bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Review of Oral Anticholinergics in the Treatment of Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis
Authors: Pradhan Swetalina , Madke Bhushan , Sirka Chandra Sekhar
Published: December 2019

Hyperhidrosis (HH) is the excessive production of sweating, which can be primary and focal or secondary. The most commonly affected sites are the armpits, palms, soles, and face. It causes much discomfort and affects self-esteem and quality of life. Many treatment options have been proposed, both medical and surgical. Several recent studies have documented the effectiveness of oral anticholinergics in both focal and generalized HH regardless of age, gender, and weight. This article is an attempt to update the current status of oral anticholinergics in the treatment of palmoplantar HH.
Dancing For Ethnic Roots:
Authors: Kunej Drago , Kunej Rebeka
Published: December 2019

Folk dance ensembles within minority ethnic communities (Albanian, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian) in Slovenia were formed in the 1990s, after the breakup of Yugoslavia. The authors present the key reasons for the folklore activities that contributed to the emergence of the so-called minority folk dance ensembles, describe their beginnings and how they eventually became organized, institutionalized, and integrated into the amateur culture system in Slovenia. The goal of minority folk dance ensembles is to dance for ethnic roots, but at the same time, the desire to enrich the cultural space in their new county and to integrate into society in which they live.
History of Public Call for Funding in the Field of the Cultural Activities of Ethnic Minority Communities and Immigrants
Authors: Šivic Urša
Published: December 2019

The article aims to analyse the history of public calls for funding projects in the area of cultural activities of ethnic minority communities in Slovenia. These public calls put in action the strategies of a special rights programme, which are being carried out by the Ministry of Culture and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia.
Making Music as Home-Making:
Authors: Bartulović Alenka , Kozorog Miha
Published: December 2019

This article explores some of the musical practices of Bosnian refugees in post-Yugoslav Slovenia in the mid-1990s and aims to improve understandings of music in transit and in precarious times. In particular, the article traces the effects of common Yugoslav history on the popularisation of Sevdalinka in Slovenia and the efforts of refugee and local musicians to make a new home together after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Music without Borders:
Authors: Saglam Hande
Published: December 2019

This article presents some of the results of a re­search project which the author conducted between 2015 and 2018. The influences of the music lessons which were offered within the framework of this research project is the main subject of this article. It shows how children with and without migrant backgrounds can improve their bi- and multi-musical identities in their transcultural spaces through these music lessons. Providing an insight into possibilities of intercultural music education in Viennese primary schools is the central aim of this paper.
Svanibor Pettan: an Appreciation
Authors: Titon Jeff Todd
Published: December 2019

Svanibor Pettan is that rare kind of gentleman who immediately puts his acquaintances at ease and encourages them to feel as if they'd known him for a long time. These qualities have enabled him to succeed in helping to make the world a better place through music, and in helping his colleagues in Europe and abroad to mobilize around the field of applied ethnomusicology. For Svanibor, this has meant taking ethnomusicology beyond mere scholarship – that is, beyond the accumulation of knowledge and its dissemination within the community of scholars – to the application of that ethnomusicological knowledge in service to a deliberate intervention into the ethnic groups under study, to resolve conflicts that may lead to violence and instead to promote peace among them.
Encounters with Svanibor – a Meeting of Hearts and Minds
Authors: Skyllstad Kjell
Published: December 2019

It all started on a chilly evening in late April of 1993. I was in Slovenia as a participant in the musicological conference Slovenian Music Days, hosted by Professor Primož Kuret of the Music Academy in Ljubljana. I had just presented the findings from a Norwegian research project named The Resonant Community indicating that inclusion and sharing of the cultural heritage of immigrants in the school curriculum for music and dance would lead to a considerable improvement of the social climate of participating schools with a significant reduction in ethnically related conflicts, when something happened that proved to open a new chapter in my life.
Endogenous Sources of Judicial Power: Parapolitics and the Supreme Court of Colombia
Authors: Bakiner Onur
Published: December 2019

Courts’ legal-constitutional authority, strategic interactions with elected branches, and ideational factors are acknowledged as rival theoretical frameworks of judicial power, i.e. courts’ legal and practical power to make and enforce decisions, including politically assertive ones. This article presents an alternative explanation for judicial power and assertiveness, arguing that judicial power can be endogenous to judicial processes, as legal-constitutional authority, strategic interactions, and ideational shifts are rooted in the unfolding of a judicialized political conflict.The article assesses the sources of judicial power by examining the Colombian Supreme Court’s rulings and off-bench activism during the parapolitics scandal, in the course of which the Court investigated about one-third of Congress. It finds the parapolitics process itself redefined the justices’ interests, self-perceptions, and, consequently, limits of jurisdiction.
The Universal Cloud and Aerosol Sounding System (UCASS): a low-cost miniature optical particle counter for use in dropsonde or balloon-borne sounding systems
Authors: Smith Helen R. , Ulanowski Zbigniew , Kaye Paul H. , Hirst Edwin , Stanley Warren , Kaye Richard , Wieser Andreas , Stopford Chris , Kezoudi Maria , Girdwood Joseph , Greenaway Richard , Mackenzie Robert
Published: December 2019

Abstract. A low-cost miniaturized particle counter has been developed by The University of Hertfordshire (UH) for the measurement of aerosol and droplet concentrations and size distributions. The Universal Cloud and Aerosol Sounding System (UCASS) is an optical particle counter (OPC), which uses wide-angle elastic light scattering for the high-precision sizing of fluid-borne particulates. The UCASS has up to 16 configurable size bins, capable of sizing particles in the range 0.4–40 µm in diameter. Unlike traditional particle counters, the UCASS is an open-geometry system that relies on an external air flow. Therefore, the instrument is suited for use as part of a dropsonde, balloon-borne sounding system, as part of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or on any measurement platform with a known air flow. Data can be logged autonomously using an on-board SD card, or the device can be interfaced with commercially available meteorological sondes to transmit data in real time. The device has been deployed on various research platforms to take measurements of both droplets and dry aerosol particles. Comparative results with co-located instrumentation in both laboratory and field settings show good agreement for the sizing and counting ability of the UCASS.
Reference crop evapotranspiration database in Spain (1961–2014)
Authors: Tomas-Burguera Miquel , Vicente-Serrano Sergio M. , Beguería Santiago , Reig Fergus , Latorre Borja
Published: December 2019

Abstract. Obtaining climate grids describing distinct variables is important for developing
better climate studies.
These grids are also useful products for other researchers
and end users.
The atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) may be measured in terms of the
reference evapotranspiration (ETo), a key variable for
understanding water and energy terrestrial balances and an important variable in
climatology, hydrology and agronomy.
Despite its importance, the calculation of ETo is not commonly undertaken, mainly because datasets consisting of
a high number of climate variables are required and some of the required variables are not
commonly available. To address this problem, a strategy based on the spatial interpolation of climate
variables prior to the calculation of ETo using FAO-56
Penman–Monteith equation was followed to obtain an ETo database for
continental Spain and the Balearic Islands, covering the 1961–2014 period at a
spatial resolution of 1.1 km and at a weekly temporal resolution.
In this database, values for the radiative and aerodynamic components as well as the
estimated uncertainty related to ETo were also provided. This database is available for download in the Network Common Data Form (netCDF) at
https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8615 (Tomas-Burguera et al., 2019).
A map visualization tool (http://speto.csic.es, last access: 10 December 2019) is available to help users
download the data corresponding to one specific point in comma-separated values (csv) format. A relevant number of research areas could take advantage of this database.
For example, (i) studies of the Budyko curve, which relates
rainfall data to the evapotranspiration and AED at the watershed scale, (ii) calculations of drought indices using AED data, such as the Standardized Precipitation–Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) or Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), (iii) agroclimatic studies related to irrigation requirements, (iv) validation of
climate models' water and energy balance, and (v) studies of the impacts of climate
change in terms of the AED.
Oligocene-Miocene extension led to mantle exhumation in the central
Ligurian Basin, Western Alpine Domain
Authors: Dannowski Anke , Kopp Heidrun , Grevemeyer Ingo , Lange Dietrich , Thowart Martin , Bialas Jörg , Wollatz-Vogt Martin
Published: December 2019

Abstract. The Ligurian Basin is located in the Mediterranean Sea to the north-west of Corsica at the transition from the western Alpine orogen to the Apennine system and was generated by the south-eastward trench retreat of the Apennines-Calabrian subduction zone. Late Oligocene to Miocene rifting caused continental extension and subsidence, leading to the opening of the basin. Yet, it still remains enigmatic if rifting caused continental break-up and seafloor spreading. To reveal its lithospheric architecture, we acquired a state of the art seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection profile in the Ligurian Basin. The seismic line was recorded in the framework of SPP2017 4D-MB, the German component of the European AlpArray initiative, and trends in a NE-SW direction at the centre of the Ligurian Basin, roughly parallel to the French coastline. The seismic data recorded on the newly developed GEOLOG recorder, designed at GEOMAR, are dominated by sedimentary refractions and show mantle Pn arrivals at offsets of up to 70 km and a very prominent wide-angle Moho reflection. The main features share several characteristics (i.e. offset range, continuity) generally associated with continental settings rather than documenting oceanic crust emplaced by seafloor spreading. Seismic tomography results are augmented by gravity data and yield a 7.5–8 km thick sedimentary cover which is directly underlain by serpentinised mantle material at the south-western end of the profile. The acoustic basement at the north-eastern termination is interpreted to be continental crust, thickening towards the NE. Our study reveals that the oceanic domain does not extend as far north as previously assumed and that extension led to extreme continental thinning and exhumation of sub-continental mantle which eventually became serpentinised.
Difusión patrimonial en la web: herramienta de análisis para instituciones culturales
Authors: Díaz Pérez Fernando , Martínez Solís Lorena , Chaín Navarro Celia
Published: December 2019

Dadas las ventajas de ubicuidad y disponibilidad que puede proporcionar tener una web a una institución museística, es sorprendente el bajo porcentaje de museos que cuentan con una o que cuando existen, sus webs sean más parecidas a un simple folleto que a un recurso informativo virtual propio del siglo XXI. Se ha constatado el vacío de información y de formación existentes a la hora de que los webmasters desarrollen páginas web de instituciones patrimoniales museísticas. Por ello, este trabajo tiene un doble objetivo, por una parte proporcionar a los directores y gestores una guía actualizada sobre qué información se debe incluir en la web institucional de un museo, y, por otra, ofrecer una herramienta integrada de análisis, que sirva como documento cero para poder seguir trabajando sobre ella en revisiones posteriores. Esta propuesta sistematiza tanto estudios previos como nuevos parámetros e indicadores, y es fruto de su puesta en práctica en más de 100 museos navales y marítimos.
Las indulgencias para la catedral de Huesca, un ejemplo para el estudio de la edición de bulas incunables
Authors: De los Reyes Gómez Fermín , Pedraza Gracia Manuel José
Published: December 2019

La excepcional conservación de ejemplares de una bula de indulgencias para la catedral de Huesca permite conocer mejor el proceso de impresión y de publicación de estos documentos, frecuentes en el periodo incunable. La necesidad de elaborar ejemplares simultáneos de bulas para vivos y difuntos, junto con la existencia de un único grabado para las primeras, obligó a realizar diversas composiciones que son objeto de un interesante análisis de bibliografía material.
'Cient sacras de pargamino': Un impreso 'sine notis' desconocido del taller zaragozano de Jorge Coci en el Archivo Histórico Nacional
Authors: Carvajal González Helena
Published: December 2019

Se da noticia de la existencia en la Sección de Inquisición del Archivo Histórico Nacional de un fragmento de sacra o tabella secretarum impresa sobre pergamino en el taller zaragozano de Jorge Coci. Se expone la importancia de dicho impreso litúrgico, reutilizado como encuadernación de un grimorio requisado en un proceso inquisitorial, por ser uno de los pocos testimonios conservados en la Península Ibérica de las sacras pretridentinas de las que el mencionado taller zaragozano realizó amplias tiradas y de las que, hasta la fecha, no se conocían evidencias materiales.
A Contrastive Study of Service Staff's Responses to Requests in Dunhuang and Lanzhou
Authors: Liu Si , Yang Yi , Yin Yao
Published: December 2019

Contrastive studies conducted from the perspective of variation pragmatics between two cities in northwestern China were rarely seen in studying requests and its responses. This study focuses on the politeness strategies employed in responses to the speech act of request in the service industry of Lanzhou and Dunhuang, aiming to provide useful indications from the perspective of speakers’ politeness perception and practice. By a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, this study attempted to explore how the two influencing factors-age and gender-impact on the responses of Lanzhou and Dunhuang service staff to customers’ requests. This study found significant differences between different gender and age groups. Both Dunhuang and Lanzhou service staff were politer to males than females; young customers tended to receive more politer responses than the elderly. Moreover, service staff of Dunhuang tended to be politer when responding to requests than those of Lanzhou.
The ABCs of Math Attitudes: Reliability and Validity of the Three Factor Model
Authors: Walker Soung Hwa , Walker Deron , Widaman Keith F.
Published: December 2019

Although the Attitudes toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI; four-factor model with 40 items) has been well-established as a viable tool to test the multidimentionality of math attitudes, studies have pointed out that the ATMI is lengthy, and analyses have typically been conducted on individual samples from either western or non-western cultural contexts. To address these concerns, the present study aimed to evaluate a shorter version of math attitude scales (three-factor model with 11 items) using data from three nationally representative samples (USA, Hong Kong, and Singapore). The primary goal of the current investigation was to establish reliabilty and validity of the factor structure of Affective-Behavioal-Cognitive math attitudes. Alpha coefficients (.74 - .91), factor loadings (.49 - .90), and inter-item correlation matrices supported strong reliability and clear convergent and discriminant validity of all three subscales of math attitudes. Findings were consistent with the well-documented theoretical model of ABC math attitudes (Eagly & Chaiken, 1998, 2007; Walker, 2018; Zan & Di Martino, 2007, 2014) as well as the classical tripartite model of attitudes from social pyschology (Breckler, 1984; Rosenberg & Hovland, 1960). Implications of the ABC model of math attitudes on math education, limitations of the present study, and future research are discussed.
“Suitable Feminine Companionship”: On Mamie Burns and Fat Violet in Long Day's Journey Into Night
Authors: King William Davies
Published: December 2019

In act 4 of Long Day's Journey Into Night, Jamie tells Edmund a sentimental story of the evening he has just spent with a prostitute, Fat Violet, in the establishment of Mamie Burns. Burns has previously been identified as based on Addie Burns, a madam in the red-light district of New London, Connecticut. Newspaper reports from the period make it clear that Burns was in prison for statutory rape in 1912, when the play is set, and they also lead to the identification of Viney Malady as the original Fat Violet. The idea of the abettor of rape being convicted as the rapist opens a new perspective on what Carlotta Monterey O'Neill and O'Neill's biography have told us about his actual brother's complicity in his traumatic sexual initiation at an early age. This material opens new perspective on O'Neill's Strange Interlude, Exorcism, and “The Ballad[e] of Old Girls.”
The Politics of Friendship: Hannah Arendt and the Organizing of the Industrial Areas Foundation
Authors: May Daniel
Published: December 2019

This article puts the political thought of Hannah Arendt into conversation with the organizing of the Industrial Areas Foundation, the oldest community organizing network in the United States. Arendt is often read as critical of politics that is instrumental in purpose, and the IAF is sometimes criticized for an overly instrumental approach to political life. In this article, however, I argue that Arendt illuminates what is particularly distinctive about the IAF and its place in American public life, namely its attention to politics as a space for disclosure and plurality. The encounter between the theorist and the organizing, however, reveals dissonance as well as resonance, revealing limitations in Arendt's conception of the factors that motivate political life. I conclude by reflecting on some of the implications that the work of the IAF and the thought of Arendt raise for the practices of organizing and citizenship in America more broadly.
Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of the Second Best
Authors: Lafont Cristina
Published: December 2019

In Democracy When the People Are Thinking Fishkin offers a wholehearted defense of the possibilities of realizing the democratic ideal of self-government within contemporary societies. However, there is a fundamental tension in the book between participatory and non-participatory interpretations of deliberative democracy. Although Fishkin defends the desirability of mass participation in a deliberative democracy, he also defends a non-participatory conception as our second-best option under non-ideal conditions. Against this proposal, I argue that it fails to take the so-called “problem of the second best” into account. Once we recognize this problem it becomes clear that, under non-ideal circumstances, the second-best option is not the improvement of some democratic values to the detriment of the others. To the contrary, our second-best strategy is to use institutional innovations such as Deliberative Polls with the aim of improving on all democratic values in ways that are optimally suited toward securing each of them.
James Fishkin's Unconventional Challenge to Thinking about Elections and Representation
Authors: Levinson Sanford
Published: December 2019

Jim Fishkin's important book sets out a number of challenges to the conventional wisdom of political scientists and lawyers (and, for that matter, pundits and politicians) about what would count as serious “reform” of a now much-criticized system of elections and political representation within the United States and elsewhere. Drawing from both ancient Athens and the findings of contemporary political philosophy and empirical political science, Fishkin's work is essential reading for anyone interested in the health of our polities, at home and abroad, especially as they come under ever more challenges that are calling the maintenance of liberal constitutionalism into doubt.
O Instituto da Reserva em tratados multilaterais: Integridade e universalidade
Authors: Almeida Coutinho Souza Aline
Published: December 2019

Esse artigo analisa o instituto das reservas em tratados multilaterais, para tanto, utiliza-se como parâmetro a Opinião Consultiva proferida pela Corte Internacional de Justiça, em 1951, a qual é considerada ainda hoje como um verdadeiro “divisor de águas”, pois foi a partir dela que grandes modificações foram feitas a respeito deste instituto jurídico e que inclusive culminou na redação dos artigos 19 a 23 da Convenção de Viena, 1969. Sabe-se que quando se abandona a antiga regra da integridade pelo princípio da liberdade, surgem grandes inconvenientes que a própria Convenção não conseguiu remediar, como o desequilíbrio dos tratados e o comprometimento da uniformização do direito internacional. Porém ao abordar este tema por outra perspectiva, é possível perceber que a flexibilização das reservas fez com que mais Estados participassem dos tratados, o que contribuiu para maior cooperação entre as nações.
De Manolo Cuadra a Sergio Ramírez: el cuento nicaragüense entre 1940 y 1970
Authors: Aguilar Leal Roberto
Published: December 2019

Este artículo presenta una visión de conjunto del cuento nicaragüense en su primer momento de auge, que abarca tres décadas que van de 1940, con las obras de Manolo Cuadra y Adolfo Calero Orozco, hasta 1970, con las de Sergio Ramírez y Lizandro Chávez Alfaro. El principal impulso de este primer auge es el sentimiento de autoafirmación de la nación nicaragüense, estimulado, por un lado, por la gesta de Sandino, y por el otro por el proyecto cultural del Grupo nicaragüense de Vanguardia. De ambos paradigmas surgirán dos formas diferentes pero complementarias de narrar la nación.

Keywords: Nicaraguan literature, Vanguard, paradigms, cultural project
Preferential Income Tax Rate and Research and Development Investment: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Listed Firms in China
Authors: Song Xiaobao , Guo Chun , Su Wunhong
Published: December 2019

This study investigates the impact of a preferential income tax rate on research and development investment for small and medium-sized Chinese listed firms from 2013 to 2017. The results reveal a significantly positive relation between the preferential income tax rate and research and development investment. Such a positive relation appears to be more significant for non-state-owned firms and for firms located in provinces with higher research and development intensity. The instrumental variable method, the two-stage Heckman method and propensity score matching are employed in this study to support the finding that the preferential income tax rate has a positive external impact on research and development investment. The empirical results are robust with respect to endogeneity.
Cross-sectional Study of Perceived Stress among Special Education Teachers
Authors: Eskay Michael , Nwefuru Bartholomew Chinweuba
Published: December 2019

This research investigated perceived stress among special education teachers in Nigeria. A cross-sectional research design was adopted. The study covered all public, private and special schools with special educators in South-East Nigeria. The study respondents were a convenience sample of 243 special education teachers. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled “Perceived Stress Questionnaire” (PSQ). The instrument was administered with the assistance of five research aids. Mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research question while t-test was used on hypothesis. Results showed that there is a significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female special education teachers in perceived stress Male special education teachers feels less stressed than their female counterparts. There is a need for governmental and mental health specialists to assist special education teachers with respect to stress management.
Family Roles in Developing Resilience Skills in School Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Onyishi Charity N. , Sefotho Maximus M.
Published: December 2019

Children with Autism Spectrum (ASD) Disorders are highly vulnerable and constitute significant burdens on the families, schools and the global economy. Developing resilience in children with autism spectrum disorders is a major challenge to both teachers and parents. This article discusses the roles of the family in building resilience among children with ASD. Firstly, the article explored the roles of parents in developing resilience in children with ASD. Secondly, the roles of siblings in developing resilience in children with ASD were examined. Thirdly, the roles of family socio-economic/cultural contexts in developing resilience in children with ASD were investigated. Finally, we discussed researches on best practices for resilience in children with ASD and directions for educational practices and future research.
Effects of Skill Training on the Sprint Performance of Secondary School Athletes
Authors: Nji Godfrey C. , Udeh Oluchukwu Precious , Ezeanwu Robert C. , Ngwoke Oliver Rotachukwu , Ejeh Benjamin Ijuo , Umar Badaru Jinedu , Ogugua John Ezebuilo
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of skill training on sprint performance of secondary school athletes. Purposive sampling was used to select Model Secondary School, Nsukka. Thirteen (13) athletes of the chosen secondary school participated in the study, eight (8) male and five (5) female athletes. The quasi-experimental research design was adopted for this study. The instruments for data collection were a training schedule prepared by the researchers and a stopwatch. The analysis of the data was done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) batch system version 21. The data collected were analysed and presented in tables. The statistical tools used were mean, standard deviation and the null hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA. The subjects recorded a residual score of 0.75s for the return time and 0.655ms-1 for speed which indicates an improvement on the return time and the speed respectively. There was a significant difference in the mean pre-test and post-test scores based on gender.  The study concludes that skill training improved the sprint performance of athletes, it is considered paramount for successful performance and further recommends that student-athletes should be properly trained before enrolling in any competition.
De faillissementscurator en het patiëntendossier
Authors: den Herder H.M.
Published: December 2019

De faillissementscurator en het patiëntendossier

Bij recente faillissementen van Nederlandse ziekenhuizen vormde de overdracht van patiëntendossiers een taai vraagstuk. Dit artikel gaat over de vraag hoe de faillissementscurator in geval van faillissement moet omgaan met de overdracht van patiëntendossiers in het licht van de privacywetgeving (AVG en UAVG) en het medisch beroepsgeheim.
Kroniek rechtspraak civiel recht
Authors: de Ridder M.J.J.
Published: December 2019

Kroniek rechtspraak civiel recht

In deze kroniek worden in het kort de belangrijkste uitspraken besproken in de periode van 15 juni 2017 tot en met 15 juni 2019. Daarbij wordt eerst ingegaan op de diverse gronden waarop de aansprakelijkheid van de hulpverlener kan worden gebaseerd. Voorts wordt ingegaan op de productaansprakelijkheid, het causaal verband, en de jurisprudentie inzake polisdekking van de beroepsaansprakelijkheidsverzekering. Andere uitspraken die in de kroniek worden besproken hebben betrekking op: (voorlopige) deskundigenberichten, inzage in het medisch dossier, het beëindigen c.q. niet-aangaan van de geneeskundige behandelovereenkomst en immateriële schadevergoeding.
“Malucos de estrada”: subversão e verdade
Authors: França Neto Oswaldo
Published: December 2019

Tendo como referência o documentário “Malucos de estrada” de Rafael Lage, este texto se propõe a discutir a forma com que a verdade de uma dada sociedade pode se operacionalizar nesta. Contrapondo a concepção do que significaria o termo viver para a sociedade ocidental contemporânea e para a psicanálise, propõe que a vida só tem sentido se referenciada na verdade que serve de solo para a existência, identificada por Freud como sendo a verdade do inconsciente, e que se faria apresentar sempre como furo no saber estabelecido, como subversão deste. Propõe, então, que os personagens desse documentário, por se apresentarem na cena social de uma forma não predicativa, podem nos auxiliar a pensar a verdade, em termos sociais, como algo a-substancial, só passível de se processar por meio da subversão daquilo que se apresenta subsumido à lógica classificatória e hierarquizante de uma dada sociedade.
Educação e transformação social: produção de sentidos nos discursos de egressos de um programa social da iniciativa privada.
Authors: Silva Eliane Cristina da , Valore Luciana Albanese
Published: December 2019

Esta pesquisa objetivou verificar as relações que se produzem entre educação e transformação social no discurso de egressos de um programa sobre suas trajetórias acadêmica-profissional e vivência no mesmo. Esses egressos fizeram parte de um programa social da iniciativa privada, realizado numa capital da região sul do país, cujo público consistia em estudantes de escolas públicas, de baixa renda e com bom desempenho acadêmico. A investigação foi feita com o método da Análise Institucional do Discurso e se deu em duas etapas: quantitativa, por meio de questionário sobre informações educacionais e profissionais; e qualitativa, com a realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com parte desse público. Como resultados principais, verificou-se a ascensão socioeconômica dos participantes através de índices como: escolaridade, inserção profissional e ampliação do acesso a recursos. Concluiu-se que as transformações decorrentes das oportunidades educacionais atingiram mais o âmbito individual e familiar dos egressos, encontrando, porém, desafios para a transformação social.
O Instituto de Estudos Avançados da UFMG e sua contextualização como um IEA com características próprias
Authors: Las Casas Estevam Barbosa de , Duarte Aretusa Kelly Alves
Published: December 2019

No presente trabalho, recupera-se a história da criação e do desenvolvimento dos Institutos de Estudos Avançados no mundo. Após essa retomada, o trabalho detém-se na apresentação do Instituto de Estudos Avançados Transdisciplinares da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (IEAT/UFMG), que, como o nome indica, traz a transdisciplinaridade como horizonte principal, no contexto de uma instituição universitária, para a tentativa de lidar com a complexidade dos problemas reais da sociedade. Dessa maneira, apresenta-se algumas iniciativas do IEAT em associar pesquisa de alto nível com aplicação na solução de problemas, utilizando-se metodologias transdisciplinares.
El psicoanálisis es interdiciplinario
Authors: Ramírez Ortiz Mario Elkin
Published: December 2019

El artículo presenta una conferencia de un evento científico sobre transdisciplinariedad en la ciudad de Belo Horizonte en 2018. Se acude a la experiencia, en Colombia, de un Grupo interdisciplinario sobre violencias compuesto por antropólogos, abogados, politólogos, sociólogos, historiadores y psicoanalistas para mostrar las posibilidades de investigaciones interdisciplinares en las cuales se produzcan saberes inéditos sobre un objeto compartido. Se argumenta que la participación del psicoanálisis en ese grupo fue posible debido al hecho que el psicoanálisis es interdisciplinario, primero con Freud y después con Lacan. Freud, al encontrar el límite del saber biomédico, acude a la antropología, la historia y la literatura, por ejemplo, para producir una teoría nueva. Jacques Lacan utiliza la lingüística, la antropología estructural y la topología para proponer sus principales operadores teóricos y clínicos. En síntesis, el psicoanálisis es interdisciplinar desde su fundación.
O homem e o método: reflexões sobre os parâmetros filosóficos da transdisciplinaridade
Authors: Drawin Carlos Roberto
Published: December 2019

o artigo visa estabelecer algumas referências filosóficas para demarcar a diferença entre inter e transdisciplinaridade. Não se trata de propor um modelo previamente estabelecido de investigação transdisciplinar uma vez que esta se constitui a partir dos problemas concretos que exigem esse tipo de abordagem. No entanto, pretendemos propor alguns elementos reflexivos que possam contribuir para a sua demarcação e diferenciação. Dentre eles destacamos, em primeiro lugar, que a transdisciplinaridade responde a uma necessidade histórica que se desdobra numa necessidade lógica. Em seguida que ela expressa uma exigência ética incontornável e, finalmente, que ela possui uma dimensão antropológica. Esses três elementos convergem na disposição de abertura crítica que deve caracterizar as práticas transdisciplinares.
ASHA between spaces of state, empowerment and culture: A thematic review
Authors: Kaur Gurinder
Published: December 2019

Cílem příspěvku je zdůraznit roli státu v posílení postavení žen ve společnosti. Zaměřuje se na komunitní zdravotnice ASHA, což jsou akreditované aktivistky v oblasti sociálního zdraví (Accredited Social Health Status Activist).  Článek přináší tematický přehled založený na roli a statutu ASHA jakožto členky neo-liberálního orgánu a zároveň státního zaměstnance pod trvalým dohledem, a mimo to ženy zakotvené v pevné hierarchii byrokracie. Příspěvek je založen na literární rešerši a přehledu zásadních výzkumů provedených v oblasti role a statutu komunitních zdravotníků v různých oblastech světa. Zabývá se představou ASHA jako spojníku a zároveň kontrastu mezi pozicemi aktivisty a zaměstnance, což přináší námět pro studium průniků mezi státem, kulturou a pohlavím.
On the Things to Come: Philosophical Anthropology
Authors: Birx H. James , Milićević Branko
Published: December 2019

Filozofická antropologie, nahlížena z kosmické perspektivy a na evoluční úrovni, by aktuálně měla zaměřit vědecké a racionální úvahy na možnou budoucnost našeho druhu, připravujícího se na výpravy mimo náš nejbližší okruh materiálního vesmíru. Pokroky v nanotechnologiích a bioinženýrství umožní nejen další biotechnické vylepšení „lidského živočicha“, ale i jeho existenci na jiných světech. Pokud si lidstvo udrží dynamickou integritu a zájem vyvíjet se, bude náš druh směřovat svůj vývoj více a více ze současného stavu humánního Homo sapiens k trans-humánnímu Homo futurensis a nakonec k post-humánní úrovně existence v podobě kosmické nad-bytosti. Naši potomci dokonce mohou objevit formy života vzniklé v procesu exo-evoluce, včetně inteligentních bytostí, na vnějších planetách a měsících. Vzdálené kosmické nad-bytosti mohou dokonce dosáhnout nesmrtelnosti s tím, jak budou obývat různé oblasti mezihvězdného prostoru. Jejich hodnoty, zkušenosti a světonázor budou nepochybně mimo naši představivost. Podobně jako u většiny druhů, které kdysi obývaly Zemi (včetně některých prehistorických forem hominidů), přirozené vyhynutí našeho vlastního druhu či jeho potomků vždy zůstává znepokojivou možností.
Two new ant species (Formicidae: Dorylinae, Ponerinae) from New Caledonia
Authors: Ramage Thibault , Jouault Corentin , Schmidt Alexander R. , Seyfullah Leyla J. , Perrichot Vincent
Published: December 2019

Two new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected from New Caledonia are described and figured based on worker specimens: Leptogenys loarelae Ramage sp. nov. (Ponerinae, Ponerini) and Lioponera neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot sp. nov. (Dorylinae, Cerapachyini). All specimens were collected from the South Province of Grande Terre. These two new species are primarily distinguished from the other New Caledonian relatives by the size and shape of petiole for L. loarelae Ramage sp. nov. and by the presence of dorsolateral margins on the mesosoma for L. neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot sp. nov. Keys to New Caledonian Leptogenys and Lioponera are provided.
Mineralização óssea na tíbia em frangos de corte alimentados com dietas contendo diferentes níveis e fontes de zinco e manganês
Authors: Pacheco Bruna Helena Carvalho , Faria Filho Daniel Emygdio de , Nascimento Karina Márcia Ribeiro de Souza , Caniatto Amanda Raquel de Miranda , Natori Mariene Miyoko , Faria Douglas Emygdio de
Published: December 2019

Objetivou-se estimar nível ótimo de zinco e de manganês de frangos aos 21 e 42 dias, e comparar métodos para quantificar a mineralização óssea, confiabilidade do teste, tempo de execução e efeito da extração da gordura, visando viabilizar procedimento técnico mais prático em termos laboratoriais. Em cada experimento, foram distribuídos 320 pintinhos machos em gaiolas metabólicas, em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com oito tratamentos e cinco repetições de oito aves cada. No experimento 1, a inclusão de sulfato de zinco foi de 0,60 e 100 mg/kg e de zinco metionina de 20, 40, 60, 80 e 100 mg/kg. No experimento 2, o sulfato de manganês adicionado foi de 0,65 e 100 mg/kg e de manganês metionina de 25, 45, 65, 85 e 105 mg/kg. O zinco e manganês não interferiram nas características ósseas, independente da fonte e nível. A mineralização óssea aumentou conforme elevou-se a concentração dos microminerais, independente da fonte em que estes foram estudados. O método mais adequado para determinação do teor de zinco e de manganês é com a utilização de tíbias. Não há necessidade de extração de gordura da tíbia para determinação do teor de zinco ou de manganês e a análise pode ser realizada com menor tempo de execução sem detrimento dos resultados.
Micobiota do Queijo Artesanal Serrano produzido em Santa Catarina, Brasil
Authors: Pereira Marcella Nunes , Silva Juliana Regina da , Freire Ítala Sabrina Fernandes , Escatolin Lívia Colletti , Tallamini Stéfano Caon
Published: December 2019

O Queijo Artesanal Serrano é um produto nativo do sul do Brasil, produzido por mão de obra familiar a partir do leite cru, e que vem buscando a obtenção da sua indicação geográfica. Muitas das características que particularizam os tipos de queijo são dadas pela sua micobiota natural. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar as espécies fúngicas presentes em 20 amostras de Queijo Artesanal Serrano de quatro períodos de maturação (14, 21, 28 e 35 dias), produzidos em outubro de 2017, em Santa Catarina. A identificação dos bolores foi feita por chaves de identificação e das leveduras por MALDI-TOF. Os bolores foram isolados em 28 das 80 amostras e com espécies variáveis, sendo algumas contaminantes. Por outro lado, as leveduras foram detectadas em todas as amostras, com alguns gêneros mais frequentes, principalmente o Kluyveromyces lactis, presente em 27 amostras, e algumas espécies de Candida spp. As espécies identificadas já foram isoladas em outros queijos artesanais brasileiros, produzido em locais com características de clima e relevo semelhantes ao do Queijo Artesanal Serrano.
Morfofisiologia de plantas de couve manteiga sob concentrações de húmus líquido
Authors: Rocha Maria Eunice Lima , Coutinho Pablo Wenderson Ribeiro , Abade Mayra Taniely Ribeiro , Inagaki Adriano Mitio , Cadorin Danielle Acco , Hoepers Livia Maria Lemos
Published: December 2019

A couve manteiga (Brassica oleracea var. acephala L.) pertence à família Brassicaceae e vários estudos têm demonstrado as variações ocorridas nas trocas gasosas entre as plantas e a atmosfera, em virtude de práticas ou de tratamentos aplicados às culturas agrícolas, com consequentes estados de estresse e reflexos negativos sobre os processos metabólicos das plantas. Além de ser uma opção para quem busca produção orgânica, o húmus líquido é uma estratégia econômica e eficiente que com inúmeros benefícios, tanto econômicos quanto agronômicos. Neste sentido, objetivou-se, avaliar algumas variáveis fisiológicas e morfológicas em plantas de couve, com concentrações de húmus líquido. O experimento foi conduzido em ambiente protegido na área experimental do setor de Horticultura e Controle Biológico pertencente à UNIOESTE, no município de Marechal Cândido Rondon, PR. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por cinco doses de húmus líquido (0, 5, 10, 15 e 20%). A adubação com o húmus líquido influenciou significativamente a fotossíntese líquida, concentração interna de CO2 e eficiência do uso da água. Massas secas de caule, folha e total não foram influenciadas pelos tratamentos. O número de folhas por planta e a área foliar foram afetadas pelas concentrações de húmus líquido. Apesar das variáveis transpiração e condutância estomática não terem apresentado diferença significativa, os demais parâmetros apresentaram resultados positivos em relação ao acréscimo de húmus líquido. Entretanto, o maior número de folhas por planta não influenciou na taxa de assimilação de CO2.
Efeito da carga de gemas da videira ‘Cabernet Franc’ na interceptação da radiação solar e na fertilidade de gemas
Authors: Würz Douglas André , Bonin Bruno Farias , Brighenti Alberto Fontanella , Canossa Adrielen Tamiris , Reinehr Juliana , Allebrandt Ricardo , De Bem Betina Pereira , Rufato Leo , Kretzschmar Aike Anneliese
Published: December 2019

Devido a uma carência de informações técnico-cientificas sobre o efeito da carga de gemas em relação a interceptação da radiação solar, e o seu efeito na fertilidade de gemas, tem-se como objetivo desse trabalho avaliar o efeito do aumento da carga de gemas da videira ‘Cabernet Franc’ em relação a interceptação da radiação fotossinteticamente ativa e o seu efeito na fertilidade de gemas em região de elevada altitude de Santa Catarina. Este experimento foi conduzido durante safra 2016/2017, em um vinhedo comercial, localizado no munícipio de São Joaquim. Utilizaram-se plantas de ‘Cabernet Franc’ enxertadas sobre o porta-enxerto ‘Paulsen 1103’. Os tratamentos consistiram em quatro diferentes níveis de cargas de gemas: 15, 30, 50 e 75 gemas planta-1. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos ao acaso, com quatro blocos e cinco plantas por parcela. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) e comparados pelo Teste Tukey a 5% de probabilidade de erro. Os resultados desse estudo evidenciam a importância da interceptação da radiação fotossinteticamente ativa na fertilidade de gemas, observando-se redução da fertilidade de gemas em situações de redução da interceptação da radiação fotossinteticamente ativa, nesse caso, causado pelo aumento da carga de gemas, que resulta em um maior número de ramos, proporcionando um dossel mais denso, reduzindo a interceptação da radiação fotossinteticamente ativa que alcança as gemas da videira, sendo esse efeito, mais pronunciado nas gemas localizada na posição basal do ramo.
Chronic Osteomyelitis of the tibia and ankle treated with Limb Salvage Reconstruction
Authors: Lam Aaron , Richardson Shawn S. , Buksbaum Josh , Markowitz Jonathan , Henry Michael W. , Miller Andy O. , Rozbruch S Robert , Fragomen Austin T.
Published: December 2019

Abstract. Introduction: To confirm the success of our limb salvage treatment protocol and determine what factors are predictive of success versus failure in limb salvage techniques for patients with chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia and ankle.Methods: Retrospective case series analyzing factors and outcomes in patients who underwent limb salvage techniques for chronic osteomyelitis of tibia or ankle. Main outcome measurements included infection controlled without the need for amputation or chronic antibiotic suppression and union of infected non-unions.Results: Mean follow-up was 3.9 years. Out of the sixty-seven patients (mean age: 51.4 years) treated for chronic osteomyelitis, fifty-four had an associated non-union. Sixty-one patients (91.0%) had their infection controlled by limb salvage. Five ultimately required amputation and one remained on daily chronic antibiotics. Diabetics complicated with neuropathy and increasing numbers of limb salvage surgeries were associated with a significantly higher failure rate. Forty-eight out of fifty-four patients (88.9%) also had successful healing of their infected non-union. Diabetes and need for more limb salvage surgeries were also found to have a significantly higher failure rate.Conclusions: Limb salvage is a reliable and successful treatment for patients with chronic osteomyelitis and infected non-unions of the lower extremities. Diabetic neuropathy is a risk factor that impedes success.Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level IV.
Novel Therapies in HBV Infection
Authors: Foti Giuseppe , Scaglione Vincenzo , Torti Carlo
Published: December 2019

Current treatments for chronic hepatitis B are able to provide a sustained suppression of the viral replication (i.e., persistent undetectability of HBV DNA). This leads to improvement of liver fibrosis and reduction of clinical complications. However, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) persists in most patients, probably justifying a still increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Indeed, obtaining a complete and sterilizing cure with elimination of the covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) or silencing its activity is still a holy grail. New molecules are under evaluation to suppress viral replication acting on multiple phases of the HBV cycle or improve specific immune response against HBV. Molecules acting on HBV cycle have already showed encouraging results, such as entry inhibitors, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), capsid assembly modulators (CAMs), nucleic acid polymers (NAPs). Also, promising results have been observed with immune-modulators, therapeutic vaccines, and other immune-based approaches. Among these, toll-like (TLR) or anti-programmed receptor agonists antibody 1 of the cell death protein (PD1) (e.g., nivolumab) are most promising. This paper describes newer drugs appearing on the horizon, including antiviral drugs targeting different steps of the HBV life cycle and therapeutic approaches based on immune-modulation.