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Clinical utility of urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein measured by latex-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay in chronic kidney disease
Authors: Kamijo-Ikemori Atsuko , Sugaya Takeshi , Yoshida Maki , Hoshino Seiko , Akatsu Satoshi , Yamazaki Satoshi , Kimura Kenjiro , Shibagaki Yugo
Published: March 2016

Background:

Urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method (ELISA) was approved as a clinical biomarker of tubular damage by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in 2011. We evaluated a new latex-enhanced immunoturbidimetric assay (LTIA) to evaluate the clinical utility of urinary L-FABP measured by LTIA versus an ELISA assay.

Methods:

LTIA with anti-human L-FABP mouse monoclonal antibodies was performed using an automated clinical chemistry analyzer. Five positive samples with low, medium and high L-FABP concentrations were analyzed to determine the within-run precision. In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) (n=91), urinary L-FABP levels were measured by ELISA and LTIA.

Results:

Measurement of urinary L-FABP revealed urinary L-FABP levels within 30 min. The within-run coefficient of variation was 10.0% for 1.4 ng/mL, 4.4% for 2.5 ng/mL, 3.2% for 9.8 ng/mL, 1.5% for 50.1 ng/mL, and 1.2% for 102.7 ng/mL. Concentrations of urinary L-FABP measured by LTIA were significantly correlated with those measured by ELISA (ρ=0.932). Proportional systematic error was almost within limits of agreement (LOA). Urinary L-FABP levels measured by LTIA were significantly correlated with urinary albumin (ρ=0.634), urinary NAG (ρ=0.688) and eGFR (ρ=–0.561).

Conclusions:

Measurement of urinary L-FABP by LITA was simple, speedy, and similar in quality to ELISA results. Therefore, this method was approved as external body diagnosing medicines by the Japanese MHLW in 2014. Urinary L-FABP is expected to be widely used in various pathophysiological conditions by measuring urinary L-FABP using LTIA.
Conditionally approximately convex functions
Authors: Najdecki Adam , Tabor Józef
Published: March 2016

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Intuitionistic fuzzy almost Cauchy–Jensen mappings
Authors: Gordji M. E. , Abbaszadeh S.
Published: March 2016

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A Suzuki type unique common fixed point theorem for two pairs of hybrid maps under a new condition in partial metric spaces
Authors: Rao K. P. R. , Rao K. R. K. , Imdad M.
Published: March 2016

In this paper, we introduce a new condition namely: condition (W.C.C.) and utilize the same to prove a Suzuki type unique common fixed point theorem for two hybrid pairs of mappings in partial metric spaces employing the partial Hausdorff metric which generalizes several known results of the existing literature proved in metric and partial metric spaces.
Local spectral theory of endomorphisms of the disk algebra
Authors: Trivedi Shailesh , Chandra Harish
Published: March 2016

Let A(𝔻) denote the disk algebra. Every endomorphism of A(𝔻) is induced by some ϕ ∈ A(𝔻) with ‖ϕ‖ ≤ 1. In this paper, it is shown that if ϕ is not an automorphism of 𝔻 and ϕ has a fixed point in the open unit disk then the endomorphism induced by ϕ is decomposable if and only if the fixed set of ϕ is singleton. Further, we determine the local spectra of the endomorphism induced by ϕ in the cases when the fixed set of ϕ either includes unit circle or is a singleton.
Quantification of time delay between damages caused by windstorms and by Ips typographus
Authors: Modlinger Roman , Novotný Petr
Published: March 2016

Damages by wind and by European spruce bark beetle (I. typographusL.) were compared on the basis of the reports about the occurrence of harmful forest agents for the period 1964−1991 across former regional state forest directorates. In the given period, the quantity of salvage logging (70 million m3) was more than five times that of sanitation felling (13 million m3). Damage intensity increased over the decades. Using a cross-correlation function between the time series, an increase in the abundance ofI. typographusdue to windfall was demonstrated with a delay of 1–3 years. Wind damage was also shown to arise as a result of disturbed stand stability after sanitation felling with a stochastic delay of 1−5 years. Thus, disturbance of static stability of forest stands may be considered as one of the main harmful consequences of bark beetle outbreaks for the near future. Consequences for forest management are discussed.
The Multiple other in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God
Authors: Lozovschi Simona
Published: March 2016

The present paper aims at familiarizing readers with Ana Castillo’s reshaping of traditional female archetypes in her novel So Far from God. Not only does she remodel and enrich them, she also incorporates them into modern, contemporary life. In addition, all the female characters in the novel are drawn together towards Sofia, the all-encompassing self, the multiple Other.
Detecting breakpoints in artificially modified- and real-life time series using three state-of-the-art methods
Authors: Topál Dániel , Matyasovszkyt István , Kern Zoltán , Hatvani István Gábor
Published: March 2016

Time series often contain breakpoints of different origin, i.e. breakpoints, caused by (i) shifts in trend, (ii) other changes in trend and/or, (iii) changes in variance. In the present study, artificially generated time series with white and red noise structures are analyzed using three recently developed breakpoint detection methods. The time series are modified so that the exact “locations” of the artificial breakpoints are prescribed, making it possible to evaluate the methods exactly. Hence, the study provides a deeper insight into the behaviour of the three different breakpoint detection methods. Utilizing this experience can help solving breakpoint detection problems in real-life data sets, as is demonstrated with two examples taken from the fields of paleoclimate research and petrology.
Endocrine control of epigenetic mechanisms in male reproduction
Authors: Ankolkar Mandar , Balasinor N.H.
Published: March 2016

Endocrine control of reproduction is very well known and has been echoed by many research groups. However, recent developments point to the ability of toxic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) to alter epigenetic information of the gametes which gets transferred to the developing embryo and affects the immediate reproductive outcome or even persists transgenerationally. These epigenetic aberrations contribute to the ensuing pathophysiology of reproductive disorders. Investigations of the female in cases of poor reproductive outcome have been the main strategy towards diagnosis. However, despite the male partner contributing half of his genome to the progeny, thorough investigations in the male have been ignored. Environmental pollutants are all pervading and are encountered in our day-to-day life. Many of these pollutants have potential to disrupt the endocrine system. Here, we discuss how the male gametes (spermatozoa) are susceptible to a myriad of epigenetic insults inflicted by exposure to endocrine disruptors and how important is the contribution of the epigenetic marks of the spermatozoa in healthy reproduction. We advocate that sperm epigenetics should be considered as a significant contributor to reproductive health and should be researched further and be subsequently included in routine diagnostic workup in cases of poor reproductive outcome.
Secretin-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Pancreatic Insufficient and Pancreatic Sufficient Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Authors: Jonczyk-Potoczna Katarzyna , Nowak Jan K. , Madry Edyta , Katulska Katarzyna , Stezowska-Kubiak Sylwia , Moczko Jerzy , Nowicka Agata , Lisowska Aleksandra , Walkowiak Jaroslaw
Published: March 2016

Background & Aims: Although indirect methods of assessment of the exocrine pancreatic function have become the standard of care in the monitoring of pancreatic status, it still remains a current clinical challenge. Our aim was to compare the width of the pancreatic duct in pancreatic insufficient (PI) and pancreatic sufficient (PS) cystic fibrosis (CF) patients using secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (SE-MRCP).

Methods: Thirty-seven CF patients were enrolled for this cross-sectional study, including 21 PI and 16 PS, all of whom underwent SE-MRCP. Measurement of the diameter of the pancreatic duct was performed in the head, body, and the tail of the pancreas at the baseline and after 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 minutes after secretin administration.

Results: The diameter of the pancreatic duct in the head of the pancreas after 5 and 10 minutes of secretin injection was greater in PI than in PS patients (median = 2.0 mm [interquartile range: 1.6-3.0] vs. 2.0 mm [1.0-2.0] and 2.0 mm [1.4-2.0] vs 1.0 mm [1.0-2.0], p=0.047 and p=0.040, respectively). Areas under ROC curves for discriminating between PI and PS patients were 0.693 (95% CI 0.521-0.866) and 0.698 (95% CI 0.528-0.868), respectively. No other differences in the width of the duct were identified at the baseline or during SE-MRCP.

Conclusions: The measurement of the diameter of the pancreatic duct during secretin stimulation does not allow for differentiating between PS and PI status in CF patients.

Abbreviations: CF: cystic fibrosis; CFTR: cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; E1: elastase-1; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; PI: pancreatic insufficient; PS: pancreatic sufficient; SCT gene: secretin gene; SE-MRCP: secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; T: tesla; TR: repetition time; TE: echo time.
Isolated Gastric Varices and Use of Balloon-occlusive Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration: A Case Report and Literature Review*
Authors: McCarty Thomas R. , Bakhit Mena , Rustagi Tarun
Published: March 2016

Isolated gastric varices are far less prevalent in Western countries where the rate of splenic thrombosis is much lower. However, in Asian countries the entity is more common and therefore a more robust treatment approach has been developed. Balloon-occlusive retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) was first described in 1984 and then revived in 1996. The procedure, while uncommon in the U.S. and not recognized by the AASLD practice guidelines, allows for direct exclusion from the portosystemic system. Here we describe the case of a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis decompensated by bleeding gastric varices treated with BRTO.

Abbrevations: BRTO: balloon-occlusive retrograde transverse obliteration; EGD: esophagogastro-duodenoscopy; HE: hepatic encephalopathy; MELD: Model for End Stage Liver Disease; TIPS: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
Mental Health in Children Born Extremely Preterm Without Severe Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Authors: Fevang Silje Katrine Elgen , Hysing Mari , Markestad Trond , Sommerfelt Kristian
Published: March 2016

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the prevalence and gender characteristics of mental health problems in extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight (EP/ELBW) children without intellectual disabilities, blindness, deafness, or severe cerebral palsy compared with a reference group at 11 years of age.

METHODS:

In a national cohort of EP/ELBW children, mental health was assessed by parental and teacher report by using the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire, the Swanson, Noland, and Pelham Questionnaire IV (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and a total difficulties score from the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. Pervasive rating was defined as both parent and teacher scoring the child ≥95th percentile (≥90th percentile for total difficulties score) of the reference group, which was the population-based Bergen Child Study.

RESULTS:

Of eligible children, 216 (64%) EP/ELBW and 1882 (61%) reference children participated. EP/ELBW children were at significantly increased risk of pervasive rated symptoms of autism (odds ratio 4.3, 95% confidence interval 2.0–9.3), inattention (8.3, 4.4–15), anxiety (2.3, 1.4–3.7), OCD (2.6, 1.4–3.7), and ≥90th percentile for total difficulties score (4.9, 2.9–8.2). Reported by either parents or teachers, 54% of the EP/ELBW and 21% of the reference children had ≥1 mental health problem (odds ratio 4.5, 95% confidence interval 3.3–6.1). There were no significant interactions between EP/ELBW and gender in mental health outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS:

EP/ELBW children without severe disabilities had increased risk of symptoms of autism, inattention, anxiety, and OCD. Gender differences were comparable to the reference group.
К этимологии двух русских слов (бабочка и белобрысый)
Authors: Храмов Ю. В.
Published: March 2016

This paper analyzes the Russian lexeme бабочка, offering to interpret it as an onomatopoeic word, connected by means of reduplication to the dialectal бякать ‘to beat, to hit’. The paper also discusses the word белобрысый ‘tow-haired’, which is problematic from the point of view of etymology. Developing V. Orel’s hypothesis, the author offers to interpret this word as ‘covered with white; sprinkled with white’, connected to the interjection брысь ‘shoo’ and to the verb бросать ‘to throw’. The paper pays particular attention to the semantic and derivational aspects of the etymology of the word.
Атрибутивная сочетаемость слова ƨоды в свете композиционной и когнитивной семантики
Authors: Норман Борис , Плотникова Анна
Published: March 2016

The article focuses on the Russian attributive constructions with the head noun ƨоды (years), which is used to denote decades (двадцатые ƨоды – the twenties, тридцатые ƨоды – the thirties, сороковые ƨоды – the forties, etc.). Periods of time of equal length are perceived subjectively and are evaluated on the basis of the speakers’ individual or collective experience. Being a discreet time model in reality, decades are represented in the language as an indiscreet unit which is attributed a certain quality (революционные двадцатые – the revolutionary twenties, оƨненные сороковые – the fiery forties, застойные восьмидесятые – the stagnant eighties). Statistical data analysis allows to reveal the most frequent language characteristics of each decade of the Russian history of the 20th century. The phrases examined below metonymically refer not to the periods of time but rather to the events within.
A semi-analytical solution for cylindrical cavity expansion in elastic–perfectly plastic soil under biaxial in situ stress field
Authors: Zhou H. , Kong G. , Liu H.
Published: March 2016

This paper presents an elastic–plastic semi-analytical solution for cylindrical cavity expansion in undrained soil (incompressible material) under the biaxial in situ stress condition. The soil around a cylindrical cavity is assumed to behave as elastic–plastic perfectly plastic material, as characterised by Tresca yield strength with the associated flow rule. Based on Galin's solution, the stress and the elastic–plastic boundary around the cylindrical cavity can be determined using the conformal mapping technique and complex variable theory. Then, by considering incompressible and small strain–displacement conditions, the problem of kinematics is reduced to solving a system of the second-order ordinary differential equations, which results in the general solution for the radial and circumferential displacements in the plastic zone around the cylindrical cavity. Subsequently, the constant coefficients of the general solution can be determined by the displacement continuity condition at the elastic–plastic boundary using the least-squares method. The new elastic–plastic analytical solution presented in this paper extends Galin's solution, particularly by giving a closed-form equation for the kinematics around the cylindrical cavity, which could reflect the ‘non-circular effect’ of the cylindrical cavity during the expansion in a biaxial in situ stress field. The new solution completes the theoretical framework for addressing the fundamental problem of cylindrical cavity expansion, and also provides a useful theoretical tool for potential application in geotechnical engineering problems such as in situ testing (pressuremeter tests in a biaxial in situ stress field).
A Maps of meaning hatása a kulturális földrajzra
Authors: Palaczki Botond
Published: March 2016

A kulturális földrajz a magyar földrajztudomány egyik legelhanyagoltabb területe. Az érdeklődés teljes hiányáról nem beszélhetünk, ugyanakkor a témával foglalkozó hazai tanulmányok nem visznek közelebb a kortárs kulturális földrajz nemzetközi trendjeihez, melyek annak tudománytörténetében gyökereznek. A Carl Ortwin Sauer nevével fémjelzett ún. Berkeley-iskola tevékenysége a 20. század derekára az amerikai társadalomföldrajz vezető irányzatává emelte a kulturális földrajzot. A második világháború utáni tudományos súlyponteltolódások azonban marginalizálták az irányzatot, amely a későbbi évtizedek során eltávolodott a tudományterület fősodrától. A hetvenes évek végétől a brit kulturális tanulmányok által inspirálva több fiatal társadalom- földrajzos is elégedetlenségét fejezte ki a kulturális földrajz akkori felfogásával szemben, elsősorban annak elméleti hiányosságait kritizálva. Ezen a tudományos színtéren íródott az új irányzat első nagy, összefoglaló jellegű munkája, Peter Jackson Maps of meaning című könyve (A jelentés térképei, 1989), amely ma is a kulturális földrajz egyik alapművének számít. A tanulmányban bemutatom a mű keletkezésének körülményeit, különös tekintettel elkészítésének szokatlan módjára, majd vázolom az általa képviselt irányzat jelentőségét a korabeli tudományos világban. A mű narratív struktúrájának elemzésével feltárom népszerűségének okait, végül huszonhét év távlatából megvizsgálom a kulturális földrajzra kifejtett hatását.
A pécsi kreatív osztály helyzetének értékelése statisztikai és empirikus kutatások alapján
Authors: Keresnyei Krisztina , Egedy Tamás
Published: March 2016

Tanulmányunk célja, hogy empirikus kutatások eredményein keresztül bemutassuk azokat a tényezőket, amelyek Pécs kreatív osztályának letelepedését befolyásolják, illetve hogy megvizsgáljuk a kreatív szakemberek várossal, munkával és munkahellyel kapcsolatos attitűdjeit. Statisztikai elemzéseink a KSH Nemzeti Számlák Főosztályának adatbázisán alapulnak. Az elemzésekben részletesen bemutatjuk a Baranya megyei, illetve pécsi kreatív osztály nagyságának és összetételének változásait. Kutatásaink másik vonalát a pécsi kreatív dolgozók körében végzett, 43 zárt és nyitott kérdést tartalmazó online kérdőíves felmérésünk jelentette (n=110).A statisztikai adatbázis elemzése rámutatott arra, hogy az elmúlt másfél évtizedben mind a magyar kreatív gazdaságon, mind a kreatív osztályon belül jelentős átrendeződés zajlott le a tudásintenzív ágazatok javára. A 2000-es évek első felében Magyarországon a kreatív cégek, az ezekben foglalkoztatottak és az itt megtermelt árbevételek dinamikusan emelkedtek, a világgazdasági válság azonban megtörte ezt a lendületet, s elsősorban a kreatív iparágakat sújtotta. Hasonló folyamat játszódott le a Dél-dunántúli régióban, illetve azon belül Baranya megyében is. A régión és a megyén belül Pécs jelenti a kreatív gazdaság motorját, viszont közel egy évtizede a város kreatív gazdasága és kreatív osztálya is zsugorodik.Empirikus vizsgálataink szerint a pécsi kreatív osztályra az európai tendenciák a jellemzők: a városba áramlásban, illetve a városban való letelepedésben meghatározó szerepe van a személyes tényezőknek és kisebb mértékben a kemény tényezőknek is. A döntésben a puha tényezők alárendelt szerepet játszanak, fontosságuk viszont az idő előrehaladtával jelentősen nő. A munkával és a munkahellyel való elégedettségben a munka által nyújtott öröm az elégedettség elsődleges forrása a kreatív osztály tagjainál. Az elégedettség iparágak szerinti megoszlását tekintve a legmagasabb a puha faktorok szerepe azokban az iparágakban, melyekben hagyományos értelemben vett alkotómunkát végeznek a kreatívok, míg a tudásintenzív innovatív ágazatokban inkább a kemény tényezők dominálnak. Az alkalmazotti státuszban és a nagyobb vállalkozásokban dolgozók a kemény faktorokat, míg az önálló foglalkozásúak, valamint a kis- és mikrovállalkozásokban dolgozók a puha tényezőket részesítik előnyben.
Avaliação da prática pedagógica do professor de Ensino Superior
Authors: Peres-Dos-Santos Luiz Francisco Bastos , Laros Jacob Arie
Published: March 2016

<span style="font: 13px/normal verdana, arial; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;">O presente artigo descreve o processo de construção de um instrumento especificamente desenvolvido para avaliar a prática pedagógica do professor de ensino superior. O instrumento foi elaborado a partir de um modelo teórico construído com base na literatura recente sobre a temática da avaliação do professor pelos alunos. Depois da execução de três estudos-piloto o instrumento foi aplicado em uma instituição de ensino superior em Brasília, e envolveu alunos de 654 turmas e 227 professores. Exclusão dos casos com dupla marcação de itens e com valores omissos resultou numa base de dados com 14.951 observações. Análise fatorial dos dados revelou a existência de dois fatores: “relacionamento professor-aluno” (7 itens, α = 0.96) e “prática de ensino” (9 itens, α = 0,97). O instrumento construído tem-se revelado um elemento promissor no processo de melhoria da qualidade da prática pedagógica em sala de aula.
Recursos destinados à educação e desempenho escolar: uma revisão na literatura internacional
Authors: Nascimento Paulo A. Meyer M.
Published: March 2016

<span style="font: 13px/normal verdana, arial; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;">O presente artigo parte de uma revisão da literatura econômica internacional sobre determinantes do desempenho escolar para extrair daí algumas respostas quanto ao real impacto dos recursos escolares no desempenho de estudantes ao redor do mundo. A leitura dos estudos disponíveis permite aferir que essas respostas variam, pois dependem da metodologia e da amostra utilizadas, alimentando uma polarização entre os que admitem e os que rejeitam a influência de insumos escolares no aprendizado. Contudo, observa-se uma relativa harmonia no tocante à importância das condições socioeconômicas e das habilidades previamente adquiridas para o desempenho estudantil, embora essas questões encontrem alguma objeção.
Community Voices: Insights on Social and Human services from People with Lived Experiences of Homelessness
Authors: Walsh Christine Ann , Lorenzetti Liza , St-Denis Natalie , Murwisi Percy , Lewis TracyRay
Published: March 2016

Community Voices is a participatory action research study conducted in collaboration with people with lived experiences of homelessness in Calgary, Alberta to gather insights into service provision. Following convenience and snowball recruitment strategies, seven focus groups with members of the homeless community were conducted by trained facilitators. Participants and other community members were invited as co-researchers to analyze focus group transcripts, highlight key issues, develop themes and recommendations, and share key findings with stakeholders. Study findings suggest that people who are homeless experience oppression at the personal, cultural and structural levels which make it less likely for them to exit homelessness. Our findings suggests that a housing first approach coupled with intensive personalized case management embedded within a human rights framework has the capacity to reduce homelessness and overcome the barriers that prevent individuals from exiting homelessness. Such interventions, however, require substantial investment to increase the stock of affordable housing units, improve current shelter facilities, educate personnel in anti-oppressive practices and a political commitment to recognize housing as a human right. 
Greve: um direito antipático
Authors: Lima Francisco Gerson Marques de
Published: March 2016

Este artigo analisa a greve como direito resistido pelas empresas e pelo Poder Público, inclusive o Judiciário, que vem julgando ilegais quase todas as paralisações dos trabalhadores, no Brasil. As liminares assim concedidas, inclusive aquelas que fixam percentuais elevados para a permanência das atividades nas greves, acabam prejudicando o processo negocial, por desequilibrar a balança das forças produtivas. Ninguém gosta da greve, nem os próprios trabalhadores interessados. Ela só é deflagrada em última hipótese, quando a condição trabalhista se torna insustentável ou os empresários não aceitam sentar à mesa de negociação. Então, qualquer discussão sobre este direito deve, primeiramente, analisar as causas que empurraram os trabalhadores a cruzarem os braços. No conflito coletivo de trabalho, portanto, o hermeneuta há de fazer interpretação sistêmica, sociológica e sob a égide da justiça social.
A genuína contribuição da ciência do direito para um discurso interdisciplinar
Authors: Kirste Stephan
Published: March 2016

Este artigo objetiva analisar as características que apresenta umconhecimento interdisciplinar, tais como método, linguagem, variação,inovação, concentrando-se sobre o problema na ciência do direito, umadisciplina que tem negligenciado essa forma de pesquisa, talvez comoconsequência do domínio recente de uma perspectiva positivista estreita.
Uma contribuição da Teoria da Argumentação para a redução de incongruências da punição estatal considerando Direitos Fundamentais.
Authors: Cruz Bandeira Rafael , De Carvalho Miranda Ana Carolina Belitardo
Published: March 2016

A teoria da argumentação, método de chegada a decisão mais justa, e forma de aplicação e fundamentação do Direito, pode ser utilizada em prol de uma redução das inconsistências punitivas estatais, em especial as sanções penais e prisão. Isto porque, observa-se um descolamento do discurso punitivo das expectativas e necessidades práticas punitivas, além do não cumprimento de sua tarefa de, simultaneamente, defender e restringir direitos fundamentais proporcional e consentaneamente à ameaça e lesão ocasionada pelo ato sancionado. A responsabilidade e o dever da congruência punitiva com direitos fundamentais e com discurso punitivo legal e político é do Executivo, Legislativo e Judiciário, e passa por discussão dos Direitos Humanos afetados, por sua consideração macroestrutural na sociedade e adequação da prática punitiva a valores, normas, interpretação, além de efetividade punitiva e de direitos fundamentais.
Licença-maternidade e estabilidade da gestante para homens
Authors: Silva Júnior Assis Moreira , Severino Luis Fernando
Published: March 2016

RESUMO Neste artigo são tratados casos em que o modelo de proteção exige alterações pontuais em relação aos personagens, garantindo-se o direito à estabilidade-gestante e à licença-maternidade não apenas à mulher, mas também ao homem, em alguns casos excepcionais que abordamos, quais sejam, viúvo cujo falecimento da esposa tenha se dado por complicações decorrentes do parto, genitor solteiro, casal homoafetivo e genitor ou futuro genitor que seja o único provedor da renda familiar. Há necessidade de compatibilização entre as matérias normativas de diferentes disciplinas, com alterações legislativas que aumentem o manto protetor, com especial atenção para a entidade familiar, que goza de especial proteção do Estado. Mas isso não impede o gozo de tais direitos para os casos excepcionais mencionados, tendo em vista a interpretação sistemática do texto constitucional.   ABSTRACT This article deals with cases where the protection model requires specific changes in relation to the characters, ensuring the right to pregnancy stability and maternity leave, not only to women but also to men, in some exceptional cases that we discussed about, as a widower whose wife’s death has been given from complications through childbirth, single parent, homosexual couple and future parent who is the unique provider of the family income. There is need for compatibility between the normative subjects from different disciplines, with legislative changes that increase the protective mantle, with special attention to the family entity, which enjoys special protection by the State. But this does not prevent the enjoyment of such rights to the exceptional cases mentioned, in view of the systematic interpretation of the constitutional text.
A formação e o primeiro encontro do Grupo de Pesquisa “Criminologia Crítica: sentidos e significados” / The formation and the first meeting of the search group: "Critical Criminology: senses and meanings"
Authors: Achutti Daniel , Weigert Mariana , Pallamolla Raffaella , Carvalho Salo De
Published: March 2016

Editorial
Ambivalência social e direito: uma leitura baumaniana sobre danos colaterais e estranhamento em uma sociedade plural / Ambivalence social and law: a baumaniana reading about collateral damage and estrangement in a plural society
Authors: Alves Cândice Lisbôa
Published: March 2016

Vive-se hodiernamente no Estado Democrático de Direito. A expressão refere-se ao Estado em que a Democracia é associada e vinculada a direitos mínimos, confeccionados pelo Poder Legislativo, realizados pelo Poder Executivo, sob análise contínua do Poder Judiciário, que se incumbe de dirimir conflitos de interesse das mais variadas matizes. Neste Estado de Direito, todos aqueles que nele residem – e em alguns casos, pessoas que nele se encontrem – são dotados da prerrogativa de exigirem o implemento de direitos fundamentais. Todavia, essa obviedade não é confirmada na realidade social. Exclusão, descaso e indiferença parecem ser as características essenciais presentes em algumas realidades sociais que, cotidianamente, afastam classes – ou subclasses – da abrangência da tutela estatal. Estes segmentos alijados da proteção estatal são lidos por Bauman como “estranhos”, representam ambivalência social, e sujeitam-se, em muitos casos, aos danos colaterais. O problema de pesquisa desse artigo perpassa pela verificação da compatibilidade dos conceitos trabalhados por Bauman com o Estado Democrático de Direito. O objetivo desse artigo é conceituar ambivalência social, estranhamento e danos colaterais de acordo com o pensamento de Bauman e, após, verificar no incidente de um jovem preso a um poste a seletividade forjada no seio social, e sua relação com o Direito. O método de trabalho é a conjugação de análise bibliográfica com estudo de caso, que aqui representará instrumento qualitativo. A hipótese aventada é a de que em um Estado Democrático de Direito a segregação vislumbrada na realidade social não pode ser amparada pelo Ordenamento Jurídico. Assim, o pano de fundo da análise são as constantes ondas de prática da justiça privada que trazem à tona o fenômeno da institucionalização da segregação e estranhamento na sociedade atual, requerendo uma percepção acurada entre a imbricada relação Direito-Sociedade.
Indeks aktywnego starzenia się jako narzędzie ewaluacji polityki senioralnej
Authors: Jurek Łukasz
Published: March 2016

Poziom aktywności osób starych w danej populacji mierzony jest za pomocą specjalnego wskaźnika, który określony jest mianem indeksu aktywnego starzenia się. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie tego wskaźnika jako narzędzia ewaluacji polityki senioralnej. Skupiono się na trzech podstawowych zagadnieniach: (1) opisie konstrukcji AAI; (2) przedstawieniu powiązań pomiędzy AAI, a polityką senioralną; (3) omówieniu wartości AAI w krajach Unii Europejskiej. Artykuł ma charakter przeglądowy. Zastosowana metoda badawcza to desk research, czyli analiza danych zastanych, w tym: literatury przedmiotu, ekspertyz, raportów i opracowań statystycznych.
Wpływ opieki zdrowotnej na jakość życia osób starszych w Polsce oferowanej przez państwo - analiza regionalna
Authors: Rozpędowska-Matraszek Danuta , Nowak-Sapota Kazimiera
Published: March 2016

Analiza struktury zatrudnienia pracujących bezpośrednio z pacjentem w publicznej opiece zdrowotnej powinna zapewnić równomierny dostęp do właściwej opieki medycznej dla ludzi starszych, przez co może poprawić się ich jakość życia. Ludzie starsi to grupa społeczeństwa, która w znacznie większym stopniu korzysta z usług medycznych. Artykuł ten jest wstępem do szerszego badania na temat wpływu opieki zdrowotnej na jakość życia osób starszych. Obecnie skupiono się tylko na zatrudnieniu, które tak jak wiele zmiennych ekonomicznych wykazuje znaczną wrażliwość na zmiany w zróżnicowaniu struktur. Do analizy zatrudnienia grupy siedmiu zawodów medycznych w przekroju województw wykorzystano model panelowy Berzega. Model ten jest przydatnym narzędziem do badania zmian strukturalnych zjawisk społecznych i ekonomicznych, jakie zachodzą w przestrzeni geograficznej w określonym przedziale czasu. Na podstawie oszacowanych parametrów modelu oceniono oddziaływanie zmian strukturalnych zatrudnienia pracowników medycznych w województwach, poprzez zmiany geograficzne – konkurencyjności i interakcje przestrzenne (sąsiedztwo) na zmiany poziomu regionalnego zatrudnienia personelu medycznego.
Analysis of correlation between land surface and selected palaeosurface illustrated with examples from Central Poland
Authors: Szmidt Aleksander
Published: March 2016

The article presents examples of correlation analysis between palaeosurfaces and the contemporary surface, prepared on the basis of commonly available GIS (Geographic Information Systems) tools. The study area is Central Poland, where, despite several dozen years of palaeogeographic research, no uniform view on the evaluation of the role played by the older bedrock in the genesis of contemporary relief has been formulated. The main part of the study is presentation and analysis of research procedures conducted in GIS techniques, aimed at solving the problem identified above.
Using Goodwill Impairment To Effect Earnings Management During SFAS No. 142s Year Of Adoption And Later
Authors: Jordan Charles E. , Clark Stanley J. , Vann Carol E.
Published: March 2016

Prior research (Bens and Heltzer, 2004) shows that the market penalizes firms less for reporting goodwill write-downs below-the-line than it does for presenting them above-the-line.  Only in 2002, the year SFAS No. 142 became effective, did goodwill impairments enjoy below-the-line treatment.  The current research provides evidence that firms “cherry picked” this year to recognize large impairment losses, thus removing much of the burden from future years when these losses otherwise would have been reported above-the-line.  The study also indicates that, even though the number of firms taking goodwill write-offs declined subsequent to 2002, those entities that did so seemed to be taking these discretionary hits because earnings were already depressed in the current year.  As such, the big bath earnings management observed in the year of adoption in previous studies (Jordan and Clark, 2004 and 2005) appears to continue even though these impairment losses no longer receive favorable below-the-line treatment.
Optimum Inducements In Social Menus: The Paradox Of Arrows Impossibility Theorem
Authors: Villacís González José
Published: March 2016

This article develops combinatorial theory. The utility of an individual depends on the nature of the goods and, in essence, on the way they are arranged within the subset of consumption or, in other words, the manner in which they are combined. An individual may transitorily construct a scale of utilities or preferred social menus but it is impossible, or nearly impossible, to construct a social menu. By the use of inducements we can get close to the best possible menu, which will always differ from the best individual menu.
Properties and filtration performance of microporous metal membranes fabricated by rolling process
Authors: Park Jiyeong , Min Seok-Hong , Lee Won-Hee , Park No-Suk , Kim Hyung-Soo , Kim Jong-Oh
Published: March 2016

We evaluated the filtration performance of microporous metal membranes fabricated by the rolling process. Metal wire meshes were rolled with thickness reduction ratios of 10, 20, and 30%. The pore size of the metal wire mesh membrane decreased with increasing rolling ratio, whereas the removal efficiency of the suspended solids and turbidity showed a very slight increase compared to that of an unrolled mesh membrane. The metal powder was dispersed on the surface of the rolled metal wire mesh membrane and bound with polyvinyl alcohol, then dried at 100°C for 1 h, and finally sintered at 1,000°C for 3 h. The mean pore size, suspended solids, and turbidity of the metal powder membrane at a rolling ratio of 30% were approximately 0.7 μm, 84% and 83%, respectively. Therefore, microporous metal membranes successfully fabricated by the rolling process were also sufficiently permeable filters.
Neurological sequelae of healthcare-associated sepsis in very-low-birthweight infants: Umbrella review and evidence-based outcome tree
Authors: Haller Sebastian , Deindl Philipp , Cassini Alessandro , Suetens Carl , Zingg Walter , Abu Sin Muna , Velasco Edward , Weiss Bettina , Ducomble Tanja , Sixtensson Madlen , Eckmanns Tim , Harder Thomas
Published: March 2016

Sepsis is a frequent cause of death in very-low-birthweight infants and often results in neurological impairment. Its attributable risk of sequelae has not been systematically assessed. To establish an outcome tree for mapping the burden of neonatal sepsis, we performed systematic literature searches to identify systematic reviews addressing sequelae of neonatal sepsis. We included cohort studies and performed meta-analyses of attributable risks. Evidence quality was assessed using GRADE. Two systematic reviews met inclusion criteria. The first included nine cohort studies with 5,620 participants and five outcomes (neurodevelopmental impairment, cerebral palsy, vision impairment, hearing impairment, death). Pooled risk differences varied between 4% (95% confidence interval (CI):2–10) and 13% (95% CI:5–20). From the second review we analysed four studies with 472 infants. Positive predictive value of neurodevelopmental impairment for later cognitive impairment ranged between 67% (95% CI:22–96) and 83% (95% CI:36–100). Neonatal sepsis increases risk of permanent neurological impairment. Effect size varies by outcome, with evidence quality being low to very low. Data were used to construct an outcome tree for neonatal sepsis. Attributable risk estimates for sequelae following neonatal sepsis are suitable for burden estimation and may serve as outcome parameters in interventional studies.
Greater sage‐grouse apparent nest productivity and chick survival in Carbon County, Wyoming
Authors: Schreiber Leslie A. , Hansen Christopher P. , Rumble Mark A. , Millspaugh Joshua J. , Thompson Frank R. , Gamo R. Scott , Kehmeier Jon W. , Wojik Nate
Published: March 2016

Greater sage‐grouse Centrocercus urophasianus populations across North America have been declining due to degradation and fragmentation of sagebrush habitat. As part of a study quantifying greater sage‐grouse demographics prior to construction of a wind energy facility, we estimated apparent net nest productivity and survival rate of chicks associated with radio‐equipped female sage‐grouse in Carbon County, Wyoming, USA. We estimated apparent net nest productivity using a weighted mean of the average brood size and used a modified logistic‐exposure method to estimate daily chick survival over a 70‐day time period. Apparent nest productivity was 2.79 chicks per female (95% CI: 1.46–4.12) in 2011, 2.00 chicks per female (95% CI: 1.00–3.00) in 2012, and 1.54 chick per female (95% CI: 0.62–2.46) in 2013. Chick survival to 70 days post‐hatch was 19.10% (95% CI: 6.22–37.42%) in 2011, 4.20% (95% CI: 0.84–12.31%) in 2012, and 16.05% (95% CI: 7.67–27.22%) in 2013. These estimates were low, yet within the range of other published survival rates. Chick survival was primarily associated with year and chick age, with minor effects of average temperature between surveys and hatch date. The variability in chick survival rates across years of our study suggests annual weather patterns may have large impacts on chick survival. Thus, management actions that increase the availability of food and cover for chicks may be necessary, especially during years with drought and above‐average spring temperatures.
Coyote diets in a longleaf pine ecosystem
Authors: Cherry Michael J. , Turner Kelsey L. , Howze M. Brent , Cohen Bradley S. , Conner L. Mike , Warren Robert J.
Published: March 2016

The ecological implications of coyote Canis latrans colonization of the eastern USA have drawn considerable interest from land managers and the general public. The ability to predict how these ecosystems, which have lacked larger predators for decades, would respond to the invasion of this highly adaptable species needs an understanding of coyote foraging behavior given local resource availability. Therefore, we examined the diet of coyotes in a longleaf pine Pinus palustrus ecosystem from 2007–2012. We examined 673 coyote scats collected on the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center in southwestern Georgia. We observed considerable seasonality in coyote use of rodents, white‐tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus, rabbits and vegetation. Coyotes exploited anthropogenic food sources, particularly waste peanuts Arachis hypogaea, during the fall and winter when native soft mast was not available. Adult white‐tailed deer were consumed during every month and was not limited to the pulse of carrion availability from hunter‐harvested animals, suggesting the use of adult white‐tailed deer may not be restricted to scavenging in this system. We found mesomammals, including armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus, raccoons Procyon lotor, Virginia opossums Didelphis viginiana, bobcats Lynx rufus, grey foxes Urocyon cineroargenteus and striped skunks Mephitis mephitis in approximately 18% of coyote scats from January–August. On our site, and some adjacent properties, the use of predator trapping focused primarily on Virginia opossum, raccoon, coyote, bobcat and gray fox, to increase northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus production may have resulted in increased use of mesomammals through scavenging. We offer evidence that coyote colonization may alter food web dynamics in longleaf pine ecosystems through depredation of white‐tailed deer and by influencing the mesomammal guild through direct predation and competition for rodents, rabbits, carrion and soft mast.
Intraoperative middle cerebral artery pressure measurements during superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass procedures in patients with cerebral atherosclerotic disease
Authors: Matano Fumihiro , Murai Yasuo , Tanikawa Rokuya , Kamiyama Hiroyasu , Tateyama Kojiro , Tamaki Tomonori , Mizunari Takayuki , Mizumura Sunao , Kobayashi Shiro , Teramoto Akira , Morita Akio
Published: March 2016

OBJECTIVE

No previous study has monitored middle cerebral artery (MCA) pressure during the superficial temporal artery (STA)-MCA bypass procedure for cerebral atherosclerotic disease. In this paper, the authors describe their method of monitoring MCA pressure and report their initial data on intraoperative MCA pressure and its relationship with hemodynamics prior to and after the bypass procedures.

METHODS

The results from a total of 39 revascularization procedures performed between 2004 and 2014 were analyzed. The patient group included 27 men and 12 women, and their mean age at surgery was 67.6 years (range 39–83 years). The authors investigated the MCA pressure via the STA during STA-MCA bypass procedures. After one branch of the STA was anastomosed to the MCA, the other branch was connected to an arterial line, and a clip was placed temporally on the main STA trunk to monitor the pre-anastomosis MCA pressure. Simultaneously, the radial artery (RA) pressure was determined before removing the temporal clip to measure the post-anastomosis MCA pressure. The relationship between MCA pressures and single photon emission computed tomography findings and the risk factors for hyperperfusion after STA-MCA bypass were analyzed.

RESULTS

The MCA/RA (%) pressure was significantly correlated with that of the resting stenotic/normal side cerebral blood flow (CBF) ratio (%) in the linear regression analysis (slope 1.200, r2 = 0.3564, F = 20.49, p < 0.0001). The intraoperative MCA pressure was 39.3% of RA pressure in patients with Powers' Stage 2 cerebral atherosclerotic disease. After 1 branch of the STA was anastomosed, the intraoperative MCA pressure increased to 75.3% of the RA pressure. The rate of increase in pressure was significantly correlated with the increase in the STA diameter in the linear regression analysis (slope 2.59, r2 = 0.205, F = 9.549, p = 0.0038). Hyperperfusion occurred in 2 cases. When mean values for these 2 patients were compared with those for the 37 patients without hyperperfusion, significant differences were found in the stenotic/normal side CBF ratio (p = 0.0001), pre-anastomosis MCA pressure (p = 0.02), rate of increase in pressure (p = 0.02), pre-anastomotic MCA/RA pressure ratio (p = 0.01), vascular reserve (p = 0.0489), and STA diameter (p = 0.0002).

CONCLUSIONS

The measurement of intraoperative MCA pressure may be a useful technique to assess cerebral perfusion and for predicting the risk of hyperperfusion. Monitoring MCA pressure is recommended during STA-MCA bypass procedures for atherosclerotic disease.