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Derek Jarman’s Blue: Negating the Visual
Authors: Ashton Jenna Carine
Published: February 2013

Responding to Derek Jarman’s (1942–1994) film Blue (1994) and written text Chroma: A Book of Colour – June ’93 (1994), this article argues that colour serves as the subject through which notions of visual perception are interrogated and reconsidered. Diagnosed
as HIV positive in December 1986, Jarman’s encroaching blindness from retinal disease and eventual death in 1994 frames such discourse on the visual within the political and social landscape of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s. For Jarman, his sight literally failed him; but
sensory impairment also comes to mirror that cultural ‘blindness’ surrounding the (desired) closeting of gay sexuality and the suffering of those caught up within the epidemic. In particular, Jarman’s film Blue reveals the limitations of language – both spoken and visual
– to effectively articulate suffering and pain. Art, too, has its limits when attempting to deal with such concerns. Jarman turns to the complexities of colour in an attempt express, and to make sense of, the senseless loss and tumultuous emotions that punctuated these decades.
REVIEWS
Authors: Turner Annie , Griffiths Sue , xSeton Dr Mark
Published: February 2013

DEVELOPING A NARRATIVE APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE RESEARCH, VIV MARTIN (2010) Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 198pp., ISBN: 9781846194009, p/bk, £24.99

AN INQUIRY INTO MAKING SENSE OF OUR LIVES, WARREN LETT (2011) Eltham, Australia: Rebus Press, 288 pp., ISBN: 978-0646558752, p/bk,
AUS$50.00

LIVING WITH A CREATIVE MIND, JEFF CRABTREE AND JULIE CRABTREE (2011) Australia: Zebra Collective, 325 pp., ISBN: 9780987104601, p/bk AUS$29.95 (e-book AUS$19.95)
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Starks Michael , Rashid Imir
Published: February 2013

DIGITAL UNIVERSE: THE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION REVOLUTION, PETER B. SEEL (2012) Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 276 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4051-5330-0, p/bk, £21.99 (also available in h/bk)

HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION: THE CREATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HDTV TECHNOLOGY,
PHILIP J. CIANCI (2012) JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA AND LONDON: MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC. PUBLISHERS, 373 PP., ISBN: 978-0-7864-4975-0, P/BK, £36.58 ($45.00)
The progress to digital in New Zealand
Authors: Norris Paul
Published: February 2013

New Zealand began the transition to digital television relatively late compared to other developed countries. When the policy framework was established in 2006, it centred on a Freeview model, as a counter to the pay TV platform that had been digital since 1998, achieving considerable
penetration in that time. This article will examine the progress of the transition from 2006 to analogue switch-off (ASO) that began in 2012 and is to be completed by the end of 2013. It will note the light-handed nature of regulation and government policy, the impact of a change of government,
the ultimate failure of an attempt at a multi-channel strategy and the reduction of public broadcasting.
Digital television in Iitaly: From analogue to digital duopoly?
Authors: Brevini Benedetta , Fanucci Francesca
Published: February 2013

This study aims at unveiling the difficult transition to digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Italy. After sketching the theoretical framework, the article focuses on how the Italian government, communications regulatory authority AGCOM and the European Commission (EC) have shaped
the current digital framework in Italy. The findings indicate that Italian DTT policies are deeply rooted within their national context and that Italian policy-makers failed to secure a solution to the abiding lack of pluralism of the Italian broadcasting market. During the transitory period,
the Digital Broadcasting Act of 2001 gave the two main broadcasters – RAI and Mediaset – an unfair advantage in experimenting digital terrestrial transmissions as well as trading for frequencies and installations. Likewise, the more recent new final National Plan for the allocation
of frequencies does not seem to guarantee a plurality of operators in the new digital market.
Uses of spectrographic analyses to improve tone quality of middle school trumpet students
Authors: Jones Daniel A.
Published: February 2013

This study investigated whether the use of spectrogram improved tone quality among middle school trumpet students. The study was quasi-experimental using non-equivalent control and experimental groups with a pre-test and post-test design over the course of four weeks. Trumpet students
involved ranged in age from 11 to 14 in Grades 6–8. The sixth graders were beginners, the seventh graders second-year players and eighth graders third-year players. The study was completed at an urban middle school in the upper Midwest of the United States. At weekly group lessons, each
student played a pre-test, was taught a lesson in tone quality and then performed a post-test. The musical excerpt was the same for each test as was the instruction. The experimental groups were allowed to look at their spectrograms in real time while playing, while the control groups were
not able to look at their spectrograms. A comparison of the pre-test and post-test means of the eighth grade groups indicated an increase in the scores of the experimental group over the control group from Week 1 to Week 4. The seventh grade experimental group improved only slightly over the
control group. No change in the means of the scores was evident among the sixth graders. Using the software ‘Spectrogram’ (which produced the spectrograms in real time) appeared to have an effect in improving the tone quality among the seventh and eighth grade experimental groups.
Using music software in the compositional process: A case study of electronic music composition
Authors: Nevels Daniel L.
Published: February 2013

This study explores the compositional process of writing a song, using arranging, multitrack recording, amplifier modelling software and the student experiences of music composition in a non-conventional classroom. This case study centred on one student’s experiences with composition
and music software. The student was 15 years old and studied guitar for four years. He received music theory instruction and composition lessons with the goal of increasing musical knowledge throughout the process. The application of the techniques acquired during weekly lessons were implemented
by the student in the creation of the composition. The student was restricted from the use of commercial tracks or loops but to focus on the student’s creative product. The music teacher facilitated the student throughout the project offering guidance and suggestions. The student was
allowed to compose freely without regard to the finished product by the teacher. The assignment of the composition project was to create an instrumental pop song. The student and the teacher reviewed the composition, discussed the various aspects of its design, and explored the construction
of the finished product. The study concluded with the construction of a professionally recorded song with the use of quality sampled instruments from different music software programs. Recording the final song completed the student’s assignment.
Musique Lab 2: From computer-aided composition to music education
Authors: Bresson Jean , Guédy Fabrice , Assayag Gérard
Published: February 2013

In this article, we present Musique Lab 2, an application for music education based on computer-aided composition technology. A general contextualization and overview of the software is given, as well as several specific examples illustrating possible uses and musical domains covered
by the application.
Rachid Taha and the postcolonial presence in French popular music
Authors: Stratton Jon
Published: February 2013

This article considers the work of Rachid Taha from a postcolonial perspective. Taha is the most well-known French Algerian musician working in popular music in France and now has a considerable following in the anglophone world. The article is most concerned with the ways Taha’s
music expresses the experience of being identified as neither French nor Algerian while also feeling that both heritages are central to his identity as a Beur. The article focuses specifically on an understanding of Taha’s work in terms of métissage, hybridity. Taha’s first
group was Carte de Séjour. Starting from a track on their first album, Rhorhomanie, which uses phrases from Arabic, French and English, the article goes on to examine examples of recordings where Taha has offered a revisioning of already well-known songs: Carte de Séjour’s
version of Charles Trenet’s ‘Douce France’/‘Sweet France’, Taha’s version of Dahmane el Harrachi’s ‘Ya Rayah’ and, finally, Taha’s version of the Clash’s ‘Rock the Casbah’.
Performing belief and reviving Islam: Prominent (white male) converts in Muslim revival conventions
Authors: Tourage Mahdi
Published: February 2013

This article argues that by successfully performing their belief and ostensibly embodying its effects, western converts to Islam (especially prominent white converts in Reviving the Islamic Spirit conventions held annually in United States and Canada) believe for the rest of the Muslims.
In effect they functions as a ‘fetish’. Just as the sexual arousal of a fetishist is dependent upon the presence of a psychosexual fetish, for (some) Muslims the deepest indications of faith is invoked by the prominent converts’ typical hyper-performativity of their ‘muslimness’.
As it relates to the presence and rise to prominence of western male white converts, the emergence of converts as the signifiers of Muslims’ belief are becoming apparent. The content of Muslim’s belief remains objectively insufficient until it is fetishistically invoked by the
western convert as its signifier.
Mappila Muslims of Kerala – Text in the life and life in the text: Towards a complementary model
Authors: Nadukkandiyil Hashik
Published: February 2013

This article is based on the field study of ritual practice known as Kutheeratheeb prevalent among Kerala Muslims. Through the Kutheeratheeb performance, a Mappila seeks the help of God through the mediatory power of saints and it also results in the origin of a new layer of religious
leadership known as Ustadh. Islam in Kerala for various historical reasons accommodates native culture for its dispersal and survival. Keeping a separate identity from the other Muslims in India, the Mappilas of Kerala follow their cultural traits drawn from the neighbourhood within the umbrella
of Islam. The existing scholarly debate on Islam perceives two streams of practices within the religion, that is, ‘Textual’ and ‘Lived Islam’. More often than not, scholars have expressed their views on these two streams as if they are binary opposites. The present
study looks at ‘textual’ and ‘lived Islam’ as integral parts of Muslim culture and both ‘complement’ each other. This is due to icotypification of Islamic practices in Kerala.
Baraka, performative healing and the Moroccan Sufi chant
Authors: Waugh Earle
Published: February 2013

A prominent theme in studies of Islamic religio-philosophical systems has been the supposed uptake of key Greek traditions on health and the body. Even those concerned with mysticism have reflected certain ideological interests: most studies of Sufi tradition focus upon either the distinctive
mystical doctrines of the group or the trance produced in their rites or the interaction of text and musical formations. This article approaches the tradition from a different perspective. It focuses its attention on key elements in Sufism, but not on either the ideological or textual dimensions.
It looks to the performative aspects of dhikr and the chanters who are integrated into it, and especially to note the way in which baraka provides an underlying rationale for health/well-being for all participants (including onlookers). Further, since the dhikr goals are clearly central for
all Sufis (i.e. spiritual encounters), the role of the body, body postures and ritual movements all argue for approaching and critically analysing both them and baraka for their larger delivery of meaning. All this suggests a much different mind–body relationship than encountered in
the Greek tradition. Examples will be drawn from fieldwork among Morocco’s Sufi chanters.
Punk – but not as we know it: Punk in post-socialist space
Authors: Pilkington Hilary
Published: February 2013

In this introductory article, the rationale for considering punk in a particular spatial and temporal setting (post-socialist societies) is outlined. It is argued that such an enterprise is more than a process of filling in the ‘local colour’ of punk studies; the study of
punk in places usually considered marginal to its inception and development can disrupt established canons of knowledge in a productive way. In this vein the article considers the relative usefulness of classic understandings of punk (as aesthetic movement and as site of ‘semiotic guerrilla
warfare’) in the socialist and post-socialist context and explores key tropes in understandings of punk (punk and politics, authenticity and mimesis, and subcultural and everyday life) in relation to the particular expressions and lived experiences of punk in post-socialist societies.
The article also introduces the project on which contributors to this special issue collaborated and the case studies (in Russia, Croatia and eastern Germany) from which the empirical material in the articles is drawn.
Pogo on the terraces:Perspectives from Croatia
Authors: Perasović Benjamin
Published: February 2013

From its very emergence, there has been a particular connection between the punk and football scenes in the UK whether demonstrated by those in the limelight (Cockney Rejects’ links with West Ham’s Inter City Firm, for example) or simply ordinary young people whose lifestyles
and identities were articulated simultaneously through punk and football fandom. Tracing the history of punk scenes in Croatia confirms the significance of these cross-scene connections. In the 1980s football stadia became appropriate(d) places for pogo dancing while punk concerts became home
for football fans who joined the dancing adorned with scarves and team colours. In the 1990s, however, the shadow of war fell across football stadia, which became virtually‘no-go’ areas for punks while football fans became unwelcome intruders to punk concerts. The punks’
place on the terraces was taken by skinheads who, by the mid 1990s, had become a visible and aggressive element who engaged in frequent violent clashes with punks. This article, based on research of the punk scene in the cities of Zagreb and Pula, traces the complex and changing connections
between punk and football in Croatia over the last three decades.
There are no atheists in trenches under fire: orthodox Christianity in russian punk
Authors: Gololobov Ivan
Published: February 2013

In the west relations between punk and religion have been rather straightforward. Punk music – understood as a statement of self rule, and ultimate independence – naturally resisted religious restrictions and subordination to God, church or priests. It was thus no surprise
that, alongside other institutions of authority, religion became a frequent object of derision within punk rock. This article, however, investigates a peculiar fusion between the ethos of punk protest and the values of Orthodox Christianity in Russian punk rock. It considers, in particular,
the Siberian punk scene and explores the aesthetics and ideology of its key figures: Roman Neumoev of Instruktsiia po Vyzhyvaniiu, Egor Letov, the leader of Grazhdanskaia Oborona and Oleg Sudakov aka ‘Manager’ of Rodina.
This is not my country, my country is the GDR: East German punk and socio-economic processes after German reunification
Authors: Ventsel Aimar
Published: February 2013

In this article I discuss how punk has become an instrument manifesting disloyalty to the modern German state and an expression of one’s German Democratic Republic (GDR) origin. I show how punk reflects the perception of an East/West polarization and the popular understanding
that Germans of GDR origin are second-rate citizens. Thus, although couched in the anti-state rhetoric of a punk ideology, the behaviour of East German punks, I suggest, reflects attitudes shaped by the experience of the post-socialist transformation, economic restructuring and increasing
unemployment. My research demonstrates that the development of youth culture should be viewed within a larger context of general socio-economic processes. According to the theories of CCCS, subcultures are rooted in their parent culture and share the same experiences and social contradictions.
Research in East Germany helps to broaden this approach and indicates that youth culture under certain circumstances can also share and reflect the ideologies and norms of a parent culture.
Gatekeeping public participation: An ethnographic account of the production process of a radio phone-in programme
Authors: Dori-Hacohen Gonen
Published: February 2013

This article describes and discusses the production process of the leading Israeli radio phone-in programme. Phone-ins are considered an arena for public participation as part of the public sphere. The researcher used ethnography and interviews to study the production process. The production
team screens the participants – thus gatekeeping processes are in effect. The different agents in the production process use two main considerations to inform gatekeeping: medium-related considerations and public sphere considerations. These considerations are evident throughout the
production process and in the broadcast itself. The gatekeeping process leads to limited access to public participation. The two considerations which inform the gatekeeping practices on radio are also useful when examining public participation in other media.
Community radio in an Australian city: The Melbourne experience
Authors: Foxwell Kerrie
Published: February 2013

Melbourne is Australia’s second most populated city, and in many ways a microcosm of broader Australian society. As a city, Melbourne is the proverbial ‘melting pot’ of cultures. This diversity is evident in the breadth of community radio stations that service the
Melbourne community. From ‘generalist’ stations serving a plethora of marginalized audiences to ethnic stations, youth stations, stations for seniors and Indigenous stations, Melbourne community radio is a vibrant and active mix of much that represents Australia – and the
contemporary global condition. This article draws on data collected during two national studies of Australia’s community media sector (Forde, Meadows and Foxwell 2002; Meadows et al. 2007) that focused on stations and subsequently their audiences. The research used a mixed methodology
of surveys, focus groups and interviews to build a picture of the role these stations perform for individual participants, local community groups, businesses and other organizations and audience members. The article engages with Melbourne fieldwork from these national studies, offering an
analysis of community radio in an Australian metropolitan centre. While not without their problems, Melbourne’s community radio stations and their audiences have created and developed a space and place for diverse groups to connect in ways that foster the sense of belonging so central
to the well-being of individuals and their communities. In this way, these stations perform a particular role in metropolitan Melbourne by combating the sense of isolation and anonymity that so often characterizes the urban experience.
Ripping the pith from the Peel: Institutional and Internet cultures of archiving pop music radio
Authors: Garner Ken
Published: February 2013

Although the influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel (1939–2004) broadcast on average three times a week for 37 years, until the last four years of his life only a small number of complete recordings of his programmes had been made and preserved by the BBC sound archives. This article
seeks to explain the institutional, technological and cultural context behind this absence, and compare it with the recent practice of Internet-enabled fan archiving of shows, based on the restoration and digitization of listeners’ shared off-air cassette recordings. An anonymous online
survey indicated the taping, sharing and archival practices and principles of more than 1000 self-defined ‘regular listeners’ to Peel’s programmes. Expert interviews were conducted with past and present BBC Radio archivists, and senior BBC executives directing the corporation’s
digital archival development. It is discovered that Peel listeners share archival, technical and ethical values with contemporary BBC archival developers, which could suggest mutually beneficial future, crowdsourcing approaches to expanding the accessibility of music-radio archives in general.
‘Everyone should have the opportunity’: Alan Doggett and the modern British musical
Authors: Chandler David
Published: February 2013

Alan John Doggett (1936–1978), conductor, composer and choir master, has usually been unfairly treated as a mere footnote in the careers of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. This article examines his close involvement with them in the period 1967–1969 in particular, as well
as his continuing, if less close, involvement in the following years. It is argued that Doggett played a crucial role in the development and evolution of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the work which launched Lloyd Webber and Rice’s careers, and that he was effectively
a third member of the team prior to the international success of Jesus Christ Superstar. Doggett wrote his own musical, Jason and the Golden Fleece (1973), in a similar style to Joseph, though its purpose was significantly different – the difference is elucidated with reference to the
contemporary theoretical concepts of Jacques Attali.
introduction to bruce Kirle Memorial Panel debut papers in music–theatre–dance
Authors: Wollman Elizabeth L.
Published: February 2013

In 2007, the distinguished scholar of musical theatre Bruce Kirle died unexpectedly. In tribute to his contribution to this field of scholarship, the music–theatre–dance focus group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) established a competition for new
scholars researching in the field. This is now the fourth season in which three prize-winning entries to this competition have been presented both as conference papers (at the 2012 ATHE Conference in Washington, DC) and as written articles in Studies in Musical Theatre. Elizabeth Wollman,
respondent to the papers at the ATHE Conference, introduces them in this short preamble.
Follies embodied: A Kleinian perspective
Authors: Grinenko Aleksei
Published: February 2013

Director Eric Schaeffer’s revival of Follies, which transferred to Broadway’s Marquis Theatre in August 2011 after a limited run at the Kennedy Center, is, like all previous incarnations of the musical, deeply concerned with the functions and dysfunctions of the human mind.
This article examines the representation of mental life in the 2011 Broadway revival of Follies through the lens of psychoanalytic theorist Melanie Klein. Interpreting Sally Durant Plummer as a constitutive force of the show’s complex psychological landscape, the article analyses the
ways in which Schaeffer’s staging of the ‘Loveland’ sequence treats and resolves the psychic tensions in Follies. The conclusion probes into the psychosocial implications of Schaeffer’s mise-en-scène and suggests a way of re-evaluating the musical’s finale
in dialogue with Klein.
Acts of recognition: Gesture and national identity in Agnes de Mille’s ‘Civil War Ballet’
Authors: Donovan Ryan
Published: February 2013

Through both her dances and writings Agnes de Mille explored what it means to be American. I argue that, in addition to the explicitly America-themed material de Mille chose, her choreography performs national identity through its use of gesture – informed by de Mille’s
interest in folk dance and the collective unconscious. When looking at much of de Mille’s choreography, one is visually struck by its Americanness. It is this act of recognition that begins this enquiry: how does one see de Mille’s choreography and recognize its intrinsic Americanness?
How did de Mille’s choreographic process allow for the expression of national identity through gesture? These questions are explored through an analysis of de Mille’s ‘Civil War Ballet’ from Bloomer Girl (1944).
Directing musical theatre: Spectacles, radical interpretations and nostalgia – an interview with Nikolai Foster
Authors: Rodosthenous George
Published: February 2013

Nikolai Foster is one of the most exciting directors of his generation. He initially trained at the Drama Centre London and then under Michael Grandage at the Crucible in Sheffield. Nikolai has been director on attachment at the Sheffield Crucible, the Royal Court Theatre and the National
Theatre Studio. He is currently Associate Director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and has directed more than 40 productions, including radical interpretations of classics and a plethora of musical theatre works (Annie, Aspects of Love, Flashdance, Assassins and A Chorus Line). Here,
Foster talks to George Rodosthenous about directing musical theatre, his influences, the importance of training, the megamusical spectacles and how ‘we are inherently afraid of taking risks in this country’ when it comes to new British musicals. He describes himself as ‘an
interpretive artist’ and argues that ‘[i]n Europe, the director is much more of a creative force which places the director’s complete and absolute vision for a play on top of it, whether it fits or not’.
‘Sometimes you have to make a little bit of mischief’: Matthew Warchus’ hybrid approach to musical theatre directing
Authors: Macdonald Laura
Published: February 2013

While the contemporary musical theatre adaptations Matilda (2010) and Ghost (2011) share a director, Matthew Warchus, and also have designers in common, their critical reception and grosses have been markedly different. With a pop score and special effects demonstrating the latest innovations
in scenic and video design for the theatre, and based on a popular Hollywood film, Ghost was much maligned from its inception. While it continues to run in London’s West End, it shuttered after a brief season in New York. Meanwhile, Broadway is breathless in anticipation of the quirky,
family-friendly literary adaptation Matilda. This article traces the development of these musicals through opposing production models – the risk of the commercial production and the relative security of the state-subsidized theatre – and explores how one director’s range
and hybridity is bridging an increasingly polarized musical theatre industry. A survey of critical responses in London and New York, along with analysis of directing, acting and design will help to illustrate why Warchus shuttles so regularly across the Atlantic, and between subsidized and
commercial theatre.
REVIEWS
Authors: Lundskaer-Nielsen Miranda , Radcliffe Caroline , Pamela Karantonis
Published: February 2013

MICHENER’S SOUTH PACIFIC, STEPHEN J. MAY (2011) Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 176 pp., ISBN: 978-0-8130-3557-4, h/bk, $24.95

SOUTH PACIFIC: PARADISE REWRITTEN, JIM LOVENSHEI MER (2010) New York: Oxford University Press, 266 pp., ISBN: 978-0-19-537702-6, h/bk,
$27.95

MELODRAMATIC VOICES: UNDERSTANDING MUSIC DRAMA, SARAH HIBBERD (ED.) (2012) Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 314 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4094-0082-0, h/bk, £.60.00

ACOUSTIC INTERCULTURALISM– LISTENING TO PERFORMANCE, MARCUSCHENG CHYE TAN (2012) Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan, 259 pp., ISBN 978-0-230-35416-6, h/bk, £50.00
Metabolic alteration in healthy men with first degree type 2 diabetic relatives
Authors: Pauer József , Fék Attila , Buday Barbara , Literáti-Nagy Botond , Pach Péter , Vitai Márta , Péterfai Éva , Korányi László
Published: February 2013

Introduction: The recognition of prediabetic patients with the genetic risk of type 2 diabetes is very important as prediabetes is the last stage when manifestation of diabetes could be prevented by life style modification or drug intervention. This suggests the need for diagnostic processes to trace the risk of patients in time. Aims: The authors looked for metabolic differences between age and BMI in adjusted healthy men with or without first degree type 2 diabetic relatives. Methods: The study included 73 healthy men (21 with and 52 without) first-degree relatives with type 2 diabetes. Results: Total body and muscle tissue glucose utilization, glucose tolerance did not differ between the two groups, but free fatty acid levels were not suppressed by glucose load in subjects with diabetic relatives. In addition the body fat content, leptin and IL-6 levels were higher, while adiponectin and the free fatty acid/adiponectin ratio were significantly lover in healthy men with diabetic relatives. In this group HDL cholesterol, and the large buoyant LDL fraction were lower whereas the high density LDL – small molecular lipid fraction was higher than those measured in subjects without diabetic relatives. Conclusions: These data suggest that deteriorations of insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance is preceded by disturbances of fatty acid metabolism. The observed alteration in free fatty acid/adiponectin ratio, and/or the absence of free fatty acid suppression during glucose tolerance tests could be a screening tool for diabetes risk among men. Orv. Hetil., 2013, 154, 178–186.
Os pigmentos amarelo-laranja do grão de milho como precursores da vitamina a na alimentação dos pintos
Authors: Graner E. A. , Torres A. P.
Published: February 2013

A presente experiência foi realizada afim de se constatar a influência de dois tipos de milho comerciais, com grãos coloridos de amarelo-laranja, como precursores de vitamina A no crescimento de pintos. Um deles, denominado "Cateto", duro, de côr laranja muito forte e outro, chamado "Armour", dente, de coloração amarelo-laranja. Para testemunha foi empregado o milho "Cristal", duro e branco. Uma análise dos pigmentos dos dois tipos de milho com gráos coloridos mostrou que o milho Cateto, com grãos de coloração laranja forte, tem aproximadamente o dobro de pigmentos, tanto total como quanto a parte ativa em relação à vitamina A, quando comparado com o milho dente amarelo-laranja. Três lotes de pintos de 3 semanas foram utilizados, cada um recebendo a mesma ração onde variava somente o tipo de milho. Nas três primeiras semanas os três lotes reagiram bem, sem quaisquer diferenças apreciáveis. Após a terceira semana, o lote que recebeu milho branco apresentou uma queda sensível de peso dos pintos, os quais apresentaram todos os sinais de avitaminose A. Os outros dois lotes que receberam ração contendo milho de grãos coloridos não apresentaram sinal de avitaminose A. Os resultados obtidos indicam assim que a) o milho "Armour", dente, de grãos amarelo-laranja, embora possua, em relação ao milho "Cateto", duro, de grãos coloridos de laranja forte, cerca da metade da quantidade de pigmentos ativos em relação a formação de vitamina A no organismo animal, é capaz de prevenir a avitaminose, quando empregado em cerca de 70% da ração, b) que a ração contendo o milho "Cristal", duro, de grãos brancos, é deficiente, produzindo uma acentuada avitaminose A, que deverá ser corrigida, na falta de milho de grãos amarelo-laranja, por alimento verde ou outro alimento fornecedor dessa vitamina e c) que sendo o milho "Cateto", mais caro de Cr.$2,00 a 8,00 por saco de 60 quilos, há vantagem econômica no emprego do milho tipo "Armour" na constituição das misturas para aves.
Cálculo da potência dos motores para moendas de cana de açúcar
Authors: Leme Hugo de Almeida , Almeida Jayme Rocha de
Published: February 2013

O conhecimento da potência necessária para a moagem da cana de açúcar, é de relevante importância, não só para o fabricante de moendas, como para o usineiro e o tecnólogo. Os autores reportando-se ao processo usado por LEHKY no cálculo da potência dos motores destinados ao acionamento das moendas das usinas de açúcar: 1.° - esclarecem a dedução das fórmulas apresentadas por aquele notável engenheiro dos Estabelecimentos Skoda; 2.° - modificam o fator 1,305 da fórmula original usada no cálculo da potência necessária para vencer o atrito da bagaceira, para 1,2987, quando se considera a velocidade linear dos cilindros em metros por minuto; 3.° - apresentam exemplos numéricos de aplicação direta das fórmulas, para diferentes tipos de moendas, demonstrando que o processo usado por LEHKY é praticamente aplicável a qualquer moenda.
Determinação do sexo em pintos da raça Rhode Island Red
Authors: Jardim Walter Ramos
Published: February 2013

Examinando 201 pintos de um dia da raça Rhode Island Red, de rebanho selecionado pela postura e considerando diversos caracteres, principalmente os relacionados com a côr da penugem, conseguimos acertar em 197, numa proporção de 98,01%, não relatada da bibliografia que conhecemos. Julgamos como mais importantes, os seguintes caracteres : mancha clara na asa notada em 100% dos machos e 6,30% das fêmeas; o anel claro na perna ocorreu em 91,80% dos machos e 3,70% das fêmeas. Estas duas particularidades, sòmente, permitem separação de sexo superior a 96%. O sinal junto ao ângulo posterior do olho foi observado em 95,10% das fêmeas e 36,70% dos machos; ponta da asa escura não ocorreu em um macho sequer, mas em 53.20% das fêmeas; ponta da asa clara foi notada em todos os machos e em 46,80% das fêmeas. Os demais caracteres mencionados no quadro, constituem elementos auxiliares de menor valor mas devem ser examinados para se esclarecerem dúvidas. Os erros decorreram de se dar mais importância à pinta escura na cabeça que ao anel claro na perna e à mancha no bordo da asa. O presente trabalho contribui para o esclarecimento do assunto principalmente por considerar o anel claro da perna e o sinal escuro próximo ao ângulo posterior do olho, caracteres valiosos e ainda não apontados anteriormente. Ainda mais, a observação metódica e conjunta de um grande número de atributos relacionados com o dimorfismo sexual constitui um subsídio ao esclarecimento de tão interessante questão.
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Authors: Graner E.A. , Trivelin A. P.
Published: February 2013

Size and shape in eggs of Rhode Island Red and Light Sussex breeds and in the hibrid Rhode x Sussex were studied. These characters are influenced by quantitative genes. Major and minor diameter were used for estimating size of the eggs and the ratio minor/major diameter for shape indice. It was found, in the material analyzed, that: a) the eggs laid by the sa- me chick are pratically uniform; b) the correlation coeficient between major and minor diameter is weak; c) Rhode Island Red has short eggs than Light Sussex; d) short eggs is dominant on long eggs; e) egg shape is the same in Rhode Island Red and Light Sussex breeds and different in the hibrid, which has rounder eggs than the breeds.
Comportamento da raça Light Sussex em Piracicaba
Authors: Torres A. Di Paravicini
Published: February 2013

Na Seção Técnica de Avicultura e Cunicultura desta Escola foram feitas durante três anos observações sobre o comportamento da raça Light Sussex, em contraste sobretudo com a Rhode I. Red. Verificou-se ser mais precoce no desenvolvimento, mais pesada, de carne mais tenra, de maior intensidade e menor persistência de postura, de menor fertilidade, do maior precocídade de postura, de maior predisposição ao choco e de maiores ovos. Apresenta boas qualidades de adaptação e criação que a tomam muito recomendável para as pequenas criações caseiras ou dos sitios, no mesmo sistema em que é geralmente criada na Inglaterra. Só excepcionalmente convirá a uma granja industrial preocupar-se com sua criação em larga escala.
III - A ocorrência das células anexas dos estômatos na família Rubiaceae
Authors: Accorsi Walter Radamés
Published: February 2013

As minhas primeiras observações sobre a ocorrência das cédulas anexas dos estômatos na família Rubiaceae foram feitas na epiderme foliar de Coffea arabica L.. Em seguida, examinei a epiderme de 20 espécies, pertencentes a 9 gêneros e cultivadas no Parque da E. S. A. "Luiz de Queiroz". Em virtude da constância das células anexas, analisei, a princípio, as espécies e variedades de Coffea (ao todo 28 indivíduos) existentes na coleção de cafés do Instituto Agronômico de Campinas e, depois, o maior número de gêneros e espécies da família. Para a realização desse trabalho, solicitei de várias instituições material botânico, tanto vivo como herborizado, constante de folhas; consegui reunir, assim, copiosa quantidade de espécies. Feita a separação das duplicatas e das fôlhas de epiderme de difícil extração, as espécies se reduziram a 553. Do exposto neste e nos trabalhos que publiquei (1,2), posso concluir que as duas células anexas dos estômatos, na família Rubiaceae, constituem um caráter anatômico de família, muito embora me faltem alguns gêneros para seu estudo completo. Minha conclusão se apoia nos três pontos básicos seguintes: 1 - Que as duas células anexas dos estômatos, com as ca- racterísticas descritas, ocorrem entre as Rubiales sómente na família Rubiaceae. 2 - Que as espécies estudadas até agora revelaram, sem exceção, as duas células anexas nos estômatos. 3 - Que as células anexas poderão constituir, no caso de sua inconstância, um caráter diferencial de espécie ou de gênero.
Avaliação nutricional e atividade inflamatória sistêmica de pacientes com câncer colorretal submetidos à suplementação com simbiótico
Authors: Oliveira Ana Lívia de , Aarestrup Fernando Monteiro
Published: February 2013

RACIONAL: A depleção nutricional é observada em pacientes com câncer colorretal em estado avançado mesmo com medidas de peso adequadas. Esta perda pode estar associada a fatores de co-morbidades como: redução da imunidade, aumento de infecções, cicatrização prejudicada e fraqueza muscular. Atualmente, dietas imunomoduladoras estão sendo utilizadas na abordagem nutricional de pacientes com câncer. O uso de prebióticos e probióticos ou, a mistura dos dois, os simbióticos, estão entre os estudados. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o estado nutricional e a atividade inflamatória sistêmica em pacientes com câncer colorretal submetidos à utilização de suplemento simbiótico. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo longitudinal prospectivo com pacientes com câncer colorretal. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos à avaliação do estado nutricional e subsequente análise sorológica, uso diário do suplemento simbiótico e à avaliação antropométrica e bioquímica a cada três meses. Foram coletados dados antropométricos e exames de sangue para avaliação da proteína C-reativa (PCR), antígeno carcionoembrionário (CEA) e albumina. RESULTADOS: Os índices médio da proteína C-reativa eram de 11 mg/dL no início do estudo, antes da administração do simbiótico, e reduziram-se para valores menores que 6 mg/dL no final do estudo. CONCLUSÃO: A suplementação com o simbiótico foi benéfica, pois, embora tendo os níveis de albumina e CEA mantido-se estáveis, os índices de PCR diminuíram ao longo do estudo.
Ressecção laparoscópica dos cistoadenomas pancreáticos
Authors: Farah José Francisco de Mattos , Lupinacci Renato Micelli , Apodaca-Torres Franz R
Published: February 2013

RACIONAL: As ressecções pancreáticas por laparoscopia tem se tornado cada vez mais frequentes, com bons resultados relatados por vários centros. Entretanto, poucos estudos se concentraram no tratamento laparoscópico das lesões císticas pancreáticas. OBJETIVO: Analisar os resultados do tratamento minimamente invasivo das lesões císticas pancreáticas. MÉTODOS: Análise retrospectiva de um banco de dados prospectivo multicêntrico brasileiro. Foram incluídas todas as ressecções pancreáticas laparoscópicas realizadas em três centros. Os procedimentos cirúrgicos incluíram enucleações e ressecções do pâncreas esquerdo (com ou sem esplenectomia associada). As complicações pos-operatórias foram classificadas de acordo com a classificação proposta por Clavien e Dindo6. O diagnóstico de fístula pancreática foi confirmado se a dosagem de amilase do líquido de drenagem no 3o dia pós-operatório era superior a três vezes o valor da amilase sérica. RESULTADOS: Foram realizadas 44 ressecções pancreáticas por laparoscopia. Quinze pacientes foram operados com suspeita de cistoadenoma pancreático e 13 tiveram o diagnóstico confirmado. Foram operadas 12 mulheres (92%), e a idade média foi de 50 anos. Seis pacientes tiveram complicações pós-operatórias leves. Ocorreram cinco (38%) fístulas pancreáticas, nenhuma considerada grave (C) e apenas um paciente necessitou re-internação hospitalar e drenagem radiológica. Nesta série não houve conversões, re-operações ou mortalidade. CONCLUSÕES: O acesso videolaparoscópico é opção segura e eficaz para o tratamento das lesões císticas pancreáticas. As fístulas pancreáticas são quase sempre de evolução favorável e não diminuem os benefícios do acesso minimamente invasivo.
Prevenção do tromboembolismo na cirurgia do câncer do aparelho digestivo
Authors: Malafaia Osvaldo , Montagnini Andre Luís , Luchese Angélica , Accetta Antonio Carlos , Zilberstein Bruno , Malheiros Carlos Alberto , Jacob Carlos Eduardo , Quireze-Junior Claudemiro , Bresciani Cláudio José Caldas , Kruel Cleber Dario Pinto , Cecconello Ivan , Sad Eduardo Fonseca , Ohana Jorge Alberto Langbeck , Aguilar-Nascimento José Eduardo de , Manso José Eduardo Ferreira , Ribas-Filho Jurandir Marcondes , Santo Marco Aurélio , Andreollo Nelson Adami , Torres Orlando Jorge Martins , Herman Paulo , Cuenca Ronaldo Mafia , Sallum Rubens Antônio Aissar , Bernardo Wanderley Marques
Published: February 2013

RACIONAL: Tromboembolismo venoso é complicação frequente após tratamento cirúrgico em geral e, de um modo especial, na condução terapêutica do câncer. A cirurgia do aparelho digestivo tem sido referida como potencialmente indutora desta complicação. Os pacientes com câncer digestivo, têm risco substancialmente aumentado de iniciarem ou de terem recorrência de processo tromboembólico. OBJETIVO: Oferecer aos cirurgiões que atuam na cirurgia digestiva e geral orientação segura sobre como efetuar a tromboprofilaxia dos pacientes que necessitam de operações no tratamento de doenças malignas digestivas. MÉTODOS: A Diretriz foi baseada a partir da elaboração de 15 questões clínicas relevantes e relacionadas ao risco, tratamento e prognóstico do paciente submetido ao tratamento cirúrgico do câncer do aparelho digestivo. Elas focaram tanto os eventos tromboembólicos associados às operações quanto os aspectos relacionados à sua profilaxia. As questões foram estruturadas por meio do P.I.C.O. (Paciente, Intervenção ou Indicador, Comparação e Outcome), permitindo gerar estratégias de busca da evidência nas principais bases primárias de informação científica (Medline/Pubmed, Embase, Lilacs/Scielo, Cochrane Library, Premedline via OVID). Também foi realizada busca manual da evidência e de teses (BDTD e IBICT). A evidência recuperada foi selecionada a partir da avaliação crítica utilizando instrumentos (escores) discriminatórios de acordo com a categoria da questão: risco, terapêutica e prognóstico (JADAD para Ensaios Clínicos Randomizados e New Castle Otawa Scale para estudos não randômicos). Após definir os estudos potenciais para sustento das recomendações, eles foram selecionados pela força da evidência e grau de recomendação segundo a classificação de Oxford, incluindo a evidência disponível de maior força. RESULTADOS: Foram avaliados 53.555 trabalhos pelo título e/ou resumo. Deste total foram selecionados (1ª seleção) 478 trabalhos avaliados pelo texto completo. A partir deles, para sustentar as recomendações, foram incluídos neste consenso 132 trabalhos. As 15 perguntas formuladas puderam ser respondidas com artigos com grau de evidência correspondentes à 31 A, 130 B, 1 C e 0 D. CONCLUSÃO: Esta revisão possibilitou elaborar orientação segura para a profilaxia do tromboembolismo nas operações sobre o câncer do aparelho digestivo, abordando os tópicos mais frequentes do quotidiano do trabalho dos cirurgiões gerais e do aparelho digestivo.
Frequência e fatores preditivos relacionados a metástase linfática em câncer gástrico precoce
Authors: Milhomem Leonardo Medeiros , Cardoso Daniela Medeiros Milhomem , Mota Eliane Duarte , Fraga-Júnior Ailton Cabral , Martins Edésio , Mota Orlando Milhomem da
Published: February 2013

RACIONAL: O tratamento padrão do câncer gástrico ainda apresenta alta morbidade e mortalidade em populações ocidentais. Grupos de pacientes com risco negligenciável de metástase linfonodal podem se beneficiar de tratamentos menos invasivos. Dados referentes à frequência e fatores preditivos relacionados a metástase linfática em câncer gástrico precoce são raros. OBJETIVOS: Realizar a análise de frequência e fatores preditivos relacionados à metástase linfática em pacientes com câncer gástrico precoce tratados em centro terciário do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Novecentos e vinte e três pacientes foram submetidos à gastrectomias por adenocarcinoma gástrico. Destes, 126 tinham tumores precoces e foram avaliadas características clínicas e patológicas relacionadas e metástases linfáticas. RESULTADOS: Metástases linfonodais foram observadas em 7,8% dos pacientes com tumores mucosos e 22,6% dos tumores submucosos. A presença de ulceração, tipo histológico de Lauren, tumores maiores que 50 mm, invasão de submucosa e presença de invasão linfática ou vascular foram fatores significativos em análise univariada. A presença de ulceração, lesões maiores que 50 mm, infiltração da camada submucosa e invasão linfática foram fatores independentemente relacionados à metástase linfática em análise multivariada. CONCLUSÃO: Ulceração, lesões maiores que 50 mm, infiltração da camada submucosa e invasão linfática são fatores de risco independentes relacionados à metástase linfática em câncer gástrico precoce.
Estudos endoscópico e histológico prospectivos e sequenciais da bolsa gástrica em 130 pacientes obesos mórbidos submetidos à bypass gástrico em Y-de-Roux
Authors: Csendes Attila , Smok Gladys , Burgos Ana Maria , Canobra Moira
Published: February 2013

RACIONAL: Bypass gástrico em Y-de-Roux é a operação bariátrica mais comumente realizada. Pequena bolsa gástrica é criada, deixando uma anastomose gastrojejunal estreita, com uma alça jejunal mais comprida. Muito pouco é conhecido sobre o comportamento desta bolsa em anos após o procedimento. OBJETIVO: Determinar através de estudos prospectivos endoscópico e histológico seqüenciais o tamanho da bolsa gástrica, o diâmetro da anastomose e o comportamento da infecção por H. pylori após a operação. MÉTODOS: Em 130 pacientes submetidos ao bypass gástrico foram realizadas várias avaliações sequenciais endoscópica (até 120 meses) e histológica de rotina da bolsa gástrica. RESULTADOS: Após a operação, foram realizadas em média 3,6 endoscopias por paciente. Macroscopicamente quase 95% das pequenas bolsas gástricas eram normais, e o principal achado patológico foi uma úlcera marginal. Esofagite erosiva desapareceu em 93% dos pacientes. Não houve aumento no tamanho orocaudal da bolsa durante o período de observação. Não houve dilatação do diâmetro da anastomose gastrojejunal. Perto de 54% de todos os pacientes tinham mucosa fúndica normal, enquanto 18% tinham gastrite crônica ativa, coincidente com a infecção por H. pylori. Cinco pacientes tinham metaplasia intestinal. CONCLUSÃO: Com base nesta avaliação endoscópica sequencial, não houve aumento no tamanho orocaudal da bolsa gástrica, nem do diâmetro da anastomose gastrojejunal. O comportamento do H. pylori foi inconsistente e difícil de interpretar.