, visamos introduzir respostas ao emergente tema das memórias e dos novos patrimônios virtuais considerando experiências brasileiras.