bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Suture Catheter for Rescue Perineural Catheter Placement When Unable to Position a Conventional Through-the-Needle Catheter: A Case Report
Authors: Finneran John J. , Gabriel Rodney A. , Swisher Matthew W. , Said Engy , Doan Christina N. , Hamilton Jeffrey R. , Ilfeld Brian M.
Published: August 2019

The main purported benefit of suture-style catheters is the ability to secure the catheter at 2 sites, thereby decreasing the likelihood of catheter dislodgement. An additional benefit is the ability to precisely control the placement of the orifice to infuse local anesthetic. Here we present the case of a patient undergoing open ankle surgery for whom placement of a conventional through-the-needle popliteal sciatic perineural catheter for postoperative analgesia was attempted. Despite multiple attempts, the catheter repeatedly advanced beyond the nerve. Placement of a suture catheter was then attempted, and the catheter was successfully placed on the first attempt.
Crafting Innovation, Weaving Sustainability
Authors: Mamidipudi Annapurna
Published: August 2019

Handloom weaving in India is a vibrant and dynamic craft-based technology that is more than two thousand years old. It is the second-largest provider of rural livelihoods, with a 10 percent share of the domestic textile market, unified under the cultural brand of “handloom.” Yet weavers, like other craftspeople in India, stand in the shadow of deep divisions: rich/poor, urban/rural, modern/traditional, Brahmin/Dalit, educated scientist/illiterate laborer. As a system of knowledge, handloom weaving is associated with a museumized past rather than a promising future; the weaver is seen as a laboring body rather than an innovative mind. Yet through theorizing handloom weaving as sociotechnology, this essay endeavors to explicate the sustainability and innovation in handloom weaving. Studying examples of innovation in handloom weavers, the essay explores craft livelihoods as offering the opportunity for political action: as a unifying device for cultural cohesion, as embodied knowledge that engages both mind and body, and as a tool for justice and equity.
Professions of Friendship
Authors: Tambar Kabir
Published: August 2019

This essay examines “professions of friendship”: efforts by populations who are targeted as enemies of the state to proclaim their historical fidelity to the state's foundation and preservation. Such declarations often reinscribe a rigid and often violently statist narrative of politics. The essay argues that the retrenchment of this narrative, when reissued in the name of friendship, does not simply close down political options. It seeks to embolden sentiments of moral obligation across instituted lines of enmity. These solicitations of friendship are burdened by a particular historical task: to envision a past and a future of social cohabitation in a present where its possibilities have been violently undermined and morally devalued. The essay centers on two instances that bookend the past century: the first was delivered in Istanbul by an organization speaking on behalf of Armenians living in territories claimed by the Turkish nationalist movement in 1922; the second was issued by a Kurdish Peace Mother in Diyarbakır, as a plea for an end to state violence in late 2015.
Ali Shariati and Cosmopolitan Localism
Authors: Saffari Siavash
Published: August 2019

Leading twentieth-century Iranian public intellectual Ali Shariati has been described by some as a proponent of a project of nativism and cultural authenticity. This article offers an alternative reading of Shariati, one that highlights the germination of his thought in a process of constant oscillation between particular historical-sociopolitical attachments and a decidedly cosmopolitan intellectual horizon. This oscillation, it is argued, while born out of the core-periphery dynamics of commodity and knowledge production within a colonially constructed world order, nevertheless allows Shariati to transcend postcolonial anxieties and nativist traps even as he calls on his fellow Iranian and Muslim intellectuals to attend to resources within the local culture and to delink from Eurocentric and colonially globalized knowledge regimes. In order to place his thought within the broader framework of the emergence and evolution of anti- and decolonial thought, Saffari reads Shariati in dialogue with some of the leading twentieth- and twenty-first-century critics of colonial modernity: Muhammad Iqbal, Frantz Fanon, Enrique Dussel, and Walter D. Mignolo. Saffari argues that the oscillation between local attachments and cosmopolitan vistas in Shariati's work is best understood as a function of his cosmopolitan localism.
MicroRNAs miR-25, let-7 and miR-124 regulate the neurogenic potential of Müller glia in mice
Authors: Wohl Stefanie G. , Hooper Marcus J. , Reh Thomas A.
Published: August 2019

Müller glial cells (MG) generate retinal progenitor (RPC)-like cells after injury in non-mammalian species, though this does not occur in the mammalian retina. Studies have profiled gene expression in these cells to define genes that may be relevant to their differences in neurogenic potential. However, less is known about differences in micro-RNA (miRNA) expression. In this study, we compared miRNAs from RPCs and MG to identify miRNAs more highly expressed in RPCs, and others more highly expressed in MG. To determine whether these miRNAs are relevant to the difference in neurogenic potential between these two cell types, we tested them in dissociated cultures of MG using either mimics or antagomiRs to increase or reduce expression, respectively. Among the miRNAs tested, miR-25 and miR-124 over-expression, or let-7 antagonism, induced Ascl1 expression and conversion of approximately 40% of mature MG into a neuronal/RPC phenotype. Our results suggest that the differences in miRNA expression between MG and RPCs contribute to their difference in neurogenic potential and that manipulations in miRNAs provide a new tool to reprogram MG for retinal regeneration.
Clinical pathologies of bone fracture modelled in zebrafish
Authors: Tomecka Monika J. , Ethiraj Lalith P. , Sánchez Luis M. , Roehl Henry H. , Carney Tom J.
Published: August 2019

Reduced bone quality or mineral density predict susceptibility to fracture and also attenuate subsequent repair. Bone regrowth is also compromised by bacterial infection, which exacerbates fracture site inflammation. Because of the cellular complexity of fracture repair, as well as genetic and environmental influences, there is a need for models that permit visualisation of the fracture repair process under clinically relevant conditions. To characterise the process of fracture repair in zebrafish, we employed a crush fracture of fin rays, coupled with histological and transgenic labelling of cellular responses; the results demonstrate a strong similarity to the phased response in humans. We applied our analysis to a zebrafish model of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which shows reduced bone quality, spontaneous fractures and propensity for non-unions. We found deficiencies in the formation of a bone callus during fracture repair in our OI model and showed that clinically employed antiresorptive bisphosphonates can reduce spontaneous fractures in OI fish and also measurably reduce fracture callus remodelling in wild-type fish. The csf1ra mutant, which has reduced osteoclast numbers, also showed reduced callus remodelling. Exposure to excessive bisphosphonate, however, disrupted callus repair. Intriguingly, neutrophils initially colonised the fracture site, but were later completely excluded. However, when fractures were infected with Staphylococcus aureus, neutrophils were retained and compromised repair. This work elevates the zebrafish bone fracture model and indicates its utility in assessing conditions of relevance to an orthopaedic setting with medium throughput.

This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
Morning cortisol as an alternative to Short Synecthan test for the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency
Authors: Ulhaq Imran , Ahmad Tauseef , Khoja Adeel , Islam Najmul
Published: August 2019

Objective: To determine 7-9 am serum cortisol less than 5mcg/dl is an independent reliable confirmatory test for the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI).

Methods: A total of 164 patients who visited the outpatient or inpatient department of Aga Khan University Hospital from June 2011 to June 2017 were included for the study. All those patients whose levels came out less than 5mcg/dl were recruited for the study and they all underwent SST. Other demographic and laboratory data were also recorded.

Results: The sensitivity of morning cortisol for diagnosis of PAI is 100% if levels are <1mcg/dl and decreases to 71.88% if levels are up to 5mcg/dl.

Conclusion: Morning cortisol is sensitive enough as an alternative to SST if levels are <1mcg/dl (100%). However, if the levels are increased from >1mcg/dl to <5 mcg/dl, the sensitivity decreases gradually from 98% to 71%.

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.1208

How to cite this:Ulhaq I, Ahmad T, Khoja A, Islam N. Morning cortisol as an alternative to Short Synecthan test for the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(5):1413-1416. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.1208

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Employment status of person with disability in Government Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Authors: Arsh Aatik , Darain Haider , Zeb Amir , Ullah Sana , Ullah Irfan , Ilyas Syed Muhammad
Published: August 2019

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether anticipated number of person with disabilities was employed in different government departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan.

Methods: Using across sectional survey, data from 16 different departments of provincial government of KPK was collected by volunteers of ‘Friends of Paraplegics.

Results: Out of total 1, 71,137 Govt. employees, only 1151 (0.67%) were person with disabilities. None of the included departments fulfilled 2% allocated job quota for person with disabilities. Majority of the employees included in study were from Elementary & Secondary Education Department (n=140345) and Agriculture, Livestock & Cooperation Department (n=14315). The number of person with disabilities in these departments were 960 (0.68%) and 68 (0.48%) respectively. The highest percentage of person with disabilities were working in Higher Education Archives & Libraries Department (1.65%)followed by Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights Department (1.42%), Planning & Development Department (1.39%) and Administration & Establishment Department (1.16%).

Conclusion: It is concluded that a small number of person with disabilities are employed in different Govt. Departments. Moreover, these departments has not ensured providing 2% job quota for person with disabilities.

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.239

How to cite this:Arsh A, Darain H, Zeb A, Ullah S, Ullah I, Ilyas SM. Employment status of person with disability in Government Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(5):1392-1396. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.239

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Perceptions and use of technology in older people with ophthalmic conditions
Authors: Ali Zaria C. , Shakir Savana , Aslam Tariq Mehmood
Published: August 2019

Background: Technologies such as mobile applications are increasingly being developed for patients to help manage their clinical conditions. However there is a paucity of information confirming the capacity or willingness of older patients with ophthalmic complaints to engage with such computer applications. The aim of this paper is to assess the perception and use of a range of common computing technologies by older ophthalmic patients, in order to guide future ophthalmology-specific development and clinical use.

Methods: Patients attending Manchester Royal Eye Hospital were surveyed with questions designed to measure their perceptions, attitudes and experiences of using technology.  Inclusion criteria included any patient aged 40 or over who attended the ophthalmology outpatients department.

Results: A total of 300 patients completed the questionnaire. The male-to-female ratio was 128:169. The majority of patients owned predominantly mobile forms of technology such as tablets and smart phones. The most common uses of technology were for communicating with friends, watching television and gathering information. Patients aged over 80 had particular difficulty using technology and used it less regularly. Less than 10% overall stated eyesight as a reason for stopping using technology.

Conclusions: Technology is used regularly by a large proportion of older ophthalmic patients, with numbers reducing significantly only in those aged 80 years or over. There appears to be potential for further medical use, though developers and clinicians should consider the perceptions and challenges highlighted through this survey.
Molecular detection of Epstein-Barr virus in breast cancer among Sudanese female population: a case-control study
Authors: Ahmed Eiman S. , Elnour Lubna S. , Siddig Emmanuel E. , Hassan Rowa
Published: August 2019

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and in Sudan. Breast cancer occurs due to a multifactorial process and infection with an oncogenic virus has been recently investigated as a possible risk factor for breast cancer. For nearly two decades, studies have incriminated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the etiology of breast cancer. However, the results are unconvincing, and their interpretation has remained a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to detect EBV in breast cancer biopsies obtained from Sudanese female patients.

Methods: A descriptive, hospital-based, case-control study, conducted at Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Archival blocks were obtained from 115 patients with breast cancer and 115 controls during the period between November 2016 till March 2017.

Results: Among 115 breast cancer tissue specimens, EBV DNA was identified in 42/115 (36.5 %) samples and was not identified in 73/115 (63.5 %) tissue samples. The highest frequency of EBV detection was among 41–60 year-olds (23/42, 54.7 %), followed by 21–40 year-olds (12/42, 28.5 %) and 61–80 year-olds (5/42, 11.9 %). In the control group, the majority were diagnosed with fibroadenoma (70.4%), followed by fibrocystic changes (10.4%) and lactating changes (0.9%).

Conclusion: The data obtained in this study demonstrated that EBV was present in a high percentage of our study population; however, the exact role of EBV in Sudanese breast cancer needs to be studied more in depth.
Motivating Whistleblowers
Authors: Butler Jeffrey V. , Serra Danila , Spagnolo Giancarlo
Published: August 2019

Law-breaking activities within firms are widespread but difficult to uncover, making whistleblowing by employees desirable. We investigate if and how monetary incentives and expectations of social approval or disapproval from the public, and their interactions, affect an employee’s decision to blow the whistle when the social damage from the reported misbehavior is more or less salient. Our analysis also has implications for the design and management of firms’ internal whistleblowing channels.

This paper was accepted by Yan Chen, decision analysis.
Asymptotically Optimal Appointment Schedules
Authors: Armony Mor , Atar Rami , Honnappa Harsha
Published: August 2019

We consider the problem of scheduling appointments for a finite customer population to a service facility with customer no-shows to minimize the sum of customer waiting time and server overtime costs. Because appointments need to be scheduled ahead of time, we refer to this problem as an optimization problem rather than a dynamic control one. We study this optimization problem in fluid and diffusion scales and identify asymptotically optimal schedules in both scales. In fluid scale, we show that it is optimal to schedule appointments so that the system is in critical load; thus, heavy-traffic conditions are obtained as a result of optimization rather than as an assumption. In diffusion scale, we solve this optimization problem in the large horizon limit. Our explicit stationary solution of the corresponding Brownian optimization problem translates the customer delay versus server overtime trade-off to a trade-off between the state of a reflected Brownian motion in the half-line and its local time at zero. Motivated by work on competitive ratios, we also consider a reference model in which an oracle provides the decision maker with the complete randomness information. The difference between the values of the scheduling problem for the two models, to which we refer as the stochasticity gap (SG), quantifies the degree to which it is harder to design a schedule under uncertainty than when the stochastic primitives (i.e., the no-shows and service times) are known in advance. In the fluid scale, the SG converges to zero, but in the diffusion scale, it converges to a positive constant that we compute.
Nonparametric Estimation of Service Time Characteristics in Infinite-Server Queues with Nonstationary Poisson Input
Authors: Goldenshluger Alexander , Koops David T.
Published: August 2019

This paper provides a mathematical framework for estimation of the service time distribution and expected service time of an infinite-server queueing system with a nonhomogeneous Poisson arrival process in the case of partial information, where only the numbers of busy servers are observed over time. The problem is reduced to a statistical deconvolution problem, which is solved by using Laplace transform techniques and kernels for regularization. Upper bounds on the mean squared error of the proposed estimators are derived. Some concrete simulation experiments are performed to illustrate how the method can be applied and provide some insight in the practical performance.
THEODORO SAMPAIO E A GEOGRAFIA: ESBOÇO DE UMA HISTÓRIA CONTEXTUAL DE SUA TRAJETÓRIA E PRODUÇÃO TÉCNICO-CIENTÍFICA
Authors: Oliveira de Jesus Marcus Henrique
Published: August 2019

A História da Geografia atualmente vem recebendo consideráveis contribuições que revelam as produções e personagens de períodos anteriores a institucionalização universitária da disciplina, o que se dá a partir da implantação da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é contribuir com um esboço sobre a trajetória e produção técnico-científica do engenheiro-geógrafo Theodoro Sampaio, autor de extensa produção científica e fomentador de projetos e instituições, aspectos que pensamos ser fundamentais para a realização de uma leitura renovada da Geografia, em face da escassez de produções acerca de sua história, particularmente no período anterior às universidades no Brasil. Para a realização deste artigo realizamos uma ampla revisão bibliográfica com vistas à construção de uma narrativa capaz de destacar a participação de Theodoro Sampaio nessa história. Diante disto, consideramos necessárias revisões sobre suas obras, observando a sua importância para o levantamento de informações sobre o território, notadamente no processo de modernização urbana das cidades de São Paulo e Salvador e nas proposições sobre temáticas de interesse da ciência geográfica.
Memorial
Authors: Rebello de Mendonça Carlos Eduardo
Published: August 2019

Memorial defendido publicamente na data de 7 de dezembro de 2018, perante a bancacomposta pelos professores: Maria Claudia Coelho (UERJ), Carmem Feijó (UFF), LenáMedeiros de Menezes (UERJ), José Reginaldo Gonçalves (UFRJ), Moacir Palmeira (UFRJ) eMyriam Moraes Lins de Barros (UFRJ).
Memorial
Authors: Cano Ignacio
Published: August 2019

Memorial para concorrer à promoção à Professor Titular.
INTERSEÇÕES - REVISTA DE ESTUDOS INTERDISCIPLINARES
Authors: Revista de Estudos Interdisciplinares Interseções
Published: August 2019

Interseções: revista de estudos interdisciplinares é uma publicação organizada pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPCIS) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Seu objetivo é divulgar estudos baseados na interdisciplinaridade das ciências humanas, considerada indispensável para a reflexão sobre a realidade sociocultural dinâmica, cambiante e complexa do mundo contemporâneo.
As cidades-santuário nos EUA e o contra movimento do Texas: o caso da lei SB-4
Authors: Bevilacqua Roberta Maria Botelho
Published: August 2019

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de analisar o movimento das cidades-santuário nos EUA, durante o período da administração Trump, e contrapor essas atividades com o caso do Texas, através de um estudo de caso da implementação da lei de imigração SB-4. Considerando o contexto atual da política imigratória, de cunho conservador e xenofóbico, as cidades-santuário ganharam destaque pela forma na qual têm procurado lutar contra essas políticas, propiciando ao imigrante maior segurança e dignidade. No caso do Texas, percebe-se uma aproximação maior com os direcionamentos federais, principalmente através da criação da lei SB-4 em 2017, a qual, dentre outras provisões, obriga as forças policiais locais a questionar o status de imigração de quaisquer indivíduos que julguem necessário. Como conclusão, nota-se que o movimento do Texas é contrário a proposta das cidades-santuário, pois, ao desenvolver a SB-4, coloca-se o imigrante e o estado em risco, gerando possibilidades de perdas econômicos-sociais.
Hold on to your principles
Authors: Allingham Sue
Published: August 2019

While there is plenty to assimilate in the new Ofsted Inspection Framework, it's important not to lose sight of the overarching principles of the EYFS, which are vital for guiding pedagogy and practice.
Watch how it plays out
Authors: Gouldsboro Julia Maria
Published: August 2019

With changes to Ofsted inspections coming down the track, now is a good time to revisit concepts of ‘authentic play’ and think about the practitioner's role in placing children at the centre of their learning.
Who will we thank today?
Authors: Brown Paula
Published: August 2019

Does your setting provide an emotionally positive environment that can support the development of gratitude in children? Paula Brown explores the importance of achieving this in order to enhance wellbeing.
Reality check for free childcare
Authors: Tanuku Purnima
Published: August 2019

While parents feel justified in petitioning for free childcare to include children from nine months old, this cannot possibly be considered until underfunding of the current entitlements is addressed.
Taking a united stand on funding
Authors: Leitch Neil
Published: August 2019

The Alliance's Action Week demonstrated the sector's commitment to fairer funding and passion for its vital work. Providers are a ‘force to be reckoned with’ and the Government will ignore them at its peril.
One small step for man…
Authors: Harries Judith
Published: August 2019

Judith Harries links the books of Simon Bartram to the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing on 20 July, 1969, offering children the opportunity to express their feelings and ideas relating to this.
By natural design
Authors: Hart Karen
Published: August 2019

Take time to study natural objects as a springboard for creativity. Observe how children design their own artworks inspired by spirals, the veins in leaves, star shaped seeds and dandelion flowers.
A visit to Alien School
Authors: Hewson Claire
Published: August 2019

World UFO Day is a great excuse to explore all things alien. Link to the picture book, Welcome to Alien School, to inspire children to create their own narratives and confidently act them out using new words.
Self-service with a smile
Authors: Clarke Jenni
Published: August 2019

Good nutrition is not just about choosing the best foods to eat – it's also about children developing the skills to handle jugs, cups and cutlery, giving them the confidence to make their own healthy choices.
Steps to clean living
Authors: White Hilary
Published: August 2019

Hilary White kicks off a new series exploring how early years settings can make practical changes to become eco-friendly, while creating a dynamic environment for children to learn about conservation.
Enjoy the perfect picnic
Authors: Hewson Claire
Published: August 2019

Everyone loves picnics and with July officially marked as National Picnic Month, the subject is a great theme for literacy. Take story telling outdoors or create a role-play picnic area inside.
Emergency assessment and nursing of a queen with dystocia
Authors: Smith James
Published: August 2019

Dystocia is a life threatening emergency situation which requires urgent treatment. This report aims to evaluate and critique the assessment, monitoring and nursing care given to a queen which presented with dystocia. The triage by the nurse, fluid therapy and pain control will be evaluated for this case report.
Short-term outcomes of endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment
Authors: Kalaiselvan R , Liyanage ASD , Rajaganeshan R
Published: August 2019

Introduction

Endoscopic treatment for pilonidal disease was initially described by Meinero in 2013. This minimally invasive technique has both technical and aesthetic advantages. The diagnostic application helps identify the anatomy of the pilonidal disease and the operative phase ablates and cleans the infected cavity. Our aim was to study the short-term outcomes of endoscopic treatment for pilonidal disease and to evaluate complications and recurrence rates.

Materials and methods

A prospectively maintained database of all consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic treatment for pilonidal disease by a single surgeon in a district general hospital from 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2018 was analysed. Follow-up was available until 30 September 2018.

Results

A total of 74 patients (56 men) underwent endoscopic treatment for pilonidal disease. The median age was 21 years (range 16–62 years). All patients underwent the procedure as daycase procedures, seven under local anaesthesia. There were no immediate postoperative complications and no return to theatre or readmission within 90 days. On a median follow-up of 52 weeks (range 2–114 weeks), 57 patients healed completely and 8 lost to follow-up. We achieved primary healing rates of 67% (44/66) and delayed healing rate of 77% (51/66).

Conclusions

Endoscopic treatment for pilonidal disease is a safe and effective minimally invasive technique that should be considered as first-line treatment in selected cases of pilonidal sinus disease, thereby reducing morbidity related to conventional procedures.
Individual and group level antecedents in the development of idiosyncratic deals. A cross-level study
Authors: Knering Arianna , Tordera Núria , Villajos Esther , Latorre Felisa , Pérez-Nebra Amalia
Published: August 2019

Research on workers’ proactive behaviors has increased in recent years, emphasizing the need for a more active workforce. In this context, research has been carried out on idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), that is, individualized work arrangements that employees negotiate with their employers about aspects that are mutually beneficial. Because this research topic focuses on individuals’ actions, most of the studies analyzing its antecedents examine individual characteristics. However, group and organizational characteristics have been suggested to play a role. The aim of the present paper is to analyze the interplay between individual and group level factors in the development of i-deals. More specifically, we consider the role of psychological capital and justice climate in the development of i-deals. A total of 520 employees working in 83 work-units in Spain participated in a panel study. A cross-level approach was adopted to analyze the relationships among psychological capital (psycap), justice climate and i-deals. The results revealed group differences in the enactment of i-deals.  Individual and group level factors showed a significant positive relationship with i-deals. After controlling for individual characteristics, Justice Climate still added predictive power.
Coping in the final frontier: An intervention to reduce spaceflight-induced stress
Authors: Monzani Lucas , Kozusznik Malgorzata , Ripoll Pilar , Van Dick Rolf , Peiró José M.
Published: August 2019

Research in human spaceflight has extensively documented how microgravity environments, such as spaceflight across Low Earth Orbit (LEO), affects astronauts’ and Spaceflight Participants’ emotions. However, a more refined understanding of this topic will become especially relevant as national and international space agencies increase the duration of manned space missions, and as the private sector fully enters the aerospace arena. In this paper, we analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the four main types of interventions for dealing with the stressors associated with human spaceflight (i.e., ergonomic, physiological, psychological, and psychosocial), and then elaborate on a psychosocial intervention grounded on evidence-based interventions across several fields of psychological research. Among the components of such interventions, we recommend adopting advanced stress coping strategies, developing emotional and intercultural competencies and crafting a shared social identity among crew members. Our proposed intervention aims to enhance the efficacy of social support as a key coping mechanism and applies to crewmembers and spaceflight participants of diverse cultural backgrounds who, most likely, will work using computer-mediated communication (CMC).
Alteridade e Diálogo como Elementos Constituintes do Fazer Educativo – Um Olhar para a Perspectiva Dialógica
Authors: Guendelman Constanza Kaliks
Published: August 2019

Este artigo visa contribuir para o estudo da receção e do impacto que o pensamento dialógico do século XX teve na educação, e verificar em que medida ele tem um potencial ainda a ser explorado para as práticas educativas no presente. A ideia da relação com o outro e com o mundo como elementos constitutivos da pessoa, como fundamento e condição de existência da singularidade de cada um dentro do contexto das outras singularidades, é desenvolvida por diversos pensadores no decurso do século XX. Em particular, Buber, Rosenzweig e Paulo Freire na América Latina – em sua realidade multicultural e também de significativa exclusão social –, se ocupam da questão do pluralismo, da coexistência como fator essencial e condição de ser na permanente formação da pessoa e do espaço interpessoal como premissa para o humano.
Ambientalização Curricular no curso de Licenciatura em Ciências da Natureza: Análise à luz do indicador de Flexibilidade e Permeabilidade
Authors: Waszak Jaqueline Gomes Nunes , Dos Santos Simone Valdete
Published: August 2019

A temática ambiental constitui um tema de relevância social, que abrange também o ensino formal. Partindo de tais aspetos e do reconhecimento das instituições de ensino como espaço de construção de saberes e formação para a ética ambiental, o presente trabalho busca por meio da investigação em um curso de Licenciatura em Ciências da Natureza, caracterizar e refletir sobre o processo de ambientalização do currículo formativo de professores, entendido não apenas pela definição de conteúdo, mas pelas repercussões sobre o cotidiano dessa instituição. Para isso, serão apresentados os resultados, em caráter qualitativo, da análise documental do Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional e Projeto Pedagógico de Curso e da aplicação de entrevistas junto à coordenação do curso, professores e estudantes. As análises foram realizadas, considerando o diagrama proposto pela Rede de Ambientalização Curricular do Ensino Superior, com enfoque no indicador de flexibilização e permeabilidade curricular.
Runoff Estimation of Watershed in Hemavathy Basin using GIS based
SCS-CN Method
Authors: Balakrishna K. , Balakrishna H. B.
Published: August 2019

Estimation and quantification of catchment surface runoff an important hydrologic variable used in most of the
water resources applications watershed development and management problems. In this study, rainfall-runoff
relationship of Hemavathy river basin is determined using Soil Conservation Services-Curve Number (SCS-CN)
method for runoff estimation for ungauged watersheds. The important parameters considered include land use/land
cover, soil, vegetation, drainage, precipitation, contour, slope, daily rainfall data. From the 11year daily rainfall data
daily runoff was estimated using SCS CN equation considering antecedent moisture conditions. Daily runoff depth in
the watershed was then computed using SCS-CN equation was later converted to runoff volume. It was observed in
runoff potential of the watershed about 41% of area having high CN value interprets in more runoff. The runoff thus
calculated was compared with gauged flow at dam site observed that regression coefficient is almost same for both
estimated and observed data and an increase of about 15% in inflow data as per project authorities in the catchment
which may be due to regenerated water from irrigation and presences of perennial streams in the catchment even
during non-monsoon months there is inflow observed.
Fractal Dimension as a Diagnostic Tool for Cardiac Diseases
Authors: Öztürk Yagmur
Published: August 2019

The discovery of fractal geometry has been one of the major developments in mathematics. Fractals, defined as selfsimilar structures, provide a new approach to the understanding of irregular structures. The dimensions of complete
fractals can be easily calculated as real numbers with the fractal geometry approach. However, most of the structures
in nature do not demonstrate self-similarity fully, and different approaches are needed for dimension calculations.
These structures with semi-fractal properties are known as quasi fractals. Fractals derived from time series are called
statistical fractals and they are an example for quasi fractals. Various methods have been developed to estimate the
dimensions of statistical fractals. In this study, the methods which predict dimension in statistical fractals were
investigated and the most suitable method for time series was identified. Fractal dimensions were calculated by
using ECGs of 236 individuals, and the data set was divided into four disease groups and a control group of healthy
individuals. Various statistical analyses were performed using the fractal dimensions of the graphs computed with
MATLAB. Statistical hypothesis tests showed that the differences between the group mean of fractal dimensions are
significant. Fractal dimensions of ECGs have the potential to be used as a diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of heart
diseases.
The Optimization of Silk Fabric Production Process
Authors: Shahriar Asif
Published: August 2019

Our sericulture sector is so degraded that today we are not concerned to this sector. So in order to know the condition
of sericulture, production process flow chart, annual production, comparison about production of our country and
other neighbouring countries a theses is important from where we also able to know about local production
condition, elaboration of several terms and definitions related to silk as well as the problems which are related to the
degradation of sericulture sector. The ways of minimizing production loss is also elaborated in these. Most of the
experiment and data are collected from Bangladesh sericulture Research and Training Institute, Rajshahi as well as
Sopura Silk Mills Ltd. Rajshahi and rest of them are collected from journal, book and internet. The conventional
system prior to this is to understand the root level of sericulture of Bangladesh. The outcome of the theses is that it
helps us to understand why our sericulture sector is so lack behind. It enriches our concern about silk production and
by this way our annual production will be increased and sericulture will be a profitable sector.
Influence of Taxes in the Mobilization of Financial Resources
Authors: Zaynalov Djaxongir R. , Ahrorov Zarif O.
Published: August 2019

The article is devoted to the study of the relationship between the inflation process, the state budget, tax exemptions
from household incomes, as well as the stimulation of investment activity of corporations. In order to assess the
interrelationship of these financial and economic phenomena, the opinions of various domestic foreign scientists and
government officials were reviewed, and practical data from a number of countries that took place in different time
periods were analyzed. The effect of the considered indicators on income and investment activity of the population
and corporations is shown. The authors' opinion is given in relation to the policies pursued by different countries in
this area.
Arc Welding Process Selection through a Quality and Costs
Authors: Thakur1 Ashish , Gebrelibanos Hagos , Gabrey Tadesse
Published: August 2019

This paper presents a methodology to compare three welding processes, namely SAW (submerged arc welding),
SMAW (shield metal arc welding) and GMAW (gas metal arc welding) and to select the best one for a given
application. Study is the selection of arc welding process for improving quality and welding cost case in MIE and
proposes a method for determining the welding process by comparing time, quality and cost, against one over the
other of the three types of Arc welding. The welds were carried out in MIE training center. The selection was based on
double criteria: operational costs and non-quality costs. The former is related to the normal costs evaluated in such
kind of decision, like consumable cost, labor cost, etc. The is the financial loss suffered by the client every time
response variable drifts away from its target value or presents variability. The results indicated that the non-quality
and operational costs for the SAW process are slightly lower in comparison to the GMAW and SMAW. SAW is selective
among them for quality wise. Therefore, it is the best process for the given application. However; cost incurs little
high for GMAW.
Fatigue Behavior and Fracture Mechanism of a Hot Rolled AA7020 Aluminum Alloy
Authors: Thakur Ashish
Published: August 2019

Fatigue tests of smooth specimens and CT specimens of a hot rolled AA7020 Aluminum alloy have been performed in
laboratory at ambient temperature. Fatigue strength and fatigue crack propagation (FCP) characteristic were
evaluated and fracture mechanism was discussed on the basis of crack initiation, small crack growth, and fracture
surface analysis. The growth behavior of small and large cracks has been investigated on 7020 alloy.The FCP
resistance was found significantly lower than that of other aluminum alloys. The crack growth measurements were
performed in CT specimens at constant load ratios ranging from R = 0.1–0.5. The fatigue strength at 104 cycles was
110 MPa that led to a considerably fatigue ratio of 0.1, fatigue failure did not occur. There existed two different
modes of crack initiation depending on applied stress level. Above 200 MPa, cracks initiated at the specimen surface
in transgranular or intergranular manner due to cyclic slip deformation, while below that stress subsurface crack
initiation took place. The growth of small cracks initiated at the surface coincided with the FCP characteristic after
allowing for crack closure for large cracks, but the operative fracture mechanisms were different between small and
large cracks.
Contribution of the marketing communication strategy to the hospital performance
of healthcare institutions in the city of Lubumbashi
Apport de la stratégie de communication marketing à la performance hospitalière des institutions de soins de santé
dans la ville de Lubumbashi
Authors: Ndala Kasongo , Yav Ditend , Caillie Didier Van , Tshamba Mundongo , Kaj Malonga
Published: August 2019

The practice of marketing communication has long remained almost non-existent in the health care management sector
for essentially ethical reasons, as long as the demand for the health care service was greater than its offer. Healthcare
institutions did not feel the need to develop strategies to attract and retain patients. And yet, health organizations are a
service provider that requires as much as other areas, the application of management science, including marketing.
Changes in the modern social and economic environment require all service providers to behave and market-oriented to
adapt to their respective markets, increasingly competitive markets. And one of the axes of this adaptation is their
openness to marketing communication strategies... That is why, in this article, we want to reflect on the issues that
today constitute the application of marketing communications strategies by health care institutions. This explanatory
study was carried out on the contribution of the marketing communication strategy to performance in public and
private hospitals in Lubumbashi city. The results of this study indicate that the appropriation of the marketing
communication strategy has a positive and significant impact on the hospital performance (24% of the link rate between
the marketing communication strategy and the hospital performance). In addition, the contextual pressure has a
positive and significant impact on the success of the marketing communication strategy and the performance of the
health care institutions (12% of the link rate between the environmental context and the implementation of the
marketing communication strategy). The study highlights the need for healthcare institutions to implement the
communication strategy in order to be successful in a dual goal of promoting health and patient satisfaction in addition
to a significant competitive advantage.
The future of Indian foreign policy towards ASEAN: dependability and alternatives
Authors: Hussien Muntaha Ali
Published: August 2019

India has one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world. It is second only to China in growth. Its growth
rate for 2010 was 8.3%. After rapid economic expansion since 1990, it has become the third largest economy after China
and Japan, The important future strategic role in the Asian region. A future study by Deutsche Bank on the development
of the Indian economy and its future prospects is expected to witness a number of developments, the most important of
which is the increase in the average gross domestic product (GDP) to (6%) for the period (2006-2020) As well as the
expansion of the industrial sector, especially on the basis of information technology. With economic and demographic
growth, the need for energy and services increases, making them the most energy-efficient countries at a rate of two
and a half times the rate of the superpowers. Therefore, they are responsible for 20% of energy consumption in Asia in
2030 compared with 12% in 2004 to sustain its economic growth. The basic condition for the prospect of economic
power is to recognize the national development milestones that have changed their economic reality and open up their
potential more than ever before - the rapid rise in learning levels and high rates of technological innovation
Acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy for trichotillomania: Randomized controlled trial rationale, method, and strategies for recruiting minority participants
Authors: Neal-Barnett Angela , Woods Douglas W. , Espil Flint M. , Davis Martale , Alexander Jennifer R. , Compton Scott N. , Walther Michael R. , Twohig Michael P. , Saunders Stephen M. , Cahill Shawn P. , Franklin Martin E.
Published: August 2019

Trichotillomania (TTM) involves the chronic pulling out of hair to the point of hair loss or thinning, which continues despite repeated attempts to stop. Behavior therapy is a promising treatment for the condition, but studies have been limited by the lack of a credible control condition, small sample sizes, follow-up periods of short duration, and low participation by underrepresented populations. In the current article, the authors describe the theoretical rationale for an acceptance-enhanced form of behavior therapy for TTM in adults and describe the methodology used to test the efficacy of this intervention against a psychoeducation and supportive control condition. In addition, the authors discuss the importance of and difficulties encountered with enrolling minority participants into TTM research, as well as strategies used to enhance minority recruitment. Finally, the authors discuss the instruments, procedures, and related outcomes of the fidelity measures used in the randomized controlled trial.
A MISSÃO DO ESCRITOR E O SISTEMA LITERÁRIO NO SÉCULO XIX: MÉXICO (GUILLERMO PRIETO) E O BRASIL (JOSÉ DE ALENCAR) NA CRIAÇÃO DE UM ESTADO NACIONAL A PARTIR DA LITERATURA
Authors: Lima Baca Francisco
Published: August 2019

O artigo desenvolve uma comparação entre dois projetos estéticos no Brasil e no México no século XIX. No caso de Guillermo Prieto, o nomeado costumbrismo é a representação literária dos costumes sociais que criam uma identidade, uma vez que o conceito “missão do escritor” tenha um relacionamento forte com a concepção de um Estado Nacional. Esse projeto literário desenvolvido no México tem relação com o projeto de José de Alencar, já que o escritor vai desenvolver uma proposta narrativa, na qual, a Literatura Brasileira terá sua identidade estética. A relação entre os dois projetos literários estabelece um encontro entre as duas propostas narrativas e dois projetos nacionais, nos quais a Literatura é uma ferramenta para desenvolver uma identidade nacional no caso mexicano e brasileiro no século XIX.Palavras-chave: Missão do escritor; nação; identidade nacional; projeto literário.
ENTRE O HISTÓRICO E O LITERÁRIO: UM ESPAÇO DE CONFLUÊNCIAS
Authors: Rios Dinameire Oliveira Carneiro
Published: August 2019

Neste trabalho são analisadas as relações estabelecidas entre a literatura e a história dos últimos séculos. Parte-se da acepção construída por Aristóteles acerca da diferenciação entre o poeta e o historiador, que serviu durante muito tempo para nortear as discussões sobre o diálogo entre os dois campos, para construir considerações acerca dessa relação, principalmente a partir do século XIX, quando a história buscou consolidar-se enquanto ciência e se afastar de conceitos comuns ao âmbito da literatura, como a fabulação e a imaginação. As reflexões são estendidas até o século XX em que se considera como aspecto importante do contato entre os campos a abertura empreendida pela história em relação a outras áreas do saber.Palavras-chave: Literatura; História; Diálogo.
O “EU” QUE VACILA: ZUMBIFICAÇÃO E APAGAMENTO
Authors: Rebello Lucia Sá , Martinez Lis Yana De Lima
Published: August 2019

Este artigo pretende apresentar breves reflexões acerca de como o imaginário nacionalista criado na época das colonizações e sua influência na sociedade se expressa nas artes – no campo literário, no caso brasileiro, e da dança, no caso Argentino – trazendo como exemplos a vida e a obra de Luiz Gama e o documentário Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango, do cineasta angolano Dom Pedro. Espera-se que com este texto seja possível problematizar o diálogo entre culturas por meio de exemplos tão distintos, mas que se complementam com tantas semelhanças. Para tanto, se introduz o processo de zumbificação e fantasmificação.Palavras-chave: Zumbificação; negro; tango; Luiz Gama.