bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The dog was acting: Designing an animation tool to enable children and young people to express their views about their health state
Authors: Abbiss Matt , Ashworth Joan , Abrines Neus , Cairns John , Wray Jo , Brown Katherine , Guerriero Carla
Published: November 2018

Children’s Health State Preferences Learnt from Animation (CHILDSPLA) is an innovative, multidisciplinary collaboration between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal College of Art, London. The team came together to develop an animated iPad app aiming to measure the health states of children, designed to gather key data directly from them rather than through a parent or carer. Successful development of a child-friendly method for collecting health information directly from children would add considerably to the ability to measure outcomes and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments. It was expected that the app would allow children as young as 4 years old to express their views, not only because it required lower literacy competencies but also because it would be more engaging. For example, the app was designed to ask the child, ‘on a scale of 1–5 how much pain are you in today?’ but, rather than text or voice, the app showed animated representations of pain, sleeplessness and annoyance, etc. Children were involved from the outset in the design of the character and the animation performances., The style of the animation needed to be tested by the young target users to observe their responses to different styles of animated performance. Some children observed that some animation characters were acting in an exaggerated way, for comic effect, and this distanced them from empathizing with the expressed emotion, as it was not seen as genuine. This led the animator to steer away from broad and exaggerated animation in order to chase engagement and stay closer to subtler, more naturalistic performances.

The animated prototype app was tested by both sick and healthy children against other forms of gathering data. The CHILDSPLA team discussed and reflected on the challenges and knowledge emerging during the first year of the Medical Research Council-funded project.
‘Loved and lost’: Animation as a methodology for understanding and making meaning of loss for a group of adults with learning disabilities
Authors: Eckersley Yvonne
Published: November 2018

This article relates to the professional doctorate work of Yvonne Eckersley relating to an exploration of loss via the medium of animation with members of Wrexham Voice (a self-advocacy group for adults with learning disabilities). The aim of the study is to define loss for the group members and evaluate whether participating in the animation process can change this perception and facilitate well-being. The study uses a general inductive methodology that is ethnographic. The study has three main objectives:

1. The first objective is to identify a shared understanding (between group members) of the phenomena of loss.

2. The second objective is to assess whether by exploring loss through the various processes involved in the production of an animated film changes the participants.

3. The final objective is to evaluate the potential for agency that the completed animation film offers the participants and whether this affects their perception of loss.

In identifying the first objective, the depth of social and political oppression felt by people with learning disabilities soon becomes evident. Not only do they often find themselves excluded from the rituals surrounding death but often their lack of communication skills mean that their emotional distress goes unrecognized with feelings of sadness and loneliness being viewed only in terms of changes in their behaviour, which may be described as aggressive or passive by carers and professionals and not necessarily attributed to their grief. In view of the wide variation in the perceptions of and communication styles of the group members, the potential of visual and art-based methods in offering a means to communicate with others and express emotions associated with loss is key to the study. In this context, the study seeks to evaluate the unique role of animation as a healing methodology.
Speaking each other’s language: The development of an animation prototype with the intention to toggle the language barrier among children of the Greek and the Turkish Cypriot community
Authors: Christophini Myria
Published: November 2018

This article describes the design process of a test animation prototype that aims to improve communication among children of the two conflicting communities in Cyprus by encouraging them to learn each other’s language. The prototype is based on research undergone with the conflicting parties, where their perception of the conflict and on each other was addressed and researched. In essence, it is discussing the project’s reception by a Cypriot audience and is encouraging further work and research to be conducted as part of a reconciliation process on the island, and on the potential of the medium of animation for the purpose of peace-building.
A Percepção da Utilização do Marketing Digital no Comércio Varejista da Cidade de Caririaçu - CE
Authors: Vilar Jose Italo Roseno , Queiroz Herminig Everson Matos , Dantas Dávila Maria Feitosa , Silva Josefa Zilda Roseno
Published: November 2018

O estudo tem como finalidade apresentar os benefícios advindos da utilização da ferramenta Marketing Digital dentro do comércio varejista juntamente com as novas mídias sociais. Para tanto, em uma primeira etapa, foi executada uma pesquisa bibliográfica com a finalidade de definir marketing digital, avaliando o seu desenvolvimento no comércio do município, entendendo a sua importância e os benefícios oriundos do mesmo. Em uma segunda etapa, foi realizado um levantamento de dados através de questionários praticada com habitantes do centro comercial da cidade de Caririaçu - CE. A partir do estudo realizado, buscou-se analisar se o marketing digital das empresas está chegando até os seus clientes de forma eficaz e explorar a utilização do marketing juntos as novas mídias sociais, visando também o aumento e consolidação de uma melhor comunicação entre a organização e o público.
Becoming-policy in the Anthropocene
Authors: Gildersleeve Ryan Evely
Published: November 2018

This paper takes up the theme of “Education Policy and Methodology in a Post-truth Era” by emplacing policy within the contemporary condition of the Anthropocene. The conditions of the Anthropocene demand a radical reconfiguring of policy as an apparatus for governmentality, and therefore of methodology. I intraject a potential ethical posture befitting such a reimagined becoming-policy and reconceptualized environment. The Anthropocene serves as both context and concept as the “Age of Humankind” in need of speculative and radical building and making. Drawing on prior critical policy analyses of higher education policy affecting undocumented students, I proffer plausible postures in thinking education policy and methodology that engage the contemporary moment of both “post-truth” and the Anthropocene.
Die Pfadabhängigkeit digitalisierter Industriearbeit
Authors: Hirsch-Kreinsen Hartmut
Published: November 2018

Ausgangspunkt des vorliegenden Artikels ist die vorherrschende Auffassung im Digitalisierungsdiskurs, dass gegenwärtig ein ausgesprochener Technologieschub mit disruptiven Folgen für Arbeit stattfindet. Im Beitrag wird jedoch argumentiert, dass ein disruptiver und Strukturen verändernder Wandel keinesfalls in allen Wirtschaftssektoren und Arbeitssegmenten anzutreffen ist. Es wird die These vertreten, dass sich mit der Digitalisierung von Arbeit im industriellen Sektor ein ausgeprägt pfadabhängiger Wandel von Arbeit verbindet. Gezeigt wird empirisch, dass sich Pfadabhängigkeit an nur inkrementellen Digitalisierungsmaßnahmen in den meisten Betrieben und einem damit verbundenen strukturkonservativen Wandel von Arbeit festmachen lässt. Zur Erklärung dieser Befunde wird auf konzeptionelle Überlegungen zur organisatorischen Pfadabhängigkeit zurückgegriffen, die besonders den Mechanismus selbstverstärkender „increasing returns“ betonen. Allerdings werden damit Möglichkeiten eines grundlegenden Wandels nicht ausgeschlossen. Daher werden abschließend die Bedingungen eines längerfristigen Wandels von Arbeit diskutiert.
Spatial categories in Aquilan
Authors: Ursini Francesco , Long Haiping
Published: November 2018

The goal of this paper is to offer an overview of the grammatical and lexical properties of spatial categories in Aquilan, an Italian dialect. The paper shows that spatial prepositions (e.g.a‘at/to’,‘nfronte a‘in front of’), pronouns and indexicals (e.g.pe‘nfrontelit. ‘to in front (of a place)’,loc’arrete‘there behind’, respectively) share two key properties. The first, a lexical property, is their ability to refer to the location of discourse referent, whence the “spatial” label. The second, a grammatical property, is their similar distribution in sentences and discourse contexts. The paper thoroughly presents these Aquilan data and sketches, as a theoretical analysis that connects these categories into a unified account.
Polish dialectal wild herbaceous plant names against a Slavic and European background
Authors: Waniakowa Jadwiga
Published: November 2018

The argument put forward in the present article is that many Polish dialectal plant names do not have folk roots. The only way to ascertain the true origin of a given name is by analysing the history of the dialectal name and related names in other languages. Such an analysis leads to the conclusion that Polish dialectal names have various origins. Some of them are truly dialectal, i.e. they originate from Polish dialects, while others are colloquial, non-dialectal native names that have been adapted by particular dialects. Yet others are relatively new loanwords and new calques, while another group originates from Old Polish forms no longer in use in non-dialectal Polish. The latter do not comprise a homogeneous category. Instead, they fall into three subcategories: Polish names originating from the Polish language or inherited from Old Slavic, old loanwords employed in Old Polish and no longer in use today except in Polish dialects, and finally, an often misclassified group of names comprising old calques. In the summary of the present study the author emphasises the importance of a diachronic and comparative approach to analysing dialectal plant names. She highlights the existence of numerous calques, especially old ones, whose presence had previously been overlooked due to their native and sometimes almost entirely dialectal character. Therefore, a superficial, synchronic analysis would not reveal their long and rich history or the fact that they also have counterparts in non-Slavic languages, indeed often have ancient roots.
Dialectal speech of youth as a part of their personal and national identity
Authors: Jontes Melita Zemljak , Pulko Simona
Published: November 2018

The article presents the research findings on the use of various social varieties of the Slovenian language, i. e. Standard and Non–standard language, by the students studying Slovenian language and literature in Maribor. A brief introduction is followed by a description of language culture and its efforts to improve the subject matter and the importance of the norm in a language with rich social language varieties use.

The research indicates the largely positive attitude of young people to the use of their own dialect in different language situations thus shifting the society’s traditionally negative attitude towards the use of dialectal language, perceiving it as a value and as an indicator of one’s personal and national identity. General dialectal characteristics are distinguished in non-formal communication and the informants' switching between the Standard language and the dialect in non-formal communication is a rare occurance, showing that the environment of schooling and the field of study are not prevailing influence factors in choosing a specific social language variety.
‚Störende‘ und ‚gestörte‘ Tänze – Zyklizität und zentrierte Wahrnehmung als Bausteine einer impliziten Poetik des Tanzens in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters
Authors: Abel Stefan
Published: November 2018

A vernacular fifteenth-century sermon tells us, in order to warn of the threats to spiritual welfare posed by dance, that cyclic motion and centering of sensory impressions – amongst them intimate conversation – are essential elements of dance. When blending out the parenesis, implicit poetics of medieval dance can be distilled from that sermon. The way how these essential elements of dance are used for generating disruptions within literary plots will be demonstrated in three literary texts dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century: Disruptions in connection with dance occur when contrary concepts of motion clash with each other, for example the linearity of the chivalrous way through the Other World with the cyclicity of round dances (‚Prosa-Lancelot‘). ‚Der Württemberger‘, however, collides two contrary concepts of time which can be paraphrased as spatial metaphors, namely the linearity of earthly life which collides with the cyclicity of eternal damnation, a collision symbolized by the expulsion of life out of the dance of the death. Finally in ‚Ritter Sociabilis‘, dance generates a virtual space which subverts the courtly society. The protagonists of all these texts differently manage to resolve disruptions, namely by redemption, by repentance, or by continuing disruptions which they have caused themselves.
Resultados funcionales y complicaciones de fracturas de platillo tibial por traumatismos de alta energía.[Functional results and complications of tibial plateau due to high-energy trauma].
Authors: Bartolomeo César , Mangupli Martín Marcelo , Pioli Ignacio , Iglesias Santiago , Allende Bartolomé Luis
Published: November 2018

Introducción: Las fracturas de platillo tibial representan el 1% de todas las fracturas. El resultado funcional depende principalmente del rango de movilidad de la rodilla, la estabilidad de la articulación y el dolor. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el resultado funcional, el rango de movilidad, las complicaciones posoperatorias y el dolor en pacientes que sufrieron fracturas de platillo tibial por traumatismos de alta energía.Materiales y Métodos: Serie de 51 pacientes (edad promedio 48 años), con un seguimiento promedio de 42 meses. Se evaluaron el rango de movilidad, los resultados funcionales con el test de KOOS y el dolor con la escala analógica visual.Resultados: Veinticinco pacientes tenían fracturas Schatzker tipo V y 26, tipo VI. El rango de movilidad promedio era de 2,4°-120,68° en el grupo de fracturas tipo V y de 1,5°-118,04° en el otro grupo. Respecto del dolor, hubo diferencias significativas (p = 0,0403) en pacientes con fracturas Schatzker tipos V y VI: el 50% de los pacientes con fracturas tipo V no refirió dolor y el 50% de aquellos con fractura Schatzker tipo VI indicó dolor >2 y un 25%, <3.Conclusiones: Las fracturas de platillo tibial siguen siendo un cuadro en el que los resultados modifican considerablemente la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Por ello, se les debe informar sobre la posibilidad de malos resultados funcionales a largo plazo y múltiples cirugías; como así también que es posible que no recuperen el nivel previo de actividad deportiva y laboral.
Rotura traumática del extensor propio del hallux en la inserción distal. Reporte de un caso. [Traumatic rupture of the extensor hallucis longus at the level of the distal insertion. Case report]
Authors: Vago Anaya Fernando Maria , Loncharich Emiliano
Published: November 2018

Las roturas del extensor propio del hallux son poco frecuentes, más aún aquellas espontáneas o por traumas indirectos. Se pueden producir en cualquier parte del recorrido del tendón, pero las lesiones más frecuentes son las secciones tendinosas por heridas cortantes. No existe una técnica quirúrgica específica descrita para la reinserción distal del tendón. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar a un paciente de 35 años que, por un traumatismo indirecto, sufrió la rotura del extensor propio del hallux a nivel de la inserción distal. Se describen la técnica quirúrgica, la rehabilitación y los resultados según el puntaje de la AOFAS preoperatorio y posoperatorio.
Szervtranszplantáció gyermekkorban
Authors: Dezsőfi Antal , Reusz György , Kovács Lajos , Szabó Dolóresz , Kelen Kata , Krikovszky Dóra , Malik Anikó , Szabó Attila
Published: November 2018

Abstract:

Paediatric organ transplantation today is considered and accepted and widely available therapy in children with end-stage organ failure. It is important to know that in childhood, diseases leading to end-stage organ failure differ from those in adults. Beside this, in children there are different surgical and paediatric challenges before and after transplantation (size differences of the patient and donor organ, special and paediatric infections, different pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of immunosuppressive drugs, noncompliance). However, paediatric organ transplantation in the last decades became a success story of the Hungarian health care owing to several working groups in Hungary and outside the country. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(46): 1948–1956.
Az intervenciós radiológia szerepe a hasi szervek átültetésében
Authors: Bibok András , Deák Pál Ákos , Doros Attila
Published: November 2018

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The transplantation of the abdominal organs has a major role in the treatment of several diseases. All subspecialities affected with the transplantation showed a rapid development in the last decades. The cooperation of the specialists of different segments of medicine provides the success of organ transplantation. Teamwork is necessary throughout the whole process starting from securing the technical background and proper human workforce, followed by the lifelong management of organs and recipients as well. One of the key players of organ transplantation is radiology and interventional radiology – the role of the latter one is discussed in this review, including the minimally invasive treatment of pre- and post-transplantation situations and diseases. Besides vascular and non-vascular interventions, the options of interventional oncology will be mentioned based on international literature and Hungarian experience. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(46): 1940–1947.
Antitestmediált rejekció: kihívás a veseátültetett betegek kezelésében
Authors: Nemes Balázs , P. Szabó Réka , Bidiga László , Kalmár Nagy Károly , Illésy Lóránt , Szilvási Anikó
Published: November 2018

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Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is one of the factors affecting the long-term graft survival after kidney transplantation (KT). Two kidney transplant centres (University of Debrecen and University of Pécs) followed up their data of cadaveric KTs that had been performed between 2013 and 2017, and reviewed the literature. There were 454 KTs in the mentioned period, 18 cases (4%) were recognised as ABMRs. Biopsy has been performed in all cases. 22% were primary, and 78% retransplanted patients. The average age was 51.2 ± 6 years. ABMR occurred 15.4 ± 22.1 months after KT. Histology showed C4d positivity in 39% of the cases. The treatment was steroid bolus + intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) + plasma exchange (PE) in 16 cases, rituximab was additionally given in 5 cases. 47.4% of the patients are alive with a functioning graft, four (21%) died, and 31% of the patients had a graft loss due to ABMR. ABMR is a dangerous complication after KT. Diagnostic criteria has been unclear for years. Gold standard is the histology, however, accelerated ABMR may occur even in C4d negative cases. The exposed group includes young, retransplanted patients, having a preformed donor-specific antibody (DSA), and receiving a graft from an EC donor. The occurrence of de novo DSA and the kinetics of mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of existing ones can be a signal for the risk of an ABMR. The effectiveness of rituximab is not proven, there is a lack of long-term controlled trials for new drugs. Our results of over 40% recovery is an extensively good result. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(46): 1913–1929.
As raízes religiosas da moderna ciência histórica alemã: Wilhelm von Humboldt e Leopold von Ranke
Authors: Cunha Marcelo Durão Rodrigues da
Published: November 2018

Resumo: O presente artigo visa realizar um estudo a respeito dos vínculos da moderna ciência histórica alemã com elementos da teologia e religião cristãs. Pensando o historicismo nos termos de Wolfgang Hardtwig - como uma forma de religião da história (Geschichtsreligion) -, busca-se realizar dois estudos de caso a respeito das biografias e das obras de Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) e Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886). Considerados os pais fundadores do moderno pensamento histórico alemão, nos escritos dos referidos intelectuais é possível compreender como a consciência histórica contemporânea emergiu em sintonia com o nexo religioso de mundo produzido pela teologia protestante. Analisando este processo de transposição, pretendemos contribuir com tendências historiográficas que, nas últimas décadas, visaram repensar os vínculos entre ciência e religião no pensamento ocidental moderno.
A Revista de Administração da Unimep: análise histórica das características e contribuições de sua publicação no período 2003-2017
Authors: Correa Dalila Alves , Cremonezi Graziela Oste Graziano
Published: November 2018

Resumo Neste artigo apresentamos uma análise descritiva, de natureza qualitativa, das características e contribuições da Revista de Administração da Unimep (RAUnimep), alocada pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (PPGA/Unimep). Trata-se de um periódico científico eletrônico, de acesso livre, criado e mantido ininterruptamente desde 2003. O período coberto pela análise é de 15 anos. Foi possível apurar as características de expressividade de sua amplitude e abrangência geográfica; o valor de sua inserção educacional e cultural; e as contribuições da inserção tecnológico-econômica para empresas, organizações, estudantes, pesquisadores e profissionais da Administração.
Drug therapy, potential interactions and iatrogenesis as factors related to frailty in the elderly
Authors: Pagno Andressa Rodrigues , Gross Carolina Baldissera , Gewehr Daiana Meggiolaro , Colet Christiane de Fátima , Berlezi Evelise Moraes
Published: November 2018

Abstract Objective: to investigate the use of drugs, potential drug interactions and iatrogenesis, as factors associated with frailty. Method: an observational, cross-sectional, population-based study of elderly persons registered with the Family Health Strategies of the urban area of a municipal region in the south of Brazil was carried out. The sample was probabilistic and involved 554 elderly persons; and the proportional stratified sampling technique by FHS and gender was used. Data collection was performed in the home, with the gathering of information regarding sociodemographic characteristics and pharmacotherapeutic profile and the evaluation of frailty based on Fried et al. (2001). Results: medications were taken by 86.3% of the elderly and there was a prevalence of frailty of 63.0%. A total of 39.4% of the elderly were exposed to polypharmacy, 49.1% used potentially inappropriate medications and 52.2% were exposed to potential drug interactions, the most frequent being enalapril and metformin. An association between increased risk of frailty and the variables: polypharmacy; use of potentially inappropriate medications; potential drug interactions; more than two potential drug interactions with the presence or absence of potentially inappropriate medication was identified. Conclusion: an association was found between frailty and polypharmacy, the use of potentially inappropriate medication and the presence of drug interactions. The findings underscore the importance of the monitoring of drug therapy in this population group with a view to the early detection, prevention and resolution of iatrogenesis arising from the use of medicines.
Elderly persons who live alone in Brazil and their lifestyle
Authors: Negrini Etienne Larissa Duim , Nascimento Carla Ferreira do , Silva Alexandre da , Antunes José Leopoldo Ferreira
Published: November 2018

Abstract Objective: to assess the prevalence of elderly persons living alone in Brazil, based on covariates of health status, behavior and socio-demographic characteristics. Method: data from 11,967 individuals (aged 60 or over) were obtained from the National Health Survey (Brazil, 2013). Living alone was defined as residing in a one-person household. The prevalence of individuals living alone was stratified by socio-demographic conditions and geographic region. Living alone was also assessed as a factor for outcomes of physical functioning, behavior and health conditions. Poisson regression models were used to evaluate the prevalence ratios and a 95% confidence interval was applied. Results: in Brazil, 15.3% of people aged 60 years and over live alone. This condition is more prevalent in higher income regions; however, more lower-income individuals were affected. Prevalence was higher among women and individuals aged 75 years or more. Living alone was associated with difficulties in instrumental activities of daily living (prevalence ratio 1.15; 95% confidence interval 1.04-1.28); the reporting of an illness in the two prior to the study (PR=1.35; 95%CI=1.16-1.57); watching television (five or more hours daily) (PR=1.40; 95%CI=1.26-1.56) and falls in the previous year (PR=1.35; 95%CI=1.10-1.66). Elderly persons living alone also had worse eating habits, with a less frequent intake of meat, beans and salads than their counterparts who lived with others. Conclusion: elderly persons living alone in Brazil have a worse health status and health-related habits. These findings represent a challenge and should motivate social and health policies aimed at fulfilling the greater needs of adults who grow old alone.
Economic and sociocultural poverty in drug abuse: from individual to sociopolitical responsibility
Authors: Galvão Ana Erika Oliveira , Saavedra Luísa , Cameira Miguel
Published: November 2018

Abstract Research on drug abuse has often ignored users’ own opinions and perceptions about their addiction. In this study, we wanted to hear their voice on the reasons and motives why they engaged in drug abuse, and on the consequences this behavior had on their lives. Data were collected in Portugal from interviews with fifteen people under treatment for addictive behavior relative to alcohol and illegal drugs. The interviews were analyzed through Thematic Analysis and revealed the existence of several structural factors impacting on the lives of the participants, namely, gender discrimination, poor schooling, socioeconomic marginalization and exclusion associated to insufficient and inadequate public policies. The action of more symbolic structural factors - for instance, their widespread beliefs on drug addiction as a result of free will - through its internalization by families, friends and by addicts themselves, became visible in interviewees’ narratives, in which the rejection by close ones, as well as their own feelings of guilt, sadness and self-disapproval, are prominent features. As a conclusion, we call attention to the need for an integrated public policy in the educational, health and justice areas, and the implementation of awareness-raising actions aimed at the general public, in order to attenuate the impact of structural factors on the lives of current and potential drug addicts.
Participatory governance in the context of local health councils: interviews with six local health council presidents in Northeastern Brazil
Authors: Jerome Jessica Scott
Published: November 2018

Abstract The aim of this study was to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by local health council presidents in their practice of participatory governance. In-depth interviews were conducted with six presidents at health posts at six neighborhoods located in a single region in a peripheral neighborhood in Fortaleza. The interviews were complemented by participant observation of local health council meetings conducted over a three-year period (2015-2017), and interviews with presidents of the municipal, regional and state health councils, as well as with more than twenty actors from government agencies and local associations. The data were analyzed with the help of Atlas.ti, and resulted in the identification of four core topics: the weakness of community representation, the generation of new health initiatives, the concern with the physical and material infrastructure of the councils, and the linkages between council Presidents and the historical network of community-based organizations (Associações Voluntárias) in the region in which the health posts were situated. The local health councils included in this study faced similar challenges to those documented by prior scholars, but also demonstrated the potential to cultivate local ideas for new health initiatives.
Caracterização da cinza de caroço de açaí residual para adição ao concreto
Authors: Cordeiro Luciana de Nazaré Pinheiro , Paes Isaura Nazaré Lobato , Souza Paulo Sérgio Lima , Azevedo Caroline Menezes
Published: November 2018

Resumo Os problemas ambientais são uma realidade do mundo atual e vêm associados ao crescimento urbano e populacional, com pouco ou nenhum planejamento. O setor da construção civil é um dos maiores consumidores de recursos naturais e gerador de resíduos sólidos. Assim, é interessante pensar em uma maneira de incorporar materiais que hoje são considerados resíduos ao processo construtivo e reduzir o consumo de materiais naturais. Nessa vertente, tem-se as cinzas de caroço de açaí, resíduo de fornos cerâmicos, que hoje não apresentam um destino adequado. Assim, esta pesquisa tem por objetivo principal caracterizar a cinza de caroço de açaí residual (CCAR), de modo a possibilitar seu reaproveitamento como insumo da construção civil. Para que esse objetivo seja alcançado realizou-se um estudo de moagem, de modo a determinar o tempo ótimo de beneficiamento do material, a caracterização do ponto de vista químico, físico e mineralógico e a análise do potencial pozolânico para avaliar a reatividade da cinza residual. Os resultados mostram que a cinza apresenta características físicas que permitem utilizá-la como adição ao concreto. Houve diminuição na resistência à compressão axial e aumento da absorção de água dos concretos com adições, em relação ao concreto de referência. Apesar desses efeitos, percebeu-se certa densificação da matriz cimentícia, provavelmente devido à variação do tamanho das partículas que podem vir a proporcionar maior compacidade com otimização do empacotamento dos grãos.
Influência das condições de instalação do sistema predial de água pluvial nas soluções de drenagem na fonte
Authors: Reis Ricardo Prado Abreu , Ilha Marina Sangoi de Oliveira
Published: November 2018

Resumo Os sistemas de drenagem na fonte vêm ganhando espaço como soluções de desenvolvimento de baixo impacto implantadas em edifícios urbanos. Apesar disso, são poucas as pesquisas que avaliam a influência das condições das instalações dos sistemas prediais de águas pluviais sobre seu desempenho. Este trabalho avalia a influência da adoção de diferentes componentes da instalação do sistema predial de água pluvial no desempenho de sistemas de infiltração. Para tanto, foram executados dois sistemas experimentais, poço de infiltração e jardim de chuva, contendo condutores verticais e horizontais, montados conforme instalações que representam uma edificação vertical. Foram avaliados o escoamento no ramal que direciona a água de chuva para o sistema de infiltração e a ocorrência de retorno de água para pontos de captação posicionados próximos aos sistemas de infiltração. Verificou-se que parte da água passa direto para a tubulação que deságua no sistema urbano de drenagem em determinadas configurações de montagem do ramal que direciona a água de chuva para o sistema de infiltração, reduzindo a eficiência do sistema como um todo. Além disso, ocorreu refluxo em caixas drenantes posicionadas a montante dos sistemas de infiltração, o que indica a necessidade de cautela no posicionamento desses componentes.
Periplasmic Bacterial Expression and Purification of Elastin-like Polymers v1
Authors: Rose Balog Eva
Published: November 2018

This protocol describes the expression and purification procedures used in the Balog lab at the University of New England for producing recombinant elastin-like polymers (ELPs) in E. coli. It has been adapted from protocols used in the laboratory of Jennifer S. Martinez at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where it was originally developed based on the method of Hassouneh, Wafa et al. “Elastin-like polypeptides as a purification tag for recombinant proteins” Current protocols in protein science vol. Chapter 6 (2010): Unit 6.11.
Flow Imaging Microscopy of Elastin-like Polymers v1
Authors: Rose Balog Eva , Marvin Laura
Published: November 2018

This protocol describes the methods used by the Balog lab at the University of New England to evaluate elastin-like polymer microparticles using the FlowCam.
Validity of Note-taking for New Consecutive Interpreting Learners: An Empirical Study of University Interpretation Courses
Authors: Yamada Hiroko
Published: November 2018

There is a large body of literature on the subject of note-taking in the field of consecutive interpreting (CI). However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the validity of note-taking during short CI. For one thing, note-taking can divert an interpreter’s attention from listening, often to the detriment of analysis. This research empirically studied the effects of intensive interpreting treatment administered to Japanese university students. It then investigated the validity of note-taking for new learners by examining their CI with or without note status, according to language direction from L2 (English) to L1 (Japanese), and vice versa. The results showed a salient link between the treatment’s efficacy and the frequency of its administration but did not validate note-taking’s usefulness in CI for student interpreters. To further ascertain the validity of notation, CI was also analyzed according to sequentially presented paragraphs.
Culture and Innovation in Essay Writing Project: EFL Students’ Perceptions
Authors: Cahyono Bambang Yudi
Published: November 2018

Two important concepts in education nowadays are “culture” and “innovation.” Culture is important as it goes along with the way people think, feel, and do and their phases of life, while innovation is important as it suggests development. In the context of education in the globalization, culture reflects identity, while innovation reflects creative products beyond conventional practices. This small-scale study examined EFL students’ perceptions on the essay writing project incorporating both culture and innovation. It involved 25 students attending an essay writing course in the English Department of a state university in Indonesia, Following the completion of the teaching and learning actvites: the students’ perceptions were elicited on the basis of three criteria: development of idea for writing, meaningfulness of the writing project, and writing competence of the students. The results showed that the EFL students perceived combination of local culture and innovation in the form of video making helped them developing essays. They also thought that the essay writing project was meaningful and they felt that their writing competence improved after following the writing project.
The Use of Mobile Technology in Learning English Language
Authors: Mobinizad Mohammad Mahdi
Published: November 2018

The mobile phone is present everywhere nowadays and the advent of this technology is transforming the way we communicate and interact with other people as it is considered an integral part of anyone’s social life. Recently, this technology has made its way to the educational environments across the globe as a way of learning languages instead of the traditional language learning methods which were tedious and had a monotonous nature for the rising generation.  More and more English language apps are being developed, made and posted on AppStore™ or GooglePlay™ that can be accessed via the language learners and even English language teachers as well as other educational authorities to be used in the English language classes. Some of these apps are the mobile version of those websites that provide English learning materials for the students as well as other language learners. The said websites have gone one step ahead and have developed separate student edition as well as teacher edition that have caused the English language learning world to undergo massive changes.  In this paper, we discuss the mobile-based language learning versus the traditional-based language learning in English language classes.
A Review on Motion Event from a Typological Perspective
Authors: Shan Xinxin
Published: November 2018

In light of the lexicalization patterns as proposed by Talmy (1985, 1991, 2000) and Slobin’s “Thinking for Speaking” hypothesis (1991, 1996, 2000), this paper provides a review on motion event from a typological perspective. Also, a constellation of studies on the classification of Chinese in motion event typology has been presented and discussed. These works advance our knowledge of motion research, and set the stage for subsequent research on how motion expressions are understood and used in everyday communication.
An Ecofeminist Interpretation of Sons and Lovers
Authors: Bo Ting
Published: November 2018

D. H. Lawrence is an influential figure of the 20th century in English literature, and also one of the most controversial writer. This paper mainly analyzes Sons and Lovers from the perspective of ecofeminism, by describing nature and female’s resistance and struggle of their fates, and the decline of the males, it explores the oppression of patriarchy and with the awakening of feminism gradually shakes the male consciousness of patriarchy, it criticizes the deep influence on nature and human society by industrial civilization, so it advocates the anti-industrialization and reconstructs a harmonious society. Finally it stresses the original instinct, advocates the free development of humanity and a harmonious relations between men and nature, men and society.
Interpretation of Possible Worlds of The Buddha of Suburb and Its Multi-themes
Authors: Chen Jun
Published: November 2018

The article attempts to use cognitive poetics’ possible worlds theory to explore how the novel The Buddha of Suburbia narrates stories with its unique skills and how readers participate in the reading process and form possible worlds about the novel so as to understand such multiple themes as identity, racial discrimination and features of the times in it.
A Study on the Effectiveness of English Grammar Teaching and Learning in Chinese Junior Middle Schools
Authors: Ji Chunyi , Liu Qi’ang
Published: November 2018

The article conducts a questionnaire survey and interview on the students and teachers in three different junior middle schools in Zhejiang Province of China. The results indicate that the effectiveness in English grammar teaching and learning is not satisfactory. And the grammatical competence is not correlated with the goals and objectives of the National English Curriculum. There is significant demand for teachers to encourage students to improve the efficiency and accuracy of English grammar. The outcome is useful for foreign language researchers to know better about current situation of grammar teaching and learning in Chinese junior middle schools. Some suggestions are presented to enhance the effectiveness of English grammar teaching and learning.
Silicone implant induced lymphadenopathy after breast reconstructive surgery
Authors: ÇALIKUŞU Züleyha , DEMİRCAN Orhan , SALTAOGLU Pinar , OZCAN Nazli
Published: November 2018

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Retrospective study of corticosteroid role in decreasing intraoperative bleeding during FESS surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis
Authors: Shanbag Raghunath , Garag Santosh S. , Arunkumar J. S.
Published: November 2018

Background: The objective of the study was to assess the role of corticosteroid given preoperatively in decreasing intraoperative bleeding during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis.

Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital for patients undergoing FESS for chronic rhinosinusitis from January 2016 to December 2016. In this study 120 patients of FESS were enrolled. Their data was analyzed for preoperative corticosteroid given and intraoperative grade of bleeding.  

Results: There were 62 patients out of 120 who received preoperative corticosteroid. Among these 41 had grade 0-1 bleeding and 21 had grade 2-5 bleeding. Similarly in non-corticosteroid group 30 had grade 0-1 bleeding and 28 had grade 2-5 bleeding. Based on these p values was calculated using fisher exact test which showed that to be non-significant.

Conclusions: Preoperative corticosteroids do not have control on intraoperative bleeding during FESS. They help in reducing the size of polyp and thus more effective in cases of CRSwNP.
A search for the in trans role of GraL, an Escherichia coli small RNA*
Authors: Dylewski Maciej , Ćwiklińska Monika , Potrykus Katarzyna
Published: November 2018

Small RNA are very important post-transcriptional regulators in both, bacteria and eukaryotes. One of such sRNA is GraL, encoded in the greA leader region and conserved among enteric bacteria. Here, we conducted a bioinformatics search for GraL’s targets in trans and validated our findings in vivo by constructing fusions of probable targets with lacZ and measuring their activity when GraL was overexpressed. Only one target's activity (nudE) decreased under those conditions and was thus selected for further analysis. In the absence of GraL and greA, the nudE::lacZ fusion's β-galactosidase activity was increased. However, a similar effect was also visible in the strain deleted only for greA. Furthermore, overproduction of GreA alone increased the nudE::lacZ fusion’s activity as well. This suggests existence of complex regulatory loop-like interactions between GreA, GraL and nudE mRNA. To further dissect this relationship, we performed in vitro EMSA experiments employing GraL and nudE mRNA. However, stable GraL-nudE complexes were not detected, even though the detectable amount of unbound GraL decreased as increasing amounts of nudE mRNA were added. Interestingly, GraL is being bound by Hfq, but nudE easily displaces it.  We also conducted a search for genes that are synthetic lethal when deleted along with GraL. This revealed 40 genes that are rendered essential by GraL deletion, however, they are involved in many different cellular processes and no clear correlation was found. The obtained data suggest that GraL's mechanism of action is non-canonical, unique and requires further research.
Targeting the hypoxia pathway in malignant plasma cells by using of 17-Allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin
Authors: Kocemba-Pilarczyk Kinga Anna , Ostrowska Barbara , Trojan Sonia , Aslan Ecce , Kusior Dorota , Lasota Małgorzata , Lenouvel Claire , Dulińska-Litewka Joanna
Published: November 2018

Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized as a clonal expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow, what is often associated with pancytopenia and osteolytic bone disease. Interestingly, myeloma-infiltrated bone marrow is considered to be hypoxic, providing the selection pressure for developing tumour. Since HSP90 was shown to participate in stabilization of the subunit of the key transcription factor HIF-1, which controls the hypoxic response, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a HSP90 inhibitor 17-Allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG), on MM cells cultured in low oxygenation conditions. We confirmed that 17-AAG inhibits hypoxic induction of HIF-1 target genes in malignant plasma cells and demonstrate the concentration range of severe hypoxia-specific cytotoxicity. Next, we selected the malignant plasma cells in severe hypoxia/re-oxygenation culture conditions in the presence or absence of 17-AAG and next, cells which survived were further expanded and analyzed. Interestingly, we have noticed significant changes in the survival and the response to anti-MM drugs between the parental cell lines and those selected in cyclic severe hypoxia in the presence and absence of 17-AAG. Importantly, we also observed that the lack of oxygen itself, irrespectively of HIF-1 inhibition, is the main/pivotal factor driving the selection process in the presented experiments.
Gradient-Based Multi-Objective Feature Selection for Gait Mode Recognition of Transfemoral Amputees
Authors: Khademi Gholamreza , Mohammadi Hanieh , Simon Dan
Published: November 2018

One control challenge in prosthetic legs is seamless transition from one gait mode to another. User intent recognition (UIR) is a high-level controller that tells a low-level controller to switch to the identified activity mode, depending on the user’s intent and environment. We propose a new framework to design an optimal UIR system with simultaneous maximum performance and parsimony for gait mode recognition. We use multi-objective optimization (MOO) to find an optimal feature subset that creates a trade-off between these two conflicting objectives. The main contribution of this paper is two-fold: (1) a new gradient-based multi-objective feature selection (GMOFS) method for optimal UIR design; and (2) the application of advanced evolutionary MOO methods for UIR. GMOFS is an embedded method that simultaneously performs feature selection and classification by incorporating an elastic net in multilayer perceptron neural network training. Experimental data are collected from six subjects, including three able-bodied subjects and three transfemoral amputees. We implement GMOFS and four variants of multi-objective biogeography-based optimization (MOBBO) for optimal feature subset selection, and we compare their performances using normalized hypervolume and relative coverage. GMOFS demonstrates competitive performance compared to the four MOBBO methods. We achieve a mean classification accuracy of 97.14% ± 1.51% and 98.45% ± 1.22% with the optimal selected subset for able-bodied and amputee subjects, respectively, while using only 23% of the available features. Results thus indicate the potential of advanced optimization methods to simultaneously achieve accurate, reliable, and compact UIR for locomotion mode detection of lower-limb amputees with prostheses.
Integrating Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Education
Authors: Pucker Boas , Schilbert Hanna Marie , Schumacher Sina Franziska
Published: November 2018

Combined awareness about the power and limitations of bioinformatics and molecular biology enables advanced research based on high-throughput data. Despite an increasing demand for scientists with a combined background in both fields, the education in dry lab and wet lab is often separated. This work describes an example of integrated education with focus on genomics and transcriptomics. Participants learn computational and molecular biology methods in the same practical course. Peer-review is applied as a teaching method to foster cooperative learning of students with heterogeneous backgrounds. Evaluation results indicate acceptance and appreciation of this approach.
Transversely Modulated Wave Packet
Authors: Salomatov Vladimir N.
Published: November 2018

The wave packet consisting of two harmonic plane waves with the same frequencies, but with different wave vectors is considered. The dispersion relation of a packet is structurally similar to the dispersion relation of a relativistic particle with a nonzero rest mass. The possibility of controlling the group velocity of a quasi-monochromatic wave packet by varying the angle between the wave vectors of its constituent waves is discussed.