bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Walking as site dance: Choreography and conflict in Tel Aviv
Authors: Satin Leslie
Published: May 2019

This article emerges from my experiences of ‘moving and being moved’ on a recent trip to Tel Aviv. The focus is on an exploratory practice as research project, grounded in two conflicted sites – my body and Israel/Tel Aviv – and framed as compositional score, choreography and site dance. The project, based on a walking/lived experience score, aimed to explore a site and its sense of urban flow through embodied experience. This involved conscious walking, being open to sensory and affective elements and to the material phenomena within which the score was situated. This awareness included the city’s representations of itself and its historical narratives through architecture and urban design. The project integrated walking with my daily Gaga dance classes, thus joining two distinct ways of moving as they connected with my experiences of place and my participant-observer status. This article is informed by my dance research-in-motion – my encounters with the dynamic environments of everyday life – and by readings in human geography, spatial/affect theory, phenomenology, urban/architectural history, walking and social choreography, and the adventurous anthropology of Kathleen Stewart. The format of this article combines autobiography with choreographic experience broadly conceived as a practice that entwines the personal within physical, mobile experiences of space and place.
Economic And Logistical Viability of Production of Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum Scalare)
Authors: Manoel Veronica T , Navarro Rodrigo Diana
Published: May 2019

The Freshwater Angelfish stands out for being one of the most beautiful, best-selling and also most popular ornamental fish of tropical waters. Its cultivation is concentrated in the southeastern and southern regions of Brazil, so reproduction of this species in other areas can become a profitable venture. The present study analyzed the economic viability of the cultivation of the Freshwater Angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare, in a water recirculation system. To measure the market demand, an interview was conducted with the main tenants in the industry, adding to the estimate. The profitability of the venture was 2,65% in the first year and 11,95% in the second to the tenth year and the payback rate was 38 months or 3 years and 2 months. Small-scale farming proved to be economically viable, presenting attractive profitability indicators compared to other aquaculture enterprises.Â
Programa saúde da família: a evolução da distribuição espacial das equipes e dos médicos especialistas no Brasil entre 2007 e 2017
Authors: De Carvalho Lucas Resende , Mendes Philipe Scherrer , Maia do Amaral Pedro Vasconcelos
Published: May 2019

No início da década de 1990, o sistema de saúde brasileiro começou a direcionar esforços para o fortalecimento de uma atenção à saúde preventiva em conjunto com um acompanhamento contínuo das necessidades da população. Para o período de 2007 a 2017, foi observada uma grande expansão do Programa Saúde da Família pelo território brasileiro com significativa interiorização, especialmente das regiões Nordeste, Centro-Oeste e norte de Minas Gerais. Foi observado ainda um aumento no número de vagas em cursos de graduação de medicina e também um aumento no número de vagas de residência em medicina da família e comunidade, embora com intensa concentração na região Sudeste e em capitais estaduais. Além da formação desses profissionais, destacamos a necessidade da modernização da gestão de recursos humanos para a atração e fixação dos mesmos em áreas de maior necessidade da população, fomentando uma maior equidade do PSF.
Microelements and Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Authors: Marklová Eliška
Published: May 2019

In addition to the main groups of inherited metabolic diseases, including mitochondrial, peroxisomal and lysosomal defects, organic acidurias, porphyrias, defects of amino acids, saccharides and fatty acids metabolism, disorders of transport and utilisation of microelements have also been recognized. Recent findings concerning hereditary hemochromatosis (iron), Wilson and Menkes diseases (copper), molybdenum cofactor deficiency (molybdenum), defects of cobalamine synthesis (cobalt) and acrodermatitis enteropathica (zinc) are reviewed.
Low Dose Ketoconazole Therapy and Thyroid Functions in Rats
Authors: Çaksen Hüseyin , Tutuş Ahmet , Kurtoğlu Selim , Öztürk Figen , Okumuş Yüksel , Çoksevim Bekir
Published: May 2019

To determine whether low dose ketoconazole (KTZ) has antithyroid action, we studied thyroid function tests in the 13 rats treated with KTZ (20 mg/kg twice daily) for thirty days. Serum triiodothyronine and thyroxine levels were decreased (P <0.05) and serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were mildly increased (P >0.05) at the end of treatment. Histopathological analysis of the thyroid glands demonstrated an increase in cylindrical cells in study group, but the epithelial cells were mainly cubical in control group. These findings showed that low dose KTZ had antithyroid effect in rats. The responsible mechanisms may be direct effect of the drug on thyroid gland.
A transgenic zebrafish model of hepatocyte function in human Z α1-antitrypsin deficiency
Authors: Yip Evelyn , Giousoh Aminah , Fung Connie , Wilding Brendan , Prakash Monica D. , Williams Caitlin , Verkade Heather , Bryson-Richardson Robert J. , Bird Phillip I.
Published: May 2019

In human α1-antitrypsin deficiency, homozygous carriers of the Z (E324K) mutation in the gene SERPINA1 have insufficient circulating α1-antitrypsin and are predisposed to emphysema. Misfolding and accumulation of the mutant protein in hepatocytes also causes endoplasmic reticulum stress and underpins long-term liver damage. Here, we describe transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) expressing the wildtype or the Z mutant form of human α1-antitrypsin in hepatocytes. As observed in afflicted humans, and in rodent models, about 80% less α1-antitrypsin is evident in the circulation of zebrafish expressing the Z mutant. Although these zebrafish also show signs of liver stress, they do not accumulate α1-antitrypsin in hepatocytes. This new zebrafish model will provide useful insights into understanding and treatment of α1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Signcryption schemes with insider security in an ideal permutation model
Authors: Bansal Tarun Kumar , Boyen Xavier , Pieprzyk Josef
Published: May 2019

Signcryption aims to provide both confidentiality and authentication of messages more efficiently than performing encryption and signing independently.
The “Commit-then-Sign & Encrypt” (CtS&E) method allows to perform encryption and signing in parallel.
Parallel execution of cryptographic algorithms decreases the computation time needed to signcrypt messages.
CtS&E uses weaker cryptographic primitives in a generic way to achieve a strong security notion of signcryption.
Various message pre-processing schemes, also known as message padding, have been used in signcryption as a commitment scheme in CtS&E.
Due to its elegance and versatility, the sponge structure turns out to be a useful tool for designing new padding schemes such as SpAEP
[T. K. Bansal, D. Chang and S. K. Sanadhya,
Sponge based CCA2 secure asymmetric encryption for arbitrary length message,
Information Security and Privacy – ACISP 2015,
Lecture Notes in Comput. Sci. 9144,
Springer, Berlin 2015, 93–106],
while offering further avenues for optimization and parallelism in the context of signcryption.
In this work, we design a generic and efficient signcryption scheme featuring parallel encryption and signature on top of a sponge-based message-padding underlying structure.
Unlike other existing schemes, the proposed scheme also supports arbitrarily long messages.
We prove the construction secure when instantiated from weakly secure asymmetric primitives such as a trapdoor one-way encryption and a universal unforgeable signature.
With a careful analysis and simple tweaks, we demonstrate how different combinations of weakly secure probabilistic and deterministic encryption and signature schemes can be used to construct a strongly secure signcryption scheme, further broadening the choices of underlying primitives to cover essentially any combination thereof.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first signcryption scheme based on the sponge structure that also offers strong security using weakly secure underlying asymmetric primitives, even deterministic ones, along with the ability to handle long messages, efficiently.
Agreement between procalcitonin measurements using the new point-of-care testing ichroma™ reader and the automated Kryptor instrument
Authors: Stenner Elisabetta , Barbati Giulia , West Nicole , Del Ben Fabia , Martin Francesca , Ruscio Maurizio
Published: May 2019

Background

To evaluate if procalcitonin (PCT) measurements made using the new point-of-care testing (POCT) ichroma™ are interchangeable with those made using Kryptor.

Methods

Serum samples (n = 117) were processed sequentially on Kryptor and ichroma™. Statistical analysis was performed using Passing-Bablok (PB) regression and the Bland-Altman (BA) test. Cohen’s kappa statistic was used to calculate the concordance at the clinically relevant cutoffs.

Results

PB regression did not show a significant deviation from linearity; proportional and constant differences were observed between ichroma™ and Kryptor. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of the mean bias percentage was very large, exceeding the maximum allowable total error (TE) (approximately 20%) and the clinical reference change value (about 60%). However, the concordance between methods at the clinically relevant cutoffs was strong, with the exception of the 0.25 ng/mL cutoff, which was moderate.

Conclusions

Our data suggest that ichroma™ is not interchangeable with Kryptor, so cannot be mixed; one must choose one instrument only and be consistent. However, while the strong concordance at the clinically relevant cutoffs allows us to consider ichroma™ a suitable option to Kryptor to support clinicians’ decision-making, nevertheless the moderate agreement at the 0.25 ng/mL cutoff recommends caution in interpreting the data around this cutoff.
Unsicherheit durch Katastrophen und Desaster
Authors: Wulf Christoph
Published: May 2019

Katastrophen und menschengemachte Desaster bewirken Verunsicherung und Unsicherheit. Dies gilt für die realen Katastrophen der Gegenwart, doch auch für die Katastrophen, die im Imaginären vieler Kulturen eine Rolle spielen. Der Beitrag untersucht den Meteoriteneinschlag vor etwa 65 Millionen Jahren, die dadurch ausgelöste Katastrophe, die zum Aussterben der Dinosaurier und vieler anderer Arten führte, und diskutiert daraus sich ergebende Modifizierungen der Evolutionstheorie. Er thematisiert die Zunahme menschengemachter Desaster und Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Versuche, die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Katastrophen und Desaster durch Nachhaltigkeit und Bildung zur Nachhaltigkeit zu reduzieren.
Die utopischen Sicherheitszwänge Süchtiger und das Wagnis der Anonymität
Authors: Helm Paula
Published: May 2019

Eine ethnographische Studie bei selbstorganisierten Gruppen wie Gamblers Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sex Addicts Anonymous und Overeaters Anonymous zeigt auf, wie sich Betroffene im Umgang mit der Krankheit „Sucht“ gegenseitig unterstützen. Basierend auf dieser Studie verfolgt der Beitrag die These, dass das Phänomen der Sucht in einem Sicherheitszwang aufgeht und aus Unsicherheitsvermeidung resultiert. Hiervon ausgehend wird diskutiert, aus welchen Umständen heraus Personen pathogene Formen zwanghafter Unsicherheitsvermeidung entwickeln und welche Bedingungen geschaffen werden müssen, damit sich einmal entwickelte Sicherheitszwänge wieder auflösen lassen. Im Zentrum der Diskussion steht die Rolle der Anonymität, die die Betroffenen als kommunikatives Steuerungsinstrument in ihren Gruppen einsetzen.
Progress in coal chemical technologies of China
Authors: Yang Yong , Xu Jian , Liu Zhenyu , Guo Qinghua , Ye Mao , Wang Gang , Gao Junhu , Wang Junwu , Shu Zhan , Ge Wei , Liu Zhongmin , Wang Fuchen , Li Yong-Wang
Published: May 2019

China’s unique energy reserve structure abundant in coal and scarce in crude oil and natural gas has promoted heavy investment on the research and development of clean coal chemical technologies during last two decades, which has turned China into a heartland for demonstrating, developing, and commercializing virtually every aspect of new coal chemical process technologies. Consequently, breakthroughs in coal gasification, indirect and direct coal-to-liquid (CTL) processes, and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technologies are catching attention worldwide. Gasification technology for syngas production is the key to high plant availability and economic success for most coal chemical projects. During the past 20 years, both international and Chinese gasifier vendors have reaped great successes in licensing their technologies in the domestic market. Notably, the local vendors have been investing heavily on inventing and improving their technologies to suit the specific requirement of gasifying a variety of coals. The opposed multinozzle gasification technology from East China University of Science and Technology was taken as an example to demonstrate the recent development in this field. The coal chemical industry in China has witnessed several notable achievements in chemical engineering progress, namely CTL (indirect and direct) and MTO. Comprehensive reviews on topics such as catalysis, kinetics, and reactor design and process integration will be provided by leading scientists in related fields with firsthand information to showcase the contributions of Chinese researchers to chemical engineering science and technology.
Governing European Affairs
Authors: Trondal Jarle , Kühn Nadja
Published: May 2019

The aim of this article is to examine the role of ministerial officials in an integrated European multilevel administrative order. This study argues that organizational variables at the national level constitute a decisive filtering factor regarding how decision premises emanating from European Union (EU)-level institutions are received by domestic government institutions and officials. The study contributes to the literature in two main ways: Empirically it provides a comprehensive study of the role of Norwegian ministerial officials in the EU multilevel administrative order over a time period of 20 years (n = 3562). Secondly, it applies an organization theory approach to explain variation in actual decision-making behavior. The article discusses factors of general relevance to political science applicable beyond the case at hand. The study shows that ministerial officials are deeply involved with the EU multilevel administration. Moreover, it confirms the pivotal role of organizational factors in public governance processes.
Determinants of the growth hormone nadir during oral glucose tolerance test in adults
Authors: Schilbach Katharina , Gar Christina , Lechner Andreas , Nicolay Shiva Sophia , Schwerdt Laura , Haenelt Michael , Dal Jakob , Jørgensen Jens-Otto Lunde , Störmann Sylvère , Schopohl Jochen , Bidlingmaier Martin
Published: May 2019

Objective

Growth hormone (GH) nadir (GHnadir) during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is an important tool in diagnosing acromegaly, but data evaluating the need to adjust cut-offs to biological variables utilizing today's assay methods are scarce. We therefore investigated large cohorts of healthy subjects of both sexes to define normal GHnadir concentrations for a modern, sensitive, 22 kD-GH-specific assay.

Design

Multicenter study with prospective and retrospective cohorts (525 healthy adults: 405 females and 120 males).

Methods

GH concentrations were measured by the IDS-iSYS immunoassay after oral application of 75 g glucose.

Results

GHnadir concentrations (µg/L) were significantly higher in lean and normal weight subjects (group A) compared to overweight and obese subjects (group B); (males (M): A vs B, mean: 0.124 vs 0.065, P = 0.0317; premenopausal females without estradiol-containing OC (OC-EE) (FPRE): A vs B, mean: 0.179 vs 0.092, P < 0.0001; postmenopausal women (FPOST): A vs B, mean: 0.173 vs 0.078, P < 0.0061). Age, glucose metabolism and menstrual cycle had no impact on GHnadir. However, premenopausal females on OC-EE (FPREOC) exhibited significantly higher GHnadir compared to all other groups (all P < 0.0001). BMI had no impact on GHnadir in FPREOC (A vs B, mean: 0.624 vs 0.274, P = 0.1228).

Conclusions

BMI, sex and OC-EE intake are the major determinants for the GHnadir during OGTT in healthy adults. Using a modern sensitive GH assay, GHnadir concentrations in healthy subjects are distinctly lower than cut-offs used in previous guidelines for diagnosis and monitoring of acromegaly.
N-acetylcysteine with low-dose estrogen reduces cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury
Authors: Sivasinprasasn Sivaporn , Palee Siripong , Chattipakorn Kenneth , Jaiwongkum Thidarat , Apaijai Nattayaporn , Pratchayasakul Wasana , Chattipakorn Siriporn C , Chattipakorn Nipon
Published: May 2019

Myocardial damage and mitochondrial dysfunction caused by cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury are intensified by endogenous estrogen deprivation. Although N-acetylcysteine (NAC) exerted cardioprotective effects, its benefits when used in combination with hormone therapy are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that a combination of NAC with low-dose estrogen improves cardiometabolic function and protects cardiac mitochondria against I/R injury, to a similar extent to regular-dose estrogen treatment, in estrogen-deprived rats. Female Wistar rats had a bilateral ovariectomy (OVX) or sham operation. Twelve weeks after the operation, OVX rats were treated with regular-dose estrogen (E; 50 µg/kg/day), low-dose estrogen (e; 25 µg/kg/day), NAC (N; 100 mg/kg/day) or combined low-dose estradiol with NAC (eN) for 4 weeks (n = 6/group). Metabolic parameters, echocardiography, heart rate variability and then cardiac I/R protocol involving 30-min coronary artery ligation, followed by 120-min reperfusion, were performed. OVX rats had increased body weight, visceral fat, fasting plasma glucose, HOMA-IR index, triglycerides, cholesterol and LDL levels (P < 0.05 vs sham). Only OVX-E and OVX-eN had a similarly improved HOMA-IR index. LVEF was increased in all treatment groups, but HRV was restored only by OVX-E and OVX-eN. After I/R, myocardial infarct size was decreased in both OVX-E and OVX-eN groups. OVX-E and OVX-eN rats similarly had a reduced mitochondrial ROS level and increased mitochondrial membrane potential in the ischemic myocardium. In conclusion, combined NAC with low-dose estrogen and regular-dose estrogen therapy similarly improve cardiometabolic function, prevent cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction and reduces the infarct size in estrogen-deprived rats with cardiac I/R injury.
Cardiac revascularization: state of the art and perspectives
Authors: Cappelletto Ambra , Zacchigna Serena
Published: May 2019

Cardiac ischemia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in a worldwide epidemic. The progressive understanding of the mechanisms driving new blood vessel formation has led to numerous attempts to revascularize the ischemic heart in animal models and in humans. Here, we provide an overview of the current state of the art and discuss the major obstacles that have so far limited the clinical success of cardiac revascularization.
РЕГІОНАЛЬНА НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНА КОНФЕРЕНЦІЯ “ЄПИСКОП ЮЛІАН ПЕЛЕШ В РЕЛІГІЙНО-ЦЕРКОВНОМУ І ГРОМАДСЬКОМУ ЖИТТІ УКРАЇНИ” (до 175-річчя від дня народження)
Authors: Єгрешій Олег , Делятинський Руслан
Published: May 2019

3 січня 2018 р. відомому українському релігійно-церковному і громадському діячеві, першому єпископу Станиславівської єпархії Юліанові Пелешу виповниться 175 років. З метою збереження історичної пам’яті про релігійного діяча, належного відзначення ювілею ієрарха Івано-Франківський богословський університет імені св. Івана Золотоустого разом з Прикарпат­ським національним університетом імені Василя Стефаника за підтримки Івано-Франківського Архієпархіального управління УГКЦ та Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації провели регіональну науково-практичну конференцію.

Співголовами конференції виступили Кир Володимир Війтишин – Архиєпископ і Мит­рополит Івано-Франківський УГКЦ, Ігор Цепенда – ректор Прикарпатського національного уні­верситету імені Василя Стефаника, доктор політичних наук, професор. Членами організа­цій­ного комітету були: доктор східного канонічного права, ректор Івано-Франківського богослов­ського університету імені св. Івана Золотоустого Олександр Левицький, габі­літований доктор богослов’я, віце-ректор з наукової роботи Івано-Франківського богослов­сь­кого університету іме­ні св. Івана Золотоустого Річард Горбань, доктор історичних наук, професор кафедри етно­логії і археології, декан факультету історії, політології і міжнародних відносин Прикарпат­сь­кого національного університету імені Василя Стефаника Микола Кугутяк, доктор історичних наук, професор, завідувач кафедри історії України факультету історії, політології і міжна­род­них відносин Прикарпатського національного університету імені Василя Стефаника Ігор Рай­ків­ський, кандидат історичних наук, доцент кафедри історії України факуль­тету історії, полі­тології і міжнародних відносин Прикарпатського національного університету імені Василя Стефаника Олег Єгрешій, кандидат історичних наук, доцент кафедри історії України факуль­тету історії, політології і міжнародних відносин Прикарпатського національ­ного університету імені Василя Стефаника Андрій Королько, доктор історичних наук, професор кафедри доку­ментознавства та інформаційної діяльності Івано-Франківського національного технічного уні­вер­ситету нафти і газу Олег Малярчук та кандидат історичних наук, викладач кафедри гуманітарних і фундаментальних дисциплін Івано-Франківського навчально-наукового інсти­туту менеджменту Тернопільського національного економічного університету, науковий співробітник Інституту історії Церкви Івано-Франківського богословського універ­ситету імені св. Івана Золотоустого Руслан Делятинський.
Politikos bei energetinio saugumo temos Europos socialiniame tyrime
Authors: Žvaliauskas Giedrius
Published: May 2019

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Infiltrants for Aesthetic Treatment of White Spots Lesions by Fluorosis: Case Report
Authors: Pomacóndor-Hernández DDS, MSc, PhD César , Hernandes da Fonseca DDS, MSc, PhD Natália Maria Aparecida
Published: May 2019

Dental fluorosis is an abnormality in the development of enamel due to the excessive intake of fluoride during formation of dental tissues, mainly characterized by hypomineralization and increased porosity of the enamel structure. Oftenly the spots caused by dental fluorosis can compromise the aesthetics of the patient and affect their self-esteem. In recent years a new generation of dental materials has been developed, known as resin infiltrants, which are basically low viscosity resins that infiltrate and paralyze the progression of incipient non cavitated carious lesions. When resin infiltrants have been used to stop carious lesions it has been verified that they also produce changes in the appearance of white spots, masking or making them imperceptible. The present article describes a case report of the use of resin infiltrants for aesthetic treatment of white spot lesions caused by fluorosis.
Multicentric Bone Lesions Due to Parathyroid Disease: A Case Report
Authors: Gilligan DDS Gerardo , Moine DDS Lorena , Ferreyra DDS, PhD Ruth , Panico DDS, PhD René
Published: May 2019

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is an endocrine disorder that could create parathyroid hormone hypersecretion conditions, propitious for bone tumors development. Although is not frequent, maxillary bones may be involved in the pathogenesis of these lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this case, a 56-year-old female is reported. An Hyperparathyroidism was diagnosed due to multiple maxillary and extra-maxillary multicentric bone lesions, with a predominance of giant cells, linked to her endocrine disorder. Discussion: The diagnosis of a Hyperparathyroidism Brown Tumor must meet serological, clinical and histopathological criteria. The multifocality of the lesions is the most remarkable clinical aspect in this case. For an adequate treatment of this entity is necessary an interdisciplinary and coordinate work between different areas of healthcare physicians and Oral Medicine specialist.
Dental Pulp Regeneration: Insights from Biological Processes
Authors: Retana-Lobo DDS, MSD Cristina
Published: May 2019

One of the major approaches on dentistry research in this century is the development of biological strategies (tissue engineering) to regenerate/ biomineralize lost dental tissues. During dentin-pulp regeneration, the interaction between stem cells, signaling molecules, biomaterials and the microenvironment in the periapical area drives the process for dental pulp tissue engineering.  Understanding the signaling mechanisms and interactions involved with the biological process for the formation of a new tissue, is essential. The knowledge of the micro-environment is the key for the application of tissue engineering.  The present article is a short review of the current state of this topic, with the purpose of showing insights of pulp regeneration.
Antibacterial Activity of Homeopathic Medications Lycopodium clavatum and Arsenicum album Against Periodontal Bacteria
Authors: Almaguer-Flores DDS, PhD Argelia , González-Alva DDS, PhD Patricia
Published: May 2019

There are several controversies regarding the efficacy of homeopathic substances; however, these remedies are used in many countries for the treatment of various pathological conditions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of two homeopathic tinctures Arsenicum album (mineral extract) and Lycopodium clavatum (plant extract) on the periodontal bacteria Actinomyces israelii, Streptococcus sanguinis, Prevotella intermedia, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Phorphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). Materials and methods: Equal numbers of bacteria were seeded on agar plates containing enriched media with the homeopathic solutions at 1dH and 1cH dilutions. After 7 days of incubation under anaerobic conditions, colony forming units (CFUs) were counted. The antibacterial effect was calculated based on the total number of CFUs observed on non-tincture containing agar, and on the tincture containing plates. Results: No visible growth of any of the strains was observed on the plates containing Arsenicum album at any of the dilutions tested. In contrast, when Lycopodium clavatum at 1cH dilution was tested, only P. gingivalis was susceptible to this compound. Conclusions: The results suggest that the mineral extract tincture had a greater antibacterial activity than the plant extract tincture, also Lycopodium clavatum preparation could be an effective inhibitor of periodontal pathogens bacteria such as P. gingivalis.
Differences by Resistotyping Between C. albicans Strains Isolated from the Oral Cavity of HIV+ and Seronegative Patients
Authors: Rueda-Gordillo PhD Florencio , Hernández-Solís PhD Sandra Elena , Gaitán-Cepeda PhD Luis Alberto , Sánchez-Vargas PhD Luis Octavio , Lama-González MDent Esperanza Mercedes , Rodríguez-Fernández MDent María del Sagrado Corazón
Published: May 2019

Candida albicans is the etiological agent most frequently associated with oral candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carriers. Strain typification is important to disease epidemiology, particularly with simple, low-cost methodologies such as resistotyping. The present study was designed to use resistotyping to identify possible phenotypic differences between C. albicans strains isolated from the oral cavity of HIV+ and HIV-seronegative patients. Analyses were run using resistotyping (boric acid, cetrimide, sodium periodate, sodium selenite and silver nitrate) to identify phenotypical differences between C. albicans. Descriptive statistics was performed. Of the 149 clones isolated from HIV+ patients the most frequent (47.0%) resistotype was ABCDE. The most frequent resistotype (64.8%) in the 74 clones from HIV-seronegative patients was --CDE. Phenotypic differences were identified between the strains isolated from each group. HIV+ patients exhibited greater strain diversity. Although it has limitations, resistotyping effectively identified differences between C. albicans strains.
Effect of Ions Released and pH of Two Glass Ionomer Cements in Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Authors: Vega-Jiménez DDS, MSc, PhD Alejandro L. , Rodríguez-Hernández DDS, MSc, PhD Ana G. , Piña-Barba PhD María Cristina , Ambrosio-Hernández PhD Javier
Published: May 2019

Conventional glass ionomer cements are used as dental provisional restorative materials, which present several advantages such as adhesion to the tooth mineral phase among others. On the other hand, the knowledge about biological property of glass ionomers shows various approaches and results. In this work, it was studied the in vitro biological response of human gingival fibroblasts in contact with commercial cements of glass ionomer: Mirafil® and Ionglass® and with their extracts, according to ISO 10993. The extracts of the cements, in which the cells were cultured, were adjusted at different concentrations ranging 0.1% to 100%. The cellular metabolic activity of gingival fibroblasts was measured using the Alamar Blue® reagent. The results showed a significant effect on the cellular metabolic activity correlated with the concentration of liberated ions (Al³+ and Ca²+) for both ionomers, as well as the pH variations of the culture media. This could mean that the cellular metabolic activity is substantially influenced by ions and pH of the cell culture.
Management of the Athrofic Maxilar Crest with the Ridge Split Technique
Authors: Falcón-Guerrero DDS, MDS, PhD Britto
Published: May 2019

Introduction: the bony atrophy of the maxillary ridge is always a limitation to install dental implants. The Ridge Split procedure proves to be a successful technique to perform the management of horizontal defects, increasing the dimensions of the atrophic ridge to immediately install dental implants. Aim: to describe the clinical use of the Ridge Split technique as a treatment for bone augmentation in the horizontal direction of the atrophic maxilla. Case presentation: the case of a female patient of 61 years of age, partially edentulous, who seeks to recover her upper teeth was presented. The clinical examination shows only two teeth and the radiographic-tomographic examination showed severe bone resorption and pneumatization of the maxillary sinuses. It is planned to install two implants to make an over denture, using the Ridge Split technique and immediate installation of the implants. Five months later, a tomographic control was performed evidencing a horizontal increase of the alveolar ridge and it was rehabilitated with an overdenture, with which the patient's aesthetic and functional compliance was achieved. Conclusion: the presented case reveals that this technique increases the bone ridge in horizontal direction and allows to install the implants simultaneously. It is a predictable, safe and comfortable treatment, and shortens the treatment time, making it a viable alternative for the management of alveolar bone defects.
Amphibians from Serrania de Las Quinchas, in the mid-Magdalena river valley, Colombia
Authors: Ovalle-Pacheco Andrés , Camacho-Rozo Claudia , Arroyo Sandy
Published: May 2019

We studied the species of amphibians from Serranía de Las Quinchas, in the mid Magdalena Valley region of Colombia, comparing the data from a recent fieldwork with museum records and literature. We present a list of 50 species of amphibians (Anura and Caudata). In our survey, we recorded 36 species, of which 6 represented new records. One of the most interesting record is that of the genus Oedipina, since this is the first time the genus is recorded for the Cordillera Oriental. The number of species is what would be expected in a humid tropical forest of the mid-Magdalena river valley, given the co-occurrence of amphibian faunas distributed in the sub-Andean, Caribbean, and Chocó biogeographic regions.
The effect of physical activity interventions on development of children with autism spectrum disorder. content-analysis of researches
Authors: Bodnar I.R. , Hamade A.F.
Published: May 2019

Background. Heeding the experience of existing research will allow designing future scientific research. This will increase physical activitу (PA), improve physical fitness, maintenance and improvement of health of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); assist implementation of inclusion in the educational institutions of the country. Purpose - to analyze the content of physical education programs used in attracting children with autism spectrum disorder to physical activity and to find out domains of indicators that should be investigated. Participants and setting. The analysis of scientific articles for 2000-2019 years was done, 48 publications were selected. Research design. A systematic search for scientific data was conducted, articles that were not related to physical activity were not taken into consideration. The search depth was 3 generations. Data collection. The search of documents was carried out in different databases using keywords «autism», «ASD», «physical activity», «fitness». Articles that studied the effect of different means (lesson programs) on the performance of children with ASD were chosen. More than 100 English-language papers for the last 20 years were analyzed. Data analysis. A content analysis of received data was conducted. The reliability of the differences between the frequency of study of aggregates of indicators was clarified using χ-test. Findings. Scientists, studying the impact of programs of PA on children with ASD, often focus on disruptive behavioral models (31%) of these children and on their indicators of physical fitness and motor skills (35%). Most studies analize the effects of a program using one type of PA. Conclusions. Among the existing research, there is a lack of multidimensional and multimodal programs that would combine effective means of PA. The frequency of communication and cognitive performance research (12% and 10% respectively) significantly (p<0.05) lags behind the research of frequency of physical and behavioral indicators in children with ASD (35% and 31% respectively). there is a lack of research that would study different groups of indicators (physical, cognitive and indicators of problem areas of children with ASD, behavioral and communicative) together.
Listening with Respect
Authors: Armstrong Suzanne
Published: May 2019

In a personal reflection, the author considers the discipline of listening required to effectively and respectfully strive to understand other people, cultures, and religions in field research. Possible future directions for Religious Studies scholarship as a contribution to the broader field of agriculture are discussed. The importance of greater public engagement with Religious Studies scholarship is also raised.
Forgetting the Content and Other Michelisms
Authors: Hagerman Brent
Published: May 2019

In this reflective essay, I revisit some experiences of being taught and mentored by Michel Desjardins in the interest of highlighting his pedagogical methods that impacted me as a student, scholar, and teacher. These “Michelisms,” as I have called them, include respect for all the voices in the room, the willingness for improvisation, process over product, self-interrogation, and extending teaching moments beyond the classroom walls. These Michelisms have helped Michel’s students, and now mine, cross the threshold from content-memorizing undergrads to critical thinkers.
Changing Food Rules in Kitchener-Waterloo
Authors: Mancini Joe
Published: May 2019

In North American society, culture is following dead end paths by embracing individualism and a work culture that is focused on money rather than meaning. Michel Desjardins and The Working Centre both identified this malaise. Over the years they traveled a similar pedagogical journey, re-enlivening an understanding of food, education and community. Michel gave his students opportunities to move beyond their formed cultural perspectives to see a wider world with brighter colours. He asked them to consider why North American culture is restrictive when it comes to sharing food compared to other cultures. How can new teaching forms generate alternative perspectives for students? This essay shows how the joint Wilfrid Laurier University-Working Centre Community Engagement Option dovetailed as pedagogy to mix experience with analysis. The results show the potential of using education for meaningful cultural change.
Seeking Understanding
Authors: Hussain Amir
Published: May 2019

Very few of us, in our doctoral training, were taught how to write for a scholarly audience. In my five years of editing the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR), I learned more about scholarly writing (and publishing) than I learned in the previous 15 years as a university professor. This short article discusses scholarly writing, going over the basics of how scholarly journals in religion “work” at each step along the way after you submit a manuscript to them. It then provides information about what editors are looking for in successful submissions, and how writers should shape their manuscripts accordingly. My focus in the article is the training of graduate students to learn how to write for the “profession.”
Transition to Common Work: Building Community at The Working Centre, by Joseph and Stephanie Mancini
Authors: Desjardins Michel
Published: May 2019

Transition to Common Work: Building Community at The Working Centre, by Joseph and Stephanie Mancini. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015. xix + 212. Pb., $17.66 ISBN 978-1-77112-160-6
An Academic for All Seasons and Every Occasion
Authors: Remus Harold
Published: May 2019

This paper recounts the author’s work and friendship with Michel, including collaborations in writing and active involvement in professional associations, and reflections on Michel’s scholarship, teaching, and positive impact on students and colleagues.
Learning and Teaching as Emergent, Standardized, and Radical Concepts
Authors: Benham Rennick Joanne
Published: May 2019

Using a brief etymological and comparative linguistic analysis, this paper traces the progression of meaning behind the words “learning” and “teaching” and compares these terms with current usage and context. The goal is to show how both learning and teaching can hold different meanings imbued with disparate potential for the learner and the learning environment, despite the changing nature of education and the increasing corporatization of the university. This analysis highlights the importance of Professor Desjardins’ contributions to the project of education and learning.
Reflective Practice Writing Bicycle
Authors: Pries Edmund
Published: May 2019

Traditional university education has focused on academic learning, which is followed by a graduate’s attempts to apply this learning to various career-related pursuits. Experiential learning turns this focus on its head – at least partially. Instead of learning preceding praxis, learning now follows praxis. In this latter model, much of the post-praxis learning is focused and achieved via reflective analysis of experience – also called reflective practice – through written reflection. Reflective Practice Writing (RPW), also called Reflective Practice Journaling, is much more than traditional journaling. For reflective practice to effectively facilitate the learning process for students, RPW requires students to deeply probe and explore their experience to realize maximum learning. A guide or a “tool” to assist this process is useful and, I argue, required but, in too many cases, is either inadequate or not provided at all. This paper provides and describes such a reflective practice writing tool, which has been imagined as a bicycle – with a “front wheel” and a “back wheel” of spokes or questions. A reflective practice writing tool cannot, however, simply be developed on its own; it must be tied to a teaching and learning philosophy which has student learning integration and, ultimately, student transformation as its goal. The Reflective Practice Writing Bicycle is based precisely on such a teaching/learning philosophy, which is integrated into The RPW Bicycle tool itself.
Michel Desjardins
Authors: Khimjee Husein
Published: May 2019

This paper attempts to show how Michel Desjardins’ teaching methods helped his students to become interested in the courses that he taught, including translating the Gospel of John from Greek to English. Michel’s online course on Religion and Food will continue to enrich many students in their quest to learn about how food is so much a part of religious traditions.
Historical, Rhetorical Jesus
Authors: Mitrosky John
Published: May 2019

This paper shares with readers a brief conversational moment in time approximately two years ago. Michel and I constantly imagine ever-changing theories, ideas and opinions regarding possible psychological aspects of an unknown “Historical Jesus.” There is such a vast array of theories about the actual man in the first-century sandals, as there are theories about the reality, meaning and origin of the phrase “the Son of man,” that both quests get lost and confused into an unknown abyss. What is historically true? What is imaginatively rhetorical? Who was Jesus? In spite of the historical unknowns, Einstein was right to say, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” And so, those of us who find these topics interesting press on imaginatively. As Michel taught me, “Imagination is the beginning of learning.” Jesus was, at least in my humble opinion, a radical, young, wild man of his time and place, a healer and a teacher, whom we can’t actually know personally. By contrast, Michel is a moral and ethical teacher of his time and place, of our time and place – the very best teacher I have had the pleasure to get to know personally. This is because Michel is such a patient and profound, insightful, and above all else, an honest man.
“The Study of Religion” and “Religious Studies”
Authors: Mulhern Aldea
Published: May 2019

Here I offer thoughts on what the recent history of the academic study of religion might reveal about its current state, and why we need to continually renew attention to our collective, and ideally, contested, vision for the academy. I frame this reflection in relation to two scholars of religion, Donald Wiebe and Michel Desjardins, who in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries shaped the Canadian and American academic conversation about this field of study. I approach their work in this area not as discrete faits accompli, but as examples of iterative self-construction in the history of the field. Attention should continually be paid to what kind of religious studies we do, and what we study when we study religion; part of that account is of the we, specifically of our relationality, in our entitlements and obligations. I am increasingly persuaded that the key nexus of focus for our attention is not (or is no longer) primarily in the question of the humanistic versus the social-scientific study of religion. Thinking through what we do over against what we think we ought to be doing will involve a less oppositional, more relational accounting of and accounting for who we think we are and what we think we owe one another.
Thinking About Transformative Aspects of Gnostic Writing Pedagogy
Authors: Kaler Michael
Published: May 2019

This article discusses some of the ways in which our understanding of gnosticism could be expanded if we looked at gnostic texts as means to create new selves for their readers, rather than imparting doctrinal knowledge or giving evidence regarding the power struggles and self-definitions at play in early Christian communities. Drawing on both the work of Pierre Hadot and modern understandings of writing pedagogy, the article argues that it would be useful to be able to read these texts as means by which the reader could create a gnostic sense of self, with specific content seen as a means to that end. This need not be the only perspective taken on gnosticism; rather, it is presented as a useful tool to add to our interpretive toolkit
Three Teaching Strategies
Authors: Michael Tony
Published: May 2019

These are three teaching strategies that have worked for me; maybe they will work for others.
Messing Around with Introductory Religion Courses in Canada
Authors: Derry Ken
Published: May 2019

This is a story about the challenges and virtues of messiness for scholarship and teaching in academia generally, and Religious Studies in particular. It begins when I was first hired to teach Introduction to the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto Mississauga. It continues with a discussion of research into how introductory religion courses are taught in Canada, and reflection on that research – which includes examples of student learning from a world religions summer course I have taught in Hong Kong since 2012. It ends with a consideration of the ways in which messiness has been a key component of Michel Desjardins’ own scholarship and teaching.
Pembelajaran Luas Segiempat untuk Siswa Kelas VII Menggunakan Reallotment Activities
Authors: Fitri Nur Lailatul , Prahmana Rully Charitas Indra
Published: May 2019

This research uses reallotment activities that already designed by previous research to know the role of reallotment activities in great rectangular learning. This research uses descriptive research method implemented in class 7th at SMP N 3 Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The data collection techniques used are documentation, observation, and test. Furthermore, the researcher analyzed the data obtained through video recording, observation, and student test answers. The results show that reallotment activities can assist students in finding the square formula by changing the shape of a rectangle into a rectangular shape. The learning activities that use reallotment activities consist of action comparing the area of ??an irregular shape, replacing the regular form into squares, determining the area of ??the rectangle and the parallelogram, finding the formula of the breadth of the parallelogram, and also determining the area of ??the trapezium, the parallelogram, and kite.
Analisis Kemampuan Representasi Matematis dalam Pemecahan Masalah Geometri serta Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhinya
Authors: Amaliyah AR Rezki , Mahmud Nurfadilah
Published: May 2019

This is qualitative research with a descriptive-explorative approach that aims to determine students' mathematical representation skills in solving Geometry problems. The population is all students in the mathematics education department who study Basic Geometry. The main subject was chosen by stratified technique and purposive sampling. The instruments are placement tests, diagnostic tests, and guided interviews. Data collection uses a triangulation method that aims to examine legitimate data. The results showed that 1) subjects with high skills always present visual representations and mathematical expressions, 2) subjects with intermediate skills present visual representations and mathematical expressions, and verbal but less representative representations, 3) subjects with low skills don’t present visual representations and mathematical expressions and verbal representations of problem-solving steps; and 4) there are several factors that influence the ability of mathematical representation to solve geometric problems, among others, subjects are less able to present problems in geometric patterns, because the subject does not understand the problem.