bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Validation of a Short Form for Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology
Authors: Slesinger Noël C. , Yost Kathleen J. , Choi Seung W. , Hahn Elizabeth A.
Published: October 2020

Background:

Health literacy is an area of growing research and clinical interest, necessitating short, accurate measures of this complex construct. Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology (Health LiTT) measures prose, document, and quantitative literacy by self-administration on a touchscreen computer.

Objective:

The objective of this study was to assess the validity of a short form of Health LiTT and to identify a meaningful cutoff score for adequate health literacy.

Methods:

A subsample of 137 participants from the Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults study completed a 10-item Health LiTT short form and three interviewer-administered health literacy measures: Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA), Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), and Newest Vital Sign (NVS). Convergent validity was assessed by correlating scores for all measures, and known-groups validity was assessed by comparing mean Health LITT scores across TOFHLA levels (inadequate, marginal, adequate). Internal consistency reliability was estimated with Cronbach's alpha. A cutoff score for adequate health literacy was established using the TOFHLA cutoff for adequate versus inadequate/marginal health literacy.

Key Results:

Spearman correlations between Health LiTT scores and total TOFHLA, REALM, and NVS scores were 0.65, 0.69, and 0.56, respectively (all
p
< .001). Mean Health LiTT scores were significantly and meaningfully different across inadequate (40.4), marginal (50.1), and adequate (57.1) TOFHLA categories (F = 60.6;
p
< .001). Cronbach's alpha for the Health LiTT short form was .73. A cutoff score of 55 on Health LiTT showed acceptable sensitivity and specificity to identify adequate health literacy.

Conclusions:

This 10-item Health LiTT short form demonstrated excellent convergent and known-groups validity and acceptable internal consistency reliability in older adults. The established cutoff also showed excellent sensitivity and specificity. Validation of other custom Health LiTT short forms with varying items from the bank and computer adaptive test-generated Health LiTT scores is ongoing.

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HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice
. 2020;4(4):e200–e207.]

Plain Language Summary:

This article provides evidence of the need for and psychometric properties of a valid and reliable short form of the flexible, technologically advanced Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology measure, as well as a cutoff score to note adequate versus marginal/inadequate health literacy.
Hadamard well-posedness for a structure acoustic model with a supercritical source and damping terms
Authors: Becklin Andrew R. , Rammaha Mohammad A.
Published: October 2020

This article is concerned with Hadamard's well posedness of a structural acoustic model consisting of a semilinear wave equation defined on a smooth bounded domain \begin{document}$ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3 $\end{document} which is strongly coupled with a Berger plate equation acting only on a flat part of the boundary of \begin{document}$ \Omega $\end{document}. The system is influenced by several competing forces. In particular, the source term acting on the wave equation is allowed to have a supercritical exponent, in the sense that its associated Nemytskii operators is not locally Lipschitz from \begin{document}$ H^1_{\Gamma_0}(\Omega) $\end{document} into \begin{document}$ L^2(\Omega) $\end{document}. By employing nonlinear semigroups and the theory of monotone operators, we obtain several results on the existence of local and global weak solutions. Moreover, we prove that such solutions depend continuously on the initial data, and uniqueness is obtained in two different scenarios.
Funkcije prefîksa w(e)- w poljskih glagolskih tvorjenkah
Authors: Wtorkowska Maria
Published: October 2020

V članku je prikazana funkcija prefiksa w(e)- v poljskih glagolskih tvorjenkah. V ta namen je bila izvedena semantično-besedotvorno-sintaktična analiza poljskih glagolov s predpono w(e)-. Treba je bilo določiti ozke pomene, ki natančno precizirajo pomen izpeljank, kajti nekateri glagoli izkazujejo svoj pomen šele v sobesedilu, npr. wejsé do pokoju, toda wejsé w bloto, ali wejsé na dach. Predstavljeni so tudi načini tvorbe teh glagolov, njihova skladenjska vezljivost ter pomeni, ki jih vnaša prefiks. Prikazani so formalno-semantični odnosi med motiviranimi glagoli in njihovimi motiviraj očimi podstavami. V analizi je bilo upoštevano: 1. ločevanje semantičnih skupin glede na pomen glagola s prefiksom w(e)- ter prikaz vzorčnega glagola, ki predstavlja dano pomensko skupino; 2. opredelitev procesa derivacije, po kateri so bile tvorjene glagolske tvorjenke; predpona w(e)- kot prefiksalni formant, del razdeljenega formanta oziroma sestavina besednozvezne besedotvorne podstave; 3. prikaz konotacije glagolov s prefiksom w(e)- ter prikaz odvisnosti med besedotvorno zgradbo izpeljank in tipom njegovih Maria Wtorkowska: Funkcje prefiksu w(e)- w polskich formacjah czasownikowych skladenjskih vezi (drugače: z njegovo skladenjsko vezljivostjo ali valenco); 4. predstavitev tipa glagolov s prefiksom w(e)-, npr. pogovorni, splošni, redki, čustveno » zaznamovani glagoli. Semantična analiza poljskih prefiksalnih glagolov je bila ^ izvedena s splošno rabljeno metodo transformacije, npr. wdeptac
Struktura besednodružinskega slovarja slovenskega jezika za črko B
Authors: Stramljič Breznik Irena
Published: October 2020

Besednodružinski slovar slovenskega jezika prinaša sintezo teoretičnih spoznanj slovenske besedotvorne teorije, ki je aplicirana v slovarskem delu, Strukturiran em po načelu besednih družin. Poleg slovaropisnih poskusov v prvi polovici 19. stoletja (U. Jarnik 1832; A. Murko 1833) je to prva tovrstna slovarska realizacija za sodobno slovensko besedje, ki domače slovaropisje aktualno približuje podobnim slovarskim uresničitvam v ruščini, nemščini in bolgarščini. Slovar ponuja tudi oceno o relevantnosti zbranega besedja tako, da vključuje podatke o pojavitvah v obeh slovenskih besedilnih korpusih (Fida, Nova beseda), ki vsak s svojega zornega kota osvetljujeta živostin rabo tvorjenk, zato je primer dela, kjer so rezultati dobljeni na podlagi sinergije več dejavnikov.
K izvoru in pomenu krajevnih imen Prvačina in Prebačevo
Authors: Torkar Silvo
Published: October 2020

V prispevku je na podlagi historičnih zapisov in primerjalnega slovanskega historičnega antroponimičnega gradiva s pomočjo besedotvorne metode predlagana nova razlaga krajevnega imena Prvačina, ki je v neposredni zvezi z antroponimi *Pribač, Pribina, Pribiša, Pribac in s krajevnim imenom Prebačevo.
Merilo jezikovne naravnosti kot eno od možnih meril za izbiranje slovarskega ponazarjalnega gradiva iz korpusov? o knjigi Janeza Orešnika "Naturaless! in (morpho)syntax: English examples
Authors: Žele Andreja
Published: October 2020

Prispevek predstavlja in komentira monografijo Janeza Orešnika Naturaless in (morfo)syntax english examples (Jezikovna naravnost v (obliko)sklaUnji, angleški zgledi) predvsem z vidika možnosti uporabe teorije jezikovne naravnosti v slovenščini.
Valerij Mokienko, Alfréd Wurm, Česko-ruský frazeologický slovník (Olomouc 2002)
Authors: Keber Janez
Published: October 2020

V prispevku je predstavljen primerjalni češko-ruski frazeološki slovar avtorjev Valerija Mokienka (ruski del) in Alfreda Wurma (češki del). Slovar ima okrog 9000 abecedno urejenih čeških frazeoloških enot in obsega 659 strani. Zasnoval ga je Alfred Wurm v 50. letih 20. stoletja.
Instrumentalno-slušna analiza pogostnosti in trajanja glasov na primeru štajerskega zabukovškega govora
Authors: Zemljak Jontes Melita
Published: October 2020

V prispevku je predstavljen nov način raziskovanja narečnega govornega gradiva. Uporabljena računalniška orodja ter izsledki instrumentalne fonetike so omogočili razvoj instrumentalno-slušne metode analiziranja spontanega slovenskega narečnega glasov ja in prozodije s stališča pogostnosti in trajanja glasov. Dobljeni izsledki klasične slušne analize štajerskega krajevnega govora Zabukovje nad Sevnico so primerjani z izsledki instrumentalne (digitalne) analize narečnega gradiva, pa tudi z osnovnimi izsledki za slovenski knjižni jezik in za eno od koroških slovenskih narečij.
Začetniki oziroma sredstva za vzpostavljanje in ohranjanje stika v komunikaciji
Authors: Krajnc Ivič Mira
Published: October 2020

V govorjenih besedilih najdemo številna sredstva za vzpostavljanje in ohranjanje stika, kijih imenujemo začetniki. To so eksplicitne zaznambe za začetek dvogovora, nove teme ali dvogovorne replike (sekvence), torej so signali za začetek sporočanja, s katerimi tvorec opozori nase, vzpostavi stik z naslovnikom ter usmeri naslovnikovo pozornost na začetek komuniciranja ali dvogovorne replike, kar pomeni, da opravljajo fatično in konativno funkcijo. Glede na ostale funkcije, ki jih opravljajo, delimo začetnike na prave, napovedovalne, navezovalne, zvezne, izvajalniške in začetnike mašila. Njihova uporaba izjavi praviloma spremeni ilokucijsko moč.
Skrivnosti telesa in skrivnosti jezika pri Slovanih
Authors: Dmitrievič Duličenko Aleksandr
Published: October 2020

Avtor se v svoji razpravi v enajstih poglavjih loteva tesne povezanosti telesa z jezikom, hi se udejanja z govorom prek možganov in govornih organov, ter poimenovanj nekaterih delov telesa v slovanskih jezikih. S tega širšega aspekta, ki vključuje tudi poglavji o tabuju v jezikoslovju in o slovanski leksikografiji obscenega besedja, preide na obravnavo "najmočnejše besede" v slovanskih jezikih, tj. poimenovanj za membrum virile, tj. moški spolni organ. Pri tem usmerja svoj poznavalski pogled v sodobno "falologično " lingvistiko in leksikografijo, ugotavlja, daje najmočnejša beseda vir brezmejne metaforizacije, odkriva samostalniški in glagolski pristop k njenim poimenovanjem in funkcioniranju, navaja (tudi tabelarno) njene parametre in funkcionalno polje ter se na koncu sprašuje, ali je ta beseda objekt "falologije ".
Reaktualizacija besedilnih vzorcev v radijskih oglasih
Authors: Stramljič Breznik Irena
Published: October 2020

Prispevek obravnava tip radijskih oglasov, v katerih je mogoče opaziti prvine medbesedilnosti, ki jo lahko razložimo kot vzajemno povezanost in odvisnost najmanj dveh besedil ali njihovih delov. Predstavljeni radijski oglasi so strukturirani kot posnetki ali imitacije znanih besedil tako, da so iz referenčnih tekstov aktualizirana le ključna mesta, ki konkretizirajo oglaševani predmet ali storitev.
Zgodovinsko-etimološki slovar ruske latovščine
Authors: Rojs Jurij
Published: October 2020

V slovarju je predstavljena ruska latovščina (argo), to je besedje in besedne zveze prestopnikov različnih kategorij kriminalnega podzemlja (morilcev, tatov, prostitutk idr.) od 11. do 20. stoletja, kar vse je zbrano iz leposlovja in živega jezika. Najpogostejši argoizmi imajo pripisano etimologijo, navedeni pa so tudi načini in okoliščine tvorjenja novih besed in besednih zvez.
Lower Carniolan u < o in the Ljubljana dialect: Confirmation of Rigler’s theory
Authors: Müller Jakob
Published: October 2020

Jurij Japelj provided data that clearly shows that the eighteenth-century Ljubljana dialect used the reflex u: for circumflexed o: and neoacute-stressed o with early lengthening, which agrees with Jakob Rigler’s theory of the historical basis of standard Slovenian phonology.
Predoslje and Prelosno (forty-five years later)
Authors: Torkar Silvo
Published: October 2020

France Bezlaj explained the Slovenian geographical names Predoslje and Prelosno as derived from the lexeme *prěrǫslo, which he treated as the forgotten common noun *rǫslo with presumably the same root as in Rus. ruslo ‘riverbed, stream.’ This article suggests that the names developed from the geographical common noun *prěraslь, derived from the verb prerasti ‘to overgrow.’
Med evropeizacijo in nacionalizacijo
Authors: Gliha Komac Nataša , Kenda-Jež Karmen
Published: October 2020

Slovanski jeziki: iz preteklosti v prihodnost, ur. Vojko Gorjanc, Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, 2012, 151 str.
Feminine designations in Slovenian
Authors: Ščuka Nuša
Published: October 2020

The article presents a history of language and gender, focusing on linguistic sexism. The article then presents the most important features of language and gender in Slovenian, and feminine designation is discussed in greater detail. This is followed by a brief presentation of an analysis of masculine and feminine designations based on the Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika (Standard Slovenian Dictionary).
Terminological principles and morphosyntactic terminological variations
Authors: Trebar Blaž
Published: October 2020

The article deals with terminological principles and terminological variability, with an emphasis on morphosyntactic terminological variations. Examples of such variations were empirically observed in a specialized corpus of texts on computer and information sciences. Based on the examples retrieved, the article presents a typology for describing morphosyntactic terminological variations in Slovenian. It also highlights the logical and conceptual relations established through such terminological variations.
Leksikografska obravnava prvega slovenskega pravopisa (Fran Leveč, 1899) Ob stoletnici izida
Authors: Bokal Ljudmila
Published: October 2020

Članek izhaja iz splošnega razvoja slovenskega jezika v 19. stoletju. Nato se osredotoča na obravnavo besedja v prvem slovenskem pravopisu (Leveč, 1899), pri čemer razpoznava posamezne leksikografske zakonitosti in jih razčleni na konkretnih primerih.
Tipologija poved(kov)ne rabe v Slovarju slovenskega knjižnega jezika
Authors: Žele Andreja
Published: October 2020

Prispevek je kritični pregled uporabe kvalifikatorskih pojasnil v povedni rabi in v povedno-prislovni rabi v SSKJ. Na podlagi vseh zbranih slovarskih zgledov tipizira uporabo teh dveh pojasnil in hkrati namesto njiju predlaga natančnejša in zato ustreznejša slovnična pojasnila: povedk(ovnik) za prvotne/prave po vedko vnike in oznaki kotpo vedko vnik ali vpo vedko vniškirabi za drugotne/konverznepovedkovnike. Tipizacija poved(kov)ne rabe je praktično uporabna pri nadaljnjem posodabljanju SSKJ oz. pri izdelavi enozvezkovnika slovenskega knjižnega jezika.
Raziskovanje slovenske frazeologije - sedanje stanje in zasnova frazeološkega slovarja
Authors: Keber Janez
Published: October 2020

V prvem delu prispevka podaja avtor pregled sedanjega stanja frazeoloških raziskovanj v Sloveniji, v drugem pa nakaže kratko zasnovo za frazeološki slovar slovenskega jezika, kije v srednjeročnih načrtih Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU.
Slovenska poimenovanja za svetopisemskega tetrarha
Authors: Müller Jakob
Published: October 2020

Na ozadju razlik med jezikovnimi načeli Trubarja 1555 in Vergerij a 1555 obravnava članek v prvem delu prevedke grškega rsrpaâpxriç v Mt 14,1, Lk 3.19; 9,7, Apd 13,1 ter Tsrpaapxéco v Lk 3,1, kar vse Vulgata prevaja s tetrarcha, v 33 slovenskih prevodih med letoma 1555 in 1997in jih primerja s 30 modernimi prevodi 16 evropskih jezikov, v drugem delu pa je prikazana besedilna in slovarska zgodovina 15 izrazno različnih slovenskih prevedkov.
Slovenski misijonar Friderik Baraga - tudi jezikoslovec (Ob ponatisu slovarja Friderika Barage: A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language, St. Paul, 1992, ponatis)
Authors: Gložančev Alenka
Published: October 2020

Kratek oris dela znanega slovenskega misijonarja iz srede 19. stoletja Friderika Barage zajema - ob ponatisu njegovega slovarja A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language (St. Paul, 1992) - zlasti njegovo jezikoslovno dejavnost, ki se kaže na jezikovnokulturni in slovaropisni ravni.
Slovenski pravopisni priročnik z vidika norme in predpisa
Authors: Dobrovoljc Helena
Published: October 2020

Prispevek obravnava lastnosti knjižnega zbornega pisanega jezika oz. njegove norme ter pravopisne norme, ki z normo knjižnega jezika ni povsem identična; predstavljene so posamezne lastnosti pravopisne norme in predpisa. Razmerje te norme do žive rabe in končne stopnje procesa normiranja - predpisa - mora biti razvidno iz normativnega pravopisnega priročnika. Ta naj bi pozitivno ustrezal osnovnim lastnostim pravopisnega predpisa, hkrati pa pomagal k ustaljevanju in poenotenju pravopisne norme.
Malina in robidnica v Slovenskem lingvističnem atlasu
Authors: Škofic Jožica
Published: October 2020

V prispevku so predstavljena poimenovanja za malino (SLA 415 A) in robidnico (SLA 415 B) v govorih, zajetih v mrežo Slovenskega lingvističnega atlasa (SLA). Leksemi so etimološko in besedotvorno razčlenjeni, poimenovanje za robidnico pa je primerjano s poimenovanji v sorodnih - slovanskih in sosednjih - neslovan-skih jezikih, zajetih v ALE (Evropski lingvistični atlas). Leksemi so predstavljeni tudi z metodo lingvistične geografije - karti predstavljata razširjenost posameznih poimenovanj obeh rastlin oz. njunih plodov v slovenskih narečjih.
Majda Merše, France Novak, Francka Premk, Slovar jezika slovenskih protestantskih piscev 16. stoletja, Poskusni snopič (Ljubljana 2001)
Authors: Weiss Peter
Published: October 2020

V sekciji za zgodovino slovenskega jezika Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU je izšel poskusni snopič Slovarja jezika slovenskih protestantskih piscev 16. stoletja, ki sta ga napisala Majda Merše in France Novak s sodelovanjem Francke Premk. Poskusni snopič poleg obsežnega uvoda vsebuje vrsto gesel z občnimi besedami in je dobra osnova za pregled slovaropisnih načel v nadvse potrebnem načrtovanem slovarju, zato so v oceni lahko izčrpno pretehtane rešitve v njem.
Friderik Baraga, A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language (Detroit, 1850
Authors: Gložančev Alenka
Published: October 2020

V poročilu o angleško pisani slovnici Friderika Barage A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language (Detroit, 1850) je predstavljeno eno najvidnejših del t. i. misijonske ling-vistike. Kljub temu da ga je kot pionirsko delo s tega jezikoslovnega področja opravil prav slovenski misijonar, doslej v slovenskem prostoru še ni bilo predstavljeno. Z osnovno strukturo slovnice so v sestavku prikazane značilnosti očipvejščine kot manj znanega neindoe-vropskega jezika ter Baragov konceptualni pristop. Slovnica je bila namreč po njegovem mnenju nujna predhodna stopnja za že snujoči slovar očipvejskega jezika, ki mu je nekaj let kasneje dal naslov A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language (prim, predstavitev tega slovarja v Jezikoslovnih zapiskih 6).
Kosta Peev, Rečnik na makedonskite govori vo jugoistočniot egejski del 1, 2 (A-K)
Authors: Weiss Peter
Published: October 2020

Makedonska dialektologija je s slovarjem makedonskih govorov v jugovzhodnem, egejskem delu Kosta Peeva dala slovanskemu jezikoslovju dragoceno delo, ki si zasluži tudi slovaropiščev pogled.
Jakob Rigler, Zbrani spisi I, Jezikovnozgodovinske in dialektološke razprave (Ljubljana 2001)
Authors: Žuljan Kumar Danila
Published: October 2020

Prispevek je ocena knjige zbranih jezikovnozgodovinskih in dialektoloških razprav Jakoba Riglerja. V počastitev 70-letni-ce njegovega rojstva (1929-1985) jo je pripravila Dialektološka sekcija Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša v Ljubljani.
Phosphorus supplementation does not affect the intake, digestibility, and meat quality of Nellore young bulls fed with high-grain diets
Authors: Lima Laís de Oliveira , Souza Vinícius Carneiro de , Messana Juliana Duarte , Castagnino Pablo de Souza , Lima Ana Rebeca Castro , Berchielli Telma Teresinha
Published: October 2020

This study evaluated the effect of phosphorus (P) supplementation on the intake, digestibility, and quality of aged meat from Nellore young bulls fed on high-grain diets finished in feedlot. Forty young bulls (30 months old) with an initial body weight (IBW) of 296 ± 25 kg were used. It was distributed in a completely randomized experimental design. The treatments were: without P supplementation (CO), commercial mineral supplement (CM), and supplementation with dicalcium phosphate (DP) with 2.4, 4.2, or 5.0 g of P per kg of dry matter (DM), respectively. Diets were composed of sugarcane bagasse (200 g kg-1) plus concentrate (800 g kg-1) on a dry matter (DM) basis. The meat quality parameters analyzed were pH, color, cooking losses, shear force, and water-holding capacity. P supplementation did not affect the intake and digestibility of nutrients There was no interaction (p > 0.05%) between diets and the aging time for the meat quality parameters. However, bulls fed with DP exhibited lower pH (5.98) compared to CO and CM (6.19 and 6.14, respectively). The longer aging time increased the cooking losses and intensity of yellow (b*). Under Brazilian conditions, feedlot Nellore cattle fed with high-grain diets do not require additional mineral supplements.
Musas fitness na cibercultura: pedagogias de corpos perfeitos no Instagram
Authors: Souza Joana Dourado França de , Couto Edvaldo Souza
Published: October 2020

O artigo apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa que teve o objetivo de analisar perfis de musas fitness no Instagram, aplicativo de rede social para compartilhamento de fotos e vídeos. O principal argumento desenvolvido é que essas musas se valem de pedagogias de corpos perfeitos enquanto estratégia de visibilidade. O campo teórico foi definido a partir de estudos das pedagogias culturais e da cibercultura, especialmente, os conceitos de visibilidade, espetacularização do eu e hiperconsumo, em torno da cultura da mobilidade na qual corpos perfeitos são exibidos e consumidos ininterruptamente em telas de dispositivos tecnológicos como mercadorias midiáticas. O método utilizado foi o da pesquisa qualitativa, de cunho descritivo e analítico. A investigação conclui que as musas fitness utilizam o aplicativo Instagram para espetacularizar suas rotinas de alimentação e de exercícios físicos e para promover, entre os seus seguidores, seus estilos de vida através de pedagogias de corpos saudáveis e perfeitos.
Reglus: uma proposta de prática pedagógica na cibercultura
Authors: Almeida Wallace Carriço de , Santos Edméa Oliveira dos
Published: October 2020

O presente artigo é um recorte da tese de doutoramento, ainda em andamento denominada: ‘Fact-checking education: identificação, produção e combate de narrativas nas redes’, que pretende compreender o contexto da emergência das fake news e suas repercussões na sociedade, e na educação para desenvolver metodologias de pesquisa-formação em tempos de pós-verdade (Santaella, 2018). Apresentamos aqui uma discussão sobre a temática das fake news a partir de um repertório teórico-metodológico de pesquisa-formação na cibercultura e apresentamos o dispositivo de pesquisa Reglus como uma proposta de prática pedagógica na cibercultura. O campo da pesquisa é o cotidiano da disciplina de ‘Informática na Educação’ do curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia a distância pela UERJ/CEDERJ/UAB e essa opção se dá pela perspectiva de investigar como essa guerra de narrativas vem modificando as formas de atuação e formação docente e manifesta-se dos estudos dos fenômenos que emergem da cibercultura e suas apropriações pelos praticantes culturais, bem como a proposição de um diálogo entre a formação docente e as novas formas de socialização e aprendizagem contemporâneas.
“É tanto aplicativo que eu não sei mais não”: práticas culturais de estudantes de Pedagogia intermediadas por dispositivos digitais
Authors: Valdemarin Vera Teresa , Monteiro Eduarda Escila Ferreira Lopes
Published: October 2020

Neste artigo são apresentados e discutidos dados referentes a um dos eixos de investigação do projeto de pesquisa ‘Práticas Culturais e Formação de Professores’, qual seja, aquele destinado a mapear as práticas culturais intermediadas por dispositivos digitais de estudantes de dois cursos de Pedagogia na modalidade presencial, oferecidos por instituição pública e instituição privada, em uma cidade localizada no interior do estado de São Paulo. Entre os procedimentos metodológicos estão a pesquisa bibliográfica e conceitual e produção de dados quantitativos. A pesquisa, de natureza exploratória, coletou dados socioeconômicos do questionário do Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes (ENADE) e, por meio de instrumento elaborado para tal fim, coletou informações sobre o uso de dispositivos móveis em sala de aula, o uso das redes sociais, a relação da tecnologia com o lazer, com o consumo e com os estudos, entre outras. Na análise dos dados foram apontados elementos do processo de incorporação cultural e da construção de significados que, em geral, ocorrem em instituições formadoras. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos, além de descrever elementos constitutivos do repertório cultural de estudantes de Pedagogia, possam contribuir com informações relevantes para a reflexão sobre questões curriculares ou concernentes à profissionalização docente e, consequentemente, com a melhoria da qualidade da educação fundamental. Espera-se também que, nestes tempos de crise, que elevaram a tecnologia ao principal meio de comunicação entre pessoas, os dados possam oferecer parâmetros para avaliar sua eficácia e sedimentação como prática cultural.
História da Educação e Covid-19:
Authors: Honorato Tony , Nery Ana Clara Bortoleto
Published: October 2020

Que potenciais conhecimentos ou dispositivos decorrem da pesquisa em História da Educação para adensar compreensões e dimensionar os impactos da Pandemia COVID-19 na Educação Escolar? Esta pergunta foi respondida por reconhecidos pesquisadores do campo de História da Educação: Agustín Escolano Benito (Espanha); Alicia Civera (México); Andrea Bennett-Kinne (Estados Unidos); António Nóvoa (Portugal); Antonio Romano (Uruguaio); Carlota Boto (Brasil); Cynthia Greive Veiga (Brasil); Diana Gonçalves Vidal (Brasil); Gizele de Souza (Brasil); Grace Oluremilekun Akanbi (Nigéria); Heloísa Helena Pimenta Rocha (Brasil); Justino Magalhães (Portugal); Kate Rousmaniere (Estados Unidos); Linda Chisholm (África do Sul); Marc Depaepe (Bélgica); Marcus Aurélio Taborda de Oliveira (Brasil); Maria Teresa Santos Cunha (Brasil); Myriam Southwell (Argentina). As respostas na íntegra são apresentadas neste texto de entrevistas e estão distribuídas em cinco eixos: 1) Suspensão, declínio do modelo escolar; 2) Territorialidade e direito à educação: África do Sul, Argentina, Brasil, EUA e Nigéria; 3) Lugares-espaços, tempos e materiais de culturas escolares; 4) Saúde e sensibilidades divergentes na educação; 5) Desescolarização, velhas inovações e tempo presente entre imposições e resistências.
Redes Educativas e os desafios atuais da Cibercultura
Authors: Porto Cristiane , Santos Edméa , Chagas Alexandre
Published: October 2020

Editorial referente aos artigos da Chamada temática: "Redes Educativas e os desafios atuais da Cibercultura"
Editorial
Authors: Vicentini Max Rogério , Sita Patrícia Coradim , Silveira Rafael da Silva da
Published: October 2020

Editorial volume 41, numero 3 de 2019.
A Coxian Critical Reflexive Lens as a Methodological Tool for Analysis in Liberal Peacebuilding Research in Sri Lanka
Authors: Jirasinghe Ramya Chamalie
Published: October 2020

There is an ongoing debate between the neo-positivist researchers who insist that IR research should follow positivist methodologies and the post-positivist researchers in subfields such as feminist and critical studies in IR who insist that the very selection of a methodology is a positioning of power and a validation of a truth through the knowledge the methodology enables. The selection of methodology, the process used to create knowledge, is therefore a decision to position a particular body of knowledge over another. The selection of a particular method over another is an act of enabling a body of knowledge, a truth, and therefore an act of power that can disrupt an entrenched order or destabilize it. This paper explores Coxian critical analysis in IR research and discusses the use of Coxian analysis in exploring the Sri Lankan conflict in a setting of liberal peacebuilding critique. The paper concludes that a critical methodology such as Coxian analysis enables a researcher to question the epistemological and ontological assumptions that have been prevalent in analyzing the Sri Lankan conflict.
Socio-Cultural Aspects of Solid Waste Crisis in Sri Lanka
Authors: Mahees M.T.M.
Published: October 2020

The contemporary societies are facing various environmental issues and challenges due to massive development projects, changing consumption pattern and environmentally harmful attitude. The present human culture continues to dominate and conquer all aspects of nature in an alarming manner. As a result, the so called modern or postmodern man has to experience the extreme climate change, natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, human-wild life conflicts, waste crisis and environmental poverty. The waste crisis (generation, health risk, management and its politics) is one of the leading and threatening socio-environmental problem to Sri Lanka. It is important to understand the hidden and subjective cause of solid waste crisis of Sri Lanka through sociological analysis of socio-cultural factors. The main objective of this paper is to analysis the social and cultural aspects of solid waste generation and disposal in Sri Lanka. The paper is based on the study carried out in four DS divisions of Kandy District and existing secondary data and related literature. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected from shop-owners (n=150) and households (n=200) through 350 questionnaire survey and 30 in-depth interviews. This paper has focused more on the qualitative aspects of solid waste crisis of Sri Lankan by exploring the underlining socio-cultural causes of the crisis. The symbolic consumption pattern and its impact on rapid waste generation, higher degree of food waste and development of throwaway society, the cultural notion of dirt and its link with solid waste issue, social class and waste management, socio-ethnic belief and practices and gender aspects of waste generation and disposal are the key sociological factors that found be determining the solid waste crisis of Sri Lanka.
Effect of Financial Liberalization on Savings and Investment in Nigeria
Authors: Ahmad Danjuma , Premaratna S.P.
Published: October 2020

In Nigeria, measures were taking by government between the period 1986 to 2005 to liberalise the financial sector as part of the overall structural adjustment programme (SAP) with the aim to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The financial reform assumes that deregulating the financial market will eliminate the distortion and fragmentation of the financial market. It will also improve the mobilisation of savings as well as efficiency in allocation of funds to viable investment projects in the economy. This in turn will help in accelerating economic growth. Literature in the area posits that liberalising interest rate and deepening of the financial market is growth enhancing. This hypothesis is tested by identifying two basics channel through which financial liberalisation is operational - savings and investment, and allocative efficiency. The analysis was carried out using macro data from Nigeria by employing Two-Stage-Least Square (2SLS) instrumental variable technique to analyse the data. Major findings pointed out that interest rate as determinant of savings is not statistically significant, and rising interest rate negatively affect investment growth. Secondly, investment follows the standard accelerator theory. Furthermore, growth in the stock of money is positively related with investment but statistically insignificant. Lastly, there is a considerable deepening in the banking sector, however, the capital market does not positively impact on the allocation of credit in the economy. Perhaps investment in the market is more of speculation that crowd out investment in the real sector thereby retrogressing the economic growth. The study recommends that government intervention is necessary for rapid and sustainable economic growth in the country especially policies like income policies and interest rate regulations as well as policies that smoothen consumption in the economy. Also, policy makers should focus on stabilising the economy to reduce the macroeconomic uncertainties especially exchange rate and inflation volatility, that impede the growth of private investment.
Transcriptomic Profiling of Human Effector and Regulatory T Cell Subsets Identifies Predictive Population Signatures
Authors: Höllbacher Barbara , Duhen Thomas , Motley Samantha , Klicznik Maria M , Gratz Iris K , Campbell Daniel J
Published: October 2020

After activation, CD4+ Th cells differentiate into functionally specialized populations that coordinate distinct immune responses and protect against different types of pathogens. In humans, these effector and memory Th cell subsets can be readily identified in peripheral blood based on their differential expression of chemokine receptors that govern their homeostatic and inflammatory trafficking. Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells can also be divided into subsets that phenotypically mirror each of these effector populations and share expression of key transcription factors and effector cytokines. In this study, we performed comprehensive transcriptional profiling of 11 phenotypically distinct Th and Treg cell subsets sorted from peripheral blood of healthy individuals. Despite their shared phenotypes, we found that mirror Th and Treg subsets were transcriptionally dissimilar and that Treg cell populations showed limited transcriptional diversity compared with Th cells. We identified core transcriptional signatures shared across all Th and Treg cell populations and unique signatures that define each of the Th or Treg populations. Finally, we applied these signatures to bulk Th and Treg RNA-sequencing data and found enrichment of specific Th and Treg cell populations in different human tissues. These results further define the molecular basis for the functional specialization and differentiation of Th and Treg cell populations and provide a new resource for examining Th and Treg specialization in RNA-sequencing data.
A Chimeric Antigen Receptor That Binds to a Conserved Site on MICA
Authors: Cook W James , Choi Yoonjoo , Gacerez Albert , Bailey-Kellogg Chris , Sentman Charles L
Published: October 2020

The NKG2D ligand MHC class I chain–related protein A (MICA) is expressed on many varieties of malignant cells but is absent from most normal tissues, and thus represents a potential target for chimeric Ag receptor (CAR) T cell–based therapeutics. However, there are more than 100 alleles of MICA, so the ability to target a conserved site is needed for a therapy to be used in most patients. In this study, we describe a fully human anti-MICA CAR created by fusing the single-chain fragment variable B2 to the full length DAP10 protein and the traditional CD3ζ signaling domain. Human T cells expressing the B2 CAR killed MICA-positive tumor cells, produced IFN-γ when in contact with MICA-positive tumor cells or plate-bound MICA protein, and inhibited PANC-1 growth in a mouse xenograft model. To localize B2’s epitope on MICA, we used novel computational methods to model potential binding modes and to design mutational variants of MICA testing these hypotheses. Flow cytometry using a commercial anti-MICA/MICB Ab indicated that the variant proteins were expressed at high levels on transduced P815 cell lines. One variant protein (R38S/K40T/K57E) showed reduced staining with a B2-IgG1 fusion protein compared with controls and did not induce IFN-γ production by human T cells expressing the B2 CAR. These results show antitumor activity of MICA-specific CAR T cells and indicate an essential role for a conserved site in the exposed loop involving aa 38–57 of MICA. This study describes a novel MICA-specific CAR and discusses its potential use as a cancer therapeutic.
The indigenisation of eco-theology: The case of the Lamba people of the Copperbelt in Zambia
Authors: Chibuye Lackson , Buitendag Johan
Published: October 2020

This article shows how eco-theology could and should be indigenised in an African context using the Copperbelt in Zambia as a case study. The ecological crisis worldwide has given rise to the call for everyone to work together to start caring about our natural environment. In theology, the response to this call received the name eco-theology. By means of a literature review, ethnographic information and governmental legislation, the article tries to illustrate how eco-theology could and should be indigenised in an African context using the Copperbelt in Zambia as a case study. This article makes an attempt to contribute to the needed ecological renewal by reinterpreting two traditions that inform thinking on the Copperbelt: Christianity and African traditional religion. The supernatural belief of the Lamba people is no longer embodied in this creation, and it is not too late for the people to form any indigenous environmental protection movement to protect the sacredness of mother Earth from further contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting the traditional teachings and the cultural laws. Obedience to God’s command to tend creation is a quest for continued creation by humans, so that value is added to what is already in existence. This is embodied making the place we live in more beautiful, appealing and peaceful. Fruitfulness with sustainability becomes core values for interdependence and earth keeping.Contribution: We wish to address the ecological situation of the mining industry in Zambia from a theological perspective by assessing the impact of the copper mining and processing industry on humans, their environment and nature and by showing how the traditions of African traditional religion (ATR) thought can be transformed into tools to oppose this ecological disaster.
Evaluation of antiangiogenic and antiproliferative potential of ethanolic extracts of Andrographis echioides using in vitro and in ovo assays
Authors: Muralidharan Karthiga , Kumaravelu Punnagai , David Darling Chellathai
Published: October 2020

Introduction:

Andrographis echioides is a prevalently used medicinal herb in South Asian countries. Scientific researches with the extracts of A. echioides revealed its antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, ulceroprotective, and hepatoprotective properties. This study was done to elucidate antiproliferative and antiangiogenic potential of ethanolic extracts of A. echioides (EEAE) by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay.

Materials and Methods:

EEAE was prepared using Soxhlet apparatus with ethanol after being sun-dried and powdered. MCF 7 (human invasive breast ductal carcinoma) cell lines retaining attributes of differentiated mammary epithelium with both estrogen and progesterone receptors were treated with EEAE, and antiproliferative effect was seen using Mosmann method of MTT assay using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) as a comparator. The evaluation of antiangiogenic potential of EEAE was done by comparing mean vessel density (MVD) in chick CAM after treatment with EEAE, thalidomide, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) using CAM assay, an in ovo assay.

Results:

EEAE displayed antiproliferative activity from low to high concentrations with MTT assay. The IC 50 of EEAE and 5-FU was 62.5 and 15.6 μg/ml, respectively (P < 0.05). The exhibition of its antiangiogenic activity increased proportionately with increasing concentration. VEGF increased MVD by 45.94%; thalidomide decreased it by 53.76%. There was a decrease of MVD by 5.91%, 20.46%, and 35.95% at concentrations of 25, 50, and 100 μg of EEAE, respectively.

Conclusion:

EEAE possessed significant antiangiogenic and antiproliferative activity, making them a promising substrate in the development of a novel anticancer drug and can be successfully used in the therapy of various cancers after establishment of the anticancer effects in animal models and subsequently in clinical trials.
Epidemiological study of bacterial meningitis in Tunisian children, beyond neonatal age, using molecular methods: 2014-2017
Authors: Haddad-Boubaker Sondes , Lakhal Marwa , Fathallah Cyrine , Mhimdi Samar , Bouafsoun Aida , Kechrid Amel , Smaoui Hanen
Published: October 2020

Background: Since the 1990s, the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis worldwide has changed thanks to vaccination. In Tunisia, the main causative pathogens were Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib). Only Hib vaccination was available during our study period.

Objectives: We performed a laboratory case report based-study of suspected bacterial meningitis in Northern Tunisia from January 2014 to June 2017.

Methods: CSF samples obtained from children beyond neonatal age with suspicion of meningitis were tested by two real time PCRs, targeting pneumococcus, meningococcus and Hib, and conventional methods.

Results: Using real-time PCR, 63 were positive including ten supplementary cases compared to conventional methods. A general decrease of bacterial meningitis cases was demonstrated comparing to previous data. Pneumococcus was predominant (69.84%) followed by meningococcus (28.57%) and Hib (1.59%). The main serotypes were 14, 19F, 6B and 23F for pneumococcus and serogroup B for meningococcus. Most cases occurred during cold season and children under one year were the most affect- ed by bacterial meningitis.

Conclusion: Our study suggests the predominance of pneumococcal cases. It may provide valuable data on meningitis epidemiology before the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine, which may be useful for future evaluation.

Keywords: Bacterial meningitis; children; Tunisia; PCR.
Detection, quantification and genotype distribution of HCV patients in Lahore, Pakistan by real-time PCR
Authors: Umer Khan Muhammad , Sadia Haleema , Irshad Asma , Amin Baig Atif , Ashiq Sana , Zahid Beenish , Sheikh Rozeena , Roshan Sadia , Ali Azam , Shamas Shazia , Ahmed Bhinder Munir , Ahmad Rais
Published: October 2020

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered as “Viral Time Bomb” suggested by the World Health Organization and if it is not treated timely, it will lead towards cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Objective: The purpose of the present research is to study possible risk factors, frequent genotypes of HCV and its asso- ciation with different age groups.

Methods: Suspected blood samples from HCV patients were collected from different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan. Out of 1000 HCV suspected samples, 920 samples were found HCV positive detected by Anti-HCV ELISA, CobasR. kit. The quantification of HCV load was determined by HCV quantification kit and LINEAR ARRAY KIT (Roche) was used for genotype determination by Real-Time PCR (ABI). Statistical analysis was done by using Microsoft Excel.

Results: Out of 920 subjects, 77 subjects (8.4%) were false positive and they were not detected by nested PCR. Three PCR positive samples were untypeable. Genotype 3 was predominant in Lahore which was 83.5%, whereas type 1 and 2 were 5.1% and 0.7% respectively. There were also mixed genotypes detected, 1 and 3 were 0.4%, 2 and 3 were 1.41% and 3 and 4 were 0.2% only. Male were more infected of HCV in the age <40 years and females >40years.

Conclusion: The major risk factor for HCV transmission is by use of unsterilized razors/blades. It is necessary to spread awareness among the general population of Pakistan about HCV transmission risk factors. Regular physical examination at least once a year is recommended, so that early detection of HCV could be done.

Keywords: Hepatitis C virus; hepatocellular carcinoma; quantification; genotype; real-time PCR.
Letter to the Editor: Dengue fever in the Corpus Hippocraticum
Authors: E Mazokopakis Elias
Published: October 2020

Dengue fever (DF) is a globally significant infection which causes a range of severe and non-severe clinical manifestations. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus (primarily Aedes aegypti, but also Aedes al- bopictus). In this letter, a possible DF epidemic on Thasos Island in Greece, which is described in the Book of Epidemics I of the Corpus Hippocraticum, is presented and analyzed. To my knowledge, it is the first report of DF in the history of medicine.

Keywords: Dengue fever; Corpus Hippocraticum.
Determinants of early marriage among female children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Authors: Kassa Tekile Abay , Abate Woya Ashenafi , Wakjira Basha Garoma
Published: October 2020

Background: Early Marriage is one of the global problems that undermine the personal development and the rights of women seriously. It is delicate among the developing countries such as Ethiopia. It has major consequences for public health, national security, social development, human rights, economic development, and gender equality.

Methods: The analyzed data were obtained from the 2016 EDHS and 1120 samples were considered in this analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression model were used to identify the determinants of early marriage practice.

Results: The prevalence of early marriage practice was 48.57% in the study area. The odds of early marriage practice were 2.04(AOR=2.04, 95% CI: 1.88, 2.45) times higher among rural residents compared to urban. The odds of early marriage practice was 0.94(AOR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.57, 1.98) times lower among women who had primary education compared to un- educated women. Those who did not know the legal marital age were 1.61(AOR=1.61, 95%CI: 1.26, 2.07) times more likely to practice early marriage compared to parents who knew the legal marital age.

Conclusion: Education level, family monthly income, residence, literacy level and knowledge of legal marital were signifi- cant determinants of early marriage practice.

Keywords: Early Marriage; Female; Amhara Region; Ethiopia.
The effects of adverse childhood experiences on pregnancy-related anxiety and acceptance of motherhood role
Authors: Özşahin Zeliha
Published: October 2020

Background: Adverse childhood experiences are a factor that may cause physical illness and deterioration of lifelong well-being in addition to many mental and psychiatric problems in the future. It is important to question and treat them.

Objective: This study examined the effects of adverse childhood experiences on pregnancy-related anxiety and acceptance of motherhood role.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 536 pregnant women. The data were collected using the “Personal Information Form”, the “Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire (ACEQ)”, the “Acceptance of Motherhood Role (AoMR)” subscale of the “Prenatal Self Evaluation Questionnaire (PSEQ)” and the “Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Question- naire–Revised 2 (PRAQ-R2)”.

Results: It was found that those with high levels of negative childhood experience had higher levels of anxiety in pregnancy and lower acceptance of maternal role than the other groups (p<0.05). Additionally, a one-unit change in the AoMR score led to a 0.23-unit decrease in the ACEQ score, whereas a one-unit change in the PRAQ-R2 score led to a 0.57-unit increase in the ACEQ score (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Adverse childhood events increase pregnancy-related anxiety and negatively affect acceptance of motherhood role.

Keywords: Adverse childhood events; anxiety; motherhood role; pregnancy.