bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Psichikos sveikatos sutrikimų turinčių asmenų paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greitis
Authors: Jurkuvėnas Vytautas , Bagdonas Albinas , Germanavičius Arūnas
Published: July 2016

Informacijos apdorojimo greičio sutrikimai yra būdingas daugelio psichikos sveikatos sutrikimų elementas. Šiuo metu plačiai nagrinėjami biologiniai informacijos apdorojimo greičio mechanizmai. Kita vertus, informacijos apdorojimo greitis, kaip dvilypis konstruktas, susidedantis iš paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greičio komponentų, vis dar menkai suprastas. Šiuo tyrimu siekta atskleisti paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greitį kaip psichikos sutrikimo žymenį. Taip pat keltas uždavinys išanalizuoti grupių skirtumus pagal tokius kintamuosius kaip lytis, amžius, išsimokslinimas ir gimtoji kalba; nustatyti atminties bei psichinės veiklos perkėlimo gebėjimų įtaką paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greičio sąsajai su psichikos sutrikimais; ištirti kliniškai svarbių paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greičio sutrikimų proporcijas įvairialypėje klinikinėje ir kontrolinėje grupėse. Tyrime iš viso dalyvavo 482 asmenys. Tirtos keturios grupės: sveikų suaugusiųjų (N = 381), asmenų, savistatos būdu nurodžiusių psichikos sveikatos sutrikimo diagnozę (N = 33), asmenų, kuriems diagnozuotas lengvas ar vidutinio sunkumo psichikos sveikatos sutrikimas (F10-F99, išskyrus F20-F29) (N = 35), asmenų, kuriems diagnozuotas sunkus psichikos sveikatos sutrikimas (F20-F29) (N = 33). Visi tyrimo dalyviai, naudodamiesi kompiuteriu, atliko vienuolika pažintinėms funkcijoms tirti skirtų užduočių, atsakė į demografinius ir su sveikata susijusius klausimus. Gauti rezultatai atskleidžia psichikos sveikatos sutrikimų turinčiųjų ir neturinčiųjų grupių skirtumus, kurie ypač ryškūs lyginant paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greitį. Lytis, amžius, išsimokslinimas ir gimtoji kalba neturėjo įtakos tarpgrupinių pažintinių gebėjimų skirtumų statistiniam reikšmingumui. Kontroliuojant atminties ir psichinės veiklos perkėlimo gebėjimus paaiškėjo, kad grupių paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greitis skyrėsi, nors sumažėjo efekto dydis. Kliniškai svarbių paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greičio sutrikimų proporcijos sudėtinėje klinikinėje grupėje ir kontrolinėje grupėje leidžia kelti prielaidas, kad paprastos ir sudėtingos informacijos apdorojimo greičio gebėjimų matavimo pritaikomumas yra skirtingas.
Keturmečių miego sunkumus prognozuojantys veiksniai: vaikų temperamento, motinų elgesio ir miegojimo tvarkos svarba
Authors: Baukienė Edita , Jusienė Roma
Published: July 2016

Šiame straipsnyje aprašomame tyrime analizuota, kaip su keturmečių miego sunkumais sąveikauja vaikų temperamento bruožai ir prieš metus vertintos motinų elgesio su vaikais strategijos, kartu analizuota miego tvarkos pastovumo reikšmė. Analizuojami 162 vaikų ir jų motinų, dalyvavusių tęstiniame ankstyvosios savireguliacijos raidos tyrime, duomenys. Informacija rinkta dviem etapais: kai vaikams buvo treji metai, jų motinos pildė Vaiko raidos ir socialinės aplinkos klausimyną, Vaiko elgesio klausimyno trumpąją formą (CBQ-SF), Tėvų strategijų vaikų neigiamų emocijų atžvilgiu klausimyną (CCNES), o kai buvo ketveri – Vaikų elgesio aprašą (CBCL/1 1/2-5). Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė vaikų miego sunkumų ir neigiamo emocingumo ryšį. Kiti temperamento bruožai (valinga kontrolė bei ekstraversija) ir motinų elgesio strategijos nebuvo susiję su miego sunkumais. Nors miegojimo vietos vaidmuo nepasirodė svarbus, išryškėjo miego tvarkos pastovumo reikšmė – daugiau miego sunkumų turėjo keturmečiai, kurių miego tvarka prieš metus nebuvo pastovi. Tačiau numatant keturmečių miego sunkumus prieš metus vertintas miego tvarkos pastovumas ir neigiamas emocingumas neišryškėjo kaip reikšmingi veiksniai. Miego tvarkos pastovumas neatsiskleidė ir kaip tarpininkaujantis veiksnys, tai yra jis panašiai svarbus ir didesnio neigiamo emocingumo, ir mažesnio neigiamo emocingumo ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų miego sunkumams atsirasti.
On-site assessment of bridges supported by acoustic emission
Authors: Olaszek Piotr , Casas Joan R. , Świt Grzegorz
Published: July 2016

Load testing has considerable possibilities in bridges as regards their safety assessment. This paper presents a comparison study on the diagnostic and the proof load test supported by acoustic emission. Diagnostic load testing is based on the comparison of real bridge behaviour with analytical calculation. Proof load testing is based on incremental loading until the bridge materials approach their elastic limit, but never going beyond this point, to prevent the bridge from being damaged. Tests are compared in the case of a three-span concrete bridge, made of prestressed precast beams. In a diagnostic load, reaching accurate diagnosis was made possible by the calibration of the calculation model based on deflection measurements and by the definition of concrete (performance) parameters, mainly concrete tensile strength. In proof load testing, accurate assessment of the actual capacity was possible, thanks to the support of acoustic emission measurements.
Progressive cracking of masonry arch bridges
Authors: Gibbons Niamh , Fanning Paul J.
Published: July 2016

Numerous methods are available for the assessment of masonry arch bridges at the ultimate limit state. However, there is a lack of suitable methods for assessing behaviour at service levels of loading. To address this, non-linear three-dimensional finite element (FE) models that consider constitutive material models enabling progressive cracking and failure of the complete structural system were used to investigate the development of damage for three masonry arch bridges at both service levels and at the ultimate capacity. All of the elements contributing to the strength of the structure were represented in the models, including the arch barrel, spandrel, abutments, fill and surrounding soil. This allowed for consideration of the longitudinal and transverse capacities, the stiffening effects of the spandrel walls, the restraint and load distribution provided by the fill, the frictional behaviour between the masonry and fill, movement at the abutments and multiple causes of failure. While complex non-linear FE models are able to identify the ultimate load capacity there are alternative simpler approaches available for this, and it is the investigation of damage and crack propagation at service level loads where their use is of greatest benefit.
Rainfall and microbial contamination in Alberta well water
Authors: Valeo Caterina , Checkley Sylvia , He Jianxun , Neumann Norman
Published: July 2016

Spatial and seasonal patterns in the positive rates of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in Alberta well water were investigated to gain insight into well water microbial contamination. Analysis was conducted in the presence of total coliforms (77  135 tests) and E. coli (77  132 tests) in well water from 2004 to 2009 along with monthly estimates of precipitation, all of which were aggregated to 13 zones across Alberta by using Voronoi tessellation. Regression combined with autocorrelation analysis was employed to develop wave functions for data assembled in each zone. Precipitation was found to peak in June or July in all 13 regions. The positive E. coli rate was found to peak in June, July or August, but the positive total coliform rate peaked in August, September or October. Spatial statistical analysis revealed a potential association of total coliforms and E. coli with precipitation in two heavily populated basins. Spatial density analysis revealed a cluster of positive tests of total coliforms and E. coli in a narrow spatial extent in June and July of 2005.
Bentonite cut-off walls: solution for landfill remedial works
Authors: Koda Eugeniusz , Osinski Piotr
Published: July 2016

The application of landfill containment systems such as cut-off walls could be used effectively as one of the remedial solutions limiting environmental hazards caused by such sites. The complexity and weight of problems concerning remediation works of old sanitary landfills having been considered and interdisciplinary engineering and ecological solutions are recommended. This paper discusses threats to the environment emerging from old landfills and polluted areas and presents examples of engineering solutions used for the remediation of the old, large embankment-type Radiowo landfill located in Warsaw, Poland. The principal remediation problem for the Radiowo landfill was protection systems against leachate migration and groundwater pollution. The research included bentonite vertical barrier quality tests involving both laboratory and on-site hydraulic conductivity tests. Furthermore, a quality assessment based on the groundwater flow and transport modelling and an analysis of monitoring records are presented. The output of the research is the proposal of a dual device employing monitoring and numerical modelling processes for the purpose of controlling the self-purification of soil–water environments after the implementation of containment systems on contaminated sites.
Comparative research on lower bound depth of collapse loess
Authors: Wu Xiaopeng , Chu Huadong , Wang Lanmin
Published: July 2016

The lower bound depth of the self-weight collapse of loess is used to determine the type and grade of a collapsible loess foundation. It is important to select a reasonable foundation treatment depth and to determine negative skin friction neutral points of the pile. This study comprehensively analyses the differences between laboratory and full-scale field testing in determining the lower bound depth of the self-weight collapse of loess. Although this lower bound depth tends to be a unique value, obvious differences were obtained in the test results obtained by the two methods. Generally, the laboratory test results were 1·25–2·90 times greater than those of the field test, mainly owing to differences in saturation, test pressure, the sample stress state and soil non-uniformity. Evaluation of the lower bound depth of the self-weight collapse of loess should therefore be based on field testing and the results from laboratory tests need to be modified. This paper puts forward a new theoretical modification method for this purpose, which could reduce the differences between laboratory and field test results.
Optimal model for particle size distribution of granular soil
Authors: Zhou Zong-qing , Ranjith Pathegama Gamage , Li Shu-cai
Published: July 2016

In this study an attempt is made to develop an optimal parametric model to represent the particle size distribution (PSD) curves of granular soils based on experimental data. Four unimodal models and one bimodal model are studied to determine which model performs best. As it is very difficult to determine the model parameter values without the assistance of a computer, because of the equations’ complexity, a software package has been developed based on the Matlab platform. A database of 21 soil specimens with pre-fitted PSD curves and 13 soil specimens with a number of experimental data are studied to evaluate the performance of these models. The results indicate that most of the gap-graded soil PSD curves can be correctly represented using the Fredlund bimodal parametric (FBP) model, while all the well-graded soil PSD curves can be represented using both the FBP and Fredlund 4 parametric (F4P) models.
Impacts of traffic calming interventions on urban vitality
Authors: Baptista Neto Osias , Barbosa Heloisa Maria
Published: July 2016

Starting from the assumption that the invasion of cities by automobiles has reduced the quality of urban life, this paper seeks to answer whether the imposition of traffic and parking restrictions helps recover the loss of quality of life. In search of an answer, the concepts of urban vitality were studied to investigate the conditions that make streets and squares more lively and attractive to people. These conditions were condensed into a matrix of criteria – applied in the analysis of a set of streets in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – classified into five categories according to the level of traffic calming that they were subjected. The relationships between each level of traffic calming interventions were evaluated, as well as the fulfilment of these conditions and the resulting urban vitality. The analysis, avoiding usual traffic engineering indicators (speed, volume and safety), aimed to understand how the association of these measures with architecture and landscaping is reflected in the increase of urban vitality, in the ability to attract people and in promoting their permanence in public places. It was concluded that the best results for the permanence of pedestrians are achieved when combining factors of quality of pedestrian areas with more restrictive levels of traffic calming.
Designing and modelling Havana's future bus rapid transit
Authors: Warren James P. , Ortegon-Sanchez Adriana
Published: July 2016

A single bus route in Havana's bus system is modelled from the current position to a modernised bus rapid transit (BRT). The system is based on an expert-led visioning process and Cuba's official planning documents, which define the high-level design criteria and their objectives. Building on the experiences of BRT systems that operate in other Latin American cities, a conceptual design for Havana's BRT system is defined in terms of the key institutional, technical and financial frameworks, and physical criteria that need to be considered. Based on the application of the conceptual design for Havana's BRT, a model for a single BRT route was constructed and modelled for emissions and capacity. The current situation and a future BRT scenario are modelled using a single bus route. The scenarios demonstrate that the current bus route with a BRT system can lead to lower overall emissions. The model suggests that if properly designed, Havana's BRT system has a realistic potential for providing, in a cost-efficient manner, the improvements in accessibility, employment generation, fuel efficiency and air quality required for achieving Havana's sustainable transport vision. The study finds critical factors, including the finance and business operating model, capability and planning.
Red Meat Intake and Risk of ESRD
Authors: Lew Quan-Lan Jasmine , Jafar Tazeen Hasan , Koh Hiromi Wai Ling , Jin Aizhen , Chow Khuan Yew , Yuan Jian-Min , Koh Woon-Puay
Published: July 2016

Randomized controlled trials suggest that protein restriction may retard the progression of CKD toward ESRD. However, the effects of dietary protein intake level and the food sources of dietary protein on the risk of ESRD in the general population remain unclear. We investigated these effects in the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a prospective population-based cohort that recruited 63,257 Chinese adults aged 45–74 years from 1993 to 1998. We collected habitual diet information via a validated semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire and identified ESRD via record linkage with a nationwide registry. In all, 951 cases of ESRD occurred over a mean follow-up of 15.5 years. Regarding total protein intake, compared with the lowest quartile, the three higher quartiles combined had a hazard ratio for ESRD of 1.24 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.05 to 1.46), but the dose-dependent association across the quartiles was not statistically significant (P
trend=0.16). Red meat intake strongly associated with ESRD risk in a dose-dependent manner (hazard ratio for highest quartile versus lowest quartile,1.40 [95% CI, 1.15 to 1.71; P
trend<0.001]). Intake of poultry, fish, eggs, or dairy products did not associate with risk of ESRD. In substitution analysis, replacing one serving of red meat with other food sources of protein associated with a maximum relative risk reduction of 62.4% (95% CI, 33.1 to 78.9; P<0.01). Our study shows that red meat intake may increase the risk of ESRD in the general population and substituting alternative sources of protein may reduce the incidence of ESRD.
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF PORTUGUESE VERSION OF BIG FIVE INVENTORY (BFI)
Authors: Brito Costa Sonia , Bem-Haja Pedro , Moisao Ana , Alberty Alfonso , Vicente Castro Florencio , De Almeida Hugo
Published: July 2016

Os dois estudos da presente investigação tiveram como “Conceptual framework” o modelo dos 5 fatores de Costa and McCrae (1987). Num primeiro estudo, traduziu e adaptou-se para a população portuguesa o Big Five Inventory (BFI) de John, Donahue, & Kentle (1991), modificado por Jonh & Srivastava (1999), avaliando a consistência interna e a estabilidade temporal. Num segundo estudo, o objetivo foi avaliar a estrutura fatorial (validade fatorial) e a validade de critério pela comparação concorrente com um instrumento paralelo já validado para Portugal, o Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), adaptado e validado por Lima e Castro (2009). Neste 2º estudo pretendeu-se, ainda, verificar novamente o comportamento da consistência interna. Após o primeiro estudo, o BFI passou a designar-se por Inventário dos Cinco Grandes Fatores da Personalidade (IGFP5). A amostra do primeiro estudo foi constituída por 150 jogadores de futebol e a do segundo estudo por 369 participantes do mesmo grupo profissional. No primeiro estudo foram obtidos bons valores de consistência interna, sendo confirmada a estabilidade temporal da medida mediante a obtenção de correlações significativas entre o teste e o reteste e a aproximação dos valores absolutos de alfa nos dois momentos. Em relação ao estudo 2, inicialmente foi extraída uma solução com 16 fatores; contudo, após uma análise do screenplot de eigenvalues, a solução fixada foi penta-fatorial e muito próxima, na extração de itens, à validação original e validações de outros países. A validade de critério foi alcançada pela existência de correlações significativas na direção esperada entre os dois questionários aplicados. A consistência interna global manteve, neste segundo estudo, valores dentro do recomendado, exceto para o fator “amabilidade” que, embora perto do aceitável, tem de ser analisado com cuidado. Os resultados demonstraram que a versão portuguesa do BFI, agora designado por IGFP5, possui boas características psicométricas, embora a subescala/fator amabilidade tenha de ser usada com cuidado.
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF TEN ITEM PERSONALITY IVENTORY (TIPI)
Authors: Brito-Costa Sonia , Moisão Ana , De Almeida Hugo , Vicente Castro Florencio
Published: July 2016

This study based on the Five Factor Model of Costa and McCrae (1987) sought to determine theninternal consistency and the psychometric properties of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) of Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann (2003), Lima and Castro (2009) Portuguese version. The sample consisted of 170 male soccer athletes whose average age stood at 18.50 years, with a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 33 years. Statistical analysis was performed by the Statistical Software Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) in its 19 version for Windows. The TIPI showed low internal consistency (=0.462) and factor analysis that meets the criteria postulated by the instrument authors, so considered it valid to evaluate the personality rapidly in samples with little time available, for example elite athletes.
A COMPETÊNCIA PROFISSIONAL DOS ENFERMEIROS. UM ESTUDO EM HOSPITAIS PORTUGUESES
Authors: Nunes de Oliveira Luís Miguel , Pina Queirós Paulo Joaquim , Vicente Castro Florencio
Published: July 2016

Tal como noutras profissões, também na Enfermagem o conceito de competência tem sido amplamente discutido, embora ainda não se tenha chegado a um entendimento comum ou uma definição É entendida como um elemento-chave na qualidade e na segurança. Por razões que se prendem com questões relacionadas com a qualidade dos cuidados e a segurança dos pacientes, adicionado à escassez global de profissionais de enfermagem qualificados, o interesse na competência dos enfermeiros tem aumentado.O objetivo central do estudo é o de mostrar a relevância e a importância das competências profissionais dos enfermeiros portugueses, sendo os objetivos específicos: conhecer o nível de competência profissional dos enfermeiros portugueses; relacionar variáveis sociodemográficas e profissionais com as dimensões da escala de competência do enfermeiro; identificar o nível de competências profissionais dos enfermeiros nas áreas de desenvolvimento profissional e nas necessidades formativas.Desenvolveu-se um estudo de natureza quantitativa, descritivo-correlacional, tratando-se de uma investigação por questionário, A amostra é constituída por 1164 enfermeiros.Como resultados principais aponta-se que os enfermeiros portugueses avaliam a sua competência em níveis elevados de competência profissional e que várias varáveis influenciam essa avaliação.
O MUNDO EM CASA: O SUCESSO DA TELEVISÃO POR CABO NA ERA DA INTERNET
Authors: Figueiredo Carla Sofia
Published: July 2016

Este artigo é baseado num estudo longitudinal, entre 2005 e 2015, acerca do consumo da TV por cabo de famílias, numa área urbana do Norte de Portugal. Na última década, a televisão por cabo tem ganho dimensão e relevância, em paralelo com o crescimento do consumo da Internet, dois ícones da cultura digital de hoje. Em ambos os casos, a televisão e a Internet tendem a ser práticas crescentemente individualizadas e personalizadas, expressando identidade, preferências e diferença, e não mais rituais familiares coletivos. Ao contrário, porém, das perspetivas sobre o futuro da televisão, segundo as quais a expansão do consumo da televisão através da própria Internet, em casa e fora de casa, tende a liquidar a televisão como nós a conhecemos, a questão é que a cultura da televisão muda conforme muda a sociedade e a família, de modo que ver televisão sentado diante do aparelho continua ainda a ser uma marca distintiva do continuum cultural entre a casa e o mundo.
INTERVENCIÓN OPTIMIZADORA DEL BIENESTAR COGNITIVO Y EMOCIONAL EN MAYORES INSTITUCIONALIZADOS: UN ESTUDIO PILOTO
Authors: Wobbeking Sánchez Marina , Sánchez Cabaco Antonio , Urchaga Litago David , Sánchez Iglesias Ana Isabel , García Camarón Cristina
Published: July 2016

RESUMEN.El presente trabajo desarrolla un programa de intervención para mejorar las competencias de la memoria autobiográfica de las personas mayores en el desempeño cotidiano, haciendo hincapié en la rememorización de emociones positivas. Así mismo, subraya la importancia de reescribir las experiencias personales positivas en el envejecimiento, magnificando las estrategias señaladas por la Psicología Positiva como más efectivas para lograr la felicidad y el bienestar. Las personas que formaron parte de esta intervención han desarrollado competencias de sesgos positivos en el recuerdo autobiográfico.ABSTRACT.The presented work develops an intervention program consisting on improving the autobiographical memory competences of elderly people in their day-to-day routine, emphasizing on the remembrance of positive emotions. Thus the importance on remembering positive experiences during aging is emphasized, stressing on strategies mentioned by Positive Psychology has the most effective to reach happiness and wellbeing. The conclusions evidence that the subjects that participated in this intervention have developed positive traits on their autobiographical memory.
DEPORTE Y POLÍTICA, UNA COMBINACIÓN QUE SIEMPRE VA DE LA MANO
Authors: Garro Miró Quesada Arturo
Published: July 2016

Hoy por hoy, nos dicen que el deporte y la política siempre vienen por vías separadas. Pero la realidad presente, pasada y futura nos demuestra que la relación entre deporte y política es un matrimonio inquebrantable. Una relación que data desde los tiempos de la antigua Grecia hacia nuestros días. Arturo Garro Miró Quesada, periodista y columnista peruano analiza esta relación desde una perspectiva histórica.
A Novel Eudesmane Glycosides Sesquiterpene from Calendula officinalis L.
Authors: Mohammad Sadaka Mohammad Waleed
Published: July 2016

The chromatographic separation of aqueous methanolic extract ofCalendula officinalisled to the isolation of a new eudesmane sesquiterpene glycoside (1), together with tow known compounds, a lupane ester (2) and flavonoide gulcoside (3). Their structures were characterized to be 1β,3β,6α,8α,tetrahydroxyeudesm-4-ene 11-O-β-D-glucopyrnoside (1), 3β-E-caffoeyl lupeol (2), kaempferol-3-O-gulcoside (3) by spectroscopic means.
Metabolic Effects of Foenugreek, Nigella and Termis: Review Article
Authors: Mohamed Waleed Samy
Published: July 2016

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease, which affects large number of population all over the world. Diabetes is associated with many complications as dyslipidemia, coronary heart diseases and non alcoholic fatty liver diseases. More than 400 traditional medicinal plants have been recorded for helping in controlling such disease. This review discusses the effects of most common plants (Foenugreek, Nigella and Termis) used in Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries as antidiabetic agents. The usage of the mixture or each plant alone corrected the blood glucose level and increase insulin secretion with definite increase in the number and diameter of beta pancreatic cells in the diabetic rats. Also, improve the associated dyslipidemia, and ameliorated most of all damage effects of Alloxan on hematological parameters present in diabetic rats. So, it can control most of the metabolic risk factors of coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetic. Finally, it appeared to be a useful agent in improving fatty changes in the liver texture associated with DM. It can be concluded that, water extract of the mixture of Foenugreek, Nigella and Termis is the most powerful in amelioration hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia and most of all damage effects of Alloxan on the liver and hematological parameters.
Aprender a falar PLE pelo métido da pronúncia figurada: o caso das vogais orais em obras de pedagogos do século XIX publicadas na França
Authors: Rebelo Helena , Dos Santos Thierry Proença
Published: July 2016

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Ensinar a falar uma língua viva a estrangeiros não é tarefa fácil e fazê-lo pela escrita torna-se ainda mais complexo. Isso comprova-se na transição do século XIX para o XX, no processo de ensino/aprendizagem da pronúncia do Português como Língua Estrangeira (PLE) para francófonos. Naquela época, em França, ao ensinar a falar PLE através do método da “pronúncia figurada”, privilegiavam a escrita. Este recurso foi seguido pelos gramáticos-pedagogos G. Hamonière, Paulino de Souza e Luís Simões da Fonseca. Damos uma visão geral das suas propostas, comparando-as quanto ao vocalismo oral, a fim de saber que pronúncia ensinavam.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE:

PLE, França, gramáticas oitocentistas, pronúncia figurada, vocalismo tónico
Reflexões sobre crítica textual e o estudo do passado em forma de textos literários
Authors: Ferreira Ceila Maria
Published: July 2016

Resumo:

Reflexões sobre a importância da Crítica Textual para o estudo da gênese, transmissão e recepção de textos, estudo esse que é eivado de historicidade e também fundamental para estudarmos a literatura e sua história. A Crítica Textual/Filologia é de suma importância para a preservação e a divulgação do patrimônio cultural em forma de textos escritos.

Palavras-chave:

Crítica Textual, Patrimônio Cultural, Transmissão Textual.
Uma ou duas gramáticas de Português Língua Estrangeira (PLE)? A New Portuguese grammar in four parts (Londres, 1768), de António Vieira, e a Nouvelle grammaire portugaise (Paris, 1810), de Alexandre Marie Sané
Authors: Fonseca Maria do Céu Fonseca Céu , Silva Ana Alexandra Silva Alexandra , Marçalo Maria João Marçalo João
Published: July 2016

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Serão visadas, neste artigo, as gramáticas A New Portuguese Grammar in four parts (Londres, 1768), de António Vieira, e Nouvelle Grammaire Portugaise (Paris, 1810), de Alexandre Marie Sané, esta considerada à época uma simples tradução francesa daquela, que é um marco dos estudos gramaticais de PLE. Pretende-se analisar esta relação entre as duas obras, evidenciada por G. Hamonière e até hoje não discutida; por outro lado, analisar o contexto específico de edição, redacção e concepção em que se situam as gramáticas de línguas estrangeiras, contexto que difere (do ponto de vista didáctico, teórico e historiográfico) da restante produção gramatical em língua materna.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Historiografia Linguística; PLE; Gramática; Tradução; Intertextualidade.
A reconstituição do texto Campos Bem-aventurados
Authors: Rodrigues Marina Machado
Published: July 2016

RESUMO

Este trabalho cuida da reconstituição do texto Campos bem-aventurados, de Luís de Camões, à luz da tradição manuscrita em confronto com a tradição impressa quinhentista. Aparato crítico e registro das variantes. Oferece-se também o cotejo do texto crítico com as principais edições modernas da obra do Poeta.

Palavras-chave: edição textual, Camões, tradição manuscrita, tradição impressa
Apresentação
Authors: Cavaliere Ricardo
Published: July 2016

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Elementos para um adequado tratamento lexicográfico da variação diatópica da designação de grupos de organismos
Authors: Garrido Carlos
Published: July 2016

RESUMO:

Assinalamos no presente trabalho os principais problemas e estratégias que se prendem com uma adequada incorporação da variação diatópica da designação de grupos de organismos aos dicionários gerais de referência (pan-lusófonos) da língua portuguesa, para o que se efetua um levantamento – esteado na análise de uma série de amostras vocabulares representativas – de deficiências lexicográficas presentes nos dicionários Houaiss do Brasil e de Portugal relativas ao tratamento da divergência zoonímica que se regista entre as variedades lusitana e brasileira da língua. As inadequações detetadas podem classificar-se nas seguintes cinco categorias: inadequações respeitantes às marcas geográficas ou varietais, inadequações respeitantes à categorização das variantes zoonímicas de cada variedade nacional da língua, inadequações respeitantes à incorporação dos elementos zoonímicos, inadequações respeitantes à definição e inadequações respeitantes à especificação.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: dicionário geral, variação lexical diatópica, variedades nacionais do português, zoonímia
Colour identification of honey and methodical development of its instrumental measuring
Authors: Szabó Rubina T. , Mézes Miklós , Szalai Tamás , Zajácz Edit , Weber Mária
Published: July 2016

Colour is one of the most important sensory traits of honey for the consumers. Honeys originating from different plant species are different in colour, but there could be variability within them as well, if originating from different geographical locations. Colour of the honey usually is determined by subjective methods. We determined colour categories by Lovibond method, and compared the results with reflectance spectrometry by Minolta Chromameter for broadening the possibilities of determining the colour of the honey and getting an objective image. First purpose of the study was to find whether the results by Lovibond method are in concordance with those got by reflectance spectrometry. The second purpose was to decide whether white or black backgrounds get the more accurate result when using the Minolta equipment. The results revealed that Minolta Chromameter is suitable to determine honey colour and the reflectance spectrometry data is comparable with the Lovibond method. Additionally white background is advised to be used by this instrument The L* (r=-0.884; p< 0.001) showed close significant correlation with the Lovibond categories.
Effects of the nutrient supply and sowing time on the yield and the phytopathological traits of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus var. napus f. biennis L.) on chernozem soil
Authors: Pepó Péter
Published: July 2016

We have studied the fertilizer response of oilseed rape on the chernozem soil in Eastern Hungary in a three-year experiment (years of 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012) in two sowing times (end of August, middle of September). Our research results proved that oilseed rape has high fertilizer (N+PK) demand. In the experiments, N = 210 kg ha-1 +PK proved to be the optimal fertilizer dose. The yield increasing effect of fertilization was 800 to 1300 kg ha-1, depending on the cropyear. The maximum yield (5000 kg ha-1) was obtained in the cropyear of the less infection. The excellent natural nutrient providing ability of chernozem soil was confirmed by the high yield level (3000-4200 kg ha-1) of the control treatment (N = 0 kg ha-1 +PK). According to our studies, as an effect of the increasing N doses, the specific fertilization yield surplus of oilseed rape declined (from 19-27 kg/1 kg NPK to 11-12 kg/1 kg NPK). On the other hand, fertilization improved the water utilization efficiency (WUE) of oilseed rape in the experimental years (from 4-8 kg/1 mm precipitation + irrigation water to 11-14 kg/1 mm precipitation + irrigation water). The results of our studies confirmed that the hybrid rape had of excellent adaptation to the sowing time; due to this fact, the yield decrease was minimal (0-270 kg ha-1) in the middle September sowing time compared to the late August one. According to the results of the Pearson’s correlation analysis, strong correlation (0.6*-0.9**) was found between the spring precipitation and temperature and the most important diseases (Sclerotinia, Alternaria, Peronospora, Phoma) of oilseed rape.
Comparison of IL-6, IL-8 Concentrations in H. pylori- and non-H. pylori-associated Gastritis
Authors: Siregar Gontar Alamsyah , Salim Sahat , Sitepu Ricky Rivalino
Published: July 2016

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a non-invasive microorganism causing intense gastric mucosal inflammatory and immune reaction. The gastric mucosal levels of the proinflammatory cytokines Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and IL-8 have been reported to be increased in H. pylori infection, but the serum levels in H. pylori infection is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the serum levels of IL-6 and IL-8 in H. pylori infection.METHODS: A cross sectional study was done on eighty consecutive gastritis patients admitted to endoscopy units at Adam Malik General Hospital and Permata Bunda Hospital, Medan, Indonesia from May-October 2014. Histopathology was performed for the diagnosis of gastritis. Rapid urease test for diagnosis of H. pylori infection. Serum samples were obtained to determine circulating IL-6 and IL-8. Univariate and bivariate analysis (independent t test) were done.RESULTS: There were 41.25% patients infected with H. pylori. Circulatory IL-6 levels were significantly higher in H. pylori-infected patients compared to H. pylori negative, but there were no differences between serum levels of IL-8 in H. pylori positive and negative patients.CONCLUSION: The immune response to H. pylori promotes systemic inflammation, which was reflected in an increased level of serum IL-6. Serum levels of IL-8 were not significantly different between H. pylori positive and negative.KEYWORDS: Helicobacter pylori, gastritis, IL-6, IL-8, cytokine
Building Marketing Capabilities as a Way to Form a Better Global Marketing Strategy
Authors: Adel Saleh M Alharbi , Aimin Wang
Published: July 2016

The aim of this paper is to provide conceptual framework that can be used by marketing scholars and business executives to formulate a global marketing strategies that can help them to pursue their international operation in foreign markets successfully. For this purpose, the paper utilizes marketing capabilities of the firm including market sensing, partner linking and customer engagement and analyse how each of these capabilities are important to pursue global strategy that will help the firm to achieve competitive advantage. After a careful consideration of previous literature in the same field, the importance of control variables, such as international experience and international entrepreneurship, has been discovered and they are included as having moderating impact between marketing capabilities and global strategy formulation. The study has following propositions: market sensing has a positive relationship with international performance, customer engagement has a positive relationship with international performance, partner linking has a positive relationship with global strategy formulation etc. The originality of this paper can be explained by the integration of three important variables such as market sensing, partner linking and customer engagement, and by moderating role of international experience and international entrepreneurship. This paper provides some important managerial implication for business executives, which can be found in discussion part. The future research in the same field should take into consideration the other important marketing capabilities such as brand management, marketing communications management and channel management.
Evaluation of the Sealing Capability of the Implant Healing Screw by Using Real Time Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis: Internal Hexagon Versus Cone Morse
Authors: Scarano A. , Lorusso C. , Di Giulio C. , Mazzatenta A.
Published: July 2016

Background: Implant sealing capability is a crucial issue in assessment of implant success and peri‐implant marginal bone loss. Clinical studies demonstrated presence of viable bacteria in the internal part of functioning implants during tissue healing. For this study, a volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission test was developed to evaluate the existing “seal” between implant and healing screw. Two kinds of implant–screw connection were compared: 1) internal hexagon; and 2) cone Morse.

Methods: Fifteen patients were enrolled in the study, three males and 12 females, who required fixed prosthetic rehabilitation. A total of 37 implants was placed, 23 with a cone Morse taper internal connection and 14 with a screw‐retained internal hexagon abutment. VOCs real‐time measures were performed in the implant site immediately after removing the healing screw.

Results: Statistical analysis was carried out. Results showed VOCs maximum peak amplitude in cone Morse versus internal hexagon showed significant difference (P <0.001), whereas VOCs time to peak showed no significant difference (P = 0.7).

Conclusions: Use of the new methodology for the VOCs emission test may lead to important new data for understanding how the “failed” attachment of implant components, in two‐part assemblies, may contribute to implant losses. In particular, study results support the hypothesis that the microgap of the implant–screw healing junction could cause differences in bacterial penetration. VOCs emission test evaluation represents a new diagnostic tool with an effective approach to quickly analyze, in real time, sealing capability of dental implants with healing screw interfaces.
Flaring γ-ray emission from high redshift blazars
Authors: Orienti Monica , D'Ammando Filippo , Giroletti Marcello , Finke Justin , Dallacasa Daniele
Published: July 2016

High redshift blazars are among the most powerful objects in the Universe. Although they represent a significant fraction of the extragalactic hard X-ray sky, they are not commonly detected in gamma-rays. High redshift (z>2) objects represent
Academic publishing: Making the implict explicit
Authors: Badenhorst Cecile , Xu Xiaolin
Published: July 2016

For doctoral students, publishing in peer reviewed journals is a task many face with anxiety and trepidation. The world of publishing, from choosing a journal, negotiating editors and navigating reviewers’ responses is a bewildering place. Looking in from the outside, it seems that successful and productive academic writers have knowledge that is inaccessible to novice scholars. While there is a growing literature on writing for scholarly publication, many of these publications promote writing and publishing as a straight-forward activity that anyone can achieve if they follow the rules. We argue that the specific and situated contexts in which academic writers negotiate publishing practices is more complicated and messy. In this paper, we attempt to make explicit our publishing processes to highlight the complex nature of publishing. We use autoethnographic narratives to provide discussion points and insights into the challenges of publishing peer reviewed articles. One narrative is by a doctoral student at the beginning of her publishing career, who expresses her desires, concerns and anxieties about writing for publication. The other narrative focuses on the publishing practices of a more experienced academic writer. Both are international scholars working in the Canadian context. The purpose of this paper is to explore academic publishing through the juxtaposition of these two narratives to make explicit some of the more implicit processes. Four key themes emerge from these narratives. To publish successfully, academic writers need: 1) to be discourse analysts; 2) to have a critical competence; and 3) to have writing fluency and 4) to be emotionally intelligent.
Focus on the development of natural gas hydrate in China
Authors: Tan Zhongfu , Pan Ge , Liu Pingkuo
Published: July 2016

Natural gas hydrate, also known as combustible ice and mainly composed of methane, it is identified as the potential clean energy in the 21th century. Due to its large reserves, gas hydrate can ease problems caused by energy resource shortage and has gained attention around the world. In this paper, we focus on the exploration and development of gas hydrate as well as discussing its status and future development trend in China and abroad, then we analyze its opportunities and challenges in China from four aspects: resource, technology, economy and police with five forces model and PEST method. The results show, China has abundance gas hydrate resource; however the backward technologies and inadequate investment has seriously hindered the future development of gas hydrate, so China should establish relevant cooperation framework and intuitional arrangement to attract more investment as well as breaking through technical difficulties to make gas hydrate commercialization as soon as possible.
Investigation of Critical Sand-Deposition Velocity in Horizontal Gas/Liquid Stratified Flow
Authors: Ibarra R.. , Mohan R. S. , Shoham O..
Published: July 2016

Experimental and theoretical investigations have been conducted on gas/liquid/sand stratified flow in horizontal pipes at low sand concentrations. A 4-in. experimental facility was designed and constructed, and data were acquired using air/water/glass-bead flow. The data include measurements of critical sand-deposition velocities—namely, the transition between moving and stationary beds. The data reveal that for a constant superficial liquid velocity, the critical sand-deposition mixture and liquid velocities increase with increasing sand concentrations. Moreover, for a given sand concentration, the critical liquid velocity is nearly the same for different superficial liquid velocities. The sand-deposition correlations of Oroskar and Turian (1980) for single-phase flow and Salama (2000) for two-phase flow were modified and extended to develop a new correlation. The developed correlation enables the prediction of critical sand-deposition mixture velocity for horizontal stratified flow as a function of sand concentration, along with other parameters. Comparison between the predictions of the developed correlation and experimental data from the literature (Angelsen et al. 1989; Najmi et al. 2015) reveals a good agreement, especially for a pipe diameter of 0.1 m.
Classification of groundwater chemistry in Shimabara, using self-organizing maps
Authors: Nakagawa Kei , Amano Hiroki , Kawamura Akira , Berndtsson Ronny
Published: July 2016

Shimabara City in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, is located on a volcanic peninsula that has abundant groundwater. Almost all public water supplies use groundwater in this region. For this reason, understanding groundwater characteristics is a pre-requisite for proper water supply management. Thus, we investigated the groundwater chemistry characteristics in Shimabara by use of self-organizing maps (SOMs). The input to SOM was concentrations of eight major groundwater chemical components, namely Cl−, NO3−, SO42–, HCO3−, Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ collected at 36 sampling locations. The locations constituted private and public water supply wells, springs, and a river sampled from April 2012 to May 2015. Results showed that depending on the chemistry, surface water and groundwater could be classified into five main clusters displaying unique patterns. Further, the five clusters could be divided into two major water types, namely, nitrate- and non-polluted water. According to Stiff and Piper trilinear diagrams, the nitrate-polluted water represented Ca-(SO4 + NO3) (calcium sulfate nitrate) type, while the non-polluted water was classified as Ca-HCO3 (calcium bicarbonate) type. This indicates that recharging rain water in the upstream areas is polluted by agricultural activities in the mid-slope areas of Shimabara.
Hydrogen sulphide removal in waste water treatment plant by compact oxidative scrubbing in Aquilair Plus™ process
Authors: Biard P.-F. , Couvert A. , Renner C. , Zozor P. , Bassivière S. , Levasseur J.-P.
Published: July 2016

Recently, the development of a high voidage contactor, named Aquilair Plus™, has demonstrated high efficiency for chemical scrubbing of hydrogen sulphide. Liquid and gas phases flow at co-current and high velocity, leading to a great dispersion of the liquid and then to an enhancement of the mass transfer rate by comparison with classical packed towers. This study focused on the results which obtained at semi-industrial scale with the Aquilair Plus™ process on a waste water treatment plant located in France. The scrubbing liquid consisted of a sodium hypochlorite alkaline solution. At once, pressure drop, H2S removal and reagents consumption were followed. The influence of the superficial gas velocity, liquid-to-gas mass ratio (L/G), pH, hypochlorite concentration of the scrubbing liquid and H2S inlet concentration was characterised. H2S removal percentages higher than 90% could be easily achieved with a moderate pressure drop (< 40 mbar). Both hydrodynamic and chemical conditions proved to influence performances. Reagents consumptions slightly higher than the predicted ones were measured.
Sniffing Team Measurements in Flanders: Code of Good Practice
Authors: Bilsen I. , De Fré R.
Published: July 2016

Within its role as Flemish reference laboratory for environmental analyses, VITO carried out a study to standardise the sniffing team measurement strategy in Flanders. The study consisted of a literature review in which the different methods used in Flanders were described, and an experimental part in which the methods were validated by means of controlled release experiments with hydrogen disulphide and butyric acid. On the basis of the results of the release experiments the influence of the number of panel members, the stability class and the wind velocity were determined. Furthermore the required number of measurements was statistically determined. The conclusions of the study were summarized in a Code of Good Practice. This paper presents the experimental setup and the main conclusions of the release experiments