bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Work-Family Enrichment on Job and Life Satisfaction of Korean Employees
Authors: Rhee Tae Sik , Zheng Fusheng
Published: June 2019

This study emphasizes the importance of work-family enrichment and focuses on job satisfaction and life satisfaction to explain the effects of work-family enrichment. A questionnaire survey was conducted on employees of domestic companies and 280 responses were used for analysis. The analysis showed that work-to-family enrichment had positive effects on both job satisfaction and life satisfaction. And at the same time, family-to-work enrichment also showed positive effects on both job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Further, the results show that work-to-family enrichment had a greater effect on job satisfaction, and family-to-work enrichment had a greater effect on life satisfaction. Finally, the results also showed that the interaction between work-to-family enrichment and family-to-work enrichment did not have a significant effect on job satisfaction or life satisfaction.
The Effects of Self-Esteem and Influence of Friends via Social Media on Body Image Amongst Children
Authors: Ahmad Arman Hj , Idris Izian , Jing Regina Moy Li
Published: June 2019

Introduction: With the rise and fall of many communication platforms embedded into our everyday lives and the on-going maturity of the digitalization era, social media usage has tremendously increased over the past decade. The purpose of this research is to identify to what extent self-esteem and the influence of friends’ impact children's perception of their body image through social media and how powerful social media in influencing the body image of children.Methodology: The theoretical implication of this study is to expand the usage of Signalling theory, Sociocultural theory and Social Comparison theory towards better explaining children’s behaviours and the factors that impact children view of their body image. 282 children were recruited using the snowball sampling technique and data collected were analysed using Smart-PLS to see the impacts and relationship between all variables.Results: This study found that the self-esteem and friends do impacts body comparison on social media. However, the self-esteem is negatively correlated. The study also identified that there is a significance direct relationship between the direct impacts of self-esteem and friends towards the body image. On the other hand, the social media is found to have no direct impact on body image.Conclusion/- and Recommendations: This study provides a better insight for the government on the importance of regulation of advertisements particularly via social media and for the society at large to create a more socially supportive environment for adolescents to communicate and help them grow their mind-set on the acceptable and realistic standards of beauty as well as contributes to the existing knowledge on the role of social media and adds knowledge to how powerful social media in giving impacts to body image among adolescences.
Theorizing Servitisation for SME Performance
Authors: Ahmad Arman Hj. , Shafaruddin Norsida , Masri Ridzuan , Rahman Normy Rafida Abd , Hussin Wan Sabri Wan
Published: June 2019

Introduction: Over the last three decades, servitisation has progressively become a key strategic choice for manufacturing companies. Recognizing the increased emphasis on services with traditional product offerings, the term servitisation refers to the innovative increase in value a company can achieve by creating a viable amalgamation of products and services. Furthermore, their reasons to pursue servitisation could be similar to those of large firms. As such, understanding how servitisation works in SMEs is of tremendous economic importance.Methodology: This paper is a qualitative in nature and aiming to understand the practice of integrating services into products via added value and its importance to SMEs in Malaysia by theorizing the concept of servitisation for SME performance. The clear understanding of the concept could contribute to better development of SME sector in Malaysia. Careful analyses of fifty articles with different themes on servitisation yields some insights on issues prevalent in the matter.Results: Current servitisation research suggests that transitioning to a broader servitisation model for a firm that operates a traditional product model requires a significant amount of assets. However, many SMEs do not have an expendable amount of resources to refit their firms for a progressive servitisation model. Additional elements that act as barriers in SME servitising strategies involve overwhelming competition from wealthier and better-known organizations and an inherently diminished range of influence on the market.Conclusion/- and Recommendations: Absence of servitisation research in SMEs establishes an important area for extended study as SMEs represent the largest margin of all firms. Additionally, SME organizations’ servitisation efforts warrant examination because their access (or lack thereof) to important organizational resources manifest in manners distinct from larger firms.
Record-Keeping: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges Experienced by Undergraduate Nursing Students in Selected Clinical Settings
Authors: Muyakui Emmely , Nuuyoma Vistolina , Amukugo Hans Justus
Published: June 2019

Good nursing practice requires detailed record-keeping, which should be timely, comprehensive and accurate. Undergraduate nursing students experience challenges with record-keeping. As a result, a phenomenal qualitative study aimed at exploring and describing the record-keeping challenges experienced by undergraduate nursing students was carried out in one of the northern-eastern regions, Namibia. The data were collected through three focus-group discussions with 23 second-year degree nursing students. It became evident that nursing students experienced challenges with record-keeping in clinical practice, as evidenced by the three themes: theory-practice gap, health system-related challenges and hospital staff-related challenges. This study has implications for nurse educators in terms of promoting uniformity and good record-keeping practices in clinical settings.
Self-Rated Health and Lifestyle/Food Habits in Japanese Junior High School Students
Authors: Osera Tomoko , Awai Mitsuyo , Kobayashi Misako , Tsutie Setsuko , Kurihara Nobutaka
Published: June 2019

Adolescence is a crucial period for health status formation. Adolescence is the period during which health-related behaviours, such as nutrition-related behaviours and physical activities, are developed. Self-rated health (SRH) assessment during adolescence is strongly associated with general well-being and psychosomatic symptoms. The current study investigated the relationship between SRH and lifestyle, eating habits and attitudes toward food among junior high school students. A total of 438 students aged 13–15 years and their parents in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan participated in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to the students, who attempted them at home with their parents and returned them via Freepost envelopes. The questionnaires comprised the SRH assessment, lifestyle information, an unidentifiable description of the subject and their guardian’s SRH, and 39 parameters regarding food-related habits and attitudes. The χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test were employed to assess any associations between the independent variables and SRH at a 5% level of significance. The differences between the healthy and unhealthy SRH groups were examined for all significant items using a logistic regression analysis after adjusting for sex and age. Of the participants, 188 (42.9%) returned both completed questionnaires. Among the respondents, 53.2% reported feeling very healthy. SRH assessment did not significantly differ with sex, age or school. Eleven parameters were significantly associated with SRH (P < 0.05 by χ2 test). The guardians’ SRH had no association with the students’ SRH. The excellent SRH group had no headaches [odd’s ratio (OR): 1.68; confidence interval (CI): 1.29–2.18], went to bed early [OR: 1.88; CI: 1.17–3.02], liked home-cooked meals to a greater extent [OR: 2.55; CI: 1.54–4.22], and had good exercise habits [OR: 2.98; CI: 1.27–6.99] compared with the very good to poor SRH group. High SRH was strongly associated with going to bed early, not having headaches, liking home-cooked meals, and having good exercise habits among Japanese junior high school students.
Morbilidades del neurodesarrollo asociadas con el nacimiento pretérmino con peso ≤1500 gramos entre 1993 y 2011 en España: estudio de una muestra de 1200 casos | Neurodevelopmental morbidities associated with preterm birth with a weight of ≤1500 grams
Authors: Gómez Esteban Concepción , Sánchez Carrión Juan Javier , García Selgas Fernando J. , Segovia Guisado José M.
Published: June 2019

Objetivos: el parto muy prematuro puede originar discapacidades en múltiples dominios del desarrollo. Este artículo describe las morbilidades del neurodesarrollo que, según sus progenitores, presenta una muestra de 1202 niños/as nacidos/as con ≤1500 gramos entre 1993 y 2011 en España y destaca algunas de las variables que influyen en ellas. Métodos: encuesta multi-método realizada entre abril 2013 y junio 2014 con soporte CATI y CAWI. Previamente, se realizó un extenso trabajo de campo cualitativo. Resultados: el 44,2 % de la muestra presenta morbilidades (x¯ 1,78 morbilidades por niño). Las más prevalentes son los trastornos del aprendizaje (34,4 % de los casos) y el trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (31,5 %). En este período, se produce un incremento relativo de morbilidades temporales frente a permanentes. Conclusiones: el porcentaje total de niños con morbilidades disminuye moderadamente entre 1993 y 2011. Las variables biológicas y médicas explicarían mejor que las familiares la presencia de morbilidades en esta población.
Estrategias de afrontamiento en cuidadoras de personas con alzhéimer. Influencia de variables personales y situacionales | Coping strategies in caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s. Influence of personal and situational variables
Authors: Rodríguez Esteban Agustín , Pérez Álvarez Leticia
Published: June 2019

El cuidado de una persona con alzhéimer ha sido identificado como una tarea altamente estresante para las cuidadoras informales. Las estrategias de afrontamiento permiten modular el impacto emocional que esta tarea provoca. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir las estrategias de afrontamiento más utilizadas por las cuidadoras informales de personas con alzhéimer e identificar si se presentan diferencias en la utilización de estas en función de variables personales y/o situacionales. Han participado 57 cuidadoras informales de personas con alzhéimer de una asociación rural de Castilla y León (España). La distinta utilización de las estrategias está relacionada de forma diferente con las variables estudiadas. No se aprecia un patrón de respuesta uniforme. El estudio confirma la idea de la flexibilidad del afrontamiento. Los resultados revelan la necesidad de formar en el manejo flexible y adaptativo de estas estrategias en función de los rasgos personales y las demandas específicas de la situación.
La Unión Europea como marco de configuración de las políticas sociales y de discapacidad | The European Union as the framework for setting social and disability policies
Authors: Cabra de Luna Miguel Ángel
Published: June 2019

Cabra de Luna, M. A. et al. (2019): “La Unión Europea como marco de configuración de las políticas sociales y de discapacidad”. Revista Española de Discapacidad, 7 (I): 221-240.
Security risk management for mass events
Authors: Falkowski Mariusz Falkowski , Liberek Michal , Liberek Michal
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this article is to present selected aspects of risk management in the context of safety issues when organizing mass events. The article deals with the issue of terrorist attacks during sports events that have taken place in the modern world. Additionally, selected risk management techniques are discussed and examples of their application when organizing safe mass events are presented. The abovementioned techniques are characterized on the example of the organization of EURO 2012
Analysis of the differentiated Internet use in the activity of the EU enterprises in 2014
Authors: Skowronek-Gradziel Agnieszka
Published: June 2019

The article aims at identification of dependencies occurring in relation to the Internet use in the activities of enterprises in the European Union countries in 2014.
The research hypothesis assumed that the spatial diversity exists in the European Union in the area under study.
The article presents the results of research conducted on the basis of data from the European Statistical Office regarding the use of the Internet in the activities of enterprises in 2014. The study covered 28 countries in the European Union. On account of the nature of research, the methods of Multidimensional Comparative Analysis were employed.
The acquired knowledge has a cognitive dimension and can be applied in practice to set tasks for leveling out the development differences with regard to the European regional policy in the subsequent financial perspectives.
Modernization of the Missile Forces and Artillery
Authors: Swietochowski Norbert , Rewak Dariusz
Published: June 2019

The article analyses and assesses current capabilities of the Missile and Forces Artillery of the Polish Armed Forces as well as a role which should be played by artillery in conditions of a contempo-rary battlefield. By addressing a current state and modernization programs, the most principal areas of indispensable adaptations and directions for modernization aiming at significant increasing of artillery’s combat capabilities have been indicated.
The analysis is based on conclusions and expertise gained during resent armed conflicts, particularly from the war in eastern Ukraine, where artillery played a crucial role in fire support.
Artillery remains a relatively inexpensive, highly efficient and the most available means of fire support in the Polish Armed Forces, and its modernization and adaptation to NATO standards will con-siderably increase the combat potential the Polish Land Forces.
New trends in the corporate achievement reporting system
Authors: Kaminski Ryszard
Published: June 2019

Nowadays, a characteristic phenomenon is the deepening of mutual integration between enterprises and their economic, social and environmental environment. It caused a change in thinking about the way enterprises communicate with external entities. The need has arisen for a new approach to the shape and range of the company’s reporting system. The answer covering this challenge is to extend the material scope of the company’s statements to non-financial information and the concept of mutual recognition of financial and non-financial information in one integrated report. These new trends in the system of reporting achievements by enterprises have been reflected in obligatory provisions and optional standards, both domestic and international. The purpose of this study is to discuss and evaluate those regulations. To attain that objective, the most critical challenges faced by the enterprise reporting system have been presented first. The findings confirmed that reporting of non-financial problems introduces to the reporting system a different perspective on the perception of the enterprise, which may be a source of additional benefits for both the enterprise itself and the addressees of the reports. Another conclusion that has been made in the course of deliberations is the statement that a useful concept of disclosing non-financial information is to integrate them with financial information in one coherent report. Furthermore, it has been shown that the principles of preparing the combined report and its thematic content meet the requirements set by the new EU and Polish legal regulations for the business reporting system
Coping: Entscheiden, wenn das kaum noch möglich ist
Authors: Schimank Uwe
Published: June 2019

Wie können Entscheidungshandelnde mit sehr komplexen Problemsituationen zurechtkommen, die ein geordnetes Abwägen von Alternativen unmöglich machen? Der Beitrag stellt »Coping« als einen in solchen Situationen zum Zuge kommenden Modus des Entscheidens dar. Als empirische Anker der Argumentation dienen drei Fallbeispiele individuellen, organisationalen und politischen Entscheidens.
El colegio electoral y su historia: de los debates constitucionales a las elecciones de 2016 = The Electoral College and its History: From the Constitutional Debates to the 2016 Elections
Authors: Ramos Josa Pedro Francisco
Published: June 2019

El presente artículo tiene por objeto analizar la finalidad y utilidad de la institución del Colegio Electoral en el sistema político de Estados Unidos. Para dicho propósito haré un repaso histórico de los orígenes constitucionales del Colegio Electoral, seguido de una descripción de su evolución a lo largo de más de 200 años de existencia, finalizando con un análisis de su influencia en el resultado de las últimas elecciones presidenciales del pasado 8 de noviembre de 2016. Por último, y teniendo en cuenta todo lo anterior, valoraré la relación entre el Colegio Electoral y la democracia estadounidense.It is the object of the present article to analyze the purpose and usefulness of the institution of the Electoral College in the United States political system. For that purpose I will make a historical review of the Electoral College constitutional origins, followed by a description of its evolution throughout more than 200 years of existence, to conclude with a review of the main arguments for and against the Electoral College. Finally, and bearing in mind the aforementioned, I will assess the relationship between the Electoral College and the American democracy.
Introducción: Dossier Cuba Siglo XIX = Introductio: Cuba in the Nineteenth Century
Authors: Hernández González Manuel
Published: June 2019

Es una introducción al Dossier Cuba siglo XIX
Reseña de: Liberalismo, masonería y cuestión nacional en Cuba
Authors: Guillama Camba Ruxandra
Published: June 2019

Reseña de: Liberalismo, masonería y cuestión nacional en Cuba.
Los vínculos entre el liberalismo criollo y los Soles y Rayos de Bolívar en el Trienio Liberal Cubano = The Links between the Criollo Liberalism and the Soles and the Rays of Bolívar in the Cuban Liberal Triennium
Authors: Hernández González Manuel
Published: June 2019

Este trabajo trata de aproximarse a la situación política de Cuba en los últimos años del Trienio Liberal a través del estudio de las vinculaciones existentes entre el sector más radical del liberalismo criollo, los llamados muchachos, y la sociedad secreta independentista denominada los Soles y los Rayos de Bolívar. Una vez derrotado el liberalismo exaltado, el criollo se dividió entre sus sectores más conservadores, movilizados por la sacarocracia, y las capas medias. La invasión de los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis y el fin del régimen constitucional en la Península se convierte en el mayor incitador a la disidencia por parte de estas últimas, que se puede apreciar en las elecciones municipales. Por el contrario las clases dirigentes criollas se valen de la designación por ellas de un nuevo capitán general Vives para organizar la transición hacia el absolutismo y estrangular los brotes independentistas.This work tries to approach the political situation of Cuba in the last years of the Liberal Triennium through the study of the existing links between the most radical sector of creole liberalism, the so-called muchachos , and the secret independence society called Soles y Rayos de Bolívar. Once defeated the exalted liberalism, the Creole was divided between its most conservative sectors, mobilized by the sacrocracy, and the middle layers. The invasion of the One Hundred Thousand Sons of San Luis and the end of the constitutional regime in the Peninsula becomes the greatest incitement to dissent on the part of the latter, which can be seen in the municipal elections. On the contrary, the Creole ruling classes use the designation by them of a new Captain General Vives to organize the transition towards absolutism and to strangle the separatist outbursts.
Alfonso Osorio y la Fellowship Foundation en España. Una organización cristiana al servicio de la paradiplomacia = Alfonso Osorio and the Fellowship Foundation in Spain. A Christian Organization at the Service of Paradiplomacy
Authors: Magaldi Fernandez Adrián
Published: June 2019

Este artículo pretende examinar la influencia ejercida por la Fellowship Foundation en la política española, y el papel que en ello jugó “su hombre” en nuestro país, Alfonso Osorio. La Fellowship Foundation había nacido en Estados Unidos durante los años 30 con unos aparentes fines religiosos, pero el progresivo apoyo de sectores políticos y económicos internacionales otorgaron a esta organización un evidente carácter paradiplomático. Fue en la década de 1960 cuando llegó a España, no tardando en surgir numerosos contactos internacionales que serían puestos a disposición de los intereses políticos españoles y americanos. A través del testimonio de Alfonso Osorio, así como de la amplia documentación y correspondencia depositada en su archivo personal, tratará de analizarse la influencia de esta organización cristiana en nuestro país, observando su importancia durante la transición democrática al ser el período en que Osorio ocupó más altas responsabilidades políticas.This article aims to examine the influence exerted by the Fellowship Foundation on Spanish politics, and the role played by «his man» in our country, Alfonso Osorio. The Fellowship Foundation was born in the United States during the 1930s with apparent religious purposes, but the progressive support of international political and economic sectors gave this organization an obvious paradiplomatic character. It was in the 1960s when it arrived in Spain, that many international contacts were soon to be made available to Spanish and American political interests. Through the testimony of Alfonso Osorio, as well as the extensive documentation and correspondence deposited in his personal archive, I will try to analyze the influence of this Christian organization in our country, observing its importance during the democratic transition to be the period in which Osorio occupied higher political responsibilities.
Reseña; La administración de Cuba en los siglos XVIII y XIX
Authors: Hernández González Manuel
Published: June 2019

Reseña de La administración de Cuba en los siglos XVIII y XIX. Madrid, Boletín de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2017 isbn: 978-84-340-2411-3.
The relevance of the SESII-W/M in establishing a relationship between sexual difficulties and sexual excitation/inhibition
Authors: Paul Victoria , Carvalheira Ana
Published: June 2019

Aims

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between sexual difficulties and factors of sexual arousal, excitement, and sexual inhibition among men and women.

Method

A total of 1,878 participants, of whom 983 were men (52%) and 895 were women (48%), with a mean age of 35.9 years (SD = 11.9; range = 18-79), were recruited online. The study’s instruments included a socio-demographic questionnaire, a questionnaire about sexual difficulties, and the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women and Men (SESII-W/M).

Results

Women with and without sexual difficulties differed significantly on all subscales of the SESII-W/M. Men with sexual difficulties scored significantly higher in the dimensions of Inhibitory Cognitions and the Dyadic Elements of the Sexual Interaction than men without difficulties. Inhibitory Cognitions was the strongest predictor of sexual difficulties for both men and women. Relationship Importance was also a strong predictor of sexual difficulties in women.

Conclusions

Sexual inhibition serves as a predictor of sexual difficulties. The SESII-W/M seems to work better in determining the factors of sexual inhibition as predictors of sexual difficulties among women, than in identifying causes of sexual difficulties among men.
Lifestyles and stress according to self-kindness and goal directedness among drivers
Authors: Shimpo Misa , Akamatsu Rie , Sakurazawa Hirofumi
Published: June 2019

Aim

Home delivery drivers are particularly likely to have unhealthy lifestyles and high stress because of their unusually strenuous work. This study identified differences in their lifestyles and stress according to self-kindness and goal directedness.

Methods

Participants were drivers from a western Tokyo branch of a large company that included a Japanese transportation business. A total of 407 drivers completed a questionnaire including items about self-kindness from the Self-Compassion Scale, goal directedness from the Japanese Experiential Time Perspective Scale, stress responses, and job stress; data from 362 male drivers were analyzed, mean age = 41.87 years (SD = 7.8). Participants were divided into four groups based on these scores: high self-kindness and high goal directedness (HS/HG), low self-kindness and high goal directedness (LS/HG), high self-kindness and low goal directedness (HS/LG), and low self-kindness and low goal directedness (LS/LG). Responses were compared among groups using Kruskal–Wallis test, Bonferroni’s multiple-comparison test, and χ2 test.

Results

Median fatigue, anxiety, and depression scores differed significantly among the four groups. More drivers with HS/HG than with LS/LG reported feeling rested because of sleeping well.

Discussion

Home delivery drivers with high self-kindness and high goal directedness exhibited restful sleep and lower levels of stress responses. Home delivery drivers should work on and manage both self-kindness and goal directedness, which employers should also facilitate.
Indicação de madeiras da caatinga para uso na produção de brinquedo
Authors: Rocha Emanuel Lucas Bezerra
Published: June 2019

O brinquedo tem característica de material pedagógico relevante para a aprendizagem de uma criança, sendo que brinquedos de madeira são mais engraçados e didáticos. Assim, ligando a essa arte encontra-se o avanço das tecnologias e pesquisas para caracterizar e analisar qual melhor espécie de madeira se adequada para construção de brinquedos. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desse estudo foi indicar as madeiras da Caatinga apropriadas para a utilização na produção de brinquedos. A pesquisa foi realizada no período compreendido entre 1986 a 2017, através da revisão de literatura. Foram selecionadas 19 espécies baseando-se nos maiores índices de valor de importância (IVI), expresso em estudos realizados no bioma caatinga, e em seguida, estabeleceu critérios classificatório e eliminatório para determinar as madeiras mais adequadas para utilizar como matéria-prima para produção de brinquedos. No critério de densidade, foi observado que a densidade varia 0,43 a 1,00 g/cm³. Pode-se notar, ainda, que 55% das espécies estão classificadas dentro das categorias pesada, 27% moderamente pesada e 18 % leve. Deste modo, concluímos que das 19 espécies avaliadas, apenas cinco espécies atendem aos requisitos para serem utilizadas na fabricação de brinquedos. Sendo elas: Imburana, Empiratanha, Pereiro, Angico-vermelho e Jurema-branca. Além disso, as espécies Pereiro e Angico-vermelho apesar de não apresentar fácil trabalhabilidade também pode ser uma boa indicação de uso na falta das espécies de fácil trabalhabilidade.
Qualidade físico-química e microbiológica do leite in natura: revisão sistemática
Authors: Maciel Mônica Jachetti , Birkheuer Cynthia de Freitas , Rempel Claudete
Published: June 2019

Esta revisão sistemática objetivou identificar os artigos científicos que abordaram a qualidade físico-química e microbiológica do leite in natura refrigerado, bem como as formas de coleta, armazenamento e análises laboratoriais realizadas neste alimento entre os anos de 2006 a 2016. Tomando-se como base o Portal de Periódicos da CAPES, utilizou-se como descritores ‘leite’, ‘leite’ e ‘qualidade’, ‘leite’ e ‘qualidade microbiológica’, ‘leite cru’ e ‘qualidade microbiológica’, ‘leite cru’ e ‘qualidade microbiológica físico-química’, ‘leite cru’ e ‘físico-química’ e ‘milk’ e ‘microbiology’. Como critério de inclusão, foram utilizados os artigos disponibilizados com o texto completo e gratuito nas bases pesquisadas. A busca inicial resultou em 1.743 artigos. Após a leitura dos resumos 50 artigos foram selecionados para leitura integral. Destes 24 foram analisados e 14 destes discutidos neste artigo. Conclui-se que a maior parte das amostras de leite analisadas nos artigos estavam em desacordo com a legislação ou com a literatura, possivelmente pela falta de higiene durante a ordenha ou armazenamento, no qual todas pesquisas basearam-se na coleta de leite em tanques de refrigeração. A implementação de boas práticas de higiene na ordenha gera um leite de qualidade, garante o bem-estar animal e melhora a lucratividade da produção.
Análise da evolução de conflito ambiental em um aterro sanitário na Paraíba, Brasil
Authors: Felipe Guedes Maria Josicleide , De Araújo Almeida Márbara Vilar , Catão Curi Rosires
Published: June 2019

O Aterro Sanitário de Puxinanã (ASP), no estado da Paraíba, Brasil, tem sido o centro de conflitos ambientais ao longo de sua instalação, operação e desativação. Vários fatores contribuiram para a eclosão desses conflitos, podendo citar: a falta de participação pública no processo de licienciamento ambiental desse empreendimento; a localização desfavorável do aterro, a poucos metros do principal manancial que abastece o município de Puxinanã-PB; a disposição dos Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos (RSU) do município de Campina Grande-PB no ASP, com população superior a de Puxinanã em mais de 30 (trinta) vezes. O conflito abordado neste estudo tem sido avaliado em duas fases, antes e após o fechamento do ASP, com consequente disposição dos RSU de Campina Grande e Puxinanã no Aterro Sanitário de Campina Grande (ASCG), a partir de julho de 2015. Neste artigo foi analisado o conflito ambiental referente ao ASP, após sua desativação, e consequente operação do ASCG, por meio da aplicação de metodologias de análises de conflitos, que auxiliaram na compreensão das novas tensões, das coalizões entre os atores envolvidos e dos desdobramentos deste conflito. Os resultados da análise realizada convergem para os seguintes pontos: o fechamento do ASP se configurou apenas como uma resolução parcial do conflito, em sua primeira fase (2012 a meados de 2015); a desativação do aterro, sem um plano de encerramento de suas atividades e recuperação da área degradada, evidencia a fragilidade da governança ambiental; o prejuízo à população de Puxinanã-PB, em função do passivo ambiental na área e entorno do empreendimento.
Saneamento básico na região oeste do Paraná
Authors: Llera Leiva Jennifer Regina , Matinc Caroliny , De Almeida Wallington Felipe , Konrad Odorico
Published: June 2019

Saneamento básico são conjuntos de procedimentos que visam proporcionar uma situação higiênica saudável para a população, através de atividades que estão relacionadas ao abastecimento de água, coleta de esgotos, manejo de resíduos sólidos e águas pluviais visando sempre o bem estar da população. Um saneamento ambiental inadequado pode provocar uma série de doenças que são transmitidas através do contato com a água. Nesse artigo procurou-se mostrar através dos dados do Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento a atual situação do saneamento básico na região oeste do Paraná nos sistemas de abastecimento de água, coleta de esgotos sanitários, coleta de resíduos sólidos e disposição final. A partir dos dados levantados, foram elaboradas tabelas de resumo com as informações obtidas das cinquenta cidades da região oeste do Paraná, através dessa tabela foram criado os mapas temáticos para melhor visualizar as informações obtidas. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que o saneamento básico na região ainda é ineficiente em grande parte das cidades, onde a maioria não apresenta dados satisfatórios de atendimento a redes de esgoto. Em relação à coleta dos resíduos sólidos, é necessário que as cidades que ainda dispõe de lixões de adequem à legislação. No setor de abastecimento de água a maioria das cidades apresentou dados positivos, onde grande parte da população é atendida com água potável.
Chorological highlight news for vascular flora of Andalusia (South Spain), III
Authors: Julián Fuentes , Leonardo Gutiérrez , Miguel Cueto , José Manuel Segura
Published: June 2019

Se presentan 40 citas de 28 taxones herborizados en Andalucía, más concretamente en su parte más oriental, aportando nuevos datos corológicos destacables y de especial interés.

40 citations of 28 collected taxa in Andalusia are presented, more specially in its easternmost part. New remarkable chorological data of special interest are provided.
Restituir lo político: los lugares de memoria en Argentina, Chile y Colombia
Authors: Guglielmucci Ana , Lopez Loreto
Published: June 2019

Este artículo aborda los procesos de marcación social de lugares de memoria en Argentina, Chile y Colombia, y las acciones desarrolladas en estos espacios y desde ellos como parte de una función restitutiva del ámbito de lo político y lo comunitario. En los casos argentino y chileno, la recuperación de ex recintos de detención y tortura de las últimas dictaduras y su transformación en sitios de memoria ha posibilitado la ejecución de un trabajo de memoria que excede lo conmemorativo y reparatorio, mientras en Colombia la proliferación de lugares de memoria ha convocado la participación de actores locales que, desde ellos, rearticulan sentidos comunitarios destruidos o debilitados por la larga experiencia del conflicto armado. De distinta forma, estos espacios de memoria se proponen incidir en el escenario público en el cual se insertan, trascendiendo las fronteras topográficas del lugar, lo que permite entenderlos como espacios para una acción política con una capacidad de convocatoria de actores diversos.
Lugares y políticas de la memoria. Notas teórico-metodológicas a partir de la experiencia argentina
Authors: Messina Luciana
Published: June 2019

El presente artículo reflexiona sobre algunos aspectos sustantivos que hacen al abordaje de la relación entre memorias, políticas y lugares en el campo de los estudios sobre memoria social. El objetivo que lo orienta es avanzar en la construcción de un marco teórico-conceptual para el análisis de las distintas estrategias de espacialización de la memoria social relativa a actores y acontecimientos de pasados de violencia estatal y represión política, con foco en el caso argentino. Para ello, se ha revisado críticamente bibliografía de diferente índole que haya trabajado sobre la temática a fin de distinguir los conceptos y las dimensiones analíticas que resultan relevantes en la construcción de objetos de investigación (material, simbólica, pedagógica, política, pública). Asimismo, el escrito recupera y analiza las tensiones, los debates y las controversias que emergen en la hechura de los espacios de memoria y propone vías de entrada para su análisis.
Acusación y terapia: los Gedenkstätten en Alemania y Austria y los sitios de memoria en Argentina
Authors: Dürr Christian
Published: June 2019

Los sitios de memoria de los antiguos Centros Clandestinos de Detención, Tortura y Exterminio (CCDTyE) de la última dictadura cívico-militar argentina (1976-1983) y los Gedenkstätten erigidos en lugares de antiguos campos de concentración nacionalsocialistas en Alemania y Austria son lugares en los que se recuerda un pasado traumático para las víctimas y cargado de la culpabilidad de los perpetradores. A ambos les es inherente una misma dualidad: pueden ser lugares (auto)terapéuticos y al mismo tiempo lugares de acusación; lugares de conmemoración de las víctimas y lugares de Mahnung, o sea, de exhortación o amonestación, enfocando a los perpetradores y sus acciones. Pero la pregunta es: ¿cómo y en qué circunstancias uno de los dos aspectos termina siendo el predominante? El texto quiere demostrar que, mientras los sitios de memoria argentinos ponen el énfasis en una (auto)terapia de la sociedad afectada, en los Gedenkstätten domina un discurso de acusación a los perpetradores. Para eso, se hace referencia a las diferentes constelaciones político-sociales en las que se desarrollaron los discursos de memoria y elaboración en el caso de los países pos-nacionalsocialistas, por un lado, y de la Argentina posdictatorial, por otro. Finalmente, el texto quiere demostrar cómo los momentos fundacionales de los discursos influyen sobre su subsiguiente despliegue y desarrollo y cómo todo eso se inscribe simbólicamente en los lugares de conmemoración del pasado.
El Valle de los Caídos como estrategia pétrea para la pervivencia del franquismo
Authors: Solé Barjau Queralt , López Soler Xavi
Published: June 2019

El artículo propone un análisis del Valle de los Caídos centrado en la exposición de las diferentes estrategias que utiliza el monumento para mantenerse en la actualidad como un referente franquista, acentuar su influencia y ponerse al mismo nivel que los referentes monárquicos presentes en la sierra de Guadarrama. A parte de sus dimensiones, se destaca la importancia de su ubicación geográfica y espacial, así como el significado y las consecuencias de inhumar en él no solo al dictador, sino también a decenas de miles de muertos durante la guerra civil. Al mismo tiempo, señala las dificultades que esta realidad comporta en el momento de plantearse cualquier acción al respecto. Finalmente, expone las últimas acciones respecto a la voluntad de exhumación de Franco y las reacciones que ha provocado, así como el significado que éstas tienen en un contexto de marcada polémica en torno a los sentidos del cuerpo de Franco y su destino.
'Un día, allá por el fin del mundo', de Nora Strejilevich. No te culpes de nada, me susurraste al oído con un abrazo
Authors: Rodríguez Ileana , Strejilevich Nora , Strejilevich León
Published: June 2019

Lectura de la obra de Nora Strejilevich. Pinturas y dibujos de Nora Strejilevich y León Strejilevich
The human gut chemical landscape predicts microbe-mediated biotransformation of foods and drugs
Authors: Guthrie Leah , Wolfson Sarah , Kelly Libusha
Published: June 2019

Microbes are nature’s chemists, capable of producing and metabolizing a diverse array of compounds. In the human gut, microbial biochemistry can be beneficial, for example vitamin production and complex carbohydrate breakdown; or detrimental, such as the reactivation of an inactive drug metabolite leading to patient toxicity. Identifying clinically relevant microbiome metabolism requires linking microbial biochemistry and ecology with patient outcomes. Here we present MicrobeFDT, a resource which clusters chemically similar drug and food compounds and links these compounds to microbial enzymes and known toxicities. We demonstrate that compound structural similarity can serve as a proxy for toxicity, enzyme sharing, and coarse-grained functional similarity. MicrobeFDT allows users to flexibly interrogate microbial metabolism, compounds of interest, and toxicity profiles to generate novel hypotheses of microbe-diet-drug-phenotype interactions that influence patient outcomes. We validate one such hypothesis experimentally, using MicrobeFDT to reveal unrecognized gut microbiome metabolism of the ovarian cancer drug altretamine.
Proinsulin misfolding is an early event in the progression to type 2 diabetes
Authors: Arunagiri Anoop , Haataja Leena , Pottekat Anita , Pamenan Fawnnie , Kim Soohyun , Zeltser Lori M , Paton Adrienne W , Paton James C , Tsai Billy , Itkin-Ansari Pamela , Kaufman Randal J , Liu Ming , Arvan Peter
Published: June 2019

Biosynthesis of insulin – critical to metabolic homeostasis – begins with folding of the proinsulin precursor, including formation of three evolutionarily conserved intramolecular disulfide bonds. Remarkably, normal pancreatic islets contain a subset of proinsulin molecules bearing at least one free cysteine thiol. In human (or rodent) islets with a perturbed endoplasmic reticulum folding environment, non-native proinsulin enters intermolecular disulfide-linked complexes. In genetically obese mice with otherwise wild-type islets, disulfide-linked complexes of proinsulin are more abundant, and leptin receptor-deficient mice, the further increase of such complexes tracks with the onset of islet insulin deficiency and diabetes. Proinsulin-Cys(B19) and Cys(A20) are necessary and sufficient for the formation of proinsulin disulfide-linked complexes; indeed, proinsulin Cys(B19)-Cys(B19) covalent homodimers resist reductive dissociation, highlighting a structural basis for aberrant proinsulin complex formation. We conclude that increased proinsulin misfolding via disulfide-linked complexes is an early event associated with prediabetes that worsens with ß-cell dysfunction in type two diabetes.
Mouse TRPA1 function and membrane localization are modulated by direct interactions with cholesterol
Authors: Startek Justyna B , Boonen Brett , López-Requena Alejandro , Talavera Ariel , Alpizar Yeranddy A , Ghosh Debapriya , Van Ranst Nele , Nilius Bernd , Voets Thomas , Talavera Karel
Published: June 2019

The cation channel TRPA1 transduces a myriad of noxious chemical stimuli into nociceptor electrical excitation and neuropeptide release, leading to pain and neurogenic inflammation. Despite emergent evidence that TRPA1 is regulated by the membrane environment, it remains unknown whether this channel localizes in membrane microdomains or whether it interacts with cholesterol. Using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and density gradient centrifugation we found that mouse TRPA1 localizes preferably into cholesterol-rich domains and functional experiments revealed that cholesterol depletion decreases channel sensitivity to chemical agonists. Moreover, we identified two structural motifs in transmembrane segments 2 and 4 involved in mTRPA1-cholesterol interactions that are necessary for normal agonist sensitivity and plasma membrane localization. We discuss the impact of such interactions on TRPA1 gating mechanisms, regulation by the lipid environment, and role of this channel in sensory membrane microdomains, all of which helps to understand the puzzling pharmacology and pathophysiology of this channel.
A new species ofMicrylettafrog (Microhylidae) from Northeast India
Authors: Das Abhijit , Garg Sonali , Hamidy Amir , Smith Eric N. , Biju S. D.
Published: June 2019

We describe a new species of frog in the microhylid genusMicrylettaDubois, 1987 from Northeast India based on molecular and morphological evidence. The new species, formally described asMicryletta aishanisp. nov., is phenotypically distinct from other congeners by a suite of morphological characters such as brown to reddish-brown dorsum; dorsal skin shagreened with minute spinules; snout shape nearly truncate in dorsal and ventral view; a prominent dark streak extending from tip of the snout up to the lower abdomen; ash-grey mottling along the margins of upper and lower lip extending up to the flanks, limb margins and dorsal surfaces of hand and foot; tibiotarsal articulation reaching up to the level of armpits; absence of outer metatarsal tubercles; and absence of webbing between toes. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus are inferred based on mitochondrial data and the new taxon is found to differ from all the recognisedMicrylettaspecies by 3.5–5.9% divergence in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA. The new species was found in the states of Assam, Manipur, and Tripura, from low to moderate elevation (30–800 m asl) regions lying south of River Brahmaputra and encompassing the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. The discovery validates the presence of genusMicrylettain Northeast India based on genetic evidence, consequently confirming the extension of its geographical range, westwards from Southeast Asia up to Northeast India. Further, for nomenclatural stability of two previously known species,Microhyla inornata(=Micryletta inornata) andMicrohyla steinegeri(=Micryletta steinegeri), lectotypes are designated along with detailed descriptions.
Conservation and diversity in expression of candidate genes regulating socially-induced female-male sex change in wrasses
Authors: Thomas Jodi T. , Todd Erica V. , Muncaster Simon , Lokman P Mark , Damsteegt Erin L. , Liu Hui , Soyano Kiyoshi , Gléonnec Florence , Lamm Melissa S. , Godwin John R. , Gemmell Neil J.
Published: June 2019

Fishes exhibit remarkably diverse, and plastic, patterns of sexual development, most striking of which is sequential hermaphroditism, where individuals readily reverse sex in adulthood. How this stunning example of phenotypic plasticity is controlled at a genetic level remains poorly understood. Several genes have been implicated in regulating sex change, yet the degree to which a conserved genetic machinery orchestrates this process has not yet been addressed. Using captive and in-the-field social manipulations to initiate sex change, combined with a comparative qPCR approach, we compared expression patterns of four candidate regulatory genes among three species of wrasses (Labridae)—a large and diverse teleost family where female-to-male sex change is pervasive, socially-cued, and likely ancestral. Expression in brain and gonadal tissues were compared among the iconic tropical bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) and the temperate spotty (Notolabrus celidotus) and kyusen (Parajulus poecilepterus) wrasses. In all three species, gonadal sex change was preceded by downregulation ofcyp19a1a(encoding gonadal aromatase that converts androgens to oestrogens) and accompanied by upregulation ofamh(encoding anti-müllerian hormone that primarily regulates male germ cell development), and these genes may act concurrently to orchestrate ovary-testis transformation. In the brain, our data argue against a role for brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) in initiating behavioural sex change, as its expression trailed behavioural changes. However, we find that isotocin (it, that regulates teleost socio-sexual behaviours) expression correlated with dominant male-specific behaviours in the bluehead wrasse, suggestingitupregulation mediates the rapid behavioural sex change characteristic of blueheads and other tropical wrasses. However,itexpression was not sex-biased in temperate spotty and kyusen wrasses, where sex change is more protracted and social groups may be less tightly-structured. Together, these findings suggest that while key components of the molecular machinery controlling gonadal sex change are phylogenetically conserved among wrasses, neural pathways governing behavioural sex change may be more variable.
The role of acetyl-coA carboxylase2 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Li Kun , Zhang Chengcheng , Chen Lei , Wang Pingping , Fang Yang , Zhu Junwei , Chen Shuo , Du Juan , Shen Bing , Wu Kaile , Liu Yehai
Published: June 2019

Background

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) plays an important role in the metabolism of various cancer cells, but its role in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is uncertain. Therefore, in the present study, we explored the role of ACC2 in HNSCC.

Methods

Western blot and immunohistochemistry assays were used to determine ACC2 protein expression levels in laryngocarcinoma and adjacent normal tissues derived from patients with laryngocarcinoma. ACC2 expression was knocked down in the hypopharyngeal cancer cell line FaDu to determine its effect on apoptosis. Lipid oil red staining was used to test the change of intracellular lipid.

Results

The results showed that the ACC2 protein was highly expressed in laryngocarcinoma and that the ACC2 expression level was positively associated with the clinical cancer stage and negatively associated with the degree of laryngocarcinoma cell differentiation. Kaplan–Meier analyses indicated that compared with patients having low levels of ACC2, those with high ACC2 levels had a decreased 5-year survival rate. The results of western blot and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling assays showed that knockdown of ACC2 accelerated apoptosis in FaDu cells. Furthermore, knockdown of ACC2 significantly reduced the intracellular lipid levels in FaDu cells.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that ACC2 may be an important prognostic marker for patients with HNSCC and that ACC2 may be a potential target in the treatment of HNSCC.