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O SENTIR DA TERNURA: O SÍNODO SOBRE A FAMÍLIA E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES TEOLÓGICAS E PASTORAIS
Authors: Kuzma Cesar
Published: September 2016

O trabalho de pesquisa que aqui apresentamos busca oferecer uma reflexão a respeito do Sínodo sobre a Família e suas possíveis implicações teológicas e pastorais. Hoje, profundas transformações impactam sobre o contexto de muitas famílias, e estas nos desafiam pastoralmente e exigem de nos uma resposta coerente e comprometida com a fé professada, orientada no horizonte de Cristo e de seu Reino, de sua práxis. Foi o que projetamos com o titulo: o sentir da ternura. Evidenciamos diversas situações que ocorrem na realidade familiar e que reclamam uma atenção especial, seguramente, pastoral. Trouxemos alguns documentos oficiais do Magistério eclesiástico e suas novas ou possíveis interpretações. Confrontamos, ainda, os dois questionários do Sínodo, apontando, também, os seus limites. O projeto favoreceu uma visão mais próxima da realidade, no intuito de oferecer, de forma aberta e critica, uma nova postura frente as realidades existentes. ABSTRACT: The research presented here seeks to offer a reflection on the Synod on the Family and its possible theological and pastoral implications. Today, profound changes impact the context of many families and those challenge us pastorally and require a coherent ans and compromised to the faith that we profess, oriented on the horizon of Christ, his praxis and his Kingdom. This is what we project with the title: the feeling of tenderness. We evidence diverse situations that occur in the reality of several families and require particular attention, specially pastoral. Some official documents of the Ecclesiastical Magisterium have been brought, along with its new or possible interpretations. We confronted also the two questionnaires of the Synod, pointing out its limits. The Project favored a closer view of reality, in order to offer an open and critical way, a new posture to existing realities.
FAMÍLIA, “LUGAR PRIMEIRO” DA TRANSMISSÃO DA FÉ: DESAFIOS CATEQUÉTICOS A PARTIR DO MAGISTÉRIO
Authors: Oliveira de Moraes Abimar
Published: September 2016

O presente artigo faz uma leitura kairológica do complexo relacionamento entre catequese e família, na atualidade. Partindo da análise dos valores e problemáticas familiares atuais e de duas convicções basilares do Magistério católico: 1) a família é educadora; e 2) é transmissora da fé. Apontará na direção de uma catequese para e com a família que a valorize e a constitua como “lugar primeiro” da transmissão da fé. Uma fé de caráter mais testemunhal do que intelectual. ABSTRACT: This present article performs a kairological interpretation on the complex relationship between catechism and the family in our current situation. Starting from an analysis of the values and actual problems faced by families as well as from two basic convictions from the Catholic magisterium: 1) the Family educates; and 2) the family transmit faith. This study will point out a possible direction of a catechism for and with the family that values and constitutes it as the “Prst place” of the transmission of faith. A faith that is more witness than intellectual in character.
A QUESTÃO DOS GÊNEROS LITERÁRIOS E OUTROS ASPECTOS RELATIVOS À LINGUAGEM NA DEI VERBUM
Authors: Cantarela Antônio Geraldo
Published: September 2016

A Constituição Dogmática Dei Verbum, promulgada em 1965 pelo Concílio Vaticano II, traz um pequeno parágrafo (em DV 12) em que afirma a importância dos gêneros literários para a interpretação da Escritura. Este artigo aborda o assunto, propondo-se a: contextualizar o interesse da Dei Verbum e de outros documentos pelos gêneros literários no quadro histórico mais amplo das teorias literárias, da exegese bíblica e da hermenêutica filosófica; explicitar aspectos que a Constituição retoma de documentos que a antecederam, particularmente o da subordinação dos gêneros literários a questões teológicas de maior vulto, relacionadas à fé cristã e à vida eclesial; apontar algumas visadas dos debates sobre linguagem e, mais particularmente, sobre gêneros literários que a Dei Verbum, por razões diversas, não logrou alcançar. Além das referências para a elaboração de alguns esboços históricos relativos ao tema, o artigo utiliza como fonte os diversos documentos da Igreja Católica sobre a Bíblia e sua interpretação.
OS LGBT E O PONTIFICADO DE FRANCISCO
Authors: Corrêa Lima Luis
Published: September 2016

Resumo: A visibilização da população LGBT e sua luta por cidadania traz grandes desafios à teologia e à pastoral. As características desta população e os problemas que a afligem interpelam a reflexão e a solidariedade. A conquista de seus novos direitos na sociedade se dá também com a colaboração de muitos cristãos, nem sempre com o apoio de suas igrejas. No ensinamento da Igreja Católica, há aberturas e resistências tanto em nível universal quanto nas conferências episcopais. A renovação no pontificado de Francisco se faz com abertura pastoral, novos enfoques doutrinais, gestos ousados e o desencadeamento de novos processos, como a preparação e a realização do Sínodo dos Bispos sobre a família, e a exortação aos teólogos a se lançarem nas questões de fronteira e assumirem os conflitos que afetam a todos. Isto incide na relação com os LGBT, impulsionando a novas interpretações da Bíblia, da lei natural e dos estudos de gênero.Abstract: The growing visibility of LGBT people and their struggle for citizenship is bringing great challenges to theology and pastoral action. The characteristics of this population and their problems call for reflection and solidarity. The conquest of their new rights in society has the collaboration of many Christians, but not always with the support of their churches. In the teaching of the Catholic Church, there are openings and resistance both at the universal level and in the episcopal conferences. The renewal in Pope Francis’ pontificate is producing pastoral initiatives, new doctrinal approaches, bold gestures, and triggering new processes, such as the preparation and implementation of the Synod of Bishops on the family, and the exhortation to theologians to deal with borderline issues and treat the conflicts that affect everyone. This has an impact on the relationship with the LGBT community, leading to new interpretations of the Bible, natural law, and gender studies.
PADECER E SABER
Authors: Vázquez Moro Ulpiano
Published: September 2016

O reconhecimento civil das Faculdades de Teologia no Brasil conferiu ao trabalho teológico carta de cidadania nos meios acadêmicos. Com isso, os seus profissionais passam a exercer não mais uma profissão clerical, mas se tornam profissionais liberais. Nesse momento, levantar a questão pela maneira como a profissão teológica se compreende a si mesma, e a partir de si mesma, passou a se constituir numa tarefa não somente necessária como, também, urgente, porque a mudança de status acadêmico, ao que tudo indica, não significará uma circunstância meramente acidental, mas uma marca definitiva na trajetória do trabalho teológico neste país. Diante desta situação, as perguntas pela identidade da profissão teológica e pelo conteúdo mesmo da teologia não são perguntas ociosas. São perguntas tanto mais urgentes quanto maior é o perigo de que esta urgência permaneça escondida ou protelada na pressa pela adaptação às exigências da nova situação acadêmica e do novo status da teologia e dos seus profissionais.
A LAUDATO SI’ NA PERSPECTIVA DO MÉTODO: “VER, JULGAR E AGIR”
Authors: Souza José Neivaldo
Published: September 2016

Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é fazer uma análise da Carta Encíclica Laudato Si' apresentada pelo Papa Francisco sob o método “ver, julgar e agir”. A Carta é uma reflexão ampla, de perspectiva antropológica, em que a questão ecológica ocupa o lugar central. O Pontífice pretende alcançar, não só o público católico, mas a todos os cidadãos da terra para que tomem consciência da exploração desmedida e predatória do ser humano em relação ao planeta e, com isso, à luz das Escrituras e do pensamento cristão, encontrem novas saídas para a solução dos problemas. Além de ressaltar o pensamento do Papa esta reflexão quer revelar o método que, de forma singela, aparece nas entrelinhas do texto: “ver, julgar e agir”. Assim, na mesma metodologia de Francisco, este artigo aborda três tópicos diversos: 1) Um olhar sobre “nossa casa comum”; 2) Pensar a Criação à luz dos princípios da fé cristã; 3) Ação: por uma ecologia integral. A fonte primária deste estudo é a Carta Encíclica “Laudato si”, porém, consideram-se também outras referências que ajudam a aprofundar algumas questões levantadas por Francisco nesta Carta Encíclica.Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze the Encyclical Letter "Laudato Si" presented by Pope Francis under the "see, judge, act" method. The Letter is a broad reflection of the anthropological perspective in which the ecological question occupies the central place. The Pope intends to reach not only the Catholic public, but all citizens of the earth so that they become aware of man’s uncontrolled, predatory exploitation as regards the planet, in order to find, in the light of both the Scriptures and Christian thought, new solutions to solve the problems. This reflection, besides emphasizing Pope Francis’ thought in this Encyclical, wants to reveal the method which appears, beneath the surface, in the text: "see, judge, act". Thus, using the same methodology as the Holy Father, this article discusses three topics: 1) the renewed look at "our common home"; 2) thinking the creation in the light of the Christian faith; 3) action for an integral ecology. Although the primary source of this study is the Encyclical Letter "Laudato Si", other references are also considered that help to deepen some issues raised by Francis in this Encyclical Letter.
ECUMENISM IN EVANGELII GAUDIUM AND IN THE CONTEXT OF FRANCIS’ PONTIFICATE
Authors: Faggioli Massimo
Published: September 2016

Abstract: Ecumenism is one of the areas in which the transition from the ‘theologian pope’ Benedict XVI to Francis has made the most dramatic impact. Francis’ ecumenism is not systematic, but contextual and inductive. It is spiritual, not dogmatic. It is post-confessional: it breaks the boundaries of post-Reformation Europe. Francis’ ecumenism is part of his effort to address systemic social challenges, to care for the poor and disenfranchised. Overall, Francis’ ecumenical ecclesiology is non-ecclesiocentric, and in this sense it is a step forward from the mixed ecclesiology(ies) of Vatican II where institutional ecclesiology had the last word over ecumenical ecclesiology.Resumo: O ecumenismo é uma das áreas em que a transição do ‘papa teólogo’ Bento XVI a Francisco teve um dramático impacto. O ecumenismo de Francisco  não é sistemático, mas contextual e indutivo. Ele é espiritual, não dogmático. É pós-confessional: ele quebra as fronteiras da Europa pós-Reforma. O ecumenismo de Francisco é  parte de seu esforço para enfrentar os desafios sociais sistêmicos, para cuidar dos pobres e marginalizados. Em geral, a eclesiologia ecumênica de Francisco  é não-eclesiocêntrica e, nesse sentido, é um passo adiante da(s) eclesiologia mista(s) do Concílio Vaticano II, onde  a eclesiologia institucional teve a última palavra sobre a eclesiologia ecumênica.
A REFORMA DO PAPADO: PRIMADO NA COLEGIALIDADE
Authors: Passos João Décio
Published: September 2016

RESUMO: A reforma do papado está colocada em pauta no atual pontificado. Embora não esteja publicizada como uma pauta explícita está relacionada às reformas gerais da Cúria se encontram em curso. O Papa Francisco é autoridade legítima e de direito para realizá-la, embora a história revele reformas já realizadas em nome de princípios teológicos e de estratégias políticas. A tarefa é simultaneamente simbólica e política e depara-se com desafios de ordem tradicional e burocrática para ser implementada. Francisco assume em suas posturas e na Exortação Evangelii gaudium a necessidade de uma reforma do papado no âmbito das “reformas inadiáveis” da Igreja.ABSTRACT: The reform of the papacy is placed on the agenda in the current pontificate. Although not publicized with an explicit agenda but is related to the general reform of the Curia that are under way. The Pope Francis is the legitimate and legal authority to carry it out according to the Catholic understanding of primacy . This task is both symbolic and political and is facing challenges from traditional and bureaucratic institutions to implement it. The papacy is a reformable institution and it can be evidenced by the history and can be indicated by the texts of the Magisterium. Francis takes his positions and   in the Exhortation Evangelii gaudium expresses the need for a reform of the papacy under the " urgent reforms " of the Church.
EVANGELHO DA CRIAÇÃO E ECOLOGIA INTEGRAL: UMA PRIMEIRA RECEPÇÃO DA LAUDATO SI’
Authors: Silva Tavares Sinivaldo
Published: September 2016

Resumo: Pressuposta a relevância da Laudato Si’, o artigo analisa alguns de seus elementos nodais com o intuito de salientar o caráter orgânico e coerente de seu conteúdo. No primeiro momento, são perscrutadas as entrelinhas da Laudato Si’: gratuidade como horizonte e esperança como tom da encíclica, apelo contundente à aliança entre os distintos saberes como sua intencionalidade e círculo virtuoso (ver, julgar e agir) como sua metodologia. No segundo momento, ocupa-se da tessitura propriamente dita do texto da encíclica que se dá em torno a três nós: o evangelho da criação; a ecologia integral e, por fim, a conversão ecológica como condição para uma conversão integral. Ao final do percurso, e a partir da insistência do papa na integralidade como marca distintiva da fé cristã e, ao mesmo tempo, das eventuais alternativas à crise atual, conclui-se que desafios complexos demandam saberes e práticas integrais.  Portanto, a partir da integralidade constitutiva de sua própria tradição de fé, o cristão discerne e reconhece a complexidade inerente à vida, e a ela corresponde mediante propostas e iniciativas igualmente integrais.Abstract: The article analyzes some of the crucial nodal points of the relevant Encyclical Laudato Si’ in order to emphasize the organic and coherent character of its content. In the first place, the main lines of Laudato Si ' are scrutinized: gratuitousness as its horizon and hope, as its driving force, a strong appeal to the alliance between the many knowledges, as its intentionality, and the virtuous circle (see, judge and act), as its methodology. The second moment deals with the weaving of the encyclical text itself that revolves around three nodes: the gospel of creation; integral ecology and, finally, the ecological conversion as a condition for an integral conversion. Finally, from the pope's insistence on integrity as being the hallmark of the Christian faith and, at the same time, from the possible alternatives to the current crisis, it is concluded that complex challenges require integrative knowledge and practices. Therefore, from the constitutive completeness of their own faith tradition, Christians discern and recognize the inherent complexity of life to which they respond with full proposals and initiatives.
Active Power Dispatch Optimization for a Grid-Connected Microgrid with Uncertain Multi-Type Loads
Authors: Lv Kai , Tang Hao , Li Yijin , Li Xin
Published: September 2016

An active power dispatch method for a microgrid (MG) with multi-type loads, renewable energy sources (RESs) and distributed energy storage devices (DESDs) is the focus of this paper. The MG operates in a grid-connected model, and distributed power sources contribute to the service for load demands. The outputs of multiple DESDs are controlled to optimize the active power dispatch. Our goal with optimization is to reduce the economic cost under time-of-use (TOU) price, and to adjust the excessively high or low load rate of distributed transformers (DTs) caused by the peak-valley demand and load uncertainties. To simulate a practical environment, the stochastic characteristics of multi-type loads are formulated. The transition matrix of system state is provided. Then, a finite-horizon Markov decision process (FHMDP) model is established to describe the dispatch optimization problem. A learning-based technique is adopted to search the optimal joint control policy of multiple DESDs. Finally, simulation experiments are performed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, and the fuzzification analysis of the method is presented.
Uso de Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA) do tipo Multilayer Perceptrons (MLP) modificado com processamento estatístico em paralelo para estudo do problema de classificação da origem de vinho tinto.
Authors: Lima Mauro Almeida , Ferreira Gilmar Gonçalves , Oliveira Luana Loren Corrêa , Diniz Rochele Ferreira Silva , Ferreira Cecília Baldoino
Published: September 2016

Este estudo foi realizado com a criação de um modelo de Rede Neural Artificial (RNA) do tipo Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), visando a análise de um problema de classificação, aliado à determinação estatística do Coeficiente de Variação dos resultados obtidos pela rede. Para este fim, o programa criado, nomeado como NeuroChem, utilizou um banco de dados contendo os resultados da análise físico-química de 178 amostras de vinho tinto, oriundos de três cultivares diferentes da Itália. Ao todo, 13 parâmetros físico-químicos foram normalizados e usados para a alimentação do algoritmo visando a determinação da origem (Classe) de cada uma das amostras através de técnicas de processamento em paralelo (Multithread) para análise estatística da saída de rede, como forma alternativa de minimização do erro de Treinamento/Validação. Ficou evidenciado pelos resultados que, para este banco de dados, a melhor arquitetura de rede MLP deve ser composta por 3 camadas ocultas e o processamento estatístico, feito com a programação em paralelo, representou uma redução de 73% do tempo de espera dos resultados, quando comparado à mesma análise comumente executada em série.
INFLUÊNCIA DA ADUBAÇÃO ORGÂNICA SOBRE A CLASSIFICAÇÃO E APARÊNCIA DOS FRUTOS DE MARACUJAZEIRO AMARELO
Authors: Pacheco Anália Lúcia Vieira , Pagliarini Mateus Francisco , Vieira Gerival , De Freitas Gilberto Bernardo
Published: September 2016

Esta pesquisa teve o objetivo de avaliar a influência da adubação orgânica sobre a classificação e aparência (número de defeitos) dos frutos de maracujazeiro amarelo. O experimento foi estabelecido num latossolo vermelho amarelo em Visconde do Rio Branco, MG. Os tratamentos foram formados por três tipos de adubações aplicados no pomar: mineral (MIN) indicada para a cultura; orgânica (ORG), equivalente à adubação potássica indicada pra a cultura e duas vezes orgânica (2 X ORG), onde foi utilizado o dobro da dose do tratamento ORG. O adubo orgânico utilizado foi o esterco bovino curtido. Durante as 14 semanas de colheita os frutos foram classificados, de acordo com a massa, em tipo A (acima de 175 g), B (entre 125 e 175 g) e C (abaixo de 125 g), e, posteriormente, contabilizou-se a percentagem de defeitos leves e graves nos frutos. Mais da metade dos frutos colhidos apresentaram massa inferior a 125 g. O valor médio da percentagem de defeitos leves foi de 29,26% e de graves foi de 5,36%. A classificação dos frutos e o número de defeitos não foram influenciados pelas adubações. O que mostra que para o mercado de frutos in natura, a utilização de esterco bovino como adubo orgânico pode substituir a adubação mineral, sem gerar prejuízos na classificação e aparência dos frutos.
PRODUÇÃO DE MUDAS E CULTIVO A CAMPO DE BETERRABA EM SISTEMA ORGÂNICO DE PRODUÇÃO
Authors: Watthier Maristela , Da Silva Magnólia Aparecida Silva , Schwengber Jose Ernani , Da Fonseca Fabrizia Denise , Normberg Andreia
Published: September 2016

Substrato para produção de mudas, geralmente, é o resultado da mistura de dois ou mais materiais formulados e manipulados para atingir propriedades físicas e químicas desejáveis a fim de se criar um meio onde se desenvolvem as raízes das plantas fora do solo. O objetivo foi avaliar a produção de mudas de beterraba em diferentes substratos a base de húmus de minhoca e de casca de arroz carbonizada em condições de cultivo orgânico. O experimento foi realizado no município de Pelotas/RS/Brasil, no período de março a abril de 2013. Os substratos utilizados foram formuladas em base de volume (v:v): SC - Substrato comercial S-10®; H2 – 0%H + 100% CAC; H3 - 20%H + 80%CAC; H4 - 40%H + 60%CAC; H5 - 60% H + 40%CAC; H6 - 80%H + 20%CAC; H7 - 100%H. As mudas foram produzidas em casa de vegetação, em bandejas de poliestireno expandido de 200 células. Aos 35 dias após a semeadura as mudas foram avaliadas. O substrato H4 foi superior nas características relacionadas à parte aérea das mudas de beterraba (CPA, MFPA, MSPA e AF) e H7 nas do sistema radicular e isso pode ter acontecido devido as características físicas dos substratos, o qual influenciou no crescimento da mudas. O húmus de minhoca puro (H7) e em mistura com casca de arroz carbonizada (H4) podem ser utilizados como substrato para produção de mudas de beterraba em sistemas orgânicos de produção.
ESTIMATIVA DO TAMANHO MÍNIMO DE REBANHO SUÍNO PARA A IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE SISTEMA DE GERAÇÃO DE ENERGIA ELÉTRICA DE 35 KWH, 150 KWH, 275 KWH E 590 KWH, USANDO BIOGÁS COMO COMBUSTÍVEL PARA GRUPOS GERADORES
Authors: Gonzaga Diego Augusto , Barbosa Rúben Christian
Published: September 2016

O Brasil é um grande produtor de suínos para exportação e para o abastecimento do mercado interno. Porém essa atividade possui um grande impacto ambiental devido à grande geração de resíduos. Os suínos poluem em média aproximadamente 4,5 vezes mais que um ser humano. Uma das soluções é a implementação de biodigestores para o tratamento desses resíduos, o que possibilita a geração de biogás para ser utilizado como combustível para grupos geradores de energia. Esse trabalho buscou elaborar um modelo matemático para estimar qual é o número ótimo de animais pertencentes a um rebanho de uma granja suína para a implementação de sistemasde geração de energia elétrica. Foram levantados dados de necessidade energética, enquadramentos tarifários,valores de investimento para a implantação e capacidade de produção dos sistemas. Após realizada a modelageme utilizando o software Lingo 14.0 Versão Demo foram calculados os valores ótimos para o sistema de geraçãode energia. Os resultados obtidos pelas simulações quando comparados a casos reais se mostram bastante razoáveis,validando a modelagem. Os dados de tamanho de rebanho obtidos se mostraram razoáveis e factíveis se comparadosa empreendimentos reais na região do vale do Piranga.
Umngqokolo: Xhosa overtone singing and the song nondel'ekhaya
Authors: Dargie David
Published: September 2016

This type of gruff singing â€˜vocal percussionâ€™ is also used by young men in the Lumko district, but there is another kind of umngqokolo â€” that used by women and girls â€” which is a form of overtone singing. At the time of writing (1985), Lumko Missiological Institute was situated at Lumko Mission, 12 kilometres south of Lady Frere, which is a small town some 48 kilometres east of the Cape Province town of Queensland. The name â€œLumkoâ€, which means â€˜wisdomâ€™, is in fact the name of the family which once owned Lumko as part of their farm.
Kambazithe Makolekole and his valimba group: a glimpse of the technique of the Sena xylophone
Authors: Tracey Andrew
Published: September 2016

The valimba xylophone of the Sena people of Malawi has been described by several writers, notably Kubik in his recently published two-record collection "Opeka Nyimbo". This article aims to amplify these descriptions, by discovering what it is that the young virtuoso players are actually doing on their huge xylophone, with its shimmering patterns of sound at breakneck tempo, its sudden repeated notes, and its rich harmonic sequences that are clearly related to those of the Shona in Zimbabwe and then- neighbours in Mozambique and Northern Transvaal, and by providing descriptions of the actual playing technique of the instrument to demonstrate something of its unique style.
The singer Anne-Marie NziÃ© and the song "libertÃ©": on popular music and the poscolonial state in Cameroon
Authors: Brunner Anja
Published: September 2016

In November 2008, the 60th anniversary of singer Anne-Marie NziÃ©â€™s career was celebrated in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. The Ministry of Culture and the President of Cameroon organised an overwhelming number of festivities in honour of the popular singer. Anne-Marie NziÃ© was celebrated as Cameroonâ€™s pioneer female musician and one of the most popular singers of the country, and reading between the lines, she was additionally honoured for her life-long loyalty to the Cameroonian nation and especially the ruling powers of the postcolonial state. The life and career of Anne-Marie NziÃ©, over 80 years of age at time of writing in 2013, are inextricably linked to the cultural politics of the Republic of Cameroon since its independence in 1960.
Polio Patients in Northern Italy, a 50 Year Follow-up
Authors: Bertolasi L. , Danese A , Monaco S , Turri M , Borg K , Werhagen L
Published: September 2016

Background:

Poliomyelitis was before the immunization an important medical problem. Nowadays polio prior patients (PP) suffer from polio sequelae or have developed post-polio-syndrome (PPS) with increasing paresis, pain and fatigue.

Objectives:

To analyze the medical situation 50 years after acute polio. The degree of paresis was compared between the recovery 1952-1961 and 2012.The prevalence of patients fulfilling the criteria for PPS was estimated

Method:

The study was performed in Italy. Included were PP with rehabilitation after acute polio 1952-1961 and in 2012. During the years PP underwent yearly evaluation. A thorough neurological examination was performed in 2012. A telephone interview with questions concerning pain, paresis, fatigue, walking aids and concomitant diseases was performed in 2012. The patients were divided in two groups, if they fulfilled the criteria for PPS or not.

Results:

Included were 67(94%) patients receiving rehabilitation after acute poliomyelitis and 2012. 78% were walkers, half of the PPS used wheelchair. Eight out of ten suffered from pain. Four out of ten fulfilled the PPS criteria. Pain was slightly more common in PPS.

Conclusion:

Female gender, fatigue and wheelchair dependency were significantly more common in PPS while pain was common in both groups.
Improving the Analysis of Anthocyanidins from Blueberries Using Response Surface Methodology
Authors: Lloyd Steven W. , Grimm Casey C. , Bett-Garber Karen L. , Beaulieu John C. , Boykin Deborah L.
Published: September 2016

Background:

Recent interest in the health promoting potential of anthocyanins points to the need for robust and reliable analytical methods. It is essential to know that the health promoting chemicals are present in juices and other products processed from whole fruit. Many different methods have been published using a wide variety of conditions for the hydrolysis of anthocyanins to anthocyanidins.

Objective:

To investigate the factors influencing the hydrolytic conversion efficiency. The optimum set of conditions will maximize the recovery of anthocyanidins.

Method:

Extraction procedure (freeze drying vs. direct liquid extraction), heating method (reflux vs. sealed vial), nitrogen purging and acid type were investigated. Response surface methodology was then used to find the optimum combination of incubation time, acid concentration and incubation temperature.

Results:

Anthocyanidin recovery can be maximized using this procedure: Freeze-dry homogenized fruit and extract with methanol:water:TFA, place 1 mL extract or juice in a test tube and add 440 µL 37% HCl, purge the tube with N2, seal with a PTFE lined cap, vortex, then heat at 99°C for 6.4 minutes. Filter the hydrolysate into an autosampler vial and analyze by UPLC immediately.

Conclusion:

Maximizing the recovery of anthocyanidins (by manipulating conditions in order to maximize peak areas) leads to a more accurate measure of the anthocyanidins present in blueberries.
Main Properties of Canola Oil Components: A Descriptive Review of Current Knowledge
Authors: Loganes Claudia , Ballali Simonetta , Minto Clara
Published: September 2016

Together with olive and soybean, canola is one of the most important and diffuse oilseed crops. Due to high oleic acid and antioxidant contents, canola oil shows positive effects on cholesterol, glycemic control, blood pressure and cancer. For these reasons, canola oil can be considered an important food-resource: future scientific research is expected to provide further evidence on adoption of canola oil as a standard dietary choice in healthy subjects as well as a therapeutic strategy in disease treatment.
Evaluation of the Quality of Medico-technical Equipment Sterilization in National University Hospital of Cotonou in Benin in 2013
Authors: Ouendo Edgard-Marius D. , Dégbey Cyriaque , Charles Sossa J. , Sègnon Judith , Saizonou Jacques , Makoutodé Michel
Published: September 2016

Backgrounds:

In low income countries, hospital-acquired infections continue to develop in hospitalized patients, and may also affect medical staff. Medico-technical equipment sterilization is critical for prevention and safety care of nosocomial infections.

Objective:

To assess the quality of medico-technical equipment sterilization at the National University Hospital of Cotonou in 2013.

Method:

This cross-sectional and evaluative study was conducted at the National University Hospital of Cotonou from 10th June to 04th July 2013. A sample of 51 health workers involved in the of medico-technical equipment sterilization system, two (02) administrative authorities, the responsible of National Committee for the Fight against nosocomial infections in the hospital, 41 sterilized instruments and compresses were assessed in the study. Health workers were observed in their work environment before undergoing an individual interview as well as the administrative authorities and the Responsible of the National Committee for the Fight against nosocomial infections. Sterilized instruments are analyzed in microbiology laboratory.

Results:

More than half of the participants were male (52.9%). The average age of respondents was 41 ± 7.5 years. The sterilization unit of the hospital was managed by common surgical department of the hospital and its mission was to provide sterile medico-technical equipment. The sterilization unit did not meet the standard architecture of sterilization environment. Equipment sterilization procedure did not meet standards of quality assurance. There was no preventive maintenance procedure for autoclave and poupinel that were used for sterilization of instruments. No indoor cleaning and air sterilization of the service of sterilization were planned. However, equipment sterilization supplies were available, and 13.72% of workers surveyed were well-skilled. Microbiological tests showed that 48.8% of sterilized medical equipment was contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter cloacae.

Conclusion:

The quality of instrument sterilization system in the HKM National University hospital of Cotonou was poor. Sterilized equipment was contaminated by pathogens. Medical equipment sterilization process needs improvement to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Recontextualization of Nomad Theories in the Development of Physical Education in France and Argentina, 1880-1940
Authors: Aisenstein Angela , Gleyse Jacques
Published: September 2016

This paper compares the ways in which Nomad discourses on the need to educate the human body were adopted and adapted with the development of physical education as a school subject in France and Argentina between 1880 and 1940. The history of physical education during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries shows that many educational systems were created for educating the human body [1] as a special subject. The similarities between different countries in terms of the institutional context in which physical education was promoted, the scientific arguments that justified the need for physical education and the design of similar bodily practices aimed at educating the human body, support the claims made in neo-institutional theories about “world institutionalization of education” [2].
Method of Abdominal Cavity Postoperative Infiltrates Treatment in Children with Appendiceal Peritonitis
Authors: Melnichenko M. G. , Antoniuk V. V. , Tkachenko L. P.
Published: September 2016

Treatment of postoperative abdominal infiltrates in children operated on appendicular peritonitis with the use of antibiotics and physical factors on the abdominal region according to the utility model includes two stages. The first stage involves regional antibacterial electrophoresis and therapeutic antibacterial microclysters. The second stage includes the impact of diadynamic therapy in infiltration projection and NSAIDs as rectal suppositories.
A Road Less Travelled: Is India Ready for Islamic Banking?
Authors: Dikshit Arushi , Pradhan Gayatri
Published: September 2016

Islamic Banking is an emerging model of banking which is currently practiced in several countries, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom. Its most intriguing aspect is that this banking system works on a purely no interest basis. Given the fact that India is a country with one of the largest Muslim population in the world, we believe it is important to understand the awareness, acceptability, and feasibility of introducing this system of banking in India. This paper primarily aims at discussing the legal viability of introducing such a system in India, given the laws present in the country, as well as gathering information on how forthcoming the population will be towards this banking system. For this purpose, a sample of the population was chosen from Pune and New Delhi, and surveyed with the help of a simple questionnaire, leading to the inference that most people are open to the concept of interest-free banking but are hesitant in accepting the Islamic ideology behind it.
Research on Ranking Algorithms in Web Structure Mining
Authors: Sharma Suvarna , Bhagat Amit
Published: September 2016

In the past few decades, the Web has emerged as a treasure of information and web mining is a technique to handle this treasure. During recent years web mining has been a well-researched area. Web mining is the application of the data mining which is useful to extract the knowledge from web. With the progress of web, more and more data are now available for users on web. Web structure mining deals with the contents and hyperlinks on web pages. In this review paper, we have focused on three basic algorithms for evaluating the importance of pages i.e. Page Rank, Weighted Page Rank, and Hyperlink-Induced Topic Search and comparison of those algorithms. Page Rank algorithm is based on back links of the page and it calculates the rank of web pages at indexing time. Weighted Page Rank algorithm scores pages according to their relevancies and rank of a page is calculated by its number of incoming and outgoing links. Hyperlink-induced topic search algorithm is an iterative algorithm developed to quantify each pages value as an authority and as a hub. This study was done basically to explore the link structure algorithms for ranking pages.
Reflection of Attention to the Social Comparison Information (ATSCI) Consumption Habit on Facebook (FB) Status Updates: An Empirical Investigation in Rural India
Authors: Das Manish
Published: September 2016

The paper concentrates mainly on international supplier partner selection problem and demonstrates how the MADM models, particularly TOPSIS method can be effectively used for partner selection decision in foreign market (especially Iran and Sweden companies). The result showed that, the Swedens best suppliers are not necessarily the most appropriate partner for Iranian companies because the importance of effective criteria is not the same for two countries.
A Study on Factors Determining Employee Job Satisfaction at Entrepreneurs Organisation
Authors: Bhoganadam Syamala Devi , Rao Dasaraju Srinivasa , Reddy A. Mahesh , Malina S. K.
Published: September 2016

Employees are considered as real assets for any organization in the modern economy because modern organizations believe that due to globalization employee retention is a major problem hence employees are treated as real assets for the organizations. Once employees are satisfied with the organization then employee retention takes place. Employee satisfaction is linked with employee job satisfaction. So this study concentrates on factors determining employee job satisfaction at Balaji Agencies and Industries. The main objective of the study is to determine the factors influencing job satisfaction of employees at Balaji Agencies and Industries. The other objectives were to calculate the Job Satisfaction Index (JSI) and to find the relationship between the personal factors and job satisfaction of employees. Data were collected from 53 employees at Balaji Agencies and Industries at Nellore. Data were analyzed using chi square analysis. The findings of the study reveal that there is no relationship between age, gender, educational qualification of employee and experience to the job satisfaction. It may be in relation with some other factors which are included in the study considered for scope of future research.
Managing Transformation of Rural India through Rural Non-Farm Economy
Authors: Tiwari Sanjay
Published: September 2016

Over the last three decades, economy has undergone a structural transformation as the share of rural non-farm sector (RNFS) is increasing in a country like India where 68% of people live in rural areas contributing 56% of Indias income, 64% of expenditure, and 33% of savings. A significant proportion of salaried (39%) and non-agricultural self-employed households (46%) are located in rural areas. RNFS also provides forward and backward linkage to the urban economy by way of supplying agricultural produces, food, vegetables, dairy products and semi-skilled & skilled manpower. Despite various policies, programmes, schemes, and strategies for rural development since the initiation of planned approach in 1951, rural India is still deprived of the socio-economic well-being as revealed by the latest Social, Economic and Caste Census, 2011 (SECC) and other studies. The factors responsible for the growth of Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) are, lower productivity of farms, sluggish growth rate of agriculture, shrinking farm size, increasing cultivation cost, rapid pace of urbanization, squeezing boundaries of rural-urban divide, increased wage rates in non-farm sector, accelerated pace of rural non-farm employment, and spiraling share of non-farm GDP. The present paper is a review paper attempting to examine and analyze the present status of Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) and propose the strategies for managing this transformation for achieving rural inclusive development.
Modeling Demand Chain Management (DCM) Processes for Indian Retailing
Authors: Deshmukh Arun Kumar , Mohan Ashutosh
Published: September 2016

The study aims at determining the core variables of demand chain management (DCM) which should ideally be the focus of senior management in order to accomplish higher organizational performance through improved supply chain practices. The research follows development survey based on descriptive-analytical research design. It initially involves identification and analysis of influential factors of implementation of DCM practices. Then these variables are organized into interpretive structural questionnaire given to ten experts-five academics and five retail supply chain experts. Subsequently, in order to obtain the enablers and outcomes the factors are analyzed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology. The study concentrates upon identifying the enablers and outcomes of the DCM practices implemented by the retailers in a supply chain. The major findings of the paper are: top management commitment and support in SC is the most significant enabler with the highest driving power i.e., they must be committed to and support the adoption of DCM practices. Besides this, the variables that management must consider significant are collaborative relationship with suppliers, internal integration, coordination, and information management. Further marketing orientation seems to be playing key role as enabler. The novelty of the paper lies in the study of an emerging SC philosophy i.e. DCM and its key practices per se. It has rarely been studied from a theory building perspective hitherto. Moreover, ISM-based approach is applied for the first time to study the DCM practices and its drivers vis-a-vis dependents. The variables possessing higher driving power in ISM needs to be dealt meticulously with on top priority because sooner or later they are going to influence the variables dependent on them.
El regreso de la barbarie. Una crítica etnográfica a las ontologías “premodernas”
Authors: Bartolomé Miguel
Published: September 2016

En lo últimos años, numerosos profesionales latinoamericanos se han orientado hacia la reciente tradición académica francesa representada por Philippe Descola, lo que ha resultado en una –hasta ahora apresurada– extrapolación de perspectivas elaboradas en el espacio amazónico al ámbito mesoamericano. Sin embargo, y aunque tampoco me parecen muy válidas para la amazonia, el cuestionamiento fundamental sobre estas propuestas teóricas es que a ellas subyace la concepción de la existencia de un “pensamiento indígena” o “amerindio”, diferenciado de un supuesto y homogéneo “pensamiento occidental” cartesiano; dualidad histórica con la que no puedo estar de acuerdo. Esto se enmarcaría dentro de una también inaceptable implícita propuesta evolucionista lineal subyacente, que supone una secuencia de formas de pensamiento que van desde las más “arcaicas” hasta la actual.
Santuarios prehispánicos identificados sobre cimas de cerros en Aguascalientes, México.
Authors: Macías Quintero Juan Ignacio , Villagrana Prieto Citlallitl Selene
Published: September 2016

Este trabajo considera la presencia de estructuras arqueológicas dispuestas sobre la cima de cerros en la región Centro-Norte de México, con énfasis en el valle del río Verde-San Pedro, Aguascalientes. Regularmente, los sitios dispuestos en cerros aislados y cimas escarpadas se han contemplado como fortificaciones que reflejaban conflictos e inestabilidad. Sin embargo, hemos identificado que estos asentamientos podrían ser de santuarios que, junto con otros elementos naturales y culturales (pintura rupestre, petrograbados y cuevas), sugieren un vínculo entre su emplazamiento sobre las cimas e intereses de orden ceremonial. Se espera que la información proporcionada expanda el estudio sobre los usos del paisaje y las dinámicas culturales desarrolladas en la frontera norte de Mesoamérica en el epiclásico.
Ser padre desde la incertidumbre. Experiencias de paternidad y divorcio de varones de clase media y alta en la Ciudad de México
Authors: Perujo Lavín Emilia
Published: September 2016

En este artículo se explora el trabajo de paternidad de algunos padres divorciados que no pueden convivir con sus hijas e hijos desde el punto de vista del parentesco como práctica y negociación dentro de un sistema de prescripciones y expectativas. Forma parte de la investigación doctoral “ ‘¿Qué clase de paternidad es esa?’ El trabajo de parentesco desde la incertidumbre”, donde se analizaron las experiencias de paternidad para varones partícipes de dos sistemas que parten de la división sexual del mundo: el parentesco y el derecho. El estudio de experiencias de ruptura e incertidumbre de algunos padres divorciados de la Ciudad de México y sus esfuerzos por actualizar su vínculo paterno-filial plantea nuevos retos a los estudios de parentesco contemporáneo.
Migrantes binacionales y participación política local: El Rey del Tomate en Jerez, Zacatecas.
Authors: Mestries Francis
Published: September 2016

Este artículo cuestiona el concepto de “transnacionalismo” y presenta el caso del migrante binacional exitoso llamado Andrés Bermúdez, que en los albores de las modificaciones legislativas sobre la doble nacionalidad y voto de los mexicanos en el extranjero saltó a la fama al competir por el cargo de alcalde en Jerez, su ciudad natal, logrando movilizar el entusiasmo del pueblo, en especial de los rancheros, con un discurso anticorrupción, antiélites tradicionales y renovación democrática. Se cuestiona la simultaneidad de la experiencia transnacional del migrante permanente, resaltando el distanciamiento espacial y temporal de su vivencia respecto a su pueblo natal, y los cambios culturales divergentes sufridos por el expatriado y por el país de origen.
La política eólica mexicana: Controversias sociales y ambientales debido a su implantación territorial. Estudios de caso en Oaxaca y Yucatán.
Authors: Zárate Toledo Ezequiel , Fraga Julia
Published: September 2016

La política eólica mexicana es impulsada por organismos de desarrollo internacionales que indujeron a los poderes públicos la adopción de una serie de mecanismos técnicos y financieros para la integración de las energías renovables al sistema eléctrico nacional. En este artículo se analiza el diseño de la política eólica mexicana y los conflictos relacionados con su implantación territorial. Para lograrlo nos basaremos en el análisis de caso de dos regiones del país: el sur del Istmo de Tehuantepec —una de las regiones más ventosas del mundo— y la Península de Yucatán. Ambos casos muestran los vacíos de una política eólica demasiado sectorial, tecnocéntrica y sin políticas como la ambiental que genera situaciones de confrontación con las poblaciones locales.
Omnia disce: Hugh of St. Victor on History, the Arts, and Exegesis
Authors: van Liere Frans
Published: September 2016

The twelfth-century theologian Hugh of St. Victor is generally credited with redefining history in its relationship to medieval biblical exegesis. He inspired exegetes to look beyond the text of Scripture at the historical realities behind it. This, in turn, led historiographers to take biblical exegesis more seriously as a source for historical knowledge. Hugh’s thinking deeply influenced the practice of medieval exegesis (as attested by the works of Andrew of St. Victor and Peter Comestor) and, albeit to a somewhat lesser extent, the writing of history in the thirteenth century, in the work of historians such as Helinand of Froidmont and Vincent of Beauvais.
Exegesis, Form, and Vernacular Translation in Pearl
Authors: Coley David K.
Published: September 2016

Written towards the close of the fourteenth century, the Middle English Pearl has attracted considerable scholarly attention both for its intricate poetic form and for its purchase in late-medieval devotional culture. This essay shows how Pearl’s form is, in fact, a crucial aspect of its exegetical programme, proposing that the poem mobilizes its signature aesthetic and poetic structures towards an ongoing process of informal biblical hermeneutics. It also reveals how Pearl engages, albeit somewhat obliquely, with the controversies over biblical translation occasioned by late-medieval lay demands for increasingly personal forms of devotion and, more specifically, by Wycliffite efforts at biblical translation.