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En kristendomsform der ikke-troen hører til: Teologisk counter-conduct i dag
Authors: Wyller Trygve
Published: April 2023

The chapter discusses whether the Foucauldian counter conduct concept also has a theological relevance today. In his analysis, Foucault located counter conduct as a practice, which reformatted and reconstructed the prevailing pastoral power. The intention was to strengthen individual independency in faith issues and to reduce the powers of ecclesial hierarchy.

One section in the article presents current interpretations of non-conventional ecclesial practices, from Norway and from Sweden. The discussion part presents significant perspectives from the so-called Scandinavian Creation Theology (SCT). The SCT gives theological prominence also to issues that seem not be directly relevant for faith matters. Everyday life issues are interpreted as aspects which are of strong significance for theology. This means that also what seems to be non-faith practices are theologically important.

The final discussion in the article that a practice where Muslims are given a prayer room within the basement of a Lutheran church in Sweden can be interpreted as contemporary, theological counter-conducts. The practice gives significance to people not pertaining to Christian faith. But it also recognizes the life forms of people as relevant for a Christian church. The conclusion is that recognizing non-faith as part of what is ecclesial relevant, can be seen as theological counter conducts today. This practice recognizes people’s identity and reduces ecclesial hierarchies.
Kjønn, makt og motmakt
Authors: Espeseth Marta Maria
Published: April 2023

This chapter studies an embodied and gendered counter-conduct developed within a minority religious culture, but still in opposition to this culture. The material used is historical and biographical, with small glimpses of the life and work of Othilie Tonning (1865–1931), a prominent Norwegian social reformer, feminist, and Salvation Army officer. Before she went through a religious conversion and joined the Salvation Army, she was a radical freethinker and suffragette, smoked cigars and cut her hair short. After her conversion, she threw away the cigars but kept her hair short for the rest of her life. That was not popular, neither in the Salvation Army nor society in general in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This story is then discussed with theories of gender and religion, especially Judith Butler’s theory of performativity and her rethinking of vulnerability and resistance. Tonning’s counter-conduct, the close-cropped hairstyle, androgynous features, and masculine uniform, disturbs the relationship between the religious and the secular, as it disturbs and changes the interpretation of gender. The normative point is that this disturbance creates open spaces of hope for human inclusion and diversity.
Sykehjem, – praksis og motstand: Møte med migrasjon
Authors: Hillestad Adelheid Hummelvoll
Published: April 2023

The chapter is a reflection on my own knowledge development work as both a nursing teacher and project manager for a collaborative project at a nursing home in a different cultural context than my own. The basic perspective is an understanding that knowledge is situated, and therefore different understandings of knowledge practice will come into play when meeting each other. The focal point of the reflection is my own bodily resistance and emotional touchiness when observing wound care performed by local nursing students according to instructions from the local wound nurse. This bodily resistance as a form of counter-conduct is understood based on phenomenological insights about the body and emotions, and their possible influence on knowledge and learning practice. Furthermore, the view of learning is discussed with Foucault’s concept of pastoral power as both a disciplining power and a caring power, and possible opportunities to change practice.
Uventede rom for andre narrativer. Hvordan Friluftssykehuset åpnet for Lars sin egen stemme
Authors: Egenæs Einar
Published: April 2023

This article presents how the human encounter at the new cabin, Friluftssykehuset, was the start of a new focus and a nascent hope for a young cancer patient named Lars. For both Lars and his family, this dialogue evoked good memories of their own places, their own summers in the mountains, and nature’s sensory impressions and moods. This development occured on a walk out from the hospital room and up to the cabin at Gaustadbekken. The imagination was set in motion and created new ideas that brought the boy into another mode so that the family as a whole was able to move into a resistance practice. My impetus for writing this article is that I work daily as a clinical social worker and family therapist in the department where Lars was treated, where I have a special responsibility for following up families of children with brain tumors with conversation and social medical support. The parents and the head of the department have given their consent for anonymous narratives from my sessions with Lars and his family to be used in this article.
Motmakt på pavestolen – fra Pius IX til Frans
Authors: Hafstad Kjetil
Published: April 2023

In his deliberations on power, Michel Foucault also discussed pastoral power. Through distributing the sacraments, especially confession, ministers and churches come in intimate contact with the inner thoughts and motives of believers. Ministers can influence the faithful in local communities worldwide. This generates power. Such power can work by prescribing what to do, but also by issuing condemnations of misbehavior. Domination – and counter-conduct as well – has marked the Catholic Church in the last centuries. The following presentation delineates some power plots in the Church since the Napoleonic war. I discuss the two Vatican Councils and developments until the contemporary changes under Pope Francis. Counter-conduct is a useful analytical tool for understanding such changes within the Church and its relation to the surrounding societies.
O TRÁFICO DE SERES HUMANOS PARA EXPLORAÇÃO SEXUAL E A QUESTÃO DO CONSENTIMENTO DA VÍTIMA E SUA VULNERABILIDADE
Authors: FIGUEIRA HECTOR LUIZ MARTINS
Published: April 2023

Tendo em vista a expansão do crime de tráfico de pessoas na sociedade atual, por ser considerada uma das atividades criminosas mais lucrativas, essa questão merece atenção reforçada, por ser este um crime complexo e ocasionado por diversos fatores, denotando a pertinência da conscientização acerca do assunto, motivo pelo qual foi escolhido para este estudo. Assim, pode-se denotar que as causas para a ocorrência do tráfico de pessoas são de inúmeras naturezas, podendo citar-se o fenômeno da globalização, o aumento da exploração econômica, a pobreza, as desigualdades sociais, razões pelas quais aumentam a difusão da criminalidade concernente este crime.
COMPORTAMENTO DE XYLOCOPA ORDINARIA SMITH (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) NA POLINIZAÇÃO DE ESPÉCIES EM DUAS COMUNIDADES VEGETAIS DE RESTINGA DO MUNICÍPIO DO RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL
Authors: Verçoza Fábio de Castro
Published: April 2023

Neste trabalho é descrito o comportamento intrafloral desempenhado por Xylocopa ordinaria Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae) e sua efetividade na polinização de Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.,  Crotalaria vitellina Ker Gawl., Sophora tomentosa L., Senna australis (Vell.) Irwin & Barneby (Fabaceae), Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. (Convolvulaceae) e Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw. (Cactaceae) na restinga de Grumari, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, no período de março de 2010 a dezembro de 2011. Os registros foram efetuados no período diurno, através do método do indivíduo-focal proposto por Altmann (1974), considerando a capacidade das abelhas de transportarem pólen sobre seus corpos, sua fidelidade floral e sua capacidade de contatar as anteras e o estigma. Dados referentes à biologia floral das espécies de plantas visitadas, tais como morfologia, cor e odor entre outras são apresentados.
EVIDÊNCIAS DA RELAÇÃO ENTRE DESEMPREGO E PRODUTO A PARTIR DA UTILIZAÇÃO DOS FILTROS HP E HAMILTON
Authors: Lima Fabiano Roberto Santos de
Published: April 2023

O Brasil na atualidade enfrenta altas taxas de desemprego com um número que atinge cerca de treze milhões de brasileiros. Dentre as teorias mais comumente aplicadas aos estudos relacionados ao mercado de trabalho que abordam o tema de desemprego está a lei de Okun, que revela que o hiato do produto é proporcional à diferença entre a taxa de desemprego e a taxa natural de desemprego. O objetivo deste artigo é contribuir com a literatura sobre o desemprego a partir de evidências empíricas da lei de Okun para o Brasil durante o período de 2012 a 2019 comparando duas abordagens: uma com a aplicação do filtro estatístico de Hodrick-Prescott para o hiato e outra com a aplicação do filtro de Hamilton. Para tanto, utiliza-se a estratégia econométrica de regressão estatística pelo método de Modelos Autorregressivos de Defasagem Distribuída (ARDL). Os resultados corroboram com a literatura e apontam para evidências da existência da lei de Okun no período analisado no país onde o aumento de 1% no produto impacta em redução da taxa de desemprego que varia entre 0.52% e 0.75%, dependendo da abordagem utilizada. O estudo revela ainda que para políticas de redução de desocupação será necessário um crescimento econômico no semestre que varie entre 1.3% e 1.9% acima da tendência de crescimento do país.
RISCO DE INFECÇÃO POR TOXOPLASMA PELA INGESTÃO DE LEITE CRU E DERIVADOS CONTAMINADOS E VENDIDOS NO COMÉRCIO INFORMAL
Authors: Medeiros Mildred Ferreira
Published: April 2023

O presente estudo realizado a partir de levantamento bibliográfico de dados objetivou esclarecer a comunidade acadêmica sobre os riscos de infecção humana por Toxoplasma gondii quando da ocorrência da ingestão de leite, queijos e outros laticínios contaminados vendidos no mercado informal. O parasita Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) é um protozoário coccídeo unicelular flagelado que infecta um terço da população mundial, causando a toxoplasmose- doença que pode ser assintomática, mas que pode desenvolver sintomas variados tais como febre, dor de cabeça, confusão mental, anormalidades na visão, falta de coordenação e convulsões; gestantes podem sofrer abortamento ou os bebês podem nascer com icterícia,  surdez, macrocefalia, microcefalia e crises convulsivas. Entre as formas de prevenção, não ingerir leite não pasteurizado é uma importante estratégia inserida nas normas de profilaxia para essa doença. O produtor de leite e derivados de leite deve atentar para a legislação que regulamenta as condições de criação pecuária e de fabricação destes produtos para serem comercializados sem riscos á saúde da população. Conclui-se que a inspeção sanitária proporciona segurança alimentar e proporciona melhorias ao produto comercializado, conferindo credibilidade ao produtor comerciante.
CONTROLE ESTATÍSTICO DIMENSIONAL DOS DIÂMETROS DE PARTÍCULAS ESFÉRICAS DE ALUMINA ALFA
Authors: Mattos João Marques de Moraes
Published: April 2023

Partículas esféricas de alumina alfa, comumente utilizadas em leitos de catalisadores, foram obtidas por geleificação externa, apresentando diâmetro médio entre 3,584mm e 4,833mm. O processo se baseou no bombeamento de mistura de dispersão coloidal de hidróxido de alumínio e solução de álcool polivinílico através de bico gotejador, o que produziu gotículas esféricas. Estas partículas foram liberadas em coluna de hidróxido de amônio, o que provocou a geleificação externa das mesmas. O material geleificado resistiu ao manuseio e suportou tratamento físico-químico (lavagem, secagem, calcinação e sinterização). A caracterização morfológica das partículas calcinadas foi realizada em microscópio ótico e microscópio eletrônico de varredura com o objetivo de determinar a distribuição de tamanho dos diâmetros das mesmas, uma vez que são utilizadas em leitos de catalisadores em que devem ser utilizados diâmetros entre 0,2mm e 0,9mm, com dispersão (desvio padrão) inferior a 0,30mm.
RETRATANDO A EVOLUÇÃO HISTÓRICA DA RESOLUÇÃO DAS EQUAÇÕES POLINOMIAIS POR MEIO DE IMAGENS CONTIDAS EM SELOS POSTAIS COMEMORATIVOS
Authors: De Assis Carlos Alberto Martins
Published: April 2023

No presente artigo, será apresentado um brevíssimo histórico sobre o surgimento da resolução das equações polinomiais ao longo do tempo, utilizando as estampas dos Selos postais comemorativos.
CONFECÇÃO DE MODELOS TRIDIMENSIONAIS COMO PROPOSTA DE METODOLOGIA ATIVA DE APRENDIZAGEM DE MORFOLOGIA OROFACIAL POR ACADÊMICOS DE ODONTOLOGIA: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA
Authors: Medeiros Mildred Ferreira , Piffer Cláudio de Carvalho
Published: April 2023

O presente trabalho é um relato de experiência sobre atividade acadêmica de graduação baseada em metodologia ativa de aprendizagem, incentivando a construção em grupo de modelos tridimensionais de morfologia orofacial humana e patologias associadas, estimulando o desenvolvimento da seguinte tríade de competências e habilidades individuais: protagonismo estudantil x inovação x comunicação interpessoal entre acadêmicos de odontologia de uma instituição privada de ensino superior (IES) do Rio de Janeiro. A atividade consistia em: 1) Organização de grupos com 3 a 5 acadêmicos por tema; 2) Sorteio do tema; 3) Elaboração do projeto do modelo 3D a ser executado com incentivo ao uso de materiais reaproveitados e inovação/ criatividade; 4) Apresentação do projeto pelo grupo para o docente para correção/ajustes; 5) Confecção do modelo 3D utilizando material proposto pelos acadêmicos; 6) Apresentação oral dos temas utilizando os modelos 3D durante a jornada acadêmica de modelos tridimensionais da IES realizada em ambiente aberto ao público. O acompanhamento das atividades permitiu identificar o desenvolvimento dos acadêmicos e a diagnosticar as falhas de aprendizagem dos discentes em relação ao conteúdo já abordado em sala de aula.
ATRIBUIÇÕES LEGAIS DO PROFISSIONAL BIÓLOGO NO PROCESSO DE CAPTAÇÃO E TRANSPLANTE DE TECIDOS E ÓRGÃOS
Authors: Medeiros Mildred Ferreira
Published: April 2023

O presente estudo qualitativo e descritivo baseado em análise de conteúdo da Lei Federal no 6.684/79 e atualizações objetivou esclarecer as competências do biólogo asseguradas pelo Conselho Federal de Biologia (CFBio) que habilitam sua atuação nas diferentes etapas do processo captação-doação de tecidos e órgãos junto às equipes multidisciplinares de saúde. que regulamentam a profissão de Biólogo. Concluiu-se que a participação do biólogo é importante para a conscientização da população sobre doação de órgãos, na análise laboratorial de compatibilidade e na promoção do desenvolvimento científico para a melhoria da qualidade de vida do paciente receptor.
EXPANSÃO DAS EMPRESAS DE CAPITAL ABERTO NO ENSINO SUPERIOR BRASILEIRO NAS DUAS ÚLTIMAS DÉCADAS
Authors: Araujo Carlos Roberto Fernandes de
Published: April 2023

A presente revisão de literatura é parte da tese de doutorado em Administração sobre o ingresso das companhias de capital aberto no Ensino Superior Brasileiro, cujo objetivo é apresentar uma análise crítica das políticas de expansão e evolução da educação superior no Brasil, instituídas após a Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação. Este estudo preliminar sobre a expansão do ensino superior utiliza a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental qualitativa como coleta de dados. Os resultados apontam a consolidação do processo, sobretudo, a partir dos anos 2000, quando se observou a expansão das matrículas e de Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) privadas em relação às públicas, bem como o aporte de capital dos fundos de investimentos no setor educacional e, ainda, a Oferta Pública Inicial (IPO) de ações de empresas educacionais na Bolsa de Valores. Análise e discussão do caso completam o presente artigo.
MELHORIA DE PROCESSOS NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES COM FOCO NA QUALIDADE DO SERVIÇO E/OU PRODUTO PARA O CLIENTE
Authors: Dos Santos Thais Maria Norbiato , Magalhães Maria de Lourdes Martins , Mendes Arnaldo Paulo
Published: April 2023

Empresas de grande, médio e pequeno porte vêm buscando a satisfação dos clientes em seu produto e/ou serviço prestado, com isso se faz necessário uma diferenciação dos seus concorrentes. Atualmente, essas empresas buscam essa diferenciação na melhoria de seus processos internos para que seus objetivos sejam alcançados, tal melhoria tem sido recorrente nas organizações que se preocupam com a qualidade dos seus serviços e/ou produtos prestados. A qualidade vem sendo uma das preocupações nas organizações, pois além de aumentar a satisfação e a confiança dos clientes, reduz custos e aumenta a produtividade. Dentro desse contexto, o presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar as técnicas de melhorias de processos para melhorar o funcionamento dos processos nas organizações e aplicar o método DMAIC para a melhoria de processo. Algumas ferramentas ajudam o método DMAIC na melhoria de processo, tais como, Brainstorming, Fluxograma, Ciclo PDCA, Matriz GUTFI, Matriz Básico, Histograma, Diagrama de Pareto, Diagrama de Causa e efeito, 5W2H. Todas essas ferramentas fazem com que haja uma melhoria de processos dentro de uma organização. Com isso busca-se obter a qualidade, excelência e a satisfação nos serviços e/ou produtos para o cliente.
Assistência da enfermagem na atenção primária às gestantes ribeirinhas afetadas pelo despejo de mercúrio em corpos d’agua.
Authors: Batista Gabriela Cesar Valadares , Cordova João Vitor , Santos Larissa Soriano , De Lima Roberta Maria , Medeiros Mildred Ferreira , De Sousa Marcus Vinicius Villarinho
Published: April 2023

O objetivo geral deste estudo é apresentar uma proposta de protocolo de assistência de enfermagem à saúde das mulheres gestantes residentes em comunidades ribeirinhas expostas ao risco de intoxicação por mercúrio despejado irregularmente nos corpos d’água dos quais o pescado é a fonte alimentar primária da população local. Diante desse cenário, o presente estudo se justifica uma vez que a elaboração de um protocolo de atenção de saúde específico para este público-alvo promove a integração de cuidados de caráter preventivo para utilização profissional no manejo das populações em foco e poderá nortear a atuação das equipes de enfermagem e demais integrantes das equipes de saúde que atendam a estas comunidades. O papel da enfermagem nesse contexto se faz importante pois tais medidas de caráter educativo-profilático constituem um cuidado baseado nos princípios da Política Nacional de Atenção Básica, focado nas individualidades de uma população (atividades sociais, econômicas e culturais) e nos riscos aos quais a saúde dessa população pode ser exposta. Para alcançar o objetivo proposto, optou-se por realizar a coleta dos dados que nortear ama elaboração do protocolo de pesquisa proposto através de levantamento bibliográfico nas seguintes bases de dados virtuais: Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS); Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Os critérios de inclusão definidos para a pré-seleção dos textos foram: artigos científicos completos publicados em português disponíveis para acesso gratuito; utilizando o cruzamento entre as palavras-chave selecionadas e textos publicados entre os anos de 2013 e 2020. Os textos pré-selecionados que não se enquadravam em todos os critérios de seleção foram excluídos.
APLICAÇÃO DO GERENCIAMENTO DE PROJETOS NO SETOR DE CALDEIRARIA INDUSTRIAL
Authors: Moreira Leonardo Finoti , Magalhães Maria de Lourdes Martins , Almeida Sônia Regina dos Santos , De Lemos Olga Maria das Neves
Published: April 2023

A busca por inovação tecnológica faz com que o setor industrial aponte um grande interesse em novos projetos destinados à desenvolvimento de produtos e serviços. Ao decorrer do tempo, a indústria mecânica tem se mostrado notavelmente relevante para o desenvolvimento da economia. O setor de caldeiraria industrial no Brasil está baseado na demanda de grandes projetos, fazendo com que haja a necessidade de se projetar e fabricar equipamentos no país. Deste modo, torna-se necessária a pesquisa por práticas inovadoras e ferramentas que, quando aplicadas corretamente, promovem mudanças significativas nos projetos. O gerenciamento de projetos é a aplicação de conhecimentos nas atividades de um projeto para atender aos seus requisitos. O Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) é um guia das melhores práticas do gerenciamento de projetos elaborado pelo Project Management Institute (PMI). A abordagem dos procedimentos de gerenciamento elencados no PMBOK ocorre de modo que sua aplicação ocorra durante o ciclo de vida do projeto, onde os processos de gerenciamento de projeto, além de interagir entre si, interagem também com as áreas de conhecimento. Assim, o objetivo do presente trabalho é aplicar uma metodologia de gerenciamento de projetos em uma empresa parceira do setor de caldeiraria industrial, situada no Município de Santo André-SP, de acordo com o PMBOK, a fim de promover resultados em termos de produtividade e lucratividade. Cabe ressaltar que, com a introdução de novas tecnologias, obtém-se melhores resultados, proporcionando maiores ganhos e menores riscos ao projeto, elevando a empresa a um nível de maior maturidade e sucesso.
ANÁLISE EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DOS CASOS DE SÍFILIS EM GESTANTES NO ESTADO DE RONDÔNIA, BRASIL, 2015 – 2019
Authors: Carvalho Osdete Correa de , Loose Janaína Teodosio Travassos , Benati Maria Antonia Fernandes Nabarro de Oliveira
Published: April 2023

O estudo teve como objetivo traçar o perfil epidemiológico da sífilis em gestantes no estado de Rondônia, no período de 2015 a 2019. Trata-se se um estudo transversal quantitativo e descritivo, elaborado com dados extraídos do DATASUS. No período pesquisado, foram notificados 1.430 casos de sífilis em gestantes. A maioria dos diagnósticos se deram no terceiro trimestre da gestação (39,93%). Mais de 55% dos casos foram registrados na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos. As mulheres com baixa escolaridade foram as mais acometidas. A penicilina consolidou-se como o tratamento mais utilizado e a maioria dos diagnósticos se deram no terceiro trimestre de gestação. Observou-se o crescimento no número de notificações, apesar dos esforços para a diminuição do contágio. Para o controle da doença, seria viável investimentos em educação em saúde e na assistência pré-natal de qualidade.
INTERVENÇÕES FISIOTERAPÊUTICAS NO ATENDIMENTO DOMICILIAR EM IDOSOS
Authors: Silva Daniele Santos , Souza Kelissa Maria de , Oliveira Lucas Alexandre de , Santos Wesley Junio Rocha dos , Lira Jéssica Jamali , Benati Maria Antonia Fernandes Nabarro de Oliveira
Published: April 2023

O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar as intervenções terapêuticas no âmbito do atendimento domiciliar e suas possíveis contribuições para o acompanhamento de vulneráveis, especialmente pacientes idosos. O ponto de partida é uma revisão sistemática da literatura desenvolvida sobre o tema e veiculada nas plataformas de artigos científicos tais como Google Acadêmico e Scielo, publicados, especificamente, entre 2004 e 2021. Com base nesses elementos, pode-se constatar que o atendimento domiciliar é uma ferramenta de grande relevância para a reabilitação de pacientes idosos tanto no processo de senescência como no processo de senilidade, pois a mesma conta com a espacialidade habitual dos indivíduos, possibilitando o conforto ao realizar as atividades e permitindo um processo de reabilitação sem as dificuldades e as limitações suscitadas por um ambiente estranho ou até mesmo pelo deslocamento até um consultório convencional. Nesse sentido, o atendimento terapêutico domiciliar além de promover um aumento na qualidade de vida dos idosos, também os protege das exposições desnecessárias além de envolver as famílias no processo de reabilitação.
RESENHA DO LIVRO CERTIFICAÇÃO FLORESTAL:
Authors: Pinto Adriano Moura da Fonseca
Published: April 2023

La presente obra analiza, tal y como se indica en su título: “La Certificación Forestal”, en relación con la cual se avanza dentro de este último que es: “Un instrumento económico de mercado al servicio de la gestión forestal sostenible”. Por su parte, el subtítulo de dicha obra, concreta el contenido de la misma, al reconducirla al caso español, de lo que no se deja duda al aludir en aquel a la: “Génesis, evolución y análisis jurídico crítico a la luz de su vigente regulación y aplicación en España”.
Methods of Objectifying Cough
Authors: Andrej Miert , Renata Pecova
Published: April 2023

Cough is one of the most common symptoms encountered by clinicians. Attempts to measure cough date back to early 1950s and since then, significant progress has been made in understanding cough and many methods have been developed. Methods for cough measurement can be divided into subjective and objective methods and further according to the aspect of cough they assess. Subjective methods for cough assessment provide us with information about patient’s personal experiences of cough and about psychosocial aspect of cough. Most widely used subjective methods include cough severity visual analogue scale, cough severity diaries, and various quality of life questionnaires. Objective methods for cough assessment focus mainly on cough frequency and on cough reflex sensitivity. Most widely used methods from this group include cough monitors and cough inhalation challenges. This review focuses on the most widely used cough measurement methods and points out their advantages and limitations for use in research and clinical practice. The ability to measure cough in clinical and research conditions could be used to determine treatment outcomes, to test new therapies, and to further study pathophysiology and physiology of cough.
Is Nasal Nitric Oxide Measurement an Useful Diagnostic Tool in Respiratory Diseases?
Authors: Miroslava Lucanska , Peter Kunc , Renata Pecova
Published: April 2023

Nasal nitric oxide (nNO), discovered in exhaled air in 1991, is produced in the nose and paranasal sinuses. This small gaseous molecule plays various roles in the organism, e.g. the first line defense through its antiviral and antimicrobial activity, stimulation of ciliary motility, regulation of pulmonary function. The measurement of nNO has become a diagnostic tool in various diagnoses, such as primary ciliary dyskinesia, allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, and others. In this article, we discuss the potential benefit of nNO measurement in diagnosis and monitoring of various respiratory diseases.
Search for Molecular Biomarkers of Parkinson’s Disease. New Tissues and Methods
Authors: Peter Racay
Published: April 2023

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that is clinically manifested by motor and non-motor symptoms. At the early stage of the disease, it can be misdiagnosed with some neurologic disorders due to overlapping or similar clinical features. In addition, the pathogenesis of this disease is initiated several years prior to the appearance of classical motor symptoms. This latent phase of neurodegeneration in PD characterised at cellular level by preservation of significant fraction of dopaminergic neurones is of particular interest with respect to the development of disease-modifying or neuroprotective therapies which would require intervention at the earliest stages of disease with an aim to slow down or reverse the disease progression. Therefore, huge effort was performed in order to find and validate a biomarker that would reliably differentiate PD from other neurologic diseases as well as a biomarker that would reveal preclinical/prodromal stage of PD. This short review summarises a recent progress in validation of molecular biomarkers of PD, distinct from genetic markers of PD, with some focus on new analysed tissues and new methods.
Quantitatively comparing elite formation over a century: ministers and judges
Authors: Hogan John , Feeney Sharon , O’Rourke Brendan K.
Published: April 2023

This paper employs elite formation quantitative indices to directly and transparently compare the role of the Irish secondary school system in the formation of Ireland’s political and judicial elites, over its history as an independent country (1922–2022). Whereas other elite studies have tended to compare either the same elite formation systems or the same elites, across countries, we examine the eliteness, influence and exclusiveness of one formation system in the creation of two very different societal elites. Our results suggest that the secondary schools that educated Ireland’s superior court judges were significantly more elite and influential than those that educated its cabinet ministers. Additionally, the vast majority of the secondary schools that educated superior court judges, and about 30 per cent of those that educated cabinet ministers, were fee-paying schools, a category of school that constitutes only a tiny fraction of the secondary schools in the country.
Effects of capacity building on rural women involvement in Climate Smart Agriculture initiatives in Rivers state, Nigeria
Authors: Ifeanyi-obi Chinwoke C. , Akwiwu Uzoamaka N. , Uche Chima , Abuta Chigozie A. , Onwusika Adaobi I.
Published: April 2023

The study assessed the effects of capacity building on rural women involvement in Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)initiative in Rivers State, Nigeria. Respondents were leaders of rural women cooperative societies in Rivers State who were randomly selected from 23 Local Government Areas in the State. Structured questionnaire administration and Key Informant Interview was used to collect data while frequency counts, mean and percentages were employed to analyze the data collected. Results showed that the rural women interviewed were mostly adults, as majority (71.8%) were within the age range of 40 - 59 years. Majority (62.52%) were engaged in business/trading and other non-agricultural income generating activities, such as civil service (21.89%), income from pensions (3.13%), while 12.5% of the respondents had no other income generating activity aside farming. Some (40.63%) of the rural women had Senior Secondary Certificate as the highest form of education. Only 43.75% were aware of CSA, with 62.51% of them indicating low level of CSA knowledge. The major CSA management practices they know include mixed farming (50.0%), crop management practices (40.63%), application of indigenous knowledge and practices (25.0%) and soil management practices (25.0%). Approximately 84% have not attended CSA training before now. All the rural women (100%) used for the study upheld that CSA training is helpful in improving their CSA knowledge, imparted their readiness to adopt CSA practices (94%) and equipped them to be more involved in CSA initiative (100%). The major effects of capacity building on rural women involvement in CSA initiative are better knowledge of CSA for increased use of CSA practices (X̄ = 3.72), capacity to add value to their farm products (X̄= 3.69) and capacity to train others on CSA practices (X̄= 3.50). Regular training on CSA components by both government and private agencies could help in strengthening and sustaining rural women active participation in CSA initiative in the state and beyond.
Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia
Authors: Duranková Silvia , Csanády Alexander , Ružbarská Ingrid
Published: April 2023

Study aim: The aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of children of the minority population of younger school age from eastern Slovakia.

Material and methods: The main aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of 6–10-year-old Romany children at primary schools in eastern Slovakia. In the study, we evaluated twenty measured anthropometric parameters in a group that consisted of 150 children (59 boys and 91 girls).

Results: We compared the differences between the sexes and evaluated the body size effect between sexes. We found that in most of the measured parameters, the boys had higher average values.

Conclusions: Our results confirmed differences in size for most somatic characteristics in the minority Slovak population. However, in order to confirm the findings, it will be necessary in future to evaluate a larger sample of children from Slovakia.
Assessment of Innovation and Investment Attractiveness of the Western Ukrainian Regional Market of Tourist Services
Authors: Pavlov Kostiantyn , Pavlova Olena , Ilyin Leonid , Novosad Oksana , Bortnik Svitlana
Published: April 2023

Methodological approaches to assessing the level of innovation and investment attractiveness of the Western Ukrainian market of tourist services (WUMTS) substantiated the dependence of WUMTS on investment factors analyzed the level of competitiveness of WUMTS. In order to determine the level of dependence (independence) of WUMTS on investment and innovation factors, a paired linear regression was built for each of the regions (regions) included in the WUMTS, Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Zakarpattia, I. Frankivsk, Chernivtsi). In order to eliminate the disproportionate impact of the size of the impact of tourist services (the so-called effect of scale), the studied absolute indicators were converted into relative (growth rate). To assess the innovation and investment attractiveness of WUMTS, it was decided to apply methodological approaches to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of state and regional policy with further improvement in several groups of indicators, monitoring and evaluation of innovation, investment, and social development of the studied areas. Data, information of central executive bodies, regional state administrations, etc. The assessment of WUMTS development indicators was carried out by calculating the rating for each area and the overall rating for all areas. The rating assessment was performed by comparing the deviations of the values of indicators for each specific region under the conditions of the best values for the relevant (reporting) period and the corresponding ranking of regions from 1st to 8th position. As a result of calculations, the integrated rating was determined as the arithmetic means of the sum of ratings in all areas using the formula. The competitiveness of regional tourism markets should be assessed comprehensively, where two groups of indicators should be used to determine the competitiveness of an individual region: indicators of the tourism market and indicators of development of the region as a whole.
Prediction of Fatigue Cracks Using Gamma Function
Authors: Moussouni Abdelfetah , Benachour Mustapha , Benachour Nadjia
Published: April 2023

In the present study it has been endeavored to estimate the fatigue crack propagation in V-notch Charpy specimens of 2024 T351 Al-alloy. For this purpose, a new application of fatigue crack growth (FCG) is developed based on the “Gamma function.” Experimental fatigue tests are conducted for stress ratios from 0.1 to 0.5 under constant amplitude loading. The empiric model depends principally on physical parameters and materials’ properties in non-dimensional form. Deviation percentage, prediction ratio, and band error are used for validation of the performance of the fatigue life. The results determined from Gamma application are in good agreement with experimental FCG rates and those obtained from using Paris law.
Blaublütige Dracula-Fantasie mit idyllischer Coda – Dana Grigorceas dritter Roman Die nicht sterben
Authors: Fischer Markus
Published: April 2023

All three hitherto published novels by Dana Grigorcea do explicitly refer to Romania. Had her first novel been set in the Danube Delta and her second in Bucharest, so the plot of the recently released novel Die nicht sterben is located in the touristic town B. (= Buşteni) at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. Based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula as literary pre-text, the plot of Die nicht sterben interweaves elements of Romanian history, Romanian contemporary events as well as elements of the family history of the first-person narrator. The present paper is focused especially on the female narrator’s bodily, erotic and flying fantasies. The social and moral revolt which manifests itself first and foremost in the vampiresses’ urge to impale, subsides in the end in uncritical idyllic and narcissistic self-reflection.
Die Essayistik Herta Müllers
Authors: Predoiu Grazziella
Published: April 2023

The article follows the two volumes of essays The King Bows and Kills (2003) and Always the same snow and always the same uncle (2011) written by Herta Müller. Politics and aesthetics define the Nobel laureate’s writing, with her essays anchored in Romania’s recent history. They are of a political nature, offer retrospectives on their life in Romania beyond the Iron Curtain, insights into the dictatorial past, persecution by the secret service, the betrayal of closest friends, but also contain reflections on the role of the language, the preference for Romanian, on the use of “The King” in their fictional texts, explain their “alien gaze”. Always the same snow and always the same uncle focuses on the deportation of the Romanian Germans to the Ukraine, with the information serving as a companion work to the novel Hunger angel. The betrayal of closest friends is also discussed, whereby the insight into their files and the past of Oskar Pastior/Otto Stein’s files are used.
Herta Müllers fiktionalisierter Raum, mit Karten lesen – ein Beispiel aus der Praxis
Authors: Spiridon Șerbu Claudia
Published: April 2023

Using the example of Herta Müller‘s novels written after her emigration into the Federal Republic of Germany, the article shows how digital tools can be used to classify the fragmented space that unfolds in the writings of the Nobel Prize winner into a clear model structure. Quantitative research methods are combined with a database-driven GIS analysis toolkit to illustrate the weighting of the fictionalized locations given their gravity centers and polarities. The series of maps show both the density and spread of the action places, as well as the meanings which are attached to the literary space.
Das Werden eines Schicksals. Die Stadt Klausenburg als Angelpunkt einer Existenz in Eginald Schlattners Roman Wasserzeichen
Authors: Dumitru Andreea
Published: April 2023

The novel “Wasserzeichen” was published at the Pop Publishing House in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 2018. The destiny of the main character of the aforementioned literary work is undoubtedly linked to the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca. After finishing high school in Brașov, the young Eginald – who is not the same as the author of the novel – arrives in Cluj-Napoca where he first goes to the Faculty of Protestant Theology, from which he is relegated; afterwards, he starts the courses of another faculty, but before finishing his studies he is arrested by the Securitate. The life story of the young Transylvanian Saxon turns out to be a troubled one – full of defining experiences for his existence. Due to the relationships with the people whom he meets there, the romantic entanglements, and the betrayals he experiences, he matures quickly. The 1st person narrator becomes a true man in this predestinate space.
Der Schriftsteller Franz Xaver Kappus als Vertreter der literarischen Moderne im Banat
Authors: Nubert Roxana , Dascălu-Romiţan Ana-Maria
Published: April 2023

In comparison to the Transsylvanian-Saxon or to the German-speaking Bukowina literature the modernists exerted a more reduced influence on the literature of the Banat Swabians. Franz Xaver Kappus (1883-1966) influenced the literary modernists in the Western part of Romania especially through his expressionistic texts. He became famous thanks to his correspondence with Rainer Maria Rilke. The masterpiece Die lebenden Vierzehn (The Fourteeen SURVIVORS) (1918) is swayed by a collective catastrophe and represents a certain kind of utopia, which anticipates the end of the world. A dread causing image with a peculiar unreality shapes the event. Kappus’ fantasy does not shrink back from images of dread and horror. As in the expressionistic literature any destruction of the harmonious beautiful principle comes about in dread. The grotesque features belong to the expressionistic character of the book. It is interesting that the dreadful and the grotesque show their demonic side and with it they destroy the familiar reality. Such a development demonstrates that Kappus follows a tradition to which also E. T. A. Hoffmann, Frank Wedekind, Franz Kafka or Georg Heym belong. There are also streaks of naturalism in the novel.
Maria Haydls Dichtung als Erinnerungsort siebenbürgisch-sächsischer Kultur?
Authors: Galter Sunhild
Published: April 2023

The German-speaking Saxon minority from Transylvania, a region in Romania, has almost disappeared due to the historical events after World War II and the fall of communism in December 1989. Therefore, the literary work that was created before 1990 is often considered to be a “lieu de mémoire”, a place of remembrance, for the Saxon culture. This article deals with the question whether Maria Haydl’s short stories can be considered as such or do they show too much influence of the politically imposed writing style in order to be authentic.
Das Türkenbüchlein
1 des Ungenannten Mühlbächers – ein vergessener Bestseller des Mittelalters – heute wieder aktuell?
Authors: Popa Lăcrămioara-Marilena
Published: April 2023

The present study shed some light on the so-called Türkenbüchlein (The Turks Booklet) by analyzing, in what extent, a literary work on the history, culture, and religion of the Turks a widely disseminated book in the 15th century, belonging to Georg from Hungary (also “Der Ungenannte Mühlbächer,” “Rumeser Student,” Captivus Septemcastrensis, c. 1422–3 July 1502), is still worth reading. Undoubtedly, it would be necessary to investigate what made the book so popular in the past and what could make it a bestseller today. The article reveals the story of the book`s creation and success, as well as, the multifaceted personality of the main character.
Amerikabild(er) des Reiseberichterstatters und Reiseschriftstellers A.E. Johann
Authors: Nowikiewicz Elżbieta
Published: April 2023

A.E. Johann (1901-1996), relying on his experience of over sixty years of travelling around the world, left behind a wealth of literary and journalist material, in which he often addresses topics and issues related to the United States of America. This paper’s objective is to analyze the reflections and observations of this writer and journalist included in the travel report from the period of the Weimar Republic and entitled America. Untergang am Überfluß (1932) as compared with his later creative output of a more autobiographical nature and developed between 1989 to 1992 (Dies wilde Jahrhundert, 1989; Schön war die Welt. Erinnerungen an die großen Reisen, 1992). Thus, continuity and change in his perception and image of America will be investigated; moreover, at attempt will be made to answer the question to what extent this perception and image have evolved throughout six decades (or one should rather ask why this image hardly changes with the passage of time and the emergence of new circumstances).

This once very popular writer, whose books were sold in high volume, for many years could not enjoy the attention and focus of literary scholars. Accordingly, this paper aims to expand the knowledge about him and boost the discussion on German (anti-) Americanism.
Die mythische Erzählwelt des Wassertales nach Anton Joseph-Ilk: phantastische Gestalten und ihre Symbolik
Authors: Țugui-Caraba Teodora
Published: April 2023

The stories about the Vaser Valley in the northern Romanian Forest Carpathians have not only fascinated the population of the region, but also famous writers who have always tried to collect the stories and tales from the historical region of the Vaser Valley. The best-known author of this region, who turned his lifelong work into this spectacular project, is the German-speaking ethnologist and writer, of Romanian origin, Anton-Joseph Ilk. His book Die mythische Welt des Wassertales includes a remarkable collection of legends and tales from this region, presented in their orally transmitted stories. The main themes of the stories naturally include customs and traditions, whereby certain values and principles were passed on not only to the children and grandchildren, but also to all succeeding generations.
Das Substantiv Pomānǝ, die damit belegten Wortbildungskonstruktionen und das Verb pomenin in den siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Mundarten
Authors: Haldenwang Sigrid
Published: April 2023

The present article initially covers the meaning of Pomānǝ, a noun loaned from the Romanian language into certain idioms and collocations of the Transylvanin-Saxon vernacular. It goes on to cover this loan word‘s constructions documented in the North-Transylvanian craft vocabulary, mainly hybrid formations, including their meaning and their type of word formation. The verb pomenin loaned from the Romanian language into the Transylvanian-Saxon vernacular is presented in its transitive, intransitive as well as reflexive usage in meaningful vernacular records and outlines its morphological integration into the Transylvanin-Saxon language. Both loan words come with etymological explanations. The vernacular records are taken from South Transylvanian and North Transylvanian specialist and vernacular literature as well as from the Transylvanian-Saxon Dictionary.
Förderung der deutschen Sprache durch die Auswärtige Kultur- und Bildungspolitik Deutschland: ein Triple-Win-Modell?
Authors: Tichy Ellen
Published: April 2023

The article deals with the promotion of the German language abroad through Germany’s foreign cultural and educational policy. An important concern of the German intermediary organizations abroad is access to culture and education across geographic, political and social borders, but scientific and economic policy. interests, which benefit the needs of the German market, also play a major role. Regarding the fact that more and more skilled workers who are ultimately lacking in their countries of origin are migrating to Germany, the article questions whether it is always a so-called triple-win model.
Übersetzen zwischen Kompetenz und Identität
Authors: Constantin Ioana
Published: April 2023

One of the most memorable moments of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the USA was that of Amanda Gorman reciting her inaugural poem The Hill we Climb. The translation of this text led to a far-reaching controversy in the international media while at the same time raising a series of theoretical questions in the field of translation studies. The present paper intends to discuss certain theoretical issues such as the translator’s visibility and literary translation related to forms and relations of power by placing them in the context of the shift of theoretical paradigms in translation studies which started in the second half of the 20th century.
Sprache und Kultur der deutschen Holzfäller in den Kleinen Karpaten
Authors: Schuppener Georg
Published: April 2023

The article is devoted to a historical German settlement in present-day Slovakia, since the small German minority of the lumberjacks/woodcutters (Slovak. Huncokári) has received little attention. The urgency of the need for research is also pointed out, since there are only very few speakers of this dialect left. The article therefore informs about some background of the settlement history, the present state and about approaches for ethnological field research.
Mehrsprachigkeit in Mediasch. Ein Beitrag zur Linguistic Landscape
Authors: Berdie Adeline-Alexandra
Published: April 2023

This study aims to present the linguistic landscape of a transylvanian city, namely Mediaș, using the Linguistic Landscape method. It is investigated in which areas of the public space the languages of the historical national minorities are present. The corpus includes inscriptions from the public space that have been analysed and classified according to certain criteria.