bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Unusual asymptomatic fluorodeoxyglucose avid pheochromocytoma in a case of myxoid liposarcoma of the extremity on 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography
Authors: Shivdasani Divya , Singh Natasha , Pereira Melvika , Zade Anand
Published: May 2017

Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of rare tumors and arise either from soft tissue or from bone. Soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs) initially metastasize to the lungs. Metastases to extrapulmonary sites such as liver, brain, and soft tissue distant from primary tumor usually develop later. However, cases with isolated adrenal metastasis without disseminated disease have been reported in literature. We present a case of primary myxoid liposarcoma of the lower limb, in which staging 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) scan detected a suspicious FDG avid adrenal lesion which eventually on resection was diagnosed as asymptomatic pheochromocytoma. Pheochromocytomas have been reported to demonstrate FDG uptake mimicking metastasis. Hence, while interpreting FDG PET-CT scans in the context of STSs, both the extrapulmonary metastatic potential of aggressive histological subtypes of sarcoma and rare possibility of FDG avid coexistent benign tumor should be taken into consideration.
Child’s Challenging Behaviour Scale, Version 2 (CCBS–2): Psychometric Evaluation With Young Children
Authors: Bourke-Taylor Helen , Pallant Julie , Cordier Reinie
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVE. In this article, we evaluate psychometric properties of the Child’s Challenging Behaviour Scale, Version 2 (CCBS–2) with mothers of young, typically developing children.

METHOD. A cross-sectional mail survey with Australian mothers (N = 337) included the CCBS–2, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, and the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status scale.

RESULTS. Internal consistency was good, and no gender differences in CCBS–2 scores were significant. Significant results included differences between CCBS–2 scores: among children grouped according to age, among children grouped according to pre– and post–school entry, among mothers grouped according to extent of any symptom type, and between this sample and a previously collected age-matched sample of children with disabilities.

CONCLUSION. Of the properties tested, results support sound psychometrics. The CCBS–2 can be used to differentiate children according to age, school entry, and disability as well as to identify families for potential services in behavior management and mental health.
A Way of Seeing: How Occupation Is Portrayed to Students When Taught as a Concept Beyond Its Use in Therapy
Authors: Price Pollie , Hooper Barb , Krishnagiri Sheama , Taff Steven D. , Bilics Andrea
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVE. The concept of occupation is core to learning occupational therapy, yet how occupation is taught has not been widely studied. We explored how occupation is addressed in 25 U.S. occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant programs.

METHOD. We used a basic qualitative research design, collecting data through interviews, artifacts, and video recordings of teaching. We secondarily analyzed 8 programs in which occupation was taught beyond its application in practice.

RESULTS. Educators portrayed occupation as (1) a way of seeing self (students learn about themselves as occupational beings), (2) a way of seeing others (students learn about others as occupational beings), and (3) a way of seeing the profession (students learn occupation as the central focus of occupational therapy). Varied learning experiences promoted these perspectives.

CONCLUSION. Three concepts—subject-centered learning, threshold concepts, and transformative learning—formed the theoretical foundation for teaching occupation as a way of seeing.
Determination limits for cosmogenic 10Be and their importance for geomorphic applications
Authors: Savi Sara , Tofelde Stefanie , Wittmann Hella , Castino Fabiana , Schildgen Taylor
Published: May 2017

Abstract. When using cosmogenic nuclides to determine exposure ages or denudation rates in rapidly evolving landscapes, challenges arise related to the small number of nuclides that have accumulated in surface materials. Improvements in accelerator mass spectrometry have enabled analysis of samples with low 10Be content (
Determination of high resolution spatio-temporal glacier motion fields from time-lapse sequences
Authors: Schwalbe Ellen , Maas Hans-Gerd
Published: May 2017

Abstract. This paper presents a comprehensive method for the determination of motion vector fields of glaciers at high spatial and temporal resolution. These vector fields can be derived from monocular terrestrial camera image sequences and are a valuable data source for glaciological analysis of the motion behaviour of glaciers. The measurement concepts for the acquisition of image sequences are presented, and an automated monoscopic image sequence processing chain is developed. Motion vector fields can be derived with high precision by applying automatic sub-pixel-accuracy image matching techniques on grey value patterns in the image sequences. Well-established matching techniques have been adapted to the special characteristics of the glacier data in order to achieve high reliability in automatic image sequence processing, including the handling of moving shadows as well as motion effects induced by small instabilities in the camera setup. Suitable geo-referencing techniques were developed to transform image measurements into a reference coordinate system. The result of the monoscopic image sequence analysis is a dense raster of glacier surface point trajectories for each image sequence. Each translation vector component in these trajectories can be determined with an accuracy of some centimetres for points at a distance of several kilometres from the camera. Extensive practical validation experiments show that motion vector and trajectory fields derived from monocular image sequences can be used for the determination of high resolution velocity fields of glaciers, for the analysis of the effects of tides on glacier movement, for the investigation of a glacier's motion behaviour during calving events, for the determination of the position and migration of the grounding line and for the detection of sub glacial channels during glacier lake outburst floods.
Soil Methanotrophy Model (MeMo v1.0): a process-based model to quantify global uptake of atmospheric methane by soil
Authors: Murguia-Flores Fabiola , Arndt Sandra , Ganesan Anita L. , Murray-Tortarolo Guillermo N. , Hornibrook Edward R. C.
Published: May 2017

Abstract. Soil bacteria known as methanotrophs are the sole biological sink for atmospheric methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas that is responsible for ~ 20 % of the human-driven increase in radiative forcing since pre-industrial times. Soil methanotrophy is controlled by a plethora of different factors, including temperature, soil texture and moisture or nitrogen content, resulting in spatially and temporally heterogeneous rates of soil methanotrophy. As a consequence, the exact magnitude of the global soil sink, as well as its temporal and spatial variability remains poorly constrained. We developed a process-based model (Methanotrophy Model; MeMo v1.0) to simulate and quantify the uptake of atmospheric CH4 by soils on the global scale. MeMo builds on previous models by Ridgwell et al. (1999) and Curry (2007) by introducing several advances, including: (1) a general analytical solution of the one-dimensional diffusion-reaction equation in porous media, (2) a refined representation of nitrogen inhibition on soil methanotrophy, and (3) updated factors governing the influence of soil moisture and temperature on CH4 oxidation rates. We show that the improved representation of these key drivers of soil methanotrophy resulted in a better fit to observational data. A global simulation of soil methanotrophy for the period 1990–2009 using MeMo yielded an average annual sink of 34.3 ± 4.3 Tg CH4 yr−1. Warm and semiarid regions (tropical deciduous forest, dense and open shrubland) had the highest CH4 uptake rates of 630 and 580 mg CH4 m−2 y−1, respectively. In these regions, favorable annual soil moisture content (~ 20 % saturation) and low seasonal temperature variations (variations
Investigación sobre educación infantil
Authors: Lebrero Baena Mª Paz
Published: May 2017

Envío la reseña revisada y modificada por Concepción Sánchez
Metodologías participativas en la nube: la “g-Google” vs. la “Generación X” en la Web 2.0
Authors: Rodrigo-Cano Daniel , Iglesias-Onofrio Marcela , Aguaded Ignacio
Published: May 2017

Este trabajo tiene por objeto exponer los resultados obtenidos en un proyecto de innovación docente sobre trabajo en equipo, nuevas tecnologías y metodologías participativas en el ámbito universitario. El principal objetivo investigador ha sido conocer el uso que la denominada Generación Google (g-Google) hace de las herramientas Web 2.0 para la elaboración de los trabajos encomendados por los docentes en la universidad. Para ello, se propuso a los alumnos realizar una actividad académicamente dirigida utilizando la herramienta Google Drive. Partimos del supuesto de que la actividad propuesta permitiría al docente estar más cerca de los estudiantes de la g-Google que están llegando a la universidad en la actualidad, al tratarse de una herramienta tecnológica de trabajo en la red. A fin de obtener resultados comparados, se desarrolló la misma experiencia con un grupo de alumnos de la generación pre-Google o Generación X.  De cara a explorar las capacidades de uso de la Web para el trabajo colaborativo y las posibilidades de la Web 2.0 para mejorar las metodologías participativas en el aula universitaria se realizaron cuestionarios online y grupos de discusión a los alumnos y docentes. Los resultados de la investigación desmitifican la creencia de que los jóvenes que actualmente están llegando a la universidad poseen un gran dominio de los recursos de Internet, al menos en lo que se refiere a la utilización de la Web 2.0 para el trabajo universitario
El papel de la procrastinación académica como factor de la deserción universitaria
Authors: Garzón Umerenkova Angélica , Gil Flores Javier
Published: May 2017

Se presentan las tendencias en el estudio de la procrastinación académica y lo que estas pueden ofrecer a la comprensión de la deserción universitaria. La procrastinación es aplazar aquello que debe ser hecho y está asociado con un fallo autorregulatorio en la gestión del tiempo. Inicialmente, se define qué es la deserción universitaria, las variables y modelos teóricos de los que se ha partido para su explicación y se presentan las principales cifras sobre de deserción y cobertura universitaria. Posteriormente, se presentan los modelos de autorregulación académica desde los cuales se ha abordado el estudio de la procrastinación y, finalmente, se definen los principales hallazgos y perspectivas de intervención de la procrastinación. Para fomentar el aumento de la retención, es conveniente, además del estudio de las variables tradicionales asociadas a la deserción universitaria, incorporar nuevas variables que aporten elementos conceptuales a la explicación y prevención del fenómeno. Este es el caso de la procrastinación académica. Se muestra en este documento, que está demostrada la asociación entre alta procrastinación y bajo rendimiento académico de los estudiantes, que es una competencia que se puede evaluar en los procesos de entrada a la universidad, que es posible entrenarla con éxito y que su mejora, abordada dentro del contexto del aprendizaje autorregulado, acarrea no sólo beneficios académicos sino también ayuda a mejorar la calidad de vida de los estudiantes.
ProMon: agente de diagnóstico e monitoramento de falhas para agentes racionais
Authors: De Sousa Ximenes Janaide Nogueira , Campos Gustavo Augusto de Lima , Silveira Francisca Raquel De Vasconcelos
Published: May 2017

Tendo em vista a literatura acerca de testes de agentes, pode-se evidenciar uma lacuna em termos de técnicas efetivas utilizadas especificamente para testar agentes inteligentes. Este trabalho propõe uma abordagem para o teste de programas de agentes racionais. A abordagem consiste em um
agente que monitora e realiza o diagnóstico de falhas no agente testado, identificando o subsistema que está gerando erros. Os experimentos buscaram avaliar a abordagem com programas de agentes reativos baseados em modelos e regras condição-ação, para resolver problemas em ambientes de tarefa parcialmente observáveis.
Algoritmo de roteamento com balanceamento de carga adaptado a redes ópticas elásticas
Authors: Brasileiro Ítalo Barbosa , Soares André Castelo Branco , Júnior José Valdemir Dos Reis
Published: May 2017

Com a evolução dos meios de transmissão de dados, surgem as Redes Ópticas que utilizam a tecnologia Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM), transportando o dados em slots de frequência, que podem ser agrupados para formar canais com maior capacidade de transmissão. Para estabelecer um lightpath entre dois nós da rede, é necessário escolher uma rota e um conjunto de slots, exigindo a criação de algoritmos de roteamento e alocação de espectro que melhor utilizem os recursos disponíveis na rede. O algoritmo proposto neste trabalho é uma adaptação do algoritmo de roteamento fixo LBR, permitindo escolher rotas para os pares de nós de modo a balancear a carga total da rede. O desempenho foi avaliado através de simulações, na qual o LBR é comparado ao Dijkstra e apresenta desempenho superior.
Determinación de la presencia de Salmonella spp; Staphylococcus aureus; Campylobacter jejuni y Campylobacter coli en productos cárnicos procesados en Cabañas y Cuscatlán
Authors: Perlera de Escalante Ana Elizabeth , Nishino Shigeo
Published: May 2017

La investigación presenta un análisis sobre la determinación de la presencia de Salmonella spp; Staphylococcus aureus; Campylobacter jejuni y Campylobacter coli en los productos cárnicos de mayor consumo entre la población de los departamentos de Cuscatlán y Cabañas, pertenecientes a la Zona Central de El Salvador. El estudio se desarrolló mediante el muestreo de productos cárnicos cocidos y crudos, así como a través de la utilización de carne de pollo como materia prima. Sin embargo, este recurso corre el riesgo de sufrir contaminación cruzada, la cual puede efectuarse en los tiempos de preparación del alimento, por medio de Campylobacter. Esta bacteria se traslada desde los intestinos del ave a la piel del mismo y, por consiguiente, a los procesos de manufactura de los productos cárnicos.Se demostró la presencia de Salmonella spp; Staphylococcus aureus; Campylobacter jejuni y Campylobacter coli, en ambos departamentos de estudio, cuya procedencia correspondió a lugares en donde la carne cruda de pollo no es llevada bajo cadenas de frío; ni los procesos de empacado y almacenamiento son adecuados para cárnicos crudos y/o cocidos. Asimismo, se sientan precedentes de identificación por contaminación microbiológica para este tipo de alimentos.Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible, Vol. 3, 2014: 27-38
Estudio de adaptabilidad de variedades del cultivo de arroz (Oriza sativa)
Authors: Salvador Felipe Santiago
Published: May 2017

En el estudio se evaluaron tres variedades de arroz liberadas por el CENTA; y una variedad criolla que sirvió como testigo para comparar resultados. El objetivo de la investigación era determinar la variedad que mejor se adaptaba a las condiciones de suelo y clima del Campo Experimental de la Universidad de Oriente, ubicado en Cantón Anchico, jurisdicción de San Miguel. El experimento se realizó durante los meses de julio a noviembre de 2012, en un área de terreno de 28.5m. x 36.5m. También se evaluaron aspectos de crecimiento, desarrollo, rendimiento, resistencia a enfermedades y rentabilidad económica. Se utilizó el Diseño Experimental de Bloques Completamente Azar (BCA) con cuatro tratamientos; además de cinco réplicas por cada tratamiento, haciendo un total de 20 unidades experimentales. Cada parcela o unidad experimental contó con un área de 4.0m x 6.0m. Las variedades de arroz en estudio fueron: a. Plateado (criolla), b. CENTA A-8, c. CENTA A-9 y d. CENTA-10. Para el análisis de diferencias se utilizó el Análisis de Varianza (ANVA) en Excel (2010), con separación de medias DUNCAN a un nivel de significancia de ≤ 0.05.Se determinó que la variedad CENTA A-8 tiene mayor rendimiento productivo, seguido por las variedades CENTA A-9 y A-10, las cuales presentaron un rendimiento igual a esta. La variedad criolla presentó un rendimiento productivo menor.Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible, Vol. 3, 2014: 39-49
Micropropagación de plátano enano (Musa spp) utilizando manos de flores masculinas inmaduras con diferentes concentraciones de desinfectantes y reguladores de crecimiento
Authors: Quintanilla Moreno Karla María
Published: May 2017

El plátano es un rubro alimenticio de gran importancia económica en el país, considerado como alimento de elevado consumo nacional. Uno de los fines fundamentales del cultivo in vitro -aplicado a la agricultura- es generar aumentos sustanciales en la producción y/o rendimiento de este rubro, a través de nuevos enfoques, permitiendo la expansión de la superficie sembrada. El objetivo principal de la investigación fue establecer un protocolo de micro propagación de plátano enano, usando manos de flores masculinas inmaduras con miras a la reducción de costos de producción in vitro.La investigación inicialmente se llevaría a cabo en dos etapas, pero al final solo se realizó la etapa de establecimiento in vitro (desinfección superficial), debido a que se determinó que de la Musa spp. (Plátano variedad Enano), no es posible obtener plantas a través de inflorescencia masculinas. Esto se debió, en parte, a que los agentes desinfectantes no permitieron obtener explantes libres de contaminantes de patógenos; además de la acción de las polifenoxidasas, las cuales no expresaron la potencialidad de los explantes utilizados para el desarrollo de callos embriogénicos.Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible, Vol. 3, 2014: 51-59
Contribución de preservantes naturales en la obtención de futuros alimentos, ligados a la alimentación saludable
Authors: Juárez Orellana Oscar Mauricio
Published: May 2017

La investigación se realizó mediante el asocio Universidad de Oriente, Universidad Católica de El Salvador y el Fondo de Investigación de Educación Superior (FIES). En ella se evaluó la utilización de preservantes naturales como orégano (Origanum vulgares), clavo de olor (Syzygium aromaticum), comino (Cuminum cyminum) y ajo (Allium sativum), como sustitutos totales o parciales en productos alimenticios elaborados a partir de transformados cárnicos de res (Bos taurus) y cerdo (Sus scrofa domestica), que se comercializan en presentaciones como salami, chorizo, jamón, jamonada, salchicha o mortadela.Se experimentó con aceites esenciales, extraídos de hojas o semillas de las especies vegetales seleccionadas para la investigación: orégano (Origanum vulgares), clavo de olor (Syzygium aromaticum), comino (Cuminum cyminum), y ajo (Allium sativum). Las pruebas también incluyeron la utilización de hojas y semillas secas que se pulverizaron para ser incorporadas como aditivos sólidos.La última etapa de esta investigación consistió en aplicar a los procesados cárnicos la nueva fórmula de persevantes natural, el Omega 3, 6 y 9 a partir de la semilla de chan (Salvia hispánica L.). Se busca que estos componentes de Omega1 brinden un aporte nutricional, que eliminen la necesidad de recurrir a aditivos químicos elaborados sintéticamente, ya que son de fuente natural, permitiendo establecer un alimento seguro y nutritivo.Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible, Vol. 4, 2015: 65-75
Por una filosofía del hecho menudo: Ambrogi y la crónica modernista
Authors: Roque Baldovinos Ricardo
Published: May 2017

El olvido de la crónica en la historia del modernismo resulta sorprendente. Una proporción mayoritaria de la producción de modernistas insignes como Rubén Darío, José Martí o Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera se compone de crónicas. En las siguientes páginas, nos proponemos analizar un caso concreto donde se puede analizar la importancia de la crónica como lugar discursivo. Para ello, examinaremos la labor de Arturo Ambrogi como cronista en la revista semanal El fígaro. La aparición de esta revista en un medio cultural periférico como la ciudad de San Salvador, sólo viene a poner de mayor relieve lo que se está en juego en la escritura modernista.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No.126, 2010: 583-611
El intelectual “pensante” versus el intelectual “operativo”. El discurso antiintelectual en el “proceso” de Roque Dalton
Authors: Alvarenga Luis
Published: May 2017

En este trabajo se analiza el discurso antiintelectual de la dirigencia del ERP salvadoreño en 1975 y 1977. Se trata de un discurso que configura un paradigma de intelectual para la organización revolucionaria. Este paradigma del “intelectual operativo” se encuentra en pugna con el del “intelectual pensante”, personificado en Roque Dalton, asesinado por esa misma dirigencia en el contexto del “proceso político” del ERP.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No.126, 2010: 671-698
Lydia Nogales y la cultura falocrática
Authors: Escobar Francisco Andrés
Published: May 2017

Este artículo inédito del fallecido poeta Francisco Andrés Escobar, encontrado por Ricardo Roque Baldovinos, analiza el “caso Lydia Nogales”, el heterónimo de Raúl Contreras. Para el autor, el surgimiento de Lydia Nogales en la escena literaria salvadoreña de principios del siglo XX, fue un intento valiente por luchar contra las limitaciones de una sociedad sexista y falocrática como la salvadoreña. También propone una interpretación de la labor artística a partir de los principios femeninos y masculinos que constituyen a la persona.Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 127, 2011: 9-28
Iran’s Changing Foreign Policy Trends
Authors: Jathol Iqra , Qazafi Muhammad , Husain Tahir
Published: May 2017

The changes in international politics caused change in foreign policies of the states. The governments of many countries began to develop foreign policies to alliances and relations. According to with the "Look to the Iranian government, the East" can serve Iran's national interests and can break dependence on the West and balanced foreign policy problems: political isolation logical isolation. These are caused by Iran's foreign policy; Iran has rejected the prevailing norms of the international system and the regional dynamics. The immediate consequences are: political showdown with the West particularly the U.S. and in the region tensions have increased with the neighbors. At the same time Iran heavily relies on its oil and gas revenue to achieve an economic growth. At this time when Iran is facing increasing international isolation, "Look to the East" policy can serve as fine recipe for its stagnated oil business and the Asian nations. Iranian state is looking proactively towards the Asian Countries especially India. Iran’s foreign policy raises many unanswered questions. The objectives of study to provide an account and assessment of Iran’s relations with the outside world within these new systemic conditions and account of Iran’s relations with the rest of the world will be preceded by a brief historical account of these relations. The study tries to highlight about Iran’s foreign policy? How does Iran define its interests and choose to pursue them? Is this a matter to be explained or to be understood? Is its foreign policy based on words or deeds, behavior or action?
Misogyny or Feminism? A Probe into Hawthorne and His The Scarlet Letter
Authors: Wang Yueming
Published: May 2017

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter has been focused onby critics from different aspects due to his ambiguity used in the novel. Hawthorne himself has been doubted as to whether he is a misogynist or a feminist when describing the female character, Hester Prynne. This article supports the idea that Hawthorne holds the idea offeminism in his work The Scarlet Letter. A writer who mirrors Hester’s life as his own cannot be a misogynist; a writer who honors a woman’s rebelling against patriarchy cannot be a misogynist; a writer who has a beloved wife and mother cannot be a misogynist. Harmonic family relationships, sympathetic character descriptions, and mild demonstrations against patriarchy all prove that Hawthorne is not a misogynist, but a feminist. Hawthorne depicts through four aspects on Hester’s life, Hester’s rebel, Hawthorne’s own family relationship to advocate feminism in his novel.
Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005): A Critique of Postcolonial/Animal Horror Cinema
Authors: Fahmi Marwa Essam Eldin
Published: May 2017

The current study examines the fictional screen figure King Kong—as envisioned by the New Zealand director Peter Jackson in his 2005 remake—to question European ambivalence towards the Self/Other binary division. The modern 2005 Kong acts as a counter visual icon to the Eurocentric version of colonialist ideologies to expose their hypocrisy and myth-making colonial history. The present study is an attempt to integrate the visual narrative of King Kong (2005) into the framework of Postcolonial paradigm and within the theory of Adaptation to highlight the points of departure undertaken by the Postcolonial director Peter Jackson. The study seeks to establish Jackson’s revisit of a prior work as a “willful act” to reinterpret the screen figure Kong as a “Subaltern” subject whose quest for a voice is central to the film’s message. The dialogic relationship between the old and the new cinematic narratives is investigated to challenge Essentialist Western View of “Othering” so as to provide a Postcolonial revision of a fluid relationship between a prior work and a belated one. Thus, the aim of the present study is to deconstruct stereotypical representations, to historicize and contextualize Kong as a cultural and historical metaphor in Postcolonial Cinema. Animal Studies can offer new interpretations of how nonhuman animals can deconstruct the ontological Western discourses of rationality and capitalism within Postcolonial Cinema to rethink the boundaries that separate human and nonhuman.
Re-reading History: Alternative Truth in Jerusalem & I by Hala Sakakini
Authors: El-Naggar Nehal
Published: May 2017

Jerusalem & I (1990) by Hala Sakakini (1924-2003) is a personal record of her life as experienced and lived in Jerusalem. This study focuses on Sakakini’s re-reading of the history of Jerusalem prior to 1948 through her personal remembrances and recollections that she uses as a strategy for resistance. Hala Sakakini is a representation of a woman as a national subject developing a nationalist consciousness within the general flow of nationalism. This study attempts to explore the “alternative truth” rendered by Sakakini in her text. This “alternative truth” dismantles mainstream history written by the powerful. Palestinian women’s self-narratives disentangle a number of correlated topics that convey an exploratory outline for approaching the topic of this study. Sakakini’s writing in English was to carve a place for the experience of a female Jerusalemite voice. Her narrative is a lens through which reality is seen. What Sakakini is delivering to her readers is different from political traditional history; she is after the story of ordinary people. It is a form of oral history where she ponders to offer a socio-historical analysis and an ethnographic and geographic map of the land and the people, conveying another version of history, which subverts mainstream narrative. Hala Sakakini’s quest is a quest for a lost place not a personal gendered quest; it is a collective discourse of belonging.
Body, Gender, and Sexualities Approaches in the Political-Pedagogical Project in a High School in Brazil
Authors: Dias Alfrancio , De Oliveira Danilo Araujo , Cruz Maria Helena Santana , Amorim Simone Silveira
Published: May 2017

The aim of this text is to analyse how the themes of body, gender and sexuality have been positioned in the Political-Pedagogical Project, a document that provides guidelines for all educational actions in a school, in a public state school located in the city of Aracaju (SE). We have adopted a post-critical and post-structuralist perspective, problematizing the processes of signification and how they influence the knowledge production and social relations, from the authors’ readings: Carvalho (2010), Foucault (1988), Louro (2010), Scott (1995), Butler (2010). Methodologically, we have developed a quantitative approach, from the documental analysis in a cultural and social perspective. We have verified that body, gender and sexuality themes are introduced superficially, causing to be linked to lack of familiarity, as well as to the absence of initial and continued education formation of the school agents.
Predictive Performance and Bias: Evidence from Natural Gas Markets
Authors: Kremser Thomas , Rammerstorfer Margarethe
Published: May 2017

This paper sheds light on the differences and similarities in natural gas trading at the National Balancing Point in the UK and the Henry Hub located in the US. For this, we analyze traders’ expectations and implement a mechanical forecasting model that allows traders to predict future spot prices. Based on this, we compute the deviations between expected and realized spot prices and analyze possible reasons and dependencies with other market variables. Overall, the mechanical predictor performs well, but a small forecast error remains which can not be characterized by the explanatory variables included.
The Impact of the H3C on Auditor Independence in French Context
Authors: Azibi Jamel , Tondeur Hubert , Azibi Hamza
Published: May 2017

The H3C was created by the LSF Act of 2003 (LSF) to regulate the auditing profession in France. It is considered as an external control authority. The auditor independence is considered as the first preoccupation of this new authority. This paper focuses on the impact of the H3C on auditor independence in France context from 2002 to 2007. The first hypothesis is related to the establishment of the H3C and auditor independence and the second deals with the relation between the start of the inspection program and the auditor independence. Our data was obtained from Thomson Financial Data for 140 enterprises. The empirical results show that the auditor independence increases only after the creation of the H3C. Contrary to this result, the auditors' independence did not increase significantly after the announcement of the inspection process because the inspection process started in 2007.
Quantifying the Environmental Benefits of Conserving Grassland
Authors: Flynn Amanda McGuirk , Gage Ann , Boles Chelsie , Lord Brian , Schlea Derek , Olimb Sarah , Redder Todd , Larson Wendy M.
Published: May 2017

The Missouri River Basin (MRB) functions as the “life zone” for the larger Mississippi River Basin, providing grassland habitat that infiltrates precipitation and recharges groundwater, reduces sediment erosion, filters nutrients, stores carbon, and provides critical habitat for wildlife. The role of this region as a producer of food and fuel, both nationally and internationally, creates unique challenges for conservation. To support conservation efforts and sustainable management of this invaluable resource, a large-scale, screening-level evaluation of the water quantity and quality benefits of land conservation efforts in the MRB was performed. This paper describes the development and application of a Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to the MRB study area to provide estimates of water quantity and quality (sediment, total phosphorus, total nitrogen) benefits from the avoided conversion of intact grassland to cultivated cropland. The results of this study indicate that the avoided conversion of grassland to cropland could potentially prevent more than 1.7 trillion gallons of surface runoff as well as prevent the export of approximately 46 million tons of sediment, 87 million pounds of total phosphorus, and 427 million pounds of total nitrogen from the MRB study area landscape every year.
Ногоон бүсийн шинэсэн (larix sibirica ldb.) Ойн үрлэлт үрийн чанарт агаарын бохирдлын үзүүлэх нөлөө
Authors: Б Удвал , Ц Дашзэвэг
Published: May 2017

The study sites are located in green zones in Ulaanbaatar. Ulaanbaatar is situated in the central part of the country, in the Tuul river valley, at an average height of 1350 m above sea level. In recent year’s air pollution of Ulaanbaatar city has become the main problem of increasing population and coal burning in informal residential areas, industrial boiler, power plants, motor vehicles, household heating systems. We have established 8 sample plots, which are situated in western and east part of the city and separated from each other by 10, 15, 20, 30 km. We have evaluated all trees in the research plots according to Korchagin’s seed crop evaluation and results show that 2014 year has lower seed crops (1 category by Kraft’s classification) than that 2015 year (4 category by Kraft’s classification). The seed quality was examined by weight of 1000 seeds, germination energy, and germination capacity on every sample plots. The study results showed significant differences in seed quality among sample plots. We have evaluated all trees in the established plots according to (I) Kraft’s classification on tree growth performance and (II) scale categories properties of trees. As a result of the evaluation, research sites in Shadivlan, Yargait, Khurel Togoot, Zalaat has a common issue. That was reduced growth of trees due to improper human influence and air pollution. Finally, air pollution and recreation use in green zones of the city has direct impact on tree growth and general attribution of the forests.
Fibromatosis aggressiva of parapharyngeal space – a case report and review of literature.
Authors: Piotrowska Angelika , Rzepakowska Anna , Chęciński Piotr , Niemczyk Kazimierz
Published: May 2017

Desmoid fibromatosis is defined as a rare fibroblastic proliferation. Although histologically benign, desmoids are locally invasive and associated with a high local recurrence rate. When located in the head and neck region, fibromatosis tends to be more aggressive and associated with significant morbidity, which may be attributed to the proximity of the vital structures.
We report a case of 33-year-old woman with aggressive fibromatosis of parapharyngeal space. Complete surgical excision of the lesion was performed and the postoperative period was without complications. The patient remains under careful follow-up and there is no recurrence of the disease.
Gastric Angiolipoma: A Rare Entity
Authors: Liu Yong-Jun , Karamchandani Dipti M.
Published: May 2017

Angiolipoma is a benign tumor composed of adipose tissue and proliferating blood vessels that is commonly found in the subcutaneous tissue of the trunk and extremities. Gastric angiolipoma is a rare entity, and to the best of our knowledge, only 4 cases have been reported in the English-language literature thus far. These tumors may present as gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia or with obstructive symptoms. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is challenging because of nonspecific clinical symptoms and lack of specific findings on imaging studies. The correct diagnosis is usually made by histopathologic examination. The clinical significance lies in being aware of this rare entity in the stomach and distinguishing it from other benign and malignant gastric neoplasms that may be in the differential diagnosis. We herein discuss the clinical presentation, radiologic and histopathologic features, ancillary studies, differential diagnosis, and treatment and prognosis of this rare entity.
Des problématiques de présentation de l’art vidéo à l’agentivité créatrice : sous-titrage et articulation des temps chez Anri Sala et Vera Frenkel
Authors: Lefebvre Maude
Published: May 2017

L’exposition de l’art vidéo en contexte muséal donne souvent lieu à des problématiques liées entre autres à la question du sous-titrage dans un but de diffusion multilingue. L’utilisation d’un tel moyen technique occasionne dans bien des cas des pertes de sens importantes, voire l’effacement total de la dimension sonore, mais peut également produire un décloisonnement des médiums et une simultanéité des expériences. Certains artistes utilisent quant à eux le sous-titrage comme matériau artistique à part entière, comme la Canadienne d’origine slovaque Vera Frenkel et l’Albanais Anri Sala.
Psicologia Acadêmica da Religião no Brasil: história, resultados e perspectivas
Authors: De Paiva Geraldo José
Published: May 2017

Apresenta-se o estado atual da Psicologia acadêmica da Religião no Brasil, em sua história, resultados e perspectivas, com ênfase na dimensão institucional. Traça-se breve histórico das atividades ligadas à Psicologia da Religião no meio universitário: criação da Psicologia da Religião no Brasil como Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Religiosa, oferta de disciplinas na pós-graduação e na graduação, constituição do Grupo de Trabalho da Anpepp “Psicologia & Religião”. Apontam-se os resultados dessas atividades: publicações na Revista de Psicologia Normal e Patológica e em outros periódicos, dissertações e teses no tema, Seminários bienais do GT, participação do GT em eventos nacionais e internacionais, criação do Laboratório de Psicologia Social da Religião, expansão da pesquisa em instituições de ensino superior. Indicam-se algumas perspectivas: ampliação da oferta da disciplina, estabelecimento de rede de pesquisadores, inclusão de novos tópicos de pesquisa, expansão de contatos interdisciplinares, filiação à International Association for the Psychology of Religion, tradução de obras de referência e colaboração com as áreas de psicologia social, escolar e clínica em tópicos que incluam a religião.
Psicologia da religião e da espiritualidade no Brasil por um enfoque etnopsicológico
Authors: Bairrão José Francisco Miguel Henriques
Published: May 2017

A pesquisa etnopsicológica pode ser útil para descobrir e mapear intersecções e distinções do emprego de categorias analíticas como “religião” e “espiritualidade” e traz à luz a multiplicidade de concepções e vivências de espiritualidade e de religião vigentes em épocas e sociedades distintas. Neste artigo defende-se a combinação entre pesquisa etnopsicológica e o estudo científico das religiões e das espiritualidades e a precedência da primeira sobre o segundo. O argumento é ilustrado mediante alguns exemplos de resultados de pesquisa obtidos no Brasil e parte do pressuposto de que a religião, pelo menos de um ponto de vista psicológico, não pode ser estudada independentemente dos sujeitos humanos que lhe dão suporte.
Fenomenologia e psicologia da religião no Brasil: fundamentos, desafios e perspectivas
Authors: Holanda Adriano Furtado
Published: May 2017

Falar de religião é, fundamentalmente, falar de experiência religiosa, dado que a religião só existe porque há sujeitos que a manifestam de uma forma intencional. Esta é a posição da Fenomenologia, cuja tradição, inaugurada pelos estudos de Edmund Husserl, replica em parte o projeto de fundamentação radical das ciências e da filosofia que encontramos em Descartes, e faz com que o edifício fenomenológico venha a se erguer sobre múltiplas perspectivas: como epistemologia (ponto de partida), método(caminho), filosofia (construção) e ciência (intenção). A intenção deste trabalho é apresentar as raízes que desembocam no desenvolvimento de uma Fenomenologia da Religião, bem como suas premissas e autores fundamentais. Em seguida, pretende-se traçar breve panorama dos debates ora em pauta, sob a égide do pensamento fenomenológico, no contexto dos estudos sobre religião, religiosidade e espiritualidade,no Brasil. Pesquisas recentes são apresentadas, como ilustração dos desafios e perspectivas do campo. Por fim, vale destacar que fazer uma “fenomenologia” da religião passa por um olhar amplo para o fenômeno religioso, incluindo a análise do significado dos movimentos em religiões – trânsito religioso, migrações, etc. – além da interpretação de signos e sinais particulares. Conclui-se pela necessidade de se ampliar o debate e o desenvolvimento de pesquisas no campo, bem como estabelecer uma melhor compreensão do sentido de se fazer uma “fenomenologia”.
Psicologia da Religião e Psicologia Anomalística: aproximações pela produção recente
Authors: Zangari Wellington , Machado Fatima Regina , De Oliveira Maraldi Everton , Martin Leonardo Breno
Published: May 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar, de modo conciso, uma visão geral da produçãoem Psicologia da Religião oriunda de estudos da Psicologia Anomalística. Essa produção está aumentando uma vez que estudos acadêmicos estão sendo estimulados especialmente devido à criação/consolidação de alguns centros de pesquisa nos últimos anos. É feita uma breve introdução à Psicologia Anomalística em contraste com a Parapsicologia, remontando suas origens à Pesquisa Psíquica, antecessora da Parapsicologia. Posicionamentos “paranormófilos” e “paranormofóbicos” – posições extremas sobre a existência/inexistência de processos psicológicos heterodoxos – são contrastados revelando um conflito entre perspectivas epistemológicas nas quais os papéis de religiosidade e da irreligiosidade parecem ser fundamentais. A relação entre experiências anômalas e religiosas é discutida com base em recentes estudos brasileiros na área da Psicologia Anomalística sobre experiências anômalas de tipo extrassensorial e extramotor, mediunidade, experiências de suposto contato com alienígenas, experiências fora-do-corpo e crenças paranormais. Estudos de Psicologia Anomalística realizados no Brasil indicam a sua imbricação e contribuição para o campo da Psicologia da Religião, especialmente devido à observada ligação íntima entre experiências anômalas e religiosas e a natureza aparentemente comum de seus objetos de estudo. Essas contribuições são importantes para a compreensão tanto das experiências religiosas quanto das experiências anômalas.
Religiosidade/espiritualidade na educação e na saúde: ensino e extensão
Authors: Fernandes Marques Luciana
Published: May 2017

Como professora e pesquisadora tenho investigado o tema da Religiosidade/ Espiritualidade (R/E) desde 1992, quando iniciei meu mestrado sobre Práticas Alternativas em Psicologia. De lá para cá houve um incremento substancial na produção acadêmica e já há um vasto campo de estudos na Psicologia e em outras disciplinas afins. Embora as várias áreas de atuação possam incorporar intervenções na dimensão religiosa/espiritual, parece que é na Psicologia que esse tema pode melhor ser aprofundado, conhecendo as percepções, relatos, sentidos e significados atribuídos pelas pessoas e a influência disso no comportamento. Este trabalho apresenta atividades de pesquisa, ensino e extensão que pretendem oferecer, aos campos da saúde e da educação, as contribuições da Psicologia da Religião e da Espiritualidade, informando sobre conceitos e teorias, apresentando metodologias de intervenção e sensibilizando estudantes e profissionais para a própria R/E, seja como forma de autocuidado, seja como desenvolvimento do Ser e autoconhecimento.
A mente brasileira em estado de possessão: contribuição de um estudo de caso para a psicologia da religião e saúde mental no Brasil
Authors: Delmonte Romara , Farias Miguel
Published: May 2017

Apesar da prática de possessão em contexto religioso ser relativamente comum e transcultural, como por exemplo nas religiões afro-brasileiras, nas religiões espíritas, nas igrejas cristãs neopentecostais e carismáticas, há relativamente pouca pesquisa sobre a saúde mental e os correlatos psicológicos dos indivíduos que vivenciam estes estados de possessão. Essas experiências podem ser facilmente confundidas com sintomas dissociativos ou psicóticos, constituindo-se muitas vezes em um desafio para o diagnóstico clínico. Nesse artigo, utilizamos o estudo de caso de uma líder religiosa de Umbanda de modo a realizar uma pesquisa fenomenológica e clínica, que tente diferenciar a experiência de possessão saudável da patologia de Transtorno Dissociativo de Identidade, consoante os critérios do DSM 5. Na nossa conclusão, questionamos a precisão do diagnóstico de Transtorno Dissociativo de Identidade, particularmente na sua falta de atenção ao contexto social. Terminamos com um apelo aos psicólogos brasileiros para fortalecerem a pesquisa em uma área tão relevante para a sociedade brasileira, ao invés de apenas apostarem no estudo de temáticas espirituais que vêm do estrangeiro (como por exemplo, a mindfulness, de raiz budista).
Larvas de curimatã alimentadas com dietas em diferentes estados físicos
Authors: Dias Maria Letícia Fernandes , Pedreira Marcelo Mattos , Da Silva Emília Tatiane Lopes , Moura Guilherme De Souza , Dos Santos José Cláudio Epaminondas , Lanna Eduardo Arruda Teixeira
Published: May 2017

Objetivou-se com o presente estudo verificar a influência dos diferentes estados físicos da ração nodesempenho de larvas de curimatã. Desenvolveu-se o experimento na Companhia de Desenvolvimento dosVales do São Francisco e Parnaíba (CODEVASF) de Três Marias/MG, por 21 dias. Larvas com quatro diasde vida e com peso médio inicial de 1,53 mg e comprimento médio total de 6,4 mm foram estocadas emuma densidade de 10 indivíduos L-1, em tanques com 10 L. Após a abertura da boca, estes peixes foramalimentados com náuplios de Artemia por três dias e, em seguida, foram submetidos a quatro tratamentos: ração farelada, ração peletizada desintegrada, ração extrusada desintegrada, ração extrusada desintegrada e umedecida, fornecidas três vezes ao dia. A sobrevivência e o comprimento não diferenciaram em função das rações. No entanto, as rações peletizada desintegrada e extrusada desintegrada proporcionaram resultados de biomassa e de ganho de biomassa similares entre si e superiores às demais formas, sendo as mais indicadas a serem empregadas na larvicultura do curimatã.
Threat of shock increases excitability and connectivity of the intraparietal sulcus
Authors: Balderston Nicholas L , Hale Elizabeth , Hsiung Abigail , Torrisi Salvatore , Holroyd Tom , Carver Frederick W , Coppola Richard , Ernst Monique , Grillon Christian
Published: May 2017

Anxiety disorders affect approximately 1 in 5 (18%) Americans within a given 1 year period, placing a substantial burden on the national health care system. Therefore, there is a critical need to understand the neural mechanisms mediating anxiety symptoms. We used unbiased, multimodal, data-driven, whole-brain measures of neural activity (magnetoencephalography) and connectivity (fMRI) to identify the regions of the brain that contribute most prominently to sustained anxiety. We report that a single brain region, the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), shows both elevated neural activity and global brain connectivity during threat. The IPS plays a key role in attention orienting and may contribute to the hypervigilance that is a common symptom of pathological anxiety. Hyperactivation of this region during elevated state anxiety may account for the paradoxical facilitation of performance on tasks that require an external focus of attention, and impairment of performance on tasks that require an internal focus of attention.