bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Weber and Simmel’s philosophical and political stances: A dialogue in three acts
Authors: Frade Carlos , Pyyhtinen Olli
Published: June 2017

This article is an imagined dialogue between Weber and Simmel which makes a modest use of some of the resources of theatrical play in order to provide an overall portrait of both thinkers and to bring their thought to bear on our present. The dialogue consists of three acts focused on three central problematics in as many critical moments in Weber and Simmel’s lives: Act I takes place during the preparations for the first conference of the German Sociological Association and thus deals with the constitution of sociology as a socio-cultural science. Act II takes place amid the First World War and its theme is evidently politics. Finally, Act III, where our two characters correspond instead of maintaining a face-to-face dialogue, is situated towards the end of the war and focuses on the attitude to life and indeed to death, as Simmel’s tragic yet admirable death takes place then. A brief introduction explains how we tried to use the possibilities of the dialogical form to expound Weber’s and Simmel’s thought, to compel them to confront their own blind spots and ‘unthoughts’, as well as to explore new ways of teaching the classics and transmitting their thought.
Neo-Orthodox Masculinities on Man Caves
Authors: Rodino-Colocino Michelle , DeCarvalho Lauren J. , Heresco Aaron
Published: June 2017

Male exclusive spaces enable and dismiss discussion of misogynist violence, as they did during the 2017 U.S. presidential election. In the decade and a half prior, men-only, homosocial, domestic “man caves” became a cultural trend. Given man caves’ popularity and potential to enable patriarchal oppression, we ask: what do man caves suggest about masculinity’s vitality in an era wherein patriarchy reigns, but challenges to hegemonic masculinity are evident? To answer, we textually analyze Man Caves, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) cable channel’s renovation reality show. From a feminist perspective, we examine how Man Caves constructs “neo-orthodox masculinity,” our term for masculinity that recovers and challenges old forms of masculine capital. Through mutually contradictory themes, Man Caves makes over masculinity in ways that respond to feminism as a movement to end patriarchy. We conclude by considering how feminist anger, hope, and activism may exploit the vulnerabilities that neo-orthodox masculinity highlights.
An Indian Outlook on Role Clarity, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Gender Relationship: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MGCFA) Approach
Authors: Yadav Mohit , Kumar Anil
Published: June 2017

This article investigates the empirical association between role clarity and organizational citizenship behavior and how this relation is moderated by gender. The data of 272 executives have been collected from management development programs conducted in various public and private Indian organizations. Chi-square difference test (Bonferroni method), latent mean approach, sub-group analyses, and multiple group confirmatory factor analysis have been used to analyze the responses. Results indicate that role clarity is positively related to all dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior. Out of five, four dimensions show signs of gender’s moderation; women scored higher in role clarity’s relation with altruism, courtesy, and conscientiousness and men showed higher role clarity–civic virtue relationship. Implications and future scope are also discussed.
Formulations in Delicate Actions: A Study of Analyst Questions in Earnings Conference Calls
Authors: de Oliveira Maria do Carmo Leite , Pereira Silvia Maura Rodrigues
Published: June 2017

Many of the studies on Earnings Conference Calls have focused on the executive’s discourse. In this article, we focus on the analysts’ discourse, specifically how they handle delicate actions, such as formulating questions about a company’s negative performance points. Considering that analysts’ questions commonly present more than one version for a request, this study investigates the interactional function and linguistic differences realized in formulations used to identify or describe what analysts actually want to know. The methodological approach compares different formulations produced by the same analyst and by another analyst going back to a previously formulated question. Findings showed that request formulations gain strength when a speaker goes back to a question. Additionally, they showed that, in any case, variations in the degree of generality/specificity of each version of a question play a major role in managing the analyst’s interactive goal, namely gaining information without compromising the relationship with the company.
Vitamin D–Deficient Rickets in Japan
Authors: Itoh Mitsuko , Tomio Jun , Toyokawa Satoshi , Tamura Mayuko , Isojima Tsuyoshi , Kitanaka Sachiko , Kobayashi Yasuki
Published: June 2017

Objectives: Our study aimed to clarify the trend of vitamin D deficiency and rickets diagnosed in the past 10 years. Methods: This observational study used health insurance claims data from 2005 to 2014. The number of beneficiaries for 2005 and 2014 were 91 617 and 365 800, respectively. We included children aged 0 to 15 years diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency or vitamin D–deficient rickets; those with congenital/secondary rickets and low-birth-weight infants were excluded. We analyzed the number of patients and the temporal trend of these diseases in Japan. Results: The annual number of patients from 2005 to 2008 was <5. The number of patients in 2009 and 2014 were 3.88 (95% confidence interval = 1.77-7.37) and 12.30/100 000 (95% confidence interval = 8.97-16.46), respectively. Conclusions: Diagnosed cases of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D–deficient rickets have apparently increased in Japan. Further studies to identify the trend, cause, and prevention of vitamin D–deficient rickets are necessary.
KFUPM-KAUST Red Sea model: Digital viscoelastic depth model and synthetic seismic data set
Authors: Al-Shuhail Abdullatif A. , Mousa Wail A. , Alkhalifah Tariq
Published: June 2017

The Red Sea is geologically interesting due to its unique structures and abundant mineral and petroleum resources, yet no digital geologic models or synthetic seismic data of the Red Sea are publicly available for testing algorithms to image and analyze the area's interesting features. This study compiles a 2D viscoelastic model of the Red Sea and calculates a corresponding multicomponent synthetic seismic data set. The models and data sets are made publicly available for download. We hope this effort will encourage interested researchers to test their processing algorithms on this data set and model and share their results publicly as well.
A novel strategy to enhance the English reading aptitude of young multilingual professionals in the petroleum industry
Authors: Al-Dossary Saleh
Published: June 2017

The scientific community is currently experiencing an unprecedented level of growth in research output, with increasing numbers of multilingual professionals reading and publishing papers in English-language journals. Thus, improving the understanding of papers published in English has become an important issue for nonnative speakers, especially with regard to technical reading and critical understanding. This article presents a novel strategy to enhance the reading aptitude of young petroleum-industry professionals for whom English is a secondary language. My “schedule, preview, question, realize” (SPQR) methodology introduces a four-step process to systematically build a solid foundation to help young professionals fully understand scientific papers and improve their own writing. Study examples are provided to aid readers in fully comprehending this process and building on these study examples to match their needs. The SPQR approach should benefit anyone reading outside his or her principal language.
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Authors: Субботин Анатолий , Subbotin Anatoliy , Субботин Виталий , Subbotin Vitaliy , Зяблицев Вячеслав , Zyablitsev Vyacheslav
Published: June 2017

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Analysis of Graphical Errors in the Written Works of Primary School Pupils
Authors: Скребец  , Skrebec T.
Published: June 2017

The article presents the results of the study of the written works of primary school pupils, characterizes groups of specific errors committed by pupils of the second and fourth grades during the process of copying, writing dictation and presentation. According to the results of the study, conclusions are drawn that, in comparison with other groups of errors, graphical ones are the most common, and their number increases depending on the

complexity of the type of work. This proves the need for purposeful joint work of specialists – participants in the educational process – in order to improve the culture of the graphic writing of junior schoolchildren.
The legal status of the fetus
Authors: WIndsor Sophie
Published: June 2017

The legal status of a fetus is a complex issue, both in ethics and law. Sophie Windsor considers the moral and legal dilemmas that may arise when detemining the rights of a fetus
A Prova Brasil como instrumento de avaliação e planejamento de práticas escolares relativas à proficiência leitora
Authors: Queiroz Santos Denise Queiroz , Ferreira Élida
Published: June 2017

Neste artigo, refletimos o efeito retroativo da Prova Brasil, considerando-a como instrumento de política de gerenciamento e planejamento de práticas escolares relativas à proficiência leitora, em três escolas municipais da rede pública de ensino na cidade de Ipiaú-BA. Buscamos apresentar os impactos ou consequências sociais que a Prova Brasil pode exercer sobre o cotidiano das práticas escolares no tocante aos planejamentos em leitura das três escolas. O estudo, caracterizado como pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, voltou-se para a análise das práticas escolares em cotejo com os índices da Prova Brasil dessas escolas, referentes às duas últimas aplicações da Prova Brasil anos 2011/2013, sob a luz da Teoria do Efeito Retroativo. Os resultados revelaram que a Prova Brasil, no contexto estudado, não exerce efeito retroativo – nem positivo nem negative – no ensino-aprendizagem, tendo em vista que não há relação entre esse instrumento avaliativo e as práticas de ensino desenvolvidas pelas respectivas escolas. Comprovou-se também que o alcance das metas do Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica não significa necessariamente o aumento da proficiência em leitura, pois verificou-se que os índices alcançados pelas escolas pesquisadas estão abaixo do ponto de corte da escala de proficiência de Língua Portuguesa do Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Básica.
Texto encarnado: uma estratégia de Descolonização
Authors: Meira Renata Bittenourt
Published: June 2017

As experiências de criação textual juntamente com a criação de performances, apresentadas e analisadas, tem como objetivo central conectar a pesquisa e o corpo. A temática das criações foram as pesquisas acadêmicas desenvolvidas nos programas de pós graduação em artes cênicas do Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Intimamente vinculados à ecologia de saberes e à interculturalidade os processos de criação se deram no campo da sensibilização somática e do movimento significativo. A metodologia foi experimentar o projeto de mestrado por meio da criação de uma performance e criar um texto de formato livre com espaço para manifestação de subjetividade e poesia. A proposta foi provocar o estudante de pós graduação a perceber que existe um campo invisível no conhecimento, que estrutura ou desestrutura sua pesquisa. Acessar a pesquisa por meio da corporeidade é uma busca por revelar as crenças que atravessam nossas ideias sem que percebamos, nestas crenças se estabelecem processos de colonização. Os textos e as performances resultantes mostraram que as conexões entre corpo e escrita geraram a aproximação entre o pesquisador e sua pesquisa.

ABSTRACT
Writing and performance were a creative process. The issue was connecting arts academic researchs with the body. The processes of creation occurred through the somatic sensitization and significant movement. The methodology was the experience of the masters project through the creation of a performance and create a free form text. The goal was to notice an invisible field in knowledge, which structures their research. The texts and performances criated by fourty students showed that the connections between body and writing approximed the researcher and his research.

KEYWORDS
Creative process, somatic education, academic writing.
Representação e Ética
Authors: Telles Narciso , Ferracini Renato , De Bulhões-Carvalho Ana Maria , Carreira André
Published: June 2017

Este texto discute a possibilidade de uma ética da representação considerando que toda representação é um dispositivo. Assim abordaremos teatralidades que privilegiam o intercâmbio, o compromisso e a implicação de todos os participantes do acontecimento cênico: atores/performers e espectadores. Pretendemos discutir os sentidos das representações, colocando em questão a sua utilidade, sem opor representações como contraditórias aos critérios de verdade. Pensamos a ética como prática, portanto, o trabalho de criação como ação ética. Nossa abordagem da Ética como ação se relaciona com os processos de criação dos atores, e nos conduz ao questionamento de práticas criativas e à expansão da noção da representação teatral como ação política.

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses a possibility of an representation's ethics considering that all representation is an artificial device. Our focus is the theatrical experience that explores exchanges, commitment and involvement of all participants of the scenic event: actors / performers and spectators. We intend to discuss the meanings of representations, considering of theater's usefulness, without opposing representations as a contradictory element of truth. We think ethics as practice that is why the session is an opportunity to rethink the researches of the teachers who composes it session. Our view of ethics as action leads us to discuss our creative practices and the notion of theatrical representation as political action.

KEYWORDS

acting: contemporary theater: ethics: representation.
“Professor, você não tem orgulho de ser brasileiro?”: a música do Brasil no fim do século XIX e início do século XX
Authors: Baia Silvano Fernandes
Published: June 2017

Este texto apresenta a transcrição adaptada para artigo de uma palestra proferida a alunos do curso de Música da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. A palestra expôs uma visão panorâmica da música no Brasil do fim do século XIX às primeiras décadas do século XX, em especial nas cidades do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo. O artigo identifica quatro vertentes composicionais, abrangendo desde uma linha mais afinada ao romantismo europeu até os compositores/intérpretes populares não letrados musicalmente que começaram a registrar suas invenções após a chegada da gravação mecânica ao Brasil, em 1902. Também localiza os primórdios do nacionalismo na música erudita brasileira, situa o surgimento da corrente do nacionalismo musical no fim dos anos 1920 como uma escola composicional que foi hegemônica até meados dos anos 1960, além de observar a relação dos músicos com o Estado a partir da ditadura de Getúlio Vargas. Enfim, analisa o caráter autoritário do projeto do nacionalismo musical para concluir com a observação de seu aspecto conservador ao cumprir um papel de resistência às técnicas composicionais surgidas na primeira metade do século XX.

ABSTRACT

This text presents a transcription adapted for paper of a lecture for Music college students at

Federal University of Uberlândia. The lecture presented a panoramic view of the music in Brazil between the late 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century, especially in the cities of Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo. Four major compositional lines are identified, ranging from those more aligned with European romanticism up until the composers/performers who are musically non-literate, whose inventions started being registered only after the arrival of mechanical recording in Brazil in 1902. The study herein indicates the beginnings of nationalism in Brazilian classical music and the emergence of the stream of musical nationalism in the late 1920's, as a compositional school that was hegemonic until the mid-1960's. It also takes into account the relation between musicians and the State of former president Getúlio Vargas’s dictatorship. It analyses the authoritarian character of the nationalist musical project and in conclusion, refers to its conservative aspect, seeing that it played a role of resistance to new compositional techniques that emerged in the first half of the twentieth century.

KEYWORDS

Brazilian music; Musical nationalism; History of Brazilian Music
O Manifesto dos artistas no Salão Moderno de 1942 no RS
Authors: Silva Úrsula Rosa
Published: June 2017

RESUMO: O movimento Modernista teve diferenciadas manifestações no Brasil entre os anos das décadas de 1920 e 1940. O presente texto apresenta o contexto do Rio Grande do Sul nos anos 1940 e como foi organizado o 1º. Salão Moderno de Artes Plásticas. O estudo teve como fonte principal de pesquisa o jornal Diário de Notícias, teve como metodologia a história das idéias, e foi desenvolvido junto à pesquisa de doutorado. Além disso, o texto considera as abordagens históricas sobre a arte no Rio Grande do Sul dos pesquisadores Maria Lúcia Kern, Carlos Scarinci e Ângelo Guido.

ABSTRACT: The Modernista movement had different manifestations in Brazil between the years of 1920 and 1940. This paper presents the Rio Grande do Sul context in the 1940s and as was organized the 1st Modern Hall of Plastic Arts. The study had as its main source of research the newspaper Diario de Noticias, was to approach the history of ideas, and was developed by the doctoral research. In addition, the text considers the historical approaches to art in Rio Grande do Sul researchers Maria Lucia Kern, Carlos Scarinci and Angelo Guido.

KEYWORDS: modernism; art; modern Art
Traçando diferentes linhas para o balé: perspectivas políticas do movimento do coreógrafo William Forsythe (1949)
Authors: Ferreira Rousejanny Silva
Published: June 2017

Este artigo problematiza a feitura e sentidos do balé na contemporaneidade a partir do diálogo entre os estudos da dança e da performance. Como norte desta pesquisa, recorro ao pesquisador André Lepecki para traçar algumas linhas políticas do movimento na dança cênica, focando na expressão do balé e seu desenvolvimento potencial com o coreógrafo norte americano William Forsythe, a frente do Frankfurt Ballet na década de 1990. Forsythe problematizou pontos conceituais e composicionais do balé que desencadearam uma série de questões sobre o modo de entendê-lo na contemporaneidade.

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the making and contemporary ballet's senses from the dialogue between dance and performance studies. As North of this research, turn to the researcher André Lepecki to plot some political lines of movement in scenic dance, focusing on expression of the ballet and its development potential with the American choreographer William Forsythe, the Frankfurt Ballet in late 1990. Forsythe discussed conceptual and compositional points of the Ballet that triggered a series of questions on how to understand him in contemporary times.

KEYWORDS: Ballet; dance studies; William Forsythe.
Políticas do espaço: desordem e emergências da performance
Authors: Linke Ines , Mendes Eloisa Brantes , Rocco Marcelo , Ciotti Naira
Published: June 2017

A performance, como prática corporal extra cotidiana, desloca a percepção territorial dos espaços, criando intervenções que perturbam a ordem, questionam a estabilidade dos lugares, seus símbolos, usos e formas de controle. Neste texto, apresentamos as falas e os debates da mesa “Políticas do Espaço: desordem e emergências da performance”, sobre a performance em situação de intervenção urbana como instância política de percepção do espaço, que coloca em jogo a emergência de coletividades temporárias. Assim, procurou-se revisar o conceito de linguagem cênica por meio da análise de manifestações que problematizam questões estéticas e éticas do cotidiano nas cidades, através de ações coletivas e ocupações experimentais como protestos, processos de apropriação dos espaços, subversão dos lugares e deslocamentos territoriais.

ABSTRACT
Performance, as a non-everyday embodied practice, displaces the territorial perception of spaces, creating interventions that disturb order, question the stability of places, their symbols, uses and forms of control. In this text we present the talks and debates of the roundtable “Politics of Space: disorder and emergencies of the performance”, dealing with performances in an urban intervention situation as a political instance of perception of space that put at stake the emergence of temporary collectivities. Thus, we sought to revise the concept of scenic language through the analysis of manifestations that problematize aesthetic and ethical issues in daily of the cities, through collective actions and experimental occupations such as protests, processes of appropriation of spaces, subversion of places and territorial displacements.
KEY WORDS: Intervention, performance, space, politics.
Self-efficacy beliefs of students who take the pedagogic training program in the faculty of arts and sciences and students in the education faculty towards teaching profession
Authors: Elkatmış Metin , Demirbaş Murat , Ertuğrul Nurcan
Published: June 2017

The aim of this study is to compare self-efficacy beliefs of students who take the pedagogic training program in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and students from Education Faculty towards to teaching profession in terms of a variety of variables. A total of 338 teachers were included in the study held as part of the relational model of screening. The data collected with measurement tool which name is Teachers' Self Efficacy Scale, were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. As a result, it is derived that there is no statistically significant difference between the self-efficacy beliefs of students who take the pedagogic training program in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and students in the Education Faculty towards the teaching profession. In addition, teachers' self-efficacy perceptions of boys attending faculty of education were found to be higher than girls. However, the difference between reasons for choosing the teaching profession and day or night classes was not statistically significant. Moreover, it is identified that perceptions of self-efficacy pedagogic training students in the faculty of science do not differ as per gender and day or night classes.
Examination of relationship between teachers' loneliness at workplace and their life satisfaction
Authors: Yılmaz Ercan , Arslan Hüseyin
Published: June 2017

This research aims to examine teachers' life satisfaction level and their loneliness at workplace according to some variables. It also aims to find out predictive role and its level of teachers' loneliness at workplace on their life satisfaction. Research is carried out in accordance with relational screening model and 402 primary school teachers who are working in Ankara during 2012-2013 academic year and selected from 35 primary schools by use of disproportionate cluster sampling method constitutes the sample of the research. The data is collected with ''the scales of loneliness at workplace and life satisfaction'' and tested by making use of multiple regression technique. The differentiation levels in terms of teachers' life satisfaction and their loneliness at workplace, their sexes, marital status, attendance to concerted social activities out of school and union membership are analysed using T test. Research findings indicate that while there is not a significant difference between teachers' loneliness level at workplace with respect to marital status in the dimension of emotional deprivation, there is a meaningful diffrence in the dimension of social friendship. Single teachers feel themselves lonelier at workplace than married ones in social friendship dimension. According to marital status variable, life satisfaction levels show significant difference in favor of married teachers. Moreover, between the points of teachers' life satisfaction and the points of their loneliness at workplace in the dimensions of emotional deprivation and social friendship, there is meaningful negative way relationship. It is also inferred that there is a meaningful opposite relationship between emotional deprivation dimension of teachers' loneliness at workplace and social friendship dimension of their life satisfaction.
Application of queuing theory to a fast food outfit: a study of blue meadows restaurant
Authors: Gumus Seigha , Bubou Gordon Monday , Oladeinde Mobolaji Humphrey
Published: June 2017

The study evaluated the queuing system in Blue Meadows restaurant with a view to determining its operating characteristics and to improve customers’ satisfaction during waiting time using the lens of queuing theory. Data was obtained from a fast food restaurant in the University of Benin. The data collected was tested to show if it follows a Poisson and exponential distribution of arrival and service rate using chi square goodness of fit. A 95% confidence interval level was used to show the range of customers that come into the system at an hour time frame and the range of customers served at an hour time frame. Using the M/M/s model, the arrival rate, service rate, utilization rate, waiting time in the queue and the probability of customers likely balking from the restaurant was derived. The arrival rate (λ) at Blue Meadows restaurant was about 40 customers per hour, while the service rate was about 22 customers per hour per server. The number of servers present in the system was two. The average number of customers in the system in an hour window was 40 customers with a utilization rate of 0.909. The paper concludes with a discussion on the benefits of performing queuing analysis to a restaurant.
Power Profiles of Competitive and Noncompetitive Mountain Bikers
Authors: Novak Andrew R. , Bennett Kyle J.M. , Pluss Matthew A. , Fransen Job , Watsford Mark L. , Dascombe Ben J.
Published: June 2017

Novak, AR, Bennett, KJM, Pluss, MA, Fransen, J, Watsford, ML, and Dascombe, BJ. Power profiles of competitive and noncompetitive mountain bikers. J Strength Cond Res 33(2): 538–543, 2019—The performance of Olympic distance cross-country mountain bikers (XCO-MTB) is affected by constraints such as erosion of track surfaces and mass start congestion which can affect race results. Standardized laboratory assessments quantify interseasonal and intraseasonal cycling potential through the assessment of multiple physiological capacities. Therefore, this study examined whether the power profile assessment (PPA) could discriminate between competitive XCO-MTB and noncompetitive mountain bikers (NC-MTB). Second, it aimed to report normative power profile data for competitive XCO-MTB cyclists. Twenty-nine male participants were recruited across groups of XCO-MTB (n = 14) and NC-MTB (n = 15) mountain bikers. Each cyclist completed a PPA that consisted of increasing duration maximal efforts (6, 15, 30, 60, 240, and 600 seconds) that were interspersed by longer rest periods (174, 225, 330, 480, and 600 seconds) between efforts. Normative power outputs were established for XCO-MTB cyclists ranging between 13.8 ± 1.5 W·kg−1 (5-second effort) and 4.1 ± 0.6 W·kg−1 (600-second effort). No differences in absolute peak power or cadence were identified between groups across any effort length (p > 0.05). However, the XCO-MTB cyclists produced greater mean power outputs relative to body mass than the NC-MTB during the 60-second (6.9 ± 0.8 vs 6.4 ± 0.6 W·kg−1; p = 0.002), 240-second (4.7 ± 0.7 vs. 3.8 ± 0.4 W·kg−1; p < 0.001), and 600-second (4.1 ± 0.6 vs. 3.4 ± 0.3 W·kg−1; p < 0.001) efforts. The PPA is a useful discriminative assessment tool for XCO-MTB and highlights the importance of aerobic power for XCO-MTB performance.
Understanding the brain in health and disease
Authors: Schnapp Esther , Breithaupt Holger
Published: June 2017

Today, Karl Deisseroth was awarded the 4 million euro 2017 Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for his discoveries of optogenetics and of hydrogel‐tissue chemistry, and for developing circuit‐level insight into depression. We asked him how his and related work enhances our understanding of the brain and psychiatric diseases at the molecular level.
Rationale for the development of alternative forms of androgen deprivation therapy
Authors: Kumari Sangeeta , Senapati Dhirodatta , Heemers Hannelore V
Published: June 2017

With few exceptions, the almost 30,000 prostate cancer deaths annually in the United States are due to failure of androgen deprivation therapy. Androgen deprivation therapy prevents ligand-activation of the androgen receptor. Despite initial remission after androgen deprivation therapy, prostate cancer almost invariably progresses while continuing to rely on androgen receptor action. Androgen receptor’s transcriptional output, which ultimately controls prostate cancer behavior, is an alternative therapeutic target, but its molecular regulation is poorly understood. Recent insights in the molecular mechanisms by which the androgen receptor controls transcription of its target genes are uncovering gene specificity as well as context-dependency. Heterogeneity in the androgen receptor’s transcriptional output is reflected both in its recruitment to diverse cognate DNA binding motifs and in its preferential interaction with associated pioneering factors, other secondary transcription factors and coregulators at those sites. This variability suggests that multiple, distinct modes of androgen receptor action that regulate diverse aspects of prostate cancer biology and contribute differentially to prostate cancer’s clinical progression are active simultaneously in prostate cancer cells. Recent progress in the development of peptidomimetics and small molecules, and application of Chem-Seq approaches indicate the feasibility for selective disruption of critical protein–protein and protein–DNA interactions in transcriptional complexes. Here, we review the recent literature on the different molecular mechanisms by which the androgen receptor transcriptionally controls prostate cancer progression, and we explore the potential to translate these insights into novel, more selective forms of therapies that may bypass prostate cancer’s resistance to conventional androgen deprivation therapy.
Pediatric Firearm-Related Injuries in the United States
Authors: Parikh Kavita , Silver Alyssa , Patel Shilpa J. , Iqbal Sabah F. , Goyal Monika
Published: June 2017

Pediatric firearm-related deaths and injuries are a national public health crisis. In this Special Review Article, we characterize the epidemiology of firearm-related injuries in the United States and discuss public health programs, the role of pediatricians, and legislative efforts to address this health crisis. Firearm-related injuries are leading causes of unintentional injury deaths in children and adolescents. Children are more likely to be victims of unintentional injuries, the majority of which occur in the home, and adolescents are more likely to suffer from intentional injuries due to either assault or suicide attempts. Guns are present in 18% to 64% of US households, with significant variability by geographic region. Almost 40% of parents erroneously believe their children are unaware of the storage location of household guns, and 22% of parents wrongly believe that their children have never handled household guns. Public health interventions to increase firearm safety have demonstrated varying results, but the most effective programs have provided free gun safety devices to families. Pediatricians should continue working to reduce gun violence by asking patients and their families about firearm access, encouraging safe storage, and supporting firearm-related injury prevention research. Pediatricians should also play a role in educating trainees about gun violence. From a legislative perspective, universal background checks have been shown to decrease firearm homicides across all ages, and child safety laws have been shown to decrease unintentional firearm deaths and suicide deaths in youth. A collective, data-driven public health approach is crucial to halt the epidemic of pediatric firearm-related injury.
Congenital Diseases of the Kidneys: Prognosis and Treatments
Authors: Feldenberg Rich , Beck Anne
Published: June 2017

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health problem with a huge economic burden on society. In children, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the most common cause for CKD. Normal development of the kidneys and urinary tract progresses through a complex series of events and requires the expression of key transcription factors to occur with precision in the fetus. It is now known that many genetic defects can lead to CAKUT. Most CAKUT can be identified prenatally with antenatal ultrasonography, and in cases of severe oligohydramnios, prenatal options such as vesicoamniotic shunting and amnioinfusion can improve the chances for survival. For infants born with severe renal impairment, transfer to a center specializing in infant dialysis should be considered, because survival of infants receiving dialysis has been shown to be reasonably good, and survival improves further if kidney transplantation can eventually be achieved.
Echinoderm diversity of a tropical estuary in the largest river basin of the Costa Rican Pacific, Eastern Tropical Pacific
Authors: Azofeifa-Solano Juan Carlos , Mena Sebastián , Alvarado Juan José , Chacón-Monge José Leonardo , Clarke Tayler M. , Herrera-Correal Juliana , Wehrtmann Ingo S.
Published: June 2017

Echinoderms within the Eastern Tropical Pacific have mainly been studied in association with coral reefs. Investigations on echinoderms associated with soft-bottoms and estuaries are still scarce. The present study reports on the echinoderm species inhabiting the soft-bottom sediments of shallow-brackish waters adjacent to the largest river basin along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Térraba-Sierpe wetland. Nine species were recorded, three of them new records for Costa Rica: Luidia columbia, L. latiradiata, and L. superba. The most common species were L. columbia, Astropecten armatus, A. regalis, and L. latiradiata. This contributes towards current knowledge on the biodiversity of Térraba-Sierpe wetland and should be considered as a baseline upon which to monitor the effects of future impacts on this important mangrove area.
The Central American tree snake, Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861) (Squamata: Dipsadinae): a new record for Zacatecas, Mexico
Authors: Bañuelos-Alamillo Jorge A. , Trujillo-De la Torre Ilse Yasareth , Quintero-Díaz Gustavo E. , Carbajal-Márquez Rubén Alonso
Published: June 2017

We document the first record of Imantodes gemmi­stratus for Zacatecas state, Mexico. In August 2016, one adult male was found in a dry forest and oak forest ecotone in the Municipality of Valparaiso. This new record extends known distribution of the species 166 km to the northeast  from the nearest previous record in Nayarit state.
Breaking bad news: doctors’ skills in communicating with patients
Authors: Ferreira da Silveira Francisco José , Botelho Camila Carvalho , Valadão Carolina Cirino
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Breaking bad news is one of doctors’ duties and it requires them to have some skills, given that this situation is difficult and distressful for patients and their families. Moreover, it is also an uncomfortable condition for doctors. The aim of this study was to evaluate doctors’ capacity to break bad news, ascertain which specialties are best prepared for doing this and assess the importance of including this topic within undergraduate courses. DESIGN AND SETTING: Observational cross-sectional quantitative study conducted at a university hospital in Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil. METHODS: This study used a questionnaire based on the SPIKES protocol, which was answered by 121 doctors at this university hospital. This questionnaire investigated their attitudes, posture, behavior and fears relating to breaking bad news. RESULTS: The majority of the doctors did not have problems regarding the concept of bad news. Nevertheless, their abilities diverged depending on the stage of the protocol and on their specialty and length of time since graduation. Generally, doctors who had graduated more than ten years before this survey felt more comfortable and confident, and thus transmitted the bad news in a better conducted manner. CONCLUSION: Much needs to be improved regarding this technique. Therefore, inclusion of this topic in undergraduate courses is necessary and proposals should be put forward and verified.
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN AREA DOMINATED BY Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn IN CAPARAÓ NATIONAL PARK, MG
Authors: Brandão Jeane de Fátima Cunha , Martins Sebastião Venâncio , Brandão Isac Jonatas , Lopes Waldomiro de Paula
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT The goal of this study was to restore an area dominated by P. aquilinum in the National Park of Caparaó, by nucleation techniques. In an area covered by P. aquilinum, 60 nuclei or gaps of 2 x 2 m were cleared, i.e., 10 nuclei per treatment. In these open areas, all P. aquilinum cover was removed down to the soil. In the center of each gap was delimited one parcel of 1 x 1 m, in which the treatments were applied: T1-liming, T2-seed bank and litter transposition, T3-direct-seeding, T4-liming + seed bank and litter transposition, T5-liming + direct-seeding, T6-control. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design with 10 replications. In each nucleation plot, after one year, all arbustive-arboreous species were recorded, by measuring plant height and diameter at ground level. The plants were classified according to the succession class and dispersion type. One year after the installation of the nucleation experiment, 331 individuals of 19 species, 12 genera and 10 botanical families were recorded. Pioneer plants were the predominant ecological group, and the prevailing dispersion type was zoochoric. The richest families were Solanaceae and Euphorbiaceae. Solanaceae was represented by the highest number of individuals (56.2%), followed by Fabaceae (10%). The genus Solanum had the highest richness and abundance. The applied nucleation techniques triggered the succession process in the area invaded by P. aquilinum. Treatments with seed banks were the most appropriate to facilitate forest regeneration in this area.
EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE FERTILIZATION AND BASE SATURATION OF SUBSTRATE ON THE SEEDLINGS GROWTH AND QUALITY OF Plathymenia foliolosa Benth.
Authors: Freitas Eliane Cristina Sampaio de , Paiva Haroldo Nogueira de , Leite Helio Garcia , Oliveira Neto Sílvio Nolasco de
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the growth and quality of seedlings of Plathymenia foliolosa Benth in response to base saturation of substrate and phosphate fertilization. The treatments were arranged in a factorial design of 6 P levels (0, 120, 240, 360, 480 and 600 mg dm-3) by 5 base saturation levels (3.5, 25, 40, 55, 70 %), in randomized blocks with four replications. The height of aerial part, neck diameter, shoot dry matter, root dry matter and total dry matter were determined at 118 days after the transplanting. It was still calculated the relation shoot dry matter/root dry matter and the Dickson Quality Index. There were significant effects of the phosphate fertilization for all studied variables. The base saturation had influence on all studied variables, except for the shoot dry matter/root dry matter relation. No significant effect of the interaction between base saturation of substrate and phosphate fertilization was observed on seedlings growth and quality. For the studied conditions, it is recommended 300 mg dm-3 of P for the production of quality seedlings of Plathymenia foliolosa without the necessity of liming.
Development and evaluation of an integrated transportation system: a case study of Delhi
Authors: Chalumuri Ravi Sekhar , Nath Rejitha , Errampalli Madhu
Published: June 2017

The city of Delhi, India is experiencing rapid urban growth, which is causing a number of transport-related issues such as congestion, low service levels and pollution. The lack of efficient public transportation is compelling commuters to shift their travel modes to private and intermediate transport, resulting in unbalanced modal splits. Using the macro-simulation software Visum, a sequential four-stage travel demand model was developed based on a total of 7098 individual questionnaire responses collected in Delhi. The base year traffic flows for private and public transport trips were estimated through the developed travel demand model and validated with field data. To encourage transport sustainability, multi-modal integration of Delhi's metro rail systems with feeder modes and park-and-ride facilities was performed and their benefits at the network level were evaluated. The results indicated an increase in metro rail ridership after devising multi-modal integration. The aim of this work is ultimately to encourage modal shift from private cars to public transport.
O olhar do enfermeiro emergencista ao paciente que tentou suicídio: estudo exploratório
Authors: Santos Emelynne Gabrielly de Oliveira , Azevedo Ana Karina Silva , Silva Glauber Weder dos Santos , Barbosa Isabelle Ribeiro , Medeiros Rodrigo Rebouças de , Valença Cecilia Nogueira
Published: June 2017

Objetivo:  analisar  o  olhar  do  enfermeiro  do  setor  de  urgência  e emergência  no  que  diz  respeito  ao  cuidado  ao  paciente  que  tentou  suicídio.  Método: estudo   exploratório-descritivo,   qualitativo,   realizado   por   meio   de   uma   entrevista semiestruturada  com  13  enfermeiros  de  um  pronto-socorro  público  do  estado  do  Rio Grande   do   Norte.   Os   dados   foram   sistematizados   em   núcleos   de   significação. Resultados:  o  cuidado  do  enfermeiro  ao  paciente  que  tenta  suicídio  configura-se  sob uma perspectiva tecnicista, com ênfase em uma abordagem clínica. Ademais, percebeu-se  que  os  profissionais  sentem-se  despreparados  para  lidar  com  a  temática  abordada. Conclusão:  é  imprescindível  repensar  a  formação  profissional  do  enfermeiro  para  lidar com o suicídio, sendo fundamentaia a notificação das ocorrências dos casos nos serviços de saúde e a criação de políticas públicas voltadas para prevenção desse fenômeno.
Relações entre o trabalho em turnos e a qualidade de sono em enfermeiros: estudo descritivo
Authors: Silva Kézia Katiane Medeiros , De Martino Milva Maria Figueiredo , Viana Maria Cleia de Oliveira , Bezerra Clarissa Maria Bandeira , Miranda Francisco Arnoldo Nunes
Published: June 2017

Objetivo:  analisar  o  ciclo  vigília-sono  e  a  qualidade  do  sono  em enfermeiros que trabalham por turnos num hospital universitário. Método: delineamento do  tipo  transversal  e  descritivo,  com  uma  abordagem  quantitativa.  Resultados:  o  ciclo vigília-sono foi avaliado por meio do diário de sono, num total de 104 enfermeiros, com idade média de 39 anos. Para medir a qualidade do sono, calculou-se o Índice Qualidade de  Sono  de  Pittsburgh  (PSQI).  A  percepção  da  qualidade  do  sono  autorreportada  pela Escala Análoga Visual (VAS) foi de 6,79 pontos, em média, para o sono do grupo diurno e 5,36 pontos para o sono do grupo noturno, com diferença estatística. No PSQI, obteve-se  uma  média  de  7  pontos.  Conclusão:  os  dados  permitiram  considerar  o  sono  dos enfermeiros  como  sendo  de má  qualidade  para  o  grupo  do  noturno. A  falta  de hábitos desportivos e o esquema de trabalho em turnos podem ter influenciado na qualidade do sono.
Pesquisar história da enfermagem no Brasil: o que temos a dizer?
Authors: Porto Fernando
Published: June 2017

A reflexão que propomos é referente ao que escrevemos, registramos e narramos na abordagem da história da enfermagem, ao adotarmos métodos e técnicas na construção dos estudos, cuja seleção documental pode ser escrita, imagética, oral, objetal, dentre tantas outras. Isto implica na construção de assertivas entendidas como verdades “absolutas”, e que reproduzem determinadas crenças simbólicas do que queremos acreditar.
Reimagining Disability and Inclusive Education Through Universal Design for Learning
Authors: Wilson Jan Doolittle
Published: June 2017

In 1975, Congress enacted a law eventually known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which ensures that children with disabilities receive a free, appropriate, public education. Since then, scholarly and popular debates about the effectiveness of inclusive education have proliferated and typically focus on the ability or inability of students with disabilities to succeed in so-called regular classrooms. These debates reflect widespread assumptions that the regular classroom is rightly the province of nondisabled students and a neutral, value-free space that students with disabilities invade and disrupt via their very presence and their costly needs for adaptation. But as many scholars in the field of Disability Studies in Education (DSE) have argued, these discussions often fail to recognize that the space of the regular classroom, far from neutral, is constructed for a nondisabled, neurotypical, white, male, middle-class "norm" that neither reflects nor accommodates the wide range of diverse learners within it, regardless of whether these learners have been diagnosed with a disability. A DSE perspective sees the educational environment, not students with disabilities, as the "problem" and calls for a Universal Design for Learning approach to education, or the design of instructional materials and activities that allows the learning goals to be achievable by individuals with wide differences in their abilities and backgrounds. Agreeing with this DSE perspective, this article uses an autoethnographic approach to reexamine inclusive education and to consider how university classrooms, pedagogy, and curricular materials can be improved in order to accommodate all students, not just those with disabilities. Ultimately, the article argues that Universal Design for Learning has the potential to radically transform the meaning of inclusive education and the very concept of disability.
Disclosure of Mental Disability by College and University Faculty: The Negotiation of Accommodations, Supports, and Barriers
Authors: Price Margaret , Salzer Mark S. , O'Shea Amber , Kerschbaum Stephanie L.
Published: June 2017

High-profile shootings and student suicides have made mental health issues on college campuses a major national issue. College students are usually the focus of this conversation, while little attention beyond anecdotal accounts has been paid to faculty with mental health issues. In response to this lack of broad-scale research, a first-of-its-kind cross-institutional survey of faculty with mental disabilities was conducted. Respondents self-identified as faculty with mental disabilities, mental illness or mental-health histories. Results from 267 respondents indicated that nearly 70% had no or limited familiarity with accommodations, and even fewer used them (87%). A majority of respondents (62%) disclosed to at least one person on campus, primarily colleagues (50%) and department chairs (21%). Respondents felt most supported by spouses/significant others (75% very or extremely supported) and friends (51%) rather than colleagues (29%) and supervisors (25%). In our discussion of these findings, we offer suggestions for practice that will improve environments, rather than focusing on case-by-case "fixes" for those who disclose. We also suggest directions for further research into this topic, which is frequently mentioned (in both scholarly and popular publications) but rarely investigated systematically or on a wide scale.