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Polymethine dyes
Authors: Mustroph Heinz
Published: December 2019

There are a lot of different dye classes with complete different chemical structures. On the basis of a common classification the term “polymethine dyes” was created in 1926. Common criteria are a conjugated polymethine chain with terminal functional groups and an odd number 2n + 3 ofπ-centers and 2n + 4π-electrons (nis the number of vinyl groups), the vinylene shift of the 0–0 vibronic transition of about 100 nm per vinyl group, the influence of substituents or heteroatoms according to Dewar´s Rules and a bathochromic shift by twisting of the polymethine chain according to the Brunings–Corwin effect.
The Battle of ‘Isms’ in Kate Chopin's the Awakening
Authors: Băniceru Cristina
Published: December 2019

This article will focus primarily on the ending of The Awakening: A Solitary Soul, probably the most discussed and debated part of Kate Chopin’s novel. The ending can be best understood if the novel is read as an exercise in late Transcendentalist philosophy, with Gothic undertones, plus realist, social commentary and modernist concerns. Walt Whitman’s hedonism meets Guy de Maupassant’s melancholy in a novel that speaks about multiple awakenings (hedonistic, erotic, artistic) but also about several deaths, all necessary for the creation of a new female consciousness.
Healing Music in Pericles, the Winter’s Tale and The Tempest
Authors: Grigore Claudia
Published: December 2019

This essay examines the scenes in Shakespeare’s romances in which music has a healing and revitalizing power, but it also contains its own subversion. In Pericles, in the palace at Pentapolis, Pericles asks for a musical instrument, which he plays while he sings to himself. The wise doctor Cerimon revives Thaisa’s apparently dead body with the help of music in Pericles. In the final reunion scene with his daughter, Marina, the music of her voice has healing power for her father. In The Winter’s Tale, Hermione’s apparently lifeless statue is brought to life while music is playing. Finally, The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most musical plays, with songs and music and a masque reviving the action. Shakespeare used songs to establish the character or the mental state of the singer. Music and allusions to music in these plays’ scripts can be interpreted as forms of indirect and covert propaganda, attuned to the politics of the time, but also as individual musical parts, in which music has healing power over the mind. They are like the music of the soul, suggesting interiority. Music is used, therefore, to achieve theatrical effect.
Through a Reader Looking Glass. Olivia Manning’s the Balkan Trilogy
Authors: Goșa Codruța
Published: December 2019

The paper explores the way in which Romanian readers, experts in literary studies, react to how Romania, Romanians are perceived by British foreigners travelling to Romania for the first time as instantiated in Olivia Manning’s The Balkan Trilogy. The trilogy is based on the author’s experience of living in Bucharest during WW II as wife of a British Council officer. The theoretical frame underpinning the study draws on reader-oriented theory and the role of stereotypes which are viewed as culturally and historically rooted.
The Management of Non-Verbal Signs in Disagreements
Authors: Frențiu Luminița
Published: December 2019

Gesture, outlined in terms of physical activity, philosophical theory and linguistics are strongly connected in the course of human interaction. Utterances are accompanied by facial expressions, shifts of gaze, movements, posture, etc. Therefore, we support the thesis that a gestural approach to analyzing communicative events is appropriate, since non-verbal components communicate attitudes and emotions and complete the verbal interchange in numerous ways. Disagreements are especially prone to such an analysis.
Hedging in Academic Discourse
Authors: Gherdan Maria Elena
Published: December 2019

Hedging has become a topic of interest among discourse-oriented linguists. The paper will discuss ways in which the term “hedge” has been understood and defined in the literature within the academic writing discourse. As epistemic devices with significant characteristics, hedges are often seen as features in academic writing practices that may cause problems, being often a serious source of pragmatic failure in written discourse in a foreign language. It is suggested that the appropriate use of hedging, which clearly requires subtlety and awareness of pragmatic competence of written discourse, is utterly important in avoiding “communicative failure” (Thomas, 1983) and allowing authors to find a way of expressing their true voice in a target discourse.
Features of Informality in Applied Linguistics Research Articles Published in Iranian Local Journals
Authors: Ebrahimi Seyed Foad , Fakheri Seyed Aqil
Published: December 2019

This study was motivated by the recent study on informality in academic writing carried out by Hyland and Jiang (2017), to see the status of informality in Applied Linguistics research articles published in Iranian local journals. To this end, 50 research articles from two Journals of “Research in Applied Linguistics” and “Iranian Journal of applied Linguistics” were selected. The research articles were published in 2014 and 2015 issues. They were analyzed based on Hyland and Jiang’s (2017) taxonomy. The results imply that unattended anaphoric pronouns and sentence initial conjunctions have received the greatest attention from Iranian writers of Applied Linguistics writers while exclamations and contractions were totally ignored. Compared to the results reported by Hyland and Jiang (2017), the use of features of informality by Iranian writers of the present study varies to a great extent. The variations could stress the necessity of awareness of Iranian Applied Linguistics and related fields of study writers concerning the use of these features by successful writers.
Refounding Law and Economics: Behavioral Support for the Predictions of Standard Economic Analysis
Authors: Zamir Eyal
Published: December 2019

Based on the premise that people are rational maximizers of their own utility, economic analysis has a fairly successful record in correctly predicting human behavior. This success is puzzling, given behavioral findings that show that people do not necessarily seek to maximize their own utility. Drawing on studies of motivated reasoning, self-serving biases, and behavioral ethics, this article offers a new behavioral foundation for the predictions of economic analysis. The behavioral studies reveal how automatic and mostly unconscious processes lead well-intentioned people to make self-serving decisions. Thus, the behavioral studies support many of the predictions of standard economic analysis, without committing to a simplistic portrayal of human motivation. The article reviews the psychological findings, explains how they provide a sounder, complementary foundation for economic analysis, and discusses their implications for legal policymaking.
The feasibility of gym-based exercise therapy for patients with persistent neck pain
Authors: Larsson Johan , Westergren Hans , Häggman-Henrikson Birgitta , Ilgunas Aurelija , Wänman Anders , Malmström Eva-Maj
Published: December 2019

Background and aims

Persistent neck pain is common and can be detrimental to the health of those who are affected. This is particularly common after neck trauma, where it poses a challenge to health care providers. In this paper, we present the design and results of a study aimed primarily at assessing the feasibility of a supervised exercise intervention for patients with persistent neck pain after trauma. As a secondary aim, we analyzed the results of the intervention.

Methods

We designed and conducted a feasibility study using a mixed methods design. Ten patients with persistent neck pain (nine with a history of neck trauma and one with sudden onset of neck pain) were recruited from a specialized pain rehabilitation center and underwent a gym-based individual exercise therapy intervention, supervised by a physical therapist. We assessed the feasibility of the exercise therapy intervention based on the experiences of the patients and physical therapists. We analyzed both quantitative and qualitative results using descriptive statistics, content analysis, and questionnaires.

Results

The study found the exercise therapy to be a feasible alternative for patients with persistent neck pain. Most of the practical aspects of the intervention and study were executed as planned, and the study was well received by the patients, who found it a valuable part of their rehabilitation. In the quantitative analysis, improvements were observed on the Neck Disability Index, numerical rating scale for pain, EuroQol 5D, and physical activity, with scores on the Neck Disability Index showing a statistically significant improvement. Scores on the Disability Rating Index showed a non-significant deterioration. The qualitative analysis uncovered one overarching theme and four themes for the patients and three themes for the physical therapist.

Conclusions

The exercise therapy intervention seems to be feasible with favorable outcomes for the patients. The quantitative and qualitative analyses demonstrated exercise therapy to be beneficial from several different perspectives. However, although structured, the training needs customization and individual adaption from a clinical reasoning perspective in order to meet each patient’s individual needs.

Implications

This study shows that supervised gym-based exercise therapy is feasible for patients with severe, persistent neck pain. It facilitates and motivates the execution of a larger, controlled trial, which might then lead to a new and potentially effective addition to the toolbox of all health care providers treating patients with persistent neck pain.
Ion-Acoustic Cnoidal Waves with the Density Effect of Spin-up and Spin-down Degenerate Electrons in a Dense Astrophysical Plasma
Authors: Kaur Nimardeep , Kaur Rupinder , Saini N. S.
Published: December 2019

An investigation of nonlinear ion acoustic (IA) cnoidal waves in a magnetised quantum plasma is presented by using spin evolution quantum hydrodynamics model, in which inertial classical ions and degenerate inertialess electrons with both spin-up and spin-down states taken as separate species are considered. The Korteweg–de Vries equation is derived using the reductive perturbation method. Further, using the Sagdeev pseudopotential approach, the solution for IA cnoidal waves is derived with suitable boundary conditions. There is the formation of only positive potential cnoidal, and in the limiting case, positive solitary waves are observed. The effects of density polarisation and other plasma parameters on the characteristic features of cnoidal and solitary waves have been analysed numerically. It is seen that the spin density polarisation significantly affects the characteristics of cnoidal structures as we move from strongly spin-polarised (μ = 1) to a zero spin-polarisation case (μ = 0). The results obtained in the present investigation may be useful in comprehending various nonlinear excitations in dense astrophysical regions, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, and so on.
Photovoltaic Generator Based on Laser-Induced Reversible Aggregation of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Authors: Babincová Melánia , Babinec Peter
Published: December 2019

A new principle of electromotive force generation is proposed, based on the intermittent laser-induced reversible cluster formation due to the aggregation of magnetic nanoparticles in a ferrofluid placed in the constant magnetic field. In such a configuration, according to Faraday law, in response to unsteady light-induced periodic motion of magnetized materials in an external magnetic field, an alternating current is induced in the coil wrapped around the ferrofluid tube.
A Standardized PMML Format for Representing Convolutional Neural Networks with Application to Defect Detection
Authors: Ferguson Max , Lee Yung-Tsun Tina , Narayanan Anantha , Law Kincho H.
Published: December 2019

Convolutional neural networks are becoming a popular tool for image processing in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. However, managing the storage and distribution of trained models is still a difficult task that is partially due to the lack of standardized methods for deep neural network representation. Additionally, the interoperability between different machine learning frameworks remains poor. This article seeks to address this issue by proposing a standardized format for convolutional neural networks based on the Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML). A new standardized schema is proposed to represent a range of convolutional neural networks, including classification, regression, and semantic segmentation systems. To demonstrate the practical application of this standard, a semantic segmentation model, which is trained to detect casting defects in X-ray images, is represented in the proposed PMML format. A high-performance scoring engine is developed to evaluate images and videos against the PMML model. The utility of the proposed format and the scoring engine is evaluated by benchmarking the performance of the defect detection models on a range of different computational platforms.
The Motivational PrEP Cascade Guides Interpretation of Early PrEP Linkage to Care for Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Case of Chicago's PrEPLine
Authors: Dehlin Jessica M. , Issema Rodal , Eavou Rebecca , Pickett Jim , Alon Leigh , Brewer Russell , Schneider John A.
Published: December 2019

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains low among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM). PrEPLine, launched in August 2015, based in Chicago, was designed to support PrEP linkage among BMSM. PrEPLine moves clients through the Motivational PrEP Cascade, addresses barriers, and tracks outcomes. Study findings suggest that three variables (i.e., being gay/same gender loving, living more than 15 miles from a clinic location, rescheduling an appointment) demonstrated a significant positive association with initiating PrEP. A subanalysis of BMSM found that two variables (i.e., living on the West Side of Chicago relative to those living on the South Side, and among those living in communities with a higher rate of poverty [more than 30%], relative to those living in communities with a lower rate of poverty [less than 20%]) demonstrated a significant negative association with initiating PrEP.
Impact of Postdilation on Intervention Success and Long-Term Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Authors: Erdoğan Turan , Duman Hakan , Çetin Mustafa , Özer Savaş , Çinier Göksel , Usta Ece , Usta Mustafa , Kırış Tuncay
Published: December 2019

Postdilation is frequently used during coronary interventions to prevent stent malapposition. Currently there are contradictory findings regarding the benefits of postdilation for both intraprocedural and long-term outcomes. We evaluated the impact of postdilation among patients who presented with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and underwent percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). A total of 258 consecutive patients who presented with ACS and underwent PCI were included in the study. The patients were followed up for 25±1.7 months for the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). During follow-up, 65 patients (25.2%) had MACE. Among patients without MACE, intracoronary nitrate infusion was less frequently used (P=0.005), myocardial blush grade was higher (P<0.001), and a drug-eluting stent was more frequently used (P=0.005). No significant differences were noted between groups regarding the predilation, recurrent dilation, postdilation, and other angiographic characteristics. In multivariate analysis, female sex (P=0.047), myocardial blush grade (P=0.038), previous coronary artery disease (P=0.030), and peak troponin level (P=0.002) were found to be predictors of MACE. In patients who were treated with PCI for ACS, performing postdilation did not predict final Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade, corrected TIMI frame count, myocardial blush grade, or MACE.
Building Empowerment, Resisting Patriarchy
Authors: Chaudhuri Soma , Morash Merry
Published: December 2019

This research explores how empowerment programs impact gender-based violence and the social structures that lead to such violence in the first place. Drawing from interviews with former participants in empowerment programs that focus on building community leaders, the study examines how grassroots women lead interventions and their effects on leaders’ and survivors’ lives. We find that although most survivors had displayed some agency in independently resisting violence, their efforts were more effective when coupled with a support network and access to resources. With the intervention of leaders, the survivors were able to better negotiate for justice with a renewed sense of agency. For the leaders, participation in programs gave them an identity independent of their status within the family. They promoted change by developing independent, innovative intervention strategies that worked despite the tight structural constraints of gendered norms.
The Treadmill of Information
Authors: Simpson Joseph M. , Dunlap Riley E. , Fullerton Andrew S.
Published: December 2019

The world is facing a crisis of global warming due to the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses by human activities. Many scholars and stakeholders argue that information and communication technology (ICT) development will mitigate CO2 emissions. Advocacy of technological solutions to CO2 mitigation is consistent with ecological modernization theory's assertion that reflexive societies will modernize sustainably. In contrast, we define the “treadmill of information” as the unique contribution of ICT development to environmental degradation. We examine the impact of ICT development on total CO2 emissions and source-sector emissions from electricity, buildings, manufacturing, and transportation using a multilevel growth model for panel data from 113 countries split into the world, developed country, and less-developed-country samples. We find that the level of fixed telephone development is a strong predictor of higher CO2 emissions in less-developed countries, while internet use predicts higher CO2 emissions in developed countries. The effect of mobile telephone development is not significant. Thus, it appears that ICTs are not having an ameliorative effect on global warming as expected by ecological modernization theorists, and instead reinforce the treadmill of production's negative effect.
Uneven Decoupling
Authors: Thombs Ryan P. , Huang Xiaorui
Published: December 2019

The macro-comparative decoupling literature has often sought to test the arguments made by the treadmill of production (TP) and ecological modernization (EM) theories. However, due to data limitations, these studies have been limited to analyzing the years after 1960. Given that both theories discuss historical processes operating before 1960, analyzing pre-1960 data is warranted to more comprehensively test the propositions made by both theories. We assess the long-term relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions from 1870 to 2014 using a sample of global North nations. We use Prais-Winsten regression models with time interactions to assess whether, when, and how much CO2 emissions have decoupled from economic growth over time. We find that significant relative decoupling has occurred twice since 1870: during the last 30 years of the nineteenth century, the timing of which is contrary to what both the EM and TP theories might expect, and after 1970. We also observe that the relationship remained relatively stable from the turn of the twentieth century to approximately 1970, which aligns with the arguments made by the classical TP work. We conclude that shifts in the global organization of production have shaped the magnitude of the economic growth–CO2 emissions relationship and its changes over time, which has implications for climate mitigation policy.
Effector loading onto the VgrG carrier activates type VI secretion system assembly
Authors: Wu Chih‐Feng , Lien Yun‐Wei , Bondage Devanand , Lin Jer‐Sheng , Pilhofer Martin , Shih Yu‐Ling , Chang Jeff H , Lai Erh‐Min
Published: December 2019

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by many bacteria to engage in social behavior and can affect the health of its host plant or animal. Because activities associated with T6SSs are often costly, T6SSs must be tightly regulated. However, our knowledge regarding how T6SS assembly and contraction are regulated remains limited. Using the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens, we show that effectors are not just passengers but also impact on T6SS assembly. The A. tumefaciens strain C58 encodes one T6SS and two Tde DNase toxin effectors used as major weapons for interbacterial competition. Here, we demonstrate that loading of Tde effectors onto their cognate carriers, the VgrG spikes, is required for active T6SS secretion. The assembly of the TssBC contractile sheath occurs only in the presence of Tde effectors. The requirement of effector loading for efficient T6SS secretion was also validated in other A. tumefaciens strains. We propose that such a mechanism is used by bacteria as a strategy for efficacious T6SS firing and to ensure that effectors are loaded onto the T6SS prior to completing its assembly.
Mortalidad por enfermedades isquémicas del corazón en edad laboral según tamaño de ciudad: una vista a partir de las zonas metropolitanas de México
Authors: González Díaz Armando
Published: December 2019

Las zonas metropolitanas (ZM) son ciudades con alta concentración de población y actividades económicas que abarcan más de un municipio, por lo cual reúnen muchos de los factores asociados con una elevada mortalidad por enfermedades isquémicas del corazón (MEIC). En México, esta causa de muerte aumenta rápidamente en la población en edad laboral y afecta fundamentalmente zonas urbanas, entre las cuales destacan las ZM. Este artículo explora la relación entre el tamaño de ciudad y el nivel de MEIC. Para hacerlo, se categorizaron las ZM en cuatro: menor de 250 000, entre 250 y 500 000, entre 500 000 y un millón y más de un millón de habitantes. Mediante una regresión lineal, que contempló como variables de control las principales causas ecológicas de riesgo de MEIC, se encontró un gradiente de incremento en el nivel de esta causa de muerte para cada tamaño mayor de ciudad.
Evaluación financiera de la pyme del sector construcción de vivienda 1en Colombia (2011-2016)*
Authors: Rivera Godoy Jorge Alberto
Published: December 2019

El documento muestra los principales hallazgos de un análisis que tiene como intención el de valorar el comportamiento financiero de la pyme del sector construcción de vivienda en Colombia en el período 2011-2016, siguiendo como metodología el estudio de algunos de los más importantes indicadores de desempeño contables y de valoración a nivel económico para determinar el grado de cumplimiento del objetivo financiero de las empresas. La pyme del sector de la construcción en Colombia logra rendimientos contables, aunque superiores en la mediana empresa en razón a su eficacia en el control de los gastos y al uso de un mayor apalancamiento financiero positivo. No obstante lo anterior, los resultados también demuestran que existe una destrucción del valor económico agregado (EVA) en los años analizados. Esta destrucción de valor obedece a que el costo de recursos financieros es superior a la utilidad operacional después de impuestos.
Horizontal Transfer and Gene Loss Shaped the Evolution of Alpha-Amylases in Bilaterians
Authors: Desiderato Andrea , Barbeitos Marcos , Gilbert Clément , Da Lage Jean-Luc
Published: December 2019

The subfamily GH13_1 of alpha-amylases is typical of Fungi, but it is also found in some unicellular eukaryotes (e.g., Amoebozoa, choanoflagellates) and non-bilaterian Metazoa. Since a previous study in 2007, GH13_1 amylases were considered ancestral to the Unikonts, including animals, except Bilateria, such that it was thought to have been lost in the ancestor of this clade. The only alpha-amylases known to be present in Bilateria so far belong to the GH13_15 and 24 subfamilies (commonly called bilaterian alpha-amylases) and were likely acquired by horizontal transfer from a proteobacterium. The taxonomic scope of Eukaryota genomes in databases has been greatly increased ever since 2007. We have surveyed GH13_1 sequences in recent data from ca. 1600 bilaterian species, 60 non-bilaterian animals and also in unicellular eukaryotes. As expected, we found a number of those sequences in non-bilaterians: Anthozoa (Cnidaria) and in sponges, confirming the previous observations, but none in jellyfishes and in Ctenophora. Our main and unexpected finding is that such fungal (also called Dictyo-type) amylases were also consistently retrieved in several bilaterian phyla: hemichordates (deuterostomes), brachiopods and related phyla, some molluscs and some annelids (protostomes). We discuss evolutionary hypotheses possibly explaining the scattered distribution of GH13_1 across bilaterians, namely, the retention of the ancestral gene in those phyla only and/or horizontal transfers from non-bilaterian donors.
Selective Inbreeding: Genetic Crosses Drive Apparent Adaptive Mutation in the Cairns-Foster System ofEscherichia coli
Authors: Nguyen Amanda , Maisnier-Patin Sophie , Yamayoshi Itsugo , Kofoid Eric , Roth John R
Published: December 2019

In the Cairns-Foster adaptive mutation system, lac mutant cells are plated on lactose medium where 50 revertant colonies accumulate over 5 days above a non-growing lawn. A new model attributes this behavior to selective...

The Escherichia coli system of Cairns and Foster employs a lac frameshift mutation that reverts rarely (10−9/cell/division) during unrestricted growth. However, when 108 cells are plated on lactose medium, the nongrowing lawn produces ∼50 Lac+ revertant colonies that accumulate linearly with time over 5 days. Revertants carry very few associated mutations. This behavior has been attributed to an evolved mechanism (“adaptive mutation” or “stress-induced mutagenesis”) that responds to starvation by preferentially creating mutations that improve growth. We describe an alternative model, “selective inbreeding,” in which natural selection acts during intercellular transfer of the plasmid that carries the mutant lac allele and the dinB gene for an error-prone polymerase. Revertant genome sequences show that the plasmid is more intensely mutagenized than the chromosome. Revertants vary widely in their number of plasmid and chromosomal mutations. Plasmid mutations are distributed evenly, but chromosomal mutations are focused near the replication origin. Rare, heavily mutagenized, revertants have acquired a plasmid tra mutation that eliminates conjugation ability. These findings support the new model, in which revertants are initiated by rare pre-existing cells (105) with many copies of the F’lac plasmid. These cells divide under selection, producing daughters that mate. Recombination between donor and recipient plasmids initiates rolling-circle plasmid over-replication, causing a mutagenic elevation of DinB level. A lac+ reversion event starts chromosome replication and mutagenesis by accumulated DinB. After reversion, plasmid transfer moves the revertant lac+ allele into an unmutagenized cell, and away from associated mutations. Thus, natural selection explains why mutagenesis appears stress-induced and directed.
IGNACIO ELLACURÍA: PRAXIS Y LA REALIDAD HISTÓRICA
Authors: Téllez Fabiani Enrique
Published: December 2019

Se trata de plantear, de la manera más adecuada posible, la propuesta de “praxis” y “realidad histórica” de Ignacio Ellacuría. Dicho planteamiento es apenas un aspecto provisorio, dado lo prolífico de su obra. A la par de la guerra intestina que se desató en El Salvador en el último tercio del siglo XX, la filosofía de la liberación intentó dar una justificación teórica de los sectores más vulnerables. El pensamiento que surge a partir de estos hechos es eminentemente crítico, en el sentido de ser punto de partida de las víctimas. A partir de esta consideración, Ignacio Ellacuría se comprometió con la situación política. La propuesta es situar su pensa- miento en una política de la liberación en términos materiales (situado en la corporalidad), crítico (desde las víctimas) y negativo (desde el hambre).
Ante lo ambiental la política es secundaria y zaguera
Authors: Mora Eduardo
Published: December 2019

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Principios y lineamientos de sostenibilidad turística consensuados internacionalmente
Authors: San Román Lorena
Published: December 2019

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Claves para el éxito de proyectos ecoturísticos con participación comunitaria. El caso costarricense del sky walk - sky trek
Authors: Báez Ana , Valverde Fernando
Published: December 2019

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Pengaruh Succession Planning, Transformational Leadership, Training Satisfaction Terhadap Turnover Intention Karyawan Pada Sektor Publik Kementerian Agama Jakarta Pusat
Authors: Wanggi Amelia , Panggabean Mutiara , Puspa Tiara
Published: December 2019

This study tries to analyze the effect of succession planning, transformational leadership, training satisfaction on employee turnover intention in the public sector of the Central Jakarta Ministry of Religion. Responding to this study, an experiment of 120 respondents from the Central Jakarta Ministry of Religion staffing company. The sampling method uses purposive sampling and uses descriptive statistical data analysis methods (average) and multiple regression analysis. In this research, succession planning, transformational leadership, and training satisfaction, were obtained negatively towards company turnover intention in the public sector, especially succession planning. From the results of this study, it was agreed by the leadership of the company to pay more attention to succession planning or management of employee talents, allow and add training and coaching for future leaders to be more transformational to provide beneficial investments in terms of employee career development.
Brote de Oligonychus yothersi en cafetales de Costa Rica por la ceniza del Volcán Poás durante el año 2017
Authors: Rojas Barrantes Mainor , Ramírez Valerio Daniel , Constantino Chuaire Luis Miguel
Published: December 2019

La arañita roja (Oligonychus yothersi) ha sido catalogada como una plaga de poca importancia en los cafetales de Costa Rica, lo cual afecta levemente solo en la época seca en los bordes del cultivo. El único ataque fuerte de O. yothersi se reportó entre 1963 y 1965 en el Valle Central, relacionado con la caída de ceniza del volcán Irazú. Durante el año 2017 el volcán Poás lanzó cantidades importantes de ceniza que fueron llevadas por el viento en dirección suroeste y se relacionó con un fuerte ataque de arañita roja entre noviembre de 2017 y marzo de 2018, en un área de 4155 ha ubicadas sobre 1200 m de altura entre los cantones de Poás y Naranjo de Alajuela. La población decreció por efectos del combate biológico natural lo cual se relaciona con una población abundante de 5 especies de depredadores. Se evaluó el control con acaricidas químicos con buenos resultados al aplicar productos a base de propargite y azufre.
Prospects for the socio-economic development of rural areas in the context of digitalization of the economy
Authors: Akhmetov Vilyur , Galikeev Razit
Published: December 2019

This article attempts to identify new prospects for the rural economy due to the development of digital technologies. The foreign and domestic experience of digitalization in the agricultural sector is analyzed. Recommendations and proposals on the introduction of digital technologies in the economy of the village of the Republic of Bashkortostan are developed, which are applicable to other regions of the Russian Federation. The authors actualize the need to develop a long-term “Program for digitalization of the rural economy of the Republic of Bashkortostan for the period until 2030” to improve the efficiency of the rural economy and the quality of life of the rural population.
DENTAL WEAR AND TOOTH LOSS IN MORBID OBESE PATIENTS AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
Authors: AZNAR Fabiano Duarte , AZNAR Fabio D. , LAURIS José R. , CHAIM Elinton Adami , CAZZO Everton , SALES-PERES Silvia Helena de Carvalho
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT Background: Obesity and its surgical treatment have been related with oral diseases. Aim: To evaluate and compare dental wear and dental loss in eutrophic and morbidly obese patients submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Method: Observational and analytical study with gender and age matching. The sample consisted of 240 patients, divided into four groups: eutrophic (GC=60), morbidly obese (GO=60), operated with up to 24 months (G24=60) and operated on for more than 36 months (G36=60). The following variables were analyzed: race, schooling, economic class, hypertension, diabetes, triglycerides, cholesterol, BMI, weight loss, waist-hip ratio, smoking, alcoholism, tooth loss and tooth wear. Results: GO presented lower economic class (p=0.012), hypertension (p<0.001), diabetes (p<0.001), cholesterol (p=0.001), BMI (p<0.001), waist-hip ratio (p<0.001) and percentage of weight loss percent (p<0.001) than groups G24 and G36. Dental wear was higher among the II and V sextants. Conclusion: Individuals submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, regardless of the surgery period, presented more dental wear on the incisal/occlusal surfaces, and the anterior teeth were the most affected. Dental wear was associated with age and number of missing teeth.
IMPACT OF MELD SODIUM ON LIVER TRANSPLANTATION WAITING LIST
Authors: FREITAS Alexandre Coutinho Teixeira de , RAMPIM Aline Tatiane , NUNES Carolline Popovicz , COELHO Júlio Cezar Uili
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT Background: Serum sodium was incorporated to MELD score for the allocation of liver transplantation In the USA in 2016. Hyponatremia significantly increased the efficacy of the score to predict mortality on the waiting list. Such modification was not adopted in Brazil. Aim: To carry out a simulation using MELD-Na as waiting list ordering criteria in the state of Paraná and to compare to the list ordered according to MELD score. Methods: The study used data of 122 patients waiting for hepatic transplantation and listed at Parana´s Transplantation Central. Two classificatory lists were set up, one with MELD, the current qualifying criteria, and another with MELD-Na. We analyzed the changes on classification comparing these two lists. Results: Among all patients, 95.1% of the participants changed position, 30.3% showed improvement, 64.8% presented worsening and 4.9% maintained their position. There were 19 patients with hyponatremia, of whom 94.7% presented a change of position, and in all of them there was an improvement of position. One hundred and one patients presented sodium within the normal range and 95% of them presented a change of position: Improved placement was observed in 18.8%, and worsened placement in 76.2%. Two patients presented hypernatremia and changed their position, both worsening the placement. There was a significant different behavior on waiting list according to sodium serum level when MELD-Na was applied. Conclusion: The inclusion of serum sodium caused a great impact in the classification, bringing benefit to patients with hyponatremia.
The Mini-Mental Examination for Children (MMC): Evidence of validity for children with learning difficulties
Authors: Salvador Larissa de Souza , Moura Ricardo , Ferreira Fernanda Oliveira , Andrade Peterson Marco Oliveira , Carvalho Maria Raquel Santos , Haase Vitor Geraldi
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT The Mini-Mental Examination for Children (MMC) is a widely used tool for assessing global cognitive deficits, however,is still unknown whether MMC is sensitive for investigating cognitive profiles associated with learning difficulties (LD). Objective: Here we investigate the feasibility of using the MMC for screening school-aged children with learning difficulties in spelling and math. Methods: The MMC and other neurophysiological tests were administered to a sample of 168 children, aged 7 to 12 years. The sample was subdivided into a Control group and LD group (Math Difficulties, Spelling Difficulties, Math and Spelling Difficulties). Diagnostic accuracy was assessed with ROC analysis. Convergent and divergent validity was assessed using correlation analysis. Results: Performance on the MMC was associated with nonverbal intelligence, age and school achievement. The LD group had significantly lower performance on the MMC than the Control group. Performance on the MMC discriminated LD children with a global accuracy of around 0.80. Associations between the MMC and the other neuropsychological variables were higher for finger gnosis (r=0.40) and generally higher for early elementary school grades. The MMC proved satisfactory for identifying LD children with good accuracy. Nonverbal intelligence, and perceptual/motor abilities play an important role in MMC performance. Conclusion: The MMC could be a useful instrument for screening children with LD.
Team-based learning in Physical therapy undergraduate course: experiment report
Authors: Amorim Juleimar Soares Coelho de , Poltronieri Bruno Costa , Ribeiro Aline Moreira , Ferla Alcindo Antônio
Published: December 2019

Abstract Introduction: Active learning methods have shown positive results, mainly in terms of content learning and the development of communication skills, critical thinking, and collaborative practice. However, they are still unknown by most professors teaching in Physical therapy courses. Objective: To present the report of an experiment based on the application of the Team-Based Learning (TBL) method, in the Physical therapy undergraduate course. Method: This is a report of an experiment comparing traditional teaching and TBL with 61 students in the Physical therapy course. A comparison was performed between means, medians, approval ratio and satisfaction of the students who experienced the active methodology. Results: The results showed that the final average of the summative evaluations of the TBL group (71.9 ± 10.5 points) was statistically different (p = 0.003) from that of the traditional teaching group (63.7 ± 9.92 points). The proportion of approved students was not statistically different between the groups, 92.0% and 88.6%, respectively (p = 0.478). Conclusion: The overall satisfaction was that the method, although tiresome, according to the students, favored a greater understanding of the content and motivation to study. The study presents innovative results regarding the application of the team-based teaching method to the Physical therapy course.
Acute effect of elastic bandage technique on middle deltoid muscle force and activation in healthy men
Authors: César Eurico Peixoto , Silva Gerson da , Guilarducci Lorrayne Katherine
Published: December 2019

Abstract Introduction: Elastic bandages (EB), such as Kinesio taping, have been widely used in sports or daily life activities with the aim of preventing or reducing musculoskeletal injuries. It has been suggested that Kinesio Taping is capable of altering muscle activation through neurophysiological mechanisms, but the evidences about this are controversial. Objective: To verify the acute effect of EB on maximum voluntary isometric force (MVIF) and muscle activation of the middle deltoid muscle during muscle contraction. Method: Twenty-four healthy male (24 ± 4 years, 73.2 ± 13.9kg, 1.80 ± 0.10m) were randomly assigned to a group with elastic bandage activated at 100% (AEB n = 8); with tensionless elastic bandage (NEB n = 8), and the control group (CG n = 9). The volunteers were instructed to perform 5s of maximal isometric contraction at 90° of shoulder abduction while the MIVF and EMGrms records were registered. Results: One-way ANOVA was unable to identify significant difference (α = 0.05) in MIVF and EMGrms of the middle deltoid at 90° of shoulder abduction. Conclusion: The application of elastic bandage was not able to alter the production of maximal isometric voluntary contraction and activation of the middle deltoid muscle of healthy individuals and, therefore, its use is not justified for these purposes.
Cyberbullying e comunicação de teor homofóbico na adolescência: estudo exploratório das suas relações
Authors: Magalhães Mariana , Cameira Miguel , Rodrigues Liliana , Nogueira Conceição
Published: December 2019

Resumo Na sequência de anteriores tentativas de integrar o bullying e a homofobia na adolescência, a presente investigação visou estender o estudo ao cyberbullying e abordar o fenómeno no contexto Português. Assim, foi pedido a 688 estudantes da Universidade do Porto que recordassem as suas experiências de cyberbullying e de Comunicação de Teor Homofóbico (CTH) durante a adolescência. Os resultados revelaram que 67% da amostra foram alvo e 34% agente de pelo menos uma ocorrência de cyberbullying. Foram ainda identificadas 44 vítimas frequentes e 10 perpetradores/as frequentes. A CTH é frequente (45%) particularmente com amigos/as (34%), mas também com desconhecidos/as (23%). Confirmando as nossas hipóteses, foram encontradas correlações significativas entre as frequências de comportamentos de cyberbullying e de CTH, como vítima ou como perpetrador. Os resultados sugerem, pois, que há a necessidade, ao nível da intervenção no bullying e cyberbullying adolescente, de confrontar diretamente a sua componente homofóbica.
Roda de conversa sobre evasão: a psicologia escolar no ensino superior
Authors: Peretta Anabela Almeida Costa e Santos , Oliveira Ítalo Weiner Martins de , Lima Luana Mundin de
Published: December 2019

Resumo Este trabalho propõe-se a apresentar uma estratégia de intervenção psicológica aliada à pesquisa e voltada para estudantes universitários que cogitavam evadir do curso em que estavam matriculados. Trata-se de roda de conversa realizada com quatro discentes da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU). Essa prática grupal pode ser dividida em seis momentos: 1) contrato; 2) apresentação; 3) escrita de expressões vinculadas ao âmbito acadêmico e pessoal; 4) elaboração e leitura de uma carta; 5) compartilhamento de ideias; 6) encerramento. Os participantes abordaram as pressões advindas da sociedade, da escola e dos familiares; expectativas, vivências e dilemas universitários; as dívidas simbólicas; e as perspectivas profissionais futuras. Diante das múltiplas angústias e sofrimentos, a Psicologia pode contribuir significativamente e as rodas de conversa podem ser uma importante ferramenta para a atuação do psicólogo escolar na universidade, por fornecerem informações para ações institucionais, proporcionarem espaço dialógico de acolhimento, troca de experiências, reflexão e ressignificação.
Psicologia Escolar na Assistência Estudantil: estudo de caso no Cefet - MG Araxá
Authors: Silva Alessandra de Moraes , Silva Silvia Maria Cintra da
Published: December 2019

Resumo Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer e analisar a atuação do psicólogo escolar na Assistência Estudantil no Centro Federal de Ensino Tecnológico de Minas Gerais (Cefet-MG) à luz da Psicologia Escolar Crítica. Realizamos levantamento documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas com gestores, técnicos, professores, uma mãe e estudantes. Após a transcrição das entrevistas, efetuamos análise de conteúdo, sendo organizados três eixos temáticos: 1) A constituição da Assistência Estudantil no Cefet-MG Araxá; 2) A Assistência Estudantil segundo alguns atores da instituição e 3) Sobre a psicóloga escolar no Cefet-MG Araxá. A Assistência Estudantil está associada ao atendimento ao estudante e pouco se percebe, ainda, a possibilidade de uma atuação voltada aos docentes e técnicos. Ao oportunizar aos atores educacionais a participação, reflexão e conscientização quanto ao processo educativo, uma realidade promissora delinear-se-á para a instituição, a Assistência Estudantil e a Psicologia Escolar.
Cidadania, corpo e punição: expansão e violação de direitos civis de adolescentes internados na antiga Febem/SP
Authors: Paula Liana de
Published: December 2019

Resumo Este artigo discute a garantia de direitos civis e a proteção contra agressões físicas para adolescentes em cumprimento de medida de internação. A relação entre direitos civis e proteção do corpo dos adolescentes é aqui entendida a partir do conceito de cidadania disjuntiva e da noção de corpo incircunscrito, que remetem aos processos contraditórios de constituição da cidadania no Brasil. Com base em pesquisa qualitativa realizada em prontuários e pastas de adolescentes que deram entrada na antiga Febem de São Paulo, entre 1990 e 2006, e focando o que esses documentos permitem dizer sobre a violência física nas unidades de internação, o artigo apresenta como essa violência revela um paradoxo entre expansão e violação de direitos civis, tornando possível que investimentos na garantia desses direitos ocorram ao mesmo tempo em que sua violação permaneça na forma de castigos físicos.
Insights into Automotive Particulate Filters using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Cooper J. D. , Ramskill N. P. , Sederman A. J. , Gladden L. F. , Tsolakis A. , Stitt E. H. , York A. P. E.
Published: December 2019

Understanding the manufacture and operation of automotive emissions control particulate filters is important in the optimised design of these emissions control systems. Here we show how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to understand the drying process, which is part of the manufacture of catalysed particulate filters. Comparison between a wall-flow particulate filter substrate and a flow-through monolith (FTM) has been performed, with MRI giving spatial information on the drying process. We have also used MRI to study the fluid dynamics of a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). Inlet and outlet channel gas velocities have been measured for a clean GPF and two GPF samples loaded with particulate matter (PM) to understand the effect of PM on the filter flow profiles and porous wall permeability as soot is deposited.
Escrituras contemporáneas y procesos de subjetivación política-juvenil. Reflexiones y desafíos para una pedagogía de la escritura en el contexto educativo
Authors: Bermudez Grajales Monica Maria
Published: December 2019

El presente artículo propone un acercamiento a las relaciones entre escrituras digitales y procesos de subjetivación política, a partir de información suministrada (biografías tecnológicas, entrevista en profundidad y escrituras digitales compartidas) por algunos jóvenes que hacen parte del objeto de estudio de una investigación en curso. A partir del planteamiento sobre si antes la escritura era un proceso subjetivante que conducía a la reflexión, el autocontrol y la meditación privada, condiciones necesarias para la visibilización del ciudadano en el espacio público, es necesario preguntarse cómo hoy las escrituras digitales —con sus particularidades— logran subjetivar políticamente a los jóvenes que cotidianamente las producen. En el análisis se hace énfasis en la pregunta por las subjetividades políticas que devienen, los lenguajes múltiples de escritura construidos y las formas de expresión en los entornos digitales. Lo anterior permite tensionar y (re)significar una pedagogía de la escritura en el contexto educativo, con el fin de enlazar una apropiación subjetiva actual y una intencionalidad formativa de las prácticas de enseñanza.