bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Estimating health care costs for advanced metastatic bladder cancer patients who are lost to follow-up: Applications of the Kaplan-Meier sampling average (KMSA).
Authors: Yue Binglin , Lankford Maria L. , Landsman-Blumberg Pamela
Published: April 2017

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Background: There is an increasing need to evaluate the quality and cost of care within oncology. Estimating health care costs for patients who are lost to follow-up or censored often results in underestimating costs, biasing comparative assessments. This study compared traditional costing approaches with that of KMSA methods for patients treated for metastatic bladder cancer. Methods: Advanced metastatic bladder cancer patients receiving second line chemotherapy were identified from the Truven Health MarketScan Claims Databases (04/2011 to 09/2014). All-cause health care costs represent the total dollars paid to all providers of care regardless of diagnosis and were inflated to 2014 USD. Total, medical, pharmacy, and site-of-care costs from treatment initiation to death, end-of-enrollment, or end-of-study period were compared using the KMSA and traditional methods. In KMSA, the follow-up period is divided into small uniform intervals; total cost in each interval is then multiplied by the individual patient’s survival probability at the beginning of each interval and then summed across the intervals. Results: The censoring rate of patients’ follow-up was 49%. The mean per patient total health care captured by traditional method was only 72% of the total cost estimated by KMSA method or $32,930 less per patient. Overall, underestimates ranged from 28% to 41% with pharmacy, ER, and lab service costs underestimated the largest when using the traditional method. Conclusions: The KMSA produced estimates more reflective of actual patient-level health care costs in this claims-based observational cancer study compared to traditional methods by accounting for the effect of censoring. Researchers should consider KMSA when evaluating and comparing costs of care in the presence of variable follow-up.[Table: see text]
Team sugar: Blood glucose screening in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients during induction.
Authors: Shapiro Mary C. , Ishola Titilope Adenike , Aguayo-Hiraldo Paibel Ixia , Landi Daniel , Reddy Kiranmye , Okcu Mehmet Fatih , Brackett Julienne
Published: April 2017

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Background: Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) protocols currently include steroids during induction therapy, which may lead to hyperglycemia. Published pediatric and adult leukemia data demonstrate increased rates of infection and mortality associated with hyperglycemia. Presently, there are no accepted recommendations for how to track blood glucose (BG) levels, so hyperglycemia may go undetected. A random review of 20 patients diagnosed with ALL during a 4-month period in 2014 at Texas Children’s Cancer Center (TXCCC) demonstrated that only 40% had BG checked throughout induction. The SMART aim of this quality improvement project was to increase BG screening rates to > 95% during first week of treatment and induction days 8, 15, 22 and 29 for patients with newly diagnosed ALL at TXCCC in a 15-month period. Methods: PDSA cycle 1 involved sticker reminders on treatment roadmaps by days that required a BG check. PDSA cycle 2 entailed reminder flyers in patient care areas and no further roadmap stickers. Primary outcome measure was the percentage of successful occurrences for BG checks on days 8, 15, 22, 29. Secondary outcome measure was the percentage of patients who needed insulin therapy. Results: TXCCC had 97 new ALL patients during March 2015 to May 2016. Providers obtained 333 of 372 possible BG checks (90%) on days 8, 15, 22, 29. Thirty-nine percent of patients developed hyperglycemia ≥ 200 mg/dL. Eighteen percent patients required insulin therapy. Eighty-nine percent of patients had their peak blood glucose by day 8, and 82% of patients who required insulin were started on insulin prior to day 8. Conclusions: We improved hyperglycemia screening rates for TXCCC ALL patients in induction from 40% to 90% by implementing reminder processes for providers. The roadmap stickers were replaced with reminder flyers for sustainability. Because the peak BG was reached by 89% of patients by day 8 of therapy, our efforts are now being directed at improving screening and interventions prior to day 8. Our goal is to standardize BG screening and hyperglycemia intervention algorithms to decrease both the time-to-initiation for insulin and readmission rate for symptomatic hyperglycemia for ALL patients at TXCCC.
Use of patient-reported outcome measures in Quality Oncology Practice Initiative registered practices: Results of a national survey.
Authors: Zhang Biqi , Lloyd Whitney , Jahanzeb Mohammad , Hassett Michael J.
Published: April 2017

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Background: Measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROs) improves the experience of care and reduces the burden of disease for cancer patients. Professional societies, including ASCO, encourage the collection of PROs, but little is known about how many practices collect PROs and, if so, which PROs are measured and what challenges are met in implementation. Methods: We surveyed Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) registered practices to understand the current state of PROs use and identify areas where greater support for PROs implementation may be needed. One respondent from each practice was invited to complete an online survey that assessed views regarding PROs and challenges with implementation. Non-users were asked about their interest in and barriers to future collection of PROs. Results: Of 233 practices that viewed the request to participate, 109 completed the survey (47%). Most responding practices (73%) currently collect PROs. Of these, 79% are affiliated with hospitals/medical centers, 50% have > 10 advanced practice providers, and 94% use electronic health records. PROs users see a higher volume of patients per week than non-users (p < 0.01). QOPI-registered practices collect a wide variety of PROs, including validated and home-grown questionnaires. The most commonly measured PROs are distress (78%), symptom assessment (76%), and experience/satisfaction (70%). The most frequently reported implementation challenges were the same for users and non-users: patient unwillingness to complete questionnaires (34%) and insufficient staff to support collection (29%). Despite only moderate perceived patient willingness to answer PROs (2.67/5), 79% of all practices believe collecting PROs is a high priority. Conclusions: While many QOPI practices have implemented PROs, substantial barriers to implementation are apparent and may be limiting more wide-spread adoption. Efforts to identify which PROs most improve care quality are sorely needed. Sharing best practices on improving patient/provider buy-in and enabling efficient integration of PROs into clinic workflow may also facilitate adoption and maximize the utility of PROs for oncology practices.
Bell’s Palsy
Authors: Reich Stephen G.
Published: April 2017

Purpose of Review:Bell’s palsy is a common outpatient problem, and while the diagnosis is usually straightforward, a number of diagnostic pitfalls can occur, and a lengthy differential diagnosis exists. Recognition and management of Bell’s palsy relies on knowledge of the anatomy and function of the various motor and nonmotor components of the facial nerve. Avoiding diagnostic pitfalls relies on recognizing red flags or features atypical for Bell’s palsy, suggesting an alternative cause of peripheral facial palsy.

Recent Findings:The first American Academy of Neurology (AAN) evidence-based review on the treatment of Bell’s palsy in 2001 concluded that corticosteroids were probably effective and that the antiviral acyclovir was possibly effective in increasing the likelihood of a complete recovery from Bell’s palsy. Subsequent studies led to a revision of these recommendations in the 2012 evidence-based review, concluding that corticosteroids, when used shortly after the onset of Bell’s palsy, were “highly likely” to increase the probability of recovery of facial weakness and should be offered; the addition of an antiviral to steroids may increase the likelihood of recovery but, if so, only by a very modest effect.

Summary:Bell’s palsy is characterized by the spontaneous acute onset of unilateral peripheral facial paresis or palsy in isolation, meaning that no features from the history, neurologic examination, or head and neck examination suggest a specific or alternative cause. In this setting, no further testing is necessary. Even without treatment, the outcome of Bell’s palsy is favorable, but treatment with corticosteroids significantly increases the likelihood of improvement.
Moving to a Job: The Role of Home Equity, Debt, and Access to Credit
Authors: Demyanyk Yuliya , Hryshko Dmytro , Luengo-Prado María Jose , Sørensen Bent E.
Published: April 2017

We use individual-level credit reports merged with loan-level mortgage data to estimate how home equity interacted with mobility in relatively weak and strong labor markets in the United States during the Great Recession. We construct a dynamic model of housing, consumption, employment, and relocation, which provides a structural interpretation of our empirical results and allows us to explore the role that foreclosure played in labor mobility. We find that negative home equity is not a significant barrier to job-related mobility because the benefits of accepting an out-of-area job outweigh the costs of moving. This pattern holds even if homeowners are not able to default on their mortgages. (JEL D14, G01, J61, R23, R31)
Patent Citations—An Analysis of Quality Differences and Citing Practices in Hybrid Corn
Authors: Moser Petra , Ohmstedt Joerg , Rhode Paul W.
Published: April 2017

A growing empirical literature uses patent citations as a quality-adjusted measure for innovation, despite concerns about the validity of this measure. This paper links patents with objective measures of improvements in the quality of patented inventions—measured through performance in field trials for hybrid corn—to examine three potential factors that influence citations: (1) improvements in performance, (2) citing practices of patent attorneys, and (3) citing practices of patent examiners. This analysis reveals that citations are robustly correlated with performance, which confirms that citations are a useful quality-adjusted measure for innovation. The citing practices of patent attorneys and examiners, however, also influence citations. Patent attorneys cite early patents, which help establish the patentability of an invention; this practice may inflate citation counts for early patents, particularly for inventions that have only recently become patentable. Attorneys also add self-citations; our analysis indicates that self-citations are an indicator of follow-on invention. By comparison, examiner-added citations are typically unrelated to improvements in performance or follow-on invention.

Data and the online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2688 .

This paper was accepted by Lee Fleming, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Cost-of-illness studies in chronic ulcers: a systematic review
Authors: Chan B. , Cadarette S. , Wodchis W. , Wong J. , Mittmann N. , Krahn M.
Published: April 2017

Objective:

To systematically review the published academic literature on the cost of chronic ulcers.

Methods:

A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Econlit and CINAHL up to 12 May 2016 to identify potential studies for review. Cost search terms were based on validated algorithms. Clinical search terms were based on recent Cochrane reviews of interventions for chronic ulcers. Titles and abstracts were screened by two reviewers to determine eligibility for full text review. Study characteristics were summarised. The quality of reporting was evaluated using a modified cost-of-illness checklist. Mean costs were adjusted and inflated to 2015 $US and presented for different durations and perspectives.

Results:

Of 2267 studies identified, 36 were eligible and included in the systematic review. Most studies presented results from the health-care public payer or hospital perspective. Many studies included hospital costs in the analysis and only reported total costs without presenting condition-specific attributable costs. The mean cost of chronic ulcers ranged from $1000 per year for patient out of pocket costs to $30,000 per episode from the health-care public payer perspective. Mean one year cost from a health-care public payer perspective was $44,200 for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), $15,400 for pressure ulcer (PU) and $11,000 for leg ulcer (LU).

Conclusions:

There was large variability in study methods, perspectives, cost components and jurisdictions, making interpretation of costs difficult. Nevertheless, it appears that the cost for the treatment of chronic ulcers is substantial and greater attention needs to be made for preventive measures.
Towards flow: Cross-stitching poetry
Authors: Rissanen Timo
Published: April 2017

This portrait describes the author’s recent transition from fashion design to hand embroidery, in particular poetry cross-stitched by hand. The transition is underpinned by the author’s background in sustainability in fashion and textiles, and it is partly driven as a response to recent political developments in the United States. Craft becomes a potent site for political activism in the form of cross-stitched poetry. Poetry allows an economy of words difficult to achieve through other modes of writing, and it complements the author’s conventional academic writing. The cross-stitch poetry methods comprise both digital and manual spaces; digital tools are crucial to the author’s process of hand embroidery. The slow pace of hand stitching affords meditation on each letter and word, as a counterpoint to the urgency of most written communication today. This pace is an access to ‘nature’s time’, as an alternative to a pace of working primarily based on efficiency or productivity. Colonization, as a white person in Native spaces and as a male in traditionally female spaces, is in constant negotiation in the author’s work; as a white male it is easy, even automatic, to be the dominator, the colonizer. Nonetheless the author sees cross-stitch as a potent medium for taking a stand on injustice.
The absent shadow: Reflections on the incidence of menswear in recent fashion exhibitions
Authors: Horsley Jeffrey
Published: April 2017

This article examines the incidence of menswear in fashion exhibitions, staged worldwide, over the past 45 years. Drawing on two related sets of data I delineate statistical and thematic tendencies relating to the exhibition of menswear and, through examination of a sample of exhibitions visited, I reflect on the inclusion of menswear in fashion exhibitions in relation to a defined typology of fashion exhibitions. Subsequently, I discuss in detail the presence and presentation of menswear in one particular fashion exhibition type – the designer monograph. The article is completed with analysis of Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715–2015, a recent major exhibition dedicated to menswear.
Fancy dress: The uniform, the prime minister and the Empire
Authors: Pfennigwerth Stephanie
Published: April 2017

In 2013 the Museum of Australian Democracy acquired a bicorn hat and a tattered, stained coatee: the last surviving components of the first-class civil uniform of Australia’s first prime minister, Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920). Sir Edmund was a Privy Councillor and wore this uniform at the Coronation of Edward VII in London in 1902. He also wore it at a number of other events including an investiture ceremony which, The Australasian reported, ‘was like a fancy-dress ball, in which the men were the chief figures’. This article discusses the process and deliberations surrounding the preparation of Sir Edmund’s uniform and its narrative for exhibition. It documents how historical and conservation research into the provenance and materiality of the uniform created the basis for an examination of Imperial dress protocols and practises, and Australia’s ties to the British Empire. The article will also discuss how the uniform – unravelled, deconstructed, stabilized and reassembled – provided intimate evidence of under-explored aspects of Sir Edmund’s personality, activities and contribution to Australian social and political history.
Social change and teaching and learning citizenship education: An empirical study of three schools in Guangzhou, China
Authors: Law Wing-Wah , Xu Shuqin
Published: April 2017

Since the 1980s, China has increased its openness to the world and made tremendous domestic economic and social changes. This study investigates the relationship between social change and pedagogies in citizenship education (CE) and to what extent indoctrination is prevalent in CE in schools in Guangzhou, China. Data were drawn mainly from documents, student questionnaires, observed CE lessons, and interviews with students and CE teachers. Findings revealed the coexistence of various CE pedagogies (e.g., inculcation; values clarification; inquiry-based); perceived open and free classrooms in which students expressed and respected diverse views; rote learning for examination, not political, purposes; and teachers’ tension between reluctantly teaching politically sensitive topics and promoting multiple perspectives to foster critical thinking. These findings may reflect the complex interplay among different actors in the reselection of CE elements and pedagogies, in response to China’s gradual, post-1980s social transition to a less restrictive, more accommodating society.
Reviews
Authors: Brown Holly Cade , Yeates Robert , Kennedy Brian
Published: April 2017

ECOSICKNESS IN CONTEMPORARY U.S FICTION: ENVIRONMENT AND AFFECT, HEATHER HOUSER (2014) New York: Columbia University Press, pp. ix + 309, ISBN: 978023116514, h/bk, $65.00, ISBN: 9780231165150, p/bk, $30.00

STRANGER THINGS, MATT DUFFER, ROSS DUFFER AND SHAWN LEVY (2016) USA: Netflix

RETHINKING THE NEW DEAL

FEAR ITSELF: THE NEW DEAL AND THE ORIGINS OF OUR TIME, IRA KATZNELSON (2013) New York: Liveright, 720 pp., ISBN-13: 9780871404503, h/bk, £22.00, ISBN-13: 9780871407382, p/bk, £13.99

THE GREAT EXCEPTION: THE NEW DEAL & THE LIMITS OF AMERICAN POLITICS, JEFFERSON COWIE (2016) Princeton, New Jersey and Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, 273 pp., ISBN-13: 9780691143804, h/bk, £19.95, ISBN-13: 9780691175737, p/bk, £14.95

THE NEW DEAL: A GLOBAL HISTORY, KIRAN KLAUS PATEL (2016) Princeton, New Jersey and Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, 435 pp., ISBN-13: 9780691149127, h/bk, £24.95, ISBN-13: 9780691176154, p/bk, £19.95
Plural Diplomacies Between Indian Termination and the Cold War: Contemporary American Indian Paintings in the ‘Near East’, 1964–66
Authors: Horton Jessica L.
Published: April 2017

From 1964 to 1966, the United States Information Agency toured an exhibition of modern artworks titled Contemporary American Indian Paintings to Greece, Turkey, Iran, Algeria and Israel. Among other exhibitions of Native American art sent abroad during the Cold War, the paintings were intended to counter Soviet critiques of US colonization with a message of benevolent modernization, while deflecting international attention away from Indigenous decolonization struggles. This article positions the tour between federal Indian termination policy and Cold War propaganda, considering how Contemporary American Indian Paintings quietly slipped Native American diplomatic concerns into a global arena shaped by imperialism.
The Art of Soft Power at Expo 67: Creative America and Cultural Diplomacy in the US Pavilion
Authors: McKercher Asa
Published: April 2017

At Expo 67 in Montreal, the US government sought to counter negative world opinion by sponsoring a public diplomacy display that emphasized American culture. While US technological achievements were championed in a space exhibit, the bulk of the Creative America exhibition celebrated American popular culture, a break from the typical focus of such displays upon economic and military power. Not only did Creative America celebrate Hollywood, folk art and pop music, it also offered a subtle critique of American mass culture, a particular point of emphasis in the pop art featured in American Painting Now. This embrace of pop art marked a shift in US government cultural diplomacy away from abstract expressionism, an art form supported for its embrace of freedom. In highlighting pop art, American cultural diplomacy emphasized freedom of expression in a different way: the freedom to criticize one’s own society.
Gypsy, June, and the lawyers: Legal negotiation as collaboration
Authors: Pribyl Ashley M.
Published: April 2017

Using the 1959 musical Gypsy as a case study, this article attempts to broaden the current understanding of collaboration to include non-creative actors. Drawing on a variety of archival sources including legal documents, date books, and private letters, the study reveals the extent that Gypsy Rose Lee’s sister June Havoc intervened during the creation of the show and the resultant strife between the creative and management/legal teams. These documents reveal the important role producers and lawyers play in the creative process and why, from Havoc’s perspective, legal action was the only recourse available to influence the content of a show being made by men she perceived as indifferent to her own story.
Flesh-coloured tights in space: Intersections of spectacular corporeality and visuality in The Seven Sisters
Authors: Singer Elyse
Published: April 2017

This article examines the intersections between female performing bodies and stage spectacle in The Seven Sisters, Laura Keene’s 1860 musical extravaganza. In its consideration of patriotic tableaux, precision dance numbers, and the grand transformation scene, the essay suggests relationships between visuality, corporeality and aesthetics at a significant turning point in the development of American popular culture that overlapped with the Civil War. The article argues that contemporary media theories may provide a lens for looking at different historical body-to-spatial models featuring nascent American chorus girls, and locates moments of affect and subjectivity on the part of the performers.
Celebrating heteroglossic hybridity: Ready-to-assemble Broadway-style musicals in South Korea
Authors: Kim Hyewon
Published: April 2017

British and American musical theatre has made a major contribution to the globalization of musical theatre at large, and the way in which it has been remounted and circulated in international productions has recently caught the attention of scholars. This has been particularly the case when ready-to-assemble replica Broadway-style productions have been remounted. In these productions, shows have been duplicated, from stage props and blocking to the intonation of lines, rather than having their material adapted by taking into consideration the different cultures, historical contexts and audiences. The only two elements in international remountings that are not duplicated are the performers and language; accordingly, translation of the source language into the local language becomes the cardinal factor in local audience reception. This article investigates Korean remountings of the West-End-originated, Broadway-style The Phantom of the Opera (2001), using this as a case study to illuminate a larger and multivocal debate on the remounting of international productions of Broadway-style musicals. It is my attempt to further strengthen Bruce Kirle’s emphasis on the incompleteness of theatrical texts by expanding Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories on heteroglossia and creative understanding to musical theatre, in order to argue that these two concepts serve as powerful indicators of the translation of international Broadway-style musical remountings.
Performance Reviews
Authors: Holley Rebecca , Thierens Sanne
Published: April 2017

BRIGHT STAR, BOOK BY STEVE MARTIN, LYRICS BY EDIE BRICKELL, MUSIC BY EDIE BRICKELL AND STEVE MARTIN, DIRECTED BY WALTER BOBBIE Cort Theatre, New York, 31 March 2016

FUNNY GIRL, BOOK BY ISOBEL LENNART, MUSIC BY JULE STYNE, LYRICS BY BOB MERRILL, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MAYER Savoy Theatre, London, July 2016
Exploring the elusive shape of service outcomes: Reflections on evaluating academic language and learning support services
Authors: Gao Xiaodan , Reid Kirsten
Published: April 2017

Student Learning Te Taiako at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) provides academic learning support for tertiary students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As part of good practice and for the purpose of continual improvement of service quality, service and programme evaluations are regularly conducted. These evaluations include the end of year Student Learning Survey and bi-annual peer observations and tend to focus on student satisfaction and/or perceptions of the services and programmes offered. More recently, in response to the New Zealand government’s call for tertiary education institutions (TEIs) to report on their services and the outcomes of these services, Student Learning has been looking at ways in which evaluations can be carried out over and above student numbers and satisfaction. The purpose of this article is to reflect on and redefine evaluations at Student Learning Te Taiako. The article argues that, instead of chasing evidence to show direct contribution to student outcomes, a more structured approach to evaluation should be taken and a comprehensive set of evidence/data provided to demonstrate the contribution of academic learning advising to the overall student learning experience.
A flowing culture: Images of early Gujarati Indian-Islamic migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: Patel Rafik
Published: April 2017

Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990) sets up an imaginative tale of a father and son’s journey in search of happiness. In this fictional reality the ocean is filled with a sea of stories that manifest the hope of a new beginning. This story also takes the reader on a whimsical journey that is non-linear. It sways back and forth like the currents of the ocean, and its allegory transcends the ocean as a vessel that contains important narratives and knowledge, and as a spatial medium to cross borders and boundaries. Considering this allegory, this article presents an auto-ethnography in relation to migration of the first Gujarati Indian families to arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the early 1900s. It discusses how these families integrated and began to construct and grow a new community within. Thus, this article attempts to uncover stories and a history of migration of the author’s own family that flowed from South Asia to the Pacific, transferring a rich culture of Indian-Muslim faith, practice and architecture.
CURRENT STATUS AND PROBLEMS OF THE CATCH STATISTICS ON ANGUILLID EEL FISHERY IN INDONESIA
Authors: Honda Satoshi , Muthmainnah Dina , Suryati Ni Komang , Oktaviani Dian , Siriraksophon Somboon , Amornpiyakrit Taweekiet , Prisantoso Budi Iskandar
Published: April 2017

To compensate the decline of the populations of temperate anguillid eels, tropical anguillid eels become getting attention of East Asian eel market in recent years. Many eel farms have been established in Java Island to culture tropical anguillid eels intending to export the products to East Asia. Since eel farming is reliant on wild-caught anguillid eels such as glass eels, elvers and yellow eels, these eel seeds have been captured in various places in Indonesia. However, it is still unknown that how much of tropical anguillid eels are caught as seeds for eel farming. This study showed two different patterns of the commodity chains of eel seeds from both Sukabumi Regency and Bengkulu Province to the eel farms in Java Island. Official catch statistics on anguillid eels found in both Sukabumi Regency and Bengkulu Province were also analyzed on their features and problems underlied. Considering the sustainable use of anguillid eel resources and critical stances on exploitation of eel seeds from all over the world, the Indonesian government should take an immediate action for developing the national catch statistics on anguillid eel fishery as soon as possible.
INSTITUTOS FEDERAIS DE EDUCAÇÃO, CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA COMO LÓCUS DE FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES DA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA NO CONTEXTO DA OFERTA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO STRICTO SENSU
Authors: Messias Alves Carina Gomes , Del Pino José Claudio , Silva Vidiane Casimiro da , Alves Eduardo Josimar das Neves
Published: April 2017

O presente artigo tem como objetivo central analisar a atuação dos Institutos Federais de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia - IFs como lócus de formação de professores no contexto da oferta de cursos de pós-graduação stricto sensu. Foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica e documental buscando analisar as concepções de formação de professores para os IFs. A partir dessas informações, utilizou-se a metodologia de natureza quantitativa, por meio da análise dos dados dos cursos de pós-graduação stricto sensu na área de Ensino ofertados pelos IFs, visando verificar se a concepção de formação de professores nesses Institutos reflete também na oferta de cursos de pós-graduação. Verificou-se que os Institutos Federais estão atuando na formação continuada de professores no contexto da oferta de pós-graduação stricto sensu, visto que maior parte dos cursos pertence à área de Ensino e 6 dos 7 cursos pesquisados, tem entre seus objetivos a formação docente para educação básica. 92% dos titulados possuem cursos de licenciatura e 85% atuam na docência.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO HIDROGEOLÓGICA E HIDROQUÍMICA DO SISTEMA AQUÍFERO BAURU NO MUNICÍPIO DE BASTOS (SP)
Authors: Tavares Tatiana , Varnier Cláudia , Bevilacqua Renato , Correa Nádia , Faccini Luiz Gustavo , Maciel de Carvalho Ana , Albuquerque Filho Jose Luiz , Akie Iritani Mara , Oda Geraldo , Martin Rodrigues Ferreira Luciana , Prandi Emílio , Modaelli Suraya
Published: April 2017

A avicultura, principal atividade econômica do município de Bastos, é responsável pela produção de grandes volumes de resíduos que, dispostos de forma inadequada, podem constituir em fonte potencial de contaminação das águas subterrâneas do Sistema Aquífero Bauru (SAB), principal fonte de abastecimento público no local. Nesse contexto, o IPT está desenvolvendo um projeto com outras instituições no município, buscando definir alterações de qualidade no SAB e definir as fontes antrópicas responsáveis. Uma parte do trabalho está apresentada nesse artigo que objetiva apresentar a caracterização hidrogeológica e hidroquímica do SAB no município de Bastos. Para tanto, foi feita uma revisão bibliográfica de estudos no local e levantamento de mapas temáticos, levantamento geofísico, cadastramento de poços outorgados, coleta de amostras de água subterrânea para análises físicoquímicas e, consolidação e interpretação dos dados. Como resultado, caracterizou-se a geometria do SAB no município, bem como suas características hidrodinâmicas. E através da hidroquímica, classificou-se a composição natural de suas águas, bem como se identificou um grupo de águas com evidente alteração de qualidade.
ANÁLISE COMPARATIVA DE ÍNDICES DE QUALIDADE DA ÁGUA SUBTERRÂNEA
Authors: Nobre de Oliveira Clélia , De Morais Nascimento Sérgio Augusto , Palmeiras Campos Vânia
Published: April 2017

Esse Trabalho analisou alguns índices de qualidade de água (IQAs) e buscou distinguir suas características em função das condições de qualidade do ambiente aquático, interferências naturais e antrópicas, tipos de parâmetros utilizados, normas de referência, usos preponderantes da água e objetivos de aplicação. O IQA da Fundação Nacional de Saneamento, dos Estados Unidos, destaca-se pela sua ampla divulgação e por servir de base para a criação de outros IQAs. O IQA do Conselho Canadense de Ministros do Meio Ambiente, destaca-se pela grande variedade de parâmetros que podem ser inseridos, com os respectivos valores de referência existentes, independente do uso previsto para a água. O Índice de Qualidade Natural de Água SubterrâneaIQNAS, apresenta limitação quanto aos parâmetros usados. O IQA mais utilizado na França se diferencia dos demais ao trabalhar com dezessete grupos de alteração e agregar os parâmetros em função da atividade produtiva ou em função do uso da água. Verificam-se similaridades entre os índices quanto a parâmetros utilizados e que a criação de índices é função das necessidades de cada órgão gestor.
CONTAMINAÇÃO DAS ÁGUAS SUBTERRÂNEAS POR LIXÕES DESATIVADOS: AVALIAÇÃO DAANTIGA ÁREA DE DISPOSIÇÃO FINAL DE RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS DE ROLÂNDIA – PR
Authors: Monara Betio Monielen , Moreira dos Santos Maurício
Published: April 2017

A área pesquisada refere-se ao antigo lixão de Rolândia, antes de sua desativação, no ano de 2003, a área de estudo foi o destino final da coleta pública de resíduos sólidos do município durante décadas. Os resíduos eram depositados diretamente ao solo sem proteção, expondo a massa a ação direta da chuva e ao processo de decomposição. Dessa maneira, a infiltração do percolado através da zona não saturada do solo pode influenciar na contaminação de aquíferos, produzindo uma pluma cujo fluxo é a base dos rios. Tem-se como objetivo, avaliar os impactos ambientais causados pela massa aterrada de resíduos sólidos sobre a qualidade das águas subterrâneas, analisando, para esse fim, parâmetros hidroquímicos – potencial Hidrogeniônico (pH), Condutividade Elétrica (CE), turbidez, Nitrito (NO2 - ), Nitrato (NO3 - ) e Chumbo. Foram coletadas amostras de água em três poços de monitoramento (P1, P2 e P3), instalados entre o talude de massa aterrada e o ribeirão Vermelho, realizadas duas campanhas para coleta, sendo a primeira realizada em 04 de Outubro e a segunda, em 10 de Novembro de 2014. Os resultados das análises físicoquímicas comprovaram que a água subterrânea nos poços são impróprias para consumo humano, comparando aos padrões legislativos.
DIAGNÓSTICO HIDROGEOLÓGICO E DA QUALIDADE DAS ÁGUAS SUBTERRÂNEAS DA BACIA DO RIO GRANDE - BA
Authors: Sampaio da Costa Maíra , Alexandre Araújo Nogueira José , Augusto de Morais Nascimento Sérgio
Published: April 2017

O presente trabalho consiste no estudo hidrogeológico/hidrogeoquímico da bacia hidrográfica do rio Grande, que possui uma área aproximada de 75.000 km² e está inserido no médio São Francisco no Estado da Bahia. Esta bacia é a maior su-bacia do rio São Francisco e a segunda bacia em importância na formação das vazões do rio São Francisco. Portanto, a bacia do Rio Grande e seu potencial hidroenergético estão auxiliando no crescimento agrícola do oeste baiano. O objetivo deste trabalho foi obter uma análise hidrogeológica e da qualidade das águas subterrâneas através dos dados de 31(trinta e um) poços provindos do SIAGAS (CPRM). Os resultados obtidos com o auxílio do programa Qualigraf juntamente com os parâmetros propostos pela Portaria 2914/11 possibilitaram classificar e estabelecer a qualidade das águas subterrâneas e indicar a sua potabilidade para o consumo humano, indicando os melhores poços tubulares encontrados na região.
EFEITOS DA OXIDAÇÃO POR PERSULFATO NAS PROPRIEDADES DO LATOSSOLO VERMELHO
Authors: Gardenalli de Freitas Juliana , Aparecida Correia Furquim Sheila , Sousa Jennifer , Mota Godke Larissa
Published: April 2017

O persulfato é um oxidante de uso crescente na oxidação química in situ, no entanto, os impactos deste nas propriedades dos solos, e consequentemente no transporte de solutos e na eficiência da remediação, são pouco conhecidos. Neste sentido, buscou-se avaliar as alterações físicas em um solo tropical resultante da oxidação com persulfato. Para isso, foram realizados experimentos de transporte em sistemas unidimensionais utilizando uma coluna de Latossolo Vermelho indeformado em regime saturado. Foi realizada a injeção do brometo para a obtenção de parâmetros de transporte e da porosidade da coluna. A oxidação com persulfato de potássio (12 ± 1 g/L) foi realizada por 30 dias. Antes da oxidação, a injeção de brometo resultou em dispersividade longitudinal igual a 2,4311 ± 0,0022 cm e porosidade efetiva igual 41,99 ± 1,52 %. Na oxidação, foi observada queda abrupta do pH (3,0-3,5) e liberação de Al (III). A condutividade hidráulica aumentou consideravelmente, provavelmente devido à formação de caminhos preferenciais na coluna de solo. Verificou-se, assim, que a oxidação com persulfato resultou em alterações nas condições do solo (pH e Eh) e na dissolução de minerais, o que afeta a estrutura do solo, e como consequência, o transporte de solutos no mesmo.
GEOFÍSICA INTEGRADA A SENSORIAMENTO REMOTO NA CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE UM AQUÍFERO EM CAÇAPAVA DO SUL, RS
Authors: Machado Zago Marieli , Fries Maximilian , Aparecido da Costa Arruda Junio Ladislau , Melo Ilha Lenon
Published: April 2017

A escassez de água doce potável é uma problemática que a população mundial enfrenta, esse recurso é fundamental para o bem estar dos seres vivos e manutenção dos ecossistemas. O consumo de água potável aumenta ano a ano devido aos impactos ambientais causados pela superpopulação, atividades industriais e pelo mau uso dos recursos hídricos. Foi empregado o método geofísico eletromagnético integrado a dados de lineamentos e estruturas na região com o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar descontinuidades acumuladoras potenciais de água, em um aquífero fissurado no município de Caçapava do Sul, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. O uso da geofísica como método indireto auxiliar na prospecção de água subterrânea oferece uma alternativa quanto aos métodos tradicionais de mapeamento de superfície, muitas vezes limitados em decorrência da ausência de afloramentos ou camadas espessas de solo mascarando as fraturas e juntas. Esta proposta apresentou-se, para este estudo, ser uma metodologia de baixo custo e com resultados satisfatórios. Detectou-se a presença de altos anômalos de condutividade que possibilitaram a localização de diferentes níveis de saturação de água acumulada em fraturas ao longo dos perfis investigados. Fornece subsídios em estudos futuros de detalhamento e caracterização do aquífero e presença de áreas de recarga.
HIDROGEOLOGIA DA BACIA DE ONDINA, REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE SALVADOR-BA
Authors: De Queiroz Salles Lucas , Dos Santos Gonçalves Thiago , De Morais Nascimento Sérgio Augusto , Galeno Fraga de Araújo Pereira Ricardo , Bastos Leal Luiz Rogério , Ferreira Natividade doa Santos Fabiane
Published: April 2017

A bacia hidrográfica de Ondina está totalmente inserida na região metropolitana de Salvador-Ba. Limita-se a Oeste pela bacia Barra / Centenário, a Sul pelo Oceano Atlântico, a Norte e Leste pela Bacia do Lucaia. Esse trabalho objetiva caracterizar a hidrogeologia da região, a partir do estudo de: (i) índices de saturação; (ii) especiação química dos elementos dissolvidos em água; (iii) correlação de dados não paramétricos; e por fim (iv) classificação da água quanto a salinidade e segundo os diagramas Pipper e Stiff, a partir da coleta em campo de oito poços tubulares. Para a classificação das águas foi utilizado o software Qualigraf (2014) da Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos – FUNCENE, os cálculos de saturação mineral e especiação química foram elaborados com o suporte do PHREEQC – do USGS – Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos. O tratamento estatístico dos dados foi realizado com auxílio do software Excel 2013. As águas em estudo foram classificadas como mista cloretada (37,5%), cálcica cloretada (12,5%), sódica bicarbonatada (12,5%), sódica mista (12,5%) e mista mista (12,5%), onde os oxidos e hidróxidos de ferro apresentaram os maiores índices de saturação. A elevada heterogeneidade dos dados sugere que as águas em estudo pertencem a três fácies hidroquímicas com características fisico-quimicas distintas.
Aplicação do método phytoscreening para determinação de hidrocarbonetos clorados em área tropical - Brasil – SP
Authors: Ferraz Daniela , Polese Luciana , Pede Marco Aurelio Zequim , Chang Hung Kiang
Published: April 2017

Neste trabalho foram averiguadas a aplicabilidade e a eficácia do método phytoscreening na investigação e determinação de plumas de contaminação em uma área impactada por hidrocarbonetos clorados em ambiente tropical. Foram analisadas amostras de 106 árvores presentes em uma área contaminada localizada no município de Porto Feliz, SP, Brasil. Em laboratório, os troncos de árvore (tree cores) foram analisados utilizando-se um cromatógrafo gasoso acoplado a um espectrômetro de massas e amostrador headspace (HS-GC-MS). A partir desses dados foram confeccionados mapas da pluma de contaminação e da distribuição espacial dos diferentes contaminantes orgânicos encontrados – clorofórmio, trans-1,2-dicloroeteno; cis-1,2-dicloroeteno; tetracloreto de carbono; 1,2-dicloroetano; tricloroeteno; tetracloroeteno; 1,1,2-tricloroetano e 1,1,2,2-tetracloroetano. A aplicação de phytoscreening demonstrou ser um método rápido e de baixo custo para a detecção de áreas contaminadas por organoclorados em ambiente tropical; os resultados evidenciam sua aplicabilidade e eficácia na investigação preliminar de áreas impactadas por esse tipo de contaminante.
Moreno Carranco, M. (2015), Geografías en construcción: el megaproyecto de Santa Fe en la Ciudad de México, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, México, 280 pp., ISBN 978-607-28-0617-7
Authors: Córdoba Flores Consuelo
Published: April 2017

A principios de los años 1990 dio inicio un esfuerzo gubernamental para convertir a la Ciudad de México en una metrópolis global. Para ello se llevaron a cabo el megaproyecto de Santa Fe (el mayor proyecto de urbanismo transnacional en América Latina), junto con los de Centro Histórico, Alameda, Polanco y Xochimilco, como importantes áreas para la regeneración urbana de la ciudad y para atraer a inversionistas nacionales y extranjeros, en un intento por volver más competitiva a esta urbe.
Toward Optimum Fusion of Thermal Hyperspectral and Visible Images in Classification of Urban Area
Authors: Samadzadegan Farhad , Hasani Hadiseh , Reinartz Peter
Published: April 2017

Recently, classification of urban area based on multi-sensor fusion has been widely investigated. In this paper, the potential of using visible (VIS) and thermal infrared (TIR) hyperspectral images fusion for classification of urban
area is evaluated. For this purpose, comprehensive spatial-spectral feature space is generated which includes vegetation index, differential morphological profile (DMP), attribute profile (AP), texture, geostatistical features, structural
feature set (SFS) and local statistical descriptors from both datasets in addition to original datasets. Although Support Vector Machine (SVM) is an appropriate tool in the classification of high dimensional feature space, its performance
is significantly affected by its parameters and feature space. Cuckoo search (CS) optimization algorithm with mixed binary-continuous coding is proposed for feature selection and SVM parameter determination simultaneously. Moreover, the
significance of each selected feature category in the classification of a specific object is verified. Accuracy assessment on two subsets shows that stacking of VIS and TIR bands can improve the classification performance to 87 percent
and 82 percent for two subsets, compare to VIS image (72 percent and 80 percent) and TIR image (50 percent and 56 percent). However, the optimum results obtained based on the proposed method which gains 94 percent and 92 percent. Furthermore,
results show that using TIR beside VIS image improves classification accuracy of roads and buildings in urban area.
Aplikasi Keliling Nusantara Edisi Sumatera Berbasis Android dan iOS
Authors: Apridianto Angga , Satoto Kodrat Iman , Windasari Ike Pertiwi
Published: April 2017

Diversity of art and culture in Indonesia should be preserved so as not to become extinct in the face of times so that it can be passed on to generations to come. Many of the people of Indonesia who forget about the culture to identity of the area because of several factors such as the people of indonesia more interested of the western culture than self culture, the region of Indonesia which large also cause people’s reluctance to learn because of constrained of time, distance and cost as well as limitations of the media information about the art and culture that currently can only be learned through pictures and visit the location of art and culture directly make the introduction of art and culture to people of indonesia not yet optimal. Therefore required a media so that people can learn more about the wealth of art and culture without having to visit directly into the location of the arts and cultures its. “Keliling Nusantara Edisi Sumatra” application that was built can be the way to preserve the national culture. The function of this application as a learning media for recognize the diversity of arts and cultures of Indonesia on the island of Sumatra. This application is built using Mobione Studio and running on Android and iOS devices. The application is made using the UCD (User Centered Design) which has been mapped to multimedia development methods by Luther from the stage specify the context of use and specify the users and organisational requirements are mapped into the concept, the stage produce design solutions are mapped into the design, production and collecting material as wellas the evaluate design againts the user requirements are mapped into the stage of testing and distribution. The results produced an application based on Android and iOS contains folks song and lyrics and sound, traditional dress, traditional homes, custom traditions, traditional weapons, traditional dance, tradition musical instrument, the symbol of the region, the anniversaries, the name of the capital city, location, area and amount of population and the flora and fauna typical area on the island of Sumatra. The application goes well on the Android operating system version 2.2-4.X and iOS version 5-7 correspond with the functionality, specification and design of desired.
Pengembangan Permainan Edukatif Ragam Budaya Nusantara Berbasis Android
Authors: Defrianto Dony , Kridalukmana Rinta , Windasari Ike Pertiwi
Published: April 2017

This research aims to develop a game software that can be used as an alternative means of learning media in Indonesian local culture for the community in the form of the game in the Android operating system. The methodology used in this study is the Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) sourced from Luther and has been modified by Sutopo, which consists of six stages, namely the concept, design, collection of material, manufacture, testing, and distribution. Testing applications that have been created using black-box method, which is carried out to check the functions contained in the application. The process of application testing is done by using a questionnaire. The testing is done objectively by asking ratings from users of the application. Therefore, the results of the study that were obtained using black-box method, indicates that the game is already working according to specifications needed to show test results for each application functions and buttons. And the results of the questionnaire data obtained by the average score of all ratings amounted to 84%. And it can be concluded that the applications made are well-qualified.