bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Allograft-Prosthetic Composite Reconstruction for Massive Proximal Humeral Bone Loss in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Authors: Sanchez-Sotelo Joaquin , Wagner Eric R. , Sim Franklin H. , Houdek Matthew T.
Published: December 2017

Background:

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) performed in the setting of massive proximal humeral bone loss often requires special reconstructive techniques. Restoration of the proximal part of the humerus with an allograft provides a number of theoretical benefits, including implant support, restoration of humeral length, deltoid tensioning, and an opportunity to repair the posterior aspect of the cuff to improve strength in external rotation and repair of the subscapularis to improve stability. However, reverse allograft-prosthesis composites (APCs) are costly, are technically demanding to use, and can be compromised by progressive allograft resorption.

Methods:

Between 2005 and 2012, the lead author used an APC reconstruction in 8 primary and 18 revision RTSAs (26 patients; mean age, 62 years; mean body mass index, 27.9 kg/m2). The indications for the primary RTSAs included severe proximal humeral bone loss after trauma (n = 5) and tumor resection (n = 3). The indications in the revision setting were failed hemiarthroplasty (n = 11), anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 4), and reverse arthroplasty (n = 3). The most common reason for revision was instability (n = 10). A compression plate was used for graft-to-host fixation in all shoulders. Shoulders were assessed for pain, motion, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, Simple Shoulder Test (SST) score, Neer score, revision or reoperation, radiographic evidence of graft union or resorption, and implant fixation. The mean duration of follow-up was 4 years (range, 2 to 10 years).

Results:

RTSA using an APC construct resulted in substantial improvements in pain scores (p < 0.0001), elevation (p < 0.0001), and external rotation (p = 0.004). With the numbers available, there were no significant differences in clinical outcomes between primary and revision cases. No patients required revision surgery for nonunion at the host-allograft junction. The mean time to union was 7 months, with 1 patient requiring bone-grafting for delayed union. Other complications included dislocation, deep infection, graft fracture, and periprosthetic fracture distal to the previous APC construct in 1 patient each. The 2 and 5-year revision-free survival rate was 96%.

Conclusions:

Reconstruction of proximal humeral bone loss with an APC at the time of primary or revision RTSA is safe and effective, with acceptable functional outcomes and complication rates.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Synovial Fluid Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Authors: Lee Yong Seuk , Koo Kyung-Hoi , Kim Hyun Jung , Tian Shaoqi , Kim Tae-Young , Maltenfort Mitchell G. , Chen Antonia F.
Published: December 2017

Background:

The search for a single standard reference test for determining periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) through analysis of synovial fluid has yielded numerous biomarkers as potential candidates. The purpose of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of synovial fluid biomarkers and to determine which test has the highest diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) for the diagnosis of PJI.

Methods:

An online literature search of the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases identified 33 articles reporting a total of 13 major parameters for diagnosing PJI through analysis of synovial fluid. Each of the included articles was independently analyzed for risk of bias and for concerns regarding applicability utilizing the QUADAS-2 (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2) tool. The mada (meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy) tool was used to generate forest plots for sensitivity, specificity, and the log of the DOR, as well as summary statistics.

Results:

In this analysis, 13 index tests (leukocyte count; measurement of the percentage of polymorphonucleocytes [PMN%] and the levels of C-reactive protein [CRP], α-defensin, leukocyte esterase [LE], interleukin [IL]-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-1β, vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGF], and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor [G-CSF]; culture; and polymerase chain reaction [PCR] analysis) were evaluated on the basis of ≥2 articles. Of these tests, 8 (leukocyte count, PMN%, CRP, α-defensin, LE, IL-6, IL-8, and culture) were appropriate for pooled analysis. The overall sensitivity of these 8 markers was 0.85, and all but culture showed a sensitivity of ≥0.8. All markers showed a specificity of ≥0.9. Of the 8 tests, measurement of the α-defensin level showed the highest log DOR.

Conclusions:

Synovial fluid leukocyte count, PMN%, CRP, α-defensin, LE, IL-6, and IL-8 all demonstrated high sensitivity for diagnosing PJI, with α-defensin being the best synovial marker based on the highest log DOR. However, other synovial fluid tests that demonstrate good diagnostic performance can also be used in combination for the diagnosis of PJI.

Level of Evidence:

Diagnostic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Nietzsche ein Immanentist?
Authors: Sommer Andreas Urs
Published: December 2017

Mein Artikel besteht aus drei Abschnitten: Der erste Teil beschäftigt sich mit Nietzsches Gebrauch des Begriffs der „Immanenz“; ich werde diesen Gebrauch nachzeichnen. Mein zweiter Punkt ist ein allgemeinerer: Ich möchte den Fokus auf die Frage legen, ob es für Nietzsche möglich ist, ein starkes Konzept von Immanenz zu vertreten, insbesondere wenn wir uns in Erinnerung rufen, dass Nietzsche eine deutliche Opposition zu allen Vorstellungen von Transzendenz formuliert. Soll hier irgendeine Art von Immanenz bewahrt werden? Der dritte Abschnitt beinhaltet eine eingehendere Untersuchung von zwei Passagen aus Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Abschnitte 2 und 6). Ich denke, dass sich in diesen Passagen wichtige Aspekte aufzeigen lassen, insbesondere mit Hinblick auf die Frage, ob Nietzsche irgendeine Art von Vorstellung oder ein Konzept der Immanenz vertritt.
Dialectic of Restlessness
Authors: Steinweg Marcus
Published: December 2017

In the section of Aktive Passivität (2014) entitled “Ästhetik des Nichtwissens” (The Aesthetic of Unknowing) Martin Seel follows Adorno’s formulation of “determinate indeterminateness” in order to proclaim the “celebration of unknowing” as the “telos of all aesthetic perception” (Seel 2014, 102ff). He’s undoubtedly right that uncertainty and unknowing are part of experiencing a work of art as well as aesthetic reflection. Adorno’s formulation restricts the dimensions of the certain and the uncertain, the known and the unknown, the determinate and the indeterminate. Everything depends upon grasping the character of this restriction. You can speak of dialectic insofar as it remains a negative dialectic that denies itself a final synthesis—a dialectic of restlessness.
Gilbert Simondons ‚Transduktion‘ als radikale Immanenz der Performanz
Authors: De Assis Paulo
Published: December 2017

Transduktion ist Gilbert Simondons Schlüsselkonzept für das Verständnis von Prozessen der Differenzierung und Individuation in einer Reihe von Gebieten, einschließlich der naturwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, der Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, technischer Hilfsmittel sowie der Domänen des Künstlerischen. Beruhend auf den Naturwissenschaften und bezüglich seiner philosophischen Implikationen entscheidend weiterentwickelt durch Simondon, bezieht sich die Transduktion auf eine dynamische Operation, in deren Verlauf Energie aktualisiert wird, indem sie im Verlaufe eines Prozesses, der neue Materialitäten individuiert, von einem Zustand in einen anderen gebracht wird. Der vorliegende Text macht dieses Konzept auf die Musikpraxis anwendbar und zielt darauf ab, eine konzeptionelle Grundlage für umfangreichere Forschungsbemühungen zu schaffen, die entscheidend die künstlerische Praxis – sowohl Komposition als auch Performance – als ihren Ausgangs- und Endpunkt miteinschließt. Nach einer einleitenden Darstellung der Bedeutung, welche die Transduktion für Musiker_innen haben kann, konzentriert sich der vorliegende Text auf die Darlegung unterschiedlicher Definitionen der Transduktion, die hauptsächlich von Simondon selber stammen, aber auch zwei Erweiterungen betreffen: zum einen von Deleuze’ Konzept der Haecceïtas (bzw. ausgehend von Deleuze von meiner eigenen Mikro-Haecceïtas), zum anderen von Brian Massumis Begriff der Körperlichkeit. Vor dem Hintergrund des Potentials, welches diese Definitionen für die Herstellung von Musik entfalten können, untersucht der vorliegende Aufsatz acht unterschiedliche, aber komplementäre Möglichkeiten, die Transduktion zu denken, und dies in steigernder Komplexität, von der Glühbirne (3.1.) bis zu den Feinheiten der Entscheidungsfindung in lebenden Organismen (3.8.), wobei auch die Frage von Zeit und Temporalität (3.2.), die Thermodynamik (3.3.), die Informationstheorie (3.4.), eine überarbeitete Theorie der Haecceïtas (3.5), die Riemannsche Topologie (3.6.) sowie die Körperlichkeit angesprochen (3.7.) werden. All diese Themen werden nur kurz vorgestellt, als Eingangstore zu weiteren Untersuchungen, als Vorschläge für zukünftige Richtungen der Forschung, und ohne den Anspruch, abgeschlossene Gedankengänge darzustellen.
Die Gleichsetzung von Theater und Philosophie: Laruelle, Badiou & Gesten der Autorität in der Philosophie des Theaters
Authors: Cull Ó Maoilearca Laura
Published: December 2017

In diesem Artikel werde ich François Laruelles Begriff der ‚Non-Standard‘ Ästhetik untersuchen, um eine kritische Perspektive auf Alain Badious vielfältige Äußerungen über die Philosophie des Theaters zu entwickeln. Während es zunächst so erscheint, als ob Badiou in Werken wie In Praise of Theatre (2015) aufgeschlossen gegenüber dem eigenen Denken des Theaters wäre und tatsächlich die Funktion der Philosophie im Verhältnis zu einem ontologischen Privileg zurückzustufen würde, das (von ihm) nun der Mengentheorie zugesprochen wird, werde ich aufzeigen, dass eben dieses Wohlwollen, aus einer Laruellschen Perspektive, eine andere Form von philosophischem Authoritarismus konstituiert. Das heißt, während Badiu bekanntermaßen das Theater als „ein Ereignis des Denkens“ beschreibt, „das direkt Ideen hervorbringt“ (Badiou 2009, 121), wird dieser Text von Laruelle ausgehend argumentieren, dass Badiou sich zuletzt als Autorität über das positioniert, was als Theater im „eigentlichen Sinne“ gilt (vgl. Badiou 2015, 72); sein eigenes Denken in performativer Weise als normative Ausnahme und als Türhüter dieser Ausnahme festlegt.
Theatrical Immanence: The Deus ex Machina after the Death of God
Authors: Rokem Freddie
Published: December 2017

The appearance of supernatural creatures on the theatrical stage, like the deus ex machina, directly intervening in the flow of the events has not ceased with the “Death of God”. It can be viewed from two perspectives, first as a meta-theatrical device through which the theatrical medium self-reflexively, sometimes even playfully, examines its own conditions and limits, as an integral aspect of the theatrical apparatus, or its dispositive; and secondly from a philosophical or theological perspective, raising the question why it has continued to serve as a powerful metaphor not only for an open-ended futurity through which Utopian notions are critically reflected and refigured, but also for ideological, social and personal conflicts, frequently even involving strong components of excess, violence and cruelty. The article discusses these theoretical issues and exemplifies with The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann.
‘A work of art does not contain the least bit of information’: Deleuze and Guattari and Contemporary Art
Authors: Zepke Stephen
Published: December 2017

Deleuze and Guattari’s rejection of Conceptual art is well known, and sits awkwardly with the current hegemony of ‘post-conceptual’ artistic practices. Equally awkward is Deleuze’s ontological and political dislike of photography, which produces a ‘snapshot’ or representation of becoming, placing cliched images directly into our brains, controlling our actions and reactions by denying us the power to think creatively. In Cinema 2 Deleuze will extend this argument to the new ‘electronic image’, which like Conceptual art turns the plane of composition into a ‘flatbed’ plane or ‘screen’ that simply formats information, and with it our interfaced brains. Today, conceptual practice, photography and digital technologies are all simply taken for granted by contemporary art, which is also happy to use “D&G” as well. But doesn’t Deleuze and Guattari’s thought require a more critical application? Doesn’t it demand a minor war-machine? What would this be in the case of contemporary artistic practice? Amongst various possibilities this paper will explore the sublime ramifications of a Deleuzean image of ‘thought’, and its position as the ‘immanent outside’ of art’s post-conceptual trajectory.
Nietzsche’s Dionysos
Authors: Mersch Dieter
Published: December 2017

Nietzsche’s Dionysus, admittedly, represents a direct provocation and an attack on the classical interpretation accepted since Winckelmann, an interpretation that elevates the Apollonian to its central point of focus; Nietzsche’s introduction of another principle to oppose it, rather than representing a genuine invention, in actuality bridges the small gap between Hegel and Hölderlin. If, namely, the Hegelian aesthetic from the very beginning points to Schein and Erscheinung – as necessary conditions of truth, for the truth would not exist if it were not to “superficially appear” (scheinen) and “make its appearance” (erscheinen), writes Hegel – Schein and Erscheinung would still nonetheless be bound up everywhere with the criterium of the absolute; after all, the untruth of the aesthetic rests squarely in the fact that it cannot do other than to draw upon the language of Erscheinung. For Hölderlin, on the other hand, the Dionysian advances to become a metapoetic symbol combining itself – the enigmatic and continually transforming – with the practice of art. Nietzsche follows those very same lines even while giving the metaphor a thoroughly different twist.
An investigation of the financial monitoring policies for microfinance institutions in Ghana
Authors: Hope Quao Kwami , M. Lekhanya Lawrence , Dorasamy Nirmala
Published: December 2017

The need to regulate microfinance institutions (MFIs) was advocated and researched yet lacks purposeful in-depth exploring studies of the formulation process of financial monitoring policies, their implementation and accompanying challenges. Consequently, this study contributes by reviewing the specific financial policies for microfinance in Ghana and assesses factors mitigating effective implementation of such policies. It also introduces implementation theory into the MF research arena, thus shifting MF research focus. The study revealed that policies formulated for MFIs in Ghana and elsewhere are skewed and policy implementation, monitoring and supervision found to be less effective. The results further identified inadequate support structures and large unlicensed profit-oriented informal microfinance operations in Ghana as major obstacles to efficient implementation of microfinance policies. This paper therefore recommends the creation of a semi-autonomous institution, the National Microfinance Oversight Authority, to license, regulate and supervise the informal microfinance institutions in Ghana.
Corporate governance quality, firm size and earnings management: empirical study in Indonesia Stock Exchange
Authors: Saftiana Yulia , Mukhtaruddin  , Winda Putri Krisna , Sasti Ferina Ika
Published: December 2017

Earnings management (EM) is manipulation done by management in preparing financial statement in order to gain management advantages or to increase the firm value. EM can reduce the quality of financial statements because it does not show the real earning periodical. This research aims to identify the effect of good corporate governance (GCG) (institutional ownership, managerial ownership, frequency of board meetings, frequency of audit committee (AC) meetings), firm size, and leverage on the EM. Population comprises the companies in LQ 45 index of Iindonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the period 2010–2014. Samples of the research were taken using purposive sampling method, and the variables are tested using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the research show that partially, only leverage has significant effect on EM, while institutional ownership, managerial ownership, frequency of board meeting, frequency of AC meetings, and firm size have no significant effect on EM, but all of the variables have simultaneously significant effect on EM. Limitations of the research are the only used 6 independent variables and 21 companies as samples of the research.
POTENSI “SANGGA BUWANA” DENGAN SUBSTITUSI TEPUNG SUKUN SEBAGAI MAKANAN SIAP SAJI YANG SEHAT
Authors: Arnold Marcellus , Lawandra Rio , Rajagukguk Yolanda Victoria , Oktaviani Tri , Emely Emely
Published: December 2017

During the reign of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII at Yogyakarta Palace, Sangga Buwana is a traditional food which arose up as a result of acculturation between local culture with European and Asian culture. The food symbolizes a confession of human towards the existence of God. When comparing to burger in terms of ingredients and the manner of serving, both of them are quite similar. The purpose of this research is to study the potency of Sangga Buwana as a healthier fast food than burger. In addition, the investigation of the potency of local food utilization such as breadfruit (Artocorpus altilis) flour as wheat flour substitution in preparation of choux dough is also conducted. The study is conducted by literature research and interviews. The results showed that the substitution of wheat flour to breadfruit flour is potential to make Sangga Buwana as a healthier fast food because it has richer fiber, higher mineral, and lower fat content than wheat flour. Breadfruit flour can partially substitute the usage of wheat flour in the preparation of choux dough.
PENGEMBANGAN CRACKERS SUMBER PROTEIN DAN MINERAL DENGAN PENAMBAHAN TEPUNG DAUN KELOR (Moringa oleifera) DAN TEPUNG BADAN-KEPALA IKAN LELE DUMBO (Clarias gariepinus)
Authors: Kustiani Ai , Kusharto Clara Meliyanti , Damayanthi Evy
Published: December 2017

Kelor is one of the vegetables with high nutrients contents but haven’t been widely utilized. Adding kelor leaves flour to the crackers made with catfish flour to increase protein and minerals is one way to maximize the potential of its nutrient content. This research purposed to develop the formulation of crackers by adding kelor leaves flour and catfish dumbo flour as a food source of protein and minerals. Kelor leaves flour obtained from this research contains protein, calcium, iron, and zinc respectively for 23.25%, 640.5 mg/100g, 30.6 mg/100g, and 6.65 mg/100g. The best formula chosen from organoleptic was is crackers with the addition 10% catfish dumbo flour and 2.5 g kelor leaves flour. The crackers contain 11.50% protein, 30.73 mg/100g calcium, 8.56 mg/100g iron, and 609.70 mg/100g zinc respectively. Selected crackers contain more than 20% protein and more than 15% of iron and zinc standart for 2-5 years old children group based on nutrition label reference (ALG, for Indonesian), so it can be claimed as a food source of protein, iron and zinc.

 
The Ojos del Guadiana and del Gigüela springs: the recovery of a groundwater body declared “at risk”
Authors: Del Pozo Tejado J. , Mejías Moreno M.
Published: December 2017

The "Ojos del Guadiana" and the "Ojos del Gigüela" are a set of springs that provide groundwater to the respective channels under natural conditions. The first are the source of the Guadiana river, whilst the second ones are located in the final stretch of the river. From the 1980s the intense exploitation of Aquifer System 23 generated a decrease in the groundwater level, which in turn caused these springs to dry up. After the wet period of 2009-2013 there was a slow recovery of the aquifers in the Upper Guadiana, reflected in a rise in the levels, which continued throughout 2014-2015, this then changed to register a new period of piezometric decline. The "Ojos del Guadiana" reappeared in January 2012 during the period of recovery of the aquifer, whilst water in the "Ojos del Gigüela" appeared four years later, in December 2015, after two dry hydrological years and the beginning of a period of piezometric decline. Hydrogeological developments in the period of December 2009 to February 2016 resulted in the recovery process of the aquifers in the Mancha Plain due to this wet period. The time lag in the presence of water in the two sets of springs is related to the geological and hydrogeological characteristics of calcareous Pliocene aquifer, specifically with its morphology in the western sector. The piezometric evolution of the Mancha Plain in the last 7 years describes the process of partial recovery of the Upper Guadiana Central Sector, from its deepest to its shallowest levels in the sense of the direction of the natural progression of the groundwater from east to west.
Implication of the geology of the Guadaiza and Verde valleys (Malaga Province, Betic Cordillera) on the position of the Ronda peridotites and the structure of the Alpujárride Complex
Authors: Sanz de Galdeano C.
Published: December 2017

In the valleys of Guadiaza and Verde (the latter in its area of Hoyo del Bote), the tectonic window of the Guadaiza unit has been previously defined based on the interpretation that a formation existing there was a dynamothermal aureole formed under thrusting Ronda peridotites, this being interpreted as having occurred during the early Miocene. Nevertheless, the analysis of the geometrical relationship between this formation and the peridotites indicates that the cited formation is not situated under the peridotites, but above them and, moreover, the rocks of this supposed aureole present a lithological transition to others of Permian age, which are also situated over the peridotites. As a result, the supposed tectonic window does not exist and the number of tectonic units existing in the western part of the Alpujarride Complex diminishes. It is also clear that the peridotites of this region reached the surface during the Paleozoic.
Aprendizagem colaborativa, transdisciplinaridade e gestão socioambiental na Amazônia: abordagens para a construção de conhecimento entre academia e sociedade
Authors: Athayde Simone , Bartels Wendy-Lin , Buschbacher Robert , Rosa Rosane Duarte
Published: December 2017

Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre duas experiênciasde formação de líderes para a gestão socioambiental colaborativana Amazônia como contribuição à geração de abordagens para ofortalecimento da pós-graduação na construção de caminhos para odesenvolvimento sustentável. As abordagens inter e transdisciplinaraplicadas foram adaptadas de programas de pós-graduação e formaçãode lideranças da Universidade da Flórida. Essa abordagem, ainda emconstrução, tem como objetivo integrar teorias e métodos de sistemassocioecológicos complexos com conceitos e experiências de gestãoparticipativa, bem como elementos da aprendizagem colaborativa eexperiencial na educação de adultos. As lições aprendidas apontam paraoportunidades e desafios na construção conjunta de conhecimentoentre academia e sociedade como paradigma inovador de educaçãopara a sustentabilidade na Amazônia, integrando perspectivas econhecimentos de diferentes atores sociais.
A formação docente em programas de pós-graduação em Engenharia de uma universidade federal brasileira: diagnóstico e perspectivas
Authors: Dos Santos Lima Dirléia , Andreatta-da-Costa Luciano
Published: December 2017

Neste trabalho, foi investigada a formação docente na pós-graduação stricto sensu em Engenharia. Como suporte teórico, o artigo recorreu aos autores que tratam do tema da Educação em Engenharia e às reflexões acerca do fazer docente da área. A pesquisa é quantitativa de natureza aplicada, caracterizada como exploratória, e foi realizada com alunos dos programas de pós-graduação em Engenharia de uma universidade federal. Acima de 40% dos pós-graduandos que responderam o questionário têm interesse na carreira docente, mas a preparação específica para o exercício da docência é quase inexistente nos cursos que realizam, apenas se atrelando ao estágio de docência que, para mais de 60% dos respondentes, é insuficiente. Por isso, faz-se necessário que os programas de pós-graduação pensem na inclusão, em suas grades curriculares, de disciplinas que ofereçam uma formação didático-pedagógica, possibilitando àqueles que têm interesse em seguir na carreira acadêmica uma formação docente consistente.
Functional Profiles of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Obese/Diabetic Versus Healthy Women
Authors: Calafiore Riccardo , Montanucci Pia , Pescara Teresa , Pennoni Ilaria , Alunno Alessia , Bistoni Onelia , Torlone Elisabetta , Luce Giovanni , Gerli Roberto , Basta Giuseppe
Published: December 2017

Background: Adult human mesenchymal stem cells retrieved, from the post-partum human
umbilical cord Wharton jelly (hUCMS), have recently gained growing interest due to their morphological
and functional properties.

Objective: The main purpose of our work was to examine morphology and functional properties of
hUCMS retrieved from healthy women as compared to those with obesity, or gestational or type 2 diabetes
mellitus, under fair metabolic control. Possible differences between groups could shed light into
the potential use of these cells for the cell therapy of a variety of diseases, regardless of the obesity/
diabetes status of the donor mothers. Additionally, information on how the maternal disease may
affect the cord-derived stem cells, hence possibly newborn children would be important.

Methods: We have studied obese/diabetic or normal donor post-partum umbilical cord-derived
hUCMS, either in basal or during differentiation protocols into several cell phenotypes and the definitive
endoderm. Immunomodulatory properties of these cells, in terms of inhibition of activated lymphocyte
proliferation, also was examined.

Results: According to our preliminary results, there are functional differences, as assessed by cell and
molecular assays, in terms of both, differentiation and immunomodulatory potential, between the cells
derived from normal as compared to obese/diabetic mothers.

Conclusion: The findings seemingly indicate that the uterine environment of obese/diabetic mothers is
quite distant from normal, regardless of metabolic control. Hence hUCMS extracted from
obese/diabetic mothers do not appear to be suitable for cell therapy clinical protocols but more studies
are required.
Lumbung Desa in Java: A Credit Institution, Poverty Management, and Financial Problem Solving for Villagers During the Colonial Period
Authors: Rinardi Haryono , Rochwulaningsih Yety , Suliyati Titiek , Widodo Sutejo K.
Published: December 2017

This paper aims to examine the existence and development of Lumbung Desa or village rice barns as a credit institution during the colonial era. It was expected to be an inspiration and reference to revitalize, design, and develop barns at the village level that contributed significantly to the village welfare at the recent time.  Therefore, how and why was Lumbung Desa institution able to develop during the colonial era? How much was its contribution to the village welfare? To examine these questions, the authors used critical historical method and through economical and sociological approach. The result shows that Lumbung Desa was formed and developed by the Dutch to overcome poverty as a strategic issue at the time, especially at village level. The grand design program of Lumbung Desa was to channel loan schemes especially and savings that could be in the form of in cash or rice. It was used to help farmers against the middlemen and moneylenders who were considered as adverse parties for the villagers. Lumbung Desa existed and was managed in many villages of Java during the colonial era. It relied on rural communities with distinctive personal socio-economic relations that brought about both strengths and weaknesses for the institution. However, there were some advantages of Lumbung Desa; first, it provided loans in two types, cash and/ or rice which became major and urgent needs for the villagers; second, its presence in rural areas made farmers become customers and easily access the market; third, its flexibility made it easily transform according to rural community needs.
Ecos y remembranzas: trazas precolombinas en el arte contemporáneo
Authors: Jara Ahumada Bruno
Published: December 2017

El artículo pretende encontrar ecos y resistencias tácitas del acervo precolombino en el arte reciente chileno. Entendidas como un material reconstructivo de la historia latinoamericana, las objetivaciones del “Otro” fueron destituidas mediante una serie de estrategias que instaló Occidente durante la Conquista. Para evidenciarlas, trazaremos una cadena de resignificaciones visuales: a partir de un soporte prehispánico, delinearemos matrices comparativas, con el objeto de identificar remembranzas, signos en común o paralelos metodológicos en el trabajo de Magdalena Atria y el colectivo Museo Internacional de Chile (MICH).
A UNIVERSIDADE E O ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL E MÉDIO: ESTREITANDO RELAÇÕES POR MEIO DE ABORDAGENS METODOLÓGICAS
Authors: Santos Duarte Ana Cristina , Lopes de Souza Marcos , Nascimento Marina
Published: December 2017

Este artigo é resultado de um projeto de extensão desenvolvido e financiado pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB) desde 2005. O projeto integra as atividades do Laboratório de Ensino de Biologia (LEBio) e visa à aproximação da universidade com a comunidade escolar, por meio de atividades dinâmicas, não convencionais, que envolvem conteúdos curriculares de Ciências e Biologia, trabalhados ou não no ensino fundamental e no médio. Portanto, como princípios norteadores para a reflexão, compreensão e construção de conhecimentos relacionados à área. As atividades do projeto envolveram a seleção de temas atuais e emergentes de interesse do educando, para o desenvolvimento de mini-cursos e oficinas. Destes participaram os discentes da graduação em Ciências Biológicas, que tiveram a oportunidade para uma prática docente de forma não convencional, capaz de estimular o exercício profissional. O enfoque dos temas se deu não só no domínio cognitivo, mas também no domínio afetivo, com o objetivo de ampliar a capacidade, do aluno, de conhecer e relacionar-se consigo mesmo e com o outro. A metodologia utilizada é participativa e dinâmica, a fim de proporcionar a aprendizagem e a integração da área de Ciências e Biologia com outras áreas do conhecimento. O trabalho teve a parceria de escolas públicas e buscou resgatar o valor social da universidade na comunidade, para estreitar as relações entre a universidade e o ensino fundamental e o médio.
A FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE EM GEOGRAFIA DIANTE DOS ANSEIOS DA EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA NA CONTEMPORANEIDADE
Authors: De Jesus Stela , Sales de Souza Fernanda Dione , Barros Alves Costa Glauber
Published: December 2017

Este artigo discute sobre a formação docente em geografia com vistas à educação inclusiva. Tal estudo realizou-se por meio da pesquisa qualitativa com a distribuição de questionários junto aos discentes do curso de Geografia da UESB, com embasamento na pesquisa bibliográfica. O resultado parcial mostra a necessidade de formação adequada para que os geógrafos da UESB tenham condições de atuar como professores na Educação Inclusiva.
EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA E POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Authors: Batista Pereira Lucas
Published: December 2017

Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir a relação entre extensão universitária e políticas públicas. Tendo como referência o documento elaborado pelo Fórum dos Pró-Reitores de Extensão das Universidades Públicas Brasileiras, discute a concepção de extensão utilizada nas universidades. Na condição de reflexão sobre as políticas públicas, foi analisado o Programa Josué de Castro, formulado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), que tem como objetivo favorecer a formação acadêmica pela extensão dos estudantes universitários, além de buscar a parceria das instituições públicas de ensino superior na erradicação da fome e da miséria no país. Nessa mesma linha de concepção, o MEC, em parceria com diversos órgãos federais, lançou o edital de convocação destinado às instituições públicas para apresentação de propostas extensivas, por meio do Programa de Extensão Universitária (PROEXT). A participação das universidades em programas públicos é de total relevância, não somente na implementação destas, como também na contribuição do aumento de uma consciência crítica da população e do fortalecimento de seu poder de reivindicação. O incentivo que pode ser dado pelas universidades proporciona uma maior interação destas com as camadas mais pobres, esse é o caminho mais adequado para contribuir na erradicação dos problemas mais graves e complexos da sociedade.
FORTALECIMENTO DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR COMO INSTRUMENTO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL DO TERRITÓRIO DE VITÓRIA DA CONQUISTA - BAHIA
Authors: Conceição Júnior Valdemiro , Ferraz Santos de Brito Ivana Paula
Published: December 2017

Este artigo traça um panorama das atividades de extensão realizadas entre os anos de 2000 a 2010, que tiveram como objetivo o desenvolvimento rural do Território de Vitória da Conquista (TVC). Com a realização do primeiro Seminário sobre Perspectivas para o Desenvolvimento Rural, aconteceram diversos debates e ações efetivas, os quais focaram: a geração de mais oportunidades de trabalho e renda no campo, a segurança alimentar, o estímulo ao empreendedorismo dos agricultores familiares, a conservação e o uso racional dos agroecossistemas. Essas ações possibilitaram a articulação de diversas organizações, entidades e movimentos sociais, o fortalecimento da organização rural e a capacitação de produtores, profissionais, jovens e estudantes nas diversas temáticas que envolvem a agricultura familiar, como também o crescimento rural. Como resultados mais concretos podem ser citados a criação do Colegiado do Território, a formação do Conselho Quilombola e a organização de seis cooperativas que integram a Rede de Cooperativas da Agricultura Familiar do TVC.
INFORMAÇÃO E INTERESSE PÚBLICO: QUANDO O JORNALISMO TORNA-SE UM MEIO PARA A CIDADANIA
Authors: Barbosa Nascimento Caio
Published: December 2017

Neste trabalho analisaremos a importância da informação jornalística para que as pessoas exerçam a sua cidadania na sociedade onde vivem e buscaremos compreender como o direito à informação no atual contexto midiático consiste num ponto fundamental para que se alcancem os demais direitos presentes numa democracia. Para tanto, fizemos um estudo sobre quais características da informação de interesse público fazem parte de sua identidade. Em nossa visão, essas informações seriam aquelas que são fruto da liberdade de expressão, que garantem ao receptor o direito à informação, sem se esquecer do direito à privacidade. Para ampliar essa compreensão, analisamos um produto do telejornalismo que seria a antítese de tudo isso e, desse modo, não teria condições de contribuir para a vivência cidadã dos indivíduos e para o bem comum de todos que vivem em sociedade. Com base nessa abordagem queremos apontar estratégias por meio das quais será possível atenuar as barreiras, para que o jornalismo, tal como apresentaremos, torne-se viável na mídia atual.
LEVANTAMENTO ETNOBOTÂNICO DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS NO MUNICÍPIO DE ITAPETINGA, BAHIA
Authors: Silva Santos Iasminy , Moreno Cerqueira Silva Carlos Bernard , Silva de Freitas Janaína
Published: December 2017

Este artigo é resultado das atividades de diagnóstico das ações do Projeto de Extensão da UESB intitulado Fitoterápicos no ambiente escolar: resgate do conhecimento e cultura popular sobre plantas medicinais no município de Itapetinga-BA, o qual foi realizado no período de 2011 a 2012. O objetivo do estudo foi realizar um levantamento etnobotânico das plantas medicinais comercializadas e consumidas no município de Itapetinga, Bahia. A coleta de dados ocorreu com uma amostragem de 39 questionários, aplicados a 10 raizeiros e 29 usuários de plantas medicinais, em duas feiras livres do município citado. Todos os participantes da pesquisa fazem uso de plantas medicinais. Quanto ao grau de escolaridade, constatou-se semelhança entre raizeiros e usuários entrevistados, pois a maior parte dos dois grupos possuem ensino fundamental incompleto com 70% e 42%, respectivamente. A forma mais citada para obtenção das plantas foi através da compra nas feiras livres, sendo predominante a utilização das folhas (87%) e seu preparo para uso mediante infusão (70%). A eficácia dos tratamentos com plantas medicinais foi qualificada como moderada pela maioria dos usuários amostrados (59%). Dessa forma, destaca-se a necessidade de ampliar o conhecimento popular sobre o uso das plantas medicinais para os mais jovens, visando garantir e valorizar a preservação dessa prática que tem perdido espaço em função da medicina convencional.
CONTRIBUIÇÕES DO PRONAF PARA A AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR
Authors: Ribeiro Mota Adriana
Published: December 2017

Este artigo relata a produção agrícola familiar, Programa Nacional de Apoio à Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF), no Brasil, no Nordeste e na Bahia, bem como discute questões referentes ao uso sustentável dos recursos naturais por esta modalidade de agricultura, proporcionando um equilíbrio social, econômico e ambiental de desenvolvimento. Demonstrar também as potencialidades, fundamentos legais e tecnologia empregada para a viabilização do processo produtivo. O objetivo geral deste estudo é identificar a contribuição do PRONAF para o fortalecimento da agricultura familiar no Brasil, e em especial na região Nordeste e estado da Bahia, bem como financiamento às políticas que visem à promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável.
Stock price fluctuations in periods of corporate acquisition and control: A new outlook for the board of directors
Authors: Ngwakwe Collins C.
Published: December 2017

This paper rummages the stock price fluctuations in periods of corporate acquisition and control. The paper became pertinent to provide information to the corporate board of directors and investors to improve decision making by understanding the inherent fluctuations and the concomitant uncertainties during periods of corporate acquisitions and control negotiations. The main aim of the paper is to examine if there is a significant difference in stock price fluctuation before and during periods of corporate acquisition. The methodological approach is quantitative and used the statistical T-test of difference in mean stock price differences before and during periods of SABMiller acquisition. It also applied the cointegration analysis to establish a correlation in stock price between the acquiring company and the company under acquisition. The analysis was tested at an alpha of 0.05 and results from the statistical analysis disclosed a significant difference to the degree of P<0.001 on two-tailed significance test and showed that stock price fluctuation was higher during the acquisition period than before. Similarly, the cointegration test showed a significant correlation in stock price movement between the purchasing company and the company under acquisition at a P<0.001. The Granger causality test was applied to determine the direction of causality, and the analysis showed that the AB Inbev stock price trend influenced the stock price movement in SABMiller during the period of acquisition with a P=0.008. The paper concludes that at least within the case examination, the news of corporate acquisition may trigger investment uncertainties, which may reverberate on stock price fluctuations. The paper brings insight to the corporate board of directors toward improved negotiation of acquisition or merger prices and compensations given the price fluctuations that acquisition news may trigger on the merging companies’ stocks.
La tecnología en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de las ciencias médicas
Authors: Majul EA
Published: December 2017

El desafío planteado en este tema, abarca diferentes puntos de vista, por un lado, involucra a la historia de la medicina y por otro, concierne todo lo relacionado con la enseñanza de esta ciencia. Al referirnos a la historia de la medicina, debemos remontarnos a la humanidad en diferentes culturas y civilizaciones, donde observamos rastros de pacientes, con probables patologías traumáticas, infecciosas y hasta signos de procedimientos quirúrgicos, realizados hace más de cinco mil años. En ese momento, es muy probable, que aquellos tratamientos que hayan tenido buenos resultados, basados en rezos, uso de plantas medicinales, sacrificios, hayan sido transmitidos a las siguientes generaciones, como modelos terapéuticos, dando origen a la enseñanza de la medicina personalizada, centrada en el análisis y resolución del problema.
Importancia de la refrigeración en los procesos de mecanizado en máquinas - herramienta
Authors: Sáenz Pedro María
Published: December 2017

En el mecanizado con desprendimiento de viruta la potencia de accionamiento o potencia de salida en el husillo, se utiliza predominantemente en la generación de calor ocasionado por la fricción y el proceso de desprendimiento de viruta. Para disminuir el calor generado con el desprendimiento de viruta en el mecanizado de metales, se emplean los refrigero-lubricantes es decir, la combinación de un elemento refrigerante y otro lubricante.
El CAD/CAM cambia la cara de la industria
Authors: Magyaroff (Traductor) Alejandro
Published: December 2017

Se describe cómo la implementación progresiva del CAD/CAM permitió un cambio significativo en la estrategia empresarial al permitir que el tramo entre la concepción de un producto y la producción pudiera ser un proceso integrado, operado por un solo modelo de computador.
Evitación de agua condensada en moldes de inyección y de soplado
Authors: Egle W.
Published: December 2017

En la fabricación de piezas de material plástico inyectadas o extrusionadas y sopladas se puede formar sobre el molde agua de condensación. Esto afecta en especial a los fabricantes de piezas de pared delgada para la industria de embalajes, de tapones para tubos, de botellas para productos cosméticos y de preformas de PETP. Se describe una medida preventiva con la cual se puede evitar agua condensada en moldes de inyección y de soplado.
Corte con plasma
Authors: TARRAGONA S.A.
Published: December 2017

Se hace una breve descripción del proceso de corte con plasma.
Kontraspionage, kultur og kontinuitet i Kreml
Authors: Gundtoft Simonsen Simone
Published: December 2017

Kontraspionage, kultur og kontinuitet i Kreml: Et efterretningsteoretisk perspektiv på Ruslands interventioner i Ukraine
By applying the specialized terminology and theoretical approaches of the field of intelligence analysis, this article investigates Russian hybrid warfare in the case of Ukraine in order to offer a fuller understanding of this disputed phenomenon. Most scholars have addressed the concept of Russian hybrid warfare through a rather classical war-theoretical approach. This article, however, argues that any analysis of Russian warfare should take as its point of departure the extensive and historically consistent influence of the country’s security services. The liberal analysis presented here reveals the prevailing continuity that characterizes Russian foreign policy, including the country’s current actions in Ukraine. Most importantly, the liberal approach sheds light on the sources of this continuity, finding them embedded primarily within the security apparatus and its peculiar, strategic culture and mindset. This means that Russia’s military actions are based on the assumption that the threat from the West is imminent, and on a fundamental focus on regime security. Russian warfare today is not the result of a new, coherent military doctrine or a belief in newfound superiority as proponents of the non-liberal approach often argue – instead, it is rather born out of fear.
BARROS, Eliana Merlin Deganutti de.; RIOS-REGISTO, Eliane Segati (Orgs.) EXPERIÊNCIAS COM SEQUÊNCIAS DIDÁTICAS DE GÊNEROS TEXTUAIS. Campinas: Pontes, 2014.
Authors: ESPURI Paulo Henrique , AMARAL Tuanny Gomes Siqueira
Published: December 2017

Constituída por dez artigos, a obra organizada por Barros e Rios-Registro traz trabalhos desenvolvidos no campo dos estudos dos gêneros textuais como objetos de ensino, contemplando experiências que, sob diversos enfoques, refletem sobre aspectos relacionados ao uso da metodologia Sequência Didática (DOLZ; NOVERRAZ; SCHNEUWLY, 2004), conforme é possível observar em seu título. Logo, os trabalhos aqui apresentados partem de um mesmo olhar teórico, o Interacionismo Socio-discursivo (ISD), trazido a partir de autores como Jean Paul Bronckart.
Diálogos sobre sexualidade na escola: uma intervenção possível
Authors: Ew Raquel De Andrade Souza , Conz Jaqueline , Farias Aline Daniela Gonçalves de Oliveira , Sombrio Paula Biazetto Machado , Rocha Kátia Bones
Published: December 2017

O objetivo desta intervenção foi implementar oficinas sobre sexualidade em escolas, fundamentadas na metodologia participativa. Foram realizadas 11 oficinas em Porto Alegre, com 349 alunos, organizadas a partir das dúvidas dos adolescentes. As oficinas visaram promover reflexão crítica e autocuidado. Mapearam-se os sentidos associados à palavra sexualidade e principais dúvidas dos jovens. As palavras mais referidas foram: sexo, amor, camisinha, prazer, gênero, homem, mulher, gravidez, doenças e relação. As dúvidas mais frequentes foram: primeira relação sexual, gravidez, cuidados médicos, sexo e drogas, gênero, orientação sexual, cultura e sexualidade, corpo e prazer, infecções sexualmente transmissíveis e violência. Os alunos avaliaram a intervenção positivamente. Os resultados apontam para necessidade de as escolas abordarem o tema da sexualidade, construindo espaços de diálogo
Nas entrelinhas da tradição
Authors: Fogaça Emílio , Rocha Sampaio Divaldo , Molina Luiz Alberto
Published: December 2017

Apresentamos neste trabalho uma indústri lítica pré-cerâmica recuperada no Abrigo do Boquete (Minas Gerais - Brasil). Ela se caracteriza por utilizar detritos de lascamento de artefatos mais elaborados como "matéria prima" de novos instrumentos, modifìcados apenas por retoques marginais. Trata-se de uma indústria atípica que denominamos De Ocasião, posto que parece responder a necessidades circunstanciais dos caçadores-coletores que ocuparam o sítio. A análise apresentada procura identificar padrões tecno-morfológicos de transformação desses artefatos e relacioná-los com os instrumentos típicos descritos noutras publicações.
O conceito de mito aplicado à arte rupestre
Authors: Xavier de Azevedo Netto Carlos
Published: December 2017

A arte rupestre é abordada, aqui, a partir da Filosofia das Formas Simbólicas de Ernest Cassirer. Essa abordagem é) instrumentalizada pela teoria semiótica de Pierce e pela observação de que os painéis de arte rupestre constituem-se a partir de lógica generativa e ordenativa, muito próxima a do mito. O autor pretende, neste trabalho, contribuirpara aconstrução de um arcabouço teórico que fundamente a análise da arte rupestre.
Archaeology and the gender without history
Authors: Pyburn K. Anne
Published: December 2017

Richard'Wilk is an ethnographer who did his first field work among the Kekchi Maya of southern Belize (Wilk, 1991). He tells the story of an interview that he once carried out with a village elder. The interviewee was an old man who was well respected and of high status. His equally elderly wife was ostensibly excluded from this discussion between men by staying behind the walls of her house in her "private space", while the men conferred out front in the open. As the ethnographer began to ask the old man questions, however, the old woman made her presence known.