bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identifying and Allocating Resources for Learning Improvement
Authors: Henry Wesley
Published: June 2019

This article investigates efforts by rural superintendents and rural principals to identify and leverage the local resources available to them to support learning improvement agendas within their schools. This study investigates practices within a diverse range of rural schools located in Washington State to understand how resources can be identified and allocated to best support student learning. In addition, this article explores the importance of family and community engagement in administrators' school improvement agendas. The conceptual framework for this study is informed by literature investigating resource allocation for educational improvement. This study was designed to better understand how rural education leaders identify, leverage, and allocate supports and resources, particularly those available within their immediate communities, to meet the needs of their staff and students. The rural schools represented in this study demonstrate trends in student achievement gains, despite challenges facing rural schools, such as increasing economic stratification in rural communities and diseconomies of scale in operating small schools and districts. Administrators meet these challenges by (a) maximizing teacher's instructional time through assuming duties often performed by nonadministrative personnel in other settings, thereby reaffirming the particularly multifaceted nature of rural school leadership; (b) forging formal and informal partnerships within the immediate community and geographic region to support student learning; and (c) leveraging the interconnected nature of rural communities in ways that increase community engagement in schools. Thoughtful community engagement strategies help manage the external politics of resource distribution within schools and ultimately materialize support for student learning.
A Pilot Study of Partner Chair Massage Effects on Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Pain
Authors: Thomas, LMT, DrPH Robin B.
Published: June 2019

Background: Women worldwide experience perinatal mood, anxiety, and pain contributing to pregnancy and birth challenges, maternal and infant bonding, and childhood development. Perinatal women seek massage therapy for relax-ation, pain management, and emotional support, but may encounter socioeconomic barriers. Prior studies demonstrated improved perinatal health by teaching partners of pregnant women a side-lying massage. Purpose: This study examined health effects to perinatal mood, anxiety, and pain, by teaching partners of pregnant (PG) women a chair massage. Setting: Participant’s homes in Tucson, Ari-zona, USA. Participants: Twelve PG women with minor mood, anxiety, and pain: 67% white, 33% His-panic, college educated, married, aged 32 years (± 3.86 SD), 67% expecting a first child, annual incomes ? $50,000 (33%), > $50,000 (67%).Research Design: A pre/postintervention pilot study in a single group for eight weeks.Intervention: Twice weekly partner-delivered chair massage and its relation to perinatal mood, anxiety, and pain.Main Outcome Measures: Pre/poststudy peri-natal massage effects were measured with the Edinburgh Depression Scale (mood), the STAI-AD (anxiety), and the VAS (pain). Weekly text messag-ing tracked dose and frequency, follow-up surveys measured sustainability, and birth outcomes were acquired by texting. Results: Study retention was 86%, protocol compliance 94%, with couples averaging 10-min-ute, twice weekly chair massage over the eight-week study period. Paired-sample t tests indicated statistically significant improvements to perinatal mood and anxiety, Cohen’s d, a large strength of effect size (p = .012, d = 0.87; p = .004, d = 1.03). A trend was observed for reduced pain, with a medium strength of effect size (p = .071; d = 0.58). Follow-up surveys indicated most couples were sustaining at least weekly massage. Birth outcomes showed healthy infants with no complications, mean birth weight of 7.26 pounds, and mean ges-tation of 39 weeks.Conclusion: This is the first evidence of partner chair massage as safe and effective complementary home management of perinatal mood, anxiety, and pain.
Soft Tissue and Trigger Point Release, Second Edition
Authors: Balletto John J.
Published: June 2019

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Editorial
Authors: Aguiar Claudinei Rodrigues de
Published: June 2019

Editorial
Nutritional evaluation of common (Tenebrio molitor) and lesser (Alphitobius diaperinus) mealworms in rats and processing effect on the lesser mealworm
Authors: Jensen L.D. , Miklos R. , Dalsgaard T.K. , Heckmann L.H. , Nørgaard J.V.
Published: June 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate the crude protein quality of the two mealworm speciesAlphitobius diaperinus (AD) andTenebrio molitor (TM) across different processing methods of AD using the crude protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) based on rat trials. Rats (66±3 g) were kept in single enclosures and fed diets containing 10% crude protein. The eight treatments were freeze-dried TM, freeze-dried AD, defatted AD, extruded AD, formic acid hydrolysed AD, industrial-dried AD, vacuum-dried AD and addition of an enzyme blend to the freeze-dried AD product (n=6 rats). Total collection of faeces and urine was obtained daily during a 4 day sampling period. The results showed that the sulphur-containing amino acids were the limiting amino acids for all treatments. Freeze-dried AD had a better protein quality compared to freeze-dried TM (0.82 and 0.76 for PDCAAS, respectively). Addition of the enzyme blend used in this experiment did not affect PDCAAS. Defatting, extruding and industrial-drying induced a small decrease of protein quality (0.79-0.80), and vacuum drying and acid hydrolysis had more severe effects (0.77 and 0.74 for PDCAAS, respectively). In conclusion, AD is promising as food due to its high protein content of 62% dry matter and due to its high true protein digestibility (91-94% across all treatments). Furthermore, common processing methods such as defatting, industrial drying and extrusion can be applied without major effects on the product’s ability to meet human dietary requirements for specific amino acids (0.79-0.82 for PDCAAS).
Metastatic cancer mimics interstitial lung disease. Cases when we need fast diagnosis and treatment
Authors: Hecimovic Ana , Jakopovic Marko , Vukic Dugac Andrea , Dzubur Feda , Samarzija Miroslav
Published: June 2019

Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are a heterogeneous group of diseases and one of the differential diagnosis which have to be excluded during diagnostic procedures are malignancies. We will present four patients who were referred to our Department because of suspicion of interstitial lung diseases according to radiology finding. In one case only, one of the radiologist’s differential diagnosis was pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis. All four patients had exertional dyspnea and dry cough which are nonspecific and can be first manifestation of ILD or obstructive lung diseases. After diagnostic evaluation in three cases, diagnosis was pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis due to metastatic lung adenocarcinoma and in one due to metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin. Patients with lymphangitic carcinomatosis have poor prognosis without treatment and usually die because of respiratory failure. With these four cases we want to highlight importance of thinking about malignancies when we have patients with suspicion of interstitial lung disease especially when reticular pattern is present on chest X ray. We also wanted to show how important is radiology finding and multidisciplinary approach, and how radiologist’s differential diagnosis can be very helpful in making decisions in further investigations and way of clinicians thinking.
Structure and regularity of the singular set in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian
Authors: Garofalo Nicola , Ros-Oton Xavier
Published: June 2019

We study the singular part of the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian,

\min\big\{(-\Delta)^su,\,u-\varphi\big\}=0

in

\mathbb{R}^n

, for general obstacles

\varphi

. Our main result establishes the complete structure and regularity of the singular set. To prove it, we construct new monotonicity formulas of Monneau-type that extend those in those of Garofalo–Petrosyan to all

s\in(0,1)

.
Assessment of Area-Level Disease Control and Surveillance Vulnerabilities: An Application to Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil
Authors: del Rio Vilas Victor J. , Qiu Qihua , Donato Lucas E. , de Lima Junior Francisco Edilson F. , Alves Renato V.
Published: June 2019

The large number of activities contributing to zoonoses surveillance and control capability, on both human and animal domains, and their likely heterogeneous implementation across administrative units make assessment and comparisons of capability performance between such units a complex task. Such comparisons are important to identify gaps in capability development, which could lead to clusters of vulnerable areas, and to rank and subsequently prioritize resource allocation toward the least capable administrative units. Area-level preparedness is a multidimensional entity and, to the best of our knowledge, there is no consensus on a single comprehensive indicator, or combination of indicators, in a summary metric. We use Bayesian spatial factor analysis models to jointly estimate and rank disease control and surveillance capabilities against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) at the municipality level in Brazil. The latent level of joint capability is informed by four variables at each municipality, three reflecting efforts to monitor and control the disease in humans, and one variable informing surveillance capability on the reservoir, the domestic dog. Because of the large volume of missing data, we applied imputation techniques to allow production of comprehensive rankings. We were able to show the application of these models to this sparse dataset and present a ranked list of municipalities based on their overall VL capability. We discuss improvements to our models, and additional applications.
Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniases in a City in Syria and the Effects of the Syrian Conflict
Authors: Youssef Alexey , Harfouch Rim , El Zein Said , Alshehabi Zuheir , Shaaban Rafea , Kanj Souha S.
Published: June 2019

War provides ideal grounds for the outbreak of infectious diseases, and the Syrian war is not an exception to this rule. Following the civil crisis, Syria and refugee camps of neighboring countries witnessed an outbreak of leishmaniasis. We accessed the database of the central leishmaniasis registry in Latakia city and obtained the leishmaniasis data of the period 2008–2016. Our data showed that the years 2013 and 2014 recorded a surge in the number of both cutaneous leishmaniases (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases. This surge coincided with the massive internal displacement waves that struck Latakia governorate during that time. Subsequently, after 2015, the number of recorded CL and VL cases gradually decreased. This drop coincided with a reduced influx of internally displaced persons into Latakia governorate. Our report depicts the effects of the Syrian crisis on the epidemiology of leishmaniasis by outlining the experience of Latakia governorate. Similar results may have occurred in other refugee-hosting Syrian governorates.
High Rates of Exposures to Waterborne Pathogens in Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Region of Ecuador
Authors: Romero-Sandoval Natalia , Cifuentes Lizeth , León Gabriela , Lecaro Paola , Ortiz-Rico Claudia , Cooper Philip , Martín Miguel
Published: June 2019

Waterborne pathogens, associated with poverty and poor sanitary conditions, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are limited data on the epidemiology of waterborne pathogens in indigenous populations living in the Amazon region. We did a cross-sectional survey in two indigenous Shuar communities in the Amazon region of Ecuador in which we documented the presence of pathogens representing different sources of environmental contamination of water. We detected protozoa and soil-transmitted helminths by microscopy of fecal samples and the presence of IgG antibodies to hepatitis A and Leptospira spp. in blood samples from individuals older than 2 years and collected data by questionnaire on sociodemographic factors and knowledge of infectious diseases. Seroprevalence for hepatitis A and Leptospira spp. were 98.1% (95% CI: 97.0–99.8) and 50.0% (95% CI: 43.3–56.6), respectively, whereas 62.6% (95% CI: 55.8–69.4) had enteric parasites in stool samples. In participants older than 6 years, eight of 10 had evidence of infection with or exposure to at least one of the pathogens studied. Although prevalence of pathogens varied by age, it did not vary significantly by gender, temporal migration, illiteracy, perceived morbidity, receipt of conditional cash transfers, water boiling practices, poor housing conditions, and anthropometric status. These findings indicate a high level of contamination of drinking water by human pathogens in these indigenous communities and the need for interventions to improve access to and use of clean drinking water in these marginalized communities.
Simultaneous measurements of aerosol size distributions at three sites in the European high Arctic
Authors: Dall'Osto Manuel , Beddows David C. S. , Tunved Peter , Harrison Roy M. , Lupi Angelo , Vitale Vito , Becagli Silvia , Traversi Rita , Park Ki-Tae , Yoon Young Jun , Massling Andreas , Skov Henrik , Lange Robert , Strom Johan , Krejci Radovan
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Aerosols are an integral part of the Arctic climate system due to their
direct interaction with radiation and indirect interaction through cloud formation.
Understanding aerosol size distributions and their dynamics is crucial for
the ability to predict these climate relevant effects. When of favourable
size and composition, both long-range-transported – and locally
formed particles – may serve as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Small
changes of composition or size may have a large impact on the low CCN
concentrations currently characteristic of the Arctic environment. We
present a cluster analysis of particle size distributions (PSDs; size range
8–500 nm) simultaneously collected from three high Arctic sites during a
3-year period (2013–2015). Two sites are located in the Svalbard
archipelago: Zeppelin research station (ZEP; 474 m above ground) and the
nearby Gruvebadet Observatory (GRU; about 2 km distance from Zeppelin, 67 m above ground). The third site (Villum Research Station at Station Nord, VRS;
30 m above ground) is 600 km west-northwest of Zeppelin, at the tip of
north-eastern Greenland. The GRU site is included in an inter-site
comparison for the first time. K-means cluster analysis provided eight
specific aerosol categories, further combined into broad PSD classes with
similar characteristics, namely pristine low concentrations (12 %–14 %
occurrence), new particle formation (16 %–32 %), Aitken (21 %–35 %) and
accumulation (20 %–50 %). Confined for longer time periods by consolidated
pack sea ice regions, the Greenland site GRU shows PSDs with lower ultrafine-mode aerosol concentrations during summer but higher accumulation-mode aerosol concentrations during winter, relative to the Svalbard sites. By
association with chemical composition and cloud condensation nuclei
properties, further conclusions can be derived. Three distinct types of
accumulation-mode aerosol are observed during winter months. These are
associated with sea spray (largest detectable sizes, >400 nm),
Arctic haze (main mode at 150 nm) and aged accumulation-mode (main mode at
220 nm) aerosols. In contrast, locally produced particles, most likely of
marine biogenic origin, exhibit size distributions dominated by the
nucleation and Aitken mode during summer months. The obtained data and
analysis point towards future studies, including apportioning the relative
contribution of primary and secondary aerosol formation processes and
elucidating anthropogenic aerosol dynamics and transport and removal
processes across the Greenland Sea. In order to address important research
questions in the Arctic on scales beyond a singular station or measurement
events, it is imperative to continue strengthening international scientific
cooperation.
Diurnal cycle of the semi–direct effect over marine stratocumulus in
large–eddy simulations
Authors: Herbert Ross J. , Bellouin Nicolas , Highwood Ellie J. , Hill Adrian A.
Published: June 2019

Abstract. The rapid adjustment, or semi–direct effect, of marine stratocumulus clouds to elevated layers of absorbing aerosols may enhance or dampen the radiative effect of aerosol–radiation interactions. Here we use large eddy simulations to investigate the sensitivity of stratocumulus clouds to the properties of an absorbing aerosol layer located above the inversion layer. The sign of the daily mean semi–direct effect depends on the properties of the aerosol layer, the properties of the boundary layer, and the model setup. Diurnal variations in the cloud response mean that an instantaneous semi–direct effect is unrepresentative of the daily mean, and that observational studies may under– or over–estimate semi–direct effects depending on the observed time of day. The observed role of the distance between the cloud top and the absorbing layer in modulating the strength of the cloud and radiative response is reproduced by the large eddy simulations. Both cloud response and semi–direct effect increase for thinner, denser, layers of absorbing aerosol located nearer the cloud layer. The cloud response is particularly sensitive to the mixing state of the boundary layer: well-mixed boundary layers generally result in a negative daily mean semi–direct effect, and poorly mixed boundary layers result in a positive daily mean semi–direct effect. Properties of the boundary layer and model setup, particularly the sea surface temperature, precipitation, and properties of the air entrained from the free troposphere, also impact the magnitude of the semi–direct effect and the timescale of adjustment. These results suggest that the semi–direct effect simulated by coarse-resolution models may be erroneous because the cloud response is sensitive to small-scale processes, especially the sources and sinks of buoyancy.
Global satellite-driven estimates of heterotrophic respiration
Authors: Konings Alexandra G. , Bloom A. Anthony , Liu Junjie , Parazoo Nicholas C. , Schimel David S. , Bowman Kevin W.
Published: June 2019

Abstract. While heterotrophic respiration (Rh) makes up about
a quarter of gross global terrestrial carbon fluxes, it remains among the
least-observed carbon fluxes, particularly outside the midlatitudes. In situ measurements collected in the Soil Respiration Database (SRDB) number
only a few hundred worldwide. Similarly, only a single data-driven
wall-to-wall estimate of annual average heterotrophic respiration exists,
based on bottom-up upscaling of SRDB measurements using an assumed
functional form to account for climate variability. In this study, we
exploit recent advances in remote sensing of terrestrial carbon fluxes to
estimate global variations in heterotrophic respiration in a top-down
fashion at monthly temporal resolution and 4∘×5∘ spatial resolution. We
combine net ecosystem productivity estimates from atmospheric inversions of
the NASA Carbon Monitoring System-Flux (CMS-Flux) with an optimally scaled
gross primary productivity dataset based on satellite-observed solar-induced
fluorescence variations to estimate total ecosystem respiration as a
residual of the terrestrial carbon balance. The ecosystem respiration is
then separated into autotrophic and heterotrophic components based on a
spatially varying carbon use efficiency retrieved in a model–data fusion
framework (the CARbon DAta MOdel fraMework, CARDAMOM). The resulting dataset
is independent of any assumptions about how heterotrophic respiration
responds to climate or substrate variations. It estimates an annual average
global average heterotrophic respiration flux of 43.6±19.3 Pg C yr−1.
Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses showed that the top-down Rh are
more sensitive to the choice of input gross primary productivity (GPP) and net ecosystem productivity (NEP) datasets than to the
assumption of a static carbon use efficiency (CUE) value, with the possible exception of the wet
tropics. These top-down estimates are compared to bottom-up estimates of
annual heterotrophic respiration, using new uncertainty estimates that
partially account for sampling and model errors. Top-down heterotrophic
respiration estimates are higher than those from bottom-up upscaling
everywhere except at high latitudes and are 30 % greater overall (43.6 Pg C yr−1 vs. 33.4 Pg C yr−1). The uncertainty ranges of both methods are
comparable, except poleward of 45∘ N, where bottom-up
uncertainties are greater. The ratio of top-down heterotrophic to total
ecosystem respiration varies seasonally by as much as 0.6 depending on
season and climate, illustrating the importance of studying the drivers of
autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration separately, and thus the
importance of data-driven estimates of Rh such as those estimated here.
Assessment of Factors Affecting Audit Quality: “A Study of Selected Companies Listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange”
Authors: Mawutor John Kwaku Mensah , Francis B Borketey-La , Obeng Asamoah Douglas
Published: June 2019

This study sought to establish the factors affecting audit quality in listed companies in Ghana. A cross-sectional method was used in the analysis in which a linear regression model was also used to establish the impact of the independent variables namely; auditor size, the existence of audit committee and the logarithm of the auditor fees on the independent variable audit quality. The logarithm of audit fees was taken to normalize the data. The dependent variable “leverage ratio” (total debts divided by total assets of the company) used to measure debt pressure by the companies and also used as a proxy for the audit quality because high debts in relation to company assets can lead to bankruptcy. Twenty- five (25) companies listed on the Ghana Stock exchange were used as the sample of the study. The results of the analysis indicated that logarithm of audit fees, existence of audit committee, and auditor size were all significant in influencing the leverage of the companies and thus audit quality. The size of audit firm had a negative impact on audit quality, while the companies that do not have audit committees are more likely to have poor audit quality. The logarithm of audit fees was positively related with the audit quality. It is recommended that audit fees should be regulated by The Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) as well as taking action against audit companies which do not adhere to auditing standards and the officials of companies who are involved in misstating the financial statements and other financial records with the intention of concealing the true and actual facts of the financial position of the company.
Hermeneutical Insights on the Gospels
Authors: Gadenz Pablo T.
Published: June 2019

A retrospective study of Ratzinger’s Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, done in conversation with recent biblical scholarship, reveals the value of his hermeneutical insights on the Gospels. This article considers three principles that he emphasizes in the work. The first involves Ratzinger’s understanding of the historical trustworthiness of the Gospels. It is compared to that of Richard Bauckham, especially with regard to their description of the Gospels as interpreted history. A brief discussion of the Lukan census (Luke 2:2) is included as an example. The second principle concerns Ratzinger’s two-stage hermeneutic, which combines historical-critical investigation with patristic exegesis, an approach traceable to his early work on Bonaventure. As examples, the allegorical interpretation of the parables of the good Samaritan and prodigal son are reviewed in comparison with the work of contemporary scholars. The third principle regards the performance or living exegesis of Gospel texts provided by the lives of the saints. This principle, which also has echoes in recent scholarship, has implications for the interpreter.
An Active Reading of Scripture
Authors: Bankston Will
Published: June 2019

Both Athanasius and Augustine hold that one cannot truly understand Scripture without a life of conduct congruent with it. This article seeks to provide a hermeneutical framework by which such claims can be more fully developed and applied to the reading of Scripture. In particular, scriptural understanding will be coordinated with the responsive action of the reader. For readers have not understood the conceptual content of Scripture if they cannot perform the right actions with it. Only by way of such actions can readers mean what God means by scriptural concepts. While the acquisition of information is necessary for such understanding, it is not a sufficient condition. Understanding, and thus the textual meaning to be understood, ultimately operate on the level of actions. Accordingly, this article will trace a two-fold dynamic that enables scriptural understanding. That is, it is by God’s revelation that we receive the concepts necessary for understanding the culmination of his work in Christ, and this understanding cannot be separated from the Spirit-enabled actions by which we respond to God by way of these concepts. Both parts of this process are inherently participatory as God condescends to his people to make each aspect of his communication wholly efficacious. Toward that end, the concept of resurrection will constitute a test case as it is examined in its canonical context and coordinated with the act of confessing Christ.
Un inventario para medir calidad de vida familiar
Authors: Carrasco Beatriz , Salazar Diego , Merino José Manuel
Published: June 2019

El objetivo de este estudio fue construir un inventario para la medición de la Calidad de Vida Familiar en la población chilena. El "universo de conocimiento" fue definido como "un conjunto de propuestas teóricas para la medición de calidad de vida seleccionadas por ser paradigmáticas en este campo". Este conjunto de contenidos fue complementado por los resultados de un panel Delphi que representó una estimación del consenso local respecto de la medición de la Calidad de Vida Familiar. En la primera parte del estudio se derivó un conjunto de descriptores a partir del universo de conocimiento elegido y la estimación hecha con el panel Delphi local. Este conjunto fue transformado en una lista de indicadores de inventario para autoinforme; la validez de constructo de este inventario preliminar fue asegurada por el consenso entre el universo de conocimiento y el panel local. La forma final del inventario incluye escalas y puntajes para cada indicador.
Mens y Corporis en Spinoza
Authors: Saleg Elena
Published: June 2019

Mens y Corporis en Spinoza son expresiones de una filosofía monista surgida en la modernidad que vertidas en la Ética pretenden dar cuenta de una constitución de lo humano. Con las notas propias de un panteísmo, materialismo e inmanentismo, conjugan una presentación que contrasta con la ofrecida por el cartesianismo. Una única substancia, absoluta y divina, explica a través de sus diversos modos y atributos, el conjunto de lo observado en la naturaleza así como las leyes que allí rigen y dominan. El problema mente-cuerpo, de interés en los habituales ámbitos ontológicos, epistemológicos y éticos, suele encontrar en el llamado paralelismo mentecuerpo un modelo para nutrir y estimular el debate. Una medicina interesada en formar parte de una tarea interdisciplinaria y dispuesta a analizar tanto las representaciones de la corporalidad como la de los procesos de salud-enfermedad allí inscriptos, puede hallar en la filosofía de Spinoza no pocos elementos que enriquezcan la tarea reflexiva que le demandan los nuevos desafíos del presente.
El marco legal para la prevención del embarazo adolescente en Chile
Authors: Troncoso Paulina , Luttges Carolina , Leal Ingrid , Leyton Carolina , Molina Temístocles
Published: June 2019

La Convención Internacional de los Derechos del Niño, ratificada por Chile y la Conferencia Internacional sobre Población y Desarrollo de El Cairo, suscrita por Chile, establecen un marco regulatorio de derechos sexuales y reproductivos que garantiza la confidencialidad en la atención de adolescentes en los servicios de salud. La ley chilena de Delitos Sexuales, que obliga a denunciar la actividad sexual consentida en menores de 14 años, puede obstaculizar la atención confidencial por los prestadores de salud a las adolescentes más vulnerables.
Revisión de revistas y de libros
Authors: Chilena de Salud Pública Revista
Published: June 2019

Algunos títulos revisados:

Zygmunt Bauman, ¿Para qué sirve realmente…?

un sociólogo. Buenos Aires, Paidós, 2015 (por Miguel Kottow)

Germán Berríos. Hacia una nueva epistemología de la psiquiatría (por Jorge Gallardo)

Hachiya Michihiko, Diario de Hiroshima de un médico japonés: 6 de agosto-30 de septiembre de 1945, Turner, 2005 (por Yuri Carvajal)

Byung-Chul Han, La agonía del Eros (traducción Raúl Gabás). España, Herder, 2014. (por Sebastián Medina)

Javiera Burgos. Validación de constructo del cuestionario CoPsoQ (IST AS21): una aplicación del análisis factorial confirmatorio usando modelos de ecuaciones estructurales.

Tesis (Magíster en Bioestadística), Universidad de Chile, 2011 (por Mauricio Fuentes)

Quadrelli A, Cardoso MH, Castiel L, Sobre el carácter

indiciario del método clínico: una mirada antropológica a

partir de un relato de caso publicado. Salud Colectiva mayo 2014 10(2), pp. 157-169. (por Yuri Carvajal)

de March Ronsoni R, de Aguiar Pereira C, Tetelbom

Stein A, Henrique Osanai M, Jorge Machado C. Avaliação de oito

Protocolos Clínicos e Diretrizes Terapêuticas (PCDT) do Ministério da Saúde por meio do instrumento AG REE II: um

estudo piloto. Cadernos de Saúde Pública junio 2015 31(6), pp. 1157-1162. (por Yuri Carvajal)

Larouzé B, Ventura M, Roma Sánchez A, Diuana V. Tuberculose nos

presídios brasileiros: entre a responsabilização estatal

e a dupla penalização dos detentos. Cadernos de Saúde Pública junio 2015 31(6), pp. 1127-1130 (por Yuri Carvajal)

Hicks D, Wouters P, Waltman L, De Rijcke S, Rafols I. Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature. 2015 Apr 23;520 (7548): 429-431 (por Yuri Carvajal)

Ocké-Reis C. Private health expenditures in Brazil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública julio 2015 31(7), pp. 1351-1353 (por Yuri Carvajal)
La ficha clínica y la protección de datos de salud en Chile
Authors: Muñoz Gabriel
Published: June 2019

Este trabajo intenta explicar algunos aspectos que dan forma al estado actual de la regulación sobre las fichas clínicas, especialmente el modo en que la

jurisprudencia judicial y administrativa ha comprendido dicha regulación.
Pacientes que usan Cannabis sativa sp. con fines medicinales en Cuidados Paliativos, Hospital Gustavo Fricke: Resultados de una encuesta local
Authors: Eguren Diego , Cáceres José , Misseroni Silvana
Published: June 2019

El uso de Cannabis sativa sp.* de forma medicinal en pacientes con cáncer se ha utilizado como estrategia terapéutica para el alivio sintomático multimodal y mejoría en la calidad de vida. Dentro de los reportes descritos, la planta y sus derivados son utilizados por sus efectos analgésicos, antieméticos, orexígenos y ansiolíticos. Estos efectos son atribuibles a la manipulación exógena del sistema endocannabinoide mediante los compuestos biológicamente activos de la planta. Realizamos un estudio descriptivo a nivel local a través de una encuesta a los pacientes ingresados al programa de Cuidados Paliativos del Hospital Gustavo Fricke, para documentar el uso de cannabis de forma medicinal en pacientes oncológicos. De un total de 22 pacientes encuestados, 17 la utilizaban para manejo del dolor y 11 de ellos contestaron que el alivio era “mucho”. Los pacientes refieren además utilizarla para el manejo de la ansiedad, sueño y apetito. La vía de administración más utilizada era la digestiva (n=18). Siete pacientes reportaron efectos adversos, y fue la vía inhalatoria la que presentó mayor cantidad de ellos (4/7). El más frecuente fue la psicoactividad (n=2). De los pacientes encuestados, ninguno utilizaba cannabis bajo indicación médica ni conocía los compuestos presentes en el preparado vegetal utilizado. Es llamativa la falta de indicación o asesoría médica con respecto a su uso y la utilización de preparados no-estandarizados cuya eficacia y seguridad no está demostrada.
Assessing and Mitigating Uncertainty in Three-Dimensional Geologic Models in Contrasting Geologic Scenarios
Authors: Jessell Mark , Pakyuz-Charrier Evren , Lindsay Mark , Giraud Jeremie , de Kemp Eric
Published: June 2019

The management of uncertainty in three-dimensional (3D) geologic models has been addressed by researchers across a range of use cases including petroleum and minerals exploration and resource characterization, as well as hydrogeologic, geothermal energy, urban geology, and natural hazard studies. Characterizing uncertainty is a key step toward informed decision-making because knowledge of uncertainty allows the targeted improvement of models, is indispensable to risk analysis, improves reproducibility, and encourages experts to explore alternative scenarios. In the minerals sector there is not a unified approach to uncertainty characterization, nor its mitigation.

Assessing and mitigating uncertainty in 3D geologic models is a growing field but quite compartmentalized among different subdisciplines within the geosciences. By comparing uncertainty analysis as implemented for three modeling scenarios: basins, regional hard-rock terranes, and mines; at different stages of their respective workflows, we can better understand what a future “complete” modeling platform could look like as applied to the minerals industry.

We analyze uncertainty characterization during the different steps in building 3D models as a generic workflow that consists of (1) geologic and geophysical data acquisition followed by processing and inversion of geophysical data, (2) the interpretation of a number of discrete domains boundaries defined by stratigraphic and structural surfaces, (3) homogeneous or spatially variable properties infilling within each domain, and finally (4) use of the models for downstream predictions based on these properties, such as resulting gravity field, gold grade distribution, fluid flow, or economic potential.

Although regional- and mine-scale modelers have much to learn from the basin modeling community in terms of managing uncertainty at different stages of the 3D geologic modeling workflow, perhaps the most important lesson is the need to track uncertainty throughout the entirety of the workflow. At present in the minerals sector, uncertainties have a tendency to be recognized within discrete stages of the workflow but are then forgotten, so that at each stage a “best guess” model is provided for further analysis, and all memory of earlier ambiguity is erased.
Leading the charge: Identifying stressors in nursing leadership
Authors: Keil Shauna , Van Der Wege Michelle , Drees Patricia
Published: June 2019

Objective: This study aimed to examine and identify specific stressors for charge nurses at a rural Midwestern hospital.Methods: The Charge Nurses Stress Questionnaire (CNSQ) was administered to charge nurses of all units at a small Midwestern hospital. A total of 30 charge nurses completed the survey. The charge nurses completed 25 questions on four stress subscales, in addition to 11 demographic questions.Results: Study results revealed the highest stressors were primarily related to being unable to meet patient needs. This situation includes when a nurse cannot reach the provider when an urgent patient need arises; when the unit is at capacity with high acuity patients and receives notification another patient has been assigned to the unit; and when the patient is in pain or otherwise suffering, and care is delayed because orders are needed.Conclusions: Stress was noted by all charge nurses. The levels of different stressors from subscales correlate with each other, and thus an increase in one subscale of stress directly affects the level of stress of another subscale. The level of stress among charge nurses was not statistically significant among the nurses of different age, different units, different shifts, and different years of experience.
Patterns of Interaction on Peer Feedback: Pair Dynamics in Developing Students’ Writing Skills
Authors: Kuyyogsuy Sirikarn
Published: June 2019

The study investigated students’ patterns of interaction and their viewpoints toward incorporating peer feedback in L2 writing class, making use of a video stimulated recall (VSR) interview and the compositions. Data were analyzed qualitatively; two groups of six students with mixed English proficiency were analyzed in terms of the language-related episodes (LREs). The participants of the study were 21 undergraduate students, majoring in English in a university in the three southernmost border provinces of Thailand. For data analysis, peer dialogues were recoded, transcribed and coded to identify students’ patterns of interactions in terms of collaborative, expert/novice, dominant/dominant and dominant/passive patterns, based on Storch’s (2002) scheme. Moreover, the findings revealed that the students’ English proficiency level did not influence the LREs and their writing ability. Additionally, students’ writing performance was improved in the identified patterns of the collaborative and expert/novice instances. Specifically, students perceived the writing process, developed affective strategies, reinforced their critical thinking ability and enhanced their social interaction skills.  Besides, it encouraged them to become more effectively autonomous learners. Hence, peer feedback should be implemented in L2 writing.
Development of multiple choice questions' instructional plan for the nursing educators
Authors: Ibrahim Azza Fathi
Published: June 2019

Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are commonly employed tests configuration in healthcare sciences for several years. They are efficient means for formative and summative evaluation of the students in nursing education. If the MCQs are designed competently, it will be a resourceful measurement for a valid assessment of the nursing students. The present study aimed to evaluate the construction quality of MCQs and its common item flaws in core nursing subjects at Faculty of Nursing, then develop an instructional plan for MCQs construction (one best answer format) to guide nursing educators. The study passed through exploratory-descriptive and methodological research designs at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. Two samples were selected: First, 253 MCQs were selected from the different final exams (2017-2018) of the core twelve nursing subjects; Second, 21 academic nursing educators for evaluating of the suggested instructional plan. Both samples were chosen by convenience sampling technique. MCQs Assessment Form (MCQAF) was the first tool used to assess the construction quality of MCQs development and its items flaws. The second tool was MCQs' Instructional Plan Evaluation Sheet (MCQ IPES) which measured the content and face validity of the suggested instructional plan. The results revealed that 45.5% (115 MCQs) of the study sample contained ten item flaws. As regards the assessment of MCQs construction quality, evidently, the majority of nursing subject's exams has mean scores around a satisfactory level in MCQs quality construction. After submitting the developed plan to the expert group, almost the entire group found that the developed plan is accurate, with sound information, considered the useful and valued educational resource. Moreover, it has appropriate content in vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and concepts. Likewise, the experts reported that the developed plan is clear enough to be used by nursing educators and it is attractive and interesting self-reference tool. Conclusion & recommendation: less than one half of the study MCQs has ten item flaws and almost all of them obtained satisfactory mean scores in MCQs quality construction. The developed instructional plan is a beginning and beneficial step for nursing educators and considered an instructional mean for MCQs construction guidance. Further studies are application of the developed plan among nursing educators and investigation of the awareness and compliance of nursing educators with the MCQs construction rules is needed.
The Effects of Task-based Instruction Using a Digital Game in a Flipped Learning Environment on English Oral Communication Ability of Thai Undergraduate Nursing Students
Authors: Rachayon Suphatha , Soontornwipast Kittitouch
Published: June 2019

The growth of Thailand’s medical tourism industry has inevitably made English oral communication skills become increasingly important to Thai medical personnel, especially to nurses who have to act as medical mediators between doctors and patients. Thus, in order to prepare nursing students for their future career, it is necessary that English teachers find a way to help students improve their oral communication ability. Thus, in this study, as a means to overcome the students’ difficulties in learning English and to enhance their English oral communication ability, the task-based instruction using a digital game in a flipped learning environment (TGF) was developed by integrating three language learning approaches, namely task-based language teaching, flipped learning, and digital game-based language learning. The development of the instructional framework for the TGF was described first. Then, to investigate its effectiveness in improving the students’ oral communication ability, an experimental study, using a one-group pretest posttest design, was conducted with 23 second-year nursing students at a private university in Thailand for 11 weeks. The effects of the TGF on the students’ oral communication ability were assessed by the participants’ pre- and post-test. The finding revealed that the participants’ average post-test score was statistically significantly higher than their average pre-test score (p < 0.05), indicating that the TGF was successful in enhancing the students’ oral communication ability. Lastly, the factors contributing to this success were discussed.
Exploring the Relationship Between Learning Motivation and L2 WTC in an EFL Classroom Among Thai EFL Learners
Authors: Ma Xingxing , Wannaruk Anchalee , Lei Zhibin
Published: June 2019

The present study investigates the relationship between university learners’ English learning motivation and their willingness to communicate in English (L2 WTC) in EFL classroom under the big environment of Thailand joining the AEC (ASEAN Economic Community). By applying mixed methods, data is collected and the findings can be summarized as follows. Firstly, the university learners including males and females all have high motivation towards English learning, especially with higher instrumental motivation. Besides, the university learners in total have intermediate level on their willingness to communicate in English in EFL classrooms without significant gender difference. More than 50% of students are more willing to communicate in English with friends than with teachers for they believe that friends are easier to communicate and understand. Thirdly, university learners’ English learning motivation has strong positively correlation with their L2 WTC. In English learning motivation, instrumental motivation has stronger positively correlation with their L2 WTC than integrative counterpart and is better predictor of students’ L2 WTC in EFL classroom. These findings have implications for teachers teaching English in EFL context who should take the big environment in society and their distance with students into account, and shed some lights on the research of L2 WTC in the future.
Implicit Demonstrative Reference With Reference to English Arabic Translation: The Case of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Novel
Authors: Alhinnawi Arwa N. T. , Al-Zughoul Basem Shu.
Published: June 2019

The present study aims at exploring the way in which English implicit demonstrative reference is rendered into Arabic through analyzing a number of sentences in the novel “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” written by J. K. Rowling (2010), and its Arabic translated version by Ahmad Hassan Mohammed (2010). The scrutiny of the English implicit demonstrative reference shows that it can be translated into Arabic, whether implicitly or explicitly. This procedure is determined by the entailment of the demonstrative reference, whether it is clear and comprehensible, or unclear and incomprehensible. Also, the study has revealed that literal translation and formal equivalence present themselves as valid options in translating the English implicit demonstrative reference into Arabic. Recommendations of the study are stated at the end of the present research paper.
Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Maize QTLs Associated With Grain Yield, Flowering Date and Plant Height Under Drought Conditions
Authors: Liu Songtao , Zenda Tinashe , Wang Xuan , Liu Guo , Jin Hongyu , Yang Yatong , Dong Anyi , Duan Huijun
Published: June 2019

Drought remains the primary abiotic constraint to maize (Zea mays L.) productivity globally. Maize drought response involves several regulatory quantitative traits and complex gene networks. Therefore, precise location of drought-related quantitative trait loci (QTL) is imperative for drought tolerance breeding. Despite numerous studies identifying several drought-related maize QTLs, some QTL from particular genetic backgrounds showed smaller effects or could not be identified at all in different backgrounds, affected by marker sets, experimental design, mapping populations and statistical methods. Herein, therefore; using 457 published maize QTLs conferring for 18 traits, we have performed meta-analysis of data from various experiments to obtain meta-QTL (MQTL), integrate these fruitful QTL and to mine candidate genes related to drought. Resultantly, 24 MQTL with confidence interval (CI) < 5 cm were identified to be hot regions. Additionally, 47 drought related gene loci were observed and several candidate genes of the hot MQTL were reorganized by bioinformatics techniques. Thirteen gene (sod4, taf1, rps1, nthr3, oc13, bas, apx1, asn4, pck2, nac1, gst2, ao1 and kch4) loci of hot MQTL regions were homologous to their corresponding gene sequences from the PlantGDB database (http://www.plantgdb.org/search/). Further, we used a comparative genomics approach to identify the homologous regions of MQTL in rice (Oryza sativa Japonica) database (http://www.gramene.org) and observed that drought-related rice gene ATG6 was homologous to maize candidate genes GRMZM2G027857_T01 and GRMZM2G027857_T02. Conclusively, our identified MQTLs with narrowed CI could be useful for marker-assisted selection and the candidate genes harnessed for maize drought tolerance breeding.