bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Münchausen syndrome as an unusual cause of pseudo-resistant hypertension: a case report
Authors: Kobusiak-Prokopowicz Małgorzata , Marciniak Anna , Tokarczyk Bogdan , Kała Maria , Leszek Jerzy , Mysiak Andrzej
Published: November 2019

Münchausen syndrome can be characterized by simulated illness, pathological lying and wandering from place to place (the patient typically presents to numerous hospitals). Individuals with elevated blood pressure due to non-adherence to medication have the so-called pseudo-resistant hypertension.

A 45-year-old woman was admitted to hospital on an emergency basis because of a hypertensive crisis. Despite combination antihypertensive treatment, normalization of blood pressure was not achieved and a device to produce a therapeutic arteriovenous fi stula was implanted. Aft er the procedure, a signifi cant increase in pulmonary artery pressure was observed and closure of the fistula was performed by implantation of the stent graft . The suspicion was raised that the patient had not been taking her prescribed medications. Therefore, blood samples were taken and the serum was analyzed for presence of the prescribed drugs (atorvastatin, bisoprolol, chlorthalidone, clonidine, doxazosin, furosemide, nitrendipine, oxazepam and valsartan). The results confirmed suspected failure of the patient to take the prescribed medications.

Münchausen syndrome is usually first suspected when inexplicable laboratory test results are noted. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Münchausen syndrome with pseudo-resistant hypertension leading to the implantation of a device to produce a therapeutic arteriovenous fi stula.
Effect of vitamin D3 on lung damage induced by cigarette smoke in mice
Authors: Zheng Xin , Qu Nini , Wang Lina , Wang Guoli , Jiao Rui , Deng Hu , Li Sijia , Qin Yibing
Published: November 2019

Cigarette smoking is known to induce serious lung diseases, but there is not an effective method to solve this problem. The present study investigated vitamin D3 on over-expression of CXCR3 and CXCL10 in mice induced by cigarette smoking. A pulmonary airway model was designed, and morphological assessment of emphysema, IL-4, IFN-γ and CXCL10 concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, expression of CXCR3 and CXCL10 were detected. Emphysema of the mice only exposed to cigarette smoke was significant, and concentration of IL-4, IFN-γ and CXCL10 was also increased. In addition, CXCR3 and CXCL10 were over-expressed. The degree of emphysema, concentration of IL-4, IFN-γ and CXCL10, and expression of CXCR3 and CXCL10 in mice administrated with low dose vitamin D3 were similar to the normally treated mice. Low dose of vitamin D3 can effectively protect the lung from the damage induced by cigarette smoke.
Impact of extent of parietal peritonectomy on oncological outcome after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC
Authors: Somashekhar S.P. , Ashwin K.R. , Yethadka Ramya , Zaveri Shabber S. , Ahuja Vijay K , Rauthan Amit , Rohit Kumar C.
Published: November 2019

Background

In peritoneal surface malignancy (PSM), in spite of optimal cytoreductive surgery (CRS), majority of recurrences that occur are intraperitoneal. In patients with PSM, studies employing fluorescent imaging and microscopic examination have shown normal looking peritoneum may harbor active disease. This study was done to assess the recurrence pattern, oncological outcomes, and morbidity and mortality of the extent of peritonectomy in patients who underwent total parietal peritonectomy (TPP) or involved field peritonectomy (IFP) as a part of the procedure during CRS and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).

Methods

This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data, from February 2013 to December 2017. A total of 163 patients with PSM underwent TPP or IFP with CRS plus HIPEC. Their oncological outcomes, recurrence pattern, postoperative morbidity and mortality were analyzed.

Results

Of the 163 cases, the primary organs of origin were ovary, colorectal, appendicular pseudomyxoma, stomach, mesothelioma and others (67.4%, 16.5%, 6.1%, 4.9%, 2% and 2%), respectively. TPP was performed in 70 patients and IFP in 93 patients. TPP group had higher mean PCI (16 vs. 14), longer duration of surgery (11 vs. 9 h), and more blood loss (1,243 vs. 675 mL). Overall G3–G4 morbidity was comparable in both groups (42.8% vs. 33.3%) as was mortality (5.7% vs. 4.4%). Kaplan–Meier analysis showed that with a median follow-up of 45 months, TPP group had a recurrence-free survival (RFS) of 26 months and overall survival (OS) was yet to be achieved, whereas the IFP group had a RFS and OS of 21 and 43 months, respectively.

Conclusions

Performing TPP reduces the chance of missing the microscopic disease, therefore can minimize local recurrence, and better oncological outcomes. TPP can be performed with acceptable morbidity and mortality, at the cost of increased duration of surgery and higher blood loss.
Diachronic development of gender in city names in Spanish
Authors: Caro Reina Javier , Nowak Jessica
Published: November 2019

This paper examines the gender assignment rules that apply to city names in the history of Spanish, relying for the first time on extensive corpus-based material. The empirical data show that gender assignment changed from a referential principle that consistently assigned city names to the feminine (due to the feminine basic level noun for ‘city’) to a phonologically driven assignment rule, with city names ending in-agenerally being assigned to the feminine (e.g.Barcelona) and those ending in-oor-C to the masculine (e.g.Toledo,Madrid). However, the overall picture is much more complicated than previously suggested in the literature since there is still a high degree of gender variation in Modern Spanish. The use of the feminine is still possible in city names ending in-oor-C. Interestingly, the change from referential to phonological gender assignment occurs first within the NP (mainly with quantifiers such astod- o/-a‘all-m/-f’). It is in this morphosyntactic context that city names with final-amost commonly shift from the feminine to the masculine gender. This case of “evasive gender” will be discussed from a typological perspective.
Blasphemy and persecution: Positioning in an inter-religious discussion
Authors: Richardson Peter , Pihlaja Stephen , Nagashima Miori , Wada Masako , Watanabe Makoto , Kheovichai Baramee
Published: November 2019

In May 2017, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, the former Christian governor of Jakarta, Indonesia, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison. Although he was released in January 2019, his trial and the various reactions it elicited continue to highlight the very sensitive and complex issues surrounding the notion and enforcement of blasphemy and how different communities talk about it. This article focuses on a discussion about the trial between an Indonesian Muslim in favor of the blasphemy charge and an Indonesian Christian opposed to it. Using positioning analysis, it investigates how their conversation in English at a University in Japan exhibited an occasioned, fluid, developing range of evaluative language, both in terms of how they talked about themselves and others. The analysis demonstrates the complex interplay and consistent tension that is often present in inter-religious dialogue, and tracks how a wide array of discourse and contextual factors relate to developing positions, storylines, expressions of social power, and strategies for conflict management. We conclude by highlighting the inherent complexity of the dynamics of such interaction and how it can lead to greater convergence and/or tension, while emphasizing the potential benefits of face-to-face conversations around issues of possible conflict.
Paul Silas Peterson: Romano Guardini in the Weimar Republic and in National Socialist Germany: With a brief look into the National Socialist correspondences on Guardini in the early 1940s
Authors: Peterson Paul Silas
Published: November 2019

Romano Guardini was one of the most important intellectuals of German Catholicism in the twentieth century. He influenced nearly an entire generation of German Catholic theologians and was the leading figure of the German Catholic youth movement as it grew exponentially in the 1920s. Yet there are many open questions about his early intellectual development and his academic contribution to religious, cultural, social and political questions in the Weimar Republic and in National Socialist Germany. This article draws upon Guardini’s publications, the secondary literature on Guardini and on some archival material, seeking to outline his early development and his engagement with the ideological context following World War I and in National Socialist Germany. Here Guardini’s criticisms of the modern age are presented. Besides this many other issues are addressed, such as his criticism of the women’s movement, his understanding of the youth movement, reception of Carl Schmitt, views of race, interpretation of the controversial Volk-concept, contribution to a Jewish journal in 1933, and his basic positions on the issues of obedience, order and authority. While Guardini was viewed critically by some National Socialists in the Third Reich, the administrative correspondences on him in the 1940s actually show that there was an internal debate about him among the National Socialist officials. This involved different figures, including a diplomat who came to Guardini’s defense. The internal disagreements were made more complicated because Guardini’s brothers were apparently members of the Fascist Party in Italy at this time.
Corporate governance, accounting transparency and stock exchange sizes in Germany, Japan and «Anglo-Saxon» economies, 1870–1950
Authors: Hannah Leslie
Published: November 2019

Modern discussions of corporate governance have focused on convergence of «varieties of capitalism», particularly the recent «Americanisation» of laws and voluntary codes in Germany, Japan, and other civil law countries. However German and Japanese legal and business historians have suggested that corporate governance, accounting transparency or other favourable factors in their countries were historically a match for – or even superior to – those in the US. An alleged consequence was deeper penetration by the Berlin and Tokyo stock exchanges of their domestic economies than of the US by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), using measures such as market capitalization/GDP ratios. This paper reviews the classic Rajan and Zingales data on the sizes of stock exchanges. It concludes that the evidence for Japanese historical precocity relative to the US, after the necessary allowance is made for regional stock exchanges and corporate bond finance, stands up better to this closer examination than that for Germany.

Many financial historians now agree that stock exchange development was not historically determined by legal origins («Anglo-Saxon» common vs Euro-Japanese civil law), though today it appears to be driven by legal rules protecting shareholders and/or bondholders and limiting directorial autocracy and information asymmetry. However, both today and historically in some cultures private order rules (voluntary codes, bourse listing requirements, bankers as trusted intermediaries, block-holder monitoring, etc) offered substitute protections, or at least complemented protective laws. This paper reviews the plausibility of these determinants of historical stock exchange sizes – and others that have been neglected – in Japan, Germany, and elsewhere, before 1950.
A PROTOFICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA BRASILEIRA E SUA HIBRIDIZAÇÃO ATRAVÉS DO FANTÁSTICO: UMA ANÁLISE DO CONTO “A SOMBRA” DE COELHO NETO
Authors: Sousa Thalita Ruth , Santos Naiara Sales Araújo
Published: November 2019

A Protoficção Científica compreende obras produzidas antes da formação da Ficção Científica, mas que possuem fundamentos ligados ao desenvolvimento tecno científico. Caracterizada pelo hibridismo, a ProtoFC, por vezes, apresenta afinidades com outros gêneros. Este é o caso do conto A sombra (1927) do escritor Coelho Neto, que tem proximidades com o Fantástico. Nele, o personagem Avellar, um bacteriologista, mata a esposa Celúta através de um experimento com injeções de vírus e bacilos. Após isto, ele é perseguido por uma sombra até que confessa o assassinato. Observa-se que a experiência científica provoca o medo do desconhecido, culminando num evento sobrenatural, rompendo com a realidade. A ciência, portanto, mostra-se falível e incapaz de fornecer explicações para tudo. Considerando as mudanças no cenário nacional devido ao progresso científico apregoado no início do século XX, objetiva-se analisar, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, a representação da ciência no conto A sombra (1927) e sua relação com a sociedade da época. A presente pesquisa visa também averiguar como a hibridização se constitui através do Fantástico na narrativa. Para tanto, são utilizados os apontamentos de Mary DelPriore (2014), Raul Fiker (1985), Isaac Asimov (1979) e David Roas (2018), entre outros. Palavras chave: Protoficção Científica; fantástico; Coelho Neto.
PROPRIEDADES TECNOLÓGICAS DE BLOCOS DE CONCRETO COM CINZA DE CASCA DE ARROZ DESTINADOS A PAVIMENTOS
Authors: Iacks Jonathan Aires , Oliveira Lislaine Jahnecke , Padilha Stael Amaral , Gonçalves Margarete Regina Freitas
Published: November 2019

Considerando a importância da reciclagem de resíduos agrícolas, tais como o originado pelo aproveitamento da casca de arroz como fonte de energia, no presente trabalho pesquisou-se o emprego da cinza de casca de arroz na produção de blocos de concreto para pavimentos. A cinza utilizada tem origem na queima da casca de arroz à temperatura de 550oC e foi caracterizada quanto ao teor de umidade, teor de carbono e granulometria. Em função de sua granulometria, a cinza de casca de arroz foi inserida em substituição a areia média, nos percentuais de 5% e 10%, em massa. Na busca por uma realidade de produção, os blocos de concreto sem e com a cinza de casca de arroz foram fabricados por uma empresa do ramo existente em Pelotas, RS, e testados quanto ao teor de absorção de água, índice de vazios, resistência à compressão e resistência à abrasão. Além disto, verificou-se o efeito da adição da cinza de casca de arroz na tonalidade final do bloco, visando a possibilidade de redução do uso de corantes (pigmentos) inorgânicos e uma possível redução de custo nesse aspecto. O resultado mostrou ser possível a obtenção de blocos com cinza de casca de arroz nas quantidades propostas, mas que somente os blocos com 5% atenderam as exigências da NBR 9781/2013.
VIGOR DE LOTES DE SEMENTES DE ARROZ: COMPARAÇÃO ENTRE MÉTODOS PARA AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE FISIOLÓGICA
Authors: Vergara Rafael , Nadal Arieli Paula , Neto Alexandre Gazolla , Zanoni Samuel Silveira , Gadotti Gizele Ingrid
Published: November 2019

A cultura do arroz apresenta grande importância para região sul do Brasil, tendo esta região a maior área semeada e o maior centro industrial para o bene ciamento da cultura. Neste contexto a utilização de sementes de alta qualidade apresenta destacável papel na obtenção de melhores níveis de produção na cultura. Neste sentido, objetivou-se avaliar o comportamento da semente de lotes de três cultivares de arroz irrigado quando submetidas a diferentes metodologias de teste de vigor. Foram utilizados cinco lotes de sementes de arroz (Oryza sativaL.) oriundos de três cultivares, IRGA 424 RI, Guri INTA CL e Puitá INTA CL, totalizando quinze lotes. Para avaliação do vigor dos lotes foram utilizados os testes de emergência a campo, teste de frio e envelhecimento acelerado, sendo este último avaliado em períodos de 48, 72 e 96h com temperatura de 41°C. Observou-se in uência da cultivar na e ciência dos diferentes testes utilizados, de tal forma que a utilização de cada metodologia apresentou diferentes níveis de sensibilidade para detecção de vigor para cada material genético utilizado.
ANÁLISE DA PERDA DE CARGA EM COLETORES SOLARES DE BAIXO CUSTO QUANTO ÀS CARACTERÍSTICAS CONSTRUTIVAS
Authors: Correa Ivo Botelho , De Sá Jocelito Saccol
Published: November 2019

A energia solar é uma forma efetiva e sustentável para a redução do consumo de energia elétrica. Os sistemas de aquecimento solar da água podem operar com uxo natural ou forçado, dependendo do porte da instalação. O objetivo desse estudo foi quanti car as perdas de carga em coletores solares de baixo custo em relação às características do condutor do uido, ao sentido do uxo do uido no interior do coletor e ao arranjo de montagem dos coletores, quando submetidos à variação de vazão. O coletor C1 foi constituído por tubos de Policloreto de Vinila (PVC) de 20 mm de diâmetro, garrafas de Politereftalato de Etileno (PET) e embalagens longa vida. O coletor C2 foi montado em forros de PVC com as dimensões de 0,2 m de largura e 0,08 m de espessura e o coletor C3 foi constituído por forros de PVC com 0,14 m de largura e 0,014 m de espessura. As dimensões dos condutos dos coletores e a vazão do uido in uenciam signi cativamente na perda de carga dos coletores. O layout construtivo que apresentou resultados positivos foi o coletor constituído de tubos de PVC, instalado em arranjo paralelo, com uxo de água no sentido paralelo e vazão inferior a 1,0 m3h-1.
microRNA-375 regulates glucose metabolism-related signaling for insulin secretion
Authors: Dumortier Olivier , Fabris Gaia , Pisani Didier F , Casamento Virginie , Gautier Nadine , Hinault Charlotte , Lebrun Patricia , Duranton Christophe , Tauc Michel , Dalle Stéphane , Kerr-Conte Julie , Pattou François , Prentki Marc , Van Obberghen Emmanuel
Published: November 2019

Enhanced beta cell glycolytic and oxidative metabolism are necessary for glucose-induced insulin secretion. While several microRNAs modulate beta cell homeostasis, miR-375 stands out as it is highly expressed in beta cells where it regulates beta cell function, proliferation and differentiation. As glucose metabolism is central in all aspects of beta cell functioning, we investigated the role of miR-375 in this process using human and rat islets; the latter being an appropriate model for in-depth investigation. We used forced expression and repression of mR-375 in rat and human primary islet cells followed by analysis of insulin secretion and metabolism. Additionally, miR-375 expression and glucose-induced insulin secretion were compared in islets from rats at different developmental ages. We found that overexpressing of miR-375 in rat and human islet cells blunted insulin secretion in response to glucose but not to α-ketoisocaproate or KCl. Further, miR-375 reduced O2 consumption related to glycolysis and pyruvate metabolism, but not in response to α-ketoisocaproate. Concomitantly, lactate production was augmented suggesting that glucose-derived pyruvate is shifted away from mitochondria. Forced miR-375 expression in rat or human islets increased mRNA levels of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-4, but decreased those of pyruvate carboxylase and malate dehydrogenase1. Finally, reduced miR-375 expression was associated with maturation of fetal rat beta cells and acquisition of glucose-induced insulin secretion function. Altogether our findings identify miR-375 as an efficacious regulator of beta cell glucose metabolism and of insulin secretion, and could be determinant to functional beta cell developmental maturation.
Професійна орієнтація – передумова формування професійного самовизначення майбутнього вчителя початкової школи
Authors: Prima Dmytro
Published: November 2019

У статті синтезовано розкрито аспекти сутнісної характеристики професійної орієнтації як науково-практичної системи підготовки особистості до свідомого професійного самовизначення, передумови формування професійного самовизначення майбутнього вчителя початкової школи. Внесено деякі уточнення щодо трактування ключових понять “професія”, “професійна орієнтація”, “професійне самовизначення” як суміжних, що пов’язані з профорієнтацією. Професійне самовизначення розглядається як довготривалий, динамічний, цілісний процес входження у професію, результат вибору і проектування майбутньої педагогічної діяльності вчителя початкової школи, який відбувається в освітньому середовищі закладу вищої освіти шляхом усвідомленого й активного ставлення студента до власної життєвої перспективи, до оволодіння майбутньою професією. Зроблено висновок, що професійна орієнтація в сучасних умовах фахової підготовки майбутнього вчителя початкової школи нової формації, здатного і спроможного втілювати у життя нові освітні настанови, стратегії, має досягти своїх головних цілей – його готовності до професійного самовизначення, що відповідає індивідуальним здібностям кожної особистості та потребам сучасного ринку праці.
Соціалізація учнівської молоді в діяльності молодіжних і дитячих громадських організацій
Authors: Berezovska Liudmyla , Kolodchak Khrystyna
Published: November 2019

В статті розглядається процес соціалізації учнівської молоді в діяльності молодіжних та дитячих громадських організаціях. Проаналізовано різні підходи науковців до питань соціалізації підростаючого покоління в соціальних інститутах, зокрема, громадських організаціях; розкрито зміст поняття “громадська організація” та “дитяча молодіжна громадська організація”; форми взаємодії, напрями співпраці соціального працівника з молодіжними та дитячими громадськими організаціями; визначено особливості соціалізації молоді в умовах соціально-педагогічної діяльності в громадських організаціях.В роботі зазначено, що сучасна молодь характеризується підвищеною потребою бути причетною до суспільних явищ, намагається самоствердитись, зайняти активну життєву позицію. Проте, через недостатню обізнаність, нестачу життєвого досвіду, частина молоді схильна до сприйняття негативних впливів і може стати на асоціальний шлях розвитку, бути втягнута під вплив “вулиці”. Щоб цього не сталося, потрібно подбати про змістовне заповнення вільного часу молодого покоління, залучаючи їх до суспільно корисної діяльності. Молодіжні та дитячі громадські організації сприяють їх включенню в життя суспільства, дозволяють набути позитивного досвіду соціальної взаємодії, захищають інтереси та права дітей і молоді. Для ефективності роботи, спрямованої на успішну соціалізацію підлітків, необхідно попередньо здійснити низку заходів з ознайомлення соціальних педагогів і представників громадських організацій зі складовими соціально-педагогічної роботи з дітьми підлітко¬вого віку. Зміст взаємодії школи й молодіжної організації, форми та методи спільної діяль¬ності, безперечно, залежать від професіоналізму та вміння соціальних працівників координувати роботу молодіжної організації, сприяти забезпеченню її ефективної діяльності як відкритої соціально-педагогічної системи, що виховує й соціалізує молоде покоління. Членство в різноманітних молодіжних та дитячих організаціях – ступінь до повноцінної громадської діяльності, виховання активних громадян, становлення лідерів.
Моніторинг ціннісних орієнтацій сучасної молоді
Authors: Sopivnyk Iryna , Matsola Viktoriia
Published: November 2019

У статті подано результати моніторингу ціннісних орієнтацій сучасних українських старшокласників та студентів. Висвітлено особливості ціннісної сфери юнаків, що обумовлені як специфікою віку, так і ціннісними орієнтирами українського суспільства загалом. Встановлено, що для сучасної учнівської та студентської молоді найбільш важливими (у порядку спадання) є такі цінності як: освітні; життєвоважливі; пов’язані із самоствердженням; родинні; професійні; соціальні; матеріальні; ігрові; пов’язані з владою; конформістичні.
Супервізія практичної підготовки соціальних працівників у Польщі
Authors: Shevchenko Zhаnna
Published: November 2019

За результатами дослідження простежено тенденції супервізії (супроводу) щодо практичної підготовки соціальних працівників у Польщі: відповідність загально¬європейській спрямованості до ранньої спеціальної підготовки всіх фахівців соціальної сфери; двосторонній зв’язок між розвитком наукової школи соціальної роботи та системою професійної підготовки; підготовка соціального працівника в навчальних закладах церкви; децентралізація управління професійною підготовкою; швидке реагування системи на зміни соціального характеру, запити регіонального ринку праці. За результатами дослідження виявлено, що супервізія (нагляд) у теорії та на практиці підготовки соціальних працівників у Польщі має свою специфіку, потребує спеціального вивчення та прогнозує можливості впровадження позитивного досвіду супроводу практичного навчання через досвід у професійну підготовку соціальних працівників в Україні.
Професійна майстерність як основний компонент педагогічної культури
Authors: Laschivska Yana
Published: November 2019

У статті розкриваються питання професійної майстерності майбутніх магістрів музичного мистецтва. Підкреслено, що професійно-педагогічна майстерність як наукова проблема грунтовно досліджується сучасними психологами, філософами, педагогами на теоретичному, експериментально-дослідному рівнях (обґрунтування сутності, складників майстерності, визначення й експериментальна перевірка умов, засобів її формування тощо).Так, маючи глибокі соціальні й історичні корені, проблема професійної майстерності майбутнього магістра музичного мистецтва, майбутнього педагога залишалась надзвичайно актуальною. Як відомо, витоки її полягають в ідеях давнього риторичного мистецтва і безпосередній ораторській діяльності. Необхідним складником професійної майстерності майбутнього магістра музичного мистецтва вчені досліджуваного періоду називали спеціальну, фундаментальну фахову підготовку.Цілком очевидно, що вимоги до сучасного магістра музичного мистецтва повинні відповідати потребам сьогодення і передбачати: високий професіоналізм в обраній сфері; інноваційний характер мислення і готовність до змін. Разом з тим висококваліфікований магістр музичного мистецтва повинен володіти основними етичними нормами та правилами поведінки у ділових відносинах. Водночас необхідно розвивати і соціально-психологічні навички діяльності майбутнього магістра музичного мистецтва, які мають базуватися на знанні засад формування організаційної культури, реалізації принципів розвитку соціальних відносин, традицій, звичаїв. Адже духовність, культура, інтелігентність є невід’ємними складовими професіоналізму майбутнього магістра, особливо коли його діяльність пов’язана з людьми. Професійна майстерність майбутнього магістра музичного мистецтва має формуватись у процесі здійснення методичного забезпечення навчального процесу в закладах освіти різного типу.
Deconstruyendo el MENA desde una perspectiva histórica y cultural. El concepto de ‘Middle East and North Africa’ como producto funcional occidental
Authors: SESTAFE SILVESTRE Laura
Published: November 2019

La categoría analítica de “Middle East and North Africa” hace referencia a un ?conjunto de países que comparten un bagaje histórico, social y cultural. Sin ?embargo, dependiendo de la institución o individuo que lo emplee, incluye o excluye ?una serie de países, lo que generalmente se justifica en términos culturales o ?geográficos. No obstante, su empleo en Occidente tiene una profunda relación con ?los estudios orientales desarrollados durante los siglos XVIII y XX, mantenida por su ?utilidad política. El orientalismo ha sido un rasgo característico del discurso político ?occidental desde la colonización hasta la Guerra Fría, cuando una parte importante ?de la academia trató de justificar el status quo del mundo mediante teorías políticas ?o culturalistas, no solo con la tradicional representación de las diferentes regiones ?mundiales, sino atribuyéndoles un papel en el orden mundial de la Guerra Fría ?directamente relacionado con su valor geoestratégico para Occidente. En el presente ?artículo, se expone la aportación de la producción intelectual y académica occidental ?en la construcción histórica de la categoría analítica del MENA, y su formulación ?dentro de una disciplina y discurso concreto.?
Crecimiento y mortalidad de Haemulon plumieri (Perciformes: Haemulidae) del archipiélago Los Frailes, Venezuela
Authors: González Delvalle , Eslava Nora , González Leo Walter , Guevara Francisco
Published: November 2019

El corocoro margariteño Haemulon plumieri es muy abundante en la región nororiental de Venezuela, pero los aspectos biológicos y pesqueros han sido poco estudiados en el país. El objetivo de este estudio fue estimar el crecimiento y la mortalidad de este recurso. Se realizaron muestreos mensuales desde enero a diciembre 2014, obteniéndose 2 967 ejemplares y se registró la longitud total (cm) y peso (g) de cada ejemplar. Se encontró que no existe diferencia entre sexos con respecto a la longitud (ts = 0.093; P > 0.05), por lo que se estimó la relación longitud-peso para ambos sexos: P = 1.4x10-3 * L2.99, mostrando un crecimiento isométrico. Se utilizaron las rutinas del paquete FiSAT para estimar los parámetros del modelo de crecimiento individual de von Bertalanffy: L∞ = 30.95 cm, k = 0.67/año, P∞ = 418.17 g, t0 = -0.24 años. Se calculó una edad máxima de 4 años. El coeficiente de variación del índice de desempeño de crecimiento (Ø′) para el método directo (CV = 5.26 %) mostró una variabilidad en el patrón de crecimiento según la región. La tasa de mortalidad natural (M = 1.36/año) fue alta, posiblemente por causa de depredación y enfermedades, entre otros. Las tasas de mortalidad por pesca (F = 1.95/año) y mortalidad total (Z = 3.31/año) fueron altas. La tasa de explotación (E = 0.59/año) indica que es probable que H. plumieri esté sobreexplotado.
A new genus of semislugs (Stylommatophora, Euconulidae) from Costa Rica and a review of the genus Velifera (Stylommatophora, Euconulidae)
Authors: Barrientos Zaidett
Published: November 2019

Un género nuevo de semibabosas (Stylommatophora: Euconulidae) de Costa Rica y revisión del género Velifera (Stylommatophora: Euconulidae). La familia Econulidae tiene distribución circumglobal, pero solo la subfamilia Euconulinae está presente en el continente americano. En Costa Rica hay reportadas 14 especies nativas de euconúlidos. En este trabajo describo el género Tikoconus g.n., un euconúlido nuevo y endémico de Costa Rica. Este género se puede reconocer por su aspecto de semibabosa, su concha externa subglobosa a subglobosa comprimida, muy delgada y flexible. La ausencia de pequeños puntos negros en el manto y la presencia de al menos algunas manchas oscuras en la banda inferior del surco pedal, junto con una prolongación en forma de Z de la uretra que casi alcanza el collar del manto, son distintivos del género. El sistema reproductivo tiene una glándula penial distintiva. Ésta, tiene forma de C, rodea el pene, está adherida al pene y al ciego del pene, pero carece de ductos conectores y tiene una extensión interna en el pene mono o bilobulada. El epifalo tiene una verga que ingresa en el pene. La caperuza del pene rodea parte del pene, la base del epifalo y la inserción del músculo retractor del pene, deja libre la glándula penial y el ciego del pene. Carece de glándula gametolítica. Describo dos subgéneros nuevos: Tikoconus sensu stricto con 6 especies T. (T.) costaricanus sp.n. (type species), T. (T.) onca sp.n., T. (T.) andresi sp.n., T. (T.) katyae sp.n., T. (T.) alosii sp.n., T. (T.) subsilvanus sp.n.; y Bribriconus con una especie T. (B.) thompsoni sp.n. Todas las especies tienen una distribución restringida a una cuenca, la única excepción es T. costaricanus que vive en casi todas las cadenas montañosas de Costa Rica. Este género habita en bosques tropicales muy húmedos y poco alterados de los 400 a los 2 500 masl en la vertiente atlántica y de los 760 a los 2 500 masl en la vertiente pacífica. El género Velifera, la otra semibabosa euconúlida reportada para Costa Rica, se mantiene como un taxón válido. Escojo el espécimen ANSP 48765 como lectotipo de Velifera gabbi con el propósito de aclarar la aplicación del nombre a un taxón.
The Economic Dimensionof the Activity of Women in the Council of Ministers in Poland between 1989 and 2008
Authors: Kamola–Cieślik Małgorzata
Published: November 2019

Polish economy is one of but many issues with which the Council of Ministers is concerned. It is managed and run by appropriate ministries, which are responsible for how well they function. Since 1945 most governmental jobs were given to men. There were very few women actively functioning in public life. Throughout the history of the Polish People’s Republic not a single woman was appointed either Prime Minister or VicePrime Minister and very few women were nominated as ministers. There were only two women who were responsible for economic matters, if only to a very limited degree – Maria Milczarek, the Minister of Administration, Infrastructure Economy and Environmental Protection (from 2nd Dec, 1976 to 8th Feb, 1979), and Anna Kędzierska – the Minister of Domestic Trade and Services (from 30th May, 1984 to 6 th Nov, 1985).
Discours médiés par ordinateur et stratégies d’adresse
Authors: Havu Eva
Published: November 2019

Generally, interviewers and interviewees address each other by the “traditional” deferential pronoun vous in French oral and written media, whereas in specialized magazines and television programs, tu often seems to be the usual address pronoun (cf. Williams & van Compernolle 2009; Coveney 2010).  However, Internet forums discussing the use of forms of address (consulted in 2015), point out the prevalence of very traditional opinions, contrasting with the above-mentioned observation. In general, less attention has been paid to nominal forms of address.

This paper examines the use of pronominal and nominal forms of address in blogs on politics and in forums discussing current political events, that is in two types of Computer-Mediated Communication where the writers lack information about their interlocutor (age, social status, profession…). It shows to what extent their choice is dependent on the type of medium and on the context as well as on the relation between the interlocutors (conflictual, neutral…) and how nominal forms of address accentuate certain aspects of interpersonal relations. It also points out that the generalization of tu in special contexts does not reflect a drastic change in the use of forms of address in general.
Moravia l’africano delle Storie della preistoria
Authors: Nicewicz-Staszowska Ewa
Published: November 2019

In 1976 Alberto Moravia, then sixty-nine years old, won the Andersen Prize for the Mustafà, la volpe del Sahara, his first children’s tale. Then followed the stories about others humanized animals, first published in the “Corriere della Sera” and in the various editions of selected stories, and later collected in the volume Stories of Prehistory (1982), which brought Moravia the Viareggio Prize in 1983. Apart from the deep affection that Moravia felt for animals and nature in general, that form of narrative has its roots in the numerous African journeys he undertook since 1962. For Moravia, the Black Continent, “the most beautiful thing that exists in the world”, was an artistic discovery and an “antidote to the highly refined, sophisticated and mechanical civilization”. Africa, a place “still amid prehistory and history”, was for him – as in some respects it was for Pasolini – the depository of primordial values in the process of disappearing, due to the imminent industrialization. In the Stories of Prehistory Moravia speaks of those universal values, always opposed to the vices, and views them through curiosity that is usually inaccessible to adults. His children’s tales – always funny, sometimes hilariously merciless – occupies a separate position within the oeuvre of the Roman writer and gained him many fans. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of those aspects of Moravia’s work which have not been reflected yet and are still very relevant today.
L'autocitation dans la théorie scandinave de la polyphonie linguistique (ScaPoLine)
Authors: Manga Christian
Published: November 2019

The present work focuses on the discursive phenomenon of self-quotation, that we define with Rosier (2008, 118) as « the staging of one's own speech or opinion in the service of a specific argument on the mode of recall (I told you that) or performative mode (I tell you that).» Our aim is to study the particular functioning of self-quotation within the Scandinavian theory of linguistic polyphony (ScaPoLine). Depending on whether the self-quotation is in the mode of an earlier saying or a present one, we will postulate a typology of speakers: homogeneous speaker (self-quotation in the present) and heterogeneous speaker (self-quotation in the past).
Le rapport entre changement et acquisition illustré au moyen du système du futur
Authors: Lindschouw Jan , Löbl Stephanie Kim
Published: November 2019

The future tense system in French has undergone important reorganisations during the period from Middle to Modern French. During this period the synthetic future (parlera ‘will talk’) has changed from a system in which it expressed two semantic values to a system in which it expresses one single value. At the same time, the analytic future (va parler ‘is going to talk’) has undergone the opposite evolution having thus expanded its domain of use and covers nowadays a part of the domain formerly belonging to the synthetic future. 

At the same time, it is interesting to observe a parallel between the change of the grammatical forms of the future tenses and their acquisition by learners of FLE. Indeed, the learners seem to master the future tense form in progression (i.e. the analytic future) earlier than the future tense form in the process of reduction (i.e. the synthetic future). Furthermore, they tend to use the analytic future as their default form.

In this contribution, three major factors are proposed as an explanation of this order of acquisition: 1. The frequency of the future tense forms in the oral and written input that the students receive in and outside the classroom; 2. The transfer from the students’ native language (Danish) which only possesses an analytical future form (will + infinitive); 3. The relation between the form and the function of the two future tenses.

Finally, it is discussed to which extent the linguistic forms in the process of reduction should be taught.
Validity and Reliability of the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale-Thai Version (MDAS-T) for Assessment of Delirium in Palliative Care Patients
Authors: Klankluang Watanachai , Pukrittayakamee Panate , Atsariyasing Wanlop , Siriussawakul Arunotai , Chanthong Pratamaporn , Tongsai Sasima , Tayjasanant Supakarn
Published: November 2019

Background

Delirium, a neuropsychiatric syndrome that occurs throughout medical illness trajectories, is frequently misdiagnosed. The Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) is a commonly used tool in palliative care (PC) settings. Our objective was to establish and validate the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale-Thai version (MDAS-T) in PC patients.

Materials and Methods

The MDAS was translated into Thai. Content validity, inter-rater reliability, and internal consistency were explored. The construct validity of the MDAS-T was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis. Instrument testing of the MDAS-T, the Thai version of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU-T), and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition as the gold standard was performed. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cutoff score. The duration of each assessment was recorded.

Results

The study enrolled 194 patients. The content validity index was 0.97. The intraclass correlation coefficient and Cronbach's α coefficient were 0.98 and 0.96, respectively. A principal component analysis indicated a homogeneous, one-factor structure. The area under the ROC curve was 0.96 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93–0.99). The best combination of sensitivity and specificity (95% CI) of the MDAS-T were 0.92 (0.85–0.96) and 0.90 (0.82–0.94), respectively, with a cutoff score of 9, whereas the CAM-ICU-T yielded 0.58 (0.48–0.67) and 0.98 (0.93–0.99), respectively. The median MDAS-T assessment time was 5 minutes.

Conclusion

This study established and validated the MDAS-T as a good and feasible tool for delirium screening and severity rating in PC settings.
Axial compressive stress–strain model for hybrid-reinforced concrete columns with FRP ties
Authors: Tahir Muhammad , Isleem Haytham F. , Wang Zhenyu
Published: November 2019

The use of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) as internal confining reinforcement in combination with longitudinal steel bars in concrete compression members provides significantly improved strength, ductility and durability. To date, only a few experimental studies have been carried out to establish the compressive behaviour of concrete columns longitudinally reinforced with steel bars and confined with FRP ties. This paper provides a confinement model with several expressions for predicting the axial stress–strain response of hybrid-reinforced (i.e. longitudinal steel bars combined with FRP ties) square concrete columns under axial compression loading. The model considers the influences of several test parameters, such as the configuration, size, volumetric ratio, spacing and type of ties (FRP pultruded bar ties and closed-type wound rectangular-section ties). The proposed model predicted well the peak and ultimate strength and strains compared with existing models. The overall accuracy of the model was also assessed against selected test stress–strain responses.
Análise acerca do papel do Tribunal de Contas como mecanismo de controle externo capaz de garantir a correta aplicação do dinheiro público e a concretização dos direitos fundamentais
Authors: Rech Caroline Andressa , Leal Rogério Gesta
Published: November 2019

O presente estudo busca investigar como o sistema jurídico brasileiro propõe a verificação da correspondência entre a aplicação do dinheiro público e a consecução da finalidade pública que a fundamenta. Isto posto, se propõe a determinar o papel do Tribunal de Contas na concretização dos direitos fundamentais, leis e princípios da Administração, e apontar, subsidiariamente, os efeitos do controle na gestão pública. O método de investigação é o dedutivo, partindo dos fatores geradores da necessária estruturação do Estado à materialização de tais garantias, para concluir a influência do trabalho do Tribunal na ampliação da eficiência das políticas públicas. Quanto ao método de procedimento, este caracterizou-se pela análise do texto constitucional para estabelecer a influência da organização descentralizada do poder público na necessidade de fixar mecanismos de controle da administração, além de esmiuçar algumas de suas espécies e delimitar a natureza e atribuições do órgão de contas. Por fim, a técnica de pesquisa adota foi a bibliográfica. Desse modo, conclui-se que o principal efeito do controle é a maximização da eficiência das ações públicas por proporcionar a correção dos desvios, motivar boas práticas dos gestores e promover a responsabilização dos infratores.
Determinação da atividade antioxidante das matrizes vegetais Capsicum chinense, Capsicum frutescens e Tripodanthus acutifolius
Authors: Ortolan Silvio Augusto , Hermes Vanessa Caroline , Pedroso Pâmela Silveira , Leal Valéria Louzada , Tischer Bruna , Possuelo Lia Gonçalves , Da Silva Chana De Medeiros
Published: November 2019

Radicais livres podem gerar estresse oxidativo e causar danos celulares. O uso de antioxidantes naturais demonstram ser um importante mecanismo para retardar ou inibir esse processo de oxidação. Matrizes vegetais dos gêneros Capsicum e Tripodanthus apresentam metabólitos secundários com atividade antioxidante relatada. Foi avaliada a atividade antioxidante de oleoresinas das pimentas Capsicum chinense e Capsicum frutescens, e do extrato bruto da espécie Tripodanthus acutifolius, através do ensaio Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC). As oleoresinas de C. chinense e C. frutescens apresentaram valores de 550,210 µmol TE/g amostra e 603,746 µmol TE/g amostra, respectivamente. A espécie T. acutifolius apresentou valores aproximadamente dez vezes superiores (5277,764 µmol TE/g amostra) às oleoresinas. Observou-se uma relação direta da presença de compostos fenólicos com a atividade antioxidante. O ensaio realizado pelo grupo de pesquisas gerou um procedimento operacional interno que pode ser seguido em novas pesquisas de interesse com matrizes vegetais, aprovado para utilização no Parque Científico e Tecnológico Regional da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (TecnoUnisc).
Kaldıraç ve Döngüsellik: Bankacılık Sektörü Üzerine Bir Uygulama
Authors: Kaya Emine , Köksal Yelda
Published: November 2019

Bu
çalışmanın amacı, 2006 Ocak-2018 Ocak döneminde bankacılık sektöründe faaliyet
gösteren bankaların kaldıraç yapısının döngüselliğini araştırmaktır. Döngüselliğin
tespiti için, kaldıraç oranı ve aktif değişimi arasındaki ilişki regresyon
analizi ile incelenmiştir. Regresyon analizi tahminleri, aktif değişiminin
kaldıraç oranı değişimini pozitif yönlü ve istatistiki olarak anlamlı bir
şekilde etkilediğine işaret etmektedir. Bu sonuç, kaldıracın döngüsel olduğunu
göstermektedir. Kaldıracın döngüselliği, banka varlıklarının büyüme gösterdiği
dönemlerde, kaldıraç oranının artmasına ve finansal çevrimler ile kredi
çevrimlerinin birbirini tetiklemesine sebep olabilmektedir. Bu şekilde,
kaldıracın finansal hızlandırma mekanizma olmasından yola çıkılarak, finansal
genişleme dönemlerinde döngüsel karşıtı bir politika belirlenmesi ile makro
riskleri azaltabilen önlemler geliştirilebileceği söylenebilir.
Intracardiac perfusion with fixative for anatomical studies [keast-001-stage02] v1
Authors: R Keast Janet , B Osborne Peregrine
Published: November 2019

This protocol is suitable for preserving tissues for anatomical studies of organs, ganglia, spinal cord or brain in adult rats. The protocol is performed under anesthesia and should incorporate all local requirements for standards of animal experimentation.
Immunohistochemical classification of sensory and autonomic neurons projecting to the lower urinary tract in rats [keast-001] v1
Authors: R Keast Janet , B Osborne Peregrine
Published: November 2019

This collection describes the procedures required to label, visualise, characterise and quantify neurons that innervate the lower urinary tract tissues of adult male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. This collection includes protocols for: STAGE 1: Surgery to micro-inject fluorescent retrograde tracer dyes into one or more sites within the lower urinary tract STAGE 2: Intracardiac perfusion with fixative to preserve neural tissues of interest STAGE 3: Fluorescence immunohistochemistry of ganglion cryosections.
Research of the Effect of Diphenylguanidine on the Adhesive Interaction of Elastomers with Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Authors: Dyakonov Afanasiy A. , Shadrinov Nikolay V. , Sokolova Marina D. , Fedorov Andrey L. , Sleptsova Sardana A. , Okhlopkova Aitalina A.
Published: November 2019

The paper presents the technology of manufacturing of a double-layered material based on ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene on one side and an elastomer on the other, which has high adhesive strength between materials. The results of the study of the adhesive interaction of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene with elastomers based on various rubbers are presented. The dependence of the strength of adhesive interaction between materials on the diphenylguanidine curing agents content in the rubber compound is shown in the article. It was found that with the addition of diphenylguanidine, the strength of the adhesive bond between the materials exceeds the cohesive strength of the elastomer and the process of delamination at fracture occurs along rubber. The study of the interphase boundary on a scanning electron microscope showed that the addition of diphenylguanidine into the rubber mixture leads to a change in the structure of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene to fine-spherulite. Using the method of IR-spectroscopy it was detected the peaks of stretching vibrations, corresponding to C-S bonds, and peaks corresponding to stretching vibrations of R-SO-OR and RO-SO-OR groups with the addition of diphenylguanidine into the rubber mixture in the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene structure near the interphase boundary