bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Wybrane właściwooeci gleb murszowatych wykształconych na piaskach fluwioglacjalnych i limnicznych osadach wapiennych / Selected Properties of Moorsh-Like Soils Developed from Fluvio-Glacial Sand and Limnic Limestone
Authors: Sammel Adam , Jarnuszewski Grzegorz , Meller Edward
Published: April 2016

Parent material of moorsh-like soils in Poland usually are mineral formations of fluvio-glacial origin or limnic limestone. The aim of the studies was to determine selected chemical properties of moorsh-like soils developed from mineral deposits and limnic limestone located within the province of Western Pomerania (north Poland). The studies showed that the chemical properties of the moorsh-like horizon (Au) are considerably affected by the underlying material. The horizon developed from limnic limestone contained statistically significant higher amounts P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Co compared to the moorsh-like horizon developed from fluvio-glacial sands. No statistically significant influence of the underlaying material on the content of K, Na, Zn and Cd in the surface horizon was found.
Profile of Women Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Authors: Laskowski Karisa D. , Ebben William P.
Published: April 2016

Laskowski, KD and Ebben, WP. Profile of women collegiate strength and conditioning coaches. J Strength Cond Res 30(12): 3481–3493, 2016—This study describes the careers of women collegiate strength and conditioning coaches, including specifics of the universities and athletic departments they work for, responsibilities and demands of their jobs, compensation and benefits, preparation and qualifications, likes and dislikes about their work, and the role that gender plays in their work. Forty-three coaches participated for a response rate of 29.1% (43 of 148). The survey was divided into 5 sections, including university profile, position profile, personal profile, job satisfaction, and comments. Results show that women occupy approximately 32% of all strength and conditioning positions. Those who are full-time coaches work approximately 55.6 hours per week, starting their workday at 6:02 am and ending at 5:40 pm, on average. Part-time coaches worked 42.5 hours per week. Those who were in director positions earned approximately $76,000 per year, whereas full-time assistants averaged approximately $39,300 per year. Most coaches had master's degree and held the CSCS and USAW certifications. These coaches averaged 7.14 years of full-time experience. Coaches identified a variety of advantages and disadvantages associated with their work and described the influence of gender in their work. These results provide normative data about employment conditions of women strength and conditioning coaches and those who are considering this career. These data also document the current state of affairs in the profession and can be used in comparison with the past benchmarks in an attempt to understand the role of women in the collegiate strength and conditioning profession.
Take the Parkway to the Freeway to the Automated Roadway
Authors: Berg Nate
Published: April 2016

This article examines the history and future of freeway design, tracking its evolution from early parkways to the Interstate Highway System to the potential freeways to come. A mix of infrastructure, architecture and landscape, freeways have had an indelible impact on urban development throughout California and beyond. By understanding the development and design of freeways over the decades, we can better determine what we want this infrastructure to become in the near future.
Knowledge Understanding and Utilization of Medicinal Plants by Local Community Tompu District of Kaili, Sigi Biromaru, Central Sulawesi
Authors: Ifandi Slamet , Jumari Jumari , Suedy Sri Widodo Agung
Published: April 2016

Kaili is one of the ethnic region in Central Sulawesi which saves a lot of cultural values and traditions. As a traditional community, their life is very dependent upon natural resources contained in the environment. They still have knowledge, traditional culture, treatment and utilization system against various types of plants. The purpose of the study was to examine the knowledge understanding and utilization of medicinal plants by local community Tompu District of Kaili. Data knowledge and utilization were collected through interview, literature study, exploratory survey methods, PEA (participatory ethnobotanical appraisal), questionnaire and from interviews with the informants. The results from interviews showed that of public knowledge is still based on the traditional concept. Based on the results identifications obtained by (90 species). As many as six species medicinal plants to often used the Tompu community are Euphorbia hirta L. Phyllanthus niruri L. Ageratum L. Blumea conyzoides balsaminifera L. (DC). Kleinhovia hospita L and Tabernaemontana pandacaqui. The benefits of this research to the development of science is expected to be complete scientific data regarding the utilization of medicinal plants natural resources on Tribal society Kaili in Tompu.

How to Cite

Ifandi, S., Jumari, J., & Suedy, S. W. A. (2016). Knowledge Understanding and Utilization of Medicinal Plants by Local Community Tompu District of Kaili, Sigi Biromaru, Central Sulawesi. Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 8(1), 1-11.
Mass Cultivation of Entomopathogenic Nematode in Artificial Media
Authors: Indriyanti Dyah Rini , Muharromah Nur Lailatul
Published: April 2016

Entomopathogenic nematodes Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) of the genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are commercially used to control pest insect. EPN is widely cultivated through in-vivo and in vitro methods. This research aims to discover the abundance of EPN cultivated in various artificial media. Seven types of media composition were tested in this research: media A (yeast + soybean powder), media B (yeast + chicken liver), media C (yeast + dog food), media D (yolk + soybean powder), media E (yolk + chicken liver), media F (yolk + dog food), and media G (yeast + yolk + dog food). Each media was inoculated in 1.2x103JI/mL. The growth of EPN was observed weekly in 4 weeks. Results showed that EPN could be cultivated using various media; media D, E, F, and G. Highest abundance of EPN is found in the second week of media D for 28164 JI/ml.Cell harvesting is suggested to be conducted during the first and second week to obtain maximum abundance of EPN.

How to Cite

Indriyanti, D., & Muharromah, N. (2016). Mass Cultivation of Entomopathogenic Nematode In Artificial Media. Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 8(1), 111-118.
Prophylactic Dosing of Vitamin K to Prevent Bleeding
Authors: Witt Mauri , Kvist Nina , Jørgensen Marianne Hørby , Hulscher Jan B.F. , Verkade Henkjan J. ,   also,   on behalf of the Netherlands Study group of Biliary Atresia Registry (NeSBAR)
Published: April 2016

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:

Based on a high incidence of Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in breastfed infants with thus far unrecognized cholestasis, such as biliary atresia (BA), the Dutch regimen to prevent VKDB in breastfed infants was changed from a daily oral dosage of 25 µg to 150 µg vitamin K. Infants continued to receive 1 mg of vitamin K orally at birth. We compared the efficacy of the 150-µg regimen with the 25-µg regimen and with the Danish regimen of a single intramuscular (IM) dose of 2 mg vitamin K at birth.

METHODS:

Data were retrieved from the national BA registries: 25 µg group (Netherlands, January 1991 to February 2011); 150 µg group (Netherlands, March 2011 to January 2015); and IM 2 mg group (Denmark, July 2000 to November 2014). We compared the incidence of VKDB in the groups.

RESULTS:

VKDB occurred in 45 of 55 (82%) infants of the 25 µg group, in 9 of 11 (82%) of the 150 µg group, but in only 1 of 25 (4%) of the IM 2 mg group (P < .001). Forty percent of all infants of the 25 µg group had an intracranial hemorrhage as presenting symptom, compared with 27% of the infants of the 150 µg group (P = .43). Intracranial hemorrhage was not observed in the IM 2 mg group (0%; P < .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

A vitamin K prophylactic regimen of 1 mg of vitamin K orally at birth followed by a daily oral dosage of either 25 or 150 µg fails to prevent VKDB in breastfed infants with still unrecognized BA. The data support 2 mg vitamin K IM at birth as prophylaxis against VKDB.
Estabilidad de gotas nasales de efedrina
Authors: Benítez Niurka , Cordoví Juan Manuel , Zamora Reynerio , Cabrera Pavel , De la Paz Nilia , Fernández Mirna
Published: April 2016

En el presente trabajo se realizó el estudio de estabilidad de las gotas nasales de efedrina. Primero se evaluó la influencia de los agentes preservantes demostrándose la incompatibilidad del clorhidrato de efedrina y el clorobutanol, por lo que fue seleccionada la combinación de cloruro de benzalconio y edetato disódico con excelentes resultados en la efectividad de preservos. Se elaboraron tres lotes pilotos de la formulación y se les realizó los estudios de estabilidad por el método acelerado y de vida de estante, respectivamente. Durante los seis meses (estabilidad acelerada) y hasta los 24 meses (vida útil) las características organolépticas cumplieron con las especificaciones establecidas. El pH del medio se comportó de manera estable cumpliendo con los límites establecidos. El principio activo no alcanzó una degradación mayor al 5%, mostrando buena estabilidad. La concentración de los preservos cumplió con los parámetros, así como el conteo microbiano del producto terminado. La formulación envasada en frascos de vidrio ámbar de calidad hidrolítica III, de capacidad nominal 15 mL con tapa de polipropileno de 18 mm y gotero interior de polietileno de alta densidad, mostró adecuada estabilidad física, química y microbiológica durante 24 meses.
Costo de infección de vías urinarias asociada a sonda vesical en un hospital universitario de Santander, Colombia
Authors: Rodriguez Burbano Lady , De la Hoz Fernando Pio , Leal Aura Lucia
Published: April 2016

Estimar el exceso de costos de la infección de vías urinarias asociada al uso de catéter y las intervenciones clínicas que más influyen en los costos.

Métodos Se realizó un estudio de cohortes pareadas por tiempo de aparición del evento nosocomial. Los expuestos fueron pacientes con infección de vías urinarias asociada a catéter, y los no expuestos, pacientes sin infección nosocomial, con diagnóstico de ingreso similar al expuesto. En las dos cohortes se evaluaron los costos directos de atención hospitalaria.

Resultados El exceso de costo total de atención de una Infección de vías urinarias asociada a catéter fue de $ 2 460 168 pesos colombianos para 2009. El mayor porcentaje fue atribuido a los días de hospitalización en sala general con un 71,8 %, las valoraciones diarias contribuyeron con el 19,1 %, siguieron los antibióticos con un 6 %, los hemocultivos 5 %, los gases arteriales 2 %, los restantes contribuyeron con menos del 1 % cada uno.

Discusión Se obtuvo un costo más cercano al real, usando variables como ecografía, gases arteriales entre otras, no usadas en estudios previos, además de las variables frecuentes como días de estancia hospitalaria, y consumo de antibióticos. En nuestro conocimiento este es el primer estudio de micro costos de infecciones nosocomiales que se ha realizado en el país, usando como diseño una cohorte.

Conclusión Se encontró que una infección de vías urinarias no asociada a catéter tiene un exceso de costos directo de $2 460 168,9 pesos (1 329 dólares de 2009).
Treatment of wrist deformities in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
Authors: Kochenova Evgeniya A , Agranovich Olga E , Savina Margarita V
Published: April 2016

Introduction: Treatment of wrist contractures in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is extremely problematic because of the high incidence of recurrence. This study aimed to improve the outcome of wrist contracture treatment in children with AMC.Materials and Methods: A total of 90 patients (162 wrists) were examined and treated. Patients were assessed using a number of clinical, radiological, and electrophysiological examinations. There are several different clinical variants of wrist contracture, including flexion contracture of the wrist, flexion contracture associated with ulnar deviation, and isolated ulnar deviation of the wrist. Patients were divided into three groups according to the level of spinal cord lesion: С6-С7, С5-С8, and С5-Th1. As the number of damaged spinal cord segments increased, the amplitude of passive and active movements, degree of passive correction, muscle power, and wrist function decreased. Surgical treatment involved the following three approaches: tendon transfers, tendon transfers and carpal wedge osteotomy, and tendon transfers with carpal wedge osteotomy and shortened osteotomy of the forearm.Results: Analysis of treatment results showed that patients with segmental spinal cord lesions at the  С6-С7 and С5-С8 level were mostly associated with a good outcome, whereas patients with lesions at the  С5-Th1 level achieved satisfactory outcomes.Conclusions: Patients with segmental lesions of the spinal cord at the С6-С7 and С5-С8 level were associated with restoration of active wrist extension up to the neutral position or more and were expected to achieve significant improvement of hand function. Patients with spinal cord lesions at the C5-Th1 level exhibited significant lesions of the muscles, along with bone deformities. Consequently, surgical treatment could only achieve functional wrist position with minimal improvement of hand function. Using differential approaches in the treatment of wrist contracture that are selected by determining the level of spinal cord lesion will enable physicians to predict the outcome and improve the function and appearance of the wrist.
Experience of using the ilizarov external fixator in the treatment of children with recurrent congenital clubfoot
Authors: Kozhevnikov Vadim V , Voronchikhin Evgeny V , Grigoricheva Lyudmila G , Radimova Zhanna N
Published: April 2016

Introduction: Congenital clubfoot is a complex orthopedic problem, and the frequency of recurrence or secondary deformities may reach up to 60% in some cases.Purpose: To determine indicators for the surgical treatment of recurrent foot deformity using the Ilizarov external fixator and to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach.Materials and Methods: The feet of 78 children with recurrent congenital clubfoot were analyzed using X-ray and ultrasound to investigate their clinical and functional characteristics. According to the characteristics of the deformity, we performed tenoligamentocapsulotomy combined with tarsal osteotomies and tendon plastics. Furthermore, we determined the indicators for the surgical treatment of foot deformity using the Ilizarov external fixator.Results: In total, 33 children (56 feet) were treated using a distraction external fixator combined with tenoligamentocapsulotomy. Following treatment, long term results were assessed using a three-point scale: good, satisfactory, and unsatisfactory. The number of children of 8 years of age whose treatment was graded as either good or satisfactory was higher than children who were over 9 years of age. Functional recovery was also better in the younger age group.Conclusion: By determining specific indications for different treatment methods, physicians are able to apply an individual approach for diagnosing and treating recurrent congenital clubfoot. Good and satisfactory long term results were obtained in approximately 90 % of cases.
Os não-lugares da ficção u/distópica no conto "Em terra de cego" de H. G. Wells
Authors: Felix José Carlos , Salvadori Juliana Cristina
Published: April 2016

O presente ensaio discute a forma como os elementos do gênero utopia apresentam-se na obra do ficcionista inglês H. G. Wells. Inicialmente, discutimos a importância desse gênero para o desenvolvimento dos chamados “romances científicos”, estabelecendo uma correlação entre a releitura feita por ficcionistas do século XIX do gênero utopia à luz do contexto histórico marcado pela racionalidade científica, de modo a explicar a tendência de construção de narrativas de orientação distópica, como configurado nas obras de Wells. Por fim, apresentamos uma leitura do conto “Em terra de cego”, explicitando como este incorpora, revigora e subverte os elementos do gênero utopia.
MORAES, Eliane Robert (org.). Antologia da poesia erótica brasileira. Cotia, SP: Ateliê Editorial, 2015. 504 p.
Authors: Souza Gustavo Ramos de
Published: April 2016

Resenha de Antologia da poesia erótica brasileira, organizada por Eliane Robert Moraes.
A África de Maya Angelou: identidade diaspórica em All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
Authors: Salgueiro Maria Aparecida Andrade , Rodrigues Felipe Fanuel Xavier
Published: April 2016

O presente artigo objetiva revisar a jornada de Maya Angelou em terras africanas, mediante a releitura crítica de sua narrativa autobiográfica relativa ao período em que viveu em Gana. Partindo de uma perspectiva ampla de análise cultural, o estudo se atenta para a busca identitária da autora afro-americana em sua relação com a África e seus significados. As características da escrita de Angelou são investigadas em paralelo com os temas que motivam sua obra, com o intuito de distinguir sua apropriação do gênero autobiográfico. Sua identidade como sujeito negro diaspórico, que narra suas próprias experiências vividas para além dos históricos limites do colonialismo, revela uma herança africana única que encontra na imaginação criativa um meio de luta cultural.
Motherhood in Toni Morrison’s Sula and A Mercy: Rethinking (M)Othering
Authors: Oliveira Natália Fontes de
Published: April 2016

Motherhood tends to elicit strong feelings in women as well as a passionate rhetoric in our cultural discourse. Daughters have extensively been the focus of studies about mother-daughter bonds. Surprisingly, much less attention has been given to mother figures. By tracing the theme of motherhood in Sula (1973) and A Mercy (2009), I investigate how Toni Morrison rewrites the experiences of black mothers during slavery and its aftermath in the United States. Drawing mainly on feminist and black feminist theories, I explore, through literary analysis, how motherhood assumes various forms in both novels. The comparative analysis of Sula and A Mercy challenges distorted views commonly associated with the black mother and extends notions of mothering beyond biological determinants.
Geomorphology and landforms distribution in selected ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Northern Peninsula region
Authors: López-Martínez J. , Schmid T. , Serrano E. , Mink S. , Nieto A. , Guillaso S.
Published: April 2016

Ice-free areas cover a small percentage of the land in the South Shetland Islands. However, they are significant as they contain ecosystems highly sensitive to environmental changes and are located within a region affected by global warming. These areas are dominated by periglacial, glacial, fluvial, and coastal processes and landforms, where permafrost is often present. Soil development is observed although vegetation cover is sparse and closely related to the geomorphology. The mapping and monitoring of ice-free areas is important as they are highly sensitive to climate change. The objective of this study was to characterize and map surface landforms in ice-free areas using traditional mapping methods as well as advanced remote sensing techniques. Geomorphological and topographical maps were initially obtained through field measurements and observations, and complemented with existing aerial photography at scales between 1:2000 and 1:25000. Thereafter, satellite-borne data became available and were included in the methodology to further determine the distribution of the landforms. In the Antarctic environment, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides the most reliable images as data can be obtained in any weather conditions as well as during the day and night. Fully polarimetric SAR RADARSAT-2 were used to determine seven different terrain classes representing surface landforms in ice-free areas around Maxwell Bay (King George Island). The SAR remote sensing techniques were successfully applied to identify different periglacial, fluvial, glacial, coastal, as well as lithological landforms. Field data from Fildes Peninsula were used to train a supervised classifier to map further areas around Maxwell Bay. In this case, the ice-free areas around Maxwell Bay clearly show the dominance of periglacial landforms and processes. Therefore, these techniques can be used to compare past and future results and to monitor areas affected by changing environmental factors and increasing human activities.
Saúde bucal do trabalhador brasileiro no Japão
Authors: Medeiros Urubatan , Maikuma Cristiane
Published: April 2016

Este estudo objetiva esclarecer o cenário das migrações laborais rumo ao Japão no qual muitos brasileiros têm se inserido nos últimos anos, e seus possíveis efeitos sobre a saúde bucal. A metodologia utilizada foi a busca não exaustiva na literatura especializada e não foram encontrados estudos específicos sobre o tema. Foram levantados estudos que contemplam o universo das migrações internacionais, sua relação com a saúde, sem menosprezar a origem brasileira desses trabalhadores, mas traçando paralelos com as pesquisas em outros países e principalmente no Japão. Concluiu-se que as condições precárias de vida e de trabalho produzem impactos sobre a saúde geral dos trabalhadores e seus dependentes,

dos quais muitos fatores interferem na saúde bucal também, levantando questionamentos sobre a sua situação e seus efeitos futuros.
Atendimento odontológico domiciliar ao idoso e a necessidade de tratamento endodôntico
Authors: Vieira Roberta Cordeiro Fuster , Dos Santos Carlos Alberto , Araujo Narahyana Bom de , Cruz Raphael Cordeiro da , Azevedo Edir Gomes de , Mello Gisele Mendes de Souza e
Published: April 2016

O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um estudo transversal dos pacientes atendidos pelo Serviço Integrado de Atendimento Domiciliar, vinculado ao Hospital Naval Marcílio Dias e a necessidade que eles apresentam de tratamento endodôntico. Foram avaliados através de exame clínico (visual-tátil) 275 pacientes. Os resultados mostram um índice alto de edêntulismo (39%). Dos pacientes que possuíam dentes, 51% apresentavam necessidade de intervenção. Esses pacientes foram separados em três grupos de acordo com a intervenção indicada, 64% foi indicada extração, em 25% indicou-se endodontia e posterior restauração e em 11% foi indicada extração e endodontia em elementos dentários diferentes. Dessa forma, cerca de 36% dos pacientes apresentavam indicação para endodontia. Verifica-se assim, um aumento da demanda de tratamento endodôntico para os idosos.
Genetic variability among Fusarium oxysporum isolates from melon (Cucumis melo) in Qazvin province, Iran
Authors: Mahdikhani Mohammadreza
Published: April 2016

Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis (Fom), the soil-borne fungus that can due to more losses in yield of melon plants. Fusarium is a variable fungi in terms of morphology, symptom production, pathogenicity and wide host range. From 2013 to 2015, 120 isolates of F. oxysporum, F. acuminatum, F. graminearum,  F. proliferatum and F. solani from melon, were collected from disease suspected plants from the field and defined for pathogenicity in our melon plants. Then, a sort of those were elected for phylogenetic analysis. In the beginning, the Fusarium isolates were classified based on morphology and identifications were authenticated based on sequence data from, EF1α and DNA, and then were used to determine whether Fusarium variability is relevant to geographic origin and pathogenicity. Neighbor-joining analyses datasets indicated some clades based on geographic origin but there is not even a single clades including solely of pathogens. Because of the factors affecting in pathogenicity are variable, we should be considered them in future studies. Due to the presence of FOM and some nonpathogenic isolates in almost all clades, it is obvious that Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis is not monophyletic.
NANOTECNOLOGIA: INOVAÇÃO PARA A COMPETITIVIDADE NA CADEIA PRODUTIVA TÊXTIL BRASILEIRA
Authors: Caldeira Adilson , Silva Ana Cristina Bachur , Borba Camila Marinho , Petruz Caroline , Aniceto Elis
Published: April 2016

Este estudo exploratório de caráter qualitativo tem por objetivo conhecer as potenciais contribuições da inovação via nanotecnologia à competitividade da indústria têxtil brasileira. A partir de um aporte teórico que aborda os temas Inovação, Competitividade e Nanotecnologia, construiu-se um roteiro de questões direcionador de entrevistas realizadas com profissionais que atuam e conhecem o setor focalizado na pesquisa. Os resultados revelam que a indústria têxtil internacional está em processo de expansão e a inovação é considerada um meio essencial para a competitividade, sendo que a nanotecnologia é vista como potencial agente de agregação de valor aos produtos e processos produtivos. 
COMPREENDENDO A RELAÇÃO ENTRE TQM HARD, SOFT E PERFORMANCE: UMA ABORDAGEM TEÓRICA
Authors: Guerra Rodrigo Marques de Almeida , Tondolo Vilmar Antônio Gonçalves
Published: April 2016

Este artigo tem a finalidade de compreender a relação entre TQM hard e soft e a performance da firma. Para isso, buscou-se realizar uma revisão sistemática da literatura onde foram identificados 102 artigos, dos quais 52 publicações internacionais foram analisadas. O estudo permite destacar os seguintes achados: a implantação do TQM deve ser associada à estratégia organizacional visando ao alcance da performance da firma; os aspectos relacionais do TQM devem ser mistos, ou seja, tanto hard quanto soft; os aspectos hard e soft são antecedentes da implantação do TQM; a intangibilidade da dimensão soft dificulta a mensuração por indicadores; a competitividade organizacional pode ser obtida a partir da implantação do TQM, alinhada com elementos da estratégia competitiva difícil de ser imitada no curto prazo, a exemplo das Capacidades Dinâmicas.
ADAPTAÇÃO ESTRATÉGICA DE UM GRUPO EMPRESARIAL COM ORIGEM NA INDÚSTRIA DE FÓSFOROS DE SEGURANÇA
Authors: Sampaio Gustavo Cristiano , Carvalho Carlos Eduardo , Marini Marcos Junior
Published: April 2016

A questão do determinismo ambiental e do voluntarismo tem gerado ampla discussão na área da estratégia. Este trabalho analisa o processo de adaptação estratégica de um grupo empresarial com origem na indústria de fósforos de segurança, através de um estudo de caso longitudinal. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de análise documental e entrevistas, além de análise através da abordagem contextualista e processualista proposta porPettigrew (1987), e do modelo proposto por Hrebiniak e Joyce (1985). Os resultados demonstram que o voluntarismo predominou no processo de adaptação da empresa, em alguns momentos acompanhado de elevado determinismo ambiental.
Choque cardiogénico por miocardiopatía de Takotsubo secundario a reemplazo de válvula mitral. Reporte de caso
Authors: Fernández Merjildo Diana , Ríos Ortega Josías , Lescano Alva Miguel
Published: April 2016

Mujer de 44 años de edad que, durante el posoperatorio inmediato de una cirugía de reemplazo de válvula mitral presentó súbitamente elevación del segmento ST en las derivadas precordiales V4, V5 y V6 del electrocardiograma, elevación de enzimas cardiacas y disminución de la contractilidad del ventrículo izquierdo con FEVI 24%; ante la sospecha de infarto agudo de miocardio peri-operatorio se realizó el cateterismo cardiaco evidenciándose ausencia de lesiones en arterias coronarias, hallazgos compatibles con miocardiopatía de Takotsubo. La paciente evolucionó con choque cardiogénico, patrón hemodinámico confirmado por catéter en arteria pulmonar y requerimiento de altas dosis de inotrópicos, que incluyó levosimendán, soporte vasopresor y mecánico mediante balón de contra pulsación intra-aórtico; la respuesta al soporte instalado fue favorable y a 6 días del evento, la función del ventrículo izquierdo se recuperó con FEVI de 60%.
Como Fazer do Ato de Memória uma Forma? Composições fotográficas da ausência e a crítica dos processos memorialísticos na imagem
Authors: Casadei Eliza Bachega
Published: April 2016

O objetivo do presente artigo é analisar os efeitos de sentido e as técnicas de composição utilizadas nas obras fotográficas de Fred Ramos, Tom Kiefer, Shawn Clover, Sergey Larenkov, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse e Michael Danckaarts. As obras estudadas urdem duas formas visuais da composição memorialística em fotografia, de forma que ao passo que as obras de Ramos e Kiefer trabalham a partir de uma construção dialética entre a lembrança e o esquecimento na imagem, Clover, Larenkov, Teeuwisse e Danckaarts irão construir proposições metafóricas dos processos de apreensão do passado. Ambos os conjuntos, contudo, não apenas apresentam a memória como objeto de representação, mas urdem uma crítica imagética a todo ato memorialístico, problematizando seus pressupostos.
Lembrar para não esquecer, não esquecer de lembrar: diários e memórias do holocausto
Authors: Heller Barbara , Perazzo Priscila Ferreira
Published: April 2016

O holocausto ainda é um tema que reverbera e é apropiado pela e na mídia. O diário de Helga (2013) e As meninas do quarto 28 (2014), publicados no Brasil, são dois exemplos. Os paratextos “Nota do Organizador”, “Entrevista com Helga Weiss”; “Prefácio” e “Prólogo”, respectivamente, tratam das maneiras pelas quais os relatos orais e os manuscritos, localizados após o término da Segunda Guerra Mundial, expressam a memória das sobreviventes e a maneira pela qual foram organizados. Analisados em maior profundidade que o restante das obras e com o suporte dos estudiosos da memória, concluímos que a intervenção direta desses interlocutores, que cumpriram o papel de mediadores entre autores, obra e leitores, reagrupou lembranças  individuais, modulou recepções e alimentou a indústria editorial brasileira.
Memória, consumo e memes de afeto nas cenas cosplay e furry
Authors: Nunes Mônica Rebecca Ferrari
Published: April 2016

Este paper apresenta resultados parciais obtidos com a pesquisa Comunicação, consumo e memória: da cena cosplay a outras teatralidades juvenis, (Chamada MCTI/CNPq/MEC/CAPES N. 22/2014 – Ciências Humanas, Sociais e Sociais Aplicadas) junto ao PPGCOM-ESPM. Investigam-se as relações entre as cenas cosplay e furry e se avaliam os nexos entre a produção da memória cultural e o consumo, entendendo que a memória é um processo comunicativo e emocional. Com base em tratados históricos sobre os sistemas de memória artificiais, na teoria semiótica de Tártu-Moscou, no conceito de meme, e em teorias do consumo, assim como em trabalho de campo, espera-se demonstrar o intrincado arranjo de memes de afetos que compõem a produção de memórias em cenas midiáticas da cultura-fã.
Nuevas supersticiones de masa, medios de comunicación e ideología del conformismo
Authors: Roiz Célix Miguel
Published: April 2016

En este artículo intento plantear por vez primera el problema sociológico de que ha surgido en España por la difusión de determinadas nuevas supersticiones que el sociólogo crítico alemán Th. W. Adorno denomina “secundarias” o “de segunda mano” para referirse a su marcado carácter institucional, al estar mediadas por la moderna comunicación de masas. La crítica social a las supersticiones en la época contemporánea, que podemos también denominar como “consumo de magia, videncia y futurología” ha sido objeto desde hace ya bastante tiempo de interés por parte especialmente de historiadores, antropólogos culturales y sociólogos.

El ocultismo o futurología, como se denomina comercialmente, se ha ido convirtiendo en los últimos lustros en un negocio amplio y difuso, sobre todo por la progresiva integración que ha tenido a la programación cotidiana de revistas de masas y también a la televisión e Internet, además de representar un capítulo importante de la intercomunicación en secciones comerciales de oferta y demanda de estos servicios.

La mejor crítica psicosociológica que se ha realizado sobre estas nuevas supersticiones procede de la Escuela crítica de Frankfurt y dentro de la misma ha sido Th. W. Adorno, por lo que más adelante voy a exponer, aunque de forma resumida debido al carácter introductorio de este artículo, sus principales conclusiones.

Este es un trabajo exploratorio, que intenta únicamente aclarar en lo posible algunos conceptos utilizados y desde luego delimitar la teoría, y que espero ampliar más adelante.
Las Fuerzas Armadas en el nuevo ciclo de la vida política española
Authors: Martínez Paricio Jesús Ignacio , Díaz Castro José Ramón
Published: April 2016

El Tribunal Militar que juzgó en Consejo de Guerra a los implicados en el golpe de Estado del 23 de Febrero de 1981 dictó sentencia en la primavera de 1982. Se cumplió así uno de los objetivos del programa de gobierno de Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, gobierno de centro derecha, Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD).

Una vez conocida la sentencia el gobierno la recurrió ante el Tribunal Supremo. El motivo nada tenía que ver con discrepancias respecto del procedimiento judicial o porque se pretendiera aumentar las condenas a los implicados. La razón se explica en términos históricos y de alta política. Se quiso demostrar que en el proceso de consolidación de la democracia en España la última palabra la dictaba el poder civil. El gobierno demostró un notable coraje político. Se puso fin a la peculiar y desigual relación de las fuerzas armadas en la vida política española. En la historia contemporánea el poder militar, a pesar de sus carencias y limitaciones de todo tipo, siempre mostró su fortaleza frente al poder civil. Con el recurso ante el Tribunal Supremo terminaba lo que se puede denominar síndrome Balmes. Se resume con las propias palabras del ensayista: "No creemos que el poder civil sea flaco porque el militar sea fuerte; sino que, por el contrario, el poder militar es fuerte porque el civil es flaco... La fuerza del poder civil será la ruina del poder militar, que dejará de ser poder y pasará a ser una clase más del Estado" (Balmes, 1950. pp. 569-575).
Hacia un sistema de indicadores de vulnerabilidad urbana
Authors: Sorribes i Monrabal Josep , Perelló Oliver Salvador
Published: April 2016

Desde la segunda mitad del XIX hasta nuestros días, los sistemas de ciudades han conformado la matriz económica, política y social del mundo. A lo largo de más de un siglo y medio, el crecimiento económico e industrial de las naciones, se ha articulado en tomo al fenómeno urbano, siendo en las ciudades donde se siguen generando las sinergias más productivas, creativas e innovadoras. Sin embargo, los núcleos urbanos se han convertido también en un caldo de cultivo perfecto para la pobreza, la desigualdad, la marginación y la discriminación social, así como para la violencia, la contaminación y la congestión. Desde una perspectiva disciplinar los términos anglosajones urban blight y urban renewal están íntimamente relacionados, consecutivamente, con los procesos degenerativos que se producen en determinadas áreas urbanas y con la "terapia" (pública, privada o mixta) mediante la que se intenta abortar estos procesos degenerativos.

Un área degradada (sea un barrio periférico, un polígono oficial de viviendas sociales o las áreas no renovadas de los centros históricos) adquiere tal condición cuando concurren en ella niveles de degradación física y funcional que la privan de atractivo locacional para usos residenciales o terciarios. Este atractivo locacional no es independiente, obviamente, del (que puedan ser considerados aceptables por él) sistema de valores que comparte una sociedad en un momento histórico determinado.
Manuel Richard. Por una sociología desde las fronteras
Authors: Gallardo García-Saavedra María Luisa
Published: April 2016

"El sujeto es, en primer lugar, un individuo, una frontera que separa del resto: un límite topo-cronológico que separa un interior pasado de un exterior-futuro. El interior-pasado es la parte del medio ya incorporada, el exterior-futuro es la parte del medio por incorporar" Jesús Ibáñez

Una sola frontera le quedaba aún por cruzar, la más incierta; sobre la patera de Caronte navega suavemente, a través de las procelosas aguas del incierto humedal. En la otra orilla, jóvenes sociólogos caminan con "la antorcha" que Comte encendiera dos siglos atrás. Hablar de Manuel Richard, cuando ya no puedo esperar su conversación emotiva, cercana, trepidante a la vuelta de la lectura, se convierte en tarea difícil, más cuando todo sucede de modo tan inesperado en persona que espera tanto de la vida.

Manuel Richard durante los últimos años, antes de alcanzar el otro estadio comtiano, publicó un estudio sobre la realidad social de las personas extranjeras en la provincia de Ciudad Real, Inmigrantes en La Mancha (Biblioteca Añil, 2002), donde ponía de manifiesto su interés por la justicia social. Señalaba la importancia del fortalecimiento de la cohesión social y la participación ciudadana para potenciar el multicultura1ismo. Con este libro Manuel Richard se sumó al compromiso de apostar por la viabilidad humana de un proyecto que promociona el respeto a la biodiversidad cultural y que apuesta por la construcción de un modelo de sociedad donde se integran los colectivos que actualmente son víctimas de agresiones en todos los órdenes de la vida cotidiana, desposeídos de sus derechos.
El desencanto
Authors: Gómez-Ullate García de León Martín
Published: April 2016

El consenso y el desencanto cultural, es decir, el nivel de acuerdo de los individuos con el estado de las cosas, se distribuye en distintas cualidades y grados en el seno de toda cultura. También, claro está, las respuestas que las personas manifiestan ante ese desencanto. Tanto el desencanto como las respuestas ensayadas se construyen colectivamente en el juego de las culturas y se sienten íntimamente en el interior de cada persona. Desencanto y consenso, conformismo e inconformismo, los dos polos siempre patentes en todo grupo humano, son flexibles, dinámicos y evolutivos a lo largo de nuestras vidas y de la Historia y llevan a las personas a abrazar unos u otros modos, estilos o "caminos" de vida.

En nuestros días, hay un cierto acuerdo, más bien minoritario, y un discurso crítico polifónico que dice que vivimos tiempos de decadencia moral, de crisis de sentido, que estamos en la era de la banalidad o del vacío, de la ignorancia, la mediocridad y la ordinariez, que son tiempos de quiebra de instituciones y tradiciones, de pérdida y vaciedad de valores, de pensamiento único y de devaluación intelectual, de pobreza espiritual y de implosión del conocimiento. Esta visión crítica de la sociedad, del mundo, del estado de las cosas, la encontramos entre intelectuales, radicales, humanistas o teólogos en elaborados discursos o en simples afirmaciones, y entre muchos otros en un asombro, apenas verbalizado, del rumbo que toma el cambio de sus entornos o el talante de las nuevas generaciones. Síntomas de semejante crisis pueden verse por todos lados: en la aparición y extensión de nuevas patologías sociales, en el mantenimiento del status quo de crecientes injusticias estructurales en que está envuelta la humanidad.
Not as Straight(forward) as an Arrow: Ultrasound Use to Detect a Carbon-Fiber Foreign Body
Authors: Robertson Michael W. , Galloway Samuel J. , Crist Brett D. , Gray Aaron D.
Published: April 2016

Case:

A fifteen-year-old boy sustained an archery injury when a carbon-fiber arrow shaft embedded in the volar aspect of his left forearm. The shaft was removed, but at a follow-up visit he still felt the sensation of a retained foreign body in the tissue. Although radiographs were negative, ultrasound examination found three foreign bodies of various lengths still located in the soft tissue. Further surgery removed the objects without difficulty.

Conclusion:

Ultrasound examination can be a valuable diagnostic tool when radiographs yield inconclusive results after penetrating wounds due to radiolucent foreign bodies.
Grasping The Mind of a Shopaholic
Authors: Chhavniwala, Mehzabin , Gan Li Ean , Rajasingam Ghazali & Ghananathan
Published: April 2016

This paper attempts at studying the phenomenon of excessive indulgence in shopping. While the act of shopping might be considered a normal activity, being a shopaholic tr ansgresses what can be understood as ‘normal’. Our research begins by defining shopaholics and contrasts their behaviour with regular shoppers by studying differences in the utilities each type of consumer gains from the act of shopping. Opportunity costs of shopping between those two groups of shoppers are also discussed followed by a brief examination of how sh opaholic behaviour might play in role in the practice of price discrimination by retailers. We end our paper with a di scussion of the market failure caused by shopaholics, and some possible interventions by government. Defining Shopaholics Shopaholics are compulsive shoppers who derive a significant amou nt of utility from engaging in the act of shopping. This behaviour is a form of addiction because shopaholics have a compulsion to shop, they are unable to stop and are prone to continue even if it brings about adverse consequences such as debts, hoarding and failed relationships. According to Koob & Moal (2008), the motivation that changes regular consumption to addiction is the temporary happiness gained as a result of certain hormones produced. Be cker & Murphy (1988) also showed increased possibilities for addiction when rise in past cons umptions has a positive correlation with current consumption. At the same time, they conclude that addictions also involv e interaction between an addict and the goods. Regular shoppers will transfor m into shopaholics when they derive additional utility from the momentary lift in their mood and then become comp elled to replicate that feeling in the longer term. DPIBE, July 2011 Shopaholic Chhavniwala et. al. 2 Motivation Utility is the benefit or fulfilment that a person receives from consuming goods or services. The assumption in consumer theory is that rational consumers seek to seek to maximise their utility and are constrained by scar city of their resources. We shall assume that regular shoppers derive utility from the consumption of the goods and services they desire but do not add to their utility by engaging in the act of shopping. Further, we assume that a shopper’s opportunity cost relies on two variables – posted price and search cost.
Do skilled immigrants affect the wage rate of Australian workers?
Authors: Yan Mengqi , Yuan Yuting , Rajachandra Skanda Eshwar Chandra
Published: April 2016

We hypothesise that skilled immigration increases the wage rate in Australia. Our alternative hypothesis is that skilled immigration decreases the wage rate in Australia. The data used for this research comes from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Department of Immigration andCitizenship. Based on our analysis, we find that there is positive relationship between high-skilled immigration and employee earnings per hour.We also find that low-skilled immigrants have a negative effect on employee earnings per hour. We believe that low-skilled workers are easily replaced such that low-skilled immigrants are substitutes to Australian low-skilled workers. However, there are some limitations of our research. Notably, our result are restricted to three occupations.
Trade Policies and Economic Growth
Authors: Chalkual Thanawat , Peng Jeanne , Liang Shijia , Ju Yao
Published: April 2016

This paper aims to examine the relationship between trade policies and economic growth. In order to test whether restrictive trade policies have a positive impact on economic growth, we investigate America, Australia and China, and, analyse how their economic performance varies between a free trade environment and a relatively protective trade environment. In this paper, we focus on comparative advantage and use various data such as tariff rate, GDP growth rate, unemployment rate, etc. to test the influence of trade policies on economic growth.We find some support that less restrictive trade policy leads to better economic growth; however overall tariff rates do not seem to have a strong effect on economic growth rates
Globalisasi dan Keberagamaan di Asia: Pemikiran Kwok Pui-Lan�Teologi Poskolonial Feminis Asia
Authors: Gultom Odniel Hakim
Published: April 2016

The main thesis of this article is to present the phenomenon of globalization about cultural change (and economic) that gives effect to the "religion" and religious practice. Secularization as part of globalization and modernization, affecting cultural relations and "religion" in the region. Forms of religious practices which was appointed as the impact of globalization is privatization, fundamentalisasi, and the commodification of religion. Kwok Pui-Lan as an Asian postcolonial feminist theologians criticize globalization as a form of colonization with a new face that oppresses women and children. In the context of Asia with a diversity of religious and extreme poverty, how theology can provide a role in public life. Religion can not be separated from other social relations (especially cultural) as stated classic secularization theory. Thus the award to religious pluralism and inter-faith spirituality to be very important to build religiosity that appreciate coexsistence.
Flood forecasting that considers the impact of hydraulic projects by an improved TOPMODEL model in the Wudaogou basin, Northeast China
Authors: Peng Yong , Chu Jinggang , Sun Xinguo , Zhou Huicheng , Zhang Xiaoli
Published: April 2016

Many hydraulic projects such as reservoirs, ponds and paddy fields as well as soil and water conservation engineering projects have been constructed to improve utilization of water resources upstream of the Wudaogou station basin in Northeast China in recent years. As a result, the local hydrological characteristics of the basin and the flood runoff and process have been changed. These changes in the basin characteristics make basin hydrological forecasting more difficult. In order to model and assess this situation, the TOPMODEL, which includes the dynamic soil moisture storage capacity (DSMSC-TOPMODEL), is used in this study to simulate the flood impact of hydraulic projects. Furthermore, the Bayesian method is used to evaluate model parameter uncertainty and assess the TOPMODEL's performance over the basin. Flood simulation results show that accuracy is significantly improved when the stock version of TOPMODEL is replaced with DSMSC-TOPMODEL, with the qualified ratio of forecasting runoff yield increasing from 65% in the former to 88% in the latter. Moreover, these flood simulations are more suitable for helping observers visualize the process.
Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution by calcined Zn/Al-LDHs
Authors: Yang Hui-Duo , Zhao Yun-Peng , Li Shi-Feng , Fan Xing , Wei Xian-Yong , Zong Zhi-Min
Published: April 2016

In this study, Zn/Al-layered double hydroxides (Zn/Al-LDHs) were synthesized by a co-precipitation method and characterized with X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. Then the hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) adsorption experiments on calcined Zn/Al-LDHs were carried out to analyze the effects of pH, temperature, adsorption time, initial Cr(VI) concentration and adsorbent dosage on the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. The maximum adsorption capacity for Cr(VI) on calcined Zn/Al-LDHs under optimal conditions was found to be over 120 mg/g. The kinetic and isotherm of Cr(VI) adsorption on calcined Zn/Al-LDHs can be described with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm, respectively.