bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Aderência de revestimentos em paredes de blocos cerâmicos com função estrutural
Authors: Camacho Jefferson Sidney , Dorneles Valério Paz , Parsekian Guilherme Aris , Felipe Alexsandro dos Santos
Published: March 2016

Resumo O presente trabalho tem por objetivo verificar o comportamento mecânico dos revestimentos cerâmicos frente aos carregamentos na alvenaria estrutural. Neste estudo são apresentados os resultados experimentais e conclusões sobre o comportamento de paredes revestidas quando submetidas a carregamentos verticais crescentes até a ruptura. Os revestimentos foram fixados com argamassa colante industrial, aplicados em paredes de blocos cerâmicos com e sem emboço. Ao longo dos ensaios foram registrados todos os eventos considerados importantes, tais como deformações, início de fissuração, descolamento dos revestimentos, formas e cargas de rupturas. Dessa forma, foi possível quantificar a relação dos carregamentos presentes nas paredes com as fissurações e desprendimentos dos revestimentos cerâmicos, onde se pode verificar que os problemas patológicos ocorreram próximos aos limites de carregamento da estrutura, indicando que o sistema de revestimentos não sofreram relativas alterações visuais e mecânicas dentro do regime estrutural de utilização.
Uma visão diferenciada sobre o ensino de forças impulsivas usando um smartphone
Authors: Jesus V.L.B. de , Sasaki D.G.G.
Published: March 2016

Os livros didáticos introdutórios sobre mecânica clássica são extremamente sucintos na abordagem de forças impulsivas e do conceito de impulso. Isso pode ser justificado pela ênfase no estudo de situações onde as forças aplicadas são todas constantes ou nas forças dependentes da posição, mas constantes no tempo, que são uma classe das chamadas de forças conservativas. Nas ocasiões que são abordadas as forças impulsivas, em geral exemplificadas por um golpe rápido em uma bola de golfe, de tênis ou de beisebol, o enfoque ainda é transformar a força variável no tempo em uma força média constante, cujo impulso é equivalente ao da força real. Neste trabalho propomos uma experiência simples de aplicar com os dedos uma força impulsiva sobre um smartphone e registrar a dependência temporal da força através do seu acelerômetro interno. Essa tecnologia possibilita a obtenção dos valores da velocidade durante a aplicação da força impulsiva por iteração dos dados extraídos de aceleração e tempo. Alguns aspectos interessantes negligenciados nos livros emergem dessa análise, tais como a ausência de simetria da força impulsiva aplicada, a possibilidade de modelar a interação Fcompleta, sem recorrer ao conceito de força média e o cálculo do impulso diretamente pelo teorema do impulso e do momento linear. Como consequência do experimento, ainda é possível obter o coeficiente de atrito cinético entre o smartphone e a superfície horizontal.
Outcomes of 44 Consecutive Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients Treated with Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting and Premaxillary Osteotomy
Authors: Scott Rupert , Scott Julia , Stagnell Sami , Robinson Steve , Flood Tim
Published: March 2016

Objective

To report the surgical outcomes of secondary alveolar bone grafting with premaxillary osteotomy in a single surgeon cohort of complete bilateral cleft lip and palate patients.

Design

Retrospective review of 44 consecutive patients using hospital notes and radiographs.

Setting

Single specialist cleft lip and palate center, UK.

Patients

Consecutive patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate who were being treated with secondary alveolar bone grafting incorporating premaxillary osteotomy.

Outcome Measures

Assessment of success of bone graft by Kindelan score; canine eruption; closure of fistulae and assessment of morbidity.

Results

Between January 6, 2000, and August 8, 2013, 44 patients with complete BCLP underwent secondary ABG with a premaxillary osteotomy as a one-stage procedure. The mean follow-up was 7.3 years (range 1.4 to 14.6). Eighty-five percent of ABGs were successful (a Kindelan score of 1 or 2), and canine eruption was 89%. Failure of the ABG occurred in 7%. Fistulae recurrence rate was 11%, all of which were asymptomatic. No premaxillae were devitalized.

Conclusion

Incorporating a premaxillary osteotomy into the secondary ABG surgical protocol can be a safe technique that gives excellent surgical exposure for fistula repair.
IL-17F Promotes Tissue Injury in Autoimmune Kidney Diseases
Authors: Riedel Jan-Hendrik , Paust Hans-Joachim , Krohn Sonja , Turner Jan-Eric , Kluger Malte A. , Steinmetz Oliver M. , Krebs Christian F. , Stahl Rolf A.K. , Panzer Ulf
Published: March 2016

The TH17 immune response has a central role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, implicating the TH17 master cytokine, IL-17A, as the critical mediator of diseases such as human and experimental crescentic GN. However, the relative importance of additional TH17 effector cytokines, including IL-17F, in immune-mediated tissue injury remains to be fully elucidated. Here, using a mouse model of acute crescentic GN (nephrotoxic nephritis), we identified CD4+ T cells and γδ T cells as the major cellular source of IL-17F in the inflamed kidney. Interventional studies using IL-17F gene–deficient mice, IL-17F–neutralizing antibodies, and adoptive transfer experiments into Rag1−/− mice demonstrated that CD4+ T cell–derived IL-17F drives renal tissue injury in acute crescentic GN. Notably, IL-17F–deficient nephritic mice had fewer renal infiltrating neutrophils than wild-type nephritic mice, and neutrophil depletion did not affect the course of GN in IL-17F–deficient mice. Moreover, in the chronic model of pristane-induced SLE, IL-17F–deficient mice developed less severe disease than wild-type mice, with respect to survival and renal injury. Finally, we show that IL-17F induced expression of the neutrophil-attracting chemokines CXCL1 and CXCL5 in kidney cells. The finding that IL-17F has a nonredundant function in the development of renal tissue injury in experimental GN might be of great importance for the development of anti–IL-17 cytokine therapies in TH17-mediated human autoimmune diseases.
USO DAS GEOTECNOLOGIAS PARA A CARACTERIZAÇÃO DO PARQUE ESTADUAL DOIS IRMÃO, RECIFE - PE.
Authors: Aragão Juliana Gomes , Duarte Simone Mirtes Araujo
Published: March 2016

As Unidades de Conservação vem se estabelecendo como uma estratégia imprescindível para a conservação de fragmentos de florestas e da biodiversidade. Devido a sua importância, ferramentas e pesquisas estão sendo cada vez mais desenvolvidas para permitir a atualização da paisagem e para o diagnóstico da situação dessas Unidades de Conservação. Aliado a isso, as geotecnologias estão sendo usadas como alternativas nos estudos ambientais, fornecendo meios para uma análise mais precisa e mais próxima do real. Nessa perspectiva, o objetivo do trabalho foi identificar e analisar as características físicas, topográficas e temáticas do Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos, localizado em Recife – PE, a partir da utilização de técnicas do geoprocessamento, aplicando recursos do software do Sistema de Processamento de Informações Georreferenciadas, o SPRING e o QUANTUM GIS e a utilização de imagens SRTM. Para isso foi realizado trabalho de campo para a captação das coordenadas geográficas de alguns itens do Parque, para a montagem do banco de dados e criação do mapa de estruturas físicas. Também foi utilizado as imagens SRTM para a construção do mapa da declividade e do mapa hipsométrico. Após a criação dos mapas identificou-se os tipos de relevo predominantes do Parque. Em relação à declividade 87% do relevo do Parque foi classificado entre Moderadamente Ondulado a Forte Ondulado e a sua altimetria variou de 0 a 105 metros. Diante dos resultados observados, o uso dos SIG’s e de dados SRTM, revelou-se como uma importante ferramenta empregada na identificação e espacialização prévia das unidades de relevo.
Estimativa Da Incerteza De Medição Em Análises De Benzoilecgonina Em Urina Por Gc-Ms
Authors: Sarah Carobini Werner De Souza Eller Franco De Oliveira  , Ligia Yuki Takai  , Tiago Franco De Oliveira  , Mauricio Yonamine
Published: March 2016

Estudos epidemiológicos indicam que o consumo de substâncias ilegais está associada à um sério problema de saúde pública. Em suma, a situação atual exige uma ação imediata, com grande foco em métodos analíticos confiáveis e capazes de detectar estes compostos em matrizes biológicas. Além disso, a aplicação da análise de drogas em urina tem aumentado significativamente e, por essa razão, toxicologistas forenses estão sendo solicitados a estimar e reportar a incerteza de medição (MU) em análises toxicológicas. O objetivo deste estudo foi estimar a MU das análises toxicológicas confirmatórias de benzoilecgonina em urina por GC-MS. O limite de detecção foi de 5,0 ng.mL-1. As curvas de calibração foram lineares para o intervalo especificado (7,5-3200 ng.mL-1; r2 0,99). O efeito da precisão na incerteza global combinada foi mais significativa. O método desenvolvido foi aplicado com sucesso em amostras de urina de referência (NIST), e a incerteza combinada relativa obtida foi de 4,8%. A MU obtida está de acordo com os valores aceitáveis e também são consistentes com os valores estipulados pelo certificado de análise de amostras de referência NIST. Por conseguinte, este método é relevante e o resultado obtido tem confiabilidade e qualidade.
The Effects of Perceived Threat, Optimism and Meaning in Life on Cancer Patient's Posttraumatic Growth
Authors: Jeon Bo Ram , Choi Yun Kyeung
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of perceived threats, optimism, and meaning in life on cancer patient's posttraumatic growth. This study also aimed to examine the relationship between each variable, and to search for posttraumatic growth's process. The participants were 169 cancer patients and they each completed a measure of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, the Life Orientation Test-Revised, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and death anxiety and the stage of cancer as perceived threat. The data were analyzed by correlation analysis, hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modeling. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the current death anxiety was negatively associated with posttraumatic growth. The stage of cancer was positively associated with posttraumatic growth. Death anxiety at the time of cancer diagnosis, however, was not significantly associated with posttraumatic growth. Second, both optimism and meaning in life were significantly associated with posttraumatic growth. The meaning in life also mediated the relation between optimism and posttraumatic growth. These results suggest that psychological intervention is as important as physical intervention for cancer patients. Finally, the limitations of this study were discussed along with suggestions for further research. (Korean J Str Res 2016;24:1∼11)
O Direito Sanitário no Brasil: um panorama do ensino especializado e sua práxis restrita
Authors: Amaral Marliete Ferreira do
Published: March 2016

O direito universal à saúde, garantido no Brasil pela Constituição Federal, não tem sido assegurado, na prática, aos cidadãos brasileiros em geral. Essa realidade reveste de importância decisiva o que veio a ser conhecido como Direito Sanitário. Assentado principalmente nas ciências do direito e da saúde, mas pleno de contribuições da sociologia, da antropologia e de outras ciências sociais, o Direito Sanitário trata fundamentalmente de questões relacionadas às demandas e aos problemas de saúde pública da população. A complexidade e a multiplicidade de situações envolvendo a garantia desse direito fundamental do cidadão tornam o ensino do Direito Sanitário e a formação de profissionais especializados imperiosa necessidade, juntamente com outras ações. Pesquisa realizada junto a universidades públicas federais e a outras instituições de ensino e pesquisa no Brasil constatou, no entanto, que o ensino especializado do Direito Sanitário está restrito a algumas poucas instituições e inexiste em cursos de pós-graduação em todas as universidades públicas federais. O estudo revelou, ainda, que mesmo nas instituições onde o ensino especializado é assegurado regularmente, ele não integra o programa curricular de cursos de direito, mas de cursos sobre saúde. O trabalho concluiu que a ampliação da oferta de cursos de capacitação e especialização em Direito Sanitário é indispensável para alargar as conquistas do direito à saúde.
El Consentimiento informado de los pacientes y el derecho fundamental a la integridad física. A propósito de la sentencia del TC de 28 de marzo de 2011.
Authors: Pelayo Gonzáles-Torre Angel
Published: March 2016

El consentimiento informado, derecho básico de los pacientes afecta a la relación médico / paciente y con las instituciones de salud. Los tribunales españoles han hecho durante décadas decisiones para reconocer el consentimiento informado como parte del concepto de la autonomía del paciente. El artículo aborda la resolución judicial dictada en 2011 por el Tribunal Constitucional, que se ocupa de manera inaugural y expresa sobre el consentimiento informado. Para fue hecho lectura de la parte dispositiva de la decisión comparándola con la legislación, incluyendo la legislación internacional, para finalmente concluir que la decisión del tribunal es un paso de importancia jurídica cualitativa para el instituto del consentimiento informado y para la evolución de la jurisprudencia sobre la temática.
La internación involuntaria en la legislación Argentina y Brasilera desde la perspectiva de los Derechos Humanos
Authors: Puccio Sofia
Published: March 2016

El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar comparativamente la legislación argentina y brasilera relativa a internación psiquiátrica involuntaria y protección de los derechos humanos de pacientes con sufrimiento mental. Es una investigación descriptivo-analítica, de base documental y legislativa con análisis cualitativo. Tanto en Brasil como en Argentina existen leyes sobre la materia, en la legislación argentina, la Ley n° 26.657, del 2010, que dispone sobre los derechos de protección a la salud mental de todas las personas y el Decreto Reglamentario n° 603 del 2013: en la legislación brasilera, la Ley 10.216 del 2001,que dispone sobre los derechos de las personas portadoras de trastornos mentales y la Portería GM n° 2391 del 2002 que reglamenta el control de las internaciones psiquiátricas involuntarias (IPI) y voluntarias (IPV) y los procedimientos de notificación de la comunicación de las  IPI y IPV al Ministerio Público por establecimientos de salud, integrantes y no de SUS. Se establecen los conceptos fundamentales para la comprensión del tema, luego se analizan las influencias de la Convención de Caracas en la legislación de ambos países, para luego presentar el proceso de reforma psiquiátrica. Por fin, con base en un estudio de derecho comparado, se analiza la legislación de los dos países. A pesar de haber crecido Argentina y Brasil en la consolidación de su legislación en salud mental en los últimos años, el poco tiempo que tienen desde su implementación, evidencia que falta avanzar en el control y procedimiento de las internaciones para asegurar que las políticas públicas protejan los Derechos Humanos.
Instituições Internacionais de Saúde no Contexto Sub-Regional
Authors: Campos Roberta de Freitas , Dallari Suely Gandolfi
Published: March 2016

Ao que pese as diferenças nucleares entre os blocos União Europeia (UE) - supranacional e União das Nações Sul-americanas (UNASUL) - intergovernamental, em ambos as competências regionais em matéria sanitária não se sobrepõe às competências dos Estados-membros. No caso da União Europeia os art. 4, §2, k; art. 6, a; art. 168 do Tratado sobre o Funcionamento da UE confere apenas poderes para agir em complemento das políticas nacionais; enquanto na União de Nações Sul-americanas, nos artigos 2º e 3º, f de seu Tratado Constitutivo prevê como objetivo construir, de maneira participativa e consensuada, um espaço de integração, para que de forma consequente os Estados independentes possam garantir o acesso universal aos serviços de saúde às suas populações. Dessa forma, o objetivo é verificar as competências, a constituição histórico-regional, objetivos e potencialidades dessas instituições internacionais, criadas no âmbito desses blocos regionais, em influenciar as políticas regionais e nacionais de saúde. Tendo em vista a ampla gama de instituições internacionais que atuam de forma multisetorial na saúde, o estudo apresenta aqueles órgãos cujas competências são estabelecidas nos tratados constitutivos e decisões presidenciais e resoluções desses blocos. Para isso foi realizada uma pesquisa documental e bibliográfica no âmbito das Instituições da União Europeia e da Unasul. Um importante ponto de questionamento diz respeito à existência ou não de um diálogo entre essas instituições e os cidadãos dos blocos a que pertencem, uma vez que se parte do pressuposto que a democracia deve ser uma regra implícita no ‘jogo’ internacional.
A oportunidade perdida: a omissão legislativa para as propagandas sobre bebidas alcoólicas.
Authors: Barbosa Ramos Edith Maria , Alves Sandra Mara Campos
Published: March 2016

Trata a comunicação breve sobre a decisão sobre Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade por Omissão ADO-22, sobre propaganda de alcool.
Produção de Carne Bovina Orgânica: Uma Avaliação dos Impactos Socioeconômicos na Região do Pantanal do Brasil
Authors: Neves Daniel Almeida Lopes , Soares João Paulo Guimarães , Carvalho José Márcio
Published: March 2016

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os impactos sociais da transição agroecológica da produção de carne bovina convencional para orgânica, em unidades de produção no Brasil, pelo método Ambitec, desenvolvido pela Embrapa Meio Ambiente. Foram avaliadas nove unidades de produção no Estado do Mato Grosso do sul que integram os únicos 18 produtores brasileiros de carne bovina orgânica. Os dados para o levantamento foram obtidos por meio de questionários aplicados aos representantes das propriedades avaliadas que atribuíram a cada variável estudada um valor que representou a alteração proporcionada pela transição agroecológica dos sistemas. Após a inserção dos coeficientes de alteração de cada variável dos indicadores por unidade de produção, o coeficiente de impacto foi automaticamente calculado por meio da planilha Ambitec. O manejo orgânico da produção quando comparado ao convencional proporcionou um impacto social positivo, sendo as maiores contribuições proporcionadas pelos efeitos positivos dos seguintes indicadores: Capacitação (µ = 9,69) Geração de renda (µ = 13,75), Dedicação e Perfil do Responsável (µ = 12,86) e o Relacionamento Institucional (µ =12,19). Na análise de grupamento os produtores 1, 6 e 7 obtiveram maior média índice geral do ímpacto social da produção orgânica, (µ = 6,83).
Além do principio da imaginação
Authors: Ramos Maria Luiza
Published: March 2016

Resumo: Apresentando reflexões sobre a metonímia e a métafora, tanto do ponto de vista retórico quanto psicanalítico, este ensaio analisa um texto poético, em suas relações com atos de linguagem típicos do inconsciente.Résumé: Dans cet essai on fait des réflexions sur la métonymie et la métaphore, aussi bien du point de vue rhétorique que psychanalytique. Au cours de l'argumentation on a fait usage d'un texte poétique, dans ses rapports avec des actes de langage typiques de l'inconscient.
Ladainha
Authors: Oliveira Luiz Cláudio Vieira de
Published: March 2016

Ladainha por Luiz Clâudio Vieira de Oliveira
Aquelas sete faces
Authors: Paulino Maria das Graças Rodrigues
Published: March 2016

Aquelas sete faces por Maria das Graças Rodrigues Paulino
The Impact of Arterial Input Function Determination Variations on Prostate Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pharmacokinetic Modeling: A Multicenter Data Analysis Challenge
Authors: Huang Wei , Chen Yiyi , Fedorov Andriy , Li Xia , Jajamovich Guido H. , Malyarenko Dariya I. , Aryal Madhava P. , LaViolette Peter S. , Oborski Matthew J. , O'Sullivan Finbarr , Abramson Richard G. , Jafari-Khouzani Kourosh , Afzal Aneela , Tudorica Alina , Moloney Brendan , Gupta Sandeep N. , Besa Cecilia , Kalpathy-Cramer Jayashree , Mountz James M. , Laymon Charles M. , Muzi Mark , Kinahan Paul E. , Schmainda Kathleen , Cao Yue , Chenevert Thomas L. , Taouli Bachir , Yankeelov Thomas E. , Fennessy Fiona , Li Xin
Published: March 2016

Pharmacokinetic analysis of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI data allows estimation of quantitative imaging biomarkers such as Ktrans (rate constant for plasma/interstitium contrast reagent (CR) transfer) and ve (extravascular and extracellular volume fraction). However, the use of quantitative DCE-MRI in clinical practice is limited with uncertainty in arterial input function (AIF) determination being one of the primary reasons. In this multicenter study to assess the effects of AIF variations on pharmacokinetic parameter estimation, DCE-MRI data acquired at one center from 11 prostate cancer patients were shared among nine centers. Individual AIF from each data set was determined by each center and submitted to the managing center. These AIFs, along with a literature population averaged AIF, and their reference-tissue-adjusted variants were used by the managing center to perform pharmacokinetic data analysis using the Tofts model (TM). All other variables, including tumor region of interest (ROI) definition and pre-contrast T1, were kept constant to evaluate parameter variations caused solely by AIF discrepancies. Considerable parameter variations were observed with the within-subject coefficient of variation (wCV) of Ktrans obtained with unadjusted AIFs being as high as 0.74. AIF-caused variations were larger in Ktrans than ve and both were reduced when reference-tissue-adjusted AIFs were used. These variations were largely systematic, resulting in nearly unchanged parametric map patterns. The intravasation rate constant, kep (= Ktrans/ve), was less sensitive to AIF variation than Ktrans (wCV for unadjusted AIFs: 0.45 vs. 0.74), suggesting that it might be a more robust imaging biomarker of prostate microvasculature than Ktrans.
CAMBIOS CINEMÁTICOS DEL TIRO DE BALONCESTO EN NIÑAS EN FUNCIÓN DE LA DISTANCIA/ KINEMATIC CHANGES OF BASKETBALL SHOOTING IN YOUNG WOMEN AS A FUNCTION OF DISTANCE
Authors: González-Fimbres Roberto Andrés , Cárdenas López José Luís , Valdez-Melchor Ramón
Published: March 2016

El propósito del estudio fue identificar cambios significativos en las variables cinemáticas del tiro de baloncesto con relación a la distancia desde el aro en jugadoras infantiles de la rama femenil. Participaron niñas entre 10 y 11 años de edad pertenecientes a la Selección Estatal Sonorense de Baloncesto, con experiencia de práctica deportiva de cuando menos dos años. Los sujetos realizaron tiros a la canasta a distancias de 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6 metros del aro y se midieron las variables cinemáticas respuesta de ángulos relativos del codo y rodilla, y de ángulos absolutos de hombro y tronco. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (p≤0.05) en las medias de las variables cinemáticas a causa de la distancia de tiro, excepto en distancias adyacentes en las variables de ángulo de codo (4-5m, 3-4m), inclinación del tronco (4-5m), ángulo de rodilla (4-5-6m, 3-4m) y ángulo absoluto del hombro (3-4m). Los resultados sugieren que realizar un alto volumen de repeticiones de tiro a la canasta en distancias mayores a cuatro metros distorsiona significativamente la técnica del tiro, lo que provoca la generación de un hábito motor incorrecto.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to identify changes in basketball shooting kinematics in relation to distance in young female players. Children from Sonora State Selected Team between 10 and 11 years old, with at least two year experience, participated in this study. Subjects performed ten shots at distances of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6m from the basket and kinematic response variables of elbow and knee relative angles, and shoulder and trunk absolute angles were measured. Significant differences (p≤0.05) in kinematics were found due to shooting distance, except in some adjacent distances in elbow (4 to 5m, 3 to 4m), trunk (4 to 5m), knee (4 to 5-6m, 3 to 4m), and shoulder (3 to 4m) angles. Results suggest that a high number of shooting repetitions in distances greater than four meters significantly distorts shooting technique in young female basketball players, which promotes poor motor habits.
Towards a Historical Materialist Approach to Racism in Post-'Unification' Germany
Authors: Edler Juliane
Published: March 2016

This paper problematizes the subtext of ‘race’, which underpinned the contradictory process of German ‘unification’. The following question guides my inquiry: how and why have ‘white’ East German workers in post-‘unification’ Germany come to think of their ‘Germanness’/’whiteness’ as meaningful? Clearly drawing from the work of David R. Roediger, I argue that ‘white’ East German workers were paid the ‘wages of Germanness’. The concept is fleshed out as I interrogate three interrelated dimensions of changes pertaining to the lived experiences of (‘white’) East German workers: (1) German citizenship regulations with its lines of inclusion and exclusion; (2) the qualifier East denoting the existence of various degrees of Germanness; (3) individualized market dependence giving rise to conflicted emotions. Setting in motion a process of extensive and complex change, ‘unification’ had an impact on social relations of power, lived experiences and cultural means. The concept ‘wages of Germanness’ expresses the connections between political, ideological and economic aspects of ‘unification’, and further brings into focus the historical legacy of racialized notions of Germanness. Using the framework of historical materialism, this paper articulates a critique of hegemonic ideology, which suggests that racism in post-‘unification’ Germany was, by and large, spatially confined to East Germany.
Towards an Akairological Politics: Rereading Negri on the Biblical Book of Job
Authors: Boer Roland
Published: March 2016

This essay engages with an unfamiliar Antonio Negri, one who engages in biblical interpretation in The Labor of Job (2009). The analysis focuses on two key themes: kairós and measure/immeasure. Concerning kairós I critique Negri’s relatively conventional approach – creative and opportune time – by identifying its inescapable moral and class associations with ruling ideology in ancient Greece, where it designates, through its basic sense of measure, the right time and right place. In response, I pursue an akairological position, one that draws upon Negri’s complex treatment of measure and immeasure. While Negri seeks a reshaped and creative measure, I suggest we tarry with immeasure, for it overlaps with what is opposed to kairós. The article closes by asking why Negri should be interested in the Bible. The answer: he is able to do so, as his studies of Spinoza show, through a radical relativising of the absolute truth claims of theology.
The Differing Revolutionary Positions of Gramsci and Trotsky in Relation to Classical Marxism, the Peasantry, and the Majority World
Authors: Brittain James
Published: March 2016

While differing arguments are found within the discipline, the principal denominator uniting theories of Marxist revolution is that organized class-based struggle can consequentially result in a more equitable society, one which surpasses a capitalist mode of production. Augmenting Marx's work on the growing realities of the competitive capitalist system, Lenin highlighted that as capitalism expands it increasingly becomes a model not of competing capitalist producers but one of centralized economic monopolies within global society. With this political economic shift in global capitalism, Gramsci and Trotsky penned differing theoretical responses toward the importance of revolutionary tactics in an age of imperialism. It is in this vein that this article delves into the varied responses of permanent revolution and war of position/manoeuvre, while illustrating which theory most effectively demonstrates the capacity and emancipatory efforts of peoples located in countries outside of the imperial nations (i.e. the majority world).
Pacification and Indigenous Struggles in Canada
Authors: Dafnos Tia
Published: March 2016

Front-line police operations are deeply entwined with less visible activities – or practices not commonly identified as policing – that are carried out by a wide range of participants as strategies of settler-colonial pacification operating through the organizing logics of security and liberal legalism. Using open source texts and records obtained through access to information requests, this article unmaps some of the contemporary strategies employed by Canadian institutions to pacify Indigenous resistance. As a contribution to the body of work seeking to develop the politics of anti-security, the analysis disrupts the binary categories that animate security logic by examining the public order policing approach of the Ontario Provincial Police, the framing of Indigenous resistance as a security threat, and the integral role of Indian Affairs in securing the settler-state.
Review: Valaskakis et al (eds.). Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community and Culture
Authors: Haig-Brown Celia
Published: March 2016

Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie; Madeline Dion Stout and Eric Guimond, eds. 2009. Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community and Culture. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9780887557095. Paperback: 27.95 CAD. Pages: 379.
Leninism: It's Not What You Think
Authors: Kellogg Paul
Published: March 2016

Leninism is universally understood as involving an emphasis on centralism and discipline inside the workers’ party, a centralism and discipline necessary as a counter to the centralized power of the capitalist state. This article argues: 1) that Lenin’s famous centralism was a necessity imposed on all socialists of his generation because of conditions of tsarist autocracy; 2) that when given the chance during moments of revolutionary upheaval, this centralism was pushed to the background, and a heavy emphasis was placed upon democracy and debate; 3) that late in life, Lenin realized that the ‘Leninism’ being aggressively promoted by the Communist International was too heavily weighted towards Russian conditions, and was a barrier to the development of the left outside of Russia; and 4) that this immanent critique of actually-existing Leninism was cut short and buried by the rise of Stalinism, for which an emphasis on centralism was a useful counterpart in party organization to the authoritarianism being constructed in the Stalinist state. On pense généralement que le léninisme insiste sur le centralisme et la discipline dans le parti ouvrier, centralisme et discipline nécessaires pour contrer le pouvoir centralisé de l’état capitaliste. Cet article defend que: 1) le centralisme célèbre de Lénine était une nécessité impose à tous les socialistes de sa génération du fait de l’autocratie tsariste; 2) dès lors qu’il y avait un espace pendant les moments de bouleversement révolutionnaire, ce centralisme était mis en retrait et un accent lourd était mis sur la démocratie et le débat; 3) plus tard dans sa vie, Lénine a réalisé que le ‘léninisme’ qui était promu d’une façon agressive par l’Internationale communiste était trop lourdement biaisé par le contexte russe et que ceci était une barrière au développement de la gauche en dehors de la Russie; et 4) cette critique immanente du léninisme en place a été muselée et enterrée par l’ascension du stalinisme, pour qui l’accent sur le centralisme était un parallèle utile dans l’organisation du parti à l’autoritarisme en construction dans l’état staliniste.
The Dream of Pacification: Accumulation, Class War, and the Hunt
Authors: Neocleous Mark
Published: March 2016

This article argues that the category ‘pacification’ offers the critique of security a means of thinking through the connection between war, police and accumulation. Pacification is a process in which the war power is used in the fabrication of a social order of wage labour. This aligns the war power with the police power, and suggests that their interconnection might be understood through the lens of pacification. The article explores this through one of the mechanisms through which the war power and police power combine: the hunt. Capital rests on the hunt: the hunt for vagabonds, beggars, enemies, criminals, terrorists. Behind this hunt lies capital’s original demand, Let there be Accumulation! ‘Pacification’ is a category that helps us make sense of the way the state responds to this demand.
Family-based Social Activism: Rethinking the Social Role of Families
Authors: Verberg Norine
Published: March 2016

This paper sheds light on family-based social activism, defined herein as the broad range of activities undertaken by family members to raise awareness and bring about policy reform about a serious condition or tragic event that affects or affected someone in their family. These activities constitute social activism because they are intended to foster social change. The activism is ‘family-based’ because the social change advocate is a family member responding to the serious or traumatic situation that affects or affected a family member. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Westray Families Group, and Family and Friends of Schizophrenics are just a few examples of the many family-based social activist groups which have formed in Canada. Family-based activism is not addressed as a specific subject of study in the sociology literature on families, social movements, social problems, or voluntary association membership. The first goal of this paper is to bring family-based social activism into focus and provide some empirical evidence of this phenomenon in Canada. The second goal is to situate family activism in the sociology literature by drawing theoretical inspirations from social memory literature and suggesting avenues for theoretical development in perspectives on families.
Global Capital, Business Groups and State Coordination: the Changing Profile of Chaebol-State Relations in South Korea
Authors: Kim Soyon
Published: March 2016

This article examines the effects of global capitalism and state coordination on the financial behaviour of chaebol (business conglomerates) in South Korea. This study focuses on the evolution from controller to coordinator in the post-developmental South Korean state. In recent times, the Korean government has been studied as the exemplar of the Asian newly industrializing economies (NIEs) based on its ability to control economic development. As civil society pressures outgrew government control in the 1990s, the government’s mission shifted from control to coordination – the state sought to accommodate newly emerging or enlarged bargaining domains of key political-economic actors. However, the emergent post-developmental state is buffeted by the growing strength of the private sector, domestically and transnationally. While civil society strived to mobilize mass movements to further social democracy, the neoliberal evolution of capitalist class interests generated institutional configurations favouring the hegemony of finance capital.
Bannerji, Himani. 2011. Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology
Authors: Choudry Aziz
Published: March 2016

Bannerji, Himani. 2011. Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press. ISBN 978-1-55130-389-5. Paperback: 34.95 CAD. Pages: 272.
Book Review: Labour Left Out: Canada’s Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right
Authors: Ross Stephanie
Published: March 2016

Review of Labour Left Out: Canada’s Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right, by Roy J. Adams
Resisting the State: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists, by Scott Neigh
Authors: McCoy Ted
Published: March 2016

Resisting the State: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists, by Scott Neigh
The Fragile Rise of Bourgeois Hegemony and the Neoliberal State in Mexico
Authors: Roman Richard , Arregui Edur Velasco
Published: March 2016

The corporate offensive was the main driving force in the neoliberal transformation of Mexico as it was in the United States and Canada. But in Mexico the corporate power bloc had to change the political order to achieve its hegemonic aspirations and desired policy changes. While the top bourgeoisie have been able to achieve more direct control of the state, they have not been able to establish a stable system of domination. The rise of bourgeois hegemony in Mexico is fragile. But the working class has not yet been able to find its voice and break free of the bonds of Mexico’s old state-linked unions or state system of labour repression in general. However, the on-going hardships imposed by neoliberalism, the fragile legitimacy of the new political regime, and the surviving popular traditions of revolutionary struggle point to a renewal of a class-based popular fight-back sooner rather than later. L’offensive du patronat a été la force prépondérante derrière la transformation néolibérale du Mexique, comme aux Etats-Unis et au Canada. Mais, au Mexique, le bloc du pouvoir patronal était obligé de transformer l’ordre politique afin de réaliser ses aspirations hégémoniques et la transformations politiques souhaitées. Alors que la haute bourgeoisie a réussi à renforcer son contrôle direct sur l’état, elle n’a pas réussi à établir un système stable de domination. L’ascendance de l’hégémonie bourgeoise au Mexique est fragile. Mais, la classe ouvrière n’a pas encore réussi à trouver sa voix et à briser les chaines des anciens syndicats liés à l’état mexicain ou le système étatique de répression du travail en général. Néanmoins, les difficultés de longue durée imposée par le néolibéralisme, la légitimité fragile du nouveau régime politique et les traditions populaires de lutte révolutionnaire qui persistent, suggère la renaissance d’une contre-attaque populaire basée sur les classes, plus tôt et non plus tard.
Instructions for Authors
Authors: Cain Sean
Published: March 2016

Instructions for Authors
Lilley, Sasha. 2011. Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult
Authors: Workman Thom
Published: March 2016

Lilley, Sasha. 2011. Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult. Oakland: PM Press. ISBN: 978-1-60486-334-5. Paperback: 21.95 CAD. Pages: 279.
Collins, John. 2011. Global Palestine.
Authors: Nadeau Mary-Jo
Published: March 2016

Collins, John. 2011. Global Palestine.
Three Essays on Marx’s Value Theory and The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism, by Samir Amin
Authors: Collier Ken
Published: March 2016

Three Essays on Marx’s Value Theory and The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism, by Samir Amin
Структурные основы региональных отличий таксономического разнообразия донных диатомовых (Bacillariophyta) Чёрного моря
Authors: Неврова Е. Л.
Published: March 2016

Важной задачей сохранения микроводорослей Чёрного моря является оценка разнообразия диатомовой флоры и выявление закономерностей его формирования. Работа сфокусирована на анализе разнообразия бентосных диатомовых в регионах северного шельфа Чёрного моря и причин их различий на разных уровнях таксономической иерархии. На основе литературных и собственных данных проведена ревизия региональных флор Bacillariophyta и осуществлена оценка разнообразия с помощью индексов таксономической отличительности TaxDI. Современное таксономическое богатство диатомовых бентоса Чёрного моря насчитывает 1094 вида и ввт (953 вида, 149 родов, 61 семейство, 32 порядка и 3 класса). У берегов Крыма отмечено 884 вида и ввт (81 % общего числа видов диатомовых Чёрного моря), в СЗЧМ ― 556 (51 %), у побережья Болгарии ― 271 (25 %), Румынии ― 358 (33 %), Кавказа ― 310 (28 %). Прослежено отклонение показателей индексов TaxDI от среднеожидаемого уровня для Чёрного моря в целом, которое зависит от строения филогенетических ветвей в каждом из трех классов. Наибольшее влияние на формирование древа Bacillariophyta оказывают олиго- и моновидовые ветви. Характер отклонения структуры региональных флор диатомовых от среднеожидаемого уровня обусловлен видами, формирующими моно- или олиговидовую ветвь вплоть до уровня порядка. Выделены подобные 33 вида с рангом высокой таксономической исключительности, которые отмечены в нескольких регионах. При их исчезновении из состава региональной флоры элиминируется целая ветвь из иерархического древа диатомовых. Особо выделена группа из 12 регион-специфичных видов с рангом наивысшей исключительности, обнаруженных однократно лишь в одном из регионов. Элиминация такого вида из флоры данного региона приводит к редукции моновидовой ветви (включая род, семейство и порядок) из флоры всего Чёрного моря. Это вызовет снижение таксономического разнообразия и изменения структуры иерархического древа Bacillariophyta как конкретного региона, так и архитектоники древа Bacillariophyta Чёрного моря в целом. Структура регионального древа диатомовых Крымского региона близка к среднеожидаемой структуре флоры Чёрного моря. Минимальное значение индекса TaxDI для Крыма (81,38) указывает на большую долю поливидовых ветвей в структуре древа, его максимальную видовую насыщенность (вид/род = 7) и пониженную вертикальную выровненность. У Румынии значение TaxDI максимально (85,9), что обусловлено значительной долей моно- и олиговидовых ветвей и минимальной насыщенностью видами в структуре древа (вид/род = 4).
POTENSI EKSTRAK ETANOL LABU SIAM (Sechium edule) UNTUK PERBAIKAN KERUSAKAN SEL BETA PANKREAS DAN KADAR NITROGEN OKSIDA PADA TIKUS YANG MENGALAMI DIABETES MELITUS (The Potenty of Sechium edule Ethanolic Extract to Repair Beta Pancreas Cells and Nitrogen Oxide Concentration in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rat)
Authors: Lukiati Betty , Maslikah Siti Imroatul , N Nugrahaningsih
Published: March 2016

The objectives of this research were to examine the effect of Sechium edule ethanolic extract to repair beta pancreas cells damage and tomeasure nitrogen oxide (NO) concentration in streptozotocin-induced rats. Type I diabetic rats were obtained by intraperioneally injected therats with multiple low dose streptozotocin (MLD-STZ) for 5 days. In this research, rats were assigned into 5 treatment groups: untreated rats ingroup 1 were considered as negative control, while MLD-STZ induced type 1 diabetic rats in group 2 were considered as positive control. Inanother 3 groups, type 1 diabetic rats were orally treated with three doses of Sechium edule ethanolic extract (14, 28, 42 mg/kg bw) respectivelyfor 7 consecutive days. Repairing of beta pancreas cells were analyzed descriptively whereas concentration of NO were analyzed using one wayANOVA and continued with LSD test (α= 0.01). The result showed that the administration of Sechium edule ethanolic extract significantlydecreased NO concentration (P0.01) up to 67.9 µM and repaired beta pancreas cells damage. Dose of 42 mg/kg bw of Sechium edule ethanolicextract is the effective dose for diabetic rat therapy. Key words: Sechium edule extract, diabetic mellitus, rat, beta pancreas cells
AKTIVITAS BEBERAPA SENYAWA TURUNAN BENZOPIRAN (CHROMONES) DAN BENZOFURANON (COUMARANONES) TERHADAP Steinernema feltiae (The Activities of Benzopyran (Chromones) and Benzofuranones (Coumaranones) Derivatives against Steinernema feltiae)
Authors: Khairan Khairan , Bahi Muhammad , Jacob Claus , Idroes Rinaldi
Published: March 2016

This study was purposed to inquire the activities of benzopyran (chromones) and benzofuranones (coumaranones) derivatives against Steinernema feltiae (S. feltiae). The toxicity assay against S. feltiae showed that benzopyran derivatives 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 have the highest activity on S. feltiae with viabilities percentage of 50%. The compound 9 demostrated the highest activity with LD 50 and LD values, 7.2 and 52.2 μM, respectively. The activities of compound 7 and 10 showed the lowest toxicity. Interestingly, the activity of benzofuranone derivatives showed significant activities against S. feltiae. Compare to benzopyran derivatives, the benzofuranone derivatives has the highest toxicity, in particular compound 13 with LD 5.45 μM. The nematicidal assay showed that benzofuranones (coumaranones) derivatives revealed higher activities than benzopyran (chromones) derivatives.Key words: chromones, benzopyran, coumaranones, benzofuranone, and Steinernema feltiae
EFEKTIVITAS FERMENTASI SUSU KAMBING DENGAN PENAMBAHAN Lactobacillus rhamnosus SEBAGAI INHIBITOR TIROSINASE (Fermentation Effectivity of Goat Milk added Lactobacillus rhamnosus as Tyrosinase Inhibitor)
Authors: Hanum Zuraida , Sumantri Cece , P Purwantiningsih , Batubara Irmanida , Taufik Epi
Published: March 2016

This study aimed to investigate the effectivity of goat milk fermentation as tyrosinase inhibitory with Lactobacillus rhamnosus TW 2. The examination of fresh milk contained the density, protein, and fat content. The culture of Lactobacillus rhamnosus TW 2 acid lactid bacteria starter was added with the concentration of 3, 4, and 5%, inoculated in pasteurized goat milk, then incubated at 37° C for 24 hours. Fermented milk were extracted by centrifugation, then supernatant was collected and was used for inhibition of tyrosinase enzymes activity on L-tyrosin and L-dopa substrate. The result showed that the density, fat content, and protein content of Etawah crossbred goat milk are 1.028, 3.73, and 5.45%, respectively. Re-identification of lactic acid bacteria showed similar morphology, physiology, and bio-chemistry with the isolated lactic acid bacteria. The growth curve of TW 2 was observed in 12 hours. The 5 % of Lactobacillus rhamnosus TW 2 was the best concentration to inhibit tyrosinase activity in L-Tyrosin substrate. In conclusion, fermentation of goat milk using Lactobacillus rhamnosus TW 2 at concentration of 5% as starter is effective to inhibit tyrosinase activity significantly.Key words: goat milk, fermentation, tyrosinase inhibitory
KAJIAN LEPTOSPIROSIS PADA SAPI POTONG DI DAERAH ALIRAN SUNGAI PROGO DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA (The Study of Bovine Leptospirosis in Progo Watershed, Yogyakarta)
Authors: Mulyani Guntari Titik , Sumiarto Bambang , Artama Wayan Tunas , Hartati Sri , J Juwari , S Sugiwinarsih , Putra Henricus Roby Cahya , Widodo Estu
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, serovar, and risk factors of leptospirosis on cattle in Progo watershed. A total of 330 cattle samples were clinically examined and blood was collected for Leptospira examination using microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Results of MAT were used as dependent variable (Y), while breeders, cattle, shed, and feed factors were used as the independent variable (X). Univariate analysis, bivariate analysis with chi square, odds ratio, and multivariate with logistic regression were implemented to analyze the data. The results showed that all cattle were cinically health, 13.03% (43/330) cattle were positively leptospirosis which 37 out of 193 (9.17%) cattle belongs to the farmer. Mostly, leptospirosis cases were caused by hardjo serovar (38.0%). Risk factors influencing the prevalence of leptospirosis were caused by some factors such as the presence of rats in cage (OR 2.7), the distance of waste disposal which should be less than approximately 5 meters (OR 2.1), feed concentrates, grass and rice straw (OR 0.4), grazing (OR 0.2), and concentrate feed and rice straw (OR 0.1). It can be concluded that leptospirosis infection on cattle in Progo watershed is 13.03% (at livestock level) and 19.17% (at farm levels). Factors of rat in the cage and the distance of waste disposal (5 m) increase the risk of leptospirosis cases. Factors of feed combine with concentrate and rice straw as well as grazing reduced the risk of leptospirosis in cattle, but the addition of grass in concentrate feed and rice straw provides a greater risk of leptospirosis infection compare to concentrate feed and rice straw alone.Key words: beef cattle, leptospirosis, prevalence, risk factors