bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pleural effusion caused by polyostotic fibrous dysplasia involving the ribs, the sternum and the thoracic spine associated with multiple cystic degenerations – a case report
Authors: Ergelasev Ivan , Kuhajda Ivan , Djuric Dejan , Kuhajda Danijela , Maksimovic Sinisa
Published: April 2019

Introduction. Fibrous dysplasia is a noninherited benign skeletal disorder
associated with abnormal bone development. Single bone involvement, the
monostotic form, accounts for 70 ? 80% of cases, while the polyostotic form,
with multiple bone involvement, accounts for 20 ? 30% of cases. Cystic
degeneration and occasional aneurysmal bone cyst formation may be found in
fibrous dysplasia lesions, particularly in the costal lesions. Case Report.
A 51-year-old man presented with acute shortness of breath after sustaining
simple chest wall injury. Chest computed tomography showed multiple massive
osteolytic rib lesions, as well as a massive left-sided pleural effusion
with compression atelectasis of the lung parenchyma. Osteolytic lesions of
the anterior 2nd and 7th thoracic vertebral body were found, along with a
well defined osteolytic lesion in the body of the sternum. Video-assisted
thoracoscopy of the left pleural space was performed and frozen sections,
collected using endoscopic biopsy forceps of the cystic wall and solid parts
of the tumors, were sent for ex tempore histopathological analysis. Results
showed fibrous dysplasia with suspected malignancy. Talc pleurodesis was
performed based on the obtained results. At present, the patient is
asymptomatic with his daily routine uninterrupted by his medical condition.
Conclusion. Treatment of pleural effusion caused by a cyst rupture of
unresectable degenerated polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of the ribs
represents a surgical challenge. Surgical drainage of the cysts followed by
chemical pleurodesis seems to be a reasonable solution in cases where
pulmonary functions are impacted by combined effects of pleural effusion and
cystic compression.
Hypothyroidism after fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules: A case report
Authors: Prodanovic-Simeunovic Jovana , Icin Tijana , Popovic Djordje , Benc Damir , Stepanovic Kristina , Medic-Stojanoska Milica
Published: April 2019

Introduction. Fine needle aspiration biopsy is a non-surgical invasive
diagnostic method for the cytological evaluation of the thyroid gland.
Complications of fine needle aspiration biopsy are rare. Case Report. A
female patient, 64 years of age, underwent left-sided nodulectomy in 2006,
due to a follicular adenoma of the thyroid gland. In September of 2016,
ultrasonography of the thyroid gland confirmed a node in the right lobe,
approximately 10 mm in the longest diameter. The thyroid-stimulating hormone
level was within the reference range (1,8 mIU/L), as well as calcitonin and
carcinoembryonic antigen levels, but with elevated anti-thyroid peroxidase
antibodies and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, so fine needle aspiration was
indicated. The cytological finding indicated a suspected follicular lesion
and total thyroidectomy with an ex tempore biopsy was proposed in November
of 2016. Prior to the surgery, hormone levels were measured and high
thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were recorded (79 mIU/L). Further
investigation showed low levels of free thyroid hormone concentrations, and
levothyroxine was initiated at a dose of 75 mcg per day and the surgical
treatment was delayed. The indicated dose of levothyroxine resulted in
satisfactory values of the thyroid gland free hormones, and in February
2017, right-sided lobectomy was performed, whereas the histopathological
findings indicated lymphocytic thyroiditis. Levothyroxine replacement
therapy showed satisfactory results in the postoperative period. Further
outpatient ultrasonographic monitoring showed a residual thyroid tissue,
with slightly non-homogeneous echostructure in the left thyroid bed, 12 x 11
x 32 mm in size. Regular follow-up was suggested. Conclusion. Hypothyroidism
has not been reported as a fine needle aspiration complication in the
available literature.
A Decentralized Personal Data Store based on Ethereum: Towards GDPR Compliance
Authors: Alessi Marco , Camillò Alessio , Giangreco Enza , Matera Marco , Pino Stefano , Storelli Davide
Published: April 2019

Sharing personal data with service providers is a fundamental resource for the times we live in. But data sharing represents an unavoidable issue, due to improper data treatment, lack of users' awareness to whom they are sharing with, wrong or excessive data sharing from end users who ignore they are exposing personal information. The problem becomes even more complicate if we try to consider the devices around us: how to share devices we own, so that we can receive pervasive services, based on our contexts and device functionalities. The European Authority has provided the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in order to implement protection of sensitive data in each EU member, throughout certification mechanisms (according to Art. 42 GDPR). The  certification assures compliance to  the regulation, which represent a mandatory requirement for any service which may come in contact with sensitive data. Still the certification is an open process and not constrained by strict rule. In this paper we describe our decentralized approach in sharing personal data in the era of smart devices, being those considered sensitive data as well. Having in mind the centrality of users in the ownership of the data, we have proposed a decentralized Personal Data Store prototype, which stands as a unique data sharing endpoint for third party services.  Even if blockchain technologies may seem fit to solve the issue of data protection, because of the absence of a central authority, they lay to additional concerns especially relating such technologies with specifications described in the regulation. The current work offers a contribution in the advancements of personal data sharing management systems in a distributed environment by presenting a real prototype and an architectural blueprint, which advances the state of the art in order to meet the GDPR regulation. Address those arisen issues, from a technological perspective, stands as an important challenge, in order to empower end users in owning their personal data for real.
INTELLIGENT ALGORITHM OF IDENTIFYING DESTRUCTIVE INFORMATION IN THE TEXT
Authors: Gostyunina Valeriya Andreevna , Baidulova Dinara Robertovna , Daviduk Nadezhda Valerievna
Published: April 2019

In the context of ensuring the information and psychological security of a society in the Russian Federation, the problem of uncontrolled growth of the Internet destructive content is being considered. The problem of search and identification of destructive information demands the minimal subjectivity and the maximum automation, because it is still solved generally by expert methods with drawing up registers of the forbidden sources. Existing search methods (expert processing, thematic search, intelligent data processing methods) used to find specific words in the text have been considered, the advantages and disadvantages of these methods have been stated. For solving the task set the intellectual algorithm of the modified search of destructive content has been suggested using foul language in the textual information as an example. The suggested approach has a different system of self-replenishment of the dictionary on the basis of identification of the unknown words as foul ones. The correctness of the dictionary replenishment is controlled by an expert. A detailed description of the developed algorithm has been presented. The example of the algorithm operation and initial results of its approbation are given.
DECISION SUPPORT IN MANAGING THE PROCESS OF REORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
Authors: Ghosh Kingkar Prosad , Shcherbakov Maxim Vladimirovich
Published: April 2019

The paper deals with the problem of managing the process of reorganizing the social institutions in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and with possible solutions through the use of decision support methods. This problem arose as a result of the implementation of social programs aimed at increasing the social institution effectiveness on the basis of autonomy of social institutions from the state subsidies. To formalize the system of social institutions, a graph representation is proposed. The project of the theoretical foundations of decision support in managing the reorganization of social institutions is presented by the method that uses the comparison of alternatives. The control actions are formed decisions taken on changing the current structure of social institutions aimed at maximizing the utility function value. Using the method of managerial choice on the modification of available network at the cost of adding the new social institution has been demonstrated by the example of the a managerial decision problem including a new social institution “hospital”. There have been singled out the groups of criteria which are used to estimate the alternatives. To increase the quality of decision making there has been applied a second assessment of generalized criteria, analyzed the nature of hierarchical structure of the network and a geographic situation of the new node.
DESIGNING INTERACTIVE TOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK ON PHYSICS
Authors: Kucherenko Liliya Vladimirovna , Slabzhennikova Irina Mikhailovna
Published: April 2019

Nowadays, students’ individual work is becoming the basis of the educational process which is developing by means of information technologies with a view to reaching informatization. The article provides the review of the works which emphasize the role of information technologies in improving the educational process. An important stage in increasing the quality of education is developing and implementing specialized training software that is an effective means for personalizing of education, increasing motivation and cognitive capacity of the students. There has been presented the operating principle of the developed training and monitoring computer program “Practicum” for independent performance of practical tasks in physics. The program is written in Java in the NetBeans programming environment and runs on Linux, Windows XP and more advanced operating systems. To create graphic data (charts, drawings, formulas for the training tasks) the graphic editor Affinity Designer was used. A user can solve a problem on line, the continuity principle and the main component parts of a traditional workshop being observed. All these allow using the software for training first-year students who do not have any experience of individual learning. There has been presented a block diagram for performing tasks by using a computer program. The detailed sequence of stages in the block diagram has been given. The software has been used in the educational process of the cadets of Far-Eastern Institute of Navigation and Fisheries in the academic year of 2018-2019. The advantages and implementation difficulties of the software have been identified.
Market-Based Monetary Policy Uncertainty
Authors:   Universität Hamburg, Bauer Michael ,   CESifo, Lakdawala Aeimit ,   Wake Forest University, Mueller Philippe ,   Warwick Business School
Published: April 2019

Uncertainty about future policy rates plays a crucial role for the transmission of monetary policy to financial markets. We demonstrate this using event studies of FOMC announcements and a new model-free uncertainty measure based on derivatives. Over the “FOMC uncertainty cycle” announcements systematically resolve uncertainty, which then gradually ramps up again over the subsequent two weeks. Changes in monetary policy uncertainty around FOMC announcements-often due to new forward guidance-have pronounced effects on asset prices that are distinct from the effects of conventional policy surprises. Furthermore, the level of uncertainty determines the magnitude of the financial market reaction to surprises about the path of policy rates.
Ciencia, locura y caos: Jaime Chávarri dirige «La prueba», de David Auburn
Authors: García-Abad Teresa
Published: April 2019

La aproximación a la cultura desde la idea de acción o disolución institucional trae a primer término de debate fenómenos complejos que reclaman la apertura epistemológica necesaria para dar cuenta de prácticas fronterizas en el margen de los marcos normativos que han definido tradicionalmente los conceptos de autor, medio, circuitos de representación, canon, recepción o género. El análisis de La prueba, del dramaturgo David Auburn, dirigida por el cineasta Jaime Chávarri, ofrece un buen ejemplo para la reflexión de un encuentro que coincide en polemizar sobre los límites entre ciencia y verdad, realidad y representación, razón y locura, arte y ficción, orden y caos.
A Importância da Gestão do Conhecimento para o Funcionamento dos Ecossistemas de Inovação
Authors: Dos Santos Matheus Lincoln Borges , Zattar Izabel Cristina
Published: April 2019

Innovation ecosystems can be understood as complex networks of interaction, where different agents organize to cooperate and compete in search of innovation. These arrangements can contribute significantly to the socio-economic and technological development of its members and the region in which they are inserted. Knowledge management, in turn, seeks to harness the resources generated by knowledge. The integration between research centers, universities, entrepreneurs and companies and other agents of an ecosystem of innovation ends up creating a flow of knowledge in these environments, and knowledge management is an indispensable strategy for these spaces. With the objective of the study of the art of the ecosystems of innovation, a search of scientific works with this subject was carried out and afterwards the categorization of the articles found. During the categorization, it was identified that a group of works dealt with the relationship between knowledge management and these environments. When analyzing and discussing these works, it was identified that knowledge management is essential for the maintenance of these spaces; in order to reduce the complexity of these environments; to the search of problems that generate inputs for the creation of innovation. Uncertainty, ambiguity and complexity are the main problems identified for the management of knowledge in these spaces. In knowledge management, one must seek the acquisition of information to reduce uncertainty, increase the capacity of knowledge absorption and the decomposition of knowledge to minimize complexity and, finally, to structure circulating knowledge to reduce ambiguity. In addition, the creation of a knowledge production system that contributes to the governance and the increase of the intellectual capital that supports the development of the ecosystems is emphasized. Finally, it was concluded that knowledge management is a fundamental strategy for the functioning of innovation ecosystems and the socio-economic and technological development of its members.
An den Grenzen der Vernunft: Beamte und ›Barbaren‹ in den Peripherien Lateinamerikas, 18.–19. Jahrhundert
Authors: Hölck Lasse
Published: April 2019

This contribution investigates the role of emotions for the administration of indigenous people in the Latin American periphery, considered “barbarians” by colonial and republican officials. Drawing on case studies from Northwest Mexico and the Southern Cone, the article examines the Spanish-European self-image as “people of reason” vis-á-vis indigenous “people without reason” or “people of custom”. The concept of trust is employed to explore the boundaries and overlappings between emotion and rationality in interethnic relations during colonial and republican times. Giving examples from archival material such as letters and reports of state agents, this paper concludes that there was no monopoly on rationality, as claimed by the public officials, but always a possibility to establish trusting relationships between indigenous groups and state society.
Litigious Paranoia: Sense of Justice, Bureaucracy, and Media
Authors: Gaderer Rupert
Published: April 2019

At the end of the 18th century, reports were made of unusual and curious legal cases in which the plaintiffs were moved by a self-destructive obsession. These excessive desires expressed themselves in the fact that these people were involved in countless lawsuits and vied in vain for their rights in court. These plaintiffs were people who studied the law obsessively, meticulously filed suit after suit, and continuously troubled civil servants with unjustified legal demands. The Prussian bureaucracy gave these plaintiffs a name: ›Querulanten‹ (from Latin: queri, to complain). This paper deals with the history of these troublemakers, and more particularly, with the goal of understanding the source, development, and the continuing existence of querulency as a connection between media, knowledge, and emotions.
The Bureaucracy of Honor. The Habsburg Consular Service and the History of Emotions
Authors: Johnson Alison Frank
Published: April 2019

I use the personnel files of three consuls in the Austro-Hungarian foreign service to consider the ways Habsburg bureaucracy recorded the emotional lives of civil servants. Consuls were expected to interact with Habsburg subjects and other civilians dispassionately and objectively. But conflicts that occurred in their ‘free time,’ outside the consulates, spilled over into their professional time. The resolution of those conflicts involved their colleagues in the consulates and administrators in Vienna. While showing emotion in interactions inside the consulate was frowned upon, responding to attacks on personal honor with the strongest of emotions was expected of an Austro-Hungarian “gentleman.” Consuls had to abide by both the standards of their profession and the standards for “men of honor” (Ehrenmänner) that had been codified with the officer corps in mind. The recognition that both roles were compatible shows the repackaging of certain kinds of “emotion” as professional requirements, rather than excesses.
Gefühlshaushalt in Mähren: Leistungsverwaltung, Landesschulden und Loyalitäten nach 1905
Authors: Osterkamp Jana
Published: April 2019

In 1910 the Crownland Moravia was confidentially granted a 5 million loan by the Viennese government. Moravia was heavily indebted and spent extensive expenditures for schooling, infrastructure and social welfare. The secret loan to Moravia was just one part of the multi-tiered system of fiscal flows in late Imperial Austria that was subject to emotionally heated debates. Since the budgetary power in the regional, transnational and imperial arenas came with determining the political priorities there, negotiations of the budget mirrored conflicting political camps often divided along national lines. On the imperial level, however, the same politicians forged transnational cooperation and new forms of transnational revenue sharing. Utterances of emotions were made more objective the higher the political level the crownland’s leading officials dealt with. The emotional side of fiscal politics, however, can be seen as a driving force in prioritising certain policy fields.
Feeling like a State. The Sentiments Tide of Swiss Diplomacy through the Eye of the Algorithm
Authors: Ourednik André , Koller Guido , Fleer Peter , Nellen Stefan
Published: April 2019

Can emotions be observed throughout the years at the regional scale of continents and countries? Does variation in their intensity correlate with historical events and with the evolution of diplomatic and administrative practices? If so, who is the subject of emotion? We seek answers by a remote reading analysis of the reports of Swiss ambassadors in the first half of the 20th century. We examine the conditions under which super-individual subjects of emotion can be aggregated from large textual datasets, and propose a theoretical framework for their interpretation. In specific examples, we show how algorithmic sentiment analysis let us identify the exceptionally expressive language of the Swiss ambassador in Tokyo during World War 2, or the posture of the Swiss administration with regard to the social movements in Scandinavia. Our findings yield both methodological recommendations and theoretical bridges between various disciplines concerned with emotions and their expression in written documents.
Influence of seasonal factors in the earned value of construction
Authors: Ruiz-Fernández Juan Pedro , Benlloch Javier , López Miguel A. , Valverde-Gascueña Nelia
Published: April 2019

The objectives in each construction process can be multiple. However, the constructions have to be carried out under some restrictions concerning price and terms. They constitute some strategic and interdependent goals. In other words, “time is money”. Several papers support that seasonal effects influence the execution rate of construction. Thus, most of them try to improve the forecasts by evaluating and joining them to the planning, although always measuring their influence indirectly. In this paper, we suggest a methodology to directly measure the influence of the seasonal factors as a whole over the earned value of construction. Additionally, we apply it to a certain case study regarding the subsidised housing of public promotion in the Castilla-La Mancha region (Spain). It is worth mentioning that our results are clarified: we have calculated the average monthly production for each month a year with respect to the annual monthly mean. Moreover, the differences regarding the average monthly production we have contributed are quite significant, and hence they have to be taken into account for each earned value forecast so that a project becomes reliable.
Axisymmetric Torsion of an Elastic Layer Sandwiched between Two Elastic Half-Spaces with Two Interfaced Cracks
Authors: Madani Fateh , Kebli Belkacem
Published: April 2019

The present article examines the problem related to the axisymmetric torsion of an elastic layer by a circular rigid disc at the symmetry plane. The layer is sandwiched between two similar elastic half-spaces with two penny-shaped cracks symmetrically located at the interfaces between the two bonded dissimilar media. The mixed boundary-value problem is transformed, by means of the Hankel integral transformation, to dual integral equations, that are reduced, to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. The numerical methods are used to convert the resulting system to a system of infinite algebraic equations. Some physical quantities such as the stress intensity factor and the moment are calculated and presented numerically according to some relevant parameters. The numerical results show that the discontinuities around the crack and the inclusion cause a large increase in the stresses that decay with distance from the disc-loaded. Furthermore, the dependence of the stress intensity factor on the disc size, the distance between the crack and the disc, and the shear parameter is also observerd.
O TRABALHO DO ARTE-EDUCADOR COM CONTRIBUIÇÕES DA TEORIA PSICANALÍTICA: UM OLHAR PARA A SUBJETIVIDADE
Authors: Dos Santos Natali Allas
Published: April 2019

Este artigo aborda o trabalho do arte-educador com enfoque na subjetividade dos indivíduos professor e aluno. Os motivos que impulsionaram a pesquisa decorreram das inquietações e questionamentos oriundos da minha experiência como arte-educadora em escolas públicas de Campo Grande, MS. Dado meu interesse em compreender melhor o sujeito dentro do contexto das aulas de Arte, identifiquei na Psicanálise relevante subsídio teórico. Os estudos em Psicanálise voltados para Educação são uma das bases desta pesquisa bibliográfica, que também contempla minha inscrição como sujeito autoral. A fim de pensar o ensino de Arte do ponto de vista do indivíduo (professor e aluno) e sua psique, recorro aos conceitos psicanalí­ticos de aparelho psí­quico, consciente, inconsciente e desejo. Dentre os inúmeros autores utilizados nesta pesquisa destaco Ana Mae Barbosa, Duarte Júnior, Elisabeth Roudinesco, Fabio Herrmann, Leandro de Lajonquièe e Maria Cristina Kupfer que têm abordagens situadas nos campos da Arte, Educação e Psicanálise. As discussões apresentadas a seguir instigam o professor a refletir sobre seu trabalho, suas atitudes e modos de se relacionar com o aluno, bem como buscar alternativas para enfrentar os desafios da profissão docente. O conhecimento em profundidade do sujeito (aluno) possibilita ao professor o desenvolvimento de sua responsabilidade profissional e maturidade afetiva. Ao pensar em seu trabalho no contato com o aluno para além das convenções metodológicas disciplinares (im)postas pela Educação tradicional, o professor amplia sua percepção acerca da docência e tem a possibilidade de assumi-la com todas as suas demandas e limitações.
بناء نموذج التقييم الجغرافي للتنمية البشرية في العراق
Authors: Hesen Mizgeen M.
Published: April 2019

كشف نهج التنمية البشرية منذ إنطلاقه، عن الكثير من مواطن الضعف والخلل في مسارات التنمية والتطوير بشكل عام، وأخذت الدول وحكوماتها وبمساندة ومتابعة برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي تولي إهتماما أكثر بالموضوع من ذي قبل حتى أخذت تتنافس في تصدر المستويات الاقليمية والعالمية للتنمية من خلال قياس تلك العملية بدليل خاص أطلق عليه دليل التنمية البشرية، الذي يعتمد في الأساس على مجموعة من البيانات المتعلقة بالصحة والتعليم ودخل الفرد. وهكذا ظهر التباين الدولي والاقليمي وحتى المحلي في مستويات التنمية البشرية، وهو ما كان مدعاة لإهتمام الكثير من الإختصاصات العلمية ومنها الجغرافيا من خلال نظرتها المكانية للموضوع وأعطى دخول نظم المعلومات الجغرافية (GIS) وبقوة في البحث الجغرافي من خلال أدوات التحليل المكاني دافعا للجغرافيين لتناول موضوع التنمية بشكل عام، من هنا ينطلق البحث في تناول ومعالجة العديد من البيانات ذات الصلة من خلال بيئة نظم المعلومات الجغرافية وأدواتها التحليلية المتقدمة متمثلة بالنمذجة المكانية (Modeling) بهدف الكشف عن واقع التباين المكاني للتنمية البشرية في محافظات العراق وذلك من خلال دمج الكثير من المؤشرات ذات العلاقة التي تؤثر في مستويات تلك التنمية.
Validación de un modelo cognitivo basado en M ++ para la generación de preguntas Factoid-Wh
Authors: Espinosa López Ana Luz , Vega Calao Yina Margarita , Gómez Salgado Adán Alberto , Caro Piñeres Manuel Fernando
Published: April 2019

Una pregunta Factoid-WH es una pregunta que comienza con una palabra interrogada WH (What, When, Where, Who) y requiere un hecho como expresado en el cuerpo del texto. Un modelo cognitivo es una especificación teóricamente fundamentada y guiada de las representaciones mentales y los procesos involucrados en una función cognitiva dada. Este artículo tiene como objetivo la representación en M++ del Modelo Cognitivo para la generación de preguntas Factoid-WH. La metodología de este trabajo se presenta en cinco pasos: Selección de la Tarea Cognitiva, Obtención de Información para Describir la Tarea Cognitiva, Descripción de la Tarea Cognitiva en Lenguaje Natural, Descripción de la Tarea Cognitiva en GOMS, Codificación del Modelo Cognitivo de GOMS a Lenguaje M++ y finalmente, se implementó una prueba de validación la cual muestra resultados satisfactorios.
Calidad en cursos MOOC, evaluación desde la perspectiva de estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Zambrano Juan , Cano Lina María , Ángel Isabel Cristina , Présiga Karen
Published: April 2019

La creciente facilidad de acceso y conectividad ha impulsado el auge de los cursos masivos abiertos en línea (MOOC). Este texto presenta el análisis cuantitativo de una indagación realizada con estudiantes universitarios de Licenciatura en Inglés–Español que participaron en cursos de este tipo en las plataformas edX y Coursera. Posterior a la participación en el curso, se les solicitó evaluar la calidad de este a través de la adaptación de un cuestionario open source que contemplaba revisar los objetivos, la orientación, la calidad del contenido, el diseño, la tecnología y la evaluación del proceso formativo. El análisis de los resultados sugiere que los estudiantes evidencian dificultades en aspectos inherentes a la interacción como la retroalimentación y la evaluación de los contenidos.
Modelo integral de gestión y promoción de la investigación en Instituciones de Educación Superior
Authors: Torres Bermúdez Alex Armando , Figueroa Lozano Juan Carlos , Guasaquillo Ulcue Martha Liliana , Villani Villani Luis Alejandro
Published: April 2019

Las funciones misionales de una institución de educación superior (IES) abarcan aspectos relevantes en docencia, proyección social e investigación, los cuales permiten contribuir al desarrollo de su plan estratégico institucional. Con el propósito de fortalecer el proceso de investigación en las IES incorporando el uso de las tecnologías de la información (TI) y con el fin de formar parte de la planificación global de la institución, este artículo presenta un modelo integral de gestión y promoción de la investigación en IES. El carácter innovador de este modelo es integral y bidimensional. Integral, porque busca soportar cada uno de los procesos que toda IES lleva a cabo en el desarrollo de su función misional y bidimensional, puesto que, en primera instancia, lo conforman tres ejes: (a) la investigación formativa, (b) la formación en investigación y (c) el trabajo en red. En segunda instancia, incorpora el aprendizaje basado en proyectos (ABP) como una estrategia o método de enseñanza y aprendizaje pensado para guiar a los estudiantes hacia la planeación, implementación y evaluación de proyectos o solución de problemas que tienen aplicación en el mundo real. Todo este proceso está apoyado por un software para la gestión y evaluación del modelo dentro de las instituciones de educación superior.
Validación del proceso basado en M++ de las Trazas de Razonamiento Introspectivas de la función cognitiva percepción de la arquitectura metacognitiva CARINA
Authors: Flórez Madrigal María Alejandra , Gómez Salgado Adán Alberto , Caro Piñeres Manuel Fernando
Published: April 2019

Este artículo presenta la representación basada en M ++ de la traza de razonamiento introspectivo en la arquitectura metacognitiva CARINA. Las trazas de razonamiento son una estructura de conocimiento declarativo que captura los estados mentales y la secuencia de toma de decisiones en el ciclo de acción-percepción de un agente cognitivo. M ++ es un DSVL para modelar la metacognición en sistemas inteligentes e incorpora dos mecanismos de meta-razonamiento, es decir, monitoreo introspectivo y control de meta-nivel. La validación de M ++ se realizó en dos dimensiones: utilidad potencial y utilidad. Para el proceso de validación, se utilizaron los siguientes métodos: estudio empírico basado en la percepción del usuario. Con respecto a la relación de los comportamientos representados en M ++, el 85.7% de los expertos consideró que la representación es adecuada en comparación con el 14.3% que no la consideró.
Representación de los problemas epistemológicos de las doctrinas filosóficas racionalismo, empirismo, positivismo y positivismo lógico
Authors: Morelos Gómez José , De La Hoz Granadillo Efraín Javier
Published: April 2019

En el presente artículo, se hace una revisión, análisis e interpretación de los problemas epistemológicos y métodos de investigación, desde de las perspectivas filosóficas del racionalismo, empirismo, positivismo y el positivismo lógico, a partir de cado uno de los aportes y divergencias filosóficas de los autores que soportan la construcción de las ciencias sociales. Asimismo, se comprende la esencia de estas doctrinas filosóficas y se analiza la utilidad que cada una concurre y desarrolla, desde su contribución epistemológica a las ciencias, entendida desde la concepción particular que tenga el sujeto investigador frente al fenómeno u objeto estudiado.  El tipo de estudio es cualitativo analítico, se consultaron fuentes secundarias con autores que profundizan en el tema. Como resultado, se muestran las características de las doctrinas filosóficas abordadas; así, se concluyó que diversas corrientes epistemológicas del conocimiento científico abordan la validez del conocimiento desde variadas perspectivas en ocasiones complementarias y otras, controvertidas y contradictorias, pero coexisten desde diversos contextos.
Ksiądz Franciszek Reinhold Nawrot – nieznany sługa wielkiej sprawy Bożej
Authors: Jasinski Mirosław
Published: April 2019

Podczas swojej podróży apostolskiej do Polski papież Jan Paweł II pozostawił Polakom zadanie zebrania świadectw i utrwalenia pamięci o polskich męczennikach XX w. Uznając okres II wojny światowej za „czas bardzo bolesnego doświadczenia”, wskazał na szczególną powinność zebrania wszystkich świadectw o tych, którzy dali życie za Chrystusa. Prezentowany artykuł jest odpowiedzią na to wezwanie Jana Pawła II. Autor artykułu przedstawia mało dziś znaną postać ks. Franciszka R. Nawrota (ur. 1903), kapłana archidiecezji gnieźnieńskiej, który ze względu na swoje szczególne predyspozycje i walory został przez kard. Augusta Hlonda skierowany do pracy w Bytomiu. W pierwszych tygodniach II wojny światowej ks. Franciszek Nawrot został aresztowany i osadzony w obozie koncentracyjnym w Dachau, gdzie zmarł 18 maja 1942 r.
Asosiasi Antara Promosi Program Keluarga Berencana dan Perilaku Penggunaan Alat Kontrasepsi
Authors: Pasaribu Abigail , Tampubolon Lamtiur H.
Published: April 2019

The growth of the birth rate in Indonesia is not comparable with the availability of labour force and it has an impact on national economic conditions. Therefore, the BKKBN (National Family Planning Coordinating Board) is very active to conduct various forms of promotion of the Family Planning (KB) in order to reduce the birth rate and to achieve a prosperous family. This study seeks to examine the association between the promotion of family planning programs with the use of contraceptive method among the parish of the church which is characterized by a certain ethnic group, in West Jakarta. By using simple random sampling, the questionnaire was distributed to 123 respondents of the 20-44 -year old. This study used simple linear regression analysis and the result showed that there was a very strong relationship between the promotion of family planning programs and the behavior of the use of contraceptive method.
Batam Teenagers’ Slang Language
Authors: Suhardianto Suhardianto
Published: April 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan konstruksi pembentukan bahasa slang, bentuk penggunaan dan perspektif penggunaanya dalam kehidupan remaja di kota Batam. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode Padan dan Agih Sudaryanto. Penggunaan metode Padan untuk menemukan perspektif penggunaan bahasa slang di kalangan remaja, sementara metode Agih untuk melihat konstruksi bahasa slang itu sendiri. Metode pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini ialah metode Cakap dengan teknik Cakap Semuka (CS) terhadap 50 remaja yang di wawancara secara acak di tiga kecamatan terbesar di Batam yaitu Batam Center, Batu Aji dan Tiban. Dari hasil penelitian ditemukan antara lain formula konstruksi dalam pembentukan bahasa slang yang dapat dilihat dari tujuh cara antara lain: (1) Penyingkatan (abbreviation) seperti PHP (Pemberi Harapan Palsu) dan PJ (Pajak Jadian). (2) Penghapusan (deletion) seperti gi berasal dari kata „lagi‟, dan pa berasal dari kata „apa.‟ (3) Perubahan huruf dan suara (letter and sound change) seperti makacih berasal dari kata „makasih‟ dan cayang berasal dari kata „sayang.‟ (4) Adopsi Asal Kata Dasar (Adoption of Basic Word) seperti binggow berasal dari kata „banget‟ atau “sangat” dan jehong berasal dari kata „jahat.‟(5) Singkatan Campuran Bahasa Indonesia atau Bahasa Inggris (English or English-Indonesia mixed Abbreviation) seperti CoPas berasal dari kata „Copy Paste‟ dan LoLa berasal dari kata „Loading Lama.‟(6) Penyontekan (Citation) dari bahasa slang daerah lain seperti Loe berasal dari bahasa betawi artinya „kamu.‟ (7) Konstruksi Baru (New Construction) seperti nyanting artinya „meminjam‟ dan badi artinya „orang gila‟. Sementara perspektif penggunaan bahasa slang dikalangan remaja dalam berkomunikasi antar mereka adalah 30.25% mengatakan bahwa mereka menggunakan bahasa slang karna ingin menujukkan kepada kelompok lain bahwa mereka kelihatan lebih gaul dan keren, alasan karna mengikuti zaman sebanyak 27.72 %, lebih mudah berkomunikasi antar mereka 21 %, ikut-ikutan teman 7.56 %, lucu-luan 5.04 %, biar tenar 4.20 % dan kebiasaan 1.64 %.
Hubungan Serious Leisure dan Tingkat Kecemasan Menghadapi Masa Pensiun
Authors: Permana Valencia Giovanni , Hendriati Agustina
Published: April 2019

Retirement bring significant changes in a person’s life. Middle-aged persons need to prepare themselves for such changes. This is especially true in the case of involuntary retirement which usually creates more anxiety. One way to prepare for retirement is through serious leisure activities. With serious leisure, self-development may be achieved and it will help the person to face the retirement. The purpose of this study was to test a negative correlation between serious leisure and the level of pre-retirement anxiety. Serious leisure was measured with Serious Leisure and Measurement Inventory (SLIM) which consists of 51 items, and the pre-retirement anxiety was measured with Retirement Anxiety Scale (RAS), which consists of 22 items. The samples were 119 people aged 50 to 53 years old, still working in the formal sector and would face retirement in a few years. Results from this study were analyzed quantitatively using Pearson's Product Moment and it was found significantly that serious leisure is negatively correlated with the level of pre-retirement anxiety. The result was discussed in regard to methodological and practical relevance.
Watak Kepedulian dalam Kepemimpinan Walikota Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini
Authors: Jena Yeremias
Published: April 2019

Traditional ethics such as deontology which prioritizing the observance of moral subject to ethical principles, or utilitarianism that weight higher the benefits of the majority rather than the interests of individuals, it is increasingly recognized that such ethical theories have forgotten the relational aspects of moral action. To act morally is in the first place not for the sake of the observance of moral principles, but the recognition that individuals who relate to him is a moral person whose interests must be taken into account, and that the interests of moral patient that gave birth to moral duty is actually the source that drives moral behavior. That is what we labeled as the ethics of care. The author of this paper describes how an ethic of care has colored the leadership characters of Tri Rismaharini, the mayor of Surabaya. The author shows that people‟s interest is the source of moral obligation that drive her to build the city of Surabaya, and that the interests of the people can only be understood in a caring relation with the community itself.
Acoustic Streaming: A Diagnostic Clue to Diagnosing Testicular Teratoma
Authors: Croake Alexander , Croake Mary Frances , Dogra Vikram
Published: April 2019

Teratomatous tissue is commonly seen in a variety of malignant testicular tumors, and while the exact determination of testicular tumor subtypes heavily relies on pathologic diagnosis, ultrasound remains the gold standard in the initial evaluation of such entities. The major groups of testicular tumors may demonstrate characteristic features which can point the radiologist toward a more pruned differential diagnosis. While it is important for the interpreting physician to be aware of such features, it is of equal necessity that they are aware of potential visual phenomena, such as acoustic streaming in the diagnosis of testicular tumors. We present a case of a testicular teratoma with acoustic streaming. This testicular tumor was confirmed to be predominantly a teratoma with a minimal element of seminoma on histopathology.
Sonographic Diagnosis of Unilateral Synchronous Testicular Tumors
Authors: Forrest Allison , Numbere Numbereye , Jean-Gilles Jerome , Frye Thomas , Dogra Vikram
Published: April 2019

Testicular cancer accounts for 1% of all male cancers yet is the most common cancer affecting men aged 15–44 years. Most testicular cancers are seminomas or non-seminomatous germ cell tumors. Rarely, multiple testicular cancers may occur simultaneously, most often of the same histological type. However, synchronous tumors of different histological types may occur, although rarely. In this case study, we present the sonographic features with histopathologic correlation in a case of unilateral synchronous testicular tumors of discordant histology.
Three-dimensional Hysterosalpingo Contrast Sonography with Lignosal as Contrast for Evaluation of Tubal Patency in the Infertile Women – An Observational Cohort Study
Authors: Rao Chegondi V N , Sindhu Chegondi , Kota Murali Krishna
Published: April 2019

Objectives

The objectives of the study were to evaluate the two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy) using lignosal (a mixture of lignocaine 2% jelly with normal saline) as a contrast agent for assessing fallopian tubal patency in infertile patients.

Materials and Methods

After obtaining the Institutional Review Board permission, a single center prospective study was conducted to evaluate the validity of 3D-HyCoSy with lignosal to assess the patency of fallopian tubes in infertile women. In total 540 infertile patients were recruited for this study. Bilateral fallopian tube patency was confirmed when fallopian tubes were seen as echogenic tubular structures with peritoneal spill under real-time 3D/2D-HyCoSy.

Results

In the first phase of the study, 2D-HyCoSy without 3D acquisition was made in 20 patients (40 tubes). 2D-HyCoSy with lignosal contrast shown tubal patency in 95% and radiographic hysterosalpingography (HSG) resulted in 97.5% tubal patency with 5% inconclusive results by HyCoSy. In the second phase, data from 520 patients showed bilateral tubal patency in 463 patients (89.03%), unilateral tubal occlusion in 49 patients (9.42%), and bilateral tubal occlusion in eight patients (1.53%). No untoward side effects were noticed and reported by the patients during and after the HyCoSy procedure with lignosal.

Conclusions

3D-HyCoSy with lignosal allowed the entire length of the fallopian tubes to be seen as contrast moved through the fallopian tubes to the fimbrial end. A “shower” of contrast around the ovaries is visualized confirming the peritoneal spill. Use of lignosal provides an alternative imaging method for evaluating the tubal patency in infertile patients.
THE OPINIONS AND PREFERENCES OF THE EUROPEAN BUYERS ON THE FURNITURE AND FURNITURE ACCESSORIES MARKET
Authors: PETRACHE (LANG) Beatrice Georgeta , ISMANA-ILISAN Camelia Maria , CRETOIU Raluca
Published: April 2019

In this article we aim to analyze the preferences and opinions of European furniture buyers in the context of Germany, Italy, Poland, France and Austria being among the top 10 world furniture manufacturers, accounting for over 19% of the world production and 60% of the European one. We have developed this research given that the furniture industry is an important sector in the economy, employing about one million people at the level of the European Union, in 130,000 companies in the field. The furniture segment is also well represented in the field of innovation also, accounting for 12% of the applications for design registration in the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).  This also reflects on the production of furniture, currently 2/3 of the world’s leading peak production coming from Europe. The research is of a quantitative nature, the technique adopted is the interview, and the research tool is the questionnaire. The purpose of the research is to identify the way and the level at which European consumers’ value furniture accessories in the general context of furniture quality assessment in conjunction with the need for accessory information.
Uma Proposta em Ensino de Física e a Democratização do Debate Nuclear
Authors: Gai Montedo Paulo Sérgio
Published: April 2019

De acordo com dados do Plano Nacional de Energia, até o ano de 2030 o Brasil tem a intenção de construir quatro usinas nucleares e até o ano 2050, serão outras oito, totalizando quinze usinas termonucleares em funcionamento no país. Compreendendo a falta de informações ao público em geral e a inexistência de discussões conjuntas aos diversos setores que compõem a sociedade brasileira, o trabalho presente, realizado em uma escola pública estadual em Florianópolis/SC, teve como objetivo encorajar nossos estudantes a reivindicarem-se enquanto parte das discussões e debates no que concerne à temática da nucleoeletricidade. Neste sentido, assumindo a dialeticidade entre o técnico e político nestas discussões, partilhamos, no contexto da sala de aula, da experiência que tivemos na produção e aplicação de um material instrucional relacionado à radioatividade e aos princípios de funcionamento das usinas nucleares de Angra dos Reis. Buscamos desta maneira, no campo da Física, desconstruir algumas concepções comuns equivocadas, difundidas inclusive pelos meios de comunicação e reproduzidas pelo público em geral, sobre algumas especificidades da radiação e o processo de produção de eletricidade via energia nuclear. Por conseguinte, nos foi possível problematizar alguns mitos relacionados a uma suposta neutralidade no processo de produção do conhecimento científico e tecnológico, o qual, sob uma perspectiva de supremacia tecnocrática, alija a sociedade do seu direito à participação nos debates e decisões da área, assim como, sob o pilar salvacionista, aponta a energia nuclear como a solução de todos os nossos problemas frente à crise energética e ambiental que se acentuará nas próximas décadas. Enfim, amparado na necessidade de qualificação dos nossos jovens às discussões e democratização do debate aos diversos setores da sociedade, segue aqui uma proposta exequível de ensino e aprendizagem sobre a temática, na rede de ensino médio.
Determinación y determinantes sociales de la malaria: revisión sistemática, 1980-2018
Authors: Cardona-Arias Jaiberth Antonio , Salas-Zapata Walter Alfredo , Carmona-Fonseca Jaime
Published: April 2019

Objetivo.Describir cómo se ha aplicado el enfoque de la determinación social de la salud en los estudios sobre malaria en el mundo.

Métodos.Revisión sistemática de los estudios originales publicados entre 1980 y 2018. Se emplearon seis estrategias de búsqueda en diez bases de datos multidisciplinarias, y en las bibliotecas y los repositorios de siete universidades de Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Se siguió la guía PRISMA; la calidad metodológica se evaluó según los criterios de STROBE y se realizó la síntesis cualitativa de los resultados.

Resultados.Diez estudios publicados entre 1984 y 2017 cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión y exclusión preestablecidos; se identificaron 33 determinantes sociales de la malaria. De los determinantes individuales se halló mayor riesgo de malaria en adultos, personas con hábitos nocturnos y sin prácticas preventivas; de los intermedios, fueron las viviendas con mala infraestructura física y sanitaria, hacinamiento, ubicadas en áreas boscosas y con animales. De los socioeconómicos, el mayor riesgo correspondió a personas con actividades agroforestales, migrantes, y con bajos ingresos y escolaridad. La malaria ocasionó elevadas pérdidas económicas y generó pobreza y retardo educativo.

Conclusión.No se hallaron estudios con los enfoques de la Medicina Social Latinoamericana ni que aplicaran el análisis jerárquico y multinivel para los determinantes individuales, intermedios y estructurales, de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. No se ha logrado avanzar en el análisis de categorías sociales —territorio, clase social, género, etnia, políticas macroeconómicas— u otras características socioeconómicas que determinan el riesgo de enfermar o morir de malaria.