bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preoperative Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroplasty Predicts Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use
Authors: Berglund Derek D. , Rosas Samuel , Kurowicki Jennifer , Horn Brandon , Mijic Dragomir , Levy Jonathan C.
Published: November 2018

Introduction:

This study determines the incidence of opioid use before shoulder arthroplasty and analyzes its influence on postoperative use.

Methods:

A retrospective analysis of patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty with at least 2-year follow-up was performed. Then, at pre- and postoperative appointments, the patients were asked “Do you take narcotic pain medication (codeine or stronger)?”

Results:

Among 490 patients included in the study, 35.5% reported preoperative opioid use. These patients had higher incidence of opioid use at 1-year follow-up (29.1% versus 4.9%; odds ratio, 8.320; P < 0.001) and at final follow-up (35.1% versus 7.3%; odds ratio, 6.877; P < 0.001). Opioid usage did not change markedly from 1 year follow-up to final follow-up (P > 0.18).

Discussion:

Approximately one-third of patients used opioids preoperatively and were seven times more likely to continue opioid use postoperatively. Opioid usage did not change from 1 year follow-up to final follow-up, suggesting that patients still using opioids at their 1-year appointment were likely to continue opioid use.

Level of Evidence:

Level III
Deltoid Ligament Rupture in Ankle Fracture: Diagnosis and Management
Authors: Lee Simon , Lin Johnny , Hamid Kamran S. , Bohl Daniel D.
Published: November 2018

The last stage of a supination-external rotation ankle fracture involves either transverse fracture of the medial malleolus or rupture of the deltoid ligament. When the deltoid ligament ruptures, a “bimalleolar equivalent” ankle fracture occurs, and the surgeon is presented with several diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. In the native ankle, the deltoid ligament provides restraint to eversion and external rotation of the talus on the tibia. In bimalleolar equivalent ankle fractures, there is often gross medial instability even after fibular reduction. Retraction of the deltoid with subsequent healing in a nonanatomic position theoretically may cause instability, persistent medial gutter pain, and loss of function with risk of early arthritis. In mild cases, deltoid injury may not be obvious, and potential diagnostic techniques include preoperative and intraoperative stress radiography, MRI, and ultrasonography. The most common injury pattern is avulsion from the medial malleolus, and most current repair techniques involve direct repair of the capsular and deltoid injuries involving suture anchors in the medial malleolus and imbrication of the superficial and deep deltoid fibers. To date, there is limited evidence of superior clinical outcomes with the addition of deltoid repair compared with open reduction and internal fixation of the fibula alone.
Perceptions on Competence by Design in urology
Authors: Wang Peter (Zhan Tao) , Chan Ernest , Forster Adam , Vergel De Dios Jennifer , Sener Alp , Dave Sumit , Chahine Saad
Published: November 2018

Introduction: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has begun implementing Competence by Design (CBD). However, it is unclear how much urology trainees and faculty know about CBD, their attitudes towards this change, and their willingness to embrace and participate in this new model of training.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey, which was administered to all trainees and faculty at Canadian urology programs prior to the implementation of CBD. The final survey consisted of eight demographic questions, 17 fivepoint Likert items, one visual analog scale question, 11 multiple selection questions, and two open-ended questions.Results: A total of 74 participants (38 faculty and 36 trainees) across 12 universities responded, with a completion rate of 82.4%. This corresponded to an overall response rate of 20.5%. Overall, there was a lack of resounding enthusiasm towards this shift to CBD in urology. Although both trainees and faculty had overall positive perceptions of CBD on assessment, teaching, and readiness, most agreed that this transition will be costly and associated with increased requirements for time, funding, and administrative support. Furthermore, there were significant concerns regarding the lack of valid assessment tools and evidence for the validity of entrustable professional activities.Conclusions: While this survey has demonstrated an appreciation for the benefits of CBD, challenges are equally anticipated. CBD in urology will be a fertile research area; this study has identified several important educational questions regarding the model’s effectiveness and consequences, thus, providing collaborative opportunities among all Canadian programs.
Endogenous H2S production deficiencies lead to impaired renal erythropoietin production
Authors: Leigh Jennifer , Juriasingani Smriti , Akbari Masoud , Shao Peng , Saha Manujendra N. , Lobb Ian , Bachtler Matthias , Fernandez Bernadette , Qian Zhongming , Van Goor Harry , Pasch Andreas , Feelisch Martin , Wang Rui , Sener Alp
Published: November 2018

Introduction: Patients suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience a number of associated comorbidities, including anemia. Relative deficiency in renal erythropoietin (EPO) production is thought to be a primary cause of anemia. Interestingly, CKD patients display low levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), an endogenously derived renal oxygen sensor. Previous in vitro experiments have revealed that H2S-deficient renal cell lines produce less EPO than wild-type renal cell lines during hypoxia.Methods: We postulated that H2S might be a primary mediator of EPO synthesis during hypoxia, which was tested using an in vivo murine model of whole-body hypoxia and in clinical samples obtained from CKD patients.Results: Following a 72-hour period of hypoxia (11% O2), partial H2S knockout mice (lacking the H2S biosynthetic enzyme cystathionine γ-lyase [CSE]) displayed lower levels of hemoglobin, EPO and cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) (another H2S biosynthetic enzyme) compared to wild-type mice, all of which was rescued by exogenous H2S supplementation. We also found that anemic CKD patients requiring exogenous EPO exhibited lower urinary thiosulfate levels compared to non-anemic CKD patients of similar CKD classification.Conclusions: Together, our results confirm an interplay between the actions of H2S during hypoxia and EPO production.
The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment in the Relationship between the Empowering Leadership Behavior and Work Engagement: A Study Applied on the Cement Sector in Upper Egypt
Authors: Rayan Adel R. M. , Sebaie Ahmed S. M. , Ahmed Nagwa A.
Published: November 2018

This study aims to test the relationship between perceived empowering leadership behavior and the work engagement. Also, the mediating role of psychological empowerment in this relation has been examined. The study applied on a sample of 360 employees at the Egyptian cement industry in Upper Egypt. Data was collected using work engagement questionnaire based on the Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá, and Bakker (2002) scale. The current study used the scale of the Zhang & Bartol study (2010), prepared by Ahearne et al., (2005) to measure the empowering leadership behaviors. Psychological empowerment has been measured using Spreitzer (1995) and Zhung and Bartol (2010).

The study was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program in data processing for AMOS to test the quality of compatibility between the collected data and the theoretical data, and the structural model to test the study hypotheses.

The results did not support the direct relationship between leadership empowered behavior and work engagement. The empowering leadership behavior is positively affecting the psychological empowerment. Psychological empowerment was found to be positively affecting work engagement. However, the psychological empowerment was found to be mediating the relationship between the two variables. The study reached some conclusions related to this relationship and how to have it enhanced in the Cement industry in Upper Egypt.
The Customer Flow in Chinese Audit Market after SEC Punishment
Authors: Sun Longyuan , Li Xiaohui
Published: November 2018

Based on the situation of customers change of the 27 accounting firms punished by China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in the capital market of China from 1999 to 2016, this paper found the CSRC punishment will cause those clients requiring high financial statement quality to change firm. However, the customers caring more about audit discount and long-term cooperation relationship with auditors will choose to stay. This shows that the intimate relationship between auditors and customers as well as audit cost discount can increase Switching Cost, thus offsetting "Signaling" effect and slowing the customer churn from firm which already received administrative penalty. However, the regulation does not change the fact that the financial report quality of remaining customers is not high.
A Comparison of the Main ERM Frameworks: How Limitations and Weaknesses can be Overcome Implementing IT Governance
Authors: Rubino Michele
Published: November 2018

The significance of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is widely recognized by the academic and professional literature. Knowledge and management of business risks are an integral part of every successful business strategy and are increasingly becoming a primary factor of competitiveness. Although several risk management frameworks have been published and updated over time, these standards still have limitations. The advent of IT helped companies to better manage business risks. The rise of the IT governance has improved the management and the monitoring of business processes as well as the implementation of policies and procedures. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, a comparative analysis of the main risk management frameworks was carried out, highlighting their limits and weaknesses. Second, it was highlighted how the IT governance and the related frameworks as COBIT could contribute to a better implementation of the risk management process that allows to overcome the limitations of the examined standards.The significance of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is widely recognized by the academic and professional literature. Knowledge and management of business risks are an integral part of every successful business strategy and are increasingly becoming a primary factor of competitiveness. Although several risk management frameworks have been published and updated over time, these standards still have limitations. The advent of IT helped companies to better manage business risks. The rise of the IT governance has improved the management and the monitoring of business processes as well as the implementation of policies and procedures. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, a comparative analysis of the main risk management frameworks was carried out, highlighting their limits and weaknesses. Second, it was highlighted how the IT governance and the related frameworks as COBIT could contribute to a better implementation of the risk management process that allows to overcome the limitations of the examined standards.
Adoption of Integrated Reporting: Reasons and Benefits—A Case Study Analysis
Authors: Vitolla Filippo , Raimo Nicola
Published: November 2018

Integrated reporting is the new corporate reporting tool that includes financial and non-financial information in a single document. Although some studies describe the potential benefits of integrated reporting, this practice is still not widespread. One of the reasons for the limited diffusion is linked to the absence of empirical evidence that demonstrates the actual concreteness of these benefits for organizations that decide to adopt integrated reporting. This study analyses the process of adopting integrated reporting and the benefits associated with it through a case study. In particular, the case of Generali Group is analysed in the aim of highlighting the adoption path and the effects deriving from the implementation of integrated reporting in a context like the Italian one, still not very attentive to these issues. The findings show how the implementation of integrated reporting has been the result of a clear desire of top management and that the adoption of this practice has had a decidedly positive impact both from an internal and external point of view.
The Moderating Role of Family Control on the Relationship between Audit Committee Financial Expertise and Earnings Management
Authors: Abu Siam Yousef , Idris Mohammed , Al- Okdeh Saleh
Published: November 2018

The current study offers empirical evidence on the way the family ownership moderates the association that exists between the financial experience of the audit committee and earnings management based on a sample of 44 manufacturing firms that are registered with the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2012 to 2016. From the results of the study, there is a significant negative association between the financial experience of the audit committee and earnings management. In addition, the study shows a positive interaction of the financial experience of the audit committee and the family ownership on earnings management. This indicates that an increase in the percentage of audit committee members having financial expertise, in order to restrict earnings management, is less likely to be influential in the case of family controlled firms. These results have implications for policy makers and regulatory bodies in Jordan since they highlight the need to improve the good corporate governance practices and attempt to constrain the incidence of earnings management in Jordanian firms.
Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Role in Achieving Creativity for Teaching Staff Members at Jordanian Universities
Authors: Areiqat Ahmad , Ahmad May , Alheet Ahmad
Published: November 2018

The aim of this research is to determine the role of intellectual capital in achieving creativity for teaching staff members at Jordanian universities. The problematic of the study stems from that the majority of the Jordanian universities don't give enough attention for the intellectual capital and its effect on creativity, The descriptive approach used to identify the role played by intellectual capital in achieving creativity in Jordanian universities operating in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan until 2017, The questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data from the sample, the study population consists of (30612) administrative and academic all working individuals (administrative and academic) in the Jordanian universities , a random / stratified sample was selected ,the research comes out many results such as the percentage of faculty members who submitted less than five scientific publications in the field of their specialties amounted to 67.3%, there is a statistically significant effect to the components of intellectual capital in the achievement of creativity among the faculty members in Jordanian universities operating in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, finally the research suggests some recommendation such as working in rising awareness and adopting the concept of intellectual capital because of its important role in developing creativity among faculty members in Jordanian universities and thus its reflection on the development of the Jordanian society.
The Effect of Execution the Privatization Program on the Final Account (The Actual Revenues and Expenditures) in Jordan
Authors: Abdallah Aljundi Nawaf , Ali Alqadi Ibrahim
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the privatization program in Jordan on the final account of the state (actual revenues and expenditures), the study used the ratio of the size of the local revenues, the size of the grants, the size of the recovered loans, the volume of current expenditures, and the volume of investment expenditures to the size of the state budget for each year of study, the study is based on the financial data of the volume of revenues and actual expenditures of the State issued by the Ministry of Finance and the General Budget Department for the period of study. The methodology of the study is to calculate and compare the average of each indicator of study for ten years before the year of implementation of the privatization program and ten years after, t-test was used for independent samples. The study found that there is no statistically significant effect of the implementation of the privatization program on the size of the local revenues or on the size of the grants or on the volume of investment expenditures. However, the implementation of the program has a statistically significant impact on the size of recovered loan installments, and the size of the current expenditure.

The results of the study indicate that the implementation of the privatization program in Jordan did not contribute to reducing the financial burden on the general budget. The study recommended that the implementation of the strategic programs and projects should be planned well and that the best practices and procedures are universally recognized in the implementation of these programs. And take into account all the factors that help these programs achieve their goals.
Wie is Onze Minister die het aangaat?
Authors: Gierveld H.A.J. (Henk)
Published: November 2018

Wie is Onze Minister die het aangaat?

In dit redactioneel wordt naar aanleiding van de Invoeringswet omgevingsrecht verkend of de term ‘Onze Minister die het aangaat’ voldoende kenbaar maakt welke minister een bevoegdheid uit de wet kan inzetten. Aan het slot van deze bijdrage wordt de verdere inhoud van dit nummer van TO toegelicht.
Economie en omgevingsrecht: schaarse vergunningen voor natuurlijke schaarste
Authors: Kwast O. (Olaf)
Published: November 2018

Economie en omgevingsrecht: schaarse vergunningen voor natuurlijke schaarste

De Dienstenrichtlijn bevat een opmerkelijke wetgevingshypothese voor het omgevingsrecht: dat schaarse vergunningen in het bijzonder geschikt zijn voor het management van schaarse natuurlijke hulpbronnen en dat deze door een selectie tussen gegadigden verdeeld moeten worden. Wat maakt schaarse vergunningen voor natuurlijke schaarste zo bijzonder? Deze bijdrage verkent deze hypothese in het licht van de economische theorie en een analyse van de betekenis van schaarste voor publieke rechten. Het resultaat is een economische blik op het omgevingsrecht en enkele reflecties op de rechtsontwikkeling van schaarse publieke rechten.
New technologies as a substitute of intimacy. The issue of using smartphones in the perspective of transactional analysis
Authors: Wieczorek Zbigniew
Published: November 2018

Smartphones and tablets become toys for ever younger children. They let tired parents rest for a moment and become a remedy for boredom. Smartphone is also a device that we use habitually, not only during leisure time, but also during classes or at work. As with any new technology, there are doubts about the side effects of such a situation. Current research on the use of new technologies will be presented from the perspective of transactional analysis, a psychotherapeutic school adapted to educational needs. The psychological perspective allows showing the effects of certain life choices in the long-term perspective.
Parents' cooperation with the school – assumptions and realities
Authors: Wołk Katarzyna
Published: November 2018

The article presents the problem of cooperation of parents from school. It presents the results of empirical research considering parents' expectations regarding the cooperation with the institution, as well as the possibilities and the actual state of the school situation.
Kantian Philosophy and ‘Linguistic Kantianism’
Authors: Smirnov Mikhail A.
Published: November 2018

The expression “linguistic Kantianism” is widely used to refer to ideas about thought and cognition being determined by language — a conception characteristic of 20th century analytic philosophy. In this article, I conduct a comparative analysis of Kant’s philosophy and views falling under the umbrella expression “linguistic Kantianism.” First, I show that “linguistic Kantianism” usually presupposes a relativistic conception that is alien to Kant’s philosophy (although Kant’s philosophy itself may be perceived as relativistic from a certain point of view). Second, I analyse Kant’s treatment of linguistic determinism and the place of his ideas in the 18th century intellectual milieu and provide an overview of relevant contemporary literature. Third, I show that authentic Kantianism and “linguistic Kantianism” belong to two different types of transcendentalism, to which I respectively refer as the “transcendentalism of the subject” and the “transcendentalism of the medium.” The transcendentalism of the subject assigns a central role to the faculties of the cognising subject (according to Kant, cognition is not the conforming of a subject’s intuitions and understanding to objects, but rather the application of a subject’s cognitive faculties to them). The transcendentalism of the medium assigns the role of an “active” element neither to the external world nor to the faculties of the cognising subject, but to something in between — language, in the case of “linguistic Kantianism.” I conclude that the expression “linguistic Kantianism” can be misleading when it comes to the origins of this theory. It would be more appropriate to refer to this theory by the expression “linguistic transcendentalism,” thus avoiding an incorrect reference to Kant.
Kants Freiheitsargument. Diskussion von Heiko Puls: Sittliches Bewusstsein und Kategorischer Imperativ in Kants Grundlegung: Ein Kommentar zum dritten Abschnitt. Berlin und Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. 318 S.
Authors: Porcheddu Rocco
Published: November 2018

Heiko Puls’ work Sittliches Bewusstsein und Kategorischer Imperativ in Kants Grundlegung: Ein Kommentar zum dritten Abschnitt, presents an attempt to show that, in the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant’s argumentation for the objective value of the categorical imperative is almost based upon the same principle as the one presented in the second Critique. More precisely, Puls claims that, like in the Critique of Practical Reason, the Groundwork operates with some kind of fact of reason-theory, which means that our consciousness of the moral law is the ratio cognoscendi of our freedom of will. Accordingly, there is no conclusion from a kind of non-moral consciousness of freedom to the freedom of will and from here to the objective value of the categorical imperative, as many interpreters assume. Due to the ambitiousness of his main thesis and his detailed and subtle way of arguing, Puls’ work represents an important and innovative contribution to recent research on Kant’s Groundwork. Nevertheless, his interpretations sometimes seem to favour analysis of loose philological relationships over closer looks on the contexts of passages. Or he focuses excessively on isolated textual evidences for his readings without appropriately recognising the various other evidences against it. In what follows, I give examples for this criticism.
Cinza de biomassa é um produto eficiente para uso em sistema de produção de cereais em base agroecológica?
Authors:   Epagri - Estação Experimental de Canoinhas, Fonseca José Alfredo da , Hanisch Ana Lúcia
Published: November 2018

Foi avaliada durante quatro anos, a capacidade da cinza de biomassa (CB) na construção da fertilidade do solo em sistema de produção de cereais em base agroecológica. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos completos casualizados, com seis doses: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 e 10 Mg ha-1 de CB e três repetições. Após correção do solo e cultivo de um consórcio de adubação verde de verão e de inverno, deu-se início à seguinte sequência de cultivos: milho; ervilhaca; milho; ervilhaca + aveia; milho; aveia; soja; todos sem aplicação de fertilizantes. Após a primeira e a quarta safras, foram coletadas amostras de solo, na camada de 0-0,20 m para análise de atributos de fertilidade. Houve aumento linear dos teores de P e K no solo com a adição da CB, mas, não houve efeito sobre o pH, teores de Ca e Mg e de metais pesados do solo. As produtividades de milho e soja não foram afetadas pela aplicação da CB em nenhum ano. Assim, o uso da CB em sistema agroecológico de produção não apresenta efeitos nocivos ao sistema e é uma fonte segura de K, devido à ausência de fontes não solúveis deste elemento serem uma das limitações para suprimento deste nutriente às culturas.
Índice meiótico e palinologia de cerejeira-do-mato (Eugenia involucrata DC-Myrtaceae)
Authors:   Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Oliveira Lohanna Baltar Pinto de , Pierre Patrícia Maria Oliveira
Published: November 2018

O índice meiótico e a palinologia foram realizados para a cerejeira-do-mato (Eugenia involucrata DC- Myrtaceae), uma espécie nativa do sul do Brasil que apresenta frutos que podem ser destinados à agroindústria, além de potencial biotecnológico devido às suas propriedades medicinais. Botões florais oriundos de diferentes indivíduos de uma população localizada no município de Campo Erê, Santa Catarina, Brasil, foram coletados e fixados. Anteras em distintos estágios de desenvolvimento foram submetidas a diferentes técnicas para a obtenção de células meióticas e grãos de pólen. As células meióticas, em diferentes estágios do ciclo celular, apresentaram um comportamento cromossômico normal. Os indivíduos analisados apresentaram índices meióticos superiores a 95%, indicando estabilidade citológica. Os grãos de pólen apresentaram-se amido-positivos e lipídeo negativos e percentuais de viabilidade polínica superiores a 95% em todos os testes colorimétricos. A espécie apresenta grãos caracterizados como mônades, pequenos, oblatos, tricolporados, sincolpados e ornamentação verrucada. A alta estabilidade meiótica, a presença de substâncias de reserva e a morfologia polínica evidenciadas no presente estudo possuem importantes implicações para a escolha de materiais genéticos potenciais para o melhoramento genético, para o entendimento de mecanismos de polinização na biossistemática do gênero.
Efeito de diferentes proporções de moinha de café na composição de substratos alternativos para produção de mudas de pepino
Authors:   Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Almeida Karoline Matiello , Haddade Ismail Ramalho , Krause Marcelo Rodrigo , Guisolfi Louise Pinto , Meneghelli Lorena Aparecida Merlo
Published: November 2018

Um dos principais fatores relacionados à qualidade das mudas de olerícolas é o tipo de substrato utilizado. Avaliaram-se as variáveis de crescimento de mudas de pepino produzidas em substratos com níveis crescentes de resíduo da secagem dos grãos de café (moinha) em substituição ao uso exclusivo do substrato comercial. O experimento foi realizado no delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com seis tratamentos e dez repetições, sendo: T1: Substrato comercial (SC); T2: 0% de moinha (MO)+ 40% de casca de arroz carbonizada (CAC) + 15% de fibra de coco (FC) + 5% de casca de ovo (CO) + 40% de SC; T3: 10% de MO + 40% de CAC + 15% de FC + 5% de CO+ 30% de SC; T4: 20% de MO+ 40% de CAC+ 15% de FC + 5% de CO + 20% de SC ; T5: 30% de MO + 40% de CAC + 15% de FC + 5% de CO + 10% de SC; T6: 40% de MO + 40% de CAC + 15% de FC + 5% CO + 0% SC. Avaliou-se condutividade elétrica dos substratos, matéria seca do sistema radicular e parte aérea, altura de plântula, diâmetro de caule e número de folhas. Proporções crescentes de moinha acarretam no aumento da condutividade elétrica do substrato. Proporções em torno de 15 a 20% de moinha na composição do substrato apresentam os maiores valores de matéria seca da parte aérea, de raiz e diâmetro do caule. Proporções de até 30% de moinha em substrato composto por 40% de CAC, 15% de FC, 5% de CO e 10% de SC, também podem ser utilizados sem que haja prejuízo nas variáveis de crescimento de mudas de pepino.
Divergência genética de genótipos de cafeeiros resistentes à ferrugem com base em características anatômicas
Authors:   Universidade Federal de Lavras, Viana Mariana Thereza Rodrigues , Gama Tamara Cubiaki Pires da , Guedes Janine Magalhães , Guimarães Rubens José , Azevedo Harianna Paula Alves de , Castanheira Dalyse Toledo , Naves Vicente Luiz
Published: November 2018

Objetivou-se com esse trabalho avaliar a divergência genética de genótipos de cafeeiros resistentes à ferrugem do Banco de Germoplasma de café de Minas Gerais, com base em características anatômicas. Foram avaliadas 12 características anatômicas foliares e a distância generalizada de Mahalanobis foi usada para quantificar a divergência genética entre os genótipos. Foram empregados como estratégia de agrupamento, o agrupamento de Tocher e o método hierárquico UPGMA (Unweighted Pair-Group Method Using Arithmetic Averages), além disso, foi feita a análise da contribuição relativa das variáveis. Houve variabilidade genética entre os genótipos, sendo que a análise do agrupamento de Tocher e UPGMA separaram os genótipos em cinco e sete grupos distintos, respectivamente. O genótipo MG 0582 se destacou como o mais divergente dentre os demais com base nas características anatômicas avaliadas. Conclui-se que existe uma grande variabilidade genética para as características da anatomia foliar entre os 15 genótipos avaliados, possibilitando a seleção de genótipos superiores com base nessas características.
Editorial
Authors: Storm Rasmus K. , Larsen Signe Højbjerre , Jakobsen Peter Jul
Published: November 2018

Traditionelt har tidsskriftet “Forum for Idræt”, og det tidligere “Idrætshistorisk årbog”, været produceret ud fra forudbestemte temaer. Tidsskriftets artikler er følgeligt blevet udarbejdet i overensstemmelse med temaet. Det har imidlertid været redaktionens erfaring, at de faste temaer virker begrænsende i forhold til at kunne præsentere en bred vifte af den idrætsforskning, der foregår inden for det humanistiske ogsamfundsvidenskabelige område herhjemme. Derfor er dette nummer udgivet på baggrund af et 'open call'.
Hvilken sportsnation er bedst i Norden?
Authors: Andersen Michael
Published: November 2018

Denne artikel sætter fokus på eliteidræt i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige ud fra historiske og aktuelle perspektiver. Hvorfor har nationerne valgt fire forskellige eliteidrætsmodeller? Hvilke nationer prioriterer vinter- eller sommersportsgrene og hvilke sportsgrene - olympiske og ikke-olympiske - står stærkest i de enkelte nationer?
Reconciling Anti-Essentialism and Quantitative Methodology
Authors: Jensen Mathias Fjællegaard
Published: November 2018

Quantitative methodology has a contested role in feminist scholarship which remains almost exclusively qualitative. Considering Irigaray’s notion of mimicry, Spivak’s strategic essentialism, and Butler’s contingent foundations, the essentialising implications of quantitative methodology may prove less problematic if research projects assert strategic or political feminist aims. Still, a feminist deconstructive argument can be formed against quantitative studies in which socially constructed categories are considered independently determined. However, by application of Williams’ ideas of treating the categories in question as dependently rather than independently determined, social categories can be deconstructed quantitatively,  enriching both the theoretical and empirical understandings of population-level social constructions of genders, ethnicities etc. Quantitative deconstruction has the potential to reconcile anti-essentialism and quantitative methodology, and thus, to make peace in the quantitative/qualitative Paradigm Wars.
Three Views of a Secret: The "Mønsterlig"
Authors: Muir Tom
Published: November 2018

In a world where English – and its attendant writing conventions – is the dominant language of research, it becomes increasingly important to explore academic patterns of writing and teaching, and their related etymologies. In particular, this article investigates the relationship between the Norwegian “mønster” and the English “monster”, arguing that monsters allow us to make space for new kinds of writing, new languages of thought. Monstrosity, and monstrous patterns – meanings that are available in Norwegian rather than English – let slip alternative ways of thinking about teaching, writing and teaching writing. This is done through an exploration of the work of the literary critic Barbara Johnson, who gives us three uncanny topics – prosopopoeia, monuments and repetition compulsion – that help us release the warnings (Latin:“monere”) from mønstre (Norwegian: “patterns”). The article argues that prosopopoeia, monuments and repetition can help us to hear the monster within mønstrene (the patterns). At the same time, the paper seeks a critical self-awareness of its status as an English language text about a Norwegian word. Acknowledging that these conventions are themselves historical and cultural artefacts – are mønstre – the article therefore tries to interrupt and unravel itself in the hope of making space for alternative kinds of writing.
Sort. En reparerende læsning af den vrede og tykke (kvinde)krop
Authors: Eriksen Camilla Bruun
Published: November 2018

Sort. A reparative reading of the angry and fat (female) bodyInstead of a purely aesthetic state or medical condition fat scholar Kathleen LeBesco (2004: 1) suggests considering fatness as performative and a political situation. Based on the novel Sort (2012) by Kamilla Hega Holst this article examines and discusses LeBesco’s thesis; that the fat body by virtue of its culturally created position as ‘deviant’ and ‘abnormal’ holds a special ability to evoke ‘terror’ and disturb social order. Through both reparative and paranoid readings, and by applying Sara Ahmed’s figure The Feminist Killjoy as well as Lee Edelman’s conceptualization of queer futurism, the possibility of reading the novel’s fat protagonist as a queer character who actively and consciously resists social demands for a happy future is considered. Furthermore, ‘the body as battleground’, agency, as well as the fat body’s potential to oppose normalizing practices of embodiment is discussed.
Når ønsket om moderskab vækker bekymring
Authors: Søgaard Vivi Friis
Published: November 2018

When longing for motherhood causes concernThis article provides insights into how marginalized women’s motherhood, both historically and today, is a key concern for welfare interventions. More specifically, the article explores how notions of ‘appropriate motherhood’ shape welfare professionals’ use of baby simulators as an educational tool to train and guide the practices of marginalized women eager to become mothers. The article is based on material collected through a qualitative study of baby simulator interventions in Denmark. This includes interviews with welfare professionals as well as ethnographic observations of intervention practices. The findings demonstrate how notions of appropriate motherhood, informing welfare interventions, have shifted historically from moral toward more riskoriented understandings. Furthermore, the findings show that welfare professionals use the baby simulators to promote an ideal of appropriate motherhood, which is based on middle-class notions of care, self-control, independence, and labor market success.
Hvad er en god problemstilling egentlig?
Authors: Poulsen Jens Aage , Peters Rikke Alberg
Published: November 2018

Selv om læreplanerne siden 2004 har defineret historie som et problemorienteret fag, er det sjældent, at der undervises i overensstemmelsemed dette koncept. I 2017 gennemførte HistorieLab et aktionsforskningsprojekt, som gennem eksperimenter sigtede på at klarlægge muligeudfordringer og potentialer i at tilrettelægge undervisningen i historie mere undersøgende og problemorienteret. Desuden var projektets sigteat finde egnede fremgangsmåder, der kvalificerede, at historie reelt blev et problemorienteret fag.  I artiklen begrunder vi, hvorfor historieundervisningen bør tilrettelægges problemorienteret. Vi har særligt fokus på problemstillingen, der er drivkraften i problemorienteret undervisning, og som aktionerne i projektet var rettet imod.
$k$-smoothness: an answer to an open problem
Authors: Wójcik Paweł
Published: November 2018

The aim of this paper is to characterize the $k$-smooth points of the closed unit ball of $\mathcal{K}(\mathcal{H}_1;\mathcal{H}_2)$. In this paper we also answer a question posed by A. Saleh Hamarsheh in 2015.
A short note on Cuntz splice from a viewpoint of continuous orbit equivalence of topological Markov shifts
Authors: Matsumoto Kengo
Published: November 2018

Let $A$ be an $N\times N$ irreducible matrix with entries in $\{0,1\}$. We present an easy way to find an $(N+3)\times (N+3)$ irreducible matrix $\bar {A}$ with entries in $\{0,1\}$ such that the associated Cuntz-Krieger algebras ${\mathcal {O}}_A$ and ${\mathcal {O}}_{\bar {A}}$ are isomorphic and $\det (1 -A) = - \det (1-\bar {A})$. As a consequence, we find that two Cuntz-Krieger algebras ${\mathcal {O}}_A$ and ${\mathcal {O}}_B$ are isomorphic if and only if the one-sided topological Markov shift $(X_A, \sigma _A)$ is continuously orbit equivalent to either $(X_B, \sigma _B)$ or $(X_{\bar {B}}, \sigma _{\bar {B}})$.
Projection operators on matrix weighted $L^p$ and a simple sufficient Muckenhoupt condition
Authors: Nielsen Morten , Rasmussen Morten Grud
Published: November 2018

Boundedness for a class of projection operators, which includes the coordinate projections, on matrix weighted $L^p$-spaces is completely characterised in terms of simple scalar conditions. Using the projection result, sufficient conditions, which are straightforward to verify, are obtained that ensure that a given matrix weight is contained in the Muckenhoupt matrix $A_p$ class. Applications to singular integral operators with product kernels are considered.
Zero-divisor graphs of amalgamations
Authors: Kabbaj Salah-Eddine , Mimouni Abdeslam
Published: November 2018

Let $f\colon A\rightarrow B$ be a homomorphism of commutative rings and let $J$ be an ideal of $B$. The amalgamation of $A$ with $B$ along $J$ with respect to $f$ is the subring of $A\times B$ given by \[ A\bowtie ^{f}J:=\{(a,f(a)+j) \mid a\in A, j\in J\}. \] This paper investigates the zero-divisor graph of amalgamations. Our aim is to characterize when the graph is complete and compute its diameter and girth for various contexts of amalgamations. The new results recover well-known results on duplications, and yield new and original examples issued from amalgamations.
Uncertainty principle for discrete Schrödinger evolution on graphs
Authors: Álvarez-Romero Issac
Published: November 2018

We consider the Schrödinger evolution on graphs, i.e., solutions to the equation $\partial _t u(t,\alpha ) = i\sum _{\beta \in \mathcal {A}}L(\alpha ,\beta )u(t,\beta )$, where $\mathcal {A}$ is the set of vertices of the graph and the matrix $(L(\alpha ,\beta ))_{\alpha ,\beta \in \mathcal {A}}$ describes interaction between the vertices, in particular two vertices α and β are connected if $L(\alpha ,\beta )\neq 0$. We assume that the graph has a “web-like” structure, i.e., it consists of an inner part, formed by a finite number of vertices, and some threads attach to it.We prove that such a solution $u(t,\alpha )$ cannot decay too fast along one thread at two different times, unless it vanishes at this thread.We also give a characterization of the dimension of the vector space formed by all the solutions of $\partial _t u(t,\alpha ) = i\sum _{\beta \in \mathcal {A}}L(\alpha ,\beta )u(t,\beta )$, when $\mathcal {A}$ is a finite set, in terms of the number of the different eigenvalues of the matrix $L(\,\cdot \,,\,\cdot \,)$.
On the equivalence of boundedness for multiple Hardy-Littlewood averages and related operators
Authors: Luor Dah-Chin
Published: November 2018

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the weight function $u$ are obtained, which provide the boundedness for a class of averaging operators from $L_p^+$ to $L_{q,u}^+$. These operators include the multiple Hardy-Littlewood averages and related maximal operators, geometric mean operators, and geometric maximal operators. We show that, under suitable conditions, the boundedness of these operators are equivalent. Our theorems extend several one-dimensional results to multi-dimensional cases and to operators with multiple kernels. We also show that in the case $p<q$, some one-dimensional results do not carry over to the multi-dimensional cases, and the boundedness of $T$ from $L_p^+$ to $L_{q,u}^+$ holds only if $u=0$ almost everywhere.
CONFLICTS OF GESTURES, CONFLICTS OF IMAGES
Authors: Didi-Huberman Georges
Published: November 2018

The article presents some notes for an anthropology of the gestures of uprising [soulèvement]. It argues that, just as sounds (screams, words, slogans) always come out of the mouth of the demonstra- tors, images of all kinds are also brandished at the end of their arms. Based on this the article raises the question of the very notion of a desire for uprising.
Treading the Borderline
Authors: Staniskyte Jurgita
Published: November 2018

Duringthesecond decadeof theIndependence, i.e. at thebeginningof thetwenty-first centurythe increasing number of performances trying to escape the tradition of anti-mimeticrepresentation and to re-engage with reality appeared on the Lithuanian theatre stage.Fragments of everyday reality, ?real?personalities onstage, autobiographic narratives, historicdocuments, authentic spaces were becoming increasingly popular, allowing some critics toproclaim theeagerly awaited ?return to realism?. However, acloser analysisof thistendency ofcontemporary Lithuanian theatre can lead one to believe that such performances do notdemonstratetheurgeto return to thetraditional notion of realist representation, but rather toplayfully flirt with reality and its reception in the fictional world of theatre. In the light oftheoretical and practical revisions of the concepts of reality and its representation, youngLithuanian theatrecreatorsarenot somuch interested in truthful representation of reality, butrather in a performative investigation of processes of representation and their effects onaudience perception. One might add that while engaging with the codes of reality or ?real?material onstage, contemporary Lithuanian artists try to dismantle the binary oppositionbetween realistic representation and anti-realistic playfulness, which dominated the symbolicmentality of modern Lithuanian theatre. Various forms of playing with reality and fiction onthe Lithuanian theatre stage, their underlying principles and wider cultural implications ofsuch games are the object of investigation of this article. A comparative analysis ofperformances from Lithuania and Estonia will help to highlight the specific character ofLithuanian theatre as well as to define the patterns of playing with reality present on thepost-Soviet Lithuanian stage.
An Artistic Community and a Workplace
Authors: Pekkala Laura , Roihankorpi Riku
Published: November 2018

The article analyzes how money interacts with the practices and organizational activities of independent theatres in Finland in the 2010s. It discusses what kind of development the interaction entails or favors in the wider context of Finnish cultural policy. We share the results of Visio (2015-16), an empirical study and development project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and carried out with four professional independent theatres, which originated as group theatres, but are now institutionalized and operate with discretionary state subsidies. During the development project supported by Theatre Centre Finland, the study observed aspects of organizational development and learning as well as sustainable work in the said theatres. This was done via ethnographic and multiple case study methodologies. The study defined a theatre organization as a community for artistic work and a workplace for a diverse group of theatre professionals. The cases and the ethnographies were then reflected against current Finnish cultural policy.As descendants of the group theatre movement – arising from artistic ambition and opposition to commercialism – Finnish independent theatres have developed in different directions in their ideas of theatre, artistic visions, objectives, production models, and positioning in the field. Yet, there is a tendency to define independent theatres in opposition to theatres subsidized by law (the so-called VOS theatres), instead of laying stress on their specific artistic or operational visions or characteristics. This emphasis is present in public discussions, but also in the self-definitions of independent theatres. Money, and the economic affairs it underlines, strongly interact with the development, organizational learning, and working culture of Finnish independent theatres. Theoretically, we promote a Simmelian framework that stresses the socio-cultural dimension of money. Thus, we examine how the practices of the monetary economy are present in the practices and the development of independent theatres, and how this reflects their position within the current cultural policy and funding systems. Based on the above, the article suggests a more versatile approach to artistic independent theatres – one that emphasizes recognizing the heterogeneity of their operating models and artistic orientations, and their roles as diverse artistic communities aside from workplaces.
Performance-in-Business
Authors: Tapper Janne
Published: November 2018

My article, “Performance-in-Business: Armi Ratia’s Marimekko”, examines what happens to artistic performance in the concept of arts-in-business. In theatre and artistic performance, artistic thinking has traditionally been considered primary over economic thinking, but in arts-in-business the goal has been economic. The concept of arts-in-business, created in the 2000s, involves the strategic use of artistic elements in business in order to develop the creativity, problem-solving abilities, and innovativeness of employees as well as the brand of the business company. I will analyze the use of theatre as part of two historical forms of arts-in-business, the Bauhaus movement in Germany from 1919 to 1933, and the 2000s concept of arts-in-business. Regarding the latter, I will draw meanings from Lotte Darso’s (2004), Giovanni Schiuma’s (2011), and Jon McKenzie’s (2001) research on performance in business. After initiating a dialogue between these two approaches, I will provide a new theory for arts-in-business and apply it to Marimekko’s business practice. McKenzie (2001), as well as other studies of arts-in-business in the 2000s, does not emphasize the role of the manager-as-an-artist. In this article, I claim that only if the manager initiates artistic practice and the arts are interrelated to the product, can the arts penetrate the whole enterprise because of the role of managers in making constitutive decisions for the business. I will argue that some managers are able to do this. Ratia’s Marimekko is my exemplary case. As the key concept of my new theory of performance-in-business I employ performance scholar Josette Féral’s (2002) cognitively-oriented theory of theatricality based on the concept of a cleft and its variants in other theories. In the last section of this article, I will examine the Finnish fashion design company, Marimekko, under the management of Armi Ratia, as a business that employs the theatricality of clefts.