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Workshop in Kuwait Lifts the Bar in Digital Transformation for O&G
Authors: Capello Maria Angela , Al-Humoud Jamal
Published: July 2019

Cloud platforms, real-time monitoring, and gamification of workflows are not new to the oil and gas sector. A growing number of organizations are adopting digital transformation (DT), seeking innovative strategies, safer operations, and business optimization. In line with the exponentially increasing pace of technology advancement, pressures of change are mounting, and experience shows that not all transitions are successful or straightforward. DT for the upstream and downstream processes of oil and gas is available and ready to be implemented with step and disruptive changes dramatically uplifting the traditional way of conducting business, boosting efficiencies, and empowering cost optimization strategies.

To analyze the current status of DT strategies and the pace of its implementation in the oil sector with a special emphasis on the Middle East, SPE held an Applied Technology Workshop titled, “Transforming Oil and Gas Toward Digital Intelligence” in late April in Mangaf,•Kuwait.

The workshop attracted 138 attendees, and was held under the patron-age of Deputy CEO (Drilling and Technology) of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Nayef Al-Anezi, and chaired by Jamal Al-Humoud, manager of research and technology of KOC and cochaired by Maria Angela Capello, executive advisor in the North Kuwait Directorate of KOC. The ATW also included the SPE course “Digital Oil Field Building Blocks.”

The state-of-the-art as derived from DT journeys highlighted how decades-long operating companies have a real opportunity to transform their operating workflows to become energy digital leaders. The organizing committee included representatives of Emerson, Accenture, GOFSCO, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, Baker Hughes, Microsoft, IBM, Deloitte, WorleyParsons, Huawei, KUFPEC, Kuwait University, and Australian College of Kuwait.•

Al-Anezi opened the event highlighting the importance of DT and technology adoption in aging reservoirs. Al-Humoud shared the step changes with which KOC entered the DT era, which included three digital oil fields pilot projects, applying the most advanced technologies to remotely monitor and control oil fields at West Kuwait, North Kuwait, and South and East Kuwait (Burgan fields). “We need to step up to embrace DT, to expedite our success, to optimize our costs and to enable the excellence in our studies and operations workflows,” he said. “Kuwait is pioneering in many fronts of DT, benefitting the oil sector of the state of Kuwait.”

The workshop included an executive panel and four technical sessions: Disruptive Technologies, Creating Value Though Integration, Embracing the Digital Future with Right Enablers, and The Next Digital Era.

Digital Transformation Discussion

Bart Cornelissen, managing partner of Deloitte Middle East Energy, Resources and Industrials, opened the executive panel, stating, “The oil and gas industry needs to re-imagine how work is conducted across the entire value chain for a successful digital revolution to take place.”
Experimental Evaluation of Wellbore Flow Models Applied to Worst-Case-Discharge Calculations for Oil Wells
Authors: Waltrich Paulo J. , Capovilla Matheus S. , Lee Woochan , de Sousa Pedro Cavalcanti , Zulqarnain Muhammad , Hughes Richard , Tyagi Mayank , Williams Wesley , Kam Seung , Archer Alexander , Singh Jagdeep , Nguyen Hai , Duhon John , Griffith Craig
Published: July 2019

An experimental and numerical investigation is presented in this study to verify the accuracy of wellbore flow models applied to worst–case–discharge (WCD) calculations. Wellbore flow models often used in WCD calculations show errors of more than 100% when compared to experimental data for large–diameter pipes. However, for low gas/liquid ratios, there is a reasonable agreement between experimental data and simulation results for all wellbore flow models tested, with errors lower than 10%. This study uses the comparison between experimental data and simulation results to provide guidance on how to improve these flow correlations and proposes how to use the flow models to obtain improved predictions on WCD calculations.
Prevalence and trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013-2017
Authors: Aabdien Mohamed , Selim Nagah , Himatt Sayed Mohamed , Hmissi Saloua , Merenkov Zeyd , AlKubaisi Noora , Elhassan Manar , Abdelmola Abdelatif , Khelfa Shadi , Farag Elmoubasher , Al-Romaihi Hamad E. , Al-Thani Mohamed , Derbala Moutaz , Kaabi Saad Al
Published: July 2019

Background: Millions of lives around the world are being saved annually through blood transfusion. However, blood transfusion is among the important vehicles for transmitting infections. The overall prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) among blood donors differs around the world, reflecting the variation in the prevalence of these infections. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and trends of TTIs among blood donors in Qatar. Methods: This is a cross sectional study utilizing donation records of a five-year period from January 2013 to December 2017. Results for all screening and confirmatory tests for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Human T-Lymphotropic Virus-I/II (HTLV-I/II), Syphilis and Malaria were included in the study. Results: Among the 190,509 donations received at the donation center during the study period, about 91% donations were received from males and 9% from females. The overall positivity rate for all tests were 1.95, 2.18, 1.62, 1.81 and 1.85 for the years 2013 through 2017. The overall positivity rates for HBV, Syphilis and Malaria were 0.30, 0.43 and 0.20, respectively. Throughout the years, the positivity rates decreased for HBV, Syphilis and Malaria and increased for HCV and HTLV. Conclusion: The overall positivity rate of all tests combined for the TTIs demonstrated a gradual increasing trend from 2013 to 2017. The rates for HCV and HTLV showed increasing trends too. To support developing effective prevention and control strategies, further investigations are needed to improve the estimations of the prevalence of these infections.
Molecular marker assisted gene stacking for disease resistance and quality genes in the dwarf mutant of an elite wheat cultivar Xiaoyan22
Authors: zheng weijun , Li Song , Liu ZiHui , Zhou Qi , Feng Yanru , Chai ShouCheng
Published: July 2019

Development of wheat cultivars with multiple disease resistance and high quality are major objectives in modern wheat breeding programs. Gene stacking is an efficient approach to achieve this target. In this study, we pyramided yellow rust resistance gene (Yr26), powdery mildew resistance gene (ML91260) and high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits Dx5+Dy10 into the dwarf mutant of an elite wheat cultivar, Xiaoyan22. Six pyramided lines were obtained by molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) and field evaluation of disease resistance. The desirable agronomic traits of pyramided lines, their identity with the original cultivar Xiaoyan22 except for plant height, tiller number and disease resistance, was achieved in this study. Meanwhile, the yield of pyramided lines is higher than Xiaoyan22 in the field test. In addition, analysis of flour quality indicated that the dough stability time of pyramided lines was longer than that of Xiaoyan22. These results demonstrate that it is feasible to improve multiple agronomic traits simultaneously by rational application of MAS.
Fine mapping of a Phytophthora-resistance locus RpsGZ in soybean using Genotyping-by-Sequencing
Authors: Jiang Bingzhi , Cheng Yanbo , Cai Zhandong , Li Mu , Jiang Ze , Ma Ruirui , Yuan Yeshan , Xia Qiuju , Nian Hai
Published: July 2019

Background

Phytophthora root rot (PRR), caused by Phytophthora sojae is one of the most important soil-borne diseases in many soybean-production regions in the world. Identification of resistant gene(s) and incorporating them into elite varieties are an effective way for breeding to prevent soybean from being harmed by this disease. A valuable mapping population of 228 F8:11 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross of resistant cultivar Guizao1 and susceptible cultivar BRSMG68 and a high-density genetic linkage map with an average distance of 0.81 centimorgan (cM) between adjacent bin markers in this population were used to map and explore the candidate genes.

Results

In this study, the PRR resistance in Guizao1 was controlled by a single Mendelian locus, and was fine mapped to a 460.702-kb genomic region on chromosome 3 that harbours 20 genes, including 8 disease resistance (R)-like genes in the reference Willliams 82 genome. These 8 candidate genes potentially involved in programmed cell death, cell death, apoptosis and ADP binding by adopting Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis.

Conclusions

These findings of fine mapping of a novel Rps locus will serve as a basis for cloning, transferring of resistant genes and breeding of P. sojae resistant soybean cultivars through marker-assisted selection.
Functional divergence of TPX2 family members in Arabidopsis thaliana
Authors: Tomastikova Eva Dvorak , Rutten Twan , Dvorak Petr , Tugai Alisa , Ptosková Klara , Petrovska Beata , Damme Daniel van , Houben Andreas , Dolezel Jaroslav , Demidov Dmitri
Published: July 2019

Background

TPX2 (Targeting protein for Xklp2) is an evolutionary conserved microtubule-associated protein important for microtubule nucleation and proper mitotic spindle assembly. The protein was also described as an activator of the mitotic kinase Aurora A in humans and the Arabidopsis AURORA 1 (AUR1) kinase. In contrast to animal genomes that encode only one TPX2 gene in their genome, higher plants genomes encode a family with several TPX2-LIKE gene members (TPXL).

Results

Arabidopsis genome comprise of 21 TPXL genes. To better understand the functional divergence within the TPXL gene family in plants, we characterized eight genes most closely related to the canonical TPX2 Arabidopsis. TPXL genes of Arabidopsis can be divided into two groups. Group A proteins (TPXL2, 3, 4 and 8) contain Aurora binding and TPX2_importin domains, while group B proteins (TPXL1, 5, 6 and 7) harbor an Xklp2 domain. Canonical Arabidopsis TPX2 contains all above mentioned domains. We confirmed using in vitro kinase assays that the group A proteins contain a functional Aurora kinase binding domain and are able to at least double the activity of recombinant AUR1 kinase. Transient expression of GFP-tagged Arabidopsis TPX2-like proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana revealed preferential localization to microtubules and nuclei, except TPXL7, which localized mainly to the nuclear envelope. Co-expression of AUR1 together with TPX2-like proteins changed the localization of AUR1, indicating that these proteins serve as targeting factors for Aurora kinases.

Conclusion

Taken together, we visualize the various localizations of the TPX2-LIKE family in Arabidopsis as proxy to their functional divergence and provide evidence of their role in the targeted regulation of AUR1 kinase activity.
Transcriptome profiling analysis of sex-based differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs in the brains of mature zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Authors: Yuan Wenliang , Jiang Shouwen , Sun Dan , Wu Zhichao , Wei Cai , Dai Chaoxu , Jiang Linhua , PENG SIHUA
Published: July 2019

Background: Similar to humans, the zebrafish brain plays a central role in regulating sexual reproduction, maturation and sexual behavior. However, systematic studies of the dimorphic patterns of gene expression in the brain of male and female zebrafish are lacking.
Results: In this study, the mRNA and lncRNAs expression profiles were obtained from the brain tissue samples of the three male and three female zebrafish by high-throughput transcriptome sequencing. We identified a total of 108 mRNAs and 50 lncRNAs with sex-based differential expression. We randomly selected four differentially expressed genes for RT-qPCR verification and the results certified that the expression pattern showed a similar trend between RNA-seq and RT-qPCR results. Protein-protein interaction network analysis, Gene Ontology (GO) analysis, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis were performed to obtain the biological significance of differentially expressed mRNA in the brain dimorphism of zebrafish. Finally, a Pearson correlation analysis was performed to construct the co-expression network of the mRNAs and lncRNAs.
Conclusions: We found that 12 new lncRNAs not only have significant gender specificity in the brain of zebrafish, and this finding may provide a clue to further study of the functional difference between male and female zebrafish brain.
Patient-physician communication about financial problems: A cross-sectional study among over-indebted individuals
Authors: Warth Jacqueline , Puth Marie-Therese , Zier Ulrike , Beckmann Niklas , Porz Johannes , Tillmann Judith , Weckbecker Klaus , Bosma Hans , Weltermann Birgitta , Münster Eva
Published: July 2019

Background

About every tenth household across Europe is unable to meet payment obligations and living expenses on an ongoing basis and is thus considered over-indebted. Previous research suggests that over-indebtedness reflects a potential cause and consequence of psychosomatic health problems and limited access to health care. However, it is unclear whether those affected discuss their financial problems with general practitioners that often serve as patients’ initial medical contact. Therefore, this study examined patient-physician communication about financial problems in general practice among over-indebted individuals.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among clients of 70 debt advice agencies in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in 2017. We assessed the prevalence of patient-physician communication about financial problems and its association with patient characteristics using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis. Of 699 individuals who returned the questionnaire (response rate: 50.2%), we included 598 respondents enrolled in statutory health insurance with complete outcome data in the analyses.

Results

Less than one fourth of respondents had ever discussed financial problems with their general practitioner (n=135; 22.6%). Individuals with a high educational level were less likely to communicate about financial problems compared to those with medium educational level (aOR 0.11; 95% CI 0.01-0.83) after adjustment for other sociodemographic characteristics, health status and measures of financial distress. Those without a migrant background (aOR 2.09; 95% CI 1.32-3.32), the chronically ill (aOR 1.90; 95% CI 1.16-3.13) and individuals who reported high financial distress (aOR 2.15; 95% CI 1.22-3.78) and cutting on necessities to pay for medications (aOR 1.86; 95% CI 1.12-3.09) were more likely to report communication than their counterparts after adjustment.

Conclusions

Few over-indebted individuals discussed financial problems with their general practitioner. The findings suggest that patients’ health status, coping strategies and perception of financial distress might contribute to variations in disclosure of financial problems. Thus, enhancing communication and screening by routine assessment of financial problems in clinical practice can help to identify vulnerable patients and promote access to health care and social services and well-being for all.
Working Memory and Decision making in children with ADHD: an analysis of delay discounting with the use of the dual-task paradigm
Authors: Fabio Rosa Angela , Bianco Marilla , Caprì Tindara , Marino Flavia , Ruta Liliana , Vagni David , Pioggia Giovanni
Published: July 2019

Objective

Deficits in working memory tasks have been widely documented in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) studies. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of working memory load in impulsivity during decision-making processes. A delayed discounting (DD) paradigm was used, comparing children with ADHD and age matched controls.

Method

Thirty-two children equally divided with typical development or ADHD between 8 and 10 years of age were assigned to sessions of a dual-task paradigm. The first task was a forced dual choice between different amount of moneys at different time delay, while the second task was the repetition of a random series of digits with different lengths.

Results

Compared to peers with typical development, delayed discounting was significantly stronger in children with ADHD and for heavier memory load conditions. Furthermore, the memory load impact was stronger in children with ADHD compared to children with typical development.

Discussion

Results are discussed in terms of the relation between working memory load and decision-making processes.
A cross-sectional study on caregivers’ perspective of the quality of life and adherence of paediatric HIV patients to highly active antiretroviral therapy
Authors: Lahai Michael , James Peter B. , Wannang Noel N. , Wurie Haja R. , Conteh Sorie , Bah Abdulai J. , Samai Mohamed H
Published: July 2019

Background

Non-compliance to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can lead to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations in children leading to emergence of drug resistance and poor quality of life in children with HIV/AIDS. This study assess the response of caregivers for determination of the percentage adherence, child and caregivers’ demographics and related characters to the four domains of quality of life in children (aged 14 years and under) on HAART.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was done for 188 paediatric patients accompanied by their caregivers’ attending Ola During Children’s Hospital and Makeni Government Hospital between September and November 2016 in Sierra Leone with ethical approval obtained from the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee; Directorate of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Health and Sanitation. Adherence to HAART was measured as no indication of a missed dose in the past week or month using three adherence questions on dose in the past week or month. Quality of life was assessed using the four domains of the Quality of life summary questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) as the dependent variable and the demographic characteristics of caregiver and child as the independent variable. Inferential test was used to determine the association between variables and the regression model to determine association of significant variables to the four domains of the WHOQOL BREF.

Results

The study showed 5.9% adherence among 188 paediatric HIV/AIDs patients. Caregiver HIV status and caregiver type were also found to be associated with quality of life domains with high mean values for HIV positive caregivers and caregiver type that included a member of the nuclear family (father, mother or siblings).

Conclusion

This study showed strong association for involvement of caregiver that includes the nuclear family, caregiver’s knowledge of their HIV status and adherence to HAART. Therefore, these factors can improve the quality of life of paediatric HIV/AIDS patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy.
The Central Role of Weathering in the Geosciences
Authors: Frings Patrick J. , Buss Heather L.
Published: July 2019

Weathering is the chemical and physical alteration of rock at the surface of the Earth, but its importance is felt well beyond the rock itself. The repercussions of weathering echo throughout the Earth sciences, from ecology to climatology, from geomorphology to geochemistry. This article outlines how weathering interacts with various geoscience disciplines across a huge range of scales, both spatial and temporal. It traces the evolution of scientific thinking about weathering and man's impact on weathering itself—for better and for worse. Future computational, conceptual and methodological advances are set to cement weathering's status as a central process in the Earth sciences.
The Goldilocks Planet? How Silicate Weathering Maintains Earth “Just Right”
Authors: Kasting James F.
Published: July 2019

Earth's climate is buffered over long timescales by a negative feedback between atmospheric CO2 level and surface temperature. The rate of silicate weathering slows as the climate cools, causing CO2 to increase and warming the surface through the greenhouse effect. This buffering system has kept liquid water stable at Earth's surface, except perhaps during certain ‘Snowball Earth’ episodes at the beginning and end of the Proterozoic. A similar stabilizing feedback is predicted to occur on rocky planets orbiting other stars if they share analogous properties with Earth, most importantly an adequate (but not overly large) abundance of water and a mechanism for recycling carbonate rocks into CO2. Periodic oscillations between globally glaciated and ice-free climates may occur on planets with weak stellar insolation and/or slow volcanic outgassing rates. Most silicate weathering is thought to occur on the continents today, but seafloor weathering (and reverse weathering) may have been equally important earlier in Earth's history.
Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
Authors: Bhattacharya Ramkrishna
Published: July 2019

The principal philosophical systems of India are divided into two branches: āstika and nāstika. This division, however, is basically religious, not philosophical or logical. Whatever might have been the original meanings of these two terms, so far as Indian philosophical literature is concerned, āstika means Veda-abiding and nāstika, non-Veda-abiding. This is an instance of the intrusion of Dharmaśāstra into Mokṣaśāstra: the rules of religious law operating on what was claimed to be the science of freedom (mokṣa/mukti). Thus, religious law had its position asserted and the materialists along with the Jains and the Buddhists were declared to be outside the Vedic fold.
La mayor comprensión para el mayor número: la posición de Noël Carroll acerca del “arte de masas”
Authors: Ruiz Moscardó Javier
Published: July 2019

En el presente trabajo expondremos las líneas maestras de la teoría del arte de masas de Noël Carroll. La novedad de su propuesta radica en que, al contrario de la mayoría de pensadores que han abordado el fenómeno, nuestro filósofo busca una teoría puramente descriptiva que renuncie a la valoración de su objeto de estudio, limitándose a ofrecer un marco conceptual capaz de clasificar las expresiones artísticas de la sociedad de masas. Como complemento, intentaremos contextualizar su propuesta presentando las bases del debate mediante las ideas de Clement Greenberg y Dwight MacDonald, principales fundadores del tópico. Por último, concluiremos con algunos materiales para la crítica de la posición de Carroll.
Tendencia al riesgo y lesión deportiva en fútbol y fútbol sala femenino
Authors: Olmedilla Aurelio
Published: July 2019

La relación entre determinados factores psicológicos y la vulnerabilidad que presenta un deportista para sufrir una lesión ha sido estudiada en los últimos años. Uno de los aspectos a considerar es la influencia de las conductas de riesgo del deportista en la probabilidad de sufrir una lesión. El presente estudio pretende estudiar si la tendencia al riesgo es un factor que está relacionado con la lesión deportiva. Por tanto, el objetivo es determinar si existen diferencias en los niveles de tendencia al riesgo entre jugadoras de fútbol y fútbol sala lesionadas y no lesionadas. Para ello, un total de 102 jugadoras de fútbol y fútbol sala femenino, de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 37 años y pertenecientes a clubes federados de la Región de Murcia participaron en esta investigación. Para la obtención de los datos, se empleó la versión española del cuestionario DOSPERT (Domain Specific Risk Taking) para adultos (Blais & Weber, 2006). Los resultados obtenidos en este estudio no muestran diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los dos grupos analizados (lesionadas y no lesionadas), aunque parece existir una tendencia a presentar puntuaciones superiores en la variable tendencia al riesgo entre las jugadoras pertenecientes al grupo lesionado.
Semblanza literaria y filosófica sobre Guillermo de Ockham
Authors: López López Andrés Felipe
Published: July 2019

En El ruiseñor de Keats y en De las alegorías a las novelas el escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges[1] comenta, de entre tantas de esas expresiones inmortales, una idea del poeta Samuel Taylor Coleridge según la cual, todos los hombres nacemos platónicos o aristotélicos. El linaje de Platón cree que las ideas, los conceptos universales, las clasificaciones en clase, orden y géneroson realidades; los hijos de Aristóteles ven ahí solamente generalizaciones y al lenguaje como juego simbólico. Estos intuyen individuos, no representaciones. Para el hijo de Platón el lenguaje es la proyección misma del universo.
Tensiones, paradojas y urgencia de la condición juvenil en la actualidad. Políticas públicas y culturas juveniles
Authors: Rubio Gallardo Julio César , Molina Gómez Carlos Alberto , Viafara Sandoval Harold
Published: July 2019

El auge de los discursos del reconocimiento de las diferencias sexuales, étnicas, generacionales y culturales, ha supuesto un reto grande en el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas y sociales, que otrora se regían por una idea de población beneficiaria homogénea en sus características y necesidades. El presente artículo, a partir del estudio de los documentos de la CEPAL sobre jóvenes y los Planes de Desarrollo del Municipio de Palmira (Valle del Cauca-Colombia), describe las tensiones discursivas (reconocimiento paradójico) que se suceden a la hora de llevar a cabo la gestión de estas políticas.
Lo publico en la antigüedad, un retorno al ágora
Authors: Aguilar Juan Fernando
Published: July 2019

Hace 50 años, cuando se forjaba la era de los discursos revolucionarios, intelectuales y estudiantes se tomaron las calles de París para protestar contra la injusticia y la desigualdad que aún anidaba, no solo en Francia, sino en toda Europa. La historia recordaría aquella época de marchas y huelgas como Mayo del 68, el momento en que la política se hizo en la calle, en que la juventud decidió no callar más y en el que pensadores como Jean-Paul Sartre y Michel Foucault abandonaron las aulas universitarias para debatir en las calles, en las plazas públicas, en medio del sudor, la represión estatal y los gritos libertarios que convocarían nuevos movimientos alrededor del mundo.
CONSELHO TUTELAR: LEGITIMIDADE E ATRIBUIÃ‡Ã•ES LEGAIS NA MICRORREGIÃƒO DE MANHUAÃ‡U-MG
Authors: Portese Adriano Santos , Lopes NoÃªmia de FÃ¡tima Silva
Published: July 2019

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os desafios enfrentados pelos Conselhos Tutelares na efetivaÃ§Ã£o e na garantia dos direitos da crianÃ§a e do adolescente, na microrregiÃ£o de ManhuaÃ§u â€“ MG, tendo como parÃ¢metro legal as diretrizes estabelecidas na Lei nÂº 8.069/90. Para tal anÃ¡lise, pontuam-se as discussÃµes em torno da PolÃ­tica de AtenÃ§Ã£o a CrianÃ§a e ao Adolescente; a relaÃ§Ã£o do Conselho Tutelar, Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da CrianÃ§a e do Adolescente e AdministraÃ§Ã£o Municipal. Para a realizaÃ§Ã£o da pesquisa, utilizou-se de informaÃ§Ãµes coletadas atravÃ©s de questionÃ¡rio dirigido aos representantes de oito Conselhos Tutelares da regiÃ£o, fundamentados em uma anÃ¡lise crÃ­tica sob a legitimidade e atribuiÃ§Ãµes dos Conselhos Tutelares da microrregiÃ£o de ManhuaÃ§u-MG. Contudo, conclui-se que apesar de vinte quatro anos de ECRIAD, o Conselho Tutelar, Ã³rgÃ£o de extrema importÃ¢ncia e relevÃ¢ncia polÃ­tica para a crianÃ§a e o adolescente, nÃ£o consegue ainda se legitimar como Ã³rgÃ£o de garantia de direitos. JÃ¡ que suas aÃ§Ãµes sÃ£o pautadas na fragmentaÃ§Ã£o e, muitas vezes interrompida, devido aos interesses polÃ­ticos, econÃ´micos e culturais dos municÃ­pios. O desafio que se pÃµe Ã© reforÃ§ar a garantia do direito amparados na legislaÃ§Ã£o, mesmo que a realidade dos Conselhos Tutelares seja contraditÃ³ria e conflitante.
Climate-smart water technologies for sustainable agriculture: a review
Authors: Patle G. T. , Kumar Mukesh , Khanna Manoj
Published: July 2019

Worldwide water management in irrigated and rain-fed agriculture is becoming more and more complex to overcome the expected water scarcity stress. In addition to this, challenges of global warming and climate change would have to be met through the judicious application of water in agriculture through climate-smart water technologies. Agriculture is an important sector in India and many developing countries, providing huge employment opportunities to rural populations, and supporting them to achieve food and nutritional security goals. In this paper, an attempt has been made to address challenges of increasing food production and improving rural livelihoods, while safeguarding critical water resources for sustainable use through adaptive measures for effective water management, particularly in drought-prone regions. An integrated approach needs to be implemented in agricultural water management through adoption of innovations such as water harvesting, micro-irrigation and resource conservation farming to increase water-use efficiency in agriculture and other critical services to humans and animals. The aim of this study is to facilitate an improved understanding of the potential implications of climate change and adaptation options for agricultural water management and thereby assist policymakers in taking up adaptation challenges and developing measures to reduce the vulnerability of the farming sector to climate change.
Prediction of effluent quality in ICEAS-sequential batch reactor using feedforward artificial neural network
Authors: Khatri Narendra , Khatri Kamal Kishore , Sharma Abhishek
Published: July 2019

It is highly essential that municipal wastewater is treated before its discharge and reuse in order to meet the standard requirements for safe marine life and for farming and industries. It is beneficial to use reclaimed water, since availability of fresh water is inadequate. An investigation was conducted on the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation Sewage Treatment Plant (JMC-STP) to develop a feedforward artificial neural network (FF-ANN) model. It is an alternate for the modelling/ prediction of JMC-STP to circumvent over the versatile physical, chemical, and biological treatment process simulations. The models were developed to predict effluent quality parameters through influent characteristics. The parameters are pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonium nitrogen (AN) and total phosphorus (TP). The correlation coefficient RTRAINING and RALL were calculated for all parametric models. The MAD (mean absolute deviation), MSE (mean square error), RMSE (root mean square error) and MAPE (mean absolute percentage error) were evaluated for FF-ANN models. This proves to be a useful tool for the plant management to optimize the treatment quality as it enhances the performance and reliability of the plant. The simulation results were validated through the measured values.
As Origens de uma Etnosociologia Combativa nas Fronteiras Coloniais
Authors: Dias Gustavo
Published: July 2019

Resenha:BOURDIEU, Pierre; SAYAD, Abdelmalek. El desarraigo: la violencia del capitalismo en una sociedad rural. Buenos Aires, SigloVeintiuno Editores, 2017.
Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension With Exercise: The Role of Rehabilitative Medicine
Authors: Johnson Martin K. , Peacock Andrew J.
Published: July 2019

Exercise training as treatment has become well established in many cardiorespiratory conditions. This is also increasingly the case in pulmonary arterial hypertension, where several studies have demonstrated improvements in symptoms, exercise capacity and quality of life. There remains, however, much potential for development. Current research is focused on clarifying the mechanism of benefit in pulmonary hypertension and exploring strategies for both optimizing the treatment effect and widening access to this intervention.
THE VALUE RELEVANCE OF EARNING MEASUREMENT USING OHLSON MODEL: A META-ANALYSIS
Authors: Karyadi Hari , Subroto Bambang , Rahman Aulia Fuad , Maski Ghozali
Published: July 2019

The researchers of accounting information value relevance using Ohlson model had operationalized several earnings measurement proxies. The results of the studies indicated that the level of value relevance and significance influence of each proxy varied. This research aimed to combine this diversity and reveal which earnings measurement proxy has significant value relevance. Meta-analysis of 97 published studies using Ohlson model confirmed the significant relationship between earnings and equity market values. This significant relationship was found in the measurement proxy of abnormal earnings, extraordinary earnings before items, earnings per share and net income. Meta-analysis also found that for proxy net income measurement required investigation of moderating variables.
BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND DESIGNING MODELS OF GOVERNANCE AND ALSO RISK MANAGEMENT FOR FINTECH AS EFFORTS OF FINANCING OPTIMIZATION IN MSMEs
Authors: Wulandari Putu Prima , Wijayanti Anita , Fitriasari Rizka
Published: July 2019

The development of financial services based on technology or Financial Technology (Fintech) potentially gives a great contribution for Indonesiaâ€™s economy. Fintech is able to draw both investor and MSMEs business administrator together that need credit loans with easier requirements compare to conventional financial institutions. The purpose of this research is to find out the readiness of MSMEs for the service offered by Fintech related to financing activity, to find out the role of fintech towards MSMEs development and national financial system, and also to find out which governance and risk management model that suits Fintechâ€™s business field. Qualitative descriptive research method is used in this research with semi structured documentation and interview data collection technique to collect primary and secondary data. Data analysis technique used in this research is content analysis from various sources, including text source, survey result and interview result. The research result shows that the majority of MSMEs doers, about 81,8% of total respondents are absolutely ready in utilizing Fintech service. However, in this case, regulator needs to consider socializing the use of fintech in transaction process towards MSMEs to optimize the role of fintech as alternate financial source for MSMEs. The research result shows that model design of fintech governance and risk management in this research should adopt IT governance framework that includes strategic alignment, trust value delivery, resource management, business & IT risk management and performance management. Besides that, big data management alsoÂ becomes part of fintech business governance and risk management model design.Â
A Proposal for the Definition of Housing with EXPRESS
Authors: Turkyilmaz Emrah , Bayer Semih
Published: July 2019

This article describes how to use the EXPRESS language for the definition of an architectural product. To make this definition, EXPRESS language and ISO 10303 standards examined. A housing project in the BIM environment described as an example by EXPRESS. The results show that it is possible to make the desired calculations about the house with EXPRESS. The definition made with a project that is still in the design phase can determine whether the project provides the desired spatial conditions by making any calculations. Thus, quality and cost-effective projects can obtain.Keywords: EXPRESS; housing; BIM; ISO 10303eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1738
Tailoring of a Smartphone Smoking Cessation App (Kick.it) for Serious Mental Illness Populations: Qualitative Study
Authors: Klein Pauline , Lawn Sharon , Tsourtos George , van Agteren Joep
Published: July 2019

Background

Smoking rates of Australians with severe mental illness (SMI) are disproportionately higher than the general population. Despite the rapid growth in mobile health (mHealth) apps, limited evidence exists to inform their design for SMI populations.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of adapting a novel smoking cessation app (Kick.it) to assist smokers with SMI to prevent smoking relapse and quit.

Methods

Using co-design, two in-depth interviews with 12 adult smokers and ex-smokers with SMI were conducted in this qualitative study. Stage 1 interviews explored participants’ smoking-related experiences and perceptions of social support for smoking cessation, informed the development of the stage 2 interview schedule, and provided context for participants’ responses to the second interview. Stage 2 interviews explored participants’ perceptions of the feasibility, utility, and acceptability of the app features for SMI populations.

Results

People with SMI perceived mHealth interventions to support their quit smoking attempts as feasible, acceptable, and useful. Key emerging themes included personalization of the app to users’ psychosocial needs, a caring app to mediate self-esteem and self-efficacy, an app that normalizes smoking relapse and multiple quit attempts, a strong focus on user experience to improve usability, and a social network to enhance social support for smoking cessation.

Conclusions

This study gained an in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of smoking and quitting among people with SMI and their perception of the Kick.it app features to help inform the tailoring of the app. Specific program tailoring is required to assist them in navigating the complex interactions between mental illness and smoking in relation to their psychosocial well-being and capacity to quit. This study describes the adaptations required for the Kick.it app to meet the specific needs and preferences of people with SMI. Results of this study will guide the tailoring of the Kick.it app for SMI populations. The study findings can also inform a co-design process for the future development and design of smoking cessation apps for SMI populations.
Sympathetic Overdrive in Hypertension, The Role of Beta Blocker, Focus on Bisoprolol
Authors: Dinarti Lucia Kris
Published: July 2019

Sympathetic neural factors played an important role in homeostatic blood pressure control. Dysregulation in sympathetic function may favor the development and progression of the hypertensive state. Beta-blocker, as one of antihypertensive drugs, provides several positive effects to hinder overactivity of sympathetic nerve in patients with hypertension.
Neurohumoral Pathway in Heart Failure
Authors: Anggrahini Dyah Wulan
Published: July 2019

Heart Failure is now considered as one of the leading cause for mortality and morbidity. It is affecting several organs and cause organ damages due to the myocardial failure to pump inadequate oxygenated blood to the body including metabolites, to end organs and peripheral tissues.  Heart failure results from multifactorial mechanism including neurohumoral activations including increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system, renin-angiotensin aldosteron system, vasopression and the atrial natriuretic peptide. This neurohumoral pathway has significant contribution to the development of myocardial dysfunction that lead to clinical manifestation of heart failure. Some of the markers in these pathways have now been considered as an independent predictors of prognosis in heart failure patient.
Effect of organic fertilizers on nutrients content and essential oil composition of savory (Satureja hortensis L.)
Authors: Esmaielpour Behrooz , Rahmanian Mahdi , Khorramdel Surur , Foroghian Setareh
Published: July 2019

abstractApplication of organic fertilizers in the production of these plants to eliminate or substantially reduce the use of chemical inputs and improve the growth and quality of plants. For instance, in present study the effect of vermicompost and spent mushroom compost application on nutritional status and essential oil components of summer Savory (Satureja hortensis L.) was investigated.This experiment was conducted in research greenhouse of Faculty of Agriculture at Mohaghegh Ardabili University in layout of completely randomized design with five replications on  Savory in 2014. Experimental treatments included different substrates contain vermicompost, washed and unwashed spent mushroom compost in five levels (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 Percent v/v). After flowering, plants were harvested and parameters such as leaf area, leaf and plant dry weight, chlorophyll index of leaf and N, P, K, and Ca content and essential oil component of plants were measured.The results showed that the effect of organic substrates on macronutrient content and growth parameters of savory were significant. The highest Nitrogen content (6.3%) and Phosphorus (0.98%) in shoot of savory was obtained in substrate supplemented with 40% vermicompost. Plants grown in the media containing 30% of vermicompost and 50% washed spent mushroom compost (SMC) have higher potassium (3.19%) and calcium (2.48%) content, respectively. The lowest nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content in the aerial part was obtained in the control treatment. Moreover, application of organic fertilizers significantly affected on essential oil percent and composition compounds of savory.  The highest and lowest essential oil content were obtained in plants in substrates containing 30 % of vermicompost and unwashed spent mushroom compost respectively. Main components of essential oil were carvacrol and gamma- trepenine. The highest level of carvacrol (62.10) and gamma-trepenine (32.05) were obtained in plants in substrate containing 40 and 20 % of washed spent mushroom respectively.
No hay cuña más dura que la del mismo palo. Una aproximación a la dictadura duvalierista en Haití
Authors: Millán Moncayo Márgara
Published: July 2019

Haití, el país más pobre de América Latina, ocupa la parte occidental de la añorada isla La Hispañola, conquistada por el viejo mundo durante el siglo XVI. El dominio de Haití lo tuvieron los corsarios franceses desde muy temprano. En 1697 pasa a ser colonia francesa. Fue entonces poblada por esclavos negros traídos del África. Los españoles habían exterminado con singular violencia a los nativos aracucos.
Tras las huellas de las revoluciones latinoamericanas. Fernando Mires, La rebelión permanente: Las revoluciones sociales en América Latina, México, Siglo XXI Editores, 1988, 449 pp .
Authors: Oliver Castillo Lucio Fernando
Published: July 2019

El libro de Fernado Mires sobre las revoluciones sociales en América Latina tiene las características de originalidad, sistematicidad y seriedad suficientes para interesar a los estudiosos sobre los problemas de la región.
Una mirada sobre el fracaso escolar en la transición al bachillerato
Authors: Romo Torres Tania Maria
Published: July 2019

La educación es una pieza fundamental, que otorga recursos y oportunidades al individuo para alcanzar las metas deseadas en virtud del esfuerzo; por ello, en la actualidad, la educación se ha convertido en una herramienta indispensable para la vida laboral y social de los individuos; sin embargo, la tasa de deserción es preocupante, tanto para educadores como para economistas, ya que, al tratarse de un evento voluntario, amplía las brechas sociales, se mantienen los círculos de pobreza y desigualdad e impide la transformación social. De manera que el fracaso escolar trasciende el ámbito educativo y afecta, de uno u otro modo, a la sociedad en su conjunto.De aquí la importancia de su estudio, ya que, si la educación es la clave y solución de múltiples problemas sociales, culturales, políticos y económicos, se debe disminuir el riesgo de exclusión, lo que se logra si se conoce en detalle el fenómeno de fracaso escolar. Ahora bien, el mayor número de casos de absentismo, deserción precoz, bajo rendimiento académico, repitencia y conflicto escolar se presenta en grado sexto, ya que es el grado en el que se realiza el primer cambio profundo al Sistema educativo y, por ende, implica cambios significativos en la vida escolar del estudiante; por tanto, la necesidad de realizar un cuestionamiento sobre lo que sucede en este grado y estudiar la posición de distintos teóricos para analizar las posibles alternativas de solución a este fenómeno de fracaso escolar.
La formación universitaria: una reflexión sobre la educación colombiana en el presente
Authors: Lopera Echavarría Juan Diego
Published: July 2019

Este artículo parte de la hipótesis de que a la universidad colombiana se le asignan unas funciones académicas, científicas, sociales y culturales ante las que no está en condiciones de responder. Tiene como objetivo mostrar que la universidad se debate entre una formación integral (científica, ética y humanista) y una educación para el crecimiento económico. Explora algunas de las circunstancias históricas y actuales que impiden el cumplimiento de esas funciones. Su metodología se basa en un enfoque hermenéutico (interpretativo), entendido como reconstrucción racional y analítica de un saber que posibilita una autorreflexión crítica, emancipatoria, mediante un estudio documental y una contrastación de las fuentes consultadas. Propone que la razón de ser de la universidad, en armonía con su tradición, es formar sujetos razonables, que se caracterizarían por: el intento de articular la razón primaria (intuitiva, emotiva) con la razón secundaria (formal, deliberativa); actitud plural e indogmática; capacidad de escucha; cuidado de sí y de los otros. Finaliza con algunas consideraciones sobre el método para lograr ese propósito: enseñanza basada en el diálogo y experiencia individual y compartida de depuración de prejuicios.
Lo líquido y su despliegue en la edificación de sentidos. Orientación escolar de cara a la cultura digital
Authors: Mesquita Romero Walter Antonio
Published: July 2019

Este artículo de investigación propone relacionar elementos de la orientación escolar y la cultura digital en el intento de constituir un tejido que permitiera elaborar una comprensión de mayor riqueza sobre el entorno juvenil. Estas líneas se originan a partir del proyecto de investigación Escuela y educación mediática realizado en la Escuela Normal Superior, del Putumayo (ENS). Se parte del reconocimiento que los territorios digitales tienen cada vez mayor solidez en la construcción de sentidos en los estudiantes. A las instituciones cimentadas sobre muros robustos las empiezan a traspasar entornos cada vez más líquidos y espesos. Los cambios sociotécnicos actuales dan cuenta de la aparición de territorios virtuales, con una potencia tal que imprime un sello en las subjetividades. En este sentido, se torna totalmente válido y urgente acercar la reflexión sobre las interacciones de los estudiantes en estos entornos: la forma cómo estas interacciones construyen sentidos, los recorridos que diariamente realizan y las implicaciones en los modos de lo que consideran como saber que van consolidando, los significados otorgados y las sensibilidades que se despiertan tras estos encuentros. En este texto, se da cuenta de la forma en que los medios llegan y se entremezclan en la vida de los estudiantes de educación básica media de la ENS, a partir del reconocimiento de su cotidianidad e importancia en sus vidas y se concluye al proponer una serie de operaciones, necesarias para este entorno que, desde el campo de la orientación escolar, podrían abordarse.