bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Complications in colostomy patients: analysis and assessment of risk factors
Authors: Denti Francesco Carlo , Maglio Andrea , Brambilla Davide , Scaduto Vitalba
Published: November 2020

Background

The increasing prevalence of people living with a colostomy (and a stoma in general) has made understanding, assessing and managing stomal complications an increasingly important objective.

Aims

The aim of this study was to analyse the onset of stomal complications in relation to comorbidities to evaluate any predisposing pathologies.

Methods

This retrospective analysis was conducted on the patient records of colostomates admitted to a hospital in Milan, Italy, from 2015 to 2018.

Findings

The analysis showed that 54% of patients presented with more than one complication. The most common were peristomal skin lesions (42%) and oedema (25%). The disease that showed the highest correlation with stomal complications was heart disease (23%).

Conclusions

Despite a limited sample size of 101 patients, this study demonstrated a correlation between stomal complications and heart disease. Nurses should pay particular attention to ostomates with cardiovascular issues.
“Operación Mercedes”: Monumento a la ciudadanía solidaria
Authors: Henrich Jordi , Remesar Antoni
Published: November 2020

La pandemia COVID19 que está causando estragos en la salud pública mundial, ha significado, también, la adecuación – temporal hasta el momento – de los procedimientos de trabajo en la enseñanza universitaria, tanto en lo que afecta a la impartición de clases como a lo referente a las actividades a desarrollar por los estudiantes .La programación de la asignatura de Taller de Proyectos del Máster en Diseño Urbano de la Universidad de Barcelona, preveía centrar las actividades proyectuales del taller en la que `podemos llamar “Operación Mercedes”, un proyecto privado de regeneración urbana en el barrio barcelonés del Bon Pastor, consistente en convertir 90.000 m2 del antiguo solar fabril de la Mercedes-Benz, en un complejo residencial y de oficinas. Según el Plan General Metropolitano (1976) vigente en Barcelona, este solar está calificado como 22a, es decir “Zona Industrial” y desde 2007, cuando Mercedes-Benz deja de operar en esta fábrica, configura una de las pocas áreas de reindustrialización de Barcelona. Su venta al grupo inversor Conren-Tramway, a finales de 2018, vuelve a resucitar los miedos vecinales sobre el uso de estas 9 Ha.En el marco del proyecto de investigación HAR2017-88672-R. y de los acuerdos de colaboración con la asociación de vecinos, desde hace unos años introducimos temáticas de espacio público del territorio de Bon Pastor, en la asignatura “Taller de Proyectos” del Màster en Diseño Urbano. Dos objetivos. El primero explorar ideas de solución de problemas de espacio público con los estudiantes -mayoritariamente extranjeros-, funcionando el Taller a modo de “Laboratorio de Ideas” al tiempo que los trabajos sirven de prácticas n o curriculares. Segundo objetivo: aportar ideas proyectuales a los vecinos del Bon Pastor para la gestión y negociación de las diversas acciones a desarrollar en el barrio.Por ello se planificó el trabajo de Taller del curso 2019-2020 para explorar las posibilidades de espacio público en esta nueva operación de Regenración Urbana. Los trabajos del taller se desarrollan en equipos multidisciplinares respondiendo a la formación previa de los estudiantes.Cuando en marzo se decreta el confinamiento en España, vemos casi imposible el desarrollo del trabajo prevista en un modalidad on-line. Es por ello que se decide variar el tema, centrándolo en un Monumento a la Ciudadanía Solidaria -lo que permite una aproximación más individualizada al trabajo- , pero manteniendo la referencia territorial del solar de la Mercedes-Benz.
Reloj de 20 horas
Authors: Del Real Nicolas
Published: November 2020

Monumento en positivo. No es ni a las víctimas, ni a los héroes.Es la conmemoración de un momento/acción específico, que reúne todo lo demás.El aplauso de las 20hrs es la instancia en que la ciudadanía se agradece y anima a sí misma• Las 20:00 serán el elemento central en la significación del monumento. Desde su concepción temporal o geométrica, la idea es conmemorar este acto ciudadano• Lo que hoy es evidente u obvio, en 20 años puede no serlo tanto Por otro lado, la abstracción conceptual exacerbada puede llevarnos a la perdida de legibilidad del monumento, característica fundamental del mismo (la conmemoración debe ser comprendida).El objetivo es lograr que el monumento pueda evocar, no solo un momento cronológico, sino un momento humano
Comparing three screen-based sedentary behaviours’ effect upon adolescents’ participation in physical activity: The ESSENS study
Authors: Chortatos Arthur , Henjum Sigrun , Torheim Liv Elin , Terragni Laura , Gebremariam Mekdes K.
Published: November 2020

Background

Literature focusing on the association between sedentary behaviours and physical activity has provided equivocal results and has been dominated by TV viewing as the indicator of sedentary behaviour. There is a need for more studies exploring the association between contemporary screen activities and physical activity among youth.

Methods

A cross-sectional study including 742 adolescents was conducted in 2016. Data were collected at school through an online questionnaire. Regression analyses were used to explore the association between different screen-based sedentary behaviours and participation in physical activity.

Results

The results showed that those with lower (vs higher) time spent on TV/movie streaming and electronic game playing both on weekdays and weekend days had significantly higher odds of participating in physical activity. There were no significant associations between socializing/surfing online both on weekdays and weekend days and physical activity in adjusted models.

Conclusions

TV/movie streaming and electronic game playing during both weekdays and weekend days were significantly inversely related with participating in physical activity. Initiatives aimed at reducing screen-based sedentary activities might result in favourable effects on physical activity levels among adolescents.
Inequities in curative health-care utilization among the adult population (20–59 years) in India: A comparative analysis of NSS 71st (2014) and 75th (2017–18) rounds
Authors: Banerjee Shreya , Roy Chowdhury Indrani
Published: November 2020

Objective

The study attempts (a) to compute the degree of socio-economic inequity in health care utilization and (b) to decompose and analyze the drivers of socio-economic inequity in health care utilization among adults (20–59 years) in India during the periods 2014 and 2017–18.

Data source

The analysis has been done by using the unit level data of Social Consumption: Health (Schedule number 25.0), of National sample Survey (NSS), corresponding to the 71st and 75throunds.

Methods

Odds ratios were computed through logistic regression analysis to examine the effect of the socio-economic status on the health seeking behaviour of the ailing adult population in India. Concentration Indices (CIs) were calculated to quantify the magnitude of socio-economic inequity in health care utilization. Further, the CIs were decomposed to find out the share of the major contributory factors in the overall inequity.

Results

The regression results revealed that socio-economic status continues to show a strong association with treatment seeking behavior among the adults in India. The positive estimates of CIs across both the rounds of NSS suggested that health care utilization among the adults continues to be concentrated within the higher socio-economic status, although the magnitude of inequity in health care utilization has shrunk from 0.0336 in 2014 to 0.0230 in 2017–18. However, the relative contribution of poor economic status to the overall explained inequities in health care utilisation observed a rise in its share from 31% in 2014 to 45% in 2017–18.

Conclusion

To reduce inequities in health care utilization, policies should address issues related to both supply and demand sides. Revamping the public health infrastructure is the foremost necessary condition from the supply side to ensure equitable health care access to the poor. Therefore, it is warranted that India ramps up investments and raises the budgetary allocation in the health care infrastructure and human resources, much beyond the current spending of 1.28% of its GDP as public expenditure on health. Further, to reduce the existing socio-economic inequities from the demand side, there is an urgent need to strengthen the redistributive mechanisms by tightening the various social security networks through efficient targeting and broadening the outreach capacity to the vulnerable and marginalized sections of the population.
Age-associated changes in the transcriptomes of non-cultured adipose-derived stem cells from young and old mice assessed via single-cell transcriptome analysis
Authors: Doshida Yuta , Sano Haruka , Iwabuchi Sadahiro , Aigaki Toshiro , Yoshida Masayuki , Hashimoto Shinichi , Ishigami Akihito
Published: November 2020

Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) exhibit self-renewal and pluripotency. The differentiation potency of ASCs has been reported to deteriorate with aging; however, relevant studies used ASCs that were isolated and subcultured several times. It is still unclear whether subcultured ASCs accurately reflect thein vivostate. To address this question, we used freshly isolated stromal vascular fractions (SVFs) and performed comprehensive single-cell transcriptome analysis. In this study, we identified three cell populations as putative ASC candidates in SVFs and three novel ASC-related genes:Adamts7,Snai2, andTgfbr1, that are reported to be negative regulators of cell differentiation. Moreover, we identified age-associated high gene expression levels ofAdamts7,Egfr, andIgfbp4in the earliest differentiation stage of ASCs. These results suggest that aging may make it impossible to maintain the stringency of the regulation of the expression of some genes related to ASC differentiation.
Human mobility and urban malaria risk in the main transmission hotspot of Amazonian Brazil
Authors: Johansen Igor C. , Rodrigues Priscila T. , Ferreira Marcelo U.
Published: November 2020

Malaria in the Amazon is often perceived as an exclusively rural disease, but transmission has been increasingly documented within and near urban centers. Here we explore patterns and causes of urban-to-rural mobility, which places travelers at risk of malaria in Mâncio Lima, the main malaria hotspot in northwestern Brazil. We also analyze rural-to-urban mobility caused by malaria treatment seeking, which poses an additional risk of infection to urban residents. We show that the rural localities most frequently visited by urban residents–typically farming settlements in the vicinity of the town–are those with the most intense malaria transmission and also the most frequent source localities of imported malaria cases diagnosed in the town. The most mobile urban residents are typically poor males 16 to 60-years old from multi-sited households who lack a formal job. Highly mobile residents represent a priority target for more intensive and effective malaria control interventions, that cannot be readily delivered to the entire community, in this and similar urbanized endemic settings across the Amazon.
Computational simulation to assess patient safety of uncompensated COVID-19 two-patient ventilator sharing using the Pulse Physiology Engine
Authors: Webb Jeffrey B. , Bray Aaron , Asare Philip K. , Clipp Rachel B. , Mehta Yatin B. , Penupolu Sudheer , Patel Aalpen A. , Poler S. Mark
Published: November 2020

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is stretching medical resources internationally, sometimes creating ventilator shortages that complicate clinical and ethical situations. The possibility of needing to ventilate multiple patients with a single ventilator raises patient health and safety concerns in addition to clinical conditions needing treatment. Wherever ventilators are employed, additional tubing and splitting adaptors may be available. Adjustable flow-compensating resistance for differences in lung compliance on individual limbs may not be readily implementable. By exploring a number and range of possible contributing factors using computational simulation without risk of patient harm, this paper attempts to define useful bounds for ventilation parameters when compensatory resistance in limbs of a shared breathing circuit is not possible. This desperate approach to shared ventilation support would be a last resort when alternatives have been exhausted.

Methods

A whole-body computational physiology model (using lumped parameters) was used to simulate each patient being ventilated. The primary model of a single patient with a dedicated ventilator was augmented to model two patients sharing a single ventilator. In addition to lung mechanics or estimation of CO2 and pH expected for set ventilation parameters (considerations of lung physiology alone), full physiological simulation provides estimates of additional values for oxyhemoglobin saturation, arterial oxygen tension, and other patient parameters. A range of ventilator settings and patient characteristics were simulated for paired patients.

Findings

To be useful for clinicians, attention has been directed to clinically available parameters. These simulations show patient outcome during multi-patient ventilation is most closely correlated to lung compliance, oxygenation index, oxygen saturation index, and end-tidal carbon dioxide of individual patients. The simulated patient outcome metrics were satisfactory when the lung compliance difference between two patients was less than 12 mL/cmH2O, and the oxygen saturation index difference was less than 2 mmHg.

Interpretation

In resource-limited regions of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic will result in equipment shortages. While single-patient ventilation is preferable, if that option is unavailable and ventilator sharing using limbs without flow resistance compensation is the only available alternative, these simulations provide a conceptual framework and guidelines for clinical patient selection.
The sound of reading: Color-to-timbre substitution boosts reading performance via OVAL, a novel auditory orthography optimized for visual-to-auditory mapping
Authors: Arbel Roni , Heimler Benedetta , Amedi Amir
Published: November 2020

Reading is a unique human cognitive skill and its acquisition was proven to extensively affect both brain organization and neuroanatomy. Differently from western sighted individuals, literacy rates via tactile reading systems, such as Braille, are declining, thus imposing an alarming threat to literacy among non-visual readers. This decline is due to many reasons including the length of training needed to master Braille, which must also include extensive tactile sensitivity exercises, the lack of proper Braille instruction and the high costs of Braille devices. The far-reaching consequences of low literacy rates, raise the need to develop alternative, cheap and easy-to-master non-visual reading systems. To this aim, we developed OVAL, a new auditory orthography based on a visual-to-auditory sensory-substitution algorithm. Here we present its efficacy for successful words-reading, and investigation of the extent to which redundant features defining characters (i.e., adding specific colors to letters conveyed into audition via different musical instruments) facilitate or impede auditory reading outcomes. Thus, we tested two groups of blindfolded sighted participants who were either exposed to a monochromatic or to a color version of OVAL. First, we showed that even before training, all participants were able to discriminate between 11 OVAL characters significantly more than chance level. Following 6 hours of specific OVAL training, participants were able to identify all the learned characters, differentiate them from untrained letters, and read short words/pseudo-words of up to 5 characters. The Color group outperformed the Monochromatic group in all tasks, suggesting that redundant characters’ features are beneficial for auditory reading. Overall, these results suggest that OVAL is a promising auditory-reading tool that can be used by blind individuals, by people with reading deficits as well as for the investigation of reading specific processing dissociated from the visual modality.
Heat-Not-Burn cigarette induces oxidative stress response in primary rat alveolar epithelial cells
Authors: Ito Yoko , Oshinden Kana , Kutsuzawa Naokata , Kohno Chinatsu , Isaki Sanae , Yokoyama Keiko , Sato Tadayuki , Tanaka Masayuki , Asano Koichiro
Published: November 2020

There has been an increase in the usage of heat-not-burn (HNB) cigarette products. However, their effects on alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) remain unknown. AECs are the target cells of conventional cigarette smoking-related respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer whose pathogenesis involves oxidative stress. In this study, primary rat AECs were isolated, cultured and stimulated by HNB cigarette smoke extract (CSE). Our data indicate that rat AECs exposed to HNB CSE induced oxidative stress response genes (e.g.Hmox-1,Gsta1,Gsta3 and Nqo1). We also compared the oxidative stress response between two different types of AECs, alveolar type I-like (ATI-like) cells and type II (ATII) cells, and between two different types of cigarette, HNB cigarettes and conventional cigarettes. The expressions ofGsta1,Gsta3andNqo1were higher in ATII cells than ATI-like cells in response to HNB and conventional cigarettes, but there was no significant difference in their expression levels between HNB cigarette and conventional cigarette. Taken together, our results suggest that HNB cigarettes have the similar potential as conventional cigarette products to induce oxidative stress response in AECs.
Incidence and etiology of sudden cardiac arrest in Koreans: A cohort from the national health insurance service database
Authors: Roh Seung-Young , Choi Jong-Il , Kim Min Sun , Cho Eun Young , Kim Yun Gi , Lee Kwang-No , Shim Jaemin , Kim Jin Seok , Kim Young-Hoon
Published: November 2020

The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in Asians is lower than that seen in Western populations, but there are few available data on the incidence and associated cardiac etiology of SCA in Asians. From 2002 to 2013, patients with SCA were analyzed using a cohort from the South Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) coded database. Sudden unexplained death syndrome (SUDS) was defined as cryptogenic arrest, excluding that of non-cardiac origin, coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiomyopathy (CM), and valvular heart disease. During the 12-year study period, 5,973 patients (0.53%) from the total cohort of 1,125,691 had a cardiac arrest code. The overall incidence of arrest was 48.7 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI 16.6–18.0). The incidence of primary SCA excluding those of non-cardiac origin was 16.1 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI 15.4–16.8). It was higher in males than in females (18.1 vs. 14.1 per 100,000 person-years). CAD was the most common cause of SCA (59.4%), and followed by CM (13.9%). SUDS accounted for 14.7% of SCA events. The risk of SCA had increased gradually from over 25 years old. Heart failure, atrial fibrillation and hypertension are major factors associated with SCA incidence. Our findings outline epidemiologic data for SCA and the proportion of associated cardiac etiology leads SCA in a large population.
Do institutions matter in business strategy? – The changing focus of strategic management to institutions: a literature review
Authors: Felsmann Balázs
Published: November 2020

The post-crisis managerial literature emphasizes the roles of institutional factors in any disruption of the ecosystem of market capitalism and puts it in the middle of its analytical framework. It has become clear that nowadays, scientific discussions about the measure of increase of direct state involvement in certain economic areas has become more relevant. The socio-economic model based on market coordination was no doubt shaken by the crisis in 2008 across the world and inspired various representatives of the scientific and political community to revise their theses on coordination mechanisms that support the way out of an economic downturn. This paper intends to give a brief summary of the two leading strategic management approaches (Porter’s five forces and the resource-based view of the firm) on institutions. The author’s aim is to demonstrate that incorporation of the institution-based view into the mainstream theories can enrich the analytical framework of strategic management by providing deeper understanding of the contextual factors that underpin interactions between institutions and organizations.
Content and drivers of performance management in agency-type organizations of the hungarian public administration
Authors: Révész Éva
Published: November 2020

The improving performance of public administration and the reform of public financing system have been on agenda in Hungary for many years, in accordance with the international trends. However, governments have not expected and supported creating of a performance-oriented public administration in a comprehensive and explicit way. Nevertheless, there are bottom-up initiatives at organizational level, which target performance-oriented organizational function. The research focuses on organizations of central public administration where the successful application of performance management methods is most likely based on the international literature. These are the so called agency-type organizations, which are in Hungary called autonomous state-administration organizations independent of the Government (e.g. Hungarian Competition Authority), government bureaus (e.g. Hungarian Central Statistical Office), and central offices subordinated to the government (either the cabinet or a ministry) (e.g. Hungarian Meteorological Service). The studied agencies are legally independent organizations with managerial autonomy based on public law. The purpose of this study is to get an overview on organizational level performance management tools applied by Hungarian agencies, and to reveal the reasons and drivers of the application of these tools. The empirical research is based on a mixed methods approach which combines both quantitative methods and qualitative procedures. The first – quantitative – phase of the author’s research was content analysis of homepages of the studied organizations. As a results she got information about all agencies and their practice related to some performance management tools. The second – qualitative – phase was based on semi-structured face-to-face interviews with some senior managers of agencies. The author selected the interviewees based on the results of the first phase, the relatively strong performance orientation was an important selection criteria.
Immaterial cultural heritage and a sense of place in film-based art education: A case study of a documentary film project with secondary school children as part of Cine en curso Chile
Authors: Correa Felipe
Published: November 2020

The following article describes the process of a documentary filmmaking programme at a secondary school in Chile, which encourages students to engage with a sense of place and intangible cultural heritage. Run by Gaticine – Centro de desarrollo social del cine (Centre for the Social Development of Cinema) in partnership with A Bao A Qu, a non-profit organization based in Barcelona, the programme assists students in discovering and analysing documentary films from different times and cultures over the course of a year, while performing practical filmmaking inside and outside the school. At the end, a short film project is developed that is premiered in a local cinema. This essay provides a brief overview of the principles and methodology of the Cinema en curs programme, before offering a socio-educational consideration of the school in which it was developed and, finally, an analysis of the project’s delivery.
Exploring the aspirations of young people to work in the British film industry through comparative focus groups in London secondary schools
Authors: McSheaffrey Rebecca
Published: November 2020

This article explores the findings of research conducted with two focus groups of English high school students in 2018 that centred on the aspirations of young people to work in the British film industry. First identifying the conceptions of ‘aspiration’ articulated within British public and policy discourses associated with the film industry, this article goes on to explore some of the different factors shaping participants’ knowledge and expectations of what a film industry career looks like. Using direct quotations from participants alongside contextual analysis, I explore how factors related to family, financial resources, ambition and school provision shape the knowledge and perceptions of film industry careers among British young people.
Study guides and Australian documentary: The role of bridging materials in building educative, cultural and economic value
Authors: Elkington Ruari
Published: November 2020

The use of documentary, and in turn the value of documentary, is well established in formal education contexts. In addition to an established pedagogical value, this article examines the cultural and economic value of documentary in education through both national legislative reviews (the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) Copyright and the Digital Economy) and a specific learning resource in the form of study guides. Within this research, study guides function as a means to explore the plurality of ways in which documentary may be valued through several stakeholders invested in sustaining educational engagement with the form. Most notably among these stakeholders is copyright collection agency Screenrights, which bridges the valuing of documentary between screen and education sectors alongside national funding agency Screen Australia and the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), an independent, non-profit, professional association promoting the study of media in education. ATOM in particular is synonymous with the creation of study guides for documentary films. Investigating the educative, cultural and economic value of study guides offers a discrete albeit valuable study of the ways in which documentary functions within Australian education contexts.
Moving beyond the ‘shot-type list’ towards the ‘Meaning Model’: Placing meaning at the centre of film education
Authors: Barrett Marc
Published: November 2020

In 1990 Kress and Van Leeuwen’s Reading Images began a conversation based upon the practice of teaching image-orientated texts in Australian classrooms. Since then, however, little of this important conversation has been translated into meaningful pedagogical change for the teaching of kineikonic (moving image) texts in Australia. From state-run primary schools to national postgraduate film education institutions, the primary tool used to initiate students into the potential to create meaning through film – the shot-type list – has remained relatively unchanged. This article proposes an updated pedagogical tool – identified as the ‘Meaning Model’ – which draws from contemporary discourses around how films make meaning in seeking to bring understandings of the kineikonic mode into the classroom, in a practical and accessible way.
Acesso e permanência no ensino médio
Authors: Melo Keylla Rejane Almeida , Pereira Letícia Alves
Published: November 2020

Este trabalho apresenta resultados de pesquisa realizada com o objetivo de analisar as dificuldades de acesso e permanência de jovens do campo no ensino médio do município de Milton Brandão, Piauí, a partir da perspectiva dos estudantes. Partiu-se do seguinte problema: quais os desafios apontados por jovens residentes no campo do município para seu acesso e permanência na escola durante o Ensino Médio? Selecionou-se, como campo empírico da investigação, uma escola do município e, como sujeitos, três ex-funcionários da escola, 26 estudantes do 9º ano e 25 jovens que cursam o ensino médio, residentes em comunidades vizinhas à escola. A pesquisa, fundamentada em pressupostos da Educação do Campo, configura-se como descritiva, de natureza qualitativa, e teve como procedimentos de produção de dados entrevista estruturada, questionário e Círculo de Cultura. Os resultados do estudo evidenciaram a fragilidade na instituição de políticas públicas e no cumprimento das leis educacionais pelos gestores públicos, provocando problemas como evasão, êxodo rural e falta de perspectivas dos jovens em relação ao futuro. Conclui-se que é importante insistir na formação crítica e política dessa juventude, para tomada de consciência sobre a realidade que os oprime, de modo a buscar formas de enfrentamento.
Popularização da ciência, educação popular e ensino de ciências e saúde a partir do voluntariado
Authors: Coelho Francisco José Figueiredo , Silva Sandra Martins da , Tamiasso-Martinhon Priscila , Sousa Célia
Published: November 2020

Algumas práticas no Ensino de Ciências têm se colocado como obsoletas, dada a variedade de informações disseminadas hoje com as redes sociais. Por isso, formas de ensinar centradas nos debates e na troca de saberes podem ser um caminho viável para a construção participativa do conhecimento científico nos espaços de escolarização. Nesse contexto, surge o Projeto de Educação Popular em Ciências (PEPCiências), com o intuito de convidar diferentes cientistas e profissionais para conversar sobre temas variados, com a perspectiva da popularização das Ciências a partir do reconhecimento e valorização de outros saberes sociais. Neste relato, as impressões dos monitores desse projeto de extensão são analisadas e discutidas à luz da Educação Popular e do voluntariado dos oficineiros convidados, com vistas aos limites e potencialidades dessa ação para outras escolas.
Os estudantes da educação de jovens e adultos
Authors: Teodoro Elisa Campos , Santos Silvia Alves dos
Published: November 2020

Para se realizar uma pesquisa, Lüdke e André (1986) colocam que é preciso realizar o confronto entre os dados, as evidências, as informações coletadas sobre determinado assunto e o conhecimento teórico acumulado a respeito dele. A proposta deste estudo se justificou pela necessidade de conhecermos e ampliarmos a compreensão sobre quem são os sujeitos jovens e adultos que buscam a formação escolar no período noturno, bem como, compreender as relações mais amplas que influenciam a vida desses sujeitos no que diz respeito ao seu retorno ao contexto escolar e às condições que conciliam estudos e trabalho. Entendemos que essa proposta tende a contribuir significativamente para as escolas por possibilitar identificar quem são os sujeitos da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), contribuindo com dados para realimentar as propostas pedagógicas a partir das referências desenvolvidas neste trabalho acadêmico, de modo a contribuir com os professores para uma ação de repensar suas práticas pedagógicas no atendimento às demandas desse público específico. Na direção do entendimento da educação como direito, este estudo se alia às lutas mais amplas da classe trabalhadora no sentido de compreender as condições objetivas que o estudante trabalhador da EJA possui para concluir seus estudos.
Quem são os educandos do Curso Interdisciplinar em Educação no Campo – Licenciatura da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Campus Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná?
Authors: Novais Éliton Paulo , Oliveira Danielle Henrique Corrêa de , Silva Luciana Henrique da , Santos Rodrigo dos
Published: November 2020

O presente estudo apresenta como proposta central caracterizar o perfil dos acadêmicos que ingressam à Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), Campus Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná, no curso Interdisciplinar em Educação no Campo. Partindo das especificidades da criação dessa Instituição e visto que se trata de um curso voltado à educação do campo e sua importância em estar instalado nesse campus, localizado dentro do Território Cantuquiriguaçu, que tem como característica a forte presença da agricultura familiar e camponesa. Curso este cujo objetivo principal é formar profissionais capacitados para atuarem nas escolas do campo. Para traçar esse perfil utilizou-se como base uma pesquisa de campo, que teve como local de aplicação a UFFS, Campus Laranjeiras do Sul. Nessa pesquisa foram aplicados 47 questionários aos educandos matriculados nas quatro primeiras fases do curso, buscando conhecer o perfil socioeconômico e acadêmico. A partir disso, verificam-se dois aspectos relevantes: por um lado a instituição vem cumprindo o seu papel em atender as reivindicações populares, priorizando o processo de expansão da educação superior pública e gratuita a uma região e população historicamente esquecida, e, por outro, um problema enfrentado pelo curso: a evasão.
Luta pelas lutas como prática pedagógica crítica na educação física escolar
Authors: Farias Uirá de Siqueira , Maldonado Daniel Teixeira , Nogueira Valdilene Aline , Rodrigues Graciele Massoli
Published: November 2020

Essa experiência tematiza as “lutas” com 29 crianças do 4º ano do ensino fundamental, que aconteceu no último trimestre letivo de 2017, em uma escola pública da rede municipal de Santo André-SP. A “escrita de si” foi utilizada como possibilidade metodológica, ultrapassando a política acadêmica que se pauta no conhecimento objetivo e disciplinar, dando espaço e abertura para uma forma peculiar de ler e interpretar a narrativa de um relato de experiência efetivada por um docente de 33 anos que ministra aulas de Educação Física Escolar. O projeto educativo teve como objetivos ampliar os conhecimentos das crianças alargando a ideia que elas tinham das lutas e, aprofundar, de forma crítica, os aspectos que permeiam o universo do tema. Foi possível perceber com essa prática pedagógica um aprofundamento sobre o tema lutas, além do diálogo e reflexão crítica acerca da cultura corporal. Essa percepção se torna latente pelo desenrolar das atividades propostas de pesquisa pelo educador e estudantes, pelos debates e falas dos educandos e educandas e pelas avaliações realizadas pelas crianças durante o projeto educativo. Ressaltamos a necessidade de mais estudos que apresentem experiências pedagógicas sejam divulgados em periódicos da Educação para ampliação dos debates.
´´´Regionalización perinatal y redes de servicios: el caso de una región sanitaria del conurbano bonaerense y sus capacidades estatales
Authors: Pierini Clara
Published: November 2020

El artículo aborda la “Regionalización de la Atención Perinatal” en el conurbano bonaerense. Analiza las capacidades estatales de las Regiones Sanitarias (RS) frente al desafío de la coordinación y articulación del trabajo regionalizado y en red, con énfasis en la RS VII. La estrategia metodológica es cualitativa. Incluye el relevamiento y sistematización de datos secundarios y la elaboración y análisis de datos primarios (entrevistas). El recorrido muestra limitaciones y logros. La RS muestra debilidades en términos de instituciones formales y recursos, como también al observar aristas vinculadas al diseño de la política y la relación con el nivel nacional. Entre los avances, se evidencia que existen ideas orientadoras compartidas entre los actores involucrados acerca de cuál es el problema a enfrentar y qué hacer, y la existencia de cierta “conciencia de red”. Sobresalen las capacidades individuales de los gestores para establecer vínculos informales y alcanzar soluciones “caso por caso”.
¿Participantes o beneficiarios?
Authors: Annunziata Rocío , Arena Emiliano
Published: November 2020

El presente artículo analiza las experiencias argentinas de Presupuesto Participativo Joven con una hipótesis según la cual la concepción del dispositivo produce un desplazamiento del “participante” al “beneficiario”. Primero, presentamos la definición de PPJ y describimos su funcionamiento en Argentina. Luego, observamos cómo es en el tipo de proyectos surgidos del proceso participativo que los funcionarios consideran mayormente que se encuentra el rasgo “joven” del PPJ. En tercer lugar, mostramos que el PPJ puede considerarse un dispositivo de “participación-reconocimiento”, ya que convoca a participar a un grupo de la población en virtud de sus necesidades específicas. Finalmente, concluimos que en las prácticas se tiende a confundir al participante de las decisiones sobre los proyectos con el beneficiario de dichos proyectos y planteamos preguntas para futuros trabajos. La investigación se basa en entrevistas semi-estructuradas realizadas en todos los municipios con PPJ y en la observación participante del Primer Encuentro Nacional.
La Ciudadanía del siglo XXI
Authors: Russo Juan José
Published: November 2020

En este trabajo se parte del presupuesto que la ciudadanía es un conjunto de derechos que actúan de modo unificado, de tal modo que cuando una de sus esferas es afectada, esto implica consecuencias para el conjunto. Durante el siglo XX predominaron las esferas civil, social y política, mientras que en el siglo XXI emergen las ciudadanñias existenciales, basadas en el reconocimiento, la calidad de vida y la dignidad. Despues de enunciar las caracteristicas de este tipo de ciudadanía se hace un repaso de la situación en países de América Latina.
Determinants of Persistent and Transient Technical Efficiency of Milk Production in EU
Authors: Trnková Gabriela , Žáková Kroupová Zdeňka
Published: November 2020

This paper deals with the estimation of technical efficiency of milk production in the EU, its decomposition and the analysis of determinants of transient and persistent efficiency. Attention was focused on specialized milk production using FADN data in the period from 2004 to 2017. The analysis is based on the four-component model that represents the most advanced approach to technical efficiency analysis at present and the multi-step estimation procedure extended by technical efficiency determinants. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of this model based on the multi-step estimation with the inclusion of technical efficiency determinants on this type of specialization in the EU. The results show that the overall technical efficiency achieves the mean value of 68% and is relatively dense around the mean. The persistent inefficiency poses a greater problem for dairy production and varies considerably across European regions compared to the transient part. Based on the assessment of the development of transient efficiency, it is evident that it is influenced by the situation on the dairy market, in particular by the milk crises. The most effective conversion of inputs to outputs is achieved in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Belgium and is least burdened with institutional and structural rigidities. The results show that transient efficiency is positively influenced by paid labour share, rented land share, level of modernization and level of off-farm activities and negatively by the level of subsidies on livestock. The positive effect of the economies of size on persistent efficiency is not proved. However, specialization, despite the higher vulnerability of specialized farms to price shocks, affects persistent efficiency positively. Localization of farms in LFAs, as expected, has a negative impact on persistent technical efficiency.
Impact of Education and Economic Growth on Labour Migration in the European Union. A Panel Data Analysis
Authors: Istudor Nicolae , Dinu Vasile , Gogu Emilia , Prada Elena-Maria , Petrescu Irina-Elena
Published: November 2020

Since migration is considered to play an important role on the attainment of the sustainable development goals (SDG’s) this study analyses the reversed perspective of the migration-SDG’s nexus. The data set consists of 308 observations on 28 European Union countries (including the United Kingdom) over a time span of 11 years (between 2008 and 2018). The analysis employed various stages of estimation in order to compare different results obtained from the panel data regression models. Besides the classical panel data regression models, the paper includes the estimation of Arellano-Bover/Blundell-Bond model that uses the Generalized Method of Moments (also known as GMM) as an econometric tool to solve the endogeneity of the selected variables. The focus is on two sustainable development goals: labour and economic growth, and education of the European Union member states plus the United Kingdom. The results showed that there is a significant influence of the selected variables on the migration flows at the European Union level. Although there are some contradictory results regarding the direction and statistical significance of the link between the variables of interest, most estimators do not have fundamentally different results. The GDP per capita keeps its positive impact on migration by generating an immigration flow towards countries with high GDP per capita. Economic growth proves to be the main trigger of migration, while education also plays an important role in shaping migration. The importance of this study derives from the reversed perspectives analysis, considering migration as being directly influenced by the achievement of the sustainable development goals.
Innovative Esteem: Antecedents and Relationship with Job Performance
Authors: Anwar Ch. Mahmood
Published: November 2020

This study aims to present and validate a new psychological construct, i.e. innovativeness-based self-esteem or shortly “innovative esteem” which reflects that innovative individuals evaluate their innovative capabilities to determine their significance, successfulness, and worthiness in organizations. Innovative esteem reflects attributes and capacities manifested by individual’s innovativeness specific feelings and evaluations about self. Standard procedures were followed to test construct and predictive validity for the new construct. Testing 546 paired responses from subjects working in hi-tech and R&D sectors, this study empirically identified that personal innovativeness, organization-based self-esteem, learning goal orientation, and job autonomy significantly contribute to innovative esteem in organizational setting. Test of theory of interaction revealed that learning goal orientation and job autonomy interact with each other to determine innovative esteem. In addition, this research correlated innovative esteem with employee job performance by considering it as independent index. Innovative esteem is found to be significantly and positively correlated to employee job performance. The study further applied regression analysis to strengthen the finding, and found that innovative esteem significantly predicted employee job performance in time lagged setting. To establish evidence of stability of innovative esteem over time, data were collected again after one year. The test-retest reliability correlation provided the evidence of stability of innovative esteem over time. Present study proposed that innovative works can best be performed by employees high in innovative esteem which could be further confirmed empirically. It is suggested that organizations can outperform if managers consider innovative esteem of employees along with other dispositional factors. It is further suggested that significance of innovative esteem should be explored further in personality psychology and organizational behaviour.
Sex difference in the mouse BAT transcriptome reveals a role of progesterone
Authors: Kaikaew Kasiphak , Grefhorst Aldo , Steenbergen Jacobie , Swagemakers Sigrid M A , McLuskey Anke , Visser Jenny A
Published: November 2020

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a metabolically active organ that exhibits sex-differential features, that is, being generally more abundant and active in females than in males. Although sex steroids, particularly estrogens, have been shown to regulate BAT thermogenic function, the underlying molecular mechanisms contributing to sexual dimorphism in basal BAT activity have not been elucidated. Therefore, we assessed the transcriptome of interscapular BAT of male and female C57BL/6J mice by RNA sequencing and identified 295 genes showing ≥2-fold differential expression (adjusted P < 0.05). In silico functional annotation clustering suggested an enrichment of genes encoding proteins involved in cell–cell contact, interaction, and adhesion. Ovariectomy reduced the expression of these genes in female BAT toward a male pattern whereas orchiectomy had marginal effects on the transcriptional pattern, indicating a prominent role of female gonadal hormones in this sex-differential expression pattern. Progesterone was identified as a possible upstream regulator of the sex-differentially expressed genes. Studying the direct effects of progesterone in vitro in primary adipocytes showed that progesterone significantly altered the transcription of several of the identified genes, possibly via the glucocorticoid receptor. In conclusion, this study reveals a sexually dimorphic transcription profile in murine BAT at general housing conditions and demonstrates a role for progesterone in the regulation of the interscapular BAT transcriptome.
Socionomy and environmental psychology: some common basis
Authors: Souza Debora de Mello e , Bassani Marlise Aparecida
Published: November 2020

The article consists of a bibliographic review and theoretical-methodological articulation to bring socionomy closer to environmental psychology, a relevant research field for the 21st century, given the contemporary human-environmental crisis. The source selection method and the inclusion and exclusion criteria of literature and articles made it possible to identify common origins for socionomy and environmental psychology, based on a discussion of epistemological foundations that make the proposed approach possible. Although historical and epistemological similarities are evident, only one research report intentionally associating socionomy with environmental psychology was found across the sources consulted. As a heuristic contribution, the authors suggest the use of sociopsychodramatic methods in future studies on environmental psychology.
Propuesta de modelo estratégico que muestra los elementos esenciales de la innovación curricular
Authors: Urcid Puga Rodrigo
Published: November 2020

In this article, a graphic proposal is made of the different elements that should be considered when thinking about curricular innovation within universities. This text aims to show the link that exists between some educational, social, cultural, economic variants, etc. that are linked in the subject when creating new educational approaches. The project carried out is presented through a qualitative methodology with the documented tool; it is conceived as a cross-sectional investigation in which the variables were not modified. The result of this project was a model that proves that curricular innovation cannot be approached from a single point or topic, but includes, series of concepts and interaction between them that should not be overlooked. This analysis only represents an approach of the many existing towards this topic and that some of the future studies may be the comparison between traditional and the most innovative ones, and even a series of quantitative studies that help to understand the correlation and / or existing relationship between teachers and students who choose to implement and accept curriculum innovation within the universities.