bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avaliação sensitiva de hansenianos pelos monofilamentos Semmes-Weinstein em serviço terciário de fisioterapia
Authors: Leite Saulo Nani , Barros Ana Regina Souza Bavaresco , Fonseca Marisa de Cássia Registro , Andrade Thiago Antônio Moretti , Foss Norma Tiraboschi , Frade Marco Andrey Cipriani
Published: October 2023

Objetivos: Identificar a frequência das alterações da sensibilidade de mãos e pés de hansenianos através dos monofilamentos Semmes-Weinstein no hospital terciário. Método: Trinta pacientes do setor de fisioterapia do Hospital da Clínicas da FMRP-USP foram avaliados clinico-epidemiologicamente e submetidos ao teste por monofilamentos de agosto a dezembro de 2004. Resultados: A média de idade dos pacientes foi de 48,4 anos, sendo 80% do sexo masculino e 70% oriundos da região de Ribeirão Preto. Classificavam-se como multibacilares 70% dos pacientes e 80% apresentavam-se com Grau I de incapacidade. Quanto ao teste nos membros superiores, o nervo ulnar foi o mais acometido nos paucibacilares (78%) e nos multibacilares (83%). Nos membros inferiores, o ramo plantar medial do nervo tibial posterior encontrou-se acometido em todos os pacientes do grupo multibacilar. A sensação protetora estava ausente nas mãos em 26% no grupo pauci e 46% no multibacilar, e nos pés 44% no paucibacilar e 56% no multibacilar. O diagnóstico foi tardio em 37% dos pacientes, apresentando no mínimo dois nervos com perda da sensação protetora. Conclusão: Os resultados evidenciaram que o acompanhamento da neuropatia da hanseníase pelos monofilamentos S-W, mostrou-se capaz de identificar alterações da sensibilidade em múltiplos nervos das extremidades, tanto nos pacientes paucibacilares quanto multibacilares, tornando-se evidente a gravidade dos pacientes atendidos nos serviço de atenção terciária à saúde.
Avaliação do estado nutricional e do consumo alimentar de pacientes com hanseníase do Ambulatório de Dermatologia Sanitária
Authors: Bruschi Kelly Regina , Labrêa Maria da Graça Alves , Eidt Letícia Maria
Published: October 2023

A Hanseníase é uma doença sistêmica, infectocontagiosa, de evolução crônica. Seu tratamento é realizadopor meio de poliquimioterapia que pode desencadear algumas alterações nutricionais. Sendo assim, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o estado nutricional e o consumo alimentar de pacientes com Hanseníase em acompanhamento no Ambulatório de Dermatologia Sanitária. Estudo de delineamento transversal, no qual realizou avaliação antropométrica, laboratorial e dietética. A amostra final foi de 39 pacientes, de ambos os sexos, com concentração de indivíduos na faixa etária entre os 40-50 anos, predomínio do ensino fundamental incompleto e baixa renda familiar. A população se caracterizou pelo sedentarismo, sobrepeso, ocorrência de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, insegurança alimentar e nutricional, consumo muito elevado de gorduras e inadequação de micronutrientes essenciais para a prevenção de doenças. Os resultados mostraram a necessidade da inserção do nutricionista na equipemultiprofissional, a fim de promover alimentação adequada e a prevenção de comorbidades, garantindo apromoção à saúde e a segurança alimentar. No entanto, não foi possível associar esses distúrbios nutricionais ao diagnóstico/tratamento da Hanseníase, uma vez que a avaliação foi realizada apenas após o início do tratamento da doença.
Hanseníase e a nutrição: uma revisão da literatura
Authors: Silva Carolina Penteado Guerra , Miyazaki Maria Cristina Oliveira Santos
Published: October 2023

O presente estudo é uma revisão da literatura sobre hanseníase e nutrição, mostrando a importância do estado nutricional de hansenianos na melhoria da resposta ao tratamento. Foram selecionados estudos sobre hanseníase e nutrição em livros técnicos e artigos publicados no período de 2009 a 2013 utilizando-se as bases de dados Medline, LILACS, SciELO, PubMed e Bireme. Os achados do presente estudo evidenciam a importância de se avaliar estado nutricional e hábitos alimentares de pacientes portadores de hanseníase. Esses pacientes possuem déficits nutricionais em relação a dados antropométricos e a ingestão de nutrientes, que aumentam sua vulnerabilidade para baixa imunidade e consequentemente o agravo da doença. Há necessidade de novos estudos na área, pois existe uma carência de informações sobre o assunto. A implementação de programas de reeducação alimentar, educação nutricional e hábitos de vida saudáveis relacionados à promoção da saúde em pacientes com hanseníase são necessários.
Descrição de um caso exuberante de eritema nodoso hansênico e análise crítica dos sistemas de classificação para tratamento da hanseníase
Authors: Mattar Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira , Sette Christiane Salgado , Martelli Antonio Carlos Ceribelli , Barreto Jaison Antônio , Teixeira Cleverson Soares , Wachholz Patrick Alexander
Published: October 2023

A hanseníase é doença endêmica e de notificação compulsória no Brasil. Há diversos sistemas de classificação para instituição da poliquimioterapia. Descreve-se caso de jovem com diagnóstico e tratamento de hanseníase paucibacilar que, após sete anos, retorna com recidiva das lesões e tratamento para multibacilar, evoluindo com eritema nodoso necrotizante.
A formação profissional e a hanseníase
Authors: Paschoal Vânia Del’Arco
Published: October 2023

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É possivel mudar a situação da hanseniase enquanto doença negligenciada no Brasil?
Authors: Barreto Jaison A.
Published: October 2023

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Conhecimento teórico sobre hanseníase por estudantes universitários da área da saúde em município do nordeste brasileiro
Authors: Barros Pétalla Morganna Figueiredo Pessoa des , Tavares Clodis Maria , Holanda Juliana Bento de Lima , Alves Regina de Souza , Santos Tamyssa Simões dos , Arcêncio Ricardo Alexandre
Published: October 2023

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o conhecimento teórico sobre hanseníase por estudantes universitários da área da saúde em município do Nordeste brasileiro. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionários validados, aplicados por entrevistadores treinados. A população foi constituída por universitários do último período teórico dos cursos da área da saúde. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e inferencial. Fixou-se erro tipo I em 5% (p<0,05) como estatisticamente significativo. No que se refere ao contato de alunos com pessoas que tem ou tiveram hanseníase hanseníase, o curso de medicina teve o maior percentual, com 18 discentes (90%); nos cursos de nutrição, odontologia e farmácia, os estudantes que nunca tiveram contato representaram 8 (100%), 15 (83,33%) e 19 (90,48%), respectivamente. Quando questionados quanto à cura da hanseníase, 18 alunos de enfermagem (94,74%) e 19 de medicina (95%) afirmaram ser possível. Contudo, no curso de enfermagem, 1 (5,26%), odontologia, 3 (16,67%), farmácia, 3 (14,29%) e nutrição, 4 (50%) alunos afirmaram não saber. Apresentou-se diferença estatisticamente significativa (p-valor<0,036), mostrando que a frequência esperada é equivalente à observada. Quanto ao conhecimento do período de incubação do agente etiológico, revelouse que 12 (63,16%) alunos de  enfermagem, 8 (100%) de nutrição, 16 (88,89%) de odontologia e 15 (71,43%) de farmácia não sabiam o período de incubação do bacilo. O p-valor = 0,010 apresentou significância, mostrando que nenhum dos entrevistados do curso de nutrição assinalou a resposta correta. O estudo mostra que os alunos dos cursos de nutrição, farmácia e odontologia apresentam conhecimento não satisfatório sobre a hanseníase.
Análise da eliminação da hanseníase em Joinvile
Authors: Borba Tâmem Luiza , Oliveira Cícera Pereira de , Moreira Tadiana Maria Alves
Published: October 2023

Definiu-se como tema da pesquisa a eliminação da hanseníase como problema de saúde pública no município de Joinville/SC, com o objetivo de traçar o perfil da eliminação dos doentes notificados no período compreendido entre os anos 2001 a 2015. Trata-se de uma pesquisa epidemiológica descritiva com abordagem quantitativa, cujos dados foram obtidos através do Sistema de Informação e Agravos de Notificação - SINAN/Joinville e SINAN/Ministério da Saúde. Elaborou-se uma série histórica da Hanseníase para o Brasil, Região Sul, Santa Catarina e Joinville, utilizando as variáveis: número de casos novos, número dedetecção anual em adultos e menores de 15 anos, número de casos novos com grau 2 de incapacidade física, altas por cura e número de pacientes em tratamento. Os resultados mostram que o indicador de detecção anual configura o país com valores elevados e os demais com números medianos. A análise dos casos novos com grau 2 de incapacidade física não possui parâmetro, mas se manteve estável nas quatro esferas avaliadas. Para o indicador de detecção em menores de quinze anos o país apresentou valores altos, o município uma curva variável e os demais se mantiveram constantes. Os quatro níveis apresentaram proporção de cura regular, enquanto que para o indicador de prevalência o Brasil apresentou valores de média endemicidade e os outros expressam valores de baixa endemia. A análise permitiu avaliar e comparar um comportamento diferenciado entre as quatro esferas o que supõe uma possível prevalência oculta no município.
SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHING EXPERIENCES IN A REFERENCE CENTER FOR LEPROSY
Authors: Damiance Patrícia Ribeiro Mattar , Panes Vanessa Clivelaro Bertassi
Published: October 2023

This study aims to report an experience of a curricular internship in nursing based on the investigative methodology in a Reference Center for Leprosy. It is an experience report structured in the description of a series of activities, components of a didactic sequence, whose contents permeate the construction of the care for adults and the elderly with Leprosy and /or other skin and appendages alterations. The educational goals and the teaching techniques used supported the discussion on the construction of knowledge from the perspective of the critical pedagogy and public policies that guide the academic formation in the health area. Among the lessons learned, we highlight the role of intervention and teaching mediation in the learning process, as well as the relevance of the reflective practice as essential and leveraging of transformation in the educational process.
Perfil sociodemográfico, clínico e epidemiológico da hanseníase em menores de quinze anos, Mato Grosso, Brasil
Authors: Freitas Bruna Hinnah Borges Martins De , Cortela Denise Da Costa Boamorte , Ferreira Silvana Margarida Benevides
Published: October 2023

O estudo objetiva caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico, clínico e epidemiológico da hanseníase em menores de quinze anos registrados em Mato Grosso, no período de 2001 a 2013, por meio de um estudo transversal. Houve uma incidência média de 22,7 casos por 100 mil habitantes no período. A maior proporção de entradas foi do sexo masculino (51,6%), da faixa etária de 10 a 14 anos (65%). Dentre as características clínicas, 67,3% foram classificados como paucibacilares e 45,8% com lesão única. Quanto ao modo de detecção, 46,2% das entradas foram por demanda espontânea. A hanseníase em menores de quinze anos foi hiperendêmica no estado.
Aspectos epidemiológicos da hanseníase em menores de 15 anos, diagnosticados em um Centro de Referência do Sul do Brasil, entre 2007 e 2017
Authors: Oppermann Kenselyn , Salvi Cristiane dos Santos , Casali Hellen Marie , Moraes Paulo Cezar de , Cattani Cristiane Almeida Soares , Eidt Letícia Maria
Published: October 2023

Introdução: A Hanseníase (Doença de Hansen) é uma doença infectocontagiosa, que apresenta tropismo pela pele e nervos periféricos, cujo diagnóstico tardio pode causar sequelas físicas e emocionais. A Hanseníase em crianças é considerada um dos principais indicadores da tendência da doença e sugere intensa circulação do Mycobacterium leprae. Métodos: Um estudo retrospectivo, observacional e analítico foi conduzido com dezoito crianças diagnosticadas e tratadas no Ambulatório de Dermatologia Sanitária de Porto Alegre, Brasil. As informações clínicas e sociodemográficas foram obtidas através do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Resultados: Durante o período de 2007-2017, 478 indivíduos foram diagnosticados como novos casos de Hanseníase em nosso Serviço; dentre esses, 18 (3,76%) eram crianças menores de 15 anos de idade, e sete foram diagnosticadas somente no ano de 2017. Dentre as 18 crianças, 15 (83,3%) eram multibacilares, e somente uma apresentou grau 2 de incapacidade. Aproximadamente 11% da amostra desenvolveram reações hansênicas durante o período de acompanhamento; 61,1% tinham entre 10 e 14 anos de idade. Contatos domiciliares foram identificados em 77,8% dos pacientes. Conclusão: Este estudo mostra que, apesar da situação endêmica ser menos preocupante no Sul do Brasil em relação às demais regiões brasileiras, o aumento da incidência de casos de Hanseníase em 2017 em indivíduos menores de 15 anos pode indicar uma mudança na tendência da doença e do indicador de detecção de casos novos da Hanseníase no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
The LARCG Latin American Renal Cancer Group: Achievements in Support, Teaching, Research, Collaboration, and Advocacy
Authors: de Cássio Zequi Stenio , Rodriguez-Covarrubias Francisco , Tobia Ignacio Pablo , Jurado Alberto , Autran Gomez Anamaria , Meza-Montoya Luiz , Henriques da Costa Walter , Nolazco Alejandro , Mourao Thiago Camelo , Abreu Diego
Published: October 2023

The Latin American Renal Cancer Group (LARCG) was founded in 2013. This is a non-profit collaborative group designed to foster scientific knowledge in all areas of kidney cancer, and to establish international cooperation among well-recognized oncologic institutions. Since its creation, LARCG has reported data from Latin America to the scientific community and has promoted accredited information and advocacy principles for patients, lay people, and medical colleagues. Currently, it consists of 44 centers in 7 Latin American countries and Spain. In this paper, we report our achievements in assistance, teaching, research, and advocacy, and we discuss the successful international collaborations.
Renal Cell Carcinoma With Intratumoral Pseudoaneurysm
Authors: Pierce Daniel P. , Salloum Elias H. , Spiess Philippe E.
Published: October 2023

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Imaging of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Lee Wai-Kit , Lindenberg M. Liza , Gonzalez Esther Mena , Choyke Peter , King Kevin G. , Vikram Raghunandan , Duddalwar Vinnay A.
Published: October 2023

Imaging plays a central role in the contemporary multidisciplinary management of renal cell carcinoma. This article provides an overview of the current imaging modalities, including ultrasound, computed tomography, multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging, and molecular imaging, used in the evaluation of renal cell carcinoma. A summary of the imaging strategies for renal cell carcinoma staging and restaging post-treatment is provided.
SIU Training Scholarship: an Unforgettable Experience at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad-Gujarat, India
Authors: Oyibo Emmanuel Ugbede
Published: October 2023

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FOMO: A Force to Be Contained in Urology
Authors: Black Peter C.
Published: October 2023

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Kidney Cancer Screening and Epidemiology
Authors: Rossi Sabrina H. , Tanaka Hajime , Usher-Smith Juliet A. , Bernhard Jean-Christophe , Fujii Yasuhisa , Stewart Grant D.
Published: October 2023

The incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has risen worldwide over the past few decades, and this has been associated with a stage shift. Survival outcomes of RCC depend largely on the stage at diagnosis. Although overall mortality has stabilized or declined in most countries, survival remains poor in late-stage disease, suggesting early detection may improve overall survival outcomes. A number of potential candidate screening tools have been considered (including urinary dipstick, blood- and urine-based biomarkers, ultrasound, and computed tomography [CT]), though it may be that a combination of these approaches may be optimal. Ultimately, the sensitivity and specificity of the chosen screening tool will determine the rate of false positives and false negatives, which must be minimized. One of the key challenges is the relatively low prevalence of the disease, which might be overcome by performing risk-stratified screening or screening for more than one condition (such as combined lung and kidney cancer screening). Both approaches have been shown to be acceptable to the general public, and they may maximize the efficiency of screening while reducing harms. Indeed, quantifying benefits and harms of screening is key (including the impact on overdiagnosis and quality of life). Whether screening for RCC will lead to a stage shift and the impact on survival are the decisive missing pieces of information that will determine whether the screening program might be adopted into clinical practice (along with feasibility, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness).
Understanding families’ motivation for engaging in livestock exhibitions: A collective instrumental case study
Authors: Kelley Krysti L. , Baker Marshall A. , Robinson J. Shane , Culbertson Avery L.
Published: October 2023

The purpose of this collective instrumental case study was to understand the motivational factors that support families’ decisions to exhibit livestock. The expectancy value theory served as the theoretical lens, and a review of literature led to four issues to be explored. Four typical family cases were identified, and interviews were conducted. Five In-Vivo themes were identified: (a) “a family tradition,” (b) “bonds us together,” (c) “on-the-job training for life,” (d) “joys and discomforts of agricultural life,” and (e) “the show industry.” It was concluded that families value tradition, family togetherness, the agricultural community, work ethic, and the development of life skills critical for the success of their children. Winning, as traditionally defined in the show ring, was not the expectation. Rather, families expected to grow together, enjoy their time, and be competitive. The perceived family utility outweighed the noted costs. It was recommended that all stakeholders in the livestock exhibition community identify ways to enhance family involvement and work to reward ethical behaviors.
What’s in a book? An exploration of multicultural extractions within secondary agriculture textbooks
Authors: Rojas Tara , Vincent Stacy
Published: October 2023

Textbooks have the unique ability to provide snapshots of industry norms, including biases that may be present, through real-world applications and depictions of concepts for various subjects defining the individuals, values, concepts, and skills that are considered legitimate in a discipline (Becker & Nilsson, 2021). Using a cross-sectional descriptive study researchers used social semiotics to identify and examine sex and race within secondary agriculture education textbooks from the largest US textbook publishers. The researchers evaluated 34,161 pages, 4,603 photos, and 585 case studies from 58 textbooks. Students of color currently in the secondary agricultural education classroom are not seeing themselves represented in agriculture textbooks as it relates to enrollment in public schools. The absence of females is present among various disciplines in the agriculture field as well. The lack of diversity and representation present in the textbooks is blatant and may send unintended messages to female and BIPOC students within secondary agricultural education classrooms. Further research is needed that explores gender nonconformities, colorism, and intersectionality of race and gender representation in secondary agriculture textbooks.
The dualism of interdisciplinarity: A model for agriculture, food, and natural resources education
Authors: McKim Aaron J. , Marzolino Tiffany
Published: October 2023

The term “interdisciplinary” has become increasingly associated with high quality education (Boix Mansilla et al., 2006). Defined as experiences which combine multiple disciplines to form an understanding of a phenomenon, or to solve a problem, interdisciplinary education represents a shift in traditional, disciplinary approaches (Boix Mansilla et al., 2000; Nikitina, 2006). The context of agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) is inherently interdisciplinary ([Author], 2017). Within AFNR learning opportunities (e.g., secondary school classrooms, community workshops), the convergence of science, mathematics, social studies, ethics, English language arts, engineering, and other disciplines is expected in an effort to develop learner understanding of complex natural systems (Scherer et al., 2019). Research in interdisciplinarity suggests educational spaces which combine content from multiple disciplines better prepare learners to sustainably address complex problems like climate change, deforestation, hunger, and water scarcity (Borrego and Newswander, 2010; Jacob, 2015; Klein, 2008). Therefore, preparing learners to think in an interdisciplinary way is critical to giving current and future generations the best chance to address these wicked problems (Newell, 2010).
AFNR educators’ experiences in an MA program
Authors: McKendree R. Bud , McKim Aaron , Hile Olivia , Everett Michael
Published: October 2023

In this study, we explored the lived experiences of secondary school agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) teachers enrolled in, or who recently completed a practitioner-oriented master’s degree in AFNR Education at [University]. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews, and interviews were informed by Appreciative Inquiry methodology. Ten master’s students completed interviews and data were transcribed verbatim. Analysis followed an inductive, constant comparative approach yielding three themes: synthesis experience a critical component, the Master of Arts (MA) student/teacher identity, and MA students having a need for connectedness and external support. Findings are presented with substantiating participant quotes. Lastly, conclusions and implications are discussed, including the value of the capstone master’s project as well as the need for opportunities to connect while completing a distance graduate program.
Enhancing professional development by increasing agricultural educator margin
Authors: McKim Aaron , McKim Lauren K.
Published: October 2023

This philosophical study aims to inform improvements to teacher professional development by introducing and integrating principles from the Theory of Margin. Specifically, a critique of existing professional development norms illuminates traditional offerings increase teacher load without consistent increases in teacher power, leading to the conclusion that traditional professional development offerings do not consistently increase teacher margin and, thus, do not achieve their objective to enhance education through teacher-enacted innovation. To address this limitation, the Model for Margin-Increasing Professional Development is proposed which outlines structures to professional development which increase teacher power and/or decrease teacher load. Adoption of this model is expected to help professional development offerings in agricultural education achieve their aim of positively transforming the discipline via teachers who possess the requisite margin to learn, modify, and enact the innovations introduced during professional development. Recommendations for continued scholarship on teacher margin and professional development are included.
Beginning SBAE teacher perception of CASE training and curriculum implementation
Authors: Smalley Scott , Mark Hainline  , Katelyn Grein
Published: October 2023

With the perpetual increase in STEM-related jobs and a renewed focus on the importance of these content areas, school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers shoulder the important task of implementing inquiry-based learning opportunities to prepare students for future STEM careers. The Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) is one source of professional development that provides teachers with agriculture-focused STEM content and pedagogical enrichment. This study sought to examine beginning SBAE teachers’ perceptions of CASE Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) training, as well as the implementation of the curriculum into their programs. We interviewed six CASE certified teachers who had completed one year of teaching experience. Four main themes and eight sub-themes emerged from the interviews: active learning (i.e., institute training and active learning in the secondary setting), time commitments, resource availability (i.e., financial funding and material availability, and curriculum (i.e., a comprehensive introductory course; coursework planning; gaining confidence; and student motivation). Overall, the teachers perceived the CASE curriculum to be a great resource, but they also experienced some challenges associated with resource availability and were somewhat displeased with the duration and intensity of the CASE Institute program. Recommendations for research and practice are included.
Introducing the dynamic game character
Authors: Blom Joleen
Published: October 2023

Fictional characters are everywhere in current popular culture. In this introduction chapter, I provide a brief explanation on the state of the art on characters in contemporary transmedia practices. I critique the ideal of narrative continuity across different works in popular franchises to create a single-story world, which also affects how we understand characters as human-like beings. Characters are often thought as having the same identity across works, but, in practice, they are often different persons. Finally, I introduce the dynamic game character, whose identity changes depending on how the player plays the game. I propose that this character clashes with the ideal of narrative continuity because video games promise player agency and transmedia practices cannot follow through on this.
Characters in contemporary media
Authors: Blom Joleen
Published: October 2023

This chapter provides an historical overview of game characters and their role in larger contemporary media practices. Characters have been studied throughout several fields, ranging from Literary Studies to Transmedia Storytelling to Game Studies. Game Studies focuses almost exclusively on the playable figure, neglecting characters that are not avatars and/or player characters. This chapter offers an explanation on how game characters are also transmedia characters, and examines the tension between transmedia and medium-specific perspectives on characters. Since transmedia storytelling highlights the ideal of narrative continuity across works, the chapter offers various theoretical approaches from Japan Studies and Media Studies to complement and counterpoint this ideal.
Strategies to control a character’s transtextual identities
Authors: Blom Joleen
Published: October 2023

A character’s transtextual identity clashes with the ideal of narrative continuity. This chapter argues that characters’ transtextual identities are controlled through archaic strategies of control —authorship ownership, and canonisation—to create the impression that their identities are coherent across different works. These strategies serve no one but the institutions that employ them. By analysing the dynamic game character’s configuration in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Mass Effect series, and Animal Crossing: New Horizon and their related texts, this chapter argues that once dynamic game characters move across different media, the player’s agency is sacrificed in favour of a dominant reading by authorititative institutions.
Non-Elite Women's Networks Across the Early Modern World
Authors: Cohen Elizabeth Storr , Couling Marlee J.
Published: October 2023

Non-elite or marginalized early modern women—among them the poor, migrants, members of religious or ethnic minorities, abused or abandoned wives, servants, and sex workers—have seldom left records of their experiences. Drawing on a variety of sources, including trial records, administrative paperwork, letters, pamphlets, hagiography, and picaresque literature, this volume explores how, as social agents, these doubly invisible women built and used networks and informal alliances to supplement the usual structures of family and community that often let them down. Ten essays, ranging widely in geography from the eastern Mediterranean to colonial Spanish America and in time from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, show how flexible, sometimes ad hoc relationships could provide crucial practical and emotional support for women who faced problems of livelihood, reputation, displacement, and violence.
Gendered Naming Practices among Coptic Christians in Sixteenth- Century Cairo
Authors: Huffaker Shauna
Published: October 2023

Coptic Christians, living in sixteenth-century Ottoman Egypt, were forced to navigate their participation in Cairo’s majority Muslim community. Legal documents from property deeds and court registers yield onomastic clusters that suggest gendered naming strategies practiced by Coptic families. Men were more likely to have religious names, while women often had names that they shared with Muslim girls. This window into Muslim-Christian daily coexistence makes visible the complexities of Coptic cultural identity and the ways that Copts chose to enact both their community’s distinct identities and their social similarity with their Muslim neighbors. Cairo’s shared naming culture for girls would have circulated its messages primarily among the local, social networks of women.
Food and Drink Make Relationships
Authors: Kang Min Ji
Published: October 2023

The literary representations of everyday commensality as signifiers of group culture serve not only to show power and social relations built on shared tastes, but also to uncover how gendered social norms are constructed. This chapter examines the ways in which the notion of commensality shapes the networks of the prostitutes as represented in Spanish early modern fictions, Fernando de Rojas’s Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea (1502) and Francisco Delicado’s La Lozana andaluza (1528). I argue that the fictional characters of Celestina and Lozana actively use the exchanges and consumption of food and drink for mutual female support, but also for manipulation of others in pursuit of self-interest.
Far from the Margins
Authors: Leavitt-Alcántara Brianna
Published: October 2023

This chapter examines the case of Anna Guerra de Jesús, a poor rural migrant and abandoned wife and mother, who became a celebrated local holy woman in early eighteenth-century Santiago de Guatemala, the colonial capital of Central America. Through an analysis of Anna’s spiritual biography alongside wills and other archival sources, this chapter considers how non-elite single women in colonial Santiago actively cultivated devotional networks with women, priests, and lay religious brotherhoods. Through these networks, laboring single women positioned themselves at the forefront of a vibrant spiritual renaissance in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Santiago de Guatemala and actively participated in the global circulation of female mysticism, affective piety, and missionary movements.
Gries baut Depot um
Authors: Biester Silke , Tewes Werner
Published: October 2023

Depot arbeitet am Turnaround. Nach harten Jahren richtet der Händler für Wohnaccessoires sein Filialnetz neu aus und erweitert die Chefetage. Den Umbau will Alleinhaber Christian Gries ohne Investorenhilfe stemmen.
Lidl-Onlineshop rückt wieder näher ans Filialgeschäft
Authors: Stockburger Manfred
Published: October 2023

Die Schwarz-Gruppe verlagert die operative Verantwortung für das Online-Handelsgeschäft wieder zurück zu Lidl. Damit soll die Koordination des Warengeschäfts verbessert werden.
Lidls Tailwind kürzt Fahrplan
Authors: Stockburger Manfred
Published: October 2023

Tailwind Shipping Lines stellt den direkten Service von Bangladesch nach Europa ein. Ware von dort wird künftig in Colombo auf Schiffe umgeladen, die zwischen China und Europa pendeln.
Edeka verkauft 24/7 am Stuttgarter Flughafen
Authors: Giuri Maurizio
Published: October 2023

Um Kundschaft am Flughafen Stuttgart auch nachts versorgen zu können, hat der Edeka-Kaufmann Florian Jäger seinen Markt auf ein autonomes SB-Kassen-Format umgestellt.
Kunden verhalten sich weiter pragmatisch
Authors: Konrad Jörg
Published: October 2023

Die anhaltend hohe Inflationsrate und die hohen Lebensmittel- und Energiepreise verderben den Deutschen weiterhin die Kauflust. Die Anschaffungsneigung verharrt auf sehr niedrigem Niveau, die Sparneigung nimmt zu. Das bekam der Einzelhandel im August zu spüren.
LEH trotzt den hohen Zinsen und Baukosten
Authors: Rosbach Britta
Published: October 2023

Trotz trüber Wirtschaftslage erweist sich der Lebensmittelhandel in puncto Expansion und Standortentwicklung als erstaunlich robust. Das zeigt der diesjährige Retail Real Estate Report der Hahn Gruppe zusammen mit Bulwiengesa, CBRE und dem EHI.
Filialisten haben klare Vorstellungen
Authors: Konrad Jörg , Nowicki Jörg
Published: October 2023

Rewe oder Edeka, Rossmann oder dm? Für den „Shopping Center Performance Report 2023“ haben Entscheider aus Handel, Gastronomie und Dienstleistungen entschieden, welchen Mietern sie den Vorzug geben würden. Einige Ergebnisse sind überraschend deutlich.
Feines und Gesundes von regional bis fernöstlich
Authors: Schindler Barbara
Published: October 2023

Themen wie Gesundheit, Free-from und Vegan halten zunehmend Einzug in die Feinkostabteilungen. Viele auf der Anuga Fine Food gezeigten Innovationen vereinen Genuss mit gutem Gewissen.
Bio-Kreationen sollen Händler überzeugen
Authors: Rück Daniela
Published: October 2023

Die Anuga Organic bietet wieder ein konzentriertes Spektrum an Bio-Produkten. Optisch aufgepeppt präsentiert sich das Bio-Supermarkt-Konzept.
Synalaf investiert in Kommunikation
Authors: Schmitt Dorit
Published: October 2023

Die Kampagne soll die Vorzüge der Label-Rouge-Aufzucht gegenüber regionalen und lokalen Produkten herausstellen.
Teuerung beeinflusst die Distribution
Authors: Schmitt Dorit
Published: October 2023

Handelsmarken nehmen auch in Frankreich Fahrt auf. Doch Produzenten von regionalen Spezialitäten könnten dabei schnell ins Hintertreffen geraten.
LDC-Gruppe meistert Krisen durch agiles Handeln
Authors: Schmitt Dorit
Published: October 2023

Der europäische Marktführer ist überzeugt von Nachhaltigkeit und Tierwohl. Diese Werte teilt LDC mit seinen Partnerzuchtbetrieben.
R&S forciert Jahresendgeschäft
Authors: Schmitt Dorit
Published: October 2023

Bei der Vermarktung seiner Rindfleischmarken setzt die R&S Vertriebs GmbH insbesondere auf Verkostungen am Point of Sale.
Den Paradigmenwechsel umsetzen
Authors:   Sammet, Siegfried
Published: October 2023

Aufgrund aktueller gesetzlicher Anforderungen zum Klima- und Gewässerschutz sowie zur Hochwasservorsorge besteht in der Wasserwirtschaft großer Handlungsbedarf. Der Entsorgungs- und Wirtschaftsbetrieb Landau optimiert deshalb sein Entwässerungssystem.
Capacity Development als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Authors: Neef Rebekka , Egel Julia
Published: October 2023

Die Water Operators´ Partnerships der Vereinten Nationen sind das Vorbild. Bei deutschen Wasserbetreibern entstand die Idee, Partnerschaften mit kommunalen Betreibern in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern zu gründen. Am Ende wurde ein Erfolgsmodell entwickelt.
Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbehandlung in Albanien (2. Teil)
Authors: Lole Noljan
Published: October 2023

Albanien ist dabei, seinen Wassersektor an EU-Standards anzupassen. Weil ein Großteil des Abwassers noch ungeklärt in die Gewässer fließt, laufen mit breiter internationaler Unterstützung Aktivitäten zur Neuausrichtung der albanischen Wasserwirtschaft.
Haushaltsstreit: Etat nimmt aber Form an
Authors: Pehl Patrick
Published: October 2023

Berlin. Unter der Leitung von Cem Özdemir nimmt das Bundesagrarministerium (BMEL) die Sparherausforderung mit dem Haushaltsentwurf 2024 an, der sowohl Ambition als auch Kontroverse signalisiert. Während der Entwurf die Visionen und Prioritäten des BMEL in Bezug auf Landwirtschaft und Ernährung widerspiegelt, bringen vorgeschlagene Kürzungen und Umschichtungen sowohl Unterstützung als auch Kritik mit sich.
Ernte macht Probleme
Authors: Zietz Rouven
Published: October 2023

München. Mehr als 300 Händler, Verarbeiter, Logistiker, Dienstleister und Versicherer der Agrarbranche haben sich vergangene Woche zur 29. Internationalen Bayerischen Warenbörse in München getroffen. Top-Thema der Teilnehmer auf dem Netzwerktreffen war die Ernte 2023.
Corrupt Government Practices, Regulatory Oversignt, Igorance and Negligence, the Key Factors Affecting Sustainable Urban and Rural Devlopments in Nigeria: Heance, Floodings
Authors: Obiadi B. N , Onuorah I. M. , Mbah P. U. , Okafor C. C. , Kikanme E. I.
Published: October 2023

Human experiences of the urban spaces have been reshaped by events and how the public domain is framed have produced nagging quests for solutions. These are added to the hitherto baffling situations of how the sustainability of urban and rural spaces have often been affected and on many occasions preculded by the decaying urban fabrics, unplanned physical developments and poor space administration. The 2022 flooding in Nigeria, that partly resulted from corrupt government practices and regulatory oversight have destroyed more lives and properties in the country yet, not enough efforts have been put in place to curb the natural catastrophe. The encrochment and destruction of the natural environment without proper and adequate mitigation practices and infrastructural reinforcement of the areas attributed to the problems however, the major factor could be the neighbouring Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam, opened to ease the water pressure on its side of the border along the Benue River without persuasive measures in Nigeria to serve as a buffer. Nigeria still has not completed the Dasin Hausa dam, started decades ago that would have been two-and-a-half times the capacity of the Lagdo dam in Cameroon, and would generate 300MW of electricity and irrigate about 150,000 hectares of farmland across three states and that needs to be rectified.
Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines; Frequency of Side Effects and Association with Sociodemographic Characteristics among Medical Students
Authors: Mohsin Shamaila , Zahoor Mamoona , Mashhadi Syed Fawad , Ali Usman , Yousaf Usman , Malaika Noor-e- , Amin Ayesha , Shaheen Amna , Nasim Arsal
Published: October 2023

Objective: To find out the side effects of vaccines of COVID-19 and its association with sociodemographic factors among students of medical colleges of Rawalpindi.
Study Design: Cross sectional analytic study.
Place and Duration of Study: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out from May to Aug 2022 among medical students of three Medical Colleges (AMC, FUMC, RMC) in Rawalpindi Pakistan.
Methodology: There were 200 participants that were conveniently selected with the Rao soft sample size calculator. Avalidated questionnaire was used to collect data. SPSS (v:26) was used to analyze the data. Chi square analysis was used to assess the relationship between side effects and demographic characteristics and a p-value of 0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: Majority of the participants were male 126(63%) and unmarried 182(94%). The mean age of the participants was 20 years (SD=1.4). Almost all were vaccinated 197(98.5%) with two doses 195(97.5%). The side effects after the first dose were more profound as compared to the second dose, like normal pain 133(66.5%), tenderness at injection site 69(34.5%), fever 65(32.5%) and fatigue 80(40%). Muscular pains were also documented to be pronounced after the administration of first dose 58(29%). Association analysis showed significant association between first dose side effects, normal pain(p=0.001), tenderness (p=0.004), redness (p=0.02) and fatigue (p=0.02) with gender variable. Whereas age and degree socio demographic variables reported significant association with first dose side effects, normal pain (p=0.04) and muscle pain (p=0.01), respectively.
Conclusion: It was conclusive that adverse effects were more common and more severe after the first dose than after the second. The most frequent side effect was normal pain at the injection site, found more frequently in men, with muscular pain being noticeably worse after the first dosage and surprisingly minimal following the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs)-Awareness, Intention and Self-Efficacy Among Low-Income Adults in a Tertiary Care Setting
Authors: Mohsin Shamaila , Zahoor Mamoona , Mashhadi Syed Fawad , Saleem Noman , Ansari Waleed , Akhtar Samreen , Inam Ayesha , Ahmed Smaak , Karim Asad
Published: October 2023

Objective: To assess the awareness, self-efficacy and intention of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) among low-income staff members of a tertiary care hospital.
Study Design: Cross sectional analytic study.
Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi Pakistan, for 4 months, from May to Aug 2022.
Methodology: The research was conducted among low-income urban adults of a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi Pakistan.A non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 200 participants. After taking informed consent the data was collected using a validated questionnaire to assess the SSB-related awareness, self-efficacy and intention.The association between SSB-related constructs and demographic factors was analyzed by using chi-square test and a p-valueof ≤ 0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 21(SD=2.9). Majority 124(62%) of the participants were male, while almost two third 150(75%) had a higher secondary education. Remarkably participants had good SSBs related awareness 170(85%), selfefficacy 151(75.5%) and intention 177(88.5%). Whereas 60(30%) of the participants rarely using sugary drinks, comprised of 35(58.3%) females and 25(41.7%) males. However, association between these two variables was statistically significant (p=0.001). Association analysis between sociodemographic with SSB-related constructs, reported significant association between awareness with employment status (p-value=0.05) and self-rated health status (p-value=0.001).
Conclusion: The current study concluded that despite less education level and monthly income. Majority of the participants consumed sugary drinks once weekly but not daily with good awareness, self-efficacy and intention, whereas no significant association was evident between gender and SSBs related awareness, self-efficacy and intention.
Demonic Possession or too much Time to Think; How do People Behave Towards Mentally Ill? An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Tertiary Care Hospitals
Authors: Misbah Samreen , Mashhadi Syed Fawad , Iqbal Usama , Minhas Lyba , Tahir Zill-e-Huma , Amjad Umair , Yousaf Maimoona , Qasim Neelum
Published: October 2023

Objective: To assess the basis of community’s acceptance and opposition towards mentally ill patients.
Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: OPDs of Pak Emirates Military Hospital and Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan,from May to Sep 2022.
Methodology: This research was done among the general public visiting the outpatient departments of Pak Emirates Military Hospital and Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan. Information was gathered by surveys from 200 people, 20 years of age and older, who were able to read and understand the offered questions based on a modified 27-item CAMI scale excluding subjects who were unwilling. The four categories of authoritarianism, benevolence, social restrictiveness and community’s mental health ideology were used to group the data. IBM SPSS Statistics Version 26 was utilized for data analysis. For descriptive statistics the mean of each of the four domains and for inferential statistics Independent t-test and One-way ANOVA tests were used.
Results: Among 120 males and 80 females with mean age of 33±8.89 the mean scores for domains of "authoritarianism,""benevolence," "social restrictiveness," and "community's mental health ideology" were 2.8±0.66; 3.2±1; 2.7±0.97 and 3±0.96 respectively. Males exhibited more encouraging attitudes than females. A significant association was found in individuals with higher secondary and below for the domain of benevolence with mean of 3.3; p-value 0.048.
Conclusion: Participants of the study considered mentally ill individuals a threat to the community that needs forcible methods to manage. However, they showed supportive and inclusive attitude on sympathetic and religious principles. Males and those with higher education were more supportive.
Effect of Health Education on Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention among Female Students of a Medical College in Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Pre and Post Analysis
Authors: Zia Aleena , Mashhadi Syed Fawad , Riasat Rabia , Aftab Simal , Sharif Imtenan , Shahid Maheen
Published: October 2023

Objective: To evaluate and compare the knowledge and attitude of future female health care providers regarding pap smear screening for cervical cancer at a medical and dental institution in Pakistan. The quality of knowledge of the students was analysed to measure the efficacy of awareness intervention sessions of the students. This was aimed to highlight their role in public awareness and identify the deficit thereof in their training towards practicing preventive community medicine.
Study Design: This was a pre and post analysis comparative study.
Place and Duration of Study: Conducted at Army Medical College Rawalpindi Pakistan, over an 8-months period from Nov 2019 to Jun 2020.
Methodology: A total of 754 responses, pre intervention -401- and one-month later post intervention-353 were collected through a validated questionnaire by convenience sampling. Changes in the knowledge and attitude of students using an independent sample t test were determined one month after 20-minute educational intervention detailing cervical cancer and its screening. Association between course and year of study on the knowledge and attitude scores was determined bycomparing means using ANOVA tables.
Results: Comparison of pre and post intervention scores revealed a statistically significant difference in knowledge (p< 0.001)and attitude (p=0.002) with a change in mean knowledge scores from 46.31±15.93 to 74.03±15.71 and mean attitude scores from 45.84±14.37 to 48.86±12.54 after the intervention. MBBS students showed a statistically significant improvement in attitude (p<0.001) than their BDS counterparts (p=0.535).
Conclusion: Pre-intervention knowledge and attitude was inadequate. The intervention was successful with a significant increase in scores. Emphasis should be on implementing national HPV vaccination and cervical screening awareness campaigns.