bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Role of nesfatin-1 in the metabolism of skeletal tissues
Authors: Puzio Iwona , Tymicki Grzegorz , Predka Hanna , Śleboda Wiesław , Sobczyńska-Wołejszo Magdalena
Published: December 2017

NUCB2/nesfatin-1, a member of the adipokine family, is a peptide hormone with pleiotropic action. It has been found in different tissues, including cartilage and bone cells. Nesfatin-1 is produced by chondrocytes, and its synthesis increases with the degree of cell differentiation and upon stimulation by pro-inflammatory cytokines, as shown in an in vitro study. An increase in serum levels of nesfatin-1 has been observed in humans with osteoarthritis, which indicates the influence of pro-inflammatory cytokines on nesfatin-1 release. On the other hand, nesfatin-1 stimulates the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines by chondrocytes, which suggests its participation, together with other adipokines, in the pathogenesis and/or progression of inflammatory complications of cartilage degenerative diseases. Nesfatin-1 also promotes pre-osteoblastic cell differentiation and mineralization and inhibits macrophage differentiation towards osteoclasts. Moreover, exogenous nesfatin-1 given to ovariectomized rats reduces osteopenic changes. Therefore, it seems that nesfatin-1 may play a protective role in cartilage and bone diseases. However, further studies are required to determine whether nesfatin-1 can be used for monitoring and treatment of cartilage and bone diseases..
Uniform Magnetic field (UMF) Effect on the Heat Transfer of a Porous Half-Annulus Enclosure Filled by Cu-Water Nanofluid Considering Heat Generation
Authors: Hatami Mohammad , Jin Jingyu , Ashorynejad Hamid Reza , Jing Dengwei
Published: December 2017

Background:

In this work, the effect of a uniform magnetic field (UMF) on the natural
convection heat transfer of Cu-water nanofluid in a porous half-annulus cavity is studied by finite
element method, considering heat generation. The effects of four parameters (magnetic field angle
(γ), Hartmann number (Ha), nanoparticles volume fraction (φ) and Rayleigh number (Ra)) on the
local and average Nusselt numbers of outer wall have been investigated.

Methods:

Numerical Finite Element Method (FEM) based on FlexPDE commercial code was used to
solve the described problems and the validation was also performed by Finite Difference Method
(FDM) in previous studies.

Results:

It was found that by applying external magnetic field with a certain angle with respect to the
geometry, the maximum local heat Nusselt number could shift to one side of outer wall and the shift
is dependent on the angle of the imposed magnetic field.

Conclusion:

Our results also confirm that increasing the Hartmann number decreases the Nusselt
number due to Lorentz force resulting from the presence of stronger magnetic field which slows
down the fluid motion and in turn leads to a decreased heat transfer.
A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF DIFFERENT STREAMS OF B. ED. STUDENTS
Authors: Singh B. P.
Published: December 2017

This study compares the academic achievement of different streams of B.Ed. students of Bhiwani and Palwal district of Haryana. Result of first year of 400 B.Ed. students from two government colleges and two private colleges were taken randomly for analysis of data. The result of analyzed data indicates that a significant difference exists i) Between male and female B.Ed. students of different streams. ii) Between rural and urban B.Ed. students. iii) Between English medium and Hindi medium B.Ed. students. iv) There is no significant difference between government and private B.Ed. students. v) Academic achievement was not normally distributed. vi) B.Ed. students possess high academic achievement. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made i) That parents should devote more time and attention to their children ii) Government should provide better facilities in the colleges iii) Teachers should be motivated to use new techniques, instructional strategies and professional values in government colleges iv) Urban students participate effectively in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities so more hostel facilities should be provided to rural students so that they have less impact of their family v) Bilingual medium should be used by the teacher to explain the subject.
A STUDY ON GENERALIZED HERMITE POLYNOMIALS
Authors: Gupta Kamal
Published: December 2017

In this paper, we obtain generating functions involving hyper geometric functions. Rodrigues type formula of Hermite polynomials which is closely related to generalized Hermite polynomials of Dattoli et. al. These results provide useful extensions of the well known results of classical Hermite polynomials Hn(x).
STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NATUROPATHY PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO IMPART HEALTH EDUCATION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
Authors: Deo Neha , Archana S Desai
Published: December 2017

In 21st Century there is variety of media and internet available to school children, at their fingertips, but at the same time health of school children is a great cause of concern. Therefore health education is an important area identified in the National Curriculum Framework. Again if the school teacher specially teaching health education subject becomes aware about health education and if necessary skills are developed among them then and then only the school teachers can transmit this knowledge and skills to the school children. Secondary school students are facing lot of health related problems due to which they are lacking in their studies also. School going children can have little knowledge about nature oriented methods through which they can easily overcome on their health problems. Therefore an attempt was made to develop a special naturopathy programme to impart health education for secondary students and also to study its effectiveness. A 15 days special programme of health education was designed for this purpose. The students of Vitthalrao Shivarkar Secondary School, Pune were the sample. The results revealed that the naturopathy programme developed to impart Health Education is beneficial to create awareness about improvement of mind concentration, healthy eating habits, social health, and also maintaining General Health.
TEACHERS PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Authors: Khambayat Shubhangi R.
Published: December 2017

Communication skills among graduating students are seen as a key performance indicator to measure the success of any individual in the world of work in many countries in the region. Taking into account graduating students competing for job positions with a global workforce, it would be their Communication skills proficiency that would be tested to the maximum, as English is the most widely spoken languages in the world at present. An effective communication, act as a bridge to fulfil the gap between world of study and world of work and thereby make passouts readily acceptable to the industry. The institution offering educational programs will have to integrate Communication skills as an integrated component to prepare young students for future employment (ABET, 2000).
An attempt is made in this paper to investigate the level of communication skills among students. Teachers’ views were sought on Communication skills via a self-administered questionnaire. It assessed four core elements in Communication skills, including listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The paper shares the outcomes of this survey.
PARALLEL PLIGHTS: ECOCIDE AND GENOCIDE IN JACK DAVIS’ “FOREST GIANT”
Authors: Alexander Susan
Published: December 2017

To understand the culture of a nation one must look from within that culture. Australian Aboriginal literature helps one to understand this basic premise of anthropology. An understanding of aboriginal literature produced in Australia helps to understand and appreciate the culture of the indigenous people while simultaneously they also reveal the changes the nation has undergone since colonization. They are not produced by outsiders or observers but by those who have lived through these experiences and the creative act of writing becomes an effort to impart an understanding and awareness of the experiences of the indigenous people. Immigrant people have always altered the life of the autochthonous people and a major part of Australian Aboriginal poetry deals with it. Parallel patterning of events consequential to colonization can be found in the history of every nation subjugated by invaders. Jack Davis’ “Forest Giant” is a short poem which details within its ambit the destruction of the environment or ecocide and the decline in the population of the aboriginals due to genocide. The yoking of cultural and environmental history serves to understand the complementary perspectives of aboriginal life and environmental history of the nation.
Can Backward-looking and Forward-looking Information Debias Prospect Effect in Earnings Announcement?
Authors: Hartono Jogianto , Wahyuni Sri
Published: December 2017

This study examines the important issue of whether additional pieces of information about the earnings’ characteristics (their quantitative description and predicted earnings) can debias the prospect effect of the earnings’ announcement. The prospect effect bias can be mitigated by the availability of clear information and an integrated disclosure. Additional information that is included with the previous information will make the investors’ beliefs stronger  and it will debias any psychological effects.This research confirms the prospect effect’s bias that investors react more negatively when evaluating a company’s performance after a negative earnings information disclosure rather than react positively in evaluating the performance for a positive earnings information disclosure. The results also show that when additional pieces of information, such as a quantitative description and predicted earnings are added, they can mitigate the prospect effect’s bias. Additional information of predicted earnings as forward-looking oriented information has a stronger debiasing effect than that of additional information of a quantitative description as backward-looking oriented information.
Linking Corporate Risk Disclosure Practices with Firm-Specific Characteristics in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Ahmad Norsiah , Habtoor Omer Saeed , Mohamad Nor Raihan , Che Haat Mohd Hassan
Published: December 2017

This study explores Corporate Risk Disclosure practices (CRD) in the annual reports of Saudi (non-financial) listed companies and investigates the relationship between the Saudi firm-specific characteristics and the level of such practices. Using content analysis of a sample of 307 company-year observations over the period of 2008-2011, the results indicate that Saudi Arabia provides a moderate level of CRD among the developed and developing countries. However, the content of this CRD is found to be of a low quality, by including non-financial, qualitative, neutral, or non-time-specific information. In addition, the unbalanced panel regression analysis shows a significant positive influence of firm size and audit firm size on the level of CRD. This indicates that Saudi companies which disclose higher risk-related information are those characterised by their larger size, and are audited by the Big 4 audit firms. This study contributes to the risk literature by providing an initial understanding of the CRD practices and their variations in light of the firm-specific characteristics in emerging markets in general and Arab countries in particular..
Analisis Kebutuhan Petugas Rekam Medis Berdasarkan Beban Kerja di Instalasi Rekam Medis RS Aisyiah Muntilan
Authors: Rakhmawati Fitria , Rustiyanto Ery
Published: December 2017

Latar Belakang: Berdasarkan hasil observasi, RS Aisyiah Muntilan memiliki 7 orang petugas rekam medis yang terdiri dari 4 orang petugas pendaftaran dan 3 orang petugas pengolahan data dan pelaporan. Petugas pendaftaran terbagi dalam 3 shift yaitu: pagi, siang, malam, dan hari libur. Dengan adanya poliklinik saat shift pagi, petugas pendaftaran yang hanya 1 orang merasa keteteran dalam melayani pasien. Untuk membantu petugas pendaftaran, biasanya petugas pengolahan data dan pelaporan diturunkan sehingga akan mempengaruhi beban kerja petugas pengolahan data dan pelaporan. Oleh karena itu, peneliti ingin mengetahui bagaimana beban kerja dan kebutuhan petugas rekam medis di RS Aisyiah Muntilan untuk mengetahui kebutuhan petugas secara keseluruhan dengan menggunakan metode WISN (Workload Indicator Staff Need) berdasarkan analisis problem solving yang dilakukan.Tujuan: Mengidentifikasi jumlah petugas rekam medis yang tersedia, mengidentifikasi uraian tugas petugas rekam medis, mengidentifikasi hambatan yang ada di Instalasi Rekam Medis dan solusinya, menghitung standar waktu kegiatan di Instalasi Rekam Medis, menghitung kebutuhan tenaga berdasarkan beban kerja di Instalasi Rekam MedisMetode: Jenis penelitian adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif dan rancangan penelitian crossectional. Sampel penelitian adalah petugas rekam medis di RS Aisyiah Muntilan dengan sampel terbatas.Hasil: Setelah dilakukan perhitungan kebutuhan petugas dengan rumus WISN ternyata tidak diperlukan penambahan petugas. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa beban kerja yang tinggi bukan karena kurangnya petugas namun karena sistem yang ada di pendaftaran dan poliklinik yang kurang baik.Kesimpulan: Penambahan petugas tidak diperlukan namun perlu perbaikan sistem yang ada.
Analisis Faktor Penyebab Keterlambatan Penyerahan Klaim BPJS di RS Panti Nugroho
Authors: Noviatri Lenty Wahyu , Sugeng Sugeng
Published: December 2017

Latar Belakang: Keterlambatan penyerahan berkas klaim pasien rawat inap disebabkan karena berkas rekam medis yang kembali dari bangsal rawat inap tidak lengkap sehingga harus dikembalikan untuk dilengkapi oleh dokter penanggung jawab. Sedangkan keterlambatan klaim BPJS untuk pasien rawat jalan disebabkan karena persyaratan dan ketentuan administrasi klaim yang selalu berubah-ubah membuat banyak berkas klaim yang dikembalikan oleh verifikator sehingga prosesnya menjadi terhambat. Apabila terjadi keterlambatan penyerahan berkas klaim, maka berkas klaim tersebut akan di-pending penyerahanya dan akan diikutsertakan pada proses klaim bulan selanjutnya.Tujuan: mengetahui penyebab terjadinya keterlambatan penyerahan berkas klaim BPJS kepada verifikator independen di Rumah Sakit Panti NugrohoMetode: diskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan rancangan penelitian studi kasus. Subyek yang menjadi penelitian ini adalah petugas yang terlibat secara langsung dalam proses klaim. Obyek yang menjadi penelitian ini adalah pengajuan berkas klaim pasien rawat jalan dan rawat inap dengan cara bayar BPJS.Hasil: Proses pelaksanaan klaim BPJS di Rumah Sakit Panti Nugroho sudah lancar tetapi masih terdapat berkas klaim yang diserahkan terlambat. Faktor penyebab keterlambatan klaim berasal dari faktor man adalah petugas verifikator kelengkapan awal, dokter, dan petugas pengodean. Faktor machine adalah karena SIMRS belum terintegrasi dengan INA-CBG. Methode adalah karena implementasi SPO yang belum lancar. Faktor materials karena persyaratan yang tidak sesuai. Upaya yang telah dilakukan oleh petugas pada faktor man adalah melakukan sosialisasi pada pasien, berkomunikasi dengan dokter, mengupayakan perekrutan. Machine adalah melakukan back-up data. Faktor methode adalah membentuk tim BPJS di Rumah sakit Panti Nugroho.
Hubungan Pemanfaatan Dana Bantuan Operasional Kesehatan (BOK) dengan Peningkatan Cakupan Kunjungan Antenatal K4 di Puskesmas Kota Serang Tahun 2014-2016
Authors: Laeliyah Siti Nurul , Nadjib Mardiati
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTHealth Operational Aid Fund (BOK) realization at Serang City Community Health Centers (CHC) through 2014-2016 has always reached 100% mark which more than 30% of the fund was allocated for maternal and children health each year. However the achievement from maternal and children health scope especially on K4 antenatal visit was not proportional with the budget, instead each year a decreasing trend from proposed target (75%) was observed thus the need of evaluation. This study was conducted at regional health agency and four CHCs (Banten Girang, Curug, Sawah Luhur and Serang Kota) with retrospective study case design and considering fund variables and scopes. The result shows lack of human and other resources in managing maternal and children health program; the lack of operational fund for preventive and promotive activities from regional government budget (APBD) and only rely on health operational fund; the lack of supervision in midwife records and reports, also the contract ending of trained cadres as the result of village chief replacement. Keywords: community health centre, health operational fund, K4 antenatal visit ABSTRAKRealisasi dana Bantuan Operasional Kesehatan (BOK) di Puskesmas Kota Serang dari tahun 2014-2016 selalu mencapai 100% dengan alokasi dana untuk kegiatan KIA lebih dari 30% setiap tahunnya, namun tidak berbanding lurus dengan capaian cakupan pelayanan kesehatan ibu dan anak khususnya kunjungan antenatal K4 yang justru semakin tahun menunjukkan penurunan dari target yang ditetapkan (75%) sehingga perlu dievaluasi. Penelitian dilakukan di Dinas Kesehatan dan 4 Puskesmas, yaitu Puskesmas Banten Girang, Curug, Sawah Luhur dan Serang Kota dengan studi kasus bersifat retrospektif dan mempertimbangkan variabel dana serta cakupan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa semua Puskesmas kekurangan sumber daya manusia dan sarana prasarana dalam mengelola program KIA, ketersediaan dana operasional untuk kegiatan preventif dan promotif dari APBD tidak ada dan hanya mengandalkan dana BOK, kurangnya pengawasan pencatatan pelaporan bidan, serta putusnya kontak dengan kader yang sudah dilatih sebagai efek pergantian kepala desa. Kata Kunci: Bantuan Operasional Kesehatan, Puskesmas, Kunjungan Antenatal K4
A pinacoteca dos irmãos terceiros carmelitas do Recife na Capitania de Pernambuco: revisitando a pintura de Manoel de Cláudio Francisco da Encarnação (séc. XIX)
Authors: Honor André Cabral
Published: December 2017

O presente trabalho procura analisar as pinturas de autoria de Cláudio Francisco da Encarnação presentes no teto do corredor de acesso à sacristia da Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo do Recife, Pernambuco. Por meio da intertextualidade, almeja-se identificar a matriz iconográfica das imagens, assim como a hagiografia das personagens representadas, compreendendo as pinturas como representações glorificadas de modelos de conduta para os irmãos terceiros carmelitas.
O comércio de escravos indígenas na Amazônia visto pelos regimentos de entradas e de tropas de resgate (séculos XVII e XVIII)
Authors: Dias Camila Loureiro
Published: December 2017

Neste artigo, comparamos dois regimentos de expedições que partiram ao sertão do rio Amazonas com a intenção de resgatar prisioneiros indígenas: uma entrada, de 1660, e uma tropa de resgate, de 1741. O objetivo é comparar as regras estabelecidas para ambas as expedições, de modo a apreender alguns aspectos do desenvolvimento do comércio de escravos indígenas no Estado do Maranhão. Verificamos que, no período de três gerações, a prática de compra e venda de prisioneiros indígenas se consolidou na região como forma não apenas lícita, mas sistemática, de obtenção de trabalhadores indígenas.
Territórios e Linguagens nas Fronteiras Amazônicas: Os movimentos narrativos de territorialização na obra Roteiro dos Tocantins, de Lysias Rodrigues
Authors: Medeiros Antunes euclides , M.M. Cormineiro Olívia
Published: December 2017

RESUMO:Considerando que a (des)reterritorialização não se restringe à exclusividade dos espaços físicos, podendo ser enunciados em espaços narrativos que sintetizam desejos heterogêneos de geograficidade, neste artigo propomos compreender como na obra Roteiro do Tocantins (1943), escrita por Lysias Rodrigues, uma linguagem subjetiva das sensações e sentidos experimentados nas fronteiras amazônicas forja uma figuração imaginativa da des/reterritorialização do próprio autor e dos sertanejos.   Palavras-Chave: (des)reterritorialização; narrativa; figuração imaginativa.
Um senhor de escravo em cativeiro: a trajetória de Nicolau de Souza, Pernambuco, 1812-1835
Authors: Costa Robson Pedrosa
Published: December 2017

Este artigo destaca a trajetória do escravo Nicolau, pertencente à Ordem de São Bento de Pernambuco. Seu objetivo é discutir sobre a condição senhorial alcançada por este escravo e muitos outros cativos desta instituição. A partir da documentação analisada, cativos desta Ordem tiveram sob o seu poder vários escravos, deixando-os como herança para seus herdeiros ou utilizando-os para libertar a si ou algum ente querido. Entre os casos mais emblemáticos, destacaremos Nicolau, que teve a posse de pelo menos nove escravos ao mesmo tempo.
Os Sertões do Leste da Província Fluminense: Cantagalo e Nova Friburgo sob o impacto da segunda escravidão (1820-1872)
Authors: Marretto Rodrigo Marins
Published: December 2017

A partir da análise de documentos seriais, dos relatórios do presidente de província e do Censo de 1872, foi possível identificar as nuances populacionais para as vilas de Cantagalo e Nova Friburgo entre os anos de 1814 e 1872. Tais dados revelaram um incremento significativo no número de cativos entre os anos de 1835 e 1850, elemento que revelou o impacto da segunda escravidão nessas vilas. Através do estudo de caso de Antônio Clemente Pinto podemos identificar como a classe senhorial da região aproveitou-se de um contexto de expansão da escravidão e do café para formar e manter sua riqueza e patrimônio.
“O medo do outro”: conflitos entre brancos, negros e mestiços em Goiás nos séculos XVIII e XIX
Authors: Oliveira Eliézer Cardoso de
Published: December 2017

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar as relações étnico raciais entre os brancos, negros escravos e mestiços libertos vigentes em Goiás nos séculos XVIII e XIX. A implantação da colonização num distante do litoral acarretou uma situação em que as práticas culturais cristã-europeias consideradas “civilizadas” se viram ameaçadas pelos costumes dos segmentos considerados incivilizados, como era o caso  dos negros e mestiços
Protagonistas do campo histórico em Mato Grosso do Sul: em busca dos sujeitos da história (1968-1978)
Authors: Benfica Tiago Alinor Hoissa
Published: December 2017

Analisa-se a trajetória de historiadores que se destacaram na Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso, durante a década de 1970, que corresponde a atual Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Observou-se a importância da sensibilidade para a motivação dos projetos intelectuais e para o empoderamento institucional. Nesse período, esboçam-se os primeiros trabalhos em história regional, fruto de iniciativas espontâneas e da consolidação do sistema de pós-graduação no Brasil. Entrevistas orais foram as principais fontes selecionadas para o artigo.
Três cidades, um projeto: a modernidade no Triângulo Mineiro
Authors: Dantas Sandra Mara
Published: December 2017

O presente artigo discute o processo de formação e consolidação do mundo urbano e seu corolário em três cidades do Triângulo Mineiro – Uberaba, Uberabinha e Araguari – no final do século XIX e início do XX, como parte do processo de interiorização do território e, concomitantemente, de consolidação dos princípios de modernidade e civilidade recorrentes no Brasil do referido período.
Migração Açoriana na Amazônia: conexões entre Ilha Graciosa, Lisboa e Grão-Pará (1751-1754)
Authors: Vieira Junior Antonio Otaviano
Published: December 2017

O texto segue a proposta de analisar o processo de migração açoriana para a Amazônia, entre os anos de 1751-1754. Um fluxo migratório que articula diferentes regiões do Império lusitano, desde a sede administrativa da Coroa até o arquipélago dos Açores, passando pela capitania do Grão-Pará. Nesse sentido, acompanhar estes migrantes é lidar com especificidades associadas a política metropolitana de assegurar as possessões portuguesas na América em pleno Tratado de Madrid, e combater as demandas de mão-de-obra de moradores do Grão-Pará em meio a crise demográfica causada por uma epidemia.
Migrações, enraizamento social e patrimônio no sul da Capitania de São Paulo: aspectos da acumulação e do envolvimento no mercado de crédito de cinco proprietários (1804-1825)
Authors: Cavazzani André Luiz Moscaleski , Richter Gomes Sandro Aramis
Published: December 2017

Neste artigo é empreendido um estudo sobre as formas de acumulação patrimonial e inserção no mercado de crédito por indivíduos que se radicaram em áreas litorâneas e planálticas do sul da Capitania de São Paulo e redigiram seus testamentos no limiar do século XIX. Assim, compete destacar que um elemento capital para a consolidação desses indivíduos na vida econômica daquela região consistiu no envolvimento no mercado de crédito. A formação de um pequeno séquito de dependentes foi aspecto inerente ao desfecho de suas trajetórias.
Pós-cidadania feminina
Authors: Colling Ana Maria
Published: December 2017

A relação das mulheres  com a cidadania tem sido difícil desde a invenção do conceito que já nasceu excludente. Desde Aristóteles ao diferenciar amo e escravo, marido e mulher e pai e filho, passando pela Revolução Francesa que  decapita Olympe de Gouges, autora da Declaração dos Direitos da Mulher e da Cidadã, até a paradoxal relação entre as Constituições e o Código Civil no caso brasileiro, as mulheres denunciam o falso universalismo, tanto no direito ao voto, nos direitos humanos e na cidadania. Quais são os limites e as fronteiras da cidadania?
Mulheres cativas nas Minas oitocentistas: experiências de liberdade
Authors: Macena Fabiana Francisca
Published: December 2017

No presente artigo destacamos alguns crimes perpetrados por cativas da província de Minas Gerais, na segunda metade do século XIX, bem como suas demandas, junto à justiça, na tentativa de alcançar a liberdade. Experiencias que sublinham como estas mulheres subverteram as imagens de simples coadjuvantes passivas ante a violência do cativeiro e produziram, a partir de suas práticas políticas, efeitos abolicionistas, enfraquecendo a instituição da escravidão.
A descolonização epistêmica do pensamento árabe-islâmico: uma nova proposta para a análise da Política Externa da Líbia entre 1970 e 1990
Authors: Bon Meihy Murilo Sebe
Published: December 2017

Trata-se de considerações gerais sobre a pesquisa de Pós-doutoramento em curso no período entre 2017 e 2018 no Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies - American University of Beirut - Líbano, sob a supervisão do Prof. Dr. Sari Hanafi.
Territórios & Fronteiras - v.10, n. 2 (ago./dez. 2017)
Authors: Territórios e Fronteiras Editores de
Published: December 2017

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An Analysis of Principal Perceptions of the Primary Teaching Evaluation System Used in Eight U.S. States
Authors: Dodson Richard L.
Published: December 2017

This research examines how public school principals in eight U.S. states perceive their teacher evaluation systems which are based on Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching (FfT).  States were selected to represent high, middle, and low scorers in the annual Education Week “Quality Counts” report (Education Week, 2016).  1,142 out of over 8,100 working principals in the eight states responded to an online survey, yielding a response rate of over 14%.  Most principals were not satisfied with FfT and found implementing the system too cumbersome.  Responses suggested an average of two changes to FfT desired by each principal; few wanted to keep their FfT as is.  Targets for improvement included overhauling software used to enter teacher evaluations; eliminating student growth goals and student test scores (VAMs) as part of evaluations; reducing the time and paperwork required; and wanting more training for administrators and teachers on the use of FfT.  Some states’ principals wanted to return control over teacher evaluation systems to local school districts.  Most respondents agreed that their version of FfT has improved their school’s instructional program, and they prefer the new instrument over their previous evaluation instrument.
O DIÁLOGO HISTÓRICO ENTRE A AFIRMAÇÃO DA LIBERDADE E A GARANTIA DA IGUALDADE. BREVES CONSIDERAÇÕES
THE HISTORICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE AFFIRMATION OF FREEDOM AND THE GUARANTEE OF EQUALITY. SUCCINCT CONSIDERATIONS
Authors: Videira (Universidade de Lisboa) Susana Antas
Published: December 2017

Este artigo é dedicado ao diálogo entre duas ideias que exercem um poder decisivo na História: a liberdade e a igualdade. Mas versa, também, o significado do liberalismo como doutrina política, que não é estanque.
CONTRIBUIÇÕES À DISCUSSÃO SOBRE OS CONCEITOS DE FORÇA, VIGOR, VIOLÊN-CIA, PODER, E AUTORIDADE A PARTIR DE SOBRE A VIOLÊNCIA DE HANNAH ARENDT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONCEPTS OF FORCE, STRENGTH, VIOLENCE, POWER, AND AUTHORITY IN HANNAH ARENDT’S ON VIOLENCE
Authors: Araujo (UFRGS) Marcos Paulo Fernandes de
Published: December 2017

A proposta deste artigo é considerar a discussão promovida por Hannah Arendt aos conceitos de poder, força, vigor, violência e autoridade no seu opúsculo Sobre a violên-cia, e também em O que é autoridade?, a partir de uma perspectiva histórico-filosófica, avançando nela, a partir do confronto das concepções da autora com o cabedal metafísico proporcionado pelo aristotelismo tomista, aliado, ainda, a considerações de caráter histórico e sociológico hauridas no sociólogo Robert Nisbet, bem como outras de caráter filológico, buscadas em Émile Benveniste e Maxence Hecquard. O primeiro objetivo do artigo é apresentar as concepções da autora sobre os termos listados e analisar sua consistência, isto é, tanto sua coerência lógica, quanto sua consonância aos dados da vida humana em sociedade, ao menos no Ocidente. Verificada sua insuficiência, diante tanto da sua incoerência discursiva interna, quan-to da sua ausência de consonância com a realidade que pretende retratar, é apresen-tada uma crítica aos conceitos que a autora faz dos termos apresentados; falhos, por serem baseados numa metafísica de influência plantonista, que deixa de fora o influ-xo eficiente da causa final, tornando ininteligível a forma social em detrimento de uma mera união de forças. Propõe-se, então, uma reformulação deles assentada na metafísica e na antropologia tomista, que leva em conta tanto a ordem da participa-ção, quanto a da causalidade.
EDUCAÇÃO, DIMINUIÇÃO DE DESIGUALDADES E ACRÉSCIMO DE OPORTUNIDADES NA VISÃO DE MARTHA NUSSBAUM
EDUCATION, INEQUALITIES DECREASED AND OPPORTUNITIES INCREASED, IN THE VISION MARTHA NUSSBAUM
Authors: Pompeu (UNIFOR) Inês Mota Randal , Pompeu (UNIFOR) Gina Vidal Marcílio
Published: December 2017

Por meio deste artigo, tem-se como escopo analisar o acesso à educação como forma de atingir o desenvolvimento humano, bem como verificar a eficiência da atuação estatal. Percebe-se a potencialização da desigualdade social e da concentração de renda, assim pensa-se em meios capazes de amenizar tal quadro. Sob o viés deste trabalho, a educação é ferramenta essencial para qualificar e capacitar o indivíduo, tornando-o apto a se incluir no mercado de trabalho e, consequentemente, na sociedade. A educação apresenta-se para o indivíduo como porta de entrada na sociedade, pois tem o condão de proporcionar a diminuição nas desigualdades sociais. O crescimento econômico também é colocado em pauta, haja vista a preponderância da busca pelo lucro em detrimento do desenvolvimento humano. Outrossim, por meio de uma metodologia analítica, empírica e crítica, com fundamento central nos ensinamentos de Martha Nussbaum, pondera-se a importância de um modelo econômico compatível com a capacitação humana e inclusão social, bem como um processo educacional ativo, que vise à efetivação democrática.
A ESPECIAL TÉCNICA DE ESTRUTURAÇÃO DOS TIPOS DE DELITOS ECONÔMICOS
THE SPECIAL TECHNIQUE FOR STRUCTURING THE TYPES OF ECONOMIC CRIMES
Authors: Carneiro (Faculdade Damas) Andréa Walmsley Soares
Published: December 2017

O objetivo do presente estudo é compreender como se estruturam e classificam os delitos econômicos em razão de suas características peculiares, notadamente quanto aos bens jurídicos tutelados e a distinção entre os crimes em si e os crimes de mera proibição. As hipóteses foram analisadas em duas perspectivas: 1)  identificação das mudanças ocorridas no direito penal quanto ao conceito tradicional de crime, com a abertura de espaço para novas características do tipo penal; 2.) definição da influência dos conceitos de mal em si e mero reforço de proibição dos tipos penais e na diferenciação entre direito penal de justiça e direito penal secundário e na compreensão do direito penal econômico. Conclui pela necessidade de reanálise de conceitos tradicionais da teoria do delito em razão de novas exigências trazidas pelo direito penal econômico.
Integrated response of antioxidant biomarkers in the liver and white muscle of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) females from the Adriatic sea with respect to environmental influences
Authors: Pavlovic Sladjan , Borkovic-Mitic Slavica , Radovanovic Tijana , Gavrilovic Branka , Despotovic Svetlana , Gavric Jelena , Prokic Marko , Saicic Zorica
Published: December 2017

We investigated the integrated response of antioxidant defense enzymes (total superoxide dismutase (TotSOD), manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), copper-zinc-containing superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GR) and phase II biotransformation enzyme, glutathione- S-transferase (GST)) in the liver and white muscle of females of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) from the Adriatic Sea (Montenegro) in winter and spring. The activity of GSH-Px in the liver was significantly increased, while GST activity was decreased in spring compared to the winter. In white muscle, the activities of TotSOD and CuZnSOD were increased, while the activities of MnSOD, CAT, GSH-Px, GR and GST were decreased in spring when compared to the matching values in winter. The activities of TotSOD and CuZnSOD in winter were markedly lower in the muscle than in the liver, while the activity of MnSOD in the muscle was higher when compared to the liver. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed clear separation of the investigated antioxidant biomarkers between tissues and seasons, while the integrated biomarker response (IBR) showed that the most intensive antioxidant biomarker response was in the liver in spring. Star plots of IBR showed a dominant contribution of glutathione-dependent biomarkers (GSH-Px, GR and GST) and CAT in both tissues and seasons with respect to SOD isoenzymes. All enzyme activities (except MnSOD) were greater in the liver in comparison to the white muscle. Our results show that the liver possesses a greater capacity to establish and maintain homeostasis under changing environmental conditions in winter and spring. At the same time, seasonal effects are more pronounced in muscle tissue.
Mental capacity as a medicolegal prerequisite for consent or refusal of medical treatment
Authors: Ponjavic Zoran , Ciric Zoran
Published: December 2017

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Characteristics Associated With Decreased or Increased Mortality Risk From Glycemic Therapy Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and High Cardiovascular Risk: Machine Learning Analysis of the ACCORD Trial
Authors: Basu Sanjay , Raghavan Sridharan , Wexler Deborah J. , Berkowitz Seth A.
Published: December 2017

OBJECTIVE

Identifying patients who may experience decreased or increased mortality risk from intensive glycemic therapy for type 2 diabetes remains an important clinical challenge. We sought to identify characteristics of patients at high cardiovascular risk with decreased or increased mortality risk from glycemic therapy for type 2 diabetes using new methods to identify complex combinations of treatment effect modifiers.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

The machine learning method of gradient forest analysis was applied to understand the variation in all-cause mortality within the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial (N = 10,251), whose participants were 40–79 years old with type 2 diabetes, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥7.5% (58 mmol/mol), cardiovascular disease (CVD) or multiple CVD risk factors, and randomized to target HbA1c <6.0% (42 mmol/mol; intensive) or 7.0–7.9% (53–63 mmol/mol; standard). Covariates included demographics, BMI, hemoglobin glycosylation index (HGI; observed minus expected HbA1c derived from prerandomization fasting plasma glucose), other biomarkers, history, and medications.

RESULTS

The analysis identified four groups defined by age, BMI, and HGI with varied risk for mortality under intensive glycemic therapy. The lowest risk group (HGI <0.44, BMI <30 kg/m2, age <61 years) had an absolute mortality risk decrease of 2.3% attributable to intensive therapy (95% CI 0.2 to 4.5, P = 0.038; number needed to treat: 43), whereas the highest risk group (HGI ≥0.44) had an absolute mortality risk increase of 3.7% attributable to intensive therapy (95% CI 1.5 to 6.0; P < 0.001; number needed to harm: 27).

CONCLUSIONS

Age, BMI, and HGI may help individualize prediction of the benefit and harm from intensive glycemic therapy.
ASSESSMENT OF NUTRIENT LOAD AND EFFICIENCY OF THE RUSSIAN STURGEON FARMING IN BRACKISH WATER REGIME IN A CLOSED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Authors: Levina Olga Aleksandrovna , Metallov Gennadiy Fedorovich , Ponomarev Sergey Vladimirovich
Published: December 2017

Fry of Russian sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstadtii Brandt et Ratzeburg, 1833) was an object of research in the course of studying the influence of different concentration of water salinity onto the operation of a closed water supply unit and on the intensity of fish growth. Salt medium (3; 5; and 7‰) was made using sodium chloride solution, whose osmotic force corresponded to water salinity in the Northern Caspian - from 0 to 7‰. Temperature and oxygen condition changed within 20.0-22.0°C and 85.0-100.0% of saturation. Maximum fish growth was registered in salinity of 5 and 7‰, increase made 8.0-21.0%. The intensive growth rate proved that sturgeon breeding in brackish waters facilitated more efficient digestion of food components in the fish gastrointestinal tract. Blood indices corresponded to parameters specific for fishes in the natural habitat: haemoglobin - 30.0-45.0 g/l; cholesterol and crude protein - up to 3.5 mmol and 26.0 g/l. Level of lipids was high - 4.8-6.5 g/l, which is characteristic to fish fed with complete dry feed. Osmolality of fish blood serum was within 219.0 ± 2.41 - 239.0 ± 0.94 mmol/kg of H2O and corresponded to the parameters of sturgeons of different age groups in desalinated area in the Northern Caspian. However, increase of water temperature and salinity up to 7‰ affected operation of biological filter and raised the concentration of ammonium nitrogen in water, which lowered viability to 10.0%. Parameters of hydrochemical condition of a closed ecosystem were within normal values under salinity of aqueous medium up to 5‰, which should be taken as optimal for creating brackish regime in the closed water supply units of sturgeon breeding.
USING CRYOPRESERVED SPERM FOR CREATING STERLET BROOD STOCK
Authors: Ponomareva Elena Nikolaevna , Belaya Maria Mikhailovna , Krasilnikova Alexandra Andrianovna , Nevalennyy Alexander Nickolaevich
Published: December 2017

The research on the sterlet roe artificial insemination using cryopreserved sperm was carried out in the research base of the RAS Southern Scientific Centre (the Rostov region). Reproductive cells (including cryopreserved cells), larvae, sterlet fry ( Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758) were taken as an object of research. A half of the roe (1.7 kg) taken from female starlet was inseminated by native sperm (control group); another half was inseminated by defrosted sperm of two males, which was stored in liquid nitrogen at -196ºC during 3 years (pilot group). Incubation lasted 5 days at water temperature 14.5-18.2ºC, with daily fluctuations of temperature 1.9ºC. Roe insemination in the control group made 90%, in the pilot group - 70%. Roe embryonic growth in the control group was faster, but embryogenesis duration in the pilot group met the standard time limits. Hatching prolarvae in the control group started one hour earlier, than in the pilot group; it made 75% and 60% of all incubated roe, correspondingly. Waste during the period of larvae maturing before they pass to mixed feeding was negligible - 2% in the control group and 3.4% in the pilot group. According to the test results, "open field" of reactivity of the central nervous system in the pilot group fry didn’t change from the control group fry, but more active response to stimuli was noted in the pilot group, which is very important for fry adaptation to the conditions in natural water basins. It was established that sterlet offspring obtained with use of defrosted sexual cells does not differ from the offspring obtained using native sperm and has higher morphometric characteristics. The test results prove the possibility and practicability of using sexual cells stored in liquid nitrogen for artificial restoration and formation of sturgeon fish broodstocks.
HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL ESTIMATION OF SOME INTERNAL ORGANS OF RAINBOW TROUT ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS (WALBAUM, 1792) CULTIVATED ON EXPERIMENTAL FEED
Authors: Adyrbekova Kamila Bolatovna , Assylbekova Saule Zhangirovna , Kobegenova Saidina Serikbaevna , Isbekov Kuanysh Baibulatovich , Koyshibaeva Saya Kashkinbayevna
Published: December 2017

The article presents histological characteristics of gastrointestinal tract, liver and muscles of the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) juveniles (5 specimens, control group) and yearlings (2 pilot groups, 15 specimens in each group) in the basins of "Chilik pond farm, LLP" (the Almaty region, Kazakhstan) fed with imported Denmark feed "Aller Aqua" and the feed produced by the local company "Kazkorm" (without immunomodulatory probiotic drugs and with immunomodulatory probiotic drug "Biocons", concentration 0.5%). The experiment was devided into 2 series; the first series lasted 45 days (yearlings, 15 specimens), the second series lasted 75 days (yearlings, 15 specimens). The total duration of the experiment made 75 days. In both series there were used 3 variants of feed: in the control group - "Aller Aqua", in pilot groups - feed without and with "Biocons" drug, concentration 0.5%. The histopathological analysis was conducted on termination of the first and second series. The histopathological changes were registered in all studies organs: the minimum changes were observed in the gastrointestinal tract; maximum changes were seen in the liver and somatic muscular system of fish that didn’t take probiotic drug. The intensity of pathological processes grew with duration of taking feeds without probiotic drugs. In the liver of fish there were noted such pathologies as fatty degeneration, enlargement of the liver vessels, cell contact disorders, degradation and necrosis of hepatocytes, violation of the microcirculatory in the form of stasis of blood in the sinusoids. All studied individuals fed with experimental feed were observed with significant pathological changes in the structure of somatic musculature. The size/weight characteristics of fish fed without probiotic drugs were inferior to those in fish using probiotic drugs. The histopathological analysis of indicators of gastro-intestinal tract, liver and muscle, as well as the size/weight characteristics after using feed with probiotic drug showed that the feed can be recommended for practical use, as the feed is the most balanced and nutritious.
MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE STURGEON REARED IN HATCHERIES OF THE ASTRAKHAN REGION
Authors: Aseinov Dmitriy Dmitrievich , Raspopov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich , Sergeyeva Yulia Valerievna
Published: December 2017

The article focuses on the study of changeability of morphological and physiological characteristics of 850 specimens of beluga ( Huso huso ) and sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstaedtii ) juveniles obtained at the Ikryaninskiy and Bertyulskiy sturgeon hatcheries in the Astrakhan region. There was determined weight of the body, heart, liver and spleen, as well as the relative mass of these organs - cardiosomatic, hepatosomatic indices and index of a spleen. Sturgeon juveniles were studied within 47-127 days, beluga juveniles within 40-116 days. Certain tendency was noted: cardiosomatic index decreased with aging in both sturgeon and beluga, i.e. the relative weight of the heart in ontogenesis changes inversely to the body weight, which corresponds to literature data. Comparison of the dynamics of the liver relative weight in sturgeon and beluga juveniles showed that it coincides at two segments: maximum raise to 50-60ths day from the birth and a gradual decrease in older juveniles. The value of spleen index in juveniles of both types rose with aging. It was found in the course of the study that the size of internal organs could change, getting smaller under unfavorable factors, in particular, when juveniles suffer from the lack of feeds. In such circumstances the dynamics of developing main internal organs drastically slows down, which reflects on physiological adequacy (quality) of juveniles. Thus, morphological and physiological indicators characterizing the degree of the vitals development can be used not only for characterizing species differences of the investigated group of fish at all stages of ontogenesis, but as important factor for assessing conditions of Russian sturgeons juvenile breeding and the degree of morphological and physiological maturity of the juveniles before releasing into the natural water body.
ACCURACY ANALYSIS OF THE MODEL EXPERIMENTS ON DIPPING PURSE SEINE MODELS AT SIDE STREAM
Authors: Makarov Vyacheslav Valerievich , Nedostup Alexander Alekseevich
Published: December 2017

The research aim is to analyze accuracy of the experimental data obtained during the experiments in the hydraulic channel of "MariNPO", LLC (Kaliningrad) in 2014. During the experiments, three purse seine models were immersed under different loading of a leadline (0 kg, 0.248 kg, 0.338 kg) and different speed of the current (0.2 m/s, 0.3 m/s, 0.4 m/s). Seven experiments were carried out for each model (0 kg and 0.2 m/s; 0.248 kg and 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 m/s; 0.338 kg and 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 m/s). To confirm reliability of the data there was carried out the analysis of the total error which included: instrumental error, cargo error, measurement error of the net the models were made of, inaccuracy of immersion, displacement of the seine along OY axis, approximation error. To approximate the pilot data there was chosen the method of ordinary least squares. Approximation was conducted with a straight line (linear regression), polynomial n (polynomial regression), and a combination of arbitrary functions. The least error (6.82%) was obtained in the experiment 0 kg and 0.3 m/s, maximum (14.76%) - in the experiment 0.338 kg and 0.2 m/s. When the error doesn’t exceed 15%, subject to the adequate precision of measurement, the results of the experiments should be considered satisfactory.