bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effect of court surfaces on physiological responses and game activities of recreational senior tennis players
Authors: Kilit Bulent , Arslan Ersan , Soylu Yusuf
Published: July 2024

Previous research has predominantly focused on the effects of different court surfaces on the performance responses of professional and young tennis players. However, studies concerning recreational senior tennis players are limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hard courts (HC) and clay courts (CC) surfaces on the game activities and physiological responses of recreational senior tennis players. Twenty-two recreational senior tennis players (44.2 ± 3.3 years) played two singles matches each, one on an HC and the other on CC, with heart rate responses and time-motion characteristics (TMC) monitored via portable GPS devices. Video recordings revealed variables including effective playing time (EPT), rally duration (DR), strokes per rally (SPR), and rest time between rallies (RT). The results show significant differences between the court surfaces: on CC, players exhibited a higher average heart rate (152.8 ± 20.3 beats per min vs. 143.7 ± 18.5 on HC, p<0.001), longer rally durations (12.4 ± 8.5 sec vs. 8.1 ± 7.8 on HC, p<0.001), and increased total distance covered (3027.9 ± 396 m vs. 2647.6 ± 378 on HC, p<0.001). Additionally, HC induced significantly faster rally speeds compared to CC (0.70 ± 0.25 shots/s vs. 0.59 ± 0.17 on CC, p<0.001). These results suggest that CC are associated with higher physiological responses and require more game activity from the players than HC. This study contributes to the understanding of how the court surface impacts middle-aged recreational players, indicating that training and preparation should be adapted to meet the unique demands of different court surfaces.
El resurgimiento del poder soberano frente a la pandemia
Authors: Chavarria Stuart Daniel
Published: July 2024

El presente artículo se concentra en analizar la forma en la que se ejerció el poder soberano de vida y de muerte en el marco de la pandemia por COVID-19 en Costa Rica en el 2020. El artículo intenta cuestionar el planteamiento Foucaultiano de que el poder soberano representa un poder atenuado, pues se puede observar, a través de las restricciones a la movilidad y la delegación de la decisión sobre la vida y la muerte en el poder médico, como el poder soberano continúa en los ordenamientos jurídicos modernos operando más allá de los límites del estado de excepción.
El lugar del arte: entre el cielo despoblado y la Cruz. (Una interpretación a partir de la Fenomenología del Espíritu)
Authors: Fallas Fernández Daniel
Published: July 2024

Este artículo se ocupa simultáneamente de una grieta histórica y una textual. La primera corresponde al momento que va desde la disolución del mundo griego hasta la instauración del mundo cristiano. La segunda al momento entre la «religión-arte» y la «religión manifiesta» en la Fenomenología del Espíritu (1807) de Hegel. Ambas grietas son pensadas en estrecho vínculo con el problema de la autonomía del arte; la cual, para darse, prefigura un lugar. Siguiendo a Jean-Luc Nancy, se concluye que ese lugar se corresponde con los periodos de inmanencia, los cuales son ante todo dos: la Antigüedad tardía y la Modernidad.
Filosofía de la existencia. Observaciones sobre Mi primer testamento de Constantino Láscaris
Authors: Hidalgo Yuliana
Published: July 2024

El trabajo rastrea el pensamiento existencial en Mi primer testamento (1956) de Constantino Láscaris, dislocando el artículo en una nueva estética literaria. Se consideran: la forma en cuanto testamento, la edad y el nombre como contenidos ontológicos y la mirada de los otros para la constitución del ser. Sostengo que esta creación literaria guarda afinidad con la expresabilidad de la vida, consiente su apertura a la razón y la conversión de su autor. La primera parte indaga algunas cuestiones propias de la metafísica en la pregunta por el ser, y la segunda, interpreta esta metafísica desde la creación literaria.
Formulas From a Given Truth Table
Authors: De Leon Urbina Mario
Published: July 2024

En  el Tractatus, Ludwig Wittgenstein presenta una teoría de la lógica y su naturaleza en los aforismos 4, 5 y 6. Especialmente del 4.31 al 5.101, son presentados tablas de verdad, tautología, contradicción, número de posibilidades de verdad dadas en proposiciones elementales, funciones de verdad, etc.. La idea a la base de este artículo es exponer estos conceptos desde un punto de vista matemático, con especial atención al resultado que nos dice que dada una tabla de verdad se puede construir la fórmula correspondiente.
Claudio Gutiérrez: en los albores de la inteligencia artificial
Authors: Carvajal Villaplana Álvaro
Published: July 2024

El artículo expone y revisa algunas de las ideas más destacadas en relación con la posibilidad de pensar de las máquinas computadoras u ordenadores, en discusión contra los argumentos presentados por Searle y Penrose. Se analiza el concepto de algoritmo y su importancia para la informática, la robótica y la IA. Luego, se expone su idea sobre la informática como «ciencia»; por último, se plantean los problemas sociales que genera la informática y la IA.
El principio de composicionalidad y los algoritmos de aprendizaje de máquina
Authors: Gallardo-Allen Eugenia , Molina-Delgado Mauricio
Published: July 2024

El presente artículo explora las consecuencias que las críticas de Fodor y Pylyshyn en 1988 hacia las representaciones conexionistas podrían tener con respecto a los desarrollos recientes del Aprendizaje de Máquina.  El cuestionamiento que estos autores realizan se suele denominar el reto de la sistematicidad.  En particular, se analizará aquí el llamado principio de composicionalidad, el cual establece que el significado de una oración se determina por el significado de sus partes, principio del que según los citados autores no se puede dar cuenta mediante representaciones distribuidas (subsimbólicas).  Para abordar el punto, se realiza una radiografía sobre el estado de la Ciencia Cognitiva y la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) a finales del siglo XX, en donde se emplea la distinción entre enfoques simbólicos y subsimbólicos; y se analiza el desarrollo de ambas disciplinas durante las primeras décadas del siglo XXI.  Se concluye que las herramientas estadísticas adoptadas por el campo del Aprendizaje de Máquina mantienen características que permiten dividir estas técnicas mediante la distinción simbólico/subsimbólico, de modo que los argumentos de Fodor y Pylyshyn pueden en principio aplicarse a dichas técnicas.  Las consecuencias de esto estarían emparentadas con el llamado problema de opacidad epistémica.
Predictors of university staff distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part I. Sociodemographic, occupational and pandemic factors
Authors: Hintze Beata , Woźniak-Prus Małgorzata , Gawrych Magdalena , Cudo Andrzej
Published: July 2024

Introduction and objective: To identify predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress within the sociodemographic, occupational, and COVID-19-related factors in the group of female and male university staff. Materials and methods: The study was conducted over six months (from March to August 2021) during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic among university staff using the Google platform. The semi-structured questionnaire used in the study included sociodemographic data, pandemic experiences, stressors from remote teaching, and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to measure mental health. Results: In the study, we questioned 1,015 university staff, including 68.3% women. The participants ranged from 22 to 82 years (M = 44.39 years, SD = 11.4). Significant differences were obtained between women and men regarding sociodemographic variables, concerns about COVID-19, and pandemic burdens. There was also a higher severity of anxiety assessed by the DASS-21 in women. Different models were obtained for the severity of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Conclusions: Women had higher anxiety levels than men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regardless of gender, mental health risk factors were chronic illness and younger age; protective factors – a higher level of education (academic degree) and being in a relationship (married or informal). For women, an additional protective factor was living in a small town and employing them as academic teachers. For men, a significant risk factor was the death of a familiar person due to COVID-19.
Testing with NIED
Authors: Ramoswaane Daniel
Published: July 2024

Testing with NIED
Association of TLR2 Arg753Gln gene polymorphism with its expression level in nonagenarians with frailty
Authors: Lukyanova S. O. , Artemieva O. V. , Nasaeva E. D. , Gankovskaya L. V.
Published: July 2024

TLR2 is an exceptional pattern-recognizing receptor because of its ability to heterodimerise with different types of TLRs, which allows it to recognize a wide range of molecular structures on the surface of pathogens. Polymorphisms in genes involved in the TLRs signaling cascade may be a factor in host susceptibility to the development of inflammation, affecting the outcome of a number of infectious diseases and immune diseases. The variant Arg753Gln (rs5743708) in the TLR2 gene is the most characterized missense mutation of the coding region in the TIR domain, which involves the substitution of arginine for glutamine at position 753 of the protein sequence. This functionally significant substitution leads to altered signaling and is associated with inflammatory responses. In this study, we investigated the association of the Arg753Gln (rs5743708) polymorphism of the TLR2 gene with the level of its expression in nonagenarians. The study included 82 nonagenarians. Frailty was detected in 41 subjects using a short physical performance battery, with registration in the test ≤ 7 points. It was shown that carriage of the Gln allele is statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of developing frailty; patients with the Arg/Gln genotype have a 12.8-fold higher chance of developing this geriatric syndrome. The Arg allele and the Arg/Arg genotype were found to be protective factors in the development of frailty in nonagenarians. Analysis of TLR2 gene expression in nonagenarians revealed a 2.79-fold increase in TLR2 expression relative to donors. Evaluation of TLR2 gene expression level in groups of nonagenarians with the presence and absence of frailty showed a 1.4-fold increase in TLR2 gene expression in nonagenarians with this geriatric syndrome. In patients with the Arg/Gln genotype, TLR2 gene expression was 1.3 times higher than in the group with the Arg/Arg genotype and 1.6 times higher than in the group with the Gln/Gln genotype. The increased frequency of occurrence of the Arg/Gln genotype of the Arg753Gln polymorphism of the TLR2 gene in nonagenarians with frailty may be due to increased gene expression of this receptor. It is necessary to conduct further functional and molecular genetic studies.
Analysis of the distribution of ficolin gene polymorphisms (FCN2) in children with bronchial asthmas of various severity
Authors: Smolnikova M. V. , Afonicheva K. V. , Marchenko I. V. , Tereshchenko S. Yu.
Published: July 2024

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in all age groups. Asthma has heterogeneous phenotypes with different etiologies. Many parameters are used to classify asthma, for example, the severity and level of flow control. The asthma phenotype is dependent on the state of the immune system, and innate immunity plays an important role in the susceptibility and pathophysiology of asthma. The complement system (CS) consists of a complex of protective proteolytic enzymes (including lectins). Ficolin-2 (L-ficolin) is one of the main opsonizing molecules of respiratory secretions and a protein of the lectin pathway of CS activation. Polymorphisms in the L-ficolin gene affect the level of expression which may be associated with a higher susceptibility to infections and viruses, as well as a predisposition to asthma.

Aim: To study the distribution of polymorphisms rs17549193 and rs7851696 of the L-ficolin (FCN2) gene in children with asthma of varying severity.

Russian children from the Children’s Allergy Center (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), aged from 8 to 18 years, were studied. Children with asthma were divided into groups depending on the severity of the disease in accordance with GINA-2023: mild (n = 146) and severe (n = 254). The comparison group included children of comparable age and gender without asthma, allergies or infections. DNA extraction from blood was performed using the sorbent method. Genotyping of polymorphisms rs17549193 and rs7851696 FCN2 was performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

The results obtained provide distribution of the polymorphic variants FCN2 gene in the population of healthy Russian children and in children with a socially and economically important disease, namely asthma. The distribution of rs17549193 and rs7851696 FCN2 corresponds to the global Caucasoid populations. There were no statistically significant differences between asthma patients with varying degrees of severity of the disease and healthy ones in the studied sample.

The results indicate an expansion of the sample and range of studied polymorphic genes of proteins of the lectin pathway of CS activation due to their importance for the prevention of severe forms of diseases, as well as their significance in the functioning of the immune system.
Evaluation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor effect on the expression of inhibitory receptors by T cells in multiple myeloma
Authors: Batorov E. V. , Aristova T. A. , Denisova V. V. , Ushakova G. Yu.
Published: July 2024

All types of immune cells are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM). Granulocytic (G-MDSCs) and monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs) have significant protumor effects. The T cell immune response may be reduced due to the development of T cell exhaustion, characterized by the expression of inhibitory receptors PD-1, TIM-3, etc. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) supports the generation and expansion of MDSCs and can influence the functional properties of T cells. The purpose of our work was to investigate the possible effect of stimulation with G-CSF drugs on the induction of PD-1 and TIM-3 expression by T cells in patients with MM. The study included 40 patients with MM who underwent mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells with G-CSF drugs (5 mcg/kg/day) for 4-5 days. Content of CD4+PD-1+, CD4+TIM-3+, CD8+PD-1+, CD8+TIM-3+T cells, Lin-HLA-DR-CD33+CD66b+G-MDSCs, and CD14+HLA-DR-M-MDSCs was assessed before the start of a course of G-CSF injections (n = 33), after a course of G-CSF on the first day of separation of hematopoietic progenitor cells (n = 28) and after 3-6 months (n = 40) by flow cytometry. The relative content of G-MDSCs and M-MDSCs was significantly higher in patients with MM after a course of G-CSF. After 3-6 months, the content of G-MDSCs and M-MDSCs decreased to the initial values. After the course of G-CSF, an increase in the content of CD4+PD-1+T cells was noted compared to the values before the study. After 3-6 months, the content of this population did not differ from the initial values. The relative numbers of CD4+TIM-3+, CD8+PD-1+, and CD8+TIM-3+T cells did not change after a course of G-CSF. There were no significant correlations between the content of the populations of MDSCs and T cells expressing PD-1 and TIM-3 after a course of G-CSF.

Mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells by G-CSF in patients with MM is accompanied by a transient increase in MM populations and an isolated increase in CD4+PD-1+T cells.
Role of oxidative modification of proteins in the regulation and realization of cell death of blood lymphocytes under the conditions of blocking glutathione synthesis under oxidative stress
Authors: Nosareva O. L. , Stepovaya E. A.
Published: July 2024

Lymphocytes are key cells in inflammation. The realization of inflammation accompanied by the development of oxidative stress depends on metabolic processes occurring in blood lymphocytes. Experimental studies of molecular control of the redox status and apoptotic death of blood lymphocytes are relevant to study the role of lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of inflammation. The glutathione system plays a leading role in maintaining the redox status and oxidative modification of blood lymphocyte proteins. The study of molecular mechanisms of oxidative modification of proteins under the conditions of blocking glutathione synthesis is the basis for the targeting control of lymphocyte apoptosis. Inhibitory analysis is a molecular approach in experimental science used to study cellular metabolism by targeting specific stages of biochemical processes. The aim of the research was to determine the role of oxidative protein modification in redox regulation and cell death of blood lymphocytes when glutathione synthesis is inhibited during oxidative stress. The effect of exposure to the de novo glutathione synthesis inhibitor buthionine sulfoximine at a final concentration of 1 mM on the state of the glutathione system was studied in the experiment: content of reduced and oxidized glutathione, activity of glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase; on oxidative stress parameters: concentration of hydroxyl radical, reactive oxygen species, free SH-groups of proteins; on reversible and irreversible oxidative modification of proteins: content of glutathione bound to proteins, carbonyl derivatives of proteins, oxidized tryptophan and bityrosine; on realization and regulation of apoptotic death type: the number of annexin V+ cells and caspase-3 activity in blood lymphocytes. Blocking of de novo glutathione synthesis in blood lymphocytes was accompanied by the formation of oxidative stress, imbalance of glutathione system, changes in oxidative modification of proteins associated with the activation of apoptosis realization and completion. The obtained results indicate the participation of glutathione system components in reversible and irreversible oxidative modification of proteins, redox regulation and realization of apoptosis of blood lymphocytes. Therefore, modifying redox homeostasis through glutathionylation and carbonylation of cell proteins is a personalized apoptosis control mechanism.
Healthcare judicialization: an analysis of indicators and official data on medications
Authors: Bernardinis Nádia , Gubert Vanessa Terezinha , Ferreira Cristiane Munaretto , Barreto Jorge Otávio Maia
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze judicial demands for medications in Campo Grande, Brazil, between July 2018 and June 2020. Methods: the four dimensions of the Manual of Indicators for Evaluation and Monitoring of Judicial Demands for Medications were examined. Results: 676 judicial processes were identified, corresponding to 1006 requests for 284 different medications. In 92.74% of the processes, access to medications was granted, with 88.80% granted on an urgent basis. The median time between the decision and delivery of the medication was 146 days. The average monthly cost of acquiring medications was R$ 2,183.68 Brazilian reais. Among the identified medications, 90.22% had at least one therapeutic alternative available in the public healthcare system. Conclusions: characterizing and analyzing judicial demands related to medications can support discussions on updating medication lists and clinical protocols, organizing healthcare services, allocating resources, and implementing actions to reduce judicialization.
Avaliação do Construto do University Student Depression Inventory, Versão Brasileira
Authors: Machado Fernanda Pâmela , Soares Marcos Hirata , Oliveira Katya Luciane de , Machado Regina Celia Bueno Rezende , Farinasso Adriano Luiz da Costa , Luís Margarita Antonia Villar
Published: July 2024

RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar o construto do University Student Depression Inventory, versão brasileira (USDI-BR). Métodos: estudo metodológico, realizado com uma amostra probabilística bola de neve constituída de 334 estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação. Foram realizadas a análise fatorial confirmatória, a confiabilidade pelo coeficiente de ômega de McDonald e o alfa de Cronbach. A análise por componentes principais foi realizada utilizando a rotação ortogonal varimax e a rotação oblíqua oblimin, por meio dos critérios de Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin, teste de esfericidade de Bartlett e scree plot. Resultados: o USDI-BR apresentou consistência interna dos itens de ω = 0,95 e permaneceu com 30 itens, com acréscimo de 1 fator (Desejo de morrer e retraimento social), totalizando 4 fatores. Conclusões: o USDI-BR possui evidências que remetem à sua validade e também à sua consistência interna, merecendo que novos estudos sejam realizados visando ampliar as evidências de suas propriedades psicométricas.
Nursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop
Authors: Fernandes Francisco , Casarin Francine , Greco Patrícia Bitencourt Toscani , Backes Dirce Stein , Munhoz Oclaris Lopes , Ilha Silomar
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the knowledge of professionals working in a Nursing Home about the Nursing Process before and after the awareness workshop. Methods: This is strategic action research, developed with nursing professionals and managers of a Nursing Home in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected between January and June 2023, through semi-structured interviews before and after an awareness workshop. Discursive textual analysis of the data was carried out. Results: The central category “Understanding about the Nursing Process in Nursing Homes” emerged, which was unitized into two units of meaning and three categories of analysis. Conclusion: Data revealed non-use and lack of knowledge of the Nursing Process before awareness raising. Afterwards, a deeper understanding of the topic and its importance was identified. Awareness-raising workshops contribute to transformation of knowledge.
Evidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Authors: Barreto Márcio Adriano Fernandes , Negreiros Francisca Diana da Silva , Cestari Virna Ribeiro Feitosa , Sampaio Helena Alves de Carvalho , Moreira Thereza Maria Magalhães
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the validity evidence of the internal structure of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire Focused on Health Literacy. Methods: a psychometric study with 499 adults. The internal structure was assessed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to prove the adjustment. Internal consistency was measured by composite reliability and McDonald’s omega coefficient (ω). Results: the parameters revealed a model of 35 items distributed across four factors, explaining 56% of the total variance, with factor loadings ranging from 0.31 to 0.85 and adequate communalities. Accuracy (0.79<ORION<0.98), representativeness (0.89<FDI<0.99), sensitivity (1.92<SR<7.07), factor hope (88.3%< EPTD<97.9%), replicability (0.82<H-Latent<H-observed<0.87) and reliability (ω=0.87) were adequate. The composite reliability ranged from 0.840 to 0.910. Furthermore, good model fit was achieved (TLI = 0.99; CFI = 0.99; GFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.02 and RMSR = 0.05). Conclusions: an instrument was obtained with good evidence of structural validity for measuring self-medication.
Aconselhamento sexual para pessoas com síndrome coronariana aguda: desenvolvimento de vídeo educacional
Authors: Andrade Laura Rizardi dos Santos , Anjos Lanay Dourado dos , Aguiar Ana Paula Freitas , Lima Edvone Alves de , Abuchaim Erika de Sá Vieira , Lopes Juliana de Lima , Lopes Camila Tákao , Santos Vinicius Batista
Published: July 2024

RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar as evidências de validade de um vídeo educativo sobre atividade sexual segura após síndrome coronariana aguda. Método: estudo em três fases: desenvolvimento de um vídeo; análise da validade de conteúdo por 11 especialistas; e análise da validade baseada nos processos de resposta por sete pessoas com doença coronariana. Calculou-se a razão de validade de conteúdo (CVR) com valores críticos para a segunda fase de 0,63 e para a terceira de 1,0. Resultados: o vídeo abordou a importância da retomada da atividade sexual e das posições que consomem menos energia, sinais clínicos de alerta, importância da adesão ao tratamento e do ambiente acolhedor para prática sexual. Obteve-se um CVR acima do valor crítico com um total de 4 minutos e 41 segundos. Conclusão: o vídeo educacional reúne adequadas evidências de validade de conteúdo, podendo ser utilizado como uma ferramenta para pacientes após síndrome coronariana aguda.
Avaliação da qualidade técnica de software para coleta de dados de pacientes em cuidados paliativos
Authors: Pereira Jéssica de Fátima Gomes , Pontes Letícia , Danski Mitzy Tannia Reichembach , Fidalski Solena Ziemer Kusma , Santos Juliana de Oliveira dos , Cunha Maria Gorete de Brito , Mota Mairla Cristina Silva , Cruz Júnior Edmilson Bezerra
Published: July 2024

RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar a qualidade técnica de software para coleta de dados de pacientes sob cuidados paliativos. Métodos: trata-se de pesquisa metodológica de avaliação de tecnologia, conforme norma técnica International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Comission 25040-2011, desenvolvida de agosto de 2021 a agosto de 2023. Participaram oito enfermeiros e oito profissionais de tecnologia da informação como juízes, os quais avaliaram seis características e 23 subcaracterísticas de qualidade. Consideraram-se adequados os itens que atingiram porcentual de concordância superior a 70%. Resultados: as características avaliadas pelos enfermeiros/profissionais de tecnologia da informação receberam os seguintes porcentuais de concordância, respectivamente: adequação funcional (94%-84%); confiabilidade (100-70%); usabilidade (89,9-66,8%); eficiência de desempenho (95,8%-86,1%); compatibilidade (95,8-79,6%); e segurança (96%-83,4%). Conclusões: o software foi considerado adequado na avaliação de qualidade para oferecer suporte ao enfermeiro na coleta de dados do paciente em cuidados paliativos, com potencial para operacionalizar a primeira etapa do Processo de Enfermagem.
Disrupted mother-fetus dyad risk in high-risk pregnancies: a Middle-Range Theory
Authors: Mendes Ryanne Carolynne Marques Gomes , Silva Gabrielle Pessôa da , Perrelli Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque , Pontes Cleide Maria , Pascoal Lívia Maia , Lira Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho , Lopes Marcos Venícios de Oliveira , Mangueira Suzana de Oliveira , Linhares Francisca Márcia Pereira
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and evaluate a Middle-Range Theory for the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” in high-risk pregnancies. Methods: this methodological study was conducted in two stages: theory development and evaluation. Dorothea Orem’s General Nursing Model was used as the theoretical-conceptual foundation. Evaluation was conducted using the Delphi method with seven judges, and consensus was achieved when the Content Validity Index of the evaluated items was ≥ 0.80. Results: the theory identified 20 elements of the nursing diagnosis “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk” (10 risk factors, 4 at-risk populations, and 6 associated conditions), 14 propositions, and 1 pictogram. After two rounds of evaluation, the theory was considered consistent, with consensus reached for all items, each achieving a Content Validity Index ≥ 0.80. Conclusions: the Middle-Range Theory included biopsychosocial factors explaining the nursing phenomenon “Disrupted Mother-Fetus Dyad Risk,” which aids in nurses’ diagnostic reasoning.
Completeness of variables in Hospital-Based Cancer Registries for prostatic malignant neoplasm
Authors: Grippa Wesley Rocha , Pessanha Raphael Manhães , Dell’Antonio Larissa Soares , Dell’Antonio Cristiano Soares da Silva , Salaroli Luciane Bresciani , Lopes-Júnior Luís Carlos
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the completeness of variables from Hospital-Based Cancer Registries of cases of prostate neoplasm in the Oncology Care Network of a Brazilian state between 2000 and 2020. Methods: an ecological time series study, based on secondary data on prostate cancer Hospital-Based Cancer Registries prostate. Data incompleteness was classified as excellent (<5%), good (between 5%-10%), fair (10%-20%), poor (20%-50%) and very poor (>50%), according to the percentage of lack of information. Results: there were 13,519 cases of prostate cancer in the Hospital-Based Cancer Registries analyzed. The variables “family history of cancer” (p<0.001), “alcoholism” (p<0.001), “smoking” (p<0.001), “TNM staging” (p<0.001) had a decreasing trend, while “clinical start of treatment” (p<0.001), “origin” (p=0.008) and “occupation” (p<0.001) indicated an increasing trend. Conclusions: most Hospital-Based Cancer Registries variables showed excellent completeness, but important variables had high percentages of incompleteness, such as TNM and clinical staging, in addition to alcoholism and smoking.
Contribuição de cuidadores informais para o autocuidado de pessoas com insuficiência cardíaca
Authors: Sousa Mailson Marques de , Nepomuceno Adriana Meira Tiburtino , Feitosa Rayana Pereira , Loureiro Lara de Sá Neves , Silva Renan Alves , Fernandes Maria das Graças Melo , Oliveira Simone Helena dos Santos
Published: July 2024

RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar a contribuição de cuidadores informais para o autocuidado de pessoas com insuficiência cardíaca. Métodos: estudo transversal, realizado com 87 cuidadores, de março a outubro de 2022, na cidade João Pessoa/PB. A contribuição do cuidador foi avaliada por meio do instrumento Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Escores ≥ 70 pontos indicam contribuição adequada. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e correlação de Spearman. Resultados: eram do sexo feminino 81,6% da amostra. A mediana dos escores obtidos para as escalas de contribuição para o autocuidado foram: 63,3 para manutenção; 55,5 para manejo; e 66,6 para confiança. Os cuidadores nunca ou raramente recomendavam o monitoramento do peso corporal, a prática regular de exercícios físicos, o uso extra de diuréticos e a restrição de líquidos. Conclusões: os cuidadores informais apresentaram contribuição inadequada nos quesitos manutenção, manejo e confiança do autocuidado de pessoas com insuficiência cardíaca.
Telenursing in the postoperative period: a scoping review
Authors: Gimenez Viviane Cristina de Albuquerque , Almeida Graziela Maria Ferraz de , Cyrino Claudia Maria Silva , Lemos Cassiane de Santana , Favoretto Carolina , Avila Marla Andreia Garcia de
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT Objectives: to map available evidence on telenursing use in the postoperative period and its impact on patient outcomes. Methods: a scoping review, conducted according to the JBI model and the PRISMA-ScR checklist. The search was carried out in the CINAHL, Embase, LILACS, PubMed, Web of Science, SciELO, Scopus and Cochrane Library databases. Results: twelve studies were included, published between 2011 and 2023, 66.6% of which were in developed countries. Of the positive outcomes, we highlight improved levels of disability, autonomy and quality of life, lower rates of post-operative complications, pain and reduced costs. Telephone monitoring was the most widely used modality, but there were few studies in the pediatric context and in Brazil. Conclusions: of the studies, 11 (91.6%) identified at least one positive outcome in telenursing use and none showed negative aspects in the postoperative period. The role of nurses in digital health needs further study.
First report of ocular heterochromia in the treefrog Boana albomarginata (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Hylidae), Atlantic Forest, northeastern Brazil
Authors: Melo Iuri Vieira de , Quintela Ester Lacerda Correia de , Farias Wellington , Caribé Mariana Ávila , Lins Cássio Lopes , Silva Felipe Paganelly Maciel da , Viana João Cláudio Cerqueira , Napoli Marcelo Felgueiras
Published: July 2024

Abstract The scientific literature on amphibian anomalies is large, but registered cases of amphibians’ ocular heterochromia are almost absent, even considering anecdotal records. In the Brazilian territory, only two cases of ocular heterochromia were formerly registered for amphibians, both for anurans, the first from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil and the second from the Amazonian region of northern Brazil. In the present account, we report two cases of ocular heterochromia in the hylid treefrog Boana albomarginata, both from the Atlantic Forest biome, Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, representing the first record of ocular heterochromia for this species and the third case registered for an amphibian’s species in Brazil. One eye of each observed specimen had an unusually flashy and homogeneous blue-colored iris, filling its entire surface or only its lower half, representing cases of complete and sectoral heterochromia, respectively. Furthermore, the unusual flashy blue iris was only detectable during daylight, when the iris background color was white. At night, the standard copper to golden iris background color remains unchanged, and the blue color cannot be detected. No other detectable anomalies or unusual behaviors were observed for both specimens. This is the first report of amphibian ocular heterochromia represented by a flashy blue color iris and limited to a daylight iris color pattern. Further studies are necessary to determine the nature of this anomaly and its potential consequences for the specimen and the species.
Psychosocial correlates of risk for suicidal ideation: the COVID-19 pandemic as a magnifying glass
Authors: Haas Letícia Müller , Silveira Julia Toniolo Fagundes da , Rodrigues Gabriela de Freitas , Duarte Michael de Quadros , Trentini Clarissa Marceli
Published: July 2024

Abstract Objective The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicidal behavior are still the subject of studies. It is hypothesized that the pandemic may have contributed to the development of suicidal ideation by intensifying psychosocial risk factors. Our objective was to investigate such correlated factors in Brazil. Method The study used an online and cross-sectional survey encompassing 448 adult participants. Sociodemographic questionnaires and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire were used, and binary logistic regression was employed to identify predictors. Results The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 22.3%. The results indicate that people who self-identified as black and brown (OR = 2.42), who were part of the risk group for COVID-19 (OR = 2.41), and who reported more psychological symptoms (OR = 1.50) were more likely to have suicidal ideation. Conclusion Public policies to prevent suicidal behavior and promote mental health in the most vulnerable groups might be needed beyond the pandemic context, especially among the black population.
Múltiplos sentidos da inclusão da pessoa com deficiência intelectual em processo de envelhecimento: narrativas familiares
Authors: Rosetto Andréia Migliorini , Pieczkowski Tania Mara Zancanaro
Published: July 2024

RESUMO Pessoas com deficiência intelectual estão vivendo mais e, em alguns casos, envelhecendo com os seus pais. O estudo objetivou analisar como as trajetórias de inserção social dos filhos, narradas pelos pais, contribuem para a defesa dos processos de inclusão em seus múltiplos sentidos. Materialidades empíricas foram geradas por meio de entrevistas narrativas com mães e um pai de pessoas com deficiência intelectual com mais de 53 anos, e a analítica foi inspirada na análise do discurso em Foucault. O estudo demonstra que cada momento histórico articula distintas noções de verdade às formas como pessoas com deficiência intelectual foram tratadas, desde a exclusão da escola, do trabalho, da vida afetiva e, mais recentemente, o movimento pela inclusão. A fragilidade da maioria dos pais entrevistados, em forma de saúde, de proteção, de segurança, aponta para a importância de políticas públicas de apoio a essa população, para que estes sujeitos possam viver e envelhecer com maior dignidade.
REPERCUSSÕES DA PANDEMIA COVID-19 NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DE ADOLESCENTES DE ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS: CONTRIBUTOS DA TEORIA BIOECOLÓGICA
Authors: Pontes Luciana , Pessoa Alex
Published: July 2024

A pandemia de COVID-19 alterou o modo de vida e, inequivocamente, impactou no desenvolvimento de crianças e adolescentes em todo o mundo. Apesar disso, a literatura nacional e internacional pouco investiu nas repercussões desse evento calamitoso na realidade das populações mais vulneráveis. As pesquisas ocorreram, majoritariamente, em ambientes virtuais, de modo que um contingente de adolescentes, particularmente de escolas públicas, sequer foi ouvido. Este estudo buscou verificar as repercussões e impactos da pandemia nos contextos e processos de desenvolvimento de adolescentes que estudavam em escolas públicas brasileiras. A investigação fundamentou-se nos princípios epistêmicos da Teoria Bioecológica do Desenvolvimento Humano (TBDH). Tratou-se de um estudo qualitativo, exploratório-descritivo e com delineamento transversal. A pesquisa faz parte de um estudo multicêntrico que contou com participantes das cinco macrorregiões do país. Participaram 35 adolescentes, de todos os gêneros, com idades entre 12-18 anos, matriculados, no período da pandemia, em escolas públicas em contextos com altos indicadores de vulnerabilidade social. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizados um questionário sociodemográfico e um roteiro de entrevistas semiestruturado, cujos dados foram analisados por intermédio da Análise Temática com suporte do software Atlas TI. A partir do modelo PPCT (Processo-Pessoa-Contexto-Tempo), constatou-se que a pandemia, enquanto um evento catastrófico que atingiu a humanidade, modificou abruptamente o modo de vida dos adolescentes (Tempo), impossibilitando-os de acessar espaços que potencializam o desenvolvimento (Contexto), enfraquecendo os vínculos interpessoais (Processo) e promovendo alterações na autopercepção e nos elementos identitários dos adolescentes (Pessoa), em uma relação multidirecional e dinâmica.
Conflitos de interesses na contratação dos serviços extra-auditoria prestados por Firmas de Auditoria: as políticas corporativas anticonflito adotadas no Brasil são adequadas?
Authors: Rigueto Alessandra , Coutinho e Silva Adolfo Henrique
Published: July 2024

O presente estudo analisou as políticas e procedimentos adotados para evitar situações de conflito de interesses em empresas brasileiras de capital aberto que contrataram uma mesma empresa de auditoria para executar tanto o serviço de auditoria das demonstrações financeiras quanto para executar outros tipos de serviços extra-auditoria no exercício de 2020. Mediante a técnica de análise de conteúdo, examinaram-se as informações disponíveis nos Relatórios de Administração do exercício findo em dezembro de 2020, de divulgação obrigatória para o mercado, e nas Políticas para Contratação de Serviços Extra-Auditoria de seus Auditores Independentes vigentes no ano de 2020, de envio facultativo à Comissão de Valores Mobiliários. Os resultados observados sugerem um baixo nível de detalhamento das informações prestadas pelas empresas, visto que textos padronizados e sintéticos são utilizados pela maioria das empresas nos respectivos Relatórios de Administração. Com boas práticas, observa-se que as Políticas para Contratação de Serviços Extra-Auditoria de seus Auditores Independentes da maioria das empresas analisadas identificam o Comitê de Auditoria como responsável pela contratação dos serviços, algumas empresas incluem uma listagem de serviços proibidos e estabelecem um percentual de limites de serviços extra-auditoria a serem prestados. Como contribuição, o estudo buscou traçar um panorama das políticas adotadas pelas empresas frente às exigências impostas pelo órgão regulador, bem como apresentar algumas evidências ainda existentes nas informações divulgadas pelas empresas.
Incoordinate mas sentences in European Portuguese
Authors: Canceiro Nádia
Published: July 2024

In this paper, we explore incoordinate sentences with mas (‘but’, in English) in European Portuguese (EP). These sentences are characterized by the presence of a conjunction attached to a single sentence, occurring in the position of a second conjunct. We take up on the work of Giorgi (2016, 2018), Kuteva et al (2017) and Niclot (2018), and propose a syntactic analysis for incoordinate sentences. Our data shows that, in EP, there are two types of incoordinate sentences, depending on their independence, i.e., incoordination stage. In both cases, mas is a conjunction and not a discourse marker, which heads a ConjP. But, to capture its correlation with discourse, it should be connected with a discourse configuration as the one suggested by Cinque (2008) and Giorgi (2016, 2018). Thus, with this investigation we aim at providing a more adequate description of paratactic constructions, the levels of integration that can be associated to coordinate/incoordinate sentences in European Portuguese, and the status of conjunctions that occur in them.
Health and Healthcare Provision for Exiles amidst the Liberation Struggle
Authors: Dhladhla Refiloe
Published: July 2024

An Ambulance on Safari by Melissa Diane Armstrong sheds light on the important role of healthcare for South Africans living in exile during the anti-apartheid struggle. This book delves into the African National Congress (ANC)'s multidimensional role in exile, examining how it provided emergency treatment while also creating political legitimacy and advocating for national interests on a global stage. According to Armstrong, she initially came upon the topic of the ANC's expansion of its medical sector when beginning her Master's studies at Oxford University in 2012. Driven by her discoveries regarding the ANC's well documented endeavours, she continued to explore this subject during her PhD studies. Eventually, she converted her PhD thesis into a publication, An Ambulance on Safari, incorporating significant new information she had been unable to include in her original dissertation. An Ambulance on Safari explores the ANC's move into exile, documenting the history of the ANC's Health Department, while incorporating personal accounts of exile journeys and those who were involved in providing health care from the early 1960s to 1990.
Orientalism and Monotheism in Studies of Early Japanese Christianity
Authors: Chandler Kegan A.
Published: July 2024

In the wake of Said's landmark work, Orientalism (Said 1979), scholars have been widely concerned with countering the value-laden interpretations which have historically traveled with 'colonialist' or 'Orientalist' analyses of religions in Japan. However, modern studies of early Japanese Christianity, i.e., Japan's Kakure Kirishitan (hidden Christians), despite their emergence in the ' post-colonialist world' , have often maintained a subterranean, Orientalizing tendency to generalize and abstract an inauthentic or compromised Christianity of early modern Japan against that of a more genuinely Christian West. Kakure interpretations of monotheism, the doctrine of the Trinity, and certain worship practices are portrayed as 'polytheistic', 'syncretistic', and as uniquely serious misunderstandings or abrogations of both ' Christian theology' and the very concept of monotheism. Meanwhile, Western Christianities, despite their own analogous and statistically-demonstrable penchant for misconception and theological imagination, are subsequently implied to be more authentically or quintessentially monotheistic or Christian. This essentializing configuration betrays an a priori separation of 'Japanese' and 'Western' religions and raises the question as to whether analysts operating in the 'postcolonial era' have yet to become fully aware of the basic warning of Said's Orientalism - a still-timely message which is not, as some seem to believe, centered on the errors of a specifically Western hegemony, but on the dangers of otherizing in general as a form of devaluation.
A Theological Reflection on the Akan Doctrine of the Human Soul
Authors: Boaheng Isaac
Published: July 2024

The Akan doctrine of the human soul (nipa-kraa) expresses the indigenous Akan worldview and theology. As a contribution to the contextualization of Christian theology within the Akan community, this article explored the Akan doctrine of the soul and then reflected on this doctrine from a Christian theological perspective. The article used a qualitative research approach through a critical review of relevant literature on the subject. In the process, it analyzed selected portions of the Nana Kwame Ampadu's highlife song titled Yaa Amanua to provide further insights into the Akan understanding of the human soul. The article shows that Christianity can better serve the Akan community if indigenous ideas are connected to relevant aspects of the Christian faith. Yet, in the process the Bible must be the final authority of that contextualization process.
National income distribution: a countrywise analysis
Authors: Teker Suat , Teker Dilek , Guzelsoy Halit
Published: July 2024

Purpose- This study aims to analyze the changes in income distribution for selected developing countries over a time period in between 2015 and 2022, 8 years of observations. It hypothesizes that Covid19 pandemic period of 2020 and 2021 significantly impacted income distribution in all developing countries investigated.
Methodology- Income distribution data for this study are extracted from the World Inequality Database addressing household income adjusted for after-tax income. Each household’s income is equally divided among the adult population aged 20 or older. The data are categorized into 10% income groups resulting in ten distinct income levels for the analysis. The study examines income distribution of five developing comprising Turkiye, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, and Romania.
Findings- The top 10% of the population in the developing countries take 33% of national income on average. The average per capita income was $34,849 in 2015 and increased to $42,610 in 2022 after a dip of with a similar Covid19 dip. However, social policies generally failed resulting in income shifting from lower and middle-income groups to the top 30%.
Conclusion- All countries implemented various social programs to support those most affected by Covid19. The social policies and measures implemented by governments to mitigate the effects of Covid19 appear to have been more successful in some of the developing countries comparing to the other developing countries. Although the developing countries could manage to increase their overall national income, they failed to restore their pre-pandemic income distribution. Significant income transfer occurred from the bottom 20% and middle 50% to the top 30% in these countries.

Keywords: Income distribution, personal income distribution, income inequality, developed countries.
JEL Codes: D30, O15, E64
Opentrons Pipeline: DNA Extraction with theMag-Bind Blood & Tissue DNA HDQ 96 Kit Tissue Protocol v1
Authors: Silvestre Thalía
Published: July 2024

This protocol is an automated pipeline to extract a full 96-well plate of DNA from tissue lysates.This protocol was developed and optimized for the following:Platform: Opentrons OT-2 automated pipetting robotKit: Mag-Bind‱ Blood & Tissue DNA HDQ Prefilled 96 Kit Recommended number of samples: 96 Two ellutions: Firts ellution( 60μL ) , Second ellution ( 30μL)