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Educating to Forgive as an Expression of Concern for Order in a Person's Natural Environment. Part. 1: Evil and Harm in the Life of a Human Person and the Source of the Need to Forgive
Authors: Wyrostkiewicz Michał
Published: June 2017

The paper defines philosophical categories of good and evil in the process of upbringing and development of the personality. People are good by nature. That is why they tend towards the good, they desire what is good, they feel bad and do not function well when they are touched by evil. Goodness is part of the natural environment of the human being; goodness is the natural climate of the human person. At the same time, however, people perform bad deeds. They create evil. They often harm others. This is the cause of disorder in a person's environment. It turns out that the only effective and reasonable means of restoring such order is forgiveness. It is the only thing that has a chance to realistically stop the potential avalanche of evil that appears to be the obvious result of wrongdoing and “nurturing” harm or planning revenge. The evil that “insidiously” enters the world creates the need for forgiveness as the only way to respond to harm; as a way that leads to real order in a person's environment
Theoretical Aspects of the Use of Electronic Educational Resources in Professional Activity of Future Teachers of Technology
Authors: Smyrnova Iryna
Published: June 2017

In this paper, we tried to determine the requirements for ESM, to study theoretical aspects of electronic educational resources in the professional activity of future teachers. The results created by the introduction of our course “Methodology development and use of electronic educational resources” for future teachers of technology ITOS in the process of professional specialty “Technology” in the educational process of higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The article states the rapid development of computer hardware and computer software, IT technologies have an opportunity to significantly develop the field of electronic educational resources. This is due to the emergence of global networks where information technologies have become the second paradigm, which is based on the current understanding of electronic educational resources. We determined that the dynamism inherent in information technology, enabling expectations of new approaches that will change the meaning of electronic educational resources
Using of Folk Art to Enhance Learning at English Lessons in Primary School
Authors: Blyznyuk Tetyana , Nafalska Karolina
Published: June 2017

In today’s multicultural space we can feel reassessment of existing paradigms of education in view of globalization changes, interstate cooperation in cultural and educational spheres. The article highlights the problem of human adaptation to foreign cultural environment, the contents of ethnographic knowledge, the needs of modern European and global integration. So the paper analyzes and interprets the urgent the idea of using ethnographic materials, including folk art, in teaching humanities and arts subjects in primary school, particularly in native and foreign languages, reading, science, music, manual work, etc
The Problem of Literary Education for Pupils of Elementary School
Authors: Zharkova Roksolana
Published: June 2017

The author analyzes the problem of literary education of elementary school students in the contemporary cultural space. The article states that the literary education based on literary Propedevtics of younger students and is based on the process of reading fiction. Therefore, it is important to promote reading, promote children's reading and children's book production in Ukraine. The author concludes that the gradual renewal of the education system, particularly literary education of primary school children should be primarily seen in the development of new textbooks and anthologies that will meet the needs and opportunities of the modern child
The LGBT-Heroes in Modern Foreign Fairy Tales (How to Read With Children)
Authors: Derkachova Olga
Published: June 2017

The article is devoted to the LGBT-protagonists as a new type of heroes in modern foreign fairy tales. Such tales are becoming popular in the modern world. So, there is a problem to read or not to read them and if to read how to do it. The best thing is to analyze them not through the LGBT-base, but through the human being. The writers use traditional tale’s plots and heroes and just change sexual nature. LGBT-relationships are typically avoided in children’s books. Such tales put children towards understanding these relationships. They also show that protagonists’ features and acts are more important for readers than their homosexuality. A human with his feelings and acts is the main thing in LGBT-tales
The Value of Family Traditions in the Education of the Individual in Modern Society
Authors: Klepar Maria
Published: June 2017

The importance of family traditions of creating a complete personality is examined. The content and structure of the educational influence of family education shows the interplay of parents and children in the creation and adherence to family traditions. Some aspects of the original Ukrainian traditional family heritage and feasibility of the Ukrainian people in the field of family education in modern society are revealed by the author
Researcher’s Academic Culture in the Educational Space of the University: Linguo-Axiological Approach
Authors: Semenog Olena
Published: June 2017

The article is devoted to the nature of the concepts “classic University”, “cultural and educational space of the University”, “research activity of future professional”, “researcher’s academic culture” and approach to academic culture as the basis of research culture in a university. It is defined that the concept of academic culture is complex. We are talking in general about the culture at the university, values, traditions, norms, rules of scientific research, and the scientific language culture, the culture of spirituality and morality, the culture of communication between science tutors and students, a culture of unique pedagogical action of master and his social, moral responsibility for the studying results. The formation of academic culture and own style, is better to develop on the positions of personal-activity, competence, axiological, cultural, acmeological approaches
Translator’s and Interpreter’s Professional Competence (Case Study: Bachelor and Master Degree Programs)
Authors: Zapolskykh Svitlana
Published: June 2017

The author focuses on the content of translator and interpreter’s competence, the relevance of the content of Bachelor and Master Degree Programs, formation of translator’s and interpreter’s competences according to the professional demand of the modern environment. The components of translator and interpreter’s competence have been analyzed, the problems related to professional training have been outlined, and possible solutions have been suggested
Moral and Aesthetic Aspect of the Professional Training of Teachers
Authors: Budnyk Olena , Kondur Oksana
Published: June 2017

The article highlights the results of diagnosis of forming moral and aesthetic component of personal and professional readiness of teachers to educational activities in school. The study of moral and aesthetic readiness of students was conveyed using the method of diagnosis empathetic abilities (V. Boyko), the author's methods of detection of readiness for activities of actional moral and aesthetic sense and personal predisposition to conflict behavior (test K. Thomas). The experiment proved that future teachers have had developed moral ideals and spiritual values; and formed aesthetic consciousness (feelings, attitudes, tastes, needs, feelings) and motivation and are ready for active transformative activities in the system of interpersonal communication. The majority of future teachers who participated in the study display a lack of following formed skills and abilities: attention, perception and thinking focused on the state, problems and behavior of another person; emotional sensitivity, the abilities to observe behavior of a partner, traits that promote openness, the ability to understand another person on the mutual basis due to emotional flexibility and the ability to accept other behaviour. This may adversely affect their future professional activities, including working with neglected pupils and their parents. The author considers that a high level of moral consciousness of a teacher being a unity of rational and sensual aspects to facilitate moral and aesthetic relations in professional collaboration
Professional Mobility of Student’s Youth
Authors: Piletska Liubomyra , Wawak Tadeush
Published: June 2017

The problem is in the sense of professional mobility not only as a process of retraining or adaptation to the profession, as well as continuous personal self-development, transition to another stage career and the acquisition of new social and psychological competences. We considered professional mobility as the foundation a basis of effective response of the personality to the “call” of modern society, the peculiar personal resource which is the cornerstone of effective transformation of public environment and itself in it; the system multilevel phenomenon that requires the integrated, cross-disciplinary approach to the research; internal (motivational and intellectual and strong-willed) potential of the personality, the cornerstone of flexible orientation and activity reaction in dynamic social and professional conditions according to own living positions; provides readiness for changes and realization of this readiness in the activity (readiness of the personality for modern life with his multidimensional factors of the choice) determines professional activity, subjectivity, the creative relation to professional activity, personal development, promotes the effective solution of professional problems. In professional mobility of young students it is important to consider the socio-economic aspects
Methodological and Methodical Principles of the Empirical Study of Spiritual Development of a Personality
Authors: Klymyshyn Olga , Karpenko Hanna
Published: June 2017

The article reveals the essence of the methodological principles of the spiritual development of a personality. The results of the theoretical analysis of psychological content of spirituality from the positions of system and structural approach to studying of a personality, age patterns of the mental personality development, the sacramental nature of human person, mechanisms of human spiritual development are taken into consideration. The interpretation of spirituality and the spiritual development of a personality is given. Initial principles of the organization of the empirical research of the spiritual development of a personality (ontogenetic, sociocultural, self-determination, system) are presented. Such parameters of the estimation of a personality’s spiritual development as general index of the development of spiritual potential, indexes of the development of ethical, aesthetical, cognitive, existential components of spirituality, index of religiousness of a personality are described. Methodological support of psychological diagnostic research is defined
Communicative Competence as a Subjective Determinant: Globalization and Personal Aspects
Authors: Pantiuk Tetyana , Pantiuk Mykola , Voloshanska Iryna , Burkovska Zoriana
Published: June 2017

The content and the specific process of communicative competence formation of the individuality are justified in the article; social determinants that determine the need to improve this process and harmonization with the needs of society and individuality are defined. The educational, psychological, philosophical sources are analysed, the main directions of research on definite problem are characterized. The essence of communicative competence as the educational phenomenon is found; the importance of communicative competence in today's conditions is proved. The attention is paid to the main principles and methods of communicative competence of the individuality
Research Gender Features of Formation of Student Life Scenarios
Authors: Zavatskyi Vadym , Zhyharenko Ihor
Published: June 2017

The article provides an analysis of the impact on gender identity formation of student life scenarios. It is shown that socio-economic and political changes are factors which change perceptions of themselves and the general picture of the world youth, and is a catalyst for the process of finding one’s own life script or harmonious way of life. The authors established that the individual life path or script must meet the abilities and capabilities of the young man and also be a means of self-realization in life. The paper stated that under current conditions the process of personal and professional self-education related to a number of difficulties, that is why the problem of forming life script personality in adolescence is becoming increasingly important. Based on the scientific approaches the problem of forming life scenarios identity and gender identity problem. We characterize the sample studied, which was caused by the objectives and purpose of the study. The article provided a description of methods by which we conducted the diagnosis of gender identity influence on the formation of individual life scenarios in adolescence. We used the results of correlation analysis
Authorial School as a Phenomenon of Innovative Educational Practice
Authors: Marynovska Oksana
Published: June 2017

The article considers the authorial school as a phenomenon of innovative educational practice: it describes the nature of the concept of “authorial school” and ways of modelling the changes in the authorial school, defines the classification features that distinguish it among adaptive, innovative and experimental comprehensive educational institutions.

While summarizing the results of content analysis, we revealed that concept “authorial school”, which is interpreted as a comprehensive educational institution with a high level of innovative capacity as the prerequisite and the result of self-development of its competitiveness using means of experimentally tested, original authorial concept of educational system of technological nature that provides stable and positive performance results. The competitiveness of the authorial school is an integrated quality of dynamic nature that characterizes the capability of authorial institution to achieve its own innovation capacity and manifests through the ability of its students to succeed in a competitive environment
Regional and Multicultural Education in Poland and Ukraine
Authors: Stępnik Andrzej , Budnyk Olena , Blyznyuk Tetyana , Mazur Piotr
Published: June 2017

Education in Poland and Ukraine are deeply-rooted in multiculturalism, regionalism and patriotic tradition. In the past, these notions were associated with nobility and great national matters. In the era of democratization, modernization and globalization, these notions acquire a new meaning. They influence diverse aspects of everyday life. Therefore, they ought to be updated and based on didactic theory. It is essential for schools which realize regional, cultural and European educational paths. Formation of educational space of modern educational institutions on the basis of regionalism and multiculturalism is effective for obtaining the following pedagogical principles: nature accordance, culture compliance, humanism, nationalism, multiculturalism, tolerance, harmony between family and school education and others. The authors focus on theoretical reflection
Historical Background of Inclusive Education Development in the Nordic Countries
Authors: Andriichuk Natalia
Published: June 2017

The article analyzes and interprets the comprehensive presentation of the development of inclusive education in some Nordic countries, namely Sweden, Norway and Iceland. The article states that the special education is still an alternative form of education for children with special needs who cannot attend secondary schools in the majority of the countries. Thus, the relation between inclusive and special education allows the author to draw some parallels between these two types of study to trace the transition from one to another. The author concludes that the history of inclusive education formation in Sweden, Norway and Iceland has much in common, but the Icelandic education system has characteristics which distinguish it from the two others
Rediscovery of the hummingbird Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) (Aves: Trochilidae) in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil
Authors: Bencke Glayson A. , Repenning Márcio , Machado Diogenes B. , Casas Grasiela , García-Olaechea Diego , Elizondo Pablo , Franco Danielle
Published: June 2017

We report the rediscovery of the hummingbird Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul after nearly 130 years without confirmed records. We captured 3 males and 1 female, and found 2 other birds (including an immature) at 3 sites in the municipalities of São Francisco de Paula and Cambará do Sul, in the northeast of the state. All records were at the top of the Southern Brazilian Plateau escarpment, at altitudes of about 900 m and near the southern limit of the Atlantic Forest.
Resaca supports range expansion of invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Authors: Perez Kathryn E. , Garcia Gamboa Victoria , Schneider Caitlin M. , Burks Romi L.
Published: June 2017

Resacas, or oxbow lakes, form from old river channels. In the Rio Grande, resacas provide habitat for diverse wildlife, including native and non-native species. Biologists unexpectedly found pink egg masses on emergent vegetation (November 2015) and later adult apple snails (May 2016) within a resaca at a former fish hatchery in Brownsville, Texas. This report extends the non-native range of Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810 by 429 km southeast in Texas. Our findings imply that abandoned waterbodies, such as fish hatcheries, can act as unrecognized conduits for non-native invasive species.
New locality records of Rhagomys longilingua Luna & Patterson, 2003 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Peru
Authors: Medina César E. , Díaz Darwin R. , Pino Kateryn , Pari Alexander , Zeballos Horacio
Published: June 2017

Rhagomys longilingua is one of the rarest sigmodontine rodents of South America, currently known from only 2 localities (4 individuals) in Peru and Bolivia. Here we report 3 additional localities in Peru, one of which extends the geographic distribution range of this species 613 km northeast from the type locality (Suecia, Manu National Park, Cusco department). Potential distribution models showed the presence of R. longilingua from Bolivia until Colombia along the eastern slope of the Andes.
Phymaturus vociferator Pincheira-Donoso, 2004 (Squamata: Liolaemidae): new records and updated geographic distribution
Authors: Urra Félix A. , Díaz Hugo A. , Werning Heiko , Eisenberg Tobias , Troncoso-Palacios Jaime
Published: June 2017

Phymaturus vociferator Pincheira-Donoso 2004 was known until now only from type locality, Laguna del Laja, Biobío Region, Chile. Here, we report new records in the vicinity of Termas de Chillán and extend this species’ distribution 58.3 km north of its type locality.
New records of Pristimantis carranguerorum (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia
Authors: Anganoy-Criollo Marvin , Ramírez Juan P.
Published: June 2017

Pristimantis carranguerorum (Lynch, 1994) is a poorly-known species of frog, endemic to the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, which is known only from a few localities in the Boyacá and Casanare departments. Herein, we provide the first records of this species from Cundinamarca Department; these are the southernmost and highest altitude records for this species. We summarize the distribution of this species based on all known records and including additional unreported localities from Boyacá and Cundinamarca departments.
Utricularia breviscapa C. Wright ex Griseb. (Lentibulariaceae) documented for the first time in Suriname
Authors: Jairam-Doerga Sabitrie
Published: June 2017

The submerged aquatic carnivorous plant Utricularia breviscapa is noted in Para District, 40 km south from Paramaribo, Suriname. This species was found in a swamp with predominantly Eleocharis sp. Utricularia breviscapa was already documented from Guyana and French Guiana, and the new record is the first from Suriname and provides more information on the distribution of this species. A range extension of 354 km from the nearest previously known occurrence is noted for U. breviscapa.
A new record for Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Ortiz Flora Roncolatto , Menezes Frederico De Alcântara , Abegg Arthur Diesel , Landroz Emmanuel Michel Jacques , Feio Renato Neves
Published: June 2017

Melanophryniscus moreirae is recorded from a fifth locality. A specimen was collected in Serra do Papagaio, municipality of Alagoa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 18 km southeast from the nearest previous record in Aiuruoca. This new record fills a gap of about 32 km in the distribution of the species, between Itamonte and Aiuruoca.
A new locality in Paraguay for the Black-tailed Marmoset, Mico melanurus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) (Primates, Callitrichidae)
Authors: Cabral-B. Hugo , Romero-N. Lia , Bueno Diego , Yanosky Alberto , Brooks Daniel M.
Published: June 2017

Mico melanurus is an endangered primate in Paraguay, with most Paraguayan records in the vicinity of Agua Dulce (Defensores del Chaco National Park). We report the first well-documented locality outside of the Agua Dulce/Linea 1 transect, representing the most northeastern record in Paraguay, as well as a new habitat for the species, transitional Pantanal-Cerrado. This note demonstrates the importance of monitoring areas which have been insufficiently studied for conservation purposes.
First record of Moina dumonti Kotov, Elías-Gutiérrez & Granado-Ramírez, 2005 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda) in Brazil
Authors: Farias Daniel Da Silva , Elmoor-Loureiro Lourdes Maria Abdu , Castelo Branco Christina Wyss
Published: June 2017

The cladoceran Moina dumonti Kotov, Elías-Gutiérrez & Granado-Ramírez, 2005 (Anomopoda: Moinidae) was found in a hypereutrophic lagoon, Lagoinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It represents the first record of this species in Brazil and in the Southern Hemisphere; it also represents the first record of this species in a perennial lagoon. The reasons for the success of the species in Lagoinha are discussed.
Sympatry and syntopy of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Selva Central, upper Ucayali river basin, Peru
Authors: Říčan Oldřich
Published: June 2017

Sympatry and syntopy are rare among congeneric cichlids in the Neotropics. Among Peruvian Amazonian cichlids congeneric syntopy has so far been reported in only 1 case known from a single locality. Based on thorough exploration of a new locality I refute the syntopy of the 2 species involved: Bujurquina robusta (Kullander, 1986) is a mouth-bay species while B. labiosa (Kullander, 1986) is an upland species. I demonstrate the generality of this ecological allotopy with further examples from a second study area including a different set of species.
Language brokering in multilingual caregiving settings
Authors: Jansson Gunilla , Wadensjö Cecilia
Published: June 2017

Using the methodology of conversation analysis to examine audio-recorded multi-party conversations between a Swedish-/Farsi-speaking resident and multilingual staff in a Swedish residential home, this article describes a practice for establishing shared understanding by one caregiver enacting the role of language broker. The focus is on caregiving settings where caregivers assist an elderly person with her personal hygiene. We demonstrate how brokering is used to (1) maintain the conversational flow in a small talk sequence and (2) address the contents in the resident's complaints. The article thus advances our understanding of language brokering as an activity that multilingual staff in a linguistically asymmetrical workplace setting take on to assist a colleague in performing client-oriented activities.
Mitigation of claims in medical research papers: A comparative study of English- and Spanish-language writers
Authors: Carrió-Pastor María Luisa
Published: June 2017

This study identifies variation in the use of mitigation devices in medical written English between authors with English as their first language and those with Spanish as their first language. A corpus of 30 medical research papers written in English and published in international journals was compiled, 15 by researchers with Spanish as their first language and 15 by native English-speakers, and this was compared with a second corpus of 15 medical papers written in Spanish. By a comparative analysis of how mitigation devices were used in both corpora, it was possible to establish whether their frequency and the rhetorical strategies adopted varied depending on the writer's linguistic background.
‘Are we on the same wavelength?’ International nurses and the process of confronting and adjusting to clinical communication in Australia
Authors: Crawford Tonia , Roger Peter , Candlin Sally
Published: June 2017

Effective communication skills are important in the health care setting in order to develop rapport and trust with patients, provide reassurance, assess patients effectively and provide education in a way that patients easily understand (Candlin and Candlin, 2003). However with many nurses from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds being recruited to fill the workforce shortfall in Australia, communication across cultures with the potential for miscommunication and ensuing risks to patient safety has gained increasing focus in recent years (Shakya and Horsefall, 2000; Chiang and Crickmore, 2009). This paper reports on the first phase of a study that examines intercultural nurse patient communication from the perspective of four Registered Nurses from CALD backgrounds working in Australia. Five interrelating themes that were derived from thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews are discussed. The central theme of ‘adjustment’ was identified as fundamental to the experiences of the RNs and this theme interrelated with each of the other themes that emerged: professional experiences with communication, ways of showing respect, displaying empathy, and vulnerability.
Modality resources in Spanish during psychiatric interviews with Mexican patients
Authors: Magaña Dalia
Published: June 2017

This study examines modality in doctor–patient interactions during psychiatric interviews. Twenty three interviews were conducted in Spanish and were video-recorded. The patients are members of a small community in rural California. Using the interpersonal metafunction (Eggins 2004; Halliday 1994) and approaches in pragmatics literature this work reveals the lexicogrammatical choices the patients and the doctor make using both qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. Spanish modalization can be realized through modal operators (e.g. might), mood adjuncts (e.g. possibly), and the conditional and future tenses. In addition to these, oral contexts have alternative forms of expressing modalization such as using the preposition como ‘like’ and tag questions (e.g. right?) as the pragmatics literature has described. This work makes a methodological contribution by highlighting the analytical tools that alternative approaches to discourse analysis (pragmatics in this case) make available and how they complement the interpersonal metafunction. The results of this study reveal that patients use modalization at particular moments in the interview, for instance when discussing their symptoms and conditions to deliver their information carefully and to recognize the social status of the doctor. The doctor also strategically uses modalization when he asks sensitive questions in order to displace responsibility from the patients and avoid a face-threatening situation.
Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales
Authors: Whitehouse Mike
Published: June 2017

Civil mediation in Britain has rapidly moved away from being an option, for private choice, to becoming increasingly a compulsory or near-compulsory part of the public justice system. But regulation of the mediation industry remains minimal, and undertaken on an essentially private, self-regulatory basis. This raises a perception or actuality of risk that mediation and its regulation may better serve the interests of stakeholders in the mediation industry than the individual citizen who may come to mediation as a one-off player with no available alternative dispute resolution mechanism. This article argues that there are ‘public interest’ values and expectations of a constitutional and democratic nature at stake here which require recognition and protection via an effective and credible regulatory regime. It concludes that such a solution may in reality serve the interests both of the mediation industry and those individuals who may come into contact with it, offering a ‘win–win’ outcome.
Meditation skills for the mediation process
Authors: Gale Jerry E.
Published: June 2017

This paper presents how meditation practices can be used throughout the mediation process. Skills for both mediators and disputants are presented. Additionally, different epistemological frameworks for mediation and meditation are provided and discussed. A postmodern critique of neoliberal ideals of individuals as objective and stable units independent of social context is presented. An approach of mediation and relational meditation is offered that acknowledges and incorporates cultural, historical, racial, gendered and other discourses as critical aspects to consider as the mediator facilitates alternative narratives and new relational positions for the participants. Regardless of one’s epistemological frameworks, this paper presents skills for all participants in the mediation process to practice deep listening, respectful communication, mindfulness and flexibility for achieving new resolutions.
Mediation through an intercultural communication lens
Authors: Brownlie Siobhan
Published: June 2017

The article examines intercultural communication theory for the purpose of considering to what extent this theory may be useful to mediation practitioners and researchers. Early theory associated with Edward T. Hall and Geert Hofstede, which posits cultural differences associated with national groups, has been very influential in intercultural training, including training for mediators. A second area of theorisation is prescriptive. This includes two very different but related approaches: theorisation about intercultural competence, and social justice approaches. The uses and drawbacks of Hofstedian and prescriptive approaches for mediators are considered. Two further intercultural communication theories are explored. ‘Small culture’, as theorized by Adrian Holliday, is about the developing norms and practices in a possibly ephemeral group. Intercultural discursive practice, of which a major exponent is Zhu Hua, comprises two key areas: examining how participants in an interaction ascribe cultural categories to one another, and how they negotiate cultural matters. It is proposed that ‘small culture’ and intercultural discursive approaches could be productive for culture-focused mediation researchers as well as useful for trainers and practitioners.
The gatekeepers
Authors: Morris Grant
Published: June 2017

Mediation is one form of dispute resolution used in resolving commercial disputes in New Zealand. Lawyers play a key role as gatekeepers to commercial mediation. This article explores the role that these gatekeepers are playing in the New Zealand private commercial mediation market. The findings are based on a survey and interviews carried out in late 2015 and early 2016. Prior to this study there was no comprehensive information on the attitude of New Zealand commercial lawyers to mediation. The evidence reported in this article suggests that lawyers are very aware of commercial mediation, and support it, but largely on their own terms. They are not undermining it. In fact, lawyers believe they are contributing positively to the mediation process. Clients have a more limited knowledge of mediation but usually follow their lawyer’s recommendations. Thus lawyers play a key role as gatekeepers to commercial mediation. The main reason lawyers recommend mediation is cost (i.e. it is cheaper than litigation). Lawyers prefer legally trained mediators with experience and a good reputation. Lawyers report high mediation settlement rates and high overall quality of mediations. Overall, the ‘gatekeepers’ are generally happy with the standard of commercial mediation in New Zealand. However, mediation exists to serve the clients, not the gatekeepers. The views of actual users are necessary to complete the picture of the New Zealand commercial mediation market.
Acquired Stress Resistance Assay v1
Authors: Lewis Jeff
Published: June 2017

A simple 96-well plate assay for stress resistance acrossa range of stress doses. Originally designed for yeast, but easily modifiable for any colony-forming microbe.
SINGLE STEP IMPLANTATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER OF THE BLADDER AND PENILE PROSTHESIS AS A METHOD OF CORRECTING OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND URINARY INCONTINENCE
Authors: Kyzlasov P. S. , Sokol’shchik M. M. , Goncharov N. A. , Porowski S. V. , Sergeev V. P. , Volodin D. I. , Kisileva A. A. , Zabelin M. V.
Published: June 2017

This article provides a clinical example of the simultaneous implantation of an artificial sphincter of the bladder and a triple-component prosthesis of the penis, which allows almost completely to rehabilitate a patient with total incontinence and erectile dysfunction after laparoscopic radical prostatectom y for prostate cancer. The urgency of writing this article was a high incidence of prostate cancer, which has no tendency to decrease.It should be noted that when choosing the optimal method for treating prostate cancer, it is necessary to take into account the stage of the disease development, the patient’s age, concomitant diseases, possible complications, test results, and the wishes of the patient. In the stages of prostate cancer T1T2, radical prostatectomy in any of its embodiments, openly laparoscopically or with the help of a robot is a routine operation, at stage T3, in order to achieve an acceptable result, it is necessary not only sufficient surgical technique, but the correct preoperative preparation (the use of hormone therapy).One of the frequent complications of radical prostatectomy at stage T3 is urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, which is caused by the need for more “aggressive” techniques, the frequency of which reaches, in the opinion of different authors, 30 to 90%. With incontinence after a radical prostatectomy of moderate and severe degree, the implantation of an artificial urethral sphincter remains the preferred method of treatment. Artificial sphincter allows you to fully control the process of retention of urine and urination. Note that the restoration of potency after surgery is a very difficult problem. After the operation, one of the methods of preserving the erectile function is the early administration of 5fosofodiesterase inhibitors, but their reception does not always allow to maintain the erectile function, in this case, patients can be rehabilitated by penile implantation. The installation of a three-component phalloprosthesis or artificial sphincter separately is already a routine operation, but simultaneous treatment of two com plications and sim ultaneous im plantation of two prostheses is a rarity.
THE USE OF MODERN ANALOGUES OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN THE HORMONAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER
Authors: Safronova E. Yu. , Krasheninnikov A. A. , Sergienko S. A. , Kostin A. A.
Published: June 2017

The urgency of the problem of prostate cancer (PC) remains extremely high due to the continued growth of morbidity and mortality from this disease. Despite the introduction of diagnostics with the use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and the increase in the number of cases of detection of localized forms of the disease, frequency of detection in the primary treatment of patients with advanced and metastatic prostate cancer remains high. Therapy aimed at reducing testosterone levels in the body of the patient with metastatic prostate cancer is the gold standard of treatment, so surgical or pharmacological castration to reduce testosterone levels, are generally accepted methods of therapy. Hormone therapy (HT) using a pharmacological castration is the major and most commonly used method of treatment of patients with metastatic prostate cancer, the effectiveness of which is comparable with surgical castration. The article presents a review of studies that compared the effectiveness and side effects of HT with the use of surgical and medical castration, as well as the results of domestic studies evaluated the effectiveness of the application of the drug buserelin-domestic analogue of LHRH.
THE ROLE OF ERYTHROPOIETIN IN TREATMENT OF ANEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS
Authors: Berezin P. G. , Milovanov V. V. , Ivannikov A. A.
Published: June 2017

Malignant neoplasms are a serious pathological condition, both in terms of the course of the disease and the need for treatment, and a prognosis for the life of patients. The deterioration in the quality of life, social disadaptation (reduced physical activity, job change, fatigue, etc.) is a complication of the course of the disease caused by the development of anemia, which requires a vital need for its correction. This article analyzes the efficacy of recombinant erythropoietin — Epoetin-theta in the treatment of patients with NON — myeloid tumors and CRF (chronic renal failure) in cancer patients. The high efficacy and safety of drug therapy in this category of patients are demonstrated. Recommendations are given on the optimal dose of the drug in order to obtain the most pronounced clinical effect of treatment, increasing the therapeutic dose of the drug with an insufficient increase in the hemoglobin level by 100% or more allows an individual approach to the correction of anemia. The possibility of its application in routine clinical practice of the oncologist’s doctor, namely in out-patientpolyclinic conditions, has been determined.
LOCAL BEEF PRODUCTION: WHAT RIO GRANDE DO SUL IS WAITING FOR?
Authors: Oliveira Tamara Esteves de , Freitas David Santos
Published: June 2017

This research aims to verify the municipalities where it might be interesting to invest in a local beef production in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), southern Brazil. The data analyzed combine the cattle units slaughtered and the estimated beef consumption in each municipality. These indicators were used to identify the capacity of each location to meet the local beef demand. This data were associated to the map of RS by the Quantum GIS 1.8 Lisboa software. The most prominent regions were located at the western frontier, at the southeast Campanha, and at the northeast mountain region of the State. The cattle units slaughtered produced at the municipalities of Aceguá, Pedras Altas, Machadinho, São Valentim, Quatro Irmãos and Sagrada Família is very high, surpassing the municipality’s capacity to absorb it. On the other hand, many municipalities have sufficient productions or little surplus to attend the local beef demand, such as Alegrete, in which a local beef production might benefit a higher number of small producers, but other municipalities also seem to have potential for assisting familiar farmers with this strategy such as Dom Pedrito, Bagé, Santa Maria and Pelotas.
VALORAÇÃO DE USINA TERMELÉTRICA DE BIOMASSA: UM ESTUDO DE CASO
Authors: Nogueira Thaís Cristina de Souza , Santos David Ferreira Lopes , Rodrigues Santiago Valcacer
Published: June 2017

Os objetivos deste estudo são valorar uma planta termelétrica, baseada em biomassa, associada a um grupo sucroenergético e avaliar sua capacidade de criação de valor para os acionistas. A geração de energia elétrica a partir da biomassa é a terceira fonte de energia elétrica do Brasil e aquela que apresentou na última década o maior crescimento marginal. A pesquisa decorreu a partir de um estudo de caso com fins exploratórios e descritivos durante o ano de 2014. A planta alvo está localizada no interior do Estado de São Paulo. As ferramentas para valorar este investimento foram o Fluxo de Caixa Descontado (FCD) e a Teoria por Opções Reais (TOR) com a opção de abandono do investimento pelo valor da dívida. Os resultados demonstraram que a TOR foi mais eficiente e robusta para determinar o valor do investimento em R$ 69,346 milhões, pois considerou a volatilidade do preço da energia.
ESTUDOS DA BIODIVERSIDADE DE AMEBAS TESTÁCEAS PARA ESTRATÉGIAS VOLTADAS À PRESERVAÇÃO: UMA REVISÃO
Authors: Arrieira Rodrigo Leite , Schwind Leilane Talita Fatoreto , Alves Geziele Mucio , Lansac-Tôha Fábio Amodêo
Published: June 2017

As planícies de inundação são ecossistemas que possuem uma ampla variedade de ambientes aquáticos, sendo caracterizados por sua grande complexidade funcional, estrutural e elevada diversidade de organismos. Dentre os organismos estudados em ambientes de planície de inundação, destacam-se as amebas testáceas que são um grupo polifilético de protozoários de vida livre. As amebas testáceas apresentam diversas vantagens em estudos ambientais, devido a uma série de características interessantes em investigações ecológicas, tais como elevada tolerância a alterações das condições ambientais e seu ciclo de vida curto, que permitem investigações sobre processos demográficos tanto em escala espacial quanto temporal, além de responder sobre o funcionamento de todo ecossistema. Diante disso, esse trabalho teve como objetivo realizar uma revisão sobre a biodiversidade das amebas testáceas em planícies de inundação, com enfoque na contribuição do grupo para estratégias ligadas à proteção ambiental e delineamento de áreas prioritárias à conservação.
A PESQUISA CIENTÍFICA SOBRE O MEIO RURAL E ASPECTOS LIGADOS À SUSTENTABILIDADE
Authors: Thomas Jorge André , Stocker Lago Sandra Mara , Brandalise Loreni Teresinha
Published: June 2017

Historicamente a agricultura sofreu diversas modificações causadas por pressões políticas, sociais e econômicas, passando de uma atividade de moldes primitivos para uma atividade com intensa aplicação de tecnologia, fazendo o Brasil ocupar a sétima posição na economia mundial. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar as produções científicas brasileiras sobre o meio rural e sobre aspectos da sustentabilidade, em que, para seu alcance, buscou-se identificar os estudos publicados entre 2010 e 2015, no banco de teses e dissertações da Capes e, entre 2006 e 2015 nas revistas brasileiras com Qualis/Capes A1 e A2 na área de Administração, contendo as palavras “rural” e “sustentabilidade”. O estudo enquadra-se como exploratório, bibliográfico, quantitativo e qualitativo. Conclui-se que são poucos os estudos nesta área que se voltam para o meio rural. A maior parte dos estudos do banco de teses e dissertações da Capes concentrou-se na região Nordeste enquanto que, dos artigos, a maior parte ocorreu no Sul do Brasil. O baixo volume de estudos sugere a falta de interesse dos pesquisadores em realizar estudos, bem como das editoras e avaliadores das revistas em publicá-los. Sugere-se a continuidade de uma revisão bibliográfica neste tema, abrangendo outras bases de dados.
Oncological Scenario in Developing Countries – Little Light at the End of Tunnel
Authors: Suhag Lt Col Virender , BS Lt Col Sunita , Chopra Lt Col Manu ,   Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi, India,   Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi, India,   Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi, India
Published: June 2017

Over the past few decades, the incidence and prevalence of most cancers has witnessed a consistent upward trend in majority of developing countries due to various reasons. Unfortunately, most of these countries continue to battle lots of challenges in cancer care, including poverty, illiteracy, lack of awareness, lack of dedicated oncology centers, non-existent hospice care, administrative hurdles, shortage of skilled manpower and indifferent attitude of most governments. These countries need the support of developed countries in various forms in their fight against cancer. Time has come when we need to push ourselves out of our comfort zones to evolve a multipronged realistic approach to decrease the suffering from cancer and to make this world a happy healthy place.
Expert Opinion on the Treatment of Refractory Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Authors: Hughes Tim , Saglio Giuseppe ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia,   University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Published: June 2017

The development and clinical availability of second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for the treatment of patients who discontinue imatinib therapy has further improved the outlook for patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukaemia (CP-CML). There is, however, uncertainty surrounding how best to treat patients after failing second-generation TKIs. A three-section questionnaire was devised by chronic myeloid leukaemia experts to address questions surrounding this issue. Responses were received from 14 out of 34 experts (41.2%). Generally, a reasonable consensus was found among the responses for most issues. There was a complete consensus that ponatinib was suitable for all patients carrying the T315I mutation regardless of the molecular response to prior treatment. There was also complete consensus that allografting is appropriate in any patient who has had blast crises and is back in a second chronic phase. More recommendations for third-line treatment of CP-CML patients are necessary.
Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibition with Vemurafenib and Cobimetinib for Patients with Advanced Melanoma
Authors: Grimaldi Antonio M , Simeone Ester , Festino Lucia , Vanella Vito , Ascierto Paolo A ,   Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy,   Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy,   Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy,   Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy,   Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy
Published: June 2017

Acquired resistance is the most common cause of BRAF inhibitor monotherapy treatment failure, with the majority of patients experiencing disease progression with a median progression-free survival of 6-8 months. As such, there has been considerable focus on combined therapy with dual BRAF and MEK inhibition as a means to improve outcomes compared with monotherapy. In the COMBI-d and COMBI-v trials, combined dabrafenib and trametinib was associated with significant improvements in outcomes compared with dabrafenib or vemurafenib monotherapy, in patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma. The combination of vemurafenib and cobimetinib has also been investigated. In the phase III CoBRIM study in patients with unresectable stage III-IV BRAF-mutant melanoma, treatment with vemurafenib and cobimetinib resulted in significantly longer progression-free survival and overall survival (OS) compared with vemurafenib alone. One-year OS was 74.5% in the vemurafenib and cobimetinib group and 63.8% in the vemurafenib group, while 2-year OS rates were 48.3% and 38.0%, respectively. The combination was also well tolerated, with a lower incidence of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma and keratoacanthoma compared with monotherapy. Dual inhibition of both MEK and BRAF appears to provide a more potent and durable anti-tumour effect than BRAF monotherapy, helping to prevent acquired resistance as well as decreasing adverse events related to BRAF inhibitor-induced activation of the MAPK-pathway. Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition is the standard of care in patients with advanced BRAF-mutant melanoma.