bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Adult literacy organisers in Ireland resisting neoliberalism
Authors: O’Brien Tom
Published: June 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences and responses of ten adult literacy organisers (ALOs) from Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare to the growing influence of neoliberalism and the commodification of adult literacy as a skill and function of the economy. The research argues for a greater focus on literacy as a social practice concerned with equality and social justice, rooted in emancipatory and transformative adult education.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative research methodology using in-depth unstructured interviews, underpinned by critical realism.

Findings

While the ALOs sampled have developed strategies to resist the impact of neoliberalism, they are also struggling to sustain their resistance and nurture access to emancipatory and transformative adult literacy practices.

Research limitations/implications

The research is limited in size, being a small sample study of ten ALOs.

Practical implications

The research will inform policy discussions in advance of the new further education and training strategy, where adult literacy policy is situated.

Originality/value

The paper gives unique and independent access to the voices of ALOs in Ireland and provides a small example of empirical evidence of the commodification and marketisation of adult literacy under neoliberalism.
Women’s access to supervisory jobs and gender inequality
Authors: Ropero Miguel Angel
Published: June 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects on the gender wage gap of women’s access to supervisory jobs within each establishment in the Spanish labor market. Previous empirical studies have found that promoting women to supervisory positions has decreased the wage difference between genders among workers beneath them. However, these studies did not take into account the endogeneity problem associated with job choice.

Design/methodology/approach

The author uses a switching model to control for this endogeneity problem under certain assumptions.

Findings

Using matched employer–employee data from a sample of 213,709 workers in the Spanish labor market, the author found that an increase in the proportion of women among supervisors within each establishment significantly widens the wage difference between genders. This study shows that the impact of an increase in women’s power within establishments may well be more limited than other empirical studies suggest.

Originality/value

The author will use the estimated correlations between unobservables to find out whether the most valued skills for being a supervisor and the skills that make a worker more productive in the workplace are substitutes or complements. Additionally, the author breaks down the effects of the gender composition of supervisory jobs on the wage gap into a direct and an indirect effect. The direct effect measures the impact of women’s representation among supervisors on the wage difference between men and women within the same job, whereas the indirect effect measures the impact of more women reaching supervisory posts on the wage gap induced by its impact on each type of gender segregation.
Obamacare in the Trump Era: Where are we Now, and Where are we Going?
Authors: Béland Daniel , Rocco Philip , Waddan Alex
Published: June 2018

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, is the most significant US social policy reform in half a century, and the most politically fractious. Since the law was signed by President Obama, Republicans have mobilised against it, using courts and state governments to undermine the implementation of the legislation, which was set to unfold gradually over a nine‐year period. As we describe in this article, however, the beginning of the Trump presidency in January 2017 marked a turning point in the politics of Obamacare. In the absence of Obama's veto, legislative retrenchment became a viable option for the first time. Yet, a combination of intra‐party conflict and opposition to repeal from key stakeholders doomed Republicans’ initial efforts. Nevertheless, we discuss several reasons to doubt Obamacare's political stability.
The framing contest unravelled: Mayors, framing strategies and political outcomes in the wake of three riot‐related crises in the Netherlands
Authors: Pille Caspar , Prins Ruth
Published: June 2018

This study seeks to unravel meaning making and framing contests of mayors in the aftermath of riot‐related crises in the Netherlands. Approaching crisis exploitation as a process sensitive phenomena allowed us to analyse framing strategies and how they coincide with particular political outcomes, while taking into account the different stages of the aftermath during which framing strategies may shift. In contrast to theoretical assumptions, findings of our multiple case study suggest no pattern between the use of a specific framing strategy by the mayor and their success in terms of political outcomes. Instead, our findings suggest that contextual factors, including official inquiries, time spend in office and media pressure, could explain variation in framing dynamics and political outcomes.
Risk aversion in agricultural water management investments in Northern Ghana: experimental evidence
Authors: Katic Pamela , Ellis Tim
Published: June 2018

Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the regions in the world most affected by food price volatility and production variability. Poor small‐scale farmers in this region are particularly vulnerable to this variability. As a result, households may be reluctant to adopt new agricultural water management (AWM) technologies when they involve more risk than what they mitigate.

Despite risk's role in AWM investments, there have been few attempts to estimate the magnitude and nature of risk aversion in relation to this type of farm decisions. To partially close this gap, this article uses an experimental approach applied to 137 households in Northern Ghana. We find that more than 70% of households are moderately or slightly risk averse. This contrasts with other studies in SSA, where most household decision‐makers exhibit severe to extreme risk aversion.

We also find that households that stand to lose as well as gain something from participation in games are less risk averse than households playing gains‐only games. This result suggests that most farmers’ current wealth put them at risk of falling into a poverty trap. Thus, the losses from the riskiest investments on AWM technologies may fall more heavily on the poor, suggesting that additional efforts be given to the creation of viable insurance mechanisms.
3D BASIN MODELLING OF OLIGOCENE – MIOCENE MAIKOP SOURCE ROCKS OFFSHORE ROMANIA AND IN THE WESTERN BLACK SEA
Authors: Olaru R. , Krézsek C. , Rainer T. M. , Ungureanu C. , Turi V. , Ionescu G. , Tari G.
Published: June 2018

Hydrocarbon discoveries in the Western Black Sea have proved the presence of both thermogenic and biogenic petroleum systems. The presence of Tertiary biomarkers in oils from the Romanian part of the Western Black Sea sub‐basin, and correlation with Oligocene to Lower Miocene black shales, suggests that the thermogenic petroleum system is sourced mainly by the Oligocene – Miocene Maikop Group. Older source rocks may also be present locally in other parts of the sub‐basin, but their contribution is currently poorly understood.

This paper presents the results of 3D basin modelling which was intended to evaluate charge models for prospects in the Western Black Sea sourced by the Maikop Group shales. The model is built on the regional‐scale interpretation of recently acquired, long‐offset 2D reflection seismic data, and was calibrated with proprietary and published well, geochemical and temperature data. The sensitivity of the thermal models on source maturity was tested. The basin models investigated two end‐member heat‐flow scenarios, “hot” and “cold”. Whereas the “hot” model more successfully reproduces the field and well data in shelfal areas of the Western Black Sea, the “cold” model is considered to be more valid for deeper‐water areas. Hydrocarbon expulsion maps were calculated for both scenarios at key stratigraphic levels, with preferential migration routes identified.

The results of the basin modelling suggest that the most likely source rocks for the oils in accumulations offshore Romania are located in the mid‐Maikop Group (Upper Rupelian? to Chattian). Core data from offshore wells indicate that the source rocks consist of black shales with fair to good oil generation potential (TOC ∼ 0.5 to 4.5%, HI <600 mg/g TOC, and mixed Type II/III kerogen). At the present day, these shales are in the early oil window offshore Romania to the SE of the producing fields, and in the wet gas window further to the east. Hydrocarbon expulsion from the mid‐Maikop interval began during the Middle Miocene, but significant volumes of liquids were generated only in the Late Miocene with the peak of expulsion not yet reached. Charging the accumulations on the Romanian Shelf requires lateral migration along the base‐Oligocene unconformity over distances of about 20–50 km. In addition, hydrocarbons have charged underlying Eocene and Cretaceous reservoir sections by lateral downward migration, filling structural traps and spilling over to higher structural levels. The results highlight the underexplored potential associated with the Maikop Group in the Western Black Sea.
Was Aztec and Mixtec turquoise mined in the American Southwest?
Authors: Thibodeau Alyson M. , López Luján Leonardo , Killick David J. , Berdan Frances F. , Ruiz Joaquin
Published: June 2018

Isotopes indicate that Aztec and Mixtec turquoise comes from Mesoamerica, not the Southwest U.S. as previously thought.
Pigs Lacking the Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich Domain 5 of CD163 Are Resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus 1 Infection
Authors: Burkard Christine , Opriessnig Tanja , Mileham Alan J. , Stadejek Tomasz , Ait-Ali Tahar , Lillico Simon G. , Whitelaw C. Bruce A. , Archibald Alan L.
Published: June 2018

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus (PRRSV) is the etiological agent of PRRS, causing late-term abortions, stillbirths, and respiratory disease in pigs, incurring major economic losses to the worldwide pig industry. The virus is highly mutagenic and can be divided into two species, PRRSV-1 and PRRSV-2, each containing several subtypes. Current control strategies mainly involve biosecurity measures, depopulation, and vaccination. Vaccines are at best only partially protective against infection with heterologous subtypes and sublineages, and modified live vaccines have frequently been reported to revert to virulence. Here, we demonstrate that a genetic-control approach results in complete resistance to PRRSV infectionin vivo. CD163 is edited so as to remove the viral interaction domain while maintaining protein expression and biological function, averting any potential adverse effect associated with protein knockout. This research demonstrates a genetic-control approach with potential benefits in animal welfare as well as to the pork industry.
Neuraminidase-Inhibiting Antibody Titers Correlate with Protection from Heterologous Influenza Virus Strains of the Same Neuraminidase Subtype
Authors: Walz Lisa , Kays Sarah-Katharina , Zimmer Gert , von Messling Veronika
Published: June 2018

Despite the availability of vaccines, annual influenza virus epidemics cause 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. Currently licensed inactivated vaccines, which are standardized for the amount of the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen, primarily induce strain-specific antibodies, whereas the immune response to the neuraminidase (NA) antigen, which is also present on the viral surface, is usually low. Using NA-expressing single-cycle vesicular stomatitis virus replicons, we show that the NA antigen conferred protection of mice and ferrets against not only the matched influenza virus strains but also viruses carrying NA proteins from other strains of the same subtype. The extent of protection correlated with the level of cross-reactive NA-inhibiting antibodies. This highlights the potential of the NA antigen for the development of more broadly protective influenza vaccines. Such vaccines may also provide partial protection against newly emerging strains with the same NA but a different HA subtype.
The Advantages of Bilingualism Debate
Authors: Antoniou Mark
Published: June 2018

Bilingualism was once thought to result in cognitive disadvantages, but research in recent decades has demonstrated that experience with two (or more) languages confers a bilingual advantage in executive functions and may delay the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. However, conflicting evidence has emerged leading to questions concerning the robustness of the bilingual advantage for both executive functions and dementia incidence. Some investigators have failed to find evidence of a bilingual advantage; others have suggested that bilingual advantages may be entirely spurious, while proponents of the advantage case have continued to defend it. A heated debate has ensued, and the field has now reached an impasse. This review critically examines evidence for and against the bilingual advantage in executive functions, cognitive aging, and brain plasticity, before outlining how future research could shed light on this debate and advance knowledge of how experience with multiple languages affects cognition and the brain.
Validity and Reliability of the Dutch Adaptation of the Actinic Keratosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (AKQoL)
Authors: Vis Kelly , Waalboer-Spuij Rick , Snels Dyon G.C.T.M. , Hollestein Loes M.
Published: June 2018

Background: The Actinic Keratosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (AKQoL) is a disease-specific instrument to measure the impact of actinic keratosis (AK) on patients’ lives. Objective: To validate and test the psychometric properties of the AKQoL translated into the Dutch language (AKQoL-NL). Methods: All new patients ≥50 years of age with untreated AK in a university medical center and a general hospital between August 2014 and August 2015 were eligible. The AKQoL was obtained and repeated after 2 weeks. The feasibility was tested by missing responses and response distribution. The internal consistency reliability of each domain was investigated with the Cronbach alpha, and test-retest reliability and validity with the Spearman correlation coefficient. AKQoL scores were compared to the Skindex-17 for convergent validity and to the Groningen Frailty Indicator scores for divergent validity. Results: A total of 153 of 190 eligible patients consented to participate. Feasibility analysis showed that none of the items missed ≥10% of responses but 5 of the 9 items showed floor effect. The AKQoL subscales showed a moderate internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.235–0.468) and an excellent test-retest reliability (interclass correlation coefficient = 0.997–1). The AKQoL correlated poorly with the symptom component and moderately with the psychosocial component of the Skindex-17 (ρ = –0.015 to 0.346 and 0.324 to 0.501, respectively), which is less than expected. The AKQoL scored poorly in both of the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) components (ρ = –0.97 to 0.12 and 0.185 to 0.276, respectively), as expected. Conclusion: The AKQoL-NL is a feasible, moderately valid, and moderately reliable health-related quality of life questionnaire.
Design and Baseline Characteristics of the HELP Study: An Extended and Long-Term Observation of Pathological Myopia in Caucasians
Authors: Melzer Charlotte , Ziemssen Focke , Eter Nicole , Brinkmann Christian , Agostini Hansjuergen , Haeusser-Fruh Gisela , Rose Uwe , Schargus Marc  , Lorenz Katrin , Holz Frank G. , Schmitz-Valckenberg Steffen
Published: June 2018

Purpose: To assess the natural disease progression of high myopia in Caucasians considered at risk for the development of myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV). Methods: Subjects were recruited in 25 clinical sites between June 2014 and June 2016. Main inclusion criteria included axial length of ≥26 mm, best-corrected visual acuity ≥0.05 decimal equivalent and presence of at least one out of five predefined morphological disease risk criteria. These were (1) subfoveal choroidal thinning < 50 µm, (2) enhanced choroidal curvature length > 6,300 µm, (3) lacquer cracks, (4) patchy atrophy > 5 mm2 and (5) preexisting mCNV in the fellow eye (German Clinical Trial Register DRKS00007761). Results: A total of 150 participants (66% females) with a mean age of 57.2 (±12.7) years (range 21.9–86.2 years) were included. The disease criteria most frequently encountered were choroidal thinning (33.3%) and lacquer cracks (32.7%). Enhanced choroidal curvature length was detected in only 8 subjects and always occurred in combination with other disease criteria. Presence of patchy atrophy was found to be more common in older subjects (p = 0.0012) and also associated with a more severe disease manifestation. Conclusion: The baseline data of this study indicate that enhanced choroidal curvature might be less common in Caucasians than in Asian populations. Further, disease severity in patients with high myopia is relatively high in the presence of patchy atrophy.
СКРИНІНГ ЗНАНЬ ПРО ЛАЙМ-БОРЕЛІОЗ БАТЬКІВ ДІТЕЙ, ЯКІ ЗАЗНАЛИ НАПАДІВ КЛІЩІВ
Authors: Nykytyuk S. O. , Andreychyn M. A.
Published: June 2018

Мета роботи – оцінити обізнаність щодо Лайм-бореліозу батьків тих дітей, які зазнали нападів кліщів на території Тернопільської області, тавстановити частоту природного зараження B. burgdorferi sensu lato кліщів, відібраних від мешканців області.Пацієнти і методи. Опитуванням було охоплено 207 батьків. Усі опитані дали відповіді на запитання уніфікованої міжнародної анкети-опитувальника. На основі анкетних даних проаналізовано та оцінено поінформованість батьків дітей, що зазнали нападів кліщів, щодо бореліозу, а також обґрунтовано доцільність розширення їх знань про хворобу Лайма та інші інфекції, пов’язані з укусом кліщів.
Aspectos da Representação Feminina na História da Arte
Authors: Prado Paola Sayuri
Published: June 2018

Nossa proposta é tratar sobre alguns temas que abordam questões de gênero a partir de uma óptica voltada aos modos de atuação da mulher na História da Arte. Nesse contexto, a dominação sobre uma minoria aparece de forma atípica: aqui, a figura feminina, subjugada, é exaltada por seu dominador; ela é insumo e parte fundamental para a consolidação de vertentes artísticas diversas, mas a sua atuação é predominantemente passiva. Seguindo por esse caminho, observaremos algumas ideias propostas pelo crítico de Arte John Berger, nas quais o autor versa sobre a existência de uma distinção na presença social e comportamental entre homens e mulheres. Essa distinção, construída socialmente durante eras, se configura com o respaldo na ideia de que as mulheres devem ser submetidas à tutela do homem e que essa deve ser a parte essencial do universo feminino. Como uma reprodução desse pensamento, a mulher, tema principal da pintura a óleo europeia, é retratada como um reflexo das supostas relações de supremacia entre os sexos: ela posa para o homem observador como se estivesse pronta para estar sob sua tutela, exaltando a sexualidade masculina e camuflando a sua para melhor servi-lo. Interessa-nos também apresentar, brevemente, intervenções das Guerrilla Girls e da atuação das sufragistas por trás de “Elementos de Beleza”; dois grupos formados por mulheres que, apesar de atuarem em épocas e de formas distintas, exemplificam a mobilização feminina gerada como uma forma de reação ao establishment artístico abordado por Berger.
Educação, cidadania e participação político-cidadã no Regime Civil-Militar
Authors: Carniel Francislaine Soledade
Published: June 2018

Neste trabalho objetivamos apresentar as concepções de cidadania, de educação e de participação político-cidadã do Regime Civil-Militar instaurado no Brasil entre os anos de 1964 a 1985 através dos ideais inseridos pelos militares no país ao longo dos anos, procurando compreender a conjuntura política nacional e as possíveis interferências ideológicas na educação. Através da metodologia qualitativa de análise documental, pontuaremos alguns aspectos da educação nacional através do discurso do primeiro presidente do Regime civil-militar Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco e também, as iniciativas políticas educacionais para identificar o intuito do Estado brasileiro que embasavam o controle sobre a população por meio do ideário conservador da “segurança nacional”. pretendemos discutir a construção da cidadania brasileira através dos ideais inseridos pelos militares no Brasil ao longo dos anos, procurando compreender a conjuntura política nacional e as possíveis interferências no campo educacional.
Tradições abandonadas: revisitando “O Povo”, de Jules Michelet
Authors: Martins Luís Henrique Alves Cordeiro , Lopes Frank Rudiger , Carvalho Erick Caixeta , Yoshimatu Pedro Mitsugui Vidal
Published: June 2018

No presente artigo, trabalhamos com O Povo de Jules Michelet, estudando as suas perspectivas históricas, sua metodologia, e as relações com o período de formação da história como disciplina, no século XIX. Para compreender o pensamento do autor, descartamos uma concepção anterior do historiador como positivista, analisando seu pensamento pela sua obra e alguns trabalhos relacionados às suas concepções teóricas da história. Operação feita por meio da análise da obra de Giambattista Vico, Scienza Nuova (Nova Ciência), pensador italiano do século XVIII que trabalhou com a construção de uma nova forma de estudar a ciência do homem, em oposição ao método experimentalista de Descartes e Newton. Assim, apresentando uma proposta de análise cultural, de estudos dos povos e costumes. No trabalho, avaliamos a presença de Vico em Michelet, além de considerar de que forma as ideias do pensador italiano constituíram-se no pensamento do historiador francês; hipótese motivada pelo fato de Michelet ter traduzido a obra de Vico para o francês, tendo, portanto, estudado e conhecido extensamente a concepção histórica do italiano.  Também consideramos outros elementos do momento histórico da criação de O Povo, como entendimentos de “povo” do pensamento alemão, o Volksgeist (Espírito do Povo), além de ideias possivelmente românticas e patrióticas, como nas ideias de “França e Anti-França”. Desse modo, revisitando Michelet como mais do que simplesmente um “positivista”, mas um pensador dentro de seu tempo que também foi original e possuiu outros métodos e enfoques que o distanciaram e o tornaram um historiador bastante particular no século XIX.
Estratégia Teórico-Prática no Ensino de Enfermagem em Doenças Transmissíveis com o Foco na Vigilância em Saúde
Authors: Pereira Érica Gomes , Ciaccio Sara De Alencar , Nichiata Lucia Yasuko Izumi , Sakata-So Karen Namie , Ribeiro João Henrique De Morais , Silva Caroline Lopes Ciofi , Padoveze Maria Clara
Published: June 2018

Este relato apresenta a estratégia de ensino teórico-prática para o conteúdo de vigilância em saúde na Disciplina ENS 0425 – Enfermagem em Doenças Transmissíveis com Enfoque em Saúde Coletiva, do curso de bacharelado em Enfermagem, por meio do estágio em unidades de vigilância em saúde localizadas na cidade de São Paulo no ano de 2016. As atividades em campo de estágio tiveram como resultado a produção de relatórios em formato de estudo de caso, tanto no âmbito individual quanto no âmbito populacional de enfrentamento das doenças transmissíveis. A estratégia de ensino pode ser considerada inovadora, porque estimulou o estudante ao desenvolvimento do trabalho articulado com diversos atores envolvidos na vigilância em saúde e ao debate sobre os conceitos de morbidade, letalidade, prevalência e incidência, tendo como ponto de partida a desigualdade territorial das necessidades em saúde com vistas à atuação individual e populacional.
Overcoming Geographic Penalties of Inequality
Authors: Sanders Scott R. , Muir Jonathan A. , Brown Ralph B.
Published: June 2018

Geographic isolation and spatial inequality are growing issues for most countries. However, distance-demolishing technologies have been proposed as a solution of overcoming geographic barriers associated with geographic penalties. This research uses the rapid and widespread adoption of inexpensive motorcycles in Vietnam as a case study of how distance-demolishing technologies can improve household well-being. Utilising panel data from the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Vietnamese Household Living Standard Surveys, this research uses propensity score matching to isolate the effect that the introduction of a motorcycle has on household income. Our results show that new motorcycle ownership reduces spatial isolation penalties and significantly improves household well-being in Vietnam. In addition, marginalised populations, such as female-headed households and rural households, receive relatively larger returns from a new motorcycle. Our findings suggest that distance-demolishing technologies can contribute to the reduction of spatial inequality by helping households overcome both geographic and social barriers.
Voices of Young Women in Interfaith Marriages
Authors: Bhatoo Sumayyah , Bhowon Uma
Published: June 2018

This qualitative study captures the experiences of young women in an interfaith marriage, in a social context where ethnic/religious identity is not contested or threatened. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten women to understand through narrative the conflicts and challenges they experience and how they cope with them. Narratives explored not only the present difficulties in the lives of women in interfaith marriages, but also the past experiences. It is under this framework that the cultural/religious transition of these women were studied. The collective experiences of these women were organised under six main themes: role of religion, views on being associated with another religion, initiation of interfaith relationships, problems and conflicts experienced, reactions of in-laws, peers and society and coping and adaptation. Results suggest that although these women experience challenges, such as rejections, threats to identity and discrimination, the multicultural context of Mauritius facilitates integration of conflicting religious identities.
Exploring the Role of Taste in Middle-Class Household Practices
Authors: Sahakian Marlyne , Saloma Czarina , Ganguly Sunayana
Published: June 2018

Food consumption patterns and practices are undergoing changes in the mega-cities of South and Southeast Asia. Based on a qualitative, comparative case study, this article examines food consumption practices among middle-class households in Bangalore and Metro Manila. We demonstrate how taste preferences, shaped by and shaping food consumption practices, directly relate to increases in meat consumption, food packaging and household food waste—all areas of environmental significance. Taste preferences, which evolved over time, are explained through three inter-related dimensions: (a) the competencies involved in preparing food or eating out; (b) the material dimension of consumption, or products available in sites of food consumption; and (c) the different meanings attached to what makes for a tasty meal. The differences and similarities in food consumption practices between each research site provide insights into how food consumption practices might shift towards more sustainable pathways in Bangalore and Metro Manila, and in similar settings.
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus adjuvant chemotherapy for R1 resected gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Authors: Zhou Meng-long , Li Gui-chao , Yang Wang , Deng Wei-juan , Hu Ran , Wang Yan , Long Zi-wen , Liu Xiao-wen , Wang Ya-nong , Zhang Zhen
Published: June 2018

Objective:

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and adjuvant chemotherapy (ChT) on the survival of locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) patients treated with R1 resection.

Methods:

The patients with LAGC and microscopically positive margins after a potentially curative gastrectomy in Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre were retrospectively identified. The patients who were referred to our hospital for adjuvant CRT after an R1 resection elsewhere were also included. The patients were divided into either the CRT group or ChT group according to the treatment strategy. We, then, examined the patient survival results and patterns of recurrence for each group.

Results:

There were 114 LAGC patients treated with an R1 resection identified (CRT, n = 33; ChT, n = 81). The baseline characteristics between the two groups were not different. The estimated 3 year recurrence-free survival and overall survival in the CRT and ChT groups were 45.1% vs 31.8% (p = 0.09) and 49.6% vs 39.4% (p = 0.20), respectively. The results indicated that only nodal status was an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 4.04, 95% confidence interval 2.06–7.93). The risk of locoregional recurrence was increased in the ChT group. The subgroup analysis revealed that patients with pN0–2 GC showed a better recurrence-free survival due to adjuvant CRT (hazard ratio 0.19, 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.90; p = 0.022).

Conclusion:

Adjuvant CRT improves locoregional control and may benefit patients with pN0-2 GC after R1 resection. The nodal status may be the most important predictor for patient selection.

Advances in knowledge:

Nodal status may be the most important predictor for patient selection. Compared with adjuvant ChT, LAGC patients with pN0-2 disease may further benefit from additional radiotherapy after R1 resection.
Literary dance: A personal reflection about two dancers in Zagreb in the eighties
Authors: Šimunić Katja
Published: June 2018

A personal account of one segment of the Zagreb dance scene of the 1980s, on the example of a choreographic collaboration between Blaženka Kovač Carić and Snježana Abramović Milković, iconic dancers from the 1980s Zagreb dance scene, on the pieces Attic (1984) and Angel Hair (1986), produced by Zagreb Dance Company.
Archiving the contemporary art of dance in Serbia: Issues with institutionalization, or on betraying the ‘Independence’ of the local dance scene
Authors: Ivić Milica , Koruga Igor
Published: June 2018

After models that have been used so far on the local dance scene, there is a hybrid area of research that stood out in the vast field of research – the question of the institutional status/position of contemporary dance as an art practice, or in an even broader sense – a world of art, whose core value and political position in relation to the local scene was explicitly described as independent from institutions of art and culture. Our research into this issue was based mainly in interviewing eight independent choreographers who have worked with local institutions of dance and drama, primarily through artistic collaborations with directors of institutional drama theatres; we also gathered information in informal talks with other stakeholders in the performing arts. By juxtaposing a theoretical model of institutionalization of each art practice against a hybrid area of research such as this one, this text provides a very brief overview of all these issues as well as the discoveries and dilemmas that we came across during our research.
Influence of temsirolimus on antidiabetic effect of sitagliptin in experimental animal
Authors: Jamal Roohi , K Suresh D. , S Khalid Md
Published: June 2018

The present study was carried out to evaluate the drug interaction between an antihyperglycemic agent and anticancerous drug,In healthy and Dexamethasone induced diabetic rats. The blood samples were collected up to 24 h and blood glucose level was estimated. In healthy albino rats Pretreatment with Temsirolimus (6.75 mg/kg for seven days) has significantly altered the onset of hypoglycemia (15.50+1.47 to21.40Â±.54), p< 0.001 at the 2nd hour significantly enhanced the peak hypoglycemia (29.70+.60 %) before treatment to (44.47+1.21 %) after treatment(p<0.001) at 4th hour (i.e. 18.71Â±.38 to 20.43Â±.89, p<0.001 induced by Sitagliptin. Whereas in Dexamethasone treated rats, pretreatment with Temsirolimus (6.75 mg/kg) for 7 days has decreased the onset of hypoglycemia, significantly enhanced the peak hypoglycemia (24.13+.6417%) before treatment to (45.62+2.845 %) after treatment(P<.001) at the 8th hour. This study indicates that therapeutic drug monitoring has been required for therapeutic doses of temsirolimus and antidiabetic drugs when used concomitantly.HighlightsÂ 1)Â Â Â Â Â  Influence of Temsirolimus on hypoglycemic activity of Sitagliptin in healthy rats.2)Â Â Â Â Â  Influence of Temsirolimus on hypoglycemic activity of Sitagliptin in Dexamethasone induced hyperglycemic rats.3)Â Â Â Â Â  To suggest the alteration in the dose and frequency of administration of Oral antidiabetic agents when they are used along with Temsirolimus.AbbreviationsÂ P.o.- per os â€˜by mouthâ€™, DM-Diabetes mellitus,GOD-Glucose oxidase (GOD), POD- Peroxidase (POD).Â
La trata de personas con fines de explotación sexual y prostitución
Authors: Meneses Falcón Carmen
Published: June 2018

En el presente artículo se realiza una distinción entre diferentes conceptos que se relacionan con la trata, el tráfico de personas con fines de explotación sexual y los tipos de prostitución. Se describen algunos aspectos del desarrollo de la prostitución para centrarse en la demanda de servicios sexuales y el papel de los varones en ella. Se ofrecen algunas sugerencias educativas en estos aspectos.
A limitação da jornada de trabalho e os impactos na saúde dos cegonheiros
Authors: Roppoli Daniela Emma , Lima Maria Elizabeth Antunes
Published: June 2018

Este estudo foi desenvolvido após muitos debates na nossa sociedade, relacionando o uso de drogas pelos motoristas profissionais com a organização do trabalho à qual são expostos. O prazo curto para realizarem as entregas, as jornadas prolongadas, o pagamento por produtividade, são fatores que levam, muitas vezes, esses profissionais recorrerem às drogas psicoativas, de modo a se manterem acordados e atingirem as metas que lhes foram impostas. Dessa forma, o objetivo foi conhecer os impactos da regulamentação da jornada de trabalho sobre a saúde dos motoristas profissionais, mais precisamente os cegonheiros. O campo de pesquisa foi uma empresa privada de médio porte, que opera na área de logística de automóveis novos, situada em Betim – MG. Tratou-se de um estudo de caso, baseado em observações em campo, análise documental e entrevistas com seis cegonheiros, o gerente de produção, o gerente de saúde e segurança e o proprietário da empresa, sendo adotado o critério de saturação. Os resultados permitiram constatar que, na empresa estudada, a jornada de trabalho é bem controlada dentro de uma atividade de caráter variável, o que reduz a fadiga dos motoristas. As pausas durante as viagens a trabalho, são respeitadas e representam um importante mecanismo de regulação, prevenção de doenças e até mesmo de acidentes, pois os motoristas trabalham descansados e não sentem necessidade de recorrer a substâncias psicoativas para manter a vigilância. O estudo traz contribuições para a prevenção do uso de substâncias psicoativas, acidentes de trabalho e outros problemas que afetam a saúde dos motoristas profissionais. Sua limitação maior consiste na dificuldade em confrontar seus resultados com outras pesquisas devido à escassez da literatura e de dados estatísticos atualizados sobre o tema.
The Expression of Case in Hittite Writing
Authors: Cajnko Mojca
Published: June 2018

The introduction to the article presents writing as a semiotic system by applying some key terms from Eco’s semiotics (1979) to Hittite writing. It then draws on modern case theory to describe case as a syntactic-semantic relationship which may be expressed by various means. The main part of the paper presents the different ways in which case could be expressed in Hittite writing. This paper is therefore only the beginning of research on case in Hittite writing. It offers a theoretical basis for further studies on this topic which will enable a more comprehensive understanding of the complex case system in Hittite.
MAH 15896: A Tablet from Ur?
Authors: Cavigneaux Antoine , Clevenstine Emmert
Published: June 2018

MAH 15896 records the sale of an orchard in the 35th year of King Rīm-Sîn of Larsa. Although the tablet is unprovenanced, stylistic and prosopographic evidence strongly suggest that it comes from Ur. The names of the contracting parties and witnesses provide interesting links to individuals and families known from a number of documents in other collections.
Bemerkungen und Kollationen zu den altbabylonischen Alltagstexten in Leipzig (LAOS 1, Nr. 39–50)
Authors: Földi Zsombor
Published: June 2018

In the following communication, the results of collations conducted on the Old Babylonian archival documents of the Altorientalisches Institut of the Universität Leipzig in 2014 are presented. These results allow for a more precise determination of the tablets’ dates, places of origin, as well as their connections to already-known individuals’ activities and dossiers (‚archives‘). The importance of this data is crucial, because all of the material was acquired on the antiquities market early on in the 20th century, and therefore nothing is known about the archaeological context of these tablets. The paper closes with remarks on three Ur III documents of the same collection.
Effects of white rot and brown rot decay on the drilling resistance measurements in wood
Authors: Sharapov Evgenii , Brischke Christian , Militz Holger , Smirnova Elena
Published: June 2018

An IML-RESI PD 400 drilling tool and a standard spade drill bit (IML System GmbH, Wiesloch, Germany) were used to study the impact of white and brown rot decay on drilling resistance (DR) measurements in wood. In total, 720 drillings were made in specimens of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) heartwood and sapwood, European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.) and English oak (Quercus roburL.), which were decayed byConiophora puteanaandTrametes versicolor. Drillings were made with specimens conditioned in normal climate (20°C/65% RH) and with specimens vacuum-impregnated in water. DR and feeding force (FF) were negatively correlated with mass loss (ML) due to fungal decay. The intensity of reduction was higher for DR than for FF with increasing ML for all decay types and moisture contents (MCs). A significant difference (at 95% confidence level) in DR was found between decay types using water-saturated (WS) Scots pine specimens (3–35% ML). In most cases, DR revealed a higher predictive power of the models for ML prediction than FF. Free water in decayed specimens significantly reduced the DR and FF. Hence, the effect of ML on DR and FF of decayed and WS wood was less prominent.
What are the Most Widely Used and Effective Attack Coverage Systems in Men’s Volleyball?
Authors: Hileno Raúl , García-de-Alcaraz Antonio , Buscà Bernat , Salas Cristòfol , Camerino Oleguer
Published: June 2018

In volleyball, attack coverage is one of the play actions most neglected in coaching and research. The purpose of this study was to find out which attack coverage systems are used by high-level men’s teams in different game situations and the characteristics of the most effective systems. We analysed 15 matches from the 2010 Men’s Pan-American Volleyball Cup, with a total of 1,415 coverage actions. Chi-square tests for independence, adjusted residuals analysis and calculations of standardised mean difference were performed. The results show that high-level men’s volleyball uses many coverage systems other than the traditional 3-2-0 and 2-3-0. At this level of play, the most frequent systems were 1-3-1 and 1-2-2, which occurred significantly often at the culmination of a third-tempo attack at the wing. The most effective systems consisted of three coverage lines, with fewer than five players covering the spiker and at least one player in the first coverage line, in both the attack and counterattack phases. Given the large number of coverage systems identified in different game situations, we recommend flexible, loosely structured training in these systems, based on a set of guiding principles that all players on a team must internalise for the specific position they are playing. Regarding the systems’ efficacy, the main watchword is that on each coverage line there should always be at least one player, but the first line should not be exposed.
Analysis of Training Plans in Basketball: Gender and Formation Stage Differences
Authors: Cañadas María , Gómez Miguel-Ángel , García-Rubio Javier , Ibáñez Sergio J.
Published: June 2018

Scientific literature has stated the presence of various stages in athletes sportive development, with different objectives in each one of them. This should lead coaches to different training plans according to the athlete’s formation stage. The aim of this study was to analyse training plans and identify differences in basketball objectives according to formative stages (U’12 and U’14) in boys and girls. A total of 1,976 training tasks were collected and analysed, for a total of four teams (girls and boys of U’12 and U’14 categories) during an entire season. Pedagogical variables, game phases, game situations, training means and content were studied. The results showed significant differences between genders. Girls’ teams performed more tasks on offense and technical skills. By contrast, boys’ teams performed more defensive tasks and tactical contents. The 1-on-0 and 1-on-1 were the most repeated game situations in all teams. Coaches used different training tasks according to gender and age. In male U’12 teams, drills predominated, whereas in the other categories, games predominated. For boys’ teams, the contents were tactical oriented, and for girls’ teams, the contents were oriented toward skill acquisition. Studying the pedagogical variables of the training process allowed for identification of the utility of training, assessment, and modification of this process.
Soccer Small-Sided Games Activities Vary According to the Interval Regime and their Order of Presentation
within the Session
Authors: Sanchez-Sanchez Javier , Ramirez-Campillo Rodrigo , Carretero Manuel , Martín Victor , Hernández Daniel , Nakamura Fabio Y.
Published: June 2018

In order to investigate the physical demands of widely used in soccer small-sided games (SSGs), we compared game variations performed under different interval (fixed or variable) and timing regimens (beginning or end of a training session). Twelve male players wore GPS devices during the SSGs to record total distance, relative distance, distance at different speeds, and maximum velocity variables. Four variations of SSGs (4x4) were randomly applied: beginning of a training session with fixed and variable recovery, or end of a training session with fixed and variable recovery. During the beginning or end of a training session settings with fixed recovery duration, 2-min of playing and 2-min of recovery were provided. During the beginning and end of a training session settings with variable recovery, athletes kept playing until a goal was scored, or up to 2-min if no goals were scored. Results were analysed using MANOVA. Total distance and relative distance were higher in the beginning compared to end of training sessions for both fixed and variable recovery duration (small to moderate effect sizes). Distance at various speed ranges (i.e., 13-18 km/h and >18 km/h) was higher (p ≤ 0.01) at the beginning than at the end of training sessions with variable recovery. In addition, distance >18 km/h was higher at the beginning of a training session with variable recovery than fixed recovery and at the end of a training session with variable recovery than fixed recovery. In conclusion, several physical demand characteristics are affected by the moment of SSG application, while others respond to the recovery regime during SSGs, thus providing indications to the coaches to prescribe the intended training intensity by manipulating the context.
Pratarmė
Authors: Navickienė Aušra , Van der Weel Adriaan
Published: June 2018

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The interclerkship ambulatory care track: attributes of a longitudinal integrated clerkship that inspire medical students to pursue careers in primary care and work with underserved
Authors: Rhee John Yohan , Moser Joe-Ann , Prioleau Phoebe , Meah Yasmin , Gault Allison
Published: June 2018

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Few longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) have increased the proportion of students who choose to go into primary care or work with underserved populations. A mixed-methods questionnaire was developed and sent to alumni (2006-2016) of the Interclerkship Ambulatory Care Tract (InterACT), a third-year clerkship in which students apply evidence-based medicine and chronic care model principles to outpatient longitudinal care. A likert scale was utilized for quantitative questions. Descriptive and thematic analyses were performed on the qualitative responses using a constant comparative approach. A majority (80%; 49/61) responded. Of the 44 physicians who responded to questions about current specialty, 75% indicated pediatrics, family medicine, or internal medicine. The majority of respondents (89%) reported that they care for patients considered to be medically underserved. Alumni overwhelmingly felt that the clerkship impacted the following: their specialty choice (71%, 34/48), and the population of patients they chose to take care of (80%, 39/49). The following attributes emerged from the qualitative questions as key determinants of future decisions regarding specialty and patient population: holistic patient care, strong mentorship, longitudinal patient relationships, and care of the homebound. These key attributes, if implemented in other LICs, may be a means to increase the number of medical students that choose to work in primary care fields and/or with underserved populations.
Decline in Kidney Function among Apparently Healthy Young Adults at Risk of Mesoamerican Nephropathy
Authors: Gonzalez-Quiroz Marvin , Smpokou Evangelia-Theano , Silverwood Richard J. , Camacho Armando , Faber Dorien , Garcia Brenda La Rosa , Oomatia Amin , Hill Michael , Glaser Jason , Le Blond Jennifer , Wesseling Catharina , Aragon Aurora , Smeeth Liam , Pearce Neil , Nitsch Dorothea , Caplin Ben
Published: June 2018

Background Epidemic levels of CKD of undetermined cause, termed Mesoamerican nephropathy in Central America, have been found in low- and middle-income countries. We investigated the natural history of, and factors associated with, loss of kidney function in a population at high risk for this disease.

Methods We conducted a 2-year prospective, longitudinal study with follow-up every 6 months in nine rural communities in northwestern Nicaragua and included all men (n=263) and a random sample of women (n=87) ages 18–30 years old without self-reported CKD, diabetes, or hypertension. We used growth mixture modeling to identify subgroups of eGFR trajectory and weighted multinomial logistic regression to examine associations with proposed risk factors.

Results Among men, we identified three subpopulations of eGFR trajectory (mean baseline eGFR; mean eGFR change over follow-up): 81% remained stable (116 ml/min per 1.73 m2; −0.6 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year), 9.5% experienced rapid decline despite normal baseline function (112 ml/min per 1.73 m2; −18.2 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year), and 9.5% had baseline dysfunction (58 ml/min per 1.73 m2; −3.8 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year). Among women: 96.6% remained stable (121 ml/min per 1.73 m2; −0.6 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year), and 3.4% experienced rapid decline (132 ml/min per 1.73 m2; −14.6 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year; n=3 women). Among men, outdoor and agricultural work and lack of shade availability during work breaks, reported at baseline, were associated with rapid decline.

Conclusions Although Mesoamerican nephropathy is associated with agricultural work, other factors may also contribute to this disease.