bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of Choice of Test for Latent Tuberculosis Infection on Treatment Acceptance and Completion
Authors: Lambert Lauren A , Katz Dolly , Feng Pei-Jean , Djojonegoro Baby M , Fair Elizabeth , Jasuja Supriya , Marantz Susan , Horsburgh C Robert , Ho Christine
Published: November 2018

Objective:

The aim of this study is to assess whether choice of test for tuberculosis (TB) infection affects decisions to accept and complete treatment among contacts to TB cases.

Methods:

Retrospective study is conducted in which TB contacts, ⩾15 years old during 2005 and 2009, were tested for infection with either a tuberculin skin test (TST) or an interferon-gamma release assay test, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT).

Results:

Of 658 persons with valid test results, 185 (28%) had positive results, including 128 of 406 (32%) who had TST and 57 of 252 (23%) who received QFT-GIT. Treatment acceptance was 43 of 57 (75%) among QFT-GIT-positive and 97 of 128 (76%) among TST-positive persons (risk ratio [RR] = 1.0, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83-1.2). Treatment completion was 56% among QFT-GIT-positive (32 of 57) and 59% (75 of 128) among TST-positive persons (RR = 0.96, 95% CI, 0.73-1.26).

Discussion:

Our study showed no difference in proportions of TB contacts ⩾15 years old with positive TST results who accepted or completed LTBI treatment compared with those with positive QFT-GIT results. Future studies should include high-risk persons with no known TB exposure, who constitute the main reservoir for TB cases in the United States.
A parallel algorithm for network traffic anomaly detection based on Isolation Forest
Authors: Tao Xiaoling , Peng Yang , Zhao Feng , Zhao Peichao , Wang Yong
Published: November 2018

With the rapid development of large-scale complex networks and proliferation of various social network applications, the amount of network traffic data generated is increasing tremendously, and efficient anomaly detection on those massive network traffic data is crucial to many network applications, such as malware detection, load balancing, network intrusion detection. Although there are many methods around for network traffic anomaly detection, they are all designed for single machine, failing to deal with the case that the network traffic data are so large that it is prohibitive for a single computer to store and process the data. To solve these problems, we propose a parallel algorithm based on Isolation Forest and Spark for network traffic anomaly detection. We combine the advantages of Isolation Forest algorithm in network traffic anomaly detection and big data processing capability of Spark technology. Meanwhile, we apply the idea of parallelization to the process of modeling and evaluation. In the calculation process, by assigning tasks to multiple compute nodes, Isolation Forest and Spark can efficiently perform anomaly detection and evaluation process. By this way, we can also solve the problem of computation bottleneck on single machine. Extensive experiments on real world datasets show that our Isolation Forest and Spark is efficient and scales well for anomaly detection on large network traffic data.
Digital platforms: A literature review and policy implications for development
Authors: Rossotto Carlo Maria , Lal Das Prasanna , Gasol Ramos Elena , Clemente Miranda Eva , Badran Mona Farid , Martinez Licetti Martha , Miralles Murciego Graciela
Published: November 2018

This article takes stock of the literature around digital platforms and shows how this review can inform policy choices in developing countries. Through the review, this article sets a research agenda for platforms in emerging markets. Four elements are specifically analyzed. First, the definition of multisided platforms; second, technology and behavioral enablers; third, the emerging business models; and, fourth, platform dynamics. Each of these elements is assessed in terms of its relevance in emerging and developing countries. Policy implications for development are also highlighted, building the foundations for a new research agenda.
Maximizing the value for money of road projects through digitalization
Authors: Cruz Carlos Oliveira , Sarmento Joaquim Miranda
Published: November 2018

Roads are a central element of transportation systems, enabling economic and social development, fostering territorial cohesion and facilitating the movement of people and cargo. Governments have devoted significant financial resources to developing and improving their road networks, and are still facing increasing pressure to ensure proper maintenance and payments to those concessionaires that developed roads under public–private partnership arrangements. As in other sectors, digitalization is paving a way towards significant changes in the way we build, operate and finance infrastructure. These changes will have a profound impact on the entire life cycle of an infrastructure, from the design and/or construction stage, to its operation and transfer. This article provides an overall overview of the main technological developments which are, or could impact road infrastructure in the short, medium and long term. For each technological development identified in our research, we analyse the potential impact on Capex, Opex and revenues as well as their level of maturity and expected lifetime for mass adoption, and also the main bottlenecks or barriers to implementation. Additionally, we explore potential savings on investment (capex) and operational costs (opex) and increase in revenues, using data from the Portuguese highway companies. Savings can represent almost 30% of capex and opex. Overall, savings and increases in revenues can represent an impact similar to 20–40% of current revenues. The findings show that digitalization and technological development in the road sector can significantly impact the economic performance of roads, thus enhancing the value of money for the society. The findings also show that there might be some excess capacity of road systems once autonomous vehicles achieve higher market penetration. However, there are still some relevant legal, regulatory, institutional and technological and economic barriers that are slowing down the digitalization process.
Long-term exposure to air pollution raises circulating levels of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 in obese individuals
Authors: Macchi Chiara , Ferri Nicola , Favero Chiara , Cantone Laura , Vigna Luisella , Pesatori Angela C , Lupo Maria G , Sirtori Cesare R , Corsini Alberto , Bollati Valentina , Ruscica Massimiliano
Published: November 2018

Aims

Exposure to airborne particulate matter has been consistently associated with early death and increased morbidity, particularly raising the risk of cardiovascular disease. Obesity, one of the leading cardiovascular disease risk factors, increases susceptibility to the adverse effects of particulate matter exposure. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 has been related to a large number of cardiovascular risk factors, e.g. atherogenic lipoproteins, arterial stiffness and platelet activation. Thus, the present study was aimed at evaluating, in a series of obese individuals, the effects of particulate matter less than 10 µm in diameter (PM10) on proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 circulating levels.

Methods and results

In 500 obese subjects, participating in the cross-sectional Susceptibility to Particle Health Effects, miRNAs and Exosomes (SPHERE) study, we evaluated the effects of long- and short-term PM10 exposure on circulating proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels. In the studied individuals (body mass index: 33.3 ± 5.2 kg/m2) with an annual average PM10 exposure of 40.12 ± 4.71 µg/m3, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels were 248.7 ± 78.6 ng/mL. In univariate analysis, PM10 exposure (annual average) was associated with proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels (β=1.83, standard error = 0.75, p = 0.014). Interestingly, in a multivariable linear regression model, this association was observed only for carriers of lower concentrations of interferon-γ, whereas it was lost in the presence of higher interferon-γ levels. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels were positively associated with the Framingham Risk Score, which was raised by 15.8% for each 100 ng/ml rise of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9.

Conclusions

In obese individuals, more sensitive to the damaging effects of environmental air pollution, PM10 exposure positively associates with proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 plasma levels especially in those with low levels of interferon-γ.
Obstacles in prostate cancer screening: Current issues and future solutions
Authors: Patel Benjamin , Sriprasad Seshadri , Cadeddu Jeffrey , Thind Arron , Rane Abhay
Published: November 2018

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and is associated with unacceptably high mortality rates, yet an accurate and acceptable screening programme that detects clinically significant prostate cancer remains elusive. Although there is good evidence that prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening lowers prostate cancer-specific mortality, especially when conducted at high intensity, the harm caused by overinvestigation, overdiagnosis and overtreatment of clinically insignificant cases arguably outweighs these benefits. Several attempts have therefore been made to improve screening, enhancing the diagnostic value of PSA and identifying novel modalities for screening. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the benefits and harms, and analyse which of these novel screening methods show most promise.

Level of evidence: 5, expert opinion
Applications of Neuroscience in Coaching
Authors: Dixit Piyush , Dixit Prachi
Published: November 2018

The article contains a brief description of some basic principles of neuroscience with hints and examples of how they can be applied to executive coaching. The author has been using these principles actively in his coaching practice for the past five years. It is hoped that this article will motivate new and experienced coaches to invest in learning and applying these (and other) neuroscience principles in their coaching practice.
Social Neuroscience and HR: An Introductory Perspective
Authors: Tewari Shruti , Mahapatra Gopal P.
Published: November 2018

Human resource management (HRM) has evolved over the years and is constantly adapting to the advanced technologies and research endeavours to address the complexities of the corporate environment and aspirations of the stakeholders. In this article, the authors explain the relevance of neuroscientific research for HRM practices. Interdisciplinary nature and landmarks of social neuroscience and newly evolved discipline of organisational cognitive neuroscience are discussed. The nexus of Neuro–HR has phenomenal research and application opportunities to progress and enhance the quality of HRM for effective organisations leading to a healthier society. A significant use of neuroscience in HRM appears to be an interesting journey full of opportunities and challenges ahead.
Phase and structural features of tubular halloysite (7 Å)
Authors: Drits Victor A. , Sakharov Boris A. , Hillier Stephen
Published: November 2018

Despite many reviews and original articles, the actual crystal structure of tubular halloysites remains unclear. Analysis of the structural features of defect-free kaolinite, refined by Bish & von Dreele (1989), shows that the ordered 1Tc kaolinite structure can be described equally well by the orthogonal layer cell {a0, b0, γ0} (γ0 = 90°) or by two enantiomorphic oblique layer cells {a1, b1, γ1} and {a2, b2, γ2}, related to each other by a mirror plane. To simulate diffraction effects for tubular halloysite, the parameters and atomic coordinates of the orthogonal layer unit cell and the layer-displacement vectors t1 and t2 responsible for formation of the kaolinite enantiomorphs were deduced by transformation of the parameters of the defect-free kaolinite refined by Bish & von Dreele (1989). Modelling X-ray diffraction patterns show that the samples consist of either single, two or three phases, with the number and their structural features depending on the morphology of the particles. Samples formed of prismatic particles consist of halloysite-like structure (HLS), kaolinite-like structure (KLS) and halloysite cylindrical structure (HCS) phases occurring in various proportions. Samples of proper cylindrical tubes consist of a single HCS phase, whilst samples formed by particles having morphologies intermediate between proper cylindrical and well-developed prismatic forms consist of the KLS and HCS phases. The KLS phase is comparable to low-ordered platy kaolinite with identical unit-cell parameters, layer-displacement vectors and arbitrary stacking faults, except that the layer displacements are not random as in kaolinite, but are distributed at R = 1 such that t1 and t2 displacements have a strong tendency to be segregated. Structural parameters describing the HLS and KLS phases are identical, but in the HLS phase there is a strong tendency to the regular alternation of the t1 and t2 displacements, and the HLS phases do not contain arbitrary stacking faults. A characteristic feature of the three-phase prismatic samples is that the stacking of the layers along the c* axis is periodic and the layer thicknesses are similar to those of platy kaolinite. In contrast, in the KLS phase formed in samples with particles of intermediate morphologies, the hydrated 10 and 7.25 Å layers are interstratified. The relationship between the structural and morphological features of the coexisting phases suggests a sequence of phase formation from the centre to the surface of halloysite tubes that progresses from the HCS to the HLS via the KLS phase. The results of this study demonstrate that all kaolinite and halloysite (7 Å) varieties are built by the same fundamental structural units.
American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients
Authors: Schünemann Holger J. , Cushman Mary , Burnett Allison E. , Kahn Susan R. , Beyer-Westendorf Jan , Spencer Frederick A. , Rezende Suely M. , Zakai Neil A. , Bauer Kenneth A. , Dentali Francesco , Lansing Jill , Balduzzi Sara , Darzi Andrea , Morgano Gian Paolo , Neumann Ignacio , Nieuwlaat Robby , Yepes-Nuñez Juan J. , Zhang Yuan , Wiercioch Wojtek
Published: November 2018

In October 2022, these guidelines were reviewed by an expert work group convened by ASH. Review included limited searches for new evidence and discussion of the search results. Following this review, the ASH Committee on Quality agreed to continue monitoring the supporting evidence rather than revise or retire these guidelines at this time. Limited searches and expert review will be repeated annually going forward until these guidelines are revised or retired.

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common vascular disease. Medical inpatients, long-term care residents, persons with minor injuries, and long-distance travelers are at increased risk.

Objective: These evidence-based guidelines from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) intend to support patients, clinicians, and others in decisions about preventing VTE in these groups.

Methods: ASH formed a multidisciplinary guideline panel balanced to minimize potential bias from conflicts of interest. The McMaster University GRADE Centre supported the guideline-development process, including updating or performing systematic evidence reviews. The panel prioritized clinical questions and outcomes according to their importance for clinicians and adult patients. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to assess evidence and make recommendations, which were subject to public comment.

Results: The panel agreed on 19 recommendations for acutely ill and critically ill medical inpatients, people in long-term care facilities, outpatients with minor injuries, and long-distance travelers.

Conclusions: Strong recommendations included provision of pharmacological VTE prophylaxis in acutely or critically ill inpatients at acceptable bleeding risk, use of mechanical prophylaxis when bleeding risk is unacceptable, against the use of direct oral anticoagulants during hospitalization, and against extending pharmacological prophylaxis after hospital discharge. Conditional recommendations included not to use VTE prophylaxis routinely in long-term care patients or outpatients with minor VTE risk factors. The panel conditionally recommended use of graduated compression stockings or low-molecular-weight heparin in long-distance travelers only if they are at high risk for VTE.
ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЯ О СЕБЕ ПОЖИЛЫХ ЛЮДЕЙ С РАЗНЫМИ ТИПАМИ СТАРЕНИЯ
Authors: Gudzovskaya Alla Anatolievna
Published: November 2018

Тема исследования. Представления о себе пожилых людей с разными типами старения.Предмет исследования: структура категорий представлений о себе, отраженных в Я-концепции пожилых людей.Цель. Мы ставили целью определить направления психологической поддержки пожилых людей, для чего изучить представления пожилых людей о себе и своей жизни, соотнести представления с типом старения. Эта цель вызвана тем обстоятельством, что в психологической литературе недостаточно опубликованных исследований, позволяющих построить эффективную психологическую помощь пожилым людям, учитывающую особенности именно этого возрастного периода жизни.Методы. Полуструктурированное интервью для определения типа старения (по А. Качкину). Контент-анализ эссе «Я человек» для выявления представлений о себе.Результаты. Экспериментальная работа позволила выявить долю людей пожилого возраста, которые нуждаются в психологической поддержке – это почти половина всех стариков. Жизнь этих людей не освещена надеждой, каким-либо интересами, их тип старения – угасающий, то есть психологически они ждут конца своей жизни. Другая половина пожилых людей является примером того, что, несмотря на часто не легкие материальные условия, разочарования, отсутствие социального статуса, жизнь в позднем возрасте может оставаться деятельной, творческой, насыщенной, осмысленной.Выводы. Найденные взаимосвязи между типами старения и субъективно-психологическими характеристиками пожилых людей, позволяют перейти к этапу построения специализированной психологической помощи в позднем возрасте, основанной на развитии представлений о себе и собственной жизни.Область применения результатов. Результаты проведенного исследования позволили разработать программу по психологии для образовательного проекта «Университет пожилых 2.0» Ассоциации выпускников СаМГУ, (Проект 17-2-005755 фонда Президентских грантов).
Concepts of Different Levels in Audit: Purpose, Content, Combination
Authors: Гутцайт Евгений , Guttsayt E.
Published: November 2018

The article presents a hierarchical system of audit concepts, which focuses on the concept of audit, it deduces the concept of a lower level (for example, the concept of improving audit activity at the present stage of development of audit in the Russian Federation), and it is generalized to the concept of all fi nancial control. The connection of audit concepts of diff erent levels with the solution of actual problems of domestic audit is shown.
Modern Aspects of Institutionalization of Accounting Science
Authors: Миславская Н. , Mislavskaya N.
Published: November 2018

Th e article is devoted to the substantiation of the problems of the development of the modern Russian accounting system. Th e author, analyzing the signs of external institutionalization of science, points to a number of unresolved issues in the organization of scientifi c activity and determined by the regulatory paradigm underlying the functioning of the national accounting system.
Organization of the System of Internal Control in Higher Educational Institutions in the Information Society
Authors: Каширская Л. , Kashirskaya L. , Ситнов Алексей , Sitnov Alyeksyey , Шамашева К. , Shamasheva K.
Published: November 2018

Th e article reveals the special relevance in the activities of higher educational institutions of the formation of a modern system of internal control and risk management system arising in the course of their activities. The authors off ered their point of view and ways to develop the methodology and tools for creating a system of internal control and risk management of higher education institutions.
Ensaio sobre a condição fantasmagórica do termo crise Ou Do esquecimento da terra
Authors: Da Costa Fábio Antonio
Published: November 2018

A história do conceito de crise é a história da instauração de uma forma de temporalização, a qual abriga em si modos de aceleração e desaceleração. Segundo Koselleck, seria necessário observar como o processo acelerador da modernidade esquece as condições terrenas: a natureza e os ciclos humanos de vida. Tal reconsideração significa uma recordação da terra. Para além de tempos históricos cíclicos ou lineares, este ensaio trata da razão pela qual comunidades minoritárias, quilombolas e de matrizes africanas, são refratários ao conceito de crise e oferecem formas de vida desaceleradas. As difíceis negociações entre essas comunidades e o Estado se devem, em seu fundamento último, à condição fantasmagórica que leis, território e antepassados assumem para a modernidade europeia.
Antropofagia ou Simbiose? Uma questão do modernismo brasileiro
Authors: Motta Maria Cristina Machado
Published: November 2018

O modernismo brasileiro foi um movimento que pensou a originalidade da nossa cultura, seja através da visão folclórica de Mario de Andrade em Macunaíma, seja através da poesia mágica e amazônica de Raul Bopp em Cobra Norato, seja através das formas coloridas e primitivas do Abaporu de Tarsila do Amaral ou do Manifesto Antropófago de Oswald de Andrade. A antropofagia modernista assumiu características canibais quando pensou na devoração do outro como modo de auto-sustentação e fortalecimento. Entretanto, há de necessidade de fazer uma distinção entre canibalismo e antropofagia: o primeiro conceito se dá em um nível biológico, enquanto o segundo se dá em um nível mágico e ritualístico. Mas o fato é que ambos os termos usados para repensar a cultura nacional, nos aproximam da Biologia, que tem como temas principais a evolução e a origem da vida: todos os seres que existem descendem de associações, permanentes ou transientes, entre espécies primitivas diferentes. Não é possível descrever com exatidão como a vida surgiu, mas com certeza a devoração e o canibalismo fizeram parte de eventos evolutivos que nos possibilitam hoje existir com diversidade e plenitude. “Nós somos todos Canibais”, como concluiu em seu ensaio etnológico Lévi-Strauss. “Nós somos todos Simbiose”, como concluo ao longo de vários anos como cientista que estuda a biologia da evolução celular. Neste breve ensaio vou me deter na questão da antropofagia e do canibalismo, nos seus conceitos e na possibilidade destas relações participarem no processo de reinvenção da cultura brasileira. Ao mesmo tempo, vou questionar a proposta do Manifesto Antropófago e repensar sua criação não através da antropofagia, mas sim através da simbiose, relação biológica que dá origem a novos seres, a novas coisas e especialmente a novos modos de pensar.
Quatro perguntas para Rubens R R Casara
Authors: Miguel Leonardo Rogério , Casara Rubens Roberto Rebello
Published: November 2018

Desde as “Marchas de 2013” às Eleições Presidenciais de 2018, passando pelo Impeachment de Dilma Rousseff e a prisão do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “crise” é uma das palavras recorrentes na mídia e nas ruas. Esses eventos e suas impactantes consequências foram motivados como soluções para, assim declaradas, “crise política”, crise de representatividade”, “crise das instituições”. Contudo, supostas soluções para crises surtem efeitos inesperados e, em muitos casos, podem alimentar profecias autorrealizáveis. Talvez, esta seja a condição daquilo que há, aproximadamente, dois anos é chamado de “crise do Estado Democrático de Direito”. É a respeito dessa “crise”, bem como de uma de suas narrativas, que trata o livro Estado Pós-democrático: neo-obscurantismo e gestão dos indesejáveis, do juiz de direito Rubens Roberto Rebello Casara. A bem da verdade, Casara declara não haver uma crise do Estado Democrático de Direito no país, mas uma manipulação do conceito e de uma narrativa sobre as recentes condições políticas e jurídicas nacionais para camuflar a situação real: o estado de exceção. Rubens R. R. Casara é juiz de direito do Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro. Professor no Programa de Pós-graduação Strictu Sensu em Saúde Pública da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. O livro Estado Pós-democrático: neo-obscurantismo e gestão dos indesejáveis foi publicado pela editora Civilização Brasileira em 2017. Pela mesma editora, Casara publicou recentemente Sociedade sem Lei: pós-democracia, personalidade autoritária, idiotização e barbárie (2018)
Working for an agency
Authors: Ellwood Fiona
Published: November 2018

The Society of British Dental Nurses (SBDN) receives a high volume of calls relating to agency work. Here, its patron Fiona Ellwood hears from Cheryl Walters, of Lifeline Dental Agency on what it means for you
The cleanest victory
Authors: Kotoulas Yiannis
Published: November 2018

Yiannis Kotoulas reveals the winners of this year's schulke Infection Prevention and Control Practice of the Year
Making mouths matter
Authors: Fletcher Claire
Published: November 2018

A pioneering new programme called Mini Mouthcare Matters (Mini MCM) recently launched at Great Ormond Street Hospital to deliver training in oral health care. We hear from dental nurse Claire Fletcher about the project
Online dental care
Authors: Hunter Leigh
Published: November 2018

‘I've yet to meet someone who enjoys parking their rear end in a dental chair’ oral health coach Leigh Hunter on her 21st-century approach to dentistry
On the right track
Authors: Worthington Debra
Published: November 2018

Debra Worthington is an orthodontic nurse and president of the Orthodontic National Group. She shares her career journey…
Dental nursing – ‘not just for dental nurses’
Authors: Male Emma
Published: November 2018

Dentists who have studied dentistry outside the EU are required to take the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) in order to become registered with the General Dental Council and practise as a dentist in the UK. Some are turning to dental nursing while they wait. Emma Male reports
FISIOLOGI PERTUMBUHAN, POTENSI AKTIFITAS PRODUKSI N2O DAN GEN FUNGSIONAL PENYANDINYA PADA BEBERAPA ISOLAT BAKTERI DENITRIFIKASI
Authors: Agustiyani Dwi , Laili Nur , Antonius Sarjiya
Published: November 2018

Physiological characters of four denitrifying bacteria (Bacillus sp. CPNS, Bacillus thuringiensis UPT1, Brevundimonas diminuta EA1 and Bacillus sp. UPSB) were studied based on the growth ability on various nitrate concentrations and the production of N2O gas. The characters of denitrifying bacteria were also evaluated through the existence of functional genes nirS and nosZ, encoding the nitrite reduction and nitrous oxide reduction enzymes which have important role on denitrification processes. The study showed that Bacillus sp. UPSB and Bacillus sp. CPNS isolates have a linear growth with the increasing concentration of KNO3. The N2O gas production of Bacillus sp. UPSB isolate was relatively high, about 70 ?/l, Bacillus sp. CPNS isolate was 25?/l, while the Bacillus thuringiensis UPT1 isolate was 5 ?/l and Brevundimonas diminuta EA1 isolate was 8 ?/l. It was also indicated that both Bacillus sp. UPSB and Bacillus sp. CPNS had high deninitrification activities. It was confirmed that all isolates were contained functional gen of nirS and nosZ.
PERTUMBUHAN DAN PRODUKSI TEBU (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; POACEAE) PADA BERBAGAI PAKET PEMUPUKAN DI LAHAN KERING BERPASIR
Authors: Supriyadi Supriyadi , Diana Nunik Eka , Djumali Djumali
Published: November 2018

Improvement of cultivation technology is a part of the sugarcane intensification programs to supply the national sugar demand. Fertilization package is one component in of the of cultivation technology improvement. The research aims to obtain the information on (1) the role of Ca + Mg versus Sulfur nutrients, (2) the integration of low-dosage compound fertilizers with manure versus high-dosage compound fertilizers without manure, and (3) moderate-dosage versus very high-dosage of compound fertilizer without manure in improving productivity, sugar yield and economic benefits in sandy upland. The research was conducted in November 2012 - October 2013 at Asembagus Experimental Station, Situbondo, East Java. Four fertilizer packages was arranged in a Randomized Block Design and replicated three times. Data were analyzed by orthogonal contrast. The results showed that package of compound fertilizer containing Ca + Mg inccreased productivity (11,67%), sugar yield (15,51%) and economic benefit (293,3%) from the package of fertilizer without containing Ca + Mg with high-dosage Sulfur. Package of high-dosage compound fertilizer containing Ca + Mg without manure inccreased productivity (5.82%), sugar yield (8.26%) and economic benefit (54%) from package of low-dose fertilizer + manure. Package of very high-dosage compound fertilizer containing Ca + Mg inccreased productivity (32%), sugar yield (31,32%) and economic benefit (347,7%) from moderate-dosage fertilizer package.
Secondary pollen presentation and foral traits of Heliconia psittacorum
Authors: Nascimento Talita Oliveira , Silva Patricia Campos , Loges Vivian , Mariotto Sandra , Krause Willian , Silva Celice Alexandre
Published: November 2018

The secondary presentation of pollen consists of a foral mechanism where the presentation of pollen occurs in other foral structures in addition to the anther, in order to increase the precision of the dispersion of the pollen by the vectors. This study aims to describe the temporal dynamics of secondary pollen presentation, and morphological and morphometric characteristics in stages of pre- anthesis and anthesis in genotypes of fve natural Heliconia psittacorum populations. For the study of foral morphometry traits of length of the fower, stamen, stigma and height of flament insertion in the petal in bud and fower were measured. The foral morphology of pre-anthesis buds and fowers in anthesis, the presence or absence of characteristics such as herkogamy, region of flament insertion in the petal, region of stylar hairs, and of secondary pollen deposition were evaluated. Treatments of controlled pollinations, self-pollination, geitonogamy, cross-pollination, natural pollination and growth to pollen tube were sampled. Floral herkogamy and pollen transfer to the adhered hairs in the stylar region were clearly observed during anthesis, constituting the frst record of occurrence of secondary pollen presentation in Heliconiaceae. Pollen tube growth was inhibited in the stigmatic, style and basal regions of the pistil. Natural fruiting produced little or no fruit. The positioning of the stamens above the stigma, pollen viability and stigma receptivity during anthesis of H. psittacorum fowers may favor self-pollination. The stylar hairs observed in all H. psittacorum populations’ help in the retention of pollen grains. The low fruiting rate in controlled and natural pollinations suggest that the main propagation form of H. psittacorum in the study areas is based on asexual reproduction.
Dermatitis digital en novillos de feedlot: Descripción de 2 brotes en el Noroeste Argentino
Authors: MICHELOUD Juan Francisco , COLQUE CARO Luis Adrián , ARGUELLO Gabriel , ROQUES Juan , DELGADO Fernando Martín
Published: November 2018

La Dermatitis Digital (DD) es una afección podal de distribución mundial. Al igual que otras enfermedades que afectan al pie bovino induce a evidentes cojeras, con las consecuentes pérdidas productivas y económicas. Comúnmente se la describe en el ganado lechero y raramente en ganado de carne. En este trabajo se presentan dos brotes de DD en novillos de feed-lot del Noroeste Argentino. Se destacan aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos, patológicos y de diagnóstico. La incidencia fue de 5 y 35 %. Las lesiones se identificaron típicamente en el área palmar de los miembros posteriores e histopatológicamente se observó una dermatitis necrotizante con infiltrado neutrofílico. Mediante la tinción Warthin-Starry se identificaron espiroquetas intralesionales en el 50% (4/8) de las muestras colectadas.
La ficción biográfica entre Francia, Argentina e Italia (Schwob, Borges, Wilcock, Tabucchi)
Authors: Eissen Ariane , Zenarruza de Clement Silvia
Published: November 2018

La ruptura introducida por la Vidas Imaginarias de Marcel Schwob en el género de la biografía ha seducido a Jorge Luis Borges, cuya influencia se ha ejercido a su vez en escritores como Juan Rodolfo Wilcock o Antonio Tabucchi. Estudiando la práctica de la ficción biográfica en esos cuatro autores, este artículo pone el acento sobre sus poéticas y el tipo de relación instaurada con el lector.
El lector exiliado y el texto autobiográfico en la Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez de Jorge Semprún
Authors: Valis Noëll
Published: November 2018

Este artículo analiza la relación entre autobiografía, lector y comunicabilidad en una obra de gran complejidad, la Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez, de Jorge Semprún. El problema de la comunicabilidad se intensifica con textos contemporáneos que son explícitamente ideológicos. ¿Cómo leemos estas obras, especialmente cuando los valores y creencias que se expresan en ellas no coinciden con los nuestros? Se complica más la recepción de esta obra al producir dentro del texto una mente exiliada de sí misma y fuera, un lector exiliado del texto.
La Revue de Littérature comparée: un lugar de memoria
Authors: Pageaux Henri , Zenarruza de Clément Silvia
Published: November 2018

Sobre la Revue.
Recherche littéraire/Investigación literaria. Breve presentación
Authors: Maufort Marc , Lainatti María Inés
Published: November 2018

Recherche littéraire
RSEI. Revista de la Sociedad Española de Italianistas
Authors: González Martín Vicente
Published: November 2018

Revista de la Sociedad española de Italianistas, es el medio fundamental de la difusión de los resultados científicos de los italianistas españoles.
Boletín de Literatura Comparada Centro de Literatura Comparada Nicolás J. Dornheim, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Authors: Simón Paula
Published: November 2018

En 1976 el Centro de Literatura Comparada en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo se propuso difundir las investigaciones llevadas a cabo por sus miembros, lo que derivó en la edición del Boletín de Literatura Comparada.
Literatura e Sociedade
Authors: Natali Marcos , Otsuka Edu Teruki
Published: November 2018

El Departamento de Teoría Literaria y Literatura Comparada de la Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidade de São Paulo en Brasil publica la revista Literatura e Sociedade desde 1996
Reseña Un punto ciego Vigo-roso
Authors: Barisone Ornela Soledad
Published: November 2018

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Reseña El llamado de Oriente. Historia cultural del orientalismo argentino (1900–1950)
Authors: Bujaldón de Esteves Lila
Published: November 2018

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Índice
Authors: Crolla Adriana
Published: November 2018

índice
¿Nueva, novísima o novedosa? De la novísima poesía según Edgardo Antonio Vigo a la poesía experimental digital.
Authors: Kozak Claudia
Published: November 2018

A partir de la discusión en torno de la noción de «novísima poesía», tal como la propuso Edgardo Antonio Vigo, el texto analiza vinculaciones entre la poesía experimental en la que se enmarcó la propuesta de Vigo y la poesía digital. Aunque Vigo no haya escrito nunca poesía digital, el tipo de poética que impulsó está implicada en una gran parte de las experimentaciones poéticas digitales. El hilo conductor de la argumentación se ubica del lado de las potencialidades de la poesía experimental digital, en vinculación con un tipo de poética como la de Vigo, para abrir la experiencia artística a nuevas variedades de mundo por fuera de los caminos estandarizados de las sociedades informatizadas en las que se inscribe y en oposición a su mera novedad.
El grabado en madera como arte tocable. Edgardo Antonio-Vigo y el Museo de la Xilografía de La Plata
Authors: Dolinko Silvia
Published: November 2018

El artista platense Edgardo Antonio Vigo mantuvo a lo largo de su trayectoria algunas inquietudes que articularon su labor creativa individual con la esfera de lo social, como la posibilidad del intercambio y la aspiración a una circulación artística extendida. Su voluntad de propugnar un acceso amplio y desacralizado a la obra de arte fue vehiculizado en gran medida a través de distintos proyectos gráficos; entre ellos, la propuesta del Museo de la Xilografía de La Plata fue la que tuvo mayor continuidad en el tiempo. Edición, circulación e intercambio fueron los ejes del programa de ese museo circulante albergado en cajas-valija que le permitía trasladar la colección de grabados a distintos ámbitos, públicos o privados. Las estampas originales y múltiples de su patrimonio resultan así un buen ejemplo de lo que Vigo propuso como «arte tocable».
Edgardo Pesante: re-construcciones del intelectual santafesino
Authors: Perna Carla , Galetti Ivana
Published: November 2018

La presente investigación se desarrolla en el marco del proyecto CAI+D (en curso) «Tradiciones selectivas: trazo(a)s presentes y emergentes de la migración italiana y francófona de la ciudad de Santa Fe» (FHUC-UNL) y tiene por objeto un primer acercamiento a la figura del escritor santafesino Edgardo Pesante como «intelectual», atendiendo a la complejidad que dicho concepto condensa. Para ello se trabajará sobre tres aristas: sus facetas como escritor, gestor de políticas de promoción cultural (específicamente literarias) y crítico. Esta aproximación, si bien se aclara primitiva, resulta de interés para pensar no sólo los lindes o puntos de contacto con otros agentes culturales de la provincia de Santa Fe, sino también la importancia que su figura de intelectual constituye para la región (cuestión que ya vislumbramos en estudios previos con el análisis de caso de Domingo Buonocore).
Anacrusa, comienzo y silencio. Blanchot y la voz (no humana) venida de otra parte
Authors: Billi Noelia
Published: November 2018

En los textos que dedica a Louis-René des Forêts, Maurice Blanchot profundiza sus análisis de la curiosa coexistencia de la voz, la muerte y el silencio que se da en la figura del infante. Allí ambos escritores se encuentran ante una voz que, viniendo de lo no humano (del espacio de ultratumba), es inasignable y resiste el pasaje a la significación que caracteriza al Hombre. En el recorrido que proponemos se hace manifiesta una voz que no se opone ni excluye al silencio, y un silencio que no deriva del callarse de la palabra. De tal manera, la diferencia inaudible entre naître (nacer) y n’être (no ser) adquiere el furor calmo de esos enigmáticos poemas de des Forêts, el poeta que sumido en el mutismo halló que para no escribir tendría que escribir sin fin hasta el fin (o a partir de él).
La venganza
Authors: Antelo Raúl
Published: November 2018

La literatura (sobre todo la latinoamericana, en Argentina pero también en todas partes) solicita su lectura, exige ser leída. A la vez, es siempre ilegible y su lector es obviamente inexistente, con la salvedad de que esa inexistencia esté sin embargo referida a antecedentes y consecuentes. Al leer siempre rescatamos presencias obliteradas y presentes esfumados por la simple razón de que, convertida en potencia nihilista, la literatura vaga por el libro de arena pero también gira, anacrónicamente, alrededor de su propio desgarro, en busca de una reserva de imaginación, una contra–historia, a partir de la cual desactivar la inercia. Este texto teórico asume, por lo tanto, que paralelamente a la historia como práctica y discurso a pelo de la soberanía, le sobreviene una contra–historia que señala la servidumbre oscura e involuntaria, la profecía pero también la promesa, cuyos procesos se distinguen en tramados concomitantes de heterologías, heterotopías, heteronomías y heterocronías variadas, cuando no contradictorias.
Brasil y la imaginación novomundana. Acerca de la imagen de América latina y su literatura
Authors: Cherri Leonel
Published: November 2018

Este trabajo tiene por objeto retornar, anacrónica (Didi-Huberman) y rapsódicamente (Antelo 2013), a una serie de experiencias brasileñas en las que podemos leer distintas imágenes de la literatura y de las artes latinoamericanas cuya singularidad y potencia conviene interrogar. Este mandato a la vez crítico y ético se desprende del recorrido que Brasil ha ocupado en la construcción del campo de la literatura latinoamericana y en la imagen misma de América Latina.

Por lo tanto, nos proponemos detenernos en unas figuras que desde 1492 al presente aparecen con insistencia en la literatura y las otras artes latinoamericanas agitando sus potencias imaginarias. Me refiero a las sirenas, a los caníbales, a lo primitivo, a lo térreo, a lo orgánico y a lo mágico. Se tratan de figuras y/o elementos paradigmáticos que ponen de relieve a Brasil en relación con la imagen de América Latina.
Hasta que la muerte las separe. Crítica literaria y teoría en la Argentina (algunas notas)
Authors: Dalmaroni Miguel
Published: November 2018

Se ensayan aquí tres hipótesis: la estrecha y duradera relación de la crítica literaria argentina con la teoría no es una característica local (aunque no universal, es más bien global); en la Argentina la teoría literaria se enseña pero no se escribe; «teoría» es un nombre reemplazable, que usábamos en el siglo XX para señalar de modo tentativo un tipo de pensamiento acerca de ciertas contingencias donde interviene algo que seguimos llamando «literatura».
La teoría literaria como forma de intervención en lo público.Reflexiones teóricas, ejemplos argentinos y un caso cubano: la revista Diáspora(s)
Authors: Iriarte Ignacio
Published: November 2018

Este trabajo tiene como propósito abordar algunos usos de la teoría literaria en América Latina. En la primera parte, elaboro una serie de reflexiones sobre la teoría, la ética y la relación que la teoría literaria mantiene con la sociedad. A partir de estas reflexiones, formulo la hipótesis de que la teoría es una forma de intervenir en lo social. En la segunda parte propongo un repaso breve por algunos usos de la sociología de la cultura que se hicieron en Argentina en los años 80 y 90. En la cuarta parte pongo a prueba la hipótesis por medio de una descripción de la revista cubana Diáspora(s), publicada entre 1997 y 2002.
Sobre: Los intelectuales: profesionalización, politización, internacionalización; Las condiciones de producción y circulación de los bienes simbólicos y Les écrivains et la politique en France. De l’affaire Dreyfus à la guerre d’Algérie, de Gisèle Sapiro
Authors: Gerbaudo Analía Isabel
Published: November 2018

Sobre: Los intelectuales: profesionalización, politización, internacionalización; Las condiciones de producción y circulación de los bienes simbólicos y Les écrivains et la politique en France. De l’affaire Dreyfus à la guerre d’Algérie, de Gisèle Sapiro.
Sobre: Cine y dinero. Imaginarios ficcionales y sociales de la Argentina (1978–2000), de Marcela Visconti
Authors: Kratje Julia
Published: November 2018

Reseña de Cine y dinero. Imaginarios ficcionales y sociales de la Argentina (1978–2000), de Marcela Visconti.
Jews and the Cholera Epidemics in Amsterdam in 1832 and 1849
Authors: Snel Harmen , Straten Jits van
Published: November 2018

Es gibt widersprüchliche Berichte in der Literatur in Bezug auf die Immunität der Juden gegen Infektionskrankheiten wie Pocken, Tuberkulose und Cholera. Diese Forschung bezieht sich auf die Choleraepidemien in den Jahren 1832 und 1849. Es lässt sich feststellen, dass die jüdische Bevölkerungsgruppe nicht resistenter gegen die Cholera war als die nicht-jüdische. Die Sterblichkeit war sogar signifikant höher bei Juden. Die Autoren zeigen, dass Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit nicht auf die Religion, sondern auf die sozialen Umstände, vor allem die Qualität des Trinkwassers, zurückzuführen sind.
汉语并列关系定语统计分析
Authors: 奚强 肖 , 则云 高
Published: November 2018

提要：

并列关系定语是多项定语中特殊的一类，可以是词并列、短语并列以及词和短语混合并列。并列关系定语的各并列项之间可以是无标记的，也可以通过标点、连词、副词、连词副词同现以及多项连接方式共现等方式进行并列。定语标记词 “的” 的隐现与各并列项的性质、并列关系定语的语义等有密切的联系，总体上倾向于使用 “的” ，进行强调时会在每一个并列项后都使用 “的”。并列关系定语的排序原则比较多样，总体使用倾向为：逻辑关系原则＞显著性原则＞重要性原则＞形式原则＞约定俗成原则＞时间先后原则＞熟悉程度原则＞对应原则＞文化原则＞立足点原则、语序自由＞多项原则＞空间原则。语义重心在后占有一定优势。
“互联网+” 背景下对外汉语教学模式研究
Authors: 颖萍 梁 , 怡安 张 , 冀皖 韩
Published: November 2018

提要：

互联网是进行对外汉语教学的重要工具和手段，将互联网同传统对外汉语教学相结合，对探索 “互联网+对外汉语教学” 的创新模式，适应当代汉语国际推广要求有重要的推动作用，同时也符合国家推广互联网+教育的重要战略方针。本文从对外汉语教学方法革新的角度，剖析互联网方针指引下，对外汉语教学模式的创新形式。文章主要以太原理工大学的留学生和太原理工大学国际教育交流学院的对外汉语教师为研究对象，探析互联网对留学生汉语学习以及对汉语教师日常教学的影响，并对 “互联网+” 背景下对外汉语教学模式的发展进行探索和思考，从而为培养高质量、高水平的对外汉语教学人才提供教学方法方面的参考。
Ḫrāfāt aus Nordafrika: Hans Stummes Sammlung Märchen der Berbern von Tamazratt in Südtunesien
Authors: Tabassi Mohamed
Published: November 2018

Die ersten Sammler maghrebinischer Oralkultur waren keine Einheimischen, sondern hauptsächlich deutsche Orientalisten. Zu diesen zählt auch Hans Stumme, dessen Sammlung Märchen der Berbern von Tamazratt in Südtunesien die Grundlage dieses Beitrages darstellt. Seine Texte verstehen sich als eine kunstvolle, poetische Verdichtung der Wirklichkeit; somit bietet das maghrebinische Märchen auf der imagologischen Ebene stets einen besonderen, fast einmaligen Aufschluss über die Gesellschaft und Kultur der Berber, ihre Normen und Werte und den sprach-ästhetischen Wert ihrer Dichtung. Der Beitrag behandelt am Beispiel ausgewählter Märchen nicht nur kulturelle Themen, sondern auch die Einbildungskraft der Berber, um in diesem Zusammenhang gerade auch das spezifisch Maghrebinische zu verdeutlichen.
Wirtshäuser in polnischen Märchen
Authors: Grzywka Katarzyna
Published: November 2018

Das Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist es, die Wirtshäuser der polnischen Märchen aufgrund der Analyse von 55 Volksmärchen aus den Sammlungen von Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890) zu rekonstruieren und damit auch nach ihrer Lage und Ausstattung zu fragen. Im nächsten Schritt wird der Versuch unternommen, ihre Funktion im Rahmen der Handlungsentwicklung zu bestimmen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass das Wirtshaus im polnischen Märchen primär als Raum voller Gefahren und Unannehmlichkeiten, als Ort der Rechtsprechung und Racheausübung, aber auch als Raum für Informationenvermittlung fungiert.
Is awareness enough to bring patients to colorectal screening?
Authors: Dénes Márton István , Nădășan Valentin , Molnar Călin , Bancu Șerban , Borz Cristian Oliviu , Ábrám Zoltán
Published: November 2018

Background

The aim of the study was to assess the awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients about CRC screening methods and to investigate the relationship between awareness, socio-demographic characteristics and the stage in which patients with CRC are diagnosed.

Methods

The observational cross-sectional study included 275 CRC patients admitted between 2014 and 2016 to two surgical clinics from Tîrgu Mureş, Romania. Study variables were collected via face-to-face interview and from patients’ observation sheets.

Results

Only 41.5% of the patients heard about cancer screening and 6.5% about specific CRC screening methods. Mass-media was the major source of information (85.1%) followed to a much lesser extent (14.9%) by family, friends, and colleagues. Health professionals did not contribute at all to informing patients about screening methods. Awareness about screening methods was statistically associated with the patients’ residence, age, and educational achievement, but not with the stage of CRC.

Conclusion

The level of awareness of CRC screening methods was very low among the CRC patients included in the study but it could not predict the stage in which malignancy was diagnosed, suggesting that awareness alone is not enough to bring patients to undergo early CDC screening procedures.