bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Health Advocacy Project: Evaluating the Benefits of Service Learning to Nursing Students and Low Income Individuals Involved in a Community-Based Mental Health Promotion Project
Authors: Samuels-Dennis Joan , Xia Liudi , Secord Sandra , Raiger Amelia
Published: October 2016

Poverty, along with other factors such as unemployment, work and life stressors, interpersonal violence, and lack of access to high quality health and/or social services all play a role in determining who develops a mental illness and for whom those symptoms persist or worsen. Senior nursing student preparing to enter the field and working in a service learning capacity may be able to influence early recovery and symptom abatement among those most vulnerable to mental illness. A consortium of community stakeholders and researchers collaboratively designed a 10-week mental health promotion project called the Health Advocacy Project (HAP). The project combines case management and system navigation support delivered by trained and highly supervised nursing students to individuals experiencing major depressive disorder (MDD) and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this article, we present the findings of a qualitative fidelity evaluation that examines the effectiveness of nursing students in delivering the health advocacy intervention at the level and with the intensity originally intended. The findings demonstrate how the services of senior nursing students may be optimized to benefit our healthcare system and populations most at risk for developing MDD and PTSD.
Low-Cost High-Tech Robotics for Ambient Assisted Living: From Experiments to a Methodology
Authors: Vareille Jean , Espes David , Autret Yvon , Le Parc Philippe
Published: October 2016

Aging of the population in developed countries is an important challenge to overcome. Robots have a role to play to offer solutions to old and dependent persons and also to their families and carers. We investigated low-cost high-tech robotics in order to offer affordable mobile robots that could be used in the context of ambient assisted living (AAL). We used a bottom–up approach and tried different technical solutions in order to propose an efficient prototype. Results of this experimental work are presented in the first part of this paper. From the different experiments we carried out, we felt the need to use a top–down approach that could be used to develop such robots and also any system that requires the use of mechanical, electronic, and software components. In the second part of this paper, we present the X-methodology and try to show its use in our AAL context.
Processing linguistic variation through dual mechanisms of cognitive control
Authors: Berry Grant M.
Published: October 2016

While rarely difficult for the average speaker/listener, the ubiquity of variation at all levels of linguistic production is a challenge for modern psycholinguistic models of language processing. Variation is perhaps most extreme at the levels of phonetics and phonology, but many models of language processing all but eschew these levels altogether. The current paper posits that cognitive control mechanisms, when divided into proactive and reactive control via a dual mechanisms framework may effectively describe the strategies individuals use to process linguistic variation and, when incorporated into language processing models, can generate novel, testable predictions regarding the origin and propagation of individual differences. By means of example, I illustrate how dual mechanisms of control could be incorporated into a connectionist model of language production. I then describe how dual mechanisms of cognitive control might be relevant for the Adaptive Control Hypothesis and how individual differences in processing strategies may modulate participation in language changes-in-progress.
T394A Mutation at the μ Opioid Receptor Blocks Opioid Tolerance and Increases Vulnerability to Heroin Self-Administration in Mice
Authors: Wang Xiao-Fei , Barbier Elisabeth , Chiu Yi-Ting , He Yi , Zhan Jia , Bi Guo-Hua , Zhang Hai-Ying , Feng Bo , Liu-Chen Lee-Yuan , Wang Jia Bei , Xi Zheng-Xiong
Published: October 2016

The etiology and pathophysiology underlying opioid tolerance and dependence are still unknown. Because mu opioid receptor (MOR) plays an essential role in opioid action, many vulnerability-related studies have focused on single nucleotide polymorphisms of MOR, particularly on A118G. In this study, we found that a single-point mutation at the MOR T394 phosphorylation site could be another important susceptive factor in the development of opioid tolerance and dependence in mice. T394A mutation, in which a threonine at 394 was replaced by an alanine, did not alter agonist binding to MOR and opioid analgesia, but resulted in loss of etorphine-induced MOR internalization in spinal dorsal horn neurons and opioid analgesic tolerance induced by either morphine or etorphine. In addition, this mutation also caused an increase in intravenous heroin self-administration and in nucleus accumbens dopamine response to heroin. These findings suggest that T394 phosphorylation following MOR activation causes MOR internalization and desensitization, which subsequently contributes to the development of tolerance in both opioid analgesia and opioid reward. Accordingly, T394A mutation blocks opioid tolerance and leads to an increase in brain dopamine response to opioids and in opioid-taking behavior. Thus, the T394 may serve as a new drug target for modulating opioid tolerance and the development of opioid abuse and addiction.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe mechanisms underlying opioid tolerance and susceptibility to opioid addiction remain unclear. The present studies demonstrate that a single-point mutation at the T394 phosphorylation site in the C-terminal of mu opioid receptor (MOR) results in loss of opioid tolerance and enhanced vulnerability to heroin self-administration. These findings suggest that modulation of the MOR-T394 phosphorylation or dephosphorylation status may have therapeutic potential in management of pain, opioid tolerance, and opioid abuse and addiction. Accordingly, MOR-T394 mutation or polymorphisms could be a risk factor in developing opioid abuse and addiction and therefore be used as a new biomarker in prediction and prevention of opioid abuse and addiction.
Predictions Shape Confidence in Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus
Authors: Sherman Maxine T. , Seth Anil K. , Kanai Ryota
Published: October 2016

It is clear that prior expectations shape perceptual decision-making, yet their contribution to the construction of subjective decision confidence remains largely unexplored. We recorded fMRI data while participants made perceptual decisions and confidence judgments, manipulating perceptual prior expectations while controlling for potential confounds of attention. Results show that subjective confidence increases as expectations increasingly support the decision, and that this relationship is associated with BOLD activity in right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG). Specifically, rIFG is sensitive to the discrepancy between expectation and decision (mismatch), and higher mismatch responses are associated with lower decision confidence. Connectivity analyses revealed expectancy information to be represented in bilateral orbitofrontal cortex and sensory signals to be represented in intracalcarine sulcus. Together, our results indicate that predictive information is integrated into subjective confidence in rIFG, and reveal an occipital-frontal network that constructs confidence from top-down and bottom-up signals. This interpretation was further supported by exploratory findings that the white matter density of right orbitofrontal cortex negatively predicted its respective contribution to the construction of confidence. Our findings advance our understanding of the neural basis of subjective perceptual processes by revealing an occipitofrontal functional network that integrates prior beliefs into the construction of confidence.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTPerceptual decision-making is typically conceived as an integration of bottom-up and top-down influences. However, perceptual decisions are accompanied by a sense of confidence. Confidence is an important facet of perceptual consciousness yet remains poorly understood. Here we implicate right inferior frontal gyrus in constructing confidence from the discrepancy between perceptual judgment and its prior probability. Furthermore, we place right inferior frontal gyrus within an occipitofrontal network, consisting of orbitofrontal cortex and intracalcarine sulcus, which represents and communicates relevant top-down and bottom-up signals. Together, our data reveal a role of frontal regions in the top-down processes enabling perceptual decisions to become available for conscious report.
Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Learning and Generalizing Hierarchical Rules in 8-Month-Old Infants
Authors: Werchan Denise M. , Collins Anne G.E. , Frank Michael J. , Amso Dima
Published: October 2016

Recent research indicates that adults and infants spontaneously create and generalize hierarchical rule sets during incidental learning. Computational models and empirical data suggest that, in adults, this process is supported by circuits linking prefrontal cortex (PFC) with striatum and their modulation by dopamine, but the neural circuits supporting this form of learning in infants are largely unknown. We used near-infrared spectroscopy to record PFC activity in 8-month-old human infants during a simple audiovisual hierarchical-rule-learning task. Behavioral results confirmed that infants adopted hierarchical rule sets to learn and generalize spoken object–label mappings across different speaker contexts. Infants had increased activity over right dorsal lateral PFC when rule sets switched from one trial to the next, a neural marker related to updating rule sets into working memory in the adult literature. Infants' eye blink rate, a possible physiological correlate of striatal dopamine activity, also increased when rule sets switched from one trial to the next. Moreover, the increase in right dorsolateral PFC activity in conjunction with eye blink rate also predicted infants' generalization ability, providing exploratory evidence for frontostriatal involvement during learning. These findings provide evidence that PFC is involved in rudimentary hierarchical rule learning in 8-month-old infants, an ability that was previously thought to emerge later in life in concert with PFC maturation.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTHierarchical rule learning is a powerful learning mechanism that allows rules to be selected in a context-appropriate fashion and transferred or reused in novel contexts. Data from computational models and adults suggests that this learning mechanism is supported by dopamine-innervated interactions between prefrontal cortex (PFC) and striatum. Here, we provide evidence that PFC also supports hierarchical rule learning during infancy, challenging the current dogma that PFC is an underdeveloped brain system until adolescence. These results add new insights into the neurobiological mechanisms available to support learning and generalization in very early postnatal life, providing evidence that PFC and the frontostriatal circuitry are involved in organizing learning and behavior earlier in life than previously known.
Engagement of the Rat Hindlimb Motor Cortex across Natural Locomotor Behaviors
Authors: DiGiovanna Jack , Dominici Nadia , Friedli Lucia , Rigosa Jacopo , Duis Simone , Kreider Julie , Beauparlant Janine , van den Brand Rubia , Schieppati Marco , Micera Silvestro , Courtine Grégoire
Published: October 2016

Contrary to cats and primates, cortical contribution to hindlimb locomotor movements is not critical in rats. However, the importance of the motor cortex to regain locomotion after neurological disorders in rats suggests that cortical engagement in hindlimb motor control may depend on the behavioral context. To investigate this possibility, we recorded whole-body kinematics, muscle synergies, and hindlimb motor cortex modulation in freely moving rats performing a range of natural locomotor procedures. We found that the activation of hindlimb motor cortex preceded gait initiation. During overground locomotion, the motor cortex exhibited consistent neuronal population responses that were synchronized with the spatiotemporal activation of hindlimb motoneurons. Behaviors requiring enhanced muscle activity or skilled paw placement correlated with substantial adjustment in neuronal population responses. In contrast, all rats exhibited a reduction of cortical activity during more automated behavior, such as stepping on a treadmill. Despite the facultative role of the motor cortex in the production of locomotion in rats, these results show that the encoding of hindlimb features in motor cortex dynamics is comparable in rats and cats. However, the extent of motor cortex modulations appears linked to the degree of volitional engagement and complexity of the task, reemphasizing the importance of goal-directed behaviors for motor control studies, rehabilitation, and neuroprosthetics.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTWe mapped the neuronal population responses in the hindlimb motor cortex to hindlimb kinematics and hindlimb muscle synergies across a spectrum of natural locomotion behaviors. Robust task-specific neuronal population responses revealed that the rat motor cortex displays similar modulation as other mammals during locomotion. However, the reduced motor cortex activity during more automated behaviors suggests a relationship between the degree of engagement and task complexity. This relationship emphasizes the importance of the behavioral procedure to engage the motor cortex during motor control studies, gait rehabilitation, and locomotor neuroprosthetic developments in rats.
Achieving High Adolescent HPV Vaccination Coverage
Authors: Farmar Anna-Lisa M. , Love-Osborne Kathryn , Chichester Katherine , Breslin Kristin , Bronkan Kristi , Hambidge Simon J.
Published: October 2016

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:

Despite national recommendations for adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, rates have lagged behind those of other adolescent vaccines. We implemented interventions and examined rates of vaccination coverage in a large, urban, safety net health care system to understand whether our tactics for achieving high rates of adolescent vaccination were successful.

METHODS:

Denver Health is an integrated urban safety net health system serving >17 000 adolescents annually. The process for achieving high vaccination rates in our health system includes “bundling” of vaccines, offering vaccines at every visit, and standard orders. Data from vaccine registry and utilization statistics were used to determine vaccination rates in adolescents aged 13 to 17 years from 2004 to 2014, and these findings were compared with state and national rates for 2013. Regression analysis was used to identify characteristics associated with vaccination.

RESULTS:

In 2013 (N = 11 463), HPV coverage of ≥1 dose was 89.8% (female subjects) and 89.3% (male subjects), compared with national rates of 57.3% and 34.6%. Rates of HPV coverage (≥3 doses) were 66.0% for female subjects and 52.5% for male subjects, versus 37.6% and 13.9% nationally. For both sexes, tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis, adsorbed, vaccine coverage was 95.9% (86.0% nationally), and meningococcal conjugate vaccine coverage was 93.5% (77.8% nationally). Female subjects, Hispanic subjects, non-English speakers, and teenagers <200% below the federal poverty level were more likely to have received 3 doses of HPV.

CONCLUSIONS:

Through low-cost, system-wide standard procedures, Denver Health achieved adolescent vaccination rates well above national coverage rates. Avoiding missed opportunities for vaccination and normalizing the HPV vaccine were key procedures that contributed to high coverage rates.
THE EVALUATION OF CEREAL FARMS USING ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT METHOD
Authors: Biekša Kęstutis
Published: October 2016

Economic activities developed in the framework of sustainable development concept have to ensure balanced economic and technological development without weakening the social and natural environmental conditions. Environmental impact assessment using ecological footprint method helps to choose sustainable economic activities and technologies which are appropriate to sustainable development concept and has less impact to environment. This method is usually used as a public ecological and environmental educational tool and sometimes applied for creation of measures and programs for sustainable regional and economic development. The research problem is to determine whether the ecological footprint method is an appropriate tool to measure environmental impact of agricultural entities in accordance with sustainable development aspects. The paper aim is to evaluate the cereal farms using sustainable process index which is a member of ecological footprint method. The analysis was performed by analyzing the cereal farms which are growing wheat, rye and oats crops in Austria and Lithuania. The calculation was carried out using SPIonExcel software program. The results showed that the most significant environmental impacts arise from the use of fertilizers and the use of agricultural machinery (tractors and harvesters and the biggest share from the total ecological footprint goes to the pollution of air and water. The research also showed that if the ecological footprint method is used with a support service this can be a useful instrument for farmers showing how to improve farming from the ecological viewpoint and how to increase energy efficiency and reduce the use of primary resources.
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURE
Authors: Karasova Nataliia
Published: October 2016

In modern conditions, having a significant resource potential, Ukrainian agriculture is capable of providing a stable inflow of foreign currency to the national economy, defining one of the main specializations. Hence, the issue of benefits for the agriculture of Ukraine in foreign trade and the quality of its exports structure becomes relevant. The purpose of the study was to use the cluster analysis of comparative advantages in order to determine Ukraine's place in the global food market and to explore the promising export development directions in the agrarian sector of Ukraine. As a result, a group of products with the existing comparative advantages was determined, and the proposals to expand the range of exports towards increase of the high value-added goods in its structure was justified.
EFEK PEMUASAAN DAN PERTUMBUHAN KOMPENSASI PADA BENIH IKAN BAUNG (Hemibagrus nemurus)
Authors: Cahyanti Wahyulia , Prakoso Vitas Atmadi , Subagja Jojo , Kristanto Anang Hari
Published: October 2016

Ikan baung (Hemibagrus nemurus) merupakan salah satu ikan perairan umum yang bernilai ekonomi cukup baik. Berdasarkan informasi potensi tersebut, budidaya ikan baung perlu terus dikembangkan. Permasalahan yang sering muncul pada usaha budidaya ikan baung yakni biaya pakan buatan (pellet). Biaya untuk pakan buatan sangat mahal, sehingga dalam kegiatan budidaya ikan baung harus diperhatikan teknik pemberian pakannya. Metode untuk menurunkan biaya pakan adalah dengan cara pemberian pakan yang efektif. Salah satunya adalah dengan cara pemuasaan pakan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji efek dari pemuasaan dan pertumbuhan kompensasi serta sintasan pada benih ikan baung. Penelitian menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) dengan tiga perlakuan (A: 1 hari puasa 1 hari diberi pakan, B: 2 hari puasa 1 hari diberi pakan, dan C: kontrol (tiap hari diberi pakan)) dan 3 kali ulangan. Parameter yang dianalisis adalah pertumbuhan panjang mutlak, pertumbuhan bobot mutlak, laju pertumbuhan harian dan sintasan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan benih ikan baung kontrol memiliki pertumbuhan panjang mutlak tertinggi (1,17 ± 0,35 cm). Untuk pertumbuhan bobot mutlak ikan baung tertinggi didapatkan pada perlakuan B. Laju pertumbuhan harian tertinggi diperoleh pada perlakuan B (0,95 ± 0,34%) dan berbeda nyata (P<0,05) dengan perlakuan lainnya. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan perlakuan kontrol memiliki kelangsungan hidup yang berbeda nyata dengan perlakuan lain, dengan nilai 91,11 ± 3,05%. Benih ikan baung tidak dapat mencapai pertumbuhan kompensasi meskipun telah dipuasakan dalam waktu yang sangat singkat (1-2 hari). Pemuasaan juga berakibat pada semakin rendahnya tingkat kelangsungan hidup benih ikan baung akibat kanibalisme.
TANTANGAN BISNIS IKAN HIAS TIGER CATFISH (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) MELALUI PENGUASAAN TEKNOLOGI PEMIJAHAN
Authors: Kusrini Eni , Priyadi Agus , Prasetio Anjang Bangun
Published: October 2016

Ikan tiger catfish (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) merupakan salah satu ikan hias hasil introduksi yang berasal dari Sungai Amazon Amerika Latin dan mempunyai nilai ekonomi yang cukup tinggi terutama untuk komoditas ekspor. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memberikan informasi tentang pembenihan ikan tiger catfish secara buatan. Metode yang digunakan untuk pemijahan buatan ikan tiger catfish ini adalah dengan stimulasi hormon gonadotropin. Calon induk ikan hias tiger catfish dapat matang gonad dipelihara dalam kolam beton berukuran 2,5 m x 2,0 m x 0,8 m dengan ke dalaman air antara 50-60 cm dilengkapi dengan sistem sirkulasi. Perbandingan antara jantan dan betina yaitu 1:2. Bobot rata-rata induk yang siap dipijahkan sekitar 2,5 kg dan sudah berumur minimal dua tahun. Jumlah telur yang dihasilkan setiap satu induk dapat mencapai 300.000 butir dengan daya tetas rata-rata 80%. Telur akan menetas semua dalam waktu 15 19 jam pada suhu berkisar antara 26oC-30oC. Larva yang telah menetas tetap dibiarkan dalam akuarium sampai kuning telur yang menempel di tubuh habis termakan. Keberhasilan pembenihan diawali dari pengelolaan induk yang benar untuk dapat matang gonad, sehingga kualitas telur bagus dan akan menghasikan benih-benih yang berkualitas. Teknik pembenihan juga menjadi faktor yang menentukan untuk keberhasilan pembenihan. Teknologi pemijahan buatan dengan menggunakan stimulasi hormon gonadotropin ikan tiger catfish telah dikuasai dan telah berkembang di para breeder ikan hias.
UJI APLIKASI VAKSIN HYDROVAC UNTUK PENCEGAHAN PENYAKIT MERAH PADA IKAN MAS (Cyprinus carpio) DAN GURAME (Osphronemus gouramy) DI BALAI BENIH IKAN PANDAK KABUPATEN BANYUMAS
Authors: Indrawati Indrawati , Supriyadi Hambali
Published: October 2016

Uji aplikasi vaksin ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian vaksin hydrovac terhadap perkembangan kesehatan ikan mas dan gurami, serta mendapatkan informasi tentang cara pengendalian, melalui tindakan pencegahan ikan air tawar yang terserang wabah penyakit Aeromonas hydrophila. Sebanyak 39 ekor ikan mas (Cyprinus carpio) dengan bobot rata-rata 1 kg dan panjang rata-rata 30 cm dan108 ekor ikan gurami (Osphronemus gouramy L.) dengan bobot rata-rata 250 g dan panjang rata-rata 10 cm yang berasal dari Balai Benih Ikan (BBI) Pandak Kabupaten Banyumas, digunakan sebagai ikan uji. Vaksin yang digunakan adalah “vaksin hydrovac” yang diproduksi oleh Laboratorium Patologi Ikan. Balai Riset Perikanan Budidaya Air Tawar, Bogor. Vaksin diaplikasikan dengan cara dicampur pelet dengan dosis 2--3 mL per kilogram bobot badan ikan yang diberikan selama 5--7 hari berturut-turut dan setelah satu bulan kemudian dilakukan vaksinasi ulangan (booster) terhadap ikan yang telah divaksin dengan cara yang sama. Hasil uji menunjukkan bahwa ikan baik ikan mas maupun gurame yang divaksin menunjukkan angka sintasan yang cukup tinggi apabila dibandingkan dengan ikan yang tidak divaksin. Mortalitas ikan uji yang tidak divaksin terjadi mulai minggu ke-5 dan ke-6.
PEMANFATAAN LIMBAH INDUSTRI MINYAK KELAPA (BUNGKIL KOPRA) DALAM PAKAN PEMBESARAN IKAN BARONANG (Siganus guttatus) DI KERAMBA JARING APUNG
Authors: Kamaruddin Kamaruddin
Published: October 2016

Usaha budidaya ikan secara intensif menuntut tersedianya pakan dalam jumlah yang cukup, berkualitas, tepat waktu, dan berkesinambung. Pemanfaatan bahan baku lokal yang berasal dari limbah industri seperti bungkil kopra dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu bahan penyusun pakan ikan baronang dengan pertimbangan murah, mudah diperoleh, tersedia setiap saat, dan mempunyai kandungan gizi baik. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah dengan penambahan bungkil kopra dalam pakan bisa memberikan respons pertumbuhan pada ikan baronang. Kegiatan ini dilakukan di keramba jaring apung (KJA) menggunakan waring hitam ukuran 1 m x 1 m x 2 m, dengan kepadatan 37 ekor. Benih yang digunakan berasal dari alam dengan bobot rata-rata 84,10 g/ekor. Penambahan bungkil kopra ke dalam pakan pembesaran ikan baronang sebanyak 43%, dapat memberikan laju pertambahan bobot 76,4 g dan sintasan 75,7% selama 90 hari pemeliharaan.
MENGENAL JENIS-JENIS CACING LAUT DAN PELUANG BUDIDAYANYA UNTUK PENYEDIAAN PAKAN ALAMI DI PEMBENIHAN UDANG
Authors: Rasidi Rasidi
Published: October 2016

Cacing laut merupakan salah satu jenis pakan alami yang banyak digunakan sebagai pakan induk udang di pembenihan udang. Jenis-jenis cacing laut yang dimanfaatkan sebagai pakan alami induk udang di pembenihan udang antara lain dari famili Nereidae dan Eunicidae. Famili Nereidae terdiri atas Nereis sp., Namalycastis, Perinereis nuntia. Famili Eunicidae terdiri atas Marphysa sp.-1, dan Marphysa sp.-2. Berbagai jenis cacing laut tersebut mempunyai nama lokal yang berbeda-beda di beberapa wilayah seperti di Kabupaten Serang, Cilacap, Situbondo, dan Barru. Masyarakat setempat memperoleh cacing laut tersebut dari penangkapan di alam antara lain di kawasan mangrove, tambak, dan pantai. Pembenihan udang sebagai pengguna sangat mengharapkan cacing laut dapat dibudidayakan sehingga kebutuhan pakan alami tidak tergantung dari hasil penangkapan saja. Pembenihan udang telah siap menerima produksi cacing laut dari hasil budidaya jika cacing laut berhasil dikembangkan, hal ini menjadi peluang pasar yang menjanjikan sehingga potensi dan peluang sebagai salah satu komoditas penting untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pakan alami dalam industri akuakultur terpenuhi.
EVALUASI PRODUKSI LARVA BEBERAPA VARIETAS INDUK IKAN NILA UNGGUL
Authors: Nugroho Estu
Published: October 2016

Berbagai varietas induk ikan nila unggul telah dihasilkan oleh anggota Jejaring Pemuliaan Ikan di antaranya adalah Nirwana, BEST, Selfam (Selabintana), dan Central Pertiwi (CP). Kualitas dari benih yang dihasilkan telah menunjukkan tren yang positif dalam pertumbuhan. Peningkatan kualitas ini perlu diimbangi dengan jumlah larva yang dihasilkan sehingga perpaduan antara keduanya dapat menaikkan efisiensi produksi yang merupakan salah satu pilar dalam prinsip “blue economy” yang sekarang sedang dikembangkan oleh Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan. Evaluasi dilakukan untuk melengkapi informasi tentang ikan nila unggul yang telah dihasilkan. Pasangan NC (jantan Nirwana x betina CP) dan NN (jantan Nirwana dan betina Nirwana) menghasilkan jumlah larva yang paling banyak yaitu 132 ribu dan 104,467 ekor.
Pułapka szczęścia współczesnego człowieka
Authors: Żmuda Barbara
Published: October 2016

W artykule podejmuję się próby analizy koncepcji szczęścia, dominującej we współczesnym społeczeństwie, wskazującej, że „szczęśliwy jest ten, kto posiada wszystko, czego pragnie”. W społeczeństwie ukierunkowanym na wydajność i konkurencję o szczęściu mówimy najczęściej jak o czymś nie tyle już istniejącym, ile będącym do osiągnięcia. Wszędzie słyszy się, że szczęście można zdobyć, należy o nie walczyć i dopaść celu możliwie przed innymi lub szybko posiąść to, co inni już posiadają. Pojawia się gorąca żądza i nieskończone pragnienie posiadania tego, co wydaje się konieczne do szczęścia. Z tego powodu rodzi się problem braku nasycenia i w rezultacie braku osiągnięcia szczęścia: gdy jakieś dobro, do którego dążymy, osiągnie pewną wielkość, przestaje już być gwarantem naszego szczęścia – zaczynamy pragnąć więcej, wpadamy w pewną „pułapkę szczęścia”. W gonitwie za spełnianiem pragnień pojawia się paradoksalna tajemnica pełni i pustki, powstaje poczucie, że jest się człowiekiem nieszczęśliwym.Celem artykułu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytania: dlaczego w świecie, gdzie wiele dóbr mamy na wyciągniecie ręki, wciąż czujemy się nieszczęśliwi? Czy owa pogoń za szczęściem może czynić nas nieszczęśliwymi? I w końcu, czy istnieje prawdziwe szczęście i jakie są jego warunki?
Gregory A. Curt, In Memoriam
Authors: Murphy Martin J. , Murphy Ann
Published: October 2016

Gregory A. Curt’s life is remembered. He was instrumental in the founding of The Oncologist, and he was the journal’s founding Continuing Medical Education director. He instigated the Standard Terms of Agreement for Research Trial (START) clauses in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute.
Predictive Factors For Three Pronuclear Zygote In Ivf Cycle
Authors: Wiweko Budi
Published: October 2016

Introduction: Preimplantation Genetic Testing is one of the methods to screen genetic defects in embryos created through In Vitro Fertilization. In developing country this technique is still new and expensive method. Thus, knowing several factors in predicting the occurrence of three-pronuclear zygote can help much.

Method: 472 cycles in 449 subjects who underwent controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in IVF cycles between January 2013 and August 2014 were included in the study. Categorical variables were compared using Chi Square test and continuous variables were analyzed using Independent t-test, and statistically significant was considered when p < 0.05. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed in order to correlate clinical variables and the occurrence of three-pronuclear zygote (3pn). 

Results: There were 38 3pn was identified in this study (8.05%). No correlation was found between age of the women, number of mature follicles, which are less than six with the incidence of 3pn. However, level of Anti Mullerian Hormones (AMH) found to be the strongest predictor with the incidence of 3PN (p < 0,01, RR 2.5, CI95% 1,55; 4.16).

Conclusion: level of AMH is known to be strong predictor of thee pronuclear zygote after IVF cycle.
Ovarian Tissue Vitrification as a Method for Ovarian Preservation in Women with Cancer: an Analysis of Granulose Cell Apoptosis
Authors: Wiweko Budi
Published: October 2016

The aim of this study was to obtain the effective method of ovarian function preservation with granulose cell apoptosis assessment. Ovarian tissue vitrification became a method for ovarian function preservation in women with cancer. This technique can be done anytime without delay on cancer therapy, in prepubertal and unmarried patient. It also can store many primordial follicles. Ovarian tissue vitrification study is still limited to animal test and there was no data about apoptosis assessment after ovarian vitrification in human ovary. This is a quasi experimental study which was held in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital and Fatmawati Hospital Jakarta from March 2012 to May 2015. Ovaries from thirteen women between 31-37 years of age who underwent oophorectomy with gynecological indication were examined. There were no difference morphologically between follicles from fresh and warmed-vitrified ovaries. The mean protein Bax expression on the fresh ovaries which assessed in the form of H-score was 1,66 ± 0,14 compared to 1,68 ± 0,13 on the warmed-vitrified grup (p = 0,165). The mean protein Bcl-2 expression on the fresh ovaries which assessed in the form of H-score was 1,73 ± 0,10 compared to 1,71 ± 0,10 on the warmed-vitrified grup (p = 0,068). As a conclusion, it was shown that vitrification did not affect Bax and Bcl-2 expression on human ovary.
Comparative Study Between Long Protocol with Antagonist Protocol on IVF Cycle
Authors: Sudewo Yudha
Published: October 2016

Objective

Ovarian stimulation is one of important step in In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) program to produce numbers of good oocyte to achieve better pregnancy rate. Various methods of ovarian stimulation have been tried mostly now are long (agonist) and antagonist protocol. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of both protocol.

Methods

A retrospective comparative analytical study of all subfertile patients who underwent IVF program from January to December 2011 in Halim Fertility Centre that meets the inclusions and exclusions criteria was done.

Results

Number of stimulation days in antagonist groups (9.3 + 1.34 days) was similar with agonist group (9.8 + 1.57 days). The total dosage of gonadotropin used in antagonist group (1279 + 805.65) was significantly lower than agonist group (2196.3 + 931.99). Pregnancy rates between both group was similar (34% in antagonist group vs 36% in agonist group). There was no severe Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) case in antagonist group and there were 5 cases of severe OHSS found in agonist group. There was a significant higher severe OHSS cases in agonist group.

Conclusion

Ovarian stimulation with agonist and antagonist protocol have similar efficacy in IVF outcome, but antagonist protocol appears to be safer than agonist protocol in term of incidence of severe OHSS.
Success Rate of Pregnancy after PESA/TESE and ICSI in Jakarta
Authors: Basukarno Ari
Published: October 2016

Male infertility is a major problem in infertility. It can be caused by obstructive azoospermia. Sperm retrieval surgery (SRS) is the best approach to gain the sperm used Intra Cystoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). However, the success rate of pregnancy after SRS and ICSI in Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital has not yet been defined. There were 123 patients had SRS with most of them performed PESA. Sperm were found in more than 77% of patients with most of them directly performed ICSI. Only 40 patients could be contacted with average age of husband, wife, and duration of marriage were 40.3 + 8.2, 33.2 + 5.1, 7.6 + 4.6 years old respectively. Most of patients were suffered from primary infertility. The success rate of pregnancy is 72.5%, with success rate of birth is 30.0%. There are 2 patients waiting for delivery date. Sperm retrieval surgery such as PESA/TESE is the best approach to gain sperm in obstructive azoospermia patient. The success rate of pregnancy after PESA/TESE and ICSI is high with almost half of patients have succeed in giving birth.
Medición De Carga Mental De Trabajo En La Industria Automotriz En México
Authors: Rivera Miguel Macías , Romero Raúl Rocha
Published: October 2016

The primary objective of this research was to determine and show the relationship that exists between the mental workload perceived by personnel in the automotive assembly industry and the labor activity performed. The sample was constituted of fifty-six workers and the evaluation consisted of the application of the SCAM Test (Díaz, Hernández, Rolo, Galván, Fraile and Loayssa, 2009), in the employee´s workplace, as well as observation of the activities performed and interviews with some of the workers. This instrument evaluates five dimensions of workload: cognitive demands and information complexity, health consequences for workers, task characteristics, temporal organization of work and work rate. Results show that professionals perceive higher levels of mental workload, in the dimensions of cognitive demands, task complexity, as well as characteristics of the task. In addition to these findings, technicians perceived higher levels in work rate and corresponding health consequences. There is also a relationship between demographic and labor characteristics with the mental load perceived in workers. Furthermore, the environmental characteristics at work were not a significant factor in the perception of mental load in this research.
Diante da perda do arquivo: reinvenções e narrativas da memória
Authors: Santos Maria Ivone dos
Published: October 2016

O relato recente da artista Sophie Hemon sobre a perda total de seus arquivos de imagens nos lança diretamente na problemática relacionada à memória e à sua reconstrução. Partindo desta introdução circunstancial, observaremos a noção de edição, com base nas análises de práticas artísticas contemporâneas. A partir de Edward Ruscha, passando por Bernd e Hilla Becher, por Boltanski, Richter e Lara Almarcegui, buscaremos tecer uma reflexão sobre a constituição de arquivos na arte contemporânea e sobre a potência da articulação discursiva de certas imagens e de seus agenciamentos, seja em uma exposição, seja em uma publicação. Como estas práticas de re-singularização do mundo são devolvidas enquanto obra ao mundo e que outras questões trazem ao campo da arte e da cultura?
No campo das semelhanças deslocadas e das proximidades empáticas
Authors: Cherem Rosângela Miranda
Published: October 2016

O ponto de partida deste texto pressupõe um pensamento sobre a fotografia através de pequenos fragmentos concebidos como partes de um políptico. Se, como ensina Barthes, tudo pode ser texto, o que interessa neste caso não é nem o significado e nem a compreensão comparativa e/ou evolutiva que concede ao presente a última palavra, mas uma ênfase ao caráter de inquietação e heterogeneidade, quando uma estrutura ordenadora e classificatória pode ser movimentada e desierarquizada em detrimento da técnica e do registro documental codificados pela importância histórica ou jornalística. Em tempos de expansão inimaginável do arsenal imagético e de telas que prometem revelar incansavelmente os fatos em tempo real, sejam eles íntimos ou de relevância planetária, parece conveniente suspender as certezas sobre a imagem fotográfica para interrogar sua natureza, problematizando como a mesma sobrevive por metamorfoses, constituindo-se e persistindo em sua condição artística.
Joaquim Cardozo e Pancetti, águas sem dono
Authors: Lima Manoel Ricardo de
Published: October 2016

Este trabalho parte da leitura que Joaquim Cardozo faz da imagem da água na pintura do marinheiro Pancetti como um elemento de “sentido quase místico da paisagem”, uma espécie de “reconciliação com as paisagens do mundo”, uma “solidariedade entre o ser e o agir, entre o ser e o continuar”, tudo isto num movimento browniano de matizes. Cardozo chama esta imagem de águas sem dono. A questão deste trabalho é como ele re-elabora o seu conceito de forma-formante a partir da pintura de Pancetti.
OSMAN LINS E AS ILUSTRAÇÕES DOS LIVROS, “UM CHAMADO INFERNAL”: AS IMAGENS AINDA/JÁ CHEIAS DE PALAVRAS
Authors: Andrade Ana Luiza
Published: October 2016

Ao viver em uma época em que começam a se tornar comuns as publicações de séries industriais, Osman Lins, em duas de suas crônicas inéditas trazidas à tona no presente estudo, chama a atenção sobre a transposição de uma ficção escrita para uma ficção imagética. Versando sobre o desenho do ilustrador e o texto feito de palavras,“Romance e desenho” (Jornal do Commercio, 23/ago/1959) e “Reflexão sobre um livro de contos” (Jornal do Commercio, 11/out/1959), estes refletem respectivamente uma preocupação por si mesma incomum, pois, ao enfocar uma etapa técnica que rapidamente passou, e que se fixava nas capas de ilustradores significativos para a história das edições de romances (aqui, em particular sobre a edição de Moby Dick de Melville e as suas séries), além da rara qualidade artística de suas capas e de suas ilustrações, Osman Lins abria, com isso, uma brecha na crítica que, até então, se dirigia, exclusivamente, ou para a literatura ou para a imagem. Mas nunca como uma poderia diminuir ou acrescentar à outra. O mesmo seria verdade quando se pensa na passagem da imagem romanesca transposta para a cinemática.
REVELAÇÃO: CLASSIFICAÇÃO DAS PERSONAGENS E IMAGINÁRIO NO SUSPENSE DA TRAMA A FAVORITA
Authors: Moraes Heloisa Juncklaus Preis , Bressan Jr Mário Abel
Published: October 2016

Na telenovela, as personagens desempenham funções importantes para o desencadeamento da narrativa, movendo as ações e construindo um processo de significação necessário para o entendimento da história. Os estudos das classificações das personagens abordam algumas categorias que reforçam as suas funções nas tramas e subtramas. É com estas categorizações que se reconhece a complexidade de uma personagem, sendo esta plana, redonda, caricata, herói, anti-herói, entre outras. Diante disso, buscamos analisar, com base nas classificações das personagens de ficção, as estruturas de sentido produzidas pelas personagens Flora e Donatela, da telenovela A Favorita, exibida pela Rede Globo no ano de 2008. São comparados dois momentos desta narrativa, o antes e o momento/depois da revelação de quem era a assassina, para verificar as características das personagens (que geraram o percurso de sentido) nestes dois momentos. Além disso, propomos uma discussão relacional entre as imagens das personagens com o escopo teórico do Imaginário Social.
DA VIDA RASGADA: IMAGENS E REPRESENTAÇÕES SOBRE O NEGRO NO FILME MADAME SATÃ
Authors: Lima Ari
Published: October 2016

O filme Madame Satã, de Karim Aïnouz, transcorre nos anos 1930, período em que o Estado brasileiro, as elites e até mesmo o cidadão comum – homem ou mulher, pobre ou abastado, negro, branco ou mestiço - se engajaram num esforço de modernização das instituições, das artes, dos gostos e das atitudes. Este artigo tratará de duas questões fundamentais suscitadas em relação ao negro e à cultura negro-africana no Brasil. A primeira delas diz respeito à permanência de imagens e representações pré-modernas sobre o negro que configuraram o ideal de modernidade no Brasil. A segunda diz respeito às atitudes dos negros no sentido da adesão e reinterpretação de um projeto das elites de modernização da sociedade brasileira que previa o negro e a cultura negro-africana como objeto e matéria-prima.
Paris, mito e declínio / Nova York, o século XIX do futuro
Authors: Santos Antonio Carlos
Published: October 2016

O ensaio faz um recorte de dois momentos da arte moderna ocidental: no primeiro, a cidade de Paris aparece como o mito da cultura do século XIX construído pelos livros; a cidade por onde passeiam Walter Benjamin e Nestor Victor, o flaneur e o dandy, personagens que cruzam e se contrapõem à multidão que toma as ruas. No segundo, a Nova York que surge no pós-guerra como uma nova capital do ocidente, uma cidade cujo desenho modernista, linhas retas que se perdem no horizonte, deixam tonto um visitante europeu como Jean-Paul Sartre. É nela que Clement Greenberg teoriza sobre o expressionismo abstrato e que Murilo Mendes vê "o século XIX do futuro".
O porta-voz da polifonia: considerações sobre análise sócio-estética da arte étnica moderna, com vistas ao campobaiano
Authors: Armstrong Piers
Published: October 2016

Examinamos o uso pragmático do conceito de etnicidade, conforme conotações contextuais e inserções sócio-políticas específicas. Contrastam-se os usos mais correntes nos EUA e no Brasil. Enfocamos estes usos em relação à política cultural do governo Lula e ao desenvolvimento dos estudos afro. Argüi-se que, como ministro da cultura, Gilberto Gil exerce um papel simbólico central na relação entre estes dois campos. A filosofia socio-estética do tropicalismo perdura no cenário nacional e a herança cultural baiana passa a ser uma referência nacional. Se a política das cotas universitárias e outras tendências acadêmicas sugerem a influência norte-americana, o conceito do étnico subjacente é distante do tropicalista. Argüimos que a expressão étnica e a competência cultural são em grande medida autônomas com respeito aos critérios invocados no debate político. A arte comunitária é uma aliança de interesses e interessados em que o estético, o moral e o objetivo se misturam.
"Explorações sobre a sucessão”: uma cartografia política do período Pré-Estadonovista (1935-1936)
Authors: Elíbio Júnior Antônio Manoel
Published: October 2016

O presente artigo analisa os arranjos políticos que envolveram as principais lideranças partidárias no Rio Grande do Sul, entre os anos de 1935 e 1936. Através da troca epistolar, foi possível perceber as coalizões e dissensões no plano político estadual e nacional, bem como as estratégias políticas do governador José Antônio Flores da Cunha atinentes a composição de uma frente de oposição ao Governo de Vargas.
Performing masculinity: queer performance's last frontier in "Brokeback Montain"
Authors: Hünninghausen Carlos Guilherme
Published: October 2016

"Brokeback Mountain " goes beyond the frontiers ordinarily established by Hollywood in relation to gender questions. The main reason for this, although quite simple, isn't obvious. Judith Butler writes: the category of gender cannot be understood and referred to as a biological destiny but as a performance which evokes the constitution of gender as a cultural category. Having this in mind, my idea in this paper is to show how every social drama lived out by the main characters in this film are caused by the inability of the heterosexual stage to recognize discreet performances which deviate from its regulatory practices of gender coherence, the "gender as destiny" norm of compulsory heterosexuality. In the specific case of Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar, the main characters in Brokeback Mountain , the attraction, the pleasure and the growing affection for each other as two individuals of the same biological sex.
Para un glosario de Ricardo Piglia
Authors: Avelar Idelber
Published: October 2016

El presente ensayo articula las nociones de utopía (desde Nietzsche) y de experiencia (desde Benjamin) con el objectivo de hacer un análisis de las estrategias narrativas del escritor argentino Ricardo Piglia. Al tomar la propia crítica como una forma de ficción autobiográfica, el autor de Respiración artificial y Nombre falso propone una nueva mirada sobre la dialéctica entre crítica y ficción en la cual la lectura de los textos ajenos no sería más que la propia experiencia del crítico intentando alegorizarse en esos textos. Y esa experiencia del presente es trabajada invariablemente por Piglia a partir del punto de vista de la utopía, o sea de la política.
Imobilidade e fluxo: personagens, sentidos e leitores na obra de João Gilberto Noll
Authors: Mello Jefferson Agostini
Published: October 2016

Os textos de João Gilberto Noll podem ser lidos como ensaios de novos modos de narrar, vinculando-se a uma concepção de leitura e de leitor cuja característica principal é a incompletude. Ao apreender o leitor implícito nos contos de A máquina de ser, seu último livro, busca-se detectar, também, a teoria da literatura subjacente à obra de Noll, em diálogo com o imobilismo e/ou fluxo constante de suas personagens.
Presença camoniana na poesia de Machado de Assis: Crisálidas (1864), Falenas (1870) e Americanas (1875)
Authors: Sandmann Marcelo
Published: October 2016

O presente artigo trata da presença do poeta português Luís de Camões nos três primeiros livros de poemas de Machado de Assis, nomeadamente Crisálidas (1864), Falenas (1870) e Americanas (1875). O escritor brasileiro, além de colher epígrafes na obra do poeta português e citá-lo nominalmente, por vezes aproveitou sugestões dessa poesia em poemas seus, de forma mais ou menos velada, em chave parodística ou parafrásica, como o estudo pretende explicitar.
O seqüestro do simbolismo na Revista Joaquim: o grito do vampiro contra o sussurro do nefelibata
Authors: Moreira Caio Ricardo Bona
Published: October 2016

Proponho neste artigo uma leitura contra-modernista da posição radical da revista Joaquim contra o Simbolismo Paranaense. A revista, fundada em 1946, pelo escritor curitibano Dalton Trevisan, circulou até 1948, período de ascensão do existencialismo no cenário literário do pós-guerra. Depreende-se de sua posição autonomista o desejo de iniciar oficialmente a literatura no Paraná. O periódico recusa o simbolismo, pois foi considerado por Dalton como uma literatura que não sintonizou a sua produção com os problemas do homem e do mundo. Pretendo observar que a questão da gênese tratada como origem pela revista não se sustenta como fundamento para práticas críticas.
Dos cafés, una cultura urbana (Lugares del “Polo Bamba” y el “Tupí-Nambá”: los hermanos San Román)
Authors: Rocca Pablo
Published: October 2016

A partir de la experiencia de dos inmigrantes españoles que sostuvieron, a lo largo de muchos años en el cruce de los siglos XIX y XX, dos cafés, donde se reunió gran parte de la vida cultural montevideana, este artículo examina la dimensión cultural de la tertulia y del café más allá de la anécdota a la que las crónicas de época habitualmente nos tienen acostumbrados.