bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Monocytosis and Multiple Myeloma: treatment-related acute leukaemia?
Authors: Trinidad Esparza Cristina Veronica , Lizardo-Thiebaud Maria J. , Leal-Gutierrez María Graciela , Sánchez-Hernandez Beatriz , Montante Montes de Oca Daniel
Published: April 2022

Background

Therapy-related acute monocytic leukemias in patients with plasma cell dyscrasias are infrequent.

Case presentation

We here present a case of a 60 year old female who developed an acute monocytic leukemia two years after the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. She was treated with an alkylating agent and bortezomib before undergoing a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. She suffered of multiple severe infections until her immune system was adequately reconstituted. A year afterwards, she presented signs of deterioration unrelated to the MM, with pancytopenia. The bone marrow aspirate failed to show a prominent blast population. The diagnosis of AML was confirmed after a bone marrow biopsy.

Discussion

The development of acute leukaemia after treatment for multiple myeloma is a well characterized phenomenon. Most frequently, patients develop a myelomonocytic leukemia. Similarly, synchronous acute myeloid leukemias are myelomonocytic or myeloblastic. Rarely synchronous AMLs are monocytic. The development of such suggests a dysfunctional bone marrow microenvironment.
Real-world clinical and cost-effectiveness of community clozapine initiation: mirror cohort study
Authors: Butler Emma , Pillinger Toby , Brown Kirsten , Borgan Faith , Bowen Alice , Beck Katherine , D'Ambrosio Enrico , Donaldson Lisa , Jauhar Sameer , Kaar Stephen , Marques Tiago Reis , McCutcheon Robert A. , Rogdaki Maria , Gaughran Fiona , MacCabe James , Ramsay Rosalind , Taylor David , McCrone Paul , Egerton Alice , Howes Oliver D.
Published: April 2022

Background

Clozapine is the only drug licensed for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) but the real-world clinical and cost-effectiveness of community initiation of clozapine is unclear.

Aims

The aim was to assess the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of community initiation of clozapine.

Method

This was a naturalistic study of community patients recommended for clozapine treatment.

Results

Of 158 patients recommended for clozapine treatment, 88 (56%) patients agreed to clozapine initiation and, of these, 58 (66%) were successfully established on clozapine. The success rate for community initiation was 65.4%; which was not significantly different from that for in-patient initiation (58.82%, χ2(1,88) = 0.47, P = 0.49). Following clozapine initiation, there was a significant reduction in median out-patient visits over 1 year (from 24.00 (interquartile range (IQR) = 14.00–41.00) to 13.00 visits (IQR = 5.00–24.00), P < 0.001), and 2 years (from 47.50 visits (IQR = 24.75–71.00) to 22.00 (IQR = 11.00–42.00), P < 0.001), and a 74.71% decrease in psychiatric hospital bed days (z = −2.50, P = 0.01). Service-use costs decreased (1 year: –£963/patient (P < 0.001); 2 years: –£1598.10/patient (P < 0.001). Subanalyses for community-only initiation also showed significant cost reductions (1 year: –£827.40/patient (P < 0.001); 2 year: –£1668.50/patient (P < 0.001) relative to costs prior to starting clozapine. Relative to before initiation, symptom severity was improved in patients taking clozapine at discharge (median Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total score: initial visit: 80 (IQR = 71.00–104.00); discharge visit 50.5 (IQR = 44.75–75.00), P < 0.001) and at 2 year follow-up (Health of Nation Outcome Scales total score median initial visit: 13.00 (IQR = 9.00–15.00); 2 year follow-up: 8.00 (IQR = 3.00–13.00), P = 0.023).

Conclusions

These findings indicate that community initiation of clozapine is feasible and is associated with significant reductions in costs, service use and symptom severity.
Thyroid Nodule Shape Independently Predicts Risk of Malignancy
Authors: Pappa Theodora , Ahmadi Sara , Bikas Athanasios , Hwang Sally , Coleman Alexandra , Lobon Isabel , Xiang Pingping , Kim Matthew , Marqusee Ellen , Richman Danielle M , Durfee Sara M , Asch Elizabeth H , Benson Carol B , Frates Mary C , Landa Iñigo , Alexander Erik K
Published: April 2022

Context

Predictive models of thyroid nodule cancer risk are presently based upon nodule composition, echogenicity, margins, and the presence of microcalcifications. Nodule shape has shown promise to be an additive factor helping determine the need for nodule biopsy.

Objective

We sought to determine if calculation of a nodule’s spherical shape independently associates with cancer risk.

Methods

This prospective cohort study, conducted at a single large academic healthcare system in the United States, included patients with 1 or 2 clinically relevant thyroid nodules (predominantly solid and over 1 cm) presenting for diagnostic evaluation. Thyroid ultrasound, cytological evaluation with fine-needle biopsy, and/or histopathological examination on occasion of thyroid surgery were performed. We calculated the nodule’s long to short ratio (spherical shape), and its association with tissue proven benign or malignant endpoints.

Results

The long to short nodule ratio was significantly lower in malignant compared to benign nodules indicating greater risk of malignancy in more spherical nodules (1.63 ± 0.38 for malignant nodules vs 1.74 ± 0.47 for benign, P < 0.0001). The risk of malignancy continually increased as the long to short ratio approached a purely spherical ratio of 1.0 (ratio > 2.00, 14.6% cancer; ratio 1.51-2.00, 19.7%; ratio 1.00-1.50, 25.5%, P < 0.0001). In multiple regression analysis, younger age, male sex, and nodule’s spherical shape were each independently associated with cancer risk.

Conclusion

The more a thyroid nodule is spherically shaped, as indicated by a long to short ratio approaching 1.0, the greater its risk of malignancy. This was independent of age, sex, and nodule size. Incorporating a nodule’s sphericity in the risk stratification systems may improve individualized clinical decision making.
Inhibiting the endocannabinoid degrading enzymes FAAH and MAGL during zebrafish embryogenesis alters sensorimotor function
Authors: Khara Lakhan S. , Amin Md Ruhul , Ali Declan W.
Published: April 2022

The endocannabinoid system (eCS) plays a critical role in a variety of homeostatic and developmental processes. Although the eCS is known to be involved in motor and sensory function, the role of endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling in sensorimotor development remains to be fully understood. In this study, the catabolic enzymes fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) were inhibited either simultaneously or individually during the first ∼24 h of zebrafish embryogenesis, and the properties of contractile events and escape responses were studied in animals ranging in age from 1 day post-fertilization (dpf) to 10 weeks. This perturbation of the eCS resulted in alterations to contractile activity at 1 dpf. Inhibition of MAGL using JZL 184 and dual inhibition of FAAH/MAGL using JZL 195 decreased escape swimming activity at 2 dpf. Treatment with JZL 195 also produced alterations in the properties of the 2 dpf short latency C-start escape response. Animals treated with JZL 195 exhibited deficits in escape responses elicited by auditory/vibrational stimuli at 5 and 6 dpf. These deficits were also present during the juvenile developmental stage (8- to 10-week-old fish), demonstrating a prolonged impact to sensory systems. These findings demonstrate that eCS perturbation affects sensorimotor function, and underscores the importance of eCB signaling in the development of motor and sensory processes.
Potato Protein Ingestion Increases Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates at Rest and during Recovery from Exercise in Humans
Authors: PINCKAERS PHILIPPE J. M. , HENDRIKS FLORIS K. , HERMANS WESLEY J.H. , GOESSENS JOY P.B. , SENDEN JOAN M. , VAN KRANENBURG JANNEAU M. X. , WODZIG WILL K. H. W. , SNIJDERS TIM , VAN LOON LUC J. C.
Published: April 2022

Introduction

Plant-derived proteins have received considerable attention as an alternative to animal-based proteins and are now frequently used in both plant-based diets and sports nutrition products. However, little information is available on the anabolic properties of potato-derived protein. This study compares muscle protein synthesis rates after the ingestion of 30 g potato protein versus 30 g milk protein at rest and during recovery from a single bout of resistance exercise in healthy, young males.

Methods

In a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group design, 24 healthy young males (24 ± 4 yr) received primed continuous l-[ring-13C6]-phenylalanine infusions while ingesting 30 g potato-derived protein or 30 g milk protein after a single bout of unilateral resistance exercise. Blood and muscle biopsies were collected for 5 h after protein ingestion to assess postprandial plasma amino acid profiles and mixed muscle protein synthesis rates at rest and during recovery from exercise.

Results

Ingestion of both potato and milk protein increased mixed muscle protein synthesis rates when compared with basal postabsorptive values (from 0.020% ± 0.011% to 0.053% ± 0.017%·h−1 and from 0.021% ± 0.014% to 0.050% ± 0.012%·h−1, respectively; P < 0.001), with no differences between treatments (P = 0.54). In the exercised leg, mixed muscle protein synthesis rates increased to 0.069% ± 0.019% and 0.064% ± 0.015%·h−1 after ingesting potato and milk protein, respectively (P < 0.001), with no differences between treatments (P = 0.52). The muscle protein synthetic response was greater in the exercised compared with the resting leg (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Ingestion of 30 g potato protein concentrate increases muscle protein synthesis rates at rest and during recovery from exercise in healthy, young males. Muscle protein synthesis rates after the ingestion of 30 g potato protein do not differ from rates observed after ingesting an equivalent amount of milk protein.
Two new species of Clessinia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Odontostomidae) from Argentina
Authors: Oroño Eugenia Salas , Breure Abraham S. H.
Published: April 2022

Two new species of Odontostomidae are described from Argentina: Clessinia juramentoensis sp. nov. (near Juramento river, Metán Political Department, Salta province) and Clessinia subcylindrica sp. nov. (from Chancani, Pocho Political Department, Córdoba province). Both species are compared with all the species of Clessinia represented in Argentina; images of the related species are presented. C. juramentoensis is characterised by its sub-pyriform shell, small, lustrous to naked eye; secondary ureter opening between the middle and the distal area of the lung roof; penis inner wall with penial area IV occupying 1/3 of penis total length. C. subcylindrica is characterised by its small sub-cylindrical-globose shell, penial area II sculptured with numerous, long, strongly contracted lamellae, penial area III with a pilaster formed of a single fold, much contracted, becoming scalloped. The purpose of this study is to provide complete data on shell morphology and internal anatomy, as well as the distributional information on both species.
Avaliação dos subtipos de transtorno neurocognitivo (demência) em ambulatório de referência do Distrito Federal, Brasil de 2010 a 2018
Authors: Laginestra-Silva Aline , Pinheiro Hudson Azevedo , Tuyama Flávia Lúcia Gomes Pereira , Cerceau Vera Regina , Mariano Thiara Dias Café Alves , De Oliveira Maria Liz Cunha
Published: April 2022

Objetivos: estabelecer diagnóstico diferencial das demências em ambulatório de geriatria no Distrito Federal, calculando-se sua prevalência por meio de exame clínico e avaliação multifuncional. Método: estudo longitudinal, retrospectivo, com amostra de pessoas com 60 anos ou mais residentes no Distrito Federal-Brasil, com déficit cognitivo caracterizado por Transtorno Neurocognitivo (TNC) Maior (demência), cadastradas durante os anos de 2010 a 2018. A coleta de dados foi realizada em prontuários para selecionar e avaliar o perfil do idoso com diagnóstico de TNC seguida de avaliação geriátrica ampla e avaliação multifuncional. A análise de dados foi realizada com o cálculo da prevalência, estatística descritiva e índice V de Cramer. Resultados: 158 indivíduos conseguiram concluir todas as avalições. 52,5% possuem de 80 a 89 anos, 62,5% são mulheres e 62,7% caucasianos, 50,6% viúvos e 47,5% analfabetos. A prevalência inicial de Doença de Alzheimer (DA) foi de 45,6%, reduzindo-se para 35,4% após um período de acompanhamento e a demência vascular (DV) foi de 34,2%, inicialmente, e 45,6% ao final. Utilizou-se o Coeficiente V de Cramer, em que se encontrou uma relação fraca de fatores de risco com os diagnósticos das demências apresentados. Conclusão: DV foi a mais prevalente na área estudada. Entende-se ser a maior frequência de DA esteja relacionada à avaliação superficial uma vez que esse tipo de demência é mundialmente mais frequente
Magia muzycznego echa. Grające fauny w wierszach Lucjana Rydla, Jana Pietrzyckiego, Leopolda Staffa
Authors: Igliński Grzegorz
Published: April 2022

Przedmiotem pracy jest analiza interferencji artystycznych i izomorfizmów ideowych zachodzących między czterema wierszami lirycznymi, które łączy charakterystyczna dla Młodej Polski tematyka i poetyka. Wszystkie zestawione tutaj utwory (Lucjana Rydla, Jana Pietrzyckiego oraz Leopolda Staffa) posługują się motywami fauna, jego gry na fletni lub flecie i echa rozumianego jako zjawisko przyrodnicze. Jednocześnie „echo” traktowane jest także w znaczeniu przenośnym. Każdy z wierszy okazuje się echem samym w sobie, echem tradycji mitologicznej, artystycznej, literackiej – funkcjonuje w systemie odbić. Z porównania utworów wynika, że większość z nich jest pochwałą życia (miłości). Zauważalna jest paralela między potęgą kreacyjną przyrody a mocą twórczą bohaterów. Obraz muzykującego fauna pozwala ujawnić wiarę w harmonię kosmiczną, w której niebo i ziemia, życie i śmierć, duchowość i seksualność mają tak samo wysoką wartość, stanowią o jedności bytu. Wydobywająca się z instrumentów bohaterów „symfonia życia” dowodziłaby, że kosmos jest dziełem sztuki.
Los temas del Periodismo ambiental como especialización informativa.
Authors: Mercado-Sáez María-Teresa , Monedero-Morales Carmen del Rocío
Published: April 2022

El periodismo ambiental fue definido en 1995 en España como la especialidad informativa con peculiaridades propias que se ocupa de la actualidad relacionada con la naturaleza y el medio ambiente, en especial con su degradación. El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar qué se entiende por ‘medio ambiente’ en los medios 25 años después y evaluar hasta qué punto el cambio climático es protagonista. Mediante el análisis de contenido de las informaciones etiquetadas como ‘Medio ambiente’ en la edición online del diario El País (2009-2020) se descubren los temas que se engloban bajo el genérico concepto caracterizado por la transversalidad y complejidad. Los resultados muestran cómo, entre las 1.442 piezas seleccionadas como unidades de análisis, las relacionadas con el cambio climático constituyen el 25,1%. El segundo tema más cubierto en El País, como caso estudiado, es el de la biodiversidad y espacios protegidos (18,8%). El deterioro ambiental provocado por el modo de vida de la sociedad actual ocupa el tercer lugar con un 14,7%, por encima de las medidas de protección que representan un 10,3%. En definitiva, a pesar de la preponderancia mediática del cambio climático, el abanico de asuntos ambientales sigue siendo amplio y variado, destacando los referidos a la biodiversidad y el impacto provocado por la acción humana, sobre todo el relacionado con el urbanismo y las infraestructuras.
Exactly Solving Hard Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problems on Peta-Scale GPU-Accelerated Supercomputers
Authors: Gmys Jan
Published: April 2022

Makespan minimization in permutation flow-shop scheduling is a well-known hard combinatorial optimization problem. Among the 120 standard benchmark instances proposed by E. Taillard in 1993, 23 have remained unsolved for almost three decades. In this paper, we present our attempts to solve these instances to optimality using parallel Branch-and-Bound (BB) on the GPU-accelerated Jean Zay supercomputer. We report the exact solution of 11 previously unsolved problem instances and improved upper bounds for eight instances. The solution of these problems requires both algorithmic improvements and leveraging the computing power of peta-scale high-performance computing platforms. The challenge consists in efficiently performing parallel depth-first traversal of a highly irregular and fine-grained search tree on distributed systems composed of hundreds of massively parallel accelerator devices and multicore processors. We present and discuss the design and implementation of our permutation-based BB and experimentally evaluate its parallel performance on up to 384 V100 GPUs (2 million CUDA cores) and 3840 CPU cores. The optimality proof for the largest solved instance requires about 64 CPU-years of computation—using 256 GPUs and over 4 million parallel search agents, the traversal of the search tree is completed in 13 hours, exploring [Formula: see text] nodes.
Complications of peripheral intravenous catheters and risk factors for infiltration and phlebitis in children
Authors: Karaoğlan Nalan , Sarı Hatice Yıldırım , Devrim İlker
Published: April 2022

Aim:

This study aimed to identify the types of complications of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) in hospitalised children and possible risk factors for the development of extravasation, infiltration and phlebitis.

Method:

The study was conducted in the largest children's hospital in a region of Turkey, with a bed capacity of 354 and 1400 employees, which provides care only to paediatric patients aged from newborn to 18 years old. In this 5-month prospective study, the complications of PIVCs in hospitalised children and risk factors leading to the development of extravasation, infiltration and phlebitis were recorded. During morning and afternoon daily visits, the researcher examined catheter sites for complications and indications for removal.

Results:

The study covered 244 patients aged from 1 month to 17 years, 575 PIVCs and 1600 catheter days. The rates of infiltration and phlebitis observed in children with PIVCs were 8.7 % and 15.8% respectively. Logistic regression revealed that using 22- and 24-gauge catheters, hospitalisation in the surgery ward and continuous infusion were significant independent risk factors for the development of infiltration (P<0.001). Direct logistic regression revealed that age in months, hospitalisation in a surgery ward and placement of the catheter in the veins of the antecubital fossa were significant independent risk factors for the development of phlebitis (P<0.001).

Conclusion:

Catheter size, hospitalisation in the surgery ward and continuous infusion contributed to the development of infiltration. Age, hospitalisation in the surgery ward and catheter placement in the antecubital vein contributed to the development of phlebitis.
Loss Minimization of Distribution System Using Distributed Generation
Authors: Pati S. S. , Modi Pawan Kumar
Published: April 2022

Modern utilities are continuously planning the expansion of their electrical networks to face the load growth and to properly supply their consumers. Distributed generation (DG) is a rapidly growing technology that helps to achieve this objective. This article presents computationally efficient and numerically robust distribution flow equations for the power flow solution of distribution system with distributed generation. The loss minimization problem is formulated as non-linear optimization programming, where the objective is to minimize the real power losses. The constraints are the power balance equations and voltage balance equations. The upper and lower limits of voltages are considered. The non-linear programming is solved by Newton's method. The effects of distributed generation on the system voltage profile and losses have been analyzed. The results show that the voltage profile is improved and losses are reduced, when DG is incorporated in the system. The methodology is applied to IEEE-13 bus distribution test system.
Ensaio Fotográfico: retalhos de noites e dias
Authors: Ferrão Ana Carolina Schmidt , Botton André Natã Mello
Published: April 2022

Ensaio Fotográfico: retalhos de noites e dias
O Legado Linguístico dos Tapuias no Sertão Baiano
Authors: Santana Rejane Cristine Carneiro , Mendes Luan Oliveira
Published: April 2022

O presente trabalho, fruto de um projeto de pesquisa de iniciação científica vinculado ao Projeto Vozes do sertão em dados: história, povos e formação do português brasileiro, CE-DOHS – Corpus Eletrônico de Documentos Históricos do Sertão - UEFS,  discute possibilidades de heranças da língua indígena Kiriri, Tronco Macro-Jê, sobre o léxico da língua Kiriri apresentado na gramática do Pe. Maniani (séc XVII/XVIII), a fim de promover um conhecimento mais amplo referente à língua ancestral do povo Kaimbé e heranças desse legado utilizadas no contexto atual. Assim, esta pesquisa analisa expressões supostamente originárias da família Kiriri, ainda faladas na comunidade indígena Massacará, no sertão da Bahia, e as compara com palavras relatadas na produção escrita da gramática do Jesuíta Pe. Mamiani, intitulada Arte de Grammatica da Lingua Brasilica da Naçam Karirí (1699). Com base, também, nos estudos de Serafim Leite (2000), Fernão Cardim (1997), Barbosa (2007), Pompa (2002), Aryon Rodrigues (1994), Mattos e Silva (1993) que trazem uma abordagem sobre os contatos entre jesuítas e indígenas no período da colonização brasileira, como também estudos sobre o Macro-Jê e a produção escrita referente à língua Kiriri. Nessa investida, fizemos um levantamento de palavras da família Kiriri usadas, fluentemente, nessa comunidade, revelando que o legado e o avivamento dessa língua indígena perpetuam entre falantes Kaimbé, do sertão baiano.
Bolaño selvagem e os segredos de Eros e Tânatos: a flecha, o alvo e a escrita
Authors: Silva Edson Oliveira da
Published: April 2022

Partindo da compreensão de que o texto literário se constitui a partir da negociação entre a política, a história e a cultura, estruturas elaboradas sob a orientação das relações produzidas pelos sujeitos, em um tempo-espaço, a presente investigação tem por objetivo analisar as dimensões assumidas pelos binômios luto-melancolia e vida-experiência no romance Los detectives salvajes (1998) do escritor chileno Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003), uma voz representativa da narrativa contemporânea de língua espanhola, compreendida no circuito paradoxal estabelecido entre a Espanha e a América Latina. Desse modo, motivada pela leitura e pela análise do romance, a pesquisa dialoga, em algumas circunstâncias, com diferentes áreas do conhecimento, como a história, a mitologia, a filosofia e a psicanálise, a fim de compreender as diversas formas de comunicação da literatura com outras linguagens, e assim, discutir de que maneira a escrita literária é capaz de tematizar a condição humana, arquitetada, neste caso, nos escombros da genealogia latino-americana.
Gênero e sociedade:a construção dos papéis de gênero na obra Niketche: uma história da poligamia
Authors: Dos Santos Andressa Almeida , Augustinho Cícera Bruna Santos , Silva Cássia da
Published: April 2022

Resumo: A partir da leitura da obra Niketche: uma história de poligamia (2002), da escritora moçambicana Pauline Chiziane, propõe-se aqui uma análise que se vincula a quatro polos discursivos principais: a condição da mulher, o papel do homem negro, a influência da colonização e o status quo da poligamia na sociedade moçambicana. O presente trabalho procura então estabelecer os vínculos primordiais entre essa sociedade e os recortes de gênero nas relações presentes na obra Niketche: uma história de poligamia (2002). Temas como cultura e colonização são debatidos ao longo do texto a fim de ajudar no entendimento de como as mulheres, dentro da obra, trazem imbricados em si aspectos da cultura de cada região do país e como o processo de colonização interfere nas dinâmicas de gênero e cultura. Para isso foi feita uma pesquisa bibliográfica, acerca do tema abordado, apoiada em autores como: Lugarinho (2013, 2017), Fanon (2008), Beauvoir (1967), entre outros. Por fim, percebeu-se, ao longo do trabalho, que as dinâmicas de gênero sofreram influência direta da colonização contribuindo para a assimilação da cultura europeia em espaços moçambicanos. Além disso, nota-se que as tradições culturais de grupos étnicos ainda sobrevivem e se fazem presentes nas figuras das personagens: Julieta, Luísa, Saly e Mauá. No mais, foi pontuado como se deu o processo de emancipação dessas mulheres e a condição de Tony, que dentro da obra ocupa uma dupla posição antagônica, ora é opressor, mas não deixa de ser também oprimido, dentro de um regime que ainda cultiva um caráter colonial.
Cultura e identidade trágica em Fogo morto
Authors: Da Silva Daniela Macedo , Novaes Cláudio Cledson
Published: April 2022

Nesse artigo, analisamos a performance trágica do personagem Mestre José Amaro, como personagem central da trama da decadência identitária no romance Fogo Morto, de José Lins do Rêgo. A perspectiva analítica aqui adotada é a tensão cultural através da identidade do protagonista na trama, que será lida como afetada pelo processo da decadência social e econômica da sociedade em transição na tessitura narrativa do romance. Os objetivos se voltam especificamente para a discussão dos processos de modernização social da segunda metade do século XIX no Brasil, que resultaram numa perda de referências para os principais personagens da trama romanesca.
“Um carrossel girando seus cavalos enegrecidos”: memória e identidade na poesia de Ocean Vuong
Authors: Matos Dourado Raphael , Boaventura Moreira Idmar
Published: April 2022

Resumo: Pretende-se, neste trabalho, de natureza bibliográfica, discutir os aspectos intrincados à memória, resvalando-se, de igual modo, à identidade, no primeiro livro, publicada no Brasil em 2019, do escritor vietno-americano Ocean Vuong. Destacar-se-á em Céu noturno crivado de balas, a partir de exploração teórica, esmerada por Michael Pollak, a importância da memória histórica e da memória coletiva, nas composições poéticas e de como elas permitem a formulação de uma identidade subjetiva; permitindo, ainda, a discussão de temas muitas vezes silenciados pela história oficial. Avulta-se, ainda, as discussões conceituais perpetradas por Beatriz Sarlo a despeito da memória da história e da memória chamada subjetiva, refletindo seu caráter ambivalente, na garantia de que a literatura pode ser um mecanismo em prol de novas formulações e espaços efetivos de memória. Tais reflexões, por alinhavo teórico de Michael Pollack (1989, 1992); Jacques Le Goff, em História e Memória (1990); e Beatriz Sarlo (2005, 2007).

 

Palavras-chave: Ocean Vuong. Memória. Identidade. Literatura.
Hollywood’s Viral Outbreaks and Pandemics: Horror, Fantasy, and the Political Entertainment of Film Genres
Authors: Moura Hudson
Published: April 2022

Films revolving around big natural catastrophes, the end of the world, and global pandemics are viral in Hollywood. Some authors claim that 9/11 enticed the proliferation of disasters, zombies, and apocalyptical narratives. Will the coronavirus further increase these narrative tropes? A cinematic apocalypse takes many shapes, including zombie infestation, nuclear war devastation, and aliens’ attack. Watching films such as Twelve Monkeys (1995), Children of Men (2006), or Contagion (2011) during a real-life global pandemic creates a much different viewing experience than when these films were released. Certain films kill humans with a deadly virus and turn them into zombies emphasizing and pushing forward to a cinema of genre its entertainment features, such as I Am Legend (2007), Train to Busan (2016), or Blood Quantum (2020). However, they also use horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres to portray a realistic compelling family drama or discuss structural racism and systemic colonialism against America’s indigenous peoples. In all these films, scientific ambition, political greed, and economic power intermingle, becoming the unknown forces and real detractors behind these catastrophes. Whether or not the end of the world is an appropriate story for entertainment attracts most viewers to Hollywood cinema. Conventional postapocalyptic tropes create a film riddled with relevant political concerns. Every year, hundreds of films transpose to the screen compelling narratives related to pandemics and their effects. In Coronavirus’s times, I analyze and contextualize several of Hollywood’s viral outbreaks to situate their narratives to current political subjects and understand how disaster and pandemic films have become entertaining.

 

Keywords

Hollywood cinema, Film Genres, Pandemics, Coronavirus, Racism, Indigenous, Covid19, Politics, Film Aesthetic, Disaster Films.
O Conto da Aia, de Margaret Atwood, e sua representatividade nos dias atuais: as inter-relações históricas, sociais e culturais de um romance distópico
Authors: Da Silva Corsi Solange , Portilho dos Santos Lara Fernanda , Arriel de Melo Maria Eduarda
Published: April 2022

O presente estudo visa analisar, sob uma perspectiva histórica, social e cultural, o romance literário O Conto da Aia, da escritora canadense Margaret Atwood, publicado em 1985, mas que ecoa grande representatividade nos dias atuais. Assim, o objetivo do artigo é investigar a forma como essa respeitável autora expressa em sua obra a perda da identidade e representatividade feminina, em um regime totalitário fundamentalista cristão, que derrubou o governo dos Estados Unidos, na década de 1980, modificando completamente toda a estrutura política, econômica e social desse país. A pesquisa pretende averiguar, então, a relevância dessa produção literária de Atwood, como forma de denúncia e combate à discriminação de gênero, que faz calar a voz e a atitude das mulheres. Trata-se, portanto, de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, em que os relatos feitos pela escritora, em sua obra, bem como na série televisiva, de mesmo nome, são analisados sob a luz da teoria dos escritos de Candido (1972), Llosa (2009), Foucault (1988, 2003, 2013), Beauvoir (1970), entre outros estudiosos. Os resultados obtidos da análise, apontam para a eficácia da literatura distópica, ao apresentar cenários imaginários que estabelecem inter-relações com a realidade atual, trazendo uma visão mais reflexiva sobre o papel da mulher na sociedade contemporânea.

Palavras-chave: Literatura. História. Anulação da mulher. O Conto da Aia. Margaret Atwood.
Heterogeneously integrated widely tunable laser using lattice filter and ring resonator on Si photonics platform
Authors: Aihara Takuma , Hiraki Tatsurou , Fujii Takuro , Takeda Koji , Tsuchizawa Tai , Kakitsuka Takaaki , Fukuda Hiroshi , Matsuo Shinji
Published: April 2022

We fabricated a tunable laser consisting of a Si lattice filter, a Si ring resonator, and a III-V gain region. The lattice filter, a cascade of interferometers with the same delay length, has periodic transmission peaks with a wide free spectral range (FSR). By connecting the lattice filter to a ring resonator with a narrow FSR, the lasing mode is selected from one of the resonance modes of the ring resonator. The lasing wavelength can be tuned by changing the transmission peak wavelength of the lattice filter, in which an integrated micro heater controls the refractive index of the longer or shorter arm. Since the length of the refractive index control region on both arms of the lattice filter can be extended while maintaining a wide FSR, a wide tuning range can be obtained. This laser facilitates the control of the lasing wavelength because of the simple configuration. The Si lattice filter and the Si ring resonator were fabricated on a Si photonics platform by a Si photonics foundry, and III-V gain region was heterogeneously integrated. The lasing wavelength is shifted to a longer (shorter) one by heating the longer (shorter) arm of the lattice filter, in which the tuning wavelength is 1529 to 1561 nm and side-mode suppression ratio is more than 40 dB. A Lorentzian linewidth for lasing wavelengths narrower than 40 kHz is also demonstrated.
Linguistic gender congruity differentially correlates with film and novel ratings by critics and audiences
Authors: Nalabandian Taleen , Ireland Molly E.
Published: April 2022

The film and publishing industries are fraught with gender disparities, with men overpowering nearly every sector of these domains. For instance, men are not only paid more than women in the film industry, but they also outnumber women in positions such as director, screenwriter, and lead acting roles. Similarly, women often resort to assuming gender-neutral or male pseudonyms to increase their prospects in the publishing industry. This widespread gender inequality in the film and publishing industries raises the question of how writers’ gender relates to gendered language and narrative receptions. Two archival studies examined whether gender-linked language relates to film (N = 521) and novel (N = 150) ratings, and whether those associations differ as a function of writer gender or the expertise of the rater (professional critics and lay audience members). Results demonstrated that female screenwriters and novelists used a more feminine style of writing, whereas male screenwriters and novelists used a more masculine style of writing. Lay audiences gave more positive ratings to films and novels by writers who used a more gender-congruent writing style, in contrast with professional critics, who gave more positive reviews to films by writers who used a more gender-incongruent writing style. Our findings substantiate past research regarding the differing tastes of lay audiences and professional critics in addition to lending insight into subtle social dynamics that may sustain gender biases in the film and publishing industries.
Detecting implicit cross-communities to which an active user belongs
Authors: Taha Kamal , Yoo Paul , Eddinari Fatima Zohra
Published: April 2022

Most realistic social communities are multi-profiled cross-communities constructed from users sharing commonalities that include adaptive social profile ingredients (i.e., natural adaptation to certain social traits). The most important types of such cross-communities are the densest holonic ones, because they exhibit many interesting properties. For example, such a cross-community can represent a portion of users, who share all the following traits: ethnicity, religion, neighbourhood, and age-range. The denser a multi-profiled cross-community is, the more granular and holonic it is and the greater the number of its members, whose interests are exhibited in the common interests of the entire cross-community. Moreover, the denser a cross-community is, the more specific and distinguishable its interests are (e.g., more distinguishable from other cross-communities). Unfortunately, methods that advocate the detection of granular multi-profiled cross-communities have been under-researched. Most current methods detect multi-profiled communities without consideration to their granularities. To overcome this, we introduce in this paper a novel methodology for detecting the smallest and most granular multi-profiled cross-community, to which an active user belongs. The methodology is implemented in a system called ID_CC. To improve the accuracy of detecting such cross-communities, we first uncover missing links in social networks. It is imperative for uncovering such missing links because they may contain valuable information (social characteristics commonalities, cross-memberships, etc.). We evaluated ID_CC by comparing it experimentally with eight methods. The results of the experiments revealed marked improvement.
Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda: A Political History of Italian Food TV
Authors: Buscemi Francesco
Published: April 2022

A lively and rigorous historical account of Italian food television narrated from a political point of view. In referring to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, the book links food, television and politics and shows how the three give way to the political construction of various versions of Italy, from 1954 to the present.
Ecstatic queer nature: Flowers, seeds and everyday joys in paintings by Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Authors: Deutsch David
Published: April 2022

This article demonstrates how Jonathan Lyndon Chase utilizes a range of abstract images of flowers, seeds and even a cowboy aesthetic to reimagine the relationship between nature and queer men of colour in the contemporary United States. Chase uses flowers and seeds as multifaceted symbols, carefully shaped, to evoke the fragile and yet revitalizing joys of a messy human growth. These allusions to growth, plant and human, offer a specific challenge to falsely naturalized, too curtailed conceptions of gender, sexuality and race in America.
Catchment-scale relief development as the result of long-term agricultural activity, case study on Szekszárd hills, Hungary
Authors: Benyhe Balázs , Kiss Tímea
Published: April 2022

Human impact has played important role in the relief development of Szekszárd Hills, as the history of viniculture dates back to the Roman Times. Approximately 17 % of the area is used as vineyard. As viniculture is one of the most intensive land-use type and soil erosion is very severe on the loose loessy material of these hills, relief development is quite fast in the area. The aim of the study to estimate the catchmentscale erosional loss of the area caused by viniculture and to evaluate the role of artificial terraces on landscape development. Three smaller catchments were chosen as study areas in the north-east part of the hills. Based on the digital elevation model of the area the minimum net erosion was calculated. The calculations reflect that the amount of erosion was higher (1) on the slopes with southern exposure and (2) in tributary valleys close to the town. The accelerated erosion altered the longitudinal profile of the tributaries and the terraces changed the profile of the intercollin ridges.
A Comparative Study Between E-learning And Traditional Learning
Authors: Sathish Kumar Shruthi
Published: April 2022

Electronic learning (E-learning) is a method of learning which includes multimedia text, voice, etc. It can be easily accessed from any place irrespective of time. E-learning is an online teaching and learning and delivery content through external driver or standalone system. The various modes of content delivered are online lectures, notes, videos, images, texts etc, as mentioned above e-learning educates students with the course that are fully enriched with multimedia content. It provides self-assessment tests like quiz, online test along with course materials. E-learning has become part of the daily learning cycle of this generation.E-learning enables tutors to deliver their knowledge in various forms and in different platforms. Traditional classes are more suitable for young children, teenagers, and young adolescents who are yet to join the workforce. Regular attendance in classes helps them interact with other individuals of their own age, be better disciplined, follow a regular schedule, and improve their physical fitness and mental alertness. Classroom learning helps students and teachers know each other in a better manner. This allows teachers to know the students and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses better, act as mentors, and guide students in their career possibilities. It can't be said that online learning is more effective than traditional learning, or vice versa. It certainly depends on the learning topic and how its effectiveness has been measured. But overall, it seems that online learning is a full-fledged alternative for classroom training. There is good and ample evidence that employees generally learn as much online as they do in traditional training.
Comparative Analysis on the Variability of Evapoteanspiration and Windspeed in Enugu State
Authors: Banlack Jude
Published: April 2022

This study investigated the variability of evapotranspiration and wind speed in Enugu State. Daily maximum and minimum air temperature, maximum and minimum humidity, solar radiation and evapotranspiration for 20 years (1991 – 2010) was obtained from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan (IITA). The Priestley and Taylor method was used to compute evapotranspiration in Enugu and the One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to determine if there is a significant difference between the mean monthly evapotranspiration. The results show that the lowest evapotranspiration (3.89mm/day) was obtained in rainy season (July) due to high humidity of the air and the presence of clouds, while highest evapotranspiration (4.36mm/day) was obtained in dry season due to the dryness of air. The One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed that there is a significant difference between the mean evapotranspiration across the months. Among climatic factors affecting evapotranspiration, it was observed that wind speed displayed relatively small variations in it’s trend over the period of this study and is not in line with variations of evapotranspiration. It is herein recommended that other methods be used to analyze the variability in evapotranspiration in Enugu and compared with the method used in this study.
Effect of Hours of Use and Age in Years in Estimating Repair and Maintenance Costs for Two Sizes of Agricultural Tractors in Northern Sudan
Authors: Dahab Mohamed Hassan , Kheiry Abdalla N. O. , Gafar Elfaki Montasir Ahmed
Published: April 2022

Repair and maintenance cost is considered as one of important items for machinery management and selection. The present study was carried out in Dongola area for tractor repair and maintenance costs estimation. The data was collected from records of Elshimalya Company for Agricultural Inputs. Forty four tractors rep resenting two sizes of tractors, 75hp and 150hp used in the area were selected for this study. Based on the data collected, regression correlation analysis was carried out and mathematical models were derived to predict the accumulated repair and maintenance (R and M) costs as percent of purchase price in relation to accumulated hours of use and age (years) for each tractor size, and also for the two sizes collectively. Five model forms (linear, logarithmic, polynomial, power and exponential) were derived and the power function was found the best fit to explain the relation. The accumulated Rand M costs as percent of purchase price (Y) was increased as the accumulated hours of use (x) and age (g) of the tractor in years were increased. A high correlation was found between the accumulated R and M cost and both accumulated hours of use and tractor age in years (Average R2 = 0.93).
Indian Agriculture needs a Strategic Shift for Improving Fertilizer Response and Overcome Sluggish Foodgrain Production
Authors: Gupta Raj , Benbi DK , Abrol IP
Published: April 2022

In India, loss of fertility through soil erosion is primarily a summer monsoons mediated phenomenon. Reversing the land degradation processes contribute to water availability, soil fertility maintenance, adapting to climate change and overall food security. Whereas kharif (monsoon/rainy season crop) foodgrain production largely depends on summer monsoons, the rabi season (post-rainy season/winter crop) rainfall is too little to exert a direct influence. In spite of larger acreage under kharif foodgrain crops, total fertiliser consumption during kharif and rabi seasons is comparable. Negative rainfall anomalies (deficit) adversely affected total fertiliser consumption and their use efficiency. Despite significant differences in fertiliser application rates, the response to applied fertiliser nutrients is almost similar in the two seasons. This implies that nutrient use efficiency (NUE) has a ‘manageable’ and an ‘unmanageable’ component wherein 4R practices are difficult to implement under unfavourable kharif weather conditions. Partial factor productivity of fertilizer nutrients (PFPF) has continuously declined over decades mainly because of depletion of soil organic carbon, imbalanced use of nutrients and inability to maintain soil moisture supplies. These observations plus yield-gap analysis permitted us to conclude that past trends of declining NUE can only be reversed through a shift either in sustainable land management practices or enhancing the genetic yield potential/ biomass of crop cultivars or by combining both and making kharif crop planting independent of monsoons rains through direct dry seeding.
Trabalho pedagógico no ProfEPT: Uma análise dos discursos dos professors do programa
Authors: Ferreira Liliana Soares , Castaman Ana Sara
Published: April 2022

Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar nos discursos, produzidos mediante questionário, as concepções de trabalho pedagógico, por professores do Mestrado Profissional em Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (ProfEPT). Entende-se que os professores, ao descreverem as percepções de trabalho pedagógico, evidenciam não somente o quão compatível com a proposta é seu trabalho, mas indicam, subliminarmente, as tendências e perspectivas pedagógicas que orientam o curso, imbricadas na produção do trabalho pedagógico. Com essa finalidade, teórica e metodologicamente, este texto ancora-se no prisma dialético, a partir da Análise de Movimentos de Sentidos, aplicada na produção e análise dos dados. A técnica de produção de dados escolhida foi um questionário aplicado aos professores do Programa, em âmbito nacional, por meio da plataforma Google Forms. O estudo está dividido em quatro seções: a) apresenta os procedimentos metodológicos; b) aborda breve histórico da pós-graduação no Brasil e, nela, a historicidade do ProfEPT; c) discorre sobre o ProfEPT, no contexto atual da pós-graduação brasileira; d) analisa e discute os dados da pesquisa. Mais que concluir, pergunta-se sobre como se manifestam: a) os sentidos de trabalho pedagógico na pós-graduação; b) as oportunidades de estabelecer sentidos sobre trabalho pedagógico dentro do ProfEPT. Identificou-se três acepções de trabalho pedagógico no ProfEPT: com base em sentidos e sentimentos pessoais; com relação às exigências externas; como cumprimento das normas regulamentares do Programa.
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Public Support for Feed-in-Tariff and Net Energy Metering Policies in Malaysia: The Role of Policy Information
Authors: Mohd Sobri Fatimah Azzahraa' , Ariffin Mariani , Sharaai Amir Hamzah , Radzi Mohd Amran
Published: April 2022

Renewable energy (RE) policies have proven to be an effective tool for implementing RE. Despite various policies introduced, the RE deployment in Malaysia has been weak, especially individual RE uptake. Lack of policy support has been linked with inadequate policy awareness and information based on the knowledge deficit theory. This study investigates the support for the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) and Net Energy Metering (NEM) policy of individual solar photovoltaic (PV) technology among landed residents in Malaysia and the effect of information provision on policy support. A Solomon-four-group design was employed to measure policy support and test the relationship between information provision and policy support using a set of Likert scale questionnaires and a poster of FiT and NEM policy prepared in layman's terms as an intervention. Results show that majority of the residents agree with the environmental mission of the policy, except for the reduction of fossil fuel usage. For the economic aspect, the residents prefer a fixed rate for RE produced and generally agreed that high electricity consumers should pay for the RE fund. However, residents were less enthusiastic about the percentage deducted from electricity bills and the 'high electricity consumer' baseline.  There was a significant difference between items scores at pre and post-test when given the intervention, in line with the deficit theory. Therefore, policy information should be communicated strategically, focusing on thepolicy's social and economic components that have the greatest influence on Malaysians.