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Basic argument structure in Russian Sign Language
Authors: Kimmelman Vadim
Published: October 2018

In this paper, basic verb classes and argument structure alternations in Russian Sign Language (RSL) are described, and the implications of these data for the theory of argument structure are discussed. The analysis is based on data elicited using a list of 80 verbal meanings from the Valency Classes in World’s Languages project (Hartmann, Haspelmath & Taylor 2013) and on data collected from the corpus of RSL (Burkova 2015). The study shows that RSL has lexical verbs with different sets of arguments (from zero up to three arguments), and a number of argument structure alternations, such as causative-inchoative, impersonal, reflexive, and reciprocal. It is found that argument structure of lexical verbs and argument structure alternations that apply to them in RSL are typologically common. This implies that the semantic basis of argument structure is independent of modality. In addition, RSL uses classifier predicates whose argument structure is determined by the type of the classifier and by the context. Although such predicates in other sign languages have been used to argue for a syntactic approach to argument structure, RSL classifier predicates do not provide a strong support for this approach.
RESENHA: ASSISTENTES SOCIAIS E RELIGIÃO (PEDRO SIMÕES)
Authors: Magalhães Vinicius Pinheiro de
Published: October 2018

Resenha da obra Assistentes Sociais e Religião: um estudo Brasil/Inglaterra de Pedro Simões, São Paulo: Cortez, 2005.
CONSTRUINDO UM ESPAÇO DE REFLEXÕES E POSSIBILIDADES DO BUDISMO NAS PRÁTICAS CURRICULARES DO ENSINO RELIGIOSO
Authors: Reis Marcos Vinicius Freitas , Santos Mirinalda Alves Rodrigues dos
Published: October 2018

Este artigo insere-se no campo das discussões sobre o Budismo no Ensino Religioso, bem como a dificuldade dessa religião e/ou filosofia de vida ser incorporado nas práticas curriculares desse ensino, devido a um cenário de preconceitos e discriminações diante de alguns determinados grupos cujas suas crenças religiosas não são consideradas das religiões ocidentais. Nesse sentido, o Ensino Religioso passa ser um componente importante para romper práticas repressoras no que envolve às diversas manifestações culturais religiosas, inclusive quando nos direcionamos para as religiões orientais. Nessa perspectiva, o estudo aqui proposto é construído com o objetivo de contribuir para a inserção do Budismo de forma reflexiva, crítica, não confessional nas práticas curriculares do Ensino Religioso, na perspectiva do combate da intolerância religiosa nas escolas. Metodologicamente essa pesquisa é qualitativa com coleta de dados empíricos através de entrevista semi-estruturadas realizadas com alguns docentes atuantes no Ensino Religioso, no entanto, identificamos que há uma lacuna no que diz respeito à formação inicial e continuada dos docentes para abordar de forma consistente o Budismo em sala de aula, diante disso, apresentaremos por fim, uma possibilidade de práticas pedagógicas a partir de temas norteadores e objetivos propostos de como trabalhar o universo budista no componente curricular Ensino Religioso.
IGREJAS E MOVIMENTOS INCLUSIVOS
Authors: Junqueira Sérgio Rogério , Brito Filho Acir
Published: October 2018

Este artigo é o resultado da pesquisa do Programa Concepções e Recursos do Ensino Religioso no projeto Concepções e produção científica do Ensino Religioso do Grupo de Pesquisa Educação e Religião e tem o objetivo de analisar o contínuo processo de construção da identidade do Ensino Religioso, como componente curricular no cenário da educação brasileira. Esta é uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e documental a partir de legislações e documentos da História da Educação; buscou-se reorganizar o percurso estabelecido para identificar o primeiro modelo de Ensino Religioso utilizado no Estado Brasileiro no período de 1827 a 2010. A partir deste percurso histórico é possível estabelecer o conceito e estrutura do modelo que é identificado como aquela parte de uma mesma confissão religiosa, e que transmite o que é próprio desta tradição religiosa (visão de mundo, formulações de fé, ética, costumes, práticas rituais, etc.).
RELIGIOSIDADE CABOCLA NA ARTE CERAMISTA DE ICOARACI/PA
Authors: Ferreira Rosiane Barbosa
Published: October 2018

Este artigo, abordará a emergencia do estudo do fenomeno religioso, por meio do imaginario dos povos do norte, esta bem associado na produção ceramista de Icoaraci/ Pa pautada na reprodução artistica das crenças amazonicas nos objetos produzidos pela comunidade de oleiros,se dandopela criação do artista em que este desenvolve uma primazia pelos motivos religiosos do povo pré cabralinoexistentesna região amazonica, estando estando os oleiros do Paracuri  como agentes difusores das encantarias  e o movimento do ser humano de antigas civilizações com a natureza e por meio de suas peças artesanais. Atraves da pesquisa de campo metodologicamente entrevistando os oleiros do bairro e por meio das analises das peças ceramicas produzidas na localidade e permitiu identificar a presença da difusão da perspectiva  religiosa  dos povos nativos da região como afirmação cultural na pratica do oleiro icoaraciense.
ENSINO RELIGIOSO E ICONOGRAFIA
Authors: Silveira Valeska Freman
Published: October 2018

Este artigo procura apresentar algumas reflexões a respeito da importância da transposição didática da Ciência da Religião para o Ensino Religioso no que se refere especificamente à análise iconográfica. Partindo dos pressupostos teóricos e metodológicos da Ciência da Religião, propomos uma análise cuidadosa da iconografia nos cursos de Ensino Religioso. Nosso objetivo é apresentar aos professores dessa disciplina esta aproximação teórico metodológica com a Ciência da Religião como possibilidade de desenvolver uma prática educativa que viabilize o aluno a compreender a imagem (texto) não como mera ilustração, mas como fonte histórica de grande relevância para a compreensão do estudo das religiões.
Editorial
Authors: Junqueira Sergio Rogério
Published: October 2018

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“América Latina Vai Ser Toda Feminista”: Visualizing & Realizing Transnational Feminisms in the Women’s Worlds March for Rights
Authors: Snyder Cara , Veiga Ana Maria , Schiebe Wolff Cristina
Published: October 2018

On August 2, 2017, ten thousand feminists from around the globe took to the streets of Florianopolis, Brazil to march for women’s rights. The Marcha Mundos de Mulheres por Direitos (Women’s Worlds March for Rights, or MMMD) was a central part of an academic conference jointly titled the 13th Women’s Worlds Congress / 11th Seminário Internacional Fazendo Gênero. Using this March – both its physical forms and its digital translations – as a case study, this essay explores how the visual rendering of dissent articulates and realizes transnational feminist politics and solidarities.
Awkwardness and Assemblage: Digital Schemes for Feminist World-Making
Authors: Smith Carrie , Stehle Maria
Published: October 2018

In this essay, we develop the concept of awkward assemblages to describe feminist digital activism that is multidirectional in its political effects and interpretive legibility, built of uneasy bedfellows and ill-suited coalitional partners. We exemplify the way in which activist practices, developing out of the tensions in which contemporary feminisms find themselves, complicate the genealogy of feminist protest. We focus on feminist responses triggered by the sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve 2015/16, particularly the work of Swiss-German performance artist Milo Moiré. This example allows us to highlight the complex ways in which local and contemporary feminist interventions intersect with the history of feminist protest art and how they link to transnational movements—among other examples, the #MeToo movement. We then turn to digital-feminist coalitional possibilities by thinking through assembling, along with coding and hacking, as performative labor that emphasizes the potential of inventing and visualizing political forms that (however awkwardly) materialize different worlds.
Platform Feminism: Protest and the Politics of Spatial Organization
Authors: Singh Rianka
Published: October 2018

This article brings into question the political utility of platforms as media for feminist resistance. Using examples of #MeToo, and the Women’s March on Washington, movements that have relied on the platform for reinvigorating what Sarah Banet-Weiser has called “popular feminism” (2018), I argue that common media platforms tend to infer an underlying assumption of safety, privilege and power in relation to social space. Through highlighting how BIPOC people organize in social space, I argue that the focus on amplification and elevation, facilitated by the logics of platform, obscures the needs of those who resist on the margins. I introduce the spatial strategies employed by those who must negotiate space differently to challenge the centrality of platforms as media the structure contemporary feminist protest.
Three-dimensional Bioprinting for Bone and Cartilage Restoration in Orthopaedic Surgery
Authors: Dhawan Aman , Kennedy Patrick Merrill , Rizk Elias B. , Ozbolat Ibrahim T.
Published: October 2018

Notable shortcomings exist in the currently available surgical options for reconstruction of bone and articular cartilage defects. Three-dimensional (3D) printing incorporating viable cells and extracellular matrix, or 3D bioprinting, is an additive manufacturing tissue engineering technique that can be used for layer-by-layer fabrication of highly complex tissues such as bone and cartilage. Because of the scalability of 3D bioprinting, this technology has the ability to fabricate tissues in clinically relevant volumes and addresses the defects of varying sizes and geometries. To date, most of our in vitro and in vivo success with cartilage and bone tissue bioprinting has been with extrusion-based bioprinting using alginate carriers and scaffold free bioinks. Fabrication of composite tissues has been achieved, including bone which includes vascularity, a necessary requisite to tissue viability. As this technology evolves, and we are able to integrate high-quality radiographic imaging, computer-assisted design, computer-assisted manufacturing, with real-time 3D bioprinting and ultimately in situ surgical printing, this additive manufacturing technique can be used to reconstruct both bone and articular cartilage and has the potential to succeed where our currently available clinical technologies and tissue manufacturing strategies fail.
Vol. 2: The Excellence of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Korea: Case Study on Busan National Mechanical Technical High School
Authors: Joo Lan
Published: October 2018

This study is a series of the empirical study, the Excellence of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions, which has investigated the association between four premise factors (competent teachers, relevant curricula, effective leadership, and school-industry linkages) and school performance. The purpose of the study is to provide recommendations to individual institutions who seek to develop strategies to improve their internal and external efficiencies as well as provide policy makers with empirical evidence to help develop new TVET policies that increase schools’ responsiveness to industry demands and reduce skills gap. The study assessed (1) whether or not the select school Busan National Mechanical Technical High School (BMT) possesses four premise factors; (2) how these factors contribute to the enhancement of school outcomes, and (3) which factor has the most influence in differing contexts (e.g. TVET policy, labor market conditions, social demands) and times. The selection criterion was the school’s high graduate employment rate. The study gathered data via multiple resources, including school publications, survey, and interviews. As for the survey, 555 out of 600 students and 107 out of 113 teachers responded. The interview was conducted with 10 students, 10 specialty teachers, the principal, and one vice principal. The interview style was an in-person, one-on-one with structured, open-ended questions, where each interviewee was sequestered separately in a closed room for 60 minutes. After coding the raw data, certain themes emerged. The findings suggest that BMT possesses all the stated premise factors, and the factors directly or indirectly influence the graduate employment rate via the enhancement of employability. Additionally, the most influential factor can be altered based upon various contexts and times.
Integrated Reporting: Development and State of Art —The Italian Case in the International Context
Authors: Vitolla Filippo , Raimo Nicola , De Nuccio Elbano
Published: October 2018

The attention to integrated reporting has more and more increased, since the birth, in 2010 of IIRC, to the present day. This practice, in recent years, is arousing the interest not only of practitioners, but also of academics. In this perspective, the reconstruction of the development process and a series of in-depth analyses on the topic can represent an important source of information for practitioners and a solid basis for future research by academics. This study aims to meet this dual need through a reconstruction of the development process and an analysis of the benefits and of the current state of integrated reporting in the world. The study also presents an important focus on the situation of integrated reporting in Italy by virtue of the recent implementation of Legislative Decree n. 254 of December 30, 2016. This rule provides for the obligation to prepare a non-financial statement starting from the year 2017 and offers many insights on the progress of integrated reporting. The study shows the central, but not unique role of legislation in the adoption and dissemination of integrated reporting.
Synthesis, Physicochemical Studies and Biological Properties of Mixed-Ligand Nickel(II) Complexes Containing β-Diketones With N-donor Ligands
Authors: Omoregie Helen Oluwatola
Published: October 2018

Some mixed ligand nickel(II) complexes of thenoyltrifluoroacetone (tta-H) with 2,2ꞌ-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and tetramethylethylenediamine (tmen) [Ni(tta)(N-N)(NO3)]; N-N= bipy, phen, or tmen] have been synthesized and characterized by molar conductance measurements, elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, spectral measurements and antimicrobial activities. Attempt to prepare the mixed ligand nickel(II) complexes containing acetylacetone (acacH), benzoylacetone (bzacH), dibenzoylmethane (dbm-H) and thenoyltrifluoroacetone (tta-H) with ethylenediamine associated with NO3 counter ion led to the formation of [Ni(β-diketone)2en]. The β-diketones enolized acting as bidentate ligand, coordinating to the metal with carbonyl and enolic oxygen, ethylenediamine (en) coordinates to the metal using N, N chromophores. The nickel complexes of the type [Ni(tta)(N-N)NO3)] are five-coordinate square pyramidal in geometry while those of the type [Ni(β-diketone)2en] are six-coordinate octahedral geometry. The conductivity measurement in nitromethane revealed that the [Ni(tta)(N-N)NO3)] complexes are non-electrolyte. The complexes were screened for their in-vitro antimicrobial activity against six microorganisms. A comparison of the complexes with gentamicin showed that most of the complexes are resistant to tested organisms except [Ni(tta)2(en)].H2O, [Ni(bzac)2(en)] and [Ni(bta)2(en)] which compared favourably well in Staphylococcus aureus.
The Influence of Knowledge Management Uses on Total Quality Management Practices in Commercial Banks of Jordan
Authors: Obeidat Bader , Hashem Lama , Masa’deh Ra’ed
Published: October 2018

This study examines the influence of knowledge management uses on total quality management practices in commercial banks of Jordan.A quantitative research design, using regression analysis was applied in this study and a total of 250 valid returns were obtained through a questionnaire distributed to the employees of commercial banks in Jordan. Knowledge management uses was adopted as an independent variable with four subgroups: knowledge acquisition, knowledge storage, knowledge transfer and knowledge application. Total quality management practices were adopted as dependent variable with five subgroups: top management support, employee's involvement, continuous improvement, customer focus, and data driven decision management.The results show that knowledge management uses significantly affects total quality management practices at three of its dimensions (knowledge acquisition, knowledge storage, and knowledge transfer) but it showed that no effect on knowledge application. The implications of this study are discussed at the end of this paper.
The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning Capability
Authors: Obeidat Bader , Nofal Razan , Masa’deh Ra’ed
Published: October 2018

This study aims to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation in Jordanian commercial banks, and whether organizational learning capability mediates the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation. Adopting a quantitative research design, data were collected by means of a questionnaire-based survey of employees in Jordanian commercial banks. Based on 330 usable responses, the results revealed the significant effect of transformational leadership and two of its dimensions (inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation) on entrepreneurial orientation. Two other dimensions (idealized influence and individualized consideration) did not contribute to entrepreneurial orientation. Additionally, the results showed that transformational leadership has a significant effect on organizational learning capability, and that organizational learning capability in turn affects entrepreneurial orientation. The findings confirm that organizational learning capability fully mediates the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation. A number of recommendations are advanced, the most important of which is that banks should improve and develop managers’ transformational attributes by training them on how to deal with employees in order to increase their entrepreneurial orientation. Banks should also consider improving their learning capability, as this plays a significant role in enhancing and supporting the effect of transformational leadership attributes on entrepreneurial orientation.
Implantação de Programas de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho com o Modelo de Gestão de Projetos
Authors: Coutinho Maria Lúcia Granja , Maximiano Antonio Cesar Amaru , Limongi-França Ana Cristina
Published: October 2018

A pesquisa relatada neste trabalho consistiu de uma investigação sobre a implantação de Programas de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (PQVT), por meio das técnicas da gestão de projetos. Os PQVT vêm tornando-se cada vez mais abrangentes e, por exemplo, incluem a mudança dos hábitos alimentares e de saúde, a prática de atividades físicas, o gerenciamento do estresse, a responsabilidade socioambiental e a educação de adultos. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi analisar quais processos e áreas de conhecimento do gerenciamento de projetos foram usadas pelos PQVT para lidar com esse aumento de atividades. Os processos gerenciais avaliados foram divididos em: preparação, estruturação, execução e conclusão; e as áreas de conhecimento selecionadas foram: comunicação, riscos, recursos humanos e aquisições. As empresas pesquisadas foram de porte médio e grande e situadas nas regiões Norte, Sudeste e Sul do Brasil. Foram entrevistados gerentes, diretores, CEOs, Chief Executive Officers, superintendentes e coordenadores. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram para a aplicação de práticas de gestão de projetos de forma empírica e baseada nas necessidades do dia a dia. As contribuições relativas aos elementos de gestão de projetos mostraram ser compatíveis com as demandas de implantação de ações e programas de qualidade de vida nas empresas pesquisadas.
O Impacto da Gestão do Conhecimento e Recursos na Gestão
Authors: Padovani Marisa , Carvalho Marly Monteiro
Published: October 2018

O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi investigar práticas de gestão do conhecimento, competências e recursos aplicados à área de projetos de capital, em uma indústria brasileira, de capital intensivo; mapear as competências gerais e essenciais; conhecer quais os fatores críticos de desempenho desses processos e ferramentas de gestão de conhecimento disponíveis. Além disso, pretende-se saber como a estratégia de implantação adotada impacta nos resultados da implantação levando ao sucesso ou fracasso do empreendimento. São objetivos específicos deste trabalho, responder às seguintes questões: a) Como manter o conhecimento disponível na organização, mesmo em condições de elevada rotatividade de funcionários? e b) Quais os efeitos da perda do capital intelectual para a empresa? A pesquisa realizada é de natureza exploratória e utiliza o método qualitativo, a abordagem adotada foi o estudo de caso longitudinal, conforme recomendado por Voss, Tsikritsis e Frolich. A unidade de análise desse estudo é o projeto, foram selecionados 15 projetos de construção de novas plantas e Revamps de plantas existentes, realizados no período de 2007 a 2009. A coleta de dados foi realizada a partir de diferentes fontes: os dados primários foram levantados por intermédio de entrevistas com funcionários chave da área de gestão de projetos da organização; e os secundários, foram coletados pela análise documental e pelas pesquisas em relatórios gerenciais da empresa e bancos de dados de softwares utilizados na gestão de projetos. O estudo demonstrou que existe forte relação entre o perfil do gerente do projeto e a estrutura adotada, entre outras conclusões.
Proposta de Mapa Estratégico sob a Perspectiva dos Fatores Críticos para a Maturidade em Gestão de Projetos
Authors: Silva Junior Sady Darcy , Luciano Edimara Mezzomo
Published: October 2018

Gestão de projetos (GP) e gestão estratégica (GE) são assuntos de relevância cada vez maior no ambiente corporativo, apesar de normalmente serem abordados de forma isolada pelas organizações. Entretanto, uma das formas de ligação entre GP e GE ocorre por meio da maturidade em gestão de projetos. Nesse sentido, Rabechini e Pessoa afirmam que, para se obter maturidade em GP, é necessário decidir por uma série de ações consistentes, que podem ser caracterizadas como fatores críticos, tais como cultura e estrutura organizacional, bem como patrocínio dos níveis estratégico e tático. Outra forma de se buscar essa ligação é pela utilização do Balanced Scorecard (BSC) como ferramenta de auxílio para a relação entre os projetos e a estratégia organizacional. Com relação ao BSC, os próprios criadores do modelo, Kaplan e Norton, criaram posteriormente o conceito de mapa estratégico, a respeito do qual afirmam que "representa o elo perdido entre a formulação e a execução da estratégia". Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo propor um mapa estratégico, sob a perspectiva dos fatores críticos para a maturidade em GP. Para alcançá-lo, foi realizado este estudo de abordagem qualitativa e de natureza exploratória, cujo referencial teórico contempla a GP, seus principais modelos de maturidade, na atualidade, bem como o conceito e a estrutura de um mapa estratégico. Em primeiro lugar, foram identificados 13 fatores críticos, em seguida foi elaborado e sugerido o mapa estratégico, o qual foi submetido à avaliação de seis especialistas (três da área de GP e três da área de GE). Como resultado, verificou-se uma contribuição diferenciada no enfoque da relação entre os mapas estratégicos e os fatores críticos para a maturidade em GP. Assim, este estudo agregou conhecimento em ambas as áreas de estudo: para o BSC e seus mapas estratégicos, propiciou um aprofundamento de sua aplicabilidade, com vistas aos fatores críticos para a maturidade em GP; para a GP, propiciou uma visão dos fatores críticos à sua maturidade, com vistas à construção de um mapa estratégico. No final, o objetivo deste estudo foi atingido, na medida em que respondeu à questão de pesquisa: como deve ser um mapa estratégico sob a perspectiva dos fatores críticos para a maturidade em GP?
Adoção de PMO como Ferramenta de Controle Gerencial
Authors: Moreno Jr. Valter , Silva Marcelo Lucas
Published: October 2018

A área de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) é responsável pelos projetos de desenvolvimento de software e pelos sistemas de informação (SI) essenciais para a competitividade das grandes empresas. Apesar de os crescentes avanços em técnicas e conhecimentos de gerenciamento de projetos, ainda são registradas altas taxas de projetos de desenvolvimento e implantação de SI que fracassam. Dessa forma, um dos desafios enfrentados pela área de TI nas empresas é a adoção de mecanismos que possam garantir a eficiência do gerenciamento de seus projetos. Este trabalho descreve como a implantação de um Escritório de Gerenciamento de Projetos (Project Management Office – PMO) pode auxiliar as organizações a alcançarem maior eficácia e eficiência na execução e controle de projetos na área de TI/SI. Para isso, realizou-se uma ampla revisão da literatura, atendo-se aos tipos de implementação de PMO, e um estudo de caso, sobre a adoção do PMO como ferramenta de suporte e de controle gerencial de projetos de TI/SI, em uma empresa brasileira de serviços de telecomunicações. A pesquisa auxiliou a identificação dos fatores críticos de sucesso, de benefícios e de dificuldades associadas às práticas de controle gerencial de projetos de TI executadas por um Escritório de Gerenciamento de Projetos.
Sentimentos associados à docência por professores de enfermagem
Authors: Lazzari Daniele Delacanal , Martini Jussara Gue , Prado Marta Lenise do , Backes Vânia Marli , Rodrigues Jeferson , Testoni Ana Karolliny
Published: October 2018

OBJETIVO: entender los sentimientos asociados a la docencia desde la perspectiva de los profesores de enfermería. MÉTODO: estudio exploratorio, descriptivo-analítico, cualitativo. Se realizaron entrevistas a 18 profesores de dos universidades del sur de Brasil. La recogida de datos se llevó a cabo entre julio y septiembre de 2014, por medio de una entrevista semiestructurada. Para tratar los datos se utilizó la codificación abierta y axial, según la propuesta de Strauss y Corbin, con ayuda del software Atlasti®7. RESULTADOS: surgieron las siguientes categorías: docencia como esperanza de transformación de la práctica y amorosidad; docencia como acogida; docencia como preocupación por el otro, el alumno; docencia como cuidados maternales; docencia como cuidado. CONSIDERACIONES FINALES: los sentimientos asociados a la docencia tienen una relación estrecha con la concepción de enseñanza del profesor, al igual que con su concepción de enfermería. Más allá de una trayectoria sistemática de formación, resignificar experiencias y percepciones puede indicar nuevos sentidos a los procesos identitarios docentes.
Manual educativo de cuidados à criança com gastrostomia
Authors: Lima Priscila Sales de , Blanes Leila , Ferreira Lydia Masako , Gomes Heitor Francisco de Carvalho
Published: October 2018

INTRODUCCIÓN: la gastrostomía es un procedimiento por el cual se inserta un catéter en el estómago a través de una abertura en la pared abdominal anterior. Hay escasez de trabajos que tratan sobre los cuidados con la gastrostomía y su influencia en familiares y cuidadores. OBJETIVO: desarrollar y validar un manual educativo sobre los cuidados con la gastrostomía en niños. MÉTODO: el contenido del manual fue elaborado a partir de un relevamiento bibliográfico y la validación del mismo fue efectuada con 11 especialistas a través de la técnica de Delphi y con 5 padres y cuidadores de niños con gastrostomía mensurado por medio de la escala de Likert. Resultados: el material elaborado fue validado por especialistas en dos ciclos según la técnica de Delphi, con la participación de 11especialistas en el primer ciclo y seis en el segundo ciclo. El porcentaje de concordancia absoluta de todo el manual llegó al valor de 97,91%, el menor valor encontrado en el segundo ciclo fue de 83,3%; en siete de ocho cuestiones hubo concordancia de 100%. La validación con el público objeto presentó un índice de concordancia de 100%; todos los participantes adjudicaron puntaje 3 en la escala de Likert para todas las cuestiones. El manual validado está registrado en el ISBN bajo el número: 978-85-924327-0-6, cuenta con 21 páginas, 8 capítulos y 38 figuras de lenguaje sencillo y accesible, enfoca temas tales como concepto e indicación de la gastrostomía, cuidados domiciliares y prevención de complicaciones. CONCLUSIÓN: se trata de un elaborado manual educativo de cuidados para niños con gastrostomía, validado por especialistas y por padres y cuidadores
Vivências do pai/homem no cuidado ao filho prematuro hospitalizado
Authors: Borges Karen Isadora , Santana Jéssyca de Oliveira , Souza Daniele Amaral de , Silva Valéria Costa Evangelista da , Pinto Keli Regiane Tomeleri da Fonseca , Zani Adriana Valongo
Published: October 2018

OBJETIVO: entender las representaciones del padre/ hombre ante los cuidados del hijo prematuro o de muy bajo peso internado, con ayuda de un protocolo de atención dirigida al padre. Se trata de un estudio realizado en la unidad neonatal de un hospital escuela del norte de Paraná. MÉTODO: Investigación cualitativa llevada a cabo con 15 padres entrevistados entre junio y diciembre de 2016. Para el análisis se utilizó el referente teórico de las representaciones sociales, según el método del discurso del sujeto colectivo (DSC). RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIÓN: tras el análisis de datos surgieron cinco ideas centrales: placer en cuidar; fortalecimiento de la identidad paterna; superación del miedo; apropiación del rol de cuidador e importancia de la permanencia en la unidad de internación. CONSIDERACIONES FINALES: la figura paterna debería estar más presente durante la internación hospitalaria de un hijo prematuro y, consecuentemente, más comprometida con la realización de los cuidados.
Numerical evaluation of systematic errors of a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement
Authors: Misiulis Edgaras , Skarbalius Gediminas , Džiugys Algis
Published: October 2018

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring procedure can be applied to aid in secondary brain damage prevention. A high invasiveness of commonly used ICP measuring methods poses a risk of complications, and therefore new non-invasive methods are currently being developed. A promising non-invasive ICP measurement method is based on the existence of pressure balance state, which is driven by the unique morphological property of ophthalmic artery (OA). The value of ICP can be obtained by evaluating blood flow or artery characteristics in different OA segments, intracranial OA segment (IOA) and extracranial OA segment (EOA). In order to increase measurement accuracy, the systematic errors must be evaluated, which requires an implementation of a numerical model encompassing various physical phenomena. In this paper, a developed numerical model is presented, which was used to solve a transient fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problem of the pulsatile blood flow in a straight, physically meaningful anisotropic, hyperelastic OA, with ICP and external pressure (Pe) loads. It was found that the systematic error based on mean cross-sectional area difference between IOA and EOA segments was {–1.48, –1.37, –1.17} mmHg with ICP = {10, 20, 30} mmHg, respectively. The systematic error based on mean blood flow velocity difference between IOA and EOA segments was {–1.84, –1.76, –1.625} mmHg with ICP = {10, 20, 30} mmHg, respectively. The presented numerical model examined the worst-case scenario in terms of boundary conditions, which were immovable, while lengths of OA segments were physiologically relevant statistical means; however, the obtained systematic errors still met the clinical standards of ANSI/AAMI, where it is stated that the error should not exceed the ± 2 mmHg in the range of 0–20 mmHg of ICP. Boundary conditions and compliance affects the systematic error in both ways (reduce or increase it); this may explain the low systematic errors obtained in experimental studies by other authors.
Components of performance expression in education of organists
Authors: Šeduikytė-Korienė Eglė , Meilūnaitė Živilė
Published: October 2018

When teaching a performer to be professional and play in concertos, the success is determined not only by his talent and continuous work but largely by the teacher’s ability to know and reveal the student’s personality and guide him towards comprehensive professional development. In the education of a contemporary performer it is essential to develop all the elements of performance expression such as technique, musicality, emotionality, awareness and artistry. Awareness is the most essential feature for a performer; however, the dominance of the rational origins may hinder the way to emotional expression. Conveying emotions in music is one of the most important aspirations for a performer. Organists face specific conditions while performing on stage where particular elements of expression come into force: the performer is invisible to the listener, the success of his performance partly depends on the assistants, acoustics and the performance capabilities of the instrument.
Research object: the development of the organist’s performance expression in the process of education; aim: to analyse educational means of the organist’s expression and the application of such means in individual cases; objectives: (1) to examine the performer’s main elements of expression in the education process, (2) to distinguish the means of expression that are essential in educating organists, (3) to define specific elements of performance expression in organ music; research methods: the study of methodological and psychological literature, interview.
Uporaba CT metode stožčastega snopa pri izvajanju biopsij na mišično-kostnem sistemu
Authors: Salapura Vladka , Mask Vida , Smrečnik Matija
Published: October 2018

IzvlečekEna izmed najnovejših tehnologij za izvajanje perkutanih biopsij mišično-skeletnih lezij je uporaba računalniške tomografije s stožčastim snopom s programsko opremo za načrtovanje biopsijske poti. V raziskavo smo vključili 28 bolnikov, ki so bili napoteni na računalniško vodeno perkutano biopsijo mišično-skeletnega sistema narejenih pod nadzorom računalniške tomografije s stožčasim snopom (Phillips Allura ND20) z uporabo računalniške programske opreme XperGuide z namenom, da ocenimo diagnostično vrednost računalniško vodenih perkutanih biopsij mišično-skeletnega sistema, njeno uspešnost in varnost, kot tudi sevalno obremenitev bolnikov. Rezultati tehnične in histološke uspešnosti sta znašali 90% in 89,3%, respektivno. Histološka uspešnost je bila najvišja za posege v področju medenice oziroma spodnjih okončin. Specifičnost in občutljivost za razlikovanje med malignimi in benignimi spremembami sta bili 100% in 83,3%. Izračunana povprečna efektivna doza za posege je bila 13,4mSv. Izsledki naše raziskave kažejo, da so računalniško vodene perkutane biopsije opravljene pod slikovnim nadzorom računalniške tomografije s stožčastim snopom z uporabo računalniške programske opreme XperGuide varna in uspešna metoda ter predstavljajo nižjo sevalno obremenitev za preiskovanca v primerjavi s klasično računalniško tomografijo. Metoda predstavlja dobro alternativo standardno uporabljeni metodi perkutane biopsije pod nadzorom klasičnega CT.
Obravnava otrok, okuženih z bakterijo Helicobacter pylori
Authors: Homan Matjaž
Published: October 2018

Izvleček

Prevalenca Helicobacter pylori okužbe v razvitem svetu je nižja od 20 %. Helicobacter pylori infekcija pri otrocih v večini primerov povzroči asimptomatski kronični gastritis. Kronične bolečine v trebuhu, če ob endoskopiji zgornjih prebavil ne odkrijemo erozij ali ulkusov, pri otrocih niso povezane z bakterijsko okužbo. Glede na to diagnostika Helicobacter pylori okužbe z neinvazivnimi testi v otroštvu ni priporočljiva. Zdravljenje naj bo usmerjeno glede na antibiotično rezistenco seva bakterije, ki smo ga izolirali iz biopta želodčne sluznice ob endoskopiji zgornjih prebavil.  V članku so povzeta priporočila, ki smo jih oblikovali letos v Odboru za Helicobacter pylori okužbo v okviru Severnoameriškega in Evropskega pediatričnega združenja za gastroenterologijo, hepatologijo in prehrano (NASPGHAN, ESPGHAN) na podlagi sistematičnega pregleda objavljenih raziskav s tega področja (1).
Stališča za obravnavo otrok, mlajših od 18 let, z akutno zgolj periferno okvaro obraznega živca
Authors: Arnež Maja , Neubauer David , Jenko Klemen
Published: October 2018

V prispevku predlagamo stališča za obravnavo otrok, mlajših od 18 let, z akutno osamljeno periferno okvaro obraznega živca. Priporočila temeljijo na podatkih iz literature in na lastnih izkušnjah za obravnavo otrok z akutno osamljeno periferno okvaro obraznega živca.
History of infant milk formula in Slovenia
Authors: Šikić Pogačar Maja , Turk Eva , Mičetić Turk Dušanka
Published: October 2018

Abstract

 

Optimal nutrition is one of the most important aspects in the care of infants, especially for the preterm infants and neonates. Until the 1900s, an infant’s survival and health were closly related to the availability of breastmilk.  Human milk was and still is the best food for nearly all infants. Besides physical growth, human milk offers a variety of other benefits, including modulation of postnatal intestinal function, maturation of immune system, and has positive effect on brain development. Even though breastfeeding is highly recommended, it may not always be possible, suitable or adequate. Through history, the evolution of infant feeding included wet nursing, bottle feeding, and formula use. Wet nursing was the safest and most common alternative to the breastmilk before bottles and infant milk formula were invented. However, society's negative view of wet nursing together with the invention and improvements of the feeding bottle, the availability of animal’s milk, and advances in milk formula development, gradually led to replacing wet nursing with bottle feeding. Such evolution of infant feeding methods was similar throughout the world and Slovenia followed the trend. In this article, we review the history of different methods of infant feeding, other than breastfeeding, all of which presented an alternative to breastfeeding.
Effects of agricultural management on phyllosphere fungal diversity in vineyards and the association with adjacent native forests
Authors: Castañeda Luis E. , Miura Toshiko , Sánchez Roland , Barbosa Olga
Published: October 2018

Agriculture is one of the main drivers of land conversion, and agriculture practices can impact on microbial diversity. Here we characterized the phyllosphere fungal diversity associated with Carménère grapevines under conventional and organic agricultural management. We also explored the fungal diversity present in the adjacent sclerophyllous forests to explore the potential role of native forest on vineyard phyllosphere. After conducting D2 and ITS2 amplicon sequencing, we found that fungal diversity indices did not change between conventional and organic vineyards, but community structure was sensitive to the agricultural management. On the other hand, we found a high proportion of shared fungal OTUs between vineyards and native forests. In addition, both habitats had similar levels of fungal diversity despite forest samples were derived from multiple plant species. In contrast, the community structure was different in both habitats. Interestingly, the native forest had more unidentified species and unique OTUs than vineyards. Forest dominant species wereAureobasidium pullulansandEndoconidioma populi, whereasDavidiella tassiana,Didymella sp., andAlternaria eichhorniaewere more abundant in vineyards. Overall, this study argues that a better understanding of the relationship native forests and agroecosystems is needed for maintaining and enhancing ecosystem services provided by natural ecosystems. Finally, knowledge of microbial communities living in the Chilean Mediterranean biome is needed for appropriate conservation management of these biomes and their classification as biodiversity hotspots.
Using the validated Reflective Functioning Questionnaire to investigate mentalizing in individuals presenting with eating disorders with and without self-harm
Authors: Cucchi Angie , Hampton James A. , Moulton-Perkins Alesia
Published: October 2018

Background

The present study builds on previous research which explored the relationship between mentalizing and eating disorders (ED) in a subgroup of patients with comorbid self-harm (SH). Whereas previous literature had linked this comorbidity to impulse-control difficulties, more recent advances have suggested that a lack of a mentalizing stance might be responsible for a more treatment-resistant and severe symptomatology in this subgroup of clients.

Methods

A cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, questionnaire-based, between-groups design was employed and a measure of mentalizing was compared in individuals presenting with ED only, individuals presenting with ED and concurrent SH and a control group.

Results

Individuals with ED with concurrent SH reported significantly more mentalizing ability impairment than individuals without concurrent SH. In addition, both groups differed significantly from the control group. Opposite scoring patterns were identified in hypo- and hypermentalizing with the comorbid group reporting the lowest scores in hypermentalizing and the highest scores in hypomentalizing.

Conclusions

The current findings confirm that individuals with concurrent ED and SH report more severe impairments in mentalizing ability. Such impairments entail difficulties in symbolic capacity and abstract thinking and a concretisation of inner life, exemplified by a rigid, often inflexible focus on the physical world. The clinical implications that a lack of a mentalizing stance can have on individuals’ ability to engage with the therapeutic process and to initiate change are reflected upon.
The GIY‐YIG endonuclease domain of Arabidopsis MutS homolog 1 specifically binds to branched DNA structures
Authors: Fukui Kenji , Harada Akiko , Wakamatsu Taisuke , Minobe Ai , Ohshita Koki , Ashiuchi Makoto , Yano Takato
Published: October 2018

In plant organelle genomes, homeologous recombination between heteroallelic positions of repetitive sequences is increased by dysfunction of the gene encoding MutS homolog 1 (MSH1), a plant organelle‐specific homolog of bacterial mismatch‐binding protein MutS1. The C‐terminal region of plant MSH1 contains the GIY‐YIG endonuclease motif. The biochemical characteristics of plant MSH1 have not been investigated; accordingly, the molecular mechanism by which plant MSH1 suppresses homeologous recombination is unknown. Here, we characterized the recombinant GIY‐YIG domain of Arabidopsis thaliana MSH1, showing that the domain possesses branched DNA‐specific DNA‐binding activity. Interestingly, the domain exhibited no endonuclease activity, suggesting that the mismatch‐binding domain is required for DNA incision. Based on these results, we propose a possible mechanism for MSH1‐dependent suppression of homeologous recombination.
Biochemical characterization of mt‐PemIK, a novel toxin‐antitoxin system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Authors: Chi Xiaodong , Chang Yunqing , Li Mengmiao , Lin Jin , Liu Yi , Li Chuanyou , Tang Shenjie , Zhang Junjie
Published: October 2018

Toxin‐antitoxin (TA) systems are regarded as genetic modules that facilitate bacterial survival under stress conditions. In this study, a novel TA system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv chromosome was identified, termed as mt‐PemIK, which consists of antitoxin mt‐PemI and toxin mt‐PemK (Rv3098A). Induction of mt‐PemK leads to growth arrest in Mycobacterium smegmatis, while the toxic effect of mt‐PemK is eliminated by co‐expression of mt‐PemI. mt‐PemK is characterized as an endoribonuclease whose activity is pH‐dependent. mt‐PemK, as well as some other M. tuberculosis toxin/antitoxin proteins, can be modified by pupylation, suggesting that the Pup‐proteasome system is involved in the regulation of TA systems. These results are helpful to understand the mechanisms of M. tuberculosis growth regulation under stress conditions.
Comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy plan optimisation methods for a 1.5 T MR‐Linac
Authors: Chuter Robert , van Herk Marcel , Akhiat Hafid , Voet Peter , MacKay Ranald , Choudhury Ananya , McWilliam Alan
Published: October 2018

Purpose

For the 1.5 T Elekta MR‐Linac it is essential that the optimisation of a treatment plan accounts for the electron return effect on the planned dose distribution. The ability of two algorithms for the first stage fluence optimisation, pencil beam (PB) and Monte Carlo (MC), to produce acceptable plan quality was investigated. Optimisation time for each algorithm was also compared.

Methods

Ten head and neck patients, ten lung patients and five prostate patients were selected from the clinical archive. These were retrospectively planned using a research version of Monaco with both the PB and MC algorithms for the fluence optimisation stage. After full optimisation DVH parameters, optimisation time and the number of Monitor Units (MU) as a measure of plan complexity were extracted.

Results

There were no clinically significant differences between any of the DVH parameters studied or the total number of MUs between using PB or MC for stage 1 optimisation across the three patient groups. However, planning time increased by a factor of ten using MC algorithms for stage 1.

Conclusion

The use of MC calculations compared to PB, for stage 1 fluence optimisation, results in increased planning time without clinical improvement in plan quality or reduction in complexity and is therefore not necessary.
Composition and Interface Engineering for Efficient and Thermally Stable Pb–Sn Mixed Low‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells
Authors: Chi Dan , Huang Shihua , Zhang Meiying , Mu Shaiqiang , Zhao Yang , Chen Yong , You Jingbi
Published: October 2018

Low bandgap lead–tin (Pb–Sn) mixed perovskite solar cells have achieved high power conversion efficiency in excess of 17%. However, methylammonium (MA) cation is usually contained, and the thermal stability of MA is always a great concern. In this work, according to composition engineering, a nearly formamidinium (FA) based low‐bandgap Pb–Sn mixed perovskite FAPb0.75Sn0.25I3 is being tried to explore as the absorber layer. Combined with interface engineering by replacing poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)‐polystyrenesulfonic acid (PEDOT:PSS), layer with NiOx as hole transport layer, a power conversion efficiency of 17.25% is obtained. This low‐bandgap perovskite solar cell maintains about 91% of its original efficiency at 80 °C for 20 h, and 92% of its initial performance after 46 days storage at the room temperature. The good thermal stability of nearly FA based low‐bandgap perovskite could be good for delivering efficient and stable perovskite‐perovskite tandem solar cells.