bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Solvent extraction of Th(IV) from aqueous solution with methylimidazole in ionic liquid
Authors: Li Wenkui , Yang Shenghua , Lv Hui , Liu Ziyi , Wu Jianrong , Li Shun , Shen Yinglin
Published: June 2016

An extraction of Th(IV) was performed using 1- methylimidazole (1-MIM) or 2-methylimidazole (2-MIM) as the extractant in imidazolium type ionic liquids (ILs) or n-pentanol. The extractability for Th4+ in ILs was by far higher than that obtained in n-pentanol. The extraction mechanism was determined by slope analysis and ESI-MS. The transfer of Th4+ with MIM into ILs proceeded through both a cationic exchange and a neutral solvation mechanism, whereas the partitioning of Th4+ with MIM into n-pentanol only underwent a neutral solvation mechanism. The thermodynamic parameters values (ΔH, ΔS and ΔG) for extraction of Th4+ with 1-MIM in IL were calculated and the results indicated the extraction reaction was spontaneous and went through endothermic process. Separation of Th4+ from the solution of lanthanides (III) and uranium was also carried out by 1-MIM in ILs and n-pentanol.
Development and biological evaluation of 90Y-BPAMD as a novel bone seeking therapeutic Agent
Authors: Rabiei Ali , Shamsaei Mojtaba , Yousefnia Hassan , Zolghadri Samaneh , Reza Jalilian Amir , Enayati Razieh
Published: June 2016

Nowadays, the bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals play an important role in the treatment of the bone-related pathologies. Whereas various phosphonate ligands have already been identified, a DOTA-based bisphosphonate, 4-{[(bis(phosphonomethyl))carbamoyl]methyl}- 7,10-bis(carboxymethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododec- 1-yl (BPAMD) with better characteristics has recently been synthesized. In this study, 90Y-BPAMD was developed with radiochemical purity >98% and the specific activity of 3.52 TBq/mmol in the optimized conditions as a new bone-seeking therapeutic agent. The complex demonstrated significant stability at room temperature and in human serum even after 48 h. At even low amount of hydroxyapatite (5 mg), more than 90% binding to hydroxyapatite was observed. Biodistribution studies after injection of the complex into the Syrian rats showed major accumulation of the labelled compound in the bone tissue and an insignificant uptake in the other organs all the times after injection. Generally, 90Y-BPAMD demonstrated interesting characteristics compared to the other 90Y bone-seeking agents and even 166Ho-BPAMD, and can be considered as a new bone-seeking candidate for therapeutic applications.
Uses of alpha particles, especially in nuclear reaction studies and medical radionuclide production
Authors: Qaim Syed M. , Spahn Ingo , Scholten Bernhard , Neumaier Bernd
Published: June 2016

Alpha particles exhibit three important characteristics: scattering, ionisation and activation. This article briefly discusses those properties and outlines their major applications. Among others, α-particles are used in elemental analysis, investigation and improvement of materials properties, nuclear reaction studies and medical radionuclide production. The latter two topics, dealing with activation of target materials, are treated in some detail in this paper. Measurements of excitation functions of α-particle induced reactions shed some light on their reaction mechanisms, and studies of isomeric cross sections reveal the probability of population of high-spin nuclear levels. Regarding medical radionuclides, an overview is presented of the isotopes commonly produced using α-particle beams. Consideration is also given to some routes which could be potentially useful for production of a few other radionuclides. The significance of α-particle induced reactions to produce a few high-spin isomeric states, decaying by emission of low-energy conversion or Auger electrons, which are of interest in localized internal radiotherapy, is outlined. The α-particle beam, thus broadens the scope of nuclear chemistry research related to development of non-standard positron emitters and therapeutic radionuclides.
Seeding Controversy: Did Israel Invent the Cherry Tomato?
Authors: Wexler Anna
Published: June 2016

This research brief explores the controversial history of the cherry tomato and analyzes its role in the construction of Israel's national identity. Since 2003, mentions of Israel having “invented” the cherry tomato have appeared in both Israeli and international media. However, such claims have sparked outrage on various blogs and websites, and questions have been raised about the veracity of Israel's claims—as well as about the true origin of the cherry tomato. I explore the history of the cherry tomato, tracing mentions of it from the Renaissance period to modern times. In addition, I clarify the assertions of Israeli scientists credited with the development of the cherry tomato—that their research transformed the cherry tomato into a commodity in the 1980s. Finally, I discuss the cherry tomato claim in light of the Israeli government's hasbara (Hebrew for “explanation”) efforts, which attempt to counter negative images of Israel in the international press. While much previous scholarship on food and nationalism has focused on the relationship between the cultivation, preparation, or consumption of a food and the construction of a national identity, the present work focuses on the relationship between the food's invention narrative and national identity. By transforming the cherry tomato into an embodiment of technological innovation, I argue that hasbara separates the cherry tomato from its essence as a food and co-opts it into a symbol of modernity and progress.
Siopao and Power: The Place of Pork Buns in Manila's Chinese History
Authors: De Leon Adrian
Published: June 2016

This article explores culinary suspicion toward Chinese Manileños during the Spanish and American occupations of the Philippines. It takes siopao—an urban Filipino adaptation of the Cantonese char siu bao (steamed barbecue pork bun)—as its point of convergence, and explores modern controversies accusing Chinese cooks of using taboo meats instead of pork. These suspicions developed according to a cultural lineage rooted in the exclusion of Chinese migrants and their foodways and formalized in legal mechanisms of urban segregation and exclusionary laws. This article suggests that the simultaneous love and repulsion for siopao stands in for a range of alternative multiculturalisms that sought to govern Chinese bodies, adapted across the imperial fringes of the Spanish and US empires. At the same time, tracing the global networks of Chinese labor, Spanish and American imperialisms, and Philippine migration, this article tells a story of how a portable, working-class Chinese dish became Filipino as it passed through the hands and mouths of a global Pacific.
Wicked Nutrition: The Controversial Greening of Official Dietary Guidance
Authors: Freidberg Susanne
Published: June 2016

In 2015, controversy over the Dietary Guidelines for Americans reached a new level when the government-appointed Dietary Guidance Advisory Committee (DGAC) recommended that those guidelines promote more sustainable diets, particularly those lower in animal-based foods. Although the committee found ample scientific evidence that such a shift would be a “win-win” for Americans' health as well as the environment, it met with fierce opposition on both counts, and not only from the livestock industry. This suggests how sustainable diet guidance poses a classic wicked problem, meaning one characterized by high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and epistemological conflict. While relationships between food, bodies, and environments are inevitably complex and uncertain, the controversy surrounding DGAC's recommendation offers an opportunity to explore how the scientific evidence on dietary sustainability is actually produced, and how it does or does not speak to other knowledge about eating for bodily and ecological health. To do this I look first at the research behind DGAC's endorsement of diets high in plant-based versus animal-based foods, and then at select responses in the public comments. The contrast not only highlights the incommensurability of modeled versus experiential evidence, but also suggests that efforts to promote more sustainable food consumption cannot credibly ignore questions (however unresolved) about what constitutes more sustainable production.
60 YEARS OF POMC: N-terminal POMC peptides and adrenal growth
Authors: Bicknell Andrew B
Published: June 2016

The peptide hormones contained within the sequence of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) have diverse roles ranging from pigmentation to regulation of adrenal function to control of our appetite. It is generally acknowledged to be the archetypal hormone precursor, and as its biology has been unravelled, so too have many of the basic principles of hormone biosynthesis and processing. This short review focuses on one group of its peptide products, namely, those derived from the N-terminal of POMC and their role in the regulation of adrenal growth. From a historical and a personal perspective, it describes how their role in regulating proliferation of the adrenal cortex was identified and also highlights the key questions that remain to be answered.
60 YEARS OF POMC: Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of POMC gene expression
Authors: Drouin Jacques
Published: June 2016

Expression of the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene integrates numerous inputs that reflect the developmental history of POMC-expressing cells of the pituitary and hypothalamus, as well as their critical role in the endocrine system. These inputs are integrated at specific regulatory sequences within the promoter and pituitary or hypothalamic enhancers of thePOMClocus. Investigations of developmental mechanisms and transcription factors (TFs) responsible for pituitary activation ofPOMCtranscription led to the discovery of the Pitx factors that have critical roles in pituitary development and striking patterning functions in embryonic development. Terminal differentiation of the two pituitary POMC lineages, the corticotrophs and melanotrophs, is controlled by Tpit; mutations of the humanTPITgene cause isolated adrenocorticotrophic hormone deficiency. Intermediate lobe and melanotroph identity is provided by the pioneer TF Pax7 that remodels chromatin to reveal a new repertoire of enhancers for Tpit action. Many signaling pathways regulatePOMCtranscription including activation by hypothalamic corticotrophin-releasing hormone acting through the orphan nuclear receptors of the Nur family and feedback repression by glucocorticoids and their glucocorticoid receptor. TFs of the basic helix-loop-helix, Smad, Stat, Etv, and nuclear factor-B families also mediate signals for control ofPOMCtranscription. Whereas most of these regulatory processes are conserved in different species, there are also notable differences between specific targets for regulation of the human compared with mousePOMCgenes.
La formación de contadores públicos en Colombia a través de Internet
Authors: Meneses Fabio Enrique Gómez
Published: June 2016

Este estudio trata de presentar un panorama inicial y general de la formación de contadores públicos en Colombia a través de Internet, mediante la utilización de las plataformas de e-learning. A lo largo de este trabajo se presentarán las bases conceptuales necesarias para comprender qué es la educación virtual, su entorno y el por qué de su nacimiento y expansión en los últimos años. En la segunda parte del artículo se llevará a cabo un estudio empírico sobre los sitios web de Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES) en el país, que ofrecen programas y cursos a través de Internet o al menos prestan un soporte virtual a los programas y asignaturas presenciales mediante las plataformas de e-learning. Finalmente, se presentarán los resultados, limitaciones, futuras líneas de investigación y conclusiones resultantes del análisis aplicado.
Lo público para la contabilidad y la contabilidad para lo público: caminos de investigación y alternativas de desarrollo contable
Authors: Bautista Jairo Alonso
Published: June 2016

El documento hace una presentación de los principales debates sobre “lo público” y las implicaciones que se desprenden de dichos debates en el desarrollo de la disciplina contable.

Desde los enfoques económico, feminista y comunitarista del debate sobre lo público, el documento desprende algunos posibles temas de investigación y establece un nivel de debate sobre las relaciones y la naturaleza de “lo público” y su importancia para la contabilidad.
La escuela frente al Sentido: una comprensión a partir de las narrativas docentes y a la luz de los principios franklianos
Authors: Duque Cruz Óscar Yamith , Ramírez Aristizábal Fidel Mauricio
Published: June 2016

Este artículo presenta los ejes sobre los que se desarrolló la investigación “La escuela frente al Sentido: una comprensión a partir de las narrativas docentes y a la luz de los principios franklianos”. Tiene por objeto dar cuenta de la comprensión de las narrativas que los docentes construyen acerca de la manera como se concretan los fines de la educación en su quehacer, para establecer el estado de la escuela frente al Sentido.
 La estrategia metodológica se inscribe dentro de un enfoque cualitativo, para lo cual se adoptó el diseño narrativo. Por lo anterior, la entrevista con que se suscitarían las narraciones de los docentes, a partir de los objetivos de la investigación, se desarrolló con la utilización de focos de conversación: formación, comprensión de su quehacer y descripción de sus prácticas pedagógicas. La pretensión fue la comprensión que tienen los docentes de la manera como en su quehacer se concretan los fines de la educación. Estos se confrontaron a través de una matriz, con el fin de establecer los indicadores significativos y comunes para posteriormente compararlos con la
 teoría de Sentido desarrollada por Victor Frankl.
 Una de las conclusiones más relevantes es que a pesar de que los docentes reconocen la formación integral como _n de su quehacer educativo, sus prácticas están dirigidas a la transmisión de los conocimientos de su área disciplinar; se ven como profesionales de las áreas de su disciplina y no como profesionales de la educación. Este hecho, en la mayoría de los casos, los ha llevado a sentirse estancados en su desarrollo profesional y a considerar como innecesaria la formación pedagógica.
Las distintas etapas de la contabilidad gerencial y la responsabilidad social empresarial: primera aproximación conceptual de sus relaciones
Authors: Uribe Bohórquez María Victoria , Rueda Delgado Gabriel
Published: June 2016

Revisar los vínculos entre la contabilidad gerencial y la responsabilidad social empresarial resulta pertinente, toda vez que en la primera se soporta la planeación y gestión de la empresa y la forma como esta puede verse afectada por las presiones que sobre el ente económico genera dicha responsabilidad. Este trabajo examina las relaciones que cada etapa de la contabilidad gerencial (costos, gestión y gerencial propiamente dicha) puede tener sobre la responsabilidad social empresarial, advirtiendo sus limitaciones y fortalezas frente a diversos entendimientos de la responsabilidad, bien sea que esta esté basada en la empresa o en la sociedad.
 El trabajo plantea que todas las formas de la contabilidad pueden contribuir a enfoques puramente empresariales, pero también a enfoques sociales, aunque se hace evidente su preeminencia y uso en las miradas de la responsabilidad social empresarial centradas en la empresa. Este artículo de corte teórico se basa en una preliminar revisión de la literatura académica y asociada con ella respecto de la responsabilidad social empresarial y la contabilidad gerencial, y puede contribuir a posteriores trabajos de este mismo estilo, así como a trabajos de corte empírico.
Características de los estudiantes universitarios de Contaduría Pública
Authors: Moreno Gabriel
Published: June 2016

El presente artículo reúne un conjunto de reflexiones del autor acerca de las características de los estudiantes de Contaduría Pública, asunto que servirá como fundamento teórico para conocer y construir la metodología apropiada para identificar las características mencionadas. Conocer estos elementos, permite señalar las principales necesidades educativas que expresan los estudiantes, señalar elementos comunes en los mismos y comprender de mejor manera las aspiraciones que tienen al estudiar Contaduría Pública. Asimismo, se recogen conceptos que pretenden interpretar los estudiantes a partir de categorías complementarias como comunidad académica, procesos pedagógicos, docentes y teorías del aprendizaje. Su importancia radica en que al comprender la categoría “estudiante” se posibilita mejoras en el proceso pedagógico, mediado por una profunda reflexión por parte de todos los actores, lo cual a la larga permite tomar acciones para mejorar la calidad y la aceptabilidad de los programas, lo cual redunda en mejores profesionales contables y por tanto en una mejora en la calidad de la información que estos producen.
La Tinta Roja
Authors: . Anónimo
Published: June 2016

La Tinta Roja
Comparison of Clinical, Maternal, and Self Pubertal Assessments: Implications for Health Studies
Authors: Terry Mary Beth , Goldberg Mandy , Schechter Sarah , Houghton Lauren C. , White Melissa L. , O’Toole Karen , Chung Wendy K. , Daly Mary B. , Keegan Theresa H.M. , Andrulis Irene L. , Bradbury Angela R. , Schwartz Lisa , Knight Julia A. , John Esther M. , Buys Saundra S.
Published: June 2016

BACKGROUND:

Most epidemiologic studies of puberty have only 1 source of pubertal development information (maternal, self or clinical). Interpretation of results across studies requires data on reliability and validity across sources.

METHODS:

The LEGACY Girls Study, a 5-site prospective study of girls aged 6 to 13 years (n = 1040) collected information on breast and pubic hair development from mothers (for all daughters) and daughters (if ≥10 years) according to Tanner stage (T1–5) drawings. At 2 LEGACY sites, girls (n = 282) were also examined in the clinic by trained professionals. We assessed agreement (κ) and validity (sensitivity and specificity) with the clinical assessment (gold standard) for both the mothers’ and daughters’ assessment in the subcohort of 282. In the entire cohort, we examined the agreement between mothers and daughters.

RESULTS:

Compared with clinical assessment, sensitivity of maternal assessment for breast development was 77.2 and specificity was 94.3. In girls aged ≥11 years, self-assessment had higher sensitivity and specificity than maternal report. Specificity for both mothers and self, but not sensitivity, was significantly lower for overweight girls. In the overall cohort, maternal and daughter agreement for breast development and pubic hair development (T2+ vs T1) were similar (0.66, [95% confidence interval 0.58–0.75] and 0.69 [95% confidence interval 0.61–0.77], respectively), but declined with age. Mothers were more likely to report a lower Tanner stage for both breast and pubic hair compared with self-assessments.

CONCLUSIONS:

These differences in validity should be considered in studies measuring pubertal changes longitudinally when they do not have access to clinical assessments.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ВПЛИВУ СОРТІВ ТРИБИ TRITICЕАЕ НА СТРУКТУРУ І КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНІСТЬ СЕГЕТАЛЬНОГО УГРУПУВАННЯ
Authors: Moskalets T. Z.
Published: June 2016

We studied the influence of varieties of tribe Triticeae (Soft Wheat, Winter Rye and Winter Triticale) on the structure and competitiveness of segetal vegetation. It is shown that in the conditions of Polissya, Forest-Steppe Polissya, and Forest-Steppe ecotopes the coenotic composition of plant communities was represented mostly by annual plants and at some extent by hemycryptophytes, cryptophytes, and geophytes. The dominant weed associations of Polissya are: Erodium-Neslia; Chenopodiu-Sonchus; Galium-Setaria; Elytrigia-Convolvulus; Apera-Polygonum and Apera-Convolvulus; Polissia-steppe: Viola-Capsella; Matricaria-Galium; Elytrigia-Galeopsis; Chenopodiu-Sonchus; Thlaspi-Euphorbia; Forest-Steppe: Elytrigia-Viola; Matricaria-Taraxacum; Consolida-Convolvulus; Cirsium-Taraxacum; Galium-Stellaria; Thlaspi-Plantago, Linaria-Conyza.

In terms of the Central Forest-Steppe and Eastern Polisya the medium-grown and medium ripe Wheat (Yuvivata 60 and Poliska 90), Rye (Borotba), Triticale (Slavetne, Slavetne Polipshene. and AD 256) is the most competitive towards segetal vegetation than other medium-grown and semi-dwarf varieties of such cultures.

The introduction of Triticale and Rye in the structure of sown areas are an effective biological control towards segetal vegetation, particularly perennial weeds. We revealed that increasing doses of fertilizers on crops of the tribe Triticeae stimulates the growth of weeds, but the specific weight per unit area does not always correlate with density concerning cultural species.

We registered the dominant competitive weeds associations in winter crops, regardless of grade, but their differentiation by population strategy and specific weight per unit area depends on the type and conditions of the specific ecotypes. We selected some six associations for the Polissya: Erodium-Neslia; Chenopodiu-Sonchus; Galium-Setaria; Elytrigia-Convolvulus; Apera-Polygonum and Apera-Convolvulus; five for Polissya Steppe ecotypes: Viola-Capsella; Matricaria-Galium; Elytrigia-Galeopsis; Chenopodium-Sonchus; Thlaspi-Euphorbia; seven for Forest ecotypes: Elytrigia-Viola; Matricaria-Taraxacum; Consolida-Convolvulus; Cirsium-Taraxacum; Galium-Stellaria; Thlaspi-Plantago, Linaria-Conyza.
ГОРМОНАЛЬНИЙ ПРОФІЛЬ ТА НЕСПЕЦИФІЧНА РЕЗИСТЕНТНІСТЬ КНУРІВ ЗА УМОВ ПЕРЕДЗАБІЙНОГО СТРЕСУ
Authors: Grabovskyi S.S. , Grabovska O.S.
Published: June 2016

The article is devoted to determination of hormonal profile and nonspecific resistance in boars blood before slaughter after using of biologically active substances — animal origin antistressors andimmunostimulators.

The purpose of research — determination of changes of insulin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol content in boars blood before slaughter and their correction of natural origin biologically active substances of spleen extract.

Object and research methods. The spleen extract has been additionally entered to the boars feed at 5 days before slaughter as an antistressors and immunostimulators in pre-slaughter period. The experiment was conducted on 15 boars with standard diet. Three groups of boars six months of age (5 boars each) were formed for research. The pig’s spleen extract was obtained with ultrasound application (Iresearch group) were using as a biologically active substances to the feed boars in pre-slaughter period. The extracts were applied to dry feed by aerosol method (70 % alcohol solution of spleen extract volume of 1.4 ml per kg body weight). The boars of II research group in the same way received to the feed of 70 % ethanol solution in the same volume. The boars of control group received only dry feed economy. Theboars slaughter was held on day 13 hours a.m. Mathematical treatment of the research results worked statistically using the software package Statistica 6.0.

Results and discussion. The ACTH and cortisol level in the boars’ blood plasma of experimental and control groups significantly increased after transportation (before the slaughter) compared with the indexes before transportation to meat plant. The ACTH concentration in the boars’ blood plasma of І experimental group, which was added to the basic diet spleen extract, was 10 % lower than in the control group boars compared with indicators before and after transportation. The insulin concentration of І experimental and control groups boars was higher after transportation with comparing beforetransportation to meat plant.

All nonspecific body resistance parameters significantly increased in boars blood, which in addition to food received spleen extract, compared with the control group animals after transportation before slaughter: phagocytic activity increased at 12 %, phagocytic index — 13 % and phagocytic number — 14 %.

On the boars’ feeding final stage is necessary to consider a pre-slaughter stress and to apply of natural origin biologically active substances. The results can be used on other farm animals for resistance increasing, correction and avoid their pre-slaughter stress and improve the product quality.
СИСТЕМА И КОНСПЕКТ ВИДОВ РОДА PEDICULARIS (OROBANCHACEAE) АЛТАЙСКОЙ ГОРНОЙ СТРАНЫ И ТЯНЬ-ШАНЯ
Authors: Kosachev P. A.
Published: June 2016

The system and conspectus of the genus Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae) of Altai and Tien Shan is presented. The system is based of molecular genetic studies of the genus (Ree, 2005; Tkach et al., 2014; own data) and is represented by series that are grouped into sections. The building of the higher taxonomic categories is not possible at the moment due to the para- or polyphyletic origin genus of weak support for clads in the phylogenetic tree. Conspectus includes 61 species of the 32 series and 7 sections. 16 species and 1 subspecies of endemic for the territory of the Altai and Tien Shan. For the first time described in one section and 10 series. Three sections published of the lectotypes: Schizocalyx Li, Botryantha Li, Rhizophyllum Li. Clarified the amount and distribution of species, series, sections. Displaying Altai and Tien Shan origin some series (ser. Abrotanifoliae, Amoenae, Achilleifolia, Uliginosae, Physocalyces, Macrochilae, Platyrhynchae), the Tien-Shan (Semenowianae, Pycnanthae, Maximowiczianae, Pubiflorae), Altai (Brachystaches, Elatae).
THREE NEW SYNONYMS OF SATYRINAE (LEPIDOPTERA, NYMPHALIDAE) FROM WESTERN CHINA
Authors: Yakovlev R.V.
Published: June 2016

The article establishes three new synonyms of Nymphalidae (Satyrinae) Minois undate Chou, Yuan & Zhang, 2001 = Satyrus ferula liupiunschani O. Bang-Haas, 1933, syn. nov., Boeberia polyommata Chou, Yuan &Zhang, 2001 = Satyrus ferula liupiuschani O. Bang-Haas, 1933, syn. nov. and Erebia karamayensis Chou, Yuan & Zhang, 2001 = Arethusana arethusa ([Denis & Schifermüller], [1775]), syn. nov. The discovery of Lyelamacmahoni Swinhoe, 1908 on the territory of NW China is disproved.
СИНАНТРОПІЗАЦІЯ ФЛОРИ ВОЛИНСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ
Authors: Kotsun L.О. , Kuzmishyna I.I.
Published: June 2016

Volyn region is located in North-Western Ukraine. Its territory is plain in the North and poorly hilly in the South with a total obliquely in a Northerly direction. The climate is temperate continental with mild winters and moderately warm enough wet summer. Sod-podzolic and meadow soils is predominate, sod, forest-steppe podzolized soils, typical black less common. According to physical and geographic zone, the area belongs to the zone of mixed coniferous-deciduous forests; by geobotanical zoning of Ukraine – the European broadleaved forest region, East European and Central provinces. Some 1272 species of vascular plants of natural flora were registered in the Volyn region during filed surveys in 1999-2015 together with retrospective data and herbarium collections. Among them the synanthropic group was isolated, which includes 507 species (over 38% of all the species). Local synanthropic apophytes species (ca. 287) are dominated over antropophytes (220 species). The ratio between these two groups is 1.3:1. This is the evidence that the synanthropic flora was formed with domination of local explerent apophytes followed by adventive plant species. Species with active dissemination strategy in seminatural and transformed ecosystems like hemiapophytes (149 species) are dominated among the apophytes by the degree of adaptation to the anthropogenically transformed conditions. It was found that 220 species belong to antropophytes among which the kenophytes (111 species) dominate by time of invasion. We also registered some 109 species of arheophytes. The ratio between these two groups is 0.9:1.0, which indicates the moderate degree of invasion of alien species to the study area. The xenophytes (111 species) are dominated by the method of invasion. The epekophytes (159 species) – species that which grow in communities that would disappear with the cessation of human activities dominate by the degree of naturalization. We distinguished the group of alien species with high phytocoenotic activities that are the herbaceous annuals or milticarpos with the core root system without underground shoots of North American origin.
‘Using Chinese medicine in a Western way’: Negotiating integrative Chinese medicine treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Ho Evelyn Y. , Lalancette Chelsea , Leung Genevieve
Published: June 2016

Type 2 diabetes affects Chinese Americans at an alarming rate and many Chinese Americans use Chinese medicine principles to deal with their diabetes. In this article, we examine interviews with Chinese medicine practitioners about the best ways to treat diabetes and xiaoke (Chinese medicine's closest equivalent to diabetes). These interviews were conducted to examine how practitioners would promote a particular form of integrative medicine – in this case, using Chinese medicinal principles to suggest food treatments for diabetes or xiaoke. Our research expands understandings of integrative medicine and Chinese medicine recognizing that in practice, the static categories of Chinese and Western diagnosis and treatment are not very useful for understanding how integration occurs. Instead, Chinese medicine practitioners negotiate between the poles of individual and standardized on one dimension and physical and energetic on another dimension as a way of practicing Chinese medicine and enregistering their professional identities here in the U.S. Examining these interviews from a language and social interaction perspective, we present integration as a performance and enactment of social personae rather than a product. We highlight the need to attend to differences in what oftentimes is treated as a monolithic community of Chinese medicine in the U.S.
Reseña de la evolución de las Relaciones Internacionales en América Latina
Authors: Gonzalez Parias Carlos Hernán , Londoño Ossa Gustavo Adolfo , Montoya Uribe Diego Alejandro
Published: June 2016

A través de un recorrido histórico, se evidencia que las Relaciones Internacionales de América Latina están marcadas por necesidades económicas y, en gran medida, por la reacción ante las coyunturas internacionales propias de cada época. Siendo en buena medida la región un jugador poco activo y con poca capacidad de autodeterminación en materia internacional. Aferradas a esas necesidades, desde la época de la colonia buscó apoyo para sus procesos de emancipación y prácticamente a lo largo de todo el siglo XX ha sostenido su dependencia con los Estados Unidos de América, a pesar de las manifestaciones en contra de estas relaciones, bien a causa de movimientos de ideología comunista, bien por actos de rebeldía de algunos países latinoamericanos o bien por la alternativa que le ha sido ofrecida mediante procesos de integración en el llamado regionalismo abierto. No obstante, las ideas de autonomía en la región se pueden rastrear desde el pensamiento bolivariano, pero desarrolladas como un cuerpo coherente y disciplinar de las Relaciones Internacionales desde los años 70 del siglo XX.Por otra parte, otro centro de referencia de la evolución de las Relaciones Internacionales, en buena parte de América Latina, ha sido las relaciones con la ex metrópoli. Las relaciones con España han variado según el transcurrir histórico y la posición en que aquella haya estado frente a los países latinoamericanos, pero ciertamente no se puede negar los lazos de lengua, cultura y sociedad que atan a unos y otros.
Análisis de los retornos a la educación de algunos oficios y operarios que laboran en el comercio al detal y de las grandes superficies
Authors: Gómez Rodríguez Dustin Tahisin , Rincón Moreno Héctor Mauricio
Published: June 2016

El objetivo principal del siguiente artículo fue analizar los ingresos de los trabajadores del comercio al por menor y de grandes superficies en Colombia, desde la perspectiva del capital humano. La metodología es de corte cuantitativo, se utilizó ecuaciones mincerianas para estimar los retornos a la educación con los datos del DANE 2009-2013, y se aplicó el método de Heckman para reducir el sesgo de selección. La conclusión principal es que las ocupaciones y oficios que se pueden catalogar dentro del comercio al por menor y de grandes superficies tienden a btener retornos a la educación decrecientes en el periodo estudiado.
Satisfacción con los servicios de alimentación: propuesta de medición y aplicación en una universidad en Costa Rica
Authors: Álvarez González Ronald , Aguirre González Juan Antonio
Published: June 2016

El propósitos de este estudio es el de entender mejor cuáles son los factores técnicos, económicos y de entorno que afectan la satisfacción con los servicios de alimentación que brindan los centros educativos universitarios del país, a fin de evaluar si existe la posibilidad de que estos centros universitarios asuman estos servicios con fines de convertirlos en generadores de ingresos para financiar programas de beneficio social, dentro de sus áreas de Responsabilidad Social Universitaria (RSU). Para tal propósito, se utilizó a la universidad Latina de Heredia, Costa Rica, como objeto de estudio, dado que este centro educativo presentaba las condiciones adecuadas para ello (se estaba implementando un programa de RSU y se contaba con la posibilidad de asumir el servicio que se encontraba concesionado). La muestra aleatoria fue de 343 estudiantes y se utilizó una combinación de análisis descriptivo e inferencial. Los resultados indicaron que el alpha de Cronbach estimada fue de 0.7563. Las variables más importantes que influencian los niveles de satisfacción en los estudiantes que utilizan las áreas de alimentación de la universidad, se analizaron de acuerdo a los resultados del modelo derivado por el método de mínimos cuadrados ordinarios. Las tres variables más importantes que explican el nivel de satisfacción son: a) limpieza del local; b) calidad de los productos ofrecidos y c) nivel de precios manejados. Se aceptó la hipótesis de que la satisfacción con los servicios de alimentación en las universidades es un fenómeno multivariado. Se sugiere, dada la novedad del instrumento, aplicarlo en otras circunstancias, a fin de verificar su utilidad.
Posicionamiento, segmentación, estimación de la demanda, carne de pavo (Meleagris gallopavo).
Authors: Caicedo Lamprea Sugey Luz , Montoya Iván Alonso , Montoya Luz Alexandra
Published: June 2016

El presente artículo de investigación presenta una propuesta para posicionamiento y segmentación de la carne de pavo (Meleagris gallopavo), a partir de una posible segmentación del consumidor. Desde este enfoque se proyecta la demanda potencial en Colombia y se estudia el caso del consumo en la ciudad de Bogotá para realizar la proyección. La metodología seguida propone un análisis descriptivo basado en el comportamiento de la población desde la extrapolación de países referencia y del principal producto sustituto, el pollo. A partir de este análisis se propone un modelo de posicionamiento basado en el ciclo de vida del producto y en mejorar la satisfacción de los clientes a partir de las calidades y fortalezas del mismo.
De la divulgación al encuentro sociocultural: el desafío de las organizaciones
Authors: Güisa Rojas Cindy Alexandra
Published: June 2016

La comunicación estratégica es un eje fundamental en la gestión y productividad de las organizaciones, ya que es transversal a todos los procesos y contribuye de manera directa al cumplimiento de los objetivos organizacionales y al fortalecimiento de las relaciones con los actores o stakeholders. La comunicación ha pasado de ser una herramienta mediática a convertirse en un proceso estratégico que cobra cada día más importancia. Su evolución y cambios paradigmáticos se han visto reflejados en la denominación empleada para referirse a la gestión comunicativa, pero también en su impacto y relevancia en las entidades. Este artículo aborda la evolución en los paradigmas de la comunicación estratégica desde una reflexión que parte de la comunicación de marketing hasta llegar a la comunicación como encuentro sociocultural. Además, plantea los desafíos que representan estas transformaciones para las organizaciones.
Reflexões sobre o Novo Desenvolvimentismo e o Desenvolvimentismo Clássico
Authors: BRESSER-PEREIRA LUIZ CARLOS
Published: June 2016

RESUMO Este artigo, inicialmente, distingue, o Novo Desenvolvimentismo, um novo sistema teórico que está em criação, do desenvolvimentismo realmente existente, que foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento original de muitos países, mas muitas vezes é apenas uma forma de populismo fi ou keynesianismo vulgar. Segundo, distingue o Desenvolvimentismo Clássico, que o precedeu. Terceiro, brevemente analisa o chamado "social-desenvolvimentismo" e nada vê ali que se aproxime de uma teoria. Finalmente, o artigo fornece um resumo do Novo Desenvolvimentismo - seus principais argumentos no campo da economia política, da teoria econômica e da política econômica.
Latin American countries and the establishment of the multilateral trading system: the Havana Conference (1947-1948)
Authors: SANTOS NORMA BREDA DOS
Published: June 2016

ABSTRACT This article proposes to study the participation of Latin American delegations during the Havana Conference, which negotiated and approved the Charter of International Trade Organization (ITO), including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), in 1947-1948. It shows that the prevalent understanding of Latin American countries was that the Havana negotiations would be the outcome of their existing political and material power asymmetries in relation to the industrialized countries. They believed that their fragile economies should face the strong economies of the industrialized countries by economic planning and import substitution, already in place in several Latin American countries since the 1930s and the 1940s. The article also shows that the construction of the post-World War II international trade regime was in fact characterized by strong material and political inequalities, which undermined Latin American countries abilities to negotiate.
The Swedish model: an alternative to macroeconomic policy
Authors: VIANA ALEXANDRE GUEDES , CUNHA PATRÍCIA HELENA F.
Published: June 2016

ABSTRACT This paper describes the main details of the Swedish economic model, which began to be structured on the 1930s and achieved its consolidation on the 1950s. The Swedish model is characterized by a macroeconomic policy which provides price stability, fiscal results for selective industrial policies and social active policies, the latter being recognized as a wide universal welfare state. This combination, which contradicts the traditional economic prescriptions, has been successful given the country was agrarian and underdeveloped until the beginni.ng of 20th century and achieved a high social-economic development level on the 1970s. Afterwards, we present the Swedish experiment as an alternative to macroeconomic management, especially due to its uniqueness.
A prosódia como componente de formação e de atribuição de sentido a ações na fala-em-interação: o caso de formulações no tribunal
Authors: OSTERMANN Ana Cristina , ANDRADE Daniela Negraes Pinheiro , FREZZA Minéia
Published: June 2016

RESUMO Este estudo**** investiga, por meio da Linguística Interacional e da Análise da Conversa, como o traço prosódico tom contribui para a produção e atribuição de sentido a ações realizadas através da prática da formulação no ambiente jurídico. Argumenta-se que as formulações analisadas variam em termos prosódicos conforme a ação desempenhada local e situadamente na interação: checar entendimentos e desafiar o/a interlocutor/a.
A prova retórica do logos no filme narrativo de ficção
Authors: ALVES Carolina Assunção e
Published: June 2016

RESUMO O logos consiste na prova retórica técnica/artística, segundo (Aristóteles, 2000), em que o orador demonstra ou tenta demonstrar a verdade pelo discurso; ou seja, trata-se do uso do raciocínio lógico com o objetivo de fundar uma proposição persuasiva. Para autores como (Amossy, 2006) e (Olbrechts-Tyteca e Perelman, 2008), os gêneros discursivos, uma vez que sempre visam a algum tipo de impacto sobre o público, são providos de argumentatividade em diferentes graus e intenções. Neste artigo, pretendemos discutir possibilidades de emprego da prova retórica do logos no filme narrativo de ficção, sob a perspectiva da análise argumentativa do discurso e da teoria semiolinguística (Charaudeau, 2001). O método utilizado consiste na aplicação de algumas categorias do logos à análise argumentativo-discursiva de algumas sequências do filme O Poderoso Chefão II (The Godfather Part II, 1974), de Francis Ford Coppola, levando em consideração os elementos da linguagem cinematográfica envolvidos. Esta pesquisa permitiu verificar a proficuidade da abordagem do filme de ficção como objeto de estudo nessa área, bem como a relação intrínseca entre as provas retóricas do ethos, do pathos e do logos.
Integração ensino-serviço e sua interface no contexto da reorientação da formação na saúde
Authors: Vendruscolo Carine , Ferraz Fabiane , Prado Marta Lenise do , Kleba Maria Elisabeth , Reibnitz Kenya Schmidt
Published: June 2016

Este estudo de caso, de abordagem qualitativa, objetiva analisar como os sujeitos que compõem as instâncias intersetoriais do Pró-Saúde desenvolvido no município de Chapecó, SC, Brasil, percebem a integração ensino-serviço, em âmbito das estruturas de gestão do programa e no cotidiano das ações, sinalizando sua interface na reorientação da formação em saúde. As informações foram coletadas mediante observação direta de reuniões das instâncias intersetoriais: Comitê Gestor Local e Comissão Coordenadora Geral e entrevistas com 11 membros do quadrilátero da formação em saúde das referidas instâncias, entre 2012-2013. O tratamento das informações ancorou-se na proposta operativa para análise de dados qualitativos. Os resultados expressam que essa forma de gestão e acompanhamento do Programa, somada às ações desenvolvidas, vêm consolidando a parceria entre instituição de ensino e serviços de saúde, por meio do diálogo, da negociação, do respeito às diferenças e da alteridade.
COLORECTAL CANCER: factors related to late diagnosis in users of the public health system treated at an Universitary Hospital in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
Authors: SOUZA Rosa Helena Silva , MALUF Eliane Mara Cesário Pereira , SARTOR Maria Cristina , CARVALHO Denise Siqueira de
Published: June 2016

ABSTRACT Background - The fourth most frequent tumor in the world, colorectal cancer is commonly diagnosed at an advanced stage. Objective - To analyze factors that interfere in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer in users of the Public Health System treated at an universitary hospital in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil. Methods - Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study with 120 patients treated at the institution between 2012 and 2013. Data collection, carried out by means of medical record appointments and patients' interviews, addressed sociodemographic variables; clinical profile; timespan between symptoms, examination, diagnosis, treatment onset and difficulties encountered. Statistical analyses were performed by means of Stata 8.0. Results - Abdominal pain was the most frequent complaint and rectal bleeding presented the highest chance of advanced colorectal cancer diagnosis. From 52.5% of patients with late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, 81% reported difficulties in the health system. Conclusion - Results suggest that late diagnosis is due to symptom absence in the early stage of the disease, patients' lack of perception about the severity of the symptoms, need of better of health teams to search early diagnosis. Educational interventions are deemed necessary to the population and health teams, besides actions prioritizing the access to diagnostic testing for serious illnesses.
Sincretismo afro-brasileiro e resistência cultural
Authors: Ferretti Sérgio E.
Published: June 2016

Resumo Análise do sincretismo afro-brasileiro como característica do fenômeno religioso, identificando seus sentidos objetivo e subjetivo. Compara a continuidade e resistência pacífica do sincretismo com a resistência diuturna dos quilombos, como modo de aculturação ou de transculturação não excludente, identificando sua capacidade de relacionar ou de unir tradições distintas. Chama atenção para tentativas de combate ou ocultação do sincretismo. Mostra a continuidade do culto aos santos do catolicismo popular no imaginário de participantes dos cultos afros, decorrente de interação sincrética antiga entre religiões européias e africanas. Destaca a presença do sincretismo nas festas religiosas populares, exemplificando com o tambor de mina.
Os casos de cura divina e a construção da diferença
Authors: Guedes Simoni Lahud
Published: June 2016

Resumo Estudando os processos de transmissão do “saber prático”, entre os trabalhadores urbanos, discute-se o lugar e o significado dos “casos” retidos na memoria familiar e local. Tais “casos”, ainda que particulares e específicos, representam a retenção e o recorte de determinadas experiências vividas na memória, atestando a importância coletiva das idéias e valores que colocam em atuação. Sua retenção, circulação e transmissão constitui-se numa pedagogia, extensamente utilizada nos processos de construção das identidades. Neste artigo são analisados “casos de cura divina”, provenientes de material etnográfico produzido pela autora, classificados em dois tipos principais: os “casos de desengano” e os “casos de doenças espirituais”. Através deste material empírico discute-se a questão da inter-relação e do confronto de saberes no que se refere às interpretações do corpo e da doença, sob a forma “nativa” da oposição entre o “saber prático e saber teórico”. A análise destes “casos” permite, além disso, refletir sobre o lugar da oralidade nas sociedades em que a escrita e a literalidade conformam os modos dominantes de conhecimento, contribuindo, simultaneamente, para a discussão sobre os processos de construção da memória familiar e local.
Recusa de engajamento nas testagens de vacinas contra o HIV
Authors: Giami Alain , Lavigne Chantal
Published: June 2016

Resumo A epidemia do HIV-Aids é, atualmente, o teatro de importante desenvolvimento de ensaios terapêuticos e de testagens de vacinas. Esta situação relança, com grande acuidade, o problema do recrutamento, da participação e do seguimento de voluntários sadios e doentes nestes experimentos. O presente artigo objetiva, assim, descrever as representações elaboradas pelos indivíduos que recusaram engajar-se em testagens terapêuticos contra o HIV. A análise dessas representações nos ajudará a compreender os significados que acionados na recusa em engajar-se em práticas médico-científicas que contam com a utilização do corpo, bem como na ocasião de expressão da solidariedade em relação as pessoas infectadas pela Aids. Este trabalho centra-se sobre voluntários potenciais para as testagens, explorando as dificuldades que lhes são tradicionalmente atribuídas no que se refere à compreensão das mensagens a eles destinadas. Nossa hipótese é de que o desconhecimento observado entre os “não-voluntários” através de suas representações das substâncias vacinais, reflete sua posição subjetiva em relação ao que eles mesmos qualificaram de “mundo da Aids” e em relação à medicina e à ciência.