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Roger Casement's Queer Archive
Authors: Squires David
Published: October 2017

Growing interest in the archive as an object of study for queer criticism justifies closer attention to the concept of provenance. For archivists, provenance imparts a fundamental measure of integrity to archival collections by certifying their origin and proper order. Record origin and order, however, rely on authorial identity to establish authenticity, placing provenance in tension with queer theories that describe subjectivity as polymorphous, not fixed. That tension leads Roger Casement's official reports on the atrocities committed against rubber gatherers in South America to use provenance as a credible—rather than strictly authentic—narrative structure for publicizing British investigations of imperial violence. Recognizing provenance as a practice of representation invites reconsideration of Casement's notorious private diaries, which document his sexual interest in large penises. Instead of simply providing evidence of homosexual identity, the diaries show how impersonal fantasy becomes a constituent part of archival practice.
TheDoxaof Reading
Authors: Goldstone Andrew
Published: October 2017

Reading Franco Moretti'sGraphs, Maps, Treesas a late-stage graduate student in 2008 was invigorating. Here was an approach to literary history free from the pieties of close reading, committed to empiricism, seeking to fulfill, with its “materialist conception of form,” the promise of the sociology of literature (92). And, at the time, it seemed natural that the way to follow the path laid out by Moretti inGraphsand in the essays he had published over the previous decade was to go to my computer, polish my rusty programming skills, and start making graphs. Yet reconsidering Moretti'sDistant Readingnow, one is struck by how nondigital the book is. In fact, the meaning ofdistant readinghas undergone a rapid semantic transformation. In “Conjectures on World Literature,” originally published in 2000, Moretti introduces the phrase to describe “a patchwork of other people's research,without a single direct textual reading” (Distant Reading48). Today, however,distant readingtypically refers to computational studies of text. Introducing a 2016 cluster of essays called “Text Analysis at Scale,” Matthew K. Gold and Lauren Klein employ the term to speak of “using digital tools to ‘read’ large swaths of text” (Introduction); in his contribution to the cluster, Ted Underwood embraces “distant reading” as a name for applying machine-learning techniques to unstructured text. Discussions of distant reading have become discussions of computation with text, even if no section ofDistant Readingfeatures the elaborate computations found in the Stanford Literary Lab pamphlets to which Moretti has contributed.
“All Models Are Wrong”
Authors: So Richard Jean
Published: October 2017

Several years ago, the first thing i learned in my introductory statistics class was the following declaration, which the instructor had written in capital letters on the blackboard: “all models are wrong.” Models are statistical, graphic, or physical objects, and their primary quality is that they can be manipulated. Scientists and social scientists use them to think about the social or natural worlds and to represent those worlds in a simplified manner. Statistical models, which dominate the social sciences, particularly in economics, are typically equations with response and predictor variables. Specifically, a researcher seeks to understand some social phenomenon, such as the relation between students' scores on a math test and how many hours the students spent preparing for the exam. To predict or describe this relation, the researcher constructs a quantitative model with quantitative inputs (the number of hours each student spent studying) and outputs (each student's test score). The researcher hopes that the number of hours a student spent preparing for the exam will correlate with the student's score. If it does, this quantified relation can help describe the overall dynamics of test taking.
Theology Still?
Authors: Wickman Matthew
Published: October 2017

“I hope my attitude will not be regarded as irreverent,” Maurizio Ascari declares before launching into a critique of Franco Moretti's critical methods (3). By contrast, I undertake no critique of Moretti's methods, but my attitude toward his work is at least somewhat irreverent, if also appreciative. I titled an early draft of this essay “Distant Reading and the New Poetics of Enchantment; or, Toward a Literary History That Is Spiritual but Not Religious.” This title was self-consciously outrageous, since there is little that is overtly enchanted, let alone spiritual, about Moretti's criticism. Indeed, one of the recurring rhetorical fillips in his bookDistant Readinginvolves the disparagement of close reading as a kind of theology: “At bottom,” close reading is “a theological exercise—very solemn treatment of very few texts taken very seriously—whereas what we really need is a little pact with the devil: we know how to read texts, now let's learn how not to read them. Distant reading: where distance … isa condition of knowledge”(48; see also 33, 67, 89, and 113). By invoking enchantment and spirituality to describe his work, then, I was looking to underscore, a little cheekily, how rigorous engagement with his “pact with the devil” reveals similar features to those Moretti partly discredits—namely, credulity, “superstition” (Johnson 84), and “mystery” (Goodwin xiii). In essence, my aim was to employ close reading—of distant reading—as a kind of return, if not revenge, of the repressed.
Franco Moretti as Satirist
Authors: Wiggin Bethany
Published: October 2017

My first encounter with Franco Moretti's work was “conjectures on world literature,” from which his book distant reading takes its title. The essay was first published in 2000 in the New Left Review, the original home of seven of the ten essays reprinted in Distant Reading. I happened across it in 2004 amid a fit of procrastination fueled by anxious uncertainty. I was unsure about how, or even whether, to revise a dissertation on popular novels in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Germany, many of which had been translated from the French. No one really knew much about them. They were miserably cataloged; generations of Prussian librarians had been ordered not to collect them—and to throw away any that had managed to take up shelf space in the first place. In 1795 the reactionary, antirepublican Johann Georg Heinzmann opined, “So lange die Welt stehet, sind keine Erscheinungen so merkwürdig gewesen als in Deutschland die Romanleserey und in Frankreich die Revolution” (“Since the beginning of time nothing was more noteworthy than the revolution in France and the reading of novels in Germany”; 139; my trans.). But an awful lot of these novels are now gone. Critics sometimes say they were read to shreds. And whereas Heinzmann—and generations of state and church censors before him—cared a great deal about the republican potential of German Romanleserey (“reading of novels”), I wasn't confident anyone did today.
The Wheat of Humanity
Authors: Mandelstam Osip , Pierre Richard Lee
Published: October 2017

At the end of 1922, after years of revolution and civil war, the Soviet Union was formally incorporated, bringing areas of the former Russian Empire into an ostensibly unified conglomerate. Though conflicts continued to smolder, Spenglerian discourse from the area touted a flourishing Slavic East in opposition to a declining European West. For the thousands of Russians and other émigrés from the former Russian Empire living abroad in Europe, this opposition presented a conundrum: should their sympathies lie with their cultural home or with the West, where they experienced daily life?
The 1872 Introduction toHovedstr⊘mninger i det 19de Aarhundredes Litteratur(Main Currents of Nineteenth-Century Literature)
Authors: Brandes Georg , Wilkinson Lynn R.
Published: October 2017

From Comparative Literature to Cultural Renewal: Georg Brandes's 1872 Introduction toMain Currents of Nineteenth-Century Literature

“The only literature that is alive today is one that provokes debate.” These words ring out in the first published version of a lecture Georg Brandes gave at the University of Copenhagen on 3 November 1871. The lecture was the introduction to a series that changed the course not only of his life but also of Scandinavian and European cultural history. Born in Copenhagen in 1842 to assimilated Jewish parents, Brandes had recently completed a dissertation on French aesthetics and literary criticism and hoped that his lecture series would allow him to replace Carsten Hauch as professor of aesthetics at the university. Brilliant and iconoclastic, the lectures also responded to the Danish defeat in the 1864 war with Prussia, portraying Danish literature and culture as morbidly inward and insular. Brandes urged his countrymen to look abroad, to traditions such as the French, whose literature included many notable writers who grappled with social and political issues, especially those who came of age during the revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
Thermal and hygroscopic expansion characteristics of bamboo
Authors: Huang Puxi , Chang Wen-shao , Ansell Martin P. , Bowen Chris Rhys , Chew John Y. M. , Adamaki Vana
Published: October 2017

The expansion and contraction of bamboo caused by temperature and moisture variations must be evaluated if bamboo is to be utilised as a building material. However, detailed expansion data, especially data in the ascent and descent processes of temperature and moisture are unexplored. The aim of this study is to investigate the expansion characteristics of Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo) in ascent and descent processes of temperature and moisture. The measurement of linear thermal expansion and hygroexpansion of bamboo specimens were conducted with a dilatometer and a micrometer, respectively. The temperature range of the linear thermal expansion measurement was between 23 and 70°C. In the linear moisture expansion measurement, all specimens were measured at various relative humidity (RH) conditions including oven dry, 27, 54, 76 and 95%RH, and water soaking stages. Major findings include: the swell of bamboo specimens increases with RH, whereas the shrinkage of bamboo specimens decreases with RH. The hygroexpansion is much more significant compared with the linear thermal expansion. Both linear thermal expansion and hygroexpansion of the specimens from the longitudinal directions are smaller than those from the radial direction and tangential direction.
Metabolic Effects of Diet and Exercise in Patients with Moderate to Severe CKD: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Ikizler T. Alp , Robinson-Cohen Cassianne , Ellis Charles , Headley Samuel A.E. , Tuttle Katherine , Wood Richard J. , Evans Elizabeth Elspeth , Milch Charles M. , Moody Kelsey Anne , Germain Michael , Limkunakul Chutatip , Bian Aihua , Stewart Thomas G. , Himmelfarb Jonathan
Published: October 2017

CKD is steadily increasing along with obesity worldwide. Furthermore, obesity is a proinflammatory risk factor for progression of CKD and cardiovascular disease. We tested the hypothesis that implementation of caloric restriction and aerobic exercise is feasible and can improve the proinflammatory metabolic milieu in patients with moderate to severe CKD through a pilot, randomized, 2×2 factorial design trial. Of 122 participants consented, 111 were randomized to receive caloric restriction and aerobic exercise, caloric restriction alone, aerobic exercise alone, or usual care. Of those randomized, 42% were women, 25% were diabetic, and 91% were hypertensive; 104 started intervention, and 92 completed the 4-month study. Primary outcomes were a change from baseline in absolute fat mass, body weight, plasma F2-isoprostane concentrations, and peak oxygen uptake (VO2 peak). Compared with usual care, the combined intervention led to statistically significant decreases in body weight and body fat percentage. Caloric restriction alone also led to significant decreases in these measures, but aerobic exercise alone did not. The combined intervention and each independent intervention also led to significant decreases in F2-isoprostane and IL-6 concentrations. No intervention produced significant changes in VO2 peak, kidney function, or urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio. In conclusion, 4-month dietary calorie restriction and aerobic exercise had significant, albeit clinically modest, benefits on body weight, fat mass, and markers of oxidative stress and inflammatory response in patients with moderate to severe CKD. These results suggest healthy lifestyle interventions as a nonpharmacologic strategy to improve markers of metabolic health in these patients.
The Increased Role of the Federal Home Loan Bank System in Funding Markets, Part 1: Background
Authors: Gissler Stefan , Narajabad Borghan
Published: October 2017

The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system was founded in 1932 to support mortgage lending by thrifts and insurance companies. Over time, the system has grown into a provider of funding for a larger range of financial institutions, including commercial banks and insurance companies. Part 1 of this note provides an overview of the FHLB system. Part 2 highlights some of the recent developments in the FHLB system. And part 3 discusses the implications of these developments for financial stability.
The Increased Role of the Federal Home Loan Bank System in Funding Markets, Part 2: Recent Trends and Potential Drivers
Authors: Gissler Stefan , Narajabad Borghan
Published: October 2017

This note is the second part in a three part series. Part 1 provides some historical background and discusses key institutional characteristics of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) System. This note discusses recent trends in the FHLB system and potential drivers of those trends.
The Increased Role of the Federal Home Loan Bank System in Funding Markets, Part 3: Implications for Financial Stability
Authors: Gissler Stefan , Narajabad Borghan
Published: October 2017

This note is the third part in a three part series. Part 1 provides some historical background and discusses key institutional characteristics of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) System. Part 2 highlights some of the recent trends in the FHLB system and potential drivers of those trends. This note discusses the implication of these developments for financial stability.
Influence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors on antihypertensive therapy efficiency escape
Authors: Mikhailova O O , Litvin A Yu , Rogoza A N
Published: October 2017

Aim. To evaluate the influence of cardiovascular risk factors on antihypertensive therapy (AHT) efficiency escape (EE). Subjects and methods. Data on 59 patients with grades 1—3 hypertension (Stages I—II) were analyzed. During chosen AHT, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring was done at baseline, 1 and 3 months after beginning the observation to identify/rule out the AHT EE phenomenon. Results. The AHT EE group (Group 1) as compared with the group that needed no therapy correction within 3 months (Group 2) was observed to have the following: elevated fasting blood glucose levels (FBGL) (5.8±0.8 vs 5.3±0.7 mmol/l; p=0.008) and higher impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) rates (8 (27.6%) vs 4 (13.3%) cases (p=0.03)); a more number of smoking patients (8 (27.6%) vs 3 (10%) cases; p=0.02); a larger number of patients with a compromised family history of cardiovascular diseases (17 (58.6%) vs 11 (36%); p=0.02). Furthermore, in Group 1 baseline average systolic blood pressure during 24 hours (SBP-24) proved to be higher than that in Group 2 (127.4±4.2 vs 122.4±6.8 mm Hg; p=0.002). Odds ratio (OR) for developing the EE phenomenon increased by 60% with a rise of 0.5 mmol in FBGL (OR, 1.60; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06 to 2.4; p=0.02) and by 18% with an increase of 1 mm Hg in baseline SBP-24 (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.33; p=0.004). Multivariate analysis indicated that the independent predictors of AHT EE were a compromised family history (OR, 3.7; 95% CI, 1.1 to 12.1; p=0.03) and IGT (OR, 4.1; 95% CI, 1.02 to 16.4; p=0.04). Conclusion. AHT EE was influenced by FBGL, IGT, smoking, a compromised family history, and baseline SBP-24 level.
Chronic heart failure: New challenges and new perspectives
Authors: Tereshchenko S N , Zhirov I V
Published: October 2017

Chronic heart failure is an important global public health problem. This is associated with extremely poor prognosis, high readmission rates, and substantial treatment costs in patients. The paper gives the main aspects of the setting-up of a specialized service to patients with heart failure.
Quality of life in patients with lower extremity atherosclerosis during standard treatment and therapeutic angiogenesis
Authors: Chervyakov Yu V , Vlasenko O N
Published: October 2017

Aim. To compare the impact of standard conservative treatment (SCT) and its combination with therapeutic angiogenesis for 3 to 5 years on quality of life in patients with Stage II (according to the classification developed by A.V. Pokrovsky-Fontaine) lower extremity atherosclerosis. Subjects and methods. 92 patients (69 men and 23 women) (mean age 65.2±7.7 years) were examined and divided into 2 groups of 46 people each. Only SCT (statins at an individually adjusted dose, antiaggregants, and graded exercise walking 3 to 5 km daily were used in Group 1; while Group 2 received SCT in combination with double injection of a plasmid-based VEGF165 gene drug (1.2 mg) into the ischemic limb muscles. The Russian version of the standard SF-36 questionnaire was applied; pain-free walking distances were measured before treatment and then every year; limb preservation and survival rates were determined in the patients. Results. It was determined that standard treatment did not significantly affect patients’ quality of life throughout the follow-up period. Addition of gene therapy leads to a significant improvement in both physical (p=0.00001) and psychological (p=0.00002) health components just in the first year of the follow-up. This is achieved through a significant (500%) increase in the average leg pain-free walking distance; p=0.007). Conclusion. The obtained result is consistently high throughout the subsequent period. There was no statistically significant difference in survival rates between the groups; limb preservation remained comparable.
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension developed in a female patient with lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome
Authors: Movsisyan G A , Martynyuk T V , Mershin K V , Danilov N M , Satybaldyeva M A , Reshetnyak T M , Akchurin R S , Nasonov E L , Chazova I Ye
Published: October 2017

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is one of the potentially curable forms of pulmonary hypertension, in which pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is the gold standard treatment. However, over the last decade, great attention has been given to a combined therapeutic approach including both drug therapy and surgical treatment and the application of endovascular technologies. This clinical case demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties of CTEPH and the opportunities of a comprehensive approach to therapy for the disease with mandatory assessment of preoperative surgical and medical treatment in order to improve the patient status and to prepare for surgery.
diDO-IPTL protocol v3
Authors: Zhang Lichun
Published: October 2017

Isobaric peptide termini labeling (IPTL) is a quantification method which permits relative quantification using quantification points distributed throughout the whole tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) spectrum. It is based on the complementary derivatization of peptide termini with different isotopes resulting in isobaric peptides.
Method for differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into ligament-like tissue v3
Authors: Tsuru Michiyo
Published: October 2017

Our objective was to facilitate ligament tissue reconstruction by characterizing the mechanism of expression of ligament tissue. To accomplish this, we searched for proteins specific to the tissue and introduced them into mesenchymal stem cells. In the two dimensional phosphorescent gel electrophoresis, the spots in common with the normal human ligament tissue were selected after removing the spots of the normal bone tissue from those of the ossified tissue in the spinal ligament. Proline/arginine-rich end leucine-rich repeat protein (PRELP) was identified in ligament-specific locations by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Transfection of PRELP into mouse mesenchymal stem cells yielded ligament-like connective tissue comprised of parallel fibers. Thus, expression of the PRELP protein could reconstruct the ligament tissue. Since zinc-related proteins were found with high incidence as a result of an array analysis of PRELP’s ProtoArray, it was considered that there is a relationship to the zinc metabolism. Tissue induction was mediated by the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a via the zinc pathway.PRELP may be a useful gene in syndesmoplasty, provided zinc is present for tissue reconstruction. Chromosome division becomes active with the addition of zinc, and rapid tissue induction takes place in the presence of zinc and TNF-a. Currently, the reconstruction of a ruptured ligament tissue is difficult, but we expect that the PRELP protein expression may facilitate this process. This study describes the discovery of the gene responsible for the differentiation of stem cells into ligament tissue. This important finding may lead to treatments for gonarthrosis, cruciate ligament, and periodontal ligament ruptures, and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
TOURISM AS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PHENOMENON
Authors: Tkachuk L.
Published: October 2017

The article reveals the multifaceted nature of tourism as a global scale social phenomenon. Tourism embraces nearly all aspects of our society. The main directions and tasks of its research by various sciences are disclosed. The necessary of integrating a number of subjects to study tourism is underlined. Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, which is induced by the natural and cultural diversity of the world. The essence of tourism as a travel define the context of geographical researches on tourism, in particular, there are researches on geography of tourist resources and flows, sustainable destinations management. Tourism as a social phenomenon has a variety of social-cultural impacts in all sociological dimensions. The main aspects of sociological researches of tourism have resulted in tourists’ typology and theory of “hosts and guests” relations. The modern mass international tourism is regarded in this article as a symbol of the postmodernism society. The economic and environmental effects of tourism are determined. As a key sector for economic development and job creation (for both men and women) throughout the world, tourism is one of the strongest drivers of global trade and prosperity. Tourism directly contributed US$2.3 trillion and 109 million jobs worldwide in 2016. It is revealed that tourism in many developing and least developed countries is the most viable and sustainable economic development option, and in some countries, the main source of foreign exchange earnings. Tourism impacts on the natural environment in various ways. Some forms of tourism can be extremely detrimental to ecologically sensitive areas, resulting in their degradation or destruction. The role of tourism in strengthening international economic relations, maintaining peace and stability in the world is also noted. It is determined that tourism can reduce prejudice among individuals, influences national institutions, structures and attitudes to create and sustain peaceful societies.
THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF GEOLOGICAL TOURISM IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION
Authors: Topalova O.
Published: October 2017

The natural prerequisites for the development of geological tourism in the Zaporizhzhya region are considered. The structure course of action, which define the essence of the term “geological tourism” edited by Thomas Jose are identified. The definition of the modern concept of “geotourism”, “geotouristic objects”, “geotourists phenomena”. So, the complexity of the geological structure of the territory of Zaporizhzhya region determines the diversity and uniqueness of those geological objects that are related to the category of geological monuments of nature. The region represented by almost all the groups of monuments of stratigraphic, petrographic, mineralogical, geomorphological, tectonic, magmatic and paleontology. The above natural-geographic characteristics indicates high geotouristic potential of Zaporizhzhya region, which contributes directly to the development of geological tourism, a feature which is in the vicinity of geological objects with the aim of understanding the structure and evolution of the earth. In addition, not less important for the development of geological tourism in the region is the presence of numerous mine workings .Significant lever for the development of geological tourism in the region is the formation of a strong base of accommodation facilities near geotouristic objects, which contributes to their popularity. The usage features of mines as sites of geological and extreme tourism objects are recovered. The definition of the notion “geological tourism” is identifies. The main geological attractions of Zaporozhye region are observed, which have become the objects of mass excursion and tourism show. The prospects of geological tourism development in the Zaporizhzhya region analyzed.
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR REGIONAL SHIFTS IN THE ECONOMY OF JAPAN
Authors: Makarenko P.
Published: October 2017

In article analyzed the signs and consequences of the economic crisis in Japan, revealed a system of anti-crisis government measures to stimulate economic growth, the stock market and real estate market, public policy and social programs. Successful anti-crisis measures and the negative effects of regulatory policy in the fall of domestic and foreign markets were considered.

We were analyzed three major economic crises: the post-war crisis, the crisis of the 90s, the 2008 financial crisis. The economic crisis of the early 90s had a very specific background; analysis and reflection of them are allowed to reduce the crisis of 2008. The first crisis was caused mainly by internal economic factors, and the second – the global financial crisis.
Pre-crisis economic had certain market conditions. During export economy Japan generated industrial growth, increase a foreign production, results of direct investment. Japanese companies had pursued a policy of active promotion in Asian markets.
Over the years 2002-2007 decline the consumer demand, and in 2008 there were the first signs of recession. Textile and chemical industry, general engineering, ferrous metallurgy, information and communication electronic equipment had reduced production and profits. After analyzing the current situation in the world markets, the Japanese government approved the “Complex strategic measures to overcome the crisis.” The government executed the following major steps:
1. Increase local and regional regulation;
2. Reduction of taxes;
3. Exchange and stock markets regulation;
4. Reduce military spending;
5. The increase in exports, business building in regional market centers;
6. Promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs);
7. Formation of innovative markets;
8. Development of logistics infrastructure;
9. Reduce energy dependence, changing sources of energy;
10. The reform of social policy;
11. The reform of regional policy and investment;
12. The development of tourism projects.
The experience of Japan can be adapted a series of reforms: decentralization, solving demographic problems, increasing regional and international business, scientific and technological development, investment in infrastructure and trade logistics, tourism development. Successfully reforms and strategic location was allowed Japan to survive the economic crisis and achieve economic growth.
PECULIARITIES OF TOURISM IN KHMELNYTSKYI REGION
Authors: Dolynska O.
Published: October 2017

The article describes the development of the tourism industry on the use of tourism resources as the basis for the formation of the tourist product. The peculiarities of the formation of the tourism industry in Khmelnitsky region have been revealed. The definition of the concept of “tourism resources” has been offered. The list of nature monuments, historical and cultural monuments, and state reserves has been used. It is noted that historical-cultural and agricultural sights of the region are included in the State registry. The regional problems of tourism development and the reasons that hamper the development at the tourism industry have been analyzed. The implementation and realization of the program of tourism development in Khmelnytskyi region for 2013-2015 have been disclosed, it was developed in accordance with the requirements of the law of Ukraine “Of Tourism”, the regional development Strategy of Khmelnytsyi region for 2011-2020, the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “Of Approval of Strategy of Development of Tourism and Resorts”.
Among other important factors restraining the development of the tourism industry relate to the marketing component of tourism policy, which should be called the underdevelopment of the information infrastructure of tourist business, which makes domestic and foreign tourists to quickly obtain useful information about tourist and recreational potential of Ukraine, book in advance and book travel services.
The factors that constrain the development of the tourism industry have been shown. They relate to the marketing component of tourism policy and they are component of the development of the tourism industry in Khmelnytskyi region. The natural potential of the National Park “Podilski Tovtry” has been in details.
Today, especially increase the importance of regional tourism policy, Khmelnytsky region is one of the perspective regions of tourism development our country. This is due to the favorable peculiarities of its geographical location, favorable climate, and rich natural resources, historical-cultural and tourist-recreational complex, which would satisfy the needs of the population in sanatorium-resort treatment, recreation and tourism.
Quality of life and self-esteem of women who practice Pilates
Authors: Oliveira Francineide Rocha de Aguiar , Guará Olga Lorena Maluf , Fróes Aline , Souza Marcelo Cardoso de , Caldas Renata Trajano Jorge
Published: October 2017

Introduction: The Pilates Method has been excelled as an activity that values the functional capacity, coordination, strength, balance and cooperates for the well-being of those who practice it. Objective: This study evaluated the quality of life and self-esteem of women practicing the Pilates method. Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study with a sample of 60 women, 30 practitioners of the method (Pilates group) and 30 non-practitioners (control group). For data collection were applied a socio-demographic data sheet and two other instruments: the SF-36, a generic quality of life questionnaire and the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, an instrument for measuring self-esteem. Results: Participated in the study 60 women, divided into Pilates group and control group. The groups were considered statistically similar with respect to age, schooling, marital status, work, housing and BMI. Regarding quality of life, there were only statistically significant differences between the groups for the general health domain (p≤0.001) and emotional aspects (p=0.001) with better results for the Pilates group. For the self-esteem, there was no statistical difference between the groups (p=0.05). Conclusion: Women who practice Pilates present some aspects of quality of life (general health and emotional aspects) in superiority to those who do not practice it.
Peculiarities of choromosomal polymorphism Glyptotendipes glaucus meigen, 1818 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from lake Chaika of the national park “Curonian spit”
Authors: Kalinina Evgeniya A. , Vinokurova Natalya V.
Published: October 2017

Background. The genus Glyptotendipes includes widespread species of chironomids with the largest phytophilous larvae, which constitute a large percentage of the total biomass of invertebrates. Glyptotendipes glaucus (Meigen, 1818) is the dominant species of chironomids in Lake Chaika of the National Park Curonian Spit. Materials and methods. The material of the study included 51 Glyptotendipes glaucus fourth instar larvae collected in Lake Chaika of the National Park Curonian Spit. Larvae were fixed in Carnoys liquid (ethanol : glacial acetic acid = 3 : 1) at the collection site. The slides of polytene chromosomes from salivary glands of the larvae were prepared according to the standard aceto orsein technique. Chromosome mapping was carried out according to Belyanina and Durnova (1998). Results. The level of inversion polymorphism for given populations was determined. Two new inversion sequences glaD6 and glaD7 were detected and localized. Ectopic contact type of T-T between the chromosome G(IV) and the arm of F(III), as well as the monomorphy of the chromosome III(EF) Glyptotendipes glaucus were first identified in the Kaliningrad region. The value of the ratio of the number of inversion sequences to the number of genomic combinations corresponded to its level for previously studied reservoirs in Kaliningrad city. Conclusion. The prevalence of the inversion sequences glaA2, glaA3, glaB2 glaB3, glaB4, glaB6, glaC3, glaD2, glaD3, glaD5, glaG4 in chromosomes I(AB), II(CD) and IV(G) Glyptotendipes glaucus of Lake Chaika indicates the greatest variability and dynamism of this parts of the genome of the species.
Genotoxic effects of N-nitrosodimethylamine in somatic and generative cells of mice
Authors: Lovinskaya Anna V. , Kolumbayeva Saule Zh. , Kolomiets Oksana L. , Abilev Serikbay K.
Published: October 2017

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) was shown to have genotoxic properties in acute and subacute studies on laboratory mice. The organ-specificity of the genotoxic effect of NDMA was revealed using the Comet assay. The most sensitive organs to the action of NDMA were kidneys and liver. DNA damage in liver cells of NDMA-treated animals at doses of 4.0 and 8.0 mg/kg, increased compared to control in 6.9 and 12.5 (р 0.001), and in kidney cells in 8.1 and 14.2 times (р 0.001), respectively. NDMA also showed genotoxic activity in the reproductive cells of experimental animals, causing structural disorders of synaptonemal complexes in spermatocyte. In NDMA-treated animals at a dose of 2.0 mg/kg in acute and subacute studies, the level of spermatocytes with damaged synaptonemal complexes increased statistically significantly compared to control in 6.0 and 7.0 (р 0.05) times, respectively.
Combination of rice blast resistance genes in the genotypes of russian rice varieties with the use of marker assisted selection
Authors: Kostylev Pavel I. , Krasnova Elena V. , Redkin Aleksandr A. , Dubina Elena V. , Mukhina Zhanna M.
Published: October 2017

Grain productivity of rice is significantly reduced by dangerous disease blast. Therefore, the development of resistant high yielding rice varieties with the Pi group of genes is important. Use of molecular markers linked with the loci of resistance significantly optimizes the breeding process.
The purpose of the research is to develop rice lines combining 2-6 loci of resistance to blast: Pi-1, Pi-2, Pi-33, Pi-ta, Pi-b, Pi-40 by molecular marking.
Materials and Methods. As donors of resistance genes foreign samples were used, recipient Russian varieties. In the studies we used micro-satellites markers and PCR analysis.
Results. In the first stage of the research as a result of hybridization domestic lines with genes Pi-l, Pi-2, Pi-33 were obtained. At the second stage hybrids with all 3 genes were developed. In the third stage genes Pi-b and Pi-ta and on the fourth Pi-40 were introduced.
Conclusion. As a result, rice genotypes, combining 6 loci of blast resistance were developed with use of marker assisted selection.
Neurological aspects of diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis
Authors: Krupin Valentin N , Makhmudov Yakov Ya , Makhmudova Liudmila A , Krupin Alexey V , Troshin Vladimir D
Published: October 2017

In this study were analyzed the results of examination and treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis and vertebral neurogenic prostatopathy. Inclusion in the complex treatment of methods of correction of neurogenic disorders (segmental therapy, therapeutic gymnastics, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy) showed high efficiency. Correction of the revealed neurological pathology and vertebral pathology as well, in most patients led to the elimination of not only neurological manifestations, but also symptoms of chronic prostatitis. (For citation: Krupin VN, Makhmudov IYa, Makhmudova LA, et al. Neurological aspects of diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis. Urologicheskie vedomosti. 2017;7(3):22-27. doi: 10.17816/uroved7322-27).
Our own method of combined treatment of acute purulent pyelonephritis: first results
Authors: Anan’ev Vladimir A , Antonov Aleksej V
Published: October 2017

The article describes the author’s method of retroperitoneoscopic decapsulation of the kidney with removal of purulent foci, sanitation and drainage of the retroperitoneal space with subsequent catheterization of the renal artery with continuous intraarterial infusion of alprostadil in combined treatment of patients with acute purulent pyelonephritis. The results of treatment of 13 patients showed high efficiency as described above. The possibility and expediency of using of described technique is shown. (For citation: Anan’ev VA, Antonov AV. Our own method of combined treatment of acute purulent pyelonephritis: first results. Urologicheskie vedomosti. 2017;7(3):34-37. doi: 10.17816/uroved7334-37).
Evaluation of blood flow in prostate in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis
Authors: Krupin Valentin N , Krupin Alexey V , Natalya A Nashivochnikova
Published: October 2017

73 patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis were undergone several methods of investigations, such as pelvic rheography, rheoprostatography, laser doppler flowmetry and ultrasonic dopplerography for studying its hemodynamics.The results obtained indicate a violation of the blood supply to the prostate, which depends not only of the severity of the inflammatory process, but on the degree of hemodynamic disturbances in the small pelvis too and caused by a violation of the tone of the vessels of the prostate as well. (For citation: Krupin VN, Krupin AV, Nashivochnikova NA. Evaluation of blood flow in prostate in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis. Urologicheskie vedomosti. 2017;7(3):38-43. doi: 10.17816/uroved7338-43).
Bioatividade dos extratos aquosos de folhas de pimenta malagueta e eucalipto sobre Zabrotes subfasciatus em grãos de fava
Authors: Sampaio Aline Amanda , Fontes Lúcia da Silva , Barbosa Douglas Rafael e Silva , Lima Vânia Maria Gomes da Costa
Published: October 2017

Os extratos vegetais atualmente representam uma alternativa importante no controle de insetos-praga. Objetivou-se com este trabalho analisar os efeitos de extratos aquosos de folhas de pimenta malagueta (Capsicum frutescens) e eucalipto (Eucalyptus sp.) sobre Zabrotes subfasciatus em fava. Foram realizados dois bioensaios no laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Natureza da Universidade Federal do Piauí, em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, totalizando cinco tratamentos [0% (testemunha), 30%, 60%, 80% e 100 %], cada um com quatro repetições, onde os parâmetros, número de insetos mortos, número de ovos e emergência de adultos foram avaliados. O extrato aquoso de folhas de pimenta malagueta não foi eficiente contra o caruncho Z. subfasciatus, pois, houve mortalidade média de 20% dos insetos nas concentrações de 80 e 100%, e com o aumento da concentração teve-se um estímulo a oviposição e emergência destes. O extrato aquoso de folhas de Eucalyptus sp. foi eficiente sobre a mortalidade, oviposição e emergência de Z. subfasciatus, com o aumento da concentração observou-se maior mortalidade, atingindo 40% dos indivíduos; redução da oviposição, 13% em relação a testemunha e as demais concentrações, e emergência dos besouros.

Bioactivity of the aqueous extracts of chilli pepper and eucalyptus leaves on Zabrotes subfasciatus in fava beans

Abstract: The plant extracts currently represent an important alternative in the control of insect pests. The objective of this paper was to analyze the effects of aqueous extracts of leaves of chilli pepper (Capsicum frutescens) and eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.) on Zabrotes subfasciatus in fava. Two bioassays were performed in the entomology laboratory, Department of Biology, Nature Sciences Center of the Federal University of Piauí, in a completely randomized experimental design, totaling five treatments [(0% (control), 30%, 60%, 80% and 100%], each one with four replicates, where the parameters, number of dead insects, number of eggs and emergence of adults were evaluated. The aqueous extract of leaves of chilli pepper was not efficient against the weevil Z. subfasciatus, because, there was an average mortality of 20% of the insects in the concentrations of 80 and 100%, and with the increase of the concentration there was a stimulus to oviposition and emergence. The aqueous extract of leaves of Eucalyptus sp. was efficient on the mortality, oviposition and emergence of Z. subfasciatus, with the increase in concentration, a higher mortality was observed, reaching 40% of the individuals; reduction of oviposition, 13% in relation to control and other concentrations, and emergence of beetles.
Análise da distribuição de focos de calor no município de Novo Progresso, Pará
Authors: Lopes Andréia Caroline Lima , Freitas Arthur Vinícius Macedo , Costa Daniel Oliveira da , Beltrão Norma Ely Santos , Tavares Paulo Amador
Published: October 2017

Os incêndios são um dos principais causadores de danos aos ecossistemas florestais. Existem diversas formas de detecção dos focos de calor. Entretanto, para países com grande extensão territorial como o Brasil, é mais eficiente e barato o monitoramento por imagens de satélite. A partir disso, objetivou-se analisar a distribuição de focos de calor no município de Novo Progresso, Pará no período de 2010 a 2015, por meio de dados do monitoramento realizado por satélites de referência pertencentes ao Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Após a organização das informações obtidas através do Banco de Dados de Queimadas, foram feitas análises dos fatores socioeconômicos e ambientais que intensificam o surgimento de focos de incêndios com o auxílio da literatura científica. Observou-se que os focos se concentraram na região nordeste do munícipio, ao longo da BR-163, apresentando maior ocorrência nos meses de agosto e setembro, o que pode estar relacionado com o período de estiagem do município.

Analysis of the Distribution of hotspots in the Novo Progresso Town, Pará, Brazil

Abstract: Fires are a major cause of damage to forest ecosystems. There are several ways of detecting hotspots. However, for countries with a vast territory as Brazil, the monitoring by satellite images is more efficient and cheaper. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of hotspots in the county of Novo Progresso, Pará, from 2010 to 2015 through data monitoring performed by reference satellites of the National Institute for Space Research. After organizing the information obtained through the Hotspots Database, analyses of socioeconomic and environmental factors that enhance the appearance of fire outbreaks were made with the assistance of scientific literature. It was observed that the outbreaks are concentrated in the northeastern area of the county along the BR-163, presenting higher occurrence in August and September, which may be related to the drought period of the city.
ANÁLISE DOS DESPERDÍCIOS NO PROCESSO PRODUTIVO DE UMA METALÚRGICA ATRAVÉS DO MAPEAMENTO DE FLUXO DE VALOR
Authors: Santos Jaqueline Da Silva , De Oliveira Thais Onofre , Cotrim Syntia Lemos , Leal Gislaine Camila Lapasini , Galdamez Edwin Vladimir Cardoza
Published: October 2017

O estudo da filosofia de manufatura enxuta e o tempo de processamento de uma peça são imprescindíveis na redução de desperdícios em uma empresa, neste trata-se de uma proposta de melhorias em seu processo produtivo e a diminuição do lead time, podendo assim reduzir custos e desperdícios e aumentar a confiabilidade dos clientes e sua vantagem competitiva no mercado. Neste contexto, este trabalho apresenta o mapa de fluxo de valor (atual e futuro) de uma família de produtos e identifica oportunidades de melhoria. Trata-se de uma pesquisa aplicada em que a empresa demonstrou um grande estoque intermediário mantido para evitar setups das máquinas e ociosidade do processo seguinte. Com isso, é realizada uma proposta para que o fluxo flua sem paradas ou filas, fazendo com que a remuneração pelo serviço venha mais rápido, com lead time menor. Por fim, foram utilizadas as ferramentas 5W1H e Kanban para propor um mapa no estado futuro com um processo contínuo, apenas um estoque intermediário, mudanças no layout e houve uma redução do lead time em 73,5%, e em 25,4% no tempo de processamento, uma melhoria muito significativa.
CONSEQUÊNCIAS SOCIAIS DO MODELO DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICO-PRIVADA NAS CIDADES GLOBAIS
Authors: Mendes Junior Walcler De Lima , Kabengele Daniela Do Carmo , Simonard Pedro
Published: October 2017

O artigo analisa experiências e tendências da administração de cidades que propuseram e aplicaram modelos hegemônicos de uso e ocupação do solo urbano. As principais escolas, vertentes e teorias que se ocuparam da questão urbana, fizeram-no em uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, tentando conciliar premissas do planejamento urbano e da regulamentação fundiária, da sociabilidade nas cidades e da preservação, valorização e restauração de elementos históricos, dos interesses do capital imobiliário e da circulação de pessoas, veículos e mercadorias. As razões da funcionalidade, da produção e valorização da terra urbana, nem sempre se harmonizaram com direitos sociais e aspectos relativos a distribuição de recursos no processo de construção e transformação das cidades. Ao longo dessa análise, esses conflitos serão contrastados com certas experiências de administração pública do espaço urbano. A partir de uma discussão sobre o processo de gentrificação presentes nas metrópoles pós-modernas, este artigo discute a urbanização, analisando o modelo de cidade proposto pelos arquitetos modernistas, sobretudo o modelo proposto que tem por base os estudos produzidos pela Escola de Chicago, terminando por discutir a fragmentação da experiência na cidade, que acirra diferenças e socializa, ou melhor, democratiza o sentimento do medo, da ameaça, em relação ao vizinho.
MULHER E LIDERANÇA: UMA NARRATIVA AUTOBIOGRÁFICA
Authors: Sperotto Iara Franco
Published: October 2017

Neste estudo busca-se relatar as contribuições da aplicação do conhecimento e da consultoria ontopsicológica nas esferas pessoal, familiar e de liderança empresarial. De modo específico, procurou-se contextualizar a temática no cenário do agir da mulher nos papéis de esposa, dona de casa, mãe e filha, bem como a importância da inteligência masculina na superação das dificuldades enfrentadas pela mulher. O estudo, de natureza narrativa autobiográfica, refere-se à autora-pesquisadora, empresária de 53 anos. O enquadramento teórico utilizou autores contemporâneos e, principalmente, as obras de Antonio Meneghetti. Constatou-se que a mulher, se quer ser líder, deve abandonar os estereótipos culturais sem entrar em oposição com o homem ou com a sociedade.