bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Lost in translation
Authors: Gerasimov Grigory A.
Published: December 2017

Вместе с глобализацией и развитием интернета появились, а затем размножились, международные научные журналы открытого доступа (ОД), в которых рукописи можно опубликовать за определенную плату. Нужно сразу оговориться, что основная часть журналов ОД публикуется вполне добропорядочными издательствами, проводящими закрытое рецензирование поступающих к ним рукописей и выпускающих качественный контент. Однако, по некоторым оценкам, не менее четверти журналов ОД являются «хищническими», готовыми за деньги публиковать статьи хоть в день их поступления без всякого отбора и рецензирования. Увы, но англоязычные хищнические псевдо-журналы можно считать «журналами бедных», в которых вынуждены публиковаться исследователи из стран с низким подушевым доходом. Так самыми частыми авторами хищнических научных журналов (34,7%) являются индийцы, за ними следуют жители других азиатских стран (25,6%) и африканцы (16,4%). У европейцев и обитателей Северной Америки эти журналы пользуются меньшей популярностью: 8,8 и 9,2% соответственно. Что не удивительно: все уважающие себя университеты запрещают своим сотрудникам печататься в сомнительных журналах ОД. По мере того, как российские исследователи будут ощущать все более возрастающее давление публиковать рукописи в международных журналах на английском языке, вероятность того, что они могут нарваться на хищнический журнал, будет все более возрастать. По мнению автора колонки, нужно постепенно трансформировать известные российские журналы в официально двуязычные, а потом, возможно, принимающие к печати рукописи только на английском языке.
Redução de variabilidade no processo de produção da alvenaria estrutural: padrão técnico e kit completo
Authors: Oliveira Camilla Araújo Coelho , Santos Débora de Gois
Published: December 2017

Para tornar mais eficaz o processo de gestão empregado na construção civil, tem-se buscado utilizar, como sustentação, os princípios da Construção Enxuta, já que propiciam a potencialização do desempenho do planejamento. A variabilidade é considerada, por diversos autores, como a principal causa para a ocorrência de perdas. A padronização pode ser utilizada como um meio de obtenção da redução da variabilidade, já que possibilita um melhor controle da produção e deve ser aplicada desde o início do serviço, garantindo que todos os recursos necessários – kit completo – para sua realização estejam disponíveis e em condições ideais e padronizadas. Assim, o objetivo principal deste trabalho foi identificar os tipos de variabilidade no processo de produção da alvenaria estrutural por meio do padrão técnico e do uso do kit completo. Para isto, foi realizado um estudo exploratório de múltiplos casos aplicando observação em campo e registro de dados. Identificou-se que os tipos de variabilidade ocorriam por se distanciar do padrão desejado. Além disso, as interferências pertencem à categoria preparação do trabalho, que considera que os itens do kit completo e as variabilidades decorrentes das interferências trouxeram, como consequências, perdas do tipo making-do. Sendo assim, espera-se, com este diagnóstico, contribuir para o melhoramento do desempenho desse processo.
Custos de produção na empresa e no mercado: uma visão
Authors: Silva Sergio Evangelista , Curi Filho Wagner Ragi
Published: December 2017

Um dos dilemas fundamentais da firma reside em executar determinada atividade no mercado, ou no seu interior. Na literatura é a economia dos custos de transação (ECT) que melhor permite esta análise, apresentando a forma de governança adequada para determinada atividade. Contudo, a ECT sozinha não permite analisar completamente esta questão, por não abordar em profundidade o papel da configuração dos recursos produtivos na eficiência de determinada atividade. Duas questões a este respeito ainda são prementes: Quais os fundamentos da eficiência do mercado e das firmas que definem o custo da atividade nestes dois meios? Qual é a estrutura comparativa dos custos relativa à execução de determinada atividade nestes dois meios? Diante destas duas questões este artigo tem por objetivo propor um modelo dos custos de produção na empresa e no mercado, baseado na eficiência dos fatores de produção e nos custos de transação.  Esta proposta é feita à luz dos pressupostos da ECT, da organização industrial (OI) e da visão baseada nos recursos (VBR). Como principal resultado este modelo permite compreender como os custos de transação e a eficiência dos fatores de produção determinam o desenvolvimento das empresas e do sistema econômico como um todo.
Technikfolgenabschätzung in Energielandschaften
Authors: Scheffran Jürgen , Link P. Michael , Shaaban Mostafa , Süsser Diana , Yang Jinxi
Published: December 2017

Verglichen mit den Risiken und Konflikten des fossil-nuklearen Zeitalters erscheinen die erneuerbaren Energien in einem überwiegend positiven Licht. Allerdings schafft die Transformation zu einer kohlenstoffarmen Energieversorgung neue Energielandschaften, die einen hohen Bedarf an Landflächen mit sich bringen – was ebenfalls Energiekonflikte provozieren kann. Um derartige Konflikte zu mindern und die Akzeptanz der Bevölkerung zu gewinnen, kann Technikfolgenabschätzung einen Beitrag leisten, wenn sie sich auf räumliche agentenbasierte Modelle stützt. Diese Modelle repräsentieren die Entscheidungen von Stakeholdern über Energiealternativen, deren dynamische Interaktionen sowie daraus resultierende Landnutzungsoptionen und Energiepfade. Als Fallstudie dient Norddeutschland, wo Landwirte und Gemeinden als lokale Akteure der Energiewende agieren.
Neutrale Akzeptanzerhebungen?
Authors: Diller Christian , Gardt Manuel , Litmeyer Marie-Louise
Published: December 2017

Der Ausbau von Windenergieanlagen schreitet in Deutschland voran. In diesem Beitrag geht es um die Möglichkeiten, wie die Forschung in Untersuchungen zur Frage der Akzeptanz von Windenergie methodisch Einfluss nimmt. Resultate einer eigenen Untersuchung deuten auf eine gewisse Robustheit der Antworten von Touristen gegenüber moderaten methodischen Variationen der Fragebogengestaltung hin. Gleichwohl zeigen andere Beispiele die grundsätzlichen methodischen Einflussmöglichkeiten der Akzeptanzforschung bei diesem Thema.
Report: There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in
Authors: Priefer Carmen , Nierling Linda , Scherz Constanze , Sotoudeh Mahshid , Hebáková Lenka
Published: December 2017

Meeting Report on the 3rd European TA Conference in Cork, Ireland on May 17th – 19th 2017.
Fachportal: Der openTA-Blog
Authors: Hommrich Dirk
Published: December 2017

Das Fachportal Technikfolgenabschätzung (openTA) richtet sich an WissenschaftlerInnen und an die Öffentlichkeit. Es bietet folgende Dienste: openTA News, Kalender, Publikationen und Neuerscheinungen, sowie den openTA-Blog, ein Forum für die Mitglieder des Netzwerks TA (NTA).
Laces: a case study of preservation of the UFRGS Fashion and Textile Museum collection
Authors: Felippi Vera , Rüthschilling Evelise Anicet , Perry Gabriela
Published: December 2017

In this paper, the course of the Lucy Niemeyer Lace Collection belonging to the Fashion and Textiles Museum of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is presented. The aim is to present the strategy followed, the interventions and the results of the preventive conservation activities. The activities comprise characterization of materials, records, cleaning, packing, cataloguing and disclosure of knowledge aiming at the collection preservation. The conservation methodology is based on the practices and theories used in national and international museums that deal with textile collections. Reference is made to the importance of virtual space to make knowledge available, since it facilitates access, enhances investigations and provides a form of preservation. It is a research with practical application, based on a qualitative approach, employing the case study as technical procedure.
Zwischen ethischer Neutralität und Dehumanisierung
Authors: Rüther Markus
Published: December 2017

It is an undoubted fact that neuroscientific models of explanation play a crucial role in the realms of science and public life. Besides some noteworthy theoretical problems (unserious experimental set-ups, mis- or overinterpretation, illegitimate analogies, etc.) there are also practical problems concerning the neuroscientific explanation monopoly. To bring those problems to light, it is reasonable to concentrate on a specific and currently prominent version of modelling – namely that undertaken by so-called biological psychiatry. In this article, it will be shown that the controversy concerning biological psychiatry is often guided by several misunderstandings and wrong-headed accusations. The article starts by giving a minimal definition of biological psychiatry which can be used as a common ground for further argumentation. It differentiates three subprojects of biological psychiatry and examines their risks and potentials in more detail. In sum, the article argues for a nuanced attitude towards biological psychiatry: If we are concerned with diagnostic practices and biological underpinnings of mental illnesses we are well-informed by the methods of biological psychiatry. However, if we want to know something about the nature of mental illnesses, we should imagine other projects which are theoretically much better equipped to answer ontological questions.
Identity navigation, story evaluation and recipient identification inThe Graham Norton Show’s “Red Chair stories”
Authors: Verhelst Avril , Van De Mieroop Dorien
Published: December 2017

For the evaluation of a story, story recipients rely on a narrator’s identity work. Uniquely, these related processes of identity work and story evaluation unfold explicitly in the Red Chair segment ofThe Graham Norton Show, where “bad” stories are rejected by flipping the narrator out of a red chair, and narrators of “good” stories may walk away from the chair. We collected every Red Chair story broadcast in 2013 and analyzed these by drawing on Bamberg (2011, Narrative practice and identity navigation. In James A. Holstein & Jaber F. Gubrium [eds.],Varieties of narrative analysis, 99–124. London: Sage)’s three main dimensions of identity navigation, namely, agency, sameness/difference, and constancy/change. The analyses reveal diverging tendencies, which we bring together by means of the concept of identification, viz. (i) the story recipient’s affiliation with the protagonist of the story and/or with the narrator, or (ii) the recipient’s vicarious experience of the events. We propose that a story recipient’s evaluation can be related to the extent to which identification is elicited. This identification is not only based on the navigational dimension of sameness/difference, as often proposed, but it is, among others, a result of the narrator’s unique identity navigation along the three closely interwoven dimensions, thus also including agency and constancy/change.
Die Auslegung von familiengesellschaftsbezogenen Rechtsgeschäften
Authors: Prütting Jens , Schirrmacher Paul
Published: December 2017

Die besondere Dynamik von Familienunternehmen hat ihre Ursache in dem Einfluss der Unternehmerfamilie. Im Ausgangspunkt sind damit ökonomische und psychologische Realitäten angesprochen. Diese teilen sich jedoch auch der rechtlichen Sphäre mit, insbesondere mit Blick auf die das Familienunternehmen tragende Gesellschaft. In der Familiengesellschaft stehen sich nicht lediglich Minderheiten und Mehrheiten, geschäftsführende und nicht-geschäftsführende Gesellschafter etc. wie in jeder anderen Gesellschaft gegenüber, sondern Individuen, die weit mehr als eine rational-ökonomische Beziehung verbindet (oder trennt). Damit gehen typischerweise auch rechtlich relevante Regelungsebenen neben dem Gesellschaftsvertrag einher, etwa in Gestalt von Gesellschaftervereinbarungen, Familienverfassungen usw. Der nachfolgende Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob und inwiefern die familiär bedingte Vielschichtigkeit von familienunternehmensbezogenen Regelungsebenen die Auslegung des Familiengesellschaftsvertrags beeinflusst.
Sicherheiten für Gesellschafterverbindlichkeiten und die Kapitalerhaltung in GmbH und AG
Authors: Kuntz Thilo
Published: December 2017

Die Literatur streitet seit längerem über die kapitalerhaltungsrechtliche Einordnung dinglicher Sicherheiten, welche die Gesellschaft für Verbindlichkeiten ihrer Gesellschafter gewährt. Ein Schwerpunkt der Diskussion liegt dabei auf der Frage, ob die Bestellung oder die Verwertung der für das Vorliegen einer Auszahlung im Sinne der § 30 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GmbHG, § 57 Abs. 1 Satz 1 AktG maßgebliche Zeitpunkt ist. Im Lichte der bilanziellen Betrachtungsweise, die den § 30 Abs. 1 Satz 2 GmbHG, § 57 Abs. 1 Satz 3 AktG zugrunde liegt und wie sie durch das MoMiG wieder eingeführt wurde, erfordert zudem das Problem eine Lösung, welche Anforderungen an die Vollwertigkeit des Gegenleistungs- oder Rückforderungsanspruchs zu stellen sind und ob es einer Verzinsung dieser Ansprüche bedarf. In zwei in kurzem zeitlichen Abstand gefällten Urteilen hat der Bundesgerichtshof sowohl für die GmbH als auch für die AG entschieden, bei dinglichen Sicherheiten liege die relevante Auszahlung in der Bestellung, nicht in der Verwertung. Maßgebliche Gegenforderung sei der Freistellungsanspruch der Gesellschaft gegen ihr Mitglied. Zudem behandelte das Gericht einige ergänzende Aspekte. Der Beitrag bespricht die beiden Judikate und nimmt sie zugleich zum Anlass, sich dem Thema der Bestellung von Sicherheiten für Gesellschafterverbindlichkeiten etwas grundsätzlicher zu nähern.
Seizure Forecasting from Idea to Reality. Outcomes of the My Seizure Gauge Epilepsy Innovation Institute Workshop
Authors: Dumanis Sonya B. , French Jaqueline A. , Bernard Christophe , Worrell Gregory A. , Fureman Brandy E.
Published: December 2017

The Epilepsy Innovation Institute (Ei2) is a new research program of the Epilepsy Foundation designed to be an innovation incubator for epilepsy. Ei2research areas are selected based on community surveys that ask people impacted by epilepsy what they would like researchers to focus on. In their 2016 survey, unpredictability was selected as a top issue regardless of seizure frequency or severity. In response to this need, Ei2launched the My Seizure Gauge challenge, with the end goal of creating a personalized seizure advisory system device. Prior to moving forward, Ei2convened a diverse group of stakeholders from people impacted by epilepsy and clinicians, to device developers and data scientists, to basic science researchers and regulators, for a state of the science assessment on seizure forecasting. From the discussions, it was clear that we are at an exciting crossroads. With the advances in bioengineering, we can utilize digital markers, wearables, and biosensors as parameters for a seizure-forecasting algorithm. There are also over a thousand individuals who have been implanted with ambulatory intracranial EEG recording devices. Pairing up peripheral measurements to brain states could identify new relationships and insights. Another key component is the heterogeneity of the relationships indicating that pooling findings across groups is suboptimal, and that data collection will need to be done on longer time scales to allow for individualization of potential seizure-forecasting algorithms.
Targeting beta-cell preservation in the management of type 2 diabetes
Authors: Boughton Charlotte K , Munro Neil , Whyte Martin
Published: December 2017

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is widely considered a chronic and progressive disease without cure. As beta-cell function progressively declines over time, blood glucose rises. Current management of T2D involves incremental introduction of dietary and drug therapies to achieve normoglycaemia. However, recent studies have demonstrated remission of T2D following bariatric surgery, very low calorie diet or intensive insulin therapy, raising the possibility that the declining beta-cell function in T2D may be arrested or even reversed. The point at which such interventions are introduced in the course of T2D is key for clinical benefit. Future treatment strategies should be revised to target early beta-cell preservation and thus disease remission. This article reviews the pathogenesis of beta-cell dysfunction and evidence for the clinical benefit of preserving beta-cell function in T2D, and discusses the evidence for beta-cell preservation of current glucose-lowering therapies with particular reference to their effect when initiated at the time of diagnosis of T2D.
Pre-treatment growth and IGF-I deficiency as main predictors of response to growth hormone therapy in neural models
Authors: Smyczyńska Urszula , Smyczyńska Joanna , Hilczer Maciej , Stawerska Renata , Tadeusiewicz Ryszard , Lewiński Andrzej
Published: December 2017

Mathematical models have been applied in prediction of growth hormone treatment effectiveness in children since the end of 1990s. Usually they were multiple linear regression models; however, there are also examples derived by empirical non-linear methods. Proposed solution consists in application of machine learning technique – artificial neural networks – to analyse this problem. This new methodology, contrary to previous ones, allows detection of both linear and non-linear dependencies without assuming their charactera priori. The aims of this work included: development of models predicting separately growth during 1st year of treatment and final height as well as identification of important predictors and in-depth analysis of their influence on treatment’s effectiveness. The models were derived on the basis of clinical data of 272 patients treated for at least 1 year, 133 of whom have already attained final height. Starting from models containing 17 and 20 potential predictors, respectively for 1st year and final height model, we were able to reduce their number to 9 and 10. Basing on the final models, IGF-I concentration and earlier growth were indicated as belonging to most important predictors of response to GH therapy, while results of GH secretion tests were automatically excluded as insignificant. Moreover, majority of the dependencies were observed to be non-linear, thus using neural networks seems to be reasonable approach despite it being more complex than previously applied methods.
Hypercalcemia of malignancy treated with cinacalcet
Authors: Asonitis Nikolaos , Kassi Eva , Kokkinos Michalis , Giovanopoulos Ilias , Petychaki Foteini , Gogas Helen
Published: December 2017

Hypercalcemia of malignancy is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in hospitalized patients. It is associated with a poor prognosis, since it reflects an advanced cancer stage. Among all cancer in females, breast cancer is the most common malignancy, and it has the highest prevalence of hypercalcemia. Approximately 70% of patients with breast cancer have bone metastases and 10% of them will have hypercalcemia as a complication at some point in the disease. Herein, we report a 69-year-old female patient with metastatic breast cancer, who developed severe hypercalcemia in the course of her disease and was diagnosed with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM). Intense hydration along with corticoisteroids and antiresorptive medication (calcitonin, bisphosphonates and denosumab) were administered to the patient. Despite the above treatment, serum calcium levels remain elevated and calcimimetic cinacalcet was added. Upon discontinuation of cinacalcet, calcium levels were raised and returned back to the normal levels following re-initiation of the calcimimetic. Her calcium level restored to normal, and she was discharged with the following medical treatment: denosumab monthly, and cinacalcet at a titrated dose of 90 mg per day. The patient is followed as an outpatient and 11 months later, her calcium level remained within the normal range.

Learning points:

Hypercalcemia of malignancy is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in hospitalized patients.

Breast cancer has the highest prevalence of hypercalcemia.

The cornerstone of therapy remains the intense hydration and intravenous bisphosphonates (preferably zoledronic acid).

In case of persistent hypercalcemia of malignancy, the administration of calcimimetic cinacalcet could be an additional effective therapeutic option.
Dosage-Dependent Expression Variation Suppressed on the Drosophila Male X Chromosome
Authors: Lee Hangnoh , Cho Dong-Yeon , Wojtowicz Damian , Harbison Susan T , Russell Steven , Oliver Brian , Przytycka Teresa M
Published: December 2017

DNA copy number variation is associated with many high phenotypic heterogeneity disorders. We systematically examined the impact of Drosophila melanogaster deletions on gene expression profiles to ask whether increased expression variability owing to reduced gene dose might underlie this phenotypic heterogeneity. Indeed, we found that one-dose genes have higher gene expression variability relative to two-dose genes. We then asked whether this increase in variability could be explained by intrinsic noise within cells due to stochastic biochemical events, or whether expression variability is due to extrinsic noise arising from more complex interactions. Our modeling showed that intrinsic gene expression noise averages at the organism level and thus cannot explain increased variation in one-dose gene expression. Interestingly, expression variability was related to the magnitude of expression compensation, suggesting that regulation, induced by gene dose reduction, is noisy. In a remarkable exception to this rule, the single X chromosome of males showed reduced expression variability, even compared with two-dose genes. Analysis of sex-transformed flies indicates that X expression variability is independent of the male differentiation program. Instead, we uncovered a correlation between occupancy of the chromatin-modifying protein encoded by males absent on the first (mof) and expression variability, linking noise suppression to the specialized X chromosome dosage compensation system. MOF occupancy on autosomes in both sexes also lowered transcriptional noise. Our results demonstrate that gene dose reduction can lead to heterogeneous responses, which are often noisy. This has implications for understanding gene network regulatory interactions and phenotypic heterogeneity. Additionally, chromatin modification appears to play a role in dampening transcriptional noise.
Optimum Risk Assessment for Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: Should We Hold the Status Quo or Consider Magnitude Synergism and Left Atrial Appendage Anatomy?
Authors: Reiffel James A ,   Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Published: December 2017

Thromboembolic stroke and systemic embolism are generally agreed to be the major morbidity/mortality concerns for patients with AF. However, the risk of thromboembolism is not the same for all AF patients. Both AF and comorbidities must interact synergistically to create the risk for thromboembolism. But, is the synergism dichotomous – AF present or absent, comorbid disorder present or absent – or does synergism have magnitude, depending on the number and severity of the associated disorders and the amount of time one is in AF? This review discusses the current risk-score contributors and options for assessing risk of thromboembolism in AF patients, and what their combined roles might be. Also covered is the consideration of left atrial appendage anatomy in this context.
Premature Ventricular Contraction-induced Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Callans David J ,   Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Published: December 2017

Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are very common and usually do not require treatment. However, in the clinical setting of troublesome symptoms, or when PVCs trigger polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or cause cardiomyopathy, proper treatment is critical. In this review, the clinical syndrome of PVC-induced cardiomyopathy, including risk factors for development and treatment, is discussed. Although PVC-induced cardiomyopathy is typically associated with frequent PVCs there are also patients with this burden that do not develop cardiomyopathy, suggesting a differential susceptibility. Treatment often consists of catheter ablation, although antiarrhythmic medications may also provide both reduction in PVC frequency and resolution of left ventricular dysfunction.
O conceito de angústia entre Max Weber e Peter L. Berger
Authors: Pissardo Carlos Henrique
Published: December 2017

O artigo visa a discutir como o conceito de angústia atua na interseção entre certo momento da obra de Peter L. Berger e a tese central de A ética protestante, de Max Weber. Pretende-se, por um lado, perscrutar como Berger recorre a esse conceito a fim de analisar atributos determinantes do trabalho de construção social da realidade e da insistente sombra que acompanha esse trabalho na forma daquilo que o autor denomina de “crise de sentido”. Por outro, busca-se enfatizar como esse estado de crise de sentido, vinculado por Berger à angústia, guarda proximidade com a tese desenvolvida por Weber em seu trabalho mais conhecido, onde o indivíduo moderno típico-ideal, isto é, o calvinista, é descrito como um sujeito angustiado porque também atravessado por um peculiar malogro em seu intento de dotar a vida de um sentido unívoco. Por fim, em um trabalho de cotejamento, analisam-se os deslocamentos e reformulações teóricas que impedem uma identificação ingênua entre os dois projetos. Objetiva-se, assim, trazer à tona um capítulo pouco estudado da relação entre a sociologia fenomenológica e as teorias de Max Weber.
The recombinant fusion protein CFP10–ESAT6–dIFN has protective effect against tuberculosis in guinea pigs
Authors: Permyakova Natalya V. , Belavin Pavel A. , Pirozhkova Dariya S. , Ufimtseva Elena G. , Rozov Sergey M. , Mursalimov Sergey R. , Sidorchuk Yuriy V. , Uvarova Elena A. , Zagorskaya Alla A. , Marenkova Tatiana V. , Bannikova Svetlana V. , Demidov Evgeniy A. , Starostin Konstantin V. , Kravchenko Marionella A. , Vakhrusheva Diana V. , Berdnikov Roman B. , Eremeeva Natalya I. , Skornyakov Sergey N. , Peltek Sergey E. , Deineko Elena V.
Published: December 2017

Development of effective vaccine candidates against tuberculosis (TB) is currently the most important challenge in the prevention of this disease since the BCG vaccine fails to guarantee a lifelong protection, while any other approved vaccine with better efficiency is still absent. The protective effect of the recombinant fusion protein CFP10–ESAT6–dIFN produced in a prokaryotic expression system (Escherichia coli) has been assessed in a guinea pig model of acute TB. The tested antigen comprises the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) proteins ESAT6 and CFP10 as well as modified human γ-interferon (dIFN) for boosting the immune response. Double intradermal immunization of guinea pigs with the tested fusion protein (2 × 0.5 µg) induces a protective effect against subsequent Mtb infection. The immunized guinea pigs do not develop the symptoms of acute TB and their body weight gain was five times more as compared with the non-immunized infected guinea pigs. The animal group immunized with this dose of antigen displays the minimum morphological changes in the internal organs and insignificant inflammatory lesions in the liver tissue, which complies with a decrease in the bacterial load in the spleen and average Mtb counts in macrophages.
Method for determining the focal length in a digital non-metric camera
Authors: Hlotov Volodymir , Hunina Alla , Yurkiv Mariana
Published: December 2017

The authors analysed the methods for determining the focal length in digital cameras (DC) and
proposed a method, according to which the control-measuring grid (CMG) is located vertically
at a distance from the DC and a photograph of the CMG is made, then the latter (the CMG)
is moved along the optical axis of the digital camera to the distance, which is fixed with a mi�crometre screw and, repeatedly, a series of photographs of the CMG is taken. After that, on the
received digital images, the coordinates are measured on the corresponding intersections of the
CMG, and subsequently, the focal length for the DC is determined. The a priori estimation of
accuracy of determining the focal length for the DC by the proposed method is calculated. For
approbation of the method, the focal length in the following cameras was determined: Canon
EOS 350D, Canon EOS 450D, Canon EOS 5D.
Analysis of the Polish Home Army drop zones during World War II, using geographic information systems
Authors: Leśniak Andrzej , Lupa Michał , Polończyk Agnieszka
Published: December 2017

The aim of the research presented in this paper was to determine the precise location of drop zones
that were used for parachute jumps of the ‘Silent and Unseen’ paratroops (Polish: Cichociemni) and
for delivering military equipment during World War II. The studies were based on historical re�search containing information about the locations of the jumps and their schematic arrangement,
Ordnance Survey Maps of the pre-war period, and a GIS system with contemporary geographic
digital maps. Within the work, the available information about the drop zone locations of the
period from February 1941 to December 1944 is summarized. Moreover, the calibration of avail�able schematic maps is presented, based on contemporary digital data. The final part of the study
contains an estimation of drop zone location errors compared against military tactical maps.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology
Authors: Arshavskaya Ekaterina
Published: December 2017

The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology, edited by Fiona Farr and Liam Murray, London and New York: Routledge, US $240, ISBN 9780415837873, 570 pages, 2016
ADAPTAÇÃO TRANSCULTURAL DE INSTRUMENTOS DE PESQUISA CONDUZIDA PELA ENFERMAGEM DO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Lino Cristiane Ribeiro de Melo , Brüggemann Odaléa Maria , Souza Maria de Lourdes de , Barbosa Sayonara de Fátima Faria , Santos Evanguelia Kotzias Atherino dos
Published: December 2017

RESUMO Objetivo: identificar e analisar as abordagens teóricas e propostas processuais utilizadas na adaptação transcultural de instrumentos de pesquisa para a língua portuguesa, pela enfermagem brasileira. Método: revisão integrativa de artigos que descreviam o processo de adaptação transcultural de instrumentos utilizados na prática clínica hospitalar, publicados entre 2005-2016. A busca foi realizada na MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, Scopus®, Web of science®, LILACS®, BDENF e SciELO®. Foram analisados 22 artigos, identificando-se as etapas do processo de adaptação, a abordagem metodológica, o instrumento e especialidade clínica. Resultados: todos os estudos utilizaram a abordagem universalista e em 20 deles Beaton foi o referencial metodológico adotado. Dentre os pontos fortes, destacam-se a adoção de referenciais metodológicos, cumprimento e detalhamento dos procedimentos adotados no processo, validação de conteúdo e avaliação psicométrica. Entretanto, a fragilidade predominante foi a ausência de informações importantes do processo de adaptação. Conclusão: evidencia-se uma supervalorização da avaliação psicométrica, em detrimento do cumprimento rigoroso do processo adaptação. Os achados possibilitam a elaboração de recomendações para estudos de adaptação transcultural, que podem subsidiar futuras pesquisas deste método.
A UTILIZAÇÃO DE UM REFERENCIAL METODOLÓGICO NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE EVIDÊNCIAS COMO PARTE DA INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ENFERMAGEM
Authors: Bandeira Andrea Gonçalves , Witt Regina Rigatto , Lapão Luis Velez , Madruga Juliana Gorziza
Published: December 2017

RESUMO Objetivo: refletir a respeito das potencialidades do quadro conceitual Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) para a tradução do conhecimento e na implementação de evidências em saúde e enfermagem. Método: esta reflexão tem como base o referencial metodológico proposto, sua utilização no contexto internacional da pesquisa em saúde e enfermagem, e as possibilidades no contexto brasileiro. Resultados: referenciais metodológicos como o quadro de conceitual Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services, desenvolvido no âmbito da enfermagem, vêm sendo utilizados amplamente para tradução do conhecimento para a prática dos serviços de saúde. O panorama da contribuição referido referencial metodológico evidencia que vem sendo utilizado nas investigações em saúde, principalmente em enfermagem, em diversos lugares do mundo, com aplicação na implementação de pesquisa, para realização de intervenção educativa, na análise do local de desenvolvimento estudo, análise de dados obtidos em investigação, ou até mesmo, para organização de pesquisas. Conclusão: esta reflexão apresenta possibilidades de utilização do quadro conceitual Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services nas investigações em saúde e enfermagem no Brasil, para, deste modo, minimizar a lacuna entre a produção e consumo do conhecimento envolvendo as pessoas interessadas para facilitar a utilização dos resultados da investigação e assegurar mudanças nas práticas e nas políticas públicas.
SUBJETIVIDADE E ENFRENTAMENTO DA MORTE: CONSTRUINDO GESTÃO DE PESSOAS NA COTIDIANIDADE
Authors: Capaverde Caroline Bastos , Oliveira Livia Pedersen de , Scheffer Angela Beatriz Busato
Published: December 2017

RESUMO O presente estudo objetivou compreender como são pensadas e construídas práticas de trabalho e de gestão de pessoas na cotidianidade de um local onde o trabalho exige enfrentamento com a morte. Esse é um estudo qualitativo. Foi realizado o acompanhamento da rotina de 4 agentes funerários, 1 diretor de plantão, 1 gerente administrativo e 1 maquiadora necrotérica em seu contexto de trabalho em uma empresa funerária de pequeno porte em Porto Alegre. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizadas técnicas etnográficas (CAVEDON, 2003), sendo a interpretação realizada por meio de análise de conteúdo (MINAYO, 2010). Os achados foram agrupados em quatro categorias que, entende-se, integram o processo de subjetivação do fazer/saber diante da morte: 1) redimensionando as certezas; 2) os saberes no/do trabalho frente à ressignificação da morte; 3) ser trabalhador atravessado pela representação da morte em sociedade; e 4) gestão se configurando no contexto da morte. Vimos que esses profissionais criam, reinventam suas maneiras de fazer, a partir de um processo de ressignificar e naturalizar a morte, sendo o ambiente organizacional, em consonância com Certeau (2008), um espaço onde trabalhadores fazem a gestão do seu cotidiano e de si mesmos com seus próprios significados.
“DETALHES DE SUA INCOMPETÊNCIA NÃO ME INTERESSAM”: O ASSÉDIO MORAL NO FILME O DIABO VESTE PRADA
Authors: Maciel Helltonn Winicius Patricio , Helal Diogo Henrique
Published: December 2017

RESUMO Este caso aborda o assédio moral vivenciado em uma revista de moda de grande repercussão internacional. Revela as relações conflituosas de uma secretária recém-contratada com sua chefe e sua colega de trabalho em um contexto repleto de glamour, soberba e subserviência. Os diálogos expõem a supervalorização do trabalho perfeito, do comportamento narcísico e de intenções maldosas, repercutindo no dilema da secretária de permanecer ou não na revista.
Multiple linear regression and random forest to predict and map soil properties using data from portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF)
Authors: Silva Sérgio Henrique Godinho , Teixeira Anita Fernanda dos Santos , Menezes Michele Duarte de , Guilherme Luiz Roberto Guimarães , Moreira Fatima Maria de Souza , Curi Nilton
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT Determination of soil properties helps in the correct management of soil fertility. The portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF) has been recently adopted to determine total chemical element contents in soils, allowing soil property inferences. However, these studies are still scarce in Brazil and other countries. The objectives of this work were to predict soil properties using pXRF data, comparing stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR) and random forest (RF) methods, as well as mapping and validating soil properties. 120 soil samples were collected at three depths and submitted to laboratory analyses. pXRF was used in the samples and total element contents were determined. From pXRF data, SMLR and RF were used to predict soil laboratory results, reflecting soil properties, and the models were validated. The best method was used to spatialize soil properties. Using SMLR, models had high values of R² (≥0.8), however the highest accuracy was obtained in RF modeling. Exchangeable Ca, Al, Mg, potential and effective cation exchange capacity, soil organic matter, pH, and base saturation had adequate adjustment and accurate predictions with RF. Eight out of the 10 soil properties predicted by RF using pXRF data had CaO as the most important variable helping predictions, followed by P2O5, Zn and Cr. Maps generated using RF from pXRF data had high accuracy for six soil properties, reaching R2 up to 0.83. pXRF in association with RF can be used to predict soil properties with high accuracy at low cost and time, besides providing variables aiding digital soil mapping.
QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ROTATOR CUFF ARTHROPATHY
Authors: FERREIRA NETO ARNALDO AMADO , MALAVOLTA EDUARDO ANGELI , ASSUNÇÃO JORGE HENRIQUE , GRACITELLI MAURO EMILIO CONFORTO , OCAMPOS GUILHERME PEREIRA , TRINDADE EVELINDA MARRAMON
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare quality of life (according to the SF-12) in patients with rotator cuff arthropathy with controls paired by sex and age. Secondary objectives are to compare the groups according to the ASES and VAS scales. Methods: This cross-sectional study with controls paired by sex and age compared patients with rotator cuff arthropathy with surgical indication for reverse shoulder arthroplasty. The groups were compared according to the SF-12, ASES, and VAS scales. Results: The groups consisted of 38 individuals, 28 women. The SF-12 demonstrated a significant difference in the physical component, with the cases scoring 31.61 ± 6.15 and the controls 49.39 ± 6.37 (p<0.001). For the mental component, the difference was not significant, with the cases scoring 44.82 ± 13.18 and the controls 48.96 ± 8.65 (p=0.109). The cases scored 7.34 ± 2.11 on the VAS and 31.26 ± 15.12 on the ASES, while the controls scored 0.55 ± 1.31 and 97.53 ± 6.22, respectively (p<0.001). Conclusion: Patients with rotator cuff arthropathy had poorer results for the physical component of the SF-12 than the controls. They also had poorer functional results according to the ASES scale, and more pain according to the VAS. Level of Evidence III, Case Control Study.
Birth plan compliance and its relation to maternal and neonatal outcomes
Authors: Hidalgo-Lopezosa Pedro , Hidalgo-Maestre María , Rodríguez-Borrego Maria Aurora
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the degree of fulfillment of the requests that women reflect in their birth plans and to determine their influence on the main obstetric and neonatal outcomes. Method: retrospective, descriptive and analytical study with 178 women with birth plans in third-level hospital. Inclusion criteria: low risk gestation, cephalic presentation, single childbirth, delivered at term. Scheduled and urgent cesareans without labor were excluded. A descriptive and inferential analysis of the variables was performed. Results: the birth plan was mostly fulfilled in only 37% of the women. The group of women whose compliance was low (less than or equal to 50%) had a cesarean section rate of 18.8% and their children had worse outcomes in the Apgar test and umbilical cord pH; while in women with high compliance (75% or more), the percentage of cesareans fell to 6.1% and their children had better outcomes. Conclusion: birth plans have a low degree of compliance. The higher the compliance, the better is the maternal and neonatal outcomes. The birth plan can be an effective tool to achieve better outcomes for the mother and her child. Measures are needed to improve its compliance.
The utility of the records medical: factors associated with the medication errors in chronic disease
Authors: Cruz Hellen Lilliane da , Mota Flávia Karla da Cruz , Araújo Lorena Ulhôa , Bodevan Emerson Cotta , Seixas Sérgio Ricardo Stuckert , Santos Delba Fonseca
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT Objective: This study describes the development of the medication history of the medical records to measure factors associated with medication errors among chronic diseases patients in Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Methods: retrospective, descriptive observational study of secondary data, through the review of medical records of hypertensive and diabetic patients, from March to October 2016. Results: The patients the mean age of patient was 62.1 ± 14.3 years. The number of basic nursing care (95.5%) prevailed and physician consultations were 82.6%. Polypharmacy was recorded in 54% of sample, and review of the medication lists by a pharmacist revealed that 67.0% drug included at least one risk. The most common risks were: drug-drug interaction (57.8%), renal risk (29.8%), risk of falling (12.9%) and duplicate therapies (11.9%). Factors associated with medications errors history were chronic diseases and polypharmacy, that persisted in multivariate analysis, with adjusted RP chronic diseases, diabetes RP 1.55 (95%IC 1.04-1.94), diabetes/hypertension RP 1.6 (95%CI 1.09-1.23) and polypharmacy RP 1.61 (95%IC 1.41-1.85), respectively. Conclusion: Medication errors are known to compromise patient safety. This has led to the suggestion that medication reconciliation an entry point into the systems health, ongoing care coordination and a person focused approach for people and their families.
Treatment of advanced melanoma - A changing landscape
Authors: Hepner Adriana , Salgues Alessandra , Anjos Carlos A. dos , Sahade Marina , Camargo Veridiana P. , Garicochea Bernardo , Shoushtari Alexander N. , Postow Michael A. , Fernandes Gustavo S. , Munhoz Rodrigo R.
Published: December 2017

Summary Following decades of relative ostracism, advances in the treatment of melanoma have brought a new reality for patients, physicians and researchers. While antibodies targeting molecules involved in the modulation of the interaction between melanoma and immune cells changed the meaning of the term “cancer immunotherapy,” a better characterization of the molecular aberrations involved in melanoma carcinogenesis prompted the development of inhibitors of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway (MAPK) that also led to significant improvements both in response rates and survival. As a result, new drugs have been approved for clinical use in the United States and Europe, including the immune-checkpoint blockers ipilmumab, pembrolizumab and nivolumab, the oncolytic herpesvirus talimogene laherparepvec, and the targeted-agents vemurafenib, dabrafenib, cobimetinib and trametinib. In this article, we review the results of studies that brought new approaches to the bedside and discuss how these developments are being incorporated into the care of patients in Brazil.
IS NATURAL SELECTION A CHIMERA? REFLECTIONS ON THE ‘SURVIVAL’ OF A PRINCIPLE
Authors: Silva Gláucia Oliveira da
Published: December 2017

Abstract My objective is to discuss the persistence of the notion of natural selection in the biological sciences, exploring the fact that: (1) this notion, just like the term culture in anthropology, is historically an inaugural concept in its particular scientific field, and, insofar as both possess a value of heuristic delimitation, both thus came to be considered as explanatory concepts, although today they may be more widely accepted as descriptive in kind; (2) this persistence seems to be equally linked to the fact that the term combines randomness and teleology, but without foregrounding the inherent contradiction; (3) the anthropomorphic metaphors generally used in the description of biological processes, by attributing intentionality to beings lacking in self-determination, presume the existence of a nature defined by processes oriented towards precise ends, endorsing the finalism that, I believe, underlies the idea of natural selection; (4) and, finally, I think that ‘culture’ and ‘natural selection’ correspond to disciplinary labels - for social anthropology and biology respectively - that arose in Victorian Britain, as defined by the Great Divide, but they no longer have explanatory power.
Metacognitive Behaviour of Malaysian Students While Solving Mathematical Problems of Form Three Assessment (PT3)
Authors: Abdullah Abdul Halim , Ahmed Surya ‘Ain , Rahman Sharifah Nurarfah S. Abd , Mun Soh Hon , Mokhtar Mahani
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACT Several studies on metacognition have sought to solve mathematical problems. However, in Malaysia, there has yet to be a study investigating the metacognitive behaviour of students in solving mathematical problems of Form Three Assessment (Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga - PT3). This study was conducted to identify the metacognitive behaviour of students while solving mathematical problems in PT3 and examine differences in metacognitive behaviour among successful students (SS), partially successful students (PSS), and unsuccessful students (USS). A total of six (6) Form Three students in a school in Johor Bahru participated in this study. The research instrument used was the actual set of 2014's PT3 questions. Data were analysed using the Thinking Aloud method with reference to Foong's Taxonomy (1993), and it was supported by analysis of the students’ written work. Results showed seven types of metacognitive behaviour exhibited by the students, depending on the types of questions given. The analysis also found that each category of students showed different types of metacognitive behaviour while solving their PT3 mathematical problems. The SS group could control their metacognitive behaviour in mathematical problem-solving more regularly and frequently, the PSS students behaved moderately, while the USS group demonstrated limited metacognitive behaviour. As the results indicated differences in metacognitive behaviour among students of different performance levels, teachers should help students with weakness in solving mathematical problems implement metacognitive behaviour to strengthen their mathematical proficiency.
Números: a que será que se destina? Currículo e Invenção na Sala de Aula de Matemática
Authors: Dore Lucas Esteves , Clareto Sônia Maria
Published: December 2017

Resumo Como um conteúdo matemático se torna digno de entrar no currículo escolar? Como isso ocorre? Seria pela sua utilidade? Seria pelo seu valor histórico ou pela força de uma tradição? Seria pelo seu uso dentro da própria matemática? Que conteúdo matemático é digno de ocupar lugar em um currículo? Junto a estas questões uma pesquisa em sala de aula de matemática vai se fazendo, problematizando a matemática como acontecimento na própria sala de aula. O presente artigo surge como desdobra desta pesquisa e foca sua atenção em uma atividade realizada na sala de aula de matemática com turmas de sexto e sétimo anos do Ensino Fundamental - Anos Finais, de uma escola da Rede Municipal de Ensino, da cidade mineira de Juiz de Fora/MG. Nesta atividade foram disponibilizadas tabelas numeradas de 0 a 99 e lápis de diversas cores. Esperava-se que os alunos colorissem números conhecidos, encontrassem padrões e marcassem na tabela algo que chamasse sua atenção. Foi nesse contexto que Ana e sua colega marcaram os “números mudados”. Com isso, marcaram um currículo, uma matemática, uma escola. Inventaram um currículo, uma matemática, uma escola, uma vida. Invenção de um currículo? Um currículo se inventa? Qual matemática para um currículo em invenção? Arrombamentos de uma atividade.