bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bridging the Gap: A Priorities Assessment Tool to Support Shared Decision Making, Maximize Appointment Time, and Increase Patient Satisfaction in Women With Ovarian Cancer
Authors: Frey Melissa K. , Ellis Annie , Shyne Savannah , Kahn Ryan , Chapman-Davis Eloise , Blank Stephanie V.
Published: December 2019

PURPOSE:

Women with ovarian cancer identify patient-physician communication as an essential element in determining treatment course and believe a discussion about goals and values should precede treatment decisions. We sought to develop a patient-centered priorities assessment tool for women with ovarian cancer that could streamline communication, enhance treatment discussions, and increase patient satisfaction.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

We designed a priorities assessment tool using a validated ovarian cancer symptom index (National Comprehensive Cancer Center–Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Ovarian Symptom Index-18) combined with an index to assess daily quality-of-life priorities. The tool was distributed to women with ovarian cancer in small focus group settings and online, followed by a postactivity feedback form.

RESULTS:

In this pilot study, 36 women completed the priorities assessment tool and 35 completed the postactivity feedback form between September 2015 and May 2016. All participants reported that the tool was easy to understand and comprehensive in scope. Twenty-nine participants (82.9%) completed the tool in 10 minutes or less. Most participants (n = 31, 86.1%) were able to stratify their priorities and identify 5 top treatment-related priorities. Participants who indicated that their goals and priorities had changed since diagnosis (n = 25, 69.4%) reported that the tool helped to identify current goals and priorities (22 [88%] of 25 participants) and would help them feel more comfortable participating in shared decision making with their medical team (21 [84%] of 25 participants).

CONCLUSION:

A patient-centered priorities assessment tool was easy to complete and viewed as comprehensive and useful in a pilot cohort of women with ovarian cancer. Use of a priorities assessment tool has the potential to enhance communication, promote shared decision making, and improve patient satisfaction.
Violência e privação de liberdade: um estudo sobre trajetórias juvenis a partir do Radar de Relações Interpessoais
Authors: Santos Lopes de Oliveira Maria Claudia , Rejanne Machado Kelita
Published: December 2019

A psicologia cultural é um ramo da psicologia que constitui fértil matriz interpretativa para sustentar o trânsito analítico entre o macrocontexto histórico-cultural e institucional, e o microcontexto das relações interpessoais, a fim de se compreender, desde uma perspectiva idiográfica, a configuração de trajetórias de desenvolvimento de adolescentes autores de ato infracional. Discutimos três estudos de caso decorrentes de nove meses de imersão etnográfica, durante a qual foram utilizados diferentes dispositivos metodológicos para favorecer a construção de narrativas e representações gráficas das trajetórias de vida. No presente artigo, exploraremos um dos instrumentos, denominado Radar de Relações Interpessoais (RRI). Os resultados produzidos pelo RRI apontam que as me- didas socioeducativas não promovem a ressocialização dos jovens, despreparam-nos para a participação social e contribuem para afastá-los das redes significativas previamente existentes. Por outro lado, o apoio recebido de diferentes atores institucionais foi percebido como promovendo tênue proteção, que deixa de existir quan- do são liberados. A existência de Outros significativos, catalisadores de trajetórias saudáveis e da projeção de futuros possíveis dentro e fora da internação, foi per- cebido como importante para o alcance de trajetórias de desenvolvimento desvinculadas da infração.
VARIÁVEIS ASSOCIADAS AO CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS NÃO SAUDÁVEIS POR CRIANÇAS DE 6 A 23 MESES DE IDADE DE UMA CIDADE DO INTERIOR DO PARANÁ
Authors: Saldan Paula Chuproski , Mello Débora Falleiros de
Published: December 2019

Objetivo: Verificar variáveis associadas ao consumo de alimentos não saudáveis por crianças de 6-23 meses. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado durante Campanha Nacional de Vacinação contra Poliomielite 2012 em Guarapuava-PR. Os acompanhantes de 1.355 crianças responderam ao questionário estruturado sobre alimentação da criança no dia anterior à entrevista. Com base no Passo 8 dos “Dez passos para uma alimentação saudável - Guia alimentar para crianças menores de dois anos”, investigou-se o consumo de 10 alimentos não saudáveis e adotou-se a estatística F para verificar diferenças na proporção de consumo dos alimentos segundo variáveis socioeconômicas. Resultados: Crianças filhas de mães adolescentes (≤19 anos), quando comparadas às de mães adultas (20 a 34 anos e ≥ 35 anos), apresentaram consumo significativamente maior de bolacha recheada (40,9%, 28,5% e 22,1%), salgadinhos de pacote (41,4%, 31,2% e 21,4%) e alimento adoçado (78%, 70% e 65,4%), respectivamente. Crianças filhas de mães de baixa escolaridade materna (< 8 anos), quando comparadas aos demais níveis de escolaridade (8-11 anos e > 11 anos), apresentaram maior consumo de salgadinhos de pacote (42%, 31,2% e 11,3%), guloseimas (60,2%, 53,9% e 37,4%) e alimento adoçado (75,2%, 70,6% e 61,4%). Entre crianças filhas de mães que frequentaram o serviço público de saúde comparadas com as que frequentaram o serviço privado/convênio, foi maior o consumo de bolacha recheada (32,7% vs 21,3%), de salgadinhos de pacote (37,2% vs 19,8%), de café (41,9% vs 28,1%) e de alimento adoçado (72,6% vs 66,2%), respectivamente. Em crianças moradoras da área rural, quando comparadas à urbana, evidenciou-se maior consumo de suco industrializado (49,5% vs 42,5%), salgadinhos de pacote (39,6% vs 30,4%), guloseimas (68,2% vs 52,1%), café (46,6% vs 36,2%) e alimento adoçado (80% vs 69,5%). Conclusão: O consumo de alimentos não saudáveis foi maior entre crianças de mães adolescentes, com baixa escolaridade, frequentadoras do serviço público de saúde e residentes da área rural.DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.43705
ALIMENTOS ULTRAPROCESSADOS CONSUMIDOS POR CRIANÇAS ATENDIDAS PELO SISTEMA ÚNICO DE SAÚDE NA CIDADE DO RIO DE JANEIRO: ANÁLISE DA ADEQUAÇÃO DOS RÓTULOS À LEGISLAÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA PARA ALERGÊNICOS
Authors: Teixeira Tamara Vilhena , Dos Santos Cleide Braz , Damião Jorginete De Jesus , Maldonado Luciana Azevedo , Oliveira Juliana Martins
Published: December 2019

Objetivo: Analisar os rótulos de alimentos ultraprocessados (AUP) consumidos por crianças menores de cinco anos, quanto à adequação à Resolução n° 26, de 2 de julho de 2015, identificando informações sobre alimentos alergênicos. Métodos: Utilizou-se banco de dados proveniente de pesquisa realizada com amostra representativa da população de pré-escolares usuários da rede básica de saúde no município do Rio de Janeiro (n=536). Nesta pesquisa, foram identificados os alimentos ultraprocessados citados nos Recordatórios de 24 horas. Realizou-se o registro fotográfico dos rótulos destes alimentos em pesquisa de mercado. Verificou-se a presença dos alimentos alergênicos e seus derivados na lista de ingredientes dos 303 AUP consumidos, assim como as orientações das informações que deveriam estar presentes no rótulo, à luz da RDC nº 26/2015. Resultados: A maior parte (58,7%) dos rótulos de alimentos dos grupos de ultraprocessados estudados possuía pelo menos um ingrediente alergênico. Foram encontrados 12 ingredientes alergênicos diferentes no grupo dos biscoitos. Dos rótulos analisados, apenas 33,1% apresentaram mensagem obrigatória para todos os ingredientes alergênicos presentes. Os derivados dos ingredientes alergênicos foram encontrados em 15 grupos de alimentos consumidos pelas crianças. As informações “pode conter” e “contém traços” estavam presentes em 93 rótulos, aproximadamente 30%. Conclusão: Os achados deste estudo mostram que, no momento da transição da RDC nº 26/2015, a maior parte dos rótulos ainda não atendia à legislação.DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.43777
Competência social e habilidades sociais: Manual teórico-prático
Authors: Freitas Lucas Cordeiro
Published: December 2019

Del Prette A., Del Prette, Z.A.P. (2017). Competência Social e Habilidades Sociais: Manual Teórico-prático. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes, 252 p.
Levantamento sorológico da artrite encefalite caprina no município de Imperatriz, MA
Authors: Costa Jorge Clemerson Sousa , Lima Guilherme Monteiro De Carvalho , Chaves Fernanda Nathiara Ferreira , Teixeira Maria Fátima Da Silva , Da Silva Sandra Borges , Bezerra Júnior Rosivaldo Quirino
Published: December 2019

A caprinocultura no Estado do Maranhão é uma atividade em desenvolvimento enfrentando entraves como falhas de manejo sanitário e nutricional. No manejo sanitário, a prevenção e controle da Artrite Encefalite Caprina (CAE) é crucial para o desenvolvimento do rebanho, sendo uma doença de notificação mensal obrigatória de qualquer caso confirmado. A ocorrência da CAE nos rebanhos ocasiona perdas produtivas por ser uma enfermidade de caráter crônico e progressivo, cujo vírus ocasiona várias síndromes clínicas, como: artrite progressiva crônica, mastite, pneumonia intersticial em animais adultos; e uma síndrome paralítica aguda em animais jovens, caracterizando a forma nervosa. Este trabalho objetivou realizar um levantamento da CAE no município de Imperatriz, MA. Foram coletadas amostras de sangue de 87 animais oriundos de propriedades rurais e animais de feira de exposição agropecuária no município de Imperatriz; e áreas rurais próximas. A prevalência do Vírus da Artrite Encefalite Caprina (CAEV) foi determinada pelo teste de Imunodifusão em Ágar Gel. Apenas 1,15% dos animais foi soropositivo para o CAEV no teste IDGA, apresentando baixa ocorrência do vírus. Os animais agrupados segundo o padrão racial demostraram frequência de 12,64%, 9,19%, 2,29%, 1,14% e 1,14% para as raças Boer, Saanen, Anglo Nubiano, Pardo Alpina e Moxotó, respectivamente. O animal positivo é mestiço, correspondendo a 1,56% (1/64).
Preventing carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae cross-infection between inpatients and the haemodialysis unit
Authors: Molyneux Rebekah , Higginbotham M
Published: December 2019

Over the last 5 years, there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of infection and colonisation by multi-drug resistant carbapenemase-producing organisms in the UK. Renal patients are especially susceptible to infection. This article describes how one renal centre dealt with a case of CPE cross-contamination and how other units could learn from this experience.
BENEFÍCIOS DAS ATIVIDADES AQUÁTICAS PARA IDOSOS
Authors: Leão Luciano Amado , Luciano Gilberto Aparecido Gomes , Santana Yasmin Barros de , Bonfim Mariana Rotta
Published: December 2019

Introdução: Os profissionais da educação física devem estar sempre atualizados sobre os efeitos da prática de atividades aquáticas na saúde física, mental e emocional dos idosos, visando a melhoria de sua qualidade de vida, condição de saúde e bem-estar. Objetivo: Identificar as mais recentes evidências nacionais sobre os benefícios da prática de atividades aquáticas na vida dos idosos. Métodos: Revisão bibliográfica cujo levantamento dos trabalhos foi realizado nas bases de dados SciELO e LILACS, utilizando as combinações dos termos “Idoso(s)”, “atividades aquáticas”, “hidroginástica” e “natação”, publicados no período de  Agosto de 2013 a Setembro de 2018. Resultados: A prática de hidroginástica e de fisioterapia aquática altera positiva e significativamente a performance dos idosos nos testes de equilíbrio e de flexibilidade quando comparados aos sedentários, porém não está associada a bons índices de força muscular. A fisioterapia aquática contribui para a melhora dos quadros de dor e da capacidade funcional na osteoartrite de joelho, e melhorou o desempenho no teste de 6 minutos dos idosos; porém, os praticantes de dança apresentaram melhor desempenho que os praticantes de hidroginástica. Conclusão: As atividades aquáticas de hidroginástica e hidroterapia contribuem para manutenção e melhora da flexibilidade, equilíbrio e capacidade funcional dos idosos; apesar de melhorarem a dor na oesteoartrite de joelho, não estão associadas a bons índices de força muscular de membros inferiores.
Transnational identity claims, roles and strategic foreign policy narratives in the Middle East
Authors: Wastnidge Edward
Published: December 2019

The question of identity, not only framed within the context of the nation state, but also in terms of wider transnational identities, be they religious, ethnic or political, remains a key feature in the politics of the Middle East. Drawing on contributions from Foreign Policy Analysis and the concept of strategic narrative, this paper explores how identities beyond state borders are utilised as justification for a state’s foreign policy decisions. The states under investigation are Turkey and Iran. The paper shows how appeals to transnational identities have been used by each state in terms of their longer-term cultural diplomacy and ‘soft power’ initiatives, and then at the more immediate or ‘hard’ sense as seen in their recent, ongoing military engagements. It demonstrates how multiple and overlapping identities articulated at the transnational level serve as a vector in which to pursue strategic foreign policy narratives in each country’s perceived sphere of influence.
Challenging the sponsor-proxy model: the Iran–Hizbullah relationship
Authors: Saad Amal
Published: December 2019

This article attempts to demystify the Iran–Hizbullah relationship and to challenge the widespread conceptualisation of this partnership as one between a sponsor and proxy. I argue that the proxy model is not only politically irresponsible but also over simplistic in that it reduces a complex, multidimensional relationship that is bound by ideational and normative factors to a materially-driven, transactional relationship. I begin with a brief survey of the historic and cultural ties between Iran and Hizbullah, and then explore their shared ideology, and strategic culture. Using Bertil Dunér’s proxy theory, and his focus on power, I further assess the relationship against Realist criteria, and highlight Hizbullah’s autonomy from Iran, using several interviews with Hizbullah officials and commanders that I have conducted. Not only does Hizbullah’s independence from Iran defy the proxy label, but I go further to argue that the resistance movement has become a regional power in its own right, based on both Realist hard power criteria and constructivist ideational understandings of power. I conclude that given the organic nature of the relationship between them, and the power modalities Hizbullah offers the partnership, the Iran–Hizbullah relationship is better understood as an interdependent symbiosis between close allies.
Sectarianisation of a multidimensional conflict: a reply to Durac
Authors: Clausen Maria-Louise
Published: December 2019

This is a reply to Vincent Durac’s article ‘The limits of the sectarian narrative in Yemen’, which starts with a discussion of the proposition that conflict in the Middle East is driven by sectarian difference including the conflict in Yemen. However, Durac’s article shows that the conflict in Yemen is not inherently sectarian. This reply uses this as a starting point to argue that the conceptual, theoretical and empirical usefulness of sectarianism as an analytical category should be developed. This is exemplified in how the concept is applied to the conflict in Yemen. The reply argues that whereas the conflict on the surface has the characteristics of a sectarian conflict, a rigid focus on sectarian difference to explain the onset of conflict obfuscates as much as it enlightens. This underscores the need for research that combines deep understanding of local dynamics with an appreciation for larger trends in order to understand complex conflicts, such as the one in Yemen.
‘Uncontested’ view of Shi’i networks: a reply to Corboz
Authors: Nasirzadeh Samira
Published: December 2019

The starting point for Corboz’s article ‘Shi’i Clerical Networks and the Transnational Contest over Sacred Authority by challenging assumptions that velayat-e faqih is an ‘uncontested’ position: Dynamics in London’s Shi’i Triangle’ is a proposal that gives emphasis to a transnational contest between maraji’ and the Iranian Supreme Leader over sacred authority. Corboz’s core argument seeks to undermine the view of the velayat-e faqih being the only relevant ‘model’ of clerical authority in today and future Shi’i worlds by exploring Shi’a networks in London. In response, I argue that the political and religious authority of velayat-e faqih cannot be contested with the religious functionality of marja’iyya in Shi’ism. Second, the notion of a ‘Shi’a Crescent’ as well as the accusation that Iran is orchestratings the Shi’a groups – via which the authoritarian regimes ensured their survival during the Arab Springs – should be rejected by accepting that even the most pro-Iranian groups do not necessarily tend to repeat the Iranian model of leadership. Finally, I emphasise that challenging the power to rule as a feature of velayat-e faqih by holding Iran’s Supreme Leader in the Islamic Republic of Iran with marja’iyya does not provide an adequate understanding of the multidimensional dynamics of Shi’ism.
Surface treatments of dielectric laser accelerators for increased laser-induced damage threshold
Authors: Miao Yu , Black Dylan S. , Leedle Kenneth J. , Zhao Zhexin , Deng Huiyang , Ceballos Andrew , Byer Robert L. , Harris James S. , Solgaard Olav
Published: December 2019

This paper describes two surface treatments for silicon dual-pillar dielectric laser accelerators (DLAs), which increase the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) and therefore the maximum achievable acceleration gradient. Hydrogen annealing reduces the surface roughness of the silicon pillars and mesa, making the LIDT less dependent on surface perturbations incurred during fabrication, as well as causing damage to occur at predictable locations. Hydrogen annealing decreases the range of the measured LIDT from

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Control of the ultrafast photo-electronic dynamics of a chemical-vapor-deposited-grown graphene by ozone oxidation
Authors: Guo Min , Ma Lai-Peng , Ren Wencai , Lai Tianshu
Published: December 2019

Diverse ultrafast dynamics have been reported on different graphene prepared by different methods. Chemical-vapor-deposited (CVD) growth is regarded as a very promising method for highly efficient production of graphene. However, CVD-grown graphene usually presents only one of the diverse ultrafast dynamics. Thus, control of the ultrafast photo-electronic dynamics of CVD-grown graphene is vital to present diversity for different photodetection applications of CVD-grown graphene. In this paper, we report on the first realization to our knowledge of control of the ultrafast dynamics of CVD-grown graphene and the manifestation of diverse ultrafast dynamics on sole CVD-grown graphene. We study the ultrafast photoelectronic dynamics of CVD-grown graphene with different degrees of oxidation caused by ozone oxidation using femtosecond time-resolved transient differential transmission spectroscopy, and we find that the ultrafast dynamics can evolve obviously with the time of ozone oxidation. The diverse ultrafast dynamics reported previously on different monolayer graphenes prepared by different methods are achieved on the sole CVD-grown graphene by controlling oxidation time. The mechanism for manipulation of the ultrafast dynamics by ozone oxidation is revealed by Raman spectroscopy as the control of the Fermi level of CVD-grown graphene. Simulations of dynamics based on the optical conductivity model of graphene and Fermi level change well reproduce the observed diverse ultrafast dynamics. Our results are very important for the diverse applications of graphene and open a new path toward the diverse ultrafast dynamics on sole graphene prepared by any method.
Desplazamientos conceptuales en la literatura boliviana actual
Authors: Virguetti Villarroel Pablo
Published: December 2019

El estudio de la literatura boliviana durante el siglo XX permite observar que está constantemente vinculada a un intento de definición de lo nacional y lo social. Sin embargo, en el siglo XXI, los autores contemporáneos han intentado alejarse de esta tendencia, demostrando un mayor interés por algunas características que ponen de relieve la experiencia individual angustiada de un mundo percibido como caótico. Así, pueden observarse algunas características comunes entre la comparación de tres autores, Liliana Colanzi, Sebastián Antezana y Rodrigo Hasbún. Estas características son, además de la predominancia de lo individual frente a lo colectivo, la experiencia posmoderna de los personajes, que viven en un mundo globalizado y confuso; y los nuevos lugares de la enunciación que escapan a los topos típicos de la tradición nacional.
Carmen Alemany Bay (ed.). Las ficciones heterodoxas de Margo Glantz. Visiones críticas. Madrid: Visor, 2018
Authors: Jiménez Ríos Laura
Published: December 2019

Esta reseña evalúa el volumen editado por Carmen Alemany Bay: Las ficciones heterodoxas de Margo Glantz. Visiones críticas, publicado por Visor en 2018, 400 pp. ISBN: 9788498952124.
Cryptogenic stroke
Authors: Kulesh A. A. , Drobakha V. E. , Shestakov V. V.
Published: December 2019

The paper considers the epidemiology and general etiological characteristics of cryptogenic stroke (CS). It discusses the concept of embolic stroke with an unknown source of embolism. It also characterizes the most significant causes of CS, such as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, atrial cardiopathy, aortic atheroma, non-stenotic cerebral atherosclerotic plaques, and malignant neoplasms. The paper describes approaches to the diagnosis and secondary prevention of CS and proposes etiological and neuroimaging diagnostic algorithms for CI. Clinical cases are also presented.
Diabetic cervicobrachial radiculoplexopathy
Authors: Akhmedzhanova L. T. , Isaikin A. I. , Chernenko O. A. , Shor Yu. M. , Merkulova D. M. , Kachanovsky M. S. , Shcheglova N. S.
Published: December 2019

Peripheral nervous system (PNS) damage is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. There may be different PNS damage types that differ in clinical symptoms and pathogenesis. A clinical case of diabetic cervicobrachial radiculoplexopathy is presented for the first time in Russia. The paper discusses the clinical features of this type versus diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexopathy, instrumental diagnosis of diabetic radiculoplexopathies, pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease, and treatment approaches. It shows the efficacy of alpha-lipoic acid supplementation in a patient with diabetic radiculoplexopathy.
Analisis Inkonsistensi Penggunaan Lahan di Kawasan Lindung DAS Cisadane
Authors: Ianah Ianah
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesesuaian pemanfaatan kawasan lindung dengan rencana pola ruang dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya untuk selanjutanya dapat merumuskan arahan pengen­dalian pemanfaatan ruang di kawasan lindung DAS Cisadane Kabupaten Bogor. Analisis spasial digunakan untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang penggunaan lahan, kepemilikan lahan, izin lokasi, dan evaluasi penggunaan lahan terhadap rencana pola ruang. Metode kualitatif melalui wawancara untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi inkonsistensi penggunaan lahan terhadap rencana pola ruang melalui tumpang susun peta RTRW 2016-2036 dengan tutupan lahan 2016. Perumusan arahan pengendalian pemanfaatan ruang diperoleh dengan analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketidaksesuaian pemanfaatan lahan sebesar 22.7%, luas kawasan hutan yang tutupan hutan 25.35%. Faktorfaktor yang menyebabkan inkonsistensi karena ketidakpahaman masyarakat tentang rencana pola ruang kawasan lindung terutama yang bukan kawasan hutan, penegakan hukum yang lemah bagi pelanggaran ruang, kurangnya koordinasi dan transparansi dalam proses perizinan, kebutuhan lahan masyarakat sekitar hutan, Perubahan budaya bertani yang menurun dan fasilitas pertanian yang kurang men­dukung dan berpindahnya kepemilikan lahan. Oleh karena itu diperlukan instrument pengendalian melalui Trans­paransi, koordinasi dan integrasi dalam hal perizinan, RDTR perlu segera diselesaikan,  pemberian insentif dan disinsentif, dan sanksi, menumbuhkan aksi bersama dalam melakukan pengawasan dan pengendalian pemanfaatan ruang.
LUCIÉRNAGAS
Authors: Tacán Cochoy Allexy Eduarda
Published: December 2019

Cuento
Circuito económico, sacrificialidad y alternativas al capitalismo
Authors: Hinkelammert Franz
Published: December 2019

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La sobrevivencia de las áreas silvestres de Costa Rica por medio de su jardinificación
Authors: Janzen Daniel H.
Published: December 2019

No disponible/Not available
Desarrollo y comercialización del turismo de naturaleza en Cuba
Authors: Salinas Eros
Published: December 2019

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El marco jurídico para la participación en la gestión ambiental en Costa Rica
Authors: Chaves Silvia
Published: December 2019

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The excessive receivables of the enterprises: causes and consequences for the financial system of Ukraine
Authors: Zymovets Vladyslav
Published: December 2019

In accordance with the established approach, excessive receivables are a manifestation of the crisis situation with inter-company settlements whose fundamental reason is the lack of liquidity and capital in the economy. Freezing cash into receivables slows down capital flows in the economy, generates systemic risks and negatively affects the companies' investment activities. In this article, excessive receivables are defined as the excess of the share of receivables in assets over its normal level, which is typical for a particular country's model of business financing, with due regard to sector specificity.
The author analyzes causes and consequences of the abnormally high amounts of recei¬vables in Ukraine. Among the reasons for excessive receivables in the assets of Ukrainian companies are low payment discipline and difficulties in recovering debts, whose manifestations include a large proportion of overdue and bad debts. The emphasis is made on slowing settlements and increasing burden of receivables in the country.
Decomposition of aggregated receivables for goods, works and services based on company size shows a shift in the non-payment burden towards small and medium-sized businesses, whose manifestation is the extension of repayment terms. At the same time, more than a half of the receivables in Ukraine's companies accounts for other receivables that are not directly related to the companies' operative activities, which is one of the manifestations of business financialization.
Compared to foreign countries, the above share in Ukraine is abnormally high, due to the active use of shadow loan capital schemes by companies, including the laundering of "dirty" funds and the injection of capital from offshore to support business liquidity. Solving the problem of excessive receivables requires overcoming the existing liquidity shortage in Ukraine, increasing money supply based on gradual reduction of this government debt dependence and restoring business confidence in the banking system of Ukraine.
The publication is prepared for the implementation of the planned project of the Department of Finances of the Reals Sector in the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: "Financial Risks of Doing Business in Ukraine: Sector of Nonfinancial Corporations" (state registration No 0118U006088).
Tax benefits to families with children
Authors: Frolova Nataliia
Published: December 2019

The article deals with theoretical and empirical research of the influence of social tax benefits (allowances) on welfare of families with children in Ukraine and worldwide. International comparisons of basic features and requirements that serve to qualify recipients of the social tax allowance such as income threshold; family size and composition (including relationships, number and age of children); amount of tax deduction (social tax allowance); a tax wedge on labour; untaxed income are carried out.
Basic advantages of tax benefits in comparison with direct state aid are generalized in terms of welfare improvement for families with children. Tax benefits are argued to work better as incentives for parents to increase their labour efforts. In addition, they also decrease pressure on working population, lower demand for government expenditures and eliminate problem of "budget freeriders".
Earned income tax credit (EITC) in the USA has been analyzed regarding whether it is effective in targeting social and fiscal issues in this country. The study concluded that EITC assists a wide scope of low-income families with children and thus establishes high income tax progressivity in different brackets in the USA. The special attention was paid to the provisions of EITC and other in-work tax benefits under the system of married couple (joint) tax filing whose introduction is being currently debated in Ukraine with the aim to promote more socially-oriented tax system.
The efficiency of tax benefits for families with children in Ukraine has been challenged within the analysis of legislative provisions of social tax allowance (STA) and estimation of STA influence on the welfare of low-income (poor) families with children. We have found evidence that STA in Ukraine is characterized with restrictions that make a large group of families with children ineligible and thus a conclusion was made that STA discriminates against those who are really in need. Furthermore, insufficient amount of deduction within STA seems inadequate in order to reduce poverty or increase income tax progressivity. Consequently, some recommendations in order to improve STA in Ukraine are suggested.
Assessing Implementation of Managerial Accounting Practices: Perspective of Pakistani SMEs
Authors: Zehra Iffat , Ahmed Farhan
Published: December 2019

With increasing production cost and growing local and international competition, accountants within Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are largely encumbered with the onus of cost control. Through this paper, we empirically examine use and perceived importance of cost management accounting practices within Pakistani manufacturing SMEs. The cross-sectional study is conducted under descriptive research design. Findings from survey questionnaire of 44 manufacturing SMEs indicate that process costing method is widely used and complexity in production process is main difficulty faced by SMEs in product costing. Descriptive analysis indicates that SMEs mainly use product costing information to make pricing decisions of products, profitability calculation and in decision making for new products. SMEs prefer to employ conventional tools like planning and control, budgeting and strategic planning for decision making purposes. Limited sample size under descriptive analysis restricts applicability and generalizability. Our study makes novel contribution in the domain of cost management practices in SMEs since majority of literature is available on cost management practices adopted by only large corporates within Pakistan.
Where Predators and Prey Meet: Anthropogenic Contact Points Between Fishes in a Freshwater Estuary
Authors: Lehman Brendan , Gary Meagan , Demetras Nicholas , Michel Cyril
Published: December 2019

The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta has been invaded by several species of non-native predatory fish that are presumed to be impeding native fish population recovery efforts. Since eradication of predators is unlikely, there is substantial interest in removing or altering manmade structures in the Delta that may exacerbate predation on native fish (contact points). It is presumed that these physical structures influence predator-prey dynamics, but how habitat features influence species interactions is poorly understood, and physical structures in the Delta that could be remediated to benefit native fish have not been inventoried completely. To inform future research efforts, we reviewed literature that focused on determining the effects of predator-prey interactions between fish, based on contact points that are commonly found in the Delta. We also performed a geospatial analysis to determine the extent of potential contact points in the Delta. We found that the effects of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and artificial illumination are well studied and documented to influence predation in other freshwater systems worldwide. Conversely, other common structures in the Delta—such as docks, pilings, woody debris, revetment, and water diversions—did not have the same breadth of research. In the Delta, the spatial extent of the different types of contact points differed considerably. For example, 22% of the Delta water surface area is occupied by SAV, whereas docks only cover 0.44%. Our conclusion, based on both the literature review and spatial analysis, is that the effects of SAV and artificial illumination on predation warrant the most immediate future investigation in the Delta.
Presentación
Authors: Araújo Branco Isabel
Published: December 2019

Hesíodo, na Grécia do século XVIII a.C., no seu Os Trabalhos e os Dias, comparava os homens violentos aos animais ferozes que tudo solucionam através da força, defendendo que a verdadeira humanidade reside no labor, na comunicação, no respeito pelo outro e na construção da concórdia. Por outras palavras, na consistência da paz, em oposição ao caos destruidor da guerra.
La zarzuela costarricense
Authors: Le Franc Ureña Roberto
Published: December 2019

La zarzuela es un género musical español que tuvo su origen en el siglo XVI. Se incluye dentro de las artes escénicas y básicamente se divide en zarzuela grande y en género chico. La época de su auge y esplendor fue en el siglo XIX.

En Costa Rica se conoce a partir de 1850. Posteriormente fueron recreadas por algunos compositores musicales nacionales ya que desde sus inicios tuvieron gran aceptación por ser obras escénico-musicales expresadas en idioma español.

Sin seguir estrictamente un criterio musicológico o técnico musical, este trabajo es más una recopilación de datos dispersos sobre los compositores nacionales que incursionaron en el campo de la zarzuela o de modestas obras escénico-musicales agrupadas como zarzuelas o como género chico, tan celebrado y gustado en España. Con lo anterior se quiso demostrar que en Costa Rica este género musical tuvo sus exponentes y que con muy buen tino dieron a los costarricenses lo mejor de su esfuerzo.
An unusual case of peritoneal dialysis-associated bacterial peritonitis caused by Weeksella virosa
Authors: Unalan Tugce , Karagoz Alper , Bayhan Cihangul , Ozsurekci Yasemin , Hazirolan Gulsen
Published: December 2019

Weeksella virosais an atypical Gram-negative bacterium that does not grow on MacConkey agar. In this report, we present a 4-year-old female patient with Addison’s disease and end-stage renal failure secondary to focal sclerosing glomerulosclerosis. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis had been performed, and 3 months later, the patient developed fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Peritoneal fluid culture and dialysis fluid culture were positive forW. virosa. It was identified with Phoenix (BD, USA) and confirmed via 16S rRNA sequencing. It cannot be identified by Maldi Biotyper (Bruker). The isolate was found to be resistant to cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, and amikacin by gradient test. Intraperitoneal cefepime was initiated but since antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed cephalosporin resistance, therapy was changed to intraperitoneal meropenem. Following the removal of peritoneal dialysis catheter, fever, abdominal distention, and vomiting were resolved. Piperacillin, aztreonam, and carbapenems can be used for empirical therapy. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed to guide the choice of treatment. Removal of peritoneal dialysis catheter is an important step of management of this infection. To our knowledge, this is the first report ofW. virosain a pediatric patient and first report from Turkey.
Provocation of life functions at a unicellular eukaryote level by extremely low doses of mammalian hormones: Evidences of hormesis
Authors: Csaba György
Published: December 2019

Hormones, characteristic to higher ranked animals, are synthesized, stored, and secreted by unicellular eukaryote animals. The unicells also have receptors for recognizing these materials and transmit the message into the cells for provoking response. The hormones are effective in very low concentrations (down to 10–21 M) and opposite effects of lower and higher concentrations can be observed. However, sometimes linear concentration effects can be found, which means that hormesis exists, nevertheless uncertain, as it is in the phase of formation (evolutionary experimentation). Hormesis, by transformation (fixation) of cytoplasmic receptor-like membrane components to receptors in the presence of the given hormone, likely helps the development of unicellular endocrine character and by this the evolution of endocrine system. The effect by extremely low concentrations of hormones had been forced by the watery way of unicellular life, which could establish the physiological concentrations of hormones in the blood of higher ranked animals. This means that hormetic low doses are the normal, effective concentrations and the high concentrations are artificial, consequently could be dangerous.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI PRODUKTIVITAS LAHAN GARAM DI INDONESIA 2015
Authors: Iswanto Dhanial
Published: December 2019

Kekayaan alam menjadi modal utama produksi garam di Indonesia, di mana luas garam produktif pada tahun 2014 mencapai 27.898 Ha. Permasalahan yang muncul adalah kebutuhan garam nasional cenderung mengalami peningkatan seiring dengan pertumbuhan penduduk dan industri, sedangkan produksi garam nasional tidak dapat memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut. Salah satu upaya untuk mendorong produksi garam adalah dengan meningkatkan produktivitas lahan garam. Sehingga penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi produktivitas lahan garam di Indonesia, menggunakan metode analisis regresi logistik. Hasil yang didapat adalah bahwa umur petambak, luas lahan, luas meja garam, metode produksi, dan lama penjemuran signifikan memengaruhi produktivitas lahan garam di Indonesia tahun 2015
Reflexões sobre a noção de experiência na obra de Walter Benjamin
Authors: Sanches Eduardo Oliveira , Silva Divino José da
Published: December 2019

Tem-se por objetivo neste estudo analisar a noção de experiência na obra de Walter Benjamin como resultado de reflexões realizadas pelo autor sobre o tema desde sua sua juventude e até sua maturidade. Demonstou-se variações sobre qualidades do conceito de experiência, que foram sendo construídas, gradualmente, conforme o autor mudava seu foco de análise e observação social para falar de experiência e modernidade. Deste trânsito, foram feitas inferências para demonstrar que a noção desenvolvida pelo autor se caracteriza por meio dos desvios que ele mesmo faz durante a vida e que o ajudaram a construir seu entendimento sobre a ideia de experiência. Deste modo, Benjamin voltou-se para o conhecimento como um exercício que evoca o acontecimento, os agoras, os sentidos da aura. Essa dimensão conceitual congrega em si o conhecimento que se constitui a partir de se ter experiências e não apenas de fazê-las como visa a ciência moderna (AGANBEN, 2005). Foram utilizados seis ensaios para estabelecer esta análise, são eles: “Experiência” (1913); “Sobre o programa da filosofia do porvir” (1918); “Experiência e pobreza” (1933); “O narrador. Considerações sobre a obra de Nicolai Leskov” (1936); “Sobre alguns temas em Baudelaire” (1940) e “Infância Berlinense: 1900” (escrito entre 1926 e 1938).
A formação da identidade docente no contexto da interiorização da Educação Superior Pública em Pernambuco
Authors: Lima Kênio Erithon Cavalcante , Matias Keoma Tabosa Guimarães
Published: December 2019

Este estudo tem por foco investigar os impactos da Interiorização da Educação Superior Pública (IESP), colocada como uma realidade em muitas das regiões brasileiras – resultado de políticas públicas, na construção da identidade docente e na profissionalização de professores para a Educação Básica nas regiões em que atuam. Por objetivo, analisamos pressupostos didático-metodológicos, qualidade das disciplinas e a importância dos estágios para a formação da identidade e da profissionalização dos futuros professores, na compreensão dos licenciandos. Distribuímos questões discursivas para a Análise de Conteúdo e afirmações para a Escala Likert entre licenciandos do curso de Ciências Biológicas, sujeitos da interiorização que, voluntariamente e na garantia do anonimato, responderam o questionário. Como resultado, observa-se que os licenciandos compreendem a importância do profissional professor das Ciências da Natureza no processo de qualificação da Educação Científica na região, avaliando como significante a formação que possuem. Pontuam positivamente as disciplinas específicas do curso e seus professores quanto à interação que fazem no campo de estágio e com os diversos conteúdos relativos à realidade local. Ratificam o compromisso social da profissão docente, visto como essencial para a construção de sua identidade profissional e da atuação futura em seus municípios de origem.
Comunicação empática no ensino a distância: análise das interações tutor-discente
Authors: Campos Tamara , De Freitas Julio Cesar Teixeira , Dos Anjos Elisa Maria
Published: December 2019

O objetivo desse estudo é avaliar as interações ao longo de um semestre entre alunos de uma disciplina do Ensino Superior gratuito em Pedagogia de um consórcio público de universidades brasileiras e a equipe de tutoria. Tendo como objetivo principal a análise da presença ou não da empatia entre os interlocutores em questão, utilizamo-nos de metodologia tanto quantitativa quanto qualitativa. A partir da análise do corpus, as mensagens oriundas da “Sala de Tutoria”, buscamos averiguar os temas mais recorrentes, bem como a presença da comunicação empática nas interações. Com relação aos temas, 86,9% giravam em torno de notas. Isso demonstra um excesso de preocupação com a avaliação, ainda mais se compararmos com interações cujo objetivo era discutir algum conteúdo das aulas – índice que representou apenas 1,4% das conversas. Quanto à natureza empática da comunicação, percebemos algum traço empático em 52,2%. Desse conjunto, 92,5% das conversas foram classificados como oportunidades empáticas negativas, nas quais os alunos demonstravam algum sentimento negativo. Quando analisamos as respostas oferecidas pelos tutores, cerca de 67% são classificadas como terminadores empáticos e somente 15,3% das respostas foram percebidas como apropriadas, no sentido de oferecer um retorno às demandas emocionais demonstradas pelos alunos.
Method for Assessing Effectiveness of Protection of Electronic Document Management using the Petri and Markov Nets Apparatus
Authors: Yazov Yuri , Avsentev Oleg , Avsentev Alexander , Rubtsova Irina
Published: December 2019

Traditional approaches to assessing the effectiveness of information security, based on a comparison of the possibilities of realizing threats to information security in absence and application of protection measures, do not allow to analyze the dynamics of suppression by security measures of the process of implementing threats. The paper proposes a new indicator of the effectiveness of protection of electronic documents, aimed at assessing the possibility of advancing security measures of the process of implementing threats in electronic document management systems using the probability-time characteristics of the dynamics of the application of protection measures and the implementation of threats to electronic documents. Mathematical models were developed using the Petri-Markov network apparatus and analytical relationships were obtained for calculating the proposed indicator using the example of the "traffic tunneling" threat (placing intruder packets in trusted user packets) and unauthorized access (network attacks) to electronic documents, as well as the threat of intrusion of malicious program by carrying out an "blind IP spoofing" attack (network address spoofing). Examples of calculating the proposed indicator and graphs of its dependence on the probability of detecting network attacks by the intrusion detection system and on the probability of malware detection by the anti-virus protection system are given. Quantitative dependencies are obtained for the effectiveness of protection of electronic documents due to being ahead of protection measures for threat realization processes, both on the probability of detecting an intrusion or the probability of detecting a malicious program, and on the ratio of the time spent by the protection system on detecting an attempt to implement a threat and taking measures to curb its implementation, and threat implementation time. Models allow not only to evaluate the effectiveness of measures to protect electronic documents from threats of destruction, copying, unauthorized changes, etc., but also to quantify the requirements for the response time of adaptive security systems to detectable actions aimed at violating the security of electronic documents, depending on the probability -temporal characteristics of threat realization processes, to identify weaknesses in protection systems related to the dynamics of threat realization and the reaction of defense systems to such threats electronic document.
Semantic Text Segmentation from Synthetic Images of Full-Text Documents
Authors: Bureš Lukáš , Gruber Ivan , Neduchal Petr , Hlaváč Miroslav , Hrúz Marek
Published: December 2019

An algorithm (divided into multiple modules) for generating images of full-text documents is presented. These images can be used to train, test, and evaluate models for Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

The algorithm is modular, individual parts can be changed and tweaked to generate desired images. A method for obtaining background images of paper from already digitized documents is described. For this, a novel approach based on Variational AutoEncoder (VAE) to train a generative model was used.

These backgrounds enable the generation of similar background images as the training ones on the fly.The module for printing the text uses large text corpora, a font, and suitable positional and brightness character noise to obtain believable results (for natural-looking aged documents).

A few types of layouts of the page are supported. The system generates a detailed, structured annotation of the synthesized image. Tesseract OCR to compare the real-world images to generated images is used. The recognition rate is very similar, indicating the proper appearance of the synthetic images. Moreover, the errors which were made by the OCR system in both cases are very similar. From the generated images, fully-convolutional encoder-decoder neural network architecture for semantic segmentation of individual characters was trained. With this architecture, the recognition accuracy of 99.28% on a test set of synthetic documents is reached.